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Mackenzie (Murdoch). Orcades; or, a Geographic and Hydrographic Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands, in Eight Maps..., 4th ed., sold S. Smith, 1810, eight uncoloured double-page charts, most with insets of headlands, offsetting throughout, one map with some colour additions and marginal notes showing the routes of the mail ferry, title with oval library stamp, title and all maps laid onto linen, contemp. half sheep, scuffed and rubbed, folio (1)

Morison (Douglas). Views of Haddon Hall, 1842, tinted litho. title and twenty-five tinted litho. plts., list of subscribers present, some spotting, few leaves slightly frayed at edges, library bookplate and ink stamp to front endpaper & title verso, orig. cloth with recent calf spine, corners rubbed, tall folio, together with Rayner (S.), The History and Antiquities of Haddon Hall..., 1836, sixteen litho plts. (of 32, inc. proof plts. on india paper, one plt folding), occ. minor spotting, a.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, slim folio (2)

Rawlinson (E.). Views in Derbyshire, pub. J. Rawlinson, Matlock & Bath, March 28th 1822, (2 copies), five litho plts. (each image approx. 170 x 260mm), 2nd copy with some spotting, few closed tears and damp staining, orig. printed wrappers, slim folio (2)

Slater (Isaac). I. Slater's New British Atlas, comprising the Counties of England, (upon which are Laid Down all Railways Completed and in Progress)..., Manchester, c.1847, engraved title, three linen-backed engraved folding maps of Scotland, Ireland and England & Wales (two maps detached), 39 engraved county maps (including folding map of Yorkshire) and a folding map of the environs of London, all maps complete and with bright original colour, orig. half calf gilt, worn with defective spine and covers detached, folio (1)

Walker (J. & C.). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; containing Separate Maps of Every County in England, and the Three Ridings of Yorkshire, c.1848, letterpress title and contents leaf, 42 double-page maps with original outline colouring, old owners inscription to title, contemp. blindstamped sheep, worn and lacking upper cover, folio. The maps in very good condition. Contains a duplicate frayed map of Essex loosely inserted. (1)

Bedford (T., publisher). Six Lithographic Views illustrative of the Scenery of Chepstow Castle, Tintern Abbey, and Raglan Castle, Situate on the Banks of the River Wye, Bristol, Printed and Published by T. Bedford, [c. 1825], six lithograph plates, two of them after S. C. Jones, the others unsigned, on stone by J. Horner and Davies, where signed, the first creased at the fore-edge, slightly dusty or spotted in the borders, no title-page or text, orig. buff wrappers, a trifle soiled, pink cloth backstrip, titled on the front wrapper, oblong folio. The plates show: Entrance of Tintern Abbey; North Window and Interior Arches, seen through the South Window, Tintern Abbey; The Castle and New Bridge of Chepstow; Part of Chepstow Castle as Seen from the Moat; Raglan Castle; and Interior of Raglan Castle. Not in Abbey, Scenery. (1)

Bedford (T., publisher). Six Lithographic Views Illustrative of the Scenery of Chepstow Castle and Tintern Abbey, Situate on the Banks of the River Wye, Bristol, Printed and Published by T. Bedford, [c. 1826], six lithograph plates, being proofs on India paper, three of them after S. C. Jones, and one after Stockdale, the other unsigned, foxed, and slighly frayed, no title-page or text, orig. buff wrappers, slightly soiled, frayed, titled on the front wrapper, back wrapper defective, oblong folio. The plates show: The Castle and New Bridge of Chepstow; Chepstow Castle; Part of Chepstow Castle as Seen from the Moat; South View Tintern Abbey; North Window and interior arches seen through the South Window, Tintern Abbey; and Interior View of West Window, Tintern Abbey. Not in Abbey, Scenery. (1)

