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Dugdale (Sir William). Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries and Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, with their Dependencies, in England and Wales; also of all such Scotch, Irish, and French Monasteries as were in any Manner Connected with Religious Houses in England, 6 vols. in seven, pub. James Bohn, 1846, num. eng. plts. some double-page, library ink stamps to half-titles and library labels to front pastedowns, some scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed to extrems., thick folio (7)

Lysons (Samuel). A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, 1st ed., 1804, 110 eng. plts (a few hand-col.), plus twenty extra (suppressed or cancelled) plts. at rear, some minor scattered spotting, mainly to margins, contemp. half calf, recently rebacked, tall folio (1)

Prince (John, Vicar of Berry-Pomeroy). Danmonii Orientales Illustres: Or, the Worthys of Devon. A Work, wherein the Lives and Fortunes of the most Famous Divines, Statesmen, Swordsmen, Physicians, Writers, and other Eminent Persons, Natives of that most Noble Province ..., are memoriz'd in an Alphabetical Order ..., 1st ed., Exeter, 1701, woodcut armorials to text, title and initial leaves torn and repaired, some browning throughout and few printed marginal notes close-trimmed, early 19th c. half calf, joints cracked and some wear to extrems., folio, together with Horsfield (Rev. T.W.), The History and Antiquities of Lewes and its Vicinity, pub. Sussex Press, 1824, folding litho frontis., wood eng. vignette title, folding eng. map, litho plts., upper outer corner of title excised, dedication leaf cut without loss, later qtr. cloth, 4to (2)

Sammes (Aylett). Britannia Antiqua Illustrata: Or, The Antiquities of Ancient Britain, derived from the Phoenicians: wherein the original trade of this Island is discovered, the names of places, offices, dignities, as likewise the idolatry, language, and customs of the primitive inhabitants are clearly demonstrated ..., vol. 1 [all published], 1676, vignette title printed in red and black, double-page eng. map of Europe, engs. to text, contemp. half calf, upper board detached, slight wear to extrems., folio. Bookplate of Charles Bathurst, Lydney Park. Wing S535. (1)

Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and the Parts Adjacent..., by a Society of Gentlemen, the Whole revised, corrected & improved..., 1784, eng. frontis., two folding maps (one torn with loss), 102 eng. plts. & plans (2 torn with loss), p.487/488 torn with slight loss, some spotting and light dust soiling to few leaves, contemp. calf, boards detached and lacks spine, folio (1)

Trench (Sir Frederick William). Lithographic Sketch of the North Bank of the Thames, from Westminster Bridge to London Bridge, shewing the Proposed Quay, January 1825, 2 pp. letterpress text, ten hand coloured litho. panoramic views, lacking the folding map, some marginal fraying and toning, contents loose in orig. paper wrappers with label to upper cover, strengthened to spine, oblong folio (1)

Wilkinson (Robert). Londina Illustrata. Graphic and Historic Memorials of Monasteries, Churches, Chapels, Schools, Charitable Foundations, Palaces, Halls, Courts, Processions, Places of Early Amusement and Modern & Present Theatres in the Cities and Suburbs of London & Westminster, 2 vols., 1819-25, eng. title to each, numerous eng. plts., incl. some double-page, some light embrowning, t.e.g., mid 19th c. red half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio. Notable for a series of plates illustrating London's 'Ancient & Modern Theatres', including the Southwark Bear Garden, Bankside Globe and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. (2)

Wood (Anthony). Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Education in the most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford..., 2 vols. in one, 2nd ed., corrected & enlarged, 1721, titles printed in red & black, contemp. calf, joints and spine split, extrems. worn, folio, together with Wood (Anthony), Athenae Oxonienses. An Exact History of all the Writers and Bishops who have had their Eductaion in the University of Oxford..., 4 vols., new edition, with additions, and a continuation by Philip Bliss, 1813-20, edges untrimmed, recent qtr. cloth, 4to, with Tanner (Thomas), Notitia Monastica: or an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, heretofore in England and Wales, and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, 1744, eng. port. frontis and three heraldic plts., some spotting and light browning throughout, worm hole to fore-edge margin of initial 30 leaves and worm trail to fore-edge margin of final 50 leaves, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked, board edges rubbed, folio (6)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st ed., 1597, lacking title and several other leaves at the front and rear of the volume, numerous woodcut illusts. to text throughout, later half calf, inner hinges split and wear to extrems., folio. Sold with all faults. Not subject to return. (1)

