We found 106056 price guide item(s) matching your search

Estienne, (Henri, editor). [Anthologia diaphor?n epigrammot?n palai?n : eis hepta biblia di?r?men?], Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum, magno epigrammatu numero & duobus indicibus auctu..., 1st Estienne edition, [Geneva]: Henri Estienne for Ulrich Fugger, 1566, [4], 539 [i.e. 545], [35]p., first line of title in Greek characters, title with printer's woodcut device, light dust-soiling and occasional minor damp staining to foremargins of few leaves, late 17th/early 18th century calf, later morocco labels to spine, upper joint detached, large 8vo (25 x 16 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams A1187 (size referred to as a quarto); Renouard, Estienne, 124:6; Schreiber 159.

Bullinger (Heinrich). A Hundred Sermons upon the Apocalipse of Iesu Christ, reveiled by the angell of the Lord: but seene or received and written by the holy Apostle and Evangelist S. John compiled by Henry Bullinger, chief Pastor of the Congregation of Zurike. Faythfully corrected and amended, 2nd edition, London, John Day, 1573, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, woodcut initials, tail-pieces, etc., final colophon leaf at rear with large printer's woodcut device, generally in clean condition with good margins, endpapers renewed, contemporary English 16th century brown full calf, with initials in gilt to centre of each cover I B, late 19th or early 20th century reback, with printed label to spine, a little rubbed to extremities, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 4062. Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), Swiss reformed theologian, and Zwingli’s successor as the head of the Zurich reformed church, was one of the most influential ministers of the protestant reformation, who also had a significant impact on English puritanism. Bullinger first preached his sermons on the Apocalypse to his congregation between 1555 and 1556. Among those in attendance were English exiles, recent arrivals seeking safe harbour in the wake of Mary’s accession. Neither Zwingli, Calvin, Bucer nor Vermigli wrote a systematic study of Revelation and so Bullinger’s commentary was the most important early exposition of the book from a Reformed perspective. It was translated from the Latin by John Daus of Ipswich in 1561, with a second edition (as here) issued in 1573.

Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury). An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and sophisticall cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Jesu Christ, wherein it was also, as occasion serveth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme anythyng worthy the aunsweryng..., 2nd edition, London: printed by John Daye, 1580, black and roman letter type, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, imprimatur leaf at end with John Daye's woodcut device, title with some light soiling, minor waterstain to upper margin of final few leaves only, generally a clean copy with good margins, early 19th century half calf, worn with upper cover detached, ownership signature of J. Ayre, 1829 to front endpaper, folio (28 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSTC 5992. Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and Mary Tudor's chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants, who died before Cranmer was executed on 21st March 1556. Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551.

Dallington (Sir Robert). Aphorismes civill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, 1st edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Edward Blount, 1613, engraved portrait of Prince Charles to title verso, woodcut printer's device on title, marginal damp-staining throughout (occasionally affecting text), lacking boards, spine extremities bumped with loss, lacking two raised bands, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 6197 Dallington first presented Prince Henry with Guicciardini's manuscript of Aphorisms in 1609. However after the Prince's untimely passing, Dallington edited the work, publishing it in 1613 with a new dedication to his younger brother Charles.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandement, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1616, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, general title a little close-trimmed at fore-edge and with early ownership inscription to verso 'Robert Collier his booke, March the 31 1695' (ink show-through to recto), long repaired closed-tear to first two leaves of 'Translators to the reader' (a3 & a4), full-page woodcut of Adam & Eve in Garden of Eden (close-trimmed at head & fore-edge, repaired at head & foot and with repaired closed tears), Apocrypha present, lacking blank leaf 4B6 before New Testament title and final blank 4V8, leaf 4E1 guarded, bound with the Genealogies at front (title with ownership signatures), with double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land by John Speed, light toning, occasional marginal finger-soiling and spotting, 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine (faint & without title label), upper board detached, lower joint split, rubbed, extremities worn, folio (32.5 x 21.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 349; Darlow & Moule 271; STC 2245. The first small folio edition of King James' version; printed in roman type. According to Scrivener (The Authorized edition..., p.17) this was the earliest to receive any considerable revision. The line Appointed... is omitted from both title.

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Seile, 1652, additional engraved title to first volume (small hole to upper blank margin, dust-soiled, lined to verso), initial titles to both volumes with signature of "John Evelyn [Junior] Durate &c Virg: aen: 1.1", four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), each map cropped to edges with some loss, first volume with ink stain to fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2Q1 & 2Q2 and closed tear to 2Q6, lower outer blank corner of 2S4 torn away, front free endpapers with manuscript press mark D6:8, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn Bart. and 20th century John Evelyn library 'J.E' bookplate, attractive contemporary speckled calf, with elaborate gilt decorated spines, upper joint of first volume cracked at head & foot, folioQty: (2)NOTESProvenance: John Evelyn, junior (1655-1699), son of John Evelyn, writer, diarist & gardener, 1620-1706; The Evelyn Library, Christie's December 1, 1977, lot 740, where purchased by Desmond Burgess for £200. Wing H1689; ESTC R5447. Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the Appendix each have separate dated title page; register attempts to be continuous. Pagination is separate except for book 4, part 2, which is continuous with part 1.

Descartes (René). De Homine figuris et Latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl, inclytae urbis Sylvae Ducis Senatore, & Ibidem Philosophiae Professore, 1st edition, Leiden: Franciscus Moyaerd & Pieter Leffen, 1662, title with woodcut device, depicting Apollo beneath a tree with the motto 'insigne Apollinis laurus', 10 engraved plates (including one of the heart, with one of two overlays only) and four folding (three of which are frayed to outer margins, with a little shaving touching the image), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations to text (several full-page), 19th century bookplate of Robert Palk Mogridge to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with triple blind-ruled outer border, modern antique-style reback, a little rubbed to extremities, small 4to, (200 x 150 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Palk Mogridge (1795-1837), surgeon, of Ashburton, Devon. Garrison & Morton 574; Guibert, Descartes Bibliographie, pages 197/198; Krivatsy 3120; Norman 627; Waller 2376; Heirs of Hippocrates 453. First edition of the first text book on physiology, in which Descartes is amongst the first to recognise Harvey's doctrine of the circulation of the blood. 'Descartes was prepared to publish this book in 1633, but decided to withhold it when he learned of Galileo's condemnation by the Church. As a result, the first edition was not published until 1662, twelve years after Descartes' death. The Latin translation [by Schuyl] preceded the French edition by two years' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

Buonanni (Filippo). Ricreatione dell'occhio e della mente nell'osservation delle chiocciole, 1st edition, Rome, Varese, 1681, 3 parts in 1 volume, 3 engraved frontispieces, 3 inner title-pages, 109 engraved plates (some bound out of sequence), contemporary calf, rebacked with red morocco spine, title in gilt to spine, gilt floral embellishment to spine, stamps to front endpaper, corners bumped, boards chipped, marginal spotting, 4toQty: (1)NOTESFirst edition of the earliest book on the beauty of seashells.

Taylor (John) - Bible [English]. Verbum sempiternum [salvator mundi], London: Printed by F. Collins for T. Ilive, at the Nags-Head in Jewen-Street, 1693, [288] p., signatures A-K? a-h?, imprimatur leaf (A1, slightly torn at gutter), half-title 'The Bible' on A2r, with half-title 'The New Testament' on a2r, "Salvator mundi. Printed by F. Collins for Tho. Ilive in Jewen-Street, 1693." (with separate dated title page and register), final two blank leaves present at rear (first blank inscribed 'The gift of the Revd. Mr. Chapman to Jn. Dampier Junr. in 1774), initial 7 and final 8 leaves with rust holes and consequent localised staining at fore-edge (reducing into volume), without free endpapers, contemporary speckled sheep, upper joint split and board attachment weak, head of spine worn, one brass clasp present, 64mo (4.7 x 3.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESWing T525; ESTC R184924; Bondy pp.14-15. A Thumb Bible in verse, which Wing reports as 32mo. Many more editions followed during the next century and the latest, reprinting the 1693 edition, were published by Longman in London in 1850. The great popularity of these texts is perhaps explained by the fact that this Thames waterman turned poet had, as Harvey's Oxford Companion to English Literature remarks, "a marked talent for expressing himself in rollicking verse and prose" (Bondy).

