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Lot 286

Economics.- Malthus (T. R.) Definitions in Political Economy, first edition, lacks half-title, contemporary calf, spine gilt but a little rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 25180; Kress C1924], 8vo, 1827. ⁂ This, one of Malthus' last works "was a valiant attempt to resolve differences of opinion in political economy by codifying its terminology and establishing rules for the definition of terms. It could be regarded as one of the earliest works on the methodology of economics" (ODNB).

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Lot 274

Dickens (Charles) Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, vol.2 second issue, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.3 dated May 1861, occasional spotting and soiling, a few leaves working loose, hinges weak, original purple cloth, soiled, spines dulled, corners bumped and worn, [Smith 1:14; Sadleir 688; Wolff 1799], 8vo, 1861. ⁂ A good copy of one of Dickens' greatest works.

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Lot 292

Economics.- Senior (Nassau William) An Introductory Lecture on Political Economy, third edition, 1831; Three Lectures on the Transmission of the Precious Metals from Country to Country and the mercantile Theory of Wealth, 1828; Two Lectures on Population, 1828; Three Lectures on the Cost of Obtaining Money, 1830; Three Lectures on the Rate of Wages, 1830; A Letter to Lord Howick, on a Legal Provision for the Irish Poor, erratum slip after title, 1831, together 6 works in 1 vol., all but the first work first editions, occasional minor foxing, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, 8vo ⁂ A good collection of scarce works by Nassau Senior, an important and influential figure in political economy - "he was the first to formulate the abstinence theory of capital...in his lecture on the Cost of Obtaining Money [he] took the first step beyond Ricardo...on the question of the Wages Fund, Senior occupies a half-way position between the view of a fixed wage fund and more modern theories" (Palgrave).

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Lot 169

Davy (Sir Humphry) Six Discourses delivered before The Royal Society, first edition, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine richly gilt and with black morocco label, 4to, John Murray, 1827. ⁂ A lovely copy of this important work covering lectures given by Davy from 1820-26 while he was President of the Royal Society.

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Lot 101

Birds.- Meyer (Henry Leonard) Coloured Illustrations of British Birds, and their Eggs, 7 vol., first edition, 432 lithograph plates, all but 8 hand-coloured, occasional foxing, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, spines gilt but slightly faded, g.e., [Nissen 628; Wood p.462], 8vo, 1842-50.

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Lot 225

Law.- Fitzherbert (Sir Anthony) The Newe Boke of Iustices of Peace, black letter, woodcut initials, ink annotations in contemporary hand to a few leaves and inscriptions to front free endpaper (torn), light staining to upper margin towards end, contemporary calf, small tool blocked in silver to centre of both boards (tarnished), scraps of old manuscript used as binder's waste, rather worn, spine defective, [STC 10977; Beale T343], 8vo, [Richard Tottill], [1566]. ⁂ Early edition in English of a law manual, first translated in 1554.

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Asia.- Coryate (Thomas) Coryat's Crudities...to which are now added, his Letters from India, &c..., 3 vol., half-titles, engraved additional pictorial title and 7 plates, one folding, woodcut illustrations, advertisement leaf at end of vol.3, some light offsetting, occasional spotting or browning, one or two minor marginal defects, note in contemporary hand tipped to leaf [f5] of preliminaries, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red roan labels, a little rubbed, spines slightly faded, 8vo, for W.Cater...Samuel Hayes...J.Wilkie...and E.Easton, 1776. ⁂ Eccentric work covering the author's travels in Europe, the Levant, Middle East and India. This is the first reprinting of the first edition of 1611, and the first to contain the Letters from India.

