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Venice.- Fougasses (Thomas de) The Generall Historie of the Magnificent State of Venice, from the First Foundation thereof untill this Present. Collected out of all Authors, both Ancient and Moderne, that have written of that Subject, translated by W. Shute, 2 vol. in 1 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut plan of Venice, 90 woodcut portraits of the Venetian Doges within decorative borders, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, 3C4 blank present, vol. I 2T6 small tear at head not affecting text, vol. II lacks 5A1 & 5A6, slightly browned, contemporary ink inscription by James Hecton citing St Gregory of Nazianzus at head of title, new endpapers, contemporary calf, some slight surface wear, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [STC 11207], folio, by G. Eld, and W. Stansby, 1612; sold not subject to return.

[Hanway (Jonas)] Serious Considerations On The Salutary Design Of The Act Of Parliament For A Regular, Uniform Register Of The Parish-poor In All The Parishes Within The Bills Of Mortality... To which are added, some thoughts on the usefulness of ventilation; the pernicious Effects of bad Air, narrow Streets, and ruined Houses; the Advantages of Cleanliness and decent Cloathing..., first edition engraved title vignette, modern calf, black morocco label, 8vo, John Rivington, 1762.⁂ A scarce work by Hanway on care for the poor and the promotion of cleanliness. We can trace no examples at auction.

Scandinavia.- Widekindi (Johan) Historia Belli Sveco-Moscovitici Decennalis, first edition, engraved additional portrait title and a folding plan, folding letterpress table, repaired tear to plan with loss of a few letters to upper text cartouche, very small split to a fold within image, some water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, flat gilt spine in compartments and with black stamped floral motifs and a black leather label, yapp edges, little marked and stained, rare in commerce, Stockholm, Nicolaus Wankijf, 1672; and 5 others, Scandinavia, v.s. (6)⁂ A history of campaigns by Charles IX and Gustavus Adolphus. Under the terms of the 1617 Treaty of Stolbova Sweden secured the Baltic provinces, while restoring Novgorod in exchange.

Language.- Pharmacopoeias.- Borrichius (Olaus) Lingua pharmacopoeorum, sive de accurata vocabulorum in pharmacopolis usitatorum pronunciatione, first and only edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and a decorative initial, (b)4 blank, some spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, 19th century half calf, later gilt and leather label to spine, corners little worn, rubbed, [Duveen 89; Krivatsy 1557; Wellcome II, 206], small 4to, Copenhagen, M. Godicchenius for P. Haubold, 1670.⁂ Rare 'very interesting work on the origin and pronunciation of words used in pharmacopoeias...of considerable interest to the chemical historian' (Duveen).

Dante Alighieri. La Divina Commedia, vol.1-3 only (of 4), vol.1 with half-title, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 2 engraved portraits, one of the dedicatee Empress Elisabeth Petrovna of Russia with facing engraved dedication leaf, the other of Dante, vol.2 and 3 titles with engraved vignette, 103 engraved plates by Magnini, Rizzi, Crivellari etc. after Fontebasso, Zompini, Schiavonio etc., engraved vignette 'argomento' at head of each canto, engraved initials and tail-pieces, some minor marginal worming at end of vol.2, otherwise extremely clean and crisp, contemporary vellum, morocco spine labels, [Mambelli 65; Morazzoni p.225], 4to, Venice, Presso Antonio Zatta, 1757.⁂ The first 3 volumes of the important Zatta edition, which is the first substantial critical edition since the mid-sixteenth century, and the first illustrated edition to be published since 1596.

Greene (Graham) England Made Me, first edition, attractive modern crushed black morocco, gilt, author's signature in gilt to upper cover, 8vo, 1935.

