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Picart (Bernard) and Baron Philipp von Stosch Pier first edition titles in Latin and French printed in red and black 70 fine engraved plates by Bernard Picart plate 34 damp-stained others generally in good crisp condition some with light marginal foxing or spotting titles and text rather browned contemporary vellum spine richly gilt and with slightly faded red leather label covers with double gilt filet borders with diamond-shaped floral and foliage corner-pieces [Cicognara 3216; Sinkankas 6379; Cohen -de Ricci 959] folio Amsterdam chez Bernard Picart 1724.

Bayardi (Ottavio Antonio) Prodromo delle antichita 5 vol. half-titles first title in red and black with engraved vignette 11 engraved plates 8 folding tear to 1 plate within image but with no loss vol.5 c. a quarter of ff. stained all vol. a few small stains and a few ff. browned contemporary calf bound for presentation with the gilt arms of the dedicatee Carlo VII as King of the Two Sicilies to covers (Carlo VII was later King Carlos III of Spain) spines in compartments richly gilt and with red leather label covers with wide gilt borders with fleur-de-lys corner-pieces some worming rubbing and scuffing resulting in the loss of gilt including to the arms [Cicognara 2649] 4to Naples Regale Stamperia Palatina 1752. *** A scarce complete copy of this preliminary study for the famous folio edition in nine volumes of 1755-92 with a fine provenance.

Presuhn (Emil) Pompeji. Die neuesten Ausgrabungen lithographed additional pictorial title 80 chromolithographed or tinted lithographed plates and plans additional title loose Leipzig 1882 bound with Presuhn (Emil) Die Pompejanischen Wanddecorationen chromolithographed plan and 24 plates captioned tissue guards Leipzig 1877 together two works in 1 vol. occasional light spotting or foxing contemporary red half morocco gilt corners worn rubbed folio

Nider (Johannes) Praeceptorium divinae legis 299 ff. (of 330) double column 37 lines and head-line Gothic type initials supplied in red or blue a few large initials in both red and blue 3 ff. with an initial in blue with a c.36-line marginal flourish in red water-stained throughout to a greater or lesser extent heavier to table at front and a number of ff. at end causing extensive marginal fraying and some holes a few gatherings loose some soiling attractive contemporary blind-stamped calf remains of clasps 2 metal studs to lower cover spine in compartments spine with small hole and section missing from foot a few small areas of worming rubbed and scuffed [BMC I 194; Goff N-198; Hain 11780] small folio [Cologne] [Ulrich Zell] n.d [?not after 1472]. sold not subject to return.

Ambrosius Opera Ambrosius (Saint) Opera 3 vol. first collected edition vol.1 267 ff. (of 268 lacking second a1 after m8) 52 lines head-line and marginalia; vol.2 302 ff. 52 lines head-line and marginalia n1-6 mis-bound at start; vol.3 285 ff. (of 290 lacking c8 and second b1-4) 48 lines and head-line g1-10 misbound after o6 in total 854 ff. (of 860) mostly double column Gothic Roman and some Greek letter vol.1 title with large woodcut with contemporary hand-colouring of Ambrosius writing at his desk initials supplied in red or blue some large and in red and blue paragraph-marks in red and blue occasional early ink marginalia vol.3 small early ink diagram to title some water-staining to all vol. mostly marginal but heavier to start and end of vol.1 (including title) and a few other ff. in other vol. occasional staining in all vol. vol.2 a1 (divisional title after m6) section from upper margin cut away with loss of part of contemporary ownership inscription also small worm trace turning into a pinpoint hole in later ff. to P4 to end loss of part of a few letters but no loss of sense of text vol.3 repaired tear to d8 no loss of text a few minor marginal repairs 18th century mottled calf spines in compartments and gilt vol.3 lacking backstrip all vol. corners worn heavily rubbed and scuffed [BMC III 753; Goff A-551; Hain 896] folio Basel Johann Amerbach 1492. *** Provenance: `Iste Liber est Monasterii Scti Marie de ?Spado Emptus 1495` (this ink inscription and similar on several ff. including verso of final text f. of vol.1); `ad usum Capucinorum...` (early ink signature on scrap of paper on vol.1 title covering partly obliterated ink inscription as earlier quoted; and a similar inscription to a few other ff.).

