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Click here to subscribeAmerica.- Carver (Jonathan) Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, first Dublin edition, folding engraved map, 2 engraved plates, some light soiling, a few stains, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, [Sabin 11184], 8vo, Dublin, for S. Price [& others], 1779.⁂ Carver travelled as far west as Minnesota and Wisconsin.
America.- [Crèvecoeur (Michel Guillaume St. Jean de)], "J. Hector St. John". Letters from an American Farmer; describing Certain Provincial Situations, Manners and Customs...and Conveying Some Idea of the Late and Present Interior Circumstances of the British Colonies in North America, first Dublin edition, 2 folding engraved maps of Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard, old ink signatures of Paul and Samuel Naylor to title and first leaf of text respectively, maps a little browned, light water-staining to text, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, 12mo, Dublin, by John Exshaw, 1782.⁂ Rare and influential work by a French colonial who had his frontier farm destroyed in the War of Independence, including some of the earliest maps and descriptions of Nantucket & the whale industry and Martha's Vineyard. ESTC lists only 2 copies of this Dublin edition in the UK (BL and Trinity College Library), and 7 in America.
America.- Featherstonhaugh (G.W.) A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor: with an Account of the Lead and Copper Deposits in Wisconsin; of the Gold Region in the Cherokee Country..., 2 vol., first edition, 2 tinted lithographed frontispieces, 2 folding lithographed maps in pocket at beginning of vol.1 (plus another folding engraved map of North America by Arrowsmith loosely inserted, with ink signature "Palmerston" on verso), some foxing, original green cloth, uncut and partly unopened, a little rubbed, a few small stains, [Sabin 2395], 1847 § North American Tourist (The), first edition, engraved frontispiece, plates and folding maps, foxed, original cloth, New York, [1839] § [O'Hanlon (John)] Life and Scenery in Missouri. Reminiscences of a Missionary Priest, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, lightly browned, modern green morocco, spine slightly faded, Dublin, 1890, 8vo et infra (4)
America.- Hennepin (Louis) A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico..., 3 parts in 1 (second part misbound after third part), first English edition, first issue with "Bon-" at end of first line of imprint, engraved frontispiece and 6 folding plates, lacking the 2 folding maps (supplied in facsimile), some light browning to text, paper flaw to lower margin of 2I8, bookplate of Sir Charles Cave, Bart., contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, spine and corners a little worn, [Sabin 31371; Wing H1450], 8vo, for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T.Goodwin, and S. Manship, 1698.⁂ Early account by a French missionary of his travels in the North American interior exploring the basin of the Mississippi River, and including the first printed description and engraving of Niagara Falls.
America.- Juan y Santacilla (Jorge) and Antoine de Ulloa. Voyage Historique de l'Amerique Meridionale...et...une Histoire des Yncas du Perou, 2 vol., first edition in French, engraved frontispieces, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, engraved head-pieces and 51 plates & maps only (of 53, lacking plates XIX/XX on one sheet and plate XXXVII but with large plate XXI of Quito on 3 conjoined sheets), plates numbered I-XLVI plus 8 unnumbered plates of the Inca civilisation, many folding, some folding plates in vol.2 browned, otherwise a good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, rubbed and scuffed, corners and spine ends a little worn, [Sabin 36812], 4to, Amsterdam & Leipzig, Arkste'e & Merkus, 1752.⁂ Including the earliest recorded reference to the "Aurora Australis".
America.- Lewis and Clark Expedition.- Travels in The Interior Parts of America, Communicating Discoveries Made in Exploring The Missouri, Red River, and Washita, by Captains Lewis and Clark..., folding table, modern morocco-backed cloth, spine slightly faded, [Sabin 40826], 8vo, Richard Phillips, 1807.⁂ First English edition of the first book regarding the Lewis and Clark expedition. This work was published the previous year as part of a senate report.
