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Dictionaries & Grammars.- Bayle (Pierre) An Historical and Critical Dictionary, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition in English, half-titles, engraved title vignettes, woodcut initials, woodcut and engraved head- and tail-pieces, part 4 lacking title and half-title, vol. 2 with occasional light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, 19th century reback and recornering, [PMM 155b (French edition)], folio, for C. Harper et al., 1710.⁂ "For over half a century, until the publication of the Encyclopedie, Bayle's Dictionaire dominated enlightened thinking in every part of Europe" - PMM.

Henry A. Bright copy.- Laurie & Whittle, publishers.- Polar.- Portraits of the vessels on the Polar Expedition of 1818, engraved broadside, 270 x 223mm., some light staining, J. Whittle & R.H. Laurie, 21st April, 1818 § Goodnight (C.) Old tabbies attending a favorite cat's funeral, engraving, 250 x 357mm., closely trimmed to imprint at foot, [BM Satires 8558], Laurie & Whittle, 12th May, 1794 § Maxwell (J.G.) Doctor Jeremy Snob, engraved broadside ballad, printed series number 48, 355 x 250mm., large vignette at head, musical notation, [BM Satires 9334; Roud V7961; Bod18864], Laurie & Whittle, 4th October, 1798 § Carey (George Saville) A Bond-Street Lounger; or, a man with two suits to his back, engraved broadside ballad, 399 x 225mm., large vignette at head, trimmed to just outside printed area, [Roud V33073; Bod18608], Laurie & Whittle, 24th June, 1800; and 51 others, all but one broadside ballads published by Laurie & Whittle, 1 with lyrics cut away, occasional spotting or light staining, some light browning, all mounted in a 19th century red half morocco album, gilt, head of spine little worn, rubbed, folio⁂ An excellent album of broadsides, with an attractive provenance. The polar broadside is rare. We have traced only two other impressions (BM and NMM). Provenance: Henry A. Bright (1830-1884), Liverpool-born merchant, author, and member of the Roxburghe Club and Philobiblon Society. Tipped-in to the album is a 4pp. A.L.s. from the ballad editor and poet Joseph Woodfall Ebsworth relating in part to Bright's collection of ballads, of which he speaks in glowing terms: 'The value of which ballads I have always maintained to be exceptionally great'. He also provides a list of Laurie & Whittle ballads in his own collection.

NO RESERVE Law.- Rymer (Thomas) Foedera... acta publica, inter reges angliae, 19 vol. only (of 20, lacking vol. 20), second edition, license leaf before first title, engraved plates, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary reverse calf, splitting to joints, chipping and surface wear to spines, corners bumped, folio, J. Tonson, 1727-32; sold not subject to return.

Welbeck Academy.- Collection (A) of Letters and Poems: Written by several Persons of Honour and Learning, Upon divers Important Subjects, to the late Duke and Dutchess of Newcastle, first edition, title within double-rule border with woodcut device, woodcut initial and headpiece, some occasional light marginal foxing, contemporary calf, some rubbing to extremities, [Wing C5146], folio, for Langly Curtis, 1678.⁂ Scarce. With contributions by the writers and poets associated with William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne's circle at Welbeck Abbey. Including letters by Thomas Hobbes and Sir Kenelm Digby and poems by George Etherege, Thomas Shadwell and others.

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues, Second Folio edition, the "Great She Bible", black letter, text in double columns, 59 lines, printed within ruled border with enclosed inner and outer margins for sidenotes, roman type for chapter summaries, roman and italic for side-notes, general and New Testament title within ornate woodcut border (McKerrow & Ferguson 231), calendar in red and black, woodcut historiated and decorated initials, headbands and tailpieces, engraved More-Speed 1611 double-page map of Canaan and Speed's Genealogies inserted before Genesis, general title inner margin strengthened, slightly browned throughout, later endpapers, contemporary calf with ornate gilt corner and centre pieces, slightly rubbed, upper and lower cover panels inset into 19th century red morocco with double gilt borders, gilt spine, rubbed and faded, g.e., [Herbert 319; STC 2224], folio, Robert Barker, 1613-11.⁂ A very fine copy of one of the early King James folio bibles.Second folio edition of the King James Bible, also known as the "Great She Bible" for the more correct reading "she went into the citie" in Ruth 3:15. Also in Matthew 26:36 a corrected overslip of "Jesus" has been laid down over the error of "Judas" to lead the Apostles into the Garden of Gethsemane.

