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Interiors.- Wood (Henry) A Series of Designs of Furniture & Decoration in the Styles of Louis XIVth, Francis Ist, Elizabeth, and Gothic, first edition, title within decorative border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates printed on thick paper, one toned, occasional light spotting, or marking, first plate with abrasion to fore-margin, modern half calf, gilt, [not in Keynes, Pickering Handlist], folio, William Pickering, [1845].⁂ Rare complete copy of Wood's handsome designs for window curtains, settees and sofas, sideboards, bookcases, room panelling, chairs etc. WorldCat lists the BL copy only and we can only trace two other complete copies at auction.

L[angley] (B[atty]) The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs, second edition, double column, 200 engraved plates, plate 1 of additional plates with section torn from lower corner, just touching image, some staining or finger-marking, occasional spotting, engraved armorial bookplate of Penry Williams, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with original red morocco label, corners repaired, rubbed and scuffed, [Harris 450], 4to, by S.Harding, 1745. ⁂ Including designs for floors, doors, windows, chimneypieces, pavements, church fittings, obelisks, pedestals, bookcases, ceilings and ironworks. It has 14 more plates (of roofs) than the first edition of 1740.

Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, first edition, 4 parts in 1, collation: A2, B-I4; AA-KK4 (quire HH misbound, in the sequence HH2, HH1, HH4, and HH3); AAA-FFF4; AAAA-RRRR4, complete with blank leaves KK4 and RRRR4, Roman and italic type, each title within architectural woodcut borders with de Franceschi's printer's device included in upper panel, a different printer's device on verso of fol. RRRR3, 221 woodcut illustrations, plans, and sections (156 are full-page blocks, including 84 printed as plates, recto and verso of 42 leaves) executed after Palladio's drawings by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano, and others, numerous woodcut animated initials, occasional light foxing, lower margin of fol.I2 slightly trimmed, handsome early nineteenth-century green calf, over pasteboards, covers framed by undulating gilt fillet, small floral tools at each corner, spine gilt with gilt-lettered red morocco label, board edges decorated with gilt freeze, green silk bookmark, gilt edges, lower corners slightly bumped, generally a fine copy, folio (290 x 195mm.), Venice, Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570.⁂ A milestone in the history of architecture: the first edition of the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura by the Paduan theorist and practising architect Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, universally known as Andrea Palladio, after the name given to him by his patron and renowned humanist Giangiorgio Trissino. Palladio was primarily active as an architect in Venice, Vicenza, and along the Brenta river, where he built magnificent villas for wealthy members of the Venetian patriciate. This authoritative and influential treatise celebrates the purity and simplicity of classical architecture, drawing its inspiration from Roman sources, especially Vitruvius, and Italian Renaissance architects, above all Leon Battista Alberti. The work is divided into four parts or libri, devoted to orders and elementary problems, domestic buildings, public buildings, and town planning and temples. "Palladio followed the rules of classical Roman architecture more closely than any other architect, even sometimes at the cost of practicability and domestic comfort. In spite of the vogue for the baroque and the fact that Palladio left no immediate successors, his book exerted a powerful influence on contemporary architecture and classical ideals until the end of the eighteenth century [...] 'Palladianism' became a party label in the world of connoisseurship and England blossomed with buildings 'in the Palladian style' - two centuries after Palladio had created it. From England the style made its way into Scotland, Ireland and America" (PMM). The treatise was reprinted and translated many times over the following centuries. Within the splendid series of woodcuts which accompany the text, especially noteworthy are those in the second libro depicting plans and elevations of villas, including the famous Villa Maser built for Palladio's patron Daniello Barbaro. Literature: Mortimer Italian, 352; Berlin Katalog 2592; Cicognara 594; Fowler 212; Olschki Choix, 15125; PMM 92.

Theatres.- Saunders (George) A Treatise on Theatres, first edition, half-title, 13 engraved plates, of which 5 folding, plate V trimmed to border on 2 sides, some offsetting, occasional spotting, 19th century French morocco-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, head of spine chipped, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, lower joint starting at head, corners worn, rubbed, 4to, Printed for the author and sold by I. and J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, Holborn, 1790. ⁂ The first monograph on theatre architecture by an English architect. Includes sections on acoustics, seating areas and lighting, along with notes on some of the principal theatres of Europe.

Vases.- Antonini (Carlo) Manuale di vari ornamenti componenti la serie de' vasi antichi si di marmo che di bronzo esistenti in Roma e Fuori, 3 vol., first edition, titles with large engraved vignettes incorporating the arms of the dedicatee Pope Pius VII, fine engraved pictorial divisional titles to each volume and 193 plates, some mostly marginal foxing, a few finger-marks, vol.3 light water-stain to upper inner gutters, attractive contemporary vellum, gilt, covers with wide borders incorporating a scrolling heavily laden grapevine, and cornucopia corner-pieces, spines richly gilt in a lattice design and with red and dark green morocco labels, some marking, g.e., [Berlin Kat. 594], folio (plates 334 x 222mm.; bindings 345 x 235mm.), Rome, Romanis, 1821.⁂ First edition of this work on ancient vases, beautifully illustrated with detailed engravings by and after the author. The three volumes treat the ancient vases found in the Vatican museums of Pio-Clementino and Chiaramonti, those housed in the Capitoline Museum and the Gallery of Rome, as well as those found in the areas surrounding Rome.

Wood.- Blanchard (Edmé) Traite de la Coupe des Bois, pour le Revetement des Voutes, Arrieres-Voussures, Trompes, Rampes, et Tours Ronde, first edition, engraved arms to head of dedication and 46 plates, most folding, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with orange morocco label, lower corners worn, rubbed at extremities, [Fowler 45; Berlin Kat. 1253; Cicognara 885], 4to, Paris, Jacques Josse & Claude Jombert, 1729.⁂ A very good copy of this work on the use of wood for architectural decoration and panelling. It includes a short section on marble cutting.

Africa.- Lyon (Capt. George Francis) A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa, first edition, large folding engraved map hand-coloured in outline and 17 hand-coloured lithographed plates by M. Gauci, after drawings by the author, tissue-guards, attractive modern antique-style brown half morocco, spine gilt with red morocco label, [Abbey, Travel 304; Blackmer 1044], 4to, 1821.⁂ Accompanied by Joseph Ritchie, Lyon left Tripoli to discover the source of the Niger river. They travelled disguised as Muslims but at Murzuq, the capital of Fezzan, Ritchie fell ill and died.

