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Watts (Isaac) Divine Songs attempted in Easy Language, for the Use of Children, woodcut portrait, title with decorative wavy border, 36 woodcut illustrations, original pictorial wrappers printed in green with St.John and eagle on upper cover and St.Mark and lion on lower, by Robert Bassam, 1800 § Mother's Gift to her Daughter (A), contemporary red morocco with wavy gilt border, rubbed, spine ends worn and split at foot, L.B.Seeley, 1809 § Letter to Children (A), original printed buff wrappers, Newport, 1839 § Way to Convert a Cottage into a Palace (The), fifth edition, original printed brick-red wrappers, Wellington, Salop, F.Houlston & Son, n.d.; and 14 others, similar, mostly original wrappers, together in nineteenth century tree calf "book" box with hinged lid/spine, spine gilt with red morocco label "Dictionaries" and ownership crest "RJ" at head, a little rubbed, 12mo (18)⁂ The first is not listed by ESTC in this edition and Library Hub cites Oxford University only.

[Combe (William)] The Life of Napoleon, a Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos, by Doctor Syntax, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint pictorial title and 29 plates by George Cruikshank, plates lightly browned, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, a few with nick to fore-edge, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, slight worming to head of joints,[Abbey, Life 356; Cohn 153; Tooley 151], T.Tegg, [1815]; The Tour Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, third edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, vignette title and 29 plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some light soiling or browning, modern half morocco, Ackermann, 1813; [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], together 3 vol., vo1.1 with engraved title stating "ninth edition", hand-coloured aquatint vignette titles in vol.1 & 3 and 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Thomas Rowlandson, some light browning, pp.167-170 and one plate loose, original blind-stamped green cloth, spines pictorial gilt (a little faded), Nattali and Bond, [c.1850], [the last two cf.Abbey, Life 266-267 & Tooley 427-429], 8vo (5)

[Combe (William)] The Dance of Life, a Poem, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, additional vignette title and 24 plates by Thomas Rowlandson, paper guards, a good clean copy in handsome later burgundy morocco, gilt, by Lloyd, Wallis & Lloyd, spine gilt in compartments with five raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [Abbey, Life 264; Tooley 410], R.Ackermann, 1817; and another, 8vo (2)

[Gaspey (Thomas)] Takings; or the Life of a Collegian. A Poem, first edition, 26 hand-coloured etched plates by Richard Dagley, light spotting or soiling, mostly to text, imprint of one plate shaved, later half red calf, by Bayntun Rivière, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [Not in Abbey or Tooley], 1821 § Crowquill (Alfred) Seymour's Humorous Sketches, 2 vol. in 1, 2 additional etched vignette titles and 84 plates, tissue guards, occasional light foxing, later half blue morocco, gilt, by Root & Son, spine gilt, g.e., original pictorial cloth bound in at end (soiled), spine very slightly soiled, 1843, 8vo (2)

Lake District.- Wordsworth (William) & others. A Complete Guide to the Lakes..., edited by the publishers, 3 engraved views, 5 cross-sections, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, some foxing, mostly to views, original green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt, a little damp-spotted, 12mo, Kendal, Hudson & Nicholson; London..., 1842.⁂ First edition in this form of a guide to the lakes, containing descriptions of the scenery by Wordsworth and of geology by his friend Rev. Prof. Sedgwick.

Indian Ocean.- Leguat (François) A New Voyage to the East-Indies...Containing their Adventures in two Desart Islands...Maurice Island, Batavia, at the Cape of Good Hope...St.Helena..., first English edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, 32 engraved plates and maps, many folding, including large plate with letterpress verses opposite p.104, with advertisement leaf and 4pp. catalogue bound after dedication (latter not called for by ESTC) and another advertisement leaf at end, text browned but plates very clean, large map torn and repaired, old ink signature of Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby at head of title and with his bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked with red morocco label, [Mendelssohn pp.875-77], 8vo, R.Bonwicke, W.Freeman [etc.], 1708.⁂ Possibly an imaginary voyage and a compilation of previous writings, the book recounts the voyage of a party of Huguenots under Leguat, sent by the Dutch government to the Ile de Bourbon (Réunion), but on finding the island occupied by the French, the party sailed on to Rodriguez Island, where they stayed for two years before proceeding to Mauritius. The plates mostly feature flora and fauna including flying fish, a pineapple, rhinoceroses, "extraordinary plants", and a Rodriguez Solitaire, a close relation to the Dodo, which was extinct by 1746.

Birds.- Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidae, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes..., first edition, second issue with 'Chilean Dotterel' as frontispiece, 21 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J.G.Keulemans, wood-engraved illustrations by J.G.Millais and others, original cloth, very slightly rubbed at edges, new endpapers, a bright clean copy, [Anker 455; Fine Bird Books p.141; Nissen IVB 850], 4to, [1887-88].

Birds.- Strickland (H. E.) and A. G. Melville. The Dodo and its Kindred, first edition, list of subscribers, 18 lithographed plates, 2 hand-coloured (one heightened with gum arabic) and one folding panorama, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slip, tissue guards, light marginal foxing to a few plates but hand-coloured ones bright and clean, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, spine a little faded, corners and lower joint slightly rubbed, [Anker 486; Nissen IVB 900; Fine Bird Books p.145], 4to, 1848.⁂ Important and ground-breaking work, based on the dissection of the preserved head and foot of a stuffed dodo at Oxford University Museum. The list of subscribers includes Sir William Jardine, Rev.F.O.Morris, William Yarrell, P.J.Selby, W.H.Lizars, P.L.Sclater and John Gould.