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, with his life: in English, French, and Latin, newly translated, illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures, to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life by Francis Barlow, printed by R. Newcombe, for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, additional etched title, dedication plate with engraved coat of arms for William Earle of Devonshire, 32 full-page plates by Thomas Dudley illustrating the life of Aesop (the first unnumbered and often placed as frontispiece, plate 6 with small rust hole to image), 110 half-page engravings after Francis Barlow illustrating the fables, few closed tears mostly to margins and some fraying mostly to first & last leaves, browning and spotting mostly at front of volume, occasional damp stains to lower margins of few leaves, bookplate of to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine without title label, joints split and some wear to extremities, folio (31.1 x 19.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESWing A695 & ESTC T87018. This third edition is a reissue of the 1666 and 1687 edition sheets, with a cancelled title leaf. This copy, unlike most others, has the sheets for folios 2R1-2 with the requisite copper plate impressions. It also includes the additional engraved title-page, often missing, and the scarce plate 17, often removed because of concern for the nude women depicted.

[Ridpath, George, attributed]. The Massacre of Glenco: Being a true narrative of the barbarous murder of the Glenco men in the Highlands of Scotland, by way of military execution, on the 13th of February, 1692, 2nd edition, London: printed for J. Johnson, circa 1703, 38 pp., a little light spotting, 2 small marginal wormholes, bookplates, later cloth, 8vo, together with [Birnie, Andrew]. A Compend or Abreviat of the most important ordinary securities of, and concerning rights, personal and real, redeemable and irredeemable; of common use in Scotland. Containing above a hundred different securities. Collected from the stiles of several writers to the signet, and others deceased...1st edition, Edinburgh: Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1700, 296 pp. & 88 pp. Appendix, lacking A1 blank, occasional early annotations, some leaves shaved affecting few lines of text and some signatures, occasional water stains and light soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, plus Doddridge (Philip). Some Remarkable Passages in the Life of the Honourable Col. James Gardiner, who was slain at the Battle of Preston-Pans, September 21, 1745; with an appendix, relating to the ancient family of the Munros of Fowlis, Wigan: printed by W. Bancks, 1782, half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, some spotting and occasional small ink stains, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, some edge wear, 8vo, with 4 others including John Dalyell's A Tract, chiefly relative to Monastic Antiquities; with some account of a recent search for the remains of the Scottish Kings interred in the Abbey of Dunfermline, Edinburgh, 1809, and William Aiton's A History of the Rencounter at Drumclog, and Battle at Bothwell Bridge, in the month of June 1679, Hamilton, 1821Qty: (7)NOTESFirst three works ESTC N35030; R22967; R211118 respectively.

Newton (Isaac). Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Also Two Treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1704, title printed in red and black within a border and with the imprint, but without the author's name, and with the two treatises on calculus in Latin at the end, 19 engraved folding plates (Curvarum Tables 1 & 2 with blank folding inner margins removed and title header of second table trimmed), woodcut diagrams and letterpress tables in the text, some light staining to lower margins, lightly washed, a few short close tear repairs to lower margin of title verso with archival tissue, outside of ruled border and not affecting text, contemporary panelled calf professional gilt-decorated calf reback with spine label and four raised bands, corners restored, 4to (235 x 187mm)Qty: (1)NOTESBabson 132; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 148; Gray 174; Norman 1588; PMM 172; Wallis 174. Collation: [pi]2, A-S4, Aa-Bb4, Dd-Zz4, Aaa-Ddd4, Eee2. Bound without the sometimes found single leaf inserted after Tt1, being the divisional title to Enumeratio linearum tertii ordinis. 'Newton's Opticks did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis’ (Babson, p.66). First edition, first issue of Newton's Opticks, his seminal text describing various experiments to show the refraction and diffusion of light through lenses and prisms. Newton began to compose this text in 1672 and originally planned to publish in 1676; the substantial delay before the eventual publication in 1704 cannot be fully explained, though it is surmised that as there was no editor for this book, unlike the Principia whose publication Halley arranged, Newton had to supervise the printing process himself; it is also thought that Hooke's death in 1703 (and Newton's subsequent appointment as President of the Royal Society) may have led to the decision to publish. Like Galileo, Newton published this text in his native vernacular rather than Latin, the language of scholarship; the Principia of 1687 was, however, first published in Latin, the two tracts at the end, on the enumeration of lines of the third order and on the quadrature of curves, both appear in Latin, and the latter formed part of his quarrel with Leibniz over the calculus. A Latin edition of Opticks appeared shortly after, in 1706, translated by Samuel Clarke.

Rymer (Thomas). The Whole Prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland, and Denmark; Prophecies by Thomas Rymer, Marvellous Merling, Beid, Berlington, Waldhave, Eltraine, Banester, and Sybilla. All agreeing in one; boh in Latin verse, and in Scottish Meeter. Containing many strange and marvellous matters, not of before read or heard. Compared with the best editions, Edinburgh: James Watson, 1817, 44 pp., title within typographic border, main text in black letter, a little light spotting and toning, small manuscript inscription to title margin, outer corners of title torn away, previous owner signature to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later calf gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded to brown, 8vo, together with another copy of the same work, 1745 (title laid down) bound with Nixon's Cheshire Prophecy at Large. Printed from the Lady Cowper's Original, in the Reign of Queen Anne..., by John Oldmixon, 13th edition, 1742Qty: (2)NOTESFirst work ESTC T85466.

Hutchinson (Francis). An Historical Essay Concerning Witchcraft. With observations upon matters of fact; tending to clear the texts of the sacred scriptures, and confure the vulgar errors about that point. And also two sermons: One in proof of the Christian Religion; the other concerning good and evil angels, 2nd edition, with considerable additions, London: R. Knaplock & D. Midwinter, 1720, half title, advertisement leaf, bound without front and rear blanks, some light soiling and stains, previous owner inscriptions of Andrew Smith, 1816 to pastedowns, contemporary calf, small losses at spine ends, joints cracking, rubbed, 8vo, together with Sir David Brewster's Letters on Natural Magic addressed to Sir Walter Scott, 1st edition, 1832 (title detached)Qty: (2)NOTESFirst work ESTC T99485; Howes H848; Sabin 34063 (for the first edition of 1718). Hutchinson's work helped to debunk much of the superstition over diabolical witchcraft. The author, an Anglican cleric, was a powerful advocate for "the miserable creatures [who] have been hang'd or burnt as witches and wizzards". Of note is chapter 5 which is devoted to the witchcraft trials in New England, which resulted in nineteen hangings, and an attack on Cotton Mather, who was involved with the Salem witch trials of 1692-3.

