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Cartography and Cartobibliography - Provincial Imprints, Fordham (Sir George Herbert), two volumes: Hertfordshire Maps: A Des

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Lot 5894

Cartography and Cartobibliography - Provincial Imprints, Fordham (Sir George Herbert), two volumes: Hertfordshire Maps: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Maps of County, 1579-1900 [&] Supplement, Hertford: Stephen Austin & Sons, Ltd., 1907-1914, illustrated, contemporary pictorial wrappers (various states), folios, (2); Skelton (R.A.), County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703, London: Carta Press, 1970, h/b, d/j, 4to, (1); Philips' Select Atlas of Modern Geography [...], London: [n.d., pre-1914], double-page maps, green cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); Mais (S.P.B.), Britannia 1651~1951, Stapes Press: 1951, pictorial d/j, h/b, folio, (1); Christopher Saxton and Tudor Map-Making; John Speed; etc., [14]

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Children's Book - Carroll (Lewis) [pseud. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] and Steadman (Ralph, illustrator), Alice in Wonderland,

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Lot 5897

Children's Book - Carroll (Lewis) [pseud. Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)] and Steadman (Ralph, illustrator), Alice in Wonderland, signed and dedicated by the illustrator, first edition thus, London: Dennis Dobson, 1967, illustrated throughout, pictorial white boards, d/j, folio (34cm x 24cm), [1]

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Children's Books and Illustrators - Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) and Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), The Sleeping Beauty and other

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Lot 5903

Children's Books and Illustrators - Quiller-Couch (Sir Arthur) and Dulac (Edmund, illustrator), The Sleeping Beauty and other fairy tales, From the Old French, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [n.d., c. 1921], tipped-in colour plates, contemporary brown cloth, elaborately pictorial gilt, 4to, (1); Pollard (Alfred W.) and Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1917, tipped-in colour plates, contemporary blue cloth pictorial gilt, 4to, (1); Browning (Robert) and Partridge (Bernard, illustrator), Rabbi Ben Ezra and Other Poems, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [n.d.], tipped-in colour plates and two autographs of the artist, contemporary pictorial cloth, 4to, (1); Gray (Thomas) and Rouse (R.W.A., illustrator), Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, London: Aldine House, 1898, title printed in red and black, illustrated with photogravures, contemporary cloth gilt, 8vo, (1); Caldecott (Ralph), Gleanings from the Graphic, London: 1889, pictorial boards, oblong folio, (1), [5]

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Geology, Local Interest - The Mercian Geologist: Journal of the East Midlands Geological Society, 1964-1978, bound as six vol

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Lot 5920

Geology, Local Interest - The Mercian Geologist: Journal of the East Midlands Geological Society, 1964-1978, bound as six volumes, red buckram, 4to and folio, (6); Provincial Imprint, Glover (Stephen), The History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby [...], first edition, two-volumes (all published): volumes I & II: Part 1, Derby: Printed for the Publisher by Henry Mozley and Son, 1831-1833, the second volume with fold-out hand-coloured county map, contemporary cloth boards, second volume with contemporary crested bookplate: Thomas Langhorne, 4to, (2), [8]

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Miscellaneous - Children's, Collins [John], The Chapter of Kings, London: J. Harris, 1818, illustrated throughout with in-tex

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Lot 5942

Miscellaneous - Children's, Collins [John], The Chapter of Kings, London: J. Harris, 1818, illustrated throughout with in-text monochrome stipple engravings, contemporary printed boards (disbound), 16mo, (1); [Steele (Sir Richard)], The Englishman: Being the Sequel of the Guardian, first edition, London: Sam. Buckley, 1714, contemporary panelled calf, ink MS ownership inscription: John Sykes, 12mo, (1); Thornton (Colonel T.), A Sporting Tour [...], London: Edward Arnold, 1896, contemporary half-vellum over marbled boards, Shield Shaped Armorial bookplate: W.B. Thornton, 8vo, (1); Clark (F. Le Gros, F.R.S.), Physiology, London: 1873, contemporary roan-backed cloth, 12mo, (1); Ansted (Professor D.T.), Geology, Mineralogy, and Crystallography [...], London: 1855, in-text illustrations, blue cloth, 8vo, (1); Byron (Lord), Don Juan, In Sixteen Cantos, London: G. Nodes, 1845, additional title engraved with Newstead Abbey, contemporary cloth, 16mo; early 18th century and later works, various imprints, bindings, sizes and states; 19th century Holy Bible, gilt-tooled leather binding, folio; 19th century and later chemistry and science works; The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente, New York: 1942; etc., [59]

