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Plutarch. The Philosophie commonlie called, The Morals, 1st edition in English, London: Arnold Hatfield, 1603, [8], 1363, [64]p., contemporary ownership inscription 'Francis Finch owner of this booke' to outer margin of first text leaf, contemporary marginal annotations and underlining in the same hand, woodcut initials, head and tailpieces, endpapers renewed, some gatherings damp-stained, occasional spotting and browning, title browned and repaired to upper right-hand corner (affecting woodcut headpiece), '3' in publication date to title written over in pen, early 20th-century calf gilt, red morocco title label, slightly rubbed, folio (305 x 215 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Possibly Francis Finch (born circa 1585),English lawyer and politician, son of Sir Moyle Finch, 1st Baronet of Eastwell, Kent and his wife Elizabeth Heneage, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Heneage. He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 12 June 1601, aged 15, and was called to the bar at Inner Temple in 1614. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Eye for the Happy Parliament, and was re-elected MP for Eye in 1625, 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 (when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years).STC 20063 (2nd edition). A first edition in English of Plutarch's Moralia, translated by Philemon Holland, 'the translator generall in his age' (Pforzheimer 495).

Bible [English]. The Bible that is, the Holy Scriptures contained in the Old & New Testament..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, [1607], engraved general title cropped at head, foot & fore-edge with loss, letterpress New Testament title with imprint dated 1607, full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden (cropped, closed tear and frayed to outer edges with loss), woodcut illustrations, Apocrypha misbound and two leaves loose frayed and torn, bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front and incomplete The Whole Booke of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, London: Companie of Stationers, 1609 at rear, closely trimmed throughout volume affecting marginal notes, dust-soiling and marks, fraying and some tears to edges, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Edward Parker of Browsholme, Yorkshire, and also with old Sotheran ink stamp, 18th-century reversed calf, rubbed and worn, small folio (28.3 x 19.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 222; Herbert 289; STC 2199.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Augustine (of Hippo, Saint). Of The Citie of God: with the learned comments of Jo. Lodovicus Vives, Englished first by J.H. and now in this second Edition compared with the Latine Originall, and in very many places corrected and amended, 2nd edition in English, London: Printed by G. Eld and M. Flesher, 1620, [20], 861 [i.e. 860], [4]pp., woodcut vignette to title, inscription to title upper margin 'Jno Poley de Boxted 1711', contemporary neat annotation to front blank (a short biography of Augustine), occasional dust-soiling, lacking rear endpaper, front free endpaper wormed and soiled to margins, front hinge cracked, near-contemporary speckled calf, blindstamped initials 'W.P.' to front board, some light wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:STC 917. First published in 1610, this is the second edition of John Healey's translation of Augustine's City of God. Fine copy in contemporary binding.

Erasmus (Desiderius). Adagia, id est: Proverbiorum, Paroemiarum et Parabolarum Omnium, quae apud Graecos, Latinos, Hebraeos, Arabas, &c. in usu fuerunt, [Frankfurt:] Typis Wechelianis, sumptibus Clementis Schleichii, & Petri de Zetter, 1629, [12], 776, [30], [41], [85] pp., title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, some light browning throughout, contemporary full blindstamped vellum, light soiling and upper joint slightly split at head and foot, folio, together with other 17th & 18th century Continental literature including Petrarch, De Rimedi dell'una, et l'altra Fortuna, Libri II, tradotti per Remigio Fiorentino, Venice, 1607; Vita di Cola di Rienzo, Tribuno del Popolo Romano, seconda impressione, Bracciano, Andrea Fei, 1631; Nicolo Franco & Ercole Giovannini, Li Due Petrarchisti, Dialoghi..., Venice, Barezzo Barezzi, 1623, etc, the latter titles bound in contemporary vellum, others mostly in contemporary calf, rubbed and occasional wear, mainly 8voQTY: (20)

Foxe (John). The Second Volume of the Ecclesiasticall Historie, Containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs... from the time of King Henry the eighth, untill the beginning of the reigne of Queen Mary, volume 2 only (of 3), London, 1631, engraved title (with 2 burn holes and laid down), woodcut illustrations, text in double column and commencing on A3, (i.e. p. 5), lacking preliminaries, A3-4 repaired at foot, occasional light spotting, later half calf, joints cracked, spine a little chipped with splits, some edge wear, folio, together with Thomson (James). The Seasons, 1st edition, London: 1730, title printed in red and black with hand-coloured vignette, 5 engraved plates (manuscript note at head of frontispiece and Autumn plates stating that they are wrongly placed), occasional light toning and spotting, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine splitting, rubbed, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold with all faults not subject to return.

[Shakespeare, William. Comedies, Histories and Tragedies; Published according to the true Originall Copies. Second Impression, London, 1632], woodcut head-pieces and initials, roman and italic type, text in double column, 66 lines, headlines and catchwords, pages box-ruled, 423 (of 454) leaves, 31 leaves supplied in facsimile on thicker, modern wove paper, including 3 preliminary leaves: 'To the Reader', title-page with portrait and 'Commendatory Verses' ([pi]A1, A2 & A5), plus 28 text leaves 2c4 (Coriolanus), 2i1-5 (Romeo & Juliet), 2o-2p6 (Macbeth 15pp. & Hamlet 9pp.), and the final 10 leaves, 3c1-6, 3d1-4 (Cymbeline), some spotting and old damp-staining throughout, closed tear repairs to D1, b3, 2h3, 2l6, a few other corner and marginal tears without loss of text, tears with loss to V2 (lower outer corner affecting 3 lines), heavier brown staining to upper half of r4r, some further closed tear repairs, marginal fraying and tears to lower outer corners with occasional small text loss to final 42 original leaves (7 signatures, 2t-3b: King Lear, Anthony & Cleopatra, Cymbeline), including larger tears to outer margins of 2v4 (affecting approximately 32 lines of text) and 3a1 (affecting approximately 43 lines of text), old ink ownership name (trimmed) of (?)J. Courtenay to upper margin of first main text leaf recto, armorial bookplate of Mary L'Estrange retained and applied to front pastedown, modern blind-stamped calf with five raised bands and morocco title label, folio (310 x 210 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Mary L'Estrange (née Carleton, of Rossfad, near Enniskillen, born 1736) who married Henry Peisley L'Estrange of Moystown House, and latterly of Hunstanton, King's County, Ireland. By family descent this copy passed down directly through seven generations to Merlin L'Estrange Meakin (born 1942); information gathered from 2 sheets of notes loosely inserted into the volume.Collation: [pi]A6 [-1,2,5, all supplied in facsimile] *4, A-2B6 2C2, a-y6, 2a-3c6 [2c4: Coriolanus; 2i1-5: Romeo & Juliet; 2o-2p6: Macbeth 15pp. & Hamlet 9pp.; 3c1-6, 3d1-4: Cymbeline, all supplied in facsimile].Gregg III, pp. 1113-1116; Pforzheimer 906; STC 22274 or one of 22274b, c, d or e; Todd, 'The Issues and States of the Second Folio and Milton's Epitaph', in Studies in Bibliography, volume V (1952-53), pp. 81-108.The Second Folio edition of the most important work in English literature. Without these large format Folio editions as many as 18 of Shakespeare's plays may never have survived. There are five variants of the Second Folio as identified by the imprint on the title-page; the text and colophon being identical in all variants. Without the original title-page and the 'Effigies' leaf (with the 17-line epitaph by John Milton) it is not possible to establish which issue this copy belongs to. It is estimated that no more than 1000 copies of the Second Folio were printed, and it is believed fewer than 200 copies are still in existence today, many of which, as this copy, are incomplete or defective.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New: newly translated out of the originall tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties speciall commandement. Appointed to be read in churches, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, Printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie: and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, woodcut general and New Testament titles present (both printed within ornamental border depicting the Twelve Tribes of Israel, the Twelve Apostles, and the Four Evangelists), general title with red ink name stamp W. Wheeler to lower blank margin and early 19th century genealogical manuscript entry to verso for 'James the son of William and Betty Wheeler was born December ye 20 about nine oClock at night 1804, died December ye 7th at 11 oClock at night 1809', (title loosening, torn to upper quarter of gutter blank margin and marginal fraying & damp staining), Kalendar in red & black, Apocrypha present, woodcut decorative initials, black letter text, lacking final two leaves of Revelation (6D5 & 6D6), worming to upper outer corners of initial leaves (mostly affecting preliminary leaves, Kalendar, and few leaves of Genesis) and to last few leaves, vertical closed tear to gutter margin of D1 (preliminary leaf) and also leaves 3M4 & 3M4 with some loosening, short vertical closed tear & fraying at foot of final leaves (5K6-6A5), few other occasional tears etc. (mostly minor), occasional light damp stains mostly at rear, light dust-soiling mostly to few leaves at front and rear, later front free endpaper, contemporary blind-panelled calf, torn at head and foot of spine with loss, some wear, folio (leaf size 40 x 25.5 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 376; Herbert 487; STC 2312.The fourth distinct folio edition, printed in large black-letter, of King James' version. This agrees very closely in all particulars with the folio of 1617. In the preliminary matter, however, a new cut of the royal arms with the initials C R precedes the Dedication, These to bee obserued ... is printed on D1b, and To finde Easter for euer on D4a. Heb. xii. 1: ... runne with patience the race ..., instead of unto the race as before. Signatures, as in the 1617 edition.