Italy.- Bartoli (Pietro Santi) and Giovanni Pietro Bellori. Colonna Traiana eretta dal Senato e Popolo Romano, title, engraved dedication to Louis XIV, publisher's letterpress dedication, 7 engraved diagrams of Trajan's Column unnumbered as issued, including the 3-part view of the column in its entirety, not joined, 119 numbered engraved plates of the frieze, with 16 pp. letterpress text description of Alfonso Chacón and index, excellent richly inked impressions on laid paper, with various watermarks but the majority of the plates with Paschal Lamb within a circle surmounted by letter 'A' and the letter 'N' underneath [cf. Corpus Chartarum Fabriano, dated to 1667], printing with tone and wiping marks, wide margins, some scattered spotting and surface dirt, several owners' ink inscriptions to title, 18th century mottled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, bumped and scuffed, oblong folio, Rome, Giacomo De' Rossi, [n.d., but circa 1672]⁂ An impressive, early edition of Bartoli's engraved masterpiece, based on his own drawings of Trajan's column. Bartoli was able to inspect the column up-close in the 1660s when King Louis XIV of France commissioned the erection of scaffolding in order to make a cast of the whole frieze. The publication was an immediate success, and later editions were produced throughout the 18th and early 19th century.Provenance:John Baxter, inscription dated 1770 and crossed out, (Scottish architect, d. 1798)William Oliphant of Leith [ink inscription to title]T. [?] Borthwick, Jan. 20th 1843 [pencil inscription to front free endpaper]

Charles I.- Balcanquhall (Walter) A Large Declaration concerning the late Tumults in Scotland, from the first Originals... by the King, first edition, engraved frontispiece portrait, some occasional light marginal soiling, but a very good, clean copy generally, contemporary calf, joints rubbed, [STC 21906], folio, Robert Young, 1639.⁂ Purportedly by Charles I, in fact written for him by Walter Balcanquhall, Dean of Rochester and later of Durham

*** Please be aware that the description of this lot has changed *** Medieval Manuscript facsimile.- Beatus of Liebana. Commentaria in Apocalypsin, facsimile of the Codex of the Monastery of Santo Domingo de Silos, one of 987 copies, tipped-in certification leaf at end, colour illustrations, original blind-stamped calf, slip-case, with the accompanying Commentary volume by Vivancos and Franco, original cloth, dust-jacket, folio, Barcelona, Moleiro, 2003.⁂ Fine facsimile edition of this magnificent 11th century manuscript.

Gauden (John) Hiera dakrya [graece], Ecclesiae anglicanae suspiria. The tears, sighs, complaints, and prayers of the Church of England, engraved additional title, letterpress title with engraved device, lacking folding "Tree of the Church" plate, later panelled calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, by J. G., 1659 § Leti (Gregorio) Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa; or the History of the Cardinals of the Roman Church, first English edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, B3 lower margin strengthened, woodcut headpieces, contemporary calf, cracking to foot of upper joint, 1 corner repaired, [Wing L1330], for J. S., 1670; and 16 others, religion, folio (18)

Bible, Greek.- He Kaine Diatheke, 'Mazarin edition', half-title, fine engraved title by Claude Mellan depicting an angel writing on an obelisk and with title itself inscribed on a scroll carried by three cherubs, imprint in Greek at foot, large engraved cul-de-lampe on verso of penultimate f. with the arms of the King Louis XIII, final f. blank, ruled throughout in red, worm trace and a few small holes to margins in places (including preliminaries), marginal water-staining, mostly to lower corners, occasional spotting, 19th century green half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments richly so, rubbed, [D&M 4687], folio (440 x 300mm.), Paris, Royal Printers, [1642].⁂ A wide-margined copy of the magnificent edition 'known as the 'Mazarin edition', since it appeared under the auspices of the great Cardinal' (D&M). It is the first edition of the Greek New Testament from the Imprimerie Royale, founded by Louis XIII in 1640. It is a substantial reprint, with a few alterations, of the New Testament printed by the Elzeviers in 1624, adding a 30-page appendix of Variae Lectiones. The text was set in Garamond's Greek types, used by the Estienne dynasty of printers, and which subsequently became part of the type holdings of the Imprimerie Royale

Roman Empire.- Panciroli (Guido) Notitia dignitatum, utriusque Imperii Orientis scilicet et Occidentis ultra Arcadij Honoriique tempora, 3 parts in 1, double column, woodcut fountain device to first title and printer's device to third title, double-page engraved map, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, spine with later gilt, black stamped star motifs and an olive morocco label, a solid copy, small folio, Geneva, Étienne Gamonet, 1623.

Britton (John) The History and Description with Graphic Illustrations of Cassiobury Park, Hertfordshire: The Seat of the Earl of Essex, twenty uncoloured aquatint or engraved plates (as called for in plate list, after Turner, Pugin, R.W. Billings and others), woodcut illustrations of estate cottages in the text, occasional light foxing, mostly marginal, upper hinge broken, contemporary half roan, extremities rubbed, [Abbey, Scenery 412], 1837; and another, similar, folio (2)

Law.- Hale (Sir Matthew) Historia placitorum coronae. The History of the Pleas of the Crown, edited by Sollom Emlyn, 2 vol., engraved folding frontispiece portrait to vol.1, vol.1 with final addenda f., occasional light browning, contemporary calf, corners bumped, some chipping to spine ends, In the Savoy, 1736; and another, Law, folio (3)

Rushworth (John) Historical Collections.. containing the principal matters which happened from the Dissolution of the Parliament, 4 parts in 7 vol., engraved portraits, 2 folding engraved plates, some offsetting, occasional light browning, contemporary calf (part 4 panelled, the rest uniform), spines rubbed and worn, some splitting to joints, for Robert Boulter [& c], 1682-1701; and The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Stafford by the same, folio (8)

Digges (Sir Dudley) The Compleat Ambassador: or Two Treaties of the Intended Marriage of Qu: Elizabeth of Glorious Memory, first edition, engraved additional title depicting Elizabeth flanked by Burleigh and Walsingham (with small hole to upper margin), title printed in red and black, with final blank f., internal tear without loss to B4, occasional damp-staining or light soiling, [WIng D1453], Tho. Newcomb, 1655 bound with Cabala, Sive Scrinia Sacra, Mysteries of State and Government, initial imprimatur f., title printed in red and black, some occasional light soiling, 1 or 2 margins chipped without loss to text, [Wing C185], for G. Bedell and T. Collins, 1663, together 2 works in 1 vol., woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemporary speckled calf, some splitting to spine ends, 1 corner repaired, folio.

