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OLINA, Giovanni Pietro. Uccelliera overo discorso della natura, e proprieta di diversi uccelli e in particolare di que che cantano. Roma, A. Fei, 1622Contemporary full vellum binding, renewed endpapers. 6 unnumbered leaves, including Title page, pages 1-67 numbered at the opposite of the engraved plates, 68-81 with continuous numbering, 6 unnumbered ‘Index’ leaves. Ornamented and illustrated initials, woodcut ornaments. On the Title page, copperplate vignette with the Dedicatee’s coat of arms, 66 full-page copper-engraved plates. Handwritten inscription on the Title page with the name of the former owner. Traces of wear on the binding, browning, some stains and fingerprints, some skillful restoration on some plates, overall a good copy. First edition of this important ornithological book on songbirds. The work, magnificently illustrated with engravings by Antonio Tempesta and Francesco Villamena, illustrates the methods of capturing birds, keeping them and caring for them. 43 plates depict birds, 23 illustrate hunting scenes, cages, aviaries, hunting and capture apparatus: the representations are explained in the text opposite the plates. The work is partly based on “Il canto degl'avgelli” by Valli da Todi (Rome 1601). The beautiful engravings show various songbirds, falconry, the capture of birds with the help of traps, nets, cages and even the disguises of hunters, as well as hunting scenes by day and by night and a scene of a musician.Schwerdt: “A book on bird catching, delightful chiefly owing to Tempesta's spirited illustrations of the methods employed by fowlers in the beginning of the 17th century” Harting: “The engravings are much superior to the figures of birds by English and French artists of the same period”.Ceresoli: “Quest'opera, testo di lingua, è divenuta rara nel corso dei secoli, ed è ancor più difficile a trovarsi in buone condizioni, essendo quasi sempre deturpata da tracce d'uso... Non deve destare meraviglia la grande fama che l'Uccelliera ebbe in ogni tempo, se si ricorda che fu considerata e si considera tutt'ora il capolavoro dell'arte tipografica e figurativa del secolo XVII.” The work is dedicated to Cavalier Cassiano del Pozzo ‘mio Signore’ [my Lord]. Solinas: “Signed by his house master G.P. Olina and destined for the naturalistic research of the Accademia dei Lincei, primary European scientific institution, this is Cassiano Dal Pozzo’s first editorial work.”Nissen, IVB 693; Anker 380; Schwerdt II, 48; Ceresoli 386; Harting 278; Gamba 2029.See Francesco Solinas, L’Uccelliera. Un libro di arte e di scienza nella Roma dei primi Lincei, 2015.

MASCARDI, Vitale - BENTIVOGLIO, Guido. Festa, fatta in Roma, alli 25 di Febbraio 1634. E data in luce da Vitale Mascardi. In Roma, 1635In 4to; mm. 243x172. Contemporary full vellum binding. Pp 8, 135, 1. Engraved titlepage and 12 engravings on double page engraved by François Collignon on drawnings by Andrea Sacchi. Rare first edition with the description of the feasts promoted by Cardinal Antonio Barberini, brother of Pope Urban VIII, on the occasion of the visit to Rome of Prince Alexander Carlo Vasa of Poland during the Roman carnival and with the report of the famous feast of Saracino. A sought work also for the beautiful engravings made by F. Collignon on drawings by Andrea Sacchi (1599-1661), a well-known Roman painter protected by Cardinal Barberini to whom this feast book is dedicated. The author, Cardinal Guido Bentivoglio (1577-1644), apostolic nuncio in Flanders and then in France, signed the sentence against Galileo as head of the Inquisition. Counselor of Urban VIII, Bentivoglio would perhaps have been his successor if he had not died during the Conclave.

PAUTHIER, Guillaume. Chine. Paris, Firmin Didot, 18378vo; mm. 215x135. Publisher's binding. 72 steel plates and one folded map. Foxing, good condition. First edition of this comprehensive summary of Chinese history and civilisation from the earliest times to the present day. Jean-Pierre Guillaume Pauthier, was a French orientalist and poet. A renowned scholar, he published numerous studies and writings on the Orient.

GIEGHER, Mattia. Li tre trattati. Padova, Paolo Frambotto, 1639Oblong 4to, mm. 160x208; Nice armorial binding of XIX century, red morocco, at the center of the covers coat of arms of the family Choiseul-Beaupré, spine with 5 small ribs, Title and year of the publishing in gold, inside cover and endpapers with coloured paper, lips of covers with double golden rules, rich inner dentelles; pp. [16], 7 copper plates [portrqait of the Author and numbered plates 1-6], pp. 2 bl, 54, 4 copper plates, pp. 4 nn., pp. 30 nn., 2 copper plates folded,. 1-12, 1-24. A total of 49 copper plates out text. Fine specimen. Rare complete edition beautifully illustrated. The splendid plates illustrate the art of composition of banquets and art cutting meats. The work consists of the following Treatises: Il trattato delle Piegature [Treatise on Linen Folding]; Il trattato dello Scalco [Treatise on The Steward]; Il trattato del Trinciante [Treatise on The Carver]; la Tavola de' nomi delle carni de' Quadrupedi e del modo di trinciarle; la tavola de' nomi e modi di trinciar li Volatili, Pesci e frutti. The first book contains the figures related to how to fold tablecloths and napkins in imaginative and elaborate ways, shaped in the form of caravel or bird, with elegant models for the provision of tablecloths and sugar statues. The second "... teaches the way to put the food on the table." The third way to chop all kinds of animals, with precise instructions to chop masterfully breast of veal or a whole rabbit, and great cedars cut in the shape of acorns, fish or turtle. Mattia Giegher, the Italianised name of Matthias Jäger, originally from Bavaria, was one of the masters of napkin folding. The young Mattia came to Italy in around 1616 and settled in Padua, where he became an expert carver, with the important role of slicing meat and cutting food during banquets. In the dedicatory points out why, in honor of the German nation, he has composed a "Operetta, which teaches with easy way to bend all sorts of napkins and tablecloths in many manners and fair", adding two other works entitled the Scalco and Trinciante, even before printed but “now renovated and largely expanded”. The primary value of the work is given by the exceptionality of the illustrations: they combine the advantage of the variety and adherence to the implicit technical procedures in the art to set up canteens, as well as to fulfill the obligations that were routinely required.

