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Adorable duo of Lovlots facetted crystal characters. Includes: Shady, the first limited edition Lovlot, made from black crystal; Peppino the basset hound, member of the Gang of Dogs theme group, made in light smoked topaz crystal. Swarovski etched backstamp. Shady includes its original box, which measures: 2.5''H x 3.25''dia. Largest piece measures: 2''L x 1.5''W x 1.25''H. Artist: Edith MairIssued: 2006 - 2010Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.

This charming lot features two Royal Doulton Bunnykins pieces, each adorned with delightful hand-painted scenes of the beloved Bunnykins characters. Included in the lot are a mug and a plate, both marking significant anniversaries. The first piece is a plate celebrating the 65th Anniversary of Bunnykins, introduced in 1937, with the inscription "65th Anniversary 1937-2002." The artwork depicts Bunnykins characters enjoying a playful moment, and the backstamp reads Royal Doulton Bunnykins Nurseryware Scenes, 65th Anniversary 1937-2002, 1997. This plate is an exclusive special edition of 700, measuring 5.5” in diameter, and is in excellent condition. The second item in this lot is a mug commemorating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, dated "1952-2002." The mug features a charming depiction of Bunnykins characters in various poses, with a central motif of a bunny holding an umbrella. The backstamp reads To Commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, Bunnykins, Royal Doulton, Made in England, Edition of 325, February 6th 1952. The mug is in similarly excellent condition, with no chips or cracks. Largest measures 5.5 dia. Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.

Registration No: K259 DAR Chassis No: WF0AXXGBBANY69178 MOT: May 2025Odometer displays just c.41,000 milesOffered with history file, MOT certificates and current V5CRecently refurbished alloy wheels shod with new tyresOne of only 30 Sierra Azura left registered on the road in the UKThe Ford Sierra was manufactured and marketed by Ford of Europe from 1982–1993 and followed the unveiling of its controversial shape at the 1982 British International Motor Show in Birmingham, shortly followed by the 1982 Paris Salon de l'Automobile. Sales began on 15th October 1982, replacing the Cortina MkV. Its striking aerodynamic styling, first seen on the Probe III concept car in 1981, was such that many conservative buyers (including company car drivers) shunned its design over rivals such as the Vauxhall Cavalier. A saloon model debuted in 1987 with the introduction of the facelifted Sierra, the saloon was marketed as the Sierra Sapphire on the UK market. The front end was completely revised, with the biggest difference being the indicators now positioned above the bumper and to the side of a new headlight design. While the grille again remained blanked off, the UK, Irish, and South African versions of the newly introduced saloon version featured a unique shallow black grille between the headlights. The rear lights were replaced with slimmer but wider models containing separate stop lamps.Supplied new by W. H. Perry (Ford) Limited, Rayleigh, on the 3rd December 1992 to first owner Mrs E. Ingram and in current ownership since 2020, this limited edition example of the Sierra, with its 1.8 engine and 5-speed transmission, displays a credible c.40,791 miles. Evidently looked-after in previous long-term ownership 2009-2019, its time-warp condition has even seen the Sierra used to represent 1990s scenography in the Channel 5 (UK) TV documentary 'The Girl in the Box'. In current ownership, spring 2020 saw differential and transmission oil topped-up, fluids changed, new tailgate struts, an immobiliser fitted and Waxoyl applied. Autumn 2020 saw the fitment of a battery switch and new front indicator light lenses. Improvements continued to be made into the spring of 2021, with the driver’s door handle replaced, a Tracker fitted, rear door rubber strips replaced, the rear driver’s side handle replaced, the fuel filter mount secured, a new wheel cylinder fitted, the cambelt replaced by Reliance Garage, Glossop and a new battery. Spring 2022 saw a NOS Ford exchange radiator fitted along with poly-bushes for the front suspension and autumn of 2022 saw the wheels powder coated and shod with new tyres and the original radio refitted. The Sierra benefitted from an oil change in May 2023 along with new number plates, as the originals wouldn’t pass the MOT. Offered with an MOT (into May 2025) and the current V5C. For more information, please contact: Luke Hipkiss luke.hipkiss@handh.co.uk 07886398226

Registration No: EEE 61Y Chassis No: WBAAG1209D8348385 MOT: ExemptOffered from long term ownershipLarge history file including a collection of invoices & MOTsCredible c.41,000 miles and just 2 former keepersDesirable manual gearbox and said to be highly originalThe BMW E21 is the first generation of the BMW 3 Series, which was produced from June 1975 to 1983 and replaced the BMW 02 Series. Initial models were produced in a two-door sedan body style with four-cylinder petrol engines. Fuel-injected engines were introduced in late 1975 and 6-cylinder engines were added in 1977. A cabriolet body style - manufactured by Baur- was produced from 1978 to 1981. There was no BMW M3 model for the E21 generation, however, several limited-edition models were produced based on the highest model, the six-cylinder 323i. The E21 was replaced by the E30 3 Series in 1982.Offered from long-term ownership, this 316 displays a credible c.41,000 miles. Presenting in BMW’s iconic colour of Henna Red, this is also a desirable manual gearbox example that is said to be highly original. With the distinctive number of ‘EEE 61Y’, it has just two former keepers recorded on the V5C and comes from 8 years of ownership, benefitting from refurbished period-style 13” BBS alloy in that time. The interior is very original and still has a 1980s radio cassette fitted and the boot lid’s set of tools. It comes to the sale with a large history file that includes a collection of old invoices & MOTs that go some way to evidence the mileage. For more information, please contact: Luke Hipkiss luke.hipkiss@handh.co.uk 07886398226

ALASDAIR GRAY, LANARK, - SIGNED FIRST EDITION, CANONGATE, 1981 signed Alasdair Gray 27 Feb 1981 to interior, hardback, with dust jacketAdditional images now available.

