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Geoponica [Latino]. Constantini Caesaris selectarum praecetionum, de Agricultura Libri viginti, Iano Cornario medico physico interprete... Basel, Hieronymus Froben, marzo 1540.In-8° (mm 162x114). Segnatura: a-z8, A-B8 (mancano le carte B7 e B8). 385, 11 di [15] pagine. Marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio e in fine. Iniziali decorate silografiche. Esemplare in discreto stato di conservazione, fori di tarlo al margine esterno bianco delle prime quattro carte, con restauri alle prime tre. Lievi fioriture marginali. Legatura moderna in pergamena, dorso liscio. Tagli screziati in rosso. Una antica mano ha vergato il titolo in inchiostro bruno al taglio di piede. Alcune annotazioni marginali in italiano, di probabile mano settecentesca, più frequenti nei libri VII e VIII, dedicati al vino. Terza edizione latina dei venti libri dei Geoponica - celeberrimo trattato bizantino a lungo attribuito all'imperatore Costantino VII Porfiriogenito -, nella traduzione curata dal medico e umanista sassone Jan Cornarius (ca. 1500-1558), condotta sulla base di un codice greco fornitogli dall'amico boemo Matthaeus Aurogallus. La versione di Cornarius era stata originariamente pubblicata nel 1538, a Basilea e a Venezia. I Geoponica si basano prevalentemente su una più antica compilazione dovuta a Cassianus Bassus. Adams C-865; VD16 C-1415; B.IN.G. 918.8° (162x114 mm). Collation: a-z8, A-B8 (lacking fols. B7 and B8). 385, 11 of [15] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page and at the end. Copy in fair condition, the first three leaves repaired, wormholes to the blank outer margin of the first quire. Light marginal foxing. Modern vellum, smooth spine. Edges mottled red. An early hand had inked the title on the tail-edge. A few marginal annotations, possibly in a 18th-century hand, especially in the Books VII e VIII, devoted to wine-making. Third Latin edition of the famous Geoponika, a Byzantine compilation on agriculture which was at the age attributed to Emperor Constantinus VII Porphyrogenitus. It is now generally thought that the work is largely based on an earliest compilation by Cassianus Bassus. The German physician and humanist Jan Cornarius (ca. 1500-1558) was responsible for the Latin version, which is relied on a Greek manuscript supplied by Matthaeus Aurogallus. The first edition of Cornarius's translation had appeared in 1538. Adams C-865; VD16 C-1415; B.IN.G. 918.

Giardinaggio/Gardening. Re Filippo. Il Giardiniere avviato nell'esercizio della sua professione... Parte Prima [- Parte Seconda]. Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1808.Un'opera in due volumi, in-8° (mm 191x112). I. xi, 280 pagine. II. 373, [3] pagine. Marca editoriale a entrambi i frontespizi. Nel primo volume 3 tavole incise su due fogli (margini bruniti). Carte uniformemente brunite, diffuse fioriture, numerosi aloni, qualche gora. più marcata quella al margine interno delle carte di guardia e dei primi fascicoli del secondo volume, con tracce di muffa. Legatura uniforme in mezza pelle con angoli, piatti in carta marmorizzata. Dorsi lisci decorati con ferri dorati, titolo e numero del volume su doppio tassello. Contropiatti e sguardie del primo volume in carta decorata. Piatti largamente abrasi, danneggiato l'anteriore del secondo volume. SI AGGIUNGE: Re Filippo. Manuale del giardiniere pratico o sia Metodo facile ad ogni dilettante de' fiori per sapere quello che dee fare nel giardino ogni mese... Terza edizione adorna di rami coloriti... Milano, Giovanni Silvestri,1823.In-8° (mm 200x127). 135, [1] pagine. Una tavola incisa e colorata legata in fine. Fioriture e piccoli aloni marginali, qualche macchietta. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, piatti marmorizzati. Lievi abrasioni agli angoli dei piatti. Timbri del 'Prof. Cav. Luigi Ferrari Censore' modenese, al frontespizio e in calce all'ultima carta. SI AGGIUNGE: Re Filippo. Il manuale del giardiniere fiorista... Settima edizione con nuove aggiunte e tavola colorata. Milano, Libreria Savallo - Firenze, Libreria della Novità, 1865.(mm 153x102). 236, [4] pagine. Carta di occhietto. Una tavola litografica ripiegata, colorata a mano. Leggera brunitura delle carte. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, piatti in carta marmorizzata. Volume nr. 18 della collana editoriale "Biblioteca delle Strade Ferrate".SI AGGIUNGE: Affaitati Casimiro [pseud. di Antonio Maria da Albogasio]. L'ortolano in Villa e l'accurato giardiniere in città... Edizione quarta accreciuta d'altre regole cavate dalla sperienza di trenta e più anni... Bassano, Giuseppe Remondini, 1812.In-12° (mm 162x96). 323, [1] pagine. Numerose illustrazioni silografiche nel testo, alcune a piena pagina. Esemplare in barbe, alcuni fascicoli a fogli chiusi. Leggere bruniture, alcune fioriture. Brossura coeva, dorso rinforzato in tempi recenti. Tre opere del noto agronomo italiano Filippo Re (1763-1817) dedicate alla pratica del giardinaggio, cui si aggiunge l'edizione remondiniana del 1812 del celebre manuale L'ortolano in Villa di Villa by Casimiro Affaitati, originariamente apparso a Milano nel 1711 e frequentemente ristampato - con titoli leggermente differenti - fino all'inizio del XIX secolo. I. Niccoli, p. 320. II. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849), 1671. IV. Ibidem, 745.Gardening. Re Filippo. Il Giardiniere avviato nell'esercizio della sua professione... Parte Prima [- Parte Seconda]. Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1808. One work in two volumes, 8° (191x112 mm). I. xi, 280 pages. II. 373, [3] pages. Publisher's device on both title-pages. 3 folding engraved plates in the first volume (marginal browning). Leaves uniformly browned, foxing and spotting throughout. Waterstains, especially to the gutter of the first quires of the second volume, with mould traces. Uniform half-leather binding, marbled covers. Smooth spines, gilt tooled, title and volume numbering on double lettering-piece. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves in the first volumes. Covers largely rubbed, wear to the upper cover of the second volume. ADDING: Re Filippo. Manuale del giardiniere pratico o sia Metodo facile ad ogni dilettante de' fiori per sapere quello che dee fare nel giardino ogni mese... Terza edizione adorna di rami coloriti... Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1823.8° (200x127 mm). 135, [1] pages. One coloured engraved plate, bound at the end. Foxing and small marginal spots, a few minor stains. Contemporary half-leather, marbled covers. Slightly rubbed. Stamps with inscription relating to Modena censorship, 'Prof. Cav. Luigi Ferrari Censore modenese', on the title-page and at the end.ADDING: Re Filippo. Il manuale del giardiniere fiorista... Settima edizione con nuove aggiunte e tavola colorata. Milano, Libreria Savallo - Firenze, Libreria della Novità, 1865.(153x102 mm). 236, [4] pages. Half-title. One folding and hand-coloured lithographed plate. Leaves slightly browned. Contemporary half-leather, marbled covers. Volume no. 18 of the series "Biblioteca delle Strade Ferrate".ADDING: Affaitati Casimiro [pseud. Antonio Maria da Albogasio]. L'ortolano in Villa e l'accurato giardiniere in città... Edizione quarta accreciuta d'altre regole cavate dalla sperienza di trenta e più anni... Bassano, Giuseppe Remondini, 1812.12° (162x96 mm). 323, [1] pages. Numerous woodcuts in the text, some full-page. Uncut copy, some quires unopened. Light browning, a few foxing. Contemporary wrappers, spine later reinforced. Three works on gardening compiled by the leading Italian agronomist Filippo Re (1763-1817). Further, the lot includes the 1812 Remondini edition of the popular handbook L'ortolano in Villa by Casimiro Affaitati, originally published in Milan in 1711 and frequently reprinted- unter slightly different titles - until the first decades of the 19th-century. I. Niccoli, p. 320. II. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849), 1671; IV. Ibidem, 745.

Giobert Giovanni Antonio. Annali di economia rurale, civile, e domestica, ossia Raccolta di memorie spettanti all'agricoltura, all'economia di casa, al commercio, arti, e manifatture di Giovanni Antonio Giobert. Torino, Stamperia Reale, 1791.Un'opera in tre volumi in-8° (mm 210x140). VIII, 191, [1]; 176; 160 pagine. Completo della tavola incisa su rame e ripiegata, in fine al secondo volume. Bell'esemplare, impresso su carta forte, in barbe, preservato nella brossura muta originale, con titolo manoscritto su tassello cartaceo. Lievi bruniture, piccolo monogramma ai frontespizi anticamente eraso in inchiostro bruno, qualche mancanza ai dorsi.Prima edizione di questa raccolta di articoli curata dal chimico piemontese Giobert (1761-1834), uno dei primi a diffondere le teorie di Lavoisier in Italia. La maggior parte degli articoli vennero redatti dallo stesso Giobert, altri sono opera di scienziati francesi, inglesi e olandesi, a trattare diversi argomenti: dalla viticultura all'olio di oliva, dalla coltivazione degli alberi da frutto alla preparazione dei profumi. Rara edizione, qui presentata in un esemplare genuino e intonso.A work in three volumes, 8° (210x140 mm). VIII, 191, [1]; 176; 160 pages. Complete with the folding engraved plate, bound at the end. A good, uncut, copy, printed on thick paper. Original wrappers, spine with inked title on a paper label. Some leaves slightly browned. Small monogram on the title-pages, erased in ink by an early hand, some losses to the spines. First edition of this collection of essays edited by the chemist from Piedmont Giobert (1761-1834), one of the first propagators of Lavoisier's theories in Italy. The majority of the articles are by Giobert himself, others are compiled by French, English and Dutch scientists, and deal with different subjects: from viticulture to olive oil, from fruit trees to preparation of perfumes. A rare edition, offered in a genuine and unopened copy.

Goes Willem. Rei agrariae auctores legesque variae. Quaedam nunc primum, caetera emendatiora prodeunt cura Wilelmi Goesii, cuius accedunt indices, antiquitates agrariae & notae: una cum Nicolai Rigaltii notis & observationibus, nec non glossario eiusdem. Amsterdam, Jan Jansson, 1674. Due parti in un volume in-4° piccolo (mm 192x150). [20], 360, [60]; 328 pagine. Antiporta calcografica in paginazione. Numerose illustrazioni calcografiche e silografiche nel testo, alcune a piena pagina. 3 tavole incise su rame (2 ripiegate). Iniziali decorate, testatine e finalini silografici. Alcuni fascicoli uniformemente bruniti; sporadiche fioriture. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone. Dorso liscio, con titolo impresso in nero nel XIX secolo. Tagli spruzzati in rosso, taglio di testo scurito. Contropiatti e sguardie rinnovati. Applicata al contropiatto anteriore tavola incisa di soggetto botanico.Prima edizione di questa importante collezione di scritti di autori antichi sulla scienza agraria e l'economia rurale, riccamente illustrata. L'edizione fu curata dal giurista e filologo olandese Willem Goes (1611-1686), in collaborazione con Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654), che corredò i testi selezionati di accurate note, nonché di un utile glossario dei termini. Kress 1398.Two parts in one volume, small 4° (192x150 mm). [20, including engraved frontispiece], 360, [60]; 328 pages. Numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations in the text, some are full-page. 3 engraved plates (2 are folding). A few quires uniformly browned, foxing in places. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Smooth spine, with 19th-century stamped title. Edges speckled red, head-edge darkened. Pastedowns and flyleaves renewed. An engraved botanical plate tipped in on the front pastedown. First edition of this remarkable ald lavishly illustrated collection of classical writings on agriculture and rural economy. The publication was edited by the Ditch lawyer and philologist Willem Goes (1611-1686) in partnership with Nicolas Rigault (1577-1654), who supplemented the texts with accurate notes and a very useful lexicon of terms used. Kress 1398.

