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NO RESERVE Indian art.- [Werdin (Johannes Philippus)], "Paulinus a Sancto Bartholomaeo". Systema Brahmanicum liturgicum mythologicum civile ex monumentis indicis Musei Borgiani velitris..., first edition, engraved title vignette of Ganesh, 30 sheets of engravings, of which 1 double-page, later ink and pencil marginalia, some plates stained, occasional spotting and staining elsewhere, contemporary mottled calf, broken, spine worn, 4to, Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1791. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Scarce account of the Indian art in the Museo Borbonico of Naples by an Austrian Carmelite priest who was a missionary on the Malabar coast from 1776-1789. The work introduced Europe to the Hindu Pantheon.

Annotated by a bluestocking.- [Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World... by Captain Lemuel Gulliver, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, Teerink's 'B' edition, engraved frontispiece in second state with vertical chain-lines (small hole to inner margin), 6 engraved plates, titles within double-rule borders, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light marginal worming, light foxing and occasional browning, ink ownership inscription to title and over 20 marginal annotations in the same hand, 1 or 2 annotations shaved, early 19th century tree calf, vol.1 upper joint split and upper cover becoming loose, spine ends chipped, light rubbing to extremities, [Teerink 291(B); Rothschild 2108], 8vo, for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ An attractive copy of Swift's most famous work with annotations by a blue stocking. The volumes are inscribed by Elizabeth Smith, dated June 7th 1806, possibly Elizabeth Smith (1776 - August 1806), the translator, linguist, Biblical and Oriental scholar. Whether this particular Elizabeth Smith or not, the annotator is clearly exceptionally well-read and makes reference to Plato's Republic, Homer, Virgil, the Book of Job, More's Utopia, Pope's Dunciad, Whiston's New Theory of the Earth, Isaac Newton, Edmund Halley and the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. She also identifies some contemporary references and is generally effusive in her praise of the work.

Binding.- Bonnet (Charles) Essai analytique sur les facultés de l'ame, first edition, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved vignette to head of dedication, occasional spotting, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, covers with large central panel with circular floral tool to each side, all within triple filet borders with small rosette corner-pieces, spine in compartments separated by black morocco onlays with greek key decoration, each compartment richly decorated with various star, circle, and foliage tools, upper joint just starting at head, a few spots and marks, rubbed, g.e., 4to (binding 281 x 217mm.), Copenhagen, Philibert Bros., 1760.

Kelmscott Press.- [Gulielmus, Archbishop of Tyre.] The History of Godefrey of Boloyne and of the Conquest of Iherusalem, from William Caxton's edition of 1481, edited by H.Halliday Sparling, one of 300 copies on Flower paper, printed in red and black with text in Troy type and glossary in Chaucer, wood-engraved title, borders and initials designed by William Morris, very occasional spotting, faint ink library stamp to head of title and number to front free endpaper, original limp vellum with silk ties (ties lacking), yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and rather soiled, especially spine, a few creases, [Peterson A15], 4to, Kelmscott Press, 1893.⁂ One of Caxton's most important works, according to Morris, and with many ornaments including the first use of the larger Kelmscott printer's mark. It was also the first book to be sold by the press itself and not through a publisher.A printed presentation label to front pastedown reads: "Given by Mrs William Morris in memory of her husband 1897."

Whitman (Walt) Leaves of Grass, third edition, first printing with imprints to verso of title, frontispiece portrait in first state on tan background, some foxing to title, a few gatherings pulling, spotting to endpaper, original brown ribbed cloth (Meyerson binding E), spine darkened, spine ends chipped and frayed, corners bumped, some splitting to lower joint, [BAL 21397], 8vo, Boston, 1860-61.

Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut initials, 6 engraved plates and numerous full-page or vignette illustrations, with over 20 printed or manuscript insertions (both loose and bound) by Mathew Bloxam, Henry Bloxam or one or more of their ancestors (probably Rowland Rouse), occasional annotations, soiling, several tears, ink inscription to title, contemporary calf, spine defective, worn, [Wing S651], folio, Tho. Newcomb, 1677.⁂ Provenance: Henry Bloxam to Matthew H. Bloxam (ink inscription dated 1847).

Middle East.- Niebuhr (Carsten) Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres Pays circonvoisins, 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, engraved vignette titles, large folding map of the Yemen hand-coloured in outline and 124 engraved maps, plates and plans, many folding, occasional spotting but generally very clean, slight ink-staining to upper edge of a few leaves in vol.2, contemporary mottled calf,gilt, worn, spines defective, upper covers detached, vol.2 stained, 4to, Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven/Barthelemy Wild, 1776-80.

⁂ The description of this lot has changed⁂ Ship of Fools.- Brant (Sebastian) Das Narrenschiff [Latin] Stultifera navis, translated from German into Latin by Jacobus Locher, collation: a-s8 t4, 147 ff. (of 148, lacking a1 (title)), 30 lines (variable) and headline with foliation, Gothic type, 116 half-page woodcuts, most with partial or full early hand-colouring, d6 and g2 repaired tear within text, with minor loss, e1-4 small hole to lower margin, of which 2 repaired, a few small worm holes in register ff. at end, closely trimmed at head, affecting the odd headline, trimmed at fore-margin, affecting printed side-notes, stained, 18th century vellum, stained, 8vo (137 x 97mm.), Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger, 1 April, 1497.⁂ 'the most important of a long line of moralizing works in which the weaknesses and vices of mankind are satirized as follies' (PMM). A rare edition at auction (we can trace only the S.A. Thompson Yates copy, sold Christie's 2014, for £37,500).Provenance: 'sum Joannis ?Holtenperger, ?1635' (ink inscription to head of first f.); M.H. Bloxam (19th century ink inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: BMC III, 370; Goff B-1088; GW 5056; HC *3748; Bod-inc B-508; BSB-Ink B-818; ISTC ib01088000; PMM 37. 

