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Bible [Romansch, Lower Engadine dialect] [La Sacra Biblia.. in la quala sun compreis tuets Cudeschs dal Velg e Nouf Testamaint: cun l'aggiunta dall Apocrifa, Jacob Dortu a Vulpera, juven. F.: Scuol, 1679, 78], lacking both general title?pages, and the first leaf of the chronological table, the New Testament title?page within an ornate woodcut border, text browned, stained in places, frayed with some tears at the beginning and end, contemp. blind?stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled and a little rubbed; with a central brass boss and two of four corner bosses, brass catches and clasps, now protected by a 19th?c. red morocco loose?fitting cover with buckles and straps, stout folio. The Bible, translated from the Hebrew and Greek into Romansch by Jacob Dorta and J. A. Vulpius, then pastor at Schule. D & M 7688. (1)
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![New Testament [Arabic]. Quatuor Evangelia Arabica [so titled to spine], Rome, Typographia Medicea, 1591,. text in Arabic a](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2152277/636-7-10729_468x382.jpg)
New Testament [Arabic]. Quatuor Evangelia Arabica [so titled to spine], Rome, Typographia Medicea, 1591,. text in Arabic and Latin, num. large woodcut illusts. by A. Tempest, occn. light browning and minor foxing, minor waterstain to final two leaves of text, contemp. maroon morocco?backed marbled boards, rubbed and marked, gilt?dec. spine, folio. Ex libris Andrew Gifford, with his bookplates to front pastedown, together with bookplate of the Bristol Baptist College Library. (1)
Bengalee Newspaper. The first newspapers ever printed in the Bengalee language, Serampore, May 23, 1818,. contains thirty issues, slight spotting to initial leaves, contemp. tree sheep, red morocco label to upper board, rubbed to extrems., slim folio Front free endpaper with presentation inscription from the editor Joshua Marshman. (1)
New Testament [Persian]. The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, translated into the Persian Language by Lieutenant Colonel R.H. Colebrooke. Published under the Patronage of the College Fort William in Bengal, Calcutta: Hindoostanee Press, 1805,. separate titles in English and Persian, some marginal damp?staining, a little fraying to upper margin of last three leaves, contemp. tree calf, folio With the signature of William Ward dated 1810 to title and bookplate of Bristol Baptist College. (1)
New Testament Bengalee Church Testament, n.p. (Serampore Press?), c.1815, signature of W. Ward to upper outer corner of title dated 1818, final leaf of text detached and frayed to margins, contemp. marbelled calf gilt with red morocco title label, slight wear to upper joint at head, large folio (1)
Swan (Joseph). A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body, 1st ed., 1830, fifty plts. (incl. twenty?five outline plts.) with explanatory text leaves, some spotting, soiling and marginal fraying, title swailed and torn with small loss at foot and carefully re laid, plt. 1 cut down and re laid, several upper leaves with marginal re lining and repairs and Preface leaf re?laid, old half morocco, rubbed and swailed, large folio. Heirs of Hippocrates Encore 02. (1)
Vesling (Johann). The Anatomy of the Body of Man, trans. Nicholas Culpeper, 1st English ed., 1653, twenty?four eng. plts., lacks initial blank(?) and title (supplied in facsimile), a few neat archival repairs incl. one neat facsimile repair to foremargin of table 1, final plt. relaid, light browning and occ. dampstaining, modern calf, folio Wing V286. (1)
Aristotle. And. Cratander lectoras en tibi candide lector, Aristotelis et Theophrasti Historias, quibus cuncta fere quae deus Opt. Max. Homini cotemplanda & usurpanda exhibuit, adamussim complectuntur: creaturas inquam omnes, & sensu praeditias, quae animalia dicuntur, & sensus expertes, quas appellant plantas .., 2 parts in one, Basel Andreas Cratander, 1534,. title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, part?title with woodcut device, colophon leaf at end with printer's woodcut device to verso, occn. early ink marginal anotations, single wormhole to fore?margin throughout, not touching text, sev. single wormholes, affecting final portion of text (not affecting legibility), generally in good condition, contemp. blindstamped pig skin over wood boards, soiled and darkened to spine and edges, lacks clasps, old brass corners, etc., folio. An important collection of various works on the natural sciences by Aristotle and Theophrastus, incl. some translated by Theodorus Gaza and Pietro Alcionio. Rare. (1)
