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*'The Croucher', a chromolithograph of G.L. Jessop by 'Spy' for Vanity Fair Magazine, Folio, 25th July 1901; and 'A Flanelled Fighter', a chromolithograph of F.S. Jackson by 'Spy', each framed and glazed, (2).

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HOOKER, Joseph Dalton, Sir (1817-1911). The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya. London: 1849[-1851]. Folio (504 x 380mm.) 30 hand-coloured lithographic plates. (Some light spotting throughout, a few leaves with minor tears to outer margin.) Contemporary cloth (faded, head and foot of spine slightly bumped, gutta-percha perished and many leaves now loosely inserted). (See illustrations, back cover and cente pages)

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BACON, Francis, Sir. The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh. London: 1622. Folio (290 x 190mm.) Decorative title. (Lacking portrait, damp-stained throughout, marginal tears, Aa1-Aa2 torn affecting text, Bb1-Hh1 with marginal worming.) Old calf (worn). Provenance: Ri. Noble (presentation inscription); John Arabin (armorial bookplate verso title-page).

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BACON, G.W. (editor). - Commercial and Library Atlas of the British Isles. London: G.W. Bacon & Co., Limited, 1899. Folio (344 x 270mm.) Numerous lithographed double-page maps printed in colours. (Light browning.) Original decorated cloth, g.e. (extremities lightly bumped).

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CURRENCY. - F SCHJ…TH. Chinese Currency. London: 1976. Limited edition of 2000 copies, folio (332 x 203mm.) Numerous illustrations. Original cloth. - And twenty-eight others, all on coins and banknotes (29).

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SAMBOURNE, Linley (illustrator). - [Venice. From Lord Byron's Childe Harold. London: 1878.] Folio (534 x 422mm.) 10 tinted lithographic plates only (of 31) after Sambourne. (Lacking title, some spotting, tears and creases.) Original cloth (worn, somewhat affected by damp, gutta-percha perished and all leaves now loosely inserted).

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MAXWELL, Marius. Stalking Big Game with a Camera. London: Medici Society Limited, 1924. Limited edition of 568 copies, this number 13 signed by Maxwell, folio (376 x 276mm.) Title printed in red and black. Double opening frontispiece and numerous plates all after Maxwell. (Somewhat spotted, first few leaves with two marginal holes.) Original cloth, t.e.g. (rubbed and affected by damp). Provenance: presentation copy, inscribed 'To Nell / with love from / Winnie 4/1/38 / (wife of the author)' to limitation page.

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MILTON, John, Samuel DANIEL and others. A Complete History of England: with the lives of all the Kings and Queens. London: 1706. 3 vols., folio (381 x 220mm.) Titles printed in red and black, 29 portrait plates. (Some old damp staining some tears with occasional loss.) 19th Century half-morocco (worn).

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HASTED, Edward (1732-1812). The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Canterbury: 1778-1799. First edition, 4 vols., folio (406 x 246mm.) 4 engraved title vignettes, 64 engraved illustrations, 46 engraved maps and plans (1 folding and hand-coloured in outline, 38 folding or double page) and 57 plates on 53 leaves (3 folding). (Occasional browning, occasional tears to plate folds, ink corrections to many leaves.) Contemporary half-speckled sheep (re-backed and cornered, contemporary spines laid down, extremities bumped). Lowndes II, p.1010. Provenance: William Southouse (1p. a.l.s. to the author requesting information on his family home dated 'Febry 14. 1775' and a 2pp. a.l.s. in reply to the letter from the author Edward Hasted dated 'March 12th 1775' mounted on the front pastedown, both letters torn and soiled).

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ANTIQUE REFERENCE, GLASS. - Helen and George S. McKEARIN. Two Hundred Years of American Blown Glass. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950. Folio (280 x 205mm.) Numerous illustrations, the majority full-page. Original cloth, dust-jacket. - And forty-three others, all 20th Century, all on glass and glass collecting (44).

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ANTIQUE REFERENCE, GLASS. - Jane Shadel SPILLMAN. American and European Pressed Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass. New York: 1981. Folio (271 x 197mm.) Numerous illustrations, many colour). Original cloth, dust-jacket. - And forty-two others, all 20th Century, all on glass and glass collecting (43).

