NO RESERVE Toxicology.- Tronchin (Théodore) De colica pictonum, first edition, half-title, woodcut ornaments & initials, contemporary ink manuscript signature to title and front pastedown with some notes, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, red roan label, rubbed, spine chipped at foot, Geneva, Cramer, 1757 § Plenck (J.J.) Toxicologia seu doctrina de venenis et antidotis, first edition, title with engraved vignette, light foxing, modern calf-backed boards, Vienna, R.Graeffer, 1785 § Bernard (Claude) Leçons sur les Effets des Substances Toxiques et Médicamenteuses, first edition, half-title, 48pp. publisher's catalogue at end, some foxing, modern half morocco, Paris, 1857; and 5 others on poisons and chemical treatments, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is one of the first works to show the true causes of lead poisoning, in this case water running off lead roofs into cisterns.
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![NO RESERVE [Vanbrugh (Sir John)] A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality and Prophaneness,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/913278db-dbcd-41c3-b52c-b00000b94666/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Vanbrugh (Sir John)] A Short Vindication of the Relapse and the Provok'd Wife, from Immorality and Prophaneness, first edition, half-title, old ink signatures "Jno Salter" and "St John Crookes, Sunderland" to title, some very light staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards,spine faded, [Wing V59], for H. Walwyn, 1698 § Collier (Jeremy) A Defence of The Short View of the Profaneness and Immorality of the English Stage, &c. Being a reply to Mr. Congreve's Amendments, &c. and to the Vindication of the author of the Relapse, first edition, lightly damp-stained, modern boards, rubbed, [Wing C5248], for S.Keble, 1699, 8vo (2)⁂ Vanbrugh's scarce contribution to the pamphlet war provoked by Jeremy Collier's Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage, published the same year, and with Collier's response to Vanbrugh.
NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) Alzire, our les Americains. Tragedie, first edition, issue with 8pp. dedicatory epistle, with privilege and errata leaves, signed by the publisher in ink,at foot of first leaf of text, woodcut ornaments and initials, title soiled and frayed at edges (repaired), modern boards, [Bengesco 106], Paris, J.-B.-C.Bauche, 1736; Alzira Tragedia, first Italian edition, engraved title-vignette, stained towards end, original carta rustica, ink sketch to upper cover, lower stained, spine frayed, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1749; Oreste, Tragédie, first edition, half-title, wide margins, some light water-staining to lower margin, original marbled wrappers, uncut, frayed at edges, spine a little worn, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, Paris, P.G.Le Mercier & M.Lambert, 1750; and 5 other plays by Voltaire, 8vo (8)⁂ The first has a correction in ink of "amour" to "retour" on p.57 line 1, and a line crossed out in ink towards the end of the dedicatory epistle. This line does not appear to be present in other 1736 versions and is not noted in the errata.
![NO RESERVE Cardiology.- [Bordeu (Théophile de)] Recherches sur le Pouls, par rapport aux crises, first edition, Paris, de Bur](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/88d4cdc2-e1d5-44e3-9faf-b00000b96d32/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Cardiology.- [Bordeu (Théophile de)] Recherches sur le Pouls, par rapport aux crises, first edition, Paris, de Bure, 1756 § Martin (J.) Traité de las Phlébotomie et de l'Artériotomie, only edition, half-title, light water-staining towards end, [Wellcome IV, 66], Paris, G.Cavelier, 1741 § [Wetch (I.J.)] Medicina ex pulsu, sive systema doctrinae sphygmicae, first edition, half-title, title with engraved vignette, folding engraved plate, woodcut initials & ornaments, original boards, soiled, [Not in Wellcome Collection], Prague, Wolfgang Gerle, 1770, the first two contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, all rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)
Scotland.- Naismith (John) Thoughts on Various Objects of Industry produced in Scotland, with a view to enquire by what means the labour of the people may be directed to promote the public prosperity, first edition, contemporary ink inscription "B.Stuart - Torrance Decr. 16th 1790" to front free endpaper, a fine copy uncut in original boards, later manuscript paper label to spine, slightly rubbed and marked, [Goldsmiths' 14102; Kress B.1949], 8vo, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1790.⁂ An excellent copy of a valuable account of Scottish industry and agriculture towards the end of the 18th century, including sections on the cultivation of flax and wool.
NO RESERVE Neurology.- Boerhaave (Hermann) Praelectiones academicae de morbis nervorum..., edited by Jacob van Eems, 2 vol., first edition, titles in red & black with woodcut ornament, some foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, [Wellcome II, 191], Leiden, P. vander Eyk & Cornelius de Pecker, 1761 § Moor (Bartholomaeus de) Veris oeconomiae animalis, seu potius humanae, principiis innixae pathologiae cerebri delineation practica..., first edition, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, a few manuscript annotations, cropped, browned and water-stained, ex-library copy with faint stamps to title and several leaves, modern half calf, Amsterdam, G.Borst, 1704, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ Boerhaave was the founder of Dutch medicine; these lectures on nervous diseases were edited and published posthumously by one of his students. The second work is on the physiology of the brain and its diseases.
NO RESERVE Moser (Friedrich Carl von) Der Herr und der Diener geschildert mit Patriotischer Freyheit, first edition, engraved frontispiece and decorative rococo title by Cöntgen after Ducrée, title with lower margin cut away (repaired), original boards, a little rubbed and stained, joints chipped, Frankfurt, J.A.Raspe, 1759; Beherzigungen, als zweyte Theil des Herrn und Dieners, pirated edition, original boards, rubbed and spotted, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1761; Politische Wahrheiten, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with signature torn away from head of front free endpaper, original boards, rubbed and faded, Zurich, Orell, Gessner, Füssli & Co., 1796 § [Lehmann(Adde Johann)] Ueber die bessere Einrichtung der Leibeigenschaft und der Oekonomie in Niedersachsen..., contemporary ink inscription to title, old wrappers, Offenbach, Ulrich Weiss, 1779, some light browning or foxing, 8vo (5)⁂ The first was a popular work on the relationships between masters and servants, kings and rulers, court life and customs; the second is a continuation of that work published in the same year as the first edition. The third is Moser's political statement and an enlightened view of the social contract; in this more pessimistic work he describes the wrongs of the existing state and the misuse of power in the German principalities.
Ireland.- Accurate and Impartial Narrative (An) of the Apprehension, Trial & Execution...of Sir Edward William Crosbie, Bart., lacking half-title, [Bradshaw 2404, defective], Bath, R.Cruttwell, 1802 § Report (A) of the Trial on an Action for Damages, brought by the Reverend Charles Massy against the most noble the Marquis of Headfort, for Criminal Conversation with Plaintiff's Wife..., first edition, lacking half-title, title stained, final leaf laid down, Dublin, 1804 § Fletcher (William) A Charge delivered to the Grand Jury of the County of Wexford, at the Summer Assizes, 1814, 1814 § Curran (John Philpot) Speeches...on...Very Interesting Trials...to which is added Henry Grattan, Esq's Celebrated Speech on the Catholic Question, fine stipple-engraved portrait by Maguire, foxed and offset on title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Dublin, 1805, the first three modern cloth, 8vo (4)⁂ Sir Edward William Crosbie (1755-1798) holds the distinction of being the first United Irishman to be executed for treason after the 1798 rebellion at Carlow, Ireland. However, there seems to be some evidence to suggest that Crosbie's conviction was a miscarriage of justice. The present "narrative", apparently put into print by Sir Edward's family and friends, certainly raises considerable doubt as to Crosbie's culpability. Crosbie's younger brother, Richard, was Ireland's first balloonist.
![NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) L'Esprit de Monsieur de Voltaire, [edited by C.Villaret], a little soiled and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/9585f180-abb2-4ca8-bc7d-b00000bc22ed/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de) L'Esprit de Monsieur de Voltaire, [edited by C.Villaret], a little soiled and browned, contemporary sheep, joints split, n.p., 1759; La Henriade, engraved frontispiece and plates, occasional light foxing, contemporary mottled sheep, Amsterdam, Francois l'Honoré, 1768; Contes et Poésies diverses..., half-title (name cut away at head with loss of frame), light spotting, contemporary sheep-backed boards, upper joint split, "Londres" [Orleans], Ymruotel [Le Tourmy], 1778 § [Kelli-Pagani (Count Domenico Eusebio de)] Portrait de François Arouet dit Voltaire, only edition, title and text in French and Italian, wide margins, old marbled wrappers, Pisa, 1800, the first three all with gilt spines and red roan labels, all a little rubbed, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ Library Hub and WorldCat record one copy only of the last item (Trinity College Dublin).
NO RESERVE Pharmacy.- Milne-Edwards (Henri) & P.Vavasseur. Manuel de Matière Médicale, first edition, old ink signature of Richard Pearson mounted on front pastedown with notes in his hand to several leaves, faint ink library stamp to title and a few leaves, light marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, Paris, 1826 § Garnier (Pierre) Nouvelles Formules de Medecine, Latines et Françoises, 2 parts in 1, second edition, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, [Wellcome III, 91], Liege, F.Broncard, 1716 § Ailhaud (Jean) Traité de l'Origine des Maladies et de l'Usage de la Poudre Purgative, first edition, foxed and lightly stained, contemporary sheep, worn, [Wellcome II, 20], Carpentras, G.Quenin, 1755 § Ratier (F.S.) A Practical Formulary of the Parisian Hospitals, translated by R.D.M'Lellan, first edition in English, 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end, later cloth, [Wellcome IV, 475], Edinburgh, 1830; and 3 others, French, v.s. (7)
![NO RESERVE [Marmontel (Jean-François)] Le Huron, Comédie..., first edition, without the music found in some copies, Paris, Me](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/3bb6f72a-7c3a-42fe-9a03-b00000b92721/468x382.jpg)
NO RESERVE [Marmontel (Jean-François)] Le Huron, Comédie..., first edition, without the music found in some copies, Paris, Merlin, 1768 § [D'Ozicourt] Bélisaire, Drame, first edition, Paris, Lejai, 1769 § [La Harpe (Jean-François)] Mélanie, Drame..., first edition, half-title, Amsterdam, H.-J.-J. Wan-Harrewelt, 1770 § Etrennes de Thalie aux Amateurs des Spectacles..., only edition, half-title, leaf B4 detached (?cancel), signature M misbound, light spotting and soiling, modern marbled boards, uncut, original lower wrapper bound in, Brussels, Lefrancq & Abbeville, Deverité, 1786 § Poinsinet (A.-A.H.) Tom Jones, Comédie Lyrique..., half-title, 5pp. music at end, some spotting, Paris, Duchesne, 1770, all but the fourth in modern marbled wrappers; and 9 others, drama, comprising 5 more French plays similarly bound (including another version of the third) and 4 disbound English plays in French from the Nouveau Théatre Anglois series, some scarce, 8vo et infra (14)
Ballistics.- Robins (Benjamin) New Principles of Gunnery: containing the Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder..., first edition, folding engraved plate, woodcut diagrams, plate lightly foxed and torn not affecting image (repaired), browning towards end, modern cloth, roan label, 8vo, J.Nourse, 1742.⁂ A landmark contribution to the literature of mechanics, most particularly in the scientific study of ballistics and the development of fluid mechanics, by the mathematician and military engineer, Benjamin Robins, F.R.S. (1707-1751). "New Principles of Gunnery transformed ballistics into a Newtonian science. Galileo's vacuum theory was the only practical theory before 1742, but only for low-velocity mortars as demonstrated in Bélidor's Le bombardier français (1731). Robins made it applicable for gunpowder weaponry in general. His key contribution was the invention and utilization of the ballistic pendulum. With Huygens's law of pendulum motion and Newton's law of linear momentum, he deduced the bullet's impact velocity from the subsequent swing angle. Robins then used the ballistic pendulum to verify his interior-ballistics theory, relying on Boyle's law, the thirty-ninth proposition from book one of the Principia, and the pneumatic chemistry techniques of Francis Hauksbee the elder and Stephen Hales. By applying Newton's second law of motion to velocity measurements at varying ranges, Robins also obtained the air-resistance force acting on musket balls. This revealed the significant limitations of Galileo's vacuum ballistics theory and of Newton's air-resistance function when approaching the speed of sound. ...... Robins's substantial accomplishments in mathematical theory, scientific discovery, technical practice, and literary production place him at the forefront of the British Enlightenment." (ODNB).
![Economics.- [Gordon (George)] The History of our National Debts and Taxes, from the Year MDCLXXXVIII, to the Present Year MDC](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/06f09146-b709-4bb5-8574-b00000b961d0/468x382.jpg)
Economics.- [Gordon (George)] The History of our National Debts and Taxes, from the Year MDCLXXXVIII, to the Present Year MDCCLI, Part I-IV bound in 1 vol., first editions, each part with half-title, 8 folding tables, some foxing, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 8631; Kress 5117], M.Cooper, 1751-53 § Eliot (Francis Perceval) Demonstration; or, Financial Remarks: with occasional Observations on Political Occurrences, only edition, half-title, folding tables, old ink stamp of the Duke of Cambridge to title, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, new label, [Goldsmiths' 19429], 1807 § Considerations upon a Proposal for lowering the Interest of all the Redeemable National Debts to Three per Cent. per Ann...., first edition, woodcut title-vignette and ornaments, stab-holes, modern calf-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 7052; Kress 4332], J.Purser, 1737, some light foxing, the first two rubbed; and 10 others on the National Debt, 8vo (13)
Ireland.- Archer (Lt. Joseph) Statistical Survey of the County Dublin, with Observations on the Means of Improvement..., first edition, folding hand-coloured engraved map, light spotting and offsetting, bookplate of William Edward Kelly, contemporary tan calf, gilt, spine gilt with roan labels, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, [Goldsmiths' 18158; Kress B.4319; Perkins 63], Dublin, 1801 § Young (Arthur) A Tour in Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece and plate, list of subscribers, with additional p.159, a little foxed at beginning and end, engraved bookplate of Spains Hall, Finchingfield on front pastedown, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in russet morocco, spine gilt, [Goldsmiths' 11970; Kress B.340], T.Cadell and J.Dodsley, 1780 § Lee (James) Minutes of the Trustees of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures of Ireland, respecting the Mode of Preparing and Dressing Hemp and Flax, first edition, with folding sheet 'Reasons for Mr.Lee's Bill...' with drop-head & docket titles and dated 1816 bound in at end (slightly frayed at top-edge, repaired), modern cloth, [Black 2881; Goldsmiths-Kress 212300.13], [Dublin], printed by William Folds & Sons, 1815, 8vo & 4to (3)⁂ The last is very rare with Library Hub recording only reproductions of the Kress copy; Black adds a copy in the National Library of Ireland. The additional sheet appears to be unrecorded..
