Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles
VG, 1730, 1st ed. In superb full modern black calf, gilt edge tooling, by Period Binders of Bath. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to red calf labels. Internally, new endpapers, rubricated title page, [42], [3], 4-586 pp, lacks half title, parallel Welsh and Latin texts, text block edges sprinkled red, one of the 400 Ordinary paper issues, light browning to edges of tp only, small gutter tear to tp, numerous printers headers, footers & initials, 1 illustration within text, 39.5*25cms. (ESTC T63960. Brunet 1480. Maslen & Lancaster). Title continues: Hoeli Boni et aliorum Walliae principum, quas ex variis codicibus manuscriptis eruit, interpretatione latina, notis & glossario illustravit. One of Hywel's supposed pro-English acts was the introduction of elements of English law into those of Wales. This was not impossible, since according to the prologues to the Welsh law books of the thirteenth and later centuries, he was responsible for the first codification and promulgation of Welsh law, known consequently as cyfraith Hywel ('the law of Hywel'). See ODNB.
Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis
Fine, 1967. 105 offset colour lithograh plates. 1 of the 199 Magni Luxus copies, complete with the publishers signed vellum limitation sheet & the stamped & numbered gold cast of the artists hand with support & leather pouch. 5 volumes of the publishers green crushed full morocco, t.e.g. Spines, raised bands enclosing coloured inlaid floral designs, gilt titles on red labels. Internally, gilt inner dentelles, moire silk endpapers, 105 offset colour lithograph plates, after watercolour drawings by Salvador Dali, each with a Japanese paper tissue guard bearing a printed biblical quotation, text block edges uncut. Each volume encased in its green morocco and moire silk slipcase, small marks to cases. Stunning to say the least! (Michler and Lopsinger 1600). Title continues: Sixti V pont. max. iussu recognita et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita. Dr Giuseppe Albaretto arranged to have the bible published by the Rizzoli press with himself as the editor. The typeface was derived from type designed by Aldus Manutius, cut and cast especially for this Bible. 99 "ad personam" copies were printed, each on hand-made, pure rag paper, interspersed with illuminated drawings and bound in green Morocco leather; the binding itself is embellished with gold with mosaic-like gold ornamentation on the spine. Each unique copy contains at least one of the original pictures by Salvador Dali?. 199 copies of the "magnus luxus" edition, numbered I to CXCIX, were printed on hand-made, pure rag paper, interspersed with illuminated drawings and bound in green aluta leather; the binding is also embellished with gold with mosaic-like gold ornamentation on the spine. 1499 copies of the "luxus" edition, numbered 1 to 1499, were printed on special wood-pulp paper with the Dali? watermark, interspersed with illuminated drawings and bound in natural-colored goatskin, embellished with gold. This is a copy magnus luxus edition.
Dramatic Characters, or Different Portraits of the English Stage.
VG, 1st ed, 24 pls (hand coloured - complete). In modern full calf, decorative gilt edge tooling. Spine, gilt tooling, raised bands, gilt titles to red morocco label. Internally, engraved French title leaf, engraved English title leaf, engraved dedication leaf, contents leaf, followed by 24 leaves of hand coloured engraved plates of various actors in character, some plates dated 1769, gilt tooling to board edges and turn ins, original end & feps, occasional light spotting, hinges repaired. Uncommon. There was a second edition published in 1773. Contact MadocBooks for further information. (Folio, 113*141 mm). (ESTC N65933. A Cyclopedia Of Costume Vol. II A General History Of Costume In Europe - Planche). French Title: Characteres Dramatiques, ou Portraits Divers du Theatre Anglois. Characters include: Mr Garrick as: St Jn Brute in Provoked Wife. Twice. Mrs Barry & Garrick as Donna Violante & Don Felix in ye Wonder. Garrick as Abel-Drugger in Alchymist. as Hamlet. as King Lear. as Macbeth. Mrs Yares as Lady Macbeth.Mr Macklin as Shylock. Mr Clark as Antonio. Mr Shuter as Justice Woodcock in Love in a Village. Mr Beard as Hawthorn. Mr Dunstall as Hodge.Mrs Clive as Mrs Heidelberg. etc etc.
A Voyage Round Great Britain,
VG, 1814-1825, 8 vols in 4, 308 pls (of 308 coloured aquatints) 1 duplicate 1 B&W. Contemporary red morocco half calf over red morocco cloth, some gilt tooling. Spines, raised bands, decorative gilt tooling, gilt titles. Internally Volume 1: (Vol 1), 1814, [3], (iv-v), [1], [1], 2-215, [1], [1] errata[1], [1], 26 pls the B&W Kemaes head pl, loose, as often. (Vol 2), 1815, [3], 4-223, [1] pl list, 30 pls. Volume 2: (Vol 3), 1818, [4], [1], 2-80, 42 pls 1 duplicate (was lacking Loch-na-gael, near Knock on Mull, now inserted from another copy, and with a duplicate of pl 90 - Arros Castle, Isle of Mull {pl 90}. (Vol 4), 1820, [4], [1], 2-96, 42 pls. Volume 3: (Vol 5), 1821, [4], [1], 2-36, 42 pls. (Vol 6), 1822, [4], [1], 2-94, 42 pls. Volume 4: (Vol 7), 1826, [2], [1], 2-90, 42 pls. (Vol 8 1825, [4], [1], 2-65, [1], 42 pls. Red marbled endpapers, a.e.g., new tips, cloth on lower board of V2 replaced like for like. A superb copy of The Most Important Colour Plate Book On British Topography. (Folio, 265*363 mm, occasional spot). (Abbey Scenery 16. Tooley 177). Daniell was an extremely accomplished aquatinter and etcher and at times experimented with the latest printmaking techniques, producing a series of high-quality productions. His most famous independent work being his Voyage round Great Britain, which made extensive use of sepia wash. (See ODNB).
The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia.
Often considered as the finest illustrated work on the Near East! 3 vols, 1st eds, 1842-43-49. Complete, 1 map, 124 hand coloured tinted lithographs. In contemporary half red morocco over red morocco cloth, some gilt tooling. Spines, relaid, decorative gilt tooling & titles. Internally. Vol 1, 1842, portrait frontis, engraved titlepage, [8], [1], 2-30 pp, 44 pls (including 1 B&W portrait, the remainder tinted lithographs, hand coloured). Vol 2, 1843, 43 pls (hand coloured lithographs). Vol 3, 1849, 37 pls, 1 map (B&W). A.e.g., green marbled endpapers, small stamp to recto of each Vols ep (H.E.H. Duplicate - probably Henry Edwards Huntington - February 27, 1850 - May 23, 1927 - he was an American railroad magnate & collector of art & rare books). Corner repairs to V1 & 2, 7 plates remounted, 2 new inner cloth joints, occasional light spotting. The red morocco cloth to vols 1 & 3, have been expertly replaced (c20C). (Elephant folio, 447*612 mm). (Abbey Travel 385/272. Tooley 401/2). Waldemar Januszczak wrote in a review in the Guardian in 1986. 'His pictures are determined to take your breath away. The artist tries every pictorial trick in the book, from the dramatically plunging perspective to the lonely ruin on a hill' and is 'unusually good for a British painter at sampling the dark, sumptuous . interiors of Catholic cathedrals' (ODNB)
