Border/Boorde (Andrew) & [Upcott (William, editor)], The...

Border/Boorde (Andrew) & [Upcott (William, editor)], The Boke (sic) of the Introduction of Knowledge, one of 124 copies, second edition, London: Reprinted by R. and A. Taylor, 1814, Gothic Black Letter, half-title, engraved plates, in-text facsimile wood engravings, broad margins, disbound contemporary calf, worn and with some losses, pencilled notes and tipped-in bibliographic and biographic details, small folio (25.5 x 19.2cm); Philology: Bonaparte (Louis Lucien), Specimen lexici comparativi omnium linguarum europæarum, inscribed presentation copy from the author, Florence: s.n., 1847, original inscribed wrapper enclosed within contemporary calf over marbled boards, disbound, inscribed ffep, 4to; Ireland: Allingham (William), Songs, Ballads and Stories, inscribed presentation copy from the author, first edition thus, 1877, ex-public library copy, their bookplate, stamp to verso of title, and spine numbering, original publisher's green cloth gilt, 8vo; etc., (4) Provenace: 1st: 1) Sir William Tite CB, FRS (1798-1873), architect; pencilled note, his sale Sotheby's, August 1859. 2) John David Hart; 19th c crested book label. 3) Edward Bond (1844-1920), MP, philanthropist and bibliophile; his etched and engraved bookplate, dated 1905. 4) Ex Libris Peter Denis Anthes, 2007. 2nd: 1) Dr Laurence Edmondston (1795-1879), Shetland born medical doctor and naturalist; presented to him by author; presented by the former's daughter Jessie Saxby (1842-1940), Scottish folklorist and suffragette, to; 2) Gilbert Gouché, 1880, manuscript inscriptions.

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