TUESDAY 3RD JULY AT 10AM
Viewing: Monday 2nd June from noon onwards.

AN IMPORTANT LIBRARY OF CAT BOOKS
(from the estate of Miss Mary Cliffe, deceased). 

Sale to be conducted at 123 Scudamore Road, Leicester

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Briefly comprising –

(de Moncrif, Francois-Augustin Paradis).  Histoire Des Rats, Pour Servir A L’Histoire Universelle. A Ratapolis, 1738. Bound with – Dissertation Sur La Preeminence Des Chats. Amsterdam, 1767.  Bound with – Le Miaou. A Chatou, 1734, 8pp. With engraved plates & in a contemporary speckled calf binding. 

An Essay On The Art Of Ingeniously Tormenting. 3rd edition, London, 1805. 

Bernard, Catherine.  Traite Complet Sur L’Education Physique Et Morale Des Chats.  A Paris, 1828. 

The Baroness De Katzleben.  The Cat’s Tail. Edinburgh & London, 1831. Full polished calf. 

Brown, Hattie. (William James Linton).  Catoninetails. Limited edition, 1891.

Bell, Clara. Cats & Kittens By Henrietta Ronner. 1894. Large 4to.

Simpson, Frances.  The Book Of The  Cat. 1903. Fine quarter morocco gilt.

Also – Louis Wain’s On Cats, 10 Louis Wain Annuals & other illustrated by him, books by Mrs. Chance, Kate Greenaway, Harrison Weir, Henty . Victorian & Edwardian works, Golden Cockerell, Orlandos (reprints), Ruth Pitter & approx 400 other volumes on cats – Art, history, folklore, childrens, breeds, management & care etc.  All in very good condition.

Other books include –

Faulkner, Thomas.  The History And Antiquities Of The Parish Of Hammersmith. London, 1839.

Hutton, W.  The Battle Of Bosworth Field. 2nd edition, London, 1813.

The History & Description Of Ashby-de-la-Zouch. 1852

Darwin’s Geological Observations. 2nd edition, London, 1876.

Swarbrick, John.  Robert Adam & His Brothers. Batsford, 1951. 

Hawthorne’s Wonder Book illustrated by Rackham, a Byron first edition in need of attention & many miscellaneous lots.

MORE BOOKS STILL TO BE CATALOGUED