Hill (John). The British Herbal: an History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty, 1756, frontis. and 75 uncoloured engraved plates, damp affecting first few leaves and final fifty leaves with some considerable fraying and paper disintegration, recent full blindstamped calf, folio, together with Miller (Philip), The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary, 5th ed., 1763, frontis. and twelve engraved plates (some folding), last few leaves damaged with paper repairs, contemp. calf, rebacked, 4to. Sold with all faults. Not subject to return. (2)

* Jackson (Frederick John & Sclater, W.L.). The Birds of Kenya Colony and the Uganda Protectorate, 3 vols., 1st eds., 1938, port. frontis. to vol. 1, twenty-four col. plts. (complete), b & w illusts. to text, large folding map, t.e.g., remainder rough trimmed, orig buckram gilt, spines faded, and each with small circular stickers denoting vol. no., large 8vo, together with Bannerman (David Armitage), The Birds of Tropical West Africa, with Special Reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and Nigeria, vols. 1-4 (of 8), 1930, col. plts. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth, spines sl. faded, large 8vo, plus Hall (P.B., and Moreau, R.E.), An Atlas of Speciation in African Passerine Birds, 1970, maps throughout, half of one leaf excised and rejoined with sellotape, orig. cloth, sl. faded, folio, plus two others similar. All from the library of eminent ornithologist Professor Hilary Fry, and most with his notes and annotations. (10)

Stearn (William T.). The Australian Flower Paintings of Ferdinand Bauer, introduction by Wilfrid Blunt, Basilisk Press, 1976, twenty-five fine mounted colour reprods., orig. qtr. dark green morocco with marbled boards, contained in orig. drop-over cloth bookbox, atlas folio. Limited edition 485/515. (1)

Stern (F.C.). A Study of the Genus Paeonia, pub. Royal Horticultural Society, 1946, b & w illusts. to text, fifteen col. illusts., t.e.g., orig. cloth, some soiling, folio (1)

Skelton (R.A.). County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703, pub. 1970, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Baum (R.K.), Antique Maps of Leicestershire, 1972, folding plates, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and The Map Collector, issues 18-36, 39-48, 1982-89, orig. wrappers, folio, plus other map reference by Tooley, Skelton, Lister, etc., many in d.j's (2 cartons)

* Gould (John). Yunx torquilla (Wryneck); Pelida bonapartei (White-rumped Sandpiper); Actiturus bartramius (Upland Sandpiper); Anthus pratensis (Meadow Pipit); Hydrocoloeus minutus (Little Gull); Nucifraga caryocatactes (Nutcracker), c.1870s, together six fine hand-coloured lithos., folio (6)

Kingsley (David). Printed Maps of Sussex 1575-1900, Sussex Record Society, 1982, b & w plates, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Nebenzahl (Kenneth), Maps of the Bible Lands. Images of Terra Sancta through Two Millennia, 1986, colour plates, orig. cloth in d.j., folio, plus others similar, mostly large coffee table books on maps and atlases in dust wrappers (approx. 40)

Russia. Lapie (Amexandre Emile), Carte de la Russie d'Europe, avec l'Empire d'Autriche, la Suede, le Danemark et la Norwege, la Prusse, le Grand Duche de Varsovie, les Provinces Illyriennes, et une Partie de la Cofederation du Rhin et de la Turquie d'Europe, 1812, large engraved map on six separate sheets, hand coloured in outline, the whole 1635 x 1620 mm, contained in contemp. half calf binding with marbled boards and leather label to upper cover, rubbed and marked, folio (1)

The Illustrated London News, vols. 20 & 21, January-December 1852, b&w wood-eng. illusts., including many folding, full-page, etc., folding panorama of Rome, some marks and occn. minor defects (contents generally in good condition), later qtr. maroon cloth, rubbed and scuffed, folio (2)

Illustrated London News, 4 vols., July 1910-June 1912, Jan-June 1912 volume containg numerous Titanic related articles and photographs including a full-page advert for Vinolia Otto Toilet Soap, diagrams of the ship, photos. of survivors, etc., plus photos. and articles relating to Amundsen and Scott's South Pole expeditions, etc., all in orig. publishers gilt dec. red cloth, folio (4)

