Sacrobosco (Johannes de). Sphaera mundi; Johannes Regiomontanus. Disputationes contra Cremonensia deliramenta; George Peurbach. Theoricae novae planetarum, [probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, [before 4 November 1485], 58 leaves, roman letter, 33 lines, full-page woodcut of an armillary sphere (tiny hole), woodcut initials and astronomical illustrations, 9 diagrams partly colour printed in black, red, yellow, bistre and brown, all with some acidic offsetting/staining and some resultant cracking of paper to leaf 3[5], small hole to centre of final two leaves affecting one line of text on penultimate leaf and three lines of text on final leaf, recto and verso, neat old ink Latin marginalia throughout (trimmed at foremargins), bookplate of Ken Tomkinson to front pastedown, all edges gilt, 19th-century red straight grain morocco gilt, rubbed, small 4to (205 x 147mm) Sphaera mundi was a cornerstone of medieval astronomy that enjoyed wide circulation from its origin in the 13th century. It was taught in all the schools of Europe and went through 35 editions in the incunable period alone, this being the second Ratdolt edition. Divided into four chapters it first defines a sphere, then its cycles, the rising and settings of the signs and finally movements of the sun and other planets. The later works by Peurbach and his pupil Regiomontanus signalled a new understanding of astronomy and marked the end of the dominance of classical Greek Ptolemaic astronomy. Goff J406; Hain *14111. (1)
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Webbe (George). The Practice of Quietness, Directing a Christian how to Live Quietly in this Troublesome World. With the Life of the Author, and Additional Prayers for Peace and Quiet, London: Printed by J. Downing for D. Brown, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, advertisement leaf at end, some light soiling and a few spots, armorial bookplate of Thomas Legg (born 1711) to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, decorative gilt panel to boards and decoration to spine, slightly rubbed, 8vo, (ESTC N20898. First published in 1615), together with [Stillingfleet, Edward], Several Conferences between a Romish Priest, a Fanatick Chaplain, and a Divine of the Church of England, Concerning the Idolatry of the Church of Rome: Being a full Answer to the late Dialogues of T.G., London: Printed by M.W. for H. Mortlock, 1679, ink stamp to verso of errata & front free endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco, decorative gilt panel to boards and decoration to spine, slightly rubbed to extremities, 8vo, (ESTC R18131), with Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., Oxford: Printed by Thomas Baskett, 1758, additional engraved title with ownership signature to upper margin, fifty-eight engraved plates (including frontispiece), bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others; Conferred with the Hebrew, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1765, margins red ruled throughout volume, contemporary ownership inscription to front blank endpaper, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt panelled and decorated burgundy morocco, joints lightly rubbed, 8vo (3)
Penington (Isaac). The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, whom the Lord in His Tender Mercy, at Length Visited and Relieved by the Ministry of that Despised People, called Quakers, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, printed and sold by Benjamin Clark, 1681, occasional light water stains and soiling, contemporary penelled calf, rebacked and repaired, previous owner name to upper cover, folio, together with An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The Eighth Edition in English, John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1765, lacking errata leaf, a few manuscript corrections, some light toning, armorial bookplate of J. Walker, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, plus Joseph Besse's A Collection of the Sufferings of Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Concience, volume II only, 1753 Wing P1149; Gaskell 30 for first two works. (3)
![[Baron, Robert]. Pocula Castalia. The Author's Motto. Fortunes Tennis-Ball.Eliza. Poems. Epigrams &c., 1st edition, printed b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/97730585-3d9d-4238-afe7-a67500ac3e34/600f3639-e796-4a31-ec7b-6a7357e84a2b/468x382.jpg)
[Baron, Robert]. Pocula Castalia. The Author's Motto. Fortunes Tennis-Ball.Eliza. Poems. Epigrams &c., 1st edition, printed by W.H. for Thomas Dring, 1650, portrait frontispiece (supplied in photo facsimile), four sectional titles, title and final leaf repaired, some water stains and soiling, mainly front and rear, early annotations to title and final leaf verso, one or two headlines shaved, 20th century blindstamped calf, spine faded, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior 29; Wing B893. The poem 'Fortune's Tennis-Ball' is one of the earliest tennis references in English. The present work is original, although the poet and dramatist Robert Baron (circa 1630-1650) was discovered by Thomas Warton in the late eighteenth century, to have plagiarised entire passages of John Milton's Poems of 1645 (relatively unknown at the time) for his first book 'The Cyprian Academy' (1648). (1)
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Bible [Greek - Old Testament]. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta interpretum, juxta exemplar Vaticanum Romae editum, accuratissime & ad amussim recusum, London: Printed by Roger Daniel, 1653, title in red & black, and with printer's engraved device, double column Greek text, occasional marginal dampstaining mostly to title, few leaves with small repairs to lower outer blank corners, later endpapers with 19th century upper pastedown with inscriptions relaid, near contemporary calf, gilt arabesque to centre of each board, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, gilt decorated spine relaid, 8vo Darlow & Moule 4692; Wing B2718. The first edition of the LXX printed in England. Professedly a reprint of the Sixtine text, with the scholia and variants. Edited by John Biddle (1615-1662), the Unitarian controversialist, who was imprisoned by the Parliamentary Commissioners for his religious views. (Darlow & Moule). (1)
Philips (Katherine). Poems. By the incomparable, Mrs. K.P., 1st (unauthorised) edition, London: Printed by J.G. [John Grismond] for Rich. Marriott, 1664, imprimatur leaf present, woodcut ornament to title with contemporary signature 'Eliza Waller' written within (title border neatly double ruled in ink), leaves B1 & I1 provided in good facsimile, lacking blank leaf Q8, errata leaf at the end, few running titles a little close shaved, pencil ownership of Jukes Clifton Jukes Esqr. Trelydon Hall, Montgomeryshire to front blank free endpaper, marbled endpapers with armorial crest bookplate and name label of J. Egerton to upper pastedown, hinges slightly cracked, all edges gilt, attractive, near contemporary gilt panelled and decorated crushed brown morocco, blind initials 'E.W.' to centre of each board and 'M.B.' to title compartment on spine, light fading to spine, 8vo Wing P2032. N.P. Tinker, "John Grismond", English Language Notes, 34 (1996), pp.30-35. The first (suppressed) edition of the first published collection of poems by katherine philips, "the matchless orinda" The poet and dramatist Katherine Philips (n‚e Fowler, 1632-64), who used the sobriquet "Orinda", was the most respected and most influential English woman writer of the seventeenth century. The founder of a kind of pr‚cieuse Society of Friendship -- including such figures as Sir Edward Dering ( "Silvander"), Lord and Lady Dunganon ("Lucasia" and "Memnon"), Sir John Berkenhead ("Cratander"), and Sir Charles Cotterell ("Poliarchus") -- and who lived for much of her married life in Cardiganshire, she also established one of the best documented centres of literary manuscript production of her time. Although occasional poems by her had appeared in printed broadsides or other publications, as well as her successfully staged translation from Corneille, Pompey, the first collected edition of poems by her did not appear until 1664. Despite recent disputes as to whether or not she had a hand in this, her recorded lamentations insisting that she would not have published such a thing for a thousand pounds and that this edition was wholly unauthorised seem convincing enough. Her friends Cotterell and John Jeffreys prevailed upon the publisher Marriott to suppress the edition, but clearly a number of copies did get into circulation. The printer of the edition, "J.G.", has been identified by Nathan Tinker as John Grismond. (1)
