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Agustin (Antonio). I discorsi sopra le medaglie et altre anticaglie. Divisi in XI dialoghi tradotti dalla lingua spagnola nell italiana, [Rome: Ascanio and Girolamo Donangeli, 1592], engraved architectonic title-page (with portrait verso), 70 engraved plates (numbered 3-72 and printed either side of 35 leaves), bound without initial quire +2 (another engraved title, commencing 'I ritratti', and letterpress dedication leaf), title-page with section excised at foot and contemporary ownership inscription, a few text-gatherings browned, occasional early marginalia, bookplate of Patricia Milne Hendersonm edges dyed blue, later vellum (ties perished), 4to (22 x 16 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: 1) Basil Kennett (1674-1716), antiquary and translator, and author of The Antiquities of Rome (ownership inscription 'Basil Kennet, 1706'). 2) Basil G. Nevinson, cellist and the dedicatee of number XII of Elgar's Enigma Variations (ownership inscription 'Basil G. Nevinson, 1906'). 3) London Numismatic Club (bookplate). 4) Acquired by Patricia Milne Henderson as a duplicate from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, in 1963 (laid-in typed letter signed on Fitzwilliam Museum letterhead). Adams A2236; Cicognara 2725; EDIT 16 CNCE 564; STC Italian p. 11. First quarto edition of the Italian translation, of which a folio edition appeared the same year, printed in Rome by Guglielmo Faciotto, priority unknown. The work was first published in Spanish in 1587 as Dialogos de medallas, inscriciones y otras antiquedades.

Aurelius Victor (Sextus). Historiae Romanae breviarum. A Jano et Saturno, urbeq[ue] condita, usque ad Consulatum X. Constantii Aug. et Juliani Caes. III. Numquam antehac editum ... Ex bibliotheca Andreae Schotti [part 2: De vita et moribus imperatorum Romanorum], 2 parts in 1 volume, Antwerp: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1579, A-O8, A-H8 I3 (lacking final blank I4), both parts with woodcuts of Roman coinage in text, variable browning, occasional damp-staining, without rear free endpaper, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, ties perished, 8vo (16.6 x 10.8 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: From the library of the princes of Liechtenstein (housed in Vienna), with bookplate 'ex libris Liechtensteinianis'. Adams A2263 & A2260; Ruelens-de Backer 200/10. First collected edition of the Aurelius Victor corpus.

Beger (Lorenz). Spicilegium Antiquitatis sive variarum ex antiquitate elegantiarum vel novis luminibus illustratarum vel recens etiam editarum fasciculi, Coloniae Brandenburgicae [Berlin], Ulrich Liebpert, 1692, [8]-167-[1] pp., half-title, title with engraved printer's device, engraved head-pieces and initials, numerous engraved illustrations to text, 4 full-page engraved plates (hors-texte), and one full-page engraved illustration within text, including Hercules, Apollo and Bacchus, errata to verso of X4 ends 'STEPH', contents generally clean, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear to edges, folio (320 x 215 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBL German (1601-1700), B624. First edition of a collection of descriptions and illustrations of classical archaeology and numismatics by Lorenz Beger (1653-1705), librarian and antiquary to the King of Prussia. The work is notable for its first description of a sarcophagus in the Pamphili collection in Rome, which Beger erroneously interprets as the mythical story of Cephalus and Procris (page 143).

Beger (Lorenz). Thesaurus ex Thesauro Palatino selectus, sive Gemmarum et Numismatum quae in Electorali cimeliarchio continentur elegentiorum aere expressa, et convenienti commentario illustrata dispositio, 1st edition, Heidelberg: Phillip Delborne, 1685, half title, engraved frontispiece portrait of the author by Johann Ulrich Krauss, engraved portrait of the dedicatee Charles, Count Palatine, Duke of Bavaria, 3 full page engraved plates, engraved head and-tail pieces and initials, over 400 engraved illustrations of coins, two coins on 2Z2 overlaid with blank paper, lower corner and margin of V3 torn away, a little light toning to a few leaves, light marginal water stain to half title and title, later panelled calf, spine label renewed, one or two small repairs, folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Gilbert Burnet (1643-1715), Bishop of Salisbury, with bookplate pasted to title verso; Baron Northwick (1st Baron Northwick?, 1738-1800), with bookplate to front pastedown. BL (German) 1601-1700, B625; Dekesel, Bibliography of 17th Century Numismatic Books, 158. Lorenz Beger (1653-1705) was librarian and antiquary to Karl Ludwig I, Elector Palatine (1617-1680) and his heir Charles II (1648-1685). First edition of this richly embellished treatise on the notable Electoral Palatinate collection of gems and numismatics, the first published catalogue of a German royal collection of antiquities, which had been significantly enriched during the period with purchases from Italy (and elsewhere in Europe) through the offices of the celebrated numismatist Ezekiel Spanheim and Beger himself.

Capaccio (Giulio Cesare). Delle Imprese trattato di Giulio Cesare Capaccio. In tre libri diviso Nel primo, del modo di far l'impresa da qualsivoglia oggetto, o naturale, o artificioso con nuove maniere si ragiona. Nel secondo, tutti ieroglifici, simboli, e cose mistiche in lettere sacre, o profane... Nel terzo, nel figurar degli emblemi di molte cose naturali per l'imprese si tratta, 1st edition, Naples, Appresso Gio. Giacomo Carlino, & Antonio Pace, 1592, [32], 84, 148, 60 leaves, 3 parts in one, title to each part with printer's woodcut device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, 302 woodcut illustrations to text of symbols and emblems, several neat repaired closed tears (a2 in first part, Mmm2 and Mmm4 in second part, and Hhhh3, and Oooo1 to third part), lightly obscuring some words, quires Oo Ddd and Eeee misbound (probably when the work was rebound), modern antique-style full vellum gilt, with yapp fore-edges, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, red morocco spine label, 4to (193 x 147 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCensimento 16 CNCE 9062; Landwehr, Romanic Emblem Books 203. Imprese were symbolic constructions which combined an illustration and an accompanying short text or motto. This courtly discourse gained currency during the second half of the 16th century, and was first established by Paolo Giovio in his Dialogo delle imprese militari et amorose (published posthumously in 1555). Landwehr describes the woodcuts as 'very delicate and charming', and calls the work 'the first emblematic item to deal with flora and fauna, published three years before the books by Camerarius'.

Casali (Jean-Baptiste). De Profanis et Sacris Veteribus Ritibus opus tripartitum, cujus prima pars agit de profanis Aegyptiorum ritibus, veluti deorum cultu, superstitione & idololatria... Secunda pars agit de profanis Romanorum ritibus, vario scil. deorum cultu... Tertia pars agit de sacris Christianorum ritibus, velut de imaginibus Ecclesiae... 3 parts in one, Frankfurt & Hanover: T. H. Hauenstein, 1681, half title, general title printed in red and black, 3 sectional titles with large woodcut device, 60 tipped-in engraved plates, various sizes, some folding, 7 small engravings pasted to margins, small burnhole to lower margin of Z4 of part 3, occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some light soiling, covers a little bowed, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESGraesse II, 59. First published in two parts in Rome in 1644, by Rome antiquary Giovanni Battista Casali (1578-1648) this expanded edition includes a third part on Christian rituals as well as ancient Egyptian and Roman idolatry and symbolism.

Castelli (Gabriele Lancillotto, principe di Torremuzza). Siciliae populorum et urbium regum quoque et tyrannorum veteres nummi Saracenorum epocham anticedantes, Panormi [Palermo], Typis Regiis, 1781-91, 3 parts in one, half-title, 3 printed titles, each with large engraved vignette, 125 full-page engraved plates by Melchior de Bella (107, 9 and 9 plates to each part respectively), several large engraved head-pieces, wide margins throughout, pale waterstain to upper and lower blank margins (generally in very good condition), small etched bookplate or ownership label pasted to foot of first title, engraved by di Bella, and with the motto 'Neti in Musaeo Astutiano', bookplates of Baron Northwick and Patricia Milne Henderson to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, modern antique-style reback, rubbed and slight wear to board edges, large folio (40.5 x 26 cm), together with: [Danieli, Francesco]. Monete Antiche di Capua con alcune brievi osservazioni, si aggiunge un discorso del culto prestato da'Capuani a'numi lor tutelari, Naples, Stamperia Simoniana, 1802, with a printed funeral broadside for Andrea Maria Labini, signed Franciscus Daniel, and dated 11 January 1792, bound in at front, half-title present, engraved and woodcut illustrations to text, including illustrations of coins printed in brown, contents generally clean, bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown, early 19th century half calf over marbled boards, lightly rubbed ,4toQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance (for both works): John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Brunet V, 889 'ouvrage peu commun et recherché'. First and only edition.

Cooke (William). The Medallic History of Imperial Rome; From the First Triumvirate, under Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar, to the Removal of the Imperial Seat, by Constantine the Great. With the Several Medals and Coins, Accurately Copies and Curiously Engraven. To which is prefixed, an introduction, containing a General History of Roman Medals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1781, 61 engraved plates of coins, some light offsetting, bookplates of William Ruddell Clarke of Trabolgan (County Cork), contemporary tree calf, spines with green and red labels and richly gilt, small areas of worming to covers, 4to, together with Nicola Francesco Haym's Del Tesoro Brittannico. Parte Prima. Overo Il Museo Nummario, 4 parts in 2 volumes [all published], 1st edition 1719-20 (with 28 engraved plates only of 30).Qty: (4)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work ESTC T144851.

