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Aesop. Esopi appologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Brant edition, with blank s6, without blank M6, 335 fine woodcut illustrations including a full-page representation of Aesop and a portrait of Brant at the beginning of the second part, r5-6, s1, B4 and C5-6 marginally restored and possibly from another copy, four of these with tears repaired, r6 slight loss, outer margin A1 restored and tear repaired, M6 tear repaired, verso slightly soiled and with short early marginal inscription, a1 faint trace of early inscription and marginal worming repaired, a2-7 and M2-5 little marginal worming, r4, A4, B5 and E3 minor splitting through paper fault without loss, c2, e2 and f6 minor marginal repair, c6 traces of early scoring, B4 early inked marginalia, short early marginal inscription five other pp., minor staining to approximately 10ff., inscriptions and cuttings on new endleaves, bookplate, 19th century calf decorated in blind, [Adams A291; Fairfax Murray 20; Brunet I, p.91 "Cette edition n'est pas commune"], folio, Basel, Jacobi [Wolff] de Phortzheim, 1501.

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de) El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha, 4 vol., 4 engraved frontispieces, 31 plates, by Ballester, Barcelon, Fabregat, Gil, Mol, Muntaner, Salvador y Carmona and Selma after Barranco, Brunette, Del Castillo, Ferro and Gil, portrait by Salvador y Carmona after Castillo, folding map, decorations, initials and culs-de-lampe, contemporary calf, decorated in gilt and blind, by Thouvenin, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., a little rubbing and cracking to joints (but still firm), otherwise a magnificent copy, [Palau III 52024; Cohen de Ricci 218-219 "Magnifique edition comme typographie et comme ornamentation"], 4to, Madrid, for Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1780.

A mahogany floor standing corner cabinet, the upper section with moulded dentil cornice above a blind fretwork frieze and two glazed doors enclosing shelves flanked with blind fretwork canted corners, the lower section with similarly worked frieze above two panelled doors enclosing further shelves flanked with similarly worked canted corners, standing on bracket feet, 82cm wide

A set of four green and red French silk satin lined and interlined curtains with swagged pelmet, and a grey Austrian blind, two curtains 207 cm long, the other two curtains 297cm long, to fit windows 300cm wide in total

Zac Mountfort, St Albans; a japanned longcase clock, the eight day four pillared movement with anchor escapement and countwheel strike on a bell, the 27.5cm brass dial with pierced spandrels, chapter ring and subsidiary seconds and date aperture to the matt centre, the japanned case on a cream ground with gilt borders, the hood with a blind fret frieze on tapering columns, above a rectangular door on a plinth base, 198.5cm high (the base possibly reduced in height)

Mucha (Alphonse) Ilsee, Princesse de Tripoli, by Robert de Flers, a pre-publication printer's maquette, 3 parts in 1 vol., blind-embossed title, half-title and colour-printed title, full-page frontispiece plate to each part, and 129 decoratively bordered text leaves, including 15 before the printed text, chromolithographs, several heightened with gold and silver, the heading to part 3 and the panel to contain the list of "collaborateurs" in pencil, the decorative panel of the printed limitation sheet annotated for colour corrections in pencil, occasional light surface dirt, mostly at sheet edges, stitched, some gatherings loose, in original printed paper wrappers, rubbed, surface dirt, backstrip defective, 4to, Paris, H. Piazza et Cie., 1897.

(Atkins (Henry Martin)) Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates, margins slightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, partially faded, (Meckly 5; Neate A72), 8vo, "Not Published", 1838.

Baxter (William Edward) Impressions of Central and Southern Europe, first edition, presentation copy to Mrs. David Baxter initialed by the author on title, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original blind-stamped cloth, partially faded, 1850.

Bonney (T.G.) Outline Sketches in the High Alps of Dauphine, first edition, lithographed map and 11 plates, ink signature on half-title, slightly browned, hinges weak, (Neate 139; Perret 578), original blind-stamped cloth, 4to, 1865.