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Lot 167

Boyle (Robert) New Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring of the Air..., 3 parts in 1, second edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates, one folding and with tear, lacking blank leaf m4 from part 3, slight marginal worming to second half, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing B3999; Fulton 14; Garrison-Morton 666; PMM 143], Oxford, by H. Hall for Tho. Robinson, 1662. ⁂ The first announcement of Boyle's Law. "Boyle's experimental proof of the basis of physical property of air, namely that the volume of gas varies inversely with the pressure, constitutes one of the greatest contributions to physical science... it was further proved that air has weight, and the function of combustion and respiration in air, the conveyance of sound and the elasticity of air all explained" (PMM).

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Lot 217

Grandville (J.J.) Cent Proverbes, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, foxing, contemporary polished cat's paw calf, gilt, by Clarke & Bedford, spine richly gilt but a little faded, red morocco label, g.e., Paris, H. Fournier, 1845; and another illustrated by Grandville and similarly beautifully bound (signed by C. Lewis), 8vo (2)

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Lot 265

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Sibylline Leaves, first edition, half-title, errata leaf, occasional foxing, uncut in the original boards, worn, [Wise, Coleridge 45; Ashley vol.1 p.206], 8vo, 1817. ⁂ Presentation inscription on front free endpaper reads: "The Misses Crumpe fro affectionately their Derwent Coileridge June 20th 1820". Derwent Coileridge (1800-83) was the third child of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and a distinguished scholar and author in his own right. Another later inscription and cutting on front free endpaper.

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America.- Gisborne (Lionel) The Isthmus of Darien in 1852: Journal of the Expedition of Inquiry for the Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, first edition, 4 folding maps, one with short tear, occasional foxing, original cloth, spine very slightly faded and with small nick at upper joint, 1853 § Lewis (Matthew Gregory) Journal of a West India Proprietor, kept during a Residence in...Jamaica, first edition, contemporary polished tree calf, gilt, spine richly gilt but faded, 1834 § Martineau (Harriet) Society in America, 2 vol., foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but faded, Paris, 1837 § Volney (C.F.) View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America, 2 folding engraved maps and 2 folding plates, foxing, contemporary half calf, worn, 1804; and 5 others, Americas, 8vo (10)

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Lot 124

Botany.- Willkomm (Heinrich Moritz) Icones et Descriptiones Plantarum novarum criticarum et rariorum Europae Austro-Occidentalis praecipue Hispaniae, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 168 engraved plates, all but one partially hand-coloured, some double-page, some foxing, particularly to text, modern green half morocco, gilt, by Birdsall & Son, spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, [Nissen 2164; Great Flower Books 81], large 4to, Leipzig, A.H. Payne, 1852-56. ⁂ Rare at auction. One auction record calls for 9 later fascicules (1862).

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Lot 136

Herbal.- L'Ecluse (Charles de) Rariorum Plantarum Historia, first collected edition, engraved title, numerous woodcut illustrations, some foxing, contemporary half pigskin over boards, lower cover fore-edge worn, [Hunt 180; Nissen 372], folio, Antwerp, Ex officina Plantiniana Apud Joannem Moretum, 1601. ⁂ This copy with the "Privilegium" leaf but without the portrait (as with the Arents and Macclesfield copies). This work includes the first edition of Fungorum in Pannoniis Observatorum brevis historia, the first monograph on Fungi.

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Lot 137

Herbal.- L'Obel (Matthias de) Plantarum seu Stirpium Icones, 2 vol. in 1, woodcut device on printed title, numerous woodcut illustrations, sig. E3 with woodcut overlay, sig. Ff in vol.2 misbound, copious ink annotations throughout, many contemporary, a few tears and marginal defects, some soiling and occasional staining including one ring-mark, contemporary ink inscription to title "Jacobi Rieding Basilae 1584" and 3 later inscriptions, bookplate of Robert James Shuttleworth, later half vellum, [Nissen 1220; Hunt 138], oblong 4to, Antwerp, Ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1581. ⁂ "First edition of this collection of the fine woodcuts made by Plantin for various botanical works; the classification was made by de Lobel. It is a most useful reference work in connection with the study of 16th-century botanical illustration." (Hunt).

