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Books And Manuscripts From The English Library Of Archibald, 5th Earl Of Rosebery And Midlothian, K.G., K.T.
29 October 2009 • London
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Sale Number: L09794
125 lots
1. An examination of the Acts of Parliament relative to the Trade and the Government of the American Colonies, also The different Constitutions of Government in these Colonies Considered, with Remarks Formed into a Bill, for Amendment of the Laws of this Kingdom, in Relation to the Government, and Trade of these Colonies, which Bill Is Humbly Submitted, to the Consideration of his Majesty's Ministers of State
Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
2. Views of churches, public buildings, squares, &c. in London and its environs, engraved for Ackermann's Repository and presented to Thomas Bird. [London: Rudolph Ackermann], 1817
Estimate: 600 – 900 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
3. The microcosm of London. London: R. Ackermann, [1808-1810]
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
4. Della architettura... della pittura... e della statua... tradotti in lingua italiana da Cosimo Bartoli. Nuova edizione; The architecture... translated... now first into English... by James Leoni. London: Thomas Edlin, 1726
Estimate: 3,000 – 5,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
5. A Collection of 7 tracts in one volume, comprising:
Estimate: 3,000 – 3,500 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
6. A voyage round the world, in the years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. London: Printed for the author, 1748
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
7. History and antiquities of the county of Norfolk. Norwich: J. Crouse for M. Booth, 1781
Estimate: 500 – 700 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
8. The travels of foure English men and a preacher into Africa, Asia, Troy, Bythinia, Thracia, and to the Blacke Sea... begunne in the yeere of iubilee 1600 and by some of them finished the yeere 1611 the others not yet returned. London: Felix Kyngston for William Aspley, 1612, first leaf blank, woodcut initials and headpieces
Estimate: 4,000 – 5,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
9. or, the lives of the most eminent persons who have flourished in Great Britain and Ireland, from the earliest ages, down to the present times. London: W. Innys, W. Meadows, J. Walthoe, T. Cox, A. Ward [and 18 others in London], 1747-1766
Estimate: 600 – 800 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
10. A voyage to the South Sea undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship the Bounty... Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship. London: George Nicol, 1792
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
11. An essay towards a topographical history of the county of Norfolk [with the continuation by Charles Parkin]. London: W. Bulmer and Co. for William Miller, 1805-1810
Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
13. The English gentleman: containing sundry excellent rules or exquisite observations, tending to direction of every gentleman, of selecter ranke and qualitie. London: John Haviland, to be sold by Robert Bostock, 1630
Estimate: 800 – 1,200 GBP
BIDDING IS CLOSED
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