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Hieronymus Opera divi Hieronymi stridoniensis. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1578-79, large folio, volumes 1-5 (of 8), edited by Marianus Victorius, engraved frontispiece, additional general engraved title, printed titles with woodcut device, contemporary blindstamped vellum incorporating roll-tooled images of Fortitude, Faith and Charity, lacks one clasp, rather wormed at beginning and end, apparently bound without the dedication leaf Note Voet notes that the printer ommitted from some copies the first quire (8pp. including the dedicatory letter of Plantin to Archduke Mathias of Austria), as it was not likely to please the Spanish party. Voet. 33 Provenance: Bibliotheca Fratrum Minorum Recollectorum Conventus, inscription on title and half-title.

History Le grand theatre historique, ou nouvelle histoire universelle... Leiden: Pierre Vander, 1703, folio, 5 volumes in 3, engraved title, dedication, folding world map, 10 portraits, 2 folding plates, contemporary calf gilt, worn, hinges split, some light staining, occasional spotting, volume 5 bound as Tome II, Tome III contains volumes III & IV (5)

Hitler, Adolf Mein Kampf. Munich: N.S.D.U.P. [n.d.], large folio, recent black morocco with Nazi swastika in gold on red morocco onlay on upper cover, with loosely inserted document appointing Dr. Otto Getzlaff to a Ministerialrat, signed by Hitler, Berlin, 21 December 1938, and countersigned in lower corner, fold mark and drawing-pin rust-mark in corners of document

Hobbes, Thomas Elementa philosophica de cive. Amsterdam, 1669, 12mo, engraved title, vellum, ink notes on verso of title; Ibid. Thomae Hobbes Angli Malmesburiensis philosophi vita. Carolopoli [London], 1682, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, worn, upper board loose, some offsetting to title [Wing H2268]; Ibid. Hobb's tripos, in three discourses... London, 1684, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, label inserted, repaired and another copy in modern calf [Wing H2266]; Ibid. Elementa philospohica de cive. Lausanne, 1782, 12mo, half title, contemporary wrappers, lacking backstrip, pubic library bookplate; Ibid. The moral and political works of... London, 1750, folio, lacking portrait and engraved title, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, upper board loose, public library bookplate (6)

Holy Bible, English The Book of Common Prayer. London: B. Norton and J. Bill, 1629, folio, double-page map of Holy Land, title dust-soiled; [The Holy Bible. London: B. Norton and J. Bill, 1629] Old Testament lacking title, New Testament title within woodcut border; The whole booke of psalmes. London: R. Badger for the Company of stationers, 1632, final leaf repaired in lower margin, contemporary blindstamped calf, very worn, clasps; sold not subject to return Provenance: Anthony, Lord Biddulph, early inscription and bookplate

Horsley, John Britannia Romana or the roman antiquities of Britain. London: John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, folio, 20 maps, 85 engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, very clean throughout

Iamblichus. De mysteriis liber. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1678, folio, edited by Thomas Gale, engraving on title page, parallel text in Greek and Latin, contemporary calf, short crack at head and tail of upper joint Note: Wing I26 Provenance: Sum. Rich. King Oxoniensis 1694, inscription on title

Illustrated - Beardsley, Aubrey & Malory, Sir Thomas Le Morte Darthur. London, 1893-94, 4to, one of 1500 copies, illustrated and embellished by Beardsley, original decorative cloth gilt, backstrips discoloured, head of backstrips frayed, some foxing to half titles; Ingoldsby, T. & Jessop, E. M. The witches frolic. London, 1888, 4to, original decorative boards, gutta percha perished, pages loose, heavily stained; Oyved, M. The book of affinity. London, 1933, 4to, signed by the author, number 302 of 500 copies, illustrated by Jacob Epstein, original black cloth gilt, original box [torn]; Robinson, Charles & Wilde, Oscar The happy prince and other stories. London, 1920, 8vo, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn along upper edge; Dulac, Edmund Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. London, [1919], 4to, 20 tipped in colour plates [some creased at edges], original decorative cloth gilt, rebacked, discoloured, worn at corners, foxing; Bawden, Edward & Saurat, Denis Death & the dreamer. London, 1946, 8vo, original yellow cloth, dustwrapper, section lacking from lower edge; Lalau, Maurice The romance of Tristram and Iseult. London, 1910, 4to, 20 tipped in colour plates, original cloth gilt, upper board stained, backstrip faded; Limited Edition Club The memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova. Edinburgh, 1940, 4to, 4 volumes, original quarter cloth; Bowen, John Charles Edward The golden pomegranate. Bombay, 1957, folio, 12 colour illustrations, original cloth, dustwrapper, torn and tape repaired; and 7 other illustrated volumes (20)

Jerome, Saint Le Vite de Sancti Padri.... [Vicenza]: Hermannus Liechtenstein, 1479. Folio, 151 (of 166) leaves, lacking all before A1 and A1-2, 8-10, B1, B8, etc. text in two columns, 60 lines per column, later vellum, several marginal repairs, paper uniformly discoloured throughout, sold with all faults. Note: Goff H - 228; Hain