[Manley (Mrs Mary de la Riviere)] Memoirs of Europe, towards the Close of the Eighth Century, first edition, lacking final 2 ?advertisement ff., occasional spotting, ink ownership inscription of Will Boughton to title, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked extremities rubbed, for John Morphew, 1710 § Kay (John) Joannis Caii Britanni de Canibus Britannicis, Liber Unus, woodcut decorations, occasional foxing, ink inscriptions and bookplate of M. H. Bloxam, front free endpaper detached, hinges cracked, contemporary vellum, soiling, Davis, 1729 § [Toland (John)] The Life of John Milton, with initial blank f., some light foxing, contemporary calf, covers detached extremities chipped and worn, [Wing T1766], John Darby, 1699; and 9 others, similar, v.s. (12)

Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 8 plates of coins, and 50 folding double-page maps by Robert Morden mounted on stubs, engraved and woodcut illustrations, one or two full-page, b2 holed with loss to a few letters of text, occasional marginal worming, just affecting 4 or 5 plates, very occasional foxing, mostly to contents ff. at end, marginal dampstaining to contents ff., but a very good, clean copy generally, ink ownership inscription to head of title, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, new endpapers, [Wing C359], folio, by F. Collins for A.Swale...and A & J Churchill, 1695.⁂ First edition of Gibson's translation and the first to contain the fine maps by Robert Morden.Provenance: John Bridgeman (ink inscription dated 1696).

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Sibylline Leaves: A Collection of Poems, first edition, half-title, errata f., k2 repaired at foot, occasional scattered spotting, original boards, rebacked, new endpapers, 1817; and 11 others, Coleridge, 8vo (12)⁂ Sibylline Leaves contains the final version of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner".

Voyages.- Anson (George) A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV..., edited by Richard Walter, first edition, first issue with p.319 misnumbered "219", list of subscribers, 41 folding engraved maps and plates only (of 42, lacking 'View of Commodore's Tent at the Island of Juan Fernandes'), with Directions to Binder leaf at end, some foxing and browning, a few creases to maps at folds and minor tears repaired, paper flaw tear to 2Q4 but no loss, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label, another label renewed, [Hill 1817; Sabin 1625 & 101175], 4to, for the Author, by John and Paul Knapton, 1748.⁂ The official account of Anson's voyage, with reference to Alexander Selkirk (the model for Robinson Crusoe) on p.120.

Levant.- Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de) A Voyage into the Levant..., 2 vol., first English edition, folding engraved map by Senex (not present in the French edition) and 152 engraved plates and maps, a few folding, some foxing or browning, light water-staining (mostly marginal), bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, joints and spine ends a little worn, [Nissen ZBI 4156; cf.Atabey 959-961 & Blackmer 1318, other editions], 4to, D.Browne, A.Bell [etc.], 1718.⁂ Tournefort's botanical expedition to the Levant, covering Crete, Constantinople, Turkey, the Black Sea, Armenia, Persia, Georgia and Smyrna, published a year after the original French edition.

[Radford (John)] A Directorie Teaching the Way to Truth... Where-unto is added, A short Treatise against Adiaphorists, Neuters, and such as say they may be saued in any Sect, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light foxing, closely trimmed, contemporary limp vellum, splitting to joints, lacking ties, later endpapers, ink inscription, [STC 20602], small 8vo, Printed with licence [by the English secret press], 1605.⁂ Scarce and attractive work by the Catholic Radford who would join the Jesuits in 1608. We can trace no copy at auction since 1976.Provenance: Mr Flint (ink inscription dated 1837).

Holinshed (Raphael) The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 vol., first edition, largely printed in black letter, double column, woodcut titles with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, vol.1 lacks 2 preliminary ff. *1-2, a1 misbound before A1, lacking also r1, blank leaf *b*6, 2 leaves after Mm6, and 4 leaves at end, ()1-2 misbound at end of vol.2, vol.2 lacking folding plate of view of Edinburgh, occasional soiling and staining, some sidenotes and headlines shaved with loss, later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494], small folio, for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577.⁂ The most important 16th century English chronicle and the main source for much of Shakespeare's conventional Histories, as well as plays such as King Lear and Macbeth.

Hooper (John) An Oversight and Deliberacion upon the Holy Prophete Jonas, first edition, printed in black letter, woodcut title border, woodcut initials, final leaf with recto blank and colophon to verso, some contemporary ink annotations, occasional foxing, staining and a few tears, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, contemporary blind-stamped calf, worn at foot of spine and corners, upper joint splitting, lacking ties, preserved in modern cloth box, [STC 13764], 8vo, by Jhon Daye, 1550.⁂ Rarely found complete and here in a generally very well-preserved contemporary binding. ESTC notes another edition with errata on the recto of final leaf Z8, here blank. Hooper (c.1495-1555), Bishop of Gloucester, and Worcester, was a protestant reformer and martyr, burnt at the stake in Gloucester (illustrated in Foxe's Book of Martyrs) after Edward VI's church legislation had been repealed once Mary had become Queen.

Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers, 50 engraved plates, some light browning and offsetting from text to plates, subscriber's copy in handsome contemporary sprinkled calf with gilt floral border and central arms of 1st Duke of Montagu, a little rubbed, a few minor scratches, rebacked, corners repaired, [Fowler p.70; Harris 122], folio, for the author, by J.Haberkorn, 1759.⁂ Influential guide to the classical orders and decoration, published while Chambers was architectural tutor to the future George III. The architects Robert Adam, John Gwynn and William Kent are all listed as subscribers.Provenance: George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, from 1732-66 known as the Earl of Cardigan; his daughter Lady Elizabeth Montagu, who married Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.

Italy.- Zocchi (Giuseppe) Vedute delle Ville, e d'altri Luoghi della Toscana, third (second Bouchard) edition, engraved pictorial title and 50 plates by Benedetti, Berardi, Carboni, Corsi, Duflos, Filosi, Franceschini, Giampiccoli, Marieschi, Mogalli, Monaco, Morghen, Muller, Parr, Piranesi, Seuter and Wagner after Zocchi, title repaired to verso but also at foot of recto just encroaching on plate-mark, traces of damp but washed generally clean, light brown stain vertically across centre of all plates, modern half calf over marbled boards, oblong folio, Florence, Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.⁂ Good copy of this magnificent work on the villas and country houses of Tuscany, with many also showing the gardens and surrounding countryside. The work was first published in 1744 and Bouchard's first edition in 1754 with this edition appearing three years later.

Canary Islands.- Glas (George) The History of the Discovery and Conquest of the Canary Islands, first edition, 3 engraved maps, one folding, offsetting to and from maps, occasional spotting, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spine, rubbed, corners bumped and worn, 4to, R. & J.Dodsley, 1764.

Maplet (John) A greene Forest, or a naturall Historie...of Stones & Mettals: next of Plants, as of Herbes, Trees, & Shrubs, Lastly of Brute Beastes, Foules, Fishes, creeping wormes & Serpents, first edition, 3 parts in 1, largely printed in black letter, title within typographic border, woodcut initials, lacks L8 and final leaf P8 with colophon, title soiled and laid down with upper corner missing part of typographic border, most other corners repaired to some degree, more extensively at beginning and end, occasionally with slight loss of text, some soiling and light staining, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, old limp vellum with foot of spine repaired and new endpapers, [STC 17296], by Henry Denham, 1567.⁂ Genuinely rare book with only one auction record over the last 50 years and 11 copies located in ESTC (3 only in USA). By way of comparison, the Britwell Court copy, sold in 1925, made £155, while their copy of the Shakespeare fourth folio made £165 in 1919. The heading of book one summarises the content thus: "A pleasant Discourse with the chiefe kindes particularly of Precious Stones, Plants, Beastes, & Foules, after the order of the Alphabet, never heretofore in Print."

Voyages.- Valentia (George Annesley, Viscount) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, one of 50 copies of the large-paper edition-de-luxe on think Whatman paper with an extra suite of 44 proof engravings before letters on China of the landscape views, 3 engraved vignette head-pieces and 68 engraved plates, maps and plans, 11 folding, 1 folding map with tear along fold, without half-titles, foxing to engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt, upper covers lettered in gilt "Lord Valentia afterwards Earl of Mountnorris entered at Rugby School 1784", vol 1 upper joint split, upper cover detached, vol. 2 and 3 upper joints starting, some chipping to spines, covers rubbed, [cf.Abbey, Travel 515], 4to, 1809.⁂ Deluxe edition of the account of the first British mission to Abyssinia, to secure a port on the Red Sea. The first volume describes India and Ceylon, the others Abyssinia, Egypt and the Red Sea, particularly Mocha and Jeddah. Valentia travelled with his secretary Henry Salt who provided the drawings for the plates, some of which were published separately as Twenty-Four Views in St.Helena, the Cape, India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia and Egypt, 1809.

Marprelate (Martin, pseudonym) A Dialogue. Wherin is plainly layd open the Tyrannicall Dealing of Lord Bishops againt Gods Children, second edition, title supplied in manuscript facsimile, internal tear to last f. affecting a few letters of text, shaved at head affecting headlines, rather soiled, A..L.s tipped onto front free endpaper, 19th century half calf, [STC 6805.3], [Amsterdam], Reprinted in the time of Parliament [?at the Cloppenburg Press], 1640 § Staveley (Thomas) The Romish horseleech, or, An impartial account of the intolerable charge of Popery to this nation, first edition, with initial imprimatur and final blank ff., A3 short marginal tear, occasional light foxing, contemporary sheep, covers detached worn, [Wing S5446], for Ralph Smith, 1674 § [Steward (Richard)] The Old Puritan Detected and Deafeated, spotting, margins chipped and frayed, last 2ff. unopened, disbound, [Wing S5524], W. Davies, 1682 § The Presbyterians not Guilty of the Unjust Charge of... the Murther of King Charles I, browning, shaved at head affecting page-numbers, 19th century half calf, A. Baldwin, 1710; and 4 others, similar, 8vo & 4to (8)

