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Johnson (Alexander Keith)The Handy Royal Atlas of Modern Geography. Published by Johnson Ltd, 1964. Folio, half calf bound 

OTMAR ALT Wernigerode 1940 - lebt in Hamm-Norddinker: Hugh Auden; Die große Veränderung. Mit 10 Orig.-Farbsérigraphien, 16 teils in mehreren Farben sérigraphierten Titel- und Textvignetten (einschl. Einband und Umschlag), dem Gedicht „Moonlanding“ in engl. Originalsprache und deutscher Übersetzung von Herbert Zand sowie einem Nachwort von M. Goedl-Roth. (München), Studio Bruckmann, (1973). Folio. Illustr. OLwdbd. mit illustr. Schutzumschlag in OPp.-Mappe. nnSS. Expl. 32/150 der Vorzugsausgabe (Gesamtaufl. 800). Auf dem Vortitel vom Autor signiert. Sérigraphien sämtlich signiert. Auf kräftigem Vélin. Umschlag mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren, sonst sehr gut erhalten. [bg]

FRANCIS BACON Dublin 1909 - 1992 Madrid: Derrière le Miroir, Francis Bacon. Heft mit 5 Farblithographien (einschl. Umschlag) und 8 Farbreproduktionen nach Bacon (einschl. Triptychon; dreiblattgroß), Abb. und Text. Paris, Maeght, 1966. Folio. Lose in Orig.-Umschlag. DLM Nr. 162. - Auf Vélin. Sehr gut erhalten. [ms]

ALEXANDER CALDER Philadelphia 1898 - 1976 New York: Dérriere le Miroir, Calder. Konvolut von 10 Heften (davon 1 zweifach) mit insges. 50 meist farb. Orig.-Lithographien (davon 8 zweifach, einschl. 7 Umschläge) von und 5 Farblithos nach Calder, zahlr. teils farb. Abb. und Text. Paris, Maeght 1950-81. Folio. Lose in Orig.-Umschlägen. DLM Nrn. 31, 113, 141 (zweifach), 156, 173, 201, 212, 221 und 248. - Auf Vélin. Umschläge teils gering fleckig und mit geringfügigen Gebrauchsspuren. Umschlaglitho von DLM 173 mit winziger Druckauslassung. Gut erhalten. [ms]

MARC CHAGALL Witebsk 1887 - 1985 Vence: Verve, Vol. VII, Nos. 27/28. Revue Artistique et Littéraire. Hrsg. von E. Tériade. Mit 30 meist farb. Lithographien von und nach verschiedenen Künstlern, zahlr. meist farb. Abb. und franz. Texten versch. Autoren. Paris, Verve, (1952/53). Folio. OPpbd. 153 SS. Cramer Bücher 23. Mourlot 80-87. - Enthält Arbeiten von und nach F. Borès (2), G. Braque (2), M. Chagall (8; Visions de Paris), A. Giacometti (2), M. Gromaire (2), H. Laurens (2), F. Léger (3; Saphire E 14), A. Masson (3), H. Matisse (3) und J. Miró (3; Cramer Bücher 25. Mourlot 121). Auf Vélin. Einband leicht fleckig, sonst gut erhalten. [ms]

LEONOR FINI Buenos Aires 1908 - 1996 Paris: Das große Bilderbuch. Mit 1 beigelegten Orig.-Farbsérigraphie, zahlr. teils farb. Abb. sowie autobiographischem Text. München, Kurt Desch, 1975. Folio. OKstldbd. 224 SS. Expl. 140/205, eines von 180 Expl. der Vorzugsausgabe. Im Impressum und Sérigraphie signiert und nummeriert. Auf kräftigem Vélin. 24,8 x 34,6 cm. Gut erhalten. [bg]

KARL HUBBUCH 1891 - Karlsruhe - 1979: Karl Hubbuch. Radierungen zu Goethes Faust. Hrsg. von Richard Hiepe. Vollständige Mappe mit 14 Orig.-Kaltnadelradierungen 1922-24 auf insges. 13 Bll. München, Verlag der Neuen Münchner Galerie, 1967. Folio. Lose in OPp.-Mappe. Riester 39-53, Abdrucke von 1967. - Expl. 59/100. Sämtlich signiert, numeriert und mit der Darstellungsnummer bezeichnet. Auf kräftigem chamoisfarbenem Vélin. 2 Bll. mit bräunlichem Fleck in der Darstellung (VII) bzw. bräunlichen Farbspuren an Rand (I), sonst insgesamt gut erhalten. [ms]

