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Dolce (Ludovico) L'Achille et L'Enea ... dove egli tessdendo L'Historia della Iliade D'Homero ..., Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1672, 8vo, 18th century panelled calf, decorative headpieces and storiated initials, title page, woodcut of Ludovico Dolce, tables, multiple woodcut vignettes, bound with Delle Lodi Della Poesia D'Omero, et di Virgilio, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1672Ombersley Court, Worcestershire Reprint of the 1571 first editionBinding with some abrasions and edgewear, joints starting, hinges cracked, endpapers and title page browned with foxing and toning throughout, not collated

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Cicero's Prince The Reasons and Counsels For Settlement and Good Government of a Kingdom ... by T. R. Esq., London: Printed for S. Mearne, Bookbinder to the Kings Most Excellent Majesty, 1668, 12mo, contemporary leather, later gilt lettered 'Ciceros Prinor', first editionOmbersley Court, Worcestershire[translated by Thomas Rymer] [Wing C4320] Only two copies traced at auction since 1977.Title A1, A1-A4, pp. 1-99Condition Images uploaded to lot

[Mirabeau (Honore G. Comte de)] Histoire Secrete de la Cour de Berlin, ou correspondance d'un voyageur françois, depuis de le mois de Juillet 1776 jusqu'au 19 Janvier 1787, 8vo, half calf and marbled boards, two volumes, bookplate for Lord SandysOmbersley Court, Worcestershire[Barbier II 831. Hayn-Gotendorf I, 296] One of the multiple reprints printed in the year of the first edition

[Estienne (Henri)] Oratorum veterum orationes, Aeschinis, Lysiae, Andocidis, Isaei, Dinarchi, Antiphontis, Lycurgi, Herodis, et aliorum, folio, full continental vellum, [Geneva]: Henricus Stephanus, 1575, woodcut vignette to title, decorative initials and headpieces, introduction in Latin, text in GreekOmbersley Court, WorcestershireSecond edition (from the first printed by Aldus Manutius in 1513)

Burrish (Onslow) Batavia Illustrata or, a view of the Policy, and Commerce of the United Provinces ... in three parts, London: for William Innys et al., 1728, 8vo, first edition, contemporary calf with gilt tooled spine decorative initials and headpieces, occasional vignettes [ESTC T115732]Ombersley Court, WorcestershireCover worn and spine rubbed with slight loss to foot of spine, joint starting, final endpaper a little loose, endpapers foxed and spotted, pastedowns and opposing pages soiled,

Newton (Isaac) - Maclaurin (Colin) An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, first edition, London: printed for the Author's Children, 1748, 4to, full calf gilt, marbled page edges, numerous engraved folding diagrams, bookplate for Lord SandysOmbersley Court, WorcestershireNot collated. Rubbing, bumping and wear to hinges, clear soiling to endpapers and around page edges, internally fairly bright, with moderate foxing and cockling throughout, some spotting to diagrams

Farming to include: [Young (Arthur)] The Farmer's Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms ... Plans of Farm-yards, and section of the necessary Buildings in two volumes, London: for W. Strahan, W. Nicoll et al., 1770, 8vo, two volumes, first edition, full calf with red morocco and gilt lettered title labels, nine engraved plates and diagrams (2 folding), publisher's advertisement leaf at end of vol. I; The Gentleman Farrier, London: for F. Cogan and H. Lintot, 1732, 12mo, contemporary panelled calf, inscribed for Wm King to title, signature and annotation to endpapers,[ESTC T209571]; Taylor (William), The Ready Reckoner, or, Trader's Correct Guide, Birmingham: J. Belcher, 1792, 12mo, full calf; The Complete Grazier: or Gentleman and Farmer's Directory, London: for J. Almon, 1767, 12mo, half title, decorative headpieces, woodcut vignette, half red morocco and plain boards, monogram and coronet for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire (5)Ombersley Court, WorcestershireYoung: [Kress 6765]. One of Young's earliest books on English agricultural practices and a landmark work on farm management.

Short (Thomas) Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made-Wines, Spirits, Punch, Tobacco, &c., with plain and useful rules for Gouty People, London: Printed for T. Longman and A. Millar, 1750, 8vo, first Edition, Contemporary Calf with red Morocco title block, bookplate for Lord Sandys and pencil shelf mark, 2 pages of advertisements to back, [Gabler G36340; Maclean p.131; Simon BG 1382]Ombersley Court, WorcestershireCover a little marked and worn, spine a little faded, pastedowns with browed edges, pages toned, not collated

Classics - 17th century volumes to include: [Nicetas of Heraclea] Catena Graecorum Patrum in Beatum Job ... Graece nunc primum in lucem edita, et Latine versa, opera et studio Patricii Iunii, London: Typographio Regio, 1637, first edition, folio, later full calf with raised bands, title and divisional title in red and black, decorative headpieces and initials; Athenaeus Deipno Sophistarum libri quindecim, [edited by] Isaac Casaubon, Lyon: Widow of Antoine de Harsy, 1612, bound with Casaubon (Isaac) Animadversionvm in Athen. Dipnosophistas libri XV, Lyon: Widow of Antoine de Harsy & Pierre Rauaud, 1621, double column, titles in red and black and with large woodcut printer's devices, woodcut head- and tailpieces and decorative initials, both volumes folio, later full calf; Marcellinus (Ammianus) Ammiani Marcellini Rerum gestarum qui de XXXI supersunt, Libri XVIII. Ope MSS. codicum emendati ab Henrico Valesio, & auctioribus adnotationibus illustrati, Necnon excerpta vetera de gestis Constantini & regum Italiae, Paris: Officina Antonii Dezallier, 1681, folio, later full calf, engraved vignette to title, vignette headpiece to dedication (3)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Fortescue Aland (Sir John) The Difference Between an Absolute and Limited Monarchy, London: by W. Bowyer for E. Parker and T. Ward, 1714, 8vo, panelled calf, first edition, title in red and black, engraved and woodcut initials, head- and tail-piecesOmbersley Court, WorcestershireOften cited as the printed first work on English constitutional history.cover with wear and bumps to extremities, spine dry and lacking title label, small [possible worm] loss/damage to foot of spine, joint damages, back hinge cracked, endpapers and title spotted, toned and foxed, scattered foxing and spotting to text, not collated

