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Click here to subscribePost Office. Report from the Committee who were Appointed to Consider the Agreement made with Mr Palmer [John Palmer, 1742-1818] for the Reform and Improvement of the Post Office, and its Revenue, Etc., 1797, 260 pp., several folding tables, contemp. half calf gilt, rear cover detached, folio, with a small group of twentieth-century publications on stamps, postmarks and related (a carton)
Tastu (Amable). Education Matermulle. Simples Lecons d'une Mere a ses Enfants, Paris, 1843, tinted litho. frontis., folding hand-col. eng. maps, num. b & w illusts. to text, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, tall 8vo, together with Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Opera, cum Indicibus et Variis Lectionibus, 10 vols., Oxford, 1783, untrimmed, orig. grey paper wrappers, soiled and torn, 4to, plus Wood (Thomas), An Institute of the Laws of England... , 10th ed., 1772, title detached and some worming to fore-edge margins, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, folio, and Sheppard (William), The Touch-Stone of Common Assurances: or, A Plain and Familiar Treatise, Opening the Learning of the Common Assurances of Conveyances of the Kingdom, 5th ed., 1784, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, folio, plus Williams (Thomas Walter), A Digest of the Statute Law, being an Abridgment of all the Public Acts of Parliament now in Force... , 3 vols., 1791-1803, contemp. half calf, upper joint of vol. 3 detached, spine and extrems. rubbed, 4to, (Bookplate of Prinknash Abbey Library), and other misc. antiquarian, etc. incl. three 19th-century albums of crests, etc. (4 cartons)
Upton (Florence K. and Bertha). The Golliwogg's Polar Adventures, new ed., 1903, previous owners inscription on title, num. col. illusts., a few leaves loose and slightly frayed at edges, orig. linen-backed pict. boards, soiled and some wear, oblong 8vo, together with Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, Conducted by William & Robert Chambers, nos. 1-52 (including Supplement, Containing the Life of Sir Walter Scott), pub. Edinburgh, 1833, contemp. half morocco gilt, some wear, folio, with other juvenile and illustrated works, including Boy's Own Annual and Girl's Own Annual, etc. (a carton)
Baker (Nicholson and Brentano, Margaret). The World on Sunday. Graphic Art in Joseph Pulitzer's Newspaper (1898-1911), 1st ed., Bulfinch Press, New York & Boston, 2005, num. col. and b & w illusts., pict. endpapers, orig. pict. boards with matching d.j., large square 4to, together with Schiller (Johann Christoph Friedrich von), Sammtliche Werke, 12 vols. in 6, Stuttgart, 1862, contemp. half vellum, gilt dec. spines with contrasting labels, soiled and some wear (upper cover of vol. 1 det.), 8vo, with other misc. books, incl. philosophy and mathematics, history and literature, plus a few Folio Society publications, etc. (3 shelves)
Nesbit (Roy Conyers). RAF. An Illustrated History from 1918, foreword by Air Chief Marshall Sir Richard Johns, 1st ed., 1998, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, together with Dressel (Joachim and Greihl, Manfred), The Luftwaffe Album. Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945, pub. 1997, num. b & w illusts. from photos, both orig. boards in d.j., folio & 4to, with others similar, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Farrell (Fred. A.). The 51st (Highland) Division War Sketches, pub. Edinburgh, 1920, num. b & w illusts., t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and somewhat soiled, folio, together with Marder (Arthur J.), British Naval Policy, 1880-1905. The Anatomy of British Sea Power, 1st ed., [1941], map endpapers, orig. cloth gilt, in frayed and chipped d.j., 8vo, with others of military and naval interest, many in d.j.s, mostly G/VG (3 shelves)
Sanchez (Thomas). Disputationum de Sancto Matrimonii Sacramento, 2 vols., Geneva, 1602 & Venice, 1606, eng. title to vol. 1, large woodcut device to title of vol. 2, some old waterstains and wormholes, later half vellum gilt with contrasting labels to spines, folio, together with Benedicti XIV. Pont. Opt. Max. olim Prosperi Card. de Lambertinis... Synodo Dioecesana, 3 vols. in one, Rome, 1783, small eng. vign. to each title, contemp. calf, thick folio, with other antiquarian vellum bindings (3 shelves)
After Roland Topor, French 1938-1997- Images de Theatre et de la Pantomine, publ by SCOR, frontispiece, fifteen plates, each reproduction printed in colours and signed within the plate, to include: 'Les Eruptions Volcaniques', 'L'Eau', 'Le Vent', 'La Conquete de l'Espace', 'L'Ectricite', 'Les Grandes Chantiers', 'L'Industrie Petrochemique', 'Le Feu', 'Les Cataclysmes', 'Les Variations de l'Argent', 'La Communication', 'La Sante', 'L'Energie', ''L'Assureur des Assureurs', 'L'Art d'Equilibrier les Risques', in black fabric mounted folio, 40x30cm., (folio)
J Merigot 1760-1824- 'This View of The North West Front of The Court Of Knole'; published Dec 20th 1796 by J Ginger, Bookseller & Stationer, 37 Old Bond Street, hand-coloured aquatint, after J Bridgman, 18th century, 26x38cm: together with a collection of other 18/19th century aquatints, engravings and lithographs after various hands to include Sam & Nath Buck 1695-1775 and others, (part unframed folio)
LYSONS, Samuel - An Account of Roman Antiquities Discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, 1st edition, London 1797, hand-coloured title and dedication, hand-coloured double page map, 36 further illustrations (6 double page), original printed, marbled and hand-coloured boards, some contents loose, water staining, heavy in places, edges tatty, etc., large folio.
After Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec 1864-1901- 'Marcelle Lender', published by Veb Verlag Der Kunst, Dresden, circa 1950; lithograph printed in colours, initialed within the plate, 40x30cm: together with seven other lithographs printed in colours to include Yvette Guilbert, Madame Abdala and Aristide Braunt all loose and contained in a folio as issued, with introduction, German edition, 40x30cm each, (8), (folio unframed)
Graham, George, Bishop of Orkney Correspondence and papers, written during his occupation of the Sees of Dunblane and Orkney, and other interesting Scottish documents, all from the archives of the Graham family, two of them bearing signatures of King James I and others, 44 documents, mounted, half russia, folio, neatly rebacked Note: Includes letters from George Graham Bishop of Orkney to his son in law Patrick Smyth of Braco, to David Graham of Guthrie his oldest son, 11 March; from David Graham of Guthrie to George Graham; an Inventory of the affairs of George Graham, 1616; a letter will of George Graham, 15 Jan. 1617; Inventar of the guidis geir soumes of mony possesed and hed be Ge. B of Orknay the 4 Janner 1617; document signed by King James I and VI, Lord Balmerino, David Scone relating to George Graham, letter to George Graham from Peter Rollok, 13 June, 1604; to George Graham from Dunkell; to George Graham from James, Lord Colvill of Culros, 27 Dec.; to George Graham from D. Scone; Precept Controller from D. Scone, Comptroller; to the Laird of Gorthie from J. Grahame of Balgoune, 20 Aug., 1642; document signed by Lord Ruthven; Pack betwixt Marquis of Montrose and William Stirling, 1708; document signed by King James and Alexander Hay relating to George Graham, and document signed by Thomas Hope. George Graham was among the first ten of the Scottish clergy who accepted prelacy as instituted by King James VI. In 1607 he gave his oath of allegiance as Bishop of Dunblane, and became Bishop of Orkney on 26 August 1615. From the Sir Thomas Phillipps' Collection with MHC in pencil and note of sale at Sotheby's in 1895.
Music - Purcell, Henry Te deum et jubilate for voices and instruments perform'd before the sons of the clergy at the cathedral-church of St Paul. London, [1720], folio, contemporary half calf, marble boards, worn, sections of label lacking, boards loose, some light foxing, pencil notes in margins; Ibid Harmonia sacra or select anthems in score for one, two or three voices. London, [c.1730], folio, modern cloth, some light foxing; Maitland, J.A. & Squire, W. The Fitzwilliam virginal book. London, 1899, 4to, 2 volumes, contemporary half red morocco gilt, some slight rubbing to edges; Early Bodleian Music - Strainer, J.F.R. Sacred & secular songs. London, 1901, 4to, 2 volumes, modern cloth gilt, a good set; Early Bodleian Music - Nicolson, E.W.B. Introduction to the study of some of the oldest Latin musical manuscripts... London, 1913, 4to, modern blue cloth gilt [uniform with previous]. a good copy; and 3 others on music (10)
Zarlino, Gioseffo Dimostrationi harmoniche: nelle quali realmente si trattano le cose della musica ... opera. Venice: Francesco dei Franceschi, 1571. First edition, folio, mostly italic letter, some Roman, occasional Greek, printer's allegorical device of 'Peace' on title-page, woodcut initials and decorations, diagrams throughout, modern vellum, all edges blue, marbled slipcase, light discoluration, occasional browning, a few leaves oxidized, several pages misnumbered [Zarlino himself apologises for this and gives an 'errata corrige' on p. vii] Note: BM STC Italian Books. p. 742; Adams Z 67; Brunet V p. 1528; Graesse VI p. 508; New York Public Library, Catalogue of the Music Collection Vol. 45 p. 553. Gaetano Gaspari, Catalogo della biblioteca del liceo musicale di Bologna (Bologna 1890) Vol. I pp. 267-68. Pietro Lichtental, Dizionario e bibliografia della Musica' (Milano, 1826) Vol. 4 pp. 276-87. See also Printing and the Mind of Man 81. First edition of Zarlino's second main treatise of music theory. The first was Le institutioni harmoniche (Venice 1558), a landmark in the history of music theory (New Grove). Dimostrationi harmoniche is of a highly speculative and scientific nature. It is in the form of a dialogue between Zarlino himself; three well-known musicians of the times (Franceso Viola, Choir Master of Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara; Claudio Merulo, organist of St. Mark's in Venice; and Adrian Willaert, Choir Master of the Venetian Republic and Zarlino's teacher); and a fourth, probably fictional, character, the philosopher Desiderio from Pavia. 1519-1590), Zarlino, theorist and composer, typifies the Venetian intellectual world of the 16th century. Ordained in 1541, he had a wide linguistic, philosophical, scientific and artistic culture. The publication of his first music treatise Le institutioni harmoniche earned him high praises and, in 1565, appointment as Choir Master of St. Mark's. Not a prolific composer (his only practical work is the learned and polished 'Modulationes VI Vocum' 1566), he was however the leading counterpoint theorist of the 16th century.
