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Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland and the Islands Adjacent....., Enlarged by the Latest Discoveries by Richard Gough, 4 vols., pub. John Stockdale, 1806, engraved portrait frontis., title and dedications, addn. half title, fifty-eight uncoloured maps by John Cary (including 52 folding), 100 eng. plts. of antiquities (including eight double page), occ. engs. to text throughout, some off setting throughout, hinges strengthened, contemp. gilt diced calf, rebacked, a little rubbed at extrems. folio. A handsome set. Chubb CCCXXII. (4).

Drake (Francis). Eboracum: or the History and Antiquities of the City of York, from its Original to the Present Times. Together with the History of the Cathedral Church, and the Lives of the Archbishops of that See, 2 parts in one, 1736, sixty eng. plts. and maps (complete inc. title to part 2, some plts. & maps folding or double-page), eng. illustrations to text (few full-page), list of subscribers present, contemp. calf, morocco title label to spine, joints and corners repaired, folio. Upcott pp.1357-1364. (1).

Fisher (Son & Co. pub.). Fisher’s County Atlas of England and Wales Compiled from Authentic Surveys and Corrected to the Present Time with a Topographical and Statistical Description of each County, [1845], title page, preface and contents leaf, forty-three eng. maps on forty-eight sheets (complete), including three folding, all with contemp. outline colouring, later qtr. morocco gilt, folio. Chubb DIV. (1).

Hughes (William). A New County Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland, pub. Virtue & Co., c.1875, title page with some finger and dust soiling, sixty-eight (complete as list) engraved maps with contemp. colouring, some finger soiling largely confined to margins, some spotting mainly on verso of maps, end papers and pastedowns creased and dust soiled, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn at extrems., folio (1).

Smith (Charles). Smith’s New English Atlas, Being a Reduction of his Large Folio Atlas Containing a Complete set of County Maps...., 1822, calligraphic title with near contemp. pencil ownership signature, contents list and explanation, forty-three (complete) engraved maps with contemp. outline colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), list of principal towns and eight ruled pages for ‘Remarks’ bound in at rear, later end papers, early 20th century qtr. morocco gilt, 4to. Chubb CCCLXXXVIII. Uncommon. (1).

Walpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a New, Complete, Accurate and Extensive Tour through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Hebrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney and other Islands adjoining to and dependent on the Crown of Great-Britain....., pub. Alexander Hogg, [1784], title page with faint contemp. ownership signature, forty-six uncoloured engraved maps on twenty-three sheets (including four folding) and sixty-four (only of 88) uncoloured engraved plates, very occ. spotting, new end papers, modern half calf with marbled sidings, contrasting morocco label to spine, folio (1).

France. Jansson (Jan), Nova et Accurata Descriptio Delphinatus vulgo Dauphine, Lionnois Forest Beauviolois et Masconnois, Burgundia Ducatus [and] Languedoc, pub. Amsterdam, c.1650, together four engraved maps, each with bright contemp. hand colouring, each approx. 420 x 520mm, late 19th century gold cloth boards with chromolitho. cut out of lillies adhered to upper and lower boards, slim upright folio (1).

Map Reference. The British Museum. Catalogue of Printed Maps Charts and Plans, Photolithographic edition, complete to 1964, 16 vols. (including the Ten Year Supplement), pub. The Trustees of the British Museum, 1967 - 74, contemp. pubs. red cloth gilt, a little scuffed and stained, bumped at extrems., folio. Pencil annotation to paste down of vol.1 indicates that the set belonged to Eila Campbell. (16).

*Chinese rice paper drawings. An album of twelve watercolour drawings of Chinese trades and manufacturers, 19th century, watercolour on rice paper each showing several figures at work, some surface marks, and chips to margins, the first image damaged with some loss (remainder generally complete), each approx. 20.5 x 32.5cm (8 x 12.75ins), mounted on album leaves, 20th century plain blue cloth, with scattered discolouration, oblong folio (1).

Illustrated London News, 5 vols., Jan-Jun, 1867; Jul-Dec, 1867; Mar-Dec, 1870; Jan-Jul, 1871; Jan-Aug, 1893;. num. b&w illusts., one folding map (heavily torn), contemp. half morocco/cloth, one vol. with loss to lower outer corner of rear cover, two spines split, covers dampstained, some wear, folio, together with two others, comprising The Graphic, Jan-Aug, 1893 & The Queen, Jan-Aug, 1893. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (7).

Andrewes (Lancelot). XCVI Sermons, 3rd ed., 1635, title with woodcut device, four engraved portraits, historiated woodcut initials, occasional marginalia and a few spots, a few small marginal wormholes, owner name scribbled-through lower nargin of frontispiece portrait, later calf, rebacked, a few stains, folio. (1).

