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NO RESERVE Europe.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] Voyage en Hollande et sur les Frontieres Occidentales de l'Allemagne, fait en 1794, 2 vol., first edition in French, vol.1 lacking final leaf (Table) but supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, from the library of the Frigoult de Liesville family with ink inscription to verso of titles and engraved bookplate, contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt with red labels, Paris, Buisson, An 5e [1797] § Russell (John) A Tour in Germany..., 2 vol., third edition, half-titles, 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, original blue boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1825 § [Sherer (J.M.)] Notes and Reflections during a Ramble in Germany, first edition, foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine chipped at head, 1826 § Oberer (J.) Lithographirte Ansichten der Stadt Salzburg..., part 5 only, 12 lithographed plates, one loose, original cloth-backed wrappers, paper label to upper cover, spotted, [Salzburg], [c.1837], all a little rubbed, 8vo & oblong 12mo (6)⁂ The author of the first is more well-known for her Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho of 1794.

Horses.- Burdon (Capt. William) The Gentleman Pocket-Farrier, first edition, some browning, modern half calf, spine gilt, red roan labels, 8vo, for the Author by S. Buckley, 1730.⁂ A charming pocket book for the discerning (and prudent) gentleman, much expanded in numerous later printings right through the 18th century. American editions were also published c.1778-1793.

NO RESERVE Duelling.- Bosquett (Abraham) The Young Man of Honour's Vade-Mecum, being a salutary Treatise on Duelling, first edition, staining to a couple of leaves, later tan calf, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, boards slightly splayed, upper joints split, spine chipped, [Thimm p.35], 12mo, C.Chapple, [1817].⁂ Scarce; only 6 copies listed by Library Hub and seemingly none in America.

Agriculture.- Home (Francis) The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, first edition, second printing (a reissue of the first edition of 1756 with a new title), title lightly soiled, modern half speckled calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9219; only later editions in Perkins], Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1757 § Hitt (Thomas) A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands, first edition, engraved plate at end, title foxed, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copy with ink stamp to front pastedown, later half calf, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9555; Perkins 802], for the Author...by J.Richardson & J.Webb, 1760 § Peters (Matthew) The Rational Farmer: or a Treatise on Agriculture and Tillage, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, some light staining, M4 torn and repaired without loss, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 10739], W.Flexney, 1771 § Tatham (William) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows, first edition, lacking half-title, with ink inscription to head of title and a few annotations, engraved plates (water-stained),original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, [Fussell III pp.31-2; Goldsmiths' 18194; Kress B.4464; Perkins 1724], 1801; and 6 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ An interesting group of works on agricultural science and practice, particularly soil, fertilizer, irrigation etc. The third includes a 'Short essay on the Dearness of Corn, and other Provisions' for the first time.

Numismatics.- Cooke (William) The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, 2 vol., 8pp. list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates of coins, bookplate of George Arnold, vol. 1 with tear to front free endpaper repaired with tape, light offsetting, some foxing to first few ff., upper hinges cracked, contemporary calf, black morocco labels to spines, quite worn, upper joints split but holding, J. Dodsley, 1781; and others, 18th century Numismatics, including a second edition of Vertue's Medals, Coins &tc of Thomas Simon, v.s. (7)

Trotter (Thomas) Medicina Nautica: an Essay on the Diseases of Seamen..., 3 vol., first edition, with half-title in vol.2 and engraved plate in vol.3 (bound as frontispiece), lacking 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, faint trace of library stamp to titles and plate but unobtrusive, occasional light foxing but generally clean, plate a little offset on title of vol.3, N4 in vol.1 and L8 in vol.2 torn and repaired, a few other minor marginal tears, modern half speckled calf, black morocco labels, [Wellcome V, 301], 8vo, T.Cadell, Jun. & W.Davies, 1797-1803.⁂ Important work on the health and conditions of sailors on board ship, with accounts of the various diseases encountered and recommendations for improvements in living conditions and sanitation. The work led to the adoption of taking limes to sea as a prevention against scurvy and of smallpox vaccination amongst sailors.

NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Darwin (Erasmus) Phytologia: or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, first edition, 12 engraved plates, 2 folding, plates I-IX preceded by an explanatory letterpress leaf (as called for), title with old ink signature of A.Gifford to head and small embossed stamp, plates with light foxing and marginal staining, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Henrey 615; Nissen BBI 452; Perkins 448], 4to, for J. Johnson...by T. Bensley, 1800.⁂ Important agricultural treatise with information on manure, draining land, plant diseases etc.David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist and television presenter.

Agriculture.- Lamport (William) Cursory Remarks on the Importance of Agriculture in its Connection with Manufactures and Commerce..., first edition, lacking half-title, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 12568; Kress B.743; Perkins 943], J.Buckland, 1784 § Jacob (W.) An Inquiry into the Causes of Agricultural Distress, first edition, half-title (stained), advertisement leaf at end, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 19343; Kress B.5263], 1816 § Brown (Robert) Letters on the Distressed State of Agriculturists..., first separate edition, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Fussell III pp.13-14; Kress B.6646; Not in Goldsmiths' or Perkins], Edinburgh, 1816 § Stourton (William Joseph, Lord) Three Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, on the Distresses of Agriculture in the United Kingdom..., new edition, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte to head of title and stamp to pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked preserving old label, [Kress C.988], 1822; Further Considerations...on Agricultural Relief, and the Extent of the National Resources, first edition, modern cloth-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 23463; Not in Kress or Perkins], 1822, some spotting or soiling, the first two ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copies with stamps; and 5 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ The last is rare with Library Hub recording only 2 copies (Goldsmiths' and Cambridge).

NO RESERVE Theatre.- Kendall (John) Remarks on the Prevailing Custom of Attending Stage Entertainments, first edition, half-title, slightly foxed at end, disbound, sm. 8vo, Printed by James Phillips, 1794.⁂ Scarce.

NO RESERVE Marine Life.- Owen (Richard) Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, only edition, 8 fine engraved plates after the author, 7 with additional version in outline, one or two with spots or light marginal browning but generally an excellent clean copy, original cloth, rubbed and faded, spine worn and chipped, [Nissen ZBI 3039], 4to, 1832.⁂ Owen's first published work, which established his reputation as a skilled anatomist.

