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(Sir Hugh first Baronet 1723-96) A Copy of a Letter from Sir Hugh Palliser printed broadsheet 2 columns slight ink marks browned and foxed ink docket on verso: Copy Pall Mall Novr: 4 1779 Sir H Palliser to The Editor of a News Paper folds edges chipped and creased [not in ESTC folio n.d. [c. 1779]. *** A printing of Palliser`s explanation of events at the Battle of Ushant published in the Morning Post. (Sir Hugh first Baronet 1723-96) A Copy of a Letter from Sir Hugh Palliser printed broadsheet 2 columns slight ink marks browned and foxed ink docket on verso: Copy Pall Mall Novr: 4 1779 Sir H Palliser to The Editor of a News Paper folds edges chipped and creased [not in ESTC folio n.d. [c. 1779]. *** A printing of Palliser`s explanation of events at the Battle of Ushant published in the Morning Post.

Pandectae Justinianeae in novum ordinem digestae 3 vol. half-title in vol.1 old ink inscriptions and numbers on half-title and titles a little soiled and browned modern morocco-backed buckram folio Lyons Bernuset 1782; sold not subject to return

Justinian (Emperor) Digestorum seu Pandectorum Codex Florentinus olim Pisanus Phototypice Expressus 7 fascicules only facsimile plates loose as issued in card portfolios paper covers worn and torn folio Rome 1902-1907 sold not subject to return. Justinian (Emperor) Digestorum seu Pandectorum Codex Florentinus olim Pisanus Phototypice Expressus 7 fascicules only facsimile plates loose as issued in card portfolios paper covers worn and torn folio Rome 1902-1907 sold not subject to return.

German. Historische Buch Altes Testaments edited by Martin Luther engraved title engraved head and tail pieces 2 fine double-page engraved maps double-page engraved plate many ff. at beginning and end torn with loss new endpapers folio reverse calf rubbed & worn folio Christopher Endter Nuremberg 1670; sold not subject to return. *** The maps are of the Holy Land and the Mediteranean the latter including Cyprus. German. Historische Buch Altes Testaments edited by Martin Luther engraved title engraved head and tail pieces 2 fine double-page engraved maps double-page engraved plate many ff. at beginning and end torn with loss new endpapers folio reverse calf rubbed & worn folio Christopher Endter Nuremberg 1670; sold not subject to return. *** The maps are of the Holy Land and the Mediteranean the latter including Cyprus.

Hunter (William) Anatomia uteri humani gravidi; The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Latin and English 34 plates most double-page some plates with small marginal water-staining occasional spotting some leaves a little frayed at edges rebound in later cloth with original front cover laid down Sydenham Society 1851 § Barbour (A. H. F) The Anatomy of Labour...Exhibited in Frozen Sections 11 lithographed plates some colour presentation inscription from the author on title some foxing edges torn and creased contemporary half-calf portfolio worn Edinburgh & London 1889; and 6 others medicine folio (8)(6)

Eerelman (Otto) and E. A. L. Quadekker Paardenrassen Kunstalbum 41 chromolithograph illustrations of horses each on card 445 x 590mm some with slight edge wear and 1 with a small chip from one corner some minor offsetting with 12 folders of letterpress some pencil annotations to letterpress and rear of some illustrations all contained in the original publisher`s folder damaged and marked elephant folio Zutphen 1898.

Forbes (Edward) A Monograph of the British Naked-Eyed Medusae half-title 13 partailly hand-coloured plates ex-librbary copy with blind-stamps to title and a couple of other text ff. (not to plates) title loose original boards rebacked in later buckram corners worn rubbed folio The Ray Society 1848.

Jones (Paul) and Wilfrid Blunt. Flora Superba [2 copies] numbers 61 & 62 of 406 copies signed by the artist colour plates by Paul Jones tissue guards original half vellum gilt t.e.g. transparent dust-jacket cloth slip-case with the original cardboard packing folio 1971 (2)(2)

Lear (Edward) Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae or Parrots facsimile reprint one of 550 copies 42 colour plates 9ff. booklet entitled `An Essay on Edward Lear`s Illustrations of...Parrots` by Brian Reade loosely inserted original half morocco gilt spine t.e.g. large folio London and New York Pion Ltd. and Johnson Reprint Corp. 1978.

`AUDUBON`S BIRDS OF AMERICA`, 1990, baby elephant folio edition in slip case

G. N. Georgano: The Complete Encyclopedia of Motorcars - 1885 to the Present. A 1982 revised edition, 688pp with DJ in almost perfect condition save for a little shelf-wear on the bottom fore-edge. Also, Early Motor-Cars by George Oliver, a large folio dating from 1959 (First Series) encompassing large colour profiles of 12 veteran cars. DJ present but soiled, otherwise in good fettle with a little foxing, and At The Wheel Ashore & Afloat by M. Grahame White, 1935 first edition, without DJ. (3)

A good early twentieth century tan-leather diary or folio case, a brass trench art submarine hatch inkwell having a wheel controlled lid and a brass and ebony trench art nutcracker (parcel of three)

The Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer circa 1910, half calf folio, (defective).