Bourrit (Marc Theodore) Nouvelle Description des Glacieres, Vallees de Glace et Glaciers..., 3 vol., new edition, engraved frontispiece, 12 plates and a folding map, half-titles, blind-stamp on titles and a few margins, some foxing and browning, contemporary half sheep, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Geneva, 1787.

(Bulwer (James Redford)) Extracts from my Journal, first edition, 4 etched plates, hinges weak, original blind-stamped cloth, (Meckly 40; Neate B211; Perret 757), 8vo, Norwich, Printed for Private Circulation, 1853.

Chaumont (C. de) Alpes et Pyrenees..., 2 parts in 1, 8 tinted lithographed plates, tissue guards, some foxing and browning, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, rubbed, (Meckly 47), 8vo, Limoges, (1856).

(Cole (Mrs. H.W.)) A Lady's Tour round Monte Rosa, first edition, hand-coloured vignette on title, 4 chromolithographed plates, wood-cut illustrations and a folding map, publisher's catalogue at end, half-title, slightly browned, bookplate of James Worrall on front pastedown, original gilt pictorial blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, corners bumped, edges uncut, (Meckly 51; Neate C88; Perret 1049), 8vo, 1859.

Dowsing (William) Rambles in Switzerland: with Reminiscences of the Great St. Bernard, Mont Blanc, and the Bernese Alps, first edition, 2 double-page wood-engraved plates, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, 8vo, Kingston-upon-Hull & London, 1869.

Forbes (James D.) Norway and its Glaciers visited in 1851, first edition, 10 chromolithographed plates, wood-engraved illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding), half-title, bookplate on front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, (Neate F44; Perret 1708), 4to, Edinburgh, Adam & Charles Black, 1853. *** Includes chapters on the Alps and Mont Blanc.

Heathman (Rev. W.G.) Switzerland in 1854-5: a Book of Travel, Men, & Things, engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, slightly foxed and browned, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, soiled, g.e., 1855 ~ (Dempster (C.L.H.)) The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, contemporary calf prize binding, gilt, slightly rubbed, 1885, 8vo (2).

Hinchliff (Thomas W.) Summer Months among the Alps: with the Ascent of Monte Rosa, first edition, 4 chromolithographed plates and 3 folding maps, half-title, some foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, gilt spine, (Meckly 92; Neate H96 "a classic of the 'Golden Age'"; Perret 2266), 8vo, 1857.

Longman (William) A Lecture on Switzerland, first edition, half-title inscribed "From the Author", bookplate of Charles W. Nettleton on front pastedown, hinges a little weak, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, (Meckly 115), 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, July 1857.

L(ongman) (W(illiam)) and H(enry) T(rower). Journal of Six Weeks' Adventures in Switzerland, Piedmont, and on the Italian Lakes, first edition, signed presentation copy from Longman to Thomas Hartwell Horne, folding engraved map frontispiece with hand-coloured routes, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly soiled, corners bumped, (Meckly 114; Neate L46), 8vo, 1856.

Ramond (L.) Memoires sur la Formule Barometrique de la Mecanique Celeste, first edition, half-title, blind stamps of the Topographical and Statistical Depot on title, half-title and preliminary ff., slightly foxed, bookplate of Thomas Best Jervis on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, (Perret 3568), 4to, Clermont-Ferrand, Landriot, 1811.

Suisse Illustree (La), 60 chromolithographed plates (4 double-page), 3 water-stained, some others foxed, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt, upper cover slightly stained, g.e., oblong 8vo, n.d.

Talfourd (Sir Thomas Noon) Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps, first edition, half-title with upper portion cut away, hinges weak, original blind-stamped cloth, spine worn, corners rubbed, (Meckly 194), 8vo, Printed for Private Circulation, (1841).

Talfourd (Sir Thomas Noon) Vacation Rambles and Thoughts; comprising the Recollections of Three Continental Tours, second edition, signed presentation copy from the author, (Neate T01), 1845; Supplement to "Vacation Rambles", bookplate on front pastedown, lacks lower free endpaper, hinges split, (Meckly 196), 1854, half-titles, advertisements, original blind-stamped cloth, 8vo (2).

