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Cervantès Saavedra (Miguel de) The History of the most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: and his Trusty Squire Sancho Panza, translated by J[ohn] P[hillips], first illustrated edition in English, engraved frontispiece, 8 plates or full-page illustrations (each with two illustrations), lacking the 3pp. verse and errata at end, frontispiece laid down and with some marginal loss touching image, title with perforated blindstamp and ink inscription to verso, some closed tearing and occasional chipping to margins, Q4, 2S3 and 3O1 with tears running into text, 4D1 and 4H3 with small hole or rust-hole to text, soiling and light staining, bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, joints cracked at head, corners worn, rubbed, [Wing C1774A], folio, by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John Newton, at the three Pigeons over against the Inner-Temple Gate in Fleet-street, 1687.Provenance: Phillis Cull her Book (ink inscription dated 1805); W. C. (perforated blindstamp); M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Numismatics.- [Snelling (Thomas)] A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, 17 engraved plates of coins, 1762 bound with A View of the Gold Coin and Coinage of England, 7 engraved plates of coins, 1763 and A View of the Copper Coin and Coinage of England, 6 engraved plates of coins, 1766 and Noble (Mark) Two Dissertations, Upon the Mint and Coins, of the Episcopal-Palatines of Durham, B2 with repaired tear, Birmingham, 1780, together 4 works in 1 vol., engraved and woodcut illustrations, over 25 manuscript and numerous printed and engraved insertions, either loose or tipped in, including Charles Pye's prospectus for his Provincial Copper Coins [2 copies only on ESTC] loosely inserted, Rogers Ruding's prospectus An Historical Account of he Coinage of Great Britain tipped in, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary half calf, covers detached, extremities worn, folio.⁂ A fascinating copy with numerous additions made by Rowland Rouse (see also lot XXX). These include draft letters, notes of sale results, tables of coins in circulation and other interesting additions. Provenance: Rowland Rouse (bookplate); M. H. Bloxam (ink inscription).

Livius (Titus) Historiae Romanae principis decades tres cum Dimidia, title with woodcut printer's device (with partial hand-colouring), woodcut decorative initials, final f. trimmed to text and laid down, title lightly foxed, some staining and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed, [Adams L1337], Paris, Oudin Petit, 1521; and 4 others, 16th & 17th century Latin classics, folio (5)

Lorrain (Claude).- Liber veritatis or a collection of prints after the original designs of Claude le Lorrain, 3 vol., 2 mezzotint portraits and one stipple-engraved portrait, 300 etched and mezzotint plates by Richard Earlom, printed in bistre, some foxing, largely restricted to title and plate margins, ink gift inscription to vol.1 & 2, 20th century library morocco-backed cloth, [cf. Abbey, Life 200 (first edition)], folio, Messrs. Boydell and Co [vol.1 & 2], Hurst, Robinson and Co. [vol. 3], 1819.⁂ "A landmark in the history of the reproduction of master drawings" - Abbey.Provenance: Ann Everard, the gift of her uncle D. Everard (inscription).

Platina (Bartholomaeus Sacchi) In hoc volumine hec continentur. Platyne De vitis maxi. ponti. historia periocunda, diligenter recognita et nunc tantum integre impressa, collation: a-x8 A-F8 G10, title with woodcut vignette at head depicting the author presenting his work to an enthroned Pope surrounded by his Cardinals, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia and notes and inscriptions to rear endpapers, water-stained, mostly marginal (darker in tone at end), washed, small wormholes within text, mostly at end, 19th century blind-stamped calf, spine in compartments and with leather label, upper joint splitting, but holding firm, head of spine worn, folio (302 x 200mm.), [Venice], [Filippo Pinzi], [7 November, 1511].⁂ Literature: Adams P1414; EDIT16 CNCE 34928.

NO RESERVE Margraviate of Baden ancestral line.- Album of 30 portraits from Herman I of Baden (c. 1040-1074) to Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679-1738), lithographs, neatly trimmed and mounted on album leaves, each approx. 300 x 190 mm (11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in), scattered spotting, surface dirt and glue stains, some browning, marbled boards, crude repair to spine, worn, folio, 19th century; together with a scrap album containing over 290 engravings, lithographs and other prints, a miscellaneous Victorian-era collection, various sizes, contemporary boards, re-backed, worn, folio, 19th century (2)

Armour.- Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour..., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional engraved vignette titles, 76 aquatint plates only (of 80, lacking plates 12, 13, 14 & 42), 70 finely hand-coloured, many heightened with gold, tissue guards, fine hand-coloured initials to chapters heightened with gold or silver (silver tarnished), titles foxed, some other light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, plate 35 becoming loose, B1 to vol.2 with small tears to outer margin, contemporary half calf, rubbed, some wear to boards, folio, 1824 § (Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) and Joseph Skelton. Engraved Illustrations of Antient Arms and Armour, from the Collection at Goodrich Court, Herefordshire, 2 vol., engraved frontispieces, additional vignette titles, portrait and 150 plates, tissue guards, some foxing, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half russia, worn, spines defective, most covers detached, 1830, folio (5)

Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, second edition, 'To the Reader' leaf, title, 7 preliminary leaves, A1 and A3 (pp.1/2 and 5/6 of The Tempest) and final leaf ddd4 (last leaf of Cymbeline) supplied in facsimile from the first folio edition, 2ff. (n3 and n4) from Henry VI part 1 and 2 supplied from a smaller copy, p4 with lower margin trimmed, a few other neatly repaired tears, a couple of small holes, a few leaves in Anthony and Cleopatra with minor worming but no loss of text, some light foxing and age-toning but generally crisp and clean, letters from bookseller A.R. Smith and inscriptions from M.H. Bloxham at beginning, later full dark brown morocco, gilt, g.e., corners and joints slightly rubbed, [STC 22274; Pforzheimer 906], folio, [by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632].⁂ Despite the dozen missing leaves, a handsome and large copy of the second folio, measuring 334 x 216mm.