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Palmer Arnold Arnold Palmer's scrap book: 1964 Masters Augusta National Golf Club Georgia. [no place or publisher]. Folio illus. original green calf over bevelled boards edges a little rubbed upper cover stamped "presented to William H. Kendall"

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[Hendley Thomas Holbein] Asian carpets. XVI and XVII designs from the Jaipur Palaces. London: W Griggs 1905 folio chromolithograph title map 157 plates [including 7 supplementary plates] later quarter morocco gilt rubbed some staining to lower edge plates not affected owners ink inscription to title

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Knight Henry Gally The ecclesiastical architecture of Italy. London: Henry Bohn 1843 folio volume I only colour lithograph title 40 lithograph plates contemporary half morocco worn hinges split water staining throughout [along upper margins]

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Nativelle Pierre Nouveau traite d'architecture contenant les cinq ordres suivant les quatre auteurs les plus approuvez Vignole Palladio Philibert de Lorme et Scamozzi.... Paris: G. Dupuis 1729 folio volume I [of 2] only 69 engraved plates some double page contemporary speckled calf gilt hinges cracking corners bumped rubbed marble endpapers very occasional spotting Provenance: Bookplate of "South Library" on front fixed endpaper dated 1860.

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Thurah Laurids de Den danske Vitruvius. Copenhagen 1746. First edition folio two volumes title and text in Danish French and German engraved frontispiece 181 plates contemporary calf gilt worn section of backstrip on volume 2 lacking corners bumped some staining to interior some repairs to plates Note: BM

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Turner J.W. Ritchie L. Wanderings by the Loire. London 1833 8vo engraved title 20 engraved plates contemporary morocco gilt extra rubbed hinges cracked foxed; Turner J.W. Liber Studiorum. London [No date] oblong 4to illustrated original quarter vellum gilt rubbed small stain on upper board interior clean; Ibid Turner's watercolours at Farnley Hall. London [No date] folio

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Camden William & Morden Robert Britannia. London: for A. Swalle 1695 folio portrait frontispiece by R. White 9 plates of coins and antiquities 50 maps by Robert Morden contemporary calf worn lacking backstrip frontispiece torn at inner hinge [no loss] some spotting some staining to base of inner hinge map of Cumberland chipped at edges Note: Chubb CXIII Wing C359

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Clark J. [Views in Scotland] 1824-1825 folio 17 hand-coloured aquatint plates mounted on guards (of 35) mid nineteenth-century maroon half morocco plates lightly dust-soiled no text two loose binding rubbed Footnote: Clark's elegant views comprise Edinburgh Glasgow St. Andrews Cromarty Renfrew Peterhead Dundee Edinburgh Cupar Tain Elgin Hamilton Dunkeld Linlithgow Stirling Dingwall Ayr and Dumbarton. Cf. Abbey Scenery 489

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Fullerton and Co The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography. London: A. Fullerton and Co [c. 1865] folio 76 lithograph maps [74 numbered plus 2 supplemental] engraved title contemporary half green morocco gilt a.e.g. marble endpapers bookplate of John George Bartholomew rubbed inner hinges strengthened foxing to title pagebrowning throughout map 31 torn along centre fold some small tears to edges of other maps Provenance: From the collection of J.G. Bartholomew map publisher. Note: Compared with the earlier edition of ca. 1860 some of the maps are new and others have been updated. The 'Royal illustrated tlas’ is an expanded version of 'The companion atlas to the gazetteer of the world’ by G.H. Swanston. Maps drawn by J. Bartholomew J. Hugh Johnson J. Macnab Augustus Petermann G.H. Swanston and A. Thom. (BM)

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[Girtin Thomas] [A selection of... the most picturesque views in Paris. London: M.A. & John Girtin 1802-1803] oblong folio (plates approx. 460 x 665mm.) 18 (of 20) sepia aquatint views mounted framed and glazed lacking 2 views (10 and 19) without title or text some spotting a few plates with worming plate 9 with small dampstain Note: Abbey Travel 102

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Nordenskiöld A.E. Facsimile Atlas to the early history of cartography with reproductions of the most important maps printed in the XV and XVI centuries. Stockholm 1889 folio translated from the Swedish by Johan Adolf Ekelof 51 full sheet cartographical facsimiles contemporary morocco gilt worn inner hinges strengthened interior clean; Ibid Periplus an essay on the early history of charts and sailing directions. Stockholm 1897 folio 60 full page facsimile charts contemporary morocco gilt worn hinges splitting small section lacking from head of backstrip interior clean (2) Provenance: From the collection of J.G. Bartholomew map publisher.