Naval.- Duguay-Trouin (René) Memoires de Monsieur Du Guay-Trouin, Lieutenant General des Armées Navales de France, first Amsterdam edition, engraved portrait, title in red and black with engraved vignette, 5 folding engraved plates by J.P. Le Bas and folding map of the bay of Rio de Janeiro, frontispiece a little water-stained, lightly foxed at beginning and end, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, Amsterdam, Pierre Mortier, 1740.⁂ Account of the exploits of the famous French buccaneer during the War of the Spanish Succession; his most notable feat was the capture of Rio de Janeiro.

America.- Carver (Jonathan) Travels through the interior parts of North-America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 4 engraved plates, short tear without loss to the map of Carver's travels, offsetting, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with modern red morocco label and gilt, corners little worn, rubbed, [Sabin 11184; Howes C215], 8vo, printed for the author; and sold by J. Walter, at Charing-Cross, and S. Crowder, in Pater-Noster Row, 1778.⁂ Carver 'penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolution.' (Howes). Includes the first instance in print of the word 'Oregon', a guide to flora and fauna, and a vocabulary of the Chippewa language.

Americas.- Cockburn (John) Journey over Land, from the Gulf of Honduras to the Great South-Sea, first edition, folding engraved map, woodcut initials and head- & tail-pieces, 3pp. advertisements at end, occasional light marginal soiling, but generally clean internally, contemporary calf, gilt, joints neatly repaired, an excellent copy, [Hill 324; Sabin 14095], 8vo, C.Rivington, 1735.⁂ Having been captured by pirates off the coast of Honduras Cockburn and five others escaped and made their way across the isthmus to the Pacific coast, enduring such hardship along the way that this account was for many years regarded as mostly fiction.

Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio ) Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title, 17 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved illustrations, lacking final blank f., light browning, occasional light dampstaining to lower margin, letterpress title slightly soiled and with small chips to corners, 19th century morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Sabin 31540], folio, Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622.⁂ The first complete account of the Le Maire-Schouten expedition around the world, the first to successfully round Cape Horn, and the first edition in Latin, expanding significantly the Madrid edition of 1601. The engraved map on the title is the first depicting California as an island. Provenance: Henry N. Stephens (inscription on endpaper dated 21 August 1884, recording the price £1.10); A.H. Bright (armorial bookplate).

America.- Kalm (Peter) Travels into North America; containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, With The Civil, Ecclesiastical And Commercial State Of The Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and several curious and Important Remarks on various Subjects, 3 vol., first edition in English, first issue (Warrington imprint to vol.1), list of subscribers to vol.2, large engraved folding map, 6 engraved plates, advertisement f. to end of vol.1 regarding the sheet map of North America and subscriptions for the second volume, offsetting, a few small stains, occasional spotting, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt and with red and smaller black morocco labels, vol.2 lower corners worn, rubbed, [Howes K5; Sabin 36989; Streeter Sale 823], 8vo, Warrington, William Eyres and London, printed for the editor; and sold by T. Lowndes, 1770-1771. ⁂ A very good set of this work, which Streeter calls 'One of the most important and reliable eighteenth-century accounts of American natural history, social organization and political situation', and Howes considers a 'most trustworthy description of Swedish settlements in 18th century Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.',Provenance: 'Charlotte B. Hutchinson 1799' and George Hutchinson (ink inscriptions to endpapers or titles).

America.- Welby (Adlard) A Visit to North America and the English Settlement in Illinois, with a Winter Residence at Philadelphia, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 13 plates, errata slip at end, occasional scattered foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt, light rubbing to tips of spine and corners, [Sabin 102514], 8vo, 1821.⁂ A bright, attractive copy of this scarce account of pioneer life in the early 19th century.

Austria.- De Moleville (Bertrand) The Costume of the Hereditary States of Austria, first edition, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate to pastedown, title and descriptive text in English and French, 50 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, some light offsetting, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, spines gilt, large gilt centre-piece to covers, occasional light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Abbey Travel 71; Colas 2112], 8vo, W. Miller, 1804.

Egypt.- Maillet (Benoît de) Description de l'Egypte, contenant plusieurs remarques curieuses sur la geographie ancienne et moderne de ce pais, sur ses monuments anciens, sur les moeurs, les coutumes, & la religion des habitans, sur le gouvernement & le commerce, sur les animaux, les arbres, les plantes, &c., edited by Jean-Baptiste Le Mascrier, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black and with woodcut ornament, engraved folding map, 7 plates, of which 2 folding, head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, short tape repair to foot of map, some spotting throughout, occasional foxing, 19th century blind-stamped and gilt calf, spine in compartments and with black morocco label, spine faded, g.e., [Atabey 754; Blackmer 1061], 4to, Paris, Louis Genneau & Jacques Rollin, 1735. ⁂ Scarce. Maillet was French consul to Egypt and a writer on geological and evolutionary matters.

Greece.- Davenport (Arthur) Historical Portraiture of Leading Events in the Life of Ali Pacha, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 5 plates by G. Hunt after Davenport, light offsetting, a few ff. with neat repairs to margins, modern cloth, original printed paper label to upper cover, [Atabey 325; Abbey, Travel, 206; Blackmer 454], folio, 1823.⁂ A handsome production that gives a romantic view of Ali Pacha's life.

Levant.- Capper (Col. James) Observations on the Passage to India through Egypt, and Across the Great Desert, first edition, 2 folding engraved maps, original boards, sympathetically rebacked, a clean and excellent copy, [Blackmer 282; not in Atabey], 4to, W. Faden, 1783.⁂ Scarce. Capper, an official of the East India Company, describes the route from India to England via the Red Sea, Suez, and Egypt; and the route out from England via Aleppo, Mesopotamia, the Persian Gulf, and Muscat.

Levant.- Chesney (Francis Rawdon) The Expedition for the Survey of the Rivers Euphrates and Tigris... in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, 2 vol., first edition, large paper copy, 49 lithographed plates, folding map in pocket at front of vol. 1 but lacking 13 additional slip-cased maps (as often), occasional spotting, mostly to plate margins, original cloth, spines faded, neat repairs to extremities, [Atabey I, 234; Blackmer 337], 4to, 1850.⁂ Chesney, the founder of the overland route to India, intended the work to be complete in four volumes, but half the manuscript was lost and only these two volumes were published.

