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Gibbs (James) A Book of Architecture first edition 147 engraved plates only (of 150) lacking plates 1 110 and 131 last plate with marginal repair list of subscribers some soiling and mostly marginal staining modern half calf [Harris 257; Fowler 138] folio 1728. ***Subscribers included Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor..

Lilford (Thomas L. Powys 4th Baron) Coloured Figu 7 vol. first edition list of subscribers photogravure portrait and 421 chromolithographed or hand-coloured lithographed plates mostly after Thorburn and Keulemans mounted on linen stubs throughout some water-staining to plates later green half morocco gilt t.e.g. others uncut spines slightly sunned [Nissen IVB 563; Fine Bird Books p.119] 8vo 1885-97.

Loudon Ladies` Flower-Garden 1840 first edition 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates some heightened with gum arabic tissue guards occasional spotting stain to lower margin of plate 25 affecting captions but with no loss contemporary half calf spine gilt corners worn rubbed [Nissen 1234] 4to 1840.

Ronalds Pyrus Malus Brentfordiensis 1831 first edition 42 hand-coloured lithographed plates after drawings by Elizabeth Ronalds a few minor spots or finger-marks but plates generally clean and bright modern half calf spine slightly faded a very good copy small folio 1831.

Houghton (Rev. William) British Fresh-Water Fishes 2 vol. first edition half-titles 41 wood-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand some foxing plates generally clean water-stain to frontispiece vol.2 original pictorial cloth gilt slightly rubbed at extremities vol.2 upper cover stained [W&S supplement p.11] folio [1879].

North Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds first edition 18 fine hand-coloured engraved plates by Ebenezer Albin title spotted and lightly stained offsetting occasional spotting plate of `Trout from Berwick on Tweed` spotted other plates generally in good condition (a few spots or marks most marginal) contemporary green half calf rebacked in modern half calf label to spine covers rubbed [Nissen 2989] 4to [1832-1835]. ***An edition much praised for the beauty of its plates..

Harris (Moses) Moths and Butterflies 1st first edition engraved frontispiece title vignette hand-coloured plate with `descriptions for the various parts of the Papilio` and 44 fine hand-coloured plates offsetting a few plates with minor marks contemporary calf rebacked in modern buckram calf covers worn [Nissen 1835] folio for the author 1766. ***`One of the most outstanding authors of entomological literature during the eighteenth century` (Lisney). This is a tall copy at 459 x 281mm (sheet size)..

Perrault l`Histoire Naturelle des Animaux 2 vol. in 1 first edition 1 (of 2) fine engraved frontispieces by Goyton after Sébastien LeClerc large engraved arms of Louis XIV to titles 29 fine engraved plates and half-page illustration engraved head- and tail-pieces by Leclerc a few red ink spots to margin below colophon of vol.1 [GM 295; Nissen 3123-24; Norman 1687] Paris Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy for the Imprimerie Royale 1671-1676 bound with [Picard (Jean-Felix)] Mesure de la Terre title with large engraved arms of Louis XIV 6 engraved plates 1 stained Paris Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy for the Imprimerie Royale 1671 new endpapers contemporary calf rebacked rather worn but holding firm folio ***The Mémoires which is one of the first publications of the Académie Royale des Sciences is considered to be `one of the most sumptuously produced of all early biological works`. The engraved frontispiece the first illustration of a meeting of a learned society shows a meeting of the Academy in the Royal Library at Versailles with Louis XIV and his minister Colbert present. The work describes 29 species among which `the new species described are the lynx the procupine the eagle the cormorant and the ostrich` (Norman). Jean-Felix Picard was the first person to measure the size of the Earth to a reasonable degree of accuracy in a survey conducted in 1669-70..

Burtin Oryctographie de Bruxelles 1st 1784 first edition fine engraved pictorial title and 32 hand-coloured plates aside from some water-staining to the outer margin of 4 text ff. (sigs. 2L&M) internally crisp and clean contemporary half calf red morocco label to spine joints starting but holding firm rubbed and scuffed folio L`Imprimerie de la Maire 1784. ***A very good copy of this important study..

Crouch (Edmund A.) Lamarck`s Conchology first edition 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates contemporary polished calf sympathetically rebacked corners repaired covers lightly stained and scuffed 4to 1826.

Perry (George) Conchology first edition 61 fine hand-coloured engraved plates one text leaf bound upside down lacking half-title a large uncut copy in original pink boards rebacked preserving original spine corners and joints worn [Nissen 3134] folio [1811]. ***The Bradley Martin-Pine Coffin copy with bookplates..

Whittock. Art of Drawing and Colouring from Nature first edition 24 lithograph plates in 2 states one hand-coloured the other plain contemporary half calf rubbed [Not in Abbey which lists the companion vol. Birds Beasts Fishes & Insects as Abbey Life 189] 4to 1829. ***"Whittock was one of the first to publish lithograph illustrations systematically coloured by hand." Abbey..

DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Book signed, a hardback edition of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, First American edition published by Doubleday, Doran, New York, 1938. Maroon cloth with decorative silver foil band. Du Maurier`s dark fountain pen ink signature (`Daphne du Maurier`) appears on a leaf inserted between the front free endpaper and half title page. Blue tint to top page edges. Accompanied by the dust jacket (extensive faults, only FR). Some light staining and age wear to inside, G

SIGNED BOOKS: A miscellaneous selection of signed hardback and paperback (11) books by a variety of writers and other famous people, including The Sultan`s Daughter by Dennis Wheatley (First Edition, 1963), Jericho by Dirk Bogarde (First Edition, 1992), What`s It All About by Michael Caine (First Edition, 1992), Sweet Life by Britt Ekland (First English Edition, 1994), Monica`s Story by Monica Lewinsky (First Edition, 1999), Randall & Hopkirk (deceased)-The Files by Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer and five others, Scarfe on Stage by Gerald Scarfe (First Edition, 1992), During the War and other encounters by Buster Merryfield, Foggy by Carl Fogarty, The English Patient (screenplay) by Anthony Minghella, Limericks by Michael Palin, Where Have All the Bullets Gone? by Spike Milligan, Rock `n` Roll by Tom Stoppard, The Essential Bond by Samantha Bond and Judi Dench, Weaveworld by Clive Barker (First Edition, 1987) etc. The majority of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. Generally VG, 20

MARCONI GUGLIELMO: (1874-1937) Italian Inventor who developed the radiotelegraph system. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1909. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Marconi in a head and shoulders pose. Signed (`Guglielmo Marconi`) in bold black fountain pen ink to the lower white border. Together with Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953. Signed folio edition of The Times Everest colour supplement, London, 1953. Signed by Hillary with his name alone in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area of the colour front cover image showing him and Tenzing together on Mount Everest. Also signed to the image in fountain pen ink by the mountaineer George Band, the youngest member of the 1953 Everest Expedition team. Some light overall staining, age wear and a number of tears to the edges of the supplement (FR), Marconi`s signed photograph VG, 2

EVEREST EXPEDITION: A First Day Cover commemorating the Ascent of Everest in 1953 and featuring a colour image of Sherpa Tenzing standing at the summit, individually signed by five members of the expedition comprising Edmund Hillary, George Lowe, Alfred Gregory, Mike Westmacott and George Band. Each have signed with their names alone to a clear area of the cover. Postally cancelled on the 50th anniversary, 29th May 2003. Number 14 of a Limited Edition of 30. Together with a signed 9 x 7 photograph by film comedian Dudley Moore promoting the film Arthur. VG to EX, 2

NIXON RICHARD: (1913-1994) American President 1969-74. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of Nixon standing outdoors in a half length pose. Signed in dark ink to the lower photographer`s mount beneath a calligraphic inscription to John Larimer. Together with Pat Nixon (1912-1993) First Lady of the United States 1969-74. Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the First Lady in a smiling head and shoulders pose. Signed in black ink to the lower white border and inscribed to John Larimer. Both images are slightly faded. Some very light age wear and small nicks to the extreme edges of Richard Nixon`s photograph. G, 2 John Larimer served with the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and apparently later became Richard Nixon`s bodyguard. Included in the lot is a hardback edition of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, bearing Larimer`s ownership signature, and featuring his portrait alongside others of the First Battalion, Platoon 114.

FORD GERALD: (1913-2006) American President 1974-77. Ford was a member of the Warren Commission that investigated the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It was Ford`s responsibility to prepare a biography of Lee Harvey Oswald. Book signed, a hardback edition of Assassination Report of the Warren Commission, First American Edition published by The Flat Signed Press, Tennessee, 2004. Signed by Ford to the limitations page. The book, featuring exclusive new material and a foreword by Ford, is bound in dark burgundy leather with gilt lettering and decoration, four raised bands to spine, and all edges gilt. Limited Edition number 2892 of 2948. Accompanied by a colour photograph of Ford signing the book. About EX

BENNETT FLOYD: (1890-1928) American Aviator & BYRD RICHARD (1888-1957) American Naval officer, Pioneer Aviator and Polar Explorer. Bennett piloted Byrd on his attempt to reach the North Pole in 1926 and the two aviators also joined together in an attempt to win the Orteig Prize in 1927 by making the first non-stop flight between the United States and France. This flight was sponsored by Rodman Wanamaker (1863-1928) American Businessman, an early visionary of Trans-Atlantic commercial flight. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Vanishing Race-The Last Great Indian Council by Joseph Dixon, published by the National American Indian Memorial Association Press, Philadelphia, 1925 (third revised edition). Signed by both Floyd Bennett and Richard Byrd individually, with their names alone, to the front free endpaper. Also signed and inscribed above Bennett and Byrd’s signatures by Rodman Wanamaker, who also sponsored the three Western expeditions on which Dixon’s book is based. Wanamaker’s signature is dated 9th July 1926 in his hand, exactly two months after Bennett and Byrd made their celebrated flight to the North Pole, indicating that the three signatures may have been obtained together during a tour made soon after the flight. With original cloth binding, decoratively embossed in gold and red. Some staining to the lower edges and a couple of photographic illustrations a little loose and disbound. G

