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° Shakespeare, William - The Works of Shakespeare. Imperial Edition, 2 vols. Edited by Charles Knight. num. steel-engraved plates (after Frith, Gilbert, Dadd & others); publisher's gilt halfmorocco and cloth, thick folio. Virtue & Co., (ca.1885)

° Montague, William Henry - A New and Universal History of England. 2 vols (in 1). Complete with 107 engraved plates plus 11 maps, 1 of which is folding. Contemporary, gilt ruled, pebbled calf. Gilt ruled and decorated spine with letters direct, folio. J. Cooke, London, (c.1771).

A folio of assorted Old Master prints;1. Vecellio, Libro Primo - Nobile Antica, 17 x 11cm.2. Vecellio, Libro Primo - Dogalina Antica, 17 x 11cm.3. Cephalus..., 22 x 11.5cm.4. Alexander Runciman, figures under moonlight, 14 x 8.5cm.5. Hercules, 32 x 22cm.6. Martin Heemskerck, Olympum, 22 x 27cm.7. Heemskerck, Precepit Rex..., 21 x 25cm.8. Piroli after Correggio, Cupid, 32 x 22cm.9. Cesare Ripa, Iconologia, 20 x 14cm.10/11. Anon, soldiers with matchlock rifles, 15 x 12cm.

A selection of text and reference books including Folio society

Frieder u. Olaf Wegewitz Heinze. Unaulutu. Steinchen im Sand. Ein Malerbuch. Leipzig, Dürer-Presse, 1985. Ca. 50 Bll. Folio. Doppelbödiger Reispapierumschlag, mit Reiskörnern gefüllt u. Schilfrohr-Rücken. In bedrucktem Wellpappe-Schuber (bestoßen u. mit kleinen Schadstellen). Eins von 110 Exemplaren. - 8 Unikate, 7 Radierungen, 25 Lithographien vom Stein bzw. der Zinkplatte, 10 Serigraphien und 18 Holzschnitten, teils farbig sowie mit 26 Reproduktionen nach Zeichnungen der Karaja-Indianer. Mit "Spielelementen", wie Schwirrholz, Reiskörnern, Schilfrohr, Bambus, Flechtwerk von Palmblättern, handgefertigtem Papier aus Rindenbast und Brennesseln u.a. - Ohne den orig. Jute-Sack. - Schönes und seltenes Exemplar. One of 110 copies. - Rice paper cover filled with rice and with reed spine. In crinkled cardboard slipcase (bumped and a little damaged). Without the orig. gunnysack. - Very nice and rare copy.

Gaston Phoebus. Le livre de la chasse. Manuscrit francais 616 der Bibliothèque nationale, Paris. Mit 87 großformatigen Miniaturen. 2 Bde., Faksimile und Kommentar. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1976. Folio. OWildleder u. OLwd. (dieses in Pp.-Schuber) (etwas berieben, Rücken stärker). Codices selecti Vol. LIII. - Eines von 2000 Exemplaren. - Die Schrift des Gaston Phoebus ist einerseits aufgrund ihrer künstlerisch anspruchsvollen Ausstattung für die Geschichte der Buchmalerei von großer Bedeutung. Die Figuren, Tiere und der reichhaltige Buchschmuck wurden auf der Höhe der Zeit mit höchster Präzision in einer Pariser Werkstatt entworfen und gestaltet und sind hier eindrucksvoll wiedergegeben worden. Andererseits gilt das Traktat aber auch als eine unschätzbare Quelle zur Kulturgeschichte der Jagd im späten Mittelalter. Phoebus entfaltet hier neben historischen Notizen vor allem auch seine eigenen Erfahrungen und konkrete Praktiken, sodass es nicht verwunderlich erscheint, dass dem Werk eine breite Resonanz beschieden war. - Gutes Exemplar. - Dabei: Bestiarium. Ms. Ashmole 1511 der Bodleian Library, Oxford. Ohne Kommentarband. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1982. 4°. Blindgepr. OLdr. in OPp.-Schuber. - Marcel Thomas. Das höfische Jagdbuch des Gaston Phébus. Mit zahlr. tls. farbigen Abb. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1979. 4°. OLwd. in ill. OUmschlag. 2 vols. (facsimile and commentary). With 87 large-sized miniatures. - Original buckskin and original cloth. - Important illuminated manuscript which covers with its ambitious artistic interior the history and the practice of hunting in the 15th. Century. An invaluable source, which enjoyed broad attention. - Fine copy. - Added: as above.