Plautus (Titus Maccius) Comoediae XX, collation: aa10 A-Z8 a-c8 d10 AA10 BB-LL8, aa10v, full-page woodcut of a theatrical performance, numerous woodcut illustrations in text within borders of varying designs, woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device beneath colophon, lacking title and final blank, 4ff. 18th century ms. at start supplying preliminaries to the incorrect edition (that of Venice, 1499), written by a William Browne, 1707, alumnus of Cambridge University, a few marginal repairs, some staining and spotting, some water-staining, mostly marginal and mostly at end, modern calf-backed cloth, gilt spine in compartments and preserving an earlier red morocco label 'Plautus 1499', folio (305 x 195mm.), Venice, Lazzaro Soardi, 14 August, 1511.⁂ Literature: Adams P1481; Mortimer, Italian, 387; Sander 5748; EDIT 16 CNCE 31936.

Judaica.- Josephus (Flavius) Opera quaedam rvffino presbytero interprete, edited by Rufinus Aquileiensis, contributions by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: A-E6, a-z, A-Z, Aa-Bb6, Cc8 Dd-Zz, Aaa-Ddd6, Eee-Fff8, title and verso of final f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, marginal water-staining, mostly at foot, wormholes within text, more pronounced at ends, occasional spotting and staining, 17th century panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, preserving original red morocco label, corners repaired, rubbed, folio (320 x 204mm.), Basel, Johann Froben, September, 1524.⁂ Rare edition at auction. Literature: Adams 356; VD 16 J 956.

Baker (Sir Richard) A Chronicle of the Kings of England, sixth edition, engraved frontispiece portrait of Charles II (laid down), engraved additional title, the odd rust-hole, light foxing and browning, library morocco-backed cloth, [Wing B507], for George Sawbridge and Thomas Williams, 1674 § [Frankland (Thomas)] The Annals of King James and King Charles the First, lacking initial errata f., laid engraved portrait of Jamies I laid down facing title, title trimmed and laid down, a1 corner repaired, 3G4 torn and repaired, the odd rust-hole, light foxing and browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing F2078], by Tho. Braddyll, for Robert Clavel, at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1681; and 13 others chronicles and histories, folio & 4to (15)

Bible, English. The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages, 3 parts in 1 vol general and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, both laid down, lacking initial blank f., ¶3&4 with lower corners restored with some loss to text, D4&8 with woodcut illustrations cut out, small slash to 2S7 with loss to a few letters of text, burn or rust holes to 2X3 and 3B8 with loss to a few letters of text, portion torn away from 2*4 with loss to some text, 3H7 slashed without loss, some chipping and fraying to first few ff. of New Testament, with loss to some text, closely shaved, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, occasional dampstaining or soiling, bookplates, contemporary panellend calf, rebacked and recornered, [Herbert 303; STC 2210], Robert Barker, 1610 [-1611]; and a defective ?1611 Bible and a 1637 Book of Common Prayer lacking 3ff., 4to & folio (3)Provenance: John Dunkin; Henry Dunkin (bookplates).

Trees.- Barnard (George) Barnard's Trees, first edition, presentation copy from the author, additional lithograph pictorial title, printed title with wood-engraved vignette, 30 fine lithograph plates printed by M. & N. Hanhart, no. 16 with tear just running into image, letterpress text description for nos. 16 and 17 torn with some loss, not affecting text, foxing, contemporary black half morocco, gilt, with gilt-lettered morocco label to upper cover, spine with professional tape repair, corners scuffed, folio, Winsor & Newton, 1868.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction. he trees are depicted in British and continental European settings (eg Zermatt, with the Matterhorn in the background, Fontainebleau, Interlachen, the Genoese coast etc.).

Hooke (Robert) Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries there-upon, first edition, second issue, with initial imprimatur f., engraved arms to title, woodcut initials and headpieces, 37 engraved plates only (of 38, lacking plate 10), most double-page or folding, the first with chip just within platemark, plate 34 neatly laid down with chip to head, 1 or 2 short tears to margins, occasional light marginal soiling or very light staining, bookplate of M. H. Bloxam, contemporary calf, joints cracked, spine ends chipped, corners a little worn, rubbed, [Wing H2621A; Keynes 7; PMM 147], folio, for James Allestry, 1667.⁂ Hooke's most famous work, the first full record of microscopic observations made with Hooke's compound microscope, some of the plates likely engraved by Sir Christopher Wren.

Brathwait (Richard) The English Gentleman and English Gentlewoman, third edition, additional engraved title, 2 folding tables both slightly torn, tear to foot of text block on Hh4 and Ll3 also with tear but no loss of text, some water-staining to last few leaves, some marginal soiling, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original spine, corners worn and small piece missing from lower edge of front cover, [Wing B4262; Pforzheimer 79], folio, by John Dawson, 1641.⁂ A very good copy, rarely found complete with both folding tables.

Aldus.- Politianus (Angelus) Opera, edited by Alexander Sartius, collation: a-p8 q r10 s t8 A-I8 K4 L-P8 Q R10 S8 T10 V6 X Y10 Z8 & aa10 iterū aa-iterū bb bb-hh8 ii6 κκ10, 452 ff., 38 lines and headline, Roman and some Greek type, a little Hebrew type, initial spaces with guide-letters, K4 blank, some soiling to first and last ff. and gg1&2, occasional spotting or light staining, but generally crisp, 18th century speckled calf with gilt arms of Voisin de Saint Paul to covers, head of spine little worn, corners worn, rubbed, folio (294 x 198mm.), Venice, Aldus Manutius, July, 1498.⁂ The first collected edition of the works of one of the foremost classical scholars and poets of the Florentine Renaissance. Includes the first use of Hebrew type in Venice. Provenance: - Louis Charles Voisin de Saint Paul (arms to binding); J.H. Burn, March, 1931 (book label). Literature: BMC V, 559; Goff P886; GW M34727; H 13218; BSB-Ink P-663; Bod-inc P-422; ISTC ip00886000; Ahmanson-Murphy 26; Renouard, Alde, 17:4.

