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Boemus, Johann (c. 1485-1535) The Fardle of Facions, Conteining the Aunciente Maners, Customes, and Lawes, of the Peoples Enhabiting the Two Partes of the Earth, Called Affrike and Asie. London: Printed by Jhon Kingstone, and Henry Sutton, 1555. First English edition of Omnium Gentium Mores, Leges et Ritus translated by William Waterman, octavo, title printed within woodcut compartment (title remargined along top edge), bound in full black morocco, gilt, a.e.g., rebacked, Cardiff Castle bookplate, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. The Fardle of Facions is considered the first scientific approach to ethnography available to English readers. http://estc.bl.uk/S102775 *4 (*4 blank & present), A-Y8, Z4. Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Montemayor, Jorge de (1520?-1561) Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple Gentleman. London: Printed by Edm. Bollifant, Impensis G[eorge] B[ishop], 1598. First edition, folio, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment with bull's head at the foot, bound in full modern leather, repairs to final leaf, contents generally good, 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. An early romance originally written in Portuguese, The Seven Books of Diana was first published in its original language in 1559. It popularized the theme of shepherd and shepherdess romances and was followed by many imitators. Shakespeare is thought to have been a reader, as the plot involving Proteus, Julia, and Silvia from Two Gentlemen of Verona was borrowed from Felismena's Tale in Diana. a4, A-Z6, Aa-Rr6, Ss8. http://estc.bl.uk/S122233 Estimate $10,000-15,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

More, Cresacre (1572-1649) D.O.M.S. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore. [Douai: Printed by B. Bellière, 1631?] First edition, quarto, dedication begins on [cross]2 recto, manuscript note on title dated 1639, bound in full straight-grained navy morocco, tooled in blind and gilt, a.e.g., ex libris Mathew Wilson and Frances Mary Richardson Currer, with their bookplates, spine and boards somewhat faded, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Dibdin described More's biography of his great-grandfather in this way, "of its scarcity and merit there can be but one opinion, it is in every aspect the most valuable piece of biography extant of More." [cross]4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4. http://estc.bl.uk/S112843 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) A Dialogue of Cumfort against Tribulation. Antwerp: Apud Iohannem Foulerum, Anglum, 1573. Second edition, octavo, woodcut printer's device on verso of title; woodcut portrait of More after Holbein on *8; the Huth copy, with the Wykehurst Park bookplate pasted inside the front board, bound in gilt pebbled 19th century brown morocco, slightly rubbed, marbled endleaves, a.e.g., title page discolored, reinforced along fore-edge margin on verso, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. "The Dialogue is a reflection on worldly power, the transience of pleasure, and the redemptive power of Jesus Christ. While it is a spiritual reflection, the treatment of themes of worldly power by a major political figure and humanist also characterizes it as a work of political thought." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dialogue_of_Comfort_against_Tribulation) *8, A-Z8, a-d8, **4. http://estc.bl.uk/S112884 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

More, Sir Thomas (1478-1535) The Supplycacyon of Soulys. London: William Rastell, 1529. First edition, small folio, title with full stop at end, dedication on verso of title; the H. Bradley Martin copy, with his bookplate and original receipt from 1978; bound in half brown calf and green buckram boards, 10 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. With this text, More refutes the work of Simon Fish, a 16th-century Protestant reformer and English propagandist, who published Supplication for the Beggars in 1529, railing against the Catholic clergy. It was enough to get him condemned as a heretic by the church. He was meant to stand trial, but was claimed first by the Bubonic plague. A-L4 (K2 and K3 transposed). http://estc.bl.uk/S123347 Estimate $5,000-7,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Moxon, Joseph (1627-1691) A Tutor to Astronomie and Geographie: or an Easie and Speedy Way to Know the Use both the Globes, Coelestial and Terrestrial. London: Printed by Joseph Moxon, and sold at his Shop on Corn-hill, at the signe of Atlas, 1659. First edition, quarto, engraved frontispiece bound opposite title, woodcut and engraved text illustrations, ex libris William Edward May, with his bookplate, bound in full contemporary speckled sheepskin, rebacked, with corners repaired, the foot of E1 torn with loss, some text leaves trimmed closely along bottom margin, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. *4, A-Z4, Aa-Ff4, B-F4. http://estc.bl.uk/R23159 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Moxon, Joseph (1627-1691) The Use of Astronomical Playing Cards. London: The Playing-Cards, and these Books are Sold by Joseph Moxon on Ludgate-Hill at the Signe of Atlas, 1676. First edition, octavo, rare, two U.S. copies and one U.K. copy in ESTC, Harrison D. Horbilt copy, with his bookplate, bound in full speckled sheep, rebacked, 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. In this work, Moxon describes methods for finding major stars and constellations by using his astronomical playing cards. The four suits are Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter, based on the position of the sun. The cards themselves are quite rare. The Schreiber Collection at the British Museum has one incomplete and defective late 17th century set. A-C8, D4. http://estc.bl.uk/R218374 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Mulgrave, Constantine John Phipps, Baron (1744-1792) A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. London: Printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, for J. Nourse, 1774. First edition, quarto, illustrated with fifteen folding plates, views, and illustrations (three of which are folding maps), and thirteen folding typographical tables, half-title and Directions to the Bookbinder both present; bound in contemporary sponged calf, with gilt spine, marbled endleaves; some marginal softness to fore-edges, neat repairs to endcaps and corners, 10 x 8 in. "This expedition of the Racehorse and Carcass, undertaken for the purpose of discovering a route to India through the northern polar regions, was blocked by pack ice north of Spitzbergen. The valuable appendix gives geographical and meteorological observations, zoological and botanical records, accounts of the distillation of fresh water from the sea, and astronomical observations. The voyage is perhaps best remembered for the presence of young Horatio Nelson, as midshipman aboard the Carcass, and his encounter with a polar bear." (Quoted from The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego, New Haven & Sydney: William Reese Company & Hordern House, Ltd., 2004.) [A]4, B-L4, M-O1 (three folding typographical tables), P4, Q1, R4, S8, T4, U2, X-Z4, Aa4, Bb1, Cc4, Dd1, Ee-Nn4, Oo2, P1, Qq2 (Qq2 blank and ?integral). http://estc.bl.uk/T152604 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Mun, Thomas (1571-1641) England's Treasure by Forraign Trade. Or, the Ballance of our Forraign Trade is the Rule of our Treasure. London: Printed by J. Flesher for Robert Horne at Gresham-College, in the first Court in Bishopgate-street, 1669. Octavo, bound in contemporary speckled sheepskin, rebacked, corner repairs (very neatly done), later endleaves, 6 