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Gemology.- Geology.- Boodt (Anselmus Boetius de) Gemmarum et Lapidum Historia, edited and with commentary by Adrian Toll, second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations within text, 2 folding letterpress tables, water-stained, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, ink number to foot of spine, spine spotted, [Sinkankas 779; Hoover 146], 8vo, Leiden, Joannis Maire, 1636.⁂ The first edition of this important work on Gemology to include the commentary of Adrian Toll, and the second edition overall. 'the first edition [is] an impressive work by any standard, but succeeding editions, augmented by additional information are even more impressive' (Sinkankas). Includes much on gem cutting and mineralogy.

Ballet.- [Ivchenko (Valerien I.)], "V.Svetlov". Sovremennyi Balet [The Modern Ballet], first edition, text in Russian, plates, illustrations and decorations, many by Bakst, some colour, many tipped in, original decorated cloth, uncut, rubbed, spine faded, joints split, corners a little worn, [Magriel p.113; Niles & Leslie p.504; cf. Beaumont p168 & Derra de Moroda 2453, French edition], 4to, St. Petersburg, 1911.⁂ Scarce Russian first edition of one of the most important 20th century ballet books, published in French the following year as Le Ballet Contemporain. The work covers Petipa and the development of the Imperial Russian Ballet, Fokine, Isadora Duncan and other modern dancers, up to Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes.

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.

Cyprus.- Association copy.- Graziani (Antonio Maria) De Bello Cyprio Libri Quinque, engraved architectural title incorporating the arms of Cardinal Francesco Barberini by Claudio Mellan after Antonio Pomeranci, woodcut decorative initials, water-stained at foot, some light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with central arms of the Barberini family, enclosed within double filet borders with inner floral and outer bee corner-pieces, all within a wide floral border, itself bordered by double gilt filets, spine richly decorated with floral and bee tools, rebacked, preserving the original backstrip, upper joint just starting at foot, water-stained, [Blackmer 726], folio, Rome, Alessandro Zanetti, 1624.⁂ First edition of this posthumously published work on the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572. It is dedicated to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII, and the binding bears the arms of this noble family. Provenance: 17th century Barberini family (arms to binding); John Stafford Reid Byers (armorial bookplate).

Leonardo da Vinci. A Treatise of Painting, first edition in English, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 34 engraved plates, 4 folding, 3pp. advertisements at end, old ink signature and monogram stamp of Thomas Baskerfeild at head of title and with his engraved bookplate and notes on front pastedown, early cuttings tipped in at beginning and end, an excellent clean and bright copy, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, joints split, 8vo, for J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721.⁂ Originally written in 1480 but not published until the mid 16th century in France.

Australasia.- Australia.- Collins (Lt.-Col. David) An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, from its First Settlement in January 1788, to August 1801, second edition, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps, 23 plates and 8 illustrations in text, 3 of the plates and 2 illustrations hand-coloured (all natural history), with advertisement leaf and 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, pencil signature at head of title, some plates slightly cropped at foot with loss to imprint, one almost detached, stain to lower margin of D1, otherwise a very clean copy in the original boards, uncut, bookseller's ticket of Bristow & Cowtan of Canterbury inside front board, rubbed and marked, spine a little worn, corners bumped, [Ferguson 390; Wantrup 21], 4to, 1804.⁂ The last of the First Fleet journals, originally published in 2 volumes in 1798 & 1802 and abridged into one volume by the author's wife Maria. Despite omitting some information regarding the development of the colony it includes all the plates from the first edition and an additional portrait of the author. These fine plates are probably after sketches by the convict artist Thomas Watling and depict early views of Sydney and Parramatta, and scenes of aboriginal customs. In this issue the 3 natural history plates and 2 illustrations are hand-coloured and feature a lyre bird, a wombat and a duck-billed platypus.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Wit and Wisdom in West Africa; or, a Book of Proverbial Philosophy, Idioms, Enigmas, and Laconisms, first edition, half-title (small nick to upper edge), light spotting at beginning and end, ex-library copy with stamp on title and label with borrowing details on front pastedown, variant binding of original orange-brown cloth with blind-stamped border on boards and spine titled as usual but with gilt-stamped illustration of negro at foot, a little rubbed, spine faded, library label pasted on upper cover and small sticker at foot of spine, [Penzer 75], 8vo, 1865.⁂ Important work on West African languages with the information recorded in printed form for the first time.According to Penzer the first issue binding is in red cloth with blind-stamped border and no illustration on spine; the second issue or "remaindered" binding is in plum cloth with the spine titled "Negro Wit and Wisdom" and illustration at foot. This copy appears to be a mixture of the two.

Futurism.- Marinetti (Filippo Tommaso) Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes, first edition, typographical illustrations including 4 folding plates, 4pp. advertisements at the end, original wrappers printed in red and black, a little browned, spine worn and slightly defective, becoming loose, 8vo, Milan, Edizioni Futuriste di "Poesia", 1919.⁂ A typical futurist work of "mots en liberté" [words in freedom] using typography to create striking visual effects.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, light foxing to some plates, map with tear at fold, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers foxed, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spines gilt with roan labels, a little rubbed, [Penzer p.65], 8vo, 1860.⁂ Account of the Royal Geographical Society expedition with John Hanning Speke in search of the source of the Nile in 1858-59. They started at Zanzibar and travelling through East Africa discovered Lake Tanganyika. After Burton became ill Speke carried on without him, as he did not believe that their location was the source. He was the first European to discover what he named Lake Victoria and claimed it to be the source but Burton disputed it, leading to a long-running bitter feud between them (see also lot 17).

