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Mennie (Donald). Picturesque China. A Series of Vandyck Photogravures Illustrating the Picturesque Aspect of Chinese Life and Surroundings, 1st edition, Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co., c. 1920, 30 tipped-in photogravures in black & white and sepia, original printed wrappers with inset photogravure, cloth spine tie, a little marginal fraying, oblong folioQty: (1)

Photograph Album. "E" Company 5th Battalion Surrey Home Guard Cranleigh, frontispiece, 7pp of text, 11 mounted photographs, signatures of platoon members to rear leaves, leather endpapers, gilt presentation inscription to front pastedown, gilt turn-ins, brown morocco gilt by W Matthews, gilt insignia to front board, gilt floral embellishments to boards, all edges gilt, raised bands, oblong folioQty: (1)NOTESA fine presentation album, to Colonel D.V. Willoughby from the members of the "E" Company who "had they been called upon to fight, no company commander could have taken into action troops who had more trust and confidence in his leadership" (taken from presentation inscription to front pastedown).

Bartholomew (John). The Imperial Map of England & Wales According to the Ordnance Survey..., A. Fullarton & Co. London & Edinburgh, circa 1870, index and 18 colour lithographic double-page map sheets, slight spotting throughout, all maps re-guarded, later endpapers, contemporary cloth gilt, rebacked with modern repairs to the corners, boards, stained and scuffed, folio, together with Weller (Edward). [Cassells's British Atlas...,] Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1870, lacking title and preliminaries, 100 uncoloured lithographic map sheets of British counties, regions, town plans and railway maps, slight dust soiling throughout, slight water staining, later endpapers, modern blue cloth, folio, with Bartholomew (John, publisher). The Royal Atlas of England and Wales, George Newnes Limited, circa 1900, numerous colour lithographic maps with index bound at rear, contemporary cloth, spine faded, bumped and worn at extremities, folio, plus George Philip & Son (publishers). Philip's Atlas of the Counties of England, 1889, 48 colour lithographic county maps, contemporary half morocco gilt, spine partially lacking, upper board detached, rear board near detached, rubbed and worn, folio, and Letts Son & Co [publishers]. Letts's Popular County Atlas, 1884, title page excised and laid on front blank, preface and index tipped in, 47 colour lithographic maps, text block detached, lacking spine and upper board, rear board detached, folio and Ward Lock & Co (publishers). Nine Motoring & Touring Maps of England and Wales, circa 1930, nine regional colour lithographic maps, each laid on linen, occasional near-contemporary marginalia, a few with crude tape repairs, each approximately 750 x 500 mm, bound in publisher's colour printed wrappersQty: (14)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Cary (John). Cary's New English Atlas Being a Complete Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., 1st edition, 1809, double-page letter press title, index excised and pasted to the first front blank, general map of England & Wales and 43 (only of 45) engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, Yorkshire folding and on two sheets, index bound at rear, some marginal fraying, slight spotting, staining, creasing and dust soiling throughout, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, folioQty: (1)NOTESChubb CCCXXXIII. This atlas was issued in parts between 1801 & 1809 and the maps have a variety of imprints depending on their date of issue. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. Lacking Devon and Kent.

Greenwood (C. & J.). Fifteen British County Maps, circa 1828, fifteen engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map laid on linen and folded, some dust soiling, slight offsetting, each map approximately 620 x 690 mm, all bound in a near-contemporary half morocco, boards detached, heavily worn and rubbed, folioQty: (1)NOTESThe maps comprise of. Bedfordshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Glamorgan Brecon & Radnor, Huntingdon, Lincolnshire, Monmouth, Northumberland, Nottingham, Rutland, Hampshire and Suffolk. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Hall (Sidney). A New General Atlas with the Divisions and Boundaries Carefully Coloured..., Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1830, printed title and index, both spotted and frayed along the margins, title with crude repair to foredge, 53 (complete as list) engraved double-page maps with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting, several maps and the rear endpapers with juvenile pencil scribbling to the verso, some spotting and staining throughout, the map of the East Indies heavily spotted, the map of Canada and New Brunswick torn and frayed, the maps of Europe and the Mercator projection of the world split and torn along the central fold, some dust and marginal finger soiling, occasional marginal closed tears, contemporary half morocco gilt, heavily worn and frayed, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Panckoucke (C.L.F.) L'Ile de Staffa et sa Grotte Basaltique, Paris: C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1831, half title, 12 engraved plates, of which 11 uncoloured aquatints, double-page engraved map with route outlined in red and yellow, some light spotting, contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards, light edge wear, folio (44 x 30 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThis work is considered itself complete and was intended to be part of a larger work Voyage Pittoresque aux Iles Hébrides to cover Iona, Skye and Loch Katrine but not published.