Joan Miro u.a. Derrière le miroir (DLM). Sammlung von 6 Heften. Paris, Maeght, 1956 1978. Folio. Ill. OUmschlag mit OFarblithographien. - Schöne saubere Exemplare. Enthält die Nr. 87-88-89 (mit 6 OLithographien, teils dpplblgr., davon 1 Umschlag), Nr. 139-140 (mit 6 OLithographien, teils dpplblgr. bzw. 2-fach gefaltet, davon 1 Umschlag), Nr. 155 (mit 2 OLithographien, darunter 1 von Ubac), Nr. 193-194 (mit 9 OLithographien, teils dpplblgr., davon 1 Umschlag), Nr. 203 (mit 3 dpplblgr. OLithographien, davon 1 Umschlag), Nr. 231 (mit 2 dpplblgr. OLithographien, davon 1 Umschlag). Collection of 6 issues DLM with origin. colour lithographs. Numbers as listed above. - Clean condition.

Atlanten - - (Comte) de Pelet de la Lozere. Atlas des Mémoires Militaires relatifs à la succession d'Espagne sour Louis XIV. Teil I-II (von 11) in 1 Bd. Mit 22 teilw. gefalt. lithogr. Karten u. Plänen. Paris, Imp. Royale, 1836. 3 Bll., 11 S. Gr.-Folio. Goldgepr. Ldr. d. Zt. auf 5 Bünden (Einband mit starken Gebr.-Spuren). Phillips 3128 (mit genauem Tafelverz.). - Einzige Ausgabe des monumentalen Atlas zum spanischen Erbfolgekrieg, hier nur die ersten 2 Lieferungen vorliegend. Insgesamt erschienen 11 Teile mit zusammen 69 Ktn. u. Plänen. - Stellenweise leicht stockfleckig. - Dabei: Guide Géographique des Chemins de Fer et des Services Maritimes francais et étrangers. Troisième Année. Mit 17 (16 doppelblattgr.) farb. lith. Ktn. u. zahlr. Abb. Paris 1878. 64 S. OLwd. (bestoßen, fleckig, Gelenke geplatzt, lädiert). Only edition, only 2 parts (of 11). With 22 partly fold. lithogr. plates and maps. Contemporary gilt-stamped calf with 5 raised bands (Binding strong traces of use). - Partly slightly foxed. - Added: Guide Géographique des Chemins de Fer. With 22 maps. Folio. 1878. Original canvas (bumped, stained, joints cracked and somewhat damaged.

Matthäus Merian. Die Kupferbibel Matthäus Merians von 1630. Die fünf Bücher Mose und das Buch Josua. Faksimile der Ausgabe Straßburg 1630. Berlin, Coron bei Kindler, 2003. Folio. Handgebundener OLdr. im Stil des 17. Jhs. mit punziertem dreis. Goldschnitt, reicher Goldprägung u. 2 Metallschließen. Mit Kommentarband (OLwd., 62 S.). - Dabei: Die Kupferbibel mit den Radierungen Matthäus Merians d.Ä. von 1630. Das Neue Testament. Faksimile der Ausgabe Straßburg 1630. Lachen am Zürichsee, Coron, 2000. - Schwarz- u. goldgepr. OLdr. im Stil d. Zt. mit Eckbeschlägen u. 2 Schließen aus Metall. Folio. - Mit Kommentarband von Stefan Strohm (OLwd., 83 S.) - Faksimile des handkolorierten Exemplars der Stadt-und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main und Faksimile-Ausgabe des berühmten handkolorierten Straßburger Druckes (Straßburg, Lazarus, 1630). - Sehr gute, beinahe verlagsfrische Exemplare.