SANTINI, Paolo. Atlas universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes. Venezia, Santini, 17762 vols, Folio, 540 x 395 mm. Engraved title-page to first volume, 2 index plates at the beginning of each volume, 123 maps divided as follows: 60 double-page maps for the first volume, 63 for the second, contemporary watercolor borders, contemporary manuscript title numbering to versos of maps (in very good condition except for the first volume: very small wormhole to inner margin of the first twenty leaves affecting the printing area but not particularly visible, ff. 32-34 and 37 with small waterstain to lower margin; in the second: tear to lower margin of ff. 1, 12 and 13 not affecting engraving). Contemporary interim binding with marbled sides, adorned Venetian paper spine. First edition of the atlas by the brothers Paolo and Francesco Santini, considered one of the most important universal atlases printed in Italy in the 18th century. The editors substantially reproduced, retaining toponyms and inscriptions in French, the Atlas Universel published in Paris in 1757 by Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, but made several changes especially to the maps of the Italian regions. The plates, signed by Paolo Santini and his brother Francesco, are based on the works of the best geographers of the time: d'Anville, Bellin, Bonne, Boscovich, Clarici, De L'Isle, Homan, Jaillot, Janvier, de Vaugondy and Rizzi Zannoni.Tooley, p. 541 e 559; NMM III, 277; Nordenskiold 276; Phillips Atlases 657; Gallo, R. Pp. 153-214.

SPINOZA, Baruch, de. La clef du santuaire. Leiden, P. Warnaer, 16783 parts in a small 8vo volume. 145x85 mm. Contemporary full leather binding, gilt title and ornaments on the spine. Recent morocco box. Pages [34], 531, [31], 30. 3 title pages. Armorial bookplate to insidecover. A fine copy. Very rare first French edition of the "Tractatus theologico-politicus", second issue with the misprint "preeace". First edition of the 'Reflexions curieuses'. Spinoza's thought was known in Europe above all thanks to this translation. spinozaweb.org: "After many deliberations the States of Holland, Zeeland and West-Friesland suppressed Spinoza’s posthumous works in an official placard on 25 June 1678." The publication of the Tractatus theologico-politicus, 1670, caused considerable scandal in ecclesiastical circles, both Catholic and Protestant, and from them spread the bad reputation of an impious and blasphemous Spinoza. The Catholic Church included his works among the forbidden books in March 1679 and confirmed the sentence in 1690.The volume contains, with separate title pages, the works: Reflexions curieuses d'un Esprit des-Interressé sur les matieres les plus importantes au salut, tant public que particulier, which bears the typographical indication "A Cologne [i.e. Amsterdam], chez Claude Emanuel, 1678 "; Traitté des Ceremonies Superstitieuses des Juifs tant Anciens que Modernes, In Amsterdam, chez Jacob Smith, 1678. The 'Reflexions curieuses' are very important, containing Spinoza's notes on the treatise, written a few months before his death in 1677, and published here for the first time.BMC, vol 23, p. 1180 (651); Kingma and Offenberg, 1977, pp. 17–18, no. 13.

CRASSET, Jean. Histoire de l'Église du Japon. Par M. l'Abbé de T. Paris, Michallet, 1689 Two volumes in 4to. 244x185 mm. Full calf binding, rules frame on covers, ribbed back with gilt ornaments, morocco label with title, gilt edges. Pp. [28], 659 (recte 657), [11 of tables], 4 engraved plates; pp. [10], 678, [6 of tables], 4 engraved plates. A total of 8 engraved plates and one illustration in the text. Engraved bookplate of library “Mr le Marquis de Lillers”. Loss on lower corner of leaf 642 of vol. 1 without loss of text. Good copy. First edition, richly illustrated work. Important Jesuit testimony on 17th century Japan. The eight copper engravings depict scenes of torture by Christian missionaries but also the Emperor's palace and the costumes of Japanese nobles. Michaud: “Cet ouvrage, qui a été traduit en anglais en 1707, puis en italien et en portugais, est tiré en grande partie de celui que le R.P. Solier, jésuite, avait publié en 1627. Crasset le mit dans un meilleur ordre, en retoucha le style, et y ajouta une continuation, depuis 1624 jusqu'à 1658. Le deuxième volume est entièrement consacré à l'histoire de la cruelle persécution commencée en 1597, et dont l'historien attribue en grande partie la rigueur à l'imprudence des missionnaires dominicains et franciscains, qui ne prenaient aucune précaution pour dérober aux regards des infidèles leurs cérémonies. ”Sommervogel II, 1641; Cordier, Bibl. Japonica, 400; Michaud IX, 445.

DOLCE, Lodovico. Dialogo… della institution delle donne. Vinegia, Giolito De Ferrari, 15458vo; 155x100 mm.; Full vellum binding. Handwritten title on the spine. Printer's mark on the title page. Leaves 80. Woodcut initials. Small lacking on the spine. Sign of humidity on the margins of some leaves. Good specimen. Rare first edition of this treatise on female conduct, which aimed to define the nature of women, their role in society and their behavior in daily life.The work draws inspiration from the work of the Spanish humanist Luis Vives, the well-known “De Institutione feminae Christianae” published in 1524, one of the first works that deal exclusively with the education and good conduct of women but also with the breastfeeding of children, clothing and makeup, as well as the praise of some famous women of the time.Dolce was able to personalize his work both from a formal point of view, making it fluent and discursive, and by integrating some parts left in the margin by Vives.

Le PAGE du PRATZ, Antoine Simon. Histoire de la Louisiane. A Paris, Chez De Bure, l'Aîné, la Veuve Delaguette et Lambert, 1758 3 volumes in 8vo, Contemporary full leather binding with the coat of arms of Madeleine Angélique de Neufville de Villeroy of Luxembourg (1787). 2 folding maps and 40 plates. Loss on bindings. First edition of an important account "showing the French claims to the Southern territory now occupied by several states, but claimed also by the English under the name of "Carolana." The author resided in Louisiana fifteen years, and it is from his relation that most of the details of the life of the Natchez and other Mississippi tribes of Indians have been derived.

