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Click here to subscribeTwo rugs, the first: Kayserie 'art silk' saf, north central Anatolia, circa 1930s, 7ft. 8in. X 2ft. 11in. 2.34m. X 0.89m. Overall wear. The field composed of ten mihrabs within an ivory flowering tree main border; the end borders of lappet design. The second: An 'art'silk' prayer rug, probably Kashmiri, circa 1950s, 4ft. 3in. X 2ft. 6in. 1. 30m. X 0.76m. The pale pink mihrab with flowering tree of life, pale blue spandrels and dark brown main border. (2)
Two Chinese silk embroideries possibly made up from armbands, late 19th/early 20th century, each 28in. X 15in. Overall 71cm. X 38cm. Overall. The first embroiderd in coloured silks and metal thread depicting pairs of goldfish and pairs of blue fish among blue and peach paeonies; narrow embroidered floral border and a wide blue satin outer border embroidered in blue and white silk with flowers and birds. The second embroidered in coloured silks depicting small fish; pheasants; bats, vases, clouds, pair of dragons chasing flaming pearls above a seawave and mountain base; narrow embroidered border and a wide blue satin outer border embroidered in blue and white silk with flowers. Both embroideries seamed through the centre and both framed and glazed. (2)
Tekke Turkmen 3 x 8 gul rug, Turkmenistan, first quarter 20th century, 6ft. X 4ft. 11in. 1.83m. X 1.50m. The minor guls with small rectangular centres; the main border with a variation of the uriuk (apricot blossom) gul, narrower at the lower end with a row of pairs of tiny animals in ivory and dark blue, and one in a reddy-brown, with different coloured hooves; narrow elems woven with the dyrnak gul motif. Velvety wool with soft handle and soft palette.
Two tapestry cushions, the first made up of Flemish tapestry, 16th century, 18in. 46cm. Square depicting a central urn of flowers flanked by two butterflies; two winged griffins at the base and two figures to either side.; metal brocade border and gold damask back. The second; Flemish(?) tapestry with silk highlights depicting a cherub; metal thread brocade; brown velveteen border and back, 13in., 33cm. Sq. Some damage to the tapestry. (2)
Two rugs, the first: Hamadan rug, north west Persia, early 20th century, 6ft. 9in. X 3ft. 6in. 2.05m. X 1.07m. Herati design on a dark blue field with tiny birds hiding among the foliage; camel floral main border and pale blue outer guard. Overall even wear; slight loss to top end; outer guard missing lower end. The second: Baluchi rug, Khorasan, north east Persia, early 20th century, 5ft. 11in. X 3ft. 3in. 1.80m. X 1m. Overall wear/corrosion and losses to both ends. (2)
Two rugs: the first a Fars rug, Shiraz area, south Persia, mid-20th century, 4ft. 11in. X 3ft. 6in. 1.50m. X 1.07m. Red field with two stepped centre medallions and ivory border. Robust handle. The second a Hamadan rug, north west Persia, mid-20th century, 6ft. 11in. X 4ft. 6in. 2.11m. X 1.37m. Dark red field with central rectangular medallion; dark blue main border. Robust handle. (2)
Two Fars rugs: Qashqa'i Confederacy, mid-20th century, the first, 8ft. 2in. X 4ft. 2in. 2.49m. X 1.27m. Dark blue lozenge shape field with four central diamond shape medallions; ivory main border. Some wear in places; fraying to selvedges. The second, 7ft. 4in. X 3ft. 11in. 2.24m. X 1.20m. Dark blue field with all over hooked medallions; ivory main border. Some colour run in the border. Some wear in places. Both with robust handle. (2)
Two blankets: the first a Serape/Rio Grande blanket, Mexico, circa 1930s-40s, 6ft. 4in. X 3ft. 6in. 1.93m. X 1.07m. 'Bite' to one end and to side; small holes and surface marks.. The second a Navajo blanket, American south west, circa 1940s-50s, 3ft. 10in. X 2ft. 6in. 1.17m. X 0.76m. Small hole. (2)
Vaillant (Clément). De la commodité de l'appanage ou panage de messieurs les enfans puisnez de la royale maison de France, prouvant laquelle plusieurs belles choses, estans de long temps en obscurité sont à present mises en lumiere, 1st edition, Paris: Guillaume Linocier, 1585, woodcut title vignette, initial figure, front free endpaper repaired, date added to head of title in black ink, old inked marginalia to dedication, browning, rebound circa 1900 in pink paper boards, rubbed, front joint cracked but firm, small 8vo in half-sheets Not in Adams. The first published work by the French jurist, dedicated to Henri III, one institutional copy traced in the United Kingdom (British Library), seven world-wide. (1)
Vergilius Maro (Publius). Opera Vergiliana cum decem commentis docte & familiariter exposita, 2 volumes in one, Lyon, Jacob Mareschal, [1527]-1528, title page to each volume printed in red and black, with elaborate woodcut border, the first title with some marks and soiling, repaired to inner margin with later paper, woodcut illustrations throughout by Sebastian Brandt, woodcut initials, some marks and light soiling, light damp stains to top margins at front and rear of volume, final leaf of text (folio CCLXII) repaired to lower portion with minor loss of text, lacking KK6 (colophon) at end, 18th century panelled calf, rubbed and some wear, with joints cracked, folio (33 x 24.5 cm) Adams V473. Edited by Giovanni Pierio Valeriano, with additional notes by Landini, Beroaldo and Badius. (1)
Vieira (Antonio). Arte de Furtar, Espelho de Enganos, Theatro de Verdades, Mostrador de Horas Minguadas, Gazua Geral Dos Reynos de Portugal, Amsterdam [Lisbon?]: Martinho Schagen, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece (dated 1745), [xxiv], 409pp, title printed in red and black, some pencil marginalia to early leaves, ink ownership inscription of Captain Edward William Auriol Hay, 73rd Regiment, dated at Lisbon, 9 December 1811 to title, Portuguese and English notes to front endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine with leather label, rubbed, slight wear at foot of spine, 8vo Palau 364372. First published anonymously in 1652, this Portuguese satire 'The Art of Stealing' is an attack on Portuguese society and official corruption. Falsely attributed to Father Antonio Vieira, the probable author is Manuel de Melo. (1)
Watson (William). Experiments and Observations Tending to Illustrate the Nature and Properties of Electricity, 1st edition, Printed by Jacob Ilive for the Author, 1745, 55pp, last leaf detached, together with A Sequel to the Experiments... wherein it is presumed... that the source of the electrical power, and its manner of acting are demonstrated, 1st edition, 1746, [2], 80pp, lacks folding engraved plate, final leaf detached and a little frayed at inner margin, plus An Account of the Experiments Made... in order to discover whether the electrical power would be sensible at great distances, 1st edition, 1748, [2], 90pp, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, particularly at front and rear of each, old stab stitch marks, disbound, 8vo The first two items constitute Watson's principal work, the first part being the rare first edition published by the author. Watson was the first to observe the flash of light attending the discharge of a Leyden jar. He also provided the first demonstration of the passage of electricity through a vacuum, and the plus and minus of electricity. (3)