Illustrated London News, vol. 8, Jan-June, 1846; vol. 15, July-Dec, 1849; vol. 26, Jan-June, 1855; vols. 28 & 29, June-Dec, 1856, vol. 32, Jan-June, 1858 (2 copies); vol. 34, Jan-June, 1859; vol. 49, July-Dec, 1861; vol. 51, July-Dec, 1862; vol. 43, July-Dec, 1863; vols. 60 & 61, Jan-Dec, 1872; vol. 63, July-Dec, 1873; vols. 60-65, Jan 1872-Dec 1874 (part vols. only), together 15 vols., num. wood engs., some folding, mixed bindings (mostly orig. pubs. gilt dec. cloth), folio (15)

* Armenian letter, probably from Isfahan (New Julfa) in Persia, to Hayrapet di Martiri, Armenian merchant in Venice, c. 1700, two pages incl. integral address panel and remains of seal, folio (1)

Dublin Gazette. Collection of eleven separate issues for 1795, containing the printing of over fifty various proclamations including, the transportation of criminals to America, listing of bounties offered for able bodied seamen enlisting, embargo on all ships and vessels in Ireland, rewards for the arrest of mob attackers in Dublin, division of the various districts of Ireland, various reward proclamations for those guilty of armed attacks, murder etc., each one leaf, folio (11)

London Gazette. Collection of eleven original issues dating from 1674 to 1675, each one leaf, folio. The London Gazette was the world's first ever newspaper. (11)

* Scrap album. A good Victorian scrap album, c.1850s, including watercolour and pencil views including Saltwood Castle, Hythe, Derbyshire, Sevenoaks, etc. (mostly approx. 18 x 24 cm), plus portraits, costumes, some prints and engravings, contained in worn contemp. binding, folio (1)

Antoninus (Marcus Aurelius). The Emperor Marcus Antoninus His Conservation with Himself. Together with the Preliminary Discourse of the Learned Gateker..., Translated into English... by Jeremy Collier, 1701, eng. port. frontis., occ. minor spotting, contemp. panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, together with Kett (Henry), History. The Interpreter of Profhecy, or, a View of Scriptural Prophecies and their Accomplshment in the Past and Present Occurrences of the World. With Conjectures Respecting their Future Completion, 2 vols., 4th ed., 1801, slight worming to last few leaves in vol. 1, contemp. half calf, gilt, 8vo, with Lavoisier (Antoine Laurent), A New Genealogical, Historical, and Chronological Atlas; being a Complete Guide to History, both Ancient and Modern..., 1807, thirty-six hand-col. historical & chronological tables, contemp. red half morocco gilt, title label to upper board, extrems. rubbed, folio, plus eight other antiquarian vols. (12)

Cyprian (D. Caecilius). Opera, Paris, Sebastianum Nivellium, 1574, title with large printer's woodcut device, double-column text, small woodcut initials, some spotting and occn. light browning, later calf, rubbed and somewhat worn, folio, together with Aquinas (St. Thomas), Summa Totius Theologiae, Antwerp, Baptistam Bellamgambam, 1626, title with large woodcut coat of arms, double-column text, occn. marks and final leaf with small tear without loss to centre of leaf, later calf, worn with joints cracked, folio, plus Tertullian (Quintus Septimus Florentis), Opera, ed. Nicolai Rigaltii, Paris, 1634 (2 copies), both contemp. calf, one with modern reback and edges renewed, and other theology, mostly Church Fathers, including St. Anselm Opera, Paris, 1721, Justini Philosophi et Martyri, Opera, Paris, 1742, Laymann, Theologia Moralis, Munich, 1634, Marchantio, Hortus Pastorum, Venice, 1667, etc (11)

