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Voyages.- Ramusio (Giovanni Battista) Delle Navigationi et Viaggi, 3 vol., collation: vol.1. a4, b-d8, e10, a-v8, x10, y-z, aa-zz, aaa-bbb8, ccc10 ; vol.2. 1-26, 34, 46, 54, A-Z, AA-II8, A-X4, Y6 ; vol.3. *6, B-D8, E-F6, A-Z, Aa-Vv8, Xx4, Yy-Zz, Aaa-Eee8, Fff10, mixed edition (as usual), titles with woodcut printer's device (also on final leaf of vol.2 & 3), vol.1 with final blank, 3 double-page engraved maps of Africa, India and Indochina (bound so that superimposed when open) in vol.1, 7 folding and 2 full-page woodcut maps in vol.3, woodcut initials and text-illustrations of indigenous people, fauna, flora etc. of , some full-page, some foxing and browning, mostly light but more severe to a few leaves, one or two minor marginal defects (paper flaw hole to c6 in vol.1, slight worming to lower outer corner at beginning of vol.2, Mm3 in vol.3 lacking small portion to outer margin), later vellum with traces of ties, rubbed and slightly stained, rebacked and recornered in vellum, calf labels, a good copy, [vol.3 Adams R139], folio, Venice, Giunti, 1613-1583-1606.⁂ One of the most important collections of early voyages and travels.The first volume is mainly concerned with Africa and southern Asia, the second with Central Asia, Russia, and the Northern Seas, while the third volume is entirely devoted to America, and includes accounts of Peter Martyr, Oviedo, Cortes, Cabeza de Vaca, Guzman, Ulloa, Coronado, Fray Marcos di Niza, Xerez, Verrazano and Cartier. The double-page maps are of Cuzco in Peru, La Nuova Francia (Newfoundland, second separate map of Northeast America), Brazil, Sumatra (first map of any island in S.E.Asia), Parte de Lafrica, La Terra Hochelaga nella Nova Francia (Montreal, earliest printed plan of a settlement in North America) and Universale della Nuovamente Parte del Mondo Ritrovata (world map of the Western Hemisphere, one of the most complete of its time). There are also full-page maps of Isola Spagnuola (Hispaniola) and the city of Temistitan in Mexico.

Architecture.- Over (Charles) Ornamental Architecture in the Gothic, Chinese and Modern Taste, first edition, 54 engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Harris 606; Berlin Kat. 3417], 8vo, for Robert Sayer, 1758.⁂ Eileen Harris writes: "The majority of Over's designs for garden ornaments may be variations upon Halfpenny's works, but there may be a few novelties that merit attention. His 'Umbrella seat in the Indian manner' is, according to Eleanor von Erdberg, the first use of the umbrella as a functional structure."

Architecture.- Scamozzi (Vincenzo) L'Idea della Architettura Universale, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved titles, illustrations, woodcut head and tail-pieces, bookplate, blind-stamp to title and label to title verso, lacking Registro leaf, contemporary calf, gilt, morocco spine label, a little rubbed, housed in a protective slipcase,[Fowler 292, Cicognara 651, Millard Italian 123], folio, Venice, Giorgio Valentino, 1615.⁂ This was called the "bulkiest architectural treatise written in Italy" (Wittkower) and next to the Quattro Libri of his teacher Palladio, it was the most influential architectural work of the early seventeenth century. Provenance: Bookplate of Nicholas Joseph Foucault (1643-1721), first Marquis de Magny, archaeologist, and royal administrator in the reign of Louis XIV. His library was in part dispersed before his death, several copies acquired by the Earls of Macclesfield. With Foucault's large engraved ex-libris to the front pastedown, and the Earls of Macclesfield's blind-stamp and South Library Macclesfield bookplate to title and title verso. Sold as part of the Macclesfield Library, Sotheby's, October 25, 2005.

Archaeology.- Evans (Sir Arthur John) The Palace of Minos: A comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustrated by the discoveries at Knossos, 4 vol. in 6, plus Index, together 7 vol., first edition, numerous plates (some colour), illustrations and folding maps and plans, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, 8vo, 1921-36.⁂ A superb set of this monumental archaeological work. From the library of Desmond Morris, with his bookplate.

Table of Isis.- Pignoria (Lorenzo) Mensa Isiaca, 3 parts in 1, third edition, additional engraved allegorical title by A. Blotelingh, title to each part with engraved vignette, 11 engraved plates, of which 10 large and folding, numerous engraved illustrations in text, of which 8 full-page, woodcut initials and decorations, occasional light foxing, bookplate of Edward Winnington, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco spine label, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 1312], 4to, Amsterdam, Andreas Frisius, 1669. ⁂ Third edition of this important treatise on the Table of Isis by the Padovan scholar and antiquary Lorenzo Pignoria (1571-1631). The Table of Isis or Mensa Isiaca, a very large bronze tablet covered in a dark varnish or enamel and worked in silver with hieroglyphs and figures of Isis, Osiris, Thoth, Apis and other Egyptian deities, is said to have first come to light during the sack of Rome in 1527. Known as the Bembine table after its first owner, the humanist scholar Pietro Bembo, the table was an object of fascination to Renaissance scholars, and was later studied by Kircher, Montfaucon, Jablonski, and Caylus. Today it resides in the Museo Egizio in Turin. Pignoria's description, first published in 1605, was the first detailed printed account of the Table. In his description Pignoria compared the table to other known archeological objects, particularly Egyptian amulets and engraved gems. Unlike some of his contemporaries, who saw the table as a mystical relic from the dawn of creation, Pignoria concluded that the table was a Roman work of the Augustan period. The large folding plates of this edition were engraved by the Venetian engraver and publisher Giacomo Franco in 1600 to replicate the various parts of the Table, and were included, variously assembled and folded, in a handful of copies of the first edition, published by Franco in 1605. The full-page engravings in this edition reproduce the exceedingly rare woodcut illustrations from the first edition.

