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Pharmacy.- Altomare (Donatus Antonius) De mannae differentiis, ac viribus, deq'eas dignoscendi via, ac ratione, first edition, woodcut printer's device on title and verso of otherwise blank final leaf, woodcut initial, contemporary ink manuscript annotations to A3, light staining to margins, modern boards, small 4to, Venice, M. & M.Salernitani, 1562.⁂ An early work on Calabrian manna and its therapeutic properties. It is obtained from the bark of the manna ash and was used as a mild laxative.

Pharmacy.- [Bate (George)] Pharmacopoeia Bateana: or, Bate's Dispensatory, translated by William Salmon, first edition in English, engraved plate, a little browned, old ink inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, worn, [Wellcome II, 113; Wing B1088], for S.Smith & B.Walford, 1694 § [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaboratory laid open; or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy revealed, second edition, contemporary calf, red morocco label, J.Nourse, 1768 § Glass (Samuel) An Essay on Magnesia Alba, only edition, modern calf-backed boards, [Duveen 251], Oxford, for R.Davis, 1764 § Kirby (Jeremiah) Tables of the Materia Medica, first edition, spotted, faint ink library stamp to title, modern morocco-backed cloth, uncut, [Wellcome III, 393], Edinburgh, 1805; and 13 others, 4to & 8vo (17)

Pharmacy.- Colbatch (Sir John) A Collection of Tracts, Chirurgical and Medical, half-title with advertisement to verso, ink stamp "John Brown 1756" to head of title and half-title, lightly browned, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, small gouge to upper cover, blind-tooling to inner edge torn and defective, rebacked, [Wing C4993], for Dan Brown, 1700; The Doctrine of Acids in the Cure of Diseases, first edition, old ink inscription "James Price 1753" to title, rather browned, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing C4995], for Dan. Brown, 1698; A Dissertation concerning Mistletoe: a most Wonderful Specifick Remedy for the Cure of Convulsive Distempers, 2 parts in 1, third edition, half-title, lightly browned, old wrappers with modern paper label to upper cover, for Dan Browne, Jun., 1723, 8vo (3)⁂The first is the second edition of the apothecary John Colbatch's collected works, most of which are rare in their original separate form. The last item is the first English monograph on the therapeutic use of mistletoe, first published in 1719 and the second part in 1720.

Pharmacy.- Friderich (Joseph Ferdinand) Das Pollinische Decoct, und die reinigende Wirkungen der welschen Nutzschalen..., engraved frontispiece of a man beneath a walnut tree, engraved plate at end, [Wellcome III, 70], Vienna, A.A.Patzowsky, 1794 bound with Taxa medicamentorum in pharmacopoea Austriaco-Provinciali...; Taxe der, in der umgearbeiteten Oesterreichischen Provincial-Pharmacopöe..., early issue, title with woodcut device, tables, Vienna, C.F.Wappler, 1795, together 2 works in 1 vol., a little browned, paste-paper endpapers, contemporary half sheep, corners worn § Hafenreffer (Samuel) Officina Jatrica, continens pharmaca Hippocratico-Galenica, & Hermtico-Paracelsica..., only edition, additional engraved allegorical title, errata leaf at end, browned, modern bookplate of Ernst Matern, contemporary sheep-backed boards, spine gilt, joints wormed and split, [Wellcome III, 190], Ulm, Balthasar Kühnen, 1653 § Martini (D.) Dissertatio medica de natura acidi & alcali genuinarum sanitatis & morbi causarum, only edition, title with woodcut device, with final advertisement leaf, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Leiden, Arnold Doude, 1676, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The first concerns the use of ground walnuts in the treatment of various diseases, bound with an early Austrian pharmacopoeia.

Pharmacy.- Orta (Garcia de) & others. Histoire des Drogues, Espiceries, et de Certains Medicamens Simples, qui naissent és Indes et en l'Amerique, edited by Antoine Colin, 4 parts in 1, second Lyons edition, woodcut illustrations, lightly browned, with 6pp. manuscript index to the illustrations bound in at beginning, small book-label of Henri Chevreul, later vellum, roan label, soiled, [Sabin 49948], 8vo, Lyons, Jean Pillehotte, 1619.⁂ Collection of translations of four important early works on the plants, drugs, and materia medica of the New World, comprising Orta's Coloquios dos simples, e drogas...da India of 1563, the first textbook on tropical medicine written by a European; Acosta's expanded translation of Orta's work; Alpini on balsam; Monardes on Central American drugs.