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Miscellaneous - Medicine, Culpeper (Nicholas), The English Physitian (sic) Enlarged: With Three Hundred, Sixty, and Nine Medi

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Lot 5946

Miscellaneous - Medicine, Culpeper (Nicholas), The English Physitian (sic) Enlarged: With Three Hundred, Sixty, and Nine Medicines, made of English Herbs that were not in any Impression until this: The Epistle will Inform you how to know This Impression from any other./Being an Astrologo-Physical (sic) Discourse of the Vulgar Herbs of this Nation: Containing a Compleat (sic) Method of Physick (sic), whereby a man preserve his [...] Health; or Cure himself, being Sick, for three pence Charge, with such things only as grow in England, they being most fit for English Bodies [...], rare and early posthumous edition, 'Gent. Student in Physick and Astrology' impression, [London: Printed by Peter Cole [...], 1656], title-page printed within a double fleur-de-lis border, pp: [3] (torn losses affecting title-page imprint and Cole's advert), [xvi], complete but incorrect pagination: 1-173, 284- 398, [16] Table of Diseases, [4] (blanks), page 396 illustrated with an astrological figure of heaven, rebacked and relayed contemporary calf boards, traces of blind tooling and fillets, refreshed endpapers, 12mo, (1); Hagiography, Cave (William, D.D., Chaplain in Ordinary to His Majesty), Apostolici [...], first edition, London: Printed by A.C. for Richard Chiswel, 1677, title-page printed in black and red within double-line borders, half-title/imprimatur leaf but lacking engraved title, some plates also lacking, elaborately blind-tooled Provincial Regency brown calf over marbled boards, indistinct ink MS ownership contemporary to rebinding, folio, (1); Theology, Owen (The Late Reverend John, D.D.), Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ [...], London: Printed by A.M. and R.R. for Benjamin Alsop, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf, 18th century lettering piece and ink MS ownership inscriptions, 8vo, (1); [Patrick (The Right Reverend Simon, Lord Bishop of Ely)], A Commentary upon the First Book of Moses, Called Genesis, third edition, London: Richard Chiswel, 1704, title-page supplied in facsimile, some repairs and marginal loss, rebacked contemporary blind-tooled reverse calf, 4to, (1); [Ovid] and Burman (Pieter the Elder, editor), P. Ovidii Nasonis Operum Tomus III [...], Trajecti Batavorum [Utrecht]: Apud Guilielmum Vande Water, 1713, contemporary calf gilt boards, marbled edges, rebacked to style, early 19th century crested bookplate to verso of title-page, probably Charles Cameron (1745-1812), 12mo, (1), [5]

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Miscellaneous - Travel, Exploration and Natural History - Peel (C.V.A., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.), Wild Sport in the Outer Hebrides,

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Lot 5950

Miscellaneous - Travel, Exploration and Natural History - Peel (C.V.A., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S.), Wild Sport in the Outer Hebrides, first edition, London: F.E. Robinson, 1901, contemporary red cloth pictorial gilt, 8vo, (1); Buller's Birds of New Zealand, 1967, h/b, d/j, slipcase en suite, folio, (1); further ornithology; Meakin (Budgett), The Moorish Empire: A Historical Epitome, London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Lim., 1899, illustrated, contemporary pictorial cloth, ex-lib, 8vo, (1); The Story of the Nations: Bohemia, &, Moors in Spain, mixed dates, contemporary pictorial cloth, ex-lib, 8vo, (2); Stockenstrom (Sir Andries, Bart), The Autobiography [...], two-volume set, facsimile, Cape Town: 1964, brown leather, 8vo, (2); Beauties of Nature: A picture-book by Niklaus Stoecklin, 1943, oblong folio; Spirit of America, 1930, folio; Deeside; botany; etc., [15]