Rackham (Arthur).- Irving (Washington) Rip Van Winkle, plain illustrations and 50 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, some text leaves spotted, heavier to title, lightly rubbed, spine sunned, in slip-case (joints weak), 1905 § The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, colour plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, original pictorial calf gilt, lightly rubbed, 1928 § Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, colour plates by Arthur Rackham, illustrations, some spotting, ownership inscription in ink to half title, extremities very lightly bumped, t.e.g., 1929, first trade editions, colour frontispiece, last two with pictorial endpapers, first and last with original pictorial cloth gilt; and 9 others illustrated by Rackham, v.s. (12)
NO RESERVE Epilepsy.- Tissot (Samuel August André David) Trattato della Epilessia..., first edition in Italian, a good clean copy in contemporary limp boards, uncut, slightly soiled, 8vo, Venice, Caroboli & Pompeati, 1772.⁂ The first modern work on epilepsy, by a Swiss physician, originally published in 1770.
NO RESERVE Europe.- Moore (John) A View of Society and Manners in Italy, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, contemporary ink inscription "Emma Townshend Nov.r 1866" to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Lt.Col.Glegg, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, Dublin, 1781; A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, 2 vol., third edition, half-title in vol.2 (not called for in vol.1), contemporary ink signature of Elizabeth Wentworth to front free endpapers, foxing at beginning and end (mostly endpapers), handsome contemporary mottled calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with red roan labels, rubbed, a few slightly worn patches to boards (one repaired), W.Strahan & T.Cadell, 1780; another edition, 2 vol., third edition, engraved title-vignettes by Bartolozzi after Cipriani, some light browning, contemporary calf, spines with red & green labels, a little worn, Dublin, W.Wilson, 1781,8vo et infra (5)⁂ ESTC does not record the final item. It is a variant of that recorded but the imprint does not contain Wilson's address or the name of L.Flin.
![Scotland.- Economics.- [Paterson (William)], "Lewis Medway". An Inquiry into the Reasonableness and Consequences of an Union](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/947ef425-f624-4feb-94f5-b00000bb3aca/468x382.jpg)
Scotland.- Economics.- [Paterson (William)], "Lewis Medway". An Inquiry into the Reasonableness and Consequences of an Union with Scotland, first edition, staining to last couple of leaves, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 4356; Kress 2522], by Ben.Bragg, 1706 § Glen (William) A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, and Letters of Credit in Scotland, first edition, contemporary ink signzture of Geo. White to front free endpaper and ink and pencil annotations (some cropped), slight damage to pp.32 from adhering to facing page but sense intelligible), contemporary mottled sheep, lacking label, [Goldsmiths' 19433], Edinburgh, 1807 § [Scott (Sir Walter)], "Malachi Malagrowther". A Letter to the Editor of the Edinburgh Weekly Journal...on the Proposed Change of Currency..., second edition, 1826; A Second Letter..., second edition, 1826; A Third Letter..., second edition, 1826 bound with [Croker (John Wilson)], "Edward Bradwardine Waverley". Two Letters on Scotish Affairs...to Malachi Malagrowther, first edition, 1826, together 4 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Robert Grant to head of first title and bookplate of Sir Archibald Grant of Monymoske Bt., contemporary boards, uncut, a few stains, rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 25008, 25011, 25014 & 24949; Kress C.1778, 1781, 1785 & 1642]; and 4 others on Scottish economics, 8vo (7)⁂ Paterson, a Scottish banker, was one of the founders of the Bank of England and a proponent of the disastrous Darien scheme. He advocated the Union of England and Scotland.The last concerns the proposed reform of the banking system, the issue of notes to be restricted to the Bank of England. This would have seriously restricted trade in Scotland, apart from violating the Act of Union of 1707; the advantage fell to England by an assertion of her power and currency. Scott was indignant, and issued three letters which had their desired effect: Scotland was excluded from the provisions of the bill, and today Scottish banks still issue their own bank notes.
Polar.- Mawson (Sir Douglas) The Home of the Blizzard: being the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, 3 folding maps in pocket at end vol. 2, ex-Nottingham library with usual labels, ink-stamps and shelfmark to title verso, new endpapers, original pictorial cloth, rebacked, library paper label to upper covers, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1915.
![Poor in Scotland.- [Gardenstone (Francis Garden, Lord)] Letter to the People of Laurencekirk..., first edition, modern cloth,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/fe4c466e-a841-4ed0-b83f-b00000bb4b2c/468x382.jpg)
Poor in Scotland.- [Gardenstone (Francis Garden, Lord)] Letter to the People of Laurencekirk..., first edition, modern cloth, [Not in Goldsmiths'], Edinburgh, Murray & Cochran, sold by J.Sibbald & Co., 1780 § Abstract of the Rules & Regulations by which Hutchesones' Hospital is Governed, first edition, lacking errata leaf at end, later half roan, [ESTC records copies at only 4 locations: BL, National Library of Scotland, Glasgow, Toronto], 1800 § Ross (John) A Few Loose Remarks on the Advantages of Friendly Societies; and also, on a Scheme for supporting the Widows and Orphans of Teachers, only edition, ink signature of Andrew Lawson to verso of title (erased on recto), modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 18930; Not in BL or Kress; Library Hub 3 copies only: NLS, Goldsmiths', & Sheffield], Edinburgh, for the author, 1804 § Selkirk (Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of) Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a view of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signature of John Hamilton to title, original boards, uncut, joints split, [Goldsmiths' 18992; Kress B.4969; Sabin 20704n], 1805 § Burns (Rev. Robert) Historical Dissertations on the Law and Practice of Great Britain, and particularly of Scotland, with regard to the Poor, second edition, 2 large folding tables, original pink boards, uncut, rebacked in cloth, [Goldsmiths' 22553; Kress C.242], Glasgow, 1819, some light spotting or browning, most rubbed; and 4 others on the poor of Scotland, 8vo (9)⁂ The first is an interesting attempt to "improve" a Scottish village. The fourth item was the author's principal work. Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk (1771-1820) was an ardent proponent of colonisation in North America. The Prince Edward Island project was launched in 1803.