Pomis, David De Tzemach David. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1587. First edition, folio, the first two leaves mounted, the second at least probably contemporaneously as pagination and signatures (A3 signed 'A2') suggest this blank leaf with 'avertimento' on verso was added after initial printing, Roman, italic and Hebrew letter, woodcut arms of Sixtus V on A3 recto crossed through with a contemporary ink signed monogram 'S V', woodcut heraldic emblem of De Pomis on A6 verso, 2nd to 6th leaves (prefatory and dedicatory) with woodcut initials and decorations, modern quarter calf, title-page lightly browned, repaired at bottom, light waterstaining towards beginning and end and occasional ink or lamp oil stains, final few leaves with a wormhole in top outer corner (crudely repaired) Note: BM STC Italian Books p. 532; Adams P 1823; Vinograd, Venice 717; Habermann, di Gara 97a. First edition of De Pomis' famous Italian, Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic Dittionario Novo Hebraico. This work was new in two ways, as an original digest of its major predecessors, and as a source (according to the author) of largely unknown new terms, mainly historical and scientific. The dictionary uses as its major sources the Shoroshim of David Kimchi (?1160-?1235), a philological dictionary printed before 1480; the Tishbi of the philologist, grammarian and lexicographer Elijah Levita (1468/9-1549), whose work was first published at Isny in 1541 and the Aruch of Nathan Ben Yechiel (1035-c.1110), a lexicon of the Talmud and Midrashim, published in Rome in 1462-1472, whose author according to one legend was a member of the De Pomis family. The author dedicated the work to Sixtus V, who had revoked a ban on Jewish doctors treating Christian patients, which had been put in place by his predecessor Pius V. This had been a major infringement on the life of De Pomis, who was by profession a physician, and who furthermore argued in a treatise in 1588 that it was the duty of Jewish doctors to treat Christians.
Stapleton, Thomas Promptuarium morale, Das ist Sittliche Speisskammer darinnen heylsame Lehren, Gottselig... Ingolstadt: Wolffgang Eder, 1597, 2 volumes in 1, folio, Gothic letter, woodcut printer's device on both title-page of Justice (slightly different) within frame, red and black title on first, numerous calligraphic initials, grotesque head and tailpieces, 52 1/3 page biblical woodcuts, three repeated, one signed 'HF', 1 full-page of the Crucifixion, contemporary mottled calf, joints slightly rubbed, spine richly gilt, six raised bands, edges tooled, marbled endpapers, two green silk page markers, very minor marginal foxing not touching text, at beginning and end, small ink stain in Ee5 of volume I affecting a few letters on verso, little tear and tiny wax stains in t6 of vol. II with loss of a couple of letters on verso Note: Allison & Rogers 1 1243 (variant); Shaaber S 343. Not in Adams, BM STC German Books, Gillow or Milward. First German translation of this monumental theological work in two parts by Thomas Stapleton (1535-98), of Winchester and New College, Oxford, one of the most skilful controversialists of the Elizabethan Age. Originally published in Latin in Antwerp in 1591, it contains commentaries on the Epistles and Gospels for the different seasons of the liturgical year, with a particular view to preparing the 'concionatores' or priests to deal with the heresies of the time and especially Lutherans, in their sermons. The pages are adorned with numerous woodcuts illustrating biblical events such as the Wedding in Cana or the Women at the Holy Sepulchre, possibly by Hiéronymus Fondesendi from Mecheln, according to the initials 'HF' (Nagler III 908), Flemish painter and engraver on wood of the 16th century (Benezit IV p. 420). Provenance: 18th century ms ex libris of J. Ritter on first title-page, other signatures crossed out. Jean Daniel Ritter (1709-1775), German scholar, of a noble Dutch family, was professor of philosophy in Leipizig and of history and law in Wittemberg.
Annan, Thomas Photographs of Glasgow College. [Glasgow, c. 1865], oblong folio, 20 mounted albumen prints, various sizes [average approx 13cm wide by 18cm high if vertical, 18cm wide by 14cm high if horizontal], a few show some edge fading, contemporary green cloth gilt, some rubbing to corners, bookplate, ink stamp to first leaf, front endpaper creased Note: A beautiful album showing early photographs of the original Glasgow University, buildings which were systematically demolished after 1870 when the university moved to its present location at Kelvingrove. This appears to be the earlier edition of this volume as the features in plate two show, the presence of the pissoir on the left of the entrance and the shades of the camera tripod to the right. The pissoir was removed in the later edition.