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Music - a late 18th/early 19th century sammelband, comprising 12 pieces of sheet music for piano forte: Haydn's celebrated Sy

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Lot 5953

Music - a late 18th/early 19th century sammelband, comprising 12 pieces of sheet music for piano forte: Haydn's celebrated Symphonies [...] No.2., London: Printed & Sold by R. Birchall [...], [n.d.], 13pp; Haydn's celebrated Grand Military Symphony [...], London: Printed & Sold by R. Birchall [...], [n.d.], 19pp; [Haydn], No. 23 Bland's Collection [...] of Sonatas, Lessons, Overtures, Capricios, Divertimentos &c&c [...], London: R. Birchall, [n.d.], 12pp; Eight Pieces Selected from the Celebrated Opera of Le Nozze di Figaro, Composed by Mozart [...], London: R. Birchall, [n.d.], 23pp; The Favourite Air "Cease your funning", Arranged [...] by Martha Greatorex, London: Printed for the Authoress by the Royal Harmonic Institution, title-page with their stamp also, [n.d.], 10pp; No. 47, A Favourite Air [...] Composed by Gelinek, London: R. Birchall, [n.d.], 14pp; another, No. 11, 12pp; No. 26, London: Printed by Goulding, D'Almaine, Potter & Co., [n.d.], 13pp; Rousseau's Dream [...] by J.B. Cramer, London: Printed & Sold by Chappell & Co., [n.d.], 12pp; Auld lang Syne, A favourite Scotch Air [...] by F. Lanza, London: Printed by Clementi & Co., [n.d.], 9pp; Rimbault's Trio [...] Op. 7, London: R. Birchall, [n.d.], printed on a blue-grey stock of paper, 8pp; Brulant D'Amour, A Troubadour Song [...] by C.M. Sola, London: Published at Falkner's Opera Music Warehouse, [n.d.], 6pp, each sheet copperplate printed, recto flyleaf with contemporary ink MS contents, contemporary calf over marbled boards (perished, upper-cover detached, lower-cover hanging on), upper-cover with contemporary gilt-tooled and lettered red morocco ownership label, monogrammed C.W., folio (34.5cm x 26.5cm), [1]

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Anon, The History of the Incarnation, Life, Doctrine, and Miracles; The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, Of Our Blessed Lo

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Lot 6004

Anon, The History of the Incarnation, Life, Doctrine, and Miracles; The Death, Resurrection, and Ascension, Of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, [...] To which are added, The Lives, Actions, and Sufferings of the Twelve Apostles [...], with a Chronological Table [...], By a Divine of the Church of England, London: Printed for T. Cooper, 1737, title-page printed in red and black, frontispiece and full-page plates engraved by James Mynde (1702-1771), fold-out map of the Holy Land, contemporary calf (disbound), indistinct mid-19th century ink MS ownership inscription, crown folio (41cm x 27cm), [1]

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Twenty-two Folio Society volumes including Myths of the Near East, Folio Golden Treasury and others, etc

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Lot 100

Twenty-two Folio Society volumes including Myths of the Near East, Folio Golden Treasury and others, etc

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A modern boxed set of Beatrix Potter - The World of Peter Rabbit books, various World of Beatrix Potter boxed sets, two boxed

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Lot 106

A modern boxed set of Beatrix Potter - The World of Peter Rabbit books, various World of Beatrix Potter boxed sets, two boxed sets of three Folio Society Tolkien Lord of the Rings volumes and others, etc

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Miller (Philip) - The Gardeners & Botanists Dictionary Containing the Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improvin

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Lot 249

Miller (Philip) - The Gardeners & Botanists Dictionary Containing the Best and Newest Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Fruit & Flower Garden and Nursery, 2 vols, folio, 1807 (af)

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Two boxes of assorted books including Grant (J) - British Battles on Land & Sea; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - Folio

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Two boxes of assorted books including Grant (J) - British Battles on Land & Sea; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens - Folio Society re-print; the Wonder Book of Railways, etc