Pharmacy.- Strobelberger (Johann Stephan) Mastichologia seu de universa mastiches natura dissertatio medica..., only edition, browned, title with small defect to fore-edge, moderen calf-backed marbled boards, Leipzig, E.Rehefeldt & Joh. Gros...Justus Janson, 1628 § Gruhlmann (Johann Gottfried) Specimen medicum de novo contra oculorum caliginem remedio tanquam specifico, herniaria sc. ocularia..., only edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut initials, small neat ink ownership inscription to lower outer corner of title, unbound but spine reinforced with strip of marbled paper, [Wellcome III, 172], Jena, H.C.Croker, 1706 § Chambers (William) Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de ribes arabum et ligno rhodio, only edition, title with charming engraved vignette of workmen building a wall with a castle behind, with the final blank, browned, cropped with loss of ink inscription to foot of title, ink annotation and rust-hole to C1 affecting a few letters, modern cloth, paper label to upper cover, Leiden, Boutesten, 1724, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The first item is a rare work on the nature and medical qualities of the mastic tree, cultivated for its aromatic resin for gastroinstestinal ailments, chewing gum, glues and varnishes. The second is a scarce account of the use of rupture wort as a remedy for disorders of the eyes; Library Hub records only one UK copy (Natural History Museum). The third describes the cultivation and therapeutic use of rhubarb.

Pharmacy.- Tralles (Balthasar Ludwig) Usus opii salubris et noxius, in morborum medela..., 4 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, a little browned, faint trace of old library stamp to title, with contemporary ink manuscript index to part 2 loosely inserted, modern half morocco, uncut, [Wellcome V, 293], Bratislava, C.G.Meyer, 1757 § Dobson (Matthew) A Medical Commentary on Fixed Air, second edition, title spotted and soiled with small wormhole to upper outer corner, modern calf-backed boards, 1785 § Bardsley (J.L.) Hospital Facts and Observations, illustrative of the new remedies of Strychnia, Brucia, Acetate of Morphia, Veratria, Iodine, &c., only edition, trace of library stamp to title, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, [Wellcome II, 100], 1830; and 4 others on drugs and medical treatments, 4to & 8vo (7)⁂ The first concerns the therapeutic effects and dangers of opium; the second of carbon dioxide.

Public Health.- Lancisi (Giovanni Maria) Dissertatio de nativis, deque adventitiis Romani coeli qualitatibus, cui accedit historia epidemiae rheumaticae, first edition, title with engraved allegorical vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and historiated initials, some foxing, contemporary vellum, a little rubbed, slight worming to lower edge of upper cover, [Wellcome 441], Rome, Francesco Gonzaga, 1711 § Carminati (Bassiano) De animalium ex mephitibus, et noxiis halitibus interitu, ejusque propioribus caussis libri tres, first edition, errata leaf at end, damp-stained, faint ink library stamp to title, contemporary vellum, stained, slight worming to upper cover, Lodi, 1777, 4to (2)⁂ The first is a leading work on public health and epidemiology, concerning Rome's water-supply and nearby malarial Pontine marshes, and the influenza epidemic of 1709 which spread throughout most of Europe. The second is on foul smells and noxious gases.

Rabies.- Ridley (Humphrey) Observationes...de Asthmate et Hydrophobia, first edition, title lightly browned and with faint trace of library stamp, modern calf-bacled boards, Jacob Tonson, 1703 § Berkenhout (John) An Essay on the Bite of a Mad Dog..., only edition, title a little soiled, light spotting to last few leaves, modern boards, [Wellcome II, 151], R.Baldwin, 1783, 8vo (2)

Sexology.- Tissot (Samuel A.A.D.) Three Essays: First, On the Disorders of People of Fashion. Second, On Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons... Third, On Onanism: or, A Treatise upon the Disorders produced by Masturbation..., first collected edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1772 § Bienville (D.T. de) La Nymphomanie ou Traité de la Fureur Utérine, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink inscription to title, marginal worming to first few leaves, contemporary calf-backed boards, [Wellcome II, 165], Amsterdam, 1771 § § Couper (R.) Speculations on the Mode and Appearances of Impregnation in the Human Female, second edition, modern calf-backed cloth, [Wellcome II,399], Edinburgh, 1797 § [Procope-Couteau (M.C.)] L'Art de Faire des Garçons, ou Nouveau Tableau de l'Amour Conjugal, half-title, final signature printed on pale blue paper, modern half roan, "Londres", 1787 § Stopes (Marie) Contraception (Birth Control)..., first edition, second printing, plates, original green cloth, 1923, the first two slightly rubbed; and 6 others on sexual matters, 8vo (11)

Smallpox & Vaccination.- Monro (Alexander) An Account of the Inoculation of Small Pox in Scotland, only edition, with half-title but preliminaries misbound, advertisement leaf at end, modern boards, Edinburgh, 1765 § Dimsdale (Thomas) The Present Method of Inoculating for the Small-Pox, sixth edition, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary marbled boards with vellum tips, rebacked in calf, W.Owen, 1772 § Thomson (John) An Account of the Varioloid Epidemic, which has lately prevailed in Edinburgh and other parts of Scotland..., first edition, without half-title or errata slip as is sometimes the case, with Appendix, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt, a little rubbed, worming to upper joint, 1820; and 14 others on Jenner, smallpox and vaccination, 8vo (17)

Smallpox & Vaccination.- Numan (Dr. Alexander) Verhandeling over de Koepokken, zooals dezelve natuurlijk bij het rund voorkomen, en, door inenting, kunnen worden vootgebragt..., first edition, half-title, 5 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, original printed limp boards, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked, [Wellcome IV, 252], 4to, Utrecht, 1831.⁂ Treatise on cowpox which was influential on the introduction of Jenner's cowpox vaccination against smallpox to the Netherlands, by the professor of veterinary medicine at Utrecht.

