GOOD GEORGE II SCOTTISH SILVER TEAPOT, JAMES KER, ASSAY MASTER ARCHIBALD URE, EDINBURGH 1738 of bullet form, chased scroll, shell and foliate border, the hinged cover with bun finial and similarly chased decoration, the curved spout with fluted detail, acanthus detail to scroll handle, with ivory insulators, raised on a domed circular footThis lot contains elephant ivory material. Several countries, including in the EU and USA, prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.Ivory Act 2018 (2022) compliant with APHA registration reference 34Q1D3MC. 24cm wide Qty: approx. 674g Condition generally good. Light wear as per use and age. Typical age cracks to ivory insulators. Pins to handle are darker to those to body (possible deterioration or replacement pins). Nick to foot. Additional images now available.
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![Hume (David) Izsledovanie Chelovechskago Razumeniia [An Inquiry concerning Human Understanding], first edition in Russian, ow](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/a9887c95-836b-4029-87ba-b11700b7ce83/468x382.jpg)
Hume (David) Izsledovanie Chelovechskago Razumeniia [An Inquiry concerning Human Understanding], first edition in Russian, ownership signature to head of title, a couple of pencil markings, light browning, original printed wrappers, uncut, stamps to lower cover, a little frayed at edges, some repairs, St.Petersburg, 1902; and 2 others, 8vo (3)*** Scarce. This was the edition used by Lenin when writing his own main philosophical work Materialism and Empiriocriticism of 1909, but Hume’s works were subsequently banned by Stalin.
![[Bunbury (Henry William)] Tales of the Devil, from the Original Gibberish of Professor Lumpwitz...in the University of Snorin](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/1bff9ddd-cc70-4fc0-bc7b-b11d00af848c/468x382.jpg)
[Bunbury (Henry William)] Tales of the Devil, from the Original Gibberish of Professor Lumpwitz...in the University of Snoringberg, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, title with blank upper corner torn away and laid down, one or two marginal ink notes, a few very small marginal nicks, light offsetting, some substantial damp-staining at inner edge, affecting text and plates, modern calf-backed marbled boards, extremities lightly rubbed, Bury St. Edmunds, G. Ingram, 1801; and another, Fenwick's "The Goblin Groom" with ink gift inscription to Lord Frederick FitzClarence, 4to (2) *** The first rare in any condition.
Women Poets.- Barbauld (Anna Letitia) Eighteen Hundred and Eleven. A Poem, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, bookplate of Greenock Library, the odd spot or very light marginal dust-soiling, but overall very good, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, printed paper label to upper cover, spine and extremities worn, upper joint split with cover just holding, for J. Johnson and Co., 1812 § Smith (Charlotte) Beachy Head: with Other Poems, half-title, title with contemporary ownership name "Mary Holmes" to head, the odd spot, mainly to first few leaves, contemporary marbled calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, for the Author, 1807, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry by women, including Mary Russell Mitford's Poems (1810), 4to & 8vo (12) *** The rare first mentioned a criticism of Britain's participation in the Napoleonic Wars, arguing for the declining influence of Great Britain and waxing importance of the United States.
Chateaubriand (François René de) Les Martyrs, ou le triomphe de la religion chrétienn, 2 vol., first edition, ex-library stamp to title verso, occasional light spotting to final few pages, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, corners worn, vol.2 spine joint splitting and chipped at foot, endpapers renewed, 8vo, Paris, le Normant, 1809.
Mathematics.- Number Theory.- Hardy (G.H.) and E.M. Wright. An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers, first edition, upper hinge starting, original cloth, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1938; and another, a bound group of Oxford lectures including Hardy on Number Theory and Eddington on Relativity, 8vo (2)
Herschel (William), Everard Home, William Hyde Wollaston and others, contributors.- Philosophical Transactions..., 4 parts in 4 vol., engraved plates, some folding, original wrappers, some covers detached or lacking, wear to spines uncut, 1796 & 1820-21; and c.30 others, Philosophical Transactions and similar, 4to & 8vo; sold not subject to return (c.35)*** The volumes mentioned comprising 1796 part 2, 1820 parts 1 & 2 and 1821 part 2. Papers include:Herschel: "On the periodical Star & Herculis"; "On the action of crystallized bodies on homogenous light"; "On the aberrations of compound lenses and object glasses". Home: "On the peculiarities that distinguish the manatee"; "On the mode of formation of the canal... of the Proteosaurus".Wollaston: "On the methods of cutting rock crystals for micrometers".
![Return of Peace (The). A Poem, half-title with a few spots, modern calf-backed marbled boards, for the Author, [1802] § Hardy](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/26976682-18ae-4bbf-932c-b11d00af6f5d/468x382.jpg)
Return of Peace (The). A Poem, half-title with a few spots, modern calf-backed marbled boards, for the Author, [1802] § Hardy (Philip Dixon) Wellington: A Poem, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece (damp-stained), one leaf with repaired tear to fore-edge without loss, light damp-staining to head of first and last few ff., toned, some light foxing and soiling, modern half morocco, uncut and unopened, for the Author, by Henry Kent Causton, 1814, first editions; and others, 19th century, including Edward Jones' "The Bardic Museum" with hand-coloured etched frontispiece by Rowlandson, 4to & folio (10) *** The first mentioned with WorldCat recording only two institutional copies. The final few leaves contain "Lines, addressed to Providence, By a Shipwreck'd Stranger; As Published in the Bahama Gazette" which were "written, by the same Author, on the occasion of his deliverance from shipwreck, upon his homeward passage from Jamaica, by the Brig Adventure...".
