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Secretary of State. Bills, Public: Four Volumes [Vol.III only], Session 30 April - 28 August 1857, including bills for Land and Assessed Taxes, Larceny, Libel, Lunatics in Scotland, Married Women, Militia, New Zealand, Prisoners Removal, and others. Small folio, blind-embossed buckram, 'Home Office', inscribed in black ink to verso of title, 'This Book is to be preserved in the Office of Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State, Home Department, 1857(2).' Together with Reports from Committees, Civil List, Windsor Castle, Vol.IX, 1803-15, London: re-printed 1830 (again to be kept in the Office of the Secretary of State), and A Collection of the General Public Statutes, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1852. Contents of Bills and Reports well-preserved, clean, bright; contents of Statutes discoloured/toned; bindings worn as found (3)

Collection of 12 posters comprising: Educating Rita, Derby Playhouse, 1983; Folio Society Illustration Award, Royal College of Art [c.1996]; four Royal Mail posters on Roman history, designed by Newell & Sorrell; Standing Plants, Art Nouveau style; two facsimiles of historical maps of Great Britain & the world, and three Pernod advertisements. Together with four royal commemorative publications: Illustrated London News, Death of King George V & Funeral on King George V, official souvenir programme of 1937 Coronation, and Punch Jubilee Number 1977 (16)

An Edwardian mahogany cross banded port folio stand, Edward Co., London, COLLECT ONLY.

A Dylan Thomas 'Under milk wood' Folio Society book

JRR Tolkien The Hobbit Folio Society book

EDWARD LHUYD ‘ARCHAELOGICA BRITANNICA’ giving some Account...of the Languages, Histories and Customs of the Original Inhabitants of Great Britain, vol.1: Glossography, title with engraving of Sheldonian Theatre, folio, Oxford, at the Theater for the Author, 1707, full leather, leather at spine loose, front board looseProvenance: from the residual library of Henry Tobit Evans. Instructions received from his descendants. There will be further books and publications in The Welsh Sale on 19 November. Please see Lot ### (no.1) for further details.

HILL (John), The British Herbal: An History of Plants and Trees, Natives of Britain, Cultivated for Use, or Raised for Beauty, 1st ed., 1756, 5all folioComments: rebound in blue half calf, eng. allegorical frontis lacking, pgs 29-40 & 109-112 lacking (last pg 172) of 553 (overall 209 pgs lacking) and 23 only (of 75) uncol. eng. plts lacking, title-page printed in black and red, in marbles slipcase (papers repaire, hole cut in spine)

ARWYR CYMRU FU (Welsh heroes of yesterday), large red folio with gilt title containing black and white portrait engravings and relating text of historical Welsh figures after artists including William Morgan and Llywelyn ap Gruffydd by Thomas Prytherch, Sir Henry Morgan, Hywel Dda, Owain Gwynedd and Gwenllian o Gydweli by H Williams, Yr Arglwydd Rhys and Sir Rhys Ap Thomas by Carey Morris, Owain Glyndwr (together with additional non-related items contained)Provenance: from the residual library of Henry Tobit Evans. Instructions received from his descendants. There will be further books and publications in The Welsh Sale on 19 November. Please see Lot ### (no.1) for further details.

(BOOK) THE BRITISH HERBAL: AN HISTORY OF PLANTS AND TREES by John Hill (T. Osborne & J. Shipton et al, 1756) 1st edition, engraved vignette title, engraved allegorical frontispiece, and with 74 (?) engraved plates to the back, folio size (42.5 x 28cm), full calf gilt with oxblood morocco gilt title band to spine, together with VARIOUS BOOKS including 'Gynaecology' by Eden and Lockyer (2nd edition), 'Ecclesiastical Curiosities' (8 x volumes total, titles of each on request, or see images)Provenance: deceased estate CarmarthenshireAuctioneer's Note: an important work by the botanist and polymath Sir John Hill, being one of the first publications to appear after Carl Linnaeus' 'Species Plantarum' of 1753 which was the year internationally accepted as the beginning of modern botanical nomenclature.Condition Report:No plates are colour.There is some damage to the spine.All pages look attachedMost pages have foxing

Two boxes of architecture related books, including Regency, Georgian, Design, Country Houses, etc; Susan Weber (ed): "William Kent - Designing Georgian Britain"; Yale/BGC, 2014, 688pp, published in conjunction with the V & A Exhibition, thick folio, original pictorial boards; plus others John Vanbrugh, Edwin Lutyens, Raymond Erith, Ruskin, Venice, etc (2)

June Newton (ed): "Helmut Newton", large folio book of his photographs, Taschen, 1999, in dust wrapper

Five volumes African photography, including Hans Silvester: "Ethiopia, Peoples of the Omo Valley", Thames & Hudson, 2007, 1st edition, 2 large folio volumes in original pictorial slip-case; plus 2 others Leni Riefenstahl and one other (5)

A box of Folio Society and similar books including Eric Hobsbawm "The Making of the Modern World", 4 volume set in slip-case; Laurie Lee "Cider With Rosie"; Evelyn Waugh; Lewis Carroll "The Hunting of the Snark", British Library facsimile edition 2011; "Boswell in Serch of a Wife", limited edition, quarter vellum, slip-case, etc

