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Buller (Sir Walter Lawry) A History of the Birds of New Zealand, 2 vol., second edition, 48 chromolithograph plates after J.G. Keulemans, 2 lithograph plates, wood-engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Anker 85; Nissen, IVB 163], folio, Published (for the Subscribers) by the Author, 1888.⁂ Original subscriber's copy - Rugby School listed in the list of subscribers, which also includes Osbert Salvin and Lord Lilford. This expanded edition has a dozen more plates than the first edition of 1873. A supplementary volume appeared in 1905.⁂

London.- [Mottley (John)], "Robert Seymour". A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and Parts adjacent, 2 vol., first edition, title to vol.1 only, ?lacking general title, engraved folding map and 8 plates, vol. 2 extra-illustrated with additional folding map dated 1763 and 4 plates, occasional light foxing and some browning, vol. 2 with occasional worming to margin, ink inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary reverse calf, rebacked, some wear to extremities, folio, for J. Read, 1733-35.⁂ Provenance: Rowland Bloxam; M. H. Bloxam (ink inscriptions).

Bible, Latin.- Biblia latina [cum postillis Nicolai de Lyra et expositionibus Guilelmi Britonis], Part I: collation: Aa-Az Ba-Bz Ca-Cg8, 424 ff., woodcuts in text, early ink marginalia throughout, trimmed at head affecting the odd headline, title lightly soiled, some marginal water-staining, mostly at head, [BMC II, 443; Goff B-619; GW 4294; HC 3171*; Bod-Inc B-324; BSB-Ink B-477; ISTC ib00619000], Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 6 September, 1497; Part IV: collation: a-l10 m8 n-q10 r8 s6 t-y10 z12 aa10 bb8 cc-ff10 gg12 hh-oo10 pp8 qq rr6, 382 ff. (of 384, lacking first and last ff.), opening maiblumen initial in blue and red, rubricated, first f. holed with loss of a few letters, first few ff. with worm traces and strengthening to inner gutters, last 7 ff. torn with loss of text, final f. lower blank corner torn away (loosely inserted), some marginal worming, stained, lightly browned, [BMC II, 431; Goff B-614; GW 4289; HC 3167*; Bod-Inc B-320; BSB-Ink B-459; ISTC ib00614000; D&M 912], Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, [1486]-1487, text lines variable, 71-72 (variable) lines glosses, Gothic type; and 2 other parts, both unidentified editions, 'part III' seemingly Koberger (neither part collated), uniformly bound in later blind-tooled calf, 2 parts with gilt arms to covers, spines in compartments and with 20th century label, part III joints starting, part IV head of spine little chipped, all vol. corners little worn, rubbed, folio (v.s.) (4) sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: Edward Pellam of Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, 1653 (ink inscriptions); Earl of Westmorland, 1856 (ms. bookplates); M.H. Bloxam, 1887 (ink inscription).

[Foxe (John)] [Actes and Monuments of Matters most speciall and memorable, happening in the Church], black letter, lacking all before 4B2, all after 9B2 and a number of other ff., woodcut illustrations, some creasing occasional tears, contemporary blind stamped calf over wooden boards, metal corner-pieces and diamond central ornament, lacking clasps, old spine repair, some rubbing, a few slash marks, folio, [by Humphrey Lownes], [1610]; sold not subject to return.

Waldensis (Thomas) Sacramentalia...contra Witcleuistas & eorum asseclas Lutheranos, collation: ɫ8 a-z8 A-V8, double column, title in red and black and woodcut printer's device within woodcut architectural border, handsome woodcut criblé initials of differing sizes, unobtrusive worm trace to head of title, a few small wormholes within text, occasional spotting or light marginal staining, later blind-stamped calf, remains of metal clasps, joints split, but holding firm, spine ends worn, rubbed and marked, folio (322 x 208mm.), Paris, [Josse Badius for] François Regnault, 1523.⁂ Thomas Netter, commonly known as Thomas Walden after his birthplace of Saffron Walden, Essex, English scholastic theologian and controversialist. Provenance: Munich Court Library (inscription 'Duplum Bibliothecæ regiæ Monacensis'); M.H. Bloxam (bookplate). Literature: Adams N195.

[Gough (Richard)] Sepulchral Monuments in Great Britain. Applied to illustrate the history of Families, Manners, Habits, and Arts ... from the Norman Conquest to the Seventeenth Century, 2 vol., engraved portraits, plates and illustrations, folding pedigree, vol. 2 without title, some spotting and offsetting, contemporary diced russia, gilt, upper covers detached, 1786-96; and 3 others, the 1783 edition of the Domesday book, folio (5)

