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Horses.- Ruini (Carlo) Anatomia del Cavallo, Infermita, et suoi Remedii, 2 parts in 1, second edition, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and 64 illustrations, most full-page, title browned, some water-staining, library stamps to titles and one or two other leaves (some old in red ink), early nineteenth century half vellum, red roan labels, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 3514; Wellcome 5625], folio, Venice, Fiorauante Prati, 1618.⁂ Rare equine anatomy, the first monograph on the anatomy of an animal other than man, with woodcuts inspired by Vesalius. It was first published in Bologna in 1598 and reissued in 1599.

Insects.- [Gleichen-Russworm (Wilhelm Friedrich von)] Histoire de la Mouche Commune de nos Appartemens, first French edition, engraved head-piece, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by Johann Christoph Keller after Gleichen-Russworm, a little spotting, particularly to first plate, some browning to text, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen ZBI 1592; Wellcome III, 125], folio, Nuremberg, 1766.⁂ Scarce monograph on the common house fly, with fine plates by the Nuremberg painter J.C.Keller after the author's detailed drawings made using a microscope.

Lydekker (Richard) The Deer of All Lands, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the publisher, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary green cloth, gilt, covers slightly warped, spine sunned, [Nissen ZBI 2604; Wood, p.444], 1898 § Edwards (Lionel) and Harold Frank Wallace. Hunting & Stalking The Deer, one of 156 copies signed by the authors, 8 chromolithographed plates with captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of Beavan, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, also tipped-in magazine article dated 1976, scattered light spotting, original red cloth, gilt, t.e.g., 1927, half-titles, illustrations, corners and spine ends bumped, 4to (2)

Stubbs (George) The Anatomy of the Horse, first edition, first issue, 24 fine engraved plates, all washed, light browning to text ff., 'To the Reader' and final leaf with repaired tears to verso, small ink stamp to title and one other text leaf, a couple of other minor professional repairs, lacking the errata slip, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Garrison and Morton 308.1; Lennox-Boyd Stubbs, pp. 165-188; Mellon Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 57; Nissen ZBI 4027; Norman 2032 (later issue, plates watermarked '1798')], oblong folio, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author, 1766.⁂ A very good copy of this landmark work on equine anatomy. This copy in the first issue, without watermarks and on laid paper. The artist, previously renowned as a portrait painter, became synonymous with depicting horses after this work, showing off his supreme draughtsmanship and observational talents, was published.Provenance: Royal Veterinary College (ink library stamp). This copy came from the private collection of the late book dealer and collector, Norman Comben, who was permitted to purchase a few duplicate copies from the RVC library in return for a detailed cataloguing of their collection many years ago; Dr Niall Kenny (small circular bookplate).

White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, 2 engraved vignette sub-titles, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, errata leaf at end, occasional foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, a little sunned, upper joint just starting, g.e., Printed by T. Bensley, 1789 § Bewick (Thomas) A Natural History of British Quadrupeds..., 7 vol. in 1, with general title, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations, each vol. lacking individual title, later red crushed morocco, gilt, g.e., Alnwick, Printed at the Apollo Press, 1809, 4to and 12mo (2)

Angling.- Tolfrey (Frederic) Jones's Guide to Norway, and Salmon-Fisher's Pocket Companion, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title, frontispiece, 8 fine hand-coloured plates of flies, copious pencil annotations, original cloth, recased, 1848 § [Fitzgibbon (Edward)] "Ephemera". The Book of the Salmon, 9 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured, bookplate of David MacBrayne, contemporary morocco, slightly marked, 1850 § Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly Fisher's Entomology, third edition, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, bookplate of Thomas Picton Rose Richards, later green half morocco, gilt, 1844 § Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, 2 parts in 1, first Hawkins edition, engraved plates and illustrations, index at end foxed (as usual), later green morocco, gilt, g.e., 1760; and 4 others, angling, v.s. (8)⁂ The first mentioned, issued at the instigation of J. Jones (a tackle dealer of Jermyn Street), is the first and most acclaimed of British books about angling in Norway.

Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, first edition in English, translated by Francis Beale, engraved portrait frontispiece just trimmed at fore-edge to plate-mark, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at lower and fore-edge, woodcut illustration of a chess board on B7 verso, initial and final blank leaves present, some light foxing and browning,modern half calf, [Wing G1810; LN 395; Whyld & Ravilious 1656:2; Eales, A History of Chess, (1985), 96-97], 8vo, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1656.⁂ The first work on chess in English to note that the rook was sometimes depicted as a castle. This is a translation of Gioachino's Trattato del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. Greco was a native of Calabria, the same province of Naples that had produced the chess masters Giovanni Leonard and Michele di Mauro. A5r has a poem by Richard Lovelace and there are several states of the preliminaries known: our copy has A5r untitled and unsigned but A4v with catchword 'Sir'. Other states have a similar A5r but no catchword on A4v; or A5 signed either 'R.L.' or 'Richard Lovelace', signalling demonstrably later states.

Chess.- Lambe (Robert) The History of Chess, first edition, uncut with wide margins, some light foxing and toning, later red half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, [LN176; Whyld & Ravilious 1764:3], 8vo, 1764.⁂ The first work in English on the history of Chess. Provenance: E.M. Cox (bookplate)

Chess.- [Montigny (Alfred de)] Les Stratagèmes des Échecs, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 122 diagrams printed in ochre, red and black, with final imprimatur f., final diagram and imprimatur ff. with loss to margins, occasional spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 16mo, Paris, Amand König, and Strasbourg, An X [1801-02].⁂ Charming chess manual, a classic in its field. COPAC lists only 3 copies in UK (BL, Cambridge & City of London Guildhall).

Chess.- Philidor (François Danican) L'Analyze des Echecs: contenant une Nouvelle Methode pour apprendre en peu de Tems a se perfectioner dans ce Noble Jeu, first edition, second issue without list of subscribers, 19th century cloth with monogram and crown of Dom Ferdinand II of Portugal to upper cover and his royal arms to lower cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, hinges repaired, 8vo, 1749.⁂ First edition of one of the great early chess books with an excellent royal provenance.

Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico Lorenzo) Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, second edition, woodcut decorations and decorative initials, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1773.⁂ Second edition of this work on chess published for the first time in Modena in 1769.Provenance: J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library (ink inscription on front pastedown); other earlier ink annotations and calculations in Italian on front free endpaper; Brooklyn Public Library (ink stamp on rear free endpaper).

Chess.- Shastree (Trevangadacharya) Essays on Chess adapted to the European Mode of Play, first edition, lacking first leaf of list of subscribers, other leaves at end defective and repaired with slight loss of text, staining from old ink doodling on final leaf of text, staining, contemporary roan-backed boards, worn, 4to, Bombay, Printed for the Author, by M.D. Cruz, 1814.⁂ Rare Indian printing.

Chess.- Stamma (Phillip) The Noble Game of Chess, 2 parts in 1, first edition, folding diagram with tear at fold repaired, title slightly foxed, later half russia, rubbed, joints worn, 8vo, Printed for J. Brindley, 1745.

Shooting.- [Hawker (Lt. Col. Peter)] Instructions to Young Sportsmen, first edition, occasional foxing, contemporary ownership inscriptions, uncut in original boards, rebacked, preserved in suede-lined morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, 8vo, 1814.⁂ Scarce anonymous first edition of this extremely popular book, which ran to numerous editions in his lifetime, by a Peninsular War veteran.

Sporting.- Some Account of Jura Red Deer, first edition, interleaved but only one p. with ms notes, bookplate of J.A. Harvie-Brown, original cloth, Derby, Printed by Francis Carter, [c.1891] § St. John (Charles) Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands, large paper copy, tipped-in colour plates, a few leaves partially browned from ?old bookmark, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, covers just starting to bow, London & Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, 1919; and another similar, v.s. (3)⁂ The first is very rare - a facsimile reprint was produced in 1993 limited to 200 copies, but there appear to be no auction records for this original edition.

Sporting.- [Dunkin (Robert)] "Snaffle". The Roedeer, subscription edition, colour plates, list of subscribers at end, original limp pictorial cloth, gilt, 1904 § Calderwood (W.L.) The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, one of 250 copies, plates, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, by Maclehose of Glasgow, upper cover and spine slightly sunned, t.e.g., others uncut, bookplate of Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, Bart., 1909 § Sporting Repository (The), 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, superb copy in red crushed morocco, gilt, by Morrell, bookplate of George Seton Veitch, 1822 § [Apperley (C.J.)] "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue, additional hand-coloured engraved title and 35 fine hand-coloured plates by Henry Alken, plates at pp.13, 14, 18 and 55 mounted (signifying first issue) and that at p.348 titled "The Shooting Drag a la Tandem", advertisement leaves at end, hinges just starting, original cloth, spine gilt, an exceptionally fine copy, bookplate of John Dunn Gardner and George Seton Veitch, 1842; and another, sporting, handsomely bound, 8vo and 4to (5)

Sporting.- Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game, first edition, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional light foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, by L. Broca, g.e., morocco doublures and green watered silk endpapers, a lovely copy, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837 § Lydekker (R.) A Trip to Pilawin, the Deer-Park of Count Joseph Potocki in Volhynia Russia, first edition, illustrations, Presentation inscription from Count Potocki to The Duke of Bedford, original pictorial cloth, 1908; and an attractively bound but incomplete copy of The Gentleman's Recreation [1686], 8vo (3)

Sporting.- Schwerdt (C. F. G. R.) Hunting, Hawking, Shooting: A Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, and Drawings, 4 vol., first edition, one of 300 copies, with vol. 1 signed by the author, 283 plates (of which 138 coloured), head- and tail-pieces, decorative gilt endpapers, contemporary green half morocco by Kelly & Sons, very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, privately printed for the author, large 4to, 1928-37.

Bell (Sir Charles) The Anatomy of the Brain, first edition,12 stipple-engraved and aquatint plates by T.Medland & others after Bell, some printed in colours, all but one finished by hand, tissue guards, contemporary ink inscription of L.S.Rees to head of title, text a little browned, some light marginal soiling and staining to plates, later half maroon calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and stained, joints split, spine ends worn, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Wellcome II, p.315], 4to, 1802.⁂ Important treatise on the brain illustrated with magnificent engravings. Bell studied the brain and the nervous system throughout his life and discovered the two distinct types of nerves, sensory and motor.

Brambilla (Giovanni Alessandro) Instrumentarium chirurgicum militare Austriacum, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved title, dedication, head- & tail-pieces and 67 plates, with the 5 leaves of Preface (often lacking), a little browned, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with faint unobtrusive stamp to plates and stain to head of title and dedication where stamp removed, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, uncut, [Wellcome II, 229], folio, [Vienna, Matthias Schmidt], 1782.⁂ The most complete survey of surgical and medical instruments of its time, illustrating over 600 instruments in actual size, some invented by the author. Brambilla was personal physician to Emperor Joseph II and established a school for military surgery in Vienna in 1781.

Cardiology.- Lower (Richard) Tractatus de Corde item De Motu & Colore Sanguinus et Chyli in cum Transitu, first edition, 7 folding engraved plates, near contemporary ink inscription to title, A6 replaced with cancel leaf, bookplates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt arms to covers, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Norman 1397; PMM 149; Russell 539; Wellcome III, 552; Wing L3310], 8vo, Typis Jo. Redmayne impensis Jacobi Allestry, 1669.⁂ Nobel Laureate André Cournand considered Lower's book to be one of the most important texts on physiology because of the nature of its observations, the rigour of it experimental design and demonstrations, and its simple and convincing form of presentation.Provenance. Bookplate and arms of Petrus Daniel Huetius, Bishop of Avranches. His library and manuscripts, although bequeathed elsewhere, were eventually bought by the King of France for the Royal Library.