NO RESERVE Pershing (John J.) My Experiences in the World War, 2 vol., limited edition signed by author, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, previous owner's ink signature to vol. 1 dedication leaf, original cloth, a little mottled, slight bumping to corners and extremities, New York, 1931 § Creswicke (Louis) South Africa and the Transvaal War, 7 vol., frontispieces, plates and maps, some folding, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Edinburgh, n.d. § With the First Canadian Contingent, frontispiece, plates, spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Toronto, n.d. § Mackenzie (Captain D.) The Sixth Gordons in France and Flanders, this copy presented in memory of Private William Shand, frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Aberdeen, n.d.; and others military history, v.s. (c.70)
NO RESERVE Africa.- Isenberg (Karl Wilhelm) Journals of the Messrs. Isenberg and Krapf, Missionaries of the Church Missionary Society ... in the Kingdom of Shoa ... and other parts of Abyssinia, first edition, bound without half-title, 2 facsimile folding maps loosely inserted, previous owner's ink inscription to title, ex-Lovedale Library with label to front pastedown, marginal water-staining to early blanks and title, bookplate, contemporary calf, remnants of label to upper cover, slight rubbing to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1843 § Johnston (Charles) Travels in Southern Abyssinia, through the Country of Adal to the Kingdom of Shoa, 2 vol., first edition, tinted lithographed frontispieces, folding map, without 8pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol. 2, light spotting, bookplates, vol. 2 ex-library with ink-stamp of the 'Library of the San Francisco College for Women' to title verso, vol. 1 in contemporary calf, raised spine bands, gilt, vol. 2 in original cloth, expert repairs to spine extremities, a little rubbed and stained, bumping to corners and extremities, 1844; 8vo (3).⁂ The first is an account of the travels of two German Protestant missionaries in Ethiopia, including descriptions of customs, towns, and the slave-trade.
Quakers.- Smith (William) Universal Love. In which a Visitation floweth through the Creation, that all people may be informed of the Truth ... to be a good favour unto God, and honour God, first edition, small hole to title affecting text, ex-library with usual labels, ink-stamp to title and final ff., withdrawn stamp to title obscuring text, lacking A1 (?blank), trimmed occasionally affecting page number and catch-words, occasional faint marginal staining, early blank detached and loosely inserted, modern cloth, remnants of label to upper cover, library shelf-mark to spine foot, [Wing S4344], small 8vo, 1664.⁂ Scarce, with ESTC showing only 5 copies in the UK.
Dry-Rot.- Knowles (John) An Inquiry into the means which have been taken to preserve the British Navy...particularly from that species of Decay, now denominated Dry-Rot, first edition, lacking half-title, with list of subscribers, light foxing, ex-United Service Institution library copy with old embossed stamp at head of title and presentation label to front pastedown (ink disposal stamp), old marabled boards, rebacked and recornered in calf, red morocco label, boards rubbed, 1821 § Pering (Richard) A Brief Enquiry into the Causes of Premature Decay, in our Wooden Bulwarks..., first edition, half-title, errata leaf at end, Holland House copy with ink inscription to half-title, light spotting, stab-holes, [Goldsmiths 20485], Plymouth-Dock, 1812 § Birkbeck (George) A Lecture on the Preservation of Timber by Kyan's Patent for Preventing Dry Rot, first edition, one lithographed and 3 engraved plates, [Goldsmiths' 29849], 1834 bound with Faraday (Michael) On the Practical Prevention of Dry Rot in Timber, first edition, half-title, light stain towards end, 1836, together 2 works in 1 vol., inscriptions in red ink to titles, modern cloth; and another on dry rot, 4to & 8vo (4)
NO RESERVE Copeman Family.- Copeman (Sydney Arthur Monckton) Reports on Inspections made with regard to the Incidence of Disease..., several reports bound in 1 vol. concerning outbreaks of scarlatina, diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, typhus etc. around the country, one on an outbreak of cowpox near Reigate in manuscript (26pp.) with 2 mounted photographs of infected cows, plates, folding maps and charts, 4pp. manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1891-1904; Reports on Flies as Carriers of Infection, 7 parts bound in 1 vol., plates, some folding, bookplate of W.S.C.Copeman, contemporary half morocco, upper joint split, 1909-14 § Copeman (William Sydney Charles) Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, first edition, the author's copy with his typed list of corrections loosely inserted and his bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed & frayed, 1948; A short history of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, inscribed by the author to his son Peter, bookplate of P.W.M.Copeman, contemporary red roan, gilt, 1964; and 13 others by or about Sydney, William or Peter Copeman including Peter's scrapbook about his father and 6 bound volumes of his papers, v.s. (17)⁂ Collection of works by and about the distinguished family of physicians:Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman (1862-1947), senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health, authority on vaccination.William Sydney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), rheumatologist.Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), dermatologist, know to his colleagues as "Dr. Spot".
Crime.- Fielding (Henry) An Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robbers, &c..., second edition, half-title, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, book-label of James Bonar with pencil presentation inscription to him on his "jubilee" to front free endpaper, a crisp copy in late 19th century half calf, spine gilt, small bump to tail of spine, [Goldsmiths' 8658], 12mo, for A.Millar, 1751.⁂ Fielding's most substantial work on social issues, based on his experience as both a barrister and a Justice of the Peace, which led to the passing of the Act restricting gin-drinking.James Bonar (1852-1941), Scottish civil servant and political economist. In 1886, with J.H.Muirhead and others, he founded the London Ethical Society, the first ethical society in the UK. This became the London School of Ethics and Philosophy in 1897 and subsequently part of the LSE.
NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Newton (John) Institutio Mathematica. Or, A Mathematical Institution. Shewing the Construction and use of the Naturall and Artificiall Sines, Tangents, and Secants, in Decimal Numbers, and also of the Table of Logarithms, 2 parts, 2 plates only (of 3), one folding, the other smaller plate facing I3v, numerous tables and diagrams, 1654; Tabulæ Mathematicæ: or, Tables of the naturall Sines, Tangents and Secants, and the Logarithms..., tables, one folding, errata leaf at end, title fryaed at edges with slight loss (repaired), 1654, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, hole to lower cover repaired, [Tomash & Williams N34 & N33; Wing N1061 & N1071], Robert & William Leybourn for George Hurlock and Robert Boydell § Gautruche (Pierre) Philosophiae ac mathematicae totius institutio..., second edition, 15 engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, spine repaired at head, Caen, A. & J.Cavelier, 1656, 12mo (2)
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NO RESERVE Europe.- [Radcliffe (Ann)] Voyage en Hollande et sur les Frontieres Occidentales de l'Allemagne, fait en 1794, 2 vol., first edition in French, vol.1 lacking final leaf (Table) but supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, from the library of the Frigoult de Liesville family with ink inscription to verso of titles and engraved bookplate, contemporary half green morocco, spines gilt with red labels, Paris, Buisson, An 5e [1797] § Russell (John) A Tour in Germany..., 2 vol., third edition, half-titles, 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, original blue boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1825 § [Sherer (J.M.)] Notes and Reflections during a Ramble in Germany, first edition, foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, spine chipped at head, 1826 § Oberer (J.) Lithographirte Ansichten der Stadt Salzburg..., part 5 only, 12 lithographed plates, one loose, original cloth-backed wrappers, paper label to upper cover, spotted, [Salzburg], [c.1837], all a little rubbed, 8vo & oblong 12mo (6)⁂ The author of the first is more well-known for her Gothic novel The Mysteries of Udolpho of 1794.
