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Twycross (Edward, editor). The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall, 1st edition, C. J. Greenwood, 1846, 51 tinted lithographic plates (of 52; lacking one of the 3 views of Place), double-page map, variable spotting (light to moderate), several plates nicked or frayed in margins, extensive tear in one plate (Marlborough House, facing p. 89), gutta percha perished, contents loose in original blue cloth binding, rear joint split at head and foot, folio (38 x 25 cm) Rare: not in Abbey or Boase & Courtney (Bibliotheca Cornubensis); no copies traced in institutions. Between 1847 and 1850 a further five volumes appeared, with Ackermann rather than Greenwood as the publisher. Of these, the first three related to Lancashire and the remaining two to Cheshire. Library records for Twycross's series do not appear to make any mention of the Cornwall volume, of which we trace one other copy in auction records (rebound and with 45 plates only). (1)

[Burke, Edmund & William]. An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 volumes, 6th edition, with improvements, printed for J. Dodsley, 1777, engraved folding map frontispiece by Emanuel Bowen to each volume (spotted and offset), contemporary sprinkled calf, extremities rubbed, volume 1 front joint cracked but holding, 8vo (21 x 12.2 cm), together with: Hunter (John D.) Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen, new edition, Longman [and others], 1823, lithographic portrait frontispiece facing right (see Howes), ownership inscriptions to title page, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine, slightly marked, scorch-mark to rear board, tips worn, 8vo (21.6 x 12.6 cm), Warden (David Bailie), A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America, from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1819, half-titles, folding hand-coloured map to volume 1 (splits, tears and partial repairs), folding plan of Washington, DC to volume 2 (torn and browned), covers detached, rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 13.5 cm), Kendall (George Wilkins), Narrative of the Texan Santa F‚ Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844, 4 engraved plates including frontispieces, 1 lithographic plate, folding map, pale damp-staining to first 100 or so pages of each volume, volume 1 spotted, map repaired, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one William Fulton to title pages, modern half morocco, large 12mo (19.6 x 12 cm), and 8 others, 19th-century Americana, including Thomas Hamilton's Men and Manners in America (1st edition, 1823, presentation copy) and similar, leather bindings, 8vo and folio Sabin 9282 (Burke), 33921 (Hunter), 101366 (Warden), 37360 (Kendall); Howes B974 (Burke), H813 (Hunter; this is the first edition to contain the portrait), W98 (Warden, mentioning a first issue with colophon dated 1818; this copy dated 1819), K75 (Kendall). (18)

Dickens (Charles). Dombey and Son, with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1848, bound from the parts, 40 etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title, half-title discarded, errata leaf present, some spotting and toning (mainly to plates), a few leaves edge-frayed, one section with sewing broken and adhesive tape repairs, front hinge cracked, front pastedown with bookplate of Edward Trevelyan Turner, contemporary black half morocco gilt (worn), faded spine with some lifting areas and small losses, joints splitting, 8vo, together with Bleak House, with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1853, bound from the parts, 40 etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title, half-title discarded, spotting and toning (mainly to plates), front free endpaper with pictorial bookplate of James Edwin Cooper, both hinges cracked, contemporary maroon half calf, front board attached by modern tapes (joint split), rubbed with some wear to extremities, spine faded, 8vo, plus Little Dorrit, with Illustrations by H.K. Browne, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1857, bound from the parts, 40 etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title, half-title discarded, spotting and toning (mainly to plates), 3 leaves with a single tear (two short, one 7cm), front free endpaper with pale ink ownership name to verso, front hinge cracked, contemporary brown half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, rear joint splitting, spine somewhat faded, 8vo, and 6 other Dickens first editions in book form, comprising: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1839 (two copies, one the later impression); The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1844; Dombey and Son, 1848, Master Humphrey's Clock, 1840 (lacking volume 3) (10)

Lacroix (Silvestre Francois). An Elementary Treatise on the Differential and Integral Calculus, translated from the French [by John F.W. Herschel, Charles Babbage, & George Peacock], with an appendix and notes, 1st edition in English, Cambridge: for J. Deighton and Sons, 1816, five folding engraved plates at rear, heavy spotting and some browning throughout, ink library stamps to title recto and verso, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed, together with Trait‚ El‚mentaire de Calcul Diff‚rentiel et De Calcul Int‚gral, 4th edition, Paris & Brussels, 1828, five folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting, title a little dust soiled and with old ink ownership signature at head, contemporary quarter calf, rubbed and some edgewear, both 8vo The first work was Babbage's first important publication, and a key text in the revival of mathematics in Britain. (2)

[China]. Cao (Xueqin, 1715/24-1763/4; Wang Xilian, commentator). Xin ping xiu xiang Hong lou meng quan zhuan ['New Evaluation of the Dream of the Red Chamber'], China, 1877, approximately 465 doubled leaves of lightweight Chinese paper, incomplete, comprising chapters 1-24 only (of 120), woodblock Chinese text, approximately 120 woodblock illustrations of Chinese women and flowers, occasional spotting, stab-holes visible in gutter, laid-in annotated compliments slip from the keeper of oriental antiquities at the British Museum, contemporary red roan-backed marbled boards, 8vo (18 x 11 cm) Later printing of Wang Xilian's edition of the 'Four Classic Novels' of Chinese literature. The original work was first printed in 1791 and this commentary first appeared in 1832. We are grateful to Yan-Ling Kennington for her assistance in cataloguing this lot. (1)

Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy..., new edition, 1788, early signature 'Sarah Robinson' to upper blank margin of title (few tears to margins), dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, light spotting, 20th century quarter sheep, maroon title label, 8vo, together with Raffald (Elizabeth), The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of Ladies, Housekeepers, Cooks, &c. written purely from practice..., new edition, 1789, three folding engraved plates, some offsetting and spotting, contemporary sheep, red morocco title label, joints cracked, extremities worn, 8vo, with Coles (Mary), The Lady's Complete Guide; or Cookery in all its Branches..., also the Complete Brewer...., likewise the Family Physician..., 3rd edition, 1791, half-title, light scattered spotting, modern half sheep gilt, maroon morocco title label, 8vo, and Frazer (Mrs), The Practice of Cookery, Pastry, Confectionary, Pickling, Preserving, &c..., 2nd edition, corrected, Edinburgh & London: Peter Hill, Vernor & Hood, 1795, one engraved plate only (of two), early signature to verso of plate, light dust-soiling, scattered minor spotting, edges untrimmed, modern brown half morocco gilt, 8vo (4)

Burton (Richard F.). The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1860, 12 tinted wood-engraved plates, folding map (loose and with small section of loss at one corner), 24 pp. publisher's advertisements to rear of volume 2 dated October 1858, scattered finger-soiling, Bolton Public Library blind stamps, a few plates in volume 2 partially damp-stained and volume 2 frontispiece and plate facing p. 155 loose and frayed, modern blue half calf to style, 8vo (21.3 x 13 cm), together with: Blunt (Anne), A Pilgrimage to Nejd, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, John Murray, 1881, half-title to volume 1, 14 wood-engraved plates, folding map of northern Arabia (loose and spotted), occasional repairs in fore margins, gilt edges, modern red half morocco, 8vo (19.5 x 12 cm), Skrine (Clarmont P.) Chinese Central Asia, 1st edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1926, colour frontispiece, 38 half-tone photographic plates, folding map (partial split to one fold), Signet Library plate to front pasetdown, original red cloth, spine slightly rolled, a few pale marks, 8vo, Hutchinson (Thomas J.), Ten Years' Wanderings among the Ethiopians, 1st edition, Hurst and Blackett, 1861, tinted lithographic frontispiece with tissue-guard, 16 pp. publisher's advertisements, ink-stamps to front pastedown and recto of frontispiece, original purple cloth, rubbed, sunned and marked, spine rolled, tips bumped, 8vo, Elliott (Charles, translator), The Life of Hafiz ool-Moolk, Hafiz Rehmut Khan, written by his son, the Nuwab Moost'ujab Khan Buhadoor, and entitled Goolistan-i-Rehmut, abridged and translated from the Persian, 1st edition, for the Oriental Translation Fund, 1831, half-title, lithographic dedication leaf in purple to the Marquess of Londonderry, contents largely unopened, original cloth, paper spine-label, large 8vo, Wissman (Hermann von), My Second Journey through Equatorial Africa from the Congo to the Zambesi in the Years 1886 and 1887, 1st edition in English, Chatto & Windus, 1891, 32 wood-engraved plates, folding map, original cloth, rubbed and marked, spine rolled, 8vo, and 6 others, African and Asian travel in the original cloth, 8vo and 4to Penzer pp. 65-6 (Burton); Macro 555 (for the first edition of Blunt); Yakushi S592 (Skrine). (13)

