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DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. An entertaining T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 2nd August 1963, to Meaburn [Staniland]. Du Maurier announces 'The full treatment, and in August of all months? Don't be silly' and continues 'Now look here, this photograph on the back of the American edition of Branwell is one of the best I have ever had taken, at least I think so, and its much more recent than the one you are running in the present Penguins. I'm pretty sure its my own copyright too, so it would cost nothing, but this can be discovered by checking with the old girl who took it, Miss Compton Collier. (Used to live in Maida Vale)', further explaining 'I used to keep copies of this photograph to send around when pestered (nothing personal intended) and Doubleday in New York must have had the last one. How about it?'. Du Maurier continues to write on the subject of publishers and their use of author's images, 'Actually, when you talk about The Loving Spirit, my first novel, which I wrote when I was 22 (1929) tho' it wasn't published until 1931, you really ought to have a picture of me as I was at that time. It always seems to me silly, when authors's (sic) first books are re-published, to have pictures of them years later; for instance, silly to publish Evelyn Waugh's Decline and Fall, say, with a picture of him looking an old buffer as he is today. The young Waugh was so different. (Pause for reflection - Do I mean Decline and Fall, or was that someone else, No, I mean Vile Bodies.) Likewise of Human Bondage, you need the young Willie Maugham, not that ancient sinner of nearing 90'. In concluding Du Maurier adds that she has no more news, 'Have been swimming a lot, very tanned, look like Gandhi'. VG Meaburn Staniland (1914-1992) English Editor, Author and Antiquarian Bookseller who worked at Penguin books in the 1960s and 1970s.

HERRMANN BERNARD: (1911-1975) American Film Composer, Academy Award winner. Herrmann is remembered for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock on many films including Psycho, North by Northwest and Vertigo. Herrmann's other film scores include Citizen Kane and Taxi Driver. Book signed, being a hardback edition of A List of Books About Music in the English Language, compiled by Percy A. Scholes as an appendix to The Oxford Companion to Music, First Edition published by the Oxford University Press, 1940. With Herrmann's ownership signature ('Bernard Herrmann') in bold black fountain pen ink to the head of the front free endpaper. Also bearing numerous ink and pencil annotations and marks throughout indicating which books the composer owned or wished to acquire as well as a few brief details of additional titles. Bound in the original publisher's blue cloth and with a gilt title to the spine. No dust jacket. Rare. Some very light, extremely minimal age wear, VG

European Regalia [Lord Twining], pub B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1967 first edition, maroon cloth; various Batsford editions, subjects to include Lawn Tennis, Sailing and Cruising, English Spas, English Country Crafts, A History of Flying, English Fairs and Markets, British Mountaineering, First Through The Clouds, Hunting England etc:- One Box

Unknown Dorset [Donald Maxwell], County Series, pub by John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, first edition,1927, Unknown Surrey [Donald Maxwell], pub John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, first edition 1924, gilt tooled green cloth; further editions from the same series to include Unknown Somerset, first edition, 1927, Unknown Suffolk, first edition 1926, Unknown Kent, 1921, Unknown Norfolk, first edition 1925, dj, Unknown Sussex, first edition 1923 dj; five others by the same author - A Dweller in Mesopotania, The New Lights of London, first edition 1926, Excursions in Colour, first edition 1927, East of Suez (Rudyard Kipling, illus Donald Maxwell copyright edition and five editions of The County Coast series:- One Box

The Decorative Arts in England 1660 - 1780 [Herbert Hall Mulliner], pub B.T. Batsford, first edition, folio, in slipcase; Decoration in England 1660-1770 and Furniture in England [Francis Lenygon], pub B.T. Batsford.

D[onne] (J[ohn]) Poems...with Elegies on the Authors Death, third edition, lacking engraved portrait, woodcut initials, title lightly soiled, water-staining to first few leaves, cropped shaving one or two head-lines or side-notes, bookplate of Arnold Trinder, later calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old label (mistakenly stating "First Edition"), corners repaired, [Keynes 80; STC 7047], 8vo, M[iles] F[lesher] for John Marriot, 1639.⁂ First published in 1633, this is a reissue of the second edition with the errata corrected and some minor additions.

Huxley (Aldous) Brave New World, first edition, light spotting at beginning and end, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed with slight spotting or browning, a little creased and frayed at edges with chip to top corner of rear panel, some old sticky tape repairs to verso of spine ends, 8vo, 1932.

Osteology.- Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried) Icones ossium foetus humani. Accedit osteogeniæ brevis historia, first edition, 32 engraved plates by Jan Wandelaar, title in red & black, Leiden, Verbeek, 1737; Index supellectillis anatomicae, Leiden, Mullhovium & Schuyl, 1725, together 2 works in 1, very light occasional spotting or browning, contemporary Dutch vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, light marking or spotting to covers, 4to.⁂ First edition of this classic work on osteology. Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770) was a German-born Dutch anatomist, particularly known for his descriptions of the bones, illustrated in the work with great detail. Bound together with Albinus' Index, a list of the anatomical instruments which the very learned Johannes Jacobus Rau bequeathed to the Batavian Academy at Leiden.