S. D. U. K. Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, volume 1 (only), Chapman and Hall, 1844, printed title and contents list, 112 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, occasional marginal spotting and fraying, contemporary half calf gilt, worn at extremities, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Scotland. Ordnance Survey, Maps nos. 1 - 131 (complete), bound in 2 volumes, Ordnance Survey Office, circa 1900, tipped in key plate to volume 1, 131 uncoloured photo-lithograph maps on a scale of 1 inch to a mile, occasional marginalia and later crude outline colouring, some dust and finger soiling throughout, key plate to the front pastedown of each volume, some maps trimmed at the base, a few with an Ordnance Survey office blind stamp to the lower right corner, a few maps split along central fold, a few maps with marginal fraying and tears, seven index maps bound at the rear, later endpapers, modern cloth with gilt cloth labels to the upper sidings, a little bumped, large folio, together with Ordnance Survey (publishers). Ordnance Survey Atlas of Scotland, Quarter Inch to the Mile, Southampton, 1924, title, index and table of explanation, 18 colour printed double-page maps, each laid on linen, index bound at rear, later endpapers, modern red quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards with a gilt vellum title label to the upper cover, oblong folio, (355 x 400 mm)Qty: (3)

Turner (J.M.W.) The Harbours of England. Engraved by Thomas Lupton... with illustrative text by J. Ruskin, London: E. Gambart, 1856, 12 mezzotint plates, Dover plate splitting along upper plate mark, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed with a stains, folio, together with Stanfield (Clarkson). Stanfields' Coast Scenery. A series of views in the British Channel, from original drawings taken expressly for the work, London: Smith, Elder, 1836, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title, 38 engraved plates, a little minor spotting, all edges gilt, original black morocco gilt, lower joint splitting, a little rubbed, folioQty: (2)

Walker (J. & C., publishers). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas containing separate Maps of every County in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire, J. and C. Walker, circa 1870, printed title, 42 lithographic double-page maps with bright contemporary outline colouring, occasional offsetting and marginal fraying, very slight spotting and dust soiling, hinges broken and split, contemporary half morocco gilt, heavily worn and frayed, folioQty: (1)

Hogarth (William). Hogarth Restored. The Whole Works of the celebrated William Hogarth..., now re-engraved by Thomas Cook..., ..., John Stockdale, John Walker & G. Robinson, 1812, printed title (detached) and portrait frontispiece, 92 (only of 95) uncoloured engraved plates. a few plates with closed tears affecting the printed image, some dust a finger soiling throughout, near-contemporary half morocco gilt, upper board detached, lacking spine, printed title label to the upper siding, heavily worn and frayed, large folio, together with Stockdale (John, publisher). Anecdotes of the Celebrated William Hogarth with an Explanatory description of his Works, 1813, additional half-title, uncut, later endpapers, modern cloth, 8voQty: (2)NOTESSold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Huret (Gregoire). An album containing 17 large religious engravings, circa 1665, uncoloured engravings with a description in Latin below each image, some water staining and spotting, a few prints with repaired marginal closed tears, each print approximately 510 x 355 mm, bound in 19th century half morocco gilt, upper board detached, heavily worn and frayed, large folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Paris. [Provost, André]. Panorama des Champs Elysées, Paris: Aubert, no date, circa 1842, folding leporello-style lithographed panorama on 8 double-page sheets, approximately 14.5 x 575 cm fully extended, some spotting, original green roan-backed moiré cloth boards, upper cover titled in gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, a little frayed along joints, oblong narrow folioQty: (1)NOTESThe panorama features numerous figures, buildings, carriages and trees, running from Arc de Triomphe over Rond-point des Champs-Elysées through Place de la Concorde, Jardin des Tuileries and ending at Chateau des Tuileries.

