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Martin (John) The Paradise Lost of Milton, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, first issue, half title and title for each vol., with the set of 24 plates and accompanying text, each plate lettered with caption "Proof", mezzotints with touches of drypoint, excellent impressions on cream laid paper, platemarks each c. 255 x 355 mm. (10 x 14 in), or the reverse, sheets c. 565 x 375 mm. (22 1/4 x 14 3/4), some loss, splits and handling creases to endpapers, otherwise with some marginal spotting and surface dirt, 'Eve at the Fountain' browned in blank margins, some others with minor scattered foxing, occasional damp-stains to edges, bound in contemporary half morocco by J. Wright, marbled boards, spine gilt, Imperial folio, published in parts by Septimus Prowett, [circa 1824-1827].⁂ Rare Imperial Folio edition, the largest and most luxurious format of the publication, limited to only 50 copies. This copy is the only known example with the two volumes bound together as one. Nineteen copies of the Imperial Folio edition containing the large plates have now been located, including the present example. One of these copies is in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle.When first released, these engravings were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim - the critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet. ... we look upon these engravings to belong to the foremost order of true genius: beyond this there is no praise." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].'The illustrations that made Martin's name as an engraver". "They are without doubt one of the most significant series of British book illustrations ever to have been produced.' [Campbell, John Martin, Visionary Printmaker, p. 41]Provenance: Michael J. Campbell (author of John Martin, Visionary Printmaker) [signature and stamp to inside upper cover]Literature: Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49

δ Incline Press.- Smith (Deirdre Armes) The First Wife: a Voice for Katherine of Aragon, one of 10 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 160 signed by the author and artist, printed in red & black, wood-engraved portrait and illustrations by Alan Smith, bound in white vellum, by Lori Sauer, upper cover with small white diamond goatskin with blind letter K onlaid on red leather ground within diamond cut-out fastened at points with small copper staples, spine of split white goatskin over red paste-paper and fastened with staples, red paste-paper endpapers, uncut, signed in pencil at foot of rear free endpaper, with red cloth tray and slip-case, tray with paste-paper pull, slip-case with printed card label inset on upper cover, 8vo (180 x 105mm.), Oldham, Incline Press, 2003.⁂ Lori Sauer was elected a Fellow of Designer Bookbinders in 2001. She has taught for many years in Wiltshire and is interested particularly in the structure and materials of bookbinding.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Matthews (William, binder).- Wheeler (Mortimer) Alms for Oblivion: An Antiquary's Scrapbook, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to the bookbinder Daphne Beaumont-Wright inscribed "Pip, love from Rik. Hommage d'auteur Mortimer Wheeler 1970" on front free endpaper, illustrations, bound in olive-green goatskin, by William Matthews, covers with design of onlaid tan goatskin "sun" edged in small wavy gilt lines and tooled with intersecting sets of four or five longer gilt lines radiating out from four different sources, spine with title and author in gilt and five raised bands, turn-ins with rows of small wavy gilt lines, signed and dated 1970 at foot of rear turn-in, g.e., with dust-jacket, loose binder's signed receipt for £50 and note from Beaumont-Wright bequeathing the book to Anthony Dowd in envelope, together in yellow cloth drop-back box, spine titled in black, 8vo (c.200 x 140mm.), 1966.⁂ William Matthews (1898-1977) trained at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, having won a scholarship aged 13, studying design with Noel Rooke, lettering with Graily Hewitt and bookbinding with Peter McLeish, son of Charles McLeish the finisher at the Doves Bindery. He then served an apprenticeship with W.T.Morrell as a finisher before establishing his own bindery. He also spent many years teaching at the Central School and taught many later eminent bookbinders. Daphne-Beaumont Wright worked with Matthews.δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Pearson (John, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, bound in natural goatskin, by John Pearson, lightly sanded hand-painted scene of desert sand dunes in grey with route of camel train formed by short black dashes of inlaid black calf, tooled gold spots and red arrows across covers and spine, sand-coloured suede doublures, signed and dated 1988 at foot of rear doublure, g.e., with loose later printed leaf of textual omissions from this edition, together in cloth drop-back box, inlaid tan goatskin label with title in blind, 4to (c.255 x 200mm.), 1935. ⁂ John Pearson was a Fellow of the Designer Bookbinders and was introduced to Colonel Bradfer-Lawrence, who commissioned the binding, by Ivor Robinson. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Skelton (Clare, binder).- Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, plates, 4 folding colour maps, bound in fawn goatskin, by Clare Skelton, covers with inlaid Arabic style borders in tan, blue and russet goatskin and blind tooling around small onlaid zigzags in green goatskin, fawn goatskin doublures with green zigzag onlays, signed and dated "C.S. 1990" at foot of rear turn-in, g.e., with loose later printed leaf of textual omissions from this edition, together in grey cloth drop-back box, fawn goatskin label, 4to (c.255 x 200mm.), 1935.⁂ Clare Skelton trained at the Camberwell School of Art and worked at the Eenhoorn Bindery in Amsterdam, establishing her own bindery in 1982. She was a Licentiate of the Designer Bookbinders. The binding was commissioned by Col. Bradfer-Lawrence. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Avant-Garde Theatre.- Moussinac (Léon) The New Movement in the Theatre: A Survey of Recent Developments in Europe and America, with an Introduction by R.H.Packman and a Foreword by Gordon Craig, first English edition, 128 plates, 38 hand-coloured by pochoir or partly so, illustrations, several with pochoir colouring, with duplicate of plate 116, a few plates loose, upper joint weak, original white cloth, slightly soiled, small ink stain at foot of upper cover, with the original pochoir pictorial transparent dust-jacket, a little rubbed and soiled, slightly defective at edges, cloth slip-case, folio, 1931.⁂ Including designs by Picasso, Leger, Grosz, Rodchenko, Exter, Prampolini, Bel Geddes, Moholy-Nagy and Paul Nash.

