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Barba (Alvaro Alonso and others). A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises, upon Metals, Mines, and Minerals. Containing, I. Curious observations on Mines ... II. The Art of Melting … VI. The Art of Dyalling, ... Being, a translation from the learned Albaro Alonso Barba, ... and the observations of several ingenuous persons of our own country, 1st edition, 2nd issue, printed for James Hodges, at the Looking-Glass on London Bridge, 1739, [12], 170, [10], 173-215, [5], 66, [2]pp., continuous register, includes advertisement leaf at rear, one engraved illustration and one letterpress diagram, a few minor spots and light old dampstaining to lower margins, contemporary calf, rubbed, slightly cracked at head and foot of joints, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC N28044. A reissue of the first edition of 1738. In addition to Barba's Art of Metals as translated by the Earl of Sandwich, this volume contains Gabriel Plattes’ 'Discovery of Subterranean Treasure' and Thomas Houghton's 'Rara Avis in Terris' (with separate pagination).

Grassineau (James). A Musical Dictionary; being a Collection of Terms and Characters, as well Ancient as Modern; including the Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Parts of Music: as also, an Explanation of Some Parts of the Doctrine of the Antients... and curious Observations on the Phœnomena of Sound Mathematically considered..., 1st edition, printed for J. Wilcox, 1740, 4 engraved plates, 3 folding (one with 15mm tear at fold edge), half-title present, contemporary ownership name of Jane Joye at head of title-page, title with first word above the 'D' of Dictionary as opposed to over the 'i' (no priority established), musical notation in text, publisher's list to verso of final leaf, some light toning, red sprinkled edges, contemporary speckled calf gilt, sometime rebacked, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)ESTC T135521. Ascribed by ESTC to Sébastien de Brossard, this work does derive much of its content from Brossard's Dictionnaire de Musique, published in Paris in 1703 . However, it also draws information from other sources, such as Chambers's Cyclopaedia , as well as including some original material. According to Grove's Dictionary Grassineau's work ' contains much of interest and ranks as the first work of its kind in English'. Jane Joye died in 1801 aged 84, and is buried with her sister, Elizabeth, at Westminster Abbey. They were the daughters of James Joye, son of Peter Joye (1636-1721), merchant and founder of the free school in St. Anne's Blackfriars in London and benefactor of Sion College. Both sisters died spinsters, Elizabeth first, in 1790, leaving a large fortune to her sister Jane, who was apparently imensely rich at the time of her own death.

[Lesage]. The History and Adventures of Don Alphonso Blas De Lirias, Son of Gill Blas of Santillane, Translated from the Spanish Original, 1st edition, printed for C. Ward and R. Chandler, 1741, half-title/advertisement leaf present, woodcut initial and head-piece, upper hinge split, armorial bookplate of Henry Corbet A.M. on front pastedown, red sprinkled edges, contemporary speckled calf, extremities rubbed, head of spine with slight loss, and joints split, 8vo in 12s (Qty: 1)ESTC T131346: 'An anonymous continuation of Lesage's Histoire de Gill Blas de Santillane written and first published in English'. Scarce; we have been unable to find another copy sold at auction.

[Stretzer, Thomas]. A New Description of Merryland. Containing, A Topographical, Geographical, and Natural History of That Country, 6th edition, Bath: J. Leake, 1741, engraved frontispiece (very slightly edge-frayed in places), woodcut tail-pieces, some toning (mainly to first and final leaves), title-page with author's name in early manuscript and small crease to upper outer corner, F1 with short tear in blank fore-margin, 20th century speckled half calf with gilt lettered spine, extremities a little rubbed, 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)ESTC N41930. Part of a genre of erotic literature of the time which used topographical metaphors to describe the female body.

[Lambert de Saumery, Pierre]. The Devil turn'd Hermit: or, the Adventures of Astaroth banish'd from Hell. A Satirical Romance ... translated from the Original French of Mr de M***, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, J. Hodges, J. Robinson, J. Wilcox, J. Brindley [volume 2: T. Waller], 1741-2, engraved frontispiece, small hole in volume 2 title-page slightly affecting one letter, a few trivial marks, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked with most of original spines laid down, 12mo (16.4 x 9.1 cm) (Qty: 2)Provenance: probably Sir Henry Corbet, 6th Baronet (?-1750), rector of Adderley, Shropshire (engraved armorial bookplate); Richard Corbet (1803/4-1872; engraved book-label, 'Richard Corbet of Adderley'). ESTC T107249 & T107250. This decidedly bawdy anti-establishment satire was first published in French at Amsterdam, the same year as the first volume of this English translation; the biography of the author remains obscure. According to the full title it exposes among other things 'the scandalous frauds, lewd amours, and devout mockery of the monks and nuns ... the insincerity, luxury, prostitution, and ingratitude of many private characters'. ESTC traces five copies in UK libraries for the first volume (ten in the US), and two copies world-wide for the second (British Library and Notre Dame University). There was a complete copy in the library of American collector Eli B. Springs, sold at Anderson Galleries in 1934; otherwise we trace two separate copies of the first volume only in auction records.

Atkins (John). The Navy Surgeon; or Practical System of Surgery. With a dissertation on cold and hot mineral springs; and physical observations on the Coast of Guiney, 3rd edition, for J. Hodges, 1742, errata leaf at end, marginal toning front and rear, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, a few scuff marks, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N5249; Garrison-Morton 2148 (for the first edition of 1734). 'Atkins was an English naval surgeon. His book includes some useful case reports and contains the first English description of African trypanosomiasis' (Garrison-Morton).

[Ellis, William]. The London and Country Brewer. Containing the Whole Art of Brewing all Sorts of Malt-Liquors, As practised both in Town and Country; according to Observations made by the Author in Four Years Travels through the several Counties in England. Also, the Method of preserving Liquors in the Cask, and Directions to be observed in Bottling them..., by a Person formerly concerned in a Public Brewhouse in London, 4 parts in one (including supplement), 4th edition, London: Thomas Astley, 1742, separate title to each part (parts 2-3 & supplement titles stating 2nd edition edition, 1743), 16 page publisher's catalogue at rear, continuous register and pagination, general title browned to margins, front free endpaper inscribed by the author 'To The Honourable William Murray Esqr. His Majesties Solicitor General. From the Author June 17, 1747', endpapers toned and browned to margins, hinges splitting, contemporary calf, joints slightly cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705 –1793), notable reforming barrister, politician, judge, and abolitionist, appointed Solicitor General in 1742, Attorney General in 1754, and shortly afterwards Chief Justice. He is perhaps best known for issuing a judgement in 1772 which held that slavery had no basis in common law. Cagle 664b; ESTC T16830; Maclean, p. 46. Fourth edition, London, 1742, of the first part and second editions, London 1743, of parts two, three and four (supplement). Originally published London, 1734-8. Maclean attributes this work to William Ellis, d.1758, who was the author of several books on farming. BMC indicates there were two authors named William Ellis, the farmer who died in 1758 and another William Ellis who was a brewer. ESTC assigns this to William Ellis, brewer.

[Gracia?n y Morales, Baltasar]. The Heroe, of Lorenzo, or The Way to Eminencie and Perfection. A Piece of Serious Spanish Wit originally in that Language written, and in English by Sir John Skeffington, 1st edition in English, printed for John Martin and James Allestrye, 1652, with the initial blank [A1], a few headlines closely trimmed or shaved, 37 blank leaves bound in at rear, the first few annotated in French in an early hand and with quotations from the Psalms in an 18th-century hand, ownership inscription 'Mary Bunbury, given her by my Father 8 Aug. 1713' below a similar earlier inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, spine neatly refurbished, 12mo (11.8 x 6 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R6925; Wing G1471. First published in Spanish as El Héroe in 1637, Gracia?n's mirror-for-princes recommends a form of pragmatism that continues to draw comparisons with Machiavelli. The preface to Skeffington's translation is by Izaak Walton. Uncommon.