Horses.- Burdon (Capt. William) The Gentleman Pocket-Farrier, first edition, some browning, modern half calf, spine gilt, red roan labels, 8vo, for the Author by S. Buckley, 1730.⁂ A charming pocket book for the discerning (and prudent) gentleman, much expanded in numerous later printings right through the 18th century. American editions were also published c.1778-1793.
Numismatics.- Sainthill (Richard) An Olla Podrida; Or, Scraps, Numismatic, Antiquarian, and Literary, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, bookplate of J. S. Henderson and his ink ownership inscription to head of titles, dated 1889, some light foxing or browning to plates, contemporary half morocco, rubbed at extremities, for private distribution, 1844-53 § [Pinkerton (John)] An Essay on Medals, lacking final corrections leaf, occasional early ink underlining and marginalia, some light foxing or browning, modern calf, gilt, with red morocco label to spine, 1784 § [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the First [& Second] Portion of the Very Important Collections of Coins and Medals...which will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie & Mason, 2 parts in 1 vol., bookplate of David W. Gale, later ink inscriptions to front endpapers, prices and names in contemporary ink manuscript throughout, some scattered foxing, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, 1844; and others, Numismatics (c.90)⁂ The last mentioned being the Sale Catalogue for the Duke of Devonshire's Collection in March 1844.
NO RESERVE Duelling.- Bosquett (Abraham) The Young Man of Honour's Vade-Mecum, being a salutary Treatise on Duelling, first edition, staining to a couple of leaves, later tan calf, gilt, uncut, a little rubbed and marked, boards slightly splayed, upper joints split, spine chipped, [Thimm p.35], 12mo, C.Chapple, [1817].⁂ Scarce; only 6 copies listed by Library Hub and seemingly none in America.
Agriculture.- Home (Francis) The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, first edition, second printing (a reissue of the first edition of 1756 with a new title), title lightly soiled, modern half speckled calf, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9219; only later editions in Perkins], Edinburgh, G.Hamilton & J.Balfour, 1757 § Hitt (Thomas) A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands, first edition, engraved plate at end, title foxed, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copy with ink stamp to front pastedown, later half calf, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 9555; Perkins 802], for the Author...by J.Richardson & J.Webb, 1760 § Peters (Matthew) The Rational Farmer: or a Treatise on Agriculture and Tillage, second edition, folding engraved frontispiece, some light staining, M4 torn and repaired without loss, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 10739], W.Flexney, 1771 § Tatham (William) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows, first edition, lacking half-title, with ink inscription to head of title and a few annotations, engraved plates (water-stained),original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, [Fussell III pp.31-2; Goldsmiths' 18194; Kress B.4464; Perkins 1724], 1801; and 6 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ An interesting group of works on agricultural science and practice, particularly soil, fertilizer, irrigation etc. The third includes a 'Short essay on the Dearness of Corn, and other Provisions' for the first time.
Numismatics.- Cooke (William) The Medallic History of Imperial Rome, 2 vol., 8pp. list of subscribers, 61 engraved plates of coins, bookplate of George Arnold, vol. 1 with tear to front free endpaper repaired with tape, light offsetting, some foxing to first few ff., upper hinges cracked, contemporary calf, black morocco labels to spines, quite worn, upper joints split but holding, J. Dodsley, 1781; and others, 18th century Numismatics, including a second edition of Vertue's Medals, Coins &tc of Thomas Simon, v.s. (7)
Trotter (Thomas) Medicina Nautica: an Essay on the Diseases of Seamen..., 3 vol., first edition, with half-title in vol.2 and engraved plate in vol.3 (bound as frontispiece), lacking 4pp. advertisements at end of vol.2, faint trace of library stamp to titles and plate but unobtrusive, occasional light foxing but generally clean, plate a little offset on title of vol.3, N4 in vol.1 and L8 in vol.2 torn and repaired, a few other minor marginal tears, modern half speckled calf, black morocco labels, [Wellcome V, 301], 8vo, T.Cadell, Jun. & W.Davies, 1797-1803.⁂ Important work on the health and conditions of sailors on board ship, with accounts of the various diseases encountered and recommendations for improvements in living conditions and sanitation. The work led to the adoption of taking limes to sea as a prevention against scurvy and of smallpox vaccination amongst sailors.
NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Darwin (Erasmus) Phytologia: or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses and with an Improved Construction of the Drill Plough, first edition, 12 engraved plates, 2 folding, plates I-IX preceded by an explanatory letterpress leaf (as called for), title with old ink signature of A.Gifford to head and small embossed stamp, plates with light foxing and marginal staining, David Bellamy's copy with his signed bookplate, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Henrey 615; Nissen BBI 452; Perkins 448], 4to, for J. Johnson...by T. Bensley, 1800.⁂ Important agricultural treatise with information on manure, draining land, plant diseases etc.David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist and television presenter.
Agriculture.- Lamport (William) Cursory Remarks on the Importance of Agriculture in its Connection with Manufactures and Commerce..., first edition, lacking half-title, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 12568; Kress B.743; Perkins 943], J.Buckland, 1784 § Jacob (W.) An Inquiry into the Causes of Agricultural Distress, first edition, half-title (stained), advertisement leaf at end, modern cloth, [Goldsmiths' 19343; Kress B.5263], 1816 § Brown (Robert) Letters on the Distressed State of Agriculturists..., first separate edition, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Fussell III pp.13-14; Kress B.6646; Not in Goldsmiths' or Perkins], Edinburgh, 1816 § Stourton (William Joseph, Lord) Three Letters to the Right Honourable the Earl of Liverpool, on the Distresses of Agriculture in the United Kingdom..., new edition, contemporary ink signature of Thos. Thistlethwayte to head of title and stamp to pastedown, original boards, uncut, rebacked preserving old label, [Kress C.988], 1822; Further Considerations...on Agricultural Relief, and the Extent of the National Resources, first edition, modern cloth-backed boards, [Goldsmiths' 23463; Not in Kress or Perkins], 1822, some spotting or soiling, the first two ex-Rothamsted Agricultural library copies with stamps; and 5 others, agriculture, 8vo (10)⁂ The last is rare with Library Hub recording only 2 copies (Goldsmiths' and Cambridge).
NO RESERVE Militaria.- Bone (Sir Muirhead) The Western Front, 2 vol., plates and illustrations by author, faint water-staining to first few blanks vol. 1, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed and worn, bumping to corners and extremities, 1917 § Churchill (Sir Winston) The Great War, 2 vol., illustrations, previous owner's ink signature, scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [c.1933] § The Marne Battle-Fields, illustrations, original limp cloth, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, large tear to top edge, chipping to edges, rubbed, [Paris], 1917; and others, military history, v.s. (c.70)
Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, soldier and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) Autograph Letter signed "Wellington" to the Marquis of Westmeath, 3pp., 8vo, Stratfield Saye, 9th January 1838, "I have no objection to your original proposition excepting the apprehension that our proceeding will produce no result in the way of good Govt.", folds.