Grégoire Pierre. Syntaxes artis mirabilis, in libros septem digestae... Nunc denuo de mandato SS. Officij Inquisitionis reuisae & expurgatae... Venezia, Giovanni Domenico Imberti, 1588.Tre parti in un volume in-8° (mm 150x102). Segnatura: +8, A-S8; A-Z8; Aa-Rr8, Ss4. [16], 102; [2], 105-277, [11]; 583, [65] pagine. Marca tipografica incisa su legno ai tre frontespizi. Iniziali decorate, testatine e finalini silografici. Una tabella ripiegata; diagrammi, e silografie nel testo. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, lieve bruniture al frontespizio e a alcune carte. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, con unghie e coppia di fori per bindelle ai lati lunghi dei piatti. Dorso liscio, titolo vergato in inchiostro bruno; in alto il numero '35'. Di mano probabilmente più antica il titolo vergato al taglio di piede. Alcune annotazioni marginali in latino, di mano secentesca. Annotazione al frontespizio 'bourg franc', di mano antica in inchiostro bruno. Grande ex libris 'Conte di Perrone applicato al verso del frontespizio. Rara edizione veneziana della compilazione enciclopedica - in cui non mancano riferimenti alla economia agraria - del giurista e filosofo tolosano Pierre Grégoire (ca. 1540-1597), divisa in sette libri e strettamente modellata sul metodo lulliano. La prima edizione era apparsa tra il 1578 a Lione. La pubblicazione veneziana fu proposta sul mercato nonostante il severo divieto della censura romana sulla filosofia lulliana, forse attraverso la mediazione di Antonio Persio. Three parts in one volume, 8° (150x102 mm). Collation: +8, A-S8; A-Z8; Aa-Rr8, Ss4. [16], 102; [2], 105-277, [11]; 583, [65] pages. Woodcut printer's device on each title-page. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. One folded table; diagrams and woodcuts in the text. A good copy, title-page and some leaves slighlty browned. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges, holes for ties to the fore-edge. Smooth spine with inked title, at the top the number '35'. The title on the tail-edge possibly inked by an earlier hand. Some Latin marginalia in a 17th-century hand. The early note 'bourg franc' on the title-page. Large ex libris 'Conte di Perrone' on the verso of the title-page.Rare Venetian edition of the encyclopaedic compilation by the lawyer and philosopher from Tolouse Pierre Grégoire (ca. 1540-1597), divided into seven books and strictly following the Lullian method. The work also deals with topics relating to rural economy, and its first edition had appeared in Lyon in 1578. The Venetian publication was printed in spite of the ban against Lullian philosophy issued by the Roman censorship.

Guerrino Tommaso. Euclide in campagna ossia geometria pratica. Milano, Pasquale Agnelli, 1818.In-4° (mm 258x192). [8], 422, [2] pagine. Marca tipografica silografica al frontespizio. Testatine silografiche. Numerosi diagrammi e illustrazioni incise su legno nel testo. Alcune carte uniformente brunite, gore. Pergamena floscia coeva, titolo manoscritto al dorso. Contropiatti e sguardie rinnovate. Abrasioni e macchie di inchiostro. Annotazioni matematiche a lapis, principalmente ai contropiatti.Terza edizione di questo importante trattato di agrimensura dedicato alla misurazione di terreni, fiumi, confini, botti e tini, originariamente stampato a Milano nel 1763. Il testo è illustrato da numerose tabelle, figure geometriche e vignette silografiche ritraenti momenti di vita agreste. 4° (258x192 mm). [8], 422, [2] pages. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut headpieces. Numerous woodcut diagrams and illustrations. Some leaves uniformely browned, waterstains. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on the spine. Covers and spine somewhat abraded and stained. Mathematical annotation in pencil, mainly on the pastedowns.Third edition of this important treatise on surveying, dedicated to the measuring of lands, rivers, barrels and vats. The work was first printed in Milan in 1763, and it is illustrated with diagrams, geometric forms, and woodcuts depicting portrait of rural life.

Apicultura. Sartori Luigi. Trattato di apicultura razionale. Vicenza, Tip. Nazionale Paroni, 1866.In-8° (mm 216x142). 248 pagine. Con illustrazioni incise su rame e diagrammi nel testo. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, alcuni fascicoli a fogli chiusi. Legatura coeva in mezza tela verde, piatti in percallina. Tagli spruzzati in blu. SI AGGIUNGE: Bastian Frédéric. Le api. Trattato teorico e pratico d'apicoltura razionale... Traduzione italiana di Alfonso Visconti di Saliceto... Milano, Gaetano Brigola, 1869.(mm 183x116). VII, [1], 243, [3] pagine. Carta d'occhietto. 61 illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo (leggera controstampa). Carte uniformemente brunite, fioriture marginali, qualche alone. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, piatti in carta marmorizzata. Dorso liscio con titolo in oro, al piede le lettere 'C.F.B.', in caratteri dorati. Qualche abrasione ai piatti, leggera perdita di colore al dorso, usurata la cerniera anteriore. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris 'Alberto Biraghi', la stessa nota di possesso ripetuta con timbro al recto della seconda carta e in fine; al frontespizio altro timbro di possesso 'A. Cordero'.SI AGGIUNGE: De Layens Georges - Bonnier Gaston. Cours complet d'Apiculture (Culture des Abeilles)... Nouvelle édition... Paris, Librairie générale de l'enseignement, [s.d.].(mm 191x123). [2], 445, [1] pagine. Numerose illustrazioni litografiche in bianco e nero nel testo. Margini leggermente bruniti, qualche fioritura. Legatura in mezza pelle, piatti in cartonato colorato. Dorso liscio di più recente fattura, diviso in scomparti da filetti dorati, titolo in oro. Leggere abrasioni ai labbri dei piatti. Ex libris di Alberto Biraghi al contropiatto anteriore, sua nota di possesso al frontespizio.Tre opere dedicate alla apicoltura e alla produzione del miele, tra cui si segnalano la prima e unica edizione dell'importante manuale redatto da Luigi Sartori (1834-1921) e la traduzione italiana de Les Abeilles, traité théorique et pratique d'apiculture rationnelle di Frédéric Bastian, pubblicato originariamente nel 1868. Apiculture. Sartori Luigi. Trattato di apicultura razionale. Vicenza, Tip. Nazionale Paroni, 18668° (216x142 mm). 248 pages. Engraved illustrations and diagrams in the text. A good copy, some quires unopened. Contemporary half green leather, cloth covers. Edges speckled blue. ADDING: Bastian Frédéric. Le api. Trattato teorico e pratico d'apicoltura razionale... Traduzione italiana di Alfonso Visconti di Saliceto... Milano, Gaetano Brigola, 1869.(mm 183x116). VII, [1], 243, [3] pages. Half-title. 61 black-and-white illustrations in the text (light offset). Leaves uniformly browned, marginal foxing, a few spots. Contemporary half-leather, marbled covers. Smooth spine, title in gilt lettering, at the foot the letters 'C.F.B.' in gold. Some scratches tothe covers, spine slightly discoloured, front joint somewhat abraded. Ex libris of Alberto Biraghi on the front pastedown, Biraghi's inscription stamped on the recto of the second leaf and at the end. Another ownership stamp 'A. Cordero' on the title-page.ADDING: De Layens Georges - Bonnier Gaston. Cours complet d'Apiculture (Culture des Abeilles)... Nouvelle édition... Paris, Librairie générale de l'enseignement, [s.d.].(191x123 mm). [2], 445, [1] pages. Numerous black-and-white lithographed illustrations in the text. Light browning to the margins, foxing in places. Half-leather, coloured boards. Rebacked, title in gilt lettering. Covers and board edges slightly rubbed. Ex libris of Alberto Biraghi on the front pastedown, his ownership inscription on the title-page.Three works on apiculture and production of honey, among them the first and unique edition of the pioneering handbook compiled by Luigi Sartori (1834-1921) and the Italian translation of Les Abeilles, traité théorique et pratique d'apiculture rationnelle by Frédéric Bastian, originally published in 1868.

Jonston Jan. Thaumatographia naturalis, In decem classes distincta, in quibus admiranda I. Coeli. II. Elementorum. III. Meteororum. IV. Fossilium. V. Plantarum... Amsterdam, Willem Jansz Blaeu, 1632.In-18° (mm 122x62). [12], 501, [3, bianche] pagine. La carta D7 erroneamente segnata E7. Marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate e finalini silografici. Buon esemplare, usuale lieve brunitura delle carte. Piccolo foro di tarlo al frontespizio che lede una lettera della data. Legatura coeva in pergamena. Dorso liscio, con titolo vergato in inchiostro da mano del tempo. Tagli spruzzati in rosso. Al contropiatto anteriore piccola etichetta della Libreria Malavasi (Milano).Prima e rara edizione di questa compilazione del naturalista di origine scozzese Jan Johnston (1603-1675), dedicata in particolare ai più sorprendenti fenomeni della natura, divisi in dieci categorie: le nuove stelle, gli elementi, meteore, minerali, piante, uccelli, quadrupedi, insetti, pesci e esseri umani. Comprende, quale appendice, la Observatio Bombycum, historia singularis anno 1599 di Andreas Libavius. "A compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge" (Garrison-Morton 287). Garrison-Morton 287; NLM/Krivatsy 6268; Norman 1177; Wellcome III, 366.18° (122x62 mm). [12], 501, [3, blank] pages. Fol. D7 erroneously signed E7. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials and tail-pieces. A good copy, uniformly browned as expected. Small wormhole to the title-page, barely affecting one letter. Contemporary vellum. Smooth spine with early inked title. Edges speckled red. Small ticket of the Libreria Malavasi (Milano) on the front pastedown.The rare first edition of the well-known compilation by the naturalist Jan Johnston (1603-1675), which illustrates the most prodigious natural phenomena, divided into ten categories: new stars, elements, meteors, minerals, plants, birds, quadrupeds, insects, fishes, and men. The work also includes, as an appendix, the Observatio Bombycum, historia singularis anno 1599 by Andreas Libavius. "A compilation of all the contemporary zoological knowledge" (Garrison-Morton 287). Garrison-Morton 287; NLM/Krivatsy 6268; Norman 1177; Wellcome III, 366.

Landeschi Giovanni Battista. Saggi di Agricoltura... con note di Antonio Bicchi accademico georgofilo. Terza edizione aumentata di due memorie... Firenze, Guglielmo Piatti, 1810.Due parti in un volume in-8° (mm 178x115). [4], 31, [2], 276; [2], 48 pagine. Completo della carta di errata, inserita fuori segnatura. 2 tavole incise ripiegate. Esemplare uniformemente brunito, in modo più marcato ai fascicoli centrali. Legatura tardo ottocentesca in cartonato marmorizzato, titolo vergato su tassello cartaceo al dorso, altro tassello al dorso. Tagli gialli. Tracce di timbro abraso al frontespizio. SI AGGIUNGE: Annuario agrario per il 1859... Firenze, a spese dell'editore, 1859.(mm 154x104). 322 pagine (le prime 7 pagine in numerali romani). Numerose tabelle nel testo, illustrazioni silografiche. Lievi bruniture. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, piccoli angoli in pergamena, piatti in carta marmorizzata. Dorso liscio, diviso in scomparti da filetti dorati, titolo in oro.Due interessanti fonti sulla storia della agricoltura in Toscana, tra cui la terza edizione dei Saggi di agricoltura, l'opera più nota del parroco-agronomo Giovanni Battista Landeschi (1721-1783), la cui prima edizione apparve a Firenze nel 1775. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura in Italia (1800-1849), 599; R. Pazzagli, Un parroco 'agronomo' nella Toscana del Settecento, in G. B. Landeschi, Saggi di agricoltura, Pisa 1998, pp. iii-xxxiv.Landeschi Giovanni Battista. Saggi di Agricoltura... con note di Antonio Bicchi accademico georgofilo. Terza edizione aumentata di due memorie... Firenze, Guglielmo Piatti, 1810. Two parts in one volume, 8° (178x115 mm). [4], 31, [2], 276; [2], 48 pages. Complete with errata leaf, not included in foliation. 2 folding engraved plated. Copy uniformly browned, heavier to central quires. Late 19-century marbled boards, spine with title inked on paper lettering-piece. Yellow edges. Traces of erased stamp on the title-page.ADDING: Annuario agrario per il 1859... Firenze, a spese dell'editore, 1859.(154x104 mm). 322 pages (the first 7 pages in Roman figures). Numerous tables in the texts, woodcuts. Copy slightly browned in places. Contemporary half-leather, marbled covers. Smooth spine, divided into compartments by gilt fillets, title lettered in gold.Two interesting sources for the history or rural economy in Tuscany, among others the third edition of the Saggi di agricoltura, the most famous work published by the parish-agronomist Giovanni Battista Landeschi (1721-1783), and first issued in Florence in 1775. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura in Italia (1800-1849), 599; R. Pazzagli, Un parroco 'agronomo' nella Toscana del Settecento, in G. B. Landeschi, Saggi di agricoltura, Pisa 1998, pp. iii-xxxiv.

