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Dentistry.- Fox (Joseph) The Natural History of the Human Teeth, first edition, 13 engraved plates, each with explanatory leaf of text, tissue guards, contemporary ink inscription to title, some light foxing, water-staining towards end affecting corner of last few plates, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title, modern half morocco, uncut, [Wellcome III, 50], 4to, 1803.⁂ The first work on orthodontics, by a pupil of John Hunter and the first dental surgeon at Guy's Hospital. Guy's was the first hospital to appoint a dental surgeon, in 1799, and the first to include lectures on dentistry, given by Fox and his assistant Astley Cooper. The work is much concerned with dental irregularities and their prevention and correction and was greatly influential.

Dentistry.- Goddard (Paul B.) The Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology of the Human Teeth, first edition, 30 lithographed plates, ink signature of Walter F.Brindley to head of title, foxing to one or two leaves but plates clean, original cloth, rubbed and lightly stained, spine torn and repaired, 4to, Philadelphia, 1844. ⁂ With descriptions and plates of jaw and teeth anatomy, diseases and irregularities, surgery, a wide range of instruments, extraction, moulds and other apparatus. It also includes a review of ancient practices and a useful bibliography.Walter F.Brindley, British dental surgeon and author of Painless Dental Surgery - a popular treatise on congelation of 1859.

Dentistry.- Maury (F.) Treatise on the Dental Art, translated by J.B.Savier, first edition in English, 20 lithographed plates, illustrations, 12pp. publishers' catalogue at end, foxing, water-stain to top outer corner towards end, modern half calf, Philadelphia, 1843 § Arthur (Robert) A Treatise on the use of Adhesive Gold Foil, first edition, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, some browning, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, spine torn and chipped, Philadelphia, 1857 § Garretson (James E.) A System of Oral Surgery, second edition, 17 engraved plates, illustrations, contemporary sheep, rubbed, Philadelphia, 1873 § Muller (E.) Atlas et Traité de Prothèse Métallique Dentaire Moderne, first French edition, colour plates and illustrations, original sheep-backed cloth, rubbed, Paris, 1910; and another on dentistry, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The second item is the first book on the use of gold foil for filling teeth; the third is the first modern textbook of oral surgery.

Dentistry.- Saunders (Edwin) Advice on the Care of the Teeth, twelfth thousand, colour frontispiece by Baxter of young woman with flap revealing hand-coloured section of teeth, additional title, both a little foxed, frontispiece with light water-stain to fore-edge just touching image, 1837 § Howard (Thomas) On the Loss of Teeth, engraved frontispiece printed in blue and with overlay showing woman with and without teeth, 1857 § Truman (Edwin) The Construction of Artificial Teeth with Gutta Percha, second edition, half-title,1853 § Mosely (Ephraim) Teeth, their Natural History..., first edition, half-title, 1862 § Carter (Albert) Dentists & Dentistry, only edition, errata slip loosely inserted, 1880, original cloth, the last limp and with 2 small holes to upper cover, all rubbed, most with faded spines, the third with small repairs at ends; and 2 other editions of the second, 8vo et infra (7)

Dentistry.- Snell (James) Observations on the History, Use, and Construction, of Obturateurs, or...Artificial Palates, first editon, presentation copy from the author to D.H.Clutterbuck, errata leaf at end, original boards paper label to upper cover, for the Author, 1824 § Bell (Thomas) The Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth, second edition, half-title, 11 engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, ink signature and old library stamp to head of title, contemporary cloth, uncut, corners worn, rebacked, 1835 § Nicholles (John) The Teeth, in relation to Beauty, Voice and Health, half-title, presentation copy from the author to H.R.H. the Duke of Sussex with his bookplate and gold-printed silk presentation leaf bound in (with library stamp), modern cloth, 1833 § Nasmyth (Alexander) Researches on the Developement, Structure, and Diseases of the Teeth, half-title and 16pp. catalogue at beginning, 7 engraved plates, tissue guards, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 1839 § De Loude (Charles) Surgical, Operative, and Mechanical Dentistry, only edition, list of subscribers, errata leaf, 4 folding engraved plates, some foxing, broken and becoming loose, original cloth, spine faded, 1840, all rubbed; and 17 others on teeth and dentistry, 8vo (22)

Ear, Nose & Throat.- Duverney (Guichard Joseph) Tractatus de organo auditus..., first edition in Latin, 16 folding engraved plates with accompanying letterpress text to side, text browned, modern calf-backed boards, small 4to, Nuremberg, Johann Ziegeri, 1684.⁂ The first monograph on the structure, function and diseases of the ear, originally published in French in Paris in 1683. Duverney is regarded as the founder of otology.