America.- French and Indian War.- Palairet (Jean) Description Abrégée des Possessions Angloises et Françoises du Continent Septentrional de l'Amérique, pour servir d'Explication à la Carte publiée sous le même Titre, 62pp., first edition, half-title, with final blank, stitched in original wrappers, uncut, very slightly soiled, [Sabin 58309], 8vo, "Londres", Dublin, The Hague, Amsterdam & Berlin, 1755.⁂ Scarce pamphlet issued to accompany Palairet's map of the British and French territories at the outset of the Seven Years' War in America.
South America.- Burton (Capt. Richard Francis) Letters from the Battle-fields of Paraguay, first edition, first issue, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional title with vignette, folding map at end, contemporary ink inscription to title "...in which the Briton who is hugging his chains may read of Liberty and Equality to his heart's content..." with name crossed out, with pencil sketch to verso of additional title and ink underlinings & notes to verso of final leaf, some marginal spotting or soiling, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, with blue cloth from original binding mounted on pastedowns and rear free endpaper, [Penzer p.84], 1870 § Charlevoix (P. F. X. de) The History of Paraguay, 2 vol., first Dublin edition, light browning, contemporary calf, rubbed, Dublin, 1769 § Muratori (L.A.) A Relation of the Missions of Paraguay, first edition in English, folding engraved map, some water-staining, later tree calf, spine gilt, for J. Marmaduke, 1759, 8vo (4)
South America.- Frézier (Amédée François) A Voyage to the South-Sea, and along the Coasts of Chili and Peru, in the Years 1712, 1713, and 1714...with a Postscript by Dr. Edmund Halley..., first English edition, title in red and black, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of preliminaries, 37 engraved maps, plans and plates, 18 folding, browned (mostly text), later panelled calf, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 5338; Nissen ZBI 1433; Sabin 25926], 4to, for Jonah Bowyer, 1717.⁂ Frézier was a French engineer who mapped the west coast of South America while building forts for the Spanish against attack by the Dutch and English.
South America.- Graham (Maria) Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during part of the years 1821, 1822, 1823, first edition, 11 fine aquatint plates after the author and Augustus Earle, wood-engraved title-vignette and illustrations, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some very light foxing or offsetting but generally a good clean copy, engraved bookplate of Ferguson of Raith, original boards, uncut, a little rubbed and spotted, spine chipped at head, upper cover detached, [Abbey Travel 708; Sabin 28235], 4to, 1824.
South America.- Graham (Maria) Journal of a Residence in Chile...and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil in 1823, first edition, 14 aquatint plates after the author, wood-engraved vignettes, very occasional spotting but an excellent clean copy, modern half blue morocco, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco labels, g.e., slightly rubbed, spine a little faded, [Abbey, Travel 714; Sabin 28234], 4to, 1824.
South America.- Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied, Prince. Travels in Brazil, in the years 1815, 1816, 1817, first edition in English, half-title, engraved portrait and folding map with routes in red, yellow and green, 6 engraved aquatint plates, some light browning and offsetting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed, stain to lower cover, spine worn, [Abbey, Travel 705; Sabin 47021], Henry Colburn, 1829 § Waterton (Charles) Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece (foxed), some other spotting, contemporary calf, rather worn, rebacked preserving part of old gilt spine, [Sabin 102094], 1825, 4to (2)
Middle East.- Shaw (Thomas) Travels, or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant, 2 vol. in 1 including Supplement, first edition, half-title, title printed in red & black with engraved vignette of Sheldonian theatre, 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves (3 printed on both sides), several folding or double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, tear to lower margin of O2 of Supplement, occasional light browning or soiling but generally a very good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked and repaired, [Blackmer 1533], folio, Oxford, at the Theatre, 1738-46.⁂ "Shaw was chaplain to the English factory at Algiers from 1720 to 1733. During this period he visited Egypt, Sinai, Palestine, Cyprus and most of North Africa...[The work] is especially esteemed for its botanical and zoological plates, in addition to the information Shaw imparts on the antiquities, geology and geography of the areas he visited." (Blackmer). The supplement was issued in response to Richard Pococke's attack in his Description of the East, published 1743-45.
