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[Pratt, Samuel Jackson]. Shenstone-Green; or, The New Paradise Lost. Being a History of Human Nature, written by the Proprietor of the Green. The editor Courtney Melmoth, 3 volumes in 1, 1st edition, printed for R. Baldwin, 1779, half-title to each volume, engraved frontispiece to first volume by Page after Bonnor, contemporary armorial engraved bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, some wear to spine and joints, upper joint re-strengthened, 8vo (Qty: 1)Block p. 177; ESTC T57352. Uncommon satire on sensibility by the prolific writer, actor and social activist, published under his pseudonym Courtney Melmoth. Despite his gentle authorial persona and well-publicised humanitarian interests Pratt was 'personally insupportable to many of his acquaintances' (ODNB) and loathed by figures as diverse as Lord Byron, Charles Lamb and Sarah Siddons. No other copy traced in auction records. See lot 324 for another work by the author.

Poetry. Sammelband of 18th-century poetry pamphlets, comprising: [Macdonald, Andrew], Velina: a Poetical Fragment, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for C. Elliot and T. Longman, Paternoster-row, London, 1782, 58, [2] pp., contemporary ownership inscription ('F Shute, Queen's, Oxo[n]') to title-page, [Defoe, Daniel], The True-Born Englishman, a Satire, 25th edition, [no publisher], 1777, 30 p. , Blair (Robert), The Grave. A Poem. To which is added, an Elegy written in a Country Church-yard by Mr Gray, 2nd edition, Sunderland: James Graham, 1780, 36 pp., damp-staining in lower margins, [Croxall, Samuel], The Fair Circassan ... the Seventh Edition Corrected, Glasgow: A. Donaldson, 1756, [2], iv, viii, 45, [1] pp., ownership inscription 'Thos.. Shute A. B. Queen's Oxon' to title, [Mendez, Moses], The Chaplet. A Music Entertainment. As it is Perform'd by His Majesty's Company of Comedians, at the Theatre-Royal in Covent-Garden, printed for T. Lowndes [and others], 1757, engraved frontispiece after Wale, 36 pp., and [Lewis, Matthew Gregory, parody], Tales of Terror: with an Introductory Dialogue, 1st edition, W. Bulmer and Co., 1801, additional engraved title-page (section torn away at head), without the 3 engraved plates, early-19th-century tan half calf, 8vo (17.1 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: ownership inscriptions of Thomas Shute MA, of the Queen's College, Oxford, sometime curate of Hebburn, and by 1831 of Morpeth. ESTC T138025 (Macdonald), T163582 (Blair), T219547 (Croxall), (Mendez) T101102. Velina was the first published work by Scottish clergyman Andrew Macdonald (c.1755-1790); ESTC traces eleven copies world-wide, and one copy for this edition of Blair's work.

Plat (Sir Hugh). The Garden of Eden. Or, An accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England, with particular Rules how to advance their Nature and Growth, as well in Seeds and Hearbs, as the secret ordering of Trees and Plants, The Fifth Edition, printed for William Leake, 1660, bound with as issued: The Second Part of the Garden of Eden, 1st edition, 1660 [i.e. 1659], 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut initial letters, some minor toning and spotting, I8-K6 in first part with short worm trail to blank fore-margin (and several preceding leaves with single hole), hinges splitting, near-contemporary sheep, rubbed, a few single worm holes at foot of spine (not penetrating into text), small 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R33968 & R203175; Henrey 296 & 297; Wing P2387A & P2392. Fifth edition of the first part and first edition of the second, here issued together; a variant issue of the former is known, with the title-page dated 1659.

The British Jewell, or Complete Housewife's best Companion; Containing, I. A number of the most uncommon and useful Receipts in Cookery ... II. The best and most fashionable Receipts for all Manner of Pastry, Pickling, etc ... III. Directions for making all Sorts of English Wines ... IV. A Table to cast up Expences ... V. Every Man his own Physician ... VI. The Manner of preparing the Elixir of Life ... VII. Directions for destroying Rats, Mice, Bugs, Fleas &c. &c. and a choice Variety of useful Family Receipts. Together with A Method of restoring to Life People drowned, or in any other Manner suffocated. Also, The Complete Farrier... To which is added, The Royal Gardener, or Monthly Calendar ... A New Edition, Printed and Sold by J. Miller, 1782, pp.104, engraved frontispiece, letterpress engravings, title-page with contemporary ownership signatures of Ann Booth and Ann Hobson dated 1783 and 1785 respectively, the former name repeated on recto of frontispiece with the additional place name of Sheffield (showing through to verso), frontispiece and first four leaves with marginal loss repaired (to lower and fore-margin of former, and gutter tail of latter), untrimmed, later rebound in old paper wrappers, soiled and a little frayed with slight loss, printed title label on front cover, slim 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N32685; Oxford, p. 113. First published in 1769, all editions are uncommon. ESTC calls for 112 pages, and no frontispiece, but ours conforms to the Oxford University copy, which lists 104 pages and one plate. Oxford describes this edition thus: 'A new edition (1782) has a rude frontispiece representing the Good Samaritan and a kitchen.'

Faujas de Saint-Fond (Barthélémy). Description des Experiences de la Machine Aerostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, 2nd edition, Paris: Cuchet, 1784, 9 engraved plates, folding table, a little minor spotting and toning, bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart (see note), contemporary tree calf gilt, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (1826-1903; see lot 317). Cf. Dibner 169 & PMM 229. 'The first serious treatise on aerostation as a practical possibility' (PMM), describing the Montgolfier brothers' balloon journey from the Bois de Boulogne to Paris in June 1783, the first human aerial voyage in history.

Adams (George). An Essay on Electricity; in which the theory and practice of that useful science, are Illustrated by a variety of experiments, arranged in a methodical manner. To which is added, an essay on magnetism, 1st edition, printed and sold by the author, at Tycho Brahe's Head, 1784, 6 engraved plates (5 folding), 4 pp. instruments catalogue, light offsetting to title, prize label at front, later calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, a few small stains, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N7266. George Adams (1750-1795) was mathematical instrument maker to George III, an appointment he inherited from his father. This was his first in a series of illustrated textbooks on the physical sciences, with others concerning the microscope, optics, and the barometer. His writings had a religious emphasis which helped 'combat the growing errors of materialism, infidelity and anarchy', according to The Gentleman's Magazine.

Masonic binding. Constitutions of the Antient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons ... by James Anderson. A New Edition, revised, enlarged, and brought down to the year 1784, under the Direction of the Hall Committee, by John Noorthouck, printed by J. Rozea, 1784, engraved frontispiece by F. Bartolozzi and T. Fitler after G. B. Cipriani and P. Sandby, engraved arms to dedication, 'Explanation of the Frontispiece' leaf , frontispiece slightly spotted, helix roll gilt to turn-ins, all edges gilt, contemporary blue-green morocco, smoot spine richly gilt in compartments with central devices comprising a Bible, square and compasses, square and compasses and ladder devices to corners, concentric floriate and helix borders gilt to covers, spine sunned, front joint rubbed, 4to (26.6 x 20.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC T86301 (seven copies in UK libraries). First published in 1723.

Potter (T.). The Moralist; or Portraits of the Human Mind, exhibited in a Series of Novelettes, Partly Original and Partly Compiled, 1st edition, printed for the editor, 1785, half-titles, bound silk page-markers, without engraved portrait, intermittent tide-mark in lower margins extending into text, volume 2 with small damp-stain in fore margins of half-title and title-page, pp. 18-19 and leaves F1-2 stained, a few other marks, contemporary tree calf, smooth spines gilt with star motifs, twin morocco labels, gilt frames to sides, tips bumped and worn, 12mo (17.5 x 9.9 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 197; ESTC T55923. Rare: ESTC traces two copies world-wide (British Library and University of Chigaco); one copy of a 1786 edition found in auction records (in 1969). The author is identified on the title page as 'the late T. Potter, surgeon, at North Shields, near Newcastle-upon-Tyne'. The first volume consists almost entirely of oriental tales, including 'Amurath, an Eastern Tale', 'Choang and Hansi, a Chinese Tale', 'The Hermit of Lebanon', 'History of Abraoulf', and others.

Type Specimen. A Specimen of Printing Types, by William Caslon, letter-founder to His Majesty, first edition, Galabin & Baker, 1785, title, dedication and preface leaves plus 64 specimen leaves, all printed to rectos only, a little scattered spotting and light browning, armorial bookplate of Joseph Lane Manby (a little surface loss), all edges gilt, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and restored with red leather spine label, rubbed, some edge wear, tall 8vo (24 x 15 cm) (Qty: 1)Berry & Johnson, Catalogue of Specimens of Printing Types , p. 19; Bigmore & Wyman I, p. 107; Mosley 55. Copies of this scarce and attractive specimen vary from 63 to 67 leaves.