[Defoe (Daniel)] A Plan of the English Commerce, being a Compleat Prospect of the Trade of this Nation, as well the Home Trade as the Foreign, London: for Charles Rivington, 1728, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf with raised bands to spine and red morocco title label, decorative initials and headpieces [ESTC T70838]; together with [Defoe (Daniel)] The Complete English Tradesman in Familiar Letters: Directing him in all the several parts and Progressions of Trade, London: for Charles Rivington, 1727, 8vo, 18th century panelled calf with raised bands to spine and red morocco title labels, 2 volumes, mixed editions, Volume 1 the Second Edition and Volume 2 apparent first, titles for volume 1 in red and black, volume 2 with advertisement for the second edition of the first part facing title, decorative initials and headpieces (3)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Hooke (Nathaniel) The Roman History from the Building of Rome to the Ruin of the Commonwealth, London: James Bettenham for A. Bettesworth and C. Huitch, et al., 1738, four volumes, 4to, full calf with red morocco title labels, first edition, frontispiece, multiple plates and fold out maps, bookplate for Lord SandysOmbersley Court, Worcestershirenot collated, bindings with wear to joints and dry spines with cracking and losses, wear to extremities, scattered browning, foxing and some spotting and yellowing, some title labels renewed, volume 1 front endpapers loose, endpapers and titles toned and vol 3 and 4 browned edges of pastedown and offset,

New Testament [Greek] Novum Testamentum Ex Bibliotheca Regia, Paris: Roberti Stephani [Robert Estienne], 1569-68, 12mo, 2 parts in one, full leather with raised bands and leather clasps, marbled endpapers, inscribed to free endpaper, printer's woodcut device to titles and device to verso of final leaf, numerous woodcut initials and decorative section dividers; together with Pasor (George) Manuale Novi Testamenti ... Christiano Schotano, Amsterdam: Joannis a Someren, 1683, 12mo, contemporary calf (2)Ombersley Court, WorcestershireRobert Estienne (Robertus Stephanus in Latin) published four Greek New Testaments in the sixteenth century (1546, 1549, 1550, and 1551). The first three editions of his Novum Testamentum were published in Paris, the fourth in Geneva. His third edition of 1550 was affectionately known as Editio Regia, because of the magnificent Greek font and large folio size of the codex. Not only the most handsome, the 1550 Stephanus is also the most important of his texts. This was the first published Greek New Testament to have a textual apparatus. Stephanus examined 15 manuscripts and listed several of their readings in the margins of his Editio Regia. Stephanus’s fourth edition was the first to have verse divisions in it, a feature that Stephanus invented to help the reader more easily compare the two Latin translations and the Greek that are found in the fourth edition. Though the text of the third and fourth editions was virtually identical, the fourth became the basis for the Geneva Bible, the first Bible translation to have verse divisions. The 1550 Stephanus also became the standard text to be used as a collating base for countless collations of Greek New Testament manuscripts.

Harris (James) Three Treatises, the First concerning art, the Second concerning music, painting and poetry, the Third concerning happiness, London: for John Nourse and Paul Vaillant, 1765, second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece by Basire; Hermes, or A Philosophical Inquiry concerning Universal Grammar, London: for John Nourse and Paul Vaillant, 1765, second edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece by Basire, both contemporary calf with title and volume labels, bookplate for Lord Sandys (2)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Playfair (James) A System of Chronology, Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1784, first edition, half-title, nine plates, contemporary tree calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title label, tall folio (48.5 x 21.5 cm), [Lowndes pp. 1881]Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Underwood (Michael) A Treatise on the Diseases of Children with General Directions for the Management of Infants from Birth, London: for J. Matthews, 1789, 12mo, New Edition, contemporary tree calf with red morocco title block to spines, two volumes, half-titlesOmbersley Court, WorcestershireUnderwood laid the foundation of modern paediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years, passing through many editions. Includes the first description of Sclerema Neonatorum (Underwood`s disease); the second edition (1789) contains a description of congenital heart disease in children, being the first paediatric treatise to do so` (G-M 6326); Norman 2122 (1789 edition)Volume 1 spine starting to split, title labels a little rubbed, endpapers toned, wear to the extremities, not collatedVolume 2 joints worn and back cover starting to detach, title labels a little rubbed, endpapers toned, wear to the extremities, not collatedboth volumes light spotting and foxing, not evenly sized binding with volume 2 a little shorter.