Leon (Francois, Carmelite). Studium Sapientiae Universalis Contextus Scientiae ? Humanae, Paris, 1657,. addn. eng. title by Landry (close?trimmed to margins), printed title with eng. vign., light marginal water stains at front of vol., lacks LI (possibly a half?title), and pp. 177-78 (signature however is complete), num. woodcut and copper illusts. to text, incl. eng. maps, some minor marks, occn. light browning, etc., final leaf with large copper eng. illust. to verso, a.e.g., contemp. full sheep, elaborately gilt?decorated with repeated fleur?de?lys to both covers, and in compartments between raised bands to spine, with central gilt crown of thorns enclosing the words 'Jesus Maria', some marks and wear to extrems., folio (1)
Beresiner (Yasha). British County Maps. Reference and Price Guide, 1st ed., Antique Collectors' Club, 1983, num. col. and b & w illusts. together with Skelton (R.A.), Decorative Printed Maps of the 15th to 18th Centuries, 3rd imp., pub. Spring Books, 1967, num. b & w illusts., plus Goss (John), The Mapping of North America. Three Centuries of Map?Making, 1500-860, pub. 1990, num. col. and b & w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s., with others similar, 4to & folio (12)
Cockerell (Sydney C.). Old Testament Miniatures. A Medieval Picture Book with 283 Paintings from the Creation to the Story of David, pub. Phaidon, c. 1950, eighty?eight full?page col. reprods., orig. cloth in d.j., tall folio, together with The Book of Kells. Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublin, with a Study of the Manuscript, by Francoise Henry, THames & Hudson, reprinted, 1976, num. full?page col. reprods., b & w illusts. to text, orig. gilt dec. cloth with slipcase, 4to, and others similar (10)
Hardie (Martin & Sabin, Arthur K.). War Posters Issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations, 1914-919, 1st ed., pub. A. & C. Black, 1920, col.and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Hutchison (Harold F.), The Poster. An Illustrated History from 1860, Studio Vista, 1968, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in slightly frayed d.j., folio (2)
Hartshorne (Albert). Old English Glasses. An Account of Glass Drinking Vessels in England, from Early Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century, 1st ed., 1897, with Als tipped?in at front, col. and b & w plts., some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. cloth, neatly rebacked, thick folio, together with Revi (Albert Christian), American Art Nouveau Glass, reprinted, 1981, a few col. plts. and num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in sightly frayed d.j., 4to, plus Palley (Reese), The Porcelain Art of Edward Marshall Boehm, New York, 1988, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, with other glass and ceramics reference (14)
Heppelwhite & Co. (Alice, Cabinet?Maker's). The Cabinet?Maker and Upholsterer's Guide; Or, Repository of Designs for every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and most Approved Taste .., [2nd ed.], 1789, 127 uncol. eng. plts. (complete), incl. double?page 'Plan of a Room ? shewing the proper distribution of the Furniture', two or three short closed?tear repairs, some minor spotting, and a few other marks, contemp. tree calf with old reback, a few scratches and some wear to fore?edge of upper board, folio (1)
Jores (J.). A New Book of Iron Work, Containing A Great Variety of Designs (Useful for Painters, Cabinet?Makers, Carvers, Smiths, Fillegre?Piercers, &c.) with Gates of Various Sorts, Pilasters.., Weather?Cocks, Spindles, &c., 1759,. twenty eng. plts. (complete), ink library stamps to title page and oval ink stamp to majority of plts., modern cloth gilt, slim folio (1)
Oz (Tahsin). Turkish Ceramics, n.d., pub. Turkish Press, c. 1950s, seventy?five col. and b & w plts., contents somewhat loose in orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, slim folio, together with Symonds (R.W.), Old English Walnut & Lacquer Furniture, 1st ed., 1923, b & w illusts. from photos., some scattered spotting, orig. cloth gilt, a little faded on spine, 4to, plus Grimwade (Arthur G.), London Goldsmiths, 1697-837. Their Marks and Lives from the Original Registers and Goldsmiths' Hall and Other Sources, 1st ed., 1976, a few b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo, and other various art and antiques reference (18)
