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Lot 285

Fencing.- [Blackwell (Henry)] The English Fencing-Master: or, the Compleat Tuterour of the Small Sword, first edition, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, ink markings to title, old ink library shelf-numbers to front pastedown and label removed, contemporary panelled sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Thimm p.31], 4to, by J.Downing, 1702.⁂ Rare fencing manual, purportedly a plagiarism of Sir William Hope's Scots Fencing Master of 1687. Library Hub locates 6 UK copies.

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Fencing.- Olivier (Jean) Fencing Familiarized: or, a New Treatise on the Art of Sword Play; L'Art des Armes Simplifié..., first edition, title and text in parallel English and French, half-title, folding engraved frontispiece and 8 engraved plates by Ovenden, all but one folding, advertisement to verso of final leaf of text dated 1771 but without final 'Directions to Binder' leaf, light offsetting, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, [Thimm p.211], 8vo, for John Bell, 1771.⁂ Scarce fencing manual by the popular French fencing master Jean Olivier, who settled in London as Master of Fencing at St.Dunstan's Court, Fleet Street.

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Lot 287

Field Sports.- Wright (George) The Complete Bird-Fancyer..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, with leaf 'Receipt for Bird Paste from Willoughby on Birds' at end (not called for by ESTC) and another version on different paper tipped in facing p.9, for J.Cooke, [?1766] bound after [Shirley (Thomas)] The Angler's Museum; or, the Whole Art of Float and Fly Fishing, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece (lightly offset), title with woodcut vignette, [W&S p.194], for John Fielding, [c.1784], together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red and green roan labels, rubbed § Angler's Pocket-Book (The); or, Compleat English Angler... Also Nobbs's...Treatise on the Art of Trolling, third edition, without engraved frontispiece (as often), wood-engraved illustrations, old ink signature to head of title, contemporary sheep, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [W&S p.11], 1805 § [Cox (Nicholas)] The Gentleman's Recreation, in Four Parts. Viz. Hunting, Hawking, Fowling, Fishing...whereto is added, a perfect Abstract of the Forest Laws..., 2 parts in 1, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, one large (torn and repaired), 3F4 in second part lacking lower outer corner with loss of a few letters, bookplate of William Trumbull, contemporary calf, upper joint split, [W & S p.68; this edition not in Schwerdt], for N.C....sold by J.Wilcox..., 1721, 8vo et infra (3)⁂ The first item is rare; ESTC lists only one copy of this edition (Michigan State University).

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Gemstones.- Jeffries (David) A Treatise on Diamonds and Pearls, second edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers, 30 engraved plates (10 of cutting techniques and 20 tables of values), with 2pp. tables and final blank at end of text, lightly browned, modern calf, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 8612.3; Sinkankas 3196], 8vo, for the Author, 1751.⁂ Greatly expanded second edition of a work first published the previous year, with new material on Brazilian diamonds, diamond cutting in India, and alternative methods of valuation. "The first book in English to describe how diamonds and pearls can be evaluated on the basis of the factors of size (or weight) and style of cut, with allowances being made in the case of diamonds where cut stones depart from the 'ideal' proportions that were accepted as standard in Jeffries' time". (Sinkankas).

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Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) Licence signed "Charles R" and countersigned "Arlington" to Samuel Barton, allowing him "a room or rooms" in his house in Hellingly, Sussex "to be a place for the Use of Such as do not conform to the Church of England, who are of the Persuasion commonly called "presbyterien", D.s., printed form with manuscript insertions, inscribed at tail "Bartons house", laid down on linen, small tears in 1 corner, folds, browned, framed and glazed, [Wing C3610N; lists 2 copies only both located in the National Archives], document 230 x 323mm., Whitehall, 9th December 1672.⁂ Extremely scarce. ESTC list 3 variants of this document with a total of four copies known, all located in The National Archives.Samuel Barton (d. 1710), labelled here as a presbyterian, had been a churchwarden in the 1650s, and lived in a house called Carter's Corner Place in Hellingly, in the Cuckmere Valley. In 1679 Barton sold his house, owned by generations of his family, to his brother-in-law George Luxford, Sheriff of Sussex, possibly because of crippling fines for his nonconformity. In 1672, Charles II promulgated the Declaration of Indulgence, an attempt to extend religious tolerance to nonconformists and Roman Catholics. It was withdrawn by the king in 1673, under pressure from parliament, and was replaced by the first of the Test Acts. The acts prohibited people who were not proved members of the Church of England from holding public office, and prescribing penal laws for recusants and nonconformists.

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Natural History.- White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 engraved plates, one folding, 2 engraved vignettes to part-titles, errata leaf at end, plates a little foxed and lightly offset on facing text, a lovely clean copy in contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine and green roan label, [British Bee Books 143; Hunt 707; Rothschild 2550], 4to, T.Bensley, 1789.⁂ A cornerstone of English literature and a landmark work in the field of natural history.

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Shooting.- Frankland (Sir Thomas) Cautions to Young Sportsmen, second edition, half-title, some light spotting and staining, modern boards, spine faded, [Schwerdt I, p.187], James Robson, 1801 § § [Magne de Marolles (G.F.) An Essay on Shooting, [translated by ?John Acton], second English edition, half-title, bookplate of Douglas Peter Crossman, a good clean copy in original boards, uncut, rubbed, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, T.Cadell, 1791, 8vo (2)⁂ The first is uncommon; Library Hub locates only 3 copies (BL, LSE and Oxford).