Fielding (T. H.). A Picturesque Description of the River Wye, from the Source to its Junction with the Severn, Ackermann & Co., 1841, twelve highly-finished hand-coloured aquatint plates, unsigned, without titles or imprints, numbered in manuscript 1-12 at the head, original green cloth, blocked in blind, lettered in gilt on the upper cover within a gilt frame, a.e.g., slightly rubbed at extrems., but an excellent copy, small folio. Abbey, Scenery, 550. Tooley 218. (1)

Rowe (George). The Wye, a souvenir volume so titled, [c. 1853], containing thirty lithographic plates of scenery on the River Wye, most of them on India paper, all of them drawn, lithographed, printed, and published by George Rowe, "Teacher of Drawing", Cheltenham, no title-page or text, a little light foxing, contemp. half black roan, marbled board sides, sl. rubbed, lettered in gilt on a black roan label on the upper cover, inscribed "Mrs Rowlandson from Louisa Peterson. Chepstow July 30, 1853" on the front free endpaper, small oblong folio. The plates comprise: Wilton Castle; Goodrich Court; Goodrich Castle and Ferry; Goodrich Castle; Goodrich Castle. Interior; Coldwell Rocks; View from Symons Yat; Symons Yat; View from Symons Yat; Monnow Bridge, Monmouth; Ragland Castle (The Keep); Ragland Castle; Ragland Castle (Interior); Ragland Castle (The Foutain Court); Ragland Castle (The Banqueting Hall); Bigs Wear Bridge; Tintern Abbey; Tintern Abbey from the Ferry; Tintern Abbey West Front; Tintern Abbey West Window; Tintern Abbey East Window; Tintern Abbey (South Window); The Windcliff from Piercefield; The Moss Cottage (Windcliff); View from the Windcliff; Lancant Rocks from Piercefield; Chepstow Castle from the Bridge; Chepstow Castle (Interior); Chepstow Church; and Chepstow Bridge and Castle. (1)

Waudby (A. J.). Sketches on the Wye, Published by Thos. McLean, Printed at A. Ducote's Lithographic Establishment, 1839, lithographed title-page with a vignette of the Market House, Ross, and eight tinted lithograph plates, some very light browning in the borders, no text save a single-page lithographed list of plates, recent half black cloth, blue cloth sides, dark blue leather label on the upper cover, orig. wrappers bound in, folio. Abbey, Scenery, 549. (1)

[Wye views]. The Banks of the Wye between Ross and Chepstow, a souvenir volume so titled, [c. 1838], containing twenty lithographic plates of scenery on the River Wye, most of them on India paper, fifteen of them by T.M. Baynes after W.H. Bartlett, one on stone by L. Haghe, three drawn and printed by George Rowe, and one without artist or engraver, variously published by W. Farrer at Ross, T. Jew at Gloucester, G. Rowe at Cheltenham, and C. Hough at Monmouth, no title-page or text, all the plates with tissue guards, some foxing, mainly in the borders, contemp. half green roan, a little rubbed, marbled board sides, lettered in gilt on a green morocco label on the upper cover, a.e.g., inscribed "To Mrs Selwyn with respect and gratitude of a tourist on the banks of The Wye, from Ross to Chepstow: August 1838" neatly on the first tissue guard, small oblong folio. The plates after Bartlett comprise: Goodrich Castle (2 views); Coldwell Rocks; New Weir; Entrance to Ragland Castle; Ragland Castle. First Court; Ragland Castle. Moat; Monmouth; Landogo; Tintern Abbey; Tintern Abbey. Interior View; Windcliff; Rannagor Crags; Chepstow Castle; and Chepstow Castle and Bridge. The other plates show Ross Church; Goodrich Court; Monnow Bridge; Bigs Wear Bridge; and Chepstow Castle (The Keep). (1)

A mixed folio including maps, watercolours, spy prints, watercolours etc

A Collection of Mostly 1980's Exhibition Posters, including "Universal Electronic Vacuum 1967 A folio of ten screenprints by Eduardo Paolozzi 8-30 November 1967", 89.5cm x 57cm (quantity)