Paracelsus (Theophrastus Bombastus) Opera Omnia Medico-Chemico-Chirurgica, tribus voluminibus comprehensa. Editio novissima et emendatissima ad Germanica & Latina exemplaria accuratissime collata, 3 vol. in 2, first Tournes edition, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece and title vignette to vol.1, some light foxing, titles in red & black, woodcut initials, head- & tail-pieces, and illustrations, contemporary Dutch vellum, blind-stamped centre-pieces, rubbed with some dark spots to boards, joint to vol.1 split but holding firm, [Caillet 8283; Heirs of Hippocrates 215; Wellcome IV, 293], folio, Geneva, for Joan. Antonii, & Samuel De Tournes, 1658.⁂ First Tournes published edition, 'the best and most complete edition of Paracelsus' collected works' (Neville), complete with the often-lacking portrait after Tintoretto. Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (c.1493-1541), who wrote under the pen name Paracelsus, was a Renaissance pioneer of medicine, an astronomer and alchemist. As native of Switzerland, he was educated in Basel, Vienna, and Ferrara, and travelled extensively throughout Europe during his life as an itinerant physician. He is credited with establishing the role of chemistry in medicine, and is often referred to as the "father of toxicology." His most known legacy is his record of the first clinical descriptions of syphilis and epilepsy, and his advocation of the humane treatment of the mentally ill in an era when they were believed to be possessed by demons.

Photometry.- Bouguer (Pierre) Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumiere, first edition, 3 folding engraved plates, bookplate to pastedown, ex-libris sticker to p.77, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments, g.e., extremities very lightly rubbed but overall an excellent copy, 8vo, Paris, Claude Jombert, 1729.⁂ First edition of the founding work on photometry. Bouguer's interest in the measurement of light dates from c.1721, when J. J. d'Ortous de Mairan proposed a problem that necessitated a knowledge of the relative amount of light from the sun at two altitudes. Bouguer succeeded in making such a measurement of the light from the full moon on 23 November 1725, by comparing it with that of a candle. His achievement was to see that the eye could be used, not as a meter but as a null indicator, i.e., to establish the equality of brightness of two adjacent surfaces.

Railways.- Bury (Thomas Talbot) Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, first edition, 2 vol. bound as 1,13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, all but one first state, plate VI 'Entrance into Manchester across Water Street' in second state as usual, occasional faint marginal spotting or finger soiling, bookplates, later half-morocco, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 4to, R. Ackermann, 1831.⁂ Bookplate of Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928), newspaper proprietor and collector of Illuminated Manuscripts.

Ridley (Mark) A Short Treatise of Magneticall Bodies and Motions, first edition, second issue with X3 cancelled and containing errata, with first and last blanks, engraved architectural title by Elstrack showing planets and scientific instruments, engraved portrait on a4v, woodcut initials, head-pieces and printer's device at end, 21 engraved and one woodcut diagrams and illustrations, some full-page, one with volvelle (pasted down), damp-stained throughout with purple mildew but stabilised and restored, a few minor tears and repairs (mostly marginal), resewn and recased in old vellum wrapper (part of a contemporary manuscript indenture), also stained, [Honeyman VI 2649; Sabin 71297; STC 21045.5], small 4to, Nicholas Okes, 1613.⁂ An important work in the history of experimental science in England, and the most important work on magnetism after William Gilbert's De magnete. "Ridley gives directions for carrying out experiments on the lodestone, magnet, and terrella. He includes numerous engravings and descriptions of his improved instruments for determining the declination of the magnetic needle and for making use of the inclinatory needle for finding position at sea" (ODNB). There is also a map showing New England, Virginia, and Terra Australis.

NO RESERVE Salmon (William) Synopsis Medicinae. A Compendium of Physick, Chirurgery, and Anatomy. In IV. Books, second edition, fine engraved portrait by Burnford and additional pictorial title, 18 engraved plates only (of 23, lacking plates XI-XV at end of second book), printed in double column, some light browning, old contemporary ink inscription "Liber Gulielmi. Peche" and red seal to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine and red label, crack to upper joint, [Wing S455], 8vo, for Th.Dawks...sold by L. Curtiss, 1681.⁂ First published in 1671 this was Salmon's first medical work, compiled while he was in practice in London near the Smithfield gate of St.Barthlomew's Hospital. A good copy of a work often lacking some plates.

NO RESERVE Sendivogius (Michael) A New Light of Alchymie...to which is added a Treatise of Sulphur, translated by John French, 3 parts in 1, first edition in English, lacking title to final part, woodcut initials, old ink inscription to verso of title and some ink or pencil underlinings or marginalia, title soiled and slightly frayed at fore-edge, second part with tear to Hh1 and Ii1 & 2 misbound after Ii3 & 4, rather browned and stained, ex-library copy with old ink stamp to verso of title, later half calf, spine gilt, rubbed and stained, upper joint split at head, [Duveen 544; Ferguson I, 257; Wing S2506], small 4to, by Richard Cotes, for Thomas Williams, 1650.⁂ Important collection of alchemical tracts by Sendivogius, Paracelsus and Gerhard Dorn. Newton owned copies of both the Latin edition of Sendivogius and this translation which were influential in his own alchemical studies.