World map.- Macrobius (Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius) In somnium Scipionis, Libri II. Saturnaliorum, Libri VII, italic and some Greek letter, half-page woodcut world map (i8v), woodcut astronomical diagrams and historiated initials, occasional marginal water-staining, spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 18th century catspaw calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label and remains of small paper label, upper corners little worn, rubbed, [Adams M68], 8vo, Lyon, Sébastien Gryphe, 1556. *** A very good copy of this attractively printed edition, with a world map depicting a large southern land mass, which would influence future exploration.
![Reynolds (J[ohn]. H[amilton].) Safie. An Eastern Tale, first edition, library ink-stamp to title and a few other ff., title w](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/d815d7ee-acf8-45d0-94c1-b11d00af6263/468x382.jpg)
Reynolds (J[ohn]. H[amilton].) Safie. An Eastern Tale, first edition, library ink-stamp to title and a few other ff., title with small portion torn away at upper and fore-margins (not affecting text), a few tiny marginal nicks elsewhere, light toning, some light soiling and scattered spotting, attractive later calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, 1814 § Corry (John) The Gardener's Daughter of Worcester; or The Miseries of Seduction. A Moral Tale, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, some surface abrasion affecting title and frontispiece, with loss to a few words to title, minor toning and dust-soiling, dark brown morocco by Blair Jeary of Stamford, gilt, [c.1800], book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century, 8vo & small 4to (13) *** Both rare. The second mentioned includes a terminal 4pp. poem, set in London, "The Prostitute. An Elegy".
Economics.- Schacht (Dr Hjalmar) The Stabilization of the Mark, portrait frontispiece, fraying to spine ends and corners, rubbed, endpapers renewed, 1927 § Knapp (Georg Friedrich) The State Theory of Money, label removed from rear pastedown, front free endpaper removed, light fading to covers, dust-jacket, spine browned, chip to spine spine ends and corners chipped, 1924 § Bohm-Bawerk (Eugene V.) Capital and Interest, spine darkened, 1890, first English editions, original cloth; and 5 others German economics, 8vo (8)
Durham Cathedral.- Davies, of Kidwelly (John) The Ancient rites, and monuments of the monastical, & cathedral church of Durham. Collected out of ancient manuscripts, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initial, closely trimmed at head, just touching a preliminary headline and the occasional pagination, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, orange marbled endpapers (the front detached), 2 later small engraved views of the cathedral mounted on endpapers, 19th century mottled polished calf, gilt, lacking spine label, spine ends and corners worn, covers detached, rubbed, [Wing D392], small 8vo, Printed for W. Hensman at the King's Head in Westminster-Hall, 1672. *** A rare copy at auction of this work on the history and architecture of Durham Cathedral, with much on St. Cuthbert, and references to Bede. Our copy with an attractive provenance. Provenance: John Trotter Brockett (1788-1842), English attorney, antiquarian, numismatist, and philologist. Parts of his collections of books, coins and medals were sold by Sotheby's in 1823. The coins and medals sale lasted 10 days and raised £1760, and the book sale lasted 14 days and raised £4260. (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); William Tyson, F.S.A., Bristol (1785-1851), bookseller, journalist, and antiquary (engraved bookplate to front free endpaper).
Book of Common Prayer (The) ... together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, title in red and black, marginal tears with neat old repairs, occasional marginal worming (affecting odd letter), lacking free endpapers, previous owner's pencil signature to front pastedown, previous owner's near contemporary ink notes to final pastedown, scattered spotting and staining, contemporary reverse calf, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked joints but holding firm, by Thomas Baskett, ... and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1760 § The Book of Common Prayer ..., D1&2 torn vertically and mostly lacking, 3D1 & 3T2 with tear into text, occasional marginal water-staining, scattered spotting, modern library cloth, Oxford, by T. Wright and W. Gill, 1768 § Bayley (Rev. John) A Sermon preached in the Parish Church Newark, second edition, half-title, small hole to half-title and title head, ex-Nottingham libraries with occasional ink-stamps, unbound, a little rubbed and stained, 1823 § Browne (Rev. J. H.) On Justification. A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Ely at a Visitation held in the parish church of St. Michael's, Cambridge, light browning to title, ex-Nottingham libraries with occasional ink-stamps, occasional faint staining, later paper wrappers, title in manuscript to upper cover, chipping to extremities, 1826 § Two Sermons by the Late John Philip Rolleston; with an introductory one, by his Father, ex-Nottingham libraries with occasional ink-stamps, original cloth, lightly sunned at edges, a little rubbed, n.d.; and others, sermons, v.s. (34).
Ruscelli (Girolamo) Tre Discorsi... à m. Ludovico Dolce, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, some light foxing, upper hinge weak, later vellum over boards, morocco labels to spine, soiled, yapp edges, [EDIT 16 CNCE 34649], 8vo, Venice, Plinio Pietrasanta, 1553. *** First edition of polymath Ruscelli's famous polemical treatise against the Venetian scholar Ludovico Dolce as editor of Boccaccio, translator of Ovid and grammarian.
