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West (Theodore) [An Outline of the Growth of the Locomotive Engine], 14 lithographed sheets of drawings of British and American locomotives, each sheet with multiple images and vignettes at foot, all mounted on linen, some pencil annotations, a little soiled, first plate with tear, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, large oblong folio, Darlington, Harrison Penney, 1885-86.⁂ Complete set of these sheets giving the profiles of locomotive engines from the earliest days up to the 1880s. Drawn by the Chief Draughtsman of the N.E.R. Darlington works, they are very accurate, and at the foot of each sheet there are charming if slightly whimsical vignettes eg. "railway dogs" etc. Complete sets are very rare and a facsimile edition was produced in 1900.

Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General, first edition, 6 folding engraved plates, light foxing to plates and offsetting, frontispiece and title almost detached, bookplate of J.J.Haut, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine faded and slightly worn at head, 8vo, 1825. ⁂ One of the earliest books on the potential of steam-powered locomotion. Wood was a colliery man, colleague at Killingworth and life-long friend of Stephenson. Plates V and VI are fine engravings of Stephenson's prototypes Blucher & Locomotion. Wood was one of three judges at the Rainhill trials where Stephenson's Rocket triumphed, and by so doing ensured the success of the Stephenson enterprise.

Wood (Nicholas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, third edition, folding lithographed frontispiece, 13 folding engraved plates, errata slip, 16pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light water-staining to corner of a few leaves, hinges weak, 1831 § Whishaw (Francis) Analysis of Railways, first edition, presentation copy from the author to Sir Hussey Vivian with accompanying A.N.s. loosely inserted, 1837 § Williams (Frederick S.) Our Iron Roads: Their History, Construction, and Social Influences, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slight fading to spine but still an excellent copy, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco slip-case with pull-off top, 1852, the first two original cloth, rubbed, all with slightly faded spines; and 3 others including vol.XXXIII of The London Magazine, 1764 including an article with an engraved plate of a horse-drawn coal waggon on a plateway, 8vo (6)⁂ The first was much expanded from the second edition and now includes material from 1831. The last is the standard early work on the development of railways in the United Kingdom. Williams is exhaustive in his researches, and has an interesting section on the various pneumatic schemes, whether driven by vacuum or plenum, and an addendum on rail insurance. " During the half year ending 31st December, 1851 the number of passengers... was 47,509,392 of these 113 were killed and 264 injured."

Bradshaw (George) Bradshaw's Railway Companion, folding map with route in red, 13 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1843; another edition, 2 folding maps, 14 double-page maps/plans, some partly hand-coloured, folding cross-section, original brownish cloth, glazed green label to upper cover, 1845; Lengths and Levels to Bradshaw's Maps of the Canals, Navigable Rivers, and Railways, in the Principal part of England, first edition, 1833; Lengths and Levels...from Actual Survey, 2 engraved maps on folding sheet, 1832 bound with Extracts from the Minutes of Evidence given before the House of Lords on the London and Birmingham Railway Bill, half-title, folding engraved map of Stephenson's survey, 1832, together 3 works in 1 vol., contemporary cloth, spine faded; Bradshaw's Shareholder's Guide, Railway Manual and Directory, for 1856, 2 large folding maps with plates of patented inventions on verso, one torn, contemporary maroon morocco with brass clasp, title and "G.Gamble Esq." in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt, remains of old label to head, rubbed, London & Manchester, 1856; Bradshaw's British Railway Guide..., No.182, folding map, illustrated advertisements, original printed wrappers, spotted, upper cover frayed and detached, 3rd Mo (March) 1849; and 13 others, Bradshaw, v.s. (18)⁂ The Lengths and Levels are often found bound together with the Extracts of Minutes. The London to Birmingham Company had their original Bill refused after several nimby peers objected. However, in 1833 the Bill was passed and work started later that year, by 1838 it was complete. The journey took five and a half hours.

Africa.- Salt (Henry) A Voyage to Abyssinia, first edition, half-title, 2 engraved vignettes, 8 maps on 7 sheets, most folding, one hand-coloured, 27 plates, some offsetting, foxing and occasional staining, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Blackmer 1479], 4to, 1814.⁂ "A very interesting work by Salt, who later became associated with Egyptology as the employer of Belzoni, friend of Burckhardt, and the owner of three important collections of Egyptian antiquities... He returned to Africa in 1809 on a government mission to establish contact with the King of Abyssinia which occupied him for two years. This work describes these travels and the appendix contains vocabularies of various African dialects" (Blackmer).

America.- [Bird (Isabella)] The Englishwoman in America, first edition, 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear dated "January 1856", occasional light finger-soiling and the odd spot, endpapers a little rubbed and marked with light dampstaining to fore-edge of front free endpapers, bookplate of John Murray of Touchdam to pastedown, hinges neatly repaired, original cloth, neatly and expertly recased, spine ends neatly and sympathetically repaired, light fading to spine and head of upper cover, a few light marks to covers, corners a little bumped, a sharp and excellent example overall, 8vo, 1956.⁂ The author's rare first book that launched her career as a travel writer and began her lifelong association and friendship with Murray.

