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Apothecaries Act 1815. An Abstract of a Bill for Regulating the Practice of Apothecaries, Surgeon-Apothecaries, and Practitioners in Midwifery, and Compounders and Dispensers of Medicine, Throughout England and Wales, Published by Order of the General Committee, 1813, title-page plus 17 pp, the last six pages giving a county by county list of subscribers, final leaf a little torn and repaired with minimal loss of letter-press, uncut, bound with blanks in modern quarter morocco gilt, slim folio. The Act which followed in 1815 introduced compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries and formed the basis of regulation of the medical profession in the UK. (1)

Army Medical Department. A Fasciculus, Containing Nine Lithographic Anatomical Drawings; From Preparations in the Museum of the Army Medical Department at Chatham, Fasciculus 1-4 (of 5), in one vol., 1824-41, 38 lithographed plates, including three hand-coloured, library stamps, some light spotting and soiling, BMI presentation label from Mrs G H Evans, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio (528 x 405mm). Provenance: Inscribed to verso of first part: ‘To Sir Astley Cooper Bart, with best compl. J. McGrigor’, additional presentation to John Howship from Sir James McGrigor to front blank of the third part. Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858) was Surgeon-General for the British army during the Peninsular Wars (1808-14) before serving as Director-General of the Army Medical Department from 1815-51. He implemented major reforms including casualty registration and evacuation, convalescent depots and set up a Benevolent Fund and Widows and Orphans Fund. He started the morbid anatomy specimen collection at Hilsea, Portsmouth in 1810. (1)

Bell (Charles). A System of Dissections, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, the Manner of Displaying the Parts, and their Varieties in Disease, 2 volumes in 1 [7 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions (Part I 2nd edition), Edinburgh, 1798-1803, thirty engraved plates, part-titles, appendix to Part First bound at rear of volume 1, some spotting or browning, occasionally heavy and largely affecting plates, library stamp to title and each plate, together with a second copy of volume 1 [5 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions, Edinburgh, 1798-1799, twenty engraved plates (plates 1, 7, 14, 15 & 16 with partial hand-colouring), part-titles, explanation for plates 2-4 in part I bound after part-title, advertisement leaf following title of part III (as first copy), some spotting and browning throughout, occasional dust-soiling and marginal dampstaining, a few short closed marginal tears without loss, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper cover to first volume near-detached, folio (435 x 275 & 425 x 175mm). ‘Bell’s first independent venture as an author was published while he was still a student, but his considerable artistic talent was already fully developed. The first editions of parts 1-5 of volume I were issued between 1798 and 1799, in the first edition of the ‘Appendix’ in 1800; the second edition of these parts followed the first by a year, and are often found bound with the first editions of volume II, parts 1 and 2. A few copies of this work were issued with partially hand-coloured plates’ (Norman 166, 2nd edition of volume 1, 1st edition of volume 2); G-M 402; Russell 46, 47. (2)

Bell (Charles). A Dissertation on Gun-Shot Wounds, 1st edition, 1814, thirteen engraved plates on seven folding sheets, illustrations, advertisment leaf, library stamps, marginal soiling and a few spots, library cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Engravings from Specimens of Morbid Parts..., 1813 twelve engraved plates, heavy spotting and browning throughout, library stamps to title and plates, some old water staining, contemporary linen-backed boards, some wear, upper cover detached, folio (2)

Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 1st edition, 1821, twenty plates by Thomas Landseer etched in sepia from drawings by Bell, all but three hand-coloured, one etched illustration to text, a little occasional spotting or soiling, ownership inscription of Joseph Sampson Gamgee, Birmingham, 18th June 1864, to front free endpaper, BMI presentation bookplate from Professor Leonard Gamgee to front pastedown, original roan-backed with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, some corner wear, upper cover detached with front free endpaper and title-page, oblong folio (268 x 380mm). First issue of this remarkable book, distinguished by the presence of an imprint date and the inclusion of ‘Hurst’ in the list of publishers. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of the period’ (G-M 5588); Heirs of Hippocrates 1305; Norman 174 (second issue of c. (1830). Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886) was a surgeon at the Queen’s Hospital (later the General Hospital) in Birmingham, which he joined in 1857. Here he performed a successful amputation of a man’s leg at the hip joint. The man, a former coal miner, had an enormous growth on the femur with a weight of more than two thirds the weight of the man himself. Gamgee took an interest in all hospital matters and for his efforts to improve hospital conditions, and occasioned a building of a new hospital wing. In 1873 he founded the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund and was also the first president of the Birmingham Medical Institute. His son Dr. Leonard Parker Gamgee was also a renowned surgeon of Birmingham. Unusually, this book has no library stamps to the text or plates. (1)

Bell (Charles). Observations on Injuries of the Spine and of the Thigh Bone, in Two Lectures, Delivered in the School of Great Windmill Street..., 1st edition, 1824, nine lithographic plates including two double-page, title slightly browned, library stamp to title and each plate, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine a little frayed, 4to, together with Barbour (A.H. Freeland), Spinal Deformity in Relation of Obstetrics, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London, [1883], thirty-nine lithographed plates including fifteen tinted and some double-page or folding, library stamps to title and plate margins, author’s initialled presentation inscription to title and with BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled with wear to spine ends, folio (2)

Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 2nd edition, c. (1830, 20 engraved plates, most hand-coloured, occasional light duststains or finger marks, contemporary boards, spine and edges rubbed or chipped, oblong folio. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of this period’ (G-M 5588). (1)

Boivin (Marie Anne Victoire & Antoine Duges). Traite Pratique des Maladies de l’Uterus et de ses Annexes, Fonde sur un Grand Nombre d’Observations Cliniques, Atlas only, 1st edition, Paris, 1833, 41 hand-coloured engraved plates, a few light marginal marks or stains, modern library cloth, folio, together with Monro (Alexander), Illustrations of the Anatomy of the Pelvis, 2nd edition, with additional letter-press and plates, Edinburgh, 1827, eleven uncoloured engraved plates, most badly dampstained, original grey boards, recent linen backstrip, original printed paper label to upper cover, tall slim folio, plus Barbour (A. H. F.), The Anatomy of Labour [and Supplement], including that of Full-time Pregnancy and the First Days of the Puerperiaum, exhibited in frozen sections, reproduced Ad Naturam, 2 vols., 2nd/3rd eds., 1889 & 1896, twenty-six chromolithographs and uncoloured plates (correct as list), original cloth gilt/original half cloth portfolio, lacking ties, tall slim folio, and others related. ‘Boivin and Duges practised amputation of the cervix for chronic ulceration’ (G-M 6028) for the first work. (13)

Bramwell (Byrom). Atlas of Clinical Medicine, 3 volumes, Edinburgh, 1892-96, 100 chromolithograph and uncoloured lithograph plates, library stamps to title and each plate, some spotting, top edge gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and slightly split along joints, together with Hutchinson (John Adam), Illustrations of Clinical Surgery..., 2 volumes, 1878-88, ninety-three coloured and black and white plates, library stamps to title and each plate, inner hinges to volume 2 broken, original non-matching cloth, rubbed and soiled, all folio (5)

Camper (Petrus). Icones Herniarum, ed. Samuel Thomas von Soemmerring, 1st edition Frankfurt, 1801, fourteen engraved plates, original pen and ink drawing of a hernia by J. Hodgson, dated 1805, tipped in, library stamps, marginal repairs to two text leaves, some spotting and soiling, contemporary cloth-backed boards, some wear at spine ends, rubbed, folio, together with Recueil de planches pour servir aux observations anatomiques sur la structure interieure et le squelette de plusieurs especes de cetaces, Par MM. Camper, pere et fils, Atlas only, 1st edition, Paris, 1820, fifty-three engraved plates (three hand-coloured), some spotting and marginal tears, 20th-century library cloth, short tear at upper joint, oblong folio, plus Hesselbach (Franz Caspar), Disquisitiones anatomico-pathologicae de ortu et progressu herniarum..., Wurzburg, 1816, sixteen (of 17) engraved plates, lacks plate 12 (censored), heavy spotting throughout, uncut, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, 4to. ‘Camper illustrated his own work, and was in fact one of the greatest anatomical artists. His illustrations of herniae are of great value’ (G-M 3580); Heirs of Hippocrates 953.5. (3)

Candolle (Augustin Pyramus de). Astragalogia nempe Astragali, Biserrulae et Oxytropidis, nec non Phacae, Colutae et Lessertiae, Historia Iconibus Illustrata, 1st edition, published J.B. Garnery, Paris, Anno XI, 1802, half-title, 50 engraved plates after Pierre Joseph Redoute by Plee, Guyard, Taridieu etc., final leaf repaired, occasional minor spotting, light dampstain, mainly to text leaves at end, library buckram, folio. Originator of the idea of “Nature’s War”, Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle (1778-1841) much influenced Charles Darwin and the principal of natural selection. The present work, with the botanical plates drawn by Pierre Joseph Redoute, is his second major work, following Plantarum Historia Succulentarum (1799-1802), also contributing the text to J.P. Redoute’s Les Liliacees (1802-16). Nissen 319. (1)

Carswell (Robert). Pathological Anatomy. Illustrations of the Elementary Forms of Disease, 1st edition in book form, 1838, 48 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, drawn by Robert Carswell, occasional light marginal finger marks, presentation label from Professor Leonard Gamgee and his signature to front endpaper, contemporary burgundy half calf, joints and edges rubbed. folio (365 x 260mm). A good copy of arguably the finest pathological atlas. ‘Carswell was Professor of Morbid Anatomy at University College, London, and one of the leading English pathologists of his day. A fine artist, he personally painted 2,000 water-colours of pathological specimens. His great pathological atlas contains splendid hand-coloured lithographs which he selected from his collection of water-colours and personally drew on stone’ (G-M 2291). The subjects are Inflammation, Analogous Tissues, Atrophy, Hypertrophy, Pus, Mortification, Haemorrhage, Softening, Melanoma, Carcinoma and Tubercle. Leonard Parker Gamgee (1868-1956) was a renowned Birmingham surgeon and son of Joseph Sampson Gamgee. Norman 408; Wellcome II, p. (306. (1)

