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America.- Reid (John) The American Atlas, title with contents, 21 engraved maps, including the added folding plan of Washington D.C, some ink marginalia with various names to verso of title and plan of Washington, heavily damp-stained throughout with severe surface dirt and browning, the map of Maine with some loss, but a duplicate loose copy of the Maine map is included, otherwise tears, rough edges, folds, and some occasional small losses, held together loose in contemporary boards, very worn with losses, folio, 1796; sold not subject to return.⁂ The second American atlas of the United States

Indonesia.- Stemfoort (J.W.) and J.J. Ten Siethoff. Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, title with inset key map, 21 maps on 16 double-pages, lithographs printed in colours, each double-page approx. 650 x 910 mm (25 1/2 x 35 7/8 in), some scattered spotting, surface dirt, and minor browning throughout, original boards with printed title to upper cover, some losses, damp-stains and browning, rebacked, scuffed and worn, folio, Bij de Topogr. Inrichting te 's-Grav. gereproduceerd o.l.v. C.A. Eckstein. 's-Grav., Departement v. Koloniën, 1898-1907.

New Zealand.- Seat of War.- Wyld (James) The North Island of New Zealand embracing the country round Auckland, Wellington & New Plymouth, inset map of both islands of New Zealand in the lower right, and a further map of the world in the upper right corner, 600 x 430 mm (23 1/2 x 17 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and surface dirt, folding into original cloth boards, with publisher's printed label to upper cover, spine rubbed and scuffed, worn, 8vo, [1861]; together with a chart of the Pacific Ocean by Edward Weller, dated 1917, sheet approx. 1000 x 1190 mm (39 1/2 x 46 3/4 in), and another four-sheet chart of the Pacific Ocean, a 1977 reprint of the Admiralty's 1875 chart, presented in modern blue slip-case, folio, 20th century (3)

[CLASSIC LITERATURE]. FOLIO SOCIETY Dante Alighieri, Inferno, translated by Henry Francis Cary, Folio Society, London, 2004, quarter goatskin and moire silk, illustrations by William Blake, tall quarto, in slip-case; and Milton, John. Paradise Lost, Folio Society, London, 2003, quarter goatskin and moire silk, illustrations by William Blake, tall quarto, in slip-case, (2).

[HISTORY] Knight, Charles. Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial and Popular Antiquities, two volumes in one, Sangster, London, no date, half leather, frontispiece, title pages printed in red and black, further colour plate and numerous text illustrations, folio.

[RELIGION & THEOLOGY] Stillingfleet, Edward. Origines Sacrae: or A Rational Account of the Grounds of Natural and Reveal'd Religion, seventh edition, for Mortlock, Cambridge, 1702, full panelled leather (upper board and pages before b2 detached; scuffed), engraved portrait frontispiece, title page printed in red and black, small folio.

[RELIGION & THEOLOGY] Sarum, Gilbert, Bishop of. An Exposition of the Thirty-nine Articles of the Church of England, by Roberts for Chiswell, London, 1699, full leather (upper and lower boards detached), small folio.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. FOLIO SOCIETY Thirteen assorted works, including those with illustrations by Arthur Rackham and W. Heath Robinson, some arranged into sets, two still shrink-wrapped, each with slip-case.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. LAW The Arguments and Reports of Sr Hen. Pollexfen, Kt, late Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, in some Special Cases, for Smith & Deeve, London, 1702, full leather (re-backed), small folio.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. FOLIO SOCIETY Nine assorted works, including one bound in full goatskin and six in quarter leather, each in slip-case.

[MISCELLANEOUS]. FOLIO SOCIETY Seventeen assorted volumes, some arranged into sets, all but one with slip-cases.

Embroidery pattern book. Dessins pour coins de mouchoirs, pour manchettes, et pour cols [manuscript cover title], [France or Belgium], circa 1860, a manuscript album in 3 parts of 50, 66 and 24 numbered thin paper leaves, comprising a total of 243 designs on rectos and versos of 140 leaves, leaves not numbered consecutively and some inverted but overall complete, each design being shown both in black India ink and in coloured inks of up to 12 colours, some occasional minor spotting, creasing and marginal fraying, title repaired at margins and with following leaf of designs partly adhered at inner margins, 4 numbered leaves with closed tears (65, 1, 11 & 7), original paper wrappers with ink title in block capitals to upper cover, browned, torn and repaired with modern paper backstrip, folio (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)

Winston S Churchill, The Second World War, The Folio Society, 1 to 6

2 shelves of books to include folio books

A box of books to include Folio Society examples

A collection of Folio Society books including A Short History of the English People, The Sources of the Nile etc and The Trollope Society books etc

Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)Kurt Benirschke, 'Vanishing Animals', Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986 (Feldman & Schellmann IIIB.51-67) The complete volume, with sixteen colour plates after screenprints by Andy Warhol, with text in English, from the first edition, signed and hand-illustrated by the artist with a butterfly in black felt-tip pen, further signed in black felt tip pen on title page, and on pages 47, 53 and 59, printed by H. Stürtz AG, Würzburg, Germany, bound as issued, with original dust jacket and acetate wrapper, 270 x 270mm (10 5/8 x 10 5/8in)(Folio)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Various ArtistsTwelve Prints by Contemporary American Artists The rare complete portfolio, including 12 prints on various media by twelve artists including Earl Horter, Rockwell Kent, John Sloan, William Auerbach-Levy, Kenneth Hayes Miller, Jerome Myers, Walter Pach, Boardman Robinson, Rudolph Ruzicka, Maurice Sterne, Albert Sterner and Mahonri Young, 1916, on laid/wove papers, with title page, text by Zigrosser, each signed in pencil by the respective artist, from the total edition of 115, published by E. Weyhe, New York, the full sheets, loose as issued, in the original canvas folder, 470 x 350mm (19 x 14in)(Folio)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Various ArtistsTwelve Artists - The Royal College of Art Centenary Year Portfolio of Prints Eleven works from the portfolio, 1996, each signed, titled, dated and numbered 32/100 in pencil, with title, contents and justification pages, the justification also numbered in pencil, lacking the Tim Mara print, printed and published by the Royal College of Art, London, the sheets loose as issued in a purple canvas covered portfolio case, overall 790 x 590mm (31 1/8 x 23 1/4in)(Folio)(11)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Stanley William Hayter (British, 1901-1988)Nine Engravings (Black & Moorhead 78, 89, 93, 122, 127, 129, 166, 172, 192) The complete set of nine engravings, 1933-1946, second edition, on Barcham Green handmade wove, each signed, titled, dated and numbered 17/100 in pencil, with title-page, text and justification pages, printed at Atelier 17, Paris, published in 1974 by Associated American Artists, New York, with full margins, the plates loose as issued in the original green linen covered portfolio with title printed on the front, 415 x 320mm (16 3/8 X 12 5/8in)(Folio)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Hans (Jean) Arp (French, 1887-1966)Le Soleil Recerclé, L. Broder, Paris, 1966 (Arntz 250-69) The complete set of nineteen woodcuts in colours, one signed and eighteen unsigned, 1966, the signed woodcut on watermarked Auvergne and Arp, the unsigned prints on Rives watermarked LB, with title, text, list of plates and justification, signed on the justification page, copy number 14/15 from the 'Exemplaire de Chapelle' (the total edition was 185), missing the additional suite of 15 on Japon nacré, the full sheets, loose in wove paper wrappers and grey paper-covered boards, with grey slipcase (with a duplicate woodcut for the cover), 505 x 410mm (19 7/8 x 16 1/8in)(Folio)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Various ArtistsTen volumes of 'Derriere Le Miroir' Eight complete volumes with original lithographs in colours: No 115, 'Georges Braque', 1959; No 138, 'Georges Braque: Papiers Collés 1912-1914', 1963; No 142, 'Ubac', 1964; No 161, 'Ubac', 1966; No 171, 'Riopelle', 1968; No 186, 'Joan Miro: Sculptures', 1970; No 189, 'Le Yaouanc', 1970; No 201, 'Calder', 1973; alongside two special complete volumes: 'Derriere le Miroir: Dix ans d'Edition 1946-1956'; and No 158-159, 'La Revue Blanche', 1966, each published by A. Maeght, Paris, the full sheets, loose as issued, 378 x 282mm (14 6/8 x 11 1/8in)(Folio)(10)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

