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Cosmography.- Miége (Guy) A New Cosmography or Survey of the Whole World, first edition, title within double-rule border, 2 engraved plates, title rather soiled, second and third ff. holed at fore-margin, occasional light soiling or marginal damp-staining, a few early ink inscriptions, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary sheep, rebacked, wear to covers, later endpapers, [Wing M2015], small 8vo, for Thomas Basset, at the George in Fleet-street, near St. Dunstans Church, 1682.⁂ Rare, ESTC lists 3 copies in the UK and 4 in the US. Miége (1644-?1718) was a Lausanne-born humanist writer who spent much of his career in England, serving under the Earl of Carlisle, ambassador to Russia, Sweden and Denmark.Provenance: Isaac Routh (early ink inscription to title verso); armorial bookplate with motto "Hinc Spes Effulget"; The Royal Meteorological Society (deaccession label to pastedown dated 1973).

Euclid. Elementorum libri XV, edited by Cristoforo Clavio, 2 vol. in 1, titles with fine woodcut architectural borders, woodcut printer's device to final colophon leaf, woodcut initials and diagrams, typographic ornaments, contemporary ink signature "Hieronymi Saphii" and small old ink ownership stamp to titles (with some doodles to second title), vol.1 with L4v & L5r poorly inked with one passage overwritten in early ink manuscript, stain to S8 & T1, and repairs to lower outer corner of Pp7-Qq6 with loss of a few letters to two side-notes, final leaf of vol.2 creased and frayed, occasional light browning, old ink stamp to final blank at end of vol.1 and another to front free endpaper, upper hinge weak, contemporary limp vellum, old paper manuscript label, soiled and stained, slight worming and splits to upper joint, [Adams E985; EDIT 16 18360], 8vo, Rome, Vincenzo Accolti, 1574.⁂ Scarce first edition of Clavius's extensive commentary on Euclid's elements, his most enduring work.

[Boudier de Villemert (Pierre-Joseph)] L'Ami des Femmes, first edition, Contents leaf at end, contemporary ink manuscript notes to title and front endpapers, n.p., 1758 bound with c.330pp. of closely-written manuscript written in same neat contemporary hand and some blank leaves, contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt, scuffed, spine ends worn; another edition, title with small woodcut ornament and contemporary ink inscriptions, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, n.p., 1774 § [Le Guerchoix (M.-M. d'Aguesseau)] Avis d'une Mere a son Fils, first edition, title with woodcut ornament and contemporary ink inscription, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, lacking label, Paris, Desaint & Saillant, 1743, rubbed, 12mo (3)⁂ The first is an interesting work advocating both moderate education for women and breastfeeding. The additional works in manuscript include [Brillon (J.-C.)] Traits qui regardans les femmes, published 1700, 65pp., and Bibliothèque de Conversation, 227pp., plus other minor items and blank leaves.

Darwin (Charles).- Jenyns (Leonard) Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow, first and only edition, half-title, mounted photographic portrait frontispiece, errata slip inserted at p.1, double-page table at p.100, leaf on which portrait mounted lightly browned, a few spots, light yellow endpapers, original dark green cloth, spine gilt, [Freeman 830], 8vo, John Van Voorst, 1862. ⁂ An excellent copy of this rare work, rendered more so by the colour of our cloth (Freeman records two bindings: purple cloth, with inserted advertisements and blue cloth). We can trace only two other copies at auction, both in purple cloth, one of which the Norman copy. Henslow (1796-1861) was Professor of Botany at Cambridge when Darwin was at Christ's College and they were friends. Darwin's first separately printed work (Letters on Geology (Freeman 1)), which contains his first account of his discoveries on the Beagle was addressed to Henslow. Both Henslow and Jenyns had in fact been invited to join the Beagle before Darwin. The work includes Darwin's recollections of Henslow on pp.51-55 and Henslow's reaction to On the Origin of Species on pp.211-212. A list of Henslow's publications is given at the end.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) The Story of the Malakand Field Force. An Episode of Frontier War, first edition, first state (without errata), home issue, portrait frontispiece and 6 maps (2 folding), first folding map with chipping to fold and repair causing adhesion to "List of Maps etc." f., occasional light foxing, 2 maps with minor damp-stain to upper margin, newspaper clipping and bookplate of Vereker Monteith Hamilton to pastedown, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners lightly bumped, a few small patches of light surface soiling, but a very good, sharp copy generally, [Woods A1(a)], 8vo, Longmans & Co., 1898.⁂ Vereker Monteith Hamilton (1856-1931), Scottish military artist. Brother of Ian Montheith Hamilton whose campaign during the Second Boer War was the subject of Churchill's Ian Hamilton's March.

America.- Boston.- Hancock (John) An oration; delivered March 5, 1774, at the request of the inhabitants of the town of Boston: to commemorate the bloody tragedy of the fifth of March 1770, first edition, mourning rules to title and first and last ff., lacking half-title, trimmed signature to head of title, repairs in text, with loss of several letters to last f., otherwise mostly minor loss, sigs C&D trimmed at foot, just touching a catchword on D1v, some spotting and staining (including a little ink), lightly browned throughout, later stitched drab wrappers, housed in a modern card portfolio, printed title label to upper cover, [Evans 13314; Sabin 30177; T.R. Adams 117a], small 4to, Boston, Printed by Edes and Gill, in Queen-Street, 1774.⁂ Vitriolic oration on the Boston Massacre, in which the audience are encouraged to take up arms against British troops: 'by all that is dear, by all that is honourable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray, but that you act; that, if necessary, ye fight, and even die...Break in sunder, with noble disdain, the bonds with which the Philistines have bound you...'. Adams writes that 'In all probability, a number of Boston radicals had a hand in its composition'.