Sturm (Johannes) Collegium experimentale curiosum..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates (of which 1 torn with paper repairs), numerous wood-engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, small marginal damp-stain to initial ff., browning, spotting, contemporary calf, recased with small repairs to spine ends, gilt, housed within cloth chemise and slip-case, morocco spine, [Krivatsy 11539], 4to, Nuremberg, Wolfgang Mauritius Endterius, 1676-85.⁂ First edition of Sturm's presention of: his experiments relating to hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics and magnetism, as well as his descriptions of recent inventions such as, an airship (using four spheres made of very thin copper foil tethered to the craft, the illustration showing a man steering with use of an oar), a diving bell, a microscope, an air pump, and a barometer. Sturm was professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Altdorf. A second part was published in 1685 and they often appear together.

Temple (Richard) Practice of Physic, second edition, half-title, interleaved, with several contemporary ink annotations (some cropped), some spotting, modern calf-backed buckram, [Wellcome V,243], J.Johnson, 1798 § Clifton (Francis) The State of Physick, Ancient and Modern, first edition, 2 folding tables, ex-library copy with old ink stamp to title, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 360], by W.Bowyer, for John Nourse, 1732 § Brookes (R.) The General Practice of Physic, 2 vol., fourth edition, light staining to vol.2, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old spines,[Wellcome II, 246], J.Newbery, 1763 § Pearson (George) Principles of Physic, third edition, contemporary tree calf, covers detached, 1812, rubbed; and another, 8vo (6)

Tobacco.- Primrose (James) De vulgi erroribus in medicina libri IV, title in red & black with woodcut device and slightly soiled, old ink signature to head and ownership note of the Charity School Chamber in Nottingham to verso, contemporary calf, worn, especially corners, rebacked, [Wellcome IV, 438], Rotterdam, Arnold Leers, 1658 § Bu'choz (P.-J.) Dissertation sur le Tabac, pirated edition, half-title, woodcut vignette to title and head-piece, old cloth-backed boards, rubbed, Paris & Liege, F.J.Desoer, 1787; and 4 others on tobacco including a mounted photograph of the Westminster Tobacco Box with its accompanying descriptive pamphlet, v.s. (6)⁂ The first was first published in England in 1638 and contains information on the taking of mercury, on tobacco and opium, on gold boiled in broth as a cure for consumption, the use of unicorn horn, and an attack on William Harvey and his discovery of the circulation of the blood.

NO RESERVE Toxicology.- Brogiani (Dominico) De veneno animantium naturali et acquisito tractatus, first edition, title with engraved vignette, engraved initial, title with faint library stamp and slight marginal worming (repaired), light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, [Wellcome II, 244], Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1752 § Mitchell (S.Weir) Researches upon the Venom of the Rattlesnake, first edition, illustrations, title with trace of library stamp and chipped at fore-edge (repaired), some spotting, modern cloth, Washington D.C., 1860, 4to (2)⁂ The first encompasses the venom and poisons of various animals including beetles, fish, scorpions, snakes, and spiders.

Toxicology.- Mead (Richard) A Mechanical Account of Poisons..., first edition, folding engraved plate at end, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wellcome IV, 95], by J.R, for Ralph South, 1702 § Fowler (Thomas) Medical Reports of the Effects of Arsenic, in the Cure of Agues, Remitting Fevers, and Periodic Headachs, first edition, [Wellcome III, 50], J.Johnson, 1786 § Aikin (John) Observations on the External Use of Preparations of Lead..., second edition, [Wellcome II,19], Joseph Johnson, 1772 § Johnstone (John) An Essay on Mineral Poisons, foxed, contemporary ink signature and faint library stamp to title, [Evesham], 1795 § Millar (John) Observations on Antimony, only edition, [Wellcome IV, 135], 1774 § Houlston (Thomas) Observations on Poisons; and on the Use of Mercury in the Cure of Obstinate Dysenteries, first edition, half-title, folding engraved plate, small tear to half-title repaired, [Wellcome III, 304], 1784, the first four all modern calf-backed boards or cloth, the last two modern boards; and 8 others on poisons and chemical treatments, 8vo & 4to (14)