NO RESERVE Marine Life.- Owen (Richard) Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus, only edition, 8 fine engraved plates after the author, 7 with additional version in outline, one or two with spots or light marginal browning but generally an excellent clean copy, original cloth, rubbed and faded, spine worn and chipped, [Nissen ZBI 3039], 4to, 1832.⁂ Owen's first published work, which established his reputation as a skilled anatomist.
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[Keir (William)]A Summons of Wakening; or, the Evil Tendency and Danger of Speculative Philosophy, Exemplified in Mr. Leslie's Inquiry into the Nature of Heat, and Mr. Malthus's Essay on Population..., first edition, presentation "To Captain Elliot in Glencardholm from the author" inscribed on front free endpaper, 2 folding engraved plates, foxing, modern boards, spine browned, [Goldsmiths' 19549; Kress B.5204], 8vo, Hawick, Robert Armstrong, 1807.⁂ Scarce; only 4 copies listed on Library Hub (BL, Oxford, National Library of Scotland, Senate House Library).
NO RESERVE Agriculture.- Lowson (G.) & Robert Armstrong. The Modern Farrier; a treatise on the causes, symptoms ... of Horses, Cows, Calves. Sheep and Hogs, woodcut frontispiece, plates and illustrations, advertisements to endpapers, previous owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper verso, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Otley, [c.1880] § Chandler (D. E.) Modern Poultry Houses and Portable Buildings, illustrations, ex-library with ink-stamps to first page, original paper wrappers, slight creasing, small paper label to bottom corner, c.1930's; and another copy of the second, 8vo (3)
NO RESERVE Alternative Medicine.- Cloquet (Jules) Traité de l'Acupuncture, only edition, half-title, ex-library copy with one or two faint stamps, library cloth, Paris, 1826 § Dunsford (Harris, translator) The Pathogenetic Effects of...Homeopathic Remedies, first edition in English, presentation copy from the author to his mother inscribed on front free endpaper, advertisement leaf at beginning, occasional soiling and fraying to edges, modern cloth, uncut, 1838 § Mercklin (Georg Abraham) Sylloge physico-medicinalium casuum incantationi..., first edition, title in red and black, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Nuremberg, J.Zeiger & G.Lehmann, 1698 § Ticknor (Caleb)A Popular Treatise on Medical Philosopohy,; or, an Exposition of Quackery and Imposture in Medicine, first edition, foxed, water-staining at end, library stamp to verso of title, original embossed cloth, rubbed and faded, New York, 1838; and 4 others, mostly on homeopathy, 8vo & 4to (8)
NO RESERVE Epidemic.- Trousset (Etienne Berard) Histoire de la Fievre qui a régné épidémiquement a Grenoble..., first edition, errata leaf at end, stitched as issued, small stain to first few leaves and slightly frayed at edges, 8vo, Grenoble, J.L.A.Giroud, An VIII [1799].⁂ Account of the typhus epidemic which ravaged the south eastern French town of Grenoble at the end of the eighteenth century. It appears to have been spread by the military from Grenoble to Nice and into parts of Italy, affecting all ages and classes of society. Library Hub lists one copy only in the UK (Wellcome Library).
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NO RESERVE Animal Magnetism.- [Mesmer (Franz) & others.] Recueil des Pieces les Plus Intéressantes sur le Magnétisme Animal, light foxing at beginning and end, small embossed stamp to first few leaves, modern panelled calf with chequerboard panel containing small fleurs-de-lys in blind, spine faded, slightly rubbed at edges, n.p., 1784 § Bergasse (Nicolas) Considérations sur le Magnetisme Animal...d'après les Principes de M. Mesmer, first edition, contemporary vellum-backed paste-paper boards, rubbed and faded, new label, [Wellcome II, 147], The Hague, 1784, 8vo (2)⁂ The first comprises several early texts on animal magnetism including Mesmer's Mémoire sur la Découverte du Magnétisme Animal, originally published in 1779 and the foundation of mesmerism. Bergasse helped Mesmer to found a society in Paris to teach the techniques of animal magnetism.
NO RESERVE Astronomy.- Clairaut (Alexis Claude) Théorie de la Lune, second edition, folding engraved plate, ink inscription "George Sidney Smith May 10 1827" to head of title and with some ink annotations, a few ink stains, plate creased at fold, a few side-notes and headlines shaved, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Paris, Dessaint & Saillant, 1765 § Struve (Friedrich G.W.) Expédition Chronométrique exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Nicolas Ier entre Poulkova et Altona pour la Détermination de la Longitude Géographique relative de l'Observatoire Central de Russie, first edition, foxing, old ink library stamp to title, contemporary paste-paper boards, rubbed, new labels, St.Petersburg, 1844, 4to (2)⁂ The first won the annual Russian Imperial Academy prize. This is the second edition including important correctional tables which were not published until 1754; the first edition, published in St. Petersburg in 1752, is very rare.
NO RESERVE Military.- Williamson (Brig.-Gen. A., editor) Military Memoirs and Maxims of Marshal Turenne, first Dublin edition, 3pp. publisher's catalogue at end, occasional soiling, engraved bookplate of James Farrell, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and marked, cracks to joints, Dublin, George Faulkner, 1740 § [Breton (William)] Militia Discipline. The Words of Command, and Directions for Exercising the Musket, Bayonet, and Carthridge..., fourth edition, title browned, lightly water-stained, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, gouge to upper cover, rebacked, by R.Harbin...J.Morphew, 1717 § Reide (Thomas) A Treatise on the Duty of Infantry Officers and the Present System of British Military Discipline, ?fourth edition, contemporary ink inscription "Geo. Evans 32nd. Foot" to head of title, 2pp. advertisements at end, contemporary roan, worn, rebacked preserving most of old label, J.Walter, and T.Egerton, 1799, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The first item was published the same year as the London edition but this Dublin edition is scarce with only 6 locations in ESTC (4 UK and 2 in America). The second item is rare; ESTC and Library Hub list a handful of copies of the second edition of the same year but none of this fourth edition. It appears to be a reprint of the second edition with a cancel title. The book was reprinted in Boston, New England in 1733. The third was first published in 1795 and this is one of several printings but this edition is not listed by ESTC, it is seemingly a reprint of the third edition with a cancel title.