Collins (Samuel) A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants, 2 vol., first edition, licence leaf, engraved portrait by William Faithorne and frontispiece of the Theatrum Cutlerianum (latter bound as additional title in vol.2), titles printed in red and black, 74 engraved plates in vol.2 with letterpress descriptions to verso (including the scarce additional plate between pp. 934-935), woodcut initials and headpieces, with 8pp. 'Preface to Tables' in vol.2 and 5 of the inserted dedications (seemingly lacking those between pp.410 & 411 and pp.509 & 511 but some misbound), portrait lacking small portion from lower inner margin just touching border (repaired), title spotted and soiled, some other foxing, water-staining to vol.2 affecting plates, plate I torn and frayed at inner edge with slight loss (repaired), ex-library copy with faint stamp to plates, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Norman 498; Russell 194; Wellcome II, 373; Wing C5387], folio, Thomas Newcomb, 1685.⁂ The number of dedications varies: according to Russell "one copy has been noted with nine dedications, but the usual number is four". This copy has five: to the Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Devonshire, Duke of Norfolk, Charles Cheyne, and Lord Bennet Sherard.

Cowper (William) Myotomia Reformata: or an Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, first folio edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved double-page list of muscles, 67 anatomical plates (some after Rubens and Raphael) including plate 13 in 2 states, diagrams and illustrations, head- & tail-pieces and pictorial initials, some plates with pencil or ink sketches to verso, some soiling and staining, mostly marginal, plate I and S1 torn and repaired affecting image and text, a few other marginal tears and repairs, modern panelled calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with red morocco label, [Norman 530; Russell 210; Wellcome II, 401], folio, [printed by William Bowyer] for Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724.⁂ First published in 1694 in 8vo with 10 plates, this grander version was published posthumously under the supervision and at the expense of the physician Richard Mead. "It ranks as one of the finest artistic anatomical productions of the period, not only for the quality of the large plates but for the engraved vignettes of musclemen used as head- and tail-pieces, and the ingenious historiated initials." (Norman)

Crooke (Helkiah) Microcosmographia [graece]: A Description of the Body of Man..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, fine additional engraved pictorial title by M.Droeshout, letterpress title to first part with woodcut of muscleman holding dagger & flayed skin and title to second part with wounded man, both with woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous illustrations, second part with 'Printer to the Reader' leaf with large woodcut and Contents & errata leaves at end but lacking final blank (as usual), contemporary ink signature of Robert Perry Junr. to head of first title, engraved title soiled & torn and with first letterpress title both defective at fore-margin (repaired), also some leaves at end, Bb6, Ll1 & Vvv5 in first part all a little short and with piece attached at foot (?supplied from another copy), some soiling and water-staining, modern calf with border tooled in blind, red morocco label, [Russell 224; STC 6063; Wellcome 1686], folio, printed by Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, 1631.⁂ Compilation on anatomy first published in 1615, with the text mostly taken from Bauhin's Theatrum anatomicum and the works of Du Laurens. This second edition also includes the first appearance in English of Ambroise Paré's tract An explanation of the fashion and use of three and fifty instruments of chirurgery which was not otherwise issued until 1634, and which features many woodcuts of surgical instruments. ESTC does not call for either the final errata leaf or blank.

Dentistry.- Fauchard (Pierre) Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou Traité des Dents, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved portrait by Scotin after Le Bel and 42 plates, 2 slightly smudged, vol.1 with very light staining to preliminaries, vol.2 with 2 preliminary leaves misbound and short tear to foot of H1 affecting a few lines but no loss, a good copy in attractive contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, a little rubbed, some neat repairs to spines, preserved together in modern cloth slip-case, [PMM 186, first edition; Wellcome III, 12], 12mo, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1746.⁂ The foundation of modern scientific dentistry and one of the greatest works in the history of the subject. It was first published in 1728 and this is the preferred second edition, greatly revised and corrected, and with additional material. The excellent plates depict teeth, instruments, false teeth, braces etc. "Fauchard was the true pioneer of dental surgery". (PMM).

Du Laurens (André) Toutes les Oeuvres, translated by Theophile Gelée, 5 parts in 1, second edition in French, engraved architectural title, engraved portrait and 26 full-page anatomical illustrations (some after Vesalius), woodcut head-pieces and initials, 2 illustrations (DD2 & 5) a little smaller (?supplied from another copy), some water-staining, mostly to inner margins, modern vellum, covers slightly splayed, [Wellcome 1942], folio, Paris, Raphael du Petit Val Rouen, 1621.⁂ Comprising works on anatomy, scrofula, geriatrics, mental health, and ophthalmology, by the physician to Henry IV. One of two issues, this issue has 385ff. in the first part and 2ff. at the end, another has 353ff. in part one and 4ff. at end including privilege.

Harvey (William) Recentiorum disceptationes de motu cordis, sanguinis, et chyli, in animalibus, 5 parts in 1, title with woodcut printer's device, 6 engraved plates (2 in 'De motu cordis' and 4 in Aselli's 'De lactibus'), 3 woodcut illustrations in text to Walaeus (2 full-page), light water- & damp-staining causing a few small holes with loss of a few letters in third part (Du Roy and Drake texts), trimmed, handsome modern sprinkled dark brown calf tooled in blind, black calf label, [Keynes 6], small 4to, Leiden, J.Maire, 1647.⁂ Including the fourth printing of Harveys' ground-breaking De motu cordis on the circulation of the blood in the human body, first published in 1628. This is the reissue of the second complete edition using the sheets of the 1639 printing, with the addition of others' works, making it the most complete contemporary collection of texts concerning the circulation debate.

