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Savile (Sir Henry, editor). Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipui, ex vetustissimis codicibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem editi, 1st edition, G. Bishop, R. Newbery, and R. Barker, 1596, 5 section titles with woodcut architectonic borders, woodcut head- and tailpieces and figurative initials throughout, variable spotting and browning, 2 small worm-tracks in lower margins never affecting text, marginal restoration to leaf Z5, quire 4E supplied from a shorter copy, closed transverse tear in final 3 leaves, occasional later marginalia, manuscript catch-title to fore edge, contemporary calf, blind panels to sides enclosing central strapwork lozenges, rebacked, restoration to corners, folio (32 x 19 cm) STC 21783; Cobham-Jeffery page 27 refers (Roger of Hoveden mentions Cyprus in the context of the Third Crusade). First edition of this important compilation of medieval chronicles, containing texts from William of Malmesbury, Henry of Huntingdon, Roger of Hoveden, Aethelweard, and pseudo-Ingulf. A second edition appeared at Frankfurt in 1601. (1)

Li (Jie (1065-1110)). Li Mingzhong Yingzao Fashi (Building Standards), 8 volumes, [Shanghai?, 1925], Chinese text lithographed on doubled leaves, frequent rubrication, numerous diagrams and figural illustrations in volumes 5-8, many of those in volumes 7-8 printed in colour, stab-stitched in original printed buff wrappers, stitching loose in places but bindings firm, small water-stains to wrappers of volumes 1, 7 and 8, original blue cloth portfolio, bone fasteners, printed label to front panel (with faint mark), pale mottling on rear panel, folio (34 x 23.5 cm) Literature: Jiren Feng, Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual (Hong Kong, 2012); Li Shiqiao, 'Reconstituting Chinese Building Tradition: The Yingzao fashi in the Early Twentieth Century', in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 62, No. 4 (December 2003), pages 470-489. 'The [Yingzao Fashi] was written by the imperial official in the Directorate of Construction Li Jie (1035?-1110, courtesy name Mingzhong) as a handbook for government standards for building methods, materials, and manpower. Not only the earliest but also the most comprehensive Chinese treatise on architectural technology to survive in its entirety, the YZFS is the most important primary text for the study of ancient Chinese architecture' (Feng, page 2). Li's text first appeared in 1103 and was rediscovered in 1919 by scholar Zhu Qiqian (1872-1962), who unearthed an imperfect, later transcription of a Song-dynasty reprint in Jiangnan library. He published a photolithographic edition in a reduced format the same year, but in his preface indicated several improvements required for a new edition, for which he had the illustrations entirely redrawn, commissioned a suite of new drawings from the master builder of the imperial palaces in Beijing, and had the painted decorations in chapters 33 and 34 printed in a lavish array of colours. 'The new edition of the Yingzao Fashi published in 1925 was exquisite. Bound into eight volumes with silk thread binding, it exemplifies the scholarly tradition of restoring classics, with its erudite preface and postscripts, demonstration of philological scholarship, completeness of chapters, sections, texts, and drawings, and imitation of the Song-dynasty calligraphy and printing style' (Li, page 477). (1)

Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postrem• recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title with small tear and loss to fore margin, woodcut Royal arms to letterpress title, additional title and two folding engraved maps by William Rogers (a little frayed at margins), eight full-page engraved illustrations, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final blank 3N4, early leaves close-trimmed at top margin with water stains, some light soiling and a few annotations, endpapers, modern panelled brown calf, small 4to STC 4507. The fifth edition and the first with maps. (1)

Moll (Herman). A New Description of England and Wales with the adjacent Islands. Wherein are contained diverse useful observations and discoveries in respect to natural history, antiquities, customs, honours, privileges &c..., 1st. edition, printed for H. Moll by T. Bowles, C. Rivington and J. Bowles, 1724, title page printed in red and black, frontispiece of an historical double page engraved map of England & Wales, preface, list of the counties of England & Wales, double page map of England & Wales and 48 uncoloured engraved maps (including four folding), occasional slight staining, map of Cornwall with marginal closed tear, index bound at rear, near contemporary armorial bookplate and ownership signature to front pastedown, contemporary speckled panelled calf, re-backed, bumped at extremities, folio Chubb CLX. Hodson 173. A fine copy of the first issue of the first edition without the plate numbers to the maps. Only half a dozen examples of this rare edition are known to exist, probably because a lack of advertising contributed to its commercial failure or possibly because it was in direct competition with a new edition of William Camden's 'Britannia' with a re-set text and fine large maps by Robert Morden re-issued in 1722. Paradoxically much of Moll's atlas was based on the maps of Robert Morden, a fact he acknowledged in his preface, but he claimed - not without some justification - to have corrected many errors in Camden's text. (1)

Skene (Sir John). Regiam majestatem. The Auld Lawes and Constitutions of Scotland, faithfullie collected furth of the Register, and Other Auld Authentick Bukes, fra the Dayes of King Malcolme the Second, untill the Time of King James the First, 1st edition in Scots, Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason, 1609, large woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, damp-staining, japanese tissue-repairs along fore edges of first and last gatherings, Royal Historical Society ink-stamps to front free endpaper and title page, presentation slip tipped to former, contemporary vellum, front inner hinge split, soiled, loss to foot of spine and fore edge of front board, folio (27.5 x 18 cm), custom solander box STC 22626. First published in Latin the same year; this is usually described as the first edition in English but the language is in fact vernacular Scots. (1)

Stukeley (William). Stonehenge. A Temple Restor'd to the British Druids, 1st edition, London: W. Innys and R. Manby, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), 35 engraved plates (including 9 folding), centre fold of plates 5 & 13 repaired to lower blank margins, plate 17 slightly cropped to image at fore-edges, bound with Abury, A Temple of the British Druids, with some others, Described. Wherein is a more particular account of the first and patriarchal religion; and of the peopling the British Islands, Volume the Second [the Description of Stonehenge forms the first Volume], 1st edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1743, large folding engraved frontispiece birdseye view of Avebury, 39 engraved plates (including 2 folding), plate 25 cropped to right side of image, few minor marks but generally very clean, some scattered spotting and minor toning to margins, modern half calf with maroon morocco title label to spine, folio Upcott 1320-1322 and 1325-1328. (1)

Bowen (Emanuel, and Bowen, Thomas). Atlas Anglicanus, or a complete sett of maps of the counties of South Britain; divided into their respective hundreds, wapontakes, wards, rapes, lathes &c..., 1st. edition, printed for T. Kitchin, [1767], calligraphic title page, two general engraved maps of England and Wales and forty-three county maps of England & Wales, all with contemporary outline colouring, very occasional marginal spotting, bookplate of Wm. Constable Esq., contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, slim upright folio, contained in modern cloth book box Chubb CCXXXII, Hodson 254. The maps in the 'Atlas Anglicanus' were reductions of the 'Large English Atlas', produced by the same authors. The maps were originally issued monthly in parts with three maps to a part. Initially all the maps were published without an imprint, which was added as production progressed, thus a complete atlas would often be comprised of maps from different states. This copy is an unusual combination of the first two states. (1)

Chapman (John, and Andr‚, Peter). A Map of the County of Essex from an actual survey made in MDCCLXXII, MDCCLXXIII and MDCCLXXIV by John Chapman and Peter Andr‚, [1770 or later], large scale engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on four sheets, large compass rose, list of subscribers, inset plan of Harwich Harbour and map of Colchester, slight offsetting and browning, each sheet approximately 1140 x 1450 mm, contained in a contemporary morocco gilt box with lid, gilt crest of Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington, slight wear to extremities Provenance: Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Harrington (1753-1829) served with British forces in North America and the Caribbean during the American War of Independence. He was also a politician, being elected MP for Thetford in 1774 and for Westminster from 1776 to 1779. Chapman and Andr‚'s meticulously detailed and accurate survey of Essex resulted in the finest large-scale map of the county. It was the first to depict minor roads, and included every country house and cottage, milestone, bridge, turnpike, creek, ferry, cliff and even duck decoy. It is unlikely that more than 300 copies of the first edition were sold, though there was a second smaller edition issued in 1785. (1)

Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum: Or, An Account of the Antiquities, and Remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, Observed in Travels through Great Britain, 2 parts (Centuria I & II) in 2 volumes, 2nd edition, with large additions, 1776, engraved frontispiece to first volume only, 2 folding engraved maps, 206 engraved plates (including two folding & one folding), light stain to upper margin of 2C2 (verso) of first volume, contemporary calf gilt, contrasting green & red morocco labels to spines, joints a little cracked, folio Upcott xxx. The work contains a mezzotint plate of the appearance of the total solar eclipse from Haradon Hill on May 11, 1724. (2)

Field (Richard). Of the Church, five bookes, the Second Edition very much augmented, in the third booke, and the Appendix to the same, Oxford: William Turner, 1628, woodcut title vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, final blank present, first quire slightly rumpled, minor worming in gutter, contemporary ownership inscription of one Edward Wynne to front free endpaper, later gift inscription to initial blank, early inscription in Welsh to title page, contemporary calf, later paper label to spine, loss to top compartment, extremities slightly rubbed, folio (28.5 x 17.5 cm) Madan I page 138; STC 10858. (1)

