Plutarch. Lives, translated from the Greek by several hands, 5 volumes, London: Jacob Tonson, 1683-86, engraved frontispiece to each and numerous plates, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with:Spanheim (Ezechiel), Orbis romanus, seu Ad constitutionem Antonini ... exercitationes duae, 2nd edition, London: A. & J. Churchill, 1703, ink shelf number to title, few illustrations of coins, bookplate of art historian Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018) to upper pastedown, modern dark brown morocco, 4to,Suetonius Tranquillus (Caius), The Lives of the Twelve Cæsars, the first Emperors of Rome ... now done into English by several hands, London: Tho. Hodgkin for Awnsham & John Churchill, 1698, engraved frontispiece and portrait plates, some browning, front free endpaper discarded, armorial bookplate of Earl of Harrington to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, some wear to extremities, 8vo,Plutarch, Lives, translated from the original Greek..., and a new life of Plutarch by John Langhorne and William Langhorne, 5 volumes, Dublin: Printed by T. Ewing, 1771, engraved frontispiece to volume 1 and numerous plates, contemporary calf, joints cracked and some light wear, 8vo, plus others relatedQTY: (13)
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![[Jenkin, Robert]. An Historical Examination of the authority of General Councils, shewing the false dealing that hath been us](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e9dc0ac2-559f-4025-a874-ae7e01100a9c/ca5ab736-9a37-43c0-a5fc-ae7f00f71eff/468x382.jpg)
[Jenkin, Robert]. An Historical Examination of the authority of General Councils, shewing the false dealing that hath been used in the publishing of them; and the difference amongst the papists themselves about their number, London: Henry Mortlock, 1688, [20], 76 p., imprimatur leaf present, small repaired hole to final leaf (not affecting text) and lightly dust-soiled, bound with:[Comber, Thomas], A discourse concerning the Second Council of Nice, which first introduced and established image-worship in the Christian Church, anno Dom. 787., London: Walter Kettilby, 1688, [16], 59, [1] p., imprimatur leaf present, bound with,Stillingfleet (Edward), The Council of Trent examin’d and disprov’d by Catholick tradition, in the main points in controversie between us and the Church of Rome; with a particular account of the times and occasions of introducing them; part I. To which a preface is prefixed concerning the true sense of the Council of Trent and the notion of transubstantiation, London: Henry Mortlock, 1688, [4], xxiii, [5], 147, [1] p., half-title with imprimatur to verso, some light mottling throughout, strengthening repair to verso of final leaf to upper outer blank corner, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, Wrest Park armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, 19th century red morocco backed red cloth, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:1. Wing J568; ESTC R21313.2. Wing C5461; ESTC R22713.3. Wing S5569; ESTC R4970.
Morton (Richard). Phthisiologia, or a Treatise of Consumptions, 1st edition in English, Sam. Smith & Benj. Walford, 1694, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart, minor spotting or browning, contemporary paneled calf, rubbed, a little cracked on joints, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Garrison & Morton 3216 (first Latin edition, 1689); Wing M2830. The first important work in English on pulmonary consumption, and the first account of anorexia nervosa.
Sturt (John, 1668-1730). The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments... , John Baskett, 1717, 22 pages of preliminaries including portraits of George I and a double portrait of the Prince and Princess of Wales, list of subscribers and volvelle on page v present but lacking pointer, as usual, 166 pages, all engraved by John Sturt with illustrations, vignettes, ornate initials and ornamental borders, contemporary ownership inscription inked out on front free endpaper with later gift inscription inscribed beneath, 'The Gift of Mrs Eliz: Russel to a daughter in law Mary Russell, 18 July 1751', contemporary tooled black calf, gilt-decorated spine in 6 compartments, rubbed, slightly cracked on joints and a little chipped at head of spine, some corner and edge wear, top outer corner of upper board bruised, 8vo (198 x 118 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:First edition of this ornate version of the Book of Common Prayer. There was also a quarto edition and variants of the octavo edition with the pages ruled in red.
Park (Mungo). Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the directions and patronage of the African Association, in the years 1795,1796, and 1797... with an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell, 1st edition, London: printed by W. Bulmer & Co. for the author, 1799, half title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 5 engraved plates, 3 folding maps and charts (one with reinforcements to verso), occasional light offsetting and dust-soiling, modern red morocco gilt, 4to, together with a worn copy of the 5th octavo edition (1807) of the same workQTY: (2)NOTE:First volume from the library of Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735-1811, and Prime Minister from 1768-1770), his signature and date of 1799 at head of title and bookplates at front.
Guidott (Thomas). A Collection of Treatises relating to the City and Waters of Bath..., To which is added, Thermae Redivivae; or, The City of Bath described, &c. by Henry Chapman, 1725, six separate title-pages (dated 1724/1725), 4 engraved plates (including one folding), faint ink library stamp to title and plates, some slight dampstaining & mottling, together with:Handley (James), Colloquia chirurgica: or, the Art of Surgery..., 4th edition, A. Bettesworth & C. Hitch, 1733, title somewhat soiled with closed tear repairs and faint library stamp, re-hinged, occasional spotting, both 20th-century library cloth with gilt stamp of Birmingham Medical Institute at foot, slightly rubbed and soiled, first copy faded on spine, second copy with upper cover detached, both 8voQTY: (2)
Hales (Stephen). Vegetable Staticks: Or, An Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables: Being an Essay towards a Natural History of Vegetation. Also, a Specimen of an attempt to analyse the Air... , 1st edition, W. & J. Innys & T. Woodward, 1727, 19 engraved plates, old dampstain to blank foremargins with neat repairs to title and first dedication leaf, foremargin of D4 and final 2 leaves slightly frayed, contemporary panelled calf with antique-style calf gilt reback, some edge and corner wear, together with:Hales (Stephen), Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; or, an Account of some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables... , 2 volumes, 3rd edition, W. Innyes & R. Manby, T. Woodward & J. Peele, 1738, 19 engraved plates, pp. 343-346 of volume 1 detached, some old dampstaining to endpapers at front and rear of volume 2, contemporary calf gilt, joints of volume 1 cracked, all 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Hales's important and pioneering works influenced de Saussure, Black, Lavoisier, Priestley and others. 'He was the first to realise that carbon dioxide was applied to plants by the air and formed a vital part of the plant's food supply... he was also a pioneer of public health. He supported the temperance movement and was responsible for the introduction of the 'gin laws'. He was inventor of artificial ventilation... [and] developed methods of measuring unfathomable depths, for distilling freshwater from the sea, and for the preservation of meat and water on voyages' (PMM 189).
