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Matrimonial Law. Baron and Feme . A Treatise of the Common Law Concerning Husbands and Wives... , 1st edition, London: the Assigns of Richard and Edward Atkyns Esquires, for John Walthoe, 1700, publisher's advert leaf before title (recto blank), a second advert leaf (a8) before main text, some black letter, occasional contemporary ink marginalia and additional note to rear endpaper, a few light scattered damp patches to lower margins, several vertical brown streaks to pp. 27-32, contemporary blind-ruled polished calf with raised bands and manuscript ink short title to one compartment, minor rubbing, 8vo (19.2 x 11.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC R6177 (noting four final numbered advertisement leaves, not present in this copy); Wing B899. This is a good copy of this first edition of the first known legal treatise to focus exclusively on the laws concerning husbands and wives. Second and third editions were published in 1719 and 1738.

Plowden (Edmund). 1578. Les Commentaries, ou Reportes de divers cases esteants matters en ley, et de les Arguments sur yceux, en les temps des Raygnes le Roye Edwarde le size, le Roigne Mary, le Roy et Roigne Phillip et Mary, et le Roigne Elizabeth [part 2: ... Cy ensuont certeyne Cases Reportes], 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Richard Tottel, 1578 [part 2: 1584], title-page with woodcut border to each part, woodcut initials throughout (most on criblé ground), full-page woodcut table of consanguinity to folio 451 verso, text mainly in blackletter, first title-page closedly trimmed at foot, minor worm-track to foot of first few quires, quickly diminishing, small spill-burn in part 1 leaf 5H2 touching side-note verso, section of rear free endpaper torn away, light silverfish damage to lower margin of last 2 leaves, a few other trivial marks, retaining blank leaves 5H6 in part 1, 2T6 and [superscript 2]A6 in part 2, and A1 in 'Un report fait per un uncertaine authour ...' (all apparently original), occasional marginalia (in a later hand, at one point referring to Blackstone), later Italian manuscript leaves used as pastedowns, 17th-century blind-ruled calf, loss to foot of spine, folio (27.6 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Jan 28 1668 I doo warrant this Book perfect, Willm [?]Plaids' (inscription to front free endpaper). 2) 'H Mitton 1675' (inscription to front free endpaper). 3) 'E Locke' (inscription to rear pastedown). 4) Private Collection, Shropshire. Beale R485, R486a; ESTC S115947, S115951; STC 20041, 20046.7; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 306.95-6. Second editions of both parts: the first originally appeared in 1571, and the second in 1579. Plowden's Commentaries 'decisively broke out of the older year-book tradition' (ODNB). This second edition of the first part contains additional cases and an analytical index by Recorder William Fleetwood.

Pope (Alexander). An Epistle from Mr. Pope, to Dr. Arbuthnot, Printed by J. Wright for Lawton Gilliver, 1734 [1735], some browning at front and rear, bound with four other Pope items: One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace, Printed for T. Cooper, [1738], half-title, advert leaf at rear, bound with One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. Dialogue II, R. Dodsley, [1738], 16pp., bound with The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated by Mr. Pope, R. Dodsley, 1737, bound with The Sixth Epistle of the First Book Of Horace Imitated, L. Gilliver, 1737 [1738], half-title, bound with [Johnson, Samuel], London: A Poem, In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, 2nd edition, R. Dodsley, 1737, bound with Advice to the Fair: An Epistolary Essay, in Three Parts: On Dress, Converse, and Marriage: Address’d to a Sister, J. Wilford, 1738, bound with Miller (James), Of Politeness. An Epistle to the Right Honourable William Stanhope, Lord Harrington. The Second Edition, L. Gilliver & J. Clark, 1738, bound with Whitehead (Paul), Manners: A Satire, [London?, 1739?], bound with [King, William, attributed to], Miltonis Epistola ad Pollionem. Edidit & notis illustravit F. S. Cantabrigiensis, Editio Altera, T. Cooper, 1738, bound with (at front of volume) University of Oxford. Pietas Universitatis Oxoniensis in obitum augustissimi & desideratissimi regis Caroli Secundi, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1685, two title-pages with engraved vignettes, brown stain to foremargin and some acid burning damage to both titles, some contemporary ink notes to upper corners of rectos, bound with Strenæ Natalitiæ Academiæ Oxoniensis in celsissimum principem, Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1688, engraved vignette to title, some heavy staining, some contemporary ink marginalia, bound with other mostly poetry, odes, essays and speeches, a total of 32 printed items and one manuscript item ( Indicia Eruditorum…, c.1740, 2pp.), c. 1685-1740, occasional light marginal dampstaining or spotting, 20th-century reversed half calf over marbled boards, folio (32.5 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. The collections comprises the following items: 1) ESTC R30765; 2) ESTC R32204; 3) ESTC R5564; 4) ESTC T56617; 5) ESTC N506824; 6) ESTC T56621; 7) ESTC T56619; 8) ESTC T56619; 9) ESTC R118115; Foxon R114. Reissue of the first edition of the same year; 10) ESTC T135093; Foxon K69. Reissue; 11) ESTC T36631; Foxon P244; 12) MS item, not located; 13) ESTC T125646; Foxon R194; 14) ESTC T111483; 15) ESTC T180849; 16) ESTC T32229; 17) ESTC T144479; 18) ESTC T49655; 19) ESTC T28384; 20) ESTC T22855; 21) ESTC T44603; 22) ESTC T5747; Foxon P965; Griffith 476; 23) ESTC T5739; Foxon P957; 24) ESTC T5567; Foxon P802; Griffith 352; 25) ESTC T5720; Foxon P933; Griffith 485; 26) ESTC T5724; Foxon P938; Griffith 494; 27) ESTC T102900; Foxon M237; 28) ESTC T125865; Foxon B122 OR N461; Foxon B123; 29) ESTC T134119; Foxon J77; 30) ESTC N10534; Foxon M256; 31) ESTC T139152; Foxon W419; 32) ESTC T57963; Foxon A90; 33) ESTC T87637.

Powell (Thomas). The Attourneys Academy: or, the Manner and Forme of proceeding practically, upon any Suite, Plaint or Action whatsoever, in any Court of Record whatsoever, within the Kingdome, 1st edition, London: for Benjamin Fisher, 1623, bound with: Direction for Search of Records remaining in the Chancerie, Tower, Exchequer, with the Limnes thereof, 1st edition, London: by B. A. for Paul Man, 1622, and: The Attornies Almanacke. Provided and Desired for the Generall Ease and Daily Use of all such as shall have Occasion to remove any Person, Cause or Record, from an Inferiour Court ot any the Higher Courts at Westminster, 1st edition, London: by B. A. and T. F. for Ben. Fisher, 1627, 3 works in 1 volume, The Attourneys Academy without quire pi (half-sheet with 'Epistle Dedicatory' to Sir James Ley and Sir Henry Hobart), contemporary inscription (recording price) to title-page, Direction retaining initial and terminal blanks (par. 1 and L4), The Attornies Almanacke retaining initial leaf A1 (blank except for signature-mark 'A'), contemporary blind-ruled calf, small chip to head of spine, worm-tracks to top spine compartment, 4to (18.4 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC S124370, S115034, S115029; STC 20163.5, 20166, 20165; Sweet & Maxwell I p. 275.119-120 ( The Attourneys Academy & The Attornies Almanacke ). 'Powell was appointed solicitor-general in the Welsh marches on 13 November 1613, a position he held until 5 August 1622. He appears to have been searching assiduously through the legal records in the chancery , the Tower of London, and the exchequer in this period—research which was to form the basis of his most important works' (ODNB); of these The Attourneys Academy is especially noteworthy as the first printed treatise on common-law proceedure.

Pownall (Thomas). The Administration of the Colonies. The Third Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Enlarged. To which is added, an Appendix, No. III, containing, Considerations on the Points lately brought into Question as to the Parliament's Right of taxing the Colonies, and of the Measures necessary to be taken at this Crisis, London: for J. Dodsley and J. Walter, 1766, 7 woodcuts in the text at pp. 172-4 reproducing the marks of Native American sachems (chiefs), small hole to head of half-title, contemporary sprinkled tan calf, floral devices gilt to spine compartments, 8vo (20.4 x 12.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC T90025; Howes P-539; Sabin 64816. Pownall was governor of Massachusetts from 1757 to 1759, after which 'he remained an acknowledged expert on Britain's colonial affairs in general, especially the American colonies that declared independence in 1776. Pownall's most influential statement in this respect was his Administration of the Colonies , first published in 1764 ... Pownall consciously sought in this work to identify himself as a supporter of American liberty. Although he feared that Britain was losing control of its colonies, he wrote that the Americans were entitled to the same rights of representative government as their fellow subjects in England, Scotland, and Wales' (ODNB).