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Ortelius Abraham Scotiae tabula. Antwerp [1573] approx 55cm wide by 41cm high decorative cartouche uncoloured text on verso discolouration at edges previous folds some tearing to fold and at edges; English Channel A correct chart of the English and St George's Channels with the adjacent coasts. No date approx 42cm wide by 25cm high uncoloured previous folds some chipping to edges; Dublin Plan of the city of Dublin taken from an actual survey for the Universial Scots Almanack. No date approx 25.5cm wide by 20cm high uncoloured previous fold trimmed; Duncan James New map of the county of Staffordshire... London c.1840 approx 40cm wide by 50cm high uncoloured previous folds chipping to edges some light spotting; Blaeu J Le Theatre du monde ou nouvel atlas... Amsterdam 1654 folio volume V [Scotland and Ireland] hand coloured title page all maps removed just text remaining contemporary vellum gilt worn most of backstrip lacking title page torn in lower margin repaired at inner hinge and a late 17th Century folio of tables of villages/ towns across Europe (6) Provenance From the collection of J.G. Bartholomew map publisher.

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Rocque John. A New and Accurate Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster. London 1748 folio (54 x 37cm.) title printed in red and black in English French and Latin engraving on title map in 16 sections and map of London and the country 10 miles round together 17 double-page plates leaf with index and list of subscribers on renewed guards throughout modern blue half morocco spine gilt [Darlington and Howgego 94(4)] Footnote: John Rocque a French Huguenot was the first influential cartographer to produce an accurate London map. His ambitious project - to produce a large scale survey for the whole of the built-up area of London - took nine years and is considered outstanding both for its clarity and artistry. Later maps were based on this survey until Richard Horwood's map of 1792.

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Maps of 2 volumes folio 2 volumes 212 (of 218) engraved maps hand-coloured in outline several folding blue half morocco gilt lacking the 6 maps 'World on Gnomonic Projection' dampstaining to margin of Ancient Greece and Turkey II and Geological Map of England one or two captions shaved

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Tackabury G.N. Tackabury's Atlas of the Dominion of Canada. Montreal Toronto and London 1876 folio edited by H.F. Walling 52 maps some double-page partly coloured original black half morocco gilt

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Thomson John & Co. The Atlas of Scotland containing maps of each county... Edinburgh 1832 folio index map as frontispiece (hand coloured in outline) 2 folding hand coloured panoramas (one with tape repairs) 29 maps hand coloured in outline with town plans etc. several with tape repairs to edges and folds creases some chipping to edges modern half morocco gilt rubbed at edges Provenance: From the collection of John Bartholomew map publisher. Note: Moir I p.129-131 Moir II p.154 number 11

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Wood John. Town Atlas of Scotland folio Edinburgh 1818-1827 10 (of 45) engraved plans comprising 9 double-page plans hand-coloured in outline of Ayr Dingwall (2 copies) Dalkeith Dunkeld Dunbarton Lanark Linlithgow Nairn Stonehaven and folding plan of Stirling plan of Dalkeith cropped Dunbarton laid down Lanark repaired with slight loss contemporary red half morocco worn

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Stuck Johann Wilhelm Operum tomus primus continens antiquitatum convivialium libros tres (Operum tomus secundus continens sacrorum et sacrificiorum gentilium). Leiden: Jacob Hack; Amsterdam: Henricus and the widow of Theodorus Boom 1695 2 volumes in one folio (342 x 221mm.) engraved frontispiece titles printed in red and black woodcut device on title-pages woodcut initials and tailpieces contemporary vellum gilt with the arms of Maastricht on covers a few marginal paper repairs Note: Originally published in 1582 Stuck's Antiquitates conviviales cover customs relating to food and drink in many ancient civilisations. Simon BG 1421

