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With Illustrations by Louis le Brocquy Kinsella (Thomas) trans & Le Brocquy (Louis)illus. The Táin, folio, D. (Dolmen Editions) 1969, Limited Edn., of 1750 copies,  illustrated throughout, black cloth, silvered design & text, d.j., slipcase. Good copy. (1)

Sex (Susan)illus & Sayers (Brendan) Ireland's Wild Orchids, folio. Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2004, hors Commerce Copy, illustrated throughout, cloth back, illustrated boards. Clean Copy. (1)

Oxlade (Diana)  A Tropical Glen - A Florilegium of Belfast Botanic Gardens, folio, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2000, cold. frontis, illus. throughout, leather back cloth board. Clean copy. (1)

Benington (Jonathan) Kingerlee, sm. folio, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) 2006, First Edn., illus. black cloth, silver lettering, decor. d.j.; Shinnor (John) and others, John Shinnors Paintings and Drawings, sm. folio, Gandon Editions 2002, First Edn., illus. throughout, cloth and d.j. (2.)

Carrier (David) Sean Scully, sm. folio L. (Thames & Hudson) 2004, First Edn., illus. throughout, cloth & illus. d.j.; Vallely (Fintan) Retrospective - A Visual Celebration of the Life and Works of Armagh Painter J.B. Vallely, lg. 4to, W. & G. Baird 2008, hors Commerce, illus. & d.j.; Lynton (N.) & McKay (I.) Bernard Cohen, Work of Six Decades, lg. 4to L. (Flower-East) 2009, illus. & d.j. (3)

Cormican (Garrett) Camille Souter, small folio, Belfast (Nicholson & Bass) Whytes Publication hors Commerce, signed by the Artist and Author, illus. throughout, grey cloth, illus. d.j. matching slipcase (stained). (1)

James Rawlinson, British c.1768/69-1848- Portrait of two male figures after the Antique; black chalk on wove paper, 68 x 49 cm. (image) 74 x 55 cm. (sheet), together with 60 further drawings variously in black chalk and pen and brown ink, depicting studies after the Antique, mythological subjects etc., some bound, others held loose within an album, various sizes 74 x 55 cm. and smaller, together with Giovani Folo, Italian 1764-1836- 'Studio del Disegno Ricavato Dall'Estremita Delle Figure Del Celebre Quadro Della Trasfigurazione Di Raffaelle, Delineato Dal Sr Cavalier Vincenzo Camuccini...'; etchings, 31 plates, published 1808, Studio de Folio, Piazza di Spagna numo 13, together with 15 loosely held copies after the engravings by James Rawlinson variously in pen and brown ink and wash, some watermarked 'TURKEY MILLS J. WHATMAN 1818', 45 x 32 cm. (plate), 54 x 41 cm. (sheet) (album). Note: Rawlinson depicted a variety of subjects across a range of mediums, but is perhaps best known as a draughtsman. Despite their theme of Classical sculpture, the present drawings also exhibit something of a similarity to James Barry's (1741-1806) illustrations of Shakespeare's ‘King Lear’, particularly in the simplicity of line used by Barry to convey the sitter's striking profile.Please refer to department for condition report

Le Pitture Antiche D'Ercolano E Contorni Incise Con Qualche Spiegazione Tomo Primo, Napoli MDCCLVII, Nella regia stamperia. Vol. I, spine lettered 'Le Pittur Di Erc Tom I', 48.3 x 37.2 x 5.7 cm. (folio). (VAT charged on hammer price) Note: Volume one of an eight-volume series describing the antiquities of Herculaneum. The title-plate is drawn by Vega, with engraving overseen by Puteus. With an additional title-plate reading 'Le Antichità Di Ercolano Esposte'; and a frontispiece portrait of King Charles, captioned as of the King of the Two Sicilies, drawn by Camillus Paderni (c.1715-1781) and engraved by Philippus Morghen (1730-c.1807). The plates give a comprehensive account of Roman wall-painting of the 1st century, and had a significant impact on contemporary Neoclassical designers. See https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/book/le-pitture-antiche-dercolano-e-contorni-incise-con-qualche-spiegazione-tomoPlease refer to department for condition report

A MAHOGANY LIBRARY FOLIO STAND IN REGENCY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY One of the slatted sides hinged91cm high, 92cm wideCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses,One toe is detached to one lion paw foot, this looks like a relatively clean and recent break, this missing toe chip is not present with the lotThere is an old spliced and screwed repair to one leg top near the hinges for the flap, the metal chains to the sides to support the flap are loose and do not appear to one want to fit securely. The tasselled rope is associated and modern in makePlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ Daniell (Thomas & William) One Hundred and Fifty Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindoostan, 6 parts in 3 vol., 6 aquatint title pages, additional letterpress title, 144 fine aquatint plates, bound without the 8 plans (as usual for this issue), light foxing, contemporary red half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and green morocco labels, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrips, light rubbing to covers, [Abbey, Travel 432], folio, published by the authors, 1816 [but Henry G. Bohn, 1841] *** A very good, clean copy of Daniell's most celebrated work, an extraordinary depiction of the Indian monuments and natural landscapes of the period.  Condition Report: contemporary half morocco , re backed preserving the original spine, some foxing throughout mostly to the margin, title page slightly chipped, some plates foxing and browning affecting caption and border, one of the paper guards have been cut through and fixed, slightly rubbed and scuffed leatherThe books are: 38cm high, 28cm wide overall (inc. spine), 5cm thick - please see additional images for reference to sizes and condition  Condition Report Disclaimer

