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![[Evans, Marian] "Eliot, George" Middlemarch. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1871-72. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, conte](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/238-2010428131922_468x382.jpg)
Lot 238
[Evans, Marian] "Eliot, George" Middlemarch. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1871-72. First edition, 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, lacking labels; Idem Romola. London: Smith, Elder, 1862. Second edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary half calf, morocco labels, lacks half-titles, Idem The Spanish gypsy. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1869. Fourth edition, 8vo, contemporary half calf; Idem Middlemarch. Edinburgh, 1874. New edition, engraved title, contemporary half calf; and 5 others by Eliot, contemporary half calf (13)
Lot 242
Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his royal successors. Edinburgh: D. Lindsay, 1682; The Acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraign, Charles the First. Edinburgh: D. Lindsay, 1683; The Laws and Acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread soveraign James VIII. Edinburgh: heir of A. Anderson, 1685. Together 3 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, red morocco labels, corners rubbed; George, Viscount of Tarbet The laws and acts made in the first Parliament of our most high and dread sovereign James VII. Edinburgh: R. Freebairn, 1731. 12mo, contemporary calf, red morocco label; Hale, Sir Matthew Contemplations moral and divine. London, 1721. 3 volumes, 12mo, engraved portrait, later half calf, title of volume 1 slightly stained (7)
Lot 247
Bonnie Prince Charlie -- Divorce settlement A collection of 6 documents, total 27pp., small folio, four in French, one in French & Italian, one in Italian, one signed by Charles Edward Stuart as "Charles Comte d`Albanie" in two places in this later shaky hand. The signed and most significant document is described as follows in HMC, x.238 (Lord Braye`s MSS, the Stuart MSS): September 27, 1786. Rome. Original power in French executed by Charles Edward before the Chancellor of the French Consulate at Rome to M. Busoni, empowering him, in presence of or acting with the advice of Mons. J.B. Vulpian, to execute along with the Countess of Albany or her representative the agreement whereof a draft is subjoined. Signed "Charles Comte d`Albanie", seal of French consulate at Rome affixed, executed in duplicate. The draft agreement after reciting the securing of the jointure of 40,000, and the pin-money of 12,000 livres by the marriage contract upon the first subsidies received by Charles Edward, the letter of April, 1772, the letter of separation of April 3, 1784, the grant by Louis XVI of a pension of 60,000 francs to the Countess of Albany and of the same sum to Charles Edward, and the claim of the Countess to the jointure of 40,000 secured by the contract in addition to the pension of 60,000 francs, whereas her husband contended that the contract had been satisfied by the grant of the pension, witnesses that the Countess agrees to accept a reduced jointure of 20,000 livres charged on all the property of her husband, and redeemable at any time after a year from his decease at her option for 500,000 livres. The other documents include: another draft of the "Double de Projet de transaction" (proposed transaction), unsigned, and material giving information about the dowry granted to Princess Louise upon marriage and related matters. HMC lists the draft but none of the other documents
Lot 254
Curie, Marie Autograph letter signed, Paris, 11th December 1903, 4 pages, 8vo, addressed to an unnamed recipient, replying to a request for biographical details, "I have no good photographs at this moment. We have given away several which have appeared in the newspapers but the[y] are generally very bad... Here is some information; I originally come from Poland, from Warsaw... I went to Paris in 1891 to take higher studies at the Sorbonne. I took this course for 3 years and obtained the degree of `licientiate` of physics and mathematical science... I have published a work on `the magnetic properties of tempered steel` and a dissertation `On radioactive substances` which I presented as a Thesis at the Faculty of Science to obtain my Doctor`s degree.", previous folds, with typed copy and typed English translation (3)Note: Marie Curie was awarded her first Nobel Prize in 1903, in recognition of her work alongside her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel on radioactivity.
Lot 292
Anderson, James, "Agricola" Miscellaneous observations on planting and training timber trees, particularly calculated for the climate of Scotland. Edinburgh: C. Elliot & T. Cadell, 1777. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed "from the author, James Anderson", contemporary calf, spine gilt
Lot 298
Maw, George A monograph of the genus crocus. London: Dulau and Co., 1886. First edition, 4to (305 x 244mm.), half-title, 81 hand-coloured lithographed plates after Maw, double-page map, 2 double-page tables, contemporary green morocco gilt, some slight rubbing to edgesNote: Great Flower Books, p.67; Nissen BBI 1316 A fine, clean copy. George Maw dedicated his book Monograph of the genus Crocus (London, 1886) to Mr and Mrs Charles Danford, whose journeys he states "throughout the length and breadth of Asia Minor in the years 1876, 1878 and 1879, added much to the knowledge of Crocuses in that district. Many of the Vignettes appearing in the present book have been engraved from original sketches made by Mr Danford in the remote mountain region of the Taurus and other parts of Asia Minor, and to Mrs Danford I am indebted for the roots of several new species of Crocus discovered by her, and also for much valuable information respecting the habitats of Crocuses throughout Asia Minor." Crocus Danfordiae is illustrated on plate 63 and was discovered by Mrs Danford in 1879.