Josephus, Flavius Opera omnia. Amsterdam, Lyon & Utrecht: R. & G. Wetstein; S. Luchtmans & J. Broedelet, 1726, folio, 2 volumes, engraved title page, extensive notes by John Hudson and indices by Sigebert Havercamp, Greek and Latin text in parallel columns, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, rebacked, hinges splitting; Optatus,Saint, Bishop of Mela De schismate donatistarum libri septem: Paris: Andreas Pralard, 1700, folio, contemporary roll-tooled vellum over wooden boards, brass clasps intact, library stamp to title, ink inscription on title, bookplate; Forbes, John Opera omnia. Amsterdam, 1703, folio, engraved title, title in red and black, contemporary calf, worn, bookplate of Henry David Forbes of Balgownie; Marechal, Bernard Concordantia sanctorum patrum ecclesiae graecae. Augsburg: Rieger, 1769, folio, 2 parts in 1, title in red and black, later half calf, rubbed, staining and foxing; Guyet, Charles Heortologia, sive de festis propriis locorum & ecclesiarum. Venice, 1729, folio, title in red and black, contemporary vellum, rebacked, library stamp on title, bookplate; Damiani, Petrus Opera omnia. Paris: Josephum Corona, 1743, folio, 4 volumes in 2, frontispiece, later vellum, red labels, library markings; Barbosa, Agostino Summa apostolicarum decisionum. Lyon, 1722, folio, contemporary calf gilt, worn at edges, tear on upper board, foxing throughout; Cabassut, Jean Notitia ecclesiastica historiarum conciliorum & canonum invicem collatorum. Bamberg: Martin Göbhard, 1754, folio, title in red and black, contemporary roll-tooled vellum on wooden boards, brass clasps, ink notes on endpaper and half title, foxing; Muratori, Ludovico Antonio Liturgia Romana vetus tria sacramentaria complectens. Venice: J. Baptistae Pasquali, 1748, folio, 2 volumes, title in red and black, contemporary half calf gilt, worn, hinges split, backstrip cracked, some foxing; Martene, Edmund De antiquis ecclesiae ritibus libri tre. Venice: J. Baptista Novelli, 1783, folio, 4 volumes in 2, illustrated, 19th Century half morocco gilt, worn, boards loose, stained, bookplates; Pfeiffersberg, Karl Columnae militantis ecclesiae sive sancti et illustres viri. Nuremburg, 1725, folio, engraved title, portraits, contemporary vellum, darkened, foxing; [Concordance] The Cambridge concordance to the Holy Scriptures, 1720, folio, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting; Burkitt, William Expository notes, with practical observations on the New Testament, 1734, folio, portrait, contemporary calf, dampstained, rubbed, upper cover detached; and 3 others. Sold not subject to return (20)

Josephus, Flavius Opera omnia. Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein, 1726, large folio, 2 volumes, Greek and Latin text, letterpress title printed in red and black, additional engraved title, half-titles, contemporary panelled blind-stamped vellum, H.D. Forbes's copy with his inscription on title

Justin, Saint, Martyr [Opera omnia], Paris: apud Iacobum Dupuys, 1554, folio, 5 (of 6) parts in one volume, woodcut device on titles, fine modern brown panelled morocco tooled in black and gold, raised bands, a few wormholes affecting text, marginal repair to a2 Note: Adams J495, calling for an extra part.

Lee, Henry Anti-scepticism: or notes upon each chapter of Mr. Lock's essay concerning humane understanding. London: printed for R. Clavel and C. Harper, 1702. First edition, folio, [xxxii], 140, 201-342, contemporary calf gilt with armorial stamp of The society of writers to the signet on boards, worn, hinges split, lacking front free endpaper, browning [especially to title]

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von Opera omnia. Geneva: Fratres de Tournes, 1768, 6 volumes bound in 8, 4to, edited by Louis Dutens, engraved portrait frontispiece and 37 (of 41) folding plates, lacks 2 folding tables, modern black cloth, uncut, some browning and dampstaining, library number stamped on a few pages (not titles); Ibid. Codex juris gentium diplomaticus. Wolfenbuettel, J.C. Miesner, 1747, 2 volumes in one, folio, contemporary vellum, some browning; Ibid. Dissertation de principio individui. Berlin, 1837, 8vo, edited by G.E. Guhrauer, bound with another, modern panelled calf gilt; Ibid. Oevures philosophiques. Amsterdam & Leipzig, 1765, 4to, contemporary calf, some worming affecting text; Leibniz, W.G. and J. Bernoulli. Commercium philosophicum et mathematicum. Lausanne & Geneva, 1745, 2 volumes, 4to, 40 folding plates, contemporary calf, browned, lacks portrait, corner of titles torn away, very worn, covers detached; Ibid. Collectanea etymologica. Hanover: N. Foersteri, 1717, 12mo, 2 parts in one volume, 12mo, contemporary vellum, lacking the folding plate; and 2 others; sold not subject to return (15) Provenance: Opera omnia with University of Chicago bookplate and de-accession stamp.