Books-A collection of books by and about Jane Austen to include a Folio Society box set of books circa 1960's, reset 1975, Jane Austen's letters, Folio society 2003, A Memoir of Jane Austin Folio Society 1989 and others, along with some books on The Bronte's to include The Complete Novels, illus with wood engravings by Ian Stephens pub Folio Society 1991 reissuedLocation:

Books-A collection of Folio Society books to include classic as Daphne du Maurier four volume set, SC Lewis 7 volume set, Wind in the Willows, Canterbury Tales 3 volume book set, Charles Dickens - The Pickwick Papers, Orwell's Animal Farm and othersLocation:

Books-A collection of Folio Society books to include Henry James - The Europeans, Aldous Auxley - After Many a Summer, various Anthony Trollope and a three volume book set of the Forsyte SagaLocation:

Books - Folio to include Italian Cities by Christopher Hibbert, 3 Book set, 5th printing 2000, and Winnie The Pooh by A.A. Milne, 2001 together with a Harper Collins Holy BibleLocation: R2:1

MACLISE, D. Story of the Norman Conquest. 1st.edition. 1866, obl. folio, 42 plts. plus a folio scrapbook with politically themed engrvs. etc. c.1886, plus DRAKE, M. & W. Saints and Their Emblems, 1st.ed. 1916, 12 cold. plts. plus c.30 engrvd. prints.(3) Est. £40 - £50.

Usher (James Ward), AN ART COLLECTOR'S TREASURES one of 300, chromolithographic plates, tissue guards, fine Morocco binding, tooled in gilt, folio, Chiswick Press, 1916.

A set of folio publications from the works of Trollope, other similar books, etc.

Various Folio Society books, Hakluyt (Richard) The Tudor Vendors, Melville Three Stories, The Vicar Of Wakefield, and various others in outer slip cases.

Hebrew Atlas. Luria (B. C. Editor), Atlas Yedioth Ahronoth, Kiryat Sefer Publishing House, Jerusalem, circa 1950, numerous colour and black and white printed maps of various countries and regions, including Palestine, Europe, the World, Cyprus, Africa, the North Pole, Australia, Japan, Central Asia and the Americas, extensive text in black and white, slight staining, occasional marginal fraying, contemporary cloth 'ring binding' with title to spine, cloth faded and bumped, folioQTY: (1)

Wyld (James). Maps & Plans, Showing the Principal Movements, Battles & Sieges, in which the British Army was engaged during the War from 1808 to 1814 in the Spanish Peninsula and the South of France, [1840], engraved title and dedication, contents page printed in blue, 39 lithographed maps and plans, (7 double-page, 4 with fold-out extensions, 4 with movable flaps), many with hand-coloured troop positions and some geographical features, some light spotting throughout, some mostly short marginal tear repairs to versos without loss, ink presentation inscription to title, 'Presented to D. Captain Adjutant General for Instruction, South Eastern District, by Col. C[harles] J[ohn] Cramer Roberts [1834-1895], late 9th (Norfolk) Regiment, Feb. 1895', original red half morocco, gilt red morocco label to upper cover, heavily rubbed and slightly soiled, atlas folio (85 x 69 cm), together with:Memoir Annexed to an Atlas Containing Plans..., London: James Wyld, 1841, index/errata leaf and publisher's advert leaf at rear, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, slightly rubbed, 4to (30.5 x 23.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:First and only edition of this colossal and uncommon atlas, the maps being the meticulous work of the surveyor Thomas Livingston Mitchell (1792-1855). The Memoir was issued to accompany the atlas, and due to size incompatibility and different publishing dates it is scarce to find both volumes together.

British Isles. Waldseemüller (Martin), Europae Tabula prima continet Insulam Albion sive Britanniam & Hyberniam, (title printed on verso of the map), Gaspar Treschel, Vienne [1541], uncoloured woodcut map on a trapezoidal projection with Scotland orientated to the east, slight worming to the lower margin but not affecting the printed image, 305 x 445 mm, Latin text on versoQTY: (1)NOTE:R. W. Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, 30 (the last folio woodcut edition of Ptolemy, based on a reduction of the 1513 version, published in 1522, see Shirley 15).

Le Sage (Emmanuel, Comte de Las Cases). Atlas Historique, Généalogique, Chronologique et Géographique..., Paris, circa 1825, engraved title, 19 double-page engraved maps with contemporary wash colouring and 18 double-page chronological historical charts, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, bumped frayed and worn, folio, together with Blaeu (Johannes). Atlas Maior,volume 9 (Africa and Spain), circa 1665, lacking the title page and preliminaries, retaining one hand-coloured map only (Comitatuum Hannoniae et Namurci Descriptio), contents shaken and loose, foredges frayed and chipped, contemporary vellum gilt, heavily rubbed and worn, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Pennant (Thomas). A Tour in Wales, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Hughes, 1778, engraved frontispiece and 26 engraved plates to volume 1, 16 engraved plates to volume 2, engraved titles, bookplates to front pastedowns, spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, morocco spine labels, rubbed, 4to, together with:A Tour from Downing to Alston-Moor, 1st edition, large paper copy, London: Oriental Press, 1801, half-title, 27 engraved plates, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, folio, withTours in Wales, 3 volumes, London: Wilkie and Robinson, 1810, engraved frontispieces to volumes 1 & 2, engraved plates throughout (some folding), lightly spotted, black half morocco gilt, top edge gilt, rubbed, 8vo, with 3 others relatedQTY: (9)