Liger Louis. La nouvelle Maison Rustique, ou Economie générale de tous les biens de campagne... Neuviéme édition Augmentée considérablement... Tome Premier [- Tome Second]. Paris, chez Desaint, 1768. Un'opera in due volumi in-4° (mm 247x190). [2], iij, [5], 916 pagine. Nel primo volume antiporta calcografica, raffigurante una maison rustique. Piccolo fregio silografico a entrambi i frontespizi; testatine e finalini incisi su legno. 14 tavole incise nel primo volume, di cui tre ripiegate (piccolo strappo al margine inferiore bianco della tavola relativa alla pagina 844); 23 nel secondo volume, di cui tre ripiegate (strappetti al margine esterno bianco delle tavole relative alle pagine 333 e 492). Diagrammi e illustrazioni silografiche nel testo. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione. Alcuni fascicoli leggermente bruniti. Aloni e qualche macchietta; fioriture marginali; sporadici segni d'uso. Al frontespizio del primo volume mancanza al margine interno bianco, e strappetti a quello esterno, in entrambi i casi senza perdita di testo. Pallida gora marginale al primo fascicolo del secondo volume. Legatura francese coeva uniforme in vitello agli acidi. Dorsi a cinque nervi sottolineati da diagonali di filetti in oro, scomparti decorati da ferri floreali e foliati in oro; titolo e numero del volume in caratteri dorati. Ai labbri dei piatti, tracce dell'originaria decorazione in oro; contropiatti e sguardie in carta marmorizzata. Tagli rossi. Piatti in più punti abrasi; mancanze ai labbri e agli angoli, più evidenti nel primo volume. Cerniere leggermente usurate. Mancanze alle estremità dei dorsi. Nel secondo volume qualche annotazione in tedesco, vergata a lapis da mano moderna. Ai contropiatti anteriori etichetta della Libreria Foulard (Parigi); al contropiatto anteriore del secondo volume ex libris moderno 'Chr. Winner'. Bella edizione dell'importante e fortunatissimo trattato dell'agronomo francese Louis Liger, sieur d'Auxerre (1658-1717), la cui prima edizione era apparsa a Amsterdam nel 1700. Numerose furono le ristampe che ne seguirono fino all'inizio dell'Ottocento. A entrambi i frontespizi è stampata l'indicazione del prezzo dell'edizione, 'Les deux Volumes reliés, 24 liv.'. One work in two volumes, 4° (247x190 mm). [2], iij, [5], 916 pages. Engraved frontispiece in the first volume, depicting a maison rustique. Small woodcut ornament on both title-pages; woodcut head- and tail-pieces. 14 engraved plates in the first volume, three are folding (short tear to the blank lower margin of the plate relating to page 844); 23 engraved plates in the second volume, three are folding (short tears to the blank outer margin of the plate relating, respectively, to page 333 and 492). Woodcuts and diagrams in the text. A good copy, some quire slightly browned. Loss to the gutter of the first title-page and short tears to the outer margin, in boh cases not affecting text. Pale waterstain to the first quire of the second volume. Some spots and small stains; marginal foxing, a few traces of use. Contemporary French mottled calf. Spines with five raised bands underlined by gilt fillets and decorated with gilt floral tools; title and volume numbering lettered in gilt. Ruled board edges (golding faded). Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, edges red. Covers rubbed, board edges and corners worn, especially in the first volume. Joints slightly cracked, some losses to the extremities of spines. A few pencilled German annotations in the second volume, in a modern hand. Ticket of the bookseller Foulard (Paris) on the front pastedown; modern ex libris 'Chr. Winner' on the front pastedown of the second volume. Fine edition of the remarkable and widely popular treatise by the French agronomist Louis Liger, sieur d'Auxerre (1658-1717), first appeared in Amsterdam in 1700. As an interesting feature, the price notice of this edition of 1768 - 'Les deux Volumes reliés, 24 liv.' - is printed on both title-pages.

Liger Louis. Le Nouveau Théatre d'Agriculture et Menage des Champs, contenant la manière de cultiver & faire valoir toutes sortes de biens à la campagne... Enrichi d'un grand nombre de Figures en taille douce. Paris, Michel David, 1713.In-4° (mm 252x187). 18 di [20, eliminata la congiunta alla carta î1, bianca], 740 pagine. Frontespizio in rosso e nero, con fregio silografico. Iniziali decorate e testatine incise su legno, a introdurre ognuno dei libri che compongono l'opera. 29 tavole calcografiche, alcune disegnate e incise da Jean-Baptiste Scotin; notazione musicale incisa su legno (carte ssss2v-Tttt1v), relativa al corno da caccia. Illustrazioni e diagrammi silografici. Buon esemplare, alcune carte uniformemente brunite, alcuni difetti al margine interno del frontespizio. Legatura coeva in bazzana. Dorso a cinque nervi, decorato in oro, titolo in caratteri dorati su tassello, parzialmente abraso. Contropiatti e sguardie in carta marmorizzata. Tagli scuriti. Mancanze al piede del dorso. Al contropiatto posteriore l'indicazione di prezzo in inchiostro bruno '22 ff'; altra indicazione di prezzo al verso della carta di guardia anteriore '-4 .6'.La seconda edizione della celebre opera dell'agronomo francese Louis Liger, sieur d'Auxerre (1658-1717), per la prima volta apparsa a Amsterdam nel 1700, con il diverso titolo di Oeconomie générale de la Campagne. Diviso in cinque libri e riccamente illustrato, il trattato si presenta come ideale continuazione della Maison Rustique di Charles Estienne e del Théatre d'Agriculture di Olivier de Serres, e tratta di ogni aspetto della economia rurale, dall'apicoltura alla produzione del vino, da questioni legate all'irrigazione alla caccia. Non mancano le ricette di cucina, e interessanti esempi di musica per corno da caccia. L'opera ebbe un notevolissimo successo, e fu più volte ristampata nel corso del Settecento. Thiébaud 595; Vicaire 522. 4° (252x187 mm). 18 of [20, the conjugate blank to fol. î1 cut away ], 740 pages. Title in red and black, with woodcut ornament. Woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces. 29 engraved plates, some of them drawn and engraved by Jean-Baptiste Scotin; engraved musical notation relating to the horn in hunting (fols. ssss2v-Tttt1v). Woodcuts and diagrams in the text. Copy in good condition, some leaves uniformly browned, some wears to the gutter of title-page. Contemporary bazzana leather. Spine with five raised bands, gilt tooled; title in gold on lettering-piece, partially rubbed. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves. Edges darkened. Losses to the bottom of spine. Price notice '22 ff' inked on the front pastedown; other price notice '-4 .6' on the verso of the front flyleaf.The second edition of the widely popular work by French agronomist Louis Liger, sieur d'Auxerre (1658-1717), first published in Amsterdam in 1700 under the different title of Oeconomie générale de la Campagne. Divided into five books and lavishly ilustrated, Liger's treatise is modelled on the Maison Rustique by Charles Estienne and the Théatre d'Agriculture by Olivier de Serres. The work deals with all aspects of rural economy and country life, from purchase and setting of an estate to bee-keeping, from management of forests and gardens to grape vine. The last sections covers hunting, others country sports, and cooking recipes. Numerous reprints and editions followed throughout the 18th and 19th century. Thiébaud 595; Vicaire 522.

Marani Girolamo. Pratiche osservazioni intorno al governo de' cavalleri e alla coltivazione de' morari, viti e siepi nei terreni magri e sassosi del Territorio Veronese. Verona, Agostino Carattoni, 1755.In-4° (mm 234x167). 31, [1] pagine. Vignetta silografica al frontespizio, belle testatine e finalini incisi su legno. Buon esemplare, tracce di polvere al frontespizio, più marcate quelle al verso dell'ultima carta. Qualche alone marginale, piccolo foro al margine inferiore bianco del frontespizio, senza alcuna perdita di testo. Cartonato coevo, qualche brunitura, aloni e macchiette. SI AGGIUNGE: Ronconi Ignazio. Il piantatore o sia nuovo metodo di piantare il formento. Venezia, Giovanni Lironcurti, 1770.In-4° (mm 246x189). 22 pagine. Vignetta silografica al frontespizio, testatine e finalini incisi su legno. Una tavola incisa e ripiegata. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, occasionali e lievi aloni, frontespizio leggermente brunito. Brossura moderna in carta marmorizzata. Rara prima edizione della memoria redatta dal veronese Girolamo Marani - il cui nome è impresso in calce alla lettera dedicatoria - e che offre interessanti ragguagli sulle pratiche agricole del terriorio di Verona. Il lotto comprende inoltre un breve saggio di Ignazio Ronconi, illustrante una macchina di nuova ideazione, detta 'piantatore'. I. Taccolini, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1750-1799), 37. II. Ibidem, 241.Marani Girolamo. Pratiche osservazioni intorno al governo de' cavalleri e alla coltivazione de' morari, viti e siepi nei terreni magri e sassosi del Territorio Veronese. Verona, Agostino Carattoni, 1755.4° (234x167 mm). 31, [1] pages. Woodcut vignette on the title-page, fine head- and tail-pieces. A good copy, dusting to the title-page and last verso. A few marginal spots, small hole to the blank lower margin of the title-page, without any loss. Contemporary boards, some browning and spotting, a few small stains.ADDING: Ronconi Ignazio. Il piantatore o sia nuovo metodo di piantare il formento. Venezia, Giovanni Lironcurti, 1770.4° (246x189 mm). 22 pages. Woodcut vignette on the title-page, head- and tail-pieces. One folding engraved plate. A good copy, light spotting in places, title-page slightly browned. Modern marbled wrappers. Rare first edition of this essay by Girolamo Marani, which gives precious information on agricultural practices in the Veronese area. The lot also includes a short writing by Ignazio Ronconi, concerned with the innovative farm machine called 'piantatore'. I. Taccolini, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1750-1799), 37. II. Ibidem, 241.

Mazza Carcani Paolo. Spicilegio d'Agricoltura pratica secondo Columella, o sia Discorsi de l'agricoltura... Milano, Giuseppe Marelli, 1789.In-4° (mm 251x207). xxxvi, 160 pagine. Fregio silografico al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate, testatine e finalini incisi su legno. Esemplare stampato su carta forte, ad ampi margini. Alcune bruniture e fioriture; piccole macchie e aloni; qualche traccia d'uso. Frontespizio e ultime carte con tracce di polvere e aloni. Occasionali falli di carta. Legatura in pergamena antica rimontata, dorso liscio. Conservate le carte di guardia originali. Al contropiatto anteriore la nota di possesso '1795 die 22 julii Ad usum Pii Peruzzotti Can:ci Casati Melegnani ex dono Auctoris'.SI AGGIUNGE: Galosio Giuseppe Antonio. La perizia e l'agrimensura... Tomo Primo. Cremona, Francesco Gaetano Ferrari, 1786.In-4° grande (mm 256x196). [8], 198 [2] pagine. Completo dell'ultima carta bianca. Una tavola calcografica ripiegata legata in fine, siglata 'G.B.'. Due tabelle a piena pagina nel testo. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione. Qualche macchia e aloni marginali, più evidenti al margine inferiore di alcuni fascicoli; danneggiato il margine inferiore bianco delle carte P3 e P4, senza alcuna perdita di testo Macchie al margine inferiore della carta P2v, minimi falli di carta, tracce d'uso. Legatura in mezza pelle, piatti ricoperti in carta marmorizzata. Dorso liscio, diviso in scomparti da filetti e decorati a secco; al secondo scomparto titolo in caratteri dorati. Abrasioni ai labbri dei piatti e agli angoli. Occasionali annotazioni marginali a lapis, di mano tardo ottocentesca.SI AGGIUNGE: Tarello Camillo. Ricordo d'agricoltura di Misier Camillo Tarello da Lonato La prima volta al Serenissimo S. Gieronimo de Priuli Principe di Venezia... ed ora al nobile signor Conte Antonio Griti dedicato. Bergamo, Giovanni Santini, 1756.In-4° (mm 225x172). viii, [4], 70, [2] pagine. Carta d'occhietto. Fregio silografico al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate e animate incise su legno, bella testatina alla carta A1r, finalini silografici. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, alcune carte leggermente brunite. Sporadiche fioriture, alcune tracce d'uso. Fori di tarlo al margine inferiore bianco dei primi fascicoli, e piccola mancanza all'angolo inferiore esterno bianco della carta B2, in entrambi i casi senza alcuna perdita di testo. Legatura coeva in pergamena su piatti in cartone. Dorso liscio, con titolo in caratteri dorati su tassello in marocchino nocciola, parzialmente abraso. Tagli spruzzati in rosso. Alcune macchiette ai piatti, lievissimo danno agli angoli. Applicata al contropiatto anteriore ritaglio da tavola incisa.Il lotto comprende tre trattati settecenteschi dati alla stampe in area lombarda. Di particolare rilievo lo Spicilegio di Mazza Carcani, che comprende dieci dialoghi di argomento agronomico densi di riferimenti al De re rustica di Columella, e qui presentato in un esemplare di presentazione impresso su carta forte. Per quanto riguarda La perizia e l'agrimensura di Giuseppe Antonio Galosio, il secondo tomo - pur annunciato dall'autore - non fu mai pubblicato. La prima edizione del Ricordo di Camillo Tarello era apparsa a Mantova nel 1577, dedicata - come recita il frontespizio dell'edizione bergamasca del 1756 - al doge Priuli. I. Taccolini, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1750-1799), 805. II. ibidem, 705. III. ibidem 47.Mazza Carcani Paolo. Spicilegio d'Agricoltura pratica secondo Columella, o sia Discorsi de l'agricoltura... Milano, Giuseppe Marelli, 1789.4° (251x207 mm). xxxvi, 160 pages. Woodcut ornament on the title-page. Decorated initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces. Wide-margined copy, printed on strong paper. A few browning and foxing, small stains and spots. Title-page and last leaves slightly dusted and spotted. Some paper flaws. Old vellum, recased; smooth spine. The original flyleaves preserved inside. Ownership inscription '1795 die 22 julii Ad usum Pii Peruzzotti Can:ci Casati Melegnani ex dono Auctoris' on the front pastedown.ADDING: Galosio Giuseppe Antonio. La perizia e l'agrimensura... Tomo Primo. Cremona, Francesco Gaetano Ferrari, 1786.Large 4° (256x196 mm). [8], 198 [2] pages. Complete with the last blank leaf. One folding engraved plate bound at the end, signed 'G.B.'. Two full-page tables in the text. Copy in good condition, a few marginal stains and spots, more prominent to the lower margin of some quires; the blank lower margin of fols. P3 e P4 damages, without any loss of text. A few minor paper flaws, some finger-marks. Half-leather, marbled covers. Smooth spine, divided into compartments by blind and gilt fillets, title lettered in gilt. Board edges and corners worn. A few marginal pencilled notes in a late 19th-century hand. ADDING: Tarello Camillo. Ricordo d'agricoltura di Misier Camillo Tarello da Lonato La prima volta al Serenissimo S. Gieronimo de Priuli Principe di Venezia... ed ora al nobile signor Conte Antonio Griti dedicato. Bergamo, Giovanni Santini, 1756.4° (225x172 mm). viii, [4], 70, [2] pages. Half-title. Woodcut ornament on the title-page. Woodcut decorated and animated initials, handsome head-piece on fol. A1r, woodcut tail-pieces. Foxing in places, a few finger-marks. Wormholes to the blank lower margin of the first two quires, and small loss to the blank lower outer corner of fol. B2, in both cases not affecting text. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Smooth spine with gilt title on hazel morocco lettering-piece, partially abraded. Edges speckled red. Covers slightly stained, minor wear to the corners. Cutting from engraved plate tipped in on the front pastedown. The lot includes three 18th-century works, which have been published in Lombardy region. Especially noteworthy the Spicilegio by Mazza Carcani, which contains ten dialogues on agriculture, replete with quotations from Columella's De re rustica and offered here in a presentation copy printed on strong paper. The announced second volume of La perizia e l'agrimensura by Giuseppe Antonio Galosio came never in print. Finally, the first edition of the Ricordo by Camillo Tarello had appeared in Mantua in 1577, dedicated - as the title-page of the 1756 edition states - to doge Priuli. I. Taccolini, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1750-1799), 805. II. ibidem, 705. III. ibidem 47.