Elizabeth II, Proof Sovereign 2015, fifth portrait first edition; boxed with certificate and booklet and top half of outer box, handling marks and discolouration o/wise extremely fine

Milne., A.A. Winnie-The-Pooh and three other titlesfirst 1926 first edition, London, Metheun, illustrated by Ernest H shepherd 12mo gilt dec. green cloth together with The House at Pooh Corner, 1928 first edition, London, Metheun, 12mo, gilt dec. pink cloth; Winnie-The-Pooh, 127 Third edition and When We Were Very Young, 1925 seventh edition, (4)Condition: First inscribed with names to end papers in pen and biro. title page with date in biro. Occasional light marks to contents p 111 and 113 with blemish and spot with small perforation, pages either side with similar marks. corners bumped with wear. Second inscribed in pen to title page and dated, page 128 with marginal short tear bottom edge and side edge, creasing to page 149, browning to rear endpaper. slight tear to hinge on one rear endpaper. Third edition in good condition. When we were Very young, marks to cloth boards, inscribed and wear to spine and internal spin hinged cracking

After Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Dessins Pipe Fumeur, colour giclee print, pimiled edition pencil numbered 6/500, facsimile signature, framed; together with a further Picasso giclee print, Laughing King,limited edition pencil numbered 309/375, framed and glazed (2)first print 55cm by 41cm, second print 67cm by 50.5cmCondition: Both in fair condition

A collection of First Edition cover stamps to include Star Wars, The Gruffalo, 2012 Olympic Games, Winnie the Pooh, Elton John live and others, along with Royal Mail Year sets Location: GMIf there is no condition report shown, please request

Accrington Stanley FC, 5 items 'The Best Season Ever The Story of Accrington Stanley FC 1954/55' published by the club, 'Accrington Stanley A Complete Record 1894-1962', Breedon publication, First Edition 1991, brochure 'Stanley Centenary 1893-1993 by Philip Terry and David Ellis, 'Images of Sport Accrington Stanley FC compiled by Phil Whalley and a typed pamphlet ' Accrington FC 1893 to 1896' compiled by T. R. Slinger & published in 1986 (gd). From the Phil Martin Collection.

Brentford FC, a collection of nine books and booklets including 'Let's Talk About Brentford Football Club Football Handbook Series 1946', 'Brentford FC 1946/47' Sketches by Laurence East, Handbook 1950/51, also 'Brentford Season 1935/36 Premier Years Vol 1' First Edition 2001 by Mark Chapman, '100 Years of Griffin Park' by Twydell & Chapman 2004, also 'Positively Brentford A Pictorial History of Brentford FC 1896 to 1996' by Dan Jackson, First Edition 1997 etc (gd/vg). From the Phil Martin Collection.

Mansfield Town FC, a collection of nine books and booklets inc. two Souvenir Albums with printed pictures of players etc, 1940's, Handbook 1956/57 with brief club history, Club complete record 1910-1990 published by Breedon, 'Who's Who The Stags 1902-1995' by Jack Retter, 1995, 'Mansfield Town The First 100 Years' by Jack Retter & Paul Taylor, large hard back edition 1997, etc (vg). From the Phil Martin Collection.

The Football Annual, 1900-1901 by C.W. Alcock, 33rd Year of Publication. Hardback first edition, professionally rebound in green board covers with gilt lettering title to leather spine. Bound without original covers. 160 pages providing great insight into football from early 20th Century. Ex Libris label inside, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg. (vg) (1). From the Phil Martin Collection.

The Football Annual, 1901-1902 by C.W. Alcock, 34th Year of Publication. Hardback first edition, professionally rebound in green board covers with gilt lettering title to leather spine. Bound without original covers. 166 pages providing great insight into football from early 20th Century. Includes portrait picture of Needham, Sheffield United. Ex Libris label inside, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg. (vg) (1). From the Phil Martin Collection.

The Football Annual, 1902-1903 by C.W. Alcock, 35th Year of Publication. Hardback first edition, professionally rebound in green board covers with gilt lettering title to leather spine. Bound without original covers. 153 pages providing great insight into football from early 20th Century. Includes portrait picture of Foulkes, Sheffield United. Ex Libris label inside, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg. (vg) (1). From the Phil Martin Collection.

The Football Annual, 1903-1904 by C.W. Alcock, 36th Year of Publication. Hardback first edition, professionally rebound in green board covers with gilt lettering title to leather spine. Bound without original covers. 163 pages providing great insight into football from early 20th Century. Includes portrait picture of V.J. Woodward, Tottenham FC & England & Scotland XV Rugby Teams. Ex Libris label inside, Wanderers Club, Johannesburg. (one page loose o/w vg) (1). From the Phil Martin Collection.

The Football Annual, 1907-1908 by C.W. Alcock, 40th Year of Publication. Softback first edition with original covers. 137 pages. Includes picture of the Corinthians Touring Team to South Africa. (Covers detached & worn, back page also loose, fair) (1). From the Phil Martin Collection.

Heart of Midlothian FC, a collection of 9 books including 'The Story of The Hearts 1874-1924' by William Reid, scarce early Club History, 110 pages including photographic plates, maroon board cover with gilt lettering to front and spine (some sl marks to cover, contents gd), sold with 'The Hearts The Story of Heart of Midlothian FC' by Albert Mackie, First Edition 1959 with dust wrapper, plus 'Hearts All Time Greats' by Roddy MacKenzie 1999, 'Official Illustrated History' 2001, also by MacKenzie etc. From the Phil Martin Collection.

Children's Books, 5 books to comprise 1927 First Edition Hither & Thither by Barbara Euphan Todd illustrated by Margaret Tarrant, A Little Book of Old Rhymes illustrated by Cicely Mary Barker, Lucie Attwell's Annual (undated), Bonzo's Annual (undated), J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan & Wendy circa 1927 illustrated by Mabel Lucie Attwell together with a Mabel Lucie Attwell 1938 calendar (fair to gd)

Children's Books, 19 books to comprise 9 First Edition Ladybird books (all gd, 8 with dust wrappers), 5 Spell-Well Word Books, 5 small format paper backs to include 3 Enid Blyton (fair to gd)

Carroll (Lewis), a.k.a Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, ALICE'S ADVENTURES UNDER GROUND, BEING A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MS. BOOK AFTERWARDS DEVELOPED INTO 'ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND', WITH THIRTY-SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR, first edition, gilt titled red cloth boards, gilt edges to block, Macmillan & Co, London 1886 (at fault) CONDITION REPORT:General shelf wear throughout.  Bumps to all corners.  Age-related yellowing to pages, with some darkening to the page edges.  Binding reasonably tight.

EVEREST INTEREST: A 'The Ascent Of Everest 1953' souvenir programme signed to the cover by Sir Edmund Hillary K.B.E at the Commodore Theatre, Ryde, Isle Of Wight on December 20th 1953; together with Hunt (J), THE ASCENT OF EVEREST, first edition, second printing, DJ, Hodder & Stoughton, London 1953 (2)

Goudge (Elizabeth), THE LITTLE WHITE HORSE, illustrated by C. Walter Hodges, first edition, unclipped DJ, gilt embossed blue cloth boards, illustrated endpapers, colour lithographic frontispiece, three colour lithographic plates, monochrome illustrations and plates throughout, University Of London Press Ltd, London 1946 (at fault)

Potter (Beatrix), THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT, first edition, second printing, illustrated brown card boards, ink inscription to front free endpaper, colour frontispiece, forty one full page line illustrations, one of two hundred copies privately printed for the author by Strangeways Printers in 1902 following the success of the 1901 first printing (at fault) CONDITION REPORT:Boards show age-related darkening and bumps to each corner.  Most pages show age-related darkening (particularly to the edges) some foxing and some staining.  The binding is open at the eighth text page ('But Peter, who was very naughty...') and the thirty second text page ('Mr McGregor caught sight of him...') with at least one string broken.  The remainder of the binding remains reasonably tight, but is beginning to open.