A box of books on travel, the Middle East, the Far East, etc., including Freya Stark, Lawrence Durrell, Eric Newby, Colin Thubron, T.E. Lawrence "Crusader Castles", Folio Society edition, etc

A large folio sized coloured print of the Mosque El Mooristan, Cairo, circa mid to late 20th Century after an original lithograph from 'Robert's Holy Land', 1842-49. From the collection of Penny Young, freelance writer and journalist who worked and travelled extensively in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa, and set up Twopenny Press in South Lopham in 2009, publishing several books

Guarini (Guarino) Architettura Civile, edited by Bernardo Vittone, first complete edition, engraved portrait, title with large woodcut of Savoy coat-of-arms, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and historiated initials, 79 engraved plates, an excellent crisp and clean copy, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine titled in gilt, edges stained blue, [Berlin Kat. 2620; Fowler 150; Millard Italian 50], folio, Turin, Gianfrancesco Mairesse, 1737.

Hack (Thomas Sanden, Southampton based architect, 1811-1865) Design For a Dwelling House Proposed to be erected at East Lavant for The Rev.d Henry Legge, manuscript pen and black ink title, four original floor plans with watercolour and ink, and five watercolour elevations of the house, variously signed and inscribed, on cream wove papers without watermarks, each leaf approx. 330 x 410 mm (13 x 16 1/8 in), occasional surface dirt and browning, minor nicks with some perforations and old adhesive within margins, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, worn, oblong folio, 1830.

Halfpenny (William) The Art of Sound Building..., second edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 25 folding plates, advertisement leaf at end, rather soiled and stained, title lacking small portion from fore-margin (repaired), several plates torn and frayed at edges, small hole to plate 14, contemporary panelled calf tooled in blind, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [Berlin Kat. 2266; Harris 282], folio, for Sam.Birt and B.Motte, 1725.⁂ The first book in English on the geometry of arches; this is an expanded version of the first edition issued earlier the same year.

[Hardouin-Mansart (Jules)] [L'Eglise des Invalides], only edition, 14 fine etched and engraved plates & plans, 4 double-page and 8 folding, 4 very large, all mounted on stubs, first large plate with short tear to central fold, a few other repairs to folds, handsome contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms of Louis XIV, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old gilt spine, new red morocco label, corners repaired, [Millard French 112; not in Berlin Kat.], folio, [Paris], [c.1680].⁂ Rare. "These very elegant, beautifully engraved, large-scale sections of the chapel of the Invalides, built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart from 1680 to 1691, were used to calculate estimates of the material needed for the construction of the chapel. The original plates were never sold and are now in the Chalcographie du Louvre." Millard.

Harris (John) Lexicon Technicum: or an Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 vol., vol.1 third edition, vol.2 first edition, titles in red & black, engraved portrait frontispiece and 10 plates only (of 14), 6 folding, numerous woodcut illustrations, list of subscribers, vol.1 lacking 2M1 (Eng-Ent), some water-staining, small hole to 5E1 of vol.2 affecting part of a stave of music, 2 plates torn and repaired, contemporary ink inscription "Charles Lloyde: David Lloyde A:M. e Coll: Jesu.Oxon 1730" to head of title of vol.1 but another above cut away, engraved bookplate of John Lloyd clerk to Jesus College, Oxford with manuscript note to front pastedown and remains of wax seals, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, new morocco labels, [PMM 171a], folio, for Dan. Browne [& others], 1716-1710.⁂ "The first technical dictionary in any language." (PMM). Sir Isaac Newton is included in the list of subscribers. According to the manuscript note on the front pastedown John Lloyd was chaplain to His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales 1791.

Heineken (Paul) Lucidum prospectivae speculum, Das ist: Ein heller Spiegel der Perspective..., first edition, Gothic text, 86 engraved plates only (of 95, lacking plates 64-72, also lacking additional engraved title), 13 plates folding, title soiled, otherwise bright and clean, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving most of old spine, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat. 4730], folio, Augsburg, heirs of Jeremiah Wolff, 1727.⁂ Comprehensive treatise on perspective including several plates at end for painting trompe-l'oeil ceilings.

Hondius (Hendrik) Les Cinq Rangs de l'Architecture...avec l'instruction fondamentale, first edition in French, title with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, with blank A3 & 4 and X2 and double-page leaf of text in Dutch, 29 double-page engraved plates only (of 30, lacking plate GG Ionica.2 but with plate II Corinthia.4 duplicated), by Hondius after Hans and Paul Vredeman de Vries and mounted on stubs, contemporary ink inscription "Lafond Laferte" to title and notes/pen trials to endpapers, some soiling and staining, plate AA torn and repaired, right-hand part of plate KK with small hole and laid down, a few other tears and repairs, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, spine worn at head, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2221; Fowler 434 & Millard N.European 43], small folio, Amsterdam, J. Jansson, 1617; sold not subject to return

Hooker (Richard) Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, engraved architectural title by William Hole, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title to Book V with woodcut border, with the final blank (creased), old ink signature of Anthony Champion to head of title and inscription "May. 26. 1739 Pr. 0-4-0 W.Sheppard" to front free endpaper, title lightly soiled, small spot/hole to Oo5 with loss of a couple of letters, contemporary calf with central lozenge in gilt to both covers, a little worn and stained, rebacked, red morocco label, corners repaired, upper cover detached, [STC 13714], folio, by Will. Stansby, [1611].