Wedderburn (David). Vocabula cum aliis nonnullis Latinae linguae subsidiis, Edinburgh: John Reid, 1682, collates A8 B4 C8, woodcut border and vignette to title page, bookplate removed from rear pastedown, 20th-century calf, title gilt to spine, small 8vo, together with Erasmus (Desiderius, commentator), Dicta sapientum e Graecis D. Erasmo Roterod interprete, Edinburgh: John Reid, 1682, single gathering of 4 leaves (13.8 x 8.5 cm), woodcut headpieces, 20th-century calf, title gilt to front board, and 1 other Neither in Wing but cf. Wing 1243A et seq. for later editions of Wedderburn (1685 and after) and STC 10478 for the first edition thus of Erasmus (1580). Wedderburn's Vocabula is noted for containing early descriptions of football and golf. Most secondary sources describe the first edition as appearing in 1636, with some giving a date of 1633; ESTC records one copy of a 1673 edition at Edinburgh Central Library, possibly an erroneously dated copy of the 1685 edition, which is otherwise the earliest we trace in libraries. The Dicta sapientum e Graecis 'includes "Sayings of the Seven Sages of Greece" with commentary by Erasmus (usually found as part of his "Disticha de moribus"); and the "Carmen de moribus" (otherwise known as the "Qui mihi") excerpted from the Grammar of William Lily' (ESTC record for the first edition, S118123). (3)
Durer (Albrecht). The Durer Society First-Tenth Series, with introductory notes by Campbell Dodgson, 10 volumes, 1898-1908, printed introductory text and reproductions loosely contained in original cloth-backed portfolios, rubbed and some wear to edges, some ties missing, large folio, together with Durer Society index to the plates and text or portfolios I-X 1898-1908, by Campbell Dodgson and S. Montagu Peartree, with supplementary notes, 1911, and notes and sketches by Albrecht Durer selected and edited by Campbell Dodgson, Durer Society XII, 1911, both original cloth-backed boards, 4to, plus Ouevre de Albert Durer reproduit et publié par Amand-Durand, Texte par Georges Dupliessis, 3 volumes, circa 1900, printed introductory text, and 102 facsimile prints of the engravings of Durer all loosely contained in 20th century red cloth portfolios, folio, and two other large format portfolios of reproductions after German Old Masters and Chinese artists (17)
Folkes (Martin). A Table of English Silver Coins, from the Norman Conquest to the Present Time with their Weghts, intrinsic Values, and Some Remarks upon the Several Pieces, Society of Antiquaries, 1745, bound with A Table of English Gold Coins, from the Eighteenth Year of King Edward the Third, when Gold was first coined in England, to the present Time with their Weights and intrinsic Values, reprinted, 1745,contemporary calf, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn & some leather torn to boards, 4to, together with Tables of English Silver and Gold Coins: First published by Martin Folkes, Esq; and now Re-printed, with Plates and Explanations, bound in 3 volumes (including supplement), London: Society of Antiquaries, 1763, 67 engraved plates, armorial bookplate of John Spencer, contemporary calf, some board detached, worn, 4to, with Withy (Robert & Ryall, John), Twelve Plates of English Silver Coins from the Norman Conquest to Henry the Eighth inclusive with a calculation of their respective values and short observations upon each plate, principally designed for the use of young collectors and all dealers in silver, 1756, engraved title and 13 plates, some dampstains, spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, boards detached, worn, slim 4to, plus Noble (Mark), Two Dissertations upon the Mint and Coins, of the Episcopal-Palatines of Durham..., Birmingham: Printed for the Author, by Pearson and Rollason, 1780, numerous engraved illustrations, spotting and some dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, upper joint slightly cracked, slim 4to (6)
Pistolesi (Erasmo). Il Vaticano Descritto ed Illustrato, 8 volumes, Rome, Tipografia della Societa editrice, 1829-38, engraved titles, numerous line-engraved plates (few folding), occasional light spotting and small marginal water stains, presentation inscription to volume I, bookplate removal residue, contemporary half vellum, some soiling, wear to a few labels, folio, together with La Patriarcale Basilica Lateranense, by Agostino Valentini, 2 volumes in one, Rome, 1836-37, engraved titles, line-engraved plates, some light spotting, library stamp at foot of first title, all edges gilt, contemporary vellum gilt, a little rubbed with some soiling, folio (9)
Detmold (Edward J., illustrator). Fabre's Book of Insects..., by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell, Hodder and Stoughton, [1921], 12 mounted colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, scattered spotting, front free endpaper with ink inscription dated [19]24, original pictorial blue cloth, a trifle rubbed in places, spine faded, 4to, together with Bull (Rene, illustrator), The Arabian Nights, Constable, 1912, mounted colour frontispiece and 19 plates, with captioned tissue guards, black & white illustrations to text, scarce light spotting mainly to first and last few leaves, free endpapers toned, original cloth gilt with pictorial panel to upper cover, generally rubbed and faded, marked in places, 4to, plus Brangwyn (Frank, illustrator), Eothen: or Traces of Travel Brought Home from the East by A.W. Kinglake..., 1913, 12 tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations, occasional light spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original pictorial cloth, a few minor marks, spine faded, 4to, with 24 others related (27)
Freud (Sigmund). The Interpretation of Dreams. Authorised Translation of Third Edition with Introduction by A.A. Brill, 1st London edition, George Allen, 1913, occasional pencil marks, scattered spotting or soiling, small tear with loss to lower blank margin of Q1, seven circular purple ink library stamps to front pastedown, title-page, Introductory Remarks, Contents pages, plus at head of chapters 1, 6 and on final page of Index, further library labels and marks to half-title, title-page verso and final page, withdrawn stamp to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, soiling and wear, spine rubbed and faded, 8vo This is the scarce first English edition, the majority of the first edition sheets were bound with a Macmillan cancel title-page for issue in America. No longer present is the publisher's tipped-in label directing that the sale of the book is 'limited to Members of the Medical, Scholastic, Legal, and Clerical professions'. (1)
Pernety (Antoine-Joseph). The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764, under the Command of M. de Bougainville, in order to form a Settlement there; and of two Voyages to the Streights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians: Translated from Dom Pernety's Historical Journal written in French, 1st edition in English, 1771, 16 engraved maps, plates and charts, several folding (one or two small repairs to verso), wormtrack just extending into image of frontispiece map (and to title margin), some light spotting and offsetting, previous owner inscription of Henry White, 1802 to front pastedown, contemporary sheep, rubbed and scuffed, 4to Hill 1328; Sabin 6870. First English edition of Louis de Bougainville's voyage by Pernety (Bougainville's secretary) and a primary source on the Falkland Islands. (1)
Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, 1st edition, 1906, 50 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting to first few leaves, and contents leaves with some edge-fraying, original cloth gilt, rubbed and marked, recased with original spine laid down, with some consequent discolouration, 4to, together with Awdry (Reverend W.), The Railway Series, numbers 14-20, 22, 24 & 25, all 1st edition, 1959-70, colour plates, all original cloth, 7 in frayed dust wrappers, together with Railway Map of the Island of Sodor, circa 1960, original printed wrappers, frayed and some wear to edges, and 12 reprint editions from the same series, all oblong small 8vo (24)
Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books ... whereunto is added, in this Edition, the Life of Tryal of the Author, printed for Tho. Basset [and others], 1687, 6 double-page maps, 2 double-page battle plans, 3 woodcut genealogies to the letterpress, engraved portrait bound as frontispiece, lacking the engraved title and 'The Mind of the Front' leaf, water-staining in top margins of plates and a few text gatherings, frontispiece, title page and first text-leaf frayed with marginal browning, closed tear touching frame of Syria map (facing page 236), Sicily map (facing page 548) with repaired closed tear in gutter, signature 2I2 torn, small hole in 2R2, a few spots and marks, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, modern calf, folio PMM 117 for the first edition; Wing R168. (1)
Boccalini (Traiano). Iragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus... with the Politick Touchstone, written originally in Italian... put into English by Henry Earl of Monmouth, 3rd edition, corrected, 1674, early signature to title, lacking portrait frontispiece, some marginal dampstaining and toning, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, small folio, together with Smith (Richard, Bishop of Chalcedon), Florum Historiae Ecclesiasticae gentis Anglorum, libri septem, ex quibus dulcissimum mel Catholcae Religionis..., Paris: Federicum Leonard, 1654, title in red & black, occasional light dampstaining and few marks, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, folio, with [Pope, Alexander], The Dunciad, Variorum. With the Prolegomena of Scriblerus, 1729, engraved illustration to title, with early signature to upper blank margin and removed ink stamp to lower outer corner (with abrasion & thinning of paper), some dust-soiling and marks, lacking free endpapers, contemporary calf, joints cracked, worn, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian and disbound pamphlets etc., including a disbound & incomplete General Index to the First Twenty Volumes of the Gentleman's Magazine..., [by Samuel Johnson], [1753] (a carton)
Rycaut (Paul). The Present State of the Ottoman Empire ... 2nd edition, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 engraved plates and numerous vignettes to the letterpress, all depicting Turkish costume, frontispiece and title page browned, and frayed and soiled in margins, general mild soiling, a few chips or tears in lower margins, old repair to fore margin of C4, contemporary ownership inscription of one Jonathan Grundy to frontispiece verso and title, recent panelled calf to style, folio, together with Hill (Aaron), A Full and Just Account of the Present State of the Ottoman Empire in all its Branches, 3rd edition, 1733, 6 engraved plates, variable light browning and soiling, contemporary sheep, covers detached, worn, folio Blackmer 1463, Cox I p. 210 and Wing R2413 for Rycaut; Cox I p. 220 for Hill; neither edition in Atabey but cf. 1067 for the third edition of Rycaut (1670) and 580 for the first edition of Hill (1709). First practically obtainable edition of Rycaut: 'the first edition, 1666/7, was almost wholly destroyed in the Great Fire (according to Pepys)' (Blackmer). This third edition of Hill's work appears to be highly uncommon: ESTC locates four copies only; Atabey erroneously cites a later, 1740 edition as the third edition. Provenance: Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014). (2)
Sandys (George). Sandys Travels, containing an History of the Original and Present State of the Turkish Empire ... the Mahometan Religion and Ceremonies ... a Description of Constantinople, the Grand Signior's Seraglio ... also, of Greece ... Aegypt ... Armenia, Grand Cairo, Rhodes, the Pyramides, Colossus ... Alexandria ... the Holy Land ... lastly, Italy described, and the Islands adjoining ... the seventh edition, 1673, engraved additional title, folding map, folding view of Constantinople, numerous engraved vignettes in the letterpress, woodcut headpieces and initials, mild spotting and soiling, occasional light browning, a few leaves faintly creased at lower outer corners, some bleeding of ink in the 2 folding plates, small tear to bottom edge of N4, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one John Arden to initial blank and title page, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, blind panels to sides, slightly rubbed, some restoration, folio Atabey 1087, Cox I p. 206 (giving the date 1672), Wing S680; Blackmer 1484 for the second edition. 'Sandys' work first appeared in 1615; it was one of the most frequently reprinted of English travel books, probably because it was so lavishly illustrated. This is the last edition of this work' (Atabey). Provenance: Christopher Hogwood CBE (1941-2014; book-label to front pastedown). (1)
Sarmiento de Gamboa (Pedro). Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitan Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa en los anos de 1579 y 1580. Y Noticia de la Expedicion que despues hizo para poblarle, 1st edition, Madrid: Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768, three folding engraved plates at rear (first plate a little marked), erased and washed out ink stamp to verso of title with consequent small hole, occasional light spotting mostly to margins, marbled endpapers with crude cloth hinge repairs, contemporary marbled sheep, cloth reback with remains of spine relaid, area of leather loss to lower board and infilled with marbled paper, 4to Sabin 77094; Borba de Moraes, page II:777; Hill 1526; Palau 302364. The first edition of an important narrative of early naval adventure and exploration, published from a manuscript found at the University of Madrid after almost two centuries. Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish naval commander who set off from Peru in pursuit of Sir Francis Drake in 1579. He never caught Drake, but did undertake an early passage through the Straits of Magellan, then made visits to the Azores and the African coast. Appended is Tomé Hernandez's account of Sarmiento's later disastrous Patagonia colony at 'Port Famine' (Puerto Hambre). (1)
Seller (John). Atlas Coelestis Containing the Systems and Theoryes of the Planets, The Constellations of the Starrs, and other Phenomina's of the Heavens, with Necessary Tables Relateing thereto Collected, no imprint or date, 1st edition, [1677], engraved title-page, 28 engraved plates only, including 22 double-page (17 celestial maps and stars), small closed tear repair to verso of two maps without loss, old ownership names of John Preston, C. Preston (dated 1806), Joseph Bland and Eliz. Bland to front endpapers, title-page and first plate verso, 18th-century manuscript notes to margins of plate following p. 28, to plate verso opposite p. 30, at foot of pp. 38 and 40 and to rear flyleaf, two of the full-page inscriptions describing the comets of 1618 and April 1681, one shorter note regarding fixed star motion, 'Sir Isaac Newton demonstrates how this many not arise from any motion of the Fermament itself but from the Sphaeroidal Figure of the Earth', contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spine, rubbed, split at foot of lower joint, 12mo in 4s, (136 x 85mm) Wing S2463. First edition of the first British celestial atlas. The plate count varies in descriptions because not all of the plates are counted as double, and in this copy at least six almanacs and tables are printed in facing pairs from single-page copperplates. Nonetheless, this copy, which appears to be as complete as when originally issued, has far fewer plates than most other copies, some of which can hold over 50 plates. Sold not subject to return. (1)
