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Click here to subscribeKircher (Athanasius) China Monumentis, first edition, additional engraved title, printed title with engraved vignette, portrait, 2 folding maps and 23 plates, some folding, all plates linen-backed, numerous text-illustrations, some browning and water-staining, 19th-century calf, rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, 1667.
Nieuhoff (Jan) An Embassy from the East-India Company ... to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China, second English edition, additional engraved title, printed title in red and black, folding map and 15 plates only (of 18), one folding plate repaired with some loss along fold, 2 leaves repaired, small embossed library stamp in lower margin of title, [Wing N1153], Printed by the Author at his House in White-Friars, 1673; Montanus (Arnoldus) Atlas Chinensis ... , first edition in English, additional engraved title, printed title in red and black, 2 double-page maps and 34 plates only (of 38, lacking the last 4 plates, all plants), of which 28 are double-page and/or folding, small embossed library stamp in lower margin of title, [Wing M2484], Printed by Tho. Johnson for the Author, 1671, uniformly bound in 19th century tan morocco, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, joints cracking, upper joint of second work split, g.e., folio.
Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius) The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperours of Rome ... Translated into English by Philemon Holland, first English edition, engraved architectural title, title repaired with some loss, some soiling, browning and ink inscriptions, small hole in final leaf with a little loss of text, several ff. cropped with a little loss of text, later calf, slightly rubbed, [STC 23423], small folio, for Mathew Lownes, 1606.
Coryate (Thomas) Coryats Crudities ... , first edition, additional engraved title, 4 plates, 2 folding, by William Hole, (plate of Strassburg clock trimmed at head and foot), portrait of Count Frederick IV and crest of William Herbert in text, full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of the Prince of Wales, engraved and printed titles, 2 plates, 3A4 and final two leaves 3E3 and 4 probably from another copy, D8 corner defective (no loss of text), signature F misbound, occasional slight worming, mostly marginal, contemporary ink annotations on front free endpaper, later 17th century calf, rebacked, rubbed, [STC 5808; Pforzheimer 218; Grolier 39], small 4to, by W[illiam] S[tansby for the author], 1611.
Spenser (Edmund) The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England's Arch-Poet, first Collected edition, woodcut canto headings and head and tailpieces, lacking blank Ii4 and final leaf M2, old ink annotations throughout, final leaf defective and laid down, some soiling, old panelled calf, worn, lower cover detached, [Pforzheimer 972; STC 23083.3] small folio, by H[umphrey] L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes, 1611.
Raleigh (Sir Walter) The Historie of the World, first edition, engraved title by R.Elstrack preceded by 'The Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved portrait, 7 double-page engraved maps only (of 8), lacks errata leaf at end, A2 and 3 holed with slight loss of text, ring-marks to some text leaves, corner of final leaf defective and repaired, 18th century panelled calf, gilt, skilfully rebacked with elaborate gilt spine, [STC 20637], folio, [William Stansby] for Walter Burre, 1614.
James I (King of England) The Workes, first edition, first issue, (without supplement), full-page coat-of-arms on a2, engraved portrait of Prince Charles on a3, lacking portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials, some worming, that on title repaired, sometimes affecting text, modern half calf, [STC 14344], folio, by Robert Barker and John Bill, 1616.
Aleman (Matheo) The Rogue: or the Life of Guzman de Alfarache, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, second issue, device on title, lacking final blank, a little light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, gilt spine, slightly rubbed, [STC 289], [by Eliot's Court Press and George Eld] for Edward Blount, 1623; and another, Seventeenth Century Literature, folio & 4to
Brome (Richard) The Northern Lasse, A Comedie, first edition, cropped close with occasional loss of text including imprint and date on title, F1 ?supplied from another copy, modern blind-stamped calf, [STC 3819], small 4to, by Aug.Mathewes, 1632. *** Includes commendatory verses by Ben Jonson.
