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Raleigh (Walter). Judicious and Select Essayes and Observations, 1st edition, Humphrey Moseley, 1650, engraved portrait frontispiece (a little soiled, chipped and browned at extremities with old erased inscriptions to recto), title within typographical border (small repair to lower margin touching border), separate dated title to second, third and fourth parts, the last within typographical border, bound without advert leaves, some browning, small hole with loss affecting letters in three lines of pp. 3-4 of fourth part, armorial bookplate of William Miller Ord to front pastedown, later calf, neatly rebacked with calf gilt, small 8vo The fourth and final part, 'Sir Walter Rawleigh his apologie for his voyage to Guiana' is the first printed account of the second voyage to Guiana, and contains the early appearance of the word tobacco on pages 24 and 34. Pforzheimer 835; Wing R170. (1)

[Gough, John]. The Academy of Complements, Wherein Ladies, Gentlewomen, Schollers, and Strangers, may accommodate their courtly practice with gentile ceremonies, complementor amorous high expressions, and forms of speaking or writing of letters most in fashion..., with an addition of a new school of love..., the last edition, with two tables, the one expounding the most hard English words: the other resolving the most delightful fictions in the hethan poets, printed for George Sawbridge, 1661, additional engraved title page, engraved by W. Marshall and dated 1656 (a little chipped and frayed at outer and inner margins), some spotting and old dampstaining throughout, close-trimmed at fore-margins, scattered marginal chipping and a few closed tears, rarely affecting lettering, addional armorial bookplate of C.K. Kemeys-Tynte to front pastedown, later blind-stamped calf gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo First published in 1639 this appears to be an unrecorded edition of a scarce collection of suggestive verses. This copy appears to lack a preliminary leaf, possibly blank. (1)

Browne (Thomas). Hydriotaphia, Urne-Buriall, or, a Discourse of the Sepulchrall Urnes lately found in Norfolk. Together with the Garden of Cyrus, or the Quincunciall, Lozenge, on Net-work Plantations of the Ancients, Artificially, Naturally, Mystically Considered. With Sundry Observations, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1658, two engraved plates (plate of urns trimmed at fore margin just affecting image and imprint), advertisement leaf at end, lacking errata leaf, a few leaves close-trimmed shaving a few shoulder notes, lower corner of title torn away, some light soiling, later sprinkled calf, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Pseudodoxia Epidemica: Or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents and Commonly Presumed Truths, the fifth edition... Whereunto are now added two Discourses the one of Urn-Burial, or Sepulchrall Urns, lately found in Norfolk. The other of the Garden of Cyrus, or Network Plantations of the Antients, printed for the Assigns of Edward Dod, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed at foot with slight loss), two engraved plates, some spotting and toning, annotations to rear pastedown, crude tape reinforcement to front hinge, armorial bookplate, 18th century mottled calf, joints splitting, slight loss at head of spine, 4to, plus Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Late of Norwich: Printed from his Original Manuscripts, 1712, 16 engraved plates only (of 22), a few repairs to folding plates, some spotting and water stains, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and repaired, 8vo ESTC R202039; Grolier, Wither to Prior 108; Pforzheimer 110; Wing B5154 for first work. (3)

Vaughan (Henry). Olor Iscanus. A Collection of Some Select Poems, and Translations, formerly written by Mr. Henry Vaughan Silurist. Published by a Friend, 1st edition, printed by T.W. for Humphrey Moseley, 1651, additional engraved title (with loss and repair at top corner, short closed tear at foot), four sectional titles, lacking A3 leaf of verses following first title, errata leaf and eight page publisher's catalogue at end, title close-trimmed at top margin, some light soiling and marginal water stains, armorial bookplate of Henry Francis Lyte, 19th century black morocco, joints a little rubbed, 8vo Wing V123. Provenance: Sotheby's sale of English Literature, the Property of Colonel C.H. Wilkinson, 25 October 1960, lot 513. Important collection by Welsh metaphysical poet Henry Vaughan (1621-95). The title translates as 'the Swan of Usk' and was written at a time of crisis for the poet, three years before publication, when his grandfather William Vaughan died and he and his family were evicted from their home in Brecknockshire. His personal loss, and impact of the civil war were reflected in the poems, and his works much influenced Wordsworth, Tennyson and Sassoon. (1)

Dunbar (William). The Poems of William Dunbar, now first collected , with notes, and a memoir of his life by David Laing, 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1834, half titles, bookplates, including Lytton Strachey's booklabels , all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, together with Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Roumaunt: and Other Poems, by Lord Byron, 3rd edition, 1812/Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto the Fourth, 1818, folding facsimile letter in Greek at end of first volume, slight toning and a few spots, contemporary previous owner signature at foot of first volume title, all edges gilt, contemporary purple morocco gilt, a little rubbed with some fading, 8vo, with six others leatherbound including The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith, edited by Robert Aris Willmott, illustrated by Birket Foster & H.N. Humphreys, 1859, and The Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 6 volumes, 1883 (15)

Fry (Elizabeth). Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with extracts from her journal and letters, edited by two of her daughters, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, 1848, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary full calf with red and black spine labels, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Percy (Thomas), Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1775, engraved frontispiece to first volume, contemporary half calf, first and second volumes recased with original spines laid down, 8vo, plus Wilberforce (William), A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the higher and middle classes in this country, contrasted with real Christianity, 1st edition, 1797, contemporary black half morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century theology and related, mostly bound in calf, 8vo/12mo (approximately 75 volumes) (3 shelves)

Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre. Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation. The Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the First, to King Charles, of Happy Memory. The Description of the Countrey: The History of the Antient and Moderne Estate. The Manner of the Investure of the Princes, with the Coats of Arms of the Nobility, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, 1661, woodcut armorial frontispiece (offsetting to title), three double page plates of armorials, scattered light spotting, small bookplate, later diced calf gilt, rebacked, edges rubbed, folio (1)

Dufy (Raoul). Mon Docteur le Vin, aquarelles de Raoul Dufy, published Draeger FrŠres, Paris, 1936, nineteen colour illustrations after Dufy, publisher's limp card boards with glassine wrapper, 4to, together with King (Moses, publisher), Kings Views, New York 1908 - 1909, numerous illustrations of New York including several double page panoramas, publisher's decorative cloth, slight wear to extremities, tall 4to, with Morgan (William), Ogilby's and Morgan's Pocket-Book of the Roads with their Computed and Measured Distances and the Distinction of Market and Post-Towns..., 7th edition, 1732, title with near contemporary ownership signature, advertisement, explanation and tables of roads, lacking map, hinges and joints weak and cracked, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, 16mo, plus Hassall (John, illustrator), Ye Berlyn Tapestrie: Wilhelm's Invasion of Flanders, printed Edmund Evans, circa 1916, colour printed caricature of the German aggression of the First World War published 'concertina style' on thirty pages, publisher's printed paper wrappers, a little frayed at extremities, oblong 8vo, with Morand (Paul), Route de Paris a la M‚diterran‚e, published Paris, 1931, numerous black & white illustrations, publisher's printed card boards, a little chipped and worn, 8vo, with two other volumes similar (7)