Dutens (Louis). Explication de quelques médailles de peuples, de villes, et de rois grecques et phéniciennes, 1st edition, London: John Thane, 1773, bound with: Explication de quelques médailles phéniciennes. Du cabinet de M. Duane, 1st edition, London: John Thane, 1774 [i.e. 1773], 2 works in 1 volume, first work: pp. iv iv 68 [4] 69-77, engraved title vignette and head- and tailpieces, 4 engraved plates (of which 3 folding), second work: 30 pp., engraved title-vignette, 2 engraved folding plates, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco, spine gilt in compartments, green morocco label, broad frames gilt to covers built up from various floral and foliate tools, 4to (25.7 x 20.2 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: 1) Contemporary manuscript note reading 'Mr Duane intreats my Lord Mansfield to do him the Honour to give this Book a place in his Library' laid in. 2) William Rees-Mogg (1928-2012), with his ownership inscription dated 1958 to the front free endpaper. ESTC T137057 (twelve copies) & T137056 (eight copies). The first work does not have the two unpaginated leaves headed 'Avis sur cette nouvelle édition', which presumably would indicate a second issue. Louis Dutens (1730-1812) was a diplomatist and writer of Huguenot origin who spent much of his career in the employ of the Duke of Northumberland, to whom the first work is dedicated.

Erizzo (Sebastiano). Discorso sopra le medaglie de gli antichi ... Di nuovo in questa quarta editione dall'istesso authore revisto, ed ampliato, Venice: Gio[vanni] Varisco, & Paganinio Paganini, [1584 or later], allegorical woodcut border to title-page, woodcuts throughout the text, closely trimmed along top edge in places (shaving headline in a few cases), title-page slightly spotted, damp-staining to gutter and corners towards rear, front free endpaper and initial blank detached, contemporary ownership inscription 'Pietro Beltramini' to title-page, inscription in the same hand dated 1594 to final page, edges sprinkled red, later mottled calf, front joint cracked, 4to (20.8 x 15 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and poltician, and associate of John Locke (ownership inscription to the title-page and to page 1 of the second part). His collection of some 6,000 books was 'almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time' (ODNB). See P. J. M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999). Adams E919; EDIT 16 18279; Cicognara 2833. Fourth and most complete edition, the first to include depictions of the reverse sides of the medals discussed. Adams dates this edition to 1559 on the basis of the date of the introduction, but the printers Varisco and Paganini were not in partnership before 1584.

Erythraeus (Janus Nicius). Pinacotheca altera imaginum, illustrium, doctrinae vel ingenii laude, virorum, qui, auctore superstite, diem suum obierunt, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, bound with: ibid, Exempla vitutum et vitiorum, 2nd edition, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, bound with: ibid, Evdemiae libri decem, Cologne: Iodocum Kalcovium et socios, 1645, woodcut device to title, full-page engraved portrait of the author, front free endpaper with signature J.H. Lupton, upper pastedown with ownership label 'Ex Bibliotheca Josephi Garampii', contemporary vellum, dust-soiled, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESThe initial work contains the first biography of Galileo (pp.279-281). A further two parts were published a few years later. Brunet II 1052.

Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum Imperium, sive Historia Regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris: L. Billaine, 1681, half title, title with large engraved device, engraved illustrations of coins, light water stain to first 70 pages, early signature and price to title, shelf number, small bookplate and inscription 'Heywood Library' to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, red label to spine and manuscript title, manuscript inscription to upper cover, worming to part of spine and upper cover, a few stains, 4toQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBlackmer 621: "This work is a history of the Seleucid dynasty in Syria, with portraits of each king and examples of the coinage connected with him. Many of the coins illustrated were from the author's collection, others were from the Harleian Collection and the French Royal Treasury. Foy-Vaillant was a French numismatist of great talent. Colbert sent him on a mission to collect coins; he travelled to Greece, Italy, Persia and Egypt c. 1670-80."

Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Seleucidarum imperium, sive Historia regum Syriae ad fidem numismatum accommodata, 1st edition, Paris, Louis Billaine, 1681, half-title, title with large engraved vignette, numerous engraved illustrations to text, title with early ownership signature in brown ink at head A. Fletcher, early 18th century blind decorated full calf, some wear with upper cover and rear joint cracked, 4to, together with: Froelich (Erasmus). Annales compendiarii regum, & rarum Syriae, numis veteribus illustrati, deducti ab obitu Alexandri Magni, ad Cn. Pompeji in Syriam adventum, cum amplis prolegomenis, editio altera. Cui accessere notae compendiariae et monogrammata numismatum Graecorum, Vienna, Laopoldum Joannem Kaliwoda et Augustinum Bernardi, 1754, half-title, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, large woodcut head-pieces, large folding engraved map by J. Christoph Winkler, 22 folding engraved plates at rear, some mostly light scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, with some minor marks and minimal wear to extremities (lower outer corners restored with old restoration), folioQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: (Foy-Vaillant): Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and politician, and associate of John Locke (ownership signature to title-page). His collection of 6,000 books was ‘almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time’ (ODNB). Jean Foy-Vaillant (1632-1706) was twice sent by the French Minister Colbert abroad, on the first occasion to Italy, Sicily and Greece, the second (begun in 1674), in search of coins to be added to the French royal collection. During the second voyage Foy-Vaillant and his companions were firstly enslaved by Algerian pirates for over 4 months, and subsequently unsuccessfully attacked by another pirate vessel, prior to which Vaillant swallowed 20 gold coins (in order to save them from seizure), which were later successfully recovered through his natural bodily functions. The second voyage, to the interior of Egypt and Persia, resulted in the author’s Seleucidarum Imperium, a work which established the chronology of the Seleucid empire.

Goltzius (Hubert). Icones Imperatorum Romanorum, ex priscis numismatibus ad vivum delineatae, & brevi narratione historica illustratae, Antwerp: Henrici & Cornelii Verdussen, 1708, engraved title by Cornelis Galle after Peter Paul Rubens, half title (bound after engraved title), 144 large chiaroscuro woodcut medallion portraits with bistre colour, large woodcut device to final leaf, 9 leaves with blank roundels, some offsetting and light toning to text leaves, later morocco-backed wooden boards, leather and brass clasps, spine faded, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (40 x 24.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2868 (for the 1645 edition). Provenance: Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), signature to front endpaper. Friedrich Gundolf was a German-Jewish scholar and poet, professor at Heidelberg University from 1916 and best known for his academic works on Shakespeare and Goethe among others. Goltzius work on Roman emperors and nobles was first published in Antwerp in 1557, with his large impressive medallion portraits and ranges from Julius Caesar to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II in the present edition, extended by Caspar Gevaerts.

Gori (Antonio Francesco). Thesaurus Gemmarum Antiquarum Astriferarum quae e compluribus Dactyliothecis selectae aereis tabulis CC. insculptae observationibus inlustrandur, adjectis parergis LX. Atlante Farnesiano, prolegomenis, diatribis III. Dissertationibus XV. et Indicibus, 3 volumes (including Atlas), 1st edition, Florence, Officina Typographia Albiziniana, half-title to each volume, additional engraved title page to first volume, printed titles with publisher's engraved vignette, 14-page dedication with elaborate engraved decorative outer borders, engraved-head pieces, 200 engraved plates to first volume, some of which are signed I.F.S., 7 full-page engraved plates to third volume (including 6 folding), one signed I.P.R., and another signed J.Verkruys, contents generally in clean condition, contemporary uniform full vellum, spines lettered in gilt, light soiling, with upper joint to first volume partly split at foot, folioQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2869; Graesse III, page 120. A lavishly illustrated catalogue of the Farnese collection of ancient cameos by Antonio Francesco Gori (1691-1757), founding member of the Society of Florentine Antiquaries, the Societa Colombaria (forerunner of the Accademia Toscana), and author of the monumental Museum Florentinum in twelve folio volumes (1731-1766). The commentary on the plates is by Giovanni Battista Passeri (circa 1610-1679), a pupil of the artist Domenichino, best known for his Vite de pittori... in Roma morti dal 1641 fino al 1673 (first published only in 1772).