Asia.- Lithgow (William) The Totall Discourse, of the rare Adventures, and painefull Peregrinations...in Europe, Asia, and Affrica, woodcut frontispiece and title ruled in red, woodcut illustrations, frontispiece repaired to recto, sig. B1 signed C1 and trimmed at foot, a few small defects to corners with loss of pagination, one short tear into text, some soiling and foxing, slight worming, mostly a single hole running through headline of much of the book, occasionally encroaching into text, 19th century blind-stamped russia, gilt, [STC 15714], 4to, by I. Okes, 1640.⁂ Revised and enlarged edition of a popular 17th century travel book. The catchword on p. 444 does not match the first word of p. 447, but text is continuous.

Central Asia.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart) An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India, first edition, 2 engraved maps, both hand-coloured in outline, one large and folding and repaired to verso, 14 aquatint plates, all but one hand-coloured, errata leaf, 2 leaves of advertisements at end, some offsetting, modern half rexine, uncut, [Abbey, Travel 504; Yakushi E63; Colas 960; Lipperheide 1483], 4to, 1815.⁂ Mountstuart Elphinstone was appointed ambassador to the Afghan court of Kabul in 1808. Although unsuccessful as an envoy, he came away 'stored with information, and already nursing that germ of frontier policy of which he was afterwards to be the fruitful founder and exponent'; he 'continued to inform British policy on the north-western frontier until the 1840s' (ODNB). The work includes fine costume plates which Abbey says "are of excellent quality."

Egyptology.- Carter (Howard) and A.C. Mace. The Tomb of Tut-ankh-amen, 3 vol., first edition, plates, original pictorial cloth, gilt, bump to corner of vol.1, otherwise a fine copy, 8vo, 1923-33.⁂ Superb copy of this account of the discovery of the most famous of all Egyptian Pharaoh tombs by Carter and Lord Carnarvon.

The Great Pyramid.- Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Aegypt, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, one with short tear, engraved and woodcut illustrations in text, 2 full-page, some text in Arabic, lacking initial blank leaf, a few headlines shaved close, just touching text, some light marginal soiling, early calf, worn, covers detached, spine head chipped, [Wing G1804], 8vo, for George Badger, 1646.⁂ The first book in English on the pyramids. John Greaves (1602-52) was a mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian who spent 1636-40 travelling in Italy and the Levant, with six months in Egypt carrying out the first detailed survey of the pyramids at Giza. Isaac Newton owned a copy of this book and used its information in his scientific research to help him determine the value of the ancient cubit and the circumference of the earth.

Egypt.- Walsh (Thomas) Journal of the late Campaign in Egypt: including Descriptions of...Gibraltar, Minorca, Malta, Marmorice, and Macri, first edition, list of subscribers, 42 engraved maps and plates, some folding, some hand-coloured, some foxing, browning and offsetting, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, joints expertly repaired, [Abbey, Travel 266; Blackmer 1767], 4to, 1803.

Italy.- Swinburne (Henry) Travels in the Two Sicilies, 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.2 only, folding engraved map, 2 plans, 20 plates (2 folding) and one folding letterpress genealogical table, some foxing, short tear to map, bookplate of James Frampton, contemporary tree calf, gilt, a little rubbed and scratched but overall a very handsome copy, 4to, 1783-85.

Korea.- Hall (Capt. Basil) Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island, first edition, 5 engraved maps (2 folding) and 10 engraved or aquatint plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, some light offsetting, lacking half-title, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, [Abbey, Travel 558], 4to, 1818.⁂ A very good copy of a work notable for the coloured aquatint plates after William Havell, who accompanied the embassy. "Hall's book... describes... his explorations in the little known eastern seas, and his visit to Canton (Guangzhou). His interview with Napoleon, who had known his father as a schoolboy at Brienne, is also recounted in the book" (ODNB).

NO RESERVE Mediterranean.- Willyams (Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, large paper copy, engraved dedication, sepia aquatint map of the Mediterranean, plan of the Battle of the Nile and 40 plates, ex-library copy with ink numbers to verso of title and dedication and blind-stamps (inoffensive), mostly marginal but within image of around 18 plates, else generally clean with some occasional spotting or light staining, small repair to inner margin of title, modern half calf, gilt, spine in compartments and with earlier morocco label, [Abbey, Travel, 196; Blackmer 1813], folio (475 x 323mm.), Printed by T. Bensley for J. White, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is 'the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle'. Includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar. Provenance: Col. Samuel Barrett Miles, presented by his wife to Bath Public Library, 1920 (bookplate). Miles was a British Army officer, diplomat, and author of The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf, and several papers published by the RGS.

Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah, 3 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.3 only as called for, 3 folding maps and plans, 14 plates (5 chromolithographs, 8 tinted lithographs, 1 wood-engraved), 24pp. publisher's catalogue at end of vol.1, a few leaves loose or detached, occasional spotting, hinges weak, terracotta endpapers, original blue cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed, [Abbey, Travel 368; Penzer pp.49-50], 8vo, 1855-56.⁂ A very good copy in original condition of "one of the greatest works of travel ever published" (Penzer). Disguised as a Muslim pilgrim, Burton was one of the first westerners to visit Mecca and other holy Islamic sites.