Berkeley (George). Siris: A Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and divers other Subjects Connected and Arising one from the other, 2nd edition, Improved and Corrected by the Author, Dublin printed, London re-printed, for W. Innys, C. Hitch & C. Davis, 1744, bound with: Prior (Thomas), An Authentick Narrative of the Success of Tar-Water, in Curing a great number and variety of Distempers, with Remarks and Occasional Papers relative to the Subject... , Dublin printed, London re-printed [1st London edition], for W. Innyes, C. Hitch, M. Cooper and C. Davis, 1746, a little spotting and a few small brown streaks to lower margins of leaves at end of first work and beginning of second work, contemporary 17-line manuscript poem in praise of Berkeley by 'A young Gentleman whose Health had been re-established by Means of Tar-Water', neatly written to front free endpaper verso, signed 'C.S.', dated 13 January 1778 and sent by D.G. from Maidstone to the London Chronicle of 11 April 1778, hinges cracked and with old paper repairs, contemporary marbled boards with modern antique-style calf reback with gilt-titled leather spine label, some corner wear, 8vo, together with: Nugent (Christopher), An Essay on the Hydrophobia: To which is prefixed the Case of a Person who was bit by a Mad Dog; Had the Hydrophobia; and was happily cured, 1st edition, 1753, ink library stamp to title and ink mark to final leaf, closed tear to inner margin of E1, 20th-century library cloth with Birmingham Medical Institute gilt stamp at foot, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at foot of spine, 8vo QTY: (2)
Price (Richard). Four Dissertations. I. On Providence, II. On Prayer. III. On the reasons for expecting that virtuous men shall meet after death in a state of happiness. IV. On the importance of Christianity, the nature of historical evidence, and miracles, 2nd edition, with additions, London: A. Millar & T. Cadell, 1768, early ownership signature J. Hooker 1772 to title and later ink stamp, scattered spotting, margins of first and last leaves browned, modern brown morocco, 8vo, together with:[Horsley, Samuel], Letters from the Archdeacon of Saint Albans, in reply to Dr. Priestley. With an appendix, containing short strictures on Dr. Priestley's letters by an unknown hand, London: James Robson, 1784, ink library number at foot of contents leaf, bound with, [Horsley, Samuel], Remarks upon Dr Priestley's second letters [on the Divinity of Christ] to the Archdeacon of St Alban's [S. H.], with proofs of certain facts asserted by the Archdeacon, London: J. Robson, 1786, half-title, catchword of contents leaf cropped, modern half cloth, 8vo,[Jones, William], A small whole-length of Dr Priestley from his printed works: ... concluding with an analysis, and an appendix of extracts from the writings of Dr Priestley, which were read in court at the Assizes at Warwick, London: F. & C. Rivington, 1792, without portrait, light scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, modern two-tone cloth, slim 8voQTY: (3)
Gibbon (Edward). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 volumes, mixed editions (vol. 1 third ed., vols. 2 & 3 second ed. and 4-6 first ed.), London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777-88, half-titles to volumes 2 - 6, engraved portrait frontispiece of Gibbon by John Hall after Joshua Reynolds to first volume, three folding engraved maps (one with closed tear to fold and adhesive tape residue to verso), first volume with occasional light damp stains at gutter, some light spotting, armorial bookplates of William Lewis Hughes (1767-1852), Lord Dinorben, & Baron De Spon, contemporary calf, maroon spine labels, some hinges and head caps repaired, volume 6 with joints split, 4to QTY: (6)
![Bunyan (John). The Minor Work[s], Containing I. His Visions, or Last Remains. II. The Barren Fig-Tree. III. Sighs from Hell.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e9dc0ac2-559f-4025-a874-ae7e01100a9c/bc8aec35-2c52-4894-b28f-ae7f00f728fd/468x382.jpg)
Bunyan (John). The Minor Work[s], Containing I. His Visions, or Last Remains. II. The Barren Fig-Tree. III. Sighs from Hell. IV. The Water of Life. V. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners. VI. The Heavenly Footman. To Which is Added, his Life and Death, as also his Last Sermon, printed for A. Millar, W. Law, and R. Cater, and for Wilson, Spence, and Mawman, York, 1798, title-page and first 3 parts bound at rear, 6 part-titles, all but the first (1802) and fifth work (1790) dated 1797, pp. 203/204 torn at lower margin with blank loss and some adhesion damage with loss to inner margins of recto and verso, lacks final 4 leaves of third work at rear, fourth part-title (here bound first) somewhat soiled and torn with loss to lower inner margin, occasional spotting and old damp-staining, foremargins closely shaved with a little occasional loss, modern cloth, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC locates physical or digital copies of the second, third, fourth and sixth items only, and notes that the London part of the imprint is false, probably all printed at York. No copies of this grouping with the title The Minor Works of any date has been identified.
Rowley (Charlotte, nee Shipley, 1811-71). Letter written at Wadi Medani on the Blue Nile, describing some of her experiences there whilst on her honeymoon, April 1 1836, 3pp. and integral blank, unsigned, written from Wadi Medani after she and her husband Richard Rowley (1812-87) have returned from Sanner, the most southerly reach of their journey down the Blue Nile, "sail to Sennaar the banks of the river alive with monkeys & green parrot & river full of crocodiles & hippopotami. Italian medical man said that in Abyssinia they make children more useful than in any other country & turn them into medicine for when the mother has had a bad labour, or does not recover her strength quickly the new born infant is boiled down & the broth drank by its mother", "the natives have a dread of their picture being taken, as they firmly believe that once having got that I can call the original to England whenever I please", "our evenings are spent in sitting out of doors drinking coffee & talking about our English customs to a crowd of Turks & Arabs", she ends the letter with comments on the extraordinary heat they encountered, and that the nails of their shoes become so hot they cannot wear them, slim 8vo, together with:Philadelphia Nonconformist churches, Manuscript supplementary list of Philadelphia's Nonconformist churches in 1838, 3pp. and integral blank, listing 16 churches (Episcopal, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian & Baptist) with name of Pastor for each at the time, location and when founded or built, slim 8vo, together with other miscellaneous 17th-19th ephemera, & documents etc.QTY: (-)NOTE:Charlotte Rowley is allegedly the first white woman to travel the Blue Nile as far as Sanner, 150 miles south of Khartoom. There is no indication on the letter as to whom it is written, but most likely to be a family member. Charlotte was born at Bodrhyddon Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, the daughter of William Shipley and Charlotte Williams-Wynn. Her mother was the daughter of Sir Watkins Williams-Wynn and this letter was found among some papers that emanated from the Williams-Wynn family. Hon. Richard Thomas Rowley (1812-87) was born at Bodrhyddan Hall, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales. He was the son of Clotworthy Rowley, 1st Baron Langford and Frances Rowley. He was a Conservative Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Harwich from 1860-65. He first married Charlotte Shipley (m. 24 June 1835) and had three children, and secondly Alice Henrietta Berners, daughter of Hugh Berners and Julia Alice Ashton, on 9 July 1872.
Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Felix, 1809-1847). Elias, Ein Oratorium nach Worten des alten Testaments, componirt von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Op. 70, Partitur, 1st edition, Bonn, N. Simrock, [1847], lithograph printed title (with small price stamp '60/-' to lower outer corner), additional tinted lithograph pictorial title by C. Hahn after Julius Hübner (dated 1847), 2 pages of the libretto in German, printed in triple column, engraved music throughout remainder of the volume with plate number 4651, pages numbered 3-385, pale yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary full black calf gilt, with large gilt-decorated red morocco presentation label to upper cover 'Presented by the Lynn Musical Union to Mr. James Thomson, R.A.M. their Conductor. 1857.', rubbed and scuffed, mainly to edges, outer corners with some wear and showing through, folio (textblock measures 328 x 250 mm, 12.9 x 9.8 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:First edition of the full score of Mendelssohn's Elijah, published in October 1847 shortly before the composer's death on the 4th of November at the age of just 38.The oratorio Elijah was first conceived in the mid-1830's, shortly after the success of its predecessor, Paulus, but not completed by Mendelssohn until he received an invitation to present a major work at the Birmingham Music Festival in 1846, where it was first performed at Birmingham Town Hall on August 26, conducted by the composer. Much of the last two years of the composer's life was spent on the composition and subsequent revision of Elijah: after the Birmingham premiere of Elijah in August 1846 Mendelssohn began to rework the score extensively (as he did with all his major compositions), regarding the actual first performance as only a step in the process of arriving at its definitive final form. This version was premiered at Exeter Hall, London in April 1847.
Abell (Lucia Elizabeth). Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon, during the first three years of his captivity on the island of St. Helena, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1844, lithographic frontispiece, 5 wood-engraved plates, additional title, armorial bookplate of A. Berkeley Milne to front pastedown, ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and free endpaper, lightly spotted to preliminary and rear leaves, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, Napoleonic medal in gilt to front board spine decorated in gilt, portion of rear board faded, 8voQTY: (1)
Napoleonic Broadsides. Peace, the words by John Luffman - Tune, God Save the King, engraved and publish'd by John Luffman, October 17, 1801, engraved broadside with allegorical illustration of French Revolutionary symbol Marianne holding an olive branch within a border captioned with 'Peace, Prosperity, Plenty, Commerce', flanked by the Union Flag and Tricolour, five verses, small closed tear to left margin and chip to top margin, small repairs to verso, slight soling, 8vo, 215 x 155 mm, together with two others similar broadsides with words by John Luffman: The British Volunteer, circa 1803, trimmed to plate-mark, small marginal hole & short closed tear, 195 x 140 mm, and The Ministers, [1800], close-trimmed, 1170 x 110 mmQTY: (3)NOTE:John Luffman (1751-1821) was an engraver and cartographer, best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, 1803, but also produced the same year A Map Intended to Illustrate the Threatened Invasion of England by Bonaparte. The first song 'Peace' was written after the Treaty of Amiens, signed on 1 October 1801, a brief peace treaty as hostilities soon resumed when Britain declared war on France on 18 May 1803.
Bingham (D.A). A Selection from the Letters and Despatches of the First Napoleon, 3 volumes, London: Chapman and Hall, 1884, half-titles, publisher's advertisements to rear of volume 1, spotting, original blue cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:De Thoren (Oscar). Napoleon's Invasion of Russia, London: B.M. Pickering, 1867, errata slip, numerous folding maps, spotting, 19th-century red cloth gilt, marked and rubbed, 8vo, withFurse (G.A). Battles by Land & Sea, London: William Clowes and Sons, 1905, author's presentation slip to front pastedown, frontispieces, black and white illustrations, original green pictorial cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 8vo, with other related works, late 19th / early 20th centuryQTY: (6 shelves)
Phipps (Ramsay Weston). The Armies of the First French Republic, 5 volumes, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1926, numerous illustrations, occasional light toning, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, together with:Grant (Hamil). The Soul of Napoleon, Philadelphia: George W Jacobs, 1921, portrait frontispiece, toned, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withMasson (Frédéric). The Private Diaries of the Empress Marie-Louise, London: John Murray, 1922, portrait frontispiece, edges spotted, original blue cloth gilt, 8vo, with other related, all 20th centuryQTY: (6 shelves)
Cheron (Elisabeth Sophie, 1648-1711, & Ursula de la Croix). [Pierres Antiques gravées tirées des pirincipaux cabinets de la France], circa 1710-14, 42 fine copper-engraved plates on cream laid paper, with wide margins, mostly after classical gems, including a portrait of the artist at front, the remainder scenes from mythology, profile busts of Greek gods, Roman emperors and generals, the Shield of Achilles, and one double-page plate of Jupiter gifting the goddess Thetis to the King Peleus [from whose union Achilles was born], by Simonneau, Picart, Ursula de la Croix, Audran, Thomassin, Cochin, Tardieu and Haussard, many after Cheron, several designed and engraved by Ursula de la Croix, plates mostly dated 1710 to 1714, the first plate with 'British Museum Sale Duplicate' ink stamp dated 1787, to verso, and 'Museum Britannicum' ink stamp to verso of the final plate, occasional light soiling, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, 19th century brown half morocco gilt, a few minor marks, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Patricia Milne-Henderson (1935-2018), art historian.Elisabeth Sophie Cheron le Hay was taught by her father, the enamel painter Henri Cheron, and in 1676 was presented for membership to the Academie Royale des Arts in Paris by the eminent academician Charles Le Brun. According to The English Woman's Journal (volume 3, August 1859), she published a Cabinet of Antiquities containing 41 plates of her own design of which she engraved five herself, presumably corresponding to the collection of plates offered here, with the addition of an engraved portrait of the artist.