SAMMELNUMMERN - VERSCHIEDENE KÜNSTLER: Derrière le Miroir. 10 Ans d'Edition. Heft mit 6 meist farb. Orig.-Graphiken (1 Holzschnitt, 2 Radierungen, 3 Lithos; einschl. Umschlag), zahlr. Abb. und Text. Paris, Maeght, 1956. Folio. Orig.-illustr. OBrosch. 75 SS. DLM Nr. 92/93. - Enthält Arbeiten von J. Bazaine, M. Chagall (Cramer Bücher 26. Mourlot 153), A. Giacometti (Lust 62), J. Miró (Cramer Bücher 36. Dupin 105 und Mourlot 174) und R. Ubac. Radierungen von Giacometti und Miró jeweils Abdrucke von der gestrichenen Platte. Sehr gut erhalten. [ms]

AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY FOLIO STAND, of characteristic form with adjustable rests, fitted with brass caps and moving on brass castors. 114cm high, 90cm wide, 70cm deep CONDITION REPORTSome minor surface marks and scratches but generally in very good condition and functioning correctly. 

LOCAL INTEREST! Limited edition number 108 of 375, - THE STORY OF THE TWEED by the Right Honourable Sir Herbert Maxwell with illustrations by D Y Cameron. published by L: James Nisbet and Company, Limited in 1905, 270 pages. With twenty full sized engravings complete with captioned tissue guards and one small illustration to title page. Folio, olive green cloth, gilt lettering and Celtic decoration to front and spine, in blind Celtic design borders to front, 40x30cmApprox 1 pieces

A box of twenty-three Folio Society books**PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR POSTING AND PACKING**

A quantity of Folio Society books including Dickens London, The sonnets of Michelangelo, The Idiot etc

Portfolio/Folder/folio of artwork, artist's include Michael Haswell, Michael Jenkins, Terence Oram etc, paintings, Linocuts, pastels, pen and inks, prints, screen print, artist signed prints, including cubist pastel, impressionist style works, St Ives abstract boat study, 3 x Cornish school abstract boat studies, pair of signed marine watercolours, nude studies, Henry Alken bare knuckle boxing engraving, 3 x Harry Furniss prints etc. Some mounted All unframed. Collect only).

Ovid: Metamorphoses, Translated by Mary Innes, pub. Folio Soc. 1995, in card slipcase, De Loghe Sydney: The Straights Impregnable, pub.1917, blue cloth, Mais S.P.B: The Happiest Days of my Life, pub 1953, Boots Library Ed. and Gunn Dr.:The Book of Remembrance for Tweeddale. 1920 (4)

The R.A.C. - a folio of original car magazine advertisements, 1912-1925.

BP - a folio of original car magazine advertisements, 1924-1939, approx. 50.

Esso - a folio of original car magazine advertisements, 1934-1967, approx. 47.

Collection of railway ephemera to include Six Paliamentry extracts for Acts making of Union Railway from Ipswich to Bury and Bury and Thetford, 1964/65 Book of Staff Attendees Bury St Edmunds, Wartime factories Act 1937 "Grinding of Metals" Ex Stratford extract, Large folio in red leather, NER index to loco stores register A10 (Blotter Only), and an original The Fenman Bury St Edmunds Luggage Label

Three volumes on Architecture, homes, antiques including Avray Tipping 'English Homes Period IV Late Stuart, 1649-1714', 1929, folio in dust wrapper, plus 'House of the Wren & Early Georgian Periods', Architectural Press, folio and one other (3)

American Civil War. Collection of American Civil War reference, including:1) Confederate Veteran, 1893-1932 [facsimile edition], Wendell, NC: Broadfoot's Bookmark, 1986. 40 volumes plus 3 index volumes, 4to, contemporary cloth,2) Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Volume for the Year 1861 [-1865], Shenandoah: IA: reissued by Historical Periodicals, Inc., c.1980. 5 volumes, folio, original red cloth,and approx. 15 others including Harper's Weekly, facsimile edition (1861 and 1863-5 only, 5 volumes, folio), and similar (qty: approx. 80 volumes)Sold as seen and without reserve.