Lot 304
Sibbald, Sir Robert Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis. Edinburgh: Jacobi Kniblo, Josuae Solingensis & Johannis Colmarii, 1696-1684. Folio, 3 parts in one volume, 22 numbered engraved plates on 11 sheets, contemporary blind stamped vellum, date on first title altered with overlayNote: Wing S3727Provenance: The late Maurice H. Moore, bookplates
Lot 306
Ventenat, Etienne Pierre Description des plantes nouvelles et peu connues, cultivées dans le jardin de J.M. Cels. Paris: de l`imprimerie de Crapelet, [1800-1803]. First edition, 4to (334 x 243mm.), half-title, dedication leaf, 100 engraved plates, nineteenth-century red half morocco gilt, some slight spotting or soiling, binding rubbed, some paper loss to upper boardProvenance: Philippe de Vilmorin, bookplateNote: Dunthorne 253; Great Flower Books, p.79; Hunt, Redouteana 7; Nissen BBI 2048 The Philippe de Vilmorin copy of this important catalogue devoted to newly-discovered exotic species, including a number of descriptions and illustrations of Australian, South Pacific, and South African flora. The plates were drawn by Pierre Joseph Redouté (81), his brother Henri Joseph (8), and others.
Lot 317
Young, Thomas A syllabus of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. London: Press of the Royal Institution, 1802. First edition, 8vo, [vi], 162, 32, 4 parts in one volume, diagrams, nineteenth century half calf with cloth sides, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spineNote: Scarce. `Young was the last of the natural philosophers who could know all that was to be known. He was the perfector of the wave theory of light, he expounded the mechanism of vision, stated the laws of blood circulation, introduced the modern conceptions of `energy` and `work done`` evolved a sound theory of tides, and helped decipher the hieroglyphics of the Rosette Stone` (PMM 259 note).Provenance:
Lot 323
Morocco -- Belin, Jacques A presentation album to A. Pierre Charpentier, dated 6. August 1942, containing 40 prints by J. Belin, mounted onto card leaves, a number of signatures on first leaf, average image size 26 by 24cm, original morocco gilt, inlaid green Moroccan star on upper board, backstrip loose, upper board loose rubbedNote: Jacques Belin was the "photographe semi-officiel de la résidence générale" in Morocco. A collection of his work is now held by the Centre of Diplomatic Archives in Nantes, France. A. Pierre Charpentier was the Resident-General of France in Morocco from 1940 to 1942.
Lot 328
Bradbury, Ray The silver locusts. London: Hart Davies, 1951. First edition, presentation copy inscribed "For Gian-Carlo Menotti with great respect and appreciation from Ray Bradbury, 1951", original cloth, dust-jacket, slightly rubbed at head of spine, lower wrapper slightly soiled, short closed tear to upper wrapper
Lot 333
Ernst, Max Une semaine de bonté. Paris: Jeanne Bucher, 1934. First edition, 5 volumes, 4to, number 492 of 800 copies on papier Navarre, illustrations by Max Ernst, varying shades of original wrappers, wrappers somewhat faded, marked and edges a little worn, part 3 lacking lower wrapperNote: Ernst`s last and most ambitious visual novel , Une Semaine De Bonté is regarded as a masterpiece of surrealist book artistry
![Lebedev, Vladimir Original drawing for the upper cover of Bagazh [Luggage], 19 x 14.5cm., ink and watercolour, heightened wit](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/344-2010428132125_468x382.jpg)
Lot 344
Lebedev, Vladimir Original drawing for the upper cover of Bagazh [Luggage], 19 x 14.5cm., ink and watercolour, heightened with gouache, publisher`s initialled stamp on verso, tipped-on to sheet of card, folder and fitted case by Julie NadotNote: A copy of the 1935 edition of this famous children`s book by Samuil Marshak is included in the lot, preserved in matching folder. The first edition was published by Raduga in 1926. The collaboration between Marshak and Lebedev was emblematic of the intense creative relationships between author and artist during this period. Marshak was a poet, satirist and translator of English literature, becoming the hugely influential editor of the Leningrad board of OGIZ, the State Publishing House. Marshak and Lebedev collaborated on over 50 titles, many for children, of which Bagazh is one of the best-known.