E[velyn] (J[ohn]) Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, first edition, ruled in red throughout, folding table of blanched and unblanched salad greens, errata leaf at end, some browning, some spotting, small paper flaw hole to A1 just touching one letter, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little rubbed, spine ends slightly worn, splits to joints at head and foot, [Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Hunt 401; Henrey 117; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480], for B.Tooke, 1699; and an eighth edition of Kalendarium Hortense of 1691 lacking the final two leaves, 8vo (2)⁂ Important work on the growing, preparation and medicinal properties of salads, and one of only a few rubricated copies, believed to have been for presentation to distinguished figures. "Keynes speaks of the copies printed on better paper (most of which are bound quite uniformly) as having been prepared specially under Evelyn's own direction...It is a cookery-garden book with excellent recipes for unusual dishes of all sorts flavored with the ever useful pot herbs grown so universally in the 17th century." Hunt

Jenner (Edward).- Salisbury (William) Hints addressed to Proprietors of Orchards..., first edition, half-title, 2 folding engraved plates, Edward Jenner's copy with his signature to half-title (also W.Davies), foxed, penultimate leaf with paper flaw to lower margin, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, spine worn at foot, 1816; and Part II only (of 2) of Ring's Treatise on Cow-Pox, first edition, original boards, 1803, 12mo & 8vo (2)

Andalus de Nigro. Opus astrolabii, first and only edition, collation: [1-210], 19 of [20] leaves, lacking final blank leaf, text in single column, 40 lines, type: 1:101G, first page decorated with a five-line vinestem initial 'S', illuminated in red and blue on a silver background with extension in half the margin, 69 three-line initials alternately in red or blue, rubricated throughout, fol. [2]/8v one initial lost and a few words of text retouched in ink, portion of right side of final leaf missing and skilfully laid on an ancient leaf, on right side of text block words of 21 lines neatly supplied in brown ink, water-stain to lower right corner, heavier in last quire, not affecting the text apart from final two leaves, some other water-stains or spots, old repairs to penultimate leaf, 18th-century speckled boards, possibly recased, a tall copy, small folio (281 x 218 mm.), Ferrara, Johann Picardus, de Hamell, 1475.⁂ One of the earliest printed astronomical texts, and one of the rarest scientific incunables issued in Ferrara. Only ten copies of this edition are recorded in institutional libraries (four in Italy and two in the United States). The famous astronomer and traveller from Genoa, Andalo de Nigro, succeeded Cecco d'Ascoli to the chair in Florence and, in about 1330, became Giovanni Boccaccio's teacher. Geoffrey Chaucer (who, some seventy years later, wrote the first work in English on a scientific instrument - the Treatise on the Astrolabe - and was inspired by Boccaccio for his Canterbury Tales) may have known Andalo's Opus astrolabii through either the Genealogiae Deorum, which first appeared in 1472 or the De casibus virorum illustrium, printed in 1474-1475. In the latter, Boccaccio calls Andalo a 'venerable' man, and compliments him on his vast knowledge of the stars, gained 'by direct vision' during his travels around the world. In 1314 Andalo had been appointed ambassador to the Emperor of Trebisonda (Trabzon), and Giovanni Battista Ramusio, in his preface to the Viaggi di Messer Marco Polo (which opens the second volume of his Navigationi et viaggi of 1559), identified Andalo, not the Pisan Rustichello, as the prisoner to whom Marco Polo had dictated his memoirs. The Opus astrolabii was edited by the physician and astrologer Pietro Bono Avogario (d. 1506) who was active, as the colophon states, 'in foelici gymnasio ferrariensi', and it was printed by the Frenchman Jean Picard de Hamell who "is not known to have issued at Ferrara any book besides the Nigro" (BMC vi, 608). Literature: HR 967; BMC vi, 608; IGI 456; Goff A-573; Lalande 12; Sarton iii, 647; Stillwell, Awakening, 808; Thorndike iv 465; A. M. Cesari, "Theorica planetarum di Andalò Di Negro. Questioni di astronomia. Indagine delle fonti astronomiche nelle opere del Boccaccio. Edizione critica", Physis, 27 (1985), pp. 181-235; D. Blume, "Andalo di Negro und Giovanni Boccaccio: Astrologue und Mythos am Hof des Robert von Anjou", T. Michalsky (ed.), Medien der Macht. Kunst der Anjous in Italien, Berlin 2001, pp. 319-335.

Duelling.- Puteo (Paris de) Duello, libro de re, imperatori, principi, signori, gentilhomini..., collation: A-T8 (lacking A8 and T8, ?blank), fine woodcut illustration of a duel on title, woodcut initials, the first heightened with gold, a few headlines shaved, signature O browned, later red morocco, gilt, by Gruel, g.e., [EDIT CNCE 15881; Not in Adams; Thimm p.233 (note); Cockle 865 (note); Sander 5415; Essling 2096], 8vo (68 x 65mm.), Venice, Gregorio de Gregoriis, 23 April 1523; and 2 others, duelling, 8vo (3)⁂ Handsome copy of one of the earliest works on duelling, first published in Latin in 1471 and popular throughout the 16th century. Another issue, with the same date, is recorded, with the title reset within a woodcut border. The title woodcut, depicting two men in armour engaged in single combat before five seated judges was used in the 1521 edition.

Troubadours.- Nostredame (Jean de) Les vies des plus celebres et anciens poetes provensaux, collation: A-R8, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, Q8 and R8 blank, small section of lower blank corner cut away and repaired, occasional spotting or marginal staining, later vellum, lacking ties, 8vo (148 x 92mm.), Lyon, [Basile Bouquet for ] Alesandro Marsilio, 1575.⁂ First edition of the first history of the troubadours. It gives a biography and list of works of some 76 poets. Provenance: British Museum duplicate with stamps; William J. Thoms (bookplate). Literature: Adams N347; Fairfax Murray, French, 396.

