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Travel 19th-century works on various regions Hooker, William Jackson. Journal of a Tour in Iceland, in the Summer of 1809. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1813. Second edition ('with additions'), 2 volumes, 8vo (20.8 x 13cm), contemporary cloth, [8] cvi 369, [2] 391 [15] pp., half-titles, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), 3 engraved maps (2 folding; one printed in bistre), letterpress table (facing volume 2 p. 238), inscribed 'To Mrs Dennistoun, with the most respectful compliments of the author, 1826' on half-title of volume 1, spotting and offsetting;Campbell, Walter. The Old Forest Ranger; or, Wild Sports of India on the Neilgherry Hills, in the Jungles and on the Plains. London: How and Parsons, 1842. First edition, 8vo, original quarter morocco, 8 tinted lithographic plates including frontispiece and additional vignette title-page, tissue-guards, spine worn, tips bumped and showing through, spotting to endpapers and a few plates, quires I-K working loose [not in Abbey];and 6 others (not fully collated): John Matheson, England to Delhi, 1870 (first edition, 4to, original red cloth, inscribed 'James M. Hall Esqr, with the author's compliments', front inner hinge cracked; James Young Simpson, Side-Lights on Siberia: Some Account of the Great Siberian Railroad, the Prisons and Exile System, 1898 (first edition, 8vo, original green cloth); George Milne Rae, The Syrian Church in India, 1892 (first edition, 8vo, original red cloth); Daniel Bruun, The Cave Dwellers of Southern Tunisia, 1898 (first edition in English, 8vo, original brown cloth); Sir William Andrew, Euphrates Valley Route to India, 1882 (second edition, large 8vo, original orange cloth)

Provincial imprints 17 volumes Priestley, Joseph. Description of a Chart of Biography. Warrington: W. Eyres, 1765. 12mo, [iv], 27, 8, 84, 2 folding tables, contemporary vellum, slightly rubbed; Porteous, Dr. The Cypress.. Haddington: James Miller, n.d. [c. 1820]. 12mo, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed;Ancient Historic Ballads. Newcastle: D. Akenhead and Sons, 1807. 12mo, title vignette, original boards, uncut, worn;Hayley, William. The Triumphs of Temper. Chichester: Printed by J. Seagrave, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. 13th edition, 12mo, plates, contemporary half calf, worn;The Young Gentleman & Lady's Instructor. Sussex Press, Lewes: J. Baxter, 1809. 2 copies, 12mo, woodcut frontispiece, original quarter morocco;Cobbold, Rev. Richard. Valentine Verses, or Lines of Truth, Love and Virtue. Ipswich: E. Shalders, 1827. 8vo, lithographed plates, manuscript note by author on endpaper, contemporary half calf, rubbed;The Cabinet. By a Society of Gentlemen. Norwich: J. March, 1795, 8vo, volumes 2-3 only, contemporary half calf, rubbed; The Caledonian Bee. Perth: R. Morison & Son, 1795. 12mo, contemporary calf; [Macpherson, J.] An Original Collection of the Poems of Ossian. Montrose: Review Newspaper Office, 1816. 8vo, original boards, rubbed; Percival, Thomas. A Father's Instructions. Gainsborough: H. Mozley, 1802. 12mo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, rubbed;Hayley, William. The Triumphs of Temper. Chichester: for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1803, 12mo, frontispiece after William Blake, original boards, head of title excised with loss of word 'The', worn;Calcott, Wellins. Thoughts Moral and Divine. Manchester: for the author, 1761. 8vo, contemporary half calf, some damage to head of first 6 leaves, worn; Watts, Hervey, Newton, Young, Blair &c. Elegant Miscellaneous Extracts. Woodbridge: B. Smith, 1813. 8vo, contemporary calf, rubbed;Blackburn, S. Poetic Gems, partly original Colchester: G. Dennis, Simpkin and Marshall, 1837. second edition, 8vo, contemporary green quarter morocco, biro inscription on title, lacks front free endpaper, rubbed;Thurlow, Edward Hovel, Lord. Select Poems. Chiswick: C. Whittingham, 1821. 8vo, original boards, uncut, worn; sold as a collection not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Scottish Literature Collection of 19 volumes Burns, Robert. Poems chiefly in the Scottish Dialect. London, 1788. Third edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Hogg, James. The Forest Minstrel, a Selection of songs. Edinburgh, 1810. First edition, 12mo, ? lacking half-title, contemporary half calf by John Charles of Alloa, with his ticket;Hogg, James. The Jacobite Relics of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1819. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Cromek, R.H. Reliques of Robert Burns. 1813. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; Creech, William. Edinburgh Fugitive Pieces. Edinburgh, 1815. 8vo, frontispiece, later half calf, worn, lacking part of spine; [Lockhart, J.G.] Peter's Letters to his Kinsfolk. Edinburgh, 1819. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 14 plates, contemporary black half calf gilt; [Bible Societies] Memorial for the Bible Societies in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1824. 8vo, library stamp on title verso, modern half calf, uncut; Lovat, Simon, Lord. Memoirs of the Life. 1797, 8vo, contemporary half calf;Cunningham, Allan. Notice biographique et littéraire sur Sir Walter Scott. Paris, 1823, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spotting;Scott, Sir Walter. Quentin Durward. Edinburgh, 1823. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Scott, Sir Walter. Rob Roy. Edinburgh, 1818. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, extra-illustrated with numerous engraved plates, some folding, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed; Scott, Sir Walter. Das Fräulein vom See. Essen, 1823, translated by Dr. Adam Storck, 8vo, contemporary boards, wornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Shelley, Mary and Percy Bysshe Collection of 18 volumes Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Miscellaneous Poems. London: William Benbow, 1826. First pirate edition, 12mo, [ii]. 144, contemporary half calf; Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical works, edited by Mrs Shelley. London: E. Moxon, 1839. First collected edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece portrait, original blindstamped red cloth, half-titles, rubbed; Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Essays, Letters from Abroad, Translations and Fragments, edited by Mrs Shelley. London: E. Moxon, 1840, First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, original blindstamped red cloth, spines neatly repaired;[Shelley, Mary & others]. Lives of the most eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain and Portugal. London: Longman [&c], 1835-7, First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, engraved titles, original brown blindstamped cloth, titles spotted; [Shelley, Mary & others]. Another copy. London, 1835-37, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn;Shelley, Mary. Lives of the most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of France. London: Longman [&c.], 1836-39, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved titles, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, Roger Senhouse bookplates;Shelley, Mary. Lodore, by the author of 'Frankenstein'. Hartford: Silus Andrus & Son, 1846. 8vo, original cloth, very spotted, worn;[Mount Cashell, Lady] "Mason, Mrs". Advice to Young Mothers on the Physical Education of Children. London, 1823, 12mo, contemporary half calf, dampstained, rubbed [Mary Wollstonecraft was governess in Ireland to Lady Mount Cashell];Shelley, Percy Bysshe. Letters to Elizabeth Hitchener, now first published. 1908. 8vo, original clothNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Shelley, Percy Bysshe Posthumous Poems London: printed for John and Henry L. Hunt, 1824. First edition, 8vo, pp xi, 415, Art Nouveau blue morocco gilt by W. Root & Son, t.e.g., neatly rebacked retaining original spine, lightly rubbed, [Wise p.70]Note: Note: Introduction by Mary Shelley. No errata leaf called for in this edition.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Group of English county surveys, 18th-19th century Middleton, John. View of the Agriculture of Middlesex. London: by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1798. First edition, 8vo, 20th-century green half morocco by Bayntun, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps (both folding), errata leaf, folding table, half-title discarded [ESTC T50760];[Yorkshire]. [Sammelband of Board of Agriculture surveys, comprising:] General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, and the Ainsty of the City of York ... by Isaac Leatham; [...] West Riding [...] by Messrs. Rennie, Broun, and Shirreff; [...] North Riding ... by Mr. Tuke, Junior; Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. from John Robinson, Surveyor-General of Woods and Forests; Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report from the Board of Agriculture. On the Subject of Manures ... by Robert Somerville. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1794-5. 5 works in 1 volume, first editions, 4to, contemporary marbled boards, blue paper backstrip, each work with half-title, first 3 works with engraved map, Somerville contents leaf loose [ESTC T40689, T40695, T40692, T38193, T43513];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties. London: for G. Nicol, 1790. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, near-contemporary green half morocco gilt (with an inscription dating the binding to 1833), half-title to volume 1, engraved folding map, bookplates of Rev. Sir George B. Lee, Bart and the Lee family, later book-label (William Delafield) [ESTC T94144];Marshall, William. The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved folding map, 4 pp. advertisements [ESTC T132844];Pitt, William. General View of the Agriculture of Stafford. London: for G. Nicol, 1796. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, engraved hand-coloured folding map frontispiece, 14 engraved plates (several folding), bookplate (William Lygon Esqr), old typescript label to spine, front joint superficially cracked [ESTC T40676];Bailey, John, & G. Cully. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Northumberland [... Cumberland ... Westmoreland]. Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson, 1797. Second edition, 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, 20th-century tan half sheep, 14 engraved maps and plates (most folding), directions the binder/errata leaf present, plates and maps browned and offset [ESTC T40663];Tuke, John. General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire. London: printed by B. McMillan for G. Nicol [and others], 1800. Second edition, 8vo, modern half calf, half-title, engraved folding map, 14 engraved plates, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, browning [ESTC T40693];Young, Arthur. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Sussex. London: Richard Phillips, 1808. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled calf, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 20 engraved plates (most of them folding), label perished;Bailey, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Durham. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. Second edition, near-contemporary half calf, 8vo, errata leaf, 9 engraved plates (including hand-coloured frontispiece, 6 plates numbered 2-7, and 2 wood-engraved plates of cattle), front joint partly cracked and spine slightly defective, front free endpaper, initial blank and frontispiece tipped in, frontispiece offset, plates browned;the lot collated for plates onlyNote: Note: All but Marshall's two works were surveys produced for the Board of Agriculture.Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Sterne, Lawrence The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy volume 1 and 2: London, 1760, Second edition; volume 3 and 4: London, 1761, First editions, frontispiece in volume 3, original boards, uncut, bindings somewhat rubbed and soiled; volume 5 and 6: London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1762, First editions, volume 5 with Sterne's signature, volume 6 one board detached; volumes 7-9: London: T. Becket & P.A. De Hondt, 1765-67, First editions, volumes 7 and 9 with Sterne's signature, contemporary green half roan, rubbed, upper cover detached, volumes 1-2 and 5-6 all contemporary calf (but none matching), volumes 2-4 with bookplate of Lord Prestongrange; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Transgenderism] - [Dods, Mary Diana] Tales of the Wild and the Wonderful London: Hurst, Robinson, & Co., 1825. First edition, 8vo, lacks half-title, early ownership inscription of William Charles Forrest at head of title, contemporary half calf, rebacked, corners worn, a few spots and occasional small stainNote: Note: Rare. First fictional work by a highly regarded friend of the Shelleys. Group of five 'tales of diablerie' including The Prediction, The Yellow Dwarf and The Lord of the Maelstrom. For many years considered the work of George Borrow. See Wolff 601 disputing the attribution to Dods: 'One thing is not disputed: the rarity of the book. Alden [in Book Collector 1959] refers to "four copies of the Tales now known." This is, at least a fifth', noted Wolff in 1981 of his own copy.Mary Diana Dodds, Mary Shelley's friend, who changed her sex, adopting the pseudonyms of David Lyndsay and Walter Sholto Douglas.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Transgenderism] - [Dods, Mary Diana] 'David Lyndsay' Dramas of the Ancient World Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: T. Cadell, 1822. First edition, 8vo, [x], 278, half-title, contemporary half calf, very slight stain to some upper margins, rebacked, rubbed, upper hinge brokenNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Trelawny, Edward John 10 volumes Adventures of a Younger Son. London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, Lord Carlingford's bookplates, half-titles;Adventures of a Younger Son. London: H. Colburn & R. Bentley, 1831. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, original cloth, worn, lacking half-titles;Adventures of a Younger Son. Paris: Baudry, 1833. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, spotted; another copy. London: R. Bentley, 1835, red quarter morocco; another copy. London: R. Bentley, 1835, additional engraved title & frontispiece, contemporary half calf; Adventures of a Younger Son. London: R. Bentley, 1835, with Standard Novels half-title, original cloth; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Group of Scottish county surveys, 18th-19th century Smith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Argyll. Edinburgh: for Mundell & Son, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tree sheep, 3 engraved plates, folding table, 10 pp. advertisements, joints partly cracked, damp-stain to title-page and subsequent leaf, a few other spots and marks [ESTC T151869: tracing 6 copies in libraries for this issue, and citing a map, in practice never encountered];Robertson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth. Perth: printed by order of the Board of Agriculture, 1799. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary blue half morocco, folding map, 4 plates, folding letterpress table, bookplate of the barons Kinnaird, short closed tear to map [ESTC T40605];Douglas, Robert. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh: for G. Nicoll, 1798. First edition, 8vo, contemporary tan half sheep, 2 hand-coloured folding maps, 3 plates (one folding), spine-label perished, wear to foot of spine, one plate shaved [ESTC T40594];Idem. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1813. Second edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked, 2 folding maps, 3 plates (one folding);Robertson, George. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Mid-Lothian. Edinburgh: by G. Ruthven and Sons, for G. Nicol, 1795. First edition, 8vo, c.1900 half calf by Robertson, folding map, 11 plates, plates spotted [ESTC T147166];Findlater, Charles. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Peebles. Edinburgh: by D. Willison, for Archibald Constable, 1802. First edition, 20th-century quarter morocco, plate, lacking map;Somerville, Robert. General View of the Agriculture of East Lothian. London: W. Bulmer and Co., for G. and W. Nicol, 1805. First edition, 8vo, contemporary diced half russia, folding map, 2 pp. catalogue to rear ('A Catalogue of agriculture seeds, etc. sold by Thomas Gibbs and Co.'), engraved bookplate and ownership inscription of George Paterson (identified in pencilled note of George Paterson of Castle Huntly, 1734-1813, British army surgeon);Naismith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. London: B. McMillan, 1806. 8vo, modern quarter sheep, folding map, 2 + 2 pp. advertisements, stamps of the Royal History Society, browning;Macdonald, James. General View of the Agriculture of the Hebrides. Edinburgh: for Sir Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, plate, 5 folding maps, spotting;Aiton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Glasgow: A. Napier, 1811. First edition, 8vo, 19th-century marbled boards, rebacked in green morocco, green calf cornerpieces, folding map (repaired), all plates as called for (except 'Galloway Bull and Cow', 'not included in this edition' according to accompanying correspondence from the National Library of Scotland), browning and offsetting;Keith, George Skene. A General View of the Agriculture of Aberdeenshire. Aberdeen: D. Chalmers & Co., 1811. First edition, 8vo, later half calf, 7 maps and plates, spotting, browning and damp-staining;Leslie, William. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Nairn and Moray. London: Richard Phillips, 1811. First edition, 8vo, later maroon half calf, folding map, folding table, 2 plates, ink-stamp and manuscript shelfmark of the Advocates Library, Aberdeen to title-page, spotting and offsetting;the lot collated with regard to plates and maps only Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Wordsworth, William 3 volumes A Guide through the District of the Lakes. Kendal: Hudson and Nicholson, 1835. Fifth edition, 12mo, folding map, 2pp. adverts at end, original green cloth, worn, covers detached; The Prelude. London: E. Moxon, 1850. First edition, 8vo, 8pp. adverts bound in at beginning, original blindstamped cloth, rebacked in black morocco, gilt; Select Pieces from the Poems. London: E. Moxon, [c.1855], 8vo, title and text within pictorial borders, contemporary black morocco gilt, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