Insects.- Moffet (Thomas) Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum, first edition, title with superb woodcut of a skep bee-hive surrounded by other insects, woodcut of skep repeated at end of preliminaries, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, interleaved copy, L5 with short tear to upper margin just touching text, worm hold to last 3 gatherings, more noticeable to final 2 ff., occasional browning, armorial ink stamps to title, contemporary reverse calf with arms in blind to covers, spine chipped at head, folio, [British Bee Books 25; Nissen ZBI 2852; STC 17993], folio, Thomas Cotes...[and] Benjamin Allen, 1634.⁂ Moffet's was "the best work of its kind...it set a new standard of accuracy in the study of the invertebrates" (Garrison-Morton). He was educated at Cambridge and Basel, where he obtained a degree in medicine, travelled widely in Europe before establishing a practice in Ipswich and London and serving as physician to Queen Elizabeth's forces in Normandy in 1591. The first edition has three variant imprints.Provenance: Arms to title and covers speculated by University of Toronto to be those of Thomas Hussey (d.1641), M.P for Grantham or to John More (d.1641), doctor and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Bible commentaries.- Heinsius (Daniel) Sacrarum exercitationum ad Novum Testamentum libri XX, first edition, half-title, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, final f. blank, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and red leather label, head of spine little worn, rubbed, especially at joints, [Willems 481], Leiden, House of Elzevier, 1639 § Le Clerc (Jean) Pentateuchus, sive Mosis prophetae libri quinque, 2 parts in 1, general and sectional titles in red and black and with woodcut ornament, 3 folding engraved maps, short neat tear to first map, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary panelled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with later black leather label, spine ends and corners worn, joints splitting, but holding firm, rubbed, Amsterdam, Henrick Wetsten, 1696; and 5 others, including 3 Grotius NT commentaries, folio (7)

Dictionaries.- Ménage (Gilles) Dictionnaire étymologique ou origines de la langue française, 2 parts in 1, first folio edition, double column, half-titles, engraved head-piece and initial to dedication, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some foxing and spotting, the former mostly marginal, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, joints starting, but holding firm, rubbed, Paris, Jean Anisson, Director of the Royal Printers, 1694 § Nouveau dictionaire du voyageur, 2 parts in 1, double column, engraved frontispiece, some foxing and staining, contemporary speckled calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and red morocco label, Frankfurt, Widow of Renard Eustache Moeller, 1757; and 6 others, Dictionaries, v.s. (8)

Ireland.- [Stafford (Sir Thomas)] Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced or, An Historie of the Late Warres of Ireland ..., 18 engraved plates only (of 19, lacking Speed's map of Munster, engraved portraits of Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Totnes trimmed and pasted to front free endpaper verso and frontispiece recto, short tears to title expertly repaired, tear with neat repair (O4), short tear just touching text (Z3, 2M3 & 2N4), small marginal loss not affecting text (3B4), holes to margin at gutter affecting text (3C1-3C4), scattered marginal pencil notes, occasional marginal spotting and staining, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, a little rubbed, [STC 23132], folio, Aug. Matthews for Robert Milbourne, 1633.

Dictionary.- Huloet (Richard) Huloets Dictionarie, newelye corrected ... and enlarged by John Higgins, second edition, wood-engraved title and coat of arms on verso, title with small tear at tail, I5-K3 water-stained at tail, 2I3 small piece of corner torn away, 2T2 working loose, some browning and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped calf with central diamond pattern and ornate borders, slightly rubbed, remains of catches, rebacked in later calf, red morocco label, gilt, [STC 13941], folio, London, Thomas Marsh, 1572.

Dictionary.- Cooper (Thomas) Thesaurus Linguae Romanae & Britannicae, title with "Bear and Ragged Staff" device, text in double column, title slightly creased and marked, lacking initial and final blanks, 3[F3 small tear in text, 5[N6 small hole in text, 5[O3, 5[T6 & 6[H2 small pieces of outer margins torn away, occasional ink marks, slightly browned, contemporary calf, 3-line blind stamped borders, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in later calf, gilt morocco label, [STC 5689], folio, London, [by Henry Denham], 1584.

[Jenkins (John)] The Martial Achievements of Great Britain and her Allies; from 1799 to 1815, large paper copy, hand-coloured frontispiece, engraved title, hand-coloured dedication, 51 hand-coloured aquatint plates watermarked 1812, scattered faint spotting, contemporary straight-grain morocco, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Tooley 281], folio, [1814-15].⁂ The plates in this copy have the earliest watermarks, dated 1812.

