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Middle East.- Blunt (Lady Anne) Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, wood engraved frontispieces and 10 plates, 1 folding colour map, 1 folding pedigree of Arabian thoroughbreds, advertisements at end vol. 2, scattered faint spotting, bookplate of Peter Hopkirk, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight mottling, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1879.⁂ Lady Anne Blunt (1837-1917) was the daughter of Ada Lovelace, and granddaughter of Lord Byron. She was the co-founder of the Crabbet Arabian Stud, along with her husband, the poet Wilfrid Blunt. They travelled extensively in Arabia and the Middle East in order to buy Arabian horses, to bring back to England.

Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul, 2 vol., first octavo edition, folding engraved map, 2 double-page lithograph plates, 27 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol.1 upper cover detached, 8vo, 1827.⁂ The Cyrus Ghani copy with ink inscriptions dated 1951 to front free endpaper vol.1. Also bookplate and inscription of Anthony MacTier of Durris.

Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Nubia, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 maps (2 folding), lacks advertisement leaf at end, some foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine darkened and chipped at head, a little rubbed, [cf.Blackmer 238, second edition], 4to, 1819.⁂ Burckhardt travelled from Aleppo to Cairo and then made two journeys, one along the Upper Nile, the other through the Nubian desert.

Holy Land.- Burckhardt (John Lewis) Travels in Syria and the Holy Land, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece, 6 engraved maps (2 folding), scattered spotting, occasional faint off-setting, armorial bookplate of 'Weston Library', near contemporary half-crushed morocco, very slight rubbing to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 237], 4to, 1822.⁂ Burckhardt "spent three years in Aleppo studying Arabic in preparation for his African travels, and while resident there he travelled through Syria and the Holy Land. Burckhardt was the first European to visit Petra in 1812." (Blackmer)

Burnes (Lt. Alexander) Travels into Bokhara; being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 5 engraved and 3 lithograph plates, one folding (spotted in margins), modern half calf over marbled boards, uncut, spines faded, [Yakushi B302a; Ghani p.60], 8vo, 1834.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy. Following a successful expedition up the Indus at the age of 26, Burnes found favour with the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, and obtained permission for an expedition to Kabul and Bokhara. They were little-known places and he was fortunate to apply at a time when the British government was becoming increasingly concerned to assess Russian encroachment in the area. Thus in 1832 he travelled to Kabul, ruled by Dost Mohammed, and passed over the Hindu Kush to Balkh, where he found the graves of Trebeck, Moorcroft and Guthrie. By way of the Oxus, and the desert crossing he finally reached Bokhara where he received a welcome from the vizier Koosh Begee (though not the Emir). After one month there he returned by way of Merv, to the Persian Gulf and finally Bombay.

Europe.- Cunynghame (Lieut.-Gen. Sir Arthur Thurlow) Travels in the Eastern Caucasus, on the Caspian and Black Seas ..., first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and 7 plates (2 detached and loosely inserted), 2 folding maps, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, ?ex-library with a printed label of readers to front free endpaper, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1872.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Peter Hopkirk to front pastedown.

Curzon (George Nathaniel) Persia and the Persian Question, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, plates and illustrations, maps, including one large, folding and linen-backed at end of vol.1, some foxing, hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, [Wilson p.51; Ghani p.87; Diba p.166], 8vo, London & New York, 1892.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy of arguably the most comprehensive history of Persia, covering her antiquities, institutions, administration, natural resources, commerce and topography.

Fraser (James Baillie) Narrative of a Journey into Khorasan, first edition, folding engraved map, short tear to title, errata slip, ink stamp to map verso, title and final leaf, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Ghani p.140; Wilson p.75], 4to, 1825.⁂ Provenance: American Museum of Natural History (ink stamps).

Fraser (James Baillie) A Winter's Journey (Tatar) from Constantinople to Tehran, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, both foxed and browned, hinges weak, original cloth, spines faded and ends nicked, uncut, [not in Blackmer or Atabey], 8vo, 1838.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy of Fraser's account of his extensive travels in Persia; one of a few books by the author on Persia and surrounding countries.Provenance: Francis K. Forbes (ink inscription dated 1839 on front pastedown); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate)

Middle East.- Fraser (James Baillie) Travels in Koordistan, Mesopotamia, &c., 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, previous owner's presentation inscription to vol. 1, bookplate, faint spotting to bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, 1840.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of R. M. Burrell.

Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, half-title with engraved portrait on verso, title printed in red and black, 7 engraved plates and maps, 3 folding, and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, Ss1 with marginal repaired tear, some light foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends chipped and joints starting, [Wing F2257], folio,Printed by R[obert] R[oberts] for Ri. Chiswell, 1698.⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arabian Gulf and Persia, before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.

Turkey.- Hornby (Lady Emily Bithynia) Constantinople during the Crimean War, first edition, 5 chromolithographs, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, one or two faint spots, ownership inscription of 'Charles Pepper' to title, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, water-staining to upper cover, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Atabey 594], 8vo, 1863.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Sefik E. Atabey to front pastedown.