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 2nd edition, Cambridge: R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, 1640, additional engraved title (shaved at head with some loss), folding engraved map, occasional pale water stains, manuscript annotations at front, bookplates of Rev. John Holmes, Gawdy Hall & John Sparrow, later half calf, some wear at corners, folio, together with Thomas Fuller's The Holy State, 1st edition, 1642 (lacking printed title and 3 engraved plates, leaves towards end insect-predated), folioQTY: (2)NOTE:STC 11465 (Fuller's Holy Warre).

New Testament [Greek]. He Kaine Diatheke, 'Mazarin edition', Paris: Royal Printers, 1642, half-title, large engraved title by Claude Mellan, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of final text leaf with the arms of King Louis XIII, engraved initials, head and tailpieces, contemporary ownership inscription 'H Bornius' to half-title verso, small damp-stain to lower inner corners of many gatherings (a few larger damp-stains to final few leaves), lacking final blank, some occasional light dust-soiling, endpapers renewed, modern dark brown calf gilt, black morocco title label, folio (365 x 275 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 4687.'This magnificent folio is sometimes known as the 'Mazarin edition' since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal' (Darlow & Moule).The first printing of the New Testament in Greek by the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640.

Riviere (Lazare, Nicholas Culpeper & Abdiah Cole). The Practice of Physick, in two volums, very much enlarged. Wherein is plainly set forth, the nature, cause, differences, and several sorts of signs: together with the cure of all diseases in the body of man. In twenty and four books. Viz. 1. Of the diseases of the head. ... 24. A physical dictionary : written in Latin, and in English / by Lazarus Riverius, counsellor and physitian to the King, &c. Nicholas Culpeper, physitian and astrologer. Abdiah Cole, doctor of physick, and W. R., 4 parts in one, London: Peter Cole, 1658, lacking the engraved frontispiece, one longitudinal title, signatures 2R1-4 (pp. 309-316), 3E2-3 (pp. 399-402) & 3G2-3 (pp. 415-418) in first part, lacking K1 (pp. 49-50), K4 (pp. 55-56), Z3 (pp. 257-258) & 3B3 (pp. 417) and part 3 title, first title laid down and repaired, a few other leaves with small repairs, some leaves shaved affecting headlines, pagination, a few lines of text at foot and signatures, a few small wormtracks and burnholes, occasional soiling and light toning, early annotations to front blank, later half calf, folio (Wing R1559A), together with [Markham, Gervaise]. The English House-Wife. Containing the inward and outward vertues which ought to be in a compleate woman...A worke generally approued, and now the fourth time much augmented, purged and made most profitable and necessary for all men, and the generall good of this Kingdome, London: Nicholas Okes for John Harison, 1631, title with woodcut printer's device, lacking A1 blank, leaves I6 & K2 replaced with modern text and laid down, M4-5 replaced with modern blank leaves, blank leaves bound after final leaf, title shaved at foot affecting last line of imprint, a few damp stains and burnholes, later half calf, a little rubbed, small 4to, (STC 17353), plus [Heresbach, Conrad]. [The Whole Art and Trade of Husbandry. Contained in foure bookes... enlarged by Barnaby Goodge, London: printed by T.S. for Richard More, 1614], main text printed in black letter, woodcut initials, lacking title (replaced with modern manuscript leaf), occasional light soiling and stains, later calf-backed boards, small 4to (STC 132)QTY: (3)NOTE:Wing R1559A; ESTC R218027 (Practice of Physick). Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Cabinet du Roi. Les Plaisirs de l'Isle Enchantée. Course de Bague; collation ornée de machines. Comedie, meslée de danse et de musique; Ballet du Palais d'Alcine; Feu d'Artifice: et autres festes galantes & magnifiques, faites par le Roy à Versailles, le vii. May MDCLXIV, et continuées plusieurs autres jours, Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1673, bound with Felibien (André). Relation de la Feste de Versailles du 18. Juillet mil six cens soixante-huit, Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1679, bound with Felibien (André). Les Divertissemens de Versailles donnez par le Roy a toute sa cour au retour de la Conqueste de la Franche-Comté en l'année MDCLXXIV, Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1676, together three works bound in one, title to each part with engraved vignette royal arms, first part with nine fine double-page engraved plates by Israel Silvestre, and 91 pages of text, with single engraved head-piece and initial, minor waterstain to foremargin of printed title and first leaf of text, second part with five double-page engraved plates by Le Pautre, 43 pages of text, single engraved head-piece and initial, third part with six double-page engraved plates by Le Pautre (except second plate by Francois Chauveau), 34 pages of text, single engraved head-piece and initial, wide margins throughout, marbled paper pastedowns, inside gilt dentelles, late 19th century etched bookplate of Eugene le Senne to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary full red morocco, double gilt rule to outer borders, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, rubbed and some marks, large folio (binding measures 44 x 29 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Vinet 505, 506 & 507; Berlin Katalog 3001, 3002 & 3003; Ruggieri 507, 508 & 510.The three works brought together here in one volume are part of the remarkable collection of prints known as the ‘Cabinet du Roy’, published in the second half of the 17th century at the behest of the French king ‘afin d’encourager l’art de la gravure et d’en continuer l’histoire’. The first part with plates by Silvestre is the first major description of the festivities held during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King (in May 1664). More than six hundred guests attended the parades, equestrian battles, theatre (with music and ballet, including performances of Moliere's La Princesse d'Alide and the first performances of Tartuffe and Georges Dandin) and fireworks, to celebrate the improvements made at Versailles since 1661, entitled ‘The Pleasures of the Enchanted Island’. The title was inspired by an episode from Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso, where the sorceress Alcina holds Ruggiero and his knights on her enchanted island; to keep themselves amused, the captives take part in tilting at the ring and attended a play and a ballet. The scenery was designed by Charles Vigerani, and the description of events written by Charles Perrault. The second part describes the spectacle held on 18 July 1668, to celebrate the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which marked the successful conclusion of the War of Devolution against Holland (1667-1668). The event also honoured Louis XIV’s new favourite, Madame de Monstespan. The third part describes the six days of festivities between 4 July and 31 August 1674, in celebration of the reconquest of the Franche-Comté, and included Lully's opera Alceste, a concert in the Trianon garden, Moliere's Le Malade Imaginaire, a banquet, fireworks, and illumination around the Grand Canal.