Mizauld Antoine. Secretorum agri Enchiridion primum, hortorum curam, auxilia, secreta, & medica praesidia... Libris tribus pulcherrimis complectens... Paris, Frédéric Morel, 1560. (Legato con:) Idem. De hortensium arborum insitione opusculum... Eiusdem Dendranatome, hoc est partium corporis arborei explicatio brevis... Paris, Frédéric Morel, 1560.Due opere in un volume, in-8° (mm 163x102). I. Segnatura: A-Z8, Aa4. [8], 180, [1] carte. Marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate e testatina silografiche. II. Segnatura: A-C8, D4. 28 carte. Marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate e testatina silografiche. Entrambi gli esemplari in buono stato di conservazione, alcune carte uniformemente brunite, leggero distacco del frontespizio della prima edizione legata. Legatura secentesca in vitello, con pelle applicata successivamente agli angoli dei piatti e al dorso. Dorso a cinque nervi, titolo in caratteri dorati al secondo scomparto. Contropiatto e sguardia posteriori in carta marmorizzata, segnalibro in seta rosa. Tagli rossi. Al recto della carta di guardia anteriore l'annotazione in inchiostro blu 'BM miz'; più antica l'indicazione di prezzo '0:5:', vergata in inchiostro bruno.Il volume comprende due opere - entrambe in rara prima edizione - di Antoine Mizauld (ca. 1510-1578), famoso medico e astrologo al servizio di Margherita di Navarra. Il Secretorum agri Enchiridion è un interessante libro di segreti dedicato in modo specifico a giardini e orti, ricco di notizie sulle virtù delle piante e il loro uso medicinale. Segue il De hortensium arborum insitione opusculum, che illustra la tecnica dell'innesto e include una sezione finale sull'anatomia dell'albero. Entrambe le edizioni furono date alle stampe nel 1560 dal raffinato tipografo parigino Frédéric Morel, e si trovano spesso legate insieme. L'edizione del Secretorum agri Enchiridion è nella tiratura contraddistinta dalla regolare segnatura del primo fascicolo. I. Adams M-1515; STC French 315; Pettegree-Walsby, French Books, 79988; Durling 3195; Ferguson Books of Secret, I/6, 25; Oberlé Fastes 685; Wellcome 4354. II. Adams M-1497; STC French 314; Pettegree-Walsby, French Books, 79986; Oberlé Fastes 686; Wellcome 4353. Two works in one volume, 8° (163x102 mm). I. Collation: A-Z8, Aa4. [8], 180, [1] leaves. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials and headpiece. II. Collation: A-C8, D4. 28 leaves. Woodcut printer's device on the title-page. Woodcut decorated initials and headpiece. Both copies in good condition, some leaves uniformly browned, title-page of the first edition bound slightly detached 17th-century calf, later leather backed. Spine with five raised bands, title in gilt lettering. Rear pastedown and flyleaf marbled, pink silk bookmark. Edges red. The note in blue ink 'BM miz' on the recto of the front flyleaf, and the earlier price notice '0:5:' in brown ink.The volume contains two works - both offered in the rare first edition - by the famous French physician and astrologer Antoine Mizauld (ca. 1510-1578). The Secretorum agri Enchiridion is a highly interesting Book of Secrets, especially devoted to cultivaton of plants, herbs, flowers and trees, illustrating their medical use. The De hortensium arborum insitione opusculum deals with plant grafting, and includes a final chapter on tree anatomy. Both editions were published by the learned and refined Parisian printer Frédéric Morel. The copy offered here of the Secretorum agri Enchiridion belongs to the issue with the first quire regularly signed. I. Adams M-1515; STC French 315; Pettegree-Walsby, French Books, 79988; Durling 3195; Ferguson Books of Secret, I/6, 25; Oberlé Fastes 685; Wellcome 4354. II. Adams M-1497; STC French 314; Pettegree-Walsby, French Books, 79986; Oberlé Fastes 686; Wellcome 4353.

Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica contenente la grande e piccola coltivazione, l'economia rurale e domestica, la medicina veterinaria ec. ossia dizionario ragionato ed universale d'agricoltura. Padova, Valentino Crescini, 1817-1823.26 volumi in-8° completi delle 66 tavole incise su rame e ripiegate. Bell'esemplare in barbe, in brossura editoriale stampata. Copia di sottoscrizione come attestano i 25 cartoncini a stampa riportanti le 'Condizioni dell'associazione alla presente edizione' incollati al contropiatto di 25 dei 26 volumi. Qualche lieve difetto alle brossure. Qualche gora al sesto volume. In apertura del 21. volume è legata una circolare di 16 pagine di Pietro Manzotti, dal titolo Agli enologi e vinicultori dell'agromodenese e datata 1 agosto 1867, stampata da Cappelli di Modena.Prima edizione italiana del Nouveau cours complet d'Agriculture théorique, pratique, économique et de médecine rurale et vétérinaire di Jean-Baptiste François Rozier (1734-1793), originariamente stampata a Parigi dal 1809. L'opera viene qui presentata in una bella copia in brossura editoriale, eccezionalmente completa delle 66 tavole incise su rame. SI AGGIUNGE: Continuazione del Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica. Contenente la grande e piccola coltivazione, l'economia rurale e domestica, la medicina veterinaria, ec. ossia Dizionario ragionato ed universale d'agricoltura. Opera compilata sul metodo di quella del fu abbate Rozier. Padova, Valentino Crescini, 1824-1826.5 volumi in-8°. 6 tavole incise in rame, per la maggior parte ripiegate. Ottimo esemplare a fogli chiusi. Brossura editoriale, mancanza all'angolo inferiore interno della brossura anteriore del IV volume.Come annunciato nell'avvertimento del traduttore, pubblicato nel XXVI tomo del Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica (vedi descrizione dell'altra opera inclusa nel lotto), dal 1824 fu dato alle stampe il presente supplemento, contenente le aggiunte che gli editori francesi avevano inserito nella seconda edizione del Nouveau cours di Rozier, avviata nel 1822. Le brossure riportano i recapiti della Società del Gondoliere di Venezia, presso la quale alcuni esemplari furono posti in commercio. Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica contenente la grande e piccola coltivazione, l'economia rurale e domestica, la medicina veterinaria ec. ossia dizionario ragionato ed universale d'agricoltura. Padova, Valentino Crescini, 1817-1823.26 volumes, 8°, complete with 66 folding engraved plates. A good, uncut copy preserving the publisher's printed wrappers. Subscription copy, as attested by the 25 printed cardboards bearing the 'Condizioni dell'associazione alla presente edizione' and pasted on the pasteboards of volumes 25 and 26. Some minor wears to the wrappers. Waterstains to the volume 6. At the beginning of volume 21 is bound a 16-page printed writing by Pietro Manzotti, dated 1st August 1867 and entitled Agli enologi e vinicultori dell'agromodenese. The booklet was issued in Modena by Cappelli.First Italian edition of the Nouveau cours complet d'Agriculture théorique, pratique, économique et de médecine rurale et vétérinaire by Jean-Baptiste François Rozier (1734-793), first published in n Paris from 1809 onwards. The present copy preserves the publisher's wrappers and is exceptionally complete with the 66 engraved plates.ADDING: Continuazione del Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica. Contenente la grande e piccola coltivazione, l'economia rurale e domestica, la medicina veterinaria, ec. ossia Dizionario ragionato ed universale d'agricoltura. Opera compilata sul metodo di quella del fu abbate Rozier. Padova, Valentino Crescini, 1824-1826.5 volumes, 8°. 6 engraved plates, mostly folding. A very good unopened copy. Publisher's wrappers, loss to the inner lower corner of the front wrapper of the fourth volume. This is the supplement to the Nuovo corso completo d'agricoltura teorica e pratica (see the other work included in the present work), and announced there in the Advice by the translator printed in volume 26. This supplement contains the additions included in the second edition of the Nouveau cours by Rozier, the publication of which began in 1822. The wrappers bear the printed addresses of the Società del Gondoliere in Venice, the publishing company which commercialized some copies of the work.

