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Middle East.- Horses.- Damoiseau (Louis) Voyage en Syrie et dans le désert, first edition, half-title, lithographed portrait frontispiece of the author, title with wood-engraved vignette, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, pp.37/38 small hole within text with loss of a few letters, occasional staining and spotting, lightly browned (the odd f. a little heavier), contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with black leather label, spine skilfully repaired, rubbed, [Blackmer 446], 8vo, Paris, Hippolyte Souverain, 1833.⁂ Rare at auction. The author was a member of the De Portes expedition to Syria in 1818-1819 for the purpose of buying Arab stallion bloodstock.

Polar.- Ross (Sir John) Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions during the years 1829...1833, vol. 1 only (lacks appendix), first edition, 5 maps and plans (including 1 large folding in pocket at rear), 16 engraved plates (some hand-coloured), 6 lithographs and 3 hand-coloured mezzotints, 1 map with neat tape repair, a few plates with margins trimmed and laid down or with marginal repair, some occasional light foxing but a very clean copy generally, modern half calf, spine gilt, 4to, [Abbey Travel 636], 1835.

Russia.- Baedeker (Karl) Russia: with Teheran, Port Arthur, and Peking, first edition, maps and plans, many folding, frontispiece map with some tearing to inner margin, neat early ink ownership inscription to endpaper, original cloth, light bumping to corners, else fine, dust-jacket, browning and ink marking to spine, spine ends and corners chipped, lower panel with very short closed tear to head and foot, light creasing to head and foot, but an excellent example generally, 8vo, 1914.

Music.- Annotated.- [Lefèvre d'Étaples (Jacques)] Musica libris quatuor demonstrata, collation: A-L4, 2 woodcut diagrams in text, tables, woodcut criblé initials, contemporary ink annotations (extensive to front endpapers and title), woodcut printer's device and part of title and imprint cut out, also affecting text to verso of title, final gathering loose, water-stained, occasional spotting, lighty browned, contemporary blind-stamped calf, worn, small 4to (184 x 140mm.), Paris, Guillaume Cavellat, 1551.⁂ Rare first illustrated edition of one of the earliest works on music theory; here with evidence of early scholarship. The author was a French theologian and a leading figure in French humanism. Literature: Adams F-27; Hirsch 165; RISM, Ecrits, 493; Renouard, Cavellat. 32.

Emblemata.- Yates-Thompson copy.- Coustau (Pierre) Pegma, cum narrationibus philosophicis, first edition, collation: α8 A-X8 a4, title and woodcut printer's device within woodcut decorative border, 95 woodcut emblems attributed to Pierre Eskrich within woodcut borders of varying designs, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, repair to lower margin of title, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned throughout, attractive olive green crushed morocco, richly gilt, by R. De Coverley, 8vo (165 x 103mm.), Lyon, Matthieu Bonhomme, 1555.⁂ First and only Latin edition. A French translation by Lanteaume de Romieu appeared nine days later. Coustau, like Alciati, trained as a jurist. Provenance: S.A. Yates-Thompson (engraved bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: Landwehr Romanic, 242; Mortimer French, 159; Praz p.46; Adams C2732.

World.- Purchas (Samuel) Purchas his Pilgrimes. In Five Books..., 5 vol. including vol.5: Purchas His Pilgrimage, first edition of vol.1-4, vol.5 fourth edition, second issue with dedication to King Charles, Narcissus Luttrell's copy with his ink monogram stamp to titles and date "1697" in his hand below, lacking additional engraved title (as often), with 7 folding and/or double-page engraved maps of the Mogul Empire, China (duplicated in vol.5), Greenland (Spitsbergen), North America, New England and Virginia, 81 half-page engraved maps after Hondius (58 in vol.1-4 and 23 in vol.5, the latter duplications of maps in vol.1-4), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces and a few other engraved or woodcut illustrations including Aztec pictograms from the Codex Mendoza in vol.3, vol.1 with Hondius's 'Map of the Christian World' appearing twice at pp. 65 and 115 i.e. lacking 'Map of the Whole World', and with G3-4 uncancelled as usual, also 4M4-5 uncancelled and first state of 4M2 with headline "Hollanders lying devices, to disgrace the English", map of Virginia trimmed at foot just within border, duplicate map of China with margins repaired and restored, vol. 1 3L4, 3Y5, vol. 4 5M5 and vol. 5 A5 with paper flaw or small hole with loss to a few letters of text, vol. 1 4N3-4 with some soiling, creasing and repair to text, vol. 5 last f. laid down, vol. 3 with some worming to head of fore-margin, very occasional small rust-holes to text, the odd paper-flaw to margin, occasional repairs or restorations to margins, a few just touching text, occasional scattered foxing, some light offsetting, but a very good, clean copy generally, a few small ink corrections, seemingly in Luttrell's hand, bookplates to endpapers and pastedowns, bookseller's receipt from 1964 loosely inserted, 18th century speckled calf, rebacked, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, some light cracking to head or foot of joints, some bumping to corners, [Hill 1402-3; Sabin 66682 & 66686; STC 20508-9], folio, by William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, 1625-26.⁂ An excellent set of this important collection of voyages, a continuation of Hakluyt's Principal Navigations, with fine impressions of the maps and a distinguished provenance. Likely to have been one of the most cherished books in Luttrell's library. The map of the Mogul Empire by William Baffin is the earliest English map of the Mogul territories; the map of China is based on a Chinese original and one of the earliest such to be published in Europe; the map of Greenland (actually Spitsbergen) incorporates scenes of whaling and bear-hunting; the map of North America, by Elstracke after Henry Biggs, is the first to show California as an island; the map of New England was first published in 1624; the map of Virginia by William Hole after Capt. John Smith is one of the most important early maps of America and includes a large Indian figure and a vignette depicting the interior of Powhatan's hut.Provenance: Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), parliamentary historian and diarist, bibliographer of works concerning the Popish plot, and compiler of a large library (ink stamps); Chapman-Purchas; C. H. Wilkinson (bookplates).

Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The History of the Royal Residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore, 3 vol., first edition, 100 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, many heightened with gum arabic, list of plates at end of vol.3 spotted, otherwise an excellent clean and bright copy, bookplates of George E.Goodwin and Louise Ward Watkins, handsome contemporary burgundy morocco cathedral binding with large gilt ecclesiastical window to covers and elaborate gilt foliate borders, spines gilt in compartments, g.e., boards slightly mottled, a little rubbed at edges, [Abbey, Scenery 396], 4to, 1819.⁂ William Henry Pyne (1770-1843) was an artist and printmaker who commissioned the artists and engravers of these plates to show an exact record of the interiors of royal residences. The illustrations have been consulted by art historians, curators and archivists at the Royal Collection to research interior schemes and decorative fashions, even down to such details as the arrangements of hanging pictures.

Oxford.- Loggan (David) Oxonia Illustrata, first edition, engraved throughout with pictorial title, dedication, 2 other preliminary leaves, double-page plan, 39 double-page plates (one also folding) and a final contents leaf, all mounted on stubs, title lightly soiled and small stain to foot of dedication, one or two small rust-spots, plate 27 of Christ Church slightly creased at right edge, plate 39 'Aula B.Mariae Magdalenae' a little browned, otherwise an excellent clean copy from the Sunderland Library at Blenheim Palace with bookplate recording purchase by Bernard Quaritch in 1882, also bookplate of Melville Portal of Laverstoke, attractive contemporary red morocco, covers tooled in gilt with double fillet border enclosing panel of triple fillet and another inner panel of decorative roll, both with small floral tools at outer corners, spine with seven compartments, titled in one, the others with ornate lozenge and triangular corner tools in gilt and six raised bands, g.e., a little rubbed and stained, spine slightly worn at head, [Wing L2838], folio, Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1675.⁂ A handsome copy of Loggan's beautifully illustrated work on the buildings of Oxford University, and with an excellent provenance.

Franco (Pierre) Petit traité, contenant une des parties principales de chirurgie, laquelle les chirurgiens hernieres exercent, ainsi quil montre en la page suivante, first edition, collation: A-I8 (G³ mislabelled H³), woodcut illustrations, manuscript date to title, title holed and repaired, very slightly affecting woodcut device, contemporary ink ownership names to front free endpaper and title, second neatly crossed out, corner torn from G² just touching text, small modern biro mark to rear pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, lightly marked, spine discoloured with tiny hole, still overall a very clean and fresh copy, 8vo (160 x 103mm), housed in custom morocco box, Lyon, Antoine Vincent, [1556].⁂ Pierre Franco, creator of the suprapubic lithotomy cataract operation and the surgical repair of hernia, is considered to be one of the greatest surgeons of the Renaissance and a forerunner of urology. This work is absent from many major medical collections which regard the expanded second edition of 1561 as the first, yet this edition includes the first recorded description of an operation for strangulated hernia, and so marks itself as a milestone in Renaissance surgical practice. Franco was hugely influential by lauding open operations, and wanted to return them to the realm of regular surgical practice, rather than allowing itinerant practitioners known as 'inciseurs' or 'cutters' to attempt untrained procedures. The treatment of cleft lips amounts to four chapters, in which he recommends that after two days the eschar must be loosened with fresh butter before suturing. Franco also describes in minute detail the technique of radical operation for inguinal hernia. Like all who preceded him after the time of Celsus (except William of Salicet), he would remove the testicle as part of the usual procedure. Yet for patients with one testis he later devised an operation in which the organ was spared, and this life-saving procedure became part of the surgical armamentarium. Though a contemporary of Ambroise Paré, Franco is often neglected from the medical history canon, yet Paré's first book, his Dix Livres de Chirurgie, 1564, plagiarises much of Franco's work on lithotomy and cystostomy, which Paré only later acknowledged in 1575. No other copies listed on ABPC/RBH, and we know of no other copy having appeared in commerce. OCLC list copies in US at Chicago, Harvard, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota and NLM.Provenace: signature of F. Athenosiis on title and P. Guisonii to endpaper, from the library of Jean Blondelet.

Insects.- Albin (Eleazar) A Natural History of English Insects...[with] Large Notes and many curious Observations by W[illiam] Derham, fifth edition, with Derham's notes but without list of subscribers or index (as often), 100 hand-coloured engraved plates after Albin, plate 84 heightened with gold, each dedicated to a specific subscriber at foot, many identified in contemporary ink manuscript at head or to outer margin, light offsetting to text but plates clean and bright, modern bookplate of John Sheffield, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little rubbed, slight stain to lower cover, spine ends a little worn and joints cracked, [Lisney 123; Nissen ZBI 58], 4to, for [by William Bowyer], William Innys, 1749. ⁂ Important work on British entomology, first published in 1720, with notes by William Derham, best known for his Artificial Clockmaker of 1696. ESTC notes that according to the records of the printer William Bowyer only 150 copies were printed.