Owenson (Sydney, later Lady Morgan) Glorvina, ou la Jeune Irlandaise..., 4 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, engraved bookplate, attractive contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt with motifs of urns and flowers, red and blue labels, rubbed, slight worming to foot of rear joint of vol.1, Paris, 1813; France, second edition, half-titles, 2 engraved sheets of music in vol.1, 4pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.2, K4 & 5 of vol.2 with portion torn away from lower margin affecting a few letters of K4, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spines, corners repaired, [Wolff 4910], Henry Colburn, 1817, 8vo et infra (6)⁂ Scarce first French edition of Owenson's most famous novel The Wild Irish Girl published in 1806, with only 2 UK copies recorded (Cambridge & Oxford, not in the British Library). Owenson, later Lady Morgan, was one of the most discussed and controversial writers of her generation, championing the poorer classes of society in her native Ireland and in France. The second work includes appendices by her husband, Sir Thomas Charles Morgan, on the state of law, finance, medicine, and political opinion in France.

Yeats (William Butler) The Tables of the Law and the Adoration of the Magi, first edition, number 7 of 110 copies, portrait frontispiece by Jack B. Yeats, tissue-guard, light browning to endpapers, bookplate removed from front pastedown, original red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, light sunning to spine, light rubbing to spine tips and corners, an excellent example, [Wade 24], 8vo, Privately Printed, 1897.⁂ The true first edition of this rare publication containing two short stories written by Yeats at the height of his fascination in occultism.

Heraldry.- Legh (Gerard) The Accedens of Armory, first edition, woodcut title, double-page woodcut armorial plate bound as frontispiece trimmed and laid down, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials, some early ink annotations including ink ownership inscription of W[alter]. Stonehouse, the Yorkshire antiquary at head of title, other ink inscriptions on front endpapers and beneath colophon, some leaves at beginning working loose, slight worming at end, affecting a few words, 17th century blind-stamped calf, with gilt fleuron and initials 'I.S.' to covers, corners worn, rebacked, some ties replaced, [STC 15388], 8vo, by Richard Tottill, 1562.⁂ Scarce and important early heraldic work with a distinguished provenance.Provenance: Walter Stonehouse (ink inscription on title and another on endpaper "Ex dono Walter Stonehouse 1648"; Samuel Savile (ink inscription presumably in Stonehouse's hand "For Mr Samuel Savile the yonger From his servant W.S."; Thomas Lord Fairfax (ink inscription on another endpaper explaining that this copy was sold by Stonehouse's son "to Thomas Lord Fairfax, and by his Executors to Mr. Thoresby father of the Learned Mr Ralph Thoresby author of the History of Leeds", the inscription initialled J.L., presumably John Lund who has signed an inscription beneath colophon at end and whose bookplate is on front pastedown); "Thomas Beckwith of York, Painter" (ink inscription dated 1753, plus another tipped-in signature and his engraved bookplate); Mary Laye of Scarborough (bookplate on rear pastedown).Thoresby mentions this copy on pp.104/105 of Ducatus Leodiensis, 1715 "That timble or temble was generally used for Temple, may be attested by old books. I have particularly the Accedens of Armory (the first book of Heraldry that ever was printed in the English Tongue) which is expressly said to be Imprynted at London in Fleet Streete, within Temble barre, etc."

Law.- Blackstone (Sir William) Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4 vol., third edition of vol.1&2, first edition of vol.3&4, 2 engraved tables, of which 1 folding, lacking divisional half-title A1 in vol.1, occasional water-staining, some spotting / mostly light foxing, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, spines in compartments and with red leather label, vol.2 lower cover detached, some spine ends worn, corners worn, some scuff marks, rubbed, 4to, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1768-1669.

18th century Murder.- The Full Tryal, Examination, and Conviction of Mr. James Tailor a Tanner. At Kingstoun Assizes... For vindication by seditious Words, the horrid Murther of King Charles the First, the Calves Head Clubb, and other Scandalous and Dangerous Expressions against the Queen..., single sheet, 2pp., folds, small tear in left margin, foxed and browned, [ESTC lists 1 copy only located in US], sm. folio, [London], [1703].⁂ This edition without imprint.

Sale Catalogue.- Fourcroy (Antoine François, Comte de) Catalogue des Livres de la Bibliothèque..., first and only edition, half-title, with 4pp. 'Annonce' following title listing contents, times and dates of the sessions of the auction and ink duty stamp to head, title lightly foxed, engraved bookplate, later half calf, rubbed, splits to joints, spine ends repaired, 8vo, Paris, Tilliard Freres, 1810.⁂ Scarce and important sale catalogue of the library of the chemist Fourcroy, intended to be used as a bibliography and including a classification scheme and indexes of authors and titles. The sale lasted for 29 days and contained nearly 2800 lots of which 1800 relate to science or medicine, particularly chemistry. An interesting comparison to the library of his near contemporary Lavoisier which was roughly the same size but did not include so many scientific items.

Xenophon. Las Obras, translated by Diego Gracian, first edition in Spanish, collation: +8 A-Z a-e8, double column, title in red and black with large woodcut coat-of-arms, woodcut initials, printer's device on verso of final leaf, title with margins renewed, foxing and browning, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, ties renewed, spine repaired, folio (293 x 198mm.), Salamanca, Juan de Junta, 1552.⁂ A very good copy of the first edition of the Greek historian's works in Spanish. Xenophon was one of the earliest known writers on hunting, so this is certainly one of if not the earliest works on hunting printed in Spanish.Provenance: Damaso G. Arrese (bookplate); John de Zulueta (bookplate)Literature: Palau 376843; Schwerdt II, 303c.

Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke named the Governour, printed in black letter, lacking title and final leaf, some early ink annotations and scribblings, staining and soiling, mostly marginal, some worming, again mostly marginal but occasionally affecting text, a couple of leaves with tears, later vellum, rebacked, soiled, [?STC 7639], 8vo, [?Thomas Berthelet], [1553].⁂ Influential work on moral philosophy and concerning the education of those destined to govern. It was first published in 1531 and there were several further editions throughout the 16th century. This copy, with f.91 incorrectly numbered 19 and f.103 numbered 102 suggests this is the 1553 edition; and indeed a facsimile of that edition's title-page has been bound in.