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Report by the General Board of Health on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, HMSO 1850, folio, with two large maps of Lond

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Lot 120

Report by the General Board of Health on the Supply of Water to the Metropolis, HMSO 1850, folio, with two large maps of London and various other maps and plans, cloth

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The Workes of King Charles the Martyr. London: James Flesher for R. Royston 1662, folio, engraved frontispiece and title, 2 p

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Lot 128

The Workes of King Charles the Martyr. London: James Flesher for R. Royston 1662, folio, engraved frontispiece and title, 2 printed titles, double page portrait and 2 further double page plates ruled in red, imprint leaf at end, some rippling to contents, occasional slight stains, marbled paste-downs, two leaves of 19th century MS ink notes at the start, contemporary morocco with gilt Royal arms to both boards within ruled frames, the spine in six compartments with lettering piece 'The Kings Workes', bookplate of Thomas Walpole. Note: for another more elaborate copy of this work in two volumes, see Christie's New York Lot 255, 3 December 2007, described as the work of the 'Royal Heads Binder'.

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The Historie of Great Britaine, under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Third edition, London: John Daw

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Lot 133

The Historie of Great Britaine, under the Conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. Third edition, London: John Dawson for George Humble 1632, folio, frontispiece portrait (laid down, left margin trimmed), woodcut illustrations, head and tail-pieces, double column text, 8 leaves with upper corners torn away without loss of text, variable pale damp stains, later morocco (rebacked)

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The History of the World. London: Walter Burre 1614 (imprint leaf dated 1628), folio, frontispiece 'Minde of the Front' leaf,

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Lot 134

The History of the World. London: Walter Burre 1614 (imprint leaf dated 1628), folio, frontispiece 'Minde of the Front' leaf, engraved title and portrait to letter-press title all laid down and somewhat worn and dust stained, 6 double page maps, 2 battle plans, last leaves a little creased and worn, 19th century half calf (upper board detached)

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Iragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus... with the Politick Touchstone, written originally in Italian... p

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Lot 135

Iragguagli di Parnasso: or, Advertisements from Parnassus... with the Politick Touchstone, written originally in Italian... put into English by Henry Earl of Monmouth, 3rd edition, corrected, 1674, small folio, portrait frontispiece (damaged left margin), worn calf; BACON (Francis) Of The Advancement and Proficiencie of Learning: or the Partitions of Sciences, Nine Books, Interpreted by Gilbert Wats. London: for Thomas Williams 1674, folio, portrait frontispiece, title with old ink inscriptions, strengthened fore-margin, first leaves a little worn, somewhat age toned, recased and rebacked preserving original spine strip

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Memoirs for a Natural History of Animals. Containing the Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected by the Royal

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Lot 142

Memoirs for a Natural History of Animals. Containing the Anatomical Descriptions of Several Creatures Dissected by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris. Englished by Alexander Pitfeild, 2 parts in 1 vol., London: Joseph Streater 1688, folio, title in red and black (dust soiled), lacking engraved title, 30 plates; bound with - The Measure of the Earth, 5 further plates (final leaf stained), recased and later half bound

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De Animalibus libri vigintisex Novissime Impressi. Emendatus fuit Liber iste per ... Marcum Antonium Zimaram. Venice: O. Scot

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Lot 152

De Animalibus libri vigintisex Novissime Impressi. Emendatus fuit Liber iste per ... Marcum Antonium Zimaram. Venice: O. Scoti ac sociorum 1519, folio, title, 5 leaves of Tables, 205ff., double column text, black letter, decorative capitals, collates without loss, old calf ruled in blind, spine chipped with later label

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Journal du Voyage du Chevr. Chardin en Perse & Aux Indes Orientales. par la Mer Noire & par la Colchide. London: Mose

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Lot 157

Journal du Voyage du Chevr. Chardin en Perse & Aux Indes Orientales. par la Mer Noire & par la Colchide. London: Moses Pitt 1686, folio, portrait frontispiece, engraved title, folding map and 15 plates (most folding), all as required, slight stain to lower corner of title and preface leaves, contemporary calf, spine ends chipped. Provenance: Heber Library copy with stamp