Burnett (Thomas). The Demonstration of True Religion... in sixteen sermons, preach'd at Bow-Church, in the years 1724, and 1725; for the Lecture founded by the Honorable Robert Boyle, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1726, contemporary gilt ruled full calf, some minor marks, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper of first volume 'Donum Reverd Admodum Doctoris Purnel. 1726, Thomas Hayward 1744 from Philip Hayward', together with Collier (Jeremy), Essays upon Several Moral Subjects, 3 parts bound in 2 volumes, 5th edition (except 3 part 1st edition), 1703, 1702 & 1705, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and some moderate wear, second volume with modern reback, plus Whichcot (Benjamin), Several Discourses: concerning the shortness of humane charity..., 4 volumes, 1701-1707, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to each volume, contemporary uniform full calf, rubbed and scuffed with a little wear to extremities, and other mostly early 18th century English theology, including William Beveridge, Private Thoughts upon Religion, 3rd edition, 1709, William Law, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, 1729, The Spirit of Love, 1752 & A Practical Treatise upon Christian Perfection, 1726, Symon Patrick, Four Discourses sent to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ely, 1704, & Mensa Mystica: Or, A Discourse concerning the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 1717, etc., mostly bound in contemporary calf, one or two volumes rebacked, mainly 8vo (26)
Blount (Thomas). Boscobel, or, The history of his sacred majesties most miraculous preservation after the battle of Worcester, 3 Sept. 1651. Introduc'd by an exact Relation of that Battle, 1st edition, second impression, London: Henry Seile, 1660, folding engraved protrait frontispiece of Charles II (fore-edge a little trimmed & short repaired closed tear), title in red & black, folding engraved view of Boscobel by Hollar (fold with repair to verso) and single-page armorial plate, light dust-soiling and few marks, all edges gilt, 19th century gilt decorated crimson full morocco, joints slightly rubbed, small 8vo Wing B3330; Horrox 48. Horrox's "second edition", but generally accepted as the second issue of the first edition, with the epistle signed "Blount". The birds-eye view of Boscobel is in the original smaller state, being a completely different engraving to the later version. (1)
Folio Society. Tractatus de Herbis, [&] Commentary, facsimile edition, British Library, 2002, colour plates, all edges gilt, first mentioned in original dark green morocco for The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley, blocked design by David Eccles with leather onlays, second mentioned in original quarter buckram, contained together in original book box, folio & 8vo Limited edition 148/1000. (1)
London. Bowles (Carington), Bowles's Environs of London taken from actual surveys exhibiting all the new Roads, Parks, Seats of the Nobility &c., to the present year, 1775, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on new linen, 645 x 860 mm, together with Betts (John), The Excursionist's Map of the Environs of London, circa 1850, lithographic map with contemporary outline colouring, folded and laid on linen, 330 x 420 mm, publisher's cloth boards with printed label to upper board, with Davies (B.R.), London and its Environs, 1847, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, one small repair to lower right corner, 555 x 700 mm, marbled endpapers, publisher's cloth gilt boards, plus Stanford (Edward), Stanford's Map of Central London, 1897, colour lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 650 x 970 mm, publisher's printed boards J.Howgego. The Printed Maps of London. The first map described no.154, state 2, the second, no.403, the third, no.372 state 6. (4)
Stanley (Thomas). Poems, by Thomas Stanley, 1st edition, 2nd issue, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1652, five parts in one, first part, Poems with separate register and pagination, the following parts Sylvia's Park & A Platonick Discourse each with titles dated 1651 and continuous register, Anacreon. Bion. Moschus. Kisses & Aurora Ismenia and the Prince titles dated 1651 and 1650 respectively and each with separate register and pagination, 16 pp. Moseley catalogue at end, small burn hole affecting pagination of C6 of first work, small tears at foot of inner margins of some leaves in first work, one or two closed marginal tears, some light toning and soiling, 18th century annotations to front endpaper, previous owner signature, bookplate of the Palestine Library and Stuart Bennett, all edges gilt, late 19th century olive straight-grained morocco gilt by J. Mackenzie, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo ESTC R26254; Grolier, Wither to Prior 815; Pforzheimer 986 (both for first issue of 1651); Wing S5242 (2nd issue). The first issue of 1651 was printed by Roger Norton and believed intended as presentation copies by the author for his friends, the title reset in 1652. Provenance: "Purchased at the sale of the Library of James J. Gibson Craig Esq in London July 6, 1887. August 20. 1887 collated and found perfect" (pencil inscriptions at front). (1)
Beroaldus (Philip, editor). Scriptores rei militaris, 4 parts in 1, Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 1495/6, 98 leaves, roman letter, 37 lines, capital spaces with guide letters, printer's woodcut device on FF4 and RR5 below colophons, typographical diagrams depicting tactical formations, register leaf at rear, some old ink marginalia in red ink towards rear, scattered minor spotting, slight staining to blank upper margins of first few leaves, a few minor wormholes to early leaves, monogram book label of Michael Tomkinson to front pastedown, 19th-century blue morocco gilt, gilt crest of a lion and crown to upper cover and monogram JS to lower cover, rubbed, folio (281 x 177 mm) This work contains writings on military matters by four authors: Sextus Julius Frontinus, Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Aelianus and Modestus. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1922, lot 1892. Goff S-345; Hain 5330; Proctor 6607. (1)
Lassels (Richard). The Voyage of Italy, or a Compleat Journey through Italy..., 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, 1st impression, Paris [London], 1670, lacks additional engraved title, blank at end of part 1 and both blanks at end of part 2, Downside Abbey inkstamp to first title and stamped number upper right, contemporary panelled calf with Signet Library gilt stamp to both covers, neatly rebacked, 12mo First issue with Starkey imprint on general title. Considered the most influential English guidebook of the period, this work paid great attention to art and architecture and so helping foster the phenomenon of the eighteenth-century 'Grand Tour', a term coined by Lassels. Wing L465. (1)
![[Habington, William]. Castara: Carmina non prius Audita, Musarum sacerdos Virginibus, 3rd edition, corrected and augmented, L](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/97730585-3d9d-4238-afe7-a67500ac3e34/6a79da84-34c9-45a5-e7db-cd3c63715c90/468x382.jpg)
[Habington, William]. Castara: Carmina non prius Audita, Musarum sacerdos Virginibus, 3rd edition, corrected and augmented, London: Printed by T. Cotes, for Will. Cooke, 1640, additional engraved title, decorative border at head and foot of pages, without preliminary blanks (A1 & A2), small hole to fore-edge of B7 affecting two letters of text, some leaves trimmed (fore-edge of E7 shaved), upper blank margin & corner of F5 slightly torn, armorial bookplate of Roland Bearsly Paine to upper pastedown, also with old catalogue cuttings pasted-in and manuscript notes of J. Mitford (historian) to front endpapers, all edges gilt (slightly rubbed), hinges split, early 19th century green morocco gilt, with arms and initials of Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, 3rd Baronet, of Sledmere to upper and lower covers in blind, extremities lightly rubbed, 12mo STC12585; Grolier, Wither to Prior 412. This volume includes the first appearance of the third (and final) part of the complete work. Grolier states that the frontispiece "was probably preceded by two blank leaves". This is also true of this copy. Sir Mark Masterman Sykes (1771-1823) was the eldest son of Sir Christopher Sykes, 2nd Baronet of Sledmere, Yorkshire. Educated at Brasenose College, Oxford, he represented York in Parliament 1807-20. In 1795 he assumed the additional name of Masterman on his marriage to Henrietta, daughter and heir of Henry Masterman of Settrington Hall in Yorkshire. She died 1813, and remarried in 1814 his first cousin Mary Elizabeth Egerton, only daughter of William Egerton, formerly Tatton, of Tatton Park and Wythenshaw. He had no children by either wife, and his brother succeeded to the title and the estate. A famous bibliophile, his library, rich in incunables, early editions of the classics, and the Elizabethan drama, was sold by auction by R.H. Evans in three parts on 11 and 28 May and 21 June 1824. A member of the Roxburghe Club, a catalogue of his library was prepared by Henry John Todd. (1)
