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Nash (Frederick, and others). Picturesque Views of the City of Paris and its Environs; consisting of Views on the Seine, Public Buildings, Characteristic Scenery, &c..., 10 original divisions (lacking supplement), 1820-23, 60 engraved views on 50 leaves (lacking the seven supplementary plates), orig. printed wrappers with sheep spines, contemp. owners name to each front cover, rubbed to spines with some minor soiling, folio Large paper copy on Imperial Quarto. (10)

Postlethwayt (Malachy). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce: with Large Additions and Improvements, adapting the same to the Present State of British Affairs in America, since the last Treaty of Peace made in the Year 1763... together with Every Thing Essential that is Contained in Savary's Dictionary, also, all the Material Laws of Trade and Navigation Relating to these Kingdoms..., 2 vols., 4th ed., 1774, eng. frontis. to vol. 1 (offset to title), titles printed in red and black, twenty-four eng. maps on eighteen folding sheets, hinges strengthened, contemp. sprinkled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio Sabin A.77278. Maps as follows: 4 Europe; 8 Asia; 5 Africa; 3 South America; 4 North America. (1)

Roberts (David). The Holy Land ..., with historical descriptions, by the Revd. George Croly, lithographed by Louis Haghe, vol. 3 only, pub. F. G. Moon, 1849, tinted litho. title, five full-page tinted litho. views, eighteen half-page tinted litho. views and b&w single-page map at rear, some foxing, minor waterstain to lower outer corners throughout, a.e.g., contemp. maroon half morocco gilt, rubbed and marked and some wear to extrems., large folio The full page plates are: Temple Called El Khasne, Petra, Encampment of the Aulad-Sa'id, Chapel of the Convent of St. Catherine, on Mount Sinai, Ascent of the Lower Range of Sinai, & Approach to Mount Sinai. (1)

Rolt (Richard). A New Dictionary of Trade and Commerce ..., 2nd ed., 1761, [preface by Samuel Johnson], eng. frontis., title-page and frontis. partially browned, six single-page eng. maps by Emmanuel Bowen, comprising double-hemisphere, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, and Europe, one text leaf detached, and another partly detached, occn. light foxing, endpapers renewed, contemp. sprinkled calf, rebacked and recornered, folio (1)

Wickes (Charles). Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Mediaeval Churches of England, 3 vols., including Supplement, 1853-58, uncol. litho. plts., orig. cloth, frayed at head & foot of spines, folio (3)

Stanford (Edward, publisher). Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography, folio edition, late 19th century, numerous colour printed maps, some leaves (including title) torn with loss, contemp. half morocco, heavily rubbed and some fraying, folio Sold with all faults. (1)

Ternisien d'Haudricourt (F.). Fastes de la Nation Française..., 3 vols., Paris, [1803-05], eng. title to each, 203 eng. plts. of battle scenes, each with descriptive historical text below, a.e.g., occ. marginal spotting, inner joints and sewing a little weak, contemp. qtr. sheep gilt, some wear to spines & extrems. (spine of vol. 1 torn), folio (3)

Britton (John). Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Antient Buildings, Street Scenery, etc. with Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Subject, 1st ed., 1830, half-title present, 119 eng. plts. (includes 60 plts. as called for & addn. proof plts.), illusts. to text printed on india paper, occ. scattered spotting and slight damp staining to margins, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, contemp. green half morocco, gilt dec. spine, joints & extrems. rubbed and scuffed, folio One of 12 Large paper copies produced. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent Islands, 2nd Gibson ed., [1722]. eng. port. frontis. to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black, fifty eng. maps by Robert Morden and ten eng. plts. (lightly washed), ink stamp to port. & vol. 1 title, ink marks to vol. 2 title, library ink stamp to map of Surrey (obliterated with ink), few other ink stamps to margins of pages of text also obliterated in ink, modern calf gilt, folio (2)

Cotman (John Sell). Specimens of Architectural Remains in Various Counties in England, but Principally in Norfolk, with descriptive notices by Dawson Turner, and architectural observations by Thomas Rickman, 2 vols., 1838, addn. eng. title, and two printed titles to each vol., 238 b&w etched plts., some damp marking and browning to margins of second vol., occn. light foxing, t.e.g., contemp. half plum morocco, soiled and some wear, first vol. with upper joint partly cracked, folio (2)