[Haywood, Eliza, editor]. The Female Spectator, 24 monthly parts bound in 4 volumes, 1st editions, printed and published by T. Gardner, 1744-[46], each volume with engraved frontispiece, general title-page dated 1745 with woodcut ornamental border and publisher's device enclosed, dedication leaf, and index to rear, woodcut headpiece and initial to each book, individual ornamental title-pages to books 1-12 and 14-18, no individual title-page for book 13 issued (see ESTC), those for books 19-24 probably cancelled on binding (see note), imprints for books 1-14 dated in arabic, subsequent books dated in roman, volume 1 p. 321 with old ink-stain, marginal repair to volume 4 leaves 2F2-3, a few other marks, stab-holes visible in gutter throughout, ink-stamps ('Cornwell House') to front free endpapers, contemporary tan calf backing marbled boards, rubbed, loss to headcaps, corners worn, volume 4 spine dry and worn with attempted refurbishment to head, 8vo (Qty: 1)First edition, bound from the parts with stab-holes visible, of 'the first periodical written for women by a woman' (Wright & Newman, eds., Fair Philosopher: Eliza Haywood and The Female Spectator , p. 17). The index to volume two contains an instruction to the binder to 'cancel every title except the general one', which appears to have been followed instead for books 19 to 24, which occur in volume four.

Byron (John). The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a late expedition round the world) Containing an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coast of Patagonia, from the year 1740, till their arrival in England, 1746. With a description of St. Jago de Chili, and the manners and customs of the inhabitants. Also a relation of the loss of the Wager, Man of War, one of Admiral Anson's squadron, 1st edition, for S. Baker [and others], 1768, bound with: [Dubois-Fontanelle, Jean Gaspard], The Shipwreck and Adventures of Monsieur Pierre Viaud, a native of Bordeaux, and Captain of a Ship, translated from the French by Mrs. Griffith, 1st edition in English, for T. Davies, 1771 , 2 works in 1 volume, first work with engraved frontispiece, second with half-title and engraved frontispiece, light offsetting, a few light spots, bookplates, later half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T142259 & T138378; Sabin 9730 & 99415. 'Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in "Don Juan"' (Sabin).

Colden (Cadwallader). The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada, which are dependent on the Province of New-York in America, and the barrier between the English and French in that part of the World ... To which are added, accounts of the several other Nations of Indians in North-America, their numbers, strength, etc., and the treatises which have been lately made with them, 1st UK edition, for T. Osborne, 1747, folding engraved map (repaired verso), a few minor spots, ownership inscription (James Gordon) at head of title, contemporary calf, a couple of small stains, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T36482; Howes C-560; Sabin 14273. First UK edition, greatly expanded, of 'the first history of the Iroquois Confederation' (Howes), first published in New York in 1727.

Marbodus of Rennes. De lapidibus pretiosis Encheridion, cum scholiis Pictorii Villingensis. Eivsdem Pictorii de lapide molari carmen, [Freiburg: Faber], 1531, 55, [1] ff., neat old ink notes in Latin to title and final leaf verso, bound as fourth and final item, after: Paul of Aegina , Pharmaca Simplicia, Othone Brunfelsio interprete. Item de Ratione Victus, Guilelmo Copo ... interprete, Strasbourg: Georgius Ulricher Andlanus, 1531 , device on title and final blank verso, blank M7 present, woodcut initials, title dust-soiled and with old ink inscriptions partly erased, old ink notes in German to final three blank pages, bound before Valla (Giorgio) , De simplicium natura liber unus, Strasbourg: Heinrich Seybold, 1528, 104 unnumbered leaves, title within ornamental woodcut border (small damp stain to centre of leaf), errata on final leaf recto, bound before [Odo de Meudon] , Aemilius Macer De herbarum virtutibus, cum Joannis Atrociani com[m]entariis longe utilissimis, & nu[m]quam antea impressis, [and] Strabo (Walafrid) , Poetae et Theologi clarissimi, Hortulus vernantissimus, 2 parts in one volume, Freiburg: Johann Faber, 1530, neat old ink notes to lower margins of two preliminary leaves and final leaf blank verso (in the same hand as Marbodus), Hebrew characters in red ink to title, manuscript contents list in a later hand to front free endpaper, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with two brass clasps, upper cover with ownership monogram blind-stamp 'A.W.], remains of later paper library spine label, rubbed, some edge wear, 8vo (15 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)1) Ferguson II, 74; STC 593; Krivatsy 152; Thorndike I, 775; VD16 M 931; Wellcome I, 4039. The first edition of this work by Marbodus, bishop of Rennes (c.1035-1123), describing 60 stones and precious stones and their miraculous powers in 743 hexameters, was published in 1511; the second in his 'Opera' (Rennes, 1524); then in the present edition which was reprinted in the same year in Paris. It is the first edition edited by Pictorius. 'Of medieval Latin Lapidaries the earliest and what also seems to have been the classic on the subject of the marvelous properties of stones' (Thorndike). 2) Adams P496; VD16 ZV 12239; Wellcome I, 4874. 3) VD16 V 195; Wellcome I, 6437. Rare compendium of herbs and their medicinal properties. 4) Adams O62; Durling 2892; Pritzel 5711 (under Macer Floridus); VD16 O 270. This is the second edition to contain the commentary of Johannes Atrocianus, a professor of mathematics at Basel. It was revised and expanded from that which appeared in 1527. Strabo was the Abbot of Reichenau. The poem is the first known gardening book of the medieval period and was written about 842, the first printed edition appearing in 1510.

Lunadoro (Girolamo, & Fioravante Martinelli). The Court of Rome. Wherein is sett forth the whole government thereof ... And a Direction for such as shall Travell to Rome ... Translated out of Italian into English by H. C., 1st edition in English, printed for Henry Herringman, 1654, title-page printed in red and black, roughly effaced ownership inscription dated 1722 to head, contemporary blind-ruled calf, spine rubbed, water-staining to front cover, tips a little worn, 8vo (16.2 x 10.6 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R210239; Wing C6591. Very scarce, no other copy traced at auction since 1971. Contains a translation of Lunadoro's Relatione della corte di Roma (Rome, 1635) and Martinelli's Roma ricercata nel suo sito (Rome, 1644). The translator, Henry Cogan, had as a young man accompanied Sir Henry Wotton's first embassy to Venice (1604-10), but by the 1650s was 'an impoverished Cavalier gentleman in Kent' (Stoye, English Travellers Abroad , 1604-1667, p. 137).

Provincial periodicals. The Whitby Spy, 1st edition, Whitby: printed by C. Webster on the crag, 1784, 30 semiweekly numbers bound in one volume with collective title-page, continuous pagination (1-240 + [6] pp. index), spotting, small hole in pp. 149/50 affecting one word recto, contemporary ownership inscription 'Eliz[abet]h Miller, Whitby' to front free endpaper, contepmorary half calf, rubbed and worn, 8vo (17 x 10.6 cm), together with: The Chester Miscellany. Being a Collection of Several Pieces, both in Prose and Verse, which were in the Chester Courant from January 1745, to May 1750, 1st edition, Chester: printed by and for Eliz. Adams, 1750, small tide-mark to upper outer corner of initial quires, repaired closed tear in final leaf, contemporary inscription 'The present (unbound) of the [?] Sir Robert Vaughan Bart. to E. Baker', occasional marginalia in the same hand (often shaved), contemporary mottled sheep, spine refurbished, 12mo (16.4 x 9.8 cm), and The Caledonian; a Quarterly Journal. Volume first, 1st edition, Dundee, 1821, 5 numbers (of 6) in one volume, half-title, 3 engraved plates of mechanical devices, contemporary half sheep, head of spine rubbed, corners worn, 8vo (20.5 x 12.3 cm) (Qty: 3)ESTC P3148 (Whitby Spy). T166017 (Chester Miscellany); Case 468 (Chester Miscellany). ESTC traces five copies world-wide for the Whitby Spy , with notable pieces including The History of Henry and Louisa , in which the protagonist Henry travels to Canada and encounters the Algonquins, an oriental tale concerning King 'Hormoz' of Persia, and a verse narrative of an air balloon voyage to the moon ('Midst the most furious of Tornados/In my Balloon I left Barbadoes', p. 61), published soon after the Montgolfiers' first balloon flight in 1783. Much of the Chester Miscellany concerns the Jacobite rebellion of 1745. Copac traces one copy only of the Caledonian , in the British Library, indicating that a second volume was published to contain the sixth number, not present here.