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar (trimmed and mounted on blank leaf), title printed in red & black, frontispiece and title ruled in red, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 10 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, 6 folding, a few trimmed and mounted, numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, extra-illustrated with many additional plates and ephemera relating to Rugby and Warwickshire, many of churches or ecclesiastical monuments, a few original pencil or watercolour sketches, mainly 19th century, most bound in but a few loosely inserted, some light browning and soiling, title and one or two other leaves trimmed or reinforced at edge, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked with gilt spine and red roan label, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus) Opera, collation: [*12 a-l10 m8 n-q10 r12 s-v10 x8], 215 ff. (of 220, lacking initial and final blank and ff. *12, 167, 213), 38 lines, Roman and some Greek type, 9 gilt opening initials with interlaced white vines on pink, blue and green and gilt and pen bezants, the first of which ornately decorated in margins and with arms at foot, other initials and paragraph-marks in red or blue, early ink marginalia in several hands (some trimmed), lower margins towards end with small wormhole (diminishing in size, with a few repaired), some staining and spotting, handsome 19th century richly gilt and blind-stamped russia, spine faded, rubbed at extremities, g.e., folio (299 x 211mm.), Rome, Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, 1468.⁂ The second book to be printed in Rome, and the first Roman edition of Lactantius. It includes Lactantius's poem on the phoenix, together with extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses and Dante's Commedia on the same subject (Dante's earliest appearance in print). Provenance: Bernardinus Martinengus, 'at present living in Cyprus' (inscription recording gift to:) Stephanus de Perarie, a Dominican professor of theology; another hand notes that the gift was made at Nicosia on 3 'Madii' [?March? or May?], 1482, 'after lunch'; Salomon Crubelerius, minister in holy orders, recording the gift to him of the book by 'the noble Lord of Malmont, doctor of laws' (inscription dated 27 March, 1612); J. H. Burn, March, 1931 (book label). Literature: BMC IV, 4; Goff L-2; GW M16542; HC 9807*; Bod-inc L-003; BSB-Ink L-3; ISTC il00002000.

Leicestershire.- Burton (William) The Description of Leicestershire..., second edition, folding engraved map, list of subscribers, 2 engraved plates of coats-of-arms, one with partial hand-colouring, extra-illustrated with an original watercolour drawing and several engravings and related letterpress items, most tipped to stubs, some spotting, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked, Lynn, W.Whittingham, 1777; and 10 others, Midlands, including a folio volume of plates to Nichols' Leicestershire, v.s. (11)

L'Estrange (Hamon) The Alliance of Divine Offices exhibiting all the Liturgies of the Church of England, first edition, foxing and occasional browning, occasional but extensive ink notes to endpapers and margins in a contemporary hand, ink ownership inscription of William Paynter to title, later calf, spine chipped at head, rubbed and worn, [Wing L1183], for Henry Broom, 1659 § Heylyn (Peter) Aerius Redivivus: or, The History of the Presbyterians, title in red and black, with final advertisement f., a few corners restored, occasional light foxing, later calf, joints splitting, rubbed, extremities worn, [Wing H1681A], Oxford, for John Crosley, 1670; and 5 others, similar, folio (7)⁂ William Paynter (1637-1716) clergyman and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.

Whitgift (John, Archbishop of Canterbury) The Defense of the Aunswere to the Admonition against the Replie of T[homas]. C[artwright], mostly black letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, 2D2 a cancel, light worming at beginning and end, S5 with internal tear and printing flaw affecting 2 or 3 words of text, ink ownership inscriptions to head of title, small rust-hole to 3G2 affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, last f. creased, occasional light marginal foxing, but a very good, clean copy generally, bound with a small part of a medieval manuscript "Corpus Juris Canonici" [c.1300] with interlinear and marginal glosses and two 17th century notes in another hand, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf over wooden boards, upper cover detached, worming to covers, chipping to extremities, [STC 25430], folio, by Henry Binneman, for Humfrey Toye, 1574.⁂ This issue with the A1r catchword "fence" and the errata on b8r. "The nub of the controversy [between Whitgift and Cartwright] was the question of scripture, whether in all circumstances and conditions it was binding... ." - ODNB. Provenance: Jacob Hemerford (inscription); M. H. Bloxam (inscription and bookplate).

Antiquities.- Winckelmann (Johann Joachim) Monumenti Antichi Inediti, 3 vol. in 1 including supplement, ?lacking half-title, with engraved title vignettes, frontispieces, 209 plates on 137 sheets (in vol.1 and 2) and 17 plates in the supplement, a few double-page and mounted on stubs, engraved illustrations in text, an excellent clean copy in contemporary half vellum, spine with red morocco label, a little rubbed and soiled, old marbled boards covered with cloth (worn and slightly defective on upper cover), folio, Rome, 1821.

Hertfordshire.- Clutterbuck (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 3 vol., first edition, engraved frontispiece, folding map (bound in vol.3) and 52 maps, plates and plans, 2 hand-coloured, list of subscribers, frontispiece soiled, occasional spotting, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half calf, red roan labels, a little rubbed, boards scuffed, 1815-27 § Surtees (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 vol., first edition, 81 engraved plates, some foxing, mostly marginal, vol.3 with staining to some plates, some heavily, contemporary half calf, uncut, rubbed, 1816-40, folio (7)

Photography.- Middle East.- Bedford (Francis) Photographic Pictures Made By Mr. Francis Bedford During the Tour in the East in which, by command, he accompanied His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 11 albumen prints only, laid down and mounted, light surface soiling, loose as issued, in original half morocco portfolio, lettered in gilt, extremities worn, folio, [c.1862].Saleroom notice: The photographs are not by Bedford, most (possibly all) are by P. Sebah and have been signed in the negative. They have been loosely inserted in the covers of Bedford’s portfolio.

Foulis Press.- Homer. Iliados [&] Odysseais [graece], edited by Jacob Moor and George Muirhead, 4 vol. in 2, Greek text with Latin dedication, preface and index, half-titles to vol.1 & 3 only, lacking general title and blank ff. as usual, light foxing, first 3ff. of vol. 3 with dampstaining to margins, attractive contemporary red straight-grain morocco with elaborate gilt borders in Greek key pattern, circular armorial gilt stamp of "The Trustees of the Rugby Charity" to covers, vol. 2 upper joint starting, some chipping to spines, extremities rubbed, [Gaskell 319], folio, Glasgow, Robert & Andrew Foulis, 1756-58.⁂ The magnum opus of the press, for which it was awarded the Silver Medal of the Select Society of Edinburgh in both 1756 and 1757. The Foulis brothers had the Greek font cut by Alexander Wilson, and its setting in the Homer shows it to splendid effect.