Pufendorf (Samuel von). De jure naturae et gentium libri octo, 1st edition, Lund: Adam Junghans, 1672, tide-mark to lower margins of first few quires, title-page slightly browned and marked and with small section of paper disruption to gutter, a few intermittent worm-tracks to margins, spill-burn in 2Z2 and small hole in 3V3 each affecting a few letters, a few other minor ink-stains and marks, contemporary ink annotations to index, contemporary sprinkled calf ruled in blind (probably English), slightly marked, 4to (20.5 x 15.9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. A good, unrestored copy of Pufendorf's great treatise on natural law, much influenced by Hobbes and Grotius. An English translation by Basil Kennett was published in 1703, with the title Of the Law of Nature and Nations.

Stubbe (Henry). The Miraculous Conformist: or an Account of severall Marvallous Cures performed by the Stroaking of the Hands of Mr Valentine Greaterick; with a Physicall Discourse thereupon, in a Letter to Robert Boyle, 1st edition, Oxford: by H. Hall for Ric. Davis, 1666, title-page slightly stained, bound with: 'W. B.', Misopormist: or some Loathsome Abominations of the Romish Faction, discovered in a Letter to a Friend, 1st edition, London: for George Larkin, 1667, some headlines shaved , Burton (Henry), Apology of an Appeale. Also an Epistle to the True-Hearted Nobility, [London: no publisher], 1636, lacking initial blank pi1, headlines and a few first lines of text shaved, paper softened, closed tear in A3, ibid., For God, and the King. The Summe of two Sermons preached on the fifth of November last in St. Matthewes Friday-Streete. 1636, most headlines and first line of text in first 3 leaves shaved, lacking final blank, [Parenting], The Office of C[hri]stian Parents. Shewing how Children are to be governed throughout all Ages and Times of their Life, 1st edition, Cambridge: Cantrell Legge, 1616, lacking final 5 quires (2E-2I), initial blank possibly not original but with old manuscript recto, water-staining and concomitant softening and fraying to fore margins and outer corners from quire [par.] to E, causing loss of text in title-page ([par.] 2) and subsequent leaf, the damage steadily attenuating but lower outer corners slightly frayed or softened throughout, loss to upper outer corner of 2D4 (final leaf present), and [Parker, Samuel; subject], Insolence and Impudence Triumphant; Envy and Fury enthron'd: the Mirrour of Malice and Madness, in a Late Treatise, entituled, a Discourse of Ecclesiastical Polity, etc. Or, the Lively Portraiture of Mr. S. P. Limn'd and drawn by his own Hand, 1st edition, [London: no publisher], 1669, 6 works in 1 volume, later manuscript list of contents to initial blank, c.1700 mottled calf, blind rules and sunflower devices to sides, wear to foot of spine, front joint slightly tender, 4to (17.2 x 13.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Shropshire. ESTC R28187 (Stubbe), R223585 ('W. B.'), S106955 (Burton, Apology ), S106956 (Burton, For God and King ), S107874 (Parenting), R31666 (Palmer); Norman 2031 (Stubbe); STC 4135 (Burton, Apology ), 4141 (Burton, For God and King ), 5180 (Parenting); Wing S6062 (Stubbe), B217 ('W. B.'), I226 (Palmer). Stubbe's pamphlet sought to explain the miracle cures of Irish faith-healer Valentine Greatrakes (1629-1683) using a theory of fermentation and effluvium derived from Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580-1644). The second-bound work, Misopormist , is extremely rare, with ESTC tracing one copy world-wide, at the Folger Shakespeare Library. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide for The Office of Christian Parents . STC gives priority to another 1636 edition of Burton's For God and King printed at Amsterdam; there was also an Amsterdam edition of the Apology, to which STC assigns implicit priority.

Carew (Thomas). Poems, with a Maske ... The third edition revised and enlarged [... Coelum Britannicum. A Maske], 2 parts in 1 volume, London: printed for H[umphrey] M[oseley] and are to be sold by J. Martin, 1651, slightly browned, a few small spots, one word at lower outer corner of p. 98 failed to print, small hole in K1 touching signature recto, all edges gilt, 20th-century blue morocco gilt by Bayntun, 8vo (14.5 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Sir Thomas Hanmer, 4th Baronet (1677-1746; engraved bookplate dated 1707 to title-page verso). Sir Thomas Hanmer was speaker of the House of the Commons in 1714-15, overseeing the Hanoverian succession, and spent much of his retirement devoted to literary pursuits, producing an edition of Shakespeare (1743-4) among other works. 2) Sotheby's London, 2-3 April 1985. 3) Stuart Bennett (book-label to front pastedown). 4) From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R21803; Grolier Wither to Prior I p. 132; Pforzheimer 129; Wing C565. This edition is noted for containing 'the first appearance of the three poems added, apparently at the last moment, at the end' (Pforzheimer). This copy is of the second issue, with Martin's name in the imprint.

Evelyn (John). Fumifugium: or the Inconvenience of the Aer and Smoak of London dissipated. Together with some Remedies humbly Proposed to His Sacred Majestie, and to the Parliament now assembled. Published by His Majesties Command, 1st edition, London: Printed by W. Godbid for Gabriel Bedel, and Thomas Collins, 1661, with misprints as noted by Keynes, lacking final blank (E2), title-page slightly spotted and dust-soiled, faint tide-mark to fore margin of a few leaves, small hole in leaves a1-2 affecting a few letters, headline and pagination shaved both sides in leaf D1, bookplate (Henry Davies), 19th-century sprinkled half calf, 4to (19.4 x 14.8 cm), together with another copy, with some misprints corrected (see Keynes), lacking final blank, toning, burn-hole in C1 affecting a word either side, a few early ink corrections and pencil marginalia, modern Macclesfield Library bookplate (press-mark 121.F.1), modern half calf to style, 4to (18.6 x 14 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R20558; Keynes 23; Wing E3488. Both copies are first issue, retaining 'Published by His Majesties Command' in the title.

Plat (Sir Hugh). Delights for Ladies, to adorne their Persons, Tables, Closets, and Distillatories; with Beauties, Banquets, Perfumes, and Waters, London: by H. L. and R. Y. and are to bee sold by James Boler, 1628, text within ornamental border throughout, slightly browned, small stain to upper inner corners of leaves A1-3, damp-staining to quires B, E and F, retaining final leaf H12 (blank except for ornamental border), various early ownership inscriptions to front free endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, 12mo (12 x 7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC S107188; STC 19983.7; cf. Bitting p. 373, Cagle 930 (other editions). A rare early edition of Plat's 'guide to the housewifely arts of preserving fruits, distilling, and the blending of perfumes, hair dyes, and other aids to beauty' (ODNB). ESTC traces five copies in libraries world-wide. The first dated edition appeared in 1602; an undated edition may have been printed earlier, with a conjectured dated of 1600.

[Ray, John]. Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium [-Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Cambridge: John Field, 1660, title-page in red and black (Keynes's title-page 'B'), initial blank *1 discarded (the leaf containing the corrected title-page 'A' in later copies), moderate even browning, contemporary vellum painted green, rubbed, 8vo (14.3 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R203306; Freeman 3127; Keynes 1; Lisney 7; Wing R383. With the title-page in its first, uncorrected state (Keynes's title-page B). 'Ray's first essay in scientific botany, though not without faults, was a most remarkable achievement ... A small and unpretentious book ... [i]t has many bibliographical attractions' (Keynes p. 1).

Shirley (James). Poems etc., London: for Humphrey Moseley, 1646, engraved portrait frontispiece (closely trimmed at foot), complete with blanks D8 and B8, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, gilt label (possibly later), 8vo (15.8 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Liber Simonis Boston' (contemporary ownership inscription to title-page). 2) From the estate of John Lawson (1932-2019). ESTC R202316; Grolier Wither to Prior 800; Pforzheimer 933; Wing S3481. First collected edition.