Dickens (Charles). The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, with Forty-Three Illustrations by R. Seymour and Phiz, 20 original parts in 19, 1st edition, Chapman and Hall, 1836-37, etched frontispiece, additional title-page, and forty-one etched plates, some spotting and toning, parts I-XII without advertisements and with the Buss plates replaced (but with the Seymour plates in the first two parts), original printed blue wrappers, some rubbing and staining, some with loss and repairs to spines, 8vo, contained in a green cloth folder in brown quarter calf slipcase, gilt lettered spine with raised bands, together with The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, 1st bookform edition, Chapman and Hall, 1837, forty-three etched plates, including frontispiece and additional title-page, spotted, half-title discarded, X5 and X6 with short closed tear in blank fore-margin, endpapers renewed, contemporary brown half calf, sometime rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, rubbed, corners showing, 8vo (2)

[Urquhart, Sir Thomas]. Ekskybalaypon, or, the Discovery of a most exquisite Jewel, more precious then Diamonds inchased in Gold, the like whereof was never seen in any age; found in the kennel of Worcester-streets, the day after the Fight, and six before the Autumnal Aequinox, anno 1651. Serving in this place, to frontal a Vindication of the honour of Scotland, from that Infamy, whereinto the Rigid Presbyterian party of that Nation, out of their Covetousnes and ambition, most dissembledly hath involved it..., first edition, London: Printed by Ja: Cottrel, sold by Rich. Baddely, 1652, [32],284,[4]pp., first word of title transliterated from Greek, title cropped to fore-edge and lower margin with loss of ruled border, M4 with small hole & stain to catchword, final gathering close trimmed at foot with occasional loss to signatures, bound without last two leaves (address from the author and errata), some general toning, dampstaining to margins throughout, all edges gilt, modern quarter calf gilt, blind decorated spine, marbled boards, small 8vo Wing U134; ESTC R203867 & Thomason, E.1506[1]. (1)

Petrarch (Francesco). Librorum Francisci Petrarche Impressorum Annotatio, & Annotatio nonnullorum librorum seu epistolarum Francisci Petrarche, 2 volumes in 1, Venice, Andrea Torresano de Asula for Simon de Lovere, 27 March [& 17 June] 1501, lettre batarde type in double column, lacks colophon leaf to each volume (O8 at end of first volume, and [24]6 at end of second volume), some initials towards front of volume supplied in red ink, a few early manuscript marginal annotations (title more heavily annotated to lower blank area, and extensively to verso), some minor marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), pale waterstain to extreme fore-margins at front and rear of volume, bookplate of Ely Cathedral library to front pastedown, 17th century blind-ruled full calf, modern antique-style good-quality reback, thick folio Provenance: Sold Sotheby's Library of Ely Cathedral, 10 March 1972, lot 476, where bought by the present owner. Adams P773. Censimento 16 cnce 31762. Renouard 292/1. Second edition of Petrarch's collected Latin works, following its first appearance in 1496 (Basel, Johann Amerbach), and thus the first to appear in Italy. This edition is also the first to contain the biography of Petrarch by Squarzafico. The publisher Torresani, father in law of Aldus Manutius took charge of the Aldine press following the death of Aldus in 1515 until the son Paulus Manutius came of age. (1)

Vineis (Raimundus de ). Vita Miracolosa Della Seraphica S. Catherina da Siena, 2nd edition, Siena, Simione di Niccolo, 1 September 1524, title within woodcut decorative border, with full-page woodcut of Saint Catherine to verso (fore-margin close-shaved with slight loss), 23 woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut initials, one or two small worm holes to lower blank margins of first few leaves, early 19th century ownership annotations in brown ink to front blanks (upper outer corner excised), bookplate of James Bindley to front pastedown, 18th century French mottled full calf, gilt spine with red morocco title label, rubbed, small 4to in 8's Provenance: Chretien-Francois de Lamoignon (1735-1789), with crowned L stamped to upper outer corner of page 3 of main text; item 3930 in the catalogue of the Bibliotheca Lamoniana by Merigot, 1791-92; the library sold en bloc to Thomas Payne, bookseller (1752-1831), November 13th 1794; Michael Wodhull (1740-1816), his sale 25 March 1803, lot 359, where purchased by James Bindley (manuscript note by Bindley); James Bindley (1737-1818); sold Sotheby's, 29 November 1982, lot 169, Property of the William Carr Will Trust, where purchased by the current owner. Sander 7614. Two editions of this work were printed in Siena in 1524, the first on the 10th May, and the second, as here, on the 1st September. The translation into the vernacular was made by Ambrosio Catherino (i.e. Lancelotto Politi). (1)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia, 6 volumes in three, 1855-56, 248 tinted lithographed plates, including portrait and titles, two maps, gutta percha perished, contents loose, some spotting, mainly marginal to plates, text leaves a little toned, all edges gilt, contemporary russet morocco gilt, spines faded, edges rubbed, 4to Abbey Travel 388; Tooley 401, 402. The first quarto edition. (3)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Odo (Bishop of Cambrai). Expositio Canonis Missae, 1st edition, [Paris:], Guy Marchant, 16 August 1490, issue with misprint 'dnomino' in the first line of A1 recto, 12 leaves, gothic letter, 33-36 lines, initials and capital letters supplied in red, final leaf with recto blank (one line old ink annotation at head) and verso bearing title, some old ink underscoring and marginal marks, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson (detached) to front pastedown, modern half calf, padded with blank leaves, small 4to (in 6s) GW M27478; Hain 11959; not in Goff or Polain (B). Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 8 October 1968, lot 378. (1)

[Guevara, Antonio de]. The Golden Boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquente oratour, London: [Thomas Berthelet], 1546, title within architectural woodcut border (with date of 1534 within design), numerous decorative woodcut initials, black letter text, inscription to title with name Michaell Clarson and to final leaf of table, manuscript notes to final leaf, some dampstaining at rear, occasional minor marks, few leaves dust-soiled, bookplate of William Wordie, Glasgow (1884-1952) to verso of front free endpapers and front free blank inscribed 'To Alexr. Smith, from his unseen & sincere friend J. Payne Collier', all edges gilt, 19th century gilt panelled calf, red morocco label to spine, small 8vo Pforzheimer 441 (7 copies known), STC 12440.5 and ESTC S117886. This is the fifth edition translation of the French version of Guevaras fictitious account of Marcus Aurelius, first issued in 1528 under title: Libra aureo de Marco Aurelio. The work states it was "Translated oute of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn Bourchier ..." p.[582]. John Payne Collier (1789-1883), was a controversial figure in the history of literary scholarship, being a Shakespearian critic and forger. An influential writer regarding Shakespeare's drama, poetry, and prose, he was also the originator of an array of forgeries and false evidence at the same time. His efforts seriously affected and confused the text and biography of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. (1)

