Null Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy

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Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy Rare board game created by John Wallis in 1805 and approved by Mrs Bryan, of Blackheath, composed of 8 bound sheets allowing the game to be stored in a (missing) pocket. The board is composed in the center of two texts About 1815-1820 Dim. 72 x 60 cm (framed and some moisture stains)

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Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy Rare board game created by John Wallis in 1805 and approved by Mrs Bryan, of Blackheath, composed of 8 bound sheets allowing the game to be stored in a (missing) pocket. The board is composed in the center of two texts About 1815-1820 Dim. 72 x 60 cm (framed and some moisture stains)

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[RICKETTS, Major Crommelin Henry. Pseud.:] DEVEUREUX, Captain C. Venus in India or Love adventures in Hindustan [...]. Carnopolis [i.e. Paris] for the delectation of the Amorous and the instruction of the Amateur in the year of the excitement of the sexes [C. Carrington] 1898 2 pts in 1 vol. 8vo. Contemp. three-quarter red sheep, marbled paper on boards, silver-orn. spine with raised bands, orig. wrappers pres. (label missing replaced by handwritten title, some rubbing on boards). Very good inside. Nice edition (1st Brussels [i.e. Amsterdam], 1889) of this story of a young officer's pleasures in India, ascribed by Mendes to C.H. Ricketts, retired Major of the Fith Cavalry (Madras). Printed on yellow paper, titles in red and black. Ref. Al-Matary, Sarah, "Charles Carrington (1867-1921), pornographe sans frontières", in: Romantisme. 167/1, 2015, pp. 21-30. - Cp. Dutel, Pia, Perceau (French transl.). Prov. Ms. ex dono from Gérard Nordmann to G. Legman, 1988. Joined: 1. Injured innocence or The rape of Sarah Woodcock. A tale founded on facts [...]. By S... J... Esq. of Magdalen College, Oxford [...]. Brussels, printed for the booksellers, [c. 1880]. (Without the 6 pl., a few foxing on first ff.). Contemp. three-quarter red sheep (sl. rubbed). - 2 The Memoirs of Dolly Morton. Philadelphia, Society of Private Bibliophiles [Paris, C. Carrington], 1904. Contemp. Bradel. Second ed. publ. clandestinely, ill. with 10 pl. and num. in-text. - 3 Kennard, Coleridge - Verses ("Les complaintes de St Denis") [...]. Paris, J. Haumont, 1945. In-12. Sewn, orig. wrappers. Curious collection of homo-erotic poems publ. after Kennard's release from a German concentration camp established at Saint-Denis in France. 1/450 (of 500) on laid paper "Montévrain" (n. 52). (4 vol.)

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