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Kant, Immanuel Metaphysische Anfangsgründe der Tugendlehre. Koenigsberg: R. Nicolovius, 1797, first edition, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, rather spotted and browned, slightly rubbed; Ibid. Prolegomena zu einer jeden kunstigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft. Riga: J.F. Hartknoch, 1783, first edition, 8vo, with final blank, contemporary half calf, slightly spotted; Ibid. Anthropologie in pragmatischer Hinsicht abgefasst. Koenigsberg: F. Nicolovius, 1798, first edition, early nineteenth century half sheep, owner's name on title-page washed out & erased with resulting hole, lacks free endpapers, rubbed; Beobachtungen über das Gefuhl des Schönen und Erhabenen. Riga: F. Hartknoch, 1771, first edition, 12mo, nineteenth-century boards, light spotting and occasional underlining; Ibid. Die Metaphysik der Sitten. Koenigsberg, F. Nicolovius, 1797, 2 volumes in one, errata leaf at end of volume 1, contemporary boards, browned and spotted, rebacked, joints split, worn; [Haywood, Francis] An analysis of Kant's Critick of Pure Reason. London: W. Pickering, 1844, 8vo, original cloth, paper label chipped; and 4 later critical works relating to Kant (11)

Lee, Henry Anti-scepticism: or notes upon each chapter of Mr. Lock's essay concerning humane understanding. London: printed for R. Clavel and C. Harper, 1702. First edition, folio, [xxxii], 140, 201-342, contemporary calf gilt with armorial stamp of The society of writers to the signet on boards, worn, hinges split, lacking front free endpaper, browning [especially to title]

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von & Samuel Clarke A collection of papers which passed between the late learned Mr Leibnitz and Dr. Clarke, in the years 1715 and 1716. London: J. Knapton, 1717, first edition, 8vo, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked Note: The letters concern Newton's views on space, time, and matter and Leibniz' views on these topics and the principle of sufficient reason. Samuel Clarke, English mathematician and philosopher, was a fellow of Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge from 1696 to 1700. Babson 229.

Leibniz, Gottfried Willhelm von Theodicaea. Hannover: N. Forsters und Sohns, 1735, third German edition, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece and 1 plate, contemporary half vellum, some browning and spotting, boards rubbed Note: First published in French in 1710.

Locke, John Works... London: for John Churchill, 1714, first collected edition, 3 volumes, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece and plate of Locke's epitaph, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, titles slightly dusty with slight chipping to edges

Maclaurin, Colin An account of Sir Isaac Newton's philosophical discoveries. London: for the author's children, 1748, first edition, 4to, 6 folding engraved plates, half-title, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, head of spine and corners rubbed, upper joint splitting, early ink scoring to the Life of the Author

Neuwaldt, Hermann Bericht von erforschung/Prob. und Ekentnis der Zauberinnen durchs kalte Wasser. Helmstadt: Gedruckt durch Jacobum Lucjum, 1584, first edition, 4to, woodcut on title, with blank K2, later parchment boards, extreme lower corner of B4 repaired Note: An account of ordeal by immersion in water, a favourite method of determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of witchcraft. If the suspect floated they were found guilty, if they sank they were innocent. The chief European exponent of the swimming of witches was Wilhelm Adolf Scribonius, against whose views this pamphlet was written. Not in Adams.

Newton, Sir Isaac Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel and the apocalypse of St. John. London: J. Darby and T. Browne, 1733. First edition, 4to, 2 parts in 1 volume, contemporary half calf gilt, boards rubbed, hinges split, title page loose, some light foxing to title

Pelbartus, Oswaldus, de Themeswar Pomerium sermonum …. Has quatuor partes continet: De tempore dominicales; De Sanctis; Quadragesimale triples; Stellariu beate virginis … [Hagenau: per Henricum Gran, 1521, in fine 1520]. Two of 4 parts, folio, Black Letter, title to the first work in red and black, both titles within woodcut borders of renaissance ornaments, in two columns, later half sheep, paper boards, morocco lettering piece, some single wormholes, light water staining of the lower margins of some leaves, neat repairs to a tear in the upper margins of sermons 27-33 and to outer margin of last leaf Note: BM, STC German Books p.680; Adams with various parts. The two parts are the De tempore dominicales and Stellariu beate virginis. The Franciscan writer and prearcher Pelbart (also known as Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesavr) was born in Hungary in 1430 where from the University of Krakow he is next mentioned in the annals of the St. John Monastery in Buda. The first printed edition of the Sermons was in 1498 and these and other works were frequently reissued. He died in Buda in 1503.