Onorati Nicola. Delle cose rustiche ovvero dell'Agricoltura teorica trattata secondo i principj della Chimica moderna... Edizione seconda accresiuta e migliorata dall'Autore. Volume I. [- Volume X.]. Napoli, Stamperia Flautina, 1803-1806.Un'opera in 10 tomi legati in 3 volumi in-8° (mm 169x106). I. 192; 224; 218; 212 pagine. 2 tavole, una tabella ripiegata. II. 232; 248; 200 pagine. Diagrammi nel testo. III. 222; 215, [3]; 203, [1] pagine. Antiporta al primo volume, con ritratto inciso dell'autore. Vignette silografiche ai frontespizi. Buon esemplare, brunitura delle carte, più marcata nel secondo volume. Fioriture, qualche alone, piccole macchie, occasionali falli di carta. Legatura uniforme tardo ottocentesca in mezza pelle, piatti in percallina goffrata, realizzata da Vit'Antonio Grassi (etichetta cartacea al contropiatto anteriore del primo volume). Dorsi lisci, riccamente decorati in oro; titolo e numero dei tomi in caratteri dorati. Qualche leggera abrasione ai piatti. Lieve danno al margine interno delle prime due carte di ogni volume, dovuto alla colla usata per la legatura. Al piede dei dorsi l'iscrizione 'Allegretti' in caratteri dorati.SI AGGIUNGE: Scelta di notizie interessanti l'agricoltura, la pastorizia, e l'applicazione de' naturali prodotti agli usi degli abitanti del Regno di Napoli, ed alla loro industria. Volume I. [- Volume X.]. Napoli, Angelo Coda (poi: Tipografia del Consiglio di Stato; poi: Stamperia reale), 1812-1814.Un'opera in 10 tomi legati in 5 volumi in-8° (mm 204x125). I. 192; 192 pagine. II. 205, [3], 192 pagine. III. 172, [4]; 175, [1] pagine. IV. 163, [1]; 192 pagine. V. XXI, [1], 173, [1]; 172 pagine. Esemplare privo delle 6 tavole incise che, in totale, corredano i volumi. Carte brunite, numerose fioriture, ampie gore, falli di carta e piccole mancanze agli angoli esterni bianchi di alcune carte. Legatura coeva uniforme in mezza pelle, piatti in carta marmorizzata. Dorsi lisci, decorati in oro, titolo e numero dei tomi in caratteri dorati. Segnalibri in seta multicolore. Piccole mancanze e abrasioni ai dorsi.Seconda edizione dell'autorevole trattato agronomico del francescano Nicola Onorati (1754-1822), noto con il nome georgofilo di Columella, ora in forma notevolmente ampliata rispetto alla prima edizione apparsa a Napoli, in soli tre volumi, tra il 1791 e il 1795. Una preziosa analisi dello stato dell'economia agraria del Meridione italiano, a cui si aggiunge la Scelta di notizie interessanti l'agricoltura, importante strumento informativo apparso a Napoli tra il 1812 e il 1814, e successivamente in una seconda serie edita da Luigi Targioni. Curiosamente, nel terzo volume di questo set, il frontespizio relativo al tomo VI - evidentemente al tempo mancante - è stato sostituito con quello del tomo XVII della seconda serie, con l'opportuno 'adattamento' del numero del tomo, ma con le invariate note tipografiche 'Napoli, 1818. Dalla Tipografia di Gio. Batista Seguin'. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849), 153. II. Ibidem, 800. Onorati Nicola. Delle cose rustiche ovvero dell'Agricoltura teorica trattata secondo i principj della Chimica moderna... Edizione seconda accresiuta e migliorata dall'Autore. Volume I. [- Volume X.]. Napoli, Stamperia Flautina, 1803-1806.One work in 10 tomes bound in 3 volumes, 8° (169x106 mm). I. 192; 224; 218; 212 pages. 2 plates, one folding table. II. 232; 248; 200 pages. Diagrams in the text. III. 222; 215, [3]; 203, [1] pages. Frontispiece with engraved author's portrait in volume 1. Woocut vignettes on the title-pages. A good set, leaves browned, especially in volume 2. Foxing, some spots, small stains, a few paper flaws. Late 19th-century uniform half-leather binding, executed by Vit'Antonio Grassi (paper ticket on the front pastedown of volume 1).Smooth spines, righly gilt tooled; title and volume numbering lettered in gold. Covers slightly rubbed. The glue employed for binding have damaged, in each volume, the gutter of the first two leaves. The gilt inscription 'Allegretti' at the foot of spines. ADDING: Scelta di notizie interessanti l'agricoltura, la pastorizia, e l'applicazione de' naturali prodotti agli usi degli abitanti del Regno di Napoli, ed alla loro industria. Volume I. [- Volume X.]. Napoli, Angelo Coda (then: Tipografia del Consiglio di Stato; then: Stamperia reale), 1812-1814.One work in 10 tomes bound in 5 volumes, 8° (204x125 mm). I. 192; 192 pages. II. 205, [3], 192 pages. III. 172, [4]; 175, [1] pages. IV. 163, [1]; 192 pages. V. XXI, [1], 173, [1]; 172 pages. Lacking in this cpoy the 6 engraved plates. Leaves browned, foxing throughout, large waterstains, some paper flaws and minor losses to blank outer corners of a few leaves. Contemporary uniform half-leather binding, marbled covers. Smooth spines, gilt tooled, title and volume numbering in gilt lettering. Multicoloured silk bookmarks. Spine rubbed. Second, and significantly enlarged edition of the authoritative agronomic treatise by the Franciscan Nicola Onorati (1754-1822), who adopted the Georgophile name of Columella. The first edition had appeared, in three volumes, in Naples between 1791 and 1795. The work gives a precious analysis of the rural economy in southern Italy. The lot also offers the Scelta di notizie interessanti l'agricoltura, a remarkable collection issued in Naples between 1812 and 1814, and then followed by a second series for the years 1814-1818. Curiously in this set , the title-page of Tomo VI - seemingly lacking at the time of bonding - is replaced with the title-page opening the Tomo XVII of the second series, 'adapting' the tome numbering (the Roman figures X and I have been carefully erased) but bearing however the imprint 'Napoli, 1818. Dalla Tipografia di Gio. Batista Seguin'. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849), 153. II. Ibidem, 800.

Palladius Rutilius Taurus. La Villa... tradotta nuovamente per Francesco Sansovino, nella quale si contiene il modo di cultivar la terra si mese in in mese... Venezia, Francesco Sansovino, 1560-1561.In-8° (mm 198x132). Segnatura: *4, A-Z4. [4], 88, [4] carte. Completo dell'ultima carta bianca. Due diverse marche tipografiche incise su legno al frontespizio, e al verso della carta Z3. Iniziali decorate, testatine e finalini silografici. Esemplare in buono stato di conservazione, alcune carte uniformemente brunite, diffuse fioriture. Minima mancanza al margine esterno bianco della carta *2, senza alcuna perdita di testo. Tracce di polvere e aloni, più evidenti al frontespizio. Legatura settecentesca in pergamena su piatti in cartone. Dorso liscio con titolo in oro su tassello in marocchino marrone. Qualche macchiolina e brunitura ai piatti; l'anteriore leggermente imbarcato, abrasioni ai labbri dei piatti; piccole mancanze alla cerniera anteriore e al tassello.La prima edizione della traduzione in volgare curata dal veneziano Francesco Sansovino (1521-1583) dell'Opus agriculturae o De re rustica di Palladio, l'ultimo grande trattato dell'agronomia classica, erede di Columella, Catone e Varrone. L'opera è divisa in dodici libri, e nell'indirizzo al lettore Sansovino definisce Palladio un Maestro dell'Agricoltura, "il quale soccintamente per ordine de mesi, ricoglie tutte l'operationi che si fanno alla villa". La traduzione è parzialmente basata sul precedente volgarizzamento di Andrea Lancia, pubblicato nel 1526 a Siena e in seguito ristampata a Venezia nel 1528 e 1538. STC Italian 486; B.IN.G. 1422; Oberlé Fastes 599; Paleari Henssler 1819; Simon Bacch. II, 612; Simon G 325; Wellcome I 249; Westbury 168.8° (198x132 mm). Collation: *4, A-Z4. [4], 88, [4] leaves. Complete with the last blank leaf. Two different woodcut printer's devices on the title-page and verso of fol. Z3. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. Copy in good condition, some leaves uniformly browned, foxing thoughout. Small loss to the blank outer margin of fol. *2, not affecting text. Title-page slightly dusted and spotted. 18th-century vellum over pasteboards. Smooth spine, title in gilt on brown morocco lettering-piece. A few small stains and spots to the covers; the upper one slightly bumped; board edges rubbed, minor losses to the front joint and lettering-piece. The first edition of the Italian vernacular translation by the Venetian writer and printer Francesco Sansovino (1521-1583) of Palladius' Opus agriculturae or De re rustica, the important fourth-century Roman treatise on agriculture, which enjoyed a wide popularity in Middle Ages and early Renaissance, owing to its clear arrangement, with the farming and gardening tasks subdivided according to the twelve months of years. Sansovino's version is partially based on the previous translation by Andrea Lancia, published in Siena in 1526, and reprinted in Venice in 1528 and 1538. STC Italian 486; B.IN.G. 1422; Oberlé Fastes 599; Paleari Henssler 1819; Simon Bacch. II, 612; Simon G 325; Wellcome I 249; Westbury 168.

Parmentier Antoine. Mémoire sur les avantages que la Province de Languedoc peut retirer de ses Grains... Avec le Mémoire sur la nouvelle Manière de construire les Moulins à farine... Par M. Dransy, Ingénieur du Roi... Le tout réuni par M. Parmentier... Paris, Imprimerie des eEtats de Languedoc, P. F. Didot, 1786.In-4° (mm 264x193). [4], 447, [1] pagine. Carta di occhietto. Finalini silografici. 10 tavole incise, numerate e ripiegate (bruniture, aloni e tracce di sporco marginale; strappo restaurato alla prima tavola, senza perdita di superficie grafica; strappo al margine interno della tavola nr. 2 e all'nferiore della tavola nr. 0, in questo caso lesivo della superficie grafica; la terza tavola è mal legata). Esemplare parzialmente in barbe, in buono stato di conservazione. Alcune carte uniformemente brunite, fioriture e aloni diffusi. Frontespizio rimontato su braghetta; tracce di polvere alla carta di occhietto e al frontespizio. Restauro a porzione all'angolo superiore esterno bianco delle prime e delle ultime carte. Legatura coeva in cartonato, dorso in pergamena, con titolo impresso in nero su tassello cartaceo. Tagli screziati in rosso. Gore e macchie ai piatti. Alcune annotazioni a matita di mano moderna; coeva l'annotazione in inchiostro bruno al margine della carta Q2r. Al recto della carta di guardia anteriore applicata etichetta cartacea con collocazione tardo ottocentesca 'A 5 (16)'.Prima edizione di questa importante opera di Parmentier (1737-1813) che tratta di ogni aspetto, agricolo e economico, della coltivazione del grano. Il volume è diviso in tre parti, di cui la terza è interamente dedicata alla produzione del pane, ed è corredato di tavole incise che illustrano utensili, mulini idraulici, macine e altre macchine. Pur indirizzato agli Stati Generali della Languedoc, il trattato ebbe diffusione nell'intera Francia, e per la seconda edizione del 1789 fu scelto il titolo Mémoire sur les avantages que le Royaume peut retirer de ses grains. Balland 38; Goldsmiths 13164; Kress B.1106; Oberlé Fastes, 814.4° (264x193 mm). [4], 447, [1] pages. Half-title. Woodcut tail-pieces. 10 folding and numbered engraved plates (some browning, marginal spots and soils; tear to plate no. 1 repaired, without any loss; tear to the inner margin of plate no. 2, and to the lower one of plate no, 10, in this case affecting the engraved surface; plate no. 3 is bound upside down). Copy partially uncut, in good condition. A few leaves uniformly browned, foxing and spotting throughout; half-title and title-page dusted. Title-page mounted on paper strip, the blank upper outer corner of the first and last leaf restored. Contemporary board, vellum backed. Title printed in black on paper lettering-piece. Edges mottled red. Covers waterstained. Some modern pencilled notes; a contemporary hand inked a marginal annotation on fol. Q2r. Paper label with late 19th-century shelfmark 'A 5 (16)' on the recto of the front flyleaf. First edition of this important work by Parmentier (1737-1813), dealing with various aspects of grain cultivation and its economics effects. The volume is divided into three parts, the third of which is entirely dedicated to bread-making, and supplemented with engraved plates depicting tools, hydraulic mills, grindstones and other machines. Although Parmentier had specifically addressed his Mémoire to Languedoc General States, the work enjoyed a general and wide popularity in France, and its second edition bears the title Mémoire sur les avantages que le Royaume peut retirer de ses grains. Balland 38; Goldsmiths 13164; Kress B.1106; Oberlé Fastes, 814.

Pesi e misure/Weights and Measures. Cristiani Girolamo Francesco. Delle misure d'ogni genere antiche, e moderne con note letterarie, e fisico-matematiche... Brescia, Giambattista Bossini, 1760.In-4° (mm 283x205). xxiv, 208 pagine. Compresa nella foliazione l'antiporta incisa su rame da G. Giampicoli su disegno di Francesco Monti. Carta di occhietto. Vignetta incisa su rame al frontespizio; iniziali calcografiche su 10 linee. Due tavole calcografiche numerate e ripiegate, legate in fine. Diagrammi nel testo. Esemplare in barbe, in buono stato di conservazione, i fascicoli segnati G e H leggermente allentati. Qualche alone, leggere fioriture, alcune bruniture marginali. Occasionali segni d'uso. Restauro all'occhietto e tracce di timbro abraso al verso dell'ultima carta. Legatura coeva in cartonato. Dorso liscio, con titolo vergato in inchiostro bruno. Qualche macchia e abrasione ai piatti e al dorso.Prima edizione di questa importante opera dedicata ai diversi sistemi di misurazione, in cui il bresciano Girolamo Francesco Cristiani (1731-1811), Ingegnere di Terraferma della Repubblica Veneta, affronta anche problemi di ingegneria applicata e di idrodinamica riguardanti, in particolare, il corso e la portata dei fiumi. Cicognara 484; Fowler 95; Riccardi I, 385.4° (283x205 mm). xxiv, 208 pages, including engraved frontispiece by G. Giampicoli after Francesco Monti. Half-title. Engraved vignette on the title-page, 10-line engraved initials. Two folding engraved plates, numbered and bound at the end. Diagrams in the text. A good copy, uncut. Quires G ans H slightly weak. A few spots, light foxing in places, some marginal browning. Repair to the half-title, traces of erased stamp on the the last verso. Contemporary boards. Smooth spine, with inked title. Covers and spine slighty rubbed and stained.First edition of this highly significant treatise illustrating various measurement systems by Girolamo Francesco Cristiani (1731-1811). Born in Brescia, Cristiani worked as an engineer for the Venetian Republic, and his work also deals with hydrodynamic questions, especially concerning river courses and flow. Cicognara 484; Fowler 95; Riccardi I, 385.