Italy.- Hakewill (James) A Picturesque Tour of Italy, from Drawings made in 1816-1817, first edition, large paper copy with plates on india paper, engraved additional pictorial title by Henry Moses and 63 plates, mostly views, by J.Landseer and others after Hakewill (several finished by J.M.W.Turner), all mounted, occasional foxing to mounts and light offsetting from plates, engraved bookplates of Lewis John Berger and Earl of Cromer, handsome near-contemporary burgundy morocco with elaborate gilt borders and central gilt arms, spine gilt in compartments, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, folio, 1820.

Asia.- Ward (F. Kingdon) The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travels of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet, first edition, plates, 5 maps, 4 folding, ink signature on front endpapers, free endpapers browned (as usual), original cloth, small spot to upper cover but an excellent copy, large 8vo, Cambridge, 1913.⁂ Account of the 1911 plant-hunting expedition to Yunnan and South-Eastern Tibet on which Kingdon Ward collected many new samples including the Himalayan blue poppy.

Africa.- Percival (Capt. Robert) An Account of the Cape of Good Hope, first edition, first issue with uncorrected head-line on p.247, very light foxing, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, rubbed and a little scuffed, spine worn at foot, 1804 § Adams (Robert) The Narrative of Robert Adams, a Sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa...detained three years in slavery...and resided...in the city of Tombuctoo, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied in blue and yellow, title and map becoming loose, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine worn and defective, 1816, 4to (2)

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the so-called 'Amazons', the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood-engraved frontispieces, foxing, original purple pictorial cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, spines faded, corners bumped, [Penzer p.72], 8vo, 1864.⁂ Burton travelled to Dahome in an attempt to persuade the brutal King Gelele, with his army of female "Amazons", to abandon his practices of slave-trading and human sacrifice; he was unsuccessful.

Polar.- Arctic.- Phipps (Constantine John, Baron Mulgrave) A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's command 1773, first edition, 3 folding engraved maps and 12 folding or double-page plates, 11 folding letterpress tables, lacking half-title and final Directions to Binder leaf, light browning to a few plates but generally a good clean copy, contemporary diced russia with elaborate gilt borders, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, spine ends and corners a little worn, joints split, [Baillie p.297; Clockmakers' 701; Sabin 62572; Tardy p.198], 4to, J.Nourse, 1774.⁂ Important voyage into northern latitudes by the Carcass and the Racehorse in search of a route to India via the Arctic. Much scientific and zoological research was carried out. The astronomer Israel Lyons had various items of scientific equipment including two timekeepers sent by the Board of Longitude for testing: Kendal's K2 and a box chronometer by Arnold. Phipps also took a pocket chronometer by Arnold which proved to be more accurate than the others. Also on board were the former slave Olaudah Equiano and a young Horatio Nelson serving as a midshipman (aged 14); the work describes his famous encounter with a polar bear.

Americas.- North America.- Whymper (Frederick) Travel and Adventure in the Territory of Alaska, first edition, half-title, folding engraved map, 16 plates, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, spotted, map torn, 1868 § Milton (Viscount) & W.B.Cheadle. The North-West Passage by Land, second edition, 2 folding engraved maps with partial hand-colouring (one linen-backed), old ink ownership stamp at head of title, light foxing, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [1865] § Rattray (Alexander) Vancouver Island and British Columbia, first edition, half-title, 2 folding maps, folding table, 4 tinted lithographed plates, tissue guards, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some light spotting or browning, 1862 § [Traill (Catherine Parr)] The Backwoods of Canada, second edition, half-title, map, 1836 § Atkinson (Rev. Christopher W.) A Guide to New Brunswick, British North America, &c,., second edition, folding map, lithographed plate, Edinburgh, 1843 § King (Edward) The Southern States of North America, 4 vol., double-page colour map, foxing, 1875, all with plates and/or illustrations, mostly wood-engraved, all but the second original cloth, a little rubbed, some spines slightly faded; and 7 others on North America/Canada, v.s. (14)

Wesley (John) A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, first edition, title and A2 margins browned, slightly browned throughout, ink signature of Richard Martin on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, upper cover detached, joints splitting, [Baker 238; this edition not in BL], 12mo, Bristol, by William Pine, 1766.

Birds.- Layard (Edgar Leopold) The Birds of South Africa, edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe, 12 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J.G. Keulemans, without pp.856-866 as usual, modern brown morocco, [Anker 281; Wood p.428], 8vo, Bernard Quaritch, 1875-84.⁂ A very good copy of this second and augmented edition, dedicated by Sharpe to Layard. The first edition appeared in Cape Town in 1867.