Moseley (Benjamin). A Treatise of Tropical Diseases; and of the Climate of the West Indies, 1st edition, for T. Cadell, 1787, half-title, errata slip pasted to contents leaf verso, some light spotting, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T135744; Sabin 51050. Benjamin Moseley (1742-1819) was surgeon-general of Jamaica from 1768 to 1784. His treatise was reprinted several times; the first edition is uncommon.

[Rabisha, William]. The Whole Body of Cookery Dissected, Taught, and fully manifested, Methodically, Artificially, and according to the best Tradition of the English, French, Italian, Dutch, &c. Or, A Sympathie of all varieties in Naturall Compounds in that Mysterie. Wherein is contained certain Bills of Fare for the Seasons of the year, for Feasts and Common Diets. Whereunto is annexed a Second Part of Rare Receipts of Cookery: with certain useful Traditions. With a Book of Preserving, Conserving and Candying, after the most Exquisite and Newest manner: Delectable for Ladies and Gentlewomen, 1st edition, printed by R. W. for Giles Calvert, 1661, front blank with early inscription 'James Broomans Book the valuable gift of his Dear Daughter Sarah Slodden' (soiled, browned and repaired to margins), browning and some soiling throughout volume, some leaves repaired to margins particularly to last few leaves, loosely inserted 20th century bookplate of Gordon Ward, modern panelled calf to style, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: James Brooman (1754-1839), recorded as a gentleman of Margate (Kent Wills, Archdeaconry Court of Canterbury, volume 110, f. 307). Bitting pp. 386-387 ; ESTC R20908; Oxford p. 30; Simon, BG 1248 ; Vicaire 727 ; Wing R114; cf. Cagle 943 (fourth edition,1682). Rare. Only three UK institutional locations found on Copac (British Library, Bodleian and Leeds University Library), with two other copies traced worldwide on ESTC (Harvard University and University of Chicago). Rabisha was a Cornishman who claimed to have worked for many noble families. The first part deals with pickles, fish, meats and fruit; the second part 'Rare recipes in Cookery'; and the third part preserving, conserving and candying. It includes recipes 'to pickle Sleep-at-noon', to make 'Punnado' and 'Andolians', 'to fry Primrose-leaves in March with eggs', and 'to Spitchcoch an Eel'. Near the end are 'Certain old useful Traditions of Carving and Sewing, &c.' which come from the 'Book of Carving' of 1508, and a recipe 'to roast a shoulder of Mutton in blood' (see Oxford).

Cole (Mary). The Lady's Complete Guide; or Cookery and Confectionary in all their Branches. Containing the most approved Receipts, confirmed by Observations and Practice, in every reputable English Book of Cookery now extant ... To which is added ... The Complete Brewer ... also The Family Physician ... new edition improved, London: G. Kearsley, 1789, light dampstaining to title, scattered spotting throughout, hinges split, contemporary sheep, repairs to joints and head & foot of spine, recent red morocco title label, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p. 94; Cagle 623; ESTC T123422; Maclean, p. 29; (third edition, 1791). The author is described on the title-page as 'cook to the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Drogheda'. 'Mrs Mary Cole deserves praise for being among the first cookery writers to cite in a systematic way the sources of her recipes' (Maclean). Names from earlier in the century, such as Glasse, Raffald, Dalrymple, Clemont, Mason, and Farley appear frequently within the text.

Lavater (Johann Caspar). Essays on Physiognomy; for the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. Written in the German Language ... and translated into English by Thomas Holcroft, 3 volumes, 1st edition thus, for G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1789, half-titles, 360 engraved plates by William Blake and others, occasional spotting and offsetting, marbled edges, contemporary green goatskin, spines ruled in gilt, red goatksin labels, rolled floral border gilt to sides, a few scuffs, mid-length scrape to volume 2 front board, 8vo (23 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 3)Provenance: a pencilled noted attributes the binding to William McKenzie of Dublin, of whom Ramsden remarks: 'There is reason to suppose that not all McKenzie's best bindings were ticketed. Perhaps he only used the ticket for a few years, from about 1784. He worked mainly in green morocco and tree calf. The sides of his bindings are rarely decorated with more than a roll and perhaps a tool in the corners' ( Outside London , p. 242). ESTC N9351; cf. Garrison-Morton 154. 'Lavater was the last of the descriptive physiognomists' (Garrison-Morton). The work was first published in German as Physiognomische Fragmente (1775-8). Another English translation, by Henry Hunter, was published between 1789 and 1799.

Hepplewhite (Alice). The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; or a Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and most Approved Taste, 2nd edition, I. and J. Taylor, 1789, 125 engraved plates, some light spotting, marginal toning to title, large bookplate ('Freiherrlich Moritz von Bethmann'sche', evidently a member of the Bethmann banking dynasty), contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked, a little rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)ESTC N43593. Hepplewhite's guide, first published the previous year, was the first furniture pattern-book to have appeared in England since the third edition of Chippendale's Director in 1762, and despite criticism from Sheraton it achieved popularity in America and continental Europe. Rare. ESTC traces nine copies only in libraries world-wide (in addition to six for the first edition.

Zahrawi (Abu'l-Qasim Khalaf ibn 'Abbas al-, & [Theodorus Priscianus]). Octavii Horatiani Rerum medicarum lib. quatuor.I. Logicus, De curationibus omnium ferme morborum ... II. De acutis & chronicis passionibus ... III. Gynecia ... IIII. De physica scientia ... Albucasis chirurgicorum omnium primarii, lib. tres. I. Cauterio cum igne, & medicinis acutis per singula corporis humani membra. Cum instrumentorum delimatione. II. De sectione & perforatione, phlebotomia, & ventosis. De vulneribus, & extractione sagittarum, & ceteris similibus. Cum formis instrumentorum. III. De restauratione & curatione dislocationis membrorum. Cum typis item instrumentorum, 2 parts in one volume, Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 26 February 1532, [4 leaves] + 319 pages, title within decorative woodcut border, numerous woodcut illustrations of surgical instruments throughout the text, title-page slightly browned and marked, small early ink inscription at foot ‘R 1 . (.) .’ later ownership inscription (‘Geo. Bell’) to head of title, 18th-century engraved bookplate of one Angelo M. Sisinni verso, title restrengthened with archival tissue to margins verso, following leaf with minor repair to upper right corner, bookplate removed from front endpaper, fine modern antique-style blind-decorated full calf gilt, folio ( 29.5 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Adams P2119; Choulant 217; Durling 3764; Hirsch-H. IV, 677; Parkinson 1965; STC 415; Stillwell, Awakening, 532; Waller 7646; Wellcome I, 5256. 'The most attractive printed edition' of the chapter on surgery and surgical instruments from the Kitab al-Tasrif (Vrolijk & van Leeuwen, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands, p. 6), the foundational Arabic medical treatise by 10th-century Andalusian physician Abu'l-Qasim al-Zahrawi (circa 936-1013), 'the greatest surgeon of the medieval ages', and known in the Latin West as Albucasis (Meri, ed., Medieval Islamic Civilisation: an Encyclopaedia, I p. 783). The Kitab al-Tasrif is divided into thirty chapters, of which the first (on general principles of medicine), the second (on symptoms and treatments of diseases), and the thirtieth (the present chapter, on surgery) account for more than half the book's entire length. The chapter on surgery is 'the first comprehensive and illustrated treatment on its subject' (Library of Congress cataloguing, online), and is itself divided into three sections: on cauterization, on phlebotomy, dissection, wounds, and the extraction of arrows, and on bone-setting. It was translated into Latin from the Arabic by Gerard of Cremona in the 13th century, and first printed, in Latin, in 1497. In this edition al-Zahrawi's text is proceeded by a companion work, Rerum medicarum libri quatuor, which is the Latin translation by Byzantine physician Theodorus Priscianus (fl. 4th century CE) of his own compendium of medical remedies, the Euporista, originally written in Greek. It is attributed here to 'Octavianus Horatianus'.

