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ARIOSTO (LODOVICO)Orlando Furioso, 4 vol., in Italian, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 engraved illustrations by Bartolozzi and others, after Cipriani, Cochin, Eisen, Monnet, Jean-Michel-Moreau le jeune, and others, some foxing heavy in places, contemporary straight-grain morocco gilt, gilt dentelles, g.e., spines slightly sunned, light wear [Brunet I 438; Cohen-de Ricci 95; Gaskell 48; Ray French 64; Sander 44], 8vo (232 x 145 mm), Birmingham, John Baskerville for Pietro and Giovan Claudio Molini, 1773--JONES (INIGO) Designs of Inigo Jones consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings, FIRST EDITION, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait on first title, vignettes on titles, 97 plates, numbered 1-73 and 1-63 (24 double-page and 5 folding) by Hulsbergh, Fourdrinier, Herisset and Cole, engraved folding perspective view of Whitehall Palace from the 1770 edition inserted as frontispiece, engraved head- and tail-pieces after William Kent subscribers' list, lacking allegorical frontispiece and vol. 1 half-title, plate folds split and reinforced with tape, 3 plates detached at folds, small tears at margins [Fowler 162; Harris 385; Millard, British 34], period-style speckled half calf and marbled boards, age-toning, occasional light damp-staining and foxing, housed in cloth box, folio (452 x 280mm.), William Kent 1727--WOOD (JOHN) Choir Gaure, Vulgarly Called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Described, Restored, and Explained, engraved frontispiece portrait, 5 engraved plans (4 folding), worming to frontispiece and first and last few leaves, age-toning and some soiling, later sheep, red morocco spine label, covers scuffed, 8vo (203 x 135mm.),Oxford, Printed at the Theatre, 1747--STURT (JOHN) The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, FIRST EDITION, engraved throughout including portraits of George I and of the Prince and Princess of Wales, illustrations, list of subscribers, and text, ornamental borders, vignettes and ornate initials, minor age-toning and spotting, volvelle on p.v lacking pointer (as usual), contemporary tooled polished black calf, spine gilt in 6 compartments, gilt dentelles, g.e., shelf-wear, slight chipping to lower spine end [ESTC T141241; Griffiths 1717/1, variant 1], 8vo (194 x 122mm.), John Baskett, 1717--WOOD ([ELLEN] MRS. HENRY) East Lynne, 3 vol., second edition, some age-toning and foxing, small ink stain to title of vol. 2, contemporary half blue calf and marbled boards, morocco spine labels, extremities rubbed, especially spine [Sadleir 3333a], 8vo (192 x 126 mm.), Richard Bentley 1861-62--LE SAGE (ALAIN-RENÉ) The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, 4 vol., 24 engraved plates after Robert Smirke title page of volume I loose, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary vellum with marbled paper onlays on cover, red and green morocco labels to spine, wear and some soiling to covers, large 4to (272 x 218 mm.), Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1809 (14)FootnotesA group of books including the illustrated Italian-language edition of Ariosto (printed by Baskerville in collaboration with the Molini brothers, publishers in Paris, and numerous skilled artists and engravers from Paris and London), Inigo Jones's Designs... for Buildings, John Wood's 1747 work on Stonehenge, an ornate version of the Book of Common Prayer from the same publisher who produced the "Vinegar Bible" of 1709, and the second edition of Ellen Wood's East Lynne, the best-selling novel of the nineteenth century.
Provenance: First work, Stourhead Heirlooms Library (eagle head armorial symbol in gilt on spine); Mary S. Collins, bookplate. Second work, Avery Library (perforated stamps, blind-stamps to plates throughout, ink stamps on dedication leaf); purchased from Argosy, New York. Third work, purchased from Maggs Bros, pencil note. Fourth work, George Lake Russell (1802-1878), ownership inscription on first flyleaf ("George Lake Russell. This book was given to him by W. Cade at Riverhead, Jan. 30th 1813"). Fifth work, Mrs. Goldie, contemporary signature on title page. Sixth work, Claude Meeker [Ohio investment broker and diplomat, 1861-1929], bookplates; all with the bookplate of Robin Satinsky.