Beardsley (Aubrey).- Malory (Sir Thomas) [Le Morte Darthur] The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, 2 vol. in the original 12 parts, number 101 of 300 deluxe copies on Dutch handmade paper, from an edition limited to 1800, printed in red and black, 2 photogravure frontispieces, plates, illustrations and decorations by Aubrey Beardsley, with Directions to Binder leaf and note to Subscribers leaf tipped in at beginning of part XII, a little browned with offsetting, an excellent set in the original pictorial blue-grey wrappers, uncut and unopened, preserved in 2 cloth drop-front boxes with catches and roan backstrips, rubbed, lid of one box detached, the other with joint worn and split, [Lasner 22], 1893-94 § Beardsley (Aubrey) [Morte Darthur Portfolio] Reproductions of Eleven Designs omitted from the First Edition...illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley..., number 120 of 300 copies, light offsetting, original tan calf-backed pictorial vellum, gilt, designed by Beardsley, t.e.g., others uncut, upper cover slightly soiled and warped, upper joint split, spine chipped at head, 1927, 4to (3)⁂ Beardsley's first major commission and an early masterpiece, produced when he was only 20 years old. The young artist met the publisher J.M. Dent who was looking for someone to illustrate an edition of Morte d'Arthur. On seeing Beardsley's trial drawing 'The Achieving of the Sangreal' the publisher was reputedly rendered speechless by its quality. Duly commissioned, Beardsley produced a body of work which took the medievalism of the Pre-Raphaelites and married it to his own bizarre imagination and Japanese-influenced style, making his reputation. They are among the most stunning illustrations he ever produced. The binding of the second item reproduces Beardsley's design for the publisher's deluxe binding of the first item.

Beaumont (Cyril W.) Toys, number 40 of 100 hand-coloured copies signed by the author and artist, colour plates and hand-coloured illustrations by Eileen Mayo, original pink cloth, gilt, uncut, dust-jacket, a little soiled, slightly frayed at edges, 1930 § Fischer (Marjorie) Palaces on Monday, first English edition, full-page colour illustrations by Richard Floethe, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, pictorial dust-jacket soiled and frayed at edge, lacking portions from head of spine and rear panel, 1937 § Lewis (Naomi) The Silent Playmate, first edition, illustrations by Harold Jones, original boards, dust-jacket, 1979, 8vo (3)

B[oyle] (E[leanor] V[ere]) Child's Play, Seventeen Drawings, second edition, hand-coloured additional pictorial title and 16 hand-coloured plates by E.V.B. incorporating nursery rhyme texts, a little spotted and soiled, mostly to margins or plate guards, bookplate of L.G.E.Bell, modern half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., 4to, Addey and Co., 1853.⁂ The artist's first book, first published the previous year . Subsequent editions omit the plate for "I had a little Castle" and were printed in colour. Hand-coloured copies of the first two editions are rare.

[Him (George) & Jan LeWitt], "Lewitt-Him". The Football's Revolt, first edition, offset lithograph illustrations, several colour and full-page, original pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, corners worn, rebacked in cloth, new endpapers, 1939 § Townend (Jack) Ben, first edition, original pictorial boards, dust-jacket a little rubbed and soiled with a couple of short tears at edges, [1944]; A Story about Ducks, first edition, original pictorial boards, 1945 § Jackson (Sheila) Ballet in England, first edition, original cloth, pictorial dust-jacket, a little soiled, London & New York, 1945 § Pulling (Norah) Mary Belinda and the ten aunts, ?first edition, illustrations by Suzanne Einzig, original tan cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little browned and slightly frayed at ends, London & New York, [?1946], all but the first with lithograph illustrations, mostly colour, 4to & 8vo, some oblong (5)⁂ The first is one of several collaborations between two Polish artists who were to have a major influence on the design and style of British children's books of the 1940s & 1950s.

Jones (David).- Chester Play of the Deluge (The), 2 vol., letter C of 7 copies on vellum with a portfolio of 3 additional sets of the engravings (on vellum, hand-made paper and japon), from an edition limited to 250, printed in red and black, 10 full-page wood-engravings by David Jones, original russet morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, additional suites loose as issued in envelopes in tan morocco-backed marbled board portofolio, together with prospectus in original cloth slip-case, 4to, Cambridge, printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press for Clover Hill Editions, 1977.⁂ The artist's most important work, originally issued by the Golden Cockerel Press in 1927, and with the engravings in their full glory printed on vellum. As Douglas Cleverdon writes in his introduction to this reprint that Jones was unhappy with the printing of the engravings as the paper was not dampened first due to a looming deadline, and "in his judgment the delicacy of his wood-engravings was lost". Jones bought the blocks so that they could not be reprinted without his approval but later agreed to let Cleverdon issue this edition, to be printed by Will Carter of the Rampant Lions Press. Only eight of the ten blocks could be found so Cleverdon planned to issue it with two facsimiles, as announced in the prospectus, but fortunately the remaining two were discovered before printing started.

Legrand (Edy) Macao & Cosmage ou l'Experience du Bonheur, first edition, numerous pochoir illustrations coloured by Jean Saudé including endpapers, some light spotting or soiling, front endpapers with slight wear to hinge and stain to outer margins, original pochoir pictorial limp boards, rebacked in cloth, rubbed and soiled, covers with faint central vertical crease, light water-staining to upper cover, Paris, 1919; Voyages & Glorieuses Découvertes des Grands Navigateurs & Explorateurs Français, first edition, numerous pochoir illustrations, one double-page, and 2 folding maps, title with slight adhesions from facing endpaper near inner margin, pictorial front endpapers, new rear endpapers, original cloth-backed pochoir pictorial boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, Paris, [c.1924], 4to & folio (2)⁂ Superb Art Deco illustrations with wonderful vibrant pochoir colouring. The first is the artist's first children's book, executed when he was only 18 years old.

Officina Bodoni.- Dürer (Albrecht) The Little Passion, with the poems of the first edition of 1511 by Benedictus Chelidonius Musophilus in Latin with English version, number 50 of 140 copies, wood-engraved plates by Leonardo Farina after Dürer, prospectus loosely inserted, original pigskin-backed boards, gilt, t.e.g, others uncut, slip-case, 8vo, Verona, Officina Bodoni, 1971.

Cicognara (Leopoldo) Memorie spettanti alla storia della Calcografia, 2 vol. including atlas, first edition,16 engraved plates, some foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt with black roan labels, a little worn, [Bigmore & Wyman p.135], 8vo & folio, Prato, 1831.⁂ First and only edition of this work dedicated to niellos (of which Cicognara owned an important collection), playing cards and lithography. The appendix includes a section devoted to jewellery-making.