Heaney (Seamus) and Derek Mahon. In Their Element, signed by both authors above their frontispiece portraits, original silver wrappers, preserved in custom drop-back box, lettered in gilt, Belfast, 1977 § Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, jacket price-clipped, 1980; Selected Poems 1965-1975, jacket price-clipped, 1970; Beowulf, 1999; The Riverbank Field, limited edition, illustrated by Martin Gale, 2007, first editions, signed by the author, all but the first in original boards and dust-jackets, [Brandes & Durkan B29; A25a; A26a & A72a], 8vo (5)

Tibullus (Albius) [and Gaius Valerius Catullus] Elegiae, sive Carmina, commentary by Bernardinus Cyllenius Veronensis (Tibullus) and Antonius Parthenius (Catullus), collation: a-d8 e-f6 g-i8 k6 l8 m10+1, 92 ff. (of 93, lacking initial blank), Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487 bound after Propertius (Sextus Aurelius) Elegiae, commentary by Antonius Volscus Pipernus, collation: A-K8, 80 ff., the first blank, [Venice], [Andreas de Paltasichis], 1 February, 1488, together 2 works in 1 vol. (as often), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text (variable), Roman type, initial spaces, register f. at end of Tibullus for all three parts, with a 45-page index in a 16th century hand for the 3 parts bound in, and copious marginalia, some staining and spotting, 18th century Italian vellum, folio (294 x 206mm.)⁂ A rare edition, enhanced by evidence of early scholarship. The presence of a register leaf for all three parts demonstrates that these works were often found together. Provenance: Bishop John Vertue (1826-1900), who gave his books to Stonyhurst College (bookplate).

Lugar (Robert) Plans and Views of Buildings, executed in England and Scotland, in the castellated and other styles, first edition, half-title, 16 aquatint plates printed in sepia and 16 engraved plans, half-title spotted, some foxing to plates, modern half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey Life 31], 4to, 1811.

Africa.- Smith (Andrew) Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa, 5 vol., first edition, 279 lithographed plates, all but 12 hand-coloured, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue guards, without the errata slips, very occasional foxing but generally clean (mostly to plates of beetles), Lord Lilford's copy with his ink signature on front pastedowns, also that of Richard Liversidge, original blind-stamped green cloth, rubbed, spines slightly faded, some wear to joints and spine ends, preserved in 3 modern cloth drop-back boxes with roan labels, [Mendelssohn II p.327; Nissen IVB 880 & ZBI 3868], 4to, [1838]-49-[50]. ⁂ A complete set of the first edition of one of South Africa's premier colour plate books: "a handsome and valuable work", giving "full particulars of the natural history subjects of South Africa collected by...Smith's expedition." (Mendelssohn). George Henry Ford (1809-1876) was the expedition member responsible for the majority of the original drawings and he also executed the corresponding plates. The breakdown of plates is as follows: Aves: 114 plates; Reptilia: 78 plates (3 uncoloured); Invertebrae: 4 plates; Mammalia: 52 plates (numbered 1-53, with additional plate 8 and plates 18 & 37 never published, 4 uncoloured); Pisces: 31 plates (5 uncoloured). Thomas Powys (1833-96, 4th Baron Lilford), ornithologist and author of Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands published in 7 volumes in 1891. Richard Liversidge (1926-2003), South African ornithologist and Director of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley.

Polar.- Arctic.- Franklin (Sir John).- Shillinglaw (John J.) A Narrative of Arctic Discovery...with the details of the measures adopted...for the relief of the expedition under Sir John Franklin, first edition, advertisement leaf at beginning, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps in pocket, old ink inscription to front free endpaper, light spotting to portrait, original pictorial blue cloth stamped in gilt and blind, blue and gold patterned-paper endpapers, very slightly rubbed, an excellent copy, [Sabin 80488], 8vo, 1850.Sir John Franklin - see also lots 128-131

Australasia.- Australia.- Lindsay (David) Journal of the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1891-2, first edition of the public account (preceded by issue in parliamentary papers), [one of 500 copies], with the 2 large folding maps, one colour (both loose), Adelaide, C.E.Bristow, 1893 bound with Handbook of Instructions for the Guidance of the Officers of the Elder Scientific Exploration Expedition to the Unknown Portions of Australia, first edition, Adelaide, printed by W.K.Thomas & Co., 1891, together 2 vol. in 1, with a folding colour map 'Map of Australia shewing Explorations' bound in at end (c.485 x 600mm.) § Winnecke (Charles) Journal of the Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1894...and Report of the Physical Geography of Central Australia, by Professor R.Tate and J.A.Watt, first public edition, [one of c.650 copies], 24 photographic plates, 3 folding charts/tables and large folding map (all loose), very light spotting to title, Adelaide, C.E.Bristow, 1897, texts in uniform later brown buckram, slightly rubbed, [Ferguson 9409a, 9409 & 18686a; Wantrup 208, 209 & 211], 8vo (2 & loose maps)⁂ The first two relate to the exploratory expedition into the central interior financed by Sir Thomas Elder; it did not achieve a great deal as the leader David Lindsay fell out with the scientists in the party and the expedition had to be abandoned. The expedition financed by William Austin Horn described in the third item was more successful, with discoveries in geology, anthropology, botany and zoology, but this time the leader Winnecke disagreed with Horn and so his account was published separately from the official record. It was first issued as a parliamentary paper the previous year but hastily suppressed by the state premier at Horn's request.