Perry (Captain John) The State of Russia, under the present Czar In relation to the several great and remarkable things he has done, as to his naval preparations, the regulating his army, reforming his people, and improvement of his Countrey..., also an account of those Tartars..., to which is annex'd, a more accurate Map of the Czar's Dominions, than has hitherto been extant, London: Benjamin Tooke, 1716, 8vo, 18th century panelled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red morocco title label, First Edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys, folding engraved map, storiated initials and decorative headpieces, errata pasted after prefaceOmbersley Court, WorcestershireSpine a little darkened, and rubbed, rebacked, pages toned and lightly foxed, not collated

British Law to include: Finch (Sir Henry) Law, Or a Discourse thereof, in Four Books, London: for H. Twyford, et al., 1678, full calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, 2 pages of Publisher's advertisements; Cowell (John), The Institutes of the Lawes of England, London: Thomas Roycroft for Ridley, 1651, 12mo, full calf; Hawkins (William) An Abridgment of the First Part of my Ld. Coke's Institutes, London: Henry Lintot for T. Osborne, 1742, full calf with red morocco title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Jacob (Giles) A Law Grammar, London: Lintot for Aaron Ward, 1744, full calf, 1 page publisher's advertisements preceding title; Jacob (Giles) The Common Law Common-Placed, London: for W. Mears and T. Corbett et al., 1726, full calf, red morocco title label; Blackstone (William) Commentaries on the Laws of England, in four Books, London: The Revived Apollo Press, 1813, four volumes, new edition, full calf with decorative gilt tooled spines, protrait frontispiece, inscribed for Arthur Hill, and another volume in matching binding (10)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

[Bible, Greek] Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, Juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, London: Roger Daniel, for John Martin and Jacob Allestrye, 1653, 8vo, later polished calf with raised bands and gilt spine with red title label 'Daniel's Septuagint', title in red and black with engraved printer's device, text of first part double column in Greek, divisional title for second part which contains the commentaries is lacking and incomplete (pp. 143-186 only), decorated initials, Lectori leaf to endOmbersley Court, WorcestershireThe rare first printing in England of the Septuagint, the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek, made in the third century BC. The text was edited by the Unitarian controversialist John Biddle (1615-1662), whom the Parliamentary Commissioners imprisoned for his views. "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition [was] prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian, John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" (S. Mandelbrote, 'English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament', p. 87). The second part is often lacking in recorded copies, as here only partially remaining.[Darlow & Moule 4692; Wing B-2178; S. Mandelbrote, "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament. 1620-1720. The Impact of the Codex Alexandrinus", in: A. Hessayon - N. Keene (eds.), Scripture and Scholarship in Early Modern England, Aldershot 2006, pp. 74-93.]Binding worn with spine and cords detached, spine with wear and loss to fead and foot and worn through some bands, joints starting heavy wear to extremities, few scattered scribblings to endpapers and pastedowns, one front free endpaper with perforation, title bright with a little smudging, not collatedCracked between pp 1200-1201 and subsequent pages loose or detached, pages a little toned, p 855 a slight tear and loss lower page affecting last line of p 855/56. Occasional light smudging and ink spots.

The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords & Commons to include: The History and Proceedings of the House of Lords from the Restoration in 1660, to the Present Time, London: for Ebenezer Timberland, 1742, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title labels and volume labels, 8 volumes, apparent 1st edition; together with The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons of Great Britain, London: Various Publishers, 1741-42, 5 volumes, full calf with red morocco title labels and volume labels and a similar set of 9 volumes of the same title, London: Various Publishers, 1742-44, 8 vo, full calf full calf with red morocco title labels and volume labels; further with Pickering (Danby) The Statutes at Large from the First Year of Queen Mary, to the Thirty-fifth Year of Queen Elizabeth, London: Joseph Bentham for Charles Bathhurst, 1763, 8vo, full tan calf with red morocco title labels and green morocco volume labels, incomplete set of volumes (45)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Women's Rights [Drake (Judith)] An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex In which are inserted the Characters of a Pedant, a Squire, a Beau, a Vertuoso, a Poetaster, a City-Critick, &c. In a Letter to a lady Written by a Lady, London: Printed for A. Roper and E. Wilkinson at the Black Boy and R. Clavel at the Peacock, in Fleet Street, 8vo, 18th century calf, Second Edition, engraved frontispiece of 'The Compleat Beau', title within double-ruled border, with final line on p.148 reading "the mean Performance of", pencil shelf mark to front endpaperOmbersley Court, WorcestershireThe first English feminist tract, also attributed to Mary Astell but now generally accepted to be by Judith Drake, whose husband wrote the commendatory verses at the beginning. The treatise is a defence against male accusations of ignorance, vanity, enviousness etc. in women and also addresses the faults of men, particularly satirizing some of her contemporaries.cover scuffed and a little abraded, spine dry without label, head and foot of spine with slight losses, hinges cracked, browned front pastedown with slight loss upper centre, pages toned, title page with tear but no loss to just below upper border (right), p. 20 with ink smudges, from left margin over text but not obscuring, p57/58 leaf with small hole just before margin with slight loss to text. Free endpaper, frontispiece, title A1 (no sig.), dedication A2-A4, preface A5-B2 (no sig.), two leaves 'To the ingenious Mrs ___ ...', B-L2, 2 leaves of 'The contents'

Savary (Claude Etienne) Lettres sur la Grece, faisant suite de celles sur l’Egypte, Paris: Chez Onfroi, 1788, 8vo, contemporary full calf, first edition, first issue, half-title, engraved folding map and one folding plate, errata on p.632 and privilege leaf at endOmbersley Court, Worcestershire

Maitland (William) The History of London from its Foundation, London: Samuel Richardson, 1739, tall folio, first edition, panelled calf, double page folding panorama, 22 engraved plates, some folding, list of subscribersOmbersley Court, Worcestershire