Tropical Diseases.- Annesley (James) Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India, first edition, half-title, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding lithographed map hand-coloured in outline, 2 plates spotted, contemporary cloth, uncut, corners worn, rebacked in calf, 1825 § Scot (W.) Report on the Epidemic Cholera...[under] the Presidency of Fort St.George, presentation copy from the author, map with routes in red & yellow, old cloth, spine faded, Edinburgh, 1849 § jameson (J.) Report on the Epidemick Cholera Morbus...[in] Bengal, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, folding map, folding tables, title with ink names crossed out, cropped, Calcutta, 1820 § Ballingall (G.) Practical Observations on Fever, Dysentery, and Liver Complaints, as they occur amongst the European Troops in India...[with] An Essay on Syphilis, second edition, half-title, folding table at end, name cut away from head of title, Edinburgh, 1823, all ex-library copies with faint stamps, the last two library cloth, upper joint split, all rubbed; and 8 others on India, mostly regarding disease, some parliamentary reports, 8vo & folio (12)

Tropical Diseases.- Hillary (William) Observations on the Changes of the Air and the Concomitant Epidemical Diseases, in the Island of Barbadoes...[with] a Treatise on...the Yellow Fever..., second edition, a little browned, staining to inner margin, modern calf-backed cloth, spine gilt, L.Hawes [& others], 1766 § Lind (James) An Essay on Diseases incidental to Europeans in Hot Climates, sixth edition, library cloth, rebacked, 1808 § Mitchell (J.K.) On the Cryptogramous Origin of Malarious and Epidemic Fevers, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Caspar Morris M.D. inscribed on front free endpaper, title with short tear to lower margin, foxing, 6pp. advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth, Philadelphia, 1849 § Hastings (John) Lectures on Yellow Fever..., first edition, foxing, 6pp. advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth, light staining, spine frayed and repaired, Philadelphia, 1848, the first two ex-library copies with faint stamp to titles, a little rubbed; and 16 others, mostly on tropical diseases, 8vo & 4to (20)

Tulp (Nicolaes) Observationes medicae..., second edition, engraved pictorial title and 19 illustrations, all but one full-page, occasional foxing and offsetting, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Willems 1155], 8vo, Amsterdam, L.Elzevier, 1652.⁂ The preferred edition of this interesting work that contains the first descriptions of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria. Tulp was professor of anatomy at Amsterdam, known for Tulp's valve (the ileocecal valve) and for his appearance in Rembrandt's painting The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp of 1632. The illustrations include one of Tulp's valve and another of an "orang-utang", actually a chimpanzee.

Venereal Disease.- Carmichael (Richard) An Essay on Venereal Diseases, second edition, 5 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours, 3 folding, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label, original boards, uncut, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 302], 1825 § Vidal (A.) A Treatise on Venereal Diseases, first edition in English, 6 chromolithographed plates, one double-page, some foxing, original cloth, recased, New York, 1854 § Rosenbaum (Dr. Julius) The Plague of Lust, being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity, 2 vol., first edition in English, one of 500 copies, contemporary half vellum, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, 1901 § Plenck (Joseph Jacob von) Doctrina de morbis venereis, first edition, light foxing, ink stain to margin of a couple of leaves, modern cloth, [Wellcome IV, 401], Vienna, R.Graeffer, 1779 § Ricord (Philippe) Traité Pratique des Maladies Vénériennes, first edition, 48pp. bookseller's catalogue of medical books at end, old ink library stamp to title, contemporary boards, rebacked in pigskin, Paris, 1838, some a little rubbed; and 32 others on venereal disease, mostly syphilis, 8vo & folio (38)

Withers (Thomas) Observations on Chronic Weakness, only edition, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, York, A.Ward, 1777 § Pearson (John) Practical Observations on Cancerous Complaints..., first edition, errata leaf at end and 16pp. bookseller's catalogue of medical books, a few contemporary ink annotations, title soiled, a few stains, contemporary half calf, a little worn, upper joint split,, for the author, 1793 § Clark (James) The Influence of Climate in the Prevention and Cure of Chronic Diseases..., second edition, advertisement leaf and half-title, tables, modern half calf, uncut, 1830, the last two ex-library copies with stamps; and 2 others on diseases, 8vo (5)

Africa.- Livingstone (David) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, first edition, folding frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, large folding map, short marginal tear, advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, small abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1865.

Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, first edition, title in red and black, engraved large folding map of Africa, 50 (of 51) maps and plates (of which 42 double-page) and illustrations, 8 (of 9) sheets of letterpress tables, lacking half-title, allegorical frontispiece, and some preliminary ff., title trimmed and laid down, plates strengthened at edges verso (occasionally recto), a few tears, repairs, water-stained, some worming, spotting or staining, modern red crushed morocco, spine in compartments, [Wing O163], folio, Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, 1670. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, largely based on the work of Olfert Dapper.