* Holy Land. Roberts (David). La Terre Sainte: Vues et Monuments, Brussels, 1843, litho. title, twenty-nine full-page and twenty-nine half-page litho. views, all hand-coloured, occn. minor marks to margins, loose and disbound, folio (59)

* Carl Rottmann's Ital. Landschaften, pub. Munich, Friedrich Bruckmann, [1875], eleven fine chromo. lithos. after paintings by Carl Rottmann (1797-1850), each mounted on orig. pubs. thick card, with pubs. blindstamp to lower margin, each with small printed title pasted to verso, some plates with some light foxing to margins only, image size 255 x 335 mm (10 x 13.25 ins), loosely contained in orig. red cloth gilt portfolio, rubbed and some minor wear, with a few minor stains, large oblong folio. Contains views of Palermo Reggio Kyklopen Felsen, Scylla & Charybdis, Terracina, Trient, Lago di Nemi, Perugia, The Theater von Taormina, Tivoli & Veroneser Klause. (1)

Landseer (Sir Edwin). The Forest, pub. Henry Graves, 1868, twenty engraved proofs on india paper, one signed by the artist, interleaves frayed or torn at margins, occasional light spotting, loose, original half morocco gilt, losses to spine, rubbed and scuffed, atlas folio (1)

* Vanity fair cartoons. A collection of approx. 44 original carictures by Spy, Ape, etc., colour litho., all relating to various sports including hunting, fencing, yachting, etc., folio (approx. 44)

* Vanity Fair cartoons. A collection of approx. 50 colour litho. caricatures after Spy, Ape, etc., late 19th/early 20th century, including seven of gentlemen horse riders, the remainder mostly statesmen, folio, all mounted (approx. 50)

Landseer (Thomas). Monkey-ana, or Men in Minature, 1827, engraved title and twenty-two plates only (of 24), loose in part wrappers, a few light spots not affecting images, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (22)

Churchill (Rt. Hon. Winston S., 1874-1965). British Sports and Sportsmen. Commerce & Industry, c. 1932, frontispiece and ten photogravure plates, illustrations, original red morocco gilt, joints and edges lightly rubbed, a.e.g., folio Limited edition, 69/1000 copies. Signed “Winston S. Churchill” on title page. (1)

* Edward VIII (King, 1894-1972). Document signed, 'Edward RI', 22nd October 1936, a Royal Pardon for Robert William Carden who had been convicted at Wimborne for driving a motor-cycle without a current driving licence and ordered to pay a fine of ten shillings, signed by the King at head and counter-signed by John Simon at foot of verso, a little soiled and a few paperclip rust marks to front, 2 pp., folio (1)

* George I (King of England, 1660-1727). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed, 'George R', 22nd October 1722, ordering for the robes to initiate the third Duke of Bolton, Charles, to the Order of the Garter, 'One large mantle of blew velvet lin'd with white taffeta ...', signed by the King at head and counter-signed by R. Sarum at foot, somewhat spotted and browned along folds, integral blank, split in two along folds and with tape repairs to versos of folds, folio (1)

* George III (King of Great Britain, 1738-1820). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed 'George III', 30th March 1763, concerning a sum of money due to the late Sir James Colebrooke, Sir George Colebrooke, Arnold Nesbitt and Moses Franks, for provisions issued to Robert Leake, Commissary of Stores and Provisions in North America, in the months of August & October 1762, 'For the use of Our Forces in different Garrisons there, and also for damag'd Provisions', signed by the King at head and counter-signed by Bute F. Dashwood [Sir Francis Dashwood of Health Fire Club fame], and Lord North, integral blank, a little soiled and small chips to edges of horizontal folds, folio (1)

* George III (King of Great Britain, 1738-1820). Manuscript Royal Warrant signed 'George R', 4th December 1778, concerning a sum of money due to Arnold Nesbitt, Adam Drummond and Moses Franks, contractors for delivering provisions at Cork for the Forces in North America, signed by the King at head and counter-signed by North, Beauchamp and Westcote at foot, integral blank, a little soiled, folio (1)