Seneca (Lucius Aeneas) Opera philosophica 237 ff. (of 238 lacking final blank C10) 60 lines and head-line Roman type capital spaces with guide-letters *2 recto with 16th century ink title of the work and a verse in Latin beneath dated `vix. an. cxiiii` early ink marginalia (some trimmed) soiling and staining marginal worm trace to fol. cciiii to end a few pinpoint wormholes within text occasionally just touching part of a letter some restoration to margins ?washed 18th century vellum lower corners worn spine darkened a little soiling [BMC V 595; Goff S-372] folio [Venice] [Joannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis de Forlivio] [c.1492].

Perottus (Nicolaus) Cornucopie The Chatsworth copy with bookplate double column title in red and black and with woodcut printer`s device all within an ornate woodcut historiated border woodcut historiated and criblÚ initials title with early ink ownership inscriptions early ink notes to verso of final text f. some water-staining mostly to inner gutters including preliminaries touching text in most many instances a few very small wormholes throughout affecting a few letters on many ff. aa1-bb4 worm trace within text loss of a few letters on each f. D1-F1 a number of worm traces and several wormholes mostly marginal affecting sidenotes and a few letters on each ff. more frequent small wormholes within text to final ff. G10 (final text f.) lower corner torn away not affecting text 18th century polished calf rebacked in ?19th century dark green crushed morocco spine in compartments and richly gilt gilt monogram of the Dukes of Devonshire to head of spine corners worn slightly rubbed [Not in Adams] folio Paris Berthold Rembolt 1514. *** Perotti was a humanist and grammarian and this is his most original work. It was written as a commentary on book I of Martial including discussion on almost every word of Martial`s text and in so doing it became a standard reference work on the latin language. Provenance: `possessor Joannes ...` (contemporary ink inscription to title a letter loosely inserted suggests it is John Tristram); Chatsworth copy with bookplate.

Dionysius Areopagiticus Saint Opera double column title with woodcut printer`s device and large woodcut illustration verso depicting the author presenting his work to the infant Jesus woodcut initials a few small worm holes occasionally affecting a small part of a letter contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards metals clasps worm holes vellum lifting at lower corner of upper cover [Adams D524] a solid copy folio Cologne Heirs of J.Quentel 1556.

Justinian I.- [Hotomanus Franciscus] Commentarius title with woodcut printer`s device woodcut historiated initials and head-pieces with good margins some water-staining mostly marginal but heavier to upper margins of index ff. (just within text in a few instances) some light marginal foxing loose in contemporary limp vellum yapp edges lacking ties soiled [Adams J643] folio Lyons apud Antonium Grphyium 1567.*** A commentary on Justinian`s Institutiones.(1)

Plantavit de la Pause (Jean Bishop of Lodeve) The Plantavit de la Pause (Jean Bishop of Lodeve) Thesaurus Synonymicus Hebraico-Chaldaico-Rabbinicus ?the author`s own copy half-title fine engraved additional pictorial title and portrait of the author half-title creased some fraying and browning to outer margin of additional title a few short marginal tears dark contemporary brown morocco covers with central gilt arms of the author spine in compartments and gilt corners worn rubbed folio Lodova typis Arnaldi Colomerii 1644.

Aquino (Carlo d`) Sacra Exequialia in Funere Jacob title with engraved arms engraved folding frontispiece and 17 plates 2 double-page by Alexander Specchi after Sebastiano Cipriani title with faint library blind-stamp to lower corner and some spotting occasional light spotting elsewhere mostly marginal 20th century half calf over older marbled boards boards rubbed [Berlin Kat. 3238; Cicognara 1486; Ruggieri 1012] folio Rome typis Barberinis 1702. *** The memorial for the funeral of James II King of England Scotland and Ireland held at the church of San Lorenzo in Lucina in Rome. Many of the single-page plates are emblematic in character and extoll the virtues of James these include three bird`s eye views of London Paris and Rome.

`Wanted` poster.- Denmach der bey dem Kayserl. K&a `Wanted` poster.- Denmach der bey dem Kayserl. Kæ 247;igl. Stadt- und Land-Gericht zu Wien ex capite Furti inngelegene Johann Herberger... broadside little marked folio Innsbruck 1755. *** `Wanted` poster for Johann Herberger a 24 year old cobbler sentenced by the Imperial and Royal Court in Vienna for theft to two years penal servitude who broke bail in contravention of the usual expulsion regulations. A description of his height and appearance is given.

