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Lot 311
SWINBURNE (H.) Travels in the Two Sicilies. First Edition, 2 vols. 22 plates & plans (2 folded), folded map & table, half title (vol. ii), directions for plates/advert. (vol. i); contemp. gilt-decorated calf, panelled spines with red & green labels, marbled e/ps., 4to. 1783-85. * Londonderry armorial bookplates.
Lot 324
PONTANUS (Johannes Jovianus). Quae in Hoc Enchyridio Contineantur. Urania sen de Stellis . . . Meteonum . . . de Hortis Hesperidum . . . Lepidina . . . 184 & (4) ff. ornamental woodcuts initials, printers device at end; old half vellum, sm. 8vo. Florence: Philippi di Guinta. 1514. PONTANUS (J.J.) Opera Omnia Oratione Composia (vol. 1 only, of 3), old vellum. Venice, 1518. CONTI (Natale) Delle Historie de ' Suoi Tempi. First Italian Edition, 2 vols. (5, 94), 491 & (1, 52), 495 ff., woodcut title devices; contemp. limp vellum (ms. spine titles), thick cr. 8vo. Venice. Damian Zenaro, 1589. (4)
Lot 327
ORMEROD (G.) The History of the County Palantine and City of Chester . . . incorporated with a republication of King's Vale Royal, and Leycester's Cheshire Antiquities. First Edition, 3 vols., portrait frontis., complete with the numerous engraved plates, a d-page hand-coloured county map, plan of Chester & hand-coloured plan of Delamere Forest, num. text illus. & pedigrees, half titles; early 20th cent. gilt-ruled red morocco, gilt-panelled & lettered spines, gilt-ruled inner dentelles, g.e., folio. 1819. * includes the 2 hand-coloured ancient glass plates (incl.Farndon Church heightened in gold); coloured armorial bookplates of George Holland-Ackers; one of the great antiquarian county histories.
Lot 338
McLEAN (R.) Victorian Publishers' Book-Bindings in Paper. First Edition. illus. throughout (some coloured), cloth-backed pictorial boards & d/wrapper, 4to. 1983; TIDCOMBE (M.) Women Bookbinders, 1880-1920. First Edition. many illus. (some coloured), cloth-backed patterned boards. 1996; w ith some related volumes (10)
Lot 341
PRESSED FLORA SPECIMENS - [JACKSON, Mary] The Specimen Flora; or, British Botany Exemplified by Plants from a Collector's Cabinet. . . . First Edition. title, 2pp. Preface & specimens mounted on 102 leaves, with ms. names & locations; rebound cloth (retaining old label), new e/ps. & g.e., cr. 8vo. Longman (etc.), 1847. * most of the locations are Sidmouth or Gloucs.; contemp. relevant ms. quotations on blanks front & back.
Lot 343
PRESSED FLORA SPECIMENS - Hobson (Edward) A Collection of Specimens, of British Mosses and Hepaticae, collected in the vicinity of Manchester, and systematically arranged with reference to the Muscologia Britanica, English Botany . . . First Edition, 2 vols. 240 leaves with mounted specimens, each with a printed label naming & referencing (as given on title), some minute examples contained in sm. mounted envelopes, printed titles & vol. ii with its 2pp. index; the leaves loose in original mottled boards (lacking ties), gilt spine labels, cr. 8vo. Manchester: printed by M. Wilson, 1818-22. * of great rarity; owing to the remarkable nature of the production few sets could have been issued;
Lot 162
SIMOND (L.) Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain . . . First Edition, 2 vols. 7 engraved plates (2 folded), text engravings; earlier 19th cent. maroon half morocco & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. cr. 8vo. Edinburgh, 1817; sold with others - Cobbett's Rural Rides (3 vols., 1930); Daniell's Voyage Round Gt. Britain (2vols., slipcase, 1978); Defoe's Tour (4 vols., 1742) (11)
Lot 167
LISLE (E.) Observations in Husbandry. First Edition. engraved portrait frontis., contents/errata leaves at end; old gilt-ruled calf, rebacked with panelled spine (retaining old label), 4to. 1757. * the author was 'late of Crux-Easton, in Hampshire', & there is a 6pp. introduction by a kinsman, Thomas Lisle
Lot 175
[EVELYN, John] Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. By J.E. Esq. . . . to which is annexed Pomona . . . also Kalendarium Hortense . . . First Edition. engraved title armorial, imprimatur & errata leaves, separate titles for Pomona & Kalendarium, few text engravings; contemp. gilt-ruled calf, 4to. 1664.