Halfpenny (William). Six New Designs for Convenient Farm-Houses, with their Proper Offices, etc. ... Part I [-IV], 1st edition, printed for Robert Sayer, 1751-2, 20 engraved folding plates, plate 10 slightly frayed, loosening and stained in margin, similar marginal stains to plates 17 and 19, bound with: ibid., Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste ... Divided into Four Parts, 2nd edition, printed for and sold by Robert Sayer, 1752, 60 engraved plates including title-page, several folding , small marginal damp-stain to plates 10 and 55-60, fore edges of folding plates slightly nicked, contemporary calf-backed comb-marbled boards, rubbed and worn, 8vo (20 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Lord Cadogan (armorial bookplate); ownership inscription, 'James Pain 1847', possibly the architect and builder (1779/80-1877), who in partnership with his brother George was responsible for a large number of churches, court houses, prisons, bridge and country houses across the south and west of Ireland; their country houses were often in an elaborate Tudor Gothic style. Archer 137.1 & 134.2; ESTC N23353 & T79274; Harris 312 & 301. ESTC traces six copies world-wide for Six New Designs . Rural Architecture in the Chinese Taste was first published as New Designs for Chinese Temples , in 1750. Halfpenny's 'eminently affordable pattern books, complete with dimensions and estimates, were expressly intended to enable "workmen at a distance from the Metropolis" ... to erect all manner of rural buildings in a wide variety of materials and in all the latest fashions at little cost. Though often bordering on the ridiculous, his pattern books for chinoiserie in the form of garden furniture, temples, bridges, and other follies were the first of their kind and were enormously successful' (ODNB).

Lens (Bernard, & Gerrard de Lairesse). For the Curious Young Gentlemen and Ladies, that study and practise the noble and commendable art of drawing, colouring and japanning, A New and Compleat Drawing-book; consisting of variety of classes, viz. whole figures in divers positions, and all the several parts of the human body from head to foot; light, airy, loose landskips; perspective views of sea-ports, forts, ruins, &c. Being the close study, for a series of years, of the late Mr. Lens, miniature-painter, and Drawing-Master to Christ's-Hospital... to which is prefixed, An Introduction to Drawing... translated from the French of Monsieur Gerrard de Lairesse, and improved with extracts from C.A. Du Fresnoy, Salmon, &c., 3rd edition, printed for B. Dickinson, 1752, engraved frontispiece by Boitard after Lens, title, 42 pages of text, and 62 copper engraved plates (numbered 1-62), the final plate close trimmed to fore-margin, touching engraved area with very slight loss, generally a very good copy, 19th century bookplate of Kean O'Hara Esq. to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, gilt morocco label to spine, some marks to covers, outer corners rubbed and slightly showing, oblong 4to (19.5 x 25 cm) (Qty: 1)Bermingham, Learning to Draw (2000), pp. 87-88. First published a year earlier, in 1751, this early manual on drawing provides instruction for the depiction of the human figure and of landscape. Bernard Lens (1659-1725) taught drawing at Christ's Hospital, where drawing had been introduced as a subject of study for the students, the majority of whom were to be trained for careers in navigation and seafaring. Being a posthumous work, it has been conjectured that the author of this title was the artist's son Edward Lens, who succeeded Bernard as Drawing Master at Christ's Hospital.

[Argens, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis de]. The Chinese Spy, being a series of letters between a Chinese Traveller at Paris, and his countrymen in China, Muscovy, Persia and Japan. Wherein the Government, Customs, Religion and Learning of those several Nations are described and compared with the Europeans, With a preface by the author of the Jewish Spy, 2nd edition in English, for J. Whiston [and others], 1752, half-title, marginal toning front and rear, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Cf. Cordier Sinica 1855 (listing the work under ' œuvres d'imagination '); ESTC N27860. A reissue of the 1741 first edition in English (which was titled Chinese Letters ), with a cancel half-title and title-page. Rare: ESTC traces only the British Library copy in UK libraries. The work was first published in French as Lettres chinoises (1739-42).

[Refuge, Eustache de]. Arcana Aulica: or, Walsingham's Manual; of Prudential Maxims, for the States-Man and the Courtier, 2nd edition in English, printed by T. C., and are to be sold by John Wright, 1655, lacking signature A1 (probably the initial blank), retaining H6 (blank but for longitudinal half-title verso), p. 52 untidily printed slightly affecting legibility of a few words, contemporary sheep, very slightly rubbed, 12mo (12.2 x 7 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R208601 (eleven copies world-wide); Wing D2685. 'Translated into English by Edward Walsingham from a French manuscript copy of the second part of Traité de la cour ... first published anonymously in Paris in 1617' (ESTC). The work is known to have been read by Samuel Pepys, and the original author was once presumed to be Francis Walsingham, a distant relative of Edward's (see Loveman, Samuel Pepys and his Books, p. 70) . The translation first appeared in 1652; both that edition and the 1655 edition (probably better described as a re-issue) are rare, with no copy of either traced in auction records since 1977.

[Holberg, Ludwig]. A Journey to the World Under-Ground. By Nicholas Klimius. Translated from the Original, A New Edition, printed for R. Baldwin, 1755, vignette title-page with early ownership name 'M: Berens', woodcut tail-piece, modern wrappers utilising old marbled paper, with preliminary advertisement leaf and rear blank laid down forming pastedowns (both toned), 8vo in 12s (Qty: 1)ESTC T119652 (a re-issue of the 1742 first English edition with a cancel title-page); see Block, pp.115-16. An important satirical work of science fiction and early example of utopian literature, first published in Latin in 1741.

[Kidgell, John]. The Card, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for the maker, and sold by J. Newbury, 1755, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece to volume 1, engraved plate, a little minor toning, previous ownership inscription to front endpapers, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed with light stains, 12mo (Qty: 2)ESTC T68566. This anonymous novel is reputed to contain the earliest reference to 'base-ball', at page 9 of the first volume: 'Upon this, the Silence became for a short Space of Time universal; and the younger Part of the Family, preceiving papa not inclined to enlarge upon the Matter, retired to an interrupted Party at Base-Ball, (an infant Game, which as it advances in its Teens, improve into Fives, and in its State of Manhood is called Tennis)'. The work was 'popular in its own time but [is] as yet unrehabilitated for present readers' (River, ed., Augustus Subjects: Essays in Honour of Martin C. Battestin , p. 282).

[Mitchell, John]. The Contest in America between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance; giving an account of the views and designs of the French, with the interests of Great Britain, and the situation of the British and French colonies, in all parts of America: in which a proper barrier between the two nations in North America is pointed out, with a method to prosecute the war, so as to obtain that necessary security for our colonies, 1st edition, for A. Millar 1757, small manuscript correction to contents leaf, light marginal toning front and rear, contemporary previous owner inscription, bookplate of Hugh Rose Younger of Kilraick [Kilravock], contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine with red label, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T34013 (citing four copies in UK libraries); Howes M677; Sabin 49693. Mitchell (1711-1768) is best remembered today for his comprehensive map of North America, which was first published by Millar in 1755 and was later used at the Treaty of Paris to establish the boundaries of the newly formed United States. In 1757 Millar published a second edition of the map and the first edition of Mitchell's book, which 'shows an unusual knowledge and familiarity with the internal geography of America and the affairs of the French on the lakes, the Ohio, and in Western Virginia' (Sabin); the map is a wall-size item and should not be considered as part of the collation of the octavo volume, contrary to ESTC.