Albums. Two albums of decorative lithographs (mostly continental), mainly early 19th century, one volume comprising 24 leaves with various images, including seven hand-coloured lithographs by Jean-François Benard after Frédéric Bouchot, one with overlay entitled 'Mais Julie, l'histoire naturelle vous tuera', plus a series of late 19th century mounted colour book images by Randolph Caldecott, contemporary blind embossed calf, rebacked preserving original spine, slim folio (33.5 x 27 cm), together with Album Lithographique ... par Alle. Deveria, Paris: Charles Motte, 1829 bound with Album de douze sujets composes et lithographies par Alle. Deveria, Paris: Charles Motte, 1830, comprising a total of 22 lithograph plates, printed upper covers bound-in, contemporary half calf, slim folio (34 x 25.5 cm)QTY: (2)

Illustrated London News. 10 volumes, a broken run, 1863-77, wood-engraved illustrations throughout (including double-page), uniformly bound in contemporary half calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting labels, upper board of vol. 44 (Jan-Jun 1864) detached, light wear, folioQTY: (10)NOTE:Comprising vols. 42-45, Jan 1863-Dec 1864, vols. 54-57, Jan 1869-Dec 1870, and vols. 70-71, Jan-Dec 1877.

Illustrated London News. Volumes 24-27 & 30-31, 1854-55 & 1857, wood-engraved illustrations throughout including some folding, contents of volume 31 with significant tears and defects, contemporary half morocco/calf, some wear, folioQTY: (6)

Woodman (Thomas Jones & Mutlow Henry, engravers). An Atlas volume of engraved maps, circa 1790, lacking title, index replaced in manuscript, 24 uncoloured engraved double-page maps, including 4 folding, occasional marginal closed tears repaired with sellotape, slight spotting and offsetting throughout, manuscript ownership signature of Admiral The Honble. Sir John Talbot G. C. B. to the front pastedown, bookplate of Joseph Silkin to the front endpaper, joints cracked, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed and worn, slim upright folio QTY: (1)

Book of Hours. Illuminated Manuscript on vellum, [probably Tours, c. 1470], 104 leaves: 16, 2-88, 94, 10-148, apparently complete, modern pagination 1-208, followed here, 17 lines written in a gothic book hand in brown ink between 2 verticals and 17 horizontals ruled in violet, justification 99 x 65 mm, rubrics in red, two-line initials of burnished gold on divided grounds of pink and blue patterned with white, capitals alternately in blue and gold, and blue and gold line-fillers, 5 large miniatures with arched tops above three-line initials with fruit- or flower-sprays in the infill and accompanied by full-page borders of acanthus, flower and fruit sprays in gold, blue, green, red and pink interspersed with hair-line sprays with gold disks and leaves, one historiated and 7 foliate illuminated initials, four-lines high, with two-sided borders of similar type (slight smudging, some borders a little trimmed, a few small losses of surface pigment to miniatures on pp. 41, 129), page size 167 x 113 mm, gilt-gauffered edges, recent gilt-panelled red-brown morocco, the panels of gilt fleurons with fleur-de-lys cornerpieces, single gilt fillet line border, gilt family crest of the Turbutt family (embowed arm holding a trident)to centre of upper cover, spine gilt in five compartments, 8vo, modern cloth chemise in a purpose-made morocco-backed book box with gilt-titled spine and two button fasteners, overall 20.5 x 16 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Content: Calendar pp. 1-24; Obsecro te pp. 25-31; Gospel extracts pp. 31-40; St John pp. 31-33; St Luke pp. 34-36; St Matthew pp. 37-39; St Mark pp. 39-40; Office of the Virgin pp. 41-124, matins pp. 41-59, lauds pp. 60-76; from lauds interspersed with the Hours of the Cross pp. 77-78 and the Hours of the Holy Spirit pp. 79-80; Office of the Virgin pp. 81-124, prime pp. 81-89, terce pp. 90-95, sext pp. 96-101, none pp. 101-106, vespers pp. 107-117, compline pp. 118-124; blank ruled leaves pp. 125-128; Penitential Psalms pp. 129-149; Litany pp. 150-158; blank ruled leaf p. 160; Office of the Dead pp. 161-208.Illumination: The style of these miniatures is not instantly localisable: the decorative gilding of fabrics is evocative of Rouen illumination, while the compositions, such as King David kneeling before an altar in an interior, are familiar from Parisian manuscripts. One individual and remarkable feature of the illustration is the depiction of an emotional response in the couple facing Death -- both react with open-mouthed horror in a way rarely attempted in 15th-century illumination. The subjects of the miniatures are as follows: Annunciation p. 41; Crucifixion p. 77; Pentecost p. 79; David kneeling in prayer p. 129; Death taking a man, watched by the man's wife p. 161.A historiated initial with the Virgin and child in half-length on page 25.Provenance: 1. Both the Office of the Virgin and the Office of the Dead are for the use of Tours, whether or not the manuscript was made in that city it is likely to have been intended for use in that diocese.2. Johan. C. Jackson, 1853; inscription on opening folio of the Calendar. [Rev. J. C. Jackson, fl. 1861-1867: marchand-amateur and vendor of items acquired by the British Museum.]3. William Robert Hay MA [1761-1839, British barrister, cleric, magistrate, collector]: his armorial bookplate (loose) inside upper cover.4. Christie's, London, 16 November 2005, lot 23: purchased (and rebound) by the Turbutt family.