Furniture.- Hepplewhite (Alice) The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, third edition, 128 engraved plates on 127 sheets (one double-page numbered 124 & 125), some spotting, final plate with short tear repaired, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, corners repaired, [cf. Berlin Kat. 1233, second edition], folio, I. & J.Taylor, 1794.⁂ One of the three great furniture pattern books of the 18th century, with an additional plate and two others altered from the first edition of 1788. The designs are assumed to be the work of George Hepplewhite as the work was published by his widow although no examples of his furniture are known to exist. He is mostly associated with light and elegant furniture, particularly shield-back chairs.

Furniture.- Ideas for Rustic Furniture proper for Garden Seats, Summer Houses, Hermitages, Cottages, &c., first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title and 24 etched plates, some with aquatint, an excellent clean copy in later calf-backed marbled boards with vellum corners, spine gilt with green morocco label, very slightly rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 3429; RIBA Early Printed Books 3932], 8vo, I. & J.Taylor, [c.1790].⁂ Rare 18th century furniture pattern book, often attributed to William Wrighte of Grotesque Architecture, and the only one to feature exclusively rustic styles, depicting chairs, benches, tables, mirrors and chimneypieces. ESTC lists only 6 locations (BL, RIBA, National Trust, V & A; and MIT in America) and it is rare in commerce.

Palladio (Andrea) The Four Books of Architecture, translated by Isaac Ware, 4 parts in 1, 4 engraved titles, general printed title in red and black, 212 engraved plates, including the first 7 numbered in the text, other engraved illustrations, engraved title to part 4 misbound within plates, small hole to upper margin of one plate, initial advertisement leaf preceding first engraved title, some contemporary ink annotations including within platemark of many plates, some soiling and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and repaired, [Fowler 229 for 1738 first Ware translation; ESTC T491630 locates Alexander Turnbull copy only], folio, for R. Ware, [c.1750].⁂ Scarce edition whose date in ESTC is taken from Ben Weinreb's catalogue 49. Reissue of the 1738 edition, but without the list of original subscribers.

Hanbury (Sir Thomas) Photograph Album of La Mortola Garden, presentation copy inscribed "Henry Fryer with love from Thomas & Katharine A.Hanbury in remembrance of the visit of M.A.Fryer to Mortola 24 January to 6th February 1873" on front free endpaper, 17 albumen prints mounted on 14 thick card leaves, prints c.180 x 240mm or vice versa, most with printed caption pasted at foot of mount, a few with caption supplied in manuscript, a little faded, some spotting, mainly to mounts, original half morocco, upper cover with image of lady with parasol walking in garden below palm trees and title 'The Garden at Mortola' in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 1873 § Berger (Alwin) Hortus Mortolensis...Alphabetical Catalogue of Plants...at La Mortola, first edition, portrait and plates, original cloth, rubbed, lower cover damp-stained, 1912, oblong folio & 8vo (2)⁂ Sir Thomas Hanbury purchased a coastal plot at Mortola near Genoa in 1867 and with his brother Daniel, the botanist/landscape gardener Ludwig Winter and others created this famous garden. When Hanbury died in 1907 it was further developed by his daughter-in-law Lady Dorothy but was severely damaged in World War II and she sold it to the state. It is now the property of the University of Genoa and has been restored.

Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition, engraved frontispiece with partial contemporary hand-colouring, 2 engraved plates, one folding, offsetting (including on to title), endpapers foxed, some spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Thomas Percival, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, causing some abrading to head of spine, [Henrey 1492], Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)⁂ First edition of the first English book devoted to the oak tree. Wheeler developed a method of producing tall straight trees, which were of greater use to shipwrights, carpenters, and coopers.

Fossils.- Woodward (John) Fossils of all kinds, digested into a method, suitable to their mutual relation and affinity; With The Names by which they were known to the Antients, and those by which they are at this Day known, first edition, 7 engraved plates (1 folding), folding letterpress table, with the rare 2 unpaginated ff. of 'Preface' bound between pp.92 and 93, 1p. advertisements at end, endpapers with later ink notes on Woodward and his work, some mostly light foxing, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, taking with it front free endpaper, lower joint cracked, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Ward & Carozzi 2363], 8vo, Printed for William Innys, at the West-End of St. Paul's, 1728. ⁂ Woodward argued that the surface of the earth was divided into strata and that many of the fossils discovered therein came originally from the sea.Provenance: 'Tho. Worrall Grazebrook, 1800' (ink inscription to title); Herbert R.H. Southan, Shrewsbury (ink inscription to front pastedown)

Gilbert (William) De Mundo nostro Sublunari Philosophia nova, first edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams and illustrations, some light foxing, small stain to title, near contemporary mottled half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt with double morocco labels, [Willems 1128], 4to, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1651.⁂ Posthumously published from a compilation of Gilbert's papers by his half-brother William. The first part is an expansion of his cosmological work in De magnete, which appeared in his lifetime in 1600; while the second part deals with meteorology.Provenance: Co. Riccati (probably Jacopo Francesco Riccati, the mathematician after whom the Riccati equation is named).

China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 plates, 1 folding engraved map, short tear, 1 map in text, publisher's advertisement at end, 2 small rust holes (M4 & N1), small tear to top edge (S3), ex-library with label to end pastedown and occasional discreet ink stamps, blind stamp to frontispiece corner, occasional marginal soiling, 20th century library buckram, rubbed and worn, [Wing S2490], 4to, E. Taylor for John Crook, 1655.⁂ An important account of China.

Egyptology.- Lepsius (Karl Richard) Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin, 79 lithographed plates printed in red and black, of which 2 double-page and 1 folding, some spotting, mostly to German text, original printed wrappers bound in, modern calf, gilt spine in compartments, 4to, Leipzig, Georg Wigand, 1842.⁂ A landmark work of Egyptology, which includes the first use of the term 'Book of the Dead' to describe the corpus of funerary scrolls. Furthermore, this first modern edition of a 'Book of the Dead' 'established the standard numbering system for its spells that remains in use today' (J. Taylor, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: Journey through the afterlife, London, 2010.p.289).