* George IV (King of England, 1762-1830). Manuscript Royal Pardon, 6th September 1822, pardoning certain convicts from the death penalty, John Bowker, for highway robbery, Thomas Kirk, for stealing a cow, William Culshaw, for horse stealing, Mary McLean, alias Mary Bannon, for using a forged bank note, Samuel Lancaster the Younger, and Henry Lancaster, for burglary, on condition that they each serve one year's hard labour in the House of Correction at Preston, signed by the King at head, counter-signed by Robert Peel, 3 pp., minor soiling and sl. ink staining to first page, folio. See The Times, 2nd September 1822, page 3, for details of the assizes. (1)

House of Commons Journal. A manuscript of the House of Commons Journal, 12th November 1694 to 28th February 1695, prob. early 19th c., the whole copied in a fine old style hand on paper with red ruled borders, a total of 431 pp. plus tabulated index, some soiling and marginal damp fraying with a little paper loss to blank fore-margins and lower outer corners, a few leaves with marginal repairs, a.e.g., modern qtr. calf, tall folio. Covers the period of the death of Queen Mary, warfare with France, and the founding of the Bank of England. (1)

* Manor of Sedgley. Two manuscript volumes containing the Court records for the Court Baron of the Manor of Sedgley held between the 3rd June, 1813 to the 5th November, 1814 and 4th March, 1815 to 18th April, 1816, containing in total over 380 manuscript pages, contemp. limp vellum, small folio (2)

* Manors of Rowley Regis & Kingswinford. Three manuscript volumes containing the court records for the Court Baron of Rowley Regis and Kingswinford for 1817, 1821 and 1822, contemp. limp vellum, small folio (3)

* Maskelyne (Nevil, 1732-1811). Autograph letter signed 'N. Maskelyne', Greenwich, 7th February, 1799, to Pearson & Loggen [Attorneys at Law], 'Enclosed I send you the order on Mr Elmsley, bookseller to the Board of Longitude, signed by Sir Joseph Banks and myself, for sixty five pounds, eight shillings and two pence halfpenny, to be applied by you in paying the assignees of Mr Christopher Buckton and himself, their bills on the Board of Longitude, you taking a proper discharge of them for the same', with a cramped postscript in Maskelyne's holograph asking to check with Mr Gilpin, housekeeper to the Royal Society, whether he has received some manuscript paper from Mr Buckton, a little soiled and browned, one page, 4to, laid down on card, together with a further letter from Maskelyne in the third person, Greenwich, 20th November 1798, also to Pearson & Loggen, concerning the present state of the account between the Board and Mr Buckton's assignees, 'also between the Board & Mr Buckton since the Bankruptcy and saying that if they are satisfied the Committee will give orders for the balance to be paid immediately, one page, folio, integral address panel, with penny post frank, some soiling and marginal wear with folds strengthened to verso of letter, folio, plus a facsimile letter by King George III Christopher Buckton was the printer to the Board of Longitude, and papers relating to his bankruptcy are held in the Royal Greenwich Observatory archive. (3)

* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Manuscript Royal Conditional Pardon, 7th September 1841, reprieving Girolomo Capella, convicted of murder, from the death penalty, the condition of the Pardon being his transportation for the term of his natural life, signed by Monarch at head, integral blank, folio. According to The Times (28th August 1841), Girolomo Capella was indicted for the wilful murder of Antonio Capella, by scalding him to death with hot gruel in a dispute over money. (1)

* Victoria (Queen of England, 1819-1901). Document signed, 1st March 1878, a licence to plead allowing William Grantham to work for the defence of Frederick Collins and his son in their case [charged with the manslaughter of George Winder at Brighton], 2 pp., signed by the Queen at head of first page, integral blank, adhesion remains to upper half of final page, folio (1)

