Reflecting the Times We Hope That You Will Enjoy This Glimpse of the Treasure Trove That Is Shapero Rare Books
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Reflecting the Times We hope that you will enjoy this glimpse of the treasure trove that is Shapero Rare Books. Established in 1979, we are an internationally renowned dealer in rare books and works on paper. Amongst our team are specialists in travel books, illustrated natural history, first editions, Russian literature, and Judaica. In 2014 we launched Shapero Modern, a gallery for modern and contemporary prints. Whether you are seeking knowledge, building a collection, decorating your home or searching for that special gift, speak to our experts who have over one hundred and fifty years’ experience between them. We also have considerable expertise in both buying and brokering the sale of important collections. Browse in store or online and you might be surprised at what you discover. Reflecting the Times: The Illustrated Book from Aquatint to Pochoir 32 Saint George Street London W1S 2EA Tel: +44 (0)20 7493 0876 [email protected] shapero.com CONTENTS PART 1 - NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 006 PART 2 - THE AGE OF POCHOIR 104 item 26 - CRUIKSHANK, George. (Russians in the Napoleonic Wars). 4 Shapero Rare Books INTRODUCTION Most of the books in the present catalogue are from the library of a distinguished British collector. Assembled over the past forty years, they were selected with great care and an eye for original condition where possible. To this end copies were sought far and wide including from some of the great collections that went to auction in the U.K. and the U.S.A. during this period. The result has been a collection with distinguished provenances and many copies in original boards or parts. We are proud to offer the present selection and believe that it presents a wonderful opportunity to buy outstanding examples of some of the finest illustrated books of the past 200 years. Julian MacKenzie [email protected] Shapero Rare Books 5 NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1. ACKERMANN, RUDOLPH. The history of the colleges of Winchester, Eton and Westminster; with the Charter-House, the schools of St. Paul’s, Merchant Taylors, Harrow and Rugby, and the free-school of Christ’s Hospital. R. Ackermann, London, 1816. THE FINEST PICTORIAL RECORD OF THE NINE MOST FAMOUS SCHOOLS IN ENGLAND, this was the fifth of Ackermann’s ‘sumptuously illustrated volumes of English topography.’ The artists include Pugin, Nash and Westall, while the engraving was carried out by such masters of aquatint as Stadler, Buck and Havell, among others. The plates are chiefly of interior views with illustrations of gowned scholars. A fine, wide-margined copy. First edition. Large 4to (35 x 28.5 cm. approx.). 48 finely hand-coloured aquatint plates, issue with plate 23 in third state (masters behatted) and plate 26 in third state; some mild foxing, offsetting from plates. Modern half morocco, spine in 6 compartments, gilt lettered direct to second and fourth, others with gilt ornament. Adams 116; Abbey Scenery 440; Tooley (1973), 3; Prideaux p126; Martin-Hardie pp106-7. £3,000 [ref: 96202] 6 Shapero Rare Books 2. ALFRED, HENRY J. Views on the Thames. Marlow Weir, near Marlow Bridge, Bisham Abbey, Temple Lock, Hurley, Harleyford. Henry J. Alfred, London, 1857. A rare suite of hand-coloured lithographs illustrating one of the most beautiful stretches of the Thames. Well preserved. An excellent copy. First edition. Landscape folio (51 x 35.5 cm). 6 hand-coloured lithograph plates. Original wrappers, modern blue half calf, marbled sides, red morocco lettering piece. Abbey, Scenery 437 (not coloured); Bobins 830. £2,500 [ref: 92460] Shapero Rare Books 7 3. ALKEN, HENRY. Driving Discoveries. S. and J. Fuller, London, 1817. BEAUTIFULLY PRESENTED. A wonderful comic sequence showing the potential pitfalls of driving a carriage. Rare: only two copies are listed on the OCLC. Provenance: Bookplate of Lord Harry Nathan of Churt. Landscape folio (37.5 x 26.5 cm). Complete set of 7 hand-coloured etchings with 1817 watermarks (no title). Later scarlet morocco, gilt lettered direct to spine and upper cover, red morocco-backed grey cloth slipcase with cloth chemise. Siltzer pp.57 & 69; Tooley 25. £3,000 [ref: 95985] 8 Shapero Rare Books 4. ALKEN, HENRY. Sporting scrap book. McLean, London, [1824]. A WONDERFUL EVOCATION OF A BYGONE AGE with fine plates depicting country sports - racing, fishing, hunting; occupations - farriery, brick-making; and country types. ‘An attractive volume.’ - Schwerdt. The smaller of two formats of this work issued without priority. First edition. 