Walbancke (Matthew) Annalia Dubrensia. Upon the yeerely celebration of Mr. Robert Dovers Olimpick Games upon Cotswold-Hills, first edition, engraved frontispiece from a later edition, a few marginal repairs including to head of title, just touching first word, trimmed close, sometimes affecting headlines, some finger soiling, bookplate and loosely inserted letters relating to the book of F.A.Hyett, 19th century red morocco, gilt, rubbed and faded, [STC 24954], small 4to, by Robert Raworth, for Mathewe Walbancke, 1636.
Jonson (Ben) Jonsonus Virbius: or, The Memorie of Ben: Johnson revived by the Friends of the Muses, first edition, woodcut device on title, final text leaf L1 supplied in 19th good facsimile, lacking final blank leaf L2, title and A2 holed (no loss), a few catchwords shaved, modern calf, [STC 14784], small 4to, by E.P. for Henry Seile, 1638. *** With the inserted signature d between sig.D and E.
Jonson (Ben) Execration against Vulcan, first edition, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at fore-edge, engraved portrait frontispiece from a later work, lacking errata leaf G4 at end, some foxing and soiling, ex-Newberry Library, Chicago, with bookplate and accession number, earlier bookplate of Francis Freeling, 18th century calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, a little rubbed, [STC 14771; Pforzheimer 546], small 4to, by J.O. for John Benson, 1640.
Bentley (Richard) A Dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris. With an Answer to the Objections of the Honourable Charles Boyle, Esquire, first edition, hinges repaired, library stamp on front free endpaper, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, [Wing B1929], Printed by J.H. for H.Mortlock and J.Hartley, 1699.
[Smart (Christopher) and others.] The Midwife: or the Old Woman's Magazine, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, vol.1 with engraved title and frontispiece, without Index to Mankind (Rothschild 1872) sometimes found at end of vol.3, vol.2 without frontispiece (called for by Rothschild, but ?erroneously), contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Rothschild 1869], 12mo, for Mary Midnight ... [&c.], [1750]-51-53.
Longfield (Mountifort) Lectures on Political Economy, first edition, half-title, slightly browned, bookplate of James Grove Wood, Castle Grove on front pastedown, original cloth, upper cover slightly faded, printed paper label on spine with slight wear, [Goldsmith 28434; Kress C3771; Black 4590], 8vo, Dublin, 1834.
Aesop. Esopi appologi sive mythologi cum quibusdam carminum et fabularum additionibus Sebastiani Brant, 2 parts in 1 vol., first Brant edition, with blank s6, without blank M6, 335 fine woodcut illustrations including a full-page representation of Aesop and a portrait of Brant at the beginning of the second part, r5-6, s1, B4 and C5-6 marginally restored and possibly from another copy, four of these with tears repaired, r6 slight loss, outer margin A1 restored and tear repaired, M6 tear repaired, verso slightly soiled and with short early marginal inscription, a1 faint trace of early inscription and marginal worming repaired, a2-7 and M2-5 little marginal worming, r4, A4, B5 and E3 minor splitting through paper fault without loss, c2, e2 and f6 minor marginal repair, c6 traces of early scoring, B4 early inked marginalia, short early marginal inscription five other pp., minor staining to approximately 10ff., inscriptions and cuttings on new endleaves, bookplate, 19th century calf decorated in blind, [Adams A291; Fairfax Murray 20; Brunet I, p.91 "Cette edition n'est pas commune"], folio, Basel, Jacobi [Wolff] de Phortzheim, 1501.
Joyeuse & Magnifique Entree (La) de Monseigneur Francoys, Fils de France, et Frere unicque du Roy ... en sa tres-renommee ville d'Anvers, first edition, engraved title, 21 engraved plates, all but one double-page, occasional worming, mostly marginal but sometimes slightly affecting text or a couple of plates, a few plates with tears at folds, mostly confined to lower margin, some marginal staining and soiling, later vellum, [Landwehr, Splendid Ceremonies 38], folio, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1582.