Le Blanc (Vincent) The World Surveyed engraved frontispiece cropped and laid down reinforced at inner margin last leaf with repair minor soiling light water-stain to some upper margins modern half calf over marbled boards [Wing L801] folio for John Starkey 1660. *** Translated by F.B. [i.e. Francis Brooke]. The author travelled through the East and West Indies the Middle East and much of Africa.

-. Linschoten (Jan Huygen van) [His Discours of Voyages into ye East & West Indies] first English edition black letter lacking engraved title several leaves of text and all maps and plans 4 woodcut maps in text present titles to part 3 and 4 with engraved vignette maps (twin-hemisphere and Spain respectively) both present many leaves repaired or frayed and defective 18th century olive green morocco gilt binding worn and detached folio [by John Wolfe] 1598; sold not subject to return *** The remnants only of this highly important early illustrated travel guide.

Atkyns (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire second edition double-page engraved map 8 plates of coats-of-arms and 64 double-page views by Kip a very clean copy in contemporary diced russia gilt g.e. [Brunet I 539; Upcott p.250] folio by T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert [&c.] 1768. *** “... une seconde édition ... qui est plus chère maintenant” - Brunet.

Lear (Edward) Views in the Seven Ionian Islands first edition tinted lithograph vignette title and 20 plates some foxing and light staining mostly marginal list of subscribers at end one text leaf torn gutta percha perished and all leaves and plates loose original cloth lettered in gilt a little soiled and stained [Blackmer 987] folio 1863. *** “The finest of Lear`s productions as a traveller...the most desirable of all of his books.” (Levi Edward Lear: A Biography).

Prout (Samuel) Facsimiles of Sketches made in Flanders and Germany first edition lithographed throughout with title dedication and 50 lithographed plates by Prout printed by Hullmandel on pale grey paper title and dedication foxed one or two small spots to plates but generally very clean some tissue guards with insect damage at lower outer corner but not affecting plates contemporary half morocco over cloth rubbed [Ray 83] folio Hullmandel [c.1833]. *** “Prout was a pioneer lithographer who employed the process as early as 1817 when most of his fellow artists were ignorant or contemptuous of it. His friend and disciple Ruskin specifically exempted Prout from his dismissal of lithography in The Elements of Drawing noting that “all his published lithographic sketches are of the greatest value wholly unrivalled in power of composition and in love and feeling of architectural subjects” (p.339)...Unfortunately these lithographs are now assiduously sought after as single prints and complete copies of the book [Flanders and Germany] have virtually disappeared.” Gordon N. Ray The Illustrator and the Book in England from 1790 to 1914. The plates also include five views of Prague.

East India Company.- Grany (Charles) Papers respecting the East India Company`s Charter foxed sewn as issued House of Commons 1833; and another on India folio and 8vo (2)(2)

Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia first edition half-title with engraved portrait on verso 7 engraved maps and plates 3 double-page one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below few woodcuts in text upper corner of H3 clipped some foxing and marking name at head of title `Ar Bawdon` first 3 errata corrected in ink and crossed out on list little pencil scoring few notes contemporary mottled calf gilt rules on covers rubbed rebacked new endpapers [Wing F2257] folio R.R. for Ri. Chiswell 1698. *** In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India Goa the Arab Gulf and Persia then returned to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf and the natural history of the region.

Prisse D`Avennes (A.C.T.E.) Oriental Album. Characters Costumes and Modes of Life in the Valley of the Nile second edition 31 tinted lithograph plates all partially hand-coloured 2 laid down some foxing contemporary red half morocco gilt rubbed upper joint cracked [Blackmer 1357] folio 1851. *** The frontispiece portrait of the artist`s friend George Lloyd is misbound in the middle of the book (and is one of the plates laid down). The portrait shows Lloyd reclining dressed in the robes of a sheikh with a hookah and camels in the background. Lloyd a botanist accompanying the expedition accidentally shot himself whilst cleaning a rifle.

Shaw (Thomas) Travels or Observations relating to several parts of Barbary and the Levant first edition half-title title in red and black with engraved vignette 32 engraved maps and plates on 29 leaves some folding (one repaired) three double-sided engraved vignette head-pieces and decorations occasional foxing generally clean and crisp modern red half morocco over marbled boards folio Oxford at the Theatre 1738. *** Etched bookplate of Earl of Aylesford to verso of half-title; ink name of George Noble above and to title; ink name of Thos. Waite to half-title.

Olearius (Adam) Voyages...faits en Moscovie Tartarie et Perse 2 vol. half-titles additional engraved title printed titles in red and black with engraved vignette armorial vignette at head of dedication 42 plates and maps most double-page or folding one torn numerous half-page illustrations in text occasional browning to text one short tear light water-stain to upper edge vol.1 modern half calf over marbled boards folio Leiden Vander Aa 1719. *** Includes superb town views of Riga Moscow Astrakan Ispahan and a view of the Easter flower festival at the Kremlin.