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Wine Trade Account book of Cabanis frères merchants of Montpellier in the late eighteenth century. Montpellier 1771-1791 370 pages large folio (510 x 340mm.) on paper with vellum markers contemporary vellum boards with flap (worn and stained) some correspondence from their clients loosely inserted some inserted papers dating from 1806 Note: This huge volume paints a remarkable picture of a thriving commercial undertaking over nearly a quarter of a century including some of the most momentous years in French history. Cabanis frères were merchants and traders based in Montpellier with a branch in Paris run by Jean Cabanis. They traded in a wide variety of goods but their main concern was with eau de vie and wine (especially the local sweet white wine muscat). This volume records Cabanis's dealings with local firms such as Troussel et Martel of Sète Gaujal of Pézenas Pierre Masson Aribert cadet Jullian ainé and others shipments of wine and spirits to other parts of France and distillery equipment ("fabrique d'eau de vie") including boilers and barrels.

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Bowyer Robert An illustrated record of important events in the annals of Europe during the years 1812 1813 1814 & 1815. London: Printed by T. Bensley 1815 folio 21 plates [18 hand coloured inc. 4 folding] contemporary half calf gilt rubbed occasional foxing [mainly to tissue guards] Note: Tooley 97

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[Buchanan George] The Poor Clients Complain Done out of Buchanan one sheet folio text in two columns [no place Scotland ? c.1698-1700]; Act Anent Pole-Money August 30 1698 one folio folded Edinburgh: Heirs and Succcessors of Andrew Anderson 1698; Petition for the Earl of Southesk against Sir John Murray of Drumcairn 2 pp. 4to [c.1700] (3)

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Burcardus von Biberach. Chronicon abbatis Urspergen. a Nino rege Assyriorum Magno. Augsburg: Joannes Miller 1515 first edition small folio woodcut title hand-coloured initials double column contemporary blind-stamped calf ruled with crowned and other heads and floral roll-tooled panels lacking A2-C6 title with several holes (repaired) rebacked retaining spine corners repaired Footnote: BM STC German Books 169

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Domesday Great Domesday Book 'Penny' Edition. [Alecto Historical Editions 1986] one of 250 numbered sets 2 vol. folio full colour continuous tone offset lithographic facsimile original calf backed polished antique oak boards edges untrimmed 2 coins inset in vol.1 (silver penny of William I King of England and proof specimen of 1986 bronze penny of Elizabeth II Queen of England) together with: Great Domesday: Introduction and contents of the manuscript. 1986 folio number 155 of 250 numbered sets signed by baron hailsham and g.h. martin (keeper of public records) original calf backed buckram original calf and buckram slipcases; Domesday Book: Studies. 1987 folio illustrations original buckram backed boards; [Maps] [1987] 28 numbered folding colour maps key together with: Notes to the translations of Great Domesday. 1988 folio; Fascicules (separate county translations). [1988-92] vol.3-7 9 11 14 16-20 22 23 28 folio 16 vol. (only of 32) [these were superseded by the 2 bound translation volumes present here] original wrappers original calf and buckram case; Indices. 1988-92 folio 33 parts in 32 original wrappers original calf and buckram case; Great Domesday: Translation...including all folios subsequently added to the manuscript. 1992 2 vol. folio original calf-backed buckram t.e.g.; The Domesday Book: a Prospectus. 1986 folio loose inserts original wrappers (8) Note: This fine facsimile of the Domesday Book reproduces the original at actual size and was published in commemoration of the 900th anniversary year of Domesday. It was made possible by the rebinding of the original manuscript in the 1980's at the invitation of the Public Record Office in London. The oak covers of this 'Penny Edition' come from floor-boards originally installed in Tattingstone Hall Suffolk which was built around 1500.

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Edinburgh Newspaper The Edinburgh Evening Courant. Edinburgh July 3rd 1852 - June 30th 1853 large folio red "One Penny" stamp in the corner of each issue later half calf worn majority of backstrip lacking some chipping to edges creases. Sold not subject to return.