Dixon (Frederick). The Geology of Sussex; or The Geology & Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex, new edition, revised and augmented by T. Rupert Jones, 2nd edition, Brighton, William J. Smith, 1878, colour lithograph frontispiece, folding coloured geological map of Sussex, 63 uncoloured photolithographed plates (numbered 1-64, including frontispiece) at end, some light spotting to map, final leaf of text and first plate, original yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, original quarter plum morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Geological Map of Sussex by W. Topley, [1878], folding colour lithographic map with table of explanation and cross section of the geology of the English Channel from Seaford to the Isle of Sheppy, 260 x 715 mm, bound in original green cloth with gilt title to upper cover, rubbed and slight wear to spine, slim 4to The geological map was first drawn by Frederick Dixon, a surgeon who practised in Worthing and died in the cholera epidemic of 1849. William Topley was a geologist by profession, who surveyed the Weald between 1863 and 1873 and was Superintendent of the publication of the Ordnance Geological Survey from 1880. (2)

[Browne, William]. Britannia's Pastorals, 2 parts, Geo. Norton, [1613] & Thomas Snodham for George Norton, 1616, engraved title to first part by William Hole (some marks and light waterstains, and closed horizontal tear repaired without loss near inner margin, printed title to second part, 2 engraved plates for first part (pages 60-61), M1 in first part torn with loss to lower outer corner, not affecting text, later bookplate of Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx to front pastedown, and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front endpaper, modern antique-style blind ruled maroon full morocco, gilt spine, folio ESTC S107097. Hayward 60. Grolier 27. A6, B-O4, P2, title, & A6, B-S4. Second edition of Book 1, with errata corrected, and first edition of Book 2. Provenance: Formerly in the library of Professor James A. Riddell. Often regarded as a companion work to Drayton's Poly-Olbion, William Browne's 2 volumes were described by Walter Greg as "the longest and most ambitious poem ever composed on a pastoral theme" (Greg, Pastoral Poetry, 1906, 131). The text includes commendatory verses by John Selden, Michael Drayton, Edward Heyward, Christopher Brook, Thomas Gardiner, George Wither, Ben Jonson, and others. (1)

More (Henry). A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, the First Part Containing a Careful and Impartial Delineation of the True Idea of Antichristianism in the Real and Genuine Members thereof, such as are Indeed Opposite to the Indispensable Purposes of the Gospel of Christ, and to the Interest of his Kingdome, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by J. Flesher for W. Morden, 1664, imprimatur leaf, title printed in red and black, scattered light spotting, armorial bookplates of Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodleian Librarian and Sir Francis Fust, all edges gilt, 19th century black calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, folio Wing M2666. (1)

Evelyn (John, translator). An Essay on the First Book of T. Lucretius Carus de Rerum Natura. Interpreted and made English Verse by J. Evelyn, 1st edition, printed for Gabriel Bedle and Thomas Collins, 1656, engraved frontispiece by Hollar after Mary Evelyn (trimmed with some loss at fore edge), title printed in red and black, text in Latin and English on facing pages, errata leaf and publisher's list at end, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, just affecting a few headlines, occasional light spotting and soiling, bookplates of Bridgewater Library and William S. Stone, hinges reinforced, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior 343; Wing L3446. The first English translation of Lucretius in verse. (1)

Wolcot (John, pseudonym Peter Pindar). A bound collection of 19 poetical satires 1778-89, mezzotint portrait of the author at front, four etched caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson, contemporary half calf, heavily rubbed and some wear, spine restrengthened with black tape, title to first work with some soiling (with printed latin quotation pasted above the imprint), thick 4to The titles are: A Poetical, Supplicating, Modest, and Affecting Epistle to... the Reviewers, printed for the author, and sold by R. Baldwin, 1778, Lyric Odes to the Royal Academicians for MDCCLXXXII, 8th edition, enlarged, printed for G. Kearsley, 1787, More Lyric Odes to the Royal Academicians, 5th edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, Lyric Odes for the year 1785, 7th edition, G. Kearsley, 1787, Farewel Odes, for the year 1786, 5th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem Canto I, 8th edition, with considerable additions, G. Kearsley, 1788, The Lousiad, Canto II, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), A Poetical and Congratulatory Epistle to James Boswell, Esq. on his Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, with the celebrated Dr. Johnson, 8th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, Bozzy and Piozzi: Or, The British Biographers, a town eclogue, 9th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), Ode upon Ode; Or, A Peep at St. James's; Or, New-Year's Day, 8th edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, An Apologetic Postscript to Ode upon Ode, new edition, with considerable additions, G. Kearsley, 1788, Instructions to a Celebrated Laureat; Alias the Progress of Curiosity..., 8th edition, G. Kearsley, Brother Peter to Brother Tom, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788, Peter's Pension. A Solemn Epistle to a Sublime Personage, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), Peter's Prophecy; Or, The President and Poet; Or, An Important Epistle to Sir J. Banks, on the approaching election of a President of the Royal Society, 3rd edition, G. Kearsley (without caricature by Rowlandson), Sir Joseph Banks, and the Emperor of Morocco, 4th edition, G. Kearsley, 1788 (with caricature by Rowlandson), A Poetical Epistle to a Falling Minister, new edition, G. Kearsley, 1789, Subjects for Painters, new edition, G. Kearsley, 1789 & Expostulatory Odes to a Great Duke, and a Little Lord, 1st edition, G. Kearsley, 1789. A collection of 19 poetic satires by John Wolcot (1738-1819), published under his nom de plume of Peter Pindar, the popular, best selling satirist in the age of satire, accompanied by several early caricatures by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), including Is This Your Louse, Cooks, Scullions, hear me ev'ry Mother's Son, Bozzy & Madame Piozzi, Peter's Pension, & Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. (1)

Donne (John). Paradoxes, Problemes, Essayes, Characters... To which is Added a Book of Epigrams: Written in Latin by the same author, translated into English by J. Maine, as also Ignatius his Conclave, a Satyr, 3rd edition, 2nd issue, printed for T.N. for Humphrey Moseley, 1652, title within typographical woodcut border, blanks L3-L4 at end (L4 with short closed tears), 2nd title with marginal tears at foot, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, bound with Essayes in Divinity; by the Late Dr Donne, Dean of S Paul's. Being Several Disquisitions, Interwoven with Meditations and Prayers: Before he Entered Holy Orders. Now made Publick by his son J.D. Dr of the Civil Law, 1st edition, printed by T.M. for Richard Marriot, 1651, title within typographical border (with closed tear affecting one letter), bound without cancelled leaves A3-7 (the dedication to Sir Harry Vane junior) as usual, bound without the 8 page Moseley catalogue at end, occasional light toning, bookplates of George Macdonald, Abel E. Berland and Bent Juel-Jensen, contemporary calf, rebacked and refurbished, 12mo First work Grolier, Wither to Prior 297; Wing D1866, 2nd work Grolier, Wither to Prior 295; Wing D1861. See Bonhams sale, lot 286, March 2009. (1)