Acupuncture.- Shuan (Kuto) (Ichihara) Meido Dojinkei Zu, 3 vol., first edition, 3 large folding woodcut anatomical diagrams with woodcut text, original paper wrappers, Japanese paper title-labels, a little rubbed, together in a blue Japanese folding case, Tokyo, Suharaya Mohei, 1840.⁂ A late-Edo medical work that focuses on the traditional arts of acupuncture and moxibustion. Moxibustion is a traditional Chinese therapy believed to originate in Mongolia, it combines acupuncture and the herb mugwort. Provenance: Jean Blondelet, collector of Chinese and Japanese medical texts, his sale Tajan, 23 October 2001.

Voyages.- Rogers (Capt. Woodes) A Cruising Voyage Round the World: first to the South-Sea, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope, second edition, 5 folding engraved maps, contemporary ink signature of Sam. Rouse at head of title, lightly soiled and stained, small tear to upper outer corner of U3, maps trimmed close and with a few short tears to folds, bookplate of Jorge Skinner-Klée, contemporary tree calf, gilt, red roan label, rubbed, corners a little worn, head of spine chipped, [Sabin 72754], 8vo, for Andrew Bell...and Bernard Lintot, 1718.⁂ Famous account of privateering in the South Seas. Rogers set sail from Bristol with William Dampier as his pilot and travelled along the coasts of Chile and Peru seeking out Spanish prizes. He landed on the Juan Fernandez Islands in order to shelter from a severe storm and there rescued the marooned Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe.

Comparative Morphology.- Tyson (Edward) Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris; or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 8 folding engraved plates, all with tears, the first with small piece cut away, some foxing, final advertisement leaf present but lacking initial imprimatur leaf, modern full crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, [Wing T3598; PMM 169; Garrison & Morton 153 and 300; Osler 4138; Waller 9727], 4to, for Thomas Bennet and Daniel Brown, 1699.⁂ "The first really important work on comparative morphology....Tyson compared the anatomy of man and monkeys and between the two he placed the chimpanzee, which he regarded as the typical pygmy. This was the origin of the idea of a 'missing link' in the ascent of man from the apes" (Garrison and Morton).Provenance: ? Dering (1736), Edward Morgan, Frederick Edward Wood (ink inscriptions to title, the first and dated crossed out); Desmond Morris (bookplate).

Owen (Richard) Monograph of the Aye-Aye, first edition, presentation copy inscribed by the author on front free endpaper, 14 lithograph plates, some folding, some foxing, original cloth, spine faded and torn at ends and to joints, [Nissen, ZBI 3040], 4to, 1863.⁂ Inscription reads "His Grace the Duke of Argyll, from his friend, the author."

World.- Teixeira (Pedro) The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to the Low Countries by Land; with a short Account of a Voyage from India to Spain, by way of the Philippine Islands and the Kingdom of Mexico, first edition in English, general title to collection of works (often lacking), drop-head title 'The Travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by Land', wide margins, main title with contemporary ink signature & reference no. at head and very lightly soiled, later half calf, worn patch near foot of spine, cloth boards damp-stained, 4to, for J.Knapton...A.Bell [& others], March 1710.⁂ Part 5 (of 7) of A View of the Universe: or, A New Collection of Voyages and Travels into all Parts of the Worlds published monthly from 1708 to 1710 and reissued as a 2 volume set in 1711 edited by John Stevens. Complete sets of the monthly parts are very rare but individual parts are also scarce and often lack the general or monthly part title.Pedro Teixeira (d.1641) was a Portuguese explorer who was the first European to travel the full length of the Amazon River in 1637 but this narrative is of an earlier journey through the Middle East. Although it finishes with his arrival in Venice he then continued to Antwerp where he wrote this account, explaining the contrary destinations given on the general and drop-head titles.

Botany.- Piccioli (Antonio) L'Antotrofia ossia la Coltivazione de'Fiori, 2 vol., first edition, 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates, occasional faint spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary Italian half morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, [Stafleu 7884; Plesch p361], 8vo, Florence, 1834.⁂ Antonio Piccioli (1794-1842) was gardener of Casa Panciatichi; he succeeded his father Giuseppe as gardener to the Museum of Natural History in Florence. This publication secured his reputation.

Botany.- Sweet (Robert) Cistineae. The Natural Order of Cistus, or Rock-Rose..., first edition, 112 hand-coloured engraved plates by S. Watts and Weddell after Mrs. Brown and J., M. & W. Hart, with the addition of 4 extra plates at end from another work, title slightly foxed, browned, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, [Great Flower Books p.141; Nissen BBI 1922], 8vo, 1825-30.

Cider.- [Ellis (William)] The Compleat Cyderman: or, the present practice of raising plantations of the best Cyder Apple and Perry Pear-Trees, with the Improvement of their Excellent Juices...by Experienced Hands..., first edition, 5pp. advertisements at end, modern blue morocco, spine slightly faded, a good copy, [Henrey 566], 8vo, for R. Baldwin, 1754. ⁂ Scarce; ESTC lists only 4 copies in the UK and 6 in America.

Australia.- Vaux (James Hardy) Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux. Written by himself, edited Barron Field, 2 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, vol.1 title foxed, some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary half calf, vol.2 spine faded, both vol. with corners worn and rubbed, large 12mo, Printed by W. Clowes, 1819.⁂ First edition of this convict autobiography. The final 75 pages of the second volume contain Vaux's celebrated 'Vocabulary of the Flash Language', the first dictionary of underworld cant to emanate from Australia. Vaux was deported no fewer than three times; first as a pickpocket in 1801, then for desertion in 1810, and finally for larceny in the early 1830s. Literature: Ferguson 770.

Germany.- Metzger (John) An Historical Description of the Castle of Heidelberg and its Gardens, first English edition, folding aquatint frontispiece and 23 plates (3 folding), occasional spotting, original boards, engraved vignette label, a little rubbed, oblong 4to, Heidelberg, 1830.⁂ Metzger was the official gardener to the University of Heidelberg, and the author of numerous works on gardening, hence the special emphasis given to the gardens of Heidelberg Castle in this work. The Abbey copy (Travel I, 118) belongs to a later issue. Not in Berling Katalog or Millard.

