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Lot 386
Documents in Mycenaean Greek by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick Hardback Book 1956 First Edition published by Cambridge University Press some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 39
Signed Book Felix Francis A Dick Francis Novel Bloodline First Edition 2011 Hardback Book Signed by Felix Francis on the Second page published by Michael Joseph (Penguin Group) some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 43
Signed Book Henry Normal Nude Modelling for the Afterlife First Edition Softback Book 1993 Signed by Henry Normal on the First page published by Bloodaxe Books Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 45
Signed Book D S Richards The Savage Frontier First Edition 1990 Hardback Book Signed by D S Richards on the First page published by Macmillan London Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 59
Signed Book Colin Garratt Twilight of Steam First Edition hardback Book 1972 Signed by Colin Garratt on the Second page published by Blandford Press Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 6
Signed Book David Bellamy Jolly Green Giant First Edition 2001 Hardback Book Signed by David Bellamy on the Title page published by Century (Random House Group) some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 65
Signed Book Mike Harding Cooking One's Corgi First Edition 1988 Hardback Book Signed by Mike Harding on the First page published by Robson Books Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 75
Signed Book Roy 'Chubby' Brown It's Funny Being Me First Edition 2011 Softback Book Signed by Roy 'Chubby' Brown on the Title page published by FastPrint Publishing some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 8
Signed Book Alan Titchmarsh Trowel and Error First Edition 2002 Hardback Book Signed by Alan Titchmarsh on the Title page published by Hodder and Stoughton some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 83
Signed Book David Morgan Rees Yorkshire Craftsmen at Work First Edition 1981 Softback Book Signed by David Morgan Rees on the Title page published by The Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 87
Multisigned Book Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott Clarissa and the Countryman First Edition Hardback Book 2000 Multisigned by Clarissa Dickson Wright and Johnny Scott on the Title page published by Headline Book Publishing some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 94
Signed Book Karen Wallace Miranda to the Rescue 2011 First Softback Edition Signed by Karen Wallace on the Title page published by A and C Black Publishers Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 97
Signed Book Terry Deary Horrible Histories Bloody Scotland First Edition 1998 Softback Book Signed by Terry Deary on the Title page published by Scholastic Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 1007
Books - Daniel Defoe 'The Fortunate Mistress', limited edition of 775, printed from the first edition by Constable & Company Ltd, 1923; Rabelais Illustrated by W. Heath Robinson vol 1. H. Rider Hagggard, Nevil Shute, G.A Henty, Ton Bevan, Sir Thomas More, 1903. James Thomson 'The Seasons' A, Millar 1744 (cover loose), other books and letter:- Two Boxes.
Lot 250
Potter (Beatrix) The Roly-Poly Pudding, first edition, first printing with date and 'All Rights Reserved' on title, colour frontispiece, pictorial title, 17 full-page colour illustrations and numerous plain illustrations in text, pictorial endpapers, some very light spotting to endpapers, original red cloth with mounted colour illustration, gilt lettering, some very sunning to spine, light bumping and fraying to spine tips, slight rubbing to corners, a bright and excellent copy overall, [Linder p.427; Quinby 15], small 4to, 1908.
![Woman novelist.- [Meades (Anna)], "A person well acquainted with all the principal characters". The History of Cleanthes, an](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/c514271d-d5d2-4b63-8bdb-ae320114c783/468x382.jpg)
Lot 179
Woman novelist.- [Meades (Anna)], "A person well acquainted with all the principal characters". The History of Cleanthes, an Englishman of the highest Quality, and Celemene, the Illustrious Amazonian Princess, 2 vol., first edition, N6 blank, lacking H11&12, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, labels removed from pastedowns, library buckram, spines gilt, labels removed from foot of spines, 12mo, Printed for J. Scott at the Black Swan in Pater-Noster-Row, 1757. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Rare copy of the author's first of two novels. She corresponded with Samuel Richardson in 1757-1758, initially using the soubriquet Cleomira.
Lot 21
Tibet.- Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, first edition, photogravure frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little bumped, small puncture marks to upper cover, light marking to both covers, 8vo, 1906.