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Lot 179

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Hatton (Edward) An Intire System of Arithmetic, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates at end, one torn, a few minor stains, contemporary calf, 4to, 1721. ⁂ The list of subscribers includes Sir Isaac Newton, Dr Edmund Haley, Christopher Wren and Dr. John Keill (the dedicatee). On the front pastedown is a contemporary inscription and a 10-line poem entitled "On Sir Isaac Newton".

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Lot 234

Milton (John) Pro Populo Anglicano Defensio, first edition, woodcut armorial device on title, [Wing M2166], typis Du Gardianis, 1651; bound after Saumaise (Claude) Defensio Regia pro Carolo I, woodcut armorial device on title, engraved bookplate to verso, short tear to one leaf, 1652, contemporary calf, 12mo

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Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue, half-title, 2 maps and 4 chromolithograph plates, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, without Appendix IV, one gathering working loose, original cloth, covers a little soiled, joints a little rubbed and just starting to tear, spine dulled and with small nick at head and foot, [Penzer pp.60-63], 8vo,1856. ⁂ A very good copy of the second issue (without Appendix IV, on female circumcision) of Burton's first expedition to Somalia and an account of his exploration of the forbidden city of Harar.

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Lot 281

Cotton & Silk Manufacture.- Guest (Richard) A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture, first edition, 12 engraved and lithograph plates, some foxing, original boards, lacking backstrip, Manchester, Joseph Pratt, 1823 § Baines (Edward) History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain, first edition, 18 engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional foxing and offsetting, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine richly gilt, fine copy, [1835]; and another, silk manufacture, 4to and 8vo (3)

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Lot 139

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, first edition, fine woodcut title with margins repaired, numerous full-page woodcut illustrations, lacks woodcut portrait and Qq5, Aaa4 with lower corner repaired with loss of woodcut to recto and text to verso, a few other repairs, mostly marginal but on last two leaves just affecting text in places, slight worming to first half of book, affecting text and illustrations in places, some foxing and browning, later ink annotations to front endpapers, 18th century reversed calf, rubbed and rebacked, [Hunt 215; STC 19300; Henrey 282; Nissen 1489], folio, 1629. ⁂ First edition of "the earliest important treatise on horticulture published in England" (Henrey).

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Lot 219

Grandville (J.J. ) Un Autre Monde, first edition, half-title and title in red, wood-engraved frontispiece, 36 plates (35 hand-coloured) and illustrations, some foxing, contemporary fine polished cat's paw calf, gilt, by Clarke & Bedford, spine richly gilt but a little faded, raised bands, olive green morocco label, g.e., small scuff to upper cover, 4to, Paris, H. Fournier, 1844. ⁂ A wonderful copy of Grandville's masterpiece and highly influential work.

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Lot 148

Natural History.- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, 2 engraved vignette sub-titles, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates (1 folding), occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached, 1789; and another copy (lacking frontispiece), 4to (2)

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Egypt.- Waddington (George) and Rev. Barnard Hanbury. Journal of a Visit to some parts of Ethiopia, first edition, lithograph frontispiece, 2 folding engraved maps, 15 lithograph plates (one folding), occasional foxing and offsetting, contemporary calf, gilt, spine richly gilt with green morocco label, [Abbey, Travel 289], 4to, 1822. ⁂ Very handsome copy of this account of a tour of Egypt by two Cambridge Fellows.

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Lot 277

Economics.- [Bailey (Samuel)] A Critical Dissertation on the Nature, Measures, and Causes of Value; chiefly in reference to the Writings of Mr. Ricardo and his followers, first edition, [Goldsmiths' 24382; Kress C1368], 1825; A Letter to a Political Economist..., first edition, 1826, together 2 works in 1 vol., upper hinge a little weak, contemporary calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo

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Lot 289

Mill (John Stuart) On Liberty, first edition, 8pp. advertisements at end (one leaf with tears), contemporary inscription to front free endpaper and another at head of dedication referencing this work in Mill's Autobiography, some pencil annotations and marginalia, contemporary newspaper review sewn in to front free endpaper, some foxing, original cloth, spine faded, lower cover partially sunned, [PMM 345], 8vo, 1859. ⁂ A good copy in original binding of Mill's important and highly influential radical work.

