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Lot 140

Scudery (Madeleine de) A Triumphant Arch Erected and Consecrated to the Glory of the Feminine Sexe, first English edition, title in red and black with small hole and slight loss of text, lacking initial and final blank, final leaf with hole slightly affetcing pagination, some light water-staining, contemporary sheep, spine ends chipped, [Wing S2163], 8vo, Printed for William Hope, and Henry Herringman, 1656.*** Provenance: John Aston (ink name at head of title); Mary Aston (Ink inscription on front pastedown).

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Lot 35

Selden (John) Titles of Honor, first edition, lacking the 2 leaves signed * after a4 and final blank, small burn-hole in c2 and 2G3 with slight loss of text, occasional light water-staining, later calf, a little rubbed, [STC 22177], 4to, By William Stansby for John Helme, 1614.*** Includes a laudatory poem by Ben Jonson.Provenance: John Prideaux [1578-1650, Bishop of Worcester] (ink signature on title); Henry Sutton [son-in-law of the above, rector of Bredon, with whome Prideaux took refuge during the Civil War] (ink signature within the loop of the 'J' of Prideaux's signature); Cirencester bookplate.

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Lot 133

West Indies.- Brief and perfect Journal (A) of The late Proceedings and Successe of the English Army in the West-Indies...By I.S. an Eye-witnesse, first edition, with "Successe" on the title-page, lacking final blank f., some highly skilful marginal repairs, tiny hole within text to B1, light browning, modern half calf, g.e., [Wing S35; Sabin 7854 & 74616], small 4to, 1655. *** An account of the unsuccessful attempt of the Commonwealth navy to conquer the Spanish West Indies. The expedition redeemed itself in the taking of Jamaica.

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Lot 51

Beaumont (Sir John) Bosworth-field: with a Taste of the Variety of other poems, first edition, woodcut decorations, first few leaves remargined, some leaves shaved with loss of headline or pagination, lacking initial blank leaf and cancel N3 (as with all known copies), later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spine, g.e., morocco-edged cloth slip-case, Printed by Felix Kyngston for Henry Seile, 1629.*** John Kershaw (bookplate); David & Lulu Borowitz (bookplate).

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Lot 26

Augustine (Saint) Of the Citie of God: with the Learned Comments of Jo. Lod. Vives, first English edition, translated by John Healey, title with woodcut device, woodcut decorations and initials, lacking initial and final blank, some ink marginalia, sig.Gg3 and 4 misbound, occasional worming, mostly marginal but sometimes encroaching on text block, occasional soiling, modern calf, gilt, in antique style, [Pforzheimer 19; STC 916], folio, Printed by George Eld, 1610. *** First English edition of a translation of De civitate Dei, with the commentary of the great Spanish humanist scholar Juan Luis Vives. Aside from a second printing of this translation in 1620 this was the only English version published until the late 19th century. 

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Lot 105

[Neville (Henry)] The Ladies, a Second Time, Assembled in Parliament. A Continuation of the Parliament of Ladies, first edition, final blank leaf present, upper inner corner of sig.B repaired, water-stained, modern red half morocco, uncut, [Wing N507], 4to, 1647. *** One of several satirical pamphlets published by Neville and others parodying some prominent women associated with the parliamentarians. Provenance: Fairfax of Cameron (bookplate). 

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Lot 62

Massinger (Philip) The Maid of Honour, first edition, second issue, a few ink corrections, modern crushed dark blue morocco by Riviere, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., [STC 17638.5; Greg II 470], 4to, Printed by I[ohn] B[eale] for Robert Allot, 1632. *** Second issue with the corrected version of signature K. The play is unusual for its sympathetic portrayal of Roman Catholicism, exemplified in the heroine's decision to enter a nunnery rather than marry the man she loves. Provenance: A.N.L. Munby (bookplate). 

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Lot 151

H[awkins] (R[ichard]) A Discourse of the Nationall Excellencies of England, first edition, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine but with new label, repaired and varnished, [Wing H1177], 8vo, Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Henry Fletcher, 1658. *** Provenance: Will. Boothby (ink name at head of title); Isaac Ashton (ink name on front endpaper, dated 1792)

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Lot 94

Prynne (William) The Doome of Cowardisze and Treachery or a Looking-Glasse for Cowardly or Corrupt Governers and Souldiers who through Pusillanimity or Bribery, betray their Trusts, to the public Prejudice, first edition, with final blank f., title within typographic border, occasional light marginal browning, 20th century half calf, [Wing P3947A], small 4to, for Michael Spark Senior, 1643. *** Scarce polemic attacking Nathaniel Fiennes for surrendering Bristol to Prince Rupert.