Dutch Old Masters. Handzeichnungen Alter Meister der Hollaendischen Schule, 6 volumes bound in 3, Haarlem, H. Kleinmann & Cie, [1896-1906], 386 plates mounted on 384 leaves fine tipped-in reproductions after Dutch Old Master drawings, including some tinted or coloured, carefully reproducing the original works, each plate with printed caption below, printed section titles bound in at rear of first volume, untrimmed, contemporary Arts & Crafts-style half brown morocco, raised bands to spines forming six compartments, lettered in gilt, and with decorative leaf design in gilt to spine of each volume, lightly rubbed (generally in very good condition), large folio (binding measures 38 x 28 cm, 15 x 11 ins), together with two other similarly bound works: C.J. Holme, English Water-Colours, 1902, and Molinier, Les Ivoires (Histoire Generale des Arts Appliques a l'Industrie, volume 1), [1896], all folioQTY: (5)
Lairesse (Gerard de). Groot Schilderboek, waar in de Schilderkonst in al haar deelen grondig werd onderweezen, ook door Redeneeringen en Printverbeeldingen verklaard; met voorbeelden uyt de beste konst-stukken der Oude en Nieuwe Puyk-Schilderen, bevestigd, 2 parts bound in one, Amsterdam: David Mortier, 1714, engraved frontispiece to first title. both titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, and 66 engraved plates (including some folding), contemporary full calf, somewhat worn and discoloured, modern calf reback, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711), painter and art theorist, moved away from his native Liège and settled in Amsterdam, following a scandal in connection with a broken marriage contract in 1664. According to Houbraken, he became blind in 1690 and began to give art lectures which were subsequently published by his sons in two books –Grondlegginge der teekenkonst (Principles of Drawing, 1701) and Het groot schilderboek (The Great Book of Painters, 1707). Reissued in 1712, 1714 and 1716, and translated into English in 1738, the Schilderboek remains a valuable source for seventeenth-century Dutch art.
Sheppard (Squadron Leader T.H.). Joint Services West East Sahara Expedition 1975, Report, sole edition, Uxbridge, Middlesex, Royal Air Force, 18 September 1975, [xiv] 10, [175] pages, printed title, frontispiece (a photograph of the expeditionary team and their jeeps taken 3 May 1975), folding map of North Africa, showing the expedition route, 2 folding photographic maps, several diagrams and charts etc., including photographs at rear, original printed wrappers, rubbed and some marks, with minor fraying to extremities, with red plastic spiral binder to spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. No copy on WorldCat. Library Hub Discover locates one copy only (Royal Society Library).The summary only of this report was published in the Geographical Journal the following year (volume 142, Part 2, July 1976, pp. 201-215). The Joint Services West East Sahara Expedition, comprising eight men and four 1-tonne Land Rovers, completed the first crossing of the Sahara from the Atlantic to the Red Sea through the Mauritanian ‘Empty Quarter’ between 25 Jan and 3 May 1975. The aims of the expedition were first, to make the first complete lateral crossing of the Sahara and the skeletally mapped deserts of the north-west Sudan and to provide a detailed topographic traverse; second, to carry out a gravity measurement under the auspices of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Royal Society’s British National Committee for Geodynamics; third, to make rock, lizard and snail collections for appropriate departments of the British Museum (Natural History); fourth, to try new methods of desert navigation based on sun compass, astro-fixes and dead reckoning with an HP65 programmable pocket calculator; fifth, to provide user assessment of the first production 101in wheel-base, 1-tonne military Land Rover over challenging terrain; and last, since the expedition’s financial survival depended on it, to produce a commercially viable film for television or cinema use. Appendices give details of fuel consumption and planning, and of the scientific programme.
Spon (Jacob). Recherches curieuses d'Antiquité, contenues en plusieurs dissertations sur les Médailles, Bas-reliefs, Statues, Mosaïques et Inscriptions Antiques, Lyon: Thomas Amaulry, 1683, title with engraved illustration and early ownership signature T. Fletcher to upper blank margin, engraved illustrations, contemporary panelled speckled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints cracked, spine rubbed, 4to, together with:Taylor (John), Marmor Sandvicense, 1st edition, Cambridge: Jos. Bentham, 1743, two large folding engraved plates and two double-page letterpress tables, contemporary calf, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, slim 4to,Spanheim (E.), Orbis Romanus, seu Ad constitutionem Antonini Imp., de qua Ulpianus... de statu hominum, 2nd edition, London: A. & J. Churchill, 1703, few engraved illustrations of coins, some browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary panelled speckled calf, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:Taylor was Librarian at Cambridge University. He produced the first account of this ancient marble tablet brought from Athens to England by John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, in 1739. It was among the earliest of inscriptions to contain an account on the contributions levied by Athens upon her allies.
Raverat (Gwen 1885-1957). An album of 155 wood engravings by Gwen Raverat, 1909-28, compiled by the artist as a personal record of her work, containing 155 wood engravings, of which 65 (some with initials) are signed in pencil, many also titled in pencil, with handwritten name and address of the artist in pencil to front pastedown 'Gwendolen Raverat, Villa Adele, Vence, Alpes Maritimes', all engravings mounted on album leaves with titles and dates in the artist's hand in ink to lower margin, handwritten index by the artist in ink to first leaf, with some corrections and alterations, original plain cream cloth, rubbed, some marks and soiling, folio (leaves measure 32 x 25.5 cm, 12 1/2 x 10 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Estate of the artist, thence by descent.Selborne & Newman 1-28, 30-38, 40-52, 54-60, 62-75, 77-89, 91-100, 102-106, 109-137 & 139-147.An important album compiled by the artist Gwen Raverat, containing a near-comprehensive selection of her early output between 1908 and1928, including many rare proofs. This collection provides a survey of the artist's output up to 1928, and includes her first wood engraving, The Knight of the Burning Pestle (1909), early works on the English ballad tradition, such as May Margaret, Fair Annie, Windy Day, Despair, The Marsh, Child Stealers, Bookplate for Geoffrey Keynes, The Witch, Nightmare, Sir Patrick Spens Ballad, Sailor's Wife, Boys by a Pond, Cobbled Yard, Annie of Rough Royal, Ballad, Travellers, Margaret's Ghost, Ballad, Clark Saunders, and The Quarrel, all 1909, engravings from the years 1910 to 1912, including Wood Nymph, May Margaret's Return, Sir Thomas Browne (numbers 1 