NO RESERVE Le Carré (John) The Le Carré Omnibus, first edition, signed by the author on title, light browning to title and first few pages, original red boards, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little chipped with short split to lower panel joint, tape repairs to jacket verso, lightly discoloured but still a tight and crisp copy, 8vo, 1964.⁂ Le Carré's first two novels, Call for the Dead and Murder of Quality released together by Gollancz to capitalise on the success of Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

Greene (Graham) The Quiet American, first edition, spotting to edge, light toning to endpapers, original cloth, some light fading, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and panels, spine ends and corners a little chipped with neat repairs to verso, Book Society wraparound band (a little sunned at spine), 1955; and the first American edition of the same, 8vo (2)

Brooke (Rupert) 1914 and Other Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, half-title, additional spine label tipped-in at end, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, tears and small loss with neat repair and restoration, sunned spine, a little rubbed, housed in a near contemporary chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, 8vo, 1915.⁂ Scarce in dust-jacket.

Westmorland (Mildway Fane, Earl of) Otia sacra optima fides, 2 parts in 1, first edition, presentation copy from the author, 2 engraved pictorial titles, 2 full-page and 1 half-page engraved illustrations, woodcut diagrams, without (as often) the final 2 supplementary ff. (*1&2, 'Most copies lack these pages and it is possible that they belong to another work entirely.' (ESTC)) and the 2 folding inserts, H2 piece from lower blank corner torn away, Y1 piece from upper blank corner torn away, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary blind-ruled calf, small piece missing from foot of spine, upper joint split, but holding, lower joint starting, lower cover small gouge from leather laid back down, lightly marked and stained, housed in a modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, gilt, [Wing W1476], small 4to, corners little worn, Printed by Richard Cotes, 1648.⁂ The John F. Fleming - Robert S. Pirie copy of this first edition and presentation copy of religious and occasional verse, for the publication of which the poet and cleric Robert Herrick had appealed. The presentation inscription reads 'J. Warde Ex dono prenobil. ill: Com: Westmorland, Author. Ao: Dm 1648'. Provenance: J.Warde (presentation inscription); John F. Fleming (sold Christie's 18th November, 1998, lot 362); acquired by Robert S. Pirie through Bernard Quaritch at this sale (bookplate).

Gale (Thomas) Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae... [&] Historiæ Anglicanæ scriptores quinque, 2 vol., vol. 1 half-title, engraved title vignettes, vol. 1 title in red & black, vol. 1 with some worming to upper margin, occasional browning, contemporary non-uniform calf, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [Wing G154], Oxford, e Theatro Shelsoniano, 1691-87 § Burnet (Gilbert) The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc. In which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait to half-title verso, engraved portrait of Charles I, vignette portrait to p. 380, full-page portrait to p. 416, without the 'Addenda' leaf inserted between a5 and a6, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, light soiling to upper cover, [Wing B5832], by J. Grover, 1677; and 5 others, histories, folio (8)

Austen (Jane) & the Lefroy family.- Price (Sir Uvedale) An Essay of the Picturesque, vol. I only, first edition, Anne Lefroy's copy with her signature and inscription "Ashe Hants Decr: 1794" on fly-leaf, G2 torn without loss, contemporary boards, edges rubbed, corners bumped, spine defective, lacks head of spine, edges uncut, 8vo, for J. Robson, 1794 § [Harrison (Rev. John Branfill, rector of Great Mongeham, Kent, 1823-93)] [Volume of notes on the Brydges, Lefroy & Harrison families], autograph manuscript, 81pp. excluding blanks, printed pamphlet on the Harrison and Brydges family with manuscript notes by JBH, some newspaper cuttings, some ff. excised, slightly browned, original panelled reverse calf, one corner worn, joints splitting, folio, [1880s - 90s]. ⁂ First mentioned, Anne Lefroy (1747/8-1804), eldest child of Edward Brydges (d. 1780) of Wootton Court, Wootton, Kent; married the Reverend Isaac Peter George Lefroy (1745-1806), Rector of Ashe; friend of Jane Austen; poet.Second mentioned, compiled by J.B. Harrison in the nineteenth century that includes genealogical information about the Lefroy and Brydges families and descendants, and also a compilation of anecdotes and poetry, including a copy of Jane Austen's lament "to the memory of Mrs Lefroy who died December 16th the birthday of the author"; "Lines by C. Edward Lefroy to the memory of his beloved mother" (not traced), beginning, "How oft my long arrival she'd await"; a poem "To Miss Charlotte Brydges on her birthday May 1 1782 (not traced) beginning, "Warm from the heart the wishes flow", three poems by Anne Lefroy and much various other poems and prose.