Lot 74
Geology.- Boué (Ami) Essai Géologique sur l'Écosse, first edition, half-title, 7 lithographed plates and 2 maps, one hand-coloured, all folding, foxed, faint ink library stamp to half-title, original pink wrappers, uncut, title in contemporary manuscript to upper cover, rubbed and frayed at edges, rebacked preserving part of original spine, 8vo, Paris, Courcier, [1820].⁂ The first account of the geology of Scotland.
![Scotland.- [Buchan (Alexander)] A Description of St. Kilda, the most remote Western Isle of Scotland, first edition, uncut, b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/1361dbe2-1be5-4680-9244-ae320113af97/468x382.jpg)
Lot 36
Scotland.- [Buchan (Alexander)] A Description of St. Kilda, the most remote Western Isle of Scotland, first edition, uncut, bookplate of George Beveridge, later half calf, spine ends defective, 8vo, Edinburgh, Printed for the Author, 1741.⁂ Rare. ESTC locates 5 copies, only one of which (Yale, Beinecke) is in N. America.
![[Berkeley (George)] Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues, 2 vol., second edition, titles with engraved v](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/351403ab-62ea-41a0-80b6-ae320114cfa1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 173
[Berkeley (George)] Alciphron: or, the Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues, 2 vol., second edition, titles with engraved vignettes, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper of vol.1 identifies the author and quotes a mention of him in Pope's Dialogues, engraved bookplate of the Earl of Portsmouth, J.Tonson, 1732 § Nye (Stephen) A Discourse concerning Natural and Revealed Religion, paper flaw to K2 causing tear and loss of a few letters, a few minor marginal tears or creases, slight worming to lower margin towards end, contemporary panelled calf, pastedowns of printer's waste from 16th century work, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners worn, [Wing N1506], by T.W. for Jonathan Robinson, 1696 § H[arris] (J[ames]) Three Treatises... concerning Art...Music, Painting and Poetry...Happiness, first edition, engraved bookplate of Viscount Lymington (later Earl of Portsmouth), by H.Woodfall, jun. for J.Nourse...and P.Vaillant, 1744, the first and last contemporary calf, gilt, with gilt library numbers at head of spines, rubbed, the last with joints split, 8vo (4)⁂ The first item is Berkeley's defence of revealed religion and includes references to Rhode Island where Berkeley was living at the time.
![[Dalrymple (Hugh)] Rodondo; or, The State Jugglers, Canto I [-2], part 1 second edition, part 2 first edition, half-titles, f](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/2a7004e6-6dc3-4bd3-9d3a-ae3201138a6e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 181
[Dalrymple (Hugh)] Rodondo; or, The State Jugglers, Canto I [-2], part 1 second edition, part 2 first edition, half-titles, first half-title detached, later wrappers, lacking upper cover, for W. Nicoll, 1763 § Whitehead (William) Atys and Adrastus, A Tale in the manner of Dryden's Fables, second edition, modern calf-backed boards, for R. Manby, 1744 § Hoyland (Francis) Poems and Translations, lacking final advertisement leaf, for W. Bristow, 1763 § [Cambridge (Richard Owen)] An Elegy Written in an Empty Assembly-Room, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1756, occasional light spotting, latter two disbound; and 12 others, most 18th century poetry, majority disbound, v.s. (16)
Lot 183
Baskerville.- Language.- A Vocabulary, or Pocket Dictionary. To which is added a Compendious Grammar of the English Language, first edition, title little soiled, some spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, lower cover detaching, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Gaskell 31], 12mo, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1765.
Lot 167
Gunton (Symon) The History of the Church of Peterburgh, first edition, large paper copy, initial imprimatur leaf, 4 engraved plates, one engraved and one woodcut illustration in text, contemporary ink signature "Le Capitaine Bernard" to head of title with marginal note highlighting the execution and burial of Mary Queen of Scots in the cathedral on p.73, some ink underlinings, engraved bookplate to verso of title, modern book-label of Clive Leslie George, a good clean copy, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, gilt spine with red roan label, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn, [Wing G2246], folio, Richard Chiswell, 1686.⁂ Including an interesting and extensive catalogue of the cathedral library.
Lot 171
Gay (John) Fables, first edition, engraved title vignette and 51 illustrations, some light spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir Charles Tennant, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, upper joint cracked, but holding, g.e., 4to, for J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1727.⁂ First edition of Gay's 51 fables. A further volume of 16 fables was published posthumously in 1738.
