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Robert Taylor Print Memphis Bell' Signed by Col. Robert K Morgan Memphis Bell's CaptainThis is a first edition print depicts four B17's in flight above cloud. Signed in pencil. Mounted into a glazed frame. Overall size 24 x 20 inches. Colour remains good.

A FOLDER OF EARLY PAGES OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS, to include single Bible pages from the first edition of the authorised version 1611 known as 'The Great He Bible', average 35 x 22 cm

Webb, N., Heathlands, 1986, New Naturalist, first edition, fine, dust wrapper fine in protective sleeve, 1 volume, Page, C., Ferns their habitats in the British and Irish landscape, 1988, Collins New Naturalist, first edition, fine, with fine wrapper in protective sleeve, not price clipped, 1 volume and Simms, E., British Larks, Pipits and Wagtails, 1992, Collins New Naturalist, first edition fine with fine dust wrapper in protective sleeve, not price clipped, 1 volume (3).

English School, 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman, traditionally identified as Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770), half-length, in a brown coat and white stock, seated at a table, holding papers bears inscription "Chatterton. Poet." upper left oil on canvas 62 x 75cm (24 x 29in) Provenance: With J. Harris, Berkeley St., London. Christie's London, 18 December 1953, lot 118, as 'Thomas Gainsborough: Portrait of Thomas Chatterton, the poet' (£52.10.0 to Rudebeek). with M. Bernard, Ryder St., London. Christie's, London, 4 February 1955, lot 65, The Property of the Earl of Jersey, as 'Thomas Gainsborough: Portrait of Thomas Chatterton, the poet' (£27.6.0 to Fennil or Fenouil (£27.6s) The Long Gallery, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham; Christie's, London, 17 Feb 2008, lot 66, as 'English School, 18th Century'; where acquired by the vendor Other Notes: The tradition that Gainsborough painted Chatterton was first proposed by George Williams Fulcher in his 1856 biography of the artist. He described the portrait as a masterpiece 'with his long flowing hair and child-like face' (2nd edition, 1856, p. 89). Sir Walter Armstrong (Gainsborough and his place in British art, 1898, pp. 110, 193 and 1904, p. 261) doubted the identification and linked Fulcher's description with a picture that once belonged to E. Naylor, describing it as 'half length. Green coat; hair falling much over the forehead and reaching to the shoulders; the face almost in profile.' It measured 22 by 18 inches. It seems unlikely that Chatterton ever sat to Gainsborough. We are grateful to Hugh Belsey for his assistance with the catalogue entry. Oil on canvas which has been lined and extended at the right hand side. The canvas is in plane with good tension. The paint layer has suffered from damage and loss in the past, the texture is slightly uneven with wrinkling in the background. The painting has been heavily reworked. More recent retouchings in the background appear very matte. The varnish is clear, even and semi-glossy. There are small chips and losses to the gilding on the frame.

POP - (LARGELY) 7"/10"/12" - COLOURED/PICTURE DISCS. Superb collection of around 150 x (mainly) 7" with 10"/12", almost all are limited edition coloured/picture discs. Artists/titles include U2 (x3) - 11 O' Clock Tick Tock (yellow vinyl S CBS 8687) and The Unforgettable Demos Volumes 1 and 2, Bananarama - Love In The First Degree (Keren A side picture), Agnetha Fältskog - Can't Shake Loose, McFly - Room On The 3rd Floor, ELO (WA 3720), Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms, ABBA - Waterloo (30th Anniversary), Tears For Fears - Mothers Talk, Laurel & Hardy (x4 including silver discs), Michael Jackson inc. 'Souvenirs picture disc collection' (5 x shaped discs), The Police inc. Can't Stand Losing You (inc. green copy, also with individual releases from the '6 pack'), Jennifer Connelly - Jennifer's X'mas (promo Japanese heart shaped T15-1102), Spandau Ballet, FYC, Bryan Adams, Pet Shop Boys, Marc Almond, Crowded House, Erasure, Kim Wilde, Toto and Elkie Brooks. Condition is typically superb Ex+ (records) and Ex to Ex+ on the sleeves (often very clean, there are often small cataloguing stickers on the front of the sleeve, we have found on most sleeves that these can be removed leaving very little residue).

OASIS - LPs/12". Now listen up, here's a mega bundle of the band's first 2 studio LPs with 2 x 12", all housed with a killer promotional tote bag for the Chasing The Sun 1993-1997 exhibition in Manchester. Titles are Definitely Maybe (UK original CRE LP 169 Damont pressing - superb Ex+ records showing only a couple of very faint markings/VG+ a neat condition sleeve showing some light scuffs along the spine), (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (UK original CRE LP 189 - superb Ex+ or archive records showing very few markings, with superb condition glossy black inners/Ex+ top tri-fold sleeve showing a little edgewear), Whatever (UK original CRE 195T - top Ex+/Ex copy complete with the limited edition print and postcard) and Shakermaker (CRE 182 - Ex+/Ex w/postcard).

FOLK/COUNTRY/ACOUSTIC/SINGER-SONGWRITER - LPs. Grandiose collection of over 200 x LPs. Artists will include The Everly Brothers, Harvey Andrews, Donovan, Julie Felix, Various - Top Sampler Number 2, John Paul Hammond, Bob Coltman, Ralph McTell, Bryn Haworth, Alan Mills, Tommy Armstrong, Michael Omartian, Dick Curless, John Hartford - Earthwords & Music, Janis Ian, The Chad Mitchell Trio, The First Edition, Tom Paxton, Paul Brett, The Winter Consort, Harry Chapin, Judy Collins, Pete Wingfield, Sandy Denny and The McCalmans. Condition is generally VG to Ex+.

M.I. Hummel Collectors Club Membership year 1996/97 Natures Gift figure, boxed; First Issue 1996/7 Forever Yours, boxed, First Issue 2002 Little Landscaper, boxed, First Issue 2003 Carnival Fun, boxed, First Issue Millennium Halt; another Sweet Treats, boxed; Final Issue 1995/6 I Bought You a Gift, boxed; Membership Year 1998/99 Garden Treasures, boxed; Moritz Exclusive Edition Spring Sweetheart, boxed; another 2003/4 Hula-Hoop Playing Around, boxed; Membership Year 2003/4 Too Shy to Sing, boxed; a Members Club plaque (12)

ROCK/INDIE - COLOURED 7". Really high quality collection of around 80 x limited edition coloured 7" vinyl releases. Artists/titles include Hum - Stars (green, 2 copies), Mark Lanegan - Stay (green), Ween - Piss Up A Rope (yellow), Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (green), Box Car Racer - I Feel So, Dashboard Confessional - Hands Down, Pearl Jam - Alive (white) and Light Years (yellow), El Pasado Les Pertenece, Marcy Playground, Old 97s - Cryin' Drunk, Dinosaur Jr. - Over It (white), Incubus - Pardon Me (red), Queens Of The Stone Age - First It Giveth (red), The Presidents Of The United States Of America - Peaches (yellow), Coheed And Cambria - A Favor House Atlantic, Inner City Unit, Soul Asylum, Night Surfer, Veruca Salt and Soundgarden. Condition is typically superb Ex+ (records) and Ex to Ex+ on the sleeves (often very clean, there are often small cataloguing stickers on the front of the sleeve, we have found on most sleeves that these can be removed leaving very little residue).