Nine Corgi 1/76 scale die-cast model buses, to include a limited edition Leyland Lynx Mk I, a Leyland PD3 'Queen Mary', and a Bristol K Utility Bus, with a selection of presentation bus sets by Exclusive First Editions, and further model buses and coaches (33)

Three Winnie the Pooh books by A A Milne. The House at Pooh Corner, first edition published in 1928. Winnie the Pooh eleventh edition 1931 and When we were very young tenth edition 1925.

Balearic Islands. Krótkie Ale Fundamentalne Opisanie Balearyjskich I Pythyuzyjskich Wysp Majorca, Minorca, Ivica I Formentera Z Dowodnieyszych I Nowszych Relacyi Zebrane I Do Drukowania Z Niemieckiego, Warsaw: Jesuit Press, 1756, folding engraved plate by Bart?omiej Strachowski with contemporary hand-colouring bound to rear (280 x 440 mm) showing 3 inset maps plus decorative title cartouche and key, one short repaired close tear where bound in, section of title under imprint excised with later repair, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, a little rubbed and worn, small 8voKaren Mission Press. Notes on the Epistle to the Hebrews: In Karen by E. L. Abbott, 1st edition, Tavoy: Karen Mission Press, C. Bennett, 1851, parallel title in Karen, engraved plates, preface in English, text in Karen, contemporary quarter sheep, rebacked, spine rubbed with loss, small 8voRussian America. Alaska. Ethnographische Skizzen Über Die Völker Des Russischen Amerika von H. J. Holmberg... Karte des Russischen Amerika Nach den neuesten Quellen gezeichnet von H.J. Holmberg 1854, Helsingfors: Gedruckt bei H. C. Friis, 1855, spotting to first few leaves, uncoloured folding engraved map bound to rear (480 x 700 mm), small areas of toning, contemporary quarter buckram over marbled boards, 4to, together with 10 other volumes, including the Kalem Journal, Istanbul: 1908-1911, French and Turkish text, satirical illustrations, contemporary half calf, rubbed and worn, 300 x 220 mm QTY: (13)

Hunter (William). The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, London: Sydenham Society facsimile edition, 1851, 34 engraved plates, some double-page, text in Latin and English, some water stains, spotting and frayed fore margins, contents loose, original limp cloth, some wear, folio (first published in 1774), together with [Ellis, George Viner & G. H. Ford]. [Illustrations of Dissections in a Series of Original Coloured Plates the Size of Life... Atlas only, 1867], 53 colour lithograph plates only (of 58), a few with closed tears, some spotting and small repairs, lacking title, contents loose, contemporary cloth-backed boards, lacking spine, some wear, folio, plus Sibson (Francis). Medical Anatomy: or, illustrations of the Relative Position and Movements of the Internal Organs, 1st edition, London: John Churchill & Sons, 1869, 20 colour lithograph plates only (lacking plate 19),plate10 with long closed tear, long closed tear to one text leaf, some small tears and light spotting, original cloth, lacking spine, some wear, folio, plus a few other plates from another Medical Anatomy by Francis SibsonQTY: (approximately 100)NOTE:Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.

Mendelsohn (Erich). Amerika, Bilderbuch eines Architekten, Berlin: Rudolf Mosse, 1926, monochrome plates, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, folio, together with Whittick (Arnold). Eric Mendelsohn, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1940, half-tone plates and line illustrations to text, original cloth in slightly frayed and worn dust jacket, small folio, together withHilberseimer (Ludwig). Mies van der Rohe, 1st edition, Chicago: Paul Theobald and Company, 1956, numerous monochrome illustrations, mostly after photographs, original grey cloth in dustwrapper, a little frayed and some short marginal closed tears, minor loss to head of spine, 4to, plusCasteels (Maurice). Die Sachlichkeit in der modernen Kunst, vorwort von Henry van de Velde, 1st edition, Paris & Leipzig: Verlag Henri Jonquières, 1930, 123 pp of text, plus unnumbered index leaf, 144 phototype plates, of examples of modern architecture, including Le Corbusier, Gropius, Neutra, Mies van der Rohe, Mallet-Stevens etc., including photographs by Walker Evans and Berenice Abbott, author's presentation copy, inscribed to front blank 'a Monsieur Paul Ugeux, hommage respecteux, Casteels, Bruxelles, le 26. 12. 30', original publisher's cloth in dustwrapper, some tears and fraying to edges, front flap detached (now loosely inserted at front of volume), 4to, and four others related, including Le Corbusier, The Radiant City, 1st English edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1967 9in dustwrapper), Dennis Sharp, The Rationalists, Theory and Design in the Modern Movement, 1st edition, Architectural Press, 1978, Peter Cook, Experimental Architecture, 1st US edition, New York: Universe Books, 1970, Alison and Peter Smithson, The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 1981, andPontus Hulten (K.G.). The Machine as seen at the end of the mechanical age, 1st edition, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1968, numerous monochrome illustrations, including some printed in blue, original colour printed embossed alumunium covers (designed by Anders Austelin?), with hinged spine, some surface marks, 4to, together withCork (Richard). Vorticism and Abstract art in the First Machine Age, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Gordon Fraser, 1975-76, numerous tipped-in colour plates and monochrome illustartions, original cloth in price-clipped dustwrappers, folio, plus three others on modern art (Marcel Duchamp, Thames & Hudson, 1993, Barbara Rose, Claes Oldenburg, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1970, and Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, Large-Scale Projects, Thames & Hudson, 1995), all original cloth in dustwrappers (Barbara Rose in original soft plastic covers), oblong folioQTY: (13)

Maton (Michael). Honour... 4 volumes, 1st edition, Honiton: Token Publishing, 2004-13, original cloth in dust jackets, covers very lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with:Gliddon (Gerald, et al), VCs of The First World War, 10 volumes, 1st editions, Stroud: Sutton, circa 2000, numerous monochrome illustrations, original uniform cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusThe Naval & Military Press, publisher, The Waterloo Medal Roll 1815, compiled from Munster Rolls, East Sussex, 1992, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, large 8vo, and other modern medals reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8voQTY: (3 shelves)