World.- Covens & Mortier. Publishers. [Atlas Nouveau] with 32 double-page maps including Carte du Mexique et de la Floride Carte Generale des Treize Etats Unis de l`Amerique Septentrionale L`Empire de Russie d`Europe Carte de la Turquie de L`Arabie et de la Perse 32 double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline hand-colouring each c.580 x 500mm some repaired tears at sheet edges minor browning and finger-soiling with 6 other small maps by different cartographers pasted onto the verso of the double-page maps contemporary half-calf marbled boards worn folio Amsterdam [c.1722-1795].

(Captain James) [A Complete Set of the Three Voyages] comprising: [First Voyage] Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages undertaken...for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 3 vol. first edition 51 (of 52) plates and maps most folding lacking Straights of Magellan map [Hill p.139; Mitchell Library Cook 648; Sabin 30934] for W. Stahan and T. Cadell 1773; [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole and around the World 3 vol. including Atlas first edition engraved portrait (bound in atlas for third voyage) and 63 plates and charts many folding folding table [Hill p.61; Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Rosove 77A1; Sabin 16245] for W. Strahan and T.Cadell 1777 § [Third Voyage] Cook (Captain James) and Captain James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere 4 vol. including Atlas vol. first edition text vol. with 24 plates and maps some folding and atlas with 63 plates and maps some folding folding table 1p. advertisements at end [Hill pp.61-62; Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250] W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol 1784 together 10 vol. occasional foxing or spotting a few small stains some offsetting af ew short tears contemporary speckled calf those vol. of first voyage sympathetically rebacked preserving original red morocco gilt labels atlas vol. to second voyage contemporary half calf spine in compartments compartments at head and foot replaced and corners repaired by Bernard Middleton atlas vol. to third voyage modern half calf over contemporary marbled boards rubbing to all vol. 4to & folio (10) *** A good set of `The basis for any collection of Pacific books.` (Hill). `Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew...On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time.` PMM 223. Provenance: T. Norcliffe (engraved bookplates to text vol.); Richard Henry Tidswell (engraved bookplate to atlas vol. of second voyage); Richard Clarke Newport Isle of Wight (engraved bookplate to atlas vol. for third voyage) (Captain James) [A Complete Set of the Three Voyages] comprising: [First Voyage] Hawkesworth (John) An Account of the Voyages undertaken...for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere 3 vol. first edition 51 (of 52) plates and maps most folding lacking Straights of Magellan map [Hill p.139; Mitchell Library Cook 648; Sabin 30934] for W. Stahan and T. Cadell 1773; [Second Voyage] A Voyage towards the South Pole and around the World 3 vol. including Atlas first edition engraved portrait (bound in atlas for third voyage) and 63 plates and charts many folding folding table [Hill p.61; Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Rosove 77A1; Sabin 16245] for W. Strahan and T.Cadell 1777 § [Third Voyage] Cook (Captain James) and Captain James King. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere 4 vol. including Atlas vol. first edition text vol. with 24 plates and maps some folding and atlas with 63 plates and maps some folding folding table 1p. advertisements at end [Hill pp.61-62; Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250] W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol 1784 together 10 vol. occasional foxing or spotting a few small stains some offsetting af ew short tears contemporary speckled calf those vol. of first voyage sympathetically rebacked preserving original red morocco gilt labels atlas vol. to second voyage contemporary half calf spine in compartments compartments at head and foot replaced and corners repaired by Bernard Middleton atlas vol. to third voyage modern half calf over contemporary marbled boards rubbing to all vol. 4to & folio (10) *** A good set of `The basis for any collection of Pacific books.` (Hill). `Cook was a brilliant navigator and hydrographer an excellent administrator and planner and probably the first sea captain to realize the importance of preserving the health and well-being of his crew...On his second voyage of 112 men on board the Resolution which he commanded Cook lost only one by disease - and that not scurvy - a unique achievement in his time.` PMM 223. Provenance: T. Norcliffe (engraved bookplates to text vol.); Richard Henry Tidswell (engraved bookplate to atlas vol. of second voyage); Richard Clarke Newport Isle of Wight (engraved bookplate to atlas vol. for third voyage)

La Pérouse (Jean François Galaup de) A Voyage Round the World in the Years 1785 1786 1787 and 1788... 2 vol. including Atlas first complete English edition text vol. with engraved portrait frontispiece and errata f. atlas with fine engraved pictorial title large folding world map (hand-coloured in outline) and 68 plates and charts some folding or double-page lacking half-titles portrait offsetting on to title plates and maps with occasional foxing or spotting mostly marginal [Ferguson 288; Hill p.174; Sabin 38962] A. Hamilton for G.G. and J. Robinson 1799 § Labillardiere (Jacques Julien Houton de) Voyage in Search of Pérouse Performed by order of the Constituent Assembly during the Years 1791 1792 1793 and 1794 2 parts in 1 engraved frontispiece large folding map and 44 plates offsetting occasional foxing or spotting [Sabin 38422] for John Stockdale 1800 text vol. of first mentioned and the last mentioned contemporary tree calf (?Labillardiere a remboitage) rebacked preserving original triple labels to each vol. Atlas vol. modern half calf 4to & folio (4) *** `The best English edition` (Ferguson) of one of the most important scientific expeditions of the eighteenth century. The expedition focussed on the Asiatic coast of the Pacific though La Pérouse was also instructed to assess the extent of Spanish settlement in California the opportunities for fur trade and possible French expansion in the Pacific. His ships the Boussole and Astrolabe disappeared after leaving Australia never to be seen again but his habit of forwarding despatches when the opportunity arose ensured the survival of this narrative and record of his achievements.

