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[Pre-Raphaelite] Poems by Alfred Tennyson published Edward Moxon 1857 the first edition with engravings by members of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, including J.E. Millais, D.G. Rossetti, Holman-Hunt & others and portrait medallion by Thomas Woolner, bound in publisher's gilt cloth

The Anatomy of The Horse Including A Particular Description of the Bones, Cartilages, Muscles, Fascias, Ligaments etc In 18 Tables, all done from Nature by George Stubbs, Painter – The Original 1766 edition and illustrations with a modern veterinary paraphrase by James McCunn assisted by C.W. Ottaway with 24 additional plates for Stubb’s drawings for this work now published for the first time, London J.A. Allen 1965, bound in full imitation leather & in original dust-wrapper (folio)

The New Book of Poultry by Lewis Wright with 45 plates in colour and black & white by J.W. Ludlow and The Poultry Cub Standards of Perfection for the Various Breeds, published Cassell & Co. (1902) first edition, bound in half leather with raised bands, gilt spine and leather labels

[Signed] The Story of The Cape to Cairo Railway & River Route from 1887 to 1922 The Romance of a Great Project and How it has Materialised & Story of its Creators, compiled, illustrated & edited by Leo Weinthal The Pioneer Publishing Company (1922) Volume 1 only, first edition with maps, portraits & facsimiles, folio bound in half leather with gilt spine (bottom edge of pages suffering an unusual amount of loss/damage), inscribed by author on dedication

[First Peacock Edition] Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen with preface by George Saintsbury and illustrations by Hugh Thomson, published George Allen 1894, peacock edition bound in elaborate gilt decorated cloth with peacock design to upper cover and spine and with gilt lettering (some rubbing of gilt on cover and owner's bookplate endpaper)

Family Devotions for Every Morning and Evening throughout the Year translated from Sturm & Tiede by Thomas Gaspey published London Printing Co (c.1850s) 2 volumes (bound in one) with many full-page plates, bound in full leather with decorated gilt spine. The first four books of Milton’s Paradise Lost by C.W. Connon 1855. Practical Measuring by E. Hoppus, 1751 third edition, bound in leather. The Whole Duty of Man printed for John Eyres, William Mount & Thomas Page 1744 with engraved title and frontispiece, bound in leather (worn). Vulgar Fractions, a handwritten exercise book dated 1833 (worn) together with two Dictionaries (7)

Robin Tanner, The Etchings, published Garton & Co 1988, first edition limited to 1000 copies, this copy is bound in full imitation leather with gilt lettered spine and there are pencil corrections & notes through the Biographical section suggesting perhaps a publisher's / author's proof copy

H.G. Wells World Brain, published Methuen & Co. Ltd 1938 first edition, publisher's orange cloth, in original dust-wrapper

A large quantity of model diecast vehicles, various manufacturers including Burago, Corgi, First Edition, etc.

WODEHOUSE (P.G), EGGS, BEANS AND CRUMPETS, first edition, d.j., orange cloth, Herbert Jenkins, 1940 (1)

HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, ROWLING (J.K.), 1998 hardback, first edition, first issue, with original dust jacketCondition good. Been well stored for the past two decades.

Potter (Beatrix) The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies Frederick Warne and Co., London, 1909, first edition Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, no date Together with two titles by A.A. Milnes (4) Condition Report:Available upon request

Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum Regnorum, Angliæ, Scotiæ, Hiberniæ et Insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquiate Chorographica dsescriptio, Authore Guilielmo Camdeno, Nunc postremo recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, 5th edition and 1st with maps, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title by William Rogers (repaired closed tear to lower left of image plus minor paper residue in the same area) letterpress title with large woodcut royal coat-of-arms bound in after dedication, additional title page for Hiberniæ et Insularum Briitanniæ Adiacentium descriptio..., 3 engraved maps by William Rogers; Britannia Provincia Romanorum, Englalond Anglia Anglosaxonum Heptarchia and Hibernia Antiqua (the latter printed to recto of Bbb8), full-page engraving of Stonehenge to P6, several full-page engraved illustrations of coins and antiquities, woodcut head-pieces, decorative initials, etc., contemporary ink marginal annotations to a few leaves including index and additional title page for Hiberniæ et Insularum, some water staining to margins, wormhole to top inner margin from first additional title to D1, tear with loss to outer top margin to Q3, later endpapers, contemporary blind stamped calf rebacked, lacking title label, boards rubbed, spine and corners worn & showing, upper board detached, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:STC 4507; Shirley 230.Bonar-Law pre-1612 P235 (for Hibernia Antiqua).Includes Rogers's map of Ireland copied from the 1595 Mercator map but showing Ireland in ancient times.

Vergil (Polydore). Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae Historiae libri vigintiseptem. Ab ipso autore postremu?m iam recogniti, ad[que] amussim, salua tamen historiae veritate, expoliti, Basel: Michael Isingrin, 1555, title with printer's woodcut device and with some early manuscript annotations and markings, upper outer corner of title with ownership signature of J. Hewitt dated 1760 (title repaired and reattached at gutter, lightly creased and slightly dust-soiled), decorative woodcut borders and initials to leaves a2 and a3, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf, early underscoring and annotations to margins throughout volume, light fraying to margins of first few leaves, short closed tear at foot of leaf H6, occasional damp-stains to margins of few leaves, contemporary blind panelled calf with blind arabesque to centre of each board, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams V448.Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia was commissioned by Henry VIII to chronicle England’s ancient past up to the early Tudor dynasty, ending with the advent of Henry VIII’s reign in 1509. It was first published in Basel in 1534 by Johann Bebel, and re-issued in 1546, but only with the 1555 edition (as here) was the reign of Henry VIII to 1538 added.

Bishop (Isabella Lucy, née Bird). Views in the Far East, photographed by Isabella L. Bishop, F.R.G.S., 1st edition, Tokyo: S. Kajima, n.d. [1896], 60 collotype plates after photographs, comprising 37 of China, 12 of of Korea and 11 of Japan, each with printed caption at foot, original floral decorated moiré silk boards, fore-edges a little frayed, small oblong folio (17.5 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:See Deborah Ireland, Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels through China, 1894-1896, (Feltham, AE Publications, 2015).An important collection of collotypre plates by Seibei Kojima after photographs taken on her travels in China, Japan and Korea by Isabella Bishop (née Bird), the first woman to be elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Scamozzi (Vincenzo). L'Idea della Architettura Universale, divisa in X libri, 2 parts in 1, 1st edition, Venice: Expensis auctoris [for Giorgio Valentino], 1615, engraved architectural title to part one (lacking one to second part), letterpress titles to each, 83 full or double-page plates (of 86), lacking a further 4 text leaves, imprimatur leaf at end, armorial bookplate of James Herbert of Tythorpe to front pastedown, neat early 20th-century gift inscription in black ink to head of front free endpaper, first and final few quires faintly damp-stained to outer margin (touching text), contemporary vellum, head and foot of spine worn with some loss, some marks to covers, folio (34.5 x 23 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Kat. 2605; Fowler 292; Millard Italian 123.'These are the two literary contributions of Vincenzo Scamozzi, who in his old age enjoyed an undisputed international reputation and provided a direct link with Palladio for Bernini's generation' (Wittkower 1983, 26 & Millard Italian). 'Scamozzi had been the student and assistant of Andrea Palladio, many of whose works he completed after 1580, including the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza' (Millard Italian).

