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Tartaglia Niccolò. La prima [-sesta] parte del general trattato di numeri, et misure... In Vinegia: per Curtio Troiano de i Navò, 1556-1560.Sei parti in due volumi in-folio (mm 305x215). Carte [6], 275 (di 277, mancano cc. Z4 e Z5); [4], 186; [4], 51, [1]; [4], 63, [1]; [4], 90; [4], 44. Ritratto xilografico dell'Autore e marca incisa su legno ai frontespizi della parte prima e seconda, marca xilografica ai frontespizi delle parte terza, quarta, quinta e sesta, ritratto xilografico dell'Autore alla parte terza (c. πA4v), quarta (c. †4v), quinta (c. †4v) e sesta (c. †4v); stemma del dedicatario inciso su legno alla parte terza (c. πA2r ), quarta (c. †2r), quinta (c. †2r) e sesta (c. †2r); in tutte le parti capilettera incisi su legno. Alla prima parte fascicoli slegati a partire da YY, mutile le cc. Z3 e Z6, menda all'angolo inferiore destro bianco c. N6 e strappo restaurabile al margine inferiore di C. V1, carte finali della parte sesta con minimi lavori di tarlo che toccano il testo. Gore, arrossature e tracce di polvere diffuse su entrambi i volumi. Legatura omogenea coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli calligrafici ai dorsi a 3 nervi. Staccato il piatto posteriore della Prima parte, dorso lacunoso, piatti con macchie e gore; macchie e aloni ai piatti anche al volume contenente le parti seconda-sesta, con abrasioni e lacune al dorso, qualche segno di tarlo. Al frontespizio della Prima parte nota di possesso manoscritta 'Christophori Pascutii Rochensis... anno Domini MDCXCVI' e timbro di possesso ovale con stemma, al frontespizio della Seconda parte stesso timbro e nota manoscritta analoga alla prima ma più breve, segnature manoscritte ai dorsi, marginalia, fogli manoscritti conservati nella volume della Prima parte, il volume contenente le parti seconda-sesta è parzialmente cartulato in inchiostro in numeri arabi all'angolo superiore destro delle carte. Una delle più importanti e influenti opere matematiche del Rinascimento: la prima edizione del compendio del grande matematico italiano Tartaglia (1499-1557), l'opera in cui per la prima volta appare il celeberrimo 'triangolo' a lui intitolato, e di applicazione a problemi di probabilità. "There is no other treatise that gives as much information concerning the arithmetic of the sixteenth century, either as to theory or application. The life of the people, the customs of the merchants, the struggles to improve arithmetic, are all set forth by Tartaglia in an extended but interesting fashion" (Rara Arithmetica, p. 278). Ognuna delle sei parte in cui è diviso il General Trattato è introdotta da frontespizio proprio, ed è dedicata a importanti figure del tempo, come Richard Wentworth, a cui Tartaglia indirizza la prima parte della sua opera, e al quale aveva già destinato la sua traduzione di Archimede, apparsa nel 1543. Il volume comprendente la Seconda Parte del General Trattato è qui presentato nella variante con l'indicazione, al frontespizio delle note di stampa "In Vinegia per Curtio Troiano de i Nauò. MDLVI.".Adams T-180; Riccardi II, 505-506; Honeyman sale 2962 ("the most important Italian mathematical work of the sixteenth century"). Six parts in two volumes, folio (305x215 mm). [6], 275 (of 277, lacking fols. Z4 and Z5); [4], 186; [4], 51, [1]; [4], 63, [1]; [4], 90; [4], 44 leaves. Woodcut author's portrait and printer's device on the title-pages of the Prima and Seconda Parte. Woodcut printer's device on the title-pages of Terza, Quarta, Quinta and Sesta Parte; author's portrait in the Terza (fol. πA4v), Quarta (fol. †4v), Quinta (fol. †4v), and Sesta Parte (fol. †4v); woodcut dedicatee's coat of arms in the Terza (fol. πA2r), Quarta (fol. †2r), Quinta (fol. †2r), and Sesta Parte (fol. †2r). Numerous woodcut decorated initials. A good copy, waterstained, and foxed throughout; light dusting. Some quires of the Prima Parte loose, from quire YY onwards; losses to fols. Z3 and Z6; lower blank corner of fol. N6 worn; tear to the lower margin of fol. V1; wormholes to the last leaves of the Sesta Parte, occasionally affecting the text. Uniformly bound, contemporary vellum on pasteboards. Spines with three raised bands, with inked titles. The lower cover of the first volume detached. Losses to the spines, Covers of both volumes stained and spotted; a few losses to the spine, some wormholes. Ownership inscription on the title-page of the first volume, 'Christophori Pascutii Rochensis... anno Domini MDCXCVI'; armorial stamps on the title-pages of both volumes. Loose leaves inserted in the first volume, bearing annotations in an early hand.One of the most important and influential mathematical works of Renaissance: the first edition of the Trattato by the great Italian mathematician Tartaglia (1499-1557), and the first appearance in print of the celebrated 'Tartaglia's triangle'. "There is no other treatise that gives as much information concerning the arithmetic of the sixteenth century, either as to theory or application. The life of the people, the customs of the merchants, the struggles to improve arithmetic, are all set forth by Tartaglia in an extended but interesting fashion" (Rara Arithmetica, p. 278). The work is divided into six parts, each of which has its own title-page, dedicatory epistle and table of content. The First Part is for example dedicated to the English Richard Wentworth, who was also the dedicatee of Tartaglia's edition of Archimedes, published in 1543 The volume containing the Seconda Parte del General Trattato belongs to the issue bearing on the title-page the imprint "In Vinegia per Curtio Troiano de i Nauò. MDLVI.".Adams T-180; Riccardi II, 505-506; Honeyman sale 2962 ("the most important Italian mathematical work of the sixteenth century").

Tommaso d'Aquino . Interpretamenta... in libros de celo & mundo Aristotelis annotationibus textuum & commentorum Averrois habentur in marginibus ornata ac cum additionibus Petri Alverniatis. Textus Aristotelicus cum duplici translatione... Joannis Argiropyli. Fratris Hieronymi Savonarole Ferrariensis tractatus... Tabula ordinatissima que continet omnes questiones quas sanctus doctor soluit. (Al colophon:) Venetiis: impensa herediis quondam domini Octaviani Scoti civis Modoetiensis ac sociorum, 9 Januarij 1516.In-folio (mm 310x220). Carte [6], 94. Segnatura: [croce greca]6 A-P6 Q4. Illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, marca incisa su legno in fine, capilettera xilografici. Gora al margine superiore e inferiore delle carte, arrossature. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli manoscritti su tassello in pergamena (successivo) al dorso. Fori e lavori di tarlo e varie gore ai piatti. Rara edizione veneziana di questa raccolta di commenti al De Coelo, l'opera in cui Aristotele espone i principi della propria cosmologia. I commenti inclusi sono quelli di Tommaso d'Aquino, Averroè, Pierre d'Auvergne, Ioannes Argyropolous e e Girolamo Savonarola. Data per la prima volta alle stampe a Venezia nel 1506 dal tipografo Simone de Lovere, la silloge ebbe grande fortuna in ambiente universitari, contribuendo a diffondere una versione della cosmologia aristotelica priva di elementi contrari alla fede cristiana, come l'eternità del mondoIn-folio (mm 310x220). Carte [6], 94. Segnatura: [croce greca]6 A-P6 Q4. Illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, marca incisa su legno in fine, capilettera xilografici. Gora al margine superiore e inferiore delle carte, arrossature. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli manoscritti su tassello in pergamena (successivo) al dorso. Fori e lavori di tarlo e varie gore ai piatti.Rare Venetian edition of this collection of commentaries to the De Coelo, the work in which Aristotle explains the principles of his cosmology. The commentaries included are Thomas of Aquin, Averroes, Pierre d'Auvergne, Ioannes Argyropolous, and Girolamo Savonarola. The collection was first issued in Venice in 1506 by the printer Simone de Lovere, and had an immediate and enduring success in the academic milieu, contribuiting significanty to the diffusion of the Christian reading of Aristotelian cosmology