RICKENBACKER EDDIE: (1890-1973) American Fighter Ace of World War I. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Rickenbacker-An Autobiography, First US Edition, published by Prentice-Hall Inc., New Jersey, 1967. A presentation copy with a good association, inscribed by Rickenbacker in bold black fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper, `To my good friend Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, 1890/1967`. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG Ira Eaker (1896-1987) American General of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Fight for the Sky-The Story of the Spitfire and Hurricane, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973. Signed and inscribed by Bader to the front free endpaper and dated Christmas 1973 in his hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain. Book signed, a hardback edition of Reach For the Sky-The Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill, First Edition published by Collins, London, 1954. Signed by Bader with his name alone in blue ink to the front free endpaper. Lacking the dust jacket. Some light overall age wear and extensive wrinkling to the blue backboards caused by water damage, about G

BATTLE OF BRITAIN: PHILIP PRINCE (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, consort of Queen Elizabeth II. A fine book signed, a folio hardback edition entitled They Fell In The Battle, A Roll of Honour of The Battle of Britain, 10 July-31 October 1940, First Edition designed and printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, on behalf of the Royal Air Force Museum, 1980. Limited Edition number 70 of 80. With a foreword by Prince Philip, signed in ink with his name alone at the foot in his capacity as Marshal of the Royal Air Force. Attractively printed on Arches Velin mould-made paper and bound in specially dyed goatskin with cross device stamped in gilt on the front board and titles stamped in gilt on the spine between two raised bands. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Lacking the original blue cloth slipcase. One slight indentation to the front board, otherwise EX A roll of honour commemorating the 435 pilots and 63 crew members of the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm who lost their lives during the Battle of Britain.

TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. Signed 10 x 8 photograph depicting Tibbets standing in a full length pose, in uniform, with the Enola Gay in the immediate background. Signed in blue ink by Tibbets to a clear area at the head of the image, adding `Pilot, 6 Aug. 1945` in his hand alongside his signature. Together with a signed hardback edition of Return of the Enola Gay by Paul Tibbets, published by Enola Gay Remembered Inc., Pennsylvania, 1998. Signed by Tibbets with his name alone in blue ink beneath the frontispiece illustration showing him standing alongside Theodore J. Van Kirk and Thomas Ferebee at the side of the Enola Gay. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG to EX, 2

TIBBETS PAUL: (1915-2007) American Brigadier General in the United States Air Force, pilot of the Enola Gay, the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb in the history of warfare. Signed 10 x 8 photograph depicting the Enola Gay on a runway. Signed in blue ink by Tibbets to a clear area at the head of the image, adding `Pilot, 6 Aug. 1945` in his hand alongside his signature. Together with a signed hardback edition of Return of the Enola Gay by Paul Tibbets, published by Enola Gay Remembered Inc., Pennsylvania, 1998. Signed by Tibbets with his name alone in blue ink beneath the frontispiece illustration showing him standing alongside Theodore J. Van Kirk and Thomas Ferebee at the side of the Enola Gay. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG to EX, 2

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain & JOHNSON JOHNNIE (1915-2001) British World War II Ace (38 victories), the highest scoring Western Allied Pilot. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Spitfire by artist Robert Taylor, signed by both Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson individually with their names alone in bold pencil to the lower border. Rolled, and with some slight surface creasing to the edges, about VG

BADER DOUGLAS: (1910-1982) British World War II Ace (22.5 victories), recognised for his important role during the Battle of Britain & JOHNSON JOHNNIE (1915-2001) British World War II Ace (38 victories), the highest scoring Western Allied Pilot. A colour 23.5 x 20 first edition print entitled Spitfire by artist Robert Taylor, signed by both Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson individually with their names alone in bold pencil to the lower border. Rolled, VG

DAMBUSTERS THE: Harold `Mick` Martin (1918-1988) Australian Pilot in the Royal Air Force, participated in Operation Chastise, 1943. A colour 24 x 20 print entitled The Dambusters by artist Robert Taylor, signed in bold pencil by Martin with his name alone to the lower border; Leonard Cheshire (1917-1992) British Royal Air Force pilot of World War II, Commander of 617 Squadron. Victoria Cross winner. A colour 24 x 20 First Edition print entitled Lancaster by artist Robert Taylor, signed in bold pencil by Cheshire with his name alone to the lower border. Both are rolled and with some surface creasing at the edges, about VG, 2

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to set foot on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Return to Earth, First US Edition, published by Random House, New York, 1973. Signed (`Buzz Aldrin`) in bold black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. VG

ALDRIN BUZZ: (1930- ) American Astronaut, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo XI (1969). The second man to walk on the moon. Book signed, a hardback edition of Reaching for the Moon, First American Edition published by Harper Collins, 2005. Signed by Aldrin with his name alone in black ink at the head of the title page and also signed by the book`s illustrator, Wendell Minor. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Together with a very small swatch of kapton foil from the Columbia Command Module which carried Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins on their historic Apollo XI mission to the moon, neatly mounted to a 4to certificate of authenticity signed by Aldrin. VG, 2

