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Hearne (Samuel). A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, 1st edition, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795, large folding engraved map with routes coloured in outline, 4 folding enraved plans, 4 folding engraved plates, publisher's advertisement leaf with Directions to Binder to verso at end, small marginal repair to one plan, contents leaf and at gutter of page 241, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, later maroon half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC T146967; Hill I p.141; Sabin 31181 (with incorrect plate count). Large-paper copy. 'It was the first of a long series of Arctic voyages and travels which reflect so much honor on the British Press. Its publication is due to the celebrated explorer La Perouse who captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay and found the MS. of Hearne. The fort was afterwards surrendered to the British, but La Perouse stipulated for the publication of this work by the Hudson's Bay Company, which stipulation was honorably fulfilled in this beautiful volume ... The author will always be remembered as the first white man that ever gazed on the dreary expanse of the Arctic or Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America' (Sabin).

Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far excels any Thing of the Kind yet published... In which are included, One Hundred and Fifty new and useful Receipts, not inserted in any former Edition. With a copious Index. New edition. With all the modern Improvements; And also the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month; the Dishes arranged on the Table in the most fashionable Style, London, 1796, half-title with faint contemporary ownership inscription 'Mrs Mary Saker her book', some dampstaining mostly to first & last few leaves, top edge gilt, 20th-century marbled half calf by Bickers & Son, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco label in red and green, upper joint a little slit at head, 8vo, together with: [Kettilby, Mary]. A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands. The Fourth Edition. To which is Added, a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c., London: Printed for Mary Kettilby, and Sold by Richard Wilkin, 1728, title to second part stating third edition and imprint date of 1728, some browning, spotting and few marks, 20th century sheep with morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Mason (Charlotte). The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; being a Complete System of Cookery, &c. containing the most Select Bills of Fare ... and several Deserts ... likewise Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines, Raspberry, Orange, and Lemon-Brandies, &c. also remarks on Kitchen-Poisons, and necessary Cautions thereon, 6th edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time, London: J. Walter, 1787, half-title present, closed tears to lower margins of index leaves 2I8, 2K1-2K3 , scattered spotting throughout, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo, [King, William] , The Art of Cookery, In imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. With some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others: Occasion'd principally by the Title of a Book publish'd by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Coelius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Antients. With an Extract of the greatest Curiosities contain'd in that Book. To which is added, Horace's Art of Poetry, in Latin. By the Author of the Journey to London. Humbly inscrib'd to the Honourable Beef Steak Club, 1st edition, London: Bernard Lintott, [1708], half-title, some browning and scattered spotting, contemporary panelled sheep, gilt decorated spine, joint cracked, some adhesive residue to spine and boards, 8vo (Qty: 4)Glasse: Cagle 706; Maclean, p. 60; Oxford, p. 77 (note); Simon, BG 771. Kettilby: Cagle 791; Maclean, p. 82; Oxford, p. 54 (note); Simon, BG 904. Mason: cf. Cagle 863 (first edition with this title, 1786; the work was first published in 1773 as The lady’s assistant for regulating and supplying her table ). King: Bitting p. 260; Cagle 794; Maclean p.84; Oxford p.51; Simon, BG 908; Vicaire 475.

Silver Filigree Binding. An empty silver miniature binding, early 19th century, ornate filigree hinged case for an almanack, with clasp, 53 x 36 cm (2 x 1.5 ins), together with: Gold binding , Holy Bible [cover-title], mid 20th century, micro miniature, with books of the Bible printed on concertina leaf, several at front adhered together, 9 carat gold hinged binding with hanging loop and ring, rear cover impressed with hallmark and maker's mark 'G & H Ltd.', 15 x 15 mm (1 x 1 in), plus two other miniature books, comprising a blank book in blind panelled calf with raised bands, gilt tooled 'J & M' in second compartment of spine, inscribed on first page 'To Josie & Martin Christmas 1976 from Eileen & Adrian', 53 x 40 mm (2 x 1.5 ins), and a facsimile edition of Food for the Mind: or, a New Riddle-book... by John-the-Giant-Killer, T. Carnan and E. Newbery, 1778, 53 x 41 mm (2 x 1.5 ins) (Qty: 4)

Smith (Charlotte Turner). Rural Walks: in Dialogues. Intended for the Use of Young Persons, 2 volumes in 1, 4th edition, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, together with: ibid., Rambles Farther: a Continuation of Rural Walks: in Dialogues. Intended for the Use of Young Persons, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, 2 advertisement leaves to rear of Rambles Farther a little light spotting to each, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, front cover of each lettered 'Reward of Merit' within octagonal panel , rear covers respectively lettered 'Anna Maria Wigley 1806' and 'Edmund Wigley 1806' within similar panels, a little rubbing to joints and tips, 12mo (14.6 x 8 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 230 (for the first editions, 1795 and 1796 respectively); ESTC T165740 ( Rural Walks ; four copies traced) & T98235 ( Rambles Farther; one copy traced, at the British Library); Osborne I p. 305 (first edition of Rural Walks ; second edition of Rambles Farther ). A splendid pair of matching Regency bindings evidently done for two young siblings.

Auction Catalogue. A Catalogue of a Large, Extensive, and Valuable Parcel of Books, in Every Science, and in Most Languages; being the Genuine Library of George Galwey Mills, Esq. (gone to the West Indies,) removed from Slaughter-House in the County of Gloucester... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Jeffery, at No. 11 Pall-Mall, on Monday, the 24th of February, 1800, and the twelve following days, (Sundays excepted.) Beginning each day exactly at one o'clock, [1800], ordinary paper edition (with 4 lines of lot description on title-page, as opposed to 5 lines on that of the large paper edition), lacking A1 (blank?), first two leaves adhered to front blank along gutter (with some consequent tears), occasional ink and pencil marginalia, title-page spotted, stab holes to gutter margins, marbled endpapers, remboîtage binding of late 18th century scarlet morocco, some marks and extremities rubbed, smooth spine gilt panelled and with musical trophy tool in centre of each compartment, covers with wide gilt border of hound's tooth roll, metope and pentaglyph roll, ribbon and fleuron roll, and scrolling fern roll, metope and pentaglyph roll repeated on edges and turn-ins, tall 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)ESTC T7945. Rare and important sale catalogue; no other copy found at auction. The library of George Galwey Mills MP (1765-1828) was an impressive one by any standards, and yet he died in debt and at his own hand. Mills was born on St. Kitts, and inherited his father's plantations, although he appeared to spend much of his life in England. He served as a Member of Parliament for Wallingford, Mitchell and Winchelsea. In 1806 he was imprisoned for debt, amounting to some £43,000. He committed suicide in 1828, shooting himself through the head, whilst in New South Wales serving as Registrar of the Supreme Court. The inquest reported that Mills had showed signs of derangement before he died, and had made mention of monetary difficulties. Amongst the treasures listed in this library sale, which was presumably an attempt by Mills to raise funds, is the Sherborne Missal, and a Shakespeare First Folio (lots 1459 and 166 respectively). Mills was the first recorded English owner of the Sherborne Missal, the largest and most lavishly decorated English service book to survive from the Middle Ages, now in the British Library. He acquired the volume in 1797 (it bears his bookplate), and it was purchased at Jeffery's auction by Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland for £215. It remained in the possession of the Dukes of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle until deposited on loan at the British Library by the 10th Duke in 1983, and obtained for the nation in July 1998. Mills's copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (with portrait) fetched £10 10 shillings (Anthony James West, The Shakespeare First Folio: The History of the Book , 2002, p.301). The volume merits only two lines of letterpress in the catalogue, compared to six lines devoted to the following lot, a Johnson and Steevens 1793 set of Shakespeare's Plays .