Herbal.- Grete Herball (The), 111 leaves only, seemingly lacking 3 preliminary leaves and A1, 2, 5 & 6, B6, D4, H2, I4 & 5, K2 & 6, L1, M5&6, N1-6, O1, P4 & 6, Q1, 3 & 5, R2 & 4, S 1& 2, T2, U1, 2 & 5, X1 & 2, Aa2, 3 & 6, B1-6 and all after Cc3, first edition with 43 lines on C1v col.1 and S3r col.2, black letter, double column, numerous woodcut illustrations, one or two contemporary ink marginalia, trimmed at fore-edge with slight loss, a little soiled and stained, first leaf reinforced at lower margin, ex-library copy but unstamped, later morocco-backed marbled boards, some wear to morocco, [Henrey 168; Hunt 25; Nissen BBI 2296; STC13176], folio, [Southwark, P. Treveris], [1526]; sold not subject to return⁂ First edition of the first illustrated English herbal, sadly somewhat depleted but rare in any condition.

South East Asia.- De Bourges (Jacques) Relation du Voyage de Monseigneur l'Eveque de Beryte, Vicaire Apostolique du Royaume de la Cochinchine, par la Turquie, la Perse, les Indes..., first edition, folding engraved map, some marginal worming throughout, just slightly affecting border of map but no text, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and repaired, [Cordier, Bibliotheca Sinica 827; Chadenat 532], 8vo, Paris, Denys Bechet, 1666.⁂ A very good copy of this important early work on Thailand. "Jacques de Bourges produced the first published account of Siam by a Frenchman and preceded by twenty years the great mass of texts that appeared from the return of the first French embassy to Siam." (Michael Smithies, Jacques de Bourges (c.1630-1714) and Siam).

South East Asia.- Ferreira (Manuel) Noticias Summarias das perseguicoes da Missam de Cochinchina, principiada, & continuada pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesu, first edition, half-title, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, some leaves browned,small marginal ink stain to one leaf, 19th century Portuguese mottled calf, gilt spine with red morocco label, [Palau 194164; Cordier, Biblioteca Indosinica 1924], folio, Lisbon, Miguel Manescal, 1700.⁂ First edition of this extremely scarce work on the persecution and martyrdom of Christian missionaries in Cochinchina at the end of the 17th century. This volume is considered one of the most important European works on Cochinchina from that time period. Jesuit priest Manuel Ferreira arrived in Vietnam in 1694, after having served as a missionary elsewhere in the East Indies since 1658. Ferreira provides a description of the region, including history, local customs, geography, and vegetation, before going on to discuss the establishment of the Jesuit missions. Much of the text focuses on the persecution, imprisonment, and often brutal murders of Christian missionaries who refused to renounce their faith, reporting that men were beheaded while women were thrown to the elephants. The last copy we have been able to trace at auction appeared in 1933.Provenance: Prosepero Peragallo (historian, signature dated Lisbon 1875 on title).

World.- Mallet (Allain Manesson) Description de l'Univers, 5 vol., first edition in French, 5 additional engraved titles, 2 portraits, 677 maps and illustrations, a few double-page, a few marginal repairs, some minor soiling, contemporary calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed and repaired, 8vo, Paris, chez Denys Thierry, 1683.⁂ An excellent, complete, copy of this important atlas from the Grand Siecle. The copious illustrations and maps cover all parts of the known world, as well as the heavens. "Ouvrage recherché; il contient environ 680 curieuses planches, vues, plans, costumes, cartes, les différentes pêches, type de navires, portraits, etc. La partie Amérique renferme 65 planches: vue de Québec, les Hurons, isle de Terre-Neuve, Virginie, Floride, Mexique, Cuba, isle Caribes, vue de Carthagène, Cayenne, Fort-Louis, Brésil, vue de S.-Salvador, brésiliens, la Plata et pays des Patagons, Chili, Pérou, vue de Cusco, Callao, portrait de Atâbalipa, empereur du Pérou, royaume des Amazones, les Terres Australes, etc., etc." Chadenat.Reference: Chadenat, 123; Pastoureau, Les atlas français XVIe-XVIIe siècles, pp. 309-322.

Wood (William, bookseller) Catalogue of an Extensive and Valuable Collection of the Best Works on Natural History..., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, light spotting and offsetting, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, 1824; and another, larger, catalogue by the same of 1832 with 3 hand-coloured plates, 8vo (2)⁂ Two scarce catalogues by the author, zoologist and surgeon who set up as a bookseller and publisher in the Strand, concentrating in natural history.

Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinners's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, first edition, large folding engraved map of Ireland (with short tear to inner margin) and 288pp. of maps, engraved title dedication and page of explanation, list of subscribers at end (slightly water-stained), light offsetting, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, G. Nicol, London and W. Wilson, Dublin, 1778.

Aeronautics.- Lunardi (Vincenzo) An Account of the First Aërial Voyage in England, first edition, with author's signature of authentication on half-title (as usual), engraved portrait by Bartolozzi after Cosway and 2 folding plates, explanation of plates/advertisement leaf at end (small stain to latter), variant with "of my ascension" as final line of p.48, [Hodgson p.401], for the Author, 1784 bound with [Knox (John) A View of the British Empire, more especially Scotland; with some proposals for the improvement of that country, the extension of its Fisheries, and the relief of the people, first edition, small stain to title, for J.Walter [& others], 1784 and Emperor's Claims (The). Being a Description of the City of Antwerp and the River Schelde, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 7pp. advertisements at end, for John Stockdale, 1785, together (with another) 4 works in 1 vol., some light soiling, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, spine worn at head, joints split, 8vo⁂ Lunardi was an Italian diplomat who made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon, on 15 September 1784.

Lavoisier (Antoine Laurent) Essays Physical and Chemical, vol.1 [all published], first edition in English, 3 folding engraved plates, lacking final advertisement leaf, occasional light soiling or spotting, contemporary calf, red roan label, rubbed, spine with old label at foot and chipped at head, cracks to joints, 8vo, for Joseph Johnson, 1776.⁂ Study of gases or "elastic vapours", particularly "fixed air" (carbon dioxide), by the father of modern chemistry. The first part describes his predecessors' work and the second part concerns his own experiments.