Curtis (William) Flora Londinensis, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 title with engraved vignette, 435 hand-coloured engraved plates on 432 leaves, final text leaf of vol.1 defective at inner margin with slight loss of text, index page numberings corrected in ms in both vol., some light foxing and toning but overall an excellent, clean copy, modern red half morocco, spine gilt, lower covers partially sunned, [Nissen BBI 440; Henrey 595; Hunt 650], folio, Printed for and sold by the author, 1777-[98].⁂ A very good copy of the first colour plate national flora of England. Inscription on verso of title of vol.1 reads "This work coloured by Mrs Ann Yonge of Park Street, Finished in the year one Thousand Eight hundred and Two, Aged Seventy Three." The word "coloured" has been largely erased but is still just legible.

Duppa (Richard) The Classes and Orders of the Linnaean System of Botany, 3 vol., first edition, 240 engraved plates, all but 3 hand-coloured, occasional light foxing and offsetting, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., [Nissen BBI 566], 8vo, 1816.⁂ A lovely set of this popular introduction to the Linnaean classification system issued in coloured and uncoloured states, here handsomely bound and in its more desirable coloured issue.

Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title by John Payne trimmed and laid down with small marginal defect, numerous woodcut illustrations, 6Z6 defective and laid down, a few other leaves at end with marginal repairs, a few leaves in middle with light water-stain, generally a very good copy, 19th century russia, single gilt rule, blind-stamped arms of Lord Bagot to covers, joints cracking and repaired, [STC 11751; Garrison-Morton 1820; Henrey I, pp.48-54; Hunt 223], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.⁂ A very good copy of the preferred edition of the greatest English herbal, expanded and improved by Thomas Johnson from the 1597 first edition.

Henderson (Peter Charles) The Seasons, or Flower-Garden: being a Selection of the most beautiful Flowers that blossom at the four Seasons of the Year..., first edition large paper copy, hand-coloured aquatint additional title and 24 hand-coloured plates, contemporary marbled boards, early reback preserving original paper spine label, rubbed and edges abraded, especially lower cover, uncut, [Nissen BBI 848], 4to, R. Ackermann, 1806.⁂ Henderson was one of the artists for Thornton's famous Temple of Flora. Bound in after the work is A Treatise: or, Instructions for Drawing and Painting Flowers, with General Observations on the Art, as often.

Lindley (John) Rosarum Monographia; or, a Botanical History of Roses, first edition, half-title, 19 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured, occasional spotting and some light offsetting, contemporary watercolour on paper of a rose tipped in to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, [Nissen BBI 1204], 8vo, 1820.⁂ A handsome copy of this scarce monograph.

Martyn (Thomas) Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations: intended to illustrate Linnaeus's System of Vegetables, first edition, 38 hand-coloured engraved plates, light crease to lower corner throughout, occasional light foxing and toning, contemporary calf, gilt, upper joint cracking, [Henrey 1030], 8vo, 1788.

McDonald (Alexander) A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: comprehending all the Modern Improvements in the Art , 2 vol., first edition, 61 hand-coloured engraved plates and 13 uncoloured, some foxing but mostly to text and uncoloured plates, contemporary brown straight-grain morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, [Nissen BBI 479], 4to, 1807.⁂ A most handsome copy.

Morris (Richard) Flora Conspicua; A Selection of the most ornamental flowering, hardy, exotic and indigenous Trees, Shrubs and Herbaceous Plants, first edition, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates by William Clark, 1 double-page, tissue guards, occasional light foxing to text, contemporary half calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, [Nissen BBI 1414; Great Flower Books p.69], 8vo, 1826.⁂ Initially published in 15 monthly parts, each with 4 plates, from July 1825-September 1826.

Mueller (Ferdinand von) Description and Illustrations of the Myoporinous Plants of Australia: Lithograms, first edition, lithograph frontispiece and 74 plates, foxed, original cloth, corners worn, spine torn, 4to, Melbourne, John Ferres, Government Printer, 1886.⁂ Without the text volume.

Paxton (Joseph) and John Lindley. Paxton's Flower Garden, 3 vol., first edition, 108 hand-coloured lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, some foxing, mostly to text leaves with plates largely protected by tissue guards, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, over marbled boards, a little rubbed,[Nissen BBI 1499], 4to, 1851-53.

Rennie (James, editor) The Magazine of Botany and Gardening, British and Foreign, 5 vol. in 2, first edition, 5 engraved titles, 164 engraved plates, all but 3 hand-coloured, some light foxing and toning, occasional off-setting, one with caption trimmed, contemporary green half calf, a little rubbed, 4to, 1833-37.⁂ Rarely found complete with the 3 volumes of the New Series, edited by James Burnett.

Roscoe (Mrs. Edward) Floral Illustrations of the Seasons, first edition, engraved title, 55 fine hand-coloured engraved plates by Robert Havell Junior., tissue guards, occasional foxing, one plate with printed caption overlay, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, g.e., a little scuffed, [Nissen BBI 1676; Dunthorne 266; Pritzel 7763], 4to, 1829-31.⁂ Engraved by Robert Havell, best known for his work on Audubon's birds, this work is quite uncommon complete. Mrs Roscoe, nee Margaret Lace, was the daughter-in-law of the abolitionist, historian and botanist William Roscoe.

