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Click here to subscribeIndia.- Fergusson (James) and James Burgess, The Cave Temples of India, first edition, frontispiece and 100 plates including duplicate of plate 18, illustrations, 1 folding map, occasional marginal soiling, ex-library with usual labels and stamps, later half morocco, rubbing to corners and extremities, 4to, 1880.
Horatius Flaccus (Quintus) Opera, 2 vol., first edition, first issue, a subscriber's copy, (with 'Post est' around the medallion on p.108 of vol.2), engraved throughout with frontispieces, title vignettes, dedications, lists of subscribers, portraits, illustrations, head & tail pieces and initials, occasional spotting, attractive Dutch floral gilt endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, rebacked, g.e,, [Rothschild 1546-1548], 8vo, John Pine, 1733-1737.⁂ Provenance: J.D. Olenschlager (name in subscriber's list; engraved vignette bookplates to each vol.)
Maps.- Trade.- Savary des Brulons (Jacques) Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, translated by Malachy Postlethwayt, 2 vol. in 4, first edition in English , engraved allegorical frontispiece, titles printed in red & black and with engraved vignette, 24 folding engraved maps, engraved folding tables, lacking a few text ff., 'Asia plate .4' foxed, elsewhere occasional spotting, a few small stains, contemporary half calf, rather worn, but holding firm, folio, for John & Paul Knapton, 1751-1755. sold not subject to return.
India.- Munro (Innes) A Narrative of the Military Operations, on the Coromandel Coast ..., first edition, additional vignette title, small hole neatly restored, 9 folding maps, 1 folding plate, 1 or 2 laid down, list of subscribers, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's inscriptions to title and front free endpaper, modern rexine preserving contemporary calf spine and lower board, 4to, for the author by T. Bensley, 1789.
Gilpin (William) The Lives of John Trueman, Richard Atkins &c., third edition, half-title, 1793 bound before A Sermon Preached in the Parish Church of Boldre in Hampshire, at the Funeral of William Baker, 1793, occasional spotting, modern cloth, part of original cloth preserved, 12mo⁂ Scarce, with only 2 copies of the first and 1 of the last on ESTC.
NO RESERVE Radcliffe (Ann) The Mysteries of Udolpho, a Romance, 4 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles and 3 leaves of text (Q7 in vol.1 and K1 & X6 in vol.2), some staining, I2 in vol.4 torn, contemporary ink signature "E.W.V.Salisbury, Rug." to titles, contemporary half calf, rubbed, spine ends worn, [Rothschild 1701], 1794 § Sherlock (William) A Practical Discourse concerning a Future Judgment, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf (torn not affecting text), 3pp. advertisements at end, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached, for W.Rogers, 1692, 12mo & 8vo; sold not subject to return (5)
Radcliffe (Ann) The Italian, or the Confessional of the Black Penitents. A Romance, 3 vol., first edition, lacking half-titles, ink stamp to titles, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine gilt and with olive morocco labels, 2 chipped or missing, spine ends little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, [Rothschild 1703], printed for T. Cadell jun. and W. Davies (successors to Mr. Cadell) in the Strand, 1797; and 6 others, 18th century English Literature & History, v.s. (9)
Southey (Robert) The Poems, 2 vol., vol. 1 third edition, vol. 2 first edition, occasional faint spotting, vol. 1 upper hinge cracked, bookplate, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, Bristol, 1799; Metrical Tales and other poems, half-title, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper, occasional faint spotting, contemporary red morocco, a little rubbed, 1805 § [Surtees (Robert Smith)] Handley Cross; or, The Spa Hunt, 3 vol., first edition, occasional faint spotting, contemporary cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, 1843, 8vo (6)
Jefferies (Richard) Bevis. The Story of a Boy, 3 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.1, original green pictorial cloth, gilt, little marked and rubbed, 1882 § Hardy (Thomas) The Well -Beloved, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, 1897; and 18 others, Literature, v.s. (22)
NO RESERVE Sangorski & Sutcliffe.- Shakespeare (William) The Sonnets, contemporary crushed green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 1947; The Sonnets, limited edition of 1000, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, The Riccardi Press, 1913 § Parker (Eric) Eton in the 'Eighties, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, 1914 § Lubbock (Percy) Shades of Eton, first edition, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to extremities, 1929; and 20 others, v.s. (24)
NO RESERVE Paper.- Soteriou (Alexandra) Gift of Conquerors: Hand Papermaking in India, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, housed in a dropback box, a little rubbed, Ahmedabad, 1999 § A Specimen Book of Papers Produced at Abbey Mills Holywell in Flintshire North Wales, first edition, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1958 § Papermaking Fibres, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, printed acetate loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, small loss to spine extremities, slight chipping to corners, Fife, 1950 § Johnson (Robert Flynn) Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 2002; and others similar, v.s. (c.50)
