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*ATTRIBUTED TO SIMON DE KOSTER (1767-1831) GEORGE IV AS PRINCE OF WALES pastel, oval 78 cm by 61 cm; 30 in by 24 in framed Provenance Sir John Macpherson Anthony Lambert with Oscar and Peter Johnson in 1971 (as attributed to John Russell) London, Sotheby's 29 November 1973, lot 82 (as by John Russell). Literature N.Jeffares, Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, J.4348.105, on-line edition, (no.J 64.1596 under John Russell R.A. and no.J.4348.105 under Simon de Koster) Engraved By S.W. Reynolds, 1794, with alterations to the uniform. This important portrait, dating from c.1793-1794, shows George, Prince of Wales in the uniform of the 10th Light Dragoons (the Prince of Wales's Own). He had joined the regiment in 1783 and in January 1793 became Colonel-Commandant. The identity of the artist is confirmed by the engraving of 1794 after a portrait "Painted in crayons by S de Koster". The artist Simon de Koster was born in Middleburg and moved to London in 1788 when he was a young man of 21 years. His clientele in England included such famous figures as Charles James Fox, Warren Hastings, Admiral Howe and Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, whose portraits he painted in pastel. Many of these appear to have been made in preparation for engravings and they are only known from the engravings. The present portrait corresponds exactly with the Samuel Reynolds engraving with the exception of the uniform. It seems likely that Reynolds decided to alter the original uniform when working on his engraving. We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for his help in cataloguing this lot.
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Siebe Gorman; a stainless steel diver's knife, the blade engraved 'Siebe Gorman', with brass hilt and ebonised grip, contained within fitted brass scabbard, length 34cm. CONDITION REPORT There is very slight damage to the handle in two places, light rusting to the blade, and evidence of paint to the scabbard.
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Manuscript Theology. A German manuscript copy of the New Testament by Joseph (?)Biwald, 1774-1775, [2],984,[9]pp., double column, written in a neat small hand in brown ink with running titles and chapter headings in red, paginated and with ruled borders, a little spotting and soiling, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, thick small 4to, together with a German manuscript prayer book, circa 1640, 276 numbered leaves, written in brown and red ink in a neat but very small hand, some worm tracks to early leaves and some old spotting and light dampstaining, contemporary blind-stamped calf with two small brass clasps, rubbed and a trifle wormed, small 8vo (2)
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Maydman (Henry). Naval Speculations, and Maritime Politicks: Being a Modest and Brief Discourse of the Royal Navy of England: Of its Oeconomy and Government, and a Projection for an everlasting Seminary of Seamen, by a Royal Maritime Hospital. With a Project for a Royal Fishery. Also Necessary Measures in the present War with France, 1st edition, 1691, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van Hove (close-trimmed at upper margin), errata leaf at end, lacking rear blank, short closed tear to title, Z1 lower corner repaired, occasional wormtrack just touching some headlines, a little light spotting and soiling, armorial bookplate of Thomas, Baron Foley of Great Witley Court, contemporary calf gilt, old reback with ship motifs stamped in gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo Wing M1420. Interesting work covering all aspects of life in the Royal Navy at the close of the seventeenth century. Maydman further discusses providing for poor male children, fisheries, mercantile employments and the ballance of trade with France. There are references to the West Indies and the fisheries of Newfoundland and Greenland. (1)
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Montagu (Richard). Diatribae upon the First Part of the Late History of Tithes, 1st edition, Felix Kyngston for Matthew Lownes, 1621, woodcut initials and ornaments, Y1 with marginal repair, B1 reinforced at gutter, and at front and rear, a little light soiling, early ownership signatures of Matthias Swallow, later signature of Ed. Grove, contemporary limp vellum, spine with manuscript title, lacking ties, some soiling, small 4to, together with Priestley (Joseph), The Doctrine of Philosophical Necessity Illustrated; Being an Appendix to the Disquisitions relating to Matter and Spirit. To which is Added and Answer to the Letters on Materialism, and on Hartley's Theory of the Mind, 1st edition, 1777, errata leaf, advertisement leaf at end, lacking half title, a little light soiling, later calf-backed boards, 8vo First work STC 18037. (2)