Lot 352
Presentation Copies - Sendak, Maurice Higglety pigglety pop! New York: Harper & Row, 1967. First edition, 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the author with sketch of a little boy ("Oct. `67 | For May Lowen - | in memory of a most | lovely hospital afternoon! | Maurice Sendak | [sketch of a little boy]") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dustwrapper ("$4.95" and "1067" on upper flap with five Sendak titles listed on lower flap), some minor fraying to extremities of dustwrapper; Minarik, E.H. A kiss for Little Bear. New York: Harper & Row, 1968. First edition (no ISBN or zip code on publisher`s imprint page), 8vo, presentation copy inscribed by the artist with a sketch of Little Bear ("Oct. `68 | For May - | [sketch of Little Bear with speech bubble "Happy Birthday | for the 22nd!!"] | and all my love! | Maurice Sendak") on front free endpaper, original illustrated boards, dustwrapper ("$2.50 | Ages 4-8" on upper flap with four little bear books listed on lower flap), slightly bumped at head of spine; Sendak, M. In the night kitchen. New York: Harper & Row, 1970. First edition, 4to, presentation copy inscribed by the author with sketch of Mickey ("For May on her Birthday, | the 22nd of October, 70 | [sketch of Mickey] | With love, | Maurice Sendak") on front free endpaper, original cloth, dustwrapper ("$4.95" and "1070" on upper flap with seven Sendak titles listed on lower flap), head of spine slightly bumped, minor browning to dustwrapper (3)
Lot 358
Astronomy -- Costard, George The history of astronomy, with its application to geography, history and chronology, occasionally exemplified by the globes. London: J. Newbery, 1767. First edition, 4to, 2 full-page diagrams on one leaf, diagrams in text, early nineteenth century half calf, Royal Observatory Edinburgh bookplate, marked "duplicate", errata leaf at end, title somewhat spotted, rubbed, joints splitting; and 12 twentieth-century books on astronomy (13)
Lot 362
Maclaurin, Colin An account of Sir Isaac Newton`s philosophical discoveries. London: printed for the author`s children, sold by A. Millar, J. Nourse, 1748. First edition, 4to, lacking half-title, list of subscribers, 6 folding engraved plates, modern calf-backed boards, title page repaired along upper edge, some foxing and light water stainingNote: Babson 85Provenance: John Edward Glennell, Hackney, ink inscription.
Lot 365
Newton, Sir Isaac Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light. Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures. London: printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1704. First edition, 4to (231 x 179mm.), [4], 144, 211, [1], 19 engraved plates, 2 folding, title printed in red and black, late19th century or early twentieth century calf gilt, black label, Northern Light Board gilt stamp at head of spine, some light spotting, 10 plates trimmed touching image or plate numeral, very slightly rubbed at foot of spineNote: Babson 132; BMC; Ptg & the Mind of Man, 172; Gray 174 First edition of Newton`s fundamental experiments on the color spectrum. This classic work also explains such optical phenomena as the rainbow, "Newton`s rings", and the double refraction of the Icelandic spar. Newton opens his study with the sentence: "My design in this book is not to explain properties of light by hypotheses, but to propose and prove them by reason and experiments." Because of Newton`s reliance on scientific method, Opticks remained for over a century a work of great authority. The two Treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures included at the end of the text-Newton`s first printed mathematical papers-were intended to assert his priority over Leibniz in the discovery of the calculus.