* Victorian autograph album. An album of letters, photographs and signatures of politicians and other notables of the day, predominantly 1870s/1880s, all the items pasted in and many addressed to the politician William Grantham [MP for East Surrey from 1874 to 1885], including autograph letters signed by The Duke of Buccleuch, Duke of Wellington (1880), Hertford, Henry Ibbetson, Hampton, Carnarvon D Edmondson General Frederick Roberts, Hobart Pasha, Charles Beresford Richmond & Gordon Castlereagh, Derby, Alfred Thesiger, a fine double page display of the cabinet of England at the time of the Treaty of Berlin, July 1878, with fourteen mounted (mostly) cartes-de-visite albumen photos with signatures beneath, including Queen Victoria (cut signature mounted beneath), the Prime Minister Beaconsfield, Salisbury, Stafford Mullock, W. H. Smith, plus approx. sixty further mounted albumen photos including some with signatures beneath, plus royalty signatures of King George II, King George III, William IV, an autograph letter by assinated Prime Minster Spencer Perceval, a five page chromo. presentation table plan on the occasion of the retirement of Sir George Bramwell, with some 250 signatures completed, plus an original pen and ink cartoon by Wallis Mckay pasted in 1584 document relating to a disposition in Norfolk signed by magistrates Thomas Cromwell, Nathaniel Bacon, a London stereoscopic company albumen photo of Cleopatra's Needle, documents signed by Townshend (1701), and Robert Walpole (1730), a little spotting and soiling, a.e.g., contemp. morocco gilt with initials E. G. stamped to upper cover, rubbed and sl. corner wear, upper joint weak, oblong folio (1)

* William IV (King of England, 1765-1837). Manuscript Royal Pardon, 7th August 1833, a conditional pardon for a sentence of death passed for the conviction of malciously shooting, on condition that he is transported to New South Wales or Van Diemens land, or some one or other of the Islands adjacent thereto for the term of his natural life, large flourished signature of the King at head, and counter-signed by Lord Melbourne at foot, 2 pp. with integral blank and endorsement, horizontal split to centrefold of second leaf, folio (1)

* William IV (King of England, 1765-1837). Manuscript Pardon signed, 10th May 1836, pardoning John Bury from a sentence of death for the conviction of murder, 'on condition of his being Transported to New South Wales or Van Diemens land or some one or other of the Islands adjacent thereto, for the term of his natural life', large bold signature of the King at head (a little smudged), counter-signed by Lord Russell at foot, a little offsetting from wafer seal, 2 pp., integral blank with endorsement, folio. See The Times report for the case, 9th April 1836, page 6. John Bury was indicted for the wilful of Agnes Hardman at Prestwich, her death according to the surgeon caused by external injury of the bladder. (1)

Diana (Princess of Wales). Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, Westminster Abbey, Saturday 6th September 1997, orig. printed wrappers, a few minor marks, slim folio, together with Simon Barnes's printed yellow ticket for the funeral (North Nave, M24), a car windscreen setting down label with instructions and the statement 'To be destroyed after use', the three items contained in orig. registered envelope from the Lord Chamberlain addressed to Simon Barnes at the International Spinal Research Trust (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). The Works of Francis Bacon..., 4 vols., 1740, eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, 3 & 4, titles printed in red & black with some slight fraying to margins, slight worming to outer margins of vol. 2, contemp. calf, worn, leather torn and boards detached, folio (4)

Bible [English]. The Byble, that is to say all the Holy Scripture: in whych are co[n]tayned the Olde and New Testamente, Truly & Purely tra[n]slated into English, & nowe lately with Greate Industry & dilige[n]ce Recognised..., Imprynted at London by Jhon Daye... and William Seres, 1549, lacks general title and all before D3 (commences at fo.xxi), title to Apocrypha, second & third books present each with dec. woodcut borders, woodcut initials and few illusts. to text, few early mariginal notes and drawings etc., some pages torn with loss, incomplete at end and last leaf detached, many leaves misbound, contemp. calf over wooden boards with old repairs to leather, upper wooden board broken with part missing, binding near detached, folio. This volume is often called the “Bug Bible” due to the reference to “buuges” in Ps.xci.5. Herbert 74. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Binding. Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Opera qu¾ Extant Omnia: Exsola fere Codd. Mss. Fide Emendata..., J. Dunmore, 4 parts in one, 1681, addn. eng. title-page, first printed title strengthened to fore-margin, third and fourth parts continuously paginated and with no title to latter, lacking Dd2 (pp.203-4), a few leaves with extensive later marginalia, a.e.g., with gauffered borders, contemp. full red morocco, sl. rubbed, volute roll decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second compartment, remainder gilt panelled with volute cornerpieces and central lozenge, covers with gilt border composed of volute roll between dotted rolls, central triple fillet panel, with fleuron cornerpieces, large foliate wreath in centre, gilt roll to board edges, leather straps lacking metal fixings, thick folio (1)