Sacrobosco (Johannes de). Sphaera mundi; Johannes Regiomontanus. Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta; George Peurbach. Theoricae novae planetarum, [probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, [before 4 November 1485], 58 leaves, roman letter, 33 lines, full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere (tiny hole), woodcut initials and astronomical illustrations, 9 diagrams partly colour printed in black, red, yellow, bistre and brown, all with some acidic offsetting/staining and some resultant cracking of paper to leaf 3[5], small hole to centre of final two leaves affecting one line of text on penultimate leaf and three lines of text on final leaf, recto and verso, neat old ink Latin marginalia throughout (trimmed at foremargins), bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century red straight grain morocco gilt, rubbed, small 4to (205 x 147mm) Sphaera mundi was a cornerstone of medieval astronomy that enjoyed wide circulation from its origin in the 13th century. It was taught in all the schools of Europe and went through 35 editions in the incunable period alone, this being the second Ratdolt edition. Divided into four chapters it first defines a sphere, then its cycles, the rising and settings of the signs and finally movements of the sun and other planets. The later works by Peurbach and his pupil Regiomontanus signalled a new understanding of astronomy and marked the end of the dominance of classical Greek Ptolemaic astronomy. Goff J406; Hain *14111. (1)

Penington (Isaac). The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, whom the Lord in His Tender Mercy, at Length Visited and Relieved by the Ministry of that Despised People, called Quakers, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, printed and sold by Benjamin Clark, 1681, occasional light water stains and soiling, contemporary penelled calf, rebacked and repaired, previous owner name to upper cover, folio, together with An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The Eighth Edition in English, John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1765, lacking errata leaf, a few manuscript corrections, some light toning, armorial bookplate of J. Walker, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, plus Joseph Besse's A Collection of the Sufferings of Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Concience, volume II only, 1753 Wing P1149; Gaskell 30 for first two works. (3)

[Baron, Robert]. Pocula Castalia. The Author's Motto. Fortunes Tennis-Ball.Eliza. Poems. Epigrams &c., 1st edition, printed by W.H. for Thomas Dring, 1650, portrait frontispiece (supplied in photo facsimile), four sectional titles, title and final leaf repaired, some water stains and soiling, mainly front and rear, early annotations to title and final leaf verso, one or two headlines shaved, 20th century blindstamped calf, spine faded, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior 29; Wing B893. The poem 'Fortune's Tennis-Ball' is one of the earliest tennis references in English. The present work is original, although the poet and dramatist Robert Baron (circa 1630-1650) was discovered by Thomas Warton in the late eighteenth century, to have plagiarised entire passages of John Milton's Poems of 1645 (relatively unknown at the time) for his first book 'The Cyprian Academy' (1648). (1)

Bible [Greek - Old Testament]. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta interpretum, juxta exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, accuratissime & ad amussim recusum, London: Printed by Roger Daniel, 1653, title in red & black, and with printer's engraved device, double column Greek text, occasional marginal dampstaining mostly to title, few leaves with small repairs to lower outer blank corners, later endpapers with 19th century upper pastedown with inscriptions relaid, near contemporary calf, gilt arabesque to centre of each board, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, gilt decorated spine relaid, 8vo Darlow & Moule 4692; Wing B2718. The first edition of the LXX printed in England. Professedly a reprint of the Sixtine text, with the scholia and variants. Edited by John Biddle (1615-1662), the Unitarian controversialist, who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious views. (Darlow & Moule). (1)

Philips (Katherine). Poems. By the incomparable, Mrs. K.P., 1st (unauthorised) edition, London: Printed by J.G. [John Grismond] for Rich. Marriott, 1664, imprimatur leaf present, woodcut ornament to title with contemporary signature 'Eliza Waller' written within (title border neatly double ruled in ink), leaves B1 & I1 provided in good facsimile, lacking blank leaf Q8, errata leaf at the end, few running titles a little close shaved, pencil ownership of Jukes Clifton Jukes Esqr. Trelydon Hall, Montgomeryshire to front blank free endpaper, marbled endpapers with armorial crest bookplate and name label of J. Egerton to upper pastedown, hinges slightly cracked, all edges gilt, attractive, near contemporary gilt panelled and decorated crushed brown morocco, blind initials 'E.W.' to centre of each board and 'M.B.' to title compartment on spine, light fading to spine, 8vo Wing P2032. N.P. Tinker, "John Grismond", English Language Notes, 34 (1996), pp.30-35. The first (suppressed) edition of the first published collection of poems by katherine philips, "the matchless orinda" The poet and dramatist Katherine Philips (n‚e Fowler, 1632-64), who used the sobriquet "Orinda", was the most respected and most influential English woman writer of the seventeenth century. The founder of a kind of pr‚cieuse Society of Friendship -- including such figures as Sir Edward Dering ( "Silvander"), Lord and Lady Dunganon ("Lucasia" and "Memnon"), Sir John Berkenhead ("Cratander"), and Sir Charles Cotterell ("Poliarchus") -- and who lived for much of her married life in Cardiganshire, she also established one of the best documented centres of literary manuscript production of her time. Although occasional poems by her had appeared in printed broadsides or other publications, as well as her successfully staged translation from Corneille, Pompey, the first collected edition of poems by her did not appear until 1664. Despite recent disputes as to whether or not she had a hand in this, her recorded lamentations insisting that she would not have published such a thing for a thousand pounds and that this edition was wholly unauthorised seem convincing enough. Her friends Cotterell and John Jeffreys prevailed upon the publisher Marriott to suppress the edition, but clearly a number of copies did get into circulation. The printer of the edition, "J.G.", has been identified by Nathan Tinker as John Grismond. (1)