Mining: Pettus (Sir John) Fodinae Regales Or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Mineral Works in England, Wales, and...Ireland, London: by H[enry] L[loyd] and R[obert] B[attersby] for Thomas Basset, 1670. folio, contemporary speckled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine, first edition, with initial blank with clear watermark, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Sherwin, 2 engraved plates with letterpress key on verso, 2 engraved coats-of-arms in text, one with printed slip pasted beneath, Corrigenda leaf at end Ombersley Court, Worcestershire [Duveen p.468; Goldsmiths' 1930; Kress 1270; Neville II p.296; Wing P1908] The standard 17th century English work on mining by the deputy governor of the Royal Mines, including the first dictionary in English of mining terms and considerable technical information on mining, metallurgy and coinage. The author was the great-grandfather of Samuel, 1st Baron Sandys. Binding with wear, abrasions and scuffs, corners bumped, hole to upper front bank endpaper, frontispiece with tear and light foxing, frontispiece imprinted on title, some moisture marks and brown spotting and ink smudges to occasional pages, tear to edge of vignette arms on p. 23, pages toned, occasional marginal notes, first plate slightly trimmed to lower edge, some old fold marks,

Fawkes (Francis) The Argonautics of Apollonius Rhodius in Four Books. The whole Revised, Corrected, and Completed, by his Coadjutor and Editor; who has annexed a translation of Coluthus's Greek Poem on the Rape of Helen, or the Origin of the Trojan War, London: for J. Dodsley, 1780, 8vo, full calf, marbled endpapers, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Hamilton, half title preceding The Rape of HelenOmbersley Court, WorcestershireFirst complete edition in English of Apollonius's myth of the Argonauts, the only surviving Hellenistic epic. This translation, by the poet Francis Fawkes, was edited and published posthumously by the classical scholar Henry Meen. Included is Meen's translation of Colluthus's The Rape of Helen, a c.500 AD-prequel to the Iliad and notably one of the last Greek epic poems.

[MANDEVILLE (Bernard de)] The Fables of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, London: J. Tonson, 1725, 8vo, fourth edition, two volumes, full panelled calf; [ibid] An Enquiry into the Origin of Honour, and The Usefulness of Christianity in War, London: for John Brotherton, 1732, 8vo, full calf, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys, woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, head and endpieces (3)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Law - Justice of the Peace to include: Nelson (W.) The Office and Authority of a Justice of the Peace, London: Eliz. Nutt for J. Walthoe et al., 1718, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label, title in red and black, 2 pages of publisher's advertisements; The Justice's Case Law, London: for James Lacy et al., 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label; Higgs (Joseph) A Guide to Justices being modern English Precedents, London: for C. Ward et al., 1734, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label, 1 page publisher's advertisements, half title; [Anon] The Universal Officer of Justice, London: for John Rooke, 1730, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label; Jacob (Giles) The Modern Justice: Containing the Business of a Justice of Peace in all its Parts, London: for B. Lintot, 1720, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label, 2 pages of publisher's advertisements; Blackerby (Samuel), The First Part of the Justice of Peace his Companion, London: for J. Walthoe, 1730, 16mo, full calf; J[acob] (G[iles]), The Compleat Parish Officer, London: for Bernard Lintot, 1726, 12mo, full calf, 4 pages of publisher's advertisements; Shaw (Joseph) Parish Law, London: for F. Cogan, 1733, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label; Shaw (Joseph) The Practical Justice of Peace ... in two volumes, London: for Thomas Ward, 1728, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label, two volumes, one page of publisher's advertisements preceding title; Burn (Richard and John) The Justice of the Peace and Parish Officer ... in four volumes, London: for T. Cadell, 1788, 8vo, full calf with red morocco title label, four volumes, sixteenth edition, bookplates for Lord Sandys, with tipped in handwritten notes relating to the 'Constable of the Parish of Ombersley' and a larger leaf regarding 'some imperfections in the sixteenth edition of Burn's Justice' (14)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Procopius (of Caesarea) The History of the Warres of the Emperour Justinian in Eight Books, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1653, small folio, full contemporary sheep, first English edition translated by Henry Holcroft, additional engraved title page, letterpress title in red and blackOmbersley Court, Worcestershire

Inchbald [(Elizabeth)] Nature and Art, London: London: G. G. and J Robinson, 1796, 16mo, half calf with marbled boards, gilt tooled spine with crown and monogram of Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, two volumes, first editionOmbersley Court, WorcestershireThe second novel written by English actress, playwright, and novelist Elizabeth Inchbald. Inchbald's two-volume novel considers the influence of education, social conventions, gender conditioning, and privilege on human behaviour. Considered a Jacobin novel, it traces the connections between the character's personal experiences and larger structures of institutional oppression. Notably, the novel is an early example of a Romantic era novel with a title of paired opposites, similar to Austen's Sense & Sensibility (1811)Cover a little rubbed, endpapers with browned corners, spine gilding rubbed and heads of spine with wear, red morocco title label detached and not present to volume 2, pages a little toned and not collated