Fossils.- Brander (Gustav) Fossilia Hantoniensia collecta, et in Museo Britannico deposita, first edition, half-title, engraved title-vignette and 9 plates, with final leaf of text M2 in cancelled state starting "Fig.122. 123" and with contemporary ink manuscript notes to wider folding outer margin, plate 6 slightly short, some light foxing or browning to plates, faint crease to lower outer corner, final plate with short tear to upper margin, bookplates of Sir Walter Wyndham Burrell of West Grinstead Park and of Wyndham Portal with inscription dated 1888 to him at head of front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spine and red morocco label, rubbed, later endpapers, [Nissen ZBI 535], 4to, 1766. ⁂ Compiled by the Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander for his compatriot Gustav Brander, a wealthy merchant and patron of the British Museum, to which he presented part of his collection of fossils and minerals. "The Fossil Shells, of which the following Plates are exact draughts, were collected in the County of Hampshire, out of the Cliffs by the sea coast, between Christ Church and Lymington, but more especially about the Cliffs by the Village of Hordwell...". (Preface).

Andrews (James) The Parterre: or, Beauties of Flora, first edition, half-title, 12 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional minor spotting and soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities slightly worn, covers a little cockled and with minor stains and slight fading, but overall a lovely copy, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, folio, 1842.

Birds.- Willughby (Francis) The Ornithology ... in three books, wherein All the Birds hitherto known, first English edition, title in red and black, 80 copper engraved plates, 2 letterpress tables, diagrams in text, plates 11, 12 & 66 laid down, plate 10 with short tear (45mm) affecting image edge, several plates with short marginal tears not affecting text (one or two neatly repaired), faint marginal staining, near contemporary signature to blank, scattered faint spotting, later calf, rebacked and recornered, [Wing W2880; Zimmer pp.677-678], folio, by A.C. for John Martyn, 1678.⁂ A greatly expanded version of Willughby's 1676 Latin text by John Ray, which included essays on falconry and songbirds.

Botany.- Ledermüller (Martin Frobenius) Versuch, bey angehender Fruhlingszeit die Vergrosserungs Werckzeuge... Essai d'employer les instruments microscopiques avec utilitye et plaisir dans la saison de printemps, first edition, text in German and French, hand-coloured engraved title-page with rococo border and 12 hand-coloured engraved plates by Wirsing after Ledermüller, a few ff. with light damp-staining to lower or upper margins but a very crisp, clean copy generally, contemporary half calf over decorative boards, spine chipped at head, light wear to extremities, [Hunt 581; Nissen BBI 1160], folio, Nuremberg, A.L.Wirsing, 1764.⁂ A lovely copy of this work by the self-taught naturalist and keeper of the natural history collection of the Margrave of Brandenburg-Colmbach.

Brookshaw (George) A New Treatise on Flower Painting, or, Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master, hand-coloured stipple-engraved frontispiece, 8pp. of colour samples, engraved plate of exercises, 19 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, the first five only with additional plate in uncoloured state, lacks all text after p.40 (?3 leaves), a little foxed and soiled, one plate torn affecting image, a few others torn or frayed at fore-edge (rather crudely repaired), with 2 original botanical watercolours bound amongst plates and another loosely inserted (the last soiled and stained, creased), also 4pp. letterpress "Lesson II. Tulip..." from another later work, modern half green morocco over marbled boards, gilt-stamped calf label to upper cover, [cf.Abbey, Life in England 96, dated 1818 described as "first edition"; Henrey 518; Nissen BBI 246, all later editions], 4to, for the Author, 1812; sold not subject to return⁂ Rare work, seemingly first published anonymously in 1797 [Henrey 1167] and then under the pseudonym of G. Brown 1799-1803 [Henrey 522], but this is the first edition under Brookshaw's name. The only 3 copies of this date traced at auction call for 12 plates each in two states (coloured and uncoloured). Two of those copies contained a supplement dated 1817 with a further 8 plates in two states. This could explain the additional number of plates present in this copy.There is no copy listed on Library Hub or WorldCat.

Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, first issue, 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), numbered in Roman, wood-engraved illustrations in text, lacking advertisements at end, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with black morocco label, upper cover stained, rubbed, [Freeman 1141; G&M 4975], 8vo, John Murray, 1872.⁂ 'This is an important member of the evolutionary set, and it was written, in part at least, as a confutation of the idea that the facial muscles of expression in man were a special endowment' (Freeman p.141).

Lady Jane Grey.- [Rosso (Giulio Raviglio)] Historia delle Cose Occorse nel Regno d'Inghliterra in Materia del Duca di Notomberlan dopo la Morte di Odoardo VI, first edition, collation: A4, B-H8, I4, title with large engraved printer's device, capital space with guide-letter, A4 blank, a few 17th century ink notes in margins, some staining throughout, 17th & 19th century ink inscriptions on title and front endpapers, Holland House copy with ink inscription on front pastedown, 17th century vellum, slightly soiled, gilt spine, a few wormholes on spine, 8vo (154 x 100mm.), Venice, nell Aademia Venetiana, 1558.⁂ A scarce Italian account of the attempt made by John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland to make Lady Jane Grey, wife of his son Guildford Dudley queen after the death of Edward VI.Literature: Adams E17; EDIT 16 CNCE 23106.

Legge (Capt. W. Vincent) A History of the Birds of Ceylon, first edition, frontispiece, hand-coloured engraved map (imprint slightly trimmed), 34 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates after J.G. Keulemans (1 of eggs), wood-engraved illustrations, folding leaf Appendix III loosely inserted at end, modern green morocco, decorated in gilt and blind, [Anker 284; Fine Bird Books p.89; Nissen IVB 539; Wood p.439], 4to, Published by the Author, 1880.⁂ A superb, clean copy of this "comprehensive account of the birds of the area" (Anker).