Italy and Europe, photographs Album, oblong folio, albumen prints including 10 of Derbyshire, 21 of Paris under the Commune, Amiens and Rouen, 46 of Italy including views of Florence, San Gimignano ?, Rome, Naples and Sorrento, a few captioned in the negative, mostly 20 x 25cm, a few 9 x 6cm., mounted recto only on thick album leaves, half morocco lettered on upper cover Our Tour in 1871, Europe, rubbed, upper cover detached
Pharmacopoeia Medici antiqui omnes. Venice: apud Aldi filios, 1547, folio, Roman letter, printer's anchor and dolphin device within floreated oval border on title-page and verso of last, some woodcut initials, early 18th century French gilt-panelled red morocco, spine in seven gilt compartments, joints neatly repaired, a.e.g., green silk marker, some foxing to title-page Note: BM STC Italian Books. p.371; Adams M 991; Brunet III p. 1567; Graesse IV p. 461; Renouard 140:2; Durling 3050 (imperfect); Wellcome 4181; Osler 3374; Garrison & Morton 54. An important pharmacopoeia and remedial encyclopaedia comprising the great Latin medical writers of antiquity and the only early edition of the collection. It comprises part at least of the principal medical texts of Celsus, Severius Samonicus, Trotula, Marcellus Empiricus, Scribonius Largus, Soranus, Plinius Secundus, Apuleius, Antonius Musa, Aemilius Macer, Walafridus Strabo, Aurelianus and Priscian. Both content and arrangement indicate the volume was intended as practical work for the medical profession, or at the very least, serious students. This was a curious departure for Paulus Manutius and indeed for the press as a whole, which, apart from a handful of the great classics had generally eschewed the publication of medical works. A poor and much less complete edition had appeared at Basle some twenty years earlier and it may be that it was either undeservedly successful or that it had excited a market which it then failed to satisfy. Certainly the present edition is a substantial and very laboriously composed practical publication which must have represented a significant commercial investment. Even 200 years ago copies were uncommon (viz. Renouard) and it would be unsurprising if they had been printed in limited numbers; the work was not reprinted. Provenance: Bookplate of Victor A. Schwartz on pastedown, letter (1839) in French, concerning the gift of this copy, pasted to fly, contemporary. inscription in Greek 'Tot Olagkis C' below device
British Sports and Sportsmen Racing, Coursing and Steeplechasing. London, 1911, folio, two volumes, number 15 of 1000 copies, 109 photogravure plates, contemporary green and beige cloth gilt, bevelled boards, t.e.g., small section of wear to head of backstrip, interior clean; Shooting. Shooting and Deerstalking. London, 1913, folio, number 401 of 1000 copies, 105 photogravure plates, contemporary green and beige cloth gilt, bevelled boards, t.e.g., interior clean; Country Sports The Sportsman's Dictionary or, the Gentleman's Companion for Town and Country. London: Printed for Fielding and Walker, 1778, 4to, frontispiece, 15 engraved plates, half title, contemporary calf gilt, marble endpapers, heavily rubbed, hinges splitting, interior clean; Colquhoun, John Rocks and Rivers or Highland Wanderings. London: Murray, 1849, first edition, 8vo, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's blindstamped green cloth, spine faded and worn at head and tail; Salmon Casts and Stray Shots. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, 1857, first edition, 8vo, 16pp. publisher's advertisements at end, publisher's blindstamped blue cloth, rubbed; Younger, John. River Angling for Salmon and Trout. Kelso: Rutherford, 1864, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, publisher's blindstamped cloth blocked in gold, slightly rubbed; Liddell, Robert. The Lay of the Last Angler. Kelso: Rutherford, 1888, first edition, 8vo, photographic frontispiece, plates, publisher's pictorial cloth gilt; Stewart, W.C. The Practical Angler. Edinburgh: A. & C. Black, 1857, second edition, 8vo, half-title, illustrations in text, bookplates of Thomas Burton Gabriel and Hon. John Wayland Leslie, some spotting and slight soiling, extremities rubbed; Parker, Maude. Fisherman's Map of Salmon Pools on the River Tweed, 1930, first edition, 8vo, folding lithographed map, publisher's cloth, paper label on upper cover; Stoddart, T.T. An Angler's Rambles and Angler's Songs, 1866; Lauder, T.D. Scottish Rivers, 1874; Roberts, R. The River's Side, 1866; Gill, E.M. Practical Dry-Fly Fishing, 1912; Armistead, W.H. Trout Waters Management, 1908; Ransome, A. Rod and Line, 1929; [Cox, I.E.B.] Facts and Useful Hints relating to Fishing and Shooting, 1867, lower hinge broken; Brown, W.S. Secrets of Border Angling, 1907; Woolley, R. Modern Trout Fly Dressing, 1939; Sheringham, H.T. Elements of Angling, 1908; Bernard, J. Fly-Dressing, 1932; Aflalo, F.G. Fishermen's Weather, 1906; Grey, E. Fly Fishing, 1899; Coston, H.E.T. Speckled Nomads, 1938, dust-jacket; Aston, G. Letters to Young Fly-fishers, 1926, dust-jacket; Durand, E. Wanderings with a Fly-Rod,1938; Sharp, A. An Angler's Corner, 1930; Lawrie, W.H. Border River Angling, 1939; plates, publisher's cloth, a few slightly spotted or binding slightly discoloured; and 16 others (46)