Ear, Nose & Throat.- Itard (Jean Marc Gaspard) Traité des Maladies de l'Oreille et de l'Audition, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 3 folding engraved plates of instruments and hearing aids (lightly spotted), text a little browned, old book-label of J.-C.-A.Recamier pasted to verso of titles, Haskell F.Norman's copy with his modern book-label, later boards, uncut, preserving original paper labels on spines, rubbed at edges, [Norman 1146], Paris, 1821 § Soemmerring (S.T.) Iconologie de l'Organe de l'Ouie, first edition in French, half-title, 17 double-page lithographed plates (lightly water-stained), bookplate of N.Asherson by Mervyn Peake, modern cloth-backed boards, Paris, 1828, 8vo (3)⁂ J.M.G.Itard (1774-1838) was one of the first specialists in otology and his treatise did much to establish the subject.

Ear, Nose & Throat.- Soemmering (Samuel Thomas) Icones organorum humanorum olfactus, first edition in Latin, 5 engraved plates, each with version in outline making total of 9 (2 smaller engravings to final plate), title lightly spotted, old library stamp neatly obscured with slip pasted over, modern calf-backed boards, Frankfurt, 1810 Watt (John James) Anatomico-Chirurgical Views of the Nose, Mouth, Larynx, & Fauces, first edition, list of subscribers, 4 stipple-engraved plates by Hopwood after T.Baxter, each with additional version in outline (total 8), foxed, ex-library copy with small stamp to verso of title, library cloth, 1809 § Trew (C.J.) De vasis linguae salivalibus atque sanguiferis epistola, only edition, 4 engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured, one folding, contemporary boards, rebacked, Nuremberg, J.E.Adelbulner, [1734] § Fletcher (R.) Medico-Chirurgical Notes and Illustrations, presentation copy from the author to the oto-laryngologist James Yearsley, 4 lithographed plates, one hand-coloured, errata slip, some staining, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth-backed boards, 1811 § Huxham (John) A Dissertation on the malignant, Ulcerous Sore-Throat, first edition, contemporary calf, rebacked, 1757, the last three rubbed; and c.15 others on the ear, nose and throat, v.s. (c.20)⁂ The third item (Trew) describes the anatomy and circulation of blood supply to the tongue and mouth.

Ear, Nose & Throat.- Valsalva (Antonio Maria) De aure humana tractatus..., third edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, 10 folding engraved plates, one with artist's name shaved at foot, lightly browned, ex-library copy with faint stamps to plates, modern half sheep, spine ruled in gilt with red morocco label, [Wellcome V,329], 4to, Utrecht, Willem van der Water, 1717.⁂ Valsalva was the first to divide the ear into the "external", "middle" and "internal" divisions and his method of inflating the middle ear, known as Valsalva's manoeuvre, is still used today.

Insanity.- Haslam (John) Observations on Insanity: with Practical Remarks on the Disease, first edition, half-title, old pencil note to final leaf, modern half calf, red morocco label, 8vo, for F.& C.Rivington, 1798.⁂ Scarce first book by the chief medical officer of Bethlehem Hospital from 1795 to 1816. Haslam was dismissed from his post in 1816 following the parliamentary reports into madhouses of 1815 (see lot ) which drew attention to the case of William Norris, an inmate of Bethlehem who was chained to a vertical iron bar and barely able to move.

Insanity.- Seymour (Edward J.) Thoughts on the Nature and Treatment of several severe Diseases of the Human Body, vol.1 [all published], only edition, errata slip, original cloth, 1847 § Wigan (A.L.) A New View of Insanity. The Duality of the Mind, first edition, 16pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, 1844 § Connolly (John) An Inquiry concerning the Indications of Insanity, first edition, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), contemporary half calf, 1830 § Spurzheim (J.G.) Observations on the Deranged Manifestations of the Mind, or Insanity, first edition in English, foxing, modern boards, uncut, 1817, most ex-library copies with a few stamps, the first three rubbed and rebacked; and 5 others, mostly on asylums, 8vo (9)