Harvey (William) Anatomical Exercitations concerning the Generation of Living Creatures: to which are added Particular Discourses of Births, and of Conceptions, &c., first edition in English, lacking engraved portrait (as often) and initial & final blanks but with errata leaf at end, portion torn away from head of A3 (dedication) with loss to head-line & first line of text and old ink signature (repaired and missing text supplied in manuscript), one or two spots, cropped shaving fore-edge of title and a few head-lines, a crisp clean copy in early nineteenth century tree calf, gilt, rubbed, a couple of small gouges to lower cover, later labels, [Keynes 43, Wellcome III, 230; Wing H1085], 8vo, by James Young, for Octavian Pulleyn, 1653.⁂ Harvey considered this work on embryology, first published in Latin in 1651, to be his greatest achievement and more significant than De motu cordis. Harvey argued that all animal life arose from eggs and that the foetus developed gradually. The chapter on gynaecology and obstetrics was the first work on the subject to be written by an Englishman.

Helmholtz (Hermann Ludwig) Beschreibung eines Augen-Spiegels zur untersuchung der netzhaut im lebenden Auge, first edition, plate, neat ink signature "G.Govi 1853" to title with a couple of annotations to margins, light foxing, original printed yellow wrappers, a little soiled, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Berlin, 1851.⁂ Announcement of the invention of the ophthalmoscope. Helmholtz designed this important instrument after his friend Professor Ernst Brücke showed him that eyes could be made to glow with diffused reflected light. Helmholtz realised that the reflected light could give one an image of the retina if magnified and invented this device to study the eye in greater detail, thereby improving the capacity for diagnosing pathological conditions.

Helmont (Joannes Baptista van) Ortus medicinae..., 2 parts in 1, titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, printed in double column, engraved plate incorporating portraits of Helmont and his son (small hole affecting image, repaired), with blank P4 at end of first part, contemporary ink signatures of P.Hevinth(?) and J.J. de la Porte to first title, a few spots or minor stains, Haskell F.Norman's copy with his book-label, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners repaired, [Norman 1048, this copy; PMM 135; Willems 1066], 4to, Amsterdam, L.Elzevier, 1648.⁂ First collected edition of Helmont's most important work, published posthumously by his son, and which established him as one of the founders of biochemistry. The second part, Opuscula medica inaudita, first published in 1644 and here in its corrected second edition, is considered part of the main work despite being separately paginated. It includes treatises on stones, fevers, and the plague.Helmont is best remembered for being the first to use the term "gas" (derived from the Greek word "chaos"), having realised that gas was different to air and water vapour. Among the gases he identified were carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, chlorine gas, and sulphur dioxide.

Hewson (William) Experimental Inquiries: Part the First...An Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood..., second edition, contemporary ink signature of W.Moorhouse to title, stain to H3 & 4, T.Cadell, 1772; Part the Second. Containing a Description of the Lymphatic System..., first edition, presentation copy from the author to the anatomist John Sheldon inscribed on half-title, with Sheldon's engraved bookplate and in manuscript note "Joanni Jones dono dedit Rebecca Sheldon 1809" below, 6 engraved plates, all but one folding, J.Johnson, 1774; Part the Third. Containing a Description of the Red Particles of the Blood..., [edited] by Magnus Falconar, first edition, errata leaf, 4 folding engraved plates, faint trace of library stamp to foot of title, tear to D4 repaired, T.Longman, 1777, together 3 vol., mixed set, some light spotting or soiling, water-staining to vol.2, vol.1 & 2 with book-label of Haskell F.Norman, vol.1 contemporary sheep and slightly smaller, vol.2 & 3 contemporary calf, all rubbed, some worming to lower covers, rebacked, red morocco labels, vol.3 with new endpapers, [Norman 1069; Wellcome III, 259], 8vo ⁂ The first accurate account of blood coagulation and the first complete account of the lymphatics; rare to find all three volumes together.

Manget (Jean Jacques) Theatrum anatomicum, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with half-title, titles with engraved vignette of a dissection and most printed in red & black, 135 engraved plates by Seiller & others only (of 136, lacking plate 8 in vol.1), 2 folding, also lacking engraved portraits of Manget and Eustachius, with woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and a few diagrams, some light browning to text but plates very clean, a few minor marginal defects, slight worming to Oo gathering in vol.2 affecting a few lines but not plates, near contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, spines gilt with morocco labels, spine ends and joints repaired, folio, Geneva, Cramer & Perachon, 1717.⁂ Important compilation of anatomical works by Browne, Willis, Harvey, Malpighi and many others. Vol.2 includes Eustachius' Tabulae anatomicae which were executed in 1552 but left unpublished until Giovanni Maria Lancisi issued them with his notes in 1714.

Paré (Ambroise) Opera chirurgica..., translated by Jacques Guillemeau, second edition in Latin of collected works, lacking I1 & 2 and KK1-3 but with colophon leaf at end and final blank, title in red & black with large woodcut device (another version on colophon), woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut portraits of the author, Hippocrates & Galen and numerous illustrations, a few censored with genitals obscured in red ink, occasional light browning or soiling, a few leaves with water-staining to lower outer corner, small holes to final blank repaired, modern bookplates of Dr.Umberto Calamida and Dr.Arturo Castiglioni, contemporary vellum with yapp edges, rubbed and stained, 2 small splits with old sewn repairs, rebacked, modern ties, [Adams P314, one imperfect copy only; Doe 48; USTC 679665; VD16 ZV-1217; this edition not in Wellcome], folio, Frankfurt, J.Feyerabend for P.Fischer, 1594.⁂ The greatest and most influential book in Renaissance surgery and the first original surgical text in Europe since the Middle Ages. It was first published in French in 1575 with this Latin translation first appearing in 1582. The numerous and detailed woodcuts depict anatomy, surgery, instruments, treatments for dislocations, prosthetics, prodigies/monsters, distillation etc.