Lemery (Nicholas). A Course of Chymistry: containing an easie method of preparing those chymical medicines which are used in physick. With curious remarks upon each preparation for the benefit of such as desire to be instructed in the knowledge of this art, fourth edition, translated from the eleventh edition in the French, which has been revised, corrected and much enlarged beyond any of the former, by the Author, London: printed for A. Bell, D. Midwinter, D. Taylor and John Osborn, 1720, 8 engraved plates within text, endpapers replaced, lacks portrait frontispiece, Birmingham Medical Institute stamps to some plates and title, title repaired to gutter, spotting to prelims, modern black morocco, 8vo, together with: Nicolson (William). The First Principles of Chemistry, 1st edition, London: G.G. & J Robinson, 1790, 1 folding plate, Birmingham Medical Institute stamps to title and folding plate, marginal spotting and dust-soiling to title, occasional spotting throughout, some mild offsetting, modern half calf, 8voQty: (2)

Celsus (Aulus Cornelius). Of Medicine. In Eight Books. Translated, with notes critical and explanatory, by James Greive, M.D, London: D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1756, some corners creased, some leaf corners clipped (approx 0.5cm), offsetting to some leaves, marginal spotting to prelims, endpapers replaced, later red half morocco, spine faded, extremities rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESScarce, we can only trace 4 copies at auction in the last 50 years. A first edition in English of Celsus' De Medicina. The first western manuscript on medicine after the Hippocratic writings. It was first published in 1478.

Huckell (John). Avon: A Poem in Three Parts, 1st edition, London: John Baskerville, 1758, contemporary poem and notations to front blank, verso of front free endpaper, and rear free endpaper, hinges cracked, staining to title page, spotting (heavier to prelims), contemporary calf rebacked, corners bumped, textblock in gilt, boards rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe 'O' is inverted on the title page as usual however 'K2' is labelled as such and not inverted as in other copies. The first blank is also present.

Baskerville Press. The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, 4 volumes, Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller to first volume and three engraved plates after Hayman, six pages of woodcuts of medals to first volume and seven woodcut plates of medals to second volume, without 'Directions to Binder' leaf as usual, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Sidney William Cornish to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original elaborately gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, gilt roll decorative border to boards, 4to, together with: Ibid., Novum Testamentum, juxta exemplar millianum, typis Joannis Baskerville, Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763, title and half-title in Greek & Latin, body text in Greek, contemporary faintly diced calf, gilt decorated spine, boards detached, light wear, 4to, Ibid., C. Crispus Sallustius; et L. Annaeus Florus, Birmingham: Joannis Baskerville, 1773, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Rev. Thomas Briggs, Kings College, Cambridge to front pastedown, inscription to verso of front free endpaper 'Presented to John Quicke eldest son of John Quicke of Newton House in the county of Devon Esqre. on his leaving Eton, by his tutor the Reverend Thomas Briggs, 1799', contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine, 4toQty: (6)NOTESWorks of Addison - Gaskell 17. Novum Testamentum - Gaskell Add. 1 and Darlow & Moule 4755. The text of this edition (500 copies) is based on that of John Mill's edition, Oxford, 1707 (D & M 4725). Sallust - Gaskell 51.

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). [Opera], Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1762, engraved frontispiece and vignette to title, some browning, damp staining and spotting, contemporary calf, lacking title label, joints cracked at head & foot, 12mo in 6s, together with: Herbert (George), The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, 11th edition, London: printed by S. Roycroft for R.S., 1679, early signature of Margaret Williams to title, black wax seal applied to upper pastedown, contemporary blind panelled calf, later title label to spine, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 12mo, and 13 other antiquarian volumes including The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte ... with a preliminary view of the French Revolution, by Sir Walter Scott, 9 volumes, Edinburgh: printed by Ballantyne & Co. for Longman, Rees, Orme, et al., 1827, contemporary half calf, worn and with some spines detached, 8voQty: (15)NOTESFirst work - Gaskell 23.

Fergusson (Robert). Poems, by Robert Fergusson, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Walter & Thomas Ruddiman, 1773, 132 pp., title with engraved vignette, occasional minor spotting, original wrappers bound in later handsome calf gilt by Maclehose, Glasgow, spine slightly faded and rubbed at joints and ends, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC T75316. First edition of Robert Fergusson's poems. Edinburgh-born bohemian poet Fergusson (1750-1774) had contributed poems to publisher Walter Ruddiman's Weekly Review from 1771 and being well received the publisher issued his collection of poems in 1773, selling some 500 copies. His career was short-lived however and he died aged 24 after sustaining a head injury; his pastoral and satirical nationalist style of poetry much influenced Robert Burns.

Mayer (Luigi). Views in Egypt, from the Original Drawings, in the Possession of Sir Robert Ainslie, taken during his Embassy to Constantinople, engraved by and under the Direction of Thomas Milton: With Historical Observations, and Incidental Observations of the Manners and Customs of the Natives of that Country, London: Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1805, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates (complete), two plates with short closed marginal tears, occasional light marginal toning and minor spotting, upper blank corner of title repaired, all edges gilt, recent tan half calf gilt, spine with raised bands and red label, a few light marks, folio (47 x 32.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAbbey Travel 369; Blackmer 1097' Colas 2018; Lipperheide 1577. First published in 1801 in a three-volume work Views in Egypt, Palestine and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire (1801, 1802 & 1803), another edition of Views in Egypt was published in 1804.

Comenius (John Amos). Orbis Sensualium Pictus: hoc est Omnium Pricipalium in Mundo Rerum, & in Vita Actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura/Visible World: or, A Nomenclature, and Pictures, of all the Chief Things that are in the World, and of Men's Employments therein; In above 150 Cuts ..., Translated into English by Charles Hoole, M.A. for the use of Young Latin Scholars, 12th edition, Corrected & Enlarged, London: printed for S. Leacroft, 1777, woodcuts on letterpress throughout, generally toned and some light marks, B2 with lower half of leaf missing, title-page and preliminary blank detached, 19th century half calf, rubbed, spine label slightly chipped, upper board with water-stain at head, 12mo, together with: Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language ..., 2 volumes, 8th edition, London: printed for A. Milar, W. Law, and B. Cater, 1792, portrait frontispiece to first volume, printed in double-column, ex library with Bingham Public Library ink stamps and bookplate to preliminary leaves, contemporary calf, rubbed, gilt decorated spines somewhat cracked and worn, with some slight loss and joints split, corners showing, 8vo in 4s, plus 6 other miscellaneous volumes, including a Bible published in Dordrecht in 1795, contemporary cat's paw calf gilt, rubbed and extremities worn, thick 12moQty: (9)

Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray, 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray, 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely insertedQty: (3)NOTESFirst work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns. He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.

Cadet de Gassicourt (Charles-Louis). Cours Gastronomique, ou les diners de Manant-ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Litte?raire, 2nd edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1809, folding engraved plate of the gastranomic areas of France, lacking half-title, short repaired closed tear to page 361/362 of index, bound with: [Grimod de La Reynie?re, Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent], Manuel des Amphitryons; contenant un traite? de la dissection des viandes a? table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des éle?mens de politesse gourmande, 1st edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with gilt morocco ownership label of Ann Dixon of Newtown to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, bumped, front joint slightly cracked at head, 8voQty: (1)NOTESCadet de Gassicourt: Cagle 112; Bitting, p.71; Vicaire 137. Grimod de la Reynière; Simon BG 305; Bitting p.203; Vicaire 427. First and only edition, divided into three parts, the first containing dissection of meats and illustrated with 16 plates, the second part including chapters on menus, and the third chapter outlining the well-bred gourmand.

Hunter (John). The Works of John Hunter, F.R.S., with notes. Edited by James F. Palmer, 5 volumes, including Atlas, 1st edition, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1835-37, atlas volume with engraved portrait frontispiece and 61 engraved plates, including several folding, volume 1 without the engraved portrait and folding facsimile, half-title to each volume (except volume 4 without half-title, occasional minor spotting, partly untrimmed (a few leaves carelessly cut to top margins), original green cloth, with printed paper labels to spines (somewhat browned and a little chipped), atlas volume in original matching plain green cloth, rubbed and some marks, 8vo/4toQty: (5)NOTESGarrison & Morton 78. First collected edition. "Hunter gave a great impetus to the study of morbid anatomy; he was the veritable founder of experimental and surgical pathology and one of the three greatest surgeons of all time. He was responsible for the commencement of some of the greatest medical museums; the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England was based upon his own private collection; much of it was destroyed during an air raid in May, 1941".