Ives (Edward) A Voyage from England to India...also. a Journey from Persia to England, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 13 plates (one folding), contemporary calf, upper cover with leather partially worn away at fore-edge, very slightly rubbed, otherwise a lovely copy, Howgego I, p.117; Not in Ghani or Atabey], 4to, Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1773.⁂ Ives travelled to India as surgeon of the Kent, the flagship of Vice-Admiral Charles Watson, commander-in-chief in the East Indies. The work includes an account and illustration of Geriah Fort (now Vijaydurg), a notorious pirate stronghold until the East India Company sent admiral Watson and Clive to seize the town and burn the ships. His return journey was by way of Basra, Baghdad, Mosul, Diarbekir, Bir, Aleppo, Latichea, Cyprus and Leghorn.Provenance: Lord Forbes (bookplate).

Kinneir (John Macdonald) Journey through Asia Minor, Armenia, and Koordistan, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map with hand-coloured routes, with slight tear, marginal repair to fore-edge of following leaf of text, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper cover detached, [Blackmer 914; Weber I, 55; cf. Atabey 636 (French edition only)], 8vo, 1818.⁂ The Peter Hopkirk copy. Kinneir was attached to Sir John Malcolm's mission from India to Persia in 1808-9, acting as an agent at Bushire and making numerous journeys within Persia. In 1810 he went back to England but returned to India in 1813-14 by way of Cyprus, Constantinople, Baghdad and Bombay. It is this latter journey that is recounted here, though his earlier travels in Persia are also listed (p.552).Provenance: Thomas Thomas Jr (ink inscription dated 1818 on front endpaper); Peter Hopkirk (bookplate, his sale at Sotheby's 14 October 1998, lot 907).

Malcolm (Col. Sir John) The History of Persia, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map and 22 plates, some light foxing and offsetting, contemporary russia, stamped in blind and gilt, corners and spine raised bands rubbed, but still a handsome copy, [not in Atabey or Blackmer], 4to, 1815.⁂ A handsome copy of this important and comprehensive history of the region.

Morier (Sir James Justinian) A Journey through Persia, Armenia, and Asia Minor, to Constantinople, first edition, 1812; A Second Journey..., first edition, 1818, together 2 vol., with a total of 43 engraved plates (30 aquatint, 4 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured), 5 engraved maps (some folding), wood-engraved illustrations, vol.1 lacking half-title and advertisement leaf at end, vol.2 with half-title present, vol.1 S2 and vol.2 one folding plate with repaired tears, some light offsetting, uniform modern calf, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., [Abbey, Travel 357-358; Atabey 836-837], 4to⁂ A handsome and clean set. Morier was born and raised in Smyrna. He was secretary to the mission of Sir Harford Jones to Persia in 1808-09, and again to that of Sir Gore Ouseley which resulted in the Anglo-Persian treaty of 1812, both as recorded here. Morier also wrote novels set in the East, most notably The Adventures of Haji Baba of Ispahan.

Norden (Frederick Lewis) Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol., first edition in English, half-title to each volume, 2 engraved frontispieces, one a portrait, 162 plates, maps and plans, numbered 1-159 plus 1 unnumbered, with nos. 140-141 and 142-143 together, plates 17, 27, 66, and 108 on two plates each, numerous engraved vignettes, initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional offsetting but generally clean and with good margins, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, rebacked, [Blackmer 1211], folio, Printed for Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymers, Printers to the Royal Society, 1757.⁂ First edition in English of 'the earliest attempt at an elaborate description of Egypt' (Blackmer). Norden made a voyage through Egypt all the way down to Sudan in 1737-1738 at the request of King Christian VI of Denmark. He was the first European to penetrate as far as Derr in Nubia and to publish descriptions of any Nubian temples.

Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, 3 titles with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield in vol. 2, 177 engraved maps, plans, and plates only (of 178), a few folding, including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret, occasional light offsetting or browning, modern blind-stamped calf, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513], folio,Printed for the Author, by W. Bowyer, 1743-45.⁂ While the first volume is dedicated to Egypt, the second volume features Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete, the Greek islands, Asia Minor, and Greece.

Middle East.- Rassam (Hormuzd) Asshur and the Land of Nimrod, first edition, association copy with 2pp. A.L.s from the author to Lady Layard loosely inserted, frontispiece, plates, 2 folding plans, 1 double-page map, patterned endpapers, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, New York & Cincinnati, 1897.⁂ Provenance: Bookplate of Peter Hopkirk. A.L.s from the author addressed to Lady Layard dated 1898, discussing the publication of this book and transcribing his full dedication to Lady Layard's late husband, A. H. Layard. "I have dedicated it to the memory of my lamented departed friend as follows ..."

Rich (Claudius James) Narrative of a Residence in Koordistan, and on the Site of Ancient Nineveh, 2 vol., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, one folding lithograph plan, 10 lithograph plates by Hullmandel after Walton, 3 double-page, some spotting, lacking advertisement leaves at end of vol.1, contemporary calf, gilt, [Atabey 1040; Wilson p.189], 8vo, 1836.⁂ The Burrell copy of this important work with detailed geographical and archaeological accounts of the region. A talented linguist, Rich travelled widely in Asia Minor. Posted to Egypt during the early part of his career, he travelled from there, in Mamaluk disguise, to Syria, Palestine, Damascus, Baghdad and Basra. In 1810, he was appointed East India Company's resident at Baghdad. Provenance: R.M. Burrell (bookplate).

