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Hartman, George (fl. circa 1696) The Family Physitian, or A Collection of Choice, Approv'd and Experienc'd Remedies. London: Printed for Richard Wellington, at the Lute in St. Pauls-Church-Yard, 1696. First edition, one of two variants dated 1696 with differing imprints, octavo, advertisement leaf bound opposite title, illustrated with double-page engraving of distillation equipment; ex libris Kenneth Garth Huston, with bookplate; repair to title at date, bound in contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, some toning, pale mottled browning to some leaves, 6 1/2 x 4 in. Hartman's collection includes a remedy for stupidity, and others for deafness, small pox, cancer, and many other maladies, in addition to cosmetic preparations, winemaking, and culinary recipes. A-Z8, Aa-Kk8. http://estc.bl.uk/R19842 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Haudicquer de Blancourt, Jean (b. 1650) The Art of Glass. London: Printed for Dan. Brown at the Black Swan without Temple-Bar; Tho. Bennet at the Half-Moon, D. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh at the Rose and Crown, and R. Wilkin at the King's-Head in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699. First edition, octavo, half-title present, illustrated with nine full-page engravings, extraneous to collation, contents in good contemporary condition, bound in full tan speckled calf, ruled in blind, gilt spine, red label, front board nearly detached, 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. Blancourt's meticulously illustrated text contains much detailed information on the fabrication of glass, crystal, enamel, false stones, pearls, and mirrors. He also describes the enameling process and how adding minerals, metals, herbs, and flowers to glass will change its color and qualities. The final section is about making glass eyes. A-Z8, Aa8. http://estc.bl.uk/R16918 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Hewlett, John (fl. circa 1665) The Description and Use of a Quadrant. London: Printed for the Author, 1665. First edition, octavo, illustrated with folding engraving of the quadrant, woodcut text illustration of constellations; rare, one copy listed in ESTC worldwide, at the Bodleian; bound in modern blue calf, 5 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. [A]4 (A1 blank & present), B-D8, E4, (E4 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/R19278 Estimate $5,000-7,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Heydon, John (b. 1629) The Harmony of the World, Being a Discourse of God, Heaven, Angels, Stars, Planets, Earth; the miraculous Descentions and Ascentions of Spirits. London: Printed for Henry Brome, 1662. First and only edition; engraved portrait frontispiece bound opposite the title, woodcut text diagrams; rare, no copies at auction since 1950; five U.S. copies listed in ESTC; bound in later half leather, marbled paper boards, two or three leaves trimmed along fore-edge, touching text, 5 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. In this rare astrological work, English Neoplatonist occult philosopher and astrologer, Heydon describes the preparation of "Rosie Crucian" medicines. *8 (frontis, title, *3-8), a-c8, d7 (lacking d8 ?blank), B-R8, S4. http://estc.bl.uk/R16451 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Heywood, Thomas (d. 1641) Gynaikeion: or, Nine Bookes of Various History Concerninge Women. London: Printed by Adam Islip, 1624. First edition, small folio, engraved title; later half calf and marbled boards, 10 3/4 x 7 in. Playwright and Shakespeare contemporary, Heywood's work is a study of women real and mythic and gives interesting insight into western culture's perception about females and femininity. During Heywood's lifetime two very different queens ruled England while several others were imprisoned and executed. Each of the nine books is named after a muse, and takes her attributes as its inspiration to extrapolate. The fourth book, Melpomene, describes "Women incestuous, adulteresses, and such as have come by strange deaths"; Terpsichore, the fifth book, is about "Amazons, and other women famous either for valour or beautie"; Urania, the eighth book, is concerned with poetesses and witches; and the final chapter, Calliope, shows the punishments given to the "vitious" and the rewards reaped by the virtuous. A2-6, B-Z6, Aa-Rr6 (first and last leaf are blank & lacking in this copy). http://estc.bl.uk/S119701 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Balcanquhall, Walter (1586?-1645) A Large Declaration Concerning the Late Tumults in Scotland. London: by Robert Young, His Majesties Printer for Scotland, 1639. First edition, small folio, fine engraved portrait of Charles I bound opposite title, very good contemporary binding, lightly speckled calf ruled in blind, with contemporary morocco label, unsophisticated, with some contemporary marginal notes, 10 3/4 x 7 in. [pi]2, B-Z4, Aa-Dd4, Ee6, Fff-Zz4, Aaa-Ggg4, Hhh6. http://estc.bl.uk/S116832 Estimate $1,500-2,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Hobbes, Thomas (1588-1679) Philosophicall Rudiments Concerning Government and Society. London: Printed for J.G. for R. Royston, 1651. First English edition of De Cive, 12mo, extra engraved title, and three additional full-page engravings, bound in very good later calf, period style, contents good, 5 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. De Cive, which anticipates Hobbes's Leviathan, was originally written in Latin and published in Paris in 1642; it is organized into three sections: Liberty, Dominion, and Religion. Hobbes proceeds from man's natural condition and natural laws, asserts the need for order and a stable government, and then explores the social importance of religion. A12, B8, [S4], C-R12, S3, (per ESTC, the leaf printed as S4, an index of chapters, is bound between B8 and C1). http://estc.bl.uk/R202404 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Hooper, John (d. 1555) Certeine Comfortable Expositions of the Constant Martyr of Christ, M. Iohn Hooper. London: Printed by Henrie Middleton, 1580. First edition, quarto, title printed within typographical ornament border, text in black letter. [Bound with] John Knewstub's (1544-1624) The Lectures of John Knewstub, upon the Twentith [sic] Chapter of Exodus, and Certeine Other Places of Scripture, London: Imprinted for Thomas Woodcocke, 1579, third edition, rare, two U.S. copies, both at Folger, title within arch-topped woodcut compartment, the two bound in contemporary calf boards with large gilt lozenge on both boards, original silk ties lost, cut marks to front board, rebacked, new endleaves, 7 1/4 x 5 in. Bishop Hooper was executed for heresy and burned at the stake by Queen Mary I for his radical Protestant views in Gloucester on February 9, 1555. Knewstub was an English clergyman and a participant in the Hampton Court Conference of 1604, representing the Puritan perspective. Hooper: [para]4, B-Q8, R2. http://estc.bl.uk/S104196 Knewstub: A-V8, X2. http://estc.bl.uk/S106831 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Hurault, Michel (d. 1592) A Discourse upon the Present State of France. [London: J. Wolfe], 1588. Variant of the first edition dissimilar to the three described in ESTC in minor details but most closely resembles the 98-page version STC 14003, the third line of the title is in roman type, and the imprint reads, "Imprinted at London"; quarto, large woodcut printer's device on title, bound in modern half leather, buckram boards, Bradford City Libraries stamp inside front board, some toning to gutters, 7 x 5 1/4 in. A2-4 (lacking A1, blank except for signature mark), B-M4, N1 (lacking N2 final ?blank). 98 pages. http://estc.bl.uk/S104313 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Jewel, John (1522-1571) A Viewe of a Seditious Bul Sent into Englande, from Pius Quintus Bishop of Rome, Anno. 1569. London: Printed by R. Newberie, & H. Bynneman, 1582. First edition, octavo, large woodcut device on title, text in black and roman letter, woodcut head-pieces and initials; editor's introduction signed "Io: Garbrand"; finely bound in full speckled calfskin, inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., ex libris George Goyder with his bookplate and penciled signature, 6 x 3 3/4 in. The papal bull, Regnans in Excelsis was issued on 25 February 1570 by Pope Pius V and stated that "Elizabeth, the pretended Queen of England and the servant of crime," was a heretic, and that her subjects were justly released from holding any allegiance to her, even when they had "sworn oaths to her." Further, the Queen was excommunicated from the Catholic church, along with anyone who obeyed her orders. A3 (lacking A1, blank except for signature-mark), B-M8. 175 pages. http://estc.bl.uk/S2759 Estimate $2,500-3,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