Bembo (Pietro). Gli Asolani, 1st edition, 1st issue, Venice: nelle Case d'Aldo Romano, 1505, 96 leaves (of 98: signatures n1-2, errata leaf and blank, discarded), a1 recto (title-page) and m8 verso (final leaf) slightly soiled, contents washed, a few residual spots and marks including monogrammed ink-stamp to title-page, edges dyed red, 20th-century diced russia, 8vo (19.4 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams B578; Ahmanson-Murphy 88; Renouard 48.1 ('assez rare'); STC Italian p. 80. The first issue retains the dedication to Lucrezia Borgia (a1 verso to a2 recto), suppressed in the second issue.

Bembo (Pietro). Historiae Venetae Libri XII, Venice: [Gualtiero Scoto for Sons of Aldus, 1551], large woodcut device of Gualtiero Scoto to title, contemporary inscription in Greek in brown ink at foot of title, Aldine woodcut device to verso of final leaf, woodcut initials, engraved bookplate of the Royal Library at Cambridge, containing the motto 'Munificentia Regia 1715', additionally inscribed in brown ink to the head of this bookplate by William Cole 'Had this Duplicate fro ye Royal public Library. Wm: Cole-1745', pages 82 and 83 with early marginal annotation referring to Christopher Columbus and Pope Alexander, 18th century full calf, spine lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and some light wear to joints, with upper joint partly cracked, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) John Moore (1646-1714), Bishop of Ely, one of the greatest book-collectors of his day, whose library was purchased by King George I, and subsquently presented to the University of Cambridge as a mark of gratitude for support given to the Hanoverian succession. This copy sold as a duplicate in 1745, and purchased by 2) William Cole (1714-1782), Cambridgeshire clergyman and antiquary who compiled an extensive collection of manuscript histories concerning Cambridgeshire and Buckinghamshire, all 100 volumes of which were given to the British Museum. 3) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams B597; Censimento 16 CNCE 5037; Renouard 152/17. First edition of Bembo's history of Venice, with the woodcut device of Gualtiero Scoto depicting Mercury and Athena on the title. The work covers the period between 1487 and 1513. Published posthumously, this work was a joint edition between Aldus' heirs and the Venetian publisher Gualtiero Scoto. Book six contains a detailed overview of Columbus' discovery of the New World.

Erasmus (Desiderius). Apophthegmatum opus cum primis frugiferum, vigilanter ab ipso recognitum autore, è Graeco codiae correctis aliquot locis in quibus interpres Diogenis Laertii fefellerat, locupletatum in super quum variis per totum accessionibus, tum duobus libris in fine adjectis, Paris: Jean Roigny, 1533, pp. [10] 496 [30], signatures A-3X4 (X3 blank, X4 blank except for publisher's woodcut device verso), woodcut device to title-page, woodcut initials, early ink annotations to title-page, manuscript marginalia and underlining throughout, bound with: Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum Apophthegmata summa cum diligentia nuperrime recognita, Raphaelem Regio interprete, [Paris:] Jehan Petit, [c.1525], 48 leaves, signatures a-f8, folios 47-8 misnumbered 28 and 4, woodcut title device, criblé initials, browning, manuscript marginalia and underlining, 18th-century French marbled sheep, 4to (18.6 x 13.5 cm), together with a typed letter signed from Brigitte Moreau, Bibliothèque nationale de France, dated 3 March 1981 and discussing the edition of Plutarch ('fort rare ... je pense que l'édition est datable ... de c.1525') (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Neither edition in Adams. Rare early edition of Erasmus's work, which was first printed by Froben at Basel in 1531. This edition was printed by Christian Wechel and copies are also known with the imprint 'excudebat Christanus Wechelus' and Roigny's name omitted; OCLC traces three institutional locations only for the present imprint (British Library, Rotterdam and University of Missouri). Raffaele Regio's translation of Plutarch was first printed in 1508, with another edition appearing in 1510. Apart from a copy noted at the Bibliothèque municipale du Mans (in the letter from Brigitte Moreau of the Bibliothèque nationale de France, accompanying this copy), this edition is untraced in libraries but has a similar collation to an edition with the imprint of Parisian bookseller Nicolas Crispin and dated 1523, itself represented by one institutional copy world-wide (University of Illinois). Erasmus became acquainted with Regio while living in Padua and was 'plainly impressed with him ... Erasmus clearly knew Regio's translations from Plutarch and compared them with Filelfo's version' (Bietenholz et al., Contemporaries of Erasmus , vols. 1-3, p. 134).

Grisone (Federico). Gli ordini di cavalcare. De nouvo ristampati ed emendati de molti errori che nelle altre stampe si legeva, Naples: Mattio Cancer, 1559, signatures pi2 A-P8 Q4 (Q4=blank), 50 full-page woodcuts of bits, variable light toning, section excised from foot of title-page not affecting text, old oil-staining in fore margins of quire D, a few other marginal spots and marks, contemporary 6-line manuscript poem in Italian to front free endpaper (incipit 'Se questo libro assorta si perdessi'), scored through once, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, ties perished, 4to (20.5 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. A rare early edition of Grisone's foundational manual of horse-riding, first published in 1550 (also in Naples); this edition not in Adams or STC Italian, three copies traced on OCLC.

Mocenigo (Andrea). Bellum Cameracense, 1st edition, Venice: Bernardino Vitali, 1525, title-page soiled, contemporary limp vellum, soiled, ties perished, 8vo (14.9 x 9.5 cm), together with: Giovio (Paolo), La vita di Ferrando Davalo marchese di Pescara, tradotta per Lodovico Domenichi, 1st edition in Italian, Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1551, signatures A-2B8 (-2B8, blank), title-page slightly soiled, 19th-century boards, 8vo (16 x 9.6 cm), ibid., Le vite di Leon Decimo et d'Adriano VI. somme pontefici, et del cardinal Pompeo Colonna, tradotte da Lodovico Domenichi, 2nd edition in Italian, Florence: Lorenzo Torrentino, 1551, signatures A-2F8 (-2F7-8, apparently blank), spotting, later vellum, marked, 8vo (16 x 9 cm), Sansovino (Francesco, editor), Delle lettere amorose di diversi huomini illustri libri nove, Venice: Francesco Rampazetto, 1563, signatures *8 A-R8, title-page soiled, modern ownership inscription, first word shaved, a few headlines also shaved, later calf, wear to joints and spine-ends, 8vo (14.6 x 8.7 cm), and 1 other (another edition of Sansovino, 1599) (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams M1518 (Mocenigo), G684 (Giovio, Ferrando Davalo ); STC Italian pp. 442 (Mocenigo), 304 (Giovio, Ferrando Davalo ). The first work is a history of the War of the League of Cambrai (1508-16).

Ripa (Cesare). Iconologia della quale si descrivono diverse imagini di virtu, vitii, affetti, passioni humane ... ampliata ... con nuovi intagli, 3 parts in 1 volume, Siena: heirs of Matteo Florimi, 1613, woodcut emblems throughout, occasional light spotting and browning, title-page marked and with small hole from ink corrosion not affecting text, part 1 quires F-G misbound in order F1-2 G1-2 G7-8 F3-4 G3-6, contemporary vellum, 4to (20.6 x 14.6 cm), together with: Pignoria (Lorenzo), Mensa Isiaca, qua sacrorum apud Aegyptios ratio et simulacra subjectis tabulis aeneis simul exhibentur et explicantur, 3 parts in 1 volume, Amsterdam: Andreas Frisius, 1670-69-69, engraved general title-page, engraved vignette to each part-title, 5 engraved folding plates in 11 sections, 1 further engraved plate, engraved illustrations in text (several full-page), damp-staining, a few repairs, engraved general title-page slightly marked and with early ownership inscription 'Walter Fisher' at head, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked at an early date, corners refurbished, rubbed, 4to (23 x 18 cm), Verdizotti (Giovanni Maria), Cento favole bellissime di i piu illustri antichi, e moderni autori greci, e latini, Venice: Francesco Ginammi, 1661, full-page woodcuts throughout, woodcut initials, slightly browned, worming, headline on A2 recto and a few page-numbers trimmed, damp-staining to outer leaves, 19th-century half calf by Galloway of Edinburgh, 8vo (15.9 x 11 cm), and Du Choul (Guillaume), Veterum romanorum religio, castrametatio, disciplina militaris ut et balneae ex antiquis numismatibus et lapidibus demonstrata ... gallico in latinum translata, Amsterdam: apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1685, additional engraved title-page, engraved vignettes throughout, folding plan (closed tear), modern bookplate, contemporary English panelled calf, front board detached, 4to (21.8 x 15.2 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Blackmer 312 for Pignoria. 'Third and best edition [of Pignoria's work], the first with this title and form ... the first notable work of Egyptology' (Blackmer). Ripa's work was first printed in 1593, Pignoria's in 1605, Verdizotti's in 1570, and Du Choul's in 1556, as Discours de la religion des anciens Romains .

