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Bernard (Saint). Sermones de tempore et de sanctis et de diversis, [Speier]: Peter Drach, [after 31 August 1481 but not after 1482], 302 leaves (of 306, lacks A1 and Oo1, blanks, and two leaves of text in signature H), gothic letter, two columns, forty-four lines, large initials supplied by hand in red or blue, a few decorated, rubricated throughout, some old ink marginalia and underscoring in more than one hand, marginal repairs to first leaf (A2) affecting a few letters and to some other early margins, signature H and first leaf of signature I worn and roughly repaired, some leaves stained at top, a few of these repaired in upper margin, old ink inscription and doodles to front free endpaper and final leaf verso (blank), small bookplate of Baron de Bellet to front pastedown, later half calf over stained boards, some wear with loss to head and tail-bands, small folio. Hain 2846; Goff B437; GKW 3942. (1)
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![Bible [Latin]. Biblia cum summarijs concordantijs: diuisionibus: & tribus repertoriis prepositis: terse et fideliter impr](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2779746/345_468x382.jpg)
Bible [Latin]. Biblia cum summarijs concordantijs: diuisionibus: & tribus repertoriis prepositis: terse et fideliter impressa, Paris: Jean Petit, 28 July 1501, printer`s woodcut device to title, Gothic letter, double-column text, dec. woodcut initials, leaves of first two gatherings soiled and worn with some loss to upper outer corners of a1 & a2 affecting some lettering on a1, ink lib. stamps to title and some margins, lacks 2c7 (blank?), contemporary and later annotation throughout, some old damp staining and soiling throughout, last few leaves a little creased and lower blank margin of final leaf torn with loss, armorial bookplate of William J. Lescher to front pastedown, later quarter calf over marbled boards, rubbed and some corner wear, 4to. Uncommon: copies only located in British Library and Manchester. (1)
Calmet (Augustin). Dictionnaire Historique, Critique, Chronologique, Geographique et Litteral de la Bible, Enrichi de plus de trois cent Figures en taille-douce, qui representent les Antiquetez Judaiques..., 4 vols., Nouvelle Edition, Paris, 1730, eng. frontis. to first vol., 197 plts. (incl. many double-page), seven eng. maps, contemp. calf, gilt dec spines with contrasting morocco labels, some cracking to joints, spine ends chipped, rubbed & scuffed, folio. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)
[Clarendon, Edward Hyde, Earl of]. Life and Administration of Edward, First Earl of Clarendon; with Original Correspondence, and Authentic Papers Never Before Published by T.H. Lister, 3 vols., 1838, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1 (spotted), contemp. gilt dec. calf, spines rubbed and slightly worn, 8vo, together with The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland, 7 vols., Oxford, 1849, orig. cloth, head & foot of spines and extrems. frayed and slightly worn, 8vo, with The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England, and Chancellor of the University of Oxford: in which is Included, a Continuation of his History of the Grand Rebellion, 2 vols., Oxford, 1857, orig. cloth with printed title labels to spines, covers slightly marked, 8vo (12)
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor). The Poetical and Dramatic Works, founded on the author`s latest edition of 1834 with many additional pieces now first included and with a collection of various readings, 4 vols., Basil Montagu Pickering, 1877, half-titles, endpapers foxed, untrimmed, orig. qtr. japanese vellum, dusty and rubbed, with some surface wear, printed paper spine labels (chipped), 8vo. Printer`s manuscript note states `Twenty-four copies only on Whatman`s Paper`. (4)
![[Cotton, Charles]. Burlesque upon Burlesque: Or, the Scoffer Scoft. Being Some of Lucians Diaglogues Newly put into English F](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2779746/372_468x382.jpg)
[Cotton, Charles]. Burlesque upon Burlesque: Or, the Scoffer Scoft. Being Some of Lucians Diaglogues Newly put into English Fustian. For the Consolation of those who had Rather Laugh and be Merry then be Merry and Wise, 1st ed., 1675, engraved frontispiece, lacking final errata leaf, bookplates, a.e.g., later red full morocco by Riviere, rejointed, 8vo. First edition of a burlesque of Lucian. Cotton`s reputation was built on his burlesques in the eighteenth century, his poetry in the nineteenth and his co-authorship of the Compleat Angler in the twentieth century. Wing C6380A. (1)
Daniel (Samuel). The Collection of the History of England, 2nd complete ed., 1621, title with woodcut border, occasional minor soiling, front hinge lined with a strip from a medieval Latin manuscript, contemporary reversed calf, spine torn and defective at head and foot, rubbed and stained, folio. Second complete edition of Samuel Daniel`s historical work, the first part appearing in 1612, and the complete text in 1618. STC 6249. (1)
Davenant (Sir William). Gondibert: An Heroick Poem, 1st ed., 3rd issue, printed for John Holden, 1651, title with woodcut vignette, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo. Written whilst imprisoned in the Tower of London, Sir William Davenant (1606-1668, godson of William Shakespeare) dedicated the preface to Thomas Hobbes, with the `Answer` to the preface by Hobbes espousing a general theory of poetry, although he admits up front that he is hindered in two ways: he is incompetent in poetry and flattered by Davenant`s praise. The first issue has the Tho. Newcomb for John Holden imprint; the second issue has the same imprint but is 4to. Wing D326. (1)