Prévost (Jean). Medicaments For the Poor; or, Physick for the Common People ... Hereunto is added an Excellent Book, called Health for the Rich and Poor, by Dyet without Physick.The second edtion, by Nich. Culpeper, printed by Peter Cole, 1662, A-C4, D-O8-Z8, Aa8, A4, D-E8, F, G1, 2 parts in one volume, with separate title-page for the second part (dated 1656), title with neat ownership signature Jn: Glaspole to top margin, Y5 (page 349-50) with printing flaw to final two lines to verso, with loss of legibility of a few words, a few minor marks (generally a good, clean copy), 19th-century bookplate of Jane Brooke to front blank, and an additional 19th-century bookplate of the Castle Freke Library to front pastedown, contemporary blind-ruled plain calf, rubbed and some marks, minor wear to head of rear joint, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Castle Freke Library, Castle Freke, County Cork, Ireland ( seat of the Evans-Freke baronets and subsequently the barons Carbery; redesigned in the early 19th century for John Evans-Freke, 6th Baron Carbery). ESTC R227435; Wing P3325. Second edition in English of Jean Prévost's Medicina pauperum (the first was printed in 1656). The translator was Nicholas Culpeper, whose own work, 'Health for the Rich and Poor', is printed with its own title-page. Rare: ESTC traces nine copies world-wide, of which only two in the United Kingdom.

Briggs (Richard). The English Art of Cookery, according to the present practice, 2nd edition, 1791, half-title present, 12 engraved plates of bills of fare, some scattered spotting, contemporary ownership inscription 'Mary Bunow' to front free endpaper, upper hinge split, contemporary sheep, rebacked, maroon morocco title label to spine, upper board repaired at head, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting p. 60; Maclean 15; Vicaire 116; cf. Oxford, pp. 115-116, and Cagle 577 (first edition). On the title page Richard Briggs describes himself as being 'many Years Cook at the Globe Tavern, Fleet-street, the White-Hart Tavern, Holborn, and now at the Temple Coffee-house'. The volume is strictly organised into 38 chapters with clearly distinct themes, covering poultry, soups and broths, fish dressings, sauces, stews and hashes, ragous and fricassees, roots and vegetables, puddings, pies and tarts, pancakes and fritters, cheesecakes and custards, blancmanges, jellies and syllabubs, potting and little cold dishes, carving, garden vegetables, brewing, wines and cordial wines, and more. The twelve plates depict selected bills of fare for each month of the year.

[Bage, Robert]. Man As He Is. A Novel. In Four Volumes, 1st edition, printed for William Lane, at the Minerva Press, Leadenhall-Street, 1792, half-titles present, publisher's advertisements on final page of second and third volumes (that to volume 3 with 1.5" closed tear in blank fore-margin), front pastedowns with printed bookplate of the 'English reading Society' annotated in manuscript and dated '6 January 1796' (rubbed with some slight losses), volume 2 with small piece missing from fore-margin on front free endpaper, volume 3 with lower portion of rear free endpaper torn away, untrimmed, original boards, rubbed and soiled, joints split, final volume with lower board just holding on two cords, deficient spines with ink volume number, large 12mo (Qty: 4)Provenance: the English Reading Society was established in Groningen, Netherlands, in 1792 to promote the reading of English texts. It is the oldest known English reading society in the Netherlands, and its early membership included a number of university professors and other social elites. Existing records of the society's purchase refer to a wide variety of books and periodicals covering politics, economics, geography, history, poetry and fiction. A society of the same name still existed in 1904, although at the time its members were reading French and German texts as well. Block p.13. Rare Minerva Press title, no other set in the original boards traced at auction. The author's fifth novel, it is is a satirical work which 'narrates the rescue of a well-meaning young baronet from fashionable aristocratic vices by his love for a virtuous and independent woman, good friends, and his encounters in France with leaders of the earlier, moderate phase of the revolution' (ODNB). Robert Bage (1728-1801) was a businessman who did not publish his first novel until the age of 53, and who began writing partly to recoup his financial losses. He was influenced by Thomas Paine, Voltaire and Rousseau, and the ideals of the American and French revolutions. His novels display a sympathy for the rights of women and opposition to slavery, cruelty, war and duelling. He was a member of the Derby Philosophical Society, founded in 1784 by Erasmus Darwin. William Godwin was a follower of Bage, and Percy Bysshe Shelley was also an enthusiast of his work.

[Menon]. The French Family Cook: being a complete System of French Cookery. Adapted to the Tables not only of the Opulent, but of Persons of moderate Fortune and Condition. Containing Directions for choosing, dressing, and serving up all Sorts of Butcher Meat, Poultry, &c. The different Modes of making all kinds of Soups, Ragouts, Fricandeaus, Creams, Ratafias..., a great Variety of cheap and elegant Side Dishes, calculated to grace a Table at a small Expence. Instructions for making out Bills of Fare for the four Seasons of the Year..., Translated from the French, 1st edition in English, J. Bell, 1793, final advert leaf present, few pencil markings to margins, bookplate of Arthur Conolly Gage Heygate (1862-1935) and Frances Evelyn Rowley Harvey (d.1931) to upper pastedown, 20th-century cloth, slightly scuffed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Arthur Conolly Gage Heygate (1862-1935) and Frances Evelyn Rowley Harvey (d.1931). Arthur was the son of Sir Frederick William Heygate, 2nd Baronet, and Marianne Gage. Sir Frederick was member of parliament for Londonderry between 1859 and 1874. Axford, p. 172; Bitting, p. 554; Cagle 872; ESTC T91239; Maclean, p. 101; Oxford, p. 121; Simon, BG 714. The first English edition of Menon's La Cuisinière bourgeoise , originally published in French (Paris, 1746), and 'the first book to appear in France directed specifically to female cooks' (Barbara Wheaton, Savoring the Past , p. 98).

Bartram (William). Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East and West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscoculges or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws. Containing an account of the soil and natural productions of those regions, 1st Dublin edition, for J. Moore [and others], 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map of East Florida, 7 engraved plates (one folding), occasional minor offsetting and spotting, contemporary previous owner signature of Marcus Gage to title, contemporary tree calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC T121441; Howes B223; Sabin 3870. First published in Philadelphia in 1791 and London in 1792, the work records the author's extensive travels in the territories of the Creek, Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, as far west as the Mississippi River. The author had great interest in the customs and manners of the Indian tribes, fur traders and forest life. 'A work of high character well meriting its wide esteem' (Howes).

Campbell (Patrick). Travels in the Interior Inhabited Parts of North America, 1st edition, Edinburgh: for the author, 1793, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author (partly hand-coloured with manuscript caption at foot 'Canadian Indian'), 2 engraved plates (one folding, with small stain), folding table, a little light spotting and soiling, untrimmed in original paper-backed marbled boards, a little soiling, light wear to extremities, recent clamshell cloth case, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC N13837; Howes C101; Sabin 10264. 'A curious and entertaining book' (Sabin), containing much first-hand information on Canada's First Nations. A Scottish farmer and merchant, Campbell claims to have sailed from Greenock in July 1791 with the intention of exploring for its own sake. Landing at St John's, he travelled on through New Brunswick, Frederick Town, Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Niagara, Grand River, Genesee County, the Mowhawk River, Albany, New York and New Jersey. Rare: ESTC records only the National Library of Scotland's copy in British and Irish libraries.

Leeds Pottery Pattern Book. Designs of Sundry Articles of Queen's or Cream-colour'd Earthen-Ware, manufactured by Hartley, Greens, and Co. at Leeds Pottery: with a great variety of other articles. The same enamel'd, Printed or Ornamented with Gold to any Pattern; also with Coats of Arms, Cyphers, Landscapes, &c. &c., Leeds, 1794, 3 printed titles in German, French and English, each with 6-page list of plates in German, French and English (forming 24 pages of preliminary text in all), 45 copper-engraved plates (including one folding), paper watermarked with a fleur-de-lys and shield with capital letters L V G below (Lubertus van Gerrevink), some light scattered spotting and offsetting, plate 20 with closed tear to top margin, touching plate area, without loss, folding plate 26 repaired, (without loss), contemporary annotations in ink (in Italian?), to verso of the final plate 45, modern endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary gilt-decorated full tree calf, with gilt morocco label to spine, very slightly rubbed to extremities, large 4to (30.8 x 23.75 cm) (Qty: 1)Rare. A variant issue of the edition published in Leeds in 1794 (although this was undated), which contains 12 pages of text, and 71 plates. The present work lists 152 sauce boats, dishes, table plates, salad and dessert dishes, jugs, mugs, bowls, candlesticks, cutlery, baskets and stands, etc, and a separately numbered sequence of 32 designs for tea ware. First issued in 1783 with only 40 plates, and thus 'one of the earliest pattern books published in England by pottery manufacturers for the use of their travellers', or salesmen, overseas (Solon, Ceramic Literature, 1910, page 196). Given the Italian manuscript notes at the end of the volume, most likely for use in Switzerland or Italy.