Shakespeare.- Spenser (Edmund) and others. Colin Clouts Come home againe, first edition, collates A-H4 only (i.e. lacks final 2 gatherings with Roydon's Elegie and two epitaphs), title with woodcut device and within typographic border, typographic head- and tail-pieces, C1 reads "worthilie", title soiled, 19th century green morocco, gilt, by F. Bedford, g.e., [STC 23077; Pforzheimer 967], 4to, for William Ponsonbie, 1595.⁂ The missing leaves contain the poem entitled "An Elegie, or Friends passion for his Astrophill" which is usually attributed to Matthew Roydon, and two epitaphs, attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh - the dedicatee of the book, "a narrative satire on court life written immediately after Spenser's return to Kilcolman in 1591" (Pforzheimer). The lines on C2 "And there though last not least is Aetion,/ A gentler shepheard may no where be found:/Whose Muse full of high thoughts invention,/Doth like himselfe Heroically sound" are believed to refer to Shakespeare.

Americas.- Ellis (Henry) A Voyage to Hudson's-Bay, by the Dobbs Galley and California...for Discovering a North West Passage, first edition, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates, 5 folding, list of subscribers to the expedition, occasional light soiling, contemporary ink inscription of Thomas Fane to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rubbed, [Sabin 22312], 8vo, for H.Whitridge, 1748.⁂ Ellis was the surveyor on this voyage which proved, once and for all, that a North-West passage from Hudson's Bay did not exist. The work contains some of the earliest information on the customs of the Inuit.

Lust and Murder.- G[oodcole] (H[enry]) Heavens Speedie Hue and Cry sent after Lust and Murther. Manifested upon the suddaine apprehending of Thomas Shearwood, and Elizabeth Evans..., first edition, woodcut frontispiece and marginal illustration (repeated) on B4 verso and C2 recto, last few leaves browned, uncut and sewn as issued, [STC 12010], 4to, by N. and I. Okes, 1635.⁂ Excellent survival in original condition of this account of the murder in Islington of Thomas Claxton and Rowland Holt, and robbing of Michael Lowe by "Country Tom" and "Bess of Canberry".

Suckling (Sir John) A Letter sent...from France, deploring his sad Estate and flight, first edition, 8pp., woodcut device on title, typographic head-piece, modern buckram-backed boards, [Wing L1591], 1641.⁂ Scarce autobiographical verse tract. On the discovery of his complicity in the Army Plot, Suckling fled the country. "Shortly after his escape there appeared 'A Letter sent by Sir John Suckling from France...' a metrical tract containing a burlesque account of the poet's life in forty-two stanzas, the manner being very much that of Sir John Mennes. This trifle was printed in quarto at London..." (DNB). According to the Huth catalogue, this tract was written by William Norris. Provenance: The Thorn-Drury, later Brett-Smith copy.

Walton (Isaac) The Lives of Dr.John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert, first collected edition, 4 engraved portraits, lacking blank leaves A1 and A8 (as often), a few contemporary ink annotations, by Tho. Newcomb for Richard Marriott, 1670; The Life of Bishop Sanderson, lacking initial blank, with engraved portrait, errata leaf at end, without the second part (Sanderson's tracts), for Richard Marriott, 1678, together 2 vol. in 1, a few small stains, later burgundy crushed morocco, gilt, by Durvand, spine gilt, g.e., [Wing W671 & 667 ], 8vo

Americas.- Jefferys (Thomas) The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, 18 fine folding engraved maps and plans by and after Jefferys, with the additional leaves pp.129*-138* in part 1 concerning the siege of Quebec, part 2 with errata slip pasted over part of p.80, lightly browned, slight ink-staining to signature R in part 2, book-label of John Clevland, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Sabin 35964], folio, for Thomas Jefferys, 1760.⁂ The first part covers Canada and Louisiana, including town plans of Quebec, Montreal, Louisburg and New Orleans; the second part the West Indies, including plans of Hispaniola, Guadeloupe & Martinique, and Cayenne.

Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinners's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, first edition, large folding engraved map of Ireland, engraved vignette title, dedication/page of explanation and 288 maps on 144 leaves (printed on both sides), letterpress list of subscribers at end, contemporary ink inscription "1779 Jan.ry 22d Will Fairbrother " at head of title (date slightly shaved) and with his engraved bookplate, folding map a little creased at edges with a couple of short tears, light staining to a few maps, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, slightly rubbed, 8vo, G. Nicol, London and W. Wilson, Dublin, 1778.

Minerva Press.- Fairy Tales; Selected from the Best Authors, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.1, 4 engraved plates, lacking frontispiece to each vol., contemporary calf, spines gilt, vol.1 with patch of leather on lower cover/spine worn away exposing board beneath, 12mo, for William Lane at the Minerva Press, 1794.⁂ Extremely rare, the last copy we could trace at auction was in 1922. ESTC locates only the Thomas Plume Library copy in British Isles and 5 copies in America (one of which has vol.1 only).

Wordsworth (William) The Waggoner. A Poem, first edition, without half-title as issued, some light soiling and foxing, original blue wrappers bound in, later blue half calf, spine gilt, [Wise 17; Healy 49], 8vo, 1819.