Horst (Tieleman van der) & Jacob Polley. Theatrum machinarum universale, of Keurige Verzameling van verscheide grote en zeer fraaie Waterwerken, Schutsluizen, Waterkeringen, Ophaal- en Draaibruggen..., 2 vol. in 1, Royal Folio edition, half-title, titles in red & black with engraved vignette, double-page engraved dedication with coats-of-arms and 55 engraved plates by Jan Schenk on 48 double-page sheets mounted on stubs, 7 also folding, an excellent clean copy in contemporary half calf, spine ruled in gilt with black roan label, rubbed, corners worn, large folio (c.550 x 340mm.), Amsterdam, W.Holtrop & N.T.Gravius, [1757] & Petrus Schenk, 1774.⁂ An excellent copy of this important work on water engineering in its largest format, commissioned by the Guilds of Water Engineering to elicit commissions at home and abroad and issued in a small edition due to cost. Volume I was first published in 1757 with text by Tieleman van der Horst but the sheets were still available in 1774 when Jacob Polley produced a second volume and the two were issued together. The superb plates depict plans and views of locks, sluices, dams, lift-, draw- & turning bridges, pumps etc., while the final plate is a design for an icebreaker.

Horwood (Richard) Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, first edition, large wall map of London in 32 sheets, presented on a scale of twenty-five inches to the mile, with title in oval and imprints to lower centre of each sheet, extending from Angel to Limehouse, and Kennington to Brompton, engravings with some outline hand-colouring, on cream wove paper each watermarked 'Horwoods Plan/ Of London', each individual sheet approx. 630 x 525 mm (24 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), occasional handling creases and tears into the plates, small nicks and minor losses to marginal extremities mainly lower right corners, some restoration to a few areas of marginal loss, sheet E1 with larger repaired tears visible verso, many sheets with some localised spotting and browning to marginal edges, scattered surface dirt, unframed and loose, presented in modern green cloth drop-back box, red morocco label, gilt, [Howgego 200 (1)], elephant folio, [c.1792-1799].⁂ The largest map printed in Georgian Britain, and a defining study of London at the end of the eighteenth century. Horwood's plan was the first map of London to attempt to show every individual property, and took over 7 years to complete following numerous logistical and financial obstacles.

House of Commons. The Several Plans and Drawings Referred to in the Third Report... upon the Improvement of the Port of London, title with list of plates and 'Supplement Plates' slip, 24 double-page plates as called for, most engraved with some hand-colouring, a few aquatints and one mezzotint, by Laurie & Whittle, James Basire, S.I. Neele, R. Metcalf and others, many folding, largest plate approx. 670 x 1840 mm (26 1/4 x 72 1/2 in), some minor spotting and browning, handling creases, contemporary blue paper wrappers with publisher's printed label to upper cover, slightly worn, scuffed, presented in modern blue cloth portfolio, elephant folio, 1800.

House of Commons. Proceedings...on the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad Bill. Sessions 1825, 12 hand-coloured lithographed plans, most folding, folding lithographed view of Black Brook House (a villa endangered by the railway), 2 folding warehouse plans, errata slip, lithographed view water-stained, folding plan of part of Manchester at p.593 torn and repaired, contemporary half green morocco, rubbed, folio, 1825.⁂ The Liverpool & Manchester railway was the first intended for passenger as well as goods traffic. The establishment forces of peers and vested turnpike interests combined to defeat this bill, and in so doing George Stephenson was to some extent damaged by the severe grilling he received under cross examination. Issues of access, denied to him by dissenting landowners, led to the submission of inaccurate surveys; these and other matters led to the bill's downfall. The Company reassigned the survey to George Rennie and his brother, and the bill, with a few changes mollifying the noble landlords, achieved Royal Assent in 1826. The company then took no time, to Rennie's chagrin, in reappointing Stephenson as the engineer to build the line.A pencil note at beginning states that this was from the library of Sir George Armytage, chairman of the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co. 1887-1918.