(Sir George Leonard) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 3 vol. including Atlas first edition text vol. with 2 engraved portrait frontispieces of The Earl of Macartney and the Emperor Tchien Lung an engraved plate of Camellia Sesanqua and illustrations an advertisement f. to vol.1 atlas vol. with 44 maps and plates a few folding or double-page text vol. with some light foxing plates and maps with some mostly marginal light foxing and with a narrow mostly light water-stain to outer margin occasional offsetting but generally in good condition text vol. contemporary calf gilt sympathetically rebacked spines faded corners repaired atlas vol. original boards with original printed label to upper cover sympathetically rebacked corners a little worn some soiling [Cox I:344; Cordier Sinica 2382] a good set 4to & folio W. Bulmer and Co. 1797. *** The official account of Lord Macartney`s voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94. Includes calls at Madeira Tenerife Rio de Janeiro Java and Sumatra. (Sir George Leonard) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China 3 vol. including Atlas first edition text vol. with 2 engraved portrait frontispieces of The Earl of Macartney and the Emperor Tchien Lung an engraved plate of Camellia Sesanqua and illustrations an advertisement f. to vol.1 atlas vol. with 44 maps and plates a few folding or double-page text vol. with some light foxing plates and maps with some mostly marginal light foxing and with a narrow mostly light water-stain to outer margin occasional offsetting but generally in good condition text vol. contemporary calf gilt sympathetically rebacked spines faded corners repaired atlas vol. original boards with original printed label to upper cover sympathetically rebacked corners a little worn some soiling [Cox I:344; Cordier Sinica 2382] a good set 4to & folio W. Bulmer and Co. 1797. *** The official account of Lord Macartney`s voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94. Includes calls at Madeira Tenerife Rio de Janeiro Java and Sumatra.

-. [Peron (Francois) and others.] Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes Atlas Historique only [by Leseur et Petit] engraved title with vignette folding map of Australia 8 other maps and 32 engraved plates 2 folding 27 hand-coloured some partly printed in colour foxed a few plates with tape on verso double folding plate with small chip to fore-edge contemporary half morocco gilt rubbed armorial bookplate to front pastedown folio Paris 1824. *** Includes the first detailed chart of the entire Australian continent views (including 2 of Sydney one double-page) coastal profiles artefacts natural history and ethnographic subjects.

Fung (H.K.) The Shop Signs of Peking [one of 100 copies] 101 fine hand-coloured illustrations on 18 leaves one or two spots but generally a very good copy with small booklet on Chinese characters loosely inserted original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards with silk corners and paper label on upper cover fastened with cord in oriental style tips of corners slightly worn oblong folio Peking Chinese Painting Association of Peking 1931. *** A beautiful production.

Pratilli (Francesco Maria) Della Via Appia Riconosciuta e Descritta da Roma a Brinsidi title in red and black with engraved vignette 3 folding maps one full-page map in the text head-pieces stamp on title and free endpaper labels on paste-down contemporary vellum little rubbed folio Naples Giovanni di Simone 1745. *** Comprehensive account of the Via Appia one of the main ancient roads through Italy.

Rennell (James) A Bengal Atlas: Containing Maps of the Theatre of War and Commerce on that Side of Hindoostan engraved folding map of Inland Navigation index map 20 folding maps (most hand-coloured in outline) and a folding plate lacking o1 (errata) water-stained most maps with repaired worm traces contemporary calf rebacked corners worn rubbed folio no printer 1781. sold not subject to return.

-. Ogilby (John) Britannia: or the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales second edition title repaired at outer margin no loss text ff. trimmed at outer margin some loss of text 100 engraved double-page maps maps 10 27 28 51 and 53 trimmed just within borders; map 13 small area of outer edge frayed with a little loss; small worm traces to foot of maps 10-13 with minor loss; map 26 with tear but with no loss map 70 with a few marginal repairs occasional water-staining some light browning or soiling a few spots contemporary half calf worn folio for Abel Small 1698.

Norfolk.- Cotman (John Sell) Specimens of Architectural Remains 5 parts in 2 vol. 2 engraved additional pictorial titles engraved dedication and 238 plates occasional foxing or spotting contemporary half morocco spine gilt corners bumped rubbed and soiled folio 1838. *** The five parts comprise: Architectural Antiquities of Norfolk (60 plates); Specimens of Norman and Gothic Remains in the County of Norfolk (50 plates); Specimens of Castellated and Ecclesiastical Remains in the County of Norfolk (50 plates); Specimens of Architectural Remains in the Counties of York Cambridge Suffolk Lincoln Essex and North Wales (30 plates); Liber Studiorum (48 plates).