Boydell (John & Josiah) A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk; with Plans, Elevations, Sections, Chimney Pieces & Ceilings, 2 vol., first edition, text in English and French, engraved portrait frontispiece of Empress Catherine II by Caroline Watson after Alexander Roslin in vol. 1, vol. 2 lacking portraits frontispiece of Robert Walpole, engraved titles with vignettes, engraved dedication to vol.1, 28 engraved plans, elevations and interiors of Houghton Hall on 19 sheets, and 129 plates on 105 sheets (1 double-page), mostly engravings or mezzotints from paintings by Bartolozzi, Boydell, Farington, Earlom, Green, Fittler, Heath and others, after Rembrandt, Poussin, Claude, Leonardo, Caracci, Rubens, Titian and others, many excellent impressions, well inked with strong contrasts, and including some scratched letter and unlettered proof impressions, titles and dedications with some spotting, chips and repaired tears, vol. 2 with dampstaining to lower corner, heavier at start, mostly to margins but straying into a few images, double-page plate with tape repair to verso, a few plates creased, a few short tears to margins, some repaired, a few plates trimmed within margins, bookplates to pastedowns, modern half morocco, [Brunet I, 1192; Lowndes III, 856], large folio (670 x 495mm.), John and Josiah Boydell, 1788.⁂ Large and finely engraved record of the large collection of paintings formed by Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall sold en bloc to Empress Catherine II of Russia. Provenance: James Archibald Campbell (1807-1879, bookplate with autograph note: "These two volumes... offered to me... by James Archibald Cameron, in apparently good health, Dec. 9, 1879. Mr Campbell died the same evening about 9p.m.").

Africa.- Tuckey (Capt. James Kingston) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map (lightly offset) and 13 engraved plates (one hand-coloured), wood-engraved illustrations, title spotted and with ink library stamp to corner, map lightly offset and with short tear at inner edge repaired, most plates foxed as usual, presentation inscription to front pastedown, contemporary calf, worn and scuffed, rebacked, 1818; and another, Africa, 4to (2)

[Tennyson (Alfred, Lord and Charles)] Poems, by Two Brothers, first edition, without half-title, advertisement f. following title, the odd spot to margins, occasional light finger-soiling, dark green crushed morocco by Riviere, spine darkened, rubbing to joints and corners, g.e., 8vo, for W. Simpkin and J. and J. Jackson, 1827.⁂ First edition of Tennyson's first published volume, published when the future Poet Laureate was 18 years old and written along with his brother Charles and Frederick (the latter of whom has 4 poems in the present collection but modestly removed himself from the title).

Egypt.- Greenhill (Thomas) Nekrokedeia: or, the Art of Embalming, first edition, 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' leaf, folding engraved frontispiece, folding map (torn), 13 plates, 1 folding, list of subscribers, lower edge of map stained, ink stain to Pp4 and Qq1, contemporary panelled calf, covers and first leaf detached, 4to, for the Author, 1705.⁂ Subscribers included Hans Sloane, William Cowper, Alexander Geekie and Abel Roper.

Armour.- Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour..., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional engraved vignette titles, 80 aquatint plates, 70 finely hand-coloured, some with tissue guards, fine hand-coloured initials to chapters heightened with gold or silver (silver sometimes tarnished), a few spots to engraved titles slightly showing through to letterpress titles, some other light foxing but plates mostly clean, tear to outer margin of Dd3 of vol.1, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, one or two scuffs to spines, folio, 1824.

NO RESERVE [Travers (Walter)] A full and plaine declaration of Ecclesiasticall Discipline, first edition in English, translated by Thomas Cartwright, largely printed in black letter, woodcut device on title, lacks folding plate (as often) and final leaf of text (text supplied in ms.), lacking also 2 blank leaves b2 and 2B2, N4 supplied from another copy (trimmed with slight loss of sidenotes and slightly frayed), a few headlines trimmed close, copious contemporary ink marginalia, contemporary ink inscription to title, browning and soiling, bookplate of M.H. Bloxam, later half calf, rebacked, [STC 24184], 4to, [Heidelberg, M.Schirat], 1574.⁂ Leaf N4 is perhaps a cancel, being on a stub; ESTC collation suggests this leaf is often missing.

Cornwall.- Borlase (William) Observations on the Antiquities and Monuments of the County of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved map and 23 plates, one double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, some spotting, light water-staining at end, bookplate and signature of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Oxford, by W.Jackson, 1754 § Pycroft (J.W.) The Claim to the Foreshores of the Sea Coast and Tidal Rivers...of Devon and Cornwall, one of only 25 copies, presentation copy to Sir George Cornwall Lewis Bart. M.P. from the author with manuscript note and a few corrections to Preface, original vellum, rubbed and soiled, privately printed, 1854 § Blight (J.T.) Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall, second edition, title in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations, title foxed, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Penzance, 1872, folio & 4to (3)

London.- Hunter (Rev. Henry) The History of London, and its Environs, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, large folding aquatint panorama bound as frontispiece & engraved key at end, 28 engraved plates and plans, 5 folding county maps, folding map of the Thames hand-coloured in outline, without the large map of environs of London and Stockdale's large plan of London (as often), some light foxing and offsetting, 4E in vol.2 torn without loss, one or two other marginal tears or defects, bookplates of M.H.Bloxam, handsome contemporary diced russia with borders in gilt and blind, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, a little rubbed, 4to, 1811; and 6 others on London, 4to & 8vo (8)

Mountaineering.- Atkins (Henry Martin) Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, on the 22nd and 23rd of August, 1837, first edition, presentation copy, 3 line ms errata at end of text, bookplate of Godfrey Allan Solly, original cloth, some minor stains to covers, Meckly 005; Neate A72; Perret 161], 8vo, 'Not Published', 1838.⁂ Scarce privately printed account of the 24th ascent of Mont Blanc. Meckly notes three issues - with 6 lithograph plates, with 5, or with none. The inscription reads "Doctor Collier from the author" on front free endpaper. The final leaf comprises a list of all the ascents of Mont Blanc to date.