Charles I.- Sanderson (Sir William) A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles, first edition, engraved portrait of Charles I only (lacking the portrait of Sanderson), slightly foxed and browned, contemporary speckled calf gilt with gilt cipher of Charles II on each cover, cyphers and edges a little rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in 19th century calf, gilt morocco label, head of spine chipped and working loose, [Wing S646], folio, Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, and George Sawbridge, 1658.

Hanway (Jonas) Reflections, essays and meditations on life and religion... The customs of foreign nations in regard to Harlots. The lawless commerce of the Sexes. The repentance of Prostitutes. And The great humanity and beneficence of the Madgalane Charity, 2 vol., first edition, engraved frontispieces, plate to vol. 2, occasional light spotting or soiling, pagination and collation somewhat erratic but seemingly complete, modern calf, for John Rivington, 1761 § Pugh (John) Remarkable Occurrences in the life of Jonas Hanway, first edition, engraved folding map, offsetting onto title, modern calf, J. Davies, 1787; and 5 others, naval, 8vo & folio (8)

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, edited by John Ogilby, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the editor by Faithorne after Lilly, engraved headpieces and initials, 100 full-page engraved plates and illustrations by Faithorne, Hollar, Lombart and others, P4 with repaired tear running into text, a few other short repaired tears to margins, marginal strengthening or repair to a few plates, occasional light foxing or toning, later russia, gilt, upper cover detached, spine chipped at foot, g.e., [Wing V601], folio, Thomas Roycroft, 1663.⁂ The first edition of the Ogilby edition. As often with Ogilby editions, the plate count appears to vary.

Bible (Latin) Textus Biblie, collation: a-z8 A-C8 D4 E-L8, title in red and black within elaborate woodcut historiated border, 3ff. Canones evangeliorum also printed in red and black, half-page woodcut of King Solomon on r1 verso, full-page woodcut of the nativity and numerous other smaller woodcut illustrations and initials, lacking final blank, water-staining, quite heavy at beginning and end, some repairs, mostly marginal, but affecting some ruled borders, small holes to first c.20ff., slightly affecting text, later vellum, worn, rebacked and repaired, folio (341 x 239mm.), Lyons, Jean Crespin, 1527.⁂ First edition of this attractively illustrated Bible printed by Crespin.Literature: Not in Adams or Darlow & Moule.

Browne (Sir Thomas) Pseudodoxia Epidemica: or, Enquiries into very many Received Tenents, and commonly Presumed Truths, second edition, occasional light foxing, later half calf, upper joint splitting and upper cover working loose, [Keynes 74; Wing B5160], folio, A. Miller for Edw. Dod and Nath. Ekins, 1650.⁂ Second edition of Browne's 1646 collection of superstitions and misconceptions.

Guicciardini (Francesco) The Historie of ... containing the Warres of Italie and other partes ..., collation: A-Hhhh⁶, lacking A1 & 4H6 (blanks), title detached, remnants of bookplate to title verso, occasional faint spotting and water-staining, worming affecting odd letter (C1-P6), small paper defects to 2D2 & 3O6 affecting odd letter, short marginal tear and small hole to 2M4 with old repair, bookplate, near contemporary calf, boards detached, rubbed and worn, [Pforzheimer 442], folio, by Richard Field, 1599.

Dictionary.- [Davies (John)] Antiquae linguae Britannicae... dictionarium duplex, first edition, device on title, royal coat of arms on verso, as usual without the leaf of commendatory verses at end of preliminary leaves, title soiled, 2P2 small piece of corner torn away, 2V4 to end small wormhole in margins, slightly browned, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked in later calf, gilt, extensively rubbed, [STC 6347], folio, Joan Davies, 1632.⁂ "Davies's Welsh grammar in Latin, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... rudimenta appeared in 1621. In 1632 he published a Welsh-Latin dictionary, Antiquae linguae Britannicae ... dictionarium duplex. Davies wrote the Welsh-Latin section of the dictionary himself, and used Thomas Wiliems's work for the Latin-Welsh sections, abridged and revised. His dictionary was subsequently used and cited as an authority in the English dictionaries of Thomas Blount (1656) and Edward Philips (1658), and Dr Johnson had a copy of the Dictionarium duplex in his library." - Oxford DNB.

Venetian choirbook.- Single leaf from a 13th century Venetian antiphonal, with large decorated initial, manuscript on vellum, 11 lines of music and text on recto, 12 lines on verso, in red and black ink, the staves in red, one superb large (5-line) Romanesque initial M opening the Feast of the Annunciation("Missus est gabriel angelus ad mariam virginem..." in red, blue, pink, orange and green, other smaller initials in red and blue, some abrading and fading to text on verso, matted, folio (416 x 300mm.), Venice, [c.1260].⁂ Provenance: The parent manuscript would have been a sumptuous item likely produced in the region of the Adriatic stretching from Friuli and Istria to Croatia.