Blaeu. Nova Virginiae Tabula. [Amsterdam, Ex officina Guiljelmi Blaeu, 1630 ca.]Mappa incisa su rame, parzialmente acquerellata a mano (mm 376x482). Testo latino al verso.Bell'esemplare di carta della Virginia e della regione del Chesapeake stampata da Blaeuw e basta sulla carta della Virginia del capitano John Smith, in quale trascorse tre anni ad esplorare la baia di Chesapeake e l'area circostante. Engraved map, partially hand-colored, (mm 376x482). Latin text on verso.Fine old color example of Bleau's map of Virginia and the Chesapeake region, based upon Captain John Smith's map of Virginia. John Smith spent three years exploring the Chesapeake Bay and the surrounding area. This map presents the geographic information attained through his explorations as well as Native American accounts used to delineate territories further upriver. The extent of Captain Smith's firsthand knowledge of the area reaches the Maltese crosses. Everything beyond is based on Native American reports. Upon Smith's return to England in 1609, Smith employed William Hole to engrave a map, which was first included in a small pamphlet by Joseph Barnes of Oxford in 1612. Jodocus Hondius engraved the first edition of this map in 1618, making it the second appearance of Smith's original manuscript to appear in print. Smith's original map would not appear again until 1624, when it was included, along with Smith's map of New England, in his landmark work, "The Generall Historie of Virginia, New-England, and the Summer Isles" in 1624. The following year it was included in "Purchas His Pilgrimes". Upon Hondius's death in 1629, Blaeu purchased the plates and the imprint was thereafter changed to reflect the new ownership. Blaeu used the map first in his "Atlantic Appendix" (1630) and afterwards in virtually every edition of his atlas. The map is beautifully ornamented with the Royal Arms of Britain (colonial rulers of Virginia), a standing figure of an Indian, and an inset vignette of "King Powhatan," the father of Pocahantas, sitting in state in his lodge. Powhatan was the powerful ruler of about thirty Algonquian tribes in the region, the strongest single group of Indians on the Atlantic coast. He is said to have had forty bodyguards and 100 wives. His rulership consisted of his providing military leadership and protection in exchange for tribute from the individual tribes.

Cassani José. Historia de la Provincia de la Compañia de Jesus del Nuevo Reyno de Granada en la America, descripcion, y relacion exacta de sur gloriosas missiones en el Reyno, llanos, meta, y rio Orinoco... Madrid: En la Imprenta, y Libreria de Manuel Fernandez, 1741. In-folio (mm 293x195). Pagine [28], 618, [2]. Testo stampato su due colonne. Iniziali decorate, testatine, e finalini incisi su legno. Con una grande carta geografica fuori testo, e ripiegata ('Mapa de la Provincia y Missiones del la Compañia de IHS del Nuevo Reyno de Granada'). Esemplare genuino, alcune carte uniformemente brunite. Qualche fioritura e alone ai margini. Legatura coeva in pergamena floscia, con unghiature. Conservata coppia di bindelle. Dorso liscio, titolo vergato in inchiostro da mano spagnola del tempo. Nota di possesso coeva al margine superiore del frontespizio, 'Del Colo de la Compa de los [?]'. Ex libris al recto della carta di guardia anteriore. Al dorso una antica mano ha apposto il numero '14'. Prima e rara edizione di questa importante storia delle missioni gesuitiche stabilite nel Nuevo Reino de Granada, redatta dal gesuita, calificador de la Inquisición, nonché membro della Real Academia Española José Cassani (1673-1750). Il Nuevo Reino de Granada comprendeva al tempo una vasta regione oggi divisa tra Colombia, Ecuador, Panama e Venezuela, e la narrazione storica si estende dai primi insediamenti del 1536 al 1736: due secoli di storia missionaria che coincidono con la storia stessa di questa vasta regione. L'opera rappresenta, inoltre, fonte preziosa per la storia dell'esplorazione del Rio Orinoco, e di grande interesse è la grande carta geografica che vi è legata, in questo esemplare in ottimo stato di conservazione. Si tratta della prima rappresentazione cartografica della regione, e illustra con dovizia di particolari il corso e il delta di questo grande fiume sudamericano. La carta - inserita nel 1741 anche nell'Orinoco ilustrado - fu disegnata dal missionario gesuita José Gumilla (1686-1750), e incisa su rame da Pablo Minguet. Palau 47380; Medina BHA 3262; Alden & Landis 741/32; Sabin 11361.Folio (293x195 mm). Pages [28], 618, [2]. Text printed in two columns. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. Large folding engraved map ('Mapa de la Provincia y Missiones del la Compañia de IHS del Nuoevo Reyno de Granada'). A copy in pristine condition, a few eaves uniformely browned. Some marginal foxing and spots. Contemporary limp vellum with yapp edges. Ties preserved. Smooth spine, title vertically inked by a contemporary Spanish hand, and the numebr '14' in an early hand. Contemporary ownership inscription on the upper margin of the title-page 'Del Colo de la Compa de los [?]'. Ex libris on the recto of the front flyleaf. First and rare edition of this fundamental history of the Jesuite missions in the Nuevo Reino de Granada, written by calificador de la Inquisición as well as member of the Real Academia Española José Cassani (1673-1750). The Nuevo Reino de Granada included at that time a wide region belonging nowadays to Colombia, Ecuador, Panama e Venezuela, and Cassani's narative goes from 1536 to 1736. The work also represents a precious source for the history of the exploration of Rio Orinoco, and the map included - in this copy in very fine condition - is of the greatest import: it is the first cartographic representation of the region, and shows in detail Orinoco's flow and delta. The map was drawn by the Jesuite José Gumilla (1686-1750), and engraved by Pablo Minguet; it was also included in the Orinoco ilustrado of 1741, Palau 47380; Medina BHA 3262; Alden & Landis 741/32; Sabin 11361.