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The Six Voyages. London 1678, folio, first English edition translated by John Phillips, four parts with separate title pages,

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Lot 158

The Six Voyages. London 1678, folio, first English edition translated by John Phillips, four parts with separate title pages, 24 engraved plates (some folding) including of gem stones, generally good in worn cracked contemporary panelled calf

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Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: E. & J. Wright, [1808], folio, engraved portrait on title, Whatman 1806 watermark,

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Lot 161

Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: E. & J. Wright, [1808], folio, engraved portrait on title, Whatman 1806 watermark, untrimmed, boards with covers near detached. Note: Page 167 has a tear with partial loss of text

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Camden's Britannia Newly Translated into English, London 1695, folio, Gibson edition, portrait frontispiece, 50 double page o

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Lot 162

Camden's Britannia Newly Translated into English, London 1695, folio, Gibson edition, portrait frontispiece, 50 double page or folding maps, plates of coins, slight scattered foxing and marginal spotting, later morocco gilt, slightly worn at head ends

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Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, 2 vols. London: R. Chiswell 1691, folio, half-titles, engraved vignette titles, tit

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Lot 163

Anglia Sacra, sive Collectio Historiarum, 2 vols. London: R. Chiswell 1691, folio, half-titles, engraved vignette titles, titles printed in red & black, rebacked panel calf (2)

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appointed to be read in Churches in the time of Queen Elizabeth..., Oxford, 1683, folio, a little age toned, rebacked panel c

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Lot 164

appointed to be read in Churches in the time of Queen Elizabeth..., Oxford, 1683, folio, a little age toned, rebacked panel calf

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Petri Blesensis Bathioniesis Opera. Paris: Jean Petit 1519, folio, black letter, double column, engraved title in red and bla

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Lot 165

Petri Blesensis Bathioniesis Opera. Paris: Jean Petit 1519, folio, black letter, double column, engraved title in red and black, rebacked rolled calf

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Operum Omnium, Cologne 1560, folio, 3 parts in one, some damp staining at head, rebacked blind tooled calf with clasps

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Lot 166

Operum Omnium, Cologne 1560, folio, 3 parts in one, some damp staining at head, rebacked blind tooled calf with clasps

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Silva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, 5th edition London 1729, folio, title in red and black, worn cracked calf

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Lot 167

Silva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, 5th edition London 1729, folio, title in red and black, worn cracked calf

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Sermonum Opera. Hagenau 1521, folio, title slightly age soiled, some finger marking and age stains, bevelled boards, rolled c

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Lot 168

Sermonum Opera. Hagenau 1521, folio, title slightly age soiled, some finger marking and age stains, bevelled boards, rolled calf with later clasps

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Operum, 4 pts in 2 vols., Paris: J B Ascensius 1512-19, folio, titles in red and black, contemporary blind tooled pigskin wit

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Lot 169

Operum, 4 pts in 2 vols., Paris: J B Ascensius 1512-19, folio, titles in red and black, contemporary blind tooled pigskin with minor worming to inside of boards and some text leaves, with clasps

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In Pauli Epistolas Collectanea. Paris: J B Ascensius 1535, small folio, title with large woodcut printer's device, elaborate

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Lot 170

In Pauli Epistolas Collectanea. Paris: J B Ascensius 1535, small folio, title with large woodcut printer's device, elaborate initials, minor worming and toning, 19th century vellum

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Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum Libri V. Cambridge: Roger Daniel 1644, folio, general age toning, rebacked calf

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Lot 173

Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum Libri V. Cambridge: Roger Daniel 1644, folio, general age toning, rebacked calf

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Opus Aureum Sancti Thome de Aquino. Venice: O. Scotus 1521, folio, woodcut to title page, double column text, intermittent da

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Lot 174

Opus Aureum Sancti Thome de Aquino. Venice: O. Scotus 1521, folio, woodcut to title page, double column text, intermittent damp staining, some slight marginal worming and occasional spotting, recased using original vellum and rebacked preserving spine strip