Burnett (Thomas). The Demonstration of True Religion... in sixteen sermons, preach'd at Bow-Church, in the years 1724, and 1725; for the Lecture founded by the Honorable Robert Boyle, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1726, contemporary gilt ruled full calf, some minor marks, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper of first volume 'Donum Reverd Admodum Doctoris Purnel. 1726, Thomas Hayward 1744 from Philip Hayward', together with Collier (Jeremy), Essays upon Several Moral Subjects, 3 parts bound in 2 volumes, 5th edition (except 3 part 1st edition), 1703, 1702 & 1705, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and some moderate wear, second volume with modern reback, plus Whichcot (Benjamin), Several Discourses: concerning the shortness of humane charity..., 4 volumes, 1701-1707, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to each volume, contemporary uniform full calf, rubbed and scuffed with a little wear to extremities, and other mostly early 18th century English theology, including William Beveridge, Private Thoughts upon Religion, 3rd edition, 1709, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 1729, The Spirit of Love, 1752 & A Practical Treatise upon Christian Perfection, 1726, Symon Patrick, Four Discourses sent to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely, 1704, & Mensa Mystica: Or, A Discourse concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1717, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, one or two volumes rebacked, mainly 8vo (26)

Blount (Thomas). Boscobel, or, The history of his sacred majesties most miraculous preservation after the battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651. Introduc'd by an exact Relation of that Battle, 1st edition, second impression, London: Henry Seile, 1660, folding engraved protrait frontispiece of Charles II (fore-edge a little trimmed & short repaired closed tear), title in red & black, folding engraved view of Boscobel by Hollar (fold with repair to verso) and single-page armorial plate, light dust-soiling and few marks, all edges gilt, 19th century gilt decorated crimson full morocco, joints slightly rubbed, small 8vo Wing B3330; Horrox 48. Horrox's "second edition", but generally accepted as the second issue of the first edition, with the epistle signed "Blount". The birds-eye view of Boscobel is in the original smaller state, being a completely different engraving to the later version. (1)

Folio Society. Tractatus de Herbis, [&] Commentary, facsimile edition, British Library, 2002, colour plates, all edges gilt, first mentioned in original dark green morocco for The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley, blocked design by David Eccles with leather onlays, second mentioned in original quarter buckram, contained together in original book box, folio & 8vo Limited edition 148/1000. (1)

Stanley (Thomas). Poems, by Thomas Stanley, 1st edition, 2nd issue, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1652, five parts in one, first part, Poems with separate register and pagination, the following parts Sylvia's Park & A Platonick Discourse each with titles dated 1651 and continuous register, Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Kisses & Aurora Ismenia and the Prince titles dated 1651 and 1650 respectively and each with separate register and pagination, 16 pp. Moseley catalogue at end, small burn hole affecting pagination of C6 of first work, small tears at foot of inner margins of some leaves in first work, one or two closed marginal tears, some light toning and soiling, 18th century annotations to front endpaper, previous owner signature, bookplate of the Palestine Library and Stuart Bennett, all edges gilt, late 19th century olive straight-grained morocco gilt by J. Mackenzie, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo ESTC R26254; Grolier, Wither to Prior 815; Pforzheimer 986 (both for first issue of 1651); Wing S5242 (2nd issue). The first issue of 1651 was printed by Roger Norton and believed intended as presentation copies by the author for his friends, the title reset in 1652. Provenance: "Purchased at the sale of the Library of James J. Gibson Craig Esq in London July 6, 1887. August 20. 1887 collated and found perfect" (pencil inscriptions at front). (1)

Lassels (Richard). The Voyage of Italy, or a Compleat Journey through Italy..., 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, 1st impression, Paris [London], 1670, lacks additional engraved title, blank at end of part 1 and both blanks at end of part 2, Downside Abbey inkstamp to first title and stamped number upper right, contemporary panelled calf with Signet Library gilt stamp to both covers, neatly rebacked, 12mo First issue with Starkey imprint on general title. Considered the most influential English guidebook of the period, this work paid great attention to art and architecture and so helping foster the phenomenon of the eighteenth-century 'Grand Tour', a term coined by Lassels. Wing L465. (1)

[Habington, William]. Castara: Carmina non prius Audita, Musarum sacerdos Virginibus, 3rd edition, corrected and augmented, London: Printed by T. Cotes, for Will. Cooke, 1640, additional engraved title, decorative border at head and foot of pages, without preliminary blanks (A1 & A2), small hole to fore-edge of B7 affecting two letters of text, some leaves trimmed (fore-edge of E7 shaved), upper blank margin & corner of F5 slightly torn, armorial bookplate of Roland Bearsly Paine to upper pastedown, also with old catalogue cuttings pasted-in and manuscript notes of J. Mitford (historian) to front endpapers, all edges gilt (slightly rubbed), hinges split, early 19th century green morocco gilt, with arms and initials of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, 3rd Baronet, of Sledmere to upper and lower covers in blind, extremities lightly rubbed, 12mo STC12585; Grolier, Wither to Prior 412. This volume includes the first appearance of the third (and final) part of the complete work. Grolier states that the frontispiece "was probably preceded by two blank leaves". This is also true of this copy. Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823) was the eldest son of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet of Sledmere, Yorkshire. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he represented York in Parliament 1807-20. In 1795 he assumed the additional name of Masterman on his marriage to Henrietta, daughter and heir of Henry Masterman of Settrington Hall in Yorkshire. She died 1813, and remarried in 1814 his first cousin Mary Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter of William Egerton, formerly Tatton, of Tatton Park and Wythenshaw. He had no children by either wife, and his brother succeeded to the title and the estate. A famous bibliophile, his library, rich in incunables, early editions of the classics, and the Elizabethan drama, was sold by auction by R.H. Evans in three parts on 11 and 28 May and 21 June 1824. A member of the Roxburghe Club, a catalogue of his library was prepared by Henry John Todd. (1)

Rowe (Nicholas). Lucan's Pharsalia, Translated into English Verse, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, double-page engraved map, engraved initials and illustrations, a little light spotting, armorial bookplate of Viscount Downe, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracking, chipped at ends, folio, together with The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgicus and Aeneis, Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden, 2nd edition, 1698, title printed in red and black (laid down), numerous engraved plates by Wenceslas Hollar, final leaf repaired with some loss of text, some spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, plus The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands, together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 1st Dryden translation, 1693, occasional minor spotting, library blindstamp to lower margin of title, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, with three others including Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke's Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos'd Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the end of the Reign of King James the First, 1709 and The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope, 1715 (defective) (6)

Shirley (James). Poems &c., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: For Humphrey Moseley, 1646, engraved frontispiece portrait (lined to verso), blank leaf D8 present, without final blank of third part (B8), some spotting and browning, hinges repaired, modern brown morocco, rebacked, 8vo Provenance: Brett-Smith Library, Sotheby's, 2004, lot 537. Wing S3481; Grolier, Wither to Prior 800; Hayward 85; Pforzheimer 933. The first collected edition of Shirley's poems. James Shirley (1596-1666) was effectively the last of the great pre-Civil War dramatists, whose work bridges the transition from the old Jacobean tradition to the new Restoration mode. His comedies in particular remained popular on the Restoration stage. In the early 1640s he assembled a collection of poems written earlier, which now survives in a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, and he brought out a printed collection of them in 1646. Shirley's career ended when he and his wife both perished as a result of the effects of the Great Fire of London. This present copy of the Poems is the first issue with sheets A and E in uncorrected form. John Brett-Smith noted that the other known copies in this state are the Dyce copy (in the Victoria and Albert Museum) and that in the library of Worcester College, Oxford. (1)