Worcestershire.- Nash (Treadway Russell) Collections for the History of Worcestershire 2 vol. including Supplement at end of vol. 2 second edition engraved additional title folding map plan 77 portraits and plates 13 facsimile plates of Domesday Book one printed in red and black 2 engraved dedication ff. engravings in the text 18 folding pedigrees 2 plates in vol 1 with holes to inner margins some offsetting staining & spotting fly-leaves of vol. 2 and recto of plan soiled bookplates of Samuel Ryland contemporary half calf rebacked vol. 2 preserving most of old backstrip new morocco spine labels folio John White 1799.

-. [Walker (George)] The Costume of Yorkshire first edition titles and text in English and French 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates by R. and D.Havell after George Walker tissue guards some foxing to guards but plates very clean contemporary calf gilt green morocco label a little rubbed at edges [Abbey Life 433; Colas 3044; Tooley 498] folio 1814 [plates watermarked 1811]. *** Depicting a variety of workers` occupations as well as sports such as nor and spell hawking and racing sea-bathing and the militia. “Plate 3 [`The Collier`] is of particular interest in being the first representation of a steam-engine on rails; built by Murray & Blenkinsop Leeds in 1812 about two years before Stephenson`s engine it was used from 1812 until 1833.” Abbey.

Castell (Robert) The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated first edition subscriber`s edition list of subscribers 13 engraved plates including 9 double-page by P.Fourdrinier engraved head- and tail-pieces some by G.King 1 folding plate and 2K1-2 with marginal tears repaired bookplate of Charles Edward Lefroy to endpaper contemporary reversed calf joints splitting at head and base of spine water-staining to base of upper cover scuffing and peeling to corners rubbed [Fowler 81] folio for the author 1728. *** One of a small number of de luxe copies for subscribers this copy has a variant title with a rule above the date. “This work is considered the first attempt at the theoretical restoration of ancient buildings and is said to have helped in the transition from the formal to the landscape garden.” Fowler.

Chagall (Marc) The Jerusalem Windows first edition 2 original lithographs profusely illustrated original buckram dust-jacket folio Monte Carlo André Sauret 1962.

Herculaneum.- Le Antichita di Ercolano Esposte 5 vol. only (of 9 lacking vol. 2 3 6 & 9) half-titles titles in red and black with engraved vignettes additional engraved title 2 portraits (only of 5) double-page map and 288 plates 5 double-page or folding numerous engraved head-pieces vignettes and initials map torn and repaired some offsetting a few endpapers creased vol.1 front endpaper detached some hinges a little weak Viscount Palmerston`s copy with his bookplate to pastedowns vol. 1 in contemporary mottled calf gilt front cover detached spine ends and label chipped corners bumped the rest in original decorative wrappers some spine ends worn with loss folio Naples 1757-92.

Chaucer (Geoffrey) The Works edited by F.S.Ellis one of 425 copies on paper printed in red and black in Chaucer and Troy types woodcut title borders and initials by C.E.Keates W.H.Hooper and W.Spielmeyer after William Morris 87 woodcut illustrations by W.H.Hooper after Sir Edward Burne-Jones original holland-backed boards spine frayed at joints and head and tail original paper label rubbed with loss boards slightly soiled and rubbed at extremities [Franklin The Private Press p.192; Sparling 40; Tomkinson p.117 no.40; PMM 367 note] folio [ff. 420 x 280 mm] Kelmscott Press 1896. *** The most important work from William Morris` Kelmscott Press and arguably the greatest of all private press books in the original binding.

Guildford Surrey.- [History of Guildford] 2 vol. only of ?3 collection of prints watercolours and ephemera illustrative of the history of Guildford comprising: c. 180 prints including: The South West Prospect of Guildford... Saml: & Nath:l Buck 1738; c. 390 watercolours and drawings including: c. 130 watercolours or monochrome wash watercolours (many of church monuments) and drawings by Edward and John Hassell and Henry Prosser some signed or initialled many unsigned; a monochrome wash watercolour of a view in Guildford by Henry James Sage; others by William Crouch Jonathan Wisambert and Mary Anne Kemp; c. 30 broadsides & ephemera including: Morgan (Thomas) Moral Truths: Humble inscribed To... Lord Onslow [not in ESTC] Guildford 1800; Guildford Institute... William Bovill... on Steam Power... George Dawson... on Alfred the Great... 1857; Guildford Institute... Mrs. Clara Lucas Balfour will deliver a Lecture on Charlotte Brontë (Currer Bell)... 1858; Cricket. A Match will be Played on the Ground Woodbridge Road Guildford... 1858; Grand Set-To for the Guildford Belt! Between Young Onslow The Guildford Pet and Billy John The Wotton Potter [c. 1858]; Advertisement Whereas on Sunday... Afternoon; some Person took out of a Bureau... in the Shop of Mr John Howard... in Guildford... seven Portugal peices of Gold... John Howard [not in ESTC] Guildford J. Ware [eighteenth century]; all of views of Guildford and the surrounding area including: Stoke Lane Guildford Castle Castle Arch St. Mary`s Church Quarry Street The Corn Exchange High Street Abbot`s Hospital (exterior and interior) all in Guildford and the surrounding area including: Merrow Wonersh Clandon Albury Losely etc. engravings lithographs watercolors drawings brass rubbings manuscript notes (on heraldry) tipped-in or laid down in 2 vol. in modern half red morocco gilt t.e.g. by Bayntun folio.

