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Lot 645
Three postcard albums Edwardian and later, the first album entirely European buildings and other topographical cards (190 plus), another dated 1907 inside cover Victoria British Columbia and including Canadian Rockies railway, yacht race Lake Michigan, Seattle, RMS Baltic White Star Line, Worcester, Liverpool, New York, Exeter, Bedford, Nailsworth, Woodchester, Stroud, Rodborough Fort, Cowes, Amberley, Monmouth, Minchinhampton, Gloucester, Cirencester, Rothesay, Hucclecote, Paradise Painswick, Bromyard, Wickwar, humorous and valentine (170 plus cards); the final album entitled From Far and Near dated 1904 includes London, Bristol, Bath, Folkestone, Malvern, Sharpness, Gloucester, The Ocean at Stonehouse, Tewkesbury, Berkeley Hunt, Cheltenham, Nailsworth etc. approximately 160 cards, 520 plus in three albums
Lot 646
Three Edwardian and later postcard albums, the first includes Gloucester, Chalford, Tewkesbury, Malvern & Porlock, seven Louis Wain cards, four of Vesuvius errupting, three Bruce Bairnsfather, 104 plus cards in total. The second album dated 1904 includes Longfords Lake Stroud Valley, Woodchester, continental scenes, Gerrards, Cross, Llangollen canal, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Bruce Bairnsfather, Weston Super Mare, Kewstoke etc approximately 140 in total. The last album dated 1905 includes Lake District, Derbyshire, Irish scenes, Llangollen canal, Hoylake, Liverpool, Surrey, Dartmouth, Gloucester & Cheddar, approximately 240 cards, so approximately 480 cards in all
Lot 659
A large collection of German Zeppelin airship postcards dated from early 1900s to 1939 with some coloured examples. Includes many examples of the Graf Zeppelin LZ 127 (1928-1937) the most successful ever built, flying over one million miles and carrying 34,000 passengers, and the first commercial passenger flight over the Atlantic, round the world and over the North Pole. Images include the craft over Karlsruke, Mannheim, Dresden, Dusseldorf, Wappertal, Essen Munich, Basel, Toulon and New York. Also postcards of the Hindenberg LZ129 in the Olympic Ring Livery for 1936 with swastikas to the fins. Other images include large hangars, crash postcards, and images of L12 and 15, L28, R33, 34 and 101 etc. Approximately 250 in all
Lot 699
Four black and white photographs of Joe Louis former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, the first showing him refereeing a boxing match, the other three meeting various servicemen in uniform, mounted with an autographed scrap dated Bodmin 12th May 1944, verso three military photographs 'Bodmin Cornwall 'Salute the Soldier' week, May 1944', montage 39 x 49cm overall
Lot 795
GB first day cover 16th May 1973 County Cricket featuring W G Grace, produced for The Thornbury Cricket Club and signed by four members of the Grace Family, with Lords, London NW8 postmark. Typed information within, giving details of The Thornbury Cricket Club which was formed in 1871 by W G Grace's brother Dr Edward Mills Grace
Lot 202
Hardback books relating to Military history to include: The Royal Marines 1919 - 1980 by James D Ladd; Pioneers of aerial combat the air battles of the first world war by Michael Foley; An expendable squadron the story of 217 squadron coastal command 1939 - 1945 by Roy Conyers Nesbit; and others.
Lot 341
Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino in Villa, half-title, woodcut title vignette of ploughing, head-pieces and initials, a little browned, some staining, particularly towards end, old limp boards, spine a little worn, Venice, Steffano Curti, 1674 § Bonardo (G.M.) Le Ricchezze dell'Agricoltura, woodcut of ploughing to verso of dedication, contemporary ink signature of Sr. Henry Blount on title, contemporary limp vellum, stained, holes to spine and lower cover, Treviso, Aurelio Righettini, 1631 § Agostinetti (Giacomo) Cento, e Dieci Ricordi, che formano il buon Fattor di Villa, browned, old boards, spine worn, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1681 § Falcone (Giuseppe) La Nuova, Vaga, et Dilettevole Villa, Treviso, 1602; Rimedii...dove s'insegna molti, & varij secreti per medicar Bue, Vacche, Cani, Cavalli..., Treviso, 1602, together 2 works in 1 vol., each title with woodcut device, first title browned and with small hole (becoming loose), later half vellum, Fabritio Zanetti, all rubbed, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ Sir Henry Blount (1602-82), landowner, traveller and author of A Voyage into the Levant of 1636, who inherited the estate of Tyttenhanger, Herts. from his brother in 1654 and replaced the old manor with a new house.
