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Camden (William). Britannia: or, a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland...Translated into English...by Edmund Gibson, 2 vols., 1772, LACKING ALL MAPS, engraved port. and num. engravings of coins and antiquities, contemp. calf, rubbed, folio (2)

Domesday Book Studies. The Shropshire Domesday, 3 vols., pub. Alecto Historical Editions, 2 vols., 1987-90, large folding map, numerous col. and b & w illusts., facsimiles, etc., orig. qtr. cloth gilt in slipcase, folio, (limited edition 108/1000), together with Blakeway (Rev. John Brickdale), The Sheriffs of Shropshire, with their Armorial Bearings; and Notices, Genealogical and Biographical, of Their Families, Shrewsbury, 1831,orig. cloth, spine faded, folio, with Hughes (William), The Sheriffs of Shropshire, 1831 to 1886, with their Armorial Bearings; and Notices, Genealogical and Biographical, of Their Families: being a Continuation of the Reverand John Brickdale Blakeway's Work, (2 copies), Shrewsbury, 1886, orig. qtr. cloth, slim folio (4)

Smith (Charles, publisher). Smith's New English Atlas being a Complete Set of County Maps, Divided into Hundreds on which are Delineated all the Direct and Cross Roads..., 1804, engraved title and list of contents (dampstained), general engraved map of England & Wales (split to central fold) and forty-five double-page hand coloured engraved county maps including Yorkshire on four sheets and Wales on two sheets, all complete as list, some marks, a few with small splits to central fold, two maps water-stained (mostly confined to margin), contemp. limp morocco wallet-style travelling binding, rubbed with some fraying to extrems., folio. Chubb CCCXI. (1)

Smith (William). A Delineation of the Strata of England & Wales, with Part of Scotland; exhibiting the Colleries and Mines, the Marches and Fen Lands Originally Overflowed by the Sea, and the Varieties of Soil According to the Variations in the Substrata, pub. John Cary, Aug 1st, 1815, general index map and fourteen (of fifteen) fine double-page hand coloured engraved map sheets, lacking sheet with engraved title - provided in excellent quality facsimile, some professional paper repairs to extreme margin of index map and final map, final two maps a little damp-stained, a few other small repaired closed tears mostly confined to lower margins, new endpapers, recent half calf with marbled boards, folio. PMM 274. The first geological map of Britain and a remarkable achievment by a largely self-taught man.

Sumner (Heywood, illust.). The Avon from Naseby to Tewkesbury, 1882, twenty-one etched plts., some b & w illusts. to text, slight damp cockling to fore-edge margins of few pages, gutta-percha perished and pages loose, t.e.g., orig. cloth gilt, slim folio, together with Every (S.F.), Etchings of the Church, Monuments & Castle of Tong-Salop..., 1841,dec. title and twenty-one etchings, some spotting and marginal staining, a.e.g., contemp. gilt dec. calf, slight wear to spine, slim folio, with Niven (W.), Illustrations of Old Staffordshire Houses..., Printed for the Author, 1882, twenty-one etchings, gutta-percha perished and few pages loose, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine a little worn at head & foot of spine, slim folio, with Britton (John), The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Salisbury..., 1814, bound with The History and Antiquities of the See and Cathedral Church of Norwich..., 1816, eng. titles, numerous eng. plts. and plans, damp staining and soiling throughout, contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine with green morocco label, rubbed, 4to, and with a facsimile edition of Plot's Staffordshire, pub. 1973, plus one other related (6)

Twycross (Edward). The Mansions of England and Wales..., The County Palatine of Chester, 2 vols., 1850, tinted litho frontis. to each, 110 tinted litho plts., occ. spotting, 20th c. qtr. morocco gilt, spines faded, folio. The complete series of Mansions of England and Wales consisted of five volumes published between 1846-50. (2)

Walker (J. & C.). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas; containing Separate Maps in Every County in England, and the Three Ridings of Yorkshire; comprising forty-two Maps, showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Parks..., [1850], printed title and contents leaf, forty-two double-page litho maps, hand-coloured in outline, contents re-hinged, modern half straight-grained crimson morocco gilt, folio.. Attractive copy. (1)