and 2), The Dead Knight, the Brown Girl, two bookplates (1910), Prodigal Son, May Morning, Anthony & Cleopatra, The Palmer, The Retreat, Flying, Gypsies, King Lear, A Dream, The Little Visitation, The Creation of Light (drawn by Jacques Raverat, and cut by Gwen Raverat), Pieta, The Wood, The Storm, The Visitation, Shepherds, and The Manger, works produced from 1913 and through the First World War include: Shepherds (1914), The Dead Christ (1913), Baptism (drawn by Jacques Raverat), Mary & Elizabeth (1913), Haycocks, Bookplate for Lady Robert Cecil, Full Moon, The Hobby Horse (two versions), Judas Dead, Sky, Autumn Morning, Prodigal Son (drawn by Jacques RaveTrees & Pear Tree (signed and titled by the artist 'Noyers et Poiriers', The Avenue, Hoeing, Portrait of W. E. Darwin, The Edge of the Wood (numbers 1, 2 & 3), The Moor, Poplars in France, The Summit, Winter Morning, Elms by a Pond, The Poacher, Le Pelvoux (drawn by Jacques Raverat), The Goose Herd, Lost Traveller, Sheep, Sheep by a River, Houses, The Farm Pond, Primrose Wood, Boys Bathing, Portrait of Rupert Brooke, and Title page design for Poems of Rupert Brooke. Post-war works include Women Bathing, Bathsheba, the large scale Dancing Boys (1920), Duck Pond, Village Street, The Bolshevist Agent (numbers 1 & 2), cover design for Shadows of the Christ, Portrait of Jacques Raverat, Sleeping Beauty, David Old (first state), Crashaw's Shepherds Hymn.Views in the South of France include Jeu de Boules, Vence (1922), Olive Pickers, the large scale Adam & Eve (marked 'only print' in pencil), Streets by moonlight (large and small versions), Boules Players, The Philosopher, La Place en Hiver (1923), The Fourteenth of July-La Farandole (1923, Scandel, The Farmer's Wife, The Sexton, The Barber's Shop, La Place en Eté, The Fair Sex, The Middle of the Night, The Bridge at Villeneuve Loubet, The Town in Summer, Old Women, Witches, Death & The Emporer, Boules Players by Sunlight (1925), Portrait of Jacques Raverat (number 1 & 2), Christian Charity, Sewing (two impressions), Children, The Princess Lost (three versions), The Princess Lost number 2, The Balcony (two versions), The Riverbank (three versions), The Wild Swans (two versions), The Princess Bathes (two versions), The Wild Swans, The Prince Hunting (two versions), The Beauties of Nature, Sleepers, Apple Pickers, The Princess Followed, The Wicked Queen, Low Shore, The Princess in the Churchyard, and The Princess by the Lake.
Baghot de la Bere (Stephen, 1877-1927). A painted fan, folding silk fan, the recto of the leaf hand-painted in gold and colours with a lively scene of Arabian figures dancing in a fantastical landscape, some splitting to folds and small surface losses, a small area of damage (.5 x 2.5 cm), cream ground upper left lightly foxed, mounted on mother of pearl sticks, 22.5 cm (8.75 ins) QTY: (1)NOTE:Painter and illustrator Stephen Baghot de la Bere studied at the Westminster School of Art, and worked from Kensington for most of his career. Having been influenced at first by the work of John Hassall, a fellow member of the London Sketch Club, he soon developed a fluidity of line and atmospheric use of colour which was all his own. The artist was elected to the membership of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water-Colour in 1907. During the First World War he served in France as a lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery. We have been unable to trace another fan painted by Baghot de le Bere.
Chinese. A pierced and carved ivory brisé fan, early 19th century, the sticks finely pierced and carved with scrolling flower stems, foliate swags, and song birds, central oval cartouche with pagodas and trees, flanked by cartouches featuring foliate tendrils and a pair of dogs, fine-ribbed background with some small losses (1 small neat repair visible), guardsticks carved with flower and leaf decoration, sticks joined with narrow cream silk ribbon (renewed), 22 cm (8 3/4 ins), together with 2 other ivory brisé fans similar: the first pierced and carved with flower sprays and song birds, and with central monogram 'CC' within a shield-shaped cartouche surrounded by an oval border of flowers, occasional small losses and some repairs, 22.5 cm (8 3/4 ins); the second with pierced sticks, 1 stick with slight loss to a pierced panel, diamanté rivet, 17 cm (6 3/4ins) QTY: (3)
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Satricial fans. Chit-Chat. The Way of the World, A Tale, [Published by Sarah Ashton, No. 28, Little Britain, 1st Jany., 1796], folding paper fan, the recto with 6 hand-coloured stipple-engravings, each titled and with humorous text beneath: 'Report' - a Fool listening to a magpie; 'Hearsay' - an ass in human clothes evesdropping; 'Some-body' - a portly male figure with blank face; 'Every-body' - a blank-faced figure with animals and a bird; 'No-body' - an ass wearing a neck ruff and cloak; and 'Candour' - a female deity with shield and scales, imprint obliterated with black ink, toned, folds splitting in places, mounted on pierced gilt ivory sticks carved with three oval medallions of figures, pierced guardsticks carved with a figure of a young girl (gilt rubbed), 25 cm (9.75 ins), together with:The Real Way to Get Married or A Trip to Gretna Green, Engrav'd and Published by Lewis Wells, Fan Maker, Warwick Strt, Golden Square, Robt. Hixon, No. 6, Naked Boy Court, Ludgate Strt, & Sold by Cameroux, Featherstone Strt, Moorfields, circa 1800, folding paper fan, the recto with 6 etched scenes, each captioned below, and titled above: 'Impression'; 'Mutual Declaration'; 'The Refusal'; 'The Flight'; 'The Journey's End'; 'The Reconciliation', toned, some staining, short tears, and splits (with paper repairs on verso), mounted on wooden sticks, 25 cm (10 ins)QTY: (2)NOTE:Schreiber Collection 55, p.12 (wooden sticks); Schreiber Collection 67, p.14 (and unmounted fan leaves 122, p.85).Two rare satirical fans, the second depicting the progress of a courtship, from the first meeting to elopement and final forgiveness by the bride's father.
Scenic fan. A folding fan depicting West Wycombe Park, Buckinghamshire, circa 1793, folding paper fan, the recto of the leaf with a large oval sepia copper engraving by Ellis from an original drawing by Corbould, of a large neoclassical country house set above a lake, with figures fishing and reading in the foreground, within a double border of stitched silver flower sequins and gold spangles (most lacking), on a gold-patterned turquoise ground, one small mark, edges rubbed and extremities of folds beginning to split slightly in places, some losses to metallic edging paper at lower edge, mounted on filigree bone sticks, 3 with losses, 25.5cm (10ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:A rare fan; we have been unable to trace another sold at auction or in an institution. The engraving was published in 1793 by Harrison & Co. in The Copper Plate Magazine, or Monthly Cabinet of Picturesque Prints, consisting of Sublime and Interesting Views in Great Britain and Ireland, beautifully engraved by the most eminent artists from the paintings and drawings of the first masters.
