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Johnson (Samuel).- Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, 2 vol., first edition, second issue with "give" in vol.1 S4r line 10, with all cancels, engraved portrait and 2 plates of facsimiles, vol.2 lacking initial blank, portrait spotted, some foxing, 2U3 in vol.2 frayed at fore-edge and 2Q3(cancel) with small stain, 1791; The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, first edition, title and 42pp. printed in double column, 1793, together 2 works in 2 vol. (second work bound at end of vol.2 of the first), modern bookplate of Richard Hatchwell, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spines preserving old red roan labels, corners repaired, [Rothschild 463-465 & 466], 4to, by Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly

Africa.- Tuckey (Captain J. K.) Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa in 1816, first edition, folding engraved map, 13 plates, illustrations, lacking half-title, a little off-setting, occasional spotting, heavier to plates, modern half crushed morocco, [Hosken p.203], 4to, 1818.

Lot 498. William Wordsworth's copy.- Johnson (Samuel) Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., first Dublin edition, William Wordsworth's copy, with his initials to title, lacking half-titles, some spotting, a few small stains, contemporary tree calf, upper cover detached, lower cover detaching, spine ands and corners worn, rubbed, [Courtney p.168], Dublin, Printed for Mesrs. R. Moncrieffe, L. White [&c.], 1788; and a first Dublin edition of Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1775, 8vo & 12mo (2) Provenance: William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Romantic poet (ink initials to title); 'Norman Moore, Oct. 6, 1911' (ink inscription to title). See also lot 465.

Big Game.- Sutherland (James) The Adventures of an Elephant Hunter, second impression, illustrations, ink inscription, cracked hinge, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.160] 1912 § Bell (W. D.) The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter, first edition, plates and illustrations, ink inscription, original cloth backed boards, 1923 § Muirhead (J. T.) Ivory Poaching and Cannibals in Africa, first edition, occasional spotting, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to extremities, 1933; frontispieces, [Czech p.160, 15 & 120]; and 4 others, similar, 8vo (7)

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Mr Tod, first edition, first edition, first or second printing with date on title, dated by the author "Oct. 15th 1912" below the dedication, colour frontispiece and 14 colour plates, plain title vignette and illustrations in text, very light spotting and some finger-soiling, original grey boards with mounted colour illustration, slight shelf-lean, spine browned and chipped at head, light marking, [Linder p.429; Quinby 21], 16mo, 1912. ⁂ The dedication of The Tale of Mr Tod reads "For William Francis of Ulva - someday!". William Francis here refers to Francis William Clark (also the recipient of the inscribed copy in the next lot), the then two-year-old son of her cousin, Carolin Hutton who's husband was the Laird of Ulva. It is very unusual to find a copy inscribed by Potter in this manner and implies that this is the dedication copy.

Hogarth (William) The Analysis of Beauty. Written with a view of fixing the fluctuating Ideas of Taste, first edition, title with woodcut vignette, 2 large folding engraved plates, list of prints published by Hogarth and leaf of 'Figures referr'd to in the Book' at end (the latter soiled and frayed at edges), 2 large folding engraved plates, title lightly soiled at edges, tear to head of Q1 repaired, old ink inscription of James Forbes to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, corners repaired, 4to, J.Reeves for the Author, 1753.

Africa.- Foran (W. Robert) A Breath of the Wilds, first edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, small loss to corners and spine, chipping and small tear to spine extremities, 1958; African Odyssey: The Life of Verney Lovett-Cameron, first edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, some tearing to extremities, small loss to spine extremities and corners, 1937 § Ruark (Robert) Something of Value, first edition, original cloth, 1955; Uhuru, first edition, ink inscription, original cloth, upper cover a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1962; Use Enough Gun, first English edition, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, very slight creasing to spine foot, 1967; and another, later edition of Something of Value, 8vo (6)

Baskerville (John).- Addison (Joseph) The Works..., 4 vol., first Baskerville edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller, 3 engraved plates after Hayman, woodcuts of medals, without the rare 'Directions to Binder' leaf as usual, contemporary russia, gilt, a little rubbed, joints repaired, Birmingham, by John Baskerville, for J. and R.Tonson, 1761 § Shaftesbury (Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of) Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, 3 vol., fifth edition, engraved portrait by Gribelin after Closterman, general title in vol.1 and volume titles in each vol., all with engraved vignette by Gribelin, also engraved head-pieces, portrait offset, titles lightly foxed, modern half calf, by Bernard Middleton, spines gilt with red and green labels, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1773; and 2 others (not Baskerville), 4to & 8vo (9)

Hachisuka (Masauji) The Birds of the Philippine Islands with Notes on the Mammal Fauna, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, 102 plates, 60 colour by Frohawk, Gronvold, Horsfall, Keulemans and others, 2 folding colour maps, modern cloth, original wrappers bound in at end, [Nissen IVB 402], 4to, 1931-35.