Dickens (Charles). Oliver Twist; or, the Parish Boy`s Progress, by "Boz", 3 vols., 1st ed., 1st issue, Richard Bentley, 1838, half-titles to vols. 1 and 2 (all called-for), twenty-four etched plts. by George Cruikshank, incl. frontispieces, some oxidised, vol. 1 with 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, vol. 3 with single ad. leaf preceding frontis., frontis. to vol. 1 with short tear in fore-margin, each with book ticket of Bent Juel-Jensen, vol. 1 with upper hinge split and lower hinge splitting, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped brown fine diaper-grain cloth with imprint at foot of spines, extrems. a little faded and rubbed, some sl. fraying to spine ends, and upper joint of vol. 3 splitting at head, 8vo. Smith I, 4. First issue with `Boz` on titles and with the `Fireside` plate in vol. 3. (3)
Dickens (Charles). The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year in, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1845, half-title, eng. frontis. and addn. title (imprint within the cloud), both toned, letterpress vigns., hinges split, a.e.g., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, sm. 8vo, a bright copy, together with The Battle of Life. A Love Story, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1846, half-title, eng. frontis. and addn. title (`A Love Story` within a banner without cherub), letterpress vigns., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, one or two light spots to first few leaves, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine sl. faded and a little frayed at ends, lower cover with some ink marks, sm. 8vo, plus The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy Tale of Home, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1846, half-title, eng. frontis. and addn. title, letterpress vigns., pubs. ad. leaf at rear (with 10-line ad. for Oliver Twist), some toning and finger-soiling, I2 with small piece missing from lower blank margin, upper hinge split, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, cocked, spine faded and frayed at ends, sm. 8vo, plus The Haunted Man and The Ghost`s Bargain, 1st ed., 1848, eng. frontis. and addn. title, first and final leaves foxed, stitching partially broken and first few gatherings starting, upper hinge split, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, spine ends a little rubbed, sm. 8vo. All with book ticket of Bent Juel-Jensen. (4)
The English Encyclopaedia, Being a Collection of Treatises, and a Dictionary of Terms, Illustrative of the Arts and Sciences. Compiled from Modern Authors of the First Eminence in the Different Branches of Science, 11 vols. (incl. Plate vol.), 1802, 412 plts., maps, diagrams etc., all contemp. speckled calf gilt, joints cracked with some covers detached, rubbed and scuffed, thick 4to (11)
Fitzherbert (Thomas). The First (-Second) Part of a Treatise Concerning Policy, and Religion... Written... for the Benefit of Young Statists, 2 vols., 1606-10, titles within ornamental woodcut borders, woodcut initials and tailpieces, vol. 2 title cropped and laid-down, A2 with repaired upper corner, occasional light spotting and browning, previous owner signature, vol. 1 rebound in modern vellum, vol. 2 in seventeenth century calf, lightly rubbed, small 4to. First edition of vol. 2, vol. 1 reprinted in the same year but without the imprint. STC11017 & 11019. (2)
Horace. Quinti Horatii Flacci opera... , ed. Louis Desprez, Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1691, eng. frontis., a little spotting and browning, later vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, together Pindar, The Odes..., translated from the Greek, not one fourth of which have ever appeared in English, including those by Mr. West, the whole completed, and now first published, by Francis Lee, 1810, port. frontis. and single-page eng. map, some spotting, contemp. diced calf gilt, joints weak and some wear, both 4to, plus Johnson (Samuel), A Dictionary of the English Language... , 2 vols., 11th ed., 1799, half-titles, double column text, some spotting, ownership signatures of Harriet Pryse dated 1801 to both titles and front pastedowns, contemp. calf gilt, upper cover to vol. 1 detached, rubbed and some loss to spine labels, 8vo, plus four others unrelated (8)
Josephus (Flavius). De Bello Judaico in Lingua Toscana, Florence: Giunta, 1512, crible initials, some spotting and sl. damp staining to first and last leaves largely confined to margins, a few single wormholes to last three gathers minimally affecting text, title and last page somewhat soiled, old ownership name and ink notes to title and margin of title verso, completely disbound and title detached, folio (320 x 210 mm) (1)
[Lamb, Charles]. Elia, Essays which have appeared under that Signature, in the London Magazine, pub. Taylor and Hessey, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1823, contemp. manuscript ownership inscription to first free end paper, lacks advertisements, hinges weak, near contemp. gilt dec. straight grained morocco, 8vo, together with Hazlitt (William),Lectures on the Dramatic Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: Delivered at the Surrey Institution, 2nd ed., 1821,half title and title pages with occ. spotting, later end papers, later half morocco gilt by Root & Son, slight wear, 8vo, with Beckford (William), Recollections of an Excursion to the Monasteries of Alcobaca and Batalha by the Author of "Vathek", 1st. edition, pub. Richard Bentley, 1835,half title and title pages, fine eng. portrait frontis. offset on to title page, near contemp. manuscript ownership inscription to half title, orig. boards, upper board detached, spine defective, rear board near detached, 8vo, together with four vols. of Lord Byron`s "Childe Harold" and "Don Juan" (7)