![Scotland.- [Johnson (Samuel)] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, first issue, 12-line errata leaf m](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/0688e6eb-ff8d-47f2-9a77-ae3201137a46/468x382.jpg)
Lot 37
Scotland.- [Johnson (Samuel)] A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, first issue, 12-line errata leaf misbound after title, B1 holed at inner margin, marginal worming (mostly single hole) through three-quarters of book in fore-margin, ink library stamp and markings on title verso, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 8vo, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1775.⁂ Contemporary ink annotations on verso of the errata leaf suggest this copy belonged to one of the members of a gentleman's club: "T. Foster. Books divided 29th Febry 1776. Members of the Club [followed by a list of 8 names] To dine once a Month with one of the Members."
Lot 84
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Bezançon (Germain de) Les Medecins a la Censure. Ou Entretiens sur la Medecine, first edition, woodcut ornament on title signed DF and head-pieces & initials, licence leaf at end, occasional light spotting, with contemporary ink inscription "Ex libris Vincent 1688" to front free endpaper and contemporary bookseller's ticket of Laurent d'Houry to pastedown, modern bookplate of Dr.J.Payenville of Rouen dated 1912, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, splits to joints, corners worn, spine ends chipped, [Wellcome II p.161], 12mo, Paris, Louis Gontier, 1677.⁂ Dialogue between a lawyer, a gentleman and a doctor.
Lot 60
NO RESERVE Forestier (J. C. N.) Gardens: a Note-book of Plans and Sketches, first edition, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York & London, 1924 § Dixon (Charles) The Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 12 colour plates, captioned tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, 1894 § Robinson (Phil) Birds of the Wave and Woodland, frontispiece, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, publisher's advertisements bound at end, original cloth, rubbed, 1894; and another, 4to & 8vo (4)
Lot 13
India.- Kaye (Sir John William) A History of the Sepoy War in India 1857-1858, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 3 only, folding maps, scattered spotting, 1864-76 § Malleson (Colonel G. B.) History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-58, 3 vol., mixed editions, vol. 1 & 2 second editions, half-titles, folding maps, scattered spotting, 1878-80, previous owner's ink signatures and ink-stamps, uniformly bound in contemporary half-morocco, gilt, lightly sunned spines, bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo (6)
Lot 158
NO RESERVE Law.- Tryal (The) of Edward Coleman, Gent. for Conspiring the Death of the King, and the Subversion of the Government of England, first edition, imprimatur leaf at beginning, modern wrappers, Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678; and 5 other trials from 1678-9 plus a collection of c.100 manuscript letters from 1826, mostly from Thomas Turnbull a lawyer in Alnwick, Northumberland relating to criminal law, the Northern Circuit, convicts and transportation, hanging etc, many with wax seals, duty and postage stamps from Newcastle, folio and 8vo (c.106)
Lot 188
Almanac.- "Cardanus Rider". Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1784, the first section (calendar) printed in red & black and interleaved, for the Company of Stationers, sold by J.Wilkie, 1784 bound with Royal Kalendar (The)...1784, some leaves shaved with slight loss at foot, for J.Debrett, 1784 and Heraldry in Miniature, 56 engraved sheets of coat-of-arms numbered 1-4, 1-28, 5-16, 1-24, Appx 1-12, most printed on both sides, one leaf torn and stained, another slightly defective at lower outer corner, for J.Rivington..., 1781 and [With Additions] A Companion to the Royal Kalendar...1784, thirty-seventh edition, for J.Debrett, 1784, together 4 works in 1 vol., a little browned, contemporary red morocco, gilt, with silver clasps, spine gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, clasps tarnished, 12mo; sold not subject to return⁂ Attractively-bound compendium of works for the well-connected lady or gentleman. Rider's British Merlin was first published in 1656 and continued to appear for nearly two hundred years. Despite the gap in numbering on the plates in the third item the work seems to be complete, the plates matching those in the Bodleian Library copy of a 1777 edition.