Stoker (Bram) The Mystery of the Sea, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, 32pp. advertisements, title foxed, endpapers a little browned, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly darkened, a little rubbed, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1902.

[Bunbury (Henry William)], "Geoffrey Gambado". An Academy for Grown Horsemen, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Rowlandson edition, 29 hand-coloured etched plates by Rowlandson after Bunbury, lightly browned, text foxed and with offsetting from plates, modern bookplate of Woods Price, later half morocco, uncut, spine slightly faded, rubbed, 1809; another edition, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and 16 plates by W.Dickinson after the author, light soiling, crease to lower margin of title, tear to outer margin of E2 (repaired), contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt, for W.Dickinson, 1787, 8vo & small folio (2)

Big Game.- Willoughby (Captain Sir John C.) East Africa and its Big Game, first edition, plates (3 loose), folding map (short tear), occasional light spotting, 1889 § Dickinson (Captain F. A.) Big Game Shooting on the Equator, first edition, plates, cracked hinges, slight shelf-lean, 1908 § Maxwell (Marius) Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa, first English edition, limited to 500 copies, plates, folding map, 1925; frontispieces, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, [Czech p.175, p.48, p.109]; and 11 others, Big Game, v.s. (14)

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, double column, General title and NT titles replacements on stubs, lacks 2R4 at end of OT?but seemingly complete, NT title small tear, foxed and browned, a few small tears to edges, 18th century ink inscription at head of NT, "The French landed in Carrickfergus the 21st February 1760", contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked in later calf, gilt, housed in a modern slip-case, [not listed in Herbert], 4to, Belfast, James Blow, 1751. ⁂ "The least understood aspect of James Blow's printing history is his production of bibles. Blow's Bible is dated 1751 and has the imprint 'Belfast: Printed by and for James Blow'. In several copies of the edition it can be clearly seen that this title-page is a replacement. A second version, the 'Genesis reprint', is just the first two gatherings reprinted from the 1751 Bible to replace the first two gatherings in various older bibles of a similar size." - Oxford DNB.

Africa.- Terrell (William E.W.) With the Motor Transport in British East Africa, frontispiece, ink inscription, original cloth backed boards, c.1919 § Handbook of British East Africa Including Zanzibar, Uganda, and the Territory of the Imperial British East Africa Company, 2 folding maps in pocket at end, small ink stamps on verso of maps, new endpaper, original boards, rubbed, 1893 § McDermott (P. L.) British East Africa or Ibea, first edition, frontispiece, folding map, new endpapers, original cloth, spine a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1893 and 12 others, East Africa, v.s. (15)

Rackham (Arthur).- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, number 93 of 575 copies for England signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 775, 12 colour plates, illustrations, original vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, 1929 § Walton (Izaak) The Compleat Angler, 12 colour plates, captioned tissue guards, illustrations, light spotting to first few leaves, original green cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, Philadelphia, [1931], all plates and illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 4to (2)

Wilkes (John, politician, 1725-97).- Birch (Thomas) An Historical View of the Negotiations Between the Courts of England, France, and Brussels, From the Year 1592 to 16178, first edition, John Wilkes copy with his engraved bookplate on front pastedown, errata f. at end, slightly foxed and browned, ex-library Edinburgh Library oval ink stamp at tail of title, contemporary calf, gilt, corners and edges slightly rubbed, lower joint splitting and working loose, 8vo, for A. Millar, 1749.

Africa.- Patterson (Lt.-Col. J.H.) In the Grip of the Nyika, first edition, illustrations, maps, occasional light spotting, [Czech p.126] 1909 § Hattersley (C. W.) The Baganda at Home, first edition, frontispiece, plates (some loose), occasional spotting, ink inscription, 1908 § Fisher (Mrs A. B.) Twilight Tales of the Black Baganda, frontispiece, plates, n.d.; original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, n.d.; and 15 others, similar, 8vo (18)

Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Adonais. An Elegy on the Death of John Keats, first English edition, some very slight foxing, new endpapers, 20th century half morocco, boards slightly faded, [Ashley V, p.79; Grolier Shelley 72; Tinker 1902; Wise Shelley, p.61], 8vo, Cambridge, Printed by W. Metcalfe and sold by Messrs. Gee & Bridges, 1829.

Baskerville (John).- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition with J of "Johannis" positioned between B & I in imprint, list of subscribers, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, extensive ink manuscript notes in French on front free endpaper, early letterpress book-label of Samuel De Tournes and other old labels to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, especially corners, repairs to joints, preserved in modern board slip-case, [Gaskell 1], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757.

