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LOT 1672
Books - Shepherd - Metropolitan Improvements London
PUBLISHED 1827 A.D.
11 x 9 in. (1.68 kg, 28 x 23 cm).
Thomas H. Shepherd, Metropolitan Improvements or London in the Nineteenth Century: being a Series of Views of the new and most interesting objects in the British Metropolis and its vicinity: from original drawings by Mr. Thos. H. Shepherd with historical, topographical & critical illustrations by James Elmes, M.R.S.A. quarter calf binding with gold-blocked title and embellishments to the spine, marbled boards; owner's signature 'J. Miller' to reverse of frontispiece; iv pp. + 172 pp, 108 unnumbered plates with interleaved protective papers, engravings of 19th century London, many with attribution or dedication. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
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Books - Annatus - Apparatus ad Postivam Theologiam
Published 1726 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Petrus Annatus (Pierre Annat), Apparatvs ad Positivam Theologiam Methodicus. in quo jam reviso multumque ditato, Clara, Brevis et Expedita Delineatur Idea positivæ & scholasticæ Theologiæ, Scripturæ sacræ, Traditionis divinæ, sanctorum Ecclesiæ Patrum, sacrorum Ecclesiæ Conciliorum, Pontificiarum EcclesiæDecisionum, necnon variis temporibus & varris in locis ortarum in Ecclesia hæresum. Actore R.P. Petro Annato Congregationis Doctrinæ Christianæ Generali Præposito. Editio prima in Germani correctior & auctior. Tomus Primus. Superiorum Permissu ac Privelegiis. Herbipol Sumptibus Phiippi Wilhelmi Fuggart, Bibliopolæ Aulico Academici. Typis Engmannianis' and 'Tomus Secundus' bound in together; old replacement calf binding with gold block titling and embellishments to spine, heraldic motif to front and rear covers; marble endpapers; handwritten 'Dedication Copy' to first page and inverted acquisition stamp 'The National Trust / Founded 1895' and inked '69'; xviii pp + 624 pp + 422 pp 1.82 kg, 21.5 x 18 cm
Light soiling to foredges, spine and board-edges rubbed and chipped
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
Pierre Annat was a French ecclesiastical writer, born in 1638 at Villecontat. He was the professor of philosophy at Toulouse and was elected general of the Congregation of the Christian Doctrine in 1694. -
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Books - Merton [Thoms] - The Old Story Books of England
Published [1845] A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ambrose Merton, i.e. William John Thoms, The Old Story Books of England. Illustrated with twelve pictures by eminent artists. Collected and re-edited by Amb [rose] Mer[ton] comprising The famous history of Guy Earl of Warwick; The gallant history of Bevis of Southampton; History of Tom Hickathrift the Conqueror; The famous story of Friar Bacon; A true tale of Robin Hood; A merry tale of the king and the cobbler; The sweet and pleasant tale of patient Grissel; The romantic story of the princess Rosetta; The mad pranks of Robin Goodfellow; The rarest ballad that ever was seen of the blind beggar's daughter of Bethnal Green; The doleful story of the babes in the wood; The lady Isabella's tragedy; A mournful ditty of the death of fair Rosamund; to which is added Queen Eleanor's confession; Gammer Gurton's Garland, calf binding with tooled pattern to covers and spine with gold-blocked title; marbled endpapers and bookplate of Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote; manuscript presentation texts to first page 'Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote / 11th Nov.ber 1844 / From M.W.' and 'Martin Shirley Heathcote / March 1921 / from Grace Heathcote'; twelve colour plates illustrating the stories. 572 grams, 17 x 13 cm
Good condition; binding slightly worn.
Ex libris Evelyn Dawsonne Heathcote and David M. Miller. Property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance. -
Books - Williams - History of the Abbey of St Alban
Published 1917 A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
L.F. Rushbrook Williams, History of the Abbey of St. Alban; original cloth with impressed borders, block title to spine; xiii pp + 251 pp, sketch map; heraldic bookplate to front inside cover and printed 'From the Author' note with pencil signature attached with the perforated runners from a sheet of stamps. 523 grams, 22.5 x 15 cm
Complete sound copy with light soiling and rubbing to cover.
Ex libris David M. Miller; property of a Hertfordshire lady, by inheritance.
Laurence Frederic Rushbrook Williams, CBE, FRSA (1890–1978) was a British historian and civil servant who spent part of his working life in India.