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Lot 293

Sports & Games.- Cotton (Charles) The Compleat Gamester: or, Instructions how to Play...Cards, Dice, Billiards, Trucks, Bowls, or Chess. Also the Arts and Misteries of Riding, Racing, Archery, Cock-fighting..., engraved frontispiece with scenes of billiards, backgammon, dice, cock-fighting and cards, with accompanying letterpress leaf of explanatory verses (shaved at foot affecting a couple of words), contemporary ink signature to title, browned, tear to G1 repaired, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed and marked, rebacked, [cf.Heltzel 407, first edition], for Charles Brome, 1709 § Hoyle (Edmund) Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Backgammon..., eleventh edition, half-title with authorisation on verso signed by the printer and by the author at foot of title, contemporary calf, gilt, joints cracked, spine ends worn, corners bumped, Thomas Osborne, [c.1755]; and 2 others including a 'New Pocket Hoyle' of 1820, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is one of the earliest works in English to describe the game of billiards, first published in 1674. Although popular in its time all editions are scarce. ESTC lists only 5 UK copies of both this edition and of the second item.

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Wrestling & Boxing.- Parkyns (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park) Progymnasmata. The Inn-Play: or, Cornish Hugg Wrestler, third edition, woodcuts, 2 full-page, lacking 2 leaves (appendix and another full-page woodcut of Mr.Peacefull and Mr.Contentious), contemporary panelled calf with "Parkyns" stamped in gilt to both covers, joints split, spine repaired, for Tho. Weekes, 1727 § Hare (Jack) Gladiators of the Prize Ring, first edition, presentation copy from the author with long inscription dated 1932"...To my friend Edwin Peacock from your old Pal Jack Hare the Globetrotter Bantam Weight Champion of South Africa & India 1898-1900. 1904 Chief Boys' Cook C.P.O. RN 1914-1919..." to front pastedown, illustrations, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, rubbed, trace of label to upper cover, Nottingham, [1925], 4to & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an early work on wrestling with references to both fencing and boxing. Parkyns (1664-1741), whilst concerning himself with improving his estate at Bunny in Nottinghamshire, had a lifelong passion for wrestling and recommended throwing one's opponent over one's head. In 1712 he established an annual wrestling match at Bunny which continued until 1810.

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Agriculture.- B[lagrave] (J[oseph]) The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry, first edition, additional engraved title, printed title within double-ruled woodcut border, woodcut head-pieces, 3 advertisement ff. at end, foxing and browning, contemporary sheep, rebacked, upper cover detached, [Fussell pp.76-7; Wing B3115], 8vo, Printed for Ben. Billingsley and Obadiah Blagrave, 1669.⁂ Rare, ESTC lists 5 copies only of this first edition (2 in the UK, BL and Bodleian). This copy with three leaves of advertisements, erroneously not called for in ESTC, but clearly part of the final signature X and in fact present in both the BL and Harvard copies. Includes material on saffron, hops, liquorice, song birds and fruit trees.

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Birds.- Babington (Churchill) Catalogue of the Birds of Suffolk, first edition in book form, presentation copy inscribed by the author, map frontispiece, 7 plates, occasional foxing, original cloth, John Van Voorst, 1884-86 § Ticehurst (Claud B.) A History of the Birds of Suffolk, first edition, folding map, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped and with piece missing from lower panel, 1932 § Glegg (William E.) A History of the Birds of Essex, first edition, plates, folding map, original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly frayed at spine ends, 1929 § Tuck (Rev. Julian G.) Ornithology of Suffolk, offprint, author's own copy with his ink ownership inscription and numerous ink annotations on interleaves, original cloth, Sheffield, William White, 1891; and 4 others, birds and botany, 8vo (8)

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Birds.- Delacour (Jean) The Waterfowl of the World, 4 vol., first edition, 66 colour plates by Peter Scott, 155 map illustrations, vol. 1-3 signed by the artist on front free endpaper, vol. 4 with signed presentation inscription from the author and Peter Scott on front free endpaper, each with an original ornithological illustration by Scott, contemporary blue half morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, gilt, lightly rubbed, spines slightly sunned, t.e.g., [Nissen ZBI 1065], 4to, 1954-64.⁂ The original illustrations are in fountain pen in vol. 1 and 2, and watercolour in vol. 3 and 4.

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Solinus (Caius Julius) Polyhistor, Rerum Toto Orbe Memorabilium Thesaurus Locupletissimus, second edition, collation: a6 B4 a-z4 Aa-Ff4, 2 folding woodcut maps by Sebastian Munster (one of which browned, with small tear at fold foot and small hole to blank margin), numerous woodcut illustrations (some whole page), printer's woodcut device to title and final f. verso, book label laid down to title (obscuring previous ink ownership inscription), bookplates, some cracking to gutter (worst at 1C and hinges), several ff. browned, some light marginal browning and damp-staining, contemporary vellum with morocco label to spine, repair to spine head, small amount of worming to spine, [Adams S-1394; Burden 11], folio (c.300 x 194mm.), Basel, Michael Isingrin, 1543.⁂ Munster's double-page map entitled Asia Minor, which appears here as it did in his first edition of Solinus' Polyhistor in 1538, is the earliest printed map focusing on the continent of Asia, and also contains the first printed representation of the Pacific coast of America.

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Geography.- Introductio ad Geographiam de Sphæra, 65pp., text in Latin, [c.1700] bound with Ad Chronologicas quæstiones, 199pp., text in Latin, [c. 1700] and De la Poesie françoise, 29pp., text in French, [c. 1700], together 3 works in 1 vol., manuscripts, water-stained, some purple spotting and or staining, mostly in final work, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, covers detached, spine worn, water-stained, 8vo.⁂ The first mentioned includes a section on America. Provenance: John Auber (bookplate and signature to head of first mentioned, while at Trinity College, Cambridge).