REAUMUR, René-Antoine Ferchault; De. L'Art de convertir le Fer Forgé en Acier, et l'Art d'adoucir le Fer Fondu, ou de faire des Ouvrages de fer fondu aussi finis que de fer forgé. Paris, Michel Brunet, 17224to mm. 250 x 190, pp. [20], 566, [3], with 17 copper plates folded out text. Contemporary full leather binding, spine with 6 ribs, gilt titles and ornamnts on the spine. Sign of wear and defcts on covers, fine specimen. First edition of this important work in the history of metallurgy, which is seen in the series of Descriptions of Arts and Crafts ... approuvés for the Académie Royale des Sciences in 1762. R.-A. de Réaumur [1683-1757], an illustrious physicist and naturalist, better known for his model of term, was a prominent figure of the Académie Royale des Sciences, born under the pressure of Colbert had a strong interest in the new technologies that are sought developing in the first half of the 18th century, you are tested in many other languages; the mercantilist politics of Colbert aimed in fact to emancipate France from the dependence from abroad in many productive sectors, like the sale of steel, whose R. methods studied in depth in France and abroad to improve its effectiveness.Honeyman, n. 2585: "Réaumur was the first to recognise that steel was impure iron than a rafined form of iron as was generally believed. He correctly showed that the amount of carbon [sulphur in the langage of eighteenth-century chemistry] is greatest in cast iron, less in steel, and least in wrought iron". Per un'analisi dettagliata degli esperimenti e delle ricerche di Reaumur in tale campo, cfr. Gillispie, D.S.B., XI/pp. 328-30. Zeitlinger, I/n. 3917. Hoover Collection, n. 677: "He revealed for the first time hitherto secret details of the process and also came very close to the correct explanation of the nature of steel, that is iron combined with a small quantity of carbon".

APULEIO. Metamorphoseos, siue lusus asini libri XI...Venezia, Aldo ed Andrea Torresani,1521 Legato con: Alcinoi philosophi ad Platonis dogmata introductio…Venezia, Aldo ed Andrea Torresani,15212 parts in 1 volume in 8vo. 155x90 mm. Contemporary vellum, brown leather label with author and title in gold on the flat spine. Leaves 266 [i.e. 264], [28]. Printer’s device on the title page and at the end of the volume, spaces for initials with guide letters, second part printed in Greek. Defects and restorations to the binding, title-page reinforced, occasional foxing. Ex libris glued to the insidecover. First Aldine edition of the works of Apuleio, edited by Francesco Torresano whose name appears in the preface. It includes his most famous work, "Asinus aureus", as well as several treatises on Platonic philosophy: "Floridorum libri IV", a collection of passages from his speeches; "De Deo Socratis liber I", a treatise which expounds the Platonic doctrine of beneficial intermediary demons between men and gods; "Vita, instituta, dogmata Platonis", the famous treatise on Plato; finally, "Apologia" in two books, a precious source of biographical information.At the end is added the treatise by Alcinous, admirer of Lucretius, on Platonic philosophy, "Ad Platonis dogmata introductio", printed in Greek because, as can be seen in the general Title-page, the existing Latin translation, by the bishop "Tropiensis", was barbaric.

STATIUS, Publius Papinus. Opera. Venezia, Paganini, 1490Folio, 310x215 mm. 18th century binding, leather spine with gold title and decorations, woodcut decorated paper boards. 208 out of 210 leaves, the two blank leaves, the first and last, are missing. Colophon at the end “Venetiis: per Magistrum Iacobum de paganinis brisiensis, 1490. XXIIII. Decembris”. Text framed by the commentary, printed in smaller types. Heraldic bookplate ‘'Herculis de Silva'' on the inside cover; stamp of Count Ercole Silva himself and heraldic bookplate of Count Sanminiatelli on the endpaper.Small woodworm holes on the first and last leaves that touch the letters but do not affect readability, some humidity stains on the margins, overall a good copy. Rare Venetian incunabulum. Second edition of the complete works of Statius, with commentaries by Lattanzio, Calderini and Maturanzio. In the first book of the Silvae numerous marginalia by contemporary hand. The volume opens with the Thebaid, commented by Placido Lattanzio; follows the unfinished Achilleid, with commentary by Francesco Maturanzio; finally the Silvae, with commentary by Domizio Calderini. It also contains a ‘Life’ of Statius, a poem and a dedicatory letter to Francesco Ferdinando d’Aragona by Calderini and finally the elegy Sappho to Phaon by Ovid.A copy of prestigious provenance, belonging to Ercole Silva, who places the ex libris and the stamp with his coat of arms in the endpapers. Count Ercole Silva, 1756-1840, a prominent writer and scholar in Milanese culture between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, specialized in landscape architecture studies: his publication Dell'arte de' giardini inglesi is famous; he is in fact credited with having contributed to introducing the fashion of English gardens to Italy. He also expanded the vast library of Villa Silva in Cinisello Balsamo (now Villa Ghirlanda-Silva) created by his uncle Donato and in 1811 he composed the relative Catalogo de' libri della Biblioteca Silva in Cinisello (1811). The book collection was dispersed in the Parisian auction of February 1869.

KAEMPFER, Engelbert. Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclésiastique de l'Empire du Japon. Traduite en François sur la version angloise de J.-G. Scheuchzer. La Haye, Gosse & Neaulme, 17292 volumes, Folio. 356x225 mm. Contemporary full leather binding. Vol I.: Frontispiece, red and black title page, Pagine [6], LII, 45 copper plates numbered I-XLV, pages 1-217, 1 bl. Vol. II: title-page, Pages [2], 313 (recte 323), 96. Errors in the numbering. Good copy. First French edition, beautifully illustrated. Bower: “It is the most thourough and widely quoted source of information on the history and culture of Japan during the closed centuries of the Tokugawa shogunate.”Engelbert Kaempfer, 1651-1716, German naturalist, physician and writer, between 1683 and 1693 traveled in Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia before settling in Japan as a physician at the trading post of the Dutch East India Company in Nagasaki. During his two-year residency, he made two long trips to Japan. His History of Japan, published posthumously in 1727, was the primary source of Western knowledge of the country during the 18th and mid-19th centuries, when the country was closed to foreigners. Kaempfer stayed in Japan for two years: he made in-depth studies on local plants and was the first Western scholar to describe the Ginkgo biloba tree. He collected materials and information on Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion. He also collected a great deal of information by associating with the Japanese who went to Deshima to learn European sciences: he also added further details thanks to the careful reading of the reports of Western travelers and of the documents of previous trade delegations. The result was the first scholarly study of Tokugawa Japan in the West, a work that greatly influenced the European view of Japan throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, serving as the reference for a variety of works ranging from encyclopedias to the libretto of the Mikado. Kaempfer's work remains one of the most valuable sources for historians of the Tokugawa period.The important large folded map, "Imperium Japonicum in Sexaginta et Octo Provincias Divisum", by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, also outlines the Russian peninsula Kamchatka and contains a map of Niphon, present-day Honshu, the largest island of Japan, taken from one from a Japanese map. In the engraved cartoons, a fisherman, a barrel maker and a soothsayer appear.