Rapin René. Renati Rapini... Hortorum Lib. IV... Ioan. Meursii Fil. Arboretum sacrum. Angeli Politiani Rusticus. Adhaec Lipsii leges Hortenses, & Lazari Bonamici carmen de vita Rustica. Utrecht, Johannes Ribbius, 1672.Quattro parti in un volume in-8° (mm 151x97). [26], 116, [12]; [4], 82; [4], 127, [3]; 31 [i.e. 25], [1] pagine. Frontespizio inciso seguito da quello tipografico, entrambi compresi nella foliazione. Marca tipografica incisa su legno al frontespizio. Iniziali decorate, testatine, e finalini incisi su legno. Buon esemplare, alcuni fascicoli uniformemente bruniti, in particolare il primo e gli ultimi. Legatura ottocentesca in cartonato, piuttosto usurata. Al piatto anteriore etichetta cartacea ottocentesca, con collocazione in lapis rosso. Timbro al frontespizio della Biblioteca Universitaria di Lipsia, con altro timbro che ne attesta la dismissione come duplicato. Al recto della carta di guardia anteriore la nota di possesso 'comparaui Vitembergae 1742. ex Hoffman. Bibl. IC.'; il monogramma 'GB R', e la firma di possesso dell'inizio del Novecento 'Mario Cermenati'La silloge qui presentata si apre con gli Hortorum libri IV, composti dal gesuita René Rapin (1621-1687) sul modello delle Georgica virgiliane. Le ultime carte contengono una interessante discussione sulle differenze tra le pratiche di giardinaggio prescritte dagli scrittori classici e le istruzioni dei 'moderni'. La prima edizione dell'opera apparve a Parigi nel 1665. B.IN.G. 1603.Four parts in one volume, 8° (151x97 mm). [26], 116, [12]; [4], 82; [4], 127, [3]; 31 [i.e. 25], [1] pages. Engraved title-page, the typographic follows. Woodcut printer's device. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces. A good copy, some quires uniformly browned. 19th-century boards, rather rubbed. 19th-century paper label on the upper cover, bearing red pencilled shelfmark. Stamp of the University Library of Leipzig, and withdrawn stamp on the title-page; ownership inscription 'comparaui Vitembergae 1742. ex Hoffman. Bibl. IC.', the monogram 'GB R', and the 20th-century inscription 'Mario Cermenati' on the recto of the front flyleaf.This remarkable collection opens with the Hortorum libri IV composed by the Jesuit René Rapin (1621-1687), and modelled on Virgilius' Georgica. The last leaves contain an interesting comparative analysis of ancient and modern gardening practices. The first edition of Rapin's work had appeared in Paris in 1665. B.IN.G. 1603.

Re Filippo. Elementi di agricoltura appoggiati alla storia naturale ed alla chimica moderna. Venezia, Giovanni Antonio Pezzana, 1802.Un'opera in tre volumi in-8° (mm 195x133). I. xvi, 311, [1]. II. viii, 280. III. 285, [1] pagine. Esemplare con barbe, diffuse gore, piccolo foro di tarlo alle prime tre carte del secondo volume, che tocca porzioni di lettere. Brossura muta incollata a cartoncino moderno. Nota di possesso manoscritta al frontespizio del primo volume 'D. Cav. Ang. Guillichini Proprietario'.Seconda edizione, la prima veneziana, della prima opera agronomica italiana, , ad ottenere un rilievo di carattere europeo. A work in three volumes, 8° (195x133 mm). I. xvi, 311, [1]. II. viii, 280. III. 285, [1] pages. Uncut copy, scattered waterstains, wormehole on the first three leaves of the second volume, affecting portions of letters. Publisher's wrappers pasted on modern cardboards. Manuscript owner's inscription on the title-page of the first volume 'D. Cav. Ang. Guillichini Proprietario'.Second edition, the first printed in Venice, of the first Italian treatise on agronomy of European significance.

Re Filippo. Istruzione sul modo di coltivare il cotone... Milano, Stamperia Reale, 1810.In-8° (mm 221x140). 21, [1] pagine. Due tavole incise legate in fine. Bell'esemplare, stampato su carta forte. Frontespizio leggermente brunito, con tracce di polvere ai margini. Piccolo alone al margine superiore bianco di alcune carte, qualche traccia di polvere alla seconda tavola. Brossura moderna in carta marmorizzata. All'angolo superiore del frontespizio è annotato '10', in inchiostro nero. SI AGGIUNGE: Re Filippo. Del cotone e delle avvertenze per ben coltivarlo. Memoria... Edizione seconda. Con due Tavole in rame. Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1811.In-8° (mm 226x132). [4], 83, [1] pagine. Carta di occhietto. Due tavole incise ripiegate (tracce di polvere ai margini). Esemplare in barbe. Diffusi aloni e fioriture. Brossura coeva, rinforzata al dorso in tempi più recenti con carta decorata. Mancanze e abrasioni, più marcate alla copertina posteriore. Applicata al recto dell'occhietto piccolo ritaglio da catalogo italiano di vendita, con la descrizione dell'esemplare.Due opere, offerte entrambe in prima edizione, redatte dal famoso agronomo originario di Reggio Emilia Filippo Re (1763-1817), e date alle stampe a seguito dell'emanazione del decreto napoleonico sulla necessità di introdurre la coltivazione del cotone nel Regno d'Italia. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849),, 629. II. Ibidem, 719; Einaudi 461.Re Filippo. Istruzione sul modo di coltivare il cotone... Milano, Reale Stamperia, 1810.8° (221x140 mm). 21, [1] pages. two engraved plates bound at the end (plate 2 slightly soiled). A very good copy, printed on strong paper. Title-page slightly browned, margins dusted. Small spot to the blank upper margin of a few leaves. Modern marbled wrappers. The number '10' inked on the upper corner of the title-page. ADDING: Re Filippo. Del cotone e delle avvertenze per ben coltivarlo. Memoria... Edizione seconda. Con due Tavole in rame. Milano, Giovanni Silvestri, 1811.8° (226x132 mm). [4], 83, [1] pages. Half-title. Two folding engraved plates (margins somewhat dusted). Uncut copy, spotting and foxing throughout. Contemporary wrappers, spine later reinforced. Small cutting from an Italian sale catalogue tipped in on the recto of half-title, describing this copy.Two works, both offered in first edition, by the well-known agronomist from Reggio Emilia Filippo Re (1763-1817), which were published at the issue of Napoleon's decree concerned with the necessity to introduce the cultivation of cotton in the Kingdom of Italy. I. Fumi, Fonti per la storia dell'agricoltura italiana (1800-1849),, 629. II. Ibidem, 719; Einaudi 461.

ENTERTAINMENT, selection, inc. paperbacks (2), Eric & Ernie (signed to flyleaf by Eric Morecombe), Goldfinger by Ian Fleming, 1960 first edition (James Bond); James Bond comic, Showcase Presents Dr No by Ian Fleming, pub. by DC (creasing and tears to covers and spine); Japanese film flyer for Ladies in Lavender, signed by Judi Dench & Maggie Smith, damage to Bond back, FR to EX, 4

CRAMP, STANLEY (EDITOR) - HANDBOOK OF THE BIRDS OF EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA Oxford University Press, 1977-1994. First edition, 9 volumes, 4to, illustrated, near-fine in original dust-wrappers. The complete set of this significant ornithological work comprising: Vol I Ostrich to Ducks, Vol II Hawks to Bustards, Vol III Waders to Gulls, Vol IV Terns to Woodpeckers, Vol V Tyrant Flycatchers to Thrushes, Vol VI Warblers, Vol VII Fly-Catchers to Shrikes, Vol VIII Crows to Finches, Vol IX Buntings and New World Warblers (9) ++Near-fine, including dust-wrappers

SLOANE, WILLIAM MILLIGAN - THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE London, Macmillan/Century, 1896. First edition, 4 volumes, 4to, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white plates, publisher's red cloth, spines ribbed and some wear (4) ++Some spotting and toning internally, wear to head and tail of spines, corners worn, spines dulled

BANNERMAN, DAVID ARMITAGE - THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition, 11 volumes (of 12, missing vol 5), 4to, colour plates, very good in original green cloth, some tears to dust-wrappers; PERROTT, CHARLOTTE - A SELECTION OF BRITISH BIRDS London, The Publishing Partnership, 1979. One of 250 copies, large folio, 5 fine coloured facsimile plates, half morocco leather with marbled boards, complete with the original prospectus in a separate and matching binding, housed in the original quarter leather box, near-fine. A superb facsimile of the original, only 3 copies of which are known. Mrs Perrott planned a major work on British birds illustrated with coloured plates from her own drawings - but her premature death put an end to the project (12) ++BANNERMAN - Internally and the bindings both near-fine - just some tears to dust-wrappers. PERROTT - The book and prospectus are fine, the box very good, minor marks to corners

Henry Fielding - Amelia in four volumes, some first editions, in later gilt tooled, red leather covers, the spine with six compartments and titled, 'The History of Tome Jones, a Foundling, some first edition in six volumes, printed for A Millar, in later gilt tooled red leather cover, spine with six compartments and titled

Squadron Leader J W Wright collection: 'On Wings of War: A History of 166 Squadron' by Jim Wright, signed first edition, with print after Howard Bourne 'Fried Eggs Ahead', signed by the artist and with facsimile signatures for Squadron Leader J W Wright, Air Vice Marshall Sir Colin Scragg KBE.CB.AFC and Squadron Leader Pip Pape DFC (2).

Burton (Richard F., & Verney Lovett Cameron). To the Gold Coast for Gold. A Personal Narrative, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1883, two folding lithographed maps (first one backed onto linen with closed tear) to volume I, half title and colour frontispiece to volume II, titles linen-backed, some light toning and soiling, one or two small repairs, bound without volume I half title and advertisements, modern brown cloth, 8vo Penzer, pages 106-07. Employed by the Guinea Gold Coast Mining Company and despite Foreign Office warnings against, Burton, along with surveyor Cameron set off for the Kong Mountains to search for gold. They duly discovered gold and other mineral deposits but were forced to return to England and forfeit all rights to any mining activities there. (2)

Huxley (Thomas Henry). Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Williams and Norgate, 1863, 2nd issue with 8 page advertisements at end dated August 1863 (1st issue advertisements dated February 1863), wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations, a few light finger marks, original green blindstamped cloth, head of lower joint slightly rubbed, 8vo Garrison-Morton 165; Norman 1132. "Huxley showed that in the visible characters man differs less from the higher apes than do the latter from lower members of the same order of primates. He also provided the first thorough and detailed comparative description of the Neanderthal remains." (Garrison-Morton). (1)

Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Constable and Company, 1922, half-title to each volume, 5 maps, including 4 folding, 10 folding panoramas, and 48 plates (including 6 coloured), first volume with pale blue free endpaper excised, additional printed spine label tipped in to front endpaper of each volume, original linen-backed pale blue boards, with printed label to each spine, some light soiling and pale discolouration to spines (generally in good condition), 8vo Spence 277. Taurus Collection 84. First edition of this classic work of Antarctic exploration, 'the best-written and most enduring account of exploits in the Antarctic' (Taurus), described by Captain Scott as 'the hardest that has ever been made'. Ex libris Eric Kennington (1888-1960). (2)

Camden (William). Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland and the ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiquitie, George Bishop & Joannis Norton, 1610, additional decorative half title with a map of the British Isles, printed title, eight plates of coins, twenty-five (only) uncoloured engraved maps by W. Kip & W. Hole after Christopher Saxton and John Norden, later endpapers, near contemporary calf with gilt decoration to sidings, rebacked with 19th century speckled calf, worn and chipped, folio, together with another copy (1637 edition) retaining the decorative title but lacking all maps, contemporary half calf, re-backed and with corners repaired, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. The first described volume contains:- Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Monmouth, Brecknock, Radnor, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Flint, Denbigh, Anglesey, Carnarvonshire, Merioneth, Montgomery, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthanshire, Westmorland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Scotland and Ireland. (2)

Conway (Sir Martin). With Ski & Sledge over Arctic Glaciers, 1st edition, J. M. Dent & Co., 1898, gravure frontispiece, 11 plates, 2 text illustrations, folding map (tape-repaired along folds), endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original cloth, spine relaid, slightly marked and dust-soiled overall, tips bumped, 8vo, together with: McClintock (Sir Francis L.), The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Comapnions, 1st edition, John Murray, 1859, wood-engraved frontispiece (spotted), 13 similar plates, folding facsimile (old repair verso), 3 folding maps (last map loose and with short split to fold), one illustration to text, inner hinges reinforced, collector's book label to front free endpaper, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo; Kane (Elisha Kent), Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55, 2 volumes, Philadelphia: Childs and Peterson, 1858, engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, and plates, 2 maps (1 folding), 1 folding plate of charts, numerous engravings in the text, advertisement leaves to front and rear of each volume, attractive 20th-century half calf to style, 8vo; Low (Albert Peter), Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D. G. S. Nepture 1903-1904, 1st edition, Ottawa: Government Printing Bureau, 1906, photographic frontispiece, plates and text vignettes, very large folding colour map in end-pocket, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, original tan pictorial cloth gilt, slightly mottled and marked, 8vo; Harris (J., publisher), Northern Regions. A Relation of Uncle Richard's Voyages for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, and an Account of the Overland journies of Other Enterprizing Travellers, 2nd edition, J. Harris, 1826, folding map frontispiece (spotted and slightly frayed), 12 engraved plates (spotted and offset), some gatherings proud, original maroon roan backing printed paper boards, worn, 12mo Arctic Bibliography 3386 (Conway), 10555 (McClintock), 8373 (for the first edition of Kane, published 1856); 2717 (Low); Neate C108 (Conway). (6)