Americas.- Simcoe (John Graves).- First Nations.- Baker (Lt.-Col. Sir Edward, née Baker Littlehales, 1st Baronet ) Plan of the Province of Upper Canada with part of the Adjacent Countries, manuscript map, covering Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, title in cartouche upper right, with numerous contemporary annotations including 'Governor Simcoe's Route' for his exploratory tour of 1793, annotations listing Indian tribes, and with an asterisk location showing General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's 'The Battle of Fallen Timbers', amongst other details, pen and black ink, blue watercolour wash, annotations in brown ink, on laid paper without watermark, 255 x 375 mm. (10 x 14 ¾ in), central folds, light spotting and browning, [circa 1793] bound with Hearne (Samuel) A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean, undertaken by order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red, green and yellow, 8 engraved plates and plans, 6 folding, 2 double-page, with final advertisement/directions to binder leaf, wide margins, text with wormhole to lower margin, occasional light browning, one or two small stains, 2 small paper flaw holes to margin of 3I2, with loosely inserted hand-coloured engraved map of 'British Dominions of North America' (Henry Fisher, 1823), engraved bookplate of Sir Edward B.Baker, Bt., with the manuscript map of Simcoe expedition mounted on stub at end, handsome contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, a little rubbed, small worn patches and scratches to lower cover, [Sabin 31181], 4to, for A.Strahan and T.Cadell, 1795.Provenance:Lt. Col. Sir Edward Baker (née Baker Littlehales), Ranston Library, Dorset⁂ Unique record of the exploratory tour undertaken by Simcoe and Baker from Niagara Falls to Detroit in 1793, and of the First Nations people of Canada and north America. Lt. Col. John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806) was commander of the Queen's Rangers in America during the Revolutionary War. Later, between the years 1791 and 1796, he served as the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. Lt. Col. Sir Edward Baker (née Baker Littlehales, 1st Baronet, d.1825), of Ranston, Dorset, was the aide-de-camp to Lt. Col. Simcoe, and author of Journal...of an Exploratory Tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit made in the months of February and March, A.D. 1793, by His Excellency Lieut. Governor Simcoe, published posthumously in Toronto in 1889. The work did not include a map.The manuscript map tipped into the present volume was produced by Baker in the 1790s, and contains details of the route taken by him and Lt. Col. Simcoe on his 'Exploratory Tour' in 1793. The map features numerous annotations, including details of the Ottowa River from Montreal "navigated by the North West Company in Canoes & Boats", and details of Native Indian settlements including 'Mohawks', 'St Regis Indians', 'Ottawa's Chippewa's', and 'Delaware's Miami's Indians' amongst others. It also locates the "Indian territory south of this marginal line towards the River Ohio [as] the scene of action between the western Indians and the army of the United States under General Wayne", the final battle of the Northwest Indian War, August 20, 1794.

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, first issue, second state with "Stave I" heading, title page printed in red and blue dated 1843 and green endpapers, half-title in blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, some occasional light foxing, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, slight shelf-lean, spine and borders of covers slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, some light marking, still excellent overall, g.e., [Smith II 4] 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1843.⁂ A sharp, bright copy of Dickens' classic Christmas tale.

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, second issue with "Stave One" heading, title page dated 1844 printed in red and green, yellow endpapers and uncorrected text, autograph envelope signed by the author author to Henry Austin, Gwydyr House loosely inserted, half-title printed in blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, light finger-soling, faint ink inscription to half-title, original first issue brown fine-ribbed cloth, with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, browned, spine ends and corners bumped, light fraying to joints, rubbed, recased with repair to spine ends, g.e., [Smith II 4 see p.26 5n.] 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1844 [but 1843].⁂ A rare trial or intermediate issue, Smith mentions only two other copies of which he had seen only one and hypothesises that this is likely a first state of the second issue.

Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, second impression revised, [one of 500 copies], half-titles, with initial blank in vol.3 and final blanks in vol.2 & 3, very occasional spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, final leaf of vol.1 browned, original decorated tan cloth, upper covers blocked in gilt with two vertical wavy lines of honeysuckle and gold discs designed by Charles Ricketts, a little rubbed and marked, corners bumped, a good copy preserved in russet morocco slip-cases with central gilt arms and pull-off tops, by Rivière & Son, spines faded, a little rubbed, [Purdy p.74; Wolff 2993a; cf. Sadleir 1114, first impression], 8vo, James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892.⁂ One of 500 copies (the first impression of the previous year was 1000), with a few very minor corrections or changes to spelling and imprints.

Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of 200 copies, half-title, pictorial title, illustrations and decorations by Charles Ricketts, printed in red, green and black, lightly browned at edges, a little damp-staining to inner margins and endpapers, with A.Pc.s. from Ricketts to C.H.Whitbey dated 8th June 1931 loosely inserted, original pictorial vellum, gilt, designed by Ricketts and Henry Leighton, uncut, a little soiled, covers slightly warped, [Mason 361], small 4to, 1894. ⁂ The postcard from Ricketts partly concerns The Sphinx: "...I congratulate you on your copy of The Sphinx, I doubt if there are more than 100 copies in existence owing to the bulk of the unsold copies having been lost in a fire. Some day the book will be very valuable...". It is dated 8th June 1931 and is sent from Florence, Ricketts died later that year, on 7th October. Ricketts - see also lot 150

Bible, Latin.- Biblia latina, collation: a-h10 i-l12 m-t10 v14 x-z [et] [con]10 aa-gg10 hh8 ii-ll10 mm12 nn-pp10 qq12 A10 B C12, double column, 455 ff. (of 456, lacking initial blank), final f. blank, first initial in red and blue on a ground of gold, other initials in red or blue, a few in both, chapter-marks in red or blue, initial-strokes in yellow, occasional early ink marginalia and notes to verso of final blank, hole and abrasions within first initial, loss of a few letters verso, p7 margins outer and lower margin trimmed to text, several ff. loose, some marginal repairs, some spotting and staining, a few marginal repairs, loose in 17th century reversed calf, spine ends worn, rubbed and scuffed, with good margins, folio (282 x 202mm.), Venice, Reynaldus de Novimagio and Theodorus de Reynsburch, 1478.⁂ This handsomely printed edition is rare to the market. Provenance: Earl of Normanton (bookplate). Literature: BMC V, 254; BSB-Ink B-428; Copinger, Incunabula Biblica, 35; Darlow-Moule 910; Goff B-556; HC 3070.