John Chrysostom, Saint (d. 407); trans. Evelyn, John (1620-1706) The Golden Book of St. John Chrysostom, Concerning the Education of Children. London: Printed by D[avid] M[axwell] for G[abriel] Bedel and T[homas] Collins, at the Middle Temple gate in Fleet-street, 1659. First edition, first issue, one of two variants with the same date but slightly different imprints listed in ESTC, all are rare, seven U.S. copies total for both variants; title page printed in red and black; translated into English by John Evelyn (1620-1706), bound in full crushed red morocco by Elizabeth Greenhill, blank corner of four leaves torn away, not affecting page numbers or text, 5 3/4 x 3 in. Evelyn translated this work in the months following the death of his five-year-old son, Richard. The dedication, addressed by Evelyn to his brothers, is an extended tribute to his deceased son. In it he describes Richard's learning, piety, character, personality, and disposition. "But my tears mingle so fast with my inke, that I must breake off here, and be silent." A3-12 (lacking two preliminary blanks: A1 & A2), a12 (a12 blank & present), B-E12. http://estc.bl.uk/R10323 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Jonstonus, Joannes (1603-1675) The Idea of Practical Physick in Twelve Books. London: Printed by Peter Cole, Printer and Book=seller, at the Sign of the Printing=Press in Cornhil, near the Royal Exchange, 1657. First edition, folio, rare, four U.S. copies listed in ESTC, bound in later half, extensive notes (some contemporary) on free endleaves at back, bound in modern half leather, rubbed, 11 x 7 in. [pi]1, B2, C3, **2, ***2, C2-4, D-E4, F3, r-z4, aa-cc4, dd1, C-E2, F-Z4, Aa-Kk4, Ll2. http://estc.bl.uk/R8913 Estimate $1,000-1,500 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