1820s literature Collection of works Chapone, Mrs. Letters on the Improvement of the Mind. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1820. 12mo, contemporary maroon morocco gilt; [Hope, Thomas] Anastasius, or Memoirs of a Greek. London: J. Murray, 1820. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Scott, Walter. Kenilworth. Edinburgh, 1821. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, half-titles, contemporary half calf;[Godwin, William]. The Pantheon. London: Baldwin & Cradock, 1828. 7th edition, plates, contemporary half calf, slightly rubbed;Tennant, William. Anster Fair. Edinburgh, 1821. Fourth edition, presentation copy to John Spence, contemporary calf, rebacked;Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary quarter morocco, spotting, rubbed; Salzmann, C.S. Elements of Morality. Edinburgh, 1821. 12mo, [translated by Mary Wollstonecraft], plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Cunningham, Allan. Sir Marmaduke Maxwell. London, 1822. 12mo, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed;Moore, Thomas. Melodies. Philadelphia: T. Jekyll, 1821. 12mo, 19th century green half calf, spine gilt, slightly rubbed;[Moore, Thomas] The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut, spine repaired; Moore, Thomas. Melodies, Irish and National. London: W. Dugdale, 1824. 12mo, frontispiece, disbound (pirate edition);[Moore, Thomas]. The Poetical Works of the late Thomas Little. London: Benbow, 1825. 12mo, original printed boards, uncut (pirate edition);Moore, Thomas. Odes of Anacreon. London: John King, 1826. 12mo, contemporary cloth, slightly rubbed;L.E.L. The Improvisatrice and other Poems. London, 1824. 12mo, additional engraved title and frontispiece, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, g.e.;Wolfe, Charles. Remains of the late... London, 1827. 8vo, frontispiece, contemporary calf, upper joint split;[Louvet de Couvray, J.B.] The Amours of the Chevalier de Faublas. London: Benbow, 1822, 12mo, volumes 1-3 (of 4), plates, contemporary calf, somewhat shaken and rubbed; The Nic-Nac or Literary Cabinet. London, 1823, 8vo, vol. 1 only, contemporary green half morocco, spotted, hinge broken, worn; [includes first publication of a short poem by Byron' (note by William St Clair)];[Irving, Washington] Tales of a Traveller. London: J. Murray, 1824, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles; Patmore, Peter George. Letters on England by Victoire, Count de Soligny. London, 1823, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary green morocco-backed boards, probably from the library of Louis Napoleon with his stamp to titles;Porchester, Lord. The Moor. London, 1825. 8vo, modern half calf, spine gilt;[Hazlitt. William] Sketches of the Principal Picture-Galleries in England. London, 1824. 12mo, 4pp. advertisements at end, original quarter cloth, some spotting, worn, lacks spine;Sotheby, William. Oberon. London, 1826. 3rd edition, 12mo, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, rubbed;Literary Gems. In two Parts. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, additional engraved title, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting;The Curious Book [A Collection of Anecdotes]. Edinburgh, 1826, 8vo, contemporary calf; Rogers, Samuel. Italy, a Poem. Part the First. London, 1823. 8vo, inscribed 'from the author' pencil note 'from Lord Thurlow's library sale 1932', near contemporary cloth;The History of... Sir William Wallace. New York: W.W. Crawford, 1820. 12mo, contemporary half calf, rather browned and spotted;[Quincey, Thomas de] Confessions of an English Opium Eater. London, 1826. 4th edition, 12mo, contemporary half calf, rebacked;sold as a collection not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Ansted, David T. The Ionian Islands in the year 1863 London: W. H. Allen, 1863. First edition, 8vo, tinted frontispiece and 4 maps, fine modern half calf, spine gilt, red and green morocco lettering piecesNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Rycaut, Paul The Present State of the Greek and Armenian Churches London: John Starkey, 1679. First edition, 8vo, [30 (of 32], 452, [iv - adverts], Imprimatur leaf before title, lacking first leaf of Preface, 18th century panelled calf, small rust-hole to A3Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Arrighi, Antonio Maria De vita et rebus gestis Francisci Mauroceni Peloponnesiaci Principis Venetorum ad Senatum libri IV. Padua: Josephus Cominus, 1749. First edition, 4to, title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary vellumNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Collection of treatises, 18th and early-19th century including: Dickson, Adam. A Treatise of Agriculture. Edinburgh: for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1770. New edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, twin morocco labels, 2 engraved folding plates, volume 1 front joint cracked but firm, shelfmark in white ink to foot of spine, tears in L1 and L4 (text intact) [ESTC T51622];[Young, Arthur]. The Farmer's Kalendar. London: Robinson and Roberts, 1771. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, half-title [ESTC T121921];Harter, Walter. Essays on Husbandry. London: for W. Frederick, at Bath, 1770. Second edition, corrected and enlarged, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, 5 engraved botanical plates, woodcuts in text, advertisement leaf, annotations to initial blanks [ESTC T96317];Gibson, William. The True Method of Dieting Horses. London; for John Osborn and Tho. Longman, 1726. Second edition, corrected, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, covers blind-tooled with decorative frames enclosing baron's coats of arms, browning, front joint cracked (board held by archival tape verso) [ESTC T94760];Lawson, A. The Farmer's Practical Instructor. Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, 1827. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled sheep, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 engraved plates;and 6 others (these not collated): Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry, 1757 (second edition, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, folding portrait frontispiece, one spine-label perished, markings of Portsmouth City Library to endpapers, versos of title-pages, and final text-leaf of each volume); John Lawrence, The Modern Land Steward, 1806 (second edition, contemporary marbled sheep, damp-staining); Robert Forsyth, The Principles and Practice of Agriculture, 1804 (2 volumes, contemporary half calf, engraved plates); [Thomas Horne], The Complete Grazier, 1805 (contemporary half calf, engraved plates); Sir John Sinclair, Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, 1802 (contemporary half calf); Robert Maxwell, The Practical Husbandman, 1757 (lacking plate, bookplates of the viscounts Melville); Jethro Tull, The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, Dublin, 1733 (contemporary 'Spanish' calf, lacking plates)Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Greece 2 works in one volume Auldjo, John. Journal of a Visit to Constantinople... and some of the Greek Islands. London: Longman [&c], 1835. First edition, 8vo, 7 engraved or etched plates, slightly spotted; bound with:Green, Philip James. Sketches of the War in Greece, in a series of extracts, from the private correspondence of Philip James Green Esq., late British Consul for the Morea. London: Thomas Hurst & Co., 1828. Second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, contemporary half calf, red morocco lettering piece, bookplate of The Right Hon. John Edward Walsh Master of the Rolls, small neat inscription on title of Robert Walsh [author of A Residence in Constantinople], lightly rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Dallaway, James Constantinople Ancient and Modern with Excursions to the Shores and Islands of the Archipelago and to the Troad. London: T. Bensley, 1797. First edition, 4to, engraved title, map and 9 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked retaining original spineNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Damer, Hon. Mrs G.L. Dawson Diary of a Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt and the Holy Land London: H. Colburn, 1841. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, presentation copy to Blanche Horatia Damer 'the first copy of the Journal from her affectionate mother Mary [?J] Damer' with a letter from Blanche Damer tipped in at beginning, 13 lithographed plates, contemporary green calf, lettered 'Blanche Horatia' on upper boards, spines gilt, plates discoloured as usual, one board detachedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Collection of treatises, 18th-19th century [?Ball, John]. The Farmer's Compleat Guide. London: for G. Kearsley, 1760. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined, contemporary marginalia, bookplate (Probert of the Argoed), title-leaf tipped to front free endpaper, new backstrip partially separating from spine [ESTC T56256: 9 UK copies];Ellis, William. The Farmer's Instructor ... first begun by Samuel Trowell. London: for J. Hodges, 1747. First edition thus, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf ruled in gilt, rebacked, front board gilt-lettered 'Board of Agriculture 1801', half-title, engraved frontispiece, extremities worn, frontispiece offset, signature A partly loose [ESTC T108402: 12 UK copies];Idem. The Modern Husbandman, for the Month of July [August; June]. London: T. Osborne, and T. Cooper, 1742. 3 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, modern half morocco, browning, June with closed tear in B1 [ESTC T27827, 4 copies, T27828, 4 copies, T27829, 3 copies];'A Country Gentleman'. The Complete Grazier: or, Gentleman and Farmer's Directory. London: J. Almon, 1776. Fourth edition, large 12mo, contemporary boards, rebacked, edges untrimmed, small marginal worm-track to quire D, M6 repaired [ESTC T122558: 7 UK copies];[Mackenzie, Sir Francis]. Hints for the Use of Highland Tenants and Cottagers. By a Proprietor. Inverness: Robert Carruthers, 1838. First edition, 8vo, contemporary blue quarter roan, marbled paper sides, printed label to front board, parallel English-Gaelic text, 6 etched plates;and 10 others (these not collated), including: William Ellis, Ellis's Husbandry Abridged and Methodized, 1772 (2 volumes, contemporary sprinkled calf, half-title, frontispiece to volume 1, half-title to volume 2, front covers effectively detached, held by tape, engraved bookplates of Arthur Young, possibly the agriculturalist); Arthur Young, A Six Months Tour through the North of England, Dublin, 1770 (3 volumes, contemporary streaked calf, rebacked); Thomas Hale, A Compleat Body of Husbandry, 1757 (second edition, 4 volumes, contemporary reversed calf, engraved plates, joints cracked); John Lawrence, The New Farmer's Calendar, 1802 (fourth edition, 20th-century half calf); idem, A General Treatise on Cattle, [1809?] (second edition, 20th-century half leather); George Robertson, Rural Recollections, Irvine: for the author, 1829 (first edition, later polished calf); and 4 similarNote: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

French works on Greece, mainly 19th century c.25 volumes including: Raybaud, Maxime. Mémoires sur la Grèce. Paris, 1824-25. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 3 folding maps, contemporary green half morocco, pp.477-482 vol. 2 supplied in photocopy, some spotting, slightly rubbed;Mably, l'abbé de. Observations sur l'histoire de la Grece. Geneva, 1766. 12mo, 2 copies, both contemporary calf, spine gilt;Marchebus. Voyage a Constantinople par bateau a vapeur. Paris, 1839. 8vo, plates, original cloth, dampstained throughout;Wordsworth, C. La Grèce Pittoresque et Historique. Paris, 1841. 8vo, additional title, plates, original cloth, spotting, worn;Aldenhoven, Ferdinand. Itineraire descriptif de l'Attique et du Péloponèse. Athens, 1854. 8vo, plans and maps, some folding, contemporary quarter morocco, Greek library blindstamp to title; Beulé, E. L'acropole d'Athènes. Paris, 1854. 2 volumes, 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter morocco, rubbed;Paparrigopoulos, M.C. Histoire de la Grece Moderne. Guerre de l'indépendance par Th. C. Tchocan, traduction du Grec de l'histoire de... Athens: Imprimerie de l'Espérance, 1858. 8vo, original wrappers very worn;About, Edmond. La Grèce Contemporaine. Paris, 1858. 12mo, contemporary half vellum gilt; Breton, Ernest. Athènes décrite et dessinée. Paris, 1862. 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter red morocco, spotting, slightly rubbed;Morot, Jean-Baptiste. Journal de Voyage Paris a Jérusalem. Paris, 1873. 8vo, plates, contemporary quarter morocco;Gravière, Jurien de la. La Station du Levant. Paris, 1876, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, presentation copy, half calf;Magne, Lucien. Le Parthénon. Paris, 1895. 4to, plates, original wrappers;Lechat, Henri. Au Musée de l'acropole d'Athènes. Etudes sur la sculpture. Lyon, 1903, 8vo, quarter vellum;and others in FrenchNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

[Fuller, John] Narrative of a Tour through some parts of the Turkish Empire Not Published. London: printed by Richard Taylor, 1829. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 560, presentation copy inscribed 'To W. H. Hyett Esq. from the Author', large folding map, hand-coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, rebacked, map neatly strengthened at fold on verso, spotting chiefly to the mapNote: Note: A rare work. The author visited Corfu, the Morea, Athens, Smyrna, Turkey including Constantinople, the Archipelago, Egypt, Palestine, present day Syria, Cyprus, Rhodes and Zante.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Collection of illustrated treatises, 19th century Sheldon, J. P. Dairy Farming: being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, c.1880. 4to, contemporary green half morocco, 24 chromolithographic plates, binding sunned;Biddell, Herman. The Suffolk Stud-Book. Diss: Francis Cupiss, 1880. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, 14 lithographic plates, joints partially cracked;Miles, W. J. Modern Practical Farriery. London: William Mackenzie, c.1870. 4to, contemporary half calf by Blackie and Son, 40 plates (engraved or lithographic, many hand-coloured), binding marked;Potts, Thomas. The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1807. First edition, 4to, contemporary diced russia, engraved title-page, 41 engraved plates (mostly hand-coloured), loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked, engraved title damp-stained, section excised from head of letterpress title;Weir, Harrison (illustrator). The Poultry Book ... by the Rev. W. Wingfield, G. W. Johnson, Esq. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1853. First edition, 4to, contemporary red half calf, additional chromolithographic title-page, 20 chromolithographic plates (22 species listed but 2 of these not depicted on separate plates), errata slip, spotting, bookplate, related ink-stamp to additional title-page verso, short closed tear in fore margin of prelims;these collated with regard to plates only, and sold together with 4 others (Leonard Towne, The Farmer's Directory, [1820], 4to, contemporary streaked calf, rebacked; R. W. Dickson, An Improved System of Management of Live Stock and Cattle, c.1820, 2 volumes, 4to, later half morocco; Wright's Book of Poultry, c.1930, 4to, contemporary half morocco; Harrison Weir, Our Poultry, c.1900?, 2 volumes, contemporary half morocco, these not collated)Note: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Gell, Sir William Narrative of a Journey in the Morea London: Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1823. First edition, 8vo, 9 lithographed plates, contemporary calf with name 'Hudson Gurney' at head of spine and both covers, stamp on title, a couple of other leaves, and bookplate of Norwich Public Library [not identified as missing or sold (see Condition Report)]Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece Collection of 19th-century works, in Greek, on the War of Independence and related subjects Perraivos, Christophoros. Apomnemonegmata polemika diaphoron machon synkrote theison metaxy Hellenon kai Othomanon 1820-1829. Athens: Andreas Koromelas, 1836. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, modern half leather, 208 + 216 pp., lithographic portrait, spotting:Koutsonikas, Lambros. Geniki istoria tes Hellenikes Epanastaseis ['General History of the Greek Revolutions']. Athens: 'Evangelismou' D. Karakatzane, 1863-4. First edition, 2 volumes in 1, 8vo, contemporary quarter morocco, pp. 198 [4] + 391 [7] pp., spotting, final leaf repaired;Sathas, Konstantinos N. Tourkokratumene Hellas ... (1463-1821). ['Turkish-Occupied Greece ... (1463-1821)']. Athens: Andreas Koromelas, 1869. First edition, 8vo, contemporary quarter morocco, 666 pp., browning;Konstantinides, Georgios. Istoria tou Athenon apo Christou genneseos mechri tou etous 1821. Athens: Estias, 1894. Second edition, revised (first published 1876), 8vo, contemporary quarter morocco, 541 [3] pp., bound with at rear: Kostis Palamas, Ymnos eis ten Athenan ['Hymn to Athena'], Athens: Estias, 1889, first edition, 29 pp., staining;Filemonos, Ionannes. Dokimion istorikon peri tes Filikes Etairias ['Historical Essays on the Society of Friends']. Nauplia: F. Kontaxe, N. Loulake, 1834. First edition, 8vo, contemporary quarter roan, 20 + 400 pp., spotting, lacking portraitsChiotes, Panagiotes. Istorika apomnemonegmata tes nesou Zakynthou ['Historical Memoirs of the Island of Zakynthos']. Corfu, 1849-58. Volumes 1-2 of 3 (volume 3 published in 1863), 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, 2 folding tables, folding plate;and 4 others, the lot sold as seen, not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Agriculture Collection of Scottish county surveys and other treatises, 18th-19th century Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Of Husbandry, London: A Millar, 1745. First edition in English, 4to, contemporary calf, contemporary calf (front board detached, crude attempted repairs to front joint) [ESTC T82174];Parkinson, Richard. The Experienced Farmer. London: for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered 'Board of Agriculture 1800' on front covers, related ink-stamps to versos of title-pages [ESTC T123478: 10 copies in UK libraries];Ellis, William. The Modern Husbandman. London: T. Osborne, and M. Cooper, 1744. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked [ESTC T27820];Russell, Joseph. An Improved System of Agriculture. Kenilworth: for the author, 1840. First edition, 8vo, modern boards, half-title, 2 engraved plates;Morice, Francis. An Essay on Agriculture, and the Management of Landed Estates. Aberdeen: for the author, 1824. 8vo, uncut in original boards, half-title;Buchan-Hepburn, George. General View of the Agriculture ... of East Lothian. Edinburgh: John Moir, 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary boards, rebacked, binding defective and several leaves loose, half-title, errata leaf, contemporary inscription 'Gilbert Burns, from a friend' on title-page (possibly Gilbert Burns, 1760-1827, brother of Robert and farmer in East Lothian) [ESTC T40588];Martin, Alexander. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Renfrew. London: C. Clarke, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern cloth, half-title, engraved plate (shaved) [ESTC T40669];Marshall, William. General View of the Agriculture of the Central Highlands of Scotland. London: T. Wright, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern wrappers, half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40609];Heron, Robert. General View of the ... Hebudae or Hebrides. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title discarded, custom slipcase [ESTC T40705];Robson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Argyll, and Western Part of Inverness-Shire. London: W. Smith, 1794. First edition, 4to, disbound, retaining half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40596];Anderson, James. General View of the Agriculture ... of the County of Aberdeen. Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary marbled boards (covers detached), half-title, bookplate of Macdonald of St Martins [ESTC T40592];Fullarton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1793. First edition, 4to, modern card wrappers, half-title discarded [ESTC T40612];Trotter, James. General View of the Agriculture of the County West Lothian. Edinburgh: Adam Neill, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title (repaired), disbound [ESTC T40684];Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart. A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. First edition, 8vo, modern cloth, folding map, untrimmed;Singer, William. General View of the Agriculture ... of Dumfries. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [1812]. 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked, half-title, engraved folding map, 9 plates including 4 coloured aquatints of cattle, errata leaf;and 13 others, including further county surveys (John Wilson, Renfrewshire, 1812; John Smith, Argyle, 1813; David Souter, Banff, 1812, etc.), Adam Dickson, The Husbandry of the Ancients, 1788 (2 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, labels renewed), and similarNote: Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

Greece 14 large folio volumes Orlandou, Anastasius K. Η ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΡΘΕΝΩΝΟΣ Α ΠΙΝΑΚΕΣ. 1976. Large oblong folio, plates, original wrappers bound in, original green cloth; Fougeres, Gustave. l'Acropole d'Athénes, Le Parthenon. First and Second Series. Paris, 1910. 2 volumes, folio, plates loose as issued in red cloth-backed printed boards; Papadapoulos, S.A. Liberated Greece and the Morea Scientific Expedition, The Peythier Album in the Stephen Vagliano Collection. Athens, 1971. Oblong folio, original cloth, dustwrapper;Aroza, G. & Cie. Les Frieses du Parthénon par Phidias. Paris, 1868. Folio, photographic plates mounted on card, loose as issued but without case or box, some spotting to margins and half-title;Mitchell, Lucy M. Selections from Ancient Sculpture, representing thirty-six masterpieces of Antiquity. New York, 1883. Folio, 20 plates, loose as issued in half cloth folder, some spotting, binding worn and marked, upper cover detached; Cavvadias, P. and G. Kawerau. Die Ausgrabung der Akropolis. Athens, '1907' [? later], folio, plates and plans, some coloured, original wrappers;Cavvadias, P. and G. Kawerau. Die Ausgrabung der Akropolis. Athens, '1906' [? later], folio, plates and plans, some coloured, original wrappers bound in, red cloth; Rechberg, Carl von. Das Griechenland-Album des Grafen Carl von Rechberg 1804-1805. Zurich, 1974. Oblong folio, coloured plates, original cloth-backed boards, boards slightly marked;Bowie, Theodore and Diether Thimme. The Carrey Drawings of the Parthenon Sculptures. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1971. Oblong folio, plates, original cloth; Sayer, Robert. Ruins of Athens. 1969, [facsimile of 1759 edition], folio, original green cloth;City of Athens Museum. 10 views of Athens, reproductions, loose in card folder, [c.1980]; and a similar folder with only 7 plates; and another; sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece and the Mediterranean Collection of travel narratives and historical accounts in German and Scandinavian languages [Asp, Pehr Olof von]. Resa i Levanten år 1796. Öfversättning från fransyskan af M. Hasselrot. Skara: F. J. Leverentz, 1805. First edition, 8vo (17 x 10cm), contemporary half sheep, 272 pp., browning,Ukert, Friedrich August. Historisk-geografisk tafla af Grekland. Stockholm: Zacharias Haeggström, 1821. First edition in Swedish (first published in German as Gemaelde von Griechenland, 1810), 16mo (13.7 x 9cm), contemporary maroon half morocco, 6 aquatint plates;Fenger, J. Ferdinand. Om det nygraeske Folk og Sprog. Erindringer fra en Reise i Graekenland i Aare 1831. Copenhagen: C. Graebe & Son, 1832. First edition, 8vo, original printed boards, 151 pp., edges untrimmed, spotting, ink-stamp ('Nyso Bibliothek', with coronet) to title-page;Brøndsted, Peter Oluf. Reise i Graekenland i Aarene 1810-1813. Copenhagen: Samfundte til den Danske Literaturs Fremme, 1844. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo (19 x 11.7cm), contemporary marbled half roan, lithographic portrait frontispiece, folding map, browning;[Sander, Heinrich]. Erinnerungen eines ehemaligen griechischen Offiziers. Darmstadt, L. Pabst, 1839. First edition, 8vo (17.8 x 10.8cm), contemporary red quarter morocco, bookplate of Wilhelm, Herzog zu Braunschweig, annotation by William St Clair on front free endpaper, 'From the library of Queen Frederika, with the bookplate of the Duke of Brunswick';Münch, Ernst. Die Heerzüge des christlichen Europas wider die Osmanen, und die Versuche der Griechen zur Freiheit. Basel: in der Schweighauser'schen Buchhandlung, 1822-5. First edition, parts 1-4 of 5 in 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary boards;Schömann, Georg Friedrich. De comitiis Atheniensium. Griefswald: Ernest Moritz, 1819. First edition, 8vo, contemporary sheep, armorial device to covers in blind, bookplates (Henry Pelham), spine defective, spotting;Frommel, Carl Ludwig. Ansichten aus Griechenland. [No place, no publisher], c.1850. Oblong 4to, contemporary quarter calf, engraved title-page, 30 engraved plates each with descriptive text-leaf, bookplate (A. Pitlo);and approx. 