Brookshaw (George). Groups of Flowers, drawn and accurately coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist; designed as a companion to the Treatise on Flower Painting, 2nd edition, London: Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Cheltenham, 1819, bound with Groups of Fruit, 2nd edition, 1819, and Six Birds, 2nd edition, 1819, 3 parts bound in one, half-titles and advertisements not present, 18 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after Brookshaw, and 18 uncoloured duplicates of the same plates (6 hand-coloured and 6 uncoloured duplicates to each part, forming a total of 36 plates), each subject with accompanying leaf of text describing the species and giving guidance for drawing and colouring, some scattered, mostly light, spotting and minor offsetting (first title with somewhat heavier spotting), all edges gilt, bookplate of C. Robert Bignold to front pastedown, contemporary gilt-decorated straight-grained red full morocco, rubbed and worn at extremities, some marks and surface tears repaired, old reback, with original gilt decorated spine laid down, folio (sheet size 36 x 26 cm, 14.25 x 10.25 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Dunthorne 53, 55 & 54; Oak Spring Flora 91 (Groups of Flowers); Oak Spring Pomona 41 (Groups of Fruit); Nissen IVB 150 (Six Birds).Complete set of Brookshaw's finely illustrated series of natural history drawing manuals in contemporary morocco binding. Oak Spring Pomona 41 "exceedingly rare".

Illuminated leaf. An illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours, Northern France, c.1450, vellum leaf with 16 lines of text written in brown ink, decorative initials in red & blue, leaf size 18.5 x 13 cm, together with:Early printed leaves, A collection of late 15th & early 16th century printed leaves, including seven leaves from Durandus (Guillelmus), Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, Basel, c.1476, printed in double-column, four leaves cropped to one edge, soiled, folio and 20 leaves from Thevet (Andre?), La Cosmographie Universelle, Paris, 1575, with woodcut illustrations, some worming to upper margins, folio, plus five others similar, and several 17th-18th century political speeches, pamphlets, Acts, etc., some defective, including Xenophon, Xenophontos Logos eis Agesilaon ton basilea. Xenophontis de Agesilao rege oratio. Graeca recognovit..., emendavit, versionem Latinam reformavit, observationibus suis auxit ... Thomas Hutchinson, Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano, 1735, [8], 96p., disbound 4toQTY: (a folder)

Zonaras (Joannes and others). Corpus universae historiae praesertim Bizantinae, 3 parts in one volume, Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, 1567, printer's woodcut device on title and both part-titles, double column, some woodcut initials, a few scattered old ink marginalia, library ink stamp to title and front endpapers, numeric stamp to title upper margin, gallic ink acid burn to rear free endpaper not affecting text, contemporary calf with oval gilt arabesque centrepieces, good quality modern calf gilt reback and corner repairs, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare and important collection of Byzantine history. Adams B3370. Provenance: Desiderius Rebillier, 16th-century French academic and editor of Justinian (name inscription to rear pastedown); ex-Redemptorist libraries including Hawkestone, Salop (neat ink stamps).

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 1st edition, Cambridge: Thomas Buck, 1639, additional engraved title (cropped at head), letterpress title with early ownership signature to upper margin 'Wm. Jennings August 31st 1709', folding engraved map (few closed tears to folds at margins), 'a declaration of the frontispiece' detached and frayed, some dust-soiling and few marks, near contemporary sheep, boards detached, worn, small folio (STC 11464), together with an incomplete copy of Fuller (Thomas), A Pisgah-sight of Palestine and the confines thereof, with the history of the Old and New Testament acted thereon, London: Printed by J.F. for John Williams, 1650, additional engraved title (torn to inner blank margin and lined to verso), letterpress title lined to verso, without maps (torn half of one map loosely inserted), lacking several text leaves including final index leaf, two leaves with wear to margins, dust-soiling, 19th century half morocco, extremities worn, folioQTY: (2)

Bible (Dutch). Biblia, dat is de gantsche H. Schrifture, vervattende alle de Canonijcke Boecken des Ouden en des Nieuwen Testaments..., 3 parts in one, Amsterdam: gedruckt by d'Erfgenamen wijlen Paulus Aertz van Ravestey?n, 1664, engraved title, 3 double-page engraved maps by Visscher (of 6, wanting World map, plan of Jerusalem and one other), woodcut initials and tail-pieces, some damp staining to margins of first & last few leaves, endpapers renewed, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, brass corner pieces, one clasp only (detached), rebacked, folio (41.5 x 25 cm)QTY: (1)

Cudworth (Ralph). The True Intellectual System of the Universe: the First Part [all published]; wherein, all the reason and philosophy of atheism is confuted; and its impossibility demonstrated, 1st edition, London: Richard Royston, 1678, engraved frontispiece, title-page printed in red and black (neat old ink inscription beneath author's name), a little scattered light spotting, contemporary panelled calf, skilfully rebacked and refurbished, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing C7471.First edition of the author's major work which is in large part devoted to a philosophical refutation of atheism.