Frankenstein Playbills. Presumption! Or, The Fate of Frankenstein. Thirteenth Time, Theatre Royal, English Opera House, Strand, This Evening, Tuesday, August 12th, 1823, printed letterpress playbill, advertising as the headline production the thirteenth performance of the first play to dramatize Mary Shelley's novel, with an seven-line quotation from the preface to the novel, featuring Mr Wallack as Frankenstein, Mr Rowbotham as De Lacey, Mr T. P. Cooke (as the monster), Mr Pearman, Mrs. Austin, Miss L. Dance, et al., also advertising performances of Is He Jealous? and “I Will Have a Wife!”, together with another similar Theatre Royal playbill for Monday, 18 August 1823, listing the eighteenth performance of Presumption! Or, The Fate of Frankenstein as the third act of the evening, the first two starring [Charles] Mathews in The Polly Packet and Monsieur Tonson, both playbills printed in black on off-white thin wove paper, versos blank, 340 x 200 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:Presumption, a two-act play by Richard Brinsley Peake, was the first dramatisation based on Mary Shelley's anonymous novel to be performed on stage. It opened on 28 July 1823 at the English Opera House [Lyceum Theatre, where Bram Stoker was later to work] on the Strand, London. Peake took some liberties in his adaptation, adding several new characters including the first of Victor Frankenstein's various assistants. Notably, he also turned Mary Shelley's well-cultured monster into a mute and rather idiotic creature. On the playbill his character's name is simply represented by a series of dashes. For this first season James Wallack took the part of Doctor Frankenstein and Thomas Potter Cooke the part of the monster.Mary Shelley had mixed feelings about the play when it opened but, echoing Lord Byron, wrote: 'But lo and behold I found myself famous! Frankenstein had prodigious success as a drama and was about to be repeated for the twenty-third night at the English Royal Opera House'. Mary Shelley herself attended a performance on 29 August 1823. Whatever Mary Shelley's misgivings, having concluded 'the story is not well managed', the public were smitten and undeterred by controversy and protests against its attack on the Christian faith. Indeed, by 1826 there were said to have been about fifteen play versions based to some extent on Shelley's novel. First published anonymously in 1818, the second edition of Shelley's novel Frankenstein was issued on 11 August 1823, (the day before this 13th performance of Peake’s play), this time printing Mary Shelley's name as the author.

James (Henry). The Real Thing and Other Tales, 1st English edition, 1st issue, London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1893, 1st issue with 'copyright 1892' to title verso, 47 pp. publisher's catalogue at rear dated January 1893, original blue cloth gilt, spine faded to green, a little rubbed at ends, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Edel & Laurence A37. Rare first issue with the copyright date of 1892. The second issue had a cancel title and copyright date of 1893. 'With a single exception all copies examined contain a cancel-title leaf. An apparently unique copy, discovered by I. R. Brussel and recently added to the Collamore Collection at Colby contains a first-state title leaf...' (Edel & Laurence).

History. A large collection of 19th & early 20th Century history reference, including Life and Military Achievements of Buonaparte, First Consul of the French Republic:..., 2nd edition, London: A. Neil, 1802, rebound in later boards, slim 8vo, Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest Trees, by John Evelyn, 2 volumes, reprinted edition, London: Arthur Doubleday & Company, 1908, original uniform green cloth, 8vo, and Lectures on the History of France, by James Stephen, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, London: Longman, Brown, et al..., 1857, original uniform green cloth, 8vo, plus others similar, mostly original cloth, some odd volumes, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Defoe (Daniel). The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 2 volumes, London: John Stockdale, 1804, engraved frontispieces and titles, 13 engraved plates, bound with The Life of Daniel De Foe, by George Chalmers at end of volume II, with engraved portrait frontispiece, continuous register, some offsetting from plates, small water stain to first plate in volume I, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Maton (William George). Observations relative chiefly to the Natural History, Picturesque Scenery and Antiquities of the Western Counties of England, made in the years 1794 and 1796, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Salisbury: J. Easton, 1797, 16 oval sepia aquatint plates, folding mineralogical map, some offsetting from plates and spotting, armorial bookplates of William Edgell Wyatt, contemporary half calf gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Rowlandson (Thomas, illustrator). Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, 2nd edition, London: J. Biggens for R. Ackermann, 1813, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, title and final text page laid down, some offsetting from plates, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, with two others: The Seasons, by James Thomson, 1793, and The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo, by Robert Southey, 2nd edition, 1816QTY: (7)

* Montgomery (Bernard Law, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein). El Alamein to the River Sangro, 1st edition, 1946, colour map frontispiece and 16 mostly folding colour maps, occasional spotting and light marginal damp staining, author's ink autograph inscription to front endpaper 'Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshal, June 1946', bookplate of R. F. Mudie, original cloth gilt, rubbed, spine ends chipped, 8vo, together with an Autograph Letter Signed, 'Montgomery of Alamein', Isington Mill, Alton, Hampshire, 6 October 1962, to J. A. Raw, saying that he would be glad to see him some time, but not just yet as he is very heavily engaged, and suggesting one afternoon during the first week in January, blue ink on personal stationery, 1 page, 8vo, with the accompanying postmarked envelope addressed in Montgomery's handQTY: (2)

Plath (Sylvia). Ariel, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1965, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities a little bumped, 8vo, together with:Hughes (Ted). Wodwo, 1st edition, London: Faber and Faber, 1967, top edge spotted, original two-tone cloth gilt, dust jacket, spine and rear panel stained, rubbed, 8vo, plus first editions of Louise MacNeice's The Burning Perch and Thom Gunn's My Sad CaptainsQTY: (4)

Crealock (Henry Hope). Deer-Stalking in the Highland of Scotland, limited facsimile edition, London: Antony Atha, 1981, title printed in red and black, monochrome illustrations, minor spotting to endpapers, original cloth gilt, slight mottling to margins of covers, folio, 43 x 34.5 cm, together with Hunting & Stalking the Deer. The Pursuit of Red, Fallow and Roe Deer in England and Scotland, by Lionel Edwards and Harold Frank Wallace, 1st edition, 1927 QTY: (2)NOTE:First work limited edition 234/555. Facsimile reprint of the 1892 original edition.