Neurology.- Lobstein (Jean Frédéric) De nervi sympathetici humani fabrica usu et morbis, first edition, half-title, 10 engraved plates, 6 finely hand-coloured, one folding, light spotting, original printed pink boards, uncut, rubbed and spotted, [Wellcome III, 534], Paris, 1823 § Hirschfeld (L.) & J.-B.Leveillé. Névrologie ou Description et Iconographie Système Nerveux et des Organes des Sens de l'Homme, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, 92 lithographed plates on 82 sheets, some folding, water-stained, contemporary calf-backed boards, Paris, 1853 § Charcot (J.-M.) Leçons sur les Maladies du Système Nerveux faites a la Salpétrière, 3 vol., second edition, 11 chromolithographed, 1 etched and 2 mounted photographic plates, folding graphs, illustrations, ex-library copy with a few stamps, book-label of John Abercrombie, contemporary half calf, rubbed, together in modern cloth slip-case, Paris, 1875-87 § Parent-Duchatelet (A.J.-B.) & L.Martinet. Recherches sur l'Inflammation de l'Arachnoïde Cérébrale et Spinale, first edition, second issue, half-title, light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, Paris, 1825, all rubbed; and 7 others, mostly French, on the brain and nervous system, 4to & 8vo (14)

Neurology.- Tiedemann (Frédéric) The Anatomy of the Foetal Brain, only edition in English, half-title, erratum leaf and 14 engraved plates at end, near contemporary ink signature to head of title, foxing, original blind-stamped cloth, faded, recased, new endpapers, [Wellcome V, 270], Edinburgh, 1826 § Macewen (W.) Pyogenic Infective Diseases of the Brain and Spinal Cord, first edition, plates and illustrations, ex-library copy with small embossed stamp to title, modern half morocco, Glasgow, 1893 § Swan (Joseph) A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, second edition, 25 engraved plates, some foxing, original cloth, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, 1834 § Bell (Sir Charles) The Nervous System of the Human Body, third edition, 16 engraved plates, most folding, advertisement leaf at end, ex-library copy with stamp to title, original cloth, spine worn, cover detached, 1844 § Dean (John) The Gray Substance of the Medulla Oblongata and Trapezium, first edition, 16 plates, light foxing, modern cloth, spine faded, original upper wrapper bound in at end (spotted), Washington D.C., 1864, most a little rubbed; and c.55 others on the brain and nervous system, some pamphlets, including 2 bound volumes of British papers on neurosurgery compiled by Sir Geoffrey Jefferson 1925-43, 8vo & 4to (c.60)⁂ The last item (Dean) is by an American pioneer in the microscopic study of the central nervous system and includes some of the first photographic illustrations of neuro-anatomy.

Neurology & Psychology.- Whytt (Robert) Observations on the Nature, Causes, and Cure of those Disorders...called Nervous Hypochondriac, or Hysteric, first edition, lightly browned, cropped, modern half calf, Edinburgh, T.Becket..., 1765 § Falret (J.-P.) De l'Hypochondrie et du Suicide, browned, contemporary calf-backed boards, upper joint split, Paris, 1822 § Semelaigne (René) Les Pionniers de la Psychiatrie Française avant et après Pinel, 2 vol., original printed wrappers, Paris, 1930 § Jones (C.Handfield) Studies on Functional Nervous Disorders, 1870 § Tuke (D.H.) Illustrations of the Influence of the Mind upon the Body in Health and Disease, 1872; A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine, 2 vol., 1892, all first editions, some plates and illustrations, most ex-library copies with a few stamps, the last three original cloth, some rebacked or recased, the fifth with some leaves becoming loose, all but the first rubbed; and 8 others, similar, 8vo (16)

Ophthalmology.- Briggs (William) Ophthalmographia..., second edition, 2 folding engraved plates (torn at folds and repaired), near contemporary ink inscriptions to ttile and front free endpaper and a few annotations to text, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wing B4669], M.C. for Richard Green, 1687 § Saint-Yves (Charles de) A New Treatise of the Diseases of the Eyes, first edition in English, contemporary ink signature of Willm. Kerry to head of title and inscription of F.Sandys to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, joints and spine ends repaired, 1741, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ William Briggs was one of the few seventeenth century physicians to specialise in ophthalmology and this work, first published in 1676, was the first British treatise on the anatomy of the eye. Newton acknowledged his work in his preface to the author's Nova visionis theoria of 1685.