Shelley (Capt. G.E.) A Monograph of the Nectariniidae, or Family of Sun-Birds, first edition,121 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after J.G. Keulemans, many heightened with gum arabic, some light spotting mostly confined to text, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, corners and spine repaired and restored, later endpapers, g.e. [Nissen IVB 873; Fine Bird Books, p.108; Wood, p.566; Zimmer, p.588], by the Author, 1876-80.

Food & drink.- Coffee, Tea & Chocolate.- [Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre)] Tractatus Novi de Potu Caphe'; de Chinensium The'; et de Chocolata, translated by Jacob Spon, first Latin edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, water-stained, contemporary sheep, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, repaired, [Bitting p.134 (note); Cagle 168, erroneously stating 3 plates; Oberlé 732; Vicaire 294], 12mo, Paris, Pierre Muguet, 1685. ⁂ First Latin edition of Dufour's Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux du Café, du Thé et du Chocolat, Lyon, 1685. Provenance: Thomas Molyneux (1661-1733), Dublin-born physician (ink inscription to front free endpaper ('pret 2.2'), and ink signature to head of A1).

Maitland (William) The History of Edinburgh from its Foundation to the Present Time, first edition, 20 engraved plates, one folding, but lacking engraved double-page plan, occasional light browning or soiling, one plate torn and repaired, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, Edinburgh, printed by Hamilton, Balfour and Neill, for the Author, 1753 § Ducarel (Dr.) The History and Antiquities of the Archiepiscopal Palace of Lambeth, first edition, engraved portrait and 9 plates, light spotting and offsetting, old bookplate of Grosvenor Gallery library, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and green morocco label, corners repaired, by and for J.Nichols, printer to the Society of Antiquaries, 1785, folio & 4to (2)

Chubb (Charles) The Birds of British Guiana, 2 vol., first edition, number 109 of 250 copies, portrait, 20 coloured plates after H. Gronvold, 24 photographic plates, folding map, numerous illustrations in text, original cloth, a near-fine set, [Nissen, IVB 198], 8vo, 1916-21.

Africa.- Gouldsbury (Cullen) and Hubert Sheane, The Great Plateau of Northern Rhodesia, first edition, frontispiece, plates, folding map at end (small marginal tear), original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, [Czech p.65] 1911 § Rowley (Rev. Henry) Twenty Years in Central Africa, folding map (small tear), occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, rubbed, slight shelf-lean, n.d.; and 13 others, 8vo (15)

Levant.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in Palestine... with an Historical and Descriptive Account of the Country, and its Remarkable Places..., first edition, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some damp-staining to inner margin heavier towards end, mostly restricted to text and plate margins, ink inscription to head of title, later half calf, covers detached, a little worn, [Abbey, Travel 369, Blackmer 1099], folio, 1804.

Sullivan (Dennis) A Picturesque Tour through Ireland, first edition, 25 hand-coloured aquatint plates, plate guards, very light browning to title, plates clean, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco, rubbed, red and gilt morocco label on upper cover, gilt spine, preserved in a modern slip-case, [Abbey, Scenery 460; Tooley 469], oblong 4to, 1824.

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, first edition, first printing, first state with "Londo" in the title-page imprint, signed presentation inscription from the author 'For Francis William Clark with love from "Beatrix Potter"' to front free endpaper, colour frontispiece, plain title vignette and 26 colour plates, pictorial endpapers, original green boards with mounted colour illustration, a near-fine copy, [Quinby 25; Linder p.430], 16mo, [1918]. ⁂ A superb copy, inscribed to the dedicatee of The Tale of Mr Tod (see previous lot). Provenance: Christies South Kensington, 21st July, 1994, lot 15.

Africa.- Harris (Capt. William Cornwallis) Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa, first edition, additional hand-coloured lithograph vignette title and 24 hand-coloured plates only (of 30), occasional spotting, a couple of text leaves loose, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 335; Schwerdt 1: 231; Nissen ZBI 843], folio, 1840. ⁂ The missing plates are: Kokoon, Giraffe, Water-buck, Pallah/Duiker, Koodoo and Bushbuck.

[Combe (William)] [The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax], 3 vol., miniature edition, vol.1 & 3 with engraved titles with hand-coloured vignettes, 78 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson, vol.3 with hand-coloured aquatint tail-piece, some soiling and light offsetting, handsome later red morocco, gilt, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, very slight rubbing to joints, one repaired, [imprint on title of vol.1 dated 1828] § Poetical Magazine, 4 vol., first edition, 4 stipple-engraved vignette titles, the last by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, 52 aquatint plates after Rowlandson and others, all but 2 hand-coloured, woodcut vignette, without the 'To Readers' leaves and advertisement leaf in vol.1 as usual, rather foxed and soiled, plates offset, some cropped with loss to imprints, later navy blue morocco, by Root and Son, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., joints a little rubbed, spines faded, 8vo, [1809-11], [Abbey, Life 269 & 214; Tooley 430 & 421], 12mo & 8vo (7) ⁂ Including the original issue of the first tour of Doctor Syntax, under the title 'The Schoolmaster's Tour', with 28 plates after Rowlandson. Combe apparently wrote the poem around Rowlandson's sketches.