Greenwood (C. & J.). Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., Greenwood, Pringle & Co., 1st edition, August 21st 1827, fine large scale map with contemporary hand colouring on three sheets, engraved by James and Josiah Neele, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, table of explantion, inset views of Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls, dedication to George IV, edged in green silk, marbled endpapers, overall size approximately 1255 x 1875 mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt book box, all edges gilt, very slight wear to extremities Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, 309, state 1. The Greenwood brothers Christopher and John spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey of London, prepared on the lavish scale of 8 inches to a mile, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubidt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was completed in 1828. (1)

Cary (John, and Smith, William), A New Map of Durham divided into Wards exhibiting its roads, rivers, parks &c, 1831, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, engraved vignette of Durham cathedral, table of explanation, and geological identification code, some light staining, 495 x 550 mm, contemporary green cloth boards with gilt title to upper siding, boards faded and a little stained The noted cartographer, engraver and publisher John Cary (1755-1835) collaborated with William Smith, 'the father of English geology', on a number of his geological projects, notably the 1815 Map and geological sections (1817-1819). Cary had previously produced large, topographical county maps for his New and Correct English Atlas and the plates which were being prepared for a new edition were instead adapted to accommodate Smith's detailed geology, the first set of geological maps being issued in 1819. This is the second state which although coloured using William Smith's geology, gives no acknowledgement to Smtih at all. Scarce. (1)NB: Two engraved railway lines appear on this map, (north-west from Hartlepool towards Durham and north-west from Stockton and Darlington towards Hamsterley), suggesting that this revised, and possibly unrecorded, issue of the map which most likely dates from the early 1840s. 

English Civil War. Of Idolatry, [by Henry Hammond], Oxford [i.e. London]: Printed by Henry Hall, Printer to the Universitie, 1646, [2],36,[2]pp., includes final blank, few marks and fraying, disbound 4to (Madan, II, 1875; Wing H555A. "A London counterfeit" - Madan. This edition has two rules below the Oxford arms on title page), together with [Bowles, Edward], Manifest Truths, or an Inversion of Truths Manifest. Containing a Narration of the Proceedings of the Scottish Army, and a Vindication of the Parliament and Kingdome of England from the false and injurious aspersions cast on them by the author of the said manifest. Published by Authoritie, London: M.S. for Henry Overton and Giles Calvert, 1646, [8],74,[2]pp., title with early signature to lower margin of R. Griffith (title soiled), leaf B1 torn to upper outer blank corner and repaired, final leaf 'Postscript' torn with text loss and repaired, disbound 4to (Wing B3874), with [Wilbee, Amon], Prima pars. De Comparatis Comparandis: seu iustificationis Regis Caroli, comparatŠ, contra Parliamentum. Or the first part of things compared: or of the iustification of King Charles comparitively against the Parliament. Wherein is manifested, that by the cunning contrivance of a wicked party in the House of Commons, who by their fraud, and subtilty, deceive and seduce the major part of the House for their own ambitious ends our oppressions have been made far more grievous..., Oxford [i.e. London: s.n.]: 1647, [2],40,[6]pp., some leaves cropped mostly at head (mainly affecting last few leaves at rear of volume), toning and few marks, disbound 4to (Wing W2113; Madan, II, 1938, "A London counterfeit" -Madan), with English Civil War, The Four Bills sent to the King to the Isle of Wight to be passed. Together with the propositions sent unto him at the same time, which upon the passing of those bills were to be treated upon. And also the Articles of the Church of England; with the rules and directions concerning suspension from the sacrament of the Lords Supper in cases of ignorance. Unto all which doth refer, the late declaration of both Houses of the fourth of March, 1647. concerning the papers of the Scots Commissioners, upon occasion of the last address to the King in the Isle of Wight, London: Edward Husband, March 20, 1647, 3-46,[2]pp., lacking A1 (initial order-to-print leaf), final blank present, some fraying to initial leaves, toning and few marks, disbound 4to (Wing E1541), plus six other similar mid-late 17th century pamphlets, all disbound (10)

Lull (Ramon). De secretis naturae sie quinta essentia libri duo. His accesserunt, Alberti Magni... De mineralibus & rebus metallicis libri quinq[ue], [edited by Walther Ryff], 1st edition, Strasbourg, Balthasar Beck, 1541, [4] + 183 + [4] leaves, with 8 woodcut illustrations to text of chemical apparatus (one of which is full-page), without blank leaf at end, title relined and with slight loss of blank fore-edge and foot of inner margin, early two-tone blind-decorated French full calf, with gilt coat-of-arms of an unidentifid French bishop to upper cover, 8vo Provenance: Alfred Scott Gatty (1847-1918), with gift inscription to him dated 1882 to front blank, when he was Rouge Dragon Pursuivant of Arms In Ordinary, and with his bookplate to front pastedown. B. E. J. Pagel (1930-2007), astrophysicist, with his handwritten label tipped-in to verso of front endpaper. Duveen 369. Wellcome 3897. Ferguson II, 54. Thorndike II, 862-873 & 517-592. Adams L1703. Rare first edition of Strasbourg physician Walther Herman Ryff's presentation of alchemical tracts. The attribution to Lull of De Secretis Naturae is disputed (generally now accepted as pseudo-Lull) but it was a standard work in early modern alchemy. With it is published Albertus Magnus' De Mineralibus & Rebus Metallicis, on metals and minerals with essays on stones, gold and silver, the assaying of metals, their colours, on nitre, salt, lead and other substances and their properties. The tract by Albertus Magnus belongs to the authentic writings of this author. Thorndike devotes much space to a thorough analysis of this remarkable work and points out the stress laid by Albertus on personal investigation and experiment.Lull's metaphysics worked a revolution in the history of philosophy. He invented an "art of finding truth" which centuries later stimulated Leibnitz' dream of a universal algebra, and the development of modern scientific method. (1)

Lovelace (Richard). Lucasta: Epodes, Odes, Sonnets, &c. To which is added Aramantha, a Pastorall, 1st edition, first state, Thomas Harper for Thomas Ewster, 1649, title-page in red and black (lightly browned and somewhat dusty with several pinhead and smaller burn holes touching two letters only), lacks engraved allegorical title-page and engraved portrait of Lucasta (the latter supplied in good facsimile as frontispiece, now partly detached), also lacking blank leaves A4 and M4, paper repair to lower margin of B7 with first letter 'A' of final line of recto neatly completed in manuscript, small closed tear repair to lower margins of E7, F1 and L8 not affecting text, some spotting, dust-soiling and occasional old damp-staining, closely trimmed at upper margins and foremargins (a few initial letters shaved on B6v), bookplate of Christopher Rowe to marbled endpaper, all edges gilt, 19th-century green morocco gilt by E. Rau of Philadelphia, covers detached, pictorial bookplate of Robert Garrett to front pastedown, rubbed, small 8vo (133 x 83 mm) Hayward 97; Pforzheimer 67 (noting only six other copies with B2 in the first state); Wing L3240. One of the most important collections of seventeenth-century English poetry, and the only collection published in the author's lifetime. The actual identity of Lucasta is uncertain, being perhaps an imaginery creation or perhaps Lucy Sacheverell. This copy has the first state of B2, with 'Warres' (rather than 'Wars') in the heading. (1)

Cock (Charles George). English-Law: or, A Summary Survey of the Houshold of God on Earth ... Together with an Essay of Christian Government, 1st edition, by Robert White for T. G. and Francis Tyton, 1651, engraved title vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, first and last quires frayed in margins, hand-painted coat of arms to front pastedown above the modern bookplates of Brian William James and R. C. Fiske, 19th-century half morocco, folio (27.5 x 17 cm) Sweet & Maxwell (2nd edition) volume 1 page 99; Wing C4789. Scarce Commonwealth-era treatise on law and government. ESTC traces seven copies in UK libraries only; two appearances at auction since 1939. (1)