Lot 368
Presentation Copies - Simpson, Dr. James Young - Lyell, Dr. David Account of a new anaesthetic agent, as a substitute for sulphuric ether in surgery and midwifery. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1847. Third thousand, 8vo, presentation copy from the author to Dr. Lyell, ink inscription on title page "Dr. Ly[e]ll with the author`s compts.", unbound as issued, stab-stitched, ink mark to title; [Idem] Remarks on the superinduction of anaesthsia in natural and morbid parturition. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1847. 8vo, ink presentation from author on title, unbound as issued, stab-stitched; [Idem] Answer to the religious objections advanced against the employment of anaesthetic agents in midwifery and surgery. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1847. 8vo, ink presentation from author on title, unbound as issued, stab-stitched; [Idem] Anaesthetic and other therapeutic properties of chloroform. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1847. 8vo, offprint from the Monthly Journal of Medical Science, ink presentation from author on title, unbound as issued, stab-stitched; Miller, Dr. James - Simpson, Dr. J.Y. [Letters between Dr. James Miller and Dr. J.Y. Simpson]. Edinburgh, 1852. 8vo, unbound as issued, stab-stitched; Simpson, Dr. J.Y. Archaeology: its past and its future work. Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas,1861. 8vo, presentation copy from author, original paper wrappers, lower wrapper loose; West, R.U. Account of a case in which two foetuses were united at the sternum, with only one liver and one common heart. Edinburgh, 1847. 8vo, presentation copy to Dr. Lyell from the author, blue paper wrappers, engraved plate, offprint from the Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, No. 173, stab-stitched, creased; Lyell, Dr. David Birth of a double monster. Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox, 1848. 8vo, offprint from Monthly Journal of Medical Science, wrappers (8)Note: The youngest of eight children, James Young Simpson was born in Bathgate, West Lothian in 1811. Showing obvious promise during hs early education, Simpson`s family funded his advancement to college and he entered the University of Edinburgh at the age of 14. He graduated in 1832 and by the age of 28 he had been appointed Chair of Midwifery at the University of Edinburgh. His contributions to obstetrics during his career were extensive. However, it was his introduction of anaestheia to childbirth that established his career as a pioneer in the field of medicine. In 1847 Simpson discovered the properties of chloroform and its ability to induce sleep during an experiment with friends. Perfecting the dosage of the gas was key to the experiments success - too much would cause the patient to overdose, too little and the patient would remain conscious. Simpson began to use choloform during obstertric procedures, publishing his results in November in his widely acclaimed pamphlet Account of a new anaesthetic agent. Within weeks of this publication chloroform had almost completely replaced ether. This advancement was not without opposition with some interpreting it as an act against the will of God. However, wider acceptance of Simpson`s efforts came when Queen Victoria used chloroform during the delivery of Prince Leopold in 1853. Full recognition of Simpson`s work followed quickly. He was the first man to be knighted by the Scottish Court of the Lord Lyon, in 1866, for services to medicine. "Victo Dolore" (pain conquered) is the inscription of his coat of arms. Four years later Simpson passed away in his Edinburgh home, aged 58. On the day of his funeral, a Scottish holiday was declared, including the banks and stock markets, with over 100,000 citizens lining the funeral cortege on its way to the cemetery, while over 1,700 colleagues and business leaders took part in the procession itself. The copies on offer are all presentation copies from Simpson to a contemporary of Scottish medicine, Dr. David Lyell. Lyell`s study of medicine at the University of Edinburgh, in the years 1826-1829, would have crossed with that of Simpson. After graduation Lyell took up a post in Berkshire, returning to Scotland in 1834 to open a medical practice in Dundee.
Lot 372
Smyth, C. Piazzi Teneriffe, an astronomer`s experiment. London: Lovell Reeve, 1858. First edition, 8vo, map and 20 mounted photo-stereographs by A.J. Melhuish, half-title, 2+24+17pp. advertisements at end, original purple pictorial cloth gilt, some rubbing to gilt stamp on upper board, later endpapers, some light foxing
Lot 375
Young, Thomas A course of lectures on natural philosophy and the mechanical arts. London: William Savage for Joseph Johnson, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, xxiv, [ii], 796; xii, [ii], 738, 58 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp at head of spinesNote: Young, a prodigy as an infant, and a doctor by profession, was Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution from 1801 to 1803. This work contains revised versions of the lectures he delivered during that time, including his demonstration of the fact of the interference of light, his lecture, "On Collision", which first suggested that the word "energy" be used in place of "living force" and his lecture on "Passive strength and friction", defining the ration between a stressing force and the resultant strain. Norman 2277.Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