Rosenberg (Mary Elizabeth) The Museum of Flowers, first edition, lithograph title printed in gold, 54 hand-coloured lithograph plates, tissue guards, contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., [Nissen BBI 1679], 8vo, 1845.⁂ Mary Elizabeth Duffield (nee Rosenberg), 1819-1914, British botanical artist.

Doves Press.- [Cobden-Sanderson (T.J.)] Catalogue Raisonné of Books Printed & Published at the Doves Press, [one of 300 copies], first edition, printed in red and black, Ramsay MacDonald's copy with Doves Press invoice/receipt for Wordsworth's 'Prelude' made out to him and loosely inserted, light browning to final leaf, original holland-backed printed boards by the Doves Bindery, uncut, lightly soiled, 4to, Doves Press, 1908.⁂ J.Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937), politician and Britain's first Labour Prime Minister.This is one of several books stolen from MacDonald's library and sold to a London bookshop, of which all but one were recovered and returned to the owner. The bookshop's pencilled price of £2 is still to be found on the front pastedown.

Spratt (George) Flora Medica, 2 vol., first edition, 184 hand-coloured lithograph plates, some folding, tissue guards, occasional foxing, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt, joints rubbed, spines discoloured, [Nissen BBI 1882], 8vo, 1829-30.⁂ Stafleu & Cowan cite 188 plates but the maximum number of plates recorded at auction is 184, and this is invariably assumed to be the complete count.

Velley (Thomas) Coloured Figures of Marine Plants, found on the Southern Coast of England, first edition, 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, modern green morocco-backed cloth, gilt, [Nissen BBI 2045; Henrey 1448], folio, Bath, S. Hazard, 1795.⁂ An attractive copy of the rare first work devoted to marine plants.

Woodville (William) Medical Botany, 4 vol., first edition, 274 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light foxing and toning but plates generally very clean, title and dedication leaf of vol.1 trimmed at foot, later half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen BBI 2183; Hunt 716; Henrey 1521-22], 4to, for the Author, 1790-94.

Arboriculture.- Ravenscroft (Edward) The Pinetum Britannicum. A Descriptive Account of Hardy Coniferous Trees, 3 vol., first edition, 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 4 mounted albumen prints, 1 engraved map, errata slip, foxing, almost exclusively affecting the text but not plates, contemporary red half morocco, covers lightly stained, a little rubbed, folio, [Nissen BBI 1588], 1884.⁂ This stunningly illustrated work was the result of over twenty years of collaboration and research. The tree portraits in colour are predominantly from the original drawings of William Richardson, those of cones and leaves by Dr Greville and James and Robert Black, and the characteristic sketches of the Deodar Cedars in vol. 3 were captured 'in the field' by Lady Canning during her time in India. The extensive woodcut illustrations throughout the text were also executed by multiple hands; Andrew Murray, James M'Nab, Dr Greville and Dr Maxwell T Masters. Meanwhile, leading conifer specialists of the day, from institutions such as the British Museum, Royal Horticultural Society and Royal Botanical Gardens, as well as individual professors from Florence, Berlin and Paris, and several private experts, all contributed to enhance the publication. On its commencement in 1863, the project received immediate royal support; Queen Victoria requested the work be dedicated to the memory of the recently deceased Prince Albert and provided photographs of two specimens at Osborne House for inclusion, while Emperor Napoleon III secured thirty copies for distribution among French schools of Forestry and Agriculture. Considered one of the great British works on coniferae, the Pinetum Britannicum is a testament to the nineteenth century fascination with natural history and fashion for classifying and cataloguing, and remains unmatched in scope and quality.

Ferns.- Moore (Thomas) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, edited by John Lindley, half-title, 51 nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, tissue-guards, occasional spotting, occasional marginal water-staining, ex-library with small ink-stamp to title, previous owner's ink inscription to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt, a little rubbed, [Nissen BBI, 1400], folio, 1855.

Gardening.- Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine) The Theory and Practice of Gardening, translated by John James of Greenwich, first English edition, Royal licence leaf opposite title, title in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, 32 engraved plates and diagrams (28 double-page and 4 folding), woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, errata f. at end, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Blanche Henrey III, 1426], 4to, Printed by George James, and sold by Maurice Atkins, 1712.⁂ A handsome association copy of this important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective. List of subscribers includes Joseph Addison, Edward Harley and Nicolas Hawksmoor. This copy with bookplate and signature of Richard Warner of Woodford Row, Essex (c.1713-1775), the botanist, who had a catalogue of his plants published in 1771 - Plantae Woodfordienses.

Gardens.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, de Florum Cultura. or, a Complete Forilege, first edition, additional engraved title, 8 engraved plates, title in red and black, previous owner's ink signature to title, occasional very faint marginal damp-staining, short marginal tear not affecting text (2G4), contemporary calf, repairs to spine head and corners, a little rubbed, [Hunt 301; Wing R421], folio, by J.G. for Thomas Clarke, 1665.

Grew (Nehemiah) Musæum Regalis Societatis. Or, a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artificial Rarities belonging to the Royal Society, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 engraved plates (1 folding), corrections inserted by hand, occasional spotting, short marginal tear not affecting text (O2), bookplate, previous owner's ink stencil and signature to front pastedown, near contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, [Wing G1952; Wood p.369], folio, by W. Rawlins, 1681.