Petvin, John Letters concerning mind. To which is added, a sketch of universal arithmetic. London: J. & J. Rivington, 1750, first edition, folding leaf of equations, errata leaf at end; Remarks on letters concerning mind. London: J. & J. Rivington, 1752, 2 works in one volume, 8vo, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints slightly cracked at head

Piccolomini, Alessandro In mechanicas quaestiones Aristotelis. Venice: Trianus Curtius, 1565, 8vo, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, diagrams in the text, contemporary limp vellum, a few leaves lightly damp-stained Note: Adams P1115 Second edition of this paraphrase and commentary by Alessandro Piccolomini of a work attributed at that stage to Aristotle, it contains an important early formulation of the theory of impetus.It was first published in 1547. It is accompanied by his essay De certitudine mathematicarum disciplinarum . Piccolomini was the first to compose an extended commentary on the Questions of mechanics. The most interesting section is a discussion of the conflicting doctrines of antiperistatis and impetus with regard to the problems of projectile motion and acceleration of free fall. Piccolomini’s account shows the degree to which even an orthodox Aristotelian was aware by the mid-sixteenth century of the difficulties in this matter (Drake & Drabkin, Mechanics in sixteenth-century Italy, p.51).

Pinel, Philippe A treatise on insanity. Sheffield: W. Todd, 1806, first English edition, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, folding table, original cloth-backed boards, lacks half-title, somewhat browned and spotted, upper corner of title and lower outer corner torn from final leaf of text cut away not affecting text, boards damp-stained, spine worn Note: Pinel was among the first to treat the insane humanely; he dispensed with chains and placed his patients under the care of specially selected physicians. Garrison considered the above book one of the foremost medical classics, giving as it did a great impetus to the humanitarian treatment of the insane. Garrison & Morton 4922. Provenance: Thomas Cromwell, bookplate.

Plato [Greek title] Opera quae extant omnia ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata … Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpetatione iudicium, & multorum contextus graeci emendatio. [Geneva]: excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1578. First complete edition, 3 volumes bound as 2 (volumes 1 & 3 bound togther, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative woodcut intials and headpieces, later light tan polished morocco, rubbed, titlepage a little dusty and with early ownership inscription, light water staining of the outer margins offirst volume and of upper margins of volume 2, some general paper discolouration (2) Note: Adams P. 1439;Renouard 145:1; Schreiber 201 Henri Estienne's monumental edition of Plato, the first complete edition, which for two centuries remained the indispensable instrument of Platonic studies; to this day its pagination is universally accepted as the standard system of reference to the text of Plato (Schreiber). It is the first ediiton of Jean de Serres' translation. The strikingly elaborate device, designed for this work, makes its first and only appearance here. The copy is complete with the dedications to Elizabeth I, James VI and the Canton of Berne - their absence is the works most common defect.

Plato [Greek title] Opera quae extant omnia ex nova Ioannis Serrani interpretatione, perpetuis eiusde[m] notis illustrata … Henr. Stephani de quorundam locorum interpetatione iudicium, & multorum contextus gareci emendatio. [Geneva]: excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1578. First complete edition, 3 volumes, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative woodcut intials and headpieces, leaves *** IV & V in volume 1 present in duplicate,18th century mottled calf, worn and rubbed, hinges split, titlepage a little dusty and with early ownership inscriptions, occasional light spotting, some marginal waterstaining in volume 3 (3) Note: Adams P. 1439; Dibdin **** ;Renouard 145:1; Schreiber 201. With the dedications to Elizabeth I, James VI and the Canton of Berne. Provenance

Plato The works of Plato, viz his fifty-five dialogues, and twelve epistles, tanslated from the Greek; nine of the dialogues by the late Flower Sydenham, and the remainder by Thomas Taylor. London: printed for Thomas Taylor, 1804. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to., without half titles, 1 plate in volume 1, contemporary half calf, marbled boards, covers detached from all but volume 3, occasional light spotting or foxing (5) Note: Lownders 1877; Raine & Mills Taylor, p. 525 While it is known that Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey, Shelly and Peacock owned Taylor's books, the reading public for his works must have been small, and much of their ideas and contents diseminated through discussion and by reaading reviews. In the case of his Plato, further limitations were placed by the bulk of the edition, which had been printed under the patronage of Charles Howard, 11th Duke of Norfolk, being bought up by that eccentric peer and kept locked up by him, before being eventually sold off in 1848. Provenance: With the bookplate of Thomas South and autograph of A.J. & M. Atwood.

Plotinus Operum philosophicorum omnium libri liv. in sex Enneades distributi ex antiquiss. codicum fide nunc primum Graecè editi, cum Latina Marsilii Ficini interpretatione & commentatione (with the Life of Plotinus by Porphyrius). Basel: Perneas Lecythus [i.e. Pietro Perna], 1580, folio, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, Ss8 and final recto, woodcut initials, woodcut portrait of Ficino on verso of a6, contemporary calf, lower corner of title restored, some spotting and occasional light discolouration, damp-staining chiefly confined to upper margin, title with small ink-stain and single wormhole in upper margin, rebacked, scrapes neatly repaired Note: First edition of the original Greek of the writings of the founder of Neoplatonism. Ficino's Latin translation was first published in 1492 in Florence, the home of renaissance Platonism. Books 2 and 3 deal with physics and cosmology, and chapter 13 of book 2 contains a tract on astrology. Adams P1597, Caillet 8752. Provenance: John Alfred Spranger, Trin. Coll. Cambridge, bookplate