Law.- Blount (Thomas) Nomo-Lexikon [graece]: A Law-Dictionary. Interpreting Such Difficult and Obscure Words and Terms, as are found either in Our Common or Statute, Ancient or Modern Lawes, first edition, woodcut initials and headpieces, marginal damp-staining, final errata f. torn with loss to upper corner, not affecting text, contemporary sheep, some light rubbing or scuffing, [Wing B3340], folio, by Tho. Newcomb, 1670.

Horses.- Cavendish (William, Duke of Newcastle) A New Method, and Extraordinary Invention, to Dress Horses, and Work them according to Nature, first English edition, large paper copy, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, light damp-staining to head, title a little spotted and soiled with chipping to upper corner and fore-margin, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed, [WIng N887], folio, by Tho. Milbourn, 1667.⁂ Large paper copy of Cavendish's second work on horses, the first printing of his original English text. This copy with the later, separately-numbered pages reading 001-008, fewer than those called for by ESTC however agreeing with other copies we have traced and seemingly complete.Provenance: Victor Albert George Child Villiers, Earl of Jersey, Osterley Park (bookplate).

Edmondes (Clement) Observations upon Caesar's Commentaries setting for the practice of Art Militarie in the time of the Roman Empire, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, each part with engraved title and woodcut portrait frontispiece of Caesar, 11 engraved plates, most double-page or folding, with final blank to first part but lacking final blank to second, a few plates closely trimmed, worming to lower margin, worm tract to text of second part, second part F2 lower corner chipped and creased without loss to text, 1 double-page plates torn without loss, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine ends repaired, endpapers renewed, [STC 7490.3], folio, for Mathew Lownes, 1604.⁂ Rare first edition of this work that established Edmondes' reputation. Collation among copies appears to vary, the present example is substantially larger than other copies we have traced. Provenance: Thomas Weld, Lulworth Castle (bookplate).

Pharmacopoeia.- Schroeder (Johann) The Compleat Chymical Dispensatory, in five books, treating of all sorts of metals, precious stones, and minerals, of all vegetables and animals, and things that are taken from them, as musk, civet, &c., translated by William Rowland, first English edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 2E4 with tear and creasing to lower margin, occasional light browning but a good copy generally, contemporary speckled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, some wear to corners, [Duveen p.538; Wing S898], folio, by John Darby, 1669.⁂ First and only English edition of Pharmacopoiea Medic-Chymica (1641), the standard textbook for German apothecaries for over a century.

Trigonometry and Logarithms.- Newton (John) Trigonometria Britanica: or, the Doctrine of Triangles, first edition, woodcut initials and headpieces, diagrams in text, logarithmic tables, last f. folding with errata, title closely shaved at head, a few ink notes in a contemporary hand, trimmed advertisement laid onto title verso, occasional light browning or damp-staining, ink inscriptions to endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, old reback, preserving original backstrip, [Tomash & Williams N36; Wing N1072], folio, R. & W. Leybourn, 1658.⁂ First edition of this scarce treatise, dedicated to Lord Richard Cromwell, the most complete book on logarithms up to its time. Provenance: John Hope, 1671 (ink inscription); Hopetoun Library (bookplate).

Natural History.- Grew (Nehemiah) Musaeum Regalis Societatis. or A Catalogue & Description Of the Natural and Artificial Rarities Belonging to the Royal Society And preserved at Gresham College, 2 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 31 plates, one folding, ms corrections in ink on I3v, M1r, Aa3r, Hh4r, Rr4v, Xx4r, tear/hole in C1 part 2 in text but not affecting legibility, rust hole in N4 part 1 with slight loss of text, slight staining to upper corner at beginning, some light foxing, last couple of plates with marginal browning, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, [Wing G1952; Osler 2840], folio, Printed by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1681.⁂ Grew (1641-1712) is best known for his important contributions to plant morphology and anatomy. From about 1672, the Royal Society became the focal point of much of Grew's scientific activities and most of his works originated as papers read before the Society. By 1677 he had become one of the Society's secretaries and he was 'requested' to publish this description of the Society's museum - a description which not only lists, but describes in detail, with illustrations, the rarities collected by the Society. The second part, The Comparative Anatomy of Stomachs and Guts, was an important contribution to animal anatomy. The manuscript corrections are possibly in the hand of Richard Frewin (1681-1716, physician and professor, whose ink inscription dated 1707 is on the front free endpaper. Frewin assembled an impressive library of over 2000 volumes of science and medicine and left various scholarly trusts and an Oxford house (Frewin Hall). The correction on Xx4 inserts in an otherwise blank space before the name "Henshaw", the word "Thomas".