Dance.- Caroso (Fabrizio) Il Ballarino, first edition, 2 parts in 1, collation: A-F4; a-z4, Aa-Zz4, †4, Roman and italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, repeated on separate title introducing part 2, engraved portrait by Giacomo Franco of the author within border including his coat-of-arms, 22 full-page engraved illustrations in text (partially repeated) likewise by Franco, within ornamental borders, woodcut decorated initials, head- and tail-pieces, printed music and lute tablature, occasional light browning, later red morocco by Trautz-Bauzonnet, covers within triple gilt fillets, spine with five raised bands, compartments richly tooled, title lettered in gilt, marbled pastedowns, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 4to (233 x 172mm.), Venice, Francesco Ziletti, 1581.⁂ A fine copy of the first edition of the most important 16th-century Italian treatise on dancing, and one of the most beautiful dance books ever produced. This copy is of the issue bearing Ziletti's device on the title. Born in Sermoneta, Fabrizio Caroso was a protégé of Felice Maria Orsini Caetani (d. 1596), Duchess of Sermoneta. He spent most of his life in Rome, where he was active as a dancer, 'inventore di scene', dance master, musician and composer. He was the last proponent of the Renaissance Italian dance style, opposing the French danse noble, which had begun to spread across Europe in the last decades of the 15th century. Caroso was not only a practicing dancer, but also a refined theorist, and this work, dedicated to Bianca Capello, provides a vast amount of detail about the dances of the period. The first part illustrates 55 rules for steps, while the more lengthy second part describes 76 separate dances, including the alta, bassa, balletto, pavan, cascarda, saltarello and spagnoletta. Each dance is supplemented with a poem in praise of a different woman, mostly members of Roman noble families, and includes musical notation for the lute. Each of the dances under discussion is designed for one or more pairs of dancers. Throughout the work, Caroso celebrates the concept of 'nobil vivere', and the figure of the well-educated dancer- courtesan. The 22 full-page copper engravings are executed by the renowned artist Giacomo Franco and depict the positions of dancers at the beginning of each of the various dances and cumulatively represent a precious iconographic source not only for the history of dance, but also for that of fashion and the culture of the period in general. Literature: Adams C-755; Mortimer Italian, 106; RISM C, p. 1233; Gregory & Bartlett I, 53; Lipperheide 3055; P. D. Magriel, A Bibliography of Dancing, pp. 42-44; A. Feves, "Fabrizio Caroso and the Changing Shape of the Dance, 1550-1600", Danse Chronicle, 14 (1991), pp. 159-174; P. Gargiulo (ed.), La danza italiana tra Cinque e Seicento. Studi per Fabrizio Caroso da Sermoneta, Roma 1997.

Maritime.- Naval tactics.- Mathematics.- Hoste (Paul) L'Art des armees navales, ou Traite des Evolutions navales, qui contient des regles utiles aux officiers generaux et particuliers d'une armee navale, second edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, engraved arms to head of dedication, 134 plates depicting naval manoeuvres and formations off the coast and out at sea, detailed vignettes and historiated initials, lacking half-title, Bruyset Brothers, 1727 bound with, as often Hoste (Paul) Théorie de la Construction des Vaisseaux, qui contient plusieurs traitez de Mathématique, first edition, engraved large title vignette, 11 folding plates, detailed vignettes and historiated initials, Lyon, Anison & Posuel, 1697, together 2 works in 1 vol., lightly browned throughout, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, upper joint neatly repaired, rubbed at extremities, [Polak 4512 (note)], small folio⁂ Important works on maritime and naval matters by this French Jesuit mathematician. The first work takes historical naval battles as a basis for the study, including Lepanto (1571).

Maritime. Naval tactics.- Morogues (Sebastien-Francois Bigot, Vicomte de) Tactique navale ou Traité des volutions et des signaux, first edition, half-title, title in red and black and with engraved vignette, 49 engraved plates, 2 large engraved vignette head-pieces, errata f., text ff. with occasional foxing or spotting, occasional spotting to plates, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, corners restored, [Polak 826; Scott 316], a good copy, 4to, Paris, H. L. Guerin and L. F. Delatour, 1763.⁂ Morogues was head of the Académie de Marine at Brest at its founding in 1752.

Maritime.- Shipbuilding.- Forfait (Pierre Alexandre Laurent) Traité Élémentaire de la Mature des Vaisseaux à l'usage des eleves de la marine, first edition, half-title, 24 folding engraved plates, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, errata f., a few plates lightly browned, paper flaw in errata f with loss of the odd letter, without loss of sense, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with morocco label, [Polak 3522; Scott Coll. 410], a good copy, 4to, Paris, Clousier, 1788. ⁂ On the construction of masts and rigging. The author became Napoleon's first minister of the Navy.

Maritime.- Rigging.- Lescalier (Daniel) Traité pratique du Gréement des Vaisseaux et autres batimens de mer, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 34 engraved plates, some folding, 'Avertissement' and errata ff. to vol.2, plate 23 with marginal stain, plate 31 with short closed tear, occasional spotting, the odd small stain, contemporary tree calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red and dark green morocco labels, heads of spines repaired, rubbed, [Polak 5883], 4to, Paris, Clousier & Firmin Didot, 1791. ⁂ A very good set of the first edition of this classic treatise on the rigging of ships. Lescallier held a number of senior diplomatic posts and wrote extensively on maritime matters, including in 1790 the first French edition of a history of the Mutiny on the Bounty.

Denham (Sir John, poet and courtier, 1614/15-69) Cooper's Hill, manuscript copy in the hand of Peter Cunningham, editor of the 1854 edition of Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the most eminent English Poets", 12pp. excluding blanks, bookplate on front fly-leaf, slightly browned, disbound, lower cover from an older calf binding, in a modern morocco-backed cloth box, 8vo, [c. 1854].⁂ "In Cooper's Hill the prospect from a Thames-side viewpoint at Egham is made the occasion for historical and moral reflections on kingship at a critical juncture in English history." (Oxford DNB). Manuscript copy by Peter Cunningham (1816-69), author and literary critic, for use in his 1854 edition of Samuel Johnson's Lives of the most eminent English Poets. At head of first page "Denham's Cooper's Hill, collated with the early editions by A. Cunningham...", probably his father, Allan Cunningham (1784-1842), poet and songwriter.

Shaw (George Bernard, playwright and polemicist, 1856-1950) Corrected proofs of three plays as part of a collected edition, "Geneva"; "Cymbeline Refinished"; "In Good King Charles's Golden Days", all stamped "First Proof", printed proofs, "Geneva" with long correction by Shaw and with date corrections in all three by GBS, slightly browned, unbound, 8vo, 1948; ALs from Shaw to R. & R. Clark publisher's, making a correction, "On p. 163 of the Preface to Getting Married, line 2, the word "avoid" should be "make". Please correct plate accordingly. It has taken 20 years to discover this glaring error. I wonder do people ever really read my prefaces! GBS", 10th April 1929, v.s., v.d. (4).

Jewel (John, Bishop of Salisbury) A replie vnto M. Hardinges ansvveare: by perusinge whereof the discrete, and diligent reader may easily see, the weake, and vnstable groundes of the Romaine religion, whiche of late hath beene accompted Catholique, first edition, Sir Thomas Heneage's copy, mostly black letter, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, final f. blank, Ee1 small section of upper corner torn away, just touching a printed side-note, occasional staining, mostly marginal, occasional spotting, 17th century calf, covers with double gilt filet borders, spine in compartments with double gilt filet borders and a red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 14606], small folio, in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, 1565.⁂ Provenance: Sir Thomas Heneage (1532-1595), courtier of Elizabeth I, who held the post of Vice-Chamberlain of the Household and in 1590 became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. It is said that Elizabeth flirted with him, making her favourite Robert Dudley jealous. (ink signature to head of title (trimmed with loss)); Bernard Quaritch (collated complete pencil note at end).