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. Director of the East India Trading Company, Mun advocated for a positive balance of trade for England, with the theory that when exports exceed imports, wealth should steadily increase. He also advocated a ban on the importation of goods available domestically, the reduction of export duties on goods produced domestically from foreign markets, and the use of English vessels for shipments. A-M8, N4. http://estc.bl.uk/R32105 Estimate $10,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Norden, John (1548-1625?) The Surveyors Dialogue. London: Printed [by Simon Stafford] for Hugh Astley, dwelling at S. Magnus corner, 1607. First edition, quarto, illustrated with text diagrams, water staining and some worming, bound in full modern calf, period style, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. Norden's work is the first 17th century English publication on the subject of surveying. It is "important because of Norden's clear account of the operation of the court of survey and because of his efforts to reconcile the differences between surveyor and tenant." (Quoted from A.W. Richeson's English Land Measuring to 1800, 1966.) A2-8, (lacking first leaf, A1, blank but for signature mark), B-Q8, R6 (final two leaves blank & lacking). http://estc.bl.uk/S113314 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Northampton, Henry Howard, Earl of (1540-1614) A Defense of the Ecclesiasticall Regiment in Englande, Defaced by T.C. in his Replie agaynst D. VVhitgifte. London: Imprinted by Henry Bynneman, for Humfrey Toy, 1574. First edition, octavo, title printed within typographical ornament border, some headlines trimmed, bound in half leather with marbled paper boards, likely 18th century, rebacked, 5 x 3 1/4 in. [pi]2, A-M8, N2 (first and last blanks, pi1 and N2 may or may not be integral). http://estc.bl.uk/S101105 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Norton, Robert (d. 1635) The Gunner Shewing the Whole Practise of Artillery. London: by A.M. for Humphrey Robinson, and are to be sold at the three Pidgeons in Pauls-Church-yard, 1628. First edition, small folio, title page printed within militaristic architectural woodcut compartment comprising cannons and the model of a fort under siege; illustrated with thirty-five plates, many of which are double page, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, some plates trimmed close, occasional minor marginal tears, generally good, 11 1/4 x 7 in. Norton was an authority on artillery in this period. He was also an accomplished and published mathematician, and a friend of John Smith, the Virginian. Norton was appointed Engineer of the Tower of London for life. A6, B-Y4. (blanks A1 and Y4 are likely integral). http://estc.bl.uk/S115254 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Norton, Thomas (1532-1584) To the Quenes Majesties Poore Deceiued Subiectes of the North Countrey, Drawen into Rebellion by the Earles Northumberland and Westmoreland. London: Imprinted by Henrie Bynneman, for Lucas Harrison, 1569. One of three issues published in 1569, small octavo, the Huth copy (sold July 11, 1917, lot 5359), bound in 19th century red straight-grained morocco, cathedral style (some side notes and headlines cropped); ex libris Miss Richardson Currer, with her bookplate facing Huth's leather ticket on ffep; ex libris Sir Mathew Wilson, with his bookplate below Huth's; rare, three U.S. copies listed in ESTC, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. This small work was published at the height of the Revolt of the Northern Earls, an unsuccessful attempt by Catholic nobles from Northern England in 1569 to depose Queen Elizabeth I and replace her with Mary, Queen of Scots. A-C8, D4. http://estc.bl.uk/S121955 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ovington, John (1653-1731) A Voyage to Suratt, in the Year, 1689. London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, at the Judges Head in Fleet-street, and the Inner-Temple-Gate, 1696. First edition, octavo, lacking the half-title, illustrated with one folding table and two folding engravings, bound in modern half leather, marbled paper boards, 7 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. Ovington visited Madeira; the coast of Africa; and its coastal islands, Surat, India; the Cape of Good Hope; and other locations along this route. The text also includes a list of coins used in the near and far east, including Persia, Japan, and China. His account contains anything of interest, including notices of local cuisine and customs. A2-8 (lacking half-title A1), B-Z8, Aa-Pp8, Qq7 (lacking final blank Qq8). http://estc.bl.uk/R26896 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Palingenio Stellato, Marcello (c. 1500-1543) The Zodiake of Life. London: Imprinted by Robert Robinson dwelling in Feter Lane neere Holbourne, 1588. Quarto, third edition of the English translation of Palingenio's Zodiacus Vitae, title printed within typographical ornament border, bound in later speckled calf boards, tooled in gilt, rebacked, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. This important Renaissance poem was prescribed as a textbook in many schools. Bruno praised it. The mathematician Thomas Digges learned Book XI by heart. Gabriel Harvey approved the translation. Shakespeare may have studied it. [para]4, A-P8, Q-R4, T3 (lacking final blank T4). http://estc.bl.uk/S113952 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Parkinson, John (1567-1650) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. Or, A Choise Garden of all Sorts of Rarest Flowers. London: Printed by R.N. and are to be sold by Richard Thrale at his shop at the signe of the Cross-Keys at S. Pauls-gate, going into Cheap-side, 1656. Folio, "second impression much corrected and enlarged," extra woodcut illustrated title by Switzer present; illustrated with large botanical woodcuts throughout; with type ornament above imprint on typographical title page; bound in full speckled calf, gilt-tooled with an unidentified armorial stamp on both boards: an eagle displayed holding a serpent and the slogan, "Litem Natura Diremit," a quote from Ovid; rebacked, some leaves browned, 13 x 8 1/2 in. Parkinson was one of England's most accomplished botanists. His book is replete with images and descriptions of all types of ornamental plants, herbs, and food crops. *6, A-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Eee6, Fff8. http://estc.bl.uk/R29251 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Perkins, William (1558-1602) Six Titles Bound Together, London: Printed by Iohn Legate, dwelling in Little-Wood-streete, 1621. How to Live and that Well. In all Estates and Times: specially when Helpes and Comforts Failes; Two Treatises; A Direction for the Government of the Tongue According to Gods Word; A Graine of Musterd-Seede; A Declaration of the True Manner of Knowing Christ Crucified; and A Salve for a Sicke Man; 12mo, bound in full contemporary limp parchment, ruled and tooled in gilt, somewhat discolored, detached from textblock, but generally good, good internally, 4 3/4 x 2 3/4 in. How to Live: http://estc.bl.uk/S94687; A-D12, (D12 blank & present). Two Treatises: http://estc.bl.uk/S107185; A-G12, (G10, 11, & 12 blank & present). A Direction: http://estc.bl.uk/S112875; A-E12. Musterd-Seede: http://estc.bl.uk/S107126; A-C12. A Declaration: http://estc.bl.uk/S107125; A-C12. Salve: http://estc.bl.uk/S94690; A-H12, I6, (I5 & 6 blank & present). Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Perrault, Claude (1613-1688) Memoir's for a Natural History of Animals. London: by Joseph Streater, to be sold by T. Basset, et al., 1688. First edition in English, small folio, engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, two parts in one volume, including separate title page and collation for The Measure of the Earth, the two illustrated with thirty-five full-page engravings, illustrations for the second work bound in the first; contents very good, bound in full contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 11 1/2 x 8 in. Perrault's philosophy of medicine sprung from Galen, Greek physician of the Roman era, who understood biology in terms of the four humors (i.e., black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood). As the Age of Enlightenment saw the development of animal and plant classification systems, believers in a mechanistic theory of animal function, like Perrault and Buffon resisted. In mechanism, living things are thought to be akin to complicated machines, containing parts that lack any intrinsic relationship to one another. Although Galenism and mechanism kept Perrault from make significant contributions to modern biology, his work maintains its own inherent scientific value, given the parameters of his philosophies, and also serves to document the steps and missteps along the way to a better understanding of biology. [pi]4, a2, b3, A3, B-Z4, Aa-Ii4, Kk-Nn2; [pi]2, B-F.4 http://estc.bl.uk/R2399 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Pett, Sir Peter (1630-1699) A Discourse of the Growth of England in Populousness and Trade since the Reformation. London: Printed, and are to be sold by Randall Taylor, near Stationers-Hall, 1689. First edition with this title, folio, rare, no auction copies, ESTC has seven U.S. copies; bound in full contemporary calf, rebacked, contents good, ex libris Bradford Public Libraries, with a few stamps, red sealing wax on title, 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. [pi]1, B-Z2, Aa-Zz2, Aaa-Zzz2, Aaaa-Dddd2, http://estc.bl.uk/R18340 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Boorde, Andrew (1490?-1549) The Breviary of Healthe, for All Maner of Sickenesses and Diseases the which may be in man or woman, doth folowe. London: Imprynted in Fletestrete at the synge of the George next to saynt Dunstone's Church by Wyllyam Powell, 1552. Second edition of one of the earliest English books on diet, quarto, title printed within woodcut compartment, full-page woodcut on verso of title, text in black letter, woodcut initials, rebound in full crushed brown morocco, neatly resewn without being washed or trimmed, corners of final two leaves mended, ex libris Sir Robert Throckmorton, with his engraved bookplate pasted inside the front board, housed in a custom box, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. "Boorde's Breviary contains a mine of folk-lore, old proverbs, old-fashioned remedies which still survive, forgotten elements of diet, obsolete customs, and much positive information concerning the inner habits of the nation." (Osler) "Besides describing traditional varieties of mental illness, Boorde separated as 'Demoniackes' a group of violent or suicidal patients who might need exorcism over and above the standard remedies of 'madnes.' It is interesting that he classed separately as 'frantickness' the toxic delirium due to herbane (hyoscyamus) since at the present time hallucinogens and fantasticants, both natural and synthetic, are receiving much attention in psychiatric research." (Hunter & MacAlpine) A-Q8 (Q8 blank & present), R8, B-C8, D4. http://estc.bl.uk/S106254 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Pettus, Sir John (1613-1690) Fodinae Regales. Or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and the English Pale in Ireland. As also of the Mint and Mony. London: Printed by H[enry] L[loyd] and R[obert].B[attersby] for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleetstreet, near Cliffords Inne, 1670. First edition, small folio, author portrait frontispiece opposite typographical title, text engravings of coats of arms of the Society of the Mines Royal, and the Society for the Mineral and Battery Works (both given by Queen Elizabeth in 1568) on pages 22 and 23; two full-page engravings of mines; bound in full modern calf by Bayntun of Bath, contents crisp, 11 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. [pi]2, A-L2, M4, N-Z2, Aa-Ii2. http://estc.bl.uk/R190 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Petty, Sir William (1623-1687) Several Essays in Political Arithmetick. London: Printed for Robert Clavel at the Peacock, and Henry Mortlock at the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1699. First edition under this title, octavo, bound in contemporary speckled calf boards, rebacked, corners bumped, 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. "By tinkering with data and simple models, [Petty] came up with many of the ideas- how to measure GDP, why the money supply and banks matter, how lasting unemployment affects the economy- that form the bedrock of modern economics." (https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2013/12/21/petty-impressive) A2, A2-8, B-T8, U4. http://estc.bl.uk/R22460 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Platt, Sir Hugh (1552-1608) Delights for Ladies to Adorne their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories. London: Printed by H. L[ownes] and R. Y[oung] and are to bee sold by Iames Boler, 1628. 12mo, text leaves printed within typographical borders, two U.S. copies listed in ESTC, bound in later sheepskin, rebacked, 4 x 2 3/4 in. Platt's popular little treatise went through many editions. It is filled with beauty preparations, instructions for the preservation of food (nuts, lobsters, marigolds, etc.), recipes for candies, perfumes, alcoholic beverages, and more. A-G12, H11, (lacking final leaf H12, blank except for borders). http://estc.bl.uk/S107188 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Plutarch (45-127 AD); trans. Philemon Holland (1552-1637) The Philosophie, Commonlie Called the Morals. London: Printed by Arnold Hatfield, 1603. First edition in English, folio, bound in full sponged calf by Riviere, marbled endleaves, boards reversed when rebacked, a.e.g.; ex libris James Hale Bates (bookplate), and the Garden Ltd. (label), 12 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. [para]4, A-5X6, 5Y4, 5Z6, 6A-6E4, 6F6. http://estc.bl.uk/S115981 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Porta, Giambattista della (1535?-1615) Natural Magick. London: Printed for Thomas Young and Samuel Speed, and are to be sold at the Three Pigeons, and at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1658. First edition in English, folio, engraved title incorporating representations of fire, chaos, air, art, nature, earth, water and Porta (remargined); typographical title printed in red and black, ex libris Alexander Watt, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board; text woodcuts throughout, some light foxing, some leaves remargined, some browning to text leaves; bound in calf boards, rebacked, 11 x 7 in. Porta's imaginative work contains many medical treatments, folk recipes, and instructions for crafts possible and implausible. He proposes that a dog may be generated from a tiger, that burning hare's fat in a lamp will make ladies remove their clothes and dance in the nude, and ways to produce monstrous births. He writes a chapter on increasing "Houshold-stuffe," which contains recipes and instructions on preserving food. Other chapters are on changing metals, counterfeiting precious stones, the wonders of the loadstone, physical experiments, beautifying women, distillation, optics, perfuming, artificial fires, and more. [pi]2 (engraved and typographical title, C2, D-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Iii4. http://estc.bl.uk/R33476 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Prynne, William (1600-1669) Histrio-Mastix. The Players Scourge, or