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Byron (Robert) The Road to Oxiana, first edition, half-title, photographic frontispiece and 15 plates, 5 full-page maps, advertisement f. at end, light foxing to preliminaries, original cloth, slightly rubbed at extremities, dust-jacket, small neat repairs and restorations to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, a few minor spots or marks but in effect a near-fine copy, 8vo, Macmillan and Co. Ltd., 1937.⁂ An attractive example of Byron's classic travelogue, difficult to find in good condition. His journey took him from Cyprus to Palestine, Syria, Iraq, Persia, and Afghanistan, ending in Peshawar.

Middle East.- Foreign Office, UK. The Rise of Islam and the Caliphate; The Pan-Islamic Movement, first edition, first issue with "Confidential" at head of title and upper wrapper, with typed label " Presented to D.S.Bowen" pasted at foot of title, small stain to pp.4 & 5 causing adhesion and loss of a few letters, bookplate of Harry Lawrence Haughton to inside upper wrapper, modern calf-backed marbled boards, with original printed grey upper wrapper bound in (slightly stained at frayed at inner margin), 8vo, January 1919.⁂ Rare handbook prepared under the Direction of the Historical Section of the Foreign Office No.96a & b, for the use of delegates at the Versailles peace conference of 1919 which led to the formation of the League of Nations. It was reissued in green wrappers the following year without the word "Confidential". WorldCat records only 3 UK copies (BL, Edinburgh, and Bodleian in Oxford) plus 3 in America.

Portugal.- Murphy (James) Travels in Portugal, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 24 plates/maps (2 folding), some worming to lower margin, occasionally spreading into edge of text block with minor loss of text, contemporary tree sheep, spine gilt with red morocco label, lower joint just starting to crack, small nick at head of spine, corners rubbed, overall a very good copy, 4to, 1795.⁂ Rarely found complete with the fine engraved portrait frontispiece by Newton after Shee.

Russia.- Baddeley (John F.) The Rugged Flanks of the Caucasus, 2 vol., first edition, portrait frontispiece and 37 photogravure plates, 7 folding maps, bookplate of Peter Hopkirk to pastedown, original cloth, uncut, dust-jackets, price-clipped, very minor soiling and creasing to extremities, else an excellent set, 4to, 1940.

Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a detailed History of Moscow, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 22 plates, of which 12 are hand-coloured aquatints and 4 are folding, folding engraved map, some foxing and offsetting, ink library stamp to plate versos and a few text margins, modern diced half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey, Travel 227], 4to, 1823.⁂ An important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin from the river Moskva, a catalogue of local plants, an essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.

Switzerland.- George (H.B.) The Oberland and its Glaciers, first edition, 28 mounted photographs by Ernest Edwards, double-page lithographed map, half-title, front endpapers and all to p. 22 corners water-stained, foxing and creasing, contemporary gilt pictorial morocco de-luxe binding, slightly rubbed, marked and dulled, gilt panelled spine, g.e., [Neate G13; Perret 1884], 4to, 1866.

Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes from the first beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie, third edition, engraved title, 32 engraved illustrations in text (31 portraits and 1 battle scene), woodcut initials, lacking A1 (blank), Table misbound at beginning, scattered manuscript corrections or underlining, contemporary manuscript quote to final leaf verso, 7pp manuscript notes loosely inserted, occasional tiny marginal worming (G1-M6; 2O4-2V6; 3X1-4D6), ink stain affecting text (R4), short marginal tear (3Q6), short tear affecting text (K6), occasional faint spotting, one or two tiny rust holes, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [STC 15053], folio, Adam Islip, 1621.

Turkey.- Knolles (Richard) The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First beginning of that Nation to the rising of the Othoman Familie ..., fourth edition, engraved title, laid down, 31 engraved portraits and 1 engraved illustration in the text, lacking A1 (blank) as usual, water-staining, R4 misbound before R3, one or two small rust holes, small hole in text (6B2), occasional marginal tears and loss affecting the odd letter, trimmed, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, modern half-morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small folio, Adam Islip, 1631.

Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The History of the Turkish Empire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, 3 other engraved portraits and one full-page illustration of "A Turkish Pageant", occasional light browning, a few marginal stains, contemporary ownership signature of Godf. Copley 1683 on recto of frontispiece and his engraved bookplate, modern blind-ruled calf, [Wing R2406; Atabey 1074], folio, by J.M. for John Starkey, 1680.

Voyages.- Cook (Captain James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 text vol. only, first edition, 24 engraved plates and maps, some folding, a couple in vol. 3 proud at fore-edge and slightly frayed, folding table, slight marginal worming towards end of vol.1, some foxing, offsetting and light browning, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rebacked and vol.1 & 2 recornered, vol.3 corners worn, old lot number sticker to upper cover of vol.3, 4to, by W. and A. Strahan, 1784.⁂ First edition of the official account of Cook's third and final voyage. The third volume was written by Capt. James King. Without the accompanying folio atlas.