Fulke (Sir Greville, 1st Baron Brooke) Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, gatherings a-c cancelled as usual, lacking initial and final blank ff., occasional light browning, ink name to head of title, 19th century blindstamped calf, staining to covers, joints cracked at head, spine label chipped, extremities rubbed, [STC 12361; Pforzheimer 437; Greg II, 489 and III pp.1068-1069], small folio, by E.P. for Henry Seyle, 1633.⁂ Provenance: Samuel ?Madock (ink inscription).

Robert Southey's copy.- Berrettarius (Franciscus) Serenissimo Carrariae Principi Carolo Cybo, in eiusdem nuptias, atque Teresiae Principissae Pamphiliae Neptunus Epithalamium, ?first edition, half-title with ink inscription at foot "Robert Southey from Walter Savage Landor, Keswick 30 Nov 1825" in Southey's hand, another earlier inscription crossed through, woodcut device on half-title and title, woodcut decorations, lacks F3 with text supplied in ink in a contemporary hand on one sheet and a stub, stain to upper margin almost throughout, heavier towards end and with some worming and repairs, later vellum, 4to, Massa, Marini, 1673.

Puritanism.- Marprelate Controversy.- Marprelate (Martin, pseudonym) Hay any Worke for Cooper: or a Briefe Pistle Directed by Waye of an Hublication to the Reverende Byshopps Counselling Them if They Will Needs to Be Barrelled Up For, Feare of Smelling in the Nostrels of Her Maiestie & the State That They Would Use the the Advise of Reverend Martin for the Providing of Their Cooper, first edition, black letter, title chipped and soiled with portions of restoration to head and foot touching text without loss, E4 lower corner restored, F3-H1 (last f.) with repairs and restoration to margins, encroaching on text of last 5ff. with some loss, minor worming to inner margin, soiling, bookplate, 19th century half russia, upper cover detached, spine chipped, [STC 17456], small 4to, Europe [but Whitefriars, Coventry, R. Waldegrave, March 1589].⁂ Scarce, a reply to Thomas Cooper's An Admonition to the People of England. Provenance: M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue, second state, with "Stave I" heading, title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 and green endpapers, half-title in blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, foxing to plates, occasional light marginal finger-soiling, lacking front free endpaper, gift bookplate to pastedown, thanksgiving prayer in honour of donor loosely inserted, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking, still excellent overall, g.e., [Smith II 4], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843.⁂ A bright copy of Dickens' classic Christmas tale. Provenance: Henry Rowland-Brown (1865-1922, entomologist, gift bookplate)

India.- Fraser (James Baillie) Journal of a Tour through Part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains, and to the sources of the Rivers Jumna and Ganges, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map, offset and with tears, occasional spotting, modern half calf over old marbled boards, spine gilt preserving old label (slightly chipped), new endpapers, 4to, 1820. ⁂ Account of the Scot's exploration of the Himalayas; he was the first European to reach Gangotri.

[Browning (Elizabeth Barrett)] An Essay on Mind, with other Poems, first edition, intermediate first and second issue with "found" on p.75 with small gap opening up and page number on 148 misaligned but with numbers 12 and 24 correctly aligned, without half-title as issued, spotting, original drab boards, upper cover becoming detached, spine chipped and worn, some rubbing and marking to covers, [Barnes A2; Hayward 238], 8vo, James Duncan, 1826.⁂ The poet's second, but first published, book, preceded only by The Battle of Marathon , which was privately printed by her father in an edition of just 50 copies in 1820. Rare in the original boards.Provenance: H. L. Mausel (ink inscription); gift inscription to Shadworth H. Hodgson from John Wilson.

Levellers.- Lilburne (John) The Resolved Mans Resolution, to Maintain with the Last Drop of His Heart Blood, His Civill Liberties and Freedomes..., first edition, caption title, E1 with short tear running into text, [Wing L2174], [1647] bound after The Exceptions of John Lilburne Gent. Prisoner at the Bar, to a Bill of Indictment, [Wing L2108], for Richard Moon, at the Seven-stars in Pauls Church-yard, near the great north-door, 1653 and The Triall of Mr. John Lilburn, Prisoner in Newgate, [Wing T2201], 1653 and The Triall, of Lieut. Collonell John Lilburne, By an extraordinary or special Commission, of Oyear and Terminer at the Guild-Hall of London, lacking portrait and initial imprimatur f., [Wing W338], by Hen. Hils in St. Thomas's Southwark, [1649] and The Tryal of Sir Henry Vane, with initial blank and final errata ff. (errata detached), [Sabin 98500; Wing T2216], 1662, together 5 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked, covers detached, extremities worn, spine with central vertical split, later endpapers, small 4to.⁂ A good group of pamphlets by or about Lilburne, the first especially rare, we can trace no copy at auction since 1964.