Johnson, T.B. The Shooter's Preceptor. London: T & M Johnson, 1838. First edition, 8vo, 3 plates, later cloth, original paper label, chipped at edges, some foxing, bookplate of the Schwerdt Library; Harting, James Hints on Shore Shooting. London, 1871, 8vo, frontispiece, errata slip, original cloth gilt, sunned, interior clean; North, Roger A Treatise on Fish and Fish-Ponds. London: J. Goodwin, [c.1824], folio, 17 (of 18) uncoloured engraved plates by Eleazar, Elizabeth and Fortin Albin, later cloth, lacking plate of The Carp, several plates and leaves loose, one plate margin trimmed, one leaf creased, worn and faded; Thomas, B. The Shooter's Guide, 1814, frontispiece and plates, contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, a little dust-soiling; The Shooter's Companion, 1819, etched plates, publisher's boards, uncut, joints cracked; Johnson, T.B. The Sportsman and Gamekeeper's Directory, [n.d.], publisher's cloth-backed boards, upper hinge weak, The Gamekeeper's Directory, 1851, second edition, engraved frontispiece, quarter cloth, lacks rear endpaper; Mayer, John. The Sportsman's Directory, 1823, fourth edition, engraved frontispiece, publisher's pictorial boards, uncut, head and base of spine chipped, covers slightly soiled; Watt. W. Remarks on Shooting, 1839, presentation copy from the author, publisher's cloth, worn, upper hinge broken; Blakey, R. Shooting, 1854, frontispiece, contemporary half cloth; 8vo or 12mo (10) Provenance: Bookplate from the Schwerdt library in Johnson's The Shooter's Preceptor.
Pollard, H.B.C. & Rickman, Philip British and American Game Birds. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1945, 4to, number 96 of 125 copies, original pencil sketch by artist on preliminary leaf, 20 colour plates, original quarter brown morocco gilt, slight stain to backstrip, interior very clean; The Gun at Home and Abroad British Game Birds and Wildfowl. London: The London and Counties Press, 1912, small folio, number 881 of 950 copies, 26 colour plates, original full brown morocco gilt, t.e.g., fading to backstrip, some rubbing to hinges, spotting to frontispiece (2)
Victorian sporting life - Kirby, H.G.M. A collection of 6 albums of watercolours and sketches by H.G.M. Kirby depicting a history of his sporting life and friends, approx 260 watercolours and 30 drawings [pen & ink and pencil], to include 2 small folio albums relating to a moor in Forsinard rented by Kirby's friend Mr Fox from the Duke of Sutherland [approx 140 watercolours and 29 sketches, some captioned], ink notes in one volume include the circumstances of Kirby's death at the lodge in September 1912, a few hours after shooting a stag, his funeral and how the albums had been retained by Mr. Fox at the Army and Navy Club in Pall Mall until returning them to the Kirby family on his death, the remining 4 albums [2 oblong 4to, 2 4to] are similar with notes on the pastedowns and captions with the illustrations, all albums half morocco gilt, restored (6) Note: These six albums are a fine insight into Victorian and Edwardian country life, covering a variety of subjects including Shetland loch fishing, deer stalking, fishing in Norway and golfing. A majority of the watercolours and sketches are set in the moors of Sutherland and at Bradwell Grove, Oxon, the estate of Kirby's friend W.H. Fox. However, some others focus on trips abroad, from Dinard in Brittany to Palestine and Egypt. The house at Bradwell Grove still stands and is now the centre of a wildlife park. The shooting lodge in Sutherland has been modernised and is now rented out for sporting and walking holidays and is frequently used by stalkers.
Egypt - Denon, Dominique Vivant, Baron Planches du yoyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte. London, [1802], folio, atlas volume only, frontispiece, 59 [of 60] plates listed for, lacking plate 25, later quarter cloth, some plates trimmed, some pencil notes to margins, light foxing. Sold not subject to return.
Hill, David Octavius Sketches of Scenery in Perthshire; drawn from Nature and on Stone. Perth: T. Hill, [c.1821], folio, 29 (of 30) lithographed plates, original boards with paper label on upper cover, contents loose, some plates dampstained, chiefly in corner, occasional finger soiling or light spotting, one plate captioned in pencil, boards worn and crudely repaired
Newton, Charles Thomas, Sir & Pullan, Richard Popplewell A history of discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae. London: Day & Son, 1862, folio & 8vo, 3 volumes including Atlas, Atlas volume containing lithographed title with 97 plates and plans, text volume with folding map and 14 plates, original cloth gilt, fading to backstrips and heads of boards, hinges splitting on Atlas volume, gutter percha weak, some foxing; Gouffier, Choiseul Voyage Pittoresque de la Grece. Paris, 1809, folio, volume 2 [part 1] only, engraved title, 12 plates and maps, later half calf gilt, rubbed, some foxing (4)
Rome-Overbeke, Bonaventura ab Reliquiae antiquae urbis Romae. The Hague: P. Gosse & D. Pinet, 1763, 3 volumes in one, large folio, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication plate with portrait of Queen Anne, portrait of Overbeke, double-page plan and 146 engraved plates, half-title to volume 1, contemporary calf, spine gilt, original red and green morocco lettering pieces, joints and corners repaired, upper joint cracked, some wear to edges, a few scrapes Note: A clean copy with wide margins. The Kissner copy had a frontispiece, map and 148 plates but other copies collate as with the present copy.