Paracelsus (Philipp Aureol Theophrast Bombast von Hohenheim). Paracelsus. Of the Chymical Transmutation, Genealogy and Generation of Metals & Minerals. Also, Of the Urim and Thummim of the Jews ... translated into English by R. Turner, 1st edition in English, printed for Rich[ard] Moon at the Seven Stars, and Hen[ry] Fletcher at the Three Gilt Cups in Paul's Church-yeard, 1657, [8] + 166 pages , title within woodcut decorative border, separate title page for the Experiments of Lully (printed by James Cottrel, 1657), early engraved armorial bookplate of William Blakiston Bowes to front pastedown, contemporary blind-ruled English calf, rubbed and some marks, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Blakiston Bowes (1697-1721) of Streatlam Castle, County Durham, son of Sir William Bowes of Barnard Castle. Wing B3543. Duveen 454. Krivatsy 8576. Sudhoff 379. The first English translation of sections of Congeries Paracelsicae Chemiae de Transmutationibus Metallorum , first printed in 1581, translated by the astrologist and botanist Robert Turner, and dedicated to William Backhouse (1593-1662), Rosicrucian philosopher and adoptive father of Elias Ashmole.

Over (Charles), Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste, being above fifty intire new designs of plans, sections, elevations, &c. (many of which may be executed with routes of trees) for gardens, parks, forests, woods, canals, &c. containing ... garden seats, both close and open, umbrello's, alcoves, grotto's and grotesque seats, hermitages, triumphal arches, temples, banqueting houses and rooms, 1st edition, printed for Robert Sayer, 1758, 54 engraved plates, near-contemporary engraved bookplate of W: Burnett, with the motto 'virescit vulnere virtus' to front pastedown, contemporary blind panelled and decorated full calf, rubbed and a little wear to joints, discreetly restored to foot of spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Burnett (1762-1839) of Banchory Lodge, Kincardineshire, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's Army, and was the son of Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, 6th Baronette of Crathes. According to a pencil note on the front endpaper dated 1935, this copy is from the 'Bentinck Sale'. Berlin Katalog 3418; Harris, 606. While the majority of Over's designs are variations on Halfpenny's works, there are novelties such as the 'umbrella seat in the Indian manner', apparently the first use of the umbrella as a functional structure. This work also influenced William Wrighte's Grotesque Architecture of 1767, and contributed to the popularity of the Chinese style in Britain and Europe in the later 18th century.

Johnson (Thomas) . [Design for Picture Frames, Candelabra, Ceilings, Chimney-Pieces, Clockcases, Girandoles, Metal-work], 1st edition, sold by T. Johnson Carver, at the Golden Boy, 1758, two engraved dedication leaves (one as title, see ESTC), engraved contents leaf, two leaves of letterpress preface, 53 engraved plates by B. Clowes and J. Kirk after designs by Johnson (complete), some light browning and old dampstaining, gilt-titled morocco book label of 'Ann Dixon, Newtown' to front pastedown, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, some wear, cracked on joints, folio (37 x 26.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC N483028, locating only three copies (British Library, Avery Library at Colombia, Getty). First edition of the finest and most elaborate English rococo pattern book of Carvers' work, originally issued in parts between 1756 and 1758, and rarely found complete. The first dedication leaf which gives Johnson's address was probably intended as a title, while a second edition with the title One Hundred and Fifty New Designs for Ceilings was published in 1761, and is also scarce.

Hillary (William). Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases in the Island of Barbados. To which is added a Treatise on the Putrid Fever commonly called the Yellow Fever; and such Other Diseases as are Indigenous or Endemial, in the West India Islands, or in the Torrid Zone, 1st edition, for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, 1759, a little light spotting and soiling, contemporary ownership inscription and bookplate of Johannis Wiliamson, contemporary calf gilt, spine repaired, lightly rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Garrison-Morton 1770; Sabin 31877. 'Hillary included good accounts of lead colic and infective hepatitis, and probably the first description of sprue' (Garrison-Morton).

D'Eisenberg (Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von). L'Art de Monter a Cheval, ou Description du Manege Moderne, dans sa perfection ... Nouvelle Edition Augmentée d'un Dictionnaire des Termes du Manege Moderne, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Chez Arkstée et Merkus, 1759, & Anti-Maquignonage pour eviter la surprise dans l'emplette des chevaux; ou l'on traite de leur perfection et de leurs defauts, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Chez Arkstée et Merkus, 1764, 3 parts bound in one, each with separate title page, dated 1759, 1747 and 1764 respectively, the first and last titles printed in red and black, additional engraved frontispiece by Bernard Picart, 59 full-page copper engraved plates to the first part by Picart (with printed list of the plates at end), including 4 plates of bridles, Dictionnaire des Termes printed in triple column, with some mainly light browning throughout, 7 (of 9) copper engraved plates to the third part by Picart, entitled Anti-Maquignonage, lacking the first two plates, marbled endpapers, contemporary full tree calf, gilt decorated spine, with red gilt morocco title label, a little rubbed and minor wear to outer corners, oblong folio (25.5 x 40 cm) (Qty: 1)Mennessier de la Lance I, 438; Cohen-de Ricci 345; Lipperheide 2919; Nissen ZBI 1264. Baron Eisenberg (1695-1770) was stable master to King George II. The plates depict the seven different breeds of horse and the position of the rider during training and dressage, each image accompanied by descriptive text.

Account of a Murder. The Unhappy Marksman. Or, A Perfect and Impartial Discovery of that late Barbarous and Unparallel'd Murther committed by Mr. George Strangwayes, formerly a Major in the Kings Army, on his brother-in-law Mr. John Fussel an Attorney, on Friday the Eleventh of February. Together with a full discovery of the fatal cause of those unhappy differences which first occasioned the suits in law betwixt them. Also the behavior of Mr. Strangways at his Tryal. The dreadful sentence pronounced against him, 1st edition, printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for R[ichard]. Clavell, 1659, woodcut frontispiece of a gallows not present, 32 pages (A-D4), some early ink underlining, bound with: The Bloody Husband, and Cruell Neighbour. Or, A True Historie of Two Murthers, lately committed in Laurence Parish, in the Isle of Thanet in Kent, neer Sandwich: One Murther by the hands of Adam Sprackling Esquire, who… cut, mangled, and murthered his own wife… the other The Murther of Richard Langly…, printed by Tho. Warren, 1653 , title and 14 pages (A-B4), old ink underlining, light soiling to last leaf, engraved bookplate of John Lethieullier Esqr. Remembrancer of the City of London to front pastedown, 18th century half red morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, small 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Lethieullier, Remembrancer of the City of London from 1727 to 1743, eldest son of William Lethieullier who died in 1739. He is listed as a subscriber to Conyers Middleton’s History of the Life of Marcus Tullius Cicero (1741). The second work, according to an old pencil note to a leaf preceding the title, is ‘Part of the Stourhead Heir Looms’, above which is written in ink ‘The original rare Edition’. An additional clipped catalogue entry for this volume is attached to the rear pastedown, indicating that this volume was lot 3800 in the Prideaux sale of February 1917, where it fetched £4 10s.