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Birds.- Delacour (Jean) The Pheasants of the World, one of 100 special copies signed by the author, with additional hand-coloured frontispiece by Timothy Greenwood, this copy with a signed original pencil drawing of a blood pheasant by R. David Digby mounted at front, colour plates and illustrations by J. C. Harrison and R. David Digby,original full green morocco, gilt, covers slightly marked and spine slightly faded, Spur Publications, 1977; and 3 bound volumes containing the first 12 Journals of The World Pheasant Association, two with long presentation inscriptions, bound in red half morocco, gilt, 1975-87, 4to and 8vo (4)⁂ Only 3 copies in existence, all of which owned by founders of the Royal Pheasant Association. Includes original drawing by Ron Digby of a Blood Pheasant, drawn especially for Major Iain Grahame, the first person in the first person in the world to capture and breed this species.

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Dresser (Henry Eeles) A History of the Birds of Europe, including all the Species inhabiting the Western Palaearctic, 9 vol. including supplement, first edition, wood-engraved additional pictorial titles, vol.1 comprising preliminaries, list of subscribers, index etc., 722 lithographed plates (of 723, lacking plate 137 from vol.3), plates after Keulemans, Neale, Wolf and Thorburn, contemporary hand-colouring, most heightened with gum arabic, some plates with stamped numbers, vol.3 corner repair to p.533/4, vol.6 with short tear to lower margin on p.669/70 slightly affecting text, vol.7 plates 483-5 misbound, occasional light spotting affecting some plate margins, contemporary green morocco, ornately gilt with floral and ornithological panel design, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, spines faded, but overall a bright and excellent set, large 4to, [Anker 120; Fine Bird Books p.92; Nissen IVB 267], by the author, 1871-96.⁂ A handsome and bright set of this monumental work, the first complete work on the avifauna of Europe since Gould. It was originally issued in 84 parts with an additional 9 parts in the supplement. Vol.2, 4 & 8 with additional alternative plates in place of others as called for in plate list.

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Birds.- Ferguson (George) Ferguson's Illustrated Series of Rare and Prize Poultry, first edition, hand-coloured lithograph frontispiece and 19 plates only (of 21) by C.J. Culliford, wood-engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, minor spotting, some plates with blue ink stain to verso, original cloth, recased, 8vo, 1854.⁂ Scarce; the last complete copy at auction appeared in 1981. This copy lacking the White and Lemon Shanghaes at pp.17 and 21 respectively (according to the list of plates).

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Birds.- Gould (John) The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, 367 hand-coloured lithographed plates, most heightened with gum arabic, by Gould, H.C. Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Hart, bookplate of Russell James Colman, vol. 4 title with 20mm tear to lower margin, an exceptionally clean copy overall with very occasional finger marking, contemporary dark blue morocco, gilt, the occasional minor scratch, very slight rubbing to corners, [Ayer & Zimmer p.261; Fine Bird Books, p.78; Wood p.365; Nissen 372], folio, [1862-]1873.⁂ An exceptionally clean and handsomely bound copy of what is known as "the most sumptuous and costly of British bird books" (Mullens and Swann). Richard Bowdler Sharpe said of the work: "Such beautiful illustrations...scarcely existed before and are not likely to be surpassed".

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Birds.- Hewitson (William C.) British Oology; being Illustrations of the Eggs of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, 155 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates, occasional spotting, modern dark blue crushed morocco, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, g.e., fine copies, 8vo, Newcastle upon Tyne, [1831-38].⁂ A very handsome set. Without the supplement (1842), which has a further 14 plates. The list of subscribers at end of vol.2 includes J.J. Audubon, John Gould (10 copies), Sir William Jardine, Prideaux John Selby and William Yarrell.

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Birds.- Saunders (Howard) An Illustrated Manual of British Birds, first edition, 1 volume extended to 6, extra-illustrated by the insertion of almost 500 hand-coloured plates of birds and eggs after F.O. Morris, wood-engraved illustrations, double-page colour maps,occasional foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere and Son, spines uniformly discoloured to brown, t.e.g., others uncut, a lavish set, 8vo, 1889.⁂ A sumptuous set with a distinguished provenance: Robert Clayton Swan (bookplate) W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate). Mullens & Swann p. 509 ('the best and most reliable book on British birds'); Nissen IVB 817; Wood p. 551 ('one of the best works on the subject'); Zimmer p. 547 ('the best work of its kind').

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Birds.- Scott (Peter) Morning Flight, first edition, one of 750 copies signed by the author, half-title, 63 plates (of which 16 coloured), extra-illustrated with an original watercolour by Scott to front free endpaper, signed and dated August 1965, original dust-jacket bound at end, a few abrasion marks to rear free endpapers, blue silk endpapers, specially bound in contemporary blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere for Henry Sotheran, upper cover with embossed leather illustration of three swans in flight, spine sunned and very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in a blue slip case, worn at extremities, 4to, 1935.

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Scotland.- Bonar Family.- Bonar (John, Minister at Torphichen, son of John Bonar, fifth Laird of Kilgraston, 1671-1747) [Sermons] & Communion Sermons, 2 vol., manuscripts, together c. 370pp., browned, original roan, first vol. lower cover detached, second vol. piece removed from margin, both vol. extensively rubbed, 155 x 97mm., 1701 & 1725; and 12 others and a packet of related ephemera relating to the Bonar family, including a vol. with manuscript sermons of some of the John Bonars of the 18th century, a vol. of shorthand notes and a vol. of printed pamphlets by John James Bonar (1803-91), Free Church of Scotland minister, v.s., v.d. (12).There are 12 items in the lot, along with the packet of related ephemera. 