Trench (Rev. Francis) A Walk round Mont Blanc, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, original blind-stamped cloth, edges uncut, (Meckly 202; Perret 4315), 8vo, 1847.

Tyndall (John) The Glaciers of the Alps, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, some colour, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ex-library bookplate of Gray's Court on front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, corners bumped, edges uncut, (Meckly 205; Neate T75; Perret 4354), 8vo, 1860.

Tyndall (John) Hours of Exercise in the Alps, first American edition, wood-engraved plates, half-title, 32pp. advertisements at end, blind stamp on front free endpaper, original cloth, slightly rubbed, (Neate T76), New York, 1871; and another, duplicate, second edition, 8vo (2). *** Includes descriptions of Tyndall's ascent of the Matterhorn and Weisshorn as well as sections on glaciers, Snowdon and a visit to Algeria to observe an eclipse.

Wills (Alfred) Wanderings among the High Alps, first edition, 4 tinted lithographed plates, tissue guards, inscription on half-title: "From a friend of the Author", occasional spotting, hinges broken, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine, slightly faded, (Neate W94; Meckly 220), 8vo, 1856.

A 19th century Gothic revival oak buffet, each of the three graduating sections with blind and pierced tracery, two cupboards above a single frieze drawer, the pot board backed with linen fold panels, 86cm wide x 180cm high x 49cm deep

GILL (ERIC) THE ENGRAVINGS, numerous reproductions, original linen-backed buckram, decorated in blind, slip-case, folio, Wellingborough, 1983.

Woods (N.A.) The Past Campaign; a sketch of the War in the East..., 2 vol., half-titles, advertisement leafand 24pp. catalogue at end of vol.2, engraved bookplate of Sir Edward Baker on front paste-downs, original blind-stamped cloth, a little rubbed, one or two small stains, 8vo, 1855.

Morris (William) Art and the Beauty of the Earth, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1898; An Address delivered...at the Distribution of Prizes to Students of the Birmingham Municipal School of Art on Feb. 21, 1894, unopened, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1898 ~ Hazlitt (William) Criticisms on Art; and sketches of the picture galleries of England, 16pp. catalogue at end, original blind-stamped cloth, spine faded, 1843, a little rubbed; and 2 others on art, 8vo (5).

BIBLE, English. [The Bible], New Testament title in woodcut border, few text-illustrations, Old Testament lacks all before H1, L4, Y4&5, &5-8, Aa1, Ff3&4, GG3-Hh1, New Testament lacks Aaa1-5,7,8, Bbb1, Ddd1, Fff1&8, Ggg1&8, Hhh1&2, III8, Kkk2, Ppp3-6, all after Qqq8, several of these lacunae supplied from other early editions, some ff. frayed or torn, browning and staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, worn, spine defective, [Herbert 252], 8vo, 'Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599'; sold not subject to return.

MILTON (JOHN) The Works, Historical, Political, and Miscellaneous, 2 vol., engraved portrait, offset, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, extremities worn, ex-library copy with bookplate, blind-stamps and classmarks, 4to, Printed for A.Millar, 1753.

[EVANS (MARIAN), "GEORGE ELIOT"]. Silas Marner, the Weaver of Raveloe, FIRST U.S. EDITION, original blind-stamped cloth, little rubbed, N.Y., 1861 ~ Stephenson (Robert Louis) Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the year 1751, FIRST EDITION, 17pp advertisments, folding colour map, small tear at fold, some spotting, original green cloth, rubbed & marked, rear hinge cracked, 1886, 8vo (2).

AMERICAS.- Bryant (William Cullen) Picturesque America, 4 vol., many plates and text illustrations, modern binder's buckram, ex-library set with bookplate, gilt class-mark on spines and blind-stamp on plates, 4to, n.d. [c.1890].

-. HEWES (FLETCHER W.) AND HENRY GUNNETT. STATISTICAL ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES, colour-printed maps and tables, Leeds Public Libraries blind-stamp throughout, red morocco-backed cloth, folio, c.1886; with 15 further folio atlases and maps, including a National Atlas of India and two of Canada, several in portfolios, several with Leeds Public Libraries blind-stamp, various conditions, a few reproductions, 19th and 20th century (15).