[Polidori, John William] The vampyre; a tale. London: Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1819, first edition, second issue, half-title, late nineteenth-century half calf, rebacked, slight spotting Note: Polidori, physician and secretary to Lord Byron, allowed Byron's name to be ascribed to the work he had written until Byron disclaimed authorship. The second issue appeared without Bryon's name on the title and almost mispelled in the last line of p.36. In April 1819 Colburn, the publisher of the New Monthly Magazine (where the work first appeared in the April 1, 1819 issue), turned sheets of the work over to Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, while retaining some for his own title-pages. The first issues both by Colburn and by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones gave Byron as the author; the first is unrecorded, the latter extremely rare. Wise, Byron Library, p. 96

Priestley, Joseph The doctrine of philosophical necessity illustrated. London: J. Johnson, 1777, first edition, 8vo, half-title, errata leaf, advertisement leaf at end, period style half calf retaining original marbled boards, spine gilt, red morocco label, occasional light spotting Provenance: Oldham, early inscription on title.

Priestley, Joseph A free discussion of the doctrines of materialism and philosophical necessity, 1778, first edition, 8vo, 2 advertisement leaves at end, original boards, uncut, rebacked with original paper label laid down, some light spotting Provenance: George Ord, bookplate

Priestley, Joseph Hartley's theory of the human mind. London: J. Johnson, 1775, first edition, 8vo, 3pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, head of spine rubbed Provenance: H.F. Norman, bookplate

Proclus The commentaries of Proclus on the Timaeus of Plato in five books; containing a treasury of Pythagoric and Platonic physiology; translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor. London: by the author, 1820. First edition, 4to., contemporary polished calf, gilt fillets, a.e.g., edges rubbed, title-page a little spotted; Plato The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides and Timaeus … translated from the Greek by Thomas Taylor … London: White, 1793. First edition, 8vo., title-page a little spotted, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked; Bridgman, William Translations from the Greek, viz Aristotle's Synopsis of` the virtues and vices … to which are added, the Pythagoric sentences of Demphilus by Thomas Taylor. London, 1804. 8vo., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, with a presentation inscription from Bridgman (4)

Reid, Thomas Essays on the active powers of man. Edinburgh: John Bell, London: G.G.J & J. Robinson, 1787, first edition, 4to, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary calf, red morocco label Note: Reid, professor of moral philosophy in the University of Glasgow, has been described as the most complete example of a realist philosopher, and the forerunner of a line of British philosophers of whom G.E. Moore and Bertrand Russell are the most distinguished examples in the twentieth century... Reid was contemptuous of philosophical subtleties which impeded the operation of scientific observation and common sense. (R.W. Harris: Reason and nature in 18th century thought) Provenance: Fort Augustus library bookplate.

Reid, Thomas Essays on the active powers of man. Edinburgh: John Bell, London: G.G.J & J. Robinson, 1787, first edition, 4to, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, modern calf-backed boards, spine gilt, raised bands; Ibid. Essays on the powers of the human mind. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1808, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, morocco labels, joints cracking, head of spines rubbed; Ibid. An inquiry into the human mind. Edinburgh: Anderson and Macdowall, 1818, 8vo, modern calf, uncut, slightly spotted, a few leaves dampstained in margin (5)

Reid, Thomas An inquiry into the human mind, on the principles of common sense. London: T. Cadell, 1769, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, spine gilt, lower board detached, rubbed at head of spine, lacks lettering piece; Ibid Essays on the intellectual powers of man. Edinburgh: Printed for John Bell, 1785. First edition, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, worn at corners, some browning to title and dedication, bookplates of Edward Doughty and R. Gambier Esq (2)

Rousseau, Jean Jacques Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inegalité parmi les hommes. Amsterdam: M.M. Rey, 1755, first edition, first issue, with the aigu accent on 'conformé' on page 11 added by hand, and the misspelling of the authors name on both the title-page and at the end of the Dedicace, engraved frontispiece by Eisen, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, contemporary calf, spine gilt, slight damp-staining to upper margin, upper hinge cracked, slight wear to head and tail of spine Note: First edition of Rousseau's classic work arguing that private property had exercised a corrupting influence upon primitive man and that it was the enduring cause of inequality and injustice in human society. Tchemerzine X, p.32; Goldsmith 9064; Kress 5470 Provenance: Lytton Strachey and Roger Senhouse, bookplates.

Scarpa, Antonio Traité pratique des hernies. Paris: Gabon, 1812, first French edition, folio and 8vo, 11 engraved plates and 10 outline plates; Supplement au traité pratique. Paris: Gabon, 1823, plates numbered 12-21 and three outline plates, plate volume modern quarter cloth, tissue guards, some light dust-soiling and marginal damp-staining, text volume original wrappers, uncut, cloth box, slight spotting Note: One of the greatest classics on hernia Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Garrison-Morton 3583, citing the 1809 Milan first edition.