Walsingham (Francis) A Search made into Matters of Religion, by Francis Walsingham Deacon of the Protestants Church, before his Change to the Catholike, second edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and head-pieces, slight worming to fore-edge of title and at foot of first four and last four leaves, small hole to N3, occasional light browning, free endpapers detached, contemporary plain blind-ruled calf, rubbed, small portion missing from lower cover, [STC 25003], small 4to, [Saint-Omer, English College Press], 1615.⁂ Provenance: T. Busby S.J., early ink name on title; Jean-Marie-Philippe Dubourg, Bishop of Limoges 1802-1822 (bookplate); Jean-Joseph-Marie-Sixte de Marliave (1918-1999) (bookplate).

Law.- Doddridge (Sir John) The English Lawyer, first & only edition, woodcut initials and ornaments, a few contemporary ink underlinings and marginalia, contemporary sprinkled calf with triple rule border in blind, a little rubbed at edges, [STC 6981], small 4to, by [Miles Flesher for] the Assignes of I.More, 1631.

Arthurian literature.- Malory (Sir Thomas) The most ancient and famous history of the renowned prince Arthur King of Britaine, vvherein is declared his life and death, with all his glorious battailes against the Saxons, Saracens and pagans, 3 parts in 1, sixth edition, mostly black letter, 3 repeated woodcut frontispieces to each part depicting King Arthur encircled by the Knights of the Round Table, with the names of 30 knights at head and foot, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, first frontispiece with minor repairs to corners, first title with neat repair to inner margin and closely trimmed at foot, just touching date, second frontispiece with repair to upper margin and corners, 2D1-4 and 2E1&2 with small area of worming at head, just touching the odd letter, without loss, sigs. 2I-2M worm trace in lower margin, affecting the odd letter of a catchword, browned, occasional ink staining (including a few spots to third frontispiece), some other staining, 20th century blind-stamped and gilt calf, covers divided into four sections, oval rampant lion centre-pieces enclosed in author's name and title of the work, that of upper cover in gilt, foliage decorations to sections, spine in compartments and with gilt title and date, [STC 806], small 4to, Printed by William Stansby, for Iacob Bloome, 1634. ⁂ The sixth edition, and last to be printed before the 19th century. Malory apparently began work on Le Morte d'Arthur while imprisoned in the early 1450s; completing it some 20 years later. First printed by Caxton in 1485 its popularity was such that subsequent editions were issued by Wynkyn de Worde in 1498 and 1529. Three more editions followed: William Copland's (1557), Thomas East's (1585), and the present. Stansby's was the last edition before the revival of interest in medieval literature in the early 19th century. Until the discovery of the Winchester manuscript in the 1930s this 1634 printing was the textual basis for most editions. Only some 15-or-so copies in total are extant of all these 5 prior editions, and realistically this edition is the earliest obtainable edition of Malory.

Vermuyden (Sir Cornelius) A Discourse touching the Drayning the Great Fennes, first edition, with the rare leaf A1 with large woodcut of Royal arms, title with typographic border, lacking the map, woodcut initials, later marbled wrappers, [Wing V241], 4to, Printed by Thomas Fawcet, 1642.⁂ Vermuyden (1595-1677), a Dutch engineer, wrote this discourse for Charles I in 1637, although it was not published until 1642, and made two proposals: washes (areas of land permitted to flood in times of very wet weather) and a catchdrain at the eastern edge of the fen. The washes were constructed in the 1650s but the catchdrain not until the 1960s. Having been appointed as agent by Charles I in 1639 the Civil War interrupted the works and did not proceed again until 1649, being completed in 1652.ESTC lists 7 UK locations, but the collation given (?BL) is lacking the first leaf. Only 3 copies have appeared at auction including, most recently, the Rothamsted copy with map, which sold in these rooms in July 2018 for £11,000.

Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, first edition, mostly black letter, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, burn hole to 2S1 with loss to a couple of letters but a clean copy generally, contemporary calf, gilt arms of Thomas Coningsby to covers, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, joints cracked, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing C4948], folio, M. Flesher, and R. Young, for E.D.R.M.W.L., and D.P., 1642.

Greek printing.- Bible, Greek. Vetus Testamentum Graecum, 1 vol. in 2, first edition of the Greek Septuagint Bible printed in England, title in red and black with engraved vignette, title in Latin and Greek, preface in Latin, text in double-column in Greek, minor soiling and light staining, handsome early 18th century red morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with 3 green morocco labels, g.e., fine decorative endpapers a little discoloured round edges, bookplate of Bibliotheca Lamoniana, later bookplate of the Bishop of Salisbury, [Darlow & Moule 4692], 4to, Roger Daniel, 1653.⁂ A lovely copy of the rare first printing in England of the Septuagint, the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek. Edited by the Unitarian controversialist John Biddle (1615-1662), who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious opinions. "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition [was] prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian, John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" (S. Mandelbrote, "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament", p. 87).

Heraldry.- Mysticism.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto's to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world, first edition, full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee Edward, Earl of Manchester, to verso of title, full-page engraved table of Egyptian and mystical symbols to D4, numerous woodcut and engraved coats-of-arms in text, lacking 2I4, small worm traces to head and foot of title, A2&3 repaired at head, affecting headlines, occasional spotting, stained, lightly browned in places, an engraved portrait from another work mounted on front free endpaper, antique style calf, [Wing M2738], small 4to, printed by T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhil, and Henry Eversden at the Greyhound in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1666. ⁂ A rare copy of this work that views heraldry from a symbolic and mystical point of view, paralleling the alchemical interest and literature of the period. Most copies of this book are thought to have been destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

H[obbes] (T[homas]) The history of the civil wars of England· From the year 1640, to 1660. By T.H., first edition, with initial blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked, corners worn, covers rubbed, [Wing H2239], 8vo, no printer, 1679.⁂ Provenance: Richard Frewin (1681-1761), English physician and professor of history (ink signature 'R. Frewin' to initial blank).