Bodoni.- Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Satira V, Traduzione Italiana..., [one of 150 copies], half-title, engraved title-vignette, the dedication copy for the Duchess of Devonshire with the 8 original watercolour drawings for the engravings bound in, 6 by Riepenhausen, 2 by F.Catel and signed, trimmed and mounted on blank leaves in place of the engravings (see following lot), paper guards (lightly browned), very occasional light marginal soiling, contemporary straight-grain tan morocco, [by C.Murton], with elaborate border in blind and central monogram "ED" of the Duchess in gilt, spine gilt in compartments with green and red morocco labels, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, [Brooks 1212], 4to, Parma, Bodoni, 1818.⁂ First Bodoni edition, dedicated to the Duchess of Devonshire who was the patron of the work, and one of only a few Bodoni productions to be illustrated, particularly with aquatints.

Mauritius.- Milbert (Jacques Gerard) Voyage Pittoresque a l'Ile-de-France, Au Cap de Bonne-Esperance, et a l'Ile de Teneriffe, 3 vol. (including Atlas), first edition, text vol. with half-titles, 3 folding tables, Atlas with 45 engraved plates, 6 folding, some marginal foxing and occasional browning, text vol. in contemporary calf-backed boards, Atlas in later cloth-backed boards, joints split, lower cover paper slightly peeling, [Gay 266; Mendelssohn II, pp.12-13.], 8vo and 4to, Paris, 1812. ⁂ Milbert (1766-1840), a pupil of the great landscape painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, taught drawing at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines in Paris before accompanying the French expedition sent by Napoleon to explore the southern oceans in 1800. He embarked on the corvette 'Le Géographe' captained by the explorer Nicolas Baudin, but during the voyage, he and several other artists fell out with the captain and decided to disembark at Mauritius. He remained there for two years, returning to France via the Cape and Tenerife, and publishing this illustrated account of his travels in 1812. In 1815, Milbert travelled to the United States, where he remained for eight years, based in New York, teaching and travelling in the north-eastern region.

Middle East.- Groves (Anthony N.) Journal of a Residence at Bagdad, first edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, original patterned cloth, spine ends very slightly rubbed, else fine, 8vo, 1832.⁂ Rare. Groves was a missionary and founder of the Plymouth Brethren who, as a surgeon in Baghdad in 1831, lost his wife and daughter to an outbreak of plague which killed nearly half the population of the city. He almost lost his own life in a subsequent invasion.

Mountaineering.- Auldjo (John) Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the 8th and 9th August, 1827, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, 22 lithographed plates, plans, maps, cross-sections etc. including 7 views on india paper and mounted, one folding panorama, facsimile letter, map with routes hand-coloured and hand-coloured geological table & chart of heights of mountains, some light foxing, mostly marginal, pencil quotation on half-title, short tear to upper edge of H2, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, spine and joints neatly repaired, preserved in modern card chemise and cloth slip-case, [Meckly 8; Neate A75; Perret 183], 4to, 1828.

Polar.- Kennedy (William) A Short Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Prince Albert, in search of Sir John Franklin, first edition, folding engraved map, 4 lithograph plates, list of subscribers to the Branch Expedition at end, Hydrographic Office ink stamp at foot of title, original cloth, soiled and partially faded, [Arctic Bib. 8539; Sabin 37443], 8vo, 1853.⁂ Rare at auction. William Kennedy (1814-1890) was the son of a Hudson's Bay Company factor and a Cree Indian. In 1851 he was chosen by Lady Franklin to lead the second private expedition in search of her husband. Although he found no trace of Sir John, the expedition discovered Bellot Strait in the far north of America. Kennedy was also the first to use dogs and sleds from an exploring ship.

Polar.- Nares (Capt. Sir George S.) Journals and Proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6... Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, first edition, 32 maps and plates, many folding, illustrations, a few small patches of foxing or spotting, but a good, clean copy generally, contemporary blue half roan, spine faded and with a few light repairs, folio, 1877.

Polar.- Parry (Capt. William Edward) [A complete set of Parry's four voyages], 4 vol., first editions, comprising Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage, from the Atlantic to the Pacific...in the years 1819-20, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, second edition, 15 engraved plates, most aquatint, and 5 engraved maps, 4 folding or double-page, 1821; Journal of a Second Voyage...in the years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's Ships Fury and Hecla, first edition, 31 engraved plates and plans, some aquatint, and 9 large folding engraved maps and panoramas, 1824; Journal of a Third Voyage...in the years 1824-25, in His Majesty's Ships Hecla and Fury, first edition, 10 engraved plates and plans, one folding, and large folding engraved map, 1826; Narrative of an attempt to reach the North Pole...in the year MDCCCXXVII, first edition, 6 engraved plates and plans and large folding engraved map, 1828, occasional light foxing and offsetting, Northern Light Board ink stamps to verso of titles and gilt stamps of same to head of spines, uniform 19th century calf, spines gilt, covers a little rubbed, an attractive set, [Sabin 58860; 58864; 58867 & 58868], 4to.⁂ A complete set of Parry's three voyages in search of the North-West Passage together with his fourth voyage to the North Pole. The second voyage contains important information on Eskimo life, and the third voyage collected additional scientific information about the Arctic region of North America. On the fourth voyage Parry unsuccessfully tried using reindeer rather than dogs to pull his sledge-boats, but they proved too heavy to manoeuvre across the ice.

Russia.- Bruyn (Cornelis de) Voyages...par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first edition in French, titles in red and black, vol.1 with half-title and engraved frontispiece by B. Picart, engraved portrait after Kneller, 3 folding engraved maps, 274 engraved plates on 108 folding sheets (numbered 1-260 plus 14 unnumbered), 44 engraved illustrations in text, lacking binder's leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary ink inscription of Charles de Glimes de Brabant to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, slightly rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, chez les Freres Wetstein, 1718.⁂ A handsome and clean copy of this important account of De Bruyn's voyage to Russia, Persia, India, and Java, which includes large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan and many plates on animals and plants.