Hunt (Thomas Frederick) Architettura Campestre: Displayed in Lodges, Gardeners' Houses, and other Buildings, first edition, 12 lithographed plates, some foxing and marginal water-staining, original cloth-backed boards with pictorial label to upper cover, spine ends worn and defective, [Berlin Kat. 2322], 1827 § Parker (Charles) Villa Rustica: Selected from Buildings and Scenes in the Vicinity of Rome and Florence, second edition, 72 lithographed plates, occasional foxing, original cloth, spine faded, [cf.Berlin Kat. 2323, first edition], 1848 § Robinson (P.F.) Designs for Farm Buildings, second edition, 56 lithographed plates, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary roan-backed cloth with gilt-stamped label to upper cover, spine faded, [cf.Abbey Life 64, first edition], 1837 § Pattison (William) Plans and Elevations of Cottage Villas and Country Residences..., second edition, 33 lithographed plates, heavily foxed, one leaf of text badly frayed and torn (loose), original cloth, spine worn and defective, 1852 Villa and Cottage Architecture..., 80 engraved plates on 79 sheets (one double-page), some light foxing, contemporary half morocco, 1868, all rubbed, 4to & folio (5)

Iamblichus. De Mysteriis Aegyptorum, Chaldæorum, Assyriorum [& other works], edited and translated by Marsilio Ficino, collation: A-Y8, Roman type, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of otherwise blank final leaf, initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional early ink underlining and mostly washed out marginalia, closely trimmed at head, X6-8 small hole to upper inner margin, some water-staining, occasional spotting or staining (including title), lightly browned, [Adams I1; Ahmanson-Murphy 150; Renouard Alde, 77:8; EDIT 16 CNCE 37529], modern vellum, lightly soiled and marked, folio (291 x 181mm.), [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], [November, 1516].⁂ A collection of important Platonic and neo-Platonic works reprinted from the 1497 Aldine edition. Authors include Proclus, Porphyrius, Synesius, Micheal Psellus, Priscianus Lydus, Seusippus, and Xenocrates.

James (Charles Streatfeild) The "Morse" Signaller's Companion, first edition, 12 chromolithographed plates, all but 2 double-page, illustrations, a little damp-stained, contemporary boards, paper labels to upper cover, rubbed, rebacked in morocco, new endpapers, folio, Calcutta, 1887.⁂ Unrecorded by Library Hub and WorldCat. Library Hub lists only one copy of the second edition of 1888 (Institution of Engineering & Technology), and 5 of the third edition, Nuremberg, 1894; WorldCat cites only 4 of the latter copies.

Janinet (Jean-Francois) [Vues des Plus Beaux Édifices Publics et Particuliers de la Ville de Paris], 42 fine aquatint plates only by Janinet after Durand, many in oval form, some foxing, bound with 14 additional plates at end, the last trimmed and mounted on blank leaf, contemporary half sheep over marbled "tree calf" boards, gilt-stamped oval red calf label to upper cover, handsome marbled endpapers, rubbed, spine rather worn, lower corners bumped, oblong folio, Paris, [c.1810].⁂ A splendid collection of views of Paris and other scenes. The additional plates are as follows: an aquatint view 'Pont du Jardin des Plantes' by Chapui after Garlizzo; 4 engraved plates of bridges numbered 1-4, J.Chéreau; Nouveau Cahier de Baraques [&] 2e. Cahier de Nouvelles Baraques, each with 4 engraved plates, J.Chéreau; lithographed view 'Ansicht des Jardin des Plantes in Paris' by Ebner after Gibele dated 1804.

Jerrold (Blanchard) London. A Pilgrimage, first edition, wood-engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title, 52 plates and numerous illustrations by Gustave Doré, tissue guards, very light foxing to frontispiece and creasing to tissue but a fine copy in contemporary red morocco blocked in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., slightly rubbed, folio, 1872.

Jones (Inigo) The Designs...consisting of Plans and Elevations for Publick and Private Buildings. Published by William Kent, with some Additional Designs, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, lacking half-title and engraved allegorical frontispiece (both often missing), with engraved title-vignettes incorporating portrait of Inigo Jones and head- & tail-pieces and initials, list of subscribers, and 97 engraved plates by Fourdrinier and others, 29 double-page or folding, some soiling, particularly at edges, a few tears and repairs, one or two plates partly laid down, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to a couple of plates and label to pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine and green morocco label, corners repaired, [Fowler 162, lacking frontispiece; Harris 385; Millard British 34, lacking half-title], folio, 1727.⁂ The list of subscribers includes the Earl of Burlington (12 copies), Charles Bridgman, Colen Campbell, James Gibbs, and Nicholas Hawksmoor."The Designs of Inigo Jones is an impressive and important book. 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).

Jousse (Mathurin) L'Art de Charpenterie, second edition, 7 engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, some full-page, one double-page and folding, rather water- & damp-stained, some worming, mostly marginal but occasionally affecting text, a few small holes to text, modern tree sheep, spine gilt with red morocco label, a little rubbed and faded, folio, Paris, Thomas Moette, 1702.⁂ First published in 1627 under the title Le Théatre de l'Art de Charpentier.