Locke, John An essay concerning humane understanding. London: Awnsham, J. Churchill & S. Manship, 1706, fifth edition, folio, contemporary panelled calf, engraved portrait frontispiece cut round and mounted, title torn without loss and laid down, head and tail of spine worn, upper joint split Provenance: Torquay Natural History Society, stamp in fore-margin of dedication leaf.

Locke, John The works... to which is added, the life of the author. London: D. Browne, C. Hitch [&c.], 1759, sixth edition, 3 volumes, folio, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spines gilt, a little light worming in volume 1 and 3, mainly in margins but occasionally affecting text, boards somewhat scraped

Locke, John Works... London: for John Churchill, 1714, first collected edition, 3 volumes, folio, engraved portrait frontispiece and plate of Locke's epitaph, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, titles slightly dusty with slight chipping to edges

Lugo, Juan de Disputationes scholasticae et morales, de sacramentis in genere. Lyons, 1652; Ibid.Disputationes scholasticae de incarnatione dominica. Lyons, 1653, very slight marginal worming to first few leaves; Ibid Disputationes scholasticae et morales, de virtute fidei divinae. Lyons, 1656; Ibid. Disputationum de justitia et jure. Lyons, 1652, 2 volumes; Ibid. Disputationes scholasticae, et morales, de virtute... Lyons, 1651; Ibid Responsorum moralium libri sex. Lyons, 1660, portrait frontspiece, all folio, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, contemporary mottled calf, head and tail of a few spines rubbed, later endpapers (7) Note: Fine presentation inscription from Cardinal Newman. To John Stanislas Flanagan in affectionate remembrance of important services done by him on my behalf with much anxious trouble and with all his heart. John H. Newman. In fest. Assumpt. 1865. This poignant inscription was written in the year after the publication of Newman's Apologia pro vita sua. Provenance:Livraria de Alcobaca, Portugal, library stamp on titles; Cardinal Newman, inscription.

Madden, Sir Frederic Illuminated ornaments selected from manuscripts of the Middle Ages. London: William Pickering, 1833, folio, engraved title, 59 plates, hand-finished and illuminated in gold and colors by Henry Shaw, late 19th century red morocco gilt extra with onlay of black, brown and moss green, elaborately tooled in gilt, central interlocking geometric pattern, rubbed at edges, upper board slightly darkened, foxing to endpapers

Masaccio--Patch, Thomas [The life of Masaccio. Florence, 1770], large folio, plates 1-26 after Masaccio by Thomas Patch, original boards, uncut, lacking the title, neatly rebacked

Maximis, Fr. Xavier de. Musei etrusci quod Gregorius XVI pont. max. in aedibus vaticanis constituit monimenta... Rome, 1842, folio, 2 volumes, engraved titles, 214 plates, contemporary half vellum gilt, worn, some foxing [mainly to titles] (2) Provenance: Bookplates of Norbury Booths Hall, 1862 and Robert Washington Oates. Note: These volumes are the earliest catalogue of the collection of the The Gregorian Etruscan Museum, part of the Vatican Museum's complex, founded by Pope Gregory XVI in 1837. The first volume illustrates the numerous metalwork objects, as well as terracotta urns and fragments of wall decoration, and the second volume is entirely dedicated to engravings of the museum's impressive holdings of ancient vases. These objects are thought to have come from early 19th century excavations in southern Etruria, then part of the Pontifical state [Vulci, Cere, Bomarzo, Tarquinia and Toscanella].

Melancthon, Philip Omnium operum … Pars prima [pars quarta] … Wittemberg: excudebat Iohannes Crato, 1562-64. 4 volumes, folio, woodcut portrait of Melancthon within a border on each title-page, full page woodcut portrait and beautiful woodcut of the Trinity at the end of the index in volume four, woodcut initials, final leaf of the dedicatory leaf supplied in Ms., contemporary blind stamped and roll tooled vellum over wooden boards, lacking clasps, covers rubbed and wormed, inner joints split, a number of single worm holes mostly at the start and end of each volume, some leaves discoloured (4) Note: Adams M1068; BM STC German Books p.608.

Miscellaneous - Macquoid, Percy The history of English furniture. London, 1904-08, folio, 4 volumes, illustrated, original cloth gilt, sunned, frayed at head of backstrips, withdrawn from Royal Holloway College library with bookplates and stamps on endpapers; Fontenelle, M. de Conversations on the plurality of worlds. London, 1767, second edition, 8vo, 4 plates, contemporary calf worn, front endpaper removed; Field, George Chromatics; or the analogy, harmony and philosophy of colours. London, 1845, new edition, 8vo, 11 engraved plates [inc. frontispiece], some hand coloured, contemporary calf, rebacked, ink stamp on title, some foxing, plate I waterstained; Ibid. Chromatography, a treatise on colours and pigments and of their powers in painting. London, [no date], new edition, 8vo, colour frontispiece, original cloth gilt, some fading, heavy foxing to title; Quincy, John Pharmacopoeia officinalis & extemporanea or a complete English dispensatory. London, 1739, eleventh edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, ink inscription on title and endpapers, bookplate; Thompson, J.E. A commentary on the Dresden Codex. Philadelphia, 1972, oblong 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper; Preedy, George The courtly charlatan, the enigmatic Comte de St. Germain. London, 1942, 8vo, original cloth; Lamartine, M.A. De Oeuvres. Paris, 1849-50, 8vo, 14 volumes, contemporary quarter red morocco gilt, backstrips darkened; Lewis, Wyndham The apes of God. London, 1955, 8vo, number 477 of 1000 copies, signed by the author, original cloth, dustwrapper, sunned, repaired; and a quantity of other miscellaneous 19th and 20th century works (quantity)