Richards (Frank). A complete set of all 38 'Billy Bunter' titles, 1950-1965, Greyfriars School 1950 reprint (but also with a 1991 Hawk Books reprint), Billy Bunter's Banknote 11 thousand, Barring-Out 1950 reprint, Brazil 3rd edition 1957, Blue Mauritius 1992 Hawk reprint, Brain-Wave 2nd edition 1957, Billy Bunter's Double 4th edition 1962, Backing Up Billy Bunter 4th edition 1966, Banishing of Billy Bunter 2nd edition 1958, Billy Bunter the Hiker 2nd edition 1964, Billy Bunter Comes Home for Christmas 2nd edition 1966, The Bad Lad 1991 Hawk reprint, Bunter the Ventriloquist inscribed by the author, some light spotting to a few titles, one or two previous owner inscriptions, original cloth (a few early titles a little rubbed and faded), dust jackets (excepting Greyfriars, Barring-Out, Christmas Party, Benefit, Postal-Order, Butts-In, Beanfeast, First Case, Lord Billy Bunter, Afloat), some light toning (Brazil jacket covered in clear tape), a few chips and tears, 8vo, together with the Greyfriars Annual for Boys and Girls, 4 volumes (1935, 1936, 1938-39, 1938 rebacked), 89 Howard Baker Magnet reprints, numbers 3-100, a broken run, 1972-86, four signed limited edition Collector's Edition titles, 1976-85 and others related (approx 170)

Heliodorus. L'Histoire Aethiopique de Heliodorus, contenant dix livres, traitant des loyales & pudiques amours de Theagenes Thessalien, & Chariclea Aethiopienne. Traduite de Grec en Francois, & de nouveau reveue & corrig‚e sur un ancien exemplaire escript … la main, par le translateur, ou est declar‚ au vray qui en a est‚ le premier autheur, Paris, Vincent Sertenas, 1559, [4]+123+[1], title with printer's woodcut device, final leaf with woodcut device to recto, some very light spotting to title, early 19th century bookseller's ticket of Holden, 46 Church Street, Liverpool to front pastedown, engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Gerard, 8th Baronet of Bryn (circa 1723-1780), 18th century speckled full calf, rubbed and scuffed, joints partly cracked at head and foot, portion to lower margin of upper cover repaired, folio (320 x 205 mm) Provenance: Property of a Lady, Sotheby's 25 February 1980, lot 194, where purchased by the present owner. Brunet, III, 88. Mortimer, French 16th Century Books, 271. OCLC 42603022. First edition of this second translation into French by the philologist and Bishop of Auxerre, best known for his translation of Plutarch's Lives. A revised and improved version of Amyot's first version of this work published in 1547, following the discovery of a more accurate manuscript of the text in Rome. (1)

Cowley (Abraham). Poeticall blossomes, 3rd edition, enlarged by the author, London: Printed by E.P. for Henry Seile, 1637, title provided in facsimile, title repaired to inner margin & first two letters of title, some dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, slim 8vo, (STC 5908), together with Tate (Nahum), Miscellanea Sacra: or, Poems on Divine & Moral Subjects. Vol.1. [all published], London: Hen. Playford, 1696, engraved frontispiece (loose), contemporary gilt panelled and decorated sheep, rubbed and worn to extremities, 8vo, (Wing T195), with [Deloney, Thomas], The Garland of Good Will, Divided into three parts: containing many pleasant songs, and pretty poems, to sundry new notes..., London: M. Wright, 1659, woodcut dvice to title, lacking final leaf of text (?), black letter text, first & last few leaves repaired to margins, dust-soiled, modern brown crushed morocco, small 8vo, (ESTC R236920, only one UK institutional location at Bodleian Library found, which is also without final leaf. This edition not in Wing), plus twelve other similar volumes of poetry etc. (15)

Valerius (Maximus). Valerii Maximi de factorum dictorumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura & diligentia recognita, una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani patricii Claronensis apud Helvetios, in eundem Valerium Max. Annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem editis, 2 parts in one, Basel: per Henrichum Petri, [1553], [16]ff. (instead of 24), 532pp., [3]ff., 113,[1]pp., (without the final leaf), woodcut device to title with early manuscript inscription, first few leaves loose and final leaf detached, early manuscript underscoring and marginalia, some browning and spotting, manuscript inscriptions to front endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary blind embossed pigskin over wooden boards, one brass clasp present, some staining and marks, few worm holes to spine & lower board, 8vo This edition not in STC or Adams. Sold not subject to return. (1)

[Mennes, John & Smith, James]. Musarum Deliciae: or, the Muses Recreation, Conteining Severall Pieces of Poetique Wit, by Sir J.M. and Ja:S, 2nd edition, Henry Herringman, 1656, 4 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear, some spotting and browning throughout, repairs to several edges and loss to G2 (two words supplied by hand), closely trimmed at top edge touching some running heads and page numbers, reader's ink underlining to several poems, lacks one blank leaf within first gathering and final blank, small armorial book ticket of Edward Cheney to front pastedown, later red morocco with Cheney's gilt monogram and motto to both covers, cracked on joints, somewhat rubbed and worn, small 8vo Wing M1711. (1)

Varley (John). A Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy; illustrated by Engravings of Heads and Features; and accompanied by Tables of the Time of Rising of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac; and Containing Also New and Astrological Explanations of Some Remarkable Portions of Ancient Mythological History, 1st edition, published by the author... and sold by Longman and Co., 1828, six (of seven) plates engraved by John Linnel, lacking Blake's figure of the constellation Cancer (as British Library copy), but with both Blake's engravings 'Ghost of a Flea', diagrammatical plate trimmed and re-guarded, title-page with closed tears in fore-margin and laid down, I2 with repaired closed tear in blank fore-margin, generally dusty and some staining, page block becoming loose in near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, soiled and worn, 8vo in 4s Bentley, Blake Books, 501. Rare first and only edition of this curious Blake item. Gilchrist, in his 'Life of Blake' published in 1863, referred to the volume as 'that singular and now very scarce book'. William Blake painted a miniature in tempera of his vision of the ghost of a flea (1819-20, Tate, London). John Varley records how Blake came to depict the strange apparition (pp.54/55): 'This spirit visited his imagination in such a figure as he never anticipated in an insect. As I was anxious to make the most correct investigation in my power, of the truth of these visions, on hearing of this spiritual apparition of a Flea, I asked him if he could draw for me the resemblance of what he saw: he instantly said, "I see him now before me." I therefore gave him paper and a pencil, with which he drew the portrait... I felt convinced by his mode of proceeding, that he had a real image before him, for he left off, and began on another part of the paper, to make a separate drawing of the mouth of the Flea, which the spirit having opened, he was prevented from proceeding with the first sketch, till he had closed it. During the time occupied in completing the drawing, the Flea told him that all fleas were inhabited by the souls of such men, as were by nature blood-thirsty to excess...' (1)