Africa.- Stanley (H.M.) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed portrait frontispieces, 7 maps, (mostly colour) including 2 large folding, 41 engraved plates and numerous illustrations, tissue guards foxed, occasional light foxing,near contemporary red half morocco, gilt, spines decorated in gilt within compartments, light rubbing and marks to cloth, corners a little bumped, 1878 § How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa, 'Cheaper Edition', engraved frontispiece, tissue guard, 2 engraved plates, illustrations, one folding map, occasional foxing, mostly to tissue guard and preliminaries, contemporary full calf, gilt, spines gilt decorated within compartments, 1890, 8vo, (3)

Bede, Saint, the Venerable. Historiæ ecclesiasticæ gentis Anglorum libri V., first edition, second issue (with A1 cancelled and replaced with three leaves bearing half-title, cancel title, and leaf beginning 'Deo tri-uni', and with 3T3 cancelled and replaced with separate dated title page 'Chronologia Anglo-Saxonica elegans et perantiqua'), parallel Anglo-Saxon and Latin text, half-title, title in red and black, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata ff. 4F2 and ²2G4, lacking engraved map, some spotting, lightly browned, attractive 19th century red crushed morocco, richly gilt, spine in compartments and with black and brown morocco labels, rubbed (especially joints) and marked, g.e., [Wing B1662], folio, Cambridge, Roger Daniel, 1644.⁂ A presentation copy in 1662 from Edward Rainbow (1608-1684, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University) to Sir Wadham Wyndham (1609-1668, Justice of the King's Bench 1660-1668, who sat on the Fire Court during the trials of property restitution after the Great Fire).

America.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions observed in all ages and places discovered ... a Theologicall and Geographicall Historie of Asia, Africa, and America, with the islands adjacent, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, small loss and tissue repairs to early blank and title, lacking 3S2, 3S3 duplicated, previous owner's ink signature to title and early blank verso, early ink inscriptions to final blank verso, bookplate, marginal water-staining, spotting and staining, lacking endpapers, near contemporary calf, neat repairs to corners and spine ends, a little rubbed, [STC 20505; Sabin 66678], folio, by William Stansby, 1613.

Australia.- Syme (J.) Nine years in Van Diemen's Land, comprising an account of its discovery, possession, settlement, progress, population, value of land, herds, flocks etc. : An essay on prison discipline..., first edition, occasional spotting or light staining, some light browning, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original faded gilt titled backstrip, corners worn, some staining, rubbed, [Fergusson 4929], Dundee, Printed for the author, 1848; and 2 others, Australia, 12mo & 8vo (3)⁂ Includes a life of the bushranger Michael Howe.

Balkans.- Albania.- [Beauchamp (Alphonse de)] The Life of Ali Pacha, or Janina, Vizier of Epirus, first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, scattered faint spotting, occasional marginal pencil marks, previous owner's ink signatures to endpapers, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1822 § Pouqueville (F. C. H. L.) Leven van Ali, Pacha van Janina, portrait frontispiece, trimmed free endpapers, contemporary wrappers, printed paper spine label, small loss to spine foot, a little rubbed, creasing to corners, Amsterdam, 1821; and both a second French edition, and second English edition of the first, 8vo (4)

Balkans.- Ansted (David Thomas) The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 4 maps, illustrations, publisher's advertisements printed on endpapers, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corner and spine extremities, 1863 § Wingfield (W. F.) A Tour in Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859 § Barrington (Mrs. Russell) Through Greece and Dalmatia, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and 3 others similar, 8vo (6).

Balkans.- Beaufort (Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford) The Eastern Shores of the Adriatic in 1863, first edition, chromolithograph frontispiece and 3 plates, some discolouration, 1 mounted photographic plate, cracked hinges, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 102], 8vo, 1864.

Balkans.- Chopin (M.) & A. Ubicini. Provinces Danubiennes et Roumaines ... Bosnie, Servie, Herzegovine, Bulgarie ..., 2 parts in 1 vol., half-title, 34 engraved plates, 1 folding map only, spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, cracked joints but holding firm, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1856 § Asboth (J. de) An Official Tour through Bosnia and Herzegovina, half-title, illustrations, many full-page, folding-map, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1890 § Edmonds (Paul) To the Land of the Eagle, first edition, frontispiece, becoming detached, plates and illustrations, original cloth, chipping to spine extremities, 1927 § Abbott (G. F.) The Tale of a Tour in Macedonia, second impression, half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1903; and others similar, 8vo (13)

Turkey.- Mackenzie (Georgina Mary Muir) & A. P. Irby. Travels in the Slavonic Provinces of Turkey-in-Europe, first edition, presentation copy from author inscribed "From Miss Mackenzie" on front free endpaper verso, half-title, frontispiece, 18 plates, 2 folding, 4 maps, 3 folding, unopened, original cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1051], 1867; and a 2 vol. set of the second edition, 8vo (3).

Balkans.- Vaudoncourt (Gen. Guillaume de) Memoirs on the Ionian Islands, considered in a Commercial, Political, and Military Point of View, first edition, folding engraved map, large tear with tape repair to verso, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature contemporary original, light staining, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1816.