Popery. Popish Cruelty Display'd, Being a short, but impartial history of some of the assassinations, murders, and inhumane slaughters, committed by papists upon protestants ..., [London?], 1718, guarded-in title edge-frayed and with early ink manuscript name Willm Hodgson, bound with: Nottingham (Daniel Finch, Earl of), The Answer of the Earl of Nottingham to Mr. Whiston's Letter to Him, concerning the Eternity of the Son of God, and of the Holy Ghost ..., eighth edition, London: for Edward Valentine, 1721, 3pp. advertisements at end, bound with: [Randolph, Herbert], Some Plain and Short Arguments from Scripture proving the Lord Jesus Christ to be the supreme God ..., sixth edition, London: for John Clark, 1719, bound with: Popping (S., publisher), The Lay-Mens Humble Representation of their Just Grievances, London, 1720, bound with: Calamy (Edmund), A Letter to Mr. Archdeacon Echard, upon occasion of his History of England, third edition, London: for John Clark, 1718, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, generally toned, occasional minor marks or stains, some dust-soiling, hinges cracked, mid-18th century blind-tooled calf, rubbed, one corner showing, minor worming to spine ends, 8vo, together with: [Zacharie de Lisieux, pe?re], A Rela[tion] of [the] Cou[ntry of] Ja[nsenia, Ne[ver Till Now Described, Wherein] is [... composed in French by Lewis Fountaine, Esq; and newly translated into English by P.B.], [1668], majority of title lacking and torn away (with an additional usual version of the title bound-in at the rear), without folding map, some toning, dust- and finger-soiling mainly at front and rear, few leaves lightly edge-frayed or with minor losses to blank margins, without front endpapers, contemporary calf, worn, small 8vo, plus: Gunter (W.), Gunter's Confectioner's Oracle, London: Alfred Miller, 1830, 4 plans (one folding), without portrait frontispiece, lightly toned, scarce minor spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary maroon half calf, worn, front joint cracked and board loose, spine covering defective, 8vo, with 4 other antiquarian titles (one in 2 volumes), some defectiveQTY: (8)NOTE:First item: ESTC T180090, T21975, T49335, T171246 & T38157 respectively.Second item: ESTC R38878; Wing F1410 for the usual edition. This copy appears to have remnants of a rare version of the title with the additional phrase 'Never till now described'. This version is not in ESTC, Wing or Library Hub. We have only found one mention of this version: in the catalogue of the first portion of the ... library of the late James Crossley, sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 21-28 July 1884 (lot 896).

Bower (Hamilton). Diary of a Journey Across Tibet, 1st edition, London: Rivington, Percival and Co, 1894, ownership inscription of John Bower (the author's brother) to half-title, frontispiece, folding map (frayed with small loss), 29 full-page and smaller illustrations, hinges cracked, sewing loosened with text block separated in places, original green pictorial cloth, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Yakushi B533. In 1891 Hamilton Bower and Dr. W. G. Thorold, at the instigation of the British Indian intelligence service, travelled 1200 miles across the Tibetan plateau through unknown country, at an average elevation of 19000 feet, despite being deserted by their guides, their food supplies giving out and almost all their transport animals dying. The Indian sub-surveyor Atma Ram accompanied Bower and Thorold and made an important map of the region which is reproduced in the book. Bower was the first European to cross the Tibetan plateau, for which he was awarded the Founder's Medal of the Royal Geographical Society.

Fielding (Henry). Amelia, in four volumes, London: A.Millar, 1752, each volume with 'R L' ink stamp to title-page, volume 1 lacking free front endpaper, volume 2 with advert leaf present at rear, Roger Quirk bookplate to front pastedown of each volume, all uniformly bound (volume 1 near matching), near contemporary brown sheep binding with gilt, gilt title to label on spine, gilt decorated spines, somewhat faded and slightly rubbed, with minor loss at head, corners showing, 12mo, together withThe History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his friend Mr. Abraham Adams..., 2nd edition, in two volumes, London: A.Millar, 1742, both volumes with Roger Quirk bookplate to front pastedown, volume 1 with old cataloguing description laid down onto front free endpaper and 2 leaves of adverts to rear, both bound in near contemporary marbled calf (volume 1 rebacked retaining original spine, volume 2 rear board partially detached), gilt decorated spines, 12mo, plusRichardson (Samuel). Clarissa. or the History of a Young Lady..., 8 volumes, 4th edition, London: S. Richardson, 1759, each volume with bookplates to front pastedown, front free endpaper and rear pastedown (volume 7 hinges strengthened), contemporary speckled calf (volume 1 and 4 upper cover partially detached), gilt decorated spine, with gilt leather labels in second and third compartments (volume 3 with loss of volume label), spines rubbed and a few with minor wear at ends, volume 1 upper cover just holding on one cord, volume 4 with repair to lower cover, 12mo, and four other sets comprising: Rosamond, 2 volumes, 1821; Rosamond the Sequel, 2 volumes, 1822; Camilla, 5 volumes, 1796; and The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote, 4 volumes, 1792, QTY: (27)NOTE:Rothschild 853: "There were two impressions of the first edition, one in December 1751, the second in January 1752; no distinguishing characteristics have been recorded". Rothschild quotes Dr. Johnson who said of 'Amelia' that it was: "perhaps the only book, which being printed off betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night" ('Anecdotes of the late Dr. Samuel Johnson', H.L. Piozzi, 1786, p.221)

Pugin (Augustus Welby). Contrasts; or, a Parallel between the Noble Edifices of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and similar buildings of the present day; shewing the present decay of taste; accompanied by appropriate text, 1st edition, London: printed for the author and published by him at St. Marie's Grange, near Salisbury, Wilts, 1836, etched frontispiece, additional etched title lettered in red, letterpress title printed in red and black, 14 etched plates, first few leaves from additional title onwards with damp stain, some light spotting, previous owner inscriptions dated 1840 at front, bookplate of Mark Girouard, contemporary half morocco, joints and edges rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with the True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott, 1st edition, London: John Weale, 1841, engraved frontispiece lettered in red, title printed in red and black with device, 9 engraved plates, illustrations (2 in colour with show-though to verso), occasional light spotting, bookplate of John Hopton (1782-1870), of Canon Frome Court, Herefordshire, his inscription dated July 1844, bookplate of Mark Girouard, all edges gilt, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, spine faded with small tears at ends, a few light stains, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Fowler 265 & 266.The first work is Pugin's manifesto in which he contrasts urban buildings of the time with their mediaeval equivalent and argues for a revival of the Gothic style (as well as the social structure and faith of the Middle Ages).

Misrach (Richard). Chronologies, 1st edition, San Francisco: Fraenkel Gallary, 2005, colour & monochrome illustrations, original boards in plastic wrapper, folio, together with:Suau (Anthony), Beyond the Fall, the Former Soviet Bloc in Transition 1989-99, 1st English language edition, New York: Renegade Publishing, 2000, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, small tear to the foot of the front cover, folio, plusDecarava (Roy), The Sound I Saw improvisation on a jazz theme, 1st edition, New York: First Print Press, 2019, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and Jeffreys (Leila), Birdland, 1st edition, Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2015, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern photography books, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (2 shelves)

Cox (Mrs. G Vassall). First Lessons in Cookery, 1st edition, London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd., 1916, advertisements to endpapers, page block toned throughout, a few leaves very slightly chipped or frayed at edge, original decorative cloth, somewhat marked, faded spine a little worn, with some fraying and a couple of tiny holes, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:A curiously rare cookery book; there are just four locations listed on COPAC, and we have been unable to trace a copy sold at auction. Perhaps the publisher's stock of this title perished in a fire, or as a result of bombing during the First World War, or maybe the poor quality wartime paper meant that very few survived the use for which they were intended.