Menke (L.) Das Hermanns-Denkmal und der Teutoburge half-title chromolithographed additional pictorial title by Vollmer after C. Sheuren 20 lithographed plates on india paper 1 tinted tissue guards some marginal browning or light foxing original cloth-backed pictorial boards cloth faded and frayed at ends corners a little worn rubbed oblong folio Detmold Meyer`sche Hofbuchhandlung 1875. *** A scarce copy of this handsome commemoration of the victory of the German hero Hermann over the Roman legions under Varus.

Architecture.- Marolois (Samuel) Perspectiva Das ist: Die Weitberæ 179;hmte Kunst einer Scheinenden in oder Durchsehenden Augen Gesichts Punct. first edition in German engraved pictorial title and 80 double-page plates title trimmed at outer edge to within platemark and with slight loss to lower corner (no loss of text) final plate split at fold some marginal worming text and a few plates browned occasional spotting contemporary vellum short split to head of spine slightly marked [cf. Millard Northern European Books 62] small folio Amsterdam J. Jansson 1628.

Architecture.- Courtonne (Jean) TraitÚ de la Persp first edition half-title engraved frontispiece and 33 plates 32 folding small red ink ownership inscription of the Mewes Collection to foot of frontispiece and title 2 small red ink spots within foot of image of frontispiece 2 folding plates with repaired tears within image but with no loss a few ff. lightly browned and spotted contemporary calf spine in compartments and richly gilt with a red morocco label covers scuffed rubbed [Berlin Kat. 4729; Fowler p.76; Millard 56] folio Paris Jacques Vincent 1725. *** A very good copy. Courtonne wrote as an architect for architects and lamented that `perspective has all but vanished from the Sacred Hierarchy of the Fine Arts` (Kemp p.272). Provenance: The Mewes Collection (bookplate of Charles Mewes and 2 ink stamps). Charles Mewes was a French architect and interior designer who was responsible for the Ritz hotels on both sides of The Channel.

Piranesi (Giovanni Battista) [Antichita d`Albano e 15 plates of architectural fragments and details only of 33 lacking title dedication and views etchings with engraving single and double plates some faint marginal spotting [c.f. F.505-536b & W-E.638-670] in later half-vellum gilt folio Rome [1764]; bound with [Descrizione e Disegno dell`Emissario del Lago Albano] title and 11 plates of architectural details sections and plans only of 25 etchings with engraving single double and folding plates faint marginal spotting [c.f. F.480-504 & W-E.613-637] Rome [1762].

Arch.- Graffenried (Adolf) and Moritz von Stæ second edition parallel text in French and German additional chromolithographed pictorial title 32 lithographed plates (6 tinted 4 hand-coloured 2 partially hand-coloured) spotted original pictorial green boards spine ends and corners worn marked and rubbed with loss of a couple of letters of title still a very good copy folio Berne 1844.

INCUNABLE. HIERONYMI COMMENTARIA four parts in one, Expositio in psalterium, Nominum scripture sacre, Psalterium iuxta hebraicam veritatem and Interpretatio hebraicorum nomuum, folio, fine black ground woodcut border with the Choices of Hercules in a panel [see Hind, vol II, p505] large initial of the Saint writing [see Hind p477] 155 leaves (33 x 22cm) roman and black letter, printer`s device, old reversed calf, Venice: Joannes & Gregorius de` Gregoriis, 1498 Provenance: Philobiblon (G P Romer), Hertford, from whom bought by G Cross Esq on 6 December 1945 for 8gns: "Tall, very fine copy almost in pristine condition."

[L`ESTRANGE (HAMON)] THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES AN HISTORY FAITHFULLY AND IMPARTIALLY DELIVERED AND DISPOSED INTO ANNALS first edition, small folio, fine engraved allegorical frontispiece with portrait by William Faithorne, contemporary panelled calf with fleurons, London: Edward Dod, 1655, Charles I - Eikon Basilike, wanting frontispiece, contemporary black morocco devotional style centrepiece binding [London] 1649, Famianus Strada de Bello Belgico The History of the Low-Countrey Warres Written.... in English by Sr Rob Stapylton Kt, folio, portraits, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary calf, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1650 [Guido] Bentivoglio - Historical Relations of the United Provinces of Flanders.... now rendered into English by the Right Honourable Henry Earle of Monmouth, folio, portraits including fine engraved frontispiece by William Faithorne, contemporary calf with double fillets, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1650, William Drummond - The History of Scotland from...1423 until...1542, first edition, folio, portrait, later calf, London 1655 and John Spottiswoode - The History of the Church of Scotland, folio, first edition, portrait engraved by W Hollar, 17th c engraved Spottiswoode allegorical library plate in heart shaped cartouche, London: R Royston, 1655 (6)