Bury (Thomas Talbot) Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Part I only (of 2), first edition, early issue with all but one plate in first state (plate VI in second as usual: 'Entrance into Manchester across Water-Street' rather than "Bridge Street"), 7 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H.Pyall after Bury including the plate of rolling stock at the end, light browning to plates IV, V & VI, modern half dark maroon morocco, g.e., spine slightly faded, [cf.Abbey Life 400; Ray 45; Tooley 120, most later editions], 4to, Ackermann, 1831 [watermarked 1826, final plate 1831].

NO RESERVE Voyages.- Philips (John) An Authentic Journal of the Expedition Under the Command of Commodore Anson, first edition, John King, Boatswain's copy with his partially erased ink ownership inscription to head of preface, lacking R3, Z1 misbound before Y1, numerous marginal notes and annotations, foxing and soiling, several ff. chipped and torn, mostly without significant loss, ink ownership inscriptions, 19th century half calf, [ESTC T144304; Hill 1344; Sabin 62458], 8vo, J. Robinson, 1744.⁂ The rare first account of Anson's circumnavigation owned by a crewmember on the ship. John King is listed among the ship's crew on p. 453. There are numerous annotations, however these are most likely in the hand of a later owner, William Ogilvie.

Birds.- Hay (Arthur, 9th Marquis of Tweeddale) The Ornithological Works ... reprinted from the Originals by the Desire of his Widow, first edition, presentation inscription by Julia Tweeddale to half-title, portrait frontispiece, hand-coloured map and 11 hand-coloured plates, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, a little rubbed, 4to, [Zimmer p.293; Anker 513; Wood p.605], 1881.⁂ Provenance: Ink inscription signed Julia Tweeddale, and dated 1881, to half-title. Bookplate of William Montagu Hay, the 10th Marquess. This copy contains the full complement of plates called for in the 'Philippine Archipelago'. Copies are also recorded with no colour plates (Wood) or 22 (Anker and Nissen).

Birds.- Mayer (Henry Leonard) Illustrations of British Birds, 4 vol. in 3, first edition, 320 hand-coloured plates, including egg plates, tissue-guards, occasional marginal spotting, bookplate, near contemporary morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, [1835-41].⁂ The publisher's name 'Longman & Co' does not feature a full-stop as is usual for the first issue of this work. Wood states that not only did Mayer execute and add additional plates for friends, but that "there were certainly two, possibly three issues of the first edition of the folio, and that the later ones were being published before the first was complete, the plates often being interchanged or duplicated." This means that there are rarely two copies alike.

Birds.- Millais (John Guille) The Natural History of British Game Birds, number 21 of 550 copies, colour frontispiece, 35 photogravure or offset-lithographed plates, tissue-guards, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, original cloth, faded spine as usual, 1909; Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches, first edition, frontispiece, 34 plates, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, bookplate, original half-morocco, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892, folio (2)

Botany.- Maund (Benjamin) The Botanic Garden, 13 vol., first edition, 310 hand-coloured engraved plates only (of 312), 13 additional engraved titles, engraved dedication to Queen Victoria in vol.3, some foxing and offsetting, vol.13 lacking final 2 plates and accompanying text leaves, 1825-[51]; The Fruitist, 70 hand-coloured illustrations, lacking title, n.d.; The Floral Register, 2 parts in 1, wood-engraved illustrations, lacking title, [1825-51], together 15 vol., near uniform contemporary green half morocco, gilt , g.e., slightly rubbed, [Nissen, BBI 2222, 2380], 4to

Bury (Thomas Talbot) Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, second edition, 13 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by H.Pyall and S.G.Hughes after Bury including the plate of rolling stock, with the 3 rare additional folding or double-page hand-coloured aquatint plates by Hughes after I.Shaw, light marginal soiling or staining, folding plates torn at folds and repaired, modern dark green morocco, upper cover titled in gilt and with gilt rule border with small decorative corner-pieces, [Abbey Life 400; Ray 45; Tooley 120], 4to, Ackermann, 1832 [double-page plate dated 1832, the rest 1833; watermarked 1832].⁂ The first combined issue of the original 2 parts, rare with the three additional plates, which are often missing as they were sold separately to the main work. They are: 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway', a pair, each with two views showing trains for First & Second Class passengers, and those for waggons and cattle (both in second state, with four yellow carriages in the first plate and a horsebox in the second); and 'View of the Intersection Bridge on the Line of the St.Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway'. Plates II & III have been re-engraved by S.G.Hughes and several of the others have been altered slightly to correct mistakes or updated.

Buchoz (Pierre Joseph) Histoire universelle de règne végétale, 9 vol. in 3 only, first edition, half-titles, engraved frontispiece and 899 (of 900) plates, vol.1-6 (bound in 2) water-stained to varying degrees, all vol. some browning and spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf, spines gilt and with green and orange morocco labels, 1 label missing from first vol., some corners worn, a few small worm holes, rubbed and scuffed, [Nissen 287; Pritzel 1325], folio, Paris, Brunet, 1773-1775.Saleroom notice:  the plates for these 9 volumes are complete: description should read “engraved frontispiece and 899 plates”⁂ A rare very good run of volumes from this work, based on 'Les Vélins du Roi', housed in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.