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Birds.- Scott (Peter) Wild Chorus, first edition, one of 1250 copies signed by the author, half-title, 89 plates (of which 29 coloured), extra-illustrated with an original watercolour by Scott to front free endpaper, signed and dated March 1966, original dust-jacket bound at end (with some restoration at head), blue silk endpapers, specially bound in contemporary blue morocco by Bayntun-Riviere for Henry Sotheran, upper cover with embossed leather illustration of birds in flight, spine sunned and very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, housed in a blue slip case, rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1938.

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Birds.- Wildfowl.- Smith (Sydney H.) Snowden Slights, Wildfowler, first edition, plates and illustrations, loosely inserted 3pp. A.L.s. by the author dated 1917 to J.W. Whitaker and with Whitaker's ownership signature and pencil marginalia, original pictorial cloth, gilt, York, T.A.J. Waddington, 1912; another edition, paperback edition in original red printed pictorial wrappers (titled "The Art of an Old Wildfowler" on upper cover), York, 1912; another edition, number 1 of 35 copies from a total edition of 500, initialled in pencil by the publisher, 2pp. article from Country Life by Iain Grahame loosely inserted, original dark blue half morocco, gilt, 1984; another copy, one of 465 copies initialled in pencil by the publisher (who incorrectly gives the limitation as 464 copies), original rexine-backed cloth, 1984, 8vo (4)⁂ All four issues of this scarce work about the "Last of the Yorkshire Wildfowlers" with a list of the birds of Derwent Valley.

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Botany.- Dodoens (Rembert) Florum et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, first edition, collation: A-V8, woodcut printer's device to title, 108 woodcut botanical illustrations by Arnaud Nicolai and G. van Kampen after P. van der Borcht, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, later ink ms. titles and numbering to woodcuts, trimmed at head, just touching the odd headline, some water-staining, mostly at end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with red morocco label, vellum corners, spine ends chipped / wormed, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, [Hunt 101; Nissen BBI 514; Pritzel 2347; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 1486], 8vo (163 x 99mm.), Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1568.⁂ Devoted to those flowers and herbs used in garlands and wreaths. A garden planted with such flowers was sometimes referred to as a 'hortus coronarius'. Among the flowers Dodoens describes are the rose, violet, lily, marguerite, marigold, iris, narcissus, and carnation, along with sweet-smelling herbs such as thyme, marjoram, and lavender. Provenance: 'Martini ?Gilling' (early ink inscription to title); 'Les 3 volumes in 80 on été vendus 21 francs chez l'Héritier, no.947 de son catalogue' (19th century ink inscription to front free endpaper); Muesaeo Mouton-Fontenille Academiae Lugdunensis (large engraved armorial bookplate); C.E. Rappaport Libri Rari (bookseller's ticket); The Warren H. Corning Collection Horticultural Classics (modern bookplate).

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Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title, numerous woodcut illustrations, final leaf with lower half cut away, affecting text of errata on verso, lacking initial and final blank leaves, a few other leaves loose, a few short tears, damp-staining throughout, with mould towards beginning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners and edges worn, [STC 11751; Garrison-Morton 1820; Henrey I, pp.48-54; Hunt 223], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.⁂ The preferred edition of the greatest English herbal, expanded and improved by Thomas Johnson from the 1597 first edition.

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Botany.- Hill (John) The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain..., first edition, engraved frontispiece by Roberts after Samuel Wale, title in red & black, engraved title-vignette and coat-of-arms of Duke of Northumberland at head of dedication, 75 engraved plates after Darly & Edwards and others, printed mostly in double-column, old inscription to head of title and modern inscription of "Ian Coughlin, Herbalist" to verso of frontispiece, short tear to lower edge of frontispiece just touching caption (repaired), final leaf creased, an excellent clean copy, engraved bookplate of Sir Harry Parker Bart., contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, some staining, spine ends repaired, new endpapers, [Henrey 799; Hunt 557; Nissen BBI 881], folio, T.Osborne and J.Shipton..., 1756.⁂ Sir Harry Parker, Bart. (1735-1812), of Melford Hall, Long Melford, Suffolk.

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Botany.- Mee (Margaret) Flowers of the Brazilian Forests, number 38 of 100 specially bound copies with an original watercolour by the author, signed by the author on colophon, original watercolour of a Tibouchina (c.330 x 240mm.), signed and numbered by Mee, tipped-in before title with tissue guard, 32 colour lithograph plates by the author (including frontispiece) with tissue guards, pictorial endpapers, original full vellum, gilt, spine a little sunned, t.e.g., original cloth slip case, slightly scuffed, folio, The Tyron Gallery, 1968.⁂ Mee was an English botanical artist and conservationist who spent more than thirty years exploring the Amazon, collecting, preserving and illustrating the flora which she encountered. In his Introduction to this work, Roberto Burle Marx - internationally renowned landscape architect and one of the first ecologists to call for the conservation of the Brazilian rainforests - recalls how Mee, on expeditions into the forest, possessed such keen instinct and observation that she would surprise the party by consistently finding the rarest species. Indeed, she discovered and recorded several species new to science, some of which are presented here for the first time. Foreword by Sir George Taylor, Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew from 1956-1971. Produced under the patronage of HRH. The Duke of Edinburgh.