Philosophical Transactions. Philosophical Transactions, giving some account of the present undertakings, studies and labours, of the ingenious, in many considerable parts of the world, volume LXIII, Part 1, London: Lockyer Davis, 1773, 9 folding engraved plates, library blindstamp to title, excised bookplate to front pastedown, spotting, contemporary half calf, worn, boards near-detached, small 4to, with 2 further volumes of Philosophical Transactions, Volume X published in 1675 and volume 3 published in 1669, together with:Desaguliers (John Theophilus). A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 2 volumes, mixed edition, London: W. Innys, 1744-45, second edition of volume 1, first edition of volume 2, 32 plates to volume 1 (plate 5 torn with substantial loss), 45 plates to volume 2 (of 46, lacking plate 18), publisher's advertisements at rear, some spotting, disbound, 4toQTY: (5)

A Jubilee Mint 50th Anniversary of Concorde 9 ct gold coin first day cover, 2 Mar 2019  Obverse Elizabeth II wearing George IV state diadem facing right legend around ELIZABETH · II · DEI · GRA REGINA · ALDERNEY C.I. 2019 Reverse Concorde in supersonic flight dates divided 1969 2019 legend around THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF CONCORDE'S FIRST FLIGHT TWENTY FIVE PENCE a limited edition of 299 with COA Condition Report:Available upon request

A quantity of vintage dolls, of varying scale and manufacturer, with a selection of collectable odds, including an American first edition copy of Tolkien's Silmarillion, draughtsman's instruments, two fishing rods etc. (4 boxes) Condition Report:Available upon request

Two boxed Coalport Characters "The Snowman" items, comprising "Soft Landing" and a first edition snow globe "Hold on Tight" (2)

Beardsley (Aubrey). Under The Hill and Other Essays in Prose and Verse, published by Bodley Head, London 1904, The Uncollected Work of Aubrey Beardsley, first edition, published by The Bodley Head, 1925, The Song of Songs, published by The Folio Society, 1967, The Best of Beardsley, Salome by Oscar Wild, Aubrey and The Dying Lady, published 1972, together with a Folio Society book, Folio Twenty One, bibliography of the Folio Society 1947-1967, published 1968, and a book on the Principality of Liechtenstein.

Rowling (J K). Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, parts 1 and 2, first hardback edition, with dust wrapper, Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire, Order of The Pheonix, Half-Blood Prince, and Deathly Hallows, softback, together with Harry Potter Page to Screen, Harry Potter The Artifact Vault, Harry Potter Magical Places from the film, Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone, illustrated by Jim Kay, and Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. (10)

Aldrovandi,U.: Ornithologiae. Hoc est, de avibus historiae libri XII (& XIII-XVIII). Tl. 1 u. 2 (von 3) in 1 Bd. Frankfurt, W. Richter, 1610. Folio. Mit 2 gest. Titelbordüren u. 28 ganzseitigen Textkupfern. 6 Bll., 427 S., 8 Bll. (d.l.w.); 4 Bll. (d.l.w.), 373 S. Blindgepr. Ldr. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit goldgepr. Wappensupralibros auf dem Vorderdeckel u. goldgepr. Mittelstück auf dem Rückdeckel (St. Martin in floralem Kranz; berieben u. etwas bestoßen, einige Fehlstellen im Bezug. Schließen entfernt, Rücken fehlt, Gelenke stark gelockert). Nissen, IVB 18; Schlenker 5.1; Möbes 19. - Zweite Ausgabe, die erste in Deutschland gedruckte. Die schönen Kupfer mit mehreren Darstellungen wurden nach den Holzschnitten der Bologneser Ausgabe hergestellt und zeigen sitzende und fliegende Vögel, Greifvögel mit Beutetieren, Nester, mythologische Greife, Fledermäuse, Tauben, Papageien (jeweils mit den gest. lateinischen u. deutschen Namen) u. v. m. Eine Darstellung zeigt kurioserweise auch die Königin von Florida. - Aus der Klosterbibliothek SaintMartin in Tournai, Titel recto mit hs. Besitzvermerk u. verso mit montiertem gest. Porträt von Antonius de Roore in Wappenkartusche, 33. Abt, datiert 1641 u. sign. Petrus de Iode (Pieter de Jode d. J., 1606-1674). - Gering gebräunt u. fleckig, vereinzelt etwas stärker. Gelegentlich schwach wasserrandig. Textkupfer gelegentlich teilw. etwas flau im Druck. Einige Lagen mit geringem Wurmgang im Bundsteg, mit gelegentlicher Berührung der gedruckten Marginalien. 1 Bl. mit kl. Einriss. Titel u. freier Vorsatz lose, letztes Bl. lose und mit Fehlstellen im Bundsteg. - Second edition, the first printed in Germany. The beautiful text engravings each with several illustrations were produced after the woodcuts of the Bolognese edition and show sitting and flying birds, birds of prey with prey, nests, mythological griffins, bats, pigeons, parrots and much more, each with the engraved Latin and German names. Strangely enough, one engraving with a depiction of the Queen of Florida. - From the Saint-Martin monastery library in Tournai. Title on recto with handwritten ownership inscription and on verso with mounted engraved portrait of Antonius de Roore in heraldic cartouche, dated and signed Petrus de Iode (Pieter de Jode (the younger, 1606-1674). - Minor browning and spotting, occasionally somewhat stronger. Occasionally slight waterstaining. Text engravings occasionally poorly inked. Some quires with slight worming in the gutter, with occasional touching of printed marginalia. 1 leaf with small tear. Title and free endpaper loose, last leaf loose and with missing parts in gutter. Bound in gilt over wooden boards with gilt coat-of-arms on front cover and gilt centrepiece on the back cover (St. Martin in a floral wreath). Rubbed and somewhat bumped, some missing parts in the cover, clasps removed, spine missing, joints coming loose. - Gekauft wie besichtigt.

Bazire,E.: Manet. Ilustrations d'après les origineaux et gravures de Guérard. Paris, A. Quantin 1884. 25,5 x 17 cm. ╔Mit 2 Orig.-Radierungen von E. Manet╗ und 9 Tafeln in Heliogravüren nach Manet von Guérard. Lederimitation auf Leinenbasis. (Orig.-Broschur eingebunden). Vicaire I, 354. - Erste Monographie über Manet (1832-1883), die Bazire kurz nach dessen Tod veröffentlichte, und eine der wichtigsten biographischen Primärquellen besonders zu den letzten Lebensjahren des Künstlers. Erste Ausgabe. - Enthält die beiden Orig.-Radierungen Odalisque (Guérin 64, Harris 56) und La Convalescente (Guérin 65/3, Harris 85/3). Beide in diesem Werk erstmals veröffentlicht. - Zudem Widmungsexemplar des Autors. - Tls. unaufgeschnitten. Orig.-Umschlag leicht schmutzfl., vord. Innengelenk etw. angebrochen, erste Tafel verso gestempelt. - First edition of the first monograph on Manet. With a dedication by the author. With 2 orig. etchings by E. Manet and 9 plates in heliogravures after Manet by Guérard. Later cloth, orig. wrappers bound in. - Partly unopened, orig. wrappers slightly stained, front inner joint torn, first plate stamped verso.