Paris. [Provost, André]. Panorama intérieur de Paris, Paris: Aubert, no date, circa 1842, folding leporello-style lithographed panorama on 8 double-page sheets, approximately 14.5 x 575 cm fully extended, some spotting, second sheet detached from paper guard at left margin, original green roan-backed moiré cloth boards, upper cover titled in gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, oblong narrow folioQty: (1)NOTESThe panorama runs along Boulevard de la Madeleine, Boulevard des Capucines, Boulevard des Italiens, Boulevard Montmartre, Boulevard Poissoniere, Boulevard St. Denis, Boulevard St. Martin, Boulevard du Temple, Boulevard des filles du Calvaire and Boulevard Beaumarchais.

Bruyn (Cornelius de). Reizen van Cornelius de Bruyn, door de vermaardste Deelen van Klein Asia, de Eylanden Scio, Rhodus, Cyprus... Mitsgaders de voornaamste Steden van Aegypten, Syrien en Palestina, 1st edition, Delft: Hendrick van Kroonevelt, 1698, 88 engraved plates (out of 100), one folding panoramic plate detached, some spotting, offsetting, and marginal damp-staining to plates, contemporary calf, hinges cracked, and spine defective front board detaching, corners bumped, folioQty: (1)

* Rogers (Charles). [A Collection of Prints in Imitation of Drawings. To which are annexed lives of their authors, volume 1 (only of 2) printed by J. Nichols, and sold by John Boydell, Benjamin White, and Peter Molini, 1778], an album of classical engravings, lacking title and preliminaries and containing 41 plates in various tints by W. W. Ryland. S. Watts and J. Basire, including 1 chiaroscuro woodblock by Nicolas le Sueur, one plate detached, slight spotting, marbled endpapers, near-contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked but retaining the original spine, the upper board is a 20th-century replacement, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. The plates employ a wide variety of printing techniques and show some of the old master drawings from Rogers's own collection.

Crombie (Charles). Laws of Cricket, London: Keegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., [1907], 12 chromolithograph plates, Perrier advertisement leaf at end, some toning to title, staples rusted, original cloth-backed pictorial boards, a little dust-soiled, oblong folioQty: (1)

Fine Binding. Presented to the Reverend Benjamin Gibbons, M.A. by The Parishoners of Lower Mitton (Stourport), 1894, 14 photographs and hand-coloured addresses and borders, occasional spotting, offsetting, fine contemporary black morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, all edges gilt, raised bands, oblong folioQty: (1)

Folio Society. Tales From Shakespeare, Charles & Mary Lamb, 2003, Citizens, a chronicle of the French Revolution, 2 volumes, by Simon Scharma, 2004, Eugene Onegin, by Alexander Pushkin, 2012, The Trial of the Templars, by Malcom Barber, 2003, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, 2 volumes, by William L. Shirer, 1995, together with 65 further Folio Society publications, all history reference, all original cloth, 61 volumes in slipcases, plus 21 volumes of Folio Society Diaries circa 2000-20, G/VG, 8voQty: (93)

Folio Society. Parade's End, 2 volumes, by Ford Maddox Ford, 2014, The Alexander Trilogy, 3 volumes, by Mary Renault, 2013, The Collected Stories, 4 volumes, by Anton Chekhov, 2010, The Adventures of the Treasure Seekers, 3 volumes, by E. Nesbit, 1993, The Collected Stories, 3 volumes, by Leo Tolstoy, 2007, together with 24 further volumes of Folio Society, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8voQty: (42)

Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings; The Two Towers; The Return of the King, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 5th impression, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1970, folding map to each, original cloth, dust jackets, clear tape residue marks to flaps, 8vo, together with The Fellowship of the Ring, 7th impression, 1957; The Two Towers, 5th impression, 1957; The Return of the King, 4th impression, 1958, folding maps, one or two minor spots, previous owner signatures to Fellowship & Return of the King, original cloth, some fading to spines, rubbed at foot, a few small indentations and small marks, 8vo, plus The Hobbit, 3rd edition, 6th impression, 1971, The Lord of the Rings, 3 volumes, Folio Society, 1977, and The Hobbit, Folio Society, 1979Qty: (11)

Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord). The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself, Strawberry Hill, 1764, folding engraved frontispiece and illustration to title, manuscript note to verso of front free endpaper ' 24th July 1776, given to the late E. of Powis', contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, light wear at foot of spine, 4to in 2s, together with: Pegge (Samuel), The Life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln..., London: John Nichols, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece offset to title, scattered spotting at front & rear, contemporary half calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 4to, Dodsley (Robert), Trifles: vis. The Toy-shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield ... The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted, 2nd edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1777, engraved illustration to title, occasional light spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including Canon Missae ad usum Episcoporum, ac praelatorum solemniter, vel private celebrantium, Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1755, text & music printed in red & black, engraved plates, all edges gilt, contemporary red velvet, joints split, worn, folioQty: (a carton)

Aububon (John James). The Original Watercolour Paintings by John James Audubon for the Birds of America, New York: American Heritage Publishing Co, 1966, over 200 colour plates, original brown publisher's binding, in original brown slipcase, rubbing to extremities, folio with 3 shelves of 8vos, large 4to and folio ornithological booksQty: (3 cartons)

Kingdon (Jonathan). African Mammal Drawings, The Wellcome Volume, Islip: Pangolin Prints, 1983, signed by the author to the half-title, numerous monochrome illustrations, top edges gilt, light spotting to the fore-edge, publishers original gilt decorated quarter morocco, cloth boards lightly marked, large folio, deluxe edition, 40/75Qty: (1)

Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Canterbury Tales, The New Ellesmere Chaucer Monochromatic Facsimile (of Huntington Library MS EL 26 C 9), limited edition, San Marino: Huntington Library, 1997, original gilt decorated blue cloth, folio, unnumbered copy of 1000, together with; Hinman (Charlton), The Norton Facsimile, The First Folio Of Shakespeare, 2nd edition, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996, previous owner period ink inscription to half-title, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, very light marks to covers, folio, and, Folio Society, approximatly 56 volumes of Folio Society, including Prince Felix Youssoupoff, Lost Splendour, 1996, Franz Kafka, The Trial, 1967, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, 2010, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8voQty: (2 cartons)

Morazzoni (Giuseppe). Le Cornici Bolognesi, 1st edition. Milan: Luigi Alfieri, 1953, 84 black & white illustrations, some marginal toning, marbled endpapers, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with; Bennett (David & Daniela Mascetti), Understanding Jewellery, reprinted, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, numerous colour illustrations, previous owner inscription to the half-title, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Pastoureau (Michel), Yellow, the history of a colour, 1st edition, Princeton: University Press, 2019, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, square 4to, and other decorative art reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio 51 volumesQty: (3 shelves)

Military. A large collection of modern military reference, including publications by Seaforth, Arms & Armour, Jane's, Airlife, Ian Allan, Crowood, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves & a carton)