Sports.- H[owlett] (R[obert]) The school of recreation: or, The gentlemans tutor, to those most ingenious exercises of hunting. Racing. Hawking. Riding. Cock-fighting. Fowling. Fishing. Shooting. Bowling. Tennis. Ringing. Billiards, first edition, engraved frontispiece, advertisement f. at end, woodcut head-piece and decorative initial, frontispiece worn at fore-edge with loss, preliminaries little chipped, a few small wormholes / trace to upper outer margins, affecting some page numbers and the odd letter, closely trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some creasing and soiling, lightly browned, disbound, [Schwerdt I, p.225; Thacher p.451; W&S p.110; Wing H3194], 12mo, printed for H. Rodes, next door to the Bear-Tavern near Bride-Lane in Fleet-Street, 1684. sold not subject to return. ⁂ 'a scarce and comprehensive booklet on a great variety of British sports' (Schwerdt). The section on tennis includes a poem 'The Tennis-Court'. Also included are billiards, bell-ringing, bowling, racing and angling. Provenance: 'Samuel Baker bought this book by Bedlam Wall Morefields November ye 24 1736'.

?Woman writer.- Novel.- [Herberts (Mary)] The adventures of Proteus, &c. A sett of novels, never before publish'd, first edition, sigs Q & R erratic with a leaf or more seemingly removed after Q1, but with catchwords matching and pagination continuous, other pagination errors as ESTC, foxing, large printed label for Blagden's Circulating Library to front pastedown, numbering the volume 1249, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, upper joint split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, lacking spine label, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, printed for Tho. Combes, James Lacy, and John Clarke, 1727.⁂ Scarce only novel by this ?woman writer. ESTC suggests Herberts is a pseudonym and records only eight copies, of which only two in UK (BL and Chawton). A second edition and a Dublin edition were also published, both rare, with ESTC recording one and two copies, respectively.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Opera Omnia, 4 vol., one of 50 large paper copies, engraved frontispieces (lightly offsetting onto titles), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, bookplate of John Guitton to pastedown, contemporary diced russia, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, spine ends a little chipped, joints starting but firm, corners a little bumped, still an attractive set, [Gibson 248], folio, R.Gosling, 1730.⁂ First collected edition of Bacon's English and Latin works.

Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to each vol., Directions to the Binder f. at end of vol. 1, folding table in vol. 3, the odd spot, but generally a clean and excellent copy, antique-style modern half calf, spines gilt, [Kress B3384; Goldsmiths 17107; PMM 249; Wellcome II, p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797.⁂ Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes, difficult to find complete with half-titles. '"The State of the Poor is one of the classical works in the history of economics. Eden was led to embark on the subject by the high prices brought on by the war in 1794 and 1795, and the effect they had on the living conditions of the poorer classes... Eden's own work, notwithstanding its originality, might now be forgotten if it were not for the invaluable collection of facts attached to it, which can never cease to be of importance... it has proved the basis of sociological investigation ever since." - PMM.

Webster (Noah) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., first English edition, occasional light spotting, vol. 2 lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt in compartments with red and brown morocco labels, covers rubbed and scuffed, 4to, Black, Young and Young, 1832.⁂ An attractive set of the scarce first English edition of Webster's dictionary.

Montefiore (Sir Moses) Report of Sir Moses Montefiore, Bart., on his Mission to the Holy Land, 5626--1866, first edition, slightly browned, title and endpapers slightly foxed, ink signature of C.G. Montefiore on a Truslove and Hanson compliments slip on front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, g.e., [not in BL], 8vo, Printed by J. Wertheimer & Co., 1866.⁂ Rare.

Blackmore (Richard) Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and advertisements, occasional foxing, modern green half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spines gilt, t.e.g., [Sadleir 227; Wolff 536], 8vo, 1869.⁂ A handsomely bound set of the author's most famous work and a major romantic highlight of 19th century fiction.

James (Henry) Stories Revived, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.2 & 3 with initial blank, vol.3 with advertisement leaf at end, some very light spotting at beginning and ends, one or two minor marks, variant binding of original dark green cloth, boards with three rules in black, blue & white patterned endpapers (slightly browned), spine ends and corners a little bumped, slight wear to edges, [Edel and Laurence A27a; Sadleir 1290; Wolff 3584], 8vo, 1885.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Story of the Malakand Field Force, first edition, second issue (with errata slip), half-title, plates and maps, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated 3/98, 2 leaves working loose, original cloth, lower cover and small part of upper cover stained, [Woods A1a], 8vo, 1898.

Keynes (John Maynard) The End of Laissez-Faire, first edition, light browning to endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, light central crease to spine, dust-jacket, some chipped and creasing to spine ends, short closed tears with accompanying creasing to head and foot of lower panel, still and excellent example overall, [Woolmer 97], 8vo, 1926.⁂ Rare in the dust-jacket. The End of Laissez Faire was based on the Sidney Ball Lecture given by Keynes at Oxford in November 1924 and on a lecture given by him at the University of Berlin in June 1926.

Woolf (Virginia) Orlando: A Biography, first edition, one of 861 copies, this one of 800 signed by the author, plates, original cloth, gilt, covers with a few small marks, spine very slightly faded, preserved in modern blue morocco drop-back box, [Kirkpatrick A11], 8vo, New York, Crosby Gaige, 1928.⁂ The true first edition, preceding the English edition by a few days. This copy is marked "Out of series" on the limitation page but is still signed by Woolf on the verso of the half-title in her characteristic purple ink.

Militaria.- Montgomery (Bernard Law, first Viscount Montgomery of Alamein) The Path to Leadership, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Field Marshall, Viscount Slim, "To: Bill Slim with admiration and high regard for a great captain" to endpaper, addressed by Montgomery below to Slim at the House of Lords, frontispiece, original cloth, light fading to spine, 8vo, 1961.⁂ An excellent association copy, addressed from one great British military leader to another (for Viscount Slim, see previous lot).

Dialling.- Clavius (Christoph) Gnomonices libri octo, in quibus non solum horologiorum solarium, sed aliarum quoque rerum, quae ex gnomonis umbra cognosci possunt, descriptiones geometrice demonstrantur, collation: [Latin cross]8 A-E6 F8 G-Z6 2A-2Z6 3A-3G6 3H8, engraved title within architectural border, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated and decorative initials and printer's device to colophon f., early ink marginalia, additions to diagrams, and the supply of a full-page table to 3H2v and text and a diagram to 3H7r, where the pages have been left blank by the printer in this copy, title with a few small repairs with minor loss to lower corner, lightly browned and silked, water-stained, a few tears, without loss, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, some staining, folio (327 x 237mm.), Rome, Francesco Zanetti, 1581.⁂ First edition of the most important and substantial work on dialling published to that date. Our copy with evidence of early scholarship, with much on projective geometry. Literature: Adams C2098; Honeyman 706 'sums up all that was known on gnomonics'; Houzeau and Lancaster 11383; Tomash & Williams C101; EDIT 16 CNCE 12671.