India.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Goa, and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave, first edition, second issue, lithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, folding engraved map, 2 short marginal tears, scattered faint spotting, school presentation inscription to front free endpaper, cracked hinges, original blue decorative cloth, gilt, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Penzer pp.37-38], 8vo, 1851.

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Marra (John) Journal du Second Voyage du Capitaine Cook, sur les Vaisseaux La Resolution & l'Aventure, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map at end, occasional light foxing and browning, contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt, upper joint starting to split at head, corners and head of spine slightly chipped, [Beddie 1272; Du Rietz, Bib. Polynesia 812], 8vo, Amsterdam, Pissot & Nyon, 1777.

Books John Nichols/George Stevens, The Genuine Works of William Hogarth, 1808-1810, first edition, two volumes, printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, complete with a third volume of numerous accompanying engravings (3)

Selected paintings of Wu Zuoren and Xiao Shufang, by Zhaohua Publishing House, Beijing, First Edition, 1982.

A collection of first edition and unusual books to include Ian Rankin ' The Hanging Garden ; - An uncorrected proof book. Also William Golding ' Rites of Passage ' , John Yudkin ' Pure White & Deadly ', William Trevor ' Others Peoples Words ' NIna Bawden ' Circles of Deceit ' Doris Lessing ' Mara and Dann ', Jane Adams ' The Greenway ', Peter Cheyney ' Dark Bahama ' , Ian Rankin ' Black & Blue ' Erle Stanley Gardner ' The case of the foot loose doll ' Christoper Isherwood ' Goodbye to Berlin '  and others

George ORWELL [Eric BLAIR]. The Road to Wigan Pier. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. First edition, Left Book Club issue in original limp cloth.

Bossewell (John) Workes of Armorie, devyded into three books, entitled, the Concordes of Armorie, the Armorie of Honor, and of Coates and Creastes, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, partly black letter, title within woodcut typographical border, numerous woodcut armorial shields, crests, initials and figures, title with small hole to blank margin, E2 with small portion torn away with loss to a few words of text, ink notes in a contemporary hand to margins and rear endpapers, lacking front free endpaper, bookplate, 18th century panelled calf, joints cracked, upper cover becoming loose, rubbing to extremities, [STC 3393], small 4to, Richard Tottyl, 1572.Saleroom notice: the small defect is to leaf E4, not E2.⁂ Bossewell based much of his heraldic research on that of Gerald Legh, and like Legh he delighted in symbolism and allegory, in conceits and legendary fables.Provenance: Mark Masterman Sykes, Sledmere (ink inscription to pastedown); 'V' monogram bookplate.

Scotland.- Boece (Hector) Heir beginnis the hystory and croniklis of Scotland, translated from Latin into Scots English by John Bellenden, first edition in Scots, mostly black letter and double column, title in red and black with full-page woodcut of royal arms of Scotland, full-page woodcut of the crucifixion on final f., woodcut initials and 2 smaller illustrations to text, title slightly extended at fore-margin, title and A2-3 repaired at centre affecting woodcut and a few words of text, B3 corner restored, gathering y browned and brittle with a few tears into text, without loss to text, final f. verso with margins reinforced, occasional damp-staining occasional marginal marking or staining, a few annotations in a later hand, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, 19th century olive morocco, gilt, light rubbing to edges, g.e., folio, [Edinburgh], [Thomas Davidson], [?1540].⁂ First edition in Scots of this history of Scotland that did much to shape how the Scottish regarded themselves. Boece's work is also the earliest surviving printed example of Scottish prose and one of the earliest works printed in Scotland, preceded only by a few works printed by Chepman and Millar at the beginning of the century, and by John Scot, only one of whose books survives. Much of Boece's history was distorted to flatter, Macbeth in particular was much maligned in order to please Boece's partron, James IV of Scotland. Provenance: Elisabethe Hide; Richard Hide (18th century inscriptions).

Rogers (Thomas) A Philosophicall Discourse, entituled The Anatomie of the Minde, first edition, black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and decorations, closely shaved at head, title through to B1 neatly repaired at foot, occasionally touching text, a few worm holes to first half of text with occasional minor loss to text, marginal paper flaw to R8, 19th century calf, [STC 21239], small 8vo, by I[ohn] C[harlewood] for Andrew Maunsell, dvvelling in Paules Church yarde, at the signe of the Parret, 1576.⁂ A rare work on the passions, we can trace only one other complete copy at auction in the last 70 years. Following the dedication (addressed to Christopher Hatton), are printed poems by Abraham Fowler, Josua Hutten and Justinian Baldwin and an epigram by William Camden.

Eusebius Pamphilius (Bishop of Caesarea) The Auncient Ecclesiasticall Histories of the first six hundred years after Christ faithfully translated ... by Meredith Hanmer, first edition, partly black letter, titles with woodcut devices, woodcut initials and decorations, title a little soiled and creased, becoming loose at foot, C6 with tear running into text, N3 with small hole to text, occasional staining, bookplate to pastedown, 18th century panelled calf, upper joint cracking at foot, [STC 10572], folio, Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blackefriers by Ludgate, 1577.Provenance: Geo. Innes (ink inscription); Graham Pollard (bookplate).

[La Place (Pierre de)] Politique Discourses, treating of the differences and inequalitites of Vocations, as well Publique, as Private: with the scopes or endes whereunto they are directed. Translated out of French, by Agreemont Ratcliffe Esquire, first edition in English, black letter, title within typographic border with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, with terminal blank, title lightly browned with fore-margin a little frayed and upper corner repaired, closely trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, first 5 gathering with marginal worming, occasionally touching text or affecting printed side-notes, modern half morocco, [STC 15230.5], small 4to, for Edward Aggas, 1578.⁂ A rare treatise covering statesmanship, government office, military conduct, marriage and domestic ethics. La Place was a French Huguenot, murdered a few days after the 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Egremont Radcliffe took part in 1569 rebellion, fled to the continent but was thrown into the Tower upon his return, during which time her translated the present work, dedicated to Sir Francis Walsingham.