Horsley (John). Britannia Romana, or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, 2nd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: Frank Graham, 1974, numerous monochrome facsimile illustrations, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, folio, together with other modern archaeology & history reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Harland (W. B. et al). The Phanerozoic Time-scale, a supplement, 1st edition, London: Geological Society of London, 1971, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed & lightly marked, 8vo, together with; Smith (Reginald A.), The Sturge Collection...of Flints, 2 volumes, London: British Museum, 1931-37, colour & black & white illustrations, publishers original red cloth, spines lightly faded & rubbed, 8vo plus other modern archaeology & history reference, including publications by Oxford, Batsford, Cambridge, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Herzen (Alexander). My Past and Thoughts, the memoirs of Alexander Herzen, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1968, publishers original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, spines lightly faded, 8vo, together with; Snyder (Christopher A.), Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland, an encyclopedia, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 2008, black & white illustrations, publishers original boards, 8vo, plus Lindley (Keith & David Scott), The Journal of Thomas Juxon, 1644-1647 [Camden Fifth Series volume 13], 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1999, period inscription to the front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and other modern history reference & bibliography, including Monumenta Britannica, by John Aubrey, 2 volumes, Sherborne: Dorset Publishing Company, 1980, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Cameron (Kenneth Neill). Shelly and his Circle 1773-1822 [The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library], 1st edition, 4 volumes, London: Oxford University Press, black & white illustrations, publishers original uniform red cloth, 8vo, together with; Mulvey-Roberts (Marie), The Collected Letters of Rosina Bulwer Lytton, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Pickering & Chatto, 2008, period inscription to the front endpaper, publishers original red cloth, 8vo, plus Jeyes (S. H.), The Life and Times of the Right Honourable the Marquis of Salisbury, K. G., 4 volumes, London: J. S. Virtue, circa 1900, black & white illustrations, some minor toning & spotting, publishers original gilt decorated plum cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, and other modern history reference & biography, including publications by Cambridge, Yale, Penguin, Oxford, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some French language, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Illustrated Literature. A large collection of late 19th & early 20th-century illustrated literature, picture cloth & poetry, including Orlando (The Marmalade Cat), A Seaside Holiday, by Kathleen Kale, 1st edition, London: Coutry Life Limited, 1952, folio, & works by G. A. Henty, Rudyard Kipling, W. Heath Robinson, H Rider Haggard, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Miller (Philip and Martyn, Thomas). The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary; containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden, and nursery; of performing the practical parts of agriculture; of managing vineyards, and of propogating all sorts of timber trees, 2 volumes in 4, London: F.C. and J. Rivington, et al., 1807, 18 engraved plates only (of 20), some scattered spotting, manuscript library number to verso of final leaves, ink stamps to front endpapers, early 20th century half calf, morocco title labels, 'Library Office of Woods' in gilt at foot of spines, small paper label to rear boards, extremities rubbed, folioQty: (4)

Coke (Thomas). A History of the West Indies,..., 3 volumes, reprint edition, Florida: Mnemosyne Publishing Co., 1969, some toning, publishers original grey cloth, 8vo, together with; Lisiansky (Urey), Voyage Round the World in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, and 1806 [Bibliotheca Australiana #42], New York: Da Capo Press, 1968, colour maps, later inscription to the front endpaper, publishers original white cloth with blue labels, 4to, plus Renfrew (Colin [editor]), The Sapient Mind: Archaeology meets neuroscience, 1st edition, Oxford: University Press, 2009, period inscription to the front endpaper, publishers original boards, 8vo, and other modern travel & archaeology reference, including publications by Oxford, Greenhill Books, Stanford, Routledge, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, many paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Asher (Frederick M). The Art Museum, London: Phaidon, 2011, original publisher's boards, original wrapping as new, folio, together other modern art reference, including I Want to Change The World, by Karim Rashid, deluxe limited edition, New York: Universe Publishing, 2002, in pink plastic case, large 4to, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 4to/folioQty: (3 shelves)

Military & Aviation. A large collection of modern military & aviation reference, including publications by Pen & Sword, Spellmount, Schiffer Military History, PSL, Red Kite, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves & a carton)

Fry (C. Hilary), Keith (Stuart) and Urban, (Emil K). The Birds of Africa, London: Academic Press, 1982-97, original publisher's binding, original dust jacket, slight rubbing to extremities, folios, together with: Bannerman (David). Birds of Tropical West Africa, 1st edition, 8 volumes, London: Crown Agents for the Colonies, 1930, numerous coloured plates, spotting, original publisher's cloth, extremities and boards rubbed, 4tos, with Jackson (Frederick J). Game Birds of Kenya and Uganda, 1st edition, London: Williams & Norgate, 1926, front hinge cracked, spotting to prelims, original cloth, extremities bumped and rubbed, 8vo, with 20 other volumes relating to ornithology, including Handbook of the Birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa, volumes 1-6, & 9, edited by Stanley Cramp et al, 1st editions, Oxford: University Press, 1977-94, large 8vo, all original cloth, mostly original in dust jackets, 8vo/folio 42 volumesQty: (3 shelves )