South Atlantic.- Webster (William Henry Bayley) Narrative of a Voyage to the Southern Atlantic Ocean, in the years 1828, 29, 30...under the command of the late Captain Henry Foster..., 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved maps, one folding, 5 engraved aquatint plates, most a little foxed, some offsetting, contemporary half roan, spines faded, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 11; Rosove 344.A1; Sabin 102429], 8vo, 1834.⁂ Account by the ship's surgeon of a scientific voyage undertaken to verify the Earth's shape by variations of the pendulum, and to measure the meridians with the aid of a chronometer. Includes accounts of Rio de Janeiro and Cape Town.
Africa.- Arkell-Hardwick (A.) An Ivory Trader in North Kenya: the Record of an Expedition through Kikuyu to Galla-Land in East Equatorial Africa, first edition, frontispiece portrait and 15 plates, folding colour map, 40pp. advertisements at end, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.7], 8vo, 1903.
Johnson (Samuel).- Ascham (Roger) The English Works, edited by James Bennet, first edition, first issue with 'Additional Subscribers' leaf, engraved coat-of-arms to dedication, list of subscribers, with several contemporary ink annotations including one on p.xvi "The Letters at the End, I gave, thro' Dr. Birch's hands, & the Editor has omitted the usual Acknowledgement", occasional spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf with central arms stamped in blind, red morocco label, rubbed, joints and corners a little worn, [Chapman & Hazen 145], 4to, for R. & J. Dodsley, 1761.⁂ The dedication and life of Ascham were written by Samuel Johnson, and many believe him to have edited the whole work. "Tom Davies's statement that Johnson was in reality the editor of this book gains weight from the fact (not mentioned in Courtney) that Davies was concerned in the publication; and is borne out by internal evidence...This neglected book must now rank among Johnson's major performances in editorial scholarship." Chapman & Hazen
Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) First Footsteps in East Africa, first edition, second issue, without Appendix IV, chromolithographed frontispiece and 3 plates, 2 engraved maps, 24pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, ownership signature to pastedowns, cracked hinges, small abrasion mark to front free endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Hosken p.33, Penzer pp.60-63], 8vo, 1856.⁂ This is the second issue, without the suppressed Appendix IV on female circumcision.
Africa.- Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) My African Journey, first edition in book form, half-title, frontispiece and plates (1 loose), 3 maps with routes in red (1 folding), publishers' advertisements at end, ink inscription to initial blank, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, spine a little faded, chipping to spine extremities, tiny loss to spine foot, [Czech p.37, Hosken p.46], 8vo, 1908.
Africa.- Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley, first edition, colour frontispiece, 20 plates, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, colour postcard of Lake Nakuru tipped in, newspaper clippings relating to Gregory's death pasted to endpapers, ink signature to initial blank, decorative endpapers, contemporary cloth, a little rubbed and scuffed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.67, Hosken pp.87-88], 1896; The Rift Valleys and Geology of East Africa, first edition, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1921, 8vo (2)
Africa.- Hoskins (G. A.) Travels in Ethiopia, Above the Second Cataract of the Nile, first edition, lithographed frontispiece (laid down on thin tissue, with small marginal loss), and 52 plates, 2 hand-coloured, 4 chromolithographed, several folding or double-page, illustrations, folding engraved map, laid down with small areas of loss, occasional spotting and marginal damp-staining, occasional marginal loss (neatly restored), ink inscription to title, bookplate, modern speckled calf, 4to, 1835.
Africa.- James (F.L.) The Unknown Horn of Africa. An Exploration from Berbera to the Leopard River, first edition, first issue, ink inscription to half-title, plates and illustrations including 10 hand-coloured lithographed plates, colour folding map in pocket at end, sealing wax to front pastedown, occasional faint spotting, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech p.83], 8vo, 1888.⁂ This describes exploration and adventure in Somaliland, and is the first issue, with the hand-coloured plates. The author was killed by an elephant in West Africa in 1890.