Architecture.- Spiers (R. Phené) Architectural Drawing, 25 lithographed plates, some folding or double-page, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature to half-title, blind-stamp to title, remnants of bookplate, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, Cassell, 1887 § Gardner (J. Starkie) Ironwork, 3 vol., vol. 1 fourth edition, vols. 2-3 first edition, plates and illustrations, vol. 1 in original paper wrappers, rubbed, chipping to spine extremities, vols. 2 &3 original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1896-1922 § Kheiri (Sattar) Islamic Architecture, plates, original boards, a little rubbed, 1923 § Longman (William) A History of the Three Cathedrals dedicated to St. Paul in London, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, lightly faded spine, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1873; and others similar, v.s. (c.110)
Greek antiquities.- Biagi (Clemente) Monumenta Graeca ex museo Equitis ac Senatoris Iacobi Nanii Veneti, 3 vol., first edition, engraved title vignettes, 28 illustrations on 8 sheets, and illustrations within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary vellum, Rome, Antonio Fulgoni, 1785; and Auguste Legrand on statuary, 4to & 8vo (4) ⁂ Six treatises on Greek antiquities in the collection of the Nani family.
Clarke (Harry).- Perrault (Charles) The Fairy Tales of ..., first edition, colour frontispiece and 11 plates, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, original calf, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, small stain to lower cover, 4to, 1922.⁂ Scarce in the publisher's deluxe binding.
Newton (Charles Thomas) Travels and Discoveries in the Levant, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 2 folding map frontispieces and 39 plates, a few engraved or lithograph illustrations, most ff. unopened and/or uncut, some leaves carelessly opened causing marginal tears and defects, faint scattered foxing and soiling, contents separating, a few ff. detached or loose, 1f. short closed tear, hinges splitting, original cloth, bumped and slightly stained, vol.I backstrip lifting a little at head, [Blackmer 1193, Atabey 869], 8vo, 1865.⁂ Newton's account of his discovery of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the treasures of which are now in the British Museum.
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Amirsadeghi (Hossein) Art & Patronage in the Middle East, first edition, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 2010 § Bahari (Ebadollah) Bihzad: Master of Persian Painting, illustrations, previous owner's ink inscription to half-title, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1997 § Treasures of Islam, illustrations, original boards, slipcase, 1985; and 17 others, similar, v.s. (20)
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Lawrence (T.E.) Revolt in the Desert, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, large folding map at end, original buckram, dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1927 § Wilson (Lt.-Col. Sir Arnold T.) The Persian Gulf, first edition, colour frontispiece, plates, large folding map in pocket at end, occasional faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, loss to spine foot, chipping and 1 or 2 small tears to edges, Oxford, 1928; and 5 others, Hakluyt Society titles on Ibn Battuta, 8vo (7)
NO RESERVE Mountain Climbing.- Mummery (A. F.) My Climbs in the Alps and Caucasus, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, rubbed and worn, 1895 § Conway (Sir Martin) The Bolivian Andes, first edition, frontispiece, plates ad illustrations, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1901, [Neate M181, C102]; and vol. 2 only of "Peaks, Passes and Glaciers. second series", 8vo (3)
Mountain Climbing.- Whymper (Edward) Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69, first edition 'fourth thousand', frontispiece, 22 plates, 1 folding, small loss to top edge, neatly repaired, illustrations, 5 folding maps, 1 colour, previous owner's pencil note to title and margins, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, spine ends restored, recased with new endpapers, a little rubbed, 1871; Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, frontispiece, 19 plates, illustrations, 4 maps, 3 folding, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1892 § Rey (Guido) The Matterhorn, first English edition, translated by J.E.C. Eaton, tipped-in colour frontispiece and 34 plates, 13 tipped-in, some captioned tissue-guards, 1 taped in, occasional chipped edges, original cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, 1907, [Neate W65, W66, R25], 8vo, (3)
South America.- Edwards (William H.) A Voyage up The River Amazon, including a residence at Pará, first edition, frontispiece, illustrations, occasional spotting, publisher's advertisements at beginning and end, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, a little rubbed, 8vo, New York, D. Appleton, 1847.