Spain.- Gail (Wilhelm) Erinnerungen aus Spanien, Nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnete Skizzen aus dem Leben in den Provinzen Catalonien, Valencia, Andalusien, Granada und Castilien, mit Fragmenten Maurischer und Altspanischer Architectur und Veduten nebst erlauternden auzugen aus dem Tagebuche der Herausgebers, first edition, lithographed additional title, tinted lithographed dedication and 30 plates, illustrations, titles with light damp-staining to fore-margin, occasional light foxing or finger-soling, mostly marginal, modern half calf, original decorative wrappers bound in, [Palau 96533], folio, Munich, [c.1837].⁂ A scarce and attractive work with several plates on bullfighting.

Tibet.- Georgi (Antonio Agostino) Alphabetum Tibetanum... Praemissa est disquisitio de vario literarum ac regionis nomine, gentis origine, moribus, superstitione, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, half-title and divisional half-title to second part, title printed in red and black with engraved device printed in blue, 6 engraved plates, 4 folding, illustrations, occasional light marginal foxing or staining but generally a good, clean copy overall, modern calf-backed boards, 4to, Rome, Propaganda Fide, 1762.⁂ Scarce work on Tibetan language and customs, collected together by Georgi after reports from the Capuchin mission between 1715 and 1745. The chief contributors are Francisco Oracio della Penna (1680-1745) and Cassiano di Macerata (1708-1791), both of whom spent time in Rome in an effort to raise funds. Part one is a general description of the history, geography and customs of Tibet, while the second part contains linguistic works by the Capuchin monks.

Turkey and Asia Minor.- Raczynskiego (Edwarda) Dziennik podrozy do Turcyi odbytey w roku MDCCCXIV, first edition, dedication leaf following printed title both with repaired tears, 81 engraved plates on 64 sheets, one folding, 8 illustrations in text, first 2 text leaves misbound, text leaves mostly foxed and browned, plates sometimes offset but generally cleaner, modern half calf over old marbled boards, [cf. Blackmer 1375 (German edition of 1824); Brunet IV, 1084], folio, Breslau, Grassa Bartha, 1821.⁂ Brunet describes this work as the most magnificent hitherto published in Poland. It is very rare on the market with only 2 copies traced at auction. The plates depict views of mosques, market scenes, costumes etc. and are numbered 1-82, with numbers 20 and 45 absent (as usual). Plate 8 is a plan of Istanbul, not present in the Blackmer (German edition) copy.In 1814 Raczynskiego travelled with Ludwig Christian Fuhrmann as draughtsman to Constantinople via Odessa, and then continued to the Troad and Asia Minor.

Voyages.- Byron (John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... ... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, joints neatly repaired, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768.⁂ "Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan" - Sabin.

West Indies.- Browne (Patrick) The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 2 folding engraved maps and 49 plates, most after G.D. Ehret, a few plates trimmed to platemark and just touching imprint, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen, ZBI 255; Great Flower Books p.52; Sabin 8670], folio, Printed for the Author, 1756.⁂ A very good copy of Browne's important work, which described many new genera. This was the first work in English to include Linnaeus's plant classification system and also includes zoology and conchology subjects. Subscribers included Johannes Burmann, Stephen Hales and Linnaeus himself.

Britain.- Pyne (William Henry) The Costumes of the Great Britain, first edition, Duke of Gloucester's copy with his bookplate to pastedown, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, vignette title and 59 plates, plates watermarked 1819, text 1815, light foxing to title, some light offsetting, lacking half-title, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, spines gilt, large gilt centre-piece to covers, occasional light rubbing to extremities, light splash mark to upper cover, g.e., [Abbey, Life 430; Colas 2447; Tooley 388], 8vo, W. Miller, 1804 [but c.1819].⁂ See also lot XXX

Bury (Richard de, Bishop of Durham) Philobiblon...sive de amore librorum, et institutione bibliothecae..., [edited by Thomas James], collation: *4, A-I4, complete with blank H4 (often lacking), [8], 62, [10] pp., typographical ornament to title, woodcut initials, head-and tail-pieces, slightly trimmed just touching head-lines of *2 & *3, with neat contemporary ink corrections/annotations to margins, title very lightly soiled, one or two small ink spots, early 20th century tan calf, gilt, by W.Pratt, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, inner gilt floral edges, g.e., [STC 959; Madan I p.47; Pforzheimer 21], small 4to (173 x 127mm.), Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1599. ⁂ The first edition to be printed in England of the first published work on this topic, the first veritable manifesto of bibliophily, or love of books. It was written in 1345 by Richard Aungerville, better known as Richard de Bury, Bishop of Durham and a great book collector, who in his work discusses not only book collecting and the maintenance of a library, but also the state of learning and scholarly practices of his age. This short treatise was published for the first time in Cologne in 1473. The text of the English edition was edited by Thomas James of New College Oxford, who dedicated the publication to his patron, Thomas Bodley. James added as an appendix a list of the authors of manuscripts preserved in Oxford colleges, the first such catalogue. A 1598 issue, possibly a trial publication, is recorded in only one copy, without James's dedication to Bodley or the appendix.Provenance: John Bellingham Inglis (with typical cutting of decorative binding mounted on front pastedown); James P.R.Lyell (gilt-stamped oval roan book-label); James Stevens Cox (book-label).James P.R.Lyell (1871-1948), solicitor, book-collector and author. He first collected incunabula and early Spanish books, assembling an important collection on the Spanish Armada, and published several works, most notably Early Book Illustration in Spain in 1926. He went on to collect approximately 250 medieval manuscripts, 100 of which were bequeathed to the Bodleian Library along with his bibliographical papers and notes.

London.- Ackermann (Rudolph) Microcosm of London, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol. 1, wood-engraved titles, engraved dedication leaves, 104 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Rowlandson and Pugin, plate no. 62 with repaired tear just running into image, occasional light browning to text, offsetting, spotting to dedications, but plates generally clean, contemporary black half morocco, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, some rubbing to extremities, but a very good set generally, [Abbey Scenery 212; Tooley 7], 4to, [1808-10].⁂ An early issue bound from the parts, watermarked 1807-09 with all but one of the 13 errata uncorrected. "One of the great colour-plate books" (Tooley).