Glauber (Johann Rudolf). The Works... Containing, Great Variety of Choice Secrets in Medicine and Alchymy..., Translated into English... by Christopher Packe, 1st edition in English, London: Thomas Milbourn, 1689, woodcut initials and headpieces, list of subscribers, 11 woodcut and engraved plates (1 folding), title-page repaired at gutter and lower corner, some spotting throughout, ink ownership inscription of Abert Borgard at foot of title with added note, 'A Pound Sterling', contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked and refurbished retaining original cover panels, rubbed, folio (360 x 230 mm)QTY: (1)

Evelyn (John). Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with some account of heads and effigies of illustrious, and famous persons, in sculps, and taille-douce, of whom we have no medals extant..., London: Benj. Tooke, 1697, title in red & black with early signature to upper margin of R. Antrobus and small round blind stamp within title, mounted engraved portrait frontispiece (from a later work), engraved illustrations to text (that on U1 verso overlaid), bookplates to upper pastedown including that of George Chetwynd, later cloth hinges to endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, crude reback, rubbed and some wear, folio (Keynes 104; Kress 2027; Wing E3505), together with:Fréart de Chambray (Roland), A Parallel of the Ancient Architecture with the Modern, in a collection of ten principal authors who have written upon the five orders, Viz. Palladio and Scamozzi, Serlio and Vignola, D. Barbaro and Cataneo, L. B. Alberti and Viola, Bullant and De Lorme, Compared ..., To which is added, An account of architects and architecture, in an Historical and Etymological Explanation of certain Terms particularly affected by Architects. With Leon Baptista Alberti’s Treatise of Statues. By John Evelyn, 2 parts in one, London: Printed by T. W. for J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, and A. Ward [& others), 1733, general title in red and black, engraved illustrations, lacking four leaves of text (pages 47/48, 65/66, 69/70 & 89/90), few marks, contemporary calf, recent morocco title label to spine, joints split, worn, folio,Evelyn (John), Memoirs illustrative of the life and writings of John Evelyn..., edited by William Bray, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1819, matched set, engraved portrait frontispieces and plates (some folding), scattered spotting and some offsetting, volume 1 with all edges gilt, and in contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint split, volume 2 in late 19th/early 20th half sheep, joints split, worn, 4toQTY: (4)

Wing (John). Geodaetes Practicus Redivivus. The Art of Surveying, London: J. Matthews for Awnsham and J. Churchill, 1700, 7 engraved plates including 1 folding (closed tear repair to verso), final advertisement leaf present, some ink notes and pen trials, slightly browned, light water stain to upper half of last 20 leaves, minor marginal wormholes and trails, ownership inscription of Th[omas] Hickes on title-page dated 1742, later name inscriptions of Edward Rouse to flyleaf and William Oldland (1800) to pastedown, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf, quatrefoil stamps in centre, two outlined in ink, inscription on upper cover 'G. H. 1783', repairs to both covers and spine ends, upper corner bumped, joints cracked, folio (305 x 190 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R221123. John Wing's updating of Vincent Wing's 1666 Art of Surveying, comprising 7 books containing geometry, trigonometry, mapping and arithmetic in order to survey land, including a section on logarithms and a separately paginated supplement entitled Scientia Stellarum: or, the Starry Science Exposed in the Calculation of the Planets Places, both in Longitude and Latitude, 1699.

Bible [Dutch]. Biblia, dat is, de gantsche H. Schriftuure vervattende alle de Boecken des Ouden ende Nieuwen Testaments; Nu van nieuws uyt D. M. Luthers Hoogduitse Bybel in onze Nederlandsche Taale getrouwelyk overgezet..., Amsterdam: Jacob Lindenberg, 1702, engraved portrait frontispiece of Martin Luther, additional engraved title, engraved portrait of Adolphus Visscher, six loosely inserted folding engraved maps by Visscher with later neat hand-colouring (including World map, Canaan, birds-eye plan of Jerusalem etc.), letterpress title with early 19th century ownership signature to upper blank margin, some maps with few repaired short closed tears to margins, contemporary diced and blind decorated calf over wooden boards, brass corner pieces, without clasps, joints cracked, some wear at head & foot of spine, folio (38 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)

Clarendon (Edward, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 1st edition, 3 volumes, Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1702-04, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces to all volumes, engraved vignettes to titles, contemporary near matching panelled calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title labels, joints cracked, spines rubbed, folioQTY: (3)

Remmelin (Johann, & Michael Spaher of Tyrol). A Survey of the Microcosme: or, The Anatomy of the Bodies of Man and Woman. Wherein the Skin, Veins, Arteries, Nerves, Muscles, Viscera, Bones and Ligaments thereof are Accurately Delineated, and so Disposed by Pasting, as that all the Parts of the said Bodies, both Internal and External are Exactly Represented in their Proper Site..., Corrected by Clopton Havers, M.D., 2nd edition, London: Dan. Midwinter, and Tho. Leigh, 1702, printed title, engraved plate of the human body showing the skin and veins, 3 engraved plates or 'visio', with moveable parts, 4 pages of description for the plates, a little dust soiling and light old marginal dampstaining, heavier staining to left and lower margins, but generally in good condition and believed complete with all hinged overlays, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed, spine worn and some corner wear, slim folio (410 x 315 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T147736; Russell 697. One of the most elaborate early books with these kind of illustrations ; the plates are copies of the original Latin edition of 1613. Although called 'second edition' there are now three earlier English issues known between 1675 and 1695 and there is one subsequent edition of 1738. All editions are very rare, particularly in good condition. It is not in fact by Michael Spaher, but by Johann Remmelin.