O'Connor (V.C. Scott). The Silken East, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hutchinson & Co., 1904, folding map and panorama, 20 colour plates, black & white illustrations from photographs, some slight water wrinkling, inner hinges near broken and crudely repaired at rear of volume 1, top edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt with gilt designs to upper covers, rubbed, spine ends and joints frayed, damp-stained affecting upper spine and lower board of volume 1 and top outer corner of lower board of volume 2, large 8vo, together with: Muriel (F.M. & Swinhoe, Rodway C.J.) , Pictures from Lotus Land, 1st edition, Rangoon & London: Rowe & Co., [1924], 24 mounted colour or sepia photogravure plates, some scattered spotting, heaviest on first plate, second plate with short closed tear, original pictorial linen wrappers with spine tie, oblong folio, Swinhoe (Rodway & Jones, T. Martin) , The Incomplete Guide to Burma, 1st edition, Rangoon: Rangoon Times Press, circa 1920, 35 pp., black & white illustrations throughout, a little finger soiling, original pictorial wrappers with spine tie, soiled, small oblong folioQty: (4)

* [Peninsular War]. Group of autograph letters signed, 1810-12, comprising: 1. James Bathurst (1782-1850) as aide-de-camp to Wellington to [?]P. Kennedy, Alenquer, 17 November 1810, 'Sir, I am directed by Lord Wellington to desire that the number of blankets mentioned in the enclosed letter from Marshal Beresford may be given over for the Portuguese', 1 p., 4to, 2. Charles Stuart, Baron Stuart de Rothesay (1775-1842) as minister at Lisbon to John McDonnell (a functionary), Benfica, 28 August 1812, concerning a claim of 372 dollars made by 'Mr P. O'Connor of Madrid', possibly one of Stuart's informants, 1 p., folio, 3. Faustine Ferreira Silva to the secretary of Charles Stuart, 3 August 1812, in French, requesting the return of original certificates of good conduct in English service, 2 pp., folio, 4. A noblewoman (the 'Contesse de [?]Stendel') to Charles Stuart, Lisbon, 11 August 1812, in French, a plea to countermand the impressment or exile of her husband as ordered by Portuguese secretary for war Miguel de Forjaz ('mon mari est en danger d'être embarqué si M. Forjaz ne donne pas une ordre pour le détenir en prison ...'), 1 p., folio, 5. To Charles Stuart from his cousin (unidentified), HMS Pomone, Newfoundland, 9 October 1812, informing Stuart of his (the author's) promotion to lieutenant and transfer to HMS Antelope ('Nothing could be more welcome ... it is one of the most unpleasant of ships. Perhaps you may have heard of Captain Fane'), 3 pp., remains of seal, seal tear, one short split to fold, 4to, and 2 others, together with a Peninsular War manuscript memorandum with headings 'Cattle', 'Seed corn', 'Orphans', 'Medicine and Clothing', 'Prices at Guarda, 29 February 1812', etc., 12 pp., loose sheets or bifolia in wrapper titled 'Committee of Relief', folioQty: (8)NOTESSir Charles Stuart undertook intelligence gathering with the provincial juntas in French-occupied Spain (1808-10) and afterwards 'made himself indispensable to Wellington' as minister at Lisbon (1810-14) and member of the Portuguese regency council (ODNB). He later helped negotiate the treaty by which Brazil became independent from Portugal.

Bowen (Emanuel, the late, & Thomas). Atlas Anglicanus, or a Complete sett of Maps of the Counties of South Britain; Divided into their respective Hundreds, Wapontakes, Wards, Rapes, Lathes etc..., Thomas Kitchin, 1777, calligraphic title page, index of maps, two general maps of England and Wales and 43 (complete as list), engraved county maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, occasional near contemporary ink marginalia, contemporary ink number to each map in upper margin, very occasional spotting, early 19th-century endpapers and pastedowns, 19th century half calf over marbled boards with contrasting morocco label to spine, worn and rubbed at extremities, slim folio,Qty: (1)NOTESScarce. Chubb CCXXXIII

Cooke (George Alexander). Topography of Great Britain: or, British Traveller's Directory, and Travelling Companion, being an accurate and comprehensive description of all the counties in England, Scotland, and Wales; as also the Adjacent Islands ..., 46 parts in 26 volumes, London: for C. Cooke by Brimmer and Co., 1802-1817?, 45 folding maps, including 1 large folding (Scotland) with short closed handling tear, general title to volume 1, title to each part, some spotting, toning and offsetting, uniform half sheep (worn), spines deficient, hinges cracked, several boards detached, 12mo, together with: Letts's Popular County Atlas , being a complete series of maps delineating the whole surface of England and Wales ..., London: Mason & Payne, 1887, 47 double-page colour lithographed maps, a few short edge tears, Key map with closed tear at gutter, title with ink ownership name to upper corner, index at rear, publisher's advertisement endpapers, all edges gilt, contents loose in original maroon half morocco gilt, worn and stained, losses to spine, folio, and The Family Topographer, by Samuel Tymms, volumes 2, 5 & 7 only, 1832-1843Qty: (30)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Marklove (H.). Views of Berkeley Castle, taken on the spot, and drawn on stone ..., Nailsworth: printed by William Partridge, 1840, 10 lithographic plates (spotted and browned), subscribers list, near contemporary green half morocco, front cover with printed paper label, worn with some losses to spine, joints cracking, boards somewhat bowed, slim folioQty: (1)NOTESAbbey, Scenery 409.