Austen, Jane; Thomson, Hugh (illus) Pride and Prejudice. George Allen, 1894. 8vo, org. decorative green cloth gilt, upper board with elaborate peacock design, spine lettered and decorated similarly in gilt, a.e.g.; numerous illus to text by Thomson. First illustrated edition. Often regarded as the most beautifully produced of Austen's works, the quality of Thomson's drawings, and their expression of the spirit of Austen, has led to them becoming as synonymous with her work as Shepard is with Milne.. Binding a touch bumped, gilt a little faded, internally generally clean, a very good copy.

[Darwin, Charles] Fitzroy, Robert, and King, Philip Barker Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, Describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of the South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. Vols I+II with Appendix to II. Henry Colburn, 1839. 8vo (3 vols). Full blue calf, sometime rebacked preserving original spines, boards ruled in gilt with blind roll-tooled border, red speckled edges; I: 11 plates; II: 30 plates; Appendix: 1 folding map, 6 plates; lacking all loosely inserted maps. First edition. Whilst lacking the more famous Darwin contribution, the two journals of the voyages prepared by Fitzroy (and the appendix of more in-depth study) remain an important text in the history of science. With the suicide of Stokes (whose journal is a major element of the first volume) and the retirement of Captain King, Fitzroy found himself the guardian of the vast array of documentation the voyages had produced - far more than would fit in a single volume. In the end, an agreement was reached with Darwin. Fitzroy would present the material for which he was responsible, whilst Darwin provided a third volume made up of his account of the voyage. Fitzroy's work may be overshadowed in the popular imagination by his more controversial partner, but his contributions were on less important - his surveys of South American waters were so accurate they are still the foundation for many charts of the area. Fitzroy was deservedly awarded the gold medal of the Royal Geographic Society on his return and his two volumes are a major source on the route traversed by the expedition. Fitzroy would undergo a seeming religious conversion by the time of his account of the voyage, repudiating his doubts in the literal truth of Creation, being particularly dismayed by Origin. His scientific work continued though, ultimately leading him to the creation of the Meteorological Office, in which role he invented the weather forecast in an effort to reduce loss of life at sea. Whilst Fitzroy is mostly remembered today as Darwin's Captain, he is much more than this. A principled man who devoted himself to duty - to the point of leaving only his debts for his family - he was a scientific officer who recognised the importance of Darwin's work, even if he later disagreed with the ultimate direction such work would lead. His work is still a hugely important source of scientific, maritime, ethnographical and historical information and remains a landmark in science.

Grote, George A History of Greece. John Murray, 1846-1856. 8vo (12 vols). Org. cloth; 18 maps (13 folding), 1 port. frontis. First ed. The rare first edition of this monumental work of Victorian scholarship, from the industrious educational ethic which produced Macaulay's History and Gibbon's Decline.

Turner, J.M.W. Picturesque Views on The Southern Coast of England from Drawings Made Principally By J. M. W. Turner, R. A. John and Arthur Arch, London. 1826. Folio (2 vols). Full leather, boards with gilt roll-tooled borders enclosing central blind panel, spines lettered directly in gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges; 80 plates and vignettes. First Edition..  Binding rubbed and bumped, joints on I cracking, II sometime rebacked, some foxing, spotting etc throughout, offsetting from plates, some pages toned, a very good copy

Bacon, Sir Francis The Two Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the proficience and aduancement of Learning, diuine and humane. [Printed for Henrie Tomes, and are to be sold at his shop at Graies Inne Gate in Holborne], 1605 [foot of title page lacking]. 8vo, full red leather, spine with morocco lettering-piece; ll. [1], 45, 118 [i.e. 121, numerous but expected, errors in pagination], ff. A4-L4, 2A4-3G4, 3H1 [lacking final blank and errata leaves as is common]. First edition, with 'maniable' on C4r, l.5. Bacon's hugely influential work inspired the taxonomic structure of Diderot's Encyclopedie and is recognised as a founding essay in empirical philosophy. Bacon himself, was a pioneer of experimental science (his death being attributed by Aubrey to the attempt to freeze meat), courtier to the glittering Elizabethan age, and prolific writer. The work can be seen as a precursor to De Augmentis Scientia and through it, and his other writing, Bacon has exerted a dynamic influence on the entire development of Western scientific thought to the present day. In his own words, his book was to ''be some preparative or key for the better opening of the Instauration''. ESTC S100507; STC (2nd ed.), 1164; Pforzheimer, 36. Binding a touch worn, internally variable foxing etc, pages suggest a touch of damp, generally clean, variable wearing to margins, close cropped at head, occasionally touching text, K2 with very slight marginal tear not affecting text, 2A1-3 and 2B1-4 marginal fraying with very slight loss, 2D4 slight tear with loss to margin, 2L3 marginal restoration affecting marginalia, 2L4 restoration to margin not affecting text, 2R1 loss to lower corner, 3D4 loss to lower corner, 3E1 inner margin restored not affecting text, 3E2 to end with varying restoration generally not affecting text, worming from 3F2 worsening to end affecting text, 3G4 tearing near foot of page affecting text, no final blank or errata. Generally a very good copy (bar worsening to final leaves) of an important work.

Speede, John Yorkshire. To be solde by Roger Rea the Elder and Younger, [c.1662]. Framed and glazed both sides, hand-coloured, English text on verso. Speede's copyrights remained in the hands of the Humble family until 1659 when they were purchased by first William Garret, and shortly after the Reas. It appears the Reas intended to issue an edition of Speede's atlas for the Restoration, however they were delayed and the complete work had not been issued by as late as 1666. Maps bearing their imprint are relatively scarce because (according at least to Bassett and Chiswell in their 1676 preface) the Rea edition was largely destroyed in the Great Fire.