Dore (Edmund). The Dore Gallery: Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings... with Memoir of Dore, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress, by Edmund Ollier, n.d., c. 1870s, num. full-page wood-engs., a.e.g., contemp. blind-panelled and gilt dec. crimson morocco, rubbed and some wear to extrems., thick 4to, together with La Sainte Bible, traduction nouvelle selon la bulgate par Mm. J.J. Bourasse et P. Janvier, 2 vols., Tours, 1866, num. wood-engs. by Gustave Dore, orig. gilt dec. cloth, both backstrips detached, large folio, plus Milton's Paradise Lost, edited, with Notes and a Life of Milton, by Robert Vaughan, n.d., c. 1870, num. wood-engs. by Gustave Dore, a.e.g., contemp. crimson half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, folio, and five others with illusts. by Dore (9)

Douglas (Sir Robert, of Glenbervie). The Baronage of Scotland; Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Gentry of that Kingdom..., Edinburgh, 1798, half-title, some minor scattered spotting, marbled endpapers and edges, mid 19th c. calf, gilt dec. spine, folio. A second volume was planned, but never published. (1)

Douglas (Sir Robert, of Glenbervie). The Peerage of Scotland: Containing an Historical and Genealogical Account of the Nobility of that Kingdom, from their Origin to the Present Generation..., 2 vols., 2nd ed., revised and corrected, with a Continuation to the Present Period by John Philip Wood, Edinburgh, 1813, seventeen eng. plts. of coat-of-arms, occn. light spotting, mid 19th c. calf, sl. rubbed, gilt dec. spines with contrasting labels, folio (2)

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 3rd ed., printed by Roger Daniel, Cambridge, 1647, addn. copper eng. title (dusty), printed title with woodcut border, 'A declaration of the frontispiece' (signed J.C.) facing eng. title, without the folding map of the Holy Land, woodcut initial letters and head and tail-pieces, first few leaves creased to upper outer corner, bound with The Holy State, 2nd ed., enlarged, printed by R.D. for John Williams, Cambridge, 1648, letterpress engs., woodcut initial letters and head and tail-pieces, endpapers renewed, contemp. speckled calf, gilt dec. spine (rubbed) with title label, spine ends and corners crudely repaired, folio. Wing F2438 & F2444. (1)

Gestel (Cornelius van). Historia Sacra et Profana Archiepiscopatus Mechliniensis; sive Descriptio Archi-Diocesis illius; item Urbium, Oppidorum, Pagorum, Dominiorum, Monasteriorum, Castellorumque sub ea, 2 vols. in 1, Hagae Comitum, apud Christianum van Lom, 1725, half-title present, title-page to vol. 1 printed in red and black, large folding map, thirteen eng. plts., seven of them folding, and nine eng. ports., errata leaf present at the end, some staining in the upper margins, slight dust-soiling, contemp. sprinkled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, joints cracked, folio, Theresa of Avila (Saint), Les Oeuvres de Sainte Therese, Divise'es en Deux Parties, de la Traduction Monsieur Arnauld d'Andilly, 2 parts in 1, Paris, 1696, eng. vign. title and full page eng. portrait of St. Theresa, head-pieces, etc., near-contemp. full calf, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, 4to, plus other various folios, mostly 17th to 19th c., including Breviarium Benedictinum ex Romano restitutum, Rorschach, 1614, Graduale Monastico-Benedictinum, Brussels, 1784 (title torn with loss), various theological and other dictionaries, including some incomplete sets, all leather-bound or similar, folio. First item: Ex libris John Basil Lowder Tolhurst. (25)

Herodotus. Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarum libri IX, ed. L. C. Valckenarii & Petrus Wesselingius, accedunt praeter vitam Homeri ..., Amsterdam, 1763, half-title, eng. frontis., title printed in red and black with eng. vign., later full calf, gilt dec. spine with red morocco label, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, folio, together with Lucian. Opera omnia quae extant, ed. I. Bourdelotius, Paris, 1615, title printed in red and black with large wooduct printers device (some soiling), dedication leaf with some marginal fraying, small pp. 1103-04 with outer corner torn away but still present, later full calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, upper joint cracked, repaired at head and foot of spine, folio, plus Tacitus (C. Cornelius), Opera quae exstant, ed. Justus Lipsius, Antwerp, Plantin, 1607, title with printer's vign. eng., colophon leaf at end, with woodcut to verso, contemp. calf, worn, folio (3)