Beaufort (Francis). Karamania, or a Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia Minor and of the Remains of Antiquity. With Plans, Views, &c. Collected During a Survey of that Coast, Under the Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811 & 1812, 1st edition, London: R. Hunter, 1817, seven engraved maps and plates (including folding map frontispiece), engraved illustrations to text, indistinct ink inscription to title, spotting, few dampstains and occasional offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight grain morocco gilt, spine and extremities rubbed & worn, 8vo Atabey 81; Blackmer 103. "In 1810 Beaufort was appointed senior officer at Smyrna in command of the Frederickssteen; in August 1811 he began the survey of the south coast of Turkey, the first attempt at a description of this area..." (Blackmer). (1)

Lacy (John). The Prophetical Warnings of John Lacy, Esq; Pronounced under the Operation of the Spirit; And Faithfully taken in Writing, when they were spoke, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed for R. Bragge, 1707, scattered light spotting, contemporary inscription at head of first title, later tan morocco, a little scuffed and spotted, 8vo (1)

Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such Symhonies for Violins or Flutes, as were by Him design'd for any of them: and a through-base to each song; figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute. All which are placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698 & William Pearson for Henry Playford, 1702, both titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after after F. Closterman (bound in at front of second volume), woodcut initials to second volume, some light browning (Table of Songs leaf and last few leaves to first volume with heavier browning), 18th century ownership initials A.S.E. to head of each title, and 19th century stamped ownership of John Addenbrooke Oxon to front blank of first volume (partly erased), all edges gilt, 18th century two-tone panelled calf gilt, rubbed, modern rebacks, folio (320 x 197 mm) Day & Murrie 166 & 200. RISM P5979 & 5983. Wing P4218. First edition of this famous posthumous collection of Purcell's songs, edited by the composer's widow Frances Purcell. Although only in his mid-30s when he died in 1595, he was buried in Westminster Abbey, having enjoyed the Patronage of all three British monarchs during his lifetime. (2)

[ArdŠne, Jean Paul de Rome d']. Trait‚ des Renoncules. Dans lequel outre ce qui concerne ces Fleurs, on trouvera des Observations Physiques, et Plusieurs Remarques utiles, soit pour l'Agriculture, soit pour le Jardinage, Paris: Ph. N. Lottin & Augustin-Martin Lottin, 1746, engraved frontispiece, six engraved plates (4 folding), some spotting mostly to margins, contemporary speckled sheep, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with Delille (Jacques), Les Jardins, Po‰me, new edition, Paris, 1801, engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco labels, 8vo, plus Martyn (John), Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum libri quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, aith an English Translation and Notes, 3rd edition, 1811, ten engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo Hunt 526. One of the first French monographs of the genus ranunculus. (3)

Bunyan (John). Questions about the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day-Sabbath. And Proof, that the first day of the Week is the true Christian-Sabbath, 1st edition, London: Nath. Ponder, 1685, [2],3-140pp., lacking 4 leaves of preliminaries and first & last two leaves of text, early ink manuscript name 'Staples' to title and with few faint ink marks, some fraying mostly at front and rear, contemporary sheep with name 'Staples' lightly scratched onto covers, lower cover lacking inner board, worn, 12mo Wing B5587 & ESTC R17508. The volume should collate as [12],144pp. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Beaumont (Francis and Fletcher, John). Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher gentlemen. Never printed before, and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Fletcher by William Marshall (some archival restoration), woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials, text in double column, early ownership signatures and annotations of Sir Charles Mordaunt to verso of frontispiece, some marginal marks and light browning, B1 with closed tear repaired to lower outer corner, without loss, a few leaves with somewhat heavier overall browning, contemporary mottled full calf, rubbed, folio Wing B1581. ESTC R22900. Pforzheimer 53. Greg III,1013. Modelled on Shakespeare's first folio edition of 1623, this first collected works edition includes a number of plays previously unpublished. (1)

[Lespinassy, Mlle de]. Essai sur l'Education des Demoiselles, 1st edition, Paris: Barthelemi Hochereau, 1764, half-title present, vignette title-page, bound with [Luchet, Jean-Pierre-Louis de], Analyse Raison‚e de la Sagesse de Charron, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1763, title to second part trimmed to blank fore-margin, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco labels, lightly rubbed, single worm hole in lower joint, faint circular stain on upper cover, small 8vo The first work is scarce. Mlle Lespinassy advocated the education of women, but not to the detriment of bringing up their children, and mainly as a pastime to prevent idleness and dissolution, especially in later life. (1)

Stradanus (Joannes). Vermis Sericus, Dae Constantiae Alamanniae Nobilissae Florentinae, ex viro suo Illmo Raphaele Mediceo Florentino, Hetruriae pedestris militae Rectore, liberorum XVI. simul viuorum pudicissimae matri, [Antwerp: Nicolas Visscher, restruck in England on Whatman, watermarked 1819], six hand-coloured engraved plates on wove paper, including title-page, some marginal spotting and finger-soiling, contemporary marbled wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, manuscript title label on front cover, oblong folio This series of plates on the silkworm was first published around 1600, but this later edition using the original plates is also uncommon. (1)

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, new edition, 1899, map, black and white illustrations by Wal Paget, Cassell catalogue at end, some light spotting, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo The first illustrated edition. (1)

Denham (Sir John). Coopers Hill, a Poeme. The Second Edition with Additions, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650, 22 pp., title with printer's woodcut device, title, A2, B3, C1, C3-4 with marginal repairs, small marginal hole to A4, some soiling to title and margins, modern calf, upper cover titled in gilt, small 4to ESTC R206314; Wing D995. Denham's landmark topographical poem, the first of its kind in English, was inspired by the scenery around his home in Eggham, Surrey. Samuel Johnson recognised its significance thus: ""Coopers Hill" is the work that confers upon him [John Denham] the rank and dignity of an original author. He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation." (Johnson 2011:77). (1)