Santorini (Giovanni Domenico) Septemdecim tabulae quas nunc primum edit atque explicat iisque alias addit de structura mammarum et de tunica testis vaginali, edited by Michael Giradi, first edition, lacking engraved portrait but with 21 fine stipple-engraved plates by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and others, each with additional outline plate making total of 42, with final leaf containing privilege and arrangement of plates (sometimes missing), title with small embossed stamp to head and a little foxed and soiled, some other light spotting, small stain to upper margin of a few leaves affecting border of plate 17, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed, repairs to spine ends, [Norman 1888], folio, Parma, [Giambattista Bodoni] for Regia Typographia, 1775.⁂ The only significant medical book printed by Giambattista Bodoni. Santorini was generally acknowledged as the outstanding anatomist of his day with many parts of the body named after him, particularly in the face. The first 17 plates in the work, the "septemdecim tabulae" of the title, were drawn by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and engraved under Santorini's personal supervision, intended for an enlarged edition of his Observationes anatomicae but he died before completing the task. The plates were published 38 years after his death by Michael Girardi, a professor of anatomy at Parma, who added to them two plates by the anatomist Giovanni Battista Covoli, as well as two of his own.

Spieghel (Adriaan van den) Opera quae extant omnia, edited by J.A. vander Linden, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, half-title, fine engraved architectural title by Francesco Valesio after Viallet, engraved portrait by Falck, 110 engraved plates or illustrations only (of 117, lacking illustrations on EE1-3 & FF2-5 but supplied in facsimile), all but one full-page, one hand-coloured, woodcut initials and ornaments, old ink inscription "l'Abbé Rive G.G.Bibliothecaise Paris 1790" to head of title and "S.M.F.Bichat Paris 1800" to half-title, title lightly soiled and stained, slight worming to first few leaves (mostly to inner margin), paper flaw tear to CC4 but no loss, marginal water-staining, a tall copy with wide margins, modern panelled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, slightly rubbed, [Norman 1987], folio (c.495 x 300mm.), Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1645.⁂ Important collection of anatomical works by Spieghel and others, including the fifth printing of Harvey's De motu cordis. Spieghel was professor of anatomy at Padua; many of the plates were produced for his predecessor Cassario's unfinished Theatrum anatomicum.

Valla (Giorgio) De urinae significatione..., first edition, title with decorative woodcut border of putti, woodcut initials, lacking final blank, old ink underlining to first few lines and tracing of initial to verso of dedication, light staining to title and first few leaves, modern panelled sheep elaborately stamped in blind with border of vines and other ornaments, lower edge uncut, [Adams V150; Not in Wellcome], 8vo, Strasbourg, Heinrich Seybold, [1529].⁂ Rare 16th century work on uroscopy, the analysis of urine and its relation to health and disease. Valla (c.1430-99) was an Italian physician and mathematician who practised in Milan and Venice, and also taught medicine in Padua. Seybold, a professor of medicine as well as a printer, printed several medical texts, all of which are rare.

Willis (Thomas) Dr. Willis's Practice of Physick, being the whole Works of that Renowned and Famous Physician..., 36 engraved plates on 35 leaves (correct, not 40 as erroneously stated on title-page), one folding, most parts separately paginated, several with separate title-pages, folding plate torn and repaired, occasional spotting or soiling, a few stains, modern calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with green morocco label, new endpapers, spine a little faded, [Russell 876; Wellcome V.443; Wing W2854], folio, for T.Dring [& others], 1684.⁂ Second edition of Willis' collected works in English including his writings on fermentation, fevers, the brain and nervous system, and convulsive diseases. His 'Anatomy of the Brain' was the most complete and accurate account of the nervous system that had until then appeared; he coined the term "neurology" and discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain. The section of Treatise VIII entitled 'Of the convulsive cough and asthma' marks the beginning of the modern treatment of asthma, while the final part contains the first clear account of whooping cough.

Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Tabulae Rudolphinae. Or, the Rudolphine Tables, supputated to the Meridian of Uraniburge..., first edition in English, title with ruled border, numerous tables, paper flaw crease to lower outer corner of G2 causing slight loss to corner of table, modern sheep ruled in blind, red morocco labels, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Houzeau & Lancaster 12754; Wing K332], 8vo, 1675.⁂ Shortly before his death in 1601 Tycho Brahe asked Kepler to complete his Rudolphine tables, named after his patron Emperor Rudolph II and first published in 1627. The resultant work, based on Kepler's discovery of the laws of planetary motion and on his introduction to logarithms, produced far more accurate positions than those in earlier tables.

Einstein (Albert) Die Grundlage der allgemeinen Relativitätstheorie, first separate edition, scattered foxing and ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary half-cloth, spine ends and corners a little frayed, original upper and lower wrappers (a little browned) bound in at front and back, [Norman 696. PMM 408], 8vo, Leipzig, J. A. Barth, 1916.⁂ The true first separate edition of Einstein's general theory of relativity, identified by the printer's imprint "Druck von Metzger & Wittig in Leipzig" on the verso of the title and the shorter imprint "Metzger & Wittig, Leipzig" on the back wrapper.

Mathematics.- Adams (George) Geometrical and graphical essays, containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 32 folding plates by Lodge after Milne, a few tables in text, ink signature to title and occasional initialled notes or marginalia of a Robert Hicks (seemingly of Bath, or certainly resident there at the time of study), plate 32 split at a fold, with a short tear at foot and trimmed just within border at outer edge, with loss of 2 numbers of pagination and outer border, occasional offsetting or spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, corners worn, covers scuffed, rubbed, a sold copy, 8vo, printed for the author by R. Hindmarsh, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, No. 32, Clerkenwell-Close, 1791.⁂ George Adams, the younger, was mathematical instrument maker to the king, and optician to the Prince of Wales. Pages 486-500 comprise 'A catalogue of mathematical and philosophical instruments, made and sold by George Adams', with printed prices.