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, begun in the Year 1641..., 3 volumes, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1707, half-title, engraved frontispiece and vignette title page to each volume, armorial bookplate of A.H. Christie to upper pastedowns, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked retaining earlier morocco labels, some wear to board corners, folioQTY: (3)

Gray (Thomas). Designs by Mr. R. Bentley for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, 1st edition, London: printed for R. Dodsley, 1753, half title, title with engraved vignette, 6 engraved plates, 6 head- and tailpieces, 6 initial figures, all by J.S. Muller or C. Grignion after Bentley, some spotting and light toning, hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, some edge wear, 4to, together with:Foulis Press. The Poetical Works of George Lord Lyttelton; The Poetical Works of James Hammond; The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray; The Poetical Works of William Collins, together 4 works in one, Glasgow: Andrew Foulis, 1787, contemporary diced calf gilt, covers stamped with gilt arms, joints cracking, edges slightly rubbed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: ESTC T122525.Second item: Provenance: John Bligh, 4th Earl of Darnley (1767-1831), his arms in gilt to covers. He succeeded his father in 1781 and was a Fellow of the Royal Society and of the Society of Antiquaries. The family seat was Cobham Hall, Kent until 1957.

Gray (Thomas). Designs by Mr. Bentley for Six Poems, London: J. Dodsley, 1766, half-title, vignette title-page, 6 etched plates, 13 vignettes, some spotting or light browning, armorial bookplate of Edward H. Cooper and Markree Library bookshelf ticket to front pastedown, contemporary calf with red leather spine label, rubbed, some edge and corner wear, folio (35.5 x 26 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Hazen 42.

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, 2 volumes, London: W. Strahan, 1773, titles printed in red and black, occasional light spotting (mostly confined to margins), contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, morocco labels, some wear, front joints cracked, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:The fourth edition is the final corrected text, with an advertisement leaf to volume 1 in which Johnson states 'Many faults I have corrected, some superfluities I have taken away, and some deficiencies I have supplied'.

Chambers (Ephraim & Rees, Abraham). Cyclopaedia: or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., with the supplement of modern improvements incorporated in one alphabet, 4 volumes (text) plus 1 volume (plates), London: J. F. & C. Rivington, et al, 1784-88, plate volume divided into subjects including agriculture, anatomy, architecture, astronomy, birds, botany, chemistry, dialing, electricity, fishes, fossils, heraldry, horology, hydrostatics, magnetism, mechanics, navigation, optics, pneumatics, quadrupeds, surgery, surveying, etc., a total of 149 engraved plates, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, with raised bands and title labels in green and red, cracked on joints and some wear to spine ends, folioQTY: (5)NOTE:Originally published in 1728 this was one of the first general encyclopedias to be produced in English. It was reprinted numerous times in the eighteenth century. A very good complete set with the rare plate volume.

Johnson (Samuel). A Dictionary of the English Language: in which the words are deduced from the originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a History of the Language, and an English Grammar, Harrison's Edition, with his Life of the Author, London: Harrison & Co., 1786, engraved portrait frontispiece (frayed to margins), title in red & black, some spotting and damp staining mostly to margins at front & rear, last few leaves frayed to margins, modern half calf, elaborate gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, folioQTY: (1)

Broadside. The Horse Race; or, The Pleasures of the Course, [Bath]: sold by S. Hazard, (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) at Bath; by J. Marshall, at the Cheap Repositories no. 17, Queen-Street, Cheap-Side, and no. 4. Aldermary Church-Yard: R. White, Piccadilly, London; and by all booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1795], single sheet broadside, woodcut illustration at head showing two riders with a leafy branch overhead, decorative typographic border, few old folds and some minor dust-soiling, folio (45 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T36679; Spinney, G.H. ’Cheap Repository tracts: Hazard and Marshall edition.’ In Library, 4th series, volume 20:3 (December 1939), 11.There appear to be two variant printings of this broadside. In this edition (or printing), with Hazard’s name first in the imprint, "Cheap Repository" does not appear within the border at the top. The footnote has the spelling: "Lansdown". This form of the imprint was in use from March to May 1795 (Spinney). Spinney does not mention variants but records only one copy (British Library), which corresponds to this example, without "Cheap Repository" at head. ESTC records four locations (Bath Reference Library, Bristol Central Library, British Library and Bodleian Library, Oxford).

Haller (Albrecht von). Historia Stirpium Indigenarum Helvetiae Inchoata, 3 volumes bound in one, 1st edition, Berne: Societatis Typographicae, 1768, 3 parts in one: title, dedication leaf, 444 pp.; title, blank leaf, LXIV, 323 pp.; blank leaf, title, 204 pp., engraved title to first volume with vignette of alpine mountain scene after Huber, and engraved coat-of-arms at head of dedication, 48 engraved plates including 15 folding, early engraved bookplate of A. Burroughes A.M. to front pastedown, contemporary reversed calf, gilt spine label, joints cracked and corners showing, small repair to upper board, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Nissen BBI 774; Pritzel 3725; Stafleu/Cowan 2311; Lundsgaard 357; Lonchamp 1367. First and only edition of Haller's encyclopedia of Swiss flora, arranged according to his own system because he regarded that of Linnaeus too simple. Haller was a Swiss physician, surgeon, poet, and professor of anatomy, surgery and botany at the University of Gottingen.

Milton (John, & John Martin, illustrator). The Paradise Lost of John Milton, with illustrations by John Martin, London: Charles Whittingham, 1846, 24 full-page mezzotints by Martin (20 signed proof), most plates with tissue-guards, preliminary leaves marginally damp-mottled (not affecting image), spotting, some dust-soiling, contemporary black half morocco gilt, some wear, folio (370 x 270 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A large-paper copy of John Martin's Paradise Lost. While first published in an octavo edition from 1825-27, he re-engraved the plates for this edition as well as the subsequent quarto editions.