SAY, Jean-Baptiste. Traité d'économie politique, ou simple exposition de la manière dont se forment, se distribuent, et se consomment les richesses. Paris, De l’Imprimede dei Crapelet – Chez Deterville, 1803 2 volumes in 8vo. 195x115 mm. Contemporary quarte leather binding and marbled pink hardback, titles and volume number in two labels on the spine with gilt decorations, marbled endpapers. Volume I: pages [4, including half-title and title], XLVI, 527, 1 blank. Volume II: pages [4, including half-title and title], 572. Traces of dampstain, but overall a good copy. First edition. This is Say's most important book, one of the great works of economic thought of the classical period. Besides Smith's The Wealth of Nations, whose doctrine Say expounded from an early age, it proved to be the most popular work on economics in the first half of the 19th century. Palgrave: “It was the first truly popular treatise on political economy ever published in France; its major divisions and terminology have become classic and have served as a model for countless subsequent treatises.”Despite early claims that his work was derived from Smith, it has long been demonstrated that Say ranks with Sismondi and Cournot in the originality of his contributions to economic theory. Schumpeter defines his work: “the most important link in the chain that leads from Cantillon and Turgot to Walras”.The work was not republished until 1814, partly due to Napoleon's hostility towards Say, but ran through 32 editions thereafter.

LE MERCIER DE LA RIVIÈRE, Paul Pierre. L'ordre naturel et essentiel des sociétés politiques. London, Nourse "& se trouvé à Paris, chez Desaint", 1767.4to, 255x200 mm.; Contemporary marbled calf; gilt tile and ornaments on spine. Red edges. Preserved in recent half-cloth slipcase. Pp. [4], vij, [1], 511, [1]. Engraved armorial bookplate on insidecover. Marbled endpapers. Slight brownings in some points, marginal tear on p. 213-214. Good copy with wide margins. Rare first edition of this treatise in quarto, published at the same time as the octavo edition in two volumes. It presents political opinions of economists, regarded as the "political chart" of the physiocrats. Written under the inspiration of Quesnay, the work was at the time considered by some contemporaries to be higher than the Esprit des Loix, provoking Voltaire's response in "Homme aux quarantine écus" and Mably's vehement criticism in his "Doutes proposed by Philosophes Economistes”.The author argued that there was a natural law of property that was based on the physical order of nature and that was the basis of all other laws. Taxation and the ruler's use of public revenues were both governed by the natural law of property.New Palgrave : « He published what many (for example Smith) considered to be the most comprehensive exposition of Physiocratic doctrine in his 'L'ordre naturel', (it) is therefore the major general treatise of Physiocratic doctrine both political and economic" ».

BORGHESI, Giovanni. Lettera scritta da Pondisceri a' 10 di febbraio 1704... nella quale si contengono, oltre a un pieno racconto del viaggio da Roma fino alle coste dell'Indie Orientali, varie nuove osservazioni, mediche, anatomiche, bottaniche, naturali, e d'altri generi. Roma, Zenobi, 170512mo. 155 x 85 mm. Contemporary full vellum binding, handwritten title on spine. Pp. [14], 245, [16], 1 blank. A folded plate and seven woodcut illustrations in the text. Adorned initials, round type. Damage on spine, internally foxing and dampstains, genuine copy. First edition. Author's account of his journey from Rome to India, via the Cape of Good Hope, from 1701 to 1703. Numerous details about natural history and the peoples he met along the way. Borghesi was part of a mission to China as a doctor and spent several months in Pondicherry in 1704, where he wrote this letter in Latin. The mission reached China in 1705 and Borghesi died there in 1714. The folded plate contains the ‘Table for Knowing the Winds’; among the illustrations are the palm tree and exotic animals such as the civet, crocodile and armadillo.

BEMBO, Pietro. Della Historia Vinitiana di Messer Pietro Bembo cardinale, volgarmente scritta. Libri XII. Venezia, Gualtiero Scotto, 15524to; 200x153 mm; Marbled vellum binding, red morocco label on spine. Leaves 14 not numbered; 179 leaves numbered; 1 leaf not numbered; large printer’s devices on the title page and colophon: Mercury embraces Minerva with a plumed helmet and shield, holding two darts. Good specimen. First rare Italian edition of the history of Venice in 12 books by Pietro Bembo, an important Venetian cardinal and humanist. The printer dedicated this edition to Isabella Quirina with a letter from which we learn that Bembo himself popularized this story of his on the advice of the woman with whom the author had a great friendship.

DOMENY de RIENZI, Grégoire Louis. Oceanie. Paris, Firmin Didot, 18363 vols. in 8vo; 215x130 mm. Colored publisher’s paperback, 307 plates of which 2 are folded. First edition. The work contains a collection of the voyages of James Cook, George Anson and Bougainville, supplemented by the voyages of De Rienzi himself. The work ranges from history to geography, exotic flora and fauna, and above all the customs of the natives. The volumes feature fold-out maps of South Pacific islands, including Australia, Malaysia and Borneo, as well as illustrated views of the natives and their customs.

PIRANESI, Giovanni Battista. Carceri. D'Invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene. Parigi, Firmin Didot, tra il 1807 e il 183516 Etchings on laid paper and placed inside passepartouts. Sheet size: 648x498 mm approx. Engraving size: 410x558 approx. Numbering in Roman letters I - XVI. At the bottom, within the engraving, the Author's signature 'Piranesi F.'In eight engravings appears the Watermark 'F' of Firmin Didot. Abrasions on the verso of Plate V, slight foxing on the margins of some plates, in overall good condition, wide margins. Magnificent complete series of Piranesi's Prisons. Intermediate edition of Paris, printed by Firmin Didot between 1807 and 1835. Series with all engravings in a uniform issue.Contains: 1. Title page. Robison 29. With Watermark.2. The Man on the Rack. Rob. 43. Not numbered. At the bottom is the inscription ‘Presso l’Autore … Paoli Venti’ This plate did not appear in Bouchard’s first edition, published between 1749 and 1760.3. The Round Tower. Rob. 30. With Watermark.4. The Grand Piazza. Rob. 31. With Watermark.5. The Lion Bas-Reliefs. Rob. 44. Not numbered.This plate did not appear in Bouchard’s first edition, published between 1749 and 1760.6. The Smoking Fire. Rob. 32. With Watermark.7. The Drawbrigde. Rob. 33.8. The Staircase with Trophies. Rob. 34.9. The Giant Wheel. Rob. 35. With Watermark.10. Prisoners on a Projecting Platform. Rob. 36. With Watermark.11. The Arch with a Shell Ornament. Rob. 37. Not numbered.12. The Sawhouse. Rob. 38.13. The Well. Rob. 39.14. The Gothic Arch. Rob. 40. With Watermark.15. The Pier with a Lamp. Rob. 41.16. The Pier with Chains. Rob. 42. With Watermark. Bibliography: Hind, p. 24-29; Robinson, pp. 139-210 n.29-44; Wilton-Ely 26-41.For the Watermark: Hind 8, p. 34; Robison 93; Wilton Ely 93