Reyniere (Alexandre Balthazar Laurent de la) Almanach des Gourmands, servant de guide dans le moyens de Faire excellente chere par un vieil amateur, Paris: Joseph Chaumerot, Maradan, mixed editions 1805-1810, 12mo, 7 volumes, half red morocco with gilt tooled spine and monogram surmounted by a crown, for Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire, each with engraved frontispiece, volume 1 fourth edition, volumes 2-3 second edition, volume 4-7 first edition (7)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Trade & Commerce to include: Davenant (Charles) Discourses on the Publick Revenues, and on the Trade of England, London: for James Knapton, 1698, 12mo, 18th century calf with raised bands to spine and red morroco title label, first edition, bookplate for Lord Sandys, volume 1 of 2, half-title with advertisement verso, 3 folding tables, final advertisement leaf; together with Anderson (Adam) An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce, London: Logographic Press, 1789. volume 4 only of 4, 4to, half calf and marbled boards, black title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys, engraved frontispiece, 1 folding table, [Kress B.1150] (2)Ombersley Court, WorcestershireAn important early work on economics. Sir Charles Davenant (1656-1714) MP and later Inspector-General of Exports and Imports, became recognized as an leading economist. Part I of his discourses contains five essays on "Political Arithmetic", credit, and other matters of public finance.Davenant: wear to extremities and some scuffs , corners bumped, joints starting and hinges cracked, pages toned, lacking front endpaper, pages a little foxed and spotted, especially towards the front and latter sections, not collatedAnderson: joints starting, corners bumped and some scuffing and wear to extremities, endpapers foxed and reverse of frontispiece browned, title toned and browned in parts, front endpaper loose, not collated

Medicine to include: Cheselden (William) The Anatomy Humane Body, London: for N. Cliff, D. Jackson and W. Innys, 1713, 8vo, first edition, 18th century panelled calf with red title label and raised bands, 23 plates of which two folding [GM 390; Norman 464; Wellcome II p.335]; Bourgelat (M.) Matiere Medicale Raisanee ou Precis des Medicaments, Lyon: Jean-Marie Bruyset, 1765, 8vo, 18th century calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red title block, half title, title in red and black, bookplate for Lord Sandys; Solomon (S.) A Guide to Health: or, Advice to both Sexes in nervous or consumptive complaints, ..., also, on a certain disease, Seminal Weakness, and a destructive habit of a private nature ... to which is added the Efficacy of hot and cold bathing, London: The Author, 8vo, n.d., Fifty-Seventh Edition, 19th century half green leather, marbled endpapers, gilt monogram and crown for Marchioness of Downshire to spine, portrait frontispiece and one engraved plate (3)Ombersley Court, WorcestershireCheselden: Binding good with slight wear to extreminties, worm damage endpapers, preface to xiii and pages 1-3, minor worm hole up to p. 148 (one hole), page toned, not collated, foxing to endpapers and scattered foxing and spotting throughoutBourgelat: binding a little scuffed, endpapers foxed with browned edges, a little wear to extremities, not collated, scattered foxing, pages tonedSolomon: boards scuffed, corners bumped, not collated, frontispiece imprinted on title, scattered foxing with a few minor tears not affecting text

Hanway (Jonas), The Defects of Police the Cause of Immorality, and the Continual Robberies committed, particularly in and about the Metropolis: with various proposals for preventing hanging and transportation: likewise for the establishment of several plans of Police on a permanent basis ..., London: J. Dodsley; and Brotherton and Sewell, 1775, 4to, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, bookplate for Lord SandysOmbersley Court, WorcestershireFirst edition of this work by the umbrella-carrying philanthropist. It calls for more authority from the police and better social order in the metropolis. Goldsmiths' 11353; Higgs 6458; Kress 7115

LIND, James (1716-94) An Essay on the most effectual Means, of preserving the Health of Seamen, in the Royal Navy, London: for A. Millar, A. Kincaid, and A. Donaldson, 1757, 12mo, contemporary speckled calf with decorative gilt tooled spine and red title label, aeg, marbled endpapers, first edition, inscribed 'From the author' in ink opposing title; together with Falck, (Nicolai Detlef) The Seaman's Medical Instructor, In a Course of Lectures on Accidents and Diseases Incident to Seamen, in the various Climates of the World, London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1774, 8vo, 18th century full polished calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, 1 fold out plateOmbersley Court, WorcestershireGarrison & Morton 2151: "Lind is regarded as the founder of naval hygiene in England ... he deals not only with the men but also with the appalling conditions in which they lived afloat"; Blake p.271; Norman 1355Lind: XXIV +119pp, 'A' would appear to be the blank leaf before the title page (A2). It bears the inscription 'from the author' verso. Spine a little dry and lightly rubbed, generally a fine copy with scattered light spotting and toned endpapersFalck: Title + XX + 244pp, folding plate at pp 241, Endpapers and Title page browned at edges, ditto last 2/3 leaves, lacking label, joints sound with minor cracking, spine darkened, cover with light wear, corners lightly bumped, pastedowns and endpapers a little foxed, hinges cracked, scattered light foxing

Bible, Greek: Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, London: Roger Daniel, for John Martin and Jacob Allestrye,1653, 8vo, later polished blue calf, gitl stamped spine with title and date, aeg, title in red and black with engraved printer's device, text in Greek, double columnOmbersley Court, WorcestershireThe rare first printing in England of the Septuagint, the earliest translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek, made in the third century BC.The text was edited by the Unitarian controversialist John Biddle (1615-1662), who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious opinions. "Roger Daniel's version of the text of the Sixtine edition [was] prepared for the use of the scholars at Westminster School. This appeared in 1653 and was edited by the Socinian, John Biddle. Its publication may have owed something to the interest in the Septuagint generated by Codex Alexandrinus and the frustration produced by the failure of Young's attempts to edit it" (S. Mandelbrote, "English Scholarship and the Greek Text of the Old Testament", p. 87).