Audubon (John James) The Birds of America: A Selection of Plates 2 vol. one of 1000 copies this one of 250 for sale in Great Britain (mixed set) 40 colour plates facsimile title of vol.1 lightly creased occasional marginal soiling original cloth-backed pictorial boards a little rubbed and marked double elephant folio Leipzig and Frankfurt am Main Edition Leipzig and Ariel Press 1972-73.

Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Histories of Plantes third edition engraved title and numerous woodcut illustrations lacks first and last ff. (blank) a few small tears one or two repairs mostly in margins some browning and ink staining margins trimmed old fly-leaf torn and repaired with ink inscriptions 19th century fly-leaves with other ink inscriptions 18th century calf rubbed slightly rubbed rebacked [STC 11752; Hunt 230; Henrey 156; Nissen 698] generally a good copy folio Adam Islip 1636.

-. [Bunbury (Henry W.) “Geoffrey Gambado”] An Academy for Grown Horsemen first edition 12 stipple-engraved plates a few plates and text ff. stained in upper margin original boards rebacked preserved in a later half morocco portfolio slightly worn folio for W. Dickinson 1787.

Dante Alighieri. Divina Commedia [with the commentary and life of Dante by Cristoforo Landino edited by Piero da Figino] 301 ff. (of 311 lacking title and 9 following preliminary ff. supplied in photostatic facsimile) 60 lines of commentary surrounding text Roman type 3 full-page and 97 smaller woodcuts in the text four-part border round first p. of Inferno many initials first full-page woodcut holed fore-edge frayed and mounted worming to a2-5 with loss of text tears to lower margin of first half-dozen ff. repairs to upper margin of H7&8 O5 torn without loss staining to lower part of each p. through most of Inferno and at end of Paradiso marking and foxing elsewhere occasional early marginalia seventeenth-century vellum gilt and decorated in blind brown morocco spine-label rubbed and marked [BMV V 484; Goff D-34; Hain 5951] folio Venice Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca) 1493. *** The fifth illustrated edition of Dante using the woodcuts from Banalius`s and Capcasa`s 1491 edition.

Aesop. Vitae et Fabellae Aesopi cum interpretatione latina...Gabriae fabellae tres & quadraginta ex trimetris iambis praeter ultimam ex Scazonte cum latina interpretatione [and other Greek texts] first Aldine edition text of Aesop and Gabrias in Greek and Latin the others in Greek woodcut anchor device to title and verso of final f. capital spaces with guide letters occasional small areas of light foxing and a few spots or small light stains (all mostly marginal) but generally crisp and clean handsome early nineteenth century red straight-grain morocco gilt spine in compartments and with double olive morocco gilt labels rubbed at extremities g.e. [Adams A278; Brunet I 83; Ahmanson-Murphy 93; Renouard Alde 49:6; Praz p.373 (introductory note) re. Horapollo] folio [Venice] [Aldus Manutius] [October 1505]. *** A sumptuous copy of the first Aldine edition which Brunet calls a `Belle édition très recherchée et dont les exemplaires bien conservées ne se trouvent pas facilement`. The other texts include the first edition of Horapollo`s Hieroglyphica Tarrhaeus and Diymus` proverbs Ponticus on allegories in Homer and Apologus Aesopi de Cassita apud Gellium.

Euclid. [Elementa] edited by Johann Scheubel signed presentation copy from the editor title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer`s device diagrams woodcut hitoriated initials title lightly foxed and soiled and with a little fraying to lower corner water-stained Renaissance style ornately blind-stamped calf by Robert Paling [Adams E1012; Thomas-Stanford 12 `a handsome book with diagrams on a large scale and printed on better paper than the other Basle editions`] folio Basel Joannes Hervagius 1550. *** An important copy of one of the best editions of Euclid. Scheubel was Professor of Mathematics at Tübingen and a leading Euclidian scholar of the Renaissance. Staigmuller in his biography of Scheubel considers the prefatory essay to this edition to be his masterpiece. Its importance is reflected in its separate publication a year later. The presentation inscription on the title reads `Ex dono D. Joannis Scheubeli [obliterated line] 1550`.