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Montfaucon (Bernard de). Antiquity Explained, and Represented in Sculptures..., Translated into English by David Humphreys, volumes 1-4 only (of 5), 1721-22, titles in red & black, 269 engraved plates, including many double-page & one folding (majority of double-page & folding plates detached), occasional light damp mottling, some free endpapers frayed & loose, armorial bookplates of 'The Honble. James Bertie Esqr. of Stanwell in con: Middx. [& Westminster], second son of James Late Earle of Abingdon, 1702', contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spines, some joints split and worn, folio (4)
![[Norden, John]. The Surveiors Dialogue, Very Profitable for all men to peruse, but especially for all Gentlemen, or any other](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/8e3164b6-ba53-4b17-d6e4-704bf24ea2d8/468x382.jpg)
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[Norden, John]. The Surveiors Dialogue, Very Profitable for all men to peruse, but especially for all Gentlemen, or any other Farmar, or Husbandman, that shall either have occasion, or be willing to buy or sell Lands: As in the ready and perfect Surveying of them, with the manner and methode of keeping a Court of Survey with many excellent rules, and familiar tables to that purpose, printed for I. Busby, 1610, woodcut diagrams and initials, front blank with signature 'A', erratic pagination, some light spotting and soiling, light marginal water stain, some fraying to front blank and title, early ownership signature of Thomas Staveley at head of title (possibly the antiquary and historian of Leicester, 1626-1684), contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, later stitching to joints, some soiling and small losses to spine, small 4to One of three imprint variants, this one without printer's initials, appears to conform with STC 18640a. Signatures M1-8 and N1-8 are unsold sheets from the 1607 first edition. Norden was surveyor of the Duchy of Cornwall, as well as the royal castles and crown woods. (1)
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Pamphlets. A Letter to a Member of Parliament concerning the Four Regiments commonly called Mariners, London: printed for A[bigail]. Baldwin, 1699, 14,[2]pp., some dust-soiling, disbound 4to, (Wing L1670, Goldsmith 3620), together with An Account of the Expedition of the British Fleet to Sicily, in the Years 1718, 1719 and 1720. Under the Command of Sir George Byng, Bart. (Afterwards Viscount Torrington), Admiral and Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Fleet; and his Majesty's Commissary and Plenipotentiary to the several Princes and States of Italy. Collected from the Admiral's Manuscripts, and other Original Papers, 2nd edition, 1739, 96pp., some dust-soiling, dampstaining and spotting, disbound 8vo, with Some Further Particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng. From Original Papers, &c, by a Gentleman of Oxford, 1756, 70pp., some dust-soiling & dampstaining, disbound 8vo, and Minutes Taken at a Court-Martial, Assembled on Board His Majesty's Ship Torbay. Began the 28th of January, 1744. and Ended the 5th of February following..., being an Enquiry into the Conduct of Captain Richard Norris..., London: W. Webb, 1745, 92pp., stitched as issued, 8vo, plus An Appendix to the Minutes taken at a Court-Martial, Appointed to Enquire into the Conduct of Captain Richard Norris..., London: W. Webb, 1745, 48pp., light dampstaining and dust-soiling, 20th century cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo, plus nine other 18th & 19th century pamphlets etc. (14)
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Philips (Katherine). Poems, by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of the French, J.M. for H. Herringman, 1667, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Fairthorne (neatly repaired to verso), lacking rear blank, some light spotting and a few dampstains, early previous owner signatures at head of title (flourish of 'C' for Charles crossing through the word Poems of title), later calf gilt, spine label renewed, a little rubbed and scuffed, small folio Grolier 669; Wing P2033. The first authorized edition, following a pirated octavo edition in 1664, containing forty-seven more poems apart from the translations. (1)