Domesday Book Studies. The Gloucestershire Domesday, pub. Alecto Historical Editions, 3 vols., 1987-89, large fldg. map, col. and b&w illusts., facsimiles, etc., orig. qtr. cloth gilt, folio, contained in orig. book box Limited ed. 357/1000. (1)

Domesday Book. Domesday England, by John Garsons Williams, Hadnall, Shrewsbury, 1987, hand-col. title, heightened in gold, forty-four fine hand-col. maps printed on heavyweight linen paper, (each map approx. 370 x 480mm), orig. green half morocco, large oblong folio, contained in orig. slipcase Limited ed. 2/100, signed by John Garsons Williams to title. The first atlas volume was presented to HRH Prince William. When first published in 1986/7 the Domesday Atlas retailed at £975. (1)

Eglinton. The Eglinton Tournament, ed. John Richardson, pub. Colnaghi & Puckle, 1843, hand-col. litho. title, dedication leaf, and twenty-one fine hand-col. full-page litho. plts. after J. H. Nixon, col. initials, etc., a few plts. with some minor discol., occn. minor marginal tears (without loss), sl. foxing and some marks, orig. half maroon calf gilt, rubbed and some wear, folio Abbey, Life 388. Large paper edition. An account of the famous tournament at Eglinton Castle, in August 1839, given by the 13th Earl of Eglinton, and presided over by Lady Seymour as the Queen of Beauty. This entertainment is said to have cost £40,000 and to have made the Earl the most popular nobleman in Scotland. (1)

Turner (J.M.W., illust.). The Harbours of England..., with Illustrative Text by John Ruskin, new ed., 1877, twelve mezzotint plts., pages loose where gutta-percha perished, a.e.g., orig. green cloth gilt, folio (1)

Logan (James). The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, Illustrated by Appropriate Figures, Displaying their Dress, Tartans, Arms, Armorial Insignia, and Social Occupations, from Original Sketches by Robert Ronald McIan. With Accompanying Description and Historical Memoranda of Character, Mode of Life, etc., 2 vols., Willis & Sotheran, 1857, addn. hand-col. ornamental title to each vol., printed in gold and colours, dedication leaf in vol. 1 printed in gold, list of subscribers present, seventy-two fine hand-col. litho. plts., a.e.g., orig. crimson full morocco, elaborately gilt dec. with Scottish coats of arms, thistles, and foliage, folio A very handsome set in fine and bright condition. (2)

London. The Several Plans and Drawings referred to in the Second Report from the Select Committee upon the Improvement of the Port of London, ordered to be printed 11th July, 1799, fourteen full-page or folding eng. plans, sections (correct as list at front), some with hand-colouring, mostly signed R. Metcalf, some discreet archival repairs to extreme margins, etc., recent half calf gilt, with marbled boards, slim atlas folio (1)

Newman (Frederick). The Curiosities and Beauties of England Displayed. Containing the Most Copious and Complete Historical Descriptions..., printed for Alex Hogg, c.1790, engraved frontis., title close-trimmed with loss & laid-down, 294 eng. views on 116 leaves, frontis. and one plt. close-trimmed & laid-down, one other plt. repaired to fore-edge margin, occ. scattered spotting, early 20th c. marbled boards with cloth spine strip, rubbed and scuffed, folio (1)

Ormerod (George). The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester; Compiled from Original Evidences in Public Offices..., 3 vols., 2nd ed., revised & enlarged, 1882, half-titles, eng. port. frontis. to each vol., three engraved maps (2 hand-col.), sixty eng. plts. (2 hand-col.), b & w illusts. to text, list of subscribers present, occ. scattered spotting, some damp soiling to lower outer corners of last few leaves in vol. 3, inner joints strengthened with adhesive tape, contemp. qtr. cloth with paper labels to spines, loss to lower outer corner of vol. 3, folio Large paper copy. (3)

Oxford Almanacks. A bound volume of sixty-six Oxford Almanacks, 1724-1805, together sixty-six double-page engravings, one plate loose, each with large bird's-eye view or similar, by George Vertue, J. Green, B. Green, M. A. Rooker, Isaac Taylor, J. Dadley, James Basire, etc., good, clean impressions, overall sheet size approx. 580 x 530 mm (23 x 21 ins), 19th c. half calf, modern reback, large folio (1)