![[Kenrick, William] The whole duty of a woman, or a guide to the female sex... with the whole art of cookery, preserving, cand](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/376-201042813224_468x382.jpg)
Lot 376
[Kenrick, William] The whole duty of a woman, or a guide to the female sex... with the whole art of cookery, preserving, candying, beautifying &c. The sixth edition. [London, c.1750]. 12mo, contemporary calf, repairs to first four leaves with some loss of text, a few marginal repairs at end, rebacked
![Chess A collection of books on chess, to include Hoffer, L. Chess. London, [no date]. Sixteenth edition, 8vo, original cloth;](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/379-201042813227_468x382.jpg)
Lot 379
Chess A collection of books on chess, to include Hoffer, L. Chess. London, [no date]. Sixteenth edition, 8vo, original cloth; Lee, F.J. and Gossip, G.H.D. The complete chess guide. Edinburgh, 1914. 8vo, original cloth; Matanovic, A. Encyclopaedia of chess openings. London, 1979. 8vo, 5 volumes, dustwrappers; Averbakh, Y. Comprehensive chess endings. Oxford, 1985. First English edition, 8vo, 5 volumes, original covers; Staunton, Howard The chess-player`s handbook. London, 1890. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Cook, William The chess player`s compendium. London, 1910. Fifth edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt; Rice, John M., et al. The two-move chess problem: tradition and development. London, 1966. 8vo, dustwrapper; and a quantity of others on chess, mainly modern. 8vo, including 6 volumes of the British chess magazine (84)
![Edwards, Lionel A sportsman`s bag. London: Country Life, [n.d.]. First edition, folio, limited to 650 copies, 18 coloured pla](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/380-201042813229_468x382.jpg)
Lot 381
King, William Ross The sportsman and naturalist in Canada. London, 1866. 8vo, 6 chromolithograph plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing at edges and corners, some foxing to early leaves; Roosevelt, Theodore Hunting trips of a ranchman. London, 1886. 8vo, plates, original red cloth gilt, fading to backstrip, previous owner`s pencil inscription on front endpaper; Grey, Zane Tales of swordfish and tuna. London, 1927. First UK edition, 8vo, plates, original blue cloth gilt, some fading to backstrip, inner hinge weak; Strutt, Joseph The sports and pastimes of the people of England. London, 1834. 8vo, modern cloth backed boards; Chalmers, Patrick R. Gun dogs. London, 1931. 4to, colour plates by R. Ward Binks, original cloth, lacking wrapper; Haywood, Lt. -Col. A. Sport and service in Africa. London, 1926. 8vo, folding map, plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; Nimrod Hunting reminiscences. London, 1926. 8vo, colour plates, original cloth gilt; and 2 others (9)
Lot 383
Africa - Stigand, Captain C.H. To Abyssinia through an unknown land. London, 1910. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, ink stain to lower board, bookplate of the Signet Library, Edinburgh; Matthews, Herbert Eyewitness in Abyssinia. London, 1937. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth, lacking wrapper, some foxing; Walker, C.H. The Abyssinian at home. London, 1933. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Decle, Lionel Three years in savage Africa. London, 1900. New edition, 8vo, frontispiece, maps, original decorative cloth gilt, bookplate, inner hinges weak; Kidd, Dudley The essential Kafir. London, 1925. 8vo, plates, original decorative cloth, interior clean; McDermott, P.L. British East Africa. London, 1895. 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt, inner hinge split, backstrip detached; Powell, E. Alexander Beyond the utmost purple rim. London, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, later cloth; Fisher, A.B. Twilight tales of the Black Baganda. London, [no date]. 8vo, plates, original decorative cloth, contemporary ink inscription to endpapers; Moubray, J.M. In South Central Africa. London, 1912. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; and 7 others (16)
Lot 392
D`Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni Voyage de D`Entrecasteaux, envoyé à la recherche de La Pérouse... rédigé par M. de Rossel, ancien capitaine de vaisseau. Paris: l`Imprimerie Impériale, 1808. 2 volumes bound in 3, 4to [iv], [i] - lvi, 520; 521-704; [iv], viii, 692, 33 engraved plates in text volumes, and atlas folio (553 x 420mm.), atlas with engraved title, table and 39 engraved charts and maps (29 double-page or folding), small marginal tear to plate 16, atlas mid nineteenth century calf, joints slightly rubbed and cracked at head and tail of spine, text contemporary calf, spines gilt, Northern Lighthouse Board gilt stamp to head of spines; half-titles in text volumes, atlas with slight spotting to title, light offsetting to a few charts, two small rust holes to A1 of volume 1, head of spine of volume 1 very slightly rubbedNote: This is the official commander`s account of the search for La Pérouse, published posthumously, edited from his manuscripts by Rossel, the last commander of the expedition. The twelve fine maps of Western Australia and Tasmania in the fine Atlas record much of these coasts accurately for the first time. It was d`Entrecasteaux`s explorations of 1792 and 1793 which focused attention on the Derwent River area (now Hobart) as a suitable place for settlement. Davidson, p. 104; Ferguson, 443 & 461; Hill, p. 97Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
Lot 393
