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[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is Likewise Added the Art of Angling, 4 parts in one volume, T. Mabb, for William Shears, 1654, separate title to each part (parts 2 & 4, A Perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden / The Art of Angling, both dated 1653), parts 3 and 4 with separate pagination and register, some wood engravings to text of first two parts, 22 full-page engravings to third part (The Expert Gardener), edges stained yellow, 19th-century blue half calf gilt over marbled boards with contrasting spine labels, slightly rubbed, 4to (180 x 135 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell pp. 66-67; Wing B783, 784, C1700, S946.A rare complete copy of Barker's treatise on garden horticulture, including the important fourth part, a pre-Waltonian section devoted to angling. This is the second edition of that treatise which was first published in 1651 and is of legendary rarity in that edition. Barker, who made a living as an angling tutor, suggested that ‘fishing far surpasses all other recreations in promoting health and pleasure. The text offers much hard practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait, together with recipes, including pike with stewed oysters, and employs a successful formula for angling writing which has been much copied subsequently’ (ODNB).

Hunter (Joseph Edward). White Hunter. The Adventures and Experiences of a Professional Big Game Hunter in Africa, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co., [1938], 15 half-tone illustrations, advertisements at end, small water stain to rear pastedown, a few small stains, original snakeskin effect cloth, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "From me to you, J.A. Hunter", together with two others by the author: Hunter, by J.A. Hunter, 1st edition, 1952, and African Bush Adventures, by J.A. Hunter and Dan Mannix, 1954 (in dust jacket)QTY: (3)NOTE:Czech pp. 135-136. First work "One of the more difficult African big game books to locate despite its relatively recent publication date, this was J.A. Hunter's first. He relates his experiences hunting lion, elephant, buffalo and rhinoceros primarily in Kenya, with interesting chapters on encounters with snakes and crocodiles." (Czech).

Jenyns (F.G.) A Book about Bees. Their history, habits and instincts, together with the first principles of modern bee-keeping for young readers, 1st edition, 1886, illustrations, original cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Cowan (T.W.) British Bee-keeper's Guide Book to the Management of Bees in Movable-comb Hives and the use of the extractor, 17th edition, circa 1901, illustrations, advertisements at end, original cloth gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus others related including Bee-Keeping by "The Times" Bee-master, 2nd edition, 1871, L.E. Snelgrove's The Introduction of Queen Bees, 2nd edition, 1943, and Swarming. It's Control and Prevention, 9th edition, 1946, H.A. Dade's Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee, 1977, and Dictionary of Beekeeping Terms, volumes 6-8, 1978-9 QTY: (18)

Moore (Thomas). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland ..., edited by John Lindley, Nature-Printed by Henry Bradbury, [2nd edition], London: Bradbury and Evans, [1855]-1857, half-title, 51 nature-printed colour plates, correct as list, offsetting to tissue guards, occasional scattered spotting, early 20th century gift inscription to front free endpaper, evidence of bookplate adhesion to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, dark green cloth sidings with gilt-blocked title and armorial to upper board, extremities lightly rubbed, folio (55 x 36.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 1400; Pritzel 6405; Freeman 2639; Fischer 90.; Great Flower Books S. 161; Stafleu & Cowan 6275.The first edition of his extraordinary work on ferns first appeared in 1855. The English botanist and fern specialist Thomas Moore (1821-87) published various botanical and garden journals and was curator of the Apothecaries' Company's Garden at Chelsea from 1848 (later renamed the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1875). The Viennese A. Auer had claimed the discovery of self-printing for himself, but 100 years earlier the Dane P. Kyhl described this method for the first time, while individual examples are known in Europe found in early 15th century manuscripts. H. Bradbury learnt the process in the Vienna State Printing Office and protected the process as his own. Bradbury's detailed works are among the most beautiful of this elaborate, unusually lifelike and rare technique. "This magnificent work shows the plants, often with the roots, in various stages of development, so that the 51 plates contain 240 individual representations that were printed in the natural colours. 102 whole plants and 1387 branches are shown, the latter including broken ones which measure up to 85 cm when unfolded." (Fischer).

[Campbell, John]. The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown, Esq; Formerly a Merchant in London. Containing his Observations on France and Italy; his Voyage to the Levant; his Account of the Isle of Malta; his Remarks in his Journies thro' the Lower and Upper Egypt; together with a Brief Description of the Abyssinian Empire, 1st edition, London: J. Applebee for A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, and Stephen Austen, 1739, early ownership signatures to upper blank margin of title, marginal toning to first and last few leaves, recent endpapers with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine with black morocco title label and stain to upper panel, board corners worn, 8voQTY: (1)

Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World..., 1st edition, Samuel Smith, 1692, imprimatur leaf, a little spotting, contemporary panelled calf gilt, joints cracked, a little leather loss at head of spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 81; Wing R397.First edition of Ray's most comprehensive treatment of fossils. 'During much of the 1690s Ray was engaged in correspondence with Edward Lhwyd and others about the nature of fossils. In general he was inclined to accept that they were the remains of once-living creatures, and he also suggested that their current distribution might owe something to observable changes in the nature of the surface of the earth. He qualified these opinions, however, by stressing that the fossils which had so far been discovered were not unlike known plants and animals, and that their burial might owe something to the action of the biblical flood, as well as to natural effects. He argued that those remains which seemed to be unfamiliar might represent species of which the surviving representatives had not yet been discovered' (ONDB).

Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World..., 1st edition, Samuel Smith, 1692, imprimatur leaf, some spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, some edge wear, together with: Ray (John), Three Physico-Theological Discourses ... , 2nd edition [of the first-named work], Sam. Smith, 1693, 4 engraved plates (plate of coins browned), tear to upper outer corner of pages 69/70 touching page numbers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed, both 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Keynes 81 & 82; Wing R397 & R409.

[Ray, John]. Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium [-Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Cambridge: John Field, 1660, cancel and cancelled title-pages both present, the corrected title in red and black, a little spotting, later ink ownership inscription to first title verso, 'D. Schreber / Bützow [Mecklenburg]', later inscriptions to front pastedown, 18th-century green paper boards, rubbed and soiled with some surface paper loss, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 1; Wing R383. 'Ray's first essay in scientific botany, though not without faults, was a most remarkable achievement ... a small and unpretentious book ... it has many bibliographical attractions' (Keynes, page 1). Unusually, both the original and corrected title-pages have been retained in this remarkably clean copy.Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739 - 1810), German naturalist and author of Spicilegium florae lipsicae (1771).

Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick). Falconry in the British Isles, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: John van Voorst, 1873, 28 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by William Brodrick, advertisement leaf at end, dedication and preface leaves detached, original green cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Mullens & Swann 9; Nissen IVB 146; Schwerdt II p. 145; Wood p. 549; Zimmer p. 541. 'The best book on English falconry' (Schwerdt). 'This is the "best" edition, the plates of the first issue [1855] having been redrawn and several new ones added' (Wood). A fine copy.

[Smith, John]. The True Art of Angling: Being a Clear and Speedy Way of taking all sorts of Fresh-water Fish, with the Worm, Fly, Paste, and other Baits, in their proper Seasons... , 12th edition, Onesimus Ustonson, 1770, woodcuts of a crown and fish at head of first and last pages, half-title, contemporary polished sheep, a little corner wear, antique-style calf gilt reback, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell, p. 184.

Lorna Bailey limited edition teapot, Old Ellgreave, 93/150, H: 19 cm. No cracks, chips or visible restoration. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Disney Showcase limited edition Royal Doulton figurine, Dopeys First Kiss, no 29/850, L: 18 cm. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Coalport limited edition figurine, The Boy H: 18 cm and a Royal Doulton figurine, Pride and Joy. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Royal Worcester: three limited edition figures, largest H: 23 cm. All with damages, fan has been reattached on yellow figurine , reattached on pink figurine and hand reattached on blue. P&P Group 3 (£25+VAT for the first lot and £5+VAT for subsequent lots)

A box containing antique Royal Vienna owl dish, fretwork owl display with glass eyes and a first edition book 'Owls of the Northern Hemisphere' by Karen Voous.

MILNE (A.A), NOW WE ARE SIX, first edition, pictorial red cloth with gilt detailing, Methuen & Co, 1927 (1).

MRS BEETON'S DICTIONARY OF EVERY-DAY COOKERY', published as 'The All About It Books' by S. O. Beeton, 248 Strand, W.C. 1865, this is the first edition of this particular book published in the year of her death.Condition Report:Top half of spine missing, surface losses to corners, foxing throughout, name on front endpaper

A BOX OF REFERENCE BOOKS TO INCLUDE FIRST EDITION PRICES

J. K. Rowling, three Harry Potter Books to include 'The Order of the Phoenix' first edition, 'The Goblet of Fire', and 'The Deathly Hallows' first edition. All hard back with dust jackets. (3)(B. P. 21% + VAT)

Two boxes of assorted items to include: brass and white metal cocktail shaker and measure, a brass canon, abstract design candlesticks, straight sided tankard awarded to Flt Lt Sansom Engineering Wing 1967, black and gilt vases, brass and mother of pearl lidded pin dish, various plates including Mason's Oriental design 19th century plate, two Wedgwood first edition 1975 colonial Williamsburg foundation plates South Carolina and Virginia, Masons plate, Royal Homes Hampton Court Palace teapot, Wood Potters of Burslem toby jug etc.(B.P. 21% + VAT)

HotPoint first edition fridge freezer, H: 160 cm. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133 All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order.

Twenty six 1974 German Olympic Special Edition 10 mark silver coins. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

YO-YO MA - 30 YEARS OUTSIDE THE BOX CD BOX SET (88697523072). An extensive CD box-set by legendary French- American cellist virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma; 30 Years Outside The Box (88697523072, 2009 US released Limited Edition 90 CD set on Sony Classical/ RCA Red Seal. The velvet-lined lift-off box contains 90 CD in card sleeves with original cover art. CDs are entirely remastered with DSD technology. The Bonus Discs include the first release in any format of John Williams’ Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha for Cello and Orchestra. Includes a certificate of authenticity No: 2083 of 7500. CDs are in Excellent condition. Set is missing the hardbound book).