London. Bowen (M.), A Topographical Survey of the Country, from Thirty-five to Forty miles round London, published R.Sayer & J.Bennet, 1775, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, small holes in linen folds, 510 x 550 mm, contained in contemporary marbled slipcase, worn and rubbed, together with Cary (J.), Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles round London, 1800, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting and toning, trimmed to neatline, 760 x 880 mm, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, slipcase strengthened with clear tape, with Weale (John), Weale's Map of London and its Vicinity, 1851, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, occasional marginal closed tears, 520 x 915 mm, plus Stockdale (John), A New Map of the Country round London, 1796, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, partial disintegration of linen resulting in several splits along old folds, toned overall, 815 x 950 mm, with two others similar J.Howgego. Printed Maps of London, the first map described, no.161, second map no. 183 state 2, fourth map no.210. (6)
Rowe (Nicholas). Lucan's Pharsalia, Translated into English Verse, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, double-page engraved map, engraved initials and illustrations, a little light spotting, armorial bookplate of Viscount Downe, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracking, chipped at ends, folio, together with The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgicus and Aeneis, Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden, 2nd edition, 1698, title printed in red and black (laid down), numerous engraved plates by Wenceslas Hollar, final leaf repaired with some loss of text, some spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, plus The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands, together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 1st Dryden translation, 1693, occasional minor spotting, library blindstamp to lower margin of title, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, with three others including Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke's Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos'd Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the end of the Reign of King James the First, 1709 and The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope, 1715 (defective) (6)
London. Lambert (B.), Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster with the Borough of Southwark exhibiting all the New Buildings to the present year, MDCCCVI, published T.Hughes, 1806, uncoloured map, engraved by Samuel Neele, old folds, some spotting and staining, slight marginal creasing, 350 x 705 mm, together with Russell (J.), London extending from the head of the Paddington Canal West, to the West India Docks East, with the proposed improvements between the Royal Exchange and Finsbury Square, published J.Stratford, 1806,uncoloured engraved map, old folds, closed tears and fraying with slight loss to image, 315 x 530 mm, with Stockdale (J.), A Map of Kent, 1797, uncoloured map, engraved by Samuel Neele, old folds, 355 x 515 mm The first map described, J.Howgego, The Printed Maps of London no.236 state 1. (3)
Shirley (James). Poems &c., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, London: For Humphrey Moseley, 1646, engraved frontispiece portrait (lined to verso), blank leaf D8 present, without final blank of third part (B8), some spotting and browning, hinges repaired, modern brown morocco, rebacked, 8vo Provenance: Brett-Smith Library, Sotheby's, 2004, lot 537. Wing S3481; Grolier, Wither to Prior 800; Hayward 85; Pforzheimer 933. The first collected edition of Shirley's poems. James Shirley (1596-1666) was effectively the last of the great pre-Civil War dramatists, whose work bridges the transition from the old Jacobean tradition to the new Restoration mode. His comedies in particular remained popular on the Restoration stage. In the early 1640s he assembled a collection of poems written earlier, which now survives in a manuscript in the Bodleian Library, and he brought out a printed collection of them in 1646. Shirley's career ended when he and his wife both perished as a result of the effects of the Great Fire of London. This present copy of the Poems is the first issue with sheets A and E in uncorrected form. John Brett-Smith noted that the other known copies in this state are the Dyce copy (in the Victoria and Albert Museum) and that in the library of Worcester College, Oxford. (1)
Richards (Frank). A complete set of all 38 'Billy Bunter' titles, 1950-1965, Greyfriars School 1950 reprint (but also with a 1991 Hawk Books reprint), Billy Bunter's Banknote 11 thousand, Barring-Out 1950 reprint, Brazil 3rd edition 1957, Blue Mauritius 1992 Hawk reprint, Brain-Wave 2nd edition 1957, Billy Bunter's Double 4th edition 1962, Backing Up Billy Bunter 4th edition 1966, Banishing of Billy Bunter 2nd edition 1958, Billy Bunter the Hiker 2nd edition 1964, Billy Bunter Comes Home for Christmas 2nd edition 1966, The Bad Lad 1991 Hawk reprint, Bunter the Ventriloquist inscribed by the author, some light spotting to a few titles, one or two previous owner inscriptions, original cloth (a few early titles a little rubbed and faded), dust jackets (excepting Greyfriars, Barring-Out, Christmas Party, Benefit, Postal-Order, Butts-In, Beanfeast, First Case, Lord Billy Bunter, Afloat), some light toning (Brazil jacket covered in clear tape), a few chips and tears, 8vo, together with the Greyfriars Annual for Boys and Girls, 4 volumes (1935, 1936, 1938-39, 1938 rebacked), 89 Howard Baker Magnet reprints, numbers 3-100, a broken run, 1972-86, four signed limited edition Collector's Edition titles, 1976-85 and others related (approx 170)
Heliodorus. L'Histoire Aethiopique de Heliodorus, contenant dix livres, traitant des loyales & pudiques amours de Theagenes Thessalien, & Chariclea Aethiopienne. Traduite de Grec en Francois, & de nouveau reveue & corrig‚e sur un ancien exemplaire escript … la main, par le translateur, ou est declar‚ au vray qui en a est‚ le premier autheur, Paris, Vincent Sertenas, 1559, [4]+123+[1], title with printer's woodcut device, final leaf with woodcut device to recto, some very light spotting to title, early 19th century bookseller's ticket of Holden, 46 Church Street, Liverpool to front pastedown, engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Gerard, 8th Baronet of Bryn (circa 1723-1780), 18th century speckled full calf, rubbed and scuffed, joints partly cracked at head and foot, portion to lower margin of upper cover repaired, folio (320 x 205 mm) Provenance: Property of a Lady, Sotheby's 25 February 1980, lot 194, where purchased by the present owner. Brunet, III, 88. Mortimer, French 16th Century Books, 271. OCLC 42603022. First edition of this second translation into French by the philologist and Bishop of Auxerre, best known for his translation of Plutarch's Lives. A revised and improved version of Amyot's first version of this work published in 1547, following the discovery of a more accurate manuscript of the text in Rome. (1)