Mathematics.- Galilei (Galileo) Mathematical Discourses concerning Two New Sciences relating to Mechanicks and Local Motion, in Four Dialogues, translated by Thomas Weston, second edition in English, title in red and black, engraved plate of tables, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, advertisement leaf at end, with early ink manuscript equations and diagrams to title and some other marginalia and underlining, title lightly soiled and stained, some other water-staining, S1 torn and repaired, modern panelled sprinkled calf, red morocco label, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, 4to, for J. Hooke, 1730. ⁂ The first modern textbook of physics and the foundation of the modern science of mechanics. The two new sciences mentioned in the title are the engineering science of strength of materials and the mathematical science of kinematics. The first English translation was by Thomas Salusbury, published in 1665, but many copies were destroyed the following year during the Great Fire of London.

Meteorology.- Goad (John) Astro-Meteorologica, or Aphorisms and Discourses of the Bodies Coelestial, first edition, repairs and restorations to margins, S1 and 5A1 with repaired hole to text with loss to 2 or 3 letters, browning, ink ownership inscription to title, later calf, gilt, spine faded, extremities a little rubbed, [Horblit 468; Houzeau & Lancaster 5327; Wing G8897], small folio, for J. Rawlins, 1686.⁂ A curious work on astrological weather prediction. "Goad's efforts comprised a consciously Baconian programme to reform astrology by using experimental natural philosophy to save its rational and useful core, and discard its superstitious accretions. He foresaw great potential gains, not only in terms of weather prediction but indirectly for agriculture, medicine, and so on... Goad's working assumption was that the planets (each with a specific and unique nature) influenced the earth's atmosphere." - ODNB.

Mining safety.- Davy (Sir Humphry) On the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners; with some researches on flame, first edition, folding engraved plate by Lowry, lacking half-title, plate lightly foxed and with some offsetting, [Norman 613], Printed for R. Hunter, 1818 bound with Davy (Sir Humphry) The Papers... communicated to the Royal Society on the fire-damp of coal-mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion, folding engraved plate, this with some dust-soiling and spotting, text with occasional light foxing, lightly browned, Newcastle, Printed for Emerson Charnley, 1817 and Buddle (John) The First report of a Society for Preventing Accidents in coal mines, comprising a letter to Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., on the various modes employed in the ventilation of collieries, 10 engraved plates, 1 full-page engraved plan, final f. with list of principal offices of the society recto and a list of subscribers and errata verso, Newcastle, Printed by Edward Walker, 1814 and 4 others related, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary half calf, covers detached, the upper taking with it first 2 ff. of an unmentioned work, worn, 8vo⁂ A very good group of works on mining safety. The first mentioned is the first edition of 'a full description of Davy's wire-gauze lamp ... and a preliminary account of his researches on flame' (Norman).

Annotated.- Vida (Marcus Antonius Hieronymus) Opera, collation: A-Z Aa-Nn8, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, occasional, often extensive, early ink inter-linear and marginal notes, mostly within the Christiad, Ll5 short tear at head within text, but without loss, trimmed at head, affecting headlines / pagination, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, 17th century mottled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with later (to style) burgundy leather label, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends chipped, small worm trace to upper cover, lower cover wormed / chipped, edges worn, rubbed, 16mo (106 x 64mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin for Johann Steelsius, 1558.⁂ First Plantin edition. Vida (1485-1566), Italian humanist, cleric and neo-latin poet, who served at the court of Pope Leo X and was appointed to the Bishopric of Alba in 1532. Vida's works included secular writings on chess and the silkworm, which attracted the attention of an important patron in Leo X. The six books of the Christiad could not have been more important to the Roman Church by the time of their publication under Clement VII. Modelled on Virgil, they weaved the narrative of the Gospels around framework of a Roman epic, and proved to be politically advantageous. The Christiad would be an influence on John Milton.Literature: Voet 2436 B.

Heraldry.- [Legh (Gerard)] The Accedens of armory, second edition, woodcut pictorial title, numerous woodcut arms and illustrations in text, occasional contemporary ink marginalia (including ownership inscriptions), lacking folding plate and final 'The way to understande Trickyng' / colophon f., repairs to title (including 1 small at head with tape) with a little loss to image, a few marginal repairs, mostly in sig. A and to final f., water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later speckled calf, rebacked, preserving majority of original gilt backstrip with a later (to style) burgundy leather label, rubbed, [Gibson 468; STC 15389], small 4to, [In Fletestrete within Temple Barre at the signe of the Hand and Starre, by Rychard Tottel], [1568].⁂ The second edition contains the arms of Sir Francis Bacon for the first time with the motto 'Mediocria Firma'. The full-page woodcut on S4r supposedly depicts Legh in the guise of the fictitious 'Panther Herald'. Provenance: Calwich Library; W.B. Dundas, Royal Artillery (engraved armorial bookplates).

Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine historie, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, first edition in English, title within woodcut border with printer's device at foot, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title light browned, trimmed and laid down (no printed text verso), some spotting / light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, modern vellum, blind-stamped and gilt titled spine in compartments, [STC 17162], small folio, Printed [by Thomas Creede] for VVilliam Ponsonby, 1595.⁂ First edition in English of Machiavelli's history of Florence, which was commissioned by the Medici family and first published posthumously in 1532.

Welsh ownership.- Ovid. Ovids Festivalls, or Romane calendar, translated by John Gower, first edition in English, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, all within a woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final imprimatur f., lacking initial blank, numerous 17th and 18th century ink names and pen trials, including some Welsh to foot of G4v, [par.]6 ('Upon Mr. Gower's smooth interpretation of the six books of Ovid's Fastorum', signed William Birstall) misbound before imprimatur f., title browned at edges, stained and little chipped, G7 paper flaw near head, with loss of a couple of letters, and partial printing of a couple more, without loss of sense, trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, piece of leather missing from head of lower cover, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Pforzheimer 782; Grolier 405; STC 18948], 8vo, Cambridge, Printed by Roger Daniel, printer to the University of Cambridge: and are to be sold by M[ichael]. S[parke]. junior, in the little Old-Baily in London, 1640.⁂ A copy of the first edition in English of Ovid's Fasti, which has passed through the hands of a number of 17th & 18th century Welsh readers. Provenance: Henry & James Coursey / Koursey, 1651; Samuell Jones, 1693; 'Griffiths in the county of Caernarvon' (17th century); Robert Roberts, 1711; Hugo and / or Hugh Hughes de Gwyder, 1729; Thomas Hughes, 1730; John Hughes, of Weeg, 1734; William Lewis Joyner, 1767 (ink inscriptions); William Fanshawe Martin (engraved armorial bookplate); Professor Eric Stanley, Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon, University of Oxford (bookplate).