Euclid. Elementorum libri XV, translated and edited by Federico Commandino, collation: *6 **6 A-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3S4, title in woodcut architectural border by Jakob Criegher, numerous woodcut diagrams, large woodcut historiated initials, early ink marginalia, extensive in some places, title stained and with tear and marginal repair with a little loss, some staining and foxing, occasional ink staining, especially to B3v, new endpapers, later vellum, upper fore-edge little worn, rubbed, folio (291 x 203mm.), Pesaro, [Camillo Franceschini], 1571.⁂ First edition of this translation. 'The translation, which was made use of by subsequent editors for centuries, was the work of F. Comandino, certainly an outstanding figure in the history of Euclid's Elements' (Thomas-Stanford). Our copy with evidence of early scholarship. A signature to foot of title and a note on fortification may point to the architect Francesco Grimaldi. Literature: Riccardi I, 362; Thomas-Stanford 18; EDIT 16 CNCE 18358.

Geology.- Lyell (Charles) Principles of Geology, being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, 3 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1 & 3 only (as called for), 3 frontispiece (2 of which hand-coloured aquatints), 3 engraved maps (2 folding), 2 hand-coloured, 5 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, diagrams, offsetting, some spotting or foxing (mostly to plates or maps), modernhalf calf, spines gilt and with red leather labels, [Horblit 70; Norman 1398], 8vo, John Murray, 1830-1832-1833.⁂ Revolutionary work on geology which established Lyell's uniformitarian theory of the earth based upon a knowledge of the existing causes and effects of geological change, rather than the concept of intervention by a higher being. Lyell argued that the order of nature in the past was uniform with that in the present, and that therefore all geological phenomena should be attributed to the gradual action, of modern geological processes over sufficient time. Charles Darwin read the work on his voyage with The Beagle and it greatly influenced his thinking on both geology and evolution.

Newton (Sir Isaac) Opticks: or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light, 3 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy to Nicolas Fatio de Duillier and with his ink and pencil annotations, title printed in red and black, 19 folding engraved plates, paper flaw to part 1 p.98 with some distortion to 2 lines of text and letters supplied in ink by the printer, a couple of other printing flaws probably features of the earliest copies to come off the press, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints split but firm, spine ends slightly chipped, corners worn, lacking spine label, preserved in modern silk-lined green morocco drop-back box by Shepherds, [Babson p.66; Gray 174; Wallis 174], 4to, Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, Printers to the Royal Society, 1704.⁂ Highly important association copy, received by Fatio, Newton's close friend and collaborator, five days before Newton himself presented a copy to the Royal Society. The earliest known presentation copy of the only book Newton prepared for publication and saw through the press himself.Inscribed at the top of the front pastedown in Fatio's hand: 'Ex Dono Autoris Clarissimi: Londini, Februarii undecimo, 1703/4. Nicolaus Facius.' Fatio also used the Latin form of his name in an inscription recording presentation by Newton in his copy of the third edition of the Principia (1726).The date of presentation is of particular interest. The Opticks builds on work that Newton carried out as early as the mid-1660s and later presented in his earliest lectures as Lucasian Professor in Cambridge. His first publications in the journal of the Royal Society, the Philosophical Transactions, were on the nature of light. For much of the 1670s, he engaged in critical correspondence with English and Continental virtuosi about his findings. As he stated in the 'Advertisement' at the beginning of the published Opticks, he began to prepare a more complete work on light in about 1675. He returned to the idea of publishing this work only after the appearance of the Principia (which contained one section on optical mechanics) in 1687 had won him international fame. The manuscript was largely prepared in the period 1687-8 and 1691-2. The Scottish mathematician and Oxford Professor of Astronomy, David Gregory, saw an incomplete text when he visited Newton in Cambridge in May 1694. Newton delayed finishing the book, however, and decided to print it only in 1702 or 1703. The book was going through the press in December 1703. On 16 February 1704, Newton presented the completed book to the Royal Society, of which he had been President since 30 November 1703. The copy on offer was presented to Fatio five days earlier.Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664-1753) was a Swiss mathematician and natural philosopher. Educated at the Academy of Geneva, Fatio worked with Giovanni Domenico Cassini at the Royal Observatory in Paris in the early 1680s. He first came to England in 1687 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 2 May 1688. After the Revolution of 1688, Fatio was the most important intermediary between Newton and Huygens. Fatio regarded himself (with some justification) as being among the very few mathematicians internationally who were equipped to handle the new calculus and as being in the forefront of scientists who were trying to explain the action of gravity, the force which played such an important role in the physical explanations provided by the Principia. In the early 1690s, Fatio emerged as the likeliest person to produce a revised edition of the Principia and discussed corrections to the work with Newton, to whose manuscripts he also had access. At this time, he was one of Newton's closest confidants. The two men regularly exchanged letters (several of which remain unpublished) and Fatio advised Newton in particular about the purchase of alchemical works in French. For much of 1693, Newton and Fatio collaborated on alchemical experiments, with Fatio conveying information derived from practitioners with whom he associated in the London Huguenot community. According to William R. Newman, who has recently produced a definitive account of the alchemical collaboration of Newton and Fatio, Newton was 'testing the ability of a vitriol to "ferment" respectively with salts of lead, tin, and copper' and fermenting iron, copper, and lead with metallic quicksilver. Exhaustion from long hours tending the furnace involved in these experiments may well have caused Newton's famous breakdown, which he discussed in letters to Samuel Pepys and John Locke in autumn 1693. Newman's work demonstrates that Fatio's involvement with Newton reflected shared intellectual concerns with 'chymistry, the transformation of materials, and the production of remedies.' These interests remained vital despite Newton's illness, which cannot now be attributed to any falling out with Fatio. Fatio found new employment as a tutor in 1694, which required him to be away from London; he travelled to the Netherlands with his pupil in 1697-8, and returned to Geneva between 1699 and 1701. Nevertheless, he remained a regular participant in conversations among Newton and his disciples: his interest in the renewed editing of the Principia and in Newton's other projects was taken for granted.In London in 1698, Fatio set to work seeing two compositions of his own through the press: an English treatise on the exploitation of the angle of the sun's rays in gardening (Fruit Walls Improved) and a Latin pamphlet on the geometrical investigation of the line of quickest descent (Lineae brevissimi descensus), a work notable for its author's attempt to reassert a position among the front rank of European mathematicians. As such Fatio was critical of the behaviour of Johann Bernoulli and his associates for the nature of the challenge problem which they had issued in 1696, and which Newton had answered with a correct solution for the line of quickest descent. Newton had presented his work anonymously in the Philosophical Transactions (January 1697), but gave no hint about the method he had followed. He presented a construction of the solution-curve (a cycloid).Behind Bernoulli's challenge lurked Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, whom Fatio accused of having ignored Newton's priority in the invention of the calculus in his publications about this mathematical tool. At the heart of the dispute lay a broader intellectual problem that many Continental mathematicians had in accepting Newton's subordination of his method of fluxions to traditional geometrical arguments and their consequent belief that Newton had not properly mastered the intricacies of the new analysis that Leibniz had developed. On such a reading, no other mathematician in England except Newton was worthy of consideration (Fatio included). Fatio's pamphlet also treated the problem of the solid of least resistance, which Newton had solved in Book II of the Principia (1687). He wished to show that, …