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Lot 66

Shirley (James) The Bird in a Cage. A Comedie, first edition, with final errata f., a few headlines slightly trimmed, contemporary ink correction to B3, B4 & C1 burn-hole to fore-margin, one or two other small chips to margins, K2 lower corner torn affecting catchword, some light soiling, very small gutter worming towards end, disbound, housed in a folding chemise and morocco-backed slip-case (rubbed), [Pforzheimer 922; STC 22436], small 4to, B. Alsop and T. Fawcet, for William Cooke, 1633. Provenance: Harry Buxton Forman (bookplate to inside chemise). 

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Lot 17

Netherlands.- [Le Petit (Jean Francois)] A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, first edition in English, translated by Edward Grimeston, title within ornate engraved border, previous owner's ink signature to head, 57 engraved illustrations, engraved initials and headpieces, title with chipped and tender edges, lacking A1 (?initial blank) and ¶¶4 (?final blank), A3 with marginal tear and tender edges, 2E4 with loss to bottom corner, 2F3, 3B6 & 3C4 with marginal tears, 2Z6 with small hole affecting image, 3B3 with large tear into text, ¶¶1 with large tear into text and old repair, scattered spotting and staining, tender edges toward end, cracked upper hinge, later calf, rubbed and worn, folio, by A. Islip for G. Eld, 1608.

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Lot 208

Boyle (Robert) Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness of Reason and Religion, 2 parts in 1, first edition, Printed by T.N. for H. Herringman, 1675; Some Motives and Incentives To the Love of God, second edition, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1661, together 2 works in 1 vol., trimmed close with some loss to headlines and pagination of both works and occasionally touching signatures and catchwords of second work, first title repaired, foxing, front free endpapers with ink annotations detached, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing B4024 and B4033; Fulton 122 and 2], 8vo. *** Provenance: George Chudleigh (ink inscription to front free endpaper, dated 1710); Charlotte Moore (bookplate). 

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Lot 281

[Dryden (John) and others]. Miscellany Poems...with Several Original Poems. By the most Eminent Hands, first edition, second issue with pasted-on printed slip with new imprint, all after [2]D4 (final 20ff.) present but bound out of order, including publisher's advertisement f., title lightly browned, occasional light foxing, water-stained at head, X3 small hole to foot without text loss, pen trials and contemporary inscriptions to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with original spine laid-down, [Wing D2315], 8vo, for Thomas Chapman, 1688.  *** Made up of sheets of the 1684 first edition printed "for Jacob Tonson", with paste-on slip with new imprint. This is the first in a series of miscellanies published by Tonson between 1684 and 1709, containing many contributions by Dryden. 

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Lot 79

[Casaubon (Meric)] A Treatise of Use and Custome, first edition, lacking final blank f., title in red and black, Sir Edward Dering's copy, with his ownership inscription "1640...Dono missus ab authore...Edward Dering" to head of A2, title with ink number to head and small paper repair to upper corner to verso, G1-2 repaired at gutter (affecting a few letters to G2), a few instances of ink correction or annotation, light browning, occasional marginal soiling, a few small rust-spots, modern calf, [STC 4753], small 4to, Printed by I[ohn] L[egat], 1638.

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Lot 107

Sophocles. Electra of Sophocles: Represented to her Highnesse The Lady Elizabeth; with an Epilogue., shewing the Parallel in two Poems, The Return, and The Restauration by C[hristopher] W[ase], 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles in red and black, woodcut on C2, lacks both engraved portraits, corner of D4 torn away, burn-hole in B5 with slight loss to a couple of words, soiling, 19th century citron morocco, gilt, joints and corners rubbed, [Wing S4690; Greg 683], 8vo, The Hague, for Sam. Brown, 1649. *** First edition of the first English translation of a Sophoclean play, published after the execution of Charles I, with a dedicatory panegyric to his daughter Princess Elizabeth and two appended poems expressing loyalty to the Stuart house and indignation at her treatment.  Provenance: ?Philip Bliss (pencil note on front endpaper stating "Philip Bliss' copy" with his ink initials at foot of B1 and ink notes re Milton on verso of front endpaper ?in his hand); Winston H. Hagen (ex-libris label). 