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, first edition, Gimbel's third state, title printed in red & blue, half-title and verso of title printed in blue, 'Stave One' to head of p.1, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements, plates a little spotted and offset, yellow endpapers, ink gift inscription dated 22nd December 1843 to half-title, Dickens postage stamp to pastedown, original first issue cloth with unbroken 'D' within wreath and minimum 14mm gap between blind border and gilt cartouche, slight shelf-lean, spine a little faded, spine ends chipped, a few light splash marks to covers, still a bright and excellent example overall, g.e., [Smith II 4], 8vo, 1843.

Fielding (Henry) The Works...with the Life of the Author, 4 vol., first collected edition, engraved portrait, light damp-staining to vol.2, modern red straight-grain morocco, by Bernard Middleton, spines gilt in compartments with green morocco labels, 4to, A.Millar, 1762.

Wordsworth (William) A Description of the Scenery of the Lakes, Third Edition, first separate edition, folding engraved map (linen-backed), rather foxed, later morocco-backed boards, by W.H.Smith & Sons (?Douglas Cockerell), spine darkened and with small chip at head, fading to boards, 1822 § Byron (G.G.N., Lord) The Corsair, sixth edition, half-title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spine gilt with blue roan label, 1814 § [Smith (James & Horatio)] Rejected Addresses: or the New Theatrum Poetarum, first edition, half-title, lacking advertisement leaf at end, occasional foxing, modern brown morocco, gilt, by Bayntun, spine gilt, g.e., spotted, 1812, the first two rubbed; and another, Wordsworth, 8vo & 12mo (4) ⁂ Some new material appears in the first item including a sonnet on p.42; the last contains parodies of the Romantic poets.

[Burney (Frances)] The Wanderer; or, Female Difficulties, 5 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.2 with final blank X2, vol.3 with final blank U4 used as pastedown, vol.4 with E6 & 7 (pp.83-86) misbound in following F signature (previously loose and tipped in), 4pp. publishers' catalogue at end of vol.5, some light browning, occasional water-staining, mostly marginal, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, paper labels on spines rather worn, [Rothschild 552], 12mo, 1814.

Electricity.- Franklin (Benjamin) Expériences et Observations sur l'Électricité faites A Philadelphie En Amerique, [translated by Thomas-François d'Alibard], first edition in French, title with small woodcut ornament, folding engraved plate, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title lightly foxed, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary French calf, gilt, rather worn, but holding firm, 8vo, Paris, Chez Durand, 1752. ⁂ The first edition in French, and indeed, the first edition in a language other than English. The translation was made at the behest of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Taking Franklin's idea of extracting electricity from the sky using a rod, Buffon and D'Alibard successfully collected an electrical charge in a jar on 10th May, 1752. Franklin gracefully acknowledged this feat.

K'eogh (John) Zoologia, Medicinalis Hibernica: or, a Treatise of Birds, Beasts, Fishes... to which is added A Short Treatise of the Diagnostic and Prognostic Parts of Medicine..., first edition, 6pp. list of Subscribers, F1 small piece of corner torn away not affecting text, last f. small hole in text with loss supplied in facsimile, slightly browned, bookplate of the Earl of Leitrim on front pastedown, contemporary calf, red and gilt morocco label on spine, lge. 8vo, Dublin, Printed by S. Powell for the Author, 1739.

America.- Warre (Captain Henry) Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, 12 hand-coloured lithograph views on 10 sheets only of 20 on 16, plate guards, and map of Warre's route, untitled, title browned, without the printed note concerning binding options and the dedication leaf (called for by Abbey), 1 plate guard with small tear, some slight finger soiling in a few margins of plates, inner hinges strengthened, original cloth boards, gilt, faded, modern half morocco, gilt, [Abbey, Travel 656; Howes W114; Sabin 101455], folio, Dickinson & Co., [1848]. ⁂ Plates in good clean condition. "The only western color-plates comparable in beauty to those by Bodmer." - Howes.

⁂The description of this lot has changed⁂ Ovid. The .xv. bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, translated by Arthur Golding, first edition of Golding's complete translation, lacking a1-4, b1-4, B7&8, D8, E1&8, K8, V1-8 and 2D1-8, some 17th century ink marginlia, first few ff. frayed at lower corner with slight loss, tear to P2 within text, but without loss, many ff. loose, stained, occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum, worn, [STC 18956], 4to, Imprynted at London: by Willyam Seres, 1567. sold not subject to return. ⁂ An important source book for Shakespeare. Ezra Pound said of Golding's translation that it was 'the most beautiful book in the language'. The 17th century marginalia includes 'Richard Collicke is a ?very lov[in]ge witness Edward Alye, Abell Alye & John Alye, 1670'.