Witchcraft.- Wagstaffe (John) The Question of Witchcraft Debated; Or a discourse against their Opinion that affirm Witches, first edition, first issue (without publisher's name in imprint), lacking initial blank, trimmed just touching headline on one preface leaf and sidenotes on C3, small embossed library stamp to title, later sprinkled calf, rubbed, upper cover slightly stained, [Wing 198A], 8vo, 1669.⁂ A reissue includes "Edward Millington" in the imprint; a second edition appeared in 1671.

Witchcraft.- T. (R.) The Opinion of Witchcraft Vindicated. In an Answer to a Book Intituled the Question of Witchcraft Debated, first edition, cropped throughout with loss of text to title at fore-edge and in imprint, headlines, signatures and catchwords and some ink marginalia, title detached, foxing and soiling, Printed by E.O. for Francis Haley, [1670]; bound with Abrege de l'Histoire de la tres-illustre Abbaye de Repos de Notre-Dame de l'ordre de citeaux a Marquette..., engraved frontispiece, corner of last few leaves insect-damaged affecting a few words on last 2 ff., last leaf also torn, marginal browning, Lille, 1772, together 2 works in 1, text blocks detached, later half calf, worn, spine broken, covers detached, 12mo⁂ The first a very rare tract, only four institutional copies located, being a reply to Wagstaffe's work (see previous lot).

Ammirato (Scipione) Dell'Istorie Fiorentine, first edition, collation: *4 A-QQq6 RRr4 SSs-XXx6 YYy4, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, some foxing and browning, a few leaves towards end creased in lower margin, contemporary gilt-stamped vellum, soiled, upper joint split, head of spine torn, folio, Florence, Stamperia di Filippo Giunti, 1600.⁂ First edition of 'une des meilleures histoires de Florence' (Brunet) commissioned by Cosimo I de Medici.Provenance: The Right Hon. Charles, Lord Halifax (bookplate dated 1702); William Cole of King's College Cambridge (bookplate) both to title verso.

Women.- Walker (Anthony) Eurēka, Eurēka [graece]. The virtuous woman found. Her loss bewailed, and character exemplified in a sermon preached at Felsted in Essex, April, 30, 1678, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within mourning border, 10pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned, burgundy crushed morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, g.e, [Wing W301], Printed for Nathanael Ranew, at the King's Arms in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1678.⁂ A sermon on the life of Mary, Countess of Warwick (1624-1678), sister to the scientist Robert Boyle, to whom the work is dedicated. Mary refused an arranged marriage and married Charles Rich, second son of the Earl of Warwick, a match which was strongly disapproved of by her father. The second part of the work is devoted to Mary's 'Occasional Meditations', including: 'Upon a damm made to stop water'; '...the different manner of the working of a bee and spider'; 'Upon feeding the poor at the gate with some broken meat left at the feast'; and 'Of my gardeners chusing fine young thriving stocks to graft on'.

Urbigerus (Baro) Aphorismi Urbigerani, or Certain Rules, Clearly Demonstrating the Three Infallible ways of Preparing the Grand Elixir or Circulatum Majus of the Philosophers, first English edition, engraved frontispiece, extensive notes to front and rear endpapers, and some to text margins in neat contemporary hand with cabalistic symbols, front endpapers and other rear f. detached, lower corner to first few ff. of endpapers with some loss, slightly affecting manuscript notes, some damp-staining to corners, contemporary sheep, rather worn, [Duveen 593; Wing A3528], 8vo, for Henry Faithhorne, 1690.⁂ Baro, Baru or Baron Urbigerus was a seventeenth-century writer on natural philosophy and alchemy. This is Urbigerus' foundational work on the Grand Elixir, the Circulatum majus, and all things adept on the Great Work of alchemy. It is a collection of 100 aphorisms which claims to set out completely the theory of the alchemical work and the preparation of the Philosopher's Stone.

Economics.- Law (John) Considerations sur le Commerce et sur l'Argent, first edition in French, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 19pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some light water-staining, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, extremities repaired, [Goldsmiths' 5820; Kress 3235], 12mo, The Hague, chez Jean Neaulme, 1720.⁂ Scarce. A very good copy of Law's explanation of "The System" which took shape after he was granted permission to open the first bank in France and issue paper money to his Mississippi Scheme, which controlled all of France's foreign trade. He also reorganised the French taxation system. The work's scarcity stems from Law himself having gone to great lengths to suppress its distribution and sales, since the preface revealed details of Law's murder of Edward Wilson in a duel, and his subsequent sentence to death. "John Law (1671-1729)...worked out the economics of his projects with a brilliance and . . . profundity, which places him in the front rank of economic monetary theorists of all times . . . ". (Schumpeter, History of Economic Analysis). Provenance: from the library of Edgard Depitre economist and lawyer (bookplate).