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Lot 166

Newcome (Henry) The Sinners Hope, first edition, imprimitur leaf at beginning, advertisement leaf at end but lacking final blank, some foxing and browning, ink annotations, small repair to upper inner corner of first 2 leaves with loss to ruled border, later calf, gilt, upper cover detached, [Wing N899], 8vo, Printed by E[llen] C[otes], for George Eversden, 1660.*** Scarce, with no auction records and USTC citing only 6 copies.Provenance: John Billingsley (Ink inscription to title verso, dated 1665 and his wife Alice's name at head of following page); William Reid (ink inscription to imprimatur leaf); Robert Hale (ink inscription to verso of imprimatur leaf); Charles Lucas (ink inscription to a3); George Charlwood & Nicholas Stacy (ink inscriptions to old leaf pasted to front and rear pastedowns "on board ye Delaware, Capt. W. Stone, bound for England from China", dated 1750).

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Lot 190

Coley (Henry) Clavis Astrologiae; or, A Key to the whole Art of Astrologie, 2 parts in 1, woodcut diagrams, first part title holed with slight loss of text and with tape repairs to inner edge with loss of text, lacks portrait, single stab-hole through many ff., second title torn, soiled and browned, contemporary vellum, rebacked, worn, [Wing C5098 and C5100], 8vo, Printed for Jos. Coniers, 1669-68.*** Provenance: Nathaniel Leech (ink inscription on verso of second title, dated curiously 1665); numerous annotations at end listing members of the Hewitt family and their dates of birth in the late 18th century.

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Lot 116

Primrose (James) Popular Errours. Or the Errours of the People in Physick, first English edition, translated by Robert Wittie, additional engraved title partially coloured in a red/brown wash, initial explanation leaf, 4pp. advertisements at end, but lacking errata leaf, some foxing and browning, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, ?later gilt lettering to spine, [Wing P3476; Krivatsy 9289; Wellcome IV, p.438; Osler 3736], 8vo, Printed by W. Wilson for Nicholas Bourne, 1651. *** With several poems in praise of Wittie's translation, including one by Andrew Marvell.  

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Lot 14

Miniature Book.- Psalter (The) or Psalmes of David, After the Translation of the Great Bible, first word of title engraved, lacking N8, bookplate, title a little browned, some light spotting to margins, final f. with closed tear, contemporary burgundy decorative morocco, gilt, upper joint cracked and cover working loose, 12mo, [ESTC S124383], Company of Stationers, 1606. *** Scarce:  ESTC locates only 3 copies in North America.

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Lot 322

Nicolson (William) The English Historical Library: or, a Short View and Character of most of the Writers...of this Kingdom, part 1 only (of 2), first edition, damp-stained throughout with some leaves at beginning and end with brittle edges, slight worming to lower margin of first third, R1 small hole with slight loss of text, ink annotations, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, upper joint split at foot, [Wing N1146A], 8vo, Printed for Abel Swall and T. Child, [1697]. *** Provenance: Inscription on front pastedown "Rich. Parsons LL:DL, 1696. Cancr. Gloucr. Donum Authoris". Richard Parsons (1641/2-1711), ecclesiastical judge and antiquary, scholar of Winchester College and Fellow of New College, Oxford. He became Chancellor of the diocese of Gloucester in 1674. The annotations are presumably in Parsons' hand. Evelyn family bookplate beneath inscription. 

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Lot 189

Milton (John) Paradise Lost, first edition, with title in Pforzheimer's fifth state ('Angel' in imprint in roman), this copy with 'The Printer to the Reader' before 'The Argument' and with five lines excluding headline, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, inner margin of title and first couple of leaves renewed, B2 short tear touching ruled border, lower margin of B4 repaired slightly affecting ruled border, I2 reaired tear just encroaching into text block, Cc4 lower margin repaired affecting ruled border, Qq2 lower corner repaired with partial loss to catchword and ruled border, later black crushed morocco, gilt, [Pforzheimer 718 and cf.716 (note); Grolier, Wither to Prior 603; Wing M2142], small 4to, Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by T. Helder, 1669. *** 'One of the greatest, most noble and sublime poems which either this age or nation has produced.' (John Dryden.Provenance: ?E. Hodeson (ink inscription at head of title).