Cowley (Abraham). Poeticall blossomes, 3rd edition, enlarged by the author, London: Printed by E.P. for Henry Seile, 1637, title provided in facsimile, title repaired to inner margin & first two letters of title, some dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked, slim 8vo, (STC 5908), together with Tate (Nahum), Miscellanea Sacra: or, Poems on Divine & Moral Subjects. Vol.1. [all published], London: Hen. Playford, 1696, engraved frontispiece (loose), contemporary gilt panelled and decorated sheep, rubbed and worn to extremities, 8vo, (Wing T195), with [Deloney, Thomas], The Garland of Good Will, Divided into three parts: containing many pleasant songs, and pretty poems, to sundry new notes..., London: M. Wright, 1659, woodcut dvice to title, lacking final leaf of text (?), black letter text, first & last few leaves repaired to margins, dust-soiled, modern brown crushed morocco, small 8vo, (ESTC R236920, only one UK institutional location at Bodleian Library found, which is also without final leaf. This edition not in Wing), plus twelve other similar volumes of poetry etc. (15)
Sea chart. Linschoten (Jan Huyghen), Vera delineatio Maris Insularum Portuum et littorum Septentrionalium ab Insula Toxar per fretum Nassoviacum, published Amsterdam, [1601], uncoloured engraved chart, large ornate strapwork cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, 257 x 540 mm An important early map of the search for the Northeast Passage. The map was drawn by Jan Huyghen van Linschoten to illustrate his account of Willem Barentsz's first two voyages, on which Linschoten was a crew member. It is one of the earliest maps of the area to be made by someone with direct experience of the terrain; Linschotens presence even makes itself felt in the toponymy, with a headland on Nova Hollandia named Linschotens hoeck, which would have been named for him when he was the first to spot it. It is orientated to the south and centred on Vaygach Island, with the Barents Sea on the right and the Kara Sea on the left. A pair of spouting whales and playful seals appear in the water. (1)
Valerius (Maximus). Valerii Maximi de factorum dictorumque memorabilium exemplis libri novem, cura & diligentia recognita, una cum Henrichi Loriti Glareani patricii Claronensis apud Helvetios, in eundem Valerium Max. Annotationibus, nunc primum in lucem editis, 2 parts in one, Basel: per Henrichum Petri, [1553], [16]ff. (instead of 24), 532pp., [3]ff., 113,[1]pp., (without the final leaf), woodcut device to title with early manuscript inscription, first few leaves loose and final leaf detached, early manuscript underscoring and marginalia, some browning and spotting, manuscript inscriptions to front endpaper, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary blind embossed pigskin over wooden boards, one brass clasp present, some staining and marks, few worm holes to spine & lower board, 8vo This edition not in STC or Adams. Sold not subject to return. (1)
[Mennes, John & Smith, James]. Musarum Deliciae: or, the Muses Recreation, Conteining Severall Pieces of Poetique Wit, by Sir J.M. and Ja:S, 2nd edition, Henry Herringman, 1656, 4 leaves of publisher's advertisements at rear, some spotting and browning throughout, repairs to several edges and loss to G2 (two words supplied by hand), closely trimmed at top edge touching some running heads and page numbers, reader's ink underlining to several poems, lacks one blank leaf within first gathering and final blank, small armorial book ticket of Edward Cheney to front pastedown, later red morocco with Cheney's gilt monogram and motto to both covers, cracked on joints, somewhat rubbed and worn, small 8vo Wing M1711. (1)
Varley (John). A Treatise on Zodiacal Physiognomy; illustrated by Engravings of Heads and Features; and accompanied by Tables of the Time of Rising of the Twelve Signs of the Zodiac; and Containing Also New and Astrological Explanations of Some Remarkable Portions of Ancient Mythological History, 1st edition, published by the author... and sold by Longman and Co., 1828, six (of seven) plates engraved by John Linnel, lacking Blake's figure of the constellation Cancer (as British Library copy), but with both Blake's engravings 'Ghost of a Flea', diagrammatical plate trimmed and re-guarded, title-page with closed tears in fore-margin and laid down, I2 with repaired closed tear in blank fore-margin, generally dusty and some staining, page block becoming loose in near contemporary half cloth over marbled boards, soiled and worn, 8vo in 4s Bentley, Blake Books, 501. Rare first and only edition of this curious Blake item. Gilchrist, in his 'Life of Blake' published in 1863, referred to the volume as 'that singular and now very scarce book'. William Blake painted a miniature in tempera of his vision of the ghost of a flea (1819-20, Tate, London). John Varley records how Blake came to depict the strange apparition (pp.54/55): 'This spirit visited his imagination in such a figure as he never anticipated in an insect. As I was anxious to make the most correct investigation in my power, of the truth of these visions, on hearing of this spiritual apparition of a Flea, I asked him if he could draw for me the resemblance of what he saw: he instantly said, "I see him now before me." I therefore gave him paper and a pencil, with which he drew the portrait... I felt convinced by his mode of proceeding, that he had a real image before him, for he left off, and began on another part of the paper, to make a separate drawing of the mouth of the Flea, which the spirit having opened, he was prevented from proceeding with the first sketch, till he had closed it. During the time occupied in completing the drawing, the Flea told him that all fleas were inhabited by the souls of such men, as were by nature blood-thirsty to excess...' (1)
Beaufort (Francis). Karamania, or a Brief Description of the South Coast of Asia Minor and of the Remains of Antiquity. With Plans, Views, &c. Collected During a Survey of that Coast, Under the Orders of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, in the Years 1811 & 1812, 1st edition, London: R. Hunter, 1817, seven engraved maps and plates (including folding map frontispiece), engraved illustrations to text, indistinct ink inscription to title, spotting, few dampstains and occasional offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary red straight grain morocco gilt, spine and extremities rubbed & worn, 8vo Atabey 81; Blackmer 103. "In 1810 Beaufort was appointed senior officer at Smyrna in command of the Frederickssteen; in August 1811 he began the survey of the south coast of Turkey, the first attempt at a description of this area..." (Blackmer). (1)
Sandys (George). A Paraphrase Upon the Divine Poems, London: Printed by J.M. for George Sawbridge, 1676, ownership signature of Mary Cuffs at head of title, front blank with letterpress name Rogers Jortin, armorial bookplate of the Hon. Charles Yorke and library ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, 8vo, together with Denham (Sir John), Poems and Translations, with the Sophy, London: H. Herringham, 1668, some dust-soiling, bookplate of the Earl of Cromer to front pastedown, early 19th century calf, upper board near detached, some wear, 8vo, with Flatman (Thomas), Poems and Songs, London: Printed by S. and B.G. for Benjamin Took and Jonathan Edwin, 1674, lacking first two blank leaves, leaves A6 & I1 provided in facsimile, modern blind panelled calf gilt, 8vo, plus nine other similar 17th century titles (12)
Lacy (John). The Prophetical Warnings of John Lacy, Esq; Pronounced under the Operation of the Spirit; And Faithfully taken in Writing, when they were spoke, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed for R. Bragge, 1707, scattered light spotting, contemporary inscription at head of first title, later tan morocco, a little scuffed and spotted, 8vo (1)
Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together, with such Symhonies for Violins or Flutes, as were by Him design'd for any of them: and a through-base to each song; figur'd for the Organ, Harpsichord, or Theorbo-Lute. All which are placed in their several Keys according to the Order of the Gamut, 2 volumes, 1st edition, printed by J. Heptinstall for Henry Playford, 1698 & William Pearson for Henry Playford, 1702, both titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after after F. Closterman (bound in at front of second volume), woodcut initials to second volume, some light browning (Table of Songs leaf and last few leaves to first volume with heavier browning), 18th century ownership initials A.S.E. to head of each title, and 19th century stamped ownership of John Addenbrooke Oxon to front blank of first volume (partly erased), all edges gilt, 18th century two-tone panelled calf gilt, rubbed, modern rebacks, folio (320 x 197 mm) Day & Murrie 166 & 200. RISM P5979 & 5983. Wing P4218. First edition of this famous posthumous collection of Purcell's songs, edited by the composer's widow Frances Purcell. Although only in his mid-30s when he died in 1595, he was buried in Westminster Abbey, having enjoyed the Patronage of all three British monarchs during his lifetime. (2)