Gorlaeus (Abraham). Dactyliothecae, seu annulorum sigillarium quorum apud priscos tam Graecos quam Romanos usus, ex ferro, aere, argento & auro promptuarii... cum explicationibus Jacobi Gronovii, 2 volumes, Leiden, Pieter van der Aa, 1695, half-title to first volume, two additional engraved titles, engraved portrait of the author, printed titles in red and black, each with printer's engraved device, 282 engraved plates of ancient Greek and Roman rings and gems, folding engraved portrait of Jacob Gronovius by A. van Zylvelt bound in after dedication to first volume, taken from Van der Aa's 1693 edition of Ammianus Marcellinus, separately-paginated appendix at end of second volume, the Carmen de Gemmis sive lapidibus pretiosis by Marbodus of Rennes (circa 1035-1123) with extensive early annotations in Latin in brown ink, further annotation in brown ink in French (probably early 19th century) to blank before half-title of first volume, and at foot of the part-title to the text of Marbodus, wide margins, contemporary uniform blind-panelled full vellum, spines lettered in brown ink, small 4toQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESBrunet II, 1671; Graesse III, 120; Ebert 8711; Cicognara 2871. Fine copy of this handsome edition of Gorlaeus, with extensive scholarly additions by Gronovius. First published in 1601, Gorlaeus' catalogue of his cabinet of engraved gems was the first extensive published repertoire of Greco-Roman intaglio gems, which in 1609 was sold to the young Henry, Prince of Wales.

Guichard (Claude). Funerailles, & diverses manieres d'ensevelir des Rommains, Grecs, & autres nations, tant anciennes que modernes, first edition, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1581, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut illustrations, occasional spotting, light damp staining to lowers margins, last 12 leaves at rear of volume with light brown staining at head, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled sheep, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams G1545; Alden, "European Americana", A581/1 (vol.1, p.262); Cartier, De Tournes 616. Not in Sabin. An important study of death and funeral rituals from Greek and Roman times to the date of publication, including those of the Native Americans.

Hemelaers (Jean). Imperatorum Romanorum a? Iulio Cæsare ad Heraclium usque numismata aurea ... Editio altera priore auctior, Antwerp: Petrum & Ioannem Belleros, 1627, additional engraved title-page, 64 engraved plates (some annotated to upper margin in pencil), with extra plate bound in titled 'Antiquitatis. Genio. Aureorum. Numismatum. Elegans. Atque. Erudita. Commentatio. Dicatur.', engraved initials and tail-pieces, some toning to text, first plate a little dusty, endpapers stained, hinges neatly repaired, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson monogrammed PAMH, 18th century calf (light surface pitting), sometime rebacked, corners showing, 4to, together with: Spanheim (Ezechiel), Dissertationes de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquorum, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Danielem Elservirium, 1671, vignette title-page printed in red and black, a little dusty and marked, with early ownership signature of Philip Griffith, lacking portrait frontispiece, letterpress engravings, errata to last page following Index, endpapers browned, bookplate as above, below armorial bookplate of James Whatman, marbled edges, near contemporary calf (light surface pitting), rebacked (preserving gilt decorated spine) and recornered, 4to, Patin (Charles), Introductio ad Historiam Numismatum: Anteha?c Gallice? bis edita; Nunc Latine? versa, & novis accessionibus locupletata, Amsterdam: Henr. Wetstenium, 1683, additional engraved frontispiece, some toning and spotting, bound with J.M. Suarès, De Numismatis & Nummis Antiquis Dissertatio, Amsterdam,1683, stitching strained, endpapers browned, upper hinge split, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, near contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spine rubbed, upper joint with 6cm split at head, 12moQty: (3)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Hirsch (Johann Christian). Bibliotheca Numismatica exhibens catalogum auctorum qui de re monetaria et numis tam antiquis quam recentioribus scripsere, collecta et indice rerum instructa, first and only edition, Nuremberg, Impens. hered. Felseckeri, 1760, half-title, large engraved vignette of the interior of a library to title, 2 woodcut head-pieces and one woodcut tail-piece to final leaf of text, errata leaf at end, Milne-Henderson bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary brown marbled boards, rubbed and slight wear, with minor paper loss to extremities, folio (32 x 19.5 cm), together with: Banduri (Anselmi). Bibliotheca Nummaria, sive auctorum qui de re nummaria scripserunt, in nomismatophilon [in Greek] gratiam cum notulis et indicibus recusa, curante Jo. Alberto Fabricio, first separately published edition, Hamburg, C. Liebezeit et T.C. Felginer, 1719, [viii], 248 pp., title with engraved vignette, large engraved vignette to first leaf of dedication by Fritzsch, incorporating a portrait of the Duchesse d'Orléans, Elizabeth Charlotte von der Pfalz (known as Liselotte, 1652-1722), second wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and mother of Philippe II, France's ruler during the Regency (1715-1723), some light browning, Milne-Henderson bookplate to front pastedown, 18th century sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 2882; Engel & Serrure 3053; Lipsius 186; Kress 9612.6-1. The most comprehensive numismatic bibliography before the appearance of J.G. Lipsius' Bibliotheca Numaria in 1801. Johann Christoph Hirsch (1698-1780) was a court advisor and inspector of the mint (Engle & Serrure). Banduri's Bibliotheca Nummaria "was the first full critical text encompassing the entire range of numismatic literature" (Bassoli, Monete e medaglie nel libro antico dal XV al XIX secolo (1985), 33-34).

Hulsius (Levinus). XII primorum caesarum et LXIIII ipsorum uxorum et parentum ex antiquis numismatibus, Frankfurt: Johann Kollitz, 1597, engraved architectonic title-page, engraved illustrations of Roman coinage within decorative cartouches throughout the text, title-page slightly dust-soiled, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, 19th-century purple half calf, 4to (19.4 x 15.4 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Sir William Augustus Fraser (1826-1898), 4th Baronet, with his engraved bookplate ('The Knight of Morar').Cicognara 2886; Lipperheide 216; VD16 H 5875. First edition.

Mariette (Pierre-Jean). Traité des pierres gravées / Recueil des pierres gravées du Cabinet du Roy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris, de l'imprimerie de l'auteur, 1750, [10 including engraved title and dedication leaves], 468 [plus 447*-448*], [2]pp.; [20 including engraved title], [135, i.e. 1-132 plus 47*, 86*& 107*], [2]ff., numerous engraved illustrations and one folding engraved plate opposite p. 124 in volume 1, minor scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick to both volumes, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, gilt-decorated spines (now browned) with red leather title and volume number labels, slightly rubbed, folio (32 x 20.5cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present work formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham (the latter purchased in 1863 by Sir Thomas Philipps, the famous antiquary and bibliophile). First edition of the earliest analytical work on engraved gems. The first part is a very detailed summary containing a history of gems, modern engravers, stones used, tools, equipment, lapidary processes, and a large important bibliography of works published on engraved gems. Volume 2 is entirely devoted to the cabinet of Louis XV.

Megiser (Hieronymus). Icones & Vitae Paparum: libellus recens editus, quo non solum omnium Romanae sedis pontificum, a D. Petro, usque ad Clementem IIX ..., Frankfurt: J. Brathering, 1602, title printed in red & black, numerous woodcut portraits and coats of arms, decorative border to each page, toned throughout, first two leaves somewhat finger-soiled, without front free endpaper, bound with: Reusner (Nikolaus & Sabinus, Georg, editors), Imperatorum ac Caesarum Romanorum, a C. Julio Caesare ..., Leipzig: Andreas Schneider, 1572, dust-soiled title with engraved printer's device, contemporary vellum, soiled with some marks, 8vo, together with: Hulsius (Levinus), Impp. Romanorum numismatum series, à C. Iulio Caesare ad Rudolphum II ..., 2nd edition, Frankfurt: impensis authoris, 1605, engraved vignette title, numerous engraved illustrations, dampstained throughout, without front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, somewhat soiled and cockled, ink manuscript paper label to spine (lightly worn), 8vo, plus: Goutie?re (Jacques), Jacobi Gutherii J.C. Civis Nobilis & Patricii Romani, De jure manium, seu de ritu, more, et legibus prisci funeris ..., Leipzig: Schürer & Fritzsche, 1671, title printed in red & black with engraved printer's device, 20 leaves of engraved plates, woodcut initials, some spotting and toning, one text leaf with hole (affecting a few letters), contemporary vellum, soiled, a little wear to front fore-edge, 8vo, and two others: Rom: Imperat: Vitae, das ist: Denckwurdige und Historische Beschreibung aller Romischen Kayser .., by Hieronymus Megiser, 1657, and Theatrum Caesareum Historice-Poeticum: Quo omnium & singulorum Rom. Imperatorum, cum Icones ex antiquis Numismatibus expressae ..., by Hieronymus Megiser, 1616Qty: (5)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Menestrier (Claude-François). Symbolica Dianae Ephesiae, 1st edition, Rome: Mascardi, 1657, title with woodcut device, 22 full-page engraved plates, 3 engravings in text, bound with Bellori (Giovanni Pietro). Notae in Numismata tum Ephesia, tum aliarum urbium apibus insignita, Rome, 1657, 28 pp., 2 full-page engraved plates, engraved text illustration, some overall light spotting and toning, contemporary inscription to first work title, bookplate, contemporary limp vellum gilt, manuscript title and shelf label to spine, a little soiled, 8vo, together with [Monterchi, Guiseppe]. Scelta de Medaglioni piu rari nella bibliotheca dell' eminentiss et reverendiss, principe il Signor Cardinale Gasparo Carpegnaa vicario di nostro signore, Rome: Giovanni Battista Buffotti, 1679, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, engraved illustrations, occasional light toning, contemporary vellum gilt, spine titles in manuscript, some soiling and bowing to covers, 8voQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Morell (Andreas, 1646-1703). Thesaurus Morellianus, sive Familiarum Romanarum Numismata Omnia, 2 volumes (text/plates), Amsterdam: J. Wetstenium & G. Smith, 1734, half titles, engraved frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 184 engraved plates of coins, occasional light spotting and toning, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, brown labels to spines, a little rubbed with stains, folioQty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House. Brunet, III, 1899. Sander, IV, 606. First and only edition. Andreas Morell (1646-1703), a Swiss numismatist, who had published in 1683 his Specimen universae rei nummariae antiquae, quod literatorum reipublicae proponit (Dekesel M148).