Fashion. Les Modes Parisiennes, Journal de la Bonne Compagnie, Paris: Chez Aubert et Cie, 1848-49, 30 hand-coloured lithographs, each with tissue-guard, original green paper wrapper bound in, lightly spotted, contemporary red quarter calf, worn, 8vo, together with Die Modenwelt, October 1891- September 1892, illustrations throughout (a few full-page and in colour), lightly toned to margins, hinges repaired, contemporary black half morocco gilt, some wear, folio, plus La Vie au Grand Air, Revue Sportive Illustrée, January - December 1901, black and white illustrations throughout, lightly toned, contemporary green half morocco gilt, worn, folioQTY: (3)

Campbell (Colin). Vitruvius Britannicus, or the British Architect, Containing the Plans, Elevations, and Sections of the Regular Buildings both Publick and Private in Great Britain, volumes I & II, 1st edition, London: For the author, 1715-1717, subscribers list in volume I, 160 engraved plates, numbered to 200 including titles and dedication (complete), some double-page and folding, a few plates with repaired tears and reinforcements to verso, light toning to one or two plates, occasional light spotting, previous owner inscription of William Smith, Durham University, 1938, contemporary panelled calf gilt, spines rubbed with small splits and some worming, some edge wear, folio 44.5 x 27 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Fowler 76; Harris 9; Millard 10. First edition of the first two volumes of the Palladian revival which set the pattern for English architectural design in the eighteenth century. Volume III was published in 1725 followed by volumes IV (1767) and V (1771).Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.

Chandler (Richard, Nicholas Revett & William Pars). Ionian Antiquities, published with permission of the Society of Dilettanti, volume I only (of 5), 1st edition, London: T. Spilsbury and W. Haskell, 1769, double-page engraved frontispiece of inscriptions, 28 full-page engraved plates and plans, engraved head and-tail pieces, occasional minor spotting contemporary previous owner signature of John Power to front endpaper verso, contemporary diced half calf, gilt-decorated spine, a little rubbed with some edge wear, folio 54.5 x 37 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Blackmer 1566; RIBA 3123. First edition, first issue of volume I without chapter IV, which contains a further five plates. The full work extended to five volumes, the last of which was published almost a century and a half later in 1915.

Gibbs (James). A Book of Architecture, containing designs of buildings and ornaments, 1st edition, London: no publisher, 1728, 141 engraved plates (of 150, 2 double-page, a few folding), damp-stained throughout with associated mottling, title with loss to upper margin partly affecting text, several further leaves repaired, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt over red marbled boards, somewhat worn, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Fowler 138; Harris 257. Sold as seen, not subject to return.One of the most influential works on English Georgian architecture, Gibbs' lavishly illustrated Book of Architecture was intended as a pattern book 'of use to such gentlemen as might be concerned in Building, especially in the remote parts of the country, where little or no assistance for designs can be procured'.

Jones (Inigo). The Designs of Inigo Jones, Consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent with some additional designs, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, 1727, engraved allegorical frontispiece by William Kent, titles with engraved vignette portrait of Inigo Jones, engraved dedication to the King, subscribers list, 97 engraved plates (plates numbered to 136) including 29 double-page and folding by Foudrinier, Hulsbergh and Cole after designs credited to Jones, William Kent and Lord Burlington, bound without the half title, frontispiece reinforced at gutter to verso, a few small marginal repairs, signature E in first volume detached, occasional light spotting, contemporary half morocco over reverse calf, discoloured with some worming and stains to covers, folio, 45 x 34 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Archer 166.1; Fowler 162; Harris 385. "The Designs of Inigo Jones is an impressive and important work. Yet oddly enough more influential than any single building depicted in it were its plates of doors, windows, niches, etc. These plates seem to have had a formative effect upon Gibbs's Book of Architecture (1728) and from that point on became a standard feature of eighteenth-century pattern books." (Harris).

Jones (Inigo). The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng on Salisbury Plain, 1st edition, London: James Fletcher for Daniel Pakeman & Laurence Chapman, 1655, title printed in red and black, 7 folding engraved plates, 3 woodcut illustrations, lacking the engraved portrait frontispiece, a few plates repaired and re-guarded, some light toning at gutter and margins, a few short tears, occasional underlining and annotations, blank leaf at front with manuscript measurements of the dimensions of Silbury Hill, Wiltshire, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear and small areas of worming to covers, small folio, 29.3 x 18.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R13850; Fowler 158; Wing J954.

Demortain (Gilles). Les Plans, Profils et Elevations des Ville, et Chateau de Versailles, avec les Bosquets, et Fontaines, tels quils sont a present, levez sur les lieux, dessinez et gravez en 1714 et 1715... Paris: Demortain, [1716], engraved title, 32 engraved plates on 31 sheets only (of 54), including 19 double-page plates by Fonbonne, Lucas, de Rochefort and others after Delamonce, Menant, Martin and others, a few with closed tears and repairs, a few small stains, occasional pale marginal water stains, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, some wear at spine ends and corners, folio 50 x 35.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return.