Vicq d'Azyr (Félix) Traité d'anatomie et de physiologie, vol.1 [all published], first edition, 35 plain and 34 aquatint plates, some with stipple engraving, contemporary calf, spine gilt with green morocco label, light rubbing to spine and covers, still an excellent copy, folio, Paris, Didot l'aine, 1786.⁂ A rare first edition of 'the most accurate neuroanatomical work produced before the advent of microscopic staining techniques' (Garrison-Morton). Originally projected as a multi-volume study of human anatomy and physiology, the work was never finished, yet its importance lies in the intelligent use of new print-making technique of aquatint to illustrate accurate anatomical illustration. Vicq d'Azyr identifies many of the cerebral convolutions, along with various internal structures of the brain (of which many are named after him). For his studies, he was one of the first to use a chemical cocktail of alcohol and other ingredients for brain preservation - which would not become a standard method until the work of Reil (1759-1813) - as well as using horizontal and coronal sections of the brain for studying its anatomy. As permanent secretary to the Paris Academy of Medicine and personal physician of Marie Antoinette, he produced one of the most outstanding anatomical folios that had yet appeared. Vicq d'Azyr had commenced publication of the work in parts, under royal patronage: the allegorical frontispiece shows Louis XVI as Apollo sitting on a cloud watching an anatomy scene. However, the French Revolution prevented its completion, and copies differ in the order in which they are bound.

Bernoulli (Johann) Opera omnia, tam antea sparsim edita, 4 vol., first edition, titles in red & black, engraved portraits, title vignettes, head- and tail-pieces and 91 folding engraved plates, Robert Honeyman's bookplate to pastedown, contemporary vellum with red morocco labels to spines, housed in four custom-made red morocco-backed cases (very lightly scuffed), overall a fine set, large 4to, Lausanne & Geneva, Marci-Michaelis Bousquet, 1742.⁂ The exceptionally excellent Honeyman copy of the collected works of Bernoulli, complete with both portraits (often lacking). Virtually all of Bernoulli's work was published in journals: the first edition of Jean Bernoulli's collected works brings together 189 of his papers and 59 of his lectures. Volume I is primarily devoted to problems in geometry and the early calculus, but also contains papers on muscular mechanics, the resistance of solids, and a geometrical demonstration of the motion of pendulums and projectiles in resisting and unresisting media. Volumes II & III are almost totally devoted to problems of mechanics, the first of these containing his theoretical essay on the maneuvering of vessels and related papers, as well as numerous contributions on the analysis of trajectories. His discourse on the laws governing the communication of movement opens volume III, which also contains his essay on celestial mechanics. The final volume contains contributions on the curvature of elastic plates, his mechanico-dynamical propositions, and problems in dynamics. Most important, its appearance in this volume represents the first printing of the Hydraulica, which was written in competition with his son (Bibliotheca Mechanica).

Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller) De triangulis planis et sphaericis libri quinque..., second edition, collation: *4 a-o6 p8 : *6 A4 B-Z6 AA6 BB4 CC6, woodcut device to title, engraved historiated initials and woodcut illustrations, 20th century ink provenance note and bookplate to pastedown, first few ff. damp-stained, title with small repairs and reinforced at inner margin, short marginal tears to N¹ and N³ not affecting text, final ff. browned and repaired, occasional light spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, spine with manuscript title in raised bands (mostly chipped away), small contemporary labels to spine and cover, partially removed, [Adams R-281; Norman 1566], tall 8vo (315 x 210mm), Basel, Heinrich Petri & Peter Perna, [1561].⁂ The second, much augmented edition of the first systematic treatise on plane and spherical trigonometry to be published in Europe. Though it was completed in 1464, it remained a manuscript until 1533 where it was first published in Nuremberg by Johann Petri. Regiomontanus's monumental work on triangles was the first printed systematization of the subject as a branch of mathematics independent of astronomy, and contains the earliest statement of the cosine law for spherical triangles, stating the proportionality of the sides of a plane triangle to the sines of the opposite angle. This fundamental proposition of spherical trigonometry appears as theorem 2 in book V of the treatise. In the second part, Regiomontanus proves the errors of Nicolaus de Cusa's theory of squaring the circle, which had a profound effect on the history of navigation (Adams). His contributions were instrumental in the development of Copernican heliocentrism in the decades following his death.

Early computing.- Jevons (William Stanley) "On the Mechanical Performance of Logical Inference", extract from Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 160, part II, pp.497-518, with the general title for that number, 3 lithographed plates, book label "R. S." to verso of title and 2 plates, [Origins of Cyberspace 330; Tomash & Williams J15], 4to, 1870.⁂ The first edition of Jevons' landmark paper presenting his "logical piano" (so called due to its appearance), the first machine capable of solving problems at superhuman speed and a key precursor of the modern computer.

Lambert (Johann Heinrich) Les propriétés remarquables de la route de la lumière par les airs et en général par plusieurs milieux réfringens sphériques et concentriques, avec la solution des problèmes qui y ont rapport..., first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, endpapers lightly browned with very small contemporary ink numbers to pastedown, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, a little marked and discoloured, joint slightly cracking, 8vo, The Hague, H. Scheurleer, 1758.⁂ Scarce first edition of Lambert's first published book, discussing the path of light rays in air and other media. Lambert began working on aspects of refraction through the atmosphere in 1752, and from 1754 this work was carried out in parallel with his work on photometry. The book is divided into three parts: 'Les propriétés générales de la route, qui la lumière prend, en passant par des milieux réfringens, sphériques et concentriques'; 'Des réfractions astronomiques, de la manière de les déterminer par approximation aussi exactement que l'on voudra, et de leur rapport à divers autres problèmes'; and 'Des réfractions circulaires, de leur usage pour la détermination des réfractions terrestres: et de divers autres problèmes dépendant des réfractions tant astronomiques que terrestres'. Remarkably, during the entire period 1756-58 Lambert was traveling through northern Europe and so carried with him a small library. Lambert mentions that he is working on another work in optics and promises to publish it soon - this would eventually be his Photometria. COPAC lists only the Royal Society copy.Provenance: Title page with ex-libris of great mathematician and engineer Gaspard de Prony (1755-1839).