Button (Edward) A new translation of the Persian tales; from an original version of the Indian comedies of Mocles;...Designed for the service and amusement of the British ladies, first edition, a few ff. working loose, outer margins chipped or frayed, occasionally just touching a part of the odd letter, stained, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, joints starting at head, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, scarce, large 12mo, Printed for W. Owen, 1754.

Wesley (John) and Charles Wesley. Hymns and Sacred Poems, first edition, title slightly soiled, browned throughout, contemporary panelled calf, extensively rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [Baker 15], James Hutton, 1739; A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, The Fifth Edition, bound with 3 other works by John and Charles Wesley, together 4 works in 1 vol., browned, last f. of last work pastedown on lower cover, lacks free endpapers, contemporary panelled morocco, corners bumped, Bristol, Re-printed by John Graham, 1760; and c. 20 others, various editions of Wesley's hymns, v.s., v.d. (c. 22).

Pole (Reginald, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury) De Concilio Liber, collation: A-S4, first edition, first issue (with errata at end), title and final verso with woodcut printer's device, Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1562 bound with Pole (Reginald, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury) Reformatio Angliae Ex Decretis Reginaldi Poli Cardinalis, Sedis Apostolicae Legati, collation: A-G4, title and final verso with woodcut printer's device, Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1562, together 2 works in 1 vol., spotted, some marginal staining towards end, 19th century half vellum, small 4to⁂ The first mentioned is the first book published by Paulus Manutius at Rome. His press had been established there with the support of Pole. These two works are often found bound together. Literature: I: Adams P1744; Ahmanson-Murphy 672; Renouard, Alde, 185:3; EDIT 16 CNCE 27779 II: Adams P1752; Ahmanson-Murphy; Renouard, Alde, 185:4; EDIT 16 CNCE 27773.

Australasia.- Australia.- King (Capt. Phillip Parker) Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, performed between the years 1818 and 1822, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with cancel titles (as usual), lacking half-titles and colophon leaf at end of vol.2, with 2 folding engraved maps and 13 engraved plates, mostly aquatint views after King, others natural history, one folding, wood-engraved illustrations, errata slips pasted to final leaves, some foxing to maps and plates, first map torn and slightly frayed at fold, folding plate 'Kingia Australis' creased and soiled, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, rubbed and faded, [Abbey, Travel 573; Ferguson 1130; Wantrup 84b], 8vo, 1827.⁂ King was the first Australian-born hydrographer, son of Philip Gidley King the third Governor of New South Wales. He was commissioned to explore and chart the north and north-western coasts of Australia, completing areas not surveyed by Flinders, to establish British claims to the territory. The work was first issued in 1826 but is very rare, it was then re-issued with new title-pages the following year. "An essential inclusion in any collection of books relating to Australian coastal discovery". Wantrup p.162

Tibullus, Catullus & Propertius. Tibullus Catullus & Propertius cu[m] commento, collation: a-c8 d-e6 f-s8 t-x6, 157 ff. (of 158, lacking final blank), 61 lines and headline, Roman type, large and small woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device at end, occasional early ink marginalia, water-stained, small worm traces to inner gutters, later vellum, lightly soiled, folio (315 x 209mm.), [Venice], [Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus], [9 December, 1491].⁂ Scarce third edition with the commentary of Antonius Parthenius Lacisius, which had first been published in Brescia in 1485, and then reprinted in Venice in 1487. The commentary on Tibullus is by Bernardinus Veronensis (also found in the 1487 edition), and the commentary on Propertius is by Philippus Beroaldus (not in the 1485 or 1487 printing). Literature: BMC V, 439; Goff T-372; HC *4763=4765; Bod-Inc T-212.

Colines.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus. Tibullus. Propertius, collation: a-x8, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials, x8 blank, title laid down, lower corners of all to sig. c repaired, affecting some signature letters and the odd letter of text, occasional spotting and light staining, 17th century calf, spine gilt and with red morocco label, some worming, rubbed, 8vo (148 x 84mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1529. ⁂ First Colines edition, based on the Aldine of 1515. Literature: Not in Adams; Renouard, Colines, 132; Schreiber 52.