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Lot 90

Taylor (John) St. Hillaries Teares. Shed upon. All Professions, from the Judge to the petty Fogger. From the spruce Dames of the Exchange, to the durty walking Fishmongers. From the Coven-Garden Lady of iniquity, to the Turne-bal-Street-Trull, first edition, 4ff., upper edge trimmed close, just touching pagination, modern crushed burgundy morocco, spine lettered in gilt, [Wing T508], 4to, 1642. *** By John Taylor, aka The Water Poet. There are two issues, this being without the initials of the booksellers in the imprint. 

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Lot 139

Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 11 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 5 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, occasional light browning or spotting, K2 &3 margins reinforced with paper repair, tear on plate margin to Cc4 affecting sidenote, contemporary calf, blind-stamp ruling, rebacked preserving original spine strip, recornered, cornes bumped but an attractive copy overall, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

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Lot 272

[Massaria (Alessandro)] De Morbis Foemineis, The Womans Counsellour: or, The Feminine Physitian, translated by Robert Turner, fourth edition, C7 small hole slightly affecting text, I1 lower margin frayed with loss of catchword to verso, some upper margins trimmed close with occasional loss to headline, some soiling and staining, ink names erased on title, modern calf, gilt spine, [Wing T3329B], 8vo, Printed for J. Streater, 1686.*** Very scarce with no copy of any edition at auction. RBH records a work dated 1664 under the title The Womans Counsellour (£550 in 1982). First published in 1657 (M1028), this edition is recorded under Turner in Wing (T3329B), which cites only 3 copies (Sion College, Wellcome, National Library of Medicine in USA).Provenance: Harriet Henderson (ink inscription to title verso); Thomas Rorrid (ink inscription to verso of final leaf).

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Lot 191

Yorkshire.- Simpson (William) Hydrological Essayes: or, A Vindication of Hydrologia Chymica: Being a further Discovery of the Scarborough Spaw, first edition, lacking A1 reset title-page, some marginal browning, modern calf, [Wing S3834], 8vo, Printed by J.D. for Richard Chiswel, 1670. 

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Lot 41

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Wisdome of the Ancients, first edition in English, title with small woodcut ornament, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Gibson 94; STC 1131], 12mo, Imprinted by John Bill, 1619. *** The rarer of two issues, this with 'Chancelour' on title and imprint with no comma after London. First published in 1609 as De Sapientia Veterum, this work was very popular and frequently reprinted. Provenance: George Garnier (bookplate); George Goyder (bookplate). 

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Lot 61

Virgil. The XII Aeneids...translated by John Vicars, first edition, engraved pictorial title, foxed and browned, some staining, A7 torn, pencil annotations throughout, contemporary sheep, rubbed, spine ends worn, [STC 24809; Grolier, Wither to Prior 906; Pforzheimer 1029], 8vo, Are to be sold by Ni. Alsop, 1632. *** Provenance: George Challoner (several ink inscriptions, one dated 1697, another 1700). 

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Lot 179

Smith (John) King Solomons Portraiture of Old Age. Wherein is contained a Sacred Anatomy Both of Soul and Body. And A Perfect Account of the Infirmities of Age, first edition, initial licence leaf, folding letterpress table after R4, several leaves in sig. P printed on one side only (but textually complete), contemporary sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, [Wing S4114], 8vo, Printed by J. Hayes for S. Thomson, 1666. *** Provenance: Edmund Morgan (ink name on title). 

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Lot 289

Pufendorf (Samuel) The Whole Duty of Man According to the Law of Nature, first English edition, advertisement leaf at end, some light water-staining, endpapers browned, contemporary mottled calf, slightly rubbed, [Wing P4182], 8vo, Printed by Benj. Motte, for Charles Harper, 1691. *** Rare at auction, the last copy seemingly in 1969. Provenance: George Goyder (bookplate). 

