Browne (Thomas). Certain Miscellany Tracts, 1st edition, 2nd issue, Charles Mearne, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, ownership signature of William Lukie dated 1752 to title, lacks final blank, ink institutional library stamps to title verso and front pastedown, a little spotting and soiling, contemporary calf, rubbed and joints cracked, spine and upper cover leather lifting, together with: Browne (Thomas). Posthumous Works of the Learned Sir Thomas Browne, Kt. M.D. late of Norwich…, 1st edition, E. Curll & R. Gosling, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece and 22 plates including some folding, scattered light browning, contemporary panelled calf with neat calf gilt reback, 8vo, plus Browne (Thomas). Christian Morals, Second [3rd] Edition, with a Life of the Author, by Samuel Johnson, J. Payne, 1756, half-title and medial blank leaf [d8], marginal browning at front and rear from turn-ins, contemporary calf, rubbed, neat modern calf gilt reback, small 8voQty: (3)Footnote: 1) Keynes 128; Wing B5152. 2) Keynes 156. 3) Keynes 165; Courtney-Nichol Smith, page 73. Third edition of a work originally published in 1716, and the first edition to include the life of Browne by Samuel Johnson.
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Davies (John). The Innkeeper and Butler’s Guide, or a Directory in the Making and Managing of British Wines; together with Directions for the Managing, Colouring and Flavouring of Foreign Wines and Spirits, and for making British Compounds, Peppermint, Anniseed, Shrub etc., 10th edition, Leeds: printed by George Wilson, 1808, untrimmed, later full calf gilt, small 8voQty: (1)Footnote: First published in Liverpool in 1805 this work went through many editions and, strangely, the sixth to the eleventh editions all appear to have printed in 1808.
Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London Founded and Established by Law; as Appears by Letters, Patents, Acts of Parliament, Adjudged Cases, & c., and An Historical Account of the College's Proceedings Against Empiricks and Unlicensed Practisers in Every Princes Reign from the First Incorporation to the Murther of the Royal Martyr, King Charles the First, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Walter Kettilby, 1684, imprimatur leaf before title, partly black letter, separate title to part two but with continuous register, contemporary calf, cracked on joints and slight wear to spine ends and corners, old manuscript paper spine label, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Wing G1091. The first published history of the Royal College of Physicians.
Harris (Joseph). The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery... , 8th edition, B. Cole & E. Cushee, 1757, 5 folding engraved plates, advert leaf at rear, old ink ownership inscription and stamped initials of John Ussher to title, modern red calf gilt, 8vo, together with: Keith (Thomas), A New treatise on the Use of the Globes, or A Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens... , 2nd edition, corrected and improved, printed for the Author, Longmans et al, 1808, 5 folding plates, leading margins of title browned, otherwise a good copy in contemporary tree calf, front hinge cracked, lacking a half inch of leather at head of spine, corners bumped, 8vo, plus: Watts (Isaac), The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth Made Easy: or, the First Principles of Astronomy and Geography Explain'd by the Use of Globes and Maps... , 2nd edition corrected, J. Clark and R. Hett, 1728, title in red and black (dust-soiled), 6 folding plates at rear, contemporary calf, some edge wear, neat calf gilt reback with spine label, 8voQty: (3)
Harte (Walter). Essays on Husbandry, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Printed for W. Frederick in Bath, 1764, 5 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, lacks errata leat at rear, contemporary ownership inscription (slightly shaved) at head of title, ‘W. Jerningham, one of the greatest farmers if you will take his own word for [it]’, some spotting and browning to plates, recent antique-style half calf and gilt-titled spine label, 8vo, together with: Kirkland (Thomas), An Essay Towards an Improvement in the Cure of those Diseases which are the Cause of Fevers, 1st edition, J. Dodsley, 1767, recent quarter calf over marbled boards with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, plus: Colbatch (John), A Dissertation Concerning Mistletoe: A most wonderful Specifick Remedy for the Cure of Convulsive Distempers... , 6th edition corrected, to which is added a second part, containing farther Remarks and Observations, Dan. Browne, [1730?], half-title, disbound, plus: Page (John), Receipts for Preparing and Compounding the Principal Medicines made use of by the late Mr Ward, together with an Introduction, &c., 1st edition, Henry Whitridge, 1763, [2],33,[1] pages, old ink pen trials across imprint and small ink stain to final blank page, disbound, plus 3 other contemporary medical works, all slim 8voQty: (7)Footnote: First work: British Bee Books 114; Fussell pp. 45-46; Goldsmiths’ 9959; Hunt 608 (second edition); Kress 6188; Perkins 758 (later edition).