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Evelyn copy.- Le Grand (Antoine) An Entire Body of Philosophy, according to the Principles of the famous Renate Des Cartes, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece and 100 plates or full-page illustrations by Kip, Gucht, Lens and Freman among others, 1 plate folding, 1 plate margin torn, not affecting image, 4Y2 with tear to lower margin, just running into text, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, corners bumped, upper cover detached, [Wing L950], folio, Samuel Roycroft and sold by the Undertaker Richard Blome, 1694.⁂ Many of the plates are dedicated to noble personages which helped defray cost of publication.Provenance: Evelyn family copy (engraved armorial bookplate of Sir. Fred. Evelyn, Bt. and 20th century 'JE' monogram bookplate).

Blondel (David) A Treatise of the Sibyls, so Highly Celebrated, as well by the Antient Heathens, as the Holy Fathers of the Churche..., translated by John Davies of Kidwelly, first edition in English, title with woodcut device, woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional light foxing or spotting, occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary calf, 19th century reback and recornering, light rubbing, [Wing B3220A], folio, Printed by T. B. for the Authour, and are to be sold by Thomas Dring, 1661.⁂ Blondel's attack on the Sybilline oracles, first published at Charenton in 1649.

David Garrick's copy.- King (Daniel) The Vale-Royall of England. Or, The County Palatine of Chester... also, An Excellent Discourse of Island of Man, first edition, engraved additional title (trimmed to margin and laid down), double-page maps of Cheshire & The Isle of Man, double-page plan of Chester, 11 plates of Arms and 5 other folding or full-page plates, engraved illustrations, letterpress title rather soiled, backed with 1 letter restored, 1 double-page map and the plan with splitting along central fold, 1 plate trimmed, affecting caption at foot, occasional short marginal repaired tears, occasional soiling, damp-staining towards end, bookplate to pastedown, attractive 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with Greek key design and urn motif, g.e., [Wing K488], sm. folio, by John Streater, 1656.⁂ The work was in fact written by William Smith, William Webb and Samuel Lee, and the part devoted to the Isle of Man by James Chaloner. King only wrote the dedication and was the engraver of the plates.Provenance: David Garrick (his gilt initial "D" headed by eagle to foot of spine).

Turkey.- Rycaut (Paul) The Present State of the Ottoman Empire, third edition, engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, 19 engraved illustrations, A3 mounted on stub, final f. with lower margin trimmed, occasional light foxing or browning, bookplate to pastedown, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, rebacked, some surface wear, [Wing R2414a; cf. Blackmer 1463], folio, for John Starkey and Henry Brome, 1670.⁂ "An extremely important and influential work , which provides the fullest account of Ottoman affairs during the 17th century." - Blackmer.

World.- Moll (Herman) Thesaurus Geographicus, A New Body of Geography, or a Compleat Description of the Earth, first edition, 58 engraved maps and plans, comprising 2 full-page and 56 printed within the text (24 maps and charts, 32 plans of fortified towns), including map of American with California as an island, pagination and collation erratic but seemingly complete, 2S4 torn at head running into text, last 2 ff. with loss to upper margin affecting a few words of text, occasional light browning, the odd marginal tear, a few ff. fore-margin a little creased and frayed, bookplate to title verso, ink ownership inscriptions to pastedowns, contemporary panelled calf, some chipping to spine ends, rubbed, [Wing T869], folio, for Abel Swall, 1695.⁂ Provenance: John Hogg, Lincoln's Inn (bookplate and inscription).

Foundational work of American Independence.- Sidney (Algernon) Discourses Concerning Government, first edition, possibly washed leaving cockling effect to sheets, some light toning, mark to title, sig. B with 1-3 only (as often) but catchwords and pagination correct bookplate to pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original spine label, later endpapers, [Wing S3761], folio, printed, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698.⁂ Sidney's most important work and the one the cost him his life. An attack on the divine right of kings, Discourses Concerning Government argued that individuals should have the right to choose their own form of government. Along with Locke's Two Treatises on Government, the present work was studied by Thomas Jefferson in particular and is regarded as a critical text in the founding of the United States of America. Provenance: Coker Court (bookplate).