![Erotica.- Greek romance.- Achilles Tatius. Erôtikôn Achilleôs Tatiou [graece] sive de Clitophontis & Leucippes amoribus libri](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/e0688b09-a3f6-4167-a612-b11700b79002/468x382.jpg)
Erotica.- Greek romance.- Achilles Tatius. Erôtikôn Achilleôs Tatiou [graece] sive de Clitophontis & Leucippes amoribus libri VIII, edited by Claude Saumaise, first Saumaise edition, Greek and Latin text, engraved pictorial title depicting Leucippe and Clitophon on horseback, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary Dutch vellum, gilt, arms of the City of Rotterdam to covers, flat spine in compartments, each with central rosette, yapp edges, lacking ties, gilt dulled, rubbed, [Gay I, 14], 12mo, Leiden, Franciscus Hegerus, 1640. *** First edition with the important commentary and textual revisions of Claude Saumaise, given as a school prize probably at the Schola Erasmiana in Rotterdam (a 1642 inscription to front free endpaper presents the book to Gualter Breman from the Rector Henrico Suardecronio, who was a onetime head of the school).
France.- Emilio (Paolo) Historia delle cose di Francia, first Italian edition, title and verso of otherwise blank final f. with woodcut printer's device featuring the Sibylline Oracle, fine woodcut historiated initials, obliterated ink ownership inscriptions to title, ss1&2 with some marginal browning, some spotting or mostly light foxing or staining, hinges split, but holding, contemporary limp vellum, later small paper label to spine, yapp edges worn, small worm trace to upper cover, some staining, [EDIT 16 CNCE 18075], 4to, [Venice], [Michele Tramezzino], [1549]. *** A wide-margined copy of the first Italian edition of this work on France and its Kings, particularly in the 15th century.
Darwin (Charles) The Origin of the Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition (thirteenth thousand), folding chart, without advertisements, ink stamps and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing to extremities, an excellent example, [Freeman 393], 8vo, 1872.*** The sixth was the first edition of Origin to include the word "evolution".
Cavalieri (Giovanni Battista) Romanorum Imperatorum Effigies, title within architectural border, 157 engraved portraits of Roman Emperors on 151 leaves, engraved author's arms to A1, printer's device at colophon on final leaf verso, small amount of worming to title affecting border, initial gathering mis-bound and partially mounted on stubs, some light foxing and soiling, worming to pastedowns, contemporary limp vellum, ink manuscript title to spine, toned, yapp edges, [EDIT 16 CNCE 10458; Mortimer Italian 119], 8vo, Rome, Francesco Coattino, 1590.*** Portraits run from Julius Caesar, through to the Holy Roman Emperors concluding with Rudolphus II who was elected in 1576.
Shaw (Bernard) The Works, 33 vol., from an edition limited to 1025 copies, original green cloth, spines slightly toned, 1930-38 § Bagehot (Walter) The Collected Works, 15 vol., edited by Norman St John-Stevas, portrait frontispiece, original cloth, a few spine ends bumped, dust-jackets, a few small tears, some creasing and rubbing, The Economist, 1965-86 § Richardson (Samuel) The Works, 12 vol., one of 750 copies, portrait frontispiece, contemporary green half calf, spines gilt, uniformly sunned, a few joints cracked, other light wear to joints and extremities, 1883 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Works, 4 vol., edited by Peter Cunningham, additional title, some foxing, contemporary tree calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, rebacked, preserving original spines (although chipped,and some labels peeling), otherwise a little rubbed, 1854, 8vo (64).
Economics.- Child (Sir Josiah) A New Discourse of Trade... The Act of Navigation. Naturalization of Strangers. And our Woollen Manufacturers, license leaf at beginning, final blank leaf present, F4 a cancel, E2 and F8 in facsimile, tear to lower margin of K8, occasional spotting, light toning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, red and black morocco spine labels, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, John Everingham, 1693.*** Originally published in 1690 as A Discourse about Trade, this along with Brief Observations concerning Trade and the Interest of Money (1668) are the two notable contributions to the literature of economics by Sir Josiah Child (c.1630-99). This particular work follows Child's time as governor of the East India Company in the 1680s and his leading role in the Anglo-Mughal War.
![Chambers (Sir William) Dissertation sur le Jardinage de l'Orient, [with supplement] Discours servant d'explication, par Tan C](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/b156f126-2f4f-4a16-8b23-b11700ba279c/468x382.jpg)
Chambers (Sir William) Dissertation sur le Jardinage de l'Orient, [with supplement] Discours servant d'explication, par Tan Chet-Qua de Quang-Cheou-Fou, Gentilhomme..., 2 vol. in 1, first edition in French, errata leaf at end of first work, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, rubbed, [Harris 119], 4to, G.Griffin, 1772-73. *** Scarce French edition of Chambers' exaggerated account of Chinese gardening practices, partly a critique of those of Capability Brown. He issued the discourse under the name of Tan Chetqua as an explanation but by then had been ridiculed in England for his views. On the Continent, however, the work was highly influential, promoting the "Jardin Anglo-Chinois" style.