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romanes, translated by Thomas North from the French of Jean Amiot, title with large printer's device, woodcut medallion portraits of the subjects within cartouches of different designs, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, with initial blank f.,4O5 with portion torn away from margin affecting printed side-note and with loss to a few words of text, a few marginal paper flaws occasionally causing slight loss to printed side-notes, occasional minor marginal dampstaining, occasional light browning, ink inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary calf, covers with central arabesque lozenge in gilt, rebacked, wear to corners, [STC 20067; cf. Pforzheimer 801], folio, Richard Field for Bonham Norton, 1595.⁂ Second North edition of Plutarch's Parallel Lives, which "forms the major source for the plots of Shakespeare's classical plays as well as suggestions for numerous passages in the non-Roman ones. . .some hints of A Midsummer Night's Dream are clearly derived from the Life of Theseus" - Pforzheimer.Provenance: Liber Francis Philips... Oxon Alumni. Ex Dono Charissima Matris Elizbeth Philips. 1673 (ink inscription).

[Chandler (Richard)] Marmora Oxoniensia, 3 parts in 1 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and 75 plates or full-page illustrations only (of 76, lacking no. 48) by J. Mille, engraved vignettes, title and frontispiece creased, some scattered light foxing but a very clean, well-margined copy generally, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, some wear to extremities, [Blackmer 316], folio, Oxford, Clarendon, 1763.⁂ "A sumptuous folio edition that described the lapidiary inscriptions as well as the statues and other antiquities, and superseded previous editions by Humphrey Prideaux and Michael Maittaire." - ODNB.

Shakespeare (William) Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, Seven Plays, never before Printed in Folio, edited by John Heminge and Henry Condell, fourth folio edition, double column, title with woodcut fleur-de-lis device, title and text within double- and single-rule borders, lacking engraved portrait, A1 (dedication), second A3&4 (Tempest pp.5-8), 2T3&4 (Henry VIII pp. 209-212), 3A3&4 (Timon of Athens pp. 5-8) and 4B6-4C2 (The Tragedy of Locrine pp. 298 to end), comprising 11ff. total, title trimmed to margin and laid down, first A2-4 and 4B3-5 spotted, creased, torn with loss and heavily silked, small hole or rust hole to A2, E1, Q5, R6, 2C4, 2E6, 2H5, 2Y6, 3E1, 3G5 sometimes with loss to 2 or 3 letters of text, slash to F3 affecting a few letters of text, 2C6 chip to upper margin, 2U2 and 2X1 with partially repaired tear running into text, *3B1and 3G1 with long tear running into text, 3S4 with paper flaw to lower margin, scattered foxing and occasional light browning, a few minor text or typographic corrections in an early hand, ink ownership inscriptions to title, bookplates, later half calf, rebacked and recornered, rubbed, some wear to extremities, [Greg, III, p.1119-21; Wing S2915; cf. Pforzheimer, 910], folio, for H. Herringman, E. Brewster, and R. Bentley, at the Anchor in the New Exchange, the Crane in St. Pauls Church-Yard, and in Russel-Street Covent-Garden, 1685.⁂ A largely complete example of the fourth folio measuring 347 x 210mm.Provenance: Tho. Babington 1693; Mich. Babington; Wm. Brinkley; J. Brees ex Dono Gal Croftes anno 1745 (ink inscriptions).

Dugdale (Sir William) The Baronage of England, 3 vol. in 1, first edition, titles to vol.1 & 2 in red and black, 5 folding genealogical tables, vol.2 with errata in one paragraph on verso of title, 3R2r in vol.3 with "Earl of" at end of first line second column, title lightly foxed with short tear repaired on verso, a little browned, small rust hole to 3G1 in vol.3 with loss of a couple of letters, a few marginal tears and defects (some repaired), later russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked with gilt spine, new endpapers, [Wing D2480], by Tho. Newcomb, for Abel Roper [&c.], 1675-76 § Dallaway (James) Inquiries into the Origin and Progress of the Science of Heraldry in England, first edition, engraved title, coat-of-arms on dedication, head - & tail-pieces and 27 plates, 8 hand-coloured, folding genealogical table, title foxed, light soiling, bookplate of John Fremlyn Streatfeild, contemporary tree calf, worn, covers detached with some leaves loose, Gloucester, 1793, folio & 4to (2)

Bartholomaeus Anglicus. De proprietatibus rerum, collation: [2-4]6 a b8 c d6 e8 f g6 h8 i k6 l8 m n6 o8 p-z A-R6, table triple column, text double column, 257 ff. (of 258, lacking final blank), 52 lines and headline, Gothic type, opening initial supplied in black ink, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia, including fingerposts, title with inscription inked out and covered with a strip of paper and with later ink inscription regarding edition at foot, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, 19th century half vellum, soiled and rubbed, folio (269 x 193mm.), Strasbourg, [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (Georg Husner)], 11 August, 1491. ⁂ A rare edition at auction of this medieval encyclopedia, which includes natural history, astrology, food and drink, gemstones and minerals. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam (bookplate). Literature: BMC I 142; Goff B-140; GW 3412; HC ∗2509; Bod-inc B-065; BSB-Ink B-98; ISTC ib00140000.

NO RESERVE Ellis (F.S.) The History of Reynard the Fox, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, frontispiece, title and decorations by Walter Crane, old library stamp to verso of frontispiece, original cloth, uncut, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving original spine, 1894; and 5 others including 2 Nonesuch Press volumes, 4to & small folio (6)

Holbein (Hans) Imitations of Original Drawings... in the Collection of His Majesty, for the Portraits of Illustratious Persons of the Court of Henry VIII. With Biographical Tracts, 1792 [-1800] bound with [Court of Francis II], [n.d.], together 2 works in 1 vol., 92 colour-printed stipple engraved plates on 93 leaves, 45 on pink paper, Thomas More detached, occasional creasing, finger-soiling, 19th century red half morocco, rubbed, g.e., [Abbey Life 205-206; Lowndes I 405], folio.⁂ The originals, in chalk heightened with pen and metal-point, were made by Holbein during his two sojourns to England. They constitute preliminary studies for several of his most famous oil paintings. The drawings were originally in a volume now preserved in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle, called the Great Booke.