Morland (Samuel). The Description and Use of Two Arithmetick Instruments, together with a short treatise and demonstrating the ordinary operations of arithmetic, as likewise, a perpetual almanack, and several useful tables, 1st edition, Printed, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, six engraved plates printed to versos of A2-7 and four folding engraved plates pasted to the blank verso of A8 and B1-3, Perpetuall Almanack plate bound before 2A1 and a folding table bound between G2 and G3, lacks cancels F8 and G8 (as usual), also lacks G[1] (text leaf beginning 'The diameter of any circle being given') and 2A8, old damp-staining and fraying with occasional short closed tears, largely affecting outer margins, all sympathetically restored with archival tissue, the damage being largely confined to the extremities of the frontispiece, first signature and last two leaves, some slight loss of borders of frontispiece, both titles (A1-2) and plate 1 (A2v), and a little loss of legibility to final two lines of final leaf, red dye splashes to A3v and A4r, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, small 8vo (140 x 88mm) ESTC R30529; Hook & Norman, Origins of Cyperspace 9; Wing M2777. First edition of 'the first book on a calculator written in English, and the first separate work on the subject after Napier's Rabdologiae (1617). There was little else in English on calculating machines until Babbage. The work may also be considered the first comprehensive book in computer literature, as Pascal published nothing about his own machine except an eighteen-page pamphlet, now of the utmost rarity. The first of the "arithmetic instruments" was Morland's adding machine - a modification of Pascal's calculator The second instrument was his multiplier [which ] operated on the same principle as Napier's bones' (Hook & Norman). This rare book is bibliographically complex with no two copies seeming to be the same. This is the second issue, the first having the first six plates printed on slips of paper pasted on the versos of leaves A2-7. This second issue also only calls for 8 leaves in second signature A, rather than 11. All copies of both issues lack G8 (usually described as a cancel) and most copies lack F8 (another cancel, blank with a numerical calculation to verso). This copy also lacks G1 and 2A8, the Perpetuall Almanack plate possibly accounting for the latter leaf. The second signature A is sometimes missing entirely or only partially present and bound after F (as here) or after G. Other anomalies do exist. Collation: [portrait], A-F8 (-F8), [Perpetuall Almanack plate], G2-7 [folding table bound between G2 and G3], 2A7 B8 *8. (1)

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). Les Dix Livres d'Architecture de Vitruve, edited and translated by Claude Perrault, Paris: Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1684, engraved additional title, 68 plates including 8 double-page, engraved head- and tail-pieces, woodcuts to text, scattered spotting or light browning, small closed tear to foremargin of 2Q1 not affecting text, contemporary ink ownership name of 'Jonat. Richardson' to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, some edge and corner wear, modern morocco reback with red morocco spine label and seven raised bands, folio (430 x 285mm) The second Perrault edition, and Brunet argues, with Perrault's scholarly commentary and translation is more complete than the first edition of 1673 and therefore preferable. Fowler 418 (notes). Provenance: Believed to be Jonathan Richardson the Younger (1694-1771), collector and son of the famous painter of the same name. (1)

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, with his life: in English, French, and Latin, newly translated, illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures, to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life by Francis Barlow, printed by R. Newcombe, for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, additional etched title, engraved coat of arms for William Earle of Devonshire (closed tear repair to verso), 32 full-page plates by Thomas Dudley (the first unnumbered and placed as frontispiece, torn with large loss to lower left corner, now supplied with good photocopy repair), 110 half-page copper plates, plate impressions for fables LXX and LXXI transposed, correct impressions additionally tipped in as overlays (the first with paper repair and image loss to upper left corner), some heavy browning (especially to early leaves) and spotting throughout, occasional inkstains, splashes and other soiling and marks, a few closed tear repairs, old ink doodles of figures and horses to frontispiece recto, bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary boards with period-style calf gilt reback, rubbed, folio (320 x 200 mm) Wing A695. A rare complete copy of this third edition, a reissue of the 1666 and 1687 edition sheets, with a cancelled title leaf. This copy, unlike most others, has the sheets for folios [2]R1-2 with the requisite copper plate impressions. It also includes the additional engraved title-page, often missing, and the scarce plate 17, often removed because of concern for the nude women depicted. The engraved English version of the text is by Aphra Behn. (1)

Sale (George). The Koran, Commonly called The Alcoran of Mohammed, Translated into English immediately from the Original Arabic; with Explanatory Notes, taken from the most approved Commentators. To which is prefixed a Preliminary Discourse, 1st edition, 1734, title printed in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia, folding plan of Mecca, three engraved genealogical tables (two folding), occasional light soiling and toning, fading previous owner signature at head of title, modern panelled calf gilt, 4to First edition of Sale's Qur'an, the first English translation to be made direct from the Arabic. It is preceded only by Alexander Ross's attempt in 1649, which used a French translation by the Sieur du Ryer published the previous year. (1)

Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, by John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 2 volumes, R. Reily for T. Osborne, 1749, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and letterpress title in red & black, four hand-coloured engraved maps (including one folding and one double-page double-hemisphere map), 12 hand-coloured or printed colour engraved plates, occasional light toning & spotting, armorial bookplates, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to Hunt 517 (original edition of the Georgics only). Latin text of Virgil's pastoral and agricultural poetry with English translation and natural history notes by the botanist John Martyn (1699-1768), of which the Georgics first appeared in 1741 and the Bucolics in 1749. "The notes discuss in considerable detail the proper identification of the plants mentioned by the poet . . . It was one of the works on which the reputation of John Martyn rested". (2)

Eichhorn (Johann Gottfried). Monumenta Antiquissimae Historiae Arabum, post Albertum Schultensium collegit ediditque cum Latina versione et animadversionibus Jo. Gottfr. Eichhorn, 1st edition, Gotha, C.G. Ettinger, 1775, [8] + 216 pages printed in latin and arabic, complete with 13 genealogical tables printed on 12 sheets, some spotting to title and preliminary leaves and light spotting to tables at end, bookseller's ticket of Arthur Probsthain, London to front pastedown, 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed to joints and extremities, 8vo See Sotheby's, Library of Camille Aboussouan, lot 304. Important first edition of the German orientalist and theologian Johann Eichhorn's text, based on the writings of Albert Schultens and containing extracts from the work of early Islamic scholar Ibn Qutaybah (828-889 CE), printed with Arabic types. (1)

[Ring, John] The Commemoration of Handel, a Poem, 1st edition, for T. Cadell, J. Walter and T. Booker, 1786, , 41 pp., final leaf repaired along fore edge and with a small interlinear tear affecting a few letters, inscribed by the author on the title page 'To Dr. Geddes, From the author John Ring Esq', 'By John Ring' inscribed below in a different contemporary hand, bound with: [Geddes, Alexander?], Ode, Congratulatory and Expostulatory, to the Right Hon. William Pitt, M.P., etc. by W-ll-m W-b-f--e, Esq M.P., 1st edition, [1798?], 3 pp., slightly spotted; [Geddes, Alexander?], Lines written in the Album at Cossey-Hall, Norfolk, the Seat of Sir William Jerningham, Bart., August 4th, 1786, 1st edition, [Norwich, 1786?], 8 pp., title inscribed 'By Dr. Alexander Geddes' in a contemporary hand; Pindar (Peter; pseudonym of John Wolcot), Advice to the Future Laureat: an Ode, 1st edition, for G. Kearsley, 1790, 18 pp. + advertisement leaf, spotting; ibid., A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to those Literary Colossuses, the Reviewers, 2nd edition, for G. Kearsley, 1787, 10 pp., spotting;[ibid.], [Subjects for Painters], 1st or 2nd edition, [for G. Kearsley, 1789], 105 pp. but lacking first two leaves (title page and pp. 3-4); Bolus (Whirligig; pseudonym), The Quackade. A Mock Heroic Poem, in Five Cantos, 1st edition, by Thomas Syringe for M. Cooper, 1752, 83 pp., outer leaves spotted and browned, contemporary German news-sheet tipped to p. 9; modern green half leatherette, gilt spine-title ('Lampoons'), 4to ESTC T184797, T62583, T62583 for the first three works.Interesting volume of poetry and lampoons. John Ring (1752-1821), vaccination pioneer, evidently admired the Scottish Bible scholar and poet Geddes (1737-1802), publishing after Geddes's death a translation of one of his Latin poems. Geddes, not William Wilberforce, is suggested as the real author of the satirical ode to William Pitt in ESTC, though ESTC's attribution of the Lines written in the Album to Jerningham himself is called into question by the inscription in this copy . ESTC traces eight copies of Ring's work, nine of the Lines, and one of the Pitt lampoon. (1)

Burns (Robert). Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 1st Edinburgh edition (2nd overall), Edinburgh: printed for the author, and sold by William Creech, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece, somewhat spotted and dust-soiled, half-title discarded, generally lightly toned with variable spotting, occasional mostly minor marks, front free endpaper with early ink signature 'Walter Rutherfurd' and short marginal tear, contemporary sheep (worn), boards detached, lacking spine label, 8vo in 4s Rothschild 556. First issue of the first Edinburgh edition, with misprints 'Boxburgh' for 'Roxburgh' in the list of subscribers (page xxxvii), and 'stinking' for 'skinking' on page 263. (1)

Hayley (William). The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of William Cowper, a New and Enlarged Edition, 4 volumes, Chichester: by J. Seagrave for J. Johnson, 1806, half-titles, spotting, original frontispiece replaced by a mounted engraved after the same Romney portrait, presentation inscription from William Hayley to William Guy the Elder dated 1806 and including an original eight-line poem to volume 1 initial blank, gift inscription 'Mrs Bayton, from her affectionate sister May Ann Guy, Nov 15th 1835' to each volume, book labels of Chichester historian Francis W. Steer (1912-1978) to front pastedowns, his note recording his purchase of the volume laid in, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, spines sunned and rubbed, wear to extremities, 8vo (23 x 13.5 cm) Provenance: Ex libris Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014). First octavo edition, inscribed by Hayley to his friend and physician Wiliam Guy the Elder, who is mentioned frequently in his memoirs (1823); Hayley's inscription also refers to Cowper's own admiration for Guy, who was a pupil of Edward Jenner's and grandfather to eminent physician William Augustus Guy. (4)