4to (29 x 20.5 cm), 50 hand-coloured plates captioned within the plate. Uncut in original red boards; rebacked, original paper label to upper cover. Siltzer p71; Schwerdt, I p25. £1,250 [ref: 95619] Shapero Rare Books 9 5. ALKEN, HENRY. Symptoms of Being Amused. Volume one [all published]. Thos. McLean, London, 1822. A handsome copy of this work containing nearly 200 humorous sporting, military, domestic, and other designs, engraved on 42 finely coloured plates. A second volume was started and about a dozen plates were produced, but these are almost unknown. Provenance: Bookplate of Lord Gwydyr, black letter ink-stamps to initial blank of Sophia Campbell, Gwydyr’s mother, and her father, F. W. Campbell of Barbreck. First edition. Landscape folio. Hand-coloured etched title and 41 hand-coloured plates by and after Alken. Contemporary reddish brown morocco, marbled paper onlays to covers within gilt floral roll. Mellon/Podeschi 114; Schwerdt I, p. 27; Siltzer; Tooley 57. £1,950 [ref: 95986] 10 Shapero Rare Books 6. ALKEN, HENRY, ILLUSTRATOR. Real life in London; or, the rambles and adventures of Bob Tallyho, Esq. and his cousin, the Hon. Tom. Dashiell, through the metropolis; exhibiting a living picture of fashionable characters, manners and amusements in high and low life. Jones, London, 1822. A FINE, CLEAN SET IN A VERY HANDSOME BINDING. A tremendously popular work which provides a vivid evocation of Regency London and what a man about town might get up to - essentially, gaming, dining, drinking and dancing. There are ‘innumerable variations of the plates’ (Tooley) by Alken, Dighton, Rowlandson et al. Tooley regards this work as an imitation of Egan’s Life In London and ‘though not the equal of the latter,’ he believes, ‘it has considerable merit, serves as a foil to its illustrious contemporary and is an interesting and useful guide to the social history of the period.’ First edition, third issue. 2 volumes. 8vo. Hand-coloured aquatint title dated 1821, x including letterpress title, [3]-656 pp. with 18 hand-coloured aquatint plates, original printed publisher’s label pasted opposite terminal leaf; hand-coloured aquatint title dated 1821, letterpress title with vignette, ix, [3] pp. advertisements, 668 pp. with 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates including ‘optional’ plate at p. 407, original printed publisher’s label pasted opposite terminal leaf. Full red morocco gilt by Root & Son, covers with gilt dot border and double gilt fillets enclosing a geometric panel with gilt dancing figure to corners and gilt centre piece of a dancing couple, panelled spine in 6 compartments, gilt lettered direct to second, others with alternate gilt centrepieces of playing cards and dancing figure, raised bands, top edge gilt, others uncut. Tooley 198. £1,500 [ref: 95673] Shapero Rare Books 11 7. ALKEN, HENRY, I LLUSTRATOR; C HARLES JAMES APPERLEY. Memoirs of the life of the late John Mytton, Esq. of Halston, Shropshire; High Sheriff for the Counties of Salop and Merioneth, and major in the North Shropshire Yeomanry Cavalry. With notices of the hunting, shooting, driving, racing, extravagant exploits, by Nimrod. Ackermann, London, 1835. CLASSIC HUNTING ADVENTURES OF THE HIGH SHERIFF. The very scarce first edition in the original cloth. Brilliant impressions of Henry Alken’s plates. Two of the plates, Blood and the bull-dog and Mytton masters the savage dog, are not found in later editions. Between the years 1805 and 1820 Apperley devoted himself to fox-hunting. From 1813 to 1819 he was the agent for his brother-in-law’s estates and lived at Tŷ Gwyn, Llanbeblig. Around 1821, under the pseudonym of ‘Nimrod,’ Apperley began to contribute a series of articles to The Sporting Magazine that covered horse races, hunt meets and other sporting events. His references to the personalities of the people he knew or met at such events helped to double the circulation of the magazine within a few years. Mr. Pittman, the proprietor of The Sporting Magazine, gave Nimrod a handsome salary and defrayed all the expenses of his tours. He also gave Nimrod a stud of hunters. After Pittman’s death, the proprietors of the magazine sued Apperley for the money that had been advanced. To avoid imprisonment, Apperley moved to Calais in 1830, where he supported himself by writing. Provenance: Herman Le Roy Edgar. First edition in book form. 8vo. iv, 110 pp. with 12 hand-coloured plates including frontispiece; bookplate on front paste-down. Original brown cloth, title in gilt on upper cover; neat repairs to spine extremities, maroon morocco- backed folding box. Abbey Life 385; Franklin 43-4; Schwerdt I, 38; Siltzer 73; Tooley 67. £2,250 [ref: 95571] 12 Shapero Rare Books 8. ALKEN, HENRY, I LLUSTRATOR; [C HARLES JAMES APPERLEY], ‘NIMROD’. The Life of A Sportsman. Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1842. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, in the original cloth, ‘considered by many to be the premier colour plate sporting book in the XIX century.’ (Tooley) Provenance: Arthur W.H. Hay Drummond and Albert Henry Wiggin (armorial bookplates). 8vo. Engraved title, vi including printed title, [1] p. contents, [1] p. list of illustrations, 402 pp. with 35 hand-coloured plates with tissues guards, 4 mounted onto captioned sheets as issued, 5 ff. advertisements; occasional minor finger-marking and other marginal marking, bookplates and tipped-in catalogue description on front endpaper.