[Hemming's Cartularly] Hearne (Thomas) ed., Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiae Wigorniensis e Codice Ms. Penes Richardum Graves, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1723, 8vo, two volumes, first printed edition with engraved frontispiece. gilt tooled full calf (2)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Nicols (Thomas) A Lapidary: Or, The History of Precious Stones: With cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with Pretious Stones, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, printer to the Universitie, 1652, small 8vo, contemporary gilt tooled decorative vellum, aeg, first edition with "Printer to the Universitie" in imprint, including initial blank and folding table, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary ink shelf marks to head of pastedown [Wing N1145]Ombersley Court, WorcestershireThe first book written in English on gemstones. Nicols begins with a general study of precious stones, discussing their origin, history, physical properties, methods of polishing, types of settings, real and imitation stones, and supernatural properties. He then devotes one chapter to each of more than 60 individual gems.Front joint with small split, lightly soiled binding, hinges cracked with first blank leaf loose but not detached, pages toned, some blue (ink?), brown spotting to 187-188 & 209-238, a little loss to edge of page 77 not affecting the text, pp 90-96 with brown spot having caused a small hole to text pp 91-92, not collated

Plautus (Titus Maccius), Comoediae Viginti, olim a Ioachimo Camerario emendata ... opera et diligentia Ionanis Sambuci, Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1566, 16mo, full calf with arms of Achille de Harlay front and back, gilt tooled spine with Monogram ADH, bookplate for Lord Sandys, woodcut architectonic title page, Ombersley Court, Worcestershire [Adams P1499, Ruelens-de Backer 53.6 (First edition prepared by Hungarian humanist Johannes Sambucus)]Achille de Harlay (1536-1616) Comte de Beaumont was a Magistrate from an influential familiy of clerics and magistrates; councillor at the Parlement of Paris (1558). He married Catherine, daughter of Christophe de Thou (q.v.) in 1568. In 1572 he succeeded his father Christophe de Harlay as Président à mortier, then after the death of his father-in-law he was named to succeed him as Premier President of the Parlement (1582). During the Wars of Religion, he opposed the Duc de Guise (q.v.) and the Catholic League and was imprisoned in the Bastille; he later joined Henri de Bourbon. p. 51, 241, 179 loss to lower corner not affecting text, pages very lightly toned but generally bright. pastedown a little wear and soiling to guttering, a little ink staining to back pastedown, corners bumped, a little wear to extremities, red edges darkened to top edge, joints worn and starting to front cover, a few scratches and abrasions, not collated

Titmarsh (M.A.) [Thackeray, (William Makepeace)], Doctor Birch and his Young Friends, London: Chapman and Hall, 1849, 8vo, First Edition, full green calf rebound with blind and gilt tooling to cover and spine 'original Edition', marble endpapers armorial bookplate for Frederick Burgess, Burgess Hall, Finchley, title with vignette, additional title opposing frontispiece, 14 further platesOmbersley Court, Worcestershirespine sunned, coveres with slight scuffs and marks, Scattered spotting and foxing, not collated

[Deluc (Jean-Andre) and Dentand (Pierre-Gedeon)] Relation De Differents Voyages Dans Les Alpes Du Faucigny, Maastricht: chez J. E. Dufour & Ph. Roux, 1776, 8vo, first edition, original wrappers, deckled edges, half title, woodcut device to title, initial woodcut headpieceOmbersley Court, Worcestershireoriginal wrappers, uncut pages with deckled edges, 11.5cm wide x 19cm high. Half title, Title, V-XXI, 183pp appear complete.

Rushworth (James) Historical Collections Private Passages of State Of Weighty Matters in Law Remarkable Proceedings in Five Parliaments Beginning the Sixteenth Year of King James, Anno 1618 And ending the Fifth Year of King Charls, Anno 1629 Digested in Order of Time, London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb for George Thomason, 1659, first edition, four parts in seven volumes, contemporary full calf, portrait frontispiece, vignette to title, 1 double page plate, 8 further plates of which 1 double page fold-out (7)Omberlsey Court, Worcestershire[STC R2316; Lowndes vol. IV p.2153; Abbot 1023]

[Fréart (Roland, Sieur de Chambray)] Parallele de l'Architecture Antique et de la Moderne, Paris: Pierre Emery, Michel Brunet et la veuve Daniel Horthemels, 1702, large foldio, marbled board with leather spine and corners, engraved allegorical frontispiece by P.Dannoot after C.Errard, title vignette, 52 plates of which many double page, engraved head- & tail-pieces and initials, [Fowler 129; cf.Berlin Kat. 2374 & Millard French 76, first edition of 1650]Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Bontius (James) [Bondt (Jacob de)] An Account of the Diseases, Natural History, and Medicines of the East Indies, Translated from the Latin... , To Which are Added Annotations by a Physician, London: for T. Noteman, 1769, 8vo, 1st English edition, 18th century calf with raised bands and red title label, bookplate for Lord SandysOmbersley Court, WorcestershireGarrison & Morton 2263 and 3736. The classic account of tropical diseases and the first modern description of beri beri.Binding a little scuffed and stained, spine darkened, front board starting to detach, pages toned, pencil shelf mark to front endpaper, pastedown and endpapers with browned edges, light foxing, not collated

[Appianus] Appiano Alexandrino Delle Guerre Civili de Romani. Tradotto da Messer Alexa[n]dro Braccese Fiorentino nuouamente co[n] somma diligentia impresso, Florence: Philippo di Giunta, Nellano del Signore, 1519, 8vo, contemporary full sprinkled calf, 1st editionOmbersley Court, WorcestershireA good copy with a little annotation and staining to the title page. Lacking the final leaf, K8, which bears the printer's woodcut device but no other text. Rare, the first printing of Appianus translated into Italian

Voltaire Letters Concerning the English Nation, London: printed for C. Davis and A. Lyon, 1733, first edition in English, 8vo, panelled calf, marbled page edges, numerous engraved vignettesOmbersley Court, WorcestershireTitle A; A-A8, pp. 1-253, 9 leaves of indicesBoards bear rubbing and bumping, soiling to endpapers (with pencil inscription to front endpaper). Internally fairly bright, with some light foxing and cockling. Some wear to hinges/guttering. 