Bligh (William) A Narrative of the mutiny on board His Majesty's Ship Bounty, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew in the ship's boat from Tofua, first edition, engraved folding plan of the Bounty's launch and 3 charts (2 folding), water-stained, original boards, uncut, lacking backstrip, rubbed and soiled, [Hill 132; Ferguson 71; Wantrup p 61], 4to, for Georg Nicol, 1790.⁂ First edition of Bligh's own account of 'one of the most remarkable incidents in the whole of maritime history' (Hill), and indeed remarkable feats of navigation thereafter.
Isle of Man.- Woods (George) An Account of the Past and Present State of the Isle of Man; Including a Topographical Description; a Sketch of its Mineralogy; an Outline of its Laws, with the Privileges Enjoyed by Strangers, first edition, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece map, some spotting or mostly light foxing, original boards, rebacked in later cloth, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, Robert Baldwin, 1811.
Scotland.- Gilpin (William) Observations, Relative Chiefly to Picturesque Beauty ... on Several Parts of Great Britain; Particularly the High-Lands of Scotland, 2 vol., first edition, 40 aquatint plates and maps, some off-setting, occasional faint spotting, marginal worming to vol. 1, original boards, cracked joints, small loss to spine foot (vol. 2), rubbed, housed in custom drop-front box, [Abbey Scenery 487], 8vo, 1789.
Chess.- Sarratt (J.H.) A Treatise on the Game of Chess, 2 vol., first edition, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, vol.1 upper cover detached, both vol. corners worn, rubbed, 1808 § Kenny (W.S.) Practical Chess Grammar, fourth edition, half-title, wood-engraved frontispiece and 9 plates, offsetting, original boards, rebacked, 1818; and 3 others, Chess, v.s. (6)
NO RESERVE Fishing.- Walton (Isaac) The Compleat Angler, frontispiece, plates, occasional faint spotting, unopened, original calf, rubbing to spine and corners, 8vo, privately published, 1907.⁂ A facsimile reprint of the first edition embellished with facsimile engravings from the second edition, produced as a Christmas gift by Mr. and Mrs. Wellcome.
Brehm (Dr. A. E.) Brehms Tierleben, 10 vol., second edition, plates and illustrations, first and last few leaves of each vol. chipped and torn at edges, some with loss (not affecting text), 2 vol. lacking title, 1 vol. lacking pp.1-2, browned, modern cloth, 7 vol. with original cloth laid on upper covers, 8vo, Leipzig, [1876]-79; sold not subject to return
Trees.- [Venette (Nicolas)] The Art of Pruning Fruit-Trees, with an explanation of some words which gardiners make use of in speaking of trees. And a tract for the use of the fruits of trees, for preserving us in health, or for curing us when we are sick, first English edition, woodcut illustrations, publisher's advertisements at end, tender edges with some tears and loss, not affecting text, small loss to 1 or 2 corners, faint spotting, small marginal worming, not affecting text, contemporary calf, covers detached, lacking spine, rubbed and worn, [Wing V187], 8vo, for Tho. Basset, 1685.⁂ A scarce first English edition of 'L'Art de tailler les arbres fruitiers of 1683, translated by 'a physician of Rochelle.'
Wallace (Alfred Russel) Island Life, first edition, half-title, 3 maps, one hand-coloured, illustrations and maps in text, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting, hinges weak, original cloth, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1880.⁂ Sequel to the author's Geographical Distribution of Animals, 1876, both ground-breaking works of zoogeography.
FitzRoy (Robert) The Weather Book. A Manual of Practical Meteorology, first edition, 16 lithographed charts, tables and plates at end (including 14 folding and 2 double-page and two on blue paper), presentation copy from Cary Charles Elwes to The Victoria Yacht Club on half-title, another ink signature on title, bookplate of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club on front free endpaper and ink stamp on title, original blind-stamped cloth, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in modern cloth, 8vo, 1863.⁂ Robert Fitzroy is best remembered Cary Charles Elwes (1800-66), of Great Billing, Northamptonshire; married Elinor Rye, daughter of Rear-Admiral Peter Jekyll Rye; died at Little Park, Wickham, Hampshire.
Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Outlines of Astronomy, first edition, lithographed frontispiece and 4 plates, 1 folding chart, occasional spotting, prize label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum prize binding, gilt, 8vo, 1849.⁂ Prize from the University of Edinburgh awarded to James Fullarton by James D. Forbes. Forbes was a physicist and glaciologist who also invented the seismometer.