Lot 73
Electromagnetism.- Demonferrand (Jean Firmin) Manuel d'Électricité Dynamique, first edition, half-title, advertisement leaf bound before Table, errata leaf, 4pp. publisher's catalogue and 5 folding engraved plates bound at end, some spotting, original pink wrappers lined with printer's waste, uncut, printed label, rubbed and soiled, spine cracked, lower wrapper rather frayed, 8vo, Paris, Bachelier, 1823.⁂ The first treatise to bring together the discoveries of Oersted and Ampère on the fundamentals of electromagnetism.
Lot 34
Manchester.- Aikin (John) A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester, first edition, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates, 2 folding maps, one hand-coloured, some light spotting and toning, final gathering working loose, uncut in original boards, soiled and worn, covers detached, large 4to, for John Stockdale, 1795.
Lot 40
Scotland.- McNicol (Rev. Donald) Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides, first edition, half-title, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, spine gilt, Printed for T. Cadell, 1779 § Martin (Martin) A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, second edition, folding engraved map repaired at folds, folding plate, some foxing, later calf, 1716 § Graham (Patrick) Sketches Descriptive of Picturesque Scenery of the Southern Confines of Perthshire; including the Trosachs, Lochard, &c., first edition, half-title, errata slip, contemporary half sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, Edinburgh, 1806, 8vo (3)
![[Hughes (Thomas)] Tom Brown's School Days. By an Old Boy, first edition, half-title, some spots and small stains, a few leave](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/810510f1-fd27-4b47-b385-ae3201144e3d/468x382.jpg)
Lot 227
[Hughes (Thomas)] Tom Brown's School Days. By an Old Boy, first edition, half-title, some spots and small stains, a few leaves creased at upper outer corner from turning down, with 1½pp. A.L.s. from Thomas Arnold to Rev. C.R.Alford loosely inserted (with integral blank, additional addressed sheet edged in black & black seals, & addressed envelope), modern blue morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., 8vo, Cambridge, 1857.⁂ Famous novel about Rugby School set in the 1830s and featuring Thomas Arnold. Dr Thomas Arnold (1795-1842), progressive headmaster of Rugby School from 1828-41, who introduced significant reforms to the curriculum and moral tone of the school which were subsequently adopted by many other Public Schools. In 1841 he became Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford. This letter is addressed to Rev.C.R.Alford and dated 3rd May 1842, accepting an invitation to take a service at Alford's church St.Matthews in Oxford on 5th June. Arnold died very suddenly of a heart attack on 12th June, aged only 46.
Lot 48
Yorkshire.- Wildridge (T. Tindall) Old and New Hull: A series of Drawings of the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, first edition, portrait frontispiece, list of subscribers, plates and illustrations, scattered spotting, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, Hull, 1884 § Rowlandson (Thomas) Poetical Sketches of Scarborough, second edition, 21 hand-coloured plate by J. Green and etched by Thomas Rowlandson, scattered spotting, later morocco by Bayntun, gilt, g.e., 1813; and others Yorkshire, v.s. (7)
Lot 39
Scotland.- Martin (Martin) A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, folding engraved map with repaired tear, folding plate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo, Printed for Andrew Bell, 1703.⁂ Johnson and Boswell took a copy of this book on their trip round the Western Isles.
Lot 168
Battely (John) Antiquitates Rutupinae, engraved title-vignette, head-piece, initial, 4 folding plates, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, head of spine chipped, Oxford, 1711 § Ray (John) A Collection of English Proverbs, first edition, title in red and black, upper edge trimmed with some loss to headlines and pagination, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing R386], Cambridge, Printed by John Hayes, for W. Morden, 1670; and another, 8vo and 12mo (3)⁂ The first is on the Roman antiquities in and around Richborough in Kent.
Lot 160
Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Law Tracts, in two volumes, 2 vol., first edition, 2 engraved tables (1 folding) and 8 plates, band of browning to outer margins of titles, offsetting, occasional spotting or light staining, antique style calf, gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy leather labels, 8vo, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1762.⁂ Includes Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest. These tracts had appeared separately, but they are brought together here for the first time and benefit from Blackstone's additions and corrections
![[Arbuthnot (John)] Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures..., first edition, title in red and black, woodcut initials](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/34812df7-ed09-4ea8-8725-ae32011388f5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 170
[Arbuthnot (John)] Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures..., first edition, title in red and black, woodcut initials and ornaments, 34 engraved tables on 18 plates at end, one double-page, with errata slip pasted to foot of final leaf, slight worming to lower margin, engraved bookplate of Lord Lymington (later Earl of Portsmouth), contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, some scuffs, head of spine a little worn, [Goldsmiths' 6495], 4to, for J.Tonson, 1727.⁂ Including the final double-page plate on foreign coinage written by Sir Isaac Newton in his role of Master of the Royal Mint.