More, Henry An explanation of the grand mystery of Godliness... London: for W. Morden, 1660, folio, xxx 546 [28], contemporary calf, rebacked, worn at edges, 18th & 19th century inscriptions to title, bookplate [Wing M2658]; Ibid. The theological works of... London, 1708, folio, [2] xiv 856, portrait frontispiece, modern morocco gilt, new endpapers; Ibid. A collection of several philospohical writings... London, 1712, folio, modern morocco gilt [uniform with previous], new endpapers, page edges weak and fraying throughout volume (3) Note: More's A collection of several philosophical writings contain his Conjectura cabbalistica.

Ovidius Naso, Publius Metamorphoses in Latin and English. Amsterdam: Wetsteins and Smith, 1732, folio, 2 volumes in one, engraved illustrations, 6 engraved plates on 3 leaves, contemporary calf, very worn, joints split, spine block split, head and tail of spine worn, some light spotting and minor soiling, lower cover gouged Note: Cohen-de Ricci 768

Parker, Matthew Archbishop of Canterbury De antiquitate Britannicae ecclesiae & privilegiis ecclesiae Cantuariensis... Hanover: Typis Wechelianis, 1605, folio, [6] 358 [16] blank [1], woodcut headpieces and initials, contemporary calf gilt, hinges split, worn at corners, some worming to last few leaves [no loss to text], library markings

Pelbartus, Oswaldus, de Themeswar Pomerium sermonum …. Has quatuor partes continet: De tempore dominicales; De Sanctis; Quadragesimale triples; Stellariu beate virginis … [Hagenau: per Henricum Gran, 1521, in fine 1520]. Two of 4 parts, folio, Black Letter, title to the first work in red and black, both titles within woodcut borders of renaissance ornaments, in two columns, later half sheep, paper boards, morocco lettering piece, some single wormholes, light water staining of the lower margins of some leaves, neat repairs to a tear in the upper margins of sermons 27-33 and to outer margin of last leaf Note: BM, STC German Books p.680; Adams with various parts. The two parts are the De tempore dominicales and Stellariu beate virginis. The Franciscan writer and prearcher Pelbart (also known as Pelbartus Ladislaus de Temesavr) was born in Hungary in 1430 where from the University of Krakow he is next mentioned in the annals of the St. John Monastery in Buda. The first printed edition of the Sermons was in 1498 and these and other works were frequently reissued. He died in Buda in 1503.

Plato Opera a Marsilio Ficino traducta: adiectis ad eius vitae & operum enarrationem Axiocho ab Rodulpho Agricola: & Alcyone ab Augustino Datho tralatis. Paris: venundantur Iodoco Badio, [1522]. Folio, titlepage with an elaborate archetonic border, device of printing press on the titlepage , large crible initials, contemporary blind stamped and roll tooled pigskin over wooden boards, edges worn, remains of clasps, lacking front free endpapers, ownership inscription on the titlepage, titlepage detached and edges a little frayed, library stamps on the verso of the titlepage, small library stamp in the outer corner of f. 1 of text, single worm holes, some marginalia in an early hand, water staining of the upper margin Note: Adams P1444, Renouard III p. 169 no II. Provenance: With an inscription by the 16th century Nurenburg astronomer and doctor Nicolaus Gugler.

Plato Omnia opera cum commentariis Procli in Timaeum & Politica. Basel: Johannes Valverus, 1534, folio, 2 volumes in one including Proclus's Commentary, woodcut initials, seventeenth-century blind-stamped vellum, spine rebacked and repaired, lacks ties, very slightly damp-stained in lower margin at end and in inner margin of preliminaries, a few early marginalia Note: Adams P1437 and P2139 Provenance: Matt. Raper and Alh. Uchtmann, Leiden, 1653, inscriptions on title; H.J.H., Coll. SS. Trin. Cant., 1840

Plato Omnia opera. Basle: Henricus Petrus, [1556], folio, Greek text, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with roll-tooled frieze of Faith Hope and Charity, blind-stamped with initials C.K.H., royal portrait and arms, dampstained towards end, mainly in fore-margin, single wormhole in fore-margin at end, title-page slightly dust-soiled, lower boards slightly stained and board rather weak Note: Adams P1438.