Samaroli No Age-1992First Edition, selected and imported by Samaroli S.r.l. Bottled by R.W. Duthie & Co.Bottle No. 404 of 4200. In wooden presentation case. Labelling foxed with some damp staining. Level: into neck. 70cl. Single malt, 46% volume1 bottleFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

PERFUME -- SAWER, J.Ch. Odorographia, a natural history of raw materials and drugs used in the perfume industry. Lond., 1892-94. 2 vols. xxiv, 383; (8), 523, (13) pp. W. 1 fold. map and illustr. in text. Ocl. (Ti.-p. of first vol. a bit browned, but a very good set). - First edition.

FRANK, Anne. Het Achterhuis. Dagboekbrieven van 12 juni 1942 - 1 Aug. 1944. Met een voorw. d. A. Romein-Verschoor. Amst., 1947. ix, 253 pp. Illustr. w. front. portrait of the author, 2 photographic reproductions of the interior of the house, 1 floor plan, and 2 facsimiles from the diary. Obrds. w. dust-j. (Spine and content age-toned (as usual), dust-j. in need of some restoration: lower hinge dust-j. w. small hole, small amount of paper at upper end of spine of jacket gone (also at inner upper margin of sides), some very minor defects to dust-j. in places, first free endpaper w. small monogram in ink 'MP'). NOTE:True first edition of this famous war diary and testimony of the Holocaust. The author's name lettered in yellow on the front panel of the dust-jacket. In very good condition given the vulnerability of jacket and book.

BRABANT -- LE ROY, J. Le grand theatre profane du duché de Brabant, contenant la description générale & abregée de ce païs; (…) nommément dans les territoires de Louvain, de Brusselle, d'Anvers, & de Bois-le-Duc (…). The Hague, C. v. Lom, 1730. 2 in 1 vol. (4), 64; (4), 151, (1 blank), 11 pp. W. engr. ti-vign., 4 engr. plates w. coat of arms (3 nicely cold. by hand), 1 engr. plate w. seals, 1 engr. map & 188 engrs. (incl. 4 plans) on 67 plates, mostly depicting castles (w. almost all small coat of arms cold. by hand) & 4 engr. coat of arms in the text, also cold. by hand. Fol. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label. (Some minor foxing in places, else a fine copy). NOTE:The work is divided in four parts: Louvain, Brussels, Antwerp & Bois-le-Duc, all with a separate plate-section. The second part has a separate title: "Le grand theatre profane du Brabant-wallon". - First French edition. - Bibl. Belg. III, 854ff; Tiele, 653 (note).

LORENTZ, H.A. Beginselen der natuurkunde. Leiden, 1888-90. 2 vols. Cont. h. mor. w. gilt lettering. -- Id. De electronentheorie. Voordrachten, gehouden in Teyler's Stichting in Oct. 1918. Bew. d. W.H. Keesom. 1920. Owrps. -- Id. Het magnetisme. Voordrachten, gehouden in Teyler's Stichting in Jan. 1921. Bew. d. W.H. Keesom. 1922. Owrps. (Wrps. partly browned). -- (4). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition of Lorentz's most important textbook, a widely used introduction to physics. - DSB VIII, 488.

WARD, F. Fairies & flowers. Poems. Lond., W. Heinemann, 1911. W. beautiful cold ill. by Maggie (Salcedo). 4°. Or. clothbacked pictorial brds. (Covers a bit soiled, small marg. rep. to p. 5-6.). Rare. -- A.A. MILNE. Now we are six. Lond., Methuen & Co., 1927. Or. gilt dec. cl. (Bottom of spine/sides slightly worn, endpapers a bit foxing). First edition. -- (2).

POMEY, F. Pantheum mythicum, of verdichte historie der goden, en godinnen. Vert. d. G. Kempher. Amst., A. Schoonenburg, 1730. (16), 634, (21) pp. W. engr. ti. & 27 engr. plates. Cont. vellum. NOTE:Excellent copy of the rare first edition of the Dutch translation by Gerard Kempher (1675-1737), conrector of the Latin School at Alkmaar. Finely illustrated by Jan van Vianen, a pupil of Romeyn de Hooghe. - Caillet III, 8814 (French ed.): "Excellent traité de mythologie".

HOMERUS. Poièsis Omèrou amfô ète Ilias kai è Odusseia (...). Opus utrumque Homeri Iliados et Odysseae, diligenti opera Iacobi Micylli & Ioachimi Camerarii recognitum. Porphyrii philosophi Homericarum quaestionum liber. Eiusdem, de Nympharum antro in Odyssæa, opusculum. (Basel, J. Herwagen, 1541). 2 in 1 vol. (24), 394 (recte 410), (2); 237 (recte 307), (1) pp. W. woodcut printer's mark on both ti-pp. and at the end of both parts, & w. sev. woodcut dec./historiated initials. Fol. Cont. limp vellum w. overl. sides. (Ties fail, spine ends clumsily rep. w. pieces of old calf, annot. in an old hand on free endpaper, slightly browned in places, but else in good interior condition). NOTE:The first Micyllus and Camerarius edition, with substantial improvements to the first Hervagius edition of 1535. Printed entirely in Greek. - Adams H-750; Hoffmann II, 316; Dibdin II, 47; Schweiger I, 156; VD16 H-4592.