Natter (Johann Lorenz). Traité de la Méthode Antique de Graver en Pierres Fines, comparée avec la Méthode Moderne , 1st edition in French, London: J. Haberkorn, 1754, engraved frontispiece, title with woodcut device, 37 engraved plates, p. 30 with closed marginal tear, some spotting and light offsetting, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine with red label and gilt decoration, covers rubbed and scuffed, folio (33 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCicognara 284. First edition in French of Natter's A Treatise on the Ancient Method of Engraving on Precious Stones, Compared with the Modern, also published in 1754. Lorenz Natter (1705-1763) was a German gem-engraver who came to England in 1741 and became engraver to the royal family and Royal Mint. The book gives practical advice and technical instructions on gem-engraving and advocates copying from the antique.

Occo (Adolf). Imperatorum Romanorum Numismata a Pompejo Magno ad Heraclium ab Adolfo Occone olim congesta, Augustorum iconibus, perpetuis historico-chronologicis notis, pluribusque additamentis Jam illustrata a Francisco Mediobarbo Birago... nunc vero ab innumeris mendis expurgata... curante Philippo Argelato Bononiensi, Milan, Ex Aedibus Societatis Palatinae, 1730, half-title, engraved frontispiece by Francesco Zucchi after Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, title printed in red and black, with engraved vignette, full-page engraved portrait of Francisco Birago by Zucchi after H. Ferroni, numerous engraved illustrations of coins to text, engraved head-pieces, bookplate of Baron Northwick to front pastedown, contemporary full calf, with some marks, modern antique-style gilt-decorated reback, titled in gilt Roman Medals and dated at foot 1730, large folio (40.5 x 26 cm)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Provenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Brunet 29825; Babelon 78-79. Best edition of the German humanist Occo's landmark publication, which was the first to develop a chronological classification of Roman coins. With a manuscript letter loosely inserted at front, addressed to S.E. Sig. Cavre. J. Voschout, Palermo, dated Catania 8 Jul 1799, and signed Giuseppe Vempero, concerning coins and medals.

Paruta (Filippo, and Leonardo Agostini). Sicilia Numismatica, nunc primum additis Huberti Golzii aliorumque Siciliae descriptione, & in numismata singula explicationibus, edited by Siegbert Havercamp, 3 parts in 2 volumes, Leiden: Peter van de Aa, 1723, preface dated 1724, half titles for each part, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, 233 engraved plates (including 7 plates, XIX, XXV, XXXII, LXXII, CXLII, CLIV & CCXII, with 2 or more plates of the same number), bound without the portrait of Siegbert Haverkamp, occasional minor spotting, later half calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, a little rubbed, folio (46.5 x 27.5 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Rushout, 2nd Baron Northwick (1769-1859), collector and connoisseur, with his bookplate. The present volume formed part of the library at Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, and Thirlestaine House in Cheltenham. Cicognara 2959. Rare. Fine folio edition (with significant scholarly additions) of the major work by the Sicilian scholar Filippo Paruta on the coins of his native Sicily, credited as the first study of coins in their local context, and originally published in 1612.

Picart (Bernard). Pierres Antiques gravées, sur lesquelles les graveurs ont mis leurs noms. Dessinées & gravées en cuivre sur les originaux ou d'après les empreintes par Bernard Picart. Tirées des principaux cabinets de l'Europe, expliquées par M. Phillipe de Stosch..., 1st edition, Amsterdam: Bernard Picart, 1724, half title, titles in French and Latin printed in red and black with engraved vignette, text in French and Latin, 70 full-page engraved plates by Picart, including the plate of Hercules and Iole, (frequently suppressed on the grounds of obscenity), occasional light spotting and offsetting, a few small marginal closed tears, later half morocco, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, a little faded with ink stain to first compartment, edges a little rubbed, folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCohen-De Ricci 959. Cicognara 1016. Prussian collector Baron Philipp von Stosch (1691-1757) formed a major collection of antiquities including books and manuscripts, but especially medals and engraved gems, including 3444 intaglios. The present work, based on some of the best collections in Europe, established his reputation as a connoisseur. A notably flamboyant homosexual, Stosch was also active as a secret agent in Rome for the British government under Robert Walpole. Exposed as a spy in 1731, he was forced to flee to Florence where he lived for the rest of his life. His collection gradually expanded to the extent that a separate building was required to house them. Four years after his death it was purchased by Frederick II, King of Prussia.

Pietrasanta (Silvestro). De symbolis heroicis libri IX, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Baltharis Moreti, 1634, signature a-k4 A-3S4 [3T2] (3T2=colophon leaf), engraved allegorical title-page by Cornelis Galle the Elder after Peter Paul Rubens showing Mercury and a four-breasted Diana, engraved portrait of Cardinal Aloysius Carafa, 8 full-page engravings of arms and armorialised genealogies, and 281 engraved emblems within decorative cartouches (Landwehr's count), all in the text, variable light browning, a few marks, title-page neatly re-margined verso at an early date, bookplate of Patricia Milne Henderson, allegorical bookplate with motto 'Non leo sed gallus' (probably François-Léon Galle, 1854-1914, French bibliophile), contemporary vellum, gilt arms to sides (identified in a pencilled note as the Mazenod family of Lyon), joints cracked at ends, loss to foot spine, covers dust-soiled, wear to tips, 4to (20.5 x 14.9 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESJudson & Van der Velde, Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard, volume 2 (Book Illustrations and Title-Pages), p. 441; Landwehr, Emblem Books in the Low Countries 1554-1949, 498. First edition.

Pignoria (Lorenzo). Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Aegyptios ratio et simulacra subjectis tabulis aeneis simul exhibentur et explicantur, Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1669-70, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved additional title-page, 3 letterpress title-pages each with engraved vignette, 11 engraved folding plates, engraved vignettes throughout the text (several full-page), a few closed handling tears to plates, one with old repair verso, endpapers browned, initial blank loose, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but holding, 4to (22.7 x 17.6 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655-1716), Scottish bibliophile, writer and poltician, and associate of John Locke (ownership inscription to the title-page). His collection of some 6,000 books was 'almost certainly the largest private library in Scotland at the time' (ODNB). See P. J. M. Willems, Bibliotheca Fletcheriana, the extraordinary library of Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, Reconstructed and Systematically Arranged (1999). Blackmer 1312. 'Third and best edition, the first with this title and form. Pignorius's Mensa Isiaca is the first notable work of Egyptology. The Mensa Isaca was a bronze table-top discovered in the ruins of the Temple of Isis at Rome in 1527 ... The first edition of his work, essentially an iconographical commentary on the large figures on the table-top, appeared in 1605' (Blackmer).

Rouillé (Guillaume). Promptuaire des medalles des plus renommees personnes qui ont esté depuis le commencement du monde, 2 parts in one, Lyon: Guillaume Rouillé, 1581, first title within decorative woodcut border, printer's device to both titles, numerous woodcut medallion portraits throughout, leaf I6 torn and repaired with loss of a couple of letters, 2r4 & rr5 with short repaired closed tear to inner blank margins, modern vellum, earlier morocco title label to spine, 4to (24 x 17.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESDekesel R72; Von Gültlingen X, Rouillé 921; Fairfax Murray, French 459; cf. Mortimer, Harvard French 465 (1553 French edition). "Except for the date on both title-page which is changed to 1581 by sticking a small label on the original date, this book is identical to the 1576 and 1577 edition" (Dekesel). However in this copy there are an additional 2 leaves in quire tt, also present in the 1578 Latin edition noted by Dekesel, but not by him in any of the French edition. These were presumably added to bring the work right up-to-date and are inserted at the end, before the appendix. The work has portraits of figures from the earliest times up to the time of publication (and therefore contains more portraits than the various 1553 editions). They include Petrarch, Boccaccio, Michelangelo, Raphael, Ronsard, Paracelsus, Vesalius, Scanderbeg, Tammas, king of Persha, Barbarossa, king of Tangiers, Turkish sultans, and European royalty, nobility and popes.