Mercator,G.: Atlas minor, das ist, Eine kurtze, jedoch gründtliche Beschreibung der gantzen Welt... durch Iodocum Hondium mit vielen Kupffern gebessert und vermehrt: und endtlich in unsere hoch Teutsche Sprach versetzt. Amsterdam, I.Hondius für C.Nicolai u. J.Janssonius (1609). Qu.4°. Mit gest. Titel, 1 allegorischen Kupfer sowie 152 Kupferkarten (145 Karten u. 7 Zusatzkarten ohne Rückentext.; davon 28 grenzkolor.). 5 Bl., 676 S., 10 Bl. (d.l.w.). Brauner Ldr. d. Zt. a. 4 Bünden mit Rsch. (Etw. stärker best., berieb., Rckn. etw. wurmspurig, Hdeckel etw. läd.). Koeman 351:21. Phillips 425. - Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Mit der klassischen Kartenfolge: Welt, Erdteile, europäische Gebiete, Afrika (7), Asien (11), Amerika (5), historische Karten der alten Welt/Bibel (6). - Gest. Titel aufgez. u. mit 2 größeren Ausschnitten (Bildverlust), stellenweise gebräunt u. fl., tls. etw. wasserrandig, 1 w.Bl. am Anfang gelockert. - First German edition. With engraved title, 1 allegorical copperplate as well as 152 copperplates (145 maps a. 7 additional maps without text on spine, 28 of them border coloured). 5 pp, 676 pp, 10 pp. Brown leather binding of the time on 4 bands with ribbed boards. (Somewhat more bumped, rubbed, spine somewhat worm-marked, cover somewhat damaged). - Engraved Title opened and with 2 larger cut-outs (loss of image), browned and spotted in places, some waterstains, 1 white sheet loosened at the beginning.

Saint-Non,J.C.R.de.: Voyage pittoresque ou description des Royaumes de Naples et de Sicile. 4 in 5 Bdn. Paris, Clousier 1781-86. Gr.Fol. Mit 5 gest. Titelvign., gest. Widmung, 116 (25 farb. gedruckten) gest. Vign., 1 ganzs. Textkupfer, 10 gest. Karten (1 gefalt., 8 dplblgr.) und ╔278 Kupfertafeln (st. 294).╗ Neue Hldrbde. unter Verwendung der alten goldgepr. Rckn. Erste Ausgabe dieses prachtvollen und luxuriös ausgestatteten Reisewerkes über Neapel und Sizilien. - Die prachtvollen Kupfer zeigen Stadtansichten, Landschaften, Bauten und Kunstgegenstände der Antike, darunter 24 Darstellungen griechischer Vasen in farb. Aquatinta-Radierungen. - Vorliegend wohl ein früher Druck des Werkes, noch ohne die zusätzlichen 14 gest. Münztafeln (die als Vignetten im Werk jedoch vorhanden sind), Tafel 75bis in Bd. 2 und die meist fehlende Phallustafel. - Stellenw. etw. gebräunt bzw. stockfl., vord. Vorsätze und Titel mit Besitzerstempel "Fernán Nuñez". Sonst gutes und breitrandiges Exemplar auf stärkerem Papier. - First edition of this magnificent and luxuriously appointed Travel book about Naples and Sicily. 4 in 5 volumes. With 5 engraved title vignettes, engraved dedication, 116 engraved vignettes, 1 copper engraving in the text, 10 engraved maps and 278 copper plates. Modern half leather. Partly somewhat browned or foxing.

Valentini,M.B.: Museum Museorum, oder vollständige Schau Bühne aller Materialien und Specereyen. Aus andern Material- Kunst- und Naturalien-Kammern, Oost- und West-Indischen Reiß-Beschreibungen, wie auch selbst-eigenen Erfahrung verfasset. 3 Tle. u. 3 Anhänge in 1 Bd. Ffm., Zunner 1704-14. Fol. Mit zus. 2 Kupfertiteln, 90 (von 95, davon 33 gefalt.) Kupfertaf. u. ca. 300 Textkupfern. 13 Bl., 520 S., 2 Bl., 76 S., 2 Bl., 119 S., 11 Bl., 196, 108 S., 6 Bl., 4 Bl., 228 (recte 236) S., 6 Bl. Ldr. d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit 2 Metall-Schließen. (Rücken etw. beschädgt, berieb.). Nissen, BBI 2035 u. ZBI 4217. Eales I, 1258. Ferguson II, 493 ff. Sabin 98357. Arents, Suppl. 585. Mueller, Kaffee 210. - Erste Ausgabe des umfassenden und reich illustrierten Repertoriums mit allen Anhängen. Behandelt überseeische Produkte aus dem Mineral-, Pflanzen- und Tierreich und ihre Anwendung in Medizin, Technik und Haushalt. Mit ausführlichen Kapiteln über Kaffee, Kakao, Schokolade, Seide, Tabak, Vanille, Zucker etc. Teil 3 beschreibt Erfindungen aus Physik u. Technik, darunter Barometer, Fernglas, Luftpumpe, Luftschiff, Mikroskop u. Taucherglocke, im Anhang eine ausführliche Abhandlung über die Wünschelrute nach Vallemont (Klinckowstroem 61 f.). - Etw. fleckig, einige kl. Randläs. - 3 parts and 3 appendices in 1 volume. Contemporary leather over wooden boards with 2 metal clasps. (spine somewhat damaged, rubbed). - First edition of the comprehensive and richly illustrated repertory with all appendices. all appendices. - Somewhat stained, some small marginal tears.

Stapleton,G.H.: The Hand-Book of Free Masonry: Adapted for the Use of Lodges, Chapters, and Convocations, and the Instruction of Individual Members of The Craft. Kalkutta, W.Ridsdale, Military Orphan Press 1847. Gr.8°. Mit 5 handkolor. lithogr. Tafeln. IV, 141, XXV S. Lwd. d. Zt. mit Deckeltit. (Best. u. berieb.). Very rare first edition, which appeared in parallel in London and here for the Colonial Troops in India. - Stellenweise schwach gebräunt u. fleckig, wenige Bl. mit kl. Wurmspuren. Exlibris.

Morison,S.: John Bell, 1745-1831. Bookseller, Printer, Publisher, Typefounder, Journalist, &c... London, The First Edition Club (1930). Gr.8°. Mit zahlr. tls. farb. u. gefalt. Abb. XI, 168 S. Olwd. mit goldgepräg. Fileten, Rsch., Rverg. u. Kopfgoldschn. (Etw. lichtrandig). Nr. 33 von 100 Ex. - Vgl. Appleton 94 (Ausg. Cambridge 1930 in 300 Ex.). - Gutes Ex.

HIGGS, Henry. The physiocrats: six lectures on the French économistes of the 18th century. London, Macmillan and Co., 18978vo. 192x125 mm. Publisher’s binding in red cloth, gilt title and rules on the spine. Pages X, 158. Some trimmed pages on margin, overall a good copy. First edition of Higgs's account of the Physiocratic School, originally delivered as a series of lectures at the London School of Economics in 1896. The English historian of economic thought discusses iin a series of lectures given at the London School of Economics in 1896 the 18th century free market Physiocratic school, its origins, ideas, political and intellectual influence. This book, in addition to his edition of Richard Cantillon's Essai (1931), remains his most extended work on the subject.