Dresser (Christopher). Principles of Decorative Design, 3rd edition, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1875, 2 chromolithograph plates, monochrome illustrations, occasional pencil underlining, blue ink stamp of Council of Industrial Design Library to title, prize label of Bradford Mechanics' Institute School of Art, bookplate of Mark Girouard, original decorative cloth gilt, shelf number to foot of spine, corners and edges a little rubbed, small 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:First published in 1873, a keystone work by the leading Aesthetic Movement, Art Nouveau and industrial designer Christopher Dresser (1834-1904).

Sarratt (J. H.). A Treatise on the Game of Chess; containing a regular system of attack and defense: also, numerous rules and examples, teaching the most approved method of playing pawns at the end of a game. To which is added, a selection of critical and remarkable situations, won or drawn by scientific moves. A new edition, revised and improved with additional notes and remarks by W. Lewis, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and brown..., 1822, title with early ownership signature to head of Louisa Vialls, 8pp of publishers advertisements bound in at front, untrimmed, contemporary pale blue boards, rubbed and some marks and soiling, old card reback, with a little wear to edges and corners, 8vo, together withWalker (George). A Selection of Games at Chess, actually played by Philidor and his contemporaries: now first published from the original manuscript, with notes and additions by George Walker, London: Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1835, lower blank portion of dedication leaf excised, 110pp., with single-leaf publishers list at end, original dark green cloth, with printed title label to upper cover, rubbed and label somewhat darkened, 8vo, plusAnderson (Hans Christian). Tales and Fairy Stories, by Hans Christian Anderson. Translated by Madame de Chatelain. Illustrated by Henry Warren, London; George Routledge & Co., 1853, wood-engraved plates, occasional minor marks, mostly to plates and text margins, upper inner hinge partly split, original blind-stamped and gilt-decorated red cloth, a little rubbed, small 8vo, and other 19th century and 20th century literature, etc., including Thomas Zouch, The Life of Izaak Walton; including notices of his contemporaries, 1826, The Other Side of the Question: or, an attempt to rescue the characters of the two royal sisters Q. Mary and Q. Anne..., by a Woman of Quality, London: T. Cooper, 1742, France Grose, A Provincial Glossary, with a collection of local proverbs and popular superstitions, London: S. Hooper, 1787, etc., leather-bound and cloth-boundQTY: (6 shelves)

London. Greenwood (C & J), Map of London from an actual survey made in the years 1824, 1825 & 1826..., Greenwood & Co, 1st edition, August 21st, 1827, large scale map engraved by James & Josiah Neele with contemporary colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, inset views of St Pauls and Westminster, dedication to King George IV, reference to the parishes and table of explanation, some offsetting, edged in green silk with slight fraying, 1260 x 1855 mm, bookplate of L. C. Berger to verso, contained within contemporary tree calf book box (rubbed and slightly worn) QTY: (1)NOTE:Howgego 309. The largest and finest map of London to be printed in the 19th century. The Greenwood brothers spent three years preparing this remarkable new survey, illustrating for the first time the planned development of Belgravia by Thomas Cubitt, the completion of the Grand Surrey Canal and Regent's Park one year before it was finished in 1828. No map provided greater detail or accuracy until the Ordnance Survey.

Algarotti (Francesco). Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy Explain'd for the Use of the Ladies. In six dialogues on light and colours. From the Italian of Sig, Algarotti [translated by Elizabeth Carter], 2 volumes, London: Printed for E. Cave at St. John's-Gate, and sold also by Messrs. Brindley, Dodsley, Harding, Miller, Shuckburgh, Birt, Rivington, Gray, Hett, and Davison, and Clarke, 1739, volume 1: title, A3-11, B-K12, L7 (without the half-title A1 and advertisement leaf at end, L8), volume 2: title, plus two contents leaves, B1 and 3-12 (B2 not required), C-L12, M4, title to first volume relined, second title with Cave's name only, two versions of the contents leaf to volume 2 (one being a cancel with augmented errata to verso), some minor marks, signature of the painter George Romney to head of title of second volume, dated 1773 (and later signature of Edward Jeram, 1838, adjacent), endpapers replaced, 19th century half calf gilt, rubbed and some wear to joints, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: George Romney (1734-1802); Edward Jeram (signature); Patricia Jaffé, née Milne-Henderson (1925-2018).ESTC T86533; Babson 147; Wallis 196.5 or 6.First edition in English of this successful popularisation by the Venetian polymath, Count Francesco Algarotti, which originally appeared in Naples in 1737. The author studied natural sciences and mathematics under Zanotti in Bologna, and himself experimented with optics. Translated by the poet Elizabeth Carter (1717–1806), who first came to notice as a contributor of poems to the publisher Edward Cave's Gentleman's Magazine. Cave also issued a volume of her poetry in 1738. She was afterwards celebrated for her Greek scholarship, becoming the subject of Greek and Latin epigrams by Samuel Johnson.

Hobbes (Thomas, translator). The History of the Grecian War: in Eight Books, written by Thucydides, 2nd edition, corrected and amended, 1676, engraved additional title, letterpress title printed in red and black, 3 folding and double-page engraved maps, 2 engraved plates, frontispiece and front endpapers detached (folding map a little frayed at margins, small light water stain), rear blank with 18th century annotations, previous owner signatures of Frances Shirley and J. B. Locke to letterpress title, bookplate of Robert Quirk (with manuscript date of 1903), contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rebacked with original spine relaid, label renewed, some edge wear, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frances Shirley (Lady Frances Shirley, 1707-1778), signature to title.Wing T1134. First published in 1629, this is Thomas Hobbes' most famous translation and the first directly from the Greek. He also drew the ancient map of Greece.

Rennie (John). The Theory, Formation, and Construction of British and Foreign Harbours, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Weale, 1854, mezzotint portrait frontispiece of the author by J. Andrews (offset to title), 122 engraved charts and plans, some spotting, 2 small circular institutional ink stamps at head of first text leaf to volume 1, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt over cloth, rubbed and soiled, large folioQTY: (2)

Pugin (Augustus Welby). Contrasts: or, a Parallel Between the Noble Edifices of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries and Similar Buildings of the Present Day; shewing the present day decay of taste, 2nd edition, London: Charles Dolman, 1841, etched frontispiece, 18 plates bound at rear, some light spotting, endpapers renewed, presentation inscription, bookplate of Mark Girouard, original blindstamped cloth, spine a little faded, a few light stains, 4to, together with An Apology for the Revival of Christian Architecture in England, 1st edition, London: John Weale, 1843, half-title, etched frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 10 plates, a little minor spotting, front hinge broken, original cloth gilt, spine faded with loss at head, some fading and damp stains, 4to, plus A Treatise on Chancel Screens and Rood Lofts, their antiquity, use, and symbolic signification, 1st edition, London: Charles Dolman, 1851, frontispiece and 13 plates, hinges broken, textblock detached, original cloth, spine defective, covers detached, 4to, with an autograph letter from Benjamin Ferrey (Pugin biographer), dated April 1884 bound-in, with 3 others, a 3rd edition of Contrasts, or a Parallel Between the Noble Edifices, 1841 or later, and another edition of The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, 1853 (lacking spine) and Pugin's Gothic Furniture, reissue edition circa 1889? QTY: (6)NOTE:Fowler 265, 268, 272 for first three titles.