Wiener (Norbert). Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, 1st edition, Paris: Hermann & Cie., 1948, some pencil underscoring and marginal notes throughout, red pencil 'X' to title-page, original wrappers printed in red and black, some toning to spine and extremities, minor marginal creases and nicks, old clear tape repairs to spine, together with The Human Use of Human Beings, Cybernetics and Society, 1st edition, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950, some heavy browning to pastedowns and free endpapers, original cloth in dust jacket, some marginal nicks and splits, some dust-soiling and closed tear to spine with some paper surface loss, both 8vo Origins of Cyberspace 991 & 995. The author's first work was the first conventionally published book on cybernetics, both critically acclaimed and a surprise bestseller. His second book was an attempt 'to produce a popular exposition of ideas expressed in Cybernetics'. Wiener explains: 'It is the thesis of this book that society can only be understood through a study of the messages and the communication facilities which belong to it; and that in the future development of these messages and communication facilities, messages between man and machines, between machines and man, and between machine and machine, are destined to play an ever-increasing part' (The Human Use of Human Beings, p. 9). (2)

Smee (Alfred). The Process of Thought Adapted to Words and Language. Together with a description of the relational and differential machines, 1st edition, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1851, frontispiece, adverts at rear, including a 16 page catalogue of 'Chemical and other Apparatus... manufactured and sold by Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood' and a 32 page publisher's catalogue, a few illustrations, scattered pencil underscoring and marginalia, a little minor spotting and soiling, contemporary ownership signature of Edward Price to title, inner hinges cracked and old dampstaining to upper margins of endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and slightly soiled, spine snagged at head and foot, some edgewear, 8vo Smee's work contains the first suggestion of 'The possibility of information storage and retrieval by a mechanical logic machine operating analogously to the human mind'. Origins of Cyberspace 366. (1)

Babbage (Charles). On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures, second edition enlarged, Charles Knight, 1832, engraved title page, some spotting, pencil scribbles to final blank, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine faded, a little wear to upper joint and edges, together with 3rd and 4th editions of the same work, both Charles Knight, 1833 & 1835, engraved title to each (second one cut down and laid down), 4 pages adverts at rear of first volume, ownership signature of John Healy Hutchinson [3rd Earl of Donoughmore] to front free endpaper of first volume and some manuscript notes at end, both with some spotting and light browning, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, spines faded and a little frayed at ends, all small 8vo Origins of Cyberspace 43-45. (3)

Priestley (Joseph). Discourses on Various Subjects, including several on Particular Occasions, 1st edition, Birmingham, printed for the Author, by Pearson and Rollason, 1787, without adverts at rear, a few marks and some spotting, contemporary ink inscription on front free endpaper, 'Given in boards by my worthy friend the Author to me J. Breckland Janry Binding 2sh 3p', and with a lengthy contemporary ink inscription below concerning Dr Reid and his report of diseases in the Monthly Magazine in reference to one of the sermons in the volume, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo This collection of Priestley sermons includes five printed for the first time. J. Breckland may be Joseph Bretland (1742-1819, minister, school master and leading scholar among the radical dissenters who was requested by Priestley to help with his book 'Rudiments of Grammar'. (1)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 volumes in three, 1855-56, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 2 maps, 6 pictorial titles and 241 tinted lithographed plates, some light spotting and one or two marginal water stains, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, spine bands and edges rubbed and scuffed, 4to Abbey Travel 388; Tooley 401, 402. The first quarto edition. (3)

Gastronomy. De volmaakte Hollandsche keuken-meid. Onderwyzende hoe men allerhande Spyzen, Confituren en Nagerechten, zonder ongemeene kosten, zelfs... op Visdagen en in de Vasten... kan toebereiden..., 7th edition, Amsterdam: Steven van Esveldt, 1772, additional engraved title, one folding letterpress plate, letterpress title with publisher's authorisation signature to verso, bound with Aanhangzel van de Volmaakte Hollandsche keuken-meid : onderwyzende veelerhande zaaken, omtrent het toebereiden der spyzen, confituuren, en nagerechten, zelfs voor de roomsgezinden op vischdagen en in de vasten..., Amsterdam: Steven van Esveldt, [new edition], 1769, additional engraved title, authorisation signature to verso of letterpress title, one folding etched plate only (of 2), bound with Volmaakte grond-beginzelen der keuken-kunde. Behelzende eene korte dog volledige verhandeling, van alles wat een kok of keuken-meid, weeten moet; en het geen zy in het Kooken, Braden, Stooven, Bakken, Droogen, Zouten, Inleggen, Confyten, &c...., [new edition], Amsterdam: Steven van Esveldt, 1769, additional engraved title, authorisation signature to verso of letterpress title, contemporary calf, joints cracked and upper board loose, 8vo, together with De Volmaakte Geldersche Keuken-meyd, Onderwyzende hoe men allerhande Spyzen op een smakelyke en min kostbare wyze kan toerigten..., 2 parts in one, [6th edition], Nijmegen: Isaac van Campen, 1768, additional engraved title, some minor spotting, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, spine chipped at head, joints rubbed, 8vo First volume - Cagle 1098, 1099 & 1100. Second volume - Cagle 1097. (2)

Blake (William, illustrator). The Triumphs of Temper. A Poem: in six cantos. By William Hayley, 12th edition, corrected. With New Original Designs, by Maria Flaxman, Chichester, J. Seagrave, 1803, six engraved plates by William Blake after Maria Flaxman, minor spotting to plates, with light offsetting to adjacent leaf of text, all edges gilt, contemporary ownership signature of M. Tomkinson to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, near-contemproary straight-grained light brown full morocco, rubbed, 8vo, together with Ballads, by William Hayley, Esq., founded on anecdotes relating to animals, with prints, designed and engraved by William Blake, 1st edition, Chichester, J. Seagrave, for Richard Phillips, 1805, half-title present, 4 (of 5) engraved plates by Blake, lacking the engraved frontispiece, some light soiling to title and text, ownership presentation inscription to front endpaper, dated 1831, bookseller's ticket to front pastedown of Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow, contemporary quarter plain calf, worn with covers detached, vellum outer tips, 8vo, plus Aphorisms on Man: translated from the original manuscript of the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, printed for J. Johnson, 1788, engraved frontispiece by Blake after Fuseli, presentation inscription to front endpaper from John Grundy of Lime Field to Ellis Cunliffe, dated 1799, with bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, worn with covers near detached, and others relating to William Blake, including Compositions from the Works Days and Theogony of Hesiod, designed by John Flaxman, engraved by William Blake, 1816-17, Gilchrist, Life of William Blake, 2 volumes, new and enlarged edition, 1880, Paradise Lost by John Milton, illustrations by William Blake, 1906, Blake's Songs of Innocence, 1926 & Richard Garnett, William Blake Painter and Poet, 1895 Bentley 471A for the first work. (9)

Lipscomb (George). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, J. & W. Robins, 1847, 46 engraved or lithographic plates, variable spotting, later half russia, rebacked with original spines laid down, volume 2 front board detached, 4to (30.7 x 23.5 cm), together with: Nutter (M. E.) Carlisle in the Olden Time, 1st edition, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam, & London, Ackermann & Co., 1835, 18 litho- or zincographic plates including frontispiece and vignette title, contemporary hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic, all text-leaves present, plates misbound, vignette title and one plate (The Cathedral) rather spotted and marginally damp-stained, spotting to endpapers and final text-leaves, ?original red half morocco, front board damp-stained, folio (36.5 x 26 cm), Grose (Francis), The Antiquities of England and Wales, 6 (of 8) volumes in 3, new edition, for Hooper & Wigstead, [circa 1787], 6 engraved title pages, approximately 470 engraved plates, engraved vignette county maps to text leaves, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern cloth partially retaining old leather spines, 4to (28.2 x 21.6 cm), Lysons (Daniel & Samuel), Magna Britannia; being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, volume the first [of 6], containing Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, half-title, 53 engraved maps and plates (44 only called for in the list of plates), some folding and/or hand-coloured, spotting and browning, all edges untrimmed, 20th-century cloth-backed boards, 4to (30.5 x 22.5 cm), and approximately 20 others, Buckinghamshire interest, 19th and 20th century, including Edward Thomas, The Icknield Way (1st edition, 1913, original cloth), various formats Abbey Scenery 88 for Nutter (with the plates on india paper). Sold not subject to return. (33)