[ArdŠne, Jean Paul de Rome d']. Trait‚ des Renoncules. Dans lequel outre ce qui concerne ces Fleurs, on trouvera des Observations Physiques, et Plusieurs Remarques utiles, soit pour l'Agriculture, soit pour le Jardinage, Paris: Ph. N. Lottin & Augustin-Martin Lottin, 1746, engraved frontispiece, six engraved plates (4 folding), some spotting mostly to margins, contemporary speckled sheep, gilt decorated spine, 8vo, together with Delille (Jacques), Les Jardins, Po‰me, new edition, Paris, 1801, engraved frontispiece, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco labels, 8vo, plus Martyn (John), Publii Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum libri quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, aith an English Translation and Notes, 3rd edition, 1811, ten engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine with green morocco title label, joints cracked, 8vo Hunt 526. One of the first French monographs of the genus ranunculus. (3)
Bunyan (John). Questions about the Nature and Perpetuity of the Seventh-Day-Sabbath. And Proof, that the first day of the Week is the true Christian-Sabbath, 1st edition, London: Nath. Ponder, 1685, [2],3-140pp., lacking 4 leaves of preliminaries and first & last two leaves of text, early ink manuscript name 'Staples' to title and with few faint ink marks, some fraying mostly at front and rear, contemporary sheep with name 'Staples' lightly scratched onto covers, lower cover lacking inner board, worn, 12mo Wing B5587 & ESTC R17508. The volume should collate as [12],144pp. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)
London. Paterson (Daniel), Paterson's Twenty Four Miles round London, with Reference to Seats of the Nobility and Gentry. London, published Bowles and Carver, 1804, circular engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, toned overall, long closed tears to linen folds, 670 x 670 mm, contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, worn and a little frayed, together with Coltman (N.), A New Survey of the Environs of London, Extending Twenty Miles North & South from the Parallel of St. Pauls and Twenty Six East & West from the Meridian of the same place, published Laurie & Whittle, 1807, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 550 x 680 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board (printed label has the date 1809) First map described. J.Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, no.212a state 4. The second map, no.241(a), state 1. (2)
Beaumont (Francis and Fletcher, John). Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher gentlemen. Never printed before, and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Robinson and Humphrey Moseley, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Fletcher by William Marshall (some archival restoration), woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials, text in double column, early ownership signatures and annotations of Sir Charles Mordaunt to verso of frontispiece, some marginal marks and light browning, B1 with closed tear repaired to lower outer corner, without loss, a few leaves with somewhat heavier overall browning, contemporary mottled full calf, rubbed, folio Wing B1581. ESTC R22900. Pforzheimer 53. Greg III,1013. Modelled on Shakespeare's first folio edition of 1623, this first collected works edition includes a number of plays previously unpublished. (1)
[Lespinassy, Mlle de]. Essai sur l'Education des Demoiselles, 1st edition, Paris: Barthelemi Hochereau, 1764, half-title present, vignette title-page, bound with [Luchet, Jean-Pierre-Louis de], Analyse Raison‚e de la Sagesse de Charron, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Marc-Michel Rey, 1763, title to second part trimmed to blank fore-margin, marbled endpapers and edges, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco labels, lightly rubbed, single worm hole in lower joint, faint circular stain on upper cover, small 8vo The first work is scarce. Mlle Lespinassy advocated the education of women, but not to the detriment of bringing up their children, and mainly as a pastime to prevent idleness and dissolution, especially in later life. (1)
Australia. Black (Adam and Charles, publishers), Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions. A Series of Maps from the Latest and Best Authorities, published Edinburgh, circa 1853, printed title with index of maps (slightly toned), six (complete as list) colour lithographic maps, publisher's cloth with gilt map of Australia to upper board, board edges faded, chipped at head of spine with slight loss, slim 4to The maps comprise of: 1. Australasia. 2. Australia. 3. Victoria, New South Wales, and South Australia, inset map of Norfolk Island. 4. New South Wales, inset plan of Sydney. 5. Victoria, inset map of Mount Alexander Gold Region. 6. New Zealand, inset maps of Western Australia, and Van Diemens Land. The first Australian Gold Rush began in May of 1851 when prospector Edward Hargraves found substantial deposits in Bathurst in New South Wales. Hargraves was offered a reward by both the Colonies of New South Wales and Victoria. News soon spread and by the end of 1851 numerous other gold fields were beginning to be exploited in both New South Wales and Victoria. The rush would continue on and off for the rest of the nineteenth century, and increase the population, from 430,000 in 1851 to 1.7million in 1871. Of the six maps in the atlas, maps 2-5 show gold deposits. (1)
Stradanus (Joannes). Vermis Sericus, Dae Constantiae Alamanniae Nobilissae Florentinae, ex viro suo Illmo Raphaele Mediceo Florentino, Hetruriae pedestris militae Rectore, liberorum XVI. simul viuorum pudicissimae matri, [Antwerp: Nicolas Visscher, restruck in England on Whatman, watermarked 1819], six hand-coloured engraved plates on wove paper, including title-page, some marginal spotting and finger-soiling, contemporary marbled wrappers, some minor wear to extremities, manuscript title label on front cover, oblong folio This series of plates on the silkworm was first published around 1600, but this later edition using the original plates is also uncommon. (1)
Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, new edition, 1899, map, black and white illustrations by Wal Paget, Cassell catalogue at end, some light spotting, patterned endpapers, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt in bright condition, spine ends a little rubbed, 8vo The first illustrated edition. (1)
Denham (Sir John). Coopers Hill, a Poeme. The Second Edition with Additions, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1650, 22 pp., title with printer's woodcut device, title, A2, B3, C1, C3-4 with marginal repairs, small marginal hole to A4, some soiling to title and margins, modern calf, upper cover titled in gilt, small 4to ESTC R206314; Wing D995. Denham's landmark topographical poem, the first of its kind in English, was inspired by the scenery around his home in Eggham, Surrey. Samuel Johnson recognised its significance thus: ""Coopers Hill" is the work that confers upon him [John Denham] the rank and dignity of an original author. He seems to have been, at least among us, the author of a species of composition that may be denominated local poetry, of which the fundamental subject is some particular landscape, to be poetically described, with the addition of such embellishments as may be supplied by historical retrospection or incidental meditation." (Johnson 2011:77). (1)
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Waller (William). An Essay on the Value of the Mines, Late of Sir Carbery Price [Cardiganshire]. Writ for the Private Satisfaction of all the Partners, 1st edition, London: Printed in the Year, 1698, two folding woodcut diagrams (the first with horizontal closed tear), some dust-soiling & toning mostly to margins, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Fettiplace Nott Esqr. of Middle Temple, London to upper pastedown and Rogers Ruding to lower pastedown, contemporary gilt panelled sheep, upper board detached, lower joint weak and spine partly lacking, rubbed & worn, 8vo Wing W552A; Goldsmiths 3480; Kress 2102; Sabin 101116. William Waller managed the lead and silver mines discovered in 1690 on Sir Price' s Welsh estate. After Price's death, the Company of Mine-Adventurers took over the operation of these mines, leading to great dissension among the workers; Waller's work was published after Price's death and describes these happenings (Reference: Hoover 855). Waller attempted to show the investment value of the mines, comparing them to the silver mines of Potosi in Peru, and conjuring up the image of a "Welsh Potozi" in Cardiganshire. (1)