Britain.- Bradley (A. G.) Highways and Byways in North Wales, first edition, illustrations by Joseph Pennell & Hugh Thomson, some light spotting, endpapers browned, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, spine sunned, corners and spine ends rubbed, 1898; and others, 31 from the same Highways & Byways series, most first editions but some reprints, and some from Bell's Cathedral Series, 8vo (c.39)
Illustrated Bible.- Biblia veteris testamenti et historiae, title within ornate woodcut figurative border, title and following 2ff. with small silked or paper repairs to gutter foot, small tear F8 to woodcut border, I7 with colophon and large printer's device to verso mis-bound after F8 part 2, ?lacking final blank (I8), 1554, bound with Novi Testamenti, Jesu Christi Historia effigiata, 1553, and Apocalypsis S. Joannis, final leaf Bb6, 1553, 3 parts in 1, first two titles in red and black, woodcut illustrations throughout, finger soiling (heavier to start), occasional damp-staining at top, endpapers renewed, vellum manuscript over borards, lettering in brown, with partial initial in red to upper cover, toned and light wear, [not in Adams; VD16 B 2559; VD16 B 2564; VD16 B 5274], small 8vo, Frankfurt, Hermann Gülfferich.*** The format and style of this work heavily inspired by emblemata. First title border signed "HB", for Hans Burgkmaier.
Ogilvie (John) Britannia: A National Epic Poem, in Twenty Books, first edition, half-title, stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece (very slightly offset), list of subscribers at end, presentation inscription "To Mr John Garvock. As a sincere expression of just esteem & a very unequal although well meant return to many offices of disinterested friendship. From the Author" to front free endpaper, neat repairs and restoration to half-title and endpapers, very light spotting to frontispiece, the odd spot elsewhere, light toning towards end, uncut in ?original boards, rebacked, Aberdeen, for the Author, 1801; and others, 19th century, including a copy of "The Case of Ferdinand Smyth Stuart" bound with his "Destiny and Fortitude", v.s. (c.20) *** The first with recipient John Garvock included among the list of subscribers.
![[Heber (Reginald)] Palestine. A Poem; in Blank Verse. Written for the Prize at Oxford in 1803, very light browning, modern wr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/ceeacb98-3a63-470e-a17b-b11d00af5433/468x382.jpg)
[Heber (Reginald)] Palestine. A Poem; in Blank Verse. Written for the Prize at Oxford in 1803, very light browning, modern wrappers, for the Author, 1806 § H[oare]. W[illiam]. Amusement of Leisure Hours, first edition, presentation inscription "With W. Hoare's best respects and compliments" to head of title (a touch trimmed at fore-edge), a couple very small marks to title, some marginal foxing to title and final f., modern wrappers, Christiana Rickaby, [?1803] § [Hardinge (George)] The Editor, the Booksellers, and the Critic, an Eclogue. From No. XIII of...Chalmeriana, presentation inscription "For J. Annesley Esq. From the Author" to head of title, some foxing, later wrappers, 1800, all but last with book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry, disbound or in wrappers, 4to & 8vo (c.20) *** The first mentioned a very scarce edition. WorldCat records only two institutional copies.
Walker (John) Institutes of Natural History..., first edition, light soiling and offsetting, modern half calf, spine faded, Edinburgh, Stewart, Ruthven & Co., 1792 § Capper (Col. James) Meteorological and Miscellaneous Tracts, applicable to Navigation, Gardening, and Farming, with Calendars of Flora, first edition, half-title, 6 folding tables, ex-Lawes Agricultural Trust (Rothamsted) library copy with stamp to pastedown, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, Cardiff, [1810] § California Nursery, Derby. [Sale] Catalogue of a Quantity of Valuable Nursery Stock, modern wrappers, Derby, Aulk & Spreckley, 1877; and 9 others, natural history, v.s. (12)
Shakespeare (William) The Pictorial Edition of the Works of Shakspere, 8 vol., edited by Charles Knight, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, occasional light spotting, a few leaves slightly browned, contemporary red half morocco, spines gilt, g.e., circular water-stain to upper cover of Biography vol., spines a little faded, a couple of minor scuffs, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, [c.1842].
Ireland (William Henry) Ballads in Imitation of the Antient, title lightly toned, Preface with one or two passages marked in blue pencil, one leaf with short marginal tear, occasional very light soiling, 20th century manuscript notes on endpapers, contemporary calf, spine gilt, lacking label, upper joint split with cover just holding, 1801; Rhapsodies, engraved portrait (lightly browned and offset), some light spotting to portrait and title, a few later marginal pencil notes, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, printed paper label "Ireland Shakespeare Fabrications. G. Hilder Libbis" to upper cover, joints split, 1803, first editions, bookplates, book-label of J.O. Edwards, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed; and 3 others by the same, including first edition Stultifera Navis, 8vo (5) *** The first mentioned the first book published by Ireland in the wake of the scandal caused by the discovery of his notorious forged Shakespeare manuscripts and documents.