Fruit-trees.- Langford (Thomas) Plain and Full Instructions to raise all sorts of Fruit-Trees That Propser in England, first edition, 2 engraved plates, 1 with key f. opposite, 8pp. advertisements at end, title within double-rule border, title a little spotted, insect damage causing a few holes to title (not affecting text) and fraying to margins, mostly at beginning and end, dampstaining, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, later endpapers, [Henrey 215; Wing L388], 8vo, by J. M. for Rich. Chiswel at the Rose and Crown in St Paul's Church-Yard, 1681.⁂ John Evelyn praises this work in a one-page letter printed after the "To the Reader", in which he states that he knows "of nothing extant which exceeds it". Includes the making of cider, perry and liquors.

Scotland.- Western Isles.- Geology.- Macculloch (John) A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, Including The Isle of Man; Comprising an Account of their Geological Structure; With Remarks on Their Agriculture, Scenery, and Antiquities, 3 vol., including Atlas, first edition, half-titles, 33 engraved plates, of which 1 hand-coloured and 1 folding, 10 engraved maps, all but 1 hand-coloured, 2 of which folding or double-page, advertisement f. at end of text vol.2, a few pencil markings or notes, occasional spotting, original boards, original printed labels to spines of text vol., Atlas vol. with remains of printed label and head of spine worn, some staining, corners worn, [Challinor 93; Ward & Carozzi 1443], 8vo & 4to, Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. [& others], 1819.⁂ A good set in original boards, with the rare Atlas volume. 'Macculoch's most important book. The numerous islands described, large and small [and including Man], many of which had not previously been examined by geologists, contain rocks ranging in age from Precambrian to Tertiarty, including many igneous rocks. His descriptions of the igneous rocks and the sketches and maps in the accompanying atlas promoted a true understanding of the nature and origin of igneous rock at a time when the mistaken views of Werner on their origin had not been eradicated' (DSB).

Parallel (The): An Essay on Friendship, Love and Marriage, first edition, title and final leaf a little soiled, one or two light stains, stab-holes, modern morocco-backed cloth, slight rubbing to upper joint, [Wing P333], 4to, for Henry Playford, 1689.⁂ Scarce diatribe against women, particularly their perceived infidelity. A second edition appeared in 1746.

Satire on the stock market.- North (William) The City of the Jugglers; or, Free-Trade in Souls. A Romance of the "Golden" Age, first edition, etched frontispiece and 3 plates by F.H.T. Bellew, lacking advertisements, frontispiece lightly foxed, offsetting from plates (including to title), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments, lacking label, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, H.J. Gibbs, 1850.⁂ Rare. 'North's The City of the Jugglers or, Free Trade in Souls, a satire and fantasia on the stock market frenzies of Britain in the late 1840s with a side-trip to the 1848 Revolution in Hungary, is one of the most original novels of the mid-Victorian period, but it is also the most elusive book by one of the nineteenth-century's most elusive authors. Frederick Bellew's frontispiece engraving is apparently the only known portrait of the book's author' (University of South Carolina's introduction to their edition).

Corsets.- Reisser (M.) Avis Important au Sexe, ou Essai sur les Corps Baleinés..., first edition in French, half-title, folding engraved plate, a few small spots or stains, contemporary boards, rubbed, spine cracked and a little worn, upper joint split, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, facsimile title to upper cover, [Colas 2534; Wellcome IV, 501], 12mo, Lyons, V. Reguilliat, 1770.⁂ Practical treatise on corsetry by a German tailor working in Lyons.

Robert Molesworth's copy.- Montaigne (Michel de) The Essayes or morall, politike and millitarie discourses, translated by John Florio, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, with commendatory verses by Samuel Daniel and errata f. (¶1&2), errata slip to B1r correcting 'towns' to 'vyle', 2Q4 blank, 17th century ink marginalia and underlining, lacking final 2 errata ff., ¶1 misbound after A6, repairs, mostly marginal, but title with some loss of text verso at head and affecting side-note on A2&3, par1 small chip at head with loss of part of 1 letter, trimmed closely at head, affecting the occasional headline, water-stained, more severely (including some damp-staining) to sigs 3H-3K, with loss of a few letters on most of these ff., repaired, some of these same ff. with worm trace at foot, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, covers rubbed, small folio, [Pforzheimer 378; STC 18041; cf. PMM 95 (first edition in French)], By Val. Sims for Edward Blount dwelling in Paules churchyard, 1603.⁂ An important association copy of the first edition in English of Les Essais, which is considered one of the classics of Elizabethan translation. Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth (1656-1725), Anglo-Irish politician, Ambassador to Denmark and writer, who is considered to have been a pioneer in the field of political science with his An Account of Denmark, as it was in the Year 1692, 1694. Martyn P. Thompson in his 'A Note on "Reason" and "History" in Late Seventeenth Century Political Thought' postulates that when Molesworth writes in his preface that 'Want of Liberty is a Disease in any Society or Body Politick, like want of Health in a particular Person; and as the best way to understand the nature of any Distemper aright, is to consider it in several Patients, since the same Disease may proceed from different causes, so the disorders in Society are best perceived by observing the Nature and Effects of them in our several Neighbours' he offers 'a prescription for a sort of comparative politics which has an interestingly modern sound' (Political Theory Vol. 4, No. 4. (1976), p.495). ('Robt. Molesworth, 1684', inscription to title and ?his marginalia).