Boyle (Robert). New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold, or an Experimental History of Cold, begun. To which are added an Examen of Antiperistasis, and an Examen of Mr. Hob's Doctrine about Cold. Whereunto is annexed an account of freezing, brought in to the Royal Society, by the learned Dr. C. Merret, 1st edition, John Crook, 1665, title printed in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates at end, engraved bookplate of Thomas Vernon M.D. to front pastedown, contemporary blind-ruled full calf, blind-stamped rose motif to edges of covers, gilt morocco label to spine, a few minor marks, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Bookplate of Thomas Vernon M.D. (with three garbs of wheat and a maiden above holding a scythe, the Vernon family crest). This may be the lawyer and M.P. Thomas Vernon (1654-1721) or Thomas Vernon (1724-1771), landowner and M.P., of Hanbury Hall, Worcestershire. Fulton 70; Honeyman 465; Wing B3996. ' Cold is a milestone in the history of chemistry since it applies a quantitative tool, namely the thermometer, to study of the interaction of elemental substances and mixtures. This … gives Boyle just claim to a place in the early history of ideas concerning the kinetics of chemical reactions (i.e. modern thermodynamics) ... The treatise on Cold contains the first description of a graduated thermometer, termed by Boyle a thermoscope ... He was aware that extreme cold prevented the putrefaction of animal tissues, and realized that cold could be utilized for the preservaton of meat ' (Fulton).

Hearne (Samuel). A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772, 1st edition, A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1795, large folding engraved map with routes coloured in outline, 4 folding enraved plans, 4 folding engraved plates, publisher's advertisement leaf with Directions to Binder to verso at end, small marginal repair to one plan, contents leaf and at gutter of page 241, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, later maroon half morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC T146967; Hill I p.141; Sabin 31181 (with incorrect plate count). Large-paper copy. 'It was the first of a long series of Arctic voyages and travels which reflect so much honor on the British Press. Its publication is due to the celebrated explorer La Perouse who captured Fort Albany, Hudson's Bay and found the MS. of Hearne. The fort was afterwards surrendered to the British, but La Perouse stipulated for the publication of this work by the Hudson's Bay Company, which stipulation was honorably fulfilled in this beautiful volume ... The author will always be remembered as the first white man that ever gazed on the dreary expanse of the Arctic or Frozen Ocean from the northern shores of the Continent of America' (Sabin).

Glasse (Hannah). The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far excels any Thing of the Kind yet published... In which are included, One Hundred and Fifty new and useful Receipts, not inserted in any former Edition. With a copious Index. New edition. With all the modern Improvements; And also the Order of a Bill of Fare for each Month; the Dishes arranged on the Table in the most fashionable Style, London, 1796, half-title with faint contemporary ownership inscription 'Mrs Mary Saker her book', some dampstaining mostly to first & last few leaves, top edge gilt, 20th-century marbled half calf by Bickers & Son, gilt decorated spine with contrasting morocco label in red and green, upper joint a little slit at head, 8vo, together with: [Kettilby, Mary]. A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; for the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers, and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands. The Fourth Edition. To which is Added, a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c., London: Printed for Mary Kettilby, and Sold by Richard Wilkin, 1728, title to second part stating third edition and imprint date of 1728, some browning, spotting and few marks, 20th century sheep with morocco title label to spine, 8vo, Mason (Charlotte). The Ladies' Assistant for Regulating and Supplying the Table; being a Complete System of Cookery, &c. containing the most Select Bills of Fare ... and several Deserts ... likewise Directions for Brewing, Making English Wines, Raspberry, Orange, and Lemon-Brandies, &c. also remarks on Kitchen-Poisons, and necessary Cautions thereon, 6th edition, enlarged, corrected, and improved to the present time, London: J. Walter, 1787, half-title present, closed tears to lower margins of index leaves 2I8, 2K1-2K3 , scattered spotting throughout, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo, [King, William] , The Art of Cookery, In imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. With some Letters to Dr. Lister, and Others: Occasion'd principally by the Title of a Book publish'd by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Coelius, Concerning the Soups and Sauces of the Antients. With an Extract of the greatest Curiosities contain'd in that Book. To which is added, Horace's Art of Poetry, in Latin. By the Author of the Journey to London. Humbly inscrib'd to the Honourable Beef Steak Club, 1st edition, London: Bernard Lintott, [1708], half-title, some browning and scattered spotting, contemporary panelled sheep, gilt decorated spine, joint cracked, some adhesive residue to spine and boards, 8vo (Qty: 4)Glasse: Cagle 706; Maclean, p. 60; Oxford, p. 77 (note); Simon, BG 771. Kettilby: Cagle 791; Maclean, p. 82; Oxford, p. 54 (note); Simon, BG 904. Mason: cf. Cagle 863 (first edition with this title, 1786; the work was first published in 1773 as The lady’s assistant for regulating and supplying her table ). King: Bitting p. 260; Cagle 794; Maclean p.84; Oxford p.51; Simon, BG 908; Vicaire 475.

Silver Filigree Binding. An empty silver miniature binding, early 19th century, ornate filigree hinged case for an almanack, with clasp, 53 x 36 cm (2 x 1.5 ins), together with: Gold binding , Holy Bible [cover-title], mid 20th century, micro miniature, with books of the Bible printed on concertina leaf, several at front adhered together, 9 carat gold hinged binding with hanging loop and ring, rear cover impressed with hallmark and maker's mark 'G & H Ltd.', 15 x 15 mm (1 x 1 in), plus two other miniature books, comprising a blank book in blind panelled calf with raised bands, gilt tooled 'J & M' in second compartment of spine, inscribed on first page 'To Josie & Martin Christmas 1976 from Eileen & Adrian', 53 x 40 mm (2 x 1.5 ins), and a facsimile edition of Food for the Mind: or, a New Riddle-book... by John-the-Giant-Killer, T. Carnan and E. Newbery, 1778, 53 x 41 mm (2 x 1.5 ins) (Qty: 4)

Smith (Charlotte Turner). Rural Walks: in Dialogues. Intended for the Use of Young Persons, 2 volumes in 1, 4th edition, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, together with: ibid., Rambles Farther: a Continuation of Rural Walks: in Dialogues. Intended for the Use of Young Persons, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, printed by A. Strahan for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, 1800, 2 advertisement leaves to rear of Rambles Farther a little light spotting to each, all edges gilt, contemporary straight-grain red morocco gilt, front cover of each lettered 'Reward of Merit' within octagonal panel , rear covers respectively lettered 'Anna Maria Wigley 1806' and 'Edmund Wigley 1806' within similar panels, a little rubbing to joints and tips, 12mo (14.6 x 8 cm) (Qty: 2)Block p. 230 (for the first editions, 1795 and 1796 respectively); ESTC T165740 ( Rural Walks ; four copies traced) & T98235 ( Rambles Farther; one copy traced, at the British Library); Osborne I p. 305 (first edition of Rural Walks ; second edition of Rambles Farther ). A splendid pair of matching Regency bindings evidently done for two young siblings.

Auction Catalogue. A Catalogue of a Large, Extensive, and Valuable Parcel of Books, in Every Science, and in Most Languages; being the Genuine Library of George Galwey Mills, Esq. (gone to the West Indies,) removed from Slaughter-House in the County of Gloucester... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Jeffery, at No. 11 Pall-Mall, on Monday, the 24th of February, 1800, and the twelve following days, (Sundays excepted.) Beginning each day exactly at one o'clock, [1800], ordinary paper edition (with 4 lines of lot description on title-page, as opposed to 5 lines on that of the large paper edition), lacking A1 (blank?), first two leaves adhered to front blank along gutter (with some consequent tears), occasional ink and pencil marginalia, title-page spotted, stab holes to gutter margins, marbled endpapers, remboîtage binding of late 18th century scarlet morocco, some marks and extremities rubbed, smooth spine gilt panelled and with musical trophy tool in centre of each compartment, covers with wide gilt border of hound's tooth roll, metope and pentaglyph roll, ribbon and fleuron roll, and scrolling fern roll, metope and pentaglyph roll repeated on edges and turn-ins, tall 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)ESTC T7945. Rare and important sale catalogue; no other copy found at auction. The library of George Galwey Mills MP (1765-1828) was an impressive one by any standards, and yet he died in debt and at his own hand. Mills was born on St. Kitts, and inherited his father's plantations, although he appeared to spend much of his life in England. He served as a Member of Parliament for Wallingford, Mitchell and Winchelsea. In 1806 he was imprisoned for debt, amounting to some £43,000. He committed suicide in 1828, shooting himself through the head, whilst in New South Wales serving as Registrar of the Supreme Court. The inquest reported that Mills had showed signs of derangement before he died, and had made mention of monetary difficulties. Amongst the treasures listed in this library sale, which was presumably an attempt by Mills to raise funds, is the Sherborne Missal, and a Shakespeare First Folio (lots 1459 and 166 respectively). Mills was the first recorded English owner of the Sherborne Missal, the largest and most lavishly decorated English service book to survive from the Middle Ages, now in the British Library. He acquired the volume in 1797 (it bears his bookplate), and it was purchased at Jeffery's auction by Hugh Percy, 2nd Duke of Northumberland for £215. It remained in the possession of the Dukes of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle until deposited on loan at the British Library by the 10th Duke in 1983, and obtained for the nation in July 1998. Mills's copy of Shakespeare's First Folio (with portrait) fetched £10 10 shillings (Anthony James West, The Shakespeare First Folio: The History of the Book , 2002, p.301). The volume merits only two lines of letterpress in the catalogue, compared to six lines devoted to the following lot, a Johnson and Steevens 1793 set of Shakespeare's Plays .