Rolewinck (Werner) [Fasciculus temporum] Dat boek dat men hiet Fasciculus temporum, 334 (of 338 ff., lacking a1, k7 and blanks T8 and U10), 38 lines and 3 columns in table, Gothic letter, preface with early hand-coloured ornamental frame and large decorative initial, 35 woodcuts from 20 blocks and coats-of-arms, of which many with early hand-colouring, large early hand-coloured woodcut printer's device to foot of final f., paragraph-marks in red and blue, red initial strokes, E1&8, H1&8 and sigs. K-N possibly from another copy, sigs. y-B1 misbound between t7&8, short tear to head of preface f. with minor loss to part of border, lower margin of a8 repaired, repaired tear to S8, within text, but with no loss, final f. laid down with small area of loss to lower margin, some ff. trimmed,occasionally affecting a border or side-notes, a few small repairs, mostly marginal, occasional staining or offsetting of hand-colouring, some fingermarking, attractive 18th century speckled calf, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with brown and black leather labels, skilfully rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, a few marks, [BMC IX, 12; Goff R-278; Hain 6946; ISTC ir00278000], small folio, Utrecht, Johann Veldener, 14th February, 1480.⁂ The first edition in Dutch of this attractive chronicle of the history of the world. Includes supplementary material to the Louvain-printed Latin edition of 1475 on the dukes of Brabant, bishops of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault, in addition to histories of the Kings of France and England. The coats-of-arms make their first appearance in this Utrecht edition.Provenance: 18th century cardinal (engraved bookplate with motto 'virtutis amore cano'); U.Proost (20th century bookplate).

Americas.- Snow (W. Parker) A Two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia and in the River Plate, 2 vol., first edition, 6 chromolithographed plates, 3 folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, lacking half-title in vol.1 (not called for in vol.2), marginal foxing to plates, light offsetting, ink inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary green calf, spines gilt with red roan labels, spines a little rubbed and faded, [Sabin 85559], 8vo, 1857.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetoricorum..., collation: *8, **8, a-k8, l4, m-z8, A-G8, H10; [16], 245, [1] ff., complete with blank leaf **8, Aldine device on title and at end, blank spaces for capitals with printed guide letters, title lightly soiled, bowned and spotted in places, heavier to the blank lower margin of fols. q7-q8, short tear to blank margin of title and fol. *6, a few small wormholes to final leaves, not affecting text, contemporary blind-tooled brown morocco over pasteboards, possibly recased, covers witin fillets and roll in geometrical pattern, central floral branches and fleuron, spine with three raised bands, partly restored, extremities worn, pastedowns and endpapers renewed, edges blue, colouring slightly faded to fore-edge, 4to (212 x 123mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius's heirs and Andrea Torresano, October 1521.⁂ Another copy of the second Aldine edition of Cicero's rhetorical works, a substantial reprint of the first edition issued by Aldus Manutius in March 1514, and edited by Andrea Navagero. Literature: Renouard 93.13; Ahmanson-Murphy 207.

De Thou binding.- Epiphanius (Saint, Bishop of Constantia) De Prophetarum vita, collation: a-z4, A-D4; [8], 5-209, [3] pp., woodcut device on title and at end, numerous woodcut animated and decorated initials, a fine clean copy in later 16th-century Parisian olive morocco for Jacques-Auguste de Thou (not later than 1587), covers within a triple fillet gilt frame, at centre de Thou's arms as a bachelor, stamped in an oval medallion with the inscription lettered in gilt 'Jac. August Thuanus', gilt spine with five raised bands, the compartments decorated with his monogram combining the letters I A D T., g.e., 4to, Basel, Andreas Cratander, 1529.⁂ This rare Basel edition contains the editio princeps of the Vita Prophetarum by Epiphanius, Bishop of Cyprus, alongside the first editions of writings by two other Greek Fathers, Gregorius of Nazianzus and Sophronius. This copy was bound for the French historian, "maitre de la librairie du Roi" and great book collector Jacques-Auguste de Thou. It is a very fine example of a book bound for De Thou as a bachelor and was therefore executed before his marriage in 1587 to his first wife Marie de Barbançon de Cany. The celebrated Bibliotheca Thuana was bought en bloc in 1679/80 by the Marquis de Ménars, Jean-Jacques Charron; it later passed into the hands of the Rohan-Soubise family, and was sold off in 1789 at the auction of Charles de Rohan's collection. "The De Thou library had a reputation as the finest private collection of its day; it numbered about 6,600 volumes at his death, and was greatly increased by his children [...] Most of de Thou's books were quite simply bound, though often in high-quality morocco, with an arms block on the covers and cipher on the spine" (P. Needham, Twelve Centuries of Bookbindings, New York-London 1979, p. 294). This volume is listed in the sale catalogue of the Thuanus library among the theological books, "Liber de vitis Prophetarum G.L. Alb. Torino interpr. 4° Bas. 1529" (Catalogus Bibliothecae Thuanae, Paris 1679 p. 28). Literature: VD16 E1660; I.A.R. De Smet, Thuanus. The Making of J. A. de Thou, Genève 2006, pp. 178-200. Provenance: Jacques-Auguste de Thou (armorial binding); bought by Jean-Jacques Charron, Marquis de Ménars; Rohan-Soubise family (shelfmark '3.C.P.T.3.H.128' on front pastedown); Bernard Quaritch, bookseller in London.

Americas.- Umfreville (Edward) The Present State of Hudson's Bay. Containing a full description of that settlement, and the adjacent country; and likewise of the Fur Trade..., first edition, half-title, 2 folding letterpress tables (one of imports & sales, the other of native languages), engraved plate of buffalo pound, lacking final advertisement leaf, light foxing, occasional staining to lower edge, first few leaves reinforced at inner margin, trace of stamp to foot of final leaf, later calf, spine gilt, uncut, spine a little faded, [Sabin 97702], 8vo, for Charles Stalker, 1790.⁂ One of the earliest publications on the fur trade and a rather critical account of the business practices of the Hudson's Bay Company, for which the author worked for eleven years. ESTC lists only 4 locations in the UK.

Xodar (Juan de) Obra devotissima intitulada de septem verbis domini, collation: a8 b4 2a-f8 g4, woodcut royal arms of Portugal to title, large woodcuts within text, woodcut decorat9ive initials, d5 repaired, colophon f. trimmed to text and window-mounted, stamp removed from title, occasional spoting or light foxing, modern crushed morocco, gilt, by Brugalla, folio, Seville, Bartolomé Pérez, 1532.⁂ Rare first edition of this work handsomely printed in Seville. Literature: Not in Adams.