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Pope (Alexander). Works, in Nine Volumes Complete. With his Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements; as they were delivered to the Editor a little before his Death: Together with the Commentaries and Notes of Mr. Warburton, 9 volumes, 1751, titles printed in red and black, 24 engraved plates, light offsetting, some marginal wormtracks and holes, mainly at front to volumes I-III, contemporary ownership signature to titles, previous owner stamp and bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, a little rubbed with occasional small wormtracks, 8vo (9)
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Pope (Alexander). The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., volumes 1-9, printed for A. Millar, 1766, black and white frontispiece to volume 1, some light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated tan calf, some boards slightly marked, spines slightly rubbed to head and foot with some minor loss, 8vo, plus a similar 10 volume set, 1806, together with Mesmes (Jean-Antoine de), The Negotiations of Count D'Avaux, volumes 1-4, printed for A. Millar, 1754-55, some minor toning, uniform gilt decorated full calf, spines and hinges lightly rubbed, 8vo, and Cowper (William), Poems, volumes 1 & 2, 5th edition, 1793, some minor marks, uniform contemporary decorated tree calf, spines rubbed, 8vo, plus 2 further leather bound sets of 18th century literature, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (33)
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Rainolds (John). The Summe of the Conference betweene John Rainoldes and John Hart, Touching the Head and the faith of the Church..., London: W. Hall for Thomas Adames, 1609, partially printed in black letter, title frayed to margins and torn to inner margin, burn hole and marks to upper margins to initial 12 leaves, rust hole to lower blank margin of B4, browning, spotting and occasional dampstaining, contemporary calf, rebacked and corners repaired (faded), 4to, (STC 20629), together with Mumford (James), The Question of Questions which rightly resolved resolveth all Questions in Religion. This Question is who ought to be our Judge in all these differences? This Book Answereth this Question and Hence sheweth a most easy, and yet a most safe way, how among so many Religions the most unlearned, and learned may find the true Religion, Gant: Maximillian Graet, 1658, blind library stamp to title & final leaf, some marginal fraying, dust & finger-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, board edges worn, 4to, (Wing M3066), with Cunaeus (Petrus), Petrus Cunaeus of the Common-Wealth of the Hebrews. Translated by C.B., 1st English translation, London: T.W. for William Lee, 1653, additional engraved title trimmed to image at fore-edge, worm holes & worming throughout (but text legible), contemporary sheep, some wear, 12mo, (Wing C7384), and Durham (James), The Dying Man's Testament to the Church of Scotland; or, a Treatise concerning Scandal..., Edinburgh: Printer by Christopher Higgins, 1659, early inscription to title 'Ex Libris Thomas Cranford', toning, light dust-soiling and few marks, contemporary calf, worn at head & foot of spine, 8vo, plus Rogers (Thomas), [A] Treatise upon Sundry Matters contained in the Thirty Nine Articles of Religion, which are prosessed in the Church of England..., London: John Legatt, 1639, title croped with loss of first word, dust-soiling and few marks, paper fault to corner of one leaf affecting end of catch word, minor marginal worming, modern quarter calf, 4to, (STC 21233) (5)
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Reuber (Justus). Veterum Scriptorum, qui Caesarum et Imperatorum Germanicorum res per aliquot secula gestas..., Frankfurt: Heirs of Andreas Vechel, 1584, a few minor marginal marks and other spots, some light marginal water staining, blank corner of 2K2 torn away, ownership inscription of Ottobeuren Abbey [Bavaria] to title upper margin, armorial bookplate of Hieronymous Munchausen to front pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards with brass clasps, rubbed and soiled, head of spine snagged, folio Adams R376. (1)
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Ruskin (John). Fors Clavigera. Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain, 8 volumes, 1st edition, 1871-84, illustrations, together with The Arrows of Chace, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1880, vignette frontispiece, plus The Storm Cloud of the Nineteenth Century. Two Lectures Delivered at the London Institution February 4th and 11th, 1884, 1st edition, 1884, scattered spotting, plus others by Ruskin including Modern Painters, 5 volumes, Complete Edition, 1888, The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 4th edition, 1883, The Stones of Venice, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1886, The Art of England, 1884, and The Works of John Ruskin, 11 volumes, 1880-1883, some spotting throughout, top edges gilt, near-uniform vellum gilt by Birdsall & Son, a few light marsks, 8vo & 4to (39)