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Ecclesiastica Historia, et Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum Venerabilis Bede. Strassburg: 1500, small folio, gothic letter, some

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Lot 175

Ecclesiastica Historia, et Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum Venerabilis Bede. Strassburg: 1500, small folio, gothic letter, some intermittent worming mainly to latter leaves, some early marginal notes, general light age staining and toning to contents, 20th century vellum backed boards

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Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores X, bound in 2 vols., London 1652, folio, title slightly soiled, thick paper copy, worn calf (

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Lot 177

Historiae Anglicanae Scriptores X, bound in 2 vols., London 1652, folio, title slightly soiled, thick paper copy, worn calf (2)

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Saint Augustine of the Citie of God. With the Learned Comments of Io. Lodovicus Vives. 2nd edition London: G. Eld and M. Fles

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Lot 179

Saint Augustine of the Citie of God. With the Learned Comments of Io. Lodovicus Vives. 2nd edition London: G. Eld and M. Flesher, 1620, folio, title rather stained, library stamp to verso and final page, some red underlining and annotations up to gathering K, worn rebacked calf

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The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr Houbraken and Mr Vertue with their Lives and Characters. Lo

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Lot 193

The Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, engraved by Mr Houbraken and Mr Vertue with their Lives and Characters. London: J & P Knapton 1743-51, folio, 2 parts in one, 108 plates, (with 3 inserted from another copy and 1 loosely inserted), vignette titles, rebacked preserving spine strip, calf gilt

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Essays on Physiognomy, ... illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings by ... Thomas Holloway, translated from the Fren

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Lot 199

Essays on Physiognomy, ... illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings by ... Thomas Holloway, translated from the French by Henry Hunter, vols. I and II only (of 3?), London 1789-1792, folio, numerous illustrations, scattered spotting, half calf by White, Pall Mall, armorial bookplate of Earl Granville

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The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vols, London 1813, folio, mounted india paper proofs, engraved titles, spin

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Lot 203

The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 vols, London 1813, folio, mounted india paper proofs, engraved titles, spines chipped and rubbed, original boards with paper labels; NETHERCLIFT (J) Autograph Letters, ... of Illustrious and Distinguished Women of Great Britain, 1838, folio, light foxing, rebacked cloth; MALCOLM (J P) An Historical Sketch of the Art of Caricaturing, 1813, 4to, old staining, uncut, and a few others illustrated

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Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, in 4 vols. 1821-34, folio, numerous plates, some slightly foxed or spot

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Lot 206

Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain, in 4 vols. 1821-34, folio, numerous plates, some slightly foxed or spotted as often, one board near detached with split joint, grained half calf, rubbed in places

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Eden: or a Compleat Body of Gardening. London 1757, folio, 60 engraved plates as required, lacking the frontispiece, some fin

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Lot 209

Eden: or a Compleat Body of Gardening. London 1757, folio, 60 engraved plates as required, lacking the frontispiece, some finger soiling and slight age staining and creasing, rebacked contemporary reverse calf

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Costume of the Russian Empire. London: for E. Harding 1803, folio, added engraved title, 72 hand coloured plates, occasional

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Lot 221

Costume of the Russian Empire. London: for E. Harding 1803, folio, added engraved title, 72 hand coloured plates, occasional slight staining and very slight offsetting, text in English and French, original straight grain red morocco (rubbed)

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Illustrations of Himalayan Plants, London: Lovell Reeve 1855, folio, hand-coloured additional lithographed title with elabora

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Lot 224

Illustrations of Himalayan Plants, London: Lovell Reeve 1855, folio, hand-coloured additional lithographed title with elaborate floral border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed fine plates by W. H. Fitch, title and last leaf linen backed, ex. Liverpool Public Library with unobtrusive blind stamps to plates and bookplate to first pastedown, some leaves a little dust and use stained, but plates generally bright with slight toning to some outer margins, rebound in recent green half morocco

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The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya. London: Reeve & Co 1849[-51?], folio, (49.5 x 35.5cm), general title only without v

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Lot 225

The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya. London: Reeve & Co 1849[-51?], folio, (49.5 x 35.5cm), general title only without vignette, hand coloured lithographic frontispiece (plate I) and 29 other plates, a few descriptive text leaves with small nicks and slight marginal tears, some typical use staining and toning, ex. Liverpool Public Library with their stamp to verso of title, unobtrusive blind stamps to plates and bookplate to both pastedowns, recent green half moroccoFootnote: Note: other copies of this work show the publisher as Reeve Benham and Reeve, with vignette title and 2 part titles as well as subscribers list, none of which are included in this copy.