Vermigli (Pietro Martire) The Common Places of the most famous and renowmed Divine Doctor Peter Martyr, 6 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by Anthonie Marten, double column, largely printed in black letter, general title within woodcut architectural border, title to part 5 within woodcut lacework border, woodcut initials and ornaments, lacking a1 (blank except for signature) and blank leaves OOo2 and 2Oo6, title soiled and stained and repaired to verso, first few leaves quite heavily stained, other marginal and less obtrusive staining, last few leaves repaired with some loss of text, some worming within text block near end, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rubbed, spine label chipped, [STC 24669], folio, at the costs and charges of Henrie Denham, Thomas Chard, William Broome, and Andrew Maunsell, 1583.⁂ Vermigli (1499-1562) was an important figure in the Protestant Reformation who wrote numerous treatises and biblical commentaries. Part 2, chapter one deals with the issue of original sin.

Wecker (Johann Jacob) Eighteen Books of the Secrets of Art & Nature, being the Summe and Substance of Naturall Philosophy, Methodically Digested, first edition in English, fine etched additional title by Richard Gaywood with 7 portraits including including Alexis of Piedmont, Albertus Magnus, William Harvey, Francis Bacon and Raymond Lull, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and diagrams, 3pp. bookseller's catalogue at end, lightly browned, a few rust spots, Macclesfield Library copy with small embossed stamp to title and South Library label to front pastedown, contemporary sheep ruled in blind, rubbed, scuffs to lower cover, some splits to joints, [Duveen p.613; Ferguson II 534; Krivatsky 12628; Wing W1236], folio, for Simon Miller, 1660.⁂ A good copy of this encyclopaedia of arts and sciences, first published in Latin in 1582. Wecker was born, studied and worked in Basel, firstly as professor of logic and Latin, before graduating as a physician. His wife Anna (a daughter of Isaac Keller) published a cookery book in 1600. The work includes sections on fire, cosmetics, wines, poultry, trees, herbs, fruits, metals, gardens, glass, fountains, the occult, painting and sports.

Wells (H.G.) The War of the Worlds, first edition, first issue, half-title, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end dated 1897, some spotting at beginning and end, original grey cloth, lettered in black, very slightly soiled and with one corner slightly bumped, generally very good copy, 8vo, 1898.

Africa.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) The Lake Regions of Central Africa, 2 vol., first edition, second issue, half-titles, 12 chromoxylograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, folding map at end of vol.2, later red half morocco by Bayntun, spines gilt, joints a little rubbed, [Penzer pp.65-66], 8vo, 1860.⁂ The Lake Regions of Central Africa is considered Burton's best writing and is also his first attack in print on Speke, with whom he travelled to Central Africa. Speke was the first to return to England, publishing his account in Blackwood's Magazine, and taking credit for their "discovery" of Lake Nyanza and the source of the White Nile. Burton countered with his denouncement of Speke's "inaccurate data and outrageous speculations" which the Royal Geographical Society printed in full, perhaps in retaliation for Speke having turned to Blackwood's Magazine for publication even though the Royal Society had sponsored the expedition.

Agriculture.- Donaldson (James) Husbandry anatomized, or, an enquiry into the present manner of teiling and manuring the ground in Scotland for most part, second edition, ink stamp to title, [Fussell p.84; Perkins 497; Rothamsted p.48; Goldsmiths' 3384; Wing D1853], Edinburgh, Printed by John Reid, 1697 bound with [Donaldson (James)] Postscript to Husbandry Anatomiz'd, [Fussell p.84; Perkins 498; Wing D1855], Edinburgh, Printed by John Reid, 1698, together 2 works in 1 vol., 12pp. ms. index and notes at end, identified by an inscription (signed A.C.) as the hand of Sir John Sinclair of Longformachus [sic], some staining / water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, closely trimmed at head, 18th century mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, small 8vo ⁂ Second edition of the first printed work on agriculture in Scotland (ESTC records a 1696 edition at Signet Library only (now dispersed)). 'A rare little book ... A high estimation has always been placed upon this work, as a valuable production of that early time, and it is considered fully equal to anything of that kind that had appeared to date. Copies are exceedingly scarce.' (McDonald, Agricultural Writers, p.142). Provenance: Lawes Agricultural Library (Rothamsted), sold these rooms July, 2018, lot 308 (ink stamp to recto and verso of title).

Beechey (Capt. F.W. and H.W.) Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa, from Tripoly Eastward...the Greater Syrtis and Cyrenaica..., first edition, folding engraved map and 8 plans, 13 engraved plates (mostly fine aquatints after H.W.Beechey, one folding, 2 hand-coloured), lacking errata slip but with advertisement slip for Beechey's 'African Views' bound in at end, all maps and plates mounted on linen, some foxing, contemporary half green morocco, spine gilt, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 305], 4to, 1828.⁂ Beechey, famous for his explorations in the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic, undertook this expedition after having served with Franklin and Parry.

[Dickens (Charles)], "Boz". Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress, 3 vol., first edition, first issue, with 'Boz' on titles and 'Fireside' plate in vol. 3, without half-titles or advertisements, frontispieces and 21 etched plates by George Cruikshank, light toning to plates, occasional light finger-soiling but a good, clean set generally, near-contemporary ink ownership inscription to titles, 19th century green half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels, light fading to spines, [Eckel pp.59-60; Smith I, 4], 8vo, Richard Bentley, 1838.

Mining & Metallurgy.- Schlüter (Christoph Andreas) De la Fonte des Mines, des Fonderies, &c., edited by Jean Hellot, 2 vol., first edition in French, half-titles, engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, 59 engraved plates by B.Audran after Le Lorrins on 58 folding sheets, free endpapers of vol.1 loose but a good clean copy, Hopetoun House library copy with engraved bookplate, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt (not quite uniform) with morocco labels, rubbed, some splits to joints, spine ends and corners a little worn, [Hoover 724; Ward & Carozzi 1977], 4to, Paris, Widow Pissot [and others], 1750-1753.⁂ A translation of Gründliche Unterricht von Hüttenwerken, published in Brauschweig in 1738, and some other works edited by Hellot. The fine plates of furnaces and foundries provide details of smelting and metallurgical operations.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, engraved portrait frontispiece and 39 plates by Hablot K. Browne, usual browning to plates, slight fraying to fore-margin of title and frontispiece, front free endpaper neatly and sympathetically renewed, original blind-stamped cloth, spine a little dulled and with light vertical crease, spine chipped at head, spine ends and corners bumped and a little frayed, minor splitting to lower joint, but a very good example overall, [Smith I, pp. pp.40-43; Eckel, pp.64-66], 8vo, 1839.