RUSKIN, J. Proserpina. Studies of Wayside Flowers, while the Air was yet pure among the Alps, and in the Scotland and England which my Father knew. Orpington, G. Allen, 1875-86. 10 (!) parts., paginated 1-287 and 1-204. W. tog. 15 full-p. plates. Owrps. Loose in cl. clamshell box. Scarce complete set of the first edition. Wise 208 (mentions 6 issues only!). -- Added: W.G. COLLINGWOOD. The Limestone Alps of Savoy; a Study in Physical Geology. W. an introd. by J. Ruskin. Orpington, G. Allen, 1884. Cont. h. mor. -- And: Th.J. WISE. A Complete Bibliography of the Writings in Prose and Verse of John Ruskin. (Photomech. reprint of the ed. 1883). 1964. 2 vols. Ocl. w. dust-j. -- (4).

VOLTAIRE -- (FOUGERET de MONTBRON). La Henriade Travestie en vers burlesques. Berlin, n. publ., 1745. (6),155 pp. Sm-8°. Cont. cf., gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece. (Vaguely waterst. in blank margins at the beginning and end, corners bumped, but an attractive copy). First edition of an erotic, witty parody of the great work by Voltaire.Gay/L. 461. -- VOLTAIRE. La Henriade. Nouv. édition. Paris, Barbou for widow Duchesne, etc., (1769)-1770. 2 vols. xl, 272; 316, (4) pp. W. engr. front., engr. title, 10 engr. plates and 10 engr. headpieces by De Longueil after Ch Eisen (all in the first volume). Cont. marbled cf., triple gilt fillet border around sides, board edges and turn-ins gilt, gilt spine w. 2 contrast. mor. letterpieces, a.e.g. (Occas. sl. browned, small imperfections to the binds., but a very attractive copy of this finely illustrated edition). -- And 1 o. edition of La Henriade (Amst., F. Honoré, 1765). (4).

ARCHITECTURE -- AMSTERDAM -- CAMPEN, J. v. Afbeelding van 't stadt huys van Amsterdam. Amst., F. de Wit, 1664. (4), 11, (1) pp. W. engr. ti-p., 1 engr. portr. of the author & 24 (fold./double-p.) plates by J. Vennekool (some plates consisting of several parts). - Bound with: H. QUELLINUS. (Het eerste/)het tweede deel van de voornaemste statuen ende cieraten, vant konstrijck stadhuys van Amsteldam, tmeeste in marmer gemaeckt, door Artus Quellinus, beelthouwer der voorseyde Stadt. Amst., F de Wit, 1665(-68). 2 parts. W. 2 engr. ti., 1 engr. portr., 2 engr. index lvs., 2 lge fold. tympanums, 101 engr. plates (partly double-p.). - Tog. 3 parts in 1 vol. Fol. Fine 19th c. h. vellum extra w. red label & dec. gilt back. (Margins a bit rep. at the beginning, lge fold. plates strengthened/rep. on v°, margins of some plates cut too short, a few marg. stains). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition was published by D. Danckerts in 1661. - Kat. Orn. Berl. 2234; Fowler 77; Fuhring 4282-4311. Ad 2: Kat. Orn. Berl. 4211; Fowler 274; Fuhring 4551-4601.

STRUWWELPETER -- GLÜHMANN, H. Struwwelpeter der Große. Bilderbuch für Kinder von 17 bis 77 Jahren. Berl., O. Janke, (1851). (4), 42, (2) pp. W. 29 ill. by J.R. de Baux. Or. printed stiff wrps. (Spine ends/corners slightly dam., stain on back cover). NOTE:Rare first edition. - Rühle 1138.

MACROBIUS. In somnium Scipionis M. Tulii Ciceronis libri duo et Saturnaliorum Lib. VII. Par., J. Badius, 5 Nov. 1524. (6), 112, 9, (1) lvs. Title within woodcut historiated border with Badius printing press device, 13 woodcut text-ills., incl. repeats, 4 diagrams & zonal world map on D4r, dec./historiated initials throughout. - Bound after: AULUS GELLIUS. Noctium Atticarum libri undeviginti. Par., J. Badius, Oct. 1524. (8), 136, (6) lvs. Title in red & black within woodcut historiated border with Badius printing press device, & dec./historiated initials throughout. - Bound before: PETRUS CRINITUS. De Honesta Disciplina Lib. XXV, De Poetis Latinis Lib. V, et Poematon Lib. II. Par., J. Badius, Oct. 1525. (8), 109, (1) lvs. Title within woodcut historiated border with Badius printing press device, & dec./historiated initials throughout. - 3 works in 1 vol. Fol. 17th c. brown red full mor. w. raised bands, gilt dec. spine, gilt dec. coat of arms of the city of Marseille on both sides, mottled edges. (Hinges skilfully rep., headbands renewed, ti-p. of Gellius cut out and laid down, lower outer corner a bit stained, slightly browned, else a fine and well-preserved copy). NOTE:Ad 1: Second Badius edition of an early 5th century A.D. treatise on Neoplatonic philosophy in the form of a commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis, with extensive incidental remarks on cosmology and the sciences. Also included are the Saturnalia by Macrobius, a dialogue on various subjects set at a banquet during the Saturnalian festival; and De die natali by Censorinus, on miscellaneous topics relating to conception, birth, and chronology. Fine example of the earliest edition of Macrobius' important Medieval world map, first published in Brescia in 1483. - Renouard, Badius Ascensius III, 55-3. Not in Adams. Ad 2: Second Badius edition. - Renouard, Badius Ascensius III, 466-5. Not in Adams. Ad 3: Second Badius edition. - Renouard, Badius Ascensius III, 353-6. Adams C-2951. Copy with handwritten school prize (with seal of the college) to Joannes Baptista Leotardo for the first prize in rhetorica, signed by Priest Mignot, Head of the College in Marseille, 1673. On first free endpaper in old manuscript: Ex dono Honorati Leotardi, famous Italian jurist (?-1650). From the library of Leo S. Olschki and with his bookplate.