[Keir (William)]A Summons of Wakening; or, the Evil Tendency and Danger of Speculative Philosophy, Exemplified in Mr. Leslie's Inquiry into the Nature of Heat, and Mr. Malthus's Essay on Population..., first edition, presentation "To Captain Elliot in Glencardholm from the author" inscribed on front free endpaper, 2 folding engraved plates, foxing, modern boards, spine browned, [Goldsmiths' 19549; Kress B.5204], 8vo, Hawick, Robert Armstrong, 1807.⁂ Scarce; only 4 copies listed on Library Hub (BL, Oxford, National Library of Scotland, Senate House Library).

NO RESERVE Alternative Medicine.- Cloquet (Jules) Traité de l'Acupuncture, only edition, half-title, ex-library copy with one or two faint stamps, library cloth, Paris, 1826 § Dunsford (Harris, translator) The Pathogenetic Effects of...Homeopathic Remedies, first edition in English, presentation copy from the author to his mother inscribed on front free endpaper, advertisement leaf at beginning, occasional soiling and fraying to edges, modern cloth, uncut, 1838 § Mercklin (Georg Abraham) Sylloge physico-medicinalium casuum incantationi..., first edition, title in red and black, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Nuremberg, J.Zeiger & G.Lehmann, 1698 § Ticknor (Caleb)A Popular Treatise on Medical Philosopohy,; or, an Exposition of Quackery and Imposture in Medicine, first edition, foxed, water-staining at end, library stamp to verso of title, original embossed cloth, rubbed and faded, New York, 1838; and 4 others, mostly on homeopathy, 8vo & 4to (8)

NO RESERVE Epidemic.- Trousset (Etienne Berard) Histoire de la Fievre qui a régné épidémiquement a Grenoble..., first edition, errata leaf at end, stitched as issued, small stain to first few leaves and slightly frayed at edges, 8vo, Grenoble, J.L.A.Giroud, An VIII [1799].⁂ Account of the typhus epidemic which ravaged the south eastern French town of Grenoble at the end of the eighteenth century. It appears to have been spread by the military from Grenoble to Nice and into parts of Italy, affecting all ages and classes of society. Library Hub lists one copy only in the UK (Wellcome Library).

NO RESERVE Animal Magnetism.- [Mesmer (Franz) & others.] Recueil des Pieces les Plus Intéressantes sur le Magnétisme Animal, light foxing at beginning and end, small embossed stamp to first few leaves, modern panelled calf with chequerboard panel containing small fleurs-de-lys in blind, spine faded, slightly rubbed at edges, n.p., 1784 § Bergasse (Nicolas) Considérations sur le Magnetisme Animal...d'après les Principes de M. Mesmer, first edition, contemporary vellum-backed paste-paper boards, rubbed and faded, new label, [Wellcome II, 147], The Hague, 1784, 8vo (2)⁂ The first comprises several early texts on animal magnetism including Mesmer's Mémoire sur la Découverte du Magnétisme Animal, originally published in 1779 and the foundation of mesmerism. Bergasse helped Mesmer to found a society in Paris to teach the techniques of animal magnetism.

NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Clairaut (Alexis Claude) Théorie de la Lune, second edition, folding engraved plate, ink inscription "George Sidney Smith May 10 1827" to head of title and with some ink annotations, a few ink stains, plate creased at fold, a few side-notes and headlines shaved, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Paris, Dessaint & Saillant, 1765 § Struve (Friedrich G.W.) Expédition Chronométrique exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Nicolas Ier entre Poulkova et Altona pour la Détermination de la Longitude Géographique relative de l'Observatoire Central de Russie, first edition, foxing, old ink library stamp to title, contemporary paste-paper boards, rubbed, new labels, St.Petersburg, 1844, 4to (2)⁂ The first won the annual Russian Imperial Academy prize. This is the second edition including important correctional tables which were not published until 1754; the first edition, published in St. Petersburg in 1752, is very rare.

NO RESERVE Military.- Williamson (Brig.-Gen. A., editor) Military Memoirs and Maxims of Marshal Turenne, first Dublin edition, 3pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional soiling, engraved bookplate of James Farrell, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, cracks to joints, Dublin, George Faulkner, 1740 § [Breton (William)] Militia Discipline. The Words of Command, and Directions for Exercising the Musket, Bayonet, and Carthridge..., fourth edition, title browned, lightly water-stained, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, gouge to upper cover, rebacked, by R.Harbin...J.Morphew, 1717 § Reide (Thomas) A Treatise on the Duty of Infantry Officers and the Present System of British Military Discipline, ?fourth edition, contemporary ink inscription "Geo. Evans 32nd. Foot" to head of title, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary roan, worn, rebacked preserving most of old label, J.Walter, and T.Egerton, 1799, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The first item was published the same year as the London edition but this Dublin edition is scarce with only 6 locations in ESTC (4 UK and 2 in America). The second item is rare; ESTC and Library Hub list a handful of copies of the second edition of the same year but none of this fourth edition. It appears to be a reprint of the second edition with a cancel title. The book was reprinted in Boston, New England in 1733. The third was first published in 1795 and this is one of several printings but this edition is not listed by ESTC, it is seemingly a reprint of the third edition with a cancel title.

Agriculture.- Mathews (James) Remarks on the cause of the Scarcity and Dearness of Cattle, Swine, Cheese, &c. &c. and of the Articles Tallow Candles, and Soap..., light spotting and soiling at beginning, ink ownership inscription "3/6 S.Pole Esq." to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, ink manuscript notes to upper cover, rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 17602; Kress B.3926], 1799 § Maxwell (Robert) The Practical Husbandman..., first collected edition, with author's signature "to prevent pyrating" to verso of title, folding engraved plate with explanatory leaf of text at end, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 9224; Perkins 1173; Not in Kress], Edinburgh, C.Wright & Co., for the author, 1757 § Trusler (Dr. John) Practical Husbandry, or, the Art of Farming, with a Certainty of Gain..., fourth edition, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title, near contemporary calf, [Goldsmiths' 17579], for the author, 1799 § Brown (Robert) Treatise on Rural Affairs..., 2 vol., first separate edition, half-titles, 6 engraved plates, light spotting and browning, bookplate of Ernest Ridley Debenham, contemporary tree calf, [Goldsmiths' 20230; Perkins 240], Edinburgh, 1811, all rubbed; and 3 others, agriculture, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ The first is an interesting study of everyday prices by a market trader/butcher of long standing. While most studies of inflation/prices focus on corn prices (for obvious reasons), James Mathews draws on his much wider experience where "High Street" prices for every day purchases are real challenges for the poor. This is a reissue of the work first published in 1797 with a cancel title-page; both editions are scarce.

