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Anorexia.- Porzio (Simone) De puella Germanica, quae fere biennium vixerat sine cibo, potuque ad Paulum III pontificem maximum, woodcut decorative...

Astronomy.- Bonnycastle (John) An Introduction to Astronomy. In a Series of Letters ..., first edition, lacking frontispiece, 20 engraved plates, ...

Astronomy.- Whitwell (Catherine Vale) An Astronomical Catechism; or, Dialogues between a Mother and her Daughter, first edition, engraved hand-col...

Barraud (Herbert Rose) Carbon print of Professor Sir Richard Owen, naturalist, anatomist and palaentologist, 1804-1892, 230 x 175 mm. (9 x 7 in.),...

Chemistry & Pharmaceuticals.- Huxham (John) Medical and Chemical Observations upon Antimony, second edition, advertisement leaf at end, a little s...

Duboscq (Louis Jules) Four lithographed cards with geometric designs demonstrating stereographic effects, a few creases and occasional wear at edg...

Machinery & Manufacturing.- Nicholson (Peter) The Mechanic's Companion, 39 engraved plates only (of 40, lacking final plate of Turning), lightly f...

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Wallace (William) Investigation of Formulae, for finding the Logarithms of Trigonometrical Quantities from one another......

Medicine.- Uncut sheet of chemist's labels, lithograph, 210 x 28 mm (8 ¼ x 11 in.), Fournalez, pharmacien a Brassac (Tarn), c.1860.

Medicine.- Charleton (Walter) Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana; or, A Frabrick of Science Natural, upon the Hypothesis of Atoms, The Firs...

Medicine.- Durlacher (Lewis) The Foot: its Pains and Penalties, second edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, final leaf untrimmed and folded i...

NO RESERVE Optometry.- Ishihara (Prof. Dr. Shinobu) Tests for Colour-Blindness, seventh edition, 32 mounted colour plates folding concertina style...

Poisons.- Maranta (Bartolomeo) Libri duo, de theriaca et mithridatio, ff. [12] 251 [4], woodcut decorative initials, some browning and slight marg...

Quetelet (M. A.) A Treatise on Man and the Development of his Faculties, first English edition, 6 plates, previous owner's ink signature to title,...

Royal Jennerian Society for the Extermination of the Small-pox.- Honorary Diploma awarded to Captain Beach, engraved diploma depicting a triumphal...

NO RESERVE Trade Catalogue.- Gordon (Henry) High-Class Medical and Rubber Goods, Preventatives, &c., 16pp., original printed green wrappers, [c.19...

NO RESERVE Volcanoes.- Anderson (Tempest) Volcanic Studies in many lands, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Sir Archibald Geikie...

Martial D'Auvergne. Aresta amorum cum erudita Benedicti Curtii Symphoriani explanation, collation: A-Z8 Aa-Dd8 Ee4, text in Latin and French, wood...

Aristotle.- Ammonius, Hermiae. In Porphyrii Institutionem, Aristotelis Categorias, et librum De interpretatione, Ioanne Baptista Rasario, medico N...

Giovio (Paolo) Elogia doctorum virorum ab auorum memoria publicatis ingenii monumentis illustrium, [Adams G640; VD 16 ZV 25385], Basel, [Heinrich ...

Sugar sculpture.- Hogenberg (Frans) Table setting of sugar paste sculptures of animals, birds, fish and trees for the wedding of Johan Wilhelm, Du...

[?Adam (Nathanael)] Le Secretaire Francois contenant la methode d'escrire & dresser toutes fortes de Lettres Missives; ensemble quelques lettres f...

NO RESERVE Hebraica.- Psalmi Davidis, Proverbia Salomonis, Ecclesiastes et Canticum canticorum hebraice, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcu...

NO RESERVE Missale Romanum, musical notation, Venice, Giunta, 1616 bound with Missa sacratissimi rosarii beatissimae virginis Maria..., Venice, Ci...

NO RESERVE Language.- Dictionary.- Junius (Hadrianus) Nomenclator, octilinguis, omnium rerum propria nomina, compiled and edited by Hermannus Germ...

Vellum bindings.- Digestum Nouum, seu Pandectarum Ivris Civilis, vol. 3 only (of 6), 2pp. index in manuscript at beginning, double-page table, do...

Schütz (Wilhelm Ignatius) Reflexiones politico-consolatoriae, oder Reiffliche Überlegungen derjenigen Widerwertigkeiten, und Unglück..., first edi...

Chevrier (François-Antoine) Memoires d'une Honnête Femme ecrits par elle-même, 3 parts in 1, parts 2 & 3 with half-title (seemingly not called for...

NO RESERVE Soulzberguer (C., little-known engraver, active late 18th century) [Twelve months of the year], after J. Weijster (fl. 1760-1784), comp...

NO RESERVE Fables.- La Fontaine (Jean de) Fables Choisies, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispiece (1 a portrait), numerous engraved illustrati...