Schoolcraft (Henry R.). Historical and Statistical Information respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States, 6 volumes, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Company [volumes 5-6: J. B. Lippincott & Company], 1851-7, half-titles, additional engraved title pages to volumes 1-5, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 6, 326 (of 330) lithographic, chromolithographic or engraved plates and maps, mainly after Seth Eastman, one folding table, including 58 chromolithographic plates by Ackerman, Bowen or Duval in volume 1, many of the lithographic or engraved plates and maps hand-coloured, occasional tissue-guards, lacking volume 1 plate numbers 40, 42, 52 and 70 (but plates 42 and 70 are reprinted in volume 6 as numbers 27 and 15), variable spotting, browning and offsetting, volume 1 plates 24, 44 and 45 dog-eared, secretarial presentation inscriptions to Buckingham Smith from Luke Lea as Commissioner of Indian Affairs (volume 1 front pastedown), Henry Schoolcraft (volumes 2 and 4 front pastedowns), Seth Eastman (volume 3 front pastedown), and Charles E. Mix (volume 5 front free endpaper), gift inscription from Smith to 'John Cunningham of Sevilla' dated 1864 to volume 1 half-title, ink-stamps of Michelina Gorgolini, Rome, to engraved title page and p. 22 of each volume, modern book-labels of Jay Snider, contemporary ownership inscription to volume 6 title page, volumes 1-5 edges untrimmed in original pictorial cloth gilt, recased, rubbed, wear and restoration to extremities, volume 1 endpapers renewed, volume 6 in modern cloth, large 4to (32.5 x 24.5 cm) Howes S-183; Sabin 77849; cf. Field, Indian Bibliography 1379 (with a later issue of the first volume, dated 1853). Presentation set of Schoolcraft's monumental and profusely illustrated survey of the Native American tribes, volumes one to five variously inscribed on behalf of the author, the illustrator Seth Eastman, and two Commissioners of Indian Affairs to Buckingham Smith (1810-1870), diplomat, historian of Spanish exploration in Florida and the Americas, and the first surveyor of the Everglades following Florida's accession to the United States in 1845. Volume one is a first issue, retaining the chromolithographic plates with the imprints of Ackerman, Bowen or Duval, and the unabbreviated title page.An excellent association. In volume three Schoolcraft acknowledges his use of Smith's transcripts of documents held in the Archivo-General, Mexico City, which Smith made during his posting as secretary of legation (1850-2), and of Smith's translation of the 16th-century narrative of Alvar N£¤ez Cabeza de Vaca. In fact, Smith privately supported the criticism directed against Schoolcraft by archaeologist E. G. Squier (1821-1888) from 1854, but Schoolcraft nevertheless helped secure Smith's next posting as secretary of legation in Madrid (1855-8; see Dippie, Catlin and His Contemporaries, p. 254).Inconsistencies in the numbering of the plates have led to records' also calling for 327 or 332 plates, this last figure counting 'plates' 17, 32, 33 and 36 in volume five as individuals, although they appear on two sheets.Provenance: Buckingham Smith (1810-1870; presentation inscriptions); given by Smith to 'John Cunningham of Sevilla' in 1864 (gift inscription to volume one); library of Michelina Gorgolini, Rome (ink-stamps); Jay T. Snider (bookplates; his sale, 'The Jay T. Snider Collection of Historical Americana', Christie's New York, 21 June 2005, lot 264). (6)

Verstegan (Richard). A Restitution of Decayed Intelligence: In Antiquities. Concerning the most noble and renowned English Nation, John Bill, 1628, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, few engraved illustrations, early manuscript inscription to lower blank margin of final leaf, dust and finger soiling, 19th century calf, rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco labels, a little rubbed, small 4to (STC 21362), together with Hammond (Henry), An Account of Mr. Cawdry's Triplex Diatribe concerning Superstition, Wil-worship, and Christmas Festivall, 1655, later endpapers, 20th century cloth with contemporary calf covers and spine relaid, 4to (Wing H510) The first work contains the first account in English of the Pied Piper story (page 85), originally published in the first edition of 1605. (2)

Marshall (Alfred). Elements of Economics of Industry being the first volume of Elements of Economics, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1892, half-title, 2 pp. advertisements dated September 1891 at rear, original cloth gilt, together with The Scots Magazine MDCCLV, Volume 17, Edinburgh, [1755], being the numbers for January to December 1755 together with the Appendix, without the map of North America, a few slight stains, armorial bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, hinges neatly repaired, both 8vo, plus 4 other works on Adam Smith by David Buchanan, Siegmund Feilbogen, Francis Hirst and Wilhelm Meurath (6)

Babbage (Charles). Passages from the Life of a Philosopher, 1st edition, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1864, engraved frontispiece of Babbage's Difference Engine no. 1, bound without the publisher's catalogue sometimes found at rear, some spotting, ink library stamps to title and verso, plus lower outer corner of page 57, sticky label remains to front endpaper, inner hinges near broken, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, frayed along lower joints, 8vo Babbage's final book, containing the only first-person account of the difference and analytical engines published in his lifetime. Origins of Cyberspace 84. (1)

Locke (John). A Letter to the Right Reverend Edward Ld Bishop of Worcester, Concerning some Passages relating to Mr. Locke's Essay of humane understanding: in a late discourse of his Lordships, in Vindication of the Trinity, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1697, half-title present, A2 (title) in cancelled state (stub of original title present), book label of John Evelyn library and early manuscript shelf number to front endpaper, contemporary panelled speckled calf, joints slightly cracked, and slight wear to corners, 8vo, (Wing L2749; Pforzheimer 604; Yolton A 248B), together with Posthumous Works of Mr. John Locke..., 1706, light spotting to first & last leaves, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper joint split, extremities worn, 8vo, and The Life of John Locke, from Extracts from his Correspondence, Journals, and Common-Place Books, by Lord King, 1829, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), some spotting, contemporary calf, blind decoration to spine, spine and extremities rubbed, 4to, plus one other related (4)

Monro (Alexander, secundus ). A Description of all the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body; Their Structure Explained, and Compared with that of the Capsular Ligaments of the Joints, and of those Sacs which Line the Cavities of the Thorax and Abdomen; with Remarks on the Accidents and Diseases which Affect those Several Sacs, and on the Operations Necessary for their Cure, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1788, ten engraved plates (including 5 folding), some dampstaing mostly to margins, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original boards, modern buckram spine, slim folio, contained in a purpose made slipcase in half sheep and marbled sides 'This classic work contains the first full anatomical description of the sacs between the tendons and bones which Albinus had named the bursae mucosae. They are illustrated on 10 plates which for explicit clarity and accuracy have not been improved upon' (Heirs of Hippocrates 1011). 'The first serious study of this subject and the most original anatomical work by the greatest of the Monro dynasty.' (GM 399.2). (1)