Perrault (Claude). A Treatise of the Five Orders of Columns in Architecture, viz. Toscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.. ; to Which is Annex'd, a Discourse Concerning Pilasters, and of Several Abuses Introduc'd into Architecture.., Made English by John James of Greenwich, 1st ed., 1708,. eng. frontis. and six full page eng. plts., seven plts. to text, numerous fine eng. initial letters, head & tail pieces, list of subscribers, three pages of adverts. at rear, occ. minor spotting, contemp. panelled calf, boards detached and worn to board edges, folio (1)
Picasso (Pablo). Picasso der Kubismus, 1907-917, by Josep Palau i Fabre, pub. Barcelona, 1998, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, square 4to, together with Picasso at Work. An Intimate Photographic Study, by Edward Quinn, Introduction and Text by Roland Penrose, 1st ed., 1965, col. illusts. and num. b & w illusts. and photos., orig. linen?backed laminated boards, slightly soiled, folio, plus Picasso. Intimate Secrets of a Studio at Notre Dame de Vie, text by Helene Parmelin, pub. New York, 1966, num. tipped?in col. illusts., orig. canvas, a little rubbed, square 4to, with two others on Picasso (5)
Prip?Moller (J.). Chinese Buddhist Monasteries. Their Plan and its Function as a Setting for Buddhist Monastic Life, 3rd ed., Hong Kong University Press, 1982, num. b & w illusts. from photos., folding plans, incl. several contained in rear pocket, orig. linen?backed mock morocco, folio, (with orig. pubs. cardboard packaging) (1)
Protan (Mario). The Art of the T'ang Potter, 1st ed., Thames & Hudson, 1960,. thirty?four tipped?in col. plts., num. b&w illusts., orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, together with Kim (Dr. Chewon, and Gomaertz, G. St. G. M. editors), The Ceramic Art of Korea, 1st ed., Faber, 1961, col. frontis., b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., folio, with four other Faber monographs (6)
Tipping (H. Avray). English Homes, 3 vols. (Periods I & II, ? vol. II, Medieval and Early Tudor 1066-558, Period III ? vol. I, Late Tudor & Early Stuart, 1558-649 & Period IV ? vol. I, Late Stuart 1649-714), reprinted, Country Life, 1929-37,. num. b&w illusts. from photos., all orig. cloth gilt, second vol. in frayed d.j., first vol. with damp stain to head of inner margin throughout, and some leaves partially adhering, folio (3)
Zampieri (Dominici, called Domenichino). Picturae.. quae extant in sacello Sacrae Aedi Cryptoferratensi adjuncto nunc primum tabulis aeneis incisae, , Rome, Ex Chalcografia, 1762,. eng. vignette to title and prelims , full?page eng. portrait of Cardinal Rezzonico, forty?four eng. plts., incl. five double?page, by F.Bartolozzi, P.A. Pazzi, C.Gregorius and others after Zampieri, cont. full calf gilt, some wear, large folio. Cicognara 3469. Nagler XXV, 181. Highly decorative representations of the frescoes by Domenichino in the monastery of Grotta Ferrata illustrating the legend of Saint Nilus and other religious subjects. (1)
Anderson (Anne, illust.). Grimms' Fairy Tales, pub. William Collins, n.d., c.1930, col. plts. and b & w illusts., some juvenile colouring to few illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with Braun & Schneider, (pub.), Colorirt Busch Bilderbogen, c.1880, numerous hand?col. illusts. throughout, orig. pict. boards with cloth spine strip, folio, with Hood (Marjory, illust.), Nursery Rhymes and Proverbs, pub. Eyre & Spottiswoode, [1934], numerous full?page col. illusts., printed endpapers, orig. printed boards with cloth spine strip, a little dust soiled, folio and Lawrence (T.E.), Seven Pillars of Wisdom.., 1st general ed., 1935, b & w plts. and maps, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 4to, plus other illustrated books (24)
Cotton (Arthur Egerton). Queer Creatures, n.d., c. 1898, b & w illusts., some spotting, orig. printed boards, soiled and some damage to spine, oblong folio, together with Belloc (Hilaire), Cautionary Tales for Children, illust. B.T.B., [1907], b & w illusts., some soiling, contents mostly loose, orig. cloth?backed printed boards, some soiling and wear, 4to, plus other misc. childrens books, incl. Greenaway, A.A. Milne, & Juliana Horatia Ewing, mostly in poor condition (25)