Emblemata.- Le Moyne (Pierre) De l'Art des Devises, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Le Pautre, engraving on title with multiple vignettes, full-page engraved illustration with coat-of-arms by L'Alouette as frontispiece to 'Jardin de Devises', and numerous engraved emblems, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, errata leaf at end, light marginal soiling and staining, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper cover stained at head, spine ends and corners worn, [Praz p.401], 4to, Paris, Sebastian & Sebastian Mabre Cramoisy, 1666.

Asia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Unknown Mongolia. A Record of Travel and Exploration in North-West Mongolia and Dzungaria, 2 vol., first edition, 4 folding maps, most colour, photographic plates including 11 folding panoramas, some light foxing, original blue cloth, t.e.g., very slightly rubbed at edges, a good bright copy preserved in modern cloth slip-case, 8vo, 1913.

Jerusalem.- Prado (Jeronimo de) and Juan Bautista Villalpando. In Ezechielem Explanationes et Apparatus Urbis, ac Templi Hierosolymitani Commentariis et Imaginibus illustratus, 3 vol., first edition, 3 engraved titles, portrait and 31 plates/vignettes only (of 32, lacking folding plate between pp.13 and 17, vol.1), most folding or double-page, 8 folding tables (one printed in red and black), woodcut map and other small woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, a few plates with repairs, some foxing and light staining but generally a sound copy, later vellum, red and green morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, extremities a little worn, folio, Rome, 1596-1605.⁂ A very good copy of this monumental work on the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem.Provenance: St Hugh's Parkminster (small ink stamp to titles)

Imaginary voyage.- [Hall (Joseph)] Mundus alter et idem sive Terra Australis ante hac semper incognita longis itineribus peregrini academici lustrata auth., engraved pictorial title by William Kip (in the first state, with vertical lines at foot), 5 folding engraved maps, water-stained at head, some spotting, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, lightly soiled, housed in a modern morocco-backed marbled board drop-back box,[STC 12685.3; Sabin 29819; Church II, 54], 8vo, Frankfurt, [Printed at London by H. Lownes, sold by the] Heirs of Ascanius de Rinialme, [?1607]⁂ A satirical account of a journey to an imaginary Antarctic, written while Hall was a student at Cambridge. The maps shown an imaginary Antartica, and details of the Americas. The first edition of the work was published in London around 1605, with a title-page bearing a Frankfurt imprint. It was then reprinted in 1607 in Hanau with a new title-page. As with many copies of this work our copy is primarily from the first edition (including first state title), but with two gatherings from the second printing (preliminaries and sig. D). Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield (North Library armorial bookplate with press mark '119. A. 8'.

Barberino (Andrea da) Documenti d'Amore, first edition, engraved pictorial title by C. Bloemart after A. Camassei, 1 engraved portrait and 14 plates, woodcut ornamental initials and tailpieces, occasional faint off-setting, blind-stamp and later discreet ink-stamp to free endpapers, later vellum, red morocco gilt spine label, small ink number to spine head, [Gamba 97, Landwehr 136, Cicognara 1985], 4to, Rome, Vitale Mascardi, 1640.⁂ The plates are engraved by Bloemart, G. F. Greuter and Fabia della Cornia, and are after A. and L. Magalotti, C. Massimi, F. Zuccaro and Nicolas Poussin. Barberino later enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a lawyer and privileged citizen. Provenance: Unidentified blind-stamp ex-libris to front free endpaper, an hourglass with initial R. P. and motto Dammi Tempo.

Gaelic Ireland.- Colgan (John) Acta Sanctorum veteris et maioris Scotiae, seu Hiberniae Sanctorum Insulae,... Tomus Primus, first edition, vol.1 only (of 2), double column, half-title, title with small woodcut ornament, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary blind-tooled armorial calf, spine gilt and in compartments, lacking clasps, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, with loss at ends, covers scratched, folio, Louvain, Everard de Witt, 1645.⁂ An important source on Gaelic Ireland, and something of a legendary rarity in the field of Irish book collecting. We can only trace three records for both volumes at auction between 1947 and 2016, and only one record for this volume alone. Colgan was a Franciscan friar, hagiographer and historian.

Gosky (Martin, editor) Arbustum vel Arboretum, fine engraved frontispiece, title incorporating portrait of the editor, 6 folding or double-page plates, 26 full-page illustrations, illustrations within text, some emblematic, verso of second f. with three monochrome wash drawings after figures in Michelangelo's 'Last Judgement', some spotting and creasing to folding plates, 1 plate trimmed at head to border image, lightly browned, some spotting, 19th century vellum-backed boards, joints splitting, corners worn, rubbed, folio, Wolfenbüttel, J & H Stern, 1650.⁂ First edition of this celebration of the life of Augustus II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg. It includes his return to Wolfenbuttel in 1643, his marriages, his children, and other family members. He is known for founding the Herzog August Library at his Wolfenbüttel residence, then the largest collection of books and manuscripts north of the Alps.

Africa.- Lyon (Capt. George Francis) A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa... accompanied by geographical notices of Soudan, and of the course of the Niger, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to his aunt "The Lady Sophia Fitzgerald from her very affectionate nephew Geo. F.Lyon" in ink at head of title, 17 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Lyon, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red and blue, illustrations, preliminaries misbound, some light spotting and soiling, title reinforced at fore-edge, 3A4 defective at upper outer corner not affecting text, contemporary half roan, a little worn, [Abbey, Travel 304; Blackmer 1044], 4to, 1821.⁂ Accompanied by Joseph Ritchie, Lyon left Tripoli to discover the source of the Niger river. They travelled disguised as Muslims but at Murzuq, the capital of Fezzan, Ritchie fell ill and died.

Asia.- Forrest (Capt. Thomas) A Voyage to New Guinea, and the Moluccas, from Balambangan: including an account of Magindano, Sooloo, and other Islands, first Dublin edition, folding engraved map and 3 engraved plates, one folding, occasional light soiling or browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine worn at head, 8vo, Dublin, Price, W. & H.Whitestone, Sleater [& others], 1779.⁂ Including Magindano and Papua vocabularies at end.