Davy (Humphry). Researches, Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly concerning Nitrous Oxide, or Dephlogisticated Nitrous Air, and its Respiration, 1st edition, printed for J. Johnson, 1800, engraved frontispiece, errata leaf at end, some light spotting and water stains, bookplate, contemporary half calf, spine and edges a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Dibner Heralds of Science 128; Garrison-Morton 5646; Norman 607, Waller 11113; Wellcome II, p. 436. The author's first important work. 'Davy, apprenticed as a surgeon-apothecary, published the above at age 22. Two years earlier, he experimented with various gases at the Medical Pneumatic Institution in Bristol, to deternine their medical properties. He discovered that pure nitrous oxide (laughing gas) was respirable and himself breathed large quantities of it with exhilarating effect. He observed that 'it may probably be used with advantage in surgical operations' (Dibner).

Mollard (John). The Art of Cookery made easy and refined; comprising ample directions for preparing every article requisite for furnishing the tables, 2nd edition, London: Printed for the Author, 1802, half-title present, 12 engraved plates of bills of fare for each month of the year, front blank with ownership signature S. Wharton dated 1805, some light toning and occasional spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th century navy blue half calf gilt by P.B. Sanford, 8vo (Qty: 1)Bitting, p.328; Cagle 881; Oxford, p.131; Vicaire 601. First published in 1801. John Mollard, 'lately one of the proprietors of Freemasons' tavern, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; now removed to Dover Street, Piccadilly, formerly Thomas's'. Page vii of the preface lists the qualities of an accomplished cook in the preface, "acute taste, a fertile invention, and a rigid attention to cleanliness".

Malton (James). An Essay on British Cottage Architecture. Being an Attempt to perpetuate on Principal that Peculiar Mode of Building which was originally the Effect of Chance, 2nd edition, large-paper issue, Thomas Malton, 1804, half-title, 23 aquatint plates and plans, a little marginal soiling, later half calf retaining original boards, label removed and a few stains to covers, 4to (Qty: 1)Cf. Abbey Life 34. Large-paper copy of the second edition, which contains two plates not in the first.

Edgeworth (Maria). The Match Girl. A Novel, in Three Volumes, 1st edition, printed by J. Dennett for J. F. Hughes, 1808, half-titles present, publisher's advertisements at rear of each volume (volume 1 with single leaf; volume 2 with 12pp. advertisements; volume 3 with 36pp. catalogue dated May 1, 1808), occasional spotting and marks, E9 in first volume with horizontal closed tear, some splitting to hinges, volume 3 lacking rear free endpaper, untrimmed, original boards, sometime rebacked with white paper, spines with manuscript volume number, somewhat soiled and edges rubbed, large 12mo (Qty: 1)Rare three-decker in the original boards. Not in Sadleir or Wolff; two copies only on Copac, British Library and Oxford (the latter defective). The last copy which we have traced at auction was in 1951 (bound in half calf).

[Maturin, Charles Robert]. The Wild Irish Boy. In Three Volumes. By the Author of Montorio, 1st edition, printed for Longman et al, 1808, half-titles present, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear of second and third volumes, occasional toning, some spotting and staining to endpapers, front pastedowns with pencilled shelfmark number, untrimmed, contemporary sprinkled half calf with red morocco spine labels, rubbed, and some minor wear to extremities (slight chipping to head of spines, corners showing), 8vo in 12s (Qty: 3)Block, p. 162; Sadleir 1669; Summers, A Gothic Bibliography , p.557. Rare: Copac lists the Oxford University copy only; not listed in Wolff. We have not traced a copy sold at auction since 1993. All first editions of Maturin's works are uncommon. The Wild Irish Boy, the author's second novel, concerns the adventures of Irish nationalist hero Ormsby Bethel. In The Gothic Quest: A History of the Gothic Novel , ranks Charles Maturin with Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe and Matthew Lewis as one of the four most prominent Gothic novelists (p. 400).

Cadet de Gassicourt (Charles-Louis). Cours Gastronomique, ou les diners de Manant-ville, Ouvrage Anecdotique, Philosophique et Litte?raire, 2nd edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1809, folding engraved plate of the gastranomic areas of France, lacking half-title, short repaired closed tear to page 361/362 of index, bound with: [ Grimod de La Reynie?re, Alexandre-Balthazar-Laurent] , Manuel des Amphitryons; contenant un traite? de la dissection des viandes a? table, la nomenclature des menus les plus nouveaux pour chaque saison, et des éle?mens de politesse gourmande, 1st edition, Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates, occasional light scattered spotting, marbled endpapers with gilt morocco ownership label of Ann Dixon of Newtown to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with morocco labels, bumped, front joint slightly cracked at head, 8vo (Qty: 1)Cadet de Gassicourt: Cagle 112; Bitting, p.71; Vicaire 137. Grimod de la Reynière; Simon BG 305; Bitting p.203; Vicaire 427. First and only edition, divided into three parts, the first containing dissection of meats and illustrated with 16 plates, the second part including chapters on menus, and the third chapter outlining the well-bred gourmand.

Fuller (S. and J., publisher). Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed, A Story, Exemplified in a Series of Figures, 2nd edition, 1811, nine cut-out hand-coloured figures in aquatint loosely inserted, with original interchangeable head, and five head-pieces, complete, letterpress lightly toned, original sewn printed wrappers, with original turquoise silk tie through spine slot, almost always absent, frayed at ends, in original printed slipcase, toned and some joints split or splitting especially to lower edge (some adhesive remains), 16mo (Qty: 1)Osborne p. 1051 for the first edition, also published in 1811 (lacking the five head-pieces and the slipcase); not in Gumuchian. Such paper doll books rarely survive complete and in good condition, as here; we have never seen a copy with the original ribbon tie, and this small, yet significant, point is probably why Martin Orskey added the item to his collection.

Burney [Sarah Harriet]. Traits of Nature. In Five Volumes, 1st edition, for Henry Colburn, 1812, bound without half-titles, retaining advertisement leaf to rear of volume 1, very occasional light spotting, volume 3 leaves C6-7 loosening, volume 5 final leaf closely trimmed along bottom edges shaving a few letters of advertisement verso, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spines, twin morocco labels, ribbon border gilt to sides, superficial crack to foot of front joint of volume 2, 12mo (17.6 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 5)Provenance: bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861), 'England's earliest female bibliophile' (De Ricci, English Collectors of Books and Manuscripts , p. 141) and the inspiration for Charlotte Brontë's pseudonym, Currer Bell. At her family seat of Eshton Hall, Yorkshire, Currer built a library which according to Dibdin placed her 'at the head of all female collectors in Europe' ( Reminiscences of a Literary Life, II, p. 949). She was also a prolific local benefactress, donating to the school attended by the Brontë siblings and possibly helping their father Patrick pay off his debts in 1821. Block pp. 31-2 (with the erroneous date 1813); not in Sadleir or Wolff. Burney's first novel to be published under her own name, and her third overall. Its success encouraged Colburn to offer £100 per volume for her next work, though generally her 'contemporary and posthumous reputation suffered by comparison with that of her more famous sister novelist, Mme D'Arblay, and her work, about which she herself was diffident, has been too much undervalued' (ODNB).

Bentham (Jeremy). Chrestomathia: being a Collection of Papers, explanatory of the Design of an Institution, proposed to be set on Foot, under the name of the Chrestomathic Day School, 1st collected edition, Payne and Foss, and R. Hunter, 1816-17, 2 parts in 1 volume, half-title, duplicate half-title after p. [xxii], advertisement leaf, section-title to 'Chrestomathic Tables,Table II', corrigenda leaf to part 2, 5 folding tables, light spotting to outer leaves, tables variably spotted and offset, one of them with short closed tear to inner fold, occasional marginal finger-soiling, engraved bookplate of Richard Davey with motto 'E perseverantia honor', contemporary tan calf, front joint rubbed, short crack to foot, surface-abrasion to front board, 8vo (21.6 x 13.1 cm) (Qty: 1)Second edition of the first part (originally published privately the year before), first edition of the second part.