Freart (Roland). The Whole Body of Antient and Modern Architecture: Comprehending what has been said of it by these ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bulland and De Lorme, compared with one another. Also an account of architects and architecture, in an historical and etymological explanation of certain terms particularly used by architects... Published for the benefit of builders, limners and painters, translated by John Evelyn, 2nd edition in English, London: printed for F. P., 1680, licence leaf, additional engraved title titled 'A Parallel of Architecture both Ancient and Moderne', 40 full-page copper-engraved illustrations, engraved head and -tail pieces, licence leaf and additional title detached, stitching breaking, a few leaves with small tears and frayed fore edges, occasional light spotting, soiling and marginal damp stains, bookplate of Mark Girouard, contemporary calf, spine defective, some wear, folio, together with Keyser (Hendrik de). Architectura Moderna ofte Bouwinge van onsen tyt bestaende in verscheyde soorten van gebouwen zoo gemene als bysondere, als Kercken, Toornen, Raedshuyse, Poorten..., Amsterdam: Cornelis Danckerts, 1631 [but likely 2nd edition of 1640}, engraved title, dedication, 66 engraved plates, defective, lacking all text, all contents laid down and trimmed with losses, some toning and soiling, bookplate of Mark Girouard, later calf-backed boards, upper cover detached, some wear, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:First work ESTC R25336; Fowler 128 (for the first English translation of 1664).

[Serlio, Sebastiano]. [The first [-fifth] Booke of Architecture], 1st English edition, [London: by Simon Stafford and Thomas Snodham for Robert Peake, 1611], mostly black letter, woodcut titles, lacks title to first book and folio 64 of Book III, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, a few double-page, with blank at end of Book II, some spotting, soiling and staining, occasionally heavy, some mostly marginal fraying (lower outer corners of final two leaves torn with loss), scattered marks and scribbles in pen and pencil, near-contemporary calligraphic ownership inscription of George Detches at rear, later ownership names of Robert Lancaster, Will Clayton and John Bush, contemporary calf with blind-stamped central arabesque lozenge to both covers, some edge and corner wear with slight loss at head and foot of spine, folio (350 x 240 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Fowler 331; Harris 817; Millard British 74; STC 22235. The first major work on architecture in English. This is the first English edition of Books I-V, translated into English from the Dutch translation of Peter Cocke published in Amsterdam in 1606.

Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator & William Combe). The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax: The First Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of the Picturesque; The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation; The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of a Wife, 3 volumes, 9th edition, London: Nattali and Bond, [1855], 80 hand-coloured aquatint plates, including frontispieces and additional titles by Thomas Rowlandson (no additional title to volume 2, as usual), occasional slight offsetting from plates, 2 leaves in volume 1 with repaired marginal tear, front flyleaves with ink ownership inscription S. A. Courtauld Jan 1920, volume 1 with pictorial bookplate of D.D. Howard Barrett, volumes 2 & 3 with armorial bookplate of Samuel Augustine Courtauld, later half calf gilt, spines each with 2 red morocco labels (2 missing) and gilt decorated, rubbed, some wear to corners, 8voQTY: (3)

Perry (Capt. John). An Account of the Stopping of Daggenham Breach: with the Accidents that have attended the same from the first undertaking. Containing also proper rules for performing any the like work: and proposals for rendering the Ports of Dover and Dublin ... commodious for entertaining large ships. To which is prefix'd, a plan of the Levels which were overflow'd by the Breach, 1st edition, London: Benj. Tooke, 1721, title with early initial stamp R. L. at head and errata slip pasted to verso, folding engraved map by H.Moll, contemporary calf, joints slightly cracked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:An account of the engineering work undertaken by the hydraulic engineer John Perry in repairing two breaches in the Thames embankment at Dagenham, caused by storms and neglect.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of ye Originall Tongues..., London: Printed by Charles Bill and ye Executrix of Tho. Newcomb deceas'd, Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty, 1702, engraved title with few slight holes and small round area of print lightly transferred to verso of free endpaper, title and following leaf frayed and creased and detached, letterpress New Testament title, bound with Book of Psalms. The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, Oxford: Printed by the University Printers, 1704, some rust marks (& rust burn holes from clasp attachment to rear board) to last few leaves of Book of Psalms, some close trimming throughout affecting few running titles etc., contemporary calf, white metal corner pieces, clasps and central roundels to each board, upper roundel with engraved initials P. F. and lower roundel with engraved date 1796, upper clasp with the initials P. L., binding rubbed, 12mo (12 x 6 cm), together with:Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New..., London: Printed by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb and Henry Hills, deceas'd, 1711, engraved general title, letterpress New Testament (with imprint dated 1710), some leaves to first gathering loosening or detached and with frayed margins, all edges gilt (rubbed), contemporary gilt panelled and decorated brown calf, three white metal clasp fixings to boards without clasps, rubbed and light wear, 8vo (19.5 x 12.3 cm),Book of Psalms. The Psalms of David in Metre. Allowed by the Authority of the General Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland, and appointed to be sung in Congregations and Families, Glasgow: Printed by J. & M. Robertson, 1793, verso of front free endpaper with ownership signature Agnes Witts 1794, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, gilt decorated spine and border to boards, 32mo in 8s (7.8 x 4.6 cm),Lord's Supper Devotional. A Weeks Preparation towards a worthy receiving of the Lords Supper after the warning of the Church for the Celebration of the Holy Communion..., 25th edition, London: Samuel Keble, 1701, engraved frontispiece with advertisement to verso, title with early signature Ann Atkyns to upper margin, armorial bookplate of Edward Francis Witts to upper pastedown, contemporary blind decorated dark brown crushed morocco, engraved white metal clasp attachment to each board (lacking clasps), extremities lightly rubbed, slim 12moQTY: (4)NOTE:1. Herbert 871.2. Darlow & Moule 712; Herbert 911.

Baedeker (Karl). Egypt, Handbook for Travellers edited by K. Baedker, Part Second: Upper Egypt with Nubia as far as the Second Cataract and the Western Oases, Leipzig & London: Karl Baedeker, 1892, & Palestine and Syria with the chief routes through Mesopotamia and Babylonia, 4th edition, Leipzig and London, Karl Baedeker, 1906, colour maps and plans etc., including some folding, both original red cloth gilt, first volume a little rubbed and lightly soiled, 8vo, together withNordhoff (Charles). California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence, a book for travellers and settlers, 1st edition, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1874, single-page map frontispiece, wood-engraved illustrations, original green cloth gilt, a little rubbed, large 8vo, plusFergusson (James). History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1910, numerous monochrome illustrations, top edge gilt, modern maroon cloth gilt, thick 8vo, and other various travel interest including Baedeker Guides (Japan, 8th edition, 1907, another copy of Palestine and Syria, 4th edition, 1906, Greece, 4th edition, 1909, and Northern Italy, 1886), Cook's Traveller's Handbook for Palestine and Syria by Roy Elston, 1929, C. C. Ghosh, The Silk Industry of Japan with notes on observations in the United States of America, England, France, and Italy, Delhi: 1933, etc.QTY: (17)