Plato Opera omnia a Marsilio Ficino interprete. Nova editio … His accesserunt sex Platonis dialogi, nuper a Sebastiano Conrado tralati … Lyons: apud Antonium Vincentium, [in fine: excudebat Balthazar Arnoletius], 1557. Folio, printer's device on the titlepage, text in two columns, contemporary calf over wooden boards, the covers with blind filets and roll tools of medallions and floral ornamentation, lower joint and foot of spine repaired, lacking front free endpaper, titlepage a little stained and dusty with edges frayed and with deleted early ownership inscription, some marginal water staining, last leaf water stained and dusty Note: This edition not in Adams, the BM or STC French Books.

Plato Opera, quae ad nos extant omnia, per Ianum Cornarium … latina lingua conscripta eiusedm Iani Cornarii Eclogae decem, breviter & sentiarum et genuinae verborum lectionis, locos selectos complectentes:additis Marsilii Ficini argumentis & commentariis in singulos dialogos …. Basle: cautum est privilegio D. Ferdinadi [in fine: in officina Frobeniana, per Hier. Frobenium et Nic. Episcopium], 1561. Folio, printer's device on the titlepage and on the verso of the last leaf, woodcut intials, diagrams, 16th century panelled and sprinkled calf, joints splitting, head, tail and edges rubbed, title-page a little stained and dusty and with early autographs, some spots and patches of discolouration in the text, some stains at inner margins, paper fault in p. 559 (no loss), water staining of the last few leaves, couple of single wormsholes through the first and last signatures Note: Adams P 1448; British Museum STC German Books, p. 702; Marcel, p. 748 A.F. Johnson Decorative intial letters reproduces examples of one of the main series of intials used in this work, describing it as An unusual alphabet of Basle initials of somewhat later date than the work of Holbein. They were used in the editions of Aristophanes printed by Hieronymus Froben and Nicolaus Episcopius in 1547. Johnson shows it as a Greek alphabet, but the fact that some Roman letters were cut to be used where required, is illustrated in the present Plato by, for example a letter D on p. 972, a G on p. 869, and a Q on p. 703.

Plato [Greek title] Opera omnia quae exstant Marsilio Ficino interprete … Lyons: apud Guillelmum Laemarium, 1590. Folio, large device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek,later calf, worn and rubbed, boards detached, title-page dusty and partly waterstained, some light paper discolouration throughout, water staining of the margins of the last few leaves, repair to margins of last leaf Note: Adams 1440; BM STC French Books p.353

Plato [Greek title]. Opera omnia quae exstant, Marsilio Ficino interprete … Frankfurt: apud Claudium Marnium, & haeredes Ioannis Aubrii, 1602. Folio, printer's device on the titlepage, text in two columns of Latin and Greek, decorative headpieces and intials, contemporary calf, worn and rubbed, joints split and lacking piece from bottom of spine, title-page and last leaf dusty, contemporary Ms. initials on title-page and some occasional marginalia, lower outer corners of first few signatures lightly water stained, margins of last few leaves stained Note: Brunet IV 695; Dibdin II, p. 298-9; Graesse V 314 Provenance: Verso of the front free ednpaper signed 'Isaac Barrow 1612' (possibly that of Isaac Barrow, master of Trinity College Cambridge, mathematician and classical scholar who taught Newton) on the front free endpaper, ex libris R. Wroe, 1671 (possibly that of Richard Wroe (1641-1717) Waren of Manchester College with an interest in occultism) on the verso, with the intials H.D.L.F. on the titlepage, and with the armorial bookplate of Le Gendie Pierre Starkie.

Plotinus Operum philosophicorum omnium libri liv. in sex Enneades distributi ex antiquiss. codicum fide nunc primum Graecè editi, cum Latina Marsilii Ficini interpretatione & commentatione (with the Life of Plotinus by Porphyrius). Basel: Perneas Lecythus [i.e. Pietro Perna], 1580, folio, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcut device on title, Ss8 and final recto, woodcut initials, woodcut portrait of Ficino on verso of a6, contemporary calf, lower corner of title restored, some spotting and occasional light discolouration, damp-staining chiefly confined to upper margin, title with small ink-stain and single wormhole in upper margin, rebacked, scrapes neatly repaired Note: First edition of the original Greek of the writings of the founder of Neoplatonism. Ficino's Latin translation was first published in 1492 in Florence, the home of renaissance Platonism. Books 2 and 3 deal with physics and cosmology, and chapter 13 of book 2 contains a tract on astrology. Adams P1597, Caillet 8752. Provenance: John Alfred Spranger, Trin. Coll. Cambridge, bookplate

Plutarch [Opera] Omnium quae exstant operum. Paris, apud societam Graecarum editionum, 1624, 2 volumes, large folio, Greek and Latin text, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignette, 2 engraved plates, woodcut initials and ornaments, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with central arabesque, soundly rebacked with original spines laid down

Pococke, Richard A description of the east and some other countries. London: printed for the author, 1743, folio, volume I of 3 only [Observations on Egypt], 72 plates, contemporary calf, worn, upper board loose, lacking labels, lacking plate I map of Egypt and plates LXIV-LXV, plate XXXIII not asked for in plate list, title and dedication loose, worm from pp. 279 - 310 [marginal, no text loss, very small holes to plates LXXII-LXXVI] Provenance: Bookplate of Samuel Byam.

