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A Miscellany of Rare Books

from the

19th Century

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Doctor Johnson

Johnson, Dr. Samuel & Alexander Chalmers.  The Works of the English Poets from Chaucer to Cowper including the series edited, with prefaces biographical and critical, by Dr. Samuel Johnson: and the most approved translations. The Additional Lives by Alexander Chalmers in Twenty-one Volumes.  London: J. Johnson, J. Nichols and Son, et al, 1810.

First Edition with Chalmer's Additions, printed by Charles Whittingham, 8vo, 21 volumes, text in double column, bound in calf spine & corners with marbled boards., each volume has two dark red labels on spine, some gilt decoration on spines, light rubbing, marbled page edges and endpapers. Provenance - the Jersey Atheneum with their engraved, armorial bookplates on front pastedowns. Volume IX has two 1/2" splits at base of spine. Bindings are tight with no cracked joints or broken hinges; overall a nice set with minor scuffing to the leather.

$3,250

Westminster Abbey

Ackermann, Rudolph.  The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peter's Westminster, Its Antiquities and Monuments. London: R. Ackermann, 1812.

First Edition, two volumes, red morocco spine and corners, top edges gilt, joints rubbed, some corners have surface leather peeling, light foxing throughout, first few pages of Volume I and first 30 pages of Volume 2 have old water stains (faint for the most part) affecting  lower left corner of frontispieces and a few plates,   Contains 81 attractive hand-colored plates.  Bookplates of Francis Gray Smart on front pastedowns.

 $1,250

Waverley

Scott, Sir Walter (1771 - 1832).  Waverley; or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since.  Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1814.

Second Edition of the first of The Waverley Novels, calf spine and tips with marbled boards, three volumes, engraved bookplates on front pastedowns of all three volumes, half-titles present in all three volumes; this is an extra-illustrated edition containing 17 engravings of portraits and views, minor wear.

Tipped-in Volume I is a well-known, realistic facsimile of a holograph letter from Sir Walter Scott to bookseller Charles Tilt thanking him for his present of illustrations for Waverley. The original of this letter identified Scott as the author of Waverley, which was published anonymously.

$400

Classic Work on Phrenology

Spurzheim, J. G.  The Physiognomical System of Drs. Gall and Spurzheim Founded on an Antomical and Physiological Examination of the Nervous System in General and the Brain in Particular... London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1815.

Second Edition, 8vo, bound in 1/4 leather with marbled boards, 581 pp., frontispiece plus 18 plates in rear, front joint split but not broken, top and bottom of spine have some chipping, red ink stamp on title indicates this had been in the library of the Steevens Hospital (Dublin?) - no other library indications. Front pastedown has old bookseller's engraved label - Grant Bolton & Co., 4 Dame Street, Dublin. Pages are bright and nearly free of foxing.

Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (1776 - 1832) studied divinity and philosophy at the University of Trier but he fled to Vienna in 1799, purportedly to escape the invading French. In Vienna, he studied medicine and supported himself by tutoring a nobleman's children. Viennese physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was the nobleman's physician and Gall and Spurzheim first met in 1800. Spurzheim attended Gall's lectures avidly, and was eventually allowed to attend gratis until they were interdicted in December 1801. Beginning in 1804 Spurzheim was employed by Gall as a dissectionist.

In 1808, when Gall composed a memoir of his anatomical discoveries to the French National Institute in Paris, he added Spurzheim's name to the title page, planning to prepare Spurzheim to be his successor. In 1810, Gall published the first of a four-volume work on his system. The first two volumes also bear the name of Spurzheim. Spurzheim helped with comments and notes and arranged the illustrations, but the text was Gall's. In 1812 or 1813 Spurzheim and Gall had a falling out. Spurzheim traveled to Vienna where he completed his medical degree in 1813.  He lectured on what he termed 'Drs. Gall and Spurzheim's Physiognomical System' and in 1815 published his first book.

Spurzheim made many alterations to Gall's system. In The Physiognomical System he boasted: "This book itself will show how much I have improved our doctrine in the last few years because the system must assume a more scientific arrangement, and be considered in a more philosophical manner, than Dr. Gall has been accustomed to do in his lectures."  Spurzheim is the man most credited for popularizing phrenology.

$350

Frankfurt Plate Book

Kirchner, Anton (1779-1834).  Ansichten von Frankfurt am Main der umliegenden Gegend und den benachbarten Heilquellen. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Gebruder Wilmans,  1818.

Apparent First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two volumes bound together in one, 376 pp. & 283 pp., front cover detached, mottled calf, all edges gilt, spine detached and partly missing, contains 25 copper engravings (Kupfertafeln) by Radl, engraved by Geissler, Haldenwang, von Veith, Jury (?), and Duttenhofer, plus engraved title and folding table and folding map of Frankfurt by Frederich Wilmans in rear. Plates are, for the most part, bright with only minor foxing.

Contains list of 349 subscribers who purchased a total of 413 copies, front pastedown has bookplate of Everhard Delius, title page has ink-stamp of B. B. De Montenegro, Aube (Orne).  Views include many of Frankfurt as well as Bornheim, Hausen, Offenbach, Kronberg, Königstein, Epstein, Homburg, Wilhelmsbad, Soden, Wiesbaden, Langenschwalbach, Schlangenbad, Bad Ems.  A very scarce work.

$8,500

Castle of Arundel

Tierney, M. A.  History and Antiquities of the Castle and Town of Arundel.  London: G. & W. Nicol, 1834.  