Pugin (Augustus Welby). The Present State of Ecclesiastical Architecture in England, 1st edition, London: Charles Dolman, 1843, 32 etched and engraved plates, illustrations, advertisements and catalogues bound at rear, a few light stains, bookplate of Mark Girouard and bookseller ticket of W. Montignani, Edinburgh, original blindstamped cloth, spine a little faded, a few small stains, 8vo, together with Pugin (Edward Welby). Who Was the Art Architect of the Houses of Parliament. A statement of facts, founded on the letters of Sir Charles Barry and the diaries of Augustus Welby Pugin, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1867, 11 mounted albumen photographic prints, including a portrait of A. W. Pugin, 120 pp., plus a 4 pp. pamphlet 'Pugin v. Barry', reviewed in the Building News, November 15th, 1867 (paginated pp. 120-123), bound with Barry (Alfred). The Architect of the New Palace at Westminster. A Reply to a Pamphlet by E. Pugin, Esq., entitled "Who was the Art-Architect of the Houses of Parliament?", 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1868, mounted albumen print frontispiece, 120 pp. addendum leaf, bound with Pugin (Edward Welby). Notes on the Reply of the Rev. Alfred Barry, D. D. Principal of Cheltenham College to the "Infatuated Statements" made by E. W. Pugin on the Houses of Parliament, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1868, 29 pp., together 3 works bound together, blank leaves bound at end, some light spotting, inscribed at front 'E. Welby Pugin, March 11th, 1868', additional signature beneath, bookplate of Mark Girouard, contemporary morocco with Gothic design in gilt to covers and titled 'The Barry and Pugin Controversy' to upper cover, upper joint split and front cover detached, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Recollections of A. N. Welby Pugin and his father Augustus Pugin, by Benjamin Ferrey, [1861], ex-libris with stamps and lacking front endpaper QTY: (3)NOTE:First work Fowler 267.

Pope (Alexander). The Works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 2 volumes, 1st quarto edition, London: W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintot & J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1717-1735, half-titles, folding engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved tail-pieces, occasional light spotting, front hinges a little tender, bookplates of Leveson Francis Vernon-Harcourt (1839-1907, civil engineer), contemporary calf gilt, volume I upper joint splitting at head, rubbed with some edge wear, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:ESTC T5385. First issue without Jacob Tonson's name in the imprint.

Palladio (Andrea). The Four Books of Architecture..., Literally translated from the original Italian by Isaac Ware, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Ware, 1755, additional engraved general title, 2 engraved sectional titles only (lacking title for Book IV), 199 engraved plates only (of a total of 205, lacking plates XIV, XXXII, LX, XCIII & XCIX in Book IV), every title, plate and text leaf repaired with archival tissue, mainly to marginal worm tracks, lacking half of explanatory index leaf, the remnant laid down, general title and letterpress title laid down, some water stains and light soiling, later morocco, recased, some worming and stains to covers, folio, together with Alberti (Leon Batista). The Architecture of Leon Batista Alberti. In ten books of painting. In three books. And of Statuary. In one book, translated into Italian by Cosimo Bartoli and into English by James Leoni, 1st one volume edition, London: Edward Owen for Robert Alfray, 1755, engraved frontispiece, 73 engraved plates only (of 75, lacking plates at pp. 184 & 273), a few small tears and repairs, occasional water stains and light toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary reverse panelled calf, rubbed with some edge wear and stains, folio, plus The Ancient Architecture of England, including the orders during the British, Roman, Saxon and Norman eras; and under the reigns of Henry III and Edward III, by John Carter, 1837 QTY: (3)NOTE:First work Fowler 229 (for the 1738 first edition); Harris 692.

Plumier (Charles). L'Art de Tourner, ou de faire en perfection toutes sortes d'ouvrages au Tour. Dans lequel, outre les principes & élemens du Tour qu'on y enseigne méthodiquement pour tourner tant le bois, l'ivore & c. que le fer & tous les autres métaux, on voit encour plusieurs belles machines à faire des Ovales..., 1st edition, Lyon: Jean Certe, 1701, 14 preliminary leaves including title, 187pp., 73 mostly full-page engraved plates (one folding), engraved head-pieces, text in double column, pale water stain to blank fore margins of final few leaves, occasional minor marks, title and several other leaves lightly toned (title with closed tear repaired to lower margin, without loss), title with ink stamp to verso 'duplicate 1837', contemporary calf, re-backed with original spine laid down, boards heavily rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 1246.First edition of the first treatise on the art of turning in wood, metal and ivory. Charles Plumier (1646-1704) is best known as an explorer and botanist who published a Description des plantes de l'Amerique in 1693. His Art of Turning was reissued in an enlarged second edition in 1749.

Playfere (Thomas). Ten sermons Preached by that eloquent divine of famous memorie, Th. Playfere Doctor in Divinitie, [Cambridge]: Printed by Cantrell Legge, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1610, title with 19th-century ownership inscription and inked-out signatures to upper margin, bound with: Playfere (Thomas). Hearts Delight. A Sermon Preached at Pauls Crosse in London in Easter Terme, 1593..., 3 parts in one, London: John Legat, 1611, title to each part with woodcut device, some worm holes and short worm trails mostly at head at gutter, occasional light dust-soiling, late 18th/early 19th-century half calf, lacking spine, boards detached, 8vo, together with:South (Robert). Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, The second volume, never before printed, London: Printed by J.H. for Thomas Bennet, 1694, early manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, repaired at foot of spine, 8vo, plusTaylor (Jeremy). The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living [& Holy Dying]: In which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every Vertue..., 24th edition, 2 volumes in one, London: D. Brown, J. Walthoe, J. and J. Knapton, [et al.], 1727, engraved frontispiece to each, two folding engraved plates, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, board corners worn, 8vo and one other, Bisse (Thomas). The Beauty of Holiness in the Common-Prayer: As set forth in Four Sermons Preach'd at the Rolls Chapel, London: Printed by W.B. for Henry Clements, 1716, some worming at head of several leaves at front of volume, margins of title browned, some light damp-staining, armorial bookplate of William Charles Cotton to upper pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, joints cracked, slim 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:1. STC 20005 and STC 20011. This first work was actually printed containing nine sermons only and not ten as the title states, of which 6, 7, 8, 5 are reprinted from STC 20026. Later editions were entitled "Nine sermons".2. Wing S4746.

Vitruvius Pollio (Marcus). De Architectura Libri Decem…, Leiden: Louis Elzevier, 1649, 289 leaves, engraved title-page, numerous woodcuts in the text, occasional spotting, old reversed calf, some wear, later repairs at head and foot of spine, folio (300 x 200 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Fowler 417; Berlin Katalog 1817; Willems 1097. A 'magnificent edition' of this architectural compendium by Vitruvius (Willems), containing extensive commentary and additional texts, including the first edition in Latin of Henry Wotton's Elements of Architecture.

Ruskin (John). Modern Painters, 3 volumes, new edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1873, half-titles (toned), engraved frontispiece and 17 plates to volume III, signature of John Ruskin in brown ink to preface leaf of first volume, terracotta endpapers, upper hinge of first volume slightly cracked, original uniform publisher's green blindstamped cloth, gilt decorated spines, minor fraying to extremities including head and foot of spine, large 8voQTY: (3)

[Hanway, Jonas], A Journal of Eight Days Journey From Portsmouth to Kingston Upon Thames, through Southampton, Wiltshire, etc. With Miscellaneous Thoughts, Moral and Religious; In a Series of Sixty-four Letters, Addressed to two Ladies of the Partie, To Which is Added An Essay on Tea, Considered as Pernicious to Health, obstructing Industry, and Improverishing the Nation; With an Account of its Growth, and Great Consumption in these Kingdoms. With Several Political Reflections; and Thoughts on Public Love. In twenty-five Letters to the same ladies. By a Gentleman of the Partie, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: H. Woodfall, 1756, engraved frontispiece to each, some spotting and toning mostly to preliminaries, Warrington Museum bookplate to front pastedown, untrimmed, contemporary half calf rebacked, rubbed, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Joseph Hanway, 1712-1786, traveller and philanthropist, the first man to use the umbrella in London. Hanway saw tea as an epidemical disease which led to scurvy, insomnia, dental deterioration and gastrointestinal disorders. Samuel Johnson, a keen tea drinker, took Hanway to task in reviews for the Literary Magazine and later in The Idler, where Hanway appears as 'Dick Wormwood' a man whose sole delight is to find everything wrong!