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Lot 163

Culpeper (Nicholas) Culpeper's School of Physick, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece a little trimmed at outer edge, title within typographic border, 3ff. advertisements at end (of 4), some later ink annotations, a few leaves at beginning soiled, scattered minor staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, [Wing C7544; Wellcome II, p.417], 8vo, Printed for N. Brook, 1659. *** First edition of Culpeper's posthumously published remains, with his Life and a Testimony by his widow. Provenance: James Jenkins (ink inscription to front pastedown, dated 1820); M. P. Day (of Kelvedon, ink inscription to front free endpaper). 

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Lot 211

Netherland-Historian (The), first English edition, half-title with woodcut arms to verso, 28 folding engraved plates only (of 29, lacking that facing p.235), E3 holed with slight loss of text, a few repairs, some light foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, one corner worn, [Wing N471], 8vo, Amsterdam, Printed by Stephen Swart, 1675. *** Provenance: Thomas Price (ink name on front enedpaper and on title, dated 1787); George Morgan (bookplate).

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Lot 106

Astrology.- Lilly (William) The Worlds Catastrophe, or, Europes many Mutations untill, 1666, first edition, woodcut depicting 3 suns on I4v and another horoscope woodcut on K1v, lacking initial leaf (?blank), some light marginal water-staining, later sheep, spine ends and corners nicked, [Wing L2252], 4to, Printed for John Partridge, and Humphrey Blunden, 1647. *** Only one other copy (in much worse condition) has appeared at auction in the last 50 years - that sold in these rooms in 2022. 

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Lot 332

La Bizardiere (Michel David de) An Historical Account of the Divisions in Poland, first English edition, some foxing and browning, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, [Wing L101], 8vo, Printed for H. Rhodes [&c], 1700.

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Lot 52

Godwin (Francis, Bishop) Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth, Edward the Sixt, Queene Mary, first English edition, translated by Morgan Godwin, 3 elaborate woodcut titles and 3 engraved portraits, woodcut decorations and initials, marginal tear to one preliminary leaf, small ink stain to Kk4 and adjacent leaves, lacking initial and final blank, later reversed calf, rebacked, [STC 11947], folio, Printed by A. Islip and W. Stansby, 1630.

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Lot 177

Cureau de la Chambre (Marin) The Art How to Know Men, first English edition, translated by John Davies, engraved frontispiece, D1 with hole affecting catchword on recto and a few words of text on verso, small burn-hole in S2 with slight loss of text, V7-X1 margin cut out and partially repaired just touching some letters, ink annotations, some foxing, light water-stain towards end, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints worn, [Wing L128], 8vo, Printed by T.R. for Thomas Dring, 1665. *** Provenance: David Cowper and M. Cowper (ink inscriptions at head of title); Robert and May Montagu (ink inscriptions dated 1862 and 1884 respectively) on front free endpaper.

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Doctrine of Equivocation.- Morton (Thomas) A Full Satisfaction concerning a Double Romish Iniquitie; hainous Rebellion, and more then heathenish Aequivocation, first edition, woodcut device on title, water-staining, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [STC 18115], 4to, Printed by Richard Field for Edmond Weaver, 1606. *** The first and only edition of a text at the centre of a dispute over the Jesuit doctrine of "equivocation", which recognises the "lie of necessity". Studies of Hamlet and other coeval plays and poems reveal that this controversy was well-known in England at the time. Ink inscription on front endpaper reads: "This book gave occasion to Parsons to write his Book of Mitigation 1607." Provenance: Hinton Coventree (ink inscription on title, dated 1631 "Ye book Left in my fathers studdy at his death."); Philip, Lord Hardwicke (bookplate).  

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Lot 232

Shadwell (Thomas) A True Widow. A Comedy, first edition, with Epilogue leaf in first state, B4 small chip to lower margin, browning and heavy spotting, modern wrappers, contents disbound except for final f. (Epilogue), some leaves loose, wrappers quite worn, [Wing S2881; Pforzheimer 876], 4to, for Benjamin Tooke, 1679. *** The Prologue written by John Dryden. 

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Lot 178

Germ theory.- N[eedham] (M[archmont]) Medela Medicinae. A Plea For the Free Possession, and a Renovation of the Art of Physick, first edition, initial licence leaf, old ink stamp on title, occasional foxing, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, [Wing N397; Garrison-Morton 2529], 8vo, Printed for Richard Lownds, 1665.*** The author (1620-78, alternative spelling Marchamont Nedham) was a journalist and pamphleteer during the English Civil War. This work is an attack on the outmoded methods of the College of Physicians and includes an early account, perhaps the first by an English writer, of the germ theory, based on Athanasius Kircher's experiment (see chapter V).Provenance: James Master (ink name on licence leaf); College of Physicians (ink stamp to title).