Dally Nicolas. Usi e costumi sociali, politici e religiosi di tutti i popoli del mondo. Torino: Stabilimento Tipografico Fontana, 1844-1847.Quattro volumi in-8° (mm 256x168). Pagine [4], 637,[3]; [4], 431, [1]; [4], 408, [2]; [4], 477, [1] con oltre 240 tavole fuori testo finemente colorate all'epoca, per lo più protette da veline originali. Lievi bruniture diffuse ma buon esemplare. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle verde, titoli e fregi in oro ai dorsi, abrasioni. Tracce di ex libris rimossi ai contropiatti. Prima edizione italiana di quest'opera profusamente illustrata sui costumi di tutto il mondo. Colas, 3042; Choix, 15954; Lipperheide, Ad 26; Graesse II, 321 cita solo 3 volumi.Four volumes, 8° (256x168 mm). Pagine [4], 637,[3]; [4], 431, [1]; [4], 408, [2]; [4], 477, [1] pages. More than 240 plates hors texte, with fine contemporary colourin, gmostly protected by original tissue papers. A good copy, slightly browned throughout. Contemporary green quarter-leather. Spines gilt tooled,with titles lettered in gold. Abraded in places. Traces of ex libris on the pastedowns. The first Italian edition of this work, rightly famous for its illustrative apparatus, depicting habits and customs of all peoples of the world. Colas, 3042; Choix, 15954; Lipperheide, Ad 26; Graesse II, 321 (mentioning only three volumes).

Formaleoni Vincenzo Antonio. Venezia illustrata con le vedute più cospicue e le fabbriche più notabili rappresentate in XXV. tavole incise in rame. In Venezia: 1791.In-4° oblungo (mm 185x260). Pagine 59, con 25 tavole incise su rame fuori testo, finemente acquerellate a mano. Qualche arrossatura e tracce di polvere sulle carte. Legatura coeva in tessuto operato a motivi floreali su piatti in cartone. Gora al dorso e al piatto anteriore, rotture lungo le cerniere. Al verso della tavola legata tre le pp. 22-23 timbro in inchiostro 'Paolo ? Italia Vicenza Cesuna'.Edizione originale di quest'opera del poligrafo Vincenzo Antonio Formaleoni, noto come cartografo e legato al mondo dell'editoria anche come stampatore in proprio e come autore. Dopo il suo lungo soggiorno veneziano, dal 1775 al 1792, si pare l'ultima fase piuttosto oscura delle vita di Formaleoni, che morì infine nel 1797: la sua attività nella città lagunare lo vide stringere contatti con alcune delle realtà più dinamiche dell'arte tipografia del tempo, dall'officina degli Zatta al tipografo Giambattista Pasquali.Oblong 4° (185x260 mm). 59 pages. 25 copperplates hors text, with fine colouring. A few foxing, leaves slightly dusted. Contemporary cloth in flower pattern, over apsteboards. Spine and upper cover somewhat waterstained; joints cracked. Stamp 'Paolo... Italia Vicenza Cesuna' on the verso of the plate bound between pp. 22-23. First edition of this fine book by the eclectic Antonio Formaleoni, active as a cartographer, and printer in Venice from 1775 and 1792. He collaborated with other great Venetian publishers, such as the Zatta family and Giambattista Pasquali. The volume is supplemented with finely coloured engravings showing views of the Canal Grande, and palaces of the lagunar city.

Mela Pomponius. De situ orbis libri tres. And. Schottus Antverpianus recensuit, & Spicilegio illustravit. Additae Hermolai Barbari Veneti, & Fredenandi Nonij Pintiani castigationes. Antverpiae: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1582.Due opere in volume in-4° (mm 201x143). Pagine 64, [16], 80 [i.e. 84], 70, [2 bianche] ed 1 carta geografca ripiegata fuori testo. Con errori di numerazione. Segnatura: A-K⁴ a-k⁴ l² AA-II⁴. Carattere romano e corsivo. LEGATO CON: Herodotus. Geographica et historica Herodoti, quae latinè Mela exscripsit, parallēlōs concinnata, ab And. Schotto Antuerpiano... Antverpiae: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1582. In-4°. Pagine 28. Segnatura A-C⁴D². Testo greco e latino stampato su due colonne. Marca editoriale al frontespizio di entrambe le opere, iniziali xilografate. Bella carta geografica xilografata ripiegata. Lievi bruniture dovute alla qualità della carta. Legatura in piena pergamena rigida coeva con nervi passanti e titolo manoscritto al dorso. Bindelle mancanti.Prima edizione platiniana e prima edizione con il commento di Andreas Schott. La carta geografica raffigura il globo terracqueo conosciuto ai tempi di Pomponio Mela. La mappa fu disegnata da A. Ortelius ed è datata 1582. Si tratta di una delle pochissime mappe firmate dall'Ortelio, che testimonia dei suoi interessi per la geografia degli antichi. "The engraved map is one of the few maps signed by Ortelius. It reflects his classical interests and shows the ancient world supposedly according to the writings of Pomponius Mela. As well as Europe and Asia, Ortelius has included the whole of Africa with a note of apology for the anachronistic addition of the southern part" (Shirley 145). La seconda opera, la Geographica di Erodoto, benché pubblicata a parte, si trova quasi sempre rilegata insieme al Mela. Voet 2082 & 2083; Graesse, V, 402 ("Dans cette edition, le texte a été corrigé par Schott sur un manuscrit parisien").Il lotto è provvisto di attestato di libera circolazione.Two works in one volume, 4° (201x143 mm). Pagine 64, [16], 80 [i.e. 84], 70, [2 blank] pages. Collation: A-K⁴ a-k⁴ l² AA-II⁴. One folding map. Bound with: Herodotus. Geographica et historica Herodoti, quae latinè Mela exscripsit, parallēlōs concinnata, ab And. Schotto Antuerpiano... Antverpiae: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1582. 4°. 28 pages. Collation A-C⁴D². Greek and Latin text, printed in two columns. Printer's device on the title-page of both editions bound. Woodcut decorates initials. Slightly browned, owing to the quality of paper. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Title inked on the spines, ties lacking. First Plantiniana edition, and first edition to contain the commentary by di Andreas Schott. The fine map, dated 1582, was drawn by Abraham Ortelius, and is one of the few maps signed by him, revealing his interest in ancient geography. "The engraved map is one of the few maps signed by Ortelius. It reflects his classical interests and shows the ancient world supposedly according to the writings of Pomponius Mela. As well as Europe and Asia, Ortelius has included the whole of Africa with a note of apology for the anachronistic addition of the southern part" (Shirley 145).Sold with a valid export license.