Law to include: Care (Henry), English Liberties, or the Free-born Subject's Inheritance, London: Elizabeth Nutt and R. Gosling for Arthur Bettesworth et al., 1719, 8vo, full calf; Jacob (Giles) The Statute-Law Commonplac'd, London: for Bernard Lintot, 1730, 8vo, full calf, red morocco title label; Jacob (Giles) The Statute-Law Commonplac'd, Part II, London: for Bernard Lintot, 1730, 8vo, full calf, red morocco title label; Ruffhead (Owen), A Complete Index to the Statutes at Large, London: for P. Uriel, 1772, full calf; [Pudsey] (William) The Constitution and Laws of England, London: Tim.Goodwin, 1701, 8vo, full calf, first edition; Hoadly (Benjamin) The Original and Institution of Civil Government, Discuss'd, London: for James Knapton, 1710, 8vo, panelled calf, red morocco title label, bookplate for Lord Sandys (6)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Kidgell (John) The Card, London: J. Newbery, 1755, 12mo, full 18th century calf, two volumes, first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece in vol.1, one plate, woodcut head-piecesOmbersley Court, WorcestershireRoscoe A282 (1). A collection of tales with an early mention of the sport of Baseball.bindings good with light wear to extremities and corners bumped, tear to margin vol 2, p. 69 affecting text, hinges starting, pages toned and occasional smudges and ink spots, pages toned and pastedowns and endpapers with browned edges

[Fleurieu (Charles Pierre Claret de)] Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the South-East of New Guinea, London: for John Stockdale, 1791, folio, original marbled boards and papered spine retaining pasted title label, first edition in English, half-title, twelve folding engraved plates including maps, pages uncut, [Sabin 24749; Ferguson 105]Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Budgell (Eustace) Memoirs of the Life and Character of the Late Earl of Orrery and of The Family of the Boyles, London: for W. Mears, 1732, 8vo, first edition, panelled calf with red morocco title label, engraved frontispiece, one leaf of publisher's advertisements; together with Bentley (Richard) A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris with an answer to the Objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esquire, London: for Henry Mortlock and John Hartley, 1669, 8bo, panelled calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, inscribed 'The learned Authors present' (2)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Scotland to include: [Udall, William] The Historie of the Life and Death of Mary Stuart Queene of Scotland London: John Haviland for Richard Whitaker, 1624, 4to, contemporary calf, engraved portrait frontispiece within embellished surrounds, title within architectural woodcut border, a few decorative woodcut initials and headpieces, first edition, [This appears to be the first biography in English of Mary Queen of Scots, STC 24509a]; [Anon] Calculations with the Principles and Data ...An act for raising and establishing a Fund for a provision for the Widows and Children ... shewing the Rise and Progress of the Fund, Edinburgh: Thomas Lumisden and Company, 1748, large folio, full calf rebacked, half title, inscribed 'for the Rt. Honble. the Lord Sandys; Maitland (William) The History and Antiquities of Scotland, London: for A. Millar, 1757, two volumes, folio, sprinkled calf, bookplates for Lord Sandys; [ibid] The History of Edinburgh, Edinburgh: for the Author, 1753, folio, calf rebacked; Wallace (James) An Account of the Islands of Orkney, London: Jacob Tonson, 1700, 8vo; Pennant (Thomas) A Tour in Scotland MDCCLXIX, Chester: John Monk, 1771, 8vo; and others (15)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Council of Trent to include Brent (Nathaniel) The Historie of The Councel of Trent ... by Pietro Soave Polano, London: Robert Barker and John Bull, 1620, folio, first edition, full calf with decorative spine and red morocco title label, woodcut coat of arms to title, decorative headpieces, historiated and decorative initials, printer's leaf to back; Le Courayer (Pierre Francois) Histoire du Concile de Trente ... par Fra-Paolo Sarpi, London: Samuel Idle and Paul Vaillant, 1736, two volumes, folio, full calf, bookplate for Lord Sandys, two engraved portrait plates (3)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