ASTRONAUTS: Small selection of signed hardback books by various astronauts comprising Encounter with Tiber by Buzz Aldrin, First Edition published by Warner Books, New York, 1996, signed by Aldrin with his name alone in black ink to the title page; Two Sides of the Moon by Dave Scott and Alexei Leonov, First Edition published by Simon & Schuster UK Ltd., London, 2004, signed by Scott only in black ink with his name alone to the title page; The Last Man on the Moon by Gene Cernan, First Edition published by St. Martin`s Press, New York, 1999, signed by Cernan in black ink with his name alone to the title page. Each of the books are accompanied by their dust jackets. Together with two commemorative covers individually signed by the astronauts Al Worden and James McDivitt, each with colour designs commemorating Apollo 15 and Apollo-Soyuz. VG to EX, 5

GERSHWIN GEORGE: (1898-1937) American Composer and Pianist. An excellent signed and inscribed printed large 4to copy of the sheet music to the song I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin from the opera Porgy and Bess. The early (possibly a first) edition of the sheet music, published by Gershwin Publishing Corp., New York, features an attractive design to the cover. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink by Gershwin to a light area at the head of the cover, ‘For Alexander Lindey-with admiration and warm greetings, George Gershwin, July 1936 (check day).’ Dated a year to the month before Gershwin’s untimely death at the age of 39. A light horizontal fold runs across the centre and with a small tear to the right clear border of the cover. A rare example of Gershwin’s autograph on an attractive piece associated with one of his most famous works. About VG Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess features the famous songs Summertime and It Ain’t Necessarily So. I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin is sung in Act II, Scene 1.

PORTER COLE: (1891-1964) American Composer. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Kiss Me Kate-A Musical Play, by Samuel and Bella Spewack with lyrics by Cole Porter, First Edition published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1953. The illustrated volume features the cast list for the original Broadway production. Signed and inscribed to the front free endpaper by Porter in blue ink, `To Richard, All my best, Cole Porter` and also signed and inscribed by Bella Spewack (1899-1990, Romanian-born American Writer with her husband Samuel), `For Richard-good wishes in the New World, Bella Spewack` and dated New York, 5th December 1953 in her hand. Accompanied by the dust jacket (small tears at the edges and light overall age wear). A scarce combination of signatures, about VG

A Corgi Classics Bristol Utility bus model and three Exclusive First Edition buses

A Caithness paperweight titled Ocean Breeze with an internal tonal green, amber and white spiral ground, acid marked, together with a collectors edition weight made for the first Caithness paperweight convention, (2).

A first edition copy of "The Beauty of Modern Glass" by Ronald Stennett Willson, published by The Studio, lacks cover.

Hope (Polly; photographer) LOVE STORY, 14 black-and-white plates, [nd], card wrappers, small quarto (105 x 105mm), FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO 1,000 COPIES.-- Springs (Alice; photographer) PORTRAITS RÉCENTS, 29 black-and-white plates, publisher`s green cloth, small quarto (157 x 113mm), Paris: Musée d`Art Moderne, 1988. FIRST EDITION.

The Great Seal medallion set, the five medals from the first edition in hallmarked silver, 158g gross, with an inscribed metal medal, in a fitted case

A large Steiff Collectors Bear, a replica of The First Steiff Bear, features grey/black glass eyes, with brown silk stitched nose and mouth, five piece jointed body in blond mohair fur, internal growler, Limited Edition No 1907 of 2000 complete with box and certificate, height 21”

Additional Lot:John, W.D., Coombes, G.J., & Coombes, K. The Nantgarw Porcelain Album, first edition, The Ceramic Book Company, Newport 1975. Full tan morocco gilt, illustrations throughout, the first blank SIGNED BY W.D. JOHN, quarto.

BOISSEVIN, Louis (engraver and publisher). Portraits des Rois de France ... depuis Pharamond jusques au Roy Louis XIIII. Paris: Louys Boissevin, [c.1660]. 4° (284 x 194mm), engraved throughout, 64 portraits only (of 65), with text below. (Title angled and creased, some browning.) Contemporary English calf, spine gilt (front cover almost detached). FIRST EDITION. This copy contains plates 1-61 followed by three unnumbered. Two of the unumbered plates have the imprint 'chez Daret' and dates 1653 and 1652. The final plate of Louis XIV is by I. Frosne. Brunet I, 1072. View on Christie's.com

DRAYTON, Michael (1563-1631). Poly-Olbion. London: [by Humphrey Lownes] for M. Lownes, I. Browne, I. Helme, I. Busbie, [1613?]. 2° (288 x 171mm), engraved title by W. Hole, engraved portrait of Prince Henry, 18 double-page engraved maps. With 4-leaf table at end. (Several maps with heavy marginal staining, occasional heavy staining to text margins, without letterpress title.) Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, marbled edges (spine chipped, joints slightly cracked, corners bumped). Provenance: Anthony Berry (early signature) -- Anthony Earl of Kent (bookplate dated 1702) -- Thomas Philip Earl de Grey (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second issue? This copy conforms with the 1612 first issue in not having a letterpress title, and with the second issue in having the portrait and maps in second state -- the portrait with caption, the maps with page numbers -- and also in including the table on a final quire. The maps represent the different regions celebrated in the poem. STC 7227; cf. Pforzheimer 308. View on Christie's.com