India.- [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initial, light water-staining at end, C4 lacking small portion from upper margin with slight loss to headlines and a few letters from first line of text on verso, 19th century calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo, Leiden, Daniel Gaasbeek, 1687.⁂ Scarce. During his travels in the East Indies Dellon, a French Catholic physician, was denounced to the Inquisition at Goa. He was imprisoned for two years and frequently tortured to extract a confession of heresy. He refused to confess and was consequently condemned to the galleys for five years. His account here is a vivid portrait of the Inquisition in Goa and went through several later editions.

NO RESERVE Africa.- James (F.L.) The Wild Tribes of the Soudan, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps, 2 folding, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, mottling to fore-edges, bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech pp.82-83], 1883 § Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps at end, faint off-setting to title, scattered spotting, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1896 § Seligman (C. G. & Brenda Z.) Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, scattered faint spotting, tiny marginal worming to last few leaves, original cloth, small worming to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1932, 8vo (3).

NO RESERVE Africa.- Johnston (Sir Harry H.) The Uganda Protectorate, 2 vol., first edition, ?presentation copy inscribed "E. Irby From H. J.", half-titles, colour frontispieces, previous owner's ink signatures to half-titles and frontispiece verso, plates and illustrations, many full-page, 9 folding plates, cracked hinges, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.110], 8vo, 1902.⁂ Sir Harry Johnston married Winifred Mary Irby, daughter of Florance George Henry Irby, fifth Baron Boston, in 1896. The presentation inscription appears to have been given to a relative of Winifred's, presumably by the author.

NO RESERVE [?Lyttelton (Thomas, Lord)] A Letter to a celebrated Young Nobleman on his late Nuptials, only edition, half-title, light marginal foxing or staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, for J.Bew, 1777 § Misaurus (Philander, pseud.) The Honour of the Gout, half-title with advertisments to verso, contemporary ink signature "Jos. Hewitt" to head of title, stab-holes, final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good clean copy, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wellcome IV p.143], R.Gosling, 1735 § Essays Divine, Moral, and Political, first edition, first issue with "Religon" and colon after "Government" on title, lacking frontispiece, lightly browned, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Teerink 1082], 1714 § [Browne (Joseph)] St.James's Park. A Satyr, 16pp., pirated edition, [Foxon B530.86], H.Hills, 1709 bound with Poem (A) on the Taking St.Mary's, 8pp., drop-head title with row of type flowers at head of p.1, [Foxon, P644], [Henry Hills], [[?1709], together 2 works in 1 vol., modern marbled wrappers § Pope (Alexander) The Works, 9 vol., some browning (particularly towards end of vol.5), slight worming to lower margin of vol.1, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, a few stains, some cracks to joints, Dublin, G.Faulkner & A.Bradley, 1769 § [Coventry (Francis)] The History of Pompey the Little: or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog, second edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper joint repaired, for M.Cooper, 1751; and 4 others, literature, v.s. (18)⁂ The first is a scarce satire on the marriage of Charles, Viscount Maynard, to Nancy Parsons. Parsons (c.1735-1814) had eloped to the West Indies with a Captain Horton, on her return to England she became a celebrated courtesan and the mistress of both the Duke of Dorset and the Duke of Grafton, and finally settled down with Maynard despite being several years his senior. ESTC records 5 UK copies.The second was first published in 1699 under the name Philander Misiatrus; it is sometimes wrongly attributed to Swift. The third is a satirical attack on Swift by either Burnet or Steele.

NO RESERVE Botany.- Graham (R.J.D.) List of Wild Plants found on the Nagpur and Telinkheri Farms, only edition, Nagpur, 1911 § Cockayne (L,) New Zealand Plants and their Story, presentation copy from the author to A.G.Tansley inscribed at head of title, Wellington, 1910 § Cockayne (L.) & E.Phillips Turner. The Trees of New Zealand, inscribed to A.G.Tansley, Wellington, 1928 § Ostenfeld (C.H.) & J.Gröntved. The Flora of Iceland and the Faeroes, Copenhagen & London, 1934, first editions, some illustrations, the last three from the library of the botanist & ecologist David Bellamy with his bookplate, all original cloth, a little rubbed; and 4 others including a second edition of the second, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is rare with only 2 UK copies listed by Library Hub (Kew & Natural History Museum).Sir Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955), botanist and pioneer in the science of ecology.

Ireland.- [Madden (Samuel Molyneux)] Reflections and Resolutions proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, as to their Conduct for the Service of their Country..., first edition, a little browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, [Bradshaw 1437; Goldsmiths' 7554; Not in Kress], Dublin, R.Reilly, 1738 § Griffith (Amyas) Miscellaneous Tracts, first edition, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, [Not in Bradshaw], Dublin, for the author, 1788 § [Code (Henry Brereton)] The Insurrection of the Twenty-Third July, 1803, first edition, later ink signature to head of title, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 18757; Not in Bradshaw], Dublin, [1803], some light foxing or browning, the first two contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn; and 16 others on Ireland, 8vo (19)

Economics.- Mushet (Robert) An Attempt to Explain from Facts the Effects of the Issues of the Bank of England upon its own Interests, Public Credit, and Country Banks, first edition, lightly water-stained, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Einaudi 4070; Goldsmiths' 24990; Kress C.1734], 1826 § Smith (Thomas) Essay on the Theory of Money & Exchange, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signature across title and old ink library stamp of the Duke of Cambridge, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Goldsmiths' 19445; Kress B.5257], 1807 § Society of Arts. Report...of Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes, only edition, half-title, 7 plates of bank notes and designs, most engraved, 2 folding, water-staining at foot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 22503], 1819 § [Cooke (Edward)] The Real Cause of the High Price of Gold Bullion, second edition, errata leaf, contemporary ink signature to head of title, rather soiled, offsetting to title, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 22423; Kress C.269], 1819 § Tooke (Thomas) Considerations on the State of the Currency, first edition, modern boards, [Einaudi 5653; Goldsmiths' 25024; Kress C.1805], 1826, some spotting or soiling; and 8 others on gold, money, currency etc., 8vo (13)⁂ Robert Mushet (1782-1828), an official at the Royal Mint, was cited as an authority in contemporary debates on currency questions. He supported Ricardo in the Bullion controversy. Amongst other things he here proposes "an extension of the metallic basis of the currency, and that no Notes should be in circulation under £20". He also looks forward to the establishment of the Joint Stock system as beneficial alike to the public and the Bank of England.