MORRIS, M. Decorative needlework. Lond., J. Hughes & Co., 1893. (2) lvs., 121 pp. W. heliogravure front. under tissue guard & 27 illustr. in text. 4°. Or. dec. buckram, uncut. (Bind. trifle faded/slightly soiled, interior a bit browned/age-toned in places, but a very good copy). NOTE:This first edition by May Morris (1862-1938), daughter of William Morris, provides an introductory guide to embroidery for beginners. The book contains sections on the history of the craft, stitches and techniques, design and colour. The book demonstrates her devotion to and understanding of the art of embroidery. She also designed the cover of this book which is stamped with a floral repeat.

BÜCH, B. Links! Een rode burleske. (1986). Ocl. w. dust-j. First edition, signed by the author. -- Id. De boekhandel. (1985). Owrps. Gesigneerd. -- Id. Eerstejaars. (1985). Owrps. W. author's autograph dedication. -- Id. Nogal droevige liedjes voor de kleine Gijs. (1976). Owrps. With author's autograph dedication. -- And 4 o. (8).

MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- PINTO, F.M. De wonderlyke reizen van Fernando Mendez Pinto; die hy in de tijt van eenëntwintig jaren in Europa, Asia en Afrika, in de Koninkrijken en Landen van Abissyna, China, Japon, Tartarien (…) gedaan heeft. Nieuwelijks d. J.H. Glazemaker vert. (2e dr.). Amst., J. Rieuwertsz. & J. Hendriksz., 1653. (8); 280 pp. W. engr. ti-p. & 7 engr. plates. 4°. Mod. h. mor. (A few stains, slightly browned). NOTE:Second edition of this translation into Dutch (first 1652) by the famous translator J.H. Glazemaker. Since he did not know Portuguese, he used the French translation by Bernard Figuier. it is an account of the travels of the Portuguese explorer Pinto through Asia. Over a period of 21 years Pinto travelled to Africa, India and China and even claimed to have been in Tibet. By his own account he was the first westerner to enter Japan. - Cat. Glazemaker 75; Tiele 863 (note); Cordier, Bibl. Japonica, 38; Cordier, Bibl. Sinica, 2067.

SANTA MARIA, J. de. Tratado de republica y policia christiana. Para Reyes y Principes: y para los que en el gouierno tienensus vezes. Barcelona, Seb. de Cormellas, 1618. (8), 268, (4) lvs. Sm-8°. Limp vellum, applied later. (Bind. tight, top margin lvs. 267 and 268 a bit dam. and rep.). -- Added: (G. LETI). Le visioni politiche sopra gli interessi più Reconditi, di tutti prencipi, e Republiche della Christianità. N.pl., but "Germania", 1671. 2 parts in 1 vol. (24), 3-125 (complete!); 1-456 pp. 12°. Cont. cf. (Bind. a bit worn, browned). -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: On 'christian policy' written for the good of kings and princes. First Spanish edition. - Ad 2: First edition (in Italian).

PHILOSOPHY -- (HOLBACH, P.H.Th. d'). Système social, ou principes naturels de la morale et de la politique. Avec un examen de l'influence du gouvernement sur les moeurs. Lond., (n.pr.) (= Amst., M.-M. Rey), 1773. 3 vols. 318; 252; 239 pp. 12°. Fine cont. polished tree cf. w. richly dec. gilt backs, brown mor. letterpieces, red edges. -- Ch.-I. CASTEL. Annales politiques. Lond., (= Paris?), (n.pr.) 1758. 2 vols, 402; 402 pp. 12°. Cont. polished cf., richly gilt spines w. red & brown mor. letterpieces, red edges. (A bit worn along edges). -- (5). NOTE:Ad 1: Paul-Henri Dietrich Thiery d'Holbach (1723-1789), the formemost exponent of atheistic materialism and the most intransigent polemicist against religion in the Enlightenment. - First edition. Kress, S. 4739; Goldsmiths, 10952; Higgs, 5873; Einaudi 2911; Caillet 5225; Tchémerzine VI, 246; Barbier IV, 621-22: 'Ouvrage mis à l'index le 18 août 1775.' - W. bookplate of F.C.M. Takes on upper pastedown. Ad 2: Cf. Einaudi 930.