Foulis Press. Publii Virgilii Maronis. Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis. Ex Editione Petri Burmanni, 2 vols., Glasgow, 1778, half?titles present, ex?lib copy bound in stout green qtr. morocco gilt, folio, together with Jewitt (Llewellyn & Hope, W.H. St. John), The Corporation Plate and Insignia of Office of the Cities and Towns of England and Wales, 2 vols., 1895, num. wood engs. to text, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, orig. half morocco gilt, rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, plus Huish (Marcus B.), The American Pilgrim's Way in England to Homes and Memorials of the Founders of Virginia, the New England States, and Pensylvania .., 1907, sixty tipped?in col. plts. after watercolours by Elizabeth M. Chettle, ports. and b & w illusts. from photos., orig. qtr. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and finger marked, thick 4to, (all ex?lib copies with usual marks), and other misc. books (2 cartons)
Richardson (Charles James). Studies from Old English Mansions: their Furniture, Gold & Silver Plate, etc., parts 1-4 bound in two, 1841-45, 137 col. and tinted litho. plts. (incl. four pict. titles), some minor scattered spotting, t.e.g., later half morocco, upper cover of vol. 1 det., 4to, together with Tipping (H. Avray), English Homes, period 1, vol. 1 (Norman & Plantagenet, 1066-485), 1st ed., pub. Country Life, 1921, num. b & w illusts. from photos., ex?lib copy with usual marks, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, folio and others of architectural interest (a carton)
Sitwell (Sacheverell & Blunt, Wilfrid). Great Flower Books, 1700-900. A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely?Illustrated Flower Books. The Bibliography edited by Patrick M. Synge, 1956, thirty?six col. and b & w plts., ex?lib copy with usual marks, orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed and finger soiled, tall folio, (limited edition of 1750 copies), together with Blunt (Wilfrid & Russell, James), Old Garden Roses, parts 1 & 2, pub. George Rainbird Limited, 1955 & 1956, sixteen fine col. plts. from paintings by Charles Raymond, orig. boards, worn on spines, slim folio, with other various natural history (a carton)
Les Grandes Heures de Jean Duc de Berry, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, Introduction and Legends by Marcel Thomas, pub. Thames & Hudson, 1971,. fine full?page col. reprods., orig. cloth lettered in gilt, with matching slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, with other misc. art reference (3 shelves)
Coates (Clive), Claret, 1st ed., 1982,. b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Enjalbert (Henri), Great Bordeaux Wines of St. Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac, 1st English ed., 1985, num. col. illusts. from photos., orig. pictorial laminated boards, two short closed tears at head of spine, and Evans (Len), Complete Book of Australian Wine, reprinted 1985, num. col. and b&w illusts. from photos., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to & folio, with others related, mostly recent pubs., G/VG (3 shelves)
Chatelain (Henri Abraham). Atlas Historique, ou Nouvelle introduction, a l'Histoire a la Chronologie & a la Geographie Ancienne & Moderne, vol. 2, part 2 only, Amsterdam, 1718, twenty?five double?page or folding uncol. eng. map sheets and historical engs. of England, Ireland, Scotland, Switzerland and Lorraine (France), a.e.g., contemp. gilt panelled mottled calf, with central gilt motif incorporating Atlas carrying the globe on his shoulders, rubbed, folio Lacks a few engravings of Italy at rear. (1)
Cruchley (G.F., publisher). Cruchley's General Atlas, for the Use of Schools and Private Tuition, 1854, thirty?one double?page hand?col. map sheets, (complete), incl. two hemisphere maps, Mercator's World Chart and three maps of the Americas, etc., disbound (rear cloth board only present), slim folio (1)
Nieuhoff (Jan). L'Ambassade de la Compagnie Orientale des Provinces Unies vers l'Empereur de la Chine, ou Grand Cam de Tartarie, faite par les Srs. Pierre de Goyer, & Jacob de Keyser .., 1st ed. in French, Leiden, 1665,. two parts in one vol., addn. eng. title (light water stain to fore?edge, closed tear to lower margin, touching impression mark, title printed in red and black, with eng. vign., full?page eng. port. of Colbert, the dedicatee, numerous eng. plts. and illusts., incl. many double?page folding eng. maps, water stain occn. affecting fore?margins, with one or two leaves consequently repaired to blank fore?edge, contemp. full mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, minor wear to extrems., folio (1)