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The Shorter Poems of John Milton, Seeley & Co 1889, folio, title in red and black, 12 photogravure plates after etchings

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Lot 232

The Shorter Poems of John Milton, Seeley & Co 1889, folio, title in red and black, 12 photogravure plates after etchings by Samuel Palmer, uncut, light spotting or foxing, part unopened, original cloth gilt; and other modern works on Palmer by R. Lister, G. Grigson, catalogues, etc (10)

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lacking title page, c.1800, folio, with folding maps by T. Kitchin, and plates, some creasing and edge fraying, worn sheep

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Lot 241

lacking title page, c.1800, folio, with folding maps by T. Kitchin, and plates, some creasing and edge fraying, worn sheep

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Traite Sur La Cavalerie, Paris 1776, folio, text vol. only, frontispiece, engraved title, 11 plates/plans, some staining, unc

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Lot 246

Traite Sur La Cavalerie, Paris 1776, folio, text vol. only, frontispiece, engraved title, 11 plates/plans, some staining, uncut, modern quarter morocco, slip case

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ELLIS (John) An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines, and other Marine Productions...Commonly Found on the Coast

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Lot 248

ELLIS (John) An Essay Towards a Natural History of the Corallines, and other Marine Productions...Commonly Found on the Coasts of Great Britain and Ireland, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 40 plates, some folding, foxing and browning, worming to foot of last 2 plates with slight loss of text, detached boards; URRY (John) The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, 1721, folio, portrait (creased and frayed), illustrations, damaged detached binding; THOROTON (Robert). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1st edition, 1677, folio, double page map and plates, illustrations in the text, worn calf binding with replacement spine label; SPEED (John) The History of Great Britaine, third edition, 1650, folio, portrait frontispiece dust stained, double column text, illustrations, damaged detached binding; STORER (H) History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Gt Britain, in 4 vols., 1814-19, 8vo, illustrations, cloth; The Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, in 5 vols, 1817-18, 8vo, illustrations, some foxing, cloth; JARVIS (C) Don Quixote de la Mancha, in 4 vols, 1819, 8vo, coloured plates, damaged bindings; BEWICK (T) A General History of Quadrupeds, 3rd edition 1792, 8vo, later half calf, worn; and other mainly later general literature in varying condition

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The Fenlands of Cambridgeshire, 1883, large folio, signed copy no. 28, mounted india paper illustrations, partial dark stain

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Lot 251

The Fenlands of Cambridgeshire, 1883, large folio, signed copy no. 28, mounted india paper illustrations, partial dark stain to inner margins, faded cloth

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The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, Through the Black Sea, and the Country of Colchis. To which

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Lot 262

The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East Indies, Through the Black Sea, and the Country of Colchis. To which is added The Coronation of ... Solyman the III. London: for Christopher Bateman, 1691, folio, portrait chipped and mounted, engraved title stained, 16 plates including folding, some repairs, creases and age stains, with another plate to the Coronation 2nd part, calf (rebacked and repaired in 1929 according to a note)

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A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phoenomena, of the Isle of Wight. First edit

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Lot 266

A Description of the Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological Phoenomena, of the Isle of Wight. First edition, London: for Payne and Foss 1816, 4to, 3 folding engraved maps (one hand-coloured) and 47 engraved plates (one hand-coloured aquatint), several folding or double-page, title and half title slightly foxed, original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked preserving spine strip; BRANNON (George) Scenery.. Views ... in the Isle of Wight, 1833, oblong folio, 28 (of 30) plates, lacks final 2 plates, boards (2)