Travel - Denon, V. Planches du voyage dans la basse et la haute Egypte. [London: Samuel Bagster], [1809], folio, portrait frontispiece, folding map, 109 engraved plates, full calf gilt, worn, rebacked, inner hinges strengthened, foxing; Whittemore, J. A new historical and topographical picture of Brighton. Brighton, 1827, 16mo, 10 engraved plates, contemporary cloth, some foxing to plates, bookplates; Oulton, W.C. Picture of Margate and its vicinity. London, 1820, 8vo, 17 coloured plates [of 20], engraved title, later half blue morocco gilt, rubbed, some offsetting; Nansen, Fridtjof Farthest North. London, 1898, 8vo, 2 volumes, illustrated, original decorative cloth gilt, some rubbing, owner's ink inscription to endpapers; Justus The wrongs of the the Caffre Nation. London, 1837, 8vo, original boards, backstrip torn; Couchaud, A. Choix d'eglises bysantines en Grèce. Paris, 1842, 4to, 37 plates, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, rubbed at edges, some spotting (7) Provenance: Bookplate of R. Townley Parker, dated 1858, together with another of Reginald Arthur Tatton.
Accademia del cimento Saggi di naturali experienze fatte nell'accademia del cimento. Florence: Gio. Filippo Cecchi, 1691, second edition, folio, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, half title, engraved portrait and 75 full-page engraved illustrations, contemporary vellum, small crack at head of upper joints Note: Second edition of the publication of the first European academy of science. A fine copy.
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henricus Cornelius De occulta philosophia libri tres. [Cologne: Johannes Soter?] (July 1533), first edition, folio, woodcut portrait of Agrippa on title-page, woodcut initials and illustrations, with the final blank leaf, early inscription on title; Plutarch Opera moralia. Basle: M. Isingrinius, 1541, folio, woodcut initials, owners name deleted from title creating small hole, repaired on verso not affecting text, 2 works in one volume, eigheenth century vellum stamped 1723 on upper board, spine worn, new endpapers Footnote: First edition of this celebrated work. Agrippa von Nettesheim's writings brought him into conflict with the Inquisition and he was charged with heresy. De occulta philosophia is a defence of magic, by means of which men may come to a knowledge of nature and of God, and contains Agrippa's idea of the universe with its three worlds or spheres. Caillet 93; Adams A386, suggesting Basle imprint.
Alexandro, Alexander ab Genialium dierum libri sex … Paris: vaeneunt apud Ioanne Roigny [in fine: excudebat in aedibus Carolae Guillard], 1539. Folio, printer's device of a printing press on the titlepage, later quarter calf, marbled boards, rubbed, title-page dusty, with early inscriptions and outer, lower corner torn away, occasional marginal notes in an early hand and underscoring, lacking the last blank Note: Adams A719, Index Aureliensis 103.236. Provenance: H.D. Forbes, inscription on endpaper
Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan Operu sancti Ambrosii pars tertia. [Basle: p magistru Johannem de Amerbach, 1492]. Folio, text of the Epistola in Roman, the rest in Black Letter, text in two columns apart from the Epistola, capitals left blank with guide letters, later quarter vellum, titlepage a little discoloured, extensive repairs to worming at inner margins, some patches of water staining, library stamp in the lower margin of the last leaf and library label of Swindon Public Refernce Library Note: Goff A551; GKW 1599 Edited by Johannes de Lapide, the third volume of the three volume works, being the Libri epistolarum and the Opus sermonum
Ammonius Hermiae Commentaria in librum Porphyrii de quinque vocibus, & in Aristotelis praedicamenta. Venice: Johannes Gryphius, 1552, folio, woodcut device on title, woodcut initials, woodcut diagrams, with blank G4, contemporary vellum, one gathering loose, some damp-staining, chiefly in margins Note: First issue of the first collected Latin editions of these three philosophical texts, including Ammonius' commentaries. In the later issue the colophon is dated 1553. BMSTC Italian books, p.46 (issue with colophon dated 1553); not in Adams.