Balkans.- Vialla de Sommières (Colonel L. C.) Voyage Historique et Politique au Montenegro, 2 vol., first edition, 12 engraved plates, of which 1 hand-coloured, hand-coloured folding engraved map, half-title, spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1820.

Balkans.- Walker (Mary Adelaide) Through Macedonia to the Albanian Lakes, first edition, half-title, 4 colour and 8 tinted lithographs, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, large 8vo, 1864.

Burma.- Fytche (Lieut.-Gen. Albert) Burma: Past and Present, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 engraved portraits, 13 plates. of which 10 chromolithographs, illustrations, 1 large folding map at end vol. 2, short tear, advertisements at end vol. 2, cracked hinges, scattered spotting, new endpapers, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrip, rubbed, 8vo, 1878.

Burma.- Sangermano (Rev. Father) A Description of the Burmese Empire, first English edition, translated by William Tandy, scattered spotting, blank writing paper from various Burmese hotels loosely inserted, bookplate, original cloth, rubbed and worn, cracked upper joint but holding firm, bumping to corners and extremities, Rome, 1835 § Ferrars (Max and Bertha) Burma, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1900 § Scott (Sir J. G.) Burma: a Handbook of Practical Information, frontispiece, title and preface detached and loosely inserted, plates, folding map at end, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1921; and others similar, 8vo & 4to (10)

China.- Barrow (John) Travels in China, second edition, hand-coloured aquatint portrait frontispiece and 4 hand-coloured aquatint or stipple-engraved plates, 3 engraved plates, of which 2 double-page, offsetting, mostly marginal water-staining, spotting, some staining, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving slightly narrowed backstrip, spine ends chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Abbey Travel, 531; Löwendahl 724 (first edition)], 4to, Printed for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806.⁂ The author accompanied Macartney on his mission to the court of China in 1792.

China.- Mennie (Donald) The Grandeur of the Gorges, first edition, one of 1000 copies, 50 tipped-in plates from photographs, including 12 hand-coloured gelatin silver prints, some silver mirroring in raked light, each with a page of descriptive notes, sketches by Lt. Col. H.G. Gandy, light foxing to preliminaries, toning and light marks, 2 leaves with clean edge tears, original black embossed silk, gilt, lightly marked, extremities rubbed and bumped, 4to, Shanghai, Kelly & Walsh, 1926.

China.- Montanus (Arnoldus) Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of a relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the vice-roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary, translated by John Ogilby, first edition in English, engraved additional pictorial title (bound after letterpress title), letterpress title in red and black, 2 engraved double-page maps and 30 plates only (of 38), all but 5 double-page or folding, includes the large folding view of Hocsieu, engraved illustrations, 4 folding engraved plates form another later work bound in, words 'Second & Third' neatly cut from additional title and repaired verso, map 'Imperium Sinicum' torn and repaired, with small loss to border and part of title cartouche at lower left-hand corner, marginal repairs to plates, a few short tears, offsetting, some spotting and light staining, lightly browned (including plates), modern green crushed moroco, spine in compartments and with rather basic burgundy leather label [Cordier, Sinica 2349; Landwehr VOC 545; Lust 525; Löwendahl 145 (note); Wing D242], folio, Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, 1671. sold not subject to return. ⁂ First edition in english of a work by Olfert Dapper, first published the year before in Dutch, and mistakenly ascribed by Ogilby to Arnoldus Montanus.Provenance: Sir William Maynard Gomm (two 19th century engraved armorial bookplates).

China.- White (John) A Voyage to Cochin China, first edition, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, cracked upper hinge, scattered spotting, contemporary boards, printed paper spine label, a little spotting and staining, bumping to corners, chipping and small loss to spine extremities, 8vo, 1824.

Mazzella (Scipione) Parthenopoeia, or The history of the most noble and renowned kingdom of Naples, translated by James Howell, first edition in English, woodcut portraits and coats-of-arms, final advertisement f., preliminaries *2&3 misbound after 2B4, worming to lower inner gutters, sometimes just encroaching on text, but without loss of sense, some spotting or staining, modern red morocco-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with black leather label, patch repair to 1 compartment of spine, [Wing M1542], Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654; and 5 others, defective 17th century English, some with portraits or plates, small folio & 4to (6)

Greece.- Wordsworth (Christopher) Greece: Pictorial, Descriptive, and Historical, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title, 26 engraved plates, numerous illustrations, contemporary ownership inscription, light foxing and toning, contemporary decorative morocco, gilt, spine decorated in gilt within compartments, inner dentelles, gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed and marked, spine ends and corners bumped, 1839 § Hunt (Leigh) Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries, 2 vol. bound in 1, second edition, 7 engraved portraits, and an engraved plate of facsimiles, occasional foxing and marks, later half calf, gilt, rubbed, extremities bumped, 1828; and three others finely bound, vs. (5)

Scudery (Georges de) Curia Politiæ: or, the Apologies of Severall Princes, first English edition, engraved frontispiece, trimmed at margins, 11 engraved portraits, occasional faint marginal water-staining, occasional marginal pencil markings, contemporary calf, cracked joints, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Wing S2140], 4to, for Humphrey Moseley, 1654.