Medicine.- Culpeper (Nicholas) A Sure Guide; or, The Best and Nearest Way to Physick and Chyrurgery, 21 engraved plates only (of 24), lacking preliminary ff. A1, C1 & C2, light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, covers detached, rubbed, extremities worn, by Peter Cole, 1657; and 9 others, similar, defective, including several Culpeper works, folio (10)
Astronomy.- Brewster (Sir David) Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, black morocco spine labels, scuffs, Edinburgh, Thomas Constable and Co., 1855 § Nasmyth (James) and Carpenter (James) The Moon: considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite, photographic plates, illustrations, ink ownership inscription to half-title, upper hinge cracked but firm, original pictorial cloth, a little minor staining and light wear to extremities, 1885 § Airy (George Biddell) Six Lectures on Astronomy, second edition, 7 plates at rear, foxed, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, rebacked, a little soiled, corners rubbed, [c.1850]; and 23 others, astronomy, 19th century, 8vo (27)
Gagnier (Jean) La Vie de Mahomet; Traduite et Compilée de l'Alcoran..., 2 vol., titles in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved frontispieces and one folding plate of the Kaaba in Mecca, engraved armorial bookplate of Francis Hutcheson M.D. to vol. 1 and Rev. F. Hutcheson to vol. 2, occasional spotting, some light browning to vol. 2, contemporary calf, spines with five raised bands and morocco label lettered in gilt, small chipping to spine ends, rubbed, vol. 2 upper joint starting at head, 8vo, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1732.
![Economics.- [Haywood (Eliza)] Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/36ce4624-1feb-40d8-a35c-b11d00ad7328/468x382.jpg)
Economics.- [Haywood (Eliza)] Memoirs of a Certain Island Adjacent to the Kingdom of Utopia, 2 vol., vol.1 second edition, vol.2 first edition, each with annotated 4-page keys and final blank, vol.1 lacking half-title, water-staining to first and last leaves, staining to some inner margins of vol.1, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, slightly rubbed, vol.2 spine rubbed, 1726 § Davenant (Charles) An Essay Upon Ways and Means of Supplying the War, half-title, folding table, small ink inscriptions and trimmed heads to half-title and title, browning and spotting, a few tears, endpapers renewed, modern cloth, worn morocco spine labels, hinge cracked in a few places but leaves holding firm, 1695 § [James (Ralph)] The Taste of the Town: or, A Guide to all Publick Diversions, title in red and black, tear to upper corner of title, small hole to upper corner of a2, occasional spotting, light browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, morocco spine label, covers rubbed, 1731; and 2 others, also leather-bound, relating to economics, 8vo (6)
Medicine.- Pomet (Pierre) A Compleat History of Druggs Divided into Three Classes, Vegetable, Animal and Mineral, 2 vol. in 1, first edition in English, titles printed in red and black, 84 engraved plates only (of 86), lacking H5 & 6, occasional light marking or browning, later half calf, for R. Bonwicke, et. al., 1712; and c.100 others, defective, largely medical, v.s.; sold not subject to return (c.100)
England.- Hassell (John) Tour of the Grand Junction, first edition, large paper copy, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, very occasional spotting, modern crimson straight-grain moroco, gilt, by Bayntun of Bath, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight rubbing to corners but a handsome copy, [Abbey, Scenery 30; Tooley 252], 1819 § Cooke (William Bernard) The Thames; or, Graphic Illustrations...on the Banks of that Noble River, 2 vol., engraved plates, some light foxing, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., rubbed, spines faded, 1811, 8vo (3)
Fore-edge painting.- Maunde (John) The Rural Philosopher; or French Georgics. A Didactic Poem. Translated from the Original of the Abbe Delille, book-label of J.O. Edwards, half-title and front free endpapers with very short tear to foot repaired, the odd spot or very light soiling, hinges strengthened, contemporary straight-grain morocco, covers with gilt-tooled wavy border, spine gilt in compartments, fore-edge painting depicting a river fishing scene under gilt, spine with gilt a little faded and a few small nicks to foot, binding lightly rubbed (a little heavier to joints and corners) and scuffed in places, 8vo, 1801.
Anatomy.- Collins (Samuel) A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, engraved plates, light damp-staining, lacking engraved frontispiece and portrait, some gatherings detached or working loose, lacking the Epistle Dedicatory, some light damp-staining, some fraying or tearing, non-uniform calf, very worn some covers detached, Thomas Newcomb, 1685 § Browne (John) Myographia Nova: or A Graphical Description of All the Muscles in Humane Body, title and frontispiece supplied in facsimile, engraved plates, lacking plate 14 and 3 early muscle plates, 1 plate and 2ff. supplied in facsimile, some marking and staining, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, some wear to corners, Tho. Milbourn, 1698; and 5 others, defective works by Collins and Browne, folio; sold not subject to return (8)
![[Mirabeau (Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte)] La Morale des Sens, ou l'Homme du Siècle, light browning, stain to p](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/c62d2d3a-a31f-4e7c-8692-b11700b7b11b/468x382.jpg)
Natural world.- Geology.- Jonston (John) Thaumatographia naturalis, in decem classes distincta, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, the odd instance of contemporary ink marginalia and underlining, some water-staining to lower margins, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary English speckled calf, lacking spine label, rubbed, [Garrison-Morton 287 'A compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge'; NLM/Krivatsy 6268; Norman 1177; Sinkankas, Gemology 3277; Ward & Carozzi, 1217; Wellcome I, 3477; Wood p 409], 12mo, Amsterdam, Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1632. *** First edition of the author's first book. 'A treatise on natural wonders, was divided into ten categories: the new stars, the elements, meteors, minerals, plants, birds, quadrupeds, insects and other 'bloodless' animals, fish, and men' (Norman).