Lobachevsky (Nikolai Ivanovich) Geometrical Researches on the Theory of Parallels, translated from the original by George Bruce Halstead, second English edition, offprint issue, embossed stamp of Bowdoin College to upper wrapper, three punch holes to inner margin not affecting text, original wrappers, slight toning and crease to upper wrapper with contemporary ink manuscript note, housed in morocco-backed slip-case, Texas, 1891.⁂ Second (but first obtainable) English edition of Lobachevky's non-euclidean geometry. It was preceded only by its virtually unobtainable printing in February 1891, in the short-lived and little-known journal Scientiae Baccalaureus, of which fewer than 10 institutional holdings of the journal are known, and only 2 copies of the offprint.

Mathematics.- Bettini (Mario) Aerarium Philosophiae Mathematicae..., 7 parts in 3 vol., bound in 2, first edition, on thick paper, 2 only (of 3) additional engraved titles by Francesco Curti to vol. I & II, 2 engraved portraits of bishops Madruzzi & Zeccadori, engraved plate of genealogical tree, 3 engraved plates tipped onto margins of text leaves, woodcut and engraved illustrations, second additional title trimmed at foot, just within plate mark, affecting the engraver's name, some marginal browning to ff. with folding plates mounted verso, a few spots, engraved Macclesfield bookplates, contemporary Dutch vellum, blind-stamped centre-pieces, spines darkened with some creasing and soiling, lacking ties, [Riccardi I, 125; Sommervogel I, 1428], large 4to, Bologna, G. B. Ferroni, 1648.⁂A crisp and clean copy on thick paper of this rare compendious scholastic mathematical work by the Jesuit Bettini (1582-1657). It encompasses all the major fields of mathematics, with special attention paid to Geometry, including Astronomical Geometry. The work would have passed through the rigorous censorship of Christopher Grienberg of the Collegio Romano, where Aristotelian teachings were adhered to. He had succeeded Christopher Cluvius, who had been the prime mover in establishing mathematics in the curriculum of the college and had greatly influenced future Jesuit mathematical writings. It is not known how much of the work can be accredited to Grienberg, but it is clear that the mechanical and measuring devices illustrating the work must be by him. Indeed, Bettini acknowledges the debt to him in the Scholion Parergicon in the present work.Provenance: The Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle (blind stamp to first three ff., bookplates to pastedown).

Osteology.- Havers (Clopton) Osteologia nova, or Some new observations of the bones, and the parts belonging to them, with the manner of their accretion, and nutrition, first edition, initial imprimatur f., 2 engraved plates (1 folding), final advertisement f., red ink stamp to title, lower margins of quires A-D with small worm trace diminishing to a small hole as proceeds, occasionally re-surfacing later to a lesser extent, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments and with chipped gilt title, joint splitting, but holding firm, ink stains to upper cover, upper outer edge partly worn, rubbed, [Garrison-Morton 387; Norman 1024; Wellcome III p.225; Wing H1162], 8vo, Printed for Samuel Smith at the Prince's-Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1691.⁂ First edition of the first complete and systematic study of the structure of bones. This work also included the first account of the vascular canals of long bones that now bear the author's name.

Reimann (George Friedrich Bernhard) Grundlagen für eine allgemeine Theorie der Functionen einer veränderlichen complexen Grösse, first edition, minor toning or light spotting, some browning and light marking to title and final page, stamp and small paper label to title verso, upper inner corner of first and final pages with minor restorations, later boards, 4to, Göttingen, 1851.⁂ Reimann's doctoral thesis exemplifies the important contributions he made to 19th century mathematics, namely his work in analysis, number theory, and differential geometry. In the field of real analysis, he is known for the first rigorous formulation of the integral - the Riemann integral - and his work on Fourier series. Moreover his contributions to complex analysis include his notable introduction of Riemann Surfaces, first put forward in this thesis. This paper and its sequel, 'Theorie der Abelschen Functionen' (1857), are lauded as some of the most important achievements of analytic number theory, and through his pioneering findings in differential geometry, Reimann laid the foundations for the mathematics of general relativity. Only a few copies were printed for private distribution, and only 3 copies of his dissertation have appeared at auction over the last 30 years.

Quantum mechanics.- Discovery of the Compton Effect.- Compton (Arthur Holly) "A Quantum Theory of the scattering of X-Rays by Light Elements", first edition, in Physical Review, Second Series, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 1923, pp. 483-502, lacking wrappers, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, 1923.⁂ Compton's explanation and measurement of what became known as the Compton Effect and proved the dual wave-particle nature of electromagnetic radiation. This paper and its implications resulted in Compton being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1927.

Lucretius Carus (Titus) De rerum natura libri sex, edited by Denys Lambin, collation: a, e, i, A-Z, Aa-Zz, AAa-ZZz, AAA4, title within large woodcut historiated border, woodcut head-pieces and initials, contemporary ink inscription at head partly crossed out, title a little soiled and torn with slight loss (small repair to upper edge), first few leaves frayed at edges, crease to signatures 2H & 2I causing tear/hole, tears to 2 M4, 3 B4 & 3C1 with marginal loss to 3B4, ink spot to 3E2, slight worming to inner margin at head (mostly single hole but increasing towards end), contemporary limp vellum, a little rubbed and browned, 4to (223 x 150mm.), Paris, Guillaume Rouillé, 1563.⁂ The first Lambin edition of this important work, described in Printing and the Mind of Man as "one of the grandest and most moving poems in the Latin language". The French classical scholar and philologist Denys Lambin (1516-72) was one of the greatest critical editors of his time and PMM notes, his "editorial work expresses a deep sympathy for his subject and the prefaces and notes are a monument of erudition and fine vigorous Latinity".Literature: Adams L1659; PMM 87.