Selden (John) De jure naturali & gentium, juxta disciplinam ebraeorum, libri septem, first edition, title printed in red and black, half-title, ink signature of G. Galland at head of title, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, slight wear, lower cover slightly faded at head, corners repaired, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [STC 22168], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640.

Wilson (Arthur) The History of Great Britain, being the Life and Reign of King James the First..., engraved portrait frontispiece, for Richard Lownds, [Wing W2888], 1653 § Gibson (Edmund) Chronicon Saxonicum, engraved title vignette, Oxford, Theatro Sheldoniano, 1692 § The Reign of King Charles (The) first edition, lacking additional engraved title, staining to last few ff., E. C. for Edward Dod, 1655, contemporary calf, a little scuffed, joints rubbed; and 5 others, histories, v.s. (8)

Greene (Graham) The Complaisant Lover, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, light toning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners chipped, a few very short closed tears with creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1959.

Greene (Graham) The Power and the Glory, first edition, usual light browning to half-title, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket priced at 8s. 3d., light toning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, short splits to head of joints, light creasing to head, light finger-soiling to upper panel, but an excellent example overall, preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, 1940.⁂ Greene's most critically acclaimed work and one of the highlights of twentieth century literature. Rare in the dust-jacket, especially so in such excellent condition. Many of the copies were seemingly lost in the bombing of Heinemann's publishing house during the war.

Woolf (Virginia) Walter Sickert: A Conversation, first edition, signed by the author, original pictorial wrappers designed by Vanessa Bell, lower cover very slightly soiled, [Kirkpatrick A20a], 8vo, Hogarth Press, 1934.⁂ Rare signed.

Wunderkammer.- Worm (Ole) Museum Wormianum seu Historia rerum rariorum, tam naturalium, quam artificialium, tam domesticarum, quam exoticarum..., first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, engraved portrait by G. Wingendorp after C. van Mander and a double-page plate by G. Wigendorp, woodcut and engraved illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lower margins with worm trace and/or a few small wormholes, the odd minor instance of worming in other margins at start, G1 piece out of lower blank corner, occasional spotting, occasional light staining or soiling, lightly browned, later vellum, yapp edges, spine gilt and with black stamped floral motifs and an olive morocco label, spine worn, some staining and marking, [Willems 772; Nissen ZBI 4473], folio, Leiden, Jan Elzevier, 1655.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this catalogue of Worm's collection of natural history specimens and other objects, which was produced by his son William. Upon his death the collection was purchased by Frederick III, who transferred it to Copenhagen Castle. It later became absorbed into the Danish Royal Kunstkammer. The first three parts deal with minerals, plants and animals, and the fourth with man-made objects.

Le Roy (Marin, Seigneur de Gomberville) The History of Polexader [sic]: In Five Bookes, done into English by William Browne, 2 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, C1 and E3 with long tears running into text, K1 and 3Q1 with tears to lower margins, just running into text, light foxing and soiling, some marginal staining and occasional chipping, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Wing G1025], folio, by Tho. Harper, for Thomas Walkley, 1647.⁂ First edition in English of this French picaresque novel that includes travel to Benin, the Canary Islands, Mexico and the Antilles with much contemporary information about these places.

Greene (Graham) Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Andrew with love from Graham. With a rum punch!" to endpaper with ink ownership inscription of Andrew Duncan above, original cloth, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, light creasing to head and foot, near-fine otherwise, 1980; Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, first American edition, one of 500 copies signed by the author, original cloth, glacine dust-jacket, slip-case, New York, 1980; and 4 other editions of the same, 8vo (6)⁂ Andrew Duncan appears to have been an occasional correspondent of Greene's and was likely a literary editor.