Medicine.- Mattson (Morris) The American Vegetable Practice, or a New and Improved Guide to Health, first edition, 2 vol. in 1, 2 black and white plate, 24 chromolithographed plates, illustrations, occasional faint spotting, contemporary calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Boston, Daniel L. Hale, 1841.⁂ The first American book illustrated with true chromolithographs [each colour printed from one stone], produced in Boston by the immigrant English artist William Sharp. [See William Reese: American Color Plate Books, 17]
Medicine.- Still (Andrew Taylor) Osteopathy: Research and Practice, first edition, silver albumen photographic postcard of Still in 1912 loosely inserted, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, Kirksville, 1910; The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, Kansas City, 1902 § Lane (M. A.) Dr. A. T. Still Founder of Osteopathy, faint spotting to endpapers, original cloth, slight bumping to extremities, Chicago, 1918, 8vo (3).
Greek printing.- Lucian, of Samosata. Deorum Dialogi numero. 70., edited by Ottmar Nachtgall, text in parallel Greek and Latin, title, a2v and a3r in red and black, woodcut decorative typographic border to left-hand margin of each page of Greek text, occasional early ink marginalia, inner margin of first and last ff. neatly restored, o4 repaired marginal tear, a few small stains, occasional spotting or light finger-marking, 'Heldenberg' ink stamp to title.18th century marbled boards, chipped, corners worn, [Adams L1617; VD16 L 2955], small 4to, Strasbourg, Johann Schott, 1515.⁂ The handsomely printed sole edition edited by the Strasbourg humanist Ottmar Nachtgall, also known as Luscinius. He had enthusiastically introduced the study of Greek in his hometown, preparing Greek grammars and texts for the use of teachers, students, and adults interested in learning the language. He was also a fine musician, publishing his Institutiones Musicae in the same year as this edition of Lucian, and later becoming organist of St. Thomas's in Strasbourg.
Chatsworth copy.- Arnobius, of Sicca. Disputationum adversus gentes libri octo, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, &2 bound after a4 as often, title lightly soiled, light water-staining to lower corners, occasional spotting, 17th century speckled calf, gilt, spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams A1994; EDIT 16 CNCE 3083], folio,, Rome, Francesco Priscianese, 1542.⁂ The Chatsworth copy of the first edition of this work composed in response to Diocletian's persecution of the Christians. It is one of very few books from this Roman press.
Wittemberg binding by George Kirsten.- Gregory (Saint, of Nazianzus) Graeca quædem & sancta Carmina, translated by Johann Lang, mostly italic type, woodcut decorative initials, ink stamp to title, Basel, Joannes Oporinus, 1561 bound with Nonnus, Panoplitanus. In Evangelium Sancti Ioannis Paraphrasis Græca [graece], Greek type, title with woodcut printer's device, initial space with guide-letter, ink inscription to title, Paris, Martinus Juvenis, 1556 and Nonnus, Panoplitanus. In evangelium sancti Ioannis Paraphrasis Græca, italic type, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, ink inscription to title, early in marginalia, Paris, Jacques Bogard, 1542, together 3 works in 1 vol., occasional staining (some ink) or spotting, lightly browned, handsome contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over boards by Georg Kirsten of Wittemberg, covers with historiated panels within historiated borders, initials 'G I F' to head of panel and date '1564' to foot of panel of upper cover, spine in compartments, some staining and rubbing (mostly to lower cover), [I. Not in Adams; VD 16 G 3090 II. Adams B1899 III. Not in Adams], 8vo ⁂ Rare first edition of Johann Lang's translation of Saint Gregory, along with the original Greek texts. Also included is the first edition of Lang's collected Latin verse and his poem 'Joannes Baptista Decollatus'. The second work is the Greek text of Nonnus' paraphrase of St. John's Gospel and the third work Christoph Hegendorf's Latin translation of the same work.Provenance: 'G I F' initials to binding, presumably 'Georgius Ingolstadius F' of the ink stamp to first title; Heinrich Schwalenberg (1556-1618), professor of Hebrew at Leipzig University (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Citolini (Alessandro) La Tipocosmia, first edition, woodcut printer's device to title, water-stained, title lightly browned, occasional spotting or light foxing, 18th century vellum, [Adams C2047; EDIT 16 CNCE 12614; Smith Rara arithmetica 306: "a synopsis of science, including arithmetic], 8vo, Venice, Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561.⁂ Wide-ranging vernacular encyclopedia, including mathematics, music, the natural world, food & drink, and children's and adults' games, amongst numerous others.