Plantin (Christopher, printer) Concordantiae Bibliorum utriusque Testamenti, Veteris et Novi ... Antwerp: Plantin, 1585, woodcut title vignette, final colophon leaf, title page trimmed at foot, contemporary vellum, soiled, spine defective, 4to, together with Virgil, L'Opere ... commentate in linguae volgarae Tosca da Giovanni Fabrini da Fighine, Carlo Malatesta da Rimene, e Filippo Venuti da Cortona, nuovamente stampate, e diligentemente corrette, Venice: Sessa, 1615, woodcut title device, vignettes to text, variable spotting, browning and damp-staining, first and last quires slightly frayed, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum soiled, slightly worn, folio, plus Chemnitz (Martin), Examinis Concilii Tridentini, Geneva: Etienne Gamonet & Pierre de la Rovière, 1614 4 parts in 1 volume, each with separate title page with woodcut device, occasional spotting and soiling, presentation plate and inscription to front pastedown and free endpaper, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, a few minor marks, folio, and 10 other Latin works, 17th to 19th centuries, various bindings, all folio (2 shelves)
Lever (Charles) The Novels, edited by his Daughter, 37 volumes, Downey and Co., Limited, 1897-9, profusely illustrated with etchings by Phiz and others, as plates and to the text, frontispieces and additional vignette titles to most volumes, laid-in tissue guards, half titles, title pages printed in red and black, mild spotting to half titles, a few plates very faintly offset, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, a few volumes partly unopened, contemporary green half morocco, gilt spines sunned to tan and slightly rubbed, scattered light markings to sides, together with Meredith (George), The Works, 39 volumes, Archibald Constable and Co. [-Constable and Company Ltd], 1896-1912, 2 photogravure frontispieces, portfolio of 58 photogravures (of 60) and 4 collotype manuscript facsimiles, light spotting to endpapers and to a few plates in the portfolio, top edges gilt, otherse untrimmed, original pink linen, cream cloth backstrips, slightly marked or faded in places, porfolio worn, plus Dickens (Charles, editor), All the Year Round, New Series, 22 volumes, Chapman & Hall, 1869-79, maroon half roan, rubbed, and Household Words, A Weekly Journal, 12 volumes, 1850-6, contemporary cloth, extremities worn, volume 1 spine defective, and Garnett (Richard, editor), The International Library of Famous Literature, 20 volumes, issued by The Standard, 1900, numerous colour plates, original cloth, some minor wear, all 8vo Copyright Edition of Lever, limited to 1,000 sets, and Memorial Edition of Meredith, number 158 of 1,025 initially by the author's son William on the limitation leaf of each of the first 31 volumes as issued; the final three volumes of Meredith, comprising The Letters in two volumes, and the porfolio of illustrations, are often absent. (7 shelves)
Sturt (Captain Charles). Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: With Observations on the Soil, Climate and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1833, half titles, 13 engraved plates, of which four hand-coloured, folding engraved map, single-page map, a few scattered spots, armorial bookplates of Wrest Park, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, spines with red and green labels and gilt decoration, 8vo Ferguson 1704. Sturt's expeditions to explore the river systems of New South Wales, the first of which was drought-affected and resulted in the discovery and naming of the Darling River. The second expedition was to trace the Murrumbidgee River, which flowed into another river, named the Murray by Sturt (unaware that it was in fact the Hume River, discovered earlier by Hume and Hovell). Sturt and his party had to row for nearly 1000 miles, against the current, to Sydney after a relief vessel failed to materialise on the south coast. (2)
Person (David) Varieties, or a Surveigh of Rare and Excellent Matters, Necessary and Delectable for All Sorts of Persons, wherein the Principall Heads of Diverse Sciences are illustrated, Rare Secrets of Naturall Things unfoulded, etc., 1st edition, printed by Richard Badger, for Thomas Alchorn, 1635, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, repairs to iinitial leaf (blank but for signature within woodcut border),G1 and K3, contents tanned, occasional moderate staining, contemporary and later ownership- and other inscriptions, bookplate of clergyman Abel John Ram (d. 1920), contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked and recornered, 4to, together with Perkins (William), A Discourse of the Damned Art of Witchcraft, 2nd edition, [Cambridge:] Cantrel Legge, 1610, marginal repairs to slightly soiled title page and [par.]2, leaf P8 repaired with text intact, occasional damp-staining, 18th-century half calf, spine worn and repaired, small 8vo, plus Albin (Eleazar), A Natural History of English Insects, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1720, 88 hand-coloured engraved plates (of 100: lacking plates 8, 9, 11, 16, 49, 59, 60, 65, 66, 69, 80, and 84, and accompanying letterpress), light offsetting, occasional spotting and browning to text-block, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 4to, and Bossuet (Jacques-Bénigne), Discours sur l'histoire universelle ... pour l'éducation de Monseigneur le Dauphin, Paris: Didot l'aîné, 1736 mild spotting and browning, 18th-century red morocco gilt by Nicolas-Denis Derome (1731-1790, his ticket to initial blank), scuffed and marked, gilt edges, blue silk doublures and endpapers, large 4to (30 x 22 cm), and approximately 40 others, 17th-19th century, English and French literature and general antiquarian, various formats, including Knolles (Richard), The Generall Historie of the Turkes, 3rd edition, Adam Islip, 1621, engraved text portraits, lacking dedication leaf, repairs to first gathering (including engraved title) and final leaf (to loss of text), contemporary panelled calf, minor wear, and Leybourn (William), Dialing: Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive, 1st edition thus, Awnsham Churchill, 1682, engraved frontispiece, 23 plates (many folding), occasional soiling, one or two repairs, lacking final blank, early 19th-century quarter calf, worn, folio STC 19781 (Person), 19698 (Perkins), 15053 (Knolles); Wing L1912 (Leybourn). (5 shelves)
Thicknesse (Philip). A Year's Journey through the Paix Bâs and Austrian Netherlands, Volume I [all published], 1st edition, 1784, engraved folding frontispiece, half-title, list of subscribers, frontispiece slightly browned and frayed, half-title slightly soiled, signatures 2G2-3 misbound after 2F1, small perforation to 2L2, quire 2T spotted, contemporary quarter sheep, red morocco spine label, vellum tips, a few small worm-holes to foot of spine, 8vo, together with [La Combe de Vrigny], Travels through Denmark and some Parts of Germany: by Way of Journal in the Retinue of the English Envoy, in 1702 ... 1st edition in English, 1707, engraved folding map, contemporary calf, old paper spine label, slightly rubbed, 8vo Cox I pp. 154 & 181. Thicknesse's account of a 'rather quarrel-ridden tour' (ODNB) is notably scarce in first edition: the list of subscribers records 115 printed, with six copies located by ESTC. (2)