* Eastern Europe. Facius J. G. & G. S.), Carte exacte d'une Partie de L'Empire de Russie et de la Pologne meridionale renfermant l'Ukraine..., Bonn, 1769, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 475 x 725 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)NOTESA scarce map of Eastern Europe including Poland, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine. This is the first edition of the map, which was re-issued the following year as a 4-sheet map of the Theatre of War in the region, which was published by Jager.

Silvestri (Carlo). Istorica e geografica descrizione delle antiche paludi adriane, ora chiamata, lagune di Venezia, 1st edition, Venice: Domenico Occhi, 1736, half-title, 2 engraved folding maps, woodcuts in text, uncut in contemporary carta rustica, 4to (24 x 17.5 cm), together with: Moscardo (Lodovico), Historia di Verona, nella quale si contengono i sucessi occorsi, dall'origine sua, fino all'anno MDCLXVIII, 1st edition, Verona: Andrea Rossi, 1668, a few stains, contemporary ownership inscription to foot of title-page, later half sheep, rubbed, head of spine chipped, 4to (22.2 x 16.2 cm), Salomoni (Jacopo), Agri Patavini Inscriptiones sacrae et prophanae, 1st edition, Padua: ex Typographia seminarii, 1696, engraved folding map, marginal worming from quire 2V, contemporary tan panelled calf, rubbed and worn, 4to (21.8 x 16 cm), [Tuscany], Istorie pistolesi, ovvero delle cose avvenute in Toscana dall'anno MCCC. al MCCCXLVIII. e diario del Monaldi, 2nd edition, Florence: Giovanni Gaetano Tartini e Santi Franchi, 1733, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, variable browning, light spotting, D8 re-guarded (possibly a cancel), uncut in contemporary carta rustica, wear to spine, 4to (23.8 x 17.5 cm), Sansovino (Francesco). Venetia, citta nobilissima et singolare, descritte in XIII libri, Venice: Steffano Curti, 1663, engraved frontispiece view of Venice, engraved portrait, spotting and browning, occasional modern marginalia and underlining, free endpapers excised, contemporary vellum, spine worn, 4to (22.5 x 16.2 cm), and 1 other (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Two copies traced in UK libraries for the first work, a description of the Venetian lagoon (British Library and Glasgow). The anonymous Istoria pistolesi was first printed in 1578, by the Giunti.

Aesop. Les Fables d'Esope, & de plusieurs autres excellens Mythologistes, accompagnées du sens moral & des reflexions de Monsieur le Chevalier Lestrange, Amsterdam: Etienne Roger, 1714, engraved frontispiece, 27 full page engravings and 102 (of 108) engraved vignettes after F. Barlow, pp.61-64, 97-98, 119-120, 173-174 & 209-210 lacking, some damp-staining, a few marginal tears and old repairs, bookplate of John Gretton, Stapleford, contemporary mottled calf gilt, with consequent surface erosion, scratched, extremities worn, joints cracked, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst French edition of Sir Robert L'Estrange's Fables of Aesop, which unites l'Estrange's translation of the fables with Barlow's attractive illustrations.

Boswell (James). The Principal Corrections and Additions to the First Edition of Mr. Boswell's Life of Dr. Johnson, 1st edition, London: Henry Baldwin for Charles Dilly, 1793, light spotting, 9 contemporary manuscript corrections ink black ink to page references on pp. 14-16, 18, 20, 23, and 27, top edge gilt, 20th-century crushed half morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 4to (25.7 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T9706; Rothschild 466. Boswell's final lifetime publication; uncommon. This copy contains manuscript corrections to similar to those noted in the Malahide-Isham copy (Christies New York, 19 May 2000, lot 189, and Sotheby's London, 15 November 2015, lot 12), in that instance attributed to Boswell himself, though the figure '9' as found in the present annotations does not exhibit the author's characteristic curved downstroke.

Calvin (John). Commentarii in Isaiam Prophetam. Primùm collecti opera & diligentia N. Gallasii: deinde locupletati & expoliti magno labore & cura ipsius Authoris: tertiò recogniti & aucti ampla accessione locorum Scripturae qui passim in toto opere citantur: nunc postremò aliquot locis ex autographo ipsius Authoris restituti. Additi sunt is fine tres Indices locupletissimi, [Geneva]: Eustathius Vignon, 1583, printer's woodcut device to title, bound with Praelectiones in librum prophetiarum Jeremiae, et Lamentationes..., 3rd edition, Geneva: apud haered. Eustath. Vignon, 1589, printer's woodcut device to title, bound with Praelectiones in Ezechielis Prophetae viginti capita priora…, Geneva: Iohannem Vignon, Petrum & Iacobum Chouët, 1616, printer's woodcut device to title, some toning and browning throughout, some dampstaining to initial leaves at front of volume and to margins throughout volume, contemporary vellum, blind embossed arabesque to centre of boards, later manuscript title to spine, joints split and spine repaired to lower panel, marked, lacking ties, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams B1587 and C298 (for first two titles within volume)

Clifton (Richard). The Plea for Infants and Elder People, concerning their Baptisme. Or a processe of the passages between M. John Smyth and Richard Clyfton: wherein, first is proved, that the baptising of Infants of beleevers, is an ordinance of God. Secondly, that the rebaptising of such, as have been formerly baptised in the Apostate Churches of Christians, is utterly unlawful, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Gyles Thorp, 1610, [20], 226 [2], signatures *-**4, ***2, A-Ee4, Ff2 (the final leaf titled A Table of the Principal and some other special things handled in this Treatise', early ink ownership inscription to front blank 'Richard Clifton owes this Booke Anno 1659, with additional inscription, most likely in the same hand to the following blank before title, quoting from Exodus, Chapter XIV, Verses 13-14, and with a further ownership inscription in brown ink to blank leaf at end 'Richard Clifton is the treu owner of this booke July 1: 1660', some neat archival paper repairs to outer blank margins of some leaves, particularly at front and rear of volume, some other marks and minor marginal soiling, minor worm track to blank area at foot of inner margins (not affecting text), contemporary plain vellum, some marks and soiling, small 4to (18.5 x 14.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Richard Clifton (1642-1664), son of Zachary Clifton (born 1589), and grandson of Richard Clyfton, the author of the present work, with ownership inscriptions to front and rear of the volume. Zachary Clifton returned with his family to England in 1651 during the Commonwealth era, and died in 1671. According to information received from Sue Allan, historian at Scrooby Manor, Richard Clifton's books may have found their way to Warwickshire, and into the ownership of his clergyman brother Zachary Clifton Jr. (born Amsterdam 1633, died Wasperton 1715). STC 5450; ESTC online (British Library, Cambridge University Trinity College, Lambeth Palace, Bodleian; Yale, Harvard, Union Theological Seminary New York, American Baptist Samuel Colgate Historical New York). Puritan radical Richard Clifton (circa 1553-1616) was the guiding light of the separatist church established at Scrooby Manor House in Nottinghamshire, now recognised as the congregation from which emerged the first Pilgrim Fathers. In 1586, Clifton became rector of All Saints Church, Badsworth, and continued in this role until 1605, during which time he provided spiritual guidance to William Brewster and William Bradford, both passengers on board The Mayflower in 1620, as well as John Robinson. Following an edict by King James I, in 1605, Clifton was declared non-conformist and expelled from the parsonage at Badsworth, and given refuge at William Brewster's home, the Manor House at Scrooby in Yorkshire. When the Authorities caught up with him, Clifton was ex-communicated, and he escaped persecution by emigrating, along with many of his followers, to Amsterdam in August 1608. Rare: no copy traced at auction. This copy particularly significant given the Clifton family provenance.

[Croxall, Samuel]. A Select Collection of Novels and Histories, Written by the most Celebrated Authors in several Languages. Many of which never appear'd in English before. All New Translated from the Originals, by several Eminent Hands, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, with additions, London: John Watts, 1729, volume 1 title in red & black, 41 engraved plates (including frontispieces), fore-margins of last few leaves in volume 3 frayed, light dampstaining to volume 6, occasional marks, contemporary panelled calf with volume 3 matched from another set of the same edition, title labels lacking, extremities rubbed & some wear, 8vo (Qty: 6)NOTESESTC T59889. 'Between 1720 and 1722 Croxall edited for John Watts , the bookseller, A Select Collection of Novels in six volumes, comprising short stories mostly translated from French, Italian, and Spanish; the dedications, written by Croxall , were all to prominent ladies' (ODNB). The first volume includes 'The Jealous Estremaduran', from the Novelas ejemplares of Cervantes.