*Chinese Ricepaper Drawings. A late 19th c. album of Chinese ricepaper drawings, containing five large watercolour drawings of butterflies, flowers, insects, fruit, etc., eight smaller watercolour drawings of birds, fruit, boats, etc., and five gouache drawings of Chinese costume, pheasant and bird in a tree, on pressed tulip petals, some marginal tears and chipping to edges (mostly to larger images), generally not affecting image, some plates loose, orig. red moirâ cloth, rubbed and some soiling and marks, fraying to head and foot of spine and upper joint, outer corners, etc, oblong folio (1)

Natural history. Edwards (John), Carduus Palustrius, Carduus Tenuiflorus, Carduus Polyacanthos, Lupinus Peregrinus Major, c.1760s, together four hand coloured botanical engravings, folio, and a hand coloured botanical engraving by Moses Harris, plus Oudart (P.), Trocaza Bouvryi, Sphenocercus Cantillans, pub. Lemercier, c.1860s, two hand coloured lithos. of exotic birds, each approx. 400 x 300mm, plus two other 18th century related engravings and a re-strike 18th century engraving of the Britannia and one other (10)

Shropshire. Baugh (Robert), To the Right Honorable Edward Earl of Powis...This Map of Shropshire is Humbly and Respectfully Dedicated, pub. August 1st, 1808, engraved map on nine double-page sheets, hand coloured in outline, some contemp. ink marginalia, each sheet approx. 480 x 490 mm, bound into contemp. half calf, folio (1)

Vanity Fair cartoons. Mr Horace Hutchinson, July 19, 1890, orig. col. litho. caricature by Spy, together with 'Chief Magistrate' [Sir John Bridge], April 25, 1891, 'He wrote Sapho' [M. Alphonse Daudet], March 11, 1893, 'Sammy' [Mr Edward Linley Sambourne], January 16, 1892, 'One of the Presidents' [Mr S.D. Muttlebury], March 22, 1890, all a little dust soiled, folio (5)

Audubon (John James). The Birds of America, A Selection of Plates Facsimile, Leipzig & London, Edition Leipzig/The Ariel Press, 1972, forty fine col. reprods., orig. pubs. half cloth contained in orig. pubs. cardboard boxes, double elephant folio, VG. Limited edition of 1000 copies, this being one of 250 copies of the Great Britain and Commonwealth Edition, signed by the Director of the Ariel Press. (2)

Brown (Thomas, Captain). Illustrations of the Fossil Conchology of Great Britain and Ireland, with Descriptions and Localities of all the Species, pub. Smith, Elder, 1849, 115 uncol. eng. plts., orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, rubbed, faded at spine, upper joint partially split, folio (1)

Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Paradiseidae, or Birds of Paradise, 1873, Facsimile reprint, New York & Amsterdam, 1977, thirty-seven fine col. reprods., t.e.g., orig. pubs. three-qtr. dark blue morocco gilt, elephant folio. Limited edition of 500 copies, this being 9/250 copies hand-bound. (1)

Forshaw (Joseph M. & Cooper, William T.). Kingfishers and Related Birds, 4 vols. (Part I: Aelinidae. Part II: Todidae, Momaitidae, Meropidae, Leptosomatidae, Coraciidae, Upupidae and Phoeniculidae), Lansdowne Editions, 1983-93, 104 fine col. plts. by Bill Cooper, num. b & w illusts. and distribution maps to text, orig. half morocco gilt, contained in two fleece-lined solander cases, large folio. Collector's Issue, signed by Forshaw and Cooper, 958/1000. As new condition. (2)