Northumberland.- Mining.- Hair (T. H.) A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, first edition, additional etched vignette title marked "Proofs", 42 plates, all on india paper, some foxing, marginal slight worming towards end, a couple of plates with small ink stain, contemporary half morocco over gilt-lettered cloth, rubbed and scuffed, cloth slightly stained, folio, 1844.

Scotland.- Browne (James) Picturesque Views of Edinburgh, first edition, large paper copy, 51 engraved plates by William Lizars after John Ewbank, occasional marginal foxing, bookplate and ownership inscription of Sir A. E. Richardson, modern antique-style half calf over original boards, covers rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, 1825.⁂ An excellent, large paper copy of this popular view-book of Edinburgh with a good provenance. Sir Albert Edward Richardson KCVO (1880-1964), was a prominent leading English architect, one time President of the Royal Academy and founder of the Georgian Group.

Massinger (Philip) The Unnaturall Combat. A Tragedie. The Scaene Marsellis...As it was presented by the Kings Majesties Servants at the Globe, [80pp.], first edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, browned and cropped, light water-staining towards end, final leaf lacking portion at upper edge with slight loss to head-line and first line of last page (repaired), old diced brown cloth, spine titled in gilt, rubbed, slight wear to upper joint and spine ends, [Pforzheimer 682; STC 17643], small 4to, by E.G. for John Waterson, 1639.

Restoration Binding.- Brevint (Daniel) Missale Romanum, or the Depth and Mystery of Roman Mass..., first edition, contemporary ink signature of Anne Pitt to front free endpaper, bound in fine contemporary black morocco, gilt, ?by Queens' Binder A, the covers elaborately tooled in gilt with overall pattern of drawer-handles, stars and dots, and pointillé fleurons and volutes picked out with silver paint (now tarnished) all within a roll-tooled border, spine gilt in compartments with pointillé four-petal flowers and five raised bands with red morocco label, a little rubbed, slight wear to corners and spine ends, small splits to joints at head and foot, 8vo, Oxford, at the Theater, 1672.⁂ A very similar binding appears in Maggs catalogue 1075 no.79, credited to Queens' Binder A (possibly William Nott).

Shakespeare (William).- [Dryden (John) and Sir William Davenant.] The Tempest, or the Enchanted Island. A Comedy: As it is now Acted at His Highness the Duke of York's Theatre, [8], 81, [3pp.], third edition, with the final blank and good margins, a little browned, a few small ink stains and rust spots, one causing small hole to K3 & 4 affecting a couple of letters on K3, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, slightly faded, [STC 2946a], 4to (220 x 163mm., title 160mm.), by J.Macock, for Henry Herringman, 1676.⁂ Third edition of Dryden and Davenant's adaptation of The Tempest but the first version to be printed separately. It includes new characters and elaborate stage directions, with some additions and alterations by Thomas Shadwell, and the more operatic treatment ensured the popularity of Shakespeare's plays after the Restoration.

Binding.- Duelling.- Chishull (Edmund) Against Duelling. A Sermon preach'd before the Queen in the Royal Chapel at Windsor-Castle, on November the 23rd, 1712, first edition, advertisement leaf at end, bound for Queen Anne in contemporary vellum, gilt, with her Royal arms within panel formed by decorative semi-circles and floral sprays tooled in gilt, ?by the Royal Bindery, stunning decorative floral endpapers printed in black and gold on deep pink paste-paper, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, some staining to lower cover, [Not in Thimm], small 4to, for J.Round, 1712.⁂ Handsome Royal binding for Queen Anne on a work of which ESTC lists only 5 UK copies (Bridgnorth parochial library, BL 2 copies, Oxford 2 copies - Corpus Christi and Bodleian), plus 5 in America.

[?Kelly (John)] Pamela's Conduct in High Life..., 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 variant with p.xvi correctly numbered, woodcut of Star of David to p.198, lightly browned, a few small stains, vol.2 lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco labels, rubbed, joints cracked, corners and spine ends worn, 12mo, for Ward and Chandler..., 1741.⁂ Scarce. "Spurious continuation of the first two volumes of Samuel Richardson's Pamela, attributed to John Kelly." ESTC. Vol.2 was published four months after vol.1 along with the second edition of vol.1, to make a 2 volume set. ESTC records 5 UK copies of vol.1 (BL, Cambridge University, Liverpool University, Bodleian Oxford, and Leeds University Brotherton library), but only the BL and the Bodleian contain vol.2.

London Low Life.- Cheats of London Exposed (The); or, the Tricks of the Town laid open to both Sexes..., 96pp., ?first edition, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, short tear to inner margin of frontispiece and title slightly extending into image of the former, stab-holes, for J.Cooke, [?1770] bound with [King (Richard, attributed to, pseudonym)] The New London Spy: or, a Twenty-Four Hours Ramble through the Bills of Mortality. Containing a True Picture of Modern High and Low Life; from the Splendid Mansions in St.James's, to the Subterraneous Habitations of St.Giles's, &c., [2], iv, 160pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece (shaved affecting caption at head, for J.Cooke, [1771], together 2 works in 1 vol., some light browning and offsetting, mostly to titles, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, head of spine worn, upper joint cracked, 12mo⁂ Two scarce guides to London and its dangers. The first is aimed at "innocent Country People", warning them of the base practices of highwaymen, sharpers, swindlers, money-droppers, duffers, setters, mock-auctions, quacks, bawds, jilts etc. in 18th century London. One plate depicts "The Conjurer Detected". All editions of both are uncommon. ESTC lists only one copy of this edition of the first item (Bodleian Library Oxford), and 2 UK copies of the second (BL & Senate House Library) plus 3 in America.

London Nightlife.- Midnight Rambler (The); or, New Nocturnal Spy, for the Present Year, [4], 152pp., first edition, engraved frontispiece, cropped just shaving final line of verse at foot of frontispiece (possibly with loss of imprint), title very lightly browned, book-label of James Stevens Cox, later half calf, rubbed, for J.Cooke, [?1772].⁂ Rare; one of 2 issues listed by ESTC, the title of the other being reset to include the words "...new nocturnal spy, for the year 1772". Both are scarce, with only one UK copy of this issue (BL) and 4 in America.