Trollope (Anthony) The Last Chronicle of Barset, first edition, in the original 32 parts, 32 wood-engraved plates and vignette illustrations by G.H. Thomas, parts 1, 2, 11, 12 and 13 missing all or some pages of advertisements either at front or back (additional copy of part 1; lacking all advertisements), otherwise all "compulsory" advertisements as called for, part 1 plate stained, some spotting (mainly to parts 3, 6, 10, 16, 17, 30 and 32), original printed wrappers, part 7 with ink ownership inscription to upper cover, some detached (additional part 1, parts 9, 19, and 32), some with spotting to covers (mainly to parts 17, 18 and 30), some toning and surface soiling, spines toned and rubbed, part 5 with chip at spine, preserved in cloth chemise and custom cloth pull-top box, [Sadleir 26], 8vo, Smith, Elder & Co., 1866-67.

Grimm (Jakob Ludwig and Wilhelm Carl) German Popular Stories, translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen, first English edition, second state with the umlaut in "Marchen" on title, half-titles, etched vignette titles and 20 plates by George Cruikshank, browning to plates, occasional offsetting, foxing and soiling to text, 1 or 2 short marginal tears, ink ownership inscriptions to title, modern calf, gilt, 8vo, [Cohn 369], 12mo, C.Baldwyn [- and James Robins & Co], 1823-26.

Agriculture & Gardening.- Darwin (Erasmus) Phytologia: or the philosophy of agriculture and gardening. With the theory of draining morasses and with an improved construction of the drill plough, first edition, 12 engraved plates, of which 2 folding, plates I-IX preceded by an explanatory letterpress leaf (as called for), explanation f. for plate IV and plates X and XI loose, water-staining to lower corner of last few ff., some spotting and mostly light foxing, handsome contemporary red panelled morocco, gilt, covers with foliage corner-pieces, richly decorated spine in compartments and with black morocco label (with a small chip at foot), upper headband all but detached, some marking and staining, [Henrey 615; Perkins 448], 4to (binding 270 x 215mm.), Printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, 1800.⁂ A handsomely bound copy of this important agricultural treatise. 'His intention was to systematize agricultural knowledge, informed by his conviction that plants were inferior animals, providing a theoretical framework that could sustain better agricultural and horticultural practices....Darwin provided a confident overview of the prospects for improving agricultural production and an imaginative range of innovations, including methods for forwarding the production of seeds and their ripening, for perfecting and enlarging fruit, and for growing timber with appropriate flexibility for use in the shipbuilding industry.' (ODNB).

Unrecorded.- Gildas. The History of the Destruction of the Brittaines, [translated by Thomas Abington], title in double-rule border with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and headpieces, title rather stained and soiled, scattered spotting and occasional staining, front free endpaper detached, 19th century diced calf, gilt, spine rubbed, [not in Wing], small 8vo, by T. Cotes, for William Cooke and are to be sold at his shop neere Furnivalls-Inne gate in Holborne, 1638.⁂ Seemingly unrecorded. ESTC lists a 1652 edition of the same work under the title A Description of the State of Great Britain but nothing under this title. Both the first edition and 1652 editions call for a frontispiece portrait not present here.

Dickens (Charles) Our Mutual Friend, first edition in the original 19/20 parts, first issue of part 1 without the printer's imprint on front wrapper, 40 wood-engraved plates after Marcus Stone by Dalziel and W.T. Green, 9 parts lacking certain advertisements and slips either at front or back (some torn out with remains at gutter), 5 parts with certain advertisement pages defective (torn away vertically), 4 parts with additional or duplicate advertisements or slips, otherwise all other slips and advertisements as called for, some plates with spotting or marginal damp-staining, occasional spotting but generally clean inside, original printed blue wrappers, part 1 lower cover detached and upper toned, part 19/20 upper cover coming loose at spine foot, a few small spots, several with small chips at extremities, overall a bright and sharp set, preserved in custom red cloth drop-front box, [Hatton & Cleaver pp.343-370], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1864-65.⁂ Listing of advertisements available upon request.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, third printing, usual light marginal toning, very occasional light foxing, original pictorial boards, very slight sunning to spine, light bumping to spine ends, slight rubbing to corner tips, but a near-fine example generally, 8vo, 1997.

Prophesies.- [Atwood (William)] Wonderful Predictions of Nostredamus, Grebner, David Pareus, and Antonius Torquatus. Wherein the Grandeur of Their Present Majesties, The Happiness of England, and Downfall of France and Rome, are Plainly Delineated, first edition, title within double-rule border, small holes and rust-holes to F1, F2 & H1 with loss to 1 or 2 letters of text, occasional light foxing, some light dampstaining to upper corners, 20th century half morocco, [Wing N1401], for J. Robinson at the Golden Lion in St. Paul's Church-yard, T. Fox in Westminster-hall, and M. Wotton at the Three Daggers in Fleet-street, 1689.⁂ Scarce..

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Kafka (Franz) The Metamorphosis, translated by A.L. Lloyd, first edition in English, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, light rubbing and bumping to spine tips and corners, original glassine dust-jacket with 3/6 printed price to upper flap, spine broken, light toning to spine, chipping to spine ends and head of upper panel, portion of loss to foot of upper panel, 8vo, Parton Press, 1937.⁂ Kafka's most celebrated work, rare in the fragile jacket. 