Greek language.- Estienne (Henri) Thesaurus Graecae Linguae, 4 vol. in 5, including appendix, collation: I: a4 b6 A B6 *6 a4 b-z aa-zz aaa-zzz aaaa-ffff6 gggg hhhh4 iiii-mmmm6 nnnn-oooo4; II: *4 A4 B-G6 H-K4 L-R6 S-T4 V-Z AA-ZZ AAA-YYY6 ZZZ4 AAAA-GGGG4; III: Aa-Gg4 Hh6 Ii4 Kk-Zz, AAa-CCc6 DDd4 EEe-GGg6 HHh4 IIi6 KKk-MMm4 NNn-ZZz, Aaa-Zzz, AAaaa-IIiii6 KKkkk8; IV: AAaa-CCcc4 DDdd-ZZzz, AAAaa-FFFff6 GGGgg4 HHHhh-MMMmm6 NNNnn OOOoo4; appendix: α4 *α4 β4 γ-ι6 κ8 λ-ω, αα-ωω ααα-ωωω αααα, ββββ6 γγγγ4 Αααα-Ιιιι6, title with woodcut printer's device, first letter of each new section in woodcut cartouche, woodcut decorative initials, vol.2 ZZZ4 blank and appendix Κ8 and γγγγ4 blank, otherwise without other blanks, minor marginal worming to vol.1, water-stained, modern morocco-backed cloth, gilt spines in compartments and with red leather labels (those of appendix from earlier binding), [Geneva], Henri Estienne (Henr. Stephani Oliva), [c.1572]; and 2 others, Greek language, folio (7) Literature: Adams S1791; Renouard, Estienne, 138; Schreiber, The Estiennes, 181 (note).

Sandford (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, first edition, title in red and black, woodcut initials, 6 engraved plates and numerous full-page or vignette illustrations, with over 20 printed or manuscript insertions (both loose and bound) by Mathew Bloxam, Henry Bloxam or one or more of their ancestors (probably Rowland Rouse), occasional annotations, soiling, several tears, ink inscription to title, contemporary calf, spine defective, worn, [Wing S651], folio, Tho. Newcomb, 1677.⁂ Provenance: Henry Bloxam to Matthew H. Bloxam (ink inscription dated 1847).

Estienne (Henri) Poetae Graeci Principes heroici carminis & alii nonnulli, 2 parts in 1 vol., collation: *6, **4, A-D8, E4, a-z, aa-bb8, cc6, Aa10, Bb-Yy8, Zz6, Zzz4; a-g4, AA-ZZ6, AAA-RRR6, SSS-TTT4, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, with blanks cc6, Zzz4 and TTT4, faded early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes, a few small marginal repairs, occasional spotting and finger-marking, washed, 19th century straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, lower cover detached, upper joint starting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, g.e., folio (369 x 213mm.), [Geneva], Henri Estienne & Ulrich Fugger, 1566.⁂ 'Unquestionably Henri Estienne's typographic masterpiece.' (Schreiber). The second part includes several celebrated examples of 'concrete poetry'. Provenance: A gift of John Edward Littleton of Sedgley, Staffordshire (19th century inscription to front free endpaper). Literature: Adams P1699; Renouard, Estienne, 126; Schreiber, The Estiennes, 160.

Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Epigrammaton libri XIIII, edited by Domizio Calderino & Giorgio Merula, collation: A-B8 C6 D-Q8 R10, title in red and black and woodcut vignette within woodcut decorative border, woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, lacking final blank, a few ff. browned, occasional spotting and light staining, later parchment over boards, spine in compartments, upper joint starting at head, foot of spine worn, a few stains, folio (301 x 203mm.),[Venice], [Guglielmo da Fontaneto], [1521].⁂ A handsomely printed work, which is rare in commerce. Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 37685.

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, folding engraved frontispiece of Blithe Hall (the author's seat), title in red and black, 6 folding engraved maps and 23 plates, 3 folding (one torn at fold), some printed on both sides, numerous engraved illustrations, many full-page, light foxing and browning, one or two marginal tears, bookplates of Philip Earl Stanhope and M.H.Bloxam, with signature, presentation inscription and accompanying A.L.s. from Bloxam with a few additional engravings and ephemera bound in or loosely inserted, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, split to upper joint, spine ends worn, Coventry, John Jones, 1765; and an extra-illustrated mixed edition in 5 volumes, vol.1 & 2 1765 edition lacking title and all after p.786, vol.3-5 1730 edition of vol.2 only, all interleaved and with numerous additional engravings, lithographs, aquatints, portraits, a few drawings, printed ephemera and occasional manuscript notes bound in or loosely inserted, vol.1 & 2 old calf-backed boards rebacked preserving old spines, vol.3-5 contemporary half diced russia, uncut, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, rather worn, joints split, some cover detached, folio; sold not subject to return (6)

Law.- Dugdale (Sir William) Origines juridiciales, or Historical Memorials of the English Laws, Courts of Justice, Forms of Tryal... also a Chronologie of the Lord Chancelors and Keepers of the Great Seal, second edition, title in red and black within double-rule border, with initial imprimatur and final errata ff., 6 engraved portraits by Hollar and others, 31 pages of engraved illustrations (mostly full-page), occasional light foxing, ink inscriptions to title and endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, some wear to corners, [Wing D2489], folio, T. Newcomb, for Abel Roper, 1671.⁂ Provenance: John Farrar; Richard Farrar; Rowland Rouse; Richard Rouse; M. H. Bloxam (ink inscriptions).