Turkey.- Chandler (Richard) Travels in Asia Minor...made at the Expense of the Society of Dilettanti, second edition, folding engraved map, errata leaf, contemporary manuscript note to p.39, small hole to 2H3 with loss of a couple of letters, occasional spotting, contemporary half sheep, worn, covers detached, [cf.Atbey 215 & Blackmer 318, first edition of 1775], by J.Dodsley [& others], 1776 § Walpole (Robert) Memoirs relating to European and Asiatic Turkey, and other Countries of the East, second edition, aquatint title vignette, 4 engraved maps and 10 plates, 6 double-page or folding, foxing, mostly to maps and plates, 2R2-4 torn, contemporary russia, gilt, rubbed and rather defective, rebacked and lower corners repaired in morocco, 1818 § Conze (A.) & others. Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen zu Pergamon, 7 plates & plans including one mounted photograph, 1880; Die Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen zu Pergamon 1880-1881, 4 plates including folding colour map, 1882, 2 works in 1 vol., illustrations, ink library stamp to corner of first title otherwise very clean and bright, contemporary parchment, gilt, green roan label, a little rubbed and soiled, split to upper joint, Berlin, 1880-82, 4to (3)

Ancient music.- Elzevier.- Meibom (Marcus) Antiquae musicae auctores septem, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, double column, text in Greek and Latin, titles in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, 5 folding letterpress tables, of which 4 printed in red and black, woodcut musical annotation, diagrams and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine and corners worn, rubbed, [Willems 1148 'Collection tres estimée, et que l'on rencontre difficilement'], small 4to, Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1652.⁂ Important work on ancient musical writers, namely Aristoxenus, Euclid, Nicomachus, Alypius, Gaudentius, Bacchius and Aristides.

Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, second edition], lacks all before D2 (i.e. 'To the Reader', title, preliminaries and all of The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona), H3 (pp.89/90 from Comedy of Errors), T3 (pp.221/222 from Taming of the Shrew), Bb4 (pp.295/296 from The Winters Tale), d1 and d2 (pp.37-40 from Richard II), d5 and d6 (pp.45-50 from Richard II and Henry IV, part 1), e2-5 (pp.53-60 from Henry IV, part 1), pp2-rr6 (pp.271-304, last leaf of Macbeth, all of Hamlet and first leaf of King Lear), and all after bbb5 (pp.399-419 from Cymbeline), N1 (first page of Midsommer Nights Dream) defective and repaired with loss of text, X2 and X7 misbound, c6 (pp.35/36 from Richard II) supplied from a smaller copy, frayed with some loss of text, soiling and staining, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 22274; Pforzheimer 906], folio (326 x 210mm.), [by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632].⁂ A substantially defective and rather grubby copy, but nevertheless with many complete plays - The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, Much Adoe about Nothing, Loves Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, As you like it, All's Well that Ends Well, Twelfe Night, King John, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, Henry VI all 3 parts, Richard III, Troylus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra.

De Quincey (Thomas) Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, first edition, lacking half-title and final advertisement f., occasional light finger-soiling, the odd spot, bookplates, 19th century morocco, gilt, spine darkened, extremities rubbed, g.e., 12mo, 1822.⁂ "The most famous account of drug addiction in English literature." - Norman.

Jacobite rising of 1715.- [Rae (Peter)] The History of the Late Rebellion. Rais'd against His Majesty King George, by the Friends of the Popish Pretender, first edition, 6pp. list of subscribers, typographic decoration, woodcut illustration, browning, some staining, a few repaired tears, ink ownership to head of title, Dumfries, Robert Rae [&c.], 1718 bound with Steele (Sir Richard) A Letter to a Member, &c. Concerning the Condemn'd Lords..., third impression, last f. silked, by J. Roberts [&c.], [1716], together 2 works in 1 vol., inscriptions to front free endpaper, library morocco-backed cloth, small 4to. ⁂ Two works on the Jacobite Rising of 1715, with an interesting Jacobite provenance. The first work is signed on the title by John Gordon, Viscount Kenmure (1750-1840), the direct descendant of William Gordon, 6th Viscount of Kenmure (1672-1716) who took part in the uprising and whose execution is mentioned on p.377. His title and estates were forfeited until repealed by an 1824 act of Parliament that reinstated them to John Gordon.

Mountaineering.- Saussure (Horace-Bénédict de) Voyages dans les Alpes, vol.1 and 2 only, first edition, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, 2 folding engraved maps, 14 engraved plates on 13 sheets, most folding, 2 letterpress tables, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, one morocco label missing, vol.2 upper cover detached, rubbed, [Meckly 169; Perret 3911], 4to, Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche, 1779-86.⁂ Saussure was almost single-handedly responsible for drawing attention to the Alps and particularly Mont Blanc. He first visited Chamonix in 1760 and established a prize for the first ascent of Mont Blanc, which was achieved in 1786. Saussure reached the summit himself the following year and published Relation abregée d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont-Blanc, the first published account of the ascent of the mountain. The present work was his magnum opus and two further volumes appeared in 1796.

Middle East.- Niebuhr (Carsten) Description de l'Arabie, second edition in French, half-title, engraved vignette title, large folding engraved map of the Yemen hand-coloured in outline, 23 engraved maps and plates only (of 24, lacking folding plate of Arabic script), some folding, folding letterpress table, errata leaf at end but lacking list of plates, occasional foxing but generally clean, contemporary mottled sheep, rather scuffed and worn, upper cover detached, Amsterdam, S.J. Baalde, & Utrecht, J. van Schoonhoven, 1774; and vol.3 only of Niebuhr's Reisebeschreibung nach Arabien, Hamburg, 1837, 4to (2)⁂ Containing maps of Oman, the Arabian Gulf, the first reliable map of the Nile delta, and views of Mecca and Medina.