Aristotle. Opera Omnia quae extant, Graece & Latine. Veterum ac recentiorum interpretum... cum Kyriaci Strozae Patritii Florentini libris duobus Traecolatinas de Republici... novissimae huic Editioni omnium quae hectenus prodierunt... Authore Guillelmo Du Val, 2 vols. bound in 4, Paris, Typis Regiis apud Societatem Graecarum Editionum, 1629, titles printed in red and black with large eng. vign. to each, text in double column, mainly in Greek and Latin, later 18th-c. full calf, spines defective and covers detached, large folio (4).

Bible [French]. [La Saincte Bible, Contenant le Vieil et Nouveau Testament], 2 vols. in one, Lyon, 1585, numerous woodcut illustrations and maps in text, vol. I lacking Old Testament title and first two preliminary leaves and replaced with New Testament title from vol. II, prelim. signatures 5-7 bound before 4, final index leaf repaired, one or two marginal tears, occasional light water stains and browning, later calf, rubbed, folio. Not in Adams or Darlow & Moule.. (1).

Bible [French]. La Sainte Bible contenant le Vieil et Nouveau Testament, traduitte en Francois, selon la version commune, ed. Rene Benoist, Paris, Sebastien Nyvelle, Gabriel Buon & Nicolas Chesneau, 1566, title with printer’s woodcut device, soiled and some damage, with significant loss and repairs to margins, other archival repairs to back margins of the following twenty or more leaves, some woodcut illusts., including a few full-page, leaf Z5 (pp. 361-362), torn with loss to lower edge, and repaired with blank paper, small stain to extreme fore-edge of many leaves at centre of vol., occasional marks and minor soiling (generally in clean condition), commentary entitled Exposition et Resolution de certains principaux passages at rear of vol. defective at end, lacking d5-6, e1, and all after e3, with some soiling and marks, and marginal restoration to final few leaves, a.e.g., later 19th-c. blind-stamped dark plum full morocco (by Zaehnsdorf), rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, thick folio. D & M 3729. Benoist had been confessor to Mary Queen of Scots, and subsequently to Henry IV of France, over whom he exercised significant influence. The Sorbonne condemned his version in 1567 as merely an adaptation of the Geneva Bible.. (1).

Bible [French]. La. Sainte Bible, vol. 1 only of two, Amsterdam, Louys & Daniel Elzevier, 1669, double-page map, and double-page eng. plan of Jerusalem, contemp. calf, gilt-dec. spine, with coat of arms bearing motto Mobilis Ira to centre. of. upper cover, folio, together with Vossius (Gerardus), Etymologicon Linguae. Latinae.. Praefigitur. Ejusdem. de. Literarum Permutatione Tractatus, Amsterdam:. Ludovic. &. Daniel. Elzevier, 1662, title in red & black, armorial bookplate. of. John. Bosworth,. Tortworth. Rectory. to upper pastedown, hinges cracked. and. lacks front free-endpaper, contemp. calf, joints cracked, folio, plus. four others including a defective & incomplete copy of Romanae Historiae Principis, libri omnes..., by Livy, pub. Frankfurt, 1568 (4).

Bible [English]. [The Byble, that is to to say, al the Holy Scripture conteined in the olde & new Testament, faythfully set furth according to ye Coppy of Thomas Mathewes translation, Jhon Day, 1551], 88 leaves only (c2-6, e-s6), plus woodcut title from a similar edition inserted at front (relined and with central text replaced), black letter text in double column, woodcut initials, some modern underlining in red ink, some soiling and staining, two leaves with repairs (f3 & f4), 19th c. sheep, joints cracked and some wear, upper cover near detached, folio (sheet size 271 x 181mm) Herbert 93. The portion containing the Pentateuch only of this revised edition of Taverner’s version, prepared by Edmund Becke. (1).

Bible [English]. The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke... , and conferred with the best translations in divers languages, bound in 2 vols., imprinted at London, by Christopher Barker, 1583, black letter text in double column, general woodcut title supplied in facsimile, woodcut titles to Apocrypha and New Testament present (with woodcut map of the Holy Land to verso of NT title), lacking A1 (blank), A2 (title, here supplied in facsimile), lacking prelims. B-C6 and D1-4, Xx5 (folio 263), Ggg3 (folio 315), Dddd6 (blank before Apocrypha title) and Rrrr6 (folio 514), and also lacking ten leaves at end (nine leaves of tables and final leaf entitled A perfite Supputation), some marks and occ. soiling, paper repairs mainly to blank fore-margins of first eleven leaves, waterstain to foot of lower margin to final few leaves, old marbled edges, modern half brown calf gilt, folio (sheet size 380 x 265mm)Herbert 178. (2).