Africa.- Junker (Dr. Wilhelm) Travels in Africa during the years 1875-1878 [1878-1883; 1882-1886], 3 vol., first English edition, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3, portrait frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps only (of 4), 1 map heavily repaired, occasional foxing, occasional marginal tears (vol. 1 only), modern morocco, [Hosken p.111], 8vo, 1890-92.
Africa.- Latrobe (Rev. Christian Ignatius) Journal of a Visit to South Africa, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red and blue, 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional spotting, contemporary diced calf, a little rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 325; Mendelssohn pp.886-87], 4to, 1818.
Africa.- Park (Mungo) Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa ..., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, 3 folding engraved maps, 5 plates (2 folding), 2pp. of musical notation, browning, occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, modern calf, gilt, [Hosken p.154], 1799 § Stanley (Henry M.) How I Found Livingstone; Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa, first edition, photographic frontispiece, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, 5 maps (4 folding, with tape repairs), 8pp. advertisements at end, cracked hinges, pencil signature to blank prelim, [Hosken p.188-189], 1872; and 2 others, Africa, 4to & 8vo (4)
Science.- Hooper (William) Rational Recreations, in which the Principles of Numbers and Mathematics are...elucidated, 4 vol., first edition, 65 folding engraved plates, engraved bookplate of Francis Enys of Penryn, Cornwall, contemporary speckled calf, red morocco labels (two lacking), rubbed, joints split, 8vo, for L. Davis, J. Robson [&c.], 1774.⁂ Covering natural scientific phenomena and experiments, illusions and tricks including diving bells, fireworks, magic lanterns, card tricks etc.
Africa.- Powell-Cotton (Maj. P.H.G.) A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, illustrations, folding colour map in pocket at end, 12pp. publishers' advertisements at end, original zebra stripe endpapers, original cloth, gilt, very slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.133], 8vo, 1902.⁂ "Numerous hunting episodes dot this excellent narrative of sport and exploration in the Abyssinian hinterland" (Czech)
Africa.- Thomson (Joseph) To the Central African Lakes and Back, 2 vol., first edition, half-title, mounted photographic portrait frontispieces (vol. 1, laid down), 2 folding colour maps, both with small areas of loss and laid down, ink stamp erased from verso titles, 32pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol. 2, original cloth bound in, modern half morocco, gilt, 1881; and another by the same, 8vo (3)⁂ Thomson was a Scottish geologist and explorer who accompanied Alexander Keith Johnston on his expedition to establish a route from Dar es Salaam to Lake Nyasa and Lake Taganyika. Johnston died during the trip and Thomson took over leadership of the expedition, travelling 3,000 miles in 14 months.
Canada.- Cartwright (George) A Journal of Transactions and Events, during a Residence of nearly Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador..., 3 vol. in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author visiting his fox-traps (lightly offset on title), list of subscribers, 2 large folding engraved maps (some tears neatly repaired), light staining to a few leaves, 3D1 with paper flaw tear to lower margin, unobtrusive embossed library stamp to a couple of leaves, a good uncut copy on large paper with wide margins, bound in handsome modern dark blue straight-grain morocco with gilt-tooled borders of Greek key and leafy sprays, spine gilt in compartments with five double raised bands, uncut, [Sabin 11150], 4to, Newark, 1792. ⁂ Cartwright was a British officer who made six expeditions to Newfoundland and Labrador between 1770 and 1786, hunting and trapping. His account includes descriptions of the animals, particularly foxes and beavers, and the native Indians and Eskimos. Please note: Lot 183 – this appears to be a made-up copy with the frontispiece portrait, title and folding maps mounted on stubs, and the portrait (which is on thicker paper) and the ‘Explanation of the Frontispiece’ leaf being shorter
Ceylon.- Fellowes (Robert) and Robert Knox. The History of Ceylon, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map (with short repaired tear), 15 engraved plates (browned), occasional foxing, bookplate of E. Walcott, contemporary dark blue half morocco, gilt, spine gilt, 4to, 1817.⁂ A very good copy of this comprehensive history of the island from ancient times to 1815, with details of religion, laws, domestic economy, fauna and flora and a chapter on pearl fishing. Part 2, by Ronald Knox, include an account of the rebellion in which he was captured, imprisoned and later escaped.