Dickens (Charles). The Works of Charles Dickens, Household Edition [cover-title], 86 of 101 original parts (lacking numbers 9 and 88-101), Chapman and Hall, 1871-1878, black & white engraved plates, black & white illustrations to text, some generally minor spotting (mainly at front and rear) and edge-fraying, scarce minor marks, a few plates with dampstaining (mainly to blank margins), 4 plates detached (one with closed tear extending 1cm into image), 4 parts with stitching broken, 9 partly or fully unopened, original blue-green printed wrappers, most wrappers lightly dust-soiled, some variable spotting, a few minor marks, occasional minor dampstaining to edges, scarce small losses, occasional edge-fraying or closed edge tears, browned spines often chipped at foot, most with some splits or losses, a few spines lacking, 3 parts with a cover detached, 2 with both covers detached, part 87 without rear cover, part 39 front cover with loss to upper outer corner, part 81 front cover with 5cm closed tear, 8vo, together with: A further run of the same, comprising parts 55-86 (lacking numbers 75 & 83), similar condition, some tears to covers, part 78 without rear cover, 8vo, plus: Darwin (Bernard), The Dickens Advertiser, London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot, 1930, free endpapers browned, original printed cloth, lightly dust-soiled, spine browned, some damage to rear cover upper outer corner, 8voQty: (116)NOTESGimbel D66. For the Household Edition, the first published after Dickens's death, Chapman & Hall commissioned new illustrations. The Household Edition is scarce in monthly parts: the Gimbel Collection records only incomplete copies, the largest made up mainly of the American parts issue, and very few complete copies of the English parts appear in auction records.

Lanchester (Anne). Miroir de la Mode. 1803. To Be Continued Monthly, 1st edition, London: Madame Lanchester, 1803, 25 hand-coloured plates, spotting (mostly marginal, heavier to prelims), plates occasionally toned, marginal damp-staining to some text leaves, offsetting, contemporary quarter morocco, rebacked with original spine skillfully laid on, corners bumped, boards rubbed, floral embellishments to spine with gilt title, 4to, bound with Lanchester (Anne). Miroir de la Mode. 1804. To Be Continued Monthly, 1st edition, London: Madame Lanchester, 1804, 5 hand-coloured plates, spotting (mostly to text leaves), marginal damp-staining to text leaves, offsetting, 4toQty: (1)NOTESTooley 330. A superior copy of a vanishingly scarce fashion colour plate book. The extremely rare fashion periodical published by Madame Lanchester, this volume bound with 5 plates from the even scarcer 2nd volume published in 1804. The first volume has only appeared twice at auction in 80 years. The second volume has only appeared once at auction and then only with the first 3 plates. Institutionally it is also extremely scarce, with Copac listing only the British Library as holding a copy of both the 1st and 2nd volumes (also with 5 plates), however it should be noted that theirs is without the contemporary hand-colouring present in this copy.

Eusebius (Caesariensis). Chronicon: quod Hieronymus presbyter divino eius ingenio Latinum facere curavit; & Usque in Valentem Caesarem Romano adiecit eloquio. Ad quem & Prosper & Mattheus Palmerius, & Matthias Palmerius, demum & Joannes Multivallis complura que ad hec usque tempora subsecuta sunt adiecere, Paris, H. Estienne and Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1512, title within woodcut border, with text printed in red and black, woodcut initials, including some criblé, main text printed in red and black throughout, lacking folios 173-174 (Y5-6), title and first and last few leaves with browning to outer margins (signatures A and B at front, and Y at end), title with a little loss to blank fore-margin, not affecting text or printed area, 17th century ink annotation to verso of title, occasional marginal marks elsewhere, modern endpapers and blank leaves, contemporary blind stamped full calf over wooden boards with remains of clasps, some wear, modern reback, 4to (212 x 160 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams E1073; Harvard/Mortimer, French Books 217 (1518 edition), Lande S733; Renouard, Estienne 15; Sabin 23114; Streeter I, 91. The first Estienne edition, containing 'The first account of the Canadian Indian' (Lande). On folio 172 verso, a 20-line entry for the year 1509 describes the arrival of 'Septem Homines Sylvestres ex ea insula (que terra nova dicit)...', which translates as: Seven Savage Men from the Islands called Newfoundland, brought to France by Thomas Oubert, pilot of the Jean Angot. The men are described as having tattoos, long and black hair, who spear fish, eat roasted meat and drink nothing but water. The text incorporates the initial translation by Saint Jerome, with additions by Prosper Aquitanus, Matteo Palmieri, and Mattia Palmieri, the whole edited by Johannes Multivallis of Tournai, with his latest additions up to the date of publication.

Mela (Pomponius). De Situ Orbis, libri tres. Cum indice, [Cologne, E. Cervicornus and H. Fuchs for Ludwig Hornken, 1512?], XLIIII, [12] leaves, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf (featuring two winged cupids either side of two hares with a hutch, within an architectural border), 20th century bookplate to front endpaper of M.A. Elton to front pastedown, an ownership signature of D.L. Cumming above, 18th century polished calf, modern reback, rubbed and some marks, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Mary Augusta Elton (1838-1914), wife of the lawyer and antiquary Charles Isaac Elton, and author of Great Book Collectors (1893), with her bookplate to front pastedown with the motto from Martial 'non norunt haec monumenta mori'. Attractive edition of Mela's De Situ Orbis, the first Roman geography, edited by Joannes Camers (1446-1547), an Italian monk and humanist, also known by the name Giovanni Ricuzzi Vellini, with a life of the author preceding the main text. For the title page border used by Cervicornus and Fuchs, and the device on the final page, see H.W. Davies, Devices of the Early Printers 54 and 78.

Justinian I (Emperor). Institutionu[m] imperialium libri quatuor: queda[m] velut totius Juris Prude[n]tie cleme[n]ta: seu potius compendiu[n]: longe castigatissimi, [Paris], Apud Claudium Chevallon, [1522], title printed in red and black, with woodcut decorative outer border, and large printer's woodcut device, with the name B. Rembolt, and monogram to centre, additional smaller woodcut printer's device of Claude Chevallon to foot of title verso, text printed in red and black throughout, [16], CCLXVIII (plus blank at end), large woodcut illustration to verso of ‡8, early annotation in ink to foot of final leaf of text with early doodles to verso, probably in the same hand, including images of a bird, and two images of a flying fish, 19th century plain endpapers, remains of clasps, contemporary blindstamped full calf, 19th century vellum reback, with red morocco title label, all four outer corners with original metal strengtheners, some marks and minor wear, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Ex libris Clarke Watkins Burton, Rector of Cliborn Church, Westmorland, and canon of Carlisle from 1892 (according to pencil note to front endpaper, and loosely inserted note in ink). BM STC French, 1470-1600, 380. The presence of the printer's devices of both Rembolt and Chevallon indicate an important collaborative venture between Charlotte Guillard, one of the earliest woman printers in Paris, and Claude Chevallon. Guillard had taken over the print shop of her first husband, Berthold Rembolt at the Soleil d'Or, after his death in 1519. In 1521 she married the bookseller Claude Chevallon, a union that was perhaps as much for economic as for personal reasons. The prominence of the Rembolt device on the title page of this edition is thus an indicator of the status of Charlotte, as Rembolt's widow, in this new publishing venture. Rare (only one copy located in the UK at Lambeth Palace Library).