Brady (Robert) A Complete History of England, from the first Entrance of the Romans..., first edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved portrait frontispiece, [Wing B4186], Tho. Newcomb for Samuel Lowndes, 1685; A Continuation of the Complete History of England, additional engraved title, [Wing B4187A], by Edward Jones for Samuel Lowndes, 1700, titles in black & red, occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, uniform contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and recornered; and 4 others, comprising the first 3 volumes of the Universal History, 1736, folio (6)

Badius (Jodocus, Ascensius) Commentarii...in M.Fabii Quintiliani Institutiones oratorias, 2 parts in 1, collation: a-y8: Aa-Pp8 Qq6, title and large woodcut printer's device within historiated woodcut border, woodcut criblé initials, [Paris], Josse Badius Ascensius, [May, 1528] bound with Mosellanus (Petrus) In Marci Fabii quintiliani rhetoricas institutiones annotationes, collation: ã8 ē8 ĩ8 õ8, triple column, title and large woodcut printer's device within historiated woodcut border, woodcut criblé initials, [Paris], Josse Badius Ascensius, [January, 1528], together 2 works in 1 vol., wormholes, more frequent in first part, occasional spotting and light staining, contemporary blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, with initials 'U S' in several places, dragon, ?monkey and ?horse motifs, 1 of 2 metal clasps, rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with green morocco label, upper joint splitting (but holding) and with chip out of foot, wormholes, rubbed and marked, folio (330 x 225mm.)⁂ Rare commentaries by Badius and Mosellanus on Quintilian. Literature: I: Adams B21; Renouard Badius Ascensius, III, p.205. II: Adams M1850; Renouard Badius Ascensius, III, pp.203-204.

Miniature.- The Prophet Isaiah, in a historiated initial on a leaf from a Bible, illuminated manuscript on vellum, single leaf ruled in brown ink for 2 columns of 47 lines (recto) and 48 lines (verso) written in a neat gothic bookhand in black ink with a few words in red, running headers, one 2-line and two 3-line capitals in blue and red, illuminated with a large historiated initial 'V' [from 'Visio'] depicting a half-length figure of the prophet Isaiah in a pink and green robe against a grey background, holding a lettered scroll within a grey, green and yellow letter V with leafy corners and gold highlights, old foliation '38' to verso, slight cockling to margins, slight rubbing/offsetting to green part of illumination but generally very good condition, window-mounted, text block 304 x 197mm., leaf size 448 x 310mm., folio, Bohemia or perhaps Germany/Austria, [mid 15th century].⁂ A fine illuminated leaf from a large Lectern Bible dating from around the time that Gutenberg was working on the first printed Bible. The illumination is reminiscent of the workshop of the Prague Hexameron, artists who fled Prague for Wroclaw after the Hussite Wars (1419-34).Provenance: 1) Originally from the second volume of what was undoubtedly a 3-volume Bible (vol.1 Genesis to Psalms; vol.2 Proverbs to Malachi; vol.3 Maccabees and New Testament). The intact volume 2 was once owned by William B. Gourley (d.1935) of Paterson, NJ, his sale New York, 4 November 1936; bought by:2) Otto Ege (d.1952) of Cleveland, who appears to have extracted leaves by 1943 (see Scott Gwara, Otto Ege's Manuscripts, 2013)3) More recently from a UK private collection.Another similar leaf was in the Schoyen Collection (MS 683, lot 452 Christie's, 10 July 2019); other leaves from the parent volume (which was described in the 1930s as having 163 leaves, with 18 historiated initials) have been identified in the Art Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design (Joel initial, f.14); Oberlin College, Ohio (Haggai initial, f.156); Berea College, Kentucky; and Randolph College, Lynchburg Virginia (text leaf with part of Ezekiel 16-18).

Dictionaries & Grammars.- Skinner (Stephen) Etymologicon Linguae Anglicanae, Seu Explicatio vocum Anglicarum Etymologica ex propriis fontibus, first edition, initial imprimatur f. (soiled on recto), light damp-staining to head of first few ff., 4U1 with tear to foot just running into text, but a good, wide-margined copy generally, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, [Wing S3947], folio, T. Roycroft, 1671.⁂ First edition of this etymological dictionary, cited by Johnson as an influence on his own dictionary.

Kings of England.- Martyn (William) The Historie and Lives of the Kings of England, 2 parts in 1 vol., wood-engraved title, browned, contemporary calf, corners bumped, joints rubbed, rebacked in later calf, gilt, gilt morocco label, [STC 17528], folio, for James Boler, 1628.

Law.- Dyer (Sir James) Les Reports des Divers select Matters & Resolutions des Reverend Judges & Sages del Ley, partly black letter, engraved portrait frontispiece (separating at head of inner margin), ink ownership inscription "E. Lib Fred Halsey, Nov 1750. Then paid £1.5-" to endpaper, 18th century panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt with loss to head, [Wing D2927], by W. Rawlins, 1688 § Addington (William) An Abridgment of Penal Statutes, fourth edition, numbered 470 by hand and signed by the author on title and to foot of 3U1, occasional light spotting or browning, contemporary calf, old reback, some bumping and wear to spine ends and corners, rubbed, for the author, 1795; and 6 others, law and trials, folio & 4to (8)

Universal language.- Wilkins (John) An Essay Towards a Real Character, and a Philosophical Language, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, imprimatur f., title within double-rule border and with engraved arms of the Royal Society, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, 2 engraved plates (1 folding), 2 folding letterpress tables, 2 full-page engraved illustrations, with 3M4 but lacking final blank f., occasional light foxing or light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked in 19th century morocco, recornered, [Alston VII 290; Wing W2196], folio, for Sa: Gellibrand, and for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, 1668.⁂ The first full exposition of a universal language in English, contains sections on the origin of languages and letters, the theory of grammar and phonetics and their relation to universal language, and the proposed alphabet for Wilkins's devised universal language.