Type Specimen. Specimen of Printing Types by Caslon & Livermore, Letter-founders, Mosley Chiswall Street, London, Bensley, Printer, [1822?], title, advertisement and partly-folding announcement of partnership leaves, 131 plate specimen leaves, printed on rectos only, some occasional spotting and light browning, partnership announcement leaf inscribed 'English Script' in a contemporary hand to upper margin, printed date 'September 20, 1821' deleted and 'Jan 1, 1822' written beneath, hinges cracked, morocco-backed boards with printed title within ornamental border to upper cover, soiling and edge wear, spine with vertical split and cracked on joints, 8vo (Qty: 1)Mosley 70 locates one copy (Barker) with 137 leaves and the date on the upper wrapper. Presumably the first edition for this printing partnership. The earliest copy WorldCat locates is one tentatively dated 1823 held by the National Library of Scotland.

Carr (E. D.). Fears and Cares. A Novel. In Three Volumes, 1st edition, printed for A.K. Newman, 1821, half-titles discarded, each volume with publisher's advertisements on final page, K11 in volume 1 with small piece missing from blank fore-margin, first three leaves of third volume slightly spotted, brown sprinkled edges, contemporary purple half calf gilt, green morocco spine labels, gilt tooled ducal coronet and monogram 'JAVL' at head of spines, slightly rubbed, large 12mo (Qty: 3)Block, p.37 (citing this work only under the author's name). Rare: we have been unable to trace another copy at auction. The author is not listed in Sadleir or Wolff. For a similar binding see the following lot.

Whittock (Nathaniel). The Decorative Painters' & Glaziers' Guide; containing the most approved methods of imitating oak, mahogany, maple, rose, cedar, coral, and every other kind of fancy wood, verd antique, dove, sienna, porphyry, white veined, and other marbles; in oil or distemper colour; designs for decorating apartments, in accordance with the various styles of architecture ... 3rd edition ('with considerable additions'), Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1832, 364 pp., 102 lithographed plates, of which 45 hand-coloured or tinted, some heightened with gum arabic, tissue-guard to each plate, contents generally in clean condition, 4-page catalogue of books published by Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper bound in at front, dated 1826, and a further 4-page catalogue of books published for the same publishers, smaller in format, bound in before (some spotting), contemporary plum cloth, with gilt morocco label to spine, faded to brown on spine and edges, spine label slightly chipped, and some wear to joints and extremities, particularly to head of front joint, 4to (Qty: 1)Abbey Life 81; British Coloured Books (Ipex 80) 12 (for the first edition of 1827). The first work in English to deal with interior decoration in detail in its various forms, including mural decoration, stained and painted glass, as well as marbling. In the preface to this edition, dated April 1832, the author states 'in the present day when the liberal spirit of the age calls for embellishments of every description, and when there are thousands of artizans... it was deemed a sufficient reason for publishing a complete compendium of information on the Art of Staining Glass', also adding that the 'specimens of Marble' have been selected with great care from those in the Radcliffe Library, the Ashmolean Museum, and from private Collections'.

Needlework Specimens. Instructions on Needle-Work and Knitting, as Derived from the Practice of The Central School of the National Society for Promoting the Education of the Poor in the Principles of the Established Church, in the Sanctuary, Westminster, 2nd edition, Roake and Varty, 1838, 9 mounted specimens of handiwork (complete), with accompanying text, lightly toned, some light spotting and marks, one leaf with neatly repaired short closed tear to lower blank margin, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Miss Julia C. Ball June 30th 1864 Presented to her by Mrs. Bovis deceased', front hinge split, small stain to lower edge of pastedowns (and corresponding edge of first and final leaves), original blind-stamped brown cloth, upper cover gilt lettered, one or two small ink spots, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare: Copac lists two copies of the first edition of 1832 (British Library, V&A) and three copies of the second edition (V&A, University College London, National Trust); no first edition traced at auction, and only a defective copy (lacking two specimens) of the second edition traced at auction (John and Monica Lawson's copy, Bonhams, 1 April, 2008, lot 195). The book begins with an explanation of how the girls were instructed 'on the principles of the Madras system, as taught in Dr. Bell's Manual of Instructions, (1827)': each afternoon the children, sitting on benches forming three sides of a square and overseen by assistant teachers, worked at pieces of needlework or knitting according to their proficiency, each girl with a numbered bag in which to keep her handiwork. The final page gives a list of prices for work done by the girls, for example, 'Cravats, per dozen', 'Night Caps, plain', 'Tippets', 'Bed Gowns, Children's', 'Petticoat, without Body or Sleeves', etc., with a note at the end 'The work is done for ready Money only, and the Mistress is empowered to receive the amount'. The sections are entitled: 'Hemming'; 'Sewing and Felling'; 'Stitching'; 'Gathering'; 'Button-Holes', 'Shirt-Making', 'Whipping-Frills, &c.'; 'Herring-Bone'; 'Darning'; 'Marking'; and 'Knitting'. The miniature mounted specimens, with their unbelievably minute stitches, consist of: a blue printed cotton pinafore; a linen shift-sleeve; a fine lawn infant's shirt; a fine cotton gentleman's shirt; a frilled and tucked baby's bonnet; a long woollen under-garment trimmed with silk; a darning sampler; a cross-stitch alphabet sampler in red thread; and a cream worsted stocking.

Woolnough (C. W.). The Art of Marbling, as applied to Book Edges and Paper, containing full instructions for executing British, French, Spanish, Italian, Nonpareil, etc., etc. Illustrated with Specimens. With a brief notice of its recent application to textile fabrics, and particularly to the cloths so extensively used by bookbinders, 1st edition, Alexander Heylin, 1853, half-title present, 29 specimens of marbled paper (each numbered on verso in early manuscript) and 4 specimens of marbled cloth bound in (complete), front hinge split, all edges gilt, original marbled wavy-grain cloth covers, spine darkened and slightly frayed at ends, covers blind panelled, upper cover gilt lettered within decorative frame, 8vo (Qty: 1)Rare first edition, in the original publisher's binding, of perhaps the most important book on British marbling, providing a detailed account of the materials and methods of the craft.

Nicholson (James B.). A Manual of the Art of Bookbinding: containing Full Instructions in the Different Branches of Forwarding, Gilding, and Finishing. Also, The Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper. The whole designed for the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-Collector, 1st edition, Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856, 12 lithographed plates, including frontispiece, seven specimens of marbled paper, plates offset to text, letterpress illustrations, 18pp. publisher's catalogue at rear, original blindstamped brown cloth, gilt lettered spine with slight loss at ends, a few marks on rear cover, 8vo in 6s (Qty: 1)The first edition of the first major practical American bookbinding manual.

Pseudo-Lull. Testamentum, duobus libris universam artem Chymicam complectens, antehac nunquam excusum. Item eiusdem compendium Animae Transmutationis Artis Metallorum, absolutum iam & perfectum, 1st edition, Cologne: Johann Byrckmann, 1566, [4], 240 numbered leaves, [8], with two folding woodcut illustrations, and woodcut illustrations to text, some marks and waterstain towards front of volume, modern blind-decorated full calf to style, morocco gilt label to spine, 8vo (Qty: 1)First appearance in print of ‘the earliest text in what became the Pseudo-Lullian corpus and a touchstone for the addition of gemstones to the elixir’s medical and transmutational virtues’ (Nummedal, Anna Zieglerin and the Lion's Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation Germany , p. 224). Pseudo-Lull’s Testamentum offers a reconciliation of Christian scholasticism with alchemical doctrine, placing the quinta essentia, or divine essence which produces the four elements of our world, at the centre of the alchemical quest, to be obtained through the process of distillation.