Lycophronis Lycophronis chalcidensis Alexandra, cum graecis Isaacii Tzetzis commentariis. Accedunt versiones, variantes lectiones, emendationes, annotationes & indices necessarii. Cura & opera Johannis Potteri & Collegii Lincolniensis Socii. Oxonii, E Theatro Sheldoniano. Oxford, Sheldonianus, 1697. Folio, full calf, sometime rebacked, spine with contrasting morcco lettering-piece, marbled endpapers; eng. frontis., eng. tit. First ed. A deliberately (wilfully) obscure proto-Mannerist poem, full of obscure, doubtful archaicisms, practically impossible to understand without a commentary, for which obscurantist snobbery maybe the best explanation for its popularity. This Oxford edition by a future Archbishop of Canterbury includes the Tzetzes scholia and a Latin translation by Joseph Scaliger, along with an extensive commentary.

Timlin, William M. The Ship That Sailed to Mars. George G. Harrap & Co., 1923. 4to, org. parchment-backed boards; 48 tipped-in coloured plates. First edition. As with many children's' classics this was started by architect and illustrator Timlin as a diversion for his son. It grew into book form and Harrap, impressed by the beauty of design, decided to use the original manuscript for the text, rather than typesetting.Parchment a little dusty and boards scuffed at edges, pages cockled, with suggestions of damp at some point, a good copy of a rare classic.

Lee, Nathaniel The Rival Queens or the Death of Alexander the Great. J. Magnes and R. Bentley, 1677. 8vo, paper wrappers; pp. [8 (title page defective, lacking one page of Epistle Dedicatory)], 64 [66, two leaves numbered 25-26], [2 (Epilogue)]; provenance: small ink stamp of Penzance Library on Epistle Dedicatory page, ink MSS note on ffep states it was purchased from ''John Kinsman, Penzance'' in 1879. First edition. With a dedicatory verse to Lee by Dryden and prologue written by Sir Charles Scroop. Lee was a dramatist, possibly under the patronage of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham. This blank verse tragedy about Roxana's jealousy for Statira made Lee's reputation. His success was matched by excess - much in the company of the infamous Rochester - and he died of a drunken fit before his 40th birthday. He spent time in Bedlam, summing up his situation as follows: ''They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me.''Loss to title page, one page of Epistle Dedicatory lacking, page corners folded, pages toned and occasionally spotted.

Barrie, J.M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, 1906. 4to, finely bound in calf by Bayntun-Riviere, upper board with central inlaid vignette after 'Peter Pan is the Fairies' Orchestra' enclosed in gilt fillet borders, upper board and spine lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., in custom-made clamshell box; 50 colour tipped-in illus by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition.

Seebohm, Henry The Geographical Distribution of the Charadriidae or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies. Henry Sotheran, [1887-8]. 4to, org. green pebble-cloth, upper board and spine lettered in gilt, upper board with black fillet borders, lower with same in blind; 21 hand-coloured plates, monochrome illus to text. First edition, first issue (with Slender-Billed Dotterel frontis).Binding worn, with wear to joints and rubbing and loss to head and foot of spine, internally occasionally dusty, very slight occasional foxing to plates but still bright colours, small tape repair of marginal tear to verso of 'Somali Courser', a very good copy.

Love, John Geodaesia: or, the Art of Surveying and measuring of Land Made Easie. Printed for John Taylor, at the Ship in S. Paul's Church-Yard, 1688. 8vo, full early calf, paper label to spine; pp. [4 (Title, verso blank, Dedication, Licence)], [8 (Preface)], [10 (Contents)], [2 (Catalogue)], 196, [10 (Table of the Northing, Southing, Easting or Westing of every Degree from the Meridian)], [24 (Table of Sines and Tangents)], [8 (Log Tables)]; title printed in red and black, numerous figures and illus to text, letterpress tables. First edition. John Love was an English land surveyor who travelled to the New World around 1680. He worked surveying grants for settlers in the Carolinas and, with Maurice Matthews, produced an early map of the area. He noted the lack of knowledge of local surveyors and wrote one of the first practical guides on the subject to address the deficiency. The first edition, licensed in 1687 though with a publication date of 1688, was hugely successful. There were 11 English editions before the 12th edition was published in America in 1793. This may well have been the first survey book published in the new United States and Washington certainly studied surveying from the work. The book changed little over publications, its significance lying (according to A.W. Richeson) in Love's care in consider the different conditions for American field work, versus English. [For geometrical studies, with references to surveying, mapping and similar, including plates of examples and instruments, see Lot 277.]

Cuvier, Georges, baron; Bowdich, Edward T. An introduction to the ornithology of Cuvier : for the use of students and travellers. Paris: Printed by J. Smith and sold by Treuttel and Würtz, 1821. 8vo, org. boards (covers detached but present); pp. [8], 86, [4 (Index to Ornithology)]; 20 plates showing bird figures (last plate loose but present), plate showing Orders of Birds. First English edition. The first English translation of Cuvier's Ornithologie, ou, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux, d'après Le règne animal de M. le baron Georges Cuvier (1817). Cuvier was perhaps the most important pioneer in the scientific study vertebrate paleontology. Bowdich translated the work as preparation for a journey to Africa as a member of the Wetteravian Society of Natural History.

Mennie, Donald; Putnam, Weale (text) The Pageant of Peking. Comprising sixty-six Vandyck photgravures of Peking and environs from photographs by Donald Menni. Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co., 1921. 4to, org. blue decorative cloth, upper board lettered in gilt; pp. 40 (text); 66 tipped-in photogravures. Second edition, published a year after the limited first edition of 1000 copies.

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Works. Garden City New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1930. 8vo (23 of 24 vols). Half blue morocco, boards ruled in gilt, spine gilt in compartments, lettered directly in two and at foot, t.e.g.; frontis. in first volume. Crowborough Edition - limited, no. 688 of 750, signed by Doyle. Lacking vol. 22 The Parasite. The Captain of the Pole-Star, Other Stories. .  Bindings a touch rubbed and bumped, especially at extremities, bumping variable across all volumes with occasional loss to leather, variable browning to the boards. Spines and joints appear tight with no obvious signs of cracking or damage. Offsetting from turn-ins. Signed limitation page in Rodney Stone detached at head, but still integral. Internally, the pages appear to be lightly toned (varying across volumes) with slight foxing, spotting etc. throughout. Foxing is variable, with some volumes markedly more affected than others (esp. Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, particularly pp. 246-7, noticeably marked and creased).