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Lot 342
W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) Systema Agriculturae; the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered, second edition, additional engraved title with printed "Explanation of the Frontispiece" within typographic border preceding, woodcut illustrations, printed title laid down, foxing and browning, contemporary ink inscription of William Mildmay to front free endpaper, modern half calf, [Wing W3599], Printed by J.C. for T. Dring; and are to be sold by Charles Smith and Tho. Burrell, 1675; and the third edition of the same title [Wing W3600A], folio (2)⁂ First published in 1669, this is one of the earliest works to consider the crop of turnips. It includes a dictionary of rustic words and terms.
Lot 344
Bees.- Gedde (John) A New Discovery of an Excellent Method of Bee-Houses & Colonies, to free the Owners from the great charge and trouble that attends the Swarming of Bees..., first edition, with the initial blank, folding engraved plate (paper flaw hole to margin), some light marginal soiling and staining, several leaves slightly defective and/or repaired at lower outer corner (just touching border of title but not affecting text), modern cloth, old marbled wrappers bound in (rubbed & frayed at corner, laid down), [British Bee Books 48; Walker Catalogue p.28; Wing G443], 8vo, for the Author, and sold by D. Newman, 1675.⁂ Very rare first edition of Gedde's description of his bee hive, which he patented in 1675. ESTC records 3 UK locations (BL, National Library of Scotland & Bodleian) and 3 in America. No copy has apparently been sold on its own at auction.
Lot 345
Cotton (Charles) The Planters Manual: being Instructions for The Raising, Planting, and Cultivating all sorts of Fruit-Trees, first edition, additional engraved title, 2 leaves advertisements at end, headline trimmed close in places but no loss, early 20th century mottled calf, gilt, by Riviere & Son, g.e., joints slightly rubbed, [Wing C6388; Henrey 42; Hunt 337; Janson p.111], 8vo, Printed for Henry Brome, 1675.⁂ A charming copy of what is essentially a translation of Instructions pour les arbres fruictiers.
![Blagrave (Joseph) The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry [and New Additions to the Art of Husbandry], 2 parts in 1 vol., engrave](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/95c463bf-8582-41f1-88eb-a8f900fdee7b/efcd1519-991e-4075-bb84-93225232fce7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 347
Blagrave (Joseph) The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry [and New Additions to the Art of Husbandry], 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional pictorial titles to both parts bound at front (title for the first part creased and frayed at outer margin), gatherings pulling and becoming loose, autograph recipes and notes in a contemporary hand to endpapers, hinges weak, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting, loss to spine, [Fussell pp.76-77], printed for Benjamin Billingsley, at the sign of the Printing-Press, in the piazza of the Royal Exchange, over against Popes-Head-Alley, in Corn-Hill, 1675; and a 1670 edition of the same, 8vo (2)⁂ Includes material on saffron, hops, liquorice, song birds and fruit trees.
Lot 348
Soil.- Evelyn (John) A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, Relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation, and the Propagation of Plants, first edition, with initial imprimatur leaf but lacking final blank, light spotting, near contemporary black morocco with decorative gilt border and centrepieces, spine gilt with later red morocco labels, g.e., rubbed, [Keynes 93; Wing E3507], 8vo, for John Martyn, 1676.
Lot 349
Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and improving Forrest-Trees: also, How to Plant, Make and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c., first edition, 4 engraved plates, 4pp. contents/advertisement at end, very slight staining to upper edge, a few small spots, old manuscript book-label "The Earl of Westmoreland 1856" on front paste-down, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, upper joint split, spine worn and with new label, [Fussell pp.39-40; Henrey 38; Kress 1407; Wing C6032], 4to, for Peter Parker, 1676.⁂ Cook was gardener to the Earl of Essex at Cassiobury Park (near Watford) and laid out many woodland walks and avenues including, reputedly, an avenue of 296 lime trees.