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie ..., Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, engraved frontispiece and vignette title (spotted), engraved map and 49 engraved plates on india paper, numerous engraved vignettes in letterpress, subscribers list, some spotting or toning (mostly to plate margins), armorial bookplate to front pastedown, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th century half calf gilt, rubbed with some surface abrasion, mottled cloth with a few marks, some fading, folioQty: (1)NOTESLarge Paper copy. Provenance: Thomas Edward Winnington, Baronet (bookplate).

Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie, Oxford: J. Skelton, 1823, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece (with "Subscription copy" printed at head), engraved title, county map and 49 plates, all on India paper (offsetting to tissue guards), engraved illustrations to text, ink stamp to verso of title, subscriber's list present, some spotting, Hartland Library bookplate and county library label to front endpaper (library ticket holder removed), contemporary dark green half morocco, elaborate gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, together with: Hall (Peter) , Picturesque Memorials of Salisbury ... to which is prefixed, a Brief History of Old and New Sarum, Salisbury: W.B. Brodie & Co., 1834, large paper copy, engraved frontispiece and 28 plates on India paper, occasional spotting, light dampstaining to lower outer blank corners, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco, joints cracked at head & foot, scuffed and light wear, folio, Lysons (Samuel) , A Collection of Gloucestershire Antiquities, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804, engraved title, 110 engraved,etched & lithograph plates (11 hand-coloured), occasional spotting and toning, dampstain to fore-edge margins of leaves at front of volume, contemporary straight grain quarter morocco, cloth sides, joints cracked at head & foot, wear to extremities, folio, Cassell & Company Ltd. (publishers) , The Royal River: The Thames, from Source to Sea, Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial, Cassell & Company Ltd., 1885, photogravure frontispiece, wood engraved plates and illustrations, blind library stamp to title and ink stamp to verso, library label to front pastedown, top edge gilt, contemporary light brown half morocco, gilt decorated spine with dark green morocco labels, library number to spine leather to upper board, rubbed and scuffed, large 4toQty: (4)

Walpoole (George Augustus). The New British Traveller; or, a Complete Modern Universal Display of Great-Britain and Ireland: being a new, complete, accurate, and extensive tour, London: Alex. Hogg, 1784, engraved frontispiece, 48 engraved maps on 23 sheets (including 2 folding) and 85 engraved plates (many with two views), blank leaf after title with early ink manuscript index on verso (continued on loosely inserted sheet), subscribers list at rear, folding maps creased with some closed tears, light scattered spotting and some scarce marks, pp.203-227 with worming (and single wormhole continuing to p.291) at head of gutter, scarce early ink annotations, 1 plate partly detached (with associated closed tear to margin), 19th century half calf, worn, boards (and endpapers) detached, spine deficient, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps/plates, not subject to return.

Wickes (Charles). The Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches of England, 3 volumes in 1, 1859, 72 lithographed plates, blank versos of plates and volume titles with ink library stamp (and to head of page 1 in each volume), leaves guarded, armorial bookplate 'The Royal Borough of Kensington Public Libraries', all edges gilt, 19th century half morocco, rubbed with a little wear to extremities, some minor marks (mainly to rear cover), folio, together with: Memorials of English Mediaeval Churches ..., 1857, 71 lithographed plates (including additional title), on 37 leaves, some spotting, front hinge cracking, all edges gilt, original morocco-backed cloth, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, rubbed with some wear to extremities, folio, plus An Illustration of the Architecture and Sculpture of the Cathedral Church of Worcester, by Charles Wild, 1823 and 3 others similar (some defective)Qty: (6)

Houghton (Rev. William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 1st edition, Edinburgh & Dublin: William Mackenzie, [1879], 41 colour wood-engraved plates (complete), a few text leaves detached with some fraying, occasional light spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, spine worn, rubbed title label detached (retained), boards detaching, some edge wear and stains, folioQty: (1)

* Baynes (Thomas Mann, after). "View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from over the Tunnel taken on the Opening Day, May 3rd 1830, To the Board of Directors this print is most respectfully inscribed by their obedient servant the publisher", Canterbury: Henry Ward, 1830, and "View of the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway from Church Street taken on the Opening Day, May 3rd 1830, To the Board of Directors this print is most respectfully inscribed by their obedient servant the publisher", Canterbury: Henry Ward, 1830, together a pair of lithographs by Charles Hullmandel after Thomas Mann Baynes, with contemporary hand colouring, the first showing a panoramic view of the city with crowds gathered on the embankments in the foreground and numerous figures in open railway wagons, some carrying flags, and the second showing the locomotive "Invicta" pulling open wagons filled with waving passengers with Whitstable to background, some light toning and spotting, both approximately 320 x 450 mm, mounted, framed & glazed, Frank T. Sabin gallery label to verso, together with Canterbury & Whitstable Railway Broadside , Opening of the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway. The following particulars of the opening ... extracted from the Kent Herald, it is presumed will not prove uninteresting to those who have kindly patronized the accompanying Views, [1830], single folio sheet of letterpress in double-column, detailing the opening event of the railway on May 3rd 1830, approximately 410 x 280 mm, mounted, framed & glazed, Frank T. Sabin gallery label to versoQty: (3)NOTESTHE DAVID SMITH PRINT COLLECTION PART I CIVIL ENGINEERING, TRANSPORT & TOPOGRAPHICAL PANORAMAS The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway opened in 1830 and was the first public passenger railway in the world and the first to carry passengers by steam. However, there was only one single track. Locke & Dixon were engineers under the direction of George Stephenson. Robert Stephenson & Co made the locomotive "Invicta" which hauled two trains at the opening. After the sale of "Invicta" in 1839, the line was worked by stationery engines before experiments were made with the "Atmospheric system. The Canterbury & Whitstable Railway was purchased by the South Eastern Railway in 1853 and the line closed in 1931. Robert Stephenson attended on the Opening Day and was a guest of honour at the dinner for over 150 people held at the Kings Head Hotel, Canterbury. Mr Robert Stephenson wrote on 6th May 1830 "I returned from Canterbury on Tuesday. The opening of the Canterbury Railway went off remarkably well without a single mishap".