Dickens (Charles). Dombey and Son, 1st edition, Bradbury and Evans, 1846-8, 20 parts in 19, 40 engraved plates (including vignette title and frontispiece), variably browned or offset, lacking rear advertisement number 3 in part 2, front advertisements in part 7, and rear advertisement 2 in part 10, text leaves unopened in volumes 12, 14, 15 and 18, original printed wrappers, volume 1 front wrapper detached, volume 2 both wrappers detached with the rear wrapper a variant of Hatton & Cleaver, volumes 15, 17 and 19-20 spines chipped, 8vo, together with Browne (Hablot Knight), Dombey and Son, Full-Length Portraits of Dombey & Carker, Miss Tox, Mrs. Skewton, Mrs. Pipchin, Old Sol. & Capt. Cuttle, Major Bagstock, Miss Nipper, 1st edition, Chapman & Hall, 1848, 8 engraved plates, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, separated along spine and slightly marked, 8vo, and Dombey and Son, The Four Portraits of Edith, Florence, Alice, and Little Paul, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1848, 4 engraved plates, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, separated along spine and slight marked and frayed, 8vo Hatton & Cleaver pp. 227-50; Eckel page 76 for Full-Length Portraits and The Four Portraits (these not in Gimbel but cf. H1002-3 for similar items). First issue of part 11 (page 324 final line with 'Capatin' uncorrected); part 13 presumed later issue with first advertisement leaf dated 'Octo 1847'; part 14 with 'if' omitted from page 426 line 9 as in the 'earliest issue', but p. 431 retaining the pagination, which is omitted in 'earlier copies'. The two suites of portraits are occasionally found in bound copies of Dombey and Son but rarely in the original wrappers. (21)

Wilde (Oscar). Newdigate Prize Poem. Ravenna, Recited in the Theatre, Oxford, June 26, 1878, 1st edition, Oxford: Thos. Shrimpton & Sons, 1878, 16 pp., original blue-grey printed wrappers retained and bound in with 32 blank leaves at rear of which seven pages contain contemporary ink manuscript quotations from literature and the bible, top edge gilt, contemporary vellum lettered and ruled in gilt with bee motif to upper cover, stationer's ticket of Myers & Co. to front pastedown, covers slightly rubbed, marked and bowed, 8vo Mason 301. Oscar Wilde's first separate publication, inspired by a visit to Ravenna in 1877. Rare. (1)

Henry VII Year Books. [Anni Regis Henrici Septimi. Quibus accesserunt annus primus et secundus de noua et valde bona collatione. Ac etiam, annus decimus, undecimus, decimus tertius, decimus sextus, et vigesimus, nunquam ante hac ‘diti. Anno Domini 1555, Richard Tottell, 1555], [i.e. 1563?], law reports from 1-16, 20 and 21 Henry VII, separate paginations with continuous register, black letter, woodcut initials, lacks title-page, occasional contemporary and later ink marginalia and underscoring, peppered wormholes (mostly at front and rear), a few mostly marginal closed tears, some light old damp-staining, 23 lines of manuscript verse quotations [from William Bullein's Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence] in brown ink in an unidentified contemporary hand to first front free endpaper recto (watermark of hand with a flower on laid paper), contemporary blind-stamped calf over boards, with central lattice panel of diamonds within a rolled border of repeated motifs of female heads within roundels and floral decoration, ownership monogram blind stamp of 'F.B.' to centre of both covers, remains of one brass clasp only, some rubbing and wear with scattered worm holes, neatly rebacked with remains of spine relaid, folio (280 x 190mm) Provenance: An unidentified 16th century English collector, here quoting from William Bullein's Dialogue against the Fever. Beale R408; STC 9223.5. The Year Books are the earliest law reports of England, forming a continuous series from 1268 to 1535, and covering the reigns of King Edward I to Henry VIII. Richard Tottel produced the majority of sixteenth-century printed Year Books, a great many being published between the years 1556 and 1572. William Bullein (c. 1515-1576), physician, published his last and most popular work, A Dialogue Against the Fever Pestilence, in 1564. 'This work saw him move away from the overwhelmingly medical concerns of his previous writing, and extend his use of dialogue beyond the didactic to a more lively style in which he mixed medicine, morality, and entertainment. Like the authors of many plague tracts, Bullein takes the epidemic as his starting point for a broad criticism of the sins of society, attacking engrossing and enclosure in the countryside and the sudden charity of the afflicted, and parodying hypocritical and atheistic physicians and apothecaries, and the desperation of usurious merchants when faced by death.' (Oxford DNB). The manuscript verses begin: 'How the cardinal came of nought / and his prelacie sold and bought / And where such prelate be, springe of love degree, / And spirituall dignitee / farewell begninitee, / farewell simplicitee, farewell humanitee, farewell good charitee'. The final two lines are: 'but or thei enter if they have lerned nought / afterward is vertue the least of theyr thought'. The quotations are taken from one long speech by the character Crispinus who recounting his visit to Parnassus, repeats some verses he heard spoken by a number of famous poets from the previous two hundred years. The four poets 'quoted' here are John Skelton (an attack on Cardinal Wolsey), Geoffrey Chaucer, John Lydgate and Bartley. The small variations in wording between the early editions suggests that this, if not copied from a manuscript, was transcribed from the first edition of 1564, rather than the later editions of 1573 or 1578: See Mark W. Bullen & A.H. Bullen (editors), A Dialogue against the Fever Pestilence by William Bullein, from the Edition of 1578, Collated with the Earlier Editions of 1564 and 1573, Trbner, 1888, pages 16-18. All editions are rare and only three copies of the first edition are located: two imperfect copies at the British Library and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and a possibly unique complete copy at the Huntington Library, California. That copy, used by the editors of the (fourth) 1888 edition had been part of the Britwell/Heber Collection, acquired by Huntington from the Britwell Court library sale in 1919. (1)

Gr‚vin (Jacques). Deux livres des venins, ausquels il est amplement discouru des bestes venimeuses, theriaques, poisons & contrepoisons: ensemble les oeuvres de Nicandre, Medecin & Po‰te Grec, traduictes en vers Fran‡ois, 1st edition, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1568, (colophon dated 1567), [viii], 333, [7]pp., woodcut printer's device on title (slightly dusty), woodcut decorative initials, 52 woodcuts of venomous plants and animals, small 4to in 8s, bound after Nicander, Les Oeuvres de Nicandre, Medecin et Po‰te Grec, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1567, 90, [2]pp., printed in italic letter, woodcut printer's device on title, bookplate of S.A. Thompson Yates to front pastedown, all edges gilt, late 19th-century gilt-panelled polished calf by Roger de Coverly, with gilt fleuron at each corner and the gilt arms of Earl Spencer at the centre, all edges gilt, 4to (215 x 155mm) Provenance: John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910). Adams G1245. Norman 943. First edition of Grevin's famous work on poisons and their antidotes, issued together with his translation into french of Nicander's two poems on poisonous plants and animals, Theriaca and Alexipharmaca (with a separate title dated 1567). Beautifully illustrated with zoological and botanical woodcuts, this publication is a classic of toxicological literature, in which the author rejected many of the superstitions of earlier writers, such as the power of amulets to cure poisons. Handsome copy. (1)

Alberti (Leon Battista). L'Architettura di Leon Battista Alberti, tradotta in lingua Fiorentina da Cosimo Bartoli Con la aggiunta de disegni et altri diversi trattati del medesimo auttore, Monte Regale: Leonardo Torrentino, 1565, 331, [21]pp., woodcut printer's device on the title and portrait of Alberti verso, 3 woodcut plates including a double-page plate of the Baths of Diocletian, woodcut decorative initials and numerous woodcuts in the text (some full-page), leaf L6 with small repair touching a woodcut recto and with loss of a few letters to verso, first four leaves only with small worm track at extreme fore-edge not affecting text, early 20th-century vellum gilt, slightly soiled and partly split along joints, folio Fowler 8 (describes an imperfect copy), Millard IV, 6 and Mortimer 12 only describe the 1550 edition. Clean, wide-margined copy. This is the second folio edition of Bartoli's translation of 'De re aedificatoria' and the first to include Domenichi's translation of 'La Pittura' which begins at page 305 with separate title. The woodcut illustrations are from the same blocks as those used in the first edition of the translation in 1550, but this edition is regarded as rarer than the 1550 edition. This important and influential work by the great Italian renaissance humanist is based on Vitruvius and when first published in 1485 was the first printed book on architecture. Fowler 8 describes an imperfect copy; Millard IV, 6 and Mortimer 12 only describe the 1550 edition. (1)