Lot 35
Xenophon. Xenophons treatise of householde, collation: A-H8, printed entirely in black letter except "To the reader" on title-verso in Roman, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initial, lower half of colophon leaf H8 cut away but no loss of text, [STC 26069], Imprinted at London in Flete-strete, by Thomas Berthelet printer to the kynges most noble grace, 1532; bound with Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6 B-M8 N2, printed entirely in black letter, title within same woodcut architectural border as first work, woodcut initial, E4 torn with slight loss of text, I2 torn at inner margin just touching text, several leaves towards end with passages inked out and some early annotations/corrections, some light water-staining, [STC 10995.5], Imprinted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece, [?1533], together 2 works in 1, stubs of a medieval manuscript on vellum at rear, early 17th century panelled calf, rubbed, small worm-hole to lower cover, extremities worn, 8vo⁂ Two rare early English agricultural books, the second printed 10 years after Pynson's first edition of 1523 and probably the first reprint issued by Berthelet. ESTC locates 4 copies of the first work, including this one; and 7 copies of the second work, again including this one. Auction records show infrequent appearances of both works on the market, but none as early as either of these.Provenance: Henry Hills (partially erased signature to front free endpaper); John Martin of Harbrough (inscription to front free endpaper with two dates, one partially obscured, the other 1700); Colonel & Mrs Forbes Leith of Whitehaugh (early 20th century bookplate). Other contemporary annotations to rear free endpaper crossed out and indecipherable.Rothamsted acquisition date 1930.
Lot 350
Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering, and improving Forrest-Trees..., 4 engraved plates, a few rust- spots, the Earl of Worcester's copy with old ink signature "Worcester" on front free endpaper and "H.Somerset" on front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, upper cover with central gilt monogram surmounted by coronet, spine gilt, rubbed, head of spine worn, [Wing C6033], for Peter Parker, 1676 § Bacon (Sir Francis) Sylva Sylvarum, ninth edition, with engraved additional title but lacking portrait, pencil markings to margins, a few rust-spots, later calf, [Wing B331], by J.R. for William Lee, 1670 § Evelyn (John) Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, The Fifth Edition, title in red and black, 2 engraved plates, illustrations, title torn and repaired, loose, slightly browned, later endpapers, contemporary calf, extensively rubbed, upper cover detached, red morocco gilt label on spine, folio, for J. Walthoe, J. Knapton and others, 1729; and 3 others, 4to & folio (6)⁂ The first is a reissue of the 1676 edition with cancel title and the addition of 'A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure' by Gabriel Plattes at end.
Lot 351
Gardens.- Cause (Hendrik) De Koninglycke Hovenier Aanwyzende de Middelen om Boomen, Bloemen en Kruyden te Zaayen, planten, aen queeken en voort teelen, engraved pictorial title, 15 fine engraved plates of fruit & flowers by Hause and 16 plates of 32 plans of flowerbeds and parterres, [1676] bound with Commelyn (Jan) Nederlantze Hesperides, Dat is, Oeffening en Gebruik van de Limoen- en Oranje-Boomen..., engraved additional pictorial title and 20 fine engraved plates of fruit by C.Kick and 6 of orangeries by De Vree, with final privilege/errata/binder's leaf, 1676, together 2 works in 1 vol., first editions, occasional light soiling, corners slightly worn at beginning and end, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, corners worn, [Hunt 344 & 345; Nissen 339 & 390 (calling for 27 plates in the 2nd work).folio, Amsterdam, Marcus Doornick ⁂ Two important horticultural works of the Dutch Golden Age, bound together as usual. The fine plates reflect the interest in growing citrus fruit in Europe at the time. Commelin was director of the Amsterdam botanical gardens and a professor of medicine.