Norden Frederik Ludvig. Travels in Egypt and Nubia... Translated from the original... and enlarged with observations from ancient and modern authors, that have written on the antiquities of Egypt, by dr. Peter Templeman... Vol. I [-II]. London: printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, in Holborn printers to the Royal Society, 1757.Due volumi in-folio legati insieme (mm 460x283). I: Pagine [10], xxxiv, 124, con 1 tavola calcografica in antiporta. Capilettera, testatine e finalini incisi su rame. II: Pagine [2], viii, 155, [1], con ritratto calcografico dell'Autore in antiporta. Capilettera, testatine e finalini incisi su rame. Con CLIX tavole incise su rame (in realtà le tavole sono 162 essendo doppie le nn. XVII, XXVII, LXVI e CVIII, unite le nn. CXL-CXLI e CXLII-CXLIII, ed essendo presente un'ultima tavola non numerata). Qualche carta con lievi arrossature e tracce di polvere, poche lievi bruniture. Legatura coeva in pelle, cornici in oro a doppio filetto ai piatti, titoli e fregi in oro al dorso a 5 nervi, contropiatti e sguardie in carta decorata, tagli screziati. Cerniere totalmente mancanti con allentamento dei piatti, mende alle cuffie, abrasioni. Two tomes in one volume, folio (460x283 mm). I: [10], xxxiv, 124 pages, with engraved frontispiece. Engraved decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. II: [2], viii, 155, [1] pages; frontispiece with engraved author's portrait. Engraved decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. CLIX copperplates (i.e. 162, the plates nos. XVII, XXVII, LXVI and CVIII).A few leaves slightly foxed and dusted; a few light browning. Contemporary leather. Covers within double fillers in gilt. Spine with five raised bands, gilt tooled. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves. Joints completely cracked, covers partly loose, headcaps somewhat damaged. The first finely illustrated English edition of this important account of the of the travels of the Danish Captain Norden (1708-1742) through Egypt and Nubia, first appeared in French in Copenhagen, between 1752 and 1755. Norden "was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia and to publish descriptions of any Nubian temples. This important work was the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt, and its plates are the most significant previous to those by Denon" (Blackmer).Blackmer 1211; Hilmy 2:74; Weber 2:520; Howgego N38.

Ptolomaeus Claudius - Mercator Gerardus. Orbis Antiqui Tabulae Geographicae Secundum Cl. Ptolemaeum, cum Indice Philologico absolutissimo... Amstelaedami: Apud R. & J. Wetstenios & Guil. Smith, 1730.In-folio (mm 450x300). Pagine [76]. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero; segue frontespizio inciso su rame. Grande vignetta e iniziale su 8 linee incise su rame alla carta 28 carte geografiche calcografiche su doppia pagina, e numerate in serie distinte. Buon esemplare, completo. Primo fascicolo rimarginato al margine interno e rimontato. Qualche brunitura, specialmente nelle carte di testo; piccoli aloni marginali e fioriture. Legatura coeva in bazzana, su piatti in cartone. Dorso a sei nervi, scomparti decorati in oro, titolo in caratteri dorati su tassello in marocchino. Contropiatti e sguardie in carta marmorizzata a pettine. Tagli rossi. Qualche graffio ai piatti; abrasioni alle cerniere, labbri dei piatti e gli angoli, con piccole mancanze della pelle. Lieve distacco del piatto anteriore, in corrispondenza della cuffia di piede. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris del matematico francese Michel Chasles (1793-1880). Una delle più importanti pubblicazioni cartografiche del Settecento: l'ultima e definitiva edizione dell'atlante tolemaico del matematico e astronomo fiammingo Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), pubblicato originariamente nel 1578, e privo del testo di Tolomeo. Il volume comprende 28 carte incise su rame relative all'Africa, all'Asia e all'Europa, che sono a ragione considerate il migliore e più accurato set di carte tolemaiche mai prodotto: una carta dell'antico mondo - l'Universalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemaeum -, cinque carte dell'Africa, dodici dell'Asia, e dieci dell'Europa, con le iscrizioni in cartouches di finissimo gusto. Le carte erano state già incluse in precedenti edizioni dell'atlante, e in particolare in quelle date alle stampe nel 1695, 1698 e 1704. Per la più tarda pubblicazione del 1730 furono utilizzate le stesse lastre in rame, con la sola eccezione della carta numerata VII nella serie dedicata all'Europa, che fu invece completamente rielaborata. Fu comunque necessario incidere nuovamente alcuni nomi di località. Koeman II, Me 8; Phillips, Atlases 5751; Shirley I, 834.Folio (450x300 mm). [76] pages. Title-page printed in red and black; engraved title-page follows. Large engraved vignette and 8-line initial opening the text. 28 double-page copper engraved maps, numbered in different series. A good copy, first quire remargined and re-mounted. Leaves of text somewhat browned; a few marginal spots and foxing. Contemporary bazzana leather, over pasteboards. Spine with six raised bands, gilt-tooled compartments, title in gilt on morocco lettering-piece. Marbled pastedowns and flyleaves. Edges red. Some scratches to the covers; joints, corners slightly abraded, with a few losses. Upper cover slightly detached. Ex libris of the French mathematician on the front pastedown.One of the most important 18th-century cartographic publications: the final and definitive edition of the ptolemaic atlas by the Flemish mathematician and astronomer Gerardus Mercator (1512-1594), originally appeared in 1578. The fine folio-volume contains 28 engraved maps of Africa, Asia, and Europe, which are rightly considered the more accutare set of ptolemaic maps ever printed: one map of the Ancient World - the Universalis Tabula Iuxta Ptolemaeum -, five maps for Africa, twelve for Asia, and ten for Europa, each supplemented with inscriptions within exquisite cartouches. These engraved maps had been already included in previous editions of the atlas, appeared in 1695, 1698, and 1704. The original copper plates were re-used for the late publication of 1730, excepting the maps numbered VII in the series devoted to Europe, which was instead re-engraved.Koeman II, Me 8; Phillips, Atlases 5751; Shirley I, 834.

Beccaria Cesare. Opere diverse... Parte prima. Napoli: nella stamperia di Giovanni Gravier, 1770. Parte prima (di 3) in un volume in-8° (mm 180x120). Pagine [10] (di 12, manca c. [pigreco]1), 316, [4]. Con antiporta calcografica. Capilettera e testatine xilografici. Minima lacuna all'angolo dell'antiporta, arrossature e tracce di polvere al frontespizio e sulle carte. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli in oro su falso tassello al dorso, segnapagine in tessuto verde. Aloni e tracce di sporco ai piatti.Solo Parte prima - nella Variante B censita in ICCU - di questa prima edizione della raccolta degli scritti dell'illuminista milanese in forma non anonima, e con indicazione non fittizia del luogo di stampa. L'operazione editoriale di Gravier, a cura dell'economista Troiano Odazi, fu particolarmente ardita e coraggiosa a causa della messa all'Indice degli scritti di Beccaria, incluso il suo celebre trattato Dei delitti e delle pene, incluso nella prima parte del presente volume. Il più famoso esemplare di questa impressione è senza dubbio quello oggi conservato nella Sala manzoniana della Biblioteca di Brera e appartenuto ad Alessandro Manzoni, che dell'Autore era nipote da parte materna: la copia reca, tra le postille, anche una nota autografa del letterato relativa al tema dell'impunità. La tavola allegorica in antiporta è siglata dall'incisore Isidoro Frezza. L. Firpo, Le edizioni italiane del Dei delitti e delle pene, 15.Part one (of three) in one volume. 8° (180x120 mm). [10] (of 12, wanting l. [pigreco]1), 316, [4] pages. Copper engraved frontispiece. Woodcut decorated initials and head-pieces. Light foxing, wanting a small paper corner on the lower margin of the frontispiece. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards, gilt title on fake lettering piece on the spine. Soiled, some stains on the covers.Only first part of this First edition of the collection of writing of the illuminist from Milano with known name and indication of place of printing. The editorial operation of Gravier, edited by the economist Troiano Odazi, was particularly bold and brave due to the made of the Index in the writing of Beccaria, including his famous Dei delitti e delle pene, printed in the first part of this volume. The most famous copy of this printing is without any doubts the one today preserved in the Sala Manzoniana of the Brera Library and belonged to Alessandro Manzoni, who was grandson of the Author: the copy has, among the postils, also an autograph note by the literary man related to the theme of the impunity. The allegorical plate on the frontispiece is signed by the engraver Isidoro Frezza. L. Firpo. Le edizioni italiane del Dei delitti e delle pene, 15.

