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resolution of the whole court of common pleas; at the time he
was chief justice there. Published by his son Edward Vaughan
Esq;
Printed by Thomas Roycroft for Richard Marriott, to be sold by
Thomas Bassett and George Marriott,
1677
FIRST EDITION, with an engraved portrait frontispiece after
Richard White, pages (14), 420, (57), folio, contemporary calf: a
very good to nice copy with the contemporary signature of Wm.
Thomas Monsell and the Tervoe bookplate.
Wing V 130. Vaughan (1603-74), friend of Selden, consulted by
Charles I at Newport, a leader of the country party, active in the
impeachment of Clarendon, also remembered for his opinion in
Bushell’s Case which established the immunity of jurors from
punishment for judicial acts.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
CASES IN CHANCERY.
Cases
argued and decreed in the high court of chancery. The second
edition, carefully corrected from the many gross errors of the
former impression. To which are also added proper references to
the ancient and modern books of the law. 1707. [with: ] The
second part of cases argued and decreed in the high court of
chancery, continued from the 30th year of King Charles II. To
the 4th year of King James II. [and: ] Select cases in the high
court of chancery, solemnly argued and decreed, by the late lord
chancellor: with the assistance of the judges. With an exact table
to the whole.
Printed by the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins
Esqs; for John Walthoe,
1707-01-02. Pages (4), 312, (24): (2, advert
leaf), (8), 251, (1, errata), (20): (8), 136, 3 vols, folio,
contemporary calf: bindings lightly rubbed and scratched, little
wear at headbands, one cracked joint strengthened, nonetheless
a large and very good unsophisticated set with the Tervoe
bookplate and contemporary signature of William Thomas
Monsell on each title. (4)
€80-€120 (£64-£96 approx.)
466
.
VIETNAM: - Guglielmotti (Alberto).
Memorie delle
missioni cattoliche nel regno del Tunchino o sieno brevi notizie
degli atti dei martiri, e delle persecuzioni, che sono levate in
quel reame contro alla chiesa di Dio, e contro al missionari dell’
ordine de S. Domenico.
Roma, Salviuggi,
1844
FIRST EDITION, pp 265, (1), 8vo, cont half calf: little fore-
edge foxing, but very good.
NUC has DLC and NIC copies only. A Spanish translation was
published in 1846.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
GOUDAR (Lodovico).
Nuova
grammatica Italiana, e Francese … Novissima edizione piu
corretta, ed arrichita con nuovi dialogi …
Nizza [: Nice], appresso
Gabriele Floteront,
1771. Pages (4), 488, 12mo, contemporary
calf, with label, gilt: the binding rubbed and worn but strong,
and with some marginal worming, but still a very good copy.
An uncommon edition (it is not in NUC) of an enormously successful
grammar, reprinted well into the following century.
(2)
LANCELOT (Claude).
A tour to Alet and La Grande
Chartreuse.. With some account of the monastery and abbot
reformer of La Trappe; also biographical sketches of M. Du
Verger De Hauranne, Abbé De St. Cyran, Cornelius Jansenius
Bishop of Ypres; and a brief view of the celebrated instituion of
Port Royal. Second edition, considerably enlarged.
Printed for J.
and A. Archm
1816. Pp xxxii, 254: viii, 338, without half-titles, 2
vols, 8vo, contemporary half calf: very good
A translation by Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, née Galton, first
published 1813 and here much improved, with a new 19-page preface.
(4)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
467
.
VIGANO (Salvatore).
Otello: gran ballo tragico. Inventato
e posto sulle scene del R. Teatro alla Scala dal Sigr. Salvatore
Vigano, (musica di diversi rinomati autori); ridoto per cembalo
solo. Dedicato dall’ editore alla nobile Siga. Contessa
Maddalena Piazzoni Grompo nata Marchesa Estense Salvatico.
Milano presso Gio. Ricordi
[1818]
FIRST EDITION THUS, Plate Nos 433/436, engraved on one
leaf and 41-pages, oblong 4to, disbound: in very good state, with
an inscription on the title-page dated 1819
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
ASIOLI (Bonifazio).