Slavonic. Psaltir`s Vossledovaniem [Psalter with Continuation] text in red and black engraved head-pieces and initials wood-cut illustration of scribe at desk tables and palmistry illustrations in red and black ?lacking some ff. a few marginal notes marginal damp-staining some margins repaired modern cloth [Zernova 160] folio Moscow Printing House Moscow 1642 Slavonic. Psaltir`s Vossledovaniem [Psalter with Continuation] text in red and black engraved head-pieces and initials wood-cut illustration of scribe at desk tables and palmistry illustrations in red and black ?lacking some ff. a few marginal notes marginal damp-staining some margins repaired modern cloth [Zernova 160] folio Moscow Printing House Moscow 1642

Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal second edition half-title etched portrait by Félix Bracquemond tissue guard added at end oval albumen photographic portrait of Baudelaire mounted on a card f. and 40 pp. of additional material in manuscript some spotting and marking library blind-stamps on first few ff. and occasionally elsewhere small ink stamp on title verso library bookplate of Leeds Public Libraries stamped `duplicate sold` registration slips tipped in after title and on rear pastedown bibliographical note on verso of old front endpaper few pencil notes and little pencil scoring library binding of blue morocco-backed cloth little rubbed binders` stamp of Cedric Chivers Aug 1938 on rear pastedown 8vo Paris Poulet-Malassis & De Broise 1861. *** The additional material consists of the 6 suppressed poems of the first edition 10 further `Poésies nouvelles et inédites` (some with publishing details in various literary magazines up to 1864 added) and 2 prose pieces `Révolte...Epigraphe au chapitre Revolte 1re edition supprimée a la seconde` and on different paper the withdrawn original long dedication to Theophile Gautier signed `Charles Baudelaire` and probably in his hand. This version was first published as a facsimile plate in Le Parnasse Satyrique (Brussels 1864) on one folio sheet whereas in this copy it is on two 8vo pp. The two versions are otherwise virtually identical including corrections and underlinings of words and letters. The other manuscript material seems to be in other hands and together the volume forms a complete collection of all Baudelaire`s poetry available up to 1864 perhaps prepared by Baudelaire himself or his publisher Poulet-Malassis.

Dugdale (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire first edition engraved portrait frontispiece (mounted) title in red and black 5 double-page engraved maps 11 engraved plates on 10 sheets some double-page or folding engraved illustrations and coats-of-arms throughout many full-page errata leaf at end additional engraved portrait mounted to endpaper few ff. with light marginal water-staining contemporary panelled calf rebacked new endpapers boards rubbed [Wing D2479] folio Thomas Warren 1656.

Fuller (Thomas) The History of the Worthies of England first edition engraved portrait frontispiece (trimmed to image and mounted on endpaper) extra-illustrated with 12 engraved portrait plates later added some with margins trimmed others mounted on separate leaves hinges cracked contemporary diced calf rebacked preserving original spine corners rubbed boards marked [Wing F2440] folio J.G.W.L. 1662.

Shakespeare (William) Comedies Histories and Tragedies fourth folio edition lacks 36 ff namely title and other preliminaries F2-6 G1 M4 Y3 4 2C1 4 2D2 2I3 2L6 2U2 2X2 5 2Y5 3K4 3Z3 4 4A6 4B1-6 4C1 2 all supplied in facsimile except M4 L1 supplied from another edition (?) A1&2 defective and restored with some text supplied in ink many ff. with marginal tears and restorations occasionally touching text some staining and marking heavy in places notes on 2S4 contemporary speckled calf ruled in blind rubbed rebacked [Greg III p1119-21] folio For H. Herringman (et al) 1685. *** The last of the folio with seven plays added most spurious.

[Locke (John)] An Essay concerning Humane Understanding first edition first issue worming at end with loss of text to last c. 20 ff. title soiled some marking elsewhere later half calf rubbed rebacked [Wing L2738; PMM 164] folio Eliz. Holt for Thomas Basset 1690. *** Issue with Elizabeth Holt`s name in imprint. One of the cornerstones of philosophical literature.

Stow (John) The Annales or General Chronicle of England double column black letter title within ornate woodcut architectural border large woodcut initials lacks colophon f. at end title trimed at head and with slight loss to lower corner several ff. with repairs mostly to lower corners occasional loss heavier loss to 3R1 and 3R6 and 4f2 some worming to lower corners towards end some staining modern cloth [STC 23338] folio [by Thomas Dawson] impensis Thomae Adams 1615.

Morgan (Sylvanus) The Sphere of Gentry: first edition additional engraved title numerous engraved plates portrait of William Camden and illustrations many full-page lacking folding Howard pedigree separate title and dedication to parts 3 margins of preliminaries repaired with some loss 4L2 and 4I2 trimmed with some loss later blind-stamped calf rebacked preserving original slightly worn backstrip [Wing M2743] folio by William Leybourn for the Author 1661. *** Provenance: Hugh W. Diamond 1830 (ink signature and notes re. book to front free endpapers).