QUESNAY, François. Essai sur l'administration des terres. Paris, Herissant, 17598vo. 195x120 mm. Contemporary marbled sheepskin binding, gilt title and rules on the spine. Pages [2], VIII, [2], 203, [1]. Collation: π¹ a⁴ b²(-b2) A-M⁸ N⁶. Traces of wear on the binding, stains on the endpapers, overall a good copy. Rare first edition. Quesnay's work, which appeared under the pseudonym Bellial des Vertus, follows by two years his Tableau Économique, in which he provided the first theoretical arrangement of the physiocratic school. Here Quesnay examines one of the fundamental sectors of economic life, detailing the physiocrats' point of view regarding the administration of lands: “la véritable richesse d'un Etat consiste dans le nombre de ses habitans; leur population dépend principalement de l'Agriculture”. Segnaliamo che in quest’opera compare una delle prime trattazioni dedicata alla contabilità nell’agricoltura. Lemarchand: “Ce livre est le premier, que nous ayons rencontré, qui aborde la question de la comptabilité d'une exploitation agricole, mais dans la problématique de la reddition des comptes ; c'est néanmoins l'un des premiers ouvrages de gestion.” The pseudonym is found in the 'Privilege du Roi' at the end of the work.

MACROBIUS, Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius. Macrobii in somnium Scipionis ex Ciceronis. VI. libro de rep. eruditissima explanatio. Eiusdem Saturnaliorum libri VII. Venice, heirs of Aldo Manuzio and Andrea Torresano, April 1528In-8vo, 165 x 105 mm. Full smooth vellum binding of 17th century with coat of arms on the center of covers. Gilt title on Morocco label on spine. Blue edges. Gilt princely coat of arms on covers with an helmet surmounted by a shield with lion and eagle; Handwritten note on titlepage: “ex-libris Joh. Baptista Axolij 1646”. Leaves [16], 322, [2]. Collation: [*]8 of which 7 and 8 are blank leaves, a-z8, &8, A-Q8, R4 with leaf R3 blank. Italic, roman and Greek type. 8 black woodcut diagrams in the text including a zodiac diagram, all in accordance with Macrobius' precepts recommending the use of images to convey knowledge. On leaf k5(r) a half-page map of the globe with a representation of the winds (for Greenland we find the word Thila), in a way, brings together Neoplatonic knowledge by dividing the earth into five distinct climatic zones with the inhabited world north of the Equator, to the south there is an imaginary continent, the Antipodes, which is supposed to balance the continental masses, making it the first map to depict a southern continent. Complete specimen of the four blank maps in very good condition. The first and only rare Aldine edition of these three astronomical treatises of considerable importance, two by Macrobius and the third by Censorinus, which report alternative conceptions to the Ptolemaic Vulgate. Scipio's Dream, which forms the bulk of the sixth book of Cicero's De Republica, is perhaps the best known passage because, unlike the rest of the work, it has come down to us virtually intact. It was Macrobius' commentary on this Dream that allowed the transmission of Cicero's text: if the commentary itself contained only excerpts, later copyists included the entire text in their manuscripts. In the Commentary on Scipio's Dream, Macrobius, born around 370 in Sicca in Numidia, deals with the soul and the constitution of the universe by giving a Neo-Platonic interpretation of a famous passage from Cicero's Republic. The Saturnalia is a philosophical dialogue on history, mythology, literature and science. The edition also contains the only treatise that has come down to us from Censorinus, a Latin grammarian of the 3rd century: De die natali, which contains valuable insights into both the customs of the Romans, dealing with the birth and life of man, days, months, years, religious rites, etc., and the state of science at the time, with considerations of chronology, astronomy, natural history and music. This is the first Aldine impression of Censorino's work; Aldo the Younger gave a new edition, annotated by him, in 1581.Adams, M-62; Brunet, III, 1286; Houzeau/Lancaster 1055 & 1046; Renouard, p. 165, n° 2; Sander 4080; Texas 228 (from the library of Derwent Coleridge); The Aldine Press, cat. 251; UCLA, 251; USTC, 839413; Cfr. The Mapping of The World, cat. 13.

MONTESQUIEU, Charles de Secondat de la Brède. De l'Esprit des Loix. Ou du rapport que les loix doivent avoir avec la constitution de chaque gouvernement, les moeurs, le climat, la religion, le commerce, etc. … Tome Premier [-Second]Genève, Barillot et fils, s.d. [Paris, Laurent Durand, 15-20 janvier 1749]2 volumes in large 4to. 252x190 mm. Contemporary fawn calf, spine ribbed with title, gilt volume number and ornaments, polychrome marbled end-papers, red edges. Pages [8], XXIV, 522, [1, Errata], 1 blank; [4], 564. Woodcut vignette on the Titlepages, Tail-pieces, Roman Type. Traces of wear on binding, internally some yellowing and sporadic foxing, unsophisticated copy. First issue of the first counterfeit edition and first edition printed in France. It is therefore the second edition of Montesquieu's philosophical masterpiece, printed in Paris immediately after the original Geneva edition, published in November 1748. This pirated edition is distinguished by some small differences from the original edition and contains the same numbering errors as the pages of the Preface: however, an « r » is missing in « Barrillot » and the name is followed by a comma. There are three issues of the pirated edition: only the first contains, as in this example, the Errata sheet at the end of the first volume. Within two years of its publication, Montesquieu's treatise on political liberty had achieved such popularity that he, as Gebelin reports, wrote: “Il y a vingt-deux éditions de mon ouvrage répandeus dans toutes l'Europe.”The book aroused enormous controversy and its author was accused of atheism in the pages of the influential Jensenist periodical "Nouvelles Ecclésiastiques". Despite his "Défense", published in 1750, Montesquieu's work was placed on the Index in 1751. The pirated editions, however, do not have the 14 cancellations imposed by the censor in the original. A study by the Bibliotheque Diderot de Lyon finds that this edition plays an important role in the history of the book because it is mainly through this edition that Montesquieu's text became known in the 18th century. [… il a une place importante dans l’histoire du livre car c’est principalement par cette édition que fut connu le texte de Montesquieu au XVIIIe siècle.]