Thévenot (Jean de) The Travels...into the Levant, 3 parts in 1, first English edition, second issue, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, errata leaf and 2ff. Alphabetical Table present at end, later half morocco, covers slightly stained and foot of spine chipped, [Atabey 1217; Wing T887; cf. Blackmer 1650 (first edition)], Printed by H. Clark, for H. Faithorne, J. Adamson, C. Skegnes, and T. Newborough, 1687; and another copy (lacking the portrait and one plate, but Atabey's copy), folio (2)⁂ The Ghani copy of the second issue, the first issue had only Clark's name in the imprint. First copy with part 3 leaf I4 cancelled; second copy with I4 present.

Waring (Edward Scott) A Tour to Sheeraz, by the Route of Kazroon and Feerozabad, half-title, engraved frontispiece and plate, some water-staining, last leaf laid down, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving original spine, [Wilson p.240; Ghani p.387; Diba p.222], 4to, 1807.⁂ The first edition of this work was published in Bombay in 1804. This London edition has a greatly expanded section on the language and poetry of Persia and was "an important book in its day as it constitutes one of the first attempts to introduce Persian poetry to the West." (Ghani)

Wittman (William) Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria, and across the desert into Egypt, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece, folding map, 21 plates (16 hand-coloured, one folding), plan supplied in facsimile, some foxing and offsetting, contemporary tree calf, gilt, a little rubbed, [Atabey 1344; Blackmer 1832; Weber 647; not in Abbey or Colas], 4to, 1803.⁂ "Wittman was a member of the Anglo-Turkish expeditionary force which travelled overland from Constantinople to Egypt in 1799 to take part in the campaign against the French." (Atabey).Provenance: Pardo de Lygonier (cypher to covers and spine, bookplate); Teodoro Callimachi (bookplate); Sefik E. Atabey (bookplate). The missing/facsimile plan is not mentioned in the Atabey catalogue.

Wood (Robert) The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmor in the Desart, first edition, 59 engraved plates & plans, 3 full-page engraved illustrations of inscriptions, occasional faint marginal staining, modern half-calf, [Blackmer 1834 (French edition)], folio, 1753.⁂ Unusually in this copy, the 3 plates that make up the panorama were never stuck together. As such one part of the panorama is bound as plate 1, with the other 2 plates bound at the end.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) "The Memorial Edition" of The Works, 7 vol., half-titles to all but vol. 2, plates, most tinted or chromolithographs, 1 folding colour map, 5 plans of which 3 folding, occasional faint spotting, vol. 5 with bookplate, vol. 7 with previous owner's ink signature and ink-stamp to early leaves, cracked hinges, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight chipping to corners and spine extremities, [Penzer pp.54-55; 64-65; 73-74 and 82-83], 8vo, 1893-94.⁂ Vol. 1 of "First Footsteps in East Africa" (vol. 6) has an error in the list of illustrations. 'The Fal' is listed as an illustration, despite never having been added to either this or earlier editions of the same.

Canada.- Need (Thomas) Six Years in the Bush; or Extracts from the Journal of a Settler in Upper Canada 1832-1838, first edition, presentation copy inscribed to the author's daughter by the editor dated 1866, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature to front free endpaper, cutting on Thomas Need pasted to final endpapers, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1838.⁂ Scarce.

Europe.- Hobhouse (John Cam, 1st Baron Broughton) A Journey through Albania, and other Provinces of Turkey in Europe and Asia, to Constantinople, 2 vol., second edition, engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-coloured aquatints only (of 17), of which 6 double-page, 2 folding maps, 1 plan, 2 facsimiles, 2 plates of music, Z2 vol. 1 with tear into text, neat repair, vol. 1 with publisher's advertisement pasted at end, scattered spotting, ex-library with remnants of labels to endpapers and occasional ink-stamps throughout, later half-morocco, paper library labels to upper covers, a little rubbed, [Blackmer 821, first edition], 4to, 1813.⁂ Hobhouse's important account of his journey with his friend Lord Byron. "This work is of great interest not only for the light it sheds on that journey, but for the mass of information Hobhouse provides, in particular on the court and character of Ali Pasha." (Atabey)This copy lacking the folding plate of "Ruins of Hadrian's Temple."

Malta.- Acciard (Michele) Mustafà Bassà di Rodi schiavo in Malta, o sia la di lui congiura all'occupazione di Malta, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece after Richard Dalton, title with woodcut ornament, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, engraved armorial bookplate, some light browning, scattered foxing, small damp-stain to fore-margin towards end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and lightly soiled, spine with a couple very small portions of loss, 4to, Naples, Appresso Benedetto ed Ignazio Gessari, 1751.⁂ A controversial account of the 1749 Muslim slave revolt in Malta, a failed conspiracy to assassinate Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca and take over the island. This work, also attributed to the historian and patriot Francesco Agius de Soldanis, attacked the order and argued for the rights of the Maltese, questioning the governing ability of the Grand Master. Following its publication copies were sought out and destroyed, with de Soldanis having to defend himself to Pope Benedict XIV. Scarce, we can trace only one copy at auction (Sotheby's, 1974).

Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches From Arabia, one of 1,000 copies, portrait frontispiece, scattered spotting, foxing to endpapers, original morocco-backed cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some light soiling to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, [Pertelote 145], Golden Cockerel Press, 1939; Seven Pillars of Wisdom, first trade edition, maps, plates and illustrations, original buckram, shallow dent to lower cover and bump to head, dust-jacket, spine a little chipped, some chipping to corners, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, small internal tear to lower panel, a very good example, 1935, 4to (2)

Sri Lanka.- Knox (Robert) An Historical Relation of the Island Ceylon, in the East-Indies, first edition, title within double-rule border, engraved folding map and 15 plates, one with repaired tears, licence f. before title, without the portrait (as usual), advertisement f. at end, the odd spot or burn-hole, some marginal browning and staining, later calf, worn, upper cover and licence leaf detached, lower cover almost so, [Wing K742], folio,Printed by Richard Chiswell, Printer to the Royal Society, 1681.⁂ The first account of Sri Lanka in English, and one of the sources for Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. While sailing for Persia in 1658, Knox's ship lost its mast in a storm and was forced to put ashore on Ceylon. Knox, along with his father [not elder brother] and crew, was captured by King Rajasinha II of Kandy and refused permission to leave the kingdom. Knox and a companion eventually escaped after 19 years of captivity and fled to a Dutch fort in the north of the island.Provenance: Frederick Lock (bookplate and ink name on verso of licence leaf).

Turkey.- Roe (Sir Thomas) The Negotiations of Sir Thomas Roe in his Embassy to the Ottoman Porte, from the Year 1621 to 1628 Inclusive, first edition, engraved title vignette, lacking frontispiece, as often, occasional marginal dust-soiling, previous owner's manuscript note on author and publisher to front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, cracked joints but holding firm, small abrasion mark to spine foot where label removed, [Atabey 1050; Blackmer 1442], folio, 1740.⁂ The first and only volume of Roe's Negotiations to be published.

World.- Le Bruyn (Cornelius) Travels into Muscovy, Persia, and part of the East-Indies, 2 vol., first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and engraved frontispiece, 3 double-page maps, 114 plates, many double-page and/or folding, engraved illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to title, vol. 1 & 2 with occasional marginal worming, not affecting text or images, vol. 1 final ff. becoming loose, water-staining to front pastedowns, faint abrasions marks to front pastedowns where labels removed, contemporary calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, small loss to spine extremities, vol. 1 with cracked upper joint but holding firm, folio, for A. Bettesworth, 1737.

London.- Maitland (William) The History of London, first edition, double-page folding map frontispiece, slight fraying at edges just touching image, 24 engraved plates and plans (3 double-page), engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, slight frayed edges at beginning and end, only affecting margins, scattered faint spotting, bookplate to final pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked rubbed and worn, bumping to corners, folio, 1739.

Harrowing of Hell.- Parkes (Richard) An apologie: of three testimonies of holy Scripture, concerning the article of our Creed, [he descended into hell.]...lately seconded by a printed pamphlet, masking vnder the name of Limbo-mastix, first edition, E8 blank, 3 later writing exercise ink words and 3 numbers to title, pagination of preliminaries provided in later neat ink, occasional later neat underlining in red ink, B1 small hole in text with loss of a few letters, 2B8 lower corner torn away, affecting part of printed side-note recto, L4 large horizontal tear within text, without loss, closely trimmed at head, occasionally just touching a headline, some spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy leather label, [STC 19295], small 4to, George Eld [?& William Jaggard], 1607.⁂ Rare at auction. Part of a pamphlet war with the clergyman and controversialist Andrew Willet on the subject of the descent of Christ into hell (the period between the Crucifixion and resurrection), known in Old and Middle English as the 'Harrowing of Hell'. It is in part a reply to Willet's Loidoromastix, in which Parkes is roughly treated.

Borrichius (Olaus) De Ortu, et Progressu Chemiæ Dissertatio, first edition, woodcut printers device to title, scattered spotting, errata at end, modern panelled calf, 4to, Copenhagen, Matthias Godiche for Peder Haubold, 1668.⁂ Olaus Borrichius (also known as Ole Borsch) was a Danish scientist, physician and poet. By 1666 he was a Professor of Philology, Chemistry and Botany at the University of Copenhagen.