Boyd (Rev. Henry, translator) The Triumphs of Petrarch, half-title, 1807 bound with The Penance of Hugo, A Vision, presentation inscription "To the Revd. R ?Hares from the Translator" to blank leaf preceding title, 1805, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, bookplate of James Barratt of Lymm Hall and Charles J. Bewlay of Carleton Hall, some light foxing and toning, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, covers rubbed; and others, 19th century poetry, including an attractive copy of Sidney's Defence of Poesy signed by the editor Lord Thurlow, v.s. (c.30)
Bookbinding.- Nicholson (James B.) A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding ...also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 11 plates of binding styles, 7 samples of marbled paper, wood-engraved illustrations, without advertisement f. and publisher's catalogue at end, offsetting from plates, occasion spotting or mostly light staining, upper hinge cracked, contemporary dark brown crushed morocco, gilt spine in compartments, spine faded, corners little worn, rubbed, Philadelphia, Henry Cairey Baird, 1856 § [Hannett (John)], "John Andrews Arnett". Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, in all its branches, 'The second edition, with considerable additions', wood-engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, some spotting, lightly browned, new endpapers, original dark green cloth, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip (chipped at ends), corners little worn, little stained, rubbed, [Pollard & Potter, Early Bookbinding Manuals, 100], Richard Groombridge, 1836; and 8 others, 19th & 20th century Bookbinding, v.s. (10) *** The first mentioned is the first practical American bookbinding manual.
![Ireland.- [Smedley (Edward)] Erin. A Geographical and Descriptive Poem, 2 parts in 1, first edition, hand-coloured folding en](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/44e5b2f0-f404-4724-adcb-b11700b917fc/468x382.jpg)
Ireland.- [Smedley (Edward)] Erin. A Geographical and Descriptive Poem, 2 parts in 1, first edition, hand-coloured folding engraved map of Ireland, engraved title vignettes and tail-pieces, 16pp. list of subscribers, contemporary ink ownership name to pastedown, some spotting, some light browning and damp-mottling, uncut in original boards, rebacked, corners worn, boards rubbed and soiled, Hamblin and Seyfang, for the Author, 1810 § [Croker (John Wilson)] The Amazoniad; or, Figure and Fashion: a Scuffle in High Life, second edition, scattered light foxing, modern boards, Dublin, John King, 1806 § Robinson (Thomas Romney) Juvenile Poems, first edition, half-title, engraved portrait (offset), 28pp. list of subscribers, contemporary ink ownership name to head of title, some foxing, mainly to half-title and endpapers, contemporary diced calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, Belfast, J. Smyth, 1806, all but first with book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others, 19th century poetry of Irish imprint or interest, v.s. (7)
Economics.- Keynes (John Maynard) The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, pencil annotations, a couple of instances of light spotting, covers slightly rubbed and soiled, cockling and very small tear to lower cover, 1936; A Tract on Monetary Reform, bookplate, light scattered spots of discolouration to upper cover, 1923; A Treatise on Money, 2 vol., covers very slightly soiled, 1930, first editions, endpapers toned, original cloth, spines gilt, light fading to spines, ends bumped; and 5 others by Keynes, 8vo (9)
![[Graham (Elizabeth Susanna Davenport)] "Lemuel Gulliver". The Eo-Nauts, or The Spirit of Delusion, folding hand-coloured fron](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/d8a919f6-b799-4071-b8ca-b11d00af2e55/468x382.jpg)
[Graham (Elizabeth Susanna Davenport)] "Lemuel Gulliver". The Eo-Nauts, or The Spirit of Delusion, folding hand-coloured frontispiece (detached), "Description of the annexed Plate" slip tipped-in before title, bookplate of J. Barton Townsend, frontispiece offset, foxing, mainly near start, later roan-backed boards, spine and joints heavily rubbed, upper cover detached, for C. Chapple, 1813 § [Rhodes (William Barnes)] "Cornelius Crambo". Eccentric Tales. In Verse, folding hand-coloured frontispiece by Atkinson, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, some very light foxing, original boards, rebacked, spine a touch faded, covers with wear to extremities, new endpapers, for S. Tipper, 1808, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and others similar, comic or satirical, including Huddesford's "Bonaparte; An Heroic Ballad", 8vo & 4to (12)
Fishing.- Ongaro (Antonio) L'Alceo favola pescatoria, title within ornate woodcut historiated architectural border incorporating arms of Cardinal Serra, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, errata f. at end, red ink stamp of Libraria Colonna to title, A2 and verso of errata f., occasional spotting or light foxing or staining, 19th century navy blue boards, spine gilt and with brown leather label (little scuffed), piece missing from head of spine, corners worn, rubbed, but solid, [Fontanini I, p. 484. Gamba 1541 (later edition)], 8vo, Ferrara, Vittorio Baldini, 1614. *** An attractively printed edition of Ongaro's well-received pastoral, with the fishermen of present-day Nettuno at its centre. It is the first edition to include Guarini's intermezzi. Provenance: Colonna family (red ink stamps); Allardyce Nicoll (1894-1976), theatre historian, author of The World of Harlequin, 1963 (bookplate to front pastedown).