Scot, Reginald [The discoverie of witchcraft, wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knaverie of conjurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers... are deciphered...] London: William Brome, [1584], First edition, 8vo, black letter together with some roman and italic, woodcut head and tailpieces, numerous ornamental initials, lacking title, Sii - Svii [pp.243-54], Ti-Tviii [pp.257-72], Uiii [pp.277-78], Uvi [pp.283-84], Ppi [pp.513-14], 2 leaves of instruments, 4 pages of engravings between pp.352-53, woodcut removed from pp.415 [Conjurers breastplate], later calf, worn, upper board lacking top right corner, heavy staining to Aii, repairs throughout, some leaves loose. Sold not subject to return. Note: Mellon, Alchemy, 47; STC 21864; Caillet 10061 In this early, and important, work on witchcraft Scot notes that there is no religious or rational basis for the belief in witchcraft and magic. He exposes conjuring tricks and illusions and argues that spiritualistic manifestations were wilful impostures or illustions due to mental disturbance in the observers. King James VI attempted to confute Scot in his Daemonologie (1597) and when he came to the throne of England ordered Scot's work to be burned.

Simeoni, Gabriele Les illustres observations antiques du Seigneur Gabriel Symeon Florentin en son dernier voyage d'Italie l'an 1557. Lyon: Ian de Tournes, 1558. First edition, 4to, engraved vignette on the titlepage, ornamental initials on criblé-ground and typographical ornaments, numerous woodcut illustrations of tombs, coins, inscriptions, view, etc. in the text, later tan polished calf, gilt arms on both boards, spine decorated gilt, titlepage a little dusty, light marginal water staining, a few occasional small stains Note: Adams 51161, Mortimer 497, BM, STC French Books p.402. The author notes in the preface that he composed the work in both French and Italian with the French to appear first followed by the Italian (Illustratione de gli epitaffi et medaglie antiche, 1558) which was to be augmented. The work has many fine woodcuts including numerous inscriptions surrounded by arabesque borders or architectural frames to represent monuments, rare Roman medallions, statues, sarcophagi and other antiquities. There is a view of Vaucluse with the villa of Petrarca; a Roman calendar with fine woodcuts of the Zodiac heading the months; a woodcut of Actaeon which also appeared in the de Tournes edition of Ovid in 1557. There is a medallion portrait of the author on title surrounded by an elaborate architectural frame. The illustrations comprise 61 woodcuts of epitaphs, 35 of medallions and 15 smaller cuts in the text and are attributed to Bernard Salomon. Provenance: With the armorial bookplate of Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill as son and heir of Thomas Earl of Elgin and Earl of Ailesbury, dated 1712.

Simplicius of Cilicia Commentarius in Enchiridion Epicteti … cum Hiermonymi Wolfii et Cl. Salmasii animaderversionibus et notis quibus philosophia stoica passim explicatur … Leyden: typis Iohannis Maire, 1640. 4to., 4 parts, titlepage in red and black, contemporary full red morocco, covers with triple gilt fillet, gilt arms in the centre of both covers, spine decorated gilt in compartments, a.e.g., heads, tails and joints rubbed, scratch on upper cover. Note: Dibdin I p. 322, Brunet II 1012 Includes a preface by Daniel Heinsius who first planned this edition and Elichmannus, Iohannes. Tabula Cebetis graece, arabice, latine item Aurea carmina Pythagorae, cum paraphrase Arabic … cum praefatione Cl. Salmasii. Provenance: From the library of Chrétien François De Lamoignon (1735-1789), bound in his characteristic style, with his label Bibliotheca Lamoniana V 60, his ink stamp and his shelf-marks 2K 59 6060 in manuscript (with the 59 and first 60 crossed through) on the front flyleaf and the shelf-mark tooled in the bottom panel of the spine. Lamoignon was one of the earliest collectors to regularly tool the date of publication at the foot of the spine with his shelf-marks. His library was bought by Thomas Payne, who issued a catalogue of it in 1793.

Stanley, Thomas The history of philosophy. London: printed for Thomas Bassett, 1687, second edition, folio, first edition to contain all four parts in one volume, portrait frontispiece, full-lengths portraits in text, contemporary calf, rebacked, ink inscription on title of Francis Bedford, some worming [no loss to text] [Wing S5239]; Ibid The history of philosophy. London: printed for W. Battersby, 1701, third edition, folio, lacking portrait frontispiece, portraits in text, late 18th Century tree calf gilt, rebacked, some foxing and browning (2)

Swedenborg, Emanuel A theosophic lucubration on the nature of influx. London: M. Lewis & W. Heard, 1770, first English edition, 4to, advertisement leaf at end, later red panelled morocco gilt, head of spine slightly rubbed

Swedenborg, Emanuel De coelo et ejus mirabilibus, et de inferno. London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition, lacks errata leaf; Ibid. De nova Hierosolyma et ejus doctrina coelisti, 1758, first edition, lacks errata leaf; Ibid. De ultimo judicio, et de Babylonia destructa, London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition; Ibid.De equo albo de quo in Apocalypsi, London: [John Lewis], 1758, first edition; Ibid. De telleribus in mundo nostro solari, London, [John Lewis], 1758, first edition, 5 works in one volume, woodcut vignette on title-pages, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, modern antique style calf, spine gilt, raised bands, some early annotations and scoring, some damp-staining, chiefly of De nova Hierosolyma, first title slightly dust-soiled and repaired in fore-margin Note: An attractive set of five important first editions by Swedenborg, probably printed by John Lewis of Hyde, with the aim of disseminating Swedenborg's religious teachings. It includes his famous tracts on Heaven and Hell and on the New Jerusalem. Honeyman 2947; 2948 Provenance: L.L. Anjou, early inscription