Scepticism.- Sextus Empiricus. Adversus mathematicos..., 2 parts in 1, collation: á, a-z, A-Z, aa-zz, AA-HH4, large woodcut printer's device on title and at end, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with old ink signature at foot and with old library stamp, rather browned in parts, contemporary limp vellum with ties, spine titled in manuscript and with old paper labels, a little rubbed and marked, lacking ties, folio (290 x 195mm.), Paris, Martin Le Jeune, 1569.⁂ First collected edition of Sextus Empiricus (fl. 200 AD), the only sceptic philosopher of antiquity whose works have survived. It includes his two major works, the Pyrrhonian Hypotyposes (or Outlines of Pyrrhonism), which had appeared in 1562 and the Adversus mathematicos (or Against the Professors) which appears in print here for the first time. The rediscovery of Sextus' writings in the sixteenth century had a major impact on Renaissance thought. The book was printed in Paris for the Paris bookseller Martin Le Jeune, but part of the edition was taken up by Christopher Plantin and issued in Antwerp under his imprint.Literature: Adams S1026.

Plutarch. Quae extant opera, 7 vol., Greek portion only (i.e. without the Latin translation), vol.7 with Appendix but not 'Index rerum et verborum' at end, Greek, Roman and italic type, woodcut device on title of vol.1, lacking some blank leaves but textually complete, some browning and occasional foxing, ink inscription in upper margin of first leaf of text in each vol. erased leaving slight stain, later vellum, gilt, green morocco spine labels, Ugo Foscolo's copy with ink corrections on 2 leaves in vol. 6 and some underlining in red pencil, 8vo (174 x 105mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne, 1572.⁂ An exceptional set of the Greek portion of the first complete edition of Plutarch's works, edited by Henri Estienne "avec correction et elegance" (Renouard), and once owned by the outstanding Italian poet and patriot Ugo Foscolo. Foscolo's interest in the 'divine Plutarchus' was exemplified in his famous epistolary novel Le ultime lettere di Jacopo Ortis, in which Plutarch's works are the beloved reading of the main character. Foscolo began to write the Discorsi sopra gli uomini illustri di Plutarco at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but only the Proemio or Preface, dated 1 January 1801, was completed. His library was bought by his friend Quirina Mocenni Magiotti in 1816, when Foscolo decided on a self-imposed exile in London, and later it mostly came into the possession of the Biblioteca Marucelliana in Florence.Provenance: the Italian poet Ugo Foscolo (1778-1827; white wax-stamp with the initials 'L.F.' on front pastedown of vol.1; loose paper slip inserted bearing ms. note 'N. 1552 du Catalogue de la Bibliothèque du Monsignor Foscolo vendu par autorité de justice de la Depositeria urbana pas le Ministere de libre Agazzi. La 1ere vente devais avoir lieu le 4 xmbre 1843 mais enfait la vente n'a eu lieu qu'en 1844 et le N. 1552 n'a été vendu qu'à la vacation en date du 22 mars 1844').Literature: Renouard Estienne 134.2; Schreiber Estienne, 179; Schweiger i, 259; G. Gambarin, Scritti letterari e politici: dal 1796 al 1808, U. Foscolo, Edizione Nazionale, Firenze 1972, vol. vi, pp. lxiii-lxiv; La biblioteca fiorentina del Foscolo nella Biblioteca Marucelliana. Premessa di L. Caretti; introduzione, catalogo, appendice di G. Nicoletti. Firenze [1978].

Pantaleon (Heinrich) Militaris Ordinis Iohannitarum, Rhodiorum, aut Melitensium Equitum, first edition, collation: ):(6 a-z A-I6K8, woodcut printer's device on title, numerous woodcut illustrations, including maps, views and portraits, some full-page, title lightly browned, occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, the odd spot, early ink annotations to margins, modern vellum, folio (305 x 190mm.), Basel, [Thomas Guarinus], 1581.⁂ With views of Jerusalem, Tyre, and Damascus, maps of the Holy Land, Cyprus, the Nile delta, Greece, and the Balkans, and plans of Constantinople and other cities. Literature: Adams P178; VD 16 P 223.

Astrology.- Manilius (Marcus) Astronomicon, edited by Joseph Scaliger, 2 parts in 1, collation: α-δ4 A-R4 * **4 ⁂2 a-z Aa-Zz Aaa-Sss4, Latin and Greek text with occasional Hebrew and Arabic (in the new type Raphalengius had acquired for the project), woodcut printer's device to titles, astrological diagrams in text, privilege f. at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 17th century calf, sympathetically rebacked, lower corners little worn, covers rubbed and with a few scuffs, small 4to, (186 x 136mm.), Leiden, Christopher Raphaelengius for the house of Plantin, 1600.⁂ A very good copy of Scaliger's massively revised second edition of Manilius, which 'marked a culmination, perhaps the highest point on the arc of his humanistic scholarship' (Grafton, Scaliger II, 1992, p.458). Here he rails against the whole school of modern astrology, basing his text on the recently discovered C11 Gembloux MS. Provenance: 'G. Cragus, 1618' (ink inscription to first title); Skene Library (engraved bookplate to front pastedown); John M. Pryse Occult and Mystical Books New York City (book label to front pastedown).