Britain.- Camden (William) Camden's Britannia, Newly Translated into English with Large Additions and Improvements... by Edmund Gibson, engraved portrait frontispiece by R. White, 8 plates of coins, and 50 folding double-page maps by Robert Morden mounted on stubs, engraved and woodcut illustrations, one or two full-page, b2 holed with loss to a few letters of text, occasional marginal worming, just affecting 4 or 5 plates, very occasional foxing, mostly to contents ff. at end, marginal dampstaining to contents ff., but a very good, clean copy generally, ink ownership inscription to head of title, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, joints cracked, light wear to extremities, new endpapers, [Wing C359], folio, by F. Collins for A.Swale...and A & J Churchill, 1695.⁂ First edition of Gibson's translation and the first to contain the fine maps by Robert Morden.Provenance: John Bridgeman (ink inscription dated 1696).

Plautus (Titus Maccius) Comoediae vigi[n]ti, collation: aa10 a-z8 &8 ɔ8 R̸8 A-V8, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations, decorative initials and small printer's device at end, final f. blank, 2 medieval ms. fragments tipped-in at start, repair to lower corner of title, within text verso but without loss, aa2-7 small section of lower blank corner cut away, aa4 tear within text, without loss, some water-staining at head, occasional spotting, contemporary ornately blind-stamped calf, remains of metal clasps, metal corner-pieces, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments, this worn at head and foot, rubbed, housed in a modern cloth drop-back box, folio (313 x 205mm.), [Venice], [Melchiorre Sessa & Pietro Ravani], [12 August, 1518].⁂ Provenance: 'John Englishe Joannesis Oxon' (early ink inscription to head of title). Literature: Adams P1485; EDIT 16 CNCE 30054.

Greek printing.- Pindar. Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia, translated by Nicholas Sudor, text in Latin and Greek, engraved frontispiece and title vignette, errata f. at end, light dampstaining, occasional browning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, worn, [Wing P2245], Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1697 § Lycophron. Alexandra obscurum poema, 2 parts in 1 vol., second printing of John Potter's edition with Latin translation by Scaliger, text in Latin and Greek, engraved frontispiece, Greek title with engraved vignette, title and frontispiece detached, light marginal foxing, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, worn, [Wing L3523] Oxford, John Owen, 1702; and 3 others, Greek printing, folio & 4to (5)

Jewel (John) A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, title with large woodcut device, title rather creased and soiled, lacking D4 and 3X8 blank ff., small rust hoel to Z2, occasional worming to inner margin, [STC 14601], In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry VVykes, 1570 bound with A Replie unto M. Hardinge's Answeare: By Perusinge whereof the Discrete, and Diligent Reader May Easily See, the Weake, and Unstable Groundes of the Romaine Religion, with final blank f., rust hole to B3, X2&3 upper corners torn and frayed, affecting a few words of text, 2K3 loss to lower corner, not affecting text, [STC 14606], In Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Blacke Oliphante, by Henry VVykes, 1565, together 2 works in 1 vol., party black letter, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional light dampstaining, a few ink notes in an early hand, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine chipped, folio.

Atlases.- Wilson (Capt. Charles W.) and H. S. Palmer. Ordnance Survey of the Peninsula of Sinai ... under the Direction of Colonel Sir Henry James, part 1 only (of 3), 2 folding linen-backed maps and 20 lithographed plates, some tinted and hand-coloured, mounted albumen print to title, spotting, bookplate with "E Dono Committee of Palestine Exploration Fund" to pastedown, contemporary half morocco, upper joint cracked, rather worn, Southampton, 1869 § Johnston (Alexander Keith) The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, 30 hand-coloured engraved maps, some tearing along folds, occasional light soiling, contemporary half morocco, upper joints split, upper cover becoming loose, rather worn, 1850; and another atlas, folio (3)

Holinshed (Raphael) The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 vol., first edition, largely printed in black letter, double column, woodcut titles with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, vol.1 lacks 2 preliminary ff. *1-2, a1 misbound before A1, lacking also r1, blank leaf *b*6, 2 leaves after Mm6, and 4 leaves at end, ()1-2 misbound at end of vol.2, vol.2 lacking folding plate of view of Edinburgh, occasional soiling and staining, some sidenotes and headlines shaved with loss, later calf, gilt, rebacked preserving original spines, rubbed, [STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494], small folio, for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577.⁂ The most important 16th century English chronicle and the main source for much of Shakespeare's conventional Histories, as well as plays such as King Lear and Macbeth.

Chambers (Sir William) A Treatise on Civil Architecture, first edition, list of subscribers, 50 engraved plates, some light browning and offsetting from text to plates, subscriber's copy in handsome contemporary sprinkled calf with gilt floral border and central arms of 1st Duke of Montagu, a little rubbed, a few minor scratches, rebacked, corners repaired, [Fowler p.70; Harris 122], folio, for the author, by J.Haberkorn, 1759.⁂ Influential guide to the classical orders and decoration, published while Chambers was architectural tutor to the future George III. The architects Robert Adam, John Gwynn and William Kent are all listed as subscribers.Provenance: George Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, from 1732-66 known as the Earl of Cardigan; his daughter Lady Elizabeth Montagu, who married Henry Scott, 3rd Duke of Buccleuch.