Rufus (Quintus Curtius). Historiarum Libri Accuratissime Editi, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633, engraved title-page (paper thinning to 3.5cm of platemark), medallion portrait and one full-page engraving on letterpress, folding map (with short handling tear), some damp-staining to final few gatherings, last 8 leaves with ink stain to upper blank margin, front free endpaper and following 2 blanks creased and slightly frayed to fore-edge, second blank with contemporary ownership signature in brown ink of Gualtherus Bumannus Agæus dated 1645, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, above book ticket of William Henry Drage, blue sprinkled edges, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, dusty, ink blot to upper edge of front cover, 12mo, together with: Petit (Pierre), De Amazonibus Dissertatio, quâ an verè extiterint, necne, variis ultro citroque conjecturis & argumentis disputatur ... Amsterdam: Johannem Wolters & Ysbrandum Haring, 1687, additional engraved title-page (blank fore-edge marked and frayed with slight loss), letterpress engravings, some toning and marginal damp-staining (mostly to first few gatherings), A9 and A10 with horizontal closed tear, bookplate as above, blue sprinkled edges, 18th century vellum with yapp fore-edges, lower cover with large stain, 8vo in 12s, Nieupoort (G.H.), Historia Reipublicae et Imperii Romanorum ab urbe condita ad annum urbis DCCXXVII ... 2 volumes, Utrecht: Jacobum Broedelet, 1723, title-pages printed in red and black, 8 folding engraved plates, volume 1 with early manuscript notes on versos of final blanks, first volume with ownership signature of H.H. Knight on front pastedown, red and blue sprinkled edges, near contemporary blind-panelled vellum, dusty, darkened spines lettered in brown ink, 8vo, and 2 other antiquarian volumes related (Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, Cum Annot. Diversorum, Amsterdam, 1630, and Giuseppe Monterchi, Rariora Maximi Moduli Numismata, Amsterdam, 1685)Qty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESWillems 381: first Elzevier edition.

Sachs (Michael). Newe Keyser Chronica, darinen deutlich begriffen alle Romische Keyser von Cajo Julio Cesare biß auff den Jtztregierenden Keyser Matthiam, Jeder fast durch Sieben oder Acht Capitel beschrieben, und in Vier Theil verfasset..., 4 parts in one, Magdeburg, Andreas Betzel for Ambrosius Kirchner, 1614-15, 4 titlepages, the first printed in red and black, large engraved portrait of the author following first title, 12 copper full-page copper engraved plates, including a title page 'Eigentliche abbildung der Romischen Kayser... Osterreich von Rodolpho...', and portraits of Rudolph I, Albert I, Frederick IV, Albert II, Frederick III, Maximilian I, Charles V, Ferdinand I, Maximilian II, Rudolph II and Matthias I, some marks and browning, a little fraying to first title at front of volume, contemporary blindstamped German pig skin over wooden boards, upper cover stamped 1618, soiled and some wear, clasps missing, thick folioQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESSecond edition of this chronicle by Michael Sachs (1542-1599).

[Sardi, Alessandro]. Liber de nummis: In quo antiqua pecunia Romana & Graeca metitur precio eius, ... hiuc accredit Bibliotheca nummaria, 2 parts in one volume, London: Moses Pitt, [1675], hand-coloured engraved vignette title, separate title to second part but with continuous signatures, lacking imprimatur leaf, cropped at foot with loss of imprint on title and occasional signatures and catchwords, title and last leaf dust-soiled, modern half calf, small 4to (17 x 13cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESDekesel S36 (first edition, 1579); Wing S688. The work was first issued in 1579 under Sardi’s name, and reissued in London, 1675, under Selden’s name.

Spanheim (Ezechiel). Dissertationes de Praestantia et usu Numismatum Antiquarum, editio nova, 2 volumes, volume I, London & Amsterdam, Richard Smith & Rodolph & Gerhard Westenios, volume II, Amsterdam R. & G. Westenios, 1717, half title for volume I, engraved additional title in volume II (detaching), titles printed in red and black with engraved device, two folding engraved portraits (of the author and dedicatee George, Prince of Wales), both in volume II (portrait of the author with short closed tear), numerous engraved illustrations, occasional small wormtracks and holes to volume II gutter margins, contemporary calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, some worming to covers, folio (36.5 x 23 cm)Qty: (2)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESESTC T81594. Provenance: The Earl of Illchester (19th century bookplate). Enlarged edition on numismatics by Genevan scholar Ezechiel Spanheim (1629-1710), first published in Rome in 1664.

Strada (Jacobus de). Kunstliche und aigendtliche Bildtnussen der Rhömischen Keyseren, ihrer weybern und kindern: auch anderer verrümpten personen, wir die auff pfennigen erfunden sind: sampt ainer kurtzen beschreybung ihrens Harkommens, labens unnd abschaids, auss den aller bewartesten Geschichtschreybern allenthalben zusamen getragen, auss dem Latin jetz neüwlich vertheütst durch Diethelm? Kellern, Burger z? Zürych, Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1558, [xv], 703, [14], plus errata leaf: [alpha]? A-Z? a-y?, printer's woodcut device to title-page, woodcut initials, 631 white-on-black woodcut medallion portraits (each approximately 37 mm), identified by legends around the rim, 86 additional roundels with the portrait omitted, later vellum 8vo (182x 112mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESDekesel S73; VD 16 S9365. Leemann-van Elck, Gessner 47. The second edition (published in the same year as the first edition) of the first German translation by Diethelm Keller of Strada's Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum, along with Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuaire, adding a continuation to the present day, including Henry VIII and Edward VI, ending with Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre. The white-on-black woodcuts are those from the 1557 Zurich edition, often attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel-Deutsch (1525-1571) and Rudolf Wyssenbach (active 1545-1560).

Strada (Jacobus de, c.1523-1588). Kunstliche und aigendtliche bildtnussen der Rhömischen Keyseren ihrer weybern und kindern auch anderer verrümpten personen... vertheutst durch Diethelmen Kellern. Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1558, woodcut device of Gesner on title-page, woodcut initials, white-on-black woodcut medallion portraits, later vellum (title-page slightly torn with loss of three letters in imprint), old ownership signature to title verso: 'J.P. Zomesi', title with some light marks and discolouration, and small area of thinning to fore-edge, minor marginal waterstain to first few leaves, later 17th or early 18th century vellum, spine titled in brown ink, 8vo (185 x 120 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: J.P. Zomes, inscription on verso of title-page; P.A. Milne-Henderson, bookplate. Dekesel S73; VD16 S9365 (S9366 is a variant with the spelling "sampt einer" on title-page, not "ainer" as here). Keller has not just translated Strada's "Epitome" but has combined it with Rouillé's "Promptuaire" and added a continuation to the present day, including Henry VIII and Edward VI, finishing with Jeanne d'Albret, queen of Navarre. The woodcuts are those from the 1557 Zurich edition often attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel-Deutsch (1525-1571) and Rudolf Wyssenbach (active 1545-1560).

Strada (Jacopo). Epitome Thesauri Antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium & Oxenditalium Iconum, ex antiquis Numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum, 1st edition, 1st issue, Lyon, [Jean de Tournes for] Jacobum de Strada, et Thomam Guerinum, 1st September 1553, title with large woodcut device of Thomas Guerin, and with full-page woodcut coat-of-arms of Johann Jacob Fugger (Hans Jakob Fugger, 1516-1575, banker and member or the richest family in the Holy Roman Empire), 488 woodcut medallion illustrations to text, errata leaf (L4) before main text, privilege leaf at end, with final leaf (V4) blank, title and two leaves of dedication with some light soiling (small repair to fore-margin of title), a few early annotations in ink, early ink inscription to final leaf of text (B2) 'Delahaye', and 'Durand emptit anno 1596...', later endpapers, 20th century dark brown roan, with red morocco spine label, rear joint partly cracked, 4to (230 x 155 mm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: Durand, 1596 (according to inscription to penultimate leaf of text), purchased from Delahaye; Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), American illustrator, print maker and sculptor and founder of the Gehenna Press (inscribed to foot of L1 'L.B. 1964' in ink, incorporating the printed letter L of the signature); Patricia Milne-Henderson (who worked as an assistant for Leonard Baskin in the early 1960s). Mortimer, Harvard French Books, 502; Cartier, De Tournes 260; Dekesel S70. First edition, first issue of this elegantly illustrated work by Jacopo Strada (1507-1588), Mantuan Nnumismatist, dealer and advisor in antiquities, architect and librarian, whose portrait by Titian of 1567-68 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) is regarded as one of the artist's greatest late masterpieces. According to Mortimer, Strada's 'Epitome' originated in his own collection of coins and medals. It was printed as part of a projected work on the subject which was to have been the culmination of his extensive research in other European collections as well as his own. Strada particularly notes in his preface to his Epitome 'the assistance received from Guillaume Du Choul and Jean Grolier, adding praise of Grolier's magnificent library'. The illustrations are derived from Strada's own drawings of medallion portraits based on antique coins and medals of emperors from Julius Caesar to Emperor Charles V, which were commissioned by Hans Jakob Fugger, for whom Strada also acted as agent in the acquisition of works of art and antiquities.

Strada (Jacopo). Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium et Occidentalium Iconum, ex antiquis Numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum. Ex Museo Iacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquarii, 1st edition, Lyon, 1553, printer's woodcut device to title, full-page arms of Johann Jakob Fugger on verso, 488 woodcut medallions in text, errata leaf (L4), final leaf blank, light browning and occasional scattered spotting, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson to front pastedown, 18th century sheep, old paper labels to spine, lower outer corner of front board repaired, joint cracked, rubbed and some wear, 4to (23 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESCartier, De Tournes 260; Dekesel S70; Mortimer, Harvard French 502; Adams S1916. First edition, this issue as described in Dekesel and Mortimer with "Le privilege du Roy" on V2v and V3r, signed "Mahieu", and dated "le sixieme de Novembre 1553". The work records the history of the Roman emperors from Julius Caesar to Maximilian II, based on the author's own collection of coins.