Sterne (Rev. Laurence) Letters...to his most intimate Friends, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece (cropped at foot with loss to imprint), occasional spotting, small ink spot/hole to B1 & 2 of vol.2, B7 of vol.3 with tear to upper margin, with contemporary printed labels of "Shrimpton's Circulating-Library...Bath" on front pastedowns and upper cover of vol.3, contemporary half calf, red roan labels, slight wear to one label and spine ends, rubbed, T.Becket, 1775; and 2 others including a first edition of Fielding's The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon lacking a leaf, 8vo (5)

Songs.- Smart (George, publisher) The Vocal Pocket Companion, being a new Collection of the most Favorite Catches, Cannons, Glees and Duetts, for Two Three and Four Voices, Composed by...Dr.Cooke, Danby, Finesche, Webbe, Callcott &c &c, engraved throughout on 34 cards with title, index and pp.3-52 of musical notation, most printed on both sides, thumb-soiling to edges of first three cards, loose as issued in orange board slip-case, titled in manuscript on upper cover, rubbed, some joints worn, G.Smart, [?1789] § Merry Companion (The): or, Universal Songster, second edition, engraved frontispiece, title with small tear to fore-edge, O5 defective at lower outer corner with loss to text, contemporary sheep, gilt, manuscript label chipped, a little worn, Ward & Chandler, 1742; and another, oblong 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ Both scarce, with only 2 UK copies of each listed by Library Hub and ESTC respectively (BL and Oxford University in both cases).

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor).- [Chatterton (Thomas)] Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley...in the Fifteenth Century, large paper copy, additional engraved vignette title, later ink inscription from Roger Ingpen to C.J.Burges dated 1887 on front free endpaper, engraving of 'The Distressed Poet' loosely inserted, later half calf, spine gilt, [Rothschild 590], Cambridge, B.Flower, for the editor, 1794 § Coleridge (S.T.) Specimens of the Table Talk..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lithographed portrait and view of Coleridge's study as frontispieces, both on india paper and mounted, 4pp. catalogue at end of vol.2, faint ink signature to head of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, by M.Ogle & Co., spines gilt with red and green labels, small nick to head of spines, 1835, large 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first was a celebrated literary hoax published in 1777 and written by the young Chatterton, who later committed suicide aged seventeen. This edition was the first to contain Coleridge's Monody on the Death of Chatterton, his second appearance in print.Roger Ingpen (1869-1936), literary editor and author of Shelley in England, 1917.

Dancing.- Wilson (Thomas) An Analysis of Country Dancing: wherein are displayed all the figures ever used in Country Dances... , first edition, ?lacking half-title, with wood-engraved frontispiece and tail-piece, list of subscribers, numerous hand-coloured diagrams of dances with ladies represented by red diamonds and gentlemen by blue circles, very slight fraying to edge of frontispiece, final leaf with small tears to inner margin, disbound with first gathering almost detached and one leaf loose, soiling to outer leaves and a few internal ones, 8vo, printed by W.Calvert...to be had of Mr.Dutton...Mr.Tabart...Mr.Harris..., 1808.⁂ "This is the first of several books published by Wilson on the subject of English country dancing. Performed as a series of figures by a column of men facing a column of women, the English country dance was one of the most popular early nineteenth-century ballroom dances. Although the manual has a section on ballroom etiquette, it is most useful for its text, tables, and color-coded diagrams, which explain the figures. This edition is dedicated to Madame Desayes, principal dancer at the King's Theatre, where Wilson held the post of dancing master. The manual was expanded and reissued in 1811 and 1822, and a version was published in 1815 entitled The complete system of English country dancing". (Note on WorldCat).WorldCat lists only 2 UK copies (BL and National Library of Wales) and 5 in America.

Gambling etc.- Man of Fashion's Manual (The); containing Instructions and Rules for Games of Chance and Charioteering...By Sir Somebody Whipster, Knt., first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink signature to head of title, modern morocco-backed boards, slightly rubbed, [Not in British Library], printed by Richard Cruttwell...Wilkie and Robinson, 1809 § Dens of London Exposed (The), third edition, half-title, hand-coloured etched frontispiece 'The Cadgers Home' by Joe Lisle (lightly offset on title), original printed green boards with vignette to upper cover ("second edition" at head and "John Duncombe and Co." as publishers at foot), a little rubbed and soiled, [Not in Tooley], 1835, 12mo (2)⁂ The first is rare, with only one copy listed by Library Hub (Oxford University) and none by WorldCat.

Clare (John) Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery, second edition, without 4pp. advertisements at end, half-title with ink signature of H.Molesworth St.Aubyn to head and lightly soiled, F11 lacking small portion at fore-edge not affecting text, hinges weak, contemporary half calf, roan label, rubbed, London and Stamford, 1820 § Hitchins (Fortescue) The Sea Shore with other poems, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, errata leaf at end, ink signature of Elizabeth Scott to front free endpaper and bookplate of John Jope Rogers, endpapers foxed, contemporary half red roan, corners worn, Sherborne, for the author, 1810; and a new edition of Byron's Monody on the death of...Sheridan, 1817, 8vo et infra (3) ⁂ The first mentioned is the author's scarce first book, published in an edition of 1000 copies in January 1820 and sold out by March of that year. Described as written by "a Northamptonshire peasant" on the title page Clare's poetry concerns nature and the countryside and often uses Northamptonshire dialect. The second item is by a Cornish solicitor and poet from St Ives whose father, Malachy Hitchens, was at one time computer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich under Dr.Nevil Maskelyne and who also assisted Rev. Richard Polwhele in his History of Cornwall. Both appear in the list of subscribers, as does a Mrs. Scott of St.Ives so this is most probably a subscriber's copy.