[Savile (Sir Henry)] Rerum Anglicarum scriptores post Bedam praecipuiex vetustissimis codiciibus manuscriptis nunc primum in lucem edit, first edition, general title with woodcut printer's device, 4 divisional titles within attractive woodcut architectural borders, large woodcut historiated and decorative initials and head- and tail-pieces, general title with portion cut away from foot, not affecting imprint, occasional browning, a few ff. closely shaved at head, 2 loose manuscript insertions by Matthew Bloxam, ink inscriptions to endpapers, later reverse calf, upper joint cracked, spine ends chipped, rubbing, [STC 21783], folio, G. Bishop, R. Nuberie, and R. Barker, 1596.⁂ This collection of chronicles and histories includes the text of Æthelweard's Chronicle; the only manuscript of which was almost entirely destroyed in the Cotton Library fire of 1731.Provenance: M. H. Bloxam (ink inscriptions and bookplate).

NO RESERVE Polybius. Historiarum libri qui supersunt, edited by Isaac Casaubon, 2 parts in 1, first part parallel text in Greek and Latin, first title in red and black, both titles with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, water-stained, later panelled blind-stamped and gilt, rebacked, Paris, Drouard, 1609; and a small quantity of others, Greek classics, folio et infra (Sm.Qty.)

Pico della Mirandola. Examen vanitatis doctrinae gentium, et veritatis christianae disciplinae, distinctum in libros sex, collation: 16 A-Z6 2A-2L6 2M4, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut printer's device to foot of final recto, occasional spotting, a little light staining, [Mirandola], [Giovanni Mazzocchi], 1520 bound after a defective 16th century work of ecclesiastical history, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps, head of spine worn, soiled and rubbed, folio (304 x 298mm.)⁂ Literature: Adams P1156; EDIT 16 CNCE 30424.

Percy (Thomas) Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript. Ballads and Romances, 3 vol., one of 50 large paper copies, folding frontispiece, contemporary vellum, spines gilt with brown and black morocco labels, a little soiled, covers spotted, 1867-68; and 2 others, The Trinity College Apocalypse facsimile with commentary, 4to & folio (5)

Ferns.- Moore (Thomas) The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland, edited by John Lindley, 51 plates, nature-printed by Henry Bradbury, tissue guards, half-title torn, repaired and laid down, short repaired tears to title and other text ff., occasional light foxing or soiling, green full morocco by Mansell, sympathetically rebacked, retaining much or original backstrip, corners repaired, rubbed and discoloured, g.e., [Nissen BBI 1400], folio, 1855.⁂ A good example of this fine work of nature printing, one of the first of its type published in Britain.

Bible, Latin.- Biblia latina, with the Glossa Ordinaria of pseudo-Walafrid Strabo and interlinear glosses of Anselmus Laudunensis, vol. 1 and 2 and 4 (of 4), collation: Vol. 1: a10 9×b8 5×d8 d6 d10 a8 9×d8 3×b8 b b6; vol. 2: a8 14×c8 c10 3×h8 c6 h6 h8 h h6 h8 c8 c c6 c8 c6 10×e8 e10 e8; vol. 3: 5×b8 b6 b b8 b10 11×g8 g g6 g10 4×d8 d6 e e6 a a8 5×c8 c c6 a8 d8 3 ×a8; vol. 4: 12×f8 f6 f8+1 b8 b6 b10 8×a8 a a6 a8 a6 a-c8 4×a8 a10, 870 ff. (of 1211), including 2 blanks (of 3), text within 72-73 lines of glosses, Gothic type, 5 large decorative initials in red, blue, purple and gold with penwork extensions between printed columns, chapter opening initials in red and blue, other initials and paragraph-marks in red or blue, initial strokes in red, occasional early ink marginalia, vol.2 last c.20 ff. worm trace in upper margins (affecting some foliations and headlines) or just within text, vol.4 some mostly marginal water-staining, causing some light purple hues and some chipping to head of last few ff., all vol. the odd f. lightly browned, occasional spotting or light staining, generally crisp, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, vol. 2 and 4 rebacked, lacking metal clasps and corner-pieces, vol.1 upper cover all but detached, spine with later labels and small piece missing from foot (loosely inserted) and a little worn, all vol. some patches of leather missing from covers, rubbed and marked, folio (440 x 295mm.), [Adolf Rusch, for Anton Koberger at Nuremberg], [not after 1480]. ⁂ First edition of the Latin Bible with the 'Glossa ordinaria', the standard Bible commentary of the later eleventh and early twelfth century, composed by Anselm of Laon, Ralph of Laon and Gilbert of Auxerre. The edition is dated from inscriptions in the Cambridge University Library and Sion College copies, which imply that those copies were purchased in 1480. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam (inscriptions dated 1851 and 1887). Literature: BMC I, 92; Goff B607; HC 3173*; Bod-inc B-314; BSB-Ink B-442; ISTC ib00607000; D&M 911.

Britain.- Camden (William) Britain, or A Chorographical Description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, translated by Philemon Holland, second edition of Holland's translation, title with woodcut coat-of-arms and headpiece, engraved additional title after William Rogers and 57 mapsby William Kip and William Hole, mostly after Christopher Saxton or John Norden, most double-page, woodcut initials, illustrations and decorations, 8 full-page illustrations of coins, engraved title silked, small holes to S4 and 5B2 with loss to a few letters of text, small burn hole to Kent, occasional worming to outer margin, ink name to head of engraved title, modern half calf, incorrectly numbered "Vol. 3" on spine, [STC 4510.2], folio, by F. K[ingston]. R. Y[oung]. and I. L[egat]. for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1637.

Beda, Venerabilis. Ecclesiasticae historiae gentis Anglorum libri quinque diligenti studio a mendis quibus hactenus scatebant, vindicati. Epitome sive breviarium totius praecedentis historiae Anglorum, collation: A4 B-Z6 a6, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, early ink marginalia and underlining in a few hands, lacking blank A4 and final f. (with woodcut printer's device verso otherwise blank), ink staining and inscriptions to title, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, new endpapers, contemporary blind-stamped calf over boards, rebacked, rubbed, folio (289 x 177mm.), Antwerp, Johannes Gravius, 1550.⁂ The first edition of this history of England to include the final section of Book V.Provenance: Jo. Sommers (17th century ink inscriptions); M.H. Bloxam (bookplate and ink signature).

Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, translated by Edmund Gibson, 2 vol., second edition of Gibson's translation, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black, 9 engraved plates of coins, 49 double-page and 2 folding engraved general and county maps by Robert Morden, vol.2 final f. silked, O1 with tear running into text, 2I1 and 3P1 with small hole causing loss to 2 or 3 letters of text, occasional minor soiling or discolouration, a few short marginal tears, modern half calf, [Goldsmiths 6088; Chubb CXV], folio, by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, 1722.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Opera, edited by Paulus Manutius, 10 vol. in 4, comprising, I. Rhet. I. (*4, not called for by Adams, of which first f. engraved pictorial title and last blank) ɫ4 A-I4 A-Z Aa-Ee4 :A-Z Aaa-Zz, Aaa-Fff4 Ggg6 : a-g4 h6, final f. blank, A-I4 mis-bound before printed title; II. Rhet. II. *4 A-Z Aa-Zz 2Aa 2Bb6, a-f4, with blanks Bb6 f4; III. Orationes I. [*]2 A-Z AA-XX4 YY2; IV. Orationes II. [*]2 A-Z Aa-Qq4 a-e4 f6, final f. blank; V. Orationes III. [*]2 A-Z Aa-Zz4 Aaa Bbb4 a-g4 h6, Bbb4 blank, index (a-g4 h6) mis-bound at start; VI. Epist. Fam. [*], a-h4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz Aaaa-Hhhh4, advertisement f. at end; VII. Epist. Ad Att. ✠4 A-Z Aa-Zz Aaa-Zzz, Aaaa-Nnnn4; VIII. Philos. I *4 A-Z Aa-Rr4 Ss6; IX; Philos II. *4 A-z Aa-Ss4 Tt6 Vu4; X. Philos III. ɫ4 A-G4 H*2 H-V4 Xɫ2 X-z, Aa Bb4 Ccɫ2 Cc-Ff4 Ggɫ2 GG Hh4 Ii6 a-g4, ɫ4, V4 and g4 blank, folding letterpress table, all vol. woodcut printer's devices or portraits of Aldus to titles, a few engraved illustrations and portraits in text, woodcut head-pieces and initials, water-staining, very occasional small areas of marginal worming, some spotting, 17th century armorial calf, first vol. upper cover detached, extremities worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio (330 x 219mm.), Venice, Aldus, 1583 [engraved title dated 1582 & colophon dated 1581]. ⁂ A scarce set of this monumental edition. Literature: Adams C1660; EDIT 16 CNCE 12460.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Opera omnia quae exstant, edited by Denis Lambin, 4 vol. in 2, general title within ornate metalcut historiated border, other titles with metalcut printer's device, Nn6 blank, occasional spotting or light staining, some ink spots or stains, marginal water-staining, new endpapers, contemporary calf panels over modern calf, large gilt arabesque centre-pieces, panels with loss of leather, chipped and rubbed, but binding solid, [Adams C1656], Paris, [Fleury Prévost for] Jacques du Puys, 1566-1565; and 2 others, Cicero and Livy, folio (4)⁂ 'An excellent edition... most rare and valuable of all the subsequent ones printed' (Dibdin). Lambin was one of the great classicists of his time, serving as professor of Latin and later Greek at the Collège de France.

Gellius (Aulus) Noctium atticarum libri XIX, collation: α8 β6 a-p6 q-r8 s6 t-u8, woodcut historiated title in red and black, a1 text within woodcut historiated border, woodcut historiated initials, lacking final f. (colophon and printer's device), title trimmed to within image, a few small wormholes / traces within text, trimmed at head, affecting a few headlines, some staining, mostly at head, Basel, [Andreas Cratander for Ludwig Hornken], [1519] bound with Lucianus, Samosatensis Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia, e Graeco sermone in Latinum, partim iam olim diversis autoribus, commentary by Erasmus, Thomas More, Melanchthon, and others, collation: ✠6 A-Z6 a-z6 aa-mm6, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut historiated initials, final f. with woodcut printer's device verso otherwise blank, a couple of ff. in sig. P working loose, printer's device on final f. holed and repaired, the f. itself all but detached, wormed in text, heavier towards end, occasional spotting, some light staining, Frankfurt, Christian Egenolff, [1538], together two works in 1 vol., 17th century calf, rebacked, covers worn, but holding firm, folio (284 x 186mm.)⁂ Literature: I. Not in Adams; VD 16 G 1036. II. Not in Adams; VD16 L 2926.

Dorset.- Hutchins (John) The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 2 vol., first edition, list of subscribers, large folding engraved map, 58 engraved plates and plans including the unlisted views of Dorchester and Woolcombe Hall, many folding or double-page, 10 folding pedigrees and folding letterpress leaf of first page of Domesday Book, engraved illustrations, engraved bookplate of John Rogers, another of M.H.Bloxam with his ink signature of at head of title to vol.1, a good clean copy, contemporary calf, rubbed and slightly scuffed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, labels slightly chipped, corners worn, folio, W. Bowyer and J. Nicholls, 1774.

Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus) Pharsalia, commentary by Omnibonus Leonicenus and Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus, collation: [*6] a-z A-C8 D6, 219 ff. (of 220, lacking final blank), 64 lines and headline, Roman letter, initial spaces with guide-letters, water-stained, damp-staining and fraying to fore-margins, attractive 19th century morocco, gilt, covers with arabesque centre-pieces, spine in compartments, head of spine little chipped, corners worn, rubbed, folio (312 x 204mm.), Venice, Simon Bevilaqua, 31 January, 1493.⁂ First edition with commentary by Johannes Sulpitius. In his dedicatory letter Sulpitius argues that Lucan's greatness rivals that of Virgil. Provenance: John Darcy ('Joannis Darse', 16th-century ownership inscriptions); J. H. Burn O.R, March, 1931 (bookplate). Literature: BMC V, 517; Goff L-305; GW M18859; HC *10241; Bod-inc L-163; BSB-Ink L-235; ISTC il00305000.