![[Savonarola, Girolamo]. Tractato contra li Astrologi, [Bartolommeo di Libri, Florence, circa 1497], 34 leaves, numbered in m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/5d55a35c-63f8-4eec-cede-f7e987041118/468x382.jpg)
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[Savonarola, Girolamo]. Tractato contra li Astrologi, [Bartolommeo di Libri, Florence, circa 1497], 34 leaves, numbered in manuscript 53-86 to top right margins, lacking the two errata leaves at end, full-page woodcut title depicting Savonarola, and an astrologer holding an armillary sphere, within a decorative border, leaves a2-a4 missigned a3, aiii & av respectively, some spotting and browning to a few leaves, title and final leaf versos with neat early annotations, later vellum, spine titled in manuscript, light soiling, small 4to Goff S175; Kristeller 376; Sander 6857. (1)
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Strype (John). Ecclesiastical Memorials, Relating Chiefly to Religion, and the Reformation of it: shewing the various Emergencies of the Church of England, under King Henry the Eighth, volumes 1-3, printed for John Wyat, 1721, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light marks, uniform contemporary, embossed mottled calf, spines and boards slightly marked with some minor loss, large 8vo (3)
![[Swift, Jonathan]. S[wif]t contra omnes. An Irish Miscellany. Containing I. Some Proposals for the Regulation and Improvement](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/04034ee8-51c0-4c79-df7f-5731bf1e8b4b/468x382.jpg)
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[Swift, Jonathan]. S[wif]t contra omnes. An Irish Miscellany. Containing I. Some Proposals for the Regulation and Improvement of Quadrille. II. The Legion Club. III. A Curry-Comb of Truth for a certain Dean: Or, the Grub-Street Tribunal. IV. The Scall'd Crow's Nest. A very old Tale, Dublin Printed: And London Re-printed; and Sold by R. Amy, [1736], woodcut initial and headpiece, lacking half title, one or two light spots, Earls of Macclesfield Library North Library bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, later spine label, a little rubbed, 8vo Rothschild 2153; Teerink 752. First appearance in print of 'The Legion Club'. Second printing, printed in the same year as the first, this second printing without the date in the imprint, also there was no Dublin edition as stated. (1)
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Tate (Nahum). A Congratulatory Poem on the New Parliament Assembled on This Great Conjucture of Affairs, 1st edition, printed for W. Rogers, 1701, 12 pages, some light overall browning, later plain wrappers, frayed to edges, together with Anon. Robin-Hood and the Duke of Lancaster. A Ballad. To the tune of the Abbot of Canterbury, 1st edition, printed for J. Roberts, 1727, 6 pages, some marks and light discolouration, ink stain to upper left and top margins, plus Anon. The Chelsea Monarch: or, Money Rules All. A New Court Ballad, 1st edition, printed for C. Davies, 1731, 7 pages, untrimmed, some light soiling, plus Anon. The Tryal of Skill Between 'Squire Walsingham and Mother Osborne. An Eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Palaemon. To which are added, Horace to Fannius, and an Apology for Printing a certain Nobleman's Epistle to Dr. S_w_n, 1st edition, sold by J. Huggonson, 1734, 25 pages, some minor marks to first and last leaves, plus 4 others similar (The Dying Negro, A Poem [by Thomas Day], 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, 1775, x + 24 pages, Brother Peter to Brother Tom. An Expostulatory Epistle by Peter Pindar [John Wolcot], 1st edition, printed for G. Kearsley, 1788, iv + 49 pages, without the final leaf of adverts and warning against piracies, but with author's presentation inscription to head of title To his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales from the Author, De Animi Imortalitate. Poema [by Isaac Hawkins Browne], 1754, & Poems, by Felicia Dorothea Browne, Liverpool, 1808), all disbound without wrappers (except final volume bound in orignal pale blue boards, with some wear), folio (except the final 4 titles in 4to) Foxon R232 (Robin-Hood), C141 (Chelsea Monarch) & T474 (Tryal of Skill). (8)
![[Walton, Izaak]. Love and Truth: In Two modest and peaceable Letters. Concerning the distempers of the present times, 1st edi](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/197c4838-d64c-4f80-b348-b64684acf83c/468x382.jpg)