Williams, John CalthropPractical Observations on Nervous and Sympathetic Palpitation of the Heart. Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Co., 1836. 8vo, brown cloth decorated in blind with venous pattern; 1 plate of a stethoscope, with bound in errata slip. First ed.Williams was a doctor and surgeon who appears to have been an early adopter and advocate of the stethoscope in heart examinations. He describes being taught how to use one by Dr Duncan of Edinburgh in 1818, only a few years after the tool's invention. He states that he has "never permitted the disadvantage to myself of neglecting its employment". This book was originally a course of lectures given at the short-lived Nottingham medical school and was intended to clarify and improve understanding of the causes and nature of heart disease. The 1852 second edition is more commonly found and the first edition appears rare..  Extremities rubbed and bumped with a little loss, pages a little cockled, variable foxing, spotting etc. throughout, most noticeable to plate.

Phillips, Ghiles Firman Principles of Effect and Colour as Applicable to Landscape Painting. F.G. Harding, 1833. Oblong 4to, red half leather over pebble-grained cloth; 9 plates (7 coloured). First edition.

Morris, Rev. F.O. A History of British Birds. Groombridge & Sons, 1851-57. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards; 358 coloured illus. First edition.

Whitman, Walt; Cook, Margaret (illus.) Leaves of Grass. J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., 1913. 4to, org. green cloth gilt; 24 coloured illus. First edition thus.

Gill, Eric The Song of Songs called by many the Canticle of Canticles. Waltham St Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 8vo, org. cream buckram; pp. 42, [4]; woodcuts by Gill. Limited ed, no. 187 of 750. The first of Gill's strange and sensual reactions to Biblical sources, the spiritual sexuality would continue to produce strange fruit throughout his career. The text is deliberately presented as an opera, with acts and scenes, and ''this present edition is advanced as a set of suggestions helpful to the unbroken tradition of Jew and Christian that whereas the letter is of human the spirit is of Divine Love.''

Fuller, Thomas PHARMACOPOEIA EXTEMPORANEA or, a Body of Prescripts in Which Forms of select Remedies, accommodated to most Intentions of Care usually occurring in Practice. Printed for Benjamin Walford, 1710. 8vo, full panelled calf. First English edition, translated out of Latin by the author from the first edition of 1701. Fuller's work was hugely popular, going through several editions. Fuller here though has written the book which ought not to be read. He apologises at length in his introduction for translating the work into English. He explains that the original work was a collection of the recipes and observations he had collected in his practice. It was bad enough publishing in Latin, but he felt forced into this edition to prempt another planned translation and ensure his work was as he would want it. He anticipates those quacks and Gossips who object that he has in left 'hard Words', saying that ''those that are so mean, that they can't apprehend the Language I write, ought not to read it, nor dabble in Physic.''

De La Motte Fouque, Friedrich Undine. William Heinemann, 1909. 4to, org. blue cloth in dust wrapper; 15 tipped-in illus by Arthur Rackham. First trade edition. with a second copy, 1911, no dj [2]

Rackham, Arthur (illus.) The Tempest. William Heinemann, 1926. 4to, org. cloth in dj; 20 tipped-in illus. First trade edition. idem Some British Ballads. Constable & Co., [nd]. 4to, org. cloth; 16 illus. First trade ed. idem A Midsummer Night's Dream. William Heinemann, 1912. 4to, org. cloth; 40 tipped-in coloured illus, monochrome illus to text. Third imp. idem The Vicar of Wakefield. George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1929. 4to, org. cloth in dj; 12 coloured plates. First trade edition.

Varenius, Bernhard; Newton, Isaac (ed.) Geographia Generalis, In qua affecetiones generales Telluris explicantur. Cambridge: Ex Officina Joann. Hayes, Sumptibus Henrici Dickinson, 1672. 8vo, between boards (broken text block); [2 (title, verso blank)], [8 (Dedication)], [22 (Index)], 511, [1 (Plate list)]; title in red and black, five folding plates (some loosely inserted, but all present). First English edition. Newton's first published work was this English edition of Varenius' book (first published in Amsterdam in 1650). Newton edited and expanded the work for his students at Cambridge. ESTC R30178Text block broken and boards detached, w.a.f., but pagination agrees with ESTC and all plates present, generally clean internally.

Bill, John Five maps, being: Buckinghamshire; Barkeshire; Notinghamshire; Hartfordshire; and Essex. 1626. Three mounted, others loose, English text on verso.. Although copied from Camden's Britannia after Saxton (in a similar manner to Pieter van den Keere), these small maps differ in two main ways. The first is size: they are greatly reduced, leading to a crowded appearance. The second and more important is in adding latitude and longitude (with the Azores forming the Prime Meridian). This makes them the first county maps to feature latitude and longitude. The maps are scarce as there was only one edition of the work, thought by Peter J. Radford to number only 200 copies, and as such are rarer than the Saxton and van den Keere versions they drew from.

Shackelton, Sir Ernest South. The Story of the 1914-1917 Expedition. William Heinemann, 1919. 8vo, org. blue cloth; pp. [6], vii-xx, blank, 368; colour photographic frontis., 87 monochrome photographic plates, five maps (one folding at rear). First edition, first impression.Boards rubbed and bumped, lower hinge cracking at index (by map), pages toned as expected, and a little cockled, occasional marking throughout, map very slightly foxed, with small lower marginal tear not affecting image and larger tear at head where map joins book (again not affecting image). A very good copy given quality of paper.

Brookes, Richard The Art of Angling. Printed by and for John Watts at the Printing-Office in Wild Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, 1740. 8vo, full leather; pp. [16 (title, verso blank, Dedication (4), Preface (5), Contents (5)], [1]-249, [11 (Index (6), Advertisments (5)]; title printed in red and black, head- and tail-pieces, floriated initials, woodcut illus to text. First edition. A hugely popular 18th-century angling manual, extensively covering sea-fish like flying-fish, swordfish and shark along with the more usual river fish.Binding a touch worn, with joints cracking, but a very good copy.

Speede, John; Arlott, John (ed.) John Speed's England. A coloured facsimile of the first edition. Phoenix House Limited, 1953. Folio (4 vols). Half-buckram over paper-patterned boards, paper labels to upper boards, in slipcases; 42 coloured reproductions of Speed's maps. First of this facsimile.