Swedenborg, Emanuel The delights of wisdom concerning conjugial love. London: R. Hindmarsh, 1794, first English edition, 4to, modern half calf, slightly spotted, loosely inserted is a blank endpaper from another work inscribed Ex libris Em. Swedenborgii Note: cf. Caillet 10461 [Amsterdam 1768, First edition]

Tales of Terror - [Lewis, Monk] with an introductory dialogue. [London]: for L. Bell by Bulmer & Co, 1801. First edition, 8vo, additional engraved title with vignette, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 2 hand-coloured engraved plates, leaf of advertisements at end, original boards, rubbed, spine repaired with vellum, some browning and foxing, early 19th century ink poem on verso of last leaf of text The Worm King Note: According to Montague Summers, Gothic bibliography, p. 525, the works is often attributed erroneously to M.G. Lewis. It is in fact a parody of Lewis's Tales of wonder (1801). Provenance: Mrs Brock Sherborne, 1807, inscription on printed title; Pitman Jones, bookplate.

Terry, John, Rector of Stockden The triall of truth. Oxford: Joseph Barnes, 1600-02, 2 parts in one volume, 4to, first edition, inscription on title Liber Tho: Crockford ex dono Authoris, magistri Johannis Terrie, another contemporary inscription on front free endpaper, burn-hole with slight loss to a couple of letters, later half calf, extremities worn Note: STC 23913

Tyrius, Maximus Maximi Tyrii philosophi Platonici sermones sive disputationes XLI. Graecè nunc primüm editae. [Geneva:] Ex officina Henrici Stephani Parisiensis typographi, 1557, first edition in Greek, 2 parts in one volume, 8vo, Greek text in the first part and Latin in the second, last four index leaves of the first part misbound (as imposed) with the prelims, contemporary limp vellum, pink stain to extreme margins Note: Adams M939 & M940; Renouard, p.116 Provenance: Henry David Forbes of Balgownie, bookplate.

Vergilius Maro, Publius Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis.... Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1757, 4to, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed, lower board loose, some foxing; Proclus The philosophical and mathematical commentaries of Proclus... London, 1792, 4to, 2 volumes, vignette titles, contemporary calf, red and black labels, hinges cracking, ink inscription removed from titles; Plutarch Lives. Edinburgh, 1758, 8vo, 6 volumes, contemporary calf gilt, red labels, second leaf removed in the each volume [half titles?], owner's ink inscription on titles, some browning; Fénelon, François de Salignac de La Mothe The adventures of Telemachus. London, 1705, fourth edition, 12mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, hinges weak, lacking front endpaper, browning and staining throughout; Cicero, Marcus Tullius Paraclesis or consolations deduced from natural and revealed religion. Edinburgh, 1767, 8vo, translated by Thomas Blacklock, contemporary calf gilt, red label, owner's ink inscription on title and front pastedown, worm to last few leaves [no text loss]; Aeschylus The tragedies of Aeschylus. London, 1809, 8vo, new edition, translated by R. Potter, polished half calf gilt, interior clean; Philostratus The two first books of Philostratus, concerning the life of Apollonius Tyaneus. London, 1680, 4to, translated by Charles Blount, title in red and black, contemporary vellum, worn, upper board loose, title and front endpaper loose, browning [Wing P2132]; L'Estrange, Roger Seneca's morals by way of abstract. London, 1764, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, owner's ink stamp on title, clipping pasted into front; Cicero, M.T.<D De Officiis libri tres. Oxford, 1729, 8vo, vignette title, contemporary calf, worn, hinges split, staining; Apuleius Opera. London, 1825, 8vo, 7 volumes, contemporary half calf gilt, some light foxing; and 29 others (52)

Voltaire, F.M.A. de Oeuvres... nouvelle edition revue. Amsterdam: Ledet & Co., 1738-52, 8 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt; Ibid. A treatise on toleration, 1779; The ignorant philosopher, 1779; A commentary on the Marquis Becaria's treatise, 1779, 3 parts in one volume, blue half calf gilt, first title slightly soiled; Ibid. The general history and state of Europe, 1754-57, 6 parts in 3 volumes, contemporary calf, worn; Condillac, E.B.de Oeuvres. Paris: Volland, 1795, 23 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, head of a few spines slightly rubbed (35)

Webster, John The displaying of supposed witchcraft wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and imposters... London: printed by J.M., 1677. First edition, folio, licence leaf before title, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, contemporary ink notes on endpapers, some staining to outer margins [mainly pp. 1 -42] Note: Wing W1230, Caillet 11365.