Egyptology.- Mariette-Bey (Auguste) Album du Musée de Boulaq, first edition, 40 albumen prints by Emile Béchard and Hippolyte Délié mounted on thick card leaves (photographs c. 250 x 190mm.), some light spotting to mounts and text, title creased and reinforced at upper and lower edges, a few other leaves repaired at edges, original morocco-backed blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed, folio, Cairo, Mourès & Cie., 1871.⁂ Important photographic record of the first Egyptian public museum, founded by Auguste Mariette in 1858 in a former warehouse on the banks of the Nile. Unfortunately the river flooded in 1878 damaging the museum and the contents were moved in 1892 to a palace in Giza and then again in 1902, to the current museum in Tahrir Square in central Cairo. The magnificent photographs by Béchard and Délié of Egyptian statuary, funerary artefacts, sarcophagi etc. won a Gold Medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1878.
Polar.- Amundsen (Roald) The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram", 2 vol., first English edition, plates, folding maps, occasional foxing, original pictorial cloth, spines with some discolouration of flag motif, 8vo, 1912.⁂ A very good set of Amundsen's classic account of his reaching the pole some 34 days before Scott.
Voyages.- Annesley (George, Viscount Valentia) Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon, the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt, in the years 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806, 3 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed 'Presented to the Royal Institution by the Author, April 16, 1810', half-titles, 3 engraved vignettes, 69 engraved plates, maps and plans (11 folding), with 44 additional proof landscape engravings on India paper mounted, occasional faint spotting, modern half morocco, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners, [Abbey Travel 515], 4to, 1809.
Arithmetic.- [Recorde (Robert)] [The Grounde of Artes: teaching the perfecte vvorke and practise of arithmetike, both in whole nu[m]bers and fractions, after a more easie and exact sort, than hitherto hath bene set forth...augmented by M. Iohn Dee. And now lately diligently corrected...By Iohn Mellis of Southwark, scholemaster], black letter, lacking A1 & 2, 7 & 8, D6, Yy1-3 & 6-8, with woodcut initials, diagrams and tables, with 17th & 18th century manuscript names and extensive notes & remarks to margins throughout (some relating to a constable), rather soiled and stained, some worming to inner margin towards end, leaves at beginning and end a little creased/frayed at edges, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, worn and stained, [STC 20802], 8vo, [Imprinted by I. Harison, and H. Bynneman], [1582]; sold not subject to return⁂ Very rare; one of the first English textbooks on arithmetic, first published in 1543 and running to many editions in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. This edition is the first edited by John Mellis and contains a third part by him with a separate divisional title and, at the end, comparisons of values, weights and measures in London and continental commercial centres such as Antwerp, Nuremberg, Venice etc. The work also contains a full-page woodcut of the art of numbering by the hand.ESTC lists only 4 UK copies (Birmingham, BL, Cambridge University, & St. John's Oxford) and one in America (Folger).
Repton (Humphry) Odd Whims and Miscellanies, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, large paper copy, lacking half-titles, with stipple-engraved title-vignettes and 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Repton, with 2 engraved portraits of the author bound in at beginning and additional material (cuttings etc.) tipped in, some light soiling and offsetting, one plate a little stained, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rather worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Abbey, Life, 247], 8vo, 1804.