Hoeven (Jan van der). A collection of 19 of Hoeven's works bound in two volumes, 1820/1867, some spotting, neat hand-written index at end of each volume, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, 4toQty: (2)Footnote: A full list of titles is available on request. Includes: 1) 'Commentatio de Foliorum Plantarum Ortu, Situ, Fabrica et Funcione, in Certamine Literario civium Academiarum Belgicarum, Die viii. Mensis Februarii A. 1820,' Leiden: J. Luchtmans Academiae Typographos, 1821, title + 22pp. [Hoeven's first published work]. 2) 'Responsio ad Quæstionem, ab Ordine Disciplinarum Mathematicarum et Physicarum. Anno M.D. CCC.XIX.', Leiden(?): 1820. 25 pp. 3) 'Dissertation Philosophica Inauguralis de Sceleto Piscium..', Leiden: L.Herdingh et Filium, 1822, (vi) + 112pp. + (2), 1 folding plate. [Van der Hoeven's doctoral thesis]. 4) 'Mémoire sur le Genre Ornithorhinque...', 1823, caption title + pp. 353-372, 1 engraved plate with some colour (plus) 'Corrections au Mémoire sur le Genre Ornithorhinque.', Rotterdam, 1824, pp.869-872 (extract). 5) 'Dissertatio Pathologica Inauguralis, de Morbis Aurium Auditusque.', Leiden: L.Herdingh et Filium, 1824, xii + 112pp. + (2) + 1 (errata), Van der Hoeven's M.D.thesis printed on thick paper. 6) 'Oratoria de Diligenti Veritatis Studio Praecipua Naturae Interpretis Dote... XXIX Aprilis 1826.', Leiden: 1826, 18pp. 7) 'Icones ad Illustrandas Coloris Mutationes in Chamaeleonte...', Leiden: J.C. Cyfaveer, 1831, (iv) + 14pp. + 1 (errata), 5 splendid hand-coloured lithographic plates, [Van der Hoeven's classic paper on chameleons printed on thick paper]. Jan van der Hoeven (1801-1868) is considered as one of the greatest zoologists of his time. was a brilliant scientist who studied and taught medicine, physics, comparative anatomy, zoology and anthropology. In 1826 he was appointed Professor of Zoology at Leiden, a position he held until his death.
Ketham (Johannes D.). The Fasciculus Medicinae... Facsimile of the First (Venetian) edition of 1491 with Introduction by Karl Sudhoff, Translated and adapted by Charles Singer, Milan: R.Lier & Co., 1924, 6 full-page illustrations in text (including one colour) and 14 plates of which 10 are hand-coloured and folding, publisher’s half-calf, green paper-covered boards, some wear to head and tail of spine and a very little wear to corners, large folioQty: (1)Footnote: This impressive facsimile was the first volume of the ‘Monumenta Medica’ series edited by Henry Sigerist. This is a de-luxe copy with hand-coloured plates and includes a tipped-in original prospectus for the intended series.
Wilson (James). A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, commander by Captain James Wilson ... icnlduing Details never before published, of the Natural and Civil State of Otaheite, 1st edition, London: by S. Gosnell, for T. Chapman, 1799, 13 engraved maps and plates (a few folding), light offsetting, General Map spotted, a few spots to other plates or maps, General Map and Feejee Islands map each with retrievable paper-disruption to central intersection of folds, engraved bookplate (Arthur Kelly, Kelly), contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to (28.9 x 22.2 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Borba de Moraes II pp. 378-9; ESTC T87461; Ferguson 301; cf. Sabin 49490 (for the 'ordinary' edition). The preferred Gosnell edition: there was also an 'ordinary' edition (Ferguson) with the imprint 'for T. Chapman ... by T. Gillet', in a completely different setting and on smaller paper; Gosnell's edition is thought to have priority. Borba de Moraes is mistaken in citing a second edition 'similar in all details [to Gosnell's edition] except for the signature of the plates', that is, with 'J. Landseer direxit' rather than 'for Missionary Voyage': it is in fact Gosnell's edition in which the plates have 'J. Landseer direxit'. 'The Duff was the first missionary vessel to sail the little-known waters of the Pacific Ocean. After 208 days the vessel reached Tahiti, landing seventeen missionaries there, a further twelve at Tonga, and one on the Marquesas ... Several of the missionaries settled in Australia and founded families important in Australian history. The Duff proceeded from Tonga through the Fiji and Caroline Groups to Canton. In the course of this voyage the Duff Group was discovered and named and the knowledge of Pacific geography considerably extended' (Ferguson).