HOMEN (DIOGO) ATLAS UNIVERSAL, limited edition, facsimile of a medieval manuscript atlas on vellum, 19 double-page maps, coloured and gilt, original calf, decorated in blind, in a calf case, large folio, Barcelona, Moleiro, 2000.

LONDON.- BLACK (WILLIAM HENRY) HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LEATHERSELLERS, OF THE CITY OF LONDON, chromolithographed dedication, heightened in gold, 24 lithographed or chromolithographed plates, including 2 mounted, and 2 folding chromolithographed plates heightened in gold, original blind-tooled morocco, gilt device on upper cover, slightly scuffed, folio, 1871.

-. MORRIS (Rev. FRANCIS ORPEN) A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS, 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, 358 colour plates, finished by hand, occasional spotting, original gilt and blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1861-1862.

CLOCKS AND BAROMATERS - An oak longcase clock, the square brass 11in dial with mask and leaf scroll spandrels, Roman chapter ring, the matted centre leaf chased, date sector, single hand, inscribed 'Thos Storer, Derby', thirty hour movement, striking on a bell, the hood with blind fretwork frieze and integral three-quarter pillars, ovolo moulded trunk door, on a plinth, 80in high

FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS - A George IV mahogany pembroke table, with D-shaped ovolo moulded leaves, drawer and blind drawer, the lotus turned pillar on four splayed legs, brass lion paw socket castors, top 36in x 34.5in, c.1830 (fading)

FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS - A mahogany wardrobe, part George III, enclosed by a pair of doors with curl veneered panels above three blind cockbeaded drawers with embossed brass oval handles, 49in wide, 80in high (constructed in part of period timbers, faults)

FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS - A George III mahogany pembroke breakfast table, with D-shaped leaves, broad satinwood crossbands, boxwood and ebony stringing, drawer and blind drawer to frieze, on square tapering legs, brass socket castors, top 42.5in x 35in, early 19th century (faults)

FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS - A George III mahogany bureau-bookcase, pair of doors with raised-and-fielded panels and blind fretwork borders beneath a dentil cornice, enclosing adjustable shelves above three shallow drawers and seven pigeonholes, the fall front bureau with a fitted interior and baize lined writing surface, the flap crossbanded above two short and three long cockbeaded drawers with brass loop handles, the angles with fluted quadrant pilasters, on bracket feet, 42in wide, 83.5in high, basically late 18th century, (the cornice renewed, bookcase and bureau not originally together, faults)

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS - A good Regency mahogany worktable, the reeded top with rosewood crossbands and D-shaped leaves, two shallow cockbeaded drawers and blind opposing drawers to frieze with brass drum handles, the sliding hemispherical workbag covered in pleated silk and raised on a U-shaped support, turned pillar and incurved platform, the reeded splayed legs carved with acanthus, brass lion paw socket castors, top 18.5in wide, (37.5in overall), 20in deep, 29.5in high, c.1820

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A Victorian burr walnut davenport, the slope top with inset stamped leather cloth panel and enclosing a sycamore veneered interior with three drawers, the pedestal fitted four drawers and blind opposing drawers with turned handles, a shallow writing drawer to one side, C-scroll front supports, bun feet and ceramic castors, 21in wide, 21.5in deep, 32in high, c.1860

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A William IV mahogany worktable, the reeded rectangular top with D-shaped leaves, the frieze with two shallow drawers, one divided into compartments, and two opposing blind drawers with turned handles, on turned tapering legs, brass socket castors, 16.5in wide closed, (34.5in overall), 28.5in high, c.1835

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: An Edwardian mahogany Chippendale revival press cupboard, the hanging compartment enclosed by a pair of panelled doors outlined with scrolling mouldings beneath a bold dentil moulded swan neck pediment carved with rosettes, the canted base with blind fret angles and two long drawers, pierced brass handles, ogee feet, 49in wide, 84in high, early 20th century