De Bry (Johann Theodor). Florilegium Novum hoc est: Variorum maximeque rariorum florum ac plantarum singularium urr… cum suis radicibus & cepis..., Oppenheim, 1612 - 114, decorative engraved title, fifty-three (of 93) uncoloured engraved plates, numbered 41 - 92 and one un-numbered, one with sparse later colouring, one double page, slight marginal spotting and staining, some dust and finger soiling to margins, some fore-edges frayed, later endpapers, near contemporary stained vellum with replacement leather ties, 4to One of the most beautiful flower books of the 17th century containing bulbous plants such as tulips, irises and lilies, roses, sunflowers, peonies and poppies. According to Hunt (190), the images are copied in reverse from Vallet, Besler and Van de Pas, who also suggests that some of the prints are trial editions 'avant la lettre'. The first edition of 1611 (see first dedication page) contained 112 plates. Plates 41 to 93 are repeated in the 2nd edition of 1612 but without the first 40 plates. There were three further editions between 1614 and 1615, all with different numbers of plates. Born in Strasbourg, De Bry was an engraver and publisher who was taught by his father Theodor, and with whom he worked closely on this Florilegium. (1)

*Besler (Basilius). Pistacia, Thalictrum flore incarnato..., Reseda Plinnii..., & Linaria aurea..., [from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613], together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or similar The Pistachio Nut, Bay Tree and Almond, Aquilegia-leaved meadow rue, white meadow rue and Small-flowered fumitory, Dyers-weed and Toad Flax from Besler's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, published in 1613. The first edition was published in two issues: one with descriptive text printed on the verso of each plate, and one without the text. The deluxe issue without text backing the plates (as here) was undoubtedly intended to be coloured by hand, the versos left blank to ensure no shadow of the printed text would detract from the image. This first edition was limited to 300 copies, each of which carried a premium price. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets (and on those of lot 92) may represent the arms of Augsburg, suggesting that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg. References: Nicolas Barker, Hortus Eystettensis, the Bishop's Garden and Besler's Magnificent Book, second edition, 1995. David Paisey, review of Barker's Hortus Eystettensis in The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

Rea (John). [Flora: Seu, De Florum Cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, Furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III books, 1st edition, 1665], lacks letterpress title following 'The Mind of the Front', 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates (plates 4 and 5 close-trimmed at head), woodcut initials throughout, separate dated title-page to 'Pomona. The third book', errata at foot of final page of index, a little worm tracing and some small worm holes to gutter margins not affecting text, minor spotting, old ink ownership name of 'Eliz: Yorke' at head of first leaf verso, later ownership inscription of Mrs Ann Parker to front free endpaper and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front pastedown, recent period-style blind-stamped calf with red morocco spine label, folio (305 x 190 mm) Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421 or R422. 'The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century'. (1)

Bloch (Marcus Elieser). Ichthyologie, ou Histoire Naturelle, Generale et Particuliere des Poissons. Avec des figures enluminees, dessinees d'apres nature, Volumes 1-6 bound in 3, 1st edition, Berlin: Chez l'Auteur, & Chez Francois de la Garde, Libraire, 1785-1788, half-title to each volume, engraved vignette to title of each volume by D. Berger after F.C.W. Rosenberg, 216 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, generally in clean condition with wide margins, marbled endpapers with bookplates removed, contemporary full russia with greek key gilt border decoration to outer edges, each volume with antique-style modern reback, gilt decorated spines, folio (47.5 x 29.5 cm, 18.7 x 11.75 ins) Nissen ZBI 416. Wood, page 244. Dance, page 56. A fine copy of the first six volumes of Bloch's masterpiece, described by Nissen as 'the finest illustrated work on fishes ever produced. The plates, by a variety of artists and engravers, are outstandingly coloured, and are heightened with gold, silver, and bronze to produce the metallic sheen of fish scales.' The drawings for the work were taken from Bloch's own extensive collection of approximately 1500 fish, which at the time was one of the largest collections in private hands. The full set of 12 volumes containing 432 plates was only completed in 1797. (3)

Simonsz (Arend Fokke). Geheimzinnige toebereidselen tot eene boertige reis door Europa. Vermaakshalven voorgeleezen in, en opgedraagen aan, de maatschappij der Verdiensten, onder de spreuk: Felix Meritis..., 1st edition, Haarlem, Francois Bohn, 1794, additional half title, 152 pages of Dutch text, two engraved maps of Europe by F. Bohn, both with contemporary hand colouring, the second being the allegorical map showing Europe as a virgin queen, hinges and joints weak, contemporary stiff paper wrappers, lacking spine, 8vo Mercator's World, IV, 1 (The Female Landscape). First edition of the first part (complete in itself) of this travel account by the Dutch author, engraver and bookseller Fokke (1755-1812). Seven parts were published in total between 1794 and 1806. The allegorical map shows Europe as a regal queen, but this anti-Napoleonic image demotes Europa from a virgin queen to a homely middle-aged housewife. The figure is superimposed over a map that includes a surprising amount of detail. Spain & Portugal comprise her head, Italy is her left arm, stirring with her right arm (Corsica and Sardinia) in a pot (Sicily). Her scarf forms the British Isles, and the rest of the continent is encompassed in her flowing dress. (1)

Bainbridge (George C.). The Fly Fisher's Guide, Illustrated by Coloured Plates, Representing upwards of Forty of the most useful Flies, accurately copied from nature, 1st edition, large paper issue, Liverpool, printed for the author by G.F. Harris's widow and brothers, 1816, viii, 150, [4]pp., eight hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional spotting or browning, horizontal closed tear repair to penultimate leaf not affecting text, uncut, ink presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'To Charles Rogers Esq[ui]re, from his sincere friend, the author', pastedowns and endpapers sometime renewed, contemporary red quarter morocco over boards, morocco spine label, rubbed, some markings and edge wear, 4to (265 x 210mm) Westwood & Satchell, page 21: 'Twelve copies of the first edition were in 4to, coloured with greater care, and published at two guineas'. This is one of the earliest books to include colour plates of tied flies and considered as the source book for Ronalds' Fly-Fisher's Entomology (1836). It follows George Scotcher's very rare Fly-Fisher's Legacy (Chepstow, 1800) as only the second angling book with hand-coloured engravings of natural flies. These comprise illustrations of forty natural flies suitable for trout and salmon fishing, the latter being the first coloured figures of salmon flies'. (1)

Walton (Izaak). The Complete Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, being a Discourse of Rivers, Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing, and Instructions how to angle for a Trout of Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton, with Original Memoirs and Notes by Sir Harris Nicolas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, William Pickering, 1836, half-titles, 14 engraved plates with tissue-guards and numerous engraved vignettes and headpieces in the text, mainly by Augustus Fox after Stothard or Inskipp, additional facsimile title page facing volume 1 p. 4 (as issued), some light offsetting from vignettes, occasional pale spotting in margins, the engraved title (meant to face the Epistle Dedicatory in volume 1) bound to front of volume 2, 19th-century green straight-grain morocco by Zaehnsdorf for Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899), his monogram and horse and thistle devices gilt to spine compartments, and his large gilt arms blocked to covers on lighter green morocco onlays, extremities very lightly rubbed in places, volume 2 spine very slightly sunned, all edges gilt, pale green silk doublures, embossed gilt lion rampant motifs gilt to initial blanks, folio (27.7 x 18.5 cm) Coigney 44; Wood pages 62-3. First Nicolas edition. A handsome copy in a deluxe binding done for Scottish businessman and arts patron Robert Tyndall Hamilton Bruce (1846-1899). The dimensions correspond to those Coigney provides for the large-paper issue, but the engravings are printed direct rather than on india paper. (2)

Cricket Interest Ashes 2005 Two Limited Edition Signed Photographic Prints The first 'Man Of The Series' Signed by Andrew Flintoff no. 244/591, secondly, 'England's Ashes 2005' signed by Michael Vaughan, no. 185/500. Each in very good condition, complete with certification, please see accompanying image.

Wilson, Robert F.; Battersby, B.K. The British Colour Council Dictionary of Colours for Interior Decoration. British Colour Council, 1949. 8vo (3 vols). Two swatch volumes in red leather-bound screw-fastening binders, accompanying text volume in full red leather, all with silver titles and Colour Council device on upper boards, spines of swatch volumes lettered in silver; 21 fold-out sheets of colour swatches across Vols 1 and 2, with black card viewing strip loosely inserted in pocket at front of both; Vol 3 pp. xxi, blank, 28 of explanatory text and colour histories. 10 pile samples damaged or missing over both volumes, otherwise complete; ex-library copy with small class stickers to spines of swatch volumes, small marginal stamps to versos of first colour swatch sheets in both and library bookplates tipped in at front, Vol. 3 with library bookplate on upper pastedown and stamp to verso of title page. Limited edition, no. 4603 of 7500. A scarce colour sample, hard to find in good condition because of its usual use as a working tool. The Council was a working standards organisation, active from the 1930s to the 50s, which codified colour definitions - they were the people who determined ''Battleship Grey'' (CC 322). Their codes were the standard for organisations such as the British Army, RIBA and the Post Office. Although largely supplanted by British Standards codes they remain standards for such things as academic dress and horticulture - for which the Council produced a book in 1938. This collection was produced after it was realised that their first work (Dictionary of Colour Standards) had a bias towards textiles. This was produced to suit a wider range of applications. There are 35 colours for which no pile sample is included because ''it was not considered advisable to dye that particular colour on pile fabric owing to the possibility of fading or discolouring in a comparatively short space of time.'' (3 p. xiii). Scuffing and edgewear to boards and case, some missing or damaged pile samples, but a very good set of a work notoriously difficult to find in decent condition.