Gardens.- Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph) The Theory and Practice of Gardening, translated by John James of Greenwich, first English edition, Royal licence leaf opposite title, title in red and black, 4pp. list of subscribers, 32 engraved plates and diagrams (28 double-page and 4 folding), woodcut diagrams and illustrations in text, errata f. at end, title with small marginal tear, B4 2 small marginal tears, 14 plates and 11ff. water-stained, slightly browned, Gloddaeth Library bookplate on front pastedown, upper hinges weak, contemporary calf, waterstain on upper cover, corners bumped, joints splitting, gilt panelled spine, spine worn with loss at head and tail, red morocco label on spine, [Blanche Henrey III, 1426], 4to, by George James, and sold by Maurice Atkins, 1712.⁂ An important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective. List of subscribers include Joseph Addison, Edward Harley and Nicolas Hawksmoor.

Tweedie (Major-General W.) The Arabian Horse, His Country and People, first edition, presentation copy signed by the author on front free endpaper, plates, some colour, illustrations, folding map in pocket at end, pp.257/258 and 263/264 misbound, handsomely bound in green morocco, gilt, by the Chelsea Bindery, with horse's head vignette to upper cover and palm trees to spine, g.e., 4to, Edinburgh & London, 1894.⁂ Inscribed by the author to Sir Alfred Lyall in the year of publication; also with Lyall's ownership inscription and tipped-in printed leaf of verse by him entitled 'A Hard Bargain' about the sale of an Arab horse.

Anatomy.- Salvage (Jean-Galbert) Anatomie du Gladiateur combattant, applicable aux beaux arts, first edition, deluxe copy on special thick paper with counterproof plates, half-title, engraved plate entitled "L'art s'illustre par la science", one preliminary leaf misbound, 16 superb engraved plates printed in black and sepia, each accompanied by the corresponding counterproof plates bound opposite, 5 engraved plates printed solely in black, likewise with corresponding counterproofs bound opposite, printed on fine paper, some plates with Salvage's own oval ink stamp in lower corner (monogram JGSE above D.MDne, Lugt 4565), occasional marginal soiling, a few leaves with minor marginal tears/repairs, modern red morocco-backed marbled boards by Albert Valat of Montpellier, spine gilt, g.e., folio (544 x 376mm.), Paris, chez l'Auteur, de l'Imprimerie de Mame, 1812.⁂ A magnificent deluxe copy in exceptional condition. "The year 1812 saw the publication of one of the more remarkable illustrated books ever to appear in France. Titled 'Anatomie du gladiateur combattant,' it was inspired by contemporary rhetoric celebrating the role of the arts in the new post-revolutionary society. At the same time, it was a magnificent display of hard-won knowledge of human anatomy and a tribute to medical science" (Jean-Galbert Salvage and His Anatomie du gladiateur combattant: Art and Patronage inPost-Revolutionary France, Raymond Lifchez in: Metropolitan Museum Journal 44, 2009, p. 163). Salvage (1772-1813) was an army surgeon, anatomist, and skilled draftsman. He created three monumental écorchés, i.e. casts of human bodies represented without skin. He used the bodies of soldiers "in their prime" who were killed in duels, rather than patients who died as a result of illness. Salvage arranged his cadavers in the same pose as the Borghese Gladiator sculpture and meticulously worked out the skeletal and muscular anatomy. Salvage's écorchés are preserved at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts. This copy is enhanced by the inclusion of the counterproof plates, which show an important stage between Salvage's original drawings and the finished engraving. A counterproof is a proof of a proof - the artist takes an impression from the engraved plate and while it is still wet lays another piece of paper over it and runs it through the press, creating a counterproof. Because the original proof is the mirror image of the plate, the counterproof is the mirror image of a mirror image, so that the image is aligned the same way it is on the plate. The artist can draw on the counterproof and work from that to the plate without having to reverse the image. The counterproofs here do not show the titles or captions, which were added later.

NO RESERVE Geology.- Volcanoes.- Spallanzani (Lazzaro) Viaggi alle due Sicilie e in alcune parti dell'Appennino [vol.6 Oposcoli sopra diversi animali, che servono di appendice ai viaggi all due Sicilie], 6 vol., first edition, half-titles to vol. 2 and 4-6 only (lacking in other vol.), 11 folding engraved plates, plate IV repaired at head, without loss, small ownership stamp to half-titles or margin of f. following title (occasionally both), 19th century half vellum, spines lettered and decorated in black, lightly soiled and rubbed, a solid set, 8vo, Pavia, Baldassare Comini, 1792-1797. ⁂ 'Of special interest were his minute and picturesque descriptions of the eruptions of Stromboli, which at not a little personal risk he watched from a crevice in the lava. His Travels in the Two Sicilies and in some Parts of the Apeninnes contained a vast assemblage of careful observations among the recent and extinct volcanoes of Italy' (Geikie, The Founders of Geology, p. 199).

Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclides Elements of Geometry: The First VI Books: In a Compendious Form Contracted and Demonstrated, by Captain Thomas Rudd, Chief Engineer to His Late Majesty. Whereunto is Added, the Mathematical Preface of Mr. John Dee, title printed in red and black with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, diagrams, head- and tail-pieces, H2 with chip to margin, not affecting text, I2 with closed tear just running into text, last f. with small portion of restoration to upper corner, occasional light foxing or browning, some worming to inner margin, but a good copy generally, ink ownership inscription of Sam Davies to title, contemporary calf, rubbed, light rubbing and wear, [Wing E3396], small 4to, by Robert and William Leybourn for Richard Tomlins and Robert Boydell, the Sun & Bible neer Pie-corner, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower, 1651.⁂ The first Rudd edition, reprinted from Henry Billingsley's first English translation of 1570, with John Dee's mathematical preface, the "most influential of all Dee's published works" - Oxford DNB.

Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, 3 vol. in 4, first 'Jesuit's' edition, half-titles in vol.1 and 2, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, diagrams, some light foxing and toning, small ink stain to S3 vol.1, vol.1-3 with 19th century prize labels and inserted prize presentation leaf in vol.1, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin on covers, spines gilt with later labels, joints repaired and cracking, a little rubbed, [Babson 30], 4to, Geneva, Barrillot & fils, 1739-42.⁂ Handsome set of "the first of the so-called Jesuit's edition, although its editors were Minims [Thomas le Seur, and Francois Jacquier], and valued for its copious commentary" (Babson).

Whitehead (Alfred North) and Bertrand Russell. Principia Mathematica, vol. I only of 3, first edition [one of 750 copies], half-title, slightly browned, endpapers foxed, original cloth, gilt spine, a little dulled, 8vo, Cambridge, 1910.⁂ Whitehead and Russell's brilliant but failed attempt to place mathematics on a logical basis. Volume I was printed in a run of 750 copies but met with disappointing sales, largely due to the baffling complexity of the work.

Bury (Thomas Talbot) Six Coloured Views on the London and Birmingham Railway, Part I [all published], first edition, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by J.Harris, C.Hunt and N.Fielding after Bury, very occasional light marginal soiling but plates clean and bright, later half calf with gilt-stamped red morocco label to upper cover, spine gilt, with original buff printed wrappers bound in (slight wear to portion of upper wrapper but unobtrusive), boards a little rubbed and spine slightly faded, [Abbey Life 401; Tooley 122], 4to, Ackermann, 1837. ⁂ An excellent copy of "one of the rarest of English colour plate books". Tooley.

NO RESERVE Demosthenes and Aeschines. Demosthenis et Aeschinis mutuae accusationes de ementita legatione, & de Corona, ac contra Timarchum quinque numero, first Italian edition in Latin, collation: A-EE8, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of penultimate f., woodcut historiated and decorative initials, final f. blank, ink stamps to title and E1, minor worming to first and last few ff., mostly marginal, but touching the odd letter, more pronounced on endpapers, later vellum, leather and paper labels to spine, spine soiled, a few minor wormholes, marbled edges, 8vo (145 x 100mm.), Venice, Hieronymus Scotus, 1545.⁂ An important edition, which is rare at auction. Provenance: Biblioteca Prov. Ven. Med. S.J. Letteraria (stamp on title and E1); Collegio C. Arioi, Brescia (stamp on title); Compagnia del Gesu (book label and stamp on title).Literature: Adams D293; EDIT 16 CNCE 16736.

Vasari (Giorgio) Ragionamenti del sig. cavaliere Giorgio Vasari pittore et architetto aretino. Sopra le inventioni da lui dipinte in Firenze nel palazzo di...Francesco Medici allora principe di Firenze, first edition, collation: ɫ4 A-L8 M-O4 P2, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., portrait of Vasari and initials, most fore-margins with patterns pricked out using a pen nib or similar, staining and spotting, contemporary limp vellum, rebacked, preserving majority of original backstrip (with some loss), lacking ties, soiled and rubbed, small 4to (210 x 144mm.), Florence, Filippo Giunta, 1588.⁂ First edition of Vasari's posthumously published account of his own paintings for the Palazzo Vecchio. The work is written in the form of a dialogue between Vasari and the dedicatee Francesco de'Medici.Literature: Cicognara 225; EDIT 16 CNCE 28801.

Opera.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) Cosi fan tutte o sia la scuola degli amanti, 3 vol. in 1, first edition, type-set music, cast list on verso of title to vol.3, small old ink stamp to title of vol.3, lacking engraved frontispiece, some foxing and browning, modern calf-backed marbled boards, oblong 4to, Leipzig, Breitkopfischen Musikhandlung, [1794].⁂ First edition of the piano/vocal score of one of Mozart's most popular operas, his final collaboration with the Italian librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. The full score was not published till 1810.

Carmichael (J.W.) and J.Blackmore. Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, first edition, large paper copy with plates in proof state, additional engraved vignette title and 23 plates after J.W.Carmichael, all proofs before letters printed on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, some light marginal foxing, modern half dark maroon morocco, t.e.g., fading to spine and head of upper cover, folio, Newcastle, Carlisle & London, 1839.⁂ Good copy of a work originally published in parts from 1836-38. The Newcastle and Carlisle was the first railway across England and opened in 1839 although its gestation had begun in 1825. The plates illustrate the major engineering works on the line including the Scotswood and Warden bridges with their stone piers and timber superstructures designed by Blackmore, who wrote the descriptions of the plates. Carmichael was a local topographical artist.

