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 WILLIAM BRADFORD - C. 1780-1857
 Sketches of the country, character, and costume, in Portugal and Spain
made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809 / engraved and coloured from the drawings by the Rev. William Bradford... = Esquisse du pays, du caractere et du costume, en Portugal et en Espagne, prises pendant la campagne et durant la marche de l’Armee Angloise, en 1808 en [sic] 1809. / Gravees et colorees d’apres les desseins du Rev. Guillaume Bradford...- London: John Booth, 1812.- London: printed for John Booth, 1812.- [38] f.: [39] gravuras coloridas; 37 cm.- E. Together with: -----.- Revue historique et chronologique des evenements memorables de la Guerra dans la Peninsule [...] compilee et redigee pur servir de suplement aux esquisses du pays, costumes, &c. par Rev. Guillaume Bradford. = Chronological and historical restrospect of the memorable events of the War in the Peninsula [...] collected and anexed as a supplemental addition to the Rev. William Bradford’s views, &c.- London: printed for John Booth, 1813.- [2], 24 p.: [13] gravuras coloridas; 37 cm.- E. Reverend William Bradford (1780-1857) was a military chaplain and accompanied the forces of Wellington in the Peninsular War Campaign against Napoleon's troops; his drawings were improved and engraved by J. Clark to illustrate one of the most beautiful books about Portugal and Spain published in the 19th century. A variant of the 1810 edition. The first part contains 39 hand-coloured aquatints, mainly depicting popular costumes and city views. The second one includes 13 coloured aquatints with Portuguese, French and Spanish military uniforms (the copy apparently lacks the 10 text pages with their own title, that come before the military engravings but lacking in many other copies). The text is bilingual in English and French. The engravings comply exactly with the índex. Buffalo skin recent half-binding with protective case. Duarte de Sousa, 102. Tooley, 108.

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413

 PLÍNIO, O VELHO - SÉC. I
 HISTORIÆ NATURALIS
PLÍNIO, O VELHO (Gaius Plinius Secundus).- [...] NATURALIS | HISTORIÆ, | Tomus Primus [Secundus & Tertius] | Cum Commentariis & adnotationibus HERMOLAI | BARBARI. PINTIANI, RHENANI, GELENII, | DALECHAMPII, SCALIGERI, SALMASII, | Is VOSSII, & Variorum. | Accedunt præterea varia Lectiones ex MSS. compluribus | ad oram Paginarum accuratæ. | Item Joh. Fr. Gronovii Notarum Liber Singularis | ad Illustrem Virum Johannem Capelanum.- Lugd. Batav. & Roterodami: Apud Hackios, 1669 (tomos II e III: 1668).- 3 vols.: il.; 18 cm.- E. Gaius Plinius Secundus (23-79), Roman historian, naturalista and scientist. The "Natural History", considered his masterpiece, consists of 37 books. A very prepared edition with extensive review, published simoultaneously in Leiden and Rotterdam. Each volume, with a different intaglio (taille-douce) engraved title page, has the following collation: tomus primus: [8], 838, [132] p.; tomos secundus: 917, [87] p.; tomus tertius: [8], 838, [134] p. Volumes I and III show on the last fly guard, a curious handwritten inscription (belongs: M[unreadable] C. Duprez) indicating that the copy was purchased in Paris on May 19th 1789. Fine bindings of late 18th century, entire calendered green Morocco, with bordures (garlands) on the plans, wheels to the boards and in the thickness of the folders; smooth spines, slightly faigued (with imperfect hoods), with neo-classic irons between raised bands. Gilt leaf cutting. Brunet (IV, col. 716): Belle édition et l’une des moins communes de la collection des anciens Variorum.