MENABREA, LUIGI FEDERICO (1809-1896) "Sketch of The Analytical Engine Invented by Charles Babage Esq. by L F Menabrea of Turin Officer of The Military Engineers", with notes by the Translator (Lady Lovelace) extracted from the scientific memoirs Vol III, published Richard and John E Taylor, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street, London 1843, tooled and gilded burgundy leather bound, with hand-written notes to front page and hand-written inscription after notes by the translator to the frontispiece "Lady Lovelace" (bears old typed note "The Notes on the Fly Leaf of this Vol are undoubtedly by Wm King the co-operator (1786-1865) who was a great friend and adviser of Lady Lovelace. His periodical "Co-Operator" was published by Sickelmore of Brighton and this volume was bound by Manderson of Brighton. Lady Lovelace was daughter of Byron. She trans the notes in this vol." - This is the first separate edition of arguably the most important paper in the history of digital computing before modern times, extremely rare piece, possibly one of six copies including two at Harvard CONDITION REPORTS Cover: with tooled and gilded "LOVELACE". Appears basically sound, though with some scuff marks - see image to front and back. Typed note to interior, loose and with rough edges. Pencil note to first blank page "PJ/- 35/-", hand-written inscription opposite, obviously written by the same hand but at different times. Reading notes: they refer to Ada Lovelace, lineage, birth etc and note at bottom "Babage said of this translation and notes that nothing but genius could have done it". Blank pages and frontispiece with some small areas of browning/staining. Frontispiece with hand-written inscription "Lady Lovelace" below "with notes by the translator". Next page no 666, last numbered page 731. Page 711 being a diagram belonging to Note D and the fold-out "Diagram for the Computation by the engine of the numbers of Bernoulli", with two folds to the rear followed by a single blank page and the end page. The diagram with rough edges to the far right hand side. Most pages, whilst slightly browned and with some minor scuffing, all extant from page 720 - page 731 - some brown spotting to the lower corners - see images for further detail. Items of particular interest: markings to the margin on page 694 by the second paragraph "The analytical engine is an ......." and page 695 four various markings to the third paragraph down. Page 696 line highlighting by the second paragaph down - see images of all pages, covers and edges with this condition report. For any further information please contact the Auctioneers