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Punt Jan Lyk-Staetsie van Zyne Doorluchtigste Hoogheid... Willem Carel Hendrik Friso Prince van Orange en Nassau. S'Gravenhage Pieter Gosse Jr and Nicolaes van Daalen 1755 folio German and French text engraved title with vignette 41 double-pages plates including a plan of the New Church at Delft some plates soiled in margin eighteenth-century marbled boards spine and covers very rubbed and worn joints weak at the top and lower edges

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Rapin de Thoyras Paul The History of England. London 1732-1747 translated and continued by N. Tindal 4 volumes bound in 5 folio titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes 150 fine portraits engraved by George Vertue 70 engraved maps many by Emanuel Bowen some folding 9 tables and 60 engraved plates contemporary calf covers ruled in gilt spines gilt red morocco labels very neatly rebacked a few maps with short tear and no loss Footnote: A very fine set handsomely rebacked.

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Rushworth John The tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford. London: for John Wright 1680 folio portrait frontispiece pp. [10] 786 contemporary calf worn upper board loose portrait and title loose heavy foxing Note: Wing R2333

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Solis y Ribadeneyra Antonio de The history of the conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. London: for T. Woodward and J. Hooke 1724. First English edition translated by Thomas Townsend folio portrait frontispiece 2 maps 6 plates woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn upper board loose hinges split endpapers loose burn marks along top edge some stains

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Stillingfleet Edward Origines Britannicæ or the antiquities of the British churches. London: for Henry Mortlock 1685 folio title printed in red and black contemporary calf worn lower board loose pastedowns lacking browning to edges foxing to title and preface

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Caldecott Randolph [Aesop] Some of Aesop’s Fables. Macmillan 1883 4to some browning; Blackburn H. Breton Folk. Boston: Osgood 1881 small 4to lacking head of spine; Blackburn H. Randolph Caldecott. New York: Routledge 1886 4to worn;Caldecott R. “Graphic” Pictures. Routledge 1883 oblong folio; A Sketch-Book… George Routledge and Sons [n.d.]; Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs. Routledge and Sons [n.d.]; The Babes in the Wood. Warne and Co. [n.d.] 4to wrappers laid-down over Routledge issue wrappers; A Frog he would a-wooing go. George Routledge & Sons [n.d.]; Carr C. North Italian Folk. Chatto and Windus 1878 8vo number 23 of 250 copies coloured by hand lacking front free endpaper; Davis M.G. Randolph Caldecott. Philadelphia: Lippincott 1946 4to worn dust-jacket; Ewing J.H. Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [n.d.] (2 copies); Lob Lie-by-the-Fire. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge [n.d.] (2 copies); Irving W. Old Christmas. New York: Pollard & Moss [n.d.] 4to contents disbound spine split; Locker F. What the Blackbird Said. Routledge 1881 4to front free endpaper loose; Tennyson H. Jack and the Bean-Stalk. Macmillan 1886 4to--together with 27 others mostly Frederick Warne and Co. Ltd.; together with 14 postcards; all with illustrations by Randolph Caldecott original bindings some spotting and browning some bindings worn with loss some volumes disbound or with loose leaves. Sold not subject to return (44)

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Dulac Edmund Picture book for the French Red Cross. London [1915] 4to 19 tipped in plates and portrait original grey cloth backstrip sunned small stain to lower hinge interior clean; Robinson Charles (illus.) The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. London [no date] 8vo 4 tipped in plates original red cloth gilt backstrip and edges sunned corners bumped interior clean; Soper George The Arabian Nights. London [no date] 8vo 6 coloured tipped in plates original red cloth backstrip sunned rubbed title page loose; Cameron Kate Where the bee sucks. London [no date] 8vo 12 tipped in plates original blue cloth gilt some staining interior clean; Fish The new eve. London 1917 4to written and designed by Fowl original decorative paper boards discoloured rubbed interior clean; Peto Gladys Sunshine Tales. London [no date] 4to original decorative paper boards lacking dustwrapper rubbed at edges foxing to edges; Ottolenghi-Wedekind Herta Ein bilderbuch in handdrucktechnik. Switzerland 1957 oblong folio number 223 of a limited printing illustrated original half vellum rubbed interior clean (7)