JEKYLL (GERTRUDE) AND CHISTOPHER HUSSEY GARDEN ORNAMENT second edition, folio, illustrated, half title, green cloth, London: Country Life, 1927

DOYLE (RICHARD) IN FAIRYLAND A SERIES OF PICTURES FROM THE ELF-WORLD.... WITH A POEM BY WILLIAM ALLINGHAM second edition, folio, sixteen chromoxylographs by Edmund Evans (all loose, gutta percha perished) half title, original green cloth gilt, aeg, London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1875

SANDYS (GEORGE) SANDYS TRAVAILES CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE ORIGINAL AND PRESENT STATE OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE... `illustrated with fifty graven maps and figures`, sixth edition, small folio, engraved plts, one folding (Prospect of the Grand Signiores Seraglio from Galata) and map, architectural frontispiece (unaltered from the fifth edition) contemporary calf, upper board detached, London: R & W Leybourne, 1658

CHRONICLES. MONSTRELET ENGUERRAND DE VOLUME PREMIER [SECOND, TROISIEME] DES CHRONIQUES folio, three vols in two, woodcut printer`s device to titles and initials, old half russia repaired, Paris: G Chaudiere, 1572 (2)

VIRGIL. OPERA VIRGILIANA... folio, fine woodcut illustrations (196), initials and mannerist border to the title, title and pXXXIII repaired, 18th c calf worn [Lyon]: J Crespini, 1529

GIOVIO (PAOLO) ELOGIA VIRORUM BELLICA VIRTUTE ILLUSTRIUM folio, two parts in one vol, wood engraved portraits (including Cardinal Wolsey`s in error for that of Henry VIII) in mannerist frames and titles, an ownership inscription to one dated 1585 also that of A F Brophy (1881), richly tooled contemporary vellum centrepiece binding with panel of Justice, rubbed, upper board detached, Basel: P Pernae [February] 1575 and 1577

COMINES (PHILIPPE DE) LES MEMOIRES DE MESSIRE PH. DE COMMINES CHEVALIER SEIGNEUR D`ARGENTON folio, derniere edition, woodcut device to title (repaired) and initials, later half morocco, Paris: P Le Mur, 1615, P de Mornay - Le Mystere D`Iniquité c`est a dire l`histoire de la Paputé... first French edition, folio, engraved title, 18th c armorial calf, boards detached, Saumur: T Portau, 1611 and Ovid - Les Metamorphoses...en Latin et Francois..., folio, engraved illustrations, engraved title in red and black, calf, upper board detached, Bruxelles: F Foppens, 1677 (3)

PLUTARCH. LES OEUVRES MORALES ET MESLEES DE PLUTARQUE TRADUITES DE GREC EN FRANCOIS... PAR MAISTRE JACQUES AMIOT... folio, two vols in one, woodcut device to title and initials, 18th c engraved bookplate of Corbet D`Avenant and label of R Corbet of Adderley, later half calf, Paris: B Macé, 1587, Jean Froissart - Le tiers volume [only of 4] de L`Histoire et Cronique, folio, woodcut device to the title and initials, oval library stamp (Malvern Public Library), calf rebacked, aeg, Lyon: 1560, and a 16th century German edition of Josephus (waf, 3)

NUMISMATICS. ACADEMIE ROYALE DES MEDAILLES & DES INSCRIPTIONS MEDAILLES SUR LES PRINCIPAUX EVENEMENTS DU REGNE DE LOUIS LE GRAND... folio, engraved frontispiece and fine engravings of medals throughout, title with device (with loss), contemporary calf, Paris: 1702 and Mario Guarnacci - Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Romanorum et S.R.E. Cardinalium..., folio, volume two (only of 2) folio, engraved portraits, half title, title in red and black, later cloth, Rome, 1751 (2)