Americas.- South America.- Maw (Henry Lister) Journal of a Passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic...and descending the River Marañon, or Amazon, folding engraved map (lightly offset on title), contemporary calf, gilt, spine faded, 1829 § Gardner (George) Travels in the Interior of Brazil...and the Gold and Diamond Districts, second edition, half-title, tinted lithographed frontispiece, map, original purple cloth, gilt, spine faded, lower cover stained, 1849 § Hadfield (William) Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands, first edition, lithographed portrait, 2 folding maps (?of 3), one large and hand-coloured (short tear at edge), the other of Falklands, wood-engraved illustrations, original cloth, 1854, all a little rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 10 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, 6 double-page on stubs (a few laid down), numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, lightly browned, portrait creased, light water-staining to fore-edge at beginning and slight worming to fore-edge towards end, tear to head of 5G3 (Table) repaired, engraved bookplate of John Peachey, eighteenth century diced calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners worn, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Catullus (Gaius Valerius).- Guarini (Alessandro) Alexandri Guarini Ferrariensis In. C.V. Catullum Veronensem Per baptistam Patrem Emendatum Expositiones cum Indice, collation: A10 B-P8 Q-R4, italic type, commentary surrounding text double column, title within woodcut ornamental border, initial spaces with guide-letters, Q4, 18th century red deer, gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to (199 x 129mm.), [Venice], [Giorgio de Rusconi], [11 May, 1521].⁂ A rare copy of the first edition of one of the most important printings of Catullus, with a superb provenance. Guarinus based his edition on the manuscript his father had worked on, along with the work of various Catullan scholars. His knowledge of variant readings and interpretations is reflected in his discussions of textual problems, to which he sometimes contributes his own solutions. Provenance: Bernard von Mallinckrodt (1591-1664), bibliophile and originator of the term 'incunabula' in his 1639 work De ortu et progressu artis typographicae (ink ownership inscription to title, dated Vienna 1631); Hopetoun (engraved armorial bookplate); Walter Ashburner (1834-1936), bibliophile and fellow of Merton College, Oxford, (ink stamp to title). Literature: Adams C1141 (erroneously ending collation at Q4)

Australasia.- Australia.- Spencer (Sir Baldwin) and F.J.Gillen. The Arunta: a Study of a Stone Age People, 2 vol., first edition, folding map, 4 colour plates, one folding, illustrations, notes and cuttings loosely inserted, bookplate of Arthur Bulleid, original cloth, 1927; Across Australia, 2 vol., 2 folding maps, illustrations, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, a little marked, 1912 § Martin (R.Montgomery) Australia..., Divisions I-III [complete], 10 engraved portraits and plates only (of 11, lacking portrait of Earl Howe) and 8 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, bookplate of John Hellicar, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, London & New York, [1853], first editions; and 5 others, Australia, including a defective mixed set of Jukes's Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S.Fly' and a manuscript naval journal of a voyage to Australasia in H.M.S.Nelson from 1884-85 calling at Hobart, Sydney and New Guinea, 8vo & 4to (12)⁂ Arthur Bulleid (1862-1951), archaeologist and antiquarian.

Bipontine.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus Tibullus Propertius, title with engraved portrait of Sappho, some foxing or spotting, contemporary boards, spotted, Zweibrücken, Ex Typographia Societatis, 1783; and 3 others, German editions of the 18th and 19th centuries, including the second 'Bipontine' edition, 8vo (4)⁂ The first 'Bipontine' edition, so called after 'Bipontis' the Latin name of Zweibrücken. The editions are valuable for the thoroughness of their annotated bibliographies of Catullus.

Australasia.- Australia.- Eyre (Edward John) Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps with partial hand-colouring (not in pocket but tipped to stubs), 22 engraved or lithographed plates (6 of natural history), vol.1 with advertisement leaf at beginning and 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end, vol.2 with 4pp. at beginning and 8pp. at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-library copy with stamps removed (one or two very faint traces), bookplate of John Thackray Bunce, [Ferguson 4031; Wantrup 133a], 1845 § Hodgson (Christopher Pemberton) Reminiscences of Australia, with Hints on the Squatter's Life, lithographed frontispiece, folding map, [Ferguson 4310; Wantrup 140], 1846 § Gouger (Robert) South Australia in 1837..., [Ferguson 2497; Not in Wantrup], 1838 § Young Emigrants (The); or, a Voyage to Australia, Emigrant Tracts No.V-VII, 3 parts in 1 vol., wood-engraved frontispiece, lightly browned, [Not in Ferguson or Wantrup], SPCK, 1850, all first editions, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and faded, the first rebacked preserving original spines (faded and worn), 8vo et infra (5)

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) and Verney Lovett Cameron. To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 folding maps, colour frontispiece, illustrations, vol.1 with 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, first map slightly soiled and frayed at edge, very occasional spotting, original decorative red cloth, gilt, rubbed and slight mottled by damp, spines faded, [Penzer p.106], 8vo, 1883.⁂ Burton defied an order by the Foreign Office not to travel for commercial purposes and set out to explore and survey the Gold Coast with Cameron in search for gold, on behalf of the Guinea Gold Coast Mining Co. They found evidence of gold and other minerals but were forced to return to England by the Foreign Office and to forfeit all rights to the deposits.

America.- Native Americans.- Holmes (Abiel) A Memoir of the Moheagan Indians, first separate edition, water-stained, disbound, 8vo, no place or printer, 1804.⁂ Scarce. From 'Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society' series. With much on the language of the tribe.

Cryptography.- Hermann (Arthur-Joseph) Nouveau Système de Correspondance Secrète: Méthode pour Chiffrer et Déchiffrer les Dépêches Secrètes, first edition, signed and inscribed by the author to the King of Sweden and Norway on upper wrapper, 3 plates for coding & decoding printed in black & red and/or blue, 2 double-page, 1892; Le Livre des Clefs: Système Cryptographique Complet, tables, with loosely inserted folding table for coding/decoding printed in red and black (dissected and mounted on both sides on linen) and thick card cipher wheel titled 'Cercles Cryptographiques A.Hermann' but lacking volvelle, both a little soiled and browned, 1892, together 2 vol. in 1, contemporary half roan, with original printed upper wrapper to first vol. bound in (inscribed), worn, spine defective and becoming loose, tall 8vo, Paris, Librairie Scientifique A.Hermann⁂ Scarce work on cryptography. In 1893 Herman proposed the idea of strip ciphers which were used by the US Army from World War I onwards. COPAC lists only one copy (BL).