Nelson.- Music.- Haydn (Joseph) Messe No. III, first edition, browned, some spotting and staining, part of original upper printed wrapper preserved in binding of modern wrappers, a few short splits, a few chips, preserved in a modern cloth and marbled paper portfolio, oblong 4to, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, [1800].⁂ A mass to celebrate Admiral Nelson's victory over the French at the Battle of the Nile. Fought from the 1st to 3rd August, 1798 it reversed the strategic situation between the two nations' forces in the Mediterranean, putting Britain in a dominant position, which was maintained until the end of the war against Napoleon Bonaparte.

Opera.- Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus) [Don Giovanni] Don Juan oder der Steinerne Gast, 2 vol., first edition of the orchestral score, vol.1 with additional engraved vignette title by Bolt after Kinninger (foxed), printed title and 2 following pp. of text, engraved musical score pp.6-292, vol.2 with printed title and engraved musical score pp.294-590, with separate printed divisional title "Anhang von spaeter eingelegten Stuecken", some light foxing and water-staining, some leaves trimmed at upper edge with loss to pagination in vol.2, modern diced calf, upper covers lettered in gilt, oblong folio, Leipzig, Breitkopf & Haertel, [1800 or 1801].⁂ Don Giovanni was the first of Mozart's operas to be published in full score. The 14-page German libretto by Rochlitz, not included with this copy, seems to have been printed separately and is therefore often not present. Haberkamp notes no differences between those scores that contain it and those that do not.

Nietzsche (Friedrich) Also sprach Zarathustra, 3 parts in 1, some light browning, embossed ownership stamp to front free endpaper, ink inscriptions to title and following leaf, contemporary half morocco over marbled boards, rebacked preserving original spine, [PMM 370], 8vo, Leipzig, E.W. Fritzsch, [1886].⁂ First edition, second issue, combining the sheets of the 3 parts originally published separately in 1883-84 and adding new general and divisional title pages. A fourth part was first printed privately in an edition of 45 copies in 1885 and then in a published edition dated 1891 but released the year after.

Chalmers (James) The Channel Railway, connecting England & France, first edition, lithographed title, folding map and large folding plate, modern half dark maroon morocco, g.e., 1861; another edition, second edition, large folding plate (torn but no loss), newspaper cuttings on channel tunnel schemes loosely inserted, original cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, 1867.⁂ Serious proposals for a fixed cross-Channel communication were first broached at the end of the 18th century but were deferred because of the Napoleonic wars. Several different proposals were made throughout the remainder of the 19th century. This crackpot scheme proposed submerging a tube and anchoring it with baskets of rocks etc. Chalmers claimed the project would cost £12,000,000 but would return £1,215,000 per annum thereafter. An enormous mid-channel lighthouse/ventilation shaft was central to the proposition. In the second edition, reissued seven years after the first, Chalmers tries to bolster his credentials with other successful but unrewarded engineering exploits, and the encouragement from R. Cobden. This time he proposes a twin-tubed tunnel.

Clark (Daniel Kinnear) Railway Machinery: A Treatise on the Mechanical Engineering of Railways: embracing the Principles and Construction of Rolling and Fixed Plant, 2 vol., first edition, 70 double-page engraved plates, wood-engraved illustrations, occasional spotting to text, plates foxed, one frayed at lower edge, contemporary half calf, rubbed, plate vol. broken and loose, folio, Glasgow..., 1855.⁂ Clark was an engineering consultant having worked on lines throughout Scotland and this work was considered the authoritative text of its day. The plates, many of which are to a large scale, give side and end elevations, transverse sections, plans & details of many different kinds of rolling stock and the locomotives include designs by Fairbairn & Sons, Kitson, Daniel Gooch, T. R. Crampton, Robert Stephenson & Co., & others.

Clayton (Alfred B.) Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Part I [all published], first edition, title with decorative Greek key border, 3 lithographed plates by F.Nicholson after Clayton and printed by Englemann, all with later but sympathetic hand-colouring, each with leaf of explanatory text, title with small tear and slight loss to fore-edge (repaired), plates laid down on thin card with tissue guard, modern black morocco with borders in blind and title in gilt to upper cover, [Not in Abbey], oblong folio, Liverpool, J.F.Cannell, [c.1831].⁂ Very rare work eclipsed by Bury's similar publication. It was offered on both india paper and plain, as here.

Jacobitism.- The Tryals of William Ireland, Thomas Pickering, and John Grove, for Conspiring to Murder the King, imprimatur leaf corner torn with slight loss, last f. torn and repaired, browned, disbound, Alistair Cooke's copy with his bookplate on pastedown of modern portfolio, [Wing T2268], Robert Pawlet, 1678 § Henderson (Andrew) The History of the Rebellion, MDCCXLV and MDCCXLVI, The Fifth Edition, browned, ink signature of J. Hyde at head of title, new endpapers, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, corners worn, rebacked retaining the original label, for A. Millar, W. Owen, W. Reeve, and J. Swan, 1753 § Johnstone (James, Chevalier De) Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746, first edition, 3 engraved portraits and a map, title slightly offset, some foxing, modern bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt borders, slightly rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, 1820; and 18 others, Jacobitism, including an engraved portrait of Anne Hyde, v.s., v.d. (22).