Daneau (Lambert) The Wonderfull Woorkmanship of the World. Wherin is conteined an Excellent Discourse of Christian Naturall Philosophie, translated by T. Twyne, first edition, black letter, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, title browned, occasional browning, ink marginal florets and dashes in an early hand and with ink inscription to head of L3 "Sr. Walter Rawley Laureatatus poeta May 4/ anno reg. Eliz. 39 anno dom 1598", title with motto to head in a contemporary hand "Dulcius ex ipso fonte bibunter aquae", bookplate to pastedown, modern antique-style half calf, [STC 6231], small 4to, for Andrew Maunsell, in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Parret, 1578.⁂ A very good copy of this 16th century work on Natural Philosophy, presented in the form of a dialogue. Daneau was a Calvinist, best known for his work on witchcraft. Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate).

Atlases.- Saxton (Christopher) [An Atlas of England and Wales], first edition, engraved frontispiece depicting Queen Elizabeth seated, surrounded by allegorical figures of astronomy and cartography (Hind first state with Elizabeth's dress stretched across her knees, trimmed to margins and laid down), 34 engraved double-page and folding maps only (of 35, lacking the general map of England and Wales), all coloured in a contemporary hand, ?lacking the double page coats-of-arms & gazetteer plate and the letterpress index leaf (supplied in manuscript in red and black in a later hand), all maps with the bunch of grapes watermark visible, with 11 maps bearing Seckford's pre-1576 motto (Pestis patriae pigricies), and 23 his later motto (Industria naturam ornate), occasional light browning and offsetting to maps, a few maps with short tears to central folds, Hertfordshire and Denbigh with vertical crease, folding map of Yorkshire with neatly repaired tear, 1 or 2 maps closely shaved, an interleaved copy with manuscript tables of rent owed for certain hundreds in a near-contemporary hand to 7ff., ink ownership inscriptions to pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, covers with gilt corner-pieces surrounding central gilt lozenge, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, lacking clasps, folio, Christopher Saxton, 1579 [?but c.1590].⁂ First edition of the earliest and most-celebrated atlas of England and Wales with a good contemporary provenance. At the behest of Thomas Seckford, master of requests to Queen Elziabeth, Saxton undertook a survey of the British counties between 1570 and 1578 and first issued his atlas in 1579.Provenance: The earliest ownership inscription reads "Geo. Cotton" and is dated 1589, below in a later hand reads "my Grand father gave me this book ano 1645" below this is the final inscription "Combermere, Robert Wellington 1896". The first inscription is likely that of George Cotton (1560-1646), grandson of Sir George Cotton (1505-1545), Sherriff of Denbighshire and courtier to Henry VIII. Henry VIII granted George Cotton the former abbey of Combermere in 1541. The hundreds listed are in Herefordshire, Denbigh, Flintshire, Anglesea, Caernarvon, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire and Brecknockshire.

Wales.- Caradoc (of Llancarfan, Saint) The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: A part of the most famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language above two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of Records and best approoved Authors, by David Powel Doctor in divinitie, first edition, partly black letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, woodcut illustrations (including portraits) in text, title a little soiled with small hole within woodcut border, lacking final blank but with an additional blank between B4 and C1 not called for, very occasional light marginal damp staining, occasional light marking or soiling to margins, numerous underlinings and ink notes in a 17th-century hand to margins purportedly by Thomas Baker, ink stamp to foot of title, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, [Sabin 40914; STC 4606], small 4to, [by Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham], [1584].Saleroom notice:  The blank leaf is B4 and is as called for in the collation.⁂ The first work to claim that the Welsh discovered America and an important early history of Wales. 'First and rarest of all the editions. A special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient "Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales. anno 1170"' - Sabin.Provenance: Thomas Baker (1656-1740, attributed annotations), antiquarian; Royal Society (ink stamp).

Agriculture.- Mascall (Leonard) The First Booke of Cattell, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, lacked initial blank and 2ff. following 2D5 (?cancels), pagination erratic but seemingly otherwise complete, largely printed in black letter, woodcut device to first title, titles of second and third parts within woodcut architectural borders, woodcut initials and head-pieces, the odd spot but a very good, clean copy overall, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, [STC 17580; Fussell I, p.9 for 1596 ed.], small 4to, by John Wolfe, 1587.⁂ The rare first edition, ESTC cites only the BL copy in UK (curiously, not this copy) and 3 in America (Folger, Huntington and Michigan State). Fussell calls the work "important, but, in common with most of the writers of his and the succeeding century, Mascall had no hesitation in borrowing from earlier writers, and I doubt if he ever challenged their authority."

Food and drink.- Cogan (Thomas) The Haven of Health: Chiefly made for the Comfort of Students, and consequently for all those that have a care of their health... Hereunto is added a Preservation from the Pestilence : With a short Censure of the late sicknesse at Oxford, black letter, title with woodcut device to recto and arms of Edward Seymour to verso, woodcut initials and head-pieces, neat repairs and restorations to head of title with two letters of the first word partially filled in by hand, gathering ❡❡ with neatly repaired tear to top inside corner, small hole to I2 and L4 with loss to a few letters, Q4 with small rust-hole to lower margin, paper flaw to margin of 2A1, 2F4 with small patch of soiling to verso, very occasional light marginal damp-staining, the odd spot, occasional ink notes in a contemporary hand, a bright and sharp copy, contemporary calf, edges strengthened and repaired, later endpapers, [cf. Cagle 621 & 622 (first edition of 1584); Simon BG, 360 (1605 edition); Gabler G16620 (1606 edition)], small 4to, By Thomas Orwin, for William Norton, 1589.⁂ Rare, we can trace only two complete copies at auction in the last 80 years. 'Thomas Cogan, a physician, considered wine the healthiest of all beverages and remarked: "Life and wine for the likeness of nature are most agreeable. And this is the cause I think why men by nature so greedily covet wine; except some odde Abstemius, one among a thousand perchance, degenerate and is of a doggish nature; for dogges of nature do abhor wine'. This preference for wine as a beverage had at least one modern medical justification. Water purification was not developed until much later, and physicians of the 17th and early 18th centures cautioned against the indiscriminate use of water.' - Gabler. Provenance: Katheryne Egerton (ink inscription).