Bible [French]. La Sainte Bible, qui Contient le Vieux et le Nouveau Testament, 4 parts in two vols., Louys & Daniel Elzevir, Amsterdam, 1669, additional engraved title, four folding engraved maps, one engraved plan of Jersualem (close-trimmed with repairs to versos), vol. II half title strengthened to verso, one or two marginal tears and repairs, occasional light spotting, library bookplates, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rebacked, covers relaid, a little rubbed, folio. Willems 1402.. (2).

Bible [Latin]. Biblia cum concordantiis veteris et novi testamenti..., Lyons, Jacob Sacon, expensis Antonii Koberger, 10 May , 1518, black letter text in double column, title with text printed in red above large woodcut illustration of St. Jerome within an architectural border, full-page woodcut of the six days of Creation (facing first leaf of Genesis), full-page woodcut of the Nativity (at start of New Testament), numerous woodcut illusts. to text and woodcut intials, general title torn with loss of large area of upper outer corner, first few leaves with some soiling and marginal water stains, two leaves in Ezekiel (C7-8) torn with significant loss to upper outer corners (all three leaves repaired with blank paper), some marks and light staining to final few leaves, lacking last two leaves of index (CC9-10, of which the latter is a blank), occ. early neat annotations and underlining in ink, text generally in clean condition, contemp. blind-decorated full calf over wooden boards, old sympathetic reback, lacking clasps, rubbed and some marks, folio (35.5 x 25cm)D & M 6101. This edition not in Adams. OCLC 54974129 (two copies in America). One of a series of illustrated bibles printed by Jacob Sacon for Anton Koberger of Nuremberg, between 1512 and 1522. (1).

Bible [Latin]. Biblia. Breves in Eadem Annotationes, ex doctis. Interpretationibus, & Hebraeorum Commentariis. Interpretatio Propriorum Nominum Hebraicorum. Index Copiosissimus rerum & Sententiarum utriusque Restamenti, R. Estienne, Paris, 1532, three titles each with large Estienne woodcut device of a man under an olive tree with grafted and falling branches, woodcut initials, occasional underlining and annotation, a few minor spots, light marginal water stain to a few leaves at end, later sprinkled calf, rebacked and relaid, rubbed with a few stains, folio. Adams B1011.. (1).

Bindings. Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, by Alexander Watson, 4th ed., 1801, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. green morocco by Hering, gilt armorial of Henry Welbore Agar-Ellis, 2nd Viscount Clifden (1761 -1836) to centre of each board, joints rubbed, 4to, together with Lamia’s Winter-Quarters, pub. Adam & Charles Black, 1907, col. plts. and b & w illusts., t.e.g., elaborate gilt dec. morocco to endpaper pastedowns with silk lined free endpapers, elaborate gilt dec. morocco, slightly rubbed to joints, 4to, (limited signed edition 47/250), with C. Crispi Sallustii Opera quae Exstant..., pub. Basil Montagu Pickering, 1864, armorial bookplate of James W. Arbuthnot to upper pastedown, near contemp. morocco gilt by B.M Pickering, gilt foliage wreath device to centre of each board, spine slightly faded, 4to, plus The Book of Common Prayer..., pub. William Pickering, 1844, dec. title, dec. initials, text in red & black, silk endpapers, gilt dec. dentelles, a.e.g. with gauffered edges, contemp. gilt dec. spine, extrems. rubbed, folio. Henry Welbore Agar was the eldest son of James, 1st Viscount Clifden, of Gowran Castle, County Kilkenny, and Lucia, eldest daughter of John Martin, of Dublin. He was educated at Westminster School, and admitted to Christ Church, Oxford. He was Member of Parliament for Kilkenny in the Irish Parliament 1800-1802, and for Heytesbury in the Union Parliament, Clerk of the Privy Council of Ireland and Recorder of Gowran. He also commanded a troop of cavalry known as the Gloucester Troop, drawn chiefly from his own tenants. He married Caroline Spencer, daughter of George, 4th Duke of Marlborough in 1792. He succeeded his father as 2nd Viscount Clifden in 1789, and assumed the additional name and arms of Ellis in 1802 on inheriting the Barony of Mendip from his uncle, Welbore Ellis. (4).

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies in the Church of England, [and Psalter], Christopher Barker, 1581, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes, Collected into Englishe Meter by Thomas Stern, John Hopkins and others..., John Day, 1580, 2 vols. in one, each with elaborate woodcut title (Prayer title printed in red and black and part coloured in red), large woodcut initials, Prayer title and first nine leaves with small repair (with resultant minor loss of text), single wormholes in text from A3-H7 not affecting legibility, light marginal water stain to last few leaves, final leaf verso of Prayer and verso of Psalter title with list of psalms in contemporary hand, Psalmes lacking final blank but two additional rear blanks with manuscript English psalms in contemporary hand, bookplate of George Norris, contemporary blindstamped calf over wooden boards, a few wormholes, neat reback, lacking clasps, modern cloth solander box, folio. STC 16309.2.. (1).