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Lot 152

Zoology.- Richardson (John) and others. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America, 4 parts in 4 vol., comprising: Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes & Insects, first edition, 110 etched, engraved and lithograph plates, many hand-coloured (including all 50 of the Birds), errata slip in part 2 and leaf at end of part 4, some light offsetting and very occasional spotting, lacking half-titles, contemporary polished tree calf, elaborate gilt border of urns and leafy sprays, spines gilt in compartments with gilt-lettered black and tan morocco labels, slightly sunned, [Anker 493; Arctic Bibliography 14491; Nissen, IVB 773 and ZBI 3385; Sabin 71026; Wood p.536], 4to, 1829-37. ⁂ A gorgeous set of this important work on the natural history of the fur-trading regions. Richardson took part in Sir John Franklin's two successful overland expeditions. "The influence which this work exerted cannot well be overstated...it was the unique source of inspiration of numberless writers upon the same subject, and it continues to be a standard authority." E. Coues American Ornithological Biography, Washington, 1878-80, vol.1, p.50.

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Polar.- Inglefield (Edward Augustus) A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin; with a Peep into the Polar Basin, first edition, half-title, 4 lithograph plates (including 2 chromolithographs and 1 folding panorama), folding map with short tears, some foxing, original cloth, spine a little darkened, [Abbey, Travel 642; Sabin 34758], 8vo, 1853. ⁂ "In 1852 Inglefield commanded Lady Franklin's private steamer, Isabel, in a summer expedition to the Arctic, and looked into Smith Sound for the first time since it had been named by William Baffin. On his return he published A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin (1853), was elected FRS (2 June 1853), was awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society, and the silver medal of the Paris Geographical Society, and was presented with a diamond snuff-box by Napoleon III" (ODNB).

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China.- Oliphant (Laurence) Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's Mission to China and Japan, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 folding maps and 20 lithograph plates, some chromolithograph, some tinted, wood-engraved illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines a little dulled, else fine, 8vo, Edinburgh & London, 1859. ⁂ Oliphant served as Lord Elgin's private secretary on his mission to China and Japan from 1857-59, which saw the end of the Second Opium War with the signing of the Treaties of Tianjin in 1858.

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Natural History.- Roget (Peter Mark) Animal and Vegetable Physiology considered with reference to Natural Theology, 2 vol., first edition, wood-engraved illustrations, beautiful copy in contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines richly gilt with red and green morocco labels, William Pickering, 1834 § White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, edited by Edward Turner Bennett, wood-engraved illustratikons, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with single black morocco label, [1837]; and 9 others, 8vo and 12mo (12) ⁂ First mentioned is number V of the Bridgewater Treatises.

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Lot 287

Economics.- Mill (James) Elements of Political Economy, first edition, 2 advertisement leaves at end, ink annotation on title, contemporary sprinkled calf, a fine copy, [Kress C739; Goldsmiths' 23118c], 8vo, 1821. ⁂ An excellent copy of Mill's important contribution to economic theory. The author was father of John Stuart Mill and this work is based on lessons he gave to his son as a teenager.