Ferro (Giovanni Francesco, or Bartolomeo). Istoria dell'antica città di Comacchio libri quattro, 1st edition, Ferrara: Bernardino Pomatelli, 1701, pp. [28] 1-60 60-[61] 61-540, signatures +8 *6 A-2K8 L6, engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates including folding view of Comacchio, additional text-leaf with woodcut paginated 60 on recto (verso blank) bound in between pp. 60 and 61, woodcuts and engravings in text, contemporary vellum, soiled, 4to (22.8 x 16 cm), together with: Machiavelli (Niccolo), Tutte le opere, divise in V. parti et di nuovo con somma accuratezza ristampate, [Geneva]: [no publisher], 1650, pp. 8 320, [4] 106 [2], [16] 280, 152, 158, signatures [par.]8 A-2R4, 2*2 a-n4 o2 (o2 = blank), a4 e4 a-2m4, 3a-3t4, 4a-4u4 (4u4 = blank), 5 title-pages each with woodcut portrait, spotting and browning, contemporary ownership inscription of Sir Robert Throckmorton, Baronet to title-page and his bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary English calf, spine defective, 4to (22.4 x 15 cm), and Sarnelli (Pompeo), Guida de'Forastieri, curiosi de vedere, ed intendere le cose piu notabili della regal citta di Napoli, Naples: Anton Bulifon, 1685, pp. [24] 423 [15], signatures a a-Q12 R8, engraved title-page, 7 engraved plates (only: of ?40), pagination irregular, Q12 cancelled (text and pagination continuous), contemporary vellum, 12mo (14.7 x 7.8 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESAdams M10 (Machiavelli, bound in a different order); Brunet II 1236-7 (Ferro: 'volume peu commun'), III 1274-5 (Machiavelli). The first work is sometimes attributed to Bartolomeo Ferro, uncle of Giovanni Francesco; some library records call for five plates of which two folding; this copy has five plates including the additional leaf bound between pages 60 and 61 and corresponds to other copies we have inspected, though only the view of Comacchio is folding. The second work is one of five 'Testina' editions of the works of Machiavelli, so-called because of the woodcut of Machiavelli's bust on each title-page.

Foulis (Robert & Andrew, publisher). The History of the Feuds and Conflicts among the Clans in the Northern Parts of Scotland and in the Western Isles; from the year M.XXXI. unto M.DC.XIX. Now first published from a manuscript, wrote in the reign of King James VI, Glasgow: Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1764, title with rubbed early signature John Blair to upper blank margin, toning and few marks, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, small 8vo, together with Spottiswoode (John) , An Introduction to the Knowledge of the Stile of Writs, Simple and Compound, made use of in Scotland, 4th edition, Edinburgh: Printed by W. Cheyne, 1752, Upper blank margin of title inscribed 'John Spottiswoode Sachville Street 1780', blank leaves bound-in at rear containing 41 pages of contemporary manuscript notes, 19th century half calf, rebacked preserving spine, rubbed, 8vo, plus [Mackenzie, James] , A Treatise concerning the Origin and Progress of Fees; or, the Constitution and Transmission of Heritable Rights: Being a Supplement to Spotiswood's Introduction to the Knowledge of the Stile of Writs, Edinburgh: Printed by T. & W. Ruddimans, 1734, manuscript initials to title, toning and spotting, near contemporary half sheep, rubbed and light wear, 8vo, and [Birnie of Saline, Andrew] , A Compend or Abbreviat of the most Important Ordinary Securities of and concerning Rights Personal and Real... of common use in Scotland..., Edinburgh: Printed by the heirs and successors of Andrew Anderson, 1709, initial leaf before title present with woodcut device, signature excised to upper blank margin of title, toning and some spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, and Boston (Thomas) , A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records..., Hawick: Printed by G. Caw for W. Coke, 1787, dust-soiled, some dampstaining and browning, 19th century half sheep, 12mo in 6s, plus 15 other similar 18th & 19th century antiquarian (Qty: 20)

Hemmingsen (Niels). A Learned and Fruitefull Commentarie upon the Epistle of James the Apostle ... Written in Latine by the learned Clerke Nicholas Hemminge, professour of Divinitie in the Universitie of Hasnie, and newly translated into English by W. G., 1st edition, London: Thomas Woodcocke, and Gregorie Seton, 1577, [4] 90 leaves, signatures A-Z4 2A2, A4 (errata leaf) misbound between A1 and A2, mild browning, variable damp-staining, old paper restoration to upper outer corners of quire A not affecting text, title-page (A1) and 2A2 verso both soiled and with various early ink inscriptions, including 'William [?]Tinnyng ... an[no] 1579' and '20 May 1626 ... [?]Johnne Baird', title-page also with short closed tear to fore margin, errata leaf (A2) with pen-trials and scoring through of text by an early hand, contemporary manuscript underlining and marginal manicules in red ink throughout, 2A2 sometime strengthened along fore margin recto, all edges gilt, 19th-century maroon morocco, heavily worn, spine perished, covers detached, 4to (17.2 x 12.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC S103941 (thirteen copies world-wide); STC 13060. 'Hemmingsen, a bishop, scholar, and influential Lutheran preacher in his native Denmark, is certainly not as recognized today as his Protestant contemporary John Calvin, but he was an important figure ... It is surely noteworthy that Hemmingsen‘s commentary on James was translated into English and Calvin‘s was not' (Cooper, 'Saving the Strawy Epistle: The Recovery of James after Martin Luther', Haddington House Journal 11 (2009), p. 147). The work first appeared in Latin in Hemmingsen's Commentaria in omnes epistolas apostolorum (1572)

[Mandeville, Bernard]. The Fable of the Bees: or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits, 1st edition, London: for J. Roberts, 1714, moderately spotted and browned, paper slightly softened, staining to quire H, a few other marks, contemporary ownership inscription ('James Cowan') to title-page, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 12mo (15.4 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBritish Bee Books 76; Kress 2914; Rothschild 1371-2. Rare first edition of one of the most important and notorious works of political economy published in the 18th century, with 'rejoyning' for 'rejoycing' on page 36 (here corrected in manuscript) as called for by Rothschild. Drawing on Hobbes and French Augustinian thinkers including Bayle, Pascal and La Rochefoucauld, Mandeville's allegory presents human nature as essentially self-interested, 'alleging that their "vilest and most hateful Qualities", their passions, render humans sociable animals and make them "fit for the largest, and according to the World, the happiest and most flourishing Societies"' (ODNB). 'A celebrated work, which through Adam Smith, had an immense influence ... It is, in fact ... the only possible justification of individualism and laissez-faire' (Foxwell, cited in Kress).

Mela (Pomponius). Pomponius Mela. Julius Solinus. Itinerarium Antonini Aug. Vibius Sequester. P. Victor de regionibus urbis Romæ. Dionysius Afer de situ orbis, Prisciano interprete. [Edited by Franciscus Asulanus], Venice: In ædibus Aldi et Andreae Soceri, 1518, Aldus' woodcut anchor device to title and verso of final leaf, with blank leaf q8 and G3, early signature to title (title torn to lower outer blank corner & repaired), some early marginalia, marbled endpapers with ownership signature and armorial blind stamp to front endpaper, 18th century marbled sheep, attractive gilt decorated spine with terracotta leather title label, joints slightly rubbed and minor wear to extremities, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams M1053. The first and only Aldine edition of a compilation of ancient Roman writings on geography and cosmography.

Plato. The Republic. Translated from the Greek by H. Spens, with a Preliminary Discourse concerning the Philosophy of the Ancients by the Translator, Glasgow: Robert and Andrew Foulis, 1763, complete with final advertisement leaf 3H4, title-page and advertisement leaf slightly marked, pencil inscription 'Major Davidson' to initial blank and advertisement (erased from title), occasional light spotting and soiling elsewhere, modern calf, demy 4to (23.6 x 17.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T132206; Gaskell 423. First edition in English, large-paper issue, with post-horn and crowned fleur-de-lis watermarks (see Gaskell); copies were also issued in the smaller foolscap quarto format, on lower-grade paper. Gaskell identifies the large-paper issue of The Republic as printed on 'good' paper, the highest grade used by the Foulis press, and used only 'rarely' (p. 59).