Ancient sculpture Incised markings on stone found in the county of Northumberland, Argyleshire. London: Privately printed, 1869, folio, 32 plates including frontispiece, contemporary half morocco gilt, a.e.g., worn at edges, staining throughout; Carter, John Specimens of the ancient sculpture and painting now remaining in England... London, 1838, folio, 115 plates [33 coloured], contemporary morocco gilt, rubbed at edges; Stothard, C.A. The monumental effigies of Great Britain. London, 1817, folio, frontispiece, 150 plates [bound with] Kempe, A.J. Introduction and description for Stothard's Monumental effigies... London, 1832, later half morocco gilt, worn, interior heavily foxed and stained, worm damage in second half of volume; Pooley, Charles An historical and descriptive account of the old stone crosses of Somerset. London, 1877, 8vo, illustrated, map, original cloth gilt, some light rubbing at edges; Rimmer, Alfred Ancient stone crosses of England. London, 1875, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Styan, K.E. A short history of sepulchral cross-slabs. London, 1902, 8vo, original cloth gilt, sunned; and 3 others on stone crosses (10)
Anselm, Saint In omnes sanctissimi Pauli apolstoli epistolas enarrationes. Cologne: E. Ceruicornus, 1533, folio, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials, seventeenth century vellum, slight worming to a few headlines, early annotations, owner's name inked out on title and last leaf creating small hole, repaired on verso, and with partial loss of imprint at end, a few leaves slightly bronwed or damp-stained in upper margin at end Note: Adams A1174
Antoninus [Forciglioni], Saint, Archbishop of Florence Chronicon. [Basle: Nicolaus Kessler, 1502]. 3 volumes, folio,[xiv], 215, [v]; [xiv], 240, [v], 1 blank; [xii], 256, [iv], Black Letter, text in two columns, initials added in red, printer's device following the colophon in volume 3, modern vellum, brown morocco lettering pieces, some patches of worming (mostly in 1 & 3) touching letters of text, a few leaves with some light water staining, titlepage to volume 1 with repair to upper margin, some early marginalia, but generally a good and clean copy (3) Note: Adams A1207. This edition not in the British Library catalogue. Intended as a general history of the world to show the workings of divine providence (Catholic Encyclopedia,) the work is more valuable when the author turns to contemporary events with which, from his frequent embassies on the part of the Republic of Florence, his correspondence with Popes and others, his close links to the Medici family, he was closely connected. Born in 1389, he entered the Dominican order and was the founder of the famous Covent of San Marco at Florence. The Chronicon was first published at Venice 1474-79, as part of his Opera omnia.
Antoninus [Forciglioni], Saint, Archbishop of Florence Quarta pars summe maioris Antonini archipsulis florentini. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1487]. Folio, 40.5 x 27 cm, 252 of 256 leaves (lacking 4 leaves of table], Black Letter, text in two columns, capitals supplied in red and black, rubricated throughout, contemporary blind stamped calf over wooden boards, heavily restored, margin of table of chapters water stained, small library stamp at foot of page of first leaf, capital cut out from folio 1 of text (9.5 x 9 cm), two patches of worming in the inner margins, a number of single worm holes (particularly through last few signatures) Note: GSW 2189; Hain 1246; Proctor 2052 Volume 4 of the Summa theologica moralis, partibus IV distincta, the principal work of the Dominican Archbishop of Florence composed shortly befoe his death in 1479. It marked a new and very considerable development in moral theology. Fifteen editions of the work appeared in the first fifty years after its first appearance in print and it continued to be reprinted into the 19th century.
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon A complete body of ancient geography. London: Robert Laurie & James Whittle, 1795, large folio, 13 double-page engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, two margins trimmed to neatline, original marbled boards, vellum corners, neatly rebacked in calf, spine gilt, new black morocco lettering piece on upper cover
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint Prima [prima secunda, secunda secundae, tertia pars] operum [i.e. the Summa theological]. Lyons: [excudebat Joannes Crispinus, 1540-41]. 4 volumes, folio, titlepages in red and black within woodcut borders, woodcut portrait of the angelic doctor as a vignette, woodcut initials, Black Letter, text in two columns surrounded by commentary, later mottled calf, red morocco lettering pieces, heads, tails and edges rubbed, some scuff marks, some marginalia in an early hand, paper generally slightly discoloured and with some water staining, repair to lower margin of f. 87 in the Prima secunda, dedication to Pope Adrian VI mounted on the verso of the title to the tertia pars (4) Note: Not in Adams or the BL. With the commentaries of Cardinal Tommaso de Vio Gaetani Cajetan (1469-1534). In theology Cajetan is justly ranked as one of the foremost defenders and exponents of the Thomistic school. His commentaries on the Summa Theologica, the first in that extensive field, begun in 1507 and finished in 1522, are his greatest work and were speedily recognized as a classic in Scholastic literature. The work is primarily a defence of St. Thomas against the attacks of Scotus. In the third part it reviews the aberrations of the Reformers, especially Luther. The important relation between Cajetan and the Angelic Doctor was emphasized by Leo XIII, when by his Pontifical Letters of 15 October, 1879, he ordered the former's commentaries and those of Ferrariensis to be incorporated with the text of the Summa in the official Leonine edition of the complete works of St. Thomas. (Cath. Encyc.)