Lot 352
Sheep.- Clarke (George) A Treatise of Wool and Cattel, cropped affecting pagination throughout and first word of title, bookplate of Donald McDonald, later half calf, [Wing C444B; Kress 1455; Goldsmiths' 2203], Printed by J.C. for Will. Crook, 1677 § Smith (John) Chronicon Rusticum-Commerciale; or, Memoirs of Wool, 2 vol., half-title to vol.1 only, occasional foxing and browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Kress 4871], 1747 § [Munn (John)] Observations on British Wool, modern sheep (!), slightly sunned, [Kress 4398], by H. Kent, for the Author, 1738 § Little (John) Practical Observations on the Improvement and Management of Mountain Sheep and Sheep Farms, first edition, uncut in original boards, covers bumped and slightly stained, spine torn, spine label slightly chipped, Edinburgh, 1815 § Bakewell (Robert) Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon Wool, library morocco-backed cloth, head of spine chipped, 1808; and 16 others on Sheep and Wool, 8vo and 4to (20)
Lot 355
Yarranton (Andrew) England's Improvement by Sea and Land, 2 vol., first editions, a mixed set, vol.1 ?signed by the author below dedication, 12 engraved folding plates only (of 15, part 1 lacking 3 plates), many torn without significant loss, vol. 2 spotted and browned with some minor worming to inner margin, ink ownership inscriptions and bookplates, non-uniform contemporary calf, vol.2 neatly rebacked and corners repaired, [Wing Y13A], small 4to, R.Everingham for the author, 1677-81.⁂ Provenance: James Plunkett Earl of Fingall; ?Rossington Hall (bookplates); Anne Middleton; Henry ?Sheapard (ink ownership inscriptions).
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Lot 358
Gardens.- [Morin (Pierre)] Remarques Necessaires pour la Culture des Fleurs, additional engraved pictorial title, lightly stained, later vellum-backed marbled boards, Charles de Sercy, 1678 § [Bonnefons (N. de)] Les Delices de la Campagne, suite du Jardinier François, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, browned, Jean Cochart, 1673 § Liger (Louis) la Culture Parfaite des Jardins Fruitiers et Potagers, woodcut illustrations, 1703 § Bradley (R.) Le Calendrier des Jardiniers, 5 folding engraved plates, 1743 § Schabol (Roger) La Théorie du Jardinage [&] La Pratique du Jardinage, together 2 vol., half-titles, vol.1 with engraved portrait, each with 5 folding plates and errata leaf at end, 1774 § [Dézallier d'Argenville (A.N.)] Dictionnaire du Jardinage, advertisement leaf and 7 folding engraved plates at end, 1777, all but the first contemporary calf, the last two uniform mottled calf, spines gilt, rubbed, some spine ends worn and chipped, 12mo, Paris (7)
Lot 359
Bees.- Rusden (Moses) A Further Discovery of Bees. Treating of the Nature, Government, Generation & Preservation of the Bee..., first edition, engraved frontispiece and 3 folding plates, contemporary ink inscriptions to verso of frontispiece and to final leaf, a little browned, small paper flaw tear to lower margin of I7, F gathering becoming loose, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, [British Bee Books 55; Walker Catalogue p.61; Wing R2313], 8vo, for the Author, 1679.⁂ An apothecary by trade Rusden was appointed "Beemaster to the King's most excellent Majesty" at the instigation of John Evelyn.