Descartes (Rene). Excellent Compendium of Musick: With Necessary and Judicious Animadversions thereupon. By a Person of Honour, 1st edition, printed by Thomas Harper for Humphrey Moseley, 1653, titles with printer's woodcut device, three engraved plates, including a lute, woodcut illustrations, errata leaf at end, some spotting and light soiling, modern half calf, spine slightly faded, small 4to Wing D1132. Originally written in 1618, but not published until shortly after his death in 1650, The 'Person of Honour' translator, identified in a contemporary manuscript hand to the title as 'L. Brouncker', was William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620-1684), a mathematician and first President of the Royal Society in 1662. Descartes' early attempt at reconciling the relationship between the physical and psycological perceptions in music, using a scientific and mathematical method. (1)
Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments and other parts of Divine Service for the Use of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, Robert Young, 1637, bound with The Psalmes of King David, Translated by King James, printed by Thomas Harper, 1636, 2 parts in one, first title printed in red and black within ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials, black letter, lacking leaf 2h3 in Psalter, The Psalmes of King David within woodcut border, occasional closed tears and light soiling, a few water stains, lacking endpapers, previous owner inscription of Rober Bowman, 1772 at end, additional tipped-in note 'From the family of Dunbar, Dunbar Sea Park, Elgin, Moray, 18th century calf, rubbed with small loss at foot of spine, folio, together with The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments: And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, printed by Robert Barker, 1639, title within woodcut border (repaired), woodcut initials, black letter, a few leaves with tears and repairs, bound with The Psalter, or Psalmes of David. After the Translation of the Great Bible, pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches, Robert Barker, 1634, title within woodcut border, continuous register, black letter, a few repairs, bound with The Forme and Manner of Making and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Robert Barker, 1634, A1-B6, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes. Collected into the English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others: conferred with the Hebrew; with apt notes to sing them withall, printed by E.P. for the Company of Stationers, 1636, title within woodcut border, occassional light water stains and small wormtracks, endpapers renewed, with a letter of provenance pasted at front, armorial bookplate of William Bedford, 18th century calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, folio STC 16606 and STC 16416 (2nd edition) respectively. (2)
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[Stephens, Thomas]. An Essay upon Statius: or, the five first books of Publ: Papinius Statius his Thebais, done into English verse by T.S. with the poetick history illustrated, 1st edition, Richard Royston, 1648, engraved frontispiece by W. Marshall, some slight browning, bound without preliminary blanks (A1 & A8), 19th-century polished calf with morocco labels to spine, rebacked with original spine relaid, lower boards scuffed, 8vo Wing S5335. (1)
China & Japan. Blaeu (Johannes), Imperii Sinarum nova Descriptio, published J.Covens & C.Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1710, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, central fold runs horizontally, 465 x 595 mm A map from Blaeu's Atlas Sinensis, but a later issue by Covens & Mortier. This map covers China, Korea and Japan. Korea is correctly shown as a peninsula and not an island, and China is very accurately depicted -the Great Wall is visible in the north. This is the first European map to show Ezo as an island in Japan. The title cartouche is surrounded by figures in traditional dress.The Atlas Sinensis was the fruit of a unique collaboration between Father Martinus Martini, the Jesuit Superior of Hangchow, and the Amsterdam cartographer, Johannes Blaeu. Father Martino Martini (1614-1661), was a Jesuit missionary who began to compile his own maps based on earlier Chinese sources, including an 1312 manuscript atlas by Chu-Ssu-pˆn. He was taken prisoner by the Dutch in 1654 and sent to Amsterdam. He used the journey to translate Chu-Ssu-pˆns work,with additions and revisions from a 1555 printed atlas by Lo Hongxian. When he arrived, Martini took his work to Johannes Blaeu, and persuaded him to postpone his planned town book of Italy in order to engrave and publish Martinis maps instead. The accompanying text was Martinis personal accountof the decade he had spent travelling in China. The volume of seventeen maps was completed and published in 1655, and marketed as the sixth volume of Blaeu's Atlas Novus. (1)
Lluelyn (Martin). Men-Miracles. With Other Poems, 2nd edition, printed for Will. Shears, 1656, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut headpiece and initial, a few leaves at end shaved affecting catchwords,some minor soiling, bookplate of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork, all edges gilt, 19th century calf gilt by C. Smith, rebacked with original spine relaid, 12mo ESTC R22305; Grolier, Wither to Prior 526; Wing L2626. Reissue of the 1646 first edition, with cancel title. Appears complete, A3 missigned and title is A2 according to ESTC. The final leaf, 'The Table' has the catchword 'Men-' and may originally have been intended to be bound before the title. (1)
Charles I. National Sins Fatal to Prince and People. A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster, on the 30th Day of January, 1724. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles, I. By William Lupton, London: S. Keble, J. Crokatt & Tho. Worrall, 1724, decorative woodcut border to title, bound with twenty-two other similar 18th century sermons relating to the anniversary of the execution of Charles I, some occasional dampstaining and marks, few sermons frayed to upper margins and corners, 20th century crushed brown morocco gilt, 4to, together with Guthry (Henry), Memoirs of Henry Guthry, Late Bishop of Dunkel, in Scotland: wherein the Conspiracies and Rebellion against King Charles I of Blessed Memory, to the Time of the Murther of that Monarch, are briefly and faithfully related, London: W.B., 1702, lacking rear pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, slight wear to joints & extremities, 8vo, and King Charles the First: an Historical Tragedy. Written in Imitation of Shakespear. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, 1737, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, modern quarter calf gilt, 8vo, plus Warwick (Sir Philip), Memoirs of the Reign of King Charles I..., together with a Continuation to the Happy Restauration of King Charles II, 2nd edition, 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece, some dust-soiling and dampstaining, 20th century quarter sheep gilt, rubbed, 8vo (4)
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Asia. Blaeu (G.), Asia noviter delineata, published Amsterdam, [1621 - 1630], uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure map of Asia, slight worming, one small hole affecting image, one small rust mark, slight fraying to margins but not affecting image, 415 x 555 mm, no text on verso The map is a reduction of Blaeu's wall map of 1608, with the majority of the cartography based on Portuguese mapmakers. Korea is shown as a long thin island, and much of the coast line of Borneo, Java, and Celebes is uncertain,although many of the islands that make up the Philippines are much more accurately portrayed. Japan is based on the work of Luis Teixeira. There is a decorative border on three sides: above are nine birds-eye views of the principal Asiatic cities including Jerusalem, Damascus, Aden, and Macao; flanking the map are ten costumed figures representing the national dress of various Asiatic inhabitants.This is the second state with the name changed in the cartouche from Guil:Janssonio to Guiljelmo Blaeu, and no text on the verso. The map would be incorporated into Blaeu's first atlas the Appendix in 1630. Later states with text on the verso would appear in all Blaeu's subsequent atlases. (1)