LOPEZ DE SEGURA, Ruy. Il giuoco de gli scacchi di Rui Lopez, Spagnuolo; nuouamente tradotto in lingua italiana da m. Gio. Domenico Tarsia ...In Venetia, presso Cornelio Arriuabene, 1584In 4to. 201x146 mm. Half boards binding, spine on vellum. Pages [8], 214, [2, Colophon]. Printer’s device on titlepage, woodcut initials and ornaments, Italic and Roman type. Woodcut Chessboard on leaf a4 and several woodcut illustrations depicting chess pieces. Some foxing and occasional browning, sign of humidity on top margin of few leaves. Very rare first and only edition in Italian. It is one of the first great books of chess theory and history, and contributed considerably to the development of the game in Europe by promoting en passant capture which was then ignored in Italy; of notable interest is the first analysis of the "Spanish part" also known as "Ruy López opening". Ruy López de Segura was one of the strongest chess players of the 16th century: in this fundamental treatise he narrates the origin of chess, explains the rules of the game, giving for the first time a complete picture of the openings then known. In 1560 he went to Rome for some commitments related to his status as a clergyman and in the capital of the popes he had the opportunity to challenge some of the strongest Italian chess players, including Leonardo da Cutro, the famous "puttino", at the time credited as one of the strongest in the world. By winning the important challenge against Leonardo da Cutro, he was recognized by his contemporaries as a sort of ante litteram world champion.Olschki: “C’est la seule édition italienne de ce livre extremement rare”.

ASCONIUS PEDIANUS, Quintus. Expositio in IIII Orationes M. Tullii Cic(eronis) contra C. Verrem et in Orationem pro Cornelio. In Orationem contra C. Antonium, et L. Catilinam (et alia Orationes). (In fine:) Venetiis, in aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri, dicembre 15228vo, mm. 147x96. Contemporary pigskin binding on wooden boards, blind tooling on covers, handwritten title on spine. Leaves 12, 283. Printer's device on the first and last leaf. Handwritten Ownership notes on the insidecover and titlepage. Binding with some traces of restoration. Some traces of damp and very marginal wormholes, overall a good copy. First Aldine edition of these commentaries on Cicero's Orations, important for classical literature and history, containing information on the constitution of the Senate, the assemblies of the people and the courts of justice. Asconio Pediano, a native of Padua, was a grammarian in Rome at the time of Tiberius, a friend of Virgil and a teacher of Titus Livius and Quintilian. Dedication by Francesco d'Asola, editor of the edition, to Francesco Contarini, in which he warns of ‘having added, to Asconio Pediano's comments on Cicero, also those of Vittorino to the treatise De inventione and Giorgio Trapezunzio to the oration Pro Q. Ligarius' (cf. Cataldi Palau, Gian Francesco d'Asola e la Tipogr. aldina, p. 124).Renouard 96.8; EDIT16 3254; JRL 5420; UCLA 216.

BOCCACCIO, Giovanni. De claris mulieribus. Berna, Matthias Apiarius, 1539Small Folio. 285x195 mm. 18th century leather binding, covers with double linear frame and fleurons on corners, spine with bands with gilt ornaments and gilt title on red Morocco label, polychrome marbled insidecovers. Leaves [6], LXXXI, [1] carte. Colophon on recto of last leaf: “Excusum Bernae Helvet.: per Mathiam Apiarium …1539”. Printer’s device on titlepage and on verso of last leaf. Roman type. 15 woodcut illustrations in the text of 80x142 mm, some of that with initials I.K. Antiqued spine, renewed guards, small wormholes, overall good specimen. Rare illustrated edition, printed by the first printer in Berne, using his elegant Roman type. The ‘De claris mulieribus’ is the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in Western literature. The engravings, whose complex compositional structure denotes Holbein's influence, are of remarkable beauty. They are attributed to Jakob Kallenberg, a Bavarian painter and craftsman living in Berne who worked in the Swiss city from 1535 until around 1565. On the verso of leaf LXXIII, the satirical engraving depicts Pope Joan giving birth during a procession surrounded by cardinals.

OVIDIUS NASO, Publius. Le Metamorfosi... tradotte da Giov. Andrea dell'Anguillara. Napoli, Antonio Zezon, 1840Two volumes in Folio. 318x225 mm. Contemporary full stiff vellum, gilt neoclassical ornaments on spine, gilt title on red and green morocco labels. I: lithographic titlepage, pp. 486, 2; II: illustrated titlepage, Ovid portrait on full page, Anguillara portrait on full page, 4 plates with Seasons, 118 plates. A total of 2 titlepages and 124 lithographic plates by Antonio Zezon. Slight foxing, good specimen. Magnificent illustrated edition. Monumental Italian version of the Metamorphoses admirably illustrated by the Neapolitan painter Antonio Zezon. The first volume contains the text by the Italian Renaissance scholar, the second volume contains the engraved plates. Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara, 1517 - 1572, a native of Sutri, was a poet and printer in Rome and Venice. His fame is mainly linked to the translation of this work. Antonio Zezon, Naples 1803 - 1881, devoted himself to lithography and publishing. Little is known about his activity as a painter. In 1830, he participated in one of the exhibitions of the Royal Bourbon Museum with a View of the courtyard of the church of Santa Chiara. Between 1850 and 1856, he produced a work sold in booklets on The Uniforms of the Bourbon Army and Navy. He had his lithographic establishment in the Regio Palazzo Vecchio in Naples.