Davy (Humphry). Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and its Respiration, 1st edition, printed for J. Johnson, 1800, engraved frontispiece, errata leaf at end, some light spotting and water stains, bookplate, contemporary half calf, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Dibner Heralds of Science 128; Garrison-Morton 5646; Norman 607, Waller 11113; Wellcome II, p. 436. The author's first important work. 'Davy, apprenticed as a surgeon-apothecary, published the above at age 22. Two years earlier, he experimented with various gases at the Medical Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, to deternine their medical properties. He discovered that pure nitrous oxide (laughing gas) was respirable and himself breathed large quantities of it with exhilarating effect. He observed that 'it may probably be used with advantage in surgical operations' (Dibner).

Mollard (John). The Art of Cookery made easy and refined; comprising ample directions for preparing every article requisite for furnishing the tables, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1802, half-title present, 12 engraved plates of bills of fare for each month of the year, front blank with ownership signature S. Wharton dated 1805, some light toning and occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th century navy blue half calf gilt by P.B. Sanford, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p.328; Cagle 881; Oxford, p.131; Vicaire 601. First published in 1801. John Mollard, 'lately one of the proprietors of Freemasons' tavern, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; now removed to Dover Street, Piccadilly, formerly Thomas's'. Page vii of the preface lists the qualities of an accomplished cook in the preface, "acute taste, a fertile invention, and a rigid attention to cleanliness".

Malton (James). An Essay on British Cottage Architecture. Being an Attempt to perpetuate on Principal that Peculiar Mode of Building which was originally the Effect of Chance, 2nd edition, large-paper issue, Thomas Malton, 1804, half-title, 23 aquatint plates and plans, a little marginal soiling, later half calf retaining original boards, label removed and a few stains to covers, 4to (Qty: 1)Cf. Abbey Life 34. Large-paper copy of the second edition, which contains two plates not in the first.

Edgeworth (Maria). The Match Girl. A Novel, in Three Volumes, 1st edition, printed by J. Dennett for J. F. Hughes, 1808, half-titles present, publisher's advertisements at rear of each volume (volume 1 with single leaf; volume 2 with 12pp. advertisements; volume 3 with 36pp. catalogue dated May 1, 1808), occasional spotting and marks, E9 in first volume with horizontal closed tear, some splitting to hinges, volume 3 lacking rear free endpaper, untrimmed, original boards, sometime rebacked with white paper, spines with manuscript volume number, somewhat soiled and edges rubbed, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Rare three-decker in the original boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; two copies only on Copac, British Library and Oxford (the latter defective). The last copy which we have traced at auction was in 1951 (bound in half calf).

[Maturin, Charles Robert]. The Wild Irish Boy. In Three Volumes. By the Author of Montorio, 1st edition, printed for Longman et al, 1808, half-titles present, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of second and third volumes, occasional toning, some spotting and staining to endpapers, front pastedowns with pencilled shelfmark number, untrimmed, contemporary sprinkled half calf with red morocco spine labels, rubbed, and some minor wear to extremities (slight chipping to head of spines, corners showing), 8vo in 12s (Qty: 3)Block, p. 162; Sadleir 1669; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography , p.557. Rare: Copac lists the Oxford University copy only; not listed in Wolff. We have not traced a copy sold at auction since 1993. All first editions of Maturin's works are uncommon. The Wild Irish Boy, the author's second novel, concerns the adventures of Irish nationalist hero Ormsby Bethel. In The Gothic Quest: A History of the Gothic Novel , ranks Charles Maturin with Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis as one of the four most prominent Gothic novelists (p. 400).

Cadet de Gassicourt (Charles-Louis). Cours Gastronomique, ou les diners de Manant-ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Litte?raire, 2nd edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1809, folding engraved plate of the gastranomic areas of France, lacking half-title, short repaired closed tear to page 361/362 of index, bound with: [ Grimod de La Reynie?re, Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent] , Manuel des Amphitryons; contenant un traite? de la dissection des viandes a? table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des éle?mens de politesse gourmande, 1st edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with gilt morocco ownership label of Ann Dixon of Newtown to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, bumped, front joint slightly cracked at head, 8vo (Qty: 1)Cadet de Gassicourt: Cagle 112; Bitting, p.71; Vicaire 137. Grimod de la Reynière; Simon BG 305; Bitting p.203; Vicaire 427. First and only edition, divided into three parts, the first containing dissection of meats and illustrated with 16 plates, the second part including chapters on menus, and the third chapter outlining the well-bred gourmand.

Fuller (S. and J., publisher). Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed, A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures, 2nd edition, 1811, nine cut-out hand-coloured figures in aquatint loosely inserted, with original interchangeable head, and five head-pieces, complete, letterpress lightly toned, original sewn printed wrappers, with original turquoise silk tie through spine slot, almost always absent, frayed at ends, in original printed slipcase, toned and some joints split or splitting especially to lower edge (some adhesive remains), 16mo (Qty: 1)Osborne p. 1051 for the first edition, also published in 1811 (lacking the five head-pieces and the slipcase); not in Gumuchian. Such paper doll books rarely survive complete and in good condition, as here; we have never seen a copy with the original ribbon tie, and this small, yet significant, point is probably why Martin Orskey added the item to his collection.

Burney [Sarah Harriet]. Traits of Nature. In Five Volumes, 1st edition, for Henry Colburn, 1812, bound without half-titles, retaining advertisement leaf to rear of volume 1, very occasional light spotting, volume 3 leaves C6-7 loosening, volume 5 final leaf closely trimmed along bottom edges shaving a few letters of advertisement verso, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spines, twin morocco labels, ribbon border gilt to sides, superficial crack to foot of front joint of volume 2, 12mo (17.6 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 5)Provenance: bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts , p. 141) and the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym, Currer Bell. At her family seat of Eshton Hall, Yorkshire, Currer built a library which according to Dibdin placed her 'at the head of all female collectors in Europe' ( Reminiscences of a Literary Life, II, p. 949). She was also a prolific local benefactress, donating to the school attended by the Brontë siblings and possibly helping their father Patrick pay off his debts in 1821. Block pp. 31-2 (with the erroneous date 1813); not in Sadleir or Wolff. Burney's first novel to be published under her own name, and her third overall. Its success encouraged Colburn to offer £100 per volume for her next work, though generally her 'contemporary and posthumous reputation suffered by comparison with that of her more famous sister novelist, Mme D'Arblay, and her work, about which she herself was diffident, has been too much undervalued' (ODNB).

Bentham (Jeremy). Chrestomathia: being a Collection of Papers, explanatory of the Design of an Institution, proposed to be set on Foot, under the name of the Chrestomathic Day School, 1st collected edition, Payne and Foss, and R. Hunter, 1816-17, 2 parts in 1 volume, half-title, duplicate half-title after p. [xxii], advertisement leaf, section-title to 'Chrestomathic Tables,Table II', corrigenda leaf to part 2, 5 folding tables, light spotting to outer leaves, tables variably spotted and offset, one of them with short closed tear to inner fold, occasional marginal finger-soiling, engraved bookplate of Richard Davey with motto 'E perseverantia honor', contemporary tan calf, front joint rubbed, short crack to foot, surface-abrasion to front board, 8vo (21.6 x 13.1 cm) (Qty: 1)Second edition of the first part (originally published privately the year before), first edition of the second part.