Birds.- Millais (John Guille) British Diving Ducks, 2 vol., first limited edition numbered 85 of 450 copies, 74 plates (39 colour), tissue-guards, bookplates, contemporary half-morocco by 'Period Binders', folio, [Zimmer p.436], 1913.

Botany.- Miller (Philip) Abbildungen der nützlichsten, schönsten und seltensten Pflanzen welche in seinem Gärtner-Lexicon vorkommen, 2 vol., first German edition, engraved vignette titles, 301 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional foxing or light browning to text, contemporary boards, ink titles to spines, rebacked, preserving original backstrips, [Nissen BBI 1379], folio, Nuremberg, A. W. Winterschmidt, 1768-82.⁂ A clean and excellent copy of the scarce German edition.

Darwin (Charles), Admiral Robert Fitzroy & Captain Philip Parker King. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe, 3 vol. in 4 (including Appendix to vol. 2), first edition, vol. 3 a late issue with pages i-iv cancels and new title-page, 9 folding engraved maps by J. Gardner and J. and C. Walker, 47 etched plates after P. King, A. Earle, C. Martens, R. Fitzroy and others, 24pp. ads at end of vol. iii dated August 1839, original cloth, neatly recased, retaining original backstrips (but with these rather bubbled and creased), corners repaired, some rubbing and marking to covers, [Freeman 11; Hill 1, pp104-105; Norman 584; Sabin 37826], 8vo, 1839.⁂ Darwin's first published work and his most-widely read, the account of the voyage that would lead to his publishing On the Origin of Species. The first volume contains King's account of the expedition in the Adventure made between 1826 and 1830, which surveyed the coasts of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. The second volume (and its appendix volume) describes the narrative of the Beagle's second voyage under Capt. Fitzroy made between 1831 and 1836 to South America, the Galapagos Islands, Tahiti, New Zealand, Australia, and other islands and countries. 'The five years of the voyage were the most important event in Darwin's intellectual life and in the history of biological science. Darwin sailed with no formal scientific training. He returned a hard-headed man of science, knowing the importance of evidence, almost convinced that species had not always been as they were since the creation but had undergone change... The experiences of his five years... and what they led to, built up into a process of epoch-making importance in the history of thought' (DSB).Provenance: Edward John Payne (bookplate to pastedowns); University College, Oxford (library plate with cancel stamp in two vol.).

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes, translated by Henry Lyte, first English edition, black letter, title within ornate woodcut historiated border and with woodcut arms of Henry Lyte to verso, woodcut portrait of the author, numerous woodcut illustration, final f. supplied in excellent facsimile, title rather soiled and with margins repaired, T5 torn and repaired with 2 small holes to text, occasional light soiling, several ff. with corners or margins repaired, a few early ink names and marginal notes, later calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Henrey 110; Hunt 132; Nissen 516; STC 6984], folio, At London [but Antwerp], by me Gerard Dewes, 1578.⁂ A good copy of this important Renaissance herbal. Dodoens served as court physician to Emperor Rudolf II of Austria before becoming Professor of Medicine at Leiden University in 1582.

Horses & Horsemanship.- Markham (Gervase) Cavalarice, or The English horseman: contayning all the art of horse-manship, asmuch as is necessary for any man to vnderstand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith, or sadler, 8 parts in 1, second edition, each part with title within wide metalcut historiated border, woodcut illustrations, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, sig. Y ?from another copy or paper stock, this sig. spotted, with the odd very small hole, lightly browned and with printing a little faint in places, without loss of sense, some spotting and staining, 19th century polished calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving richly gilt backstrip in compartments, corners little worn, lightly marked, edges marbled, [Poynter 19.2; STC 17335; cf. Podeschi / Mellon 18], small 4to, [printed by Edward Allde for Edward White], [1616]-1617. ⁂ A scarce edition at auction, with the majority of copies in recent years being defective. This copy with an added attractive provenance (see below). Includes riding, breeding, hunting, farriery and veterinary matters. Provenance: Frederick Henry Huth, collector and bibliographer of horse books and member of the Huth dynasty of book collectors. With the assistance of Bernard Quaritch he assembled one of the finest collections on the subject (large bookplate to front pastedown); gifted by him to Bath Public Library (bookplate); Richard Towneley (engraved armorial bookplate to verso of first title).Saleroom notice: this lot has small embossed library stamps on many leaves. 