Blake (William, illust.). The Grave, A Poem, by Robert Blair, Illustrated by Twelve Etchings Executed from Original Designs, to which is added a Life of the Author, pub. R. Ackermann, 1813, eng. port. of Blake, twelve eng. plts., incl. addn. eng. title, list of subscribers, orig. blind-stamped cloth, rubbed and some wear, backstrip partly deficient, damp-stained to covers, folio (1)

Frederick the Great. Recueil de Plans de Batailles, Sieges et Combats, arrives dans les expeditions memorables de la Guerre de Sept ans, pour servir ˆ l'intelligence des oeuvres posthumes de Frederic II, Roi de Prusse, Amsterdam & Strasbourg, J. G. Treuttel, 1789, printed title with eng. vign., 2 pp. list of plates, eighteen eng. battle plans, mostly with hand-colouring, mainly double-page, and including several folding, plus double-page eng. table, entitled Liste Generale des Troupes de Sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse, old ink stain to upper portion of inner guards (not affecting plates), later 19th c. cloth-backed marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, minor wear to edges, folio. An attractive military atlas, containing plans of Prague, Erfurt, Dresden, Breslau and elsewhere. (1)

Gesner (Conrad). Bibliotheca Universalis, sive Catalogus Omnium Scriptorum Locupletissimus, in Tribus Linguis, Latina, Graeca et Hebraica..., pub. Christophorum Froschouerum, Zurich, 1545, woodcut illust. to title, loss to title imprint and with repairs, leaf * 2 and last few leaves repaired to margins, some worm holes and trails (mostly at rear of volume), some soiling and marks mostly to first & last leaves, recent endpapers, late 18th/early 19th c. blind panelled reversed calf, neatly rebacked, folio. The compilation of bibliographical catalogues of books was attempted by St. Jerome who made lists of Christian writers and their works which were continued by Gennadius. Progress was made in the Middle Ages and in the late 15th c., notably by Johannes Trithemius, Abbot of Spanheim. These writers confined themselves to Christian literature. Gesner, the German-Swiss naturalist and polymath, attempted to describe all the existing books in Latin, Greek and Hebrew (not those in the vernacular) in a set of volumes. These were the earliest systematic 'book about books' to be published and they mark the beginning of modern critical bibliography. PMM 73; Adams G516. (1)

Illuminated manuscript. Officium Parvum Beatae Mariae Virginis, 2 vols., mid. 20th c., orig. illuminated manuscript, 56 and 47 leaves respectively, some decorated to one side only, on hand-made Fabbriano paper, with handwritten calligraphic text throughout, illuminated in gold and colours, incorporating birds, animals, flowers, and butterflies, some leaves unfinished, occn. marginal dust-soiling, first vol. in orig. gilt dec. blue morocco, contained in cloth slipcase, second vol. in orig. blindstamped brown morocco, spine faded, some markings to covers, folio Ex-libris Prinknash Abbey. (2)

[Kennett, White, Bishop of Peterborough]. A Complete History of England: with the Lives of all the Kings and Queens thereof; from the Earliest Account of Time, to the Death of His late Majesty King William III. Containing a Faithful Relation of all Affairs of State, Ecclesiastical and Civil..., 3 vols., 1706, eng. port. frontis. to each vol., few eng. port. plts., contemp. panelled calf, joints split and extrems. worn, folio (3)