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[Walton, Izaak]. Love and Truth: In Two modest and peaceable Letters. Concerning the distempers of the present times, 1st edition, 1680, 40 pp., erratic pagination, occasional light soiling, lower margins untrimmed, later half calf, a little rubbed, small 4to Wing W673. Added to the Walton canon by Thomas Zouch and now accepted as Walton's scarce attack on dissenters. (1)
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Wordsworth (William). Poetical Works, edited by William Knight, 8 volumes, Edinburgh, 1882-86, engraved frontispiece to volumes I-VII, some light spotting, top edges gilt, contemporary burgundy crushed morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with The Life of William Wordsworth, by William Knight, 3 volumes, 1889, uniformly bound (11)
![[Brome, James]. An Historical Account of Mr. Rogers's Three Years Travels over England and Wales..., 1st edition, printed and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/9fce7c81-2ed1-41da-9aa2-df501a3a24f0/468x382.jpg)
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[Brome, James]. An Historical Account of Mr. Rogers's Three Years Travels over England and Wales..., 1st edition, printed and sold by J. Moxon and B. Beardwell, 1694, folding engraved map at front, entitled 'A New Mapp of England & Wales' (with two short closed handling tears), title with early ink ownership inscriptions, first four leaves with light water stain to fore-margins, last few printed leaves toned, second preliminary leaf with a little loss to upper blank corner, early 19th century calf, extremities rubbed and some light staining, small 8vo ESTC R39940; Wing B4857. A scarce copy of the unauthorized edition. James Brome published his authorized copy in 1700 under the title 'Travels over England, Scotland and Wales'. (1)
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Bergmann (Torbern). A Dissertation on Elective Attractions, 1st English edition, 1785, seven folding tables & chemical charts at rear (one with repaired closed tear to verso), library stamp to title, tables & charts, light spotting throughout, closed tear without loss to title and following leaf lower margin, recent half morocco, with maroon labels to spine, 8vo, (Bergmann published his dissertation in 1775, this translation being by Thomas Beddoes), together with Turner (Edward), Elements of Chemistry, 2nd edition, enlarged & carefully revised, 1828, two engraved plates, tissue repair to gutter margin of title, library ink stamp to title and plates, some spotting, recent half morocco, with maroon labels to spine, 8vo (2)
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Boyle (Robert). An Essay of the Great Effects of even Languid and Unheeded Motion. Whereunto is Annexed an Experimental Discourse of some little observed Causes of the Insalubrity and Salubrity of the Air and its Effects, 2 parts in one, Samuel Smith, 1690, cancel title and cancel sub-title, bound without blanks I7 & I8 in first part but with final blank to second part, H6 with closed tear in text with loss of a couple of letters, small marginal loss at fore margin of first title, a little light spotting, front endpaper with small wormtracks, armorial bookplate of P. Starkie, contemporary calf, spine with red label, a little rubbed, 8vo Fulton p. 107; Krivatsy 1716; Wing B3950. Reissue of the 1685 expanded edition and an important early work on thermodynamism. (1)
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Bradley (Richard). The Virtue and Use of Coffee, with Regard to the Plague, and Other Infectious Distempers, 1st edition, 1721, 34 pp., folding engraved frontispiece (reinforced to verso), advertisement leaves at end, some light spotting and marginal toning, contemporary previous owner signature of James Watson to frontispiece verso and final leaf verso, padded with blank leaves in later calf, spine faded, Birmingham Medical Institute Library stamp at foot, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Fowler (Thomas), Medical Reports of the Effects of Tobacco, Principally with Regard to its Diuretic Quality, in the Cure of Dropsies and Dysuries, 1st edition, 1775, a little light toning, Sion College Library ink stamps to title verso, later half calf, 8vo, plus John Lizars' Practical Observations on the Use and Abuse of Tobacco, 9th edition, Edinburgh, 1868 (3)
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Bruel (Walter). Praxis Medicinae, or, the Physicians Practice: Wherein are Contained Inward Diseases from the Head to the Foote..., 1st English edition, 1632, old ink name inscription to title upper margin, some light water stains and spotting, contemporary limp vellum, rubbed and soiled, lacks ties, 4to (1)