*** Please note, the description for this lot has changed ***Kircher (Athanasius) Ars magna lucis et umbrae, 2 parts in 1, first edition, additional engraved title by Pierre Miotte, title and half-title with woodcut vignettes, 40 engraved plates, 1 folding, name crossed out at tail of title, some spotting or occasional heavy browning, paper flaw to p.686 not affecting text, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, corners a little bumped, spine wormholed, folio, Rome, Ludovici Grignani for Hermanni Scheus, 1646. ⁂ First edition of Kircher's principal contribution to optics, discussing the treatment of light, shadow, and colour, while seeking parallels between the action of light and that of magnetism. Among the optical topics discussed and investigated by Kircher in this work are bioluminescence, the projection of sun or candlelight onto mirrors painted in colours or through painted glass spheres, and the military use of mirrors by Archimedes to set fire to Roman ships (a phenomenon that Kircher thought probable). The first published account of the illumination and projection of images appeared in this first edition. The work also includes some of the earliest observations with a microscope, preceding those of Hooke and van Leeuwenhoek by two decades.

Sophocles. Tragoediae septem. Cum interpretationibus vetustis [graece], collation: *4 a-z8 &10, a1 printed in red and black, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso, otherwise blank, water-stained, some damp-staining, very small marginal hole to e1, occasional spotting, 18th century blind-stamped vellum, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, 4to (233 x 167mm.), [Florence], [Heirs of Filippo Giunta], [6 November, 1522]. ⁂ Rare copy at auction of this edition, which was the first to amalgamate the Greek text and commentaries.Provenance: 'O.J. Perkins, 1886'; H.W. Moule (inscriptions to front pastedown). Literature: Adams S1439; EDIT 16 CNCE 28777.

French Novels.- [Bastide (Jean-François de)] L'Être Pensant, 2 parts, first edition, Amsterdam et se trouve a Paris, Hochereau, 1755 bound with [Liébaut.] Les Erreurs de l'Amour et de la Vanité; Memoires de la Marquise de Bercaville, errata leaf at end, title with contemporary ink initials to inner margin and small tear to outer, B1 lacking lower outer corner, some light foxing, The Hague, Neaulme, 1755, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with floral motif and green roan label, a little rubbed, one or two small splits to joints, [Martin, Mylne & Frautschi 55.14 & 55.26], 12mo⁂ Library Hub records only one copy of each in the British Isles (Trinity College Dublin for the first, and University of Oxford for the second).

Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke [graece], collation: [a]2 b-z A-K8 L4 M N8 O4 P8 Q6 R-X8 Y4 Z AA BB8 CC6 DD8 EE2 FF GG8 HH10 II8 KK10, title with woodcut printer's device, capital spaces with guide-letters, with blanks H8 and KK10, ruled throughout in red, occasional early ink inter-linear notes, title working loose, HH5 detached, occasional spotting and light staining, lightly browned, 17th century calf, gilt, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, 8vo (163 x 93mm.), Paris, Simon de Colines, 1534.⁂ The first Greek New Testament printed in France, which Darlow & Moule consider 'the earliest attempt at a critical edition'. It is rare at auction. Provenance: The Hon. Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham (engraved armorial bookplate); 'Bought (through Quaritch) at Sotheby's (Mar 14-15, 1887) for £2.2/-, H.C. Hoskier'; 'Given by H.C. Hoskier, to Henry W. Moule, Feb. 4. 1930' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams B1652; Darlow & Moule 4607; Schreiber, Colines, 110.

Conrad Peutinger's copy.- Bible, Greek.- Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta [graece], Novum Testamentum, 2 parts in 1, first Estienne edition, first issue (with October in colophon), collation: a-z, A-K; aa-zz8, titles Greek and Roman type, text Greek type, titles with woodcut basilisk devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, colophon f. with woodcut printer's device verso, lacking final 2 blanks, occasional spotting, very lightly browned, later calf, spine in compartments and with later morocco label and gilt lettering, joints splitting, but holding, g.e., 16mo (127 x 77mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, [October], 1546.⁂ The first Estienne Greek New Testament with an attractive provenance. It is the first book printed in Claude Garamond's second and smallest 'grecs du roi'. Estienne established his text by comparing the Complutensian and Erasmian printed editions with several manuscripts. 'The first Estienne Greek Testament and the second of 1549...are commonly known as the "O mirificam" editions, from the opening words of Robert's preface to François I, praising him for commissioning the second Greek font in order to provide Greek texts in pocket format' (Schreiber). Our copy bearing a note on title by Conrad Peutinger recording the volume as a gift from Johannes Rana. Peutinger (1465-1547) German humanist, book collector, correspondent of Erasmus, diplomat, politician and economist. Provenance: 'Joannes ?Rana Chuonrado pio Peutinger suo dono dedit'; (inscription in red ink to foot of title); 'Bought (through Quaritch) at Crawford Sale- Sotheby's June 1887 - £- 10s. H.C. Hoskier'; 'Henry W. Moule from H.C. Hoskier', 18/-, Feb.3.1930' (ink inscriptions to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams B1656; D&M 4616; Mortimer, French, 74; Renouard, Estienne, 65:2 (second issue); Schreiber, The Estiennes, 90 (second issue).

Bible, Greek.- Tes Kaines Diathekes Apanta [graece], Novum Testamentum, 2 parts in 1, first edition, second issue (with November in colophon), collation: a-z, A-K; aa-zz8, titles Greek and Roman type, text Greek type, titles with woodcut basilisk devices, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, colophon f. with woodcut printer's device verso, with one of 2 final blanks, occasional spotting and light staining, very lightly browned, 19th century blind-tooled morocco, gilt titled spine in compartments, rubbed, g.e., 16mo (129 x 79mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne, [November], 1546.⁂ First edition, second issue, of Estienne's Greek New Testament. Literature: Adams B1657; Mortimer, French, 74; Renouard, Estienne, 65:2; Schreiber 90; Darlow & Moule 4616.