Lot 85
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Caldani (Leopoldo Marco Antonio) Memorie lette nell'Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti di Padova, first edition, errata leaf and 4 engraved plates at end, 3 folding, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, slight worming to foot of spine, Padua, 1804 § Caton (T.M.) A Practical Treatise on the Prevention and cure of the Venereal Disease, third edition, half-title, browned, one leaf creased at corner, modern cloth-backed boards, 1809, 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ The first comprises 7 treatises by the anatomist on a variety of subjects, namely bones, teeth, lymphatics, the heart, a monstrous foetus, a child without arms, and respiration.
Lot 24
World.- Peary (Robert Edwin) Nearest the Pole, first English edition, frontispiece, plates, large folding colour map at end, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, expert repairs to spine ends and joints, a little rubbed, 1907 § Thomson (Sir C. Wyville Thomson) The Voyage of the 'Challenger.' The Atlantic ..., 2 vol., first edition, portrait and folding map frontispieces, 41 plates only (of 42), illustrations, scattered spotting, original decorative cloth, rebacked retaining original backstrips, rubbed, 1877; and 7 others, travel, 8vo & 4to (10)
Lot 213
Shelley (Percy Bysshe) Rosalind and Helen, a Modern Eclogue; with other poems, first edition, half-title, lacking B1 (pp.1/2, another half-title following Contents leaf), G1 (pp.81/82) and G7 & 8 (4pp. advertisements at end), later brown morocco ruled in blind with ornaments in gilt, spine gilt, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, for C. & J.Ollier, 1819.⁂ Containing the first appearance in book form of one of Shelley's most famous poems, 'Ozymanidas', also 'Hymn to Intellectual Beauty'.
Lot 101
Dogs.- Paullini (Christian Franz) Cynographia Curiosa seu Canis descriptio, first edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, errata f. at end, spotted, browned (as often), later marbled limp boards, worn in places, but holding firm, [Schwerdt II, p.63; Souhart, 368-369], small 4to, Nuremberg, For Johann Georg Endter, 1685.⁂ 'The first edition of a curious book on dogs, including sporting dogs. On p. 231 begins an extract of Kay's De Canibus Britannicis' (Schwerdt).
Lot 38
Scotland.- Macaulay (Rev. Kenneth) The History of St. Kilda, first edition, folding engraved map frontispiece, advertisement leaf at end, lacking half-title, M1 with repaired tear/hole causing some loss of text, occasional foxing and soiling, later blind-stamped calf, 8vo, Printed for T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1764.
Lot 86
NO RESERVE Medicine.- Garth (Sir Samuel) The Dispensary. A Poem..., sixth edition, engraved frontispiece of the Cutlerian Theatre of the College of Physicians by Vandergucht, first two leaves of Preface soiled and frayed at fore-edge, contemporary ink signatures of Margaret Weld to title and engraved bookplate of Thomas Weld of Lulworth Castle, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, rubbed, a few scuffs, upper corners worn, [Foxon G22; Wellcome III p.91], 8vo, John Nutt, 1706.⁂ Famous satire of the author's colleagues in the Royal College of Physicians and the apothecaries who opposed the physicians giving free consultations and medicines to the neighbouring poor. First published in 1699 it went through many editions up to 1768 but this contains "several descriptions and episodes never before printed".
Lot 32
Isle of Man.- Sacheverell (William) An Account of the Isle of Man, first edition, slight abrasion to imprint on title causing slight loss of one word, ink inscriptions on title, some foxing and soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, Printed for T. Hartley, R. Gibson and Tho. Hodgson, 1702.