Gould (John). A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, 1st ed., 1st issue, 1832, eighty fine hand-col. litho. plts. (correct as list), list of subscribers present, some minor scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. olive green morocco gilt by Hering, folio. Ayer Collection, p.251 "The 80 hand-coloured plates contain 102 figures of birds, of which two represent species (and sexes) figured twice; the remaining 100 figures form the basis for the title of 'Century'. This was the first of Gould's famous folios". (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part I, December 1, 1840, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, worn on spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Owlet Nightjar, Tawny-shouldered Podargus, Sacred Halcyon, Red-backed Halcyon, Wattled Talegalla, Ocellated Leipoa, Swift Lorikeet, Porphyry-crowned Lorikeet, Blue-banded Grass-Parrakeet, Warbling Grass-Parrakeet, Spotted Ground-Thrush, Chestnut-backed Ground-Thrush, White-shafted Fantail, Tasmanian Honey-eater, Allied Pardalote, Yellow-rumped Pardalote and Collared Plain Wanderer. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part IV, September 1, 1841, fifteen fine hand-col. litho. plts. (including two double-page), with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Fuscous Honey-eater, Lanceolate Honey-eater, Black Honey-eater, Yellow-rumped Parrakeet, Adelaide Parrakeet, White-headed Stilt, New Zealand Stilt, Satin Bower-bird, Spotted Bower-bird, Great Bower-bird, Banded Thick-head, Brown Tree-Creeper, Rufous Tree Creeper, Red-eyebrowed Tree-Creeper and White-throated Tree-Creeper. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part VI, March 1, 1842, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Collared Sparrow Hawk, Wood Swallow, Grey-breasted Wood Swallow, Little Wood Swallow, White Eye-browed Wood Swallow, Masked Wood Swallow, White-rumped Wood Swallow, Noisy Pitta, Rainbow Pitta, White-fronted Epthianura, Mound-raising Megapode, Red-eyebrowed Finch, Long-tailed Grass Finch, Masked Grass Finch, Banded Grass Finch, Pygmy Goose and Beautiful Pygmy Goose. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XVI, September 1, 1844, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Western Brown Hawk, Wattled-cheeked Honey-eater, Brown's Parrakeet, Spiny-cheeked Honey-eater, Wattled Honey-eater, Yellow-tailed Acanthiza, Dove-like Prion, Broad-billed Prion, Striated Reed-Lark, Field Reed-Lark, Musk-Duck, Blue-billed Duck, White-bellied Owlet-Nightjar, White-eyebrowed Pomatorhinus, Red-breasted Pomatorhinus, Little Penguin and Australian Greenshank. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XVII, December 1, 1844, seventeen fine hand-col. lithos., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Large-tailed Goatsucker, White-pinioned Honey-eater, Yellow-tufted Honey-eater, Tasmanian Acanthiza, Ewing's Acanthiza, Powerful Owl, Winking Owl, Straw-necked Ibis, White Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Brown Red-Throat, Shrike-like Pachycephala, Australian Tippet Greve, Pheasant-tailed Pigeon, Piping Crow-Shrike, White-backed Crow-Shrike and Chestnut-bellied Rail. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XIX, June 1, 1845, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Peaceful Dove, Chestnut-faced Owl, Masked Barn Owl, Strong-billed Honey-eater, Black-headed Honey-eater, Red-capped Parrakeet, Red-backed Parrakeet, Black-faced Graucalus, Yellow-eared Honey-eater, Sombre-coloured Sericornis, Double-banded Dottrel, Black-fronted Dottrel, Australian Wild Duck, Chestnut-breasted Duck, Azure Kingfisher, Brown Cincloramphus and Grass-loving Sphenoeacus. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXI, December 1, 1845, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Cat Bird, Varied Hemipode, Sparkling Hemipode, Black-backed Hemipode, New South Wales Oriole, Little Colluricincla, Large-billed Plover, Southern Stone Plover, Australian Cuckoo, Obscure Honey-eater, Yellow-bellied Microeca, White-fronted Sericornis, Chestnut-rumped Acanthiza, Yellow-necked Bittern, Yellow Honey-eater, Maned Goose and Yellow-tinted Smicrornis. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXIII, June 1, 1846, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, worn on spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Funereal Cockatoo, Red-lored Pardalote, Black-headed Pardalote, Lunulated Wattle-Bird, Plumbeous Fly-catcher, Australian Pratincole, Yellow-rumped Finch, Black-naped Tern, Rufous Owl, Rock-Warbler, Red-capped Dottrel, Rufous-fronted Fantail, Swainson's Graucalus, Brown Gannet, Masked Gannet, White-bellied Robin and Harmonious Colluricincla. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXIV, September 1, 1846, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Baudin's Cockatoo, Australian Egret, Pied Egret, Nankeen Night Heron, White-winged Chough, Plain-coloured Acanthiza, Exile Warbler, Cysticola Magna, Brown Honey-eater, Long-billed Sedge-Warbler, Australian Gannet, Red-legged Gannet, Spotless Gallinule, Australian Coot, Black-tailed Godwit, Allied Dottrel and Pectoral Rail. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXV, December 1, 1846, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, some wear to spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Magnificent Fruit Pigeon, Plumed Podargus, Unadorned Cuckoo, Brush Cuckoo, Ground Graucalus, Plain-coloured Finch, Cinnamon-coloured Cinclosoma, Hill Crow-Shrike, Banksian Cockatoo, Fuscous Gerygone, Cook's Petrel, Spotless Egret, Long-billed Honey-eater, White-eared Honey-eater, Pectoral Quail, Carinated Flycatcher and White-capped Tern. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXX, March 1, 1848, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, worn on spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Minute Bittern, Australian Bittern, Spine-tailed Orthonyx, Crescent-marked Oriole, Temporal Pomatorhinus, Moustached Honey-eater, Lunulated Honey-eater, Swan River Honey-eater, White-throated Honey-eater, Yellow-throated Honey-eater, Flinder's Cuckoo, Black-backed Porphyrio, Australian Sphecotheres, Mountain Thrush, Australian Crane, Yellow-throated Miner and White-headed Sittella. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXXI, June 1, 1848, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Butcher Bird, Leach's Kingfisher, Sooty Crow-Shrike, Mortier's Tribonyx, Shining Flycatcher, Pretty Flycatcher, Black Fantailed Flycatcher, Australian Golden Plover, Little Grey Bittern, Sombre Egret, Northern Campephaga, Lunated Pachycephala, Plain-coloured Pachycephala, Brown Colluricincla, Australian Whimbrel, Little Whimbrel and Graceful Tern. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXXIII, December 1, 1848, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: The Emu, Fairy Penguin, Whistling Duck, Grey-rumped Sandpiper, Black-fronted Flycatcher, Grey Crow-Shrike, Lewin's Water Rail, Brown Plover, Barred-rumped Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper, Silvery-backed Butcher-Bird, White-bellied Graucalus, Jardine's Campephaga, Marsh Tern, Great-billed Heron, Blue Reef Heron and White Reef Heron. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXXIV, December 1, 1848, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, minor wear to spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Owen's Apteryx, Thick-billed Green Bittern, Australian Curlew, Australian Cormorant, Black and White Campephaga, White-shouldered Campephaga, Bass's Straits' Tern, Torres' Straits' Tern, Short-billed Smicrornis, Buff-breasted Gerygone, Pied Crow Shrike, Wedge-tailed Petrel, Terek Godwit, Great Sandpiper, Turnstone, Hooded Dottrel and Marsh Sandpiper. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXXV, December 1, 1848, seventeen fine hand-col. litho. plts., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, tall folio. The plates comprise: Sooty Owl, Oriental Pratincole, Spectacled Petrel, White-headed Petrel, Soft-plumaged Petrel, Silvery-grey Petrel, Great Grey Petrel, Small Frigate Bird, Red-tailed Tropic Bird, Fleshy-footed Petrel, Allied Petrel, Grey Noddy, White Tern, Panayan Tern, Skua Gull, Grey Plover and Groove-billed Cormorant. (1)