Bunbury (Henry). Twenty-Two Plates , Illustrative of Various Interesting Scenes, in the Plays of Shakespeare, engraved by Bartolozzi, Tomkins, Cheesman, Meadows &c. &c., The Late T. Macklin and others, circa 1810, title printed in red & black with small ink ownership stamp, twenty-two uncoloured mixed-method engravings, heavily waterstained and marked, a few leaves detached, contemporary half morocco gilt with additional title label to upper siding, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn, frayed and rubbed, folioQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Scrap Albums. A group of three Victorian scrap albums, containing numerous engraved topographical views, pressed fern specimens, some colour and tinted lithographs, etc., various bindings, some wear, folio/oblong folio, together with Vanity Fair, volume 3, The Drawing Room Portrait Gallery of Eminent Personages 1859 and the RHS Collection Florilegia Wallpapers, Manufactured by Zoffany, various large-format bindingsQty: (6)

Album. A Victorian album belonging to J. Coubrough, 1855, approximately 70 leaves, filled with original drawings, engravings, photographs, etc., including: 12 watercolours and 14 pen & ink drawings of shells, fruit, flowers, animals, costumes, flags, topographical scenes, etc., a number signed or initialled by the owner of the album and dated, e.g. a pencil drawing of soldiers and the wounded titled "War in Kaffirland"; an albumen print of the Louvre by Édouard Baldus, with signature stamp in black ink to lower right below image, and manuscript inscription to lower blank margin 'Paris '57. J.C.'; 14 other photographs, of Rome, Florence, Pompei, and Naples; 4 hand-coloured aquatints by Ernst Arnold, Dresden titled 'Ansicht der Elbe Brücke zu Dresden', 'Ansicht der Newmarkets zu Dresden mit der Frauenkirche', ' Vue de l'interieur du Zwinger à Dresde', 'Ansicht der katholischen Kirche zu Dresden'; and 110 embossed crests and monograms on 2 pages, album leaf size 25.7 x 33.4cm (10.25 x 13ins), front pastedown with armorial bookplate of Blanefield, front free endpaper inscribed 'J. Couborough A Christmas Present from Mrs. Gerson December 1855', original blind-stamped brown cloth, with 'Album' in gilt on front cover, spine ends frayed, corners showing, some marks, oblong folioQty: (1)NOTESThe Coubroughs were a Scottish family, one branch of which resided at Blanefield House, Strathblane, Stirlingshire. Blanefield Printworks in Strathblane was owned by an Anthony Park Coubrough for most of the second half of the 19th century, and the family played an active role in the life of the parish.

Berry (William) . [Composite atlas], London: sold by William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing-Cross and White Hall, 1680-c.1688, containing: 1. Africa divided according to the extent of its Principall Parts, 1680, 2. South America, 1680, 3. Italy, 1682, 4. The Empire of Germany, c.1685-8, 5. The Kingdom of Hungary, c.1680-5, 6. Russia Alba or Moscovia, 1682, 7. Scandinavia, 1684, 8. The Kingdom of Denmark, c.1680-5, 9. The United Provinces of the Netherlands, c.1680-5, 10. The Catholick Provinces of the Low Countries, c.1680-5, 11. The Course of the River Rhine, c.1680-5, 12. The Circle of Swabia, c.1685-8, 13. The Circle of Bavaria, c.1685-8, 14. The Dukedom of Pomerania, c.1685-8, 15. The Circle of Westphalia, c.1685-8, 16. The Mountains of the Alpes, 1683, 17. Part of the Circle of Austria, c.1685-8, 18. Part of the Circle of Austria in which are the Dukedomes of Stiria, and Carinthia, or Carniola and other Heriditary [sic] Countrys of the House of Austria, 1688, 19. The Dukedom and Electorat of Brandebourg, c.1680-5, i.e. 19 engraved maps, each on two conjoined sheets mounted on guard, each with strip-title to head, title and dedication within large elaborate cartouche incorporating royal arms and ethnographic and allegorical elements and secondary cartouche containing bar scales and imprint, contemporary outline colour throughout, South America and United Provinces with later enhancement, variable toning and browning, tissue-repairs and consolidation throughout, many maps backed on tissue or linen, two large sections of restoration within image of Africa map, a few other maps with small restored sections to frames, various sheet sizes (58.2 x 88 cm to 61 x 91 cm), modern panelled calf to style, atlas folioQty: (1)NOTESTooley Africa p. 56 ('uncommon'). Based on Jaillot’s Atlas nouveau (1674), a reworking of Sanson, Berry's maps were published separately between 1680 and 1689, which may account for their high attrition rate.

* The South Sea Bubble and the Trial of the Earl of Macclesfield. Summary of abstracts and accounts of the Masters and Usher of the court of Chancery in respect of money in the form of securities, annuities, bonds, etc. for various suitors, 1724, a clerical manuscript of 52 pages, (pp. 45-46 omitted from pagination but all bifolia intact with conjugate leaves), pp. 1-27 being a written summary address to 'Right Honoble the Lords of the Committee of His Majestys' most Honorable Privy Council' and with the names of 6 signatories (Jeff: Gilbert, Alex: Denton, Rob: Raymond, Nath: Gould, W: Thompson and John Hanger), dated 16 December 1724, followed by various tables, 'No. 1. A General Abstract of the Accompts delivered in by the Masters in Chancery and Usher of Securitys and Money remaining in their hands', 'No. 2. A Particular of the Several Species of Securitys the totals whereof are mentioned in the foregoing Abstract no. 1', 'No. 2. The Totals of the Several Species of securitys contained in the foregoing Particulars No. 2', 'No. 3. Particulars delivered in by the Masters and Usher to answer the ballance of cash in their respective hands', etc., the final leaf of text summary in the words of William Kynaston, one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery, noting he 'maketh oath that he hath delivered a true and full account of all the causes in which he hath received money and securitys belonging to those causes to the best of his knowledge and belief... ', with names of signatories William Kynaston and Robert Halford at end, dated 11 December 1724, some spotting, browning and dust-soiling throughout, some corner curling, original marbled wrappers, stitched as issued, wrappers worn, split along spine and covers detached, folio (37 x 24 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAn extraordinary document, no doubt one of the copies prepared for the trial and impeachment of the lord chancellor, the Earl of Macclesfield, this details the eye-watering sums of money that were being invested through the masters and usher of the Court of Chancery, with frequent mention of South Sea stock, annuities and bonds. The South Sea Company was a British joint stock company founded in 1711 to reduce the cost of the national debt. The company's dubious business practices resulted in a financial bubble and market collapse in 1720, though the company continued to manage part of the British national debt until 1853 when it was disestablished. The South Sea Bubble has since become synonymous with the world's first great financial scandal. Thomas Parker, 1st Earl of Macclesfield, 1667-1732, was a lawyer and English Whig politician. Made a Privy Counsellor in 1710, he was Lord Chief Justice from 1710 to 1718 and Lord Chancellor from 1718 to 1725. In 1725 he was impeached for taking bribes and tried in the House of Lords. He was convicted by a unanimous vote for taking bribes. He was removed from the Privy Council, required to forfeit £100,000, fined an additional £30,000 and placed in the Tower of London until these sums were paid. Ruined financially, he retired to his home, Shirburn Castle, where he spent the rest of his life, never again holding public office. His magnificent library was dispersed and offered for sale by Sotheby's in twelve parts between 2004 and 2008. 'For some time there had been disturbing rumours that the masters in chancery had been misusing suitors' money in their custody, a practice which Macclesfield himself was believed to have encouraged. In November 1724, seemingly in response to what had developed into a public outcry, Walpole instigated an inquiry by committee of the privy council and by mid-December had produced a report. Its exposure of considerable financial abuse in several of the masters' offices implicated Macclesfield deeply and unequivocally. Walpole was now only too willing to assuage the rising tide of public indignation by discarding Macclesfield, and there was emphasis upon the ministry's wish to avoid being seen to harbour or ‘screen’ a corrupt colleague. It was in any case clear on less partisan grounds that Macclesfield could not remain as lord chancellor in the light of such grave accusations. He himself quickly acknowledged this, and on 4 January 1725 he surrendered his seals of office. But amid pressing demands for the restitution of missing funds, estimated at £60,000, the ministry's opponents ensured that he did not escape parliamentary trial. The ministry was ready to assist in this process, anxious that further investigations be kept within acceptable limits. A petition to the Commons on 23 January complaining of the disappearance of large sums placed in chancery belonging to the estate of one of the suitors, the dowager duchess of Montagu, commenced the process that led to his impeachment' ( ODNB ). 'The trial commenced on 6 May 1725, and lasted thirteen days. It took place in the House of Lords, and was presided over by Lord-chief-justice King. The articles of impeachment, which were twenty-one in number, charged Macclesfield with selling masterships in chancery; with receiving bribes for agreeing to the sale and transfer of offices; with admitting to the office of master several persons ‘who were of small substance and ability, very unfit to be trusted with the great sums of money and other effects of the suitors;’ with suffering the fraudulent practice of masters paying for their places out of the money of the suitors; with endeavouring to conceal the delinquencies of one Fleetwood Dormer, an absconding master; with encouraging the masters to traffic with the money of the suitors; with making use of it himself ‘for his own private service and advantage;’ with persuading the masters ‘to make false representations of their circumstances’ at the inquiry; and with assuming ‘an unjust and unlimited power of dispensing with, suspending, and controlling the statutes of this realm'' ( DNB , vol. 43, p. 280). Interestingly, Dormer's name appears in the manuscript for two of the final tables in the manuscript which are titled: 'Money received by Henry Edwards Esq. towards answering the demands upon Mr. Dormer's office since his admittance which was on the 18th May 1721' and 'An accompt of what money has been paid to the suitors of the court that was due from Mr. Dormer on his separate account and the names of the several causes in which the same has been paid'. In each case the total sums involved were around £23,000.

Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England. From the Time of the Romans Government, unto the Death of King James, 8th edition, London: H. & T. Sawbridge, 1684, additional engraved title (trimmed and laid down), lacking portrait frontispiece of King Charles II, early annotations front and rear, occasional light soiling and ink stains (obscuring a few words), marginal worming to printed title and occasional small wormtracks, hinges reinforced, modern mock leather over contemporary boards, folioQty: (1)

Bible [Latin]. Biblia ad Vetustissima Exemplaria Nunc recens castigata. In quibus, præterea, quæ subsequens Præfatio indicat, capita singula ita versibus distincta sunt, ut numeri præfixi, lectorem non remorentur, & loca quæsita tanquam digito demonstrent, Venice: Apud Haeredes Nicolai Bevilaquae & socios, 1576, elaborate woodcut architectural title page with vignette of St Jerome and the lion below title (repeated on *4r,) the borders with scroll work and grotesques, woodcut decorative headpieces, large historiated initials & numerous small decorative initials, tailpieces and other decorations, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout including some repetitions (includes some after Holbein, Bernard Salomon and Pierre Eskrich), lacking 1 leaf of OT (from Marks Gospel, pages 655/656) and also lacking 24 leaves of index and final colophon leaf at end, some light toning, occasional dampstains and minor spotting, few small worm trails to upper margins of few leaves, two leaves with repaired closed tears, modern dark blue morocco, title & date in gilt to spine, some darkening and discolouration, folio (385 x 255 mmQty: (1)NOTESRuth Mortimer, Harvard College Library, Italian 16th Century Books, Volume 1, pages 86-88, No. 62. According to Mortimer the xylographic title indicates an earlier setting in which the vertical columns are also transposed, and our copy conforms to all her points for the first issue. "The Old Testament blocks measure 55 x 78 mm (2¼" x 3 1/8") extended to column width by ornamental side-strips, with a few larger blocks, 115 x 73 mm, in Exodus and Kings. The New Testament blocks are 55 x 48 mm. The artist of these illustrations worked from various sources, notably the three sets of woodcuts by Hans Holbein, Bernard Salomon, and Pierre Eskrich, introduced at Lyons from 1538 to 1562 and widely used in Bibles and picture books. This Venetian set also has scenes not usually illustrated". Not listed in Darlow and Moule who only list the Louvain Latin Bible of 1547 (6129) on whose text this Venetian printing is based, and the 1572 Junta Venice edition also based on the Louvain version (6157).

Camden (William). The History of the Most Renowned and Victorious Princess Elizabeth, late Queen of England; containing all the most Important and Remarkable Passages of State, both at Home and Abroad 4th edition, revised, London: M. Flesher, for R. Bentley, 1688, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red & black, toning and some spotting throughout, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired (in morocco), folio, together with: Burnet (Gilbert) , The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 2 volumes, London: printed by T.H. for Richard Chiswell, 1679, license leaf to print and volume 2 half-title present, additional engraved title to each, titles in red & black, engraved portrait plates, some offsetting and browning, contemporary calf, joints cracked at head and foot, spine worn at head & foot, rubbed, folio, Mackenzie (George) , The Lives and Characters of the most Eminent Writers of the Scots Nation; with an Abstract and Catalogue of their Works; their various editions; and the Judgment of the Learn'd concerning them, volume 1 only (of 3), Edinburgh: printed by James Watson, 1708, foot of title strengthened to verso, endpapers renewed, contemporary mottled half calf, rebacked and corners repaired, contrasting morocco title labels to spine, cracking and few tiny worm holes to joints at head & foot, folioQty: (4)

* Caxton (William, printer). [Leaf from the first edition of Ranulf Higden, Polychronicon], Westminster: William Caxton, 18 August 1480, signature [A3], 40 lines, lettre bâtarde, spotting, a few marginal holes, folio (39.4 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESDuff 113; GW 6670 (II); ESTC S106519; STC 13440a; not in Goff. A single leaf from Caxton's thirty-leaf excerpt of the sections relating to Britain from Ranulf Higden's Polychronicon , the first edition of the work in any form (and often catalogued under the title Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne , taken from the colophon); Caxton did not print the full text until 1482. This leaf contains the end of the third chapter, 'Of the worthynes and prerogatives', and the beginning of the fourth chapter, 'Of the mervailles & wondres'.