Sclater (Philip Lutley) and Thomas Oldfield. The Book of Antelopes, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by Smit, after Smit and Wolf, illustrations, some pencil underlining and annotations, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., [Mendelssohn II, p.292; Nissen ZBI 3784; Wood, p.558, "fine illustrations"], 4to, 1894-1900.⁂ Lovely copy of this superb monograph. Bookplate of Sir Giles Loder, Bart., and loosely inserted A.L.s, from G.K[enneth].Whitehead to "Dear Sir Giles" dated 1963, asking to buy this set from him for "say, £50 to £75" and quoting recent auction prices. Whitehead (1913-2004) was a leading authority on deer, a founding member of the British Deer Society and author of several books on the subject.

Bible leaf from 1462.- Bible, Latin, Single leaf, from Genesis chapters 34 to 36, double column, 48 lines, Gothic type, 2 initials supplied in red and blue with large marginal flourishes, chapter numbers and head-lines in red and blue, ruled, light staining to head and foot, small patch of worming to margins, [BMC I 22; Goff B529; GW 4204], folio, (400 x 300mm.), [Mainz, Johannes Fust and Peter Schoeffer], [1462].⁂ A leaf from the first dated bible (and the fourth edition of the Vulgate); preceeded only by the Gutenberg Bible at Mainz, the Pfister Bible at Bamberg and the Mentelen Bible at Strasbourg. The text is from Genesis 34 - 36 and concerns the aftermath of the rape of Jacob's daughter Dinah and the moving of his family to Bethel in Canaan. 1462 Bible leaves from the Book of Genesis are very rare in commerce.

Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Geographiae libri octo, edited by Gerard Mercator, second edition, collation: []2 A-L6, M4, (?)4, A-L2, K2, M-O2, N-Z2, Aa-Bb2, a-b6, c4 (lacking final blank c4), engraved title and 28 engraved maps, all but Egypt double-page, but that of Egypt bound horizontally and thus appearing double-page and smaller, woodcut illustrations, decorations and initials, title with marginal soiling, last map with marginal defect, occasional minor soiling, modern calf, folio, Cologne, Godfried von Kempen, 1584.⁂ The second edition of Mercator's version of Ptolemy, which first appeared in 1576. An important 16th century work, representing Mercator's life-time fascination with Ptolemy and, more broadly, the Renaissance's continued negotiation with the classical past. In order to produce this book, Mercator edited and revisited Ptolemy's Geography, which had been rediscovered in a Greek version in the 14th century and then translated into Latin. Though Ptolemy gave detailed instructions and coordinates in the work as to how maps should be prepared, none are known from classical example. Mercator therefore went through the Latin text carefully, trying to ensure that he obtained the best and truest possible version and drew up the maps from it according to Ptolemy's specifications. The result is this important and attractive work.Literature: VD 16 P 5219

Descartes (René) Epistola...ad celeberrimum D.Gisbertum Voetium, first edition, title with woodcut device of Minerva with motto "ne extra oleas", with blank M10 but lacking 2 further final blanks M11 & 12, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, lightly browned, contemporary calf with arms of Maastricht in blind to both covers, rubbed, rebacked and edges repaired, [Willems 998], 12mo, Amsterdam, L.Elzevier, 1643.⁂ One of Descartes' rarest works, his vindication of Cartesianism against the charges of Gisbert Voet (1588-1676), rector of Utrecht university, who regarded Descartes' ideas as undermining the foundations of Calvinist theology.

NO RESERVE Lyons.- Recueil des Privileges, Authoritez, Pouvoirs, Franchises, & Exemptions des Prevost des Marchands, Eschevins, & Habitans de la ville de Lyon, first edition, title with woodcut coat-of-arms of Lyons, woodcut head-pieces and initials, with additional tt signature bound after Tt, browned especially §§§§ signature in preliminaries, ink spotting to upper margin of title and first leaf of text, marginal tears to Aaa2 and Ttt4, bookplate of "Bibliotheque Lyonnaise 1858-1893 d'Etienne Récamier", contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed and scuffed, label removed from head of spine causing slight damage, 4to, Lyons, Guillaume Barbier, 1649.⁂ Collection of regulations, local by-laws and customary laws for the great commercial centre of Lyons, including taxation, policing, patents, privileges, and conduct of professionals from surgeons to wine merchants.

Numismatics.- Vaillant (Jean) Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum Praestantiora, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, author's own copy with prices in ink in his hand, presentation copy with inscription at head of title, bookplate and copious ink annotations ?by Roman de Rives, engraved illustrations and some additional illustrations and annotated slips loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, 4to, Paris, Thomas Moette, 1682.⁂ The title inscriptions read "ex lib. J.F. Roman de Rives ex dono authoris eruditis an 1687" and in another hand "N.B. Pretia margini adnotata ex ipso Autoris Autographo transcripta sunt - Librae sunt Galliae."