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Bracton Henry de Legibus & consuetudinibus Angliae Libri quinq. London: Richard Tottell 1569 first edition folio in fours 272 x 183mm.) woodcut initials ninteenth-century calf raised bands early inscription on title title and second leaf lightly dust-soiled Footnote: A tall clean copy of a classic work on English law. 'A formulation of principles which have determined the whole development of English law of which the use of precedents is perhaps the most characteristic' and 'a model for legal literature until the present day' (PMM). STC 3475. Provenance: W. Foster 1736 inscription on title The Hon. Henry Booth bookplate on *3; Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow gilt stamp to upper cover

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Court of Session. Manuscript law book containing decisions of the Court of Session 228 pp. recording cases from 1609 to 1623 folio eighteenth-century half calf Provenance: Henry Home Lord Kames bookplate; John Girvan Professor of Conveyancing at Glasgow University book-label.

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Skene Sir John Regiam Majestatem. The Auld Lawwes and Constitutions of Scotland. Edinburgh: Thomas Finlason 1609 first edition small folio 2 parts in one volume woodcut initials contemporary calf part 2 lacking O1-3 title strengthened occasional spotting rebacked corners rubbed; Regiam Manestatem. Scotiae veteres leges et constitutiones. Edinburgh: T. Finlason 1609 first Latin edition small folio contemporary calf rebacked corners rubbed; and a copy of Neilson's Skene's Memorabilia Scotica 1923 (3)

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Literature Homer. The Iliad. The Nonesuch Press 1931 4to translated by Alexander Pope number 286 of 1500 copies original morocco gilt slipcase interior clean; Leech John Follies of the year. A series of coloured etchings from Punchs Pocket Books 1844-1864. London: Bradbury Evans & Co [1866] small oblong folio original half rec morocco gilt gilt stamp on upper board rubbed pages loose foxing; Apollinaire Guillaume The poet assassinated. London 1968 4to illustrated by Jim Dine decorative cloth dustwrapper chipped at edges and approx 45 others (qty)

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Edinburgh Manuscript proclamation about the plague. Edinburgh July 12th 1665 single sheet [approx 28cm wide by 37cm high] folio previous folds framed and glazed Provenance: From the collection of the Drambuie Liqueur Company.

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George I Letter signed counter-signed by William Pulteney 2 pages folio dated 30 March 1717 Court of St James's to Charles Viscount Townshend Lieutenant General and General Governor of Ireland regarding the retirement of Colonel William Barrell due to injury to his right shoulder minor splitting at folds

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James VI & I Letter signed 1 page folio large signature dated 9th February 1580/1 Holyrood House to [William Keith] the Earl Marischal of Scotland calling him to arms having been "credible informit that there is sum preparation of armes... in sundrie partis of ewrope..." small section torn on right hand side dispatch slits some water staining Provenance: Sothebys sale 1976.

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Botany - Palmberg Johann I.N.J. Serta florea svecana eller: Svenske Orte-Krantz. [No place]: Christian Boerd 1684 8vo title within a woodcut border numerous woodcuts of plants in text contemporary calf a few manuscript notes at beginning and end some light soiling binding worn; Ibid. [Another edition] Stockholm: J.L. Horrn 1733 2 parts in one volume 8vo title printed in red and black nineteenth-century half calf binding rubbed; Kellander D. Rubus humilis fragariae folio fructu rubro. Uppsala: Werner [1716] 8vo 2 folding woodcut plates modern boards fore-margins cropped with occasional loss of catchwords and edge of text; Zetterstedt J.W. Dissertatio botanica de plantis cibariis romanorum. Lund: literis Berlingianis [1808] 4to modern boards some light spotting (4)

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Gesner Conrad Historia animalium liber iiii qui est de piscium & aquatilium animantium natura. Zurich: Christopher Froschauer 1558. First edition folio volume IV (of 5) woodcut device on title woodcut illustrations in text title-page very slightly frayed at fore-edge lacking final blank modern vellum Note: Nissen ZBI 1553; Horblit 39; PMM 77