SMOLLETT (TOBIAS) THE SHAKESPEARE HEAD EDITION OF SMOLLETT`S NOVELS eleven vols, uniform green cloth, Oxford: 1925, and miscellaneous general shelf stock, mainly English literature, including 19th c editions of Trollope and Edgeworth, travel, including C M Doughty, Arabia Deserta, two vols, Pevsner, Buildings of England, Kilvert`s Diary, three vols, illustrated, including A Tagore, W Goble, C F Tunnicliffe, Shorelands Summer Diary 1952, I Wedgwood, Fenland Rivers 1936, H N Cautley, Suffolk Churches and Their Treasures, Master Worsley`s Book on the History and Constitution of ..... Middle Temple, Chiswick Press, 1910, W J Loftie, The Inns and Court of Chancery, folio, 1893 and Records of the Skinners of London (approx 140)

ST AUGUSTINE PRIMUS TOMUS [-ETERTII] EXIMII PATRIS INTER SUMMA LATINAE ECCLESIAE ORNAMENTA AC LUMINA PRINCIPIS D AURELII AUGUSTINI HIPPONENSIS EPISCOPI... folio, woodcut-bordered title with 18th c ownership signature of Alexander Jolly, devices and initials, contemporary stamped all over binding formerly with clasps, Scottish Episcopal Church Library plate, Basel: Ambrosum & Aurelium Frobenios, 1569 and Justinian. Gothofredi (Dionysii) - Codicis Justiniani dn sacratissimi rincipis pp aug repetitae praelectionis libri XII, vol two (only), folio, woodcut device, initials and ornaments, wanting all beyond p691, this defective, contemporary vellum centrepiece binding, Scottish Episcopal Church Library plate, Paris: Antonij Vitray, 1628 (2)

JUVENAL AND PERSIUS. [SATIRAE] TRANSLATED AND ILLUSTRATED AS WELL WITH SCULPTURE AS NOTES BY BARTEN HOLIDAY DD small folio, folding plates, woodcut illustrations and ornaments, contemporary calf with fillets and fleurons, Oxford: F Oxland Senior, J Adams and F Oxland Junior, 1673, The Works of Hildebrand Jacob Esq containing poems on various subjects... with the fatal constancy..., London 1735, William Bray - Sketch of atTour into Derbyshire and Yorkshire, second edition, plates, boards detached, London: 1783, and twenty-three others, similar, mainly 18th c leather bound books (26)

TRADE CATALOGUE. TENTURES ARTISTIQUES folio, forty loose plates after E Béraud of Art Nouveau and earlier styles of curtains, blinds and bed hangings, lithographs in colour, letterpress and prices verso, loose in green cloth (stained) portfolio with title and blocked B BRILLET LAVAL, c1920

GUICHARD (KENNETH M) BRITISH ETCHERS 1850-1940 small folio, with three original etchings by Robin Tanner, all signed in pencil and plates, quarter blue morocco, teg, London: R Garton, 1977

BURTON (WILLIAM) A DESCRIPTION OF LEICESTER SHIRE CONTAINING MATTERS OF ANTIQUITY HISTORYE ARMORYE AND GENIOLOGY small folio, engraved title, portrait and folding map, woodcut initials and headpieces, contemporary calf with raised bands and title label, London: John White, 1622

BAINES (THOMAS) YORKSHIRE PAST AND PRESENT two vols, half titles, steel engravings, publisher`s armorial maroon cloth gilt, aeg, London: William MacKenzie, nd [c1880], F O Morris - A series of picturesque views of seats of the noblemen and gentlemen of Great Britain, two vols (only), Leeds: D Banks, 1867, and The Album of a country gentleman and sporting gazette, folio, 1884 (5)

JONES (OWEN) THE PSALMS OF DAVID (THE VICTORIA PSALTER) folio, chromolithograph title and card leaves with elaborate gilt borders, embossed brown cloth with sunken panel gilt, aeg, ownership signature of Roza Luis Fernandez North Bourne December 1866 [London, 1861]

NICHOLS (JOHN) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF LEICESTER folio, volume IV, Part I [only] (Guthlaxton Hundred), title, plates, portrait and title, original boards detached, London: John Nichols & Son, 1810, Pearl Finch - History of Burley-on-the Hill Rutland, two vols, one of 200 copies, signed, 1901, W C A Blew - The Quorn Hunt and its masters, 1889, M Browne - The vertibrate animals of Leicestershire and Rutland 1889, Who`s Who in Leicestershire, one of a limited edition, 1935, L Richardson - Wells and springs of Leicestershire, HMSO, 1931 and The Members Attendance Book of Quorn Hall Country Club, containing the signatures of many hundreds of members and visitors, 1929-1950 (8)