Hort Janssen. Zeichnungen. Mit einem autobiographischen Text. Mit zahlr., teils farb. und ganzs. Abbildungen und 1 Original-Radierung. Berlin, Propyläen, 1970. 72 Farbtaf., 17 S. Text. Folio. OLwd. mit farb. illustr. OU (1 Einriss ca. 3 cm, tls. schwach stockfleckig) im OPp.-Schuber (dieser etwas gebräunt u. fleckig). Eins von 200 Exemplaren der Serie A, Folge VI, mit der nummer. und signierten Orig.-Radierung "Selbst am 3.1.70 Küsschen". - Schönes Exemplar.

Folio Society. Literature/Fiction selection. Includes; Siegfried Sassoon; From The Strand; etc. (28)

Folio Society. Non-Fiction selection. History and related. (30)

Folio Society. Literature/Fiction selection. Includes; Defoe, Hardy, etc. (29)

Folio Society. Non-Fiction selection. History and related. (30)

Folio Society. Literature/Fiction selection. Includes; Anthony Trollope, Bronte sisters, etc. (25)

Folio Society. Non-Fiction. British History. (19)

Folio Society. Non-Fiction. Military History. (25)

Folio Society. Art and related. (10)

Folio Society. Travel and related. (11)

Folio Society. Non-Fiction. Medieval and Tudor History. (15)

Folio Society. Two Box Sets. Jane Austen (1989, 7th impression) & Oscar Wilde (1993, 1st). Both in worn/damaged slipcases.

A late 19thc mahogany bureau bookcase, the bookcase with glazed doors and three shelves above a domed lift up front, with three drawers to interior and a pull out writing surface, above a pair of doors with three folio slides to interior, on bracket feet (183cm x 115cm x 60cm)

A 19thc mahogany library secretaire, the rectangular top above a single frieze drawer with an arrangement of pigeonholes and drawers, above a pair of panel doors, with three folio slides to interior, on bun feet (101cm x 119cm x 60cm)

A large quantity of Patricia Foulds paintings, three framed and a folio

Huw Watkins, folio of oils and watercolours, including some framed

The Landscape Folio Volume of "Coaching Days of England"

Follower of George Morland, figures and horses by a stable, unsigned, oil on oak panel, 30 x 38cm, unframed; together with a folio of unframed paintings and watercolours. 

An antique hand coloured map of 'Africa, According to Mr D'Anville', printed for Robert Sayer, in four parts, the whole approx. 108 x 120cm; together with 'The Victoria Falls Zambesi River', by Thomas Baines, Rhodesia Reprint Library, folio, boxed; and a set of reproduction Sussex maps.

Five thick folio volumes of 'A General Dictionary, Historical & Critical', by Mr Bayle, 1734- 1738, full calf binding, crudely rebacked, a few engraved portrait plates (5)

A box of children's and illustrated books, including Folio Society 'Alice's Adventures in wonderland- Through The Looking Glass', 2 volumes in slipcase, JK Rowlings 'Harry Potter' (4), Beatrix Potter, Hugh Lofting, Maurice Sendak, etc

THE BARBARIAN INVASIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE,by T.Hodgkin in 8 volumes, pub. Folio Society, London 2002, with sleeves

EIGHT FOLIO SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS,Hanibal, Alexander The Great and History of Western Science, all with sleeves (8)

A mixed box of books to include Edersheim D.D (Vicar of Loders), Life and times of Jesus, three quarter Morocco, 2 vols; Folio Society Dickens Christmas Carol etc

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Goethe, Wolfgang von. Reinecke Fuchs, zeichnungen von Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Stuttgart, no date, full green leather gilt, all edge gilt, vignette half-title, thirty-six tissue-guarded engraved plate illustrations (including the suppressed plate opposite p.42), folio. Condition Report : Spine brown; joints, edges and corners rubbed; ownership inscription to half-title; plates generally clean. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

The Plums Of P. G. Woodhouse Hardback Book By Joe Whitlock Blundell And Illustrated By Paul Cox The Folio Society 1997 Near Mint Condition In Presentation Box. Good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

Folio Society. A group of Thomas Hardy novels, comprising The Trumpet Major., A Pair of Blue Eyes., Two on a Tower., The Well Beloved., The Hand of Ethelberta A Loadicean., Desperate Remedies., Lifes Little Ironies., A Changed Man., A Group of Noble Dames., Far From The Madding Crowd., Jude The Obscure., The Woodlanders and The Wessex Tales, in outer bindings. (a quantity)