Vega (Garcilasso de la). The Royal Commentaries of Peru, in Two Parts. The First Part. Treating of the Original of their Incas or Kings... The Second Part. Describing the manner by which that new World was conquered by the Spaniards... rendered into English by Sir Paul Rycaut, 1st edition in English, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, 10 engraved plates, some light spotting and soiling, small burnhole to pages 327 and 455, bookplates front and rear, contemporary calf, rebacked, red label to spine, folio Sabin 98760; Wing G216. (1)
Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa Proceedings ... 1st edition, printed by C. Macrae, printer to the Association, 1790, half title, engraved folding map as frontispiece, list of members, light soiling to pages 106-7, last few leaves spotted, contemporary tan half sheep, pink paper sides, rubbed, spine faded, extremities worn, paper lifting, 4to (28.5 x 22.5 cm) Cox I p. 388. This first iteration of the proceedings of the African Association concerns the ill-fated dual expedition of William Lucas and John Ledyard. The foundation of the African Association in 1788, under the auspices of Sir Joseph Banks, marked 'the beginning of African exploration in a systematic way' (Cox). (1)
Cluver (Philipp). Introductionis in Universam Geographiam, tam veterem quam novam Libri VI, Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1661, 43 double-page engraved maps after Ortelius and others (of 45; lacking one world map and Pannonia and Illyricum), 1 folding chart, lacking index leaf, a few maps very slightly frayed and soiled in lower margins, interleaved throughout, slightly later (?18th century) inked annotations to interleaves between pages 2-3 and 128-9, typescript list of contents tipped to first interleaf, minor worming to quire O et seq., affecting text in O and frames of a few maps, contemporary ownership inscription to title page, contemporary calf, rebacked, sides pitted, restoration to extremities, 4to Sabin 13805. (1)
Browne (William George). Travels in Africa, Egypt, and Syria, from the Year 1792 to 1798, 1st edition, printed for T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1799, half title, engraved frontispiece after Luigi Mayer, 2 folding maps (1 with Browne's route in colour), 1 plan, frontispiece slightly frayed and spotted, short closed tears to folding maps stubs (just touching frames), contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco spine label, vellum tips, joints rubbed, cracked at feet (repaired), corners bumped, 4to Blackmer 219; Atabey 156 for the first edition in French. (1)
Schweitzer (Georg). Emin Pasha, his Life and Work, frontispiece, folding map, endpapers browned, Baron Llangattock bookplates, edges untrimmed, original blue cloth, spines very slightly faded, a few small marks, a bright copy, 8vo, together with Mounteney-Jephson (A. J.), Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the Equator, 1st edition, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1890, photogravure portrait frontispiece, folding colour map, folding facsimile of the Mahdi's letter (in Arabic), 21 plates, illustrations to the text, very mild occasional spotting, original pictorial red cloth, extremities very slightly rubbed and bumped, faint discolouration to rear board, 8vo, plus Jameson (James S.) The Story of the Rear Column of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, authorized edition, New York: United States Book Company, [1890], frontispiece, numerous text illustrations, 2 folding maps (1 repaired), original pictorial green cloth, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, and Wauters (A. J.), Stanley's Emin Pasha Expedition, 1st edition, John C. Nimmo, 1890, frontispiece, 33 plates, folding map, occasional spotting, short closed tear to map, original green cloth gilt, extremities slightly rubbed, spine rolled, 8vo, and 6 others including first-hand Rear Column accounts, all original cloth, 8vo (12)
Speke (John Hanning). What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile, 1st edition, Edinburgh and London, 1864, wood-engraved frontispiece, two maps (one folding, the other double page), publisher's catalogue at end, occasional light spotting, bookplate, original teracotta cloth, spine a little darkened with small light stains and very small abrasion near foot, 8vo Czech page 151. Speke's account of his first expedition, accompanied by Richard Burton to discover the source of the Nile in 1856-59. After both reached Lake Tanganyika, Speke continued on to discover Lake Victoria and claimed it as the source, which Burton disputed, leading to the bitter feud between the two men. (1)
Tucker (Alfred R.). Eighteen Years in Uganda & East Africa, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1908, photogravure frontispiece to volume 1, 60 plates from watercolours (4 in colour), folding colour map, 16-page publisher's catalogue, mild spotting to prelims, photogravure, map and page-edges, original blue cloth gilt, extremities very lightly bumped and rubbed, a few trivial marks, volume 2 spine rolled, 8vo, together with Wolseley (Garnet, 1st Viscount), The Story of a Soldier's Life, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1903, photogravure frontispieces, 3 plans (2 folding), title pages in red and black, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, extremities very lightly rubbed and bumped, 8vo, plus Alexander (Boyd), From the Niger to the Nile, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1907, half-tone frontispieces, 42 similar plates, numerous text illustrations, 2 folding maps, light spotting, contemporary newspaper cutting mounted to volume 1 front free endpaper and offset to half-title, a few marginal nicks to volume 1 frontispiece, plate facing p. 2 volume 2 chipped to no loss of image, original red cloth gilt, spines faded, extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, spine-ends nicked, 4to, and Mecklenburg (Adolf Friedrich, Duke of, & others), From the Congo to the Niger and the Nile, an Account of the German Central African Expedition of 1910-1911, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, Duckworth & Co., 1913, numerous photographic and other plates, folding map, text-block spotted, bookplates of Ernest E. Testi, endpapers browned, top edges dyed red, original red cloth, a few pale marks, 8vo, and 1 other Wolseley's Story is inscribed on the half-title of the first volume 'Dudley Alexander, with best wishes for the new year, from A J Mounteney Jephson, New Year 1904', with the engraved bookplate of the recipient, Major Dudley Alexander CMG (1863-1931) to front pastedown. Mounteney-Jephson (1859-1908) was a member of the Emin Pasha Relief Expedition. (10)
Camden (William). Britannia siue Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniæae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio...., Nunc postremò recognita, & magna accessione post Germanicam aeditionem adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1600, additional engraved title with slight loss to upper outer corner and lower edge, woodcut Royal arms to letterpress title, two double-page engraved maps (both detached, a little frayed to edges, first map with small burn hole to blank margin at head touching neat line), eight full-page engraved illustrations, several woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final blank 3N4, upper outer corners of initial leaves frayed with loss to blank margins, ink name stamp W. Burdet to A8, short tear to fore-edge margin of B7 & B8, worm trail to lower margins of 2R7-2V1, some dampstaining, dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers, early 18th century panelled calf, neatly rebacked, with new morocco title label, corners repaired, 4to STC 4507. (1)