Luther (Martin). A commentarie of Master Doctor Martin Luther upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians. First collected and gathered word by word out of his preaching, and now out of Latine faithfully translated into English for the unlearned..., 1635, printer`s woodcut device to title, excised to upper outer corner of title, some browning and light dustsoiling, hinges cracked, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed and slight wear, 4to. STC (2nd ed.) 16974. (1)
Luther (Martin). Colloquia Mensalia: or, Dr. Martin Luther`s Divine Discourses at His Table ..., collected first together by Dr. Antonius Lauterbach ..., translated out the high Germane into the English tongue by Capt. Henrie Bell, 1st English ed., printed by William Du-Gard, 1652, port. frontis. supplied in facsimile, title printed in red and black, minor worming to extreme upper outer corners towards rear of vol., not affecting text, occn. marks, contemp. reverse calf, title label renewed, together with Fuller (Thomas), The Historie of the Holy Warre, 2nd ed., Cambridge, 1640, addn. eng. title by William Marshall, with preceding printed descriptive leaf, hand-coloured folding eng. map, torn and repaired, contemp. calf, outer corners bumped, later reback, plus Wesley (Samuel), The Life of our Blessed Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ, An Heroic Poem, 1st ed., 1693, eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, printed title in red and black, numerous eng. plts., some light browning to margins, some plates with light waterstain, contemp. calf, modern reback, rubbed and scuffed, all folio (3)
Manutius (Aldus, The Younger). De quaesitis per epistolam libri III, 3 parts in 1 vol., 1st ed., Venice: Aldus, 1576, woodcut medallion port. to title (a little soiled), woodcut chapter initials, blanks between parts 2 and 3 all present, contemp. marginal notes and underscoring in Latin in an unidentified hand, a few minor dampstain marks and lower outer corner of first leaf to second part torn away not affecting text, hinges broken and text block loose, contemp. vellum, somewhat soiled and a little wormed, lacks ties, 8vo. From the library of John Evelyn with `Catalogo Evelyni Inscriptus. Meliora Retinete` and the press mark X49 in his holograph to title, and Evelyn Sale monogram bookplate to front pastedown. Renouard 223; Adams M440. (1)
[Maturin, Charles Robert]. The Albigenses, A Romance, 4 vols., 1824, without half-titles, pubs. ad. leaf to rear of second vol., and advert. to verso of final leaf of fourth vol., occn. foxing and minor browning, contemp. uniform half black morocco, gilt dec. spines, rubbed to extrems., 12mo, together with [Morier, James Justinian]. Abel Allnutt. A Novel. By the author of Hajji Baba, Zohrab The Hostage, Ayesha, &c., 3 vols., 1st ed., 1837, a few marks and occn. minor foxing, contemp. half calf, rubbed, 12mo, plus Chamier (Frederick). The Arethusa. A Naval Story, 3 vols., 1st ed., 1837, some foxing, contemp. half calf, rubbed and some wear to extrems., upper joint to first vol. partly cracked, 12mo, and other 19th c. leather-bound literature (The Princess, by Alfred Tennyson, 11th ed., 1862, & Works of Lord Macaulay, 10 vols. (of 12), 1898-1903), 12mo/8vo (21)
Oxford University. Statuta Selecta e Corpore Statutorum Universitatis Oxon, 1638, title printed in red and black, folding table `Indiculus Statutorum` (short tear), lacking `Encyclopoedia` statutes plate, printed Latin leaf bound at front, bookplates (one of Ilchester), contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo. First edition of this abstract of the University Statutes, which undergraduates have received every year since on matriculation. In some copies the `Encyclopoedia` plate is present, `but the book can hardly be pronounced imperfect if this plate is wanting` (Madan I, 208-9). (1)
Oxford University. Justa Oxoniensis, pub. Johannis Bill, 1612, title with architectural woodcut border, a couple of leaves with marginal repairs, some wormtracks and light soiling, bookplate, modern red half morocco, edges slightly rubbed, small 4to, together with Cornwallis (Sir John), The Life and Death of our Late Most Incomparable and Heroique Prince, Henry Prince of Wales, 1641, 106 pp., lacking portrait, first few leaves with repaired lower corners, affecting some letters, dampstain, modern calf-backed boards, 8vo. First work a collection of verses mourning the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594-1612). Madan I, 345; STC 19021. (2)
Oxford. Academiae Oxoniensis Pietaserga Serenissimum et Potetissimum Iacobum Angliae Scottiae Franciae & Hiberniae Regem, Fidei Defensorem Beatissima Elizabethae Nuper Reginae Legitime & Auspicatissime Succedentem, 1st ed., 1st issue, Oxford, 1603, front blank repaired, side notes cropped in gathering A, occasional light dampstain and soiling, modern half morocco, covers a little bowed, small 4to. The uncommon first issue (the second adds a poem from the printer), a collection of c. 480 mostly Latin congratulatory poems on the accession of James I. Madan I & II, 56 & 45; STC 19019. (1)
Oxford University. The Costumes of the Members of the University of Oxford, pub. F. Trash, Oxford, c.1820s, etched title and fifteen hand-col. aquatint costume plts., bound concertina-style, some folds split, orig. cloth, upper board titled in gilt, approx. 120 x 80mm, together with Weldon (Sir A.), A Catt may Look at a King, or, a Brief Chronicle and Character of the Kings of England, from William the Conqueror, to the Reign of Charles the First, Containing curious particulars relative to English Hisory..., Printed Verbatim from an original MS. written about the year 1650, Liverpool: J. Davies, 1817, 50pp., partly uncut, orig. boards, slim 12mo (only 300 copies printed) (2)
