What: Printed Books, Maps & DocumentsWhere: Dominic Winter, Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Cirencester, GL7 5UQWhen: Jan 31, 10:00 PMPublic Viewing: 9am-6pm Tuesday 30 January / from 9am on the day of the saleThe Printed Books, Maps, Documents at Domini Winter will be a collector’s paradise with loads and loads of collection of rarest of books, maps and documents from best authors! Some of the sale’s attractions include British Geology, Early Printed Books & Theology, The Edward Elgar Collection of Peter & Anne Duckers, The David Lansley Collection of Lewis Carroll Part II and many more!Top Lots of the Sale:- Mayer (Luigi) – “Views in Egypt”, Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Views in Palestine..., T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Measured at folio (465 x 330 mm) Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 787 & 788; Blackmer 1098 & 1099. Estimated Price: £3,000 - £5,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 7,050)- "England & Wales" - Greenough (George Bellas), A Geological Map of England & Wales by G. B. Greenough Esq. F.R.S., President of the Geological Society, published by the Geological Society, 2nd edition, November 1st. 1839, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring. Estimated Price: £3,000 - £5,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 7,050)- Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934) - Amended Offertorium, "O Hearken Thou", Ps. V, 2, for Chorus & Orchestra, Op. 64, autograph manuscript score, written in blue ink with circled letters A, B, C, and D in red ink, 7 numbered pages including title, March 16: 1911, Edward Elgar'; Measured at folio (32 x 21.5 cm). Estimated Price: £3,000 - £5,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 7,050)- Boswell (James, 1740-1795) - Autograph letter signed, 'James Boswell', Edinburgh, 1 February 1768, to Catharine Macaulay, informing her that he has forwarded her pamphlet on Hobbes to Paoli, and passing on Paoli's high opinion of the work for its constitutional insights. Estimated Price: £3,000 - £5,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 7,050)- "Geological Society of London" - Transactions, 11 volumes bound in thirteen, 1811-56, comprising first series volumes I-V, 1811-21 and second series volumes I-VI (volume V in three volumes including one with duplicate plates I-XXXIV) & volume VII part 4, 1824-56, at least 450 engraved and lithographed maps, geological sections and plates. Estimated Price: £3,000 - £4,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 5,650)- "Aquinas" (Saint Thomas) - Summe theologie, parts 2 & 3 only in one (of 3), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 15 January, 1496, first part with title leaf (a1) provided in facsimile, double-column text comprising 62 lines to a full column. Estimated Price: £3,000 - £4,000 (USD 4,200 – USD 5,650)- "Gronovius" (Jan Frederik) - Flora Virginica exhibens plantas, quas Johannes Claytonus, in Virginia crescents observavit, collegit et obtulit, 2nd edition, Leiden, 1762, engraved folding map of Virginia, contemporary marginalia. Estimated Price: £2,000 - £3,000 (USD 2,800 – USD 4,200)- "Bible" [English] - [The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Estimated Price: £2,000 - £3,000 (USD 2,800 – USD 4,200)- "Thomas" (Antoine Jean-Baptiste) - A. Firmin Didot, 1830, lithograph vignette to title and 72 hand-coloured & tinted lithograph plates after Villain, preceded by 44 pages of text, scattered spotting, some water staining, toning and few marks, all edges gilt. Estimated Price: £1,500 - £2,000 (USD 2,100 – USD 2,800)- "Paxton" (Joseph) - Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants, volumes 1-10 only, 1834-43, half titles, 456 plates, mostly hand-coloured, some folding, occasional spotting and some offsetting. Estimated Price: £1,500 - £2,000 000 (USD 2,100 – USD 2,800)- "British Isles" - Blaeu (Willem J.), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula, published Amsterdam, circa 1630, hand coloured carte-a-figures map with vertical margins of costumed figures. Measured at 460 x 545 mm, no text to verso. R. W. Shirley. Estimated Price: £1,500 - £2,000 000 (USD 2,100 – USD 2,800)- Paganini (Nicolo, 1782-1840) - Autograph letter signed, 'Nicolo Paganini', 12 July 1832, to an unidentified lady, in French, thanking her for her kindness towards his son and regretting that he wasn't able to spend the whole day with her. Estimated Price: £1,500 - £2,000 000 (USD 2,100 – USD 2,800)- "Americas" - Mercator (Michael), America sive India Nova ad magnae Gerardi Mercatoris aui Universalis imitationem in compendium redacta, [1613-30], hand coloured engraved map. Estimated Price: £1,200 - £1,800 (USD 1,700 – USD 2,500)- [Vargas and Ponce, Jos ] - Report of the last voyage to the Strait of Magellan of the frigate of Santa Maria de la Cabeza in the years of 1785 and 1786. Estimated Price: £ 1,000 - £ 1,500 (USD 1,400 – USD 2,100)- "Lyell" (Charles) - Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, by Reference to Causes now in Operation, 3 volumes, 1st edition, John Murray, 1830-33. Estimated Price: £1,000 - £1,500 (USD 1,400 – USD 2,100)For details, visit: https://www.dominicwinter.co.ukClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.
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