Verri Pietro. Meditazioni sulla economia politica. Prima edizione napoletana. Napoli: nella stamperia di Giovanni Gravier, 1771. In-8° (mm 180x110). Pagine [8], 212. Frontespizio entro cornice, con fregio inciso, tutto su legno, testatine xilografiche. Lievi arrossature sulle carte. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli in oro su falso tassello al dorso, tagli spruzzati in rosso e blu, segnalibro in seta verde. Qualche macchia ai piatti.Rara seconda edizione di questo trattato di economia fondante l'illuminismo lombardo. Questa edizione napoletana venne impressa nello stesso anno della prima edizione livornese, arricchendo il vivace ambiente illuminista napoletano, pervaso dall'interesse per il rapporto sociale, dell'esperienza milanese, il cui merito fu principalmente quello di unire all'istanza pratica una vasta rielaborazione concettuale volta a formulare una concezione della felicità pubblica. Einaudi, 5879.8° (192x118 mm). [8], 212 pages. Framed title page, with engraved tool, woodcut head-pieces. Light foxing. Contemporary vellum over pasteboards, gilt title on the spine, sprinkled blue and red edges, Rare second edition of this economic writing founding the illuminism of Lombardia. This Naples edition was printed in the same year of the first edition in Livorno, enriching the illuminist ambient in Naples, pervaded by an interest in the social relationship, the experience of Milan, whose merit was mainly to unite the instance practice a wide conceptual revision aimed at formulating a conception of public happiness. Einaudi, 5879.

Aldrovandi Ulisse. Ornithologiae hoc est de avibus historiae libri XII... [-Tomus alter; - Tomus tertius]. Bonon.: sumptibus Marci Antonij Berniae, 1646-1652. Tre volumi in-folio (mm 355x230). I: Pagine [4], 893, [55]; II: [6], 862, [62]; III: [12], 560, [24]. Frontespizi calcografici, molte illustrazioni xilografiche nel testo, anche e piena pagina, capilettera e fregi incisi su legno. Qualche arrossatura, lievi bruniture. Legatura omogenea coeva in pergamena su cartone, titoli manoscritti ai dorsi a 5 nervi, tagli spruzzati in rosso e marrone. Rifatto il dorso del primo volume, lavori di tarlo ai piatti e ai dorsi, mende al dorso del volume secondo. Al frontespizio e alla prima carta di ogni volume timbro di possesso 'Biblioth. S. Caroli ad Quat Font', ai frontespizi dei volumi secondo e terzo nota di appartenenza manoscritta 'Conventus S. caroli ad 4 fontes de Urbe', ripetuta anche al margine di alcune carte del primo fascicolo. Rara edizione di questa celeberrima opera dal medico, naturalista e collezionista bolognese Aldrovandi (1522- 1605) dedicata agli uccelli - incluse creature mitologiche come le arpie. L'Ornithologia apparve per la prima volta tra il 1599 e il 1603 a Bologna, corredata di una magnifica serie di illustrazioni disegnate per lo più da Giovanni de' Neri - noto anche come Giovanni de' Uccelli - e incise da diversi artisti. L'opera fu curata, ancora in vita, da Aldrovandi, quale prima parte della grandiosa enciclopedia naturalistica che potè vedere la luce, in forma completa, solo dopo la sua morte. Ognuno dei tre volumi che compongono questa più tarda impressione bolognese reca al frontespizio inciso il nome del libraio Marco Antonio Bernia, che ne finanziò la pubblicazione, avvalendosi per la stampa della collaborazione di Nicolò Tebaldini e Giovanni Battista Ferroni, come attestano le finali sottoscrizioni, di cui quella del primo volume, impressa da Tebaldini, riporta la data del 1645. Three volumes, folio (355x230 mm). I. [4], 893, [55]; II: [6], 862, [62]; III: [12], 560, [24] pages. Engraved title-pages, numerous woodcuts in text (many are full-page). Woodcut decorated initials and headpieces. Foxing in places, light browning. Uniformly bound, contemporary vellum over pasteboards. Spines with five raised bands, inked titles. Edges speckled in red and brown. The spine of the first volume rebacked, the one of the second volume with a few wears, some wormholes to covers and spines. Ownership stamp on the title-page and first flyleaf od each volume, 'Biblioth. S. Caroli ad Quat Font', and manuscript inscription 'Conventus S. caroli ad 4 fontes de Urbe' on the title-pages and some leaves of the second and third volume, both to be referred to the Church of Saint Charles at the Four Fountains in Rome. Rare edition of this celebrated work by the Bolognese physician and naturalist Aldrovandi, who had collected a well-known private natural history museum. The Ornithologia is devoted to birds, and also includes descriptions of mythical monsters like the Harpies. The monumental treatise first appeared in Bologna between 1599 and 1603, supplemented with a magnificent series of illustrations mostly drawn by Giovanni de' Neri - also known Giovanni de' Uccelli - and cut by various artists. The Ornithologia represents the first part of Aldrovandi's thirteen-volume encyclopedia on natural history, of which only four were published in his lifetime. The volumes contain detailed descriptions, and some chapters are exclusively devoted to New World birds, for example the pavo Indicus or peacock of the Indies. Aldrovandi also describes the opera plumaria, which Montezuma offerred to Cortés: features which reveal his reading of narratives of the Conquista, first the De rebus Oceanis et Novo Orbe by Pietro Martire d'Anghiera (see lot 281). In this late Bolognese edition the engraved title-page of each volume bears the mention of the bookseller Marco Antonio Bernia, who was the financial baker of the publication, while Nicolò Tebaldini and Giovanni Battista Ferroni were responsible - as the colophon attest - for printing.