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Europe.- Lempriere (William) A Tour from Gibraltar...to Morocco, first edition, list of subscribers, folding engraved map slightly foxed and with short tear, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, rubbed, head of spine nicked, Printed for the Author, 1791 § Southey (Robert) Letters written during a Short Residence in Spain and Portugal, second edition, half-title, occasional foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 1799; and 7 others, European tours, journals etc., 8vo (9)

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Botany.- Burbidge (Frederick William Thomas) The Narcissus, first edition, 48 hand-coloured lithograph plates, broken with some leaves loose, 2 A.L.s. by the author with drawings of narcissi loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine worn, 1875 § Candolle (Alphonse de) Monographie des Campanulees, 20 engraved plates, foxed, later half calf, rubbed, spine worn, Paris, 1830; and 7 others, botany, including a set of Miller's Gardener's Dictionary, 4 vol., 1807, 4to and folio (9)

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Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, first edition, 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 10 plain plates and one large folding engraved plan of Moscow, some light offsetting, lacking half-title, contemporary half calf, spine richly gilt but sunned, [Abbey, Travel 224], 4to, 1823. ⁂ A very good copy of this important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin palace from the river Moskva, a catalogue of plants found in the vicinity of the capital, an essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.

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Lot 284

Education.- Darwin (Erasmus) A Plan for the Conduct of Female Education, in Boarding Schools, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece slightly offset on title, Derby, by J. Drewry for J. Johnson, 1797; bound after Fosbrooke (T.D.) The Economy of Monastic Life, first edition, half-title, errata slip and list of subscribers at end, slight foxing, Gloucester, by R. Raikes, [c.1795], together 2 works in 1, contemporary calf-backed boards with vellum corners, rubbed, 4to ⁂ The first mentioned includes a list of suggested books to be read by young ladies; the second is dedicated to Edward Jenner (who also appears in the list of subscribers).

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Lot 282

Economics.- [Defoe (Daniel)] An Essay upon Projects, first edition, foxing and some marginal staining, ink inscription on front free endpaper quoting from Benjamin Franklin, contemporary calf, spine worn, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Wing D832; Kress 23459], 8vo, by R.R. for Tho. Cockerill, 1697. ⁂ Important early work by Defoe on socio-economic matters in which he also proposes the education of women. Rare at auction with only 2 copies appearing over the last 40 years. The inscription quoting Benjamin Franklin in his memoirs reads "There was also a book of Defoe's....which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking, that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life."

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Astronomy.- Nasmyth (James) and James Carpenter. The Moon, first edition, frontispiece and 24 plates, most photographic, 2pp. advertisements at end, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed, near fine, 4to, 1874.

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Lot 159

Scrope (William) The Art of Deer-Stalking, first edition, additional engraved title, engraved frontispiece and 10 tinted lithograph plates, 1838; Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing on the Tweed, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title and 12 tinted or hand-coloured lithograph plates, 1843, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but a little faded, green morocco labels, 8vo (2) ⁂ A handsome pair of classic sporting books.

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Scotland.- Bouquet (Michel) An Artist's Ramble in the North of Scotland, first edition, tinted lithograph title and 24 plates, no letterpress, some foxing, mostly marginal, original roan-backed lithograph printed wrappers, soiled, spine torn, folio, London & Paris, by the Author, 1849. ⁂ Rare - we can trace only one copy at auction in the last 40 years. Included in the wonderful plates are 3 of figures by Gavarni.

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Middle East.- Layard (Austen H.) Discoveries in the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, first edition, half-title, plates (some tinted lithographs) and folding plans and maps, occasional foxing, contemporary polished calf, gilt, spine richly gilt, very slightly rubbed, 1853; Nineveh and its Remains, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, tinted lithograph frontispieces, wood-engraved plates and plans, some folding, folding map, contemporary polished calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but faded, 1849, 8vo (3)

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Pacific.- Martin (John) An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece and folding map, some offsetting, abrasion and hole to title of vol.1, slightly affecting imprint, contemporary green half calf, gilt, 1818; and 6 others, Pacific and Australasia, 4to and 8vo (7) ⁂ First published a year earlier, Martin's work includes the folding map not present in the first edition. There is also a grammar and English/Tonga dictionary.