Napier (John) A Plaine Discovery of the whole Revelation of St. John... Whereunto are annexed certaine oracles of Sibylla, agreeing with the Reuelation and other places of Scripture, title within woodcut ornamental border with allegorical figure of Peace of Love, woodcut coat of arms to verso of title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title a little soiled with small portion of paper repair to lower margin and small portion trimmed from upper margin, F8 with paper repair affecting text with loss to several letters, M1 lower margin restored and with tear running into text affecting a few letters, occasional very light damp-staining to lower margin, light soiling and occasional patches of browning, early 20th-century brown morocco, gilt, spine very slightly faded, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [STC 18354], small 4to, Edinburgh, Printed by Robert Walde-graue, printer to the Kings Majestie, 1593.⁂ Rare first edition of Napier's first published work in which he used the Book of Revelations to predict the Apocalypse (calculated as occurring in 1688 or 1700). The work was a success, running through several Dutch, English and French editions over the next few decades.

Militaria.- Sutcliffe (Matthew) The Practice, Proceedings, and Lawes of Armes, first edition, mostly black letter, first word of title within woodcut entablature, woodcut initials and decorations, light spotting to first gathering, but a very good copy generally, bookplate to pastedown, 18th century calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, [STC 23468], small 4to, by the deputies of Christopher Barker printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, 1593.⁂ A very good copy of this rare and comprehensive military treatise, one of the first of it kind, ranging from the raising of money and soldiers for armies through battlefield tactics and the merits of a preventative war against Spain. Sutcliffe served on campaign with the Earl of Essex (to whom this work is dedicated), most likely as a military chaplain. Three years later Essex acted on the advice of Sutcliffe's work, leading the successful capture of Cadiz in 1596. Provenance: Mark Dineley (bookplate).

Du Bec-Crespin (Jean) The Historie of the Great Emperour Tamerlan. Wherein are expressed, Encounters, Skirmishes, Battels, Sieges, Skalings, Taking of Cities and Strong Places . . . with Diuerse Stratagems of Warre . . . translated . . . by H.M., first English edition, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank, light marginal damp-staining to first 2 gatherings including title, final gathering foxed at head, a few leaves a little browned, trimmed a little close at head, occasional marginal marking or finger-soiling, neat ownership inscription to title in pencil, bookplate to pastedown, 17th century calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, corners bumped, rubbed, [STC 7263], small 4to, [by R. Field] for Willam Ponsonby, 1597.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies including this one at auction in the last 70 years. The translation is sometimes credited to Humphrey Mildmay. Provenance: James Sotheby (1682-1742, pencil note 'J.S. Sept 23rd, 1731' to title); C.W.H. Sotheby (bookplate to pastedown).

Barckley (Sir Richard) The Felicitie of Man, or, His Summum Bonum, first edition, woodcut device to title, 2 ff. with full-page woodcut arms (one with small hole with slight loss), woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, final 2ff. (errata and woodcut arms) misbound after *3, *6 misbound before *5, title a little soiled and browned with upper blank margin cut away, portion of E2 margin torn away, not affecting text, neatly repaired hole to E6 affecting a few letters, occasional light damp staining, marginal scribblings, ink ownership inscriptions to title and 2N6, 19th-century half calf, spine gilt, lightly rubbed, [STC B1381], small 4to, [by R. Field] for William Ponsonby, 1598.⁂ Scarce in commerce, this discourse on human happiness has been cited as a source for Timon of Athens, Anthony and Cleopatra and the opening of Taming of the Shrew.Provenance: Francis Morse (ink inscription); ?Grace Morscow (ink inscription dated 1698).

London.- Stow (John) A Survay of London, Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne Estate, and Description of that Citie, first edition, mostly black letter, title with woodcut device, woodcut intials, head- and tail-piece, title slightly darkened, wormhole to margin of first gathering, repaired tear to foot of Z2 with loss to a few letters, fore-margins closely trimmed, occasionally touching printed side-notes, but a good copy overall, 18th century calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, [Pforzheimer 992; STC 23341], small 4to, by John Wolfe, printer to the honorable citie of London: and are to be sold at his shop within the Popes head Alley in Lombard street, 1598.⁂ The first edition of Stow's landmark chorographic survey of London, "worthy to rank with the topographical works of Lambard and Carew as one of the foundations of English county history." - Pforzheimer. This Pforzheimer's first issue with the title dated 1598, and without the errata to 2H1 verso.

Astronomy.- Hill (Thomas) The Schoole of Skil, 2 parts in 1, first edition, largely printed in black letter, woodcut vignette of an armillery sphere to title, woodcut illustrations, diagrams, initials and decorations, lacks initial blank leaf, leaves in sig. M misbound, head of title trimmed just affecting first word, some marginal water-staining, tear to margin of final leaf repaired, later half morocco, rubbed, [STC 13502], 4to, Printed by T.Judson, for W. Jaggard, 1599.⁂ No copy at auction since this, the Kenney copy, last appeared in 1988.

Africa.- Leo Africanus (Joannes) A Geographical Historie of Africa, written in Arabicke and Italian by John Leo a More, borne in Granada, and brought up in Barbarie... translated and collected by John Pory, first English edition, engraved double-page map of Africa (neatly mounted on stub), title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, light marginal damp-staining towards end, final f. a little soiled with margins chipped, occasional light marginal soiling, paper flaw to F6 margin just touching text, ink ownership inscription to head of dedication, contemporary calf, lacking clasps, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, preserving original backstrip, corners bumped, later endpapers, [Sabin 40047; Sabin 15481], folio, Georg. Bishop, 1600.⁂ First edition in English of the first book on Africa written by an African. Johannes Leo Africanus, whose real name was Hasan ben Mohamed Alfasi, was a well-educated arabian geographer. He had travelled all over the Moslem African countries and in 1517 was captured by Christian pirates, who took him and the manuscript of his travels to Rome. There, under the protection of Pope Leo X he translated his manuscript into Latin for publication.Provenance: Thomas Smith (ink inscription dated 1623).

Portugal.- [Conestaggio (Girolami Franchi di)] The Historie of the Uniting of the Kingdom of Portugall to the Crowne of Castill: Containing the Laste Warres of the Portugals against the Moores of Africke, the end of the House of Portugall, and change of that Government, [translated by Edward Blount], first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, title lightly soiled, laid down with wear to blank fore-margin, A5 with short tear to lower margin, occasional light damp-staining, bookplates and ink inscriptions to pastedowns and endpapers, 18th century vellum, [STC 5624], folio, by Arn. Hatfield for Edward Blount, 1600.⁂ Chronicling the 1580 Portuguese succession crisis with much on Portuguese voyages of discovery and colonial expansion in Africa, Asia and the Americas. Provenance: Johannis Johnson, Magdalene College, Cambridge (17th century ink inscription to last f. verso); James Ibbetson (armorial bookplate); John Blount (ink stamps); Richard Duncan Radcliffe (bookplate and ink inscription); Albert George Sandeman (ink inscription); Patrick W. Sandeman (bookplate).