Nicolai (Nicola Maria). Della Basilica di S. Paolo, 1st edition, Rome: Nella Stamperia de Romanis, 1815, title with engraved vignette, 18 engraved plates and plans by Ruga, Mochetti & Giangiacomo, many folding, occasional light spotting, bookplate of Robert Mackenzie Beverley (1798-1868, author, polemicist and opponent of Darwin's Theory of Evolution), contemporary half vellum, small abrasions and indentations to covers, folio 45.5 x 30.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Rare work on the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, no copies recorded at auction. Seven institutional copies located.

Palladio (Andrea). I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura [edited by Silla Palladio], 2nd edition, Venice: Battolomco Carampello, 1581, 4 parts in one volume, titles within elaborate architectural woodcut borders, with printer's devices of 'Regina Virtus' at head and Venus in a boat with the Queen below title cartouche, 221 woodcut plans and illustrations, many full-page, blanks 2K4 & 4R4 present, occasional light spotting and toning, a few mainly marginal water stains, lacking front endpapers, small areas of worming to rear endpaper and pastedowns, contemporary limp vellum, tear and small loss to spine, a few stains, folio 33.5 x 23 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.Adams P101; Cicognara 595; Fowler 213; Millard IV 66; PMM 92 (for the 1570 first edition); RIBA 2384. Second edition of "the most studied of the architectural treatises of the Renaissance" (Millard), first published in 1570 in Venice by Domenico de Franceschi, with new typesetting and initials but with the titles and illustrations printed from the original plates, and edited by Andrea Palladio's son Silla."Palladio's lasting influence on architectural style in many parts of the world was exercised less through his actual buildings than through.his textbook. This is divided into four sections: orders and elementary problems, domestic buildings, public building and town planning and temples. Palladio's style was directly inspired by Roman classical models through the writings of Vitruvius and Alberti. Its characteristics are those of classicism: symmetry, order, fixed mathematical relations of the parts to each other and to the whole, logic and monumentality. Though it is true that Palladio in his later period adopted some of the mannerist vernacular, his buildings remain essentially classical, in contrast to the baroque style of the period in Rome and Piedmont." (PMM).

Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in four books. Containing, a short treatise of the five orders, and the most necessary observations concerning all sorts of building, as also the different construction of private and publick houses, high-ways, bridges, market-places, xystes, and temples, with their plans, sections, and uprights. To which are added several notes and observations made by Inigo Jones, never printed before. Revis'd, design'd, and publish'd by Giacomo Leoni, a Venetian; Architect to his most Serene Highness, the Elector Palatine, volumes 1 & 3 only (of 4), London: Printed by John Watts, for the Author, 1715 - [1718], engraved portrait of Palladio by V. Picart after Veronese [actually a portrait of an unknown man by Sir Sebastiano Ricci], an additional engraved allegorical frontispiece by B. Picart after Sebastiano Ricci, printed title, translator's preface by Nicholas du Bois, subscriber's list, Preface to the Reader [translated from Palladio], and 43 engraved plates, of which 31 are full-page, and with Italian and French versions of the text at end, each with separate title page, contemporay blind-decorated full calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and scuffed with some wear to joints and edges, joints partly cracked, volume III: printed title, dedication leaf in Italian, single-leaf list of subscribers, Preface to the Reader, 20 full-page engarved plates, including one double-page, and Itlaian and French versions of the text at rear, each with seperate title page, I2 with small paper repair to lower blank inner margin, contemporary dark brown full calf, rubbed and scuff with a little wear to extremities, both large folio QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.ESTC T95463; Fowler 223; Harris 683; RIVA, early printed books, 2391.'This edition marks a turning point in the history of British Palladianism, being not only the first complete English translation of I Quattro Libri but also the first edition to contain worthwhile engraved copies of the original woodcuts (several earlier editions have contained crude or incomplete copies)'. (RIBA). The list of subscribers number 308, indicating a low print run. The notes and observations of Inigo Jones, refer to in the title were only published for the first time in the 3rd edition of 1742. 

[Pearson, John and others, editor]. Critici Sacri: sive clarissimorum virorum in sacro-sancta utriusque foederis Biblia, doctisssimae annotationes atque tractatus theologico-philologici. Opus summa cura denuo recognitum... e IX in VII tomos redactum, 7 volumes, 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Balthasaris Christophori Wustii for Johannis Philippi & Johannis Nicolai Andreae, 1695-96, volumes II, III, V & VII dated 1695, the others 1696, volume I with half title and title printed in red and black, text printed in double column, 13 engraved maps and plates, including 7 folding in volume VI, woodcut illustrations, occasional light toning and spotting, previous owner inscription dated 1911 to volume I front endpaper, all edges blue, contemporary uniform vellum, spines titles and numbered in neat manuscript, some light dust-soling and a few minor stains, folio (25.5 x 20.5 cm)QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Sir William Whitfield CBE (1920-2019), one of the most significant British architects of the second half of the 20th century, notable for his ground-breaking designs for major public projects including Glasgow University Library, the Hunterian Art Gallery (1960-1968), Richmond House in Whitehall (1982-1984), recently selected as one of London’s ten most iconic Postmodern Buildings, Hereford Cathedral’s Mappa Mundi Library (1996), and Hawksmoor’s Baroque masterpiece Christ Church Spitalfields, slowly and carefully restored over three decades from 1970 to 2000 under his direction. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral between 1985 and 1990.First published in 1660, and edited by John Pearson (1613-1686), theologian and classical scholar, who was appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1662, and bishop of Chester in 1672. Intended as a companion work to Brian Walton's famous Polyglot Bible of 1655-57. A two-volume supplement, not present here, was added in 1701.