Selves (H.). Atlas Geographique dresse sous la Direction du Conseil Royal de l'Instruction Publique, pour l'Usage des Colleges, Paris, 1829, 16 partly hand coloured double page eng. maps, complete as list, contemp. boards with paper label to upper cover, some wear to extrems., folio, together with Meissas (Achille & Auguste Michelot), Petit Atlas Elementaire, Paris, c.1874, eight double?page hand coloured engraved maps (one with some marginal annotations and fraying), splitting to inner hinges, orig. printed boards, 8vo (2)
Semple (Miss). The Costume of the Netherlands, pub. Ackermann, 1817, half?title present, eng. title with hand?col. vign., thirty hand?col. aqua. plts., text in English and French, some spotting and slight browning, orig. half morocco with printed label to upper cover, soiled and some wear, slim folio (1)
South and South West England. Two albums of mounted black and white photos., late 19th c., mostly views of Cornwall, Isle of Wight, Devon, etc., plus some naval and maritime photos., mostly South Coast, approx. 140 images in total, mostly with pencil captions, contemp. half morocco gilt, rubbed, folio/4to (2)
Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated.., 1st ed., 1656, title printed in red and black, sixteen eng. maps and plts. (inc. port. frontis., complete), together with a folding eng. county map present (detached), numerous engs. to text, mostly etched by Hollar, errata/Notarum Exblicatio leaf at rear, contemp. mottled calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine with red morocco title label, neatly repaired to head & foot of spine and also to corners, folio Bookplates of Sir Kenelm Digby and W. Rolleston Saunders. Upcott, vol. 3, p.1247 & Wing D2479. (1)
Dugdale (William). The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated; From Records, Leiger?Books, Manuscripts, Charters.., 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1730, titles printed in red & black, twenty?five eng. maps & plts. inc. many folding (complete), numerous engs. to text inc. many by Hollar, contemp. panelled calf, later rebacks with gilt dec. spines, folio Upcott p.1259-262. (2)
Fordyce (William). A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal Mining, the Winning and Working of Collieries, Household.., Coking, and Other Coals, Duration of the Great Northern Coal Field.., Iron, its Ores, and Processes of Manufacture, More Particularly with Reference to the Recently?Discovered Iron Ores of the Cleveland District and of the Blast Furnaces Erected in the North of England. Including Estimates of the Capital Required.., pub. 1860, folding litho map frontis., thirty?three eng. plts. (inc. 1 double?page), occ. scattered spotting and slight damp staining to lower outer corners of some plts., text a little yellowed, contemp. cloth covered boards with recent calf spine and corners, folio (1)
Gregson (Matthew). Portfolio of Fragments, Relative to the History & Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 3 parts in one, 1st ed., Liverpool, 1817, half?title, folding plan of Lancaster Castle, folding engraving of coats of arms, two large folding pedigrees, num. wood engs. to text, list of subscribers, some spotting (particularly pp.144-50), later cloth, rubbed, folio (1)
Laurie (Robert and James Whittle). Laurie and Whittle's New Traveller's Companion; exhibiting a Complete and Correct Survey of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England, Wales and Scotland, 5th ed., 1810, folding engraved hand coloured map of England & Wales, twenty?five hand coloured double?page engraved road maps, text leaves a little close?cropped at lower margin, inner hinges split, contemp. limp morocco, rubbed with some wear to spine, small folio Chubb CCCXLIII ?'A very nicely prepared road book'. (1)
Manning (Rev. Owen, and Bray, William). The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey, 3 vols., 1804-4,. three fldg. maps, ninety?five plts. thirteen folding pedigrees, ex?library copy with circular blind?stamps to upper corner of most plts., contemp. half morocco,rubbed, joints cracked, folio. Upcott pp.1209-216. (3)