Portuguese astronomy Diaologo epistolar sobre el cometa apparecido em Lamego a 7 de abril observado ate o dia 9 de 1766. St. Helena, illustration of a comet on title, small folio, manuscript, 8 leaves original marbled wrappers, worn Note: Manuscript report by two brothers Joao and Joze de Souza y Araujo de Borges da Veiga, recording their observations of a comet over St. Helena from 7-9 April 1766, addressed to the Rev. Padre Maestro Mel da Mae de Deus. The authors quote not only the classics but also the modern astronomers David Gregory, Dominic Cassini, Wilhelm Homberg, Kepler, Hevelius, Gassendi and Newton.

Roman Catholic Church--Liturgical works [Missal] Missale romano-moguntinum. Munich, 1742, folio, engraved frontispiece, portrait and plates, printed in red and black, contemporary panelled calf over wooden boards, a few marginal repairs; Ibid.<D another copy, defective; Ibid. another edition. Munich: J.M. Bencard, 1698, folio, engraved title, contemporary calf over wooden boards, one board broken, some leaves defective [Missal] Epistolae et evangelia. Mechlinae, 1846, folio, contemporary panelled red morocco gilt, g.e.; [Missal] Missae defunctorum ex missali Cisterciensi. Paris: [Zisterzienser], 1787, folio, engraved plate, printed in red and gold, contemporary panelled calf gilt; Canon missae cum praefationibus. Rome, 1740, folio, title within engraved border, printed in red and black, later vellum, a few repairs, mainly marginal, uncalled for manuscript leaves bound in; Canon missae.. sub auspicis Gregorii PP. XVI. Munich, 1848, folio, engraved plates, printed in red and black, contemporary red morocco gilt; and 2 others including a folio antiphonal, [no place or date] apparently incomplete; sold not subject to return (9)

Scarpa, Antonio Traité pratique des hernies. Paris: Gabon, 1812, first French edition, folio and 8vo, 11 engraved plates and 10 outline plates; Supplement au traité pratique. Paris: Gabon, 1823, plates numbered 12-21 and three outline plates, plate volume modern quarter cloth, tissue guards, some light dust-soiling and marginal damp-staining, text volume original wrappers, uncut, cloth box, slight spotting Note: One of the greatest classics on hernia Heirs of Hippocrates 1110; Garrison-Morton 3583, citing the 1809 Milan first edition.

Selden, John Opera omnia... London: for J. Walthoe, et al., 1726, folio, 3 volumes in 6, portrait frontispiece, volumes I & II Latin, volume III English, uniform contenporary calf gilt, worn, hinges splitting, some worming in volume II part I only affecting imprint on title (6)

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Opera quae exstant omnia. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1632, third edition edited by Giusto Lipsio, folio, engraved title and frontispiece portrait, engraved illustrations, some full-page, woodcut device at end, half-title, some contemporary underlining, contemporary blind-stamped vellum with central arabesque, wear to head and tail of spine, joints cracked

Somner, William Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum. Oxford, 1659, folio, 2 parts in 1, title in red and black, contemporary calf gilt, worn, upper board loose, two blanks loose, ink inscription on title of Thomas Courthops Note: Wing S4663. Provenance: Bookplate of the Right Hon. Charles Earle of Winchelsea, Viscount Maidstone.

Stanley, Thomas The history of philosophy. London: printed for Thomas Bassett, 1687, second edition, folio, first edition to contain all four parts in one volume, portrait frontispiece, full-lengths portraits in text, contemporary calf, rebacked, ink inscription on title of Francis Bedford, some worming [no loss to text] [Wing S5239]; Ibid The history of philosophy. London: printed for W. Battersby, 1701, third edition, folio, lacking portrait frontispiece, portraits in text, late 18th Century tree calf gilt, rebacked, some foxing and browning (2)

[Steen (Cornelius van den)], called Cornelius à Lapide Commentaria in acta apostolorum, epistolas canonicas et apocalypsin. Antwerp: M. Nutius, 1629; Commentarium in ecclesiasticum. Antwerp: J. Meursius, 1663; Commentarii in ecclesiasten. Antwerp: J. Meursius, 1657; Commentaria in pentateuchum Mosis. Antwerp: M. Nutius, 1630; Commentaria in omnes divi Paul epistolas. Antwerp: J. Meursius, 1679; Commentarius in Josue, Judicum, Ruth. Antwerp: H. & C. Verdussen, 1700; Commentarius in Esdram, Nehemiam, Tobiam, Judith, Esther et Machabaeos. Antwerp: H. & C. Verdussen, 1703; Commentaria in duodecim prophetas minores. Antwerp: M. Nutius, 1625; Commentaria in quatuor prophetas maiores. Antwerp: M. Nutius, 1634; Commentaria in Salomonis proverbia. Antwerp: J. Meursius, 1659, all folio, some with engraved titles, all contemporary roll-tooled pigskin over wooden boards, some with clasps, occasional discolouration, a few joints cracked, some soiling; sold not subject to return (10) Note: A near complete run of the Biblical commentaries of the Jesuit theologian, Cornelius à Lapide, (1567-1637).