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America.- Arrowsmith (John) The London Atlas of Universal Geography, engraved throughout, title, contents leaf and 68 double-page engraved maps, all with outline hand-colouring, all with finger tabs (dust-soiled) to fore-edge, maps listed and numbered 1-50 and dated 1842 then an additional 18 unnumbered and unlisted maps with some later dates to 1851, one with short tear near tab, another creased at gutter, generally in excellent and clean condition, contemporary diced half calf, gilt-lettered burgundy morocco label to upper cover, spine worn, [Phillips, Atlases 790], folio, 1842. ⁂ One of the great English atlases of the 19th century. Arrowsmith (1790-1870) published his London Atlas originally in 1834, with this new edition appearing in 1842. It was subsequently reissued with the date of the preface and imprints on individual maps revised. This copy is enhanced by an additional 18 Arrowsmith maps, including some of his scarcest and most important: Sketch of the Acquisitions of Russia, 1842 Ionian Islands and Malta, 1844 West Coast of Africa, 1843 The River Niger, 1843 Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1851 Asia Minor, 1842 The Caspian Sea, Khivah, and the surrounding country, 1841 The Punjab, 1849 Australia (2 sheets), 1850 The Maritime Portion of South Australia, 1840 New Zealand, 1851 Texas, 8th June 1843 Jamaica, 1842 The Leeward Islands, 1842 (creased) The Windward Islands, 1842 British Guiana, 1842 Discoveries in the Arctic Sea , between Baffin Bay and Melville Island, 1851 The map of Texas is particularly important. It is considered "probably the first to show the full extent of Texas's claim to the region of the upper Rio Grande, an area included within Texas's boundaries until the Compromise of 1850... [and] the best information on Texas geography available in Europe" (Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 32). There are four known issues of the Texas map with varying dates from 1841 to 1843 and one later issue dated 1858. Streeter notes that this issue (8th June, 1843) has a number of names added at various places indicating projected land holdings.

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Lot 141

Insects.- Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, first edition, superb woodcut title of a bee-hive with other insects surrounding, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, minor worming to inner margin towards beginning, last 2 leaves with small holes, slightly affecting woodcuts, some light browning and marginal water-staining, old ink annotations to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, [Garrison-Morton 288; Nissen 2852; Norman 1528; STC 17993; British Bee Books 25], folio, Thomas Cotes...[and] William Hope, 1634. ⁂ An excellent copy in a strictly contemporary binding of the first book on insects published in England. Moffet's was "the best work of its kind...it set a new standard of accuracy in the study of the invertebrates" (Garrison-Morton). He was educated at Cambridge and Basel, where he obtained a degree in medicine, travelled widely in Europe before establishing a practice in Ipswich and London and serving as physician to Queen Elizabeth's forces in Normandy in 1591. The first edition has three variant imprints.

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America.- Livingston (Edward) Project of a New Penal Code for the State of Louisiana, first English edition, minor foxing at beginning and end, contemporary half calf, spine faded, 1824. ⁂ Inscription on front free endpaper reads "The gift of Mr. John Smith M.P., April 28, 1825"

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Britain.- Turner (Joseph Mallord William) Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England, 2 vol., first edition, 48 engraved plates and 32 vignettes by George and W.B Cooke and others after Turner and others, occasional foxing, contemporary russia, elaborately stamped in gilt and blind, a little rubbed, joints split, folio, 1826. ⁂ One of the finest illustrated books of its time, the views are of coastal scenes from Cornwall to the Thames.

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Lot 271

Dickens (Charles) The Personal History of David Copperfield, first edition in book form, additional etched title and 39 plates by H.K. Browne, some foxing, a few leaves stained, contemporary half calf, 1850; and 24 others by Dickens, including first editions in book form of Bleak House (2 copies), Little Dorrit, Martin Chuzzlewit, Nicholas Nickleby and Pickwick Papers, 8vo (25)

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Central Asia.- Bell (James Stanislaus) Journal of a Residence in Circassia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding map, 12 lithograph plates of which 3 hand-coloured, occasional spotting, contemporary blue calf, gilt, one spine label missing, [Abbey, Travel 355; Atabey 91], 8vo, 1840.