Sitwell, Osbert, Dickens, London, Chatto & Windus, 1932, 8o, original decorative boards, first edition.Coward, Noel, Home Chat, London, Martin Secker, 1927, 8o, original paper wrappers, worn, first edition.Huxley, Aldous, The Discovery - adapted for the modern stage by Aldous Huxley, London, Chatto & Windus, 8o, 1929, original cloth backed boards, label pasted down onto spine. Together with a large quantity of 19th & 20th century literature, including a first edition of Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon', lacking its dust-jacket, Osbert & Sacheverell's 'All at Sea' (London, 1927), Noel Coward's 'Present Laughter' (London, 1943), and a two volume set of Proust's 'Cities of the Plain' (London, 1929).
Agassiz (Louis) etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 vol.(including Atlas), first edition, vol.1 text with half-title reinforced at inner margin, errata leaf at end torn and repaired, foxed, Atlas vol. with lithographed vignette title and 22 superb tinted lithographed plates after Bettannier on 21 sheets, no.1-14 with original captioned guards, one plate very slightly spotted, but generally in excellent condition, text vol. in modern half calf, Atlas vol. in contemporary half sheep, corners rubbed, (Meckly 1; Horblit 1; PMM 309; Perret "Ouvrage fondamental sur la theorie des glaciers...tres rare"), 8vo and folio, Neuchatel, 1840. *** The text volume, Perret and Horblit all call for 18 plates only. This Atlas has 3 un-numbered plates (also after Bettannier) at the end.
Albanis de Beaumont (Jean Francois, Viscount) Travels through the Rhaetian Alps...from Italy to Germany, through Tyrol, first edition, 10 sepia-printed aquatint plates and an engraved map, some light water-staining, later cloth, slightly rubbed, upper cover slightly stained, rebacked, new free endpapers, (Abbey, Travel 50), folio, for the Author, 1792.
Auldjo (John) Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, large paper copy?, 2 folding maps, folding panorama, folding table and 18 lithographed plates, 7 on India paper, table and 1 plate hand-coloured, 1 map hand-coloured in outline, half-title, some slight foxing, ink signature of Myfanwy Hammond on front free endpaper, later cloth, (Meckly 8; Neate A75), 4to, 1828.
Bailly (Jean-Baptiste) Ornithologie de la Savoie..., 4 vol. & Atlas vol. (in 4 parts) in 3 vol., first edition, 110 lithographed plates by J. Werner, half-titles, some foxing and browning affecting a few plates, original lithographed wrappers bound in, Atlas vol. upper wrappers bound in only, bound in contemporary morocco-backed boards, (Sitwell, Fine Bird Books 58; Nissen IVB 61; Ronsil 130), a fine clean copy, 8vo, Paris & Chambery, 1853-55.
(Barrow (John)) Expeditions on the Glaciers: including an Ascent of Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Col du Geant, and Mont Buet, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, without advertisements at end, occasional foxing, bookplate of Wilberforce N.Tribe on front pastedown, contemporary green half calf, gilt, a little rubbed, (Neate B46), 8vo, 1864.
Barry (Martin) Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Alexr. & Ann Cruickshank, 2 lithographed plates on India paper, slightly foxed, presentation inscription on front free endpaper, original boards, rebacked, (Meckly 14b with "SEPTR." on title in upper case; Neate B49; Perret 275), 8vo, (Earlham, Privately Printed for the Author), 1835. *** This issue with page 33, line 11, "dicovering" and an offset "t" in the footnote.
(Berthoud van Berchem (Jacob Pierre)) Itineraire de la Vallee de Chamonix, d'une Partie du Bas-Vallais et des Montagnes Avoisinantes, first edition, folding engraved map and folding plate, half-title, slightly foxed, uncut in original drab wrappers, joints splitting, (Meckly 20; Perret 433), 12mo, Lausanne, Jean Mourer, 1790.
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