Folio Society. A collection of folio books, comprising J R Tolkein The Hobbit, Travels With A Donkey, The Lost World, Anthony Trollop My Life and Hard Times and other Observations, The Pillar Book of Sel Shonagon, Cold Comfort Farm, Gulivers Travels, Love In A Cold Climate, Middle Marsh, Domestic Manners of The Americans, Twelve Stories, The Discover and Conquest of Peru, The Secret Garden, The Diary of a Village Shopkeeper, The Diary of a Nobody, The Warden, The Cream of Noel Coward and a set of Oxford English Poetry volumes. (1 shelf)

Folio Society. Comprising a Portrait of A Lady, The Jubilee Years 1887 to 1897, Doctor Zhivago, Nelson and Emma, Bachman's Britain, Egypt Revealed, The English Governess At Siamese Court, Joan of Arc, The Pre-Raphaelites and Their World, Under Milk Wood, English Journey, England Under The Tudors, The Rainbow, The Riddle of The Sands, Have His Carcass, Strange Poison, The Nine Tailers, Murder Most Advertised, Gourdy Night, together with Lots of Library of Short Novels and The Oxford Library of Words and Phrases. (1 shelf)

Folio Society. A group comprising Jane Eyre, The Professor, Agnes Grey, The Talent of Wildfowl Call, Villette, Wuthering Heights, Shirley Travels In West Africa, Father Brown Stories, Dickens London, Dickens In Europe, A Month In The Country, Pick of Punch, Travels Through France and Italy, Special Correspondence, Natural History and Antiquities of Selbourne, The Best of Dorothy Parker, Rumpole and others. (1 shelf)

Folio Society. Comprising of the History of The Kings of Britain, Saki Short Stories, Sherlock Holmes, Dodie Smith I Capture The Castle, The Pursuit of Love, The Dukes Children, Huckleberry Finn, The Count of Monte Cristo and Barchester Towers. (9)

Schranz, Joseph Le Bosphore Paris: Frick Frères, [c.1855]. Oblong folio, with 8 plates forming 2 panoramas (each measuring 238 x 1240mm), each consisting of 4 lithographed plates, folds strengthened with tape on verso, one section detached; 10 lithographed plates (7 lithographed in colour), original brown cloth decorated and lettered in gilt, very slightly rubbed, hinges slightly weakFootnote: Note: This work is different from both Blackmer 1506 and Blackmer 1503. The panoramas are not captioned. The plates comprise: Scutari, point du Serail, Constantinople et Galata; Cimitière Turc; Barque du Sultan; Hissari d'Europe & d'Asie; Le Marchand de Bonbons à Constantinople; Bachi-Bouzouks; Araba de Constantinople; Deerwisches Tourneurs à Constantinople; Vue Générale de Smyrne; Ecrivain & Femme Turcs. Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord A Selection of Hebrew Melodies Ancient and Modern newly arranged, harmonized, corrected and revised with appropriate Symphonies & accompaniments by I. Nathan, the Poetry written expressly for the work by Lord Byron. [London]: J. Fentum, for the Proprietor [c. 1830-c. 1840.], 4 parts in one volume, folio, 10, [2], 66; [2], 67-124, [4], 125-186, [4], 187-249, the music sections engraved, 19th century red half morocco, spine gilt, g.e., slightly rubbedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