Cloquet (Jules). Traite de l’acupuncture..., et publie sous ses yeux par M. Dantu de Vannes, Paris, 1826, half-title, some spotting and dust-soiling, library stamps to titles and several lower margins, library cloth, rubbed, 8vo, together with Smith (Frederick Porter), Contributions Towards the Materia Medica and Natural History of China, For the Use of Medical Missionaries and Native Medical Students, Shanghai & London, 1871, a few faint library stamps to title and early leaves, author’s signed presentation inscription for the BMI to title, BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, frayed on joints and spine ends, small folio (2)

Blome (Richard). [A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World Taken from the Notes & Workes of the Famous Monsieur Sanson, Geographer to the French King and other Eminent Travellers and Authors...., 1670], lacking title page but retaining the dedication to Charles II, twenty-four (of twenty-five) uncoloured engraved double page maps (including eight folding), lacking the world map, last two leaves detached, slight marginal spotting and staining throughout, contemp. calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn at extrems., folio. R.W.Shirley, British Library T.BLOM - 1a, Wing B3214. (1)

Egypt. Description de l`Egypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches qui ont ete Faites en Egypte pendant l`Expedition de l`Armee Francaise, 3 volumes containing the complete ÒHistoire NaturelleÓ plates, 2nd edition, Paris, 1826, letterpress title to each part, 244 fine uncoloured engraved plates, each with circular blindstamp as issued, light scattered foxing mostly confined to margins, four plates with small holes, contemporary crimson half morocco, rectangular green morocco panel lettered in gilt to each upper cover, folio (68.5 x 53.7cm) Blackmer 476. Containing all of the plates from the natural history section. The 2nd edition of this monumental work was published between 1820-30 and included 24 text volumes in 8vo and 12 folio volumes of plates. (3)

Fullarton (A. & Co., pub.). The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography....., n.d., c.1860, title page dust soiled and chipped with slight loss, seventy-five engraved maps and plans with contemp. hand colouring (including forty-six double page), many with tissue guards, several maps with decorative vignettes to margins, slight finger and dust soiling throughout, two maps split along central fold, a.e.g., contemp. half morocco gilt, boards detached, lacking spine, folio. (1)

[Jamaica]. The Cornwall Chronicle, and Jamaica General Advertiser, 4 orig. issues, nos. 617, 626, 632, & 643, Montego-Bay, Jamaica: printed by James Fannin, Saturday, April 16, 1785; June 18, 1785; July 30, 1785; & October 15, 1785, each issue 8 pp., including 4 pp. Supplement, together with the 4 pp. Supplement only for Saturday February 12, 1785, untrimmed, disbound, slim folio (44 x 27.5cm) (4)

Lavoisne (C.V.). Lavoisne`s Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas, 1814, 25 double-page hand coloured maps, 39 double-page historical tables, all plates complete, dedication and list of subscribers present, lacking title, a few leaves foxed, contemp. crimson half calf, spine defective, both covers and first and last few leaves detached, folio. (1)

Phillimore (Col. R.H.). Historical Records of the Survey of India, vol. II (1800 to 1815) only, pub. Survey of India, 1950, twenty-four colour and b&w maps and plans etc., many folding, with single withdrawn stamp from the National Army Museum collection, dated 2011, to front endpaper, orig. green cloth gilt, some minor marks and lightly damp flecked to edges, small folio. With a partly hand written presentation slip from Brigadier G. F. Heaney, Surveyor General of India, to Brigadier H. Bullock, presenting this work, dated 17th August 1950, and two leaves of typescript copy of a note to the author Colonel Phillimore, dated New Delhi, 6th September 1950, but unsigned, providing some minor corrections to the publication (possibly from Brigadier Bullock), loosely inserted. (1)

Turner (Joseph Mallord William). Turner`s Annual Tour 1834 & 1835, LARGE PAPER COPY, two engraved titles, 59 mounted engraved plates, scattered foxing, marble endpapers with gilt dentelles and gauffered edges, contemporary morocco gilt, folio (37.7 x 29.3cm), together with Rogers (Samuel), Italy, a Poem, 1838, LARGE PAPER COPY, engraved plates after Turner, a.e.g., contemp. maroon morocco gilt, rubbed and marked, 4to (30.6 x 23cm), and Prout (Samuel, illust.), The Tourist in Italy by Thomas Roscoe, 1831, engraved title and 26 engraved plates, a.e.g., dark-green morocco, rubbed, 8vo, and Scott (Sir Walter), Works, 5 volumes including Lockhart`s Life of Scott, Edinburgh: A & C Black, 1847-52, engraved plates including many after Turner, contemp. calf, worn with some covers detached, 8vo, plus others illustrated by Stanfield, Turner, etc. (11)