Drinking.- Browne (Peter, Bishop of Cork and Rosse) A Discourse of Drinking Healths, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, lightly browned, cropped, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, modern half calf, gilt, spine gilt, for Henry Clements, 1716 § [Wilson (Thomas)] Distilled Spirituous Liquors the Bane of the Nation..., first edition, variant with date on title in Roman numerals and no price, with 24pp. Appendix, title soiled, cropped affecting pagination, modern half calf, [Kress 4315], for J.Roberts, 1736 § S. (T.) A Proper Reply to a Scandalous Libel, intituled The Trial of the Spirits, first edition, a little stained, cropped affecting pagination, modern half calf, [Kress 7444.], for J.Roberts, [1736] § Publick-House-Keeper's Monitor (The)..., third edition, slightly creased or frayed at corners, original wrappers, a little worn, later ink inscription to inside front wrapper, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back boards, J.Downing, 1730, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first mentioned is a scarce work from a pamphlet war on the fashion of drinking toasts, especially to the memory of the dead. The second is a reflection on the gin craze of the time, the result of the government's encouragement of gin distillation in order to foster grain production in the late 17th century. The last two are rare with ESTC listing only 3 UK copies (BL, Cambridge, & National Library of Scotland) and 2 UK copies (BL, Magdalene College Cambridge) respectively.

Sale (George, translator) The Koran, Commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed, first edition of this translation, title in red and black, folding engraved map of Arabia and plate & plan of Mecca, 3 engraved genealogical tables (2 folding), signature cut away from head of title, map torn and neatly repaired, slight worming (mostly single wormhole but developing into a track towards end, generally a good clean copy, book-label and bookplate of E.Lloyd of Rhagatt, contemporary panelled calf, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked with gilt spine, [Rothschild 1811], 4to, C.Ackers, for J.Wilcox, 1734.⁂ The first translation into English directly from Arabic, and a landmark in Quranic studies.

Descartes (René) Meditationes de prima philosophia, 2 parts in 1, second edition, woodcut printer's device to titles, errata to verso of general title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title strengthened at inner margin verso, water-stained, browner at start, occasional spotting, [Willems 985; Guibert 43.2], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1642 bound with [Schook (Marten)] Admiranda methodus novae philosophiae Renati des Cartes, title with woodcut printer's device, ⁂11&12 blank, some staining, occasional spotting, Utrecht, Johannes van Waesberge, 1643, together 2 works in 1 vol., recased in old limp vellum, soiled, 12mo⁂ Second edition of Descartes's principal work on metaphysics; the first to contain a complete set of objections and replies. Here bound with Schook's attack on Descartes, prompted by the latter's controversy with Voetius. Schook later claimed that Voetius was in fact the main author of the work. Provenance: Mark Pattison, Lincoln College, Oxford (blind-stamp to general title).

Economics.- Smith (John) Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, &c..., 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1, list of subscribers, light spotting to vol.2, cropped, modern half calf, spines gilt, red calf labels, T.Osborne, 1747 § Gee (Joseph) The Trade and Navigation of Great-Britain Considered, third edition, cropped, modern calf, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 6835; Sabin 26827], by Sam Buckley, 1731 § [Pilkington (Matthew)] An Infallible Scheme to pay the Publick Debt of this Nation in Six Months, 23pp., first London edition, with price to foot of title corrected in manuscript to "threepence", a little soiled, stitched in old drab wrappers, soiled and frayed, [Teerink 958], Re-printed for H.Whittridge, 1732 § History of the Dutch Usurpations..., only edition, modern boards, 1712, 8vo (5)⁂ The first mentioned is the first major work on the wool trade to be written in English, opposing restrictions on the exportation of wool. The third item was originally published in Dublin in 1731 and attributed to Jonathan Swift, but repudiated by him and later reattributed by Teerink.

Education.- Dilworth (Thomas) The Schoolmasters Assistant: being a Compendium of Arithmetic..., seventh edition, engraved portrait (shaved and tear to fore-edge with slight loss), folding table, contemporary ink inscription "Thomas Hill 1754" and more signatures and pen trials to endpapers, small piece torn from fore-margin of B11 just touching text, contemporary sheep, worn, old Board of Education library label to lower cover, rebacked, by Henry Kent, 1754 § Nelson (James) An Essay on the Government of Children, third edition, errata leaf at end, contemporary sheep, crack to spine, R.& J.Dodsley, 1763 § [Lamy (B.)] The Art of Speaking, second edition in English, various old ink signatures to title and front endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, for W.Taylor..& H.Clements, 1708, all rubbed; and another on educating children, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is a popular schoolbook first published in 1745 which ran to many editions but all those pre-1760 are scarce. ESTC lists only the Wellcome copy and one at University of Wisconsin-Madison. The second concerns the health, manners and education of children, advising regular meals including small beer.

Low Life.- [Legg (Thomas)] Low-Life: or One Half of the World, knows not how the Other Half Live, being a critical account of what is transacted by people...between Saturday-Night and Monday-Morning..., second edition, occasional soiling, later half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, for the Author, [?1755]; and 4 others on lewdness, cuckolds, bachelors and covetousness, 8vo et infra (5)⁂ Rare work portraying the low-life of London over a twenty-four hour period, inspired by Hogarth's Four Times of the Day series, completed in 1736. It features the debauched, gamblers, prostitutes, card sharps, quacks etc. in their hovels, taverns, prisons and streets. This is an expanded version of the first edition of 1752 and ESTC locates only 2 UK copies (BL and Trinity College Cambridge) with 2 more in America.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed.Drink.- Boydell (James) The Ullage Cask Gauger, comprised in a series of tables..., first edition, author's signature of authentication on Advertisement at end of Preface (as usual), with additional leaf 'To the Public' explaining the accuracy of the tables tipped in following Advertisement (small stain), title browned at margins, one or two spots, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, by R. and H.Causton...for the Author, 1784; and another on brewing, 8vo (2)⁂  Rare guide to calculating ullage, the airspace between wine and the top of its container (either cask or bottle), by a former wine merchant. This new guide for casks was intended for the wholesale wine trade, and was particularly useful for taking inventory and for controlling pillage. One section is specifically intended for use in the trade in whale oil, which due to the growth of the Arctic whaling industry in the 1750s was imported into England in increasing quantities. The work was later reprinted in the 19th century by Henry Kent Causton.ESTC lists only 6 copies in the UK (none in Oxford or Cambridge) and 4 others (3 in America).