Type Specimen. Specimen of Printing Types by Caslon & Livermore, Letter-founders, Mosley Chiswall Street, London, Bensley, Printer, [1822?], title, advertisement and partly-folding announcement of partnership leaves, 131 plate specimen leaves, printed on rectos only, some occasional spotting and light browning, partnership announcement leaf inscribed 'English Script' in a contemporary hand to upper margin, printed date 'September 20, 1821' deleted and 'Jan 1, 1822' written beneath, hinges cracked, morocco-backed boards with printed title within ornamental border to upper cover, soiling and edge wear, spine with vertical split and cracked on joints, 8vo (Qty: 1)Mosley 70 locates one copy (Barker) with 137 leaves and the date on the upper wrapper. Presumably the first edition for this printing partnership. The earliest copy WorldCat locates is one tentatively dated 1823 held by the National Library of Scotland.

Carr (E. D.). Fears and Cares. A Novel. In Three Volumes, 1st edition, printed for A.K. Newman, 1821, half-titles discarded, each volume with publisher's advertisements on final page, K11 in volume 1 with small piece missing from blank fore-margin, first three leaves of third volume slightly spotted, brown sprinkled edges, contemporary purple half calf gilt, green morocco spine labels, gilt tooled ducal coronet and monogram 'JAVL' at head of spines, slightly rubbed, large 12mo (Qty: 3)Block, p.37 (citing this work only under the author's name). Rare: we have been unable to trace another copy at auction. The author is not listed in Sadleir or Wolff. For a similar binding see the following lot.

Whittock (Nathaniel). The Decorative Painters' & Glaziers' Guide; containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood, verd antique, dove, sienna, porphyry, white veined, and other marbles; in oil or distemper colour; designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture ... 3rd edition ('with considerable additions'), Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1832, 364 pp., 102 lithographed plates, of which 45 hand-coloured or tinted, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guard to each plate, contents generally in clean condition, 4-page catalogue of books published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper bound in at front, dated 1826, and a further 4-page catalogue of books published for the same publishers, smaller in format, bound in before (some spotting), contemporary plum cloth, with gilt morocco label to spine, faded to brown on spine and edges, spine label slightly chipped, and some wear to joints and extremities, particularly to head of front joint, 4to (Qty: 1)Abbey Life 81; British Coloured Books (Ipex 80) 12 (for the first edition of 1827). The first work in English to deal with interior decoration in detail in its various forms, including mural decoration, stained and painted glass, as well as marbling. In the preface to this edition, dated April 1832, the author states 'in the present day when the liberal spirit of the age calls for embellishments of every description, and when there are thousands of artizans... it was deemed a sufficient reason for publishing a complete compendium of information on the Art of Staining Glass', also adding that the 'specimens of Marble' have been selected with great care from those in the Radcliffe Library, the Ashmolean Museum, and from private Collections'.

Needlework Specimens. Instructions on Needle-Work and Knitting, as Derived from the Practice of The Central School of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, in the Sanctuary, Westminster, 2nd edition, Roake and Varty, 1838, 9 mounted specimens of handiwork (complete), with accompanying text, lightly toned, some light spotting and marks, one leaf with neatly repaired short closed tear to lower blank margin, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Miss Julia C. Ball June 30th 1864 Presented to her by Mrs. Bovis deceased', front hinge split, small stain to lower edge of pastedowns (and corresponding edge of first and final leaves), original blind-stamped brown cloth, upper cover gilt lettered, one or two small ink spots, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare: Copac lists two copies of the first edition of 1832 (British Library, V&A) and three copies of the second edition (V&A, University College London, National Trust); no first edition traced at auction, and only a defective copy (lacking two specimens) of the second edition traced at auction (John and Monica Lawson's copy, Bonhams, 1 April, 2008, lot 195). The book begins with an explanation of how the girls were instructed 'on the principles of the Madras system, as taught in Dr. Bell's Manual of Instructions, (1827)': each afternoon the children, sitting on benches forming three sides of a square and overseen by assistant teachers, worked at pieces of needlework or knitting according to their proficiency, each girl with a numbered bag in which to keep her handiwork. The final page gives a list of prices for work done by the girls, for example, 'Cravats, per dozen', 'Night Caps, plain', 'Tippets', 'Bed Gowns, Children's', 'Petticoat, without Body or Sleeves', etc., with a note at the end 'The work is done for ready Money only, and the Mistress is empowered to receive the amount'. The sections are entitled: 'Hemming'; 'Sewing and Felling'; 'Stitching'; 'Gathering'; 'Button-Holes', 'Shirt-Making', 'Whipping-Frills, &c.'; 'Herring-Bone'; 'Darning'; 'Marking'; and 'Knitting'. The miniature mounted specimens, with their unbelievably minute stitches, consist of: a blue printed cotton pinafore; a linen shift-sleeve; a fine lawn infant's shirt; a fine cotton gentleman's shirt; a frilled and tucked baby's bonnet; a long woollen under-garment trimmed with silk; a darning sampler; a cross-stitch alphabet sampler in red thread; and a cream worsted stocking.

Woolnough (C. W.). The Art of Marbling, as applied to Book Edges and Paper, containing full instructions for executing British, French, Spanish, Italian, Nonpareil, etc., etc. Illustrated with Specimens. With a brief notice of its recent application to textile fabrics, and particularly to the cloths so extensively used by bookbinders, 1st edition, Alexander Heylin, 1853, half-title present, 29 specimens of marbled paper (each numbered on verso in early manuscript) and 4 specimens of marbled cloth bound in (complete), front hinge split, all edges gilt, original marbled wavy-grain cloth covers, spine darkened and slightly frayed at ends, covers blind panelled, upper cover gilt lettered within decorative frame, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare first edition, in the original publisher's binding, of perhaps the most important book on British marbling, providing a detailed account of the materials and methods of the craft.

Nicholson (James B.). A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper. The whole designed for the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-Collector, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856, 12 lithographed plates, including frontispiece, seven specimens of marbled paper, plates offset to text, letterpress illustrations, 18pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettered spine with slight loss at ends, a few marks on rear cover, 8vo in 6s (Qty: 1)The first edition of the first major practical American bookbinding manual.

Pseudo-Lull. Testamentum, duobus libris universam artem Chymicam complectens, antehac nunquam excusum. Item eiusdem compendium Animae Transmutationis Artis Metallorum, absolutum iam & perfectum, 1st edition, Cologne: Johann Byrckmann, 1566, [4], 240 numbered leaves, [8], with two folding woodcut illustrations, and woodcut illustrations to text, some marks and waterstain towards front of volume, modern blind-decorated full calf to style, morocco gilt label to spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)First appearance in print of ‘the earliest text in what became the Pseudo-Lullian corpus and a touchstone for the addition of gemstones to the elixir’s medical and transmutational virtues’ (Nummedal, Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany , p. 224). Pseudo-Lull’s Testamentum offers a reconciliation of Christian scholasticism with alchemical doctrine, placing the quinta essentia, or divine essence which produces the four elements of our world, at the centre of the alchemical quest, to be obtained through the process of distillation.