Oxinden (Henry). Religionis Funus, & Hypocritae Finis, pub. Thomas Whittaker, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece by George Glover, woodcut initials and headpieces, small manuscript corrections, light dampstains and soiling, article and annotation at front, bookplates of John Streatfiled and F. William Cock (Kentish antiquary), four loose etched portraits of the author, t.e.g., 20th c. brown half morocco, slightly rubbed, small 4to. First edition with manuscript corrections probably by the author (he paid for the printing), seemingly occuring in most copies. The poems, in support of Charles I during the civil war were critical of puritan ministers and contemporary religious attitudes. Part of his library is preserved at Canterbury Cathedral. (1)
Plautus (Titus Maccius). M. Actii Plauti Comoediae Viginti, pub. Seb. Gryphium, Lyons, 1537, title with woodcut device, lacking leaf Z1 at end, lower corner of title torn away, first few leaves with contemporary annotation, previous owner signatures to title, light dampstains, contemporary vellum, rebacked retaining most of original spine, manuscript title and signature, rubbed and stained, 8vo. Adams P-1492. (1)
Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). The Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and his Friend Mr. Abraham Adams, Written in Imitation of the Manner of Cervantes, Author of Don Quixote, by Henry Fielding, Edinburgh, printed by Stewart, Ruthven, & Co. for W. Coke, Bookseller, Leith, 1792, seven etched plts. by Rowlandson, lacking frontis.(?), contemp. ms. name at head of preface, contents generally browned and stained, some minor marginal worming to first and final leaves, contemp. tree sheep, extrems. rubbed, joints splitting, covers with minor worming, 8vo in 4s, together with Milton (John), Paradise Lost. A Poem, in Twelve Books, 8th ed., printed for Jacob Tonson, 1707, eng. port. frontis., twelve eng. plts., generally browned and foxed throughout, several leaves with paper repair to lower outer corner (with sl. loss of text, occn. supplied in ms.), contemp. marbled calf, rubbed, sometime rebacked preserving most of orig. spine, corners showing, 8vo, plus Kennett (Basil), Romae Antiquae Notitia: or, the Antiquities of Rome. In Two Parts. I. A Short History of the Rise, Progress, and Decay of the Commonwealth. II. A Description of the City..., to which are prefix`d Two Essays; concerning the Roman Learning, and the Roman Education, 11th ed., Corrected and Improved, 1746, eng. port. frontis., thirteen eng. plts., seven folding, title printed in red and black, eng. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, contemp. sheep, rubbed and worn, with loss to spine ends and covers just holding on the cords, 8vo, plus twenty-three other 17th and 18th c. leatherbound books, literature, history, and classics, incl. A Dissertation Concerning the Government of the Ancient Church, by William Cave, 1683, and Principes de Chirurgie, by George de la Faye, 1773, some odd vols. (26)
Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene, Disposed into XII. Bookes, Fashioning Twelve Morall Vertues, 2 parts in one, 1st folio ed., pub. Mathew Lownes, 1609, titles with large woodcut devices (first title slightly soiled), large woodcut head-and-tail pieces, previous owner signature to title and A2, F3 in Shepheards Calender lower corner torn away, a few minor spots, armorial bookplate of the House of Abercairny, a.e.g., 19th c. green straight-grained morocco, spine with gilt decoration, upper joint with small split, a little rubbed and faded, folio. STC 23083. (1)
Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: Together with the Other Works of England`s Arch-Poet, Edm. Spenser: Collected into one Volume, and Carefully Corrected, pub. Mathew Lownes, 1617, first title with oramental woodcut border, second title with large woodcut device, woodcut head-and-tail pieces, 2nd title with marginal hole, some leaves close-trimmed, some annotations, old repairs, light spotting and dampstains, erratic signatures, 18th c. calf, rubbed, small folio. STC 23085. (1)
![Thomas Aquinas (Saint). Opuscula, [edited, with a Life of St. Thomas, by Antonius Pizamanus], Venice: Hermannus Liechtenstine](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2779746/461_468x382.jpg)
Thomas Aquinas (Saint). Opuscula, [edited, with a Life of St. Thomas, by Antonius Pizamanus], Venice: Hermannus Liechtenstine, 7 September 1490, Gothic letter, double-column text, fifty-five lines and headlines, guide letters, lacks first leaf (recto blank and table to verso), final leaf mounted not affecting text, a little spotting and browning throughout, occ. early marginalia, some single worm holes to early leaves and one running worm hole to margin scarcely touching text, soiling a little heavier at front and rear, later vellum boards, soiled and worn, covers detached, 4to. The second collected edition with many additions. Gough T258; Hain 1541. * ; Polain 3712. (1)
Thurloe (John). A Collection of the State Papers of John Thurloe, Esq;Secretary, First, to the Council of State, and afterwards to the Two Protectors, Oliver and Richard Cromwell..., 7 vols., 1742, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked and some general wear, few spine labels lacking, folio. Armorial bookplates of the Earl of Shelburne (with motto "Virtute non Verbis") and Ham Court. (7)