Butcher (Edmund). Sidmouth Scenery; or, Views of the Principal Cottages and Residences of the Nobility and Gentry: with a description of that admired Watering-Place, and the environs, within fifteen miles round, 1st edition, 1st issue, Sidmouth: John Wallis, circa 1819, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece view of Sidmouth, additional hand-coloured aquatint title with view of Knole Cottage, 20 hand-coloured aquatint plates by H. Haseler, additional leaf at rear with engraved map to text of Sidmouth, list of subscribers, lightly spotted, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 307.There were two issues of this book of views, the first, as here, with a total of 22 plates (including frontispiece & additional title), and the second with a total of 24 plates (including frontispiece & additional title).

Livingstone (David). A Narrative of Dr. Livingston's Discoveries in South-Central Africa, from 1849 to 1856, 1st edition thus, London: Routledge and Co., 1857, folding map frontispiece, spotting to fore-edge, original pictorial paper-covered boards, rebacked (with endpapers renewed), rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The first appearance in book form of Livingstone's travels in Africa (the preface dated January, 1857). The same author's Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa did not appear until November of the same year. 'In giving to the world the first authentic narrative of the important explorations of the Rev. Dr. Livingstone, the publishers have to acknowledge their obligations to the spirited conductors of the British Banner, in whose columns, in detached portions, this remarkable history first appeared' (Preface).

Caus (Salomon de). LesRaisonsdesForces Mouvantes avec diverses machines tant utilles que plaisantes aus quelles sont adjoints plusieurs desseigns de grotes et fontaines, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, Frankfurt: Jan Norton, 1615, engraved title to parts I and II, 60 engraved illustrations (mostly full-page, including 2 of music, and plate 22 to first part cancelled), numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams (including 2 full-page and one double-page), woodcut decorative initials and headpieces, some errors in pagination with few cancelled page numbers), bound with Caus (Salomon de). Institution Harmonique. Diuisée en deux parties: en la premiere sont monstrées les proportions des interualles harmoniques, et en la deuxiesme les compositions dicelles, part 1 only (of 2), Frankfurt: Jan Norton, 1615, engraved title, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams (including few full-page), woodcut decorative initials and headpieces, light worm trail holes to lower blank margins of few leaves at gutter (not affecting text), armorial bookplate of François Michel de Verthamon, Marquis de Bréau (d. 1738) to upper pastedown with 'v no. 72' in manuscript written below in an early 18th-century hand, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine incorporating the monogram initials JGB to spine compartments, with maroon morocco title label and paper shelf number label ('V 72' in manuscript), the arms of Jérôme Bignon (1589-1656) to centre of each board, minor wear at head and foot of spine, folio (leaf size 39.3 x 25.3 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet I, 1691; Graesse II, p. 90.The first edition of this important work regards the history of the invention of the steam engine. The first book deals with moving forces, the second with grottos and fountains for palaces and gardens, and the third with the construction of the water-driven instrumental organ. Salomon de Caus was a French Huguenot hydraulic engineer and architect under Louis XIII. He is known to have visited Italy in about 1595, where he saw the famous Mannerist garden at Pratolino, which stimulated his interest in water features. He later designed the garden of Somerset House and a garden now on the site occupied by the Maritime Museum in Greenwich. His Hortus Palatinus for Princess Elizabeth and Frederick V was dubbed "the eighth wonder of the world" by some of his contemporaries.Jérôme Bignon (1589-1656) was an author, celebrated magistrate and chief librarian of the French Royal Library. Bignon's grand-daughter Marie-Anne Françoise Bignon married François-Michel de Verthamon, Marquis de Bréau (1657-1738) in 1678. François-Michel de Verthamon was an advisor to the King Louis XIV in Parliament, elected first president of the Grand Council in 1697, and then Registrar Commander of the King's Orders in 1716. He was a great bibliophile who started the so-called Grand Council library, either by giving his own books, or by bequeathing a fund to increase it. The library was burned during the Palace fire in the mid-18th century.

Walpole (Horace). A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, at Strawberry-Hill near Twickenham, Middlesex. With an inventory of the furniture, pictures, curiosities, &c., 2nd edition, enlarged, Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784, engraved frontispiece, 26 engraved plates, including 5 folding, one letter corrected in manuscript, occasional light spotting and offsetting, bookplate of Mark Girouard, 19th century crimson half morocco, spine rubbed with some fading, edges rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T64913; Rothschild 2501. First published in 1774.

Langley (Batty & Thomas). Gothic Architecture, Improved by Rules and Proportions in many Grand Designs of columns, doors, windows, chimney-pieces, arcaded, colonades, porticos, umbrellos, temples, and pavillions &c. with plans, elevations and profiles: geometrically explained... To which is added an historical dissertation on Gothic Architecture, 3rd edition, London: printed for I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, circa 1793, engraved title, 64 engraved plates, 7 pp. of text at front (supplied from an earlier edition?), title re-guarded, p. 1 top corner repaired, some small water stains and light toning, bookplate of Mark Girouard, later patterned boards, lacking spine, some fading and edge wear, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Harris 411. First published in 1742 as Ancient Architecture, Restored and Improved... 'For inventing five Gothic orders, which he published in 1742, Batty Langley was so ridiculed by his contemporaries (Walpole especially), so despised by serious nineteenth-century revivalists, that his name has become a pejorative for the light-hearted style in general.' (Harris).

Manning (Henry). A Treatise on Female Diseases; in which are also comprehended those most incident to pregnant and child-bed women... To which is added, a letter on the puerperal fever, to an eminent physician at Vienna, translated from the original Latin, 2nd edition, London: printed for R. Baldwin, 1785, advertisement leaf at rear, a few minor spots, contemporary calf, some wear to foot of spine, rubbed with some worming to covers, 8vo, together with Jackson (Robert). A Treatise on the Fevers of Jamaica, with some observations on the intermitting fever of America, 1st US edition, Philadelphia: printed for Robert Campbell, 1795, half-title, 4 pp. advertisements at rear, previous owner inscription, 1829 and stamp to first preface leaf, water stain to first few leaves, some toning, blindstamp and bookplate at front, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Else (Joseph). An Essay on the Cure of the Hydrocele of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis, 1st edition, London: John Wilkie, 1770, 68 pp., bound without half-title and advertisement, some light toning and spotting, modern calf, 8vo, with five others including The Management of the Tongue, [by Laurent Bordeleon], 1st English edition, 1706, A Translation of the Eight Books of Aul Corn Celsus on Medicine, 2nd edition, carefully revised and improved by G. F.. Collier, 1831, and A Treatise on the Tonic System of treating affections of the stomach and brain, by Henry Searle, 1st edition, 1843 QTY: (9)

Morris (Lewis). Plans of Harbours, Bars, Bays and Roads in St. George's Channel; lately survey'd under the direction of the Lords of the Admiralty and published with their permission, 1st edition, 1748, engraved title, 25 engraved plans, charts and plates, lacking final Appendix leaf (i.e. pp. 19-20) at end, a few plates and leaves with tears and repairs, some close-trimmed, 2 folding plans repaired and reinforced to versos, some dust-soiling and light water stains, bookplate of Edward Breese (1835-1881, Welsh antiquary), front hinge tender, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some edge wear, oblong 4to, 20 x 26 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:The first marine survey of the Welsh coast by a Welsh surveyor. Morris was a self-taught hydrographer from Anglesey, and after his earlier proposals for surveying the Welsh coast and harbours were initially turned down they were eventually accepted and published by the Admiralty in September 1748.