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Botany.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plantes, first edition, additional engraved allegorical title by W.Marshall, over 2700 woodcut illustrations, lacking initial blank, engraved title soiled & stained and defective at outer corners (laid down on linen, also letterpress title), some other soiling and staining, some leaves slightly smaller (trimmed or supplied from another copy), final few leaves frayed and reinforced at edges, errata leaf torn and laid down, a few other minor marginal tears and repairs, modern ink inscription "Ian Coughlin Herbalist..." to front free endpaper, modern panelled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, spine slightly faded, [STC 19302; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490], folio, by Tho. Cotes, 1640.⁂ Monumental English herbal listing some 3800 plants.

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Botany.- Theophrastus. De historia plantarum libri decem, edited by Joannes Bodaeus von Stapel, fine engraved architectural title, woodcut initials and numerous botanical illustrations, printed in double column with text in parallel Greek and Latin, small ink stain to 4H4 affecting woodcuts, a few other small spots but generally an excellent crisp and clean copy, contemporary vellum with central arabesque lozenge in blind, a little rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, upper joint repaired, [Hunt 240; Wellcome V, 251], folio, Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1644.⁂ First edition of "one of the best and most thoughtfully-prepared editions of all the editions of Theophrastus" (Hunt). Unlike most botanical works of the time, which concentrated on the medicinal qualities of the plants, Bodaeus von Stapel focused on the classification of plants, thereby producing one of the most influential botanical works of the 17th century. "It is interesting not only because of the brilliance of the editing, but, curiously enough, to the American botanist as well, for involving in the discussion certain species from Virginia, other parts of the New World, and Asia. The illustrations of these plants have been largely overlooked in botanical history, because of their incidental presence in a work which might not be expected to contain anything of the sort. Some were merely borrowed from l'Ecluse or de Lobel, but others seem original in this work.' (H.H. Bartlett in Fifty-five Rare Books, quoted by Hunt).

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Darwin (Charles) The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, first edition, first issue, 7 heliotype plates (3 folding), slightly creased with some finger soiling, numbered in Arabic, engraved illustrations, ink stamp to contents page (touching text) and plate, and a few others, lacking final 5 leaves (all after p.168; index and advertisements), title browned at margins, occasional spotting, some light finger soiling, later half calf, spine a little rubbed, [Freeman 1141; G&M 4975], John Murray, 1872; Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology..., engraved illustrations, bookplate to front pastedown, very occasional light foxing, upper hinge cracked but firm, original cloth, spine head chipped, [Freeman 38], John Murray, 1882; and 3 others Darwin, 8vo (5)

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Entomology.- Evans (W.F.) British Libellulinae: or, Dragon-Flies, first edition, 21 lithograph plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, some with pencil annotations, a few light spots, original cloth, paper spine label slightly chipped, housed in a fleece-lined cloth drop-back box, Printed for Private Circulation, 1845 § Martin (W.C.L.) A General History of Humming-Birds...with especial reference to the Collection of J. Gould, 15 stunning hand-coloured engraved plates, heightened with gold, minor spotting, original cloth, spine very slightly faded, 1852, 8vo (2)⁂ Two rare and beautifully-illustrated works in lovely condition.

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Gardening.- La Quintinye (Jean de) The Compleat Gard'ner; or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens, first English edition, translated by John Evelyn, title in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 plates (2 folding), 8 charming vignette head-pieces, illustrations, one folding plate with short tear, slight worming to some inner margins, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked preserving old label, rubbed, [Henrey 218; Hunt 388; Keynes 103; Wing L431], folio, Printed for Matthew Gillyflower...and James Partridge, 1693.⁂ The author was director of the fruit and kitchen gardens of the French royal households from 1670 to 1688. Includes a section on Orange-Trees and Melons, not found in the French editions.Provenance: Henry Massingberd of Gunby Hall, Lincolnshire (bookplate dated 1781).

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Haeckel (Prof. Dr. Ernst ) Kunstformen der Natur, 2 parts and supplement in 1 vol., 100 plates, several colour, some chromolithographed, a few with outline key on tissue overlay, light foxing to first few leaves, occasional marginal staining, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, preserved in modern cloth slip-case,[Nissen ZBI 1783], 4to, Leipzig & Vienna, [1904].⁂ An inspirational work which influenced the decorative design elements of Art Nouveau, it is seen as a bridge between science and art. The stunning plates depict a range of life forms, structures and organisms, with animals and plants from land and sea, many being illustrated and described for the first time. These include radiolarians, which Haeckel helped to popularise among amateur microscopists, sea anemones, and jelly fish.

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Horses.- Ruini (Carlo) Anatomia del Cavallo, Infermita, et suoi Remedii, 2 parts in 1, second edition, title in red & black with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and 64 illustrations, most full-page, title browned, some water-staining, library stamps to titles and one or two other leaves (some old in red ink), early nineteenth century half vellum, red roan labels, rubbed, [Nissen ZBI 3514; Wellcome 5625], folio, Venice, Fiorauante Prati, 1618.⁂ Rare equine anatomy, the first monograph on the anatomy of an animal other than man, with woodcuts inspired by Vesalius. It was first published in Bologna in 1598 and reissued in 1599.

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Insects.- [Gleichen-Russworm (Wilhelm Friedrich von)] Histoire de la Mouche Commune de nos Appartemens, first French edition, engraved head-piece, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates by Johann Christoph Keller after Gleichen-Russworm, a little spotting, particularly to first plate, some browning to text, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen ZBI 1592; Wellcome III, 125], folio, Nuremberg, 1766.⁂ Scarce monograph on the common house fly, with fine plates by the Nuremberg painter J.C.Keller after the author's detailed drawings made using a microscope.