Lynch (Frances & Colin Burgess). Prehistoric Man in Wales and the West, essays in honour of Lily F. Chitty, 1st edition, Bath: Adams & Dart, 1971, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with; Rowe (Alan), Cyrenaican Expeditions of the University of Manchester, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1st edition, Manchester: University Press, 1959, colour & monochrome illustrations & folding plate, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly marked, large 4to, plus Ovey (Cameron D.), The Swanscombe Skull, a survey of research on a Pleistocene site, 1st edition, London: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1964, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other modern archaeology & history reference, including publications by the universities of Oxford, Liverpool, Wales, Leicester, Yale, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, Longmans, Green and Co. 1923, additional half-title, 30 (complete) colour plates mounted on grey card, each with a titled tissue guard, limited edition 40/155, with a contemporary publisher's bifolium advertisement and 'free' colour plate for this publication loosely inserted, later marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, later red half morocco gilt, a few marks to the covers, folioQty: (1)NOTESNissen IVB 939.

Cox (David). A Treatise on Landscape Painting and Effect in Water Colours; from the first rudiments to the finished picture: with examples in outline, effect, and colouring, London: S. & J. Fuller, 1841, 56 etched plates (comprising 24 soft-ground etchings, 16 uncoloured aquatints and 16 hand-coloured aquatints), mounted advertisement slip with repaired closed tear, slight creases to title and initial few leaves, occasional light toning, scattered spotting and minor dust-soiling, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers with latter cloth hinges, contemporary dark green morocco, gilt rollwork decorative border to boards and centre of upper board with 'David Cox' in gilt, neatly rebacked, gilt decorated spine, board corners repaired, board edges rubbed, oblong folio (32.5 x 48.5cm) in slipcaseQty: (1)NOTESAbbey, Life 115.

Falda (Giovanni Battista). Li Giardini di Roma, Rome: Giovanni Giacomo de Rossi, c. 1683, but probably late 18th or early 19th-century reprint, 28 engraved plates, comprising engraved title (no. 1) and 19 plates numbered 2-20, lacks engraved dedication leaf, plus 8 un-numbered plates with G.G. de Rossi imprints, depicting Italian houses and gardens, armorial bookplate of James Colquhoun to front pastedown (new endpapers), 19th-century Italian half vellum gilt over marbled boards, slightly rubbed, oblong folio (35.5 x 46.5 cm)NOTESProvenance: James Colquhoun is a nineteenth-century descendant of the family of Luss. His bookplate here contains the two mottos: 'si je puis' and 'omnia firmat'. See Berlin Cat. 3492.

Perdizet (Paul). Les Terres Cuites Grecques d'Egypte de la Collection Fouquet, 2 volumes (text/plates), Nancy, Berger-Levrault, 1921, 123 (of 126) sepia-toned plates, lacking plates 1, 2 and 5, untrimmed, original printed tan wrappers (plates volume in quarter cloth portfolio with ties), with remains of glassine overwrapper, some wear to corners and edges of text volume, plates volume with some marks and soiling, partly split along upper joint, folio, limited edition 24/300Qty: (2)

Ravilious (Eric). The Wood Engravings of Eric Ravilious, London: Lion and Unicorn Press, 1972, 421 monochrome illustrations, minimal marginal spotting to lower outer corners of some leaves, original grey pictorial cloth, a few marks, large folio, limited edition, numbered II/9 of an unspecified limitationQty: (1)

Herodotus (of Halicarnassus). Herodoti Halicarnasei libri novem [at end:] Herodoti Halicarnasei patris historiae traductio e graeco in latinum per virum eruditissimum Laurentium Valensem, Venice, Joannem & Gregoriu[m] de Gregoriis Fratres, viii Martii [i.e. after 29 March], 1494, 140 of 142 leaves, A8, a-d8, e-x6: A1r title: Herodoti Halicarnasei libri novem, A1v blank, A2r-8r index (here bound at end of volume), A8v with editor's letter to Nicolaus Rubeus dated 29 March, 1494 (three weeks later than the colophon), A1 title loose, with ink ownership inscription Ex Libris Francisci: Mae: Malvolii Coneglansis, and his bookplate to verso, lacking a1 (first leaf of text with white on black decorative woodcut border, supplied in loose photographic facsimile), and x6 (final leaf of main text with colophon, supplied in loose photographic facsimile), a few early marginal annotations in ink, u1-6 and x1-5 repaired to lower blank margin, x4-5 restrengthened to fore-edge, occasional ink stains and soiling to margins, light waterstaining, 19th century plain limp vellum, lightly soiled, folio (32 x 22 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Francesco Maria Malvolti of Conegliano (north of Venice), an academic who was one of the first to praise the local wine of Conegliano Valdobiaddene in the Giornale d'Italia of 1772, where he mentions the quality of prosecco wine production. Hain-Copinger *8472; BMC V, 345 (IB. 21058); Bod-Inc Online H-056; Sander 3376; Essling 735; Goff H-90. The third edition of Herodotus, translated from the Greek into Latin by the eminent Italian renaissance humanist and scholar Lorenzo Valla (1407-1457), and edited by Antonio Mancinelli (1452-1505), preceded by the editions of 1474 (Venice: Jacobus Rubeus) and 1475 (Rome: Arnoldus Pannartz).