Claim to the throne of Portugal.- Teixera (Jose) The Strangest Adventure that ever happened, first edition, translated by Anthony Munday, small woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, title and verso of final leaf soiled, lacking final blank leaf M2, later mottled calf, gilt, by Lloyd, with gilt arms of the Comte de Penha Longa (motto 'Superabo') to both covers, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, [STC 23864], small 4to, Printed for Frances Henson, 1601.⁂ In 1578 Sebastian, the young King of Portugal, invaded Morocco with an army of 18,000 men but at the battle of Alcazar Kebir his army was crushed and he was killed. For many years afterwards the people of Portugal refused to believe that their king was dead. Four claimants to the throne arose, each in turn captured and executed. This work relates to the fourth such impostor, a Calabrian by the name of Marco Tullio, Rare at auction, the last copy being sold in 1991.

King's evil.- Clowes (William) A Right Fruteful and Approved Treatise, for the Artificiall Cure of that Malady called in Latin Struma, and in English, the Evill, cured by Kinges and Queenes of England, first edition, black letter, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials head- and tail-pieces, with final blank, title a little browned, occasional light soiling or minor staining, Latin and French couplets in a later hand to final blank, bookplate to pastedown, 20th century antique-style half calf, [STC 5446], by Edward Allde, 1602.⁂ A rare and interesting work by one of the leading Elizabethan surgeons. The last (and only) copy we can trace at auction was in 1966. The print run for this work was clearly small, as the author states: "sith at this time the number is not many which I have caused to be printed." Clowes here provides a fascinating snapshot of Elizabethan life through case-histories, recipes and treatments with an especial focus on scrofula or the King's evil and its healing, especially by the royal touch. Subjects include "An Observation of a Maide, whose friends supposed she had the Evill", "The true maner and making of Ladanum" and "A most miraculous Cure, healed onely by the Queenes most excellent Majesty". Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate).

Satires.- [Hall (Joseph)] Virgidemiarum Sixe Books, 2 parts in 1, first part third edition, second part second edition, 2 neatly repaired tears to title margin, A2 & 2 fore-margin closely shaved, touching text, second part lacking final 2 blanks, [STC 12718 & 12719], Robert Dexter, 1602-1599 bound with Certaine Worthye Manuscript Poems of great Antiquitie Reserved long in the Studie of a Northfolke Gentleman, lacking final blank, [STC 21499], for R[obert] D[exter], 1597, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles with woodcut device, woodcut decorations, some light browning, bookplate to pastedown, 19th century crushed morocco by Riviere & Son, upper cover detached, g.e., small 8vo.⁂ The Houghton copy of a rare collection of English satires. Joseph Hall (1574-1656), bishop of Exeter and Norwich. The first book targets institutions and customs: literary criticism, the medical profession, astrological predications and foppishness. The second part directly targets contemporary figures. The book was ordered burned by the Archbishop of Canterbury, but later reprieved. Provenance: Arthur A Houghton Jr. (bookplate).

Hysteria.- Jorden (Edward) A Briefe Discourse of a Disease called the Suffocation of the Mother, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, a few headlines shaved, lacking final leaf H2 (?blank), later mottled calf, gilt device on covers, [STC 14790], Krivatsy 6275], small 4to, Printed by John Windet, 1603.⁂ The first book in English on hysteria, published within a month of the London edition of King James' Daemonologie as an attempt to reclaim the demoniacally possessed for medicine. "Jorden introduced into English medicine the ancient concept of hysteria as a disease entity with specific etiology, a sex-linked nervous disorder, the potential imitator of all ills. Its subsequent career forms an important chapter in the history of psychiatry." (Hunter & Macalpine, Psychiatry pp.69-73). Not in Wellcome; the Norman copy in 1998 fetched $3800.

Shakespeare (William).- Dekker (Thomas) The Magnificent Entertainment: Given to King James, Queene Anne his wife, and Henry Frederick the Prince, upon the day of his Majesties tryumphant passage (from the Tower) through his honourable citie (and chamber) of London, being the 15. of March. 1603. As well by the English as by the strangers: with the speeches and songes, delivered in the severall pageants, .first edition, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, portrait of James I by W. Kilian (closely trimmed and with portion of restoration to head) inserted as frontispiece, lacking initial blank, closely shaved at head, affecting some headlines, light foxing, heavier to title, front free endpaper becoming loose, bookplates to pastedown, attractive early 19th-century red straight-grain panelled morocco, gilt, wide floral and foliage borders with elaborate corner-pieces and central gilt lozenges, spine ends, joints and corners rubbed, [[STC 6510; Pforzheimer 275], small 4to, by T[homas]. C[reede, Humphrey Lownes, Edward Allde and others]. for Tho. Man the yonger, 1604.⁂ A full description of James I's state entry into London for his coronation. Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies at auction in the last 70 years. "Dekker appears to have had a principal share in the preparation of the speeches given at the several halting places of the progress. He was assisted by Ben Jonson... and by Thomas Middleton... it appears Shakespeare was in the procession following the King and that for the purpose he was presented with a piece of red cloth." - Pforzheimer. Provenance: Charles Butler (1821-1910, Warren Wood bookplate).

W[right] (T[homas]) A Succinct Philosophicall Declaration of the Nature of Clymactericall Yeeres, occasioned by the death of Queene Elizabeth, first edition, with initial but lacking terminal blank, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut historiated initial and headpieces, closely shaved at head, occasionally touching page numbers, occasional light soiling or damp-staining to margins, ink inscriptions in an early hand to margins, modern boards with morocco label to upper cover, [STC 26043.3], small 4to, for Thomas Thorpe, and are to be sold in Paules Church-yard at the signe of the Crane, by Walter Burre, 1604.⁂ A rare treatise, written on the dead of Elizabeth I. ESTC records only 2 copies in the UK. Provenance: Kitt Nesfeild (ink inscription).