[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World...by Lemuel Gulliver, 2 vol., 4 engraved plates, 5pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, lightly browned, vol.1 with ink staining to upper outer corner of first few leaves, for Charles Bathurst, 1757; A Tale of a Tub, eleventh edition, title in red and black, engraved plates, C.Bathurst, 1747 § Brown (Thomas) The Works, titles in red and black, engraved frontispieces and plates, cropped, browned and stained, modern book-label of Kenneth Monkman of Shandy Hall, vol.3 broken, Edward Midwinter, 1730 § [Le Sage (Alain René)] Le Diable Boiteux; or, the Devil upon Two Sticks, 2 vol., sixth edition, engraved plates, browned, J.Tonson, 1729, all contemporary calf, all but the third rebacked, all with gilt spines, rubbed; and 9 others, 8vo et infra (18)

Jacobite Rebellion.- The Dying Speech of James Shepheard: Who Suffer'd Death at Tyburn, March the 17th, 1717/18 Deliver's by him to the Sheriff, at the Place of Execution, printed broadside, tear with small loss affecting a few letters on last two lines, folds, browned, some small tears in margins, folds, browned, [not in Wing; ESTC locates only 1 copy of this edition, not in BL], folio, [London, 1718]. ⁂ This edition contains only the speech, in one column, the first line of the title reads "The" and the last line of text reads "his DECLARATION." This broadside refers to the case of James Shepheard, a London coach painter's apprentice who was executed for writing a letter in which he threatened to assasinate George II.

[Swift (Jonathan)] Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver..., 4 parts in 2 vol., The Second Edition [vol. 2, second edition, corrected], 4 titles, engraved portrait frontispiece of Gulliver (edges very slightly chipped), 5 maps and one plate, advertisement leaf preceding title to volume 2, vol. I splash mark, lower endpapers a little stained, slightly browned, contemporary ink signatures of the Webber family on fly-leaves, Clement K. Shorter's copy with his bookplate and later Shane Leslie's copy with his ink signature, notes and a bookplate, new endpapers, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, gilt, corners a little bumped, rebacked, preserved in a modern slip-case, [Teerink 293], 8vo, Benj[amin] Motte, 1727. ⁂ The first Motte edition, with the the 24-page setting of the Verses (which include the additional fifth poem 'The Words of the King of Brobdingnag', now ascribed to Pope). Clement King Shorter (1857-1926), journalist and magazine editor; Shane Leslie (1885-1971), author.

Alberti (Leon Battista) L'Architettura [and La Pittura], translated and edited by Cosimo Bartoli, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-z6, aa-dd6, ee-ff4, gg6, first title with woodcut printer's device recto and portrait of the author recto, 3 woodcut plates, including 1 double-page of the Baths of Diocletian, woodcuts within text, most full-page, second title with woodcut printer's device, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, 20th century vellum, gilt spine in compartments, folio (333 x 219mm.), Mondovi, Leonardo Torrentino, 1565. ⁂ Second folio edition of Bartoli's translation and the second edition (first to be issued with L'Architettura) of Lodovico Domenichi's translation of La Pittura. Literature: Fowler 8; Cicognara 375; Millard IV, 6; Mortimer, Italian, 12.

Europe.- Chambers (William) Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surr[e]y, the Seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, first edition, 40 (of 43) engraved plates, 3 folding, lacking plates 18, 41 and 42, title creased, light marginal water-staining to preliminaries, lightly browned, some spotting, antique style panelled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, slip-case, [Berlin Kat. 2337; Fowler 87; Harris 121], folio, Printed by J. Haberkorn...for the Author, 1763. ⁂ A survey of Kew, published at the expense of King George III. The plates show the original palace designed by William Kent, and garden buildings and temples designed by Chambers between 1757 and 1763. It includes the Aviary, the Chinese Pavilion, the Great Pagoda, the House of Confucius, and the Temples of the Sun, and Solitude.

Bible, Irish. Leabhuir na¡ Seintiomna... The Books of the Old Testament..., translated by William Bedell, first edition of the Old Testament in Irish, title in English and Irish, double column, text in Irish, lacks initial and last blanks, signature P misbound, 3A1 small tear in margin, 4Q2 & 6 M1 small piece of corner torn away, slightly foxed and browned, ink inscription at head of title, engraved bookplate of Alexander Macmillan on front pastedown, 18th century calf, Signet Library copy with gilt stamp on upper cover, rubbed, corners repaired, rebacked in modern calf, old red morocco label retained on spine, modern slip-case, [Wing B2759A; Darlow & Moule 5534], 4to, London, 1685. ⁂ The first edition of the Old Testament in Irish, translated from the English Bible by William Bedell (1571-1642, Bishop of Kilmore), but not published until 40 years after his death. About 500 copies were printed in Irish type supplied by Robert Boyle.