Watts (Isaac).- Butler (Joseph) The Analogy of Religion Natural and Revealed, to the Constitution and Course of Nature, first edition, Isaac Watts' copy with his ink ownership inscription dated 1736 laid onto endpaper and marginal marks and annotations in Watts' hand throughout, half-title, very occasional light foxing, contemporary calf, neat and sympathetic early reback, rubbed,, light wear to extremities, 4to, John and Paul Knapton, 1736.⁂ An important work of 18th century theology annotated by a prominent theologian and logician. Watts (1674-1748) prolific hymn writer, logician, theologian and astronomer. His annotations both celebrate and critique Butler's work and include mention of Locke whose theory of personal identity Butler famously critiques in the appendix. Provenance: Ink note to rear endpaper initialled "C.S." and dated March, 1766, states: "I bought this book from ?Paterson Auctiiers London at the sale of the Library of Nathanael Neil Esq. Son of the author of History of the Puritans. It belonged originally to Dr. Isaac Watts whose name is in his own handwriting & also notes in the margin, exemplifying his his directions in his book on the improvement of the mind".

Donaueschingen copy.- Herodotus. Herodoti Libri Novem, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α6 β4 a-z, Aa-Cc6, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut historiated initials and printer's device to otherwise blank final f., Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, [1541] bound with Thucydides. Thucydides cum scholiis, edited by Joachim Camerarius, collation: α*6 β*6 α6 b-z A-D6 E8 F10, woodcut decorative initials, t6 blank, colophon f., lacking final f. (with woodcut printer's device, otherwise blank), Basel, Heirs of Johann Hervagius, 1540, together 2 works in 1 vol., titles in Greek and Latin, text in Greek, titles with large section of lower blank corner repaired, spotting and mostly light staining, lightly browned, lacking front pastedown, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, spine in compartments and with later ink title, short split to pigskin of lower cover, a few small ink stains, lightly soiled, folio (312 x 200mm., binding 326 x 220mm.)⁂ The Donaueschingen copy of the first Herwagen editions of these Greek historians; the Herodotus being the second Greek edition overall and the Thucydides the third. With regards to the binding the second borders and centre panels with blind rolls of half figures (prophets on upper cover, virtues on the lower) are signed 'A F'. According to Haebler (I, 110), three potential candidates for rolls thus signed are the two Leipzig binders Andreas Ficker (1542-92) and Andreas Francke (c. 1530), and Andreas Franckow, of Wittenberg (c.1534). Provenance: F.F. Hofbibliothek Donaueschingen (small blue ink stamp to verso of first title, slight show through). Literature: Adams H395; Adams T664.

Japan.- Outdoor games.- Strange (Frederick William) Outdoor games, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to his nephew, text in English, errata f., final ?publisher's f. in Japanese, occasional spotting, hinges broken, original cloth-backed printed boards, corners little worn, stained, lightly browned, rubbed, 8vo, Tokyo, Z.P. Maruya & Co., 1883.⁂ Rare copy of the first English book on sport published in Japan, including Baseball and Cricket. Strange (1853-1889) is credited with being the first to introduce competitive rowing to Japan, as well as popularising other sports and exercise in general. He came to Japan in 1875 and worked at a school that was to become The University of Tokyo. Strange died suddenly at the age of 35, but had already made a great impression on Japanese society. There is a memorial to him on one of the university campuses in Tokyo.

Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De Distillatione lib. IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device on verso of final leaf, epigrams in Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean, Arabic, Slavonic, and Armenian, each with Latin translation, full-page engraved portrait of the author within elaborate frame by Giacomo Lauri, woodcut ornaments and initials and 35 illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscription and small circular ink stamp on title, a few leaves browned, some spotting and light water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, [cf.Ferguson II 216, Strasbourg edition of 1609, "the Roman edition is much the finer book"], 4to, Rome, Camera Apostolica, 1608.⁂ Important treatise which represents the most comprehensive view of the applications of distillation in the sixteenth century. The distillation process, as applied to every conceivable substance, was the basis of alchemical research and as such was the beginning of experimental chemistry. The nine parts of this work deal with the various kinds of distillation, including methods of extraction, the preparation of scented distilled waters, oils distilled from resins, oils distilled from woods, the distillation of corrosive mineral acids, the properties of these acids, distillation of alcohol from wine, and the preparation of various ointments.

Ambler (Eric) Journey into Fear, first edition, signed by author, occasional faint marginal finger soiling, original cloth, faint spotting, fractional bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head and flaps, a little rubbed, very slight chipping to extremities, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Inscribed "To Mr. E.C. Brewer with best wished from Eric Ambler August 1940."

Juvenile.- Astronomy.- Newton.- Reynolds (George) The elements of astronomy, according to the Newtonian principles...adapted as far as the science will admit, to the plainest capacities, intended solely for the instruction of young ladies and gentlemen, first edition, 4 folding engraved plates, lacking half-title, contemporary red panelled morocco, gilt, small chip to head of spine, rubbed, g.e, large 12mo, E. Thomas for Sherwood, Neeley, & Jones, 1809.⁂ Scarce, with WorldCat recording five copies.

Bible, Latin.- Testamenti veteris biblia sacra sive Libri canonici, 6 parts in 1 vol., woodcut device to titles, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, ¶8 and 5M4 blank, first title soiled, with a small chip to upper blank corner and neatly mounted on a stub, final f. lower corner torn and partially repaired with loss of text, some spotting and staining, 19th century panelled calf, gilt, joints split, but holding, rubbed and marked, g.e., [D&M 6166 (note); STC 2058], 4to, Henry Middleton for W. N[orton], 1581.⁂ The second edition of the earliest complete Latin Bible printed in England.

Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first paperback edition, first printing, very slight marginal toning, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing and very slight sunning to spine, light rubbing to extremities with slight lifting to laminate on lower cover but a bright, near-fine example otherwise, 8vo, 1997.⁂ A bright example of the first paperback edition, this copy with noticeably less marginal browning than is usually found.