GEILER von KAISERSBERG, J. Navicula sive speculu(m) fatuo(rum). (Straßburg, [J. Prüss], 16 Jan. 1511). 280 unnumb. lvs. W. large woodcut with the Ship of Fools on ti. & 112 almost page-sized woodcuts after Albrecht Dürer (a.o.), mostly flanked by woodcut foliate border pieces. 4°. Cont. half blindtooled pigskin over wooden brds. w. brass clasps. (Small piece of wood of back cover and calf of 1 clasp renewed, the other clasp loosely added, libr. tickets on spine, tiny wormholes in binding and throughout the book (espec. at beginning and end), 2 small stamps, old owner's entry on ti., some marg. annot. & underl. in an old hand, piece of lower blank margin of S2 renewed, margins a bit stained/soiled in a few places, but a good and complete copy). NOTE:Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg (1445-1510) was called "the German Savonarola", one of the greatest of the popular preachers of the 15th c. His sermons delivered at Strassburg were structured on the immensely popular 'Navis Stultifera'/'Narrenschiff', written by his friend and fellow humanist Sebastian Brant and first published in 1494. The book contains 110 sermons which are based on 110 types of fools. The woodcuts used for the 'Navicula' were originally commissioned for the 'Ship of fools', which includes 73 woodcuts now recognised as the work of the young Albrecht Dürer (cf. Winkler, Dürer und die Illustrationen zum Narrenschiff, 1951). - Second Latin edition. Adams G-316; VD-16 G-778; Proctor 9995; Goedeke I, 400; Schoch, et al., Dürer, das druckgraphische Werk, III, 266.

HELIODORUS. Les amours de Theagene et Chariclee. Histoire Ethiopique. Trad. nouv. [by Jehan de Montlyard]. 2e éd. Paris, S. Thiboust, 1626, (2), 806, (18) pp. W. engr. title-p. and 52 plates by Michel Lasne, J. Briot, Crispin de Passe etc. after Daniel Rabel. Cont. cf., both covers with double gilt fillet border, gilt and ribbed spine. (Bind. sl. worn at spine-ends and lacking spine label, ti.-p. restored in lower right corner and w. 2 tiny wormholes, vaguely waterst. at the beginning and occas. sl. foxed/browned, a few marg. defects such as sm. tears, endpapers renewed, but in all, an acceptable copy). NOTE:From the library of the French etcher Emmanuel Phelippes-Beaulieux (Nantes, 1829-1874), with his engr. bookplate on upper pastedown and a tipped-in 2-page description by him in pen between the two free endpapers at the beginning. The rare second edition of this French translation (first: 1623), beautifully illustrated. Heliodorus of Emesa, a Greek writer from the 3rd/4th century, is known for his Aithiopika (Latin: Aethiopica), one of the most famous works of antiquity, endlessly republished or imitated and a great source of inspiration for authors of the Middle-Ages and later.

SOUTER LIEDEKE(N)S, ghemaect ter eeren Gods op alle die Psalmen va(n) David: tot stichtinghe en een gheestelike vermakinghe van allen Christe(n) Mensche(n). Antw., S. Cock, 1540 (June 12th). (4), 182 lvs. (Tog. 192 lvs. (24 sheets: a4, A-Z8, a4), some mistakes in pagination). W. woodcut representation of King David playing the harp on ti-p., ti. & text printed in red & black, w. num. music scores in text. Sm-8°. Later vellum w. overl. sides. (Middle part of last leaf cut out (line 9-14), part of leaf A1 (=fol. 1) rep. w. text added in manuscript, first lvs. a bit thumbed/soiled, a few marg. stains, margins cut). NOTE:The metrical rhyming psalms were probably arranged by a Utrecht nobleman, Willem van Zuylen van Nijevelt (d. 1543). For the melodies he used popular folksongs from the Low Countries (though some have German or French origin). The fact that the melodies of the songs were added to the texts makes this compilation a very important source. - Very rare second version of the first edition of the oldest rhimed version of the psalms in Dutch. - Nijhoff/Kronenberg 1916; Scheurleer, Souterliedekens II (pp. 32-34); not in Adams, not in Machiels. 1 copy present (KB) in NCC/STCN.

CONTIUS, A. Opera omnia quæ exstant, nunc primum, ex mms. auctoris, in unum redacta, digestaque/ Par., N. Buon, 1616. (8), 1097, (30) pp. W. engr. printer's mark on title, ti. in red and black & woodcut ill. on p. 1033. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Small tear in ti-p., upper margin first 4 lvs. rep., old name entry on ti., slightly browned). NOTE:First collective edition of the legal writings of the French law professor (at Bourges) Antonius Contius (Antoine Le Conte) (1526-1586). Some texts in Greek. - NBG 30, 235; Walker 283.

EINSTEIN, A. Aether und Relativitaetstheorie. Rede uitgesproken bij de aanvaarding v.h. ambt van bijz. hoogleeraar aan de Rijks-Univ. te Leiden. Berl., Springer, 1920. 16 pp. Owrps. -- Added: Id. Lettres a Maurice Solovine. 1956. 4°. Owrps. With inserted airmail envelope in typescript from Albert Einstein (112 Mercer Street) to A.M. Frey. -- (2). NOTE:Ad 1: First edition, text in German, but w. Dutch title. Alicke, 97: "Its importance was immediately recognised and the work was translated into Italian, French, English, Polish, Russian & Hungarian in quick succession."; Ziegenfuss I, 278.