Ophthalmology.- Curtis (John Harrison) A Treatise on the Physiology and Diseases of the Eye, second edition, half-title, 2 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, one with overlay revealing veins, nerves etc. beneath, 6pp. publishers' catalogue at end, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth-backed boards, paper label (chipped), rubbed, 1835 § Guthrie (G.J.) A Treatise on the Operations for the Formation of an Artificial Pupil, only separate edition, 2 engraved plates at end (one of instruments), heavily foxed, light water-staining at beginning, old ink stamp to foot of title, modern calf-backed boards, uncut, 1819 § Bowman (W.) Lectures on the...Operations on the Eye..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on half-title, illustrations, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, lightly browned, original blind-stamped cloth, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, 1849; and 7 others on the eye, 8vo (10)

Ophthalmology.- Scarpa (Antonio) A Treatise on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes, second English edition, 3 folding engraved plates, one of instruments, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary ink signature of Edward Stanley (orthopaedic surgeon) to head of title, light water-staining, modern half calf, 1818 § Sperino (Casimir) Études sur l'Évacuation Répétée de l'Humeur Aqueuse dans les Maladies de l'Oeil, only edition, advertisements at beginning and end, some foxing, original printed green wrappers, uncut, slightly soiled and rubbed at edges, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, Paris, 1862; and 3 others in Italian, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ Scarpa is regarded as the father of Italian ophthalmology, his work was the first textbook on the subject to be published in Italian.

Ophthalmology.- Stensen (Niels) Observationes anatomicae, quibus varia oris, oculorum, & narium vasa describuntur..., second edition, 3 folding engraved plates mounted on linen, one defective and loose (supplied in bound in facsimile), bookplate of Edward Bellamy, later calf, Leiden, P. de Graaf, 1680 § Hovius (J.) Tractatus de circulari humorum motu in oculis, second edition, title in red & black, 7 folding engraved plates, old ink library stamps to title, later half calf, Leiden, J.A.Langerak, 1716 § Baltz (Theodor Friedrich) De ophthalmia catarrhali bellica: dissertatio inauguralis medica, folding engraved plate, original glazed red boards, warped, Heidelberg, 1816, all rubbed; and facsimile editions of Bartisch's Ophthalmodouleia of 1583 and Varoli's De nervis opticis... of 1573, v.s. (5)⁂ The first is a study of the glands of the eye, mouth and nose and the lachrymal system; Stensen or Steno discovered the duct of the parotid gland which drains into the mouth and is named after him.

Ophthalmology.- Thomson (Arthur) The Anatomy of the Human Eye as Illustrated by Enlarged Stereoscopic Photographs, first edition, text with illustrations and in original printed wrappers, together with 67 stereoscopic cards loose in three compartments in original cloth box with lid, rubbed, spine label chipped, Oxford, 1912 § Ramsay (A.Maitland) Atlas of External Diseases of the Eye, only edition, 30 chromolithographed and 18 photogravure platess, tissue guards, prize presentation inscription to front free endpaper, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and marked, split to upper joint, Glasgow, 1898; and 9 others, some bound volumes of papers, 4to & 8vo (11)

Ophthalmology.- Warner (Joseph) A Description of the Human Eye, first edition, half-title, final advertisement leaf, 2 engraved plates on folding sheet, trimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, for Lockyer Davis, 1773 § Gataker (Thomas) An Account of the Structure of the Eye, first edition, a little spotted and soiled, modern half calf, for R. & J.Dodsley, 1761; and another, 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Phrenology & Craniology.- Spurzheim (Johann Gaspar) Phrenology, in connexion with the Study of Physiognomy, Part I [all published], first edition, 34 lithographed plates, some spotting, text browned, old cloth, 1826 § Combe (George) A System of Phrenology, 2 vol., fifth edition, illustrations, small stain to fore-edge of vol.2, contemporary calf, Edinburgh, 1843 § Török (Dr.Aurel v.) Grundzüge einer Systematischen Kraniometrie, first edition, illustrations, ex-library copy with stamp to title, contemporary half roan, worn, Stuttgart, 1890, rubbed, 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Physiology.- Bernard (Claude) Sur le mécanisme de la formation du sucre dans le foie, first edition, in Comptes rendus ... de l'Académie des sciences, Vol. 41(July to December), pp.461-469, [G&M 1000 'The culmination of Bernard's work on the glycogenic function of the liver'], general half-title, some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1855; De l'influence de deux ordres de nerfs qui determinent les variations de couleur du sang veineux dans les organes glandulaires [&] Sur la quantite d'oxygene que contient le sang veineux des organes glandulaires a l'etat de fonction et a l'etat de repos, in Comptes rendus ... de l'Académie des sciences, Vol. 47 (July-December), pp.245-253 and 393-400, [G&M 774 'discovery of the vasoconstrictor and vasodilator nerves'], general half-title, some spotting or foxing, lightly browned in places, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, Mallet-Bachier, 1858, a few library ink stamps, not affecting mentioned articles; and 2 vol. of the same, with contributions by Bernard, 4to (4)⁂ A good group of key papers by this important French physiologist.