Diodorus Siculus The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian, in Fifteen Books. The First Five, contain the Antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the Islands, and Europe, the Last Ten, an Historical Account of the Affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians, and other Parts of the world ... made English, by G. Booth, 1st edition, 1710, 3 maps of which 2 folding ('Antient Sicele according to the Description of Philip Cluevius'; 'The Map of Antient Greece expressing especially the places mentioned in Thucydides by Tho. Hobbes'; 'Asia, veteribus cognitae tabula'), bookplate neatly removed from front pastedown, main title browned, marked and chipped, variable spotting and browning, Sicily map spotted, short closed tear to inner margin of Greece map, 'The Last Ten Books' divisional title misbound after 4X2, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, sides slightly worn, folio in fours, together with a copy of the 'second edition', 1721, title page printed in red and black, engraved bookplate, small tide-mark to bottom edge of Sicily map, map of Greece substantially torn away, Asia map clean, contemporary calf, rubbed, extremities worn, joints cracked and held by cords, folio in fours Wing D1512; the accompanying 'second edition', published in 1721, is really 'a reissue of the 1700 edition with a cancel title page' (ESTC). Booth's translation was the first complete edition in English of the Bibliotheke, which is an important source for the Middle East in antiquity. (2)
Herdman (William Gawin, 1805-1882). Pictorial Relics of Ancient Liverpool. Accompanied with descriptions of the antique buildings etc., subscriber's copy, published by the author, 1856, additional lithographic pictorial title, forty-eight (complete as list) tinted lithographic plates, including three folding panoramic views, each with tissue guard, some spotting throughout, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Enfield (William), An Essay towards the History of Leverpool, drawn up from papers left by the late Mr. George Perry..., published Warrington, 1773, title page, ten engraved plates, and engraved folding chart of the harbour and a plan of the environs, text block disbound, contents shaken and loose, contemporary half calf, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily rubbed and worn, slim upright 4to The first described item. Abbey Scenery. 202. (2)
Hoare (Richard Colt). The Ancient History of South Wiltshire, The Ancient History of North Wiltshire, 3 volumes bound in two, matched set, 1812-21, additional engraved title to each, portrait frontispiece to second volume (North Wilts), numerous engraved plates including some double-page or folding, all correct as list, some damp-staining at rear of second volume, first volume with all edges gilt, and bound in contemporary gilt panelled and decorated calf by L. Staggemeier (binder's label to front pastedown), neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, second volume bound in contemporary half calf gilt, boards detached, folio For the first volume of this set, see Upcott 1286-8. A wide margined set. (2)
Leland (John). The Itinerary of John Leland the Antiquary..., The Second Edition: Collated and Improved from the Original MS. With the Addition Also of a General Index, 9 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, for James Fletcher & Joseph Pote, 1745, engraved vignette to general title of volume 1, each volume with its own title page dated 1744, some volumes with dampstaining, bookplate of Francis Frederick Fox to upper pastedowns of each, recent ownership ink stamp to front free endpaper of volume 1, some joints cracked and upper board of volume 1 near detached, some title labels lacking, slim 8vo Upcott xxxv, ESTC T135478. Leland's notes found their way into the Bodleian and, recognising their importance, sub-librarian Thomas Hearne (1678-1735) arranged for their printing in 1710-12. Only 120 copies of the first edition were printed and only 350 copies of this second edition were printed after Hearne's death. (9)
Leycester (Sir Peter). Historical Antiquities, in Two Books. The First Treating in General of Great-Brettain and Ireland. The Second Containing Particular Remarks Concerning Cheshire......., Whereunto is annexed a Transcript of Doomsday-Book, so far as it concerneth Cheshire, taken out of the Original Record, published W. L. for Robert Clavell, 1673, title page printed in red & black, dedication to Charles II, folding uncoloured engraved map of Cheshire by John Speed (Roger Rea published), several heraldic crests to text throughout, later endpapers, bookplate of Gloddaeth Library, near contemporary speckled calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio Wing L1943. The book contains a loosely inserted early 17th century manuscript document, possibly a section of a will. (1)
Willis (Robert). The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge, and of the Colleges of Cambridge and Eton edited with large additions, and brought up to the present time by John Wilis Clark, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1886, numerous illustrations as plates and to the text, most on india paper, mounted, the fourth volume comprising 29 plans, nearly all folding and in colour, light spotting, stronger to endpapers and edges, one plate in volume 2 loose, bookplates of zoologist Brunsdon Yapp (1909-1990), original vellum-backed boards, spotted, minor wear to extremities, 4to, together with Desgodets (Antoine), [Volume of plates from Les Edefices anciens de Rome, first published 1682], 59 engraved plates by Marshall after Desgodets, moderate soiling, one plate stained, modern blue full morocco, large folio (46.5 x 31.5 cm), together with Scott (David, illustrator), The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Alexander Hill, & London: Ackermann, 1827, 25 etched plates, spotting, water-staining, recent blue full morocco, large folio Willis's work is number 116 of 120 large-paper copies. (6)
Wood (John). Choir Gaure, vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, described, restored, and explained; in a letter to the Right Honorable Edward late Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer, 1st edition, Oxford, 1747, engraved frontispiece by Baron after W. Hoare depicting Bladud, small neat classification number in blue ink to verso of title, 5 folding engraved plates (complete), light waterstain to lower outer corner (mainly to first and last few leaves), bookplate of Wiltshire County Libraries to front pastedown, stamped 'withdrawn', and 18th century bookplate of George Simon Harcourt, Viscount Nuneham to front pastedown (the latter partly covered), contemporary calf, spine lettered by hand, classification number in white ink to lower left corner of upper cover, rubbed and upper joint slightly split at head, 8vo Upcott 1322-23. (1)