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Lot 290

Pechey (John) Collections of Acute Diseases, 5 parts in 1, first collected edition, initial licence leaf, divisional titles, lacking errata leaf at end of part 4, some light water-staining, some worming, affecting text, modern panelled calf, [Wing P1020; Wellcome IV, p.324], 8vo, Printed by J. R. and are to be Sold by Henry Bonwicke, 1691. *** Rare with no copies traced on RBH. According to Wellcome, part 1 was originally published in 1688. Although this copy lacks the errata leaf at end of part 4, the Wellcome copy lacks the title to part 4 and has several leaves in part 2/3 misbound. 

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Lot 108

Böhme (Jakob).- [Ellistone (John)] [The Epistles of Jacob Behmen aliter, Teutonicus Philosophus...], part 2 only (of 2), including "A reall and unfeigned Testimonie concerning Iacob Beme..." and "A Warning from Iacob Beem...", both with separate title-page, errata f. at end, first title with a few tiny nicks to head, second title trimmed with edges chipped and repaired (touching text but without loss), following f. trimmed and silked at fore-edge, browned and soiled, [Wing B3404A], [Matthew Simmons], 1649, bound with another similar, together 2 works in 1 vol., modern calf, spine lightly sunned and with red morocco label, a few light scratches, small 4to.   

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Lot 155

Astrology.- Gassendi (Pierre) The Vanity of Judiciary Astrology. Or Divination By the Stars...Translated into English by a Person of Quality, engraved portrait frontispiece, with final blank but without 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end (not always present), title and frontispiece strengthened at inner margin, frontispiece with margins slightly chipped and 2 minor paper repairs to verso, lightly browned, some spotting, upper hinge repaired, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, morocco spine label chipped, [Wing G298], 8vo, for Humphrey Moseley, 1659. *** The first edition of this translation of part of Pierre Gassendi's Physica. One of two variants published in the same year, seemingly identical except the other printed for Giles Calvert. 

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Lot 146

Gassendi (Pierre) The Mirrour of True Nobility & Gentility. Being the Life of the Renowned Nicolaus Claudius Fabricius Lord of Peiresk..., first edition in English, translated by W. Rand, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking blanks A1 & O8, portrait and title laid down with internal tear to title skillfully repaired, some headlines shaved, 2I1 lower corner torn away just touching catchword, some light foxing, 19th century calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, heavily rubbed at spine and extremities, upper cover detached, [Wing G295], 8vo, J. Streater for Humphrey Moseley, 1657. *** Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580-1637) French astronomer and antiquary.Provenance: Howard C. Levis (bookplate).

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Lot 209

Phillips (Edward) Theatrum Poetarum, or a Compleat Collection of the Poets, with blank leaves at **11 & **12, 2pp. advertisements at end, lightly browned throughout, 19th century red straight-grain morocco, rubbed, g.e., [Wing P2075; Pforzheimer 797], small 8vo, for Charles Smith, 1675.  *** Authored by the nephew and pupil of John Milton, who is assumed to have influenced the work. This seemingly the second edition, with the first edition published in 1674 (Wing P2074A). Of this first edition we can trace only one copy at the University of Illinois Library. Pfrozheimer does not include the edition of 1674, understanding the 1675 edition to be the first. Provenance: W.H. Kühl, Berlin (bookseller's label to pastedown). 

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Lot 246

Hobbes (Thomas) Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, 3 parts in 1, first collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved plate of diagrams, lacking initial and final blanks, F1 small rust-hole to lower margin, G1 small chip within pagination (no loss), some light soiling but overall very good, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, heavily in places, [Wing H2265], for W. Crooke, 1682. Provenance: Jonathan Hall (ink ownership name to title). 

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Lot 165

Howell (James) Lexicon Tretaglotton, an English-French-Italian, Spanish Dictionary..., first edition, second issue, half-title, engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne, separate titles to each part, mostly dated 1659, half-title, frontispiece and final few leaves with margins neatly repaired, some worming to lower margins, [Wing H3088], 19th century maroon half morocco, edges a little bumped and rubbed, folio, J.G. for Samuel Thomson, 1660.