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Lydekker (Richard) The Deer of All Lands, first edition, one of 500 copies signed by the publisher, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, contemporary green cloth, gilt, covers slightly warped, spine sunned, [Nissen ZBI 2604; Wood, p.444], 1898 § Edwards (Lionel) and Harold Frank Wallace. Hunting & Stalking The Deer, one of 156 copies signed by the authors, 8 chromolithographed plates with captioned tissue-guards, bookplate of Beavan, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, also tipped-in magazine article dated 1976, scattered light spotting, original red cloth, gilt, t.e.g., 1927, half-titles, illustrations, corners and spine ends bumped, 4to (2)

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Stubbs (George) The Anatomy of the Horse, first edition, first issue, 24 fine engraved plates, all washed, light browning to text ff., 'To the Reader' and final leaf with repaired tears to verso, small ink stamp to title and one other text leaf, a couple of other minor professional repairs, lacking the errata slip, contemporary half calf, rebacked, rubbed, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Garrison and Morton 308.1; Lennox-Boyd Stubbs, pp. 165-188; Mellon Books on the Horse and Horsemanship 57; Nissen ZBI 4027; Norman 2032 (later issue, plates watermarked '1798')], oblong folio, Printed by J. Purser, for the Author, 1766.⁂ A very good copy of this landmark work on equine anatomy. This copy in the first issue, without watermarks and on laid paper. The artist, previously renowned as a portrait painter, became synonymous with depicting horses after this work, showing off his supreme draughtsmanship and observational talents, was published.Provenance: Royal Veterinary College (ink library stamp). This copy came from the private collection of the late book dealer and collector, Norman Comben, who was permitted to purchase a few duplicate copies from the RVC library in return for a detailed cataloguing of their collection many years ago; Dr Niall Kenny (small circular bookplate).

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White (Rev. Gilbert) The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, first edition, 2 engraved vignette sub-titles, folding engraved frontispiece and 6 plates, errata leaf at end, occasional foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, a little sunned, upper joint just starting, g.e., Printed by T. Bensley, 1789 § Bewick (Thomas) A Natural History of British Quadrupeds..., 7 vol. in 1, with general title, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations, each vol. lacking individual title, later red crushed morocco, gilt, g.e., Alnwick, Printed at the Apollo Press, 1809, 4to and 12mo (2)

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Angling.- Tolfrey (Frederic) Jones's Guide to Norway, and Salmon-Fisher's Pocket Companion, first edition, additional tinted lithograph title, frontispiece, 8 fine hand-coloured plates of flies, copious pencil annotations, original cloth, recased, 1848 § [Fitzgibbon (Edward)] "Ephemera". The Book of the Salmon, 9 engraved plates, all but one hand-coloured, bookplate of David MacBrayne, contemporary morocco, slightly marked, 1850 § Ronalds (Alfred) The Fly Fisher's Entomology, third edition, 20 hand-coloured engraved plates, bookplate of Thomas Picton Rose Richards, later green half morocco, gilt, 1844 § Walton (Izaak) and Charles Cotton. The Complete Angler, 2 parts in 1, first Hawkins edition, engraved plates and illustrations, index at end foxed (as usual), later green morocco, gilt, g.e., 1760; and 4 others, angling, v.s. (8)⁂ The first mentioned, issued at the instigation of J. Jones (a tackle dealer of Jermyn Street), is the first and most acclaimed of British books about angling in Norway.

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Chess.- Greco (Gioachino) The Royall Game of Chesse-Play, first edition in English, translated by Francis Beale, engraved portrait frontispiece just trimmed at fore-edge to plate-mark, title within typographic border, slightly trimmed at lower and fore-edge, woodcut illustration of a chess board on B7 verso, initial and final blank leaves present, some light foxing and browning,modern half calf, [Wing G1810; LN 395; Whyld & Ravilious 1656:2; Eales, A History of Chess, (1985), 96-97], 8vo, Printed for Henry Herringman, 1656.⁂ The first work on chess in English to note that the rook was sometimes depicted as a castle. This is a translation of Gioachino's Trattato del nobilissimo giuoco degli scacchi. Greco was a native of Calabria, the same province of Naples that had produced the chess masters Giovanni Leonard and Michele di Mauro. A5r has a poem by Richard Lovelace and there are several states of the preliminaries known: our copy has A5r untitled and unsigned but A4v with catchword 'Sir'. Other states have a similar A5r but no catchword on A4v; or A5 signed either 'R.L.' or 'Richard Lovelace', signalling demonstrably later states.

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Chess.- Lambe (Robert) The History of Chess, first edition, uncut with wide margins, some light foxing and toning, later red half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, [LN176; Whyld & Ravilious 1764:3], 8vo, 1764.⁂ The first work in English on the history of Chess. Provenance: E.M. Cox (bookplate)

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Chess.- [Montigny (Alfred de)] Les Stratagèmes des Échecs, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, 122 diagrams printed in ochre, red and black, with final imprimatur f., final diagram and imprimatur ff. with loss to margins, occasional spotting, bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 16mo, Paris, Amand König, and Strasbourg, An X [1801-02].⁂ Charming chess manual, a classic in its field. COPAC lists only 3 copies in UK (BL, Cambridge & City of London Guildhall).

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Chess.- Philidor (François Danican) L'Analyze des Echecs: contenant une Nouvelle Methode pour apprendre en peu de Tems a se perfectioner dans ce Noble Jeu, first edition, second issue without list of subscribers, 19th century cloth with monogram and crown of Dom Ferdinand II of Portugal to upper cover and his royal arms to lower cover, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, hinges repaired, 8vo, 1749.⁂ First edition of one of the great early chess books with an excellent royal provenance.