Italy.- Zocchi (Giuseppe) Vedute delle Ville, e d'altri Luoghi della Toscana, third (second Bouchard) edition, engraved pictorial title and 50 plates by Benedetti, Berardi, Carboni, Corsi, Duflos, Filosi, Franceschini, Giampiccoli, Marieschi, Mogalli, Monaco, Morghen, Muller, Parr, Piranesi, Seuter and Wagner after Zocchi, title repaired to verso but also at foot of recto just encroaching on plate-mark, traces of damp but washed generally clean, light brown stain vertically across centre of all plates, modern half calf over marbled boards, oblong folio, Florence, Giuseppe Bouchard, 1757.⁂ Good copy of this magnificent work on the villas and country houses of Tuscany, with many also showing the gardens and surrounding countryside. The work was first published in 1744 and Bouchard's first edition in 1754 with this edition appearing three years later.

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait by Wenceslaus Hollar, titles in red and black, list of subscribers, 5 engraved double-page maps and 19 plates by Henry Beighton, 14 double-page including fine prospects of gentlemen's seats, numerous engraved illustrations by Hollar and others, many full-page, contemporary ink signature of Mary Pitt to titles, extra-illustrated with a few additional plates and ephemera, mostly engraved and bound in, a few loosely inserted, portrait and titles lightly foxed, otherwise very clean, a few marginal tears and repairs, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, handsome contemporary panelled calf tooled in blind, a little rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, folio, for John Osborne and Thomas Longman [& others], 1730 .

Maplet (John) A greene Forest, or a naturall Historie...of Stones & Mettals: next of Plants, as of Herbes, Trees, & Shrubs, Lastly of Brute Beastes, Foules, Fishes, creeping wormes & Serpents, first edition, 3 parts in 1, largely printed in black letter, title within typographic border, woodcut initials, lacks L8 and final leaf P8 with colophon, title soiled and laid down with upper corner missing part of typographic border, most other corners repaired to some degree, more extensively at beginning and end, occasionally with slight loss of text, some soiling and light staining, bookplate of M.H. Bloxham, old limp vellum with foot of spine repaired and new endpapers, [STC 17296], by Henry Denham, 1567.⁂ Genuinely rare book with only one auction record over the last 50 years and 11 copies located in ESTC (3 only in USA). By way of comparison, the Britwell Court copy, sold in 1925, made £155, while their copy of the Shakespeare fourth folio made £165 in 1919. The heading of book one summarises the content thus: "A pleasant Discourse with the chiefe kindes particularly of Precious Stones, Plants, Beastes, & Foules, after the order of the Alphabet, never heretofore in Print."

Hogarth (William) Hogarth Restored, The Whole Works, 88 engraved plates (?only), 15 with multiple images, re- engraved by Thomas Cook, light dampstaining, several shaved within margin, affecting captions, a few margins extended or reinforced, upper hinge broken, 19th century half roan, gilt, rubbed, folio, 1802.

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera, commentary by Servius, Aelius Donatus, Domitius Calderinus, and Christophorus Landinus, and continuation of the Aeneid by Maphaeus Vegius, collation: [2-58] a-h8 i-k6 l10 m-z8 &8 ɔ8 R̸8 A-N8 O6 P-Q8 R6 S8, 349 ff. (of 354, lacking initial and final blank and P5-7), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text, Roman type, initial spaces, f.2 torn at upper corner and repaired with loss of text, marginal water-staining, some spotting and mostly light staining elsewhere, a few ff. with marginal repairs, 18th century red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, spine darkened, one lower corner little worn, some staining, rubbed and marked, folio (298 x 200mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 1492.⁂ Literature: BMC II, 436; Goff V-188; Copinger 6070; Copinger, 'Incunabula Virgiliana', 77; Bod-inc V-100; BSB-Ink V-126; ISTC iv00188000.

Boydell (John & Josiah) A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk; with Plans, Elevations, Sections, Chimney Pieces & Ceilings, 2 vol., first edition, text in English and French, engraved portrait frontispiece of Empress Catherine II by Caroline Watson after Alexander Roslin in vol. 1, vol. 2 lacking portraits frontispiece of Robert Walpole, engraved titles with vignettes, engraved dedication to vol.1, 28 engraved plans, elevations and interiors of Houghton Hall on 19 sheets, and 129 plates on 105 sheets (1 double-page), mostly engravings or mezzotints from paintings by Bartolozzi, Boydell, Farington, Earlom, Green, Fittler, Heath and others, after Rembrandt, Poussin, Claude, Leonardo, Caracci, Rubens, Titian and others, many excellent impressions, well inked with strong contrasts, and including some scratched letter and unlettered proof impressions, titles and dedications with some spotting, chips and repaired tears, vol. 2 with dampstaining to lower corner, heavier at start, mostly to margins but straying into a few images, double-page plate with tape repair to verso, a few plates creased, a few short tears to margins, some repaired, a few plates trimmed within margins, bookplates to pastedowns, modern half morocco, [Brunet I, 1192; Lowndes III, 856], large folio (670 x 495mm.), John and Josiah Boydell, 1788.⁂ Large and finely engraved record of the large collection of paintings formed by Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall sold en bloc to Empress Catherine II of Russia. Provenance: James Archibald Campbell (1807-1879, bookplate with autograph note: "These two volumes... offered to me... by James Archibald Cameron, in apparently good health, Dec. 9, 1879. Mr Campbell died the same evening about 9p.m.").