Bayley (Peter) Poems, first edition, half-title, without errata leaf at end, bookplate of John Murphy Bishop of Cork dated 1815, circular ink-stamp of Minerva Rooms Cork to half-title, title and a few other ff. (ink-stamp to title with attempted removal), small ink shelf-mark to title, the odd spot or light dust-soiling, uncut in original drab boards, rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed, 1803 § Heber (Reginald) Palestine. A Poem. Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, MDCCCIII, half-title, Leigh armorial bookplate, book-labels of Simon & Judith Adams Nowell-Smith and J.O. Edwards, occasional spotting or very faint staining, contemporary half calf, spine label chipped, a few marks, rubbed, 1809; and others, 19th century poetry, 8vo & 4to (c.25) *** The first mentioned Bayley's first book, part parody and part plagiarism of Lyrical Ballads. Wordsworth and Coleridge reacted by assisting Southey in writing a ferocious review in the Annual Review.
Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammata Libri magna..., title in red and black within ornate woodcut border, text in gothic, woodcut illustrations, book-label, lacking final ?blank (&8), 2ff. from another work bound in at end, some light marginal browning and finger-soiling, eighteenth century panelled calf, joints starting to split at ends, spine a little rubbed, [Adams M695; not in Mortimer], large 8vo, Lyons, Jean de Moylin, sold by Romain Morin, 1522.
Mineralogy.- Sowerby (James) British Mineralogy, 3 vol. only (of 5), 299 hand-coloured engraved plates (only, of 300, lacking plate 300), vol.1 lacking title, some light offestting, contemporary diced half russia, joints cracked, vol. 1 upper cover detached, rubbed and worn, 1804-09; and 4 others, natural history, including a defective copy of Topsell's Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes, v.s.; sold not subject to return (7)
![[Matienzo (Sebastián de)], "Sebastián de Alvarado y Alvear". Heroyda ovidiana Dido a Eneas con parafrasis española, y morales](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/be9f73e3-0acf-40e1-a93e-b11700b780e5/468x382.jpg)
[Matienzo (Sebastián de)], "Sebastián de Alvarado y Alvear". Heroyda ovidiana Dido a Eneas con parafrasis española, y morales reparos ilustrada, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut cartouche on â2v, woodcut initials and headpieces, small book-label front pastedown, lacking final 3ff., trimming to top edge affecting headlines, occasional light browning or staining, final leaf with small hole from wear, later calf-backed marbled-boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, Bordeaux, Guillaume Millanges for Bartolomé Paris, 1628.*** It is now considered that the author of this commentary on the Dido section of Ovid's Heroides was Sebastian de Matienzo (1588-1644), a Jesuit scholar in Pamplona. The tract contains numerous quotations from contemporary Spanish authors such as Luis de Góngora and Lope de Vega.
Bewick (Thomas).- Wallis (Richard) The Happy Village. A Poem, first edition, engraved title-page with vignette of village of Blanchard (Northumberland) by Bewick after Wallis, engraved armorial bookplate of Thomas Davidson of Newcastle, with his ownership inscription to pastedown and head of title, book-label of J.O. Edwards, light foxing towards end, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern calf, spine gilt, covers little rubbed, 4to, South Shields, John Paxton, 1802. *** Scarce.
Victorian Charity.- Royal Hospital for Incurables My Cottage Clients, numerous steel-engraved illustrations, a few full-page, ink inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, original pictorial boards, small loss to spine foot, but holding firm, some staining and marking, rubbed, 8vo, [Royal Hospital for Incurables],1886 § Spence (Lewis). The Problem of Lemuria: The Sunken Continent of the Pacific, A.L.s from the author tipped onto front free endpapers, cut signature from the author laid down on title, plates and maps, occasional light foxing, endpapers browned, original cloth, very light fading to spine, 1932; and 3 others, 8vo (5).*** The first a rare publication (Library Hub records only one copy (Wellcome)) outlining the work of the Royal Hospital for Incurables at Putney Heath, told through supposed reports of a doctor's visits to patients throughout the South West of England. Donations are requested at the end to allow the continuation of their charitable work at the hospital and to provide pensions and end of life to care to those who are able to be at home.
![[Gratianus]. [Decretum], 380 ff. (lacking all before fol.'II', and all after fol.'?DI.III'), 80 lines, blackletter, initials](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/21679c21-267e-4581-8de6-b11700b4e430/371df2b4-fb58-479f-bd54-b11700b6e20d/468x382.jpg)
[Gratianus]. [Decretum], 380 ff. (lacking all before fol.'II', and all after fol.'?DI.III'), 80 lines, blackletter, initials in blue and red throughout, most 2-line but many larger 5- and 9-lines, some of these with contrasting flourishing, large twentieth-century book-label laid-down to front pastedown, occasional instances of light spotting and larger stains, but generally quite clean, several leaves loose, later calf, spine defective, worn, [c.f. BMC V 235; c.f. Bod-Inc G183], folio, [?Venice], [?Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen], [?c.1480] [sold not subject to return].