Rowlandson (Thomas).- More Miseries!! Addressed to the Morbid, the Melancholy, and the Irritable. By Sir Fretful Murmur, Knt., second edition, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink signature at head of title, foxed and soiled, extra-illustrated with 11 folding hand-coloured etchings by Rowlandson, many cropped, some torn/defective at edges, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, old roan label, 1807 § [Britton (John)] The Pleasures of Human Life...by Hilaris Benevolus and Co., second edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and additional vignette title, 5 hand-coloured etched plates by Thomas Rowlandson, 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end, foxing and soiling, Duff Cooper's copy with his bookplate by Rex Whistler, modern cloth, [Abbey, Life 260], 1807 § Annals of Sporting, by Caleb Quizem Esqr. and his Various Correspondents, first edition, folding etched frontispiece, vignette title and 27 plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury and Woodward (uncoloured), light offsetting from plates, cropped slightly affecting a few captions, bookplate of Courtenay F.Wilson, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt with roan label, a little rubbed, [Schwerdt II p.119], Thomas Tegg, 1809, 12mo (3)
Rilke (Rainer Maria) Das Stunden-Buch enthaltend die drei Bücher: Vom moenchischen Leben/ Von der Pilgerschaft/ Von der Armuth und vom Tode, first edition, number 71 of 500 copies, signed and inscribed by the author "Meinem lieben Jakob Wassermann herzlich gegeben. Rainer Maria Rilke Meudon-Val-Fleury (Auf. 1906)" on front free endpaper, printed in red & black with title-vignette, head-piece of monk in a scriptorium and initial in red by Walter Tiemann, light foxing or browning to one or two leaves, original cloth-backed printed limp grey boards, uncut, slightly rubbed and marked, corners a little worn, 8vo, Leipzig, 1905.⁂ Jakob Wassermann (1873-1934) was a German writer and an important influence on Rilke, introducing him to German literary society. It was at Wassermann's Munich apartment, in 1897, that Rilke first met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the Russian psychoanalyst who became his lover and life-long friend and confidante.
Connolly (Cyril) The Rock Pool, first edition, signed and inscribed "For John Arlott in memory of that poem about cricket at Worcester which ASSUAGED a moment of 'our finest hour', gratefully, from Cyril Connolly London 196[ ]" on front free endpaper, lightly browned at edges, contemporary black cloth, uncut, with the original grey wrappers printed in blue bound in at beginning and end (slightly soiled and browned), 8vo, Paris, Obelisk Press, 1936.⁂ The author's first book and only novel.
Albumasar. De magnis coniunctionibus, [edited by Johannes Angelus], collation: A-N8, O6, P8, 118 leaves, typically 40 lines, Gothic type, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, 6-line decorative initials, stain to margin of c.50 ff. (fairly extensive on c.20 ff., just touching letters on 3), repair to f3, blind-stamp in the margin of 4 ff., hinges reinforced, ownership inscription "W.B. Thorpe, 11/10/71" on front free endpaper, large library bookplate on front pastedown, 18th century calf, rebacked in later calf, corners badly worn, small sticker on upper cover, near foot of spine, [BMC II 383; Goff A360; Hain 611*], small 4to (209 x 145 mm.), [Augsburg], Erhard Ratdolt, [March, 1489].⁂ First edition of this scarce work presenting the philosophical and historical justifications for astrology. The text was one of the earliest and most important vehicles for the transmission of Aristotelian concepts to the west. (Richard Lamay Abu Ma'shar and Latin Aristotelianism in the Twelfth Century... , 1962). Albumasar, the most renowned of astologers writing in Arabic, was part of the group of pro-Persian intellectuals who served the Caliph al-Ma'mun (813-833) in Baghdad. The present work is a slightly abridged version of his Kitab al-mudkhal al-kabir ila 'ilm ahkam al-nujjum (Great Introduction to the Science of Astrology), written in about 848-850.