Milton (John) The Poetical Works, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 12 plates after Sir John Baptist Medina, by Michael Burghers or Peter Paul Bouche to Paradise Lost, some light foxing and browning, the odd spot or small rust-hole (slightly larger to 2S1 with loss to a few letters), a few short marginal tears, repaired tear to Paradise Regain'd C2 just running into text, modern cats paw calf, ownership stamp to foot of upper cover, [Wing M2162 & M2613], folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1695.

Newgate prisoner.- Bayly (Thomas) Herba Parietis: or, The Wall-Flower As it grew out of the Stone-Chamber belonging to the Metropolitan Prison of London, called Newgate, first edition, additional engraved title, printed title in red and black, some repairs to margins of both titles, A2 repaired to verso with slight silking of text, D1 torn at inner margin, some damp-mottling, some worming, with single hole running through text on all leaves, becoming slightly larger on last few leaves, final blank leaf present but corner defective, modern calf, spine slightly sunned, [Wing B1511], folio, Printed by J. G. and are to be sold by John Holden, 1650.⁂ Fine engraved depiction of Newgate. Bayly, a royalist divine, was a vigorous assenter of the royal cause and attended King Charles I in the field. After the King's departure, he assisted in the defence of Raglan Castle but was later imprisoned for his writings against the new Commonwealth.

[Burton (Robert)], "Democritus Junior". The Anatomy of Melancholy, fourth edition, with initial 'Argument of the Frontispiece' leaf, engraved title with allegorical border by C.Le Blon, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and device on colophon, initial f., engraved title and dedication with margins repaired and restored, partly affecting image of title and touching text of other two ff., F1 upper corner restored, S1, S4, 3M4 and 4O3 with small rust-holes affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, the odd repaired chip or tear to lower margin, occasional worming to foot of inner margin, light damp-staining and occasional foxing, ink ownership inscription to title, contemporary calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, some bumping to corners, [STC 4162], folio, Oxford, [John Lichfield] for Henry Cripps, 1632.⁂ Provenance: "Eliz. Holt" (ink ownership inscription).

Milton (John).- Hume (Patrick) Annotations on Milton's Paradise Lost. Wherein the Texts of Sacred Writ, relating to the poem, are Quoted; the Parallel Places and Imitations of the most Excellent Homer and Virgil, cited and compared, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece of Milton by R. White (not called for), rust-hole to L2 affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, light browning and some soiling, 19th century half calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, [Wing H3663], folio, for Jacob Tonson, 1695.⁂ First edition of the first exhaustive commentary on Paradise Lost. ESTC lists 3 copies only in the UK, not in BL.

Botany.- Coles (William) Adam in Eden: Or, Natures Paradise. The History of Plants, Fruits, Herbs and Flowers, first edition, title in red and black, a little creased with some browning to lower margin, 3C1 margin holed without loss to text, 3P1 and final 2ff. margins frayed without loss to text, occasional soiling and light browning, contemporary reverse calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, later endpapers, [Hunt 269; Wing C5087], folio, by J. Streater, 1657.⁂ "This is Coles' complete statement of his beliefs in the Doctrine of Signatures [the identifying of the curative uses of plants according to the body part they most resemble] which he had first discussed in his controversial and ill-fated little Art of Simpling, London, 1656." - Hunt 269. See lot 169.

Levant.- Sandys (George) Sandys Travells, containing an history of the Original and present State of the Turkish Empire... Of Ægypt... A Description of the Holy-Land... Lastly, Italy, sixth edition, engraved additional title (margins a little browned), double-page map (some ink staining to centre), small folding view, numerous illustrations to text, G2 tear to head running into text, occasional light marginal soiling, but a good copy generally, modern antique-style speckled calf, [Wing S679], folio, for Rob. Clavel, 1670.

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, edited by Thomas Johnson, third edition, engraved architectural title by Jo. Payne, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, lacking initial and final blanks, engraved title trimmed at foot, 2M1 with repaired tear to foot running into text, very occasional light foxing or browning, several contents ff. at end with fraying or loss to fore-margin, affecting text of 7A1 & 2, ink note in an 19th century hand bound at front, ink ownership inscriptions to preliminaries, contemporary calf, covers with central gilt lozenge with floral and foliate tooling, neatly rebacked, retaining much of original backstrip, light wear to extremities, rubbed, [Henrey 156; Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11752], folio, by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.⁂ A very good copy of the second Johnson edition, corrected and greatly expanded from the first. Provenance: Dorothy Brokesby; H. E. Hall, 1776 (ink inscriptions)

Markham (Francis) The Booke of Honour, first edition, with initial blank, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light foxing, ink inscription to endpaper, contemporary limp vellum, spine stitched, chipping to extremities, [STC 17331], folio by Augustine Matthewes, and John Norton, 1625.⁂ An attractively-printed work on the origin and status of the various ranks of nobility and knighthood. Francis Markham (1565-1627), served as a soldier in France, Ireland and the Low Countries, he was brother of Gervase Markham. Provenance: Robert Bell, Kildale (ink inscription).