ELIOT (T. S.) 'The Waste Land', first English edition in book form, Hogarth Press, Richmond 1923, original blue marbled boards, paper label to upper cover having star borderProvenance: private collection Gwynedd

Genesis Heredities "First Love" bronzed effect sculpture, 29cm; Clayburn Moore 'Princess', limited edition cast resin fantasy figure on wooden base; Border Fine Art Barn Owl through Gothic Arch, coloured cast metal, 21.5cm; and other decorative ceramics, glass, and six pewter goblets.Qty: 2 boxes

Americana. James (Henry), Daisy Miller, first UK edition, later impression, London: Macmillan and Co., 1879, half-title, publisher's cloth, 8vo; Stowe (Mrs. Harriet Beecher), Uncle Tom's Cabin, first UK edition, London: Ingram, Cooke, & Co., 1852, repaired title-page, original publisher's cloth, rebacked preserving all of the original spine, refreshed endpapers, 8vo; Howells (W.D.), The Undiscovered Country, first UK edition, London: Sampson Low, et al, 1880, original publisher's red cloth, 8vo; London (Jack), The Call of the Wild, London: William Heinemann, 1903, publisher's pictorial cloth, 8vo; Hawthorne (Nathaniel), Passages from the English Note-Books, two volumes, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1871, publisher's green cloth, 8vo; Newell (R.H.), The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, London: John Camden Hotten, 1866, publisher's papered back over pictorial papered boards, 8vo; further literature, including Washington Irving, Edith Wharton, Sinclair Lewis, James Branch Cabell, etc., (22)  Provenance: Peter Messent, Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature and former Head of the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham.

Antiquarian and Later Books. [Ritson (Joseph, editor), Robin Hood [...], second edition thus, London: Longman, et al, 1820, half-title, original publisher's pictorial green boards, uncut, contemporary armorial bookplate: James Stamford Caldwell, Linley Wood, Staffordshire, 12mo in 6s; Aemilius Portus, Dictionarium Ionicum Græco-Latinum, first edition thus, Oxonii: J. Cooke et J. Parker, 1810, double-column, slightly later quarter-calf over marbled boards, 8vo; Aulus Persius Flaccus, Die Satiren, Berlin & Leipzig: Bey George Jacob Decker, 1775, etched allegorical title-page, parallel Latin and German text, contemporary calf over speckled boards, 8vo; further classics; [Attributed to Richard Allestree], The Practice of Christian Graces, or, The Whole Duty of Man [...], with Private Devotions For Several Occasions, second edition, London: Printed for T. Garthwait at the little North Door of S. Pauls, 1659, allegorical title-page etched by Wenceslaus Hollar, black-ruled letterpress title-page printed in red and black, defective: lacking divisional title and further signatures in places, otherwise unexamined, fragments of contemporary sheep over boards, perished spine, some movement, 8vo; Scott (John), The Christian Life, seventh edition, London: Printed by J.L. for Walter Kettilby, 1700, engraved frontispiece, black-ruled title-page with imprimatur to verso, contemporary panelled calf boards, detached, 8vo; Newcome (Peter), A Catechetical Course of Sermons [...], second edition, London: J.H. for John Wyat, 1702, contemporary panelled calf, split with some movement, 8vo; early 20th c facsimile edition of 1723 Collection of Boards, two volumes only, original boards, 8vo; etc., (19)

Books. Six shelves of general stock, early 20th c and later, some art history and architecture, first edition of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall, further fiction and literature, vintage Penguin paperbacks, non-fiction, including history, etc., mostly hardback, mixed sizes

Andy Warhol. Moderna Museet, first published in 1968, this edition a 1970 third printing. Superb condition, in original card box, some wear and aging to box. 21x27cm.

A copy of 'Openers' - Rev. Roger Roky Kynard Erickson, first edition, 1972, Pyramid Publishing Co. Good. Pen to first page.

PHILLIP PULLMAN - HIS DARK MATERIALS - FIRST EDITION TENTH IMPRESSION SIGNED BY PHILIP PULLMAN WITH THE AMBER GLASS BOOK

POKEMON - NINTENDO - WOTC - Pokemon trading cards - 2-player Starter set with First Edition Holographic Machamp, reverse states copyright 1999 Wizards of Coast, Inc (WOTC). The set appears to be factory sealed in its unopened wrapper and with security tag, and the cards are therefore presumed to be about mint. The box appears to be in about excellent or better condition. The item has not been checked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee.) [GM]

"Relativity the Special and the General Theory" by Albert Einstein 1920 published by Methuen 1st edition translated into English by Robert W Lawson.  First four pages loose to include end paper, title page and portrait, frontispiece, red cloth binding shows fading and marks. Front board starting to detach, Some foxing and marks to contents with some light pencil annotations, otherwise a complete edition

The Ipcress File by Len Deighton, first edition second impression lacking dust jacket

° ° Richards, James - Bits from de old book, being one or more bits from each of de sixty six books of de Bible. Put into de Sussex tongue by Jim Cladpole, Tunbridge Wells, 1936 [BW7142], first edition, of 120 copies, 8vo, Sangorski & Sutcliffe full calf; Hately Waddell, P. The Psalms, Frae Hebrew Into Scottis, Edinburgh 1891, original green cloth. (2)Author:Cladpole, JimImprint:Tunbridge Wells : James Richards, 1938

° ° Mixed books; MacMichael, William - The Gold-Headed Cane, [Medical biography], London: John Murray, 1827; O'flaherty, Liam - The Fairy Goose and Two other Stories, Crosby Gaige New York, 1927, 4to., first edition, signed; Librairie Calabras - Bouquets de Fleurs..apres ..Goppinger, Paris, n.d.; Hoffman White, G. - Christus: The Messenger Of Peace, Priv. print., 1909; Lamartine - Graziella, Nonesuch Press, 1929; Non-Censors Publ. - Mother Goose Rhymes, 1930; Gregory, L. - Kiltartan History Book, 1909; Ruthleben Camp Magazine, No.6, June 1917; 1892 Tourists sketchbook; Souvenir of the Crystal Palace, n.d. (10)