20 others similarNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 11 volumes Arundell, Francis Vyvyan Jago. A Visit to the Seven Churches of Asia. London: John Rodwell, 1828. First edition, 8vo, 12 (of 13) folding plates of inscriptions, folding map, lacks front free endpaper, contemporary or original cloth with black morocco label, occasional small stains; Demont, Louise. Journal of the Visit of Her Majesty the Queen, to Tunis, Greece and Palestine. London, 1821. 8vo, contemporary calf, head of title excised, rubbed; Carne, John. Letters 1813-1837. Privately Printed, 1885. 8vo, number 33 of 100 copies, original boards, rubbed; Hawes, J. The Religion of the East with Impressions of Foreign Travel. Hartford, 1845. 8vo, lithographed plates, original pictorial cloth, some spotting and dampstaining, rebacked retaining spine; Eddy, Daniel C. Walter's Tour in the East. Walter in Athens. New York, 1865, 12mo, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed; Mahoney, Rev. S.I. Six Years in the Monasteries of Italy and two years in the Islands of the Mediterranean. Hartford, 1851. 8vo, original cloth, slightly spotted, spine very worn; Stuart, J. and N. Revett. The Antiquities of Athens and other Monuments of Greece. 1858, 8vo, plates, contemporary calf gilt;Felton, Cornelius. C. Familiar Letters from Europe. Boston, 1865, 8vo, original cloth; Willis, N. Parker. Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American Frigate. London, 1853. 8vo, original wrappers, spine a bit worn; Dyer, Thomas H. Ancient Athens, its History, Topography and Remains. London, 1873. Large 8vo, plates and maps, original brown cloth, worn;Skene, F.M.F. The Life of Alexander Lycurgus, Archbishop of the Cyclades. London, 1877. 8vo, photographic frontispiece, original cloth, spine tornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 4 works [Clarke, Edward Daniel] Testimonies of different authors, respecting the Colossal Statue of Ceres Placed in the Vestibule of the Public Library at Cambridge, July the First 1803, with a Short Account of its Removal from Eleusis, 22nd November, 1801. Cambridge: Francis Hodson, 1803. First edition, 8vo, [2], 25pp., engraved frontispiece, disbound;Morritt, John Bacon Sawrey. A Vindication of Homer and of the Ancient Poets and Historians, who have recorded the Siege and Fall of Troy. York: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1798. First edition, 4to, folding map and 5 folding bistre aquatint plates, modern brown half morocco, uncut; Carlyle, Joseph Dacre. Poems Suggested chiefly by scenes in Asia Minor, Syria and Greece. London: W. Bulmer, 1805. First edition, 4to, half-title, 2 sepia aquatint plates, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, pencil inscription of H. Gould, pencil inscription by William St. Clair "this book belonged to Rev. Philip who accompanied Carlyle on Elgin's Embassy. It was given to me by Mrs A.C. Langland, a descendant of the Hunt family. Gould was the name of Hunt's nephew referred to in Stockdale's book."; [Idem]. An Account of the Greek Manuscripts, chiefly Biblical which had been in the possession of the late Professor Carlyle... now deposited in the Archepiscopal Library at Lambeth Palace. London: R. Gilbert, [1831]. 8vo [iv], 74, original boards uncut, Hugh Percy bookplate, upper board and title detached, spine worn, but very clean internallyNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Howe, James The Breeds of our Different Domestic Animals Engraved from Portraits painted from Life. Part First, Horses. [Part Second, Cattle ... Part Third, Specimens of the Scots Farm-Horse, of Sheep and Cattle]. Edinburgh: Ballantyne and Company, 1829-29-31. First edition, 3 parts (all published), oblong folio (57 x 45.5cm), original wrappers, part 1 with lithographic title-page, 2 pp. introduction, 4 engraved plates each with leaf of descriptive text, part 2 with letterpress title-page, 2 pp. introduction, 4 engraved plates each with leaf of descriptive text, part 3 with letterpress title-page, 4 pp. introduction, 4 (of 5) engraved plates, each with leaf of descriptive text, housed in 20th-century portfolio, variable spotting throughout (chiefly to wrappers and margins), offsetting, part 1 outer leaves and plates nicked along edges, part 2 front wrapper torn with loss, damp-stain and concomitant paper loss to lower corners, 'Ayrshire Bull' text-leaf torn with loss, 'Ayrshire Cows' plate with small hole to foot, part 3 final plate ('Young Clydesdale') lacking (text-leaf extant), front wrapper torn, rear wrapper absent, final 2 extant plates stained;Le Couteulx, Gustave. Vacherie nationale du Pin Orne. Animaux de la race courte corne améliorée, dite race de Durham, dessinés d'après nature suivant les ordres de Monsieur le MInistre de l'Agriculture et du Commerce. [Paris: no publisher, 1848]. First edition, oblong 4to (27.2 x 36cm), contemporary half calf, 13 lithographic plates (collation not established), 3 lithographic text-leaves, no title-leaf but original front wrapper (with ink stamps of the Royal Agricultural Society) bound in, spotting, front inner hinge gone, spine reinforced with tape;Baudement, Emile. Les races bovines au concours universel agricole de Paris en 1856. Paris: Imprimerie impériale, 1857. First edition, oblong folio, contemporary morocco, rebacked, 5 engraved colour maps, 87 heliogravure plates from photographs by Nadar and others, all mounted as issued, ink-stamps of the Royal Agricultural Society to title-page, occasional spotting;Parsons, Gilbert H. Notable Modern Shorthorns. Alsager, Cheshire: Harold Simms, 1906. First edition, one of 100 copies signed by the author, oblong 4to, original red cloth, rebacked, 37 photogravure plates, spotting, a few tissue-guards torn away;and 2 others (Lefebvre-Ste-Mairie, De la race bovine courte corne améliorée dite race de Durham, 1849, and a copy of John Watson Ravenshear's unpublished English translation of the same, word-processed, cloth-bound, with dust jacket)Note: Note: Howe's work, produced for the Highland Society of Scotland, is rare, with Library Hub tracing two copies only in UK institutions, the British Library and the V&A, and no other copy appearing at auction since 1970. WorldCat traces six copies of Le Couteulx's work, none in the UK.Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.

[Grosvenor, Elizabeth Mary, Marchioness of Grosvenor] Narrative of a Yacht Voyage in the Mediterranean during the years 1841 and 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, presentation copy from the authoress to Mr Gregory, 26 lithographed plates, personalised binding of full mauve morocco with owner's name at foot of spines, the plates slightly spotted, armorial bookplates of the Rt. Hon W.H. Gregory, Colle Park, Gort, IrelandNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Guillet de Saint-George, Georges An Account of a late Voyage to Athens containing the Estate both Ancient and Modern of that Famous City and of the present Empire of the Turks. London: J.M. for H. Herringman, 1676. First English edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, with blank leaf A1 (with small hole) which has a contemporary inscription '0 0 9', possibly the price of the book, spine somewhat worn, endpapers of binding comprising used leaf of secretary hand accounts from 1642Note: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Guillet de Saint-George, Georges An Account of a Late Voyage to Athens Containing the Estate both Ancient and Modern of that Famous City, and of the Present Empire of the Turks. London: J.M. for H. Herringham, 1676. First English edition, 8vo, 19th century red half morocco, spine gilt, bound without the initial blank leaf, trimmed a little close by the binder occasionally affecting a letter or two of the running title, title lightly browned, some light spotting, rubbed, upper board detachedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Hamilton, William John Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia London: John Murray, 1842. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding maps,12 lithographed plates and 4 folding facsimile inscription plates, half-titles, original blindstamped cloth, errata leaf and 8pp. advertisements at end of volume 2, lower corner of a few plates slightly dampstained, bindings worn and with library shelf number in ink at foot of spines, boards of volume 1 detached, bookplates of Joseph M. Cleason, no library marks to text or platesNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Besler, Basilius Hortus Eystettensis [Sansepolcro]: Aboca Museum Edizioni, 2006. 3 volumes, large folio, original blind-stamped cream leather bindings, full-colour illustrations throughout, each volume housed in original printed cardboard caseNote: Note: Deluxe facsimile of the first edition of one of the greatest flower books in existence, published at Nuremberg in 1613. One of 1450 copies, this copy apparently one of 50 reserved for Folio Society members, with a Folio Society prospectus laid in.