Waller (William). An Essay on the Value of the Mines, Late of Sir Carbery Price [Cardiganshire]. Writ for the Private Satisfaction of all the Partners, 1st edition, London: Printed in the Year, 1698, two folding woodcut diagrams (the first with horizontal closed tear), some dust-soiling & toning mostly to margins, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Fettiplace Nott Esqr. of Middle Temple, London to upper pastedown and Rogers Ruding to lower pastedown, contemporary gilt panelled sheep, upper board detached, lower joint weak and spine partly lacking, rubbed & worn, 8vo Wing W552A; Goldsmiths 3480; Kress 2102; Sabin 101116. William Waller managed the lead and silver mines discovered in 1690 on Sir Price' s Welsh estate. After Price's death, the Company of Mine-Adventurers took over the operation of these mines, leading to great dissension among the workers; Waller's work was published after Price's death and describes these happenings (Reference: Hoover 855). Waller attempted to show the investment value of the mines, comparing them to the silver mines of Potosi in Peru, and conjuring up the image of a "Welsh Potozi" in Cardiganshire. (1)

Descartes (Rene). Excellent Compendium of Musick: With Necessary and Judicious Animadversions thereupon. By a Person of Honour, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Harper for Humphrey Moseley, 1653, titles with printer's woodcut device, three engraved plates, including a lute, woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, some spotting and light soiling, modern half calf, spine slightly faded, small 4to Wing D1132. Originally written in 1618, but not published until shortly after his death in 1650, The 'Person of Honour' translator, identified in a contemporary manuscript hand to the title as 'L. Brouncker', was William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), a mathematician and first President of the Royal Society in 1662. Descartes' early attempt at reconciling the relationship between the physical and psycological perceptions in music, using a scientific and mathematical method. (1)

Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments and other parts of Divine Service for the Use of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, Robert Young, 1637, bound with The Psalmes of King David, Translated by King James, printed by Thomas Harper, 1636, 2 parts in one, first title printed in red and black within ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials, black letter, lacking leaf 2h3 in Psalter, The Psalmes of King David within woodcut border, occasional closed tears and light soiling, a few water stains, lacking endpapers, previous owner inscription of Rober Bowman, 1772 at end, additional tipped-in note 'From the family of Dunbar, Dunbar Sea Park, Elgin, Moray, 18th century calf, rubbed with small loss at foot of spine, folio, together with The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments: And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, printed by Robert Barker, 1639, title within woodcut border (repaired), woodcut initials, black letter, a few leaves with tears and repairs, bound with The Psalter, or Psalmes of David. After the Translation of the Great Bible, pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches, Robert Barker, 1634, title within woodcut border, continuous register, black letter, a few repairs, bound with The Forme and Manner of Making and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Robert Barker, 1634, A1-B6, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes. Collected into the English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others: conferred with the Hebrew; with apt notes to sing them withall, printed by E.P. for the Company of Stationers, 1636, title within woodcut border, occassional light water stains and small wormtracks, endpapers renewed, with a letter of provenance pasted at front, armorial bookplate of William Bedford, 18th century calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, folio STC 16606 and STC 16416 (2nd edition) respectively. (2)

[Stephens, Thomas]. An Essay upon Statius: or, the five first books of Publ: Papinius Statius his Thebais, done into English verse by T.S. with the poetick history illustrated, 1st edition, Richard Royston, 1648, engraved frontispiece by W. Marshall, some slight browning, bound without preliminary blanks (A1 & A8), 19th-century polished calf with morocco labels to spine, rebacked with original spine relaid, lower boards scuffed, 8vo Wing S5335. (1)

Lluelyn (Martin). Men-Miracles. With Other Poems, 2nd edition, printed for Will. Shears, 1656, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut headpiece and initial, a few leaves at end shaved affecting catchwords,some minor soiling, bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork, all edges gilt, 19th century calf gilt by C. Smith, rebacked with original spine relaid, 12mo ESTC R22305; Grolier, Wither to Prior 526; Wing L2626. Reissue of the 1646 first edition, with cancel title. Appears complete, A3 missigned and title is A2 according to ESTC. The final leaf, 'The Table' has the catchword 'Men-' and may originally have been intended to be bound before the title. (1)

Charles I. National Sins Fatal to Prince and People. A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster, on the 30th Day of January, 1724. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles, I. By William Lupton, London: S. Keble, J. Crokatt & Tho. Worrall, 1724, decorative woodcut border to title, bound with twenty-two other similar 18th century sermons relating to the anniversary of the execution of Charles I, some occasional dampstaining and marks, few sermons frayed to upper margins and corners, 20th century crushed brown morocco gilt, 4to, together with Guthry (Henry), Memoirs of Henry Guthry, Late Bishop of Dunkel, in Scotland: wherein the Conspiracies and Rebellion against King Charles I of Blessed Memory, to the Time of the Murther of that Monarch, are briefly and faithfully related, London: W.B., 1702, lacking rear pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, slight wear to joints & extremities, 8vo, and King Charles the First: an Historical Tragedy. Written in Imitation of Shakespear. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, 1737, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, plus Warwick (Sir Philip), Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I..., together with a Continuation to the Happy Restauration of King Charles II, 2nd edition, 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece, some dust-soiling and dampstaining, 20th century quarter sheep gilt, rubbed, 8vo (4)

Barnes (Joseph K.). The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65), Surgical History, Washington, volumes 1 & 2, Washington, 1870-76 [and] Medical History, volume 2 only, 2nd issue, Washington, 1879, plates and illustrations, ex-library with usual stamps and marks, hinges weak, original cloth, some fraying and wear, first volume of Surgical History frayed on joints and second volume with spine ends restored, 4to, together with Crenshaw (A.H., editor), Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 2 volumes, 4th edition, Saint Louis, 1963, black and white and some colour illustrations, original cloth gilt, plus Moore (Norman), The History of St Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 volumes, 1918, plates, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly surgery interest including textbooks (3 shelves)

Durand (Sir Henry Marion). The First Afghan War and its Causes, 1st edition, 1879, wood-engraved frontispiece, 24 page publisher's list at end, a few light spots, partly unopened, original olive brown cloth gilt, spine ends neatly repaired, 8vo Contemporary account of the First Afghan War (1839-1842) during which Durand, a Bengal Engineer led the party that blew open the Cabul Gate during the attack on the fortress at Ghazni in 1839. (1)

Savary des Brutons (Jacques). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary... With Large Additions and Improvements, Incorporated throughout the Whole Work; Which more Particularly Accomodate the same to the Trade and Navigation of these Kingdoms, and the Laws, Customs, and Usages, to which all Traders are Subject, by Malachy Postlethwayt, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1751-55, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved vignette at head of dedication leaves, 24 folding engraved maps, folding tables, lacking text pages 409-420 & 597-612 in volume I, inksplashes to one index leaf, a few folding tables and Europe map at end of volume II, small wormtracks just in image of two South America maps, a couple of folding fore margins a little frayed, a few other marginal wormtracks or holes, light marginal toning to volume II title, a few light spots, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, lacking most labels, rubbed and scuffed, folio ESTC N35479. First published in Paris in 1723. (2)