Kip (Johannes) [Britannia Illustrata], 62 plates only, no title or text, 62 double-page bird's-eye view engraved plates by Kip mounted on stubs, most numbered 1-62, lacking no.14 but with additional view of Badminton bound between nos.5 & 6, with 8 additional engraved plates of coats-of-arms bound at end plus 3 further double-page views of Badminton (numbered 9-11) and 3 others (Brympton, Chepstow Castle, Gloster Cathedral), one Badminton and Brympton plate both a little smaller, unobtrusive single wormhole to central fold of first 50 plates, first plate slightly creased, plate of Wotton with lower outer corners torn away not affecting image, occasional light browning but generally very clean, bookplate of the architect Sir A.E.Richardson, contemporary panelled calf tooled in blind, rubbed, rebacked, red morocco label, new endpapers, folio, [early 18th century]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return

Kip (Johannes) Nouveau Theatre de le Grande Bretagne..., 3 vol. and Atlas together in 4 vol. (without Supplement of 1728), titles in red & black with engraved royal arms, 271 engraved plates on 254 sheets by Johannes Kip after Kip, Leonard Knyff and others (mostly as listed, see below), most double-page and/or folding, and 40 engraved maps, all text & plates mounted on stubs, vol.1 part 1 generally clean but the rest with some light soiling or browning, a few large folding plates frayed at edges, some tears and repairs, mostly marginal but occasionally extending into plate, c.75 plates and 25 maps laid down or trimmed close and mounted on later sheets (mostly in vol.2 & 3), handsome panelled mottled calf with gilt-roll borders and corner-pieces, rebacked with gilt spines and red roan labels, rubbed, corners bumped, spine ends a little worn, a few splits to joints, [Berlin Kat. 2328], folio, David Mortier, 1715-16-14-15-14.⁂ Splendid work depicting England's great country houses and estates, as well as views of naval towns, royal palaces, panoramas etc.; including prospects of London, Cambridge, Oxford, Westminster, St.Paul's and Edinburgh, and large folding plates of the royal hospitals of Chelsea & Greenwich, and St.James's, Kensington, Windsor & Hampton Court palaces, the Eddystone lighthouse and extensive royal genealogical table, as well as Kip's magnificent bird's eye views of country houses. This set also includes the atlas of English counties, often missing.Vol.1 ...Description exacte des Palais du Roy, et des Maisons les plus considerables des Seigneurs & des Gentilshommes..., 2 parts in 2 vol., 1715-16, Part 1 with 79 engraved plates, no plate 7 of Windsor Castle as listed but including folding plate 24* of Hatfield House and with plate 12 depicting Broadgate, Leics., rather than Badminton; title creased; Part 2 with 64 engraved plates; plate 2 Alderly from another copy/work (trimmed close and mounted on later sheet), title creasedVol.2 ...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer..., 1714, 67 engraved plates on 58 sheets including several large folding views and genealogical table; some large folding plates with hole to central fold Vol.3 ...Description exacte des Villes, Eglises, Cathedrales, Hopitaux, Ports de Mer..., 1715, 61 engraved plates on 53 sheets, lacking one plate of Blenheim but with additional plate of the Place of Linlithgow, title browned; Atlas Anglois, ou Description Generale de l'Angleterre, contenant une Description Geographique..., 1714, 40 engraved maps

Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "Winwood", with vellum leaf bound in dividing Old and New Testaments (stained, also facing final leaf of Apocrypha), occasional spotting, first and last few leaves a little frayed at edges (repaired), modern panelled calf ruled and tooled with Greek key border in blind, spine ruled in gilt with black morocco label, gilt gauffered edges, gouge to upper edge causing slight damage to edge of leaves of New Testament, very slightly rubbed at edges, [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763.⁂ One of c.1250 copies. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen". (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).

Laxton (Henry) Examples of Building Construction, Parts 1-74 bound in 4 vol., vol.1-3 with double-page vignette titles, 196 double-page lithographed plates, some spotting and creasing, ink signature of "J.Boyd Archt." to front free endpaper, contemporary cloth (damp-stained), rebacked and recornered in calf, green and brown morocco labels, folio, 1857-64.⁂ An almost complete set of this monthly periodical; a further 6 parts were issued erratically after 1864, finally finishing in 1867.

Le Muet (Pierre) Maniere de Bien Bastir pour Toutes Sortes de Personnes, 2 parts in 1, part I second edition, part II first edition, part I with letterpress title with woodcut Royal arms, additional engraved architectural title, woodcut head-piece and initials, 53 engraved illustrations, one double-page, the rest full-page, part II lacking letterpress title but with all 31 engraved plates, 22 double-page or folding, engravings on pp.75, 77 & 79 pasted over with other designs, contemporary ink signature "P.Tyrhitt" to head of first title, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Berlin Kat. 2369 & 2463; Fowler 177, lacking one engraving; Millard French 94], folio, Paris, Francois Langlois, 1647.⁂ Influential pattern book of town houses.

Le Pautre (Antoine) Les Oeuvres d'Architecture, 2 parts in 1, third edition, engraved throughout with frontispiece, 2 titles, portrait and 58 plates & plans (2 plates each numbered 30 & 31), c.40 double-page, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed and scuffed, corners worn, [cf.Berlin Kat.2375; Fowler 181; Millard French 96], folio, Paris, Jombert, [early 18th century].