Chiavelloni Vincenzo. Discorsi della musica... In Roma: per Ignatio de Lazeri, 1668.In-4° (mm 246x172). Pagine. [16], 556, [2]. Bella antiporta calcografica ritraente Giove, Minerva e Vulcano, firmata da Carlo Cesio. Vignetta xilografica ritraente tre angeli che reggono un libro al frontespizio. Capilettera, testatine e finalini xilografici. Esemplare ad ampi margini, diffuse fioriture. Legatura coeva in pergamena su cartone decorata in oro. Piatti inquadrati da una cornice esterna a volute; nel riquadro mediano corolle, stelline e quattro aquile a sormontare gli angoli della cornice interna, costituita da duplice filetto. Nello specchio centrale le armi del vescovo (e successivamente cardinale) Bernardino Rocci e quattro piastre accantonate. Dorso liscio decorato da ferri dorati con titolo manoscritto; tagli dorati. Due piccole macchie di inchiostro ai piatti, due minimi graffi al margine inferiore del piatto posteriore. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris: 'Bibliothecae Petri Buoninsegni Senis 1814' e 'Landau 16654". Lunga nota manoscritta alla c. A1r, correzioni manoscritte alla c. π4r, sottolineature alla carta Zzz6r. Rara prima e unica edizione di questa importante opera di teoria musicale redatta da Vincenzo Chiavelloni, canonico del duomo di Rieti e membro a Roma dell'Accademia degli Infecondi, costituita da ventiquattro dscorsi volti a sostenere le relazioni tra musica e virtù morali. Esemplare di illustre provenienza, impreziosito dalla legatura alle armi del nobile Bernardino Rocci (1627-1680), creato vescovo il 22 aprile dell'anno di stampa della presente opera, che egli stesso commissionò in qualità di capo dell'Accademia degli Sterili. Nell'epistola al Lettore Chiavelloni loda Bernardino Rocci (c. π4v) ed esplicita la dedica agli aristocratici membri dell'Accademia degli Sterili del primo discorso, nel quale afferma che la musica e l'accademia condividono la finalità di accordare le anime con la virtù. Il lotto è provvisto di attestato di libera circolazione. Sold with a valid export license.4° (246x172). [16], 556, [2] pages. Fine engraved frontispiece, signed by Carlo Cesio, and depicting Zeus, Athena, and Hephaestus. On the title-page woodcut showing three angels holding a book. Woodcut decorated initials, head- and tailpieces. A wide-margined copy. Foxing throughout. Contemporary gilt-tooled vellum over pasteboards. Covers within a rich frame of small flowers, star- and eagle-shaped tools. At the centre coat of arms of the bishop Bernardino Rocci. Smooth spine, richly tooled, inked title. Edges gilt. Two small ink stains to the covers, two minor scratches to the lower cover. On the front pastedown ex libris 'Bibliothecae Petri Buoninsegni Senis 1814' and 'Landau 16654". Manuscript note on fol. A1r, a few amendetions on fol. π4r.A fine presentation copy of the rare first and only edition of this important work on the theory of music Vincenzo Chiavelloni, canon of the Cathedral of Rieti, and member of the famous Roman Accademia degli Infecondi, or Academy of Infecunds. The treatise is divided into twenty-four sermons, in which the author investigates the relationship between music and moral virtue. The copy presented here is in a precious gilt-tooled binding, bearing on the covers the coat of arms of the bishop and future cardinal Bernardino Rocci (1627-1680), who had been named bishop on 22 April 1668, and was the leader of the aforementioned Academy. The Discorsi della musica were commissioned by Rocci, and Chiavelloni praises his mentor in his address to readers (fol. π4v). Sold with a valid export license.

Comidas de Carbognano Cosimo. Primi principi della gramatica Turca ad uso dei missionari apostolici di Constantinopoli. Roma, Nella Stamperia della Sac. Congr. di Propagande Fide, 1794.In-4° (mm 255x197). Pagine 12, 730 pagine. Emblema della Congregatione sul frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero. Esemplare in barbe, parzialmente a fogli chiusi, sciolto. Lievi fioriture diffuse. Al frontespizio e alla pagina successiva timbro in inchiostro rosso. Importante prima edizione nella variante di 730 pagine, che non contiene soltanto una dettagliata versione della grammatica turca con versione latina ma anche dialoghi turchi con traduzione italiana. La Grammatica del Comidas è stata per oltre un secolo l'opera di riferimento nello studio della lingua turca. Ebert 3515; Atabey 266: 'First edition. Comidas de Carbognano was dragoman to the Count de Ludolf, minister of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies at Constantinople'.

Cunningham (C.D.) & Abney (W. de W.) The Pioneers of the Alps, 1887, first edition, quarto, 24 photogravure plates, top edge gilt, original cloth

Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, 1993, numbered limited edition of 500, signed by ten members of the British 1953 Expedition (including Hunt and Edmund Hillary) to mark the 40th anniversary of the first ascent, top edge gilt, half morocco, slipcase

Ratcliffe (Derek) The Peregrine Falcon, 1980, Poyser, first edition, dust wrapper; Nethersole-Thompson (Desmond & Maime), Waders, Their Breeding, Haunts and Watchers, 1986, Poyser, first edition, dust wrapper; Forsman (Dick), The Raptors of Europe and the Middle East, 1999, Poyser, first edition, boards; with ten others published by Poyser and ten others published by Helm (23)

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, Bloomsbury, first edition, first issue, with correct number string, young wizard at spine head, Joanne Rowling copyright, additional wand, (fading to cover, spine slanted, some edge wear and tanning of pages)

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1905, Warne, first edition, first issue, lavender endpapers, brown paper boards (some wear and loss to backstrip)

Potter (Beatrix) The Pie and the Patty-Pan, 1905, Warne, first edition, first issue, lavender endpapers, brown paper boards (slight wear to head and tail of spine, bookseller's stamp to verso of front endpaper)

Potter (Beatrix) Ginger & Pickles, 1909, Warne, first edition, first issue, buff boards with pictorial onlay (inscription to half title)

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies, 1909, Warne, first edition, notice board present, dark green boards with pictorial onlay (hinge weak, gutter gaping in places, frontis loose)

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Pigling Bland, 1913, Warne, first edition, maroon boards with pictorial onlay (frontis loose)

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Tom Kitten, 1907, Warne, first edition, light-brown boards with pictorial onlay (text block detached, pages loose, rear endpaper torn); with two others (3)

Wodehouse (P.G.) The Man Upstairs, 1914, Methuen, first edition, catalogue to rear dated 25/10/13, original red/brown cloth gilt, (presentation stamp to title, foxing throughout, front free endpaper torn, cloth faded and worn)

Shaw (Bernard) The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism, 1928, Constable, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to Ada Galsworthy, some foxing, top edge gilt, original cloth

Vermeire ('Robert') Cocktails How To Mix Them, 1922, Herbert Jenkins, first edition, orange cloth boards, (stained and faded, some pen annotations)

Golding (William) Lord of the Flies, 1954, Faber & Faber Ltd. first edition, dust wrapper (various tears and discolouration)

Crisp (Quentin) The Naked Civil Servant, 1968, Jonathan Cape, first edition, dust wrapper Orton (Joe), Entertaining Mr. Sloane, 1964, Hamish Hamilton, first edition, dust wrapper (2)

Levin (Ira) Rosemary's Baby, 1967, Random House, first edition fifth printing, dust wrapper Selby (Hubert), Last Exit to Brooklyn, 1964, Grove Press, first edition, dust wrapper (2)

Evelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisited- The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder, 1945, Chapman & Hall, first edition, blue cloth boards, no dust wrapper (WH Smith library labels) idem, Scott-King's Modern Europe, 1947, Chapman & Hall, first edition, dust wrapper idem, Black Mischief, 1932, Chapman & Hall, first edition, no dust wrapper, red cloth boards (3)

Clarke (Arthur C.) Rendezvous with Rama, 1973, Victor Gollancz, first edition, dust wrapper Tsiolkovsky (Konstantin), Beyond the Planet Earth, 1960, Pergamon Press, first English edition, dust wrapper (2)