Strada (Jacopo). Epitome thesauri antiquitatum, hoc est, Impp. Rom. Orientalium et Occidentalium Iconum, ex antiquis numismatibus quam fidelissime deliniatarum, Ex Museo Iacobi de Strada Mantuani Antiquarii, Zurich, Andreas Gessner, 1557, title with printer's woodcut device (some very light soiling), numerous black-on-white woodcut illustrations to text of coins, including some with portraits blank, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, and some wear to spine and edges, 8voQty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESAdams S1917; Graesse VI, 507. Second Latin edition of this numismatic treatise, first published in Lyon in 1553, containing over 480 woodcut illustrations, and is the first work to include illustrations of Byzantine coins.

Suetonius Tranquillus (Gaius). XII Caesares, et in eos Laevini Torrentii commentarius auctior et emendatior, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, et Joannem Moretum, 1591, engraved title-page incorporating elaborate border of medallion portraits, woodcut vignettes of Roman coins throughout the text, slightly browned, variable damp-staining to top margins, pinhole-sized worm-track throughout the text, engraved title-page closely trimmed along fore edge, without final blank (3+4), early ownership inscription 'James Cocks' to title-page, occasional marginalia, bookplate of Patricia Milne-Henderson, contemporary English sprinkled calf, rebacked, blind panels to sides, wear to tips, 4to (23.6 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: John Somers, 1st Baron Somers (1651-1716), English Whig politician (bookplate). Adams S2052. Second Plantin edition (and the second overall) of Laevinus Torrentius's version of Suetonius, first published in 1578.

Foy-Vaillant (Jean). Numismata Imperatorum Romanorum praestantiora a Julio Caesare ad Postumum usque, editio Prima Romana plurimis rarissimis nummis aucta. Cui accessit appendix a Postumo ad Constantinum Magnum, 3 volumes, Rome, 1743, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette to each, numerous engraved illustrations to text, one or two light waterstains to outer margins (generally in clean condition), old manuscript index added to rear of first and third volumes, Patricia Milne-Henderson bookplate to front pastedowns, 19th century half vellum gilt, with morocco spine labels, 4to, together with others similar, all Italian printings, 18th century, including Domenico Barnaba Mattei, Memorie istoriche dell'Antico Tuscolo oggi Frascati, Rome, 1711, Francesco de Ficoroni, I Piombi Antichi, Rome, 1740 (with ownership inscription to foot of title Ex-libris Caroli Carrara), Henrico Spoor, Deorum et heroum, virorum et mulierum illustrium imagines antiquae illustrata, Amsterdam, 1715, Laurentio Patarol, Series Augustorum, Augustarum, Caesarum et Tyrannorum omnium, tam in Oriente, quam in Occidente, Venice, 1702 (also third edition of the same work Venice, 1740, 2 copies), etc, all vellum-bound, 4to/8voQty: (12)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.

Vertue (George). Medals, Coins, Great-Seals, Impressions from the Elaborate Works of Thomas Simon, Chief Engraver of the Mint to K. Charles the 1st to the Commonwealth, the Lord Protector Cromwell, and in the Reign of K. Charles ye IId. to MDCLXV, 1st edition, 1753, engraved title, 37 engraved plates, plus an additional 44 engraved plates of coins 'Proof plates of Martin Folke's coins (1690-1754, Pres. R.S.)' pencil annotation at head of first plate, additional mezzotint portrait of Abraham Symonds by Abraham Blooteling after Peter Lely (trimmed and laid-down) at front (Abraham Symonds or Simon, c. 1622-c. 1692, medallist and brother of Thomas Simon), some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary explanatory annotations to front endpaper, bookplates including Charles Chauncy (1709-1777, physician, antiquary and coin collector) and Samuel Henry Hamer (1859-1930, antiquary and token collector) and his inscription, 1908, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to, together with [Arbuthnot, John]. Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures, Explain'd and Exemplify'd in Several Dissertations, 1st edition, J. Tonson, 1727, title printed in red and black, 18 engraved plates (one folding), errata slip pasted to end of Contents leaf, some light toning and water stains, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 4to, plus Ferguson (Adam). The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, 3 volumes, 1st edition, W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1783, 5 engraved maps (3 folding), some light spotting and offsetting, a few marginal wormtracks, contemporary calf, rebacked, red and green labels to spine, a little rubbed, 4to, plus William Clarke's The Connexion of the Roman, Saxon, and English Coins, deduced from observations on the Saxon Weights and Money, 1st edition, 1767Qty: (6)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESFirst work ESTC T138030.

Vico (Enea). Augustarum imagines areis formis expressae, Venice: [Paolo Manuzio], 1558, signatures A4 b4 [c]2 A-Z4 2A4 *2, engraved allegorical title-page with figures of Minerva and Saturn (A1r), 63 full-page engravings in the text, historiated woodcut initials, woodcut illustrations of coins in the text, all edges gilt, early-19th-century straight-grain green morocco gilt, joints and extremities rubbed, 4to (23.1 x 16.3 cm)Qty: (1)Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.NOTESProvenance: 1) Francisco Vitelli (1586-1646), Archbishop of Thessalonica (his woodcut bookplate with this style to title-page verso). 2) Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831), 10th Baronet (monogram book-label and Syston Park bookplate). 3) Charles Butler (1821-1910), Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Hertfordshire (bookplate). 4) The Earl of Cromer (bookplate dated 1912). 5) Charles-Edouard Wesem, architect (bookplate). 6) Lucius Wilmerding (1880-1949), American stockbroker and collector (bookplate). 7) Silvain S. Brunschwig (1882-1972), collector (with morocco book-label 'SSB'; his collection sold in Geneva in 1955). 8) John Harris (bookplate). Adams V634; Ahmanson-Murphy 537; Mortimer Italian 533; Renouard 176/18. First edition in Latin, first published in Italian the previous year as Le imagini delle donne Auguste; the translation is by Natale Conti. Plates X (C2v), [XI] (C4v), XVIII (G3v) and XIX (G4v) are all slip-cancels; plate XI additionally has the Giulia portrait cancelled again by a pasted roundel of blank paper.

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.

Ritscher (Albert). Deutsche Antarktische Expedition 1938/39 mit dem Flugzeugstutzpunkt der Deutschen Lufthansa A.G.MS, "Schwabenland", Kapitan A. Kottas, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Leipzig: Koehler & Amelang, 1942, plates and illustrations, mostly photographic, some printed in colour, others 3-D, stereo glasses in pocket with instruction note printed on blue paper, 4 large folding maps in pocket at end, embossed and ink institutional library name stamps to first title with additional ballpoint pen and pencil annotations, both original boards printed in red, first (text) volume rebacked and re-cornered in calf, original linen spine to second (maps and plates) volume largely perished, 8vo, together with 2 earlier German Antarctic exploration accounts by Wilhelm Filchner (1922) and Olaf Anton Broch (1927), all ex libris Kenn Back with his bookplateQty: (4)NOTESEx libris Eric Kenneth Prentice Back (1942-), meteorologist for the British Antarctic Survey, and descendant of the Arctic explorer Captain George Back. He served as base commander at Halley, Faraday, Rothera, and Station T (on Adelaide Island), over a twenty year period from 1963. 'A chilling Nazi attempt to claim large areas of the Antarctic for the Reich, after dropping aluminium darts with swastikas from two aircrafts over large portions of Queen Maud Land. Dedicated to Hermann Göring and printed in Leipzig at the height of Nazi success, the edition may well have been bombed into oblivion. Today, the original exploration provides important information about a little-known sector of the Continent' (Taurus 127).

Blaeu (Willem Janszoon & Johannes). Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive Atlas novus, pars quarta [England and Wales], Amsterdam: apud Johannem Blaeu, 1648, [6] 394 [1] pp., signatures *1 2*2 A-7B2 (7B2=list of maps), engraved architectonic title-page and 58 engraved maps (counted in pagination and register, all folding except for the Isle of Man; Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire both on the one sheet), all hand-coloured (title-page heightened with gold), 4 engraved vignettes in the text (also hand-coloured and depicting henges, burial chambers and mausolea), woodcut initials, tailpieces and other illustrations, mounted on guards throughout (evidence of skilful removal and reinsertion), a few worm-tracks to foot of stubs from front of volume to signature 3M (never affecting maps or text), a number of maps lightly browned along central fold, small shallow damp-stains to margins of first and last few leaves, a few other trivial marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), all edges gilt, contemporary Dutch full vellum gilt, retaining 3 of 4 green linen ties, yapp edges, a few minor scuffs and marks, small section of loss to top edge of rear board, folio (51.6 x 30.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESKoeman Bl 44 (volume 1 pp. 178-80); Skelton 42; cf. Chubb LIX-LXII (LXII is an uncoloured copy of the 1648 edition). Second edition in Latin of this 'very fine atlas of the English counties compiled, mainly from the maps of John Speed' (Chubb). A total of six volumes were published. The present volume, depicting England and Wales, first appeared in 1645, and was reissued in 1646. For this 1648 edition the text was reset and the maps of Cornwall, Sussex and Leicestershire have the cardinal compass points added in the border; otherwise 'the plates from which the maps were reprinted remained unaltered throughout all editions of this volume' (Skelton). There are three general maps ('Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula', 'Britannia' and 'Anglia Regnum') and maps of the Isle of Man, Holy Island and the Channel Islands in addition to those of counties.