Scotland.- Chalmers (Thomas) Observations on a Passage in Mr.Playfair's Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh relative to the Mathematical Pretensions of the Scottish Clergy, first edition, browned, modern marbled boards, [Not in Goldsmiths'], Cupar, R.Tullis, 1805 § Hanna (Rev. William) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers, D.D. LL.D., 4 vol., engraved portrait, additional vignette titles, contemporary calf, Edinburgh, 1851-52 § [Bruce (Archibald)] A Serious View of the Remarkable Providences of the Times: and a Warning as to the Public Sins, Dangers, and Duty of British Protestants, only edition, with final advertisement leaf, browned, modern marbled boards, Glasgow, J.Ogle, 1795 § Irvine (Rev. A.) An Inquiry into the Discipline of the Church of Scotland, as founded in Law..., first edition, errata leaf at end, modern cloth, [Not in British Library], Perth, 1811 § Thistle (The) or Anglo-Caledonian Journal, no.1-12 bound in 1 vol. [all published], ex-Church of Scotland library copy with ink stamps to title,, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, 1836; and 6 others, the church in Scotland, 8vo (14)

NO RESERVE Public Health.- Houses of Parliament. Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, 3 vol. in 1, folding plate, folding tables, 1904; Fourth [-Ninth] Report of the Commissioners....[on] Treating and Disposing of Sewage, bound in 8 vol., folding maps, charts and tables, some colour, 1904-15, near uniform contemporary half morocco § Farr (William) Vital Statistics, edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel. A Humphreys, first collected edition, portrait, tables, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 1885 § Simon (Sir John) English Sanitary Institutions, first edition, original cloth, recased, 1890, all but the last ex-library with ink stamp to titles, rubbed; and 17 others on public health, sanitation etc., most government reports, folio & 8vo (28)⁂ The reports on sewage disposal include the contamination of shellfish, and liquid waste from manufacturing processes in rural areas.

NO RESERVE Boerhaave (Hermann) Elementa chemiae, 2 vol., first authorised edition with the author's signed attestation to verso of title in vol.1, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, 17 engraved plates, each with facing letterpress explanatory leaf, vol.2 with 2pp. index of chemicals, [Duveen 84; Ferguson I, 112], Leiden, Isaac Severinus, 1732; Opuscula Omnia, first edition, title with woodcut device, engraved illustration, The Hague, J.Neaulme, 1738, together 2 works in 2 vol., woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, a good clean copy, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels (one renewed), rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, vol.2 with stain to upper cover and spine ends repaired, 4to⁂ The first work was the most complete and systematic survey of chemistry of its time; the second contains Boerhaave's famous lectures on medicine.

Agriculture.- Young (Arthur) The Farmer's Tour through the East of England..., 4 vol., first edition, lacking half-title in vol.1 but with final advertisement leaf in vol.4, 29 engraved plates on 28 sheets, some folding, tables, one folding, some light spotting or offsetting, modern bookplate of R.C.Fiske, modern half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, W.Strahan, 1771; A Letter to Lord Clive, on the Great Benefits which may result to the Publick from patriotically expending a small part of a large private fortune: particularly in promoting the interests of Agriculture, by a forming an Experimental Farm, first edition, folding engraved plan, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 10293-1; Perkins 1992], W.Nicoll, 1767; The Example of France, a Warning to Britain, first edition, half-title, with advertisement leaf and Appendix at end, with small circular engraved armorial bookplate of J.Maynard to verso of title and his ink initials to recto, modern cloth, [Einaudi 6087; Goldsmiths' 15890; Kress B.2633, lacking the half-title], W.Richardson, 1793, 8vo (6)⁂ The second is one of the scarcest of Young's publications. Lord Clive returned from India to England a rich man. He estimated that his personal fortune stood at just over £400,000. Whether or not Arthur Young's public letter to Clive influenced him or not, he decided to go on another spending spree adding several hundred estates in Shropshire and Monmouthshire to his already enormous land holdings including those in Ireland and Shropshire - 13,500 acres in all - in addition to a house in Berkeley Square, London. Arthur Young clearly saw him as the ideal partner for agricultural experiment.

NO RESERVE Aeronautics.- Barrès (Fernand) & others. Les Transformateurs d'Énergie: Générateurs, Accumulateurs, Moteurs avec les plus récentes applications à la Navigation Aérienne, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.1 with photographic illustrations, vol.2 with 22 chromolithographed plates with multiple flaps on 13 thick card leaves, some light spotting, original pictorial cloth, vol.1 rubbed and stained, Paris, 1910 § Cei (L.) & G.Castagneris. L'Aeroplano e il Dirigibile, first edition, 2 colour plates of a Wrights' biplane and Zeppelin airship, each with several flaps (airship lacking one flap), a few ink stamps of Douglas Whetton collection, original printed wrappers, foxed, slightly frayed at edges, rebacked, Turin, 1910 § Glaisher (J.) & others. Voyages Aériens, first edition, additional pictorial title, plates and illustrations, some chromolithographed, occasional spotting, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, g.e., rubbed, Paris, 1870; and 7 others on aeronautics, v.s. (11)⁂ The first work shows the complex workings of a number of machines including a locomotive, steam turbine, internal combustion engine, motorcycle, automobile, airship, biplanes, generator, wireless etc.

NO RESERVE Psychiatry.- Pinel (Philippe) Traité Médico-Philosophique sur l'Aliénation Mentale, ou la Manie, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved plates, folding letterpress table, preliminary leaf a7 mounted on stub, contemporary ink signature to half-title, title with Leroy-Berger's slip pasted over original Paris imprint, occasional soiling, a few leaves nibbled at fore-edge, book-label of Charles William Robins, contemporary mottled sheep, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, 8vo, Boulogne, Leroy-Berger, An IX [1801].⁂ Important psychiatric work, by the founder of the French school of psychiatry who was one of the first to treat those with mental illness humanely.