Assorted 20th Century Literature Greene (Graham) Nineteen Stories, 1947, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, black cloth boards idem, The Heart of the Matter, 1948, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, blue cloth boards idem, Loser Takes All, 1955, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, blue cloth boards idem, The Third Man & The Fallen Idol, 1950, Wm. Heinemann, black cloth boards Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, 1936, Chatto & Windus, New Edition, blue cloth boards idem, Eyeless in Gaza, 1936, Chatto & Windus, first edition, red cloth boards Maugham (W. Somerset) The Razor's Edge, n.d. blue cloth boards idem, Creatures of Circumstance, 1947, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, red cloth boards idem, Cakes & Ale, 1930, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, green cloth boards Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916, The Egoist Press, green cloth boards Steinbeck (John) The Grapes of Wrath, 1939, Wm. Heinemann, first edition, red cloth boards together with two others; many with WH Smith labels and stamps, no dust wrappers, overall condition poor (13)

Fleming (Ian) Goldfinger, 1959, Cape, first edition, black boards with skull and gold coins design, dust wrapper (priced 15s.)

Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, 1960, Cape, first edition, black cloth with white eye, dust wrapper (priced 15s.)

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, 1961, Cape, first edition, dark brown cloth with skeletal hand, dust wrapper (priced 15s.)

Fleming (Ian) The Spy Who Loved Me, 1962, Cape, first edition, dark brown cloth with silver dagger, dust wrapper (priced 15s.); idem, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 1963, Cape, third impression, dark brown cloth with white ski tracks, dust wrapper (priced 15s.); idem, You Only Live Twice, March 1964, Cape, first edition, second state, black cloth with Japanese symbols, dust wrapper (priced 16s.); idem, The Man with the Golden Gun, 1965, Cape, second impression, black cloth, dust wrapper (priced 18s.) (4)

Churchill (Winston S.) The Major Works of Sir Winston Churchill, 1974, 'Centenary First Edition', twenty five volumes, all edges gilt, silk endpapers, bonded morocco gilt

Rickard (T.A.) The Copper Mines of Lake Superior, 1905, first edition, original cloth gilt; idem, Historic Backgrounds of British Columbia, nd. [1948], first edition, presentation copy, signed by the author, dust wrapper; idem, Journeys of Observation, 1907, 'author's edition', presentation copy, original pictorial cloth; with nineteen others (21)

Rebound first edition, Leonard Rosenthal Illustrated by Edmund Dulac, The Kingdom of the Pearl published Nisbet &Co 128/ 675. .

Böhme (Jakob)] - Mysterium Magnum: Or An exposition of the first book of Moses called Genesis , first edition in English, with 'The Life of Jacob Behmen' by Durand Hotham and Böhme's 'Four Tables of Divine Revelation' bound in at end Printed by H. Simmons for H. Blunden, at the Castle in Cornehill, 1654, later tooled leather boards and felt cover with carved wood ecclesiastical front board.. .

Douglas, Dr. JamesLilium Sarniense: or a description of the Guernsay-Lilly, to which is added 'The Botanical Dissection of the Coffee Berry', first edition, printed by G. Straham, 1725, 30 blank leaves bound in at end, contemporary sheep, ruled in gilt to margins, expertly rebacked, backstrip in 7 compartments with title in gilt.

Ansted, D.T. & Latham, R.G.The Channel Islands, First Edition, W.H Allen & Co, 1862, illustrations by P.J. Naftel & P. Le Lievre, map with single tear, expertly repaired, publisher's catalogue at end, original green cloth, gilt decorated & blind-tooled.

Dawson, LucyDogs Rough & Smooth, first edition, Collins, London, 1937, hardback with original illustrated dust jacket, with sixteen colour illustrations and further black & white illustrations.

A. Haku Maki (Japanese, 1924-2000), Modern Japanese Limited Edition Woodblock Print. A traditional ceremonial tea vessel, signed and numbered by the artist. Number 24/111, collection 66, 9 x 8in. (22.8 x 20.3cm.), framed & matted * Haku Maki was a sosaku hanga artist in 20th Century Japan. The artist was born with the name Maejima Tadaaki in 1924 in the small town Asomachi in the Ibaraki Prefecture of Japan. He graduated at Ibaraki Teachers' College and became vice-principal of an elementary school there. In 1945 he was in a special squadron of kamikaze pilots and his life was to be ended. However, with the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945 his life was spared, and he became a teacher at a high school. He studied printmaking at the Modern Print Research Society with Koshiro Onchi andi, in 1950 he changed his name to Haku Maki. His work has a few characteristic design elements for which he became famous - deep embossing and the use of distorted Chinese characters. Maki developed his own process of relief printmaking, applying mixed media printing techniques. The artist first carved a conventional woodblock. Then he put cement around the carved areas. When the cement had dried out, Haku Maki carved and chiselled the cement into the shape he wanted to have. Then a wet, double-layered paper was used for the printing. Thus prints made in this technique show strong embossing. Haku Maki's works look nearly three-dimensional.

MICHAEL AYRTON [1921-75]. Extricator 11, 1969. bronze, edition of 9 [1/9] - the first cast. 28 cm long. Provenance: artist's family; private collection, UK. Man escaping from a maze - see Ayrton's wonderful book 'Maze Maker' for his re-interpretation of the myth of Daedalus, Icarus and the Minotaur - on which much of his work is based. [good condition]. 'Opening price' is NOT the reserve.

RARE ANTIQUE BOOK 'His Pilgrimage, 1614' by Samuel Purchas (1577-1626), second edition of the first book of compiled travel accounts of approximately one thousand contributors, with notables including Hawkins, Columbus, Sir Francis Drake etc, 'Relations of the World & The Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discovered From the Creation Unto this Present' divided as nine books over 918 pages, plus the table of the principle things contained (which is absent after SE) contents of the chapters and catalogue of authors, title page missing, book opens at 'To The Most Reverend Father in God, George and by the Divine Providence, Lord Archbishop of Canterbyrie etc', this is a dedication to George Abbot, Purchas having been appointed his Chaplain in 1614, possibly in original cover and binding (poor condition) with some small tears/losses in the early pages, staining appears pretty much throughout with heavy stains to the bottom right corner from page 277 right through to the end

1- Oliver, William: A practical essay on the use and abuse of warm bathing in gouty cases. Bath, T. Boddely, 1751, first edition. 4to. Title-page, + 68pp; original wrappers; dust soiled and little torn; stain to margin of first and last few pages; 2- Report of the Royal Humane Society instituted in the 1774 for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned; for the years 1779 and 1780. Sold by J. F. & C. Rivington,.. first edition; PP: viii, 157, (i)blank, (i)advert. Original wrappers; dust soiled; o/w VG (2)

1- Hearne, Thomas(transc.): Peter Langtoft's Chronicle; in Two Volumes (vols. 3 & 4 of the works). Bagster, 1810, reprint of the 1725 first edition. 714pp (continuous pagination). Leather backed boards; G+; 2- Higgins, G: Anacalypsis.. Two vols. New York, 1927; Limited edition, Number 44 of 350 copies; 4to.; Plus 2 others (Tibet). (6)