Gould (John). The Birds of Australia, part XXXVI, December 1, 1848, nine fine hand-col. lithos., with text, orig. linen-backed printed boards, some wear to spine, tall folio. The plates comprise: Grey Falcon, Black Falcon, Australian Heron, Black-billed Tern, Torres' Tern, Short-tailed Albatros, Sooty Albatros and Giant Petrel. (1)

Johnstone (John). Historiae Naturalis de Avibus libri VI, cum aeneis figuris, Frankfurt, Matthaeus Merian, 1650, eng. title, sixty-two b & w copper eng. plts., some marks and stains to title, occn. browning and waterstains to foremargin throughout with consequent browning to upper outer corner at front of vol., bound with Historiae Naturalis de Insectis. Libri III, de Serpentibus et Draconibus, Libri II cum aeneis figuris, Frankfurt, Impensis Haeredium Merianorum, 1653, eng. title, twenty-eight b & w copper eng. plts. of insects and twelve plts. of snakes, some spotting to title and margins, light browning throughout, marginal waterstains to final few leaves and slight worming to head of inner margin at end (not affecting text), later vellum, upper cover det., backstrip def., folio. Nissen, Zoologische Buchillustration 2132 & 2135. (1)

Millais (John Guille). British Deer and Their Horns, pub. Henry Sotheran and Co., 1897, chromo litho frontis., title page printed in red & black, b & w plts. and illusts., minor marginal spotting to plts., orig. pict. cloth, slightly marked, folio (1)

Rickman (Philip). A Selection of Bird Paintings and Sketches, 1979, thirty-two mounted col. plts., b&w illusts., orig. brown cloth, a little rubbed, folio (1)

Studer (Jacob Henry and Brehm, Alfred), The Birds of North America: Drawn and Colored from Life by Theodore Jasper, bound with Ornithology; Or, the Science of Birds. From the Text of Dr Brehm, Columbus, Ohio, 1874-78,2 parts in 1, 119 chromo. plates, thirty-seven sepia plts., four anatomical plts., t.e.g., contemp. red half morocco, edges scuffed, thick folio (1)

Vaillant (Sebastien). Botanicon Parisiense ou Denombrement Par Ordre Alphabetique des Plantes, qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris, 1st ed., Leiden & Amsterdam, 1727, half-title, title printed in red and black with eng. vign., fine eng. portrait of the author by Houbraken, folding copper eng. map, thirty-tree fine b&w copper eng. plts. by Wandelaar after Claude Aubriet, contemp. green qtr. calf, with dec. paste-paper covered boards, rubbed and some surface wear, outer corners bumped, folio. Nissen BBI 2033. Hunt 470. Pritzel 9657. An important work on the sexual characteristics of plants, published posthumously by Hermann Boerhaave. Aubriet (1665-1742) was one of the finest botanical artists of his day, and worked for Louis XIV as a painter in the Royal Gardens. (1)

Zwinger (Theodor). Theatrum Botanicum, das ist: Vollkommenes Krauter-Buch..., 2nd ed., Basel, Hans Jacob Bischoffs, 1744, addn. eng. title, folding eng. port. (repaired with sellotape to verso), title in red and black, double-column text, numerous b & w woodcut illusts. to text, some light browning, minor marginal stains, a few leaves with minor repairs to top margin, bound in old blindstamped full pigskin (dated 1654), with portraits to centre of each cover, rubbed and minor soiling, thick folio. Nissen BBI 1311. Pritzel 10532. First published in 1696. (1)

Titanic. The Illustrated London News, April 27th, 1912, num. b & w photo. illusts and adverts, orig. printed wrappers (split at spine with some fraying to margins), together with The Sphere "Lusitania Number", May 15, 1915, b & w photo. illusts. and adverts, orig. printed wrappers, folio. The Titanic edition contains an extensive article about the disaster and how it could have been avoided with numerous diagrams and photographic illustrations. An interesting contemporary account. (2)

*Chemist & Druggist's Ledger. A bound ledger (for Arthur J. Taylor, St Leonards on Sea), covering the period 1866-82, being the sales and receipts records for a chemist's business, recording names, dates, prices, in total approx. 600pp., tabular index at front, orig. boards with leather strapwork, worn, folio. Items sold incude a very wide selection of materials besides medicines and drugs, including jugs, glasses, hampers, clay pipes, shag, spirits, sheep ointment, sardines, night lights, etc., etc. (1)

Ireland. Land Owners in Ireland. Return of Owners of Land of One Acre and Upwards, in the Several Counties, Counties of Cities, and Counties of Towns in Ireland..., Dublin, 1876, each county separately paginated and tabulated with alphabetical name details, addresses, extent of lands and valuations, bound with Return to an Order of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 20 July 1876, for Copy "of 'a Return of theNames of Proprietors and the Area and Valuation of all Properties in the Several Counties in Ireland..." by Mr [Isaac] Butt, 10 August 1876, 186pp., some spotting, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, folio (1)

Landowners. England and Wales (Exclusive of the Metropolis): Return of Owners of Land, 1873, 2 vols., HMSO, 1875, each county separately paginated and tabulated with alphabetical name details, addresses, extent of lands and estimated rentals, contemp. half morocco, some dampstaining and wear, folio (2)