Darwin, Charles - Fitzroy, Admiral Robert, editor Narrative of the surveying voyages on His Majesty`s ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836. London: Henry Colburn, 1839. First edition, 4 volumes, including Appendix to volume 2, bound in 3 volumes, 8vo, [iii - xxviii, [4], 597; iii - xiv, [2], 694, [2]; viii, 352; iii - xiv, 615, pp. 609-629 addenda], 47 engraved plates after P.P. King, A. Earle, C. Martens, R. Fitzroy, T. Landseer, S. Bull, T.A. Prior and others, 8 folding charts laid down on linen all bound at the end of volume 3, 6 woodcuts in the text, contemporary calf, spines gilt with Northern Lighthouse Board stamp at head of spines, morocco lettering pieces, slight offsetting from plates to text, slight offsetting to maps, bound without half-titles, head of spined rubbed, lacking the large Map of South America from volume 1Note: First edition of Darwin`s first published work, Journals and Remarks 1832-1836, in volume 3. Although his studies on the Beagle concentrated initially on geology, his observations on the voyage led to a desire to understand and explain the distribution and development of the species he encountered on the five year expedition, and led to the openng on his first noebook on "Transmutation of Species" in 1837 . . "It is an important travel book in its own right and its relation to the background of his evolutionary ideas has often been stresed" [Freeman, 10]. Hill 607; Norman 584; Sabin 37826Provenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
Lot 397
Edinburgh & Scotland A civic survey & plan for the City & Royal Burgh of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1949. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, some marking to wrappers; Geddie, John The water of Leith. Edinburgh, 1896. 4to, illustrated by Joseph Brown, original green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges; Baird, William Annals of Duddingston and Portobello. Edinburgh, 1900. 8vo, 2 volumes, original green cloth gilt, inner hinges weak; Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1779. 4to, frontispiece, lacking folding map, modern cloth gilt, browning and foxing; Ewing, Major John The Royal Scots 1914-1919. Edinburgh, 1925. 8vo, 2 volumes, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; Turner, A. Logan History of the University of Edinburgh 1883-1933. Edinburgh, 1933. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; RCAHMS Counties of Fife, Kinross and Clackmannan. Edinburgh, 1933. 4to, original blue cloth, rubbed, ex-library copy; Watson, C. B. & Cowan, W. The maps of Edinburgh 1544-1929. Edinburgh, 1932. 8vo, presentation copy from editor Boog Watson, cloth backed boards; Groome, Francis H. Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1886. 8vo, 6 volumes, original cloth gilt, water staining to boards and some interior pages; and 39 others (55)
Lot 413
Wittman, William Travels in Turkey, Asia-Minor, Syria and across the desert into Egypt during the years 1799, 1800 and 1801. London: Richard Phillips, 1803. First edition, 4to, [xvi], 595, folding frontispiece, 20 plates (16 hand coloured costume plates), and 2 maps (one folding), lacking plate 7 of Jaffa, 19th century calf gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to backstrip, some foxing to frontispiece, offsetting from plates to text, folding map repaired and with small tearProvenance: To be sold on behalf of the Northern Lighthouse Heritage Trust.
![Boutique, Augustin Principaux chateaux des bords de la Loire. [No place], 1897. 4to, illustrated with photographs, contempora](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/5-201042813232_468x382.jpg)
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Murphy, Bailey Scott English and Scottish wrought ironwork. Edinburgh: George Waterston & Sons, 1904. Folio, 80 plates, original cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, foxing to endpapers but remaining interior clean; Jacquemart, Albert A history of furniture. London, [no date]. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original decorative cloth gilt, fading to backstrip; Twopeny, William English metal work. London, 1904. 4to, half title, 93 plates, original green cloth gilt; Landor, A. Henry Savage In the forbidden land, an account of a journey in Tibet. London: William Heinemann, 1898. 2 volumes, 8vo, frontispiece, folding map, plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, backstrips faded and rubbed, first few leaves of volume II stained with red ink at edges (5)
Lot 53
Mexico -- Arrowsmith, Aaron A new map of Mexico and adjacent provinces compiled from original documents. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1810. Large engraved map on 4 sheets, each sheet 663 x 830mm., joined as two, hand-coloured in outlineNote: A rare and important map of Texas and the southwest. Arrowsmith`s map was bitterly criticized by Baron Alexander von Humboldt as a blatant plagiarism of his own maps. This was the first large-scale map to depict the important discoveries of Pike and Humboldt in the Southwest, and it became the most influential and widely copied map of the region in the era. . By combining the best parts of Humboldt`s and Pike`s maps and avoiding their errors, and by adding his own new information, Arrowsmith contributed a significantly improved depiction of the region.
Lot 73
United States -- Arrowsmith, Aaron A map of the United States of North America, drawn from a number of critical researches. London: A. Arrowsmith, 1796, additions to 1802. 4 sheets, 663 x 800mm., joined as two, hand-coloured in outlineNote: Arrowsmith`s map was first issued in 1796. This version, the third issue, is corrected to 1802 and with revisions to the Great Lakes region.