Smith (Thomas). An Account of the Greek Church, as to its doctrine and rites of worship... to which is added, An Account of the State of the Greek Church, under Cyrillus Lucaris, Patriarch of Constantinople..., printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Davis in Oxford, 1680, autograph letter from William Harper, dated 1896 presenting the volume to Mr. Langton, tipped-in to front endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and some minor wear, old reback, 8vo, (Wing S4232), together with Rochester (John, Earl of), Poems (&c.) On Several Occasions: with Valentinian; A Tragedy, 4th edition, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1696, title with some minor discolouration, contemporary half-calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, (Wing R1757), plus Temple (Sir William), Miscellanea, 2nd edition, corrected and augmented, 1681, & Miscellanea. The Second Part, 1690, 2 parts bound in 1, early 20th century half-calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, and Croese (Gerard), Historia Quakeriana, sive de vulgo dictis Quakeris, abortu illorum usque ad recens natum schisma, libri III, editio secunda, Amsterdam, 1696, title printed in red and black, with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 19th century polished full morocco (by Lloyd), gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco labels, very slightly rubbed (generally a very good copy), 8vo, plus other 17th century English literature, history and theology, including William Wootton, Reflections Upon Ancient and Modern Learning, 2nd edition, 1697 (Wing W3659), Maimbourg's History of the League, translated by Dryden, 1684, Sir William Temple, Observations Upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands, 6th edition, 1693, James Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren, 1655, Francis Roberts, Clavis Bibliorum. The Key of the Bible, 1648, Joshua Poole, The English Parnasus, 1677, James Peirce, A Vindication of the Descenters, 2nd edition, 1718, John Gother, Papists Protesting Against Protestant Popery, 1686, A Papist Misrepresented, and Represented, 1685 & Reflections Upon the Answer to the Papist Mis-represented (the latter 3 titles disbound without covers), mainly bound in contemporary calf, occasional wear, mostly 8vo The Historia Quakeriana is the earliest comprehensive history of the Society of Friends, and includes a Life of William Penn and Quaker activities in New England (Sabin 17583 for the first edition). (17)

Maffei (Giovanni Pietro). Histoires des Indes, 2nd edition in French, Lyon: Jean Pillehotte, 1604, title with woodcut device of the Society of Jesus, early annotation at head of title, light water stain at front, occasional light soiling, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell (Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, 9th Baronet, 1818-1878, Scottish politician and historian), later mottled calf gilt, wear at head of spine, joints cracking, edges rubbed, 8vo Sabin 43782. Second French translation (the first published in Lyon in 1603) of Maffei's Historiarum Indicarum libri XVI, first published in Florence in 1588. One of the earliest accounts of the Jesuit missions to the Far East. (1)

Caradoc of Llancarfan (Saint). The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, a part of the most Famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language... trans. into English by H. Lloyd... corrected, augmented & continued... by David Powel, reprinted for J. Harding, 1811, woodcut illustrations to text, armorial bookplate of Richard Snead Cox of Eaton Bishop, contemporary red straight grain morocco, gilt decorated spine gilt, crest of James Stuart (1775-1849) to centre of upper & lower board, 4to (limited edition of 250 copies printed), together with Yorke (Philip), The Royal Tribes of Wales, Wrexham: Printed by John Painter, 1799, half-title, 12 engraved portrait plates, offsetting, browning and spotting mostly to text, armorial bookplate of the Earl of Derby, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, spine and extremities worn, slim 4to, and Evans (Evan), Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Antient Welsh Bards, translated into English..., London: R. and J. Dodlsey, 1764, inscription to title, manuscript notes to verso of last leaf of text and first & last blanks, some soiling and marks, recent endpapers, contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, slim 4to, plus other Welsh related including Antiquae Linguae Britannicae Thesaurus: being a British, or Welsh-English Dictionary..., to which is prefix'd a compendious and comprehensive Welsh Grammar, with all the rules in English..., by Thomas Richards, 3rd edition, Dolgelley: R. Jones, 1815, and Barddoniaeth Dafydd Ab Gwilym, o Grynhoad Owen Jones, a William Owen, 1789 (6)

Babbage (Charles). Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on some of its Causes, 1st edition, B. Fellowes, 1830, without advertisements at rear, later half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo First octavo edition of Babbage's polemic on the state of science in England. It was principally aimed at the Royal Society, but also criticised the government for its lack of support in developing science and proposed reforms for scientific education. Origins of Cyberspace 38. (1)

Freud (Sigmund). The Interpretation of Dreams. Authorised with a Translation of Third Edition with Introduction by A.A. Brill, 1st London edition, George Allen, 1913, blue pencil numerals at foot of final page of index, printed publishers' note loosely inserted, original blue cloth lettered in gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid and endpapers replaced, rubbed, a little frayed at edges and spine toned, together with Vorlesungen zur Einfuehrung in die Psychoanalyse, Parts 1 & 2 (of 3), 1st editions, Leipzig & Vienna: Hugo Heller, 1916, first volume (Einleitung; Fehlleistungen) stitched as issued with original printed upper wrapper only, chipped and soiled, lacks spine and final page slightly soiled, second volume (Der Traum) with frontispiece, first and last page partly browned, (?later) cloth-backed boards with printed paper label (from original wrapper) pasted to upper board, all 8vo, plus three related (6)

Giovio (Paolo). Elogia virorum literis illusttrium, quotquot vel nostra velavorum memoria vixere, 1st edition, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1577, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut portraits in text, one or two small marginal tears and losses, previous owner inscription, 1818, at head of title, bound with Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, septem libris iam olim ab authore comprehensa, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1575, title within woodcut border, woodcut portraits (10 woodcut borders without portraits), bound with Vitae illustrium virorum, 2 volumes, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1578-77, first volume title within woodcut border, woodcut portraits, colophon at end of volume I dated 1576, occasional water stains, mainly to first and second works, bookplate of Thomas Hodgkin, Newcastle upon Tyne (1831-1913, barrister and historian), 19th century tree calf gilt, covers detached, a little rubbed, folio Adams G648; G644; G667 respectively. Giovio's collection of portraits, which he kept at his villa on Lake Como, depicting contemporary and historical figures, including Columbus and Cortes, Renaissance rulers and Ottoman Sultans. (1)

Churchill (Winston S.). The World Crisis, 4 volumes in 5, mixed editions, Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-9, comprising a 3rd edition, 2nd impression of volume 1, 1st editions, 1st impressions of volumes 2 and volume 3 parts 1 and 2, and a 1st edition, 2nd impression of volume 4, lacking volume 5 (The Eastern Front), illustrated with 36 maps, charts and other plates (several folding), spotting to edges and endpapers, volume 4 (The Aftermath) front inner hinge cracked, original blue cloth, rubbing to extremities, pale mottling to sides, sides, volume 2 spine nicked at foot, volume 4 spine cockled, 8vo, together with: duplicate copies of volume 3 part 1 (1st edition, 1st impression), volume 3 part 2 (3rd impression) and volume 4 (3rd impression and a 1944 Macmillan reprint), 6 volumes from The First Collected Works of Sir Winston Churchill: Centenary Limited Edition (1973-6, comprising The World Crisis parts 3, 4 and 5, Marlborough volume 2, Great Contemporaries, and Arms and the Covenant), and 3 others (18)

Hebraica. The Order of the Daily Prayers, in Hebrew and English, according to the Custom of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews ... Translated and printed into English from the Hebrew, by David Levi ... Second Edition, with Amendments, London: E. Justins, 5570 AM [i.e. 1810 CE], volume 1 only (of 6), printed back to front with Hebrew and English text on facing pages, half-title with Hebrew title page verso, English title page, contemporary blue morocco, worn, covers detached, 8vo (21 x 13 cm), together with: Bible (Hebrew), Sepher tehillim hogah naion namartz bankodot avmamim ... Sepher Kinoth [Hebrew title; i.e. the Book of Psalms and the Book of Lamentations] ... editus Gulielmo Robertson, 2nd edition, Cambridge: John Hayes, 1685, printed back to front, Hebrew types, 19th-century library label obscuring part of title page (Lugar Vale Mount Library, Colmonell, Ayrshire), later half calf, worn, 12mo (12.5 x 7 cm), [Keyworth, Thomas, & David Jones], Muskalot rishonot leshon ha-kodesh [Hebrew title], Principia Hebraica, comprising a Grammatical Analysis of the Five Hundred and Sixty-Four Verses, selected to the Hebrew Psalms ... to which is prefixed, a Concise Hebrew Grammar, 1st edition, by E. Justins for T. K. and D. J., 1817, printed back to front, Hebrew types, quires 2D-E spotted, publisher's advertisement slip, uncut in original boards, spine chipped, 8vo (20.8 x 11.8 cm), Pasini (Giuseppe), Dikduk leshon ha-kodesh [Hebrew title], Grammatica linguae sanctae institutio ... editio altera correctior, Padua: Giovanni Manfr‚, 1779, printed back to front, Hebrew types, later sheep-backed marbled boards, spine defective, 8vo (16.8 x 10.5 cm) Wing B2743 for the second item. The first item is the first volume only of the revised edition of the influential Sephardic siddur by influential Hebraist David Levi (1742-1801), apparently first published between 1788 and 1792. Copac traces single volumes at UCL (volume three, for Yom Kippur) and Southampton (volume four, for Sukkot), and incomplete sets at British Library (five volumes) and Peckover House, National Trust (three volumes). (4)