Nihell (Elizabeth). A Treatise on the Art of Midwifery. Setting forth Various Abuses therein, especially as to the Practice with Instruments: the whole serving to put all Rational Inquirer in a Fair Way of very safely forming their own Judgment upon the Question; which it is best to employ, in Cases of Pregnancy and Lying-in, a Man-Midwife; or, a Midwife, 1st ediition, printed for A. Morley, 1760, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, a little spotting and staining to title-page, stains in text of pp. 40-1 and margins of pp. 222-3, contemporary calf, red morocco label, spine-compartments and covers double ruled in gilt, rubbed and scuffed overall, 8vo (20 x 12.3 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T152318; Wellcome IV p. 239. First and only edition of the author's only book. ' E lizabeth Nihell's defence of her profession helped to raise public awareness of an important problem' (ODNB), criticising the growing fashion for male midwives and the practices of obstetrician William Smellie, and thereby incurring the ridicule of Smellie's student Tobias Smollett . In spite of its influential trail the book is rare at auction; ESTC traces six copies only in UK libraries.

[Allen, Charles]. The Polite Lady: or, a Course of Female Education. In a Series of Letters, from a Mother to her Daugher, 1st edition, printed for J. Newbery, 1760, engraved frontispiece by Le Pautre, half-title, contemporary calf, spine refurbished, front joint partially cracked, 12mo (16.2 x 9.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Block p. 195; ESTC T95315; Roscoe J8; Osborne p. 693. This anonymously-published courtesy book was reprinted several times. The first edition is very rare, ESTC tracing five copies world-wide, of which two in the UK.

[Ridley, James]. The History of James Lovegrove, Esq; in Four Books, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for John Wilkie, 1761, marginal browning to outer leaves, volume 2 signature O5 with and 2 closed longitudinal splits and small paper-flaw costing a few letters in one word, contemporary speckled calf, twin morocco labels, spines darkened and rubbed, shallow chips to headcaps, 12mo (16.8 x 9.5 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 207; ESTC T57349 (under 'Sir Charles Morrell'). Extremely rare first edition of the author's first book, which stylistically anticipated his highly popular Tales of the Genii (1764), published under the pseudonym Sir Charles Morrell. ESTC traces eight copies only in libraries world-wide, and only the British Library copy in the UK.

[Cook, John]. The New Theory of Generation, According to the Best and Latest Discoveries in Anatomy, Farther improved and fully displayed, by J.C. M.D., volume 1 [all published], London: J. Buckland, E. Dilly, G. Keith, J. Johnson & others, 1762, half-title present, list of subscribers, bound with: Smith (Thomas) , The Great Duty of Contentment, and Resignation to the Will of God, recommended ... Being the Substance of Eight Sermons Preached first in Hoxton Chapel, and afterwards in the Parish-Church of St. Margaret’s, Lothbury. To which are added, Select Forms of Prayers ..., 9th edition, corrected by the author, with considerable additions, London: Printed for and sold by the Author, at Mr. Brown's, in Great Kirby Street, near Hatton Garden, 1767, some browning and spotting throughout volume (particularly to title of second work), contemporary half calf, red morocco title label to spine and volume number '7' in gilt, slight wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T148916 & N68090.

Baskerville Press. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments... together with the The Psalter or Psalms of David..., 3rd edition, Cambridge, 1762, title-page with contemporary ownership name of Abijah Mellor, Nottingham, first and final leaves lightly spotted, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary blue-green morocco, lightly rubbed, raised bands, compartments filled with alternating flower and flower in lozenge tools, covers with gilt border of hound's tooth roll and wide urn and flower roll, upper cover with gilt morocco label, lettered 'Abijah Mellor', with repeated flower spray tool above and repeated bird tool below, enclosed in a scalloped seedhead roll border, large 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Abijah Mellor was a jeweller and silversmith, who established his business in Derby in 1750, being the first to set up such an industry in the town. His output was apparently deemed superior to any other such establishment in the country, with the exception only of London manufacturers, and at one time he had 300 men in his employ. Gaskell 19.

[Bourgeois, Louise]. The Compleat Midwife's Practice Enlarged … The second edition corrected, by R.C. I.D. M.S. T.B. Practitioners of the said Art. With a full supply of those rare secrets which Mr. Culpeper in his Brief Treatise of Midwifry, and other English writers, have kept close to themselves, concealed, or wholly omitted. Printed for Nath. Brook, 1659, [16], 309, [11], engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, including 2 folding, separate title-page to A Full Supply.., by T. Chamberlaine, very small hole to D1 not affecting text (generally a very good, clean copy), contemporary calf ruled in blind, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing C1817D; Thomason E.1723[1]. Enlarged edition of the French midwife Louise Bourgeois’ book on obstetrics, Observations diverses sur la sterilité, perte de fruict, foecondité, accouchements, et maladies des femmes et enfants nouveaux naiz (Paris, 1609), in which she described herself as ‘the first woman practicing my art to take up the pen’. It was translated into German, Dutch, and English, and was influential throughout Europe in the 17th century.

Le Page du Pratz (Antoine Simon). The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing a Description of the Countries that lye on both sides of the River Mississippi: with an Account of the Settlements, Inhabitants, Soil, Climate, and Products, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1763, half-titles, 2 folding engraved maps (one with short closed tear, the other with slightly frayed fore margin), a little minor soiling, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedowns, contemporary mottled calf, 8vo (Qty: 2)ESTC T141263; Howes L-266; Sabin 40122. First published in French in 1758; this first English edition is abridged and rearranged to advance British claims to Louisiana.

[Dossie, Robert]. The Handmaid to the Arts, Teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the Materia Pictoria ... II. The means of delineation ... III. The various manners of Gilding, Silvering, Bronzing, with the preparation of the genuine Gold and Silver powders, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, printed for J. Nourse, 1764, engraved tail-pieces, a few leaves browned and spotted (mainly first few leaves in each volume), occasional corner creasing, final three leaves in first volume with small nick in lower edge, modern half calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting leather labels, 8voFirst published in 1758.

[Gunning, Susannah]. Family Pictures, a Novel. Containing Curious and Interesting Memoirs of Several Persons of Fashion in W—re. By a Lady, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed for W. Nicoll and T. Durham, 1764, toning, occasional light spotting, marginal browning to outer leaves, contemporary speckled tan calf, gilt spines, double gilt frames to sides, light wear to headcaps and corners, 12mo (16.6 x 9.6 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 97; ESTC T125278. Very rare: ESTC traces four copies only in libraries; no other copy traced in auction records. This was Gunning's first novel of which she was the sole author, following The Histories of Lady Frances S— and Lady Caroline S— (1763) , co-written with her sister, Margaret; a later work, Anecdotes of the Delborough Family (1792) was published by the Minerva Press. She is known to have been from Fairwater in Somerset, and to have undergone an acrimonious separation from her husband, who subsequently retired with his mistress to Naples (Hartley, ed., A Historical Dictionary of British Women , p. 198).

Society of Upholsterers. The IId. Edition of Genteel Houshold Furniture, In the Present Taste with an addition of several Articles never before Executed, by a Society of Upholsterers, Cabinet-Makers, &c. Containing Upwards of 350 Designs on 120 Plates ... printed for Robt. Sayer, [1765], engraved title-page and 120 copper engraved plates, very occasional spotting or toning, sprinkled edges, modern half calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N64868 (four parts bound in one, 120 plates). Containing designs for a variety of domestic furniture, including firegrates and irons, with titles such as: 'Chinese Hall Lantern'; 'Commode Cloaths Press'; 'Toillets'; 'Frats for Frizes &c.'; 'Standard Sign Iron'; 'French Back Stools'; 'Ornamented Bed-posts'; 'Stair Case Lights'; 'Lady's Desk'; 'Linnen Chests'; 'Gothic Chairs'; 'Obelisks for Lamps &c.'; 'Girondoles'. There appears to be several issues of this rare 18th century pattern book which was first published in 1760 with 60 plates. Little appears to be known about the Society, but it is thought to have been a group of the most fashionable furniture makers and designers in London. Robert Manwaring probably contributed most of the chair designs (the first 28 plates were reprinted in his Chair-Makers Guide in 1766). Other designs have been attributed to Thomas Johnson, William Ince and John Mayhew, Thomas Chippendale, Matthias Lock and Matthias Darley.