Actors Tragaedie. London: Printed by E[lizabeth] A[llde], [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Mathewes,] and W[illiam] I[ones] for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blue Bible, in Greene Arbour, in little Old Bayly, 1633 [i.e. 1632]. Quarto, first edition, second state, with imprint altered and errata on ***4 verso, bound in later full calf, gilt-tooled, with decorative spine, ex libris Frederick Shum, Bibliotheca Bathoniensis, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, University London College Library duplicate, with stamp on verso of title, contents good, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. N.B. Histrio-Mastix is the most extensive and spirited Puritan attack on English Renaissance theater of its time. Prynne mentions Shakespeare by name. The book condemns almost every manifestation of dramatic performance of the period, including the use of young male actors representing women onstage, the "obscene lascivious love songs, most melodiously chanted out upon the stage," and even the celebration of Christmas (pagan, according to Prynne). Prynne was imprisoned for writing the book, had his ears cut off twice, and was branded on both cheeks with the letters S and L (for Seditious Libeller). Histrio-Mastix was banned and publicly burned. [A]1 (lacking first blank), *4, **8, ***4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaa*-Kkk*4, Aaaa-Zzzz4, Aaaaa-Nnnn4 (Nnnn4 blank & present), Ooooo-Zzzzz4, 6A-6R4. http://estc.bl.uk/S115316 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ptolemy, Claudius (c. 100-170 AD) The Compost of Ptolomeus, Prince of Astronomie. London: Printed by M. P[arsons] for Henry Gosson, and are to be sold by Edward Wright, 1638?. Octavo, woodcut on title, numerous small woodcuts to text, including astrological signs, a very small world map, some physiognomy cuts, and some of chiromancy; rare; no U.S. copies in ESTC; no auction records, bound in later full tan calf, 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. A-I8. http://estc.bl.uk/S112005 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Rainolds, John (1549-1607) The Summe of the Conference betwene John Rainoldes and John Hart: Touching the Head and the Faith of the Church. London: [printed by John Wolfe] impensis Geor. Bishop, 1584. First edition, quarto, bound in an exceptional contemporary dark brown calfskin Oxford binding, with large blind-tooled lozenges on both boards, hand-rubricated printer's waste pastedowns and endleaves, and fragments of the original cloth ties, unsophisticated and unrepaired, slightly rubbed, some minor worming, contents good, 8 x 5 3/4 in. Rainolds iniated the project that resulted in the translation and publication of the King James version of the English Bible. In the early 1580s, following Edmund Campion's defense of Catholic principles, Francis Walsingham sent the Jesuit John Hart to meet with Rainolds for an extended discussion of the issues between Protestantism and Catholicism. This work is an account of their exhaustive disputations on the complicated topic. A-Z8, Aa-Zz8, Aaa8, Bbb6. http://estc.bl.uk/S115546 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ramesey, William (1627-1675) Astrologia Restaurata; or Astrologie Restored: Being an Introduction to the General and Chief Part of the Language of the Stars. London: for Robert White, 1653. First edition, engraved portrait frontispiece bound opposite title; extensive contemporary notes, including square astrological charts including birth dates of members of the Walford family, and the note, "Sex Solidis at London January 1656" inscribed over front free endleaves, and another note that mentions Lilly; other notes in the text, including references to astronomical events; bound in contemporary leather boards, corners and spine repaired, those repairs now aged and failing (especially the rebacking), rare, six U.S. copies listed in ESTC; later pastedowns and endleaves added at the time of rebacking, 11 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. [pi]1 (frontispiece), [A]4, (a)-(d)4, B-F4 (F4 blank & present), G6, H-P4, Q6, R-Z4, Aa-Cc4, Dd6, Ee-Ss4, Tt6, Uu2. http://estc.bl.uk/R20735 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ramesey, William (1627-1675) Helminthologia. Or, Some Physical Considerations of the Matter, Origination, and Several Species of wormes, Macerating and Direfully Cruciating Every Part of the Bodies of Mankind. London: Printed by John Streater, for George Sawbridge, dwelling on Clerken-well Green, 1668. First and only edition, octavo, fine portrait of the author at age 42, as Royal Physician to Charles II bound opposite title (remargined at foot), illustrated with folding engraving of twenty-five types of worms (minor closed tear); ex libris Sion College Library, with stamp on verso of title and sell order stamp from 1938 below; bound in contemporary sheep boards, rebacked, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. "Worms the Subject, and worms the Readers, and a worm the Author of this Book; which must all ere long, be swallowed up of Eternity and be worm-eaten; the Author himself and the proudest Reader as soon as the Book, we are inclosed by in mud-walls, and paper-walls are as durable." *8 (portrait, title, *3-8), A-Z8, Aa4, (Aa4, the last leaf, publisher's ads, no errata in this copy.) http://estc.bl.uk/R24073 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Botero, Giovanni (1540-1617) Observations upon the Lives of Alexander, Caesar, Scipio. Newly Englished. London: Printed by A. Islip for Iohn Iaggard, 1602. First edition in English; rare, five U.S. copies in ESTC; no auction sales since 1962, ex libris Anthony Jaggard of Winfrith Court, with bookplate, bound in modern full speckled calf, period style, title slightly toned, early signatures to title, 5 x 3 1/4 in. Botero argued against the amoral political philosophy of Machiavelli's The Prince on religious grounds, and because in his opinion, it simply would not work. Inspired more by Aquinas, Botero's basic philosophy was more liberal and a precursor to the work of Locke and Adam Smith. In this work, he reflects on the lives of three leaders of the ancient world. A-P8, (lacking A1, blank save signature mark), Q3, (lacking final blank Q4). http://estc.bl.uk/S104631 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Randolph, Bernard (b. 1643) The Present State of the Morea, Called Anciently Peloponnesus: Together with a Description of the City of Athens, Islands of Zant, Strafades, and Serigo. London: Printed, sold by Will. Notts, at the Queens-Arms in Pell Mall, Tho. Basset in Fleetstreet; and Thomas Bennet, at the Half-moon in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1689. [Bound with] The Present State of the Islands of the Archipelago (or Arches), Sea of Constantinople, and Gulph of Smyrna; with the islands of Candia, and Rhodes, Oxford: at the Theater, 1687, quarto, two volumes bound in one, the first title is a third edition, second title is a first edition; the two together illustrated with two plates in the first title and four in the second, large folding engraved illustrations and maps; bound in contemporary speckled calf boards, rebacked, somewhat dry and scuffed, ffep and first plate attached to each other along the gutter edge but detached from the binding, with a Sotheran stamp, two older ownership inscriptions to title, 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in. Morea: A-C4, D2. http://estc.bl.uk/R4193 Islands: A-P4. http://estc.bl.uk/R7743 Estimate $10,000-15,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Rathborne, Aaron (1572-1618) The Surveyor in Foure Bookes. London: Printed by W. Stansby for W. Burre, 1616. First edition, elaborate engraved title page by William Hole; finely engraved portrait by Francis Delaram (fl. 1615-1624) on A4 recto of the dedicatee, a sixteen year old Charles I of England as Prince of Wales; engraved portrait of the author on the final leaf (X4) by Simon van de Passe (1595?