Wilde, Oscar Poems... London: Elkin Matthews and John Lane, 1892, 8vo, number 88 of 220 copies, signed by the author, original decorative violet cloth gilt designed by Charles Ricketts, decorative endpapers, rebacked with some loss to head and base of spine, stain to lower board, corners bumped, front free endpaper loose and frayed with loss, some foxing, [with] a carte de visite of Wilde, London: Alfed Ellis & Walery, approx 11cm by 16.5cm, corner torn [no loss]; Ibid A woman of no importance. London, 1894. First edition, 8vo, one of 500 copies, original violet cloth gilt, darkened and soiled, ink stain in upper board, some foxing, backstrip faded, chipped at head and tail of backstrip, free endpaper stuck down and with ink inscription, lower corners bumped (3)

Gilman, Harold & Ginner, Charles Paintings and Drawings in the collection of Edward Le Bas. London, 1965, [text] 8vo, [plates] folio, number 13 of 105 copies, 36 tipped in plates, both volumes together in original half morocco gilt presentation box, backstrip faded; Stählin, Erwin Fünfundsechzig - Eine Dedikation Von Albert graf-Bourquin an Den Maler Erwin Stählin. Arbon, 1966. First edition, folio, limited to 327 copies, original signed artwork to rear numbered 50, in original fibre coated boards, protective plastic wrapper torn and cracked, lacking some of rear, interior very clean and another German art folio by Fred Stauffer (3)

Berthius, Petrus Theatri geographiae veteris. Leiden and Amsterdam: Isaac Elzevir and Jodocus Hondius, 1618-1619. First edition, 2 volumes in one, folio (42 x 27.5cm) printed half title, 2 engraved titles within architectural borders, engraved portraits of Mercator, 47 double-page engraved maps after Mercator and Jodocus Hondius, all the maps mounted on guards, 30 hand-coloured in outline, parallel text in Greek and Latin, engravings in the text, 18th century mottled calf gilt, red morocco label, some dampstaining, chiefly of fore-margin in volume 2, sometimes affecting text and the four Tabulae peutingerinae maps, occasional light spotting, without the portrait of Berthius on verso of dedication leaf, foot of spine rubbed, upper corner bumped, joints lightly rubbed Note: An important edition of Ptolemy re-edited by Bertius. The first part of this work contains the twenty-eight maps from Mercator's editions of Ptolemy first issued in 1578. The second part consists of the Tabula Peutingeriana and fourteen maps of the ancient World from the Parergon of Abraham Ortelius.

Chapman, Frederik Henrik af Architectura navalis mercatoria. Stockholm, 1768, folio (53 x 40cm.). First edition, double-page engraved title, double-page engraved dedication leaf, 3 double-page leaves of index of the plates in Swedish, French and English, and 62 double-page engraved plates (each plate 53 x 76.5cm), paper watermarked J. Honig & Zoon and C. & I. Honig, late nineteenth century black morocco-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt on spine, binding slightly rubbed Note: An exceptionally clean copy of the most famous eighteenth century work of naval architecture. Frederik Henrik af Chapman, universally acknowledged as the father of naval architecture, was born in 1721, the son of a British Naval officer who had joined the Royal Swedish Navy in 1716, and an English mother, Susanna Colson, the daughter of a London shipwright. He spent long periods in France, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and England studying naval architecture before eventually settling in Sweden where he devoted himself to naval architecture and ship building. In 1765 he took leave of absence from his work as chief naval architect for the Swedish Archipelago Fleet based at Sveaborg (off Helsinki) to devote himslf for two years to Architectura navalis mercatoria which, in Chapman's view, exemplified the best and most interesting vessels of the time. The 62 copper engravings depict vessels and craft from both Sweden and abroad. Some were designed by Chapman himself, but many of them were vessels or types which he had encountered on his travels or seen around him, and which had attracted his interest. The book covers everything from warships to cargo boats and small fishing craft, and the plates are remarkable for their clarity, detail and beauty. The text describing the plates was not published until seven years later as one of the chapters in a book entitled Tractat om Skeppsbyggeriet. A very rare work, only four copies held by British institutional libraries (Cambridge, Glasgow, British Library and University of London).

Selden, John Titles of honor. London: William Stansby for John Helme, 1614. First edition, 4to, inscribed and annotated by the antiquary and herald Peter Le Neve, ...This book is to be kept and much valewed..., later quarter calf gilt, rubbed at edges, upper hinge cracking, first two leaves loose, bookplate and tipped in inscription dated 1902; Ibid The historie of tithes. 1618. First edition, 4to, calf, rebacked, binding worn, upper cover detached, ink inscription to title; Ibid De jure naturali et gentium, juxta disciplinam Ebraeorum, libri septem. [Strasburg], 1665, 4to, engraved frontispiece, and six engraved plates including three fold-outs, contemporary calf, worn, upper joint weak, browning and foxing throughout; Ibid Tracts. 1683. First edition, folio, frontispiece portrait, 3 parts, calf, rebacked, rubbed, upper joint split, later endpapers; Ibid An historical and political discourse of the laws ... of England, edited by Nathaniel Bacon, 1689, folio, with advertisement leaf preceding title-page, in two parts with divisional titles dated 1682, speckled calf, rubbed, calf torn, upper hinge weak, foxing; Ibid The priviledges of the baronage of England. 1642. First edition, 8vo, calf, upper cover detached and first two leaves loose; Ibid De dis syris. Leipzig, 1672, 8vo, engraved title page and author portrait, vellum; Ibid Fleta seu commentarius juris Anglicani. Edited by John Selden, 1647, 4to, calf, rebacked; Tillesley, Richard Animadversions upon M. Seldens history of tythes. 1621. Enlarged second edition, 4to, [bound with] Sclater, William The question of tythes revised. 1621. First edition, 4to, spotted calf, bookplate of the restoration advocate George Lockhart of Carnworth, upper hinge weak and one other (10) Note: STC 22177, 22172, 24074, and 21842; Wing S2441, S2428, S2434, and F1290A