Economics.- Observations, &c. upon the Act for Taxing Income..., first edition, half-title with woodcut Royal arms, modern marbled boards, original blue upper wrapper with woodcut Royal arms and contemporary ink inscription of John Piper bound in, [Goldsmiths' 17629; Kress B.3944], Burney & Gold, 1799 § Nodin (John) The British Duties of Customs, Excise, &c...., first edition, 3 folding tables, engraved bookplate of Robert Burnett, contemporary tree sheep, rubbed, gouge to upper cover, rebacked, red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 15313; Not in Kress], J.Johnson, 1792 § Huie (James) An Abridgement of all the Statutes now in force, relative to the Revenue of Excise in Great Britain, second edition, lightly browned, Skipness bookplate, contemporary calf, red roan label, rubbed, [cf.Goldsmiths' 18889, first edition of 1797], Edinburgh, for the Author, 1804; and 9 others on taxes, 8vo et infra (12)⁂ Income tax was introduced by William Pitt in his budget of 1798 in preparation for the cost of the Napoleonic wars.

NO RESERVE Laennec (René Théophile Hyacinthe) Traité de l'Auscultation Médiate et des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 4 double-page engraved plates, vol.2 with final blank, plates with numbers shaved and light offsetting, occasional foxing and slight browning to text, light water-staining at beginning and end, mostly marginal but affecting lower outer corner of plates, old ink stamp to titles, contemporary ink signature of Dr.H.Goudet to front free endpapers, original half green cloth, very slightly rubbed, [cf.PMM 280, first edition of 1819], 8vo, Paris, 1826.⁂ A classic of medical history, containing the first description of Laennec's ground-breaking invention of the stethoscope. This was the greatest advance in physical diagnosis between Auenbrugger's percussion and Roentgen's discovery of X-rays. Laennec used his new tool to study the sounds made by the movements of the heart and lungs, and from this work stems our modern knowledge of diseases of the chest. This second edition, the last edited by Laennec himself, is considerably altered and enlarged from the first edition of 1819 with each disease described in detail, making it "the most important treatise on diseases of the thoracic organs ever written" (Garrison, History of Medicine, p. 412).

NO RESERVE Metallurgy.- Réaumur (René Antoine Ferchault de) L'Art de Convertir le Feu Forgé en Acier, et l'Art d'Adoucir le Fer Fondu, first edition, 17 folding engraved plates of furnaces and smelting apparatus, title light browned and with small ink ownership monogram to foot, Mm2 with tear and crease to upper margin, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, spine gilt, neat repairs to upper joint, spine ends and corners, [Bibliotheca Mechanica 273/4], 4to, Paris, Michel Brunet, 1722.⁂ The first book to deal exclusively and in depth with iron and steel, Réaumur's most original contribution to industrial technology.

NO RESERVE Scandinavia.- Mallet (Paul Henri) Northern Antiquities: or, a Description of the ... Ancient Danes, and other Northern Nations, 2 vol., first English edition, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, bookplates, contemporary calf, upper cover of vol. 1 becoming detached, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1770 § Ellesmere (Francis Egerton, 1st Earl) Guide to Northern Archæology by the Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Copenhagen, first English edition, illustrations, bookplate, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt arms of the Earls of Ellesmere to centre, lightly rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1848, 8vo (3).⁂ This first mentioned includes the first reference to the Vikings travelling to the New World.

Coal.- Taylor (T. John) Observations, addressed to the Coal Owners of Northumberland and Durham, on the Coal Trade of those counties, only edition, one or two contemporary ink marginalia, modern wrappers, [Goldsmiths' 34634; Kress C.6980], Newcastle, Wm.Heaton, 1846 § Dunn (Matthias) A Review of a Pamphlet entitled "Observations addressed to the Coal Owners of Northumberland and Durham..., first edition, signature of John Bell Simpson to front pastedown, old marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in russet morocco, [Goldsmiths' 34618], Newcastle-upon-Tyne, M.Ross, 1846 § Frauds and Abuses of the Coal-Dealers Detected and Exposed (The): In a Letter to an Alderman of London, third edition, lacking half-title, woodcut ornaments, one or two ink corrections in contemporary manuscript, foxed, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths 8287; Kress 485], M.Cooper, 1747; and 2 others on coal, 8vo & folio (5)⁂ The first two provide an interesting commentary on the state of the coal trade in the Northumberland and Durham coal fields. The second is by Matthias Dunn (c. 1788-1869), the mining engineer and from 1850 one of the first government mines inspectors under the Inspection of Mines Act. Both are rare with Library Hub listing only 3 printed copies of the first (LSE, Newcastle University and Goldsmith's/Senate House libraries) and only the Goldsmith's/Senate House copy of the second.The third is a useful portrait of London coal merchants in the mid 18th century, first published in 1743-44 with a second edition in 1745; all editions are scarce.

Trials.- Concanen (George) A Report of the Trial at Bar, Rowe v. Brenton...as to the Rights to Minerals in the Assessional Lands of the Duchy of Cornwall, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Mr.Wells inscribed at head of title, a few ink annotations, folding hand-coloured lithographed map, 1830 bound with Short Statement (A) of the Case of the Late Sir William Clayton, Bart. and his lessees holding an estate at Kennington, under the Constitution of the Duchy of Cornwall, 8pp., drop-head title, [Library Hub British Library copy only], [1834], together 2 works in 1 vol., some foxing and browning, bookplate of John Davies Enys, contemporary half calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red roan label, 1830 § Trial (The) of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, William Wakefield, and Frances Wakefield...for a Conspiracy, and for the Abduction of Miss Ellen Turner, first edition, half-title, with Appendix at end, some soiling and chipping to edges, modern cloth, [Ferguson 1159], 1827; and 9 others, trials, 8vo (11)⁂ The first was a landmark trial in the long and contentious history of the legal (and constitutional) status of the Duchy of Cornwall, mineral rights of private landowners, the power of the Stannary courts, and, by extension, the whole matter of Cornwall's peculiar semi-separate status within the United Kingdom. The Rowe-Brenton case itself was brought to "try the right to copper ore raised from the East Crinnis mines" at Tewington in Cornwall. The second is an account of one of the most celebrated English criminal trials of the 19th century which resulted in the young Edward Gibbon Wakefield (1796-1862), later an acclaimed colonial statesman, being sent to prison for three years. In 1816 he had made a runaway match with an heiress and ward in chancery, Eliza Susan Pattle, the orphan daughter of a Canton merchant. He afterwards returned to Turin as secretary to the under-secretary of the legation, and after his wife's death on 5 July 1820 he became connected with the Paris legation. In 1826, urged on by the persuasions of his friends in Paris, he made a foolhardy attempt to improve his prospects by a second marriage. On 7 March by a false message he beguiled from school Ellen Turner, the daughter of William Turner of Shrigley, a wealthy Cheshire manufacturer, inducing her, by representing that her father's fortune depended on her compliance, to go through a ceremony of marriage at Gretna Green. He took the lady with him to Calais, but forbore to consummate the marriage; at Calais he was overtaken by his bride's enraged relatives, who induced her to leave him. Wakefield returned to England to share the fate of his accomplice, his brother William, who had already been arrested. They were both sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The question of the legality of the marriage was involved in so much doubt that it was cancelled by special Act of Parliament.