Babbage (Charles). A Comparative View of the Various Institutions for the Assurance of Lives, 1st edition, J. Mawman, 1826, imprint leaf and 4pp. adverts for Encyclopaedia Metropolitana (dated January 1826) bound at rear, folding letterpress table, scattered spotting, title-page dust soiled, browned, slightly creased and chipped with loss to lower outer corner, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo The first thorough treatise on actuarial theory and Babbage's first substantial published work. 'The book was not intended for the professional actuary but for the public populace unwary of the pitfalls of conveniently misrepresented benefits. It was, at least in part, a work of consumer protection with Babbage self-cast as champion of the expose' (ODNB); Origins of Cyberspace 36. (1)

Africa. Rerum a Carolo. V. Caesare Augusto in Africa bello gestarum Commentari, elegantissimis, iconibus ad historiam accommodis illustrati, 1st edition, Antwerp, 1554, title with oval printer's woodcut device, 2 (of 3) double-page woodcut bird's-eye views (of Algiers and Tunis), old plain calf, some wear, small 8vo, together with Osorio da Fonseca (Jeronimo), De Rebus Emmanuelis Regis Lusitaniae... quibus; potissimum ea, quae in Africa & India bella confecit, explicantur, [3rd edition], Cologne, Heirs of Arnold Birckmann, 1574, [16], 412, [16] leaves, woodcut printer's device to title, and neat owernship inscription dated Paris, 1574 adjacent, all edges gilt, late 19th century red morocco, with bookplate of William Stirling to front pastedown, and his coat of arms to covers, rubbed and some wear, with upper cover detached, spine partly loose, 8vo Atabey 1096 for the first work. An account of the expeditions of Charles V in Africa, taken from Giovio, Calvete de Estrella, Villegagnon and others, edited by Cornelius Schepper. Sabin 57804 for the second work, a history of Portugal containing an account of the early voyages of discovery of the Portuguese to the East Indies, their discovery of the eastern shores of South America (Brazil). (2)

Heisenberg (Werner). 'Uber den anschaulichen Inhalt der quantentheoretischen Kinematik und Mechanik', [in:] Zeitschrift fur Physik, volume 43, Berlin, 1927, whole volume with paper by Heisenberg on pp. 172-198, with other papers by Fermi, Kolossovski, Oppenheimer, Pauli, Wigner, et al., contemporary cloth-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo First edition of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, one of the most important and celebrated discoveries in modern science. Heisenberg formulated his new interpretation of quantum mechanics in the course of his collaboration with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen in 1927. For the "creation of quantum mechanics", Heisenberg was awarded the 1932 Nobel Prize in physics. (1)

Einstein (Albert). Ueber die spezielle und die allgemeine Relativitaetstheorie (Gemeinverstaendlich), ('Heft 38 Sammlung Vieweg'), 5th & 10th editions, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1920, second volume with a portrait frontispiece and a third Appendix added, original printed wrappers, heavily chipped at edges, first volume with upper wrapper detached and plain paper reback, second volume with wrappers detached, some leaves loose and backstrip deficient, both slim 8vo, together with 'Zur Quantentheorie der Strahlung', [extract from:] Physikalische Zeitschrift, volume 18, no. 6, 15 March 1917, pp. 121-128, whole issue (pp. 117-152) disbound and stab-stiched, holes and fraying to inner margins, large slim 8vo, plus Vier Vorlesungen ueber Relativitaetstheorie, gehalten im Mai, 1921, an der Universitaet Princeton, 1st edition, Braunschweig: Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, 1922, original printed wrappers, a little soiling and slightly frayed at foot of spine, plus the first French edition of the same work, Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1925, original printed wrappers, some stab-stitch marks, wrappers detached and some tears to spine, both slim 8vo Weil 90 (two copies), 91, 124 & 124e. (5)

[Massialot, Francois]. Nouvelle Instruction pour les Confitures, les Liqueurs, et les Fruits..., Nouvelle edition, Paris: Saugrain, 1740, four folding engraved plates, one with short tear at head and previous repair to fore-edge, title with early ink ownership name (crossed through in ink), some spotting, marginal dampstaining in places (affecting one plate), modern maroon half calf gilt, spine with gilt-lettered label, 8vo, together with Smith (George), A Compleat Body of Distilling, Explaining the Mysteries of that Science..., Containing an Exact and accurate Method of making all the Compound Cordial-Waters now in use, with a particular Account of their several Virtues..., 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, Printed for Henry Lintot, 1731, title a trifle edge-chipped, frontispiece deficient, variable spotting throughout, some dampstaining in places, modern half calf, spine with gilt-lettered label, some light fading to cloth sides, 8vo, plus Guyot (Jules), Etude des Vignobles de France, pour Servir a l'Enseignement Mutuel de la Viticulture et de le Vinification Francaises, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: l'Imprimerie Imperiale, 1868, volume one lacking map, numerous black & white illustrations to text, occasional spotting, some hinges splitting, contemporary quarter calf gilt, rubbed and slightly mottled, darkened spines with contrasting labels, a little wear to extremities, 8vo, with nine others wine and brewing related First item: Bitting page 584 (1st edition); Cagle 320 (1st edition). Second item: Cagle 998 (1st edition). (14)

Einstein (Albert & Lorentz, H.A. & Minkowski, H. & Weyl, H.). The Principle of Relativity, A Collection of Original Memoirs on the Special and General Theory of Relativity, with Notes by A. Sommerfeld, translated by W. Perrett and G.B. Jeffery, 1st edition, 1st printing, 1923, some spotting throughout, original red cloth, gilt-lettered spine, torn but largely complete dust jacket (price 12/6 on spine), some soiling and marginal nicks and chips, tape repairs to spine verso, a little loss at head not affecting lettering, 8vo Many of the papers appear here in English in book form for the first time, notably Einstein's 'Does the Inertia of a Body Depend on its Energy Content?' [The E=MC2 Paper]. Uncommon. Weil 59a. (1)

Carroll (Lewis, i.e. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The Nursery "Alice", Containing Twenty Coloured Enlargements from Tenniel's Illustrations to "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", 1st published edition, London: Macmillan & Co., 1890, 'four shillings' on title-page, coloured frontispiece and 19 colour illustrations after John Tenniel, 3 pages of advertisements at rear, title and frontispiece slightly spotted, old ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, upper inner hinges cracked, original cloth-backed colour pictorial boards, rubbed and soiled, slight edge and corner wear, 4to This 'second edition' followed several trial editions in 1889, and in this first issue has 'Price four shillings' above the imprint. Williams-Madan-Green-Crutch 216. (1)

Wilkins (John). The Mathematical and Philosophical Works, Containing I. The Discovery of a New World: or, a Discourse intending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse of the possibility of a passage thither. II. That 'tis probable our earth is one of the planets. III. Mercury: or, the secret and swift messenger. Shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance. IV. Mathematical Magick: or the wonders that may be perform'd by mechanical geometry. VI. An abstract of his essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language. To which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his work, 1st collected edition, printed for J. Nicholson et al, 1708, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, part-titles, paginated in three parts, some text engravings and woodcuts, some spotting throughout, four small oval ink library stamps to preliminary leaves (portrait frontispiece recto, foot of additional engraved title, general title and first Book title), modern half calf with morocco spine label, 8vo (19 x 11.5cm) (1)

Anderson (Aeneas). A Narrative of the British Embassy to China, in the years 1792, 1793, and 1794. Containing the various circumstances of the Embassy, with accounts of customs and manners of the Chinese; and a description of the country, towns, cities &c., 1st edition, 1795, half-title, a little light spotting, light offsetting to rear endpaper, armorial bookplate of the Duke of Montrose, original boards, lower cover detached, upper joint split, some wear to spine and corners, 4to, together with Demetrius Charles Boulger's History of China, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1881-84 First account of Earl Macartney's British Embassy to China, by his valet Anderson, with the assistance of writer William Combe. (4)