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423

 LORD GEORGE MACARTNEY - 1737-1806
 Voyage dans l’intérieur de la Chine et en Tartarie, fait dans les années 1792, 1793 et 1794
rédigé sur les papier de Lord Macartney, sur ceux du Commodore Erasme Gower, et des autres personnes attachés à l’Ambassade, par Sir Georges Staunton; traduit de l’anglais, avec des notes, par J. Castéra.- Seconde édition, augmentée d’un précis de l’histoire de la Chine, par le traducteur, et du voyage en Chine et en Tartarie de J. C. Huttner...- A Paris: Chez F. Buisson, An 7 (1799).- 5 vols.: il.; 20 cm.- E. Georges Macartney (1737-1806), British statesman, colonial governor and diplomat, headed an embassy to China with the aim to establishing trade relations with this country. Second edition of the account of his trip, quite increased especially concerning the illustrations, having first been published just a year earlier. The collationof each of the volumes is the following: tome premier: [4], CXXXVI, 311 p.; tome second: [4], 408 p.; tome troisième: [4], 414, [2] p.; tome quatrième: [4], 380 p.; tome cinquième: [4], 350 p. The set of five volumes includes 39 engravings of which a portrait of the author and a map are on the first volume and three large folding maps at the end of the fifth volume. All the engravings, including the maps are numbered from I to XXXIX. Trimmed copy sometimes at the expense of the subtitle of some engravings, especially panoramas. Some signatures slightly disjointed; final maps badly folded and one tear-ripped but not lacking support. However, it is complete and solid. Entire calf bindings of the time, fatigued but secured.

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428

 JAMES MURPHY - 1760-1814
 Plans, elevations, sections and views of the church of Batalha
MURPHY, James.- Plans, elevations, sections and views of the church of Batalha, in the province of Estremadura in Portugal, with the history and description by Fr. Luis de Sousa; with remarks. To which is prefixed an introductory discourse on the principles of Gothic Architecture.- London: I. & J. Taylor, 1795.- [2], II, 61, [1] p.: [27 (aliás 26)] gravuras; 53 cm.- E. A monumental work particularly appreciated for the oversized intaglio (taille-douce) engravings with the architectural survey of the Monastery of Batalha. The edition includes the following engravings: title page and dedication; 5 engravings (introduction); 20 engravings (architectural survey). A few rare copies are part of a fourth one (not mentioned in the works of reference), indicating volume IV and containing «Account of the antiquities discovered at Richester, in a letter from Charles Townley...» and illustrated with 4 more engravings (not in the present one). Copy lacking the engraved dedication leaf and with impressive acidity stains especially on the title page and on the handled engravings. The five engravings at the end of the introduction presente worm cuts on the top margin. Complete and clean texto lacking the list of subscribers. Recent leather half-binding. Duarte de Sousa, 510.

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431

 WILLIAM BRADFORD - C. 1780-1857
 Esquisse du pays, du caractere et du costume, en Portugal et en Espagne, prises pendant la campagne et durant la marche de l’Armee Angloise
en 1808 en [sic] 1809. / Gravees et colorees d’apres les desseins du Rev. Guillaume Bradford [...] avec les explications et les descriptions propres a chaque sujet. = Sketches of the country, character and costume, in Portugal and Spain, made during the campaign, and on the route of the British Army, in 1808 and 1809. / Engraved and coloured from drawings by the Rev. William Bradford [...] with incidental illustrations, & appropriate descriptions, of each subject.- London: printed for John Booth, 1812.- [4, 38] f.: [40 (aliás 34)] gravuras coloridas; 47 cm. Junto com: -----.- Revue historique et chronologique des evenements memorables de la Guerra dans la Peninsule [...] compilee et redigee pur servir de suplement aux esquisses du pays, costumes, &c. par Rev. Guillaume Bradford. = Chronological and historical restrospect of the memorable events of the War in the Peninsula [...] collected and anexed as a supplemental addition to the Rev. William Bradford’s views, &c.- London: printed for John Booth, 18123.- [2], 24 p.: [13 (aliás 12)] gravuras coloridas; 47 cm.- E. Variantes da obra de Bradford, com data de 1812 na primeira parte e de 1813 na segunda. Todos os textos são bilingues em francês (primeiro) e em inglês (depois). Exemplar de trabalho, completo de texto e com margens muito generosas, mas com falta de seis gravuras na primeira parte: 1 – Creek of Maceira; 6 – Cintra from the Lisbon road; 9 – Aqueduct of Alcantara; 15 – View of the Tagus near Villa Velha; 20 – The Boleras Dance; 21 – Salamanca. In the second part only #13 and last engravings are missing: French Dragoon. Most pages feature acidity spikes and moisture stains sometimes quite strong. Engravings are in general quite clean. Half-binding of the time, fatigued but recoverable, with huge leather label on the loosen upper folder. Engraving 32 (Bull) is of a different kind from the one on lot XXXXX bearing the same number. The cover page and proper second part texto (Revue historique et chronologique...), are binded at the beginning of first volume. Tooley, 108 and 109.

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