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) Suites de Pieces pour le Clavecin, 2 vol. in 1, first uniform edition (fourth edition of vol.1, first edition of vol.2), engraved throughout with calligraphic titles and musical notation, vol.1 with sheets numbered 1-94 and vol.2 numbered 2-83, most printed on both sides, a few ink or pencil markings for fingering and ornaments, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), slight worming to corners of first few leaves (some repaired), contemporary ink signature of Grisel Hamilton to front pastedown, contemporary reversed calf with roll-tooled panels in blind and gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, a few light stains to upper cover, [Smith 6 & 5], oblong folio, John Walsh, No.490, [c.1736-1733].⁂ An excellent clean copy of the standard edition of Handel's harpsichord suites, and the basis for the numerous subsequent editions.Possibly Grisel Hamilton (1719-1811), daughter of Charles Hamilton, Viscount Binning, married Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope in 1745.

Music.- Blanchet (Armand François Nicolas) Méthode Abrégée pour Accorder le Clavecin et le Forte-Piano, 13pp., first edition, title with woodcut ornament and author's address supplied in manuscript with printed address on verso crossed out, 2 folding engraved plates of keyboards, stitched, 8vo, Paris, Lacloye, 1801.⁂ Early manual dealing with harpsichord and piano tuning. The first plate shows the keyboard of both instruments, the second the piano wrest plank strung with steel and copper. The Blanchet family had been harpsichord makers since the end of the seventeenth century, becoming makers of the King's harpsichords in the 1750s; they also produced some of the first pianos to be made in Paris. Library Hub lists only 3 UK copies (BL, Senate House Library, and University of Edinburgh).

NO RESERVE Music.- Devienne (François) Méthode pour la Flûte dediée à Monsieur Roslin d'Ivry, Nouvelle Édition, engraved throughout, title with vignette of classical figure playing the flute by Aubert and 113pp. of text, fingering charts and musical notation by Richomme printed on both sides of sheet, all with number "402" at foot, title with old ink stamp at foot and reinforced at fore-margin, light foxing and soiling, contemporary half mottled calf, a little worn, spine frayed at head, 4to, Paris, Janet et Cotelle, [?1820].⁂ Later edition of Nouvelle Méthode... published by Imbault in Paris in 1794, by the most influential tutor of the classical (pre-Boehm) flute. It contains information on technique and articulation, and whereas the first edition was just for the single-keyed flute this edition includes instruction for a four-keyed instrument. Devienne played bassoon at the Paris Opera and was professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire from its foundation in 1793.WorldCat lists only one copy of this edition, in the Netherlands Music Institute library in The Hague.

Proust (Marcel).- Hahn (Reynaldo) Portraits de Peintres, 4 parts in 1, first collected edition, 4 musical pieces for piano, each preceded by a leaf with printed poem by Proust in italics beneath a portrait of the artist who inspired the poem, original printed wrappers bound in, small ink stamp of "Au Menestrel" to verso of final leaf of last piece and inside of lower wrapper, wrapper edges browned and chipped, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly rubbed, 4to, Paris, Au Menestrel, Heugel & Cie, 1896.⁂ A pencil note to front endpaper says this was John Hayward's copy, the one lent to the 1955 Wildenstein Gallery exhibition: Marcel Proust and his time. A copy of the exhibition catalogue accompanies the lot. The four melodies, dedicated to Madeleine Lemaire, with poem and portrait, were originally published as separate fascicules by Heugel in 1896 and also offered in this combined format, price 5fr. The poems were then published in Les Plaisirs et les Jours later the same year.

16th century Almanac.- Erra Pater (pseudonym) The Prognosticacion for ever of Erra Pater, manuscript in Tudor English, in a cursive hand, on paper, 56pp., wormholes in text with some loss of words particularly affecting 15ff. along inner margins, last three ff. with holes and some loss of text, very small fragment of an early medieval manuscript "[do]minus cum potenti[a]" laid down on inner wooden board, bound with 5 vellum ff. at beginning and 7 vellum ff. at end (some with 19th century juvenile scribbling), bound in a 14th century medieval blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, extensively worn but still durable, upper cover wooden board split in two, later circular ink stamp on lower cover of a library at Ulm, remains of brass clasps, 110 x 83mm., [England], [c. 1580s].⁂ An extremely rare survival. No other 16 century manuscript of this work has been traced. First printed as "The pronostycacyon for euer of Errer Pater: A Jewe borne in Jewery, a Doctour in Astronomye and Physicke. Profytable to kepe the bodye in helth...", Robert Wyer, [?1540]. Text starting: "As I find in Astronomie ther bee four manner of cholours in mans boddie complections", and ending with the section, "The saying of [Erra Pate]r to the Husband[man]", and without the last two sections published in other versions, "Heerafter followeth the Reignes of the Kings of England...", and, "A rule to know when the Termes begin and end, with their Returnes... " Perhaps the above manuscript is copied from the "after 1582" edition. The Prognostication is a compilation of astrological medical advice "that hath dominion of the bodie of man" and a predictor of the weather during the various seasons. This fictional author was extremely popular during the Tudor period and continued to be published, with additions, into the 18th century."Here hee sheweth of all the dismall or perilous daies that cometh in the yeare... Masters of Astronomie and visick that this crafte first found telleth the most perilous and most dangerous daies in the yeare - In which if ann mann or woman bee let bloud of wounde or vein they shall die wthin xvi daies following... ."Provenance: Found by the present vendor in the walls of an old house.