British Isles.- Newenham (Robert O'Callaghan) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland, lacking additional pictorial titles, with 109 lithographed plates by Harding after Newenham only of 112), all on india paper and mounted, occasional foxing, contemporary half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., 1830 § Malkin (Benjamin Heath) The Scenery, Antiquities, and Biography of South Wales, first edition, half-title, 12 soft-ground etchings with watercolour wash, one or two highlighted with body colour, folding engraved map (torn and frayed), light foxing and offsetting, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old spine, 1804 § Pennant (Thomas) A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX [&] MDCCLXXII, together 3 vol., third edition of vol.1, engraved vignette titles and 110 plates only (of 112, lacking plate 15 in vol.1 and 46 in vol.3), many folding, 2 folding engraved maps, some offsetting, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked preserving old spines, new labels, Warrington, Chester & London, 1774-76, all with bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, rubbed, 4to (5)

Boscán (Juan) Las obras, first edition, first issue (with repetition of foliation XIX-XXII and CXVIII), collation: A6 ✠2 B-K8 L4 M-Z8 2A-2H8 2I6, B1 printed in red and black, woodcut fingerposts, lacking A1-6 (including title), D1&8, Z6 and II5&6, marginal repairs to ✠1&2 and II1&2, in latter affecting headlines and part of foliation, sigs. F-I worming to lower margins, affecting one letter in two instances, G5 repaired tear within text with loss of a few letters, a few ff. with early ink writing exercises / scribbles, some staining and spotting, 19th century calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original darkened backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to (187 x 131mm.), Barcelona, Carlos Amorós, 1543. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The rare posthumously published first edition. The works of Boscan and his friend Garcilaso were published jointly by Boscan's widow Dona Ana Giron de Rebolledo, and were not separated until 1577. The last copy at auction we can trace was in 1961 (bought by Quaritch for $336).

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, [abridged translation by James Wright],3 parts in 1, title in red and black, 14 engraved portraits only (of 15), extra-illustrated with 13 early 19th century original watercolour drawings on 12 sheets, one in colours signed M.B.Sturges c.235 x 270mm. (folding), the rest pen and ink with grey wash signed M.B.Rouse and smaller, also several additional engravings tipped in or inserted, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, verso of title and bound at end, some soiling, one plate stained, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, a few scratches, corners worn, rebacked and repaired, [Wing D2487], Sam. Keble, 1693; Monasticon Anglicanum, first edition, engraved additional architectural title by Wenceslaus Hollar, title in red and black, 53 engraved plates by Hollar and others, 2 double-page and/or folding, one with letterpress to verso, one folding plate torn at fold (repaired), a few spots but generally clean, old ink manuscript notes mounted on front pastedown, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked, [Wing D2484], Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1655; and an 1846 edition in 8 volumes, folio; sold not subject to return (10)⁂ The additional watercolours depict mostly ecclesiastical buildings or ruins, the main one being a 'View of the Ruins of Sopewell Nunnery, near St.Alban's in Hertfordshire'.

Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio, edited by John Heminge and Henry Condell, fourth folio edition, double column, engraved portrait by Martin Droeshout above the verses "To the Reader" on verso of the first leaf (trimmed closely to image and laid down), title with woodcut fleur-de-lis device, title and text within double- and single-rule borders, title lightly creased and surface-soiled with short internal tear, first A3&4, F2, 2H5, 2Q5, 2R6 2T2, 2U3, *3C4, *3E6, 3A1, 2D2, 3F6, 3I2 and 3M4 with neat expert repairs and restorations to lower margins, 1 or 2 running into text but without loss, B2, L5, 2M2, 2R1, *3A4, 3N6, 3Y1 with small holes or rust-holes, F2 and 3X4, closely shaved at head affecting rule border, 2O5 and 3D6 with light vertical creasing causing printing flaw affecting a few letters of text, 4A3&4 fore-margins trimmed, occasional dampstaining to margins, a few ff. lightly browned, occasional light soiling, but a very good, crisp copy generally, bookplates to title verso and pastedown, 19th century half calf, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, extremities rubbed, [Greg, III, p.1119-21; Wing S2915; cf. Pforzheimer, 910], folio, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, 1685.⁂ The last of the 17th century editions of Shakespeare's collected plays. It was printed on taller paper stock than the previous folio editions (here measuring 352 x 218mm.). Herringman and his co-publishers decided on a larger paper size in order to increase the number of lines per page, and so decrease the bulk of the book. However, including the added plays, the number of sheets in the Fourth Folio is almost exactly the same as that in the First and Second.Provenance: His Grace the Duke of Cleveland; Honble Fredk. Vane (armorial bookplates); Lord Barnard of Raby Castle (book-label).

Bancroft (Richard) A Survay of the Pretended Holy Discipline, first edition, woodcut device and decoration on title, other woodcut decorations and initials, blank leaf E4 present, lower corner of title and next 2 leaves defective and repaired with loss to title imprint and some text on following leaves, extensive early ink annotations to title and on rear endpapers and occasionally in text, slight worming, mostly marginal but with occasional loss of text, some water-staining especially near beginning, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, later endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, worn at spine head and repaired, later label, soiled, [STC 1352], 4to, by John Wolfe, 1593.