NO RESERVE Wolf (Johann) Opera omnia [Lectiones memorabiles et reconditæ], 2 vol., second edition, engraved additional pictorial title, half-title to vol.2, 13 engraved emblematic plates, of which 12 double-page, short tear without loss to foot of single-page plate, browning to varying degrees throughout, contemporary vellum over boards, soiled, folio, Frankfurt, Heirs of Henning Gros, 1671.

Anstis (John) Order of the Garter. The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, from its Cover in Black velvet, Usually Called the Black Book, 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispieces and 13 plates (2 folding), 1 working loose, 4D1&2 with loss to lower corner, not affecting text, wormhole to text, light spotting or soiling, mostly marginal, a good, wide-margined copy generally, contemporary calf, joints cracked, scuffed and rather worn, folio, John Barber, 1724.⁂ Provenance: M. H. Bloxam (bookplate).

Aristotle. Aristotle's Treatise on Poetry, translated by Thomas Twining, occasional foxing, red straight-grain morocco, gilt, by C. Kalthoeber, darkened, extremities rubbed, g.e., Payne and Son, 1789 § Diodorus (Siculus) The Historical Library of Diodorus the Sicilian. In Fifteen Books Containing the Antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the Islands and Europe... Made English by G. Booth, 3 engraved maps (2 folding), foxing, browning and some dampstaining to text, later calf, covers detached, [Wing D1512], by Edw. Jones, 1700; and 4 others, classics, 4to & folio, (6)

Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera Virgiliana cum decem commentis, 2 parts in 1, collation: a6 b-q8 r6; A6 B-Z, AA-OO8 P6 ɫ8, first title in red and black and with woodcut historiated border, second title with woodcut fleur de lys device, c.200 woodcuts in text, woodcut criblé historiated and decorative initials, contemporary ink marginalia and notes in different hands, sig. 2H duplicated in place of sig. H (this no doubt done at workshop stage, as an early ink reader's note to head of true 2H1 points to the error), f. LIX small section torn away at head, affecting headline recto and verso, f. CCCCCV short tear within text without loss, water-stained towards end, occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, 17th century blind-ruled calf, spine in compartments, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends and corners worn, folio (312 x 194mm.), [Lyon], [Jean Crespin], 1529.⁂ Literature: Adams V474; Mortimer, French, 538.

Armour.- Meyrick (Sir Samuel Rush) A Critical Inquiry into Antient Armour..., 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, additional engraved vignette titles, 80 aquatint plates, 70 finely hand-coloured, some with tissue guards, fine hand-coloured initials to chapters heightened with gold or silver (silver sometimes tarnished), a few spots to engraved titles slightly showing through to letterpress titles, some other light foxing but plates mostly clean, tear to outer margin of Dd3 of vol.1, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary half red morocco, spines gilt, uncut, a little rubbed, one or two scuffs to spines, folio, 1824.

Cornwall.- Borlase (William) Observations on the Antiquities and Monuments of the County of Cornwall, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved map and 23 plates, one double-page, engraved head- & tail-pieces, some spotting, light water-staining at end, bookplate and signature of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little worn, upper cover detached, folio, Oxford, by W.Jackson, 1754 § Pycroft (J.W.) The Claim to the Foreshores of the Sea Coast and Tidal Rivers...of Devon and Cornwall, one of only 25 copies, presentation copy to Sir George Cornwall Lewis Bart. M.P. from the author with manuscript note and a few corrections to Preface, original vellum, rubbed and soiled, privately printed, 1854 § Blight (J.T.) Ancient Crosses, and other Antiquities in the East of Cornwall, second edition, title in red & black, wood-engraved illustrations, title foxed, original pictorial cloth, gilt, Penzance, 1872, folio & 4to (3)

Fulke (Sir Greville, 1st Baron Brooke) Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes, first edition, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, gatherings a-c cancelled as usual, lacking initial and final blank ff., occasional light browning, ink name to head of title, 19th century blindstamped calf, staining to covers, joints cracked at head, spine label chipped, extremities rubbed, [STC 12361; Pforzheimer 437; Greg II, 489 and III pp.1068-1069], small folio, by E.P. for Henry Seyle, 1633.⁂ Provenance: Samuel ?Madock (ink inscription).

Hogarth (William) The Original and Genuine Works, 108 engraved plates on 88 wove paper sheets with watermarks dated 1818, some light foxing, mostly marginal, a good, clean example generally, modern half morocco over old boards, folio, Boydell and Company, [c.1818 or later].