*Slavery. Black Letter Act for Making Compensation & Satisfaction to The Royal African Company of England, for their Charter, Lands, Forts, Castles, Slaves, Military Stores, and Other Effects, 1751, 60pp, disbound, slim folio. Charles II by Letters Patent granted the rights of Africa to the Royal African Company, and this important Act saw the Crown purchasing back the rights to Africa. Of particular interest are schedules that include the listing of the slaves. (1)

The Illustrated London News, approx. 150 orig. issues, c. 1958-65, num. b&w and sepia illusts. to each, ads., etc., inc. some in colour, all orig. printed wrappers, stapled as issued, minor soiling (generally in good condition), slim folio, together with two bound vols. of The Sphere, covering January-September 1919, contemp. half dark blue morocco, 1st vol. with contents det. from binding, folio (approx. 150)

The Illustrated London News July-December 1884, num. b&w wood engr. plts. and illusts., some tinted plts., incl. several double-page, fldg. col. litho map of Soudan (torn without loss), large b&w wood engr. plt. of the Franchise Bill Meeting in Hyde Park, several chromo plts. at end, etc., orig. cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, spine lightly faded, minor fraying to extremities (generally a good copy), folio.. Includes coverage of Soudan and Egypt. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New ..., printed by Charles Bell, and Thomas Newcomb, 1696, occn. minor marginal annotations, early 19th c. leaf of genealogical notes in manuscript bound in before New Testament, title and first few leaves of Book of Common Prayer at end of vol. archivally repaired, some fraying to outer corners towards rear of vol., modern antique-style blind-panelled full calf, gilt dec. spine with crimson morocco label, folio (1)

Bible [English]. The Complete British Family Bible: being a New, Clear, Full and Universal Exposition and Commentary on the Holy Scriptures ..., by Paul Wright, printed for Alex. Hogg, n.d., [1782], list of subscribers, num. full-page copper eng. plts. by Pollard, Grignion, Heath, Walker, Taylor, Bartolozzi, etc., after William Hamilton, Dodd, Samuel Wale, Cipriani, Angelica Kauffman, and others, some minor marks, one or two leaves a little loose or slightly frayed to extrems., minor waterstains to margins and front and rear of vol., contemp. blind-panelled reversed calf, rubbed and some soiling and stains, minor wear to extreme head and foot of spine, thick folio (1)

Burnet (Gilbert, Bishop of Salisbury). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1724-34, list of subscribers to each, contemp. panelled calf, slight wear to joints at head & foot of spines, folio. Vol.2 signed and inscribed by Burnet to verso of title: "The original manuscript of both volumes of this history will be deposited in the Cotton Library by T. Burnett". (2)

Caesar (Gaius Julius). The Commentaries of Caesar, translated into English, to which is Prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War, by William Duncan, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Aberdeen, 1753, port. frontis., eighty-nine eng. maps and plts., many double-page, contents resewn, contemp. gilt-decorated full diced calf, recased with orig. spine laid down, rubbed and marked, large folio. An attractive copy with good impressions of the plates. (1)

Cave (William). Apostolici: or, the History of the Lives, Acts, Death, and Martyrdoms of those who were Contemporary with, or Immediately Succeeded the Apostles. As also the most Eminent of the Primitive Fathers for the First Three Hundred Years..., 2 vols., 3rd ed., 1687, eng. frontis. to each, titles printed in red & black, eng. ports., contemp. panelled calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco title labels, joints cracked & worn, folio, together with Gordon (Alexander), The Lives of Pope Alexander VI and His Son Caesar Borgia..., 1729, eng. port. frontis., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, joints worn, folio, with Chillingworth (William), The Religion of Protestants, A Safe Way to Salvation..., 5th ed., 1684, occ. worming, contemp. sheep, dust soiled and some worming to upper board, binding a little warped folio (4)

Ingelo (Nathanael). Bentivolio and Urania, in Six Books, 2 parts in 1, 3rd ed., with Some Amendments, 1673, a.e.g., contemp. morocco possibly by Robert Steel, with gilt dec. spine and gilt panelled boards, upper joint slightly cracked, folio. The large gilt fleuron device decoration to the boards can be seen on a Robert Steel binding covering a copy of the Statutes of the Order of the Garter (c.1690) illustrated in Nixon, Restoration Bindings no.37. (1)