Covel (John). Some Account of the Present Greek Church, 1st edition, Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield, 1722, half-title, 4 engraved plates, 2 engravings in text, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, scuffed, corners restored, folio (34.6 x 21.8 cm), together with: Murchio (Vincenzo Maria), Il viaggio all' Indie Orientali, 1st edition, Rome: Filippomaria Mancini, 1672, lacking half-title and engraved frontispiece, browned throughout, worming and paper-repairs in gutter, spill-burn in leaf D4 costing a few letters, extensive closed tear and old repair to 2B4, tide-mark in fore margins towards rear, errata leaf soiled and repaired, later paper boards, marked and worn, folio (29.5 x 19.5 cm), Josephus (Flavius), Works ... translated from the Original Greek, according to Dr. Hudson's Edition, by John Court, printed by R. Penny and J. Janewa, 1733, 10 (of 12?) engraved plates and maps including frontispiece, map of Jerusalem slightly chipped and with one fold partly split, quire 5A damp-stained, a few other marks, contemporary calf, worn, folio, Spencer (John), De legibus Hebraeorum ritualibus et earum rationibus ... editos ... Leonardus Chappelow, Cambridge: Typis academicis, 1727, engraved frontispiece, Ingestre Hall bookplate, contemporary calf, front board detached, folio Blackmer 420 for Covel; Atabey 1297 for the third edition of Murchio. 'Covel spent seven years in Constantinople (1670-76) as chaplain to the ambassador Sir Daniel Harvey and his successor Sir John Finch ... A very interesting work' (Blackmer). Murchio went to India as a missionary in 1656. 'Amat di San Filippo regards his relation as perhaps the most important of the 17th century Italian travellers' (Atabey); this first edition is rare. (4)

Lemery (Louis). A Treatise of all sorts of Foods, both Animal and Vegetable: also of Drinkables: giving an account how to chuse the best sort of all kinds... Translated by D. Hay... To which is added, an introduction treating of foods in general..., 4th edition in English, T. Osborne, 1745, title in red & black, occasional toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir Mathew Lamb Bt., and book label of Lord W. Kerr to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, modern reback, preserving original title label, 8vo (Cagle 822; Bitting p.281), together with Maciver (Susanna), Cookery, and Pastry. As taught and practised by Mrs Maciver, Teacher of those Arts in Edinburgh, a New Edition. To which are added, for the first time, Figures of Dinner and Supper Courses, from Five to Fifteen Dishes. Also, a correct list of everything in season for every month of the year, [6th edition], Edinburgh & London: C. Elliot, G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1787, ownership signature to upper margin of title and A2, spotting throughout, browning mostly to margins and some dust-soiling, lacking free endpapers, contemporary sheep, red morocco title label, joints and spine cracked at head, worn, 12mo (Cagle 842), with Kitchiner (William), The Housekeeper's Oracle; or, Art of Domestic Management..., 1st edition, Whittaker, Treacher & Co., 1829, engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and offset to title), few wood engraved illustrations & diagrams to text, scattered spotting and few marks, bookplate of Blanche Anding (cookery writer), edges untrimmed, 20th century quarter brown morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 8vo (Cagle 803), plus other cookery related including The New Receipt Book, containing a Large Collection of Highly Estimated Receipts, in a variety of branches, viz. Brewing, Making and Preserving British Wines..., by G. Millswood, Derby: Wilkins & Son, c.1825, some dust-soiling and few marks, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 12mo, and The Practice of Cookery, Pastry, and Confectionary..., by Mrs Frazer, 4th edition, with large additions & improvements, Edinburgh: Peter Hill, 1804, lacking all plates, contemporary sheep, boards detached, worn, 12mo, and The Complete Confectioner, by Frederick Nutt, 7th edition, 1815, The French Cook, by Louis Eustache Ude, 13th edition, 1838, and A Dissertation on the Food and Discharches of Human Bodies, by Bryan Robinson, 1748, plus an incomplete copy of The Compleat Housewife, by Eliza Smith, 8th edition, 1737 (13)

Shaffer (Philip A., J. Arthur Junior & Schomaker, Verner & Pauling, Linus). 'The use of punched cards in molecular structured determinations. I. Crystal structure calucations [and] II. Electron defraction calculations', two-part offprint from Journal of Chemical Physics 14, 1946, 648-658 pages, plus 10-page supplement with 5 full-page diagrams, plus 659-664 pages, original printed blue stapled wrappers, old paperclip rust mark to upper wrapper of part I and lower wrapper of part II, slim 4to, contained in purpose-made solander book box with gilt titled red leather spine label Very rare first separate edition of this offprint co-authored by Linus Pauling. It is probably the first explanation of how to use electric tabulating equipment for carrying out fourier calculations in crystal structure analysis. Origins of Cyberspace 879. (2)

Rowning (John). A Compendious System of Natural Philosophy: With notes containing the Mathematical, Demonstrations, and some occasional remarks, 4 parts in two volumes, mixed editions, 1744, comprising four part titles: Part I, 3rd edition, 1738, Part II, 4th edition, 1745, Part III, 2nd edition, 1743, Part IV, 1st edition, 1742, 44 folding engraved plates, some light spotting and toning, armorial bookplates of Sir Charles Morgan (1760-1846, 2nd Baronet?), contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Employment for the Microscope in Two Parts, by Henry Baker, 1st edition, 1753, 17 folding engraved plates, some light offsetting and toning, lacking endpapers, bookplate of James Alexander Henryson-Caird (1847-1921), contemporary calf, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Treatises, upon Metals, Mines and Minerals in four parts, by Alvaro Alonso Barba, 1738, engraved plate, illustration, some water stains, annotation at head of first title, contemporary calf, rubbed with small wormtracks, 8vo, with two others: Samuel Vince's The Principles of Astronomy designed for the use of students in the university, Cambridge, 1799 and Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier's Elements of Chemistry, translated by Robert Kerr, 2 volumes, 5th edition, Edinburgh, 1802 (7)

Boole (George). A Treatise on Differential Equations, 1st edition, Cambridge: Macmillan, 1859, folding table, errata slip, publisher's adverts at rear, ownership inscriptions to title (mostly struck through), some light browning, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, together with A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences, 1st edition, Cambridge, Macmillan, 1860, publishers' adverts at rear, some soiling, inscribed 'From the author' to half-title upper margin, original brown cloth gilt, rubbed and damp-stained, some wear to spine ends and corners, plus Jevons (W. Stanley), The Principles of Science: A Treatise on Logic and Scientific Method, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macmillan, 1874, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, some spotting and soiling throughout, pencil notes and calculations at rear of both volumes, original cloth, rubbed and soiled, some edge wear and frayed at foot of spines, all 8vo, plus four others related (8)NB: First author has been corrected from George Bull to George Boole.

Syria (Pedro de). Arte de la Verdadera Navegacion, Juan Chrysostomo Garriz, 1st edition, Valencia, 1602, woodcut of three galleys to title, woodcut initials, 6 woodcut diagrams, word 'Real' after Privilegio to title erased in manuscript, small marginal tear and loss to B4, closed marginal tear to I3, occasional light spotting and toning, Bibliotheca Heberiana stamp to front endpaper, later plain boards, a little rubbed with some fading and stains, small 4to Palau 314796; Sabin 94133. Important early work on navigation. Although Siria did not have practical experience, he proposes in this work many important matters, such as the construction of tables of the variation of the compass; the observation of the distance from the stars to the moon for the purpose of calculating longtitude, and he attributes the variations of the marine compass to the fact that the magnetic pole does not coincide with the actual pole, and places it four or five degrees lower than the other (Maggs). He describes the discovery of America 'Colonia' by 'Colon' (the Spanish form of Columbus) in the dedication to King Philip III. The Library of the University of Valencia keeps two copies in two issues; the first issue (as here) does not contain the imprint of bookseller Francisco Miguel after the line 'al molino de Rouella' at foot of title. Provenance: From the library of bibliophile Richard Heber, which was sold by Sotheby's in thirteen sales from 1834 to 1837. (1)