Lot 181
WATSON (H.C.) - Cybele Britannica; or British Plants, and their Geographical Relations. First Edition, 4 vols. folded map, original blind-decorated cloth. 1847-59; with the Compendium volume. folded map, uniform publisher's binding. 1870. * author's presentation inscription in vol. 1; from the Norfolk & Norwich (Subscription) Library, with their labels on upper boards & pastedowns; BABINGTON (C.C.) Memorials Journal and Botanical Correspondence. First Edition. folded table in pocket; gilt cloth. Cambridge, 1897; with other botanical volumes (mostly 19th cent.)
Lot 184
HOOKER (W.J.) Flora Scotica; or a Description of Scottish Plants . . . in Two Parts. First Edition. half title, uncut in original boards. 1821; GREVILLE (R.K.) Flora Edinensis: or a description of plants growing near Edinburgh . . . First Edition. 4 engraved plates; contemp. half calf & marbled boards. Edinburgh, 1824; with a few others of Scottish botanical interest (18)
Lot 188
DICKIE (G.) A Flora of Ulster and Botanist's Guide to the North of Ireland. First Edition. original boards & paper label, cut flush, sm. 8vo. Belfast, 1864; HART (H.C.) The Flora of Howth . . . (also) an introduction on the geology and other features of the promontory. First Edition. lge, scale folded map, publisher's cloth, sm. 8vo. Dublin, 1887; with other related books (13)
Lot 189
MURRAY (A.) The Northern Flora; or, a Description of the Wild Plants belonging to the North and East of Scotland . . . First Edition, Part 1 (all published). d-page lithographed facsimile, original blind-decorated & cloth-backed printed wrappers. Edinburgh, 1836. * with the xvipp. Appendix, the 2nd part of which by James Farquharson - whose ownership signature is at the head of title.
Lot 192
WADE (W.) Plantae Rariores in Hibernia Inventae; or Habitats of Some Plants, Rather Scarce and Valuable, found in Ireland . . . First Edition. abbreviations/errata leaf, later binder's cloth. Dublin, printed by Graisberry & Campbell. 1804. * a contemp. hand-coloured plate 'buxbaumia aphylla' has been inserted at the relevant text page.
Lot 200
GREY (C.H.) Hardy Bulbs . . . First Edition. 3 vols. 37 coloured plates (by Cecily Grey) & num. text illus.; gilt-lettered buckram, roy. 8vo. 1937-38. * with the author's bookplate in each vol. & signature 'C.H. Grey/copy for revising purposes' - although the set not used as such; MAWSON (T.H.) The Art & Craft of Garden Making. 5th edition. coloured plates & num. other illus.; gilt-pictorial cloth, folio. 1926; with some other interesting titles - incl. 7 vols. by Gertrude Jekyll
Lot 203
ALLCROFT (A.H.) Waters of Arun. First Edition. 6 photo. plates, 2 folded maps & some in text; publisher's cloth. 1930; MANTELL (G.) The Journal of Gideon Mantell . . .edited with an introduction & notes by E. Cecil Curwin. First Edition. 5 plates, publisher's cloth. 1940: with other older older books on Kent, Sussex & Hampshire.
Lot 204
RASTALL (W.D.) A History of the Antiquities of the Town and Church of Southwell . . . copper-engraved plates, half title; contemp. tree calf, rebacked with gilt-panelled spine, 4to. 1787. * from the old Office of Woods Library, with e/p. stamps & gilt name on spine; BAKER (E.) Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases . . . to which are added the Customs of the County. First Edition, 2 vols. publisher's blind-decorated & gilt lettered cloth. 1854; with other older books on the midland counties
Lot 205
WILLIAMS (R.) The History and Antiquities of the town of Aberconwy and its Neighbourhood . . . First Edition. 5 etched plates, subscribers list, orig. cloth-backed boards. Denbigh: printed for the author . . . 1835; PARRY (R.) Llandudno: its History and Natural History. 2nd edition. 2 engraved plates, (22pp.) advertiser at end; publisher's gilt & blind pictorial purple limp cloth. Llandudno, 1861; together with other older books on the Principality.