Greene (Graham) Brighton Rock, first edition, original cloth, light fading to spine, dust jacket designed by George Salter, light toning to spine, minor chipping to corners and foot of spine, light rubbing to extremities, but otherwise a near-fine example preserved in custom morocco-backed drop-back box, 8vo, New York, 1938.⁂ The true first edition, published a month before the first English edition, of Greene's classic gangster novel, rare in such bright condition.

Hanway (Jonas) Advice to a Farmer's Daughter, Given in the Character of a Father, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, occasional light browning, modern calf, J. Dodsley, 1770; and 5 others, Hanway and others, 8vo (8)⁂ The rare first edition of this work that would be reprinted several times. The ESTC entry appears under the title "Advice From a Farmer to his Daughter" but has an additional title that replicates our example. This copy has only the title listed above.

Greene (Graham) The Lawless Roads, first edition, second issue with plain map endpapers and photographic illustrations, the spine lettered in black and top edge un-stained, occasional light foxing or spotting, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, light fading to foot of spine, some bumping to extremities, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine a little dulled, spine ends and corners chipped with loss to 1" of spine at foot, closed tear with creasing to upper panel, 1939; and three others, the first American with the third edition of the same with proof, 8vo (4)

Mathematics.- Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 2 parts in 1, first part title in red and black and with engraved device, second part title with woodcut device, 3 folding engraved plates, numerous diagrams in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some water-staining to first part, both parts occasional spotting and lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed and with some staining, [Wallis 12; cf. Babson 207 (1711 edition of Analysis)], 4to, Amsterdam, for the Companies, 1723.⁂ The second Amsterdam reprint of the second edition, and the only one to contain 'Analysis per Quantitatum Series', with a separate title and pagination. 'Newton's first independent treatise on the higher mathematics, containing his invention of the calculus.' (Babson)

Dictionary.- Hickes (George) Institutiones Grammaticæ Anglo-Saxonicæ et Moeso-Gothicæ, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur leaf opposite title, additional title with engraved vignette, blank at end of first part (P2) and end of vol., free marbled endpapers cut away, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, gilt corner-pieces of thistles, a few patches of surface wear, gilt spine, gilt morocco label spine rubbed, sm. 4to, [Wing H1851], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1689.⁂ "Hickes's Institutiones was undertaken as he wrote later 'purely out of zeale to make known the Language, Customes, Laws, and manners of our ancestres, and so to set our English antiquities in a good light'." - Oxford DNB.

Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first American edition, maps endpapers, original cloth, fine, dust-jacket, light toning to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, otherwise a near-fine example overall, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1936.

Hughes (Langston) The First Book of Africa, first edition, first printing, presentation inscription from the author dated October 17, 1960 to endpaper, photographic illustrations, endpapers very lightly browned, original cloth, dust-jacket, small nicks and chips to extremities, spine browned and lightly rubbed, 4to, 1960.

Mishima (Yukio) Five Modern Nō Plays, translated by Donal Keene, first edition in English, signed presentation inscription from the author to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, damp-stain to fore-edge very minorly affecting top edge margins, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, chipping to corners and spine tail, heavier to spine head, one or two short closed tears but an attractive copy overall, 8vo, New York, 1957.⁂ Dedicated to Bella Spewack (1899-1990), who wrote - in collaboration with her husband Samuel - some of the most memorable works of musical theatre history.

Greene (Graham) The Human Factor, first edition, first issue with Shakespeare logo to title, original cloth, dust-jacket, very slight sunning to spine, else fine, 1978; The Human Factor, American uncorrected proof copy, signed by the author on title, title soiled, original plain wrappers, light creasing, New York, 1978; The Human Factor, first edition, limited edition, original morocco, gilt, Franklin Library, PA, 1978; and 3 others editions of the same, 8vo (6)

Jones (Inigo) The most notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, first edition, title in red and black, with small paper repair to lower corner fore-edge and two paper restorations to verso, engraved portrait frontispiece, with small paper repair to verso, 7 double-page or folding woodcut plates, 2 with small tears at folds, light uniform browning, some light foxing and spotting, eighteenth century calf, re-backed with spine laid down, gilt, covers scuffed, lower cover upper corner repaired, others worn, [Wing J954], 4to, by James Flesher for Daniel Pakeman and Laurence Chapman, 1655.