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Culpeper (Nicholas). The English Physitian Enlarged: And now made a very necessary part of the Physitians Library that will Cure all Diseases..., Being an Astrologo-Phisical Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation: Containing a Compleat Method of Physick, whereby a man may preserve his Body in Health; or Cure himself, being Sick, for three pence Charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English Bodies..., printed by Peter Cole, 1661, title-page with typographical border, geometrical diagram on letterpress, generally toned, some light marginal staining and marks, bookplate on front pastedown, modern speckled calf, 8vo, together with Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, the London Dispensary..., printed for George Sawbridge, 1675, title-page with marginal soiling and early ink annotations at head, 'A Premonitory Epistle to the Reader' misbound in the Table at rear, final few gatherings with some staining at head, early ink annotations and erasures on front free endpaper, hinges split, contemporary calf, spine with old manuscript title label, and some worm damage at ends, 8vo Wing C7504; C7534. (2)
![[Dickson, David]. An Essay on the Possibility and Probability of a Child's being Born Alive, and Live, in the Latter End of t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f06c57b-9702-4210-a2e3-a7400109952d/c13a804c-1c44-4cee-c5f3-0ad27cbf5c2e/468x382.jpg)
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[Dickson, David]. An Essay on the Possibility and Probability of a Child's being Born Alive, and Live, in the Latter End of the Fifth Solar, or in the Beginning of the Sixth Lunar Month, 1st edition, printed by James Watson, 1712, half-title with minor marginal chipping and some toning, verso with ink library stamp of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, title with early ink initials W.H. to head, light spotting, front pastedown with book ticket of J.Y. Simpson, M.D., and rear pastedown with presentation bookplate in memory of Sir James Young Simpson Bart., contemporary sheep, rubbed, with corners showing, rebacked, 8vo Sir James Young Simpson was a Scottish physician and obstetrician, and pioneer in the field of obstetric anaesthesia. (1)
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Digby (Kenelm). Of Bodies, and of Mans Soul. To Discover the Immortality of Reasonable Souls. With two Discourses of the Powder of Sympathy, and of Vegetation of Plants, 4 parts in one, 1669, woodcut diagramatic illustrations, some light spotting and water stains, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine label renewed, a little rubbed, small 4to Wing D1445. Only collected edition of Digby's most important scientific works. (1)
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East India Company. Proposals for setling the East-India Trade, 1st edition, E. Whitlock, 1696, 22 pp., lacking final blank, title with marginal repairs and manuscript numbers, B1 with small marginal hole, light soiling, modern buckram-backed marbled boards, 4to Goldsmiths 3233; Kress 1992; Wing P3745. (1)
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Erswicke (John). A Briefe Note of the Benefits that Grow to this Realm by the Observation of Fish-Dayes. With a reason and cause wherefore the Law in that behalfe made, is ordained: Very necessary to bee kept in the houses of all men; especially common Victuallers. Together with an estimate of what Beefes might be spared in a yeare, in the Citie of London, by one dayes abstinence in a weeke. Collected out of severall Statutes in the Reigne of Queene Elizabeth, 1st edition, printed for Thomas Bankes, 1642, 8 pp., woodcut ornament and initial, blindstamp, small repairs and wormhole to title, small ink stain to A1 verso, some light soiling, later wrappers, a few spots, small 4to Goldsmiths 768; Kress 625; Wing E3250. Uncommon. Erswicke claiming the importance of "fish dayes" to the country's trade, based on researching Elizabethan archives, and proposes that anyone selling any other victual than fish on the stipulated days be punished "with the forfeiture of five pounds and ten days imprisonment". (1)
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Euler (Leonhard). Letters of Euler to a German Princess, on Different Subjects in Physics and Philosophy. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter, D.D. With Original Notes, and a Glossary of Foreign and Scientific Terms, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1795, half-titles present but lacking a leaf of directions to the binder, some foxing of the plates, light waterstain affecting a few lower corners in volume 1 and small wormhole in a few leaves at the end of volume 2, signature on titles of Donald Campbell, laird of Barbreck (1751-1804), and ownership stamp on endpapers of Frederick William Campbell, also laird of Barbreck (1782-1849), contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked, 8vo (2)