° ° Sussex Coastal Towns Interest - assorted books and pamphlets; 1. Lower, M.A. Chronicle of Battle Abbey, first edition, 1851.2. Lower, M.A. Chronicle of Battle Abbey, first edition, author's inscription, 1851.3. A Visit to Arundel Castle, 1851.4. Butterfield, W.R. History of St Clements Caves, Hastings.5. Williams, H. Musings of a Lady...St Leonards..6. Ordnance Survey, 1958, TQ10, Worthing.7. Ordnance Survey, 1958, TQ20, Hove.8. Ordnance Survey, 1958, TQ30, Brighton.9. Ordnance Survey, 1958, TQ31, Lewes.10. Jefferies, R. Nature near London, 1887.11. Graham, F. Famous Smugglers Inns, 1966.12. The Hastings Hours, 1983.13. Elliott, A.G. Portrait of Portslade, 1978.14. Bye-Laws...New Streets & Buildings, Portslade, 1902.15. Hayden, R. West Blatchington Windmill..1993.16. Divers, N. Southwick Remembered, 1996.17. Ruxton, M. In Delia's Web, 1996.18. Bura, P. The Drunk on the Train, 1997.19. The Siege of Shoreham, 1995.20. Parish Churches of Shoreham, c.1955.21. The Story of Rottingdean Parish Church, 1947.22. Julyan, H.E. Rottingdean, 3rd.23. Ainsworth, W.H. Ovingdean Grange, ill. Browne, first edition, 1860.24. Catalogue of Books in the Hove Lending Library, 1892.25. Elliott, G.M. The Witch of Endor, nd.26. Hove by The Sea Illustrated & Descriptive, 1911.27. Stitch, W. Hove Illustrated Guide, 1936-37.28. Lucas, E.V. Hove Illustrated Guide, 1938-39.29. Mackail, D. Happiness in Hove, 1949-50.30. Borough Pocket Guide - Hove, c.1910.31. Homeland Handbooks - Hove, 1st, 1907-1908.32. Longley, A. Alexandra Terrace, 1960.33. Hove, Coronation Celebrations, 1952.34. Elliott, A.G. Portrait of Hove, 1979.35. Elliott, A.G. Another Portrait of Hove, 1987.

FOUR BOXES OF VINTAGE AND ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS, to include New Naturalist first edition volumes: The Badger 1948, The Yellow Wagtail 1950, The Greenshank 1951, The Herring Gull's World 1953, The Hawfinch 1957, The Wood-Pigeon 1963, and The House Sparrow 1963 (all without dust jackets), together with English Stained Glass by Herbert Read, first edition, publ 1926 by GP Putnam's Sons, 'A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780' volume three only, fourth edition 1793, Officers' Uniforms As Worn by Her Majesty's Army, etc (4 boxes) (sd)

Williamson [Henry] The Gale of the World, first edition 1969, published by Macdonald, Printed by Tonbridge Printers Ltd, sold along with a large quantity of vintage books by author Henry Williamson, to include titles 'Tarka The Otter', 'It Was The Nightingale', 'Young Phillip Maddison' ect, approx. 27 books.

Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976): artist signed limited edition print, St Simons Church Salford, signed in pencil LR, image 28 x 40cm, overall 53 x 65cm. Lowry enjoyed great recognition for his art in his lifetime. He had his first solo show in London in 1939 at the Lefevre Gallery in Mayfair; he was elected a Royal Academician in 1962; and he served as a visiting tutor at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art. Faded/yellowed throughout, still clear, signature also still clear. Artist Resale Rights may apply Not available for in-house P&P

Laurence Stephen Lowry RA (1887-1976): artist signed limited edition print, St Marys Church Beswick, signed in pencil LR, image 43 x 31cm, overall 55 x 43cm. Lowry enjoyed great recognition for his art in his lifetime. He had his first solo show in London in 1939 at the Lefevre Gallery in Mayfair; he was elected a Royal Academician in 1962; and he served as a visiting tutor at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art. Print has faded/yellowed but still clear, signature also still clear, light crease. Artist Resale Rights may apply Not available for in-house P&P

A close copy of John Thornton's chart of Barbados, first published c.1700, from the Irish pirate edition of Mount & Page's 'The English Pilot. The Fourth Book Describing The West India Navigation...', the first sea atlas of America containing charts only from English sources. Greierson (1680?-1753) may have been Printer to the King in Ireland, but this did not stop him pirating atlases including those of Thornton and Moll. Size: 29 x 26cm. Condition: a good example. Published: Dublin: George Grierson, 1749, set in text. Keywords: America, South America, Cuba, Barbados, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, Atlas, Antique map, Nautical chart, city plan, town plan

A rare and large antique print titled ‘Scutari – Serraglio di Constantinopoli’ by Corneille le Brun, offering a panoramic view of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul) and Scutari (Uskudar), Turkey, c. 1698. The print is adorned with various sailing ships, showcasing the bustling maritime activity of the era. This plate originates from ‘Voyage au Levant c’est à dire dans les principaux endroits de l’Asie Mineure dans les Isles de Chio, de Rhodes, de Chypre &c., de même que dans les plus considérables villes d’Égypte, de Syrie, et de la Terre Sainte…’, published by Henri de Kroonevelt in Delft in 1700. The work was first published in Dutch in 1698, with an English edition following in 1702. Condition: The print is backed on linen, with repaired folds and visible creases. Size: plate is 32 x 101.5 cm (12.6 x 40 inches). Keywords: Corneille le Brun, Constantinople print, Istanbul map, Scutari, Uskudar, antique print, 17th century art, travel print, Voyage au Levant, maritime print, historical view, Ottoman Empire, Turkish art, linen-backed print.

This historic engraving, The Towne of Pomeiooc, is one of the most celebrated depictions of early Native American life in the New World. Created by Theodor de Bry in 1590 after John White’s 1585 watercolour Indian Village of Pomeiooc, it was first published in de Bry’s Latin edition of Thomas Harriot’s A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia. The engraving provides a detailed view of a Native American settlement located between Wyesocking Bay and Lake Landing, North Carolina, as designated on de Bry’s map Americae Pars Nunc Virginia Dicta. John White’s map La Virginea Pars places Pomeiooc closer to modern-day Lake Mattamuskeet. Annotated by Harriot and engraved by de Bry, this print combines ethnographic accuracy with artistic beauty, showcasing the architecture, daily life, and culture of the indigenous inhabitants. Condition Report: Trimmed right margin. Signs of wear. Image Size: 33.5 x 24.5 cm (13.2 x 9.6 inches). Keywords: Theodor de Bry, John White, Pomeiooc, Native American village, early Virginia, Thomas Harriot, Richard Hakluyt, 16th-century engraving, New World exploration, indigenous settlement, historical cartography, colonial America, ethnographic art, Lake Mattamuskeet, Wyesocking Bay, Harriot's Report, La Virginea Pars, Virginia, north Carolina map, travel book, atlas.

