GIBBS, James (1682-1754). Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a short description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford. London: for the Author, 1747. 2 (423 x 268mm). 2 engraved portraits (one of the author by Baron after William Hogarth a second of John Radcliffe by Foudrinier after Kneller), 21 plans and views by Foudrinier after Gibbs. (Light soiling to three plates.) Contemporary half calf (worn). Provenance : Henry James Ellicombe (armorial bookplate); Leonard Stokes (inscription dated 1901); C.P. (inscription, dated 1933). FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat 2334. John DART (d.1730). Westmonasterium. or the history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of.. Westminster. London: James Cole Joseph Smith, Thomas Bowles [circa 1723]. 2 volumes, 2 (393 x 252mm). 4 + 1pp. subscribers' list. Engraved titles, 136 plates only (of 148 or 149), 4 double-page, extra-illustrated with a cut-down and mounted duplicate of the first plate in vol.II. Early 19th-century diced russia, covers with elaborate overall design in blind, the spines tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (rebacked, original spines laid down, corners neatly repaired) Provenance : William Beckford (note of purchase from the Hamilton Palace sale by Kerr and Robinson of Glasgow); Henry J.B. Clements (armorial bookplate). Upcott II, p.851; and two other works (James Gibbs A Book of Architecture. London: 1728. 2; John Dart. The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury. London: 1726. 2). The lot sold not subject to return. (5)
GIBBS, James (1682-1754). Bibliotheca Radcliviana: or, a short description of the Radcliffe Library at Oxford. London: for the Author, 1747. 2 (423 x 268mm). 2 engraved portraits (one of the author by Baron after William Hogarth a second of John Radcliffe by Foudrinier after Kneller), 21 plans and views by Foudrinier after Gibbs. (Light soiling to three plates.) Contemporary half calf (worn). Provenance : Henry James Ellicombe (armorial bookplate); Leonard Stokes (inscription dated 1901); C.P. (inscription, dated 1933). FIRST EDITION. Berlin Kat 2334. John DART (d.1730). Westmonasterium. or the history and antiquities of the Abbey Church of.. Westminster. London: James Cole Joseph Smith, Thomas Bowles [circa 1723]. 2 volumes, 2 (393 x 252mm). 4 + 1pp. subscribers' list. Engraved titles, 136 plates only (of 148 or 149), 4 double-page, extra-illustrated with a cut-down and mounted duplicate of the first plate in vol.II. Early 19th-century diced russia, covers with elaborate overall design in blind, the spines tooled in gilt and blind, g.e. (rebacked, original spines laid down, corners neatly repaired) Provenance : William Beckford (note of purchase from the Hamilton Palace sale by Kerr and Robinson of Glasgow); Henry J.B. Clements (armorial bookplate). Upcott II, p.851; and two other works (James Gibbs A Book of Architecture. London: 1728. 2; John Dart. The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury. London: 1726. 2). The lot sold not subject to return. (5)
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