Lot 36
Blue paper forgery.- Cato (Marcus Porcius), Marcus Terentius Varro, Junius Moderatus Columella and Rutilius Taurus Palladius. Libri de re rustica, collation: *4 A-E8 F10 a-z8 A-O8, italic type, woodcut printer's device to title, A1 and verso of otherwise blank final f., woodcut illustrations and diagrams, initial spaces with guide-letters, on white paper washed blue in 19th century, possibly at the time of rebinding, 19th century vellum, spine richly gilt and with red and black calf labels, lightly soiled, 8vo (192 x 126mm.), [Venice], House of the heirs of Aldus & Andreas Torresani, 1533. ⁂ This copy offers striking evidence of the 19th-century vogue for copies of books printed on blue paper, which were sought by many collectors as desiderable curiosities, and in turn led to the production of skilful forgeries. In the case of this Aldine it would seem most likely that Italy was the source of the forgery, given that the vellum binding is also typically Italian. The volume is in fact described in the sale catalogue of the library of its first known owner, Sir John Hayford Thorold, as a perfectly genuine blue paper copy, "printed on Blue Paper, gilt vellum, extremely rare, if not unique". It was bought by Henry Richards Luard, as evinced by a loosely insrted letter dated 3 January 1885 and signed by John K. Ingram of Trinity College in Dublin, to whom Luard had turned, seeking information about other copies of Aldus' De re rustica on blue paper. Like Thorold, Luard was fully convinced he owned a true treasure, and the volume is also described as a genuine blue paper copy in the sale catalogue of his library, sold at Sotheby's in 1891. Provenance: Sir John Hayford Thorold (1773-1831; The Syston Park Library. Catalogue of an Important Portion of the Extensive & Valuable Library of the Late Sir John Hayford Thorold, Bart. Removed from Syston Park, Lincolnshire, which Will be Sold at Auction, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 1884, lot 1719); Henry Richards Luard (1825-1891; Catalogue of the valuable library of the late Rev. Henry Richards Luard, B.D., Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London 16 November 1891, lot 1033).Rothamsted acquisition date 1926.
Lot 365
Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, initial licence leaf (detached), 83 engraved plates, some double-page, one misbound, some light water-staining and soiling, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758], folio, Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.⁂ Grew and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens.
Lot 368
Gardens.- Reid (John) The Scots Gard'ner in Two Parts...Whereunto is annexed The Gard'ners Kalendar. Published for the Climate of Scotland, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 4 woodcut plates, with the unsigned leaf p.125 ('The Conclusion Proposing Scotlands Improvement' & errata) at end of first part (not found in all copies), second part lacking B4 (final blank), woodcut title-devices and initials, paper flaw to D1 causing loss to a few letters, some foxing, a few small stains, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [British Bee Books 59; Henrey 328; Hunt 368; Wing R764], small 4to, Edinburgh, David Lindsay, 1683.⁂ A good copy of the first gardening book for Scottish gardeners, sometimes also regarded as the first Scottish cookery book as the second part includes recommendations of seasonal dishes and drinks. Reid (b.1656) was gardener to several estates including Hamilton Castle and Drummond Castle before emigrating in 1683 to a Scottish Quaker community in New Jersey where he became a wealthy farmer.
Lot 37
Schwerdt copy.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) Le bon Mesnager, first edition under this title, collation: *8 A-X6 AA-JJ LL6, printed in lettre batarde, double column, title in red and black with large grotesque initial, numerous woodcut initials, woodcut illustration on *2 of the publisher offering the book to Francois I, signed with the Lorraine cross of Geofroy Tory, another woodcut illustration on B4 of a man sowing, armorial woodcut on otherwise blank final leaf, later full crushed red morocco by Thierry sc. De Petit-Simier, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, folio (264 x 185mm.), Paris, Nicolas Cousteau for Galliot du Pre, 1533.⁂ The Schwerdt copy (with bookplate) of this important and handsomely printed edition.Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: Schwerdt I, p.127; Petit 639; Thibaud p.229.
Lot 371
Lambert (James) The Country-Man's Treasure, woodcut frontispiece, 2 leaves of advertisements at end, [ESTC 504352; Not in Wing], Printed for Henry Twyford, 1683; bound with A Treatise of Oxen, Sheep, Hogs, and Dogs, [Wing T2093], Printed for Obadiah Blagrave, 1683, together 2 works in 1, foxed and browned, rear free endpaper with contemporary list of names for deer as they age, later calf, gilt, rubbed, [Fussell I, pp.87-88], 8vo⁂ The first work, originally published in 1676, is extremely rare, a variant issue with different imprint to Wing L232 and located by ESTC only in "private collections", no institutional copies. The second is also rare, with ESTC recording 3 other copies apart from this one (BL, Wellcome and Yale/Beinecke). The volume is further enhanced by the bookplate of Donald McDonald, the agricultural historian.