HOLINSHED, William (d. c.1580). Chronicles. London: for John Harison, George Bishop, Rafe Newberie, Henrie Denham, and Thomas Woodcocke, 1587. 3 vols in 2, 2° (365 x 233mm), titles within wood-engraved borders. (Title to vol. III torn at margin, occasional mostly marginal dampstain, occasional light soiling, without the final blanks.) 18th-century mottled calf, spine richly gilt in compartments with floral tools, green morocco labels (spine caps chipped, some joints starting, extremities rubbed, front blank in first vol. torn with loss). Provenance: an early reader (a few pen trials and occasional marginalia) -- Anthony, Earle of Kent (bookplate, dated 1702) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate). Second edition. Holinshed's Chronicles enjoyed great popularity and became a quarry for many Elizabethan dramatists. Shakespeare, for example, found material for Macbeth, King Lear, Cymbeline and many of his historical plays in this edition. STC 13569. (3) View on Christie's.com

KOLBEN, Peter. The Present State of the Cape of Good-Hope. London: W. Innys, 1731. 2 vols., 8° (196 x 120mm). 2 engraved frontispieces, folding engraved map and 28 plates, 2 folding. (Occasional light browning.) Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt (extremities lightly rubbed). Provenance: Henry, Duke of Kent (bookplate dated 1733) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate). FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Mendelssohn I, 844-845: 'it contains the earliest list of South African animals ... a full account of the government of the country, with detailed descriptions of the various settlements, and a mass of information respecting ... the native races'. (2) View on Christie's.com

LA QUINTINYE, Jean de (1626-1688). The Compleat Gard'ner, translated by John Evelyn. London: for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693. 2 vols. in one, 2° (273 x 230mm), title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and 11 plates, one double-page, engraved head-pieces. A1 and A4 of last part on smaller paper. (Double-page plate stained in gutter, corner cut from M4, Q1 and Q6 browned, occasional soiling.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners worn, light scuffing to covers). Provenance: Anthony Earl of Kent, 1702 (bookplate) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, (bookplate). LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH with the first appearance in print of Quintinye's 'Treatise of Orange-trees' and notes on melons. Henrey I, 218; Keynes 103. View on Christie's.com

[LAURON, Marcellus (1679-1774, illustrator)]. The Cryes of the City of London. [London: no imprint, 1711?]. 2° (307 x 200mm). 73 unnumbered engraved plates only (of 74) by P. Tempest after Lauron, including two titles, titles and captions in English, French and Italian. (Many marginal tears and repairs, several plates with tears into image crudely-repaired on verso, second plate of 'The Famous Dutch Woman' badly damaged, final plate torn with near complete loss.) Early 19th-century half calf (lightly rubbed). Provenance: Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey (bookplate). Brunet III, 882, stating that first edition of 1711 is without Henry Overton's imprint and with plates unnumbered as in this copy; Colas 1793; Lipperheide GCb1; Vinet 2188. View on Christie's.com

The Sportsman's Dictionary: or, The Country Gentleman's Companion in All Rural Recreations. London: C. Hitch, C. Davis and S. Austen, 1735. 2 vols. in one, 8° (193 x 113mm), engraved frontispiece in compartments by Toms, 25 numbered engraved plates, most folding (plates 8, 11 and 14 cropped with some loss, some text leaves close cut, plate 18 waterstained, a few corners creased). Speckled calf by Wood, spine gilt, yellow edges. FIRST EDITION. Schwerdt II, p. 220. View on Christie's.com

[BEGER, Lorenz (1653-1705).] Die über alle Tugende triumphirende Tugend der Beständigkeit. [Heidelberg or Mannheim, 1684]. 2° (349 x 231mm). Additional double-page engraved title, 18 double-page plates attributed to Johann Ulrich Kraus printed twice: the engraved set within the engraved border. (Title browned, repaired and laid down, a few plates with heavy ink at corners of inner engraving). 18th-century boards. Provenance: Helmstaedt, Crammer Library (early inscription) -- Heidelberg Büergermeister (ink stamp on title). FIRST AND ONLY EDITION of this impressive commemoration of an opera staged in the Heidelberg Castle at the Court of Carl II Elector of the Palatinate in 1684. The plates of the set design all within a wide proscenium-arch border, depict actors and dancers in elaborate costumes, some Oriental or Turkish, presumably in reference to the the 1683 battle of Vienna, that broke the advance of the Ottoman Empire into Europe. The author has been identified as the librarian, antiquarian and court poet Lorenz Beger, who served the Electors Carl Philip and Carl II. The ballet arrangements are by "Mons. Pelletier, Tanz-Meister," the music by "Hof-Musikus Hr. Joh. Henrich Christian." Berlin Katalog 4133 (incomplete with only 16 plates); Lipperheide Sbc 15 (incomplete with only 16 plates); Thieme-Becker XXI, p.441. View on Christie's.com