DIDEROT, Denis – ALEMBERT, Jean Le Rond d'; et al. Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers par une société de gens de lettres. Paris et Neufchâtel, Briasson, David, Le Breton, Durand, Samuel, Faulche, (Amsterdam,). M. Rey pour les Suppléments), 1751-177733 in-folio volumes. 390x246 mm. Contemporary binding in full marbled leather almost uniform, spine with bands with gilt ornaments, labels with title and volume number, red edges. Including: 17 volumes of Text and 11 volumes of Planches.Paris, Le Breton, Briasson, David, Durand; Neuchâtel, Faulche, from1751 to 1772; 4 volumes of Supplement with Text and 1 volume with Supplement of Planches.Rey, Amsterdam, and Panckoucke, Stoupe et Brunet, Paris, [1776-1777].In total 21 volumes of text and 12 volumes of plates.A few ruined spines and traces of wear to the bindings, internally some small restored tears, overall good copy. Illustrated edition with 3129 engraved plates, including plates of hermaphrodites in volume XII. Work with Frontispiece to volume I, folded tables o.t. in volumes I and VIII, all engraved plates and Supplements edited by Jean Baptiste Rene Robinet. First edition. The Encyclopedie is the most important work published in the 18th century, one of the founding books in the history of ideas in the western world. The Encyclopédie's success was immediate, and its influence incalculable in all fields of knowledge, from science to philosophy via politics and economics: suffice it to mention, among its editors, the names of Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Necker, Condorcet, Quesnay and Turgot.PMM, 200: «A monument in the history of European thought; the acme of the age of reason; a prime motive force in undermining the ancien régime and in heralding the French Revolution; a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization. Each volume as it appeared caused a sensation throughout Europe. The court, the church, the judiciary were outraged; the number of subscribers, originally one thousand, rose to four thousand. In 1759, the seven volumes so far published were banned by the French Attorney-General and condemned by the Pope. Le Breton, however, carried on clandestinely and in 1765 completed the tenth volume, the last according to the prospectus». Printing and the Mind of Man: «A monument and signpost in the history of European thought; the acme of French Enlightenment; a herald of the French revolution; and a permanent source for all aspects of eighteenth-century civilization». En français dans le texte: «Sous la direction de Diderot et d’Alembert, plus de deux cents collaborateurs connus ont collaboré à cette entreprise, l’une des plus ambitieuse qu’ait tentées l’édition française sous l’Ancien régime».Adams, Bibliographie Diderot, G1; Brunet, 31851; Lough 15-21 & 52-110. Darnton 34.Cfr. John Carter, Stanley Morison, Percy H. Muir et alii (eds.), Printing and the Mind of Man, n. 200; En français dans le texte, n. 156.

GIAMBULLARI, Pier Francesco. De’l sito, forma, & misure, dello inferno di Dante. Firenze, Neri Dortelata, 15448vo; 150x95 mm. Marbled cardboard binding. Pp. 153, [15]. Red sprayed edges. Printer’s device on titlepage and at the end. Several illustrations in the text depicting the circles and the structure of Hell. Ex-Libris glued on the insidecover. Slight defects on spine. Inside little restoration of small wormholes on the first two leaves and very little loss on the top corner of titlepage. Some page with foxing and slight damp stain. Overall a good specimen. First edition, enriched with various illustrations of this analysis of Dante's Inferno, which is very interesting especially from a linguistic point of view. In it, the publisher Dortelata introduced some orthographic reforms, including the accentuation of all syllables to represent the correct Florentine pronunciation. The edition is dedicated to Cosimo I de' Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany.

LEONIS I, Pontefice Massimo. Sermones. Venezia, Luca di Domenico, 1482Folio. 295x210 mm. Stiff vellum, handwritten title on the spine. 127 unnumbered leaves, last blank. The first blank is missing. Colophon on leaf p9 recto “Venetiis : Lucas uenetus Dominici filius librariae artis peritissimus usual diligentia impraessit, 1482. septimo idus Augusti [7 VIII]”. Blank spaces for initials. Round type. Various contemporary annotations and ‘manicules’ in the margins of the text. Ownership signature “'F. Petri a Cruce” on the titlepage. Light foxing, nice copy with wide margins. Rare Venetian incunabulum with the Sermons of Pope Leo the Great. Edition edited by the humanist Joannes Andreae, i.e. Giovanni Andrea Bussi, bishop of the Diocese of Accia and Aleria in Corsica, librarian of the Vatican Library and papal secretary. In the Preface, on leaf a1, his ‘Epistle’ to the Supreme Pontiff Paul II. Leo I, a central figure of his time and promoter of the Council of Chalcedon, was also sent by the emperor Valentinian III to negotiate peace with Attila, king of the Huns. From leaf P2v the important “Symbolum Nicenum”, an exposition and commentary on the Creed of the Council of Nicaea.BMC V, 281; Goff L-134; GW M17805; HC 10012.

LA CONDAMINE, Charles-Marie; de. Journal du voyage fait par ordre du roi, à l'Équateur, servant d'introduction historique à la mesure des trois premiers degrés du Méridien. Paris, Imprimerie Royale, 17514to. 247x185 mm. Contemporary binding in marbled calfskin, gilt ornaments on the spine with raised bands, red edges. Pages [2], xxxvi, 280, xv. A folded sheet outside the text. 5 engraved copper plates outside the text, numbered I-V, four of which folded. A large map folded several times at the end. In total 6 copper plates engraved outside the text. Traces of wear on the binding, sporadic foxing, a few pages and Plate II with slight browning, a tiny trace of humidity in the lower corner of p. 277, a nice copy. First edition of this work by the French explorer, geographer and mathematician La Condamine (1701-1774), based on his experiences in South America. He was one of the "Académiciens du Pérou" chosen by the "Académie des Sciences" to journey to Peru for the purpose of measuring several degrees of the meridian at the Equator. By comparing their results with those obtained by a similar mission to Lapland, the Académie hoped to settle the controversy between the Newtonians and Cartesians over whether the earth was flattened or elongated at the poles. The Peru expedition embarked for South America in 1735, reaching Quito in June of the following year. Their geodetic measurements, completed in 1743, validated Newton's hypothesis. Illustrated with 6 plates outside the text with the map of the itinerary of La Condamine and the plan of Quito; the large folded map with the territory of Quito is by M. d'Anville. Complete work with the folded leaf, on page 163, which reports the observations of La Condamine and two of his companions, Louis Godin and Pierre Bouguer.Ref. Sabin 38479; Borba de Moraes I:380-381; Norman 1250.

Marchese di MIRABEAU, Victor Riqueti – QUESNAY, François. Élémens de la philosophie rurale. Le Haye, chez les libraires associes, 176712mo. 170x100 mm. Contemporary binding in full marbled leather, rich gilt rules and title on the spine. Pages [6], CVI, 339, [2, Errata]. A folded engraved plate. Occasional foxing, repaired tears in the engraved plate, overall fresh copy with wide margins. Rare first edition. Synthetic version of the most important theoretical work of the physiocratic school, 'De la Philosophie rurale', written jointly by Quesnay and Mirabeau. François Quesnay et la physiocratie: «produit d'une intime collaboration entre Mirabeau et Quesnay, il s'agit en effet de l'explication générale de l'Économie à partir de l'idée centrale de la circulation des dépenses telle qu'elle est schématisée par Quesnay dans son Tableau économique » Mirabeau considered the 'Elemens' essential for the diffusion and understanding of the theories of the physiocratic movement. For this reason he sets out the elementary principles of economic science in an important preliminary speech, in order to combat the theory exposed by Linguet in his work Théorie des lois civilis, published shortly before. On the engraved plate is a prospectus illustrating Quesnay's 'Tableau Economique'.