Geraldine Jerry Mock aviation pioneer typed signed letter on Spirit of Columbus letterhead dated 1976 with good content regarding his record breaking flights. Fixed to A4 card. Geraldine Jerrie Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 - September 30, 2014) was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in 1964. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed Charlie. The trip began March 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22, 860 miles (36, 790 km). An almost forgotten part of this flight is the race that developed between Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith who had flown from a field near San Francisco CA on March 17, 1964. Joan's departure date and flight path was the same as the aviator Amelia Earhart's last flight and though not in direct competition with each other, media coverage soon began tracking the progress of each pilot fascinated with who would complete the journey first. The story of this race is told in a book written by Taylor Phillips entitled, Racing to Greet the Sun, Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith Duel to Become the First Woman to Solo Around the World. Jerrie Mock was subsequently awarded the Louis Bleriot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1965. In 1970 she published the story of her round-the-world flight in the book Three-Eight Charlie. While that book is now out of print, a 50th anniversary edition was later published including maps, weather charts and photos. Three-Eight Charlie is a reference to the call sign, N1538C, of the Cessna 180 Skywagon Mock used to fly around the world. Before her death, Mock, mother of three children, resided in Quincy, Florida; northwest of the state capital, Tallahassee. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Concorde Pair of Matched Signed Limited Edition Prints Bannister and Lidiard. Concorde End of an Era Mike Bannister Signed Limited Edition Print Last Flight. Ending an historic chapter in Aviation History. Only 250 issued signed by Captain Mike Bannister who flew the last flight and Artist Ivan Berryman. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC / British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London - Bahrain - London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Tanner (John). The Hidden Treasures of the Art of Physick; fully discovered, 3rd edition, with additions, printed by John Streater, 1672, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, a little rubbed with small repairs, 8vo, together with: Willis (Thomas). A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving [by God's Blessing] those that are well from Infection of the Plague, or any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the Year 1666. Never before printed, W. Crook, 1691, 74 pp., imprimatur leaf at front, lacking portrait frontispiece, a few leaves close-trimmed shaving a few letters, a few tiny marginal wormholes, a little light spotting and toning, modern morocco, 8vo (Qty: 2)ESTC R222390 & R186618; Wing T137 & W2852; Heirs of Hippocrates 601 for Tanner. 'Tanner, a licentiate of the College of Physicians, was a London practitioner. Tanner first published this compendium of the medical arts in 1659 and intended it for the medical student, layperson, and housewife who had occasion to tend the sick. Tanner discusses anatomy, a wide variety of diseases and their therapy, surgical problems such as fractures, wounds, tumors, and ulcers, and the nature, operation, and preparation of compound medicines' (Heirs 601: third edition, 1672).

Torriano (Giovanni). The Italian Reviv'd: or, The Introduction to the Italian Tongue... A New Store-house of Proper and Choice Dialogues, [with] Choice Italian Dialogues, Printed by T.R. for J. Martyn, [with] Mescolanza Dolce di Varie Historiette, Appresso Tomaso Roycroft, ad istanza Giovanni Martino, 3 parts in one volume, 1st edition, 1673, [8], 352, [2], 150pp., engraved frontispiece, separate title-page to each part, first two parts paginated as one, a few scattered minor ink marginalia, armorial bookplate of William Gordon Ross, Royal Engineers, to main title verso, 19th-century ownership inscription of Edward De L’Or to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, leather spine label chipped, heavily rubbed, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (17.7 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing T1921. The engraved frontispiece which appears integral and correct is not recorded in any other copy we have located, nor does it appear in the 1689 edition. Torriano had been one of the many members of the book trade to be devastated by the effects of the Great Fire of London in 1666, which saw the destruction of his edition of Florio’s dictionary. This book seeks to redress the loss of the Italian dictionaries and grammars in the Fire, and consists of an Italian grammar, 234 proverbs in Italian and English, and some three dozen bilingual dialogues describing situations that a traveler might experience in Italy, including an interesting dialogue in a bookshop: Italian: How would you have them, in quires, or bound? Stranger: Either in quires, or stitcht up [ligati alla rustica], that they may be bound up afterwards, when I am in my own Countrey, for there they bind more neatly [più politamente] than they do here. Italian: As to binding, we yield to the Strangers beyond the Alpes …

Reynell (Carew). The True English Interest: or an Account of the Chief National Improvements; in some Political Observations, demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment for all Persons, 1st edition, for Giles Widdowes, 1674, initial imprimatur leaf with woodcut dragon device recto, 2 terminal advertisment leaves, spill-burn to C8 affecting one letter either side, restored at an early date with a small pasted slip, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, rebacked in the 19th century, rubbed, 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748; bookplate dated 1702 to title-page verso, with Perceval styled 'Sr John Percivale Baronet'); the library at Castle Freke, seat of the Evans-Freke baronets and subsequently the barons Carbery (bookplate). Anglo-Irish politician Perceval was 'instrumental in the founding of the colony of Georgia' (ODNB) and named as the first president of the colony's trustees in the royal charter authorizing its founding in 1732. ESTC R36784; Kress 1369; Sabin 70402; Wing R1215. 'A concise and well-argued survey of the British economy from the protectionist and mercantile point of view' (ODNB), including an account of English and Spanish plantations in North and South America and the West Indies (particularly New England, Jamaica and Barbados).

Godfrey (Robert). Various Injuries & Abuses in Chymical and Galenical Physick: committed both by Physicians & Apothecaries, detected. For the benefit of such, who being concientious and studious in Physick, aim chiefly at the welfare of the sick. And of those patients, whether rich or poor, who are willing to preserve their lives & healths, 1st edition, printed by John Darby, for Richard Jones, at The Golden Lion in Little Brittain, 1674, A1 (blank) not present, 14 preliminary pages, 208 pages of main text, a few minor marks (small rust hole to blank fore-edge of B3), but generally in good clean condition internally, later ownership signature H. Seymer to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with blind double-rule to edges of both covers, rebacked, incorporating old red morocco gilt title label (Qty: 1)ESTC R21846 ; Wellcome III p.129; Wing G927. Uncommon. Seven copies only in UK libraries. Robert Godfrey is the originator of the colloquial phrase 'do as you would be done by', better known as the Golden Rule, which first appeared in the present work.

Petty (Sir William). The Discourse Made Before The Royal Society, the 26th. of November 1674. Concerning the Use of Duplicate Proportion in Sundry Important Particulars: together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions, 1st edition, printed for John Martyn, printer to The Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1674, [28] + 135 pages, including imprimatur leaf before title, and errata leaf before main text, licence leaf before title (with contemporary ownership inscription in ink to recto of imprimatur leaf 'E libris Mauritii Wheeler ex Aede Christi. 1675', inscription in Greek to head of title (probably by the same hand), 18th century bookplate of George Paton, Custom House, Edinburgh, with blazon of a cubit arm holding a rose, and motto 'virtute viget', contemporary English calf, some marks and wear, recased with original spine laid down, lower outer corners showing, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Maurice Wheeler (1647/8-1727), chaplain and tutor at Christ Church, Oxford, and author of the first Oxford Almanack issued in 1673, Master of College School, Gloucester from 1684 to 1712 and Gloucester Cathedral Librarian from 1709; George Paton (1721-1807), founder member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, whose extensive library, partly inherited from his father John Paton, a prominent Edinburgh bookseller, was sold by auction at Ross' Saleroom, 63 South-Bridge Street, Edinburgh on the 27th February 1809, and twenty-three subsequent evenings. Keynes 16; Wing P1919. Petty explains in his dedication that his object is 'to explain the Intricate Notions, or Philosophia Prima of Place, Time, Motion, Elasticity, &c. in a way which the meanest Member of adult Mankind is capable of understanding', and 'to excite the World to the study of a little Mathematicks, by shewing the use of Duplicate Proportions in some of the most weighty of Humane affairs'. In the final section of this work, 'An Appendix of Elasticity', Petty proposes a theory of atomic structure in which atoms 'whereof perhaps a Million do not make up one visible Corpusculum', are tiny magnets of opposing sexes. This view, however, was attacked by Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln in his Genuine Remains (1693).