Sandford (Francis) The History of the Coronation of the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, James II... and His Royal Consort Queen Mary, first edition, imprimatur f. signed Norfolke & Marshall, title in red and black with engraved coat-of-arms, engraved head-pieces, initials, text illustrations and 30 engraved plates by William Sherwin and others, all but one double-page and mounted on stubs, several plates with repairs to foot of central fold, repairs to text margins, not affecting text, rust-hole to S2 affecting a few letters of text, 1 plate with tear running into image, coronation plate with repaired tear, creasing and split to foot of central fold, banquet plate with split to foot of central fold, damp-staining to foot, contemporary calf, 19th century reback, spine ends chipped, joints cracked, gilt ownership stamp to foot of spine, later endpapers, [Wing S652A], folio, by Thomas Newcomb, 1687.⁂ Magnificent record of James II's lavish coronation which set the model for subsequent coronations.Provenance: Possibly Sir Charles Bagot (1781-1843, gilt stamp of a goat's head out of a ducal coronet).

Leicestershire.- Burton (William) The Description of Leicester Shire, containing Matters of Antiquitye, Historye, Armorye, and Genealogy, engraved pictorial title (neatly trimmed to margins and window-mounted), engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map by C. Saxton (neatly mounted on stub, stain to lower corner), woodcut coats of arms in text, first 2ff. of text a little soiled with small portion of restoration to head, ink notes in a contemporary hand extending genealogical tables, occasionally to margins and adding 3pp. of index to rear endpapers, bookplate to pastedown, olive calf gilt by Zaehnsdorf, light rubbing and fading to spine, g.e., [STC 4179], folio, for John White, [1622].

Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain, first edition, title in red and black, 5 double-page engraved plates, illustrations, 57 full-page, the odd short repaired marginal tear, 3Y2 with longer repaired tear, but a very good, clean copy generally, bookplate to pastedown, red morocco, gilt, by Bedford, spine gilt in compartments with crown motifs, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Wing S651], folio, Savoy, by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1677.

[Audiguier (Vital d')] A Tragi-comicall History of Ovr Times, Vnder the borrowed names of Lisander and Calista, first edition in English, title within ornamental woodcut border (rather soiled, laid down with upper margin restored), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, L2 lower corner torn away, not affecting text, occasional light marking or soiling, 18th century calf, rebacked, later endpapers, [STC 906], folio, H.L. for George Lathum, 1627.⁂ First edition in English of this popular early French novel.

Browne (Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many received Tenents, And commonly presumed Truths, first edition, initial licence leaf and final blank present, outer margin of b2 and upper corner of b4 defective with loss to ruled border, several leaves with small holes from paper flaws or burns, with some slight loss of text, errata corrected in ink, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn or repaired, [Wing B5159; Keynes 73], folio, Printed by T. H. for Edward Dod, 1646.⁂ First edition of Browne's 'Vulgar Errors' - an "inexhaustible store of entertainment" (DNB).Provenance: John Le Conte (ink name on title).

Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence, second edition in English, light soiling to title, occasional light marginal soiling or marking, minor worming to outer margin of first few gatherings, occasional small marginalia, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, endpapers renewed, [Wing M129], folio, for John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery, 1680.

Alexander (William, Earl of Stirling) Recreations with the Muses, first edition, woodcut title foxed, trimmed and mounted, engraved portrait from another work bound in as frontispiece, divisional title to Dooms-Day repaired, Y5 possibly supplied from another copy, a few short tears, damp-stain to lower margin through much of book, occasionally encroaching on text, making paper brittle in places, some foxing, modern half calf over marbled boards, [STC 347; Pforzheimer 5], folio, Printed by Tho. Harper, 1637.⁂ The first collected edition of Alexander's poetry and plays. The portrait is rarely present and the majority of copies appear to have been issued without it.