Pott (Percivall) Observations on the Nature and Consequences of those Injuries to which the Head is liable from External Violence, 3 engraved plates, rather browned, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern half calf, L.Hawes, W.Clarke, and R.Collins, 1768 § Burns (Allan) Observations on the Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck, second edition, 10 engraved plates,some foxing, later half green morocco, a little rubbed, [Wellcome II, 276], Glasgow, 1824, 8vo (2)⁂ The first work is a greatly expanded second edition of Pott's Wounds and Contusions of the Head of 1760 and systematised the treatment of injuries to the head.

Psychology.- Trotter (Thomas) An Essay, Medical, Philosophical, and Chemical, on Drunkenness, first edition, half-title, some light spotting, modern calf-backed boards, red morocco label, 1804 § Sutton (Thomas) Tracts on Delirium Tremens, on Peritonitis...and on the Gout, first edition, half-title, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 1813 § Blake (Andrew) A Practical Essay on...Delirium Tremens, second (enlarged) edition, half-title (almost detached), original cloth, rubbed, rebacked, 1840, the last two ex-library copies with faint stamps; and 3 others, French pamphlets on dipsomania and addiction to absinthe and morphine, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ The first is the first medical treatise on alcoholism.

Psychology.- Waller (John) A Treatise on the Incubus, or Night-Mare..., only edition, half-title, light spotting, title lacking portion from upper inner margin not affecting text, (repaired), modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label, 1816 § Bertrand (A.) Traité du Somnambulisme..., only edition, half-title, lightly water-stained, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, [Wellcome II, 155], Paris, 1823 § Macnish (Robert) The Philosophy of Sleep, first edition, half-title, 8pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, uncut, rubbed, Glasgow, 1830 § Dendy (Walter Cooper) The Philosophy of Mystery, first edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, 32pp. catalogue at end, original cloth, rubbed and marked, recased, 1841 § Crouigneau (Georges) Étude Clinique et Expérimentale sur la Vision Mentale, ?only edition, final leaf torn and repaired, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, original printed wrappers bound in (soiled), Paris, 1884; and 5 others on visual illusions and the effects of light on the brain, 8vo et infra (10)⁂ The first is a rare early treatise concerning nightmares and disturbed sleep; Library Hub locates only 5 UK copies.

NO RESERVE Sneezing.- Schook (Martin) De sternuatione tractatus copiosus..., second edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut initials and ornaments, cropped shaving one letter of title, attractive contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, 12mo, Amsterdam, P. vanden Berge, 1664.⁂ Scarce little treatise on sneezing and the effects of snuff-taking, first published in 1649.

NO RESERVE Speech.- Hunt (James) A Manual of the Philosophy of Voice and Speech..., only edition, presentation copy from the author, illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked, 1859 § Browne (Lennox) Science and Singing, only edition, 2 advertisement leaves at end, modern cloth, 1884; and 6 others on the voice and speech including 3 by Charles Lunn, 8vo (8)⁂ The first mentioned covers all aspects of speech, from physiology to language, ventriloquism and oratory; the author also wrote a book on stammering and speech impediments.

NO RESERVE Syphilis.- Clare (Peter) A New and Easy Method of curing The Lues Venerea, by the Introduction of Mercury ..., third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 2 engraved plates, 1780, bound before, A Practical Treatise on the Gonorrhoea, recommending the use of injection ..., 1783, and, Miscellaneous Remarks on Mr Clare's New Method of applying Mercury, in the way of Prevention and Cure, 1782, together 3 works bound as 1, 'An Essay on Abscesses' from the first mentioned, misbound after the second mentioned, occasional faint finger-soiling, contemporary calf, expert repairs to spine ends, 12mo.

Astronomy.- Vince (Samuel) A Treatise on Practical Astronomy, first edition, 8 folding engraved plates, occasional light browning, later calf, spine gilt, light rubbing to extremities, endpapers renewed, 4to, Cambridge, J. Archdeacon, 1790.