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue with "fifth thousand on title", half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, a few pencil marks to margins, occasional light corner creasing, some cracking to gutter but holding firm, upper joint cracked but firm, original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, light rubbing to joints, some faint spotting, but still overall a sharp, near-fine copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), half-title, folding lithographed plate, advertisement f. at end, newspaper clippings tipped onto title verso and first contents page, pencil markings and marginal notes, 1 or 2 ff. with short closed tear running into text, some splitting to gutter but holding firm, upper hinge starting, original green cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped and with minor fraying, slight darkening to spine, light rubbing to extremities, but a very good copy overall, [Freeman 381; PMM 344 (b), note], John Murray, 1861; and a first edition of his Insectivorous Plants, 1875 (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ 'the most important biological book ever written' (Freeman). The third edition 'was extensively altered, and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, a table which occurs in each subsequent edition, and also for the addition of the historical sketch... which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution... there is also a postscript on page xii... concern[ing] a review of the earlier editions by Asa Gray' (Freeman p. 78). Provenance: 'Thomas J.T. Corfield, St. Dye, Sept. 19th, 1863' (ink inscription to head of title); João Maria de Montezuma Diniz de Carvalho (1923-2020, ink inscription to endpapers), researched for his doctorate at the John Innes Horticultural Institution, Bayfordbury (awarded 1963), and went on to become the director of the Botanical Institute and its gardens at the University of Coimbra, where he published extensively in the field of plant genetics (ink signature to front free endpaper, verso of advertisement f. and rear endpaper, the first London, 1958).

Curr (John) The Coal Viewer, and Engine Builder's Practical Companion, first edition, 5 folding engraved plates, tables, bookplate to pastedowns, lightly browned, some light soiling to title, scattered spotting to plates, front endpaper working loose, hinges cracked but holding firm, 19th century marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in later calf, old covers rubbed, spine lightly sunned, Sheffield, for the Author, by John Northall, [Kress B3373; Ottley 172], 4to, 1797.⁂ Possibly the first printed account of an iron railway. John Curr, a mining engineer, made great contributions to the development of underground haulage in South Yorkshire collieries during the Industrial Revolution, introducing the flanged wheel still used on modern railways. One copy with an imprint of 1796 is recorded at auction (Sotheby's, 1974), this unrecorded on ESTC and WorldCat. The title-page was seemingly reset in 1797 to include a list of booksellers in London, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Shrewsbury and Manchester.

Coal mines.- Hair (T. H.) A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, first edition, additional etched vignette title and 42 plates, all on india paper, foxing, margins of a few text leaves and plates repaired, hinges reinforced, original pictorial boards, soiled and edges worn, rebacked, head of spine torn, folio, 1844.

Hawking (Stephen) The Occurrence of Singularities in Cosmology, contained in 'Proceedings of the Royal Society' Series A Vol.294 No.1439, pp.511-521, first edition, original printed wrappers, spine very slightly rubbed and browned, large 8vo, 18th October 1966.⁂ One of two early papers by Hawking on the occurrence of singularities developed from his PhD thesis, submitted in October 1965 and approved in 1966, which resulted in a research fellowship at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge. Continuing work in this field in December 1966 he produced the essay Singularities and the Geometry of Space-Time which won the prestigious Adams Prize jointly with an essay by Roger Penrose.

Hawking (Stephen) A Brief History of Time, first edition, half-title, diagrams, original cloth, dust-jacket, fine, 8vo, 1988.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. Pharmacopoea Collegii Regii Medicorum Edimburgensium, first edition, with the first f. blank apart from signature A, title with woodcut device, ink library reference to A1 and verso of following leaf, a couple instances of ink correction or marginalia, A8 trimmed at fore-edge with loss to a couple letters, B6 with tiny chip to fore-edge just touching text to verso, some toning, contemporary ?presentation binding of gilt-panelled black morocco, spine gilt in compartments, very lightly rubbed, g.e., 12mo, Edinburgh, Heirs of Andrew Anderson, 1699.⁂ Very scarce. Not traced in ESTC, with WorldCat listing only two copies (University of Oxford, Yale University Library), and LibraryHub one (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh). Provenance: Patrick Hume Earl of Marchmont (cropped bookplate, dated 1702). "Presented from the College of Physicians to the Lord Chancellor by Dor. Matthew Sinclair their President in July 1699. Patrick Earl of Marchmont [the rest in illegible French]" (ink inscription to A3 verso).

Vergilius Maro (Publius) Opera, collation: *10, a-e8, f-g6, h-r8, s-t6, v4, x10, y-z8, &8, Ɔ8, aa-zz8, aaa-uuu8, xxx6, yyy-zzz8, A-D8, title within woodcut architectural border, a later ink ownership inscription and a few early notes, profuse woodcut illustrations throughout, some with early hand-colouring, early ink notes to margins in various hands, lacking final 5ff. (D4-5, last f.583), title and a few other ff. with edges either laid down to or with paper repairs, 2B5 with tear across text and small hole with loss of letters, peripheral ff. with some soiling or browning, a little minor damp-staining, elsewhere scattered, and a occasional spots, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, spine ends bumped with small tear to foot, lower covers corners a little worn, folio (307x211mm.), Venice, Lucantonio Giunta, 1544.⁂ The richly illustrated Giunta editions were Virgil's most popular Italian editions in the first half of the sixteenth century. The over 100 woodcuts were copied from the blocks produced for Johann Gruninger's Strasbourg edition of 1502. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 54877.Provence: Olga Raggio (1926-2009), art historian and curator with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; gifted to the present owner.