[Boursault, Edmé]. The Prince of Conde. Made English, 1st edition in English, printed for H. Herringman, 1675, with the initial blank (A1), woodcut initials, moderate browning, pale shallow tide-mark in top margin of quires D-F, small hole in G10 partially affecting one letter in catchword recto, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, twin red and green labels, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the library of the earls of Guildford at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (engraved bookplate). ESTC R19455; Letellier, The English Novel 1660-1700 , p. 206; Wing B3860. Rare English translation of a little-known nouvelle by the French playwright and protégé of the Corneille brothers, first published in French earlier the same year. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide.

Woolley (Hannah). The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of Rare Receipts for Preserving, Candying and Cookery. Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the Female Sex. To which is added, A supplement, presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen, 2 parts (and supplement) in 1 volume, 3rd edition, Richard Lowndes, 1675, [12], 344, [44], 200 pp., verso of license leaf with contemporary ownership signature, date and purchase price 'Narcissus Luttrell His Book 1676 pre:2s 6d' additional engraved title, letterpress title with faint ink stamp and first line of title and author's surname underlined in early ink, also with 18th-century bookplate of Jane Brooke to verso, second part title and supplement title both with imprint dated 1674, leaf F2 of supplement torn to lower outer corner with slight loss to last letter of catchword and with small hole to centre of leaf touching few letters, slight marginal fraying to last few leaves at rear of volume, late-20th-century panelled calf to style, richly gilt spine, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'. Bitting p. 504; Cagle 1063; ESTC R221176; Oxford p. 35 note; Wing W3284 and W3287 (Supplement); see De Ricci, English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts (1530-1930) pp. 29-30 for Luttrell.

Vaughan (Rice). A Discourse of Coin and Coinage: The first Invention, Use, Matter, Forms, Proportions, and Differences, Ancient and Modern: with the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Rise or Fall thereof, in our own or Neighbouring Nations: and the Reasons, 1st edition, printed by Th[omas] Dawks, for Th[omas] Basset, 1675, closed transverse tear in leaf A2, K4 chipped in lower margin just affecting catch-word recto, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Henry Langford Brown' to initial blank, large engraved armorial bookplate (unnamed) to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, head of spine worn, 12mo (15 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R24652; Goldsmiths' 2131; Kress 1394; Wing V131. Rare early English treatise on money, believed to have originally been written in the 1630s, and containing among other things an early elucidation of the principle now known as Gresham's law.

Phillippes (Henry). The Purchasers Pattern, much enlarged. The First Part, shewing the True Value of Land or Houses, by Lease, or Otherwise... The Second Part, shews the Measuring of Land, Board, Timber... with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale... , '5th' edition, Ben. Billingsley, and Samuel Crouch, 1676, some heavy spotting and browning, split to lower margin of B1, early ownership signature of Wm. Forbes to title, a few early ink marginalia and annotations to Kalendar, book ticket of Martin & Josephine Orskey, all edges gilt, 20th-century gilt-decorated mottled calf by Riviere, lightly rubbed on joints, 12mo (12 x 6.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Kress S1444; Wing P2055. The first part of this edition contains information and advice for the speculator interested in buying the ground plots and foundations of houses burnt during the great fire of 1666. In a preface Phillippes laments that all copies of former editions were destroyed in the fire and he therefore prints this new edition to help rebuild the city 'in a more convenient and beautiful Form and Fashion'. At the end with separate title (dated 1677) is Phillippe's 'A Constant Kalendar or, an Alamanack for 300 Years, but more exactly serving for the next XIX Years, Being the Circle of the Moon, or the Golden Number, Beginning the Year of our Lord, 1655'.

Graaf (Reinier de). De Secco Pancreatico: Or, A Physical and Anatomical Treatise of the Nature and Office of the Pancreatick Juice ... translated by Christopher Pack, 1st edition in English, N. Brook, 1676, woodcut printer's device to title, three engraved plates including two folding, a few dark spots to first plate and some creasing, soiling and splitting to lower blank fold of third plate, some occasional spotting, ink ownership signature to front pastedown, 'Ex libris Thomae Lucas, anno 1727', all edges gilt, contemporary blind-panelled calf with Lucas's blind-stamped monogram to both covers, rubbed and some corner wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo (17 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)BMI I 168; NLM/Krivatsy 4913; Norman 924; Wing G1463. This rare first edition in English was translated from Graaf's second edition (1671) by Christopher Packe (fl. 1670-1711), 'a quack physician whose several publications were chiefly designed to advertise his own nostrums' (Norman).

Child-rearing . The Fathers Legacy: or, Counsels to His Children. In Three Parts. Containing the Whole Duty of Man, I. To God. II. To Himself. III. To Man in all Conditions, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1678, full-page engraved royal coat-of-arms facing title, 5 leaves of preface, to pages, plus 4 leaves of contents, and one leaf of publisher's advertisement at end, contemporary blind-panelled sheep, rubbed and some marks to joints, minor wear to head of spine, contents near-detached from the binding, 8vo, together with: [Hill, John]. On the Management and Education of Children, A Series of Letters written to a Neice; By the Honorable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, printed for R. Baldwin, 1754, viii + 282 pages, plus single advert leaf at end, the first leaf a half-title with publisher's advertisement to verso, light marginal browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear to joints and extremities, upper joint partly cracked, 12mo (Qty: 2)Wing F555 for the first item.

Harvey (Gideon). The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary, Containing I. Medicines against all such Diseases people usually advise with Apothecaries to be cured of. II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own Houses all kinds of necessary Medicines... III. The exact Prices of all Drugs, Herbs, Seeds... IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing Medicines thus at your own Houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save Nineteen Shillings in Twenty, comparing it with the extravagant Rates of many Apothecaries, The Second Edition, Revised by the Author, printed for M.R[ooks], 1678, generally toned (especially to first and final leaves), some corners curling, first third of volume with minor worming to upper blank gutter margin, B6 with small hole in blank fore-margin, Martin Orksey's initials in ink on rear pastedown, red sprinkled edges, modern blind panelled calf, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R13943; Wellcome III, p.218; Wing H1065. First published in 1676.

Royal binding. An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline, 2nd edition, printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1678, engraved illustration to p. 82, typographic diagram to p. 114, both full-page, early annotations to initial blank, all edges gilt, contemporary red goatskin gilt for King Charles II by Samuel Mearne, Charles's royal cipher with palm branches and crown to spine compartments and surrounding a French-fillet central panel to covers, 8vo (15 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Charles II (1630-1685), king of England, Scotland and Ireland (armorial binding); 'W. Gillard, 1770'; (ownership inscription to title-page); 'Christ. Coleman' (ownership inscription in an 18th-century hand to page 1); Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870-1934), American aviator and bibliophile (gilt bookplate to front pastedown); armorial bookplate with monogram 'OHP' and motto 'Never failing friends' to front pastedown. ESTC R173117 (tracing three copies only: British Library; St Asaph's Cathedral; University College Wales); Wing A102B (A102A for the first edition, printed in 1676 'by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker', one copy traced on ESTC); see further Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings: Samuel Mearne and his Contemporaries , especially pages 10-18 and plates 2, 6 and 7.