Aesop. Fabulae, edited by Bonus Accursius, collation: α-δ8, ε6, double column, parallel text in Latin and Greek, 36ff (of 38, lacking α1 and α8), Roman and Greek letter, initial spaces with guide letters, light abrasions to final f., damp-stain to lower edge, δ8 and ε1 with damp-staining towards gutter, affecting some text and causing some adhesion, 19th century calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, 4to (212 x 152mm.), Reggio Emilia, Dionysius Bertochus, 1497⁂ The second edition of Aesop printed in the original Greek, the selected fables used in this edition were reprinted from the first and complete edition published by Bonus Accursius c.1480. This was the first book printed in Greek in Reggio Emilia, the type used by Bertochus was an imitation of Aldus Manutius's first Greek type.Literature: BMC vii, 1091; Goff A, 104.
Mela (Pomponius) Cosmographus de situ orbis, edited by Ermolao Barbaro, collation: a-f4, ink annotations throughout, some marginal foxing and soiling, modern half vellum over decorative paper boards, small 4to (210 x 150mm.), Venice, Albertino da Lessona, 1502.⁂ Scarce reprint of Barbaro's edition which first appeared in 1493. The printer worked in Venice from 1499-1506 producing about 26 post-incunable works. There is no book from this press in the BL.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 24231 (list 8 copies)
Blue paper copy.- Euclid. De gli elementi di Euclide libri quindici, collation: *2, **4, ⁂2, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, AAa-ZZz4, AAAa2 woodcut initials, diagrams throughout, occasional ink notes to margin, erased ink ownership inscription to title, occasional light foxing, but generally a clean and excellent copy, bookplate to pastedown, 17th century calf, gilt, spine ends and corners neatly and sympathetically repaired and restored, rubbed, [Adams E-995], folio (304 x 205mm.), Urbino, Domenico Frisolino, 1575.⁂ Rare deluxe copy on blue paper of the first edition of the Italian translation of Euclids' Elements. Copies of sixteenth-century scientific works on blue paper are unusual and most likely intended for presentation.Provenance: erased ink ownership inscription to title; Costa della Trinità family (bookplate).
Ireland.- Boate (Gerard) Histoire Naturelle d'Irlande, first French edition, lacks final blank, slightly browned, some spots, contemporary calf, spine gilt, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, [Barbier II, 817], 12mo, Paris, Robert de Ninville, 1666.⁂ First translation into French, by Pierre Briot, of Boate's Natural History of Ireland, 1652. Boate settled in London where he became a physician to Charles I, and in 1649 worked in Dublin's hospital, dying in 1650.
Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, translated by Pierre Du-Ryer, second edition, half-title, title in red and black with engraved vignette incorporating portrait of Ovid, 124 engraved illustrations in text by Crispijn van de Passe the elder and his children Magdalena and Crispijn the younger, Martin and Paul Bouche and others after various artists including Rubens (p.83), Pp1 with large repaired tear, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, by Alexander McGuckin, spine gilt in compartments, folio, Brussels, Francois Foppens, 1677.⁂ A very handsome copy of this edition, which first appeared in 1655.
L. (Sr. T.) Remarques on the Humours and Conversations of the Town, first edition, light browning, paper flaw to lower margin of E1 just touching a couple of letters, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine wormed and slightly defective at head, [Wing R932B], 12mo, for Allen Banks, at the sign of St. Peter at the West end of St. Pauls, 1673.⁂ "Contrasting the merits of rural life with the vices of the city." ESTC
Alchemy.- Cooper (William) The Philosophical Epitaph of W.C. Esquire. For a Memento Mori on his Tomb-stone, VVith Three Hieroglyphical Scutcheons, and their philosophical motto's, and explanation..., first edition, first issue, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and 5 plates, woodcut illustrations, catalogue of Chymical Books at end, A8 leaf (title to Philosophical Epitaph) misbound before main title, lightly browned, small rust-spot to M1 causing loss to one letter, modern book-label of M. Nierenstein, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Duveen 144; Ferguson I 135; Wing C6062], 12mo, T.R. and N.T. for William Cooper, at the Pellican in Little Britain, 1673. ⁂ Rare; containing the first catalogue of chemical books in English.