Yeats, Jack. B. Life in the West of Ireland. Dublin and London: Maunsel and Company, 1912. 8vo, org. blue cloth; 8 colour illus, 32 line drawings, 16 reproductions from paintings. First edition. Synge, John M.; Yeats, Jack B. (illus) The Aran Islands. Maunsel and Company, 1911. 8vo, org. blue cloth; 12 illus after drawings by Yeats. Library edition.

Dickens, Charles David Copperfield. Bradbury & Evans, 1850. 8vo, half leather; pp: [5], viii-xiv, [2], 624; frontis., add. eng. tit., 48 plates. First edition, early issue. Noted issue points: No half-title; six-line errata leaf on page xv; chap. xxvii listed in table contents at p.283, instead of 282; ''recal'' line 1 p.16 and line 22 p. 225; ''chapter;ut'' on p.19, 12 lines from bottom; ''coroboration'' p.387, 6 lines from bottom; p.472, 13 lines from the bottom has no closing quotation marks; p.viii misaligned final ''i''; engraved title page dated 1850. With ''screamed'' corrected to ''screwed'' on pp. 132, line 20. Binding a little rubbed and bumped but solid, plates foxed as expected, offsetting to opposite pages, former owner's ink inscriptions to ffep, variable marking etc. internally. A very good copy.

Doyle, Arthur Conan The Sherlock Holmes Long Stories. John Murray, 1929. 8vo, org. cloth in uncommon dj. First edition in one volume. idem The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. John Murray, 1934. 8vo, org. cloth in dj. Reprint.

Barrie, J.M.; Rackham, Arthur (illus.) Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Hodder & Stoughton, 1912. 4to, org. decorative green cloth gilt; colour frontis., black and white map, 7 full-page black and white illus, 50 tipped-in colored illus, black and white illus to text. New edition (first trade).

Thomson, Hugh (illus.) Barrie, J.M. Quality Street. Hodder & Stoughton, 1901. 4to, org. blue cloth gilt; 21 colour illus, monochrome illus to text. First trade edition. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. The School for Scandal. Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. 4to, org. lilac decorative cloth; 25 colour illus. (p.115 detached but present), monochrome illus to text. First trade edition. Dulac, Edmund Fairy Book. Hodder & Stoughton, [1916]. 4to, org. decorative cloth; 15 colour plates. First trade ed. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Hodder & Stoughton, [nd]. 4to, org. cloth in dj; 20 colour plates. Reynolds, Frank (illus.); Dickens, Charles David Copperfield and The Old Curiosity Shop. Hodder & Stoughton, [nd]. 4to (2 vols). Org. red cloth; coloured plates.

Breeches Bible The Bible. Printed by Robert Barker, [1610, lacking general title, dated from NT] bound with Junius Revelation. Printed by Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1600. And with Concordances. Printed by Robert Barker, 1608. With remnants of Genealogies at front. 4to, early panelled calf, upper board detached but present, with two clasps. Paginated: Genealogies: pp. 23-34 [all previous lacking]; OT: ll. 1-358; Apocrypha: ll. 395, 390 [thus 359, 360], 361-432 [lacking l. 433], inserted blank; NT: [4], ll. 441-449, 456-554 [lacking 450-455]; Revelations: pp. 1-22, [2 (Colophon, verso blank]; Concordances: ll. [71] [lacking at least (but likely only) 72], signed: Genealogies: D4; OT: A8-2Y8, 2Y6; Apoc. 2Y7-8, 2Z8-3G8, 3H7 [lacking 3H8 and seemingly 3I8]; NT: 3K8, 3L1, 3L8, 3M8-3Z8, [2]; Rev.; A4-C4; Conc.: A8-I8, K7 [lacking K8, poss. more]; decorative woodcut title to NT, decorative head- and tail-pieces, floriated initials. Blackletter. As with many Bibles of this period, this is a compilation of elements and functional reprints of previous editions. The principal edition was the latest reprint of Christopher Barker's 1581 edition of the Geneva translation (Herbert 170) with the final leaf numbered 554. The New Testament bears the legend Cum Privilegio at the foot between the letters ''IR'' as with the 1605 edition (Herbert 280) which was the first produced after James ascended to the throne. The Concordances were a previously printed 1608 copy. As a shorter text, these were likely printed in larger numbers than Bibles then held for later editions. The Apocrypha is integral by the signatures and pagination and called for in the list of books. The most interesting element of this Bible is the inserted Junius Revelation. Whilst it was not uncommon to find integral editions of this alternate version, it is rarer to find the Dexter edition (Herbert 261). This was a reprint of the first Junius translation (Herbert 214) and the text is thus the first English translation of this version (likely by Thomas Barbar). The Revelation is complete by signatures, including the separate colophon. Herbert 303 and 261Binding worn, upper board detached, internally generally browned, creased and marked, pages mostly without loss bar occasional minor restoration (generally not affecting text), though top corner of 3U8 is lacking, affecting text.

Russel (James). Letters from a Young Painter abroad to his Friends in England, 1st edition, for W. Russel, 1748, 5 engraved plates (most folding), small worm-track in first 2 quires affecting a few letters, closed tear in plate 4 just touching image, contemporary mottled calf, scuffed and rubbed, spine worn, 8vo (20 x 11.8 cm), together with: Nicholson (Peter), The Principles of Architecture, 3 volumes, 2nd edition ('with additions, revised and corrected by the author'), for J. Barfield and T. Gardiner, 1809, 218 engraved plates numbered 1-216 (numbers 85 and 86 used twice), several folding, variable spotting, many plates closely trimmed with numbering or imprint cropped, contemporary tan half calf, joints scuffed and rubbed, front joints cracked but holding, 8vo (21.2 x 12.5 cm), Quintilian, Institutionum oratoriarum libri duodecim ... brevibus notis illustrati, a Carolo Rollin, 2nd edition, William Thurlbourn [and others], 1758, bookplate of Michael Jaffé, 18th-century ownership and gift inscriptions to front free endpaper, initial blank and title-page verso, contemporary mottled calf, front joint cracked, label perished, 8vo (20.8 x 12 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. ESTC T122509 for Russel, an uncommon Grand Tour narrative. The plates including depictions of mountain landscapes. A second edition appeared in 1750.