[Badcock, William]. A Touch-stone for Gold & Silver Wares. Directing all Buyers of large Plate, or Small Works, (as silver or gold hilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, Money-Boxes, Tobacco-Boxes, bells and sockets for Corals, buttons and tags for garments ... second edition, corrected and much enlarged; by W.B. of London, Goldsmith, printed for J. Balinger and T. Basset, 1679, engraved frontispiece, imprimatur leaf before title (with key to the frontispiece printed to recto), engraved plate bound in before F2, separate title-page for Reynolds' Tables, 18th-century engraved bookplate with monogram CL and motto 'De Praescenti Dei' (see note), 20th-century bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front endpaper, marbled edges, contemporary mottled full calf with gilt arms of Lord Viscount Courtenay to front cover, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges (with neat repairs to head and foot of spine and outer corners), 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William, 1st Viscount Courtenay (1709-1762), of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, Devon (armorial binding); Charles Lyttelton (1714-1768), antiquary, Dean of Exeter 1748-1762, Bishop of Carlisle 1762-1768 (engraved bookplate). Goldsmiths' 151; Wing B381. A careful guide to the legal statutes and regulations of the Goldsmiths' Company, relating to the fineness, marking and assaying of gold and silver plate. First published in 1677.

Clavell (Robert). The General Catalogue of Books printed in England since the Dreadful Fire of London MDCLXVII. To the End of Trinity-Term MDCLXXXX. Together with the Texts of Single Sermons, with the Authors Names: Playes acted at both the Theaters: and an Abstract of the General Bills of Mortality since 1660 ... To which is now added a Catalogue of Latin Books printed in Foreign Parts and in England since the Year MDCLXXX, 3rd edition, printed by S. Roycroft for Robert Clavel l, 1680, pi4 A-G2 [dagger]4 H-3b2, bound with: [Drop-head title] A Catalogue of Books continued, printed and Published at London in Michaelmas-Term, 1680, Numb. I [-Trinity Term, 1683. Numb. 12], i.e. 12 supplementary numbers, discretely paginated with continuous register A-2K2, variable browning through entire volume, a few marks and stains, stab-holes visible in gutter and upper margins, General Catalogue title-page water-stained, short closed tear in 2X2, 2Z1-2 transposed, contemporary speckled sheep, head of spine repaired, a few scuffs to covers, section of skilful restoration to rear board, folio (30 x 19.6 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R12389; Wing C4601. As can be surmised from the title, Clavell's catalogues are not only an indispensable source for the history of the English book trade but also for the cultural and everyday life of Restoration London. The first edition was published in 1673, inevitably a much shorter treatment at some 80 pages only; all editions are rare. ESTC does not record the twelve supplementary numbers bound in at the rear of this volume, which continue the main catalogue up to 1683.

Leigh (Edward). The Gentlemans Guide, in three Discourses. First, of Travel, or a Guide for Travellers into Foreign Parts. Secondly, of Money or Coyns. Thirdly, of Measuring of the Distance between Place and Place, 1st edition, 2nd issue, for William Whitwood, 1680, divisional title-pages, woodcut initials, small early ink annotation to margin of title-page, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, spine and extremities rubbed, small 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Thomas Bayly, Gent. (engraved armorial bookplate, dated 1707; ownership inscription to initial blank). ESTC R37598 (tracing eight copies world-wide); Wing L996; not in Kress (see Kress 1293 for the first issue). 'A reissue, with cancel title page, of the [first] edition published 1671 under title: Three diatribes or discourses of travel ' (ESTC). No other copy traced in auction records since 1965.

[Pallavicino, Ferrante]. The Whores Rhetorick, calculated to the meridian of London; and conformed to the Rules of Art. In two Dialogues, 1st edition in English, printed for George Shell, in Stone-Cutter-Street in Shoe-Laine, 1683, A-K12, L1-6, title within double-rule border, Epistle Dedicatory 'To the most famous University of London-Courtezans', by Philo-Puttanus, Epistle to the Reader, and main text (222 numbered pages), a few scattered spots (text generally in very good, clean condition), contemporary ink ownership signature of Jo. White to title, later neat ink signature of M. Orskey and date 1956 to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, fine late 19th or early 20th century elaborately gilt-decorated crushed turquoise morocco, a few minor marks to extremities, 12mo (Qty: 1)Grolier, Wither to Prior 973; Wing P213. Ferrante Pallavicino (1616-1644), an Italian Augustinian monk and satirist of the Catholic Church, and especially the Jesuits and the ruling Barberini pontificate, was eventually beheaded at Avignon at the age of just 28 for his anti-clerical writings. Written in the form of a dialogue in 15 lessons between an aged prostitute and her naive apprentice, The Whore's Rhetorick draws a clear parallel between the use of rhetoric, associated with the Jesuits, and the art of erotic seduction. This anonymous English adaptation uses Pallavicino's original text as a means of witty commentary on the state of Restoration society under Charles II (r. 1660-1685). The publisher John Wickens was fined for issuing this work in 1683, although it was officially approved the following year (see The Library 5th Series 44, 1969, No. 1). Rare. No copy of this first edition in English in auction records. Four institutional copies located in the UK (BL, Oxford, University of London and Wellcome Library).

Hartman (George). The True Preserver and Restorer of Health: being a choice Collection of Select and Experienced Remedies for all Distempers incident to Men, Women and Children. Selected from, and Experienced by the most Famous Physicians and Chyrurgions of Europe. Together with Excellent Directions for Cookery; as also for Preserving, and Conserving, and making all sorts of Metheglin, Sider, Cherry-Wine, &c. With the Description of an Ingenious and Useful Engin for Dressing of Meat, and for Distilling the Choicest Cordial Waters without Wood, Coals, Candle, or Oyl, 2nd edition, with additions, published for the publick good by G. Hartman, Chymist, London: Printed by T.B. and are are to be sold by Randol Taylor near Stationers Hall, 1684, bookseller's blind stamp to general title, folding engraved plate and full-page woodcut plate, separate title to second part dated 1682, slight burn damage to running title of leaves L1 & L2, short closed tear to X3, few other minor marginal tears, toning and occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, joints and head & foot of spine neatly repaired, later red morocco title label, corners repaired, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p. 218; ESTC R177865; Oxford, p. 41; Wing H1005; cf. Cagle 727 (first edition, 1682).

Accademia Del Cimento. Essayes of Natural Experiments made in the Academie del Cimento, under the protection of the most Serene Prince Leopold of Tuscany, Englished by Richard Waller, Fellow of the Royal Society, 1st and only edition in English, printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1684, engraved allegorical frontispiece after Waller, 19 engraved plates, R2 with marginal tear and loss, a little light spotting and toning, later calf, a little rubbed with some pitting to covers, 4to (Qty: 1)Wheeler 196; Wing A161. First published in Florence in 1666, the book contains reports of experiments and researches undertaken at the Accademia del Cimento. It describes experiments on air pressures, freezing of water, an early account of Torricelli's invention of the barometer, thermometer, electrical and magnetic experiments, measurements of the velocity of sound and light, temperature among others.