Ingram (James). Memorials of Oxford, 3 volumes in two, Oxford: John Henry Parker & London: Charles Tilt, 1837, large paper copy, vignette titles, 100 engraved plates, one uncoloured engraved map, numerous wood-engravings to text, some scattered spotting, volume 1 first few leaves with minor dampstaining to lower outer corners, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon marocco gilt, rubbed with some marks and stains, a little wear in places, 4to, together with: Wade (W. M. ), Walks in Oxford ..., 1st edition, Oxford: R. Pearson, 1817, 13 engraved plates (most toned and offset to text), lacking map, occasional minor dampstaining at gutter, front hinge cracked after endpapers, contemporary cloth, rubbed and faded, some wear to head of spine, 8voQty: (3)

Lysons (Daniel & Samuel). Magna Britannia; being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain, volume the first [of 6], containing Bedfordshire, Berkshire, and Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, numerous engraved plates (lightly offset to text), 3 double-page maps hand-coloured in outline, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and marked, rebacked, original spine (worn) relaid, 4to, together with: Loder-Symonds (F.C., and Crowdy, E. Percy), A History of the Old Berks Hunt from 1760 to 1904 ..., London; Vinton & Co., 1905, numerous black & white illustrations, large folding map (with short closed handling tear), some spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half pig gilt, somewhat rubbed and marked, 8vo, plus: Mitchell (Arnold Bidlake), Shottesbrooke Church, Berkshire ..., London: David Low, 1885, 11 plates (2 folding), a few pale spots to letterpress, contemporary maroon quarter morocco, rubbed with some wear to extremities, front cover with printed title and 'Subscriber's Copy', slim folio, with: [Warton, T.], Specimen of a History of Oxfordshire, 2nd edition corrected and enlarged, London: J. Nichols [et al], 1783, spotted, bound with: Nichols (J., editor), Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. XIII [and No. XVI], Containing some account of the parish of Great Coxwell in the county of Berks [Containing collections towards a history of Berkshire], 1783, two parts, 6 engraved plates, 2 folding pedigrees, some spotting mainly at rear, contemporary calf gilt, scratched, lower front corner bumped, rubbed spine with old repair at foot, front joint cracking, 4to, and 8 others mainly Berkshire-related, including: These Four Views, of the White Horse Hill: Near Ashdown, in Berkshire, drawn and etched by [Sir Thomas Hammond] and taken from a spot, in Lord Barrington's Park, in the Vale ... are intended to illustrate a work on the subject, entitled A Letter to Dr: Mead concerning some antiquities in Berkshire by Francis Wise of Trin: Coll: Oxford, 1738Qty: (12)

Reading. Views of Reading Abbey, with those of the Churches originally connected with it, in the County of Berks; together with some Monuments of Antiquity, remaining in those churches, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, London: J. Whiting & Reading: Snare and Man, 1805-1810, 51 aquatint plates drawn and engraved by Charles Tomkins (7 heightened in yellow), a few tears to edges or folds (repaired both recto and verso), one folding plate with minor losses, some spotting, mostly marginal, modern quarter calf by Maltbys of Oxford, 4to, together with: [Robertson, J.G., editor, Environs of Reading, Reading: John Snare, 1840-1843], volume 1 (comprising parts I-V), frontispiece and title deficient, letterpress with numerous engraved vignettes, scarce light finger-soiling, contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt, somewhat rubbed and marked, rebacked, some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus: Thomas of Reading: or, the sixe worthie Yeomen of the West, now the sixth time corrected and enlarged by T.D. ...1632, facsimile reprint by [James Ballantyne, 1813], printer's device to title, two small newsclippings adhered, one to title, one to front pastedown, a few minor spots (mainly at front and rear), armorial bookplate Thomas Cowper Brown, contemporary cloth, faded, some wear to extremities, 4to, and three others related, including: Eight Views of Reading Abbey... by C. Tomkins, 1791Qty: (6)NOTESEnvirons of Reading: Originally this work was planned to comprise ten parts in 2 volumes. Volume 1 collected the first five parts, but after part VI had been issued the project was abandoned.

Smyth (Captain [Admiral] W.H.). Aedes Hartwellianae, or Notices of the Manor and Mansion of Hartwell, [and] Addenda to the Aedes Hartwellianae, 2 volumes, London: printed for private circulation by John Bowyer Nichols and Son, 1851-64, first volume with 13 maps, plates etc. as listed (including one hand-coloured), 2nd volume lacking plates, numerous wood-engraved illustrations to both volumes, variable spotting, first volume front pastedown with ink manuscript presentation inscription from both the author and Dr. Lee (the owner of Hartwell House), and with armorial bookplates of Captain William Henry Smyth and of [Dr. Lee], contemporary cloth, 2nd volume faded and stained, both rebacked, 4to, together with: Smedley (Frank E.), Last Leaves from Beechwood, by the late Frank E. Smedley, edited by William Brailsford, Enfield: J.H. Meyers, 1867, two mounted photographs (one as frontispiece), tipped-in printed & manuscript errata slip, final page toned, front free endpaper with ink manuscript presentation inscription 'Charles Edward Smedley, with his Aunt Fanny's love - in affectionate remembrance of the author', original blind-stamped green cloth, front cover with central gilt leaf, lightly sunned spine gilt-lettered, a trifle rubbed, slim 8vo, plus: [Bentley, Richard], Some Stray Notes upon Slough and Upton collected from various sources, privately printed, 1892, 7 maps and illustrations as listed, final page toned, modern tan quarter morocco, tall 8vo, (limited edition, one of 200 copies), with 9 others Buckinghamshire-related and similar, including: The History of Denham Bucks ..., by the Rev. R.H. Lathbury, Uxbridge: privately printed... Lucy & Birch, [1904], (limited edition, 56/100 copies), and Parochial Antiquities attempted in the history of Ambrosden, Burcester, and other adjacent parts in the counties of Oxford and Bucks, by White Kennett, a new edition in two volumes, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1818Qty: (14)

Anville (Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'). Notice de l'ancienne Gaule, tirée des monumens romains, Paris: De Saint & Saillant, & Durand, 1760, folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline, armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Miller Bt. to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, maroon morocco title label, joints split and board corners worn & showing, 4to, together with: Royaumont (Sieur de), L'Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament: avec des explications e?difiantes, tire?es des Saints Peres pour regler les moeurs dans toutes sortes de conditions, Vienna: Jean Thomas Trattner, 1762, title with small hole to first 'e' of 'Testament' (leaf spotted and lined to verso), numerous engraved illustrations throughout, some light damp staining and minor marks, contemporary marbled sheep, gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 17th- early 20th century French works, including a defective edition of Histoire generale de Normandie, by Gabriel Du Moulin, Rouen: Jean Osmont, 1631, title & leaves at rear provided in manuscript facsimile and few leaves repaired, 18th century half sheep with vellum board corners, worn, folioQty: (8)

[Gildon, Charles]. An Alarm to Protestants: or, A short method with a Papist. Being an account of a dispute between Mr. Thomas Willis, a Popish Priest, or Emissary, now residing in London, and Mr. John Battersby, a young gentleman of one and twenty years of age. To which is prefix'd, a prefatory discourse by a gentleman educated in the Popish superstition..., London: John Pemberton, 1714, [4],58pp., manuscript number to upper margin of title, some damp mottling to last few leaves, modern marbled boards, slim 4to, together with: [Grange, James Erskine], The Fatal Consequences of Ministerial Influence: or, the Difference between Royal Power and Ministerial Power, truly stated. A Political Essay, occasioned by the Petition presented last Session of Parliament by six noble peers of Scotland; and addressed to the noble, the ancient, and the rich families of Great Britain: with an appendix, containing copies of those accounts of illegal practices at the last election of P----s, which some N---le and others were ready to have given, and are still ready to give, upon Oath, if required, London: A. Dodd, 1736, appendix at rear with contemporary manuscript additions, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo, Parr (Samuel), A Letter from Irenopolis to the Inhabitants of Eleutheropolis; or, a serious address to the Dissenters of Birmingham. By a Member of the Established Church, 2nd edition, Birmingham: Printed by John Thompson for C. Dilly, 1792, half-title, slight toning to first & last leaves, 20th century sheep-backed boards, slim 8vo, Parliament, An Account of the Proceedings of the Lords Spiritual & Temporal ... in Relation to the Bill, intituled, An act for Preventing Occasional Conformity, London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd, 1702, manuscript annotations to title, dust-soiling and some damp staining, modern boards, small 8vo, and five othersQty: (9)NOTESThe first work is probably by Charles Gildon. Charles Gildon was a hack-writer in England, and at this time had made other attacks on the Catholic Church--DNB. It is more likely that he has compiled this exchange between Battersby and Willis, and that the Battersby attribution is printer error.