Rubens (Peter Paul). Theorie de la Figure Humaine, consideree dans ses principes, soit en repos ou en mouvement, ouvrage traduit du la tin de Pierre-Paul Rubens , avec XLIV p la nches gravées par Pierre Aveline, d'après les de sseins de ce célèbre artiste, Paris, Charles Antoine Jombert, 1773, half title bound after engraved portrait frontispiece (with water stain), 44 engraved plates by Pierre Aveline after Rubens, some light soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary half sheep, spine and edges rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Brunet, IV 144 ; Cicognara 353; Cohen-De Ricci 915-16. First edition of this translation of Rubens' unpublished manuscript Super Figura Humana Discursus Cabbalisticus, left in the artist's studio following his death in 1640. Jombert's version, long thought to be misleading due to its inaccurate editing and incorporation of images taken from Leonardo, has recently been re-examined and vindicated as an important and unjustly overlooked source for the aesthetic and philosophical opinions of the artist. See Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen, editor , Theorie de la Figure Humaine, Pierre Paul Rubens, Planches gravees par Pierre Aveline d'apres Rubens, Paris, Editions Rue d'Ulm, 2003.

Castellesi (Adriano). De sermone Latino, et modis Latine loquendi liber: nunc demum sua integritati et pristino nitori redditus, Lyon: Giunta, 1581, A-U8 X6, final colophon leaf (X6), browning, old marginalia, 18th-century vellum, 8vo (16.6 x 9.8 cm), together with: [ Letter Book], Lettere Volgari di diversi nobilissimi huomini, ed eccellentissimi ingegni, scritte in diverse materie. Nuovamente ristampate, ed in piu luoghi corretti, Libro primo [-secondo], 2 parts in 1 volume, Venice: Domenico Giglio, 1558, toning and soiling, 19th-century half vellum, rubbed, spine-label chipped, some loss to paper on front board, 8vo (15 x 9.8 cm), [Letter Book], De Lettere di tredici huomini illustri, libri tredici, Venice: [no publisher], 1554, repairs to first and last quires including to title-page, title-page browned and marked, occasional soiling elsewhere, front inner hinge cracked, bookseller's ticket (William Salloch), 18th-century vellum, 8vo (15.2 x 10.3 cm), and 2 others, including another edition of Castellesi (Lyon, 1542), 8vo (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Adams L581 & 590 (Lettere Volgari).

Haight (Gordon S., editor), The George Eliot Letters , 9 volumes, 1st edition, Yale University Press, 1954-1978, first 3 volumes with some marks to fore-edges, uniform original dark grey cloth, first two volumes with some wear to extremities, volume 3 with extremities lightly rubbed, volumes 4-7 still in original cellophane wrappers, dust jackets to volumes 8 & 9 with faded spines, some light toning or minor marks, and slight fraying to top edges, mainly to volume 9 front panel, 8vo (Qty: 9)

Franchetti (Gaetano). Storia e Descrizione del Duomo di Milano, 1st edition, Milan, 1821, half title, title with engraved vignette, 30 engraved plates, a little light spotting, bookplate of Parham House, Sussex, contemporary vellum gilt, spine label slightly chipped, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810–1873), of Parham Park, West Sussex, styled the Honourable Robert Curzon between 1829 and 1870. An English traveller, diplomat and author, Curzon was particularly active in the Levant where he acquired several important late Biblical manuscripts from Eastern Orthodox monasteries, as part of the collection formed at Parham. The library was sold by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge in 1920, at which time the present bookplate may have been inserted. 2) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Calzini, Milano nei suoi libri (1949), 1036. First and only edition of one of the earliest accounts of the history and architecture of Milan Cathedral.

A 1943 second edition copy of Plonks Party by Raff & Anthony Armstrong.Ink signature to inside of front cover. Book dedicated to the young men of the Air Training Corps. Together with a first edition of War Cartoons by John. F. Knott, cartoonist for the Dallas news. Part of the private collection of a local aviator, WWI & WWII military historian and battlefield tour guide.

A Royal Air Force Pilot's Flying Log Book No 2 W/CMDR G. P. Gibson D.F.C. 1976 Reproduction copy.Reproduced by permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Published by After the Battle Magazine. This edition includes the reproduction photo which was missing from the original item, found in the July 1944 entries of the log book. Reproduction details are exact copies of original coloured inks, with first and last two pages stuck together as the original would have been. Log book covers period between November 1940 and September 1944. Includes Dambusters raids. Together with reproduction copy The Daily Telegraph dated May 18th 1943 and other Dambuster related ephemera. Part of a private collection from a local aviator, WWI & WWII military historian and battlefield tour guide. Item used for research purposes.

Rolewinck (Werner). Fasciculus temporum omnes antiquorum cronicas complectens, [Strasbourg: Johann Prüss, after 6 April 1490], 89 leaves (of 96: lacking A2, F1, F6, G1, G6, I1, and I6, replaced in modern facsimile), 50 lines plus headline, gothic type, xylographic title-page with full-page woodcut verso of Rolewinck presenting his book before a king, several further woodcuts in the text, rubricated throughout, title-page dust-soiled and reinforced in gutter, a few other leaves similarly strengthened, 3 small worm-holes in first 9 leaves touching headline in one index leaf and a few letters in text, small stain in B3, C5-D1 slightly soiled, variable minor soiling (dust, ink or oil) elsewhere, marginal repairs to folio 4 (index leaf) and signatures A1, E4, E6 and G6, affecting foliation in the latter, foliation in F2, F4 and F5 altered by recent erasure of final I, foliation on most subsequent extant leaves from F3 altered by an early hand (suggesting the loss of leaves at an early date), occasional contemporary marginalia, faded early annotations to title-page naming the author and erroneous place of publication 'Venetiis Anno 1490', top edge gilt, 20th-century red crushed morocco gilt, folio (26.2 x 19.1 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Leonard Twiston Davies (1894-1953), arts patron and antiquarian (bookplate). Goff R276; GW M38725; Hain 6916; ISTC ir00276000. The final event mentioned in this edition of Rolewinck's world chronicle is the death of Matthias I of Hungary, which occurred in April 1490. Goff cites two similar Prüss editions, differentiated by having fifty (R275) and fifty-one (R276) lines to the page. The Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy catalogued as Goff R275 has forty-nine lines plus the headline, suggesting that the headline is included in Goff's count; Goff R275 also has a different full-page woodcut on the verso of the title, depicting instead a robed figure holding a stick and beads. The two editions are clearly distinguished by their use of different contractions, as listed by Hain.