Tate (Nahum, editor). Poems by Several Hands, and on Several Occasions, Collected by N. Tate, 1st edition, Printed for J. Hindmarsh, 1685, light old dampstains to upper corners of early leaves, some loss to blank foremargin of leaf B5, old ink ownership inscription of ‘Kathe: [?]Agard’ to upper margin of B1, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed and a little corner wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo, together with: Tate (Nahum, author), Poems written on Several Occasions, the Second Edition enlarged, for B. Tooke, 1684, title-page stained, errata leaf [A7] bound in at rear after Q1, small tear in M8 affecting a couple of letters, contemporary ownership inscription 'Strathnaver' to title-page, engraved bookplate with intertwining 'S S', ducal coronet and date 1913 (probably the duke of Sutherland), contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine consolidated at head, craquelure to sides, 8vo, and Poetical Miscellany, Miscellany of Poems and Translations by Oxford Hands, 1st edition, for Anthony Stephens, Bookseller near the Theatre in Oxford, 1685, advertisement leaf, contemporary ownership inscriptions to title-page and front free endpaper, contemporary mottled sheep, inner hinges reinforced, 8vo (Qty: 3)Grolier, Wither to Prior 840 & 834 (Tate); Wing T210, T211, M2232; Keynes, John Evelyn 185 for the first item; Case 178 for the third item. Poems by Several Hands includes poems by the Earl of Rochester (three poems), Roscommon, Cowley, Adams, Bowles, Oldham, Francis Fane, John Evelyn junior, Waller and Tate himself.

[ Préchac , Jean de]. The Serasquier Bassa : An Historical Novel of the Times. Containing all that pass'd at the Siege of Buda. Out of French, 1st edition in English, printed for Henry Rhodes, 1685, title-page with marginal toning, first half of volume with a few small worm holes in upper blank and lower blank margins, A2 with edge of headline trimmed, D11 and D12 with lower outer corner tip torn away, pastedowns not adhered, contemporary blind-ruled speckled sheep, extremities rubbed, and frayed head of spine slightly chipped, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R235346; Wing P2308A. ESTC notes another setting of the imprint which lacks the year of publication (R29401). We have been unable to find a copy of either imprint sold at auction.

[Venette, Nicolas]. The Art of Pruning Fruit-Trees, with an Explanation of some Words which Gardiners make use of in speaking of Trees. And a Tract of the Use of the Fruits of Trees, for preserving us in Health, or for Curing us when we are Sick. Translated from the French Original, set forth the last Year by a Physician of Rochelle, 1st edition in English, printed for Tho. Basset, 1685, 7 woodcuts in letterpress, 6 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear (part of collation), occasional light finger-soiling, title-page with some minor red ink spots and other marks to margin, B3 with some early underlining, binder's blank at rear with 4 cm marginal closed tear, front pastedown with armorial bookplate ('The Hon'ble Edward Monckton, Sumerford Hall County of Stafford'), small piece of rear free endpaper adhered to facing pastedown, near contemporary marbled calf with red leather spine label, joints cracked, front cover detached, edges rubbed, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Edward Monckton (1744-1832), East India Company servant, politician and landowner (see lot 11). Monckton is believed to have employed Humphry Repton to design the grounds of his Staffordshire seat of Somerford Hall, and commissioned a complex irrigation system for its extensive gardens. ESTC R12617; Wing V187. Scarce first edition in English of L'Art de Tailler les Arbres Fruitiers, published in 1683. Containing information regarding a number of fruits, including: 'Figgs'; 'Quinces'; 'Medlars and Services'; China and Portugal Oranges'; 'Corands'; 'Plums and Apricocks'; and 'Nectarins and Peaches'.

The Compleat Planter & Cyderist. Or, Choice Collections and Observations for the Propagating all manner of Fruit-Trees, and the most Approved Ways and Methods yet known for the Making and Ordering of Cyder, and other English-Wines, by a Lover of Planting, 1st edition, London: Thomas Basset, 1685, [16], 256, [8] pp., two woodcut illustrations to text, early ownership signatures to title including a G.B. Barton dated 1749 (short cut to lower blank margin), occasional marginal notes including a method of how to black shoes, leaf S3 of addenda with small repaired rust hole & consequent loss of few letters (hole overlaid with later letter press to replace loss), some toning, dust-soiling and few marks mostly to first & last few leaves, later endpapers, contemporary mottled sheep, neatly rebacked and with morocco title label to spine, upper board corners worn and showing, lower board corners repaired, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing C5649. The volume comprises a compilation of practical information on planting an orchard, grafting, pruning, manuring and protecting fruit against enemies of all kinds with a comprehensive section on the production, casking, bottling and storage of cyder and other country wines. The early manuscript note to page 237 regarding cleaning shoes reads: 'How to black shoes yt they may look black & shineing. Take bees wax & melt it, ye put in lamblack & stir it till it be cold, ye make it up into balls, & wn ye shoes are clean & dry, rub ye wth a ball & afterwards wth a woollen cloath till no black will come off'.

Weidenfeld (Johannes Segerus). Four Books of Johannes Segerus Weidenfeld, concerning the Secrets of the Adepts; or, Of the Use of Lully's Spirit of Wine: a practical work. With very great study collected out of the ancient as well as modern fathers of adept philosophy, reconciled together, 1st edition in English, printed by Will. Bonny, for Tho. Howkins, 1685, licence leaf before title, errata leaf at end, with publisher's list to verso, some light spotting and light browning to some leaves, all edges gilt, bookplate of Denis Duveen to front pastedown, contemporary gilt decorated calf, rubbed and some surface marks, modern antique-style gilt reback with morocco label to spine, outer corners refurbished, 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: Denis Duveen (1910-1992), author of Bibliotheca Alchemica et Chemica (1949). Boyle 281; Duveen 615; ESTC R12745; Wing W1253. Rare. No copy at auction since 1980. The first edition in English of Weidenfeld's De Secretis Adeptorum , first published the previous year, also in London by H. Hills. The book is dedicated to Robert Boyle, whose Natural Philosophy, Weidenfeld read, leading him to 'take a journey into England, for your sake alone, that I might confer with you about the Menstruums as well as Medicines and other Secrets of Paracelsus'. Duveen suggests that part of the present work, the De Magistrio sive de investigatione secreti occulti Lullii is based on one of Boyle's lost papers. Boyle's advertisement about the loss of many of his writings, printed in May 1688, is addressed to Mr J. W., that is, Johann Weidenfeld.

Hillenius (François). Den Engelschen ende Ne'erduitschen Onderrichter ... The English, and Low-Dutch Instructer, 5th edition, Rotterdam: Reynier van Doesburg, 1686, 2 parts in 1 volume, text partly in black letter, woodcut tailpiece, final 2 leaves unopened, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey, contemporary vellum, 12mo (13 x 8 cm) (Qty: 1)Not in ESTC. First published in 1664, all editions are uncommon; this fifth edition was also the last. The first part is a Dutch grammar, while the second part contains Dutch and English dialogues and idioms in parallel column.

[White, John]. Arts Treasury: or, a Profitable and pleasing Invitation to the Lovers of Ingenuity. Contained in many extraordinary Experiments, Rareties, and curious Inventions. In Two Parts ... 1st edition, printed for W. Whitwood,1688, imprimateur leaf preceding title dated March 24 1687/8, with early ink inscription on reverse 'Humphrey Senhouse. 1741-2. W. Nether-Hall', toned throughout, a few leaves with some small ink spots, A5 (publisher's advertisements) with small piece torn from fore-margin (with loss to several letters), penultimate leaf (H5) slightly frayed to fore-edge (clipping two words on each page), pastedowns not adhered, and endpapers with various early ink trials, contemporary blind-ruled speckled sheep, rubbed, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: the Senhouses of Netherhall were one of the foremost families of landed gentry in Cumberland (now Cumbria). ESTC R230882; Wing W1788. Scarce first edition of a work containing a wealth of household and other receipts on a wide range of subjects, including dyeing, marbling, etching, gilding, gun powder, etc., as well as a variety of curious hints and tips, from how to make trees bear fruit of any colour, to advice on achieving a strike at nine-pins.