Innocent IV (Pope). Apparatus preclarissimi iuris canonici illuminatoris, D. Innocentii pape. iiii. super. v. li. decre. & super decretalibus p eunde. d. Inn. editis: que modo sunt inserte in. vi. li. decre. & in calce repertorii sunt annotate: in quibus tota quide refulget Juris veritas: una cum summariis per. D. L. Paulu Rhosellu additis: quo facili pateat quicquid in singulo capite scitu dignum includatur: vita etia ipsius Innocentii. per Clar. J. V. doct. D. Thoma diplovatatium editam. Margaritaq Baldi per indice alphabeti... omnia accurate noviter castigata sunt, [Lyon, Vincent de Portonaris], 1525, two parts in one, CCXVIII, XXXIX, plus blank leaf at end (HH4) not present, fine woodcut title to each part, text printed in double column, with numerous criblé woodcut initials, printed in red and black, occasional early marginal annotations in brown ink throughout (probably 16th century), first title with some light soiling, with short closed tear to upper outer corner restrengthened to verso of the leaf, minor damp stains to extreme upper and lower blank margins, with larger water stains to the final 20 or so leaves, final leaf with closed diagonal tear to upper portion, without loss, and minor loss to blank fore-edge caused by damp staining (not affecting text), otherwise the text is generally in good condition, 17th century full sprinkled calf gilt, some marks, large folio (39 x 27.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams I139. Library Hub Discover lists only 3 copies in the UK (Cambridge, Oxford and Lambeth Palace). Handsome edition of Pope Innocent IV's Apparatus, or Commentary on the Five Books of the Decretales or canocical laws of the Church, with commentary by Lucius Paulus Rhosellus, and printed in Lyon by Jean Moylin for Portonaris.

Bible [New Testament]. Novum Testamentum, iuxta veterem & consuetam aeditionem, cumtabulis seu concordantiis Eusebianis, ad nostrorum numerorum facilitatem summa diligentia contractis, undique suis locis (quo sint inventu faciliores) adiectis asteriscis, Antwerp, Joannes Thibault for F. Birckmann, Cologne, 1526, numerous woodcut initials, first and last leaf with some light soiling and ownership black ink stamp of Thomas Francis Fowler to each, publisher's device to verso of final leaf, old black morocco, with title label to spine rubbed and scuffed, mainly to joints and extremities, 8voQty: (1)NOTESDarlow & Moule II, 6106. Not in Adams or BM STC Dutch. An early edition of the New Testament incorporating the Eusebian canon system.

Terence. Habes hic amice lector, P. Terentii Comoedias, una cum interpretationibus Aelii Donati, Guidonis Juvenalis Caenomani, Jo. Calphurnii viri apprime docti, nec non & Servii, ac Jodoci Badii Ascensii. Insuper & Scholia ex Donati, Asperi, & Cornuti commentariis decerpta. Nec non & Philippi Melancthonis in eiustem Ter[n]etii comoediae argumenta... Correcta quaeda[m] & Consulum nomina, idque studio & opera Des. Erasmi Roterodami..., Venice, Giovanni Tacuini, 1533, [xii], ccvii leaves (a-b6, A-Z8, &8?8, R X7, with printer's colophon to verso of final leaf), title printed in red and black with elaborate woodcut outer border and woodcut vignette (some soiling and ink marks, and small tear with a little loss towards centre of the page, affecting some letters), dedication by Erasmus to Jan and Stanislaw Boner to verso of title, index vocabulorum with early corrections and additions in brown ink, the extensive commentary text printed in double-column, surrounding the original text of Terence, 6 large woodcut illustrations of actors and actresses on a stage, numerous small woodcut initials, minor waterstains to final few leaves, top edge gilt, later patterned endpapers, late 19th century quarter cloth over red boards, with handwritten label to spine 'Terrentii Comoedias. Mdxxxiii', folio (30 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Dominici Fontanini, with his signature to head of title, dated 1749. Dominici Fontanini was the nephew of Justus Fontanini (1666-1736) librarian, papal chamberlain and Archbishop of Ancyra, whose Historiae literariae Aquilejensis was published posthumously in 1542 with an introduction by Dominici Fontanini. The title is also inscribed below the date 'Raffaelis Maffei Veneti Sereniss.', and (faintly) at foot 'Ant grimani...', both presumably in another hand, as these two significant Venetian figures were not alive at the time of the publication of this work, Venetian edition in folio of the so-called Erasmus edition of the works of the Roman playwright Terence, or Publius Terentius Afer, issued one year after it was first published in Basel by Froben.

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturale di C. Plinio Secondo di Latino in volgare tradotta per Christophoro Landino, et nuouamente in molti luoghi, dout quella mancaua, supplito, et ba infiniti errori emendata, et con somma biligenza corretta per Antonio Brucioli..., Venice: Gabriel Iolito di Ferrari, 1543, title printed in red and black with woodcut device (partly hand-coloured in red), woodcut historiated initials, occasional early underlining and marginalia, 3B2 & 3I8 with short marginal tears, occasional small light spotting and stains, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, inscription in blue to front endpaper, hinges reinforced, later calf, modern cloth reback, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESThis edition not in Adams. First published in Venice in 1476.

Dolce (Lodovico). L'Achille et L'Enea... Dove egli tessendo l'historia della Illiade d'Homero a'quella dell' Eneide di Vergilio, ambedue l'ha divinamente ridotte in ottava rima..., 1st edition, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1570, title with large woodcut device (title trimmed and laid down), woodcut portrait of the author within decorative border, woodcut border for each 'Argomento' and woodcut illustration for each Canto, woodcut historiated initials, a few leaves close-trimmed affecting some headlines, occasional small water stains, bound with Delle Lodi della Poesia d'Omero, et di Virgilio Oratione composta dall'eccellente signor' Andrea Menechini, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1572, large woodcut device to title (trimmed at foot), historiated woodcut initials, hinges reinforced, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later diced calf, modern cloth reback, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESFirst work Adams D726. Bound with the Oratione by Andrea Menechini, 1572, with separate title and register.

Birmingham. Cornish's Stranger's Guide through Birmingham: being an account of all the public buildings..., 9th edition, improved & enlarged, Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1855, engraved frontispiece, folding plan (with short closed tear) and 10 tinted plates (one folding), wood engraved vignette illustrations, purple silk moiré endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco by Oldfield, armorial to centre of each board, extremities slightly rubbed, small 8vo, together with: Ibid., First [ - Fourth] Report of the Birmingham and Midland Free Hospital for Sick Children, Steelhouse Lane, Snow Hill, Birmingham, supported by voluntary contributions, founded 1861 - opened for the cure of patients January 1, 1862, Birmingham: printed by Benjamin Hall, 1862-65, comprising the four initial reports bound together, front blank inscribed by Dr. Thomas Pretious Heslop (charity physician) to C.E. Matthews (honorary secretary of the charity), bookplate of Percival F. Hinton and John L. Marks to front endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, extremities rubbed, small 8voQty: (2)

Jewel (John). Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, London: Francois Bouvier, 1584, 160 pages (A-K8), title with printer's woodcut device, 19th century plain paper wrappers, upper wrapper near-detached along front hinge, otherwise in good condition, contained in modern quarter cloth drop-over bookbox, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14583. Probably printed abroad. The first edition was printed in 1562. Amongst Jewel's writings, the Apology of the Church of England was the most important and influential. Recalled from the continent by Queen Elizabeth, he worked incessantly to promote the legitimacy of the Anglican Church, but (like Margaret Thatcher), limited himself to four hours of sleep, taken between midnight and four in the morning. Bishop Jewel died on the 21st of September 1571, before he reached the age of fifty.