Chevreau (Urbain). Histoire du monde, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris: widow of Edmé Martin, and Jean Boudot, 1686, engraved frontispiece, title-vignettes, headpieces and initials, variable toning, occasional damp-staining, closed tear to volume 1 title-pag,e contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spines, rubbed and marked, tips worn, 4to (24.8 x 17.5 cm), together with: Larrey (Isaac de). L'heritière de Guyenne, ou histoire d'Eleonor, fille de Guillaume, dernier duc de Guyenne, femme de Louis VII, roy de France, et en-suite de Henri II roy d'angleterre, 1st edition, Rotterdam: Reinier Leers, 1691, marginal repair to H3, contemporary marbled calf gilt, gilt arms effaced from covers, 8vo (18.5 x 11.8 cm), Bouhours (Dominique). Histoire de P. d'Aubusson-la-Feuillade, grand maître de Rhodes, 4th edition ('augmentée'), Paris: Goujoun, Brunot, 1806, half-title, closed tear in pp. 21/2, contemporary marbled calf gilt, 4to (25.6 x 18.4 cm), [Versailles]. Versailles. Salle des croisades, Paris: Ch. Gavard, c.1840, 3 parts in 1 volume, 28 hand-coloured plates depicting coats of arms heightened in silver and gold, 16 engraved portrait plates ( collation unknown), ink stamp to part 1 plate 9, gilt edges, contemporary red half morocco, folio (35.8 x 27.4 cm), Pomponius Mela & Gaius Julius Solinus. De situ orbis. Aethici cosmographia. Cum notis variorum, Leiden: Hieronymus de Vogel, 1646, engraved title-page, damp-staining, contemporary vellum, 12mo (12.5 x 7 cm), Cesnola (Luigi Palma di). Cypern, seine alten Städte, Gräber und Tempel, 1st edition in German, Jena: Hermann Costenoble, 1879, 108 plates, 2 maps, original cloth, 8vo, Letronne (Antoine Jean). Recherches pour servir à l'histoire de l'Egypte pendant la domination des Grecs et des Romains, 1st edition, Paris: Boulland-Tardiue, 1823, 3 epigraphic facsimile plates of which 1 folding, pp. 125/6 torn without loss, contemporary quarter morocco, green vellum tips, 8vo (20 x 12.5 cm)Qty: (9)NOTESCobham-Jeffery p. 59 for Palma di Cesnola's work, which was first published in 1877.

Edmondson (Joseph). A Complete Body of Heraldry, 2 volumes, London: printed for the author by T. Spilsbury, 1780, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, 24 engraved plates, some early marginalia to text and plate margins, one or two repaired closed tears, some toning and spotting, together with a third volume with 20th century manuscript titles within printed border 'Heraldry, Arms of Nations, Kings Boroughs, Cities, Colleges and Bishoprics, Insignia of Knighthood, Seals. &c' and Heraldry by Oswald Baron F.S.A. from the Encyclopaedia Britannica', comprising a selection of mounted armorials (mostly printed illustration cuttings, cigarette cards, and few bookplates etc.), armorial bookplate of the Reverend Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpapers, early 20th century maroon half morocco, gilt decorated spines, joints rubbed, folio, together with: Woodward (John) , A Treatise on Ecclesiastical Heraldry, Edinburgh & London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1894, title in red & black with red ink stamp to lower margin, numerous chromolithograph plates, armorial bookplates of Jacob Murray Price and Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco, 8vo, ibid. , A Treatise on Heraldry British and Foreign with English and French Glossaries, 2 volumes, new & enlarged edition, Edinburgh & London: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1896, numerous chromolithograph plates, armorial bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary maroon half morocco, volume 1 rebacked preserving original spine, 8vo (limited edition of 325 copies), and two others, The Rise of Great Families, other Essays, and Stories, by Sir Bernard Burke, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1873, and A general and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, by John Burke, 5th edition, London: Henry Colburn, 1837 (title torn at head with loss)Qty: (8)

Erasmus (Desiderius). Adagiorum chiliades Des. Erasmus Roterodami quatuor cum dimidia ex postrema autoris recognitione. In hac æditione, prioribus tribus indicibus subiunctus est quartus nouus, quo cuncta loca autorum in hoc opere sparsim citata, & ab ipso Erasmo uel explicata, uel restituta, lectori ob oculos qua?m clarrisime? sunt posita, Basel: Froben (per Hieronymum Frobenium, et Nicolaum Episcopium, Mar.), 1551, printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, single-column text, few decorative woodcut initials, some dampstaining to lower margins of final leaves at rear of volume, French(?) armorial bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt decorated spine, gilt embossed French(?) armorial to centre of each board, worn at head & foot of spine, worn to foot of lower board (with remnants of repair), covers rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (1)NOTESAdams E455.

Fearne (Charles). The Trial of the Honourable Admiral John Bing, at a Court Martial, as taken by Mr. Charles Fearne, Judge-Advocate of his Majesty's Fleet, London: R. Manby, J. Whiston & B. White, et al., 1757, with appendix at rear, bound with: Ferrers (Lawrence, Earl) , The Trial of Lawrence Earl Ferrers, for the Murder of John Johnson, before the ... House of Peers, London: Samuel Billingsley, 1760, bound with, Donnellan (John) , The Trial of John Donellan, Esq. for the Wilful Murder of Sir Theodosius Edward Allesley Boughton, Bart. at the Assize at Warwick, On Friday, March 30th, 1781, before the Honorable Francis Buller, taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney, 3rd edition, London: sold by George Kearsley & Martha Gurney, 1781, few marks to title, bound with, Donnellan (John) , A Defence and substance of the Trial of John Donnellan, Esq; who was convicted for Murder of Sir Theodosius Boughton..., London: John Bell, 1781, few closed tears to gutter margin of title, errata slip present, bound with: [Somerset, Frances, Viscountess Scudamore] , Panthea. An elegy on the death of the Right Honourable the Lady Viscountess Scudamore. Humbly inscrib'd to Her Grace the Dutchess of Beaufort, London: William Lewis, 1729, 6pp. , folds & short closed tear to title, dust-soiled, (Foxon P44), bound with: [Prior, Matthew] , The Dove. A Poem, London: J. Roberts, 1717, [4], 7, [1]pp., half-title, few closed tears & wear holes where previously folded, dust-soiled, bound with, Pope (Alexander) , An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Visct. Cobham, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, half-title, bound with, Pope (Alexander) , Of Verbal Criticism: An Epistle to Mr. Pope. Occasioned by Theobald's Shakespear, and Bentley's Milton, London: Lawton Gilliver, 1733, half-title with small hole to centre, closed tear to final leaf, bound with, Somerville (William) , Field-Sports. A Poem. Humbly Address'd to His Royal Highness the Prince, London: J. Stagg, 1742, bound with, Corbett (Charles, publisher) , An epistle to a fellow commoner at Cambridge: Occasioned by the present disputes there., London: Charles Corbett, [1750], 8pp., closed trimmed at foot with slight loss to catchwords, old horizontal fold with slight wear, bound with, [Dodsley, Robert] , The Art of Preaching, in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, London: R. Dodsley, [1746?], 19pp., ink markings to title and final leaf, bound with: [Smart, Christopher] , Gratulatio Academiæ Cantabrigiensis de reditu serenissimi regis Georgii II. post pacem & libertatem Europæ feliciter restitutam anno M.DCC.XLVIII., Cambridge: J. Bentham, 1748, engraved title-page vignette, bound with, [Darwin, Erasmus] , Academiæ Cantabrigiensis luctus in obitum Frederici celsissimi Walliæ principis, Cambridge: Joseph Bentham, 1751, final 19 leaves with rodent damage to inner blank margins, bound with: Sacheverell (Henry) , The Speech of Henry Sacheverell, D.D. upon His Impeachment at the Bar of the House of Lords, in Westminster Hall, March 7, 1709/10, London: printed in the year 1710, some dampstaining at gutter, bound with, Eusden (Lawrence) , A Letter to Mr Addison, on the King's Accession to the Throne 1714, London: J. Tonson, 1714, some toning and occasional spotting throughout volume, later endpapers, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rebacked with maroon morocco title label to spine, folioQty: (1)