Sidney (Philip). The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia, 13th edition, London: George Calvert, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved headpieces and initials, 18th-century ownership inscription of 'Jane Punchard 1768' to frontispiece verso, small gilt armorial bookplate to front pastedown, lightly spotted, a few leaves lightly damp-stained to upper margin, lacking final blank, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), red morocco title label lettered in gilt, some wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R21446; Wing S3770.

Spenser (Edmund). The Works of that Famous English Poet, Mr Edmond Spenser. Viz. The Faery Queen, The Shepherds Calendar, The History of Ireland, &c. Whereunto is added, an Account of his Life; with other new Additions never before in Print, 1st edition, London: Printed by Henry Hills for Jonathan Edwin, 1679, engraved frontispiece of Spenser's tomb by Robert White, title printed in red and black, publisher's advert leaf bound at rear, a few small initials to front pastedown and both endpapers, top right-hand corner of title clipped (removing ownership inscription), contemporary mottled sheep gilt, rebacked with original spine laid down, modern title label, lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R7177; Pforzheimer 980; Wing S4965.The third folio edition of the Faery Queen, and the second collected edition of Spenser's works.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, newly translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesties special command. With most profitable annotations upon all the hard places..., [Amsterdam]: 1683, additional hand-coloured engraved general title (detached and torn to margins, ink stamp to verso), letterpress general and New Testament titles (general title detached), 4 hand-coloured folding maps by Joseph Moxon published by Nicolaus Vischer and folding hand-coloured engraved plan of Jerusalem, verso of each map and plan repaired to folds and edges where torn and also with old library stamps to verso of each, first leaf of Genesis detached, bound with at rear The Whole Book of Psalms: Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, London: Company of Stationers, 1679, occasional ink stamps, browning, marks, some closed tears and few repairs throughout volume, early ownership signature John Morton to front free endpaper, library labels to front endpaper (endpapers frayed and worn), contemporary calf over wooden boards, brass corner pieces and lacking clasps, old reback, worn, folio (38.2 x 24 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 616; Herbert 782; Wing B2330.King James' version, with Geneva notes. Place and printer's name not given. Probably by, or for, Swart in Amsterdam. No Apocrypha. Herbert notes that the BM copy has the Apocrypha present.

Wright (John Michael). An Account of His Excellence Roger Earl of Castlemaine's Embassy, from His Sacred Majesty James the IId. King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, &c. To His Holiness Innocent XI, 1st edition in English, London: Thomas Snowden for the author, 1688, engraved frontispiece (laid down with small marginal loss and red was seal), engraved portrait of Queen Mary by Robert White, engraved dedication illustration and 15 engraved plates by Arnold van Westerhout, including a large folding plate of a banquet (laid down with losses to upper part of last right fold and margins), a few small closed marginal tears, occasional light soiling and small stains, bookplate of Sir Edward O'Brien (1705-1765, 2nd Baronet and Irish politician), hinges reinforced, contemporary panelled calf gilt, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing W3702; Lipperheide 2751 (for the Italian first edition).John Michael Wright (1617-1694) was a British portrait artist appointed steward to Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine by the newly crowned King James II in 1685. The following year the Earl was sent on an embassy to Pope Innocent XI to present the King's catholic credentials and offer English support on the Roman Catholic side in forthcoming conflicts. Wright produced the elaborate processional coaches, costumes and centrepieces depicted in the engravings above and arranged the banquet for 1000 guests at the Palazzo Doria Pamphilj in Rome. The Italian edition of the account of the embassy was published in 1687, dedicated to the Duchess of Modena; the English edition (as here) dedicated to the Duchess's daughter Mary, wife of James II.

Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicolas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written OriginaIly in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English, London: R. Clavel, C. Harper, J. Amery, J. Robinson, A. and J. Churchil, 1695, woodcut headpieces, lightly toned and dust-soiled, contemporary Cambridge panelled speckled calf, later gilt title label, upper and lower spine compartments rebacked, some light wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R17207; Wing M131.

Locke (John). An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, 4th edition, London: Awnsham and John Churchill, 1700, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary ownership inscription 'WM Danby' and bookseller's blindstamp (Drayton & Son, Exeter) to front free endpaper, faint damp-stain to gutter of preliminary leaves, occasional light faint spotting, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf gilt, foliate cornerpieces, rebacked with original spine laid on, rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R39072; Wing L2742.This edition of the Essay is the last printed in Locke's lifetime.

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 to volumes 1 & 3, engraved portrait frontispieces to all volumes, engraved vignettes to titles, armorial bookplates to front pastedowns, all volumes with contemporary gift inscriptions from 'John Arnold... to Cathedral Church of Chichester', early pencil or ink marginalia (mostly manicules), occasional light spotting, contemporary speckled Cambridge panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, together with Hooker (Richard). The Works of that learned and judicious divine, Mr. Richard Hooker, London: Robert Scot, 1682, additional engraved title and portrait frontispiece, title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, early ownership inscription to title upper margin 'Freda French?', stamps of 'Englisches Seminar der Universitat Leipzig' (one to title outer margin), damp-stain to lower margin of most leaves (occasionally touching text), frontispiece and additional title with small marginal repairs and damp-stains, 20th-century half calf gilt over blue marbled boards, red morocco title label, folioQTY: (4)

New Testament [Greek]. Novum Testamentum Graecum cum lectionibus variantibus, Rotterdam: Apud Casparum Fritsch & Michaelem Böhm, 1710, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, text in Greek with (separately paginated) preliminaries and notes in Latin, engraved historiated head-pieces, occasional light toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-panelled calf, gilt-decroated spine with six raised bands, lacking tailcap, front joint cracked at head, lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Heidegger (John James). Heydegger's Letter to the Bishop of London, 1st edition, London : Printed for N. Cox in Story's-Passage, going out of St. James's Park, 1724, 8 pages, some light browning and spotting, contemporary manuscript additions in ink to title 'upon his Ld Ships Sermon agt masquerades', and with 'Aprill' added at foot after the date of publication, together with Anonymous. The Masquerade. A Poem, 1st edition, London: printed for, and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, 1724, 10 pages, contemporary manuscript addition in ink 'May' at foot after the date of publication, very light browning to title (a good clean copy), both bound in early 20th century half morocco, spines lettered in gilt, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Foxon H169 & ESTC T125131; Foxon M131 & ESTC T66737 respectively.A well-known figure in 18th century London, dubbed the 'Swiss Count', Johann Jakob Heidegger introduced masquerade balls at the Haymarket Theatre, which became highly popular, especially with young George III. Hogarth satirised the subject in his 1724 print Masquerades and Operas. By then masquerades were denounced (by such as the Bishop of London) as occasions for vice and immorality, not least due to the high numbers of women of pleasure who also attended. The first work is Heidegger's poetical reply to the Bishop of London's sermon against Masquerades; the second an anonymous poetical satire.