-1647); text diagrams, large text woodcut on page 130; bound in full contemporary limp parchment, fragments of alum-tawed ties, from the Kenney Collection, with their book ticket pasted inside the front board, 10 1/2 x 7 in. "Aaron Rathborne described himself as 'A gentleman practitioner in the mathematiques.' In 1616 he published The Surveyor in Foure Bookes, deemed at the time to be the most complete book on surveying in the English language. Today a copy of this book is considered quite rare. For historians of surveying, it presented the first complete picture of a seventeenth century surveyor at work and of his instruments. The frontispiece has a structure supported by two allegorical figures of Arithmetica and Geometria surmounted by celestial and terrestrial globes. The upper vignette depicts an experienced surveyor trampling 'fools and dunces underfoot.' The Surveyor was one of the first books to strongly advocate the use of mathematics in survey projects. In his book, Rathborne presented the basic principles of geometry and discussed their applications in surveying. He advocated use of the recently introduced decimal arithmetic of Simon Stevin (1585) and urged the employ of the 'new pocket tables' of logarithms." (Quoted from Frank J. Swetz's "Mathematical Treasure: Rathborne's Surveyor in Four Books," Convergence, July 2014.) https://www.maa.org/press/periodicals/convergence/mathematical-treasure-rathbornes-surveyor-in-four-books A-V6, X4 (A1 blank & present; cancelled leaves in signature O; O3 verso with "58 4/5" on fifth line). http://estc.bl.uk/S116149 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Reynolds, John, of the Mynt in the Tower (fl. circa 1627) An Advice Touching the Currancie in Payment of our English Gold. London: Printed by B[ernard] A[lsop] and T[homas] F[awcet] for Ben. Fisher, and are to bee sold at his Shop at the signe of the Talbot without Aldersgate, 1627. One of three editions dated 1627, octavo, all three variants are rare in ESTC, this edition with one U.S. copy: Huntington; bound in modern half leather, marbled paper boards, Macclesfield copy, with North Library bookplate, ESTC notes imprint date cropped in all known copies, true of this copy as well, last letter of last work in lines four and seven of title, 5 1/4 x 3 in. This manual was printed to provide proper weights and values for each English coin, i.e., piece-weight in grains to pounds, shillings, pence, and farthings, and to allow weighed coins that had been clipped and therefore carried a diminished value to be weighed and valued based on their actual weight, as opposed to their nominal face value. A2-8 (lacking A1, blank but for signature mark, ornaments, and rules), B-C8. http://estc.bl.uk/S115892 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Rutherford, Samuel (1600?-1661) Lex, Rex: the Law and the Prince. London: Printed for Iohn Field, and are to be sold at his house upon Addle-hill, neer Baynards-Castle, Octob. 7., 1644. First edition, quarto, variant with month and date noted in imprint, typographically printed dialgogue bound opposite title, like a frontispiece; bound in full contemporary speckled calf, rebacked and recornered, a little light water staining, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. Rutherford's argument, that the people have the right to depose an unjust king, was unpopular after the Restoration of Charles II to the crown. Rutherford's work was ordered to be publicly burned and he was charged with high treason, although he died before trial. A4, a-d4, B-Z4, Aa-Ll4, Mm-Rr2, Ss-Zz4, Aaa-Nnn4, Ooo2. http://estc.bl.uk/R12731 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Saint Germain, Christopher (1460?-1540) Three Titles Bound Together: The Fyrste Dyaloge in Englysshe; The Secunde Dyalogue; [and] Here after Foloweth a Lytell Treatise. [London: Robert Wyer, 1531] [London: Imprynted in Southwarke by Peter Treveris, 1531] [London: Thomas Bertheletus, 1531]. Ocatvo, a modified translation of Saint Germain's Dialogus de Fundamentis Legum Anglie et de Conscientia, three separate imprints bound together, woodcut devices, later speckled calf boards, rebacked, contents good, contemporary annotations, 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. In 1528, St. Germain published his first book, Dialogus de Fundamentis Legum Anglie et de Conscientia, The work was often refered to as Doctor and Student, after its two interlocutors, a doctor of divinity and a student of laws. Saint Germain examines the relationship between English common law and personal conscience. The published English translation was likely written by St. Germain himself. He agumented the work, adding A Second Dialogue, and New Addicions. I: a-u4; II: A-X8, Y6; III: A-D8. http://estc.bl.uk/S104738 http://estc.bl.uk/S104655 http://estc.bl.uk/S3800 Estimate $10,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Sammelband of Fourteen British Almanacs, 1690. Octavo, including the following almanacs: 1) John Partridge's (1644-1715) Merlinus Liberatus, http://estc.bl.uk/R29094; 2) William Winstanley's (1628?-1698) The Protestant Almanack, http://estc.bl.uk/R27510; 3) Henry Coley's (1633-1695?) Nuncius Sydereus, http://estc.bl.uk/R36752; 4) Thomas Strutt's The Weavers Almanack, not in ESTC which lists a 1688 edition printed by R. Holt, this edition printed by Elizabeth Holt; 5) George Parker's (1654-1743) Mercurius Anglicanus, http://estc.bl.uk/R29088; 6) John Tanner's (fl. circa 1636-1715) Angelus Britannicus, http://estc.bl.uk/R28271; 7) Nicholas Greenwood's (fl. circa 1689) Diarium Planetarum, http://estc.bl.uk/R28985; 8) Jonathan Dove's Dove, http://estc.bl.uk/R28223; 9) John Gadbury's (1627-1704) Efemeris, or a Diary, http://estc.bl.uk/R28229; 10) Richard Saunder's (1613-1675) 1690. Apollo Anglicanus, http://estc.bl.uk/R28260; 11) William Andrews' (fl. circa 1635-1713) News from the Stars, http://estc.bl.uk/R18446; 12) John Wing's (1643-1726) Olympia Domata, http://estc.bl.uk/R28284; 13) Edward Pond's Pond an Almanack, http://estc.bl.uk/R30632; and 14) William Winstanley's (1628-1698) Poor Robin, 1690, http://estc.bl.uk/R218666; London and Cambridge imprints, all for the year 1690, many rare, most with printing in red and black, woodcuts, etc., with contemporary parchment strips used as bookmarks for each title, contemporary edge gilding, bound in modern half calf with marbled paper boards, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. Estimate $1,500-2,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Sarbiewski, Maciej Kazimierz (1595-1640) The Odes of Casimire. London: Printed by T.W. for Humphrey Moseley, at the signe of the Princes Armes in Pauls Church-yard, 1646. First edition in English, translation by G. Hills, added engraved title and typographical explanation of engraving present, along with typographical title; rare, no auction sales since 1965; bound in full contemporary dark morocco, ornately gilt tooled over both boards and spine, marbled endleaves, unsophisticated and seemingly without damage or repair, contemporary inscriptions to ffep dated 1650, 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. Sarbiewski was a Jesuit prienst from Warsaw and one of the most important neo-Latin poets of the 17th century. He was especially admired in Great Britain.Sarbiewski: in a binding by Phil Dusel, not a contemporary binding A6, B-G12. http://estc.bl.uk/R210098 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Semedo, Alvarez (1585-1658) History of the Great and Renowned Monarchy of China. London: Printed by E. Tyler for Iohn Crook, and are to be