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxford-shire, Being an Essay Toward the Natural History of England, 1st ed., Oxford, 1677, folding eng. map (closed tear to inner margin), fourteen (of 16) eng. plts., imprimatur leaf before title and errata leaf before index, contemp. calf, good quality reback and corners restored, folio Wing p. 2586. (1)

Baudement (Emile). Les Races Bovines au Concours Universel Agricole de Paris en 1856 études Zootechniques, Atlas only, Paris, 1861, eighty-seven tinted litho. plts. of cattle, occn. spotting, mostly confined to margins, upper hinge split, contemp. morocco backed dark-green cloth, extrems. rubbed, oblong folio (1)

Gerard (John). The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, 1st ed., 1597, lacking title and some initial leaves, portion of eng. portrait present (part provided in facsimile and crudely repaired), lacks all after 5B4, numerous woodcut illusts. throughout, few torn and repaired, some dust soiling and marks, later endpapers, 17th c. panelled calf, old reback & corners repaired, joints cracked and extrems. worn, folio STC 11750. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Redoute (Pierre-Joseph). Roses, and Roses 2, together 2 vols., pub. Ariel Press, 1954 & 1956, forty-eight col. plts., orig. printed wrappers, slight spotting to covers, label to front cover of "Roses 2" vol., together with The Best of Redoute's Roses, pub. Ariel Press, 1959, twenty-eight col. plts., orig. printed wrappers., plus Fruits and Flowers, pub. Ariel Press, 1955, twenty-two col. plts., orig. printed wrappers., each vol. in frayed or worn glassine d.j., folio (5)

Slave Trade. Collection of fifteen separate printed Acts of Parliament, made between 1815-1848 , all relating to the slave trade, including a number for its abolition in Austria, Prussia, Russia, France, Denmark, Chile, Equator, Sardinia, Bristish Colonies, Mexico, etc., all disbound, folio (15)

Vanity fair cartoons. A collection of thirteen chromo. caricatures, 1904, mostly by Spy, incl. Mr. Justice Jelf, Mr. B.J.T. Bosanquet, H. Jones, Mr. Lewis Waller, Bishop of Rochester, some fraying and browning to margins, a few creased vertically, eleven with caption overprinted with name to lower margin, six with 'specimen' printed or stamped on image, folio, together with four 'Supplement to the Motorist and Traveller' caricatures, 1905 (17)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 18, 1886, 52 chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'The Lobby of the House of Commons, 1886', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 19, 1887, 54 chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'Tattersall's, 1887', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, folio (1)

Vanity Fair Album, volume 20, 1888, 52 chromo. caricatures including folding plate 'The Winning Post', a.e.g., orig. gilt dec. green cloth, faded & damp mottled, folio (1)

Vanity Fair cartoons. 105 Vanity Fair plates, bound from weekly parts, 1889-90, 105 chromo. caricatures, some minor offsetting to few plts., a.e.g., near contemp. half morocco gilt, lower joint split and upper joint partially split, folio (1)

Ireland. Collection of over five hundred printed Acts of Parliament, dating from George III through to the 1860s , all relating to Ireland including the Irish potato famine acts of 1846-1847, law and order, poor laws, railways, military, navigation and City improvements, etc., all disbound, folio (500+)

Crime and Convicts. Bound collection of seventeen separate Parliamentary reports and returns for 1843 , including reports of offenders under sentence of transportation, numerous despatches on convict discipline in New South Wales [Australia], and Van Diemens Land [Tasmania, with pull-out map], numerous tables showing numbers of criminal offences for the various counties of England, Wales & Scotland, listing offences, sentences, including death and transportation, tec., executions for murder in 1842, returns on smugglers and their sentences, crimes against the factory acts, metropolitan police returns, convict service in Ireland, etc., modern lib. buckram, rubbed, folio (1)