Mercator, G.; Jansson, J. Gallicia Legio, et Asturias de Oviedo. Amsterdam, [c.1628]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, a 'pocket-sized' version of the larger Mercator Atlases, it was nonetheless larger than other pocket atlases of the time, allowing for greater detail. This can be seen in the number of topographical features on the map. Mercator/Jansson Eboracum, Lincolnia, Derbia, Staffordia, Notinghamia, Lecestria, Rutlandia, et Norfolcia. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. From the Atlas Minor, with unusual monument distance scale. Mercator/Jansson Insula Zeilan, olim Taprobana, nunc Incolis Tenarisim. [c.1650]. Sometime hand-coloured. A rare map of Sri Lanka added to the Atlas Minor for Jansson's German 1648 edition. It only appeared in two editions. Highly detailed, marking villages, mines and spice plantations. Hondius, J.; Purchas, S. Ceilan Insula. London, [n.d. but likely 1625]. Sometime hand-coloured. This version of the Mercator Atlas Minor map was published in Samuel Purchas' His Pilgrimes, a seminal 17th century collection of voyages first published in 1625. Purchas drew on manuscripts collected by Hakluyt to create the largest book ever published in England. The first edition contained nearly 90 maps, some of which were completed by Jocodus Hondius. Hondius (Joost de Hondt) reprinted Mercator's Atlas after his death adding 36 maps. Hondius released the Atlas under Mercator's name, aiding his sales and boosting Mercator's reputation posthumously. After 1633 his son-in-law, Johannes Janssonius, was listed as co-publisher.

Livingston, R.R. An Essay on Sheep. Sold by J. Budd, Pall Mall, and R. Bagshaw, Brydges-St Covent Garden, 1811. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in blind in compartments, one lettered directly in gilt, speckled edges; 2 plates; provenance: Sir John Throckmorton, Bart (his armorial bookplate to upper pastedown). The London edition with preface and explanatory notes by William Cobbett. Perhaps less an essay, more an extended advertisment for Livingston's flocks, this work was ordered published by the State Legislature of New York because it was ''eminently calculated to diffuse general information as to the best mode of raising and managing the Merino breed of Sheep''. It may be uncharitable to suggest it was Livingston's name and family reputation which raised the eminence of the work, but he was the first Chancellor of New York (a position he held for 25 years). Livingston, as well as a sheep breeder, was a Founding Father and member of the Committee of Five that drafted the Declaration of Independence. In fact Livingston used his political position and connections to acquire his sheep in the first place. He realised the economic and political advantages to challenging British wool dominance, however he also recognised issues with American wool. Merino sheep were perceived as such a superior breed their export was strictly controlled by the Spanish King. France however had a trade agreement which allowed them a certain number. Livingston used his position as US Minister to France to sidestep controls and was able to secure five sheep from then Minister of the Interior, Jean-Antoine Chaptal. From these he began his great experiment. Livingston was perhaps not the first importer of Merino sheep but he was the most important in terms of popularising the breed's use. His championship of the breed led to a brief mania, with farmers moving from grain to sheep, cutting down thousands of acres of forest in the process. The mania subsided by 1823, with Merino sheep dropping from $1,500 to $50 in price. Apparently Livingston did little to discourage the mania, buying back his sheep after sale for outrageously inflated prices. This fostered the belief in the inherent superiority of the breed and helped spiral prices higher. Even after the crash the Merino remained prized and they are still a major part of American wool production. For its single London edition political firebrand William Cobbett was prevailed upon to provide a prefatory explanation from his prison cell in Newgate (where he was serving time for treasonous libel). The introduction is noteworthy, for as little time as it devotes to sheep rearing, it makes up for in economic and political assessment of the effect on the wool trade of America ceasing to rely on European wool. Cobbett supports the growing self-sufficiency of America, praises the potential fall of maritime commerce (and the concomitant stews and gaming-houses of dock towns), and looks for England to likewise cease the cross-Atlantic trade in favour of promoting work at home. He does fear that the rise of economic independence will also end ''enlightening intercourse'' between America and Europe (predicting in part the rise of islolationist policies) but strongly believes that this work helped strike a ''deadly blow'' against the forms of commerce that are the ''fast ally of despotism''. This work is thus a fascinating artefact of the early growth of American commerce, written by one of the country's founders and introduced by one of Britain's most contradictory reformers.Boards scuffed and rubbed, with a little cracking to joints at foot of spine, evidence of removal of bookplate from upper pastedown, occasional, slight, foxing (more noticeable around frontis.), offsetting from text, small marginal stain to last two leaves, but a very good copy of an intriguing work.

Douglass, Frederick Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Written by Himself. Dublin: Webb and Chapman, Gt. Brunswick-Street, 1845. 8vo, org. blue cloth, boards panelled in blind, yellow endpapers. First Irish edition, published in the same year as the American first and before the first UK edition in 1846, making this effectively the second edition of the book. Douglass contributed a new preface in which he explained his purpose in coming to the UK - part of which was to avoid - in the aftermath of the publication of the book in the US - being restored to his previous owner (as the Constitution made him liable to be). Douglass had come to Dublin in 1845 and met with the Committee of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society who issued a recommendation on his behalf to all abolitionists. A hugely significant, and scarce, piece of Americana by a statesman, reformer, and slave,Spine faded, some shelf wear to edges of boards, slightly cocked, a little marked and dusty inside but a very good copy of a rare book.

Foxe, John Ecclesiasticall History, conteyning the Actes and Monumentes of Martyrs...Printed by John Daye, dwelling ouer Aldgate, 1576. 4to (2 vols bound as one). Full reverse calf, boards with broad blind roll-tooled borders, spine decorated in blind, all edges red; pp. 14-1306 (lacking title and 1-13), 1315-1332, 1337-1774, 1777-1976, 1981-1984, 1987-8, 1991-2, 1997-2000, 2003-2010, 2012-2020 (5V.iv loose but present, lacking rest of Index); floriated initials, woodcut plate, later mounted, title-page for Vol. II, lacking title for Vol. I., numerous woodcuts to text throughout. Although The Acts and Monuments of Foxe has been a critical text in shaping Protestant identity, the idea of it as a single text - the much later coined (and frequently abridged) ''Book of Martyrs'' - misses the complexity of its publication history. None of the four editions produced during Foxe's lifetime (of which this was the third) was the same as any other. Foxe continually adapted his work to answer the criticisms of his Catholic opponents. It is important to remember that Foxe produced his first pre-Acts martyrologies amongst the Marian persecutions. What had been an academic exercise in martyrology suddenly and violently became a part of his lived experience. Astoundingly for the day - and given his intense opposition to Catholicism - Foxe did not simply oppose Catholic executions, but utterly opposed the death penalty for any religious dissent. His book was not merely an anti-Catholic tract, it fundamentally opposed the concept of religiously inspired killing. It was perhaps inevitable that his first two treatises (mostly focusing on the Lollards) would form the basis of a larger text, tearing into the recent persecutions and aiming to show that the Catholic church was a conspiracy to destroy English national identity along with its religion. The book - backed by worthies like Sir William Cecil and Foxe's former pupil, the Duke of Norfolk - thus became part of the new Elizabethan paradigm: that the Church of England was a continuation of the true Church of Christ not a modern innovation. It is telling to note Foxe's close, if uneasy, links to Matthew Parker (one of the architects of the Thirty-Nine Articles) and critically his library, which led to the Archbishop being presented with a copy of the work. Foxe published the first version of his ecclesiastical history in 1563, drawing on documents, registers, letters, and other primary sources to support his thesis. He might more properly be described as a compiler, rather than an author, were it not that his voice comes through so powerfully in the contextualisation and presentation of others' information through the form of the text (especially its use of typography). The book was not merely successful, it fostered strong emotional reactions on both sides of the debate and the revision work began almost immediately. The second edition, the first major revision, was published in 1570. This was no mere reprint. Foxe significantly enlarged the scope of the first edition, taking the history back to the 11th century. He also responded personally to the Catholic criticisms, including newly discovered information and sources. This copy was part of the third edition (less heavily revised than the 1570 edition) which was printed on cheaper paper to attempt to meet rising demand for a cheap edition - hence the expected toning. Foxe would produce one final revision of the book in 1583, resisting calls for abridgement. He died in 1587, plans for another revision already underway. The book of deaths had become his life. This edition was surveyed by the British Academy for their effort to reproduce the best and most complete text from the various editions produced during Foxe's lifetime (this number F76028). Professor David Loades wrote (in the Jan-July 2000 British Academy Review) that ''none of the surviving original copies of the sixteenth century editions [are] full and perfect. All those traced and inspected have defects - pages missing or severely damaged, illustrations removed, and so on.'' (p.25). At the point when the Academy surveyed this copy, they had traced 30 copies, of which 15 were in the UK - this one the only private library copy. This copy is thus a scarce survival - strange given the immense popularity of the work - and a rare chance to own a typographically fascinating, early edition of an ideological battleground in the formation of English national identity. Binding rubbed and scuffed but still tight, edges closely shaved with some loss to marginalia, some marking, staining, creasing etc throughout, some pages toned, occasional marginal loss nevertheless a very good copy of a scarce work.