Khevenhiller (Franz Christoph). Conterfet Kupfferstich (soviel man deren zu handen bringen Koennen) deren jenigen regierenden grossen herren, so von Kaysers Ferdinand dess Andern Geburt..., 2 vols., Leipzig, 1721-22, titles with engraved vignettes, 277 engraved portrait plates of royalty, nobility and other historical figures, numerous elaborate wood engraved illustrations in text, head pieces, initials and printer's devices, minor margnal wormholes to first few leaves vol.1, occasional light spotting and browning, small neat tape repair to verso of titles, contemporary calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover detached from vol. 1, upper joint weak vol. 2, rubbed and scuffed, small folio (2)

Krickel (G.). Das Deutsche Reichsheer in Seiner Neuesten Bekleidung und AusrŸstung, In Bild und Wort Dargestellt von G. Krickel und G. Lange, pub. H. Toussaint & Cie, Berlin, [1888], forty-five chromo. plts. of military costume, saddles and bridles, etc., numerous wood eng. illusts. to text, occasional light spotting, orig. gilt dec. cloth, edges lightly rubbed, oblong folio (1)

Le Feron (Jean). Catalogue des Noms, Surnoms, faits et vies, des connestables, grands maistres, changeliers, marischavx et admiravx de France, Paris, 1598, six parts in one vol., title in red and black with engraved vignette, 448 woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms on shields, scattered light spots, contemporary vellum, ties, one lacking, discolouration, folio (1)

[Moore (Edward, editor, and others)]. The World, for the Year 1753 [... 1754, 1755, 1756] By Adam Fitz-Adam, four vols. bound in two, Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1753-57, comprising a complete set of the 209 original issues, with general title-pages as above, with the appended “A World Extraordinary”, written by Horace Walpole under the pseudonym “Vandyke” and published in January 1757, and the “Index” to the whole, issued gratis, with the ownership inscription “Wade Caulfeild” on the first general title-page, slight soiling, possibly where previously folded, and browning, contemp. calf, gilt crowned monogram on each cover, a little rubbed, joints and extremities of spines neatly restored, new maroon leather labels, folio. With the exception of Nos. 18 and 37 (each four leaves) each issue consists of three leaves, unsigned, continuously paginated 1-1258. “The World” was a weekly periodical, appearing from 4 January 1753 to 30 December 1756. Each number has a drop-head title and colophon. Edward Moore, the editor, contributed 61 papers, the Earl of Chesterfield 24, Horace Walpole 9, Soame Jenyns 5, with other contributions by Sir Charles Hanbury Williams, Richard Owen Cambridge, John Tilson, and others. The last number, 209, describes a serious carriage accident to “Mr. Fitz-Adam”, and announces the end of “The World”. Moore died in March 1757. Rothschild 1455. Hazen p. 157. Rothschild's set lacked one issue, and Walpole's “A World Extraordinary”. (2)

[Perrault, Charles]. Courses de testes et de bague faites par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour, Paris, 1670, half title, engraved title, three double-page single image plates, ten single page plates, thirty equestrian illustrations, eighteen devices, text leaf Sss with tape repair to recto and verso, occasional dampstaining and thumbmarking, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt armorial, covers detached, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, 1621, eng. title (dated 1614) & eng. port. plt. present, 'The Minde of Front' facing eng. title, six folding eng. maps only, inc. one battle plans (lacks 1 map and 1 battle plan), colophon dated 1621, two maps with closed tears, slight fraying to margins of initial leaves, contemp. panelled calf, upper joint split and corners worn, folio STC 20639. (1)

Restout (Jean). Galerie Francoise, ou Portraits des hommes et des femmes celebres qui ont paru en France, 2 vols., Paris, 1771-72, half titles, titles with engraved vignette, forty engraved portrait plates, occasional light browning, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, with edge wear, folio (2)