sold at his shop at the sign of the Ship in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1655. First edition in English, folio, illustrated with portrait frontispiece of the author and one full-page engraving; separate title for Martin Martinius's Bellum Tartaricum,with portrait frontispiece; full-page engraved map on Kk3 verso titled, Situs Provinciarum Imperii Sinici, dated 1654; lacking the folding map; bound in full contemporary calf, later endleaves, ex libris Lord Walpole of Woolterton, with his engraved bookplate, binding worn, joints tender, a few scattered water stains, 11 1/8 x 7 in. A4, (A)1, B-Z4, Aa-Qq4, Rr3 (lacking final ?blank Rr4). http://estc.bl.uk/R22006 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Sendivogius, Michael [aka Michal Sedziwój;] (1566-1636) A New Light of Alchymie: Taken out of the Fountaine of Nature, and Manuall Experience. London: Printed by Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, at the Bible in Little-Britain, 1650. First English edition, quarto, containing Paracelsus's Of the Nature of Things, and A Chymicall Dictionary, each with a separate title page and separate collations; contemporary full brown sheepskin, sympathetically rebacked with a new lettering piece, flat spine, sewn on sunken alum-tawed sewing supports, printer's wate tabs, no endleaves, early 19th century ownership inscriptions on inner board and at top of title, some toning, good contemporary feel, 7 x 5 1/2 in. Sendivogius was a pioneering Polish alchemist, philosopher, and medical doctor who was able to purify and create several acids, metals and other chemical compounds, and first described air as a compound substance that contained oxygen, a never before described and as yet unnamed element essential to life on earth. A4, A-U4; Aa4, Aa-Ss4, [pi]1, Aaa-Fff4. http://estc.bl.uk/R203736 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Serres, Jean de (1540?-1598) An Historical Collection of the Most Memorable Accidents, and Tragicall Massacres of France. London: Thomas Creede, 1598. First edition in English, small folio, large bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell pasted inside front board, in a full calf Stirling Maxwell binding, 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in. This important work, by the official historian of France under Henry IV, provides a reliable contemporary account of the 16th century religious conflict between Catholics and Calvinists. A-Z6 (A1 blank), AA-CC6; Aa-Zz6, Aaa6, Bbb4. http://estc.bl.uk/S121331 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. London: for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Paul's Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, 1685. Fourth folio, engraved portrait frontispiece of the poet by Martin Droeshout facing the typographical title (neatly remargined), with the ten lines of verse by Ben Jonson beneath; with the anonymous Epitaph by John Minton; the leaf L1 printed in a smaller typeface; printed in two columns throughout, within single rule borders; bound in full red morocco gilt by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, elaborately gilt-tooled spine, a.e.g., slightly rubbed, hinges a bit tender, page 87/88 (H2) very neatly extended at top; ex libris Roderick Terry, with his bookplate, 14 1/8 x 9 in. [pi]2, A4, A-Y6, Z4, Bb-Zz6, *Aaa-Ddd6, Eee8, Aaa-Zzz6, Aaaa-Bbbb6, Cccc2. http://estc.bl.uk/R202288 Estimate $65,000-80,000 Frontispiece portrait leaf carefully remargined along top and sides with matching laid paper; small rust mark to portrait repaired from verso; some minor spotting to some leaves; page 87/88 (leaf H2) neatly (almost imperceptibly) extended by 8 mm at the top margin, above the printed rules; some occasional rust spots to text leaves; two or three leaves with grayish marginal discoloration; extremities slightly rubbed; joints tender; very neat marginal repairs to last text leaf; bottom corner of penultimate leaf with very small corner repair to blank margin; scattered light spotting to some leaves. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Smith, John (b. 1648?) The Art of Painting. London: Printed for Samuel Crouch, at the Corner Shop of Pope's Head Ally, on the right hand next Cornhill, 1676. First edition, octavo, rare, three U.S. copies in ESTC, bound in very good contemporary or slightly later marbled sheepskin, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. Smith's work was written to assist other makers of sundials in painting the faces of their devices. He describes grinding colors with oil, the tools of painting, gold leafing, recommends color choices, gives recipes for glue, provides a reading list "for him that would be a Compleat Dialist," describes how to paint sun dials, painting interiors ("wainscot, doors, windows, posts, rayles, pales, gates, and the like), and makes suggestions with an eye to the preservation painted surfaces "to resist weather, and preserve Timber or woodden works from rotting." A2-8 (lacking license leaf, A1), B-F8, G2. http://estc.bl.uk/R37566 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Somers, John, Baron (1651-1716) The Security of English-Mens Lives, or the Trust, Power, and Duty of theGrand Jurys of England. London: Printed for T. Mitchel, 1681. First edition, octavo, bound in full contemporpary tan calf, rebacked, title page lightly dust soiled, occasional rust spots, otherwise very good, 6 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. Somers influenced Locke's work, ten years before the publication of his Treatise on Civil Government. In fact, Locke had a second edition of Somers' work in his library. Somers words, "The principle ends of all civil government, and of humane society, were the security of mens lives, liberties, and properties"; also influenced Jefferson's choice of words in the Declaration of Indpendence. A-K8, L4. http://estc.bl.uk/R33648 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Spenser, Edmund (1552?-1599) The Faerie Queene. Disposed into Twelve Bookes, Fashioning XII. Morall Vertues. London: Printed for William Ponsonbie, 1596. Second edition of the first volume, quarto, woodcut printer's device on title, full-page woodcut of Sir Guyon at the beginning of the second book, contempoarry calf boards ruled in blind and gilt with gilt central lozenge, rebacked, title page defective at head, torn with loss in bottom right corner (repaired from verso), first signature with marginal paper repairs at head, a large copy, with deckle edges showing at the bottom margin of some leaves, 7 3/4 x 5 1/2 in. A-Z8, Aa-Oo8. http://estc.bl.uk/S117748 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Sprat, Thomas (1635-1713) A Relation of the Late Wicked Contrivance of Stephen Blackhead and Robert Young. London, in the Savoy: Edward Jones, 1692. First edition, quarto, with imprimatur leaf, bound in full contemporary red morocco, tooled in gilt, marbled endleaves, a.e.g., a bit worn, but unsophisticated, without subsequent repairs, ex libris John Henry Augustus Selwyn (1712-1751), and the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, both with bookplates, with the 1794 signature of Isaac Reed, and a signed note tipped in before title, 8 3/4 x 7 in. A-I4, K2; Aa-Xx4, Yy2. http://estc.bl.uk/R24611 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Stedman, John Gabriel (1744-1797) Narrative of a Five Years Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam. London: for J. Johnson, 1796. First edition, two large quarto volumes, engraved frontispiece in volume one; titles to both volumes engraved; small paper edition, volume one illustrated with two folding engraved maps, one folding plate, and thirty-seven full-page engraved plates (thirteen plates by William Blake); volume two illustrated with thirty-four full-page