Sigebert, of Gembloux Chronicon. Paris: Henri Estienne, 1513. First edition, 4to., printed in red and black throughout, issue without Petit's woodcut device on title, fine white on black initials, 17th century English calf, spine with raised bands gilt compartements (rubbed), covers ruled in gilt and blind to a panel design, gilt acorn device to outer corners with central blindstamped panel, early repairs to head of spine, spine and corners rubbed, two 3cm tears without loss on last leaf neatly repaired, some soiling to title-page Note: BM STC French Books p. 401; Adams S1091; Renouard 15:9; Brunet V 378; Graesse VI 402. First edition of this classic chronicle of European events from the end of the the 4th century C4, with additions from Galfrid and Robert, Abbot of Mons, for the period after Sigebert's death in 1112 to the end of the book's span in 1220. The editor was Guillaume Parvy, bishop of Troyes who was one of the first Frenchmen to seek out mediaeval historical mss. for publication. The text is ruled and tabulated, with boxes for different regnal years in red and black, the result is typographically very attractive. Provenance: Elizabeth Armstrong's copy with her ex-libris on front pastedown.

Steel, David The elements and practise of rigging and seamanship. London: David Steel, 1794. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 4to, engraved frontispiece and 93 engraved plates including 2 with volvelles, 2 printed tables [one folding], modern calf, spine gilt with anchor and ship motifs, the two plates to which volvelles attached repaired with slight loss, damp-stained, a few small repairs to margins Note: David Steel's work was the bible for many midshipmen who joined the Royal Navy during the French Revolutionary wars and the Napoleonic wars.

Witchcraft - Webster, John The displaying of supposed witchcraft. Wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and imposters and divers persons under a passive delusion of melancholy and fancy... London: printed by J.M., 1677. First edition, folio, [16] 346 [4], Imprimatur leaf before title, late 19th Century half calf gilt, gilt stamp of Camperdown Library to upper board, rubbed at edges, spotting, mainly to title, inscription cut from blank portion of title and repaired Note: Wing W1230; Caillet 11366

Lang, Andrew The grey fairy book. London, 1900. First edition, 8vo, original decorative grey cloth gilt, some slight rubbing to edges, interior clean, bookplate; Ibid The violet fairy book. London, 1901. First edition, 8vo, original decorative purple cloth, previous owner's ink inscription on half-title, bookplate; Ibid The brown fairy book. London, 1904. First edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, bookplate; Ibid The orange fairy book. London, 1906. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth gilt, bookplate; Ibid The olive fairy book. London, 1907. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt, bookplate (5)

Ainsworth, William Harrison The Tower of London. London: Richard Bentley, 1840. First edition in book form, illustrated by George Cruikshank, 40 plates, those facing pp. 16, 28, 45 & 238 in first state, later green morocco gilt, a.e.g., marble endpapers, bookplate, some foxing to edges Provenance: Bookplate of John Waugh, 1896.

Barclay, John His Argenis: or, The loves of Poliarchus and Argenis.....translated out of Latine …. London: G. P[urslowe] for Henry Seile, 1625. First edition thus, folio, woodcut printer's device on title and attractive woodcut initials and ornaments, contemporary polished calf with border fillets (partly gilt), gilt initials 'T.M.' stamped front and back in an 18th century style, rebacked, spine and old title label remounted, paper ruckled, very occasional minor marginal stain, small tear in one leaf just touching one word Note: STC 1392; Lowndes 112; Graesse I 291. The first edition of this translation by Kingesmill Long of the principal work of John Barclay, born in France but of partly Scots parentage. It is a political and historical romance, in which there is reference...to recent events on the Continent, notably to the wars of the League, and the characters have some resemblance to actual personages, such as Henri IV of France (Oxford Comp. to Eng. Lit., 4th ed.).. The verse portions in this edition are stated by STC to have been translated by T[homas] May. Provenance: Possibly bound for Thomas Martin (1691-1771) of the Society of Antiquaries.

Boccaccio, Giovanni Traite des mesadventures des personages signalez; traduit du Latin de Jean Boccace de CL.Witart. Paris: Nicolas Eve, 1578. First edition thus, 8vo., woodcut printers device of Adam and Eve with serpent on title (reproduced in Brunet), woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary vellum over boards, occasional contemporary underlining and annotation, the odd spot or splash, verso of M6 slightly soiled, light paper discolouration Note: BM STC French Booksp 71; Brunet I, 989; Graesse I, 446. Not in Adams. First edition of Claude Witart's translation of Boccacio's De casibus illustrium virorum libri novem and the first modern French translation. Witart in his long and interesting epistle discusses at length the difficulty of translation, being torn between a word for word interpretation and the exigencies of writing beautiful French, and the difficulty of using the harsh and crude language that Boccacio occasionally demands. Provenance: 19th century printed ex-libris on front pastedown of Germain Barré, purchase record from Brunet (with price) and earlier similar to or from Filheul above.