Ackermann (R., publisher). The History of the Abbey Church of St. Peters Westminster, its Antiquities and Monuments, 2 vols., 1812, title and half title both with off setting, eng. aqua. frontis. with orig. hand col., b & w eng. portrait of William Vincent, Dean of Westminster, eng. plan of Westminster Abbey, list of subscribers, seventy-nine aqua. eng. plts. with orig. hand col. (complete as list), water stained throughout, new end papers, book plate of George Clive to front pastedown, near contemp. dec. calf, rebacked, vol.1 with modern rear board, folio, together with Hall (S.C.),The Baronial Halls and Ancient Picturesque Edifices of England, 2 vols. pub. Willis & Sotheran, 1858,seventy-one litho. plts. (correct as list), heavily water stained throughout, new end papers, later qtr. morocco gilt, spines a little faded, folio. (4)

Britton (John). The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury..., 1814, addn. eng. title, thirty-one eng. plts., bound with The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Norwich..., 1816, addn. eng. title, twenty-four eng. plts., scattered spotting to plts., modern half calf gilt with morocco label to spine, folio, together with a defective copy of The Ancient Architecture of England, 2 parts in 1 volume, by John Carter, 1st ed., 1795-1807, plus Letarouilly (Paul), Edifices de Rome Moderne, 6 vols. in 5, 1928, b&w plts. throughout, orig. cloth-backed boards, some fading, folio, plus Macartney (Mervyn E.), The Practical Exemplar of Architecture, Series VI, 1928, num. b&w plts., loosely inserted, orig. cloth-backed printed boards with ties, rubbed to extrems., folio, plus five others, incl. Building Lloyd`s, 1985 (13)

Mackenzie (Sir George). Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations as to Precedency, Edinburgh, 1680, lacking eng. port. frontis., title frayed with some loss, bound with The Science of Herauldry, Treated as a part of the Civil Law, and Law of Nations: Wherein reasons are given for its Principles, and Etymologies for its harder Terms, pub. Edinburgh, 1680, addn. eng. title, thirty eng. plts. of armorial bearings (many hand-col.), first and last few leaves frayed and detached, contemp. calf, boards detached, worn, small folio (Wing M186 & M204), together with Seyer (Rev. Samuel), Memoirs Historical and Topographical of Bristol and it`s Neighbourhood..., 2 vols., pub. Bristol, 1821-23, two port. frontispieces to vol. 1, addn. eng. title, num. eng. plts., contemp. half calf gilt, spines torn, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus twenty-three others, incl. Bristol related (2 cartons)

Maitland (William). The History of London, from its Foundation by the Romans, to the Present Time, 1st ed., 1739, folding engraved panoramic view of London (with repaired tear to lower margin), 24 engraved views and plans including three folding, all plates complete, list of subscribers, occasional marginal spotting, contemp. half calf, rebacked preserving orig. spine, folio. (1)

Ogilby (John). Britannia, A Survey of the Roads of England and Wales in 1675, facsimile ed. pub. Old Hall Press, Leeds, 1989, title printed in red & black, introduction by Dr. Helen Wallis, folding b & w strip road maps, printed map to end papers, pubs. blind dec. morocco by Smith Settle of Otley, folio, contained half morocco purpose made solander box with label to upper board. Limited edition of 500. (1)

Dartington Printmakers (pubs.). A Printmakers` Flora, 1996, title printed in yellow & black, addn. half title, dedication and index, thirty orig. prints by twenty artists in various mediums including lithographs, linocuts, wood engraving, etching, collograph and card intaglio, each on uncut hand made paper, signed by all twenty artists at rear, pubs. blue silk with blind stamped title to upper board, bound under the direction of Mary Bartlett of the Dartington Bindery, oblong folio, contained in pubs. cloth book box with printed card label to spine. Five years in the making this large and luxurious book focuses on British wild flowers. The edition consisted on thirty-seven with one additional Artists` Proof copy. Twenty-three of these were given to the participants, one was purchased by the V & A, and one by the Dartington Hall Trust. The remaining twelve were offered for sale. Supplied with the original promotional material, newsletters and bookmark. As far as we are aware, no copy has ever appeared on the open market. (1)

Edwards (Lionel, illust.). Shires and Provinces by ÒSabretacheÓ [Albert Stuart Barrow], 1926, sixteen mounted-col. plts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, folio. (1)

Evelyn (John). Sylva, Or, A Discourse of Forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty`s Dominions ..., Terra, A Philosophical Essay of Earth ... to which is annexed Pomona: Or, An Appendix concerning Fruit-Trees in relation to Cider ..., also Kalendarium Hortense; Or, The Gard`ners Almanac, 3rd ed., much inglarged, and improved, printed for John Martyn, 1679, title printed in red and black, four additional titles to each part, ownership stamp of W. Barrett 1790 to front endpaper, 18th century qtr. calf, heavily rubbed and some wear to corners, with joints partly cracked, folio. Wing E3518. Keynes 42. Henrey 134. (1)

Frohawk (F.W.). Natural History of British Butterflies. A Complete, Original, Descriptive Account of the Life-History of Every Species Occuring in the British Isles..., 2 vols., 1914, num. col. plts., orig. cloth in d.j.s (some slight loss and minor repairs), tall folio. (2)