Fête.- Ferrara.- Argenti (Agostino) Cavalerie della Citta di Ferrara, 2 parts in 1, Roman type, woodcut historiated initials and head-pieces, some staining, heavier to preliminaries, occasional spotting, 18th century calf-backed vellum boards, rebacked, preserving original wormed backstrip, rubbed, [Adams F265; Cicognara 1376; Ruggieri 714; EDIT 16 CNCE 10442], 4to, [Ferrara], [Francesco Rossi], [second title dated 1566].⁂ First edition of this account of the Tempio d'Amore, which was an elaborate spectacle performed at the court of Ferrara on 11th December as part of the wedding celebrations of Duke Alfonso d'Este and Princess Barbara of Austria. It includes much on the participants, the staging and the libretti. Ferrara was known as something of a centre for this type of entertainment, which used spectacular scenery, elaborate machinery and 'special effects', and incorporated singing and dancing in performances.
Guicciardini (Lodovico) Les heures de Recreation et Apres-disnées, first edition in French, some staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [Not in Adams], Paris, Jean Ruelle, 1571 § La Mare (Philibert de) Philiberti de la Mare...De Vita, Moribus, et Scriptis Guillelmi Philandri, only edition, title in red and black, title neatly mounted on stub, occasional spotting and light staining, later vellum, [Dijon], n.p., 1667 § [Feuquieres (Antoine de Pas, Marquis de)] Phantasiologie, ou Lettres Philosophiques a Madame de ?sur la Faculté Imaginative, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some spotting, contemporary wrappers with a floral patterned paper spine, 12mo, Oxford [but Paris], Cuissart, 1760; and 2 others, French, v.s. (5)⁂ The second mentioned is a life of Guillaume Philandrier, humanist and friend of Rabelais.
Law.- Hebraica.- Pithou (Pierre) Mosaycarum et Romanarum legum collatio, ex integris papiniani, Pauli, ulpiani, gaii, modestini, aliorumque veterum juris actorum libris ante tempora Justiniani imp.desumpta, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, final f. blank, some foxing and soiling, lightly browned, antique style blind-stamped vellum, [VD 16 P 3082], small 4to, Basel, Thomas Guarin, 1574.⁂ First edition of this comparison of the Hebrew law with the Duodecim Tabulae of Roman Law.
Italian plays.- Cecchi (Giovanni Maria) Comedie, first edition in verse, 7 parts in 1 vol., woodcut Medici arms to titles, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title with ink number and fading ink stamp, foxed, modern vellum, [Adams C1211; Clubb 258; EDIT 16 CNCE 10645], Venice, Bernardo Giunti, 1585; and 3 others, 18th century Italian plays, 8vo (4)⁂ Cecchi was a lawyer and historian, as well as a playwright.
Heraldry & insignia.- Gritio (Pietro) Il Castiglione, overo dell'arme di Nobilta, first edition, first issue (with the imprint dated 1586), first two words of title in woodcut cartouche, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, occasional small areas of marginal worming, 17th century calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with yellow leather label, spine ends and corners little worn, rubbed, [Adams G1273; EDIT 16 CNCE 21851], small 4to, Mantua, Francesco Osanna, 1586.
Juvenal. Satyrarum Libri Quinque, edited by Federico Ceruti, first Ceruti edition, title with woodcut printer's device, with later hand-colouring, woodcut decorative initials, occasional spotting, a few stains, contemporary vellum, [Adams J766; VD 16 J 1242], Augsburg, Hans Schultes, 1599; and an 18th century translation of Homer's Odyssey into Italian, in contemporary red morocco, small 4to & 8vo (2)
Ethiopia.- Gleichen (Edward, Count) With the Mission to Menelik 1897, first edition, signed by author, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, plates and illustrations, 2 folding maps, 32pp. publisher's catalogue at end, bookplate, original pictorial dark blue cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 8vo, 1898.⁂ Account of the British Mission to Ethiopia following Menelik II's defeat of the Italians in 1896. Menelik was a progressive ruler and is regarded as the founder of modern Ethiopia. Inscribed to Lady May Grey Egerton on the half-title page, "from her affinity & twin soul The Author Gleichen. Oulton, Cheshire, 26th Feb '98."
Inscriptions.- Sweerts (Franz) Epitaphia Ioco-Seria, latina, Gallica, Italica, Hispanica..., first edition of this collection, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title with faded ink inscriptions, foxed, lightly browned throughout, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, soiled, Cologne, Bernard Walter, 1623 § Drexel (Jeremias) Trismegistus Christianus, engraved pictorial title and 2 full-page illustrations, the odd spot, contemporary vellum, rubbed and marked, Cologne, C. Egmond, 1631; and 3 others, Continental, including another by Sweerts, v.s. (5)
RAPIER, RICHARD C; 'Remunerative Railways for New Countries With Some Account of The First Railway in China', numerous illustrations and estimates, published by E&FN Spon, Charing Cross, London 1878, first edition, bound in maroon cloth with gilt lettering. Additional InformationThere are eight mounted photographs within the volume.
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