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Derbyshire.- Watson (White) A Delineation of the Strata of Derbyshire, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece of strata and one other plate, list of subscribers, light browning and offsetting, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum corners, joints worn, Sheffield, W. Todd, 1811 § Mander (James) The Derbyshire Miners' Glossary, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, uncut in original printed boards, Bakewell, printed at the Minerva Press, for the Author, 1824 § Cotton (Charles) The Wonders of the Peak, title in red and black within typographic border and decorative vignette, contemporary sheep, worn, covers detached, Nottingham, printed by John Collyer, 1725; and another edition (Nottingham, 1774) of the same, v.s. (4)

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Africa.- Bowler (T.W.) South African Sketches. A Series of Ten of the Most Interesting Views at the Cape of Good Hope, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title and 9 tinted lithograph plates, foxed throughout, loose in original cloth-backed printed wrappers, rather soiled and a few tears, [Abbey, Travel 343; not in Mendelssohn], folio, [1854]. ⁂ Scarce, with few copies appearing at auction, especially in the original printed wrappers. Abbey calls Bowler "one of the most important of South African artists".

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Lot 261

Hemans (Felicia Dorothea) Poems, first edition, list of subscribers, wood-engraved vignettes, some foxing and offsetting, lacking half-title, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, Liverpool, G.F.Harris, 1808; and 2 others, sammelbands of poetry, one early 19th century with several works by Hemans, the other 18th century, 4to and 8vo (3) ⁂ The subscribers to the mentioned item, Hemans' first published work (under her maiden name Felicia Dorothea Browne), include Richard Brinsley Sheridan and William Roscoe.

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Voyages.- Cooke (Capt. Edward) A Voyage to the South Sea, and Round the World..., first edition, 20 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding (double-hemisphere map of world, map of River Amazon, city of Cusco), lacking 2pp. advertisements at end, foxed and browned, plate 14 with internal tear but no loss, map of Amazon torn and repaired, a little cropped shaving a few head-lines, U4 & 5 loose, nineteenth century calf, rubbed and rather scuffed, spine lacking label, [Sabin 16303], 8vo, by H.M. for B. Lintot and R.Gosling...A.Bettesworth...and W.Innys, 1712. ⁂ The rare true first edition, published in only one volume, of this buccaneering expedition around the world led by Capt. Woodes Rogers in 1708-11. Cooke and Rogers each rushed to publish an account; the second edition of Cooke's work expanded his final chapter into another volume. During the voyage they rescued Alexander Selkirk who had been marooned on the island of Juan Fernandez four years previously. "It is generally supposed that De Foe took his "Robinson Crusoe" from the account here given of Alex. Selkirk, as it was the first book containing it." Sabin

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Asia.- Veitch (James Herbert) A Traveller's Notes, first edition, folding map, plates and illustrations, some foxing, original pictorial cloth, fine copy, For private circulation only, 1896 § Brooke (Sir James) Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, 2 vol., edited by Capt. Rodney Mundy, first edition, 5 folding maps (1 hand-coloured), engraved portrait, 17 plates (tinted lithographs and wood-engravings), some foxing, mostly at beginning and end, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spines faded and worn, 1848; and 8 others, China, Japan and S.E. Asia, 4to and 8vo (11)

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Philosophy.- Berkeley (George) A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints worn, [Keynes 6], 8vo, for Jacob Tonson, 1734.

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World.- Dionysius Periegetes. Geographia Emendata & Locupletata, engraved title-vignette and 16 maps, text in Greek and Latin, contemporary calf, Oxford, 1704 § Harris (Joseph) The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery, tenth edition, 7 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints cracked, 1768, 8vo (2) ⁂ First mentioned includes two twin-hemisphere world maps and a map of America showing California as an island.