NO RESERVE Bacteriology.- Fermentation.- Pasteur (Louis) Mémoire sur la fermentation appelée lactique [and] Mémoire sur la fermentation alcoolique, first editions, in Comptes Rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Academie des Sciences, Vol. 45, pp. 913-916 and 1032-1036, some foxing, ink stamp to verso of general title, some mostly lightly browning, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, small paper label to upper cover, rubbed, [Dibner Heralds of Science 198; G&M 2472; Grolier/Horblit 82 'The birth of Bacteriology'; cf. Norman 1653], 4to, Paris, Mallet-Bachelier, 1857.⁂ First edition of these two important papers by Pasteur. The first work reports the 'first demonstration of the connection between a specific fermentation and the activity of a specific living micro-organism. This paper is often considered the beginning of bacteriology as a modern science' (G&M).

NO RESERVE Chemistry.- Mendelejeff (Dimitri) Grundlagen der Chemie, first German edition, 2 plates (of which 1 folding), black and white illustrations, ink annotations and stamps to title, the same to front endpaper (erased with black ink), title and pp.870-881 foxed, occasional faint spotting, half leather, upper joint foot beginning to crack, corners and extremities a little rubbed, 8vo, St Petersburg, 1891.⁂ Mendelejeff's milestone text book, 'The Principles of Chemistry' first published in Russian 1869. In this work Mendeleev first published his great discovery that the elements exhibit an apparent periodicity of properties when arranged by their atomic mass, leading him to create the framework that became the modern Periodic Table.

Geology.- Hitchcock (Charles Henry) Outline of the Geology of the Globe, and of the United States in Particular, first English edition, 2 folding colour maps, 6 lithographed plates, foxing, first map with short tear running into image and small patch with adhesion tearing onto title, advertisement f. at front, original cloth, spine darkened, rubbed and marked, 8vo, 1853.

Mathematics.- Euclid. Elementorum libri XIV, translated by Federico Commandino, woodcut coat of arms on title printed in red and black, woodcut initials and diagrams in text, old ink calculations to verso of rear endpaper, slight crinkling to title and first few leaves, title very lightly soiled but a good clean copy, old vellum with early reback exposing sewing bands, titled in manuscript at head of spine and to lower edge, rubbed and marked, folio, Pesaro, Flaminio Concordia, 1619.⁂ Scarce second edition of Commandino's important Latin translation, first published in 1572, and which served as a notable source for subsequent editors for centuries. It was also the basis of the first translation into Italian.

NO RESERVE Hugo (Herman, S.J.) De Prima Scribendi Origine et Universa rei literariae antiquitate..., first edition, engraved device to title, early ink ownership inscription to title, full page engraved illustration, engraved printer's device to final leaf, bookplate, lacking E8, occasional spotting, some light uniform browning, some splitting to gutter, contemporary vellum, chip and tear at spine foot, [Bonacini, 831], small 8vo, Antwerp, Jan Moretus, 1617.⁂ Important work by the Jesuit scholar Herman Hugo on the history of writing - one of the first on the topic - including the origin of various scripts, writing utensils and the invention of printing. Bookplate from library of Emmaus Monastery, Prague; founded 1347 the only Benedictine monastery in Slavic Europe, the monks from which were sent to Dachau concentration camp, and the buildings of which were destroyed by a U.S. air raid on Prague in February 1945.

Melon (Jean-François] Essai politique sur le commerce. Nouvelle édition augmentée de sept chapitres, et où les lacunes des éditions précédentes sont remplies, third edition, slightly browned, ink signature on fly-leaf, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, gilt panelled spine, red edges, [Kress 4288; Goldsmiths 7371; Einaudi 3821], 12mo, no place, 1736.⁂ The first complete edition, augmented with seven new chapters. The French economist Melon (1675-1738) was personal secretary to John Law, and later to the Regent of France. The Essai is the important 'inside' critique of John Law's Mississippi Scheme and the principal contemporary discussion of Law's ideas.

NO RESERVE Serbian folk songs.- [Jacob (Therese Albertine Luise von, translator)] "Talvi". Volkslieder der Serben, 2 vol. bound as 1, Halle, 1825-26 § Gerhard (Wilhelm Christoph Leonard, translator & editor) Wila. Serbische Volkslieder und Heldenmärchen. Erste [-zweyte] Abtheilung, 2 vol. bound as 1, first edition, Leipzig, 1828; scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, lightly sunned spines, 8vo (2).

Greek classics in Braille.- Xenophon. Apologia Socratis et Platonis, Peri aretes, translated into Modern Greek by by A.Pallatianos, letterpress title in Modern Greek and a leaf showing the Modern Greek alphabet in Braille (dated 1883), occasional spotting, lightly browned, original cloth-backed marbled boards, original letterpress printed label to upper cover, little chipping, corners bumped, rubbed, Corfu, I. Nachamouli, 1889; and 4 others, 19th century Braille editions of Aeschylus, Lucian & Apollodorus, and Xenophon, v.s. (5)⁂ A very good group of rare European and British printed 19th century Braille texts. Louis Braille first published his system based on the French alphabet in 1829, with a second edition appearing in 1837. In 1878 the International Congress on Work for the Blind proposed an international braille standard.