Italy.- Evans (Rev. G.W.D.) The New classical tour through Italy and Sicily, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2 only, spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary half roan, rebacked, preserving original chipped gilt backstrips, rubbed, [Pine-Coffin 826/1 (second edition)], rare, Printed for the author, by Ibotson & Palmer, 1830; and 16 others, 19th & 20th century works on Italy, v.s. (19)

NO RESERVE Morocco.- Pidou de Saint Olon (François) Estat Present de L'empire de Maroc, first edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates of costumes, lacking 1 folding plate, book-label of Col. Felix A Matthews "Consul-General of the United States of America to Morocco", map mounted on linen, a few instances of underlining in a contemporary hand, occasional browning and light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, joints split but covers holding, small loss to spine, Michel Brunet, 1694; The Present State of the Empire of Morocco. With a Faithful Account of the Manners, Religion, and Government of the People, first English edition, engraved folding map and 8 plates of costumes, lacking frontispiece, title with small hole repaired, not affecting text, browned throughout with scattered spotting, disbound and loose with remains of spine, [Wing P2159], for R. Bentley, 1695, marginal damp-staining to plates, 8vo.⁂ Pidou de Saint Olon led a 1693 embassy to the Sultan of Morocco in the hopes of securing a treaty. The mission was unsuccessful and returned after only a month.

Turkey.- Spencer (Edmund) Travels in European Turkey, in 1850, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithograph frontispieces, vignette titles, large folding linen-backed map, ex-library with neat pencil note and ink-stamp to title verso, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 1582], 1851 § [Howard (George, Earl of Carlisle] Diary in Turkish and Greek Waters, second edition, presentation copy from publisher with blind-stamp to title, half-title, previous owner's ink signature, scattered spotting, advertisements at end and printed on endpapers, cracked hinges, original cloth, "Hookham's Library" label to upper cover and spine, a little rubbed, light spotting, bumping to corners and extremities, 1854; and another similar, 8vo (5)⁂ The author of the first, Edmund Spencer, was dubious figure. Blackmer says of his first work, "An article in the 1837 Quarterly Review of 1837 casts doubt on Spencer's work. Although he may have travelled in Turkey, the reviewer believed that Spencer had used, without acknowledging, a great deal of material from a work on Circassia by Taitbout de Marigny ..."

Turkey.- Tozer (Rev. Henry Fanshawe) Researches in the Highlands of Turkey, 2 vol., first edition, 7 plates only (of 8). folding map at end vol. 1, short tear, illustrations, advertisements at end, cracked hinges, original cloth, abrasion marks to upper covers where label removed, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Blackmer 1669], 8vo, 1869.⁂ "A very interesting work describing what is now Northern and Western Greece, the southern parts of Yugoslavia, Albania, and including Mount Ida and the Troad." (Blackmer)

Voyages.- Hakluyt (Richard) [The principall navigations, voiages and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or ouer land, to the most remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth at any time within the compasse of these 1500. yeeres], first edition, black letter, woodcut head-pieces and historiated or decorative initials, X4 blank, 2X5-2Y6 cancelled and replaced with 2Y1-6 (second state of Bowes' embassy to Russia) , lacking map (as often), title, S6, 2P6 and 4F2-4 (the last blank), without the unpaginated leaves relating to Drake at p.642, upper margins of preliminaries little frayed, 4F1 repaired hole at head, with loss of text, the odd tear (without loss), some spotting and staining, lightly browned, modern calf, with earlier blind-stamped panelled calf covers and a rather worn spine (with modern leather label) laid down, these earlier pieces chipped, rubbed and scuffed, [Sabin 29594; Hill 743; PMM 105 (second edition); STC 12625], small folio, [By George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker], [1589]. sold not subject to return. ⁂ 'the most complete collection of voyages and discoveries, by land as well as by sea, and of the nautical achievements of the Elizabethans' (PMM).

Britain.- Sammes (Aylett) Britannia antiqua illustrata: or, The antiquities of ancient Britain, derived from the Phœenicians, vol 1. [all published], first edition, title in red and black, engraved double-page map and illustrations, map little creased, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and lacking label, upper cover detached, lower joint starting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Wing S535], Printed by Tho. Roycroft for the author, 1676; and 3 others, Britain & Ireland, folio et infra (4)