Dickson (Adam). The Husbandry of the Ancients, 2 volumes, Edinburgh, 1788, light scattered spotting, hinges neatly repaired, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, green morocco title labels, 8vo, together with Ellis (William), The Farmer's Instructor; or, the Husbandman and Gardener's useful and Necessary Companion..., with many new, useful, and curious improvements, never before published. First begun by Samuel Trowell..., now completed with a supplement ... by William Ellis, Farmer, at Little Gaddesden, in Hertfordshire, 1747, half-title, engraved frontispiece, some rodent damage to lower outer blank corners, dampstained and some soiling, modern half calf gilt, contrasting leather labels, 8vo, with Banister (John), A Synopsis of Husbandry. Being Cursory Observations in the Several Branches of Rural Oeconomy adduced from a Long and Practical Experience in a Farm of Considerable Extent, by John Banister, Gent. of Horton Kirby, in Kent, 1799, half-title, folding table at rear, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn, 8vo, plus Adam (James), Practical Essays on Agriculture..., 2 volumes, 1789, six engraved plates, some dampstaining, contemporary calf, labels to volume 1 deficient, 8vo (6)
Forster (Walter & Wohlfahrt, Theodor A.). Die Schmetterlinge Mitteleuropas, 5 volumes, 1st editions (except first volume 2nd edition), 1955-81, original cloth gilt, the 1st, 4th and 5th volumes in dust wrappers, 2nd and 3rd volumes a little faded to spines, together with Culot (Jules), Noctuelles et Geometres d'Europe, 4 volumes, facsimle reprint, Apollo Books, Svendborg, 1986, colour plates, original uniform blue cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plus others related, including Frantisek Slamka Pyraloidea of Europe, 2 volumes, Bratislava, 2006-08, Microlepidoptera of Europe, 6 volumes, Apollo Books, 1996-2010, The Geometrid Moths of Europe, volumes 1-2 & 4, Apollo Books, 2001-2003, Peder Skou, Nordens Ugler, Apollo Books, 1991 & The Geometroid Moths of North Europe, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1986, Eivind Palm, Nordeuropas Prydvinger, Copenhagen, 1989, and Skat Hoffmeyer, De Danske Ugler, & De Danske Maalere, both published Aarhus University Press, 1949-52 respectively, all original cloth, 8vo Ex libris Paul Sokoloff (1948-2012), with his bookplate to front pastedown of each volume. (25)
Rothamsted Research Station. A large collection of pamphlets and offprints relating to the work carried out at Rothamstead, Hertfordshire, late 19th century onwards, on a diverse number of subjects including oxen, sheep and pigs, leguminous crops, barley, wheat, rotation of crops, breeds of sheep, drought of 1870, etc., including works by Lawes, Gilbert, Fisher, Brenchley, et al, stapled or stitched as issued in original wraps, 4to/8vo, VG The Rothamstead Experimental Station was founded in 1843 by John Bennet Lawes, a noted Victorian era entrepreneur and scientist who had founded one of the first artificial fertilizer manufacturing factories in 1842, on his sixteenth century estate, Rothamstead Manor, to investigate the impact of inorganic and organic fertilizer on crop yield. Appointing a young chemist, Joseph Henry Gilbert, as his scientific collaborator, Lawes launched the first of a series of long-term field experiments, some of which still continue. Over 57 years, Lawes and Gilbert established the foundations of modern scientific agriculture and the principles of crop nutrition. Many distinguished scientists have been associated with Rothamsted. In 1919 Russell hired Ronald Fisher to investigate the possibility of analysing the vast amount of data accumulated from the "Classical Field Experiments". Many consider Rothamsted to be the most important birthplace of modern statistical theory and practice. Researchers at Rothamsted have made significant contributions to agricultural science, including the discovery and development of systemic herbicides and pyrethroid insecticides, as well as pioneering contributions to the fields of virology, nematology, soil science and pesticide resistance. In 1842 Lawes patented a manure formed by treating phosphates with sulphuric acid, and thus initiated the artificial manure industry and developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry. (a large carton)
Tull (Jethro). The Horse-Hoing Husbandry, 2nd edition, A. Miller, 1743, initial licence leaf, 7 engraved plates (6 folding), occasional mild spotting and soiling to text-block, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, folio Goldsmiths'-Kress 7065; PMM 188 refers. This is the first illustrated edition. (1)
Burma. Stanford (Edward, publisher), Burma and adjacent countries, circa 1900, lithographic map with contemporary colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 725 x 550 mm, publisher's red cloth boards with printed label to upper cover, slight staining, together with, Parker (Maude), Fisherman's map of the Salmon Pools on Lower River Tay, published John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, Edinburgh, 1933, illustrated folding map, some near contemporary manuscript annotations and outline colouring, old newspaper cutting (on fresh water pearls from the River Tay) tipped on to map, with another cutting relating to catches and prospects in 1935 tipped on to rear endpaper, 180 x 755 mm, publisher's cloth boards with printed label to upper board, the map has several loosely inserted letters, newspaper cuttings, receipts and manuscript notes of catches from the 1930's all relating to the River Tay, with Bartholomew (J.), A New map of North and South Wales together with a large part of England and the Railways in each county, published T. Catherall, Chester, circa 1860, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, 375 x 395 mm, publisher's red cloth gilt boards, upper board near detached, plus Wyld (J., publisher), Untitled map of Southern England, circa 1860, engraved map on two sheets with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, the first sheet from Selsey Bill to Hastings and as far north as Newport Pagnall, 1450 x 940 mm, the second sheet from Portland Bill to Portsmouth and as far north as Banbury, 1450 x 940 mm, cloth endpapers, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with publisher's label to upper board, split, worn and frayed, with another fifty-five folding maps and guide books, touring, cycling and Ordnance Survey maps, including examples by Bartholomew, 'Geographia', Bacon, Black and Ordnance Survey, various sizes and condition, 19th & 20th century (59)
Celestial Chart. Whiston (William & Senex John), A Scheme of the Solar System with the Orbit of the Planets and Comets belonging thereto, Described from Dr. Halley's accurate Table of Comets Philosoph, Transact. No. 297. Founded on Sr. Isaac Newton's wonderful discoveries By Wm. Whiston M.A., published Thomas Bowles, Robert Sayer and John Bowles & Son, circa 1760, separately published uncoloured engraved chart and model of the solar system, engraved by John Senex, old folds, slight dust soiling, one marginal repired closed tear at base, 685 x 610 mm A scarce chart showing the orbits of all the known comets in the context of Newtonian astronomy, presumably first published in 1720 (as per the text in the upper left corner). The address's given of Bowles and Sayer would indicate a date of circa 1760. Earlier editions carry John Senex's address and the legend at the base of the chart shows 'scratching out' of the details of earlier publishers. (1)