Poetry.- Charles I, King of England.- [Cleveland (John)] Monumentum Regale or a tombe, erected for that incomparable and Glorious Monarch, Charles the First...In select Elegies, Epitaphs, and Poems, first edition, title and pp.2-3 printed in red and black, woodcut crown and skull to title, woodcut head-pieces, trimmed at head and foot, affecting final line of text on C6r, and some pagination, signatures and catch-words, [Wing C4681], no printer, Printed in the Yeare 1649 bound with [B[irkenhead] (Sir J[ohn])] Loyalties tears flowing after the bloud of the royall sufferer Charles I. &c. Englands glory and shame, initial f. blank, woodcut head-piece, lacking 4 advertisement ff. at end, pen trials to final verso, closely trimmed at outer margin, [Wing B2966], no printer, Anno Dom. 1649 [i.e. 1650], together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern calf in compartments, 1 lower corner little worn, rubbed at extremities, 8vo⁂ I: Rare at auction. Another issue (Wing C4681A) has 'Year' in imprint.

Qu'ran, English.- The Alcoran of Mahomet, first octavo edition of the first English language version, A2, A3, 2E5 & 2E6 strengthened at fore-edges, E4 with small hole and strengthened bottom edge, G3 with small hole affecting text, occasional tiny marginal worming, tender edges, trimmed, occasionally touching head-line, no signature O (as issued), light toning, later half-calf, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, cracked joints but holding firm, [Wing K747A], 8vo, 1649.

Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal-Society of London, first edition, first issue, imprimatur leaf A1 with Society's arms to verso, lacking frontispiece (as usual), 2 engraved plates, errata leaf at end, book-label of Gloddaeth Library and small contemporary ink ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, light scuffing to extremities, spine with vertical crack but neatly repaired, joints repaired, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Wing S5032; Norman 1989; Keynes, Evelyn 178; Hooke 28], 4to, Printed by T. R. for J. Martyn...and J. Allestry, 1667.

Binding.- Blake (William, of Highgate) The Ladies Charity School-house Roll of Highgate: or A Subscription of many Noble, well-disposed Ladies for the easie carrying of it on, first edition, drop-head title, lacking the 4 engraved plates but with petition leaf at end and final blank, contemporary ink inscription of William Gandy to front free endpaper, some soiling and staining, later bookplate of R.H.Watt, attractive contemporary black morocco, covers elaborately tooled with an all-over pattern of drawer-handles, rosettes, dots and stylised flower tools in gilt, some in pointillé, ?by the Charity School Binder, spine gilt, g.e., old chipped paper label to spine, rubbed and dulled, lacking ties, short splits to joints, [Wing B3152], [c.1670]; with a copy of The Book Collector of Spring 1983 including a piece about the work and its binding by Mirjam M.Foot (see below), 8vo (2)⁂ The binding is in the style of the Queens' binders, though is probably by the Charity School Binder. There are however no tools in common with the example illustrated by Mirjam Foot in The Book Collector, Spring 1983, nor with the example in Maggs catalogue 1075 item 75. A copy of the same work in a similar style binding and using the same tools, but complete with the 4 plates, was sold in these rooms in 2021 for £2600.This copy is without the 4 plates entitled 'Father Time', 'Charity', 'Front elevation of the School' and 'Butterflies'. Copies frequently lack one or more plate as they were used as receipts and "hung up in the School-house". William Blake of Covent Garden, was a woollen draper, the son of Francis Blake of Highgate, and founder and house-keeper of the Ladies Charity School on Highgate Hill. ESTC suggests the date of the book may be 1680.

[Monk (Mary)] Marinda. Poems and Translations upon several occasions, first edition, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, scattered faint spotting, publisher's advertisements at end, contemporary calf, rebacked, slight rubbing to corners, by J. Tonson, 1716.

Entrelac binding.- Alamanni (Luigi) La Coltivatione, first edition, collation: a-t8 u2 x2 *2, faintly ruled in red, title with woodcut device slightly soiled and laid down, occasional foxing, small marginal burn-hole in c4, errata on u2v, dedication (gathering *) bound at end, contemporary French Morocco, gilt, covers with black-painted strapwork central oval cartouches ornamented with foliate tools within a black-painted strapwork frame, black-painted border within gilt rules, gilt cover-edges and turn-ins, spine gilt in compartments, the compartments decorated with diaper-patterned gilt rules, forming diamonds alternately painted black, gilt edges, extremities lightly rubbed, unobtrusive wormholes on spine, skilful repairs to spine ends, modern green cloth solander box, 8vo (210 x 130mm. page, 215 x 145mm. binding), Paris, Robert Estienne, 1546.⁂ A stunning copy of the first edition of this didactic poem written in imitation of Vergil's Georgics and dedicated to François I by one of the leading Italian poets of the time, in a handsome French painted Entrelac binding. This copy is from the library of Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565), the Florentine poet and humanist, and correspondent of Alamanni. Robert Estienne's edition of La coltivatione is notable as not only the only book printed by him in his larger italic typeface, but also as the only book that he printed in a modern European language other than French.Provenance: Bened[etto] Varchi (partially-erased inscription on title); -- other early, erased inscriptions on title; Francesco Mainardi of Ferrara (ownership inscription on front free endpaper dated 1792); Michel Wittock (bookplate).Literature: Adams A-409; Mortimer, French 10; Renouard, Estienne p. 68, no. 22 (noting that some copies are without the errata on u2v); Schreiber, Estiennes 88.