Campani, Fabrice La vie civile .... Paris: François Huby, 1608. First edition thus, 8vo., woodcut printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials &ornaments, contemporary limp vellum, ties removed, a very few insignificant marginal stains, early Ms. annotations on 1 leaf, occasional light paper discolouration Note: Not in BM. STC. 17th century French Books or in NUC, etc. First French edition of a treatise on the civic and natural virtues and some of the topics considered suitable for conversation in polite society. The text, of prodigious length, is in the form of a dialogue, and the Italian original belongs to a branch of literature stemming from Castiglione's The Courtier..

Christie, Agatha The murder of Roger Ackroyd. London: W. Collins Sons & Co., 1926. First edition, 8vo, publisher's blue cloth

Christie, Agatha Ten little niggers. London: for the Crime Club, by Collins, 1939. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, dust-jacket priced 7s 6d., dust-jacket with 4cm closed tear to upper wrapper, two short closed tears, lightly rubbed, spine unfaded

Christie, Agatha Sad cypress, a Poirot novel. London: Collins Crime Club, 1940. First edition, original orange cloth, dustwrapper in blue and yellow, price clipped, some chipping to head and tail of backstrip, some slight fading, interior very clean

Christie, Agatha Evil under the sun. London: Collins, 1941. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, pictorial dustwrapper, price 7s 6d, small chips to head and tail of backstrip and corners, backstrip slightly faded, tape repairs to lower hinge of wrapper [full length of hinge], interior very clean

Christie, Agatha The moving finger. London, 1943. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth [some fading to outer edges], dustwrapper, torn, tape repairs, interior clean; Ibid. The body in the library. London, 1942, 8vo, original orange cloth, lacking dustwrapper, backstrip faded, some spotting, owner's ink inscripition on front pastedown; Ibid. Five little pigs. London, 1942. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, lacking dustwrapper, backstrip faded, large owner's ink inscription on front endpaper; Ibid. Sparkling cyanide. London, 1945. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, backstrip faded, lacking dustwrapper, owner's ink inscripiton to front free endpaper; Ibid. Death comes as the end. London, 1945. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, backstrip faded, some marking (5)

Christie, Agatha They do it with mirrors. London, 1952. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, purple dustwrapper, small section lacking at foot of backstrip, fading to backstrip, some foxing to edges; Ibid. Mrs. McGinty's dead. London, 1952. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, red dustwrapper, section of backstrip lacking [3cm up from foot], price clipped; Ibid. After the funeral. London, 1953. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, purple/ white dustwrapper, torn [with losses]; Ibid. A pocket full of rye. London, 1953. First edition, 8vo, original orange cloth, red & black striped dustwrapper, some chipping to edges, price clipped; Ibid. Destination unknown. London, 1954. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, Crime Club Choice dustwrapper, price clipped; Ibid. Hickory dickory dock. London, 1955. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, orange dustwrapper, faded at backstrip, dustmarked; Ibid. Dead man's folly. London, 1956. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, green dustwrapper, small section lacking at foot of backstrip and corners, other small tears (7)

Christie, Agatha Ordeal by innocence. London, 1958. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, blue/ orange/ black dustwrapper, small tears, rubbing to hinges; Ibid. Cat among the pigeons. London, 1959. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, purple/ blue dustwrapper, author's photograph on rear, some chipping to edges, price clipped; Ibid. The adventure of the Christmas pudding and a selection of entrées. London, 1960. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, yellow dustwrapper, some chipping, backstrip faded, price clipped; Ibid. 13 for luck! London, 1966, 8vo, original blue cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped; Ibid. The pale horse. London, 1961, 8vo, original cloth, red/ black dustwrapper, some chipping, some foxing to top edge of pages; Ibid. The mirror crack'd from side to side. London, 1962, 8vo, original cloth, green dustwrapper, small chips to upper edges, some foxing to edges; Ibid. The clocks. London, 1963, 8vo, original cloth, blue/ white dustwrapper, torn, tape repairs; Ibid. A Caribbean mystery. London, 1964, 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper, backstrip discoloured, small chips to edges, previous owner's ink stamp on front free endpaper (8)

Doyle, Arthur Conan A study in scarlet. London: Ward, Lock and Co., 1888, first edition, first impression, with youuger for younger in preface, 6 plates, 14pp. of advertisements at end, late nineteenth century green pebbledash cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, faint library stamp on endpapers, contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, inscription shaved, adhesion to page 8-9 affecting six words and creating two small holes to inner margin of page 7/8, lacking the two pp. advertisements at beginning, a few page corners slightly creased Note: The very rare first edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's first book. A study in scarlet was first published in Beeton's Christmas Annual for 1887. Conan Doyle was paid £25 for the complete copyright by Ward Lock and Co. after the work had been rejected by the Cornhill Magazine, Arrowsmith's of Bristol and Warne. It marks the first appearance in print of both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.