Agriculture.- Mathews (James) Remarks on the cause of the Scarcity and Dearness of Cattle, Swine, Cheese, &c. &c. and of the Articles Tallow Candles, and Soap..., light spotting and soiling at beginning, ink ownership inscription "3/6 S.Pole Esq." to front pastedown, original boards, uncut, ink manuscript notes to upper cover, rebacked, [Goldsmiths' 17602; Kress B.3926], 1799 § Maxwell (Robert) The Practical Husbandman..., first collected edition, with author's signature "to prevent pyrating" to verso of title, folding engraved plate with explanatory leaf of text at end, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, red roan label, [Goldsmiths' 9224; Perkins 1173; Not in Kress], Edinburgh, C.Wright & Co., for the author, 1757 § Trusler (Dr. John) Practical Husbandry, or, the Art of Farming, with a Certainty of Gain..., fourth edition, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title, near contemporary calf, [Goldsmiths' 17579], for the author, 1799 § Brown (Robert) Treatise on Rural Affairs..., 2 vol., first separate edition, half-titles, 6 engraved plates, light spotting and browning, bookplate of Ernest Ridley Debenham, contemporary tree calf, [Goldsmiths' 20230; Perkins 240], Edinburgh, 1811, all rubbed; and 3 others, agriculture, 8vo & 4to (8)⁂ The first is an interesting study of everyday prices by a market trader/butcher of long standing. While most studies of inflation/prices focus on corn prices (for obvious reasons), James Mathews draws on his much wider experience where "High Street" prices for every day purchases are real challenges for the poor. This is a reissue of the work first published in 1797 with a cancel title-page; both editions are scarce.
![India.- [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut deco](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/ac8d9bb7-ed3b-4360-a893-b00000b88fc1/9e7d0367-11e6-4ce9-84fb-b00000b98101/468x382.jpg)
India.- [Dellon (Charles)] Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initial, light water-staining at end, C4 lacking small portion from upper margin with slight loss to headlines and a few letters from first line of text on verso, 19th century calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, a little rubbed, 12mo, Leiden, Daniel Gaasbeek, 1687.⁂ Scarce. During his travels in the East Indies Dellon, a French Catholic physician, was denounced to the Inquisition at Goa. He was imprisoned for two years and frequently tortured to extract a confession of heresy. He refused to confess and was consequently condemned to the galleys for five years. His account here is a vivid portrait of the Inquisition in Goa and went through several later editions.
European Travel Journal.- [Thornton (Caroline, later Wathen, married Josiah Iles Wathen, solicitor, served on the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society, 1805-81, daughter of Edward Norton Thornton, granddaughter of John Thornton, undertaker of 174, Borough, Southwark, later of Clapham, 1806-77)] [Journal of a tour to Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France], autograph manuscript, 146pp., first 16pp. in ink, the rest in pencil, all clearly legible, small pencil sketch of a castle at end, original full green straight-grained morocco, gilt, a few small stains, brass fastening, lacks clasp, but otherwise in good condition, 72 x 112mm., 4th August - 13th September 1830.⁂ Holland. "To complete the whole is a gent with a large red carbuncled nose who has always a plan for every occasion, this is Farley [Charles Farley (1771-1859), actor and dramatist] - he is very good humoured, unobtrusive & harmless." Switzerland. "Wednesday Aug. 25th [1830]... at last we had to ascend a mountain by a zigzag road - & overtook a pretty looking girl with a high basket filled with fruit... trotted up as merrily & easily as if the ground had been level - till she came to a large stone... rested her burden, & began to sing... Papa... had passed her, returned & made her repeat her song - which she did... in a very fine powerful voice... ."A lively account of a tour by a 24 year old woman with her father in 1830. With observations of the customs, manners of the people encountered and the scenery of the country through which they travelled, including the prince of Coburg's Minister of State, "a very fine looking & gentlemanly man", clothes, "the costume is very pretty a bright red checked handkerchief is tied over the head, & confines the hair", the house where Joseph Latrobe stayed at in Meyringen, "found his one eyed Tom cat had died of old age", met the "far famed musical Kerhli family" etc. Caroline Thornton came from a family of prominent evangelists. Her father Edward Norton Thornton, an undertaker moved the family to Clapham where they were closely associated with the Clapham Sect of evangelists and Edward served on the committee of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Caroline makes mention of her "Uncle Steinkopf", Charles Frederick Adolphus Steinkopf (1773-1859), Pastor of the Lutheran church of St. Mary's Savoy and another longstanding member of the BFBS, and "Aunt Steinkopf", Anne Thornton, wife of Charles Steinkopf and cofounder with Elizabeth Fry of the Association for the Reformation of the Female Prisoners in Newgate.
NO RESERVE Africa.- James (F.L.) The Wild Tribes of the Soudan, first edition, half-title, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps, 2 folding, publisher's advertisements at end, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, mottling to fore-edges, bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech pp.82-83], 1883 § Slatin Pasha (Rudolf C.) Fire and Sword in the Sudan, portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps at end, faint off-setting to title, scattered spotting, bookplates, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1896 § Seligman (C. G. & Brenda Z.) Pagan Tribes of the Nilotic Sudan, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, folding map at end, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, scattered faint spotting, tiny marginal worming to last few leaves, original cloth, small worming to upper cover, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1932, 8vo (3).
NO RESERVE Africa.- Johnston (Sir Harry H.) The Uganda Protectorate, 2 vol., first edition, ?presentation copy inscribed "E. Irby From H. J.", half-titles, colour frontispieces, previous owner's ink signatures to half-titles and frontispiece verso, plates and illustrations, many full-page, 9 folding plates, cracked hinges, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.110], 8vo, 1902.⁂ Sir Harry Johnston married Winifred Mary Irby, daughter of Florance George Henry Irby, fifth Baron Boston, in 1896. The presentation inscription appears to have been given to a relative of Winifred's, presumably by the author.
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NO RESERVE [?Lyttelton (Thomas, Lord)] A Letter to a celebrated Young Nobleman on his late Nuptials, only edition, half-title, light marginal foxing or staining, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt, for J.Bew, 1777 § Misaurus (Philander, pseud.) The Honour of the Gout, half-title with advertisments to verso, contemporary ink signature "Jos. Hewitt" to head of title, stab-holes, final leaf lightly soiled, otherwise a good clean copy, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Wellcome IV p.143], R.Gosling, 1735 § Essays Divine, Moral, and Political, first edition, first issue with "Religon" and colon after "Government" on title, lacking frontispiece, lightly browned, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Teerink 1082], 1714 § [Browne (Joseph)] St.James's Park. A Satyr, 16pp., pirated edition, [Foxon B530.86], H.Hills, 1709 bound with Poem (A) on the Taking St.Mary's, 8pp., drop-head title with row of type flowers at head of p.1, [Foxon, P644], [Henry Hills], [[?1709], together 2 works in 1 vol., modern marbled wrappers § Pope (Alexander) The Works, 9 vol., some browning (particularly towards end of vol.5), slight worming to lower margin of vol.1, contemporary calf, a little rubbed, a few stains, some cracks to joints, Dublin, G.Faulkner & A.Bradley, 1769 § [Coventry (Francis)] The History of Pompey the Little: or, the Life and Adventures of a Lap-Dog, second edition, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, upper joint repaired, for M.Cooper, 1751; and 4 others, literature, v.s. (18)⁂ The first is a scarce satire on the marriage of Charles, Viscount Maynard, to Nancy Parsons. Parsons (c.1735-1814) had eloped to the West Indies with a Captain Horton, on her return to England she became a celebrated courtesan and the mistress of both the Duke of Dorset and the Duke of Grafton, and finally settled down with Maynard despite being several years his senior. ESTC records 5 UK copies.The second was first published in 1699 under the name Philander Misiatrus; it is sometimes wrongly attributed to Swift. The third is a satirical attack on Swift by either Burnet or Steele.