*Political autographs. Four albums of modern British political autographs, mostly typed letters signed and House of Commons cards and signed photos., including signatures of Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, Harold Wilson, Jo Grimond, Michael Foot, David Steel, Peter Shore, Shirley Williams, Barbara Castle, Jeremy Thorpe, Enoch Powell, David Owen, Jim Callaghan, etc., all pasted into four albums, and many with card index cards with manuscript biographies pasted in, approx. 90 pp. in total with one or two signatures per page, contemp. card, rubbed on spines, folio (4)

Printed Sales Particulars. Collection of over sixty old sales particulars from the Victorian and Edwardian era , many with enclosed plans, detailing auctions and sales of various estates, farms, collieries and beds of coal, coffee houses, public houses, railways, shares in mines, grouse moor and sporting estates, mills, etc., mostly orig. printed wrappers, some soiling and wear, folio (60+)

*Theatre Broadsides. An album containing approx. ninety printed broadsides for theatrical performances at the Ipswich Theatre, the Theatre-Royal, Norwich, the Colchester Theatre, the Bury Theatre, Yarmouth Theatre, Brecom Theatre, and elsewhere, including Southend, Dover, Sandwich, Eastbourne, Bristol, Windsor, Belfast, etc., mostly c. 1814-20, almost all pasted onto album leaves, a few partly folded, some marks and occ. minor damage (a few with some loss), one or two printed on silk (including London Pride, by Gladys Unger & A. Neil Lyons, at Wyndham's Theatre), four printed broadsides for the Theatre Royal, Covent-Garden loose at front of vol. (one damaged with loss to right-hand margin), all contained in a late 19th c. morocco-backed red cloth album, rubbed and scuffed, and some marks, oblong folio (1)

Ambrose (Isaac). The Compleat Works of that Eminent Minister of God's Word Mr. Isaac Ambrose..., 1689, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, wear to extrems., folio (1)

Anastasius (the Librarian). Anastasii Bibliothecarii Historia Ecclesiastica, sive Chronographia Tripertita. Ex MS. Codice Bibliothecae Vaticanae..., 2 parts in one, Paris, 1649, half-title present, eng. armorial emblem to title (ink stamp to lower margin), few eng. initials, head & tailpieces, ink stamp to lower margin of leaf B1 and to front endpaper, contemp. calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, board edges worn, folio (1)

Angeli (Pietro). Petri Angelii Bargaei Historici et Poetae Regii Syriados, two parts in one volume, Paris: Mamertum Patissonium, 1582, second title page dated 1584, titles in red and black with woodcut printers devices, woodcut headpieces and initials thoughout, errata leaf to rear, disbound, folio (1)

Ariosto (Lodovico). Orlando Furioso in English, heroical verse by Sir John Harington of Bathe Knight, 2nd ed., 1607, engraved title, some stains and soiling, and minor fraying to inner and top margin, woodcut initials and head-piece, etc., forty-six full-page engraved plts., colophon at rear (with some old ink marks and inscriptions), occn. marginal waterstains, old sheep, rubbed and some wear, upper joint near-det., folio (1)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia Veteris ac Noui Testamenti, Summa Fide ac Studio Singulari, cum Aliorum Doctissimorum Interpretum, tum uerò in Primis S. Pagnini ac Fr. Vatabli Opera ita ex Hebraeis Graecisq[ue] Fontibus Expressa, & Latinitate Donata..., Thomam Guarinum, Basileae, 1564, printers woodcut device to title, double-column text in latin, hebrew & greek, numerous dec. woodcut initials, first & last gatherings detached, final leaf torn to lower outer corner , some old waterstains to margins, 18th c. reversed calf, worn with leather on spine torn and upper cover detached along inner hinge, folio (1)

Boethius (Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus). Libri de Consolatione Philosophie: & commentatoris eximii praecarisque doctoris sancti Thomae, super eosdem Inciprunt foeliciter, [Strasbourg, Johannem Grüninger, 1501], four (of 6) leaves of Register (lacks [*]1-2), now bound in at rear, four prelim. leaves (title and preface), and 125 (of 128) leaves, lacking last three leaves of main text, (Y6-8), numerous large woodcut illusts. by Sebastian Brant, some contemp. ink marginalia throughout, with eight-line manuscript inscription to title, some marginal stains, mostly to front and rear, title torn and a little creased without loss, later half vellum, rubbed and marked, and some wear, folio Adams B2283. (1)