Chaucer. [The Workes, 1602], black letter, double-column, woodcut initials, lacking title, B1, C1, D6, L1, 2Q6, 2Y2, 2Y6, 3A6, 3H6 & all after 3Q6, many leaves ctose-trimmed shaving headlines and signatures, a few leaves front and rear torn with losses and repairs, some fraying to outer margins, occasional light toning and water stains, a few annotations, ownership signature of D.L Cumming, later half calf, spine detached (but present), some edge wear, folio, together with [Montemayor, Jorge de]. [Diana of George of Montemayor. Translated out of the Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple, 1st edition in English, London: printed Edm. Bollifant, impensis G[eorge] B[ishop], 1598], woodcut initials, lacking title, A1 and final leaf, a few repairs, some water stains and light soiling, previous owner label of Gulielmus Reynoldus and ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, all edes red, later half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, folioQty: (2)NOTESSTC (2nd edition) 5081; STC (2nd edition) 18044 respectively. First work with manuscript note at front indicating it to be the 1598 edition but a later pencil note, referencing folio 321, where a drop title states 'Here followeth certaine workes of Geffrey Chaucer, annexed to the impression printed in the year, 1561. With an addition of some things of Chaucers writing, neuer before this time printed, 1602...' The second work is the first English translation of a Portuguese pastoral romance, originally written in 1559, Shakespeare believed to have been a reader, the tale of Felismena almost certainly the story of Proteus and Julia in the Two Gentlemen of Verona. Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Godwin (Francis). A Catalogue of the Bishops of England since the first planting of the Christian Religion in this Island, together with a briefe history of their lives and Memorable Actions, so neere as can be Gathered out of Antiquity, Whereunto is prefixed a discourse concerning the first conversion of our Britaine unto Christian Religion, London: printed for Thomas Adams, 1615, woodcut initials, head-pieces, Ll4 with loss to lower outer blank corner, not affecting text, small rust hole to Yy1, not affecting text, light waterstain to lower margins of final few leaves, some minor marks elsewhere, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf, some wear with joints cracked and upper cover detached, 4to, together with Ussher (James). Gravissimae Quaestionis, de Christianarum Ecclesiarum, in occidentis praesertim partibus, ab apostolicis temporibus ad nostram usq; aetatem, continua successione & statis, historica explicatio, 1st edition, London: Bonham Norton, 1613, woodcut initials, wormtrack in text from Q3-2I4 affecting some lettering, a little minor spotting, bookplate of Henry Edward Bunbury (7th Baronet, 1778-1860, soldier and historian), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 18th century calf gilt, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (2)NOTESSTC 11938 & STC (2nd edition) 24551.

Elzevir Press. Geor. Buchanani Scoti Poemata quae extant. Editio postrema, Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1628, engraved title (blank margin at foot repaired), manuscript note to front blank, previous owner signature of D.L. Cumming, 18th century mottled panelled vellum, 24mo, together with Joh. Claubergii Logica Vetus & Nova, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Officina Elzeviriana, 1658, title printed in red and black with woodcut Elzevir device (with light soiling and old shelf number at foot, D.L. Cumming signature, all edges red, contemporary vellum, slight soiling, 12mo, plus A.Gislenii Busbequii Omnia quae extant, Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1633, engraved title, small marginal wormtrack, 18th cnntury annotations to front endpaper, D.L. Cumming signature, all edges red, contemporary vellum, some soiling, upper corner wormed, 12mo, with four others published by the Elzevir Press: Hieronymi Cardani Arcana Politica, 1633, Ever. Bronchorst, I.C. in Titulum Digestorum de diversis regulis juris, 1641, F. Sprecheri Rhetia, 1633, and Respublica Romana, 1629 (bound with De Principatibus Italiae, 1631)Qty: (7)NOTESWillems 292; 1226; 380 for the first 3 works respectively.

Charron (Pierre). Of Wisdome, Three Bookes Written in French by Peter Charro, Doct. of Lawe in Paris, translated by Samson Lennard, 4th edition, London: George Miller for Edward Blount & William Aspley, [1630], engraved title by William Hole (repaired at gutter recto and verso), a few leaves close-trimmed shaving a few shoulder notes, a little minor spotting and stains, 18th century presentation inscription to Augustus Toplady Powell from his father, another inscription from the same to blank page before B1, previous owner signature of John Morris to title and Thomas Morris to address to the reader leaf, signature of D.L. Cumming, later half calf, a little rubbed, small 4to, together with Baldwin (William). A Treatise of Morall Philosophie: Wherein is contained the worthy sayings pf philosophers, emperours, kings, and orator: their liues and answers: of what linage they came; and of what countrey they were: whose worthy sentences, notable precepts, counsels, and parables, doe hereafter follow. First gathered & set Forth by William Bauldwin and now the ninth time since inlarged by Thomas Palfreyman, London: printed by William Stansby, circa 1635, lacking 07 and final leaf, title laid down and soiled, a few leaves close-trimmed shaving one or two headlines, some toning and soiling, D.L. Cumming signature, later calf, joints rubbed, 8voQty: (2)NOTESFirst work ESTC S107770.

Apuleius. Philosophi Platonici Apologia, recognita & nonnullis notis, de obseruationibus illustrata a Ioanne Pricaeo Anglo-Britanno, Paris: Simonem Fevrier 1635, folding engraved plate, engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, occasional light soiling and water stains, occasional early annotations, bookplate, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, endpapers renewed, later calf, upper cover detached, upper joint wormed head and foot, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESFirst printing of John Price's edition.

English Commonwealth & Restoration. An Act to make void all titles of Honor, Dignities or Precedencies given by the late King, since the Fourth of January, One thousand Six hundred forty and one, London: John Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1651, 4 pp., woodcut arms and initial, black letter, margins frayed, crease mark, small marginal wormholes, light soiling, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 4to [ESTC R213197], together with Anno Regni Caroli II. An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion, London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1660, 18 pp., woodcut arms to title, black letter, some underlining, frayed margins, some soiling, D.L. Cumming signature, tipped-in to modern card folio with manuscript title to upper cover, folio [Wing, 2nd edition, E1144], together with others including Laws and Acts past in the third session of the first parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second... reprinted by Andrew Anderson, Edinburgh, 1674, Votes of the House of Commons, Sabbati 6 die Novembris 1680, and The London Gazette, 3 issues (July 28-31, 1673; November 11-15, 1686; November 1-5, 1688)Qty: (6)

English Civil War. An Exact Collection of All Remonstrances, Declarations, Votes, Orders, Ordinances, Proclamations, Petitions, Messages, Answers and other Remarkable Passages betweene the Kings most Excellent Majesty, and his High Court of Parliament beginning at his Majesties return from Scotland, being in December 1641 and continued untill March the 21, 1643. Which were formerly published either by the Kings Majesty's Command or by Order from one or both Houses of Parliament. With a table..., London: printed for Edward Husbands, T. Warren, R. Best, 1643, engraved frontispiece, title within woodcut decorative border, 955 pages of main text, with licence printed to verso, and 19 pages of unpaginated table at rear, a few leaves close-trimmed to fore-margins, just touching letters (contents otherwise in good clean condition), 19th century of Lord Auckland to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear to edges, with joints partly cracked, thick 4toQty: (1)NOTESWing E1533. Enlarged edition of contemporary printed documents relating to the English Civil War, first published the previous year.

Dugdale (William, & Dodsworth, Roger). Monasticon Anglicanum, 3 volumes, mixed editions, London: Christopher Wilkinson [et al], 1661-1682, volume 1 with half-title and additional engraved title, 109 engraved plates, after Wenceslaus Hollar and others, 1 folding, many double-page, one single-page plate with 8cm closed tear, folding engraved map of Thanet, with 2 short closed handling tears, titles printed in red & black, decorative woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces to volumes 2 & 3, 3rd volume with half-page engraving in letterpress, volume 1 with some spotting and toning, a preliminary blank to each volume with ink ownership name, other preliminary blanks with portions torn away, each front pastedown with crest bookplate 'White, Wallingwells', 4 hinges strengthened, contemporary uniform sprinkled calf, worn, rebacked with original spines relaid, volumes 1 & 3 front covers detached, volume 2 front joint cracked, folioQty: (3)NOTESWing D2487A-4-6. Volume 1 is the second edition, volumes 2 & 3 are first editions.