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Lot 19

Froissart (Jean) An Epitome of Frossard...translated into English, By P. Golding, lacking initial blank, anonymous armorial bookplate, title soiled and with a few letters in ink, first few ff. with small chip to gutter at foot (no text loss), trimmed at fore-edge just cropping a few side-notes, some spotting, final f. trimmed and laid down, 19th century calf, gilt, rubbed, upper joint split but just holding, [STC 11399], small 4to, Tho: Purfoot, for Per: Golding, 1608. *** The first edition of this translation, taken from the Latin translation of John Sleydane. 

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Lot 156

Vergilius (Polydorus) An Abridgement of the Works, trimmed close in places with occasional loss of sidenotes and page numbers/first letter of text on one leaf of index, some foxing and soiling, ex-library copy with some ink stamps, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wing V597], 8vo, Printed by John Streater, 1659.*** Provenance: William Petyt (ink signature on title).

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Fale (Thomas) Horologiographia. The Art of Dialling, first edition, partially printed in black letter, woodcut illustration on title and numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams by Iodocus Hondius, a few ink annotations and marginalia,some water-staining, title soiled, fore-corners of first leaves creased or worn, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and wrinkled, [STC 10678], 4to, Printed by Thomas Orwin, 1593.*** First edition of one of the earliest books on the construction and use of the dial, complete and in unsophisticated condition.Provenance: Raphe Lyall (ink inscription "I Raphe Lyall Bought this Booke the 10 of Aprill 1602", on front free endpaper, and repeated in similar wording on title; "Richd. Partridge 1749. Book", "Richd Partridge, 30 Sept. 1802, Coleby, Lincolnshire", inscriptions on blank recto of final leaf (the second repeated in similar wording on blank a1r, and inscriptions on lower cover).

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Jurieu (Pierre) The Accomplishment of the Scripture Prophecies, 2 parts in 1, first English edition, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, [Wing J1196], 8vo, 1687. 

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Britain.- Speed (John) The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, first edition, engraved title, previous owner's ink signature to head, woodcut illustrations, engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, one or two marginal ink fingerposts, scattered spotting and staining, occasional faint off-setting, cracked hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, arms of the Signet Society in gilt to boards, rubbed and worn, folio, John Sudbury & Georg. Humble, 1611.

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Africa.- Lobo (Jeronimo) A Short Relation of the River Nile, Of its Source and Current, first edition in English, imprimatur leaf at beginning and final blank present, 2ff. dedicatory epistle supplied from a smaller copy, marginal browning and light water-staining, contemporary sheep, rebacked, rubbed, spine faded, [Wing L2733], 8vo, Printed for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, 1669.*** Account of a Jesuit missionary's travels in Ethiopia from 1625 to 1633; originally written in Portuguese it was translated from the manuscript by Sir Peter Wyche for the Royal Society. It includes descriptions of Lake Tana, the source of the Blue Nile, Arab shipping, Prester John, "the famous Unicorne", and palm trees.

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Strada (Famiano) De Bello Belgico. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres, first English edition, translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall with repaired tear, 13 engraved portrait plates, small burn-hole in B1 slightly affecting woodcut headpiece on recto and text on verso, small hole in Ii3 with slight loss of text, occasional soiling and light staining, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing S5777], folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650. 

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Shakespeare (William).- Beaumont (Francis) & John Fletcher. Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, second collected edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, A4 verso with page numbers inserted by hand, tiny worming to fore-edge, 3C1 with short marginal tear, 3O3 with small hole (not affecting text), 3N1 with tear into text, scattered spotting, lacking 4A4 (blank), later panelled calf, a little rubbed, slight bumping to extremities, [Pforzheimer 54], folio, J. Macock for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, Richard Marriot, 1679. *** Including the first folio publication of The Two Noble Kinsmen, attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. The play was first published in quarto format in 1634 but not included in any of the of the folio editions of Shakespeare's works or in the first folio of Beaumont and Fletcher's works (1647) . This second edition includes eighteen additional plays which did not appear in the first folio edition.