Lot 81
Bessarion, Johannes Lettere & orazoni... scritte à principi d`Italia intorno al collegarsi, et imprender guerra contro al Turco. Volgarizate dal Signor Filippo Pigafetta. Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1594. Woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials; Ammirato, Scipione. Orazione... al beatiss. et santiss. padre, et signor nostro Sisto Quinto. Intorno i preparamenti che hauerebbono a farsi contra la potenza del Turco. Florence: Filippo Giunta, 1594. 4to, woodcut device on title-page, woodcut initials, 2 works in one volume, old vellum, margins of first two leaves slightly chipped, some dampstaining throughout, binding slightly wornNote: Not in Adams
Lot 94
Hermogenes Hermogenis Tarsensis rhetoris acutissimi de ratione inueniendi oratoria, libri IIII. Argentorati : Excudit Iosias Rihelius, 1570. 2 parts in one volume, 8vo; Idem De ratione tractanda gravitatis occultae liber. Argentorati: Excudebat Iosias Rihelius, 1571; Idem Ioannis Sturmii scholae in librum Hermogenis de ratione tractandae gravitatis occultae. Argentorati: Excudebat Iosias Rihelius, 1571, 3 works in one volume, woodcut device on titles, contemporary vellum, small inkstain to a few fore margins of first work, loss to head of spine and part of lower cover; Quintus Calaber [Greek text] Ilias Kointu Smyrniau; seu Quinti Calabri paraleipomena, id est, derelicta ab Homero, XIV libris.. correcta a Laurentio Rhodomano. Hanover: Typis Wechelianis apud Claudium Marnium & heredes Ioannis Aubrii, 1604. 8vo, 3 parts in one volume, contemporary vellum, minor worming to last five leaves (2)
![La Rovière, Petrus de [Greek text] Poetae Graeci veteres, tragici, comici, lyrici, epigrammatarii. Cologne: P. de la Roviere,](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10121/2793294/96-2010428132350_468x382.jpg)
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La Rovière, Petrus de [Greek text] Poetae Graeci veteres, tragici, comici, lyrici, epigrammatarii. Cologne: P. de la Roviere, 1614. 2 volumes, folio, woodcut device on title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, small marginal repair to fore-margin of first few leaves, some spotting, a few corners slightly dampstained, volume 2 does not call for a separate title-page, head of volume 2 worn, hinges partly cracked
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Lebedev, Vladimir Russian placards, placard Russe 1917-1922. St Petersburg: Petersburg branch of the All-Russia Central Executive Committee News ("Izvestiya Vtsik"), 1923. First part, small 4to (214 x 189mm.), limited to 1700 copies, 23 coloured lithographs by Lebedev (with extra copy of plate XIII), with accompanying guard sheets with captions in English and French, original wrappers with further design on upper cover, cloth folder, contemporary inscription at head of title-page, inside upper hinge slightly worn and tornNote: Hellyer 277; Ex-Libris 153; The Russian Avant-Garde Book 474 This fine series of posters was executed by Lebedev for the show-windows of the Russian Telegraph Agency (ROSTA) in St Petersburg for propaganda purposes. This was the first of an intended two-part series. Lebedev`s strong geometric images were based on folk art but display the strong influence of Neoprimitivism and contemporary Abstraction.
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Oppianus De venatione. lib IIII. De piscatu lib. v. Leiden: officina Plantiniana, 1597. 12mo, eighteenth century calf, spine gilt, [Adams O207], slightly spotted, head and tail of spine worn; d`Ansse de Villoison, J.B.C. Anecdota Graeca. Venice: Coleti, 1781. 2 volumes in one, 4to, nineteenth century calf-backed boards, small paper loss to fore margin of first title, spine worn with loss; Philostratus, Flavius De la vie d`Apollonius Thyaneen en VIII livres. Paris: M. Guillemot, 1611. 4to, volume 2 only, contemporary calf, slight dampstaining and spotting, worn, upper cover detached; Pindar Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. [Geneva]: P. Estienne, 1599. 4to, woodcut device on title, early nineteenth century calf-backed boards, small hole to blank margin of title, occasional browning to extreme margins, head and tail of spine worn; Eustathius De Ismeniae et Ismenes amoribus: libri XI. Gilbertus Gaulminus ... primus Graecè ... edidit, & Latinè vertit. Paris: J. Drouart, 1618. 8vo, Greek and Latin text, nineteenth century calf, spine gilt, a few pages lightly spotted, head of spine very slightly rubbed; Euripides Tragoediae XIX. Antwerp: C. Plantin, 1571. 16mo, nineteenth century calf, spine gilt, extremities worn; Barclay, J. Argenis. Nuremburg: W.M. Endter, 1703. 12mo, engraved plates, eighteenth century calf, arms gilt on sides "Bertholdus III Abbas Cremifanensis", g.e., upper joint cracked, foot of spine worn; Guarini, G.B. Le pasteur fidele. Paris: C. Cramoisy, 1623. 12mo, additional engraved title, contemporary vellum, some spotting and occasional staining; Aesop Phrygis fabulae.. Gabrie Graeci fabelle XXXXIIII. Batrachomyromachia. Paris: H. de Marnes & widow of W. Cavellat, 1585. 16mo, woodcut device on title, woodcuts in the text, contemporary calf gilt, spine defective, covers detached; sold not subject to return (9)
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Crawfurd, George The peerage of Scotland: containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: printed for the author, 1716. First edition, folio, title-page in red and black, modern calf, spine decorated gilt in compartments, foxing, chipping to page edges at rear, with the list of subscribers at the endNote: Moule 429. "As the first publication upon the Peerage of Scotland, this work is deserving of great praise." (Moule)Provenance: The late Maurice H. Moore, bookplate.