Owned by an opponent of Darwin.- [Hume (David)] Philosophical essays concerning human understanding. By the author of the Essays Moral and Political, first edition, title with woodcut floral ornament, 2ff. publisher's advertisements at end, brief contemporary ink annotation in English to foot of verso of contents f. [pi]2, some spotting or light foxing, occasional light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern (but to style) burgundy morocco label, [Jessop p.19; Rothschild 1173], 12mo, Printed for A. Millar, opposite Katharine-Street, in the Strand, 1748.⁂ First edition of what would become better known as An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding when reprinted in 1758. Here found with an excellent provenance. Provenance: François Jules Pictet de la Rive (1809-1872), Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist. He wrote a lengthy review of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species, of which Darwin commented 'Of all the opposed reviews I think this the only quite fair one, & I never expected to see one' (ink signature 'De la Rive' to front pastedown); René-Édouard Claparède (1832-1871) Swiss anatomist and former assistant to de la Rive (ink 'Edouard Claparede, Champel-Génève' to front free endpaper).

Hume (David) An Enquiry concerning the principles of morals, first edition, first issue (L3 with catchword 'than'), half-title, title with woodcut floral ornament, errata f., 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional spotting, a few small stains, lightly browned, lacking rear endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with ?new (but to style) leather label, joints starting, but holding firm, spine ends chipped, rubbed, [Jessop p.22; Rothschild 1174], 12mo, Printed for A. Millar, over-against Catherine-Street, in the Strand, 1751.⁂ A very good copy of what Hume described as 'incomparably the best' of his own writings (Autobiography, 1777, p.16). It is a reworking of part III of his 'Treatise of Human Nature'.Provenance: Jonathan Pytts, Esq. (large engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown).

Hammond (Samuel) A Guide to the English Pronunciation and Orthography, first edition, lacking front free endpaper, ex-library with ink-stamp to title verso, contemporary calf, upper cover becoming detached, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, printed for T. Field ... and sold by the Author at Nottingham, 1755.⁂ Rare. WorldCat lists only 2, at Nottinghamshire County Library and Yale University.

Trinity College prize bindings.- Shakespeare (William) The Plays...To which are added Notes by Sam. Johnson, 8 vol., first Johnson edition, first issue with Corbet listed as the second bookseller and Johnson's preface unpaginated, all but vol. 1 & 2 with half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 3 with worming to lower margin of first few sig., a few times just touching text, vol. 4 with worming up to O5, mostly to upper margin but the occasional worm hole/trace within text, 2P6 with small hole touching printed footnote, vol. 8 with small worm trace to inner gutter of first few ff., some light browning, occasional spotting or light staining, but generally clean copies, 18th century prize bookplate and contemporary calf with arms of Trinity College Dublin to upper and lower covers, spines with red and black morocco labels (little chipped), spines with contents listed in ink manuscript, one or two small worm holes, a few chips to ends and old glue repairs, vol. 4 & 6 covers worn with loss to arms, rubbed and scuffed, some joints split but holding, 8vo, for J. and R. Tonson, C. Corbet [&tc], 1765.⁂ A landmark in Shakespeare studies.

Burney (Frances) Camilla: Or a Picture of Youth, 5 vol., first edition, vol.1 with list of subscribers and advertisement leaf at end, vol. 2 B12 and vol. 3 K2 with marginal tears, vol. 4 D2 with loss to upper margin affecting page numbers, occasional very light browning, bookplate of R. H. Alexander Bennet to front pastedowns, contemporary speckled half calf, spines gilt with green morocco labels, slight chipping to spine ends, light rubbing to covers, corners a little bumped, but an attractive set overall, [Rothschild 550], 12mo, T.Payne...and T.Cadell Jun. and W.Davies, 1796.⁂ A very good copy of Burney's enormously popular novel. The list of subscribers includes a young and unknown Jane Austen (aged 20), as well as Sir Joseph Banks, Edmund Burke, Sir William Chambers, Maria Edgeworth, Warren Hastings (godfather to Austen's first cousin and sister-in-law Eliza de Feuillide), Rev. Thomas Leigh of Adlestrop (cousin of Austen's mother), Nevil Maskelyne, Hannah More, Mrs Piozzi, Mrs Radcliffe, Humphry Repton and Mrs Siddons.Austen was obviously familiar with Fanny Burney's works and, following the issue of Camilla in 1796, in October of that year she began writing a novel titled False Impressions which later became Pride and Prejudice, a title possibly taken from a quotation in Burney's Cecilia. She also refers to Camilla in Northanger Abbey: "'And what are you reading, Miss - ?' 'Oh! It is only a novel!' replies the young lady, while she lays down her book with affected indifference, or momentary shame. "It is only Cecilia, or Camilla, or Belinda; or, in short, only some work in which the greatest powers of the mind are displayed, in which the most thorough knowledge of human nature, the happiest delineation of its varieties, the liveliest effusions of wit and humour, are conveyed to the world in the best-chosen language."