[Godwin, Francis] . A Catalogue of the Bishops of England, since the first planting of Christian religion in this Island, together with the brief history of their lives and memorable actions, so neere as can be gathered out of antiquity, 1st edition, George Bishop, 1601, black letter, early annotations and underscoring throughout, lacks final two leaves (Chester, 3pp + 1 page blank), old damp staining to early leaves, closely trimmed at head occasional shaving running head, old pagination, title page dust soiled and first few leaves frayed at corners and foremargin, old partial manuscript index to front endpapers and armorial bookplate pastedown, contemporary quarter calf, worn, 4to, together with [Cary, Henry, Viscount Falkland] , The History of the Life, Reign and Death of Edward II, King of England and Lord of Ireland, with the rise and fall of his great favourites, Gaveston and the Spencers, printed by J. C. for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce, in Fleet-street; Samuel Crouch, at the Princes Arms in Popes Head-Alley in Cornhil; and Thomas Fox, at The Angel in Westminster-hall, 1680, title printed in red and black, some browning, lacks portrait frontispiece, bookplate of William Perceval, contemporary calf, somewhere, upper cover detached, folio, plus Bacon (Francis & Godwin, Frances) , The History of the Reigns of Henry the Seventh, Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixth, and Queen Mary, two parts in one, printed by W. G for R. Scot et al, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece of Francis Bacon, some spotting and browning, ownership signature of William Perceval to title (brown) verso and initials and shelf mark to recto, contemporary blind-panelled calf with gilt thistle motif and shelf number at foot of spine, somewhere, covers detached, folio, plus three other antiquarian history folios including two odd volumes (Qty: 6)NOTES1 (STC11937); 2) Wing F313; 3) Gibson 121; Wing B300.

Castiglione (Baldassare). Il Libro del Cortegiano novamente stampato et con somma diligentia corretto, Parma: Antonio de Viotti, 1532, woodcut Giuntine device to A1, woodcut border to A2, lacking 2 leaves (P1 and P8), front free endpaper excised, a little light spotting and soiling, stronger towards front and rear, woodcut on A1 partially rubbed away, small hole in A2 affecting a letter either side, edges dyed blue, c.1800 red goatskin gilt, spine rubbed, worn at head, 8vo (15.2 x 8.5 cm), together with: Boccaccio (Giovanni). Il Filocopo, di nuovo riveduto, corretto, ed alla sua vera lettione ridotto, Venice: Lucio Spineda, 1612, final blank 3B8 discarded, lacking front free endpaper, 19th-century sheep-backed marbled boards, manuscript label to front board, headcap and board-edges worn, 8vo (14.7 x 9.2 cm, [Welser, Marcus, or Alfonso de la Cueva], Examen de la liberté originaire de Venise, traduit de l'italien. Avec une harangue de Louïs Hélian ambassadeur de France contre les Vénitiens, traduite du latin, 1st edition thus, Regensburg: Jean Aubri, 1677, occasional damp-staining, contemporary mottled calf, front joint cracked at head, 8vo (15.4 x 8.9 cm), Persico (Panfilo), Del Segretario libri quattro, 3rd edition, Venice: heirs of Damian Zenaro, 1643, spotting, browning and damp-staining title-page laid down, short closed tear in R5, 18th-century marbled sheep, spine refurbished, 8vo (15.3 x 9.4 cm), Bentivoglio (Guido), Raccolta di lettere scritte dal Cardinal Bentivoglio in tempo delle sue nuntiature di Francia, e di Fiandra á diversi personaggi. Agigiuntovi hora del medeisimo autore la relatione della sontuosa festa del Saracino fatta in Roma l'anno 1634, Rome: Filippo de'Rossi, 1654, final register leaf, moderate spotting and browning, damp-staining to front, 18th-century calf, joints cracked at ends, 8vo (15.8 x 10 cm), and Fabri Bremondani (Francesco), Delle lettere, scritte in varie lingue, ed in diversi argomenti, libri tre, Milan: Giulio Cesare Malatesta, 1661, additional engraved title-page lacking, Bibliotheca Lindesiana bookplate, 20th-century cloth, 8vo (16.4 x 10.4 cm), (Qty: 6)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Rare Parma edition of Castiglione's work, not in Adams, and printed the same year as the first edition of Machiavelli's Il Principe. It may have been printed from the Giunta edition (Florence, 1528) as the first leaf contains the Giuntine device; the first edition was printed at Venice by the Aldine press, also in 1528.

Aquila (Pietro). Galeriae Farnesianae Icones Romae in aedibus Sereniss. Ducis Parmensis ab Annibale Carracio ad veterum aemulatione posterumq. admiratione coloribus expressae cum ipsarum monocromatibus et ornamentis a Petro Aquila delineatae incisae, 1st edition, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1674], etched title-page, 24 etched plates by Pietro Aquila including dedication, allegorical plate and portrait of Carracci after Carlo Maratta (all unnumbered), and 21 plates after Annibale Carracci (numbered 1-21), all except numbers 11 and 13 double-page and mounted on guards, a little light spotting and dust-soiling, slightly stronger to plate 21, faint tide-mark to upper outer corners never affecting images, bound with: ibid., Deorum Concilium in Pincis Burghesianis hortis ab Ioanne Lanfranco Parmensi tum spirantibus ad vivum imaginibus tum monocromatibus atque ornamentis mira pingendi arte expressum, a Petro Aquila ad similitudinem delineatum et incisum expressum, 1st edition, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, [c.1675], etched title-page, 8 etched plates by Pietro Aquila after Giovanni Lanfranco (numbered 2-9 in manuscript to margins of plate-marks, plates 2 and 3 forming a single overview of the whole ceiling), all double-page and mounted on guards, dust-soiling, guards renewed, a few stains to title-page, 2 plates with short closed tears to bottom edge of central fold not affecting image, marginal tear to plate 6 (numbered 7), the corresponding right-hand panel laid onto thicker paper at an early date, plate 8 (numbered 9) similarly laid down, later marbled boards, green vellum spine, vellum tips, sides rubbed, wear to extremities, large folio (46.3 x 36 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Berlin Katalog 4088 (first work). Two uncommon large-scale works by Pietro Aquila (c.1630-1682) recording important Italian baroque ceiling decorations. The plates in the first work reproduce Annibale Carracci's decorations to the barrel-vaulted ceiling of the gallery at the Palazzo Farnese, which were executed between 1597 and 1601 for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese and depict Greek and Roman myths exemplifying the triumph of love. The second work is a record of Lanfranco's ceiling fresco 'The Council of the Gods', painted in 1624-5 in the central hall of the casino of the Villa Borghese for Cardinal Scipione Borghese.