BIBLES -- BIBLIA GOTHICA / ANGLO-SAXONICA -- QUATUOR D.N. Jesu Evangeliorum versiones perantiquae duae, Gothica scil. & Anglo-Saxonica: (…) nunc primum depromsit F. Junius. Hanc autem (…) cur. Th. Mareschallus. Accesit Glossarium Gothicum. Amst., Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1684. 2 parts in 1 vol. (18), 565, (3); (24), 431 pp. W. engr. ti. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides & red edges. (Recased, headbands renewed). NOTE:Fine copy of this second edition (first 1665) of the Gothic translation of the four Gospels ascribed to the Goth apostle Ulfilas (Vulfila), in a parallel Gothic-Anglo-Saxon edition. The Gothic text is based on a copy of the famous "Codex Argenteus", which was made around 1655. - Darlow & Moule 1605; 4559.

CHARCOT, J.M. Leçons du Mardi à la Salpêtrière. Policlinique 1887-1888 (Bd. 2: 1888-1889). Par., 1887-89. 2 vols. W. text-ill. Lge-8°. Cont. h. mor. (Upper right blank part of ti-pp. cut off, some underl., a bit browned). -- Added: H. HUCHARD. Traité clinique des maladies du coeur et de l'aorte. 3e éd. Par., 1899. 3 vols. W. text-ill. Lge-8°. Beautiful full vellum (most likely by a Dutch binder) w. gilt lettering, small gilt vignet on front sides & t.e.g. De luxe set w. printed dedication in Dutch to Dr. C.A.J. Krol. -- And 1 o. (6). NOTE:Ad 1: A lithographic reprint of a manuscript by Emmery Blin, Jean Baptiste Charcot, and Henri Colin, being "transcriptions of Charcot's famous Tuesday morning clinical lectures, during which he would examine and diagnose patients suffering from various neurological disorders" (Norman 451). - Rare first edition.

BIBLES -- BIBLIA NEERLANDICA -- BIBLIA SACRA. Dat is: De Heylige Schriftuer, bedeylt in het Oude en Nieuwe Testament. Antw., P. Jouret, 1714. (18), 656; (2), 200, (4) pp. W. engr. ti. (Antw., Moerentorf, 1713) & engr. ti-vign. to NT. Fol. Cont. richly blind tooled cf. over wooden brds. w. raised bands, and brass clasps & catches. (Spine ends skilfully rep., outer margins first/last 2 lvs. rep., stained in places, a bit browned/foxed, a few lvs. severely browned). NOTE:Late edition of the Moerentorf Bible of 1599. - BCNI 17247. Not in Darlow & Moule.

TULP, N. De drie boecken der medicijnsche aenmerkingen. Amst., J. Benjamin, 1650. (16), 279 pp. W. engr. portr. of the author, 1 half-p. engr. & 14 full-p. engrs. Mod. vellum w. overl. sides & ties. (Outer margin of first 10 lvs. skilfully rep., slightly browned/foxed). NOTE:First Dutch edition (orig. Latin 1641) of the medical observations of Dr. Tulp (1593-1674), immortalised by Rembrandt’s painting "The Anatomy Lesson". - Waller 9713; BMN I, 185; Lindeboom p. 2006.

ARABIAN NIGHTS -- (ALF LAYLA WA-LAYLA). Tausend und eine Nacht. Arabisch. Nach einer Handschrift aus Tunis hrsg. v. Max. Habicht. [Vol. IX ff:] Nach seinem Tode fortgesetzt v. H.L. Fleischer. Breslau, M. Josef Comp. [after vol. VIII:] F. Hirt, gedruckt bey Grass, Barth & Co. 1825(-43). 12 vols. Sm-8°. Cont. hcf. (A bit rubbed in places; some title-p. browned, but a good set). NOTE:The rare 2nd complete edition in Arabic of the Thousand and One Night, more complete than the first Calcutta 1814-18 edition, but still largely inspired by the Galland mss. and the forgeries by the Syrian scholars Chavis & Sabbagh, which Habicht had assembled or copied while studying at Paris in 1797-1807. This work is attractively printed with the Berlin Arabic types, the text enclosed in black rules. In the same year the German translation by Habicht appeared which was published in 15 volumes. - Chauvin IV, 20; Hayn & Gotendorf V, 280; Cat. Duizend Min Eén Boek 3.

BURROUGHS, W. The ticket that exploded. Paris, The Olympia Press, 1962. 182, (1) pp. Or. green wrps. w. or. dust-j. (Light wear/soiling to dust-j.). NOTE:First edition, original first issue printed wrappers with NF18 price.

TITELMANS, Fr. De(n) schat des kersten gheloofs. Een costelijck en deuoet hantboecxken, ghetogen wt die heylige scriftuere, wt den ouden en nieuwen testament, in hem besluytende en seer opelyc verclarende die principael articulen van onsen heyligen kersten ghelooue. Antw., S. Cock, (1559). (3), 157 lvs. (A-V8). W. ti. printed in red & black within woodcut border. Sm-8°. Late 19th/early 20th c. brown blind tooled & gilt dec. cf. bound by J. Weckesser. (Outer margin cut too short and affecting the woodcut border of the ti-p. and the printed marginalia in places, slightly browned). NOTE:Franciscus Titelmans (1502-37) was a Franciscan scholar from the Habsburg Netherlands, and an intellectual opponent of Erasmus. He was born in Hasselt, and graduated M.A. at the University of Leuven in 1521. He was a dialectician influenced by Rudolph Agricola, and himself an influence on Petrus Ramus. - Second edition of this rare work (first 1532). - Belg. Typ. 6883; De Troeyer 563; Machiels 254 & Nijhoff/Kronenberg 3964 (both ed. 1532).