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites & Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England. Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David (Barker & Bill)... 2 parts in one, 1669, first title within engraved architectural border by P. Williamson, ruled in red throughout, woodcut initials and headpieces, first few leaves with marginal wormtrack, one or two marginal repairs, occasional soiling and annotation, previous owner signature crossed-through, bookplate, gilt gauffered edges, later burgundy morocco gilt, spine faded and a little rubbed, folio. Wing B3635.. (1).

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments. And Other Parts of Divine Service for the use of the Church of Scotland, printed by Robert Young, Edinburgh, 2 parts in one, 1637-36, first title printed in red and black (lower corner torn away), text in black letter, woodcut initials and ornaments, D2 torn with loss, some leaves trimmed affecting text, occasional spotting, previous owner inscriptions, modern burgundy goatskin, folio. STC 16606. Leaf KK6 verso at end of the Psalter has the catchword ‘Certaine’ with signatures KK7-8 cancelled. ’Laud’s Book’ was an attempt by King Charles I impose the Anglican liturgy in Scotland, drawn up by Archbishop Laud and the Scottish bishops. After attempting to begin a service from the book by the Dean of St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, on 23 July 1637, a riot broke out, leading to the chain of events that culminated in the English Civil War. (1).

Burton (William). A Commentary on Antonius, his Itinerary, or Journies of the Romane Empire, so far as it Concerneth Britain, 1st ed., 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece by Hollar, title printed in red and black (repaired to verso), folding engraved map by Hollar (with small burnhole), water stain to last few leaves, a few spots, bookplate, later panelled calf, rebacked, repaired corners, folio. Wing B6185.. (1).

Charles II. Relation en Forme de Journal, du Voyage et Sejour, que Le Serenissime et Tres-Puissant Prince Charles II Roy de la Grand Bretagne, &c. A fait en Hollande, depuis le 25. May, jusques au 2 Juin 1660, 1st ed., The Hague: Adrian Ulacq, 1660, folding eng. port. and four (of six) double-page eng. plts. (those lacking supplied in facsimile), eng. head-piece and initial letter, extra-illust. with a set of ten fine eng. plts. of King Charles I and major royalists, eng. by George Vertue and dated 1735, N1 with small hole in lower blank margin, marbled endpapers, armorial bookplate of Thomas Philip Earl de Grey, Wrest Park, recent blind-panelled calf gilt, folio (1).

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Workes of our Antient and Learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly printed... , ed. Thomas Speight, 5th ed., printed by Adam Islip, at the charges of Bonham Norton, 1598, black letter text in double column, woodcut title supplied in facsimile, woodcut divisional titles to Romance of the Rose and Story of Thebes both present, lacking twenty-four (of 27) leaves at front of vol., including woodcut title (supplied in facsimile, and all before A2, and A5-6, lacking tables after folio 394 at end, eng. plt. of The Progenie of Geffrey Chaucer lacking, woodcut illustration to head of The Knightes Tale (B1), occ. marks and soiling, one or two marginal tears with sl. loss of blank margin, early 19th-c. half calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, folio. STC 5078. Lowndes 425. (1).

Clement (of Alexandria). Opera, quae extant, Recognita & Illustrata per Joannem Potterum, Episcopum Oxoniensem, 2 vols., Oxford, 1715, title with eng. vign. of the Sheldonian Theatre to first vol., double-column text in Greek and Latin, contemp. mottled full calf gilt, with contemp. ownership gilt stamp to upper cover of each vol. of I. Phelipps, rubbed and some wear, with joints partly cracked, together with Philo Judaeus. Opera..., Textum cum MSS. contulit, quamplurima..., adjecit, Interpretationemque emendavit, universa Notis & Observationibus illustravit Thomas Mangey, 2 vols., [London], 1742, contemp. calf, gilt-dec. spines, one title label missing, joints cracked and worn, folio(4)

Cooper (Thomas). Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae..., 1578, title with woodcut device (trimmed and laid down), author to reader leaf cropped and mounted to title verso, first few leaves repaired or laid down, occasional spotting and dampstains, some foredges with chips and tears, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio. STC 5688.. (1).