Silk.- Cobb (J.H.) A Manual containing information respecting the growth of the Mulberry Tree, with suitable directions for the Culture of Silk, first edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured, Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt's copy with her book-label (marked "withdrawn"), original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed and stained, Boston, 1831 § Dandolo (Count) The Art of Rearing Silk-Worms, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 folding plates, 2 folding tables, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, spine faded, 1825; and another copy of the second, 8vo (3)

Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke Named The Governour, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, slight marginal worming at beginning, name cut away from head of title just touching woodcut, contemporary blind-stamped sheep, repaired, [STC 7640], 8vo, [Printed by Thomas Marsh], 1557.⁂ Complete copy of a scarce edition of this highly important work - "This book is not only the earliest treatise on moral philosophy in English but the first of an imposing array which introduced into England the cultural and political ideals of the Renaissance" (Pforzheimer). This copy is enhanced by the insertion as endpapers of the title-page to William Lily's An Introduction of the Eight Parts of Speche..., 1546 (front) and the "To the Reader" leaf from the same work (rear) [STC 15610.9 locating Glasgow University Library copy only].

Nicholls (John) A Declaration of the Recantation of John Nichols...which desireth to be reconciled and received as a member into the true Church of Christ in England, first edition, title with woodcut border and quotation in ESTC's first setting "God: Honour", N1r first setting with "from" and L1r with third setting "gory" (correct), mostly printed in black letter, title with ink notes on early printing at foot and defective at head just touching first line (repaired, with later ink inscription of "Anne Greene, Chessington, Jany 9th 1844", also at end of dedication), a little soiled and water-stained, final leaf frayed with holes causing loss of some letters (repaired), nineteenth century vellum, spine ruled in gilt with red roan label (chipped), soiled, [STC 18533], 8vo, by Christopher Barker, 1581.⁂ Nicholls had a troubled career: starting as an Anglican curate he travelled to Rome in 1577 and became a Roman Catholic, recanting his Protestant faith; then he returned to England to be imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1580, recanted his Catholicism while becoming an informer against fellow Catholics, and finally, in 1582 in Rouen, he once again recanted Protestantism and returned to the Catholic faith.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Workes of our Antient and lerned English Poet...newly Printed, black letter, double column, lacking title and all before para 1 in preliminaries (supplied in photocopy, but without b1), F6 also in photocopy and lacking all after 3Z6 (glossary etc.), with woodcut divisional titles, large coat-of-arms at end of Prologue and illustration at head of Knights Tale, a little soiled and stained, final leaves defective at lower outer corner with slight loss to text, a few others at upper outer corner with loss of pagination, modern calf-backed cloth, a little rubbed and stained, spine faded, [Pforzheimer 177; STC 5077], folio, George Bishop, 1598; sold not subject to return⁂ The sixth edition and the first by Thomas Speght which would become the preferred edition over the following centuries.

[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Workes...], black letter, double column, lacking a1-6, b1, 3 & 4, c4, G2, 3T1 & 6 and 3V7 & 8 (including title with woodcut border, divisional title with woodcut coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf at end), woodcut illustration to head of Knights Tale and head- & tail-pieces and initials, with missing G2 leaf supplied in near contemporary ink manuscript on 5pp., 2Y signature supplied from another copy (cropped, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), 3K2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of a few letters on verso), several old ink signatures and inscriptions in various hands (Edward ?Bird at beginning and other leaves, Chessborough Le Poer-Kennedy to Knight's Tale, Richard Blagrave 1659 at end), slight worming to first few leaves, some light soiling and occasional water-staining, final leaf a little frayed, old bookseller's ticket of Attwood's of Dublin loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 5080 or 5081], [printed by Adam Islip or George Bishop], [1602]; with a rather damp-stained but complete copy (bar initial blank) of the Adam Islip 1602 edition, containing all the missing leaves from the mentioned copy (including woodcut title, coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf), folio (2); sold not subject to return⁂ The second Speight edition, additionally edited by Francis Thynne; including Lydgate's The Storie of Thebes and much erroneously attributed to Chaucer.A note at end of the leaves supplied in manuscript reads, "This copy of Chaucer is of a very rare edition. The order of the tales differs from that adopted in the ordinary editions. I purchased this book at a sale in Dublin (Lewis auctioneer Anglesea St.). Le Poer-Kennedy MA. Harbertonford, Totnes Devon 1863...".

Peacham (Henry) The Compleat Gentleman fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable Qualities concerning Minde or Bodie that may be required in a Noble Gentlema[n], first edition, engraved architectural title by F.Delaram, woodcut head-pieces, initials and coats-of-arms in text, lacking initial blank, with cancels X4.5, X5, Y4 & Y5 as usual, old ink inscriptions to title and one or two other leaves (one crossed out) and a few marginalia, some light spotting or soiling, cropped shaving a few head-lines and inscriptions, A2 with small portion torn away from upper margin, engraved bookplate of Sir Wyndham Knatchbull Bart. of Meisham Hatch, handsome nineteenth century sprinkled calf with gilt roll border, by Mansell, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, inner gilt dentelles, slightly rubbed, [Pforzheimer 787; STC 19502], small 4to, [by John Legat] for Francis Constable, 1622.⁂ Scarce first edition of this important courtesy book for young gentlemen, with particular reference to literature, music, philosophy and art. We have been able to trace only 2 copies at auction since 1975, one at Sotheby's in 1977, the other in Germany in 1981.

