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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S... London: Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition, two volumes. Modern brown calf over spines and corners, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, brown cloth over boards, top edges gilt, silk ribbons, custom slipcase. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28.25 x 21.5 cm); vol I: xlii, 498, [2], xlix pp., with engraved portrait frontispiece, in-text illustration, tailpiece, and seven plates; vol II: [2], 348, [2], vii, [1, blank], [1], 4-311, [1, blank] pp., with engraved frontispiece, double-page map, and three plates. Light wear to spines and edges, spines faded, offsetting from plates, volume I with varying degrees of pale spotting throughout, volume II with occasional pale spotting, a small blemish to p. 2 in Volume I, marginal tears in leaves X4 and 2X2 of volume I, not affecting the text, a few small pencil annotations in the margins of volume II, without the half-titles, with all the plates called for in the contents list, book label of William M. Lese.
The six volumes of Samuel Pepys' (1633-1703) diaries, "closely written in shorthand, belonged to the valuable collection of books and prints bequeathed by him to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and had remained there unexamined, till... the MS. was deciphered by Mr. John Smith, with a view to its publication" (preface, page v). Pepys had been secretary of the Navy under Charles II and James II and, in his diaries dating from 1660 to 1669, he described many of the major events of the time, including the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.
Grolier, 100 Books Famous in English Literature, 75; Lowndes, 1828.
Für Doyle New York Versandinformtation bitte wählen Sie +1 2124272730.
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will present an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10am. The sale includes an extensive collection of illustrated books and fine bindings, many from a private collection purchased at auction in the 1970s and off the market until the present time. Here are copies of the first edition of Nerciat’s erotic classic Le Diable au Corps, and an early and curiously illustrated edition of the exceedingly naughty Academie des Dames. From the same collection comes a splendid Levitzky binding with batik endpapers on a work illustrated by Georges Barbier, with an original watercolor by the master. Many finely bound sets are featured in the sale, most notably an exceptionally luxurious set of Charles Dickens, one of 15 copies bound in sixty volumes, in superb red levant morocco with onlays.
As usual, the sale includes a selection of interesting maps and atlases, such as a copy of Turgot’s 1734 bird’s eye plan of Paris, and a finely colored celestial map by Andreas Cellarius. Additionally, there is a sizable group of globes and instruments in the auction, including a pair of 15-inch library globes and a 20-inch celestial globe by Cary, as well as three English pocket globes, a “dissected” paper globe, and a collection of rare pocket-sized navigational instruments and sundials, notably an exquisite 17th century silver “Butterfield” type sundial by the Parisian instrument maker Pierre Sevin.
One lot that bears special note is the Latin grammar owned by the young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used by him while studying for his baccalaureate examination. In this, the artist has penned hundreds of tiny ink sketches, ranging from studies of horses to caricatured faces. Toulouse-Lautrec was 16 to 17 years old at the time, and his genius was just starting to declare itself, evident in the precocious studies of horses in this work, which make the annotations far more compelling than mere juvenalia.
Also, in the auction are selections of Americana, travels and voyages, and a wide range of early printing. In this last category, a complete copy of Graevius’s great 1722 work on Venice is offered, the Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus with the two large folding plates of the city and all the double-page views of piazzas and palazzos.
The Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford offers approximately 75 lots of signed books and memorabilia relating to the political career of President Ford and watches, jewelry, and decorative items owned by and gifted to the Fords. Of note is Gerald Ford’s copy of the Official Report of the Warren Commission, of which he was a member, inscribed to him with appreciation from President Lyndon Johnson and each member of the commission. It was John “Jack” Ford who brought George Harrison to the White House, the first of the Beatles to visit, and offered in the sale are two inscribed books on Eastern thought. Of the jewelry, President Ford’s Omega and Piaget watches are offered, as is a sapphire ring that belonged to First Betty Ford. Among the gifts presented to the Fords on their world travels are jewelry items and keepsakes from Jordan and Oman, several in high karat gold. View Lots
Order of Sale
Lots 1–8 Sports and mountaineering
Lots 9–45 Americana
Lots 46–57 Travel
Lots 58–73 Maps and atlases, globes and instruments
Lots 74–114 Antiquarian books and manuscripts
Lots 115–120 Economics and the World Wars
Lots 121–163 Literature (including literary autographs)
Lots 164–178 Color plate books
Lots 179–189 Library sets
Lots 190–215 Fine bookbindings: English, French and Russian
Lots 216–220 Fore-edge paintings
Lots 221–233 Curiosa
Lots 234–249 Limited Editions Club
Lots 250–261 Private press and fine printing
Lots 262–276 Illustration and children's books
Lots 277–280 Applied Art
Lots 281–306 Books on Fine Art and Livres d'artistes
Lots 307–318 American autographs
Lots 319–340 American Presidential documents and signatures
Lots 340–End Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
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Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq. F.R.S... London: Henry Colburn, 1825. First edition, two volumes. Modern brown calf over spines and corners, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, brown cloth over boards, top edges gilt, silk ribbons, custom slipcase. 11 x 8 1/4 inches (28.25 x 21.5 cm); vol I: xlii, 498, [2], xlix pp., with engraved portrait frontispiece, in-text illustration, tailpiece, and seven plates; vol II: [2], 348, [2], vii, [1, blank], [1], 4-311, [1, blank] pp., with engraved frontispiece, double-page map, and three plates. Light wear to spines and edges, spines faded, offsetting from plates, volume I with varying degrees of pale spotting throughout, volume II with occasional pale spotting, a small blemish to p. 2 in Volume I, marginal tears in leaves X4 and 2X2 of volume I, not affecting the text, a few small pencil annotations in the margins of volume II, without the half-titles, with all the plates called for in the contents list, book label of William M. Lese.