Pliny the Elder. The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, London: Adam Islip, 1634, advertisement leaf present at end, lacking initial and final blank, contemporary ownership inscription 'John Marson his book' in brown ink to head of first title (with further notations in the same hand to the verso), further ownership inscription 'James H Jones, Surgeon 1861' in brown ink to head of first leaf of preface, title of first volume with inner and outer margins restored, a few gatherings with small worm tracks to outer margins, index damp-stained at foot (affecting some text), a few leaves frayed with some marginal loss, dust-soiled, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, heavily worn, folio (33 x 21.5 cm), with an incomplete copy of The Travels of John Chardin (1691)QTY: (2)NOTE:Pforzheimer 496; Lowndes V 1885 (for 1st edition). 'A work of immense labour, and what few men of his time could have executed in a superior manner to Dr. Holland'. (Lowndes)

Nicholson (Peter). The Carpenter's New Guide; Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery... , 8th edition, corrected and enlarged, London: J. Taylor, 1823, 84 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary tree calf, slight edge wear, modern morocco reback, together with:Byrne (Robert Scott, editor), The New Guide to Carpentry, General Framing, and Joinery, Theoretical and Practical, Edinburgh & London: A. Fullarton & Co., c. 1870, 150 engraved plates and illustrations to text, contemporary half morocco gilt over cloth, rubbed, plusLucotte (J. R.), Le Vignole Moderne ou Traité elementaire d'Architecture Parts 1 & 2 (of 3) bound as 1, Paris, 1781, 33 (of 36) and 36 engraved plates including titles, leaf C2 of Part 2 duplicated at end of preliminaries, some old damp staining and light browning, ink stamp at foot of first title, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, some wear, plus other similar English language antiquarian carpentry, masonry and relatedQTY: (22)

[Kettilby, Mary]. A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Phsick and Surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, by several hands, 2nd edition. To which is added a second part, containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweet-meats &c, 2 parts in one, London: printed for Mary Kettilby, 1719, half-title, occasional water stains, previous owner stamp at head of first title, modern blindstamped calf gilt, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Cagle 790; Bitting p. 258.

Architectural pamphlets. A collection of 15 London-related architectural pamphlets, bound in one volume, 1857-63:1. Public Offices, and Metropolitan Improvements, by Alexander James B. Beresford Hope, London: James Ridgeway, 1857, 34 pp.2. The Expense of the Government and of Mr. Beresford Hope's Plan of Public Offices Compared, London: James Ridgeway, 1857, 8 pp., folding colour plan, autograph letter fragment by the author?3. On the Designs for the Wellington Monument. By One of the People, London: Chapman and Hall, 1857, 28 pp. 4. Public Competitions Public Works. A Letter to the Right Honourable the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings, by A Bystander, London: John Edward Taylor, 1858, 12 pp. 5. New Government Offices. Remarks Appertaining to the Designs, No. 146, sent to Westminster Hall, March 20th, 1857, and impressed with the following motto "Ut Apes Geometriam", London: George Nichols, [1857], 16 pp. 6.The New Palaces of Administration. An earnest appeal to the competitors, the Public and the Committee, by a Cambridge Man, Cambridge: Macmillan and Co., 1857, half-title, 21 pp. 7. An Address Delivered at the First Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects in the New Rooms in Conduit Street, on Monday, November 7th, 1859, by William Tite, M. P., F. R. S. the Right Honourable the Earl de Grey President, in the Chair, London: 1859 [not published], 37 pp., errata leaf 8. Lord Palmerston and the Designs for the Foreign Office; or, Classical versus Gothic, 7 pp., reprinted from the Gentleman's Magazine 9. Shall the New Foreign Office be Gothic or Classical? A Plea for the Former: Addressed to the Members of the House of Commons, by Sir Francis E. Scott, London: Bell and Dandy, 1860, 70 pp., presentation inscription to Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton (1809-1885), MP and author 10. The Gothic Renaissance: Its Origin, Progress, and Principles, London: Saunders, Otley & Co., 1860, 32 pp. 11. Notes on Art, British Sculptors, Sculpture, and our Public Monuments, London: Edward Stanford, 1861, 80 pp., inscribed to title to Richard Monckton Milnes from the author 12. Strictures on the Report of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Concentration of the Law Courts and Offices, and on their recommendations as regards site, by Harvey Gem, London: W. Heath, 1861, 24 pp., folding map 13. Railway Communication in London and the Thames Embankment, by C. B. Lane, 2nd edition, London: James Ridgeway, 1861, 24 pp. 14. On the Egyptian Obelisks in Rome and Monoliths as Ornaments of Great Cities, read at the Ordinary General Meeting of the Royal Institute of British Architects, May 31st, 1858, by the Rev. Richard Burgess, followed by remarks on the application of the entasis to the obelisk by John Bell,,,, reprinted with the sanction of the council, [1858], 42 pp., folding plate 15. The Condition and Prospects of Architectural Art. Inaugural Lecture of the Session of 1863 of the Architectural Museum, delivered March 23, 1863, by A. J. B. Beresford Hope, President, London: John Murray, 1863, 34 pp., a few minor spots, bookplates of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945) and Mark Girouard, contemporary green half morocco, small gilt stamp to upper cover, joints and edges rubbed and scuffed, 8vo QTY: (1)

Chambers (William). Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views of the Gardens and Buildings at Kew in Surry, the Seat of Her Royal Highness the Princess Dowager of Wales, 1st edition, London: J. Haberkorn, 1763, 34 engraved plates (of 43), a few plates damp-stained at head (touching a few plates), title and preliminaries damp-stained to gutter, ownership stamps to title and many leaves (within plate margins but not affecting image), erased contemporary ownership inscription at head of title, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, heavily worn, stained, spine deficient, folio, together with:Muthesius (Hermann). Die Englische Baukunst der Gegenwart, beispiele neuer Englischer profanbauten, Leipzig and Berlin: Cosmos, 1900, 110 photographic plates, lightly spotted, contemporary crushed brown half morocco gilt, some wear to extremities, folio, plusLeyburn (William). The Mirror of Architecture: or the Ground-Rules of the Art of Building. Exactly laid down by Vincent Scamozzi, master-builder of Venice, 6th edition, London: J. and B. Sprint, 1721, engraved frontispiece, engraved plates throughout, neat ownership inscriptions to front blank, spotting, bound with Architectionice: Or, a compendium of the art of building, London: J. and B. Sprint, 1721, engraved plate, spotting, both works bound in modern brown half morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Berlin Kat. 2337; Fowler 87; Harris 121 (for first work).