Horses.- Veterinary.- Lafosse (Philippe-Étienne) Cours d'hippiatrique, ou Traité complet de la médecine des chevaux, first edition, half-title, fine engraved frontispiece of a dissection scene by B.L. Prevost after Sullier, portrait of the author by J. Baptiste Michel after Harguinier, title vignette by Prevost, engraved arms of Charles-Eugene de Lorraine to head of dedication, 56 plates, of which 19 double-page or folding, by B. Michel Adam [femme Fessard], F.A. Aveline, C. Baquoy, Benard, Ch. Beulier, L. Bosse, Prevost and others after Harguinier, Lafosse, Saullier, and 7 engraved headpieces by Delaunay, Hubert, Levilain, Lucas, Mlle Massard, Mesnil, and Michel after Le Carpentier, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, some spotting and light browning, occasional finger-marking, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with floral decoration within filet borders and a black morocco label, spine dulled and with narrow repairs at ends, rubbed, g.e., [Mennessier de la Lance, I, pp. 20 & 21; Podeschi / Mellon 61; Nissen ZBI 2360; Brunet III, 765; Cohen-de Ricci 587; ], folio (492 x 316mm.; binding 502 x 344mm.), Paris, Edme, 1772.⁂ One of the great books on horses and equine medicine. 'Ce livre est un véritable monument élevé à l'Hippologie. Papier, impression, déssin, gravure, sont également signés' (Mennessier de la Lance). Lafosse, the son of a farrier / horse doctor, was a French veterinarian who at a young age had performed dissections to teach the cavalry, and later taught in an anatomical theatre in Paris. Provenance: 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (small circular gilt leather bookplate to front pastedown).

Insects.- Donovan (Edward) The Natural History of British Insects, 16 vol. in 8, first edition, half-titles to vol.1 and 13-16 only, 576 hand-coloured engraved plates, some foxing, bookplate of Edward Barnsley Gardner, contemporary green half morocco by J. Clarke, spines richly gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed but a most handsome set, [Nissen ZBI 1142], 8vo, 1792-1813.

Mirvat (St. George) Dogs, Jackals, Wolves, and Foxes: A Monograph of the Canidæ, first edition, 45 hand-coloured lithographed plates after J. G. Keulemans, illustrations, lightly browned endpapers, short tear to front free endpaper (expertly repaired), original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, 1890.

Spiders.- Martyn (Thomas) Aranei, Or a Natural History of Spiders, including the Principal Parts of ... English Spiders by Eleazar Albin, as also the Whole Publication ... on Swedish Spiders by Charles Clerk, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, engraved calligraphic title, 28 hand-coloured engraved plates of spiders by Basire, Carwitham and Smith, some heightened with gum arabic, lacking frontispiece and 2 numismatic plates, light damp-staining to upper margins of plates, handsome contemporary straight-grain red morocco, by Samuel Welch with his ticket, covers decorated in blind, spine in compartments, lettered in gilt, upper cover detached, some light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Nissen ZBI 2724], 4to, 1793.

Trees.- Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved arms of the Royal Society, part 3 printed in red and black, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, a few woodcut illustrations of implements and a cider vat, without cancel leaf H1 as usual and without errata f. at end, water-stained, mostly in margins, modern half calf, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ Important and still relevant work on trees and their management. Keynes calls it 'Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work'. It was originally delivered to the Royal Society in 1662 in concern at the deforestation of England. The second part concerns fruit trees and cider.

Hunting debate.- [Barbarian (A)] Hunting Vindicated from Cruelty, in a Letter to the Monthly Reviewers, second edition, half-title, lightly spotted, no place, Printed for the Benefit, if any, of the Whippers-in; and sold by B.Law [and others], 1783 bound with [Blane (William, editor)] Essays on hunting. Containing a philosophical enquiry into the nature and properties of the scent; observations on the different kinds of hounds, with the Manner of training them, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, spotted, Southampton, printed and sold by T. Baker; sold also by J. Robson, New Bond-Street, and J. Fielding, Paternoster-Row, London; and D. Prince, Oxford, [1781], together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip with red morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo⁂ The first mentioned not recorded by ESTC, as indeed the first edition of the same, which was purportedly printed in Spitzbergen.

[Ercolani (Giuseppe Maria)], "Neralco (Pastore Arcade)". I tre ordini d'architettura dorico, ionico e corintio presi dalle fabbriche piu celebri dell'antica Roma; Descrizione del Colosso Romano, del Panteo, e del Tempio Vaticano, 2 parts in 1, first edition, fine engraved title vignette, 76 plates, of which 3 folding, head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional light browning, mostly in part 2, occasional mostly small areas of water-staining to upper margins, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, covers with triple filet borders, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip and red morocco label, a few scuffs and stains, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2632; Cicognara 580], folio, Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1744.⁂ Rare in commerce. Ercolani (1690-1760) was a member of the Academy degla Arcadi, being given the name 'Neralco', which he used primarily for his poetical works.

Gardens.- Laborde (Alexandre de) Description des Nouveaux Jardins de la France et de ses Anciens Chateaux, 2 vol., first edition, text in French, English and German, half-title to text vol., plate vol. with fine engraved title with large vignette, a map, 2 plans, and 122 plates after Constant Bourgeois on 89 sheets, plus 3 additional sheets (2 of which with 4 plates with overslips and 1 plate of images to be cut out for overslips), tear to lower margin of plate 104, spotting, occasional foxing (mostly marginal), occasional light browning, contemporary half calf over light yellow boards, spines richly gilt and with red and black morocco labels, spine ends neatly repaired, boards with some scuffing, rubbed, [Millard, French Books, 84], folio (465 x 329mm.; binding 476 x 344mm.), Paris, Delance, 1808.⁂ A very good set of what Millard calls 'an invaluable record of each of the gardens illustrated, and of a type of garden design that has all but disappeared.'

Interiors.- Wood (Henry) A Series of Designs of Furniture & Decoration in the Styles of Louis XIVth, Francis Ist, Elizabeth, and Gothic, first edition, title within decorative border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates printed on thick paper, one toned, occasional light spotting, or marking, first plate with abrasion to fore-margin, modern half calf, gilt, [not in Keynes, Pickering Handlist], folio, William Pickering, [1845].⁂ Rare complete copy of Wood's handsome designs for window curtains, settees and sofas, sideboards, bookcases, room panelling, chairs etc. WorldCat lists the BL copy only and we can only trace two other complete copies at auction.

L[angley] (B[atty]) The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, second edition, double column, 200 engraved plates, plate 1 of additional plates with section torn from lower corner, just touching image, some staining or finger-marking, occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Penry Williams, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with original red morocco label, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed, [Harris 450], 4to, by S.Harding, 1745. ⁂ Including designs for floors, doors, windows, chimneypieces, pavements, church fittings, obelisks, pedestals, bookcases, ceilings and ironworks. It has 14 more plates (of roofs) than the first edition of 1740.