[Palmer (Sir Thomas)] An Essay of the Meanes how to make our Travailes, into forraine Countries, the more profitable and honourable, first edition, woodcut title device, head-pieces and initials, 4 folding tables, the second and third with repaired tears and partially backed with old paper, title neatly mounted on stub, F2 to end with minor worming to out margin, occasionally touching printed sidenotes, occasional light spotting, ink stamp to 'A2' (but A3), bookplate to pastedown, 20th century half morocco, [STC 19156], small 4to, Imprinted, by H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1606.⁂ "Here Palmer discuses the advantages of foreign travel, and some of the political and commercial principles which the traveller should understand" - DNB.Provenance: Advocates' Library, Edinburgh (now the National Library of Scotland, ink 'duplicate' stamp); Paul Wansborough (bookplate).

[Chapman (George, atrrib.)] Sir Gyles Goosec [appe] Knight. A Comedie presented by the Chil: of the Chappell, first edition, title torn with loss to text including to part of title and all of imprint, woodcut device to title, woodcut initial and head-pieces, occasional browning and soiling, short marginal tear to C2, F1 printed side-note a little shaved, later wrappers, stitched, spine worn with loss, ink ownership inscription to rear wrapper recto, ink title and ring-marks to upper cover, extremities creased, [Pforzheimer 413; STC 12050], small 4to, [by Iohn Windet for Edward Blunt], [1606].⁂ First edition of this rare play with a good provenance. Debate over the authorship of the play ran throughout the 19th century before being persuasively argued to be George Chapman in an essay by T. M. Parrott in 1906. Provenance: Isaac Reed (1743-1807, Shakespearian editor and collector of theatrical literature (ink inscription)); Britwell Court Library (sold Sotheby's, 29th March 1971, lot 184)

Justinus (Marcus Junianus) The Historie of Justine . . . from the beginning of the Assyrian Monarchy, unto the raigne of the Emperour Augustus, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, decorations, portrait of Solon and several profile portraits of Roman emperors, a few ff. closely trimmed at head just touching headlines, E1-3 with small burn hole with loss to a few letters, H4 lower corner restored, occasional soiling and ink marking, pencil inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, [STC 24293], folio, William Jaggard, 1606.⁂ First edition in English of Justinus' abridgement of Pompey's Historiae Philippicae (now lost). The translation is often credited to George Wilkins, the co-author of Shakespeare's Pericles. Provenance: Rev. William Field (1768-1851, Unitarian minister and historian); Sally Field; Charles S. Parker (pencil inscriptions).

Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius) The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperours of Rome... newly translated into English by Philêmon Holland, first edition in English, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, medallion portraits within ornamental borders, head- and tail-pieces, small hole to N1 text, occasional spotting or foxing, light ink stamp to title and a few other ff., modern antique-style calf, [STC 23423], folio, for Matthew Lownes, 1606.⁂ This issue with the letterpress title, including Holland's name and with line 10 beginning 'Togeather'.Provenance: Bradford Library (ink stamps).

America.- [Soto (Hernando de)] Virginia richly valued, By the description of the maine land of Florida, her next neighbour, first edition in English, translated by Richard Hakluyt, woodcut initials and decorations, slight worming to margins of first half of book with repairs, sometimes affecting side-notes, margins of last couple of leaves repaired also with slight loss of side-notes, headline of penultimate leaf trimmed, modern calf, [Sabin 24896; STC 22938; Church 337; Vail Frontier 13], small 4to, Printed by Felix Kyngston, 1609.⁂ First English edition of one of the great narratives of American exploration and one of the earliest printed books relating to Texas. First printed in Portuguese at Evora in 1557, this translation by Richard Hakluyt is one of his rarest works and was undertaken in order to persuade potential emigrants to the new colony of Virginia. De Soto's expedition took in the Florida coast before crossing Georgia to the Savannah River, down the Alabama River to the Mississippi before proceeding to Oklahoma. They returned along the Arkansas hoping to reach the Gulf but, finding only the Mississippi again, they ventured across the Texas plains to the Brazos River and, despairing of managing an overland route to Mexico, they returned once more to the Mississippi and proceeded down-river to the Gulf on rafts.

Morocco.- [C. (Ro.)] True Historicall Discourse (A) of Muley Hamets rising to the three Kingdomes of Moruecos, Fes and Sus, The dis-union of the three Kingdomes, by civill warre, kindled amongst his three ambitious Sonnes, Muley Sheck, Muley Boferes and Muley Sidan. The Religion and Policie of the More, or Barbarian. The Adventures of Sir Anthony Sherley and divers other English Gentlemen, in those Countries. With Other Novelties, first edition, black letter, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank f., title a little soiled and with lower corner restored, title and 7 other ff. with very small portion of restoration to head, closely shaved at head, occasionally touching headlines, occasional very light foxing, bookplate, 19th century calf, gilt, [STC 4300], small 4to, by Thomas Purfoot for Clement Knight, and are to be sold at his shop in Paules Churchyard, at the signe of the Holie Lambe, 1609.Saleroom notice: This is the Beckford copy, however the bookplate is that of the Duke of Sussex, not William Beckford.⁂ The Beckford copy of this rare account of the history of Morocco and Barbary. We can trace no copy at auction in the last 70 years. The authorship is attributed here in a 19th century hand to Captain Robert Coverte, however it is elsewhere attributed to Robert Cottington and Robert Chambers. Provenance: William Beckford (bookplate).

Drayton (Michael) Poly-Olbion. Or A Chorographicall Description of...Great Britaine...Digested in a Poem, first edition, second issue, additional engraved title and portrait of Henry I by William Hole, the latter remargined, washed and pressed (probably from another copy), 18 double-page engraved maps, some trimmed within platemark, 18th century sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, a little rubbed, [STC 7227; Pforzheimer 308; Hayward 43], folio, Printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes: I. Browne: I. Helme, and I. Bushie, 1613.⁂ The Boies Penrose copy (with bookplates) of Drayton's great poetical survey in praise of Britain with each of the 18 songs accompanied by a map of the region celebrated. This copy is of the second issue with the printed title dated 1613, the maps bearing page numbers, and the 4-page table bound in before the main body of the work.