[Locke, John]. An Essay concerning Humane Understanding, In Four Books, Printed [by Elizabeth Holt] for Tho[mas] Basset, 1st ed., 2nd issue, 1690, cancel title within double-rule border, eng. of Locke's monument (bound in as frontis.) and eng. port. of Locke, both from other works, loosely inserted, light browning to title with tiny loss to lower outer corner, scattered light spotting or soiling, sm. acid holes to leaves P3, 2H3, 2O1 and 2R3 minor damage to a few letters, a.e.g., ex libris Foyle Library with bookplate to front pastedown, blue straight-grained morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, minor rubbing, upper joint very tender, folio (324 x 197 mm). PMM 164; Wing L2739. Second issue with cancel title containing the inverted SS of Essay, the type ornament composed of twenty-three pieces, with the dedication undated, and without Elizabeth Holt's name in imprint. (1)

Missals. Missale Cartusiani ordinis, ex ordinatione capituli generalis, anno domini MDCII celebrati, sub R.P.D. Brunone Daffringues, Paris, 1603, title printed in red and black, with eng. full length portrait of St. Bruno, cropped to top margin, just touching first word of title, text printed in red and black throughout, numerous large woodcut initials, one or two minor repairs, contemp. calf, worn with portion missing to head and foot of spine, string showing, folio, together with Caeremoniale Episcoporum iussu Clementis VIII Pont. Max. reformatum, Paris, 1633, eng. title (a little soiled and marginal marks), printed in red and black throughout, numerous engraved illusts., initials, etc., contemp. calf, some wear, mainly to edges and extrems., folio, plus five other folios, similar, including Missale Romanum, Rome, 1662, Missale Sanctae Ecclesiae Trecensis, ed. J. B. Bossuet, 1736 (bound in attractive 19th c. gilt dec green full morocco), and a manuscript Officium Septem Dolorum B. M. Virginis ad vesperas Antiphona, dated 1773 (7)

Pagi (Antoine). Critica Historico-Chronologica in Universos Annales Ecclesiasticos Eminentissimi & Reverendissimi Caesaris Cardinalis Baronii..., 4 vols., Antwerp, 1705, titles printed in red & black, with woodcut illust., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints cracked and some wear, spines lacking title labels, folio. From the library of Prinknash Abbey. (4)

Pontifical. Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII Primum; Nunc Denuo Urbani VIII Auctoritate Recognitum, Rome, 1645, eng. title (detached, damp stained and frayed), printed in red & black throughout with musical notation, final leaf with printers woodcut device, some damp staining throughout, contemp. sheep, cardinal gilt armorial to centre of both boards, upper board detached, worn, folio, together with Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII primum; nunc denuo Urbani VIII auctoritate recognitum, three parts bound in one, Paris, 1664, engraved title, numerous eng. illusts., text printed in red and black, contemp. mottled calf, worn, folio, plus Missale Carnotense, ed. Joannis-Baptistae-Josephi de Lubersac, 1782, eng. frontis. after Cochin, title printed in red and black, single eng. plate, contemp. mottled calf, gilt dec. spine with raised bands, heavily rubbed, upper joint sl. split at head and foot, folio, and three others similar (Missale Tolosanum, pub. Toulouse, 1783, Missale Sanctae Ambianensis Ecclesiae, Amiens, 1752 & Missale Constantiense, pub. Constance, 1839), all bound in contemp. calf, rubbed and a little wear, folio (6)

Poole (Matthew). Synopsis Criticorum Aliorumque S. Scripturae interpretum, 4 vols. bound in five, London, J. Flesher & T. Roycroft, 1st ed., 1669-76, double-column text, contemp. mottled calf, worn with joints partly cracked, large folio, together with Thomassin (Louis), Ancienne et Nouvelle Discipline de l'Eglise, touchant les beneficies et les beneficiers, 3 vols., Paris, 1725, titles printed in red and black, double-column text, contemp. full calf, gilt dec. spines, stained and some wear, folio, plus other theological folios, including Sacrorum Conciliorum nova, et amplissima collectio ..., 30 vols., 1759-92, and Concordantiae sacrorum bibliorum hebraicorum ..., 4 vols., 1747-49, all leather-bound, mostly similar. First item: Wing P2853. (50)