Brooke (Nathaniel). Englands Glory, or, an Exact Catalogue of the Lords of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Councel with the Knights of the Most Noble Order of St. George, called the Garter, and the House of Peers ..., printed for Nath. Brooke ... and Hen. Eversden, 1660, eng. frontis. 87 pp. in all, close-trimmed, with occn. loss of letters to fore-margins, some crude ruling in red, and early ink additions, F1 with minor tear to fore-margin, affecting one or two letters, 19th c. cloth, small slim 8vo, together with Bolton (Robert), Instructions for a Right Comforting Afflicted Consciences, with speciall antedotes against some grievous temptations: delivered for the most part in the lecture at Kettering in North-hamptonshire, 1631, title and following two or three leaves with some soiling and marks to margins, possibly lacks front blank or frontis., 560 pp., final leaf torn with loss to lower outer corner, affecting some words, contemp. panelled full calf, rubbed and some wear, joints cracked, 8vo, plus Heylyn (Peter). Ecclesia Restaurata. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, c. 1660s, contemp. full calf, later reback, rubbed and marked, folio (3)

[Carton, Abbe C.]. Album Descriptif des Fêtes et Cérémonies religieuses à l'occasion du jubilé de 700 ans du Saint-Sang, à Bruges, précédé d'un Essai sur l'Histoire du Saint-Sang depuis les premiers siècles de l'Eglise jusqu'à nos jours, Bruges, 1850, twenty-eight hand-col. litho. plts., some heightening with gold, a little spotting, a.e.g., contemp. gilt-dec. morocco, some damage to head and foot of spine, upper cover det., oblong folio (1)

Dugdale (William). Origines Juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryals, Punishment in Cases Criminal, Law-Writers, Law-Books, Grants and Settlements of Estates, Degree of Serjeant, Innes of Courts and Chancery ..., 2nd ed., with additions, 1671, imprimatur leaf present, title printed in red and black, early ms. name to upper corner, numerous full-page armorials on letterpress, a few with early hand-col., six eng. ports., incl. three by Hollar, errata leaf at end, some neat early marginalia, contemp. panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, preserving orig. spine label, and one corner repaired, folio (1)

Elizabeth I - Acts of Parliament. Anno Quinto Reginae Elizabethe. Act the Parliament holden at Westminster the xii of Januarie, in the fyfth yeere of the raigne of our Soveraigne Lady Elizabeth, by the Grace of God, of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande Queene ... were enacted as foloweth, Imprinted at London in Powles Churchyarde by Richarde Jugge, 1563, title within woodcut border, black letter text, large woodcut initials, light waterstain to lower and inner margin throughout, modern qtr. dark brown morocco, folio (1)

Foster (Birket). Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape, engraved by the Brothers Dalziel, with Pictures in Words by Tom Taylor, India Proofs, George Routledge and Sons, [1881], thirty wood-engraved plates, printed from the orig. blocks as India paper proofs, contemp. ms. inscription to title-page, a.e.g., contemp. dark blue morocco by Ramage, bevel-edged, and elaborately gilt dec. with red morocco onlays to spine and covers, v. sl. rubbed to extrems., folio Limited edition 435/1000 copies. Ray, Illustrator and the Book in England, 191A. 'The resulting book is certainly Foster's best, particularly when it is seen in the sumptuous folio reissue of 1881'. (1)

Procession. Gecostumeerde Optogt Gehouden Door de Leden van het Leidsche Studenten-Corps den 7den Junij 1870, ter Viering van den 295sten Verjaardag der Leidsche Hoogeschool, Voorstellende Bezoek Gebragt aan Leiden in 1586, door Robert Lord Dudley, Baron van Denbigh, Graaf van Leicester..., pub. Hazenburg, Leiden, 1870, hand-col. folding panorama in 36 sections, depicting a costumed parade, split along one fold, and most others strengthened on verso with paper tape, final few sections a little browned and creased to fore-margin, with final section sl. frayed, four-leaf booklet of text printed on blue paper loosely inserted, the whole loose in orig. blind dec. cloth, gilt titled to upper cover (rubbed), remains of silk ties, oblong folio (1)