Imaginary voyages.- Australia.- [Killigrew (Thomas, the younger, contributor)] and others. Miscellanea aurea: or the golden medley. Consisting of I. A voyage to the mountains of the moon under the Æquator, or Parnassus reform'd. II. The fortunate shipwreck, or a description of New Athens..., first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, spotting and some foxing, margins browned at beginning and end, occasional staining, lightly browned, 20th century half calf, red morocco label to spine in compartments, [Gove, Imaginary Voyages p. 234], 8vo, Printed for A. Bettesworth, 1720.⁂ Rare in commerce. The 'New Athens' of the second work (attributed to Charles Gildon) is located in 'Terra Australis incognita'.

Greene (Graham) The Labyrinthine Ways, first American edition, first state with the text of pages 165 and 256 transposed, bookplate to endpaper, original cloth, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small surface abrasions to spine, rubbing and chipping to fore-edges, 8vo, New York, 1940.

Capote (Truman) In Cold Blood, first edition, signed by the author and Robert Blake to half-title, photograph of Blake loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners a little bumped and creased, faint marks to lower panel, still excellent overall, 8vo, New York, [1965].⁂ Capote's superb and controversial account of a robbery-murder in Kansas, arguably the first true-crime novel. This copy signed by Robert Blake, the actor playing Perry Smith in the 1967 film adaption directed by Richard Brooks.

Thomas Henshaw's copy.- France.- Borel (Pierre) Tresor de recherches et antiquitez gauloises et francoises, reduites en ordre alphabetique et enrichies de beaucoup d'origines, epitaphes...aussi de beaucoup de mots de la langue thyoise ou theuthfranque, first edition, title with engraved printers device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some marginal worming, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and a red leather label, small chip to foot of spine, rubbed, small 4to, Paris, Augustin Courbé, 1655.⁂ Rare first edition by this French alchemist, physician and botanist. In this work by a fellow alchemist Henshaw would have found biographies of Nicolas Flamel and Michael Sendivogius, along with a catalogue of works on chemistry. Provenance: 'Ex libris Tho: Henshaw, Catalogo inscriptis, Nov:18:1661'.

Greene (Graham) The Ministry of Fear, first edition, original bright yellow cloth, spine dulled, spine ends rubbed and a little bumped, rubbing to joints, dust-jacket, neat and expert repairs and restorations to head, foot and joints, spine a little dulled, a few splits to upper fore-edge, but in effect a bright and excellent copy, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, 1943.⁂ Greene's superb wartime thriller, made into the 1944 classic Fritz Lang film noir. The book and jacket were produced under wartime economy standards making the latter in particular especially fragile; copies in attractive condition as here are rare.

Ravilious (Eric).- Richards (J.M.) High Street, first edition, wood-engraved title and 24 wood engraved colour lithograph plates by Eric Ravilious, scattered light spotting, original pictorial boards, very slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities with no loss, glassine dustjacket with card flaps, short tear tiny hole to lower panel, 3 small areas of loss, short tear to upper panel, 8vo, Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd., 1938.⁂ A rare example of the original delicate dustjacket.

Wing (Vincent) Wing's Ephemeris For Thirty Years, first edition, initial blank leaf present, title in red and black, woodcut diagrams, contemporary sheep, spine cracked, corners rubbed, [Wing A2800A], 8vo, Printed by J.C. for Tho. Rooks, 1669.⁂ Scarce almanac with few appearances at auction and ESTC locating 8 copies, of which only 2 in N. America.

Denmark.- M[anley] (Sir R[oger]) The History of the Late Warres in Denmark, first edition, folding engraved map and 3 folding plates, advertisement f. at end, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional light marginal staining, N1 with chip to margin, contemporary calf, spine repaired at foot, cracking to upper cover, some rubbing to extremities, [Wing M439], folio, for Thomas Basset, 1670.