Breeches Bible The Bible Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke...bound with Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances...and The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Maiestie, 1608; Psalms London: Printed for the Companie of Stacioners, 1609. Later rebound (1816) in black crushed morocco, boards with gilt fillet borders around floral roll-tooled borders in blind, central panel gilt with floral corner-pieces enclosing owner's name (M. Thompson, upper board) and date (1816, lower board), flat spine with gilt-fillet and blind floral roll-tooled compartments, speckled edges, marbled endpapers; engraved title for The Bible, separate titles for other two parts, later additional hand-coloured plates showing the arms of the Thompson family and a decorative border. Breeches Bibles are a variant of the Geneva Bible translation. Perhaps the most historically significant English translation of the Bible after the King James Version (KJV), the Geneva Bible (from where the first edition was published in 1560) was probably the first mechanically printed, mass-produced bible available to the general public - especially in a size suitable for non-liturgical use. It was immensely popular, owing in part to the power of its translation. The most significant theological aspect was the glossing and marginalia which were Puritan (and especially Calvinist) in manner - thus often in opposition to the ruling Anglicans of the Church of England and the English government. The popularity was such (Scotland even passing a law requiring households of sufficient means to own a copy) that it spurred Elizabeth I to produce the Bishops' Bible, the Catholics to produce the Douai and Rheims Bible, and ultimately James I to produce the Authorised Version in order to replace it. Such was the importance of the translation - despite official antipathy towards the glossing - the Geneva Bible was an approved source for the translators of the KJV. The Geneva translation was then the bible of Shakespeare, Cromwell, Knox, Donne and Bunyan. This copy is a variant known as a ''Breeches'' Bible owing to a curious translation of a passage from Genesis III.7: ''Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaves together, and made themselves breeches.'' In the 1611 KJV this was changed to ''aprons''. This bible was bound for Matthew Thompson (name to upper board and inscription on verso of ffep) in 1816 (date on lower board and inscription). The Thompson arms are displayed on a colourful decorative plate bound between the Old and New Testaments. Intriguingly there is a second colour plate with an elaborate floral border surrounding a blank space. At the top of the border there is a shield with the Thompson arms in the dexter half and a blank space where the impaling arms would go. Although it is impossible to say, it seems likely that this Bible was produced for, or in anticipation of, a wedding. The wife's arms would have been added to the sinister side (if Thompson was advancing to a bishopric or similar his arms would have gone on the junior, sinister side) and presumably the details would have been added, in the fashion of family bibles, to the blank space inside the border. Some signs of age internally such as spotting and browning, with tear causing loss to bottom corner of pp.51-2 of Psalmes, but otherwise a very good copy in a handsome binding.

Macklin Bible The Holy Bible, embellished by the most eminent British artists. With historical prefaces…For T. Cadell, by T. Bensley, 1824. Folio (4 vols). Contemporary black hard-grained morocco, boards richly panelled in gilt and blind, spines with low raised bands gilt, compartments scrolled in gilt, lettered directly in gilt in two and at foot with Macklin's name, wide inner dentelles decorated in gilt and blind all round, yellow doublures and endpapers, gilt edges, wide embroidered blue markers; 76 engraved plates, large engraved head- and tail-pieces throughout. First edition thus. A re-issue of the sumptuous Macklin Bible (1800), with the original plates and new prefaces by Edward Nares (1762-1841), Regius Professor of modern history at Oxford. The first three volumes (dated 1824) correspond to Macklin's original six. The last volume of Apocrypha is dated 1816 which is when the supplement was issued to Macklin's original work. Macklin's impressively illustrated Bible, printed in dramatic large type, drew the artistic talents of de Louthenbourg, Hamilton, Opie, Cosway, Benjamin West and Richard Westall, along with Fuseli, Kauffman, Reynolds and Stothard. It almost bankrupted the publisher, who never lived to see its success. He died exhausted (aged 47) just five days after the delivery of the final engraving. It ''endures as the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled''. (ODNB). A little wear at extremities, very occasional light spotting, vol. I sig. 3R short closed tear affecting text, vol. IV water-stained in lower margin mostly not affecting text, an excellent set.

Hume, David Parson's Genuine Pocket Edition of Hume's History of England. J. Parsons, 1793. 12mo (10 vols). Full contemporary tree calf, spines with contrasting morocco lettering pieces; engraved titles, 59 eng. plates. with Smollet, Tobias Parson's Genuine Pocket Edition of Smollet's Continuation of Hume's History of England. J. Parsons, 1794. 12mo (6 vols). Full contemporary tree calf, spines with constrasting morocco lettering pieces; eng. titles, 7 eng. plates.Bindings a little rubbed and scuffed with some cracking of joints and occasional loss. Hume II loss to rear endpapers, III first two leaves and plate detached but present, Vi foot of title and first plate detached. Smollett I eng. title and title loose but present, II loss to ffep, VI title and a2 missing, else a very good set, uniformly bound.

Bray, William (ed.) Memoirs of John Evelyn. Henry Colburn, 1827. 8vo (5 vols). Full calf, boards with gilt-fillet borders, spines gilt in compartments, contrasting morocco lettering pieces in two, blind roll-tooled board edges and turn-ins, speckled edges; 9 plates (2 folding) and one folding pedigree; ex-library with small neat ink class marks at foot of spines, small card folders on upper pastedowns and white stickers on lower pastedowns in III-V; provenance: Kirkman Daniel Hodgson (1814-1879, Governor of the Bank of England and MP, his bookplate in I-IV, faded patch where lost from V). As with Pepys diaries, those of John Evelyn offer a glimpse of the cultures and customs of an era from a personal perspective. They give first-hand experience of events like the Great Plague and Fire, the Rye House Plot and the Restoration, and of his role in groups like the Royal Society, of which he was a founder member. The diary was first published in 1818, when Bray edited the manuscript. This is the enlarged edition (from two to five volumes) with correspondence between Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne appended. The diary was begun when Evelyn was 11 years old and was a personal document, never intended for publication. As such it contains both short personal memoranda and expansive accounts of major events of which he was a part. As with all diaries this mix of the general and the specific, the personal and public, and the tiny details of everyday living, gives a window into the realities of life for the writer. Evelyn's keen mind and important position make this a fascinating historical source.Leather a little scuffed and worn, gilt faded on spines, foxing to and round plates but otherwise clean text block, very good set.

De Diemerbroeck (Isbrand) and Salmon (William) trans. The Anatomy of Human Bodies. London, printed for Edward Brewster, 1689. 4to, sometime rebound in full leather, retaining elements of the original binding; 16 striking copper-engraved plates after drawings of medical dissections (some with varying loss or repair), occasional marginalia. First English translation (preceeded by the Dutch first edition of 1672 (in Latin).The translation was by William Salmon, a noted 17th century English medical historian. Isbrandus De [van] Diemerbroeck was a respected Dutch physician who worked in Nijmegen during the Black Death epidemic. His experience with, and knowledge of, such diseases can be seen in the carefully recorded case histories which make up one section of the book. The majority though is a highly-detailed anatomical study, most interesting today as a historical record of 17th century medical knowledge. The book is part of a theological natural history, seeking after the seat of ''the most Noble Functions of the Soul''. It can be hard in an era of scientific enquiry and advanced medical studies to understand the twin constraints of religious objection and Ancient worship which so hampered the early study of anatomy. Whilst Vesalius' pioneering work was over one hundred years behind De Diemerbroeck, the direct study of the human body remained controversial and difficult. His introduction to this important work argues vehemently in favour of such study, appealing to authority and precedent to overcome Galenic objection and pre-empting the Church by equating anatomical work to a witness of the ''skill and workmanship of the Divine hand in building a Tabernacle for the Soul of Man.'' This is not a theological treatise however. The author's stated purpose is the improvement of medicine. The preface compares the need for anatomy to the architect who ''must know all the Parts of the House'' if they are to repair one which is ''decay'd''. He argues further that you cannot treat disease (his own especial study) without knowing ''what Part a Disease does primarily affect''. He also notes the important role medicine plays elsewhere in society, reminding the reader that ''only men skill'd in Anatomy can give true Judgement upon a Wound'' - of critical importance in criminal proceedings. This is not a recitation of learned authority; this is a deliberate positioning of personal study of anatomy at the heart of best medical practice. Plates 2, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15 and 16 torn with varying loss, generally small, 3, 12, and 13 torn but repaired, some foxing, staining etc internally but a very good copy of a rare work.