BONARELLI, Prospero (1588-1659). Il Solimano. Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1620. 4° (202 x 160mm). Engraved title, 5 double-page plates by Jacques Callot after the designs of Giulio Parigi (2 repaired tears on plate 2, slight abrasion on F1 affecting a few letters, some occasional pale spotting.) 18th-century vellum, morocco lettering-piece (front hinge cracked, lettering-piece chipped). Provenance: Wilmot Vaughan, first Earl of Lisburne, Ireland (1730-1800, bookplate). FIRST EDITION, second state of the title. Bonarelli's great tragedy was performed in Florence in 1618. Jacques Callot illustrated the work, following the designs of his tutor and colleague, Giulio Parigi, an architect and the chief designer of courtly festivities under the Grand Duke, Cosimo II de' Medici. Both Parigi and Callot were employed by the Medicis, and under their patronage Callot made his many improvements in etching. This is one of the last books he produced for the Medicis, since he returned to his native Nancy following the death of Cosimo II in 1621. "The dramatic finale shows the city of the tyrant Soliman in flames, The moveable scenes -- THE FIRST IN THE HISTORY OF THE THEATRE -- picture contemporary Florence. The whole of its effective contrasts of dark and light, seems fantastic, yet it is the rational and realistic portrait of a fantastic, imaginary subject" (Otto Benesch, Artistic and Intellectual Trends from Rubens to Daumier, Cambridge, 1942, p.17). Berlin Katalog 4112; Brunet I, 1089; Cicognara 1086; Gamba 1810; Lieure 363-368. View on Christie's.com

HOUWAERT, Jean Baptista (1533-99). Sommare beschrijvinghe vande triumphelijcke Incomst vanden ... Aerts-hertoge Matthias, binnen die Princelijcke stadt van Brussele. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1579. 4° (186 x 131mm). Full-page woodcut of the Archduke's coat-of-arms, full-page woodcut of his entry through the triumphal arch on the great market square, 31 full-page woodcuts by Antonij van Leest of allegorical scenes on decorated theatre stages erected in streets, 34 woodcut ornamental cartouches framing verse explications. Contemporary Southern Netherlandish gold-tooled calf (tear in spine). Provenance: Dukes of Arenberg (bookplate). Finely illustrated description in verse and prose of the politically important entry into Brussels, on 18th January 1578, of Archduke Mathias of Austria, whose invitation by the States General of the Spanish Netherlands to act as their Governor was a clear subversion of Philip II's authority. "At his Joyous Entry, which followed Roman traditions, Matthias was welcomed as the Roman hero Scipio, whose task was to protect the Netherlands and free [it] from that highly unjust and unbearable oppression of Don Juan and his adherents and also to maintain us in our liberties, rights and privileges, which we have received from our ancestors'. For the occasion twenty-four stages had been erected devoted to the presentation of classical virtues such as truth, justice, diligence, constancy, faithfulness, temperance, liberality, clemency and modesty. Matthias and Orange, who was appointed Stadtholder-General, took the oath which included the reformulated clause of disobedience. The right of resistance was now enshrined in the Joyous Entry" -- M. van Gelderen, The political thought of the Dutch revolt 1555-1590 (2002) p.138. Bibliotheca Belgica III, 533-4; Landwehr 36; Ruggieri 1055. The Arenberg copy has four other works bound with it: J.B. HOUWAERT, Milenus clachte d'Antijcke Tafereelen, Daer in men claerlijck geschildert ende beschreven siet de godloose regeringe der tirannen. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin for Willem Silvius in Leyden, 1577. 4°. FIRST EDITION. 3 large woodcuts by A. van Leest. Voet 1408B. -- De blijde ende heerlijcke Incomste van Mijnheer Franssois van Vranckrijck in Antwerpen. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1582. 4°. First Dutch edition, unillustrated, but 14 (of 21) folded etched plates inserted from the French edition. Landwehr 41. -- De Heerlicke Incomste van onsen ghenadighen Landt-Vorst, Francoys van Franckrijck in Brugge. Bruges: Thomas Moerman, 1582. 4°. FIRST EDITION. Landwehr 42. -- Corte verclaringe, ghedaen by Borgemeesteren, Schepenen ende Raedt der stadt van Antwerpen, nopende den aenslach teghen de selve stadt aengericht. Antwerp: Christophe Plantin, 1583. 4o. Cockx-Indestege & Glorieux I, 1735. View on Christie's.com