Stukeley (William). Itinerarium Curiosum. Or, an Account of the Antiquitys and remarkable Curiositys in nature or art, observ'd in travels thro Great Britiain, 1st edition, London: Printed for the author, 1724, engraved frontispiece, 70 engraved plates (of 100), a few folding, armorial bookplate of 'Lucius Henry Hibbins of Gray's Inne' to front blank, inscribed to title and front blank 'Mary Sershall's book Oct 4 1783' with extensive further marginal annotations in the same ink, reverse calf pasted to front pastedown with red morocco presentation label lettered in gilt 'The gift of the author ye ingenious Dr WM Stukeley', occasional scattered spotting, a few leaves with marginal repairs (some touching text), a few quires faintly damp-stained, modern marbled boards, red morocco title label lettered in gilt, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T99861. Provenance: Presentation copy from the author to the barrister Lucius Henry Hibbins (armorial bookplate); Mary Sershall (inscriptions to title and front blank).

Bickham (George). The Musical Entertainer, 2 volumes, London: printed for and sold by George Bickham, circa 1737-39, engraved titles, 2 index leaves, subscribers list, 200 engraved sheets of music (complete), each with large engraved vignette, plates 70 & 85-86 with repaired margins head and foot, one or two small repaired marginal tears, small light water stain to margins of last few plates, contemporary presentation inscription at head of volume I title, previous owner signature of S. Gage and modern bookplate of Kate Lee to volume I front endpaper, bookseller descriptions and pencil notes to volume I front pastedown with bookplate of Susanna Harland, later morocco-backed marbled boards, morocco labels to upper covers, joints and edges rubbed, small splits and chips at spine ends, folio (400 x 250 mm) QTY: (2)NOTE:Cohen-De Ricci 145-46: "Sur chaque feuillet une vignette en-tête (beaucoup d'après Gravelot et Watteau)"; Lipperheide 560.Rarely found complete, this collection of songs and arias composed by Handel, Purcell, Festing, Corelli, Leveridge and others, was adapted for the parlour and illustrated with fine engravings by George Bickham, some after Gravelot and Watteau.

[Hancarville, Pierre Francois Hugues d']. Monumens de la Vie Privée des Douze Césars, d'après une suite de pierres gravées sous leur règne, A Caprées, Chez Sabellus [Nancy, Leclerc], 1st edition, 1780, & Monumens du Culte Secret des Dames Romaines, pour servir de suite aux Monumens de la Vie Privée des XII Césars, 1st edition, A Caprée: Chez Sabellus [Nancy, Leclerc], 1784, engraved frontispiece to each volume, title vignette to second work, and 100 (50 in each volume) erotic engraved plates in the form of cameos or medals, occasional light spotting, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform brown and dark green mottled calf gilt, rubbed and some marks, second volume with minor split at head of spine, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Pia 883; Cohen-De Ricci 474-475. Attractive copy.First edition of both volumes of Pierre-Francois d'Hancarville's famous study of Roman debauchery and erotic history, here in a contemporary uniform binding. The engravings were supposedly after genuine antique gems but, as Cohen states, they are largely the inventions of the author. Pascal Pia notes "à vrai dire, qu'il ait ou non eu pour modèles d'authentiques pièces de collection, il n'a rien imaginé que les Anciens n'eussent connu". An historian and art dealer, Hancarville (1719-1805) acted on behalf of the collector Sir William Hamilton (ambassador at Naples from 1764 to 1800), in his search for antique works of art, introducing him to the Porcinari family, whose collection of antiquities he purchased in 1766, and later sold to the British Museum. Hancarville also produced a fine illustrated catalogue of Hamilton's own collection in four folio volumes, entitled Antiquités étrusques, grecques et romaines, first published in Naples by Morelli in 1766 and 1767, and later reissued in five quarto volumes between 1785 and 1788.

Fuseli (Henry, illustrator). Sorrows. Sacred to the Memory of Penelope, by Brooke Boothby, 1st edition, large paper copy, London: W. Bulmer and Co, 1796, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 2 engraved plates, further smaller illustrations to text, lightly spotted, some marginal fraying, title from original front board pasted to front pastedown, early 20th-century blue quarter morocco gilt, joints rubbed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Weinglass 139.A scarce example of the large paper copy. Famous for its frontispiece after Fuseli, the portrait of Penelope is after Joshua Reynolds.

Angelo (Henry). A Treatise on the Utility and Advantages of Fencing; Giving the Opinions of the Most Eminent Authors and Medical Practitioners, on the Important Advantages Derived From a Knowledge of the Art, as a Means of Self-Defence and a Promoter of Health..., A dissertation on the use of the Broad Sword..., Memoirs of the Late Mr. Angelo; and a biographical sketch of Chevalier St. George..., London: Mr. Angelo, 1817, 47 engraved plates after John Gwyn, 6 uncoloured aquatint plates by Thomas Rowlandson, and a mezzotint portrait of the Chevalier de St. George by Ward after Brown, address to reader slip tipped-in, occasional light spotting, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper Frederick Heberden October 1st 1826, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked preserving original spine, corners repaired, extremities rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Thimm, pp.10-11. The volume contains the same plates as the "Ecole des Armes" of the author's father (Domenico Angelo) published in 1763, a portrait of St. George, engraved by W. Ward from a picture of Brown published 1788, and six plates engraved and designed by Rowlandson, under the care of Angelo himself, in 1798-1799.

Purcell (Henry, 1659-1695). A Collection of Ayres, Compos'd For the Theatre, and upon other Occasions. By the late Mr. Henry Purcell, 1st edition, London: Printed by J. Heptinstall for Frances Purcell, 1697, complete set of four parts (violino primo, violino secundo, tennor and bassus), 48, 48, 40 and 40 pages respectively (the pagination of pp. 37-40 of the first volume misnumbered), type-set music and text throughout, woodcut vignettes, title and first two leaves of the first part with loss to lower inner margin (affecting some words of the imprint, last line of the dedication, and part of the last two staves of music, respectively), violino secundo p.31 with 5cm tear from lower margin, spotting and some dust-soiling at front and rear of each, tennor p.40 a trifle stained, some minor marks elsewhere, otherwise generally in clean condition, later black half calf, lightly rubbed, a little wear to extremities (tennor with small loss to foot of spine), folio (each 32.1 x 20.8 cm)QTY: (4)NOTE:RISM P 5977 and PP 5977.Only five copies of this publication at auction in the last fifty years.Purcell composed music for over 40 plays, a fairly representative amount of which was published a year or so after his untimely death at the age of 36 in the present work. Thought to have been edited by his younger brother (or cousin) Daniel Purcell, it comprises thirteen suites of select movements from the plays or semi-operas Dioclesian, King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, The Indian Queen, The Married Beau, The Old Bachelor, Amphytron, The Double Dealer, Distressed Innocence, The Gordian Knot Untied, Abdelazer, Bonduca, and The Virtuous Wife.

De Bry (Theodore). Ander Theil der Orientalischen Indien, von allen Vo?lckern, Insulen, Meerporten, fliessenden Wassern und anderen Orten, so von Portugal ... biss in Ost Indien und zu dem Land China, sampt andern Insulen zu sehen seind... Erstlich ... in Holla?ndischer Sprach beschrieben, durch Joan Hugo von Lindschotten ... Ietzo aber von newem in Hochteutsch bracht..., 2nd edition, Frankfurt: E. Kempffer, 1613, engraved architectural title (supplied from 1st edition, trimmed to margins), engraved portrait of Linschoten, 34 engraved plates with accompanying captions below (out of 39), lacking the maps, some plate margins trimmed, some spotting and toning, disbound, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Church 229. Part II of India Orientalis, containing Linschoten's voyages. Collected from two or more copies, and sold not subject to return.