Danish Chronicle.- Huitfeldt (Arild) Danmarckis Rigis Krønicke, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait of the author by A. Haelweg, additional historiated title by H.A. Greÿs and a folding plate of Danish Kings, 2 letterpress genealogical tables, folding plate lightly browned, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, heavier to a few ff., a few marginal tears, 1 with loss (not affecting text), Copenhagen, [Jørgen Lamprecht for] Joachim Moltkes, 1652-1655 § Resen (Peder Hansen) Kong Frederichs den Andens Kronicke Som var Dannemarckis, Norgis, Vendis oc Gottis Kong e, hertug i Slessvig, Hostein, Stormarn oc Ditmarsken, Grefvei Oldenborg oc Delmenhorst, first edition, title within woodcut typographic border, 5 engraved portraits (2 folding), 23 double-page plates and 4 folding numismatic plates, 1 with an overlay, folding letterpress table, Zz4 blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, Copenhagen, Matthias Jorgensons, 1680, uniformly bound in modern tan morocco with panels from 18th century panelled mottled calf mounted on covers, gilt spines in compartments and with double leather labels, folio (3)

Greene (Graham) The Name of Action, first American edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, neatly price-clipped, light sunning to spine, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few small nicks with light creasing and some light rubbing to head and foot, an excellent example, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, Garden City, NY, 1931.⁂ Rare, we can trace only a handful of copies in the dust-jacket and none in such excellent condition.

Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, second edition, second issue (with 'fifth thousand on title'), half-title, folding lithograph diagram, 32pp. publisher's catalogue dated January 1860 at end, small ink ownership name and stamp to pastedown, a few light spots to first few pp., original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt, extremities bumped and creased and very small mark to upper cover, but still overall a remarkably clean and bright copy, [Freeman 376], 8vo, 1860.⁂ This scarce second edition was considered by Darwin as "little more than a reprint of the first edition". Rare in this condition.

More (Thomas).- Sansovino (Francesco) Del governo de i regni et delle republiche cosi antiche come moderne libri XVIII, first edition, collation: *4 A-Z 2A-2Z 3A-3C4 3D6, title with woodcut cartouche at head and printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, occasional spotting and light staining, Venice, [Francesco Sansovino], [1561] bound after 2 other 16th century Italian works, including the third part only of Sansovino's work on the Ottoman Empire, together 3 works in 1 vol., 19th century red morocco-backed limp marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, small 4to (205 x 147mm.) ⁂ First edition of Sansovino's work on government, in which the final chapter looks at Thomas More's Utopia. Literature: Adams S344; EDIT 16 CNCE 31053.

Greene (Graham) The Revenge. An Autobiographical Fragment, first edition, one of 300 copies, signed presentation inscription "For Mrs Jolly with best wishes for Christmas from Graham Greene" to endpaper, original stiff wrappers, light toning to spine, else fine, preserved in card chemise, 8vo, Stellar Press, 1963.⁂ A good association copy, inscribed from Greene to Mrs Jolly, his regular typist who assisted in his work on this publication (see previous lot).

Chemistry.- Glauber (Johann Rudolf) Tractatus de natura salium, 2 parts in 1, first edition in Latin, [Duveen 257], Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1659, bound with Glauber (Johann Rudolf) Prosperitatis Germaniae. Pars tertia, 4 engraved plates, of which 1 folding, a few ink stains on text, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1659, later pencil underlining, new endpapers, panels of contemporary speckled calf neatly laid on to 20th century calf, spine gilt and with black leather label; and 2 others, Boccone and Redi, 12mo (3)

Keynes (John Maynard) Laissez-Faire and Communism, first edition, signed by the author on title, half-title and title with short tears and crease at fore-edge, small dent to upper wrapper and first few pages, original printed wrappers, slightly frayed and creased at edges and with two short tears to upper cover, spine ends chipped, 8vo, New York, New Republic, 1926.⁂ Keynes seemingly signed very few of his own books. This copy is also dated by him on title "17 Feb 1927".