Noble (Mark). A History of the College of Arms. And the Lives of all the Kings, Heralds, and Pursuivants, from the Reign of Richard III ... until the Present Time, London: T. Egerton, R. Faulder, R. Lea, et al., 1805, half-title, 4 engraved portrait plates (including frontispiece), some browning, offsetting and spotting, bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to verso of front free endpaper, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 4to, together with: Hope (W.H. St. John) , The Stall Plates of the Knights of the Order of the Garter 1348-1485, Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1901, chromolithograph frontispiece and plates, armorial bookplates of Alexander Stewart, John Alexander Stewart and Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary dark blue crushed morocco gilt, onlay shield to centre of each board, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, Moule (Thomas) , Bibliotheca Heraldica Magnae Britanniae. An Analytical Catalogue of Books on Genealogy, Heraldry ..., London: printed for the author, 1822, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpaper, 20th century cloth, spine discoloured and some dust-soiling, 8vo, Shirley (Evelyn Philip) , The Noble and Gentle Men of England; or, Notes touching the Arms and Descents of the Ancient Knightly and Gentle House of England, 3rd edition, corrected, Westminster: John Bower Nichols & Sons, 1866, half-title, hand-coloured wood engraved armorial to title and numerous hand-coloured armorials throughout, bookplate of Rev. Dr. G.B. Westwood to front free endpaper, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original spine, 4to, Godfrey (Walter H.) , The College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, being the Sixteenth and Final Monograph of the London Survey Committee, 1963, monochrome frontispiece, plates and plans (one folding), original cloth, 4to Wagner (Anthony) , Heralds of England, A History of the Office and College of Arms, London: HMSO, 1967, colour & monochrome plates, original cloth in price-clipped dust-jacket, 4to, contained in original card slipcase, and three others relatedQty: (9)

Agricola (Georgius). [De re metallica, in German] Bergwerck Buch: Darinnen nicht allein alle Empter, Instrument, Gezeug, und alles so zu disem Handel gehörig mit Figuren vorgebildet und klärlich beschrieben ... Nachmals aber durch den achtbarn und auch hochgelehrten Philippum Bechium ... verteutscht, Basel: Ludwig König, 1621, 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut vignettes throughout (many full-page), lacking 29 leaves (c4-6, g1-3, g6, h2, h5, l2, l6, m1, s6, z5, A2-3, D5-6, E1-4, F6, G1, M2, P4-5, Q2, Q5), spotting and browning, bookplate (Robert Chambers, motto 'spero'), contemporary vellum, soiled, folio in 6s (32 x 20.5 cm), together with: Mercuriale (Girolamo). Variarum lectionum, in medicinae scriptoribus et aliis, libri sex, Venice: Giunta, 1588, with medial blank R8, occasional tide-marks, C1-2 stained, free endpapers excised, contemporary limp vellum, marked, ties perished, 4to (23.4 x 16.5 cm), Hartsoeker (Nicolas). Conjectures physiques, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Henri Desbordes, 1706, engraved folding map including 'Nouvelle Hollande', 2 engraved headpieces, woodcut head-and tailpieces and diagrams throughout, ink-stamps to title-page (Bibliothèque royale de Belgique), a few stains, front free endpaper excised, contemporary sprinkled sheep, joints cracked, extremities worn, 4to (24.6 x 18.5 cm) Cartari (Vincenzo). Imagini delli dei de gl'antichi, Venice: Nicolo Pezzana, 1674, woodcut vignettes throughout, 1 folding plate (of 2), occasional soiling and staining, 19th-century tree calf by Townsend, Greek key roll gilt to sides, 4to (22 x 16 cm)Qty: (4)NOTESAdams M1340 (Mercuriale); VD17 3:623123F (Agricola); cf. Norman 20 & PMM 79 for the first edition of Agricola (1556). De re metallica is 'the first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times' (PMM).

Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried). Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body, 2 volumes in 1, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, 1778-79, titles with engraved vignettes, 41 engraved plates, including 13 key plates in outline by Andrew Bell, some offsetting and spotting , small marginal closed tear to first title , later calf-backed boards, a little rubbed, folioQty: (1)NOTESGarrison & Morton 399; Russell (2nd edition) 7. First published in English in 1749, the plates were re-engraved for this present edition, being smaller in size and without the backgrounds to the skeletal figures.

Maclise (Joseph). Surgical Anatomy, 2nd edition, London: John Churchill, 1856, 52 lithographed plates, most with hand-colouring, plate 42 with closed tear, occasional light spotting and soiling, tile and first few leaves a little frayed at fore edges, original cloth, paper label to upper cover, spine torn with losses, some edge wear and stains, folio, together with Ellis (George Viner & G.H. Ford). Illustrations of Dissections in a Series of Original Coloured Plates the size of life, representing the dissection of the human body, atlas volume only, 1st edition, 1867, 58 colour lithographed plates, title and front endpaper detached, some spotting, University of Bristol Medical Library label and two small ink stamps, contemporary half calf, lacking most of spine, some wear, folioQty: (2)

Quain (Richard). The Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body with its Applications to Pathology and Operative Surgery in Lithographic Drawings with Practical Commentaries, atlas volume only, London: Taylor and Walton, 1844, 87 mounted lithographed plates on India paper by Joseph Maclise, most with hand-colouring, most plates with some water staining to lower margins, a few tears and repairs, occasional light soiling, previous owner inscription, contemporary half morocco over original boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed with some edge wear, folioQty: (1)