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A good Regency mahogany sofa table, the reeded top with D-shaped leaves, the frieze fitted two shallow drawers and blind opposing drawers with turned handles, on ringed baluster twin-pillar end supports joined by a conforming stretcher, on splayed legs, outlined throughout with boxwood stringing, brass lion paw socket castors, 38.5in wide (62in overall), 27in deep, 28.25in high, c.1810 (faded)

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A Regency rosewood and faux rosewood sofa table, the crossbanded top with D-shaped leaves and outlined with boxwood stringing, frieze fitted two shallow and two blind opposing drawers outlined with brass mouldings, the brass strung lyre supports on arched legs and joined by an arched stretcher, brass mounts and socket castors, 37in wide, 59in overall, 25in deep, 28in high, c.1810 (faults and restorations)

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A mahogany Chippendale revival music cabinet, the fretwork gallery above a shallow panelled drawer and bevelled mirror door, a three-division music compartment under, brass fittings, outlined by blind fretwork, the angles with ringed cluster columns, fitted castors, 21.25in wide, 50.5in high, early 20th century

ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS: A Victorian mahogany breakfront library bookcase, the fluted adjustable shelves enclosed by four glazed arched-panel doors with blind fret spandrels beneath a stepped moulded cornice, the projecting base enclosed by four moulded doors, panelled pilasters and leaf scroll corbels throughout, on a plinth, 99in high, 94in wide, c.1860

A SCOTTISH LONGCASE CLOCK, c.1775, by Reynolds of Kirkbridge, oak hood and trunk with blind fretwork, the 29cm brass Roman dial with rococo spandrels, date aperture and 'penny moon', thirty hour movement, height 195cm

18th century mahogany and oak longcase clock, the hood with dentil cornice above a blind fret panel and turned column sides, 10" brass dial, eight day striking movement, the whole on a plinth base 83" high

A MAHOGANY WARDROBE OF GEORGE III INSPIRATION the upper part with a blind fret cornice above a pair of panelled doors, a long drawer beneath, on ogee bracket feet, 79in. (201cm.) high x 48in.(122cm.) wide

Justinus (Marcus Junianus) De Historiis Philippicis et Totius Mundi Originibus, contemporary calf, spine gilt, F. Leonard, 1677 ~ Gellius (Aulus) Noctes Atticae, stamp on verso of title, contemporary calf, spine gilt, arms removed from covers, S. Bernard, 1681 ~ Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) and Aulus Persius Flaccus. Satirae, name on title, margin of frontispiece repaired, contemporary calf, spine gilt, F.Leonard, 1684 ~ Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) Opera Omnia, contemporary vellum, A. Pralard, 1684 ~ Apuleius (Lucius) Opera, stamp on title, bookplate, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, F.Leonard, 1688, all 'in Usum Serenissimi Delphini', engraved frontispieces, except the last, little spotting, 4to, Paris (5).

Abraham a Sancta Clara. Mercks Wienn, das ist: Dess wutenden Todts ein umstandige Beschriebung ... , engraved frontispiece, Dance of Death woodcuts, Vienna, Peter Paul Vivian, 1680; bound with Losch Wienn, das ist: ein Bewoglische Anmahnung ... , engraved frontispiece, Vienna, Peter Paul Vivian, 168; bound with four others by Abraham a Sancta Clara, 6 works in 1 vol., Joseph von Lassberg inscription on front pastedown, some browning, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin, 2 clasps, 8vo. Six sermons relating to the plague with Dance of Death and memento mori illustrations.

Bidermanus (Jacobus) Acroamatum Academicorum Libri III, contemporary blind-decorated brown morocco, edges gilt, 12mo, Munich, Sebastian Rauch for Johann Hermann a Gelder, 1688.

Psalter, Latin. Psalterium Davidicum ad usum Sacri Ordinis Cisterciensis, half-title, engraved title-vignette, printed in red and black throughout, musical notation, a few defects and some worming, some repairs with missing words supplied in later pen and ink, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps intact, metal corner- and centre-pieces to covers, folio, Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1698.

-. Catlin (George) Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, 2 vol., third edition, 3 maps (1 folding) and 177 plates, 1 loose, original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spines, 8vo, for the Author, 1842.