Isle of Man & Cheshire.- King (Daniel) The Vale-royall of England· Or, The county palatine of Chester illustrated...Also, an excellent discourse of the Island of Man; treating of the island. Of the inhabitants...Of the civil government. Of the trade..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, folding maps of Cheshire & The Isle of Man, double-page plan of Chester, 11 plates of Arms and 5 other folding or full-page plates, engraved illustrations, additional title misbound after title and trimmed at head to just within border, letterpress title little chipped and trimmed and laid down, plan with short split at fold, plate of cathedral with a few tears and laid down, without loss, plate of 'Hugh Lupus' trimmed to border and laid down, map of Isle of Man with marginal repair, a few short tears, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 19th century panelled calf, rebacked in richly gilt 20th century calf, corners worn, covers rubbed and little scuffed, [Wing K488], Printed by John Streater, in Little S. Bartholomews, and are to be sold at the Black-spread-Eagle at the west-end of Pauls, 1656; and a defective copy of Carew's Cornwall, 1602, small folio & small 4to (2)⁂ The work was in fact written by William Smith, William Webb and Samuel Lee, and the part devoted to the Isle of Man by James Chaloner. King only wrote the dedication and was the engraver of the plates.

Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England; or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility, 3 vol. in 2, first edition, double column, titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 5 folding genealogical tables, vol.1 errata f. at end (trimmed and laid down), occasional contemporary and later ink or pencil marginalia, vol.2 P2 small hole in text (with loss of a few letters), first index f. with repaired tear and the second (final f.) with a few short tears / small losses to lower margin and laid down, both without loss of text, both vol. occasional spotting or staining (including some ink), bookplates of Charles Longuet Higgins, Turvey Abbey, attractive 19th century diced russia, gilt, spine in compartments and with double leather labels, some fading to vol.2, both vol. a few spots, [Wing D2480], Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, John Martin, and Henry Herringman, 1675-1676; and another, by the same, folio (3)

Lancaster.- Speed (John) The Countie Pallatine of Lancaster, described and divided into Hundreds, first edition, county map of Lancashire by Jodocus Hondius, with inset plan of Lancaster, upper right, two panels in lower corners, each with four royal portrait medallions of the Houses Lancaster and York with rose-scroll ornament, strapwork title cartouche upper centre, compass rose, ships, merman and sea monsters, engraved map with full hand-colouring, a clean impression, 390 x 510 mm (15 1/4 x 20 in), English text verso with woodcut initial, central vertical fold, minor handling creases, framed, [c. 1611].

Nottinghamshire.- Thoroton (Robert) The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities, first edition, initial imprimatur f., title in red and black, engraved double-page county map, 16 plates and plans by Wenceslas Hollar after Richard Hall (most double-page), 8pp. and a slip of coats-of-arms at end, and illustrations, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing T1063], folio, Printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, at the sign of the Phœnix, 1677.

Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, title with large engraved vignette, engraved plate of 'Armes omitted', folding map (linen-backed and inserted in pocket at end) and 37 plates by Burghers, of which 26 double-page (mostly houses), 4pp. list of subscribers at end, plate 'Tab. XI' at p.189 with purple damp-staining, 2E4 torn without loss of text, second f. of subscribers strengthened with tape (still legible), the odd short tear or repair, some spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, 20th century half morocco, [Wing P2588], Oxford, At the Theatre, 1686; and a defective copy of Leigh's Natural History of Lancashire, 1700, small folio (2)⁂ By the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Includes two chapters on minerals and fossils. Subscribers include Elias Ashmole and Robert Boyle.

Roman Britain.- Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman antiquities of Britain, first edition, half-title, 105 engraved maps and plates, some double-page, some spotting or mostly light foxing and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in modern light tan calf in compartments, richly gilt and with original red morocco label, corners restored, covers rubbed and scuffed, a solid copy, folio, Printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732.

Law (William) The Spirit of Prayer; or the Soul Rising out of the Vanity of Time, into the Riches of Eternity. Part 1, third edition, 1752, bound with The Second Part of The Spirit of Prayer, second edition, 4pp. publisher's advertisements at end, H5 with short tear to fore-edge, affecting a letter of text but with no loss, 1753, bound with The Spirit of Love, Being an Appendix to The Spirit of Prayer, first edition, last few leaves with small water-stain to fore-edge, 1752, together 3 works in 1 vol., front free endpaper with contemporary and later ink ownership inscriptions, some slight toning and the odd spot, contemporary calf, lower cover and corners worn, rubbed, small loss to spine foot, for W. Innys and J. Richardson, 8vo.

Southey (Robert) Specimens of the Later English Poets, 3 vol., first edition, bookplate removed from pastedown leaving paper remnants, light spotting throughout, contemporary half straight-grain morocco, lightly rubbed, 1807 § Ellis (George) Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, 3 vol., contemporary calf, a little rubbed and sunned, spines darkened, 1805 § [Tennyson (Alfred, Lord)] Poems, first pirated edition, one or two spots, original blue wrappers, uncut and unopened, covers lightly creased, 1862; and 6 others, literature, 8vo (13)

Music.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Il Don Giovanni; Dramma, In Due Atti. Don Juan; a Grand Opera, in Two Acts: represented for the first time in London, first English edition, very slight cockling to text block, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., fractional rubbing to corners and joints, 8vo, [1817].