8 folio volumes, comprising [Maittaire, Michael] Marmorum Arundellianorum Seldenianorum, aliorumque, Academiae Oxoniensi donatorum. London: G. Bowyer, 1732. Second edition, 2 parts in one volume, folio, full-page engravings, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired; Dionysius Areopagita Opera Comnia. Venice: A. Zatta, 1755-56. 2 volumes, folio, engraved frontispiece in volume 1, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed; Notor, G. La Femme dans l'antiquité Grecque. Paris, 1901. Folio, number 573 of 1100 copies, original wrappers bound in, calf gilt, rubbed; Balanos, Nicolas Les Monuments de l'Acropole. Paris, [n.d.], Folio, number 8 of 25 copies on Velin d'Arches, plates, loose in cloth-backed board folder, ties; Baud-Bovy, D. and Fred. Boissonnas In Greece, Journeys by Mountain and Valley. Geneva, 1920. Folio, one of 300 copies, plates, original wrappers, uncut, very slight wear at head and base of spine; Murray, A.S. and A.H. Smith White Athenian Vases in the British Museum. 1896, Folio, 27 plates, tissue guards, original quarter cloth, title lightly spotted; von Schweiger-Lerchenfeld, Freiherr, Amand Griencheland in Wort und Bild. Leipzig, 1882. Folio, plates, original pictorial red cloth gilt, g.e. (8)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Classical Art, Architecture and Archaeology including Flaxman, John Lectures on Sculpture. London: John Murray, 1829. First edition, 8vo, portrait and 51 plates as usually found (plate 18 never engraved), original cloth; Michaelis, Adolf Der Parthenon. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel, 1870. 2 volumes (text and atlas), 8vo and folio, 15 double-page plates, atlas volume in original boards, text volume in contemporary half calf with upper cover detached; Schöll, Adolf Archaeologische Mittheilungen aus Griechenland... Frankfurt, 1843. Large 8vo, first book only, 7 plates, contemporary boards with later paper spine, foxing; Rous, Francis Archaeologiae Atticae Libri Septem. London: Richard Denis, 1685. Ninth edition, 8vo, later wrappers, a few marginal tears slightly affecting text; Leigh, Peter The Music of the Eye, or Essays on the Principles of the Beauty and Perfection of Architecture... London: William Walker, 1831. 8vo. red cloth; Taylor, John Marmor Sandvicense. Cambridge, 1743. Small 4to, two folding plates and two folding tables, modern half calf, previous owner's name cut from title, some foxing; and 7 others (14)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Cox, David A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours London: S. and J. Fuller, 1814. First edition, 2nd issue (with Haymaking plate), oblong folio, 56 engraved plates (16 hand-coloured), contemporary half calf, title, dedication and advertisement leaves, one torn, neatly laid down, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, upper joint splitting, Cox's dates neatly supplied in green ink on title, neat repair to p.5/6Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Elgin Marbles - Lawrence, Richard Elgin Marbles, from the Parthenon at Athens exemplified by Fifty Etchings, selected from the most beautiful and least mutilated specimens in that collection. London: sold by the author, [&c.], 1818. First edition, oblong folio, 49 (of 50) etched plates, lacks plate 47, 19th century red half morocco, rubbed and scraped, front endpapers creased and slightly frayedFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Montfaucon, Bernard de Antiquitates Graecae et Romanae Nuremberg: G. Lichtensteger, 1763. Folio, additional engraved title and 150 engraved plates, modern blindstamped calfFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Worsley, Sir Richard Museum Worsleyanum, or a Collection of Antique Basso-Relievos, Bustos, Statues and Gems; with Views of Places in the Levant. London: Septimus Prowett, 1824. 2 volumes, folio, engraved frontispieces and 150 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, modern green half morocco gilt, some light spotting, one or two marginal tearsFootnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Bacon, Sir Francis Sylva Sylvarum, or a Naturall Historie London: William Lee, 1635. Small folio, additional engraved title, contemporary calf, lacks portrait, A3-4 loose, head of spine worn; Brown, Edward A Brief Account of Some Travels in Hungaria, Servia, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Thessaly... London: B. Tooke, 1673. 