Geraldine Jerry Mock aviation pioneer typed signed letter on Spirit of Columbus letterhead dated 1976 with good content regarding his record breaking flights. Fixed to A4 card. Geraldine Jerrie Fredritz Mock (November 22, 1925 - September 30, 2014) was the first woman to fly solo around the world, which she did in 1964. She flew a single engine Cessna 180 (registered N1538C) christened the Spirit of Columbus and nicknamed Charlie. The trip began March 19, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and ended April 17, 1964, in Columbus, Ohio, and took 29 days, 21 stopovers and almost 22, 860 miles (36, 790 km). An almost forgotten part of this flight is the race that developed between Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith who had flown from a field near San Francisco CA on March 17, 1964. Joan's departure date and flight path was the same as the aviator Amelia Earhart's last flight and though not in direct competition with each other, media coverage soon began tracking the progress of each pilot fascinated with who would complete the journey first. The story of this race is told in a book written by Taylor Phillips entitled, Racing to Greet the Sun, Jerrie Mock and Joan Merriam Smith Duel to Become the First Woman to Solo Around the World. Jerrie Mock was subsequently awarded the Louis Bleriot medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale in 1965. In 1970 she published the story of her round-the-world flight in the book Three-Eight Charlie. While that book is now out of print, a 50th anniversary edition was later published including maps, weather charts and photos. Three-Eight Charlie is a reference to the call sign, N1538C, of the Cessna 180 Skywagon Mock used to fly around the world. Before her death, Mock, mother of three children, resided in Quincy, Florida; northwest of the state capital, Tallahassee. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Concorde Pair of Matched Signed Limited Edition Prints Bannister and Lidiard. Concorde End of an Era Mike Bannister Signed Limited Edition Print Last Flight. Ending an historic chapter in Aviation History. Only 250 issued signed by Captain Mike Bannister who flew the last flight and Artist Ivan Berryman. Commemorating the First Commercial Flight 24th January 1976. Only 250 issued signed by John Lidiard the Flight Engineer and only remaining flight crew member. He worked for BOAC / British Airways from 1954 to 1981. He was involved with the development of Concorde from 1965, He was on the very first airline assessment flight in 1969 of the prototype French Concorde. John was the Flight Engineer on the first Commercial Supersonic Service, London - Bahrain - London in 1976. Also signed by Artist Ivan Berryman. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.

Tanner (John). The Hidden Treasures of the Art of Physick; fully discovered, 3rd edition, with additions, printed by John Streater, 1672, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, a little rubbed with small repairs, 8vo, together with: Willis (Thomas). A Plain and Easie Method for Preserving [by God's Blessing] those that are well from Infection of the Plague, or any Contagious Distemper, in City, Camp, Fleet, &c. and for curing such as are infected with it. Written in the Year 1666. Never before printed, W. Crook, 1691, 74 pp., imprimatur leaf at front, lacking portrait frontispiece, a few leaves close-trimmed shaving a few letters, a few tiny marginal wormholes, a little light spotting and toning, modern morocco, 8vo (Qty: 2)ESTC R222390 & R186618; Wing T137 & W2852; Heirs of Hippocrates 601 for Tanner. 'Tanner, a licentiate of the College of Physicians, was a London practitioner. Tanner first published this compendium of the medical arts in 1659 and intended it for the medical student, layperson, and housewife who had occasion to tend the sick. Tanner discusses anatomy, a wide variety of diseases and their therapy, surgical problems such as fractures, wounds, tumors, and ulcers, and the nature, operation, and preparation of compound medicines' (Heirs 601: third edition, 1672).

Torriano (Giovanni). The Italian Reviv'd: or, The Introduction to the Italian Tongue... A New Store-house of Proper and Choice Dialogues, [with] Choice Italian Dialogues, Printed by T.R. for J. Martyn, [with] Mescolanza Dolce di Varie Historiette, Appresso Tomaso Roycroft, ad istanza Giovanni Martino, 3 parts in one volume, 1st edition, 1673, [8], 352, [2], 150pp., engraved frontispiece, separate title-page to each part, first two parts paginated as one, a few scattered minor ink marginalia, armorial bookplate of William Gordon Ross, Royal Engineers, to main title verso, 19th-century ownership inscription of Edward De L’Or to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, joints cracked, leather spine label chipped, heavily rubbed, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (17.7 x 11 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing T1921. The engraved frontispiece which appears integral and correct is not recorded in any other copy we have located, nor does it appear in the 1689 edition. Torriano had been one of the many members of the book trade to be devastated by the effects of the Great Fire of London in 1666, which saw the destruction of his edition of Florio’s dictionary. This book seeks to redress the loss of the Italian dictionaries and grammars in the Fire, and consists of an Italian grammar, 234 proverbs in Italian and English, and some three dozen bilingual dialogues describing situations that a traveler might experience in Italy, including an interesting dialogue in a bookshop: Italian: How would you have them, in quires, or bound? Stranger: Either in quires, or stitcht up [ligati alla rustica], that they may be bound up afterwards, when I am in my own Countrey, for there they bind more neatly [più politamente] than they do here. Italian: As to binding, we yield to the Strangers beyond the Alpes …

Reynell (Carew). The True English Interest: or an Account of the Chief National Improvements; in some Political Observations, demonstrating an Infallible Advance of this Nation to Infinite Wealth and Greatness, Trade and Populacy, with Imployment, and Preferment for all Persons, 1st edition, for Giles Widdowes, 1674, initial imprimatur leaf with woodcut dragon device recto, 2 terminal advertisment leaves, spill-burn to C8 affecting one letter either side, restored at an early date with a small pasted slip, contemporary blind-ruled sheep, rebacked in the 19th century, rubbed, 8vo (16.5 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748; bookplate dated 1702 to title-page verso, with Perceval styled 'Sr John Percivale Baronet'); the library at Castle Freke, seat of the Evans-Freke baronets and subsequently the barons Carbery (bookplate). Anglo-Irish politician Perceval was 'instrumental in the founding of the colony of Georgia' (ODNB) and named as the first president of the colony's trustees in the royal charter authorizing its founding in 1732. ESTC R36784; Kress 1369; Sabin 70402; Wing R1215. 'A concise and well-argued survey of the British economy from the protectionist and mercantile point of view' (ODNB), including an account of English and Spanish plantations in North and South America and the West Indies (particularly New England, Jamaica and Barbados).

Godfrey (Robert). Various Injuries & Abuses in Chymical and Galenical Physick: committed both by Physicians & Apothecaries, detected. For the benefit of such, who being concientious and studious in Physick, aim chiefly at the welfare of the sick. And of those patients, whether rich or poor, who are willing to preserve their lives & healths, 1st edition, printed by John Darby, for Richard Jones, at The Golden Lion in Little Brittain, 1674, A1 (blank) not present, 14 preliminary pages, 208 pages of main text, a few minor marks (small rust hole to blank fore-edge of B3), but generally in good clean condition internally, later ownership signature H. Seymer to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with blind double-rule to edges of both covers, rebacked, incorporating old red morocco gilt title label (Qty: 1)ESTC R21846 ; Wellcome III p.129; Wing G927. Uncommon. Seven copies only in UK libraries. Robert Godfrey is the originator of the colloquial phrase 'do as you would be done by', better known as the Golden Rule, which first appeared in the present work.

Petty (Sir William). The Discourse Made Before The Royal Society, the 26th. of November 1674. Concerning the Use of Duplicate Proportion in Sundry Important Particulars: together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions, 1st edition, printed for John Martyn, printer to The Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Churchyard, 1674, [28] + 135 pages, including imprimatur leaf before title, and errata leaf before main text, licence leaf before title (with contemporary ownership inscription in ink to recto of imprimatur leaf 'E libris Mauritii Wheeler ex Aede Christi. 1675', inscription in Greek to head of title (probably by the same hand), 18th century bookplate of George Paton, Custom House, Edinburgh, with blazon of a cubit arm holding a rose, and motto 'virtute viget', contemporary English calf, some marks and wear, recased with original spine laid down, lower outer corners showing, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Maurice Wheeler (1647/8-1727), chaplain and tutor at Christ Church, Oxford, and author of the first Oxford Almanack issued in 1673, Master of College School, Gloucester from 1684 to 1712 and Gloucester Cathedral Librarian from 1709; George Paton (1721-1807), founder member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, whose extensive library, partly inherited from his father John Paton, a prominent Edinburgh bookseller, was sold by auction at Ross' Saleroom, 63 South-Bridge Street, Edinburgh on the 27th February 1809, and twenty-three subsequent evenings. Keynes 16; Wing P1919. Petty explains in his dedication that his object is 'to explain the Intricate Notions, or Philosophia Prima of Place, Time, Motion, Elasticity, &c. in a way which the meanest Member of adult Mankind is capable of understanding', and 'to excite the World to the study of a little Mathematicks, by shewing the use of Duplicate Proportions in some of the most weighty of Humane affairs'. In the final section of this work, 'An Appendix of Elasticity', Petty proposes a theory of atomic structure in which atoms 'whereof perhaps a Million do not make up one visible Corpusculum', are tiny magnets of opposing sexes. This view, however, was attacked by Thomas Barlow, Bishop of Lincoln in his Genuine Remains (1693).

[Boursault, Edmé]. The Prince of Conde. Made English, 1st edition in English, printed for H. Herringman, 1675, with the initial blank (A1), woodcut initials, moderate browning, pale shallow tide-mark in top margin of quires D-F, small hole in G10 partially affecting one letter in catchword recto, bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front free endpaper, contemporary mottled calf, twin red and green labels, 12mo (14.5 x 8.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the library of the earls of Guildford at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire (engraved bookplate). ESTC R19455; Letellier, The English Novel 1660-1700 , p. 206; Wing B3860. Rare English translation of a little-known nouvelle by the French playwright and protégé of the Corneille brothers, first published in French earlier the same year. ESTC traces eight copies world-wide.