NO RESERVE Letarouilly (Paul) Édifices de Rome Moderne, 4 vol. including 3 vol. of plates, engraved frontispiece, portrait, double-page plan of Rome and 354 plates, some foxing and fraying, title to vol.1 of plates torn, loose as issued in modern cloth-backed board folders, text vol. with plates and illustrations, foxed, contemporary half vellum, red roan labels (one defective, the other loosely inserted), worn, [Millard French 102], folio & 4to, Paris, 1868; sold not subject to return

Leupold (Jacob) Theatrum pontificiale, oder Schau-Platz der Brücken und Brücken-Baues, first edition, half-title, title in red & black, Gothic letter, 60 folding engraved plates mounted on modern stubs, rather water- & damp-stained, mostly affecting text and stubs but also a few plates, others lacking portion from outer margin (repaired), modern half calf, red morocco label, [Belin Kat. 3553; Millard N.European 59], folio, Leipzig, C.Zunkel for the author & J.F.Gleditsch, 1726.⁂ One of the foremost parts of the author's Theatrum machinarum, his ground-breaking series on engineering and technology. This volume concerns bridges and was the first book on bridge-building printed in Germany. The early plates depict ways in which to cross rivers including stilts, weighted shoes, diving bells & suits.

Lewis (James) Original Designs in Architecture, Book II only (of 2), first edition, list of subscribers, 41 engraved plates, one folding, some light marginal soiling, short tear to fore-margin of title, final plate creased at corners, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, uncut, spine gilt, [Harris 494], folio, for the Author, 1797.⁂ The neo-classical architect's scarce second book, published some 17 years after the first, where he explicitly cautions against contemporary capriciousness, love of novelty, and a vain presumption of superiority over the ancients, while at the same time praising the work of individuals such as Jones, Wren and Vanbrugh. Among the subscribers are Catherine the Great (who had died the year before) and Paul I of Russia, as well as her Italian architect Giacomo Quarenghi, and numerous British and Italian nobles, artists and architects.ESTC lists only 2 UK copies (BL and R.I.B.A.) and 4 more in America.

Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor, Containing the whole Art of Surveying the Land, second edition, lacking engraved portrait and final blank, with title in red and black, woodcut head-pieces, initials, diagrams and illustrations, a few contemporary ink annotations and calculations, a little soiled and stained, rust spots to D, E & F gatherings causing holes to a couple of leaves, tear to Aa4, paper flaw hole to Gg6 with loss of a few letters, a few leaves shaved at foot, contemporary half calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Wing L1908], small folio, by R. & W.Leybourn, for G.Sawbridge, 1657.

Lomazzo (Giovanni Paolo) A Tracte containing the Artes of Curious Paintinge, Carvinge & Buildinge, translated by Richard Haydocke, first edition in English, engraved title and 13 full-page illustrations, some after Dürer, woodcut initials and numerous fine typographical ornaments, lacking final leaf (colophon), title with contemporary inscription at head (shaved) and rather soiled and frayed at edges with slight loss to outer corners (neatly supplied in ink and laid down), small stains to A2-3, B5 & D6, some other staining towards end particularly 2O1 & 2, a few leaves shaved at head at end, 2I1 defective at foot with slight loss to ornament and 3 lines of text on verso, a remboitage in later crimson straight-grain morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with wheel design, spine gilt in compartments, later paste-paper endpapers, rubbed, spine faded, [Harris 519; STC 16698; cf.Berlin Kat 4612 & Fowler 186, earlier Milan editions], small folio (c.250 x 180mm.), [Oxford, by Joseph Barnes for Richard Haydocke], [1598].⁂ Lomazzo's influential Mannerist treatise was the first treatise on art to be published in England. It was dedicated to Thomas Bodley and was one of the first works to be presented to the Bodleian Library. "It was the first book on the arts to be translated and the reason for its choice must have been its thorough treatment of painting...". Harris p.297.

Lugar (Robert) Villa Architecture: A Collection of Views, with Plans..., first edition, presentation copy inscribed "John Piper from Anthony West 1939" in pencil on front free endpaper, half-title, 41 fine engraved plates and plans only (of 42, lacking plate 39 of Markgate Cell nr. St.Albans), 26 hand-coloured aquatints, staining to plates 12-14 (particularly 14) and mark to plate 17, otherwise very clean, last few leaves and plates loose, contemporary half green straight-grain morocco, uncut, rubbed, [Abbey Life 33], folio (c.440 x 280mm.), 1828.⁂ A good tall copy of this most handsome of all architectural pattern books.Anthony West (1914-87), writer and literary critic, son of H.G.Wells and Rebecca West, author of John Piper, 1979.

Major (Thomas) The Ruins of Paestum, otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia, first edition, list of subscribers, 7 engraved vignettes and 25 plates, very light marginal staining to a few plates, title creased and with stamp cut away from lower margin (repaired), bookplate removed, contemporary calf, rubbed and a little scuffed, rebacked with gilt spine in compartments preserving old red roan label, corners repaired, [Berlin Kat 1894; Blackmer 808; Fowler 187; Harris 538; Millard British 41], folio, T.Major, printed by James Dixwell, 1768.⁂ The first detailed account of the ruins discovered in 1746, famous for their Doric columns which became a common feature of Greek revival architecture in Britain.