Lloyd (Charles) Poetical Essays on the Character of Pope, as a Poet and Moralist..., first edition, presentation copy from the author to Miss Watson inscribed on front free endpaper, advertisement leaf at end, a few pencil annotations, title lightly browned, original boards, uncut, rubbed, preserved in wrapper, 1821; A Translation of the First Seven Books of the Odyssey of Homer, first edition, presentation copy from the translator to Samuel Galton, also signed by Emma S.Galton, errata slip pasted in at end, broken and loose, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine worn, Birmingham, 1810 § [Peacock (Thomas Love)] Crotchet Castle, first edition, lacking advertisement leaf, various Harwood signatures to head of title and front pastedown, occasional spotting, nick and soiling to head of a few leaves, original boards, uncut, spine ends a little worn, [Sadleir 1957; Not in Wolff], 1831 § Hunt (Leigh) Juvenilia; or, a Collection of Poems written between the ages of twelve and sixteen..., fourth edition, half-title, engraved portrait and plate by Bartolozzi, both a little foxed and offset, bookplate of John Hoffman, contemporary half calf, spine wormed and defective at foot, 1803 § [Southey (Robert)] Wat Tyler. A Dramatic Poem, pirated edition, half-title, soiled and stained, stitched in original wrappers, title and author's name in manuscript on upper wrapper, uncut, soiled and frayed at edges, for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1817 § Lamb (Charles) Rosamund Gray, Essays, Poems, 8pp. catalogue at beginning, half-title, original blind-stamped cloth, 1849 § Evans (Sebastian) Sonnets on the Death of the Duke of Wellington, half-title, disbound, soiled, Cambridge, 1852, 8vo & 12mo (7)⁂ A pencilled note at the beginning of the first mentioned suggests "Miss Watson" was the daughter of Dr. Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, and with whom Lloyd is known to have corresponded. The recipient of the second was Samuel Tertius Galton (1783-1844), businessman and scientist, member of the Lunar Society of Birmingham and father of Francis Galton the scientist.The fourth item is one of several pirated editions of a work written by the young radical Southey in 1794. By the time it was published by Sherwood in 1817 (in some editions printing the author's name) Southey had become a staunch Tory and Poet Laureate, thereby causing him embarrassment at which his enemies delighted.

[Hazlitt (William)] Liber Amoris; or, the New Pygmalion, first edition, half-title, engraved vignette title (browned), original cloth-backed boards, paper label to spine, uncut, spine faded, preserved in later cloth drop-front box, 1823 § Woodland (Miss) Matilda Mortimer; or False Pride, second edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary ink signatures to title, occasional spotting, original boards, uncut, paper label chipped, M.J.Godwin at the Juvenile Library, 1814 § Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded, 80pp., engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, contemporary ink inscription to verso of frontispiece and rear pastedown, no endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, joints split, spine worn, [Not in ESTC], R.Shaw...and R.Reepe, [c.1791], rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The first is a thinly-veiled autobiographical account of the author's infatuation with his landlady's daughter, an unreciprocated attachment which caused him great distress.

Bindings.- Phillips (Stephen) Poems, seventh edition, bound in dark green morocco, gilt, covers with double gilt ruled border with small red dots and central panel with pattern of small roses in red and gold, spine gilt in compartments of roses and five raised bands, signed "M & G 1903" on rear turn-in, g.e., spine faded, London and New York, 1898; Marpessa, head- & tail-piece by Philip Connard but lacking plates, bound in russet morocco, upper cover with panel of central and corner lozenges of floral onlays in cream and gilt against a background of small gilt dots and border of triple rules and dots, rear cover similar, spine gilt with five raised bands, signed "B.C.D. 1902" on rear turn-in, g.e., 1901 § Avenel (Paul) Chansons, fourth edition, book-label of James Stevens Cox, handsomely bound in dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, ?by Chambolle-Duru of Paris (according to pencil note), elaborately tooled in gilt with central lozenge within shaped panel and corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., preserved in silk-lined cloth folder and slip-case, Paris, 1875 § Bryant (Arthur) Samuel Pepys, first edition, frontispiece, bound in dark blue morocco, gilt, by Nevett, ruled in gilt and black with horizontal lines, upper cover with "S" & anchor and "1633. 1703" in gilt panels, spine titled in gilt, g.e., signed on rear turn-in, Cambridge, 1933; and 2 other bindings, 8vo et infra (6)

Miniature Book.- Embroidered Binding.- Taylor (John, "the water poet") Verbum sempiternum [&] Salvator mundi, 2 parts in 1 bound back to back, the first with blanks A1 & 2 (the first laid down) and E16, the second with blanks A1 (blank but for signature) and D15 & 16, the first with variant title with "sempiternum" rather than "sempiternae", bound in attractive contemporary embroidered dos à dos binding of cream silk embroidered with coloured silks and silver thread forming design of flower to one cover and plant with fruits (?strawberries) to other, g.e., a little rubbed and soiled, some stitching fraying, [Bondy p.15; Spielmann p.264, quoting 1616 as first edition; STC 23810], 39 x 28mm., Jo.Beale for John Hamman, 1614.⁂ Extremely rare; a charmingly-bound copy of one of the earliest "thumb" Bibles, comprising the Old and New Testaments in verse by John Taylor "the water poet". ESTC records only one copy, in Aberdeen University Library, but with the title of the first reading "Verbum sempiternae" although all the bibliographies and reprints quote "sempiternum". There are no copies on WorldCat and ESTC lists only 2 copies of the second edition of 1616 (British Library, and Huntington Library in America).We have been able to trace only 2 copies at auction: Christie's New York in 1989 bound in contemporary black morocco but lacking the blanks, and described as "One of only two copies known, the only one in private hands"; another in 1999 bound in contemporary blind-tooled morocco and lacking some blanks.

Aikin (John) The Calendar of Nature; designed for the Instruction and Entertainment of Young Persons, first edition, ink notes in contemporary hand to rear free endpaper, contemporary marbled wrappers, Warrington, W.Eyres, for J.Johnson, 1784 § White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar..., first edition, hand-coloured engraved plate, a little browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt with black roan label, 1795 § Juvenile Library. A Picture of the Seasons..., wood-engraved title-vignette and 6 charming plates of shearing, harvesting etc., contemporary ink signature to head of title, lightly browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, S. & A.Davis, 1818 § [Mogridge (George)] Rural Pickings, hand-coloured additional pictorial title and 4 hand-coloured lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, original red blind-stamped cloth, spine pictorial gilt, g.e, a good copy, 1846, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ ESTC lists 3 copies of the first with only one in the UK (BL, others at Harvard and Toronto).