Colorless Tsukuru by Haruiki Murakami, first edition 1st printing together with twelve of his best known titles in paperback, Pin Ball Hear the Wind Sing etc.

Stephen Spender "Poems Of Dedication" first edition 1947 and Jean Anouilh "Becket" first edition 1961

The Wind in the Wood by "BB" illustrations by Douglas Watkins-Pitchford, published by Hollis & Carter 1942, first edition

Carriages and Coaches by Ralph Straus, published by Martin Secker 1912, first edition

A Hotpoint first edition washing machine.

§ Dame Laura Knight RA RWS (British 1877-1970)Peter's Hand signed and inscribed, Peter's own splendid / hand: so strong and vital / With love to / my patient model / Laura knight lithograph 19 x 13.5cm; a black and white lithograph of Dame Laura Knight's Take-Off: Interior of a Bomber Aircraft, inscribed to the reverse, To dear Peter with love / Laura, 17.5 x 14cm: together with a first edition of Janet Dunbar, Laura Knight, Collins, 1975, signed by the author and inscribed by Peter

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Bloomsbury, 1997, by J.K. Rowling, uncorrected proof copy of the first edition book in original white and yellow wrappers, one of approximately 200 copies produced, includes error to title page "J.A Rowling", 224pp, numbered 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.

Michael Jackson Dangerous Collectors Edition CD. USA First Pressing box set containing the Gold CD, booklet and Pop Up artwork. Excellent condition throughout.

Daniel Radcliffe - Hardback first edition book for Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince signed to the inside by Daniel Radcliffe.

δ STIKStanding Figure (Yellow)Offset lithograph printed in colours, 2015, signed in black ink, on wove paper, with full margins, 755 x 240mm (29 3/4 x 9 1/2in); together with the book 'STIK', first edition, signed, inscribed and doodled by the artist in black ink, 267 x 222mm (10 1⁄2 x 8 3⁄4in) (2) (unframed)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

δ Anthony Gross (1905-1984)Charivari, Brawl and Procession (Herdman 6101, and 6102)Two etchings, 1961, the first an unsigned proof, the second signed and titled in pencil, numbered from the edition of 50, both on wove paper, with full margins, 340 x 403mm., 13 3/8 x 15 7/8in., and 291 x 409mm (11 3/8 x 16 1/8 in) (unframed)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970)The Magic of a LineInk drawing, 1965, signed in blue ink, on the front endpaper of a first edition copy of 'The Magic of a Line', bound within the publication, image 190 x 110mm (7 1/2 x 4 1/4in) (vol)

δ David Hockney (b.1937)David Hockney at Andre EmmerichOffset lithographic poster printed in colours, from the first edition, 1969, published by Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, on wove paper, the full sheet printed to the edges, sheet 664 x 930mm (26 x 36 6/8 in) (unframed)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Eric Gill (1882-1940) Two pairs of female nudes from Eric Gill, Twenty-Five Nudes, London: J. M. Dent & Sons for Hague & Gill, 1938 first edition wood engravings each sheet 22.3 x 13.8cm, unframed (4).

A GROUP OF FOUR ENGLISH ENAMEL PATCH BOXES, SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, LATE 18TH CENTURY oval, brass hinge mounts, one lid decorated with a jolly toper seated on a barrel surrounded by the couplet 'May all Nations be free. / and happy as me' above a pale green body, one painted with the bust of a red cheeked bearded man below the inscription 'Laughing' above a pale blue body, one painted within a pellet border with a half length old man below the motto 'Pity the sorrows of poor old MAN' above cobalt blue sides, and one painted within a pellet border after Isaac Taylor (1730-1807) with the 'Sad historian of the pensive Plain' above cobalt blue sides 5.5cm longest The scene on the last box is taken from Isaac Taylor's vignette for the title page of the first edition (1770) of Oliver Goldsmith's 'The Deserted Village', a pastoral poem lamenting rural depopulation resulting from land enclosures. It depicts the old woman featured in the poem showing the poet a deserted homestead whilst in the background a ship carries away rural emigrants to pastures new.

Books - Childrens' books to include a signed personal copy of a 1963 First Edition 'The Ghost of Dagger Bay' by William Buchanan, a 1957 'The World of Suzie Wong' by Richard Mason, two 1960s Milly, Molly, Mandy books, and three 1960s Series 1 - 3 of Ian Fleming's Chitty Chitty Bang Bang The Magical Car with illustrations by John Burningham

A selection of kitchenalia to include a wooden handled corkscrew, and books to include a leather bound Holy Bible printed by James Lumsden & Son, Glasgow 1862, and First Edition Rugby book 'Rugby Football To-Day by E.H.D Sewell 1931 along with a mixed lot to include a silver pickle fork, eight wristwatches, brass trench art, Chinese copper box and other items Location: Porters/G

Lewin (EG) Portfolio of Sketches of Bristol in the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries, one vol, first edition, 1922, b & w illus

Jackson (John) The Practical Fly-Fisher More Particularly for Grayling or Umber, one vol, first edition 1854 complete with ten coloured illustrations of flies, cloth

Howard (Sir Albert) An Agricultural Testament, one vol, rare first edition 1940, Oxford University Press, dustjacket

Seidmann -Freud (Tom) Das Zauberboot (The Magic Boat - A moveable book), one vol first edition 1930