IBERIAN PENINSULA -- (VERTOT, R.A. De). Histoire de la conjuration de Portugal en 1640. Amst., H. Desbordes, 1689. 147, (2) pp. 12°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & mor. letterpiece. -- Id. Histoire des révolutions de Portugal. Amst., É. Roger, 1722. 165, (14) pp. W. engr. front., large fold. map of the peninsula, large fold. geneal. tree & a fine profile view of Lisbon seen from the sea. Cont. cf. w. raised bands & dec. gilt back. (Joints split, spine ends chipped, mor. letterpiece lacks, small tears in plates. -- And 1 other by Marie Catherine d'Aulnoy (Memoires de la cour d'Espagne. 2e éd., The Hague, A. Moetjens, 1691. 2 parts in 1 vol.) (3). NOTE:Ad 1: Fine copy of the first publication of the historian and political writer René Aubert, sieur de Vertot (1655-1735), published in the same year as the original edition (Paris, J. Boudot). After 1711 the work was published with the title "Histoire des révolutions de Portugal". - From the library of John Marques of Tueeddale, Earle of Grifford, with his engr. heraldic bookplate on upper pastedown.

GORTER, H. Mei. Een gedicht. Amst., W. Versluys, 1889. (4), 194 pp. Or. dec. cl. (Inner hinges a bit weak, bit foxed in places as always). - First edition and a very good copy.

VOLTAIRE, (F.M. Arouet de). La vie privée du roi de Prusse. Ou Mémoires pour servir à la vie de Mr. de Voltaire. Amst., "Héritiers de MM. Rey", 1784. (4), 136 pp. W. engr. portr. of Frederic II. 12°. 19th c. hcf. extra by J.H. Bouscholte "Hof-Boekbinder Den Haag" (letterpress ticket on upper pastedown) w. raised bands, dec. gilt back w. red & blue mor. letterpieces, red edges. (Backcover partly faded, bound w. ca. 30 blank lvs. at the end). -- (C.) BECCARIA. Traité des délits et des peines. Trad. de l'Italien par Mr. l'Abbé Morellet. Nouv. éd., avec des augm. de l'auteur qui n'ont pas encore paru en Italien; & à laquelle on a ajouté le Commentaire sur ce livre, fait par M. de Voltaire. Amst., E. v. Harrevelt, 1771. xxxvi, 255, (1) pp. Cont. brds. (Spine a bit worn, sl. foxed). -- (2). NOTE:Frequently referring to the supposed homosexuality of the king. - Rare first edition, apparently only 1 copy in NCC (Tresoar, Leeuwarden). - Cioranescu 64705. Ad 2: Cf. PMM, 209 (First Ital. ed. 1764).

HILDEBRAND. (= N. Beets). Camera obscura. Haarl., Erven F. Bohn, 1839. iv, 250 pp. W. engr. ti. by J.W. Kaiser. Clothbacked marbled brds. w. red label on spine. First edition. -- And 2 o. (3).

CHILDREN'S BOOKS -- KLEINE PRINT-BYBEL, DE. Waar in door verscheide afbeeldingen een meenigte van Bybelsche spreuken verklaart werden. Tot vermaak der Jeugd, (...). Uit de Hoogduitsche in de Hollandsche taal overgezet (d. G.P. Hondius). Amst., J. Pauli, 1720. (7); (12) lvs. W. engr. front., engr. ti-vign. & 150 engr. each w. sev. illustr. replacing the words of the Bible, all in cont. handcolouring. Sm-8°. Cont. cf. (Bind. restored, thumbed/soiled in places, margins a bit brittle at beginning and end). NOTE:Rare first edition in contemporary handcolouring. Buijnsters, Bibl. Ned. school- en kinderboeken, 952; De hele Bibelebontse Berg, p. 186 for details on the history of this bible for children; Poortman I, p. 166.

GELDERLAND -- SOMEREN, J. v. Herstelde oudtheyt, ofte beschrijvinge van Batavia, wesende een gedeelte van 't Hertogdom Gelre ende Graafschap Hollandt. Nijm., A. v. Hoogenhuysen, 1657. (20), 399, (21) pp. W. engr. ti-p. after Palmedes by S. Sacry. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. NOTE:Fine copy of this first edition. - Begheyn/Peters, 10.1; Haitsma Mulier/v.d. Lem, 450.

HIERONYMUS STRIDONIUS. Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt. (Ed. Marianus Victorius Reatinus) & Index. Par., S. Nivellius, 1578-79. 9 in 4 vols. W. 9 large woodcut ti-vign. & 6 full-p. woodcut Canon-tables. Fol. 19th c. hcf. w. raised bands, dec. gilt backs and dark green labels. (Spines a bit chafed/rubbed, corners bumped, name entries and small stamp on ti-pp., first quires vol. 6 loose, vol. 1 & 9 partly waterstained, a bit browned/foxed in places). NOTE:Extension of the great edition by Erasmus (first: 1516), probably copied after the Plantin 9-vols ed. of 1578-79. Well printed in 2 cols. and with glosses. Not in Adams. Cf. Dibdin I, 223-24.