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Ireland -- Butler, James, 1st Duke of Ormonde True copy of two letters, the first sent from the Earle of Ormond to the Honourable Colonell Michael Jones, Commander in chiefe of the Parliaments forces in Leinster, and Governor of the City of Dublin. With Colonell Jones his Answere, to the Earl of Ormond`s said letters. Dublin: William Bladen, 1649. 4to, [ii], 16, early twentieth century half calf, spine gilt, a few page numerals and the lower line of A4 trimmed with slight lossNote: Wing O461. Copac records a copy of this edition at Cambridge only. The National Library of Ireland only possesses the edition with the imprint: Printed by William Bladen, Dublin, and now re-printed, 1649
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Macdonald, Lt. Col. John - Lord Viscount Melville - John Murray A treatise on telegraphic communication. London: printed for T. Egerton, 1808. 8vo, 5 plates, contemporary half calf gilt, backstrip loose, rubbing to edges, bookplate [bound with] an autograph letter signed from John Murray to Lord Viscount Melville, dated 15th September 1808, presenting Macdonald`s volume to Melville, 2 pages, folded; [bound with] an autograph note signed from author also presenting the volume to Melville, dated 1st June 1808, single leaf; Trotter, Thomas A view of the nervous temperament. London, 1812. Third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, pencil marks in margins (2)Provenance: Lord Viscount Melville [first Lord of the Admiralty] ,bookplate. Presentation copy from the author to Lord Melville, sent via the publisher John Murray.
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Rycaut, Paul, Sir The history of the Turks, beginning with the year 1679. London: printed for Robert Clavell, 1700. First edition, folio, 6 portraits, contemporary calf , worn, rebacked, upper board loose, some staining; [Idem] The Turkish history. London: Jonathan Robinson, 1687. Sixth edition, folio, volume 2 only, 3 portraits, [bound with] The history of the Turkish empire from the year 1623 to the year 1677. London: printed for Thomas Basset, et al, 1687. Folio, portrait frontispiece, 2 portraits, [bound with] The present state of the Ottoman empire. London, 1687. Folio, contemporary calf uniform with previous, worn, rebacked (2)
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Rycaut, Sir Paul The present state of the Ottoman Empire. London: printed for John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1668. Second edition, 4to, 2 engraved plates, lacking frontispiece, engravings in text, modern half calf gilt, fading to backstrip, title page browned at edges and mounted on a guardNote: Wing R2413 A majority of the first edition of this work was lost in the Great Fire of London, [although the title-page was dated 1667 it was actually published in 1666, just before the fire of London]. However, it did go on and earn Rycaut election to the Royal Society in December 1666 and was quickly reprinted. (Oxford DNB)
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Sinclair, Sir John The statistical account of Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1791-99. First edition, 21 volumes, 8vo, half titles, 18 engraved plates and maps, some folding, 4 printed tables, contemporary cloth, paper labels, many hinges tape repaired, some boards loose, foxing to boards, foxing to interior especially on folding plates (21)Provenance: Alexander S. Finlay, bookplates.
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Fleming, Ian Thunderball. London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, not price clipped, some cracking to tail of backstrip; [Idem] On Her Majesty`s secret service. London, 1963. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, price clipped, some slight rubbing at edges; [Idem] The man with the golden gun. London, 1965. First edition, 8vo, original black cloth, dustwrapper, some rubbing at edges, price clipped (3)
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