NO RESERVE Birds.- [Pennant (Thomas)] Genera of Birds, second [first illustrated] edition, engraved vignette title and 15 plates of 16 images, some spotting and offsetting, [Nissen IVB 712], B. White, 1781; Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, par le Comte de Buffon, and les Planches Enluminées, Systematically Disposed, additional engraved vignette title, with advertisement leaf at end (often missing), B. White, 1786, together 2 works in 1, contemporary diced russia, spine gilt, a little worn, joints split, 4to ⁂ Often found bound together, the second is Pennant's index to Buffon's Ornithology and bears an amusing introduction comparing Buffon to a brightly-coloured diving duck.

NO RESERVE Edwards (Osman) Japanese Plays and Playfellows, first English edition, signed and inscribed in Japanese by author, frontispiece and plates, tissue-guards, advertisements at end, bookplate, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1901.

Oceania.- Monckton (Captain C. A. W.) Some Experiences of a New Guinea Resident Magistrate, portrait frontispiece, plates, folding map at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1921; Last Days in New Guinea, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, one loose, folding map, tear at gutter, old repair to verso, advertisements at end, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signatures, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1922; and others, including 10 vol. from the Hakluyt Society, 8vo (15)

Ireland.- Dialogue (A) between a Banker and a Merchant of the City of Dublin, 8pp., only edition, ex-Birmingham Assay Office library copy with small ink stamp to verso of title, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Black 155; Goldsmiths' 8939; Kress 5340; several copies in ESTC but mostly in Ireland], Dublin, 1754 § Sheffield (John, Lord) Observations on the Manufactures, Trade, and Present State of Ireland, lacking half-title, with 4 tables, 3 folding, title lacking tip of lower outer corner, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Roden, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, Dublin, R.Moncrieffe, L.White, & P.Byrne, 1785 § Orde (Thomas) The Commercial Regulations with Ireland..., first edition, half-title, final two leaves soiled and frayed at edges, [Black 1371; Goldsmiths' 12942], J.Debrett, 1785 bound with [Rose (George)] The Proposed System of Trade with Ireland Explained, first edition, lacking half-title, small stain to title, [Black 1412; Goldsmiths 12954], John Nichols, 1785, bound with 4 other economic tracts mostly relating to Ireland, together 6 works in 1 vol., some light browning, old half calf, scuffed, spine faded, the last two both R.D.Collison Black's copies with his ink inscription; and 2 others on economics relating to Ireland, 8vo (5)

Asia.- Fellows (Sir Charles) Coins of Ancient Lycia, first edition, half-title, folding colour map frontispiece, 21 plates, 1 map, ex-library with usual labels, contemporary cloth, remnants of library paper label to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, some neat repairs to spine, 1855; Travels and Researches in Asia Minor, folding map frontispiece, 5 folding plates, 1 folding map, illustrations, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink signature, cracked hinges, original cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping 6to corners and extremities, 1852; 4to & 8vo (2).

Cotton & Linen.- Guest (Richard) A Compendious History of the Cotton-Manufacture: with a disproval of the claim of Sir Richard Arkwright to the invention of its ingenious machinery, first edition, 3 lithographed plates of spinners and 9 engraved plates of machinery, one slightly shaved, title browned, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Goldsmiths' 23794; Kress C.1068], Manchester, 1823; The British Cotton Manufactures, and a Reply to an Article on the Spinning Machinery contained in a recent number of the Edinburgh Review, first edition, book-label of Thomas W.Fox and presentation label to the Textile Institute, original boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, [Goldsmiths' 25498; Kress C.2080], Manchester, 1828 § Radcliffe (William) Exportation of Cotton Yarns..., first edition, modern roan-backed cloth, [Goldsmiths 20256. Kress B.5890], Stockport, 1811; Origin of the New System of Manufacture, commonly called "Power-Loom Weaving"..., first edition, lightly browned, errata cut and mounted on rear endpaper, modern sheep-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 25500; Kress C.2159], Stockport, 1828, the first two ex-library copies with stamps; and 4 others on cotton etc., 4to & 8vo (8)

Roberts (Lewes) The Merchants Map of Commerce..., fourth edition, title in red and black, a little browned, engraved bookplate of John Somers, Lord Somers, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, red morocco label, upper corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 3671; Kress 2261; Sabin 71909; Wing R1601], folio, for Thomas Horne, 1700.⁂ "This appears to have been the earliest systematic work on trade and commerce published in the English language... The description of 'America and the Provinces thereof' contains much fuller accounts of New England, New Netherland, and other places than that in the first edition." (Sabin).

Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, 17 engraved plates of coins, 1762; A View of the Gold Coin and Coinage of England, 7 engraved plates of coins, occasional early ink correction or marginalia, 1763; A View of the Copper Coin and Coinage of England, 6 engraved plates of coins, 1766, together 3 works in 1 vol., all but last first edition, engraved illustrations, light offsetting, some foxing, upper hinge tender, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, spine with some chipping to label and ends, joints split but holding, folio, for T. Snelling.

NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Rabuel (Claude) Commentaires sur la Geometrie de M.Descartes, first edition, 23 folding engraved plates, approbation leaf at end, tear to 4A3 repaired without loss, verso of 4B4 with loss to a few lines of text where paper previously folded and not printed, otherwise a good clean copy, later roan-backed boards, rubbed, spine repaired at head, Lyons, Marcellin Duplain, 1730 § Deparcieux (Antoine) Nouveaux Traités de Trigonometrie Rectiligne et Spherique, first edition, 17 folding engraved plates, tables, light browning to text, some staining to plates, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine & red morocco label, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis & Jacques Guerin, 1741 § Carnot (L.-N.-M.) Oeuvres Mathématiques, engraved portrait, folding engraved plate, title foxed, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine gilt, Basle, J.Decker, 1797, all rubbed; and vol.2 only of Blondel's Problemes d'Architecture/Frenicle's Ouvrages de Mathematique of 1731 including the latter's treatise on magic squares, 4to & 8vo (4)

East India Company.- Minutes of Evidence taken before the...House of Lords...Charter of the East-India Company..., 1813; Minutes of Evidence taken before the...House of Commons...to consider of the Affairs of the East-India Company, 1813; Minutes of Evidence taken before the...House of Commons...on the Affairs of the East-India Company, 1813, together 3 works in 2 vol., folding tables, some water- & damp-staining, engraved bookplate of Joseph Dart, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of titles and labels removed, contemporary half calf, rubbed, gouge to upper cover of vol.2 § Trial (The) of Joseph Fowke, Francis Fowke, Maha Rajah Nundocomar, and Roy Rada Churn, for a Conspiracy against Warren Hastings, Esq...., first edition, with final errata and advertisement leaves, a few stains, contemporary ink signature and bookplate of John Yorke, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn, [Not in Goldsmiths'], T.Cadell, 1776; and 7 others relating to the East India Company, 4to & 8vo (10)⁂ The East India Company Charter Act of 1813 ended the East India Company's monopoly of trade with India.

[Penton (Stephen)] New Instructions to the Guardian..., first edition, issue with "Ruin" in line 6 of title and "Church-yard" in imprint, with initial imprimatur/advertisement leaf, light water-staining towards end, contemporary sheep, a little worn, upper joint split, spine ends chipped, [Wing P1440], 12mo, for Walter Kettilby, 1694.⁂ In 1688 Penton had published The Guardian's Instructor, or the gentleman's romance written for the diversion and service of the gentry, which deals with the bringing up of children at home, and with training at Oxford University. His New Instructions... of 1694 continues the same theme, while emphasising also the educational routes into the learned professions. One of two editions of this date: gatherings A and a are largely printed from the same setting of type in both editions, gatherings B-G are reset throughout. No preference is given by Wing.

NO RESERVE Glisson (Francis), George Bate & Ahasuero Regemorter. De rachtitide, sive morbo puerili, qui vulgo The Rickets dicitur..., second edition, with blank A1 bound at end of preliminaries, imprimatur leaf following title, woodcut diagrams, paper flaw tears to G7 affecting a couple of letters and marginal hole to M1, very light water-stain to head of first few leaves, modern vellum, black morocco label, [Wing G856], 12mo, Tho. Roycroft for Laurence Sadler, 1660.⁂ The first substantial account of infantile rickets, first published in 1650, and one of the earliest collaborative works of medical research. Glisson also identified infantile scurvy as being a separate condition. Rare in commerce.

NO RESERVE Chesterfield (Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of) Letters Written...to his Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., 2 vol., first edition, first issue with "quia uroit" in line 16 p.55 of vol.1, engraved portrait frontispiece, half-titles, errata leaf at end of vol.2, foxing, particularly to vol.2, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, for J.Dodsley, 1774; and 2 others, Chesterfield, 4to & 12mo (4)

NO RESERVE Spain & Portugal.- Beawes (Wyndham) A Civil, Commercial, Political and Literary History of Spain and Portugal, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, bookplate, occasional light spotting or minor soiling, contemporary tree calf, upper joint broken (stitching holding at foot), small chip to spine, extremities a little worn, folio, for R. Faulder, 1793.

Economics.- Mill (John Stuart) Principles of Political Economy, 2 vol., third edition, contemporary russet calf with gilt arms to covers, a little rubbed, particularly at edges, spines slightly faded, 1852 § Mill (James) Elements of Political Economy, second edition, 5pp. advertisements at end, R.D.Collison Black's copy with his bookplate, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 24051; Kress C.1295], 1824 § Spence (William) Tracts on Political Economy, first collected edition, half-title, original cloth, uncut, spine repaired, [Einaudi 5419; Goldsmiths' 23451; Kress C.891], 1822 § Vansittart (Nicholas) An Inquiry into the State of the Finances of Great Britain, first edition, half-title, 7 folding tables, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 16773; Kress B.3090], 1796 § Tooke (Thomas) Thoughts and Details on the High and Low Prices of the Thirty Years, from 1793 to 1822, second edition, large folding table, ex-Birmingham Assay Office library with small ink stamps, library half morocco, [Goldsmiths' 24119; Kress C.1355], 1824 § Huskisson (William) The Speeches..., 3 vol., first collected edition, vol.1 lacking half-title but with engraved portrait, facsimile letter, the Earl of Portsmouth's copy with his ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, spines gilt with red & green roan labels, a little marked, 1831; and 18 others on political economy, 8vo (27)⁂ The first is a handsome copy of this important edition, revised by Mill and heavily influenced by his wife Harriet.