WRIGHT (JAMES) THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF RUTLAND COLLECTED FROM RECORDS... ILLUSTRATED WITH SCULPTURES folio, title in red and black, engravings in the text and one whole page, woodcut shields throughout, inscribed by W F Bent Beardsley "Purchased for £6 at Sale by Miss C M Blane Ashwell Hall Rutland 20th Septemer 1945", contemporary triple panelled calf with roll tool border, fillets and corner ornaments rebacked, London: Bennet Griffin, 1684

PRESTON (CHLOE) The Peek-A-Boos In Winter, London n.d. circa 1911, Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, 18 col. plates, embossed boards, red cloth spine, folio (1)

LUCAS-LUCAS ( Henry Frederick) - The Fox Hunting Alphabet, London n.d. circa 1910, 26 chromolithographic plates and an end plate of a sleeping fox, bound with four glossy pages of advertisement to back, orig. pict. boards, red cloth spine and corners, oblong folio

ALDIN (CECIL) A Sporting Garland - Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Sands & Co, n.d., circa 1902, col. illusts. throughout, orig., printed boards, oblong folio

BATHOLOMEW (J G ET AL) Physical Atlas, Volume V, Atlas of Zoogeography, The Royal Geographical Society, pub. The Edinburgh Geographical Insititute, John Batholomew & Co 1911, 36 double page coloured maps, orig blue cloth gt lettering, folio

Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980), Variations on a theme, a folio of lithographic prints of portrait subjects, all unframed, (folio).

Jones, Owen One thousand and one initial letters. London: Day & Son, 1864. Folio, chromolithographed title and 26 chromolithographed plates, original cloth, contents loose, some light spotting, extremities and edges worn Provenance: Edinburgh Architectural Association, bookplate

Macquoid, Percy A history of English furniture. London: The Medici Society, 1925. Folio, 4 volumes, frontispieces, original red cloth gilt (4)

Ponce, Nicolas Description des bains de Titus. Paris: l`auteur & Barbou, 1786. Large folio, 40 plates on 34 (of 50) leaves only, nineteenth century quarter calf, a few plates lightly spotted, rubbed

Rossi, Domenico de Raccolta di statue antiche e moderne. Rome: Stampera alla Pace, 1704. Folio, engraved frontispiece, title and 161 (of 163) plates , engraved head- and tail-pieces, and initials, contemporary calf, some slight spotting, a few upper corners at beginning and end slightly dampstained, binding worn and slightly scraped

Thomson, John Atlas of Scotland. Edinburgh: J. Thomson & Co., 1832. Large folio, original parts, 56 [of 58] hand-coloured engraved maps, Index map, Rivers and Comparative view of the Heights plates, Proof Impressions and Large Paper, original printed wrappers, uncut, together with Memoir and Consulting Index, loose in very worn portfolio with paper label on upper cover, occasional light spotting, lacking part 20 [Forfar or Angus] Note: Rare in the original wrappers.

Lonitzer, Adam Kreuterbch. Frankfurt: Sigismund Larotmus, 1616. Folio, hand-coloured woodcuts, some marginal tears, lacking leaves t4-5, Aa1, CC1, and Ff3-4, lacking corner of F4, FF1 and Gg1, tears to B5-6, E1-4, E6, I2, I6, L1, L6. a2, r4, Dd3, Gg3, some spotting, staining and soiling, sometimes heavy, numerous repairs and tears from BB2 onwards to end, holes to index, colophon defective, title with some loss of text and woodcut, laid down and portions supplied in facsimile, eighteenth century half calf, rubbed and soiled, one corner missing, leaves at end loose and frayed; sold not subject to return

Marolois, Samuel Opera mathematica ou oeuvres mathematiques. Traictans de geometrie, perspective, architecture, et fortification. The Hague: Henricus Hondius, 1614-20. Oblong folio, comprising: Geometrie: engraved title and plates 1-30, 32-39, 41-42 (plates 32-35 misbound); plates 1-5; Perspective: engraved title and plates 1-51, 54-80, lacking 3 text leaves [?C-E], some text leaves browned and repaired with loss of text; Perspective, 5ème partie: engraved title and plates 1-3, 3*, 4-12, 12*, 13-42, 44-49; Perspective, 6ème partie: engraved title and plates 1-18; Les cinq rangs de l`architecture. Amsterdam: J. Jeansson, 1620. plate D and 20-22, 24, F-H, K-M, O-Q, S-Z, AA, AA-EE (apparently complete); Fortification: plates 1-17, 17*, 18-38, lacking title and text leaves A-B, [in total 4 engraved titles and 245 plates only], contemporary calf, a few plates repaired on verso, head and tail of spine and edges worn; sold not subject to return