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Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England, translated into English by John Kelly [& Joseph Morgan], to which is added Critical and Explanatory Notes; also chronoligical and genealogical tables: with some particulars of the life of M. Rapin, 2 volumes, printed for James Mechell, 1732-33, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to each volume, titles printed in red and black, 822 & 936 pages respectively, with additional 40-page account of the trial of Charles I at rear of second volume, engraved maps by Emmanuel Bowen, and engraved plates by Richard Sheppard, James Smith, Parr and others, good strong impressions, generally in clean condition, modern antique-style quarter calf gilt, thick folio (397 x 245 mm) The first 2 volumes of the English translation of Rapin de Thoyras' history embellished with numerous fine plates, without the third volume, which was also published by James Mechell in 1737, which covered the reigns of Charles II, James II, William & Mary and Queen Anne. (2)
Barnes (Joseph K.). The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-65), Surgical History, Washington, volumes 1 & 2, Washington, 1870-76 [and] Medical History, volume 2 only, 2nd issue, Washington, 1879, plates and illustrations, ex-library with usual stamps and marks, hinges weak, original cloth, some fraying and wear, first volume of Surgical History frayed on joints and second volume with spine ends restored, 4to, together with Crenshaw (A.H., editor), Campbell's Operative Orthopaedics, 2 volumes, 4th edition, Saint Louis, 1963, black and white and some colour illustrations, original cloth gilt, plus Moore (Norman), The History of St Bartholomew's Hospital, 2 volumes, 1918, plates, original cloth in dust jackets, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly surgery interest including textbooks (3 shelves)
Chatelain (Jean Baptiste Claude). [Fifty Views of Villages &c. Drawn by the celebrated M. Chatelaine, from the most agreeable Prospects near London], published Robert Sayer, circa 1775, lacking title, fifty uncoloured engraved views, a few leaves trimmed within lower platemark, stab sewn to inner margin, contemporary blue paper wrappers, neatly rebacked paper spine, binding measures 95 x 160 mm Rare. The work consists of small views of churches and villages that surrounded early Georgian London; these include, among others, Chelsea, Battersea, Highgate, Hampstead, Barnes, Kew, and St Pancras. The views were the work of the topographical draughtsman Jean Chatelain (1710-1758), and engraved by James Roberts (1725-1799), most probably Henry's brother. The set was first published by Henry Roberts in around 1750 under the title: 'Fifty small original, and elegant views of the most splendid churches, villages, rural prospects. and masterly pieces of architecture, adjacent to London'. The present example can be dated to around 1775 as eight of the views bear the imprint of Robert Sayer. Sayer and his business partner John Bennett had acquired the plates sometime before 1775, as they appear in their sales catalogue of that year under the title: 'Fifty Views of Villages, &c. from the most agreeable Prospects near London,drawn by the celebrated M. Chatelain, may be had in the following Numbers, for the Amusement of Youth in drawing after Nature. Priced 6d. each'. The catalogue divides the views into eight numbered sections: the first three containing views of villages to the south and west; numbers 4 and 5 villages to the west and north; 6 and 7 north and east; and 8 the south; with the view at the beginning of each section bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer. We are only able to trace four complete examples, which bear the Sayer imprint: The New York Historical Society; the Folger Shakespeare Library; and the Yale Institute of British Art. The present example, without the title page - which would appear to never have been bound in with the present set -conforms to the example in the British Library; both the Folger, and N.Y.H.S. example bear a printed title page; with the Yale example bearing a title in manuscript. Collation:- 1. The South East View of Chelsea Church (imprint of R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 2. The North East View of Chelsea Hospital. 3. The North View of Battersea. 4. The South West View of Battersea Church. 5. The East View of Wandsworth. 6. The South West View of Wandsworth Church. 7. The South View of Chiswick. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street). 8. A View of Fulham-Bridge and Putney. 9. A View of St. Pauls Chappel Hammersmith. 10. A View of Fulham Church from the Bridge. 11. The North View of Chiswick Church. 12. The South View of Barnes. 13. The West View of Barnes Church. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 14. The North View of Row Hampton. 15. The East View of Mortlake. 16. The North View of Mortlake Church. 17. The East View of Kew and Strand Green. 18. The South West View of Isleworth Church. 19. A View of Ealing. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 20. A View of the Village of Oackington. 21. The View of Kingsbury. 22. The South View of Willsden. 23. The South West View of Willsden Church. 24. The South View of Kensington. 25. The North West View of Paddington Church. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street). 26. A View of Paddington Church from the Green. 27. The South East View of Kensington Church. 28. A View of St Mary le Bone Church. 29. The South East View of Pancrass Church. 30. The South West View of Pamcras Church and the Wells. 31. The South East View of Hampstead Church. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 32. The South View of the Spaniards near Hampstead. 33. The South East View of Highgate Chappel. 34. The South West View of Highgate Chappel. 35. The North West View of Hornsey Church. 36. The North View of Islington. 37. A View of St Mary's Church Islington. (imprint - R. Sayer - Fleet Street). 38. The South East View of Cambray House. 39. The South West View of Newington Church. 40. The North West View of Newington. 41. The South East View of Tottenham Church. 42. The North West View of Tottenham Church. 43. The South East View of Camberwel Church. (imprint of R. Sayer - near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street. 44. The North West View of Hackney Church. 45. The South West View of Hummerton Church. 46. The South East View of Brook House. 47. The North East View of Newington Church. 48. The South West View of Newington Church. 49. The South East View of Hackney Church. 50. The North East View of Camberwel Church. (1)
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Africa. Blaeu (G.), Africae nova descriptio, published Amsterdam [1621 - 1630], uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure map, one small rust mark affecting imgae, slight worming, 415 x 555 mm, no text on verso A fine example of Blaeu's folio carte-a-figure map of Africa. The map is a reduction of Blaeu's wall map of 1608, with the coastal cartography based on Portuguese sources. A decorative border surrounds three sides: above are nine birds-eye views of the principal European cities including Tunis, Algiers, Alexandria, and Tangiers; flanking the map are ten costumed figures representing the national dress of various African inhabitants.This is the third state with the name changed in the cartouche from Guil:Janssonio to Guiljelmo Blaeu, and no text on the verso. The map would be incorporated into Blaeu's first atlas the Appendix in 1630. Later states with text on the verso would appear in all Blaeu's subsequent atlases. (1)
Durand (Sir Henry Marion). The First Afghan War and its Causes, 1st edition, 1879, wood-engraved frontispiece, 24 page publisher's list at end, a few light spots, partly unopened, original olive brown cloth gilt, spine ends neatly repaired, 8vo Contemporary account of the First Afghan War (1839-1842) during which Durand, a Bengal Engineer led the party that blew open the Cabul Gate during the attack on the fortress at Ghazni in 1839. (1)