Jekyll (Gertrude). Garden Ornament, 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1918, colour frontis., numerous b&w plts. and illusts., a.e.g., orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., joints somewhat loosened, folio, together with Elgood (George S. & Jekyll, Gertrude), Some English Gardens, 3rd ed., 1905, numerous col. plts., recent three-quarter dark blue morocco gilt, folio, plus others related, mostly by and about Gertrude Jekyll (Old West Surrey, Old English Household Life, Colour Schemes for the Flower Garden, Annuals and Biennials, Lilies for English Gardens, with author`s presentation inscription), A Gardener`s Testament, Children and Gardens & Flower Decoration in the House), Ernest Willmott, English House Design, pub. Batsford, 1911, Lawrence Weaver, The Country Life Book of Cottages, 1913, etc. (29)

Langley (Batty). Practical Geometry, Applied to the Useful Arts of Building, Surveying, Gardening and Mensuration; Calculated for the Service of Gentlemen as Well as Artisans..., 1726, forty folding/double-page plts. (complete), a few plts. with slight worm damage to head of gutter margin, contemp. Cambridge pane calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio. Henrey, volume 2, pp. 470 & 500. (1)

Millais (J.G.). Rhododendrons and the Various Hybrids, Second Series, 1st ed., 1924, several colour and numerous b&w plts., orig. maroon cloth gilt, rubbed and some marks to extrems., folio, together with Johstone (G. H.), Asiatic Magnolias in Cultivation, 1st ed., pub. Royal Horticultural Society, 1955, some colour and numerous b&w plts., orig. brown cloth, rubbed and marked, 4to, plus other modern publications on Rhododendrons, including H. H. Davidian, The Rhododendron Species, vols. II (8 copies), III (7 copies) & IV (2 copies) only, pub. Timber Press, 1989-95, Peter A. Cox, The Larger Rhododendron Species, revised ed., pub. Batsford, 1990 (7 copies), etc. (34)

Parkinson (John). Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus Terrestris, Faithfully Reprinted from the Edition of 1629, pub. Methuen & Co., 1904, num. eng. illusts. to text, rough-trimmed, recent green half morocco gilt, folio. (1)

Blaeu (Johannes). Blaeu`s Atlas of England Scotland and Ireland, 1645, facsimile reprint by Thames and Hudson, 1970, introduction by R.V.Tooley, 115 double page maps of which five are in printed colour, limited edition 91/500, pubs. orig. half morocco gilt, folio, contained in slightly worn slip case, together with Times Books (pubs.),The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World, 12th. ed., 2007,numerous colour printed double page maps throughout, orig. pubs. colour printed boards and qtr. cloth, folio, contained in colour printed slip case, with Seller (John),The English Pilot, The Fourth Book, pub. 1689, facsimile ed. pub. Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., Amsterdam, 1967,numerous b & w double page and folding sea charts, pubs. orig. gilt cloth, d.j. a little frayed and dust soiled, folio, plus Cary (John),Cary`s New and Correct English Atlas...., pub. John Cary, 1818, facsimile copy, n.d., c.2000,numerous colour printed maps and text, not bound, contained in modern card boards, large 4to, together with nine b & w reproductions of John Ogilby`s road maps each with a limit number of 40/750, the maps all relate to Somerset Devon and Cornwall, each approx. 350 x 450mm (13)

La Vie Parisienne. Fifty-two issues, a complete year, 1924, colour and b & w illusts. and ads., etc., orig. colour pictorial wrappers, occ. dust soiling, minor creasing and short marginal tears, final issue (27th December) slightly damaged at rear, slim folio. (52)

Panckoucke (Charles Louis Fleury). Description de L`Egypte ou Recueil des Observations et des Recherches....., 12 vols., 2nd ed., Paris, 1821 - 29, uncoloured engravings, maps and plans, but with numerous plts. removed, contemp. marbled calf with contrasting morocco gilt labels to spines, rubbed and worn, elephant folio. Sold as a collection of prints not subject to return. (12)

Simpson (William). The Seat of the War in the East, 1 vol. (only), pub. Paul & Dominic Colnaghi & Co., 1856, decorative litho. title, thirty-nine (only) uncoloured litho. plts. occ. spotting and marginal closed tears throughout, contemp. qtr. calf, boards detached, spine partially lacking, stained, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Rudder (Samuel),A New History of Gloucestershire, 1779,lacking plates and maps, later qtr. calf gilt, rubbed at extrems., folio, with another two copies similar, together with, Scrap Book, n.d., c.1860,large scrap book containing numerous engravings of topographical views, religion, genre and portraits, with original watercolours and pencil drawings, lacking some leaves, contemp. morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, elephant folio, plus, Harcourt Williamson (Mrs. F. ed.),The Book of Beauty, pub. Hutchinson & Co., 1902,numerous uncoloured gravure portraits, limited edition 90/300 signed and dated by editor, orig. pubs. green cloth gilt, large 4to, and The Several Plans and Drawings Referred to in the Third Report from th Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London, 1800,eleven (of 21) folding maps and plans including several with contemp. hand colouring, occ. spotting, later half calf gilt, large folio, plus Beattie (William), Scotland Illustrated in a Series of views taken expressly for this work, vol. 2 (only), pub. George Virtue, 1838,numerous uncoloured engravings, some spotting and staining throughout, lacking some plts., several leaves detached, lacking boards and spine, 4to, with Benezit (E.), Dictionaire critique et documentaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, new ed., 8 vols. (complete), 1966,numerous illusts. throughout, contemp. cloth gilt, 4to, and another twenty-two defective volumes similar, including several folio or elephant folio. Sold as a collection of prints and maps, not subject to return. (40)