NO RESERVE Judaica.- Costume.- Braun (Johann) De Vestitu Sacerdotum Hebræorum, 2 vol., first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, 5 plates and full-page illustrations, marginal worm trace, mostly in vol.1, just touching part of a few letters, occasional spotting and browning, bookplates of M.H. Bloxam, 19th century speckled boards, rebacked in vellum, spines with earlier red and black morocco labels, corners worn, rubbed, [Colas 424; Willems 1575], Amsterdam, Jansson, Waesbeg & Daniel Elzevier, 1680; and a 1612 Plantin Hebrew grammar, small 4to & 8vo (3)

Burke (Edmund) Reflections on the Revolution in France, first edition, ?first impression with "M" in the date directly below "D" in "Dodsley", scattered foxing, bookplate, contemporary half calf, upper cover becoming loose, spine chipped, rubbed, [PMM, 239; cf. Rothschild 522; Todd 53a], 8vo, for J.Dodsley, 1790.⁂ "One of the most brilliant of all polemics ..." - PMM.Provenance: M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Fuller (Thomas) The Church-History of Britain; from the birth of Jesus Christ, untill the year M.DC.XLVIII, first edition, presentation copy with ink inscription "The gift of Mr. Thomas Fuller minister of this Parish of Waltham-Abbey who is the Author of this Book. April the 8th, Anno Dom 1646, Hen. Wollaston" to endpaper, divisional titles, woodcut illustrations and initials, 5 engraved plates, with blank ff. 2R4, 4H2 and 6C4, rust-hole to 2G1, dampstaining, a few marginal paper flaws, front free endpaper creased and holed, upper hinge broken, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper joint splitting, rather worn, [Wing F2416], folio, for John Williams, 1655.⁂ Presentation copies from Fuller are rare, we can only trace 1 example at auction in the last 50 years. Henry Wollaston (died 1670), Justice of the Peace in Essex, married Ursula Foxe, granddaughter of John Foxe. He is mentioned as a dedicatee in Fuller's The infants advocate of circumcision (1653).

Felibien (Michel) Histoire de l'Abbaye Royale de Saint-Denys en France, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 double-page plans and 11 plates, all but one double-page and mounted on stubs, engraved head-pieces and initials, occasional spotting, a good clean copy, bookplate and signature of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, folio, Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1706.⁂ In the design of the choir built in 1140-44 this was the first major building to incorporate the new elements of Gothic architecture as a complete structure, using pointed arches, a rib vault, ambulatory with radiating chapels, and flying buttresses.

Gloucestershire.- Lysons (Samuel) An Account of Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, first edition, text in English and French, hand-coloured decorative aquatint title and dedication to George III, engraved head- and tail-piece, 40 engraved plates, most fine aquatints, 30 hand-coloured or partly so, 9 double-page, title and dedication with marginal soiling and slight fraying to fore-edge, text foxed, one or two uncoloured plates at end with marginal foxing and a few with slight water-staining to lower margin but plates generally clean and bright, modern cloth preserving old gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover (rubbed), large folio, 1797 [plates water-marked 1794, a few later].⁂ Important account of the Roman villa discovered at Woodchester by Samuel Lysons in 1793, dating from c.325 AD and including the famous Orpheus mosaic. The fine hand-coloured aquatints include views of the countryside as well as many of the mosaics.

Portugal.- Twiss (Richard) Travels through Portugal and Spain in 1772 and 1773, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, 4 engraved plates, 2 folding including scene of bullfighting, engraved sheet of music and tail-piece bearing the coat of arms of Spain, some marginal spotting to plates but text very clean, tear to inner margin of map repaired, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, near contemporary diced calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with pineapples and red morocco label, rubbed, joints and corners a little worn, 4to, for the author, 1775.

South America.- Frézier (Amédée François) A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714...with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley..., first English edition, title in red and black, with Directions to Binder leaf bound before Preface, 35 engraved maps, plans and plates only (of 37, lacking plates 34 & 35 at pp.297 & 298), 16 folding, with a duplicate of plate 12 bound in at p.297, some light foxing, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, near contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, [Goldsmiths' 5338; Nissen ZBI 1433; Sabin 25926], 4to, for Jonah Bowyer, 1717.⁂ Frézier was a French engineer who mapped the west coast of South America while building forts for the Spanish against attack by the Dutch and English.

Browning (Robert) Bells and Pomegranates, nos. 1 - 8, all but the fifth part first editions, fifth part second edition as usual, general half-title, without the half-title to part 2, ink inscriptions to endpapers, original decorative cloth stamped in blind, lower joint splitting at head, small patch of splitting to upper joint, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light repair to upper portion of spine, light bumping to extremities, but a sharp and excellent example overall, 1841-46 § Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) Poems Before Congress, first edition, half-title, some pulling to gatherings, original cloth, lettered in gilt and stamped in blind, spine darkened, corners a little bumped, 1860; and another by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is one of Browning's most significant publications, including some of his most celebrated poems "Pippa Passes", "The Pied Piper of Hamelin", "My Last Duchess" (here titled "Italy") and "Porphyria's Lover" (here as the second part of "Madhouse Cells").

Cartwright (Thomas) The Second Replie... agaynst Maister Doctor Whitgiftes second Answer, touching the Church Discipline, first edition, black letter, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, title detached and a little soiled with small abrasion causing loss to a few letters of text and some chipping to upper corner, some light marginal worming, light dampstaining and some soiling, last 3 gatherings with loss to upper corner, just affecting text on 2 ff., last f. chipped, torn and laid down with significant loss to text, bookplate, later calf, covers detached, worn, [STC 4714], [by Michael Schirat], 1575.⁂ A response to The defense of the Aunswere to the Admonition, against the Replie of T.C. (see lot XXX)Provenance: M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Russia.- Macmichael (William) Journey from Moscow to Constantinople, in the years 1817, 1818, first edition, 6 aquatint plates, spotting, old ink library stamp to corner of title, ink presentation to front pastedown, contemporary calf with central gilt arms, rather worn, spine defective, covers detached, [Abbey Travel 20; Atabey 747; Blackmer 1054], 4to, 1819.⁂ Also covering Romania, Syria and the Holy Land and with detailed descriptions of Moscow, which contain important information on the reconstruction of the city after the devastating fire of 1812.