4to, 4 engraved plates, pp.38-39 and one plate supplied in photocopy; Brown, Edward An Account of several travels through a great part of Germany. London: B. Tooke, 1677. 4to, 3 (of 6) engraved plates, 2 works in one volume, modern paneled calf; Owen, James The History of Images, and of Image-Worship. London, 1709. 8vo, modern calf, [ESTC T132000] (3)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Godwin, William - A collection, including De Refuge, Eustache Arcana Aulica: or Walsingham's Manual of Prudential Maxims. London: M. Gillyflower, 1694. 12mo, engraved title, manuscript notes by William Godwin on verso of title page and on p. 153, later calf, lightly rubbed; Godwin, William Mandeville. Edinburgh, 1817. First edition, volumes 1-2 (of 3), original boards, uncut, rubbed; Mandeville. Edinburgh, 1817, 3 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter cloth; The History of the Life of William Pitt. London: for the author, 1783. Second edition, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, neatly rebacked; Essay on Sepulchres. London: W. Miiller, 1809. 12mo, engraved frontispiece, modern half calf; The Adventures of Caleb Williams. London: T. Allan, 1838, 8vo, additional engraved title, original cloth, worn; The Adventures of Caleb Williams. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1832, 8vo, engraved title and plates, original cloth; St Leon. London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. 8vo, engraved title and plates, original cloth, fore-margins browned, rubbed; another copy. 1831. contemporary half calf, upper hinge broken; another copy. 1849, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, contemporary half calf; Fleetwood. London: R. Bentley, 1832. 8vo, additional engraved title, frontispiece, original cloth, joint split; Antonio. New York, 1806. 12mo, sewn as issued, loss of blank corner of title; The Lives of the Necromancers. London: F.J. Mason, 1834. 8vo, later cloth, Todmorden Mech. Inst. stamp to title, later cloth; The English Review 1786 (with Contributions by Godwin, contemporary half calf, rubbed; [Godwin, William] The English Peerage. London, 1790. volumes 1-2 of 3, folio, contemporary calf, 2 covers detached, ['By William Godwin, although not hitherto attributed. Evidence for his authorship in my chapter 4' note by William St. Clair] (quantity)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Milles, Thomas Archaio-ploutos Containing Ten following Bookes to the former Treasurie of Auncient and Moderne Times. London: William Jaggard, 1619. Folio, additional engraved title ("Times Store-House") repaired in fore-margin with slight loss, early inscription of James Neville, occasional full-page engraving, p.203 with loss of a few letters, occasional dampstain, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, corners repaired, without blank leaves A2 and 4O8, [ESTC S114956]Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Scottish History and Topography, 6 volumes, comprising Carr, Sir John Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807. London, 1809. First edition, 4to, folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 plates, contemporary half calf, spine gilt; Campbell, Alexander A Journey from Edinburgh through Parts of North Britain. London: T.N. Longman (&c.), 1802. 2 volumes, 4to, 44 engraved aquatint plates, contemporary half calf gilt, a little light offsetting onto text; Pernot, F.A. Vues pittoresques de l'Ecosse. Brussels: A. Wahlen, 1827. Folio, 59 lithographed plates on india paper, contemporary green half calf, worn, some spotting to text; Graham, H.D. Antiquities of Iona. 1850. 4to, lithographed title, map and 50 lithographed plates, original cloth, neatly rebacked with dark blue morocco; Mitchell, W. The National Monument. 1907, 4to, plates, original wrappers, slightly rubbed (6)Footnote: Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair

Matisse, Henri Verve, volume Ix, Nos 35 et 36: Dernières Oeuvres de Matisse 1950-1954 Paris: Éditions de la Revue Verve, [1958]. Folio (365 x 270mm), 40 Matisse colour lithographs, original orange boards designed by Matisse, a little splitting to top and base of joints, some very occasional light foxing, neat ownership signature to paste-down endpaper

German Atlas Berghaus, Dr. Heinrich Physikalischer Atlas. Gotha: von Justus Perthes, 1845-48. 2 volumes in one, folio, 92 (of ?93) hand-coloured engraved maps or tables, comprising Meteorology (15, including 5b and 5c), Hydrography (16), Geology (15), Magnetism (5), Plant geography (6), Thiere (12), Anthropology (4), Ethnology (19), mostly double-page, later half calf, occasional spotting, most hand-coloured or with outline hand-colour, occasional spotting, stains to a couple of maps, later half calf; sold not subject to return

Venice - Tosini, Andrea Vedute Prospettiche di Venezia disegnate e colorite da Andrea Tosini. Venice, 1830. Oblong folio (28.5 x 43.5cm), engraved title, engraved list of (90) plates, 90 hand-coloured engraved mounted plates, contemporary red half morocco, lightly rubbed

Vergilius Maro, Publius Opera Lyons: Jacobo Sachon, 1517. 2 parts in one volume, folio, collates: [10 leaves], 324 leaves, [10 leaves], titles printed in red and black within woodcut border, title page with later notes and imprint added in ink, repairs to 2 margins and tear into woodcut border, title page also slightly stained and soiled, full-page woodcut on *2 (with small hole), woodcuts in text, woodcut initials, woodcut on verso of *10 partially coloured and partially obscured by crude repair to inner and lower margin, 18th century panelled calf, a1 lower margin repaired, a few woodcuts partially coloured, small stain to upper margin through most of volume, some lines scored through in pencil, a little early ink scoring and underlining, with blank leaf CCVI, a couple of small marginal repairs, occasional slight stain, old owner's name deleted from final 2 leaves, worn, hinges split

Edinburgh Council, 8 rare or unrecorded printed works comprising Edinburgh, October 25th 1699. Table of the Duties and Fees to be taken for Wegage, and Lying of all Goods, Home-ward, or In-land, and Forraign Commodities, appointed to be Weighted in the Weigh-House of this Burgh, conform to the Acts and Statutes of the famine made thereanent. Folio, [Edinburgh, 1699], slightly frayed at head without loss, [not traced on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Edinburgh October 25th, 1717, Rectified Table, of the Duties or Fees, to be paid for Weighing and Lyage &c. of all Sorts of Merchandize, whether Foreign or Inland, weighed in, or received into the Weigh-Houses of Edinburgh or Leith. [1717], folio, 1 page, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Edinburgh, November 11th 1749. Table of the Fruit Market Custom payable to the City of Edinburgh, for each Horse-Load of Fruit, Nuts, Potatoes and Artichokes... [not found on ESTC], split at folds but complete; Advertisement The Streets of the City being much abused, by Stones brought into it on Coal-horse and Packs, the Magistrates, to prevent the like in time to come Order the... 4 copies of the advertisement printed on one folding sheet; "Neuter" A Serious and Seasonable Address to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh. [Edinburgh, 1777]. 4to, 4pp., one sheet folded, [ESTC T47499]; [Mein, Robert] Edina's Welcome to our Royal Sisters at their Convention in Edinburgh in July 1774. 8vo, 3pp., one sheet folded, signed 'Robert Mein' at foot of p. 2; [Mein, Robert] An Anagramical and Nominal Encomium humbly inscribed to my Lord Provost and Council, with an Epithalamium to be sung upon Edina's Marriage, by their oldest Servant now alive for the new year 1771. 4to, 4pp. (one sheet folded), first page slightly dust-soiled; Edinburgh Guild Court Act of the Gild Court, anent the Elnwand. Edinburgh, March 19th, 1701. 4 copies of the Act printed on 2 pages, one sheet folded, [Edinburgh, 1701] (8)Footnote: Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.

Edinburgh Town Council and other rare Edinburgh items, comprising [Scotland, Charles II] Act Rescinding two Acts, Past in the last Session of Parliament, the one for excepting of persons from publick Trust, Edinburgh, the ninth of September 1663. Edinburgh: Evan Tyler, 1663. Folio, 3pp, one folded sheet, [ESTC R472825 - California State Library only]; Act of Parliament Act Anent Tradesmen's Accompts. Edinburgh Dec. 18th 1706. Edinburgh: Heirs and Successors of Andrew Anderson, 1706. Folio, 1pp., 2 copies printed on a single folded sheet, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh, for incouraging People to clean the Streets of this City. Edinburgh, April 2nd 1718. Folio, 1pp., [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Orders set down by the Lord Provost, Baillies, and Council of Edinburgh, to be observed by the Constables, in Discharge of their Offices within this City, and Liberties thereof. Edinburgh, January 10th 1727. [Edinburgh, 1727], folio, 2pp., slightly dust-soiled, [ESTC T181011 - N.L.S. copy only]; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council for keeping clean the Streets of the City of Edinburgh, and Suburbs thereof. Edinburgh, 14th August 1745. Folio, 1pp., [ESTC T19157 - 4 copies UK, 3 in N. America]; another copy of the same, slightly frayed at head, without loss; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council regulating the Time for emptying and laying down the Ashes, foul Water and other Nastiness. Edinburgh, July 12th 1749. 4to, one page, [ESTC T19161 - 3 copies UK]; another copy of the same; [Forth and Clyde Navigation] An Address to the Public, from a Proprietor in the Forth and Clyde Navigation. Edinburgh, October 29th 1768. Folio, 4pp, one sheet folded, [not on ESTC]; [Mein, Robert] Edina's Welcome to our Royal Sisters at their Convention in Edinburgh, in July 1774. 8vo, 3pp, one folded sheet, signed 'Robert Mein' at foot of p. 2, [not on ESTC]; [Parliament, House of Commons] List of the Members who voted For and Against the Convention, March, 1738. [London, 1739], folio, 1 sheet, slightly frayed, without loss, [ESTC T26808, 3 copies UK, 1 N. America]; Sibbald, Sir Robert The History of the Shefiffdoms of Fife and Kinross. Edinburgh: J. Watson, 1710. Folio. 1 folding plate, contemporary calf, somewhat spotted and some light browning, binding rebacked, now very worn; Hett, F.P. The Memoirs of Sir Robert Sibbald. 1932, 8vo, quarter cloth, worn (11 unbound printed works, and 2 volumes)Footnote: Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.