Medicina Flagellata: or, the Doctor Scarify'd, 1st edition, J. Bateman & J. Nicks, 1721, additional title with engraved vignette, old ownership names to both titles, some spotting, first 3 leaves and front free endpaper detached, further ownership inscriptions and bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers detached, together with: Armstrong (John), Miscellanies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, T. Cadell, 1770, contemporary tree calf gilt with gilt-decorated spines and contrasting labels minor rubbing and a little cracked at head of joints to volume 2, 8vo, plus: Fuller (Francis), Medicina Gymnastica: or, a Treatise Concerning the Power of Exercise, with Respect to the Animal Oeconomy, and the Great Necessity of it in the Cure of Several Distempers, 2nd edition, with additions, Robert Knaplock, 1705, imprimatur leaf before title, some spotting, early ink ownership inscription and later embossed library stamp to title with a few pen and pencil numbers to margins of following leaf, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached and spine defective, plus other 18th-century medical including some with defects, various bindings and sizesQty: (9)
Middleton (John). Practical astrology. In two parts. The first part containeth an easie introduction to the whole art of astrologie, shewing the number and nature of the signes, planets, and aspects ... The second part sheweth the resolution of all manner of horary questions which concern the life of man, his estate, brethren, or short journeys. If the querent shall ever have children. Of sicknesses, and how to finde the nature and kinde of the disease. Also concerning marriages, law-suits, publick enemies: of things lost or stoln..., Together with several examples of coelestial figures erected for horary questions, and judgements thereupon, whereby any man of an ordinary capacity may soon attain to the whole art thereof, London: printed by J[ames]. C[ottrell]. for Richard Preston, 1679, [18], 281, [1]p., engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed to ruled border and tipped to verso of front free blank), diagrams to text, occasional early marginalia, closed tear to B2 and leaf loose, repair to L4, final leaf torn with slight loss and crudely reattached, some browning and light spotting and occasional marks, lacking marbled front free endpaper, partial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated full calf, cover attachment weakening, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Wing M1978; ESTC R844. Rare. Four copies only in the UK (BL, University of Cambridge, Oxford (Bodleian) and University of Manchester. Middleton's Practical Astrology contains a complete explanation of traditional horary astrology, and includes a number of useful examples of horary charts. Few copies survive complete, especially with the frontispiece portrait, here present. The last (defective) copy at auction was offered in 1982.
Napier (John). The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms... translated from Latin into English with notes and a Catalogue of the various editions of Napier’s works, by William Rae Macdonald, F.F.A., 1st edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1889, publisher’s calf, heavily decorated in blind, edges untrimmed, remains of library number on base of spine, together with: Knott (Cargill Gilston), Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume, 1st edition, 1915, coloured frontispiece and 15 plates, small embossed library stamp to lower outer corners of frontispiece and title and ink library stamp to title verso, a little spotting and dust-soiling, partly uncut, original cream cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, spine toned with ink classification number near foot of spine, both 4toQty: (2)Footnote: The first work contains an excellent catalogue of all the editions of Napier’s works and their translation into French, Dutch, Italian and German’ (DSB). This is now a very scarce work and a Gryphon reprint appeared in 1995. This copy has the bookplate of Hay Fleming Reference Library, St. Andrews, and a note on the free endpaper in ink reading ‘D.Hay Fleming. Bought at the sale of McRae McDonald’s Library, 27th. Jan. 1925, lot. 437’.
Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations Mathematical and Physical; Laying Down, and Solving many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Economicks, Cosmography, Mechanics, Physicks, and Pyrotechny, 1st edition in English, R. Bonwick et al., 1708, [36], 129, 192-530pp., 28 engraved plates and numerous woodcuts, without publisher's adverts at rear, a little spotting, two old ink name inscriptions to title messily deleted in ink with resultant iron gall ink burning and splitting to upper margin above border rule, repeated ink name inscriptions and deletions to front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, cracked on joints and some wear to extremities, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Scarce first English edition of this much reprinted work first published in Paris in 1694. The work also covers card games, conjuring, sundials, water clocks, rocket making, etc.
Quesnay (Francois). Introductory Discourse to the First Volume of the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Surgery at Paris, concerning the Vices of the Humours, 1st edition, D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1760, 19th-century hospital library stamp to blank margin of half-title, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, together with: Ewart (John), The History of Two Cases of Ulcerated Cancer of the Mamma, One of Which has been Cured, the Other much Relieved, by a New Method of Applying Carbonic Acid Air, 1st edition, London (Bath printed), Sold by C. Dilly, 1794, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, plus: Berkeley (George), Siris: a Chain of Philosophical Reflexions and Inquiries concerning the Virtues of Tar Water, and divers other Subjects connected together and arising one from another, 2nd edition, ‘Improved and Corrected by the Author’, Dublin, London re-printed, for W.Innys et al, 1744, signature of John Freer to title, recent grey-paper boards with contrasting spine, 8vo, and one other relatedQty: (4)
Rutherford (Ernest). Radio-Activity, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1904, plates and illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, together with Radioactive Substances and their Radiations, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1913, plates and illustrations, a little spotting and light marginal toning, ownership name inscription erased from front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed, a little corner wear and some fraying to spine ends, both 8vo, plus Curie (Pierre), Oeuvres, publiées par les soins de la Société Française de Physique, Paris, 1908, portrait frontispiece, illustrations to text, title-page detached, modern half calf gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus others relatedQty: (12)Footnote: The first two titles represent Rutherford's ground-breaking works on radioactivity. The first work is the first textbook on radioactivity, the second is summary of the advances made since the publication of the second edition of the first work in 1905.
Cox (David). A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours: from the first rudiments to the finished picture: with examples in outline, effect, and colouring, London: printed by J. Tyler, for S. and J. Fuller, 1814, 35 etchings on 21 plates only (of 56, includes 12 hand-coloured), title creased and lined to verso, closed tear to fore-margin of one leaf (pages 29/30), final colour plate with long closed tear and lined to verso, some dust-soiling and marks, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to upper board, oblong folio (Abbey Life 115), together with: Ibid., A Series of Progressive Lessons, intented to elucidate the Art of Landscape Painting in Watercolours, 2nd edition, London: P. Clay, 1812, 12 of 13 etched plates (6 hand-coloured), some marks and soiling, sewing weak, few tears to gutter margins, contemporary red half morocco, title label to upper board, worn, slim oblong 4to, together with: Ibid., A Series of Progressive Lessons... Art of Landscape Painting in Watercolours, 3rd edition, London: P. Clay, 1816, 12 etched plates including 6 hand-coloured (complete as list), some browning to text, occasional marks, contemporary red half morocco, title label to upper board, some wear and upper board detached, slim oblong 4toQty: (3)Footnote: Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Stuart (James & Revett, Nicholas). The Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated, 4 volumes, 1st editions, London: John Haberkora,1762; J. Nichols, 1787, 1794; T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1816, engraved title-page vignettes, engraved head- and tail-pieces, 319 engraved plates (71+74+86+88) including 2 portrait frontispieces and a folding hand-coloured map of Greece, errata leaf at end of volume 1 (not called for?), 4-page publisher's catalogue tipped in at the end of volumes 2 & 3 and 8-page catalogue at end of volume 4, some spotting and browning throughout, one double-page plate in volume 3 detached, pages uncut, a little worming to lower blank margins of final leaves (Chapter X to end) of volume 3 and worm-tracing to top blank inner margin of portrait frontispiece to volume 4, bookplates and ownership signatures to each volume, contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards, rubbed, spines worn, folio (550 x 390mm)Qty: (4)Footnote: Blackmer 1617; Cicognara 2713; Fowler 340; Harris 857. Provenance: Denham James Joseph Cookes (1777-1829), rector of Stanford and vicar of Clifton-on-Terne, Worcestershire (bookplates); Margaret Graves (signatures, 1806); Donald Struan Robertson FBA (1885-1961), classical scholar and Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge (inscriptions by Giles Robertson); Professor Giles Henry Robertson FRSE RSA (Hon) (1913-1987), art historian and expert on the Italian Renaissance (bookplates); Caroline Robertson and Jeremy Gould (gift inscriptions by Giles Robertson). An uncut, first edition of the first accurate survey of the classical buildings of Athens and one of the most important architectural books of the century. Stuart was responsible for the measured drawings and Revett for the topographical views. A fifth supplementary volume was published in 1840.