Fransham (John). The Entertaining Traveller; or the World in Miniature. Giving a description of every thing necessary and curious... To this new edition is added, an account of the Gigantic Patagonians, lately discovered, 2 volumes, for Henry Holmes, 1767, 6 folding engraved costume plates, a little minor toning, bookplates, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and stained, 12mo (Qty: 2)ESTC N7772; Sabin 25670. First published in 1740 as The World in Miniature: or the Entertaining Traveller. This edition, with the account of the 'gigantic Patagonians', is rare: ESTC traces four copies only world-wide; no other copy traced in auction records.

Bossu (Jean Bernard). Nouveaux voyages aux Indes occidentales; contenant une relation des differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand fleuve Saint-Louis, appelle vulgairement le Mississippi; leur religion; leur gouvernement; leurs moeurs; leurs guerres et leur commerce, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: Le Jay, 1768, half-titles, engraved frontispieces, 2 engraved plates, marginal toning to endpapers, bookplates of Sir Michael R. Shaw-Stewart (see note), contemporary sprinkled calf, volume 1 lower corners bumped, a little rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 2)Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (1826-1903; see lot 317). Howes B626; Sabin 6465 (for the second edition, published the same year: 'I find no record of the first edition'). A collection of 21 letters written by Bossu, a French army officer, recounting his life and travels from 1751 to 1762 in Louisiana, travelling as far north as Fort Chartres (now in Illinois) and as far east as the French post at Mobile. The author was imprisoned briefly for his criticism of the governor of New Orleans, and his book banned in France, which may account for the relative scarcity of this first edition.

Caus (Isaac de). New and Rare Inventions of Water-Works Shewing the Easiest waies to Raise Water higher then the Spring. By which Invention the Perpetual Motion is proposed Many hard Labours performd and Varieties of Motions and Sounds Produced … now Translated into English by John Leak, printed by Joseph Moxon, 1659, engraved architectural title, 26 numbered engraved plates, numerous woodcuts in text, woodcut initials, type ornament headpieces, minor soiling and marks to margins of title-page and plates, contemporary ownership inscription in ink to front endpaper ‘Mr Jn Emerson & L Margaret Lidell’, contemporary blind-ruled full calf, rubbed and slight wear, with spine renewed and repair to top margin of upper cover, folio (32.7 x 21.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Norman 417; Thorndike VII pp. 592-593; Wellcome II, p.315; Wing C1527. First edition in English, a translation of the Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau (Moxon, 1644) illustrated with the same plates. Isaac Caus's text and illustrations were adapted from his uncle or father Salomon de Caus's Les raisons des forces mouvantes avec diverses machines (Frankfurt 1615), an important work for the development of technology and particularly that of the steam engine. Isaac de Caus was a pioneer in the construction of life-sized automata, several of which are illustrated here. The present treatise also includes descriptions of a fire engine, various pumps, several types of musical organs, and a sluice. He collaborated with Inigo Jones on the design of Wilton House and its gardens.

[Menon, & Bernard Clermont]. The Professed Cook: or the Modern Art of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary, made Plain and Easy. Consisting of the most approved Methods in the French as well as English Cookery. In which the French Names of all the different Dishes are given and explained, whereby every Bill of Fare becomes intelligible and familiar...,Translated from Les Soupers de la Cour; with the Addition of the best Receipts..., 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition, London: R. Davis & T. Caslon, 1769, continuous pagination, repaired closed tear to gutter margin of title, with slight loss to a few letters and overlaid with letterpress from another volume, margins of first & last leaves a little browned, occasional marks, modern half calf, brown morocco title label to spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T90913; Maclean p. 99

Raffald (Elizabeth). The experienced English House-keeper, for the Use and Ease of Ladies, House-keepers, Cooks, &c. Wrote purely from Practice, And dedicated to the Hon. Lady Elizabeth Warburton, Whom the Author lately served as House-Keeper. Consisting of near 800 Original Receipts, most of which never appeared in Print. Part First, Lemon Pickle, Browning for all Sorts of Made Dishes, Soups, Fish, plain Meat, Game, Made Dishes both hot and cold, Pyes, Puddings, &c. Part Second, All Kind of Confectionary, particularly the Gold and Silver Web for covering of Sweetmeats, and a Desert of Spun Sugar, with Directions to set out a Table in the most elegant Manner and in the modern Taste, Floating Islands, Fish Ponds, Transparent Puddings, Trifles, Whips, &c. Part Third, Pickling, Potting, and Collaring, Wines, Vinegars, Catchups, Distilling, with two most valuable Receipts, one for refining Malt Liquors, the other for curing Acid Wines, and a correct List of every Thing in Season in every Month of the Year, 1st edition, Manchester: Printed by J. Harrop, for the author, and sold by Messrs. Fletcher and Anderson, in St. Paul’s Church-Yard, London; and by Eliz. Raffald, Confectioner, near the Exchange, Manchester, 1769, author's signature to A1, two folding engraved plates of bills of fare, some general toning throughout, offsetting and occasional light dampstains to few leaves, contemporary speckled sheep, joints a little cracked, 8vo (Qty: 1)Cagle 944; ESTC T82678; Oxford p. 98; Simon, BG 1249. Mrs Raffald spent fifteen years as housekeeper to Lady Elizabeth Warburton, married the gardener, opened a confectioner's shop in Manchester and set up a cookery school. She went on to have fifteen daughters, run two inns, found Salford's first newspaper, establish a registry office for servants and compile Manchester's first Directory.

Pointon (Priscilla). Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, Birmingham: for the author by T. Warren, 1770, bound with : 'A Young Gentleman', Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, Oxford: [no publisher], 1752, 2 works in 1 volume, half-title to the first work, a few trivial marks, contemporary half vellum, red morocco label, rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T125991 & 21270. Lichfield poet Priscilla Pointon (c.1740-1801) went blind 'in her thirteenth year' (preface, p. vi) yet secured some 1,500 subscribers, including a number of aristocrats, for her first book of verse (she published her second in 1784, by which time she was Mrs Pickering). The second work contains the posthumously published writings of an unidentified 'young gentleman of great worth ... [who] died before he was two and twenty' (preface, p. iv), seen through the press by an evidently distraught friend; in addition to poetry it contains two acts of an oriental tragedy set in the 'Palace of Akebar'. No other copy of either work traced in commerce. ESTC records 18 copies world-wide for Pointon's work (most of the UK copies being distributed between Birmingham libraries and Oxford), and six for the second.

Treyssac de Vergy (Pierre Henri). The Mistakes of the Heart: or, Memoirs of Lady Carolina Pelham and Lady Victoria Nevil. In a Series of Letters, 4 volumes, 2nd edition, printed for P. Shatwell, 1771, errata leaf for volume 1 bound at rear of third volume, scattered minor spotting and toning, occasional light marks (including a few ink blots in volume 1), endpapers stained by turn-ins, red sprinkled edges, contemporary sprinkled calf, lightly rubbed and marked in places, 8vo in 12s (Qty: 4)ESTC T231317. Rare four-decker epistolary novel, much taken up with the vices of women: 'When a woman is dead to the sense of shame and decency, she has lost the dignity of her sex, and is a being apart which belongs to no known society'. First published in London by J. Murdoch in 1769, there was a Dublin imprint dated the following year. Not in Block (which does however list three other works by the author); we have been unable to trace a copy of any edition at auction.