Greene (Graham) The Man Within, first American edition, signed by the author on title, lower hinge weak, endpapers supplied, original cloth, light fading to spine, slight fraying to tips of spine and corners, dust-jacket, light browning, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing and fraying to head of panels, some chipping and splitting to fore-edges and lower joint, extremities rubbed, 8vo, Garden City, 1929.⁂ One of two variants of the US dust-jacket (see next lot).

Orwell (George) Nineteen Eighty-Four, first edition, occasional small marginal markings, endpaper collage of Orwell's eyes, modern blue morocco in jacket design with skull design buttons and white lettering "Winston Smith" to the left breast, onlayed fake eye to chest with blind-stamped lines radiating outwards, title and date lettered in white on lower cover, 8vo, 1949.

Isherwood (Christopher) Mr. Norris Changes Trains, first edition, browning to half-title and final text p., scattered spotting to endpapers, original cloth, spine slightly faded, light toning to upper and lower edges, otherwise excellent, dust-jacket, spine slightly browned, some splitting joints with neat tissue repairs to verso, small chip to one corner, but an excellent example generally, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, 1935.⁂ Isherwood's third novel, his first based on his experiences of living in Weimar Germany, scarce in the jacket in good condition.

Caesar.- Edmondes (Sir Clement) Observations upon the five first bookes of Caesars Commentaries setting fourth the practise of the art military in the time of the Roman Empire, first edition, 6 engraved plates (4 folding), 1 plate loose, slightly browned, some slight staining, contemporary vellum, slightly creased and soiled, [Cockle 71; STC 7488], sm. folio, by Peter Short, 1600.⁂ The rare first edition. An abridged translation of books 1-5 of Caesar's Gallic Wars.

Plot (Robert) De Origine Fontium, first edition, engraved frontispiece by Michael Burgers, slightly browned, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt spine, rubbed, [Wing P2583], 8vo, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1685.⁂ A treatise on the source of springs.

Greene (Graham) This Gun for Hire, first edition, front free endpaper neatly supplied, original cloth, spine ends and corners a little bumped, dust-jacket priced at $2.00, light sunning to spine, neat repairs and restoration to extremities, upper panel with 2 neatly repaired tears, some light rubbing and surface soiling, preserved in custom lidded box, 8vo, New York, 1936.⁂ The true first edition, published one month prior to the first English, scarce in the dust-jacket. Adapted for the classic 1942 film noir starring Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake.

Ray (John) Synopsis Methodica Animalium Quadrupedum et Serpentini Generis, first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait by W. Elder, slightly foxed and browned, contemporary panelled calf, joints splitting, rebacked, later gilt morocco label, [Wing R405], 8vo, S. Smith & B. Walford, 1693.

Greene (Graham) A Visit to Morin, first edition, one of 250 copies, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, 1959; and the issue of the London Magazine with the first appearance of the same with it's original wraparound band, 8vo (2)

Greene (Graham) Journey Without Maps, first edition, photographic plates, map endpapers, original cloth, light toning to spine, spine ends and corners bumped, short split to head of spine, light toning and surface soiling to covers, 8vo, 1936.⁂ Greene's first travel book and one of his rarest titles in first edition.

Hanway (Jonas) Proposal for Country Naval free Schools to be built on Waste Lands, giving such effectual Instructions to Poor Boys, as may nurse them for The Sea Service, first edition, dedication copy, 3 engraved titles, 9 engraved plates, most folding or double-page, 48pp. engraved music, engraved vignettes, offsetting, occasional foxing, contemporary diced Russia, gilt, green morocco label lettered in gilt "Presented to John Thornton Esq: Treasurer By the Corporation of the Marine Society May: MDCCLXXXIII" with gilt border to upper cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, edges repaired, folio, 1783.⁂ Presented to John Thornton, the co-founder of the Marine Society and one of the dedicatees of this work. This lavish production, part of Hanway's proposal to increase the scope of the Marine Society, was not well received, in part due to the excessive expense of the publication. John Thornton (1720-90) earned a substantial fortune as a merchant and devoted much of his later life to charitable and Christian causes.