Gronovius (Jan Frederik). Flora Virginica exhibens plantas, quas Johannes Claytonus, in Virginia crescents observavit, collegit et obtulit, 2nd edition, Leiden, 1762, engraved folding map of Virginia, contemporary marginalia, a few pressed flowers loosely inserted, edges untrimmed, original wrappers bound in, contemporary calligraphic ownership inscription of one M. Davies to front panel verso, offset partially onto title, variable light spotting (the map clean), small marginal hole in sig. R2, 19th-century black quarter cloth, marbled sides, slightly rubbed, tips worn, 4to The first edition to contain the important map of Virginia, "one of the earliest botanical maps of any region of the world" (Stephenson and McKee, Virginia in Maps, p. 106). The work was "the first flora of Virginia" (Sowerby), and Jefferson used this second edition for his Notes on the State of Virginia, referring to Clayton as "our great botanist". Hunt 571; Sabin 28294; Sowerby, Library of Thomas Jefferson 1075. (1)
Khartoum. Fox (Major W. R., R.A.), Map of the Nile Provinces from the third cataract (Hannek) to Khartum [and] Map of the Nile provinces from the railway terminus at Siut to Berber, published The Intelligence Branch, The War Office, September and April 1884 respectively, two lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, the first with an inset map of Khartoum and its environs, the second with an inset map of Egypt, Nubia and the Egyptian Sudan, some dust soiling, both with marginal silk tape partially lacking, 610 x 850 mm and 1050 x 670 mm respectively, ink manuscript titles to verso (2)
Knolles (Richard). [The Generall Historie of the Turkes, from the First Beginning of tha Nation to the Rising of the Othoman Familie ... untill this Present Yeare 1603], 1st edition, Adam Islip, 1603, 28 engraved portraits and 1 battle scene to the letterpress, all by Laurence Johnson, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, lacking the initial blank, engraved title, signature 3D6 and final errata leaf, divisional title page of 'The Lives of the Othoman Kings and Emperors' (signature M5) with woodcut wreath bound as main title, general old staining and finger-soiling, a few marginal chips or closed tears (costing a few letters in H3), repaired closed tears to title page and A3 fore margins, 2Z2 frayed along fore edge, 4A6 with long closed tear in gutter, 5H7 (index leaf) corner restored with loss of a few words, damp-staining in quire 2M and from 4Y to end, 2Y3-4 tranposed, contemporary calf, rebacked in the 19th century, covers scuffed and scraped, restoration to extremities, folio Blackmer 919; Cox I p. 204; ESTC S112893; STC 15051. 'The greatest of English works of the Renaissance period dealing with Turkey' (Chew, cited after Blackmer). 'Knolles's was the first major work on the subject to appear in English, and was quickly recognized as a masterpiece of narrative synthesis' (ODNB). This copy with numerous contemporary inscriptions in black or brown ink, including verse inscription in margin of page 236 relating to Tamerlane (his portrait adjacent) and similar inscription in the same hand to 5H7 verso; caricature of Musa Celebi adjacent to his portrait on page 245; draft oath or similar to page 918, dated 1652 and signed Jonathan Harrison; and various further ownership inscriptions. (1)
*Rowlandson (Thomas). A New Cock wanted. Or work for the Plumber, Thomas Tegg, circa 1810, etching with contemporary hand colouring, near contemporary manuscript number inside plate mark but not affecting image, one marginal repaired closed tear, 350 x 235 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Gillray (James), The Pic-nic orchestra, H. Humphrey, 1802 [but later impression by H. Bohn, circa 1850], hand coloured engraving, 260 x 360 mm, framed and glazed The first described image shows a handsome plumber who has come to repair an old faucet. While her elderly husband looks on grumpily, a young woman flirts with the plumber, who carries a phallic-shaped replacement tap. Rowlandsons title leaves the viewer in no doubt about the outcome. (2)
Krusinski (Judas Thaddaeus). The History of the Revolution of Persia, done into English, from the Original ... by Father du Cerceau, who has prefix'd a Map of Persia; and a Short History of the Sophies; with Curious Remarks on the Accounts given by Tavernier, Sir John Chardin, and Other Writers ... to which is added, a Short View of the Antient History of Persia ... not in the London Edition, 1st Dublin edition, printed by S. Powell, 1729, 2 volumes in 1, engraved folding map, woodcut head- and tailpieces, a few spots and marks, title page and first few gatherings damp-stained, modern calf, 8vo, together with Claustre (André de), The Compleat History of Thamas Kouli Kan, (Afterwards Shah Nadir), Late Sovereign of Persia ... written in French, and rendered into English, with Improvements, printed for J. Brindley [and others], [1750], engraved folding map coloured in outline, lacking portrait frontispiece, mild soiling, contemporary verse inscription to blank verso of final leaf, modern quarter calf, 12mo, plus Prideaux (Humphrey), The True Nature of Imposture fully display'd in the Life of Mahomet, 4th edition, corrected, 1708, final advertisement leaf, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, 8vo ESTC N7925, T77914, T138494. (3)
*Anand (Mulk Raj). Collection of letters to social historian Ernest Martin (1912-2005), London and Bombay, 1937-99, 6 autograph and 7 typed letters signed, some folded, mild fraying, creasing or staining, typed letters with Anand's autograph corrections, various formats Remarkable collection of letters from Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004), one of the first Indian novelists to write in English, to Devon-based scholar and oral history pioneer Ernest W. Martin (1912-2005), a figure described by E. P. Thompson as 'not just a social historian but a prophet'. In the earliest dated letter, written during his time in London in 1937 and commencing 'Dear Comrade', Anand includes a three-page autobiographical sketch for inclusion in Martin's In Search of Faith, a popular collection of essays published in 1944, and discusses the progress of his latest novel, evidently The Village (1939). In the later letters, written from Bombay between 1978 and 1996, Anand keeps Martin informed about his literary output and expounds on political subjects, variously predicting that 'there can be no going back to narrow nationalism, but towards a universal one-world culture with Destination Man as the goal of advance' (1978), proposing to write a piece about his 'emergence from Indian existentialism or fatalism into the European kind of torment affected by Eliot, Kirkegarde [sic], Pascal and others' (1979), and railing against American arms sales to Pakistan and accusations of being a communist propagandist (1995). (13)
Friary, Holroyd and Healy's Breweries Limited. Muniment Record and Schedule of Documents of Title to Properties included in the First Mortgage Debenture Trust, 1895, manuscript ledger, collates title page, XII, 232 pp. (pp. 222-32 blank), pp. I-XI with printed edge-index, completed in black ink in a neat clerical hand, frequent annotations in pencil, manuscript rules in red ink supplementing printed rules, some mild soiling to early leaves, original half reversed calf binding, leather largely perished, gilt-lettered morocco label to front board, folio (41.5 x 32 cm) Guildford brewers Friary, Holroyd and Healy's came into being with the acquisition of Healy's in 1890, with the new name registered in 1895. The firm ran pubs across Surrey and merged with Meux's Brewery in 1956 to form Friary Meux, who ceased trading in 1969. This ledger book records the titles to 182 properties. (1)
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