Genealogy.- Vincent (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, with initial blank & final errata leaf and the 5 additional leaves called for by ESTC, woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous coats-of-arms, a few minor marginal tears, final leaf creased, engraved bookplate mounted on initial blank facing title, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [STC 24756], folio, William Jaggard, 1622.⁂ Essentially a corrected reprint of Ralph Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility of 1619, and now known principally as the reason for William Jaggard's delay in printing Shakespeare's First Folio, due to him being occupied with the corrections for this work.

Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacking engraved portrait and final blank, woodcut initials, preliminary leaves misbound, old ink signature of W.Dalton Scoones to dedication (twice) and inside front cover, cropped, C2 folding at foot, some light water-staining and damp-spotting, a few leaves slightly frayed at edges and reinforced, no endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, repaired, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlowe, Chapman and Jonson.

Militaria.- Ward (Robert) Anima'dversions of Warre, or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules, and Albest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, lacking additional engraved title, with 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous illustrations and diagrams, title supplied from another copy (trimmed and remargined), a few other leaves reinforced at edges, slight worming to lower margin (mostly single hole), with contemporary manuscript leaf listing officers' and soldiers' pay loosely inserted (presumably once bound in but omitted when repaired, lacking portion at upper outer corner removing name), contemporary calf, a little rubbed, staining to lower cover, rebacked preserving old spine, new endpapers, [Cockle 147; STC 25025], folio, by Iohn Dawson, and are to be sold by Francis, 1639; sold not subject to return⁂ Extensive work covering nearly all branches of military tactics and warfare.

Richard III.- More (Sir Thomas) The Historie of the Pitifull Life, and unfortunate Death of Edward the fifth...with the troublesome and tyrannical government of usurping Richard the third, and his miserable end, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, title with typographical border, with final blank, lacking engraved portraits of Edward and Richard, title defective at outer margin, water-staining to first few leaves, paper flaw tear to P1 with loss of a few letters, old ink inscription "John Hambage. His booke Anno Dom 1699" to front free endpaper and another of John Willkins to end, contemporary calf with double gilt fillet border, rubbed, edges and corners worn, [Wing M2688], 12mo, by Thomas Payne for Michael Young, 1641.⁂ The second part comprises the first biography of Richard III, and the main source for Shakespeare's depiction of him, originally published in the 1565 collected edition of More's Latin works.

NO RESERVE Weigel (Valentine) Astrologie Theologized...What Astrologie, and the light of Nature is. What influence the Starres naturally have on Man, and how the same may be diverted and avoided, first edition in English, woodcut head-piece and initial, title with old ink signature to title crossed out and small hole to inner margin repaired, lower corner chipped, a little browned and soiled, a few stains, A3 shaved at head touching pagination, modern half sheep, a little rubbed at edges, [Wing w1255], 4to, for George Whittington, 1649.⁂ Weigel was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystical writer, and an important precursor of theosophy.

Hobbes (Thomas) Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power of a Common-Wealth, first edition, first issue, printed title with 'head' ornament, additional engraved pictorial title with paper restorations to upper corner (not affecting image) and light minor staining, folding letter press table with small tear to lower margin, initial 4 ff., including title, and a few other ff. with small marginal tears, occasional spotting and staining, worm hole from 2R2 onwards, very slightly affecting text, contemporary ink ownership inscription to title, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, re-backed, covers and extremities rubbed, [Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246], folio, for Andrew Crooke, 1651.⁂ Hobbes is now widely regarded as among the greats of political philosophy and Leviathan, his most famous work, has been described as rivalling the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Rousseau and Kant in terms of political significance due to its early and influential development of the 'social contract theory' (Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy). His argument, drawn from experiencing the English Civil War, was that a contract between society and an absolute power was necessary to prevent a degradation into anarchy or the 'war of all against all'. The iconography of the frontispiece, created after detailed consultation with Hobbes by Parisian etcher Abraham Bosse, reflects many of the book's fundamental concepts; the gigantesque sovereign-king is composed of over 300 tiny individuals, the contractual co-signers, who face away from the viewer towards their ruler, rendering him more powerful by their consent and the double columns beneath, whose panels represent the two sources of sovereign authority, ecclesiastical and temporal.

Howell (James) Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, first edition, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and double-page view by Hollar, foxed and browned throughout, some water-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, [Wing H3091], folio, by J. Streater, 1657.⁂ Interesting provenance dating back to near the time of publication. Ownership inscription of John Glyd [presumably John Glyd, c.1651-89 of Gray's Inn, MP for Bletchingley] on front endpaper (dated 1670) and at head of title; then inscription of John Salter in same places and dated 1788, with note "Bought of Mr Howard at his sale of Miss Northey's furniture on her leaving Limehouse in 1788" and longer inscription in his hand regarding the Great Fire "Copy'd from a manuscript account which had been taken soon after the fire"; later inscriptions on front endpaper detailing the passing of the book from Mrs Parkinson (Miss Salter) to Mrs Eliza Barbara Gardner (and with her signature dated 1845 on title); thence to George Wallis [Keeper of the Fine Art Collections at the South Kensington Museum]; thence to W.R. Lethaby.