A scarce first edition of John Spilsbury's detailed map of the British Colonies in North America, published just before the conclusion of the French & Indian War. This map presents the territorial claims of the Carolinas, Virginia, and New England extending westward toward the Pacific Ocean, as well as the inclusion of Georgia and various Native American regions. The map also marks key boundaries such as the Earl of Granville's line and the southern Florida/Carolina boundary. An important piece of 18th-century cartography showing the political landscape of pre-Revolutionary America. Published in London, John Spilsbury c.1761. Size: 27.5 x 37.5 cm (10.8 x 14.8 inches). Condition:Small tear to the right side of the map. Keywords:John Spilsbury map, 18th-century North America, British Colonies map, pre-Revolutionary America, French & Indian War, colonial cartography, American territorial claims, historical maps, 1761 map, rare maps, America maps, Florida map, Carolina, cape cod

A 19th century copy of 'Beeton's Book of Needlework, Illustrated by Many Engravings and Folding Plates, published by Ward, Lock & Co Ltd, Warwick House, Salisbury Square, E. C. London, New York and Melbourne, with gilt tooled blue cloth boards, 8vo, not dated, but likely circa 1870, together with various other books comprising an 1865 copy of 'Domestic Cookery by Mrs Rundel', published by Halifax, Milner and Sowerby, a pocket edition of 'Selections from Keats', a miniature edition of 'The Lady of The Lake', by Sir Walter Scott, 'Name This Flower', by Gaston Bonnier, 1936 edition and 'Familiar Wild Flowers', by Edward Hulme, First Series with Colour Plates, published by Cassell and Company Ltd, London, Paris and Melbourne.

Two first edition copies of Harry Potter - Order of the Phoenix and the Half Blood Prince. UV fading to cover spines.

A collection of mainly vintage children's themed books with other paper based items, as shown. Includes first edition of The Book of the House that Jack Built, R Burns.

Four books; two by Geoffrey Willans & Ronald Searle, Down With Skool! 1953 first edition, and The Dog's Ear Book 2nd impression 1958, Dylan Thomas Under Milk Wood, 1961 reprint, all with dust covers and The Art of Walt Disney by Robert Field, 1947 reprint

Four Harry Potter first edition books, plus seven other J K Rowling books and a folder of Harry Potter ephemera

Four Robert Harrop Beano Dandy Collection figures, comprising The Roundabout Rascals BDMB1, The Beano Book Front Cover 1965 BDFC04, The Swining Scoundrels Musical Box BDM2 and Desperate Dan Gone Fishing BDS14, all limited First Edition with original boxes

Kevin Francis figure, 'Hullabalu-Lu', first in the Ritzy series, limited edition No.149 of 750, with box and certificate. (H: 26cm)

J Cox signed The Five nations, Rudyard Kipling 1903 first edition book. Signed on inside front page. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

LANG McLaren MP 4/4 Ayrton Senna 1/18 scale in box with display stand (1100g) "First Championship" Ayron Senna's Honda McLaren MP4/4 1988 A Limited Collection Edition Signs of previous display, showing some dust Paint crack on spoiler, one missing mirror - Condition Report - Die-cast - Fair Box - Fair

Three Paul's Model Art Michael Schumacher Collection Ferrari's(2000g)Ferarri F 310 1996 GP Barcelona (first win with Ferrari June 2, 1996 Ltd Edition 9662 pcs) - paint pitted FairFerrari F 310/2 1996Ferrari F 300 w/polystyrene packing - Condition Report - Die-cast - GoodBoxes - Good

Geology.- Whewell (Rev. William) Indications of the Creator, first edition, small stain to upper margin of first several leaves, prize binding of contemporary calf, gilt, 8vo, John W. Parker, 1845.

Women.- Blackburn (Helen) Women's Suffrage: A Record of the Women's Suffrage Movement in the British Isles, first edition, plates, 3 folding tables, some light foxing, original green buckram, a good copy, 1902 § Windle (John) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin &159-1797: A Bibliography..., second edition, signed by the author, New Castle, De., 2000 § Theakstone (John) Victorian & Edwardian Women Travellers: A Bibliography..., Mansfield Centre, Ct., 2006 § James ( E.T.) & others, editors. Notable American Women 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, 3 vol., Cambridge, Mass., 1971-74 § Cohen (Sherrill) The Evolution of Women's Asylums since 1500, New York & Oxford, 1992, some plates or illustrations, original cloth or boards, the last with dust-jacket, the third with faded spines; and c.45 others on women, 8vo & 4to (c.50)

Vice.- Heaven's Judgments on Gamsters, Drunkards, and Seekers of Revenge, 8pp., drop-head title, browned, library blind-stamp to title, disbound, trimmed or frayed at edges, n.p., [c.1780] § [Bolton (Robert)] A Letter to a Lady, on Card-Playing on the Lord's Day, first edition, author's name supplied in ink on title, light water-staining and soiling, modern marbled boards, J.Leake, 1748 § Forster (Thomas) Physiological Reflections on the destructive operation of Spiritous and Fermented Liquors on the animal system, first edition, title lightly soiled, modern cloth, 1812 § Wharton (Rev. G.) An Essay on the Manifold Temptations to which the lives of Christians are exposed..., third edition, half-title, lists of subscribers at end, spotting, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, rubbed and faded, Berwick, for the Author, 1814; and 4 pamphlets on liquor, 8vo et infra (8)

[Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll". Phantasmagoria, first edition, first issue, original pictorial cloth, lower cover detached, spine faded, worn, 1869 § Brooke (Rupert) Collected Poems, first English edition, original buckram, a little marked, spine label browned, 1918 § Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Savrola, first edition, second state without date on title verso, printed note to subscriber's tipped in, foxing, damp-staining to lower edge, original cloth, worn, ex-library sticker on upper cover, 1900; and c.200, mostly English literature and history, v.s. (c.200)

Mongolia.- Pallas (Peter Simon) Sammlungen Historischer Nachrichten uber die Mongolischen Volkerschaften, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, 8 folding engraved plates, 5 folding letterpress genealogical tables, A1-3 creased at head, occasional spotting, lightly browned, ?contemporary marbled boards, spine and extremities worn, but solid, 4to, St. Petersburg, Academy of Sciences, 1776. sold not subject to return.  *** Pallas went to Russia in 1776 at the request of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. He embarked on a tour of the Russian provinces to research their natural history, peoples, languages and economy. He spent a winter with the Kalmycks on the Volga before travelling across central Asia to Russio-Siberia.

Corn Laws.- [House of Lords.] First and Second Reports...into the state of the Growth, Commerce and Consumption of Grain..., folding tables, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Graham Stirling Esq. of Airth Castle to front pastedown, original boards, paper label to spine, uncut, spine frayed at head, 1814 § Graham (Sir James) Corn and Currency; in an Address to the Land Owners, second edition, half-title, 8pp. advertisements at end, original boards, uncut, rebacked, 1826 § Sheffield (Lord) A Letter on the Corn Laws, and on the Means of Obviating the Mischiefs and Distress, which are rapidly increasing, half-title, 8pp. catalogue at end, stitched, 1815, all a little rubbed or soiled; and a bundle of pamphlets on the Corn Laws, 8vo (c.20)