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul de). The History of England... Translated into English, with Additional Notes, by N. Tindal, 4 vols. in five, 3rd ed., 1743-47, eng. port. frontis. to each, eng. plts. and maps (inc. some double-page), contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, joints weak and some wear to bindings, some title labels lacking, folio (5)

Rowe (Nicholas). Lucan's Pharsalia. Translated into English Verse, pub. 1718, eng. frontis. and vignette title, folding eng. map, few eng. head & tailpieces, occ. scattered spotting, contemp. calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, leather torn and worn, lacks title label, folio (1)

Rupert. Opera Omnia, 3 vols., Cologne, 1677, some browning, contemp. vellum, a little soiled and third vol. torn to foot of spine without loss, together with Gattula (Erasmus), Historia Abbatiae Cassinensis, Venice, 1733, title with eng. vign., twelve (of 13) plates, lacking plate 6, contemp. full vellum, folio, plus other vellum-bound theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, mainly folio (43)

Sandys (George). Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologiz'd, and Represented in figures. An Essay to the Translation of Virgils Aeneis by G.S., printed by J.L. for Andrew Hebb, 1640, addn. eng. title and frontis. (lower inner margins & part image affected by ink burn, with some loss), eng. frontis. excised to upper margin, fifteen eng. plts., ink burn & fraying to inner & fore-edge margins of initial leaves of text, lacks leaf 2G3, 18th c. calf, boards detached, folio. STC 18968. (1)

Virgilius Maro (Publius). Opera, 2 vols., pub. Bodoni, Parma, 1793, some marginal finger-soiling, vol. 1 with front free endpaper detached, untrimmed, contemp. orange, blue, and green marbled paper boards, rubbed and worn, vol. 2 lacking most of spine, folio. Brooks 486; Dibdin II, p.562; Graesse VII, p.344. Described by Graesse as 'a magnifique impression, quoique incorrecte', by Dibdin as 'sumptuous', and by H.C. Broks as 'bellissima'. Dibdin believed that only 175 copies were printed. (2)

Weever (John). Ancient Funeral Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands Adiacent..., 1631, addn. eng. title (close-trimmed to image and laid-down), woodcuts to text, lacks port. frontis. (as often), late 18th c. half calf, joints cracked and slight wear to extrems., small folio. STC 25223. (1)

Agricola (Georgius). De Re Metallica libri XII Quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia denique ad Metallicam spectantia..., 2nd Latin ed., pub. Froben, Basle, 1561, printer's woodcut device to title and colophon leaf verso at rear, two engraved plates (between h6/i1 and i2/3) incl. one part folding, and 273 mostly full-p. woodcuts in the text, by R. Deutsch after B. Wefring, occ. minor marginal pencil marks and notes, some scattered very monor spotting or soiling and light dampstaining to marginal extremities, old manuscript note in Latin by FB on (later) front free endpaper indicating that they bought the book in Verona on 23rd May 1656, bookplate of William Henry Fitton, MD, marbled edges, 19th-c. calf, covers det. and spine deficient, folio (page size 328 x 220 mm). Adams A350. PMM 79 (1st ed., 1556). A very clean and fresh copy. William Henry Fitton, 1780-1861, physician and geologist, was born in Dublin and studied at Trinity College. He published various works on mineralogy and in 1815 he was elected FRS and, in 1816, a member of the Geological Society and FRCS. (1)

Agricola (Georgius). De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556... by Herbert Clark Hoover and Lou Henry Hoover, pub. Mining Magazine, 1912, b & w illusts. throughout, scattered minor soiling, small ink numer stamp to title, pages partly uncut and unopened, orig. parchment boards, sl. rubbed and soiled, folio (1)

Ammon (Friedrich August von). De iritide, Commentatio... , Liepzig, 1838, two folding hand-col. plts. at rear, orig. boards with printed paper label to upper cover, rubbed and soiled, some spine wear, slim 4to, together with Liebreich (Richard), Atlas der Ophthalmoscopie... , 2nd enlarged and revised ed., Berlin, 1870, twelve chromo. plts., hinges broken and contents detached, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, somewhat soiled, plus Magnus (Hugo), Ophthalmoscopiscar Atlas, Liepzig, 1872, fourteen chromo. plts., orig. cloth-backed printed boards, broken on spine and contents detached, both folio. Second item: Garrison Morton 5892 (1st ed., 1863). (3 )