Culpeper (Nicholas). Culpeper's Semeiotica Uranica. Or, an Astrological Judgement of Diseases, from the decumbiture of the sick, much enlarged. 1. From Aven Ezra by way of introduction. 2. From Nowel Duret by way of direction. Wherein is laid down the way and manner of finding out the cause, change, and end of the disease. Also whether the sick be likely to live or die; and the time when recovery or death is to be expected. With the signs of life or death by the body of the sick party, according to the judgement of Hippocrates... with a compendious Treatise of Urine, 2 parts in one, 4th edition, London: printed for N. Brook, 1671, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, diagrams and tables, 6 pp. publisher's catalogue at end, small wormtrack affecting a few letters, a little light spotting and toning, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, spine with losses and vertical split, rubbed, 8vo, together with: [Montagu, Walter]. The Queen's Closet Opened: Incomparable secrets in physick, chyrugery, preserving, candying and cookery; as they were presented unto the Queen..., 4th edition, London: Nathaniel Brooks, 1658, lacking portrait frontispiece and pp. 147-166, 171-190, 195-214, 219-238 & 275-78, some light soiling, recent calf-backed boards, 12moQty: (2)NOTESFirst work Wing C7548A.

Churchill (Sir Winston). Divi Britannici: Being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of the Isle, from the year of the world 2855. unto the year of grace 1660, 1st edition, London: printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1675, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, numerous engraved armorials to text, occasional water stains and light soiling, manuscript date at foot of title, previous owner inscriptions including D.L. Cumming, modern cloth, folio, together with Scott (George). The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: Containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of state during the last age, not mention'd by other historians: more particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Under the Reins of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: E.H. for Robert Boulter, 1683, issue with pp. 26 & 31 numbered correctly and pp. 65 & 128 misnumbered 67 & 118, title and first few leaves with some toning and marginal fraying, some spotting and toning, early ownership signature and another erased from title, lacking endpapers, manuscript note pasted to front pastedown, ownership name of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf, some wear to edges, folio, The History of the Life and Reign of her Late Majesty Queen Anne: Wherein all the transactions of that memorable reign are faithfully compiled from the best authorities and impartially related, 1st edition, London: The Booksellers in Town and Country, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn with small loss), 18 engraved plates, some light spotting, bookplate, signature and inscription of Norah Spencer Churchill (1875-1946), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary panelled calf, water stain to upper cover, a little rubbed, folio, plus Samuel Daniel's The Collection of the History of England, 1621Qty: (4)NOTESESTC R003774; R201; T89116 respectively.

Heath (James). A Chronicle of the Late Intestine War in the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. With the intervening affairs of treatises, and other occurrences relating thereunto. As also the several usurpations, foreign wars, differences and interests depending upon it, to the happy restitution of our sacred sovereign K. Charles II, 2nd edition, to which is added a continuation to this present year 1675..., London: printed by J.C. for Thomas Basset, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, occasional small burnholes affecting a few letters, 3C2 with marginal worming affecting shoulder notes, a few small tears, occasional light spotting and toning, armorial bookplate of George Heath (1779-1852, Serjeant at Law), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later blindstamped calf gilt, edges a little rubbed, folio, together with Nalson (John). An Impartial Collection of the Great Affairs of State. From the beginning of the Scotch Rebellion in the Year MDCXXXIX. To the Murther of King Charles I. Wherein the first occasions, and the whole series of the late troubles in England, Scotland & Ireland, are faithfully represented. Taken from authentick records, and methodically digested, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for Thomas Dring, Benjamin Tooke & others, 1682-83, engraved allegorical frontispieces by Robert White (volume II frontispiece trimmed at head), engraved portrait of the Earl of Strafford by White after Anthony van Dyke in volume II, erratic pagination and register, a few burnholes affecting some letters, occasional marginal wormtracks and a few ink splashes, a little light spotting, front endpapers detached, previous owner signatures including D.L. Cumming, near contemporary calf, some wear to volume II spine, joints cracking, some edge wear, folioQty: (3)NOTESWing H1321 & N106 respectively.

[Dugdale, William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England; Briefly setting forth, their rise, growth, and tragical conclusion. As also, some paralell thereof with the Baron-Wars in the time of King Henry III. But chiefly with that in France called the Holy League, in the reign of Henry III. and Henry IV. late kings of that realm. To which is added a perfect narrative of the Treaty at Uxbridge in an. 1644, 1st edition, Oxford: printed at the Theater for Moses Pitt, 1681, title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford, publisher's catalogue at end, lacking the portrait frontispece of Charles I erratic register and pagination, pp. 133-136 detaching, occasional minor spotting, a few marginal wormholes, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary speckled calf gilt, head of spine torn, chipped at foot, a little rubbed, folio, together with [Whitlocke, Bulstrode]. Memorials of the English Affairs: or, an Historical Account of what passed from the beginning of the reign of King Charles the First, to King Charles the Second His happy restauration. Containing the publick transactions, civil and military. Together with the private consultations and secrets of the cabinet, 1st edition, London: printed for Nathaniel Ponder, 1682, erratic pagination and register, a little minor soiling, small inscription 1706 at head of title, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf gilt, upper cover detached, edges rubbed, folio, plus [Sprat, Thomas]. A True Account and Declaration of the Horris Conspiracy against the late King, His Present Majesty, and the government: As it was order'd to be published by His late Majesty, 2 parts in one, 2nd edition, London: Thomas Newcomb, 1685, folding engraved plan (with clear tape repair to verso),., some light toning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, edges rubbed, folioQty: (3)NOTESESTC R18097; R13122; R26938 respectively.

Bar-Am (Micha, 1930-). Trial prospectus copy for Portfolio of 10 photographs, 1966-1973, Beverly Hills, California: Photographic Publishers International, 1981, comprising 7 gelatin silver prints only, images 23.5 x 33 cm or the reverse, sheet size 27.5 x 35.5 cm, each inscribed 'TEST' in ball point pen to lower blank margin and loosely preserved in paper sleeves with printed captions, with 4 further original matching printed sheets and one bifolium of preliminaries and end matter, plus a smaller 8-page photo-illustrated prospectus, stapled printed wrappers, the whole contained in publisher's original cloth portfolio, lettered in white, overall 38 x 30 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe publication was issued in 1981 in two limited edition formats, the photographs on sheet sizes as here and on larger sheets of 41 x 51 cm. The 7 photographs included here are: First Soldier at the Wall, Six Day War, 1967; Father Neophitus, Santa Katarina Montastery, Sinai, 1967; Crossing the Suez Canal, Yom Zipper War, 1973; Funeral at Yerka, 1968; Torah Scribe, Jaffa, 1971; Yom Kippur Eve, Mea Shearim, 1967; Bereaved Father, Golan Heights, 1967. The 3 absent photographs are: David Ben Gurion, Kibbutz Sde Boker, 1966; Alley in Jerusalem, 1972; Artillery Barrage, Suez Canal, Yom Kippur War, 1973.

Devon. A Brief Account of the Earthquake, the Solemn Event Which Occurred Near Axmouth, Devonshire, on the 25th December, 1839, 1st edition, James Nisbett, 1840, 12pp., two faint horizontal folds, modern marbled wrappers, printed paper label to front cover, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESRare: only the British Library copy listed on COPAC. The Great Landslip of 1839, as the event at Axmouth on Christmas Day became known, was the first major landslide to be recorded scientifically and the area it created is known today as the 'Undercliff'. With coastguard reports of flashes of fire and the stench of sulphur fumes, it was thought at first that there had been an earthquake. The massive movement of earth left a chasm filled with grotesque peaks and pinnacles extending for three quarters of a mile, with new cliff faces over 150 feet high. As news of the phenomenon spread, thousands of sightseers, scientists, and geologists arrived to view what seemed to be one of the wonders of the world. A dance called the 'Landslips Quadrille' was sold in London and numerous engravings of the scene were made. Queen Victoria sailed to Axmouth in her yacht to view the remarkable scene for herself. Many saw the event as a warning from God, as indeed did the writer of this pamphlet; he quotes from a friend residing in the vicinity of Axmouth who describes the events leading up to the creation of a "monstrous ravine", calling the incident "the remarkable visitation of the Most High God of this land by an earthquake".

