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introduction)], [1 (blank)], [ix]-xlviii, [1]-479, [1 (blank)]; ii: [i]-viii, [1]- 288, [3 (tables)], [1 (blank)], [i]-cclx, [2 (colophon, verso blank)]; monochrome frontispieces with tissue guards, 10 colour-printed plates with tissue guards after William daniell et al., printed by otsuka kogei, 2 folding letterpress tables, 52 monochrome plates and maps, one folding, one monochrome plate with music printed on recto-and-verso, and one large colour-printed folding map of Java, illustrations in the text; slightly marked and rubbed at extremities, page-edges lightly marked, otherwise a very good set.
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246.QUEEN VICTORIA. the coronation sheet of Queen victoria. Printed and Published for the Proprietor by W Strange. 1838. £498
broadsheet 415 x 550mm, pp.4 sometime folded, a little dusty and with a couple of small stains, otherwise a very good copy.
the centre spread has an illustration of Queen victoria’s coronation procession, with descriptive text on the front and back covers, and with illustrations of the moment of coronation and st edward’s chair.
A scarce ephemeron. interestingly the publisher William strange was later sued by prince Albert on behalf of Queen victoria, for trying to sell family etchings of the prince of Wales, the princess royal - and their favourite dogs.
247.RAFFLES, Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley. the history of Java ... With an introduction by John bastin. Kuala Lumpur, London, New York: Ataksuki Art Printing Co., Ltd for Oxford University Press, 1965.
£475
4to (269 x 215mm), 2 volumes. original dark-blue cloth, spines lettered in silver, dark-blue endpapers; pp. i: [9 (title, imprint on verso,
facsimile edition of the first edition, published in london in 1817. sir thomas stamford raffles (1781-1826) was posted to penang in 1805 by the east india company, and quickly became fluent in malay and gained a great knowledge of the region and its peoples. When lord minto began his campaign against the dutch in Java, he selected raffles as his adviser and, on capturing the island, appointed him lieutenant-governor, and raffles’ governorship lasted until the restoration of the island to the dutch in 1816, when he returned to london. certain of the decisions he had taken while governor attracted criticism and censure and so he wrote the present History of Java— the first english-language work on the island — in an attempt to clear his name. raffles subsequently became governor of bencoolen and undertook explorations in sumatra; on his advice, the british occupied singapore to secure british trading interests in the region, and on 29 february 1819 raffles himself raised the british flag on the island. The History of Java was his most substantial publication and it remains a valuable picture of the island and its people at this time. the first edition of 900 copies has become uncommon and is much sought after, and this facsimile edition is prefaced by an introduction by John bastin, one of the foremost authorities on raffles.
For the 1st ed., cf. Abbey, Travel 554; Tooley 391.
248.RAWSTORNE, Lawrence. gamonia: or, the Art of preserving game; and an improved method of making plantations and covers, explained and illustrated. Published for the Proprietor, by Rudolph Ackermann, Eclipse Sporting Gallery. 1837.
£1,795
8vo. original dark green morocco with elaborate gilt roll-tool borders to sides, titled in gilt on spine, all edges gilt; pp. 208; with 15 superb hand- coloured aquatint plates of hunting and shooting scenes, “aquatinted by A.W. reeve, J.h. banks, h. guest and h. pappril”, finished with gum arabic; occasional textual browning, but a very good copy of this exceedingly sought-after work, errata slip present.
first edition. An example of the pinnacle of aquatinting as practised by rudolph Ackermann, the acknowledged master of the field. the plates are fresh; the presentation stunning; an essential addition to any hunting and shooting library, described by schwerdt as “an esteemed book”, with “unusually attractive plates”.
Schwerdt Ii p. 127; Abbey Life 392; Tooley 393.
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