PATRICK R CHALMERS "A Dozen Dogs or so" with 12 colour plates by CECIL ALDIN, first edition, published Eyre & Spottiswoode Limited London and Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1928, limited edition No'd. 59/250, signed by the author and illustrator, tooled and gilded cloth board bound with velum spine, together with plain white dust jacket and bearing sheet to interior "The Original Drawings of Cecil Aldin illustrating "A Dozen Dogs or so" will be exhibited during December 1928 at The Sporting Gallery 32 King Street Covent Garden London"

China.- Fugl-Meyer (H.) Chinese Bridges, first edition, plates and illustrations, folding map, original cloth, 8vo, 1937.⁂ A charming, scarce work, the author, a Danish engineer, was formerly in charge of the Construction Department, Whangpoo Conservancy Board, Shanghai.

India.- Fullarton (William) A View of the English Interests in India, first edition, engraved folding plate, occasional spotting, small marginal loss to C8m bookplate, contemporary half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1787.

New Zealand.- Barraud (Charles Decimus) and W.T.L.Travers. New Zealand: Graphic and Descriptive, first edition, additional lithographed decorative title with mounted oval chromolithographed vignette, list of subscribers, map, 24 mounted chromolithographed plates after Barraud, 6 plates of tinted lithographs, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional marginal spotting or staining, inner margin of final plate torn and repaired, text with light offsetting from plates and a few marginal chips or tears, dedication becoming loose, original half morocco over pictorial gilt cloth, rubbed, folio, 1877.⁂ Including scenes of Wellington, Auckland, Tarawera Lake, the geothermal terraces of Rotomahana, and Mount Cook.

Polar.- Jackson (Frederick G.) A Thousand Days in the Arctic, 2 vol., first edition, 5 folding maps (a few minor repairs to verso), plates, some folding, illustrations, light scattered spotting, bookplate to pastedowns, minor bumping to spine ends and corners, otherwise excellent, uncut, 1899; and a copy of Christensen's Last Expedition to the Antarctic, large 8vo (3)

England.- Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, bookseller's note tipped-in to front pastedown, ink inscription to title, browning and spotting, occasional tiny rust-holes, small marginal tear (2E4), later calf, gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing F2440, Pforzheimer 391], folio, J.G.W.L. and W.G., 1662.

Clare (John) The Village Minstrel, and Other Poems, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait frontis. by E. Scriven after W. Hilton, offsetting to title, bookplate, contemporary straight-grain brown morocco, gilt, spines chipped at foot, light rubbing to extremities, 8vo, 1821.

London.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views on the River Thames, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional sepia aquatint titles and 52 plates, 2 maps, occasional off-setting, signatures to title heads (obscured with paper labels), ink inscription to blank prelim (vol. 2), short marginal tear (vol. 1), bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, old rebacking in blue morocco with red labels, gilt, a little rubbed and worn, [Abbey, Scenery 430], 1792 § Pennant (Thomas) Some Account of London, folding engraved map, 13 only (of 14) plates, 2 folding, occasional off-setting and marginal finger-soiling, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and soiled, 1805; and another, London, 8vo & 4to (4)

Scotland.- Johnson (Samuel) A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, J. Pope, 1775 § Robertson (William) The History of Scotland. During the Reigns of Queen Mary and King James VI., 2 vol., second edition, occasional spotting and browning, 2 pp. advertisements bound at end (vol. 1), marginal loss to I3 (vol. 2) not affecting text, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and worn, 1759; and another, Scotland, v.s. (4)⁂ The first is an unauthorized reprint, published the same year as the first edition.