Morison (Robert). Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis, volumes 2 & 3 [all published], Oxford: Theatro Sheldoniano, 1680-99, 293 engraved plates, titles with engraved vignettes, volume 3 with portrait frontispiece of the author, volume 2 lacking folding frontispiece & 3pp index & corrigenda, lacking endpapers, plates to rear faintly damp-stained, volume 3 with 5 leaves of plates misbound to rear, final leaf torn with loss to left upper corner, endpapers renewed, both volumes with scattered spotting, contemporary Cambridge panelled calf, red morocco gilt title labels, volume 2 boards detached, volume 3 joints weak, generally worn, folio (410 x 265mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Graesse IV 609; Nissen BBI 1412; Wing; M2771 & M2772.Part one on trees and shrubs was never issued. While Nissen BBI calls for 312 plates, 293 plates (292 numbered plates plus an additional plate with duplicate number) is the collation more often found.Morison was the Director of the Royal Gardens at Blois, France (1650–60). He returned to England as physician to Charles II and as the botanist and superintendent of all the royal gardens. He was appointed the first Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Oxford (1669–83). (Encyclopedia Britannica).

Handel (George Frideric). Handel's Songs selected from his Oratorios, for the Harpsicord, Voice, Hoboy, or German Flute, volume 1 only, London: I. Walsh, [1769], engraved title, table of songs and 170 pages of music, some light dust-soiling, contemporary half calf, board edges rubbed, oblong folioQTY: (1)

Adams (J. B.) A Familiar Introduction to the First Principles of Music, consisting of progressive examples & instructions for the use of beginners on the harpsichord, piano forte or organ, London: printed for the author, circa 1780, advertisement leaf at front, engraved title, 41 pp., bound with 3 others: The Retrospector. A collection of sonnets containing Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. The Words by Mr James Brown, composed by John Moulds, circa 1780, 9 pp., The Lover's Garland... by John Moulds, circa 1780, 9 pp., and The Fandango Overture, Airs &c. in the Spanish Barber, composed by Dr. Arnold, circa 1780, 29 pp., a little minor spotting, Fortnum's Music Shop ink stamps, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, manuscript title to upper cover, some wear to spine and edges, oblong folio, together with Arnold (Samuel). A Set of Progressive Lessons for the Harpsichord, or the Piano Forte expressly calculated for the ease of beginners..., circa 1780, engraved title, 60 pp. engraved music, light dust-soiling to title, disbound, oblong folio, plus 2 others including Theodor Smith's The Celebrated Music which is on the organ at Mr. Coxes Museum, Spring Garden... circa 1780QTY: (4)

Martin y Soler (Vicente, 1754-1806). L'Arbore di Diana, Vienna: Artaria Compagni, [1787], 17 parts each with engraved title, first part numbered 156, the rest numbered 34-49, pp. 5/6 in 4th part shaved at foot, occasional light soiling, ink stamps to first title and following leaf, modern cloth-backed boards, spine a little rubbed, some marginal fading to boards, oblong folio 22.5 x 32.5 cm, together with other 18th and 19th century European engraved music, including Gluck, Ouverture d'Iphigenie, Ier Recueil, circa 1775 (RISM G2757), Paisiello, Aria Saper bramate bella... acavata dall' opera Il Barbiere di Sevilla, Vienna, Artaria, circa 1787 (RISM P215), Franz Schubert's Die Schone Mullerin, songs 13-17, Vienna, 1824, and Glaube Hoffnung und Liebe... Vienna, 1828, Valises Sentimentales our le Piano Forte composees par vFrancois Shubert, Vienna, 1825, Introduction et Polonaise Brillante pour le Pianoforte et Violonelle. Dediee Monsieur Joseph Merk par Frederic Chopin, Ouuvre 3, Vienna [1831], Oeuvres de Mozart. Cahier VI. Contenant XVI Differerntes Pieces pour le Pianoforte, circa 1800, plus others by Beethoven , von Weber, Reznicek, Schumann, Mahr, Muller, von Kretzer, Strauss et al QTY: (22)

Hook (James). Whyte's Improved edition of Guida di Musica. Being a complete book of instructions for beginners on the Harpsichord or Piano Forte... composed by James Hook, Edinburgh: William White, circa 1805, 25 pp., bound with Clementi's Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Piano Forte..., London: Clementi, Banger, Hyde, Collard & Davis, circa 1805, 63 pp., bound with 2 others: Pleyel's Six Progressive Sonatinas with Violin Accompaniments, 34 pp. and Three Sonatas for the Piano Forte, with or without Additional Keys, and an Accompaniment for a Flute or Violin... by J. Mazzinghi, 10 pp., a little minor soiling, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Arne (Thomas). Comus; A Masque. As it is performed at the Theatres Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden... for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, London: Harrison & Co., [1783], 18 pp., together with The Chaplet, a Musical Entertainment, as it is performed at the Theatres Royal in Drury Lane and Covent Garden composed by Dr Boyce for the Voice, Harpsichord and Violin, London: Harrison & Co., circa 1783, 47 pp., plus Handel's Dryden's Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, circa 1783, engraved throughout, disbound in nineteenth-century half calf, cloth reback, some wear, oblong folio, plus Wright (T.H.) The Divertimentos for the Piano Forte with an accompaniment for the flute, ad lbitum respectively dedicated to the Miss Campions of Danny, circa 1808, pp. 14-19, bound with approximately 18 other compositions by Cramer, Von Esch, Schetky, Robertson of Ladykirk, Gow and others, some light toning and spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, to, plus others including Six Oeuvertures for Violins in seven parts as they were perform'd at the King's Theatre... Compos'd by Mr. Handel, fifth collection, circa 1740, John Bland's Ladies Collection of Catches, Glees, Cannons, 3 volumes, circa 1780, and Cathedral Music... the whole selected and carefully revised by William Boyce, 3 volumes, 1849 QTY: (approximately 50)

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus). [Don Giovanni]. Il Dissoluto Punito osia il Don Giovanni dramma giocoso in due atti posti in musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don Juan oder der steinerne gast komische oper in zwey aufzugen... mit unterlegtem Deutschen texte nebst sammtlichen von dem komponisten spater eingelegten stucken, in partitur, 2 volumes, 1st edition of the full score, Leipzig: verlag der Breitkopf und Hartelschen Musikhandlung, [1801], additional engraved title to volume I, with oval engraved vignette by Bolt after Kinninger, printed titles, divisional title Anhang von spater eingelegten stucken in volume II, 590 pp., occasional light spotting and dust-soiling, Paul Alday, Dublin ink stamp at foot of printed titles, Warrington Public Library ink stamps to all titles and a few other leaves, their library labels to front pastedowns, later library morocco-backed boards, spines a little rubbed head and foot, oblong folio, sheet size 24.5 x 32 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Hoboken 341; Haberkamp, Erstdrucke der werke von W.A. Mozart, I, 295-297; RISM M 4502.

Beethoven (Ludwig van). Fidelio, Oper in Zwey Aufzugen nach dem franzosischen bearbeitet von F. Treitschke. In musik gesetzt von Lud. van Beethoven. Clavierauszug, [Op. 72] [vocal score], Bonn: N. Simrock, [1815], lithograph title and cast list, 159 pp., plate number 1136 (lacking on pages 22, 76 and 148; page 154 with plate number 1153), lacking index leaf of contents, small losses to one or two corners, occasional slight soiling, T. Boosey & Co. ink stamp at foot of title, disbound in modern plain green wrappers, a few small tears, oblong folio, sheet size 24.5 x 33.5 cm, together with Quintetto pour 2 Violons, 2 Violes at Violoncelle composée par L. v. Beethoven, Oeuv. 20, 2 parts (numbers 1 & 2), Leipzig: Bureau de Musique de C. F. Peters, [circa 1815], five separate parts, engraved throughout, plates numbered 110 and 111, two engraved titles to the part for 1st violin, light spotting to margins, disbound without covers, slim 4to, plus Siebente Grosse Sinfonie von Ludw. van Beethoven, 92tes Werk. Partitur, Vienna: T. Haslinger, [1831], 2nd engraved edition of the full score, plate number 2560, engraved title, dedication leaf, 180 engraved pages, many with pencil annotations in an unidentified hand, signed presentation inscription in pencil by Felix Weingartner at foot of first page, "Zum Andenken an die Auffuhrung in Prag, 14/1 1926. Felix Weingartner", occasional light marginal spotting, some leaves detaching, original printed wrappers (detached), rubbed and some soiling, with wear to spine, folio (34 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (3)NOTE:First work Hoboken 322. One of the first editions of the third version, which is also the first under the name "Fidelio" (the opera was previously called "Leonore").Paul Felix Weingartner (1863-1942) was an Austrian composer and conductor and the first to record all nine Beethoven symphonies. From 1907 to 1910 he was the Director of the Vienna Hofoper, succeeding Gustav Mahler; he retained the conductorship of the Vienna Philharmonic until 1927.