[Mackintosh, William]. A Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground, Raising of Grass-Seeds, and Training of Lint and Hemp, for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen-Manufactories in Scotland..., 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Fleming and Company, 1724, 7 engraved folding plates, manuscript name to title, scattered spotting and marks, some browning (particularly to margins of first & last leaves), final gathering loose and frayed to margins, contemporary panelled calf, old reback, worn, 8vo, together with Tull (Jethro), Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage. Designed to introduce a New Method of Culture; whereby the Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual Expence lessened..., 4th edition, 1762, ink stamps and signature to title, 7 engraved folding plates (initial plate with closed tear repaired to verso, plate 4 with fold sewn in at gutter), faint ink stamp to verso of some plates and front endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco title label torn with loss, rubbed, 8vo, with Solleysel (Jacques de), The Compleat Horseman: or, Perfect Farrier..., Abridged from the Folio done into English by Sir William Hope, 2 parts in one, 1702, folding engraved frontispiece and one plate, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked at head & foot, extremities rubbed and head of spine frayed, 8vo, plus 15 other 19th century farming, horticulture & natural history related including The Farmer's Guide, and Agriculturist's Companion by Alexander Taylor, 2nd edition, enlarged, Edinburgh, 1829; Observations on Live Stock by George Cully, 4th edition, 1807; A Natural and Chymical Teatise of Agriculture by W. Pilkinton, 3td edition, Banbury, 1823; and The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White... to which are added, a Calendar and Observations, by W. Markwick, 2 volumes, 1802 (18)

Lyle (R.C.). The Aga Khan's Horses, 1938, colour and monochrome illustrations by Lionel Edwards, top edge gilt, original green vellum-backed boards, some fading and discolouration to spine, light stains to rear cover, 4to, together with Four-Legged Friends and Acquaintances, by Snaffles, 1951 First work limited edition 116/125, signed by the author, artist and H.H. Aga Khan. (2)

Brathwait (Richard). The English Gentleman ... the third edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, printed by J. Dawson, 1641, additional engraved title page, 1 folding table (of 2: lacking 'A draught of the frontispiece' leaf), short closed tear to table, bookplate of John Gordon, 4th Baronet (1720-1795) reimposed to front pastedown, 19th-century half roan, rebacked, surface-worming to backstrip and corners, folio (26.2 x 17.4 cm), together with: Godwin (Francis), Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII. Edwardo VI. Et Maria regnantibus, annales, 2nd edition, London: John Bill, 1628, colophon leaf, front free endpaper repaired, pale marginal damp-stain to first few quires, contemporary ownership inscription of one Thomas Oddye to initial blank, contemporary limp vellum, 4to (19 x 14.2 cm), Beaumont (John), An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and other Magical Practices, 1st edition, for D. Browne [and others], 1705, bound without frontispiece, browning, old staining in quire Q obscuring a word on p. 232, bookplate of Nathaniel Cholmley (English politician, 1721-1791) reimposed to front free endpaper, 19th-century panelled calf to style, gilt spine, 8vo (18.5 x 11 cm) Pforzheimer 79, Wing B4262 (Brathwait); STC 11946 (Godwin). This edition of Brathwait's work also contains his English Gentlewoman. The first edition of Godwin's work (1616) is conjectured by STC to have been printed in Germany, making this the first UK edition. (3)

Budge (E.A. Wallis). The Mummy, Chapters on Egyptian Funeral Archaeology, 1893, First Steps in Egyptian, A Book for Beginners, 1895, The Gods of the Egyptians or Studies in Egyptian Mythology, 2 volumes, 1904, An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary, 2 volumes, 1920, numerous black and white illustrations, some volumes ex library with associated stamps and marks, some toning and spotting, all original cloth, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed, 8vo/large 8vo, together with Blackman (Winifred S.), The Fellahin of Upper Egypt..., 1st edition, 1927, 186 black and white illustrations and maps, cracked front guttering, minor marginal toning, original blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other Egyptian history and reference, including books on Egypt and Chaldaea, 27 volumes, by E.A. Wallis Budge, circa 1902, all original cloth, 8vo/4to (46)

Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, and G. Andrews, 1816-40, 82 engraved plates including one not listed in contents ('Raby Castle' after J. M. W. Turner, bound as frontispiece to volume 4), plates variably spotted, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, sides scuffed and rubbed, volume 1 top spine compartment replaced in facsimile, folio (42.5 x 26.5 cm), together with: Bartlett (William Henry, & William Brockedon, illustrators), The Waldenses, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, by William Beattie, 1st edition, George Virtue, 1838, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, folding map, 70 plates, tissue guards, marginal damp-staining to first few plates, contemporary green morocco gilt by Davinson of Alnwick, rubbed, spine sunned, stripping to covers, 4to, Billings (Robert William), Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham, 1st edition, for T. and W. Boone and the author, 1843, 75 engraved plates, spotting, contemporary half calf, patterned cloth sides, superficial wear to corners, 4to, and approximately 15 others, mainly 19th-century topographical works on the Midlands and the north of England, contemporary leather bindings, some minor wear, 4to and 8vo Upcott pp. 609*-11* (Surtees). (approx. 20)

Cocks (Charles). Bordeaux et Ses Vins Classes par Ordre de Merite, 4th edition, Refondue et Augmentee par Edouard Feret, Paris: G. Masson, 1881, eight maps printed in red & black (3 folding), with some hand-colouring, numerous black & white engraved illustrations to text, some spotting, half-title with repair at gutter, modern quarter cloth, slightly mottled spine with gilt-lettered label, 8vo, together with Marsh and Miller (publishers), The Wine-Drinker's Manual, 1st edition, 1830, a few leaves stained, front free endpaper with ink signature dated 1890, final section with sewing broken, modern quarter cloth, spine with gilt-lettered label, 8vo, plus Roberts (J., publisher), A Vindication of the Conduct of the Ministry, in the Scheme of the Excise on Wine and Tobacco..., 1st edition, 1734, title lightly soiled, modern quarter cloth, front cover with gilt-lettered label, slim 8vo, with seven others related, including: a 3rd English edition of the first title, 1899; A Review of the Pretensions of Certain British Merchants, established in the City of Oporto, respecting the Royal Oporto Wine Company..., Translated from the Portuguese, 1826 First item: Bitting page 93. (10)

[Grimod de la Reyniere, Alexandre Balthazar Laurent]. Manuel des Amphitryons; Contenant un Trait‚ de la Dissection des viandes … table, la Nomenclature des Menus les Plus Nouveaux pour Chaque saison, et des El‚mens de Politesse gourmande. Ouvrage indispensable … tous ceux qui sont jaloux de faire bonne chŠre, et de faire aux autres; Orn‚ d'un grand nombre de Planches grav‚es en taille-douce. Par l'Auteur de l'Almanach des Gourmands, 3 parts in one, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808, engraved folding frontispiece and 16 engraved plates (few close trimmed at head), includes the 26-page 'Table Alphab‚tique et Raisonn‚e' and the errata leaf at rear, occasional toning and spotting, contemporary sheep, gilt decorated spine with red title label, some wear to lower inner corner of upper board, 8vo Cagle 233; Simon BG 305; Bitting p.203; Vicaire 427.The first and only edition. The work is divided into three parts: the first contains chapters on dissection of meats illustrated with 16 plates, the second part includes chapters on menus and the third chapter outlines elements of the well-bred gourmand. (1)

Darwin (Charles). On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 3rd edition, with Additions and Corrections, John Murray, 1861, folding diagramatic plate (short worm trail affecting upper margins and top margin of facing leaf), title with early ink ownership signature dated 1880, two pages publisher's advertisements at rear, scarce faint spotting, stitching slightly showing in index section, modern green cloth, original spine relaid, 8vo, together with The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd edition, Revised and Augmented, Tenth Thousand, John Murray, 1874, black & white illustrations to text, errata slip present, scarce light spotting, front hinge cracked, original green cloth gilt, a few small marks, extremities a little rubbed, spine ends a trifle frayed, 8vo, plus The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1st issue, John Murray, 1871, volume I page 297 first word is 'transmitted', volume II has title verso with errata list, and additional leaf referring to an 'error' after page viii, black & white illustrations to text, half-titles discarded, each title (lightly edge-frayed) with library stamps and markings to recto and verso, occasional marks and spots, all front endpapers damaged or marked, non-uniform 20th century bindings, volume I maroon half morocco (worn), cover detached at front hinge, both joints splitting, embossed library stamp to front cover, volume II blue cloth (rubbed), gilt lettered spine, gilt library stamp to front cover, both front covers with adhesive label(s) to upper right corner, 8vo, and another copy of The Origin of Species, 6th edition, 1878 First item: Freeman 381. 2000 copies printed. This edition extensively altered by the author, with the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, and the important Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species. (5)