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 3rd edition, 1st. Jany. 1791, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, 44 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), maps printed back-to-back, index and publisher's advertisement bound at rear, later endpapers, near-contemporary ownership signature to the front pastedown, later bookplate of Thomas Hitchcock, contemporary calf with a gilt-decorated spine, re-backed but retaining original spine, bumped with slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Leigh (Samuel). Leigh's New Atlas of England & Wales [1820], decorative title, 55 uncoloured engraved maps by Sidney Hall, each with an ink library stamp to the verso, bound with the 'New Pocket Road Book' with a folding map of England & Wales with contemporary outline colouring bound at rear, modern endpapers, with usual library stamps and annotations, foredge with additional ink library stamp, modern cloth 'library binding', 12mo, with Philip (George & Son). Philip's New Plan of London, 1889, colour printed lithographic folding map, laid on linen, 505 x 755 mm, bound with 14 pages of descriptive text, publisher's cloth boards with decorative printed label to the upper cover, slight wear, binding size 170 x 115 mmQty: (3)Footnote: The first described item, Chubb CCLXXV. The second item is Chubb CCCLXXIV.
Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, 1st edition, Constable & Co., 1930, colour illustrations by Gilbert Rumbold throughout, the Barcardi cocktail recipe tipped in opposite page 24, authors signed presentation copy with inscription for Arthur Strange dated December 1930 to dedication leaf recto and signed to verso below, "Here's how", a little marginal spotting and browning especially to first and last leaves, original cloth-backed pictorial boards in silver, green, grey and black, heavily rubbed, a little frayed at spine ends, 8voQty: (1)
Clarke (Charles). Architectura Ecclesiastica Londini; or Graphical Survey of the Cathedral, Collegiate and Parochial Churches, in London, Southwark, and Westminster, with the adjoining Parishes, 1st edition, second issue, 1820, large paper copy, 123 engraved plates after John Coney and others, some light toning and spotting mostly to initial leaves, armorial bookplate of Charles E.H. Chadwyck Healey of Lincoln's Inn to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, extremities rubbed, large folio, (53.7 x 37cm), together with 2 others, Archer (John Wykeham), Vestiges of Old London, 1851 and Remembrances of the Great Exhibition, in a series of views..., London: Read & Co., [1851?]Qty: (3)Footnote: The first edition of Clarke's Architectura was published in 1819.
Toklas (Alice B.). The Alice B. Toklas Cook Book, 1st edition, Michael Joseph, 1954, black & white illustrations after Francis Rose, half-title browned, foremargins of pages 15-18 a little chipped, contemporary cream buckram with gilt-titled leather label to spine, a few minor marks, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: From the library of John Arlott (1914-1991), English journalist, author, cricket commentator, poet and wine connoisseur. Alice Babette Toklas (1877-1967) was the life partner of the American writer Gertrude Stein. Including anecdotes about their numerous well-known friends the recipes celebrate their time in Paris. This English first edition includes the infamous recipe for 'Hashish Fudge' (from the Surrealist artist Brian Gysin) and which Toklas suggests 'anyone could whip up on a rainy day ... it might provide entertaining refreshment for a Ladies' Bridge Club' (p. 259). The recipe was removed from the American and later editions.