Lot 206
WITCHELL (C.A.) & STRUGNELL (W.B.) The Flora and Fauna of Gloucestershire. First Edition. 10 plates, gilt roan-backed cloth. Stroud, 1892; [M'CRIE (T.) & ANDERSON (J.)] The Bass Rock: its Civil and Ecclesiastical History . . . Zoology and Botany. coloured frontispiece, 6 engraved plates & a table; publisher's gilt-pictorial & blind-decorated cloth. Edinburgh, 1848; with other older books on the western counties.
Lot 209
MILLER (S.H.) & SKERCHLY (S.J.B.) The Fenland Past and Present. First Edition. coloured & mounted frontis., a folded map, 24 plates (2 folded), & the 2 folded Appendix tables, & text illus.; original gilt & black pictorial cloth, roy. 8vo. Wisbech & London, 1878. * with the book label of the Norfolk and Norwich Nauturalist's Society; a very scarce volume; sold with older books on the eastern counties.
Lot 211
DIXON (J.H.) Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: its records, traditions . . . and Natural History . . . First Edition. coloured & folded map, 3 plates, 2 errata slips, publisher's pictorial cloth. Edinburgh, 1886; MACK (J.L.) The Border Line . . . 2nd edition. 5 maps & num. plates; publisher's cloth. roy. 8vo. 1926; with other older books on Scotland. (18)
Lot 212
SOWERBY (James) English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants . . . First Edition, 36 vols. 2,591 (ex 2592) hand-coloured plates; contemp. polished calf, blind-decorated covers & on the gilt-lettered & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. 1790-1814. * old pictorial bookplates of Leonard Daneham Cunliffe; together with Supplement to the English Botany . . . by William Jackson Hooker . . . the figures by James De Carle Sowerby. 4 vols. with 367 hand-coloured plates, uniformly bound with main set (& numbered to vol. 40). 1831-49. * a ms. note relating to a projected 5th vol. at foot of title-page, vol.4.
Lot 218
WILSON (E.H.) A Naturalist in Western China . . . eleven years' travel, exploration, and observation in the more remote parts . . . First Edition, 2 vols. folded map & 101 photo. plates, gilt cloth. 1913. * includes some sporting chapters; FARRER (R.) On the Eaves of the World. 2nd impression, 2 vols. folded map & 64 photo. plates, gilt cloth. 1926. * the remote Kansu Province, N. China (4)
Lot 220
ELWES (H.J.) & HENRY (A.) The Trees of Great Britain & Ireland. First Edition, 7 vols. coloured (& decorative) pictorial titles, 6 coloured photo. frontispieces, photo. portrait of the authors & 412 b/w. photo. plates, each vol. consisting of 2 parts (letterpress & photo. plates), both with printed wrappers & both loosely contained in a pictorial boards portfolio with ties, 4to. Edinburgh: privately printed, 1906-13. & vol. vii includes a 2nd letterpress part (of index, subscribers', etc.); limitation statement not found (but presumably relatively few sets were issued).
Lot 226
RAY (J.) Catalogus Plantarum Angliae et Insularum Adjacentium . . . First Edition. errata leaf, rebound quarter calf & cloth, new e/ps., sm. 8vo. 1670. * some old mss. marginal notes; RAY (J.) Methodus Plantarium, emendata et aucta . . . (3rd edition). 2 folded tables, old calf, rebacked, new e/ps. apud Christianum Andream Myntsing, 1733. * it has been suggested that this volume was published in Tubingen.
Lot 227
RAY (J.) Select Remains of the Learned John Ray . . . with his Life, by the late William Derham . . . First Edition. portrait frontis., few text engravings, uncut in original boards, later spine with paper label. 1760; RAY (J.) The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation . . . 8th edition, corrected. part ii title, 3pp. adverts.; contemp. panelled calf. 1722
Lot 228
[TURNER, Wm. The First and Seconde Partes of the Herbal . . . lately oversene, corrected and enlarged, with the Thirde Parte, lately gathered . . . ] First Collected Edition. black letter, woodcut illus. throughout, royal arms on titles of 2nd & 3rd Parts (lacks general/part 1 title), 'Bathes in England' section (at end) with separate title; Faultes Escaped/Errata (2 leaves). 19th cent. calf in earlier style, with blind-ruled & rolled decorative borders & panelled spine, impl. 8vo. [Arnold Birckman, 1568]. * the first & second parts originally published 1551-62). Henrey lists several leaves frequently missing - but some are present here; few old mss. marginal notes & on blanks.