[Hazlitt (William)] Liber Amoris; Or, The New Pygmalion, first edition, engraved vignette title, ink inscription, bookplate, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1823 § Rattray (Robert Haldane) The Exile: a Poem, third edition, half-title, original boards, spine a little chipped and browned, 1826 § Hood (Thomas) The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, half-title, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary half morocco, gilt, splitting to head of upper joint, a little rubbed, 1827; and 5 others, nineteenth century poetry, 8vo (8)

[Keble (John)] The Christian Year, 2 vol., first edition, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, half-titles, bookplate of Bradley Martin, original non-uniform boards, neatly rebacked, rubbed, preserved in custom red morocco pull-top box, Oxford, 1827 § Small (Rev. James G.) The Highlands, the Scottish Martyrs, and Other Poems, first edition, presentation inscription 'from the author' to front free endpaper, engraved frontispiece, original cloth, spine slightly faded, Edinburgh, 1843 § The Loyal Lovers Garland, woodcut illustration, edges chipped and frayed with loss to first word of final p., repairs, later boards, [?Newcastle, ?1770]; and 7 others, poetry, 8vo (11)

Hawker (Rev. Robert Stephen) Ecclesia: a Volume of Poems, first edition, scattered spotting, a wide-margined copy, bookplate and ink ownership inscription, original boards, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Oxford, 1840.⁂ A rare collection of poems from the eccentric preacher-poet. Hawker's alleged eccentricities included dressing up as a mermaid and excommunicating his cat for mousing on Sundays.

Patmore (Coventry) The Angel in the House. The Espousals, first edition, A.L.s. from the author to Edmund Gosse regarding illustrations by his daughter Bertha loosely inserted, 16pp. advertisements, some occasional light spotting, bookplate of Gosse to pastedown, hinges weak, original ribbed cloth, spine detached and mostly lacking, rubbed and marked, 1856; The Angel in the House, second edition, signed presentation inscription "from the author". to Henry Acland on title, A.L.s. from the author sending the new edition of Angel in the House and mentioning the painting in the Union Room at Oxford laid down on pastedown, bookplate of Lewis Kennedy Morse, original cloth, spine faded, spine ends and corners bumped, 1858; 8vo (2)⁂ For the second, Henry Acland (1815-1900), English physician and educator. Patmore had recently visited the Union Room at Oxford which had been painted by Rossetti, William Morris and others, a project encouraged by Acland.

NO RESERVE Miller (James) Are These Things So?, second edition, half-title, contemporary ink annotations, disbound, 1740.⁂ A satire on Prime Minister Robert Walpole, this edition includes the twenty lines of verse at the end which were omitted from the first edition.

Emblemata.- Cats (Jacob) Houwelyck. Dat is De gansche gelegentheyt des Echten staets, first edition, 6 parts plus Appendix in 1, 2 engraved titles and 37 large illustrations in text after designs by Adrianen Pietersz van de Venne, contemporary blind-stamped Dutch vellum, rebacked, a little soiled, [De Jonge van Ellemeet, Museum Catsianum 113. Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish, XXXV, p. 79-90, no. 170-191. Franken, Adriaen van de Venne, p. 106, no. IV], Middleburgh, Jan Pieters vande Venne, 1625.⁂ First edition of Father Cats' illustrated handbook of Marriage, a key illustrated book produced during the Dutch Golden Age. The designs by Adrianen Pietersz van de Venne (1589-1662), official court painter to the Prince of Orange, were engraved by T. Matham, A. Matham, P. Serwouters, P. de Jode, J. Verstraelen and D. van Bremden. Houwelyck is divided into the six divisions of a woman's life, namely; a virgin, sweetheart, bride, woman, mother, and widow, each stage evocatively captured in van de Venne's poignant engravings. Provenance: Robert Hoe (ex-libris); W.R.H. Jeudwine (ex-libris); Pierre Berès, his sale Pierre Berge, 18 December 2007.