Alken (Henry).- [Apperley (Charles James)] The Analysis of the Hunting Field, first edition, hand-coloured additional title and 6 plates, illustrations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, later half-morocco, slight rubbing to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1846.

Mann (Thomas) Der Zauberberg. [The Magic Mountain], 2 vol., first edition, vol. 2 with splitting to gutter after final leaf of text, the odd spot to endpapers, original buckram-backed blue boards, lightly rubbed with a few spots, quite faded, 8vo, Berlin, G. Fischer, 1924.

NO RESERVE Surtees (Robert Smith) Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, first edition in book form, first state with dedication to Lord Elcho, half-title, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece and 12 plates by John Leech, numerous illustrations, book-label to pastedown, occasional splitting at gutter, some light toning, hinges cracked but holding firm, original pictorial cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed and soiled, spine sunned with ends chipped, slight shelf-lean, 1853; and 4 others by Surtees, uniformly bound in half morocco, 8vo (5)

Digby (Lord George & Sir Kenelm) Letters between...concerning Religion, first edition, woodcut devices on title, 2 marginal defects, some soiling, early ms notes on front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked and corners repaired, [Wing B4768], 8vo, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1651.⁂ One of two variants - this with the last page dated March 39 [sic] 1639.

Bindings.- Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the most Eminent English Poets, 4 vol., first authorised separate edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, vol. 2 title laid down, vol. 3 with final blank, vol. 4 lacking advertisement, bookplate, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, 1781 § Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, containing a series of Elegant Views, 10 vol., additional engraved titles and 49 plates, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, lightly rubbed spines, 1807-11; and other sets, 8vo (72)

Arabic.- Vieyra (Anthony) Brevis, clara, facilis ac jucunda, non solum Arabicam Linguam..., first edition, stain to title and dedication f., title laid down with repaired chips and loss to margins, dedication f. fore-margin restored, 5F1 with burn hole to fore-margin, occasional ink library stamp to lower margins, occasional light browning, later half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, Dublin, L. White, 1789; and Mustafa ben Abdallah's Lexicon, vol. 3, 4to (2)⁂ Concerning the etymology of Arabic, Persian and various European languages.

Bindings.- Yorke (Philip, Earl of Hardwick) Athenian Letters: or, the Epistolary Correspondence of an Agent of the King of Persia, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces and 12 plates, large folding map, faint scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, expert repairs to joints and corners, 1798 § Hayley (William) The Life, and Posthumous Writings, of Williams Cowper ..., 3 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces, 2 plates and an illustration in text by William Blake, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 1803 § A'Beckett (Gilber Abbott) and John Leech, 2 vol., first edition, 20 hand-coloured plates, illustrations, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary calf by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., 1847-48; and 32 others, similar, 4to & 8vo (39)

Law.- Ireland (Samuel) Picturesque Views with An Historical Account of the Inns of Court, in London and Westminster, first edition, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates, half-title, errata leaf at end, bookplate, occasional finger soiling, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, with red morocco spine, gilt, 8vo, 1800.

Bindings.- Lamb (Charles) Elia: Essays which have appeared under that signature im the London Magazine [-The Last Essays of Elia], 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 second issue with half-title, vol. 2 without half-title, bookplates, siken endpapers, modern morocco by Riviere & Son, gilt, g.e., spines gilt in compartments, 8vo, 1823-33.

NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form, etched frontispiece and additional title, title with 'Tony Veller' and 'Phiz. fecit', 41 plates, one with short marginal tear, lacking half-title and pp.xv-xvi, spotting, most to plates, bookplate, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, lacking spine label, [Smith I, pp.19-27], 8vo, 1837.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in book form, half-title, engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 38 plates by Hablot K. Browne, occasional light spotting, plates slightly browned, hinges cracked but covers holding, later half calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper joint split at head and foot, 8vo, 1844; and three others by Dickens, first editions in book form or as one volume, uniformly bound, 8vo (4)

Dickens (Charles) Dombey and Son, first edition, 1848; Little Dorrit, first edition, 1857, frontispiece, additional engraved title and 38 plates, spotting to plates as usual, uniform near contemporary half-morocco, gilt; The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Papers, number 65 from an edition of 250, frontispiece, additional vignette title and plates, original morocco-backed boards by W. T. Morrell, gilt, Nottingham, 1979; and 8 others, all but one by Dickens, 8vo (11).