South German Baroque.- Kraus (Johann Ulrich) Heilige Augen- und Gemueths-Lust , 2 parts in 1, first edition, part 1 with xylographic half-title, letterpress title with engraved vignette, four-page preface with engraved pictorial head-piece and ornamental initial, one-page index of holidays, full-page allegorical engraving of the Church, and 70 engraved plates, part 2 with letterpress title with engraved vignette, full-page engraving of the apostles and their symbols, and 50 plates, all the engravings finely coloured throughout with some gold heightening, all by a contemporary hand, the plates printed on thick card paper, interleaved, occasional minor marginal soiling, small marginal repairs to 2 text leaves, plate 32 with small stain, contemporary dark brown speckled calf over boards, covers with single gilt fillet border, spine richly gilt with red morocco gilt lettering-piece, gilt edges, a little rubbed, lower joint starting, folio (336 x 205mm.), Augsburg, Johann Ulrich Kraus, [1706].⁂ Special copy of Kraus' famous illustrated book, representing one of the high points from the Southern German Baroque period. Unique and splendid luxury copy with the engravings beautifully coloured in gouache and watercolour, heightened in gold and on special thick card paper. Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719) was one of the most successful engravers and publishers at Augsburg in the latter part of the 17th century. This monumental emblem book was conceived as a suite to his famous Picture Bible or Bilderbibel (1698-1700), and follows the same illustrative formula, in which the upper portion of each plate contains an illustration of a Bible scene and the lower portion an engraved circular emblem. Each plate is devoted to a different Saint's day, and each emblem is printed within an elaborate cartouche or frame, itself often incorporating small medallion vignettes or emblems. In his artistic style Kraus's ornamental engravings - represented here by the varied and imaginative emblem cartouches - were widely influential in Germany, through their use as models for cabinetmakers, woodworkers and other craftsmen. While a coloured copy of Kraus's Bilderbibel, also on thick paper, is recorded (cf. Tenschert catalogue XLVIII/98), we have been unable to trace any other coloured copies of the present edition. In his 1933 study of the illustration of the Bilderbibel and its suites (see below), Otto Reichl made no mention of any coloured copies. Literature: Landwehr, German 390. Faber du Faur 1849. Praz, Studies in Seventeenth-Century Imagery, p. 389. Brunet III, 697 (citing Latin version only). Thieme-Becker 21:440. Otto Reichl, Die Illustrationen in vier geistlichen Büchern des Augsburger Kupferstechers, Johann Ulrich Krauss. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte 294 (Strassburg, 1933).

Terence (Publius) Comœdiæ, title in red and black, engraved illustrations, ex-library with label to front pastedown and occasional discreet ink-stamps, ink inscription, manuscript notes to title verso, contemporary Italian vellum, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Brunet V 723, Graesse VII 61], folio, Urbino, 1736.⁂ A superb Urbino production dedicated to Cardinal Albini, with the Italian translation by Forteguerri here printed for the first time. According to Graesse, the engravings in this edition are more accurate than those reproduced by Dacier in 1723.

French bindings.- Fontenelle (Bernard le Bouyer de) and La Motte (Antoine Houdar de) Poésies, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary red morocco, gilt, g.e, Geneva, 1777 § La Rochefoucauld (Duc de) Memoires, first edition, second issue, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, ink number stamp to verso of title, red crushed morocco by Brany, Cologne, Pierre van Dyck, 1662; and 5 others, French bindings, including blue morocco by Hardy, v.s. (8)

Asia.- Osbeck (Peter) A Voyage to China and the East Indies...together with A Voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen...and An Account of Chinese Husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg, translated by John Reinhold Forster, 2 vol., first English edition, 13 engraved plates, mostly botanical, some light browning and offsetting, vol.1 with tear to upper margin of Y3, vol.2 with foxing to U gathering, contemporary calf, gilt, red roan labels, a little rubbed and scuffed, slight wear to corners and heads of spines, 8vo, for Benjamin White, 1771.

France.- [Sauvan (Jean Baptiste Balthazar)] Viage Pintoresco por las Orillas del Sena, desde Paris hasta el Mar, translated by J. J. de Mora, first edition in Spanish, hand-coloured engraved map, hand-coloured aquatint title-vignette & tail-piece and 24 superb hand-coloured aquatint plates after A. Pugin and J.Gendall, light foxing to text but plates very clean and bright, contemporary half calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on upper cover, spine gilt, a little rubbed, [cf. Abbey, Travel 90 & Tooley 445, English edition of 1821], folio, R.Ackermann, 1826.⁂ Scarce Spanish edition of one of Ackermann's finest publications, with magnificent views along the river Seine.

India.- Hastings (Warren) A Narrative of the late Transactions at Benares, first English edition, lacking final advertisement leaf, lightly browned, cropped shaving pagination of last few leaves, stab-holes to inner margin, bookplate of John Barneby Esq., handsome contemporary tree calf, spine ruled in gilt and with red roan label, an excellent copy, for J.Debrett, 1782.⁂ Scarce account in which Hastings attempts to justify his actions against Chait Singh, Rajah of Benares, and the Wazir of Oudh, both of whom had refused to pay tribute money to the East India Company. Hastings sent troops to arrest the Rajah but they were massacred, causing outrage at home in Britain. The work was first published in Calcutta earlier the same year with an extensive Appendix of papers and correspondence. This is considerably abbreviated in this edition but does include some letters and affidavits. It is rarer than the Calcutta edition with only 6 UK locations on ESTC (BL, Cambridge, Oxford - Bodleian & Christ Church, Manchester - Central Library & John Rylands Library).

Italy.- Buonaiuti (B. Serafino) Italian Scenery; representing the Manners, Customs, and Amusements of the different states of Italy, first edition, text in English and French, 32 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by James Godby after P. van Lerberghi, lacking engraved sheet of music, title soiled, some other soiling and staining but mainly to text, marginal to plates, a few leaves shorter, final leaf becoming loose, later cloth, uncut, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 164; Colas 2970; Tooley 354], folio, 1806.