Busch (Johannes, attributed to). Speculum exemplorum omnibus christicolis, Augsburg: Rynman, 1512, 286 leaves, title-page slightly damaged and loose with crude paper repair to verso but not affecting text, tear in lower margin of second leaf, dampstaining to inner and lower margins, a few small wormholes in text throughout, occasional old marginal manuscript annotations, old ownership inscription on front pastedown, hinges broken, contemporary blindstamped and panelled pigskin over wooden boards, some worming and wear, lacks clasps and catches, folio (27 x 19cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLong attributed to Aegidius Aurifaber, it is now considered the work of Johannes Busch. This collection first appeared in 1481, and is a compilation of monks' legends after the Gesta Romanorum, and from works by Gregorius Magnus, Petrus Amianus, Hieronymus Presbyter, Beda, and others.

Wilson (Thomas). [The Art of Rhetorique, for the use of all suche as are studious of eloquence, sette forth in English...,], [London: Richard Grafton], 1553, folios 17-119 (final 3 leaves misnumbered), lacking the first 22 leaves, with 'faultes escaped in thenprintyng' to verso of leaf 119, 5 leaves of index, black letter text throughout, some light marginal soiling, vellum, with small gilt morocco title label to spine, rubbed and light soiling, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 25799. Folio 21 verso includes a text by Erasmus titled An Epistle to perswade a young gentleman to mariage (Hazlitt III, 268). First edition of the book considered to be the earliest systematic work of literary criticism in the English language, in which the author castigates the use of pedantic language based on classical models, which he calls "strange inkhorn terms", as well as the use of 'French and Italianated' idioms, which 'counterfited the kinges Englishe'. According to Hardin Craig, Shakespeare and Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique, Studies in Philology, volume 28, number 4, October 1931, pages 618-630, borrowings from Wilson's Arte of Rhetorique are found in Timon of Athens, and Much Ado About Nothing and elsewhere.

Sleidanus (Johannes). A Famouse Cronicle of oure time, called Sleidanes Commentaries, concerning the state of Relgion and common wealth, during the raigne of the Emperour Charles the fift, with the Argumentes set before every Booke, conteyninge the summe or effecte of the Booke following. Translated out of Latin into Englishe, by Jhon Daus. Here unto is added also an Apology of the Authoure, [London: John Daye for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, 25 September, 1560], black letter type, large woodcut coat of arms to title with the motto Che sara sara, several neat contemporary or early ownership inscriptions to title: 'Michael Noble me iure possidet: pretm - vii s', also 'Richard Osborn junr', and one other not legible, woodcut initials, A6 blank present, QQQ4 blank at end not present, a clean crisp copy with margins, 19th century bookplate of George Weare Braikenridge (1775-1856), of Broomwell House in Brislington, Bristol, to front pastedown, later 18th century mottled full calf, gilt spine, somewhat worn with joints cracked and with cords exposed, folio (25 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: George Weare Braikenridge (1775-1856). Braikenridge was born in Virginia, but lived for most of his life in Bristol where he created a major collection of Bristol historical and topographical material, known today as the Braikenridge Collection, and held by Bristol Central Library and Archives. STC 19848; ESTC S115934. First edition in English of De statu religionis et reipublicae, by Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556), a chronicle of the reign of the holy Roman Emperor Charles V, recording the spread of Lutheran protestantism, Henry VIII's break with Rome, and the conflict with the Turks.

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