[Gurney, Hudson]. Airth Papers, [with reference to the claim of Robert B. Allardice to the Earldom of Airth, Privately Printed, 1839], 87pp., each window mounted into larger leaf (some spotting), bound with four other similar works bound-in at rear, each relating to Robert Barclay Allardice’s claim to the Earldom of Airth, near contemp. elaborate gilt dec. morocco, folio, together with Roberts (Barre Charles), Letters and Miscellaneous Papers..., with a Memoir of His Life, 1814, eng. port. frontis., offsetting to title, front blank inscribed to “George Watson Esq. Savile Row, with Mr. Roberts’s best respects”, armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemp. calf, embossed armorial to centre of each board, rebacked and boards marked, 4to, with Hamilton (Anthony), Memoires du Comte de Grammont, new ed., pub. London, [1793], eng. port. frontis. and numerous eng. plts., a.e.g., contemp. straight grain red morocco, gilt dec. spine and boards, spine faded, 4to, plus eight others (11).

Harris (John). Lexicon Technicum: or, an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: explaining not only the Terms of Art, but the Arts themselves, 2 vols, 5th ed., 1736, two engraved portraits, 23 engraved plates including some folding, a few minor fold tears, contemp. panelled calf, modern reback and corner repairs, folio (2).

Heywood (Thomas). The Hierarchie of the Blessed Angells. Their Names, Orders abd Offices, the Fall of Lucifer with his Angells, 1st ed., Adam Islip, 1635, licence leaf, engraved title by T, Cecil, nine engraved plates, lacking final blank, occasional minor soiling, later calf, a little rubbed, folio. STC 13327. Contains a reference to Shakespeare on page 206.. (1).

Holinshed (Raphael). The Description of Scotland, Written at the first by Hector Boetius in Latine...Whereupon is inferred the historie of Scotland..., 2 parts in one vol., 1585 [1587], 464 pp., containing first 6 pp. of index only (of 56 pp.), both titles with fine decorative woodcut borders, twin-column black letter text, erratic pagination and signatures (as usual), some finger soiling and marks, marginal repairs to last few leaves, contemp. calf, modern morocco reback and repairs to corners, folio. This volume comprises part of volume II of the 2nd edition of Holinshed’s Chronicles published in 1587, that which relates to Scotland only. The first section of the work is a translation of Hector Boece’s Historia Gentis Scotorum. (1).

Jewel (John). A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a certaine Booke lately set foorth by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation &c., Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry Wykes, 1st edition, 1567, [24];742;[18] pp., woodcut printer’s device to title, damp staining to first and last few leaves including title, final six leaves with small puncture holes to outer margin, contemp. blind-tooled panelled calf over wooden boards, remains of brass clasps, modern professional reback and some edge repairs, folio (285 x 189mm), contained in purpose-made solander box. STC 14600. (1).

Lombard (Peter). Sententiarum libri IV, commentary by Bonaventura, vols 1 & 2 only (of 4), Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1491, 204 + 110 ff. without blanks; 259 ff. including front blank, volume I bound with separately titled “Tabula super libros sententiarum cum Bonaventura”, commentary in double-column text on 64 lines, some rubrication in red and blue, scattered worm holes to first and last portions, volume I in contemp. blind-tooled calf over wooden boards with remains of brass clasps, modern reback, volume II in contemp. blind-tooled sheep over wooden boards, with unusual roll-border incorporating running stags and with title “Bonavent: II” to upper cover, missing clasps, sympathetic reback, folio (305 x 215mm; 297 x 213mm) Hain 3450; Goff P-486. Volume II with ownership markings and engraved armorial bookplate of Jacob Mayr (fl. 1691-1717), Provost of the Canons Regular of Chiemsee Cathedral. (2).

Mede (Joseph). Works, 5 parts in 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1664-[1663], half titles, titles with engraved vignettes, double-page copper-engraved plate, illustrations, one or two light spots, endpapers renewed, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, together with An Exposition of the Creed. By John, Lord Bishop of Chester, 10th ed., 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece and title within red ruled border, small worm and burnholes, a few spots, presentation inscription, contemporary panelled calf, owner name ‘I. Phelipps’ gilt-stamped to upper cover, slight loss at head of spine, joints cracked, folio. (3).

Milles (Thomas). The Catalogue of Honor or Tresury of True Nobility Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine. That is to say a Collection of all the Free Monarches aswell Kinges of England as Scotland (nowe united together) with the Princes of Walles, Dukes, Marquisses and Erles; their Wives, Children, Alliances, Families, Descentes & Achievementes of Honor, 1st ed., 1610, engraved title by Elstracke (trimmed and laid down), engraved illustrations (one or two trimmed), woodcut initials, numerous arms, lacking A2 as often, ‘To the Reader’ leaf bound after p.570, a few marginal tears, occasional water stains and light soiling, press cutting pasted to a rear endpaper, previous owner signature to title, bookplate to title verso, modern calf, folio. STC 17926.. (1).