Rheticus (Georg Joachim, 1514-1574; former owner). Procli, De sphaera liber I. Cleomedis, De mundo ... Arati Solensis Phaeonomena ... Dionysii Afri, Descriptio orbis habitabilis. Omnia Graece et Latine ita coniuncta ... una cum Ioan. Honteri Coronensis De Cosmographiae rudimentis, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1561, 5 parts in 1 volume, Proclus's work with woodcut illustrations in text including an armillary sphere, astronomical diagrams and a vignette of Proclus teaching, Honter's work with 12 double-page woodcut maps each with additional single-page woodcut map to conjugate leaf verso, complete with the final leaf (blank except for publisher's woodcut device verso), browning, damp-staining to lower margins, concomitant holes to first 4 leaves including title-page, title-page with central 4 cm diagonal closed tear, contemporary inscription 'Ioachimo Rhaetico' in ink to head with initial 'I' just trimmed (see note), and later inscriptions including 'Seminarii Studiosoru[m] Religios[orum] Vienna, Anno 1620 12 April', later half morocco, rebacked retaining most of original spine, crudely recoloured, 8vo (15 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514-1574), inscribed 'Ioachimo Rhaetico' ('From Joachim Rheticus') at the head of the title-page, in Rheticus's hand. An extraordinary and newly discovered association copy throwing light on the career of one the principal actors in the scientific revolution of the 16th century. Rheticus was the sole pupil of Nicolaus Copernicus, and the meeting between the two at Frombork in 1539 is considered without question to mark 'the beginning of modern astronomy' (DSB XI p. 359). He is perhaps remembered chiefly for encouraging Copernicus finally to consent to the publication of De Revolutionibus (1543), and for seeing the work through the press at Nuremberg while Copernicus lay dying; but it was in fact Rheticus's own account of his teacher's system, the Narratio prima (1540), which was the first published exposition of Copernican heliocentrism. Basel printers Heinrich Petri (1508-1579) and son Sebastian (1546-1626) were distant relatives of Johann Petreius, printer of the first edition of De Revolutionibus . In 1566, five years after their printing of the present compilation, they issued the second edition of De Revolutionibus , which was the first also to contain the Narratio Prima . Rheticus was a prolific correspondent at the centre of European intellectual life in the mid-16th century, and a handful of books with his inscription are known to exist in libraries or are attested in surviving letters and other sources. The National Library of Sweden holds a copy of Sacrobosco's Sphera mundi and other texts (Venice: Giunta, 1518) which contains the similar inscription 'Ioachimo Rhaetico', also in Rheticus's hand (shelfmark Stockholm K. Bibl., 106A, Fol, RAR; see further Goddu, 'Copernicus's Annotations: Revisions of Czartoryski's "Copernicana"', Scriptorium , 58 (2), 2004. p. 207). The only other example of a book inscribed by Rheticus we trace in commercial records is the legendary Horblit-O'More-Beltrame copy of De Revolutionibus , presented to Andreas Aurifarber, which achieved a record price for a printed book relating to the history of science when it realised $473,000 at auction in 1989 (see Gingerich, An Annotated Census of Copernicus' De revolutionibus , I.117). Adams P2134 (under Proclus); Houzeau & Lancaster 767; Sabin 65940; Shirley, World 108 & British Isles 69; VD16 P 4970. First edition of this compendium of cosmographical treatises to include Johannes Honter's De Cosmographiae rudimentis , which here contains Honter's double-page cordiform world map and maps of Malta, Mallorca, Cyprus, southern Africa, Madeira, Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula (as well as the Persian Gulf), India, Java, Sri Lanka ('Taprobana') and elsewhere; the first edition of Honter's work, printed at Krakow in 1530, is exceptionally rare and was printed with a double-page world map only. Heinrich Petri had previously issued a compendium containing Proclus's work together with those of Cleomedes and Aratus in 1547; the present iteration, containing Honter's text, was reprinted in 1585.AMENDMENT 9/12/2019:One party has noted that the inscription can also be read as ‘To Joachim Rhaeticus’, in the dative case, and that the inscription is not necessarily in Rheticus’s autograph.Additional information including images of other known inscriptions which in our opinion supports our attribution can be provided to bidders on request.

Saadi Shirazi. (Died 1292 A D). Boostan, by Sheik Muslahuddeen Saudee of Sheraz, to which is added a Compendious Commentary together with a Dictionary of such words as are hard of meaning now. First Computed Expressly for this Edition by Moolvy Jumnuzuddy, Calcutta, 1828. Reprinted at Bombay, 1842, 112 leaves, lithographed (by Gunput Crustnajee) in Persian throughout with title-page at end in Persian and English, heavy browning to first 28 leaves and some lesser browning to final leaves including title, a few marginal repairs to foremargin not title not affecting text, one marginal tear with loss, contemporary roan-backed cloth, repeated gilt floral ornament to spine, rubbed and some edge and corner wear, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESBustan [The Orchard] was one of the two major works by the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi (1210-91), completed in 1257.

Skene (Sir John, Lord Curriehill). De verborum significatione. The Exposition of the Termes and Difficill Wordes, conteined in the foure Buiks of Regiam Maiestatem, and uthers, in the Acts of Parliament, infestments, and used in practicque of this Realme, and with divers Rules, and common places, or principals of the Lawes. Collected and exponed be Master John Skene, Clerke of our Soveraine Lordis Register, Councell and Rolles, London: Printed by E. G[riffin], 1641, [4], 96, 87-102, 101-172pp., early ink signature John Gordon and initials J.H. to title, marginal notes to C2 & M4, browning and spotting throughout, some dampstaining mostly at rear of volume, modern endpapers, contemporary sheep, rebacked, scuffed, 4to (Wing C7681, the first separate edition of Skene's dictionary of ancient Scottish legal terms, the previous two editions being published as a part of his Laws and acts), together with [Parliament of Scotland] , An Index or Abridgement of the Acts of Parliament , Made by K. James the I. ... Queen Mary, Ja. VI. K. Charles I. and Charles the II. Kings and Queen of Scotland. Digested into Heads, Set down after the Order of the Alphabet, Edinburgh: Printed by John Reid, 1685, last few lines of text at foot of A2 faint, general toning throughout and few marks, modern calf, faded & marked, 12mo (Qty: 2)

Bartoli (Pietro Santi). Columna cochlis M. Aurelio Antonino Augusto dicata, eius rebus gestis in Germanica, atque Sarmatica expeditione insignis, ex S. C. Romae ad viam Flaminiam erectabrevibus notis Jo. Petri Bellorii illustrata, 2nd edition, Rome: Domenico de Rossi, 1704-8, etched title-page, dedication leaf, part-title 'Stylobates columnae Antoninae' , and 80 plates (numbered 1-77 and I-III), variable light fraying and marginal damp-staining to outer leaves (plates 2 and 77 strengthened in margins), worm-track to foot of first 5 leaves including title-page (attempted repair to first 4), quickly reducing thereafter, title-page somewhat spotted and dust-soiled, occasional light spotting and soiling to margins elsewhere, light marginal worming to plates 29-42 and 73-77, , closed marginal tear to plate 52, extra-illustrated with an etched plate tipped to a guard before the title-page, all edges untrimmed, modern half leatherette, oblong folio (39 x 47.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBerlin Katalog 3623; Cicognara 3605. An untrimmed, complete copy of this comprehensive depiction of the Antonine Column in Rome, the commemorative monument erected between AD 172 and 196 to celebrate the victories of Marcus Aurelius. The three extra plates issued in 1708 with the part-title 'Stylobates columnae Antoninae' are often absent and not listed in the Berlin Katalog. The first edition appeared in 1672.