Edinburgh Town Council, 1720s 9 Acts and other printed works, comprising Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh, for incouraging People to Clean the Streets of this City. Edinburgh, April 2nd 1719, folio, [not on ESTC], partly dust-soiled; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council against Unfree Traders. Edinburgh, February 29th 1729. Broadside, [ESTC T19153: 4 copies UK, 2 N. America], slightly ragged at head, partly split at fold without loss; Edinburgh Town Council At Edinburgh the Thirty Day of July One thousand seven hundred and twenty nine. The which day, the Dean of Gild and his Council having considered how much the streets of Edinburgh is interruped and straitened by the Red, Rubbish, Stones &c., 1 sheet, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Act of Council, anent Fleshes to be brought to the Market. Edinburgh, 31st October 1722. 2 copies printed recto on one folded sheet, [not on ESTC]; Edinburgh Town Council Memorial for several of the Merchants Burgesses and of the Corporations of the Crafts of the good Town of Edinburgh, against the pretended Magistrates of the said City. November 15th 1721. 8pp, folio, folded as issued, first page dust-soiled, [ESTC T220511 - Aberdeen University Library only]; Edinburgh Town Council A State of the Town of Edinburgh's Debt, as it will stand at Lammas 1724. [Edinburgh?, 1721], 4pp., folio, [ESTC T180001 -Aberdeen University Library & NLS], a few small holes with loss of a few letters; Edinburgh Town Council Orders set down by the Lord Provost, Baillies and Council of Edinburgh, to be observed by the Constables, in Discharge of their Offices within this City, and Liberties thereof. Edinburgh, Jan 16, 1727, folio, 2pp., [ESTC T220370, Aberdeen University Library & NLS], slightly dust-soiled; Edinburgh Town Council The Petition of the Dean of Guild of the City of Edinburgh and his Council. Feb. 14th 1721, folio, 2 pp., split at fold without loss; Edinburgh Town Council Act of the Town Council of Edinburgh, discharging Incroachments on the Avenues of the said City and Suburbs. Edinburgh, third of May 1727, Broadside. [ESTC T19172], folio, split at fold without loss (9)Footnote: Provenance: Seemingly from the personal collection of Robert Mein; see other items relating to him and Edinburgh Council in this sale.

History, English and Scottish Four historical works, including Paris, Matthew Historia Major… London: Richard Hodgkinson, 1640-1639. Folio, 2 parts in one volume, portrait, contemporary panelled calf, neatly rebacked, bookplates of Exeter College Oxford and Alexander Thomson of Banchory; Mackenzie, Sir George, of Rosehaugh Observations on the Acts of Parliament… Edinburgh: Printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1686. First edition, small folio, with the final two leaves of “Several Additions”, contemporary Scottish panelled calf, from the library of James Ramsay of Ochtertyre, W.S., with his signature to title-page and front paste-down endpaper; Home, Henry, of Kames Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames… Edinburgh: William Creech & London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1807. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, portrait, two plates of facsimile handwriting and ‘Supplement to the Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Kames’ bound into volume ii, contemporary half calf with bookplates of the Right Honourable Viscount Doneraile; Kirkton, James - Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, illustrator The Secret and True History of the Church of Scotland… Edinburgh: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1817. First edition, 4to, 2 portrait plates and plate of Bothwell Bridge by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, 19th century polished calf with Haystoune arms, lacking half-title (6)