Hoddinott (Alun, 1929-2008). Sketchbook, 1950s-60s, 28 sheets of music with printed staves and pencil notation by the composer, each numbered at top, including parts of Symphony I and Symphony II, a few parts scribbled through, a few small repairs, bound in blue cloth, spine ends a little rubbed, small split tyo lower joints, folio (37 x 26.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Alun Hoddinott was a prolific classical Welsh composer, his first major work the Clarinet Concerto performed at the Cheltenham Festival in 1954. His 'modernist Romantic' style evolved over many years of writing symphonies and concertos. He was awarded many doctorates including the Royal Academy of Music and The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and was appointed Professor of Music at University College, Cardiff and had a purpose-built concert hall, the BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff named for him and inaugurated in 2009.

Vitale (Pietro). Le simpatie dell'allegrezza tra Palermo capo del regno di Sicilia e la Castiglia reggia capitale della Cattolica Monarchia manifestate nella presente relazione delle massime pompe festive de Palermitani per la vittoria ottenuta contro i collegati su le campagne di Prihuega a 11. Decembre 1710..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Palermo: Agostino Epiro, 1711, 14 fine engraved plates by Francesco Ciche after Antonio Grano, Paolo Amato and Mario Cordua, most folding and double-page, p. 76 with 'Stanhope' written neatly twice in margin in a contemporary hand, a few folding plates with repaired tears and marginal reinforcements to verso, lacking frontispiece, occasional small water stains and light soiling, contemporary vellum, morocco reback with most original manuscript-titled spine relaid, a few light stains, folio (330 x 220 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Berlin Katalog 3059.An account of the celebrations following the victory of Philip V of Spain over the British at the Battle of Brihuega in 1710 (during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701-1714), under the Duc de Vendôme, who led a Franco-Spanish army against Lord Stanhope's rearguard during the Allied retreat from Madrid to Barcelona.

[Repton, Humphry]. [Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. Collected from Designs and Observations now in the Possession of the Different Noblemen and Gentlemen for whose use they were originally made. The whole tending to establish fixed principles in the art of laying out ground, London: printed by W. Bulmer and Co., 1794], 16 aquatint plates (complete) of which 10 are hand-coloured, 14 plates with overslips, lacking the titlepage and all before advertisement leaf (i.e. p, ix) and all after p, 82 (i.e. p. 83 & p. 84 blank), occasional light spotting, Advertisement leaf and final leaf verso with some dust-soiling, bookplate of Ellen James, later plain plum cloth, spine faded, a few small splits, oblong folio (260 x 355 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Scenery 388; Tooley 400.

Turrill (W. B.). A Supplement to Elwes' Monograph of the Genus Lilium..., Illustrated by Margaret Stones, Parts 8 & 9, London: Royal Horticultural Society, 1962, ten hand-coloured lithographs (one of 40 hand-coloured examples) each with a page of descriptive text, publisher's printed card wrappers, slim upright folio, overall size 550 x 375 mmQTY: (2)NOTE:This work was issued in 3 stages: The 'Monograph' between 1877 and 1880 with 48 plates by Fitch; the first seven parts of the Supplement by A. Grove and A.D. Cotton between 1933 and 1940 with 30 plates by Lilian Snelling, and finally, parts VIII and IX by W.B. Turrill between 1960 and 1962, with 10 plates by Margaret Stones. These two final parts were available with the plates hand-coloured (40 copies) or colour-printed (960 or 500 copies).

Osynka (Paladij, pseudonym). Album of a Political Prisoner [of Auschwitz], Munich: Hanns Lindner, 1946, 15 colour lithographic illustrations with text printed in Russian and English throughout, ink inscription at head of title, original wrappers with pictorial illustration to upper cover, minor soiling, spine a little frayed, slim 8vo, together with:Uhlman (Fred), Captivity, introduced by Raymond Mortimer, London: Jonathan Cape, 1946, 24 lithographic plates after Uhlman, original cloth, a little rubbed, small oblong folio, plusGhetto Fighters' House, Examination and Resistance: Historical Records and Source Material, vol. 1, Kibbutz Lohamei Haghettaot, Israel, 1958, some monochrome illustrations, original printed wrappers, some browning, a few splits to spine and lower joint, slim 8voQTY: (3)

Extraordinary Editions, publisher. The Waterloo Commemorative Anthology, limited edition, 2015, numerous colour plates, illustrations & maps, all edges gilt, original embroidered full calf, plus map volume containing 4 folding maps, original full calf, all presented in a hand crafted, wooden writing slope, designed to replicate the traditional travelling desk that an officer would have taken on the campaign, folio, limited to 1815 copies, this copy numbered E22QTY: (1)

De Bry (Theodore). Brevis Narratio eorum quae in florida Americae provi[n]cia Gallis acciderunt...quae est seconda pars Americae, 1st edition, Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1591, engraved title, engraved section title, 33 engraved plates (out of 42, plates 1 & 7 present but lacking text), lacking engraved map and 2 text leaves, scattered spotting, some margins trimmed, some loss to lower & outer margins of a few plates, disbound, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Church 145. Sold not subject to return. Collected from two or more copies.

Castle (Alison). Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon The Greatest Movie Never Made, Trade edition, London: Taschen, 2011, publisher's original gilt decorated green cloth with outer sleeve, folio, together with:Jones (Proctor Patterson), Napoleon an intimate account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814, 1st edition, San Fransisco: Proctor Jones Publishing Company, 1992, signed by the author to the dedication page, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus,Lipscombe (Nick), The Peninsular War Atlas, revised edition, Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2014, original cloth-backed printed boards in slipcase, oblong 4to, and 9 other Napoleonic publications, mostly original cloth-backed printed boards in slipcases, some printed wrappers, VG, 8voQTY: (12)

Military History Press. Napoleon's Finest: Davout and His 3rd Corps Combat Journal of Operations 1805-1807, by Scott Bowden, 1st North American edition, 2006, signed limited edition 935/1400, numerous colour illustrations, folio,Napoleon's Apogee Pascal Bressonnet's Tactical Studies 1806 Saalfeld Jena and Auerstadt, by Scott Bowden, 1st North American edition, 2009, unnumbered copy of 1100, numerous colour illustrations, folio, On Campaign in the Age of Napoleon, by René Chartrand, 1st North American edition, 2006, signed limited edition 552/1200, numerous colour illustrations, folio,The Art of Keith Rocco Waterloo- Napoleon's Last Army, by Paul Lindsay Dawson, 1st North American edition. 2021, numerous colour illustrations, folio,Napoleon's Last Grande Armée, by Alfred Umhey, 1st North American edition, 2006, signed limited edition 677/1000, numerous colour illustrations, folio,Napoleon's First Italian Campaign, by Keith Rocco, 1st North American edition, 2013, signed limited edition 391/1200, numerous colour illustrations, folio, all edges gilt, uniform gilt decorated faux leather, plus The Ancient Art Of Warfare, 2 volumes, 1st edition, by Cresset Press, 1966, numerous colour illustrations, full gilt-decorated red morocco bound by A. Price Oxford, 4toQTY: (8)