Asia.- Prejevalsky (Nikolai) From Kulja, across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, including Notices of the Lakes of Central Asia, translated by E. Delmar Morgan, first English edition, 2 folding colour maps, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, pencil signature at head of title, main map with some tears to folds and small stain, bookplate of Alexander Thoms, upper hinge weak, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, small worn patch and tear to lower cover, 8vo, 1879. ⁂ The author's second expedition in Central Asia but again he was unable to get as far as Lhasa. He did, however, manage to collect many specimens of plants, birds and animals and during the course of various expeditions discovered wild Bactrian camels and the wild Mongolian horse named after him.

Africa.- Grant (James Augustus) A Walk across Africa or Domestic Scenes from my Nile Journey, first edition, half-title, signed and inscribed by the author "To fat little Allison with the fondest love of her father - J. A.Grant 1st May 1873" in ink on half-title, folding map hand-coloured in outline in pocket at end (lightly browned), with 40pp. publisher's catalogue at end (not found in all copies), very occasional soiling, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, small hole to upper joint, recased, new endpapers, [Czech p.66], 8vo, Edinburgh and London, 1864.⁂ Account of the author's expedition with John Hanning Speke to prove Speke's claim that Lake Victoria, which he had discovered in 1858, was the source of the Nile. "A monumental work of exploration". Czech

Hardy (Thomas) Tess of the d'Urbervilles. A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented..., 3 vol., first edition in book form, first issue with chapter XXXV misnumbered as "XXV" on p.199 of vol.2, [one of 1000 copies], half-titles, lacking initial blank in vol.2 and final blanks in vol.2 & 3, ink inscriptions of J.E.Ferguson to front free endpapers, some spotting, contemporary half red calf, by Mudie, spines gilt with black roan labels and initials "J.E.F." at foot, spines a little rubbed and faded, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Purdy p.67], 8vo, James R.Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1891.

Ballet.- Noverre (Jean Georges) Lettres sur la Danse, et sur les Ballets, first edition, second issue, engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, tear to title, dedication and first leaf of text (title neatly & unobtrusively repaired), contemporary tan calf, gilt, spine gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, [Beaumont p.134; Derra de Moroda 1965; Niles & Leslie p.389; cf.Magriel p.115, Stuttgart issue], Lyons, Aimé Delaroche, 1760; and 5 odd vol. of libretti for Lully's operas & ballets, 8vo & 12mo (6)⁂ Revolutionary treatise on the theory of dance by the leading authority of the period. Noverre was ballet-master to Frederick the Great, Maria Teresa and Marie Antoinette at varying times, founded the Stuttgart Ballet at the court of the Duke of Württemberg, counted Voltaire and Mozart amongst his friends, and is regarded as the father of modern ballet. There are two issues of the work: this and another with a Stuttgart imprint which is usually considered to be the first issue."This work has no equal in the whole of the literature devoted to the Dance, and no book has exerted so incalculable an influence for good on the manner of production of ballets and dances." Beaumont

Basile (Giambattista) Il Pentamerone...overo lo Cunto de li Cunte, half-title, title with woodcut device, rather browned and water-stained, attractive contemporary marbled calf with Greek key border in gilt, by ?Kalthoeber (according to pencil note on front free endpaper), g.e., slightly rubbed, rebacked with gilt-ruled spine, corners repaired, 12mo, Naples, Antonio Bulifon, 1674.⁂ Scarce first edition of famous collection of folk tales written in Neapolitan dialect, one of the earliest works of fairy tales and influential on Perrault, Gozzi and the Brothers Grimm.

Medicine.- Sloane (Sir Hans) An account of a most efficacious medicine for soreness, weakness, and several other distempers of the eyes, first edition, half-title, tear in final f. with loss of a couple of letters, but with no loss of sense, spotted, some light browning, modern cloth, [Blake, p.420; not in Garrison-Morton or Waller], 8vo, Printed for Dan. Browne, 1745.⁂ The only separate medical work published by Sloane.

Polar.- Iceland.- Troil (Uno von) Letters on Iceland: containing observations on...Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs..., made, during a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks...Dr.Solander..., first Dublin edition, half-title, engraved plate and folding map, c1 & c2 (preliminaries) misbound after contents, contemporary calf, red morocco label, a little rubbed, a few scuffs, lower corners bumped, 8vo, 1780.⁂ By the First Chaplain to the King of Sweden and first published in Stockholm, in German, in 1777. Having accompanied Capt. Cook on his first voyage Banks and Solander were planning to travel with him again on his second voyage but it could not accommodate the large party of scientists demanded by Banks so he went to Iceland instead. This is the first major work in English on Iceland and includes a plate of the eponymous geyser.