Churchill (Winston Spencer). The River War. An historical account of the reconquest of the Soudan, edited by Col. F. Rhodes, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1899, half titles, photogravure portraits, folding maps, illustrations by Angus McNeill, all edges gilt, later navy morocco gilt, slipcase, 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Woods A2(a). Handsome copy of the first impression. 2000 copies printed.
Turgeniev (Ivan). The Novels and Stories of Ivan Turgenieff, translated from the Russian by Isabel F. Hapgood, 16 volumes, London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1905, photogravure frontispiece to each volume, first volume with preface introduction by Henry James, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, contemporary red crushed half morocco (by Zaehnsdorf for E.P. Dutton & Co, New York), spines gilt lettered and decorated, an exceptional set in fine original condition, 8voQTY: (16)
Camden (William). Guili. Camdeni Viri Clarissimi Britannia, sive florentiss Regnorum Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, Insularumq Adiacentium ex Intima antiquitate Descriptio, Amsterdam: Guilielmum Blaeu, 1639, title with woodcut printers device and near-contemporary ownership signature, 19 uncoloured folding maps, the first map of the British Isles frayed along old folds with slight loss, a few maps with some fraying to the margins, some creasing and dust soiling throughout, index bound at rear, pastedowns frayed and split and partially detached from the boards, hinges and joints weak, upper joint partially split, contemporary calf gilt, worn and frayed at extremities, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. 55.
James VI (1567-1603, James I of England). Ryal ‘Sword Dollar’ of thirty Scottish Shillings, 1571, Bearing Crowned Thistle Revaluation Countermark Of 1578, first coinage, obverse: crowned shield dividing IR, reverse: crowned shield with pointing hand, countermark to left, reference: S.5472, with old collection ticket, notable edge bump or wave at O of PROMEQTY: (1)
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Hearne (Thomas & Byrne, William). Antiquities of Great Britain, Illustrated in views of Monasteries, Castles, and Churches, now existing..., with descriptions in English and in French, 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1807, additional engraved title to first volume and 83 plates, majority of plates with tissue guards, scattered spotting throughout and occasional finger soiling, later endpapers, later maroon half sheep over contemporary marbled boards, some wear, oblong folio,QTY: (2)
Heywood (John, publisher). The Travelling Atlas, of England & Wales, with all the Railways & Coach Roads, The Cities, Towns, Parks & Gentlemen's Seats..., Manchester [cover-title], c.1881, folding map of England & Wales, and 44 (complete) uncoloured lithographic maps of English counties, North & South Wales, printed back-to-back, variable spotting, publisher's paper wrappers, front cover with decorative calligraphic vignette title, wrappers a little frayed and dust-soiled, some spotting and toning, rear cover marked, slim 8vo, together with: Cruchley (George Frederick, publisher), Cruchley's County Atlas of England & Wales shewing all the railways & stations ..., London, 1875, 46 (of 47, without Suffolk) double-page maps with contemporary hand-colouring, several splitting at fold, Norfolk with crude fold repair to recto, occasional minor stains (mainly at fore-edge), title & index repaired at gutter, later endpapers, contemporary cloth, rebacked, original spine relaid, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, plus: Letts (Son & Co., publishers), Letts's Popular County Atlas, London: 1884, numerous chromolithographed maps, spotting to fore-edge and at front, first few leaves edge-frayed (few previous repairs) with some marginal staining, front free endpaper replaced, contemporary maroon half morocco gilt, rubbed, few minor marks, front cover with gilt-stamped title and armorial enhanced with colour, folio, and one other similar: Stanford's Parliamentary County Atlas and handbook of England and Wales, 1885QTY: (4)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.
Hoare (Richard Colt). The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales, A.D. MCLXXXVIII, by Giraldus de Barri; translated into English, and illustrated with views, annotations, and a life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2 volumes, London: William Miller, 1806, half-titles, engraved frontispiece (vol. 1 frontispiece damp stained), numerous plates and folding map, title to first volume with ownership signature of J.B. Lloyd Philipps of Penty Park [Pembrokeshire], contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Acherley (Roger), The Britannic Constitution: or, the fundamental form of government in Britain..., London: printed for A. Bettesworth, J. Osborn, and T. Longman..., 1727, title in red & black, front pastedown with armorial bookplate of the Hon. George Baillie, contemporary calf, joints split, worn, folio,Caradoc of Llancarfan (Saint), The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most Famous Yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish Language... trans. into English by H. Lloyd... corrected, augmented & continued... by David Powel, London: reprinted for J. Harding, 1811, woodcut illustrations, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Richard Snead Cox of Eaton Bishop, contemporary red morocco, gilt decorated spine, gilt crest to upper board and monogram JS to lower board, joints rubbed, 4to,Lhuyd (Edward), Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto published, of the Languages, Histories and Customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain: from collections and observations in travels through Wales, Cornwal[sic], Bas-Bretagne, Ireland and Scotland, volume 1: Glossography [all published], Oxford: printed at the Theatre for the author, and sold by Mr. Bateman, London & Jeremiah Pepyat, Dublin, 1707, incomplete with all after Dd2 provided in loosely inserted photocopy facsimile (leaves Ee1-Ii2), title with repaired closed tears, some damp staining and dust-soiling mostly at front of volume, modern quarter calf, folioQTY: (5)
Kitchin (Thomas). Kitchin's Post-Chaise Companion through England and Wales; Containing all the Ancient and New Additional Roads...., John Bowles, Carington Bowles and Robert Sayer, 1767, title page stained, index of cities and towns, table of crossroads and an uncoloured engraved general map of England & Wales, 103 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps on 51 sheets, printed, back to back, slight staining throughout, slight worming to the first five leaves, later endpapers, but retaining one old endpaper and one limp morocco wrapper, modern cloth gilt, oblong 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb. CXLI. A re-issue of John Senex's 'Actual Survey of all the Principal Roads of England and Wales..,' first published in 1719.