Topographical Drawings. Three sketchbooks of watercolours and drawings by Colonel William Herries and Mary Frances Crompton of Esholt Hall, c. 1820, containing a total of approx. sixty pencil drawings and sketches plus fourteen watercolours including some monochrome, some pencil sketches double-page, numerous other sketches and occasional notes to pages faces, views include Isle of Wight, Yorkshire and Devon, ownership names to front pastedowns, contemp. red half roan over marbled boards, some wear, one with covers detached and backstrip deficient, oblong folio (21 x 28cm and sl. smaller) (3)

Illustrated London News. A broken run of twenty volumes, 1849 - 1906, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, mixed bindings, some boards detached or lacking, some images removed, folio. (20)

* Dering (Edward, 1625-1684). A group of eighteen political and personal letters to Edward Dering, c. 1658-75, but mostly 1673, the earliest from his brother-in-law in Hamburg, plus letters from Robert Southwell x 3 (1635-1702), Heneage Finch (1621-1682), George Sondes x 2 (1599-1677), and Norton Knatchbull (1602-1685), all between one page and 4 pp., plus five of Dering`s copy letter replies, all unsigned, plus a manuscript copy of a commission for repairing of the highways in Kent, plus five earlier letters sent to Dering`s father Sir Edward Dering, 1st Baronet (1598-1644), 1630-39, including letters from William Roberts and Edward Henden, all one page with integral address leaf, folio. (29)

* Kent - Well Hall. A bundle of eight manuscript bills and approx. 100 receipts, for joinery work done at Well Hall, Eltham, Kent, for Charles Henshaw and his wife, 1724-27, the bills giving detailed descriptions and prices for the work done, "Right wainscott doors of 2 inch stuff wrought in six pannells with a bead rais`d on the pannells and yard measuring both sides`, "Deal doors of six pannells of the same thickness and weight (?) in the same manner and yard measuring 60th sides`, "Clean Deal floors laid with keys after the best manner ...`, "2 days in altering the capping in the little hall`, etc., one bill with marginal damage with some loss and one with ink acid burn with some loss, all between one and four pages, folio, the related receipts largely signed by James Darney, plus three related manuscript sheets (a folder)

Scrap album. A large early-mid. 19th century scrap album containing original drawings, prints and engravings, photographs, and cuttings, approx. 100 coloured paper leaves, with numerous mounted drawings, engs., cuttings, etc., incl. a pencil drawing of Shaugh Bridge, Devonshire, dated 1828, a coloured pencil drawing of a gentleman riding a Òhobby-horseÓ bicycle, a pencil drawing entitled "The Bridge in Dalham Tower Park, Westmoreland` dated 1853, a pencil sketch of rustic cottages in Dolgelly, numerous engs., incl: "To the Queen`s Private Apartments, the Queen and Prince Albert at Home`, with flaps for doors, pub. Dean; "Marks`s Characters in the Elephant of Siam & the Fire Fiend`; "Much Ado About Nothing!!!` pub. Tho. Mclean, 1828, an advert. for the Thames Tunnel, and a hand-col. litho. of the "Entrance to the Thames Tunnel`, by B. Dixie, 1836, some albumen photos, and a Specimen of Cyanotype of The Bristol Royal Infirmary and New Chapel, 1859, marbled endpapers, orig. red half morocco gilt, rubbed, sl. wear to extrems. in one or two places, folio. (1)

* Society of Merchant Venturers. An interesting two-page manuscript concerning various celebrations in Bristol, 1755-63 the sixteen entries each giving the name of the mayor (Henry Dampier, William Martin, Henry Mugleworth, Jermish Ames, John Durbin, Isaac Elton and John Noble), followed by details of the celebration, "Expences of declaring war against France 22 May 1756`, "Expences of rejoicing on ac`t of the victory obtained by Prince Ferdinand over the French in Westphalia`, "Expences 8 Oct. 1760 ac`t of the surrender of Montreal in North America`, "Expences for July 1761 the King`s birthday`, etc., with numbers of guns in the third column (Brandon Hill mentioned once), a deleted petition to lower half of second page referring to the St. Michael`s. Hill almshouse [still administered by the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol], a little fold wear with minor loss, 2 pp., folio. (1)

Augustine (Saint Aurelius, Bishop of Hippo). Operum, volumes 1-11 only (of 12) in eight parts, Paris: Franciscus Muguet, 1679-1700, title to each part, woodcut initials and headpieces, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 11, inoffensive library markings, contemporary mottled calf, expertly rebacked preserving original spines, folio. Volume eleven titled ÒVitaÓ contains the life of Saint Augustine along with an index to the entire work. The final volume, not present here, was published separately in Amsterdam in 1703. (8)