Lear, Edward Journals of a Landscape Painter in Albania London: R. Bentley, 1851. First edition, 8vo, map and 20 tinted lithographed plates, contemporary brown half morocco, spine gilt, rebacked retaining original spine, corners slightly rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Ottoman Empire 6 volumes Gilles, Pierre. De Bosporo Thracio. Leiden: Elzevir, 1632, 32mo, engraved title, contemporary vellum; Beaufort, Francis. Memoir of a Survey of the Coast of Karamania. London, 1820, 8vo, 1 engraved plan, presentation copy from the author, later wrappers;Walsh, Robert. Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor. [n.d.], 4to, 2 volumes in 1, additional engraved titles, 2 maps (1 folding) and 94 plates, original blue cloth (lettered vol. 1), upper hinge broken, worn; Smith, Albert. A Month at Constantinople. London: D. Bogue, 1850. First edition, 8vo, hand-coloured frontispiece, illustrations, original blue cloth gilt, some spotting, slightly rubbed; Gringo, Harry. Scampavias from Gibel Tarek to Stamboul. New York, 1857. 8vo, contemporary half calf; Vizetelly, Edward. The Reminiscences of a Bashi-Bazouk. Bristol, [c.1897], 8vo, frontispiece, original pictorial red cloth, spine fadedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Ottoman Empire - The History of the Venetian Conquests from the year 1684, to this present year 1688 Translated out of French by J.M. London: John Newton, 1689. First English edition, 8vo, [vi], 192, folding letterpress table ("The Order of Precedence [of the fleet]"), contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, corners neatly repairedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Plumley, [Matilda], Miss Days and Nights in the East From the original notes of a recent traveller through Egypt, Arabia-Petra, Syria, Turkey and Greece. London: T. C. Newby, 1845. First edition, 8vo, [xi], 287; half-title, original dark green embossed clothNote: Note: Rare. No copy in the Atabey Collection; no copy recorded on American Book Prices Current.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Darwin, Charles The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex London: John Murray, 1871. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth, viii 423 [13], viii 475 [1] pp., half-titles, 16 pp. advertisements dated January 1871 to rear of each volume, wood-engraved illustrations throughout the text, dark green coated endpapers, bindings rubbed, spine-ends nicked, corners slightly bumped and worn, spotting to endpapers, half-titles and advertisements, volume 1 front inner hinge cracked and with evidence of attempted adhesive repair, slight cracking to rear inner hinge, volume 2 half-title with offsetting from ink-stamp on front free endpaper, volume 1 with initial blank (none present in volume 2) [Freeman 938]Note: Note:First edition, second issue, one of 2,000 copies. The first issue appeared in February (a month before the second) and comprised 2,500 copies. The second issue contains important textual corrections and volume 1 pp. 297-9 are entirely reset. The Descent of Man was the first of Darwin's works to use the word 'evolution' (on volume 1 p. 2), preceding its use in the sixth edition of the Origin the following year.Provenance: George T. Clark (1809-1898), noted industrialist and antiquary, with his bookplate to the front pastedown of the first volume, and Tal-y-Garn ink-stamps to the front free endpapers. Clark trained as a surgeon before becoming an engineer, and worked on the construction of the Great Western Railway under Isambard Kingdom Brunel. He later became a pre-eminent ironmaster.

Pomardi, Simone Viaggio nella Grecia fatto da Simone Pomardi negli anni 1803, 1805 & 1806. Rome: Presso Vincenzo Poggioli Stampatore Camerale, 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo,[vii], 183; 171; folding map and 90 plates, some folding, contemporary half calf, lacking the folding plan of Athens, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Poullet, Sieur Nouvelles relations du Levant qui contiennent diverses remarques fort curieuses non encore observées touchant la Religion, Les Moeurs & la Politique de plusieurs Peuples. Avec une exacte description de l'Asie Mineure ou Natolie, des deux Armenies, du Courdistan, du Diarbek & autres Provinces Mediterranées de l'Asie, du Royaume de Perse. Paris: Louis Billaine, 1688. 2 volumes, 12mo, [xxxvii], 454; [xxxii], 624, [xxiv]; folding map, folding plan (of Constantinople) and 11 engraved plates (the plates in volume 2 trimmed to neatline before the work was bound, with no loss to images), contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt, bookplate of the Most Hon. John Marques of Tweeddale, half-title in volume 1, two single wormholes in lower margin of volume 2 affecting a few signatures, head and base of spines a little rubbedNote: Note: Very rare. The work is not recorded in Atabey, Blackmer or Contominas and does not appear on ABPC as having been sold at auction in the last 35 years (except for 1 copy of the first 1667 edition at Sotheby's, 2010, lacking the 2 maps, for £1700 hammer). It describes a journey east by way of Ragusa, Bosna (presumably Sarajevo), Belgrade, Sofia, Mount Athos, Lemnos, Adrianople (Edirne) and finally Constantinople, commenting on the manners, customs and characteristics of particularly the Turks, but also the Greeks and Armenians. There are additional chapters on Turkish religion, government and warfare, ending with a history of Dutch and English commerce in the Levant.A second volume appeared in the following year describing his journey further eastwards. Pinkerton, in his General Collection of... Voyages and Travels (1814), describes it as a "scarce work [which] contains a very good account for the time it was published".The first edition, in one volume, was published in 1667.Provenance:From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Rizos Neroulos, Iacovos Histoire Moderne de la Grèce depuis la chute de l'Empire d'Orient. Geneva: A. Cherbuliez, 1828. First edition, 8vo, [ii], vi, vi, 543, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, red morocco lettering pieceNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Schroeder, Francis Shores of the Mediterranean with Sketches of Travel. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. First edition, 8vo, frontispieces, 8 engraved plates and 3 wood-engraved plates, original blindstamped red cloth, bookplates of Paul H. Humphreys, some spotting, extremities slightly rubbed at extremitiesNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Darwin, Charles Collection of early editions all published by John Murray, 8vo, original cloth unless otherwise stated, Freeman numbers given in square brackets:1) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. London: John Murray, 1872. First edition, second issue, near-contemporary half calf for William Brown of Edinburgh, vi 374 pp., 7 heliotype plates (numbered in Arabic; 3 folding), bookplate of Henry Faulds (1843-1930), Scottish doctor and pioneer of fingerprinting, covers detached, advertisements (2C2-4) discarded, text-leaves toned, spotting to versos of plates and to adjacent text-leaves [1142];2) Insectivorous Plants, 1875. First edition, second thousand, retaining errata slip, binding rubbed, fraying to spine-ends, front pastedown and free endpaper damp-stained [1218]3) The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, 1882. Sixth edition, twenty-fourth thousand, folding lithographic plate, nick to head of spine, spotting to outer leaves and plate, inner hinges superficially cracked [407];4) Idem, 1886. Sixth edition, thirtieth thousand, folding plate, spotting to plate outer leaves and plate [417];5) Idem, 1906. Contemporary maroon half calf, photographic portrait frontispiece, folding plate [498/9];6) The Descent of Man, 1875. Second edition, revised and augmented, eleventh thousand, slightly rubbed, spine rolled, spine-ends nicked, contemporary bookseller's blind stamp to front free endpaper [945];7) Idem, 1888. Second edition, revised and augmented, twenty-second thousand, 2 volumes, contemporary half calf, stamp of Queen's College Belfast gilt to front boards, Queen's prize plate to D. E. Morell dated 1892 to volume 1 front pastedown, recipient's ownership inscription to volume 2 initial blank, collector's book-label to volume 2 front pastedown, related annotation to inner margin of p. v in each volume, bindings rubbed, volume 1 front inner hinge split [965];8) Idem, 1909. Contemporary maroon half calf [1008];9) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, 1885. 2 volumes in 1, contemporary black half morocco, occasional marginalia, title-page spotted [886];10) Idem. 1893. Second edition, revised, eighth thousand, 2 volumes, early ownership inscriptions to initial blanks [893];11) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1878. Second edition, ex Kent County Library with shelfmark in white ink to spine, labels to front pastedown and free endpaper, and associated markings to title-page recto and verso, unrelated monogram ink-stamps to initial and terminal blanks, spotting to outer leaves [1251];12) Idem, 1888. 'Second' edition, later ownership inscription to initial blank, largely unopened [1254];13) The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1890. Second edition, revised, fifth thousand, bookplate (E. E. Turner) [810];14) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1882. First edition, sixth thousand, corrected, ownership inscription of Edinburgh shipbuilder Henry Garrett Gourlay (dated September 1882) to title-page, spine rolled, small split to front joint, spotting to endpapers [1362];15) The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1889. Third edition, gilt stamp of the University Club, Edinburgh front board, folding map and plate (both with closed tears) [275]