Shakespeare (William) [Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies, second edition], lacks all before D2 (i.e. 'To the Reader', title, preliminaries and all of The Tempest and Two Gentlemen of Verona), H3 (pp.89/90 from Comedy of Errors), T3 (pp.221/222 from Taming of the Shrew), Bb4 (pp.295/296 from The Winters Tale), d1 and d2 (pp.37-40 from Richard II), d5 and d6 (pp.45-50 from Richard II and Henry IV, part 1), e2-5 (pp.53-60 from Henry IV, part 1), pp2-rr6 (pp.271-304, last leaf of Macbeth, all of Hamlet and first leaf of King Lear), and all after bbb5 (pp.399-419 from Cymbeline), N1 (first page of Midsommer Nights Dream) defective and repaired with loss of text, X2 and X7 misbound, c6 (pp.35/36 from Richard II) supplied from a smaller copy, frayed with some loss of text, soiling and staining, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked and recornered, [STC 22274; Pforzheimer 906], folio (326 x 210mm.), [by Tho. Cotes, for Robert Allot, 1632].⁂ A substantially defective and rather grubby copy, but nevertheless with many complete plays - The Merry Wives of Windsor, Measure for Measure, Much Adoe about Nothing, Loves Labour's Lost, The Merchant of Venice, As you like it, All's Well that Ends Well, Twelfe Night, King John, Henry IV part 2, Henry V, Henry VI all 3 parts, Richard III, Troylus and Cressida, Coriolanus, Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Othello, Anthony and Cleopatra.

America.- [Smith (Captain John)] [The Generall Historie Of Virginia, New-England And The Summer Isles, With the Names of the Adventurers, Planters, Governours from their first beginning], lacking engraved title, maps and D2&3, dampstaining and fraying with loss to margins throughout, a few tears running into text, ink notes and fingerposts in early hands to margins and endpapers, ink ownership inscription of Thomas Spencer to 2I4 verso, front free endpaper detached, contemporary calf, covers detached and worn, [cf. Pforzheimer 950; Sabin 82823; STC 22790 (first editions), folio, [by I[ohn]. D[awson]. and I[ohn]. H[aviland]. for Michael Sparkes], [c.1624-1632]; sold not subject to return. ⁂ A remnant of this important early history of Virginia with the text nevertheless largely complete with a possible early-settler provenance. Thomas Spencer, possibly the notable early settler of Hartford, Connecticut, born in Stotfold, Bedfordshire (1607-1687).

Britain.- Ogilby (John) Britannia: or, The Kingdom of England and Dominion of Wales, Actually Survey'd, second edition, 100 double-page engraved road-maps, additional large folding engraved maps with outline hand-colouring "The Travellers Guide through England and Wales" by I. Smith bound in at end, foxing and browning, some creases, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, rebacked and recornered, [Wing O169], folio, for Abel Swall and Robert Morden, 1698.

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, [abridged translation by James Wright],3 parts in 1, title in red and black, 14 engraved portraits only (of 15), extra-illustrated with 13 early 19th century original watercolour drawings on 12 sheets, one in colours signed M.B.Sturges c.235 x 270mm. (folding), the rest pen and ink with grey wash signed M.B.Rouse and smaller, also several additional engravings tipped in or inserted, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, verso of title and bound at end, some soiling, one plate stained, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, a few scratches, corners worn, rebacked and repaired, [Wing D2487], Sam. Keble, 1693; Monasticon Anglicanum, first edition, engraved additional architectural title by Wenceslaus Hollar, title in red and black, 53 engraved plates by Hollar and others, 2 double-page and/or folding, one with letterpress to verso, one folding plate torn at fold (repaired), a few spots but generally clean, old ink manuscript notes mounted on front pastedown, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary mottled calf, a little rubbed and stained, corners worn, rebacked, [Wing D2484], Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1655; and an 1846 edition in 8 volumes, folio; sold not subject to return (10)⁂ The additional watercolours depict mostly ecclesiastical buildings or ruins, the main one being a 'View of the Ruins of Sopewell Nunnery, near St.Alban's in Hertfordshire'.

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, engraved portrait by Martin Droeshout above the verses "To the Reader" on verso of the first leaf (trimmed closely to image and laid down), title with woodcut fleur-de-lis device, title and text within double- and single-rule borders, title lightly creased and surface-soiled with short internal tear, first A3&4, F2, 2H5, 2Q5, 2R6 2T2, 2U3, *3C4, *3E6, 3A1, 2D2, 3F6, 3I2 and 3M4 with neat expert repairs and restorations to lower margins, 1 or 2 running into text but without loss, B2, L5, 2M2, 2R1, *3A4, 3N6, 3Y1 with small holes or rust-holes, F2 and 3X4, closely shaved at head affecting rule border, 2O5 and 3D6 with light vertical creasing causing printing flaw affecting a few letters of text, 4A3&4 fore-margins trimmed, occasional dampstaining to margins, a few ff. lightly browned, occasional light soiling, but a very good, crisp copy generally, bookplates to title verso and pastedown, 19th century half calf, spine gilt in compartments with green morocco label, extremities rubbed, [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.⁂ The last of the 17th century editions of Shakespeare's collected plays. It was printed on taller paper stock than the previous folio editions (here measuring 352 x 218mm.). Herringman and his co-publishers decided on a larger paper size in order to increase the number of lines per page, and so decrease the bulk of the book. However, including the added plays, the number of sheets in the Fourth Folio is almost exactly the same as that in the First and Second.Provenance: His Grace the Duke of Cleveland; Honble Fredk. Vane (armorial bookplates); Lord Barnard of Raby Castle (book-label).