engravings and one folding map, contents good, the two volumes bound in uniform brown calf, rebacked, 10 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (2) Stedman was a Dutch soldier deployed to put down an uprising of enslaved people on the island of Suriname. His illustrated text became an important document in the abolitionist movement. I: [pi]2 (frontis & title, a3, b4, c2, B4, C6, D4, E4, *E3, F-Z4, Aa-Mm4, Nn4, *Nn1, Oo-Zz4, 3A-3G4. II: [pi]1, b2, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, 3A-3E4, 3F2, 3G4. http://estc.bl.uk/T146566 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tasso, Torquato (1544-1595) Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. Done into English Heroicall Verse, by Edward Fairefax Gent. London: by Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[ohn] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, 1600. First edition of the complete English translation, first state, the poem begins on B1 with the line, "The Sacred armies and the godly knight," with no cancel; small folio, title page printed within fine ornamental type border, bound in full navy blue calf by Zaehnsdorf, spine elaborately gilt, inner gilt dentelles, gilt ruling on boards, marbled endleaves, a.e.g., 10 1/8 x 7 in. A4, B-Z6, Aa-Kk6, Ll4. http://estc.bl.uk/S117565 Estimate $3,000-5,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Taylor, John (1580-1653) All the Workes of Iohn Taylor, the Water Poet Being Sixty and three in Number. Collected into One Volume by the Author. London: Printed by I[ohn] B[eale, Elizabeth Allde, Bernard Alsop, and Thomas Fawcet] for Iames Boler, 1630. First collected edition, folio, engraved title signed T. Cockson, illustrated with twenty-five text woodcut portraits of English monarchs; bound in full contemporary speckled calf, gilt-tooled spine with label (neat repairs to endcaps, cloth ties lost), ex libris Lyonel Tollemache, with his signature; contents with some closed tears, water staining, folded corners, 11 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. A-N6 (C1 & C6 in duplicate, the two missing leaves, C2 & C5 inserted from another copy), O2, Aa-Qq6, Rr4, Ss2, Aaa-Iii6, Kkk8 (leaves bound out of order, and with bifolium Kkk3 & Kkk4 in duplicate), Aaa-Lll6, Mmm8. http://estc.bl.uk/S117734 Estimate $5,000-7,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tempest, Sir Richard (1619-1662) An Entertainment of Solitarinesse. [London?: no printer], 1649. First and only edition, engraved frontispiece opposite title, the dedication signed (in type, not a handwritten signature) by the author from Amsterdam, December 20, 1648; rare; no auction records; one U.S. copy in ESTC: William Andrews Clark; bound in later full sheepskin, rubbed, 4 3/4 x 2 1/2 in. Tempest was a supporter of King Charles I who fled to the continent after being taken by Robert Lilburne (1613-1665), signer of the king's death warrant, in the action at Cartington Castle in 1648. Although information is scant, due to the scarcity of this work, it may have been printed around the time of Charles I's execution, although it was written before that event. The frontispiece is a crowned Tudor rose. A6, B-G12. http://estc.bl.uk/R209519 Estimate $800-1,200 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

The Book of Common Prayer, in a Royal Binding. London: Printed by John Baskett, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1735. Large folio, a variant of the only 1735 folio edition described in ESTC, this copy with the phrase, "Price One Pound Five Shillings Unbound" at foot of title; engraved frontispiece opposite title, title printed in red and black, ruled in red throughout, bound in full contemporary dark blue morocco elaborately decorated with a wide rolled tool along the board borders, central gilt royal arms on front and back boards, spine tooled with the initials of George III, ex libris Earl of Dalhouse, with his engraved bookplate, original cloth ties lost, a.e.g., unsophisticated, some abrasions to boards, corners bumped, contents good, 18 x 11 1/4 in. [pi]2, a-c4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa4, Bbb2. variant of: http://estc.bl.uk/T230496 Estimate $3,000-4,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

The Great Herball Newly Corrected. London: Thome Gybson, 1539. Folio, title page printed within elaborate architectural woodcut compartment, rare, ESTC lists three U.S. copies; the last copy offered at auction was incomplete and sold in 1949; bound in full blind-tooled calf over bevelled boards, with the original leather covering used as pastedown linings, free endleaves are parchment (binding somewhat dry, rubbed), a.e.g.; ex libris Christopher William Beaumont Pease, with his bookplate, with an additional Pease family bookplate done in gilt stamping with the motto "Pax et Spes" inserted, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. This work is the fourth printed English translation of the Circa Instans, a popular Medieval herbal which circulated in manuscript form before the advent of printing. "The success of the Circa Instans resulted from its pragmatic, user-friendly structure, which made it especially useful to medical practitioners. The collection provides a selection of about 270 natural substances derived from plants, animals and minerals. Plants are the most consistently represented category, with everyday, readily available substances appearing more frequently than rare or exotic ones. The text is structured in alphabetical order, regardless of whether the substance is mineral, vegetal or animal in origin. This alphabetical organisation made it easier to search for a specific item within the text." (Quoted from a blog post by Dr. Iolanda Ventura posted on the Wellcome Library's website: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2017/02/a-medieval-medical-bestseller-the-circa-instans/) [pi]4, A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, Cc6. http://estc.bl.uk/S119819 Estimate $25,000-35,000 Binding rubbed, spine sunned to a warmer color, some surface abrasions, binding structurally functional; contents leaves washed and pressed; some leaves with faint printing, leaves evenly toned throughout, some minor occasional spotting, a few holes in last index leaf very neatly filled with losses to only a letter or two. Former owner's or bookseller's note on ffep, "This is the best edition of this very rare book. It is so scarce like all the books printed by Gibson that Dibdin could add nothing to Herbert's description in the Typographical Curiosities. It is mentioned by him that Herbert had never possessed a single volume from Gibson's press." The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