Hancarville (Pierre François Hugues d'). Collection of Etruscan, Greek, and Roman Antiquities from the Cabinet of the Honble W. M. Hamilton, His Britannick Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Naples, volume 1 only [of 4], 1st edition, Naples: François Morelli, 1766, 110 etched plates numbered 1-3, 22-7 and 30-130, including 2 hand-coloured title-pages in English and French, and 39 further hand-coloured plates, of which 14 double-page, image dimensions 12 x 15 to 45 x 68 cm, the uncoloured plates including the dedication leaf, large engraved headpieces and initials in the text, text in English and French on facing pages, shallow tear to fore margin of French title-page just touching image, faint tide mark to head of gutter appearing from plate 95 never approaching images, plates 127-30 slightly rippled, plate 130 creased and partially damp-stained, contents overall very clean and fresh with strong impressions of the plates, contemporary half sheep, marbled paper sides, worn, large folio (48.5 x 36.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBerlin Katalog 890; Blackmer 845; Cohen-De Ricci 474. 'Produced in only 500 copies ... [t]his sumptuous work describes Hamilton's first collection of vases, which was sold to the British Museum in 1772 ... This work work is of great importance in the development of neo-classical designs for pottery and porcelain; it influenced Wedgwood especially' (Blackmer). 'Edition splendide et de grand luxe exécutée' (Cohen-De Ricci). Notwithstanding the lacunae in the plate numbering this copy appears to have the full complement of 110 plates (including the title-pages and dedication) cited by Blackmer for the first volume.

Jones (Inigo). [The Designs of Inigo Jones, consisting of Plans and Elevations for Public and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent, with some additional designs, 2 volumes in one, London: Benjamin White, 1770], volume 1 with French title only (with engraved portrait vignette) and 3 leaves of contents only also in French, volume 2 with English title only (with engraved portrait vignette) and 2 leaves of contents only also in English, 61 engraved plates only (comprising 5 folding, 17 double-page & 38 single-page, volume 1 containing plate 1* the added view of Whitehall Palace not present in the 1st edition & plates numbered 1-31 i.e. without frontispiece and plates numbered 32-73, volume 2 containing plates numbered 1-32 & 39-65, i.e. without plates numbered 33-38), folding plate of Wentworth Woodhouse slightly torn & frayed to margins with a little loss, some browning, spotting & dust-soiling, few folding plates creased, occasional dampstaining & browning to margins, modern black half morocco, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESArcher 166.2; Harris 386 & Fowler 162 (note). The first edition of this work was published in 1727 and a later reprint in 1835 by J.B. Nichols & Son. Archer calls for volume I: 7 printed leaves (including a title page in French), frontispiece + 1 + 73 plates. Volume II: 7 printed leaves (including a title page in French), 65 plates. Harris calls for volume I: frontispiece, 6 printed leaves, plates 1 , 1-73 (51 designs ). Volume II: 8 printed leaves, plates 1-64 (46 designs).

Rubens (Peter Paul, 1577-1640). Twelve Famous Greek and Roman Men, [Antwerp], 1638, the set of 12 copper engravings on laid paper by Paulus Pontius, Lucas Vorsterman, H. Withoue and B. a Bolswert after Rubens, very good, strong impressions, with good margins, some very light marginal spotting (generally in very good, clean condition), bookplate of Michael Jaffé to front pastedown, near-contemporary sprinkled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed and minor wear to joints and outer corners, large slim folio (37.5 x 27.5 cm, 14.75 x 10.8 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Estate of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Gift inscription to front endpaper dated Christmas 1961 'To Michael from Tim. From the Earl of Pembroke's library, Wilton House, a selection of which was sold at Sotheby's on 27 November 1961: this volume formed part of lot 135.'. First edition of the complete set of twelve engravings based on drawings by Rubens after antique busts, engraved under Rubens' close supervision, possibly from sculptures in the artist's own collection. The subjects are: Socrates, Plato, Demosthenes, Democritus, Sophocles, Hippocrates, Julius Ceasar, Nero, Scipio Africanus, Cicero, Seneca, and Marcus Brutus.

Vasari (Giorgio). Le Vite de'piu eccellenti Pittori, Scultori, e Architettori, scritte, & di nuovo ampliate..., co'ritratti loro et con le nuove vite dal 1550. in fino al 1567, Parts 1, 2 and 3 (Primo Volume only), lacking the final part entitled Secondo et ultimo volume della Terza Parte, 2 nd edition, Florence, Appresso I Giunti, 1568, elaborate woodcut title, woodcut initials and ornaments, woodcut portrait of the author to B4 verso, 126 large medallion woodcut portraits of artists, set within borders of female figures representing the arts (woodcut portraits to pages 166, 193, 200, 203 and 232 in Part 1, and to pages 16, 51 and 227 of Part 3 not printed), TT3 with a small portion of the leaf torn out and missing (affecting text), Part 3 lacking title (*1), and colophon leaf at end (Aaa2), some early ink marginal annotations to Part 3, some minor marks and soiling, contemporary vellum, first volume heavily worn with covers detached and spine defective, second volume with some soiling and wear, particularly to lower half of spine, 4to (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: John Flaxman (1755-1826), artist and sculptor, with his signature in brown ink to front pastedown of Part 3; John Payne Collier with his ink annotation below Flaxman's signature, and further annotation to verso of front endpaper, stating that the volume was given to him by Mr. John Wilson, dated 17 May 1880; Patricia Milne-Henderson, with her small bookplate to head of front pastedown, Gamba 1725; Censimento 16 CNCE 48229; Mortimer, Italian Books 515; PMM 88; Adams V296. The first two volumes of Vasari's three-volume work. The first volume consisting of the Prima e Seconda Parte, and the second volume containing the Primo Volume della Terza Parte. The third volume, not present here, is entitled Secondo et ultimo volume della Terza Parte. Vasari's Lives was first published in 1550, but without portrait illustrations. This second edition was significantly expanded, and is the first to include the woodcut illustrations. In this copy, the title page to the first volume does not include an inset view of Florence at the foot, and the image of dead artists rising from the ground is placed at the centre of the woodcut title, rather than printed on the verso. Flaxman lived in Rome between 1787 and 1794, and went on sketching expeditions with William Young Ottley in 1792. Flaxman was an assiduous student of so-called Italian 'primitives' such as Ghiberti, Botticelli and Signorelli, and it is no surprise that he owned a copy of this illustrated edition of Vasari's Lives, the 'first modern history of art' (Printing and the Mind of Man).

Vasari (Giorgio). Le Vite De' più Eccellenti Pittori , Scultori Et Architetti ..., 3 volumes, Bologna: Presso gli heredi di Evangelista Dozzo, 1647, engraved frontispiece to volume 1 (slightly cropped at head & fore-edge), woodcut portrait illustrations, some toning and scattered spotting, few light dampstains, later endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, joints split, extremities rubbed and some wear, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first edition was published in 1550 as: Vite de' più eccellenti architetti, pittori et scultori italiani. Parts 1 and 2 in 1 volume; pt. 3 in 2 volumes. Part 2 has caption title only; pt. 3, vol. 1-2 have title: Delle vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori et architetti.

* Collins (Michael, 1930-). Signed three-quarter length portrait of Collins in his spacesuit, colour photograph, boldly signed in blue felt tip pen across the white area of image, 'Michael Collins, Apollo XI', 25 x 20 cm, together with a Manned Space Flight Cover Society first day cover for the aborted Apollo XIII lunar mission in 1970, franked and postmarked at Houston, Texas, 14th April 1970, and signed in ballpoint pen the lunar module pilot Fred Haise, plus another first day cover postmarked at Hamburg, 14 December 1968, signed by the physicist and engineer Hermann Oberth (1894-1989), plus Kooy (JMJ & Uytenbogaart, WH) , Ballistics of the Future, with Special Reference to the Dynamical and Physical Theory of the Rocket Weapons, 1st edition, New York & London: McGraw-Hill, 1946 , 11 folding diagrams at rear, errata slip tipped in and Dutch imprint tipped onto title, original black cloth letters in gilt and red, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus a small black and white photograph of the German rocket engineer Arthur Rudolph (1906-1996), signed and inscribed by Rudolph in black felt tip across the lower part of image, 11.5 x 9 cm (Qty: 5)

Lot of 20 Aurora First Edition TV/Film related figure models and boxes. Comprising: Batman, Superman, Superboy, The Man from UNCLE/Robert Vaughan, The Man from UNCLE/David McCallum, Lost in Space, Dr. Jekyll as Mr Hyde, Frankenstein (monster), Frankenstein’s Flivver, The Mummy, The Mummy’s chariot, Dracula, Dracula’s Dragster, Wolf Man, Wolf Man’s Wagon, The Phantom of the Opera, Chamber of Horrors/Guillotine, The Forgotten Prisoner, The Creature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. All boxes present, all models present and appear complete but unchecked – N.B. all have been assembled and painted to a reasonable standard.