[Beckford (William)] Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaça and Batalha, first edition, engraved portrait (lightly offset on title),William Borlase's copy with his stamp to title and bookplate, contemporary half russia, rebacked, 1835 § Thicknesse (Philip) A Year's Journey through France, and part of Spain, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispieces, plates and folding sheets of music, offset, contemporary tree calf, red and black roan labels, 1778, a little rubbed; and 3 others including Templeman's New Survey of the Globe... lacking 2 plates, 8vo & oblong folio (6) ⁂ Sir William Borlase (1696-1772), Cornish antiquary, geologist and naturalist.

Africa.- Blixen-Finecke (Bror von) African Hunter, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, lightly soiled, slight bumping to extremities, 1937 § Blixen (Karen) "Isak Dinesen" Out of Africa, second edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, chipping to edges, tape repairs to verso, 1938; Shadows on the Grass, first American edition, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, New York, 1961; and 8 others, Dinesen/Blixen, 8vo (11)

Greene (W.T.) Parrots in Captivity, 3 vol., first edition, 81 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, tissue guards, 1 plate loose, slightly browned, some gatherings weak, original blind-stamped cloth with gilt pictorial upper covers, housed in a modern cloth slip-case, a fine copy, [Nissen IVB 393], large 8vo, 1884-87.

Mountaineering.- Fitzgerald (E. A.) Climbs in the New Zealand Alps, second edition, one of only 500 copies, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map in pocket at end, some small tears to folds, occasional spotting, abrasion mark to front pastedown, original cloth, morocco spine labels, slight bumping to extremities, 1896 § Tilman (H. W.) Snow on the Equator, first edition, plates, maps, pencil inscription, occasional light foxing, original cloth, dust-jacket, slight chipping to top edge, 1937; and 6 others, mountaineering, [Neate F36 & T47], 8vo, (8)

Lincolnshire Tale.- Brown (John, of Horncastle) Neddy and Sally, or the Statutes Day, a Lincolnshire tale, first edition, central fold, slightly browned, original pink printed wrappers, slightly marked and faded,holes in lower cover, ink signature at tail of title, stitched as issued, 8vo, Lincoln, Printed by R.E. Leary, n.d. [?1842]. ⁂ Lincolnshire dialect.

Dee (John).- Bacon (Roger) Epistolae . . . de secretis operibus artis et naturae, et de nullitate magiae. Opera Johannis Dee . . . ad sensum integrum restituta, first edition edited by John Dee, title, 62pp. only of 80, pp. 21-80 only (lacking preliminaries but starts at Chapter I), ink stamp symbol at tail of title, ink initials on verso of title, [Brunet 1:602; Caillet 621; Duveen 38; Ferguson 1:64, 1:202 (extremely rare); Graesse 1:271; Sarton 2:963], Hamburg, Froben, 1618 bound with Aquinas (Thomas) Secreta alchimiæ magnalia D. Thomae Aquinatis, de corporibus supercoelestibus, & quod in rebus inferioribus inveniantur, quoque modo extrahantur etc. third edition, lacks plate, pp. 60-71 ink line scored through pages not affecting legibility, [Ferguson, I, p. 27: Duveen, p. 102; notes only], Leiden, Thomas Basson, 1602 bound in reverse, browned, blind ex-library stamp at tail of title, later ink notes on fly-leaf, inner hinges strengthened, later boards, 20th century calf spine, gilt, 8vo; sold not subject to return. ⁂ First mentioned extremely rare; last copy the Garden copy sold in 1989. An important alchemical work originally printed at Paris by Oronce Fine in 1542; textually complete starting with Chapter 1 but lacks the dedication to the Brothers of the Rosy Cross. The ascription of the invention of gunpowder to Bacon was based upon a cipher contained in the Epistolae.