Parliament. A Collection of Papers Relating to the Expedition to the Scheldt, Presented to Parliament in 1810, printed by A. Strahan, 1811, endpapers sometime renewed, armorial bookplate of Melville, hinges split, marbled edges, contemp. mottled calf gilt, rubbed and extrems. worn, with loss to spine ends and joints cracked, 8vo, together with Hale (Sir Matthew), The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, printed by William Godbid, 1677, frontis. trimmed to platemark and mounted, title-page dusty, first few leaves (incl. title) with neatly repaired closed tears, Ss1 with repair at gutter, modern black sheep, rubbed and marked, sm. folio in 4s, plus Statutes, Anno Regni Georgii Regis..., vols. 4 (2 copies), 6-10, 16, 17 & 18 (bound in one), 19, Edinburgh, 1724-1754, some foxing and browning, contemp. sprinkled or mottled calf gilt, rubbed and worn, 12mo, plus three other antiq. vols. Statues including such subjects as the slave trade, importation of salt and rum, transportation of rice, right of publishing, punishment of persons destroying turnpikes or locks, encouraging the growth of coffee, etc. (15).

Plautus (Titus Maccius). Ex Fide, Atque Auctoritate Complurium Liborum Manuscriptorum Opera Dionys. Lambini... Paris, 1577, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional underlining and light spots, hinges strengthened, bookplate, later mottled calf, rebacked, folio. Adams P1501. Second issue, with new title only and final work by classical scholar Denis Lambin (1520-1572).. (1).

Plinius Secundus (Gaius). Historiae Mundi Libri XXXVII, Froben, Basel, 1554 [1555], title and final blank with woodcut device, historiated woodcut initials, previous owner signature, a few minor spots, bookplates, hinges reinforced, contemporary paneled calf over wood boards, rebacked, lacking clasps, scuff marks, folio. Adams P1573.. (1).

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans, trans. Sir Thomas North, John Hayes for George Sawbridge, Cambridge, 1676, additional engraved title, frontispiece explain’d leaf repaired to verso, title printed in red and black, woodcut initals, copper-engraved portrait illustrations, a few marginal wormtracks and some light spotting, previous owner signatures, later full calf, spine faded, folio. Wing P2634.. (1).

Pope (Alexander, trans.). The Iliad of Homer, 6 vols., 1st ed., W. Bowyer for Bernard Linott, 1715-20, half title to vol. I (detached), list of subscribers, fifteen engraved plates, folding engraved map, some spotting and browning, contemporary calf, most covers detached and rubbed, folio. (6).

Quintilianus (Marcus Fabius). Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri XII... Paris, 1538, three parts in one, each with large woodcut title (library stamp and repaired tear to first title), final index leaf repaired, occasional spotting and light water stain, later calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio. Adams Q60.. (1).

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius). The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie [and] The End of Nero and Begining of Galba, 2 parts in one, 3rd ed., J. Norton, 1604 [1605], bound without front blank, woodcut initials, engraved plan illustration (trimmed) to second part, first and last few leaves with insect damage to lower corners, previous owner signature, occasional underlining and soiling, contemporary full calf, gilt arabesque to covers, lacking ties, a little rubbed and stained, folio. STC 23645 (2nd ed.) (1).

Terentius Afer (Publius). Comoediae, Etypographia Regia, Paris, 1642, half title, engraved title, engraved headpieces and initials, a few minor spots, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, a little rubbed and stained, folio. (1).

Vergil (Polydore). Anglicae Historiae Libri Vigintiseptem, M. Isingrin, Basel, 1555, title with woodcut device, dedication leaf to Henry VIII within woodcut border, following leaf A3 also within border, final blank verso with printer’s device, title with marginal repairs and previous owner names erased, occasional light marginal water stain and a few spots, occasional underlining and marginalia, dust-soiling front and rear, later mottled calf, rebacked, covers relaid, folio. Adams P448. Provenance: Right Hon. Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, his bookplate to title verso. The third edition of Vergil’s English History, dedicated to Henry VIII, and an important piece of Tudor propaganda. The text was also a major source for Shakespeare.. (1).