Thomas (William) Principal Rules of Italian Grammar, with a Dictionarie, third edition of the first Italian-English dictionary, largely printed in black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, some woodcut initials, marginal repairs to title and final leaf, a few other minor repairs to corners, generally clean and crisp, modern calf, spine sunned, g.e., [STC 24022], 4to, Henry Wykes, 1567.⁂ A very good copy of the first Italian grammar designed for English readers. Thomas was clerk to the Council of Edward VI and travelled extensively in Italy from 1554-59, doing much to popularise the language and history of Italy with this work and his Historie of Italie. He was later hanged, drawn and quartered for his alleged part in Wyatt's rebellion of 1553-1554.

Caradoc (of Lhancarvan, Saint) The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, first edition, largely printed in black letter, fine woodcut title, illustrations (portraits and coats-of-arms), initials and decorations, blank leaves B4 and Gg4 present, some ink marginalia, date in ink on title, modern panelled calf, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slip-case, [STC 4606; Sabin 40914], 4to, Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, [1584].⁂ 'First and rarest of all editions' (Sabin). An important early history of Wales from Roman times down to 1282, which remained the standard work on the subject until the 20th century. Caradoc was 'one of the brilliant band of men of letters that gathered round Earl Robert of Gloucester, the bastard son of Henry I' (DNB). Sabin notes 'a special interest in this work for the American collector consists in its relation of the most ancient Voyage and Discovery of the West Indies, performed by Madoc, the sonne of Owen Guined, prince of North Wales, anno 1170'.

Cumming (T.G.) Illustrations of the Origin and Progress of Rail and Tram Roads, and Steam Carriages, first edition, engraved frontispiece and plate, plates lightly foxed, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut, with original printed wrappers bound in, upper with printed pink label, Denbigh, for the Author, 1824 § Pambour (F.M.G. de) A Practical Treatise on Locomotive Engines upon Railways, first English edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates, modern calf, spine gilt, 1836 § Mann (William) A Description of a New Method of Propelling Locomotive Machines, first edition, lacking frontispiece, a little spotted and soiled, modern cloth, 1830; and a pamphlet on locomotion, 8vo (4)⁂ Cumming's work is one of those that marks the beginning of a popular interest in the future of locomotive engines as opposed to steam-powered stationary cable- or horse-drawn systems employing rails. His account includes brief histories of all the early systems. Pambour's treatise gained almost immediate international attention. He had privileged access to the fledgling lines and manufacturers in England, especially the Liverpool and Manchester and Grand Junction lines and it was in their workshops that he made his experiments. Two of the plates are technical drawings of the Stephenson engines employed on the former line. The final item is scarce. Mann's was a compressed air system rather than a vacuum model. It failed to ignite public interest, but nevertheless was a prescient invention and is one of the cornerstones of the historic pneumatic railway literature.

Hooker (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie, first edition, 2 separate works bound together, each with woodcut device and decoration on title, first work with lower corner of N6 renewed with slight loss to catchword, lacking final blank leaf, second work margin of C6 defective with slight loss to sidenotes, ottherwise a crisp clean copy, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [STC 13712 and 13712.5; Pforzheimer 498 and 499], folio, by John Windet, [1593]-97.

Shakespeare.- Drayton (Michael) The Battaile of Agincourt, first edition, lacks engraved portrait, final blank leaf present, slight worming to upper margin, occasionally affecting text, some light foxing, 18th century sheep, gilt, worn and scuffed, joints split, [STC 7190; Pforzheimer 301; Grolier, Langland to Wither 85], small folio, for William Lee, 1627.⁂ The elegy to Henry Reynolds includes mention of Shakespeare, Marlow, Chapman and Jonson.

Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Eromena, or, Love and Revenge, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, lacking initial blank leaf, final leaf soiled and laid down, most leaves wrinkled, some soiling, modern panelled calf, [STC 3075], folio, by Richard Badger, for Robert Allot, 1632.

[Heywood (Thomas)] The Life of Merlin, Sirnamed Ambrosius. His Prophesies, and Predictions Interpreted, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title within typographic border, small hole to A1 causing slight loss of a couple of words in headline, occasional browning, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints cracked, [Wing H1786; Pforzheimer 478], by J. Okes, 1641.

John Evelyn's copy.- Taylor (Jeremy) Symbolon Ethiko-polemikon; or a Collection of Polemical and Moral Discourses, first edition, John Evelyn's copy, presented by the author, title ruled in red and with engraved vignette, final advertisement leaf present, lacking engraved portrait frontispiece, a couple of small burn-holes, modern half calf, [Wing T398], folio, Printed for R. Royston, 1657.⁂ Inscription in John Evelyn's hand at head of title reads "Catalogo Evelyni Inscriptus. Meliora Retinete. Ex dono Reverendi ad modum Divi D.D.J.T. Authoris: 1657". Provenance: The Evelyn Library, Christie's, 12th & 13th July, 1978, lot 1456.