[Lamb (Lady Caroline)] Ada Reis, a Tale, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, occasional foxing or browning, staining to vol.3 title, ink ownership name and bookplate of John Congreve, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, [Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1823:52], each volume preserved in custom drop-back box, large 12mo, John Murray, 1823.⁂ The third and last novel by the Anglo-Irish Lamb, rare. Though famous during her lifetime and after for her affair with Lord Byron, Lamb's novels are notable for their imagination, scholarly approach and embodiment of the Romantic milieu it which they were written: Ada Reis was inspired by friends of Byron, dedicated to the literary hostess Lydia White and published by John Murray, Lamb's friend and Byron's former publisher.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in original 19/20 parts, part 4 first issue with "visiter" on p.123 and part 5 first issue with "latter" on p.160, 40 etched plates by Hablot K. Browne (part 14 with 2 additional duplicate plates from part 15), parts 1 and 2 plates with publisher's imprint, part 8 plate no.16 third steel with "in" omitted, part 12 plate no.23 with "Mr" present, part 15 plate no.29 third impression, most front adverts present (part 11 without "New books for Children" yellow paper slip; part 18 lacking pp.7-10, 15-16 from "Nickleby Advertiser"), most back adverts present except part 16 (additionally part 1 with additional advert "Ripon & Burton's Furnishing Ironmongery"; part 7 lacking "immense Saving in the purchase of Tea"; part 8 lacking Mechi's catalogue; part 12 lacking "New and Popular Works by Tyas"; part 15 lacking "Mr Adolphus History of England"; Part 19/20 with 3 seal wafers present), plates occasionally browned or offset, part 15 front adverts loose, original pictorial wrappers, some repairs and restorations to spines and joints, some joints split or chipped, lightly soiled and chipped at edges, but very good generally, preserved in custom drop-back box (lightly faded), [Hatton & Cleaver, 131- 160], 8vo, Chapman & Hall, 1838-39.

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition in the original 19/20 monthly parts, early issue of part 11 ("Capatin" for "Captain" on p. 324, final line), both early and late issue points in part 14 ("431" present on p. 431 but "if" omitted on p. 426, line 9), part 19/20 with the 8-line errata, 40 plates by Hablot K Browne, most front adverts present (parts 3 & 4 with additional slips, part 8 lacking pp.7-8 of "Dombey & Son Advertiser"), most back adverts present (part 4 lacking "Lett's Diaries" advert & specimen leaves, part 6 lacking "Portrait of a Horse" and "Introduction to Zoology" adverts, part 8 with additional advert at rear for "Heath's Illustrated New Testament" and additional slip, part 9 lacking "Just Published..." adverts, part 15 with 10 of 18 Diary specimen ff.), all other slips and advertisements as called for, occasional light spotting, mainly to plates, original printed blue wrappers, some ink ownership names to wrappers and plates verso, some spines repaired (part 19/20 spine rebacked), some light soiling and nicks to extremities, a clean and excellent set overall, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.227-25], 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, 1846.

Dickens (Charles) Bleak House, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, 39 plates by H.K. Browne only (of 40, lacking "frontispiece" to part 19/20), with the explanation of the accident to plate 17 in part 9, front adverts all present of "The Bleak House Advertiser" (parts 3, 6, 7 and 14 lacking slips), most back adverts present (parts 2, 3, 16 and 18 lacking slips, and part 1 with Waterlow and Son's variant advert 'A', lacking "Mott" and "Camomile" advertisements, part 2 lacking "Waterlow", part 5 lacking "Edward Lloyd's", part 6 lacking pp.3-4 of "The Oak Life Insurance", part 7 lacking "London Weekly Paper", part 16 lacking pp.3-6 of "Clarke, Beeton and Co.'s"), all other slips and advertisements otherwise as called for, plates browned or offset, some occasional light soiling, original wrappers, soiling to part 1 wrapper, part 19/20 spine broken, some back wrappers detached, chipped and nicked to edges, spines worn with portions of loss, still overall a very good and unrestored copy, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.273-304], preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1852-53.

Dickens (Charles) The Mystery of Edwin Drood, first edition in original 6 monthly parts, 14 wood-engraved plates after Luke Fildes, earliest issue of part 6 with the "eighteenpence" slip over the one shilling price on the upper wrapper, most front adverts present (part 1 lacking 8pp. and part 3 lacking 4pp. of "Edwin Drood Advertiser"), most rear adverts present, including part 2 with the rare fragile "Cork Hat" slip and part 4 with 2pp. rear adverts in duplicate, (part 1 lacking "Henry Brett & Co.", part 3 lacking slip, part 5 lacking "Weekly Journal" and slip), occasional spotting, original wrappers, neat repairs and restoration to spines and edges, occasionally affecting text to inner or outer wrapper, part 1 rebacked and upper wrapper with repaired portion of loss to fore-edge, the odd light spot or mark to covers, preserved in custom half morocco drop-back box (spine sunned, a little rubbed), [Eckel pp.96-98; Hatton & Cleaver pp.373-384], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1870.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in book form, half-title, additional etched title and 39 plates by "Phiz", plates with foxing and browning but text generally clean, original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, one corner slightly damaged and small nick at head of lower joint, [Smith I, 7; Eckel p.71], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1844.⁂ Overall a very good copy with the etched title-page reading "100£" on the signpost.