Boyle (Robert). The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle... to which is prefixed the Life of the Author, 5 vols., 1744, eng port. frontis., eng. vignette title to each, fifteen folding eng. plts., some worm holes to margins of vols. 1 & 3, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spines, leather torn on joints and corners etc., bindings worn, folio. Fulton 240. (5)

Cheatle (G. Lenthal & Cutler, Max). Tumours of the Breast, Their Pathology, Symptons, Diagnosis and Treatment, 1st ed., 1931, tinted and b & w illusts., lib. stamps to title verso and final page (somewhat creased and soiled), orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, small folio, together with Velpeau (Alfred), A Treatise on Diseases of the Breast and Mammary Region, Sydenham Society, 1856, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. damp-stained, plus Handley (W. Sampson), Cancer of the Breast and its Treatment, 2nd ed., 1922, tinted and b & w illusts. incl. some folding, ink lib. stamps to title verso and final page, author's presentation inscription to front endpaper, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, both 8vo, plus others related. Garrison Morton 5784, 5771 (French edition) & 5782 respec. (7)

Le Dran (Henry-Francois). Traite ou Reflexions tirees de la Pratique sur les playes d'armes a feu, 1st ed., Paris, 1737, signed on title by author (as usual), a little soiling, recent calf, small 8vo, together with Army Medical Department, Further Papers, House of Commons, 1810, 19 pp., stitched as issued, some marginal soiling, slim folio, plus four later items of military medical interest. First item: Garrison Morton 2149. (6)

Lipen (Martin). Bibliotheca realis medica, omnium materiarum, rerum, et titulorum, in universa medicina occurrentium..., 1st ed., Frankfurt am Main, 1679, eng. frontis., some spotting or light browning throughout, contemp. vellum, soiled, spine worn, folio. A comprehensive and well-printed early bibliography of medicine, arranged by subject and containing numerous cross references as well as a long and detailed author index. Garrison Morton 6744.1; Heirs of Hippocrates 580; Krivatsky 7040. (1)

Marcellus, Empiricus. De medicamentis empiricis, physicis, ac rationalibus liber ante mille ac ducentos plus minus annos scriptus...., Item Claudii Galeni libri novem..., Basel: Hieronymus Froben, 1536, first part (Marcellus) only, short worm hole to title foremargin, old ink inscriptions at foot of title, subsequently deleted and with resultant paper loss from ink acid burns, noit affecting text but marks to following two leaves, bound with Manardo (Giovanni, 1462-1536), Epistolarum Medicinalium libri duodeuiginti, Basel: [Johann Bebel], 1535, bound with Constantine, the African, Opera, conquisita undique magno studio..., [vol. 1 of 2], Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1536[-39], each with printer's woodcut device to title and last two with device to final page, woodcut initials, some spotting throughout and scattered old marginalia, third work lacks signature O (six leaves), contemp. blind-stamped vellum over wood boards with Roman figure, cherub and floral designs, initials HC to upper cover, heavily rubbed, sl. wear and lacking clasps, folio. Adams M522 (both parts), M315 and C2549 (vol. 1) respec. Constantine: Garrison Morton 46 (both vols.). (1)

Pharmacy. A group of ten apothecary and pharmacy Acts of Parliament, all 19th c., including The Apothecaries Act, 1815, The Pharmacy Act, 1852, and The Poisoned Act, 1868, all disbound and several with staples to inner margins, folio (10)

Riviere (Lazare). Opera Medica Universa ..., editio ultima, auctior et correctior, illust. J. D. Horstio ..., ex recemsione J. J. Dobelii, Frankfurt, 1674, eng. port. frontis. and vign. title (both leaves somewhat soiled and repaired at fore-margins), some spotting and damp staining throughout, marginal worming, not affecting text, partially interleaved with blanks, contemp. calf, rebacked and corners restored, folio. Garrison Morton 2727 (this edition). (1)

Schenck von Grafenberg (Johannes). Observationum medicarum rariorum, libri VII, in quibus nova, abdita, admirabilia, monstrosaque exempla, circa anatomen..., Frankfurt, 1665, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, light browning throughout, marginal dampstaining to first and last leaves, later vellum, a little soiled, folio. Garrison Morton 2272 (1600 edition): 'Schenck was the greatest compiler of his day. His Observationes form the earliest sourcebook for the pathological observations of Sylvius, Vesalius, and Columbus, and represent a life-time of medical reading and experience.' (1)