Lawrence (T.E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, special publisher's copy extra-illustrated with four colour plates and two facsimiles from the 1926 subscriber's edition, plates and maps, typed letter signed by the publisher Jonathan Cape to A.H. Spencer affixed to front endpapers, further pencil note by Spencer on endpapers, notes in ballpoint by Colonel P.L. Bradfer-Lawrence loosely inserted, together with "Lawrence of Arabia Memorial" leaflet, original brown buckram cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, creased and torn, 4to, 1935. ⁂ One of a small number of publisher's extra-illustrated presentation copies of the 'ordinary edition' of "seven pillars", unrecorded by o'brien. In his letter to the former owner A.H. Spencer written in the year of publication Cape records that "when printing the illustrations in colour for the limited (five guinea) edition of seven pillars, we printed rather more than we actually required for the 750 copies. This enabled us to select the very best prints to include in the volumes. Going through those which are surplus I have been able to make up a certain number of sets which are I think, as good, or nearly as good, as the coloured prints in the five guinea edition. I have bound up one or two copies of the ordinary edition and included these coloured plates and also two facsimiles. These one or two copies, which are not for sale, we propose to present to friends who have shown exceptional interest in the book and its fortunes. It is a great pleasure to send you a copy, which I think you will be glad to have as a souvenir of a great bookselling and publishing collection..."

Pamphlets.- [Swift (Jonathan)] Some Observations Upon a Paper, Call'd the Report of the Committee of the... Privy Council in England, Relating to Wood's Half-pence, first edition, 32pp., text cropped affecting some letters and all signatures, [Teerink 641] Dublin, John Harding, [1724] bound with [Defoe (Daniel)] Secret Memoirs of a Treasonable Conference at S[omerset] House, For Deposing the Present Ministry, 40pp., [ESTC lists the Huntington Library copy only], Dublin, Re-Printed by Thomas Hume, 1717 bound with [Gildon (Charles)] The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Mr. D- De F-, of London, Hosier, The Third Edition, 36pp., title and text slightly cropped, [ESTC lists 5 copies only], Dublin, by Elizabeth Sadleir for Patrick Dugan, 1719 bound with Bradley (Richard) The Artificial Gardiner, The Second and Last Part, 46pp., advertisements on verso of last f., [ESTC lists 3 copies only], E. Curll, 1717 bound with Creagh (Sir Michael) Remarks Upon Mr. Wood's Coyn and Proceedings Salus Populi, Suprema lex est [Safety of the people is the supreme law], 16pp., title cropped at tail affecting imprint, [not in the National Library of Ireland], Dublin, William Wilmot, [1724] bound with A Word or Two to the People of Ireland, concerning The Brass Money that is, and shall be Coin'd by Mr. Woods, and which he is endeavouring to Impose upon Us, 16pp., Printed by John Harding, [1724] bound with The Good old Way: Or, a Vindication of some Important Scripture-Truths, 16pp., title within woodcut border, [ESTC lists 2 copies only; not in BL] or the National Library of Ireland], Belfast, James Blow, 1720 bound with [Pullen (Tobias)] A Defence of the Answer to a Paper Intituled The Case of the Dissenting Protestants of Ireland, [2] 45 [1]pp., ink inscription on title, Dublin, no publisher, 1719 bound with The Picture of a Highflying Clergyman: or, a State of the Case Between John Harris, D.D. Rector of St. Mildred's Bread-street, London; and Charles Humphreys, 20pp., for R. Burleigh and A. Boulter, 1716 bound with [Malcolme (John)] Personal Perswasion no Foundation for Religious Obedience... a Sermon, 35pp., Belfast, Robert Gardner, 1720 bound with an incomplete pamphlet The Universal Passion, 1725, together 11 pamphlets in 1 vol., bound in differing order, single wormhole affecting first we pamphlets, browned, contemporary panelled calf, corners bumped and worn, head and tail of spine chipped with small loss, sm. 8vo. ⁂ A few of the pamphlets refer to William Wood (1671-1730), hardware manufacturer, ironmaster, and mintmaster, notorious for receiving a contract to strike an issue of Irish coinage from 1722 to 1724. Wood's coinage was extremely unpopular in Ireland as a result of the publication of Jonathan Swift's Drapier Letters. It was recalled and exported to British America.

Polar.- Scott (Captain Robert) Scott's Last Expedition, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces, plates (1 loose), 8 folding maps, of which 1 colour, occasional spotting and marginal water-staining, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1913 § Bergman (Sten) Through Kamchatka by Dog-Sled & Skis, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, maps, occasional light spotting, new endpapers, original cloth, 1927; and 3 others, Polar, 8vo (6)

Poe (Edgar Allan) The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, first edition, 2pp. advertisements at front, 12pp. advertisements at end, lacking rear free endpaper ?and final f. advertisements, 1 advertisement f. torn, foxing and damp-staining, bookplate, ?contemporary brown cloth, rubbed and bumped, 8vo, New York, 1838. ⁂ Poe's first book of prose and his only novel.

Beckford (Peter) Thoughts on Hunting, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece of the goddess Diana by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, engraved plan and plate of kennels at end, plates lightly foxed, old ink inscription "?H.P.St.John. Mr._, a Labourer - Oxy Lane near Watford - for the cure of the bite of mad dog" on front pastedown, modern bookplate of Robin Shield, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed at edges, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label, a handsome copy, small 4to, Sarum [Salisbury], printed by E.Easton, sold by P.Elmsly...J.Ridley...London, and W.Sollers, Blandford, 1781.