Bruce (James). Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773, 5 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by J. Ruthven for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1790, half titles, titles with engraved vignettes, 58 engraved plates, 3 folding maps,one or two closed tears, occasional spotting and offsetting, small monogram ink stamp to half titles, contemporary tree calf, 4to QTY: (5)NOTE:Blackmer 221; Nissen ZBI 671. Provenance: Sir John C Hartopp, bt & Nathaniel George Clayton (1833-1895, MP), bookplates. "First edition of this important work... Bruce travelled extensively in the Mediterranean before undertaking his exploration of Egypt and Ethiopia... Bruce spent five years in upper Egypt, Abyssinia, and in the exploration of the Nile. He learned Arabic, modern Greek and Amharic. More than 150 years had passed since any European had visited Abyssinia except for the French surgeon Poncet, and Bruce's account of his travels provided important information. The plates, based on his own and Balugani's drawings, include maps, botanical and zoological specimens antiquities, artifacts and plans of monuments. But the interest of his travels is to be found as much as in their literary qualities as in his portrayal of Abyssinia." (Blackmer).
Walpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great Britain and Ireland: being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour..., London: Alex. Hogg, [1784], engraved allegorical frontispiece, 85 engraved plates comprising 144 views and 3 portraits, and 48 maps, displayed on 23 engraved sheets, list of subscribers bound at rear, slight staining to first 28 leaves, small hole to the image of Gravesend, near-contemporary manuscript index on front blanks, index leaves with the margins strengthened with tape, retaining contemporary marbled endpapers but with additional new ones as well, modern quarter morocco gilt with a contrasting label to spine, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CCLI.
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[Barker, Thomas]. The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening in Three Books... Hereunto is Likewise Added the Art of Angling, 4 parts in one volume, T. Mabb, for William Shears, 1654, separate title to each part (parts 2 & 4, A Perfect Platform of a Hop-Garden / The Art of Angling, both dated 1653), parts 3 and 4 with separate pagination and register, some wood engravings to text of first two parts, 22 full-page engravings to third part (The Expert Gardener), edges stained yellow, 19th-century blue half calf gilt over marbled boards with contrasting spine labels, slightly rubbed, 4to (180 x 135 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell pp. 66-67; Wing B783, 784, C1700, S946.A rare complete copy of Barker's treatise on garden horticulture, including the important fourth part, a pre-Waltonian section devoted to angling. This is the second edition of that treatise which was first published in 1651 and is of legendary rarity in that edition. Barker, who made a living as an angling tutor, suggested that ‘fishing far surpasses all other recreations in promoting health and pleasure. The text offers much hard practical advice on fish species, tackle and bait, together with recipes, including pike with stewed oysters, and employs a successful formula for angling writing which has been much copied subsequently’ (ODNB).
Hunter (Joseph Edward). White Hunter. The Adventures and Experiences of a Professional Big Game Hunter in Africa, 1st edition, London: Seeley, Service & Co., [1938], 15 half-tone illustrations, advertisements at end, small water stain to rear pastedown, a few small stains, original snakeskin effect cloth, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "From me to you, J.A. Hunter", together with two others by the author: Hunter, by J.A. Hunter, 1st edition, 1952, and African Bush Adventures, by J.A. Hunter and Dan Mannix, 1954 (in dust jacket)QTY: (3)NOTE:Czech pp. 135-136. First work "One of the more difficult African big game books to locate despite its relatively recent publication date, this was J.A. Hunter's first. He relates his experiences hunting lion, elephant, buffalo and rhinoceros primarily in Kenya, with interesting chapters on encounters with snakes and crocodiles." (Czech).
Jenyns (F.G.) A Book about Bees. Their history, habits and instincts, together with the first principles of modern bee-keeping for young readers, 1st edition, 1886, illustrations, original cloth gilt, spine faded and rubbed at ends, 8vo, together with Cowan (T.W.) British Bee-keeper's Guide Book to the Management of Bees in Movable-comb Hives and the use of the extractor, 17th edition, circa 1901, illustrations, advertisements at end, original cloth gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus others related including Bee-Keeping by "The Times" Bee-master, 2nd edition, 1871, L.E. Snelgrove's The Introduction of Queen Bees, 2nd edition, 1943, and Swarming. It's Control and Prevention, 9th edition, 1946, H.A. Dade's Anatomy and Dissection of the Honeybee, 1977, and Dictionary of Beekeeping Terms, volumes 6-8, 1978-9 QTY: (18)
Moore (Thomas). The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland ..., edited by John Lindley, Nature-Printed by Henry Bradbury, [2nd edition], London: Bradbury and Evans, [1855]-1857, half-title, 51 nature-printed colour plates, correct as list, offsetting to tissue guards, occasional scattered spotting, early 20th century gift inscription to front free endpaper, evidence of bookplate adhesion to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco, dark green cloth sidings with gilt-blocked title and armorial to upper board, extremities lightly rubbed, folio (55 x 36.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 1400; Pritzel 6405; Freeman 2639; Fischer 90.; Great Flower Books S. 161; Stafleu & Cowan 6275.The first edition of his extraordinary work on ferns first appeared in 1855. The English botanist and fern specialist Thomas Moore (1821-87) published various botanical and garden journals and was curator of the Apothecaries' Company's Garden at Chelsea from 1848 (later renamed the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1875). The Viennese A. Auer had claimed the discovery of self-printing for himself, but 100 years earlier the Dane P. Kyhl described this method for the first time, while individual examples are known in Europe found in early 15th century manuscripts. H. Bradbury learnt the process in the Vienna State Printing Office and protected the process as his own. Bradbury's detailed works are among the most beautiful of this elaborate, unusually lifelike and rare technique. "This magnificent work shows the plants, often with the roots, in various stages of development, so that the 51 plates contain 240 individual representations that were printed in the natural colours. 102 whole plants and 1387 branches are shown, the latter including broken ones which measure up to 85 cm when unfolded." (Fischer).
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[Campbell, John]. The Travels and Adventures of Edward Brown, Esq; Formerly a Merchant in London. Containing his Observations on France and Italy; his Voyage to the Levant; his Account of the Isle of Malta; his Remarks in his Journies thro' the Lower and Upper Egypt; together with a Brief Description of the Abyssinian Empire, 1st edition, London: J. Applebee for A. Bettesworth, C. Hitch, and Stephen Austen, 1739, early ownership signatures to upper blank margin of title, marginal toning to first and last few leaves, recent endpapers with armorial bookplate of Baron de Spon to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, spine with black morocco title label and stain to upper panel, board corners worn, 8voQTY: (1)
Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, selected from the cabinet of Philip Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the county of Cornwall... with general descriptions of each article, the second part (of two), London: Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. for G. & W. Nicol and J. White, 1802, 21 hand-coloured aquatint plates (comprising 20 plates of minerals and one of strata), watermark 'J. Ruse 1801' to title, few plates and few leaves of text, short closed tear to fore-edge of seven leaves of text and some damp mottling to occasional text leaves, disbound loose leaves, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:BM(NH) IV, p.1646; Ward & Carozzi 1833.One of the most attractive books on minerals, with the first part being published in 1797 and contained 33 aquatint plates. Philip Rashleigh was head of the Cornish branch of the family and served as the M.P. for the local family constituency of Fowey from 1765 until 1802. His main residence was Menabilly, situated between Fowey and St. Austell. The latter was an important centre for China clay mining and Rashleigh was ideally placed to pursue his interest in geology, forming one of the most distinguished early collections of minerals. Of particular note are his unsurpassed examples of Cornish minerals, which are meticulously detailed in the present work, and which secured his election as F.S.A. and F.R.S. in 1788. Many of Rashleigh's specimens were used by the Sowerby family in their publications. The collection is now in the Natural History Museum in London.
Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World..., 1st edition, Samuel Smith, 1692, imprimatur leaf, a little spotting, contemporary panelled calf gilt, joints cracked, a little leather loss at head of spine, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 81; Wing R397.First edition of Ray's most comprehensive treatment of fossils. 'During much of the 1690s Ray was engaged in correspondence with Edward Lhwyd and others about the nature of fossils. In general he was inclined to accept that they were the remains of once-living creatures, and he also suggested that their current distribution might owe something to observable changes in the nature of the surface of the earth. He qualified these opinions, however, by stressing that the fossils which had so far been discovered were not unlike known plants and animals, and that their burial might owe something to the action of the biblical flood, as well as to natural effects. He argued that those remains which seemed to be unfamiliar might represent species of which the surviving representatives had not yet been discovered' (ONDB).
Ray (John). Miscellaneous Discourses concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World..., 1st edition, Samuel Smith, 1692, imprimatur leaf, some spotting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, some edge wear, together with: Ray (John), Three Physico-Theological Discourses ... , 2nd edition [of the first-named work], Sam. Smith, 1693, 4 engraved plates (plate of coins browned), tear to upper outer corner of pages 69/70 touching page numbers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed, both 8vo QTY: (2)NOTE:Keynes 81 & 82; Wing R397 & R409.
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[Ray, John]. Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium [-Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Cambridge: John Field, 1660, cancel and cancelled title-pages both present, the corrected title in red and black, a little spotting, later ink ownership inscription to first title verso, 'D. Schreber / Bützow [Mecklenburg]', later inscriptions to front pastedown, 18th-century green paper boards, rubbed and soiled with some surface paper loss, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 1; Wing R383. 'Ray's first essay in scientific botany, though not without faults, was a most remarkable achievement ... a small and unpretentious book ... it has many bibliographical attractions' (Keynes, page 1). Unusually, both the original and corrected title-pages have been retained in this remarkably clean copy.Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739 - 1810), German naturalist and author of Spicilegium florae lipsicae (1771).
Salvin (Francis Henry and William Brodrick). Falconry in the British Isles, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, London: John van Voorst, 1873, 28 fine hand-coloured lithograph plates by William Brodrick, advertisement leaf at end, dedication and preface leaves detached, original green cloth gilt, spine ends a trifle rubbed, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Mullens & Swann 9; Nissen IVB 146; Schwerdt II p. 145; Wood p. 549; Zimmer p. 541. 'The best book on English falconry' (Schwerdt). 'This is the "best" edition, the plates of the first issue [1855] having been redrawn and several new ones added' (Wood). A fine copy.
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[Smith, John]. The True Art of Angling: Being a Clear and Speedy Way of taking all sorts of Fresh-water Fish, with the Worm, Fly, Paste, and other Baits, in their proper Seasons... , 12th edition, Onesimus Ustonson, 1770, woodcuts of a crown and fish at head of first and last pages, half-title, contemporary polished sheep, a little corner wear, antique-style calf gilt reback, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell, p. 184.
Bristol Channel. Waghenaer (Lucas Janszoon), Canalis Celebris vel Navigationis a Bristovio atque totius situs inter Galliam Belgicam et Britannicam accurata delineatio eiusdemque terrae verus vultus cum suis miliaribus ventis ac ascendentibus...., Cornelius Claesz [1590], uncoloured sea chart, engraved by Johannes van Doetichum for Waghenaer's sea-atlas, the 'Spieghel der Zeevaerdt', title repeated in Dutch and again, above the map in French, decorated with a large compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, sea monsters and sailing galleons, slight staining to the margins but not affecting the printed image, French text on verso, 360 x 520 mm, 590QTY: (1)NOTE:The first printed sea chart of the Bristol Channel which was first published in 1588. The map starts on the north Cornish coast at Padstow and clearly shows Barnstable, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Minehead, Dunster, Watchet and up the channel to Bristol. The south coast of Wales starts at Pembroke in the west and shows, Tenby, Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Chepstow.
Quantity of Military Historical Society Special Booklets including WW1 British Army Corps & Divisional Signs ... Infantry Identification Schemes 1917 ... MGC First World War Flashes & Badges ... British Infantry Shako 1800-1897 ... Mess Dress Of The Yeomanry Cavalry 1880-1914 ... Sabretaches Of The Light Cavalry . Together with Officers' Waist Belt Clasps 1855-1902 ... British Cavalry Standards. Quantity. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Set of Early 1920's "Flanders Poppy" Remembrance Posters consisting 28 x 18 inch, black and red printed poster for the November 11th Earl Haig Appeal. Designed by Maurice Kirth ... Similar 19 x 14 inch example ... 14 x 9 inch "Wear A Flanders Poppy" poster ... 9 x 5 inch collecting tin paper wrap for Remembrance Day November 11th. All matching framed and glazed. Possibly for the first 1923 appeal. Good set. 4 items. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
1946 Pattern Battledress Trousers khaki woollen, wide leg trousers. Right hip with open top, first aid pocket. Left front leg with large pocket. Top flap secured by visible button. Side slash pockets. Single seat pocket with buttoned flap. Internal issue label dated 1948. Minor moth nips. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
1937 Pattern REME Officer's Battledress Jacket, Trousers and FS Cap khaki woollen, single breasted, converted open collar, short jacket. Lower belt with plated buckle. Pleated chest pockets with hidden button flaps. Shoulder straps with embroidery, dark blue backed, Captain's rank stars. Both arms with embroidery REME titles over coloured felt, arm of service bars. Internal label absent. Matching khaki woollen, wide leg trousers. Right hip, open top, first aid pocket. Left front leg with large pocket. Top flap secured by exposed button ... Officer's, khaki field service cap. Two front bronzed REME buttons. Bronzed KC REME cap badge. Jacket and trousers named "Lt R A Rowland". Minor moth nips. 3 items. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
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