![Man in the iron mask.- [Lacroix (Paul)], "P.L. Jacob". L'homme au masque de fer, first edition, half-title with advertisement](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/bf485348-614d-4a55-89d2-ae320113fa94/468x382.jpg)
Lot 117
Man in the iron mask.- [Lacroix (Paul)], "P.L. Jacob". L'homme au masque de fer, first edition, half-title with advertisements verso, occasional spotting, later calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments, Paris, Victor Magen, 1837 § Russia.- Arlincourt (Charles Victor Prevot, Vicomte d') L'Etoile Polaire, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, half-titles, errata f. at end, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with double green labels, rubbed, Paris, 1843; and a novel by Michel Masson, set in 17th century Spain, 8vo (3)⁂ Provenance: All from the Library of the Duchesse de Berry (1798-1870).
![[Burnet (Thomas)] The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, second edition, engraved front](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/cb7ef4bf-10fd-4ca6-8c39-ae3201113007/5e918b69-3336-4e42-b279-ae320113b886/468x382.jpg)
Lot 71
[Burnet (Thomas)] The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, second edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding plates including one of American depicting California as an island, illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to title, [Wing B5952], by R. Norton, for Walter Kettilby, 1691, bound before, An Answer to the Late Exceptions made by Mr Erasmus Warren against the Theory of the Earth, short marginal tear to L2, [Wing B5942], by R. Norton for Walter Kettilby, 1690, and, A Review of the Theory of the Earth ..., [Wing B5945], by R. Norton for Walter Kettilby, 1690, and a 1690 edition of the first, together 4 works bound as 1, scattered faint spotting, occasional marginal finger-soiling, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked , a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio.
Lot 189
NO RESERVE Noble (John) Memoirs of the Protectorate-House of Cromwell, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, folding engraved plate, marginal corrections and notes in the ?authors hand, some trimmed, scattered faint spotting, later half-calf, gilt, 8vo, Birmingham, Pearson and Rollason, 1784.⁂ A note in a later hand reads, "This book is the proof corrected by the author."
Lot 61
Gardening.- La Quintinye (Jean de) The Compleat Gard'ner: or Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens, and Kitchen-Gardens, edited by George London and Henry Wise, second edition, engraved frontispiece (creased), 10 folding engraved plates, some minor worming to lower margin, title and first few leaves stained, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, foot of spine torn, [Henrey 220; Wing L432], Printed for M. Gillyflower, 1699.⁂ Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinye was for some 25 years Louis XIV's Potager du Roi or director of the fruit and vegetable gardens. During this time he pioneered many pruning and growing techniques, including the forcing of asparagus in winter and the successful production of figs in June. His gardens were the talk of England and the Continent and his books were translated into a number of languages. His success was demonstrated when Charles II twice attempted to lure the gardener away from Louis. La Quintinye was a close friend of John Evelyn.Provenance: Anne Tremayne (early ink inscription on title).
Lot 80
Mathematics.- Maclaurin (Colin) A Treatise of Algebra, in three parts, first edition, 12 folding engraved plates, contemporary ink inscription "John Hamilton Novr. 1756" to head of title, some light browning, modern book-label of P.J.Lowe, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, label chipped, corners bumped, neat repair to upper cover, 8vo, A.Millar and J.Nourse, 1748.⁂ Important commentary on Newton's Arithmetica universalis with some sections reproduced verbatim.
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NO RESERVE Dictionary.- Aquino (Carlo d') Nomenclator Agriculturæ Authore, half-title, title with engraved vignette, woodcut historiated initials, ex-Lawes Agricultural Trust with ink-stamp to front pastedown, small hole to front free endpaper, some marginal staining, occasional spotting, cracked hinges, contemporary marbled wrappers, spine rather worn, 4to, Rome, Antonio de Rubeis, 1736.⁂ Rare first edition of this dictionary of agricultural terminology in classical Latin literature.
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Schaaf (Larry J.) H. Fox Talbot's The Pencil of Nature, 7 vol. including introductory volume by Schaff, anniversary facsimile edition, one of 250 copies, 24 photographic plates, original calf-backed decorative wrappers, some light spotting and minor cockling, housed in original blind-stamped cloth clamshell box, red calf label to spine, folio, 1989.⁂ Facsimile of the first commercially published book to be illustrated with photographs, produced 'in celebration of the 150th anniversary of photography'.
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