Suidas [Greek] Suidae lexicon, Graece & Latine. Cambridge: typis academicis, 1705, 3 volumes, folio, edited by Ludolf Kuster, title and text in Greek and Latin, engraved title-vignettes, half-titles, contemporary calf, some dampstaining to lower margin of volume 1, somewhat worn, joints splitting, one lettering piece lacking Note: Only one title-page appears to be called for, the half-titles being numbered respectively Tomus I-III. Adams 52062 Provenance: John Wynford, Viscount St. Davids, armorial bookplate

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Jaarboeken en Historien, ook zyn Germanië, en't leeven van J. Agricola. Amsterdam: Hendrik Boom, en de Weduwe van Dirk Boom, 1684, folio, translated by Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, engraved portraits, title with woodcut device and printed in red and black, half-title, ink signature on title, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, slightly soiled, corners bumped, upper joint splitting

Theology--Dionysius Cartusianus Opera omnia. Montreuil, 1896, 4to, volumes 1-29 and 14bis, contemporary quarter brown morocco, one repaired, head of one spine slightly rubbed; Wordsworth, Christopher Greek testament. London, 1877, 4to, 4 volumes, contemporary vellum gilt, a.e.g., bevelled boards, red and black onlay to boards, backstrips darkened; Spanish Inquisition A general history of the proceedings and cruelties of the court of inquisition in Spain, Portugal, etc. London, 1737, 8vo, 2 plates [inc frontispiece], contemporary calf, rebacked; Stillingfleet, Edward Origines sacrae. London, 1709, eighth edition, folio, portrait frontispiece, later half calf gilt, rubbed at extremities; Jesup, Mr The lives of Picus and Pascal. London, 1723, 8vo, contemporary calf, restored, some foxing; Boyle, Robert Some motives and incentives to the love of God. London, 1708, ninth edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed; Bunce, Rev. John St Chrysostom of the priesthood in six books. London, 1759, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, worn; Clarke, Samuel A discourse concerning the being and attributes of God. London, 1732, eighth edition, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, worn; Campbell, Archibald The doctrines of a middle state between death and resurrection. London, 1721, folio, contemporary calf, worn, upper board loose; [Jenyns, Soame] A free inquiry into the nature and origin of evil. London, 1757, 8vo, vignette title, contemporary calf gilt, hinges split; Macgowan, Rev. John Infernal conferance or dialogues of devils. London, [no date], 8vo, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, restored, hinges split; Baxter, Richard The saint's everlasting rest. London, [no date], 8vo, engraved title, frontispiece, contemporary tree calf gilt, rubbed; and a quantity of other material on theology, 18th & 19th century (qty)

Theophrastus Historia plantarum libri decem, Graecé & Latinè. Amsterdam: Henricus Laurentius, 1644, edited by Joannes Bodaeus, folio, title within engraved border, parallel Greek and Latin text, woodcuts in the text, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, fine modern vellum, raised bands, illegible small library stamp at foot of title, tear in lower corner of dd4 and Iii6 Note: A well-respected and carefully edited version of Theophrastus. Hunt 240.

Travel - Haghe, Louis Sketches in Belgium and Germany. Third Series. London, 1850, folio, lithograph title, 26 coloured plates, half morocco gilt portfolio, boards loose, worn at edges, foxing [Abbey Travel 41]; Clarke, Edward Daniel Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. London, 1811-14, second edition, volumes I-II (of 6) only, 104 maps and plates [some folding], contemporary calf gilt, hinges cracking, upper board of volume II part 2 loose, offsetting throughout; Livingstone, David Missionary travels and researches in South Africa. London, 1857, 8vo, lacking frontispiece, later morocco gilt, title page repaired; Rousselet, Louis India and its native princes. London, 1878, folio, illustrated, contemporary decorative cloth, rebacked with original spine (6)

Webster, John The displaying of supposed witchcraft wherein is affirmed that there are many sorts of deceivers and imposters... London: printed by J.M., 1677. First edition, folio, licence leaf before title, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, contemporary ink notes on endpapers, some staining to outer margins [mainly pp. 1 -42] Note: Wing W1230, Caillet 11365.