Military.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, first edition, list of subscribers, 2 aquatint vignettes in text, with engraved plan of Fort Bourbon but lacking engraved map, without the 6 aquatint plates issued separately but bound in with the large paper folio copies, bookplates of 1st Battalion Suffolk Regiment, one for the Officers Mess dated 1905 in ink manuscript, contemporary ink ownership inscription to dedication leaf, some light soiling and marginal staining, later calf, arms of the Regiment in gilt to upper cover, paper label to spine, rubbed and soiled, spine chipped, [Sabin 104563; cf.Abbey, Travel 677, large paper], T. Bensley, 1796; and others, Military, v.s. (c.34)

Ireland.- Woodward (Richard) An Argument in Support of the Right of the Poor in the Kingdom of Ireland, to a National Provision..., second edition, title soiled, modern calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, [Black 832; Goldsmiths' 10936; Kress 6915], Dublin, S.Powell, 1772 § Doyle (Rev. James) Letter to Thomas Spring-Rice, Esq. M.P. &c. &c. on the Establishment of a Legal Provision for the Irish Poor, first edition, lacking half-title, modern marbled boards, [Black 4169; Bradshaw 2924; Goldsmiths' 26874; Kress C.2786], Dublin, 1831 § Thornton (William Thomas) A Plea for Peasant Proprietors; with the outlines of a plan for their establishment in Ireland, first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, half-title, R.D.Collison Black's copy with his signature, original cloth, rubbed, spine and paper label worn, [Goldsmiths' 35573; Kress C.7604], 1848, 8vo (3)⁂ Woodward was one of the principal founders of the House of Industry in Dublin, in 1773, in connection with which, in 1775, he wrote An address to the publick on the expediency of a regular Plan for the Maintenance and government of the Poor. This is described in DNB as "a pamphlet remarkable for being one of the earliest as well as ablest pleas for the introduction of a compulsory provision for the poor in Ireland on the English model". However, it is clear that in the present pamphlet, first published some seven years earlier, in 1768, Woodward had already laid out arguments for the pressing need of a national provision for the poor in Ireland.

Ireland.- [Swift (Jonathan)] The Hibernian Patriot: being a collection of the Drapiers Letters to the People of Ireland, concerning Mr. Woods Brass Half Pence, second collected edition (first London edition), woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, contemporary ink inscription "E.Kynaston 1729" to front pastedown and other later signatures to head of title, slight worming to outer margin of a few leaves, short tear to upper edge of Q5 & 8 affecting a couple of lines but no loss, very light foxing at beginning and end, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, [Goldsmiths' 6798; Kress 3901; Rothschild 2095; Teerink-Scouten 22], 8vo, Printed at Dublin. London: reprinted and sold by A. Moor, 1730. ⁂ Known as the "Drapier's Letters" and first published individually in 1724 and collectively in 1725 as Fraud detected; or, the Hibernian Patriot, these pamphlets were written by Swift after William Wood was granted the patent to mint copper coinage for Ireland which was believed by Swift to be of inferior quality. Through the letters he gained public support, resulting in a nationwide boycott and the withdrawal of the patent. Harding the printer was arrested but Swift's opposition to British control earned him acclaim throughout Ireland.

Somervile (William) The Chace. A Poem, first edition, [one of 750 copies], engraved frontispiece by Scotin after Gravelot, errata leaf at end, armorial bookplate of Christopher Barber Collinson of Beltoft, contemporary half mottled calf, a little rubbed, rebacked by Bernard Middleton preserving old gilt spine (signed and dated by Middleton Sept. '06 in pencil at foot of rear endpaper), [Foxon S562; Hayward 158; Rothschild 1932; Schwerdt II p.166], for G.Hawkins, and sold by T.Cooper, 1735; The Chase, a Poem: to which is added Hobbinol or the Rural Games, first edition using Baskerville type, light browning, Mexborough bookplate, handsome later green morocco with elaborate gilt-tooled borders, spine gilt in compartments and five raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, [Gaskell, Baskerville Add 3; Rothschild 1936], Birmingham, by Robert Martin, 1767, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ Somervile's poem, widely reprinted, is considered by many to be the most vivid depiction of both hunting and animal life of the period. The second item was the first book to be issued by Robert Martin after taking out the lease on the Baskerville Press.

NO RESERVE Meteorology.- Saussure (Horace-Bénédict de) Essais sur l'Hygrométrie, first edition, half-title, charming engraved head-piece of putti, 2 engraved plates, one folding, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, [Meckly 167], 4to, Neuchatel, Samuel Fauche Pere et Fils, 1783.⁂ Saussure is probably best remembered as one of the first to climb Mont Blanc but he also carried out important research in geology, meteorology and botany. This work on measuring the humidity of the air using human hair established him as the founder of hygrometry.

NO RESERVE Plastic Surgery.- Tagliacozzi (Gaspare) De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem libri duo, fourth edition, uncut in the publishers' unbound sheets, 6 folding lithographed plates, title with short tear to outer margin repaired, plates lightly foxed and damp-stained, folded but unbound and uncut, loose in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Berlin, G.Reimer, 1831.⁂ The first work devoted entirely to plastic surgery, originally published in 1597, but the first separate edition since the Frankfurt edition of 1598. Rare to find in the publishers' unbound sheets.

Ireland.- [Doyle (James Warren)], "J.K.L.". Letters on the State of Education in Ireland; and on Bible Societies..., 1824; Letters on the State of Ireland..., 1825, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, bookplates of St. Edmund's College and the Maguire Library, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, [Bradshaw 2915 & 2917; Goldsmiths' 24397 2nd item], Dublin, Richard Coyne § Colquhoun (J.C.) The System of National Education in Ireland..., first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary ink signature of E.Wilmot to head of title, original blind-stamped cloth, Cheltenham, 1838 § Martineau (Harriet) Endowed Schools in Ireland, first edition in book form, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original cloth, unopened, rebacked, 1859, some light browning, the first two with the book-label of John Lawson, rubbed, 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Chemistry.- Fourcroy (Antoine Francois, Comte de) Philosophie Chimque, ou vérités fondamentales de la Chimie Moderne, second edition, with the author's validatory signature to verso of title, contemporary and modern ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of René Choppin, contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine gilt, head of spine repaired, [Ferguson I, 287; Duveen 225], Paris, An III [1795]; another edition, pirated first edition, contemporary ink inscription to title (cropped at head), light marginal water-staining, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, upper joint split, [Ferguson I, 287], Paris, 1792; another edition, third edition, half-title, some spotting, contemporary half sheep, corners and spine ends a little worn, Paris, 1806; and another third edition of the same, 8vo (4)⁂ Various editions of this popular work, a summary of antiphlogistic chemistry first published in 1792.

Lightfoot (Rev. John) The Works ..., vol. 1 only (of 2), first edition, title in red and black, 1 folding map, 1 folding plan, occasional faint marginal damp-staining, tiny marginal worming, scattered faint spotting, one or two marginal pencil notes, later calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Wing L2051], folio, by W.R. for Robert Scot ..., 1684.