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[Dodsley, Robert]. London and its environs described ... in the City and in the country twenty miles round it, 6 volumes, London: R. & J. Dodsley, 1761, half-titles, 74 engraved and two folding plans only (lacking one plate, one plan and map), some light damp staining throughout each volume, armorial bookplates of the Beaumont family, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked with gilt decorated spines and contracting morocco labels, 8vo, together with: Shepherd (Thomas), Metropolitan Improvements; or London in the nineteenth century..., 2 volumes, London: Jones & Co., 1827, additional engraved titles with the name Caroline in a contemporary hand to upper margin of each, numerous engraved plates each with multiple images per plate, occasional scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, original cloth, morocco title labels to spines, some spotting and few marks to covers, spines faded, 4to, Tallis (John & Gaspey, William), Tallis's Illustrated London; in commemoration of the Great Exhibition of all nations in 1851. Forming a complete guide to the British Metropolis and its environs..., 2 volumes, London & New York: John Tallis & Co., [1851-52], additional engraved title to first volume frontispiece to each (folding frontispiece to second volume torn to fore-edge), numerous engraved plates including one folding, toning and occasional spotting, contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines slightly worn, 8voQty: (10)
Dryden (John). Plutarch's Lives, in six volumes: translated from the Greek, 6 volumes, Dublin: printed J. Williams, 1769, black & white engraved frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to all front endpapers, gutters cracked, some light marginal toning, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, boards & spines slightly rubbed with minor loss to head & foot, 8vo, together with; Falconar (Magnus), A Synopsis of A Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Surgery, London: 1777, ex-library copy, bookplates to the front pastedown, later endpapers, loss to the margin of the title page with additional blind & ink stamps, some light marks & toning throughout, later plum half morocco, boards & spine rubbed, 8vo, plus Johnstone (James), Lodbrokar-Quida; or The Death-Song of Lodbroc; now first correctly printed from various manuscripts,..., printed for the author, 1782, later endpapers, title page heavily toned, water marked throughout to the spine margins, later endpapers, later green quarter morocco to marbled boards, spine faded, small 8vo, and other 18th & 19th-century literature, including A General History of Quadrupeds, by Thomas Bewick, 3rd edition, Newcastle Upon Tyne: printed by S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1792, 8vo, all in leather bindings, some French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/4to Approximately 125 volumesQty: (5 shelves )
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)
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Hoare (Richard Colt). The Ancient History of South Wiltshire [& North Wiltshire], 3 volumes bound in two, matched set, 1812-21, additional engraved title to each, portrait frontispiece to North Wilts volume, numerous engraved plates including some double-page or folding, all correct as list, some damp-staining at rear of North Wilts volume, first volume (South Wilts) with all edges gilt, and bound in fine contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf by L. Staggemeier (binder's label to front pastedown), neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, North Wilts volume bound in contemporary half calf gilt with boards detached, folioQty: (2)Footnote: For the first volume of this set, see Upcott 1286-8. A wide margined set.
Borchgrevink (Carsten). First on the Antarctic Continent, 1st edition, London: George Newnes, 1901, frontispiece, 16 plates, many illustrations in text, 3 folding maps to rear, 32pp. publisher's catalogue, ownership inscription to half-title & title, some spotting to preliminaries, original publisher's cloth, top edge gilt, spine extremities bumped, boards faintly marked, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Rosove 45.A1a; Spence 152; Taurus 24 Using dogs for the first time on the Antarctic continent, Borchgrevink achieved the furthest south record.
Garton (James). The Practical Gardener, and Gentleman's Dictionary, for every month of the year. Adapted to the new stile. An entire new work. Containing the latest and most approved methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, flower, fruit, and physic garden; and for managing the vineyard and pine-apple, the nursery, shrubbery, greenhouse, and hothouse. With proper directions for raising mushrooms..., 1st edition, London: E. & C. Dilly, 1769, folding engraved plan of a fruit garden (one fold strengthened to verso), few very minor marks, contemporary sheep, rebacked, gilt decorated spine with red morocco labels, 12mo (Henrey 740), together with: Fallowfield (John), The Husbandman and Tradesman's Gardening Calendar, with directions to manage the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden, through the year. Adapted for the North of England. To which is added, instructions