Sonetto del
Zappi posto in musica accompagnamento di forte-piano.
Milano,
presso Gio. Ricordi …, circa
1818. Piano vocal score, plate no 445,
engraved on 6-pages, oblong 4to, disbound: very good
(2)
ROSSINI (Gioachino).
Nell’ opera La Gazza Ladra …
Cavatina Di piacer mi balza il cor ridotta per cembalo solo dal
Sigr. Bartolomeo Grassi.
Milano presso Gio. Ricordi …, circa
1818.
Plate Number 355, engraved on title-leaf and 5-pages, oblong
4to, disbound: very good
(3)
VIGANO (Salvatore).
Variazioni nel ballo Psammi re
d’Egitto [by Josef Lipavski] composto dal coreografo Salvatore
Vigano e dall’ editore dedicate al merito della Signora Antonia
Ballerini prima ballerina seria nel R. Teatro della Scala ridotte
per piano-forte.
Milano, presso Luigi Scotti … Ferdinando Artaria …
, circa
1818. Plate No. 48, engraved on title-leaf and 7-pages,
oblong 4to, disbound: in very good state
Inscription on title-page margin dated 1819. There was another issue
printed for Scotti alone which mentions Lipavsky in the title.
(4)
ROSSINI (Gioachino).
Sinfonia nell opera La Cenerentola
… … ridotta per piano forte.
Firenze, Giuseppe Lorenzi, circa
1819.
Plate No 217, engraved on title-leaf and 9-pages, oblong 4to,
disbound: faint marginal corner stain, but still a very good copy
(5)
ROSSINI (Gioachino).
Gran sinfonia nell’opera La gazza
ladra … ridotta per forte piano dal. Sigr. P. Piazza dedicata dall’
editore alla signora Marianna Pollini.
Milan, presso Gio. Ricordi,
circa
1819. Plate No 333, engraved on 11-pages, oblong 4to,
disbound: in very good state.
(6)
DONIZETTI (Gaetano).
L’Elisire d’Amore... ridotte per
piano forte dal Mo. Luigi Truzzi.
Milano presso G. Ricordi..., circa
1840. Engraved on 62 leaves (the 19 separate numbers are paged
individually), plate numbers 6204 and later, oblong 4to, original
green printed paper wrappers: a very good copy.
First performed
1832, the full score was not published till 1916.
(7)
€80-€100 (£64-£80 approx.)
468
.
VIGNEAUX (Ernest).
Souvenirs d’un prisonnier de guerre
au Mexique, 1854-1855.
Paris, Hachette,
1863
FIRST EDITION, pp (4), 565, with half-title, large 12mo,
contemporary quarter calf over boards: little rubbed at corners
but binding sound & strong, otherwise a very good copy.
An uncommon first-hand account of the unsuccessful French expedition
of 1854. Though well-represented in NUC it is very uncommon in
commerce.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
FRANKLIN (Benjamin).
The
Life and Essays of Dr. Franklin.
London: Published Augst. 1st by T.
Kinnersley,
1816. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, an
engraved title-page and pages vi, ii, 471, (1, blank), 8vo,
contemporary calf, gilt ruled and lettered spine: the binding a
little dull but sound and strong and otherwise a very good copy.
The “Continuation of his life, by Dr Stubor” i. e. Stuber. The
autobiography is a translation from a French translation.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT:
FRANKLIN (Benjamin).
The Life
and Essays of Dr. Franklin.
London: Published Augst. 1st by T.
Kinnersley,
1816
(2)
KIDD (John), MD, FRS.
On the adaptation of external
nature. Principally with reference to the supply of his wants and
the exercise of his intellectual faculties
William Pickering,
1833.
SECOND EDITION, pp xvi, 375, 8vo, contemporary half calf,
with label, gilt: very good.
Edition statement from the half-title. Bridgewater Treatise II, the most
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