The Royal Game of the Ombre. London: Printed for William Brook, dwelling in the Black Swan Inn-Yard in Holborn, 1660. First edition, octavo, rare work on card playing; one copy in ESTC, at the British Library, no U.S. copies; the only other edition, dated 1665, shows two British copies only; bound in modern calf, some spots to title, 5 1/2 x 3 3/8 in. "L'Ombre is a Spanish Game at Cards, as much as to say, The Man: so he who undertakes to play the Game, sayes, Yo so l'Ombre, or, I am the man." Ombre is a fast-moving trick-takingcard game known as one of the earliest card games in Europe, and a classic of its genre, related to Euchre, Boston, and Solo Whist. It is complicated to play and was very popular in England in the 17th century. I is unclear whether the other known copy of this edition contains the added leaf present here. A8 (+one leaf inserted between A3 & A4, printed on recto only, with the headline, "Additions/ Concerning Taking In, to be inserted page 5"), A8 blank and present. http://estc.bl.uk/R182930 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Thévenot, Melchisédech (1620-1692) The Art of Swimming. Illustrated by Proper Figures. With Advice for Bathing. London: Printed for Dan. Brown at the Swan without Temple-Bar; D. Midwinter and T. Leigh at the Rose and Crown, and Robert Knaplock at the Angel, in St. Pauls Church-Yard, 1699. First edition in English, variant, 12mo, half-title present, illustrated with forty engraved plates, bound in very good contemporary speckled tan calf, boards gilt-ruled, spine label, contents good, joints cracking slightly, 6 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. This is Thévenot's most famous work, and was a popular guide to swimming techniques in the 18th century, including the breaststroke. Ben Franklin was a fan of The Art of Swimming; he mentions it in his autobiography. A-C12, D6. http://estc.bl.uk/R2501 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Thomas, William, Clerk of the Council to Edward VI (d. 1554) The Historye of Italye. London: Imprinted in Flete-strete nere to Saicnt Dunstans Church by Thomas Marshe, 1561. Second edition, title page printed within woodcut compartment, bound in full later calf, front board detached, some small piercing wormholes, lacking two blanks, 6 7/8 x 5 in. Thomas spent five years abroad traveling in Italy and France in the 1540s. He was a scholar of Italian history and language, and a clerk of the Privy Council under Edward VI. Thomas was executed for treason after the collapse of Wyatt's Rebellion under Mary I. His History of Italy is believed to have been suppressed and publicly burned, likely after his execution, however, it was subsequently reprinted, as in the present example by Thomas Marshe in 1561. A3 (lacking A4 blank), [para]4, A-S4, T3 (lacking T4 blank), U-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4, Iii2. http://estc.bl.uk/S118386 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Thucydides (460-395 BC) The Hystory Writtone by Thucidides the Athenyan of the warre, whiche was betwene the Peoloponesians and the Athenyans. London: William Tylle, 1550. First edition in English, a translation from Claude de Seyssel's French version; folio, title page printed within elaborate woodcut compartment incorporating the arms and initials of Queen Elizabeth I; marginalia to title and occasionally throughout, including many signatures of William Dudley dated 1714; and signatures of Thomas, Richard, and John Read c. 1730, and earlier signatures of John Cosey, Robert Reynet, John Jodwett, and othersdp ; bottom corner of title neatly reinforced, bound in late 17th or early 18th century full sheepskin boards, ruled and tooled in blind, rebacked, printed on heavy paper, single column black letter throughout, Z1 and Z2 with older marginalia trimmed away from bottom margins (repaired), bottom blank margin of Ll2 trimmed away; minor worming, 11 3/4 x 7 3/8 in. Thucydides: Fore-margin and bottom margin of Z1 trimmed away and repaired, folio number added in pen facsimile. A-Z6, Aa-Oo6, Pp4. http://estc.bl.uk/S117701 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Topsell, Edward (1572-1625?) The Historie of Foure-Footed Beastes; [bound with] The Historie of Serpents. London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1607 [and] 1608. First editions of both titles, folio, title page of Beastes with woodcut of the gorgon; both titles illustrated with woodcuts of animals throughout, bound in full leather, rebacked, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. "Topsell's work is remembered chiefly for its detailed and vigorous illustrations, including the famous image known as Dürer's Rhinoceros. The illustrations have been widely reproduced in many contexts, and Topsell's bestiary has been reprinted in various modern editions, usually in greatly reduced form. [...] Topsell, repeating ancient legends, assigns exotic attributes to actual animals. He writes, for example, that: True toads have a toadstone in their heads that protects people from poison. Weasels give birth through their ears. Lemmings graze in the clouds. Elephants worship the sun and the moon and become pregnant by chewing on mandrake. Apes are terrified of snails. Of the procreation of mice, Topsell writes, it 'is not only by copulation, but also nature worketh wonderfully in ingenduring them by earth.'" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Topsell) Beastes: A2-6 (lacking first blank, A1), [para]6, [2para]8, *2, B-Z6, Aa-Vv6, Aaa-Xxx6, Yyy7 (lacking final blank Yyy8). http://estc.bl.uk/S122276 Serpents: A2-6, B-V6, Aa-Hh6. http://estc.bl.uk/S122051 Estimate $8,000-10,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Torsellino, Orazio (1545-1599) The Admirable Life of S. Francis Xavier. Paris [i.e. Saint-Omer: At the English College Press], 1632. First and only English edition before 1801, rare; no auction sales since 1922; ESTC lists five U.S. copies, engraved title, bound in full gilt calf by Bedford, gilt-tooled and lettered spine, a.e.g., rebacked, 6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. "During the first half of the 17th century the English College Press at St. Omer, France, under the direction of John Wilson, SJ, was the most important source of the proscribed Catholic literature that nourished the piety and loyalty of English recusants." (Catholic Encyclopedia) [pi]1 (engraved title), A4, a4, e4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Iiii4. http://estc.bl.uk/S118493 Estimate $5,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tryon, Thomas (1634-1703) A New Method of Educating Children. London: Printed for J. Salusbury, at the Rising-Sun in Cornhill; and J. Harris, at the Harrow, 1695. First edition, 12mo, six U.S. copies listed in ESTC, bound in full contemporary speckled sheepskin, rebacked, printer's waste fly leaves, 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. "The Master and Tutors shall neither Whip, Beat, nor shew Anger or Passion toward any Child, be he never so dull: But instead of such Correction, shall take the dull Child aside, and Commend and Praise him for his Endeavours; inform him how many men of mean Birth have advanc'd themselves to a Noble Pitch of Eminence and Glory, by their Learning, Vertue, and Sobriety; and by these Means they shall excite and prompt him on to an honourable Ambition and Emulation. This, no doubt, will have a good Effect." A4, B-E12, F8. http://estc.bl.uk/R34678 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Tryon, Thomas (1634-1703) The Way to Health, Long Life and Happiness; or a Discourse of Temperance. London: Printed and sold by Andrew Sowle, at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane near Shoreditch, 1683. First edition, octavo, bound in full contemporary unsophisticated calf, some light wear, generally good, headcap chipped, 7 x 4 1/4 in. "Tryon's ideas on historical and philosophical matters were heavily influenced by ancient Pythagoreanism, Hinduism, and the teachings of German occultist Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa. He considered himself a Christian and tried to reconcile Biblical, Pythagorean and Hindu teachings. His conviction was that there was one true original religion of mankind, followed by Moses, Pythagoras and the Indian Brahmins, but perverted by the majority of Christians. According to him, the main tenets of that faith were pacifism and non-violence to animals; benevolence to all species and vegetarianism were prerequisites for spiritual progress and a possible restoration of Paradise. He explicitly advocated animal rights." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Tryon) [pi]4, b4, B-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Zzz4, Aaaa-Qqqq4 (This book is printed in eights but signed in fours). http://estc.bl.uk/R10677 Estimate $2,000-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.