Malton (Thomas) A Compleat Treatise on Perspective..., 2 vol. including Appendix, second edition of main text, first edition of Appendix, main text with engraved folding frontispiece and 48 plates, all but 3 folding, 5 with overslips or flaps to form 3-D geometrical figures (one flap detached), without list of subscribers, light foxing to frontispiece, occasional browning, engraved bookplate of Thomas Anson, Appendix with engraved frontispiece and 10 folding plates, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, upper joint of vol.1 split, later endpapers, folio, for the Author, 1779-83.⁂ A guide for painters and artists.

[Bâtiments], a collection of 116 engraved plates of plans and elevations, from 19 suites of 6 plates each plus one suite of 2, numbered in blue crayon in lower corner, lightly soiled, contemporary half calf, rubbed, folio, [France], n.p., [c.1740].⁂ Handbook with designs for town houses, along the lines of Pierre Le Muet's Maniere de Bien Bastir pour toutes Sortes de Personnes (see lot 143) of approximately a century earlier.

Marot (Jean) Le Magnifique Chasteau de Richelieu, en General et en Particulier..., first edition, first issue (A), 3 double-page leaves of text (title, dedication and preface), 20 engraved plates on 19 sheets, all but one double-page, all mounted on stubs, text and a few plates a little browned, some light marginal soiling or occasional water-staining, one plate trimmed at lower edge and repaired, old ink library stamp to verso of title, modern bookplate of Prof. Wilhelm Klein, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, stained at edges, [Fowler 192, issue A; cf.Millard French 115 issue B], oblong folio, Paris, [c.1660].⁂ Record of the enormous project of a country seat for Cardinal Richelieu designed by Jacques Lemercier, comprising the palace and outbuildings, which included stables, bakery, gate-houses, pavilions, grottoes, and galleries, and even a nearby model town. The town still exists but the chateau was almost completely destroyed in the early nineteenth century.

Marot (Jean) and Jean Mariette. [Architecture], 2 composite volumes of engravings, no titles or text, 382 engraved plates, 45 double-page and/or folding and mounted on stubs, first plate in one volume trimmed close and mounted on blank leaf, one plate with tear along platemark, very occasional spotting or soiling, one or two minor marginal tears and repairs, etched bookplate of Heneage Finch, 4th Earl of Aylesford, 18th century mottled calf, spines gilt, labels chipped or lacking, rubbed, joints split, folio, Paris, n.d.⁂ The first volume consists of 187 plates from the "Grand Marot"; the second appears to contain 195 plates from Mariette's L'Architecture Françoise..., mostly houses.

Marot (Daniel) [Oeuvres], engraved portrait by J.Gole after Parmantier (trimmed to edge of image and laid down), 238 engravings from various suites mounted on stubs, plus one pencil tracing tipped in, one or two engravings trimmed and mounted, some light marginal spotting or soiling, later crushed brown morocco, by Champs, inner gilt dentelles, uncut, slightly rubbed at edges, [cf.Berlin Kat. 355-357], small folio, [?Amsterdam], [18th century]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return⁂ Splendid collection of engravings by Daniel Marot, architect, furniture designer and engraver, son of Jean Marot and pupil of Jean Le Pautre. The plates depict a wide selection of designs in the late Baroque or Louis XIV style for classical scenes and landscapes, triumphal arches, doorways, gates & ironwork, theatre set designs, tombs, painted rooms & staircases, ceilings, panelling & windows, chimneypieces, ornaments, gold & silverwork, clocks, furnishings, bed, embroidery, parterres, garden ornaments, vases etc.

Mauclerc (Julien) Traité de l'Architecture suivant Vitruve..., engraved title vignette and 49 fine engraved plates (numbered 2-50) by René Boyvin and Pierre Daret, one folding and incorporating portrait of the author within architectural border, the rest of orders, woodcut head-pieces and initials, lacking dedication to Monsieur Malo but with all 7 leaves of text, light soiling, a little water- & damp-stained causing loss to caption at foot of portrait, otherwise marginal (repaired), 2 tiny holes to G leaf affecting a couple of letters, contemporary limp vellum, a little rubbed and soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2361, calling for only 48 plates; Fowler 194, lacking 6 of 7ff. text and part of dedication; Not in Millard French], folio, Paris, Pierre Daret, 1648.⁂ Rare architectural work of the late Renaissance by the humanist and architect Julien Mauclerc, previously issued with a different title and slightly different contents in 1601.Library Hub records only one UK copy (King's College, Cambridge, lacking final 4 plates); WorldCat adds 2 further copies in France.