Kraehe (Enno. E.). Metternich's German Policy, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1963, ink stamp to half-title volume 1, previous owner ink inscription to front endpaper volume 2, original cloth in dust jackets, light spotting to text block, spines and covers faded, tear to upper cover volume 1, 8vo, together with;Hall (Christopher D.). British Strategy in the Napoleonic War 1803-15, 1st edition, Manchester University Press, 1992, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus,Folio Society. Napoleon by George Lefebvre, 2009, The Campaigns of Napoleon, 3 volumes, By David G. Chandler, 2002, The Campaigns of Wellington, 3 volumes, By Ian Fletcher, 2007, all original cloth in slipcase, and other modern Napoleonic reference and related including publications by Osprey, Palgrave Macmillan and Scribner, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (3 shelves )

Daniell (Walter V.). Collectanea Napoleonica... London: W. V. Daniell, circa 1905, monochrome illustrations, modern endpapers, front gutter cracked, some light toning, contemporary green cloth, very lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Henry (L. E.), Napoleon's War Maxims, with his Social and Political Thoughts, London: Gale & Polden, circa 1899, modern booksellers label & inscription to the front endpaper, some light spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards slightly water damaged, 8vo, plusGeer (Walter, editor), Recollections of the Revolution and the Empire, from the French of the "Journal D'une Femme de Cinquante Ans" by La Marquise de la Tour Du Pin, 1st edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1921, 15 monochrome illustrations, modern endpapers, some light toning & spotting, original plum cloth, boards & spine faded, 8vo, and Kircheisen (F.), Bibliography of Napoleon, A Systematic Collection Critically Selected, London: Sampson Low, 1902, ex-library copy with stamps to the verso of the title-page, later endpapers, some light toning, later red cloth, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th-century Napoleonic reference & related, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Testa (Carmel). The French In Malta 1798-1800, limited edition, Malta: Midsea Books Ltd, 1997, signed by the author to the limitation page, colour folding map and monochrome illustrations, faux leather in dust jacket, lightly rubbed to head and foot, small white mark to spine, 8vo, 754/1000, together with;Uythoven (Geert Van), The Secret Expedition, The Anglo- Russian Invasion Of Holland 1799, 1st edition, Warwick: Helion & Company, 2018, numerous monochrome illustrations, original printed boards, 8vo, plus,Lloyd (Clive L.), A History of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War 1756-1816, 1st edition, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2007, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, and other modern Napoleonic reference & related including publications by Parragon, Spellmount and Arms and Armour, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Hutchings (W.W). London Town Past and Present, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Cassell and Company, Limited, 1909, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Zaehendorf & Bumpus, rubbed, 4to, together with: Brayley (E.W). History of Surrey, 1st edition, 4 volumes, London: Virtue & Co [1880], lithographic frontispieces, vignettes to title, numerous lithographs, bookplate of Madeleine Midleton to front pastedown, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, spotting (heavier to preliminary leaves), contemporary brown half morocco gilt over marbled boards, backstrip worn, generally rubbed, 4to, plusRossetti (William Michael). The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 3 volumes, London: Reeves and Turner, [1890], frontispiece and additional illustrated title to each volume, lightly spotted and dust-soiled, gift inscription to front blank of volume 1, 20th-century blue half morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, slightly rubbed, 8vo, andLambert (Uvedale). Bletchingley: A Parish History together with some account of the family of De Clare, chiefly in the South of England, 2 volumes, London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke, 1921, frontispieces, folding genealogy and map to volume 1, folding map to rear pocket of volume 2, armorial bookplates to front pastedown, inscription to front free endpaper of volume 1, lightly spotted, original red cloth, top edge gilt, boards stained, rubbed, 4to plus other 19th & 20th-century miscellaneous literature & reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves)

Thompson (Robert Farris). Face of the Gods, Art and Alters of Africa and the African Americas, 1st edition, New York: The Museum of African Art, 1993, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, front cover slightly faded, large 4to, together with:The George Ortiz Collection, publisher, In Pursuit Of The Absolute Art Of The Ancient World, Berne, 1996, numerous colour illustrations original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, large 4to, plusRichter (G. M. A), The Furniture Of The Greeks Etruscans And Romans, 1st edition, London: Phaidon, 1966, monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, folio, and other tribal & ancient art reference, including Turkoman Carpets..., by Siawosch Azadi, revised edition, Fishguard: The Crosby Press, 1975, large 8vo, Musée Du Quai Branly, The Collection..., edited by Yves Le Fur, Paris: Flammarion, 2009, large 4to, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Tennyson (Alfred). Enoch Arden, London: Edward Moxon & Co., 1866, monochrome illustrations by Arthur Hughes, book list to the rear, period inscription to the half-title, some minor toning,all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 4to, together with:Palmer (Samuel), An English Version of The Eclogues Of Virgil, London: Seeley & Company, 1883, 14 monochrome illustrations by the author, minor marginal toning, modern endpapers, bookplate to front pastedown, modern green morocco spine retaining original gilt decorated green cloth boards, lightly rubbed, large 8vo, plusCaldecott (Randolph), R. Caldecott's collection of Pictures & Songs..., London: Frederick Warne and Co., circa 1920, colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original illustrated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 4to, and other late 19th & early 20th-century literature & illustrated literature, including Mary and Charles Lamb: Poems, Letters, and Remains:..., by W. Carew Hazlitt, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 8vo, Scovill's Photographic Series, The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Almanac for 1899, original gilt decorated red cloth, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

Duvosquel (Jean-Marie et al). Albums De Croy, Tome XVII, Comté D'Artois I, Brussels: Crédit Communal De Belgique, 1985, full-page colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, together with:Fernie (Eric), Romanesque Architecture [Pelican History Of Art], 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusGilchrist (Roberta), Glastonbury Abbey, archaeological investigations 1904-79, 1st edition, London: Society of Antiquaries of London, 2015, colour & monochrome illustrations, original boards, large 8vo, and other medieval & architecture reference & related, including German architecture, De Kleine Practische Woning, by Paul Bromberg, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Kosmos, circa 1937, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves )

Schneiderman (Richard S.). A Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints of Sir Francis Seymour Haden, 1st edition, London: Robin Garton, 1983, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth, spine slightly faded & marked, folio, together with:Paulson (Ronald), Hogarth's Graphic Works, 2 volumes, 1st complete edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1965, numerous monochrome plates, some minor marginal toning, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly faded & rubbed with some loss to head & foot, oblong 4to, plusGrigson (Geoffrey et al), Thornton's Temple of Flora with Plates..., limited edition, London: Collins, 1951, signed by the authors to the limitation page,12 colour & 24 monochrome plates with tissue guards, some minor spotting, original brown half morocco in slipcase, slipcase lightly rubbed, folio, 213/250, and other miscellaneous art reference & related, including Edgar Degas: The Painter as Printmaker, by Sue Welsh Reed & Barbara Stern Shapiro, 1st edition, Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1984, large 4to, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (3 shelves)