Australasia.- New Zealand.- [Craik (John Lillie)] The New Zealanders, reprint, map, illustrations, original green cloth, spine gilt and slightly faded, [1847] § West of England Board of the New Zealand Company. Latest Information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the coast of Taranake, New Zealand, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf, original printed wrappers, slightly soiled, 1842 § Trollope (Anthony) New Zealand, first separate edition, folding map, original reddish-brown cloth, lightly stained, 1874 § Hector (James) Handbook of New Zealand. Sydney International Exhibition 1879, first edition, 12 folding tables of statistics, 2 folding lithographed maps, title soiled and creased at edges, original printed orange wrappers, soiled and creased, a few small stains, Wellington, 1879 § Brett's Handy Guide to New Zealand, edited by E.Ernest Bilbrough, Jubilee Edition, 8 maps, 7 folding, illustrations, ink signature on title, original red cloth, spine rubbed and faded, Auckland and London, 1890, a little rubbed, [Hocken p.46, 103, 287, 319 & 494], 8vo et infra (5)

Polar.- Iceland.- [Stanley (John Thomas) and Dr. Joseph Black.] An Account of the Hot Springs in Iceland with An Analysis of their Waters, ?first separately-issued edition, wood-engraved tail-piece, small stain to I2 not affecting text, bookplate of Eric Davenport, later dark blue straight-grain morocco with borders in gilt and blind, spine gilt, g.e., very slightly rubbed, 8vo, n.p. [?Edinburgh, privately printed], [watermarked 1794].⁂ Scarce. Comprising two letters concerning the hot springs at Rykum and Haukadal from Stanley to Black, and an analysis of the waters by Black, all papers read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh on November 7th 1791, April 30th 1792 and July 4th 1791 respectively.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue without Appendix IV, lacking half-title, with 2 engraved maps and 4 chromolithographed plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at foot, worming to upper joint, [Penzer p.60], 8vo, 1856.⁂ Burton's first expedition to Somalia and an account of his exploration in disguise to the forbidden city of Harar. This is the second issue, without the suppressed Appendix IV on female circumcision.

Polar.- Antarctica.- Ross (Capt. Sir James Clark) A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, during the years 1839-43, 2 vol., first edition, 8 tinted lithographed plates, one double-page and folding, 8 engraved maps, 3 folding, unpaginated half-titles to each chapter, most with wood-engraved vignette, wood-engraved illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, light foxing, mostly to plates and maps, some plates with light marginal water-staining, large folding map with short tear to inner edge repaired, damp-staining to rear endpapers, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed and faded, lightly damp-stained, [Abbey, Travel 610; Ferguson 4636; Rosove 276; Sabin 73367; Spence 993; Taurus Coll. 9], 8vo, 1847.⁂ Ross was the nephew of Sir John Ross and served under him on his uncle's first Arctic voyage in search of a Northwest Passage in 1818. He also accompanied Sir William Parry on his four Arctic expeditions between 1819 and 1827, and his uncle again on Sir John's second Arctic voyage from 1829 to 1833. Between 1839 and 1843 Ross commanded this Antarctic expedition in the vessels HMS Erebus andTerror and charted much of the coastline of the continent, with Joseph Dalton Hooker the assistant surgeon. In 1841, James Ross discovered the Ross Sea, Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Mounts Erebus and Terror, as well as the low, flat-topped ice shelf they called the Victoria Barrier, later named "Ross Ice Shelf" in his honour. "Once this account became public, no one could doubt there was a great southern continent of immense proportions to be explored." Taurus Collection

Asia.- Prejevalsky (Nikolai) Mongolia, the Tangut Country, and the Solitudes of Northern Tibet being a Narrative of Three Years' Travek in Eastern High Asia, translated by E.Delmar Morgan, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, photographic portrait, folding lithographed map hand-coloured in outline, 12 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, ink signature to half-titles, map with short tear repaired, small stain to index leaves in vol.2, upper hinge of vol.1 reinforced, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines gilt, rubbed, traces of labels where removed from upper covers, split to lower joint of vol.1, spine ends worn, 8vo, 1876.⁂ Account of the author's first attempt to reach Lhasa.

Birds.- Sclater (P.L.) and W.H. Hudson. Argentine Ornithology, 2 vol., first edition, one of 200 copies signed by the authors, 20 hand-coloured lithograph plates by J. G. Keulemans, a few loose, illustrations and title-vignettes, occasional spotting, occasional slight fraying or tears to fore-edge of plates and text, uncut in original printed boards, soiled and corners rubbed, rebacked in cloth with leather lettering pieces just starting to peel, [Fine Bird Books p.106; Nissen IVB 843], 8vo,1888-89.

Estienne.- Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catulli, Tibulli, Properti, nova editio. Josephus Scaliger Iul, Caesaris F. recensuit, edited by Joseph Scaliger, 2 parts in 1, collation: à8 A-R8 S2, a-q8 r6, titles with woodcut printer's devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, F7, S2 and r6, r6 privilege f., very small worm trace to lower corner of first few ff., occasional spotting, lightly browned, 18th century French mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with dark red morocco label, 8vo (162 x 94mm), Paris, Mamert Patisson, in the house of Robert Estienne, 1577.⁂ The first edition of Catullus edited by Joseph Scaliger. 'Joseph Scaliger's Catullus enjoys an exalted position in the history of textual criticism, for in learning and historical sense -- and above all in method -- it has been seen to anticipate the triumphs of the great nineteenth-century philologists. In fact, it is not going too far to say that Scaliger is the first Catullan critic to have any method at all.' (Glaisser, p. 178). This volume is printed in two parts, each with its own title-page and pagination; the second part containing Scaliger's commentary and emendations.Literature: Adams C1154; Renouard, Estienne, 179:1; Schreiber, Estiennes, 248.