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The Natural History of Norway. London: for A. Linde 1755, folio, 2 parts in one, large folding engraved map, hand-coloured in

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Lot 267

The Natural History of Norway. London: for A. Linde 1755, folio, 2 parts in one, large folding engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, 28 engraved plates, sea-serpent plate browned, 2 or 3 plates misbound in part 2, rubbed calf with 20th century reback and replaced corner tips

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Britannia or a Chorographical Description of England, Scotland and Ireland, enlarged by Richard Gough, in 3 vols., London: Jo

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Lot 268

Britannia or a Chorographical Description of England, Scotland and Ireland, enlarged by Richard Gough, in 3 vols., London: John Nichols 1789, folio, portrait, uncoloured folding maps by Cary, plates, all as required, contemporary calf, armorial bookplate, a good set (3)

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Britannia or a Chorographical Description of England, Scotland and Ireland, enlarged by Richard Gough, 3 vols. 1789, folio, f

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Lot 286

Britannia or a Chorographical Description of England, Scotland and Ireland, enlarged by Richard Gough, 3 vols. 1789, folio, folding maps by Cary, plates, all as required, contemporary calf a little cracked or worn in places, bookplate of Malcolm of Portalloc (3)

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The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant, 3 parts in 1 volume, London: for H Faithorne, J Adamson, C Skegnes and T

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Lot 304

The Travels of Monsieur de Thevenot into the Levant, 3 parts in 1 volume, London: for H Faithorne, J Adamson, C Skegnes and T Newborough 1687, small folio, engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 plates, errata leaf, with sheet of 'Malabar Alphabet' and another of 'Malabar Cyphers', neat closed tear to title, armorial bookplate of Francis Enys, Cornwall, rebacked calf preserving spine labels

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Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant. Oxford 1738, folio, half title (discoloured), ti

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Lot 326

Travels or Observations relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant. Oxford 1738, folio, half title (discoloured), title in red and black, 19 maps and plates only (of 32?), including folding, one page of engraved music, small illustrations in the text, final leaves dust stained, later rebound in plain half morocco. Sold not subject to return.Condition report: Other copies appear to have 32 plates.

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A Description of the East, and some other Countries. London: Printed for the author by W. Bowyer, 1743-1745, three parts in 2

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Lot 335

A Description of the East, and some other Countries. London: Printed for the author by W. Bowyer, 1743-1745, three parts in 2 vols., folio, 179 plates, maps and plans including folding, engraved dedication in vol. 2, vignettes to titles, some age staining and light foxing, one pyramid plate with long tear without loss, uncut with light dust staining to outer margins, all rebound in half morocco over marbled boards

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Eighteen vols., 8vo and 4to, including: The Picturesque Mediterranean, 2 vols., Cassell & Co 1890-91, folio, colour front

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Lot 359

Eighteen vols., 8vo and 4to, including: The Picturesque Mediterranean, 2 vols., Cassell & Co 1890-91, folio, colour frontispieces, profusely illustrated, half morocco; ALLOM (T) France Illustrated, 2 vols., no date; KINSEY (W M) Portugal Illustrated, 1828, folding map and frontispiece, coloured costume plates at end, later half morocco; Landscape Annuals by Heath and Jennings; also 2 others works of Moliere and Corneille in French with coloured illustrations (20)

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A Booke of the Foundacion and Antiquitye of the Towne of Greate Yermouthe, 2 vols., 1847, folio, the editor's copy with his b

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Lot 379

A Booke of the Foundacion and Antiquitye of the Towne of Greate Yermouthe, 2 vols., 1847, folio, the editor's copy with his bookplate and extra-illustrated throughout, with mounted text leaves and numerous coloured shields, a watercolour of Yarmouth jetty with figures dated 1831, few 16th century partial manuscripts, autograph letter from Joseph Ames FRS to Francis Blomefield, 1745, 2 folio pages; other letters from Norfolk worthies; Great Yarmouth bank cheque for 5 guineas, dated 1783; coloured bosses and illustrations; engraved portraits and plates, etc; all bound in 2 morocco git volumes with some pale staining to covers

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