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Endymion, number 20 of 100 copies specially bound, from an edition of 500 signed by the artist, 58 wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some occasional light spots or light browning as usual, worse to p.131, original vellum by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt, very lightly marked, folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Love is patient, Love is kind.- Single leaf from the Grammont or Geraardsbergen Bible, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, 2 columns, 41 lines, headline and verse numbers in red, ruled in ink, one 4-line initial in red with blue decoration, 2 other 2-line initials in red or blue with contrasting decoration, original pin pricking in all 4 margins, small holes to vellum in 2 margins, generally fine condition with only slight browning and soiling to outer edges, folio (452 x 310mm.), Flanders, Grammont Abbey, near Cambrai, [c.1200].⁂ From the Bible of Geraardsbergen/Grammont Abbey, whose four volumes were probably separated at the suppression of the abbey in 1796. Vols.I and IV are presumed destroyed. Vol.III was partly dispersed by Dr Walter Eichenberger, and the residue sold at Christie's, 24 June 1986, lot 78, and is now in the Schøyen Collection (MS.6/1). Vol.II has a colophon naming Geraardsbergen ("Liber beati Adriani de Geraldi Monte"); it belonged to Franz Trau in Vienna in 1905 and later to C.H. St.John Hornby and Major J.R. Abbey; it was in his sale at Christie's, 25 March 1975, lot 2943; later owned by Sir Paul Getty, it has now joined vol.III in the Schøyen Collection (MS.6/2)This leaf is from 1 Corinthians 11:5 - 13:8 and includes the universally recognised lines, most especially quoted in wedding ceremonies - "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal...Love is patient, love is kind..."

Eusebius Pamphilius, of Caesarea Thesaurus temporum. Chronicorum canonum Omnimodae historiae libri duo, edited by Joseph Scaliger, 4 parts in 1, half-title, title in red and black, a few diagrams and tables, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, lacking final f. of text (Gg1) in part 4, water-stained, occasional spotting, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine in compartments and with later red leather labels, covers with later gilt, spine ends worn, piece out of leather of upper cover, upper joint starting, but holding firm, rubbed, Amsterdam, Joannes Jansson, 1658; and 6 others, Continental, including Grotius, folio (7)⁂ Second Scaliger edition.

China.- Semedo (Alvaro) The History of that Great and Renowned Monarchy of China, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition in English, 2 engraved plates, folding map (with short tear running from inner margin), 2 engraved full-page illustrations, woodcut initials and headpieces, some light soiling to title but very clean generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, [Wing S2490], folio, by E. Tyler for John Crook, 1655.⁂ A good copy of this important account of China. Alvaro Semedo served as Portuguese Procurado General for China.

Bremer Press.- Homer. Poiesis: Ilias & Odysseia [graece], 2 vol., edited by Eduard Schwartz, each one of 615 copies on Zanders hand-made paper, titles by Anna Simons, text in Greek, notes in Latin, leather book-labels of Haven O'More, bound in vellum, gilt, by Frieda Thiersch at the Bremer Bindery, spines ruled and titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a fine copy in board slip-cases (a little rubbed and lacking top edges), folio, Munich, Bremer Press, 1923-24.⁂ A magnificent set, one of only a few copies bound in vellum. The Bremer Press was founded in 1911 inspired by the Doves Press, and apart from the lettering and titles by Anna Simons, a pupil of Edward Johnston, the books similarly rely on no ornamentation but elegant design and impeccable printing.

Sidney (Algernon) Discourses concerning Government, first edition, B1-3 only but catchwords and pagination correct, 3F3 to end wormholes in lower margins, slightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, edges rubbed, corners worn, joints splitting, gilt spine, gilt morocco label, [Wing S3761], folio, Printed are to be and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698.

Low Countries.- Meteren (Emanuel van ) Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis Belgii sub quatuor Burgundis et todidem Austriacis principibus conjunctionem et gubernationem breviter, collation: (?)4 A-Z Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Eee6 Fff4 Ggg Hhh6, title within engraved historiated border, engraved folding map and circular portraits within text, small marginal worm trace at head at start, some spotting and water-staining, 19th century dark green morocco-backed limp marbled boards, vellum corners, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, [Adams M1366], scarce, [?Antwerp], no printer, [1598, preface dated 1597] § Grotius (Hugo) Annales et historiæ de rebus Belgicis, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, fine engraved full-page portrait of the artist, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, pencil underlining and marginal markings, tear to final f. within text, but with minor loss, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, Amsterdam, Johann Blaeu, 1657; and a defective copy (with the majority of portraits and plates) of Grotius' Jaerboeken, 1681, folio (3)

Dictionary.- Spelman (Sir Henry) Glossarium archaiologicum: continens Latino-Barbara, peregrina, obsoleta, & novatae significationis vocabula, title printed in red and black, imprimatur leaf opposite title, lacks engraved portrait (usually missing), preliminaries misbound but complete, slightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked in later morocco, [Wing S4925], folio, Alice Warren, 1664.