Justinus (Marcus Junianus) Iustinus historicus una cum L. Floro a Philippo Beroaldo correctus, edited by Lucius Annaeus Florus & Filippo Beroaldo, collation: A-Q6 R4, title with woodcut printer's device, initial spaces with guide-letters, small hole to title, affecting a couple of letters verso, some foxing, a few small stains, lightly browned, 19th century calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving earlier morocco label, small folio (267 x 189mm.), [Bologna], Benedictus Hector, [June, 1505].⁂ A rare edition, with USTC recording only five copies, none of which in UK or USA. Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 53784.

Fuller (Thomas) The Church-History of Britain; from the birth of Jesus Christ, untill the year M.DC.XLVIII, first edition, presentation copy with ink inscription "The gift of Mr. Thomas Fuller minister of this Parish of Waltham-Abbey who is the Author of this Book. April the 8th, Anno Dom 1646, Hen. Wollaston" to endpaper, divisional titles, woodcut illustrations and initials, 5 engraved plates, with blank ff. 2R4, 4H2 and 6C4, rust-hole to 2G1, dampstaining, a few marginal paper flaws, front free endpaper creased and holed, upper hinge broken, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper joint splitting, rather worn, [Wing F2416], folio, for John Williams, 1655.⁂ Presentation copies from Fuller are rare, we can only trace 1 example at auction in the last 50 years. Henry Wollaston (died 1670), Justice of the Peace in Essex, married Ursula Foxe, granddaughter of John Foxe. He is mentioned as a dedicatee in Fuller's The infants advocate of circumcision (1653).

Felibien (Michel) Histoire de l'Abbaye Royale de Saint-Denys en France, first edition, engraved frontispiece, 2 double-page plans and 11 plates, all but one double-page and mounted on stubs, engraved head-pieces and initials, occasional spotting, a good clean copy, bookplate and signature of M.H.Bloxam, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, folio, Paris, Frederic Leonard, 1706.⁂ In the design of the choir built in 1140-44 this was the first major building to incorporate the new elements of Gothic architecture as a complete structure, using pointed arches, a rib vault, ambulatory with radiating chapels, and flying buttresses.

Sophocles. Tragoediæ Septem [graece], edited by Henri Estienne, 2 parts in 1, text in Greek and commentary in Latin, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, with blanks ggg4 and Hh2, lightly browned throughout, some spotting, modern calf-backed buckram, [Adams S1448; Renouard, Estienne, 129:3; Schreiber 171], [Geneva], [Henri Estienne], 1568; and 4 others, 16th & 17th century Greek, small 4to & folio (5)

Gloucestershire.- Lysons (Samuel) An Account of Roman Antiquities discovered at Woodchester in the County of Gloucester, first edition, text in English and French, hand-coloured decorative aquatint title and dedication to George III, engraved head- and tail-piece, 40 engraved plates, most fine aquatints, 30 hand-coloured or partly so, 9 double-page, title and dedication with marginal soiling and slight fraying to fore-edge, text foxed, one or two uncoloured plates at end with marginal foxing and a few with slight water-staining to lower margin but plates generally clean and bright, modern cloth preserving old gilt-stamped morocco label on upper cover (rubbed), large folio, 1797 [plates water-marked 1794, a few later].⁂ Important account of the Roman villa discovered at Woodchester by Samuel Lysons in 1793, dating from c.325 AD and including the famous Orpheus mosaic. The fine hand-coloured aquatints include views of the countryside as well as many of the mosaics.

Hogarth (William) The Original and Genuine Works, 108 engraved plates on 87 wove paper sheets with watermarks dated 1801, creasing to title and frontispiece, some light marginal creasing or finger-soiling, 20th century half morocco, extremities rubbed, folio, [c.1801 or later].⁂ "The Bruiser Churchill" here in two states, the first of which on laid paper and widow-mounted.

Kent.- Hasted (Edward) The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent, 4 vol., first edition, large folding map hand-coloured in outline, 85 engraved maps, plates and plans only (of 99), engraved head-pieces and illustrations, tissue guards, list of subscribers, some spotting, a few small marginal tears, bookplate of M.H.Bloxam, vol.1-3 contemporary calf, rubbed and scuffed, rebacked, vol.4 contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, some repairs, folio (vol.4 slightly larger), Canterbury, Simmons & Kirkby, 1778-99; sold not subject to return

Bible, Latin.- Biblia latina, with additions by Menardus Monachus, collation: [a12 b-y10 z A6 B-N10 O P6 Q-S10 T V8 X-Z aabb10 cc6], double column, 468 ff., 51 lines, Gothic type, first 3 initials on punched gold ground with marginal extensions comprising intertwining sprays and flowers in green, blue, red, pink and yellow by a contemporary artist, headlines and initials in red, early foliation in black ink, first f. blank, contemporary manuscript table of contents on vellum leaf bound in at start, 18th century German bibliographical note to front endpaper, a4 loose, ff.27-30 and ff.400-468 stained to varying degrees, heavier towards end, with c. last 10 ff. with some holing and repairs with loss of text, c.30+ ff. at end with inner gutters strengthened, elsewhere occasional marginal staining / water-staining and spotting, modern half morocco, spine gilt, folio (390 x 270mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 30 July, 1477.⁂ Koberger's second Latin Bible, here with handsome decorations. Provenance: William Constable-Maxwell (1804-1876), 10th Lord Herries of Terregles (engraved armorial bookplate); J. H. Burn, March, 1931 (label)Literature: BMC II 414; Goff B552; GW 4227 (+var); HC 3065*; Bod-inc B-261; BSB-Ink B-425; ISTC ib00552000.