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Evelyn (John). Fumifugium: or The Inconvenience of the Aer, and Smoak of London Dissipated. Together with some Remedies Humbly Proposed..., 1st edition, first issue, printed by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel and Thomas Collins, 1661, pp.[xii]+26, first issue with 'Published by His Majesties Command' on title-page, some toning and light marginal water-staining, title with short tear in blank fore-margin expertly repaired, a1 and a2 each with a small hole just clipping text, without the final blank (as usual), book ticket of Henry Davies on front pastedown, late 19th century mottled half calf with gilt lettered spine, extremities a little rubbed, small 4to Keynes, Evelyn Bibliography, 23; Wing E3488. Rare first edition of the first English book on pollution and town planning. John Evelyn advocates the relocation of some of the more harmful of London's industries, including brewing, dying and lime-burning, as well as the planting of trees to remedy the city's failing air quality. (1)
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French (John). The York-Shire Spaw, or a Treatise of Foure Famous Medicinal Wells, viz, the Spaw, or Vitrioline-Well, the Stinking, or Sulphur-Well, the Dropping, or Petrifying-Well; and S. Mugnus-Well near Knare borow in York-Shire. Together with the Causes, Vertues, and Use thereof..., 2nd edition, printed for Nath: Brook, 1654, 124pp., erratic register, title-page with early ink ownership name (obliterated) to bottom margin, R2 with paper repairs to verso (not affecting text), light water stain to middle leaves at top of gutter, table of contents leaf at rear, modern calf, 12mo Wing F2176; ESTC R42037. (1)
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Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London Founded and Established by Law; as appears by Letters, Patents, Acts of Parliament, Adjudged Cases..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1684, licence leaf bound before title, partly black letter, continous register, some light spotting and toning, manuscript inscription 'Anglesey. Dec 8. 1683. 7' (i.e. Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl Anglesey, 1614-1686,) at head of title, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, small 4to ESTC R8914; Wing G1091. The first published history of the Royal College of Physicians. (1)
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Hales (Stephen). Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful and Necessary Instructions for such as Undertake Long Voyages at Sea. Shewing how Sea-Water may be made Fresh and Wholesome... How Biscuit, Corn &c may be Preserved from the Weevel, Maggots and other Insects. And Flesh Preserv'd in Hot Climates, by Salting Animals whole..., 1st edition, 1739, half title, engraved plate, bookseller catalogue at end, faded previous owner inscription at head of signature A1, a few light spots, modern half calf, 8vo (1)
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Harvey (Gideon). The Conclave of Physicians, Detecting their Intrigues, Frauds, and Plots, against their Patients. Also a Peculiar Discourse of the Jesuits Bark: The History thereof, with its True use, and Abuse. Moreover, a Narrative of an eminent case in Physick, 1st edition, 1683, 228 pp., signature K in the second 'B' state under '&c.' and with last line of text reading 'shall be said', a few small wormtracks repaired, a few small manuscript corrections in text, some light toning and soiling, later manuscript annotations to front endpaper, later half calf, a little rubbed, 12mo ESTC R17415; Garrison & Morton 1761; Wing H1059. Harvey's attack on the College of Physicians, in particular Sir Thomas Browne, as well as their use of old-world preparations. (1)
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Harvey (Gideon). The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary. Containing I. Medicines against all such diseases people usually advise with Apothecaries to be cured of. II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own houses all kinds of necessary Medicines... III. The exact prices of all Drugs, Herbs, Seeds... IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing Medicines thus at your own houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save Nineteen Shillings in Twenty, comparing it with the extravagant Rates of many Apothecaries, 2nd edition, revised by the author, 1678, 165 pp., a few light spots, previous owner signature to front blank, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 12mo Wing H1065. (1)