Descartes (René) Le Monde de Mr Descartes, ou, le Traité de la Lumiere...avec un Discours de l'Action des Corps, & un autre des Fièvres..., first edition, second issue, title with woodcut device of bird with snake in its beak, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, woodcut diagrams/illustrations in text, with final blank, contemporary ink signature to head of title crossed out and another to foot, light browning, a couple of illustrations shaved at edge, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed and slightly stained, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, [Guibert p.211 no.1; Tchemerzine IV p.311 imprint b; Norman 629, later issue with Girard imprint], 8vo, Paris, Michel Bobin & Nicolas le Gas, 1664.⁂ Posthumous work, written in the author's youth but suppressed following the trial of Galileo in 1633, which presents a more or less complete statement of Descartes' cosmology. His great achievement was to develop a system of physics based on a simple theory of matter and a few simple laws - very similar to Newton's laws of motion - which also allowed him to account for all the known properties of light.

Carleton (William) Traits and Stories of The Irish Peasantry, 2 vol. first edition, half-titles, etched frontispieces and 4 plates, occasional foxing and some light offsetting, original boards, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, spine labels browned, chipped and restored, corners a little bumped but an attractive set overall, [Sadleir 520; Wolff 1121], 8vo, Dublin, William Curry, Jun. and Company, 1830.⁂ Carleton's most famous work and the book that established his reputation. Though it ran to numerous editions, the first edition is rare and we can trace only a handful of copies at auction and no copies currently online. Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry is a-typical of Anglo-Irish literature of the time in its focus on the lower social classes of Irish society, it had a profound influence on the young W. B. Yeats.

**The description of this lot has changed**Shakespeare in Hungary.- Roméo és Júlia, translated by Kun Szabó Sándor, first edition in Hungarian, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some staining, modern floral boards, 8vo, Bratislava, Talaltatik Veber es Korabinsky, 1786.⁂ Rare first edition of Romeo and Juliet in Hungarian. WorldCat records two copies (NYU (Elmer Holmes Bobst Library) and NYU Abu Dhabi), and we locate copies at the National Széchényi Library and the Ervin Szabó Library.Hungarian editions were often based on German adaptations (cf. The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare pp.170-171); ours being based on Christian Felix Weiβe’s Romeo und Julie, 1768.'For about 100 years now Shakespeare has been customarily referred to as "the most popular and most often played Hungarian classic." There is of course the proverbial Hungarian sense of humor to account for this amusing quip. But at the same time there is the undeniable truth... that in some mysterious way Shakespeare has been assimilated into the stock of Hungarian national cultural heritage' (Istvan Palffy, Shakespeare in Hungary, Shakespeare Quarterly, vol. 29, No. 2, 1978, pp. 292-94).

[Austen (Jane)] Northanger Abbey: and Persuasion. By the Author of "Pride and Prejudice", "Mansfield-Park" &c. With a Biographical Notice of he Author, 4 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol. 1 & 4 only (that in vol. 4 misbound before general title), lacking final two blanks in vol. 4, occasional light foxing or browning, heavier to vol. 3 & 4, a copy with good margins generally, bookplate of Campbell family to pastedowns, contemporary speckled half calf, green morocco labels to spines, some cracking to joints but holding firm, covers rubbed, [Gilson A9], 12mo, John Murray, 1818.⁂ First edition of both novels, published posthumously. Northanger Abbey, a Gothic novel parody, had been drafted fifteen years earlier under a working title of 'Susan', but was abandoned when another novel of the same name appeared in 1809. Persuasion was completed by Austen in the summer of 1816, shortly before she was forced to stop writing due to ill-health.

Bonaparte (Charles Lucien) American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of Birds Inhabiting The United States, 4 vol., first edition, 27 hand-coloured engraved plates, most with tissue guards, some off-setting, heavy spotting, foxing and damp-staining to vol. 2-4, including to titles and some plates, contemporary straight grain half morocco, spines toned, joints and extremities worn, [Nissen IVB 116; Wood 247; Zimmer 64], folio, Philadelphia (PA), Carey & Lea, 1825-33.

Wollstonecraft (Mary) Original Stories from Real Life; with Conversations, calculated to Regulate the Affections, and Form the Mind to Truth and Goodness, first illustrated edition, copper-engraved frontispiece and 5 plates by William Blake, lacking final advertisement leaf at end, plates very lightly offset, one or two margins slightly trimmed at fore-edge, modern speckled calf, spine ruled in gilt with morocco label, spine a little faded, [Bentley 514; Gumuchian 5854; Osborne p.255; Rothschild 2597; Windle A3b], 12mo, for J.Johnson, 1791.⁂ Originally published in 1788 this is the first illustrated edition, with copper-engraved plates by William Blake. "These conversations and tales are accommodated to the present state of society; which obliges the author to attempt to cure those faults by reason, which ought never to have taken root in the infant mind". Preface.

Astrology.- Lilly (William) The Worlds Catastrophe, or, Europes Many Mutations untill, 1666, first edition, one woodcut illustration and one diagram, cropped and slightly frayed with loss particularly to side-notes and some words of text in upper corner towards end, soiled and stained, probably lacking an initial blank, later half calf, rebacked preserving original spine, worn, [Wing L2252], 4to, Printed for John Partridge, and Humphrey Blunden, 1647.⁂ A poor copy of a work which seldom appears at auction.

Trollope (Anthony) The Way We Live Now, first edition, in the original 20 parts, 40 wood-engraved plates after Lionel Fawkes (of which 2 loose in parts 16 and 18), all advertisements as called for, occasional faint spotting, original printed wrappers, several with ink ownership inscriptions to upper covers, parts 1 and 15 lacking lower cover, some toning and wear to spines, mainly at foot, a few corners with small tears, chips or creasing, but overall an excellent set, preserved in a custom cloth drop-front box, upper joint broken, [Sadleir 44], 8vo, Chapman and Hall, 1874-75.⁂ One of Trollope's most loved novels, rare in the original parts. Sadleir initially called for 16 advertisements in part 1 before later correcting that number to 12, as here.