Typotius (Jacobus). Symbola Diuina & Humana Pontificum Imperatorum Regum. Accessit Breuis & Facilis Isagoge & Symbola Uaria Diuersorum Principum Sacronsanc Ecclesiae & Sacri Imperii Romani, 2 parts only (of 3), Prague, 1601-02, two engraved titles, first part with engraved portrait and 59 engraved emblematic plates only (lacking plate 14, first plate reinforced at inner margin), second part with engraved plate, large printer`s device and 41 emblematic illustrations, one or two repairs, some spotting and browning, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, a little rubbed and soiled, small folio (1)
Vecellio (Cesare). De Gli Habiti Antichi, et Moderni di Diuerse Parti del Mondo, 2 parts in one vol., 1st ed., pub. Zenaro, Venice, 1590, title with ornamental woodcut border, 412 full-page woodcut costume illustrations within ornamental borders, five woodcut views of Venice, one emblematic woodcut, some light uniform browning, a.e.g., later green morocco, upper cover detached, lightly rubbed, 8vo. First edition of a famous early costume book. The woodcuts were designed by Cesare Vecillio (c. 1521-1601), a relative of Titian. The first part depicts costumes mostly from Europe, including Russia, Sweden, Greece and Turkey, the second part illustrates costumes from Asia and Africa. Adams V314; Colas 2976. (1)
Wallis (Ralph). Room for the Cobler of Gloucester and his Wife: With several Cartloads of Abominable Irregular, pitiful stinking Priests: as also A Demonstration of their Calling after the manner of the Church of Rome; but not according to Magna Charta, the Rule of the Gospel. Whereunto is Added, A Parallel Between the Honour of a Lord Bishop, and the Honour of a Cobler; the Cobler being proved the more Honourable Person, 1st ed., printed for the Author, 1668, 40pp., eng. initial letters, generally browned and soiled, first and final leaves with marginal repairs, disbound, sm. 4to. Wing W619. A contemporary manuscript note on the dedication leaf reads: `The author was neither a good Subject or a good Christian, but rather a mallitious and Invettorate man, and a Trumpeter(?) to Blow into the hearts of the People the Spirit of Rebellion and Antichristian Impietie`. (1)
Aikin (John). Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey, 1st ed., 1780, includes index and leaf of advertisements at rear, hinges repaired, contemp. sheep, red morocco title label, repaired to spine, 8vo. The first collection of British medical biographies. Garrison & Morton 6705. (1)
Beaudemoulin (L.-A.). Recherches theoriques et pratiques sur la fondation par immersion des ouvrages hydrauliques, et particulierement des ecluses, 1st ed., Paris, 1829, errata leaf and four eng. plts. at rear, some spotting and damp staining to lower outer corner throughout, closed tear repairs to verso of final plt., disbound with half-title and final page somewhat soiled, slim 4to, together with two other works on hydraulics by P. Prevost (1828) and G. van der Mensbrugghe. In the first work the author describes new methods for creating stable foundations for canals and locks. (3)
Bell (Charles). On the Nerves, giving an account of some experiments on their structure and functions, which lead to a new arrangement of the system [an] On the Nerves of the Face, being a second chapter on that subject, both extracted from Philosophical Transactions of London, 1821, and 1829, pp. 398-424 & 317-330, one and two eng. plts. respect., a little browned and offset to text, general title pages bound at front of each extract, burn mark to lower margin with some loss of blank areas, recent qtr. buckram, slim 4to. The classic account of Bell`s Palsy with the second paper containing further details. First work: Garrison Morton 1255 and 4520. (1)
Black (G.V.). A Work on Operative Dentistry, 2 vols., 1st ed., Chicago, 1908, port. frontis. (offset to title, both partly pulled), b & w plts. and illusts., some spotting, t.e.g., hinges sl. cracked, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, large 8vo, together with Wedl (Carl), The Pathology of the Teeth with special reference to their Anatomy and Physiology, translated from the German by W.E. Bordman with Notes by T.B. Hitchcock, 1st English ed., Philadelphia, 1872, wood-eng. illusts. to text, 40 pp. publisher`s ads. at rear, contemp. sheep, heavily rubbed, 8vo, plus two related items by Durance George (1845) and John Smith (1844) First work: Garrison Morton 3689.7. (5)
Blackett (P.M.S.). The Ejection of Protons from Nitrogen Nuclei, photographed by the Wilson method, offprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Society, A, vol. 107, 1925, pp. 349-360, b & w plt. at rear, orig. printed wrappers, slim 8vo, together with ten other Blackett offprints and issues including his first published paper. The first paper contains `the famous photographs which appeared in almost every textbook on nuclear physics for the next fifty years`. (11)
Bohr (Niels). The Quantum Postulate and the recent development of atomic theory [contained as pp. 580-90 in] Nature, vol. 121, Supplement, 14 April 1928, b & w illusts. throughout, orig. wrappers with rusted staples replaced, slim large 8vo. First printing of Bohr`s complementarity principle. (1)