Delacour (J.) and P. Jabouille. Les Oiseaux de l'Indochine Francaise, 4 vol., first edition, one plain and 66 coloured plates after Gronvold, bookplate of Peter Tate, contemporary half rexine, original wrappers bound in [Nissen IVB 228], Paris, 1931 § Robinson (Herbert C.) and others. The Birds of the Malay Peninsula, 5 vol., first edition, plates by H.Gronvold, all but one or two colour, maps, original red cloth, t.e.g., vol.5 with dust-jacket, [Nissen IVB 791], 1927-76; and Delacour's Liste des Oiseaux de l'Indochine Française, 8vo (10)

Egan (Pierce) Life in London..., first edition, second issue with footnote on p.9 and first sheet of music unnumbered, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 hand-coloured plates by Isaac, Robert & George Cruikshank, 21 wood-engraved vignettes, 6pp. engraved musical notation on 3 folding sheets, lacking advertisements, some foxing and soiling, plates offset, some trimmed with loss to imprint, later red morocco, gilt, by Ramage, [Abbey Life 281; Cohn 262; Tooley 196], 1821 § Carey (David) Life in Paris; comprising the Rambles, Sprees, and Amours, of Dick Wildfire..., first edition, second issue without 'To the Binder' leaf at end, half-title, wood-engraved title-vignette, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 20 hand-coloured plates by George Cruikshank, half-title, frontispiece and title mounted on stubs (title slightly short, from another copy), frontispiece laid down, plates a little soiled, later dark purple morocco, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt, g.e., joints very slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 112; Cohn 109; Tooley 129], 1822, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., 8vo (2)

Baskerville (John).- Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius. Opera, A2 & H3 uncancelled, title and final leaf at little browned at edges, otherwise a lovely clean copy, bookplate of Sir John Trollope, Bart., contemporary tree calf with Greek key border in gilt, spine gilt in compartments and red morocco label, very slightly rubbed, mostly at head of spine and corners, 1772 § Sallustius (C.Crispus) and L.Annaeus Florus. [Opera], half-title, lacking final blank, old ink inscription "Elizabeth Anne Rawdon May 1811" at head of title, some foxing, old bookseller's ticket of J.Kerby, 190 Oxford St., contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked with gilt spine, 1773, first Baskerville editions, [Gaskell 44 & 51], Birmingham, John Baskerville; and a 12mo Baskerville edition of Horace, 4to & 12mo (3) ⁂ Sir John Trollope, Bart., 1st Baron Kesteven (1800-1874), Conservative politician and President of the Poor Law Board. He was second cousin to the novelist Anthony Trollope.

Gilpin (Rev. William) Observations on the River Wye..., second edition, large paper copy, 17 hand-tinted aquatint plates, light staining to one or two leaves, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, [cf.Abbey, Scenery 546, 1800 edition], 1789; another edition, first edition, half-title, 15 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old label, 1782; Observations, relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty...particularly the Mountains, and Lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 3 hand-coloured engraved maps and 27 hand-tinted aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spines with red roan labels, [Abbey, Scenery 183], 1788; Remarks on Forest Scenery..., 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, hand-coloured double-page engraved map and 30 hand-tinted plates only (of 31, vol.2 lacking view of Beaulieu river), signatures cut away from front free endpapers, contemporary half red roan, spines faded, 1794, some foxing and offsetting, a little rubbed; and another by Gilpin, 4to & 8vo (7)

Gray (Thomas) Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for Six Poems, first edition, first issue with "Drawings, &c." on half-title, printed on rectos only, engraved title-vignette, 6 plates, head- & tail-pieces and initials, 4pp. 'Explanation of the Prints' by Horace Walpole bound at end, rather foxed and browned, light marginal water-staining to last few leaves, engraved bookplate of John Clevland, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine, [Hazen 42; Rothschild 1061], for R. Dodsley, 1753; and a copy of the second issue, folio (2)

Bible, Irish. Tiomna Nuadh ar dTighearna agus ar Slanaightheora Iosa Criosd, second edition of the New Testament in Irish, Irish type, English preface by Andrew Sall, small woodcut initials, with first blank f., ink ownership inscription dated 1880 at head of title, slightly browned, contemporary reversed panelled calf, metal corner pieces, red morocco label on upper cover "Ex dono Ioannis Hungerford", slightly marked, 2 small holes in lower cover for a chain, re-backed with the original spine laid down, [Darlow & Moule 5533, Wing B2759], 4to, London, Robert Everingham, 1681. ⁂ Only 500 copies of the second Irish edition of the New Testament were printed. The work was funded by Robert Boyle and the Irish type cast in London by Moxon.