Kircher (Athanasius) Mundus subterraneus, in XII libros digestus, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, double-column, 2 engraved pictorial titles, printed title to vol.1 with engraved vignette, engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VII (but without the portrait of the author), 22 plates and maps (including 1 smaller woodcut plate at p.30 in vol.2), most double-page or folding, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, 7 letterpress tables, all but 1 double-page, 1 double-page table in vol.2 trimmed at foot with loss of text, sig. Nn misbound, single-page map 'Hydrophilacium' and smaller woodcut plate loose, water-stained, causing some purple damp-spotting in a few instances, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper corners repaired, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Caillet 5783 'Le plus curieux des nombreux ouvrages de ce savant. - Ce monde souterrain est plutôt un monde kabbalistique'; Ferguson I, p. 467; Sabin 37967; cf. Duveen p.322 (1678 edition)], folio, Amsterdam, J. Jansson & E. Weyerstraten, 1665.⁂ First edition of Kircher's survey of the subterranean world, which is based on his visit to Sicily in 1637-38, during which he witnessed the eruptions of Etna and Stromboli. Includes geology, metallurgy, mining, mineralogy and meteorolgy, coupled with speculation on more esoteric subjects, such as the possibility of underworld inhabitants. The world map (Shirley 436) is one of the earliest to depict the movement of ocean currents with any degree of accuracy.

Greene (Graham) Babbling April, first edition, light browning and ink inscription to endpaper, original boards, some slight toning to upper and lower edge, dust-jacket, browning to spine and panel margins, spine ends and corners a little chipped, 2 short closed tears to head with some creasing, some light soiling, a very good copy overall, preserved in custom slip-case and drop-back box, 8vo, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1925.⁂ Greene's first book, a collection of poetry published when he was 21 and still an Oxford undergraduate. It was poorly reviewed and has not been reprinted.

Bible, Anglo-Saxon.- Thwaites (Edward, editor) Heptateuchus, Liber Job, et Evangelium Nicodemi; Anglo-Saxonice, [translated by Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham], engraved frontispiece by M Burghers, X2 2 small tears/flaws in text, 19th century half morocco, gilt, gilt spine, rubbed, [Wing B2198], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1698 § Somner (William) Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum..., first edition, title in red and black, X2 small tear in lower margin, 1f. with small piece of corner torn away, new endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt corner pieces, slightly rubbed, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [Madan, III, 2458; Wing S4663], Oxford, William Hall for the Author, 1659; and another, 8vo & folio (3).

Botany.- Morison (Robert) Plantarum historiae universalis Oxoniensis Pars secunda seu Herbarum distributio nova, first edition, 126 fine engraved plates on 65 ff., lacking folding frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, occasional light soiling to text, 1 or 2 plates with small marginal chips or tears, but a good copy generally, contemporary panelled calf, lower joint splitting at head, rubbing to joints, [Wing M2771], folio, Oxford, 1680.

Antiquities.- Numismatics.- Angeloni (Francesco) La historia augusta da Giulio Cesare infino a Costantino Magno, first edition, engraved pictorial title, full-page portrait and numismatic illustrations, some full-page, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some mostly marginal ink staining, occasional staining and spotting, 18th century calf, spine richly gilt and with morocco label, spine ends worn, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, Rome, Andrea Fei, 1641 § Spon (Jacob) Recherches curieuses d'antiquite, contenues en plusieurs dissertations sur des medailles, bas-reliefs, statues, mosaiques, & inscriptions antiques, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title, title vignette and illustrations, some full-page, occasional marginal marking, contemporary mottled calf, spine in compartments and with later green moroco label, rubbed, particularly joints, Lyon, Thomas Amaulry, 1683; and 3 others, Antiquity, including a work on the Amazons, v.s. (4)⁂ Angeloni was a renowned antiquarian and secretary to Cardinal Ippolito Aldobrandini. He was a friend of Bellori, Domenichino and Poussin. This work made public his coin collection and references both Renaissance and contemporary artists.