Hermannides (Rutgerus). Historische Landbeschryvinge van Groot-Brittanje ofte Engelandt, Schotlant en Yrlandt, 3rd edition, Rotterdam: Barent Bos, 1685, engraved additional title, 31 engraved folding town plans (correct, including York, not listed), lacks folding engraved map of the British Isles, heavy staining to lower half of signatures C-F and several wormholes similarly affecting D11-E12, the staining heaviest on leaves E5-8 with damage and loss to lower outer corners of E7-8, a little fraying to lower outer corners of first few leaves and a few plates, upper inner hinges broken, contemporary vellum, soiled, small loss to two corners of spine, 12moQty: (1)NOTESThe first edition of this work, in Latin, and with the title Britannia magna, appeared in 1661.

British Isles. Camocio (Giovanni), Inghilterra et Scotia, F. Bertelli, Venice 1575, uncoloured engraved map, one small hole in the upper margin, very slight abrasion to the printed surface, trimmed to the neatline on the left-hand vertical margin, 220 x 180 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 105. The second state (the first being published in 1572) and derived from George Lily's map. This edition has the number '82' added to the lower right corner. Originally published in the 'Isole famose porti, fortezze e terre maritime sotto poste...'. Uncommon.

British Isles. De Jode (Cornelis), Angliae Scotiae et Hibernie Nova Descriptio, Antwerp [1593], uncoloured engraved map orientated to the east, strapwork cartouche with an additional cartouche containing explanatory text, extensive near-contemporary ink marginalia listing principal cities and towns, some faint near-contemporary underlining of some towns and cities, 350 x 500 mm, Latin text on the versoQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, 173. First published in 1570, this later edition of Gerard De Jode's map was published by his son, Cornelis. in his 'Speculum Orbis Terrae..., Heredu Gerardi de Judaeis' in 1593. Neither the 1570, the 1578 nor the 1593 editions of the atlas sold well. Cornelis died at the early age of 32 and his plates were acquired by Joan Baptista Vrients - who had already purchased Ortelius's plates - thus giving him a virtual monopoly of the publication of maps and atlases in Antwerp. Vrients much preferred the Ortelius plates, and this virtual suppression of de Jode's plates coupled with the poor initial sales of the De Jode atlases results in them being uncommon in the market today.

British Isles. Ptolemy (Claudius & Berlinghieri Francesco), Tabula Prima d Europa, Florence [1482], uncoloured engraved map on thick laid paper, a few professional repairs to the verso, largely confined to the margins, size to plate mark 405 x 525 mm, sheet size 430 x 555 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early printed Maps of the British Isles, 3, state 1. "an elegant copperplate engraving originally attributed by Hind to Francesco Roselli, an attribution now questioned in view of Roselli's absences from Italy in the period 1480 - 1482. This is the only edition in which the projection follows Ptolemy's original grid, based on equidistant parallels and meridians. The place names are directly engraved on to the plate in Italian, using a lighter and slightly cursive upper and lower case print, compared to the heavier capitals on the Rome plates and the crude lettering on the first Bologna edition". Rare. One of the first available printed maps of the British Isles.

Cary (John). Cary's New English Atlas Being a Complete Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., 1st edition, 1809, double-page letter press title, index excised and pasted to the first front blank, general map of England & Wales and 43 (only of 45) engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, Yorkshire folding and on two sheets, index bound at rear, some marginal fraying, slight spotting, staining, creasing and dust soiling throughout, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESChubb CCCXXXIII. This atlas was issued in parts between 1801 & 1809 and the maps have a variety of imprints depending on their date of issue. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. Lacking Devon and Kent.

* Europe. Munster (Sebastian), Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden/nach Gelegenheit Unsern Zeiten, Basel [1578], uncoloured woodblock map of Europe, orientated in reverse with the north in the south, slight worming, largely confined to the margins, 275 x 345 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESSebastian Munster's famous and curious upsidedown map of Europe first appeared in his edition of Ptolemy's 'Geographia' in 1540 and then later in his 'Cosmographia'. The strange orientation (a German protocol to align maps with the solar compass) was a Ptolomaeic convention and was widely used in Germany in the first half of the 16th-century.

Gillray (James). A New Map of England & France. The French Invasion - or - John Bull Bombarding the Bum Boats, H. Humphrey, 1793 [but H. G. Bohn edition of 1847], uncoloured etched caricature, slight marginal fraying but not affecting the image, 350 x 255 mm, together with Fighting for the Dunghill - or - Jack Tar settling Buonaparte, H. Humphrey, 1798 [but H. G. Bohn edition of 1847], uncoloured engraved caricature showing Jack Tar/John Bull giving a bare-chested Napoleon a bloody nose as they straddle the northern hemisphere of a globe showing Europe, with another caricature to the verso, 270 x 365 mmQty: (2)NOTESThe first item described is a gloriously rude caricature that shows a stylised map of England and Wales with the county of Durham turned into the face of King George III. The king is shown defecating on France; his faeces gradually evolving into warships that threaten the coast of northern France. One of Gillray's most vulgar cartoons, that captures the belligerent spirit of 'John Bull' in the face of the tyranny of France and Napoleon.

World. Sylvanus (Bernard), Untitled Map of the World, Venice, 1511, woodblock cordiform map on two conjoined sheets, printed in red & black, the margins decorated with wind heads and zodiacal symbols, old folds but not visible on the recto, slight dust soiling and creasing to the upper margin, central fold with small 'stitching holes', 420 x 570 mm, no text on versoQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. The Mapping of the World. no. 32. The first and only edition of this 'heart-shaped' map of the world. The map shows the western coast of North America and is the earliest printed map to show the Corte-Real brothers discoveries (Winsor vol.2 page 123). It is only the second atlas map of the world to show North America; pre-dated by Johann Ruysch's map of 1507. It is also one of the earliest obtainable maps to show and identify Japan, Sylvanus' map was not reprinted and hence remains relatively scarce (Shirley, page 35).

[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is Likewise Added the Art of Angling, 4 parts in one volume, T. Mabb for William Shears, 1654, separate title to each part (parts 2 & 4, A Perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden / The Art of Angling, both dated 1653), parts 3 and 4 with separate pagination and register, some wood engravings to text of first two parts, 22 full-page engravings to third part (The Expert Gardener) and final 4 leaves of this part misbound (pp. 51-54, 47-50), some spotting and light browning throughout but signatures D and K of first part more heavily browned, one and then two pinhead wormholes to lower blank margins not affecting text, beginning signature R of second part and continuing to the end, contemporary marbled boards with calf tips (some wear), old calf reback with leather spine label, 4to (190 x 140mm)Qty: (1)NOTESWestwood & Satchell pp. 66-67; Wing B783, 784, C1700, S946. A rare complete copy of Barker's treatise on garden horticulture, including the important fourth part, a pre-Waltonian section devoted to angling. This is the second edition of that treatise which was first published in 1651 and is of legendary rarity in that edition. Barker, who made a living as an angling tutor, suggested that ‘fishing far surpasses all other recreations in promoting health and pleasure. The text offers much hard practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait, together with recipes, including pike with stewed oysters, and employs a successful formula for angling writing which has been much copied subsequently’ (ODNB).