Cook (Frederick A.). My Attainment of the Pole, being the Record of the Expedition that first reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909, 1st edition, New York: Polar Publishing Co., 1911, 32 photographic plates including frontispiece, contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, slightly rubbed and marked, 4to, together with: Nourse (J. E.), Narrative of the Second Arctic Expedition made by Charles F. Hall, 1st edition, Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1879, photogravure and heliotype plates, folding colour maps, numerous wood-engravings in the text, linen-backed folding colour map in end-pocket, light tonign to text-block, frontispiece offset, Olivet College library plate, manuscript shelf-mark to title page, front inner hinge repaired, original red pictorial cloth gilt, manuscript shelf-mark to spine, fraying to spine ends, slightly rubbed, sunned and marked overall, 4to; Peary (Robert E.), The North Pole, with an introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, 1st UK edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1910, 4 photogravure plates including frontispiece, numerous half-tone plates, endpapers spotted, ink-stamp of C. W. M. Swithinbank to front free endpaper, original blue-green pictorial cloth gilt, extremities slightly rubbed and bumped but a bright copy, 4to; Tarr (Ralph Stockman, & Lawrence Martin), Alaskan Glacier Studies of the National Geographic Society in the Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound and Lower Cooper River Regions, 1st edition, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1914, photographic frontispiece, text illustrations, 9 folding maps in end-pocket, light spotting to prelims, ownership ink-stamp to front free endpaper, original red cloth lettered in gilt, corners bumped, pale mottling to rear cover, 4to; Hayes (J. Gordon), Antarctica, a Treatise on the Southern Continent, 1st edition, 16 plates, 14 charts of which 4 folding in end-pocket, browning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth, sunned and rubbed, 4to; Abruzzi (Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of the), On the "Polar Star" in the Arctic Sea, translated by William Le Queux, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, Hutchinson & Co., 1903, 16 photogravure plates, 2 folding panoramas, 6 colour maps of which 2 folding in end-pocket, light spotting and thumbing to plates, inner hinges cracked, original blue-green pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, small chip to foot of volume 2 spine, 4to; Peters (William J.), The Ziegler Polar Expedition 1903-1905. Scientific Results ... edited by John A. Fleming, 1st edition, Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1906, 2 colour maps, 13 tables and charts, 19 coloured lithographic plates of the aurora borealis, 3 further plates, lacking the 3 folding maps in the end pocket, original green cloth, rubbed and mottled, 4to Arctic Bibliography 3389 (Cook), 6486 (Nourse), 13230 (Peary), 17452 (Tarr), 10423 (Abruzzi), N/A. (7)

Courtanvaux (Francois-Michel-Cesar Le Tellier, Marquis de). Journal du voyage de M. le Marquis de Courtanvaux, sur la Fregate l'Aurore, pour essayer par ordre de l'Academie, plusieurs instrumens relatifs a la longitude. Mis en ordre par M. Pingre, Chanoine regulier de Ste-Genevieve, nomme par l'Academie pour cooperer a la verification desdits instrumens, de concert avec M. Messier, Astronome de la Marine, 1st edition, Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 1768, [2] + viii + 316 + [4] pages, with 5 engraved plates (including 4 folding) and folding engraved map, recent antique-style blind-decorated full calf with contrasting central lozenge to each cover, gilt spine with blind tooled decoration between raised bands, contrasting morocco title label, 4to National Maritime Museum Catalogue I, 1149a. Norman 1335.The present work, largely composed by Alexandre-Gui Pingre (1711-1796) and Charles Messier (1730-1817) is the report of a voyage in the frigate l'Aurore, fitted out by Courtanvaux at his own expense, to assess the various competitors for the prize offered by the French Academie des Sciences for the first successful method of accurately measuring longitude. The main contender was the Horloger du Roi, Pierre Le Roy (1717-1785). He had invented a completely original marine chronometer in the 1750s, which he perfected over the next decade and presented to Louis XV in 1766. In 1767 Le Roy entered his machine, which "embodied all the principles upon which later marine chronometers were constructed", in the competition. The voyage between Le Havre and Amsterdam was the first practical trial to which it was subjected. Le Roy was awarded a double prize in 1768 for his chronometer and for his memoir describing it. The first four chapters give a detailed account of the different methods employed from the 15th to the 18th centuries to determine longitude. The rest of the work describes the voyages and the experiments carried out, and finishes with a description of Le Roy's marine clocks. (1)

Denon (Vivant). Egypt Delineated, in a Series of Engravings, exhibiting the Scenery, Antiquities, Architecture, Hieroglyphics, Costume, Inhabitants, Animals, etc., of that Country, with accompanying Descriptions and Explanations, in French and English, London: Charles Taylor, 1825, engraved portrait frontispiece, 110 engraved plates, several folding, tissue guards, mild spotting and toning to text leaves, spotting to folding plates and to margins of a few others, split to one fold of folding map, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, later 19th-century maroon half morocco, gilt morocco title label to front board, extremities rubbed, wear to spine-ends, large folio (51 x 35 cm) Cf. Atabey 338 and Blackmer 471. Second edition thus, first published in 1819. (1)

*Tempest (Pierce, 1650-1717). A collection of 41 copper engravings from The Cryes of the City of London, drawne after the life, circa 1688, [and slightly later], containing 32 engravings from the first edition, issued without plate numbers, and 6 from the second edition issued circa 1709-11, one issued by Robert Sayer, circa 1760, engraved by Pierce Tempest after Marcellus Laroon, mostly trimmed to plate mark, a few plates with loss of upper ruled border, some marks and corners with damage, mostly mounted on to 19th century album leaves, stitched, sheet size 25 x 16 cm (9.75 x 6.25 ins), or similar Colas 1793. Lipperheide 1019. (41)

H[owell], J[ames]. Dendrologia. Dodona's Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, 1st edition, [London], T.B. for H. Mosley, 1640, engraved illustration to title, two engraved plates, mostly closed tear repairs to title, two plates and first two leaves, some loss to lower outer corners of plate leaves but only affecting ruled border of first plate, paper repair with loss to final leaf (2A4), old stain to upper margins of title and both plates, some spotting and dust-soiling, lacks frontispiece (found in some copies of the 1st edition), bookplate of Christopher Rowe, recent antique-style half calf, folio STC 13872. (1)

Newton (Isaac). The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To which is Prefix'd, a Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, 1st edition, 1728, three engraved folding plates (with slight offsetting), early marginal notes in ink and pencil throughout volume, few closed tears to inner margin of title (ink stamp to recto & three to verso), occasional toning and spotting, contemporary blind panelled calf, lacking title label to spine, old joint repairs, worn, 4to Babson 214; Wallis 309 & ESTC T30721 (standard paper issue). (1)

Pickering (William, publisher). M.T. Ciceronis Libri de Officiis, de Senectute et de Amicitia, 1st edition, 1821, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title (lightly spotted), some spotting to fore-edges, unopened, original cloth, spine darkened with slightly creased ends, lacking spine label, covers lightly marked, 32mo, together with Le Rime del Petrarca, 1st edition, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, both somewhat toned, some light spotting, mainly to fore-edges and first and last few leaves, front pastedown with early ink presentation inscription, original cloth, a few minor marks, darkened spine with rubbed paper label, 32mo, plus Publius Terentius Afer., 1st edition, 1823, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, both dampstained, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco, rubbed, gilt dentelles, 32mo, with 23 other small format books, including 16 other Pickering's Diamond Classics titles, and a six volume 'Gems from Poets' series contained in a pedimented red morocco box (lacking door) From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. Bondy pages 86-89 for Pickering's Diamond Classics. (26)

Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque [the Second Tour... in Search of Consolation; the Third Tour... in Search of a Wife, by William Combe], 3 volumes, mixed editions, [1820?], additional hand-coloured aquatint titles to volumes 1 & 3, seventy-eight hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional offsetting and minor spotting, top edges gilt, original cloth with gilt decorated spines, first volume rebacked preserving spine, 3rd volume with cracked lower joint, worn at head & foot of spines, 8vo, (additional title to volume 1 captioned ninth edition with letterpress title captioned third edition. Letterpress title to volume 2 captioned third edition and title to volume 3 captioned third edition. Abbey Life 265-267), together with Butler (Samuel), Hudibras, A Poem..., with notes, selected from Grey and other Authors..., 2 volumes, new edition, 1819, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, some spotting and light damp stains, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, old repairs to joints, lower joint to volume 2 split, some wear mostly at head & foot of spines, 8vo, with Cruikshank (George, illust.), The Comic Almanack and Diary, 1851, pictorial title and numerous illustrations to text, six etched plates, original cloth gilt, dust-soiled and slight wear, small 8vo, plus other illustrated books including Surtees sporting novels and Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1891 (20)

Sacrobosco (Johannes de, & others). Sphera mundi noviter recognita cum commentariis, Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1518, text in black letter, double column, various errors in foliation but collates complete, numerous woodcut initials, diagrams and pictorial vignettes in the text, including a full-page armillary sphere, variable damp-staining (mainly in margins and gutter, stronger in outer leaves and here extending from margins into text, diminishing considerably in the middle of the volume), front free endpaper, initial blank and leaf A1 slightly frayed along fore edge, front free endpaper also with mild silverfish damage and old ownership inscription 'Magistri Joannis davini a Castiliani', leaf A1 with old inscription to foot, contemporary limp vellum, staining, leather thongs split along front joint (the joint firm) and partially exposed by loss of vellum on spine, ties and yapp fore edge of front cover perished, modern cloth chemise, folio (30 x 21 cm) BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 597; DSB XII pp. 59-63; Zinner & Brown, Regiomontanus: His Life and Works, 103; not in Adams or Renouard, Notice sur les Junte; cf. Houzeau & Lancaster 1641 (omitting this edition). Second Giunta edition of this influential collection of pre-Copernican treatises on astronomy, significantly expanded from the first Giunta edition printed by Bernardino and Giovanni Rosso on behalf of Giuntino Giunta in 1508. The basic collection, which included the Disputationes of Regiomontanus, and Peurbach's Theorice novae planetarum, was first published in 1482, and went through many further editions with new texts often added. 'Sacrobosco's fame rests firmly on his De sphaera, a small work based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators ... It was quite generally adopted as the fundamental astronomy text' (DSB). (1)

[Weisse, Christian Felix]. Moral Songs for Children, Translated from the German, 1st English edition, printed by H. Reynell, 1789, woodcut frontispiece (a1?), some spotting and soiling, ownership signature of John Satterley dated 1802 to front free endpaper verso, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, worn, 12mo From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. The first German edition appeared in 1767. Uncommon, only three UK and three USA locations identified. (1)

Lechevalier (Jean Baptiste). Voyage de la Propontide et du Pont-Euxin; avec la carte generale de ces deux mers et celle de Constantinople accompagnee de la description des monumens anciens et modernes de cette capitale, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Paris, Dentu, 1800, xii + 168; [4] + [169]-416 pages, with 6 copper engraved maps and plans, occasional minor spotting near the folding maps only, bookplate of John Gretton, Stapleford to front pastedown, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, rubbed and with modern reback, 8vo Blackmer 995. Weber II, 649. Atabey 697. Chatzipanagioti-Sangmeister 538. First issue of the first edition of Lechevalier's account of his travels in Turkey, mainly round the shores of the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea, with an important large-scale plan of Constantinople (by Kauffer and Lechevalier, dated 1786), described by the author in his preface as 'le principal objet de cet ouvrage'. Lechevalier served as secretary to the French ambassador in Constantinople, Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier, a post allowing him to travel extensively in Italy, Asia Minor and to the plains of Troy. (1)

Balzac (Honore de). The Novels of Honore de Balzac, Now for the First Time Completely Translated into English..., 22 volumes, Printed Only for Subscribers by Leonard Smithers, 1897-1899, numerous etched plates, some toning to endpapers, top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original red pictorial cloth gilt, a few marks, mostly minor, volume XXI with crease to front cover, spines faded and gilt dulled, volume XXII with torn headcap, 8vo, together with 24 others: Works of Ruskin, 20 volumes, 1892-1902; The Arabian Nights Entertainments, 2 volumes, circa 1850s; A Chronological History of the Old English Landscape Painters, by Colonel M.H. Grant, 2 volumes, circa 1920s, various sizes First item: limited edition, one of 250 Complete Copies for England. Comprising The Human Comedy: Parisian Life volumes I-XI and Scenes of Private Life volumes I-XI. (46)