[Vivisection]. Report of the Royal Commission on the Practice of Subjecting Live Animals to Experiments for Scientific Purposes, with Minutes of Evidence and Appendix, HMSO, 1876, xxiii + 388 pp., lib. blind-stamp to title, modern library buckram, rubbed, folio. The inadequacy of Martin's Act of 1822 for the protection of animals and Miss Cobbe's anti-vivisection crusade led to a call for new legislation and resulted in the Royal Commission of Enquiry. The subsequent vivisection act 1876 gave protection to experimental workers and was an important landmark in the history of British pathology and physiology and led to the formation of the Physiological Society. The six Commissioners included T.H. Huxley and Sir John Erichson, fifty-nine mostly medical men gave evidence, including Charles Darwin (Freeman 1275), David Ferrier, Michael Foster and Joseph Lister. (1)

Wilson (Erasmus). Portraits of Diseases of the Skin, c. 1850, forty-eight fine col. litho. plts. with accompanying letterpress, some soiling and several tears and repairs, mostly marginal and largely not affecting text or images, contemp. half calf, some wear, upper cover detached, together with another copy with forty-one plts. only, some tears and repairs, contemp. half calf, covers detached and spine deficient, plus Atlas of Illustrations of Pathology... for the New Sydenham Society, 1877, num. col. and uncol. litho. plts., lacks pp. 43-46 of Fascicule 4 and whole of fascicule 9, plt. 29 of Fascicule 6 damaged, plus An Atlas of Illustrations of Clinical Medicine, Surgery and Pathology Compiled for the New Sydenham Society, 27 parts, 1907, num. col. and uncol. litho. plts., some dups., orig. printed wrappers, some torn or deficient, all folio, plus a small group of medical drawings and prints. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (-)

Folio Society publications, 25 vols. from the Trollope Edition and 10 vols. from the Dickens Edition, c.1980s-90s, illusts., orig. cloth in slipcases, 8vo. The Dickens volumes each have handwritten library numbers to the copyright page. (35)

Nicholson (William). Twelve Portraits, Heinemann, 1899, ten (of twelve) mounted col. plts. (lacking Queen Victoria and Lord Roberts), some light foxing, mostly to blank margins, The Archbishop of Canterbury lacking mount and with sl. loss at lower blank corners, foxed title-page and contents leaf torn and frayed to edges, contained loose as issued in orig. cloth portfolio, rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, sq. folio. Includes portraits of Sarah Bernhardt, Cecil Rhodes, Sir Henry Irving, Rudyard Kipling and James McNeill Whistler. (1)

Chauncy (Sir Henry). The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire..., 1st ed., 1700, eng. port. frontis. and six eng. plts. only, lacks map, a.e.g., contemp. calf, lacks upper board, lower board detached, folio, together with [Swift, Jonathan], A Tale of a Tub, 5th ed., 1710, engfrontis. and six eng. plts. only (of 7), contemp. calf, joint cracked, 8vo, plus other misc. 18th/19th c. antiquarian (a carton)

Livingstone (David). The History of Southern & Central Africa: Its Topography, Geography, Natural Productions, Etc. Also the Life, Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries of David Livingstone, and the Explorations of Barth, Speke and Grant, Baker, Schweinfurth, Moffat, Stanley, Cameron, and Distinguished Travellers of and Earlier Period, pub. Charles H. Calvert, Southampton, 1877, col. frontis. and addn. title, tinted litho. plts., some spotting, a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. morocco with brass edging and twin clasps, a little rubbed and some minor wear, thick 4to, together with The Art-Union Monthly Journal of the Arts, 1848, The Art Journal, 1867 & 1868, steel-engs., contemp. half morocco/half calf, gilt dec. spines, a little worn, 4to & folio, plus The Graphic, An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper, vol. 47, Jan-June, 1893, num. b & w illusts. and ads., several col. plts. by Phil May, title torn and incomplete, contemp. cloth, worn, backstrip deficient, folio, and others, mostly late-19th century, including children's annuals, etc. (3 cartons)