Wells.- Garnier (Abdon-Jacques-Frambourg) De l'Art du Fontenier Sondeur et des Puits Artésiens, first edition, half-title, title with printed slip pasted over imprint, folding engraved map and 18 plates by Le Blanc after Garnier, light foxing to plates, mostly marginal, attractive contemporary sheep-backed green boards resembling straight-grain morocco, gilt decorative border, spine gilt with red label, a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, 1822.⁂ Important work on Artesian wells, named after Artois in France, where very pure water in limestone strata comes to the surface under its own pressure, without pumping. Such wells are obviously of great economic importance and for this reason a number of bodies in France offered prizes for the best essay on the subject. Garnier's essay won the prize of 3000 francs offered by the Société d'Encouragement pour l'Industrie Nationale.

Waterworks & Fireworks.- Bate (John) The Mysteries of Nature and Art, 4 parts in 1, second edition, title printed in red and black within engraved divisional border repaired to verso, other divisional titles, 2 with woodcut vignettes, the last with woodcut device, 2 woodcut plates, woodcut illustrations, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, one leaf slightly proud and folded in with slight loss to woodcut at fore-edge, some leaves shaved with occasional loss of text (including first word of title to part 3), a few leaves i.e. V1-4, Mm4 and Qq4 soiled and repaired (the last with loss) and possibly supplied from another copy, a few other leaves quite heavily stained, later calf, rebacked and corners repaired, [STC 1578; Duveen p.51], 4to, [Printed by Thomas Harper] for Ralph Mabb, 1635.⁂ The "first comprehensive illustrated English book on waterworks and hydraulic machinery. It also includes sections on drawing, painting, recipes, and folk remedies, as well as one on fireworks and incendiary devices largely derivative of earlier English and continental works on the subject ... Bate's influence extended to the young Isaac Newton, who owned a copy of Mysteries, copied extracts from Bate's section on drawing, and was probably inspired by his section on waterworks" (ONDB).Provenance: Thomas Roberts of Jesus College, Oxford (early ink inscription to title).

Thomas (Isaiah, publisher) The History of Little Goody Twoshoes, first Worcester edition, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, final advertisement f., B1 piece from lower blank corner, stained, mostly lightly browned throughout, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, spine neatly restored and with recent gilt, covers scuffed with some loss of marbled paper, [Evans 20412; Welch 463:4; Rosenbach 118], 32mo (98 x 60mm.), Worcester, Mass., By Isaiah Thomas, and sold, wholesale and retail, at his bookstore, 1787.⁂ Although for some time considered the first American edition, it was in fact preceded by editions printed in New York, 1775, Boston 1783 and Philadelphia 1786, but these are all virtually unobtainable.

'Spanish Vasari' (The).- Palomino de Castro y Velasco (Antonio) El museo pictorico, y escala optica. Teorica de la pintura, 3 parts in 2 vol., second edition, 2 fine engraved additional pictorial titles and 17 folding plates, some water-staining (heaviest at end of vol.2) and mostly light foxing (heavier to a few ff.), occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary Spanish mottled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with later (but to style) red and olive leather labels, corners worn, rubbed, [Palau 210735], 4to, Madrid, Sancha, 1795-1797.⁂ The second and best edition of the 'Spanish Vasari'. First published in 1715-1724, and here edited and enlarged by Sancha. It is the most important eighteenth-century Spanish book in its field, collecting together the lives of the Spanish painters and theoretical treatises. Provenance: John Waldie (1781-1862), Hendersyde Park, Kelso (engraved armorial bookplates). The library at Hendersyde was consulted by Sir Walter Scott.

Dickens (Charles) A Christmas Carol, fifth or sixth edition, title printed in red & blue, half-title and verso of title printed in blue, 4 hand-coloured etched plates by & after Leech and 4 plain woodcut vignettes by Linton after Leech, 2pp. advertisements, some light offsetting but an unusually clean copy generally, edition statement neatly erased from title, yellow endpapers, original cloth, spine darkened, spine ends chipped, corners a little bumped, split to foot of upper joint, g.e., [Smith part II, p.25], 1844; and rebacked first editions of The Haunted Man and The Battle of Life, 8vo (3)

[Savile (George, Marquess of Halifax)] The Lady's New-years Gift: or, Advice to a Daughter, second edition, engraved frontispiece depicting a young girl reading the work, near contemporary ink signatures of Mary Isham & Mary Brooke to title and earlier ones "Jane Isham her Booke 1706" (?presumably Mary's mother) to endpapers, frontispiece with faint ink stain, lightly browned, G6 lacking lower outer corner not affecting text, contemporary sprinkled calf, a little rubbed, slight wear to head of spine, [Heltzel 726; Wing H305], 12mo, for Matt. Gillyflower...and James Partridge, 1688.⁂ Written by Halifax for the benefit of his daughter Elizabeth, later the mother of the 4th Earl of Chesterfield, who in turn wrote his famous Letters to his Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, published in 1774. First published without the author's permission due to a corrupt scrivener selling the manuscript, this edition has been corrected from the original and a frontispiece added. ESTC records 6 UK copies and 5 in America.

Isle of Man.- Wilson (Thomas, Bishop of Sodor and Mann) A Short and Plain Instruction for the Better Understanding of the Lord's Supper...in English and Manks, first edition, 4 leaves in sig.Aa and Bb repaired with some loss of text, some soiling and spotting, near contemporary blind-stamped black morocco by John Cats of Douglas (his ticket on front pastedown), joints and head of spine rubbed, 8vo, Whitehaven, Printed by J. Ware & Son, 1777.⁂ Quite scarce, provincially printed and in a local sombre binding. Ink inscription of Sabrina M. Hutchin and another member of the same family on title and following leaf.