R.B. [Crouch, Nathaniel]. Admirable Curiosities, Rarities, & Wonders in England, Scotland and Ireland...Printed by John Richardson for Nath. Crouch at the Bell in the Poultry, near Cheapside, 1684. 12mo, half calf over marbled boards, morocco lettering piece, spine lettered directly in gilt to bottom compartment and blind tooling to 3 compartments, all edges red; engraved half title facing title, 4 plates (one missing lower half). Second edition enlarged. A rare collection of historical oddities by English printer and bookseller Nathaniel Crouch - whose pseudonym alluded to Robert or Richard Burton. According to a contemporary, he ''melted down the best of our English Histories into Twelve-Penny Books'' and became a ''Celebrated Author'', popularising history for the ''middling sort''. [Gerbier, Sir Balthazar]. The None-Such Charles His Character...Printed by RI, and are to be sold by John Collins, in Little Brittaine, 1651. 8vo, quarter leather over boards, sometime rebacked; engraved frontis., title, [4 (To the Reader)], 196, [18 (Contents)]. This work was ''Published by Authority'' to discourse on ''the late King's first publicke Motions running thouough his fatall race, and continuing to his dismall end.'' R.B. showing signs of use, leather marked and scuffed, owner's ink inscription to ffep and notes to blanks, ink marks verso of title, some spotting, marking, creasing throughout, edges of a couple of pages a touch shaved from binding, but generally a very good, internally clean copy of a scarce work. Gerbier likewise with signs of age, leather cracked off boards, some marking and creasing internally but again a very good, internally clean copy.

Waugh, Evelyn Black Mischief. Chapman and Hall, 1932. 8vo, org. black and red faux-marbled boards, in dj; map frontis. First edition. idem, The Loved One. Chapman and Hall, [1948]. 8vo, org. blue boards, patterned endpapers, in unclipped dj (7s 6d). First edition.Both with foxed edges, Black Mischief with some foxing internally and owner's ink inscription on ffep, jacket edges a little creased with small tears on spines, spines toned but very good copies.

Modern First Editions White, E.B. Charlotte's Web. Hamish Hamilton, 1952. 8vo, org. blue boards with red lettering, in unclipped dust-jacket priced 8s 6d; illus. by Garth Williams. Spark, Muriel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Macmillan & Co., 1961. 8vo, org. green cloth in unclipped dj (13s 6d). First ed. Greene, Graham The Complaisant Lover. A Play. Heinemann, 1951. 8vo, org. blue cloth, in unclipped dj (8s 6d). First ed. Lawrence, T.E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Jonathan Cape, 1935. 4to, org. cloth, dj. First general edition. Letters of TE Lawrence. Jonathan Cape, 1938. 4to, org. cloth, dj. First ed. The Forest Giant [translator]. Jonathan Cape, 1935. 8vo, org cloth, dj. First illus. ed. With 2 others. [8]

Walters, Lettice D'Oyly (compiler); Clarke, Harry (illus) The Year's At the Spring. George G. Harrap & Co., 1920. 8vo, org. green cloth in scarce jacket; 24 full page illus, 12 in colour, numerous illus to text and tailpieces. First trade edition, dated September 1920 on title page. An anthology of contemporary poets, such as Rupert Brooke and Walter de la Mare. Illustrated by Clarke with images ranging from the charming to the disturbing and perplexing, suggesting nursery and seminary in their inspirations almost equally. Hartley, Marie The Yorkshire Dales. Otley: Smith Settle, 1991. 8vo, org. cloth-backed patterned-paper covered boards,in slipcase; selection of wood engravings made by Marie Hartley, printed from the original blocks. Limited edition, 70/250, signed by Hartley on the limitation page and printed by Simon Lawrence at the Fleece Press. Hartley wrote, or co-wrote, some forty books on what she saw as a vanishing Yorkshire. This work collects woodcuts published between 1934 and 1938, from the earliest point of her career. Simon Lawrence of the Fleece Press began printing after a visit to John Randle's Whittington Press. Probably the Press' best known work is Ravilious at War, but the Press continues to produce high quality works each year.

Sergio (third-quarter, 20th century)Book illustrations, a set of sixteen, Caravan night stop: The travellers dine, no. 1; Jezgird show Pomona his wares, no. 2; Jezgird flees from the destruction of the castle, no. 3; Andarsha retrieving the Sword of Humility, no. 4; Andarsha attacked by bats and harpies, no. 5; Andarsha fights the two dragons, no. 6; Andarsha attacked by Old Father Time, no. 7; The Three Sisters in the Hesperides, no. 8; Omran the Slave's Discovery, no. 9; Omran consults the Sphinx, no. 10; Berenice at the Court of King Cyrene, no. 11; Apama (Esmerelda) discovers children as she gathers wood, no. 12; Papek the Jeweller at work in his shop, no. 13; Hamoud the Robber pursued by Esmerelda, no. 14; Hamoud and Andarsha fight with swords, no. 15; Pomona and Esmerelda transformed, no. 16signed, inscribed and dated from '73 to '74, watercolour, gouache, pencil and body colour on card boards, each image 25.5cm x 16cm, each card 36.5cm x 25.5cm overall, the boards prepared by Schoeller Parole, embossed logo, (16); and they Tower (Christopher), Firuz of Isfahan, Illustrated by Sergio, first and only edition, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London 1975, pp: [x], 393, h/b, d/j, ex Somerset County Library, 8vo, [17]

Bonham (Thomas), The Chyrurgians (sic) Closet: or, An Antidotarie (sic) Chyrurgicall (sic), Furnifhed (sic) with varietie (sic) and choyce [...], The greateft (sic) part whereof were fcatterdky (sic) fet (sic) down (sic) in fundry (sic) bookes (sic) and papers, first edition, George Miller, for Edward Brewster, and are to be fold (sic) at the figne (sic) of the Bible at the North doore (sic) of Pauls, London 1630, pp: [viii], 359, [i], [26], [ii], woodblock vignette to title-page, title and sub-title pieces throughout, contemporary limp vellum, the spine titled in ink MS, 12mo

Children's Books - Babar, Brunhoff (Jean de): The Story of Babar, the little elephant, second English edition, with a preface by A.A. Milne, 1934; Babar's Travels, second English edition, 1936; Babar the King, first edition 1936; Babar's Friend Zephir, first edition, 1937; Babar at Home, second English edition, 1939, all published by Methuen & Co. Ltd., London, pictorial boards as issued, crown folios, [5]

*Please note amended description: the book is inscribed with Wishes and not Winston*Churchill (The Right Hon. Winston Spencer, M.P.), My African Journey, first edition, With Sixty-One Illustrations from Photographs by The Author and Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon Wilson, and Three Maps, Hodder and Stoughton, London 1908, pp: xiii, 226, adverts [xviii], pictorial scarlet cloth as issued, the recto endpaper inscribed in MS black ink: To Joe Dec 9th 1908, With all good Wishes, 12mo Condition Report: Foxed throughout, tight binding, period ink MS inscription. Some fading, bumps and wear to binding. Folded tear at top-centre of page 103/4; stable crease at margin of page 133/34.

Dickens (Charles): The Posthumous Paper of The Pickwick Club, first edition, With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, Chapman and Hall, London 1837, pp: xiv, [ii], 609, contemporary red quarter-morocco and papered boards, gilt lettered spine with foliate bosses in compartments, 8vo; Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation, first edition, With Illustrations by H.K. Browne, Bradbury and Evans, London 1848, pp: xvi, [ii], 622 (lacking two pages at 17 - 18), early 20th century green-morocco and buckram conserving the contemporary gilt lettered calf spine, 8vo; Bleak House, first edition, With Illustrations by H.K. Browne, London 1853, pp: xvi, 624, contemporary black half-morocco and grey buckram, gilt lettered spine with tooled foliage in compartments, marbled endpapers, edges en suite, 8vo, [3]

Dickens (Charles): The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club, first edition, With Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, Chapman and Hall, London 1837, pp: xiv, [ii], 609, contemporary brown quarter-calf and marbled paper boards, lettered title label to spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo; The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition, With Illustrations by Phiz, Chapman and Hall, London 1839, pp: xvi, 624, near contemporary green quarter-morocco and buckram boards, gilt lettered spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Our Mutual Friend, first edition, two-volumes bound as one, With Illustrations by Marcus Stone, Chapman and Hall, London 1865, volume I pp: xi, [i], 320, volume II pp: viii (including line engraved frontispiece), 309, late 19th/early 20th century black quarter-morocco and marbled boards, Bound by William George, Bristol, stamped, gilt lettered spine within raised bands, marbled endpapers, 8vo, [3]

Fermor (Patrick Leigh), Mani: Travels in the Southern Peloponnese, first edition, Photographs by Joan Eyres Monsell, Frontispiece by John Craxton, John Murray & The Book Society, London 1958, pp: xiii, [v], 320, h/b, d/j by John Craxton, 8vo

Lee (Harper), To Kill A Mockingbird, William Heinemann Ltd, London 1960, first London edition, 296pp, h/b, d/j designed by Fratini, 8vo