Lot 236
LEICESTER LITERARY & PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. The Flora of Leicestershire, including the Cryptogams . . . First Edition. 2 d-page coloured maps, errata leaf & tipped-in slip; publisher's cloth. 1886; HOWITT (G.) The Nottinghamshire Flora . . . First Edition. hand-coloured map, old cloth, sm. 8vo. 1839; with other floras of midland counties.
Lot 238
GRINDON (L.H.) The Manchester Flora . . . with notices of plants commonly cultivated in gardens . . . First Edition. pictorial & printed titles, num. engraved illus., contemp. half calf & marbled boards, gilt-decorated & panelled spine with red label. 1859: [LIVERPOOL] The Flora of Liverpool . . . First Edition. errata slip, original gilt-lettered & blind decorated cloth. The Liverpool Naturalists' Club, 1872; sold with other northern floras. (17)
Lot 240
BABINGTON (C.C.) Flora Bathoniensis: or, a catalogue of plants indigenous to the vicinity of Bath. First Edition. publisher's gilr-lettered cloth, sm. 8vo. Bath (etc.), 1834; MANSEL-PLEYDELL (J.C.) The Flora of Dorsetshire . . . 2nd edition. 2 folded & coloured maps; publisher's gilt-pictorial cloth. Dorchester, 1895; with other floras on the counties of Somerset, Dorset & Wiltshire (16)
Lot 241
MARQUAND (E.D.) Flora of Guernsey and the Lesser Channel Islands . . . First Edition. 5 coloured maps (1 folded), gilt-lettered cloth. 1916. * affixed at end Piquet's 'The Phanerogamous Plants & Ferns of Jersey' (printed wraps., 1896); CLARKE (C.B.) A List of the Flowering Plants, Ferns and Mosses . . . of Andover. (sole edition.) hand-coloured & folded map; printed wrappers. Calcutta, 1866. * possibly the rarest Hants imprint (?); 'observed . . . during occasional visits from 1858 to 1865 . . .' ; with others on Hants, Sussex, Isle of Wight, & the Channel Islands (17)
Lot 242
[KENT & SURREY] - The BOTANICAL POCKET-BOOK; with Observations on some of the Rarer Plants growing in the neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells. hand-coloured & folded frontispiece; rebound half leather & cloth, sm.8vo. Tunbridge Wells: printed and published by J. Clifford . . . 1840; BREWER (J.A.) Flora of Surrey . . . First Edition. 2 folded & coloured pocket maps; publisher's blind-decorated & gilt-lettered cloth, with other older Kent & Surrey floras
Lot 244
LEES (E.) The Botany of Worcestershire . . . with descriptions of the most remarkable localities for botanical observation . . . First Edition. folded & coloured map, 3 engraved plates, 3pp. additions/corrections at end; publisher's gilt cloth. Worcester, 1867. * contemp. presentation inscription by author; LEIGHTON (W.A.) The Flora of Shropshire. First Edition. 20 engraved plates. publisher's blind-decorated cloth. Shrewsbury, 1841. * advert. leaves at end; with others on these counties (& Herefordshire) (9)
Lot 248
TATHAM (W.) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows . . . by an agricultural, commercial, and general economy in the use of water. First Edition. 7 copper-engraved plates & 2 text engravings, half title; uncut in original boards, with later cloth spine & paper label. 1801 * with a few contemp. marginal annotations & on 5 note leaves loosely inserted.
Lot 250
WILLIAMSON (T.) Agricultural Mechanism . . . the vehicles, implements, and machinery, connected with the husbandry; together with a great variety of improvements and inventions . . . First Edition. 20 copper-engraved plates, half title; uncut in original boards (with new spine & label). 1810
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Lot 253
[PARKINSON, John] Theatrum Botanicum . . . or, an Herball of Large Extent . . . collected by the many yeares travaile, industry, and experience in this subject. First Edition, 2 vols. many wood-engraved illus.; (18), 1754pp. (lacks engraved title & 4pp. at end, bound in 2 vols., as often); early 20th cent. leather-backed buckram, gilt lettered & panelled spine, roy. 4to. 1640. * pictorial engraved bookplates of the Botanical Society Exchange Club.
Lot 258
LOWE (E.J.) Ferns: British and Exotic. First Edition, 8 vols. 479 tissue-guarded & hand coloured plates, 7 errata slips & errata leaf; earlier 20th cent. green half calf & cloth, gilt-decorated & panelled spines, marbled e/ps. & gilt tops. 1856-60. * armorial bookplates of Sir Michael Barker Nairn, & booklabels of Lindsay Fleming (Aldwick Grange, Bognor Regis)
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