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Birds.- Gray (George Robert) The Genera of Birds, 3 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, 185 hand-coloured and 150 plain lithograph plates, some of the latter double-page, occasional light foxing and slight browning particularly to gutter of double-page plates, contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt in compartments, very slight rubbing to extremities and spines a little faded, g.e., [Nissen 388; Wood p.367; Ayer & Zimmer pp.268-269], folio,[1837]-44-49. ⁂ Important and beautiful work. David William Mitchell is credited with the illustrations on the title-page but in fact the work of several artists is included, notably Edward Lear (2), H.C. Richter (2) and Joseph Wolf, who was responsible for 11 of the coloured plates and over a third of the plain ones, as well as finishing a number of Mitchell's drawings and transferring them to stone. These represented Wolf's first book illustrations after his move to England. The list of subscribers includes many of the great ornithologists of the day, e.g. J.J. Audubon, John Gould, Sir William Jardine, H.E. Strickland and William Yarrell.

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Brougham (Henry Peter, Baron Brougham and Vaux) An Inquiry into the Colonial Policy of the European Powers, 2 vol., first edition, contemporary ink underlining and marginalia, contemporary calf, covers a little spotted, Edinburgh, 1803; Political Philosophy, 3 vol., half-titles, contemporary half calf, spines gilt but a little faded, 1843-47; Historical Sketches of Statesmen who flourished in the time of George III, 3 vol., second edition, engraved portraits, contemporary calf, spines gilt but faded, 1839-43; Speeches, 4 vol., contemporary tree calf, gilt, spines richly gilt but a little faded, Edinburgh, 1838, 8vo (12)

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South East Asia.- Crawfurd (John) Journal of an Embassy...to the Courts of Siam and Cochin China, 2 vol., second edition, folding map, 18 plates, some folding, some aquatint, wood-engraved illustrations, some foxing and offsetting, vol.1 upper hinge weak, 1830; Journal of an Embassy...to the Court of Ava, 2 vol., second edition, folding map, plan and 6 plates, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional foxing, [Abbey, Travel 405 for 1st ed.], 1834, both in original cloth, spines uniformly faded and encroaching on covers, 8vo (4) ⁂ First mentioned includes fine panoramic plates of Singapore and Bangkok.

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Trollope (Frances) Paris and the Parisians in 1835, 2 vol., second edition, additional etched titles and 12 plates, contemporary green calf, gilt, spines slightly rubbed, 1836; and 5 others, first editions by Anthony Trollope and Thackeray, 8vo (7)

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Lapland.- Schefferus (Joannes) The History of Lapland, first English edition, additional engraved title, folding map torn in several places, woodcut illustrations, some tears, worming and staining, contemporary sheep, worn, [Wing S851], Oxford, At the Theater, 1674; and another copy of the same, folio (2)

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Insects.- Curtis (John) British Entomology, 8 vol., first edition, 770 hand-coloured engraved plates, heightened with gum arabic, very occasional minor offsetting, contemporary green full morocco by White of Pall Mall, spines lettered in gilt but slightly faded, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [Nissen 1000], 8vo, 1823-40. ⁂ A lovely set of this work, described by Cuvier as "the paragon of perfection".

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Marine Life.- Forbes (Prof. Edward) and Sylvanus Hanley. A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells, 4 vol., first edition, 203 lithograph plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, by G.B. and J. de C. Sowerby, contemporary polished tree calf, gilt, by F. Bedford, spines richly gilt with raised bands and red and green morocco labels, g.e., 8vo, 1853. ⁂ A magnificent set.

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Polar.- Back (Sir George) Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition, first edition, folding map and 16 engraved and lithograph plates, some foxing, original cloth, very good copy, 1836 § Franklin (Sir John) Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 2 vol., second edition, 4 folding engraved maps, occasional foxing, manuscript acquisition note "Bought at Mr Andrew's sale, January 6 1830..." on front free endpapers, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, joints worn, rubbed, 1824; and another, Polar, 8vo (4)

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