Smart (Christopher).- Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis de reditu serenissimi regis Georgii II [and] Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis auspicatissimas Georgii III, 2 vol., engraved title vignettes, some very minor damps-staining to extreme head of a few ff., but a clean, wide-margined copy generally, contemporary calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, Cambridge, J. Bentham, 1748-61; Poems on Several Occasions, first edition, engraved frontispiece and plate, list of subscribers, minor spotting, bookplates of Thomas Merriman and Graham Pollard, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, skilfully rebacked, rubbed, for the Author, 1752; folio & 4to (3) ⁂ The first is a two volume miscellany of congratulatory poems addressed to George II & III including the first edition of Smart's first separate publication his Carmen CL. Alexandri Pope In S Caecilium (a rendering of Pope's Ode to St Cecilia) and other poems by Cambridge professors, students and fellows.

NO RESERVE Italy.- Panni (Anton-Maria) Distinto Rapporto delle Dipinture, che trovansi nelle Chiese della Città, e Sobborghi di Cremona, first edition, ink inscription to front pastedown, tiny worm damage to endpapers and final 3 leaves, 1 signature becoming loose, original buff boards, manuscript paper label, [Schlosser-Magnino 552, Lozzi 1400, Cicognara 4190], small 8vo, Cremona, 1762.⁂ The ultimate artistic guide to the city of Cremona, with Panni concentrating on interior decoration more than any other feature.

Milton (John).- [Lauder (William)] An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns, in his Paradise Lost, first edition, autograph note dated 1838 to front free endpaper, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, for J. Payne, 1750 § [Blackburne (Francis)]. Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To Which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, rubbed, 1780 § Hayley (William The Life of Milton, second edition, ink ownership inscription, original boards, rubbed and worn, spine repaired, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1796; and another, Milton, with autograph additions by Edward Malone, v.s. (4)

Bacon (Roger) The Cure of Old Age and Preservation of Youth... Also A Physical Account of the Tree of Life by Edw. Madeira Arrais, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, lacks final advertisement leaf, neat ink inscription to title, ink ownership stamp and blind ex-library stamp at tail of title, later panelled calf, rubbed, corner torn away from upper cover, rebacked, [Wing B372], 8vo, for Tho, Fletcher and Edward Evets, 1683.⁂ A translation of De retardatione accidentium senectutis.

NO RESERVE Aphorisms, Epigrams and Maxims.- Graves (Richard, compiler) The Festoon: A Collection of Epigrams, Ancient and Modern, first edition, engraved vignette title, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed but an attractive copy, Robinson and Roberts, 1766 § "Titus". Caps Well Fit: or, select epigrams. Serious and comic, contemporary half roan, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, recornered, Newcastle, T.Angus, 1785 § A Collection of Epigrams, second edition, ink inscriptions to endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked, J.Walthoe, 1735, book labels; and the second edition of the first mentioned, 8vo & 12mo (4)

Ireland.- Swift (Jonathan) Fraud Detected: or, the Hibernian Patriot, first collected edition, woodcut ornaments, small hole in Z3 with slight loss of a couple of letters, several ink library stamps, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Teerink Scouten 21; Rothschild 2094], 8vo, Dublin, Re-printed and Sold by George Faulkner, 1725.⁂ This issue with sig. Dd corrected (catchword on p.213 below the ornament; p.216 line 17 with comma after "King").

Johnson (Samuel).- Piozzi (Hester Lynch) Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, first edition, half-title, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked, [Rothschild 1561], for T. Cadell, 1786 § Boswell (James) Dr. Johnson's Table Talk: Containing Aphorisms on Literature, Life, and Manners; With Anecdotes of Distinguished Persons, scattered spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt crest to upper cover, light repairs to spine, for C.Dilly, 1798, 8vo (2)

Ireland.- Russell (Thomas) A Letter to the People of Ireland, in the Present Situation of the Country, first edition, slightly browned, original wrappers, ink signatures and doodling on upper wrapper, modern slip-case, 8vo, Belfast, Printed at the Northern Star Office, 1796.