LASCARINUM, Johannes. Warhaffte Beschreibung dess Einzugs... dess ... Herrn Matthiae dess Ersten ... in ... Nürnberg. Amberg: Michael Forster, 1612. 4° (194 x 148mm). Woodcut coat-of-arms on title and A6, folding engraved plate by Felix Höpfinger. (Dampstaining to inner margins.) Later vellum (stained). Provenance: Guido von Volckamer (bookplates). FIRST EDITION of this poem, written on the occasion of the visit of the recently elected German emperor Matthias I to Nuremberg on July 2, 1612. The finely engraved copperplate, the only known work of the Nuremberg engraver Felix Höpfinger, shows the emperor on horseback. [With:] Wahl und Crönungs Handlung, Das ist, Warhafftige Beschreibung, welcher gestalt... Maximilian der Ander, Römischer Keyser... den 20. Septemb. Anno 1562. Frankfurt: Wilhelm Hoffmann, 1610. 4° (192 x 149mm). 9 etchings in text and one folding etched plate (lacking portrait). Contemporary German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards, gilt coat-of-arms on upper cover, brass clasps. Provenance: unidentified coat-of-arms -- Kronburg, Westernach family library (inscription dated 1700 on front free endpaper). Reprint of the 1562 Nuremberg edition commemorating the coronation of Maximilian II. BMC/STC 17th century German W-78; Lipperheide Sba 7 (without the folding plate). [Bound with 3 other works, including:] [ODERBORN, Paul]. Wunderbare, Erschreckliche, Unerhörte Geschichte und warhaffte Historien, Nemlich Des Grossfürsten in der Moschkaw... Iwan Basilowitz ... Leben. Görlitz: Hans Rambau, 1596. 4°. Title and half-page woodcut illustration on title printed in red and black. See Adams O-52 (1585 Latin edition). THE FIRST BIOGRAPHY OF IVAN THE TERRIBLE (1530-1584); and one other volume by Johannes Olearius. (3) View on Christie's.com

AERONAUTICS -- JEFFRIES, John (c.1744-1819). A Narrative of the Two Aerial Voyages of Doctor Jeffries with Mons. Blanchard; with meteorological observations and remarks. London: for the author, 1786. 4° (263 x 205mm). Engraved frontispiece portrait by Caroline Watson (1761-1814) after F. Russell, one engraved plate. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt in compartments. FIRST EDITION. 'The first flight by a physician, the first crossing of the English channel by balloon, and the first international flight' (Garrison-Morton). An excellent copy in a handsome calf binding. The work documents two ascents, one over London on 30 November 1784, and the other across the English Channel on 7 January 1785. Jeffries, a Boston, Massachussetts, physician 'seems to have been the first to attempt to gather scientific data of the free air' (DSB); he was also witness for the defence during the Boston Massacre trials. Garrison-Morton 2137.2; Hodgson, pp. 167-171; Norman 1159. View on Christie's.com

AERONAUTICS -- [POCOCK, George]. The Aeropleustic Art or Navigation in the Air by the Use of Kites or Buoyant Sails. [London: W. Wilson ?for the author, 1827]. 4° (315 x 245mm). Engraved title by A. Adlard with hand-coloured aquatint vignette by P. Roberts, 3 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 2 signed by Roberts, one after T. Butterworth, the other after S. Colman. (Two plates detached, text leaves loose, spotted and occasionally dust-soiled, tear to margin of F2.) Original paper-backed boards with printed cover label (spine worn). Provenance: J. Whittuck 1828 (inscription on label). FIRST EDITION. The eccentric Bristol schoolmaster, George Pocock, dedicated this work to his ex-kite-flying pupils. Recognising the force of wind power, it provides a history of the kite as a scientific invention, and examines its potential adaptations as a kind of ascending parachute for mariners before describing the famous Charvolant, a kite-powered carriage capable of speeds of twenty miles per hour. The vignette shows a rescue at sea by means of a kite, while the three plates illustrate a kite-powered 'Boat Race', the 'Patent Kite and Charvolant' and 'Charvolants travelling in various directions in the same wind'. The work drew serious attention as well as satire, and a second edition appeared in 1851. See front cover illustration. View on Christie's.com

ASPIN, Jehoshapat. The Naval and Military Exploits which have distinguished the Reign of George the Third. London: Samuel Leigh, 1820. 12° (149 x 93mm). Hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 35 circular plates, publisher's advertisment bound-in at end. (Small hole repaired in outer margin of plate 'Pampeluna', light spotting and a little offsetting from plates.) Red morocco by Zaehnsdorf, single fillet border on sides, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, inner dentelles, top edges gilt, others uncut. FIRST EDITION, INCLUDES THE TWO EXTRA PLATES, 'Vittoria' and 'Pampeluna'. They were probably issued later as an added attraction for a book that remained in print for several years. The 33 circular plates measure only 2½in. in diameter; Prideaux calls their execution 'tiny and beautiful'. Abbey Life 350; Tooley 70. View on Christie's.com

BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-1679). De vi percussionis liber. Bologna: Giacomo Monti, 1667. 4° (214 x 156mm). Half-title, 5 engraved plates. (First plate trimmed close at lower margin just into plate mark, tears to half-title, title and +3 expertly repaired, light dampstaining.) Contemporary vellum, early manuscript to spine (flaw to lower cover, edges lightly rubbed, light soiling). Provenance: Richard Short, Rome (early ink inscription on title) -- Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and blindstamps, sale Sotheby's, 10 June 2004, lot 386). FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, of this early work on the laws of percussion. 'Borelli discusses percussion in detail, some general problems of motion, gravity, magnetism, the motion of fluids, the vibrations of bodies, and pendular motion' (DSB II 311). He intended this work as a preliminary to his forthcoming study on the movement of animals. His approach was derived from the research on percussion carried out by Galileo: Galileo had first given consideration to this subject in the early 1590s, and had returned to it when writing the Two New Sciences. Borelli's conclusions met with criticism from Stefano degli Angeli and Michelangelo Ricci; the later issue of this work contains his Risposta to these objections, as noted by Cinti. Carli-Favaro 72 (303); Cinti 287 (147); De Caro 52; Honeyman I 396; Riccardi I 159; Wellcome II 204. View on Christie's.com