Woolley (Hannah). The Queen-like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of Rare Receipts for Preserving, Candying and Cookery. Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the Female Sex. To which is added, A supplement, presented to all ingenious ladies, and gentlewomen, 2 parts (and supplement) in 1 volume, 3rd edition, Richard Lowndes, 1675, [12], 344, [44], 200 pp., verso of license leaf with contemporary ownership signature, date and purchase price 'Narcissus Luttrell His Book 1676 pre:2s 6d' additional engraved title, letterpress title with faint ink stamp and first line of title and author's surname underlined in early ink, also with 18th-century bookplate of Jane Brooke to verso, second part title and supplement title both with imprint dated 1674, leaf F2 of supplement torn to lower outer corner with slight loss to last letter of catchword and with small hole to centre of leaf touching few letters, slight marginal fraying to last few leaves at rear of volume, late-20th-century panelled calf to style, richly gilt spine, 12mo (Qty: 1)Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'. Bitting p. 504; Cagle 1063; ESTC R221176; Oxford p. 35 note; Wing W3284 and W3287 (Supplement); see De Ricci, English Collectors of Books & Manuscripts (1530-1930) pp. 29-30 for Luttrell.

Vaughan (Rice). A Discourse of Coin and Coinage: The first Invention, Use, Matter, Forms, Proportions, and Differences, Ancient and Modern: with the Advantages and Disadvantages of the Rise or Fall thereof, in our own or Neighbouring Nations: and the Reasons, 1st edition, printed by Th[omas] Dawks, for Th[omas] Basset, 1675, closed transverse tear in leaf A2, K4 chipped in lower margin just affecting catch-word recto, 18th-century ownership inscription 'Henry Langford Brown' to initial blank, large engraved armorial bookplate (unnamed) to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, head of spine worn, 12mo (15 x 8.4 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R24652; Goldsmiths' 2131; Kress 1394; Wing V131. Rare early English treatise on money, believed to have originally been written in the 1630s, and containing among other things an early elucidation of the principle now known as Gresham's law.

Phillippes (Henry). The Purchasers Pattern, much enlarged. The First Part, shewing the True Value of Land or Houses, by Lease, or Otherwise... The Second Part, shews the Measuring of Land, Board, Timber... with Tables of the Excise of Beer and Ale... , '5th' edition, Ben. Billingsley, and Samuel Crouch, 1676, some heavy spotting and browning, split to lower margin of B1, early ownership signature of Wm. Forbes to title, a few early ink marginalia and annotations to Kalendar, book ticket of Martin & Josephine Orskey, all edges gilt, 20th-century gilt-decorated mottled calf by Riviere, lightly rubbed on joints, 12mo (12 x 6.8 cm) (Qty: 1)Kress S1444; Wing P2055. The first part of this edition contains information and advice for the speculator interested in buying the ground plots and foundations of houses burnt during the great fire of 1666. In a preface Phillippes laments that all copies of former editions were destroyed in the fire and he therefore prints this new edition to help rebuild the city 'in a more convenient and beautiful Form and Fashion'. At the end with separate title (dated 1677) is Phillippe's 'A Constant Kalendar or, an Alamanack for 300 Years, but more exactly serving for the next XIX Years, Being the Circle of the Moon, or the Golden Number, Beginning the Year of our Lord, 1655'.

Graaf (Reinier de). De Secco Pancreatico: Or, A Physical and Anatomical Treatise of the Nature and Office of the Pancreatick Juice ... translated by Christopher Pack, 1st edition in English, N. Brook, 1676, woodcut printer's device to title, three engraved plates including two folding, a few dark spots to first plate and some creasing, soiling and splitting to lower blank fold of third plate, some occasional spotting, ink ownership signature to front pastedown, 'Ex libris Thomae Lucas, anno 1727', all edges gilt, contemporary blind-panelled calf with Lucas's blind-stamped monogram to both covers, rubbed and some corner wear, neatly rebacked, 8vo (17 x 10 cm) (Qty: 1)BMI I 168; NLM/Krivatsy 4913; Norman 924; Wing G1463. This rare first edition in English was translated from Graaf's second edition (1671) by Christopher Packe (fl. 1670-1711), 'a quack physician whose several publications were chiefly designed to advertise his own nostrums' (Norman).

Child-rearing . The Fathers Legacy: or, Counsels to His Children. In Three Parts. Containing the Whole Duty of Man, I. To God. II. To Himself. III. To Man in all Conditions, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1678, full-page engraved royal coat-of-arms facing title, 5 leaves of preface, to pages, plus 4 leaves of contents, and one leaf of publisher's advertisement at end, contemporary blind-panelled sheep, rubbed and some marks to joints, minor wear to head of spine, contents near-detached from the binding, 8vo, together with: [Hill, John]. On the Management and Education of Children, A Series of Letters written to a Neice; By the Honorable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, printed for R. Baldwin, 1754, viii + 282 pages, plus single advert leaf at end, the first leaf a half-title with publisher's advertisement to verso, light marginal browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear to joints and extremities, upper joint partly cracked, 12mo (Qty: 2)Wing F555 for the first item.

Harvey (Gideon). The Family-Physician, and the House-Apothecary, Containing I. Medicines against all such Diseases people usually advise with Apothecaries to be cured of. II. Instructions, whereby to prepare at your own Houses all kinds of necessary Medicines... III. The exact Prices of all Drugs, Herbs, Seeds... IV. That it's plainly made to appear, that in preparing Medicines thus at your own Houses, that it's not onely a far safer way, but you shall also save Nineteen Shillings in Twenty, comparing it with the extravagant Rates of many Apothecaries, The Second Edition, Revised by the Author, printed for M.R[ooks], 1678, generally toned (especially to first and final leaves), some corners curling, first third of volume with minor worming to upper blank gutter margin, B6 with small hole in blank fore-margin, Martin Orksey's initials in ink on rear pastedown, red sprinkled edges, modern blind panelled calf, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R13943; Wellcome III, p.218; Wing H1065. First published in 1676.

Royal binding. An Abridgment of the English Military Discipline, 2nd edition, printed by John Bill, Christopher Barker, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1678, engraved illustration to p. 82, typographic diagram to p. 114, both full-page, early annotations to initial blank, all edges gilt, contemporary red goatskin gilt for King Charles II by Samuel Mearne, Charles's royal cipher with palm branches and crown to spine compartments and surrounding a French-fillet central panel to covers, 8vo (15 x 9 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: Charles II (1630-1685), king of England, Scotland and Ireland (armorial binding); 'W. Gillard, 1770'; (ownership inscription to title-page); 'Christ. Coleman' (ownership inscription in an 18th-century hand to page 1); Cortlandt F. Bishop (1870-1934), American aviator and bibliophile (gilt bookplate to front pastedown); armorial bookplate with monogram 'OHP' and motto 'Never failing friends' to front pastedown. ESTC R173117 (tracing three copies only: British Library; St Asaph's Cathedral; University College Wales); Wing A102B (A102A for the first edition, printed in 1676 'by the assigns of John Bill and Christopher Barker', one copy traced on ESTC); see further Nixon, English Restoration Bookbindings: Samuel Mearne and his Contemporaries , especially pages 10-18 and plates 2, 6 and 7.

[Badcock, William]. A Touch-stone for Gold & Silver Wares. Directing all Buyers of large Plate, or Small Works, (as silver or gold hilts, buckles, watch-cases, pins and studs in watch-cases, Money-Boxes, Tobacco-Boxes, bells and sockets for Corals, buttons and tags for garments ... second edition, corrected and much enlarged; by W.B. of London, Goldsmith, printed for J. Balinger and T. Basset, 1679, engraved frontispiece, imprimatur leaf before title (with key to the frontispiece printed to recto), engraved plate bound in before F2, separate title-page for Reynolds' Tables, 18th-century engraved bookplate with monogram CL and motto 'De Praescenti Dei' (see note), 20th-century bookplate of Martin and Josephine Orskey to front endpaper, marbled edges, contemporary mottled full calf with gilt arms of Lord Viscount Courtenay to front cover, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges (with neat repairs to head and foot of spine and outer corners), 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: William, 1st Viscount Courtenay (1709-1762), of Powderham Castle, near Exeter, Devon (armorial binding); Charles Lyttelton (1714-1768), antiquary, Dean of Exeter 1748-1762, Bishop of Carlisle 1762-1768 (engraved bookplate). Goldsmiths' 151; Wing B381. A careful guide to the legal statutes and regulations of the Goldsmiths' Company, relating to the fineness, marking and assaying of gold and silver plate. First published in 1677.