Ambrose (Isaac). Prima, The First Things, in Reference to the Middle and Last Things, or, the Doctrine of Regeneration, the New Birth, the Very Beginning of a Godly Life, 3 parts in 1, 1674, eng. port. frontis. (relaid), separate part-titles, bound with Redeeming the Time... , revised and somewhat enlarged, 1674, bound with Looking Unto Jesus... , 1680, bound with War With Devils, 1682, occ. spotting and light browning, some worming to outer margins of last work, recent half calf over cloth, folio, (Wing A2966, A2969, A2957 & A2973), together with Hakewill (George), An Apologie or Declaration or the Power and Providence of God in the Government of the World... , 3rd revised ed., 1635, additional dec. woodcut title (soiled and repaired with archival paper), occ. spotting and old dampstaining, recent quarter morocco gilt, folio, (STC 12613), plus Grantham (Thomas), Christianismus Primitivus, or, the Ancient Christian Religion... , 1678, some spotting and soiling, occ. marginal worming, contemp. tree calf, joints weak, folio, (Wing G1528), plus other leather-bound theological folios, mostly bible commentaries and related (13).

Bayle (Pierre). The Dictionary Historical and Critical, the Second Edition ..., to which is prefixed The Life of the Author, revised, corrected and enlarged by Mr. Des Maizeaux, 5 vols., 1734-38, half title to each vol., main titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontis. to vol. 1, occ. spotting and old damp staining, contemp. calf, modern morocco rebacks with contrasting leather labels, corners refurbished, folio (5).

Bayle (Pierre). A General Dictionary, Historical and Critical: in which a new and accurate translation ... is included. The whole containing the history of the most illustrious persons of all ages and nations, particularly those of Great Britain and Ireland, distinguished by their rank, actions, learning and other accomplishments ..., ed. John Peter Bernard, Thomas Birch, et al, 10 vols., 1734-41, titles printed in red and black, some spotting and occ. soiling, largely confined to first and last leaves of each vol., titles to vols. 8 & 10 relaid, modern dark green qtr. morocco over cloth boards with red leather spine labels, folio (10).

Bayle (Pierre). Oeuvres Diverses ... Contenant tout ce que cet auteur a publie ..., excepte son Dictionnaire Historique et critique, 4 vols., The Hague, 1727, half title to each vol., general titles in red and black with eng. vign., old ink inscription to foot of each title, some spotting throughout, some browning and old damp staining at rear of each vol., contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and some edge wear, all covers near det., four (of 8) spine labels deficient, folio (4).

Boyle Lectures. A defence of natural and revealed religion: being a collection of the sermons preached at the lecture founded by the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq. (from the year 1691 to the year 1732) with additions and amendments of the several authors, and general indexes, 3 vols., 1739, part-titles, some spotting and occ. old damp staining, contemp. speckled calf, some edge wear, modern morocco rebacks with red leather labels to spines, folio. This collection includes sermons preached by Dr. Bentley, Bishop Kidder, Bishop Williams, Bishop Gastrel, Dr. Harris, Bishop Bradford, Bishop Blackhall, Dr. Stanhope, Dr. S. Clarke, Dr. Hancock, Mr. Whiston, Dr. Turner, Dr. Butler, Dr. Woodward, Dr. Derham, Dr. Ibot, Bishop Leng, Dr. J. Clarke, Arch Deacon Gurdon, Dr. T. Burnet, and Dr. Berriman.. (3).

Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth, Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth... , 3rd revised ed., 1697, eng. port. frontis. (browned), eng. title with marginal loss (and supplied from another copy?), two folding eng. plts., some spotting and soiling, lacks additional eng. title, contemp. panelled calf, modern morocco reback, some corner wear, together with Leigh (Edward), Critica Sacra in Two Parts: The First Containing Observations on all the Radices, or Primitive Hebrew Words of the Old Testament..., 3rd ed., 1650, imprimatur leaf browned and relaid, title printed in red and black, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, modern quarter morocco gilt, sl. rubbed, plus yfield (Nicholas), An Exposition Upon the Epistle to the Colossians... , 1615, some old dampstaining and spotting, close-trimmed at upper margin and several leaves with marginal cuts, all not affecting text, ink lib. stamp to title, modern quarter morocco over cloth boards, plus five further 17th-c. theology, all folio (8).

Burnet (Gilbert). History of His Own Time, 2 vols., 1724-34, subscribers list to both vols., a little spotting and dust soiling, modern half morocco over contemp. calf boards, red leather spine labels, together with The History of the Reformation of the Church of England in Two Parts, 3 vols., 4th ed. with additions, 1715, half-titles and eng. frontis. to vols. 1 and 2, general titles printed in red and black, some spotting, contemp. panelled calf, some edge wear, morocco rebacks, plus An Exposition of the Thirty-Nine Articles of the Church of England, 3rd corrected ed., 1705, half-title, some spotting and light old dampstaining, contemp. panelled calf, a little edge wear and old repair to head of spine, all folio (6).

