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Laminated illustrated wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm, 97 pp, ills. 367 lots. From the introduction: "The following 118 lots come from the stock-in-trade of Sir Tobias Rodgers, who died at the age of 56 earlier this year. Rodgers cut a distinctive figure in the world of rare books. His own laconic remark, that he thought of himself as 'more of a boulevardier than a book-seller' belied the seriousness with which he pursued his metier. Some of these books bear the distinctive shelf-mark of the Cullen House Library. " Among the highlights noted were the following: "Creceilius's Collectanea de originemonasticorum ordinum ordine, Frankfurt, 1614, John Donne's Copy, (lot 179); Ferrerrio's Palazzi di Roma, Rome, 1665, (lot 32), and other books on Rome, (including lots 85 and 152 to 156); Guicciardini's Description de touts les Pays-Bas, Amsterdam, 1625, (lot 34); Lewin's The Papilios of Great Britain, 1795, (lot 54); Loggan's Oxonia lllustrata, Oxford, 1675, (lot 56); Porterfield's A Treatise on the Eye, Edinburgh, 1795, (lot 79); Silva's Dell'Arte di Giardini Inglesi, Milan, 1801, (lot 93); Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire, 1814, (lot 109); St. Augustine's De Civitate Dei, Venice, 1486, (lot 119); St. Bernard's Sermones, [Speir, c.1481], (lot 121); Ville's Les Fortifications, Lyon, 1628, (lot 145), and other militaria; a good collection of ceremonial and fête books, (lots 180-201); Schreiber's Buchsemaister-Discurs, Brieg, 1656, (lot 203); books on calligraphy, (lots 214-224); Horst's Theatrum Machinarum Universale, 2 vol., Amsterdam, 1774, (lot 237); Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, Dublin, 1776, first Dublin edition, (lot 248); Magna Carta Regis Johannis, printed in gold on vellum, 1816, (lot 263); letters of Darwin, (lot 272), T.S. Eliot, (lot 283), and T.E. Lawrence, (lots 344 to 346); inscribed presentation copies from Agatha Christie, Sir Winston Churchill, Edward Gordon Craig, Conan Doyle, Ian Fleming, Graham Greene, D.H. Lawrence, Philip Larkin, G.B. Shaw, and H.G. Wells, and a collection of Double Crown Club menus, (lot 363)." Near Fine.

[ii],89,[1]pp., orig. printed wrappers, 1461 lots. Bound with 1 other Puttick & Simpson catalogue which appears to be imperfect, 3 works in one, cont. half vellum over marbled boards.

Handbill, 8 ¾ x 6 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. The auction, to be held in Nashville, June 1, 1881, would offer 11,800 acres "near the Tennessee River, known and designated as Brownsport Furnace, well-built and with all the improvements and appliances for operating a first-class iron works . this property is esteemed as valuable as any in the South or West for the purpose of manufacturing first rate iron . iron ore of the most superior quality abounds on the lands to be sold." The furnace was apparently never used again and is now a public park. Fold lines, some soiling, but very good.