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint Summa totius theologiae … Antwerp: ex officina Christophori Plantini, 1585. 5 parts in 1 volume, folio, printer's compass device on the titlepage and divisional titles, contemporary calf , arms in blind on the boards, rebacked, wear to head and tail of spine, endpapers renewed, some paper discolouration throughout [ Adams 1440]; Gonet, Joannes Baptista. Clypeus theologiae Thomistiace. Lyons: apud Anissonios, & Joan. Poosuel, 1681. 5 volumes, folio, modern calf. Library stamps on titles, some spotting throughout (6)
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint Super epistolas Sancti Pauli co[m]mentaria. Venice, Philippus Pincius for Giunta de Giuntis, 7 March 1510, folio, [12], 261, [1] leaves, double column, woodcut initials, woodcut device on Registrum leaf at end, ruled in red throughout, 3 ownership inscriptions, one dated 1515, on title-page, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, some damp-staining in lower margin not affecting text, remains of clasps, worm-holes on upper cover Note: Adams A1484 Provenance: Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. of Rufford Hall, bookplate
Aquinas, Thomas, Saint Summa Catholicae fidei contra gentiles. Rome: Heirs of Antonius Bladius & Joannes Osmerius, 1570, folio, edited by Franciscus de Sylvestris, [i.e. vol. 9 of the Bladus Opera Omnia], woodcut with portrait on title-page, device on otherwise blank last leaf, later boards, worn, inner margin of title restored, occasional discolouration [cf. Adams A1394]; Julian, the apostate Opera. Leipzig: M.C. Weidmann & J. Gleditsch, 1696, folio, title printed in red and black, additional engraved title, half-title, contemporary blindstamped vellum with central arabesque, some browning; Cotlerius, Johannes Baptista S.S. patrum qui temporibus apostolicis floruerunt. Antwerp: Huguet, 1698, 2 volumes, folio, titles with vignette and printed in red and black, Greek and Latin text, contemporary panelled calf, some light marginal dampstaining, short tear and wormhole to title of volume 1, neatly rebacked, morocco labels (4)
Archaeology - Kemble, John Horae ferales; or studies in the archaeology of the Northern nations. London, 1863, 4to, 34 plates, some coloured, original cloth gilt, rebacked; Miles, William A description of the Deverel Barrow opened A.D. 1825. London, 1826, 8vo, two engraved titles, 8 plates, contemporary calf, worn, boards loose, foxing; Danish Archaeology Atlas de l'archeologie du nord... Copenhagen, 1817, folio, 22 plates [mainly coins], contemporary boards, worn at edges, foxing; Rowlands, Henry Mona antiqua restaurata, an archaeological discourse on the antiquities, natural and historical, of the Isle of Anglesey. London, 1766, second edition, 4to, map frontsipiece, 12 plates, contemporary calf gilt, hinges split, pencil notes on endpapers and in margins; Baye, Baron J. de The industrial arts of the Anglo-saxons. London, 1893, 4to, 17 plates, original decorative green cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges; Miln, James Excavations at Carnac. Edinburgh, 1881, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges; Miln, James Fouilles faites a Carnac. Paris, 1877, 8vo, illustrated, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed; Worsfold, T. Cato The French Stonehenge. London, [no date], 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, modern fold-over box; Lukis, W.C. Guide to the chambered barrows of South Brittany. Ripon, 1875, 8vo, presentation copy from the author, folding map, original cloth, modern fold over box; Maclagan, Christian The hill forts, stone circles and other structural remains of ancient Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875, 4to,39 plates, original cloth gilt, foxing; Evans, Sir John The ancient stone implements, weapons and ornaments of Great Britain. London, 1897, 8vo, illustrated, original cloth gilt, sunned; Fergusson, James Rude stone monuments. London, 1872, 8vo, illustrated, folding map, original cloth, sunned (11)
Aristotle [Greek title] Operum … Graece & Latine … adscriptis ad oram libri … in quibus plurima nunc primum in lucem prodeunt, ex bibliotheca Isaaci Casauboni … accesserunt … fragmenta … Lyons: apud Iacobum Bubonium, 1590. 2 volumes, folio, large device on the title-pages of both volumes, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, some Ms. marginalia (cropped), some water staining to the outer margins of volume 1, some staining through pages 521-545 (with repairs and some loss of text), lacking the final page of volume 1, slight water staining of the lower margins of volume 2, lacking the last signature with the Indices. Note: Adams A 1736 Operum … adiecta est vita Aristotelis … ac sriptis eiusdem, commentatio doctissima per Philippum Melancthonem … Basle: [n.p, Oporinus?], 1538. Volume 2 only of three volumes, with Hh4 a blank, woodcut initials, orginal roll tooled calf, rubbed and worn and lacking the lower board, , Melancthon's name scorred out on the title-page and at the head of the Life, uniform paper discolouration throughout, margins of titlepage and first few leaves a little frayed, single worm hole through first couple of signatures Note: Adams A 1741, but not describing Hh4 as a blank; Riley 9 (with only two volumes) Omnia facile princeps opera … extant omnia … in tres tomos digesta … Accesserunt in singulos libros argumenta, nunc primum ex optimis graecorum commentariis in Latinam linguam converesa … Basle: ex officina Ioan. Oporini, 1548. Volume 1 of 3, folio, printer's device on the title-page, woodcut initials, later calf, rubbed and worn, spine partly detached, worm hole in the margin through two thirds, some marginal water staining Note: Adams 1743; Riley volume 2 only. Contains the Isagoge of Porphyrius, the Categoriae, Hermenias De interpretatione, the Analytica priora [posteriora], Topica, Sophistici elenchii (4)
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