Basil (Saint, Archbishop of Caesarea). Sancti Patris Nostri Basilii Magni Caesareae..., 3 vols., Paris, 1638, eng. port. frontis., titles in red & black, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, some labels lacking or defective, upper board of vol. 1 detached, joints cracked, folio, together with Cyril (Saint), S.P.N. Cyrilli Alexandriae Archiepiscopi Opera..., Cura et studio Joannis Auberti..., 6 vols. in seven, Paris, 1638, titles in red & black, double-column text in greek & latin, contemp. gilt dec. calf, joints split and few boards loose, few spines with some leather loss at head & foot, worn, folio, (Brunet II, 462), and Athanasius (Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria), Opera quae Reperiuntur Omnia..., editio nova..., 2 vols., Cologne, 1686, titles in red & black, library bookplates to upper pastedowns, contemp. vellum, folio, plus Tillotson (John), The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury..., 5th ed., 1707, lacks port. frontis., later endpapers, contemp. panelled calf, modern reback and corner repairs, folio. (13)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New, Newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties special command..., Which notes have never before been set forth with this new translation..., [Amsterdam], 1683, addn. eng. title, five folding eng maps & plans by Moxon and one folding map by Vischer (mostly frayed & with closed tears to margins, with occ. slight loss to edges), Apocrypha bound-in after book of Revelation, bound with the Book of Common Prayer, 1679 at front of volume and the Whole Book of Psalms, 1679 at rear of volume, some worming to inner margins at rear of volume, browning, dust-soiling, spotting and marginal fraying, later endpapers, hinges broken, contemp. dark brown morocco over wooden boards, brass centre bosses and corner pieces (lacking 3 corner pieces), old reback torn at head & foot of spine, lower joint split, lacking clasps, worn, folio. Herbert 782. (1)

Bible [Polyglot]. Biblia Sacra Polyglotta..., Edidit Brianus Waltonus..., 6 vols., London: Thomas Roycroft, 1655-57, volume one: engraved port. frontis. of Brian Walton by Pierre Lombart, add. etched title by Wenceslaus Hollar, printed title in red and black (with short closed tear repair), with the two leaves of dedication to Charles I present, but the republican preface, double-page etched map entitled Chorographica Terrae Sanctae Descriptio by Hollar, and single-page etched plan of the Temple of Solomon by Hollar, the two unsigned leaves following the double-page map not present, and cancel slip pasted to end of Explicatio Idiotismorum on p. 48, final blank not present, some dampstaining to lower outer corners, remaining vols. with discrete circular library blindstamp to prelims., occ. spotting and marks, recent cloth hinges to endpapers, printed library bookplate to upper pastedown of each vol., early 19th c. diced calf, modern rebacks and corner repairs, folio. Darlow & Moule 1446 and Wing B2797. This is the fourth and greatest of all the polyglots known as the London, or Walton`s Polyglot. (6)

Binding. Opera quae extant, nempe Antiquitatum Judaicarum Libri XX. Sigismundo Gelenio interprete. De Bello Judaico Libri VII..., Geneva: Petrus de la Rouiere, 1611, printed in double-column, eng. head and tail-pieces and initial letters, title-page with large piece missing from lower outer blank corner (repaired), some toning and foxing, a.e.g., contemp. tan sheep, rubbed, corners repaired, smooth spine with elaborately gilt tooled panel with lozenge devices, covers with gilt border of strapwork roll between double fillets, and pelmet roll, and large panel with oval bishop`s armorial enclosed by a lozenge and cornerpieces composed of leaf sprays and flowers, surrounded by fillets and tassel roll, with fleurons and flowers between panel and outer border, single fillet and shell tool on edges, folio in 6s (1)

Burton (John). Monasticon Eboracense: and the Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire..., pub. York, 1758, two folding plans, one folding map, endpapers renewed, contemp. reverse calf, sometime rebacked and edges repaired, folio. (1)

Calvin (John). Opera Omnia; in Novem Tomos Digesta, Editio omniium novissima..., 9 vols., Amsterdam, 1671-1667, red ink stamp to titles, occasional light dampstaining to margins of few leaves, library bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemp. vellum with blind stamped arabesque to boards, gilt monogram to centre of boards and spine panels, some corners neatly repaired, slight dust-soiling and occasional minor wear, lacking ties, folio. Brunet I 1499. (9)

Chrysostom (John, St.). Tou en agiois patros emon Ioannou Chrysostomou apanta ta euriskomena. Sancti patris nostri Ioannis Chrysostomi opera omnia, 6 vols., Paris, 1636, first line of title translated from the greek, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles in red & black, double-column text in red & black, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked, worn, folio, together with Commentaria in Novum Testamentum in sex tomos distributa..., 6 vols. in five, Paris, 1636, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1 (near detached), titles in red & black, vol. 1 with blind library stamp to frontis. and title, 18th c. half sheep, joints cracked and some wear, folio, with Jerome (Saint), Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt..., 4 vols. in three, Paris, 1609, some margins frayed at front and rear, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints split and some wear, folio, plus Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera..., 2 vols., Verona, 1730 and Q. Septimii Florentis Terulliani Carthaginiensis Presbyteri, Opera Omnia..., 4 parts in one, Rouen, 1662 (11)