First Edition, 4to, two volumes, bound in polished red calf with gilt-ruling on covers, spines have six panels with gilt floral devices in four of them; joints lightly rubbed, a.e.g., plates have moderate foxing and offsetting; contains 7 full page plates, 14 text illustrations and two folding pedigree tables.

This copy belonged to William Courthope who carried the title Rouge Croix. Courthope was the editor of Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage between 1833 and 1839. He gave up editing in 1839 when he was appointed Rouge Croix. Volume I is inscribed to him by the wife of a friend and Courthope wrote, "These books were given to me after Norroy's death by his widow, the writer of the above / William Courthope / Rouge Croix Oct. 1857." On the front pastedown of volume I is a handmade bookplate on parchment for William Courthope showing a stag, a hand grasping an anchor, a shield with a gold 5-point star and three black 6-pointed designs; underneath are the words "My hope is not broken." These volumes were later purchased by Robert A. Stewart, Esq. of Guelph, Ontario, Canada from Bernard Quaritch of London. A carbon copy of Stewart's letter and the invoice are tipped in the front.

$1,250

From Colombia to Cuba

Tacon, Don Miguel (1777-1855).  Juicio de Residencia del escelentisimo Senor Don Miguel Tacon.  Filadelfia:  A. Walker, 1839.

Apparent First Edition, bound in full calf with red spine labe, l201 pp., minor scuffing and light foxing. Sabin 94193.

Tacon was a Spanish sailor and soldier and in 1806 became the military governor of Popayan, Colombia. Between 1809 and 1814 he led Spanish forces in uprisings in South America and fought in the civil war with Spain in 1823. He was Captain General of Cuba between 1834 and 1838 suppressing the Cuban constitution of 1834 and excluding Cuban deputies from Spanish Cortes in 1837.

$475

Jesuit History

Cretineau-Joly, Jacque (1803-1875).  Histoire Religieuse, Politique et Litteraire de la Compagnie de Jesus. Paris: Paul Mellier, 1844-1846.

First edition, 6 volumes, 8vo, tan calf spine with brown leather labels, contains  illustrations and facsimiles of documents, light foxing, insignificant marginal water stain to text pages of a few volumes, a handsome set.

Comprehensive history of the Jesuits, written to stem sectarian hatred of the order.

$600

Humphry's Ligament Namesake

Humphry, George Murray (1820-1896).  A Treatise on the Human Skeleton.  Cambridge : Macmillan and Co., 1858.

First Edition, thick 8vo, re-bound in ¾ red morocco (five raised bands) and red cloth, 620 pp., 60  b&w plates (some folding), scattered light foxing, a handsome copy.  Reference:  Garrison and Morton 419.

According to Garrison & Morton, “Humphry was professor of anatomy at Cambridge and became the first professor of surgery there.  He founded the Journal of Anatomy and Physiology in 1867.”  The ligament of the knee joint that carries his name is described on p. 546 and illustrated on plate 53, fig. 1.  This is Humphry’s major contribution to anatomy.

$850

Pope Pius IX - Syllabus of Errors

PIUS IX.  Les Actes Pontificaux cites dans l'Encyclique le syllabus du 8 Decembre 1864.  Paris: Poussielgue et Fils, 1865.

First Edition for the French translation, 8vo, bound in three-quarter vellum with leather spine label, 736 pp., text in Latin and French, very minor wear, not listed in the NUC.

This work presents the "Syllabus of Errors" which consists of 80 propositions arranged under distinct headings.  These propositions were not accompanied by any theological censure but simply by a reference to the Allocution, Encyclical or Letter from which  each had been textually extracted.  This Syllabus caused a great deal of controversy: with nineteenth century liberals concluding that the Church of Rome had declared war on modern society and civilization.  In reality, this syllabus but did not contain any new doctrine; the Church was defending her traditional doctrine against the progressive invasion of what were called modern ideas of liberty.  This work includes the official communication from Cardinal Antonelli, the encyclical "Quanta cura", lists the "Syllabus of Errors", and also provides the text of the documents from which the propositions of the Syllabus were drawn.

$450

Castle of Halton

Beamont, William.  A History of the Castle of Halton and the Priory or Abbey of Norton with an Account of the Barons of Halton, the Priors and Abbots of Norton. and an account of the Rock Savage and Daresbury Church with Notices of the Historic Events of the Neighbourhood.   Warrington: Percival Pearse, 1873.  

First Edition, 4to, brown leather spine & tips and speckled brown cloth, 214 pp., 10 b&w illustrations including one mounted heliotype, top of spine worn, one signature sprung.

$125

German Plate Book

Braunfels, Ludwig (1810-1885).  Die Mainufer und ihre nachsten Umgebungen, mit 54 Stahstitichen, nach originalzeidjnungen von Fritz Bamberger nebst einer Stromkarte vom Main.  Wurzburg:  Druck und Verlag der C. Etlinger'schen Verlagsbuchhandling, Published about 1844-1847.

8vo, brown blindstamped cloth, 458 pp., 6 pp. index, two signatures sprung, early paper bookmark from Deutsche Bauten inserted.  The title page calls for 54 engravings, however this copy is a mixed edition.  This copy contains 53 engravings (including one duplicate of another) and includes frontispiece and engraved title page, most engravings have tissue guards, plates have light to heavy foxing.  A careful collation reveals 1 engraved title page, 47 plates as called for in the Index, 1 duplicate plate (Ochsenfurt), 4 plates not called for by the Index (Dom Zu Wurzburg, Schloss Heubach, Hochst, and Mainz) and it appears to be missing 5 plates called for in the Index (Lohr, Ludwigsbad, Mittelzell, Schweinfurt, and Unterzell).

$2,250

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