Birmingham.- Commercial map.- Smith (J. Pigott) To the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth... This Map of Birmingham, engraved from a minute trigonometrical survey made in the years 1824 & 1825, large folding map of Birmingham, engraving, 1380 x 1290mm., inset plan of the town of Birmingham in the year 1731 by W.R. Gardner, dissected and linen-backed, some offsetting and foxing, some mostly light browning, housed in a contemporary calf pull-top slip-case in the form of a book, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, Beilby Knott & Beilby, 1828. *** Scarce large scale map of Birmingham, which shows locations of Birmingham businesses, including Boulton's Soho Ironworks, the New Steam Mill Co., and the Union Rolling Mills. Some locations 'refused access' during Smith's survey, and are marked as such.
Theatre.- Cini (Giovanni Battista) Desiderio e speranza fantastichi. Comedia tropologica, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, initials and head-piece and ornament to final imprimatur f., lower margin of title trimmed, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 18th century vellum-backed marbled boards, corners worn, rubbed, [Not in Gamba or Fontanini], 12mo, Venice, Sebastiano de Combi, 1607. *** The Wrest Park-Allardyce Nicoll copy of this scarce morality play written in Pistolese (region of Pistoia in Tuscany). Provenance: Wrest Park, home of Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, (1781-1859), Tory politician and statesman, who was the first president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a fellow of the Royal Society & Society of Antiquaries (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown); Allardyce Nicoll (1894-1976), theatre historian, author of The World of Harlequin, 1963 (bookplate to front free endpaper).
Pasteur (Louis) Études sur le Vinaigre, sa fabrication, ses maladies, moyens de les prévenir, first edition, half-title, illustrations, a few pencil annotations and markings, light staining at beginning and end, contemporary cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1868 § Wöhler (F.), J.Liebig & Hermann Kopp, editors. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie, Band CXXXVII-CXL in 1 vol., plates, some folding, 2 split in half, ex-research library copy with stamps, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 1866, 8vo (2) *** The second includes 'Untersuchungen über aromatische Verbindungen' by August Kekulé, his important work on the structure of benzene.
Le Fanu (Joseph Sheridan) All in the Dark, new edition, advertisements, ink inscription to head of title, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial boards, cocked, spine defective, rubbed, some wear to extremities, n.d. § O'Donnell (Elliott) Famous Curses, first edition, scattered spotting, ink inscription to head of title, original cloth, rubbed, wear to extremities, 1929; Great Thames Mysteries, first edition, light toning to spine and head of upper cover, some bumping to extremities, [1928]; and c.55 others, literature, 8vo (c.60)
Brooke (Rupert).- Schroder (John, editor) Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts of Rupert Brooke, Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall Christopher Hassall, one of 50 copies signed by the editor and artist with an additional signed proof of the frontispiece, from an edition limited to 450, frontispiece by Joan Hassall, illustrations, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, Cambridge, Rampant Lions Press, 1970 § Gray (Thomas) Poems, title in blue and black, Eton prize leaf tipped in at front, original parchment boards, some light marking, Riccardi Press, 1937; and c.120 others, literature and others, v.s. (c.120)
Medieval leaves.- Single leaf Quaestiones, 2 3-line initials in red and blue penwork, several 1-line initials, 56 lines, in light brown ink, several wormholes with some loss of text, one corner at head cut away, 336 x 200mm., [14th century]; Single leaf from Alphabetical Encyclopaedia (Tonsura, Tornamentum, Tractus etc.), 2 3-line initials in red and blue penwork, several one and 2-line initials, 66 lines, in dark brown ink, one side partially soiled, one side faded to illegibility, margins trimmed, 340 x 215mm., [14th century], manuscripts in Latin, on vellum, double column, both leaves with one side faded to illegibility, extensively browned, folio, v.s., v.d. (2).
Foulis.- Latin literature.- Terentius Afer (Publius) Publii Terentii Afri Comoediae sex, edited by A.H. Westerhovius, final f. blank, 2K1&2 signed 2I and corrected by hand in ink, title foxed, occasional spotting or mostly light foxing, lightly browned, 19th century polished calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, little marked, [Gaskell 13], a tall copy (201 x 109mm.), Glasgow, Robert Urie & Co. for Robert Foulis (with Andrew 'Miller' amongst sellers names, a variant having 'Millar'), 1742 § Plinius Secundus (Gaius) [Opera quae supersunt], Epistolarum libri decem, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with chipped red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Gaskell 207], Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1751; and 24 others, Latin Literature, and related, including a few odd vol. or defective, v.s. (26) *** A good selection of Latin works from the Foulis Press, including Plautus (3 vol., 1763), Antoninus, and Horace.
Emblemata.- Joachim of Fiore. Vaticinia, sive Prophetiae Abbatis Ioachimi, first edition, engraved pictorial title, numerous half- and full-page engraved illustrations by Girolamo Porro, text in Latin and Italian, all within decorative borders, book-label, lacking final 2 blanks, some light damp-staining and other minor soiling, later cloth-backed drab cloth, a little worn and soiled, [Adams J213; EDIT16 CNCE 35558], small 4to, Venice, Girolamo Porro, 1589.*** First edition copy with the fine emblematic engravings by Giralamo Porro of this collection of apocalyptic prophecies, now believed to be wrongly attributed to Joachim of Fiore (1135-1202). They include predictions of the Fall of Constantinople (1453), the fall of the Turkish Empire, the so called ‘Red Apple’ prophecy, and the 'Wheel of Popes' image.
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