Gregory (David). Dr. Gregory’s Elements of Catoptrics and Dioptrics. Translated from the Latin original, with a large supplement, by William Browne, M. D., The second edition. To which is added, an appendix, by J.T. Desaguliers, LL. D. F. R. S. containing, an account of the reflecting telescopes; and of the inventors, improvers, and imitators of them, till they were brought to perfection by John Hadley, Esq; Vice-President of the Royal Society. With original letters which passed between Sir Isaac Newton and Dr. James Gregory, relating thereunto. Now first published, London: E. Curll, 1735, three folding plates (of 4, without plate 4), closed tear paper fault to plate 3, errata leaf present, some toning and scattered spotting, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, spine and extremities worn, 8vo, together with: Roscoe (William), The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, occasional browning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplates of Thomas Barrett-Lennard and Ivor A.B. Ferguson to front endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with black skiver labels, joints cracked, upper board to volume 1 loosening, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, and four others, including Popular Flowers, mixed editions bound in one volume, 1842-45, Heath's Fern Portfolio, 1885, and Beauty in Common Things by J.W. Whymper, [1874], some in worn conditionQty: (11)

Lunardi (Vincenzo). An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, in a series of letters to his guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni, written under the impressions of the various events that affected the undertaking, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author: and sold at the Pantheon, 1784, half-title, with autograph signature in brown ink of the author Vincent Lunardi, stipple engraved portrait of the author by Bartolozzi after Richard Cosway, 2 folding engraved plates, publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf, early 19th-century ownership stamp of John Clifton to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, with later bookplate of Sir T. Talbot L. Scarisbrick, Bt., to front pastedown, all edges gilt, near-contemporary red full morocco gilt, spine lettered in gilt Lunardi's Voyage, and with capital letter A at head, very slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: John Talbot Clifton (1819-1882) of Lytham Hall, Lytham, Lancashire, M.P. for North Lancashire, High Sherrif of Lancashire, and Justice of the Peace; Sir Thomas Talbot Leyland Scarisbrick (1874-1933), 1st Baronet, Mayor of Southport, 1902-03, Justice of the Peace, and M.P. for South Dorset, 1906-10. Italian Diplomat Vincenzo Lunardi (1759-1806) made the first British ascent in a hydrogen balloon on 15 September 1784.

Parliament. Orders and Resolutions of the Honourable House of Commons, on Controverted Elections and Returns, 2nd edition, London: J. Stagg & D. Browne, 1736, bound with, The Statutes at Large concerning Elections of Members to serve in the House of Commons; containing a compleat collection of all the Acts of Parliament now in force ... continued to the End of the last Session of Parliament, 1734, London: Printed by John Baskett, 1734, black letter & roman text, bound with, Cowley, J. (John), The candidates guide: or, the electors rights decided. Shewing the determination of the rights of elections, by the Honble the Commons of Great Britain in Parliament, in all contraverted elections for the Counties and Boroughs in South Britain, from the Year 1624 to 1730. The second edition, corrected and improved. To which is added, The like Determinations in Contraverted Elections for North Britain, since the Union. With Several Resolutions and Standing Orders relating to Elections, Qualifications, Returns, Petitions, and Proceedings in General. Together with the head of the statutes now in force. concerning the same; and several adjusted Cases in disputed Points of admitting of Evidence on Hearings at the Bar of the House. The whole digested into Alphabetical Order, with proper References and genuine Quotations, London: J. Brindley, 1735, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, lacking one title label and another defective, joints split, light wear, 12mo & 8vo (16 x 9.5 cm), together with: Fitzgerald (George Robert), An Appeal to the Public ... in which is occasionally introduced the Constitutional Doctrine of Indictments at Common Law, in contradistinction to those of Statute Law, Dublin: Printed in the Year 1782, ink armorial stamp to lower blank margin of title, contemporary tree calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, some wear to leather to upper board, 8vo, Ecton (John), Liber Valorum & Decimarum; being an Account of the Valuations and Yearly Tenths of all such Ecclesiastical Benefices in England and Wales, as now stand Chargeable with the Payment of First-Fruits and Tenths. Also, the true yearly valuations of all small ecclesiastical benefices as they have been lately certified into Her Majesty's Court of Exchequer..., London: Printed by W.B. for Is. Harrison, 1711, contemporary blind panelled calf, later paper title label to spine (also approx. 2.5 cm adhered over to boards), joints split and slight wear to spine, 8vo, Young (John), Essays on the Following Interesting Subjects: viz. I. Government. II. Revolutions. III. The British Constitution. IV. Kingly Government. V. Parliamentary Representation & Reform. VI. Liberty and Equality. VII. Taxation. And VIII. The Present War, & the stagnation of Credit as connected with it, Edinburgh: William Creech, 1794, half-title repaired to upper outer corner, light damp stain at head of half-title and title, modern calf-backed marbled boards, maroon morocco title label, 8vo, Huskisson (William), Navigation Laws. Speech ... in the House of Commons ... the 12th of May, 1826, on the Present State of the Shipping Interest, London: J. Hatchard, 1826, browning to margins of first & last few leaves, contemporary half calf, marbled sides, 8voQty: (5)

Sheridan (Thomas). British Education: or, the Source of the Disorders of Great Britain, London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1756, upper blank margin of title with early signature & date 'Mary Kerr 1800', some browning to first & last leaves, scattered spotting, Kerr armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, retaining morocco title label, 8vo, together with: [Jones, William, editor], The Scholar Armed against the Errors of the Time. Or, a Collection of Tracts on the Principles and Evidences of Christianity, the Constitution of the Church, and the Authority of Civil Government. In two ... published by a Society for the Reformation of Principles, 2 volumes, London: F. & C. Rivington, 1795, armorial bookplate of John Bowles to upper pastedowns, 19th century inscriptions to front free endpapers, contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and contrasting morocco labels, 8vo, Locke (John), Some Thoughts concerning Education ... to which are added, New Thoughts concerning Education, by Mr. Rollin, 2 parts in one, 10th edition, Dublin: Printed by R. Reilly for G. Risk, G. Ewing, & W. Smith, 1738, engraved portrait frontispiece, partly hand-coloured (lightly offset to title), two letterpress titles at front (the second stated edition), second part with short closed tear to A4 and closed tear to lower outer corner of D2, light dust-soiling, contemporary calf, upper joint cracked and light wear, 12mo, Pineda (Peter), A Short and Compendious Method for Learning to Speak, Read, and Write, the English and Spanish Languages. In which each Part of Speech is separately treated of, in a New Manner. With a Syntax: such as never before was published in any Grammar for the modern Languages, 3rd impression, corrected & amended, London: J. Nourse, 1762, contemporary signature 'W. Twiss' at head of title, light damp stain at rear, contemporary speckled sheep, manuscript title label to spine, spine worn and joints slightly cracked at head & foot, 8vo, Berkenhout (John), A Volume of Letters from Dr. Berkenhout to his Son at the University, Cambridge: Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the University, for T. Cadell, 1790, upper margin of dedication with contemporary inscription 'John Gibson to Mrs Henderson', and inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, maroon morocco title label to spine, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo, and other 19th century antiquarian, including education related etc.Qty: (13)

Feuchtmüller (Rupert). Der Kremser Schmidt 1718-1801, 1st edition, Innsbruck: Tyrolia, 1989, numerous colour & black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, large 8vo, together with; Bradbury (Sue [editor]), The Boyce Papers, The letters and diaries of Joanna Boyce, Henry Wells and George P. Boyce, 2 volumes,1st edition, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2019, colour & black & white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, and Harbison (Peter), William Burton Conyngham and His Irish Circle of Antiquarian Artists, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2012, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Shanes (Eric), Young Mr Turner, the first forty years [J. M. W. Turner, A Life In Art, 1], 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and other modern Old Master reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/4toQty: (Approximately 50)

Cellarius (Andreas). Haemisphaeria Sphaerarum Rectae et Obliquae Utriusque Motus et Longitudines tam Coelestes quam Terrestres as Stellarum Affectriones Monsrantia, G. Valk & P. Schenk, Amsterdam, circa 1708, engraved celestial chart with contemporary hand colouring, slight overall toning, 435 x 505 mm, together with Theoria Veneris et Mercurii, G. Valk & P. Schenk, Amsterdam, circa 1708, engraved chart with contemporary hand colouring, 435 x 510 mm, with Theoria Trium Superiorum Planetarum, G. Valk & P. Schenk, Amsterdam, circa 1708, engraved chart with contemporary hand colouring, 435 x 510 mmQty: (3)NOTESThe first chart illustrates the motions of both the upright sphere (the equatorial coordinate system) and the oblique sphere (the ecliptic coordinate system); the celestial and terrestrial longitudes; and the influences of the stars. The second chart shows the planetary movements of Mercury and Venus and the third chart shows the movement of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn - the movement of the outer planets - all from the 1708 Valk & Schenk edition of Andreas Cellarius's "Harmonia Macrocosmica".