La Fayette (Marie-Madaleine Pioche de La Vergne, comtesse de). Zayde, A Spanish History, or Romance. Originally written in French by Monsieur Segray. Done into English by P. Porter, 2nd edition in English ('corrected'), printed for Francis Saunders, 1690, toning, title-page slightly dust-soiled, I3 chipped at lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spine, one compartment worn through, 8vo (16.3 x 10.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Henry Bowes Howard, 11th Earl of Suffolk and 4th Earl of Berkshire (1686-1757; engraved bookplate dated 1720 with Howard styled as 'Lord Marshal of England', i.e. deputy earl marshal, a post he held from 1718 to 1725). ESTC R2525 (tracing nine copies only world-wide); Wing L173. First published in Paris in 1670-1; the English translation first appeared in 1678. We trace one copy of the first edition in English at auction (in 1976), and no other copy of this corrected second edition.

Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of). Poems, etc. On Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy, printed for J. Tonson, 1691, with the initial advertisement leaf (A1), D3 and D7 cancelled as usual, title-page printed in red and black, contemporary ownership inscription ('Michael Lade his book') to A1 recto, contemporary calf, red morocco label, front board cracked at foot, polished overall, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1390; Grolier, Wither to Prior 986; Wing R1756. First Tonson edition, and the first to contain Valentinian, following presumed pirated editions of the poems only in 1680 and 1685: Tonson's edition is therefore considered the first authorized edition.

Guillemeau (Jacques). Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women. Wherein is set downe the gouernment of women. In the time of their breeding childe: of their trauaile, both naturall, and contrary to nature: and of their lying in. Together with the diseases, which happen to women in those times, and the means to helpe them. To which is added, a treatise of the diseases of infants, and young children: with the cure of them, 1st edition in English, A. Hattfield, 1612, 18 woodcut illustrations, a few leaves close-trimmed at upper margin (just affecting one or two headlines at end), a little minor spotting, armorial bookplate of John Quayle, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soiling and stains, small 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC S103545; Garrison-Morton 6145.1; STC 12496; Wellcome 3002. First edition in English of Guillemeau's De l'heureux accouchement des femmes and his De la nourriture et gouvernement des enfans (Paris, 1609), only the second midwifery manual printed in English (the first was Thomas Raynalde's Byrth of Mankynde , 1545, also a translation). The work is the 'actual origin of the so-called Mauriceau manoeuvre, usually credited to Mauriceau. Guillemeau was not only responsible for this technique for delivery of the after coming head [i.e. a breech delivery] so important before the forceps and Caesarian section, but he was also the first to employ podalic version in placenta praevia' (Garrison-Morton).

Fletcher (Thomas). Poems on Several Occasions, and Translations: wherein the First and Second Books of Virgil's Aeneis are attempted, in English, 1st edition, printed for Charles Harper, 1692, initial imprimatur leaf, final advertisement leaf, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, gilt frame to covers, most of gilt rubbed away on spine, short crack to head of front joint, light wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC 15620; Grolier, Wither to Prior 379; Wing F1362. Fletcher's translation of Virgil has been noted for its Williamite overtones, with his rendering of Jove's prophecy of the triumph of Aeneas interpreted as a celebration of William's victory in the Battle of the Boyne.

[Avril, Philippe]. Travels Into divers Parts of Europe and Asia, Undertaken by the French King's Order to discover a new Way by Land into China. Containing many curious Remarks in Natural Philosophy, Geography, Hydrography, and History. Together with a Description of Great Tartary, and of the different People who inhabit there, 1st edition in English, printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1693, lacking A2 (Translator's Preface), title-page printed in red and black (with oval ink stamp 'Eastern District' to lower margin), publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, some spotting and toning (a few leaves browned/soiled), E8 with paper flaw resulting in slight loss to lower blank margin, manuscript signature on front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed, with loss to spine ends, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Cordier Sinica 2088-9; ESTC R16481; Wing A4275. A translation of Voyage en divers états d’Europe et d’Asie , first published in Paris in 1692. Jesuit traveller Philippe Avril (1654-1698) set out in 1685 in an attempt to find an overland route to the Far East. He went via Cyprus, Syria, Asia Minor and Persia but was turned back on reaching Astrakhan on the Northern shores of the Caspian sea. He subsequently returned to Constantinople then to France via Poland and Moldavia, arriving home in 1690.

Hopkins (Charles). Epistolary Poems; on Several Occasions: with several of the Choicest Stories of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Tibullus's Elegies. Translated into English, 1st edition, printed by R. E[veringham] for Jacob Tonson, 1694, half-title, spotting and browning, C1 chipped at lower outer corner, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to half-title (A1) and A3 recto ('Timothy Thorpe P[?]', further contemporary inscriptions to foot of title and blank verso of final leaf, front inner hinge reinforced at an eary date contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine consolidated in places, label renewed, lower outer corners of boards restored, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R13221; Wing H2721. The author's first published book, consulted by Dryden for his own translation of Ovid.

Leybourn (William). Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, viz. numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like), sublime sciences..., to this work is also annext, A Treatise of Algebra... by R. Sault, 1st edition, printed for Richard Baldwin, and John Dunton, 1694, 2 full-page engraved plates, 5 engraved illustrations to text, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, including diagrams and charts, a few minor marks and some light browning, modern antique-style blind-decorated and ruled full calf, with gilt morocco title label to spine, folio (31 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing L1931; Wheeler Gift Catalogue 207; De Morgan, Arithmetical Books, page 54. A teacher of mathematics and professional land surveyor in London, William Leybourn (1626-1701) started out as a printer, his output including Thomas Salusbury's Mathematical Collections and Translations of 1661-1665, which contained the first appearance of Galileo in English. The present work includes Salusbury's translation of Galileo's La Bilancetta , under the heading Of The Ballance of Signeur Galileo Galilei (Statistical Recreations, Chapter III). Leybourn also prints Descartes treatise on mechanics in the section entitled mechanical recreations, using Salusbury's translation.

Mackworth (Humphrey). England's Glory; or, the Great Improvement of Trade in General, by a Royal Bank, or Office of Credit, to be erected in London; Wherein many great advantages that will hereby accrue to the Nation, to the Crown, and to the people, are mentioned; with answers to the objections that may be made against this Bank, 1st edition, 1694, 94 pp., some toning and light spotting, bookplate of George Spilsbury, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed with some small worming to lower cover, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R1171; Kress 1850. Rare. Humphrey Mackworth (1657-1727), industrialist and politician, was knighted by Charles II in 1683, the present book his first work. He was a founder of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, later becoming embroiled in an industrial scandal with neighbour Thomas Mansel in Neath.

A Royal Crown Derby paperweight, Pegasus, the first of a pair of mythical beasts, exclusive to Govier's of Sidmouth, designed by June Branscombe, gold stopper, limited edition 567/1750, certificate, boxed

Missionary Labours and Scenes in Southern Africa by Robert Moffat, 1842, First Edition

The Cruise of the "Falcon", a voyage to South America in a 30-ton yacht, 2 vol set by E F Knight, 1884 possibly first edition, illustrated with maps and plates