Ashendene Press.- Hornby (C.H.St.John) A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books printed at the Ashendene Press MDCCCXCV-MCMXXXV, number 331 of 390 copies signed by the author/printer, printed in red and black in Ptolemy type, plates, illustrations and specimen leaves, some folding, a few with initials supplied by hand by Graily Hewitt, errata leaf tipped in at end with 'Additional Errata' slip supplied in photocopy and loosely inserted, compliments slip loosely inserted, pictorial gilt leather book-label of F.R.Furber, original russet calf, press device in gilt on upper cover, t.e.g., others uncut, very slightly rubbed, mainly edges, spine a little faded, marbled board slip-case (slightly rubbed), [Hornby XL], folio, Ashendene Press, 1935.⁂ Loosely inserted are 2 photographs of a letter from Rosamund Hornby (the fifth child of C.H.St.J. Hornby) to "My Darling Anne", which originally accompanied a book of Hornby's sent as a Christmas present, "I am sending you my Book, there are only a few copies left and it is very nice of Daddy to let you have it. I think it will look very nice in your Book case".

Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The First [- second - third - fourth] Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, together 4 works in 3 vol., first part third edition, the rest first editions, titles within woodcut architectural borders, engraved portrait frontispieces, part 1 with additional engraved portrait and folding table, part 1 with occasional ink annotations in an early hand (extensive to rear endpaper), occasional light damp-staining and some soiling, contemporary calf, old reback, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [STC 15786 (first part); Wing C4948A, C4960 & C4929 (parts two - four)], folio, M. Flesher, 1633-44.⁂ "...a disorderly, pedantic, masterful work...the basis of the constitution of the realm" (PMM) by the prosecutor of Sir Walter Raleigh and the Gunpowder Plot conspirators.

Camden (William) Annales, or the History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princesse Elizabeth, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional title (both with some marginal chipping, just inside image of portrait), occasional light damp-staining, mostly marginal, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, spine gilt, joints rubbed, [STC 4501], folio, by Thomas Harper, 1635.

Comines (Philippe de) The History of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton, translated by Thomas Danett, The Fourth Edition, V4 small tear in margin slightly affecting sidenotes, slightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked in later morocco, gilt spine, [Wing C554], folio, for Samuel Mearne, John Mattyn, and Henry Herringman, 1674.

Burnet (Gilbert) The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 vol., second edition, vol. 1 & 2 half-titles and engraved additional titles, letterpress titles in red and black, 21 engraved plates, occasional light browning, some light marginal marking or staining, the odd short marginal tear, contemporary calf, early reback and recorner, folio, Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715.

Stukeley (William) Itinerarium Curiosum, or an Account of the Antiquities and remarkable Curiosities in Nature or Art, observed in Travels through Great Britain, 2 vol., second edition, vol.1 engraved frontispiece and additional title, 206 engraved plates ?only, some folding, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and recornered in modern calf, rubbed, folio, Baker and Leigh, 1776.⁂ The plate count appears to vary, this set likely lacking a frontispiece and possibly 1 other plate.

Bible, English.- The Old Testament [&] New Testament, 7 vol., list of subscribers, 70 engraved plates after Fuseli, Reynolds, West, and others, numerous engraved illustrations, engraved dedication, offsetting, some foxing to plates, heavier in places but largely restricted to margins, contemporary blue straight-grain morocco, gilt, by C. Meyer, covers with decorative fillet and roll borders, spines gilt in compartments, light fading and some rubbing to spines, vol. 7 spine scuffed, some scuffing to joints and extremities, vol. 1 with some splitting to joints but holding firm, g.e., [Herbert 1442], folio, Printed for Thomas Macklin by Thomas Bensley, 1800.⁂ A good copy of this remarkable edition, "the most ambitious edition produced in Britain, often pirated but never rivalled." - DNB.Macklin first announced his plan to publish this lavishly illustrated work in 1789 and devoted the next 11 years of his life to bringing his plans to fruition. He sadly died 5 days after the completion of the final engraving so never lived to see the completed work.

Aeschylus. Tragoediae Septem, Latin translation and commentary by Thomas Stanley, text in Latin and Greek, half-title, title in red and black, lacking plate (as often), occasional light soiling, the odd spot or small rust-hole but very good generally, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, [Wing A684], James Flesher for Cornelius Bee, 1663; and the 1694 edition of Euripides, lacking one of the portraits, folio (2)⁂ The first Stanley edition and the first of Aeschylus printed in England.

Bible, English. The Text of the New Testament of Jesus Christ, Translated out of the Vulgar Latine by the Papists of the traiterous Seminarie at Rhemes . . . Whereunto is added the Translation out of the Original Greeke, commonly used in the Church of England. edited by William Fulke, second Fulke edition, Bishops' version and Rheims N.T. in parallel column, woodcut historiated title, 3A2 lacks corner (paper flaw), slightly browned, contemporary ink inscription at head of title heavily crossed out, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked in 19th century calf, gilt spine in compartments, gilt label, small piece at tail working loose, [Herbert 265; STC 2900], folio, Robert Barker, 1601.⁂ The translations comprise the Rheims version and the Bishops' Bible version in parallel columns, with Fulke's commentary at the end of each chapter. The Rheims version is translated from the Vulgate chiefly by Gregory Martin; the Bishops' Bible translation was overseen by Matthew Parker.