STEVENSON (Robert Louis): 1- Underwoods. Chatto and Windus, 1887. FIRST EDITION, Number 40, of a limited edition of 50 COPIES ON LARGE HANDMADE PAPER, signed by the printers 'R. & R. Clark', pp: xvii, 139, 4to, original white cloth; recased with the original spine; covers grubby; armorial bookplate; browning to endpapers; internally very clean; 2- POEMS. Printed at the Florence Press, for Chatto & Windus.. 1913. Limited edition #136/500 on handmade paper. 4to. Original full soft vellum with ties and teg; Ties detached; light spotting to covers; o/w VG; 3- Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers. Printed at the Florence Press, for Chatto & Windus, 1910; Limited edition #229/250 on handmade paper. With 12 colour illustrations after Norman Wilkinson. Original cloth backed grey boards; Covers grubby; internally clean; 4- EDINBURGH. Seeley, 1912; Limited edition #354/385. Tipped-in colour plates by James Heron. 4to. Original cloth; rubbed and smudged; 5- A Child's Garden of Verses. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1896, first ill. edn. Illustrated by Charles Robinson. Original gilt pictorial cloth and with the 16pp publishers’ catalogue dated 1895. G+; plus: Dickens: Dickens v. Barabbas: Forster intervening; a study based upon some hitherto unpublished letters. Sawyer. 1930, Limited edition #79/90 on handmade paper. Original cloth; spine & part of covers faded; bookplate; o/w G+. (6)

1- Report, of the Committee of the, Society of Arts... Relative to the Mode of, Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes. Printed by the order of the Society, London, 1819, Sold by the Housekeeper.. (Price Four Shillings), First edition, with imprint T.C. Hansard, to verso of title. PP: Half title present, title, 72, plus three additional 57*, 58*, 59*, Plus 6 plates with tissue guards (one folding). Signed ¾ calf binding with gilt lettering to spine and teg. Light stain to top margin of first few pages; otherwise a fine copy (Scarce). 2- Graham, W: The one pound note in the rise and progress of banking in Scotland, and its adaptability to England. 1886, 1st. original cloth; VG; 3- Graham, W: The One Pound Note in the History of Banking in Great Britain. 1911, inner hinges cracked; 4- Baird, W: The One Pound Note: Its History, Place and Power in Scotland, and Its Adaptability for England. 1901, 2nd. edn. little loose (4)

1- Chesterton, G. K: Autobiography. Hutchinson, 1936, Limited edition, no. 75 of 250 copies. Leather backed boards; spine rubbed and faded; couple of smudges and foxing to first two pages; front endpaper with 29 signatures; 2- Stanard, M N: Edgar Allan Poe Letters, till now unpublished. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1925, Limited edn. No. 1106 of 1550 copies. Cloth backed boards; corners and edges chipped. 3- Rivers of Great Britain: The Thames, from source to sea. Descriptive, historical, pictorial. Cassell, 1891. Gilt pictorial boards; 4to. with map and ill. G+. (3)

South, Robert: Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions. For Thomas Bennet, 1692, first edition. PP639, (i)advert. Full leather; Covers detached. Plus 4 other works (5)

1- Wright, H E; & A B Creeke Junr.: A History of the Adhesive Stamps of the British Isles. The Philatelic Society, London, 1899, First edition, Folio, original wrappers bound-in. PP: xxvi, 263, (i), +wrappers. Leather backed marbled boards, teg. Occasional foxing; o/w VG; (Scarce). 2- Postes de FRANCE, 1788. PP: iii-xl, 1-146. Lacking wrappers? Later ¾ leather; VG; 3- Baines, F E: Forty years at the Post Office; in 2 volumes. Richard Bentley, 1895, 1st. edn. With a folding map and 5 plates. Original cloth gilt; Ex-lending library with labels to upper covers; covers little grubby; inner hinges cracked; tissue guard to frontis of vol.2 damp soiled and slightly affecting the frontis portrait; 4- Tombs, R C: The King's post. 1905, 1st. Original pictorial cloth; spine faded; occasional foxing; 5- Shaw, T P G: Handbook and Catalogue of Canadian Transportation postmarks. 1963. (6)

DAVIES, W. H: 1- Raptures- Book of Poems. Beaumont Press, 1918. Signed Limited edition, # 12 of 22 copies printed on Japanese vellum. (a further 250 just numbered copies were printed; 23-272 ). Full vellum, designed by Pickford Waller and bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Armorial bookplate of 'Simon Brett' to front pastedown; ¾ inch chip to bottom of spine, with loss; light hint of foxing to endpapers ; 2- Selected poems. 1923, 1st. Association copy, loosely inserted a 2pp letter signed by the artist Ernest F Hill, Plus a print of one of his paintings, Signed in pencil; 3- The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp. Fifield, 1908, First edition. Endpapers soiled; 4- Moss And Feather Ariel Poems No. 10. Faber, n.d. 1st. edn. in original envelope. VG. (4)

LAKE, Veronica; [With Donald Bain]: The Autobiography of VERONICA LAKE. W H Allen, London, 1969, 1st edn, dw (36s.); half title inscribed and signed: ‘To John- the best in life to you always Sincerely, Veronica Lake’. This first English edition preceded the first American edition by two years. Small rust mark to top and bottom corner of front blank endpaper; O/W, vg. Note: The extraordinary story of one of the most interesting film-stars of Hollywood's wildest years and for a short time the number one box star, making 26 pictures. She disappeared for 20 years and was rediscovered working as a waitress in a night club, and two other signed books: Adams, Richard, Watreship Down and Andrews, Val, Murray

DAVIES, W. H: 1- Poet's Calendar. 1927, Signed Limited edition, # 19 of 125. Leather backed boards; Armorial bookplate of 'Simon Brett' to front pastedown; 2- Adventures of Johnny Walker, Tramp. 1926, Signed Limited edn. # 94 of 125 copies. Original cloth, Spine & part of covers faded; 3- Secrets. 1924, Signed Limited edn. # 28 of 100 copies. Original vellum backed mottled boards; Armorial bookplate of 'Simon Brett' to front pastedown; small stain to title page; foxing; 4- A Poet's Alphabet. 1925, Signed Limited edn. # 62 of 125 copies. ½ green vellum and dw. Light foxing to endpapers; 5- In Winter. Privately printed,1931, Signed Limited edn. # 106 of 290 copies. Original orange boards; partially faded near spine; PLUS: 27 FIRST EDITION (mostly VG with dw), Four issues of To-Day (with contributions by Davies), 8 by or about. (44)

Ptolemy Geographia3 engravingsTabulae Europae I, Orbis Descriptio and Carter Marina Nuoba Tavola from the 1574 edition by G. Ruscellai, published by Ziletti of Venice, first depiction of the world as two hemisphereslargest 8.25 x 12.25in.

"The World's Great Fairy Tales First Day Cover Collection", a limited edition with certificate of authenticity to second page, in a brown album

12 Royal Horticultural Society signature edition china floral plates, a First Annual Chelsea Flower Show plate 1981, 11 Royal Horticultural 'Flowers of the Year' plates and a quantity of other floral and bird decorated china plates