Gildas (circa 500-570 C.E.). Opus novum. Gildas Britannus monachus ... de calamitate excidio, & conquestu Britanniæ, quam Angliam nunc vocant, author vetustus a multis diu desyderatus, & nuper in gratiam D. Cuthberti Tonstalli, Londinen. Episcopi formulis excusus, London: no publisher [possibly Antwerp: printed by Christoffel van Ruremund], 1525, 44 leaves (A-E8, F4), several decorative woodcut initials, small ink stain to fore-margin of A2, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt decorated spine, small slim 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 11892. First edition of the De Excidio Britanniae by the 6th century Welsh monk Saint Gildas. Edited by Edited by Polydore Vergil and R. Ridley. Polydore Vergil (1470? - 1555?) edited Gildas' work during the course of his research for his own Anglicae Historiae.De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae (On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain) is a sermon in three parts condemning the acts of Gildas’ contemporaries, both secular and religious, whom he blames for the dire state of affairs in sub-Roman Britain. It is one of the most important sources for the history of Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries, as it is the only significant source for the period written by a near contemporary of the people and events described. Part I contains a narrative of British history from the Roman conquest to Gildas’ time; it includes references to Ambrosius Aurelianus and the Britons’ victory against the Saxons at the Battle of Mons Badonicus. Part II is a condemnation of five kings for their various sins, including relatively well-documented ones such as Maelgwn Gwynedd. Part III is an attack upon the British clergy of the age.See The Library, IV (1979), pp. 355-60: ' With end of preface dated April 1525. There appear to be several variants of this title, this being the second variant with the title bearing the words 'PRETER .. Ep?orum' rather than 'PRFTER ... Ep?orum'.

Leonardo da Vinci. A Treatise on Painting, by Leonardo da Vinci. Translated from the Original Italian, and adorn'd with a great number of cuts. To which is prefix'd, The Author's Life; done from the last edition of the French, 1st English edition, London: Printed for J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1721, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut head-pieces, 35 engraved plates, including 3 folding, after Nicolas Poussin, one additional engraved plate bound in facing page 17 (Joconda by J. B. Michel after Leonardo, published by Boydell, March 25th 1775, close-trimmed to fore-edge, touching plate margin), 3pp. advertisements at end for Senex and Taylor, and a further 16-page catalogue of books printed for, and sold by W. Taylor at end, early owner's inscription in brown ink to verso of portrait frontispiece: 'Danl. Daulby Jun. Liverpool from M Turner, Novr. 9th 1789', and further ownership signature below in ink: 'Edward Walter, May 22d 1841', etched bookplate of Daniel Daulby to front pastedown, with further bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson above, endpapers with minor discolouration, a good, clean copy, contemporary panelled full calf, gilt-decorated spine with black morocco gilt title label (neatly rebacked retaining original spine), 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Daniel Daulby (1745/6-1798); Edward Walter; Patricia Jaffé, née Milne-Henderson (1925-2018).Daniel Daulby (1745/6-1798), a Liverpool brewer and collector of prints and drawings, was celebrated in his own lifetime as perhaps the greatest British collector of Rembrandt etchings, of which he published a catalogue: A Descriptive catalogue of the works of Rembrandt, and of his scholars Bol, Livens and van Vriet, compiled from the original etchings and from the catalogues of de Burgy, Gersaint, Helle and Glomy, Marcus and Yver (1796). Daulby was the brother-in-law of the historian, poet, art collector, lawyer, politician and philanthropist, William Roscoe. His posthumous sales took place at Thomas Vernon's, Liverpool on 12 August 1799 and eight following days; his prints were sold at Christie's on 14 May and three following days.ESTC T174885; Lowndes VII, 2774.First edition in English of Leonardo da Vinci's Trattato della Pittura, compiled from manuscripts written during his lifetime, but only first published in Italian in 1651. Da Vinci lays out his theories regarding anatomical drawing, perspective, and elements of composition for artists, in a text that was very influential in its attempt to define and understand the laws of painting within a scientific framework.

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). [Don Giovanni]. Don Juan oder der Steinerne Gast. Komische Oper in zwey Aufzügen…, [Italian and German text, KV 527], volume 2 (of 2) only, 1st edition of the full score, Leipzig: Verlag der Breitkopf und Hartelschen Musikhandlung, [1801], pp. [293]-590, printed title and divisional title (p. 531) in German, occasional spotting and light browning, ink stamp of Paul Alday, Dublin at foot of title, Warrington Public Library oval ink stamp to title and a few other leaves, their paper library label to front pastedown, modern library morocco-backed cloth, slightly rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Hoboken 341; Haberkamp I, 295-297. The first ever printed score of a Mozart opera.

Seeley (Benton). Stowe: A Description of the Magnificent House and Gardens of the Right Honourable George Grenville Nugent Temple, Earl Temple, Viscount and Baron Cobham, new edition, with all the alterations and improvements that have been made therein, to the present time. With the description of the inside of the house, Buckingham: B. Seeley, 1783, 2 folding engraved plans of house and gardens, and house (first plan torn without loss), 19 engraved plates and plans, including one folding, some light offsetting and marginal toning, bookplate of Mark Girouard, contemporary sheep, covers detached, a little rubbed with some edge wear, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC N24215.One of at least 25 editions of Stowe by Benton Seeley, commencing in 1744, each of which is interesting as they recorded the rapid additions and improvements to the house and gardens as time went on, such as the Wolfe monument, Triumphal Arch, Gothic Temple and Palladian Bridge.

Soane (John, 1753-1837). Designs for Public Improvements in London and Westminster. The Second Impression; with further improvements and explanatory illustrations, London: printed by James Moyes, 1828, printed title and 36 pages of letterpress text (with additional lithograph title inserted before the printed title, by Hullmandel after C J Richardson, probably the lithographed title to the March 1828 reissue by Priestley and Weale), 40 mostly engraved plates only (from the complete series of 55 as indicated by Archer), on wove paper (except several lithographically printed), numbered 1, 2, 4-7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 20, 24, 29, 31-55, plus a further 17 lithographed plates of designs by Soane, printed by Hullmandel after C J Richardson, including Design for the New State Paper Office, XXXIV*, XXXIV**, XXXIV*** (A Design for a Residence for a Canine Family in Modern Times), XXXV (Design for a Summer Dining Room), XXXIX* (Holwood), XXXIX** (Pellwall House), XLIV* (Royal Belfast Academical Institution), LII, LIV (View of the State Paper Office), XLIV* (Designs for the additional buildings to Brazen-Nose College, Oxford), XLVIII** (View of the houses in Princes Street Lothbury), XLVIII**** (View of the National Debt & Redemption Office) and XLVIII*** (View of a design for the National Bank of Ireland), plus a further eight numbered engraved plates at end of volume, seven of which have contemporary marginal annotations in ink or pencil, with various dates through 1827 relating to the production and quality of the impressions of said plates, and a single-leaf printed Index to the Plates at end, first and last to leaves with blindstamp of the Burlington Fine Arts Club, later 19th-century half cloth over marbled boards, worn with covers detached and spine deficient, with Burlington Fine Arts Club shelf label and presentation label (dated 14 July 1874) to front pastedown, modern bookplate of Mark Girouard, large folio 46 x 28 cm (18 x 11 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:See Archer 316.2 and 316.4Designs for Public Improvements was essentially a vehicle for publishing illustrations of Soane's own work, and appeared in four distinct editions. According to Soane, only 25 copies of the 1827 edition of Designs for Public Improvements were distributed. Printing of the 'second impression' was in progress by January 1828. Some copies include a variable number of inserted plates. A third edition, consisting of a revision of some text was published by Priestley and Weale, probably in March 1828, as Designs for Public and Private Buildings. Due to the difficulty of collation, sold not subject to return.