Macleay, Kenneth Highlanders of Scotland. Portraits illustrative of the principal clans and followings, and the retainers of the royal household at Balmoral. London & Edinburgh, 1870. Folio, 2 volumes, 31 colour plates [mounted on card leaves], original red cloth gilt, some foxing to occasional plates, water staining to boards, worn at corners; and 26 duplicate loose plates, majority foxed

Military -- Grenadier Guards -- Clayton, B. Costumes of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Guards from 1660. London, Ackermann & Co., 1854. First edition, large oblong folio, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plates after B. Clayton, original cloth, binding worn and slightly soiled Note: Very rare: no copy in the British library, and no copy traced in any British institutional library.

Spain. Peninsula war -- Wyld, James Maps & plans, showing the principal movements, battles & sieges, in which the British army was engaged during the war from 1808 to 1814 in the Spanish peninsula. London: J. Wyld, 1841. Folio, 35 (of 36) maps and plates, some double page, original morocco-backed cloth lettered in gilt, all but 8 with rodent damage, one completely defective; sold not subject to return

Arnot, Hugo The history of Edinburgh from the earliest accounts to the present time. Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1788. 4to, frontispiece, 18 engraved plates, folding plan trimmed and linen backed, modern half calf gilt, later endpapers, repaired throughout, one plate torn, contemporary ink inscription to title; Wilson, Sir Daniel Memorials of Edinburgh in the olden time. Edinburgh & London: Adam & Charles Black, 1891. Second edition, 4to, 2 volumes, number 48 of 150 large paper copies, signed by the author and the publisher, 41 plates, folding plan, modern red morocco backed cloth, previous ink inscriptions to half title; [Anon.] A new history of the city of Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, folding map, frontispiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, bookplate; Grant, James Old and new Edinburgh. London, [no date]. 4to, 3 volumes, illustrated, contemporary half calf gilt, some foxing; Home, Bruce J. Old houses in Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1905. Folio, First & Second series, 53 tipped in plates, contemporary cloth gilt, lacking wrapper; and 3 others (11)

Ayrshire - Bryden, Robert Ayrshire monuments. Ayr, 1915. Folio, number 47 of 50 copies, signed by the author, 24 etchings [including title and plate list], calf backed cloth gilt, some rubbing to hinges, interior very clean; [Idem] Castles of Carrick. [No place], 1905. Folio, number 20 of 50 copies, signed by the author, 23 etchings [including title and portrait frontispiece], calf backed cloth gilt, backstrip foxed, interior very clean; [Idem] Ayrshire castles. [No place], 1908. Second series, folio, one of 50 copies, presentation copy from the author, 21 [of 22] etchings, cloth backed folio, rubbed at edges, some foxing to plates (2)

Bolton, Arthur T. The architecture of Robert & James Adam. London, 1922. Folio, 2 volumes, colour frontispieces, original green cloth gilt; Weaver, Sir Lawrence Houses & gardens by Sir Edward Lutyens. London, 1925. Folio, frontispiece, original red cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper torn with losses, stained, cloth stained (3)

Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London: printed for Hooper, 1797. Folio, 2 volumes, engraved titles, folding hand-coloured map of Scotland, 183 engraved plates, 19th century calf gilt, rebacked, worn at corners, bookplates Provenance: Royal Artillery Regimental Library, Woolwich, bookplate and stamp.

Grose, Francis The antiquities of Scotland. London: printed for Hooper, 1797. Folio, 2 volumes, engraved titles, folding hand-coloured map of Scotland, 188 engraved plates, modern cloth backed boards, later endpapers, titles and plates foxed

Hooker, Sir W.J. Perth-shire illustrated. London, 1843. Folio, 62 engraved plates, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, ex-library copy with bookplates and stamps, foxing

Lorimer, Sir Robert - Hussey, Christopher The work of Sir Robert Lorimer. London: Country Life, 1931. First edition, folio, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, dustwrapper, wrapper torn at edges, some discolouration to edges of cloth, interior clean; Gillespie, James Details of Scottish domestic architecture. Edinburgh, 1922. Folio, plates, original cloth gilt, previous inscriptions to front endpapers (2)