Boyle (Robert). Experiments, Notes, &c. about the Mechanical Origine or Production of Divers Particular Qualities: among which is inserted a discourse of the imperfection of the Chymist`s Doctrine of Qualities; together with some Reflections upon the Hypothesis of Alcali and Acidum, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1675, leaf following title containing Directions for the Book-binder & Errata supplied in facsimile, 1st Tract (on Heat and Cold) with B7 supplied in facsimile and B8 (blank) lacking, 6th Tract (Origine and Production of Volitility) with 7 pp. Advertisements about the Experiments and Notes relating to Chymical Qualities bound in at end, one or two leaves towards front of vol. with paper repairs to blank fore-margin, not affecting text, contemp. sheep, rubbed and some wear to corners, modern reback, small 8vo. Fulton 123 `This collection of eleven tracts is rare, usually imperfect, and contains two of the most important of Boyle`s contributions to physical science`. The final tract is the first work on electricity in the English language. (1)
Carrington (R.C.). Nine Draft Maps, (printed by the Anastatic process) containing all the stars above the eleventh magnitude situated within nine degrees of the North Pole, laid down for the year 1855, single sheet of explanation with the address of Redhill Observatory, plus all nine maps with handwritten notes contained in printed sleeve with presentation to M. Johnson, some spotting, ex-lib. with ink lib. stamps to sleeve and explanation leaf, together with ten loose charts being Mr. Carrington`s Circumpolar Charts for 1855, some soiling and marginal creasing and fraying, ink lib. stamp to upper margin of first map, oblong folio. Manuel John Johnson (1805-59) was the Radcliffe Observer (1839-59), was awarded the RAS gold medal and was president of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1857-58. (2)
Carter (Charles). The Compleat City and Country Cook: or, Accomplish`d Housewife. Containing Several Hundred of the most approv`d Receipts in Cookery, Confectionery, Cordials, Cosmeticks, Jellies, Pastry, Pickles, Preserving, Syrups, English Wines, &c... To which are added, Near Two Hundred of the most approved Receipts in Physick and Surgery..., 2nd ed., with large Additions, 1736, forty-eight (of forty-nine) eng. plts. of table plans, four folding, lacking plt. 30, most torn with loss, eng. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, modern qtr. calf with plts. loosely contained in pocket to rear pastedown, 8vo, together with Hammond (Elizabeth), Modern Domestic Cookery, and Useful Receipt Book. Containing... a Complete Family Physician; the Art of Making British Wines, Brewing, Baking, &c., 4th ed., with additions, 1820, eng. frontis. and addn. title-page, four eng. plts., lacking last 2 leaves of Index at rear, soiled and browned throughout, first few leaves washed, with consequent crystallisation to paper surface, several paper repairs, mostly at blank gutter but one or two affecting text, endpapers renewed, modern book ticket, rough-trimmed, contemp. half sheep gilt, rubbed, extrems. a little worn, 12mo in 6s, plus Smith (Mrs.), The Female Economist; or, a Plain System of Cookery: for the use of Families, containing Eight Hundred and Fifty Valuable Receipts... 3rd ed., 1810, lacking half-title and frontis., 4pp. pubs. ads. at rear, browned and foxed, modern book ticket, contemp. marbled calf, extrems. rubbed, 12mo in 6s, plus a defective copy of William Kitchiner, The Cook`s Oracle, 7th ed or later, lacking all before p.[iii]. First item is scarce: Bitting, p.78; Cagle 591; Maclean, p.23; Oxford, p.62. The present copy formerly belonged to cookery writer Lynda Brown, who lent it to Alan Davidson (Prospect Books) who used it to produce a facsimile, itself long out of print. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)
Cheyne (John). A Case of Apoplexy, in which the flesh part of the heart was converted into fat [contained as pp. 216-223 in] Dublin Hospital Reports, vol. 2, Dublin, 1818, five eng. plts. in later part of vol., some spotting throughout and occn. heavily, errata slip tipped-in, a few ink lib. stamps to text and one to title, recent cloth-backed boards, 8vo. The first accurate description of Cheyne-Stoke`s Respiration in Heart Failure indicating impending death. Not in Bedford or Osler. (1)
Ferriar (John). An Essay Towards a Theory of Apparations, 1st ed., 1813, half-title, ink lib. stamp to title and lower margin of last page erased but impressions still visible, some spotting, contemp. marbled boards with morocco reback, small 8vo. Hunter and McAlpine page 543. The first attempt to explain apparations on an entirely physio-pathological basis. Rare. (1)
Flourens (Pierre). Recherches Experimentales sur les porprietes et les fonctions du systeme nerveux, dans les animaux vertebres, 1st ed., Paris, 1824, some spotting, ex-lib. with a few old light ink stamps, lacks half title, bookplate of Dr. Michael Jefferson, recent half morocco, 8vo. Garrison Morton 1493. The first experimental proof that vision depends upon the integrity of the cerebal cortex. He also analysed the functions of the cerebellum and described cerebellar ataxia. Rare. (1)
Glisson (Francis). Anatomia hepatis ... de lymphae-ductibus ..., Amsterdam, 1659, eng. frontis., two folding eng. plts. and one engraving to text, contemp. vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, 12mo. The second edition of Garrison Morton 972 & 1098.1. The first accurate account of the liver and the independent discovery of the lymphatics. (1)
Godel (Kurt). The consistency of the axiom of choice and of the generalized continuum-hypothesis [contained as pp. 556-57 in] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 24, no. 12, December 1938, together with Consistency-proof for the generalized continuum-hypothesis, contained as pp. 220-24 in vol. 25, no. 4 of the same journal, April 1939, both orig. printed wrappers, small lib. ink stamp and date to upper wrapper of second issue, rusted staples, slim 8vo. Written after he settled in the United States the first work is a masterpiece and a classic of modern mathematics. `In this he proved that if an axiomatic system of set theory of the type proposed by Russell and Whitehead in Principia Mathematica is consistent, then it will remain so when the axiom of choice and the generalized continuum-hypothesis are added to the system`. (2)