Aesop. Aesop`s Fables with his Life: in English French & Latin English text by Thomas Philipott French and Latin text by Robert Codrington first edition fine engraved frontispiece depicting the author among his animal characters additional pictorial title (dated 1665) and 109 (of 110) engraved vignettes by Francis Barlow lacking 3K2 Y1 repaired with loss of a few words of text (supplied in ink) extra-illustrated with the inclusion of 39 engraved plates by Wenceslaus Hollar from the Ogilby Aesop of 1668 and with 15 small engraved oval vignettes by Sebastien Le Clerc all trimmed to platemark and laid down occasional water-staining later half mottled calf richly gilt spine in compartments joints starting at foot but holding firm [Wing A696; Hodnett Francis Barlow pp.167-195] folio William Godbid for Francis Barlow 1666. *** An attractive extra-illustrated edition of Barlow`s finest work.

Angelo (Henry Charles William) A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing;... to which is added A Dissertation on the Use of the Broad Sword...and a Biographical Sketch of Chevalier St. George 47 engraved plates after John Gwyn a mezzotint portrait of Monsieur de St. George by W. Ward after Mather Brown and 6 aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson some foxing and spotting to engraved plates a few minor spots to aqauatint plates later half morocco gilt slightly rubbed [Thimm pp.10-11] oblong folio George Smeeton 1817.

Royal Navy.- Cochrane (Hon. Ernest Grey Lambton captain Royal Navy youngest son of Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane tenth Earl of Dundonald of Red Castle County Donegal 1834-1911) 3 Logs and an Admiral`s guest book manuscripts numerous pp. 2 drawings: “The Rock of Lisbon” and “Port St. George Grenada” 1p. with tear and small loss 2 vol. half morocco 1 vol. cloth-backed boards and 1 original wrappers (creased and torn) folio 1847-74 (4). *** Includes: “Log of the Proceedings of HMS Ship “Victory” 104. Bearing the Flag of Sir Charles Ogle... by E.G.L. Cochrane...1847”; “Log of the Proceedings of HMS Helena... 1850... 1851”; “Admirals Guests.”

Maclise (Joseph) Surgical Anatomy second edition 52 partially coloured plates a few with fore-edges repaired not affecting images original cloth slightly rubbed folio 1856.

(Arthur Conan writer 1859-1930) The Story of [S]Pedegue`s Dropper autograph manuscript signed 25pp. slightly browned edges creased with an A.L.s. 1984 from Jean Conan Doyle giving the manuscript to her solicitor “In appreciation of all the help and understanding and loyalty he has given me... in my efforts to protect my father`s words from those who were only interested in their exploitation” and another A.L.s. 4th June 1984 from Richard Lancelyn Green “Thank you very much for letting me read the manuscript...” [cf. Green & Gibson A47] folio [1928]; and a copy of Julian Symons` Portrait of an Artist: Conan Doyle signed presentation copy from Jean Conan Doyle with corrections 1979 folio & 8vo (2). *** Conan Doyle`s cricket story. First published in the Strand Magazine in 1928 and later published in book form in The Maracot Deep and Other Stories John Murray [1929]. There are a few textual changes in this manuscript the story is titled “The Story of Pedegue`s Dropper” and Richard Lancelyn Green in his letter notes that “it is curious that Sir Arthur ceased numbering the pages after 20 & spelt Sydney `Sidney`“. “`The Story of Spedegue`s Dropper` was based on the author`s own experience when bowled by a most extraordinary ball from A.P. Lucas. It was propelled into the air to about thirty feet and then fell onto the top of the bails. It was an experience which also gave him the idea for high-angle fire so that the bullets might enter enemy trenches.” - Green & Gibson. (Arthur Conan writer 1859-1930) The Story of [S]Pedegue`s Dropper autograph manuscript signed 25pp. slightly browned edges creased with an A.L.s. 1984 from Jean Conan Doyle giving the manuscript to her solicitor “In appreciation of all the help and understanding and loyalty he has given me... in my efforts to protect my father`s words from those who were only interested in their exploitation” and another A.L.s. 4th June 1984 from Richard Lancelyn Green “Thank you very much for letting me read the manuscript...” [cf. Green & Gibson A47] folio [1928]; and a copy of Julian Symons` Portrait of an Artist: Conan Doyle signed presentation copy from Jean Conan Doyle with corrections 1979 folio & 8vo (2). *** Conan Doyle`s cricket story. First published in the Strand Magazine in 1928 and later published in book form in The Maracot Deep and Other Stories John Murray [1929]. There are a few textual changes in this manuscript the story is titled “The Story of Pedegue`s Dropper” and Richard Lancelyn Green in his letter notes that “it is curious that Sir Arthur ceased numbering the pages after 20 & spelt Sydney `Sidney`“. “`The Story of Spedegue`s Dropper` was based on the author`s own experience when bowled by a most extraordinary ball from A.P. Lucas. It was propelled into the air to about thirty feet and then fell onto the top of the bails. It was an experience which also gave him the idea for high-angle fire so that the bullets might enter enemy trenches.” - Green & Gibson.

Baden-Powell (Major-Gen. R.S.S.) Sketches in Mafeking and East Africa first edition colour plates illustrations endpapers browned original cloth-backed pictorial boards very slightly rubbed oblong folio 1907.