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Magna Carta.- An exact copy of King John's Great Charter of 1215, transcribed from the fire damaged but legible manuscript in the Cottonian Library, British Library, hand-coloured copper engraving by John Pine, printed on vellum, the central text panel flanked by side borders with the arms of the twenty-five barons, platemark c.694-480mm. (27 1/4 x 19 in.), margins beyond nailed to old wooden stretcher, J. Pine, 1733.⁂ Arguably the most significant legal document in the English-speaking world. An excellent example of the first of three issues, with Pine's Little Britain address, and one of the early impressions on vellum, which preceded those on paper.

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Chess.- Ponziani (Domenico Lorenzo) Il Giuoco Incomparabile degli Scacchi, second edition, woodcut decorations and decorative initials, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, 4to, Venice, Simone Occhi, 1773.⁂ Second edition of this work on chess published for the first time in Modena in 1769.Provenance: J.W. Rimington Wilson, Chess Library (ink inscription on front pastedown); other earlier ink annotations and calculations in Italian on front free endpaper; Brooklyn Public Library (ink stamp on rear free endpaper).

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Chess.- Shastree (Trevangadacharya) Essays on Chess adapted to the European Mode of Play, first edition, lacking first leaf of list of subscribers, other leaves at end defective and repaired with slight loss of text, staining from old ink doodling on final leaf of text, staining, contemporary roan-backed boards, worn, 4to, Bombay, Printed for the Author, by M.D. Cruz, 1814.⁂ Rare Indian printing.

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Chess.- Stamma (Phillip) The Noble Game of Chess, 2 parts in 1, first edition, folding diagram with tear at fold repaired, title slightly foxed, later half russia, rubbed, joints worn, 8vo, Printed for J. Brindley, 1745.

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Shooting.- [Hawker (Lt. Col. Peter)] Instructions to Young Sportsmen, first edition, occasional foxing, contemporary ownership inscriptions, uncut in original boards, rebacked, preserved in suede-lined morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, 8vo, 1814.⁂ Scarce anonymous first edition of this extremely popular book, which ran to numerous editions in his lifetime, by a Peninsular War veteran.

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Sporting.- Some Account of Jura Red Deer, first edition, interleaved but only one p. with ms notes, bookplate of J.A. Harvie-Brown, original cloth, Derby, Printed by Francis Carter, [c.1891] § St. John (Charles) Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands, large paper copy, tipped-in colour plates, a few leaves partially browned from ?old bookmark, original pictorial vellum, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, covers just starting to bow, London & Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, 1919; and another similar, v.s. (3)⁂ The first is very rare - a facsimile reprint was produced in 1993 limited to 200 copies, but there appear to be no auction records for this original edition.

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Sporting.- [Dunkin (Robert)] "Snaffle". The Roedeer, subscription edition, colour plates, list of subscribers at end, original limp pictorial cloth, gilt, 1904 § Calderwood (W.L.) The Salmon Rivers and Lochs of Scotland, one of 250 copies, plates, contemporary red half morocco, gilt, by Maclehose of Glasgow, upper cover and spine slightly sunned, t.e.g., others uncut, bookplate of Sir Edward Priaulx Tennant, Bart., 1909 § Sporting Repository (The), 19 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, superb copy in red crushed morocco, gilt, by Morrell, bookplate of George Seton Veitch, 1822 § [Apperley (C.J.)] "Nimrod". The Life of a Sportsman, first edition, first issue, additional hand-coloured engraved title and 35 fine hand-coloured plates by Henry Alken, plates at pp.13, 14, 18 and 55 mounted (signifying first issue) and that at p.348 titled "The Shooting Drag a la Tandem", advertisement leaves at end, hinges just starting, original cloth, spine gilt, an exceptionally fine copy, bookplate of John Dunn Gardner and George Seton Veitch, 1842; and another, sporting, handsomely bound, 8vo and 4to (5)

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Sporting.- Rawstorne (Lawrence) Gamonia: or, the Art of Preserving Game, first edition, 15 hand-coloured aquatint plates, occasional light foxing, later green crushed morocco, gilt, by L. Broca, g.e., morocco doublures and green watered silk endpapers, a lovely copy, Rudolph Ackermann, 1837 § Lydekker (R.) A Trip to Pilawin, the Deer-Park of Count Joseph Potocki in Volhynia Russia, first edition, illustrations, Presentation inscription from Count Potocki to The Duke of Bedford, original pictorial cloth, 1908; and an attractively bound but incomplete copy of The Gentleman's Recreation [1686], 8vo (3)

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Sporting.- Schwerdt (C. F. G. R.) Hunting, Hawking, Shooting: A Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Prints, and Drawings, 4 vol., first edition, one of 300 copies, with vol. 1 signed by the author, 283 plates (of which 138 coloured), head- and tail-pieces, decorative gilt endpapers, contemporary green half morocco by Kelly & Sons, very lightly rubbed, t.e.g., others uncut, privately printed for the author, large 4to, 1928-37.

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Bartholin (Thomas) Bartholinus Anatomy; made from the Precepts of his Father, and from the Observations of all Modern Anatomists...., 4 folding engraved plates, c.70 engraved illustrations in text, with final advertisement leaf bound at beginning rather than end (torn and laid down), ink inscription "John Smith July 27th 1843" to head of title and with his extensive annotations to endpapers including recipes for lime water, stomach piles etc., another ink inscription to title, browned, a few stains, one plate and Yy1 torn and repaired, paper flaw hole to Zz1 with loss of a few letters, a few other minor defects/repairs, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed and stained, repairs to spine, corners and lower cover, [Wellcome II, 107; Wing BB977], folio, by John Streater, 1668.⁂ Bartholin (1616-80) was a Danish physician, naturalist, physiologist and anatomist, son of the anatomist Caspar Bartholin. He was the first professor of anatomy at Copenhagen and greatly expanded knowledge of the working anatomy of various glands and their ducts, and the biliary and lymphatic systems, being the first to describe the thoracic duct in man.