Coke (Sir Edward) The First Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, first edition, woodcut title, partially printed in triple column and black letter, folding table, lacking initial blank, 3R4 with tear running into text, damp-staining, heavier at start causing weakness to paper, title partly laid down, outer margins of first 10ff. with strengthening to outer margins, the line crossed through in heavy ink, ink inscriptions to endpapers and title, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, new endpapers, [STC 15784; PMM 126], folio, Printed for the Societie of Stationers, 1628.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work...the basis of the constitution of the realm" by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.Provenance: Charles Strickland (ink inscriptions).

Astronomy.- Greenwood (Nicholas) Astronomia Anglicana: Containing an Absolute and Entire Piece of Astronomy... chiefly intended for the Use of our English Nation; And especially Mariners, first edition, tables and diagrams, very occasional light foxing, the odd spot or small rust-hole, but a very good, wide-margined copy generally, modern half calf, light fading to spine, [Wing G1868], folio, by John Harefinch, 1689.⁂ Rare introduction to astronomy, written in the vernacular so as to be accessible to English mariners. We can trace only one complete copy at auction in the last 70 years.

World.- Heylyn (Peter) Cosmography in Four Books. Containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title dated 1670, 4 double-page engraved maps of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with initial imprimatur f., map of America with fraying to margins and short tear to foot, hole to third T1, with loss to a few letters of text, the odd marginal chip or tear, occasional light worming to margins, some light toning, but a good copy generally, ink ownership inscription to head of engraved title, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, some surface wear, [Sabin 31655; Wing H1694], folio, for Anne Seile, and Philip Chetwind, 1674.⁂ Provenance: Robert Foulkes (ink inscription).

First book written in North America.- Ovidius Naso (Publius) Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished by G[eorge] S[andys], engraved additional title by T. Cecill (a little browned with edges frayed), engraved portrait of Ovid to [a]3 verso by William Marshall, with the initial "The minde of the frontispiece" f. and final imprimatur f. with woodcut device, damp-staining towards end, occasional light browning and some marking, the odd pencil note or glossing, ink ownership inscriptions to endpaper, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, some chipping and wear, [Sabin 76456; STC 18964], sm. folio, [by William Stansby], 1626.⁂ The first edition of Sandys' translation of Ovid, written in part whilst he was employed as treasurer for the colony of Virginia. Provenance: Ralph Barsham (ink inscription dated 1700).

South America.- Lasso de la Vega (Garcia) The Royal Commentaries of Peru, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, translated by Sir Paul Rycaut, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White after Lely, 10 engraved plates, the last with brown stain along centre, 6F3 with paper flaw causing small hole with slight loss of text, title printed in red and black, lacking 3 preliminary ff., contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, corners worn, [Wing G215; Palau 354801; Sabin 98760], folio, Printed by Miles Flesher, for Samuel Heyrick, 1688.⁂ One of four variant imprints, printed for different booksellers, this with fewer institutional holdings and so likely the scarcest. ".. [Rycaut] had a very slight knowledge of the Spanish language and he did not scruple to make wild guesses at the meaning of sentences, and to omit whole chapters. Thus he only gives fourteen out of the twenty-six chapters in the first book, and sixteen out of the twenty-six in the second."--C.S. Markham's introd. to the First part of the Royal commentaries, 1869-71, v. 1, p. xvi. (ESTC).Provenance: Robert Spearman of Oldacres, Durham (armorial bookplate)

Biondi (Giovanni Francesco) Donzella Desterrada. Or, The Banish'd Virgin, first English edition, translated by James Hayward, title within fine woodcut border, lacking final blank leaf 2G4, O4 and P1 with small hole causing slight loss of text, outer edge of P4 torn away with loss to ruled border but not text, occasional soiling, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, a little rubbed, joints/spine worn at head and foot, [STC 3074], folio, Printed...by T. Cotes, for Humphrey Mosley, 1635.⁂ Provenance: Grace Strode (ink inscription to title). Grace Strode, the daughter and heiress of Sir George Strode and Grace FitzJames, married Henry Thynne (1675-1708), the heir to Longleat House, and brought him a fortune of £20,000 on 29 April 1695.

Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, title with engraved vignette, engraved folding map, 37 engraved plates by Burghers, 26 double-page (mostly houses), 4pp. list of subscribers at end, lacking the "Armes Omitted" plate (as often), gathering A working loose, a few plates with marginal repairs or neatly repaired tears, one double-page view with tear running into image, occasional light marginal staining or soiling, bookplate to title verso, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, corners bumped, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing P2588], folio, Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1686⁂ With two chapters on minerals and stones, including fossils; by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.Provenance: Bridgman family; J. Fairfax Best (bookplates).

[Darby (Charles)] Bacchanalia: or a Description of a Drunken Club. A Poem, first edition, inner margin of title repaired, slight crease throughout from old fold, last leaf a little soiled, modern calf-backed boards with title label to upper cover, [Wing D243], folio, Printed by Robert Boulter, 1680.⁂ The author's first published work. The poem ends with the judgemental lines:"Think on All this: and think on't soberly,And then, perhaps you'l say, as well as I,Your Mirth is Madness: Wine is Poison fell:Your Paradise is Bedlam; if not Hell."

Hobbes (Thomas) An Historical Narration concerning Heresie, and the Punishment thereof, first edition, title with woodcut decoration, light finger-soiling to title, last f. creased and a little soiled with tear to upper margin, modern wrappers, [Wing H2238], folio, n.p., 1680.⁂ A scarce Hobbes item comprising his his response to a bill proposed in the Commons that proposed an investigation of heresy and "in particular... the book of Mr. Hobbes called the Leviathan." Hobbes was so alarmed by this that he burned a number of his papers but also took to investigating the current statutes on heresy, the result of which was this text which argued that following the abolition of the High Commission Court prior to the Civil War, there remained no body in England able to rule on the committing of heresy.

Jonson (Ben) The Works... to Which is Added a Comedy, Called The New Inn, third folio edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Elder after Vaughan (laid down with repaired tear), woodcut crown devices to title, 4pp. Leges Convivales at end with separate title, gathering 3C browned as often, some occasional light toning, small rust-hole to 3Q3 and 4M4, the odd short tear to margin, occasional worming to upper margin, but good, crisp copy generally, 18th century ink inscription to title, bookplate to pastedown, later diced russia, gilt, skilfully rebacked, retaining original gilt backstrip, some chipping to extremities, [Pforzheimer 561; Wing J1006], folio, Thomas Hodgkin, for H.Herringman [&c.], 1692. ⁂ The third (and last) folio edition, the first published in 1 volume.Provenance: Thomas Hutton (bookplate).

Voyages.- Olearius (Adam) The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors... containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia... whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo... into the East-Indies, translated by John Davies, 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved title incorporating portraits, 2 engraved portraits and 6 folding or double-page maps, engraved illustration of scripts, folding maps with splits along folds, damp-staining, B1 rather foxed and soiled, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplates to pastedown, contemporary calf, spine ends repaired, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, [Wing O270], folio, for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669.⁂ Translated from the French edition of 1659. Olearius acted as secretary on two embassies for the Duke of Holstein with the overall aim of establishing a trade route with Persia. The first was to Russia in 1633-54 in order to secure right of passage through the Tsar's lands. The second was to Persia itself in 1635.Provenance: Littleton Powys (ink inscription); Lord Lilford and Lilford Library bookplates.

Globe Theatre.- Howell (James) Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece trimmed and laid down, double-page engraved view of London by Wenceslaus Hollar torn at fold, title in red and black, lacking initial blank, title soiled, later calf, gilt, rebacked, rubbed, [Wing H3091; Pforzheimer 515], folio, Printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring, and John Place, 1657.⁂ Largely taken from Stow's Survey. The view by Hollar shows The Globe theatre next to the Bear Garden.

Tacitus (Publius Cornelius) The Ende of Nero and Beginning of Galba. Fower Bookes of the Histories of Cornelius Tacitus, first edition in English, translated by Sir Henry Savile, engraved illustration, penultimate errata leaf loosely inserted from another copy, name at head of title torn away, other names on title inked out, occasional foxing and soiling, good margins, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, one corner repaired, [STC 23642; Madan I, 5], folio, Oxford, Printed...by Joseph Barnes for Richard Wright, 1591.⁂ "In 1591 Savile's translation of four books of the Histories of Tacitus appeared. The book was dedicated to the queen, and the notes and a commentary on the history of Roman warfare served to confirm the author's growing reputation as a man of learning. Six editions appeared during the next fifty years, and the work won its author a compliment in verse from Ben Jonson." (DNB)Provenance: John Cradock (ink name on title).