Wilde (Oscar). [Collected Works], 14 volumes, Ross Edition, Boston: John W. Luce, [1910], top edges gilt, remainder untrimmed, original terracotta cloth, extremities a little rubbed, slightly sunned spines with printed paper labels (some chipped), label on final volume lacking lower right corner, 8vo (Qty: 14)NOTESMason pp. 491-497. The first authorised American edition of Oscar Wilde's Works, produced from the stereo-typed plates of Methuen's 1908 edition.

Vial de Sainbel (Charles). The Sportsman, Farrier and Shoeing-smiths New Guide. Being the substance of the Works of the late Charles Vial de St. Bell. Professor of Medicine at the Veterinary College, or Hospital, for the Diseases of Horses, St. Pancras, London. With Notes. To which is prefixed a short account of his life, & the Origin of the College Also, an appendix, containing valuable extracts, from the most approved veterinary writers. By John Lawrence. Late of Lambeth Marsh, Surrey, London: Printers for the Proprietors and sold by B. Crosby..., [1796], engraved title, 3 engraved plates (two slightly cropped at foot), I12 torn to upper outer corner without text loss, contemporary calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked and light wear, 12mo, together with Robertson (William) , A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth, in which the Origin and Nature of Decay are explained; and the means of Prevention pointed out, London: Longman, Rees, Orme..., 1835, 6 engraved plates, some spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, frayed and some wear at head & foot of spine, covers detached, 8vo, plus Rudge (Thomas) , The History of the County of Gloucester; compressed, down brought down to the year 1803, 2 volumes, Gloucester: Printed for the Author by G.F. Harris, 1803, 2 engraved plates, ink stain to front pastedown of volume 1, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, rubbed, 8vo, and Christy (Miller) , The Bryant and May Museum of Fire-Making Appliances. Catalogue of the Exhibits, 2 volumes (including Supplement), London: Bryant & May Ltd., 1926 & 1928, numerous monochrome plates, original printed boards, first volume with cloth spine, 8vo, and Australia , Australasian Newspaper Directory, 2nd edition, Melbourne: Gordon & Gotch, 1888, browning throughout, endpapers renewed, original cloth, crude reback & corner repairs, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous books, including British topography, advertising & newspaper directories etc. (Qty: a carton)

Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Romans Government..., 7th edition, 1679, engraved portrait frontispiece of Charles II and additional engraved title-page (both torn with slight loss at foot, frayed to edges and lined to verso), few leaves repaired to margins, occasional light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, folio, together with Caryl (Joseph) , An Exposition with Practical Observations continued upon the Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second (being the five last) Chapters of the Book of Job: Being the Substance of Fifty-two Lectures of Meditations, London: Printed by M. & S. Simmons, 1666, early annotation to upper margin of title and with signature Margaret Robinson, also verso with ownership signature 'William Dent, Pitcher House', verso of final leaf with ownership inscription 'Margaret Bainbridge her book 1769' and rear free endpaper with 18th century genealogical entries of the Robinson and Bainbridge families, upper outer corner of initial two leaves torn, occasional ink marks, dust-soiling and browning throughout, some dampstaining, contemporary calf, joints split at head, some wear to extremities, 4to, plus Le Clerc (John) , The Harmony of the Evangelists. Being the Whole Text of the Four Gospels dispos'd according to the Order of Time..., London: Sam. Buckley, 1701, occasional dust-soiling and scattered spotting, without front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, recent title label to spine, worn at head & foot of spine, 4to, and Act of Parliament , An Act for the better Preserving the Navigation of the Rivers Avon and Froome, and for Cleansing, Paving and Inlightning the Streets of the City of Bristol, 1700, modern paper wrappers, small slim folio, and other antiquarian including The Experienced English Housekeeper, by Elizabeth Raffald, 3rd edition, 1773, first leaf of Chapter 1 (B1) signed by the author, 3 plates only of 5 (torn with loss), toning and scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, worn, 8vo; A New System of Modern Geography by William Guthrie, 4th edition, 1788, folding engraved maps hand-coloured in outline (some torn with loss), heavy staining at foot mostly affecting text, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear, 4to (Qty: a carton)

Baskerville Press. Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, & Paradise Regain'd. A Poem, in Four Books, by John Milton, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1759, some light spotting, mostly to first and last few leaves, contemporary mottled calf, worn with covers detached, large 8vo in 4's, together with The Works of Mr. William Congreve, 3 volumes, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1761, engraved frontispiece to each volume, light spotting to first and last few leaves, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt decorated spines, with one or two labels missing, somewhat worn with joints cracked, 8vo, plus Dryden (John). The Miscellaneous Works, 4 volumes, 1st collected edition, J. & R. Tonson, 1760, contemporary half calf, old reback with endpapers renewed, some minor wear, with upper cover to first volume detached, 8vo, and other miscellaneous English and French literature, including Sainte-Beuve, Madame de Sevigne, Samuel Johnson's Works of the English Poets, 74 (of 75) volumes, lacking volume 24 only, 1790, rebound in 20th century orange cloth, a little rubbed and marked to spines, small 8vo, all other volumes bound in contemporary leather bindings, mostly incomplete sets, rubbed and some marks, mainly 8vo (180 volumes in total) (Qty: 3 shelves)

Smith (William & Cary John). Geological Map of Oxfordshire by W. Smith, Mineral Surveyor, published J. Cary, Feby. 1st. 1821, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring identifying the various rock strata of the county, oval cartouche, compass rose and key, slight creasing, slight staining to left hand margin, 560 x 490 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe noted cartographer, engraver and publisher John Cary (1755-1835) collaborated with William Smith, 'the father of English geology', on a number of his geological projects, notably the 1815 Map and geological sections (1817-1819). Cary had previously produced large, topographical county maps for his 'New and Correct English Atlas' and the plates which were being prepared for a new edition were instead adapted to accommodate Smith's detailed geology, the first set of geological maps being issued in 1819. This is the first state of these geological county maps. There is a second state which although coloured using William Smith's geology, gives no acknowledgement to Smith at all. Rare.

G A Henty. Bonnie Prince Charlie, first format, first edition, gilt tooled red cloth, published by Blackie & Son, London.

G A Henty. Under Drake's Flag, first format, first edition, gilt tooled, green cloth, published by Blackie & Son, London.

G A Henty. In Greek Waters, Story of The Greek War of Independence 1821-1827, first edition, gilt tooled, brown cloth, published by Blackie & Son, London, 1893.

G A Henty. In The Irish Brigade, first edition, published 1901, With Clive In India, first format; and Stories of History, published by Ward, Lock & Bowden. (3)

Louis Wain and Edic Vredenburg. Tinker, Tailor, first edition, brown cloth with pictorial boards, published by Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London, c1914.

Louis Wain and Clifton Bingham. Full Of Fun, first edition, cloth with illustrated boards, published by Ernest Nister, London, c1912.

Louis Wain. In Animal Land With Louis Wain, first edition, cloth with illustrated boards, published by S W Partridge & Company, London, c1904.

Louis Wain. Pussies and Puppies, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by S W Partridge & Co, London, c1899., together with Animal Picture-Land, illustrated by Louis Wain et el, first edition, cloth with pictorial boards, published by James Clarke & Company, London, c1914. (2)

Marian Isabel Hurrell. The Adventures of Friskers and his Friends, illustrated by Louis Wain, first edition, gilt tooled blue cloth, pictorial front board, published by Robert Culley, London, c1906.

Hans Christen Andersen. The Fairy Tales, first edition with illustrations by Helen Stratton, gilt tooled blue cloth, published by George Newnes Ltd, London 1899.

Books; Literature, first editions, hardbacks, including Ruth Rendell, Road Rage, limited edition 23/99, signed., John Updyke, Rodgers Version., Nell Dunn, Up The Junction., and Thomas Pynchon, Vineland. (14)

Joseph Pennell & J C Squire. A London Reverie, first edition, gilt tooled brown cloth, published by MacMillan & Company, London 1928., H R Robertson. Life On The Upper Thames, published by Virtue, Spalding & Co, London 1875., Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield, illustrated by Edmund J Sullivan, gilt tooled green cloth, published by Constable & Co Ltd, London 1914., and The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen, privately printed for The Navarre Society Ltd, London 1930. (4)

Steve O'Connell (British, 20thC/21stC). Tying The Ribbons, First Solo and Silent Whisper, limited edition prints, signed, 32.5cm x 27cm. (5)