The Fine Art Society. Catalogue of the Etched Work of Frank Brangwyn..., 1st edition, London, 1912, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning, original brown cloth with morocco spine label, slight rubbed, folio, includes an order form for The Etchings of Frank Brangwyn A Catalogue Raisonné, by William Gaunt, together with:Herkomer (Hubert), Etching and Mezzotint Engraving, Lectures Delivered at Oxford, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1892, 13 monochrome etchings by the author, some spotting & toning, original white cloth, boards & spines toned & marked, large 8vo, plusO'Connor (John), Knipton, a Leicestershire village, limited edition, Risbury, The Whittington Press, 1996, signed by the author to the limitation page, 35 colour wood engravings, original cloth in slipcase, folio, 151/200, andSalaman (Malcolm C.), The Woodcut of To-Day At Home and Abroad, 1st edition, London: The Studio Ltd., 1927, colour &monochrome illustrations, advertisements to the front, some light toning & spotting, original wrappers, spine & rear cover slightly toned, large 8vo, plus other print & miscellaneous art reference, some leather bindings, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Ashburton (Charles Alfred). A New And Complete History of England, From the first Settlement of Brutus, upwards of one thousand years before Julius Caesar, To the Year 1795..., London: printed by W. And J. Stratford, circa 1795, monochrome plates & folding maps, lacking original endpapers, a small tear plus water damage to the margins of the frontispiece, some light spotting & toning throughout, rebound in modern half calf with facsimile marbled boards, folio, together with:Ruskin (John), The Seven Lamps of Architecture, 1st edition, London: Smith, Elder, And Co., 1849, 14 monochrome plates, errata slip bound in, advertisements to the rear, some light toning throughout, hinges cracked, original embossed brown cloth, hinges split, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusGrahame (Kenneth), The Golden Age, London: Bodley Head, 1928, monochrome illustrations by Ernest H. Sheppard, some minor toning, original decorated white cloth, boards & spine lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & 20th-century literature, including Cyclopaedia: Or, an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, 2 volumes, by E. Chambers, 6th edition, 1750, rebound in modern half calf, folio, The Soul Of Man, by Oscar Wilde, 2nd impression, London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1909, original gilt decorated purple cloth, small, 4to, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Gray (Todd, editor). Travels In Georgian Devon, The Illustrated Journals of the Reverend John Swete (1789-1800), 4 volumes, limited edition, Tiverton: Devon Books, 1997, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, signed by the editors to the limitation plate, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, spines lightly faded, large 8vo, 315/1000, together with:Welcome (John & Rupert Collens), Snaffles, The Life and Work of Charles Johnson Payne 1884-1967, limited edition, London: Paul Stanley, 1987, signed by the authors to the limitation page, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original black quarter morocco in slipcase, oblong 4to, 21/250, plusForester (C. S.), Hornblower in the West Indies, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1958, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, and other miscellaneous modern literature, including 10 volumes of New Naturalist series, 9 volumes of Folio Society publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)

Weever (John). Ancient Funeral Monuments within the United Monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the Islands adjacent,...London: printed by Thomas Harper, 1631, lacks portrait of the author & additional engraved title page, 19th-century endpapers, bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor toning, rebound in 19th-century full mottled calf, spine rubbed with some minor loss, large 8vo, together with:Brome (James), An Historical Account of Mr. Rogers's Three Years Travels over England and Wales..., London: printed by J. Moxon & B. Beardwell, 1694, some light toning & spotting throughout, front endpaper & both front & rear boards detached, contemporary green full morocco, rubbed with loss to the spine, small 8vo, plusPrice (Uvedale), An Essay on the Picturesque, as compared with the Sublime and the Beautiful;..., London: printed for J. Robson, 1794, period inscription to the head of the title page, front endpaper & board detached, some spotting & light toning, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, and other 17th - 19th-century literature, including Poems on Several Occasions, London: printed for Jacob Tonson at Shakespear's-Head, 1718, folio, Historical Memoir on Italian Tragedy,..., by A Member of The Arcadian Academy of Rome, London: printed for E. Harding, 1799, large 4to, and others, mostly contemporary leather bindings, many gilt decorated, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioApproximately 135 volumes QTY: (6 shelves )

Antiquarian. A large collection of mostly 19th-century literature & French literature, including Histoire De France, Depuis L'Etablissement de La Monarchie Françoise dans Les Gaules, 3 volumes, by P. G. Daniel, Paris: Chez Denis Mariette, 1713, monochrome engraved plates, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, folio, A Year of Revolution, From a Journal Kept in Paris in 1848, 2 volumes, by Marquis of Normanby, London: Longman..., 1857, contemporary uniform gilt decorated half calf, 8vo, Correspondance...De Napoléon Bonaparte..., 2 volumes, Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1819, contemporary uniform half calf, 8vo, many contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, some French language, overall condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves )

Robins (W. P.). Etching Craft, A Guide for Students and Collectors, 1st edition, London: The Bookman's Journal & Print Collector, 1922, monochrome illustrations, period inscription by the author to Malcom C. Salman to the the front endpaper, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original quarter vellum, spine slightly toned, large 4to, together with:Tuer (Andrew W.), Bartolozzi And his Works, 2 volumes, limited edition, London: Field & Tuer, circa 1882, period inscription by the author to Mrs Alfred Hunt to the front endpaper, colour & monochrome plates with tissue paper guards, ex-library copy with associated stamps & marks, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated full vellum, boards & spines slight rubbed & marked, large 4to, unnumbered copy of 500, plusKurth (Willi), The Complete Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer, New York: Arden Book Co., circa 1930s, monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original cloth, spine toned, large 8vo, and other print reference & related, including Lithography And Lithographers, by Joseph & E. Robins Pennell, London: T Fisher Unwin, 1898, folio, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves )

Walpole (Horace & George Vertue). A Catalogue Of Engravers, Who have been born, or resided in England, Strawberry Hill, 1763, 9 monochrome engraved portraits, bookplate to front pastedown, some light toning, front board & endpapers partially detached, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 4to, together with:Lawrence (William), A Treatise On Hernia:..., 1st edition, London: printed for J. Callow, 1807, 3 monochrome engraved plates, bookplate to the front pastedown, later endpapers, some toning & light spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plusHughson (David), London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and its Neighbourhood, to Thirty Miles Extent, from an actual Perambulation, 6 volumes, London: J. Stratford, 1805, monochrome engraved plates & illustrations, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light spotting & toning, contemporary uniform full mottled calf, boards & spines rubbed, 8vo, and other mostly 19th-century literature, including Magna Britannia; being A Concuse Topographical Account of The Several Counties of Great Britain, 10 volumes, by Daniel & Samuel Lysons, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1813, ex-library copies, contemporary uniform gilt decorated red half morocco, large 8vo, all leather bindings, some odd volumes, overall condition is generally good, 8vo/folioApproximately 140 volumesQTY: (6 shelves )

Krautheimer (Richard). Lorenzo Ghiberti, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 1970, colour & monochrome illustrations, some minor marginal toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed & worn, large 4to, together with:Rosenberg (Pierre), Fragonard, 1st edition, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1988, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plusMarrinan (Michael), Painting Politics for Louis-Philippe, Art and Ideology in Orléanist France, 1830-1848, 1st edition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1988, colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded & rubbed to head, large 4to, and other Continental art reference & related, including publications by Penguin, Oxford, Phaidon, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves )

Art. A large collection of art & antiques reference, including Twilight Of The Grand Tour, A catalogue of the drawings by James Hakewill in the British School at Rome Library, Rome: Libreria Dello Stato, 1992, original wrappers, folio, The Gilbert Collection of Gold and Silver, by Timothy B. Schroder, limited edition of 5000 copies, Los Angeles: County Museum of Art, 1988, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, Johannes Vermeer, edited by Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1996, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, Corot, by Gary Tinterow et al, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and other similar, including Sothebys & Christie's auction catalogues, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQTY: (6 shelves & a carton)