Bahr (Abel William). Old Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art in China. Being Description and Illustrations of Articles selected from an Exhibition held in Shanghai, November, 1908, London: Cassell and Company, 1911, frontispiece and 120 plates, including 12 colour, a little light spotting and toning to text, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt (a few small bumps to edges), dust jacket, a few tears and repairs, large 8vo, together with Laufer (Berthold). Archaic Chinese Jades Collected in China by A.W. Bahr, now in the Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, New York: Privately printed for A.W. Bahr, 1927, 35 colour and monochrome plates, light spotting at gutter front and rear, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded, a few stains to covers, small 4to, plus Siren (Osvald). Early Chinese Paintings from A.W. Bahr Collection, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, 27 tipped-in plates, a few colour, lacking front endpaper and most of half title sheet (excepting text at top), top edge gilt, original black cloth gilt, slight rippling at foot of upper cover, folio, limited edition 374/750Qty: (3)

Dore (Gustave). The Dore Gallery: containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings, selected from the Dore? Bible, Milton, and Dantes Inferno [and others]. With a memoir of Dore, critical essay, and descriptive letterpress by Edmund Ollier, one volume in two, London, Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [1870], engraved frontispiece and plates, occasional light spotting, all edges gilt, moire silk doublure endpapers with gilt dentelles, light wear to morocco hinges, contemporary red morocco, elaborate gilt decoration, contrasting morocco labels to spines, gilt armorial with motto 'Firma Durant' to centre of each board, extremities rubbed, folioQty: (2)

Guinness (Louisa) . Art As Jewellery, from Calder to Kapoor, 1st edition, AAC Art Books, 2018, inscribed by the author to the title page, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with; Beardsley (John et al) , Gee's Bend, The Women and their Quilts, 1st edition, Tinwood Books, Atlanta, 2002, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Goodison (Judith) , The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior, 1st edition, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2017, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt [publisher] , Künstlerkolonie Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1899-1914, Germany, 1999, numerous colour illustrations, publishers original boards, large 8vo, and other decorative art reference & related, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, 8vo/folioQty: (57)

Rossetti (Dante Gabriel, 1828-1882). The Monumental Effigies of Great Britain... , by C.A. Stothard, 1st edition, printed for the author, 1817[-1832], engraved portrait plate and 147 hand-coloured or tinted plates, scattered offsetting, small stain to lower margin extremities of some leaves, ink presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'D.G. Rossetti from John Ruskin, 1856' in an unidentified hand, large armorial bookplate of Charles Eamer Kempe to front pastedown, contemporary red half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed along joints and on raised bands, folio (37.5 x 29 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Dante Gabriel Rossetti. See The Valuable Contents of the Residence of Dante G. Rossetti, 16, Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, To be sold by Auction, by Messrs. T.G Wharton, Martin & Co., 5-7 July 1882 , lot 486 [a facsimile of the catalogue is included with the lot]; 2) Charles Eamer Kempe (1837-1907) who bought Lindfield, Sussex in 1875. Kempe was a stained glass artist and manufacturer and guests at Lindfield included William Morris and William De Morgan. 3) Sotheby's, London, 27 April 1965, lot 27, bought by the current owner. Dante Gabriel Rossetti and the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood were influenced by Ruskin's theories, and Ruskin in turn praised their devotion to nature and the rejection of conventional methods of composition. The close relationship between Ruskin and Rossetti, however, was short-lived, and from 1856 their relationship became increasingly ambivalent. The inscription here dates from the end of the happy period and may be in the hand of Ruskin's amanuensis George Hobbs. This book would no doubt have been a much-used artistic sourcebook for Rossetti who, after 1856, became an inspiration for the medievalising strand of the pre-Raphaelite movement.

Siren (Osvald). Early Chinese Paintings from A.W. Bahr Collection, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, 27 tipped-in plates, a few colour, a few minor spots front and rear, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, a few water stains to upper cover, slipcase (some splits and edge wear), folio, limited edition 145/750, presentation copy, inscribed to half title: 'To my old friend A.E. Cooper, with good wishes A.E. Bahr, London, 10 October 1938', together with The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho. Spring Festival on the River, A Scroll Painting (ex coll. A.W. Bahr) of the Ming Dynasty after a Sung Dynasty Subject reproduced in its entirety and in its original size in a portfolio of twenty-three collotype plates and twelve enlarged details, with an introduction and notes by Alan Priest, curator of Far Eastern Art, New York, 1948, 30 collotype plates and text loosely contained in original cloth-backed portfolio, with cloth tie and bone toggle (spine faded), folio, limited edition of 500, with two presentation inscriptions to Abel William "Billie" Bahr to front pastedown, and two copies of a typescript letter on Metropolitan Museum of Art New York headed paper, dated November 17, 1948, from Marshall B. Davidson, Editor of Publications, announcing the publication of this work, and one other typescript letter to A.W. Bahr from the librarian of the Art Association of Montreal, January 21, 1949, thanking him on behalf of the President, F. Cleveland Morgan for his gift of this publication to the Library of the Association, loosely insertedQty: (2)NOTESFirst work inscribed from Chinese art collector and authority Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) to British artist Alfred Egerton Cooper (1883-1974). Siren's work above illustrates Bahr's collection of Chinese paintings, most of which were purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1947.

Automobile Year [incorporating Annual Automobile Review]. Volumes 1-27, 32, 33, 38 & 54, published 1956-2007, volumes 1-3 titled Annual Automobile Review, monochrome & colour illustrations, volume 1 in original printed wrappers (slight wear), remaining volumes in original cloth in dust jackets, folio, few volumes contained in original packagingQty: (31)

Detmold (Edward J.) . Twenty Four Nature Pictures, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1919, a group of 24 colour prints of birds including duplicates, mounted on board with printed borders and protective tissue guards, some occasional wear to borders and tissue guards, loosely contained in two original portfolios, worn, one with signed limitation label (269/500 sets) to front pastedown, large folioQty: (2)NOTESSold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Folio Society . Live and Let Die, by Ian Fleming, 2nd printing, 2007, Taming The Infinite, The Story of Mathematics, by Ian Stewart, 2012, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, 2nd printing, 1994, The Greengage Summer, by Rumer Godden, 2000, Ill Met by Moonlight, by W. Stanley Moss, 4th printing, 2004, together with 86 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, plus 2 volumes without slipcases, G/VG, 8voQty: (93)

Old Mother Hubbard. Dean's Moveable Books, Dean & Son, [1860], 8 leaves with hand-coloured engraved images printed to one side only, each with moveable levers and tabs, the movement mechanisms largely broken and final figure completely absent, original linen-backed pictorial boards, some wear, small folio, together with; Weatherly (F.E., introduction) , Pantomime Pictures. A Novel Colour Book for Children, Nister & Dutton, [1895], 5 double-page colour pop-up illustrations (one child missing hand), some marginal spotting, original linen-backed glazed pictorial boards, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus 22 other children's and illustrated books including 3 x Golliwogg, 3 x English Struwwelpeter and a group of Caldicott's Picture Books, generally in worn conditionQty: (24)