Lot 373
Periodical.- Houghton (John) A Collection of Letters for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, 2 vol. in 1, comprising vol.1, numbers 1-15 and vol.2, numbers 1-6 [all published], both vol. with a general title, occasional browning, a little heavier to vol.2, bookplate of Frederick Hendriks with ink note by Hendriks to pastedown, 2 A.L.s. from Professor Herbert Foxwell regarding the scarcity and importance of this volume, tipped in on front free endpaper, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, upper cover becoming loose, [Fussell pp.81-81; Goldsmiths' 37365; Kress 1538], small 4to, Printed for John Lawrence At the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange [and] Printed by J. Gain for the Author John Houghton, and is to sold at his House, against the Ship-Tavern in St.Bartholomew-Lane, 1681-1683 [i.e. 1684]. ⁂ The first trade & agriculture periodical in England. Rare. We can trace only two other complete sets at auction. Includes issues on Ireland, the Plague of 1665, the East-India Company and lists of goods imported and exported. Houghton was an apothecary and dealer in tea, coffee and chocolate. He was a fellow of the Royal Society and a friend of Edmund Halley.Professor Herbert Foxwell (1849-1936), political economist and bibliophile. Provenance: Frederick Hendriks (1827-1909, statistician and collector); Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.
Lot 374
Periodical.- Houghton (John) A Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, second series, vol.1 no.1 - vol 10 no 240 [but 241], an unbroken run, majority of issues bound with additional f. of advertisements, no 12 loosely inserted, no 21 duplicated, folding table, vol.1 wormed at head, no.150 torn with some loss to text, occasional browning or light soiling, manuscript title in a contemporary hand supplied at front, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but holding firm, [Fussell pp.81-83], folio, Randall Taylor [&] John Whitlock [&] E. Whitlock, 1692-7; sold as a periodical and not subject to return.⁂ An exceptional unbroken run of this weekly publication.Individual issues of this periodical are scarce and we cannot trace an unbroken run such as this in the last forty years of auctions. The first series was published in 1681 and ran to only 21 issues, this second series began in 30th March 1692 and ran for approximately 10 years. The list of subjects covered includes manures, trades, importing of goods, arts of fowling and fishing and the management of rivers, woods and estates. The advertisements include a vast array of personal notices and provide extraordinary snapshots of 17th century London life. Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate); Rothamsted acquisition date 1937.
Lot 376
Horses.- De Grey (Thomas) The Compleat Horse-Man, and Expert Ferrier, 2 parts in 1 vol., fifth edition, lacking initial blank, 19th century half calf, spine faded, [Wing D860], by J.R. and R. H., 1684 § Blunt (John) Practical Farriery; or, the Complete Directory, 38pp. advertisements at end, contemporary calf, some bowing, Dublin, Peter Hoey, 1773 § Gibson (William) Mr. Gibson's Short Practical Method of Cure for Horses, first edition, 10 engraved plates, contemporary calf, spine gilt, for A. Millar, 1755 § La Fosse (Etienne-Guillaume) Observations et Découvertes Faites sur des Chevaux, 3 engraved folding plates, Paris, Chez Houchereau, 1754 bound with Traité Sur le Véritable Siége de la Morve des Chevaux, 2 engraved folding plates, Paris, Chez David, 1744. together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, spine gilt; and 7 others, horses and farriery, 8vo (11)
Lot 377
Fens Drainage.- Moore (Sir Jonas) The History or Narrative of the Great Level of the Fenns, called Bedford Level, first edition, with initial leaf 'The Bookseller to the Reader', folding engraved map, some ink underlinings, lightly browned, a few small stains, map lightly stained and with short tear to edge, later calf, gilt, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [Wing M2571], 8vo, for Moses Pitt, 1685.
![Fruit-Trees.- [Venette (Nicolas)] The Art of Pruning Fruit-Trees..., first English edition, woodcut illustrations, 6pp. adver](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/95c463bf-8582-41f1-88eb-a8f900fdee7b/4b33987b-de40-4a49-96d6-99ba9dd74fb1/468x382.jpg)
Lot 378
Fruit-Trees.- [Venette (Nicolas)] The Art of Pruning Fruit-Trees..., first English edition, woodcut illustrations, 6pp. advertisements at end, near contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, engraved bookplate of Thomas Earl of Kinnoull, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed, split to joint, spine worn at head, [Henrey 1; Wing V187], 8vo, for Tho. Basset, 1685.⁂ Scarce work first published in French in 1683.