The six volumes of Samuel Pepys' (1633-1703) diaries, "closely written in shorthand, belonged to the valuable collection of books and prints bequeathed by him to Magdalene College, Cambridge, and had remained there unexamined, till... the MS. was deciphered by Mr. John Smith, with a view to its publication" (preface, page v). Pepys had been secretary of the Navy under Charles II and James II and, in his diaries dating from 1660 to 1669, he described many of the major events of the time, including the Second Anglo-Dutch War and the Great Fire of London.
Grolier, 100 Books Famous in English Literature, 75; Lowndes, 1828.
Für Doyle New York Versandinformtation bitte wählen Sie +1 2124272730.
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will present an auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on Friday, April 11, 2025 at 10am. The sale includes an extensive collection of illustrated books and fine bindings, many from a private collection purchased at auction in the 1970s and off the market until the present time. Here are copies of the first edition of Nerciat’s erotic classic Le Diable au Corps, and an early and curiously illustrated edition of the exceedingly naughty Academie des Dames. From the same collection comes a splendid Levitzky binding with batik endpapers on a work illustrated by Georges Barbier, with an original watercolor by the master. Many finely bound sets are featured in the sale, most notably an exceptionally luxurious set of Charles Dickens, one of 15 copies bound in sixty volumes, in superb red levant morocco with onlays.
As usual, the sale includes a selection of interesting maps and atlases, such as a copy of Turgot’s 1734 bird’s eye plan of Paris, and a finely colored celestial map by Andreas Cellarius. Additionally, there is a sizable group of globes and instruments in the auction, including a pair of 15-inch library globes and a 20-inch celestial globe by Cary, as well as three English pocket globes, a “dissected” paper globe, and a collection of rare pocket-sized navigational instruments and sundials, notably an exquisite 17th century silver “Butterfield” type sundial by the Parisian instrument maker Pierre Sevin.
One lot that bears special note is the Latin grammar owned by the young Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, used by him while studying for his baccalaureate examination. In this, the artist has penned hundreds of tiny ink sketches, ranging from studies of horses to caricatured faces. Toulouse-Lautrec was 16 to 17 years old at the time, and his genius was just starting to declare itself, evident in the precocious studies of horses in this work, which make the annotations far more compelling than mere juvenalia.
Also, in the auction are selections of Americana, travels and voyages, and a wide range of early printing. In this last category, a complete copy of Graevius’s great 1722 work on Venice is offered, the Splendor Magnificentissimae Urbis Venetiarum Clarissimus with the two large folding plates of the city and all the double-page views of piazzas and palazzos.
The Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford offers approximately 75 lots of signed books and memorabilia relating to the political career of President Ford and watches, jewelry, and decorative items owned by and gifted to the Fords. Of note is Gerald Ford’s copy of the Official Report of the Warren Commission, of which he was a member, inscribed to him with appreciation from President Lyndon Johnson and each member of the commission. It was John “Jack” Ford who brought George Harrison to the White House, the first of the Beatles to visit, and offered in the sale are two inscribed books on Eastern thought. Of the jewelry, President Ford’s Omega and Piaget watches are offered, as is a sapphire ring that belonged to First Betty Ford. Among the gifts presented to the Fords on their world travels are jewelry items and keepsakes from Jordan and Oman, several in high karat gold. View Lots
Order of Sale
Lots 1–8 Sports and mountaineering
Lots 9–45 Americana
Lots 46–57 Travel
Lots 58–73 Maps and atlases, globes and instruments
Lots 74–114 Antiquarian books and manuscripts
Lots 115–120 Economics and the World Wars
Lots 121–163 Literature (including literary autographs)
Lots 164–178 Color plate books
Lots 179–189 Library sets
Lots 190–215 Fine bookbindings: English, French and Russian
Lots 216–220 Fore-edge paintings
Lots 221–233 Curiosa
Lots 234–249 Limited Editions Club
Lots 250–261 Private press and fine printing
Lots 262–276 Illustration and children's books
Lots 277–280 Applied Art
Lots 281–306 Books on Fine Art and Livres d'artistes
Lots 307–318 American autographs
Lots 319–340 American Presidential documents and signatures
Lots 340–End Property from the Collection of President Gerald R. Ford and First Lady Betty Ford
Terms & Conditions
SHOW MORESale Notice
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