Mackenzie (George). Observations on the Acts of Parliament, Made by King James the First..., King Charles the Second, 1st ed., pub. Edinburgh, 1686, woodcut initials and dec. headpieces, some light damp staining and damp fraying to fore edge margins, recent marbled boards, small folio, together with Degge (Sir Simon), The Parson's Counsellor, with the Law of Tythes or Tything..., 5th ed., 1695,primateur leaf present, contemp. calf, lower joint cracked and spine worn, red morocco title label, 8vo (2)

Phillips (Edward). The New World of Words: Or, Universal English Dictionary. Containing an Account of the Original or Proper Sense, and Various Significations of all Hard Words derived from other Languages ..., together with a Brief and Plain Explication of all Terms relating to any of the Arts and Sciences, either Liberal or Mechanical ..., 6th ed., revised, corrected and improved; with the Addition of Near Twenty Thousand Words, 1706, eng. frontis., some embrowning and minor marginal stains, contemp. blind panelled calf, upper cover det., folio (1)

Pontas (Jean). Dictionarium Casuum Conscientiae seu Praecipuarum Difficultatum circa Moralem, ac Disciplinam Ecclesiasticam Decisiones, 3 vols., Venice, 1738, titles in red and black, contemp. vellum, somewhat soiled, folio, together with Martialis (Marcus Valerius), Epigrammatum Libros XV, Paris, 1670, addn. eng. title, contemp. vellum, soiled and upper joint cracked, 4to, with six other similar vellum bindings (8)

Purcell (Henry). Orpheus Britannicus, a Collection of the Choicest Songs for One, Two and Three Voices, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcell. Together with such Symphonies for Violins and Flutes as were by Him design's for any op them: and a Thorough-Bass to each Song. The Second Book, which renders the First Compleat, 1st ed., Henry Playford, 1702. Mounted portrait, title in red and black, woodcut initials, contemp. reversed calf, rebacked, folio.. The first part was printed five years earlier. This volume was the first book to be printed using Playfair's improved musical type. (1)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World in Five Books, 1666, eng. port. frontis., addn. eng. title with old waterstain, printed title in red and black, eight folding maps, occasional illusts. to text, contemp. full blindstamped calf with gilt dec. spine, rubbed and sl. scuffed, worn at spine, folio. Wing R164. (1)

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England ... translated into English with Additional Notes, by N. Tindal, 2 vols., 2nd ed., 1732, titles printed in red and black, four folding eng. maps, num. eng. headpieces, nine eng. tables (2 folding), lacks eng. portrait, some damp staining mainly to margins, dark staining to lower outer corner of vol. 1 and worming to lower margin of initial leaves, contemp. calf, recent reback and corner repairs, folio (2)

Shakespeare (William). The Works of Shakspere...edited by Charles Knight, Imperial Edition, 2 vols., c.1870s, num. full-page engraved plts., moirâ endpapers, minor scattered spotting, orig. half morocco with gilt dec. device to covers, sl. rubbed with some damp stains to boards, folio (2)

Snelling (Thomas). A View of the Gold Coin and Coinage of England, from Henry the Third to the present time, consider'd with regard to type, legend, source, rarity, weight, fineness, value and proportion, 1st ed., 1763, full-page eng. plts. of coins, one or two minor marginal marks and sl. stain to top margin towards front of vol., contemp. half calf, gilt dec. spine, rubbed and joints partly cracked, folio (1)

Stephanus (Johannis Stephanius). Saxonis Grammatici Historiae Danicae Libri XVI, 2 parts in 1, 1644-5 engr. title, wood engrs. to text, some browning, contemp. vellum, a little soiled and minor wear, folio,. Brunet V, 175; Grasses VI,287. Written between 1185-1216, Saxo's "Historia Danica"chronicles the legendary and historical Kings of Denmark down to 1186 in 16 books, making no distinction between history and myth. Acclaimed as the first national historian of Denmark, Saxo's work, in spite of its critical shortcomings, has 'great scope and imaginative power as an interpretation of ancient legendary lore'. (1)