Lot 379
Winstanley (William) The Path-Way to Knowledge, According to those Undeniable Grounds and Axiomes Delivered by the Ancient Philosophers and Astronomers, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Haly, Albert, Philo Judæus, And Ptolomey. Shewing the Effects of the Planets, and Other Astronomical Constellations, with Several Other Weighty Matters Concerning Husbandry, Chyurgery, Medicines for Cattle, and Other Excellent Rarities, Both Pleasant and Profitable. Experienced by the 21 Years Study And Practice of Poor Robin a Well-Wisher to the Mathematicks, second edition, black letter, woodcut illustrations, minor worming to foot of inner margin, occasionally touching lettering, C6 with small portion of loss to upper corner, title and frontispiece from the fourth edition bound at front, 1 f. of tables bound at end, occasional browning, damp-staining to endpapers, 19th century ink inscription to title, ink ownership inscriptions, bookplate, 18th century calf, spine darkened, some splitting to joints, [Wing W3071C], 8vo, printed, and are to be sold by Joseph Collier, at the Bible upon London-Bridge, 1685.⁂ Rare, ESTC lists one copy only of this edition (University of California) and only one copy of the first edition (Oxford University All Souls). Includes sections on the signs of the zodiac, physiognomy, medical recipes, and predicting the weather as well as "How to know whether a young Wench hath lost her Maiden-head, or no", "To make they Chamber appear as if it were full of Snakes and Addars" and "To turn Water into Wine".Provenance: Job Lousley; Hugh W. Diamond (ink ownership inscriptions); E. F Bosa Mouet (bookplate).
Lot 38
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A6, B-M8, N4, (lacking final 2 leaves, both blank), printed almost entirely in black letter, a few ink annotations to text and to front free endpaper, title within architectural woodcut border, early 20th century turquoise crushed morocco, gilt, by Holloway, g.e., inner gilt dentelles, [STC 10995.7; Fussell I, 1], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete, in the hous of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the signe of Lucrece, [?1534].⁂ An early edition of the first book on farming printed in England. William Lambarde's copy with his and subsequent family members' signatures to title. Lambarde (1536-1601) antiquary, lawyer and author of Perambulation of Kent (1570), generally recognised as the first work of British topography. Fitzherbert's work is partly based on the text of Hosbondrye by Walter of Henley (see lot 1), which Lambarde translated into English in 1577. This translation is preserved in a notebook compiled by Lambarde (Bodleian Library, MS Rawlinson B 471, fols. 16-38), and is evidence, together with his commonplace book drawn from Columella, Varro, Palladius, Crewcentiis and Henley himself (British Library, Add MS 20709), of his great interest in agriculture. Lambarde's version was first published in 1971 (D. Oschinski, Walter of Henley, Oxford 1971, pp. 307-343). This copy is further signed by his eldest son Multon Lambarde (1584-1634) dated 1608 and then Thomas Lambarde, 1635 and Thomas Lambarde junior, 1665. The Lambarde library "remained at Sevenoaks until 1924, when it was dispersed by sale and bequest" (ODNB). Seemingly the only copy known with this imprint (ESTC S92547 citing only this copy) with "hous" and "signe" in imprint (another, dated ?1533 has "house" and "sygne". Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1920.
Lot 381
Malpighi (Marcello) Opera omina, 2 vol. in 1, plus Opera Posthuma (1697), engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 further frontispieces and 142 plates (including 7 half-page supplementary plates, often lacking), portrait torn and creased at inner edge, possibly lacking one leaf (viz ESTC collation), contemporary panelled calf, joints and extremities worn, [Wing M342A and M347; Garrison-Morton 66], Prostant apud Robertum Scott, Bibliopolam Regium, 1686.⁂ The first complete collection of Malpighi's works on plant and animal structure and anatomy.
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