[Kahlert, Karl Friedrich] The Necromancer: or the Tale of the Black Forest... translated from the German of Lawrence Flammenberg by Peter Teuthold, London: for William Lane at the Minerva-Press, 1794, First English edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with crown and monogram of Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire Ombersley Court, Worcestershire One of the seven 'Horrid Novels' of Gothic fiction which Catherine Morland, the heroine of Jane Austen's classic novel 'Northanger Abbey', is told to read by Isabella Thorpe. [ESTC T14934].Excerpt from Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey (Isabella Thorpe to Catherine Morland) “Dear creature! how much I am obliged to you; and when you have finished Udolpho, we will read The Italian together; and I have made out a list of ten or twelve more of the same kind for you.” “Have you, indeed! How glad I am! — What are they all?” “I will read you their names directly; here they are, in my pocket-book. Castle of Wolfenbach, Clermont, Mysterious Warnings, Necromancer of the Black Forest, Midnight Bell, Orphan of the Rhine, and Horrid Mysteries. Those will last us some time.” “Yes, pretty well; but are they all horrid, are you sure they are all horrid?” “Yes, quite sure; for a particular friend of mine, a Miss Andrews, a sweet girl, one of the sweetest creatures in the world, has read every one of them.” Bindings a little rubbed and both volumes with loss to head and foot of spine, titles gilt rubbed, multiple tears and losses to margins of both volumes, vol 1 p 210-211 slightly affecting text, 1 page of advertisements to back, light foxing to text and endpapers, volume 2 p 61/62, 137-140, 229/230 with paper repair to upper margin affecting text not aligned, 148-149 with centre linear smudge, page 246 and 247 numbered incorrectly as 146 and 147 Lacking half titles, Vol 1: title, A1-A3,B-L5 Vol 2, title, B-M3 

Dufour (Philippe Sylvestre, 1622-1687) Traitez Nouveaux & Curieux du Café, du Thé et du Chocolate Ouvrage egalement necessaire aux Medicins, & a tous ceux qui aiment leur sante, La Haye (The Hague): Adrian Moetjens, 1685, 12mo, 18th century vellum with handwritten ink title to spine, inscribed in ink 'M. Downshire' (Mary Hill, Marchioness of Downshire and suo jure Baroness Sandys (1764-1836)); frontispiece, dedication to Chevalier Valon, 3 plates, index and errataOmbersley Court, WorcestershireFirst complete edition, illustrated with plates after Mathieu Ogier. Published the same year in Lyon and The Hague, before being translated into English and Latin.18th century binding, very light edgewear but very good, inked title to spine a little smudged, front and back pastedown detaching but neatly so, pencil shelf mark to front endpaper, pages a little toned, two blank back endpapers with slight tear to page edge without loss

Kolben (Peter) The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope: or A Particular Account of the several Nations of the Hottentots: ..., translated by Mr. Medley, London: Printed for W. Innys, 8vo, later rebound, 18th century calf, 2 volumes, engraved frontispieces (one a portrait), 1 folding map and 26 plates plus 2 folding [Goldsmiths' 7553], mixed editions bound as a set, volume 1 second edition, 1738, volume 2, first edition, 1731, both volumes with decorative headpieces and volume 1 with storiated first initial Ombersley Court, Worcestershire small loss to page 11 lower corner not affecting text, a few other minor losses to page edges not affecting text, not collated, pages toned, both volumes with inked initial RA to front pastedown, volume 1 spine centre binding cracked

Jonquet (Dionys) Hortus, sive Index Onomasticus Plantarum, quas excolebat Parisiis annis 1658 & 1659, Paris: F. Cluzier, 1659, 4to, full calf with red morocco title label, engraved allegorical titlepage, decorative initials; together with Störk (Anton) Libellus quo demonstratur Cicutam, Vienna: Jo. Thom, 1769, 8vo, full calf, woodcut device to title, one folding plate (2)Ombersley Court, WorcestershireFirst Edition of Jonquet's inventory of plants in the region of Paris. [Pritzel 4467]

Sidney (Algernon), Discourses concerning Government, London: J. Darby, 1704, folio, second edition, 18th century calf, portrait frontispiece, one page of publisher's advertisements, Inscribed for H. PulteneyOmbersley Court, WorcestershireA major text of republican theory, a significant influence on the American Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson was one of many influenced by Sidney's ideas. In 1804, he wrote of the Discourses: "They are in truth a rich treasure of republican principles, supported by copious & cogent arguments, and adorned with the finest flowers of science. It is probably the best elementary book of the principles of government... which has ever been published in any language" (Sowerby III: J6). "Jefferson identified Sidney as one of four writers who provided the intellectual foundations of the Declaration of Independence" (A Covenanted People, 56). The work was first published in 1698, but was written between 1681 and 1683 and originally circulated as a manuscript. While still unpublished, the Discourses was used against Sidney in his trial.Inscribed for H. Pulteney, likely Harry Pulteney (1686-1767) the younger son of Colonel William Pulteney, of Misterton in Leicestershire.

Defoe (Daniel) The History of the Union of Great Britain, Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1709, folio, first edition, woodcut royal arms to title, contemporary calf, later red morocco title labelOmbersley Court, Worcestershire[Goldsmiths' 4528; Hanson 983; Moore 161]front cover detached, covers scuffed and with abrasions, joints worn and hinges cracked, endpapers browned, title with marginal stains, not collated, pages toned

Book: Barbara Taylor Bradford - Angel, signed, first edition, 1993. Dedicated 'To Susan Chinn, Best wishes. Barbara Taylor Bradford'. Publ. Harper Collins, London, with dust wrapper.

An assortment of Concorde ephemera and souvenirs. Including a cruet set, models, a Stephen Brown 'Concorde-Second to None' signed limited edition print, 44cm x 65cm, framed and glazed, British Airways Concorde Phonecard, limited edition First Day Covers and more Condition Report: Coins weigh 155.5g & 62g, both have the original certificates

A 22carat solid gold limited edition plaque The golden Age of Steam a commutative gold stamp plaque 150th Anniversary of the first Railway in the world.1825 Stockton a d Darlington Railway the plaque hallmarked and weight of 26.2g with box and certificate of Authenticity. 2504/3000.