Weston (Robert Harcourt) Letters and Important Documents Relative to the Edystone Lighthouse, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates (off-setting), occasional faint spotting and finger-soiling, ex-library with occasional marginal ink-stamps, 4pp. publisher's advertisements bound at end, modern cloth backed boards, faint browning to edges, 4to, 1811.

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces and numerous wood engraved vignettes by George Cattermole & Hablot K. Browne, vol.3 L6 with loss to top corner touching text, occasional scattered spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked preserving original backstrip, corners neatly strengthened and repaired, large 8vo, 1840-41.

Ireland.- Connellan (Owen) The Annals of Ireland, Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters, first edition, colour lithographed title, some very slight foxing, bookplate of Henry George White on front pastedown, contemporary green calf, gilt, gilt panelled spine, 2 morocco labels on spine, g.e., 1846; and 11 others, Ireland, including 7 vol., second edition of first mentioned, 4to (12).

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, first English edition, scattered faint spotting, bookseller's catalogue clippings tipped-in, original cloth backed boards, owner's faded ink signature to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1890 § Blavatsky (H. P.) The Secret Doctrine: the Synthesis of Science, Religion and Philosophy. 6 vol., portrait frontispiece, original cloth, faded spines, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Adyar, 1938; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (10)

Beekeeping.- Herrod-Hempsall (William) Bee-Keeping New and Old Described with Pen and Camera, 2 vol., vol. 2 signed and dated by the author, frontispiece, illustrations, cracked hinges, hinges strengthened (vol. 1), new endpapers (vol. 2), bookplate (vol. 1), original decorative cloth, vol. 2 rebacked, a little rubbed, 1930-37 § Cowan (Thomas W. editor) The Bee-Keepers' Record. Vol. 28-32, 5 vol., illustrations, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1910-1914 § Françon (Julien) The Mind of the Bees, original cloth, dustjacket, price-clipped, slight chipping to extremities, 1947 § Crane (E. E.) Dictionary of Beekeeping Terms, ink signature inside upper cover, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1951 § Rowe (H. G.) Starting Right with Bees, first edition, illustrations, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Medina, The A. I. Root Company, 1922; and a quantity of others on beekeeping, v.s. (qty)

[Bunbury (Henry William)] "Geoffrey Gambado" An Academy for Grown Horsemen, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 11 plates, title foot strengthened, occasional faint spotting, later half calf, 1787 § Answer to Three Scurrilous Pamphlets, Entitled The Jockey Club, advertisement pasted to title verso, occasional spotting, contemporary marbled boards with modern antique style spine, a little rubbed, [1792]; and another, similar, 4to & 8vo (3)

Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, second issue with plates numbered in Roman, 7 heliotype plates, 4pp. advertisements at end, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional foxing, original cloth, extremities slightly rubbed and slight cockling, hinges broken, [Freeman 1141], 8vo, 1872.⁂ Last signatures 2B2 and 2C3 with 2B1 and 2C1 signed.

NO RESERVE Falkener (Edward) Games Ancient And Oriental And How To Play Them, first edition, mounted photographic portrait and plates (some a little faded), some other colour plates, illustrations and diagrams, contemporary blue calf, gilt, g.e., 8vo, 1892.

Spallanzani (Lazzaro) Opuscoli di Física Animale e Vegetabile, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, 6 folding engraved plates, errata f. at end of vol.1, preliminaries water-stained, some spotting and staining elsewhere, later marbled wrappers, [GM 102; Heirs 984; Norman 1981; Prandi p. 36], 8vo, Modena, la Società Tipográfica, 1776.

Abernethy (John) Surgical Observations on Diseases Resembling Syphilis; and on Diseases of the Urethra., first edition, half-title, occasional light foxing or browning, later cloth, 8vo, 1810.⁂ The rare first edition, we can trace no other copy at auction.