Guegan (Bertrand). Le Cuisinier Francais ou les Meilleures Recettes d`Autrefois et d`Aujourd`hui Recueillies, 1st ed., Paris, 1934, half-title, title-page printed in blue and black, letterpress illusts., some full-page, sprinkled polished edges, modern dark green crushed morocco, gilt lozenge roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and fourth compartments, first and fifth compartments with onlaid red quatrefoil decoration, third compartment with wide pelmet roll, covers with gilt double fillet border and inner scrolling floral roll panel, dotted line roll on edges, gilt dec. turn-ins, large 8vo, together with [Lemery, Nicolas], Nouveau Recueil de Curiositez Rares & Nouvelles, dans les Plus Admirables Effets de la Nature & de l`Art [drop-title], new ed., c.1700, seven eng. plts., lacking all before Avertissement (. * 3), some staining and marks, lacking front free endpaper, later ms. ownership name on front pastedown, contemp. vellum, soiled, remains of leather spine label, with ms. title above, 12mo in 6s. Second item rare; sometimes attributed to Antoine d`Emery. Contains a mixture of recipes, including those for medicines, perfumes, cosmetics and fireworks. There are also some white magic recipes such as an ointment for horses legs made up of vipers heads and tails, mixed with wine and olive oil, and cooked with a small dog. (2)
Helmholtz (Hermann von). The Faraday Lecture contained as pp. 535-40 in Nature, vol. 23, no. 597, 7 April 1881, orig. printed wrappers, adhesion remains to spine, slim large 8vo, together with a group of fifteen offprints and papers by and about Helmholtz. First printing of Helmholtz`s famous lecture at the Chemical Society on 5th April in which he suggests that electricity may be atomic in nature. (16)
The Lady`s Guide to the Ordering of her Household, and the Economy of the Dinner Table, 1st ed., 1861, half-title present, 16pp. pubs. cat. at rear, endpapers renewed, orig. blindstamped blue cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed, spine faded and ends repaired, 8vo, together with Francatelli (Charles Elme), The Royal Confectioner: English and Foreign. A Practical Treatise on the Art of Confectionary in all its Branches; comprising Ornamental Confectionary Artistically Developed... also, the Art of Ice-making, and the Arrangement and General Economy of Fashionable Desserts... 2nd ed., 1866, half-title present, title-page printed in red and black, eight (of nine) chromo. plts., incl. frontis., five b & w plts., plts. water-stained and foxed, 6pp. pubs. ads. at rear, first and final leaves foxed, stitching strained, hinges splitting, rough-trimmed, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, faded spine frayed to extrems., 8vo. First and only edition of `The Lady`s Guide`: Bitting, p.571; Cagle 807; Vicaire, p.430. (2)
Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). The Holy Bible... , OUP, 1885, neat presentation inscription to half-title in Florence Nightingale`s holograph, `Offered to Alice Heptworth, with Florence Nightingale`s deepest interest, & `good speed` for her work among the infants now, & for her continued & everlasting progress in all good work, London, March 1886`, a little soiling, hinges cracked, a.e.g., orig. limp black morocco gilt, rubbed on spine and at extremities with a little wear to spine ends, 8vo. The University of Kansas have three autograph letters signed from Florence Nightingale to Alice Hepworth dated 8th January 1886, 9th March 1886 and 1st January 1887. In the first Florence Nightingale commends Miss Hepworth for bringing `the infants on so satisfactorily at Lea [infants school, possibly in Slough, Berkshire]. She also gives directions concerning two parcels of books to be delivered by Miss Hepworth. In the second letter Florence Nightingale discusses instruction of students in geography and religion and relates a case study of a young boy bought into St. Thomas hospital who after a year of care had the `real thing in his heart, the true religion`. In the second letter she begins `Please accept the (Revised) Bible which has been waiting for you so long` and presumably refers to the Bible here sold. In the third letter Miss Nightingale responds to Miss Hepworth`s decision to leave Lea and offers her best wishes. (1)
Pavlov (I.P.). Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrusen, translated from the Russian by Dr. A. Walther, 1st German ed., Wiesbaden, 1898, lib. ink stamp to foot of title, recent quarter calf over marbled boards, orig. wrappers not retained, together with The Work of the Digestive Glands, Lectures translated into English by W.H. Thompson, 1st English ed., 1902, b & w illusts. to text, pubs. ads. at rear, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed on spine, plus four Pavlov items on conditioned reflexes, three in German and one in English, all 8vo. The first item is the first appearance of this classic work outside Russia and was not translated into English until 1902. See Garrison Morton 1022. (6)
Raman (C.V. & Krishnan, K.S.). A New Type of Secondary Radiation [contained as pp. 501-502 in] Nature, vol. 121, Supplement, 31st March 1928, b & w illusts. throughout, orig. printed wrappers with rusted staples, slim large 8vo, together with sixteen issues and offprints by C.V. Raman (Nobel Prize for Physics 1930) including his Nobel Lecture. The Raman spectra, for the discovery of which Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize. This was the first printing of Raman`s discovery. (17)