Demosthenes. Demosthenous Logoi, kai prooimia demegorika, kai epistolai [graece], translated by Guillaume Morel, edited by Denys Lambin, collation: α-γ6 δ8 A-Z6 a-z6 Aa-Vv6 2x4, title with large woodcut printer's device, woodcut decorative initials, final f. colophon recto otherwise blank, first few ff. little chipped, γ8 small burn hole within text, some marginal staining / water-staining, new endpapers, later vellum, rebacked in library buckram, lower corner of upper cover worn, spine soiled, rubbed, folio (340 x 210mm.), Paris, Jacques du Puys, 1570.⁂ A wide-margined copy of this handsomely printed work. One of three variant issues, printed entirely in Greek apart from the printer's preface. Literature: Adams D266.

A FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 17TH CENTURY gouache with ink on paper, comprising verses Persian poetry written in four columns of nastaliq script, the unrelated illustration laid on one side, depicting a ruler with a river flotilla, framed 24 x 17cm (inside margins) Provenance: Property of a Deceased Estate, sold by order of the Executors.

Jonson (Ben) The Works of Ben Jonson, Which were formerly Printed in Two Volumes, are now Reprinted in One, To which is added, A Comedy called the New Inn, H. Herringman et al, 1692, folio in fours, engraved portrait frontis, [12], 264, 281-368, 371-382, 393-744, [4] pages as called for, several pages misnumbered but correct, A1 is the frontis leaf (see ESTC R15282), Ogle family armorial bookplates, contemporary panel calf (rebacked in calf gilt)

Robortello (Francesco) Francisci Robortelli Utinensis Paraphrasis in Librum Horatii ..., Basileae: Ioannem Heruagium Iuniorem, 1555, folio in sixes, 48, [4] pages, Latin text, original printed paper wrap, disbound (waterstained, old mould spotting to final leaves]

Shanghai Souvenir of the Shanghai Defence Forces, Volume 1, Shanghai: North China Daily News and Herald, no date [May 1927], landscape folio, [2], 24 pages (single sided), illustrated with photographs from Ariel L.Varges et al, original printed paper wraps (some page corners turned, covers worn and stained)

Johnson (Ian) Newcastle Battalion of World War One, 16th (Service) Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers, private printing, [2014], first edition, folio, presentation copy signed by the author, dust wrapper

Talbot (Viva) Steel Making, Woodcuts by Viva Talbot, printed by Hoods of Middlesbrough, no date, folio, fifteen plates, original wraps (foxing to covers); idem, Steelmaking Illustrated, South Durham Cargo Fleet Steel, no date, oblong folio, sixteen plates with prints of pencil drawing by Viva Talbot, each with titled tissue guard, original half style cloth (cloth spotted) (2)

Richardson (S.T.) The World's First Railway Jubilee, Darlington: Bailey, 1876, oblong folio, litho. illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wraps; [idem], The Friends in Council, Newcastle: Andrew Reid, [1874], first edition, oblong folio, 25 leaves, litho. illustrations, original cloth-backed printed wraps (2)

Roxburghe Club Rotz (Jean), The Maps and Text of the Boke of Idrography Presented by Jean Rotz to Henry VIII, edited by Helen Wallis with a foreword by Viscount Eccles. Oxford: Printed for presentation to the members of the Roxburghe Club, 1981, large folio, illustrated title, 32 colour facsimiles of the original charts, etc., top edge gilt, half morocco.

Bartholomew (John) The Library Reference Atlas of the World, Macmillan, 1890, folio, eighty-four double-page colour mapsall edges gilt, half morocco (rubbed)

Sparrman (Anders) A Voyage Round the World, with Captain James Cook in H.M.S. Resolution, Golden Cockerel Press, 1944, numbered limited edition of 350, folio, illustrated by Peter Barker-Mill, original cloth gilt

The Sporting Life British Hunts and Huntsmen ... Containing a Short History of each Fox and Stag Hunt in the British Isles, together with Biographical Records ..., Biographical Press, 1911, four folio volumes, all edges gilt, original half morocco

Bird Illustrations Copy Book of Birds, no date or text (presentation inscription dated 1868), folio, a collection of twenty lithographs by Hullmandel and Walton depicting various species of birds with titles, the first illustration has been hand-coloured to a high standard, original decorative cloth gilt (cloth damp-stained)

Millais (J. G.) The Natural History of British Game Birds, Longmans, Green & Co., 1909, numbered limited edition of 550, folio, thirty-six plates after Millais and Archibald Thorburn (eighteen colour, seventeen photogravure and one other), top edge gilt, original cloth, worn dust wrapper