Royal Fireworks.- Board of Ordnance. A Description of the Machine for the Fireworks, with all its Ornaments: and a Detail of the Manner in which they are to be exhibited in St. James's Park, Thursday, April 27, 1749 on account of the General Peace, signed at Aix La Chapelle, October 7, 1748, 16pp., issue with catchword "of" on p.6, woodcut title-vignette and tail-piece, small ink stain to head of title, first and last leaves browned with slight wear to final leaf where previously folded, modern cloth, W.Bowyer [for] R.Dodsley & M.Cooper, 4to, 1749.⁂ Account of the fireworks to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession between Britain and France, for which George II commissioned Handel to compose Music for the Royal Fireworks.
NO RESERVE Botany.- Graham (R.J.D.) List of Wild Plants found on the Nagpur and Telinkheri Farms, only edition, Nagpur, 1911 § Cockayne (L,) New Zealand Plants and their Story, presentation copy from the author to A.G.Tansley inscribed at head of title, Wellington, 1910 § Cockayne (L.) & E.Phillips Turner. The Trees of New Zealand, inscribed to A.G.Tansley, Wellington, 1928 § Ostenfeld (C.H.) & J.Gröntved. The Flora of Iceland and the Faeroes, Copenhagen & London, 1934, first editions, some illustrations, the last three from the library of the botanist & ecologist David Bellamy with his bookplate, all original cloth, a little rubbed; and 4 others including a second edition of the second, 8vo (8)⁂ The first is rare with only 2 UK copies listed by Library Hub (Kew & Natural History Museum).Sir Arthur George Tansley (1871-1955), botanist and pioneer in the science of ecology.
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Ireland.- [Madden (Samuel Molyneux)] Reflections and Resolutions proper for the Gentlemen of Ireland, as to their Conduct for the Service of their Country..., first edition, a little browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, [Bradshaw 1437; Goldsmiths' 7554; Not in Kress], Dublin, R.Reilly, 1738 § Griffith (Amyas) Miscellaneous Tracts, first edition, engraved portrait, contemporary calf, [Not in Bradshaw], Dublin, for the author, 1788 § [Code (Henry Brereton)] The Insurrection of the Twenty-Third July, 1803, first edition, later ink signature to head of title, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 18757; Not in Bradshaw], Dublin, [1803], some light foxing or browning, the first two contemporary calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn; and 16 others on Ireland, 8vo (19)
Economics.- Mushet (Robert) An Attempt to Explain from Facts the Effects of the Issues of the Bank of England upon its own Interests, Public Credit, and Country Banks, first edition, lightly water-stained, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Einaudi 4070; Goldsmiths' 24990; Kress C.1734], 1826 § Smith (Thomas) Essay on the Theory of Money & Exchange, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink signature across title and old ink library stamp of the Duke of Cambridge, modern half morocco, spine gilt, [Goldsmiths' 19445; Kress B.5257], 1807 § Society of Arts. Report...of Preventing the Forgery of Bank Notes, only edition, half-title, 7 plates of bank notes and designs, most engraved, 2 folding, water-staining at foot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Goldsmiths' 22503], 1819 § [Cooke (Edward)] The Real Cause of the High Price of Gold Bullion, second edition, errata leaf, contemporary ink signature to head of title, rather soiled, offsetting to title, modern marbled boards, [Goldsmiths' 22423; Kress C.269], 1819 § Tooke (Thomas) Considerations on the State of the Currency, first edition, modern boards, [Einaudi 5653; Goldsmiths' 25024; Kress C.1805], 1826, some spotting or soiling; and 8 others on gold, money, currency etc., 8vo (13)⁂ Robert Mushet (1782-1828), an official at the Royal Mint, was cited as an authority in contemporary debates on currency questions. He supported Ricardo in the Bullion controversy. Amongst other things he here proposes "an extension of the metallic basis of the currency, and that no Notes should be in circulation under £20". He also looks forward to the establishment of the Joint Stock system as beneficial alike to the public and the Bank of England.
Scotland.- Chalmers (Thomas) Observations on a Passage in Mr.Playfair's Letter to the Lord Provost of Edinburgh relative to the Mathematical Pretensions of the Scottish Clergy, first edition, browned, modern marbled boards, [Not in Goldsmiths'], Cupar, R.Tullis, 1805 § Hanna (Rev. William) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Thomas Chalmers, D.D. LL.D., 4 vol., engraved portrait, additional vignette titles, contemporary calf, Edinburgh, 1851-52 § [Bruce (Archibald)] A Serious View of the Remarkable Providences of the Times: and a Warning as to the Public Sins, Dangers, and Duty of British Protestants, only edition, with final advertisement leaf, browned, modern marbled boards, Glasgow, J.Ogle, 1795 § Irvine (Rev. A.) An Inquiry into the Discipline of the Church of Scotland, as founded in Law..., first edition, errata leaf at end, modern cloth, [Not in British Library], Perth, 1811 § Thistle (The) or Anglo-Caledonian Journal, no.1-12 bound in 1 vol. [all published], ex-Church of Scotland library copy with ink stamps to title,, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, 1836; and 6 others, the church in Scotland, 8vo (14)
NO RESERVE Public Health.- Houses of Parliament. Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Physical Deterioration, 3 vol. in 1, folding plate, folding tables, 1904; Fourth [-Ninth] Report of the Commissioners....[on] Treating and Disposing of Sewage, bound in 8 vol., folding maps, charts and tables, some colour, 1904-15, near uniform contemporary half morocco § Farr (William) Vital Statistics, edited for the Sanitary Institute of Great Britain by Noel. A Humphreys, first collected edition, portrait, tables, original cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, 1885 § Simon (Sir John) English Sanitary Institutions, first edition, original cloth, recased, 1890, all but the last ex-library with ink stamp to titles, rubbed; and 17 others on public health, sanitation etc., most government reports, folio & 8vo (28)⁂ The reports on sewage disposal include the contamination of shellfish, and liquid waste from manufacturing processes in rural areas.
NO RESERVE Boerhaave (Hermann) Elementa chemiae, 2 vol., first authorised edition with the author's signed attestation to verso of title in vol.1, half-titles, titles with engraved vignette, 17 engraved plates, each with facing letterpress explanatory leaf, vol.2 with 2pp. index of chemicals, [Duveen 84; Ferguson I, 112], Leiden, Isaac Severinus, 1732; Opuscula Omnia, first edition, title with woodcut device, engraved illustration, The Hague, J.Neaulme, 1738, together 2 works in 2 vol., woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, a good clean copy, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels (one renewed), rubbed, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, vol.2 with stain to upper cover and spine ends repaired, 4to⁂ The first work was the most complete and systematic survey of chemistry of its time; the second contains Boerhaave's famous lectures on medicine.
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