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Bell (Sir Charles) The Anatomy of the Brain, first edition,12 stipple-engraved and aquatint plates by T.Medland & others after Bell, some printed in colours, all but one finished by hand, tissue guards, contemporary ink inscription of L.S.Rees to head of title, text a little browned, some light marginal soiling and staining to plates, later half maroon calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and stained, joints split, spine ends worn, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, [Wellcome II, p.315], 4to, 1802.⁂ Important treatise on the brain illustrated with magnificent engravings. Bell studied the brain and the nervous system throughout his life and discovered the two distinct types of nerves, sensory and motor.

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Brambilla (Giovanni Alessandro) Instrumentarium chirurgicum militare Austriacum, first edition, printed on thick paper, engraved title, dedication, head- & tail-pieces and 67 plates, with the 5 leaves of Preface (often lacking), a little browned, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with faint unobtrusive stamp to plates and stain to head of title and dedication where stamp removed, modern blue morocco-backed cloth, spine gilt, uncut, [Wellcome II, 229], folio, [Vienna, Matthias Schmidt], 1782.⁂ The most complete survey of surgical and medical instruments of its time, illustrating over 600 instruments in actual size, some invented by the author. Brambilla was personal physician to Emperor Joseph II and established a school for military surgery in Vienna in 1781.

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Cardiology.- Lower (Richard) Tractatus de Corde item De Motu & Colore Sanguinus et Chyli in cum Transitu, first edition, 7 folding engraved plates, near contemporary ink inscription to title, A6 replaced with cancel leaf, bookplates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt arms to covers, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Norman 1397; PMM 149; Russell 539; Wellcome III, 552; Wing L3310], 8vo, Typis Jo. Redmayne impensis Jacobi Allestry, 1669.⁂ Nobel Laureate André Cournand considered Lower's book to be one of the most important texts on physiology because of the nature of its observations, the rigour of it experimental design and demonstrations, and its simple and convincing form of presentation.Provenance. Bookplate and arms of Petrus Daniel Huetius, Bishop of Avranches. His library and manuscripts, although bequeathed elsewhere, were eventually bought by the King of France for the Royal Library.

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Collins (Samuel) A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants, 2 vol., first edition, licence leaf, engraved portrait by William Faithorne and frontispiece of the Theatrum Cutlerianum (latter bound as additional title in vol.2), titles printed in red and black, 74 engraved plates in vol.2 with letterpress descriptions to verso (including the scarce additional plate between pp. 934-935), woodcut initials and headpieces, with 8pp. 'Preface to Tables' in vol.2 and 5 of the inserted dedications (seemingly lacking those between pp.410 & 411 and pp.509 & 511 but some misbound), portrait lacking small portion from lower inner margin just touching border (repaired), title spotted and soiled, some other foxing, water-staining to vol.2 affecting plates, plate I torn and frayed at inner edge with slight loss (repaired), ex-library copy with faint stamp to plates, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Norman 498; Russell 194; Wellcome II, 373; Wing C5387], folio, Thomas Newcomb, 1685.⁂ The number of dedications varies: according to Russell "one copy has been noted with nine dedications, but the usual number is four". This copy has five: to the Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Devonshire, Duke of Norfolk, Charles Cheyne, and Lord Bennet Sherard.

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Cowper (William) Myotomia Reformata: or an Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, first folio edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved double-page list of muscles, 67 anatomical plates (some after Rubens and Raphael) including plate 13 in 2 states, diagrams and illustrations, head- & tail-pieces and pictorial initials, some plates with pencil or ink sketches to verso, some soiling and staining, mostly marginal, plate I and S1 torn and repaired affecting image and text, a few other marginal tears and repairs, modern panelled calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with red morocco label, [Norman 530; Russell 210; Wellcome II, 401], folio, [printed by William Bowyer] for Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724.⁂ First published in 1694 in 8vo with 10 plates, this grander version was published posthumously under the supervision and at the expense of the physician Richard Mead. "It ranks as one of the finest artistic anatomical productions of the period, not only for the quality of the large plates but for the engraved vignettes of musclemen used as head- and tail-pieces, and the ingenious historiated initials." (Norman)

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Crooke (Helkiah) Microcosmographia [graece]: A Description of the Body of Man..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, fine additional engraved pictorial title by M.Droeshout, letterpress title to first part with woodcut of muscleman holding dagger & flayed skin and title to second part with wounded man, both with woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous illustrations, second part with 'Printer to the Reader' leaf with large woodcut and Contents & errata leaves at end but lacking final blank (as usual), contemporary ink signature of Robert Perry Junr. to head of first title, engraved title soiled & torn and with first letterpress title both defective at fore-margin (repaired), also some leaves at end, Bb6, Ll1 & Vvv5 in first part all a little short and with piece attached at foot (?supplied from another copy), some soiling and water-staining, modern calf with border tooled in blind, red morocco label, [Russell 224; STC 6063; Wellcome 1686], folio, printed by Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, 1631.⁂ Compilation on anatomy first published in 1615, with the text mostly taken from Bauhin's Theatrum anatomicum and the works of Du Laurens. This second edition also includes the first appearance in English of Ambroise Paré's tract An explanation of the fashion and use of three and fifty instruments of chirurgery which was not otherwise issued until 1634, and which features many woodcuts of surgical instruments. ESTC does not call for either the final errata leaf or blank.

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