Recusant printing.- Estella (Diego de) The contempte of the vvorld, and the vanitie thereof, title with large woodcut Jesuit device, woodcut of nativity to verso of title, woodcut of Mary and child to verso of final f., woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacks A3, lower part of final f. torn with loss, some staining and spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [STC 10541], 12mo, [Rouen], [Printed at Fr. Parsons's press], 1584.⁂ The scarce first edition in English, printed in Rouen.
Glover (Robert) Nobilitas Politica vel Civilis, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials and decorations, 6 full-page engraved illustrations and 3 engraved plates, all plates and woodcuts hand-coloured, A2 misbound at end, some browning and show-through of colour, a few marginal tears and repairs, from the Evelyn library with later bookplate "JE" to front pastedown, later inscription "From the Collection of the Library at Browsholme in the West Riding of the County of York" at head of title, 19th century red half morocco, gilt, by Tout, [STC 11922], folio, William Jaggard, 1608.⁂ A lovely copy of Glover's first work, on the rights, duties and privileges of the English nobility. The engravings include 2 excellent depictions of Elizabeth I enthroned, one alone, and another in the throne room with the assembled parliament.
Aubrey (John) Miscellanies..., first edition, lacking initial blank, with a few woodcut illustrations, browned and a little stained, hole to lower margin of A3 repaired with loss to signature, some worming to outer margin (repaired), later half calf, rubbed, spine faded, [Wing A4188], 8vo, for Edward Castle, 1696.⁂ The list of subjects on the title includes "Day-Fatality", "Dreams", "Apparitions", "Knockings", "Magick" and "Transportation in the Air"; the final lengthy section 'An Accurate Account of Second-Sighted-Men in Scotland...' has its own title-page.
Law of Commons and Commoners (The): or a Treatise Shewing the Original and Nature of Common ..., first edition, small manuscript note to title head, title lower corner neatly repaired and strengthened with tissue, occasional ink marginal markings, spotting, lacking final advertisement leaves, modern calf, [Wing L634], 8vo, Richard and Edward Atkins, 1698.
[Defoe (Daniel)] The Consolidator: or, Memoirs of Sundry Transactions from the World in the moon, first edition, facsimile half-title, ink signature to title head, title laid down on tissue with lower corner restored, edges strengthened (B1), occasional marginal manuscript notes, occasional marginal tears, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and worn, [Rothschild 737], 8vo, Benj. Bragg, 1705.
Sale (George, translator) The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, first edition, title in red and black, 1 engraved folding map, 3 tables (2 folding), occasional browning, bookplate, lacking dedication (2A1-2A2), contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and worn, [Rothschild 1811], 4to, C. Ackers, for J. Wilcox, 1734.
Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The Life and Exploits of the ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha, translated by Charles Jarvis, 2 vol., first edition of the Jarvis translation, engraved frontispiece and 68 plates (including a portrait of the author by George Virtue) most by Gerard van der Gucht after John Vanderbank, includes 'A Supplement to the Translator's Preface' by William Warburton and 'Advertisement concerning the Prints' by John Oldfield, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked, rubbed and rather worn, [Palau 52479], 4to, for J. and R. Tonson, and R. Dodsley, 1742. ⁂ 'bella y sumptuosa edicion' (Palau). A richly illustrated edition, which 'is generally acknowledged as being close in spirit to the original.' (ODNB).
Johnson (Samuel) A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red and black, some worming towards end of vol.1 and beginning of vol.2, mostly marginal but occasionally just touching text, tear to 24R1, occasional light foxing, marginal browning and slight crease to title of vol.1, 19th century dark blue half calf, rubbed, vol.2 lower joint splitting, [PMM 201; Rothschild 1237], folio, 1755.⁂ "The most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography." (Printing and the Mind of Man)
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