Mauclerc (Julien) A New Treatise of Architecture, according to Vitruvius, translated by Robert Pricke, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece portrait of Mauclerc, 49 engraved plates of orders, mostly on facing leaves, 2nd Composite plate with small hole, frontispiece soiled and slightly frayed at edges (reinforced), title with hole and defective at foot with loss of imprint (repaired and text supplied in facsimile), light marginal soiling and staining, contemporary ink calligraphic inscription of Henry Wise 1678 to rear free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, worn, upper cover detached, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, red calf label, [Fowler 195; Harris 552; Wing M1326], folio, by J.Darby..., 1669.⁂ Rare, with only a handful of copies in UK libraries and even fewer copies having appeared at auction.Henry Wise (1653-1738), gardener, designer and nurseryman who worked at Hampton Court, Chelsea Hospital, Longleat, Chatsworth, Melbourne Hall, Wimpole Hall and Castle Howard as well as laying out the gardens at Kensington Palace with Charles Bridgeman. He was appointed Royal Gardener by Queen Anne and George I.

Beaulieu (Sébastien Pontault de) [Les Glorieuses Conquetes de Louis le Grand, "Le Grand Beaulieu"], 32 double-page engraved plates only, many by Cochin, first plate a little frayed at edges just touching edge of image at upper right corner, [late 17th century]; [Plans et Profils des Villes et Fortresses conquises par Louis XIV, "Les Petits Beaulieu"], 28 double-page engraved plates only, some by Cochin, first plate with wormhole to outer margins, a few plates very slightly frayed at lower edge, [late 17th century], all mounted on stubs, some light soiling, a few short tears to folds repaired, old ink inscription to head of front pastedowns, bookplates removed, contemporary vellum, rubbed and soiled, the second lacking ties, oblong folio (2)⁂ Sébastien Pontault de Beaulieu (c.1612-1674) was a military engineer and is considered to be the first military topographer.

Moxon (Joseph) Practical Perspective, or Perspective made easie, first edition, 60 engraved illustrations on 42 engraved plates, 2 folding, one with overlay, 2 engraved illustrations in text, one with overlay and window of mica (slightly damaged), contemporary ink signatures "J.Durant" and John Griffiths 1683" to front free endpaper, another later of George Jeffreys to head of title, worming to last few plates with slight loss, contemporary sheep, rather worn and scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with red morocco label, some repairs to boards, [Berlin Kat. 4721; Fowler 203; Wing M3018], small folio, by Joseph Moxon, 1670.⁂ The earliest book in English on perspective.

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) A Second Set of Six Concertos for the Harpsichord or Organ, first edition, engraved throughout with title and 61pp. musical notation printed on both sides, without the privilege leaf dated 1739 as often, light spotting, staining to one leaf, modern boards, [Hirsch III 235], I.Walsh, [c.1740] § Wochentlicher Musikalischer Zeitvertreib Winter-Quartal 1760, Nos. 14-26 only, musical notation, browned, contemporary boards, worn, lacking spine, Leipzig, Johann Gottlob Imman. Breitkopf, 1760; and a volume of Haydn sonatas for harpsichord lacking some leaves, folio & oblong 8vo (3)

Becichemus (Marinus) Opera, collation: A-C6 a-c8 d-n6 o8 p-z6 A8 B6, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, z6 blank, occasional contemporary ink marginalia, some mostly unobtrusive wormholes in text and margins, mostly towards end (especially table), a few marginal repairs, mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, late 19th / early 20th century vellum, yapp edges, g.e, earlier red morocco label to spine, lacking ties, little marked, [HC 2729; GW III Sp.587b; Sandal Brescia 35; EDIT 16 CNCE 65173], folio (310 x 215mm.), [Brescia], [Angelus Britannicus], [1504].⁂ A wide-margined copy of this rare work. Becichemus (c.1468-1526) was an Albanian humanist scholar and orator, who held professorships at the Universities of Brescia and Padua.

Nolli (Giovanni Battista) Nuova Pianta di Roma, engraved throughout with double-page of note to reader facing title, 4 index leaves numbered 1-4, 12 double-page maps (5-28), 4 more index leaves (29-32) and 2 double-page general maps of modern and ancient Rome by Piranesi and after Bufalini (33-36), the last two loose, the rest mounted on stubs, some light marginal foxing, contemporary ink inscription and note "Dec. 24 1757. Januar. 7.1758 L'ichnographia di Bufalini, e la Topographia di Nolli si trovano nel libro mio di vari Stampe, overo Prints" to front free endpaper, old bookplate, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed and rather soiled, [Berlin Kat. 2703, imperfect; Millard Italian 64], folio, [Rome], 1748.⁂ Magnificent plan of Rome with individual sheets to form one large wall map, incorporating vignettes with allegorical figures set against ancient monuments and contemporary landmarks, and a dedication to Pope Benedict XIV surrounded by putti, all within a decorative rococo border. The final two maps by Piranesi and Bufalini are not always found with the main wall map.

Owen (Hugh) Two Centuries of Ceramic Art in Bristol, with an Account of the Delft, Earthenware and Enamel Glassworks.., 2 vol., extra-illustrated with A.L.s. from the author and c.140 additional portraits, engravings, photographs and illustrations, several hand-coloured by Priscilla Fry, most mounted on blank leaves, illustrations in text, bookplate of Alan Evans, handsome red morocco, gilt, by Rivière & Son, Fry arms in gilt to centre, spines gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, slight wear to joints, small folio, 1873.