Rudolphi (Carolo Asmund). Commentatio de ventriculis cerebri, 1st ed., Greifswald, 1796, some heavy spotting, old repairs to inner margins of first two leaves, modern boards, sl. wear to spine, slim 4to, together with Tiedemann (Frederic), The Anatomy of the Foetal Brain, translated from the French of A.J.L. Jourdan by William Bennett, Edinburgh, 1826, fourteen eng. plts., some spotting, orig. quarter cloth with printed paper label to spine, rebacked with orig. spine relaid, rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus two related items by Abercrombie (1829) and Noble (1846) (4)
Wilson (C.T.R.). On a Method of Making Visible the Paths of Ionising Particles through a Gas [contained as pp. 285-88 in] Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, vol. 85, 1911, together with Investigations on X-Rays and beta Rays by the Cloud Method Part One [and Two], contained as pp. 1-24 and 192-212 in vol. 104 of the same journal, 1923, both vols. with b & w plts. and illusts., a few ink lib. stamps, contemp. lib. buckram gilt, large 8vo. The first paper contains the first photographs of tracks of atomic particles (two figures on plate 9 of the whole volume). The second paper contains a total of twenty plates reproducing photographs that were used in textbooks thereafter. (2)
Browne (Alexander). Ars Pictoria; Or an Academy Trating of Drawing, Painting, Limning and Etching, 1st ed., 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (complete), mostly by Arnold de Jode, small library stamps on title and each plate, some light spotting and minor marginal tears, modern calf-backed boards, joints rubbed and scuffed, folio. Alexander Browne (d. 1706) was a miniature painter and auctioneer and one of the first publishers of mezzontints. Wing B5097. (1)
Lee (Ronald A.). The Knibb Family, Clockmakers or: Automatopaei Knibb Familiaei, 1st ed., 1964, some colour and numerous b & w plates and illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in rubbed d.j., sl. frayed to edges, with minor loss to lower outer corner of upper wrapper, folio, limited edition 3/1000, together with Lloyd (H. Alan), The English Domestic Clock, its evolution and history, 2nd imp., June 1938, b&w illusts., orig. cloth-backed boards, large slim 8vo, plus The First Twelve Years of the English Pendulum Clock or The Fromanteel Family and their contemporaries 1658-1670, a lone exhibition, Ronald A. Lee, February 1969, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, slim folio, plus two other copies of the same work, and Horological Master Works, English 17th-century Clocks from Private Collections, Antiquarian Horological Society/Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, 2003, numerous colour illusts., orig. printed wrappers, 4to, plus seven other related booklets (12)
Boyd (Julian, ed.). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, 1760-1790, 16 vols., New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1950-61, num. b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 8vo, together with 2 vols. Index by Elizabeth Sherwood, 1954-58, first covering vols. 1-6, second covering vols. 7-12, both orig. printed wrappers, 8vo, plus Morison (Elting E., ed.), The Letters of Theodore Roosevelt, 8 vols., Massachusetts, Harvard University Press, 1951-54, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, some rubbing, 8vo (26)
Pirkis (Mrs. Catherine Louisa). The Experiences of Loveday Brooke, Lady Detective, 1st ed., pub. Hutchinson, 1894, illustrations, a few light spots, owner stamp to title and frontispiece verso, front hinges cracking, original cloth, lacking `calling card` picture inset to upper cover, spine ends with tears and chips, joints splitting, lightly rubbed, 8vo. The first lady detective novel. (1)
[Arnold, Richard]. The Customs of London, otherwise called Arnold`s Chronicle; containing, Among Divers Other Matters, the original of the celebrated poem of the Nut-Brown Maid, reprinted from the first edition, with the additions included in the second, 1811, untrimmed, contemp. boards, soiled and worn with backstrip def., 4to, together with Usher (James), A Body of Divinity, or The Sum and Substance of Christian Religion, 6th ed., corrected and much enlarged, 1670, etched portrait frontis. loosely inserted, disbound without covers, folio, plus Deslandes (Andre-Francois), Reflexions sur les grands hommes qui sont mort en plaisantant, nouvelle ed., Amsterdam, 1776, t.e.g., early 20th c., half brown crushed morocco gilt, ex-libris Charles Whibley, with his bookplate and presentation inscription to him dated Christmas 1915, 8vo, and Stieler (Karl, and others), The Rhine, From its Source to the Sea, pub. Bickers and Son, 1878, numerous b&w wood eng. plates and illusts., a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. full red morocco, rubbed and some marks, upper joint partly cracked, folio, and other various antiquarian interest, reference, etc., including L`Histoire de Joseph, trans. Lemaistre de Sacy, Paris, 1878, with etched plates by various artists, large folio, Henri Cohen & Seymour de Ricci, Guide de l`Amateur de Livres a Gravures du XVIIIe Siecle, 6th ed., enlarged, Paris, 1912, bound in full green morocco, faded to spine, large 8vo, Edward Penfield, Posters in Miniature, 1897, & Herbert Cecil Duce, Poster Advertising, Chicago, 1912, Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden, 1825, a group of 20th c. framed silhouette portraits, etc. (a carton)
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