Moll (Herman). A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of the Counties of England and Wales, &c. with the Great Roads and Principal Cross?Roads, &c. Shewing the Computed Miles from Town to Town, 1739, fifty uncoloured engraved maps printed back?to?back, one folding map sheet repaired with a little loss to fold, a few maps fraying to outer margin with occ. minor loss to printed image, recent half calf and marbled boards with leather label to upper cover, oblong folio Chubb CLXII. (1)
Ogilby (John). Britannia: or, the Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, actually Survey'd: with a Geographical and Historical Description of the Principal Roads, 2nd ed., 1698, title with small paper repair not affecting text, 100 uncoloured double?page strip road maps, occ. light overall browning throughout, three maps with marginal paper repairs (maps 17, 49 & 73), one map with a small closed tear (map 27), last three maps with some vertical creasing, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked and cornered, folio Chubb CIIa. A good complete copy. (1)
Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Stafford?shire. By Robert Plot. LLD. Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum and Professor of Chymistry in the University of Oxford, 1st ed., Printed at the Theater, Oxford, 1686, eng. vign. title with imprimatur to verso (slight worming to lower in corner, one folding eng. map (lined with linen to verso) and thirty?seven eng. plts. (inc. 25 folding, complete), list of subscribers to rear, plt. 32 (plate of unusual things) torn to image with slight loss of image, contemp. panelled calf, joints a little weak and rubbed to extrems., folio Upcott p1172-174. (1)
Lister (Martin). Historiae Conchyliorum Liber III qui est de Bivalvibus Marinis, in quibus Conchae Anatiferae dictae, Balaniq.., pub. London, 1687, eng. title within decorative border (early signature to lower margin), 302 engs. on 170 leaves, title dust soiled, some minor soiling and slight spotting, lower outer corners of pages curled, contemp. marbled wrappers, worn to spine and lacking lower wrapper, small folio (1)
Topsell (Edward). The Historie of Foure?Footed Beastes. Describing the True and Lively Figure of Every Beast, with a Discourse of Their Severall Names, Conditions, Kindes, Vertues (both Naturall and Medicinall) Countries of their Breed, their Love and Hate to Mankinde.., 1st ed., printed by William Jaggard, 1607,. [xlii], 758, [12], (A1 & Yyy8 appear to be later blanks), numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, woodcut plt. of the 'Vulgar Bugill' (Buffalo) facing p.57 not present as usual, illust. of Camelopard on p.101 is trimmed to fore?edge with loss of image, small hole to leaf B1 (p.1/2) affecting image, few paper restorations particullarly to final leaves, few minor marks, t.e.g., early 20th c. half sheep, folio Freeman 3728; Wood 599; STC 24123. (1)
Topsell (Edward). The History of Four?Footed Beasts and Serpents.., Collected out of the Writings of Conrad Gesner.., Whereunto is now Added, the Theater of Insects; or, Lesser Living Creatures: As Bees, Flies, Caterpillars, Spiders, Worms, &c. A Most Elaborate Work: by T. Muffet.., The Whole Revised, Corrected, and Inlarged with the Addition of Two Useful Physical Tables, by J.R.., printed by E. Cotes, for G. Sawbridge, 1658, half?title present, separate titlepage to each part, numerous woodcut illusts. throughout, light damp staining to lower outer corner of majority of leaves, some slight yellowing & spotting, few tape repairs to lower margins, contemp. gilt panelled calf, rebacked with gilt dec. to spine, folio Armorial bookplate of the South Library dated 1860 (Thomas Augustus, Earl of Macclesfield). Freeman 3730; Wing G.624. (1)
![Gould (John). Erythropus Vespertinus [Orange?Legged Hobby], n.d., c. 1870, fine hand?col. litho., folio, framed and glazed (](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2152277/267-7-10729_468x382.jpg)
![Gould (John). Falco Candicans [Adult and Young Greenland Falcon], n.d., c. 1870, fine hand?col. litho., folio, framed and gl](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2152277/268-7-10729_468x382.jpg)
![Gould (John). Falco Islandus [Adult Iceland Falcon], n.d., c. 1870, fine hand?col. litho., folio, framed and glazed (1)](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2152277/269-7-10729_468x382.jpg)
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