Gloucestershire.- Lysons (Samuel) A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, engraved title page and 110 plates, 11 hand-coloured, title spotted, occasional marginal spotting to plates, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, a couple of scratches to upper cover, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, T.Cadell and W. Davies, 1804 § Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Oxford-shire..., first edition, engraved title vignette, lacking folding map, with 14 engraved plates only (of 16, lacking plates 11 & 12, several others with portions cut away and laid down), with imprimatur, errata and final blank leaves (the last with contemporary ink inscriptions, also to front free endpapers), soiled and stained, b4 (final preliminary leaf) with lower ?blank half cut away and laid down, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, a few gouges, rebacked, [Wing P2586], Oxford, 1677 § Hoare (Sir Richard Colt) The History of Ancient Wiltshire, 3 vol. in 2 (South Wiltshire, North Wiltshire, Auncient Wiltescire), engraved portraits, additional vignette titles and 127 maps and plates, 9 folding, some foxing to plates, contemporary half burgundy straight-grain morocco, uncut, rubbed, spine of vol.1 torn at head, printed by W.Bulmer & Co., 1810-21 [separate titles to South and North Wiltshire dated 1812 & 1819]; and 4 others, folio & 4to (8)

Augustinus (Aurelius, Saint) Opera, 10 vol., collation: Index: à4 é8 aA-hH6 Ii6 A-Z6 2A-2C6 d8, final f. blank; I: A-Z8 a b6, a few woodcut marginal diagrams, final f. blank; II: A-Z8 a-c8, final f. blank; III: A-Z8 a-e8 f10, final f. colophon recto otherwise blank; IV: A-Z8 a-k8 l6 m4; V: A-Z8 a-e8 f6, final f. blank; VI: A-Z8 a8; VII: 2 parts, I: A-Z8 a-q8, final f. blank II: aa-gg6 hh4 ii-nn6 oo4, final f. blank; VIII: A-Z8 a-z8 AA6; IX: A-Z8 a-h8 i4, final f. colophon recto otherwise blank; X: A-Z8 a-z8 Aa10 AA6 BB CC4, final f. blank, double column, titles in red and black and with large woodcut of a galleon from the arms of Paris, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting or foxing, occasional marginal water-staining, vol.7 a few small wormholes within text in places, occasional light browning, Paris, [Denis du Val, Charles Roger, ?& others for the Paris Association], 1586; Operum Omnium...Supplementum, 2 vol., double column, titles in red and black and with engraved printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional spotting or light foxing, lightly browned, Paris, [François le Cointe for] Simon Piget, 1655, all uniformly bound together in 7 vol., 18th century red morocco, gilt, covers with triple filet borders, spines in compartments with floral and foliage decoration, spines darkened and with some chipping, some repairs to spines, the odd joint starting, but holding firm, rubbed and marked, g.e., folio (c.400 x 256; bindings c.414 x 280mm.).

Orosius (Paulus) Historiae adversos paganos, edited by Aeneas Vulpes and Laurentius Brixiensis, collation: a-i K l m8 n10, 104 ff. (of 106, lacking initial blank and h6), 36 lines (variable), Roman type, large first initial in red and blue, initials and paragraph-marks in red or blue, a few instances of early ink marginalia, h4 and h5 transposed with k4 and k5, damp-stain to inner gutter throughout washed and restored, 19th century blind-stamped calf, rebacked, folio (292 x 196mm.), [Vicenza], Leonardus Achates de Basilea, [c.1482].⁂ Fourth edition of Orosius' universal history, which attempted to counter the argument that the world had declined since the advent of Christianity. It is printed at the first press in Vicenza. Literature: BMC VII, 1032; Goff O-99; GW M28419; HC *12100; Bod-inc O-028; BSB-Ink O-83.

Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage) Opera, edited by Desiderius Erasmus, collation: a-z6 A-Y6 Z8 Aa8, title within charming woodcut historiated border by Ambrosius Holbein, dedication within decorative woodcut border, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, title trimmed at outer margin (just touching border) and with short tear at foot, just within border, first few ff. strengthened at inner margins verso, in case of b1 verso causing some adhesion with loss of a few letters, stained, some spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, soiled and rubbed, folio (288 x 191mm.), Basel, [Johann] Froben, [February, 1520].⁂ A rare edition at auction. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam (bookplate). Literature: VD 16 C 6508.

Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first edition, large paper copy, initial licence leaf, 83 engraved plates, some double-page, some staining throughout, mostly to upper margin but at beginning and to plates, especially at end, heavy and unsightly, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing G1945; Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen, BBI 758], folio, by W. Rawlins, for the Author, 1682.⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. The work was published in two formats, with ordinary copies on foolscap and the large paper copies on thicker paper with Strasburg lily watermark.

Burlaeus (Gualtherus) [Walter Burley] De vita et moribus philosophorum [short edition], collation: [a6 b-i8 k6], 75 ff. (of 76, lacking initial blank), 35 lines, Gothic type, a few initials in pen and red or plain pen, initial strokes in red, initial blank replaced with a 15th century manuscript f. in a cursive hand 'Hic est gesta et dicta secundi phi.', rubricated recto, early ink marginalia in a few hands, including fingerposts, k5 repaired hole in text, k6 torn with significant loss to text and repaired, a few marginal repairs, water-stained, some spotting, 19th century boards, rubbed, folio (278 x 188mm.), [Nuremberg], Friedrich Creussner, 30 June, 1479.⁂ Rare edition at auction of this collection of ancient writers with excerpts, including Aristotle, Archimedes, Euripides, Homer, and Virgil. Walter Burley (c.1275-1344) English philosopher and logician and fellow of Merton College Oxford (until c.1310) and the Sorbonne. Provenance: 'Caesarei Collegii Soc; Jesu Prag.' (later ink inscription to head of a2); M.H. Bloxam (ink inscription to front free endpaper, dated January, 1842). Literature: BMC II, 451; Goff B-1321; GW 5787; HC 4124; Bod-inc B-612; BSB-Ink B-995; ISTC ib01321000.