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Helmont (Jan Baptista van). Deliramenta Catarrhi: Or, the Incongruities, Impossibilities, and Absurdities Couched under the Vulgar Opinion of Defluxions, translated by Walter Charleton, 1st English edition, 1650, occasional small early marginalia, some light spotting and soiling, modern sprinkled half calf, small 4to Waller 4304; Wellcome II, 242; Wing H1398. Helmont challenges Galenic theory that catarrh was the result of phlegm distilling in the head and condensing there, and argues that mucus of the nose and throat is produced by a vital spirit which protects the tissues from irritation. He also coined the word 'gas' and was an early pioneer in biochemistry. (1)
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Hume (David). Four Dissertations. I. The Natural History of Religion. II. Of the Passions. III. Of Tragedy. IV. Of the Standard of Taste, 1st edition, 1757, sub titles, half title bound between cancels C12 & D1, lacking (suppressed) dedication leaves A1-4 as often, F12 unopened, marginal toning front and rear, previous owner signature, contemporary calf, neat reback, 8vo (Rothschild 1176), together with D'Argens (Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis), Philosophical Dissertations on the Uncertainty of Human Knowledge, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, 2nd issue, 1753, engraved frontispieces, some pencil underlining and scoring, some light spotting and soiling, previous owner inscription of Hargrave Jennings, author of "The Rosecrucians", November '86, contemporary calf (one cover different), rebacked, some edge wear, 8vo (3)
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Ingen-Housz (John). Experiments upon Vegetables, Discovering their Great Power of Purifying the Common Air in the Sun-shine, and of Injuring it in the Shade and at Night, to which is Joined, a new Method of examining the accurate Degree of Salubrity of the Atmosphere, 1st English edition, 1779, folding engraved plate at end after index, library ink stamps to title and p.ix, scattered light spotting, later speckled and panelled calf, 8vo Garrison & Morton 103; Grolier 55; Henrey 866; Norman 1141. "Ingen-Housz showed that the green parts of plants, when exposed to light, fix the free carbon dioxide of the atmosphere, but that in darkness plants have no such power. Thus he proved that animal life is dependent ultimately on plant life, a discovery of fundamental importance in the economy of the world of living things" (Garrison & Morton). (1)
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La Chambre (Marin Cureau de). A Discourse of the Knowledg of Beasts, wherein all that hath been said for and against their Ratiocination is Examined, 1st English edition, 1657, close-trimmed at upper margin shaving some headlines (just touching 'A' at head of title), occasional light water stains, presentation inscription and bookplate, endpapers renewed, later panelled calf gilt, small splits to upper joint, first compartment of spine repaired in red morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo Wing L131. First English translation of La Chambre's work on animal intelligence, in which he argues, in opposition to Descartes, that some animals, like humans, are able to communicate their thoughts, but human intelligence is marked out by superior reasoning abilities. (1)
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Le Wright (Raoul). Nuncius Propheticus: sive Syllabus Selecttiss Vaticinorum Theologico Mathematicorum, quae ultimam hanc Mundi senectutem, 1642, half title, title printed in red and black, erratic signatures, L2 close-trimmed shaving shoulder notes, one or two other leaves shaved at lower margin affecting catchwords, some light toning, modern calf-backed boards, 4to Wing L1853. Interesting work of prophecy, mainly on signs observed in the sky, recently and historically, and based mostly on astronomy with references to Brahe and Kepler. (1)
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Locke (John). A Collection of Several Pieces of Mr. John Locke, Never before printed, or not errant in his Works [by Pierre des Maizeaux], 1720, title with engraved vignette, engraved plate of the Solar System, errata and publisher's list at end, previous owner signature of Thomas Eden to title, a little light toning, contemporary panelled calf, spine rubbed and chipped at head, 8vo Pforzheimer 596; Sabin 41726. (1)
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