Cano (Melchior). De locis Theologicis Libri duodecim, 1st edition, Salamanca: Mathius Gastius, 1563, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, text printed in double column, colophon leaf at end, light waterstain to upper outer corners at end (generally a good clean copy), early ink ownership inscription to foot of title 'De livraria S. Marcos', later bookplate of St. John's Seminary, Wonersh to front pastedown, 18th century calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESRuiz-Fidalgo 573; cf. Adams C535 (1564 edition). Melchior Cano (c.1509-1560), Spanish theologian, who attended the Council of Trent as a representative of Charles V of Spain, and became professor of theology at the University of Salamanca in 1546. First edition of Melchior Cano's most important work, in which he attempted to bring systematic rules and scientific method to the study of theology, in opposition to the obfuscation of earlier scholastic writers. Cano provides a list of reliable sources, or loci, upon which the theologian may depend: Scriptures, Tradition, the Catholic Church, General Council, Roman See, Church Fathers and Doctors, Theologians and Canonists, Natural Reason, Philosophy and History. In the eleventh of the twelve books that make up the work, Cano deals with the 'authority of human history', and defends the use of historical truth as a weapon against the Reformed Church and its use of false or distorted history.

Newton (Isaac). Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, new edition, edited by John Wright, 4 volumes, Glasgow, 1822, half-titles, diagrams to text, some toning and scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, bookplate of George Prevost to upper pastedowns and front free endpaper of volume 1 with bookplate of Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, contemporary black half sheep, neat black calf rebacks, some wear to board edges, 8vo (Qty: 4)NOTESFirst Glasgow re-issue of the 1739-42 so-called Jesuits' edition. Babson 32; Wallis 17. Provenance: Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet, of Belmont, Hampshire (1804-1893). He was the son of Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (1767-1816) who had been Governor of Novia Scotia and Governor General of the Canadas. He succeeded his father to the title in 1815. Edward Neville da Casto Andrade, FRS (1887-1971, English physicist, writer and poet). The volumes were purchased by the vendor from Heffer's bookshop in Cambridge after the death of Andrade.

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 2 volumes, printed by John Jarvis and sold by John Fielding, 1786, engraved portrait frontispiece and half title to volume I, text printed in triple column and unpaginated, volume I title and first gathering detached, light spotting and toning, contemporary reversed calf, old rebacks, some edge wear and stains, 4to, together with The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. with Murphy's Essay. Edited by the Rev. Robert Lynam, 6 volumes, 1825 (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: Jonathan Fletcher Wordsworth (1932-2006), critic and scholar, and descendant of William Wordsworth. First work: pirate edition.

Manuzio (Paolo). Epistolae, et Praefationes quae dicuntur, 1st edition, Academia Veneta, 1558, title with engraved device, occasional underlining and marginalia, a little light soiling, later vellum, spine dulled, a little discoloured, 8vo, together with Epistolarum Libri XII... postrema editio, [Geneva], 1616, title with small woodcut device, preliminary leaf *vi torn with small losses, occasional underlining and soiling, previous owner inscriptions to title and rear endpapers, shelf label to front pastedown, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, spine rubbed, 16mo (Qty: 2)NOTESProfessor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. First work Adams M483.

Mascardi (Agostino). Silvarum libri IV, 1st edition, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1622, engraved allegorical title-page after Peter Paul Rubens by Theodoor Galle, browning, a few stains, final blank (2C4) discarded, a little worming to inner hinges, bookplate of Michael Jaffé, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, 4to (20.5 x 16 cm), together with another copy (title-page stained along edges and with shaved contemporary ownership inscription to lower margin, spill-burns in H3 and I4, retaining final blank 2C4, bookplate of John Sparrow, 20th-century half vellum) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Both copies: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and curator of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Second copy (in 20th-century half vellum): John Sparrow (1906-1992), English barrister, warden of All Souls College, Oxford, and influential book-collector. Judson & Van de Velde, Book Illustrations and Title-Pages (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard XXI), 48. The 'first book [of] contemporary poetry illustrated with a title-page by Rubens', of which 1,000 copies were printed (Bertram, Rubens as a Designer of Title-Pages, pp. 184 & 60). Ex-Jesuit Mascardi (1590-1640) was a prominent intellectual at the court of Pope Urban VIII.

Hippocrates. [Opera] Hippocratis Coi medicorum omnium longe principis, octoginta volumnia, quibus maxima ex parte, annorum circiter duo millia Latina caruit lingua, Graeci vero, Arabes, et prisci nostri medici, Rome: Francesco Minizio Calvo, 1525, title-page with architectonic border, roman type, side-notes in italic, [superscript 2]pi1 in gothic, first quire (pi1-4) including title-page misbound after register leaf F4 and the architectonic title just shaved at head, lacking privilege leaf 3P7 and final blank 3P8, 3P7 replaced in good-quality facsimile on old paper, variable generally light spotting, soiling and damp-staining to margins, moderate browning to initial quires [superscript 2]pi-F and a few later leaves, first-bound quire [superscript]2pi more extensively damp-stained, first-bound leaf [superscript 2]pi1 marked and finger-soiled, a few ink- or oil-stains elsewhere in the text, notably in quire D and leaves [superscript 2]R3, and [superscript 2]2I2, short slits to lower margins of [superscript 2]D4, [superscript 2]U5, [superscript 2]2S1, and [superscript 2]2Y6 not affecting text, frequent contemporary marginalia and manuscript manicules in brown ink in at least 2 hands, crude decorative initials supplied around a few guide-letters in a contemporary hand, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over thick reverse-bevelled wooden boards, brass clasps and catches, rubbed, housed in a custom leather solander box in imitation of an early binding, folio (28 x 20.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) 'Caesaris Odoni' (contemporary ownership inscription to [superscript 2]pi1); 2) John Rathbone Oliver (1872-1943), American psychiatrist and medical historian (bookplate); 3) Michael Sharpe (bookplate). 'Caesaris Odoni' is likely to be Cesare Odoni (or Odone, d. 1571), botanist and professor of medicine at Bologna, and author of commentaries on Theophrastus (1561) and Aristotle (1563). Adams H567; Heirs of Hippocrates 10; Norman 1076; Osler 149; PMM 55; Waller 4495; Wellcome 3177. First complete edition in Latin of the Hippocratic corpus, printed a year before the Greek editio princeps (1526). 'Although various fragments of Hippocrates' works had been published earlier in Greek and Arabic versions, these eighty works, translated for the first time from the Greek texts into Latin by Marco Fabio Calvo (d. 1527), form the first so-called "complete" Hippocrates ... These eighty texts, the most familiar of which is the Aphorisms, were probably written by a number of authors, but all are in the Hippocratic tradition. This historically important book ... must be regarded as the definitive Hippocrates' (Heirs of Hippocrates).