Astronomy.- Secchi (Angelo) Le soleil. Exposé des principales découvertes modernes sur la structure de cet astre, son influence dans l'univers et ses relations avec les autres corps célestes, first edition, 3 folding plates, of which 2 colour, diagrams and illustrations within text, some spotting or foxing, original printed wrappers bound in (mounted on large stubs), modern red half calf, gilt spine in compartments, 8vo, Paris, 1870.

Cheyne (George) The English Malady: or, A treatise of nervous diseases of all kinds; as spleen, vapours, lowness of spirits, hypochondriacal, and hysterical distempers, first edition, 3 parts in 1 vol., 6pp. advertisements, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, 8vo, G.Strahan, 1733.

Gesner (Konrad) Tesauro di Evonomo Filatro de Rimedii Secreti. Lib. Fisico et Mediicinale et in Parte Chimico et Economico, cerca'l preparare I rimedii, translated into Italian by M. Petro Lauro, collation: A-X8, large woodcut printer's device to title, woodcuts within text, early ink notes to endpapers, a few ff. with margins repaired, colophon erased with ink, some staining and spotting, contemporary vellum, little worming to spine, [cf. Ferguson I, 315; Thorndike V, 620; Wellcome I, 2790], 8vo, (149 x 101mm.), Venice, 1556.⁂ The rare first Italian edition of this compendium of medical, chemical and herbal knowledge. Literature: Durling 2085; Wellcome I, 2790.; EDIT 216 CNCE 29653.

Robinson (Nicholas) A New System of the Spleen, Vapours, and Hypochondriack Melancholy, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, title in red and black, contemporary ink ownership inscription 'Rd. Collier, Chyrurgus' to pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, an very good copy, 8vo, A. Bettesworth, 1729.

Cycling Interest - Two signed limited edition prints, the first Tommy Simpson on Mount Ventoux 1967 Tour De France 13th Stage, 'Put Me Back On My Bike', signed Jeremy Mallard, 84/450 with blind stamp, 28.5cm x 20.5cm, together with Pat Cleary, Claudio Chiappucci Tour De France 1992 13th Stage, 70/750, 33cm x 54cm Condition:

A first edition copy of Luciani Samosatensis (Lucian of Samosta) Opera, 3 volumes plus index, 1743, text in Greek and Latin, title page in black and red, vol 1 with engraved frontispiece. Published by Jacobi Weststenii, Amsterdam (4)

BRUNNEMANN (Johann), 'Commentarius in quinquaginta libros Pandectarum', 1752, ed. Samuel Stryk, published by Sumptibus Fratrum de Tournes, first edition

17th century collection of the works of Ovid, in three volumes, including 'Metamorphoses' and 'Fausti'. First edition, published by Hackiana, Lugdini, 1670 (3)

A first edition copy of Alonso Carranza's 'El aiustamie[n]to i proporcion de las monedas de oro, plata, i cobre', Folio, with 19th century continental marbled half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with unidentified monograms and red morocco labelPublished by Francisco Martinez, 1629

A number of 18th century books, including a first edition copy of vol. 1 of 'The Works of Alexander Pope' (1751), 'Miscellanies' (1736), 'Arabian Nights Entertainment's' part III (1751), Henry a Daventer's 'The Art of Midwifery' (1728), Eliza Smith's 'The Compleat Housewife' and other modern titles, including a first edition of 'The Ape I knew' by George W. (Slim) Lewis, 1961, dw (qty)

Moorcroft, limited edition, red and yellow flowers on green ground, first quality

Patrick 'O' Brian, sixteen hardback novels and five paperbacks, some first editions and ex library editions, 'The Far Side Of The World', library first edition, 'Fortune of War', first edition, 'Mauritius Command', first edition, 'The Surgeons Mate' first edition

Bennett, Charles H. and Robert B. Brough. 'Shadow and Substance', first edition, London: W. Kent & Co., 1860. Illustrated throughout with hand-coloured engraved plates. Octavo red leather binding with raised bands, gilt morocco title labels, all page edges gilt, marbled endpapers.

Harry Potter 'Order of The Phoenix', First Edition together with one book