Spon, Jacob and George Wheler Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece, et du Levant Fait en 1675 & 1676. Lyon: Antoine Cellier. 1678. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, [24], 405; 417, [xiii]; 204, 226; frontispiece portrait and 32 plates and maps, some folding, contemporary calf, armorial bookplates of the Most Honourable John Marques of Tweeddale, head of one spine slightly rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Spratt, Captain T.A.B. Travels and Researches in Crete London: John van Voorst, 1865. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 hand-coloured folding maps and 17 lithographed plates (1 folding), original brown cloth, advertisement leaf before title of volume 1, slightly spotted, slightly worn, one board detachedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Stanhope, John Spencer Olympia: or Topography illustrative of the actual state of the Plain of Olympia, and of the Ruins of the City of Elis. London: Rodwell and Martin, 1824. First edition, large folio (53 x 35cm.), 12 plates, 2 double-page plans & 3 engravings in the text, all on india paper, contemporary dark green half morocco, a little spotting, not affecting the plates, rubbed, spine with small tear at baseNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Stanhope, Lady Hester Memoirs of the Lady Hester Stanhope as related by herself in Conversations with her Physician. London: H. Colburn, 1845. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece in volume 1, uncoloured lithographed frontispieces in volumes 2 and 3, and folding plan, contemporary green half morocco, volume 3 with label of Harvey's Subscription Library of Sidmouth on upper board (removed from upper board of volumes 1 and 2), spines gilt stamped with author's name, 'Harvey Sidmouth', volume number and Subscription volume number, some spotting, slightly rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Stephanopoli, Dimo and Nicolo Voyage de Dimo et Nicolo Stephanopoli en Grèce pendant les années V et VI (1797 et 1798). Paris: l'Imprimerie de Guilleminet, An VIII [1800]. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, 8 engraved plates, (2 folding), without half-titles, modern black half calf, spine gilt, small 'London Institution' stamp at head of volume 1 titleNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Steuart, John Robert [A Description of Some Ancient Monuments... still existing in Lydia and Phrygia, supposed to be Tombs of the Early Kings]. [? London: c. 1842], folio (51 x 34.5cm), 17 lithographed plates, original cloth-backed marbled wrappers, with paper lettering piece to upper wrapper, small chip to blank lower corner of first three plates, and a couple of short tears to lower margin, the first plate lightly spotted, wrappers a bit worn, without text (see footnote)Note: Note: This edition, possibly a remainder edition, does not have the title or 15pp. of text which appears in the Bohn 1842 edition. The lettering piece on the upper wrapper also differs from the Bohn title, reading "Seventeen Plates of Ancient Monuments still existing in Lydia and Phyrgia, supposed to be tombs of the early Kings. Price One Guinea". The captions are in English but the details of lithographer and artist are in French: "C. Deangelis d'après l'esquisse de J.R. Steuart". According to an "Advertisement" noted in the Blackmer copy of the James Bohn 1842 edition the plates were prepared as part of a project to publish his entire journal which Steuart reluctantly abandoned.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Stuart, James and Nicholas Revett The Antiquities of Athens measured and delineated... a new edition. London: Priestley and Weale, 1825-30. 4 volumes, folio, 2 engraved portraits and 191 engraved plates, some engraved vignettes in the text, corrections and errata leaf bound into volume 3, list of subscribers at end of volume 4, some plates a little dust-soiled, slight dampstain to lower corner in volume 2, some spotting, small stamp of Leicester Society of Architects to corner of all plates, morocco bookplates of Leicester and Leicestershire Society of Architects, modern half calf retaining old marbled boards, spines giltNote: Note: A later edition of one of the greatest works on the antiquities of Greece, first published 1762-1816. Copies are occasionally found with engraved titles.Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Darwin, Charles Collection of works all published by John Murray, 8vo, in contemporary half calf by Mudie, twin morocco labels to spines, gilt tooling to compartments, arms of the University Club, Edinburgh gilt to front boards, stylised zig-zag roll gilt to backstrips, bindings variably rubbed, contents slightly toned, Freeman numbers given in square brackets:1) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 1872. First edition, first issue, vi 374 pp., 7 heliotype plates (numbered in roman; 3 folding), advertisements (2C2-3) discarded, with an initial binder's blank (possibly the original blank, signature b1), front joint restored, toning, intermittent damp-staining at foot, C5-6 nicked along top edges, a few marks [1141];2) The Power of Movement in Plants, 1880. First edition, second thousand, iii-x 592 pp., half-title and advertisements discarded, very shallow tide-mark to lower margins never touching text [1326];3) Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle', 1876. Second edition, 5 folding plates (first plate with short split to one fold) [276];4) The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants, 1888. [Second edition], fourth thousand, half-title [843];5) The Various Contrivances by which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects, 1888. Second edition, revised, fourth thousand, half-title [808];6) The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom, 1888. Second edition [1254];7) The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species, 1888. [Second edition], third thousand, [1283];8) The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, 1888. Second edition, revised, sixth thousand, 2 volumes [889];9) A Naturalist's Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Beagle' round the World, 1888. Seventeenth thousand, front joint repaired [46];10) Insectivorous Plants, 1888. Second edition, revised by Francis Darwin [1225];11) The Formation of Vegetable Mould, 1888. First edition, tenth thousand [1372]the lot sold as seen

Swan, Rev. Charles Journal of a Voyage up the Mediterranean principally among the Islands of the Archipelago, and in Asia Minor: including many interesting particulars relative to The Greek Revolution, especially a Journey through Maina to the camp of Ibrahim Pacha. London: C. & J. Rivington, 1826. First edition, 2 volumes in one, 8vo, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, joints partly splitNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Tennent, James Emerson A Picture of Greece in 1825 as exhibited in the personal narratives of James Emerson Esq., Count Pecchio and W.H. Humphreys Esq. Comprising a Detailed Account of the Events of the late Campaign, and Sketches of the Principal Military, Naval and Political Chiefs. London: Henry Colburn, 1826. First edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, half-title and engraved portrait in volume 1, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end of volume 2, early ownership inscription at head of titles of Wm. Jno. Sharp Gatewick, original boards, uncut, spines somewhat worn, upper hinge of volume 1 weakNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Greece 3 French 18th-century works Savary [Claude-Etienne] Lettres sur la Grèce. Paris: Onfroi, 1788. First edition, 8vo, half-title, folding map and folding plate, Privilege leaf at end, contemporary mottled calf, upper joint split; Sestini, l'abbé Domenico. Voyage dans la Grèce Asiatique, a la péninsule de Cyzique, a Brusse et a Nicée. Londres: et se trouve a Paris: Leroy, 1789. First French edition, 8vo, half-title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt;Spon, Jacob and George Wheler. Voyage d'Italie, de Dalmatie, de Grece et du Levant. The Hague: Rutgert Alberts, 1724. 12mo, volume 2 only, engraved frontispiece, folding map and 13 plates, contemporary calf, rubbedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Tobin, Lady Catherine Shadows of the East, or slight sketches of Scenery, Persons and Customs, from Observations during a Tour in 1853 and 1854, in Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Turkey and Greece. London: Longmans [&c.], 1855. First edition, large 8vo, 3 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, 17 tinted lithographed plates, tissue guards, original decorative red cloth gilt, g.e., some spotting to some plates, joints split, slightly wornNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.

Trant, Captain Thomas Abercromby Narrative of a Journey through Greece, in 1830 With Remarks upon the actual state of the Naval and Military Power of the Ottoman Empire. London: H. Colburn, 1830. First edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, 3 illustrations in text, contemporary half calf, lettered on spine 'Trant's Works, vol. II. Greece', bookplate of John Stuart Coxon, slightly spottedNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.