Voragine (Jacobus de) Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive Lombardica historia, collation: a b10 c-z8 aa-oo8 pp6 qq8 rr-xx8 yy10, double column, 363 ff. (of 364, lacking initial blank), 40 lines, Gothic type, opening initial in red and blue with short marginal flourish (a little scuffed), other initials in red or blue, partly rubricated, qq8 blank, small repair to blank lower inner corner of bb1, mm3-8 puncture hole at head, affecting part of first line of text on mm5-7, water-stained, occasionally a few small unobtrusive wormholes in text, some spotting or finger-marking, 18th century mottled calf, rebacked, preserving majority of original gilt, backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, folio (267 x 192mm.), Cologne, Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, 1479.⁂ A rare edition at auction of this collection of hagiographies. Indeed, of the copies recorded by ISTC around a third are imperfect. Only two copies recorded in both the UK (including ours) and the USA. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam (bookplate). Literature: Goff J-93; GW 11187; ISTC ij00093000.

Asia.- Fryer (John) A New Account of East-India and Persia, first edition, lacking half-title with portrait on verso, with title printed in red and black, 2 engraved maps only (of 7 maps/plates) and one full-page engraved map in text with printed slip pasted below, engraved or woodcut illustrations, old ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, foxed and soiled, later half sheep, worn, broken and loose, [Wing F2257], folio, R.R. for Ri. Chiswell, 1698; sold not subject to return⁂ In 1672 Fryer embarked on a 10-year tour to India, Goa, the Arab Gulf and Persia before returning to England. The work includes a detailed account of Surat and Muscat and mentions pirates in the Gulf, and the natural history of the region.

Military.- Monro (Robert) Monro His Expedition with the Worthy Scots Regiment (called Mac-Keyes Regiment) levied in August 1626... and reduced after the Battaile of Nerling, to one Company in September 1634 at Wormes in the Paltz, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, lacking final blank f., title with repaired chips and tears, occasional soiling or marginal browning, 17th century engraved illustrations of battles laid down and facing title, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, [STC 18022], folio, by William Iones in Red-Crosse streete, 1637⁂ First edition of this memoir of Monro's experiences fighting for Sweden and Denmark in the Thirty Years War.

Duranti (Guillelmus) Rationale divinorum officiorum, collation: [a12 b10 c d8 e6 f-h8 I10 k-m8 n o10 p-t8 u12 x y10 z12], double column, 205 ff. (of 206, lacking initial blank), 60 lines, Gothic type, initials in red, rubricated throughout, early ink marginalia, a few ff. with short tear to margins, that on f.151 encroaching on text with minor loss, marginal water-staining or damp-staining, occasional spotting and finger-marking, first f. little chipped at head, final f. chipped at head, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, rebacked, spine in compartments and with chipped morocco label, lower corners and spine ends little worn, a few loses of leather from covers, folio (385 x 285mm.), Basel, Berthold Ruppel and Michael Wenssler, [not after 1477].⁂ A rare edition at auction of this work on the origin and meaning of the Christian ritual, which remains one of the chief authorities on Western medieval liturgy. Copies in München BSB and Bamberg have rubricator's dates of 1477. Provenance: M.H. Bloxam (ink inscription dated 1842). Literature: BMC III 716 + 725; Goff D415; GW 9111; HC 6463*; BSB-Ink D-331; ISTC id00415000.

Lyndewood (William) Provinciale seu Constitutiones Anglie, 2 parts in 1, edited by Josse Badius, woodcut title within architectural border, full-page woodcut on second A1, printed in red and black throughout, 2 leaves torn, lacks 2ff from sig.2I, ink annotations, some contemporary, including ms additional index leaf inserted at end, some soiling, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, later half calf over marbled boards, rebacked, [STC 17111; Adams L2117], folio, [Antwerp, Christoffel van Ruremund], Venales habe[n]tur London... apud Franciscum Bryckmann, 1525.⁂ Lyndewood's Provinciale "is a collection of the most important ecclesiastical legislation enacted within the province of Canterbury between the Council of Oxford in 1222 and Chichele's archiepiscopate." (ODNB).

Bible, English. [The Holy Byble...], Bishops' version, third folio edition, black letter, New Testament title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials and illustrations, lacking general title, map, plate, 13 preliminary ff., 3E4&5 and all after second O8, chipping and fraying to margins often affecting printed side-notes and some text, prelims with significant loss and tape repair, 2R1 with long tear and tape repair, 2I1, 2R8, 2S1, 3A1-3, 3D2, 3D7&8, second A2&4, B6, H4, H7, L1&6 with loss to text of varying degrees, 3I2 holed with loss to a few letters, 4A1 with significant portions torn away and with crude watercolour to verso, A1 to D3 and G8 to end with tape repairs to foot , occasional worming to inner margin, ink inscriptions to margins, occasionally over text, mostly in later hands, 4pp. manuscript titled "Prophesies relating to Popery 1754" inserted after second M4, notes laid down to front and rear pastedowns, contemporary calf over wooden boards rebacked, covers worn with loss, attractive colour drawings to inside rear cover, [Herbert 137; STC 2109], folio, [By Nevvgate market, next vnto Christes Churche, by Richarde Iugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie], [1574]; sold not subject to return.⁂ Provenance: Robert and William Taylor (ink inscriptions).

Aristotle. Politiques, or Discourses of Government, first edition in English, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations and initials, lacking initial and final blank leaves but with a blank bound in after preliminaries, some leaves trimmed close, sometimes affecting headline or catchword, last three gatherings with upper margin repaired with occasional slight loss of pagination or text, some marginal browning, 17th century ink ownership inscription of Ben ?Carfield to front free endpaper, old calf, rebacked, rubbed, top edge and corner of lower cover defective, [STC 760; Pforzheimer 10], small folio, printed by Adam Islip, 1598.⁂ Important text, translated from the French edition of Loys Le Roy.

Horses.- Newcastle (William Cavendish, Duke of) A General System of Horsemanship in all its Branches, 2 vol., first English edition, vol. 1 half-title, engraved additional double-page title in French, 42 double-page engraved plates, 20 anatomical plates (12 printed in sepia, 2 double-page), 8 engraved headpieces (one in sepia), 6 engraved historiated initials (one in sepia), woodcut illustrations, 3 plates torn and repaired (nos. 4 and 14 of the horsemanship plates and plate 1 of the anatomy plates), occasional scattered foxing, 1 or 2 small patches of staining, modern library morocco-backed cloth, [Nissen, ZBI 849], folio, for J. Brindley, 1743.⁂ First and only English edition of this lavishly illustrated work on horsemanship. Cavendish was renowned for equestrian skills and his riding school in Antwerp attracted students from across Europe.