Hall (Joseph). The Works of Joseph Hall Doctor in Divinitie, and Deane of Worcester. With a Table Newly Added to the Whole Worke, 1625, woodcut dec. title and numerous subsidiary title-pages, lacks p.245/246, p.247/248 frayed and dust soiled, p.501/502 provided in facsimile, repair to lower margin of leaf 4L3, slight worming at end of volume, some damp staining throughout, contemp. calf, rebacked & corners repaired, folio (1)

Handel (George Frederic). Alexander's Feast or The Power of Musick, An Ode Wrote in Honour of St. Cecilia by Mr. Dryden, Set to Musick by Mr. Handel, printed for J. Walsh, in Catherine Street, 1st ed., [1738], eng. title and 166pp eng. music, a little soiling and some staining to leading margins towards rear of vol., contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, gilt morocco label to upper cover, some wear and covers damp-marked to leading edges, folio, together with Buck, (P.C., Fellowes, E.H., Ramsbotham, A., Terry, R.R., & Warner, S. Townsend, eds.). Tudor Church Music, vols. I, III-VI, VIII & X, pub. for Carnegie United Kingdom Trust by the Oxford University Press, 1923-29, one or two vols. with b&w frontis., all orig. dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks to extrems., folio (8)

[Jacobites]. The Proceedings of the House of Lords, concerning The Scottish Conspiracy, and the Papers Laid before that House by Her Majesties Command, 1704, 67 pp., untrimmed, unbound, folio (1)

Haversham (John Thompson, Baron). The Lord H----s Speech in the House of Lords, on the First Article of the Impeachment of Dr. Henry Sacheverell, 1710, 8 pp., together with Carmen Seculare, For the Year 1720. An Ode Humbly Inscribed to the King, on his Return from Hannover, 1720, [4] + 28 pp., minor toning, folio, and Fiddes (Richard), Proposals for Printing by Subscription the Life of Cardinal Wolsey, in his Private, his Political & Ecclesiastical Capacity..., c.1720, [2] + 41 pp., a few tears, plus others including an incomplete copy of Pietas Universitatis Oxoniensis in Obitum Augustissimae & Desideratissimae Reginae Mariae (Oxford, 1695), all unbound (8)

Heliodorus (Emesenus, Bishop of Tricca). Heliodori Aethiopicae Historiae Libri Decem, nunc Primùm è Gr[a]eco Sermone in Latinum Translati: Stanislao Warschewiczki Polono Interprete, Adiectum est etiam Philippi Melanthonis de ipso Autore..., Joannem Oporinum, Basel, 1552, woodcut device to title, lacks pp.43-54, bookplates of Sir Charles Frederick Surveyor General of the Ordinance and also bookplate of Syston Park to front endpaper, 18th c. calf, rebaked, small folio (1)

Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Florentine Historie. Written in the Italian Tongue, by Niccolo Macchiavelli, Citizen and Secretarie of Florence, and translated into English, by T. B. Esquire, 1st English ed., printed by T. C. for W. P., 1595, woodcut ornamental title, a few woodcut initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, a few minor marks, some early anotations in ink to margins, three-quarter red-brown morocco, sl. rubbed and spine somewhat darkened, folio With contemporary owner's signature of Robert Parker to head of title. (1)

Milton (John). The Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton. Containing, Paradise Lost, Paradise Regain'd, Sampson Agonistes, and his Poems on Several Occasions, together with Explanatory Notes on Each Book of the Paradise Lost, and a Table Never Before Printed, 1695, eng. port. frontis., general title close-trimmed & re-margined, numerous eng. plts., four leaves provided in facsimile, many margins strengthened with archival tissue, some worming and browning, modern calf, red morocco title label, folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Missal. Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, Venice, Nicolaum Pezzana, 1735, title with eng. vign., printed in red and black throughout, one full-page eng. plt., musical examples, bound with (at end) Missae Propriae Sanctorum ad usum Fratium Minorum Sancti Francisci Conventualium ..., Venice, 1743, title with eng. vign., printed in red and black throughout, a few leaves with some marginal discol., some minor worming to extreme lower margin of several leaves (a few with paper restrengthening), later full blind-stamped calf, with four circular raised bosses to each cover, clasps defective, some wear to extrems., folio (1)