America.- Jefferson (Thomas) Notes on the State of Virginia, with an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family, foxed and browned, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, covers repaired, rebacked retaining old morocco label, [Sabin C35905], 12mo, Trenton, Printed by Wilson & Blackwell, For Mathew Carey, 1803.⁂ "The first edition in which the appendix relating to the murder of Logan's family, by Captain Cresap, was announced on the title-page." - Sabin.

Masefield (John) Salt-Water Ballads, first edition, first issue without "go" on p.59 and with Grant Richards imprint, [one of 500 copies], half-title, inscribed by the author to Laurence Hodson with 3-verse unpublished poem on front free endpaper, book-label of Laurence Hodson at foot of front pastedown, original blue buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, occasional spotting to edges, a very good copy, preserved in contemporary paper wrapper inscribed on upper panel by Elkin Mathews, rubbed, a little frayed at corners, 8vo, 1902. ⁂ The author's first book, published while he was secretary to Laurence Hodson, Chairman of the Fine Art Committee for the Wolverhampton Art and Industrial Exhibition of 1902. The unpublished poem is addressed to Hodson, beginning "Enclosed, I pray thee Skipper, find / Some tarry whiffs of Channel Wind...The writer hopes you will not mind his use of 'bloody'..." and finishes "...he / Sincerely and devoutly hopes / The rhymes'll please ye." The book was later lent to Elkin Mathews to produce another edition and he has inscribed the wrapper: "To the Printer. N.B. The owner & Mr. Masefield both ask me to insist that this loaned copy shall be treated with the utmost care and be so guarded that it may not be inked nor smudged. Elkin Mathews".Saleroom Notice: The manuscript poem is not unpublished. 

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, collation: A-S8 T2, title and woodcut printer's device within wide woodcut decorative border, woodcut decorative initials, some foxing, 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine with ends worn, a few small wormholes and faded, rubbed, g.e., 16mo (112 x 68mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1560.⁂ The first Plantin edition of these three poets, as well as the first small format classical text issued by the press. The text is based on Antoine Muret's Aldine edition of 1558. Literature: Adams C1148; Voet 933B (variant B, with the last leaf numbered 144, as opposed to 134).

Medicine.- Bell (Sir Charles) A System of Dissections, explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, 2 vol. in 1 (comprising vol.1 Parts 1-5 and Appendix, vol.2 Parts 1-2), first edition, 30 engraved plates after Bell, 3 folding, vol.1 Part 1 with explanation slips to plates II-IV and Directions to Binder slip all bound in, vol.2 with engraved illustration in text, some plates lightly foxed and with slight water-staining to fore-margin (mostly vol.1), plate I & XIV repaired at fore-margin and inner margin respectively causing slight staining, modern calf-backed buckram, folio, Edinburgh, for Mundell and Son, 1798-03.⁂ Scarce first edition complete with Appendix to vol.1.

Africa.- Höhnel (Lt. Ludwig von) Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie: A Narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's Exploring & Hunting Expedition in Eastern Equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888, 2 vol., first English edition, half-titles, wood-engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps, 2 colour and folding at ends (mounted on new linen stubs), numerous wood-engraved plates and illustrations, old ink & pencil signatures at head of vol.1 title but cut away in vol.2, occasional spotting, Humphrey Winterton's copy with his book-label, original pictorial brown cloth, gilt, uncut and partly unopened, very slightly rubbed at edges, small stain to lower cover of vol. 1, a very good copy, [Czech p.78], 8vo, 1894.

Heaney (Seamus) Eleven Poems, first edition, second issue on wove paper, with ten-pointed star to upper cover printed in dark purple, some very light toning along spine and at head, but a near-fine example overall, preserved in custom folding chemise along with a programme for the Belfast Festival at Queens 1965, [Brandes & Durkan A1b], 8vo, Belfast, Festival Publications, [1965].

Africa.- Speke (John Hanning) What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, 2 maps (one folding, one double-page), 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end, some foxing, mostly at beginning and end, advertisement & contents leaves plus folding map all loose, original terracotta cloth, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked preserving original spine, corners slightly worn, [Czech p.151], 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1864. ⁂ Account of Speke's first expedition in search of the source of the Nile, undertaken with Sir Richard Burton in 1856-59, and which caused the antagonism between them (see also lot 5).

Medicine.- Sharp (Samuel) A Treatise on the Operations of Surgery, first edition, 14 engraved plates of instruments, title lightly soiled and with faint old ink inscription, a few minor stains, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, 8vo, by J.Watts; and sold by J.Roberts...and J.Brotherton, 1739.⁂ Scarce; ESTC lists only 6 copies of the first edition in the UK.