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Lot 284

Seismology.- True and Exact Relation (A) of the most Dreadful Earthquake Which happened in the City of Naples, and Several other Parts of that Kingdom, June the 5th, 1688, first edition, lacks A1 (?blank), title browned and with short tear to upper margin, some light foxing, modern wrappers, {Wing T2454], 4to, Printed, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688. 

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Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs or, A Survey of the Manners and Actions of Mankind, first complete English translation, translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, lacking errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, small worm-hole to front free endpaper and portrait, small hole to G1 and O6 with slight loss of text, slight worming to lower blank corner through first half, contemporary calf, corners and spine ends chipped, [Wing J1291], 8vo, Printed for Humphery Moseley, 1647.

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Vere (Sir Francis) The Commentaries...Being Diverse pieces of Service, wherein he had command..., first edition, edited by William Dillingham, half-title with verses on verso, 3 engraved portraits, 4 double-page maps & plans and 3 double-page plates by Richard Gaywood, Robert Vaughan and others, the odd marginal note in an early hand, one portrait with loss to fore-margin repaired, another with small ink stain, one map with portion of loss to upper margin, a few short marginal tears, occasional minor spotting or soiling, some light damp-staining and cockling towards end, still good overall, contemporary sprinkled sheep, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, [Wing V240], folio, Cambridge, John Field, 1657. *** An important source for the Anglo-Dutch war against Spain, published posthumously. Provenance: Henry Norwood (c.1614 – 1689), supporter of the Royalist cause. "This Booke was lent...by Charles Earle of Derby...H. Smith" (inscription to front endpaper, some indecipherable); "Collonell Henry Norwood was his right name; during his imprisonment he called himself Smith" (inscription beneath in another hand); Indecipherable signature to title dated Lambeth 1689; "Edward Bedford his Booke"; "John Williams his Booke anno 1918" (ownership inscriptions to front endpaper).

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Husbandry.- Speed (Adolphus) Adam out of Eden, or, An abstract of divers excellent Experiments touching the advancement of Husbandry, first edition, initial "A Digression to the usuage of divers Countries concerning Tillage" f. (very slightly frayed at fore-edge), 3pp. advertisements, with penultimate blank f. but lacking longitudinal half-title at end, ink initial to title, pagination shaved a few times, D7 tiny rust-hole, L5 contemporary ink note to foot, browning, some water-staining, modern half calf, spine gilt but lightly sunned, [Wing S4877; Fussell p.54], small 8vo, for Henry Brome, 1659. *** Considers land usage in relation to population, Richard Weston's experiments with clover and the use of the Jerusalem artichoke to feed poultry and pigs.

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Law.- Sheppard (William) An Epitome of all the Common & Statute Laws of this Nation now in force. Wherein more then fifteen hundred of the hardest words or terms of law are explained, first edition, woodcut initials, occasional worming to lower margins, 6G2&3 misbound, small rust-hole to 6P4 with loss to 1 or 2 letters of text, ink ownership inscriptions on title, ink inscriptions to front free endpaper in an early hand, contemporary calf, some splitting to foot of upper joint, some worming to spine ends, extremities a little rubbed but a good copy overall, [Wing S3184], folio, W. Lee, D. Pakeman [& c.], 1656.

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Cavendish (Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle) The Worlds Olio, first edition, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking portrait frontispiece, title laid down to sheet, S2 closed marginal tear just affecting text, Cc4 small tear at foot to blank margin, Ff5 with a small hole (not affecting text) and ink notes and doodles in early hand to verso, ?lacking final blank, a few minor stains, eighteenth century calf, rebacked, covers variously abraided, [Wing N873], small folio, for J. Martin and J. Allestrye, 1655. *** This early work by Cavendish is extremely rare in any condition.Provenance: Joseph ?Leners [to title, and slip to pastedown].

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Cotton (John) A Brief Exposition with Practical Observations Upon the whole Book of Canticles, first edition, lacking A1 (cancelled) and A2 (imprimatur leaf), P8 torn and repaired, foxed, browned and stained throughout, later calf, head of spine chipped, upper cover detached, Printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1655. *** Important work by the grandfather of Cotton Mather, who went to Massachusetts in 1633 and may well have contributed to the Bay Psalm Book. Provenance: Judith Dyson (ink inscription on rear endpaper); James Radford (ink name beneath the above); other unidentified early ink inscriptions. 

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