More (Henry). An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; Or, a True and Faithful Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the Onely Begotten Son of God and Sovereign over Men and Angels, 1st ed., 1660, title a little aged and soiled, some light embrowning, a.e.g., later good quality navy morocco by Hering, richly gilt with the arms of the Eighth Earl of Scarborou to each cover, a trifle rubbed at extrems., folio Wing M2658. A key text of Cambridge Platonism by 'the most interesting and the most unreadable' of the group. More is better known now as a poet, but his influence upon William Law, John Wesley, and even Coleridge was considerable. (1)

New Testament [Greek]. Novi Testamenti Jesu Christi Graeci, hoc est, Originalis Linguae Tameion [aliis Concordantiae]..., ita Concinnatum, ut et Locareperiendi, & Vocum Veras Significationes... Opera Erasmi Schmidii..., Wittenberg, 1638, eng. addn. title, general title printed in red & black, browning and spotting throughout, early 18th c. vellum with yapp fore-edge, covers marked & dust soiled, folio (1)

New Testament [Greek]. [Tes kaines diathekes hapanta Euangelion...] Novum Jesv Christi D.N. Testamentum. Ex Bibliotheca Regia, 2 parts in one, Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographia Regii, Paris, 1550, printer's device to title & last leaf, first part of the title transliterated from the Greek, with early signature 'David Jones' to title, dec. initials, head & tailpieces, damp staining & damp soiling throughout, long horizontal closed tear to p.175/176 (part 1) and closed tears to some other pages, early limp vellum, binding attachment weak, folio "The third and most important of R. Stephanus' editions, known as the 'Editio Regia'. From this the 'Textus Receptus,' found in ordinary Greek Testaments, is substantially derived.... The most interesting feature of this Testament is the critical apparatus, printed in the inner margin of the text, which gives various readings and additions from MSS. collated by H. Stephanus..., and the MSS. borrowed from the Royal Library at Paris". Darlow & Moule 4622. (1)

Parliamentary Reports. The Report of the Lords Committees Appointed to take into Consideration the Report of the Commissioners...So far as Relates to the Accompts of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Orford, Late Treasurer of the Navy, 1704, 31 pp. together with The Report of the Lords Committees Appointed to Draw up The State of the Case upon the Writ of Error Lately Depending in the House of Peers; wherein Matthew Ashby was Plaintiff, and William White and others Defendants, 1704, 14 pp., both folio, and Lacy (John), A Letter to Sir H. Mackworth, Concerning His Treatise About the Late Occasional Bill..., 1704, 15 pp., tear to title, 4to, plus [Church of England]. A Representation Made by the Lower House of Convocation, to the Arch-Bishops and Bishops, Decemeber 1704, pub. 1705, 7 pp, 4to, and two others related, all unbound (6)

Scapula (Johann). Joan. Scapulae lexicon Graeco-Latinum, è Probatis Auctoribus Locupletatum, cum Indicibus, et Graeco & Latino, Auctis, & Correctis. Additum Auctarium Dialectorum..., Bonaventurae & Abrahami Elzeviriorum, & Francisci Hackii, Leiden, 1652, title printed in red & black & with woodcut illust., small hole to initial leaves, dec. head & tailpieces, near contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio (1)

South Sea Company. A List of the Names of the Corporation of the Governor and Company of Merchants of Great Britain Trading to the South Seas, and other Parts of America, and for Encouraging the Fishery; who are Qualified to Vote at the ensuing Election for Governor, Sub-Governor, and Deputy-Governor, to be made on the Third, and of Directors on the Fifth Day of February next: Together with Part of the 7th By-Law concerning Elections, December 25, 1729, pub. Edward Symons, 1729, 18 pp., a little fraying and curling to extrems., together with similar lists for 1735 and 1741, folio, together with [Blunt, Sir John], An Account of what Monies were receiv'd and paid by Mr. Blunt for the Class Lottery in the Year 1711 and at what Times he Paid the Same into the Exchequer, and how much remains in his Hands at this time, [1712], 2pp. on a single folio, some marginal fraying, folio Sir John Blunt (c.1665-1733) was a founder of the South Sea Company and was taken into custody in 1721 after the 'South Sea Bubble' debacle. Many of his assets were seized in the ensuing investigation. (4)