BORELLI, Giovanni Alfonso. De motionibus naturalibus a gravitate pendentibus, liber. Reggio Calabria: Domenico Ferri, 1670. 4° (222 x 154mm). Half-title, title ruled in red, woodcut initials, headpieces, and diagrams. (Aaa1 with small chip to top corner, hole to Kkk4 not affecting text, occasional light soiling.) Contemporary vellum, early manuscript to spine (spine lightly soiled). Provenance: Earls of Macclesfield (bookplate and blindstamps, sale Sotheby's, 10 June 2004, lot 387). FIRST EDITION. This companion volume to De vi percussionis (see lot 64) is devoted particularly to the study of liquids, and was intended as a preliminary to his final work De motu animalium (1679). Borelli had initially demonstrated his findings to the Accademia del Cimento in Florence. In 1667, however, he passed through Naples and repeated a number of his experiments for the Neapolitan Accademia degli Investiganti. As a result, the secretary of the Investiganti, the Calabrese nobleman Andrea Concublet, arranged for the publication of this work. Carli-Favaro 78 (329); Cinti 291 (147); De Caro 54; Riccardi I 159. View on Christie's.com

BROWN, Richard (fl. 1804-1845). The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture. London: printed for, and sold by, the author, 1820. 4°-in-2s (282 x 215mm). 25 engraved plates, 17 with hand-colouring. (Occasional light spotting and offsetting.) Contemporary half calf (extremities lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded). EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. Richard Brown, an architect, designer and drawing-master, became increasingly interested in furniture design, and the present work demonstrates his belief that designers in this field needed to master the art of perspective. The work consists of 25 plates, each accompanied by commentary, and includes 3 plates (2 plain and one fully coloured) developing a design for a library. The designs throughout are in the Classical style and acknowledge the work of Thomas Hope, George Smith and Charles Percier (p.viii), as well as John Soane (p.38, pl. XVIII). ONLY THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND COPY CAN BE TRACED IN INSTITUTIONS. RIBA suggests there is another copy in Grand Rapids Public Library, MI, but this is not found via their online catalogue or through Worldcat. A new edition with 32 plates was published in 1822, and a third edition in 1835. RIBA 438 (3rd edition). View on Christie's.com

CALLOT, Jacques (1592-1635). Les Miseres et les Malheurs de la Guerre. Paris: Israel Henriet, 1633. Oblong 2° (142 x 220mm). 17 etchings on laid paper (of 18, lacking L.1341, one of these [L.1353] laid-in), and two duplicate plates laid-in [L.1353 and L.1356], some with partial watermark of a crown. (Plate 11 bound out of sequence, occasional light soiling, some staining on duplicate plate L.1353.) Mounted in a tinted vellum album by Stroomants with his stamp, spine lettered in red and black. Provenance: Admiral Raymond de Lacrosse (1761-1829, hero of the French Revolutionary Wars; 19th century inscription in the hand of:) -- J.-C. Auffret. [With] CALLOT, Jacques. Exercices Militaires. [Paris: c.1635]. Oblong 2° (c.55 x c.80mm, and 62 x 81mm for the frontispiece). 13 etchings on laid paper, tipped at one edge on card mounts. (Imprint trimmed from frontispiece, a few small marginal repairs, some soiling). FIRST EDITION of one of Callot's greatest achievements: 'ces pages sont d'une inspiration élevée et d'une composition magistrale' (Lieure). All the plates are in the third state, except plate 18 which is in the fourth state; an impression of the third state of this plate is laid-in. With a complete set of the first edition, second state, Exercices Militaires. (17) View on Christie's.com

CICERO, Marcus Tullius. Scipio's Dreame. Or the Statesman's Extasie. Wherein is contayned an epitome of all the sciences, naturall, morall, and supernaturall. London: by B. A[lsop] and T. Fawcet, for L. C[hapman], 1627. Small 8° (144 x 87mm). Woodcut of Scipio sleeping on A4v, woodcut headpieces and initials. (Small hole in title, A2 & A3 just touching one or 2 letters, lightly soiled, faint waterstain in lower margin, just affecting last line of text). Modern old-style panelled calf (new endpapers). RARE, ?FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH, ESTC online lists only two copies (BL and University of Sydney, Fisher Library). STC 5318. View on Christie's.com

COOK, Moses. The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forrest-Trees. London: printed for Peter Parker, 1676. 4° (195 x 155mm). 4 engraved plates of diagrams. (Occasional light spotting and soiling.) Contemporary calf (clumsily rebacked, extremities rubbed). FIRST EDITION. This popular treatise was written by the gardener to the Earl of Essex at Cassioberry Park, Hertfordshire. John Evelyn wrote: 'no man has been more industrious than this noble lord in planting about his seate ... the gardens are likewise very rare, & cannot be otherwise, having so skillfull an artist to governe them as Mr. Cooke' (Diary ed. by de Beer, 4, 199-200 (1955). Henrey 38; Wing C-6032. View on Christie's.com