Law.- author's own copy.- Grindon (Joseph Baker) A Compendium of the Laws of Coroners, first edition, author's own copy, interleaved with extensive notes, corrections and revisions to margins and blank leaves, author's ownership inscription to title and front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbing and wear, 8vo, 1850.⁂ The author's working copy for a planned second edition of the work.

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, first edition in book form, 2 vol., frontispieces and 30 wood-engraved plates, illustrations, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, lightly sunned spines, small gauge to lower board vol. 2, a little rubbed, 1867; Framley Parsonage, first edition in book form, 3 vol., frontispieces and 3 engraved plates, bound without advertisements, scattered spotting, vol. 1 cracked hinges, contemporary half-calf, rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1861; and 6 others by the same, 8vo (11)

Bindings.- Dickens (Charles) [The Works], 20 vol. only (of 21), The Charles Dickens edition, plates, previous owner's ink signature to titles and early blanks, uniform contemporary half-calf, gilt, lightly rubbed, [c.1890] § Byron (Lord George Gordon) The Poetical Works ..., 6 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary half-calf, light rubbing to spine extremities, 1879; and other sets, v.s. (63).⁂ The first lacks a 'Childs History of England'.

Bewick (Thomas) A History of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, vol. 1 with advertisement for the 'fourth edition of the History of Quadrupeds' to final leaf verso vol. 1, 1797-1804; A History of Quadrupeds, fourth edition, previous owner's ink and ink-stamp signatures to title, bookplates, 1824, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, non-uniform contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original backstrips, [Tattersfield TB 1.14, 1.16, 1.23 & 1.10], Demy 8vo, Newcastle, (3).

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The World Crisis, 6 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 first American edition, others second American edition, half-titles, plates and maps, foxing and light browning to vol.1, modern calf, spines gilt with red and black morocco spine labels, spines lightly rubbed but an attractive set overall, 8vo, New York, 1923-59.

NO RESERVE Garnett (David) Pocahontas or The Nonparell of Virginia, frontispiece and folding map, endpapers toned, joints starting at head, 1933 § Durrell (Gerald) My Family and Other Animals, first edition, bookplate of Antony Peers to front free endpaper, covers lightly sunned at head, 1956, half-titles, occasional light spotting, original cloth, spines sunned; and c.180 others, most literature and history, v.s. (c.180)

NO RESERVE Fortescue (Hon J.W.) History of the British Army, 13 vol. in 20, including 6 map vol., maps and plans, many folding, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jackets, occasional small loss to spine extremities, 1935; The County Lieutenancies and the Army 1803-1814, first edition, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, original cloth, sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1909, 8vo (21).

Atom bomb.- Atomic Energy. A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government, first English edition, marking to first and final pp., contemporary ink ownership inscription to inside front cover, original printed wrappers, short tears to head of upper joints, light creasing, light surface soiling, [PMM, p.253 no. 422e], 1945; and the 1946 reprint of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ First English edition of the official account of the development of the atomic bombs.

NO RESERVE Brooke (Jocelyn) The Crisis in Bulgaria or, Ibsen to the Rescue!, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Lehmann to endpaper, illustrations, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, light toning, splitting to lower joint spine ends and corners chipped, 8vo, 1956.⁂ John Lehmann (1907-87) poet, critic and editor.

NO RESERVE Clemo (Jack) Clay Cuts, one of 38 hand-coloured copies from an edition limited to 186 copies signed by the author and artist, woodcut illustrations by Stan Dobbin, prospectus loosely inserted, slip-case, Church Hanborough, Previous Parrot Press, 1991; Cactus on Carmel, T.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine and a few chips to foot of upper panel, 1967; The Marriage of a Rebel, signed presentation inscription from the author's wife, dust-jacket, light creasing to head and foot, 1980, first editions, signed or with signed presentation inscription from the author, original boards, excellent or near-fine overall; and another by the same, 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE Farmer (Philip José) The Adventure of the Peerless Peer, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "With best Sherlockian wishes from John H. Watson M.D., author, and Philip José Farmer, editor" to endpaper, Boulder, CO, 1974 § Gillott (Jacky) The Head Case, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Baxter, jacket with light sunning to spine, 1979 § Swift (Graham) Last Orders, signed by the author on title, 1996, first editions, original boards, dust-jackets; and 5 others, modern first editions, 8vo (8)