Gori (Antonio Francesco). Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium centum aereis tabulis incisae quae exstant in thesauro Mediceo, 1st edition, Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1734, series and volume titles each with engraved vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, 100 plates, very light spotting to a few plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: ibid., Antiqua numismata aurea et argentea ... quae in regio thesaureo magni ducis Etruriae, volumes 1 & 3 (of 3), Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1740-2, engraved title vignettes, head- and tailpieces and initials, 121 plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: Duns Scotus, In tertium et quartum Sententiarum quaestones subtilissimae. Nunc noviter recognitae ... per Hugonem Cavellum, Antwerp: Jan van Keerbergen, 1620, volume 2 only (of 2; lacking the first volume 'In primum et secundum Sententiarum'), woodcut title device and initials, colophon leaf, browning, small hole in leaf A2, ink-stamp and old institutional ownership inscription to title page, institutional bookplate, old manuscript catch-title to fore edge, contemporary reversed calf over wooden boards, rebacked, clasps gone, folio (35.7 x 22 cm), Cappel (Louis), Critica sacra, siva de variis quae in sacris Veteris Testamenti libris occurrunt lectionibus libri sex, 1st edition, Paris: Cramoisy, 1650, Hebrew types, variable spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt arms to sides, rubbed and worn, folio (36 x 22.5 cm), Justin Martyr, Opera quae exstant omnia ... opera et studio ex Monachis Congregationis S. Mauri, The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, 1742, bound with: Paulinus II of Aquileia (Saint), Opera ... notis, et dissertationibus illustravit ... Joannes Franciscus Madrisius, Venice: Typographia Pitteriana, 1737, 2 works in 1 volume, Justin Martyr with Greek and Latin text in double column, browned throughout, Paulinus II with 1 engraved plate (of 3), contemporary calf, gilt spine, joints cracked, worn, folio (40 x 25.5 cm) The first two works (Statue antiquae and Antiqua numismata) were both published as part of the immense twelve-volume Museum florentinum (1731-66), for which see Cicognara 3417 (ten volumes only; lacking the two supplementary volumes. (6)

Franco (Nicolo). Le Pistole Vulgari, 2nd edition, Antonio Gardane, Venice, 1542, title with large woodcut device, repeated to final leaf verso, woodcut portrait of the author, some underlining, crossings-through and early annotations, possibly by Claude Enoch Virez? (ownership signature to title), occasional light soiling, later calf gilt, joints cracking, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo Adams F962. Second edition (first published in 1539) of poet and writer Franco's volume of erotic letters in Italian, in the style of his former employer, the poet Pietro Aretino. After falling out with Aretino, he moved to Rome and was employed by a patron, Alessandro Pallentieri to write barbs against Pope Paul IV, and after Pallentieri fell from favour, Franco was interrogated by the Inquisition for two years, failed to repent and was hanged in Rome in 1570. (1)

Grattius (Faliscus). Cynegeticon. Or, A Poem of Hunting by Gratius the Faliscian. Englished and illustrated by Christopher Wase Gent, 1st English edition, Charles Adams, 1654, [94], 86 pp., some light dust soiling, browning mostly to margins and occasional spots, 19th century half calf, joints cracked at head & foot, some wear to extremities, slim 12mo Wing G1581; ESTC R1966; Schwerdt I, p.217. The first edition in English. The poem which is by a contemporary of Virgil and Ovid, has Latin and English texts on facing pages. Wase's commentary includes chapters on "the styles of hunting different from the English, both antique and forreigne" and "the modern authors who have written upon this subject." The first edition in Latin was published in Lyon by Sebastian Gryphius in 1537. (1)

Loubayssin de Lamarca (Francisco). Historia tragicomica de Don Henrique de Castro, [probable] 1st edition, Paris: Vendense... en la tienda de la viuda de Matias Guillemot, 1617, engraved title and portrait plate (?a8 verso), woodcut initials, lacks errata leaf at end (3K3), a few old brown ink pen scratches to title and foremargin and lower margins repaired close to plate impression, some old ink marginalia and underscoring to Book 1, mostly in French, some spotting and old damp staining at front and rear, edges stained red, 19th-century calf with leather spine label, rubbed, 8vo (17 x 10.5cm) This is generally regarded as the first novel to be set in Spanish America. The action largely takes place in 16th-century Chile and also recounts visits to Mexico, Peru and a circumnavigation of the globe with Magellan. There is one suggestion of an edition of 1612, which is believed to be a ghost and based on a misreading of this 1617 edition. This 1617 edition is therefore considered by all the authorities to be the first edition, with no proven evidence of the existence of a 1612 edition. Medina, Biblioteca Hispano-Chilena 42; Palau 142662. (1)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues..., Imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, 1612], lacking general title (A1), Apocrypha present, New Testament title within woodcut border present, double-column roman text, 18th century inscriptions to verso of New Testament title and final leaf of Revelation (relating to a James & Robert Wilson), bound with at front a defective Book of Common Prayer and Genealogies by John Speed, with remnants of Genealogies title, includes double-page woodcut map of Canaan, bound with at rear an incomplete Booke of Psalmes, London: Imprinted for the Companie of Stationers, 1612, occasional fraying, browning, spotting & few marks etc. throughout volume, few other early inscriptions, front free endpapers replaced, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary sheep to upper board, lacking rear board, old calf reback, rubbed and worn, 4to Herbert 313; Darlow & Moule 242; STC 2219. The first quarto edition of the King James version; printed in roman type. With Ruth iii:15 'hee'. The New Testament title omits the words 'Appointed...'. (1)

Grey (Zane). Tales of the Angler's Eldorado New Zealand, published Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1st edition, 1926, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, many with captioned tissue guards, last few images with marginal closed tears and slight adhesion damage, 4to, together with Tales of Fishing Virgin Sea, 1st edition, published Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1925, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, 4to, with Tales of Tahitian Waters, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1931, additional half title, title page with slight adhesian damage and biro numbers to verso and recto, later endpapers, the three volumes bound in uniform modern quarter calf gilt, 4to, plus Tales of Southern Rivers, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, additional half title, numerous illustrations throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, and Tales of Fishes, 1st edition, published Hodder & Stoughton, 1919, colour frontispiece and numerous black and white illustrations throughout, later end papers, modern quarter calf, 8vo, with An American Angler in Australia, published Hodder & Stoughton, first English edition, [1937], additional half title, numerous illustrations, mostly bound at rear, some spotting throughout, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo All the bindings are uniform. (6)

[Davenant, Charles]. Discourses on the Publick Revenues and on the Trade of England, 2 volumes, James Knapton, 1698, half title and terminal ad leaf in the first volume, three folding tables, few contemporary annotations, modern half calf, contrasting morocco labels to spines, 8vo, together with A Discourse upon Grants and Resumptions. Showing how our Ancestors have Proceeded with such Ministers as have Procured to Themselves Grants of the Crown-Revenue; and that the Forfeited Estates ought to be applied towards the Payment of the Publick Debts..., 2nd edition, James Knapton, 1700, armorial bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester to upper pastedown, hinges cracked, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo, with Essays upon I. The Ballance of Power. II. The Right of making War, Peace, and Alliances. III. Universal Monarchy..., 1st edition, James Knapton, 1701, half-title, 3 page book list at rear, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked at head & foot, worn at head of spine, 8vo (4)

Lindley (John). Pomologia Britannica; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Most Important Varieties of Fruit Cultivated in Great Britain, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Henry G. Bohn, 1841, 152 hand-coloured engraved plates heightened in gum arabic, 5 double-page, tissue guards, slight offsetting to plate 21, spotting to endpapers and blanks, engraved contemporary book label of one William Scorer to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, original citron half morocco by J. Wright, spines gilt with strawberry and bunch-of-grape motifs, some superficial stripping to morocco, 8vo (23 x 13.6 cm) Nissen BBI 1203. A clean and handsome copy. The plates, which are mainly after Augusta Withers (1792-1877), first appeared in the short-lived Pomological Magazine (1827-30). (3)