[Bisset (James)] The Geographical Guide; a Poetical Nautical Trip round the Island of Great-Britain, first edition, engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved title-vignette and 12 illustrations, with additional leaf 'Theatrum Oceani' at end, lightly browned, slight worming to lower margin, contemporary roan-backed boards, [Not in Moon], J.Harris, 1805 § Darton (William, publisher) London: a Descriptive Poem, second edition, 8 engraved plates, original printed wrappers, spotted, [Darton H987 (20], W.Darton, Jun., 1812 § [Strickland (Agnes)] The Youthful Travellers..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, light offsetting, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary red roan-backed marbled boards, corners worn, [Darton H1506], William Darton, 1823 § Copper Plate Vews of Interesting Places in England...for the Juvenile; or Child's Library , vol.1 only (of 2), 15 engraved plates, some spotting and soiling, one or two plates frayed at edges, original boards, engraved paper labels, spine worn, John Marshall, [c.1800] § Abécédaire des Quatres Parties du Monde, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, vignette title and 4 plates (each with 2 views), ink name to head of title, lightly browned, some pencil scribbling/shading to plates, disbound, Paris and New York, n.d.; and a copy of A Brief Description of England and Wales lacking maps, 12mo (6)

Crawhall (Joseph) Old Aunt Elspa's ABC, first edition, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 3pp. advertisements at end, original wrappers with hand-coloured woodcut vignettes, with 1858 1d red postage stamp pasted onto easel on verso, [1884] § Rossetti (Christina) Sing-Song. A Nursery Rhyme Book, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece and illustrations by Arthur Hughes, advertisement leaf at end, original pictorial red cloth, a little soiled, 1872 § Greenaway (Kate) Language of Flowers, first edition, wood-engraved illustrations printed in colours by Edmund Evans, original cream boards, gilt, pale olive endpapers, spine and edges a little rubbed and soiled, [Schuster 107-1f], George Routlede & Sons, [1884], the last two with light spotting at beginning and end, a little rubbed; and 6 others, children's, including 5 by Hilaire Belloc in generally fine condition, 4to & 8vo (9)⁂ "Aunt Elspa" was a family term of endearment for Crawhall's daughter Elspeth. Crawhall himself is pictured at letter R for Rumpus, Rage, Racket & Riot, being chased by a termagant queen.

[Cunningham (John)] Day, a Pastoral...to which is added The Stubborn Dame, original pictorial wrappers, contemporary ink signature to head of upper cover, slight worming to upper outer corner sometimes affecting pagination, [Hugo 306, "One of the most beautiful productions of Davison's press"; Osborne p.631], Alnwick, W.Davison, [c.1825] § Tom Thumb's Play Book to Teach Children Their Letters, original printed yellow wrappers, Alnwick, W.Davison, [c.1825] § Ducks and Green Peas; or, the Newcastle Rider, original printed wrappers, Alnwick, W.Davison, 1827 § Curious Hieroglyphick Bible (A), woodcuts, original stiff printed green wrappers, York, J.Kendrew, [?1833] § Gamester (The). To which is added The Story of Sinful Sally, 24pp., first Dublin edition, woodcut title-vignette, disbound, contemporary ink signature at head of title, Dublin, William Watson & son, [1796] § Elizabeth (Charlotte) The Happy Mute; or the Dumb Child's Appeal, ?first Dublin edition, half-title, folding engraved plate of sign language, original printed wrappers, a little soiled and stained, Dublin, William Curry, Jun. & Co., 1833 § Northern Excursion (The); or, the Highland Village, Part I [?all published], engraved frontispiece, original wrappers, contemporary ink signature to upper cover, Glasgow, printed by Andrew & James Duncan, 1818, the first three with wood-engraved illustrations by Bewick, some of those in the first in decorative borders, most slightly rubbed or soiled; and 10 others, Dublin or provincial printing, 12mo (16)⁂ Several scarce items; the fourth concerns a man called Tricket who robbed a gentleman in desperation to feed his wife and family, having lost all his money through gambling and drink, and was transported to Botany Bay.A selection of the items are illustrated.

Darton, publishers.- English (Clara) The Children in the Wood. An Instructive Tale, second edition, engraved title-vignette and 13 illustrations, foxing and staining to a few leaves, contemporary cloth, spine faded, Darton and Harvey, 1802 § Tales for Play-hours..., first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece and 5 plates, light foxing, original printed yellow wrappers, soiled, top corner of upper cover and foot of spine a little frayed, small ink stain to lower edge affecting margin of first few leaves, Darton, Harvey, and Darton, 1819 § Little Prattler (The); or, Dame Teachwell's Picture-Book, 28 engraved vignettes on 8 plates (all printed on both sides, most with 2 each), a little soiled and stained, worming to lower inner margin with slight loss to last line of one leaf and corner of two illustrations, original wrappers, worn and defective (lacking most of red paper covering), Harvey and Darton, 1821, [Darton G296 (2), G896 & G589] ; and 4 others, Darton, including an ABC card titled 'A Reward for Obedience', 12mo (7)

Darton, publishers.- Bloomfield (Robert) The Fakenham Ghost a true Tale, first edition, engraved throughout on 16 leaves, rectos only, each with illustration and verses, original engraved pictorial wrappers, upper wrapper with title and vignette, lower with final illustration and verse, slightly soiled, [Darton H84 (1)], 16mo, W.Darton Junr., 1806.⁂ An excellent copy of the scarce first edition of this tale from Bloomfield's Rural Poems of 1802. It is sometimes found hand-coloured but these generally seem to be later editions, and indeed the cross-hatched darkness and chiaroscuro of the engravings is surely seen to best effect in black and white.

Darton, publishers.- R. (R.) The Good Boy's Soliloquy; containing his Parents' Instructions relative to his Disposition and Manners, first edition, 16 oval engraved plates, small ink spot to upper edge of frontispiece, one leaf slightly frayed at edges, original wood-engraved pictorial buff wrappers, upper cover with scene of encampment, lower with girl chasing a cat in a farmyard, upper cover with contemporary ink inscription "Henry G.G. Ludlove July 31 1813", very slightly rubbed, [Darton H1282 (1)], 16mo, W.Darton, Jun., 1811.⁂ Rare. WorldCat lists only 2 copies, both in North America (Universities of Columbia, NY and Alberta, Canada). Darton adds another rebound copy in the Pierpont Morgan Library and states that the Columbia copy is imperfect. There are no copies in British libraries, the earliest edition in the British Library is that of the second edition of 1813. "A tongue-in-cheek call to virtue, cataloguing all the things a good boy should not do, the illusns [sic] showing him in the act of doing them". Darton