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Ornithology A collection of 20 modern works on orinithology to include Forshaw J Parrots of the world. Australia 1973 folio illustrated by William T. Cooper original cloth dustwrapper a fine copy; Ibid The birds of paradise and bower birds. Sydney 1977 folio illustrated by William T. Cooper original cloth dustwrapper slipcase a fine copy; Gallagher M.& Woodcock M. The birds of Oman. London 1980 4to illustrated original cloth dustwrapper a fine copy and 17 others (20)

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Sitwell S. & Blunt W. Great flower books 1700-1900 A bibliographical record of two-centuries of finely-illustrated flower books. London: Collins 1956 folio 36 plates original half green cloth gilt dustwrapper torn at edges interior clean; Frères Pauquet Modes et costumes historiques. Paris 1967 4to lithograph title 100 plates original red cloth inner hinge weak occasional spotting bookplate [offset onto opposite endpaper] (2)

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[Allestree Richard] The works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. Oxford and London: by Roger Norton and Edward Paulet 1704 folio 3 parts in one volume; The whole duty of man laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all... London 1703 pp.[13] 381; The gentleman's calling. London 1703 continuing pagination pp.[10] 393-456; The second part of the works of the learned and pious author of the whole duty of man. London 1704 to include The ladies calling the government of the tongue the art of contentment and the lively oracles given to us pp. [12] 324 [6] contemporary panelled calf hinges split rubbed occassional spotting; Ibid The art of contentment. Oxford 1675. First edition 8vo pp. [8] 214 frontispiece woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn foxing worm [Wing A1085] (2) Note: BM

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Gataker Thomas Adversaria Miscellanea... London: Samuel Gellibrand 1659 folio woodcut ornament contemporary calf worn hinges splitting occassional spotting [Wing G309]; Burkitt. William Expository notes with practical observations on the New Testament... London 1772. Seventeenth edition folio 78 plates [inc. portrait frontispiece] folding map at rear contemporary calf gilt worn hinges splitting foxing; S.N. A concordance to the Holy Scriptures. Cambridge 1682. Thrid edition foliom contemporary calf worn upper board loose modern tape repairs to hinges foxing and 12 others. Sold not subject to return (15)

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Pontifical Pontificale Romanum Clementis VIII. Pont max. Iussu restitutum atque editum. Antwerp: Plantin Press Balthasar Moretus & the Widow of Joannes Moretus & Ioannes Meursius 1627 folio pp. [6] 512 [3] engraved vignette on title printed in red and black throughout contemporary full red morocco gilt marble endpapers g.e. rubbed some mild worm damage occasional spotting ink inscription on endpaper ex-library stamp of the College of St.Peters to title

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Poole [or Pole] Matthew Synopsis criticorum aliorumque scripturæ sacre interpretum et commentatorum... Frankfurt: Johannis Philippi Andreae 1712 5 volumes folio portrait frontispiece in volume I title of volume I red and black contemporary vellum decorative blind stamped rubbed corners bumped hinges weak title pages creased (5) Note: BM

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Salmasius Claudius Historiae Augustae scriptores VI. Paris 1620 folio 3 parts in one volume half title woodcut title woodcut ornament part one pp. [10] 255 [38] part two pp. 519 [71] part three pp. [8] 258 [22] contemporary calf gilt armorial stamp to both boards worn upper board loose endpaper creased and torn at rear last leaf torn [no loss to text] ink notes to title margins and endpapers some spotting

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[Arif Pasha Mushir] [Les Anciens costumes del'Empire Ottoman] [Paris] no date folio (40 by 55cm wide) 47pp 16 lithographed plates lacking title page lacking portrait disbound all pages chipped and torn at edges all plates heavily foxed Note: Pasha Mushir Arif fought against the Greeks in Athens and Euboea from 1826-28 and then in the Syrian campaigns against Mehmet Ali. Subsequently he became the governor of the province of Silistria and while there prepared this work for publication. The plates illustrate 80 figures of Turkish functionaries whose duties are explained in the text.

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Clerk of Eldin John A series of etchings chiefly of views in Scotland MDCCLXXIII - MDCCLXXIX. With additional etchings and facsimiles from his Drawings. Edinburgh: Bannatyne Club 1855 folio lithographed portrait frontispiece 55 numbered plates 2 additional plates contemporary quarter red morocco paper label to upper board worn at head and tail of backstrip hinges rubbed corners bumped foxing

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