Savary des Brutons (Jacques). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary... With Large Additions and Improvements, Incorporated throughout the Whole Work; Which more Particularly Accomodate the same to the Trade and Navigation of these Kingdoms, and the Laws, Customs, and Usages, to which all Traders are Subject, by Malachy Postlethwayt, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1751-55, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved vignette at head of dedication leaves, 24 folding engraved maps, folding tables, lacking text pages 409-420 & 597-612 in volume I, inksplashes to one index leaf, a few folding tables and Europe map at end of volume II, small wormtracks just in image of two South America maps, a couple of folding fore margins a little frayed, a few other marginal wormtracks or holes, light marginal toning to volume II title, a few light spots, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, lacking most labels, rubbed and scuffed, folio ESTC N35479. First published in Paris in 1723. (2)
Evelyn (John). Sylva, Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majestie's Dominions... To which is Annexed Pomona... Also Kalendarium Hortense..., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by Joseph Martyn and James Allestry, 1664, licence leaf (laid down), title printed in red and black with engraved armorial of the Royal Society, errata leaf at end, woodcut illustrations, extra inserted leaves headed 'Animadversion' and 'Sir Paul Neiles Second Paper' bound after C4 & F3 of Pomona respectively, bound without cancel leaf H1 of Kalendarium as usual, general title and a few leaves towards end with marginal repairs, some soiling and water stains, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, folio Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Wing E3516. Provenance: Samuel Grover and Sir Henry Blount, signatures to title, with some marginal annotations in Latin by the latter. Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682) was a traveller and royalist soldier, and author of 'A Voyage into the Levant' (1636). The first official publication by the Royal Society. (1)
Waller (Edmund). Poems, &c., printed by T.W. for Humphrey Mosley, 1st edition, 2nd issue, 1645, woddcut initial and headpieces, some leaves close-trimmed affecting a few headlines and catchwords, a little light soiling, bookplates of Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928, English writer), Julian Marshall (1836-1903, English writer and tennis player) and Robert S. Pirie (1934-2015, US lawyer and bibliophile), later half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo Grolier, Wither to Prior, 918; Pforzheimer 1035; Wing W513. First edition, second issue copy, using the sheets from the unauthorised first issue, the title page a cancel bearing the imprint of Humphrey Mosley, the title with the Thomas Walkley imprint removed and replaced. (1)
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[Ripelin, Hugo, of Strasburg. Compendium theologicae veritatis, 1st edition, Nuremberg: J. Sensenschmidt, circa 1470-2], 44 leaves only (151 to the end), gothic letter, initial spaces usually left blank but a few initials supplied in red, paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlinings rubricated, without signatures, catchwords or foliation, some notes in a contemporary hand on the blank last leaf verso, book label of Ken Tomkinson detached from front pastedown, 19th-century boards, some soiling and wear, folio (327 x 234 mm) Undated, but apparently the first edition of this work sometimes attributed to Albertus Magnus. This volume contains the second table and the appendix only. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1967, lot 446. Part of GW 596; Hain *432; Proctor 1951. (1)
Dezaillier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph). La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage, oul'on traite a fond des beaux jardins appellez communement les jardins de plaisance et de proprete'..., 3rd edition, Paris: Jean Mariette, 1732, thirty-eight engraved plates (comprising 34 double-page and 4 folding), numerous woodcut illustrations to text, initial two plates close trimmed and third plate with short closed tear at fore-edge, occasional toning and spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, joints and spine cracked and worn at head & foot, board corners worn, 4to Hunt 421; Johnston 324 (first edition); cf. Henrey II: pp.491-493. The original French work appeared anonymously in Paris in 1709, and in the opinion of M.L. Gothein: 'Never before did a book lay down the principles of any style so surely and so intelligibly in instructive precepts.' The popularity of the work is attested by the fact that it was published five times in Paris, three times at the Hague and three times in London" (Henrey). (1)
Anselm (Saint). Opera et tractatus, Nuremberg: Caspar Hochfeder, 27 March 1491, 182 leaves, double column, gothic letter, 45 lines, blank foremargins at the beginning a little defective or weakened by damp, tear in folio 74, a little worming, a few scattered marginal ink notes [possibly by Melancthon], bookplate of Ken Tomkinson detached from front endpaper, contemporary quarter pigskin over oak boards, some edge wear to upper board, lacks clasp, folio (272 x 190 mm) First edition of this first book printed by Hochfeder. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 7 February 1967, lot 312. Goff A-759; GW 2032; Hain *1134. (1)
Cudworth (Ralph). The true Intellectual System of the Universe: the first part [all published]; wherein, all the reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and its Impossibility Demonstrated, 1st edition, London: Richard Royston, 1673, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, small worm hole to blank fore-edge margin of initial leaves, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn, folio Wing C7471. (1)
Gregory I (Pope, c.540-604). Expositio beati Gregorii pape super Cantica canticorum, Paris: Berthold Rembolt, 8 January 1509, [2], 24 leaves, bound with Gregoriana super novum testamentum, Paris: Berthold Rembolt, 15 January 1516, [6], 142 leaves, bound with In septe[m] psalmos penitentiales explanatio, Paris: Berthold Rembolt, 18 June 1512, 46, [2] leaves, bound with Dialogi, Paris: Ulrich Gering & Berthold Rembolt, 23 March 1508, 59, [5] leaves, four works bound in one, double column text, gothic letter, titles printed in red and black, all with woodcut border enclosing large woodcut printer's device, early ink inscription to first title, all with cribl‚ initials and printed marginalia, rubricated throughout, the last three works with large woodcut of enthroned pope presenting a kneeling scholar with a book, some old paper thumb markers to foremargins, front endpaper with ownership signature of 'C.R. Ashbee, Essex House, Press', below which an ink inscription noting that it was bought by Sir Geoffrey Tomkinson and given to his son Ken, bookplate of Ken Tomkinson detached but present, bookplate of C.R. Ashbee to front pastedown, contemporary calf with brass clasps (later leather straps), rebacked with heavy raised bands and leather title label, 8vo (204 x 136mm) (1)
Malvezzi (Virgilio). Il Davide Perseguitato David Persecuted..., done into English by Robert Ashley, printed for Humphrey Mosely, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Marshall, title within ornamental woodcut border, small stain to foremargin of early leaves, contemporary ownership name inscriptions of Mary, Bridgett and Mary Jocelyn to frontispiece recto and neatly written manuscript poem to final blank verso, recent marbled boards with printed paper label to spine, 12mo Wing M357. The apparently original and contemporary manuscript poem, no doubt written by a Royalist sympathiser shortly after the execution of King Charles I in 1649 consists of two quatrains. Indeed, the royalist publisher, Humphrey Moseley had secretly commissioned a portrait of David with the face of King Charles I for this second edition of a translation that had no political commentary on its first appearance a decade earlier. 'O England England / take heed of fatall blowes / ffor what is still to come / as yett ther's noe man knowes / Smite not thy brest / but be thou ready armed / with faithfull love / thou never shall be harmed'. (1)
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