for the ordering of bees, according to the latest, and most improved methods, Preston: printed at Walker's Office, 1791, 84,[2]pp., final errata leaf present, browning to few leaves, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards (lacking marbled paper to lower board), foot of spine and board edges worn, 12mo in 6s (ESTC T20978, only one UK location found - British Library), [Dublin Society], The Gardener's New Companion: directing the culture of the kitchen-garden, melonry, and early cucumbers, &c. in an alphabetical series ... to which is added, an appendix, containing the manner of keeping bees in hives..., also, a collection of letters on agriculture, laid before the Society for the encouragement of arts, &c. in London; and communicated by them to the Dublin Society. Now first published by their order, Dublin: printed by J. Exshaw, 1767, one folding plate 'a Chinese Palace for Bees' (small piece of blank fore-margin torn away), bound with: Practical observations on the culture of lucerne, turnips, burnet, timothy grass, and fowl meadow grass, communicated by letters to Dr. Templeman, secretary of the Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures, and commerce in London..., Dublin: John Exshaw, 1767, toning and scattered spotting throughout volume, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 12mo, [Holland, Daniel], The new and complete universal vermin-killer; being an infallible directory for taking alive, destroying, and driving away, all four-footed, creeping, and winged vermin, destructive to mankind, dwelling-houses, gardens, &c..., London: Dean & Munday, [c.1825], wood engraved illustrations, final leaf torn to upper outer blank corner, modern calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco title label to spine, 12moQty: (4)
Knorr (Georg Wolffgang). Deliciae naturae selectae, oder auserlesenes Naturalien-Cabinet welches aus den drey Reichen der Natur..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, Nuremberg, 1766-67, additional hand-coloured vignette title dated 1764, title-pages and double-column text in German and French, 91 full-page hand-coloured engraved plates including one double-page, without the portrait (as usual), modern antique-style calf gilt over early marbled boards, folio (50 x 36 cm)Qty: (2)Footnote: Nissen ZBI 2227. First edition of this work with beautiful illustrations taken from some of the foremost cabinets of curiosities in eighteenth-century Europe. The plates show corals (15), shells (7), butterflies (6), sea urchins (4), minerals (6), lobsters and spiders (7), starfish (4), fish (9), birds (7), mammals (14) and reptiles (12). Many of the examples are from the collection of Christoph Jacob Trew.
Salmon (William). Botanologia. The English Herbal: or, History of Plants, 1st edition, London: printed by I. Dawks for H. Rhodes & J. Taylor, 1710, letterpress title in red & black (without additional engraved title), numerous woodcut illustrations, title and first leaf of dedication detached and with closed tears and fraying to margins, incomplete index at rear with some leaves torn & detached, some browning, light dust-soiling and occasional damp staining throughout, original boards detached (without leather), worn, folioQty: (1)Footnote: Sold with all faults, not subject to return.
Asia. Vandermaelen (Phillipe Marie Guillaume), Seven maps of Asia (nos. 98, Partie de la Chine, 106, Partie de la Cochinchine, 97, Tonquin, 99, Partie de la a. Chine, 105, Camboge et Anami, 47, Partie de l'Empire Chinois [&] 48, Partie de la Chine), circa 1825, together seven lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, each approximately 470 x 540 mmQty: (7)Footnote: The first map shows part of Southern China with Hainan, Canton and Macao, Lantau and Lamma Islands. Hong Kong is not named but appears as two islands. Originally published in Vandermaelen's 'Atlas Universel'.
Coins - 20th century collectable and other coins, including uncirculated or near uncirculated examples: £5 1996, £2, 1996 (Euros), 2007 (Act of Union & Slave Trade), 2009 (Darwin), 2010 (Nightingale), 2014 (Trinity House, 2016 (Shakespeare/tragedy), similar 50pence 2005 (Dr Johnson), 2016 (B. Potter), 2017 (Tale of Peter Rabbit and Jeremy Fisher), 2018 (Tailor of Gloucester and Paddington), also another, poor condition, 2019 (Gruffalo), also Alphabet issues: A, E, F, H, N, P & S, also World Savers gilt metal Natwest Bank Jaguar medallion, Britain's First Decimal Coins in blue folder, and various circulated base metal UK and foreign issues (qty)
A Royal Crown Derby shaped oval two-handled tray, The 250 Collection, printed with floral sprays within a gold border, limited edition 152/750, first quality; a Royal Crown Derby shaped circular cabinet plate, decorated with a raised tooled gilt border on a cobalt blue ground, 27.5cm, second quality (2)
Two trays of various ceramic figures to include; Royal Worcester; 'First Quadrille', 'The Milkmaid', 'Safe at Last', 'The Shepherdess' and Coalport; 'Blue Moon', 'Nerys', 'Karen', Leonardo collection 'Autumn Breeze', various Spanish porcelain figures including; one Lladro and one Nao, a Hummel style German figurine etc. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
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