Fox (George). Gospel-Truth Demonstrated, in a collection of doctrinal books ..., containing principles, essential to Christianity and Salvation, held among the people called Quakers, 1706, some spotting and old marginal water staining towards rear, contemp. panelled calf, some wear to joints and extrems., together with Kidder (Richard), A Demonstration of the Messias, in which the truth of the Christian religion is proved, against all the enemies thereof, but especially against the Jews, in 3 parts, 2nd edition corrected, 1726, title printed in red and black, contemp. calf, modern calf reback, corners refurbished, plus More (Henry), The Theological Works ..., 1708, some spotting, lacks port. frontis., contemp. calf, edge wear, cloth reback, all folio, plus other large format 18th-century theology and related, folio/4to (17).

Hall (Joseph). The Works of Joseph Hall B[ishop] of Norwich, 2 vols., 1647-34, eng. port. frontis. and title with eng. dec. border, woodcut initials, part-titles, title to vol. 2 with ornamental eng. border and titled ‘The Contemplations upon the History of the New Testament Now Complete’, lacks initial blank, some spotting and occ. old marginal dampstaining to both vols., contemp. blind-stamped calf, modern antique-style morocco rebacks with leather labels and gilt lettering, edges rubbed, folio. Wing H362 & H381. (2).

Leslie (Charles). The Theological Works, 2 vols., 1721, eng. head and tail-pieces, contemp. panelled calf gilt, cracked on joints and some wear to extremities, together with Blackall (Ofspring), The Works... , 2 vols., 1723, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, some spotting, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, plus two similar, Works of Isaac Barrow, 2 vols., 1716, and Works of Stephen Charnock, 2 vols., 1699, eng. port. frontis. to each, contemp. calf, joints sl. cracked, some wear, all folio (8).

Noble (Mark). An Historical Genealogy of the Royal House of Stuarts, 1st ed., 1795, half title, folding genealogical table, list of subscribers, untrimmed, modern quarter sheep, 4to, together with Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord), The Life and Reign of King Henry the Eighth, 1683, engraved portrait frontis, title printed in red and black, contemp. marble paper-covered boards, later calf reback, and [L’Estrange, Hamon]. The Reign of King Charles: An History, 1655, lacking additional engraved title, contemp. sheep, extensive repairs o spine and edges, all folio. STC 135771; Wing H1507; Wing L1189. (3).

Stillingfleet (Edward). Origines Sacrae: or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Reveal’d Religion, 2 parts in one vol., 7th ed., Cambridge, 1702, portrait frontis., 2 pp. booksellers catalogue to rear, contemp. panelled calf, modern reback with new endpapers, folio, together with Sermons Preached on Several Occasions. To which a Discourse is Annexed Concerning the True Reason of the Sufferings of Christ, 2 parts in one vol., 1st ed., 1673, modern quarter sheep, folio, and A Rational Account of the Grounds of Protestant Religion: being a Vindication of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury’s Relation of a Conference, 1st ed., 1665, imprimatur facing title, 18th century half calf, rubbed and marked, folio. STC 155134; Wing S5666; Wing S5624. (3).

Taylor (Jeremy). Ductor Dubitantium: Or, the Rule of Conscience in all her General Measures... , 4th ed., 1696, eng. port. frontis. and eng. vign. to title, a little light browning to first leaves, contemp. panelled calf, modern morocco reback and new corners, (Wing T343), together with Hooker (Richard), The Works, 1st ed., 1662, eng. port. frontis. and additional eng. title, some spotting and occ. old ink marginalia, modern blind-stamped calf, (STC 13724), plus Heylyn (Peter), The Historical and Miscellaneous Tracts... now Collected into One Volume... , 1681, eng. port. frontis. (some paper loss outside plt. impression), spotting and old dampstaining to early leaves, modern quarter morocco, folio, (Wing H1680), plus Malebranche (Nicolas), Father Malebranche’s Treatise Concerning the Search after Truth... , all Translated by T. Taylor, Oxford, 1694, spotting throughout, contemp. panelled calf with Signet Library gilt crest to both covers, some edge wear, rebacked, (Wing M317), plus four other 17th-c. theological folios by William Cave, Peter Heylyn, Richard Parr and Jeremy Taylor, all leather bound, folio (8).

Temple (William). The Works, to Which is Prefixed, the Life and Character of Sir William Temple, 2 vols., 1740, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, contemp. polished calf with gilt-dec. spines, joints cracked, together with Smalridge (George), Sixty Sermons Preach’d on Several Occasions, 2nd ed., 1727, imprimatur leaf and eng. port. frontis., two leaves publisher’s ads at rear, contemp. panelled calf, old reback, some wear and upper cover detached, plus Johnson (Samuel), The Works of the Late Reverend Mr Samuel Johnson, Sometime Chaplain to the Right Honourable William Lord Russel, 1710, some browning, contemp. speckled calf, all folio, plus four further leather-bound folios (8).