Leo Africanus. Pertinente beschryvinge van Africa, met alle de landen, koningrijken, steden, volken, gewoonten, gedierten, vogelen, boom-en aardvrtuchten die daar zijn, 1st edition in Dutch, Rotterdam: Arnout Leers, 1665, engraved folding map of Africa by Hondius, 5 engraved plates (of 6; lacking the plate of an archer usually found facing p. 119), variable damp-staining, engraved armorial bookplate of John Thynne, 3rd Baron Carteret (1772-1849) dated 1841 to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, blind arabesque lozenges to sides, marked and dust-soiled overall, corners worn, 4to (19.5 x 15.5 cm) First edition in Dutch of the foundational treatise on African geography by Berber scholar Leo Africanus (c.1494-1554), born in Granada as al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, and raised in Fez. 'Leo's references to all sorts of Arabic texts and authors were an important guide for the first generation of European Arabists who were in search of manuscripts' (Vrolijk & van Leeuwen, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands, p. 7). This is the first edition to include the Hondius map. The plates include depictions of Muslim costume and various warriors, mounted and unmounted. Copac traces two copies in UK libraries (Sheffield and UCL). No other copies traced at auction. (1)

Churchill (Winston S.). The Second World War, 6 volumes, 1st English edition, Cassell & Co., 1948-54, numerous diagrams, maps and tables, some folding, many with colour, some minor spotting to a few leaves, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, by John Jameson of Cotswold Bookbinders, 8vo The first English edition appeared six months after the American edition. Churchill had insisted that Cassell wait to include all his numerous revisions, ensuring that this became the 'definitive' edition. The first English edition is also considered to be more aesthetically pleasing, having both coloured and folded maps and plans. A handsomely bound set. (6)

Faulkner (William). These Thirteen, 1st UK edition, Chatto & Windus, 1933, old ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, original cloth (a little rubbed) in price-clipped dust jacket, a little chipped and dust-soiled, spine toned, 8vo Only 1,500 copies of this first English edition printed. (1)

Hain (Ludwig). Repertorium Bibliographicum/Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum, 4 volumes, Berlin, 1925-26, library stamps to titles and usual marks, original half vellum, Bedford College library stamp at foot of each spine, slight soiling, 8vo, together with Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium Bibliographicum Additiones et Emendationes, edidit Dietericus Reichling, 2 volumes, Milan, 1983, light marginal toning, original cloth, some fading to head of spine, 8vo, plus Incunabula Biblica or the First Half Century of the Latin Bible, by W.A. Copinger, Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, Connecticut, 2007, original cloth, folio, plus other incunabula and early printing bibliography including Frederick Goff's Incunabula in American Libraries, Kraus Reprint Co., 1973, German Incunabula in the British Museum, Hacker Art Books, 1975 and Sir William Osler's Incunabula Medica, Martino reprint, circa 1975, limited edition of 150 Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (48)

McKenzie (W., & Co., publishers). Golly's Xmas Party, circa 1910, 12 pages, each with large duotone illustration and two lines of rhyming text beneath, minor mark to first page blank margin, central fold with light spotting to gutter, several lines of rhyming text on inside covers, original printed wrappers (spotted), some marks mainly to rear cover, front cover with red, green and blank illustration, rear cover with duotone illustration, oblong 8vo, and another by the same publisher: Dear Father Christmas, similar format, together with Ainslie (Kathleen), Dear Dirty Dolly, [1908], 28 pages, numerous full-page chromolithographed illustrations, lightly toned throughout, title with short closed edge tear, central fold with some spotting to gutter, inside front cover (slightly spotted) with contemporary ink presentation inscription, original pictorial wrappers, a little marked in places, spine toned, small oblong 8vo, and approximately 107 others similar, including: A,B,C, Tumbledown D (2 volumes), by Mary Baker, and 10 other similar Brockhampton Book Co., little booklets; The Acorn Elf (The Stick Books series), illustrated by Lilian Amy Govey; 28 I-Spy books, both Daily Mail and News Chronicle publications; 11 transport related such as, ABC of Motorcar Spotting 1935-1948, Popular Cars Illustrated 1st edition, Spot Them In The Air [1940], ABC of London's Transport No. 2 Trams & Trolleybuses; a couple of alphabet books, etc. (approximately 109)

Milne (A.A.). When We Were Very Young; Winnie the Pooh; Now We Are Six; The House at Pooh Corner, mixed editions, (House at Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928), 1928-1929, black and white illustrations by E. H. Shepard, some first and final leaves toned, When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six lacking leaf before title (torn away), House At Pooh Corner lacking half-title (torn away) pictorial endpapers, all edges gilt, original tan sheep, some wear to extremities, gilt decorated spines, lightly rubbed, ends frayed with some loss, upper cover with author's monogram in gilt within decorative hexagonal frame, 8vo (4)

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, 1st edition, Warne, 1911, half-title, colour illustrations, one leaf with a short closed edge tear, one opening with stitching a trifle strained, pictorial endpapers, front hinge cracked, front free endpaper with contemporary ink presentation inscription to verso, original dark green boards with inset colour pictorial panel to upper cover, some splitting to joints at head and tail, 16mo, plus 30 other Beatrix Potter books, all later editions First item: Linder, p.429; Quinby 20. (31)

Matthews (L. Harrison). South Georgia, the British Empire's Subantarctic Outpost, a Synopsis of the History of the Island, 1st edition, Bristol: John Wright & Sons Ltd., 1931, map frontispiece, 13 photographic plates, line-drawings to text, contemporary ownership inscription to half-title, original blue cloth, spine sunned and rolled, slight loss to headcaps, small chip not affecting lettering, a few pale markings to covers, large 8vo The first book by the noted zoologist and naturalist, which 'remained the definitive text for fifty years' (ODNB), and is still consulted today. Scarce. (1)

Williams (Alfred). Songs in Wiltshire, 1909; Poems in Wiltshire, 1911; Nature and Other Poems, 1912; Cor Cordium, 1913, 1st editions, occasional spotting and light toning, previous owner signature to Nature and Other Poems, original cloth, spines a little faded or darkened, a little rubbed with a few marks, Songs in Wiltshire signed to title by the poet (his first poetry book), together with others by Williams including a broadsheet poem Albert, King of the Belgians, To be S at the Belgian Re-unionm Euclid Street Schools, December 19th, 1914, inscribed "A Happy New Year, Alf. Williams to Fred Sargent", Round About the Upper Thames, 1922, Folk Songs of the Upper Thames, 1923, and Selected Poems, 1926, plus a small collection of books by W.H. Hudson, including The Naturalist in La Plata, 1892, Birds in London, 1898, Hampshire Days, 1903, A Crystal Age, 2nd edition, 1906, Adventures Among Birds, 1913, and Kith and Kin. Poems of Animal Life, Selected by Henry S. Salt, 1901, with a presentation inscription and loose letter to G.L. Watson from Hudson, 1903 (approximately 50)

McCormick (William Thomas). A Ride across Iceland in the Summer of 1891, 1st edition, Digby, Long, & Co., 1892, portrait frontispiece, 8 pp. publisher's catalogue to rear, closed tear in dedication leaf, inscribed 'Mr Albert Greig, with the author's comps' on half-title, original maroon cloth gilt over bevelled boards, rubbed, some bleeding from the cloth dye into margins of outer leaves, 8vo First and only edition, presentation copy. Scarce: Copac traces seven copies in UK libraries; no other copies traced at auction. (1)

Barclay (Robert). An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. The Eighth Edition in English, Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1765, light spotting to title, margins of first & last leaves browned, 18th century bookplate of the Earl of Home (with motto 'True to the End'), 20th century calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 4to, together with Wesley (Samuel), Poems on Several Occasions, 1736, some dampstaining, ink stains to fore-margins, crude brown paper tape repairs to front endpaper, contemporary sheep, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn, 4to, plus Strype (John), Ecclesiastical Memorials; relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, 3 volumes, 1721, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, later inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary full calf, volume 1 boards partially detached, spines and boards rubbed with minor loss, folio, and Cox (Nicholas), The Gentleman's Recreation in four parts, viz. Hunting, Fowling, Hawking, Fishing..., 6th edition, 1721, 3 (of 4) black and white folding plates, owner's stamp and inscription to head of title page, some minor toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary mottled calf boards, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th century history and ecclesiastical literature, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (45 volumes) (3 shelves)

Morisot (Claude Barth‚lemy de). Orbis maritimi, sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia, 1st edition, Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643, additional engraved title page, double-page folding plate, 23 engraved maps in the text, and several further engravings of coins and views of ships, moderate spotting and browning, small ink-spot to foot of engraved and printed title pages, damp-staining to index, ink-stamps to front pastedown and free endpaper, bookseller's printed description mounted to former, old ownership inscription to title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, wear to extremities, a few scuffs to sides, folio (35.5 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes II pp. 87-8; Sabin 50723. First edition of 'the first naval history' (Borba de Moraes). 'A kind of encyclopaedia of everything relating to maritime affairs. Pages 592-612 contain a description of America, with three maps. The cuts are copies from De Bry' (Sabin). (1)

Nansen (Fridtjof). The First Crossing of Greenland, translated from the Norwegian by Hubert Majendie, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, 12 plates including frontispieces, 5 folding maps, numerous illustrations to text, 24 pp. publisher's catalogue, map facing volume 1 p. 1 repaired, map to rear of volume 2 torn along fold, inner hinges partially cracked but firm, original cloth lettered and decorated in silver, wear to joints and extremities, spine-ends nicked, 8vo, together with: "Farthest North", being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96 and of a Fifteen Months' Sleigh Journey, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in English, George Newnes, Ltd., 1898, colour plate (slightly spotted), numerous monochrome plates, folding map (slightly spotted and with short closed tear), volume 1 final text leaf coming loose at foot, volume 2 title page marked, quire U loose, a few leaves damp-stained, all edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, rubbed, minor wear to extremities, volume 1 spine rolled, 8vo; In Northern Mists, Arctic Exploration in Early Times, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, William Heinemann, 1911, colour frontispiece, line drawings to text, spotting to endpapers and outer leaves, and occasionally to text, bookplates removed from front pastedowns, rear pastedowns renewed, book labels of Sidney G. Brown to front free endpapers, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, spine-ends nicked, tips worn, volume 2 spine slighty marked, large 8vo; Through Siberia, The Land of the Future, 1st edition in English, William Heinemann, 1914, photographic frontispiece and plates, 3 folding maps, light spotting, original cloth, spine faded and marked, large 8vo (7)

Ross (Sir John). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, 2 volumes, facsimile edition, New York: Greenwood Press, 1969, numerous plates, original cloth, folio, together with: Brunt (Sir David), The Royal Society International Geophysical Expedition, Halley Bay, Coats Land, Falkland Islands Dependencies, 1955-1959, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Royal Society, 1960-4, photographic plates, original red cloth, volume 1 slightly faded, large 4to; Admiralty, The Antarctic Pilot, 3rd edition, 1961, numerous photographic plates, tables and maps, several folding, original cloth, spine sunned, 8vo; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Coast Pilot 9, Alaska, Cape Spencer to Arctic Ocean, 6th edition, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1955, colour maps, cancelled library plate to front pastedown, original cloth, large 8vo; and numerous others, including other 20th-century facsimile editions of early polar voyages, several Hakluyt Society editions, later 20th-century editions of first-hand accounts from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Editions (Scott, Shackleton and others), and modern-day first-hand accounts of polar exploration by Ranulph Fiennes and others, original cloth, boards or card wrappers, dust jackets, various formats (6 shelves)

Piso (Willem). De Indiae utriusque re naturali libri quatuordecim, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved pictorial title page, profuse botanical and zoological woodcuts in the text, pale intermittent tide-mark extending from fore edges (strong only in final 2 leaves), occasional light fraying and damp-staining to lower outer corners, stitching strained between part 1 quires O and P, worm-track in upper margins of part 2, bookplate of Francois Moutier (poet and physician, 1881-1961) and 19th-century French inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manusript spine-title, toned, a few marks, folio (36 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes I pp. 153-4; DSB X pp. 621-2; Nissen IVB 589; Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236. Second edition, greatly revised and expanded, of the most important scientific work completed in Brazil during the 17th century, which established the author, Piso, 'as one of the pioneers of tropical medicine' (DSB). The second part contains two works by Georg Markgraf, Tractatus topographicus et meteorologicus Brasiliae, and Commentarius de Brasiliensium et Chilensium indole et lingua, and the third part contains Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis libri sex, a treatise on the East Indies by Jacob de Bondt, and a further work by Piso himself on the Mantissa aromatica, neither of which appeared in the first edition published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae. (1)