Comines (Philip de). Les Memoires de Messire Philippe de Commines, Chevalier, Seineur d`Argenton: sur les principaux faicts, & gestes de Louis onzieme..., Reveus et corriges, pour la seconde sois, par Denis Savage de Fontenailles en Brie, Historiographe du treschrestien Roy Henry II de ce nom, Lyon: Jean de Tournes, 1559, woodcut device to title and dec. initials, some dampstaining, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints cracked, upper & lower panels repaired, board corners repaired, folio. (1)

Cowell (John). The Interpreter, containing the Genuine Signification of such Obscure Words and Terms used either in the Common or Statute Lawes of this Realm, 2nd edition, 1684, a few marks to title, later endpapers, modern half sheep, folio, together with Pignotti (Lorenzo), Storia della Toscana sino al Principato con Diversi Saggi sulle Scienze, Lettere e Arti, 5 parts in eight volumes, Pisa, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, marbled page edges and endpapers, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, the spines gilt decorated with maroon leather labels, 8vo, and Brewer (J.N.), The Picture of England; or, Historical and Descriptive Delineations of the Most Curious Works of Nature and Art in Each County, 2 volumes, 1820, numerous engraved plates, some damp-staining, contemporary half calf, modern rebacks, 12mo, plus other antiquarian (38)

Foxe (John). Acts and Monuments of Matters most Special and Memorable Happening in the Church: with an Universal History of the same..., 3 vols., 9th ed., 1684, vol. 1 title in red & black (lined to verso), three eng. plts. (including two double-page, lacks portrait frontis.), numerous eng. illusts., one leaf in vol. 1 torn to lower margin and repaired, final leaf in vol. 1 lined to verso, red ink stamps to titles, library bookplates to upper pastedowns, contemp. reversed calf with gilt monogram to centre of each board, rebacked & corners repaired, folio. (3)

Foxe (John). Actes and Monuments of matters most speciall and memorable, happenyng in the Church, with an uniuersall history of the same, wherein is set forth at large the whole race and course of the Church, from the primitiue age to these latter tymes of ours, with the bloudy times..., 2 vols. in one, 4th ed., 1583, vol. 2 title present within decorative woodcut border, three folding woodcut plts. (torn & frayed with some loss), woodcut illusts. to text, continuous pagination throughout both vols. (with few errors in pagination), lacks general title and all before A1 (p.3) and all after 5F2 (p.2150), few leaves torn & frayed with occasional slight loss, some dust-soiling and few marks, recent endpapers, contemp. blind dec. calf over wooden boards, brass boss to lower board and two corner pieces present, modern reback, folio. STC 11225. The first edition was published in 1563. (1) It does contain four folding woodcut plates, as the BL copy. Please note that a small section of leaves (approx. 5 leaves?) are quite badly torn with loss within the centre of the volume

Jerome (Saint). Sancti Hieronymi Stridonensis Opera omnia quae reperiri potuerunt..., 4 vols. in three, Paris, 1609, some margins frayed at front and rear, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints split and some wear, folio, plus Sancti Hilarii Pictaviensis Episcopi Opera..., 2 vols., Verona, 1730 and Q. Septimii Florentis Terulliani Carthaginiensis Presbyteri, Opera Omnia..., 4 parts in one, Rouen, 1662 (6)

Josephus (Flavius). De antiquitate judaica & De bello judaica, translated by Rufnus Aquileiensis, edited by Hieronymus Squarzaficus, 2 parts in one volume, Venice: Reynaldus de Novimagio, 31 March 1481; 10 May 1482 [misprinted as 1400], 350 ff. (of 352; lacking two blank leaves), single column gothic text of 48 lines, inoffensive worming throughout mostly confined to inner margin, finger soiling to first and last few leaves, modern vellum, folio (28.9 x 20.8 cm) Goff J485. Part two bound before part one as often. (1)

Luther (Martin). Omnium Operum Reverendi Domini Martini Lutheri..., vol. 1-6 only (of 7), pub. Wittenberg, 1550-1580, titles within dec. woodcut borders, few leaves with closed tears to margins, some early annotations and occasional underscoring, 18th c. boards with recent calf rebacks, board edges slightly worn, vol. 5 in contemp. blind dec. pigskin over wooden boards, lacking clasps, folio. (6)

McLean (Thomas, publisher). The Looking Glass or Caricature Annual, vol. 2 only, 1831, 48 hand coloured lithos. including title, each with adjacent tissue-guard, one sheet darkened and a little fraying to edges, one or two other leaves with short edge tears, contemp. dark-green half morocco, fraying to extrems., folio. (1)

Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice for the Tryal of K. Charles I. as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, 1st ed., 1684, eng. frontis. with explanation leaf present, one eng. plt. only (lacks portrait), some spotting and toning, lower blank margins of some leaves with worm holes & worming, manuscript annotations & notes to pastedowns, hinges cracked, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked and board corners worn, folio (Wing N116), together with Bulstrode (Sir Richard), Memoirs and Reflections upon the Reign and Government of King Charles the Ist and K. Charles the IId..., now First Published from his Original Manuscript, 1721, eng. frontis., final leaf of text and frontis. lined to verso, later endpapers, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, 8vo (2)