Antiquarian Books and Pamphlets, early 17th c and later, com...

Estimate

£40 - £60

Antiquarian Books and Pamphlets, early 17th c and later, comprising [William Camden] Oratio in memoriam clarissimi viri Guilielmi Camdeni [...], [London]: s.n., [1623], 4pp, disbound, 4to; The Netherlands and the Dutch Republic, The Trial of Oldenbarnevelt, Hugo Grotius and Hogerbeets: Anon, Sententie uyt-ghesproocken ende ghepronuncieert over Hugo de Groot, ghewesen Pensionaris der Stadt Rotterdam, den achthienden May, anno sesthien-hondert neghenthien, first edition, second impression?, Graven-Haghe [i.e. The Hague]: By Hillebrant Iacobssz, 1619, title-page vignette of the Union of Utrecht's States Lion, [18]pp, later marbled wrapper over limp cloth boards, later collectors' book labels to pastedown, 4to; Politics: Morris (William), How I Became a Socialist. With some account of his connection with the Social-Democratic Federation. London: Printed and Published by the Twentieth Century Press, Limited, October, 1896, title-page with portrait of the author, the tract loose from the original wrappers, the latter chipped in places, 8vo; Shakespeare (William), Hamlet, London: Bradbury and Evans, 1859, later wrappers, 8vo; another two plays, Otway (Thomas), Titus and Berenice, a tragedy. With a Farce call'd The Cheats of Scapin, two parts in one, [London]: J. Tonson, 1734, frontispiece, disbound, 8vo; Brough (Robert R.), Alfred the Great, London: Thomas Hailes Lacy, n.d., [1860], later wrappers, 12mo in 6s; Anon, A Letter from a Curate of Suffolk to a High-Church Member [...], first edition, London: s.n., 1712, disbound, 8vo; Johnson (The Late Rev Samuel), An Answer to the History of Passive Obedience, just now reprinted under the Title of a Defence of Dr. Sacheverell, London: Printed by John Darby, 1700, disbound, 8vo; Anon, Some Short and Plain Directions For the Spending of One Day well [...], seventh edition, London: T. Trye, 1741, disbound, 8vo; Scottish chapbooks: The Village Curate, An Interesting Tale; To which is added, The Country Clergyman, A Poem. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers, 1828, anachronistic woodcut portrait vignette to upper-cover, 12mo; History of The Cathedral Church, Glasgow, fourth edition, Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1871, original publisher's printed pictorial yellow wrappers, 8vo; Dryburgh Abbey, its Monks and its Lords, fourth edition, s.l.: Printed for the Proprietor, 1873, original publisher's pink wrappers, 8vo; Scott (Sir Walter, Bart), Description of the Regalia of Scotland, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Anderson, 1876, original publisher's blue wrappers, 8vo; An Historical Account of the Life of St. Margaret, (Queen of Scotland); with a Description of St. Margaret's Chapel, and of Mons Meg, Edinburgh: Robert Anderson, 1876, original publisher's pale blue wrappers, 8vo; & Americana; Early American Female Ownership. Philips (Ambrose), The Poetical Works. With the Life of the Author, Bell's edition, Edinburgh: [Printed] at The Apollo Press, by the Martins, 1781, engraved frontispiece and additional allegorical Neoclassical title, contemporary sheep, gilt-lettered red morocco piece, some light wear, minor chips, split joints but without movement, 12mo in 6s, (15) 

Provenance: 15th: Francenia Sitgreaves (née Allibone; 1763-1794), first wife of Samuel Sitgreaves (1764-1827), Federalist Party member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (1795-97) and later trustee of Lafayette College; her ownership stamp to verso of frontispiece.