Weever, John. Ancient funerall monuments. London: L. Sadler, 1631, folio, additional engraved title (cut down and mounted), frontispiece, woodcuts, later half calf, [STC 25223], frontispiece and printed title mounted without loss, the index supplied in facsimile, occasional spotting; Toldervy, W. Select epitaphs, 1755, 2 volumes, 12mo, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, cloth; Norfolk, H.E. Gleanings in Graveyards, 1866, 12mo, original cloth; Zimmerman, J.G. Solitude, 1827, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary half calf, some spotting; another edition, 1795, 8vo, frontispiece, half calf; Lenotre, G. The guillotine and its servants, [c.1920], original cloth; Weber, F.P. Aspects of death, 1910, 8vo, author's presentation copy, original cloth; Panofsky, E. Tomb Sculpture, 1992; Colvin, H. Architecture and the after-life, 1991; and a quantity of others on death (qty)

Witchcraft, Science, Astrology, Cosmology, Hermetic philosophy A large collection of photocopied articles, facsimiles and typescripts , folio & 4to, including: Russell, Jeffrey Burton Witchcraft in the Middle Ages, 1972; The devil. Perceptions of evil from antiquity to primitive Christianity, 1977; Satan the early Christian tradition, 1981; Lucifer the devil in the Middle Ages, 1984; Mephistopheles, the devil in the modern world, 1986; Frazer, Sir James Myths of the origin of fire, 1930; [Anon.] The witches of Warboyse, [1589]; Linton, E.L. Witch stories, 1861; Fairfax, E. A discourse of witchcraft, c.1621 and translation from copy sold by Sothebys in 1996; and approximately 59 others relating to John Dee, Leibniz, Helmont, Trithemius, Khunrath &c., all photocopies or typescripts; uniformly bound in black cloth gilt with red labels (69)

Xenophon Opera. Frankfurt: Andreas Wechel, 1596, folio, [12] pp.1013, 1014-1213 cols. [58], contemporary calf gilt, gilt stamp on boards incorporating two fleur-de-lis and two clover leaves, remains of green silk ties, rubbed at edges, some chipping to head and tail of backstrip, title page creased Provenance: Acquisition note and two 17th century ownership inscriptions, one scored out and the other in Spanish, on front free endpaper. Bookplate and label of St. Benedict's Abbey, Fort Augustus. Note: Dibdin II 567, Olivier pl.1088. A fine folio edition of Xenophon with Greek text and Latin translation printed in double columns with copius notes and indexes found at the end. This is the second edition from Wechel's press with additional notes and a Greek index of words and phrases by Aemilius and Francis Portus. The binding may well have been for a French college or university.

Architectural engravings 50 architectural engravings from Vetusta monumenta of The tower of London, The castle at Newcastle upon Tyne, Malmesbury abbey church, folio, loose in two wrappers, [c.1815-16]

Art - Bayersdorfer, Adolf Zeichnungen alter Italiener in den Uffizien zu Florenz. Munich, 1893, folio, 26 plates, original folio case, upper board loose; Singer, H.W. Rembrandts sämtliche radierungen in getreuen nachbildungen. Munich, c.1915, folio, 2 volumes [of 3], mounted plates, original boards; Poussin, Nicolas Recueil de tetes et de figures, choisies dans les plus beaux tableaux... Paris, 1806, folio, 49 plates, later cloth, worn, lacking backstrip, upper board loose, heavily foxed and stained; Humperdink, E. Two mounted portraits, one in pencil [c. 10cm by 12cm], the other in pastel [c. 19cm by 33cm]; Fashion Three stylish illustrations, c.1930-40's, coloured; and 12 others (21)

Ecclesiastical architecture--Coney, John Engravings of ancient cathedrals, hotels de ville and other public buildings in France, Holland, German and Italy, 1829, large folio, 6 original parts, 24 engravings on india paper, original wrappers, uncut, spotting to margins, spines slightly rubbed, wrappers lightly soiled; Some account of the cathedral church of Gloucester, 1809, large folio, 17 engraved plates; Some account of the abbey church of St. Alban, 1813, large folio, 19 engraved plates; Some account of the cathedral church of Durham, 1801, 6 (of 11) plates only, and 11 plates only of St. Stephen's chapel by Sir H.C. Englefield, loose in contemporary folders, a few pages with marginal tear, folders worn (3)

Gilman, Harold & Ginner, Charles Paintings and Drawings in the collection of Edward Le Bas. London, 1965, [text] 8vo, [plates] folio, number 13 of 105 copies, 36 tipped in plates, both volumes together in original half morocco gilt presentation box, backstrip faded; Stählin, Erwin Fünfundsechzig - Eine Dedikation Von Albert graf-Bourquin an Den Maler Erwin Stählin. Arbon, 1966. First edition, folio, limited to 327 copies, original signed artwork to rear numbered 50, in original fibre coated boards, protective plastic wrapper torn and cracked, lacking some of rear, interior very clean and another German art folio by Fred Stauffer (3)

Nichols, John Gough & Fisher, Thomas Ancient allegorical, historical and legendary paintings in fresco... at Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire. London: Henry G Bohn, 1838, folio, 23 plates, engraved title, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, hinges splitting, corners bumped, frontispiece loose and badly stained, offsetting, foxing, rear plates heavily stained

Printing--Scholderer, Victor Greek printing types 1465-1927. British Museum, 1927, folio, plates, original cloth-backed boards, boards dust-soiled; Morison, S. On type faces, London: The Fleuron, 1923, 4to, number 298 of 750 copies, original cloth-backed boards, corners rubbed; Wyse, H.T. Modern type display, 1911, 4to, ex-library copy with stamps on title and plate versos, original cloth, rubbed (3)