Bougainville (Louis de). A Voyage round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster, 1st edition in English, printed for J. Nourse and T. Davies, 1772, 5 folding maps and charts including frontispiece, folding plate, 2 maps (facing pp. 126 and 303) with discreet old repairs verso at inner edges, intermittent shallow tide-mark in lower margins, contemporary engraved book-label 'I. A. Aubert' pasted to title-page, modern tan half calf to style, 4to (24.6 x 18.9 cm) (Qty: 1)Cox I p. 55; ESTC T82890; Hill 165; Sabin 6869. The first official French circumnavigation. Bougainville travelled by way of the Falkland Islands (which he had been ordered to cede to the Spanish having previously established the first permanent settlement there), the Strait of Magellan, the South Seas, and the East Indies. His account contains important information on the inhabitants of Tahiti in particular.

Lavoisier (Antoine-Laurent de). Essays, Physical and Chemical. Volume the First, translated from the French, with Notes, and an Appendix, by Thomas Henry, 1st edition in English, printed for Joseph Johnson, 1776, 3 engraved folding plates, light spotting and browning, heavier to plates, ownership inscription 'Dr Chauncey B. Forster, 1876' to title-page, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, rubbed, light craquelure to sides, corners, worn, 8vo (20.8 x 12.8 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC N9357; cf. Ferguson II pp. 12-13. All published of the first edition in English of Lavoisier's ground-breaking work. Uncommon.

[Kilner, Dorothy]. The Histories of More Children than One; or, Goodness better than Beauty, 1st edition, printed by John Marshall, circa 1777, pp. [iv] + vii-viii + 9-69 + [2], wood engraved frontispiece, reverse with near contemporary inscription: 'Miss Ellen Parker Her Book 1800. When this you see remember me/And keep me in your mind/Let all the world say what the[sic] will/Speak of me as you find' and below 'A friend to some A foe to none/Remember me when I am gone', 17 wood engraved plates on letterpress, no free endpapers (as issued), publisher's advertisements on verso of final text leaf and facing rear pastedown, one or two minor marks, but a clean copy, original Dutch floral boards, spine rubbed and chipped, 12mo (Qty: 1)A very good copy of the rare first edition (with three chapters and 17 engravings, as opposed to four chapters and 21 engravings in the second edition). This copy conforms to a first edition sold at auction in 1993, which had an ownership inscription dated 1777. No edition listed in Osborne or Gumuchian. Marjorie Moon had only the second edition in her collection (Christie's, The Marjorie Moon Collection of Early English Children's Books , 28 June 1995, lot 38). Containing three moralistic tales for the instruction of children, the first involves John's 'very kind' Mamma, Mrs. Strictum, tying her son to a tree as punishment for refusing to spell the word 'thought': 'She then took hold of his hand, and led him into the garden a great way from the house; where she tied him (with a rope which had that same day been taken off from a sugar loaf) to a tree, and there she told him he should stay without victuals or drink, and without going to-bed till he would be good, and spell the word'.

[Pratt, Samuel Jackson]. Shenstone-Green; or, The New Paradise Lost. Being a History of Human Nature, written by the Proprietor of the Green. The editor Courtney Melmoth, 3 volumes in 1, 1st edition, printed for R. Baldwin, 1779, half-title to each volume, engraved frontispiece to first volume by Page after Bonnor, contemporary armorial engraved bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, some wear to spine and joints, upper joint re-strengthened, 8vo (Qty: 1)Block p. 177; ESTC T57352. Uncommon satire on sensibility by the prolific writer, actor and social activist, published under his pseudonym Courtney Melmoth. Despite his gentle authorial persona and well-publicised humanitarian interests Pratt was 'personally insupportable to many of his acquaintances' (ODNB) and loathed by figures as diverse as Lord Byron, Charles Lamb and Sarah Siddons. No other copy traced in auction records. See lot 324 for another work by the author.

Poetry. Sammelband of 18th-century poetry pamphlets, comprising: [Macdonald, Andrew], Velina: a Poetical Fragment, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for C. Elliot and T. Longman, Paternoster-row, London, 1782, 58, [2] pp., contemporary ownership inscription ('F Shute, Queen's, Oxo[n]') to title-page, [Defoe, Daniel], The True-Born Englishman, a Satire, 25th edition, [no publisher], 1777, 30 p. , Blair (Robert), The Grave. A Poem. To which is added, an Elegy written in a Country Church-yard by Mr Gray, 2nd edition, Sunderland: James Graham, 1780, 36 pp., damp-staining in lower margins, [Croxall, Samuel], The Fair Circassan ... the Seventh Edition Corrected, Glasgow: A. Donaldson, 1756, [2], iv, viii, 45, [1] pp., ownership inscription 'Thos.. Shute A. B. Queen's Oxon' to title, [Mendez, Moses], The Chaplet. A Music Entertainment. As it is Perform'd by His Majesty's Company of Comedians, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, printed for T. Lowndes [and others], 1757, engraved frontispiece after Wale, 36 pp., and [Lewis, Matthew Gregory, parody], Tales of Terror: with an Introductory Dialogue, 1st edition, W. Bulmer and Co., 1801, additional engraved title-page (section torn away at head), without the 3 engraved plates, early-19th-century tan half calf, 8vo (17.1 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: ownership inscriptions of Thomas Shute MA, of the Queen's College, Oxford, sometime curate of Hebburn, and by 1831 of Morpeth. ESTC T138025 (Macdonald), T163582 (Blair), T219547 (Croxall), (Mendez) T101102. Velina was the first published work by Scottish clergyman Andrew Macdonald (c.1755-1790); ESTC traces eleven copies world-wide, and one copy for this edition of Blair's work.

Plat (Sir Hugh). The Garden of Eden. Or, An accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England, with particular Rules how to advance their Nature and Growth, as well in Seeds and Hearbs, as the secret ordering of Trees and Plants, The Fifth Edition, printed for William Leake, 1660, bound with as issued: The Second Part of the Garden of Eden, 1st edition, 1660 [i.e. 1659], 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut initial letters, some minor toning and spotting, I8-K6 in first part with short worm trail to blank fore-margin (and several preceding leaves with single hole), hinges splitting, near-contemporary sheep, rubbed, a few single worm holes at foot of spine (not penetrating into text), small 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R33968 & R203175; Henrey 296 & 297; Wing P2387A & P2392. Fifth edition of the first part and first edition of the second, here issued together; a variant issue of the former is known, with the title-page dated 1659.

The British Jewell, or Complete Housewife's best Companion; Containing, I. A number of the most uncommon and useful Receipts in Cookery ... II. The best and most fashionable Receipts for all Manner of Pastry, Pickling, etc ... III. Directions for making all Sorts of English Wines ... IV. A Table to cast up Expences ... V. Every Man his own Physician ... VI. The Manner of preparing the Elixir of Life ... VII. Directions for destroying Rats, Mice, Bugs, Fleas &c. &c. and a choice Variety of useful Family Receipts. Together with A Method of restoring to Life People drowned, or in any other Manner suffocated. Also, The Complete Farrier... To which is added, The Royal Gardener, or Monthly Calendar ... A New Edition, Printed and Sold by J. Miller, 1782, pp.104, engraved frontispiece, letterpress engravings, title-page with contemporary ownership signatures of Ann Booth and Ann Hobson dated 1783 and 1785 respectively, the former name repeated on recto of frontispiece with the additional place name of Sheffield (showing through to verso), frontispiece and first four leaves with marginal loss repaired (to lower and fore-margin of former, and gutter tail of latter), untrimmed, later rebound in old paper wrappers, soiled and a little frayed with slight loss, printed title label on front cover, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N32685; Oxford, p. 113. First published in 1769, all editions are uncommon. ESTC calls for 112 pages, and no frontispiece, but ours conforms to the Oxford University copy, which lists 104 pages and one plate. Oxford describes this edition thus: 'A new edition (1782) has a rude frontispiece representing the Good Samaritan and a kitchen.'

Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthélémy). Description des Experiences de la Machine Aerostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, 2nd edition, Paris: Cuchet, 1784, 9 engraved plates, folding table, a little minor spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart (see note), contemporary tree calf gilt, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (1826-1903; see lot 317). Cf. Dibner 169 & PMM 229. 'The first serious treatise on aerostation as a practical possibility' (PMM), describing the Montgolfier brothers' balloon journey from the Bois de Boulogne to Paris in June 1783, the first human aerial voyage in history.

Adams (George). An Essay on Electricity; in which the theory and practice of that useful science, are Illustrated by a variety of experiments, arranged in a methodical manner. To which is added, an essay on magnetism, 1st edition, printed and sold by the author, at Tycho Brahe's Head, 1784, 6 engraved plates (5 folding), 4 pp. instruments catalogue, light offsetting to title, prize label at front, later calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, a few small stains, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N7266. George Adams (1750-1795) was mathematical instrument maker to George III, an appointment he inherited from his father. This was his first in a series of illustrated textbooks on the physical sciences, with others concerning the microscope, optics, and the barometer. His writings had a religious emphasis which helped 'combat the growing errors of materialism, infidelity and anarchy', according to The Gentleman's Magazine.

Masonic binding. Constitutions of the Antient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons ... by James Anderson. A New Edition, revised, enlarged, and brought down to the year 1784, under the Direction of the Hall Committee, by John Noorthouck, printed by J. Rozea, 1784, engraved frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi and T. Fitler after G. B. Cipriani and P. Sandby, engraved arms to dedication, 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' leaf , frontispiece slightly spotted, helix roll gilt to turn-ins, all edges gilt, contemporary blue-green morocco, smoot spine richly gilt in compartments with central devices comprising a Bible, square and compasses, square and compasses and ladder devices to corners, concentric floriate and helix borders gilt to covers, spine sunned, front joint rubbed, 4to (26.6 x 20.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T86301 (seven copies in UK libraries). First published in 1723.

Potter (T.). The Moralist; or Portraits of the Human Mind, exhibited in a Series of Novelettes, Partly Original and Partly Compiled, 1st edition, printed for the editor, 1785, half-titles, bound silk page-markers, without engraved portrait, intermittent tide-mark in lower margins extending into text, volume 2 with small damp-stain in fore margins of half-title and title-page, pp. 18-19 and leaves F1-2 stained, a few other marks, contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt with star motifs, twin morocco labels, gilt frames to sides, tips bumped and worn, 12mo (17.5 x 9.9 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 197; ESTC T55923. Rare: ESTC traces two copies world-wide (British Library and University of Chigaco); one copy of a 1786 edition found in auction records (in 1969). The author is identified on the title page as 'the late T. Potter, surgeon, at North Shields, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne'. The first volume consists almost entirely of oriental tales, including 'Amurath, an Eastern Tale', 'Choang and Hansi, a Chinese Tale', 'The Hermit of Lebanon', 'History of Abraoulf', and others.

Type Specimen. A Specimen of Printing Types, by William Caslon, letter-founder to His Majesty, first edition, Galabin & Baker, 1785, title, dedication and preface leaves plus 64 specimen leaves, all printed to rectos only, a little scattered spotting and light browning, armorial bookplate of Joseph Lane Manby (a little surface loss), all edges gilt, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and restored with red leather spine label, rubbed, some edge wear, tall 8vo (24 x 15 cm) (Qty: 1)Berry & Johnson, Catalogue of Specimens of Printing Types , p. 19; Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 107; Mosley 55. Copies of this scarce and attractive specimen vary from 63 to 67 leaves.

Moseley (Benjamin). A Treatise of Tropical Diseases; and of the Climate of the West Indies, 1st edition, for T. Cadell, 1787, half-title, errata slip pasted to contents leaf verso, some light spotting, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T135744; Sabin 51050. Benjamin Moseley (1742-1819) was surgeon-general of Jamaica from 1768 to 1784. His treatise was reprinted several times; the first edition is uncommon.

[Rabisha, William]. The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, Taught, and fully manifested, Methodically, Artificially, and according to the best Tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c. Or, A Sympathie of all varieties in Naturall Compounds in that Mysterie. Wherein is contained certain Bills of Fare for the Seasons of the year, for Feasts and Common Diets. Whereunto is annexed a Second Part of Rare Receipts of Cookery: with certain useful Traditions. With a Book of Preserving, Conserving and Candying, after the most Exquisite and Newest manner: Delectable for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1st edition, printed by R. W. for Giles Calvert, 1661, front blank with early inscription 'James Broomans Book the valuable gift of his Dear Daughter Sarah Slodden' (soiled, browned and repaired to margins), browning and some soiling throughout volume, some leaves repaired to margins particularly to last few leaves, loosely inserted 20th century bookplate of Gordon Ward, modern panelled calf to style, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: James Brooman (1754-1839), recorded as a gentleman of Margate (Kent Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, volume 110, f. 307). Bitting pp. 386-387 ; ESTC R20908; Oxford p. 30; Simon, BG 1248 ; Vicaire 727 ; Wing R114; cf. Cagle 943 (fourth edition,1682). Rare. Only three UK institutional locations found on Copac (British Library, Bodleian and Leeds University Library), with two other copies traced worldwide on ESTC (Harvard University and University of Chicago). Rabisha was a Cornishman who claimed to have worked for many noble families. The first part deals with pickles, fish, meats and fruit; the second part 'Rare recipes in Cookery'; and the third part preserving, conserving and candying. It includes recipes 'to pickle Sleep-at-noon', to make 'Punnado' and 'Andolians', 'to fry Primrose-leaves in March with eggs', and 'to Spitchcoch an Eel'. Near the end are 'Certain old useful Traditions of Carving and Sewing, &c.' which come from the 'Book of Carving' of 1508, and a recipe 'to roast a shoulder of Mutton in blood' (see Oxford).

Cole (Mary). The Lady's Complete Guide; or Cookery and Confectionary in all their Branches. Containing the most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observations and Practice, in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant ... To which is added ... The Complete Brewer ... also The Family Physician ... new edition improved, London: G. Kearsley, 1789, light dampstaining to title, scattered spotting throughout, hinges split, contemporary sheep, repairs to joints and head & foot of spine, recent red morocco title label, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p. 94; Cagle 623; ESTC T123422; Maclean, p. 29; (third edition, 1791). The author is described on the title-page as 'cook to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Drogheda'. 'Mrs Mary Cole deserves praise for being among the first cookery writers to cite in a systematic way the sources of her recipes' (Maclean). Names from earlier in the century, such as Glasse, Raffald, Dalrymple, Clemont, Mason, and Farley appear frequently within the text.

Lavater (Johann Caspar). Essays on Physiognomy; for the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Written in the German Language ... and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft, 3 volumes, 1st edition thus, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, half-titles, 360 engraved plates by William Blake and others, occasional spotting and offsetting, marbled edges, contemporary green goatskin, spines ruled in gilt, red goatksin labels, rolled floral border gilt to sides, a few scuffs, mid-length scrape to volume 2 front board, 8vo (23 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 3)Provenance: a pencilled noted attributes the binding to William McKenzie of Dublin, of whom Ramsden remarks: 'There is reason to suppose that not all McKenzie's best bindings were ticketed. Perhaps he only used the ticket for a few years, from about 1784. He worked mainly in green morocco and tree calf. The sides of his bindings are rarely decorated with more than a roll and perhaps a tool in the corners' ( Outside London , p. 242). ESTC N9351; cf. Garrison-Morton 154. 'Lavater was the last of the descriptive physiognomists' (Garrison-Morton). The work was first published in German as Physiognomische Fragmente (1775-8). Another English translation, by Henry Hunter, was published between 1789 and 1799.