NO RESERVE Kant (Immanuel) Critik der Urtheilskraft. Neueste, mit einem Register vermehrte Auflage, 2 vol., foxing, some light browning, contempor...

NO RESERVE Erotica.- L'Espion Libertin ou le Calendrier du Plaisir, contenant la liste des jolies femmes de Paris...suivi du prix de leurs charmes...

NO RESERVE Military.- Fortification.- Noizet-De-Saint-Paul (Field Marshall) Traité Complet de Fortification, 2 vol., third edition, 77 folding eng...

NO RESERVE Pamphlets.- Missionaries to the Far East.- Nouvel exposé de l'état présent, et des besoins des missions confiées aux missionnaires ...

NO RESERVE Dumas (Alexandre) Gaule et France, first edition, half-title, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some spotting or foxing, occasional st...

NO RESERVE Dupin (Amantine Lucile Aurore), "George Sand". Comme il vous plaira; comédie en trois actes et en prose, tirée de Shakespeare et arrang...

Coffee.- Jomand (Jules) Du Café. Thèse pour le Doctorat en Médecine, faded ink stamp to title, occasional spotting, later marbled boards, burgundy...

Lacroix (Paul) Au Moyen Age en l'Époque de la Renaissance, 3 vol. only (of 5) comprising, 'Les Arts'; 'Vie Militaire' and, 'Sciences et Lettres', ...

NO RESERVE Piedagnel (Alexandre) Un bouquiniste parisien. Le Père Lécureux, one of 450 copies on Hollande, half title with justification verso, ch...

NO RESERVE Arabic binding.- A 19th century green morocco over limp boards binding, gilt, spine ends and corners little worn, rubbed, [19th century...

NO RESERVE Rosicrucianism .- Péladan (Joséphin), "Sar Mérodack J. Péladan". Comment on devient fée erotique, first edition, signed presentation co...

NO RESERVE Gide (André) De l'Influence en Littérature. Conférence faite à la Libre Esthétique de Bruxelles le 29 Mars 1900, number 92 of 150 copie...

NO RESERVE Poetry & Theatre.- Kahn (Gustave) Odes de la Raison, signed presentation copy from the author to Lugné-Poë, half-title, plate, original...

NO RESERVE Toys.- Trade Catalogue.- Bing Brothers. Catalogue spécial de Jouets méchaniques, optiques, électriques et scientifiques, numerous illus...

NO RESERVE Bindings.- Bédier (Joseph) Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut, signed presentation copy from the author to Robert Bonfils, original printed w...

NO RESERVE Periodical.- Intentions, Year 1 numbers 1 (2 copies), 2, 4, 5, and 9; Year 2 numbers 11, 12, 14-15 (1 issue, 2 copies), and 17-20; and ...

NO RESERVE O'Followell (Dr. Lodovic) Des Punitions chez les Enfants, second edition, signed presentation copy to Louis Aragon ('À Monsieur Louis A...

Tucholsky (Kurt) Deutschland, Deutschland Ueber Alles, illustrations, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extr...

NO RESERVE Surrealism.- Tanquay (Yves, illustrator).- Péret (Benjamin), "Satyremont". Les Rouilles encagées, first edition, folding half-title 'Le...

NO RESERVE Wright (Richard) Fishbelly, translated by Hélène Bokanowski, first edition in French, signed presentation copy from the author and tran...

NO RESERVE Durrell (Lawrence) La Descente du Styx, number XC of 250 copies signed by the author, original printed wrappers, a very good copy, Mont...

NO RESERVE Beckett (Samuel) Comédie et actes divers, first edition, number 50 of 80 copies on Pur Fil Lafuma, original printed wrappers bound in, ...

Royal Navy.- New Forest.- Greenhill (Henry, Governor of the Gold Coast, commissioner of the navy and MP, 1646-1708) Warrant, stating that as Willi...

Wine trade.- Manuscript bill for Port, Madeira and Mountain from Evans & Thomas, wine merchants, Bath, engraved heading, 190 x 183 mm. (7 ½ x 7 ¼ ...

NO RESERVE Poetry.- Conway (Fanny) [Volume of poetry from various authors], manuscript, 180pp., slightly browned, original half straight-grained m...

Peninsular War.- Downie (Sir John, soldier, formed the Legión Extremeña in the Peninsular War, 1777-1826) Letter signed to John Charles Herries, 6...

Scott (Sir Walter, poet and novelist, 1771-1832) Autograph Letter third person to Mr Smirke, 1p., 8vo, Abbotsford, Sunday evening, n.d. [c. 1814],...

19th century Poem.- The Dying Student [&] The Dream, manuscript poems, together 23pp., ?incomplete, first f. small tear in corner, browned, disbou...

Cousin of Jane Austen.- Austen (Francis Motley, son of Francis Austen and Anne Motley, of Kippington, Kent, 1747-1815) Copy Will and Codicils of F...

Calligraphic portrait.- His Late most Gracious Majesty, King William the Fourth, engraving, 28.5 x 22.3 cm. (11 ¼ x 8 ¾ in.), a few short marginal...

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