Venice.- Fougasses (Thomas de) The Generall Historie of the Magnificent State of Venice, from the First Foundation thereof untill this Present. Collected out of all Authors, both Ancient and Moderne, that have written of that Subject, translated by W. Shute, 2 vol. in 1 vol., first edition in English, title with woodcut plan of Venice, 90 woodcut portraits of the Venetian Doges within decorative borders, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, lacking initial and final blanks, 3C4 blank present, vol. I 2T6 small tear at head not affecting text, vol. II lacks 5A1 & 5A6, slightly browned, contemporary ink inscription by James Hecton citing St Gregory of Nazianzus at head of title, new endpapers, contemporary calf, some slight surface wear, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [STC 11207], folio, by G. Eld, and W. Stansby, 1612; sold not subject to return.

Mexio (Pedro) The Treasurie of Auncient and Morderne Times [&] Archaio-ploutos [graece]. Containing, ten follovving bookes to the former Treasurie of auncient and moderne times, together 2 vol., second vol. with contemporary ownership names to title, very lightly stained, contemporary calf, spine gilt with raised bands, joints rubbed, spine ends rubbed, worse to spine head vol.2, [STC 17936; 17936.5], folio, W. Iaggard, 1613-1619.⁂ Though published separately, the two titles are considered parts 1 & 2 of the same work.

Gale (Thomas) Historiae Britannicae, Saxonicae, Anglo-Danicae... [&] Historiæ Anglicanæ scriptores quinque, 2 vol., vol. 1 half-title, engraved title vignettes, vol. 1 title in red & black, vol. 1 with some worming to upper margin, occasional browning, contemporary non-uniform calf, vol. 2 upper cover detached, [Wing G154], Oxford, e Theatro Shelsoniano, 1691-87 § Burnet (Gilbert) The Memoires of the Lives and Actions of James and William, Dukes of Hamilton and Castleherald, etc. In which an Account is given of the Rise and Progress of the Civil Wars of Scotland, first edition, engraved portrait to half-title verso, engraved portrait of Charles I, vignette portrait to p. 380, full-page portrait to p. 416, without the 'Addenda' leaf inserted between a5 and a6, occasional light foxing or browning, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and recornered in 19th century morocco, light soiling to upper cover, [Wing B5832], by J. Grover, 1677; and 5 others, histories, folio (8)

Austen (Jane) & the Lefroy family.- Price (Sir Uvedale) An Essay of the Picturesque, vol. I only, first edition, Anne Lefroy's copy with her signature and inscription "Ashe Hants Decr: 1794" on fly-leaf, G2 torn without loss, contemporary boards, edges rubbed, corners bumped, spine defective, lacks head of spine, edges uncut, 8vo, for J. Robson, 1794 § [Harrison (Rev. John Branfill, rector of Great Mongeham, Kent, 1823-93)] [Volume of notes on the Brydges, Lefroy & Harrison families], autograph manuscript, 81pp. excluding blanks, printed pamphlet on the Harrison and Brydges family with manuscript notes by JBH, some newspaper cuttings, some ff. excised, slightly browned, original panelled reverse calf, one corner worn, joints splitting, folio, [1880s - 90s]. ⁂ First mentioned, Anne Lefroy (1747/8-1804), eldest child of Edward Brydges (d. 1780) of Wootton Court, Wootton, Kent; married the Reverend Isaac Peter George Lefroy (1745-1806), Rector of Ashe; friend of Jane Austen; poet.Second mentioned, compiled by J.B. Harrison in the nineteenth century that includes genealogical information about the Lefroy and Brydges families and descendants, and also a compilation of anecdotes and poetry, including a copy of Jane Austen's lament "to the memory of Mrs Lefroy who died December 16th the birthday of the author"; "Lines by C. Edward Lefroy to the memory of his beloved mother" (not traced), beginning, "How oft my long arrival she'd await"; a poem "To Miss Charlotte Brydges on her birthday May 1 1782 (not traced) beginning, "Warm from the heart the wishes flow", three poems by Anne Lefroy and much various other poems and prose.

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, With their Dependencies, in England and Wales, 3 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional pictorial title, title in red and black, 102 engraved plates, some double-page, by Danile King after Hollar and others, some occasional light browning to plates but very clean generally, ink name to head of letterpress title, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked and recornered, R. Harbin for D. Browne and J. Smith and others, 1718; and another, Stevens' History of the Antient Abbeys, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, 1722, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: J. Drayson (ink ownership inscription).

Selden (John) De jure naturali & gentium, juxta disciplinam ebraeorum, libri septem, first edition, title printed in red and black, half-title, ink signature of G. Galland at head of title, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, slight wear, lower cover slightly faded at head, corners repaired, rebacked in later morocco, gilt, [STC 22168], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640.