Scudery (George de). Ibrahim, or the Illustrious Bassa, the Whole Work, in Four Parts, and now Englished by Henry Cogan, 1674, title soiled and browned, cut down and relaid with a little loss, final leaf cut down and relaid, some spotting and browning throughout, a few marginal repairs, lacks half-title?, recent antique-style half calf gilt, folio (1)

Beer (Georg Joseph). Lehre von den Augenkrankheiten, 2 vols., 2nd ed., Vienna, 1813-17, nine part-folding litho. plts., mostly hand-col., some spotting or light browning, contemp. boards, some spine wear, 8vo, together with Luisini (Luigi), Aphrodisiacus, sive de lue venerea..., enlarged corrected ed. [by Herman Boerhaave], 2 vols. in one, Leiden, 1728, titles printed in red and black, eng. plt. opposite col. 368, some marginal browning and light dampstaining at front and rear, ownership names to first title, contemp. calf gilt, sl. wear to extremities and short split at foot of upper joint, folio, plus other medical by Merkel and Stoll First and second items: Garrison Morton 5842 and 2372 (1566-67 edition). (10)

Lizars (John). A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, accompanied with descriptions and physiological and pathological and surgical observations, Edinburgh, 1839, 102 fine hand-coloured litho. plts., lacks plate 91 (female perineum), three further plates inserted from an earlier edition, eng. title and facing dedication leaf, somewhat soiled and dampstained at edges, a little scattered soiling, a.e.g., modern buckram, rubbed and soiled, faded on spine, folio (1)

Willis (Thomas). The Anatomy of the Brain [extraced from Willis's Practice of Physick, 1684], pp. (4), 45-158, thirteen eng. plts., some browning, occn. heavy, old waterstain to lower margin of last few leaves, without separate title (as published), recent half calf gilt, slim folio The second appearance in English of this classic work. (1)

Alpatov (M.V.). Early Russian Icon Painting, Moscow, 1978, text in Russian and English, numerous col. plts., orig. cloth in sl. rubbed d.j., folio, together with other various art reference, including Russian art interest, Pelican History of Art series, etc. (2 cartons)

Cartier-Bresson (Henri). The Europeans, 1st US ed., 1955, b & w photographic illuts. throughout, orig. pictorial boards with design by Miro, extrems. sl. rubbed, spine ends frayed, with sl. loss at head, caption booklet loosely inserted, folio, together with two books about Cartier-Bresson (3)

Cartier-Bresson (Henri). The Decisive Moment, 1st US ed., New York, 1952, b & w photographic illusts. throughout, orig. pictorial boards with design by Matisse, spine ends sl. chipped, in d.j., repeating Matisse design, spine sl. browned, and with some loss at ends, a few edge tears and chips, mostly to flap folds, remains of orig. glassine wrapper, captions booklet loosely inserted, folio (1)

Cescinsky (Herbert, and Gribble, Ernest R.). Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 1st ed., 2 vols., 1922, coloured frontispiece plate to each vol., half-tone plates and illustrations, original cloth, spines with calf labels, rubbed with losses, discoloured, t.e.g., folio, together with. Ramsey (Stanley), Small Houses of the Late Georgian Period, 1750-1820, 2 vols., 3rd ed. vol. I, 1st ed. vol. II, 1923-24, plates and illustrations, first two leaves vol. II with marginal paperclip impressions, original cloth gilt, vol. I spine faded, rubbed, folio, plus five other books including Reginald Myer's Chats on Old English Tobacco Jars, c. 1929, Cornelia Faraday's European and American Carpets and Rugs, 1929 and M. Jourdain's English Decorative Plasterwork of the Renaissance c. 1926 (9)

Chambers (William). Desseins des Edifices, Meubles, Habits, Machines et Ustenciles des Chinois, London, 1757, eighteen engraved plates (of 21), lacking plates 1, 3 & 11, some occasional light spotting and dampstaining, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Dodgson (Campbell). The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, pub. The Studio, 1922, b & w plts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. full vellum gilt in plain d.j. (latter creased), contained in orig. cloth portfolio gilt, lacking ties, folio Limited edition, 180/200 copies. (1)