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Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The Second Part of the Institutes of the Lawes of England, first edition, mostly black letter, engraved portrait frontispiece, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, burn hole to 2S1 with loss to a couple of letters but a clean copy generally, contemporary calf, gilt arms of Thomas Coningsby to covers, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, joints cracked, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing C4948], folio, M. Flesher, and R. Young, for E.D.R.M.W.L., and D.P., 1642.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Opera Omnia, 4 vol., one of 50 large paper copies, engraved frontispieces (lightly offsetting onto titles), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, bookplate of John Guitton to pastedown, contemporary diced russia, gilt, spines gilt in compartments, spine ends a little chipped, joints starting but firm, corners a little bumped, still an attractive set, [Gibson 248], folio, R.Gosling, 1730.⁂ First collected edition of Bacon's English and Latin works.

Prime Minister's copy.- Grafton (Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke) Votes of the House of Commons, in the twelfth Parliament of Great Britain, appointed to meet at Westminster the third day of November, ... 1761, Printed for John Whiston and Benjamin White, 1761 bound with c.8 others, speeches etc., contemporary half calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, joints splitting, but holding firm, foot of spine and corners worn, rubbed, folio⁂ A good association copy. Grafton was the youngest Prime Minister before the appointment of Pitt the Younger 15 years later, and served for only two years.

Music.- Handel (George Frederick) The Occasional Oratorio in Score, engraved throughout, portrait frontispiece of Handel by Houbraken, list of subscribers, portrait and pp.155-176 detached with front or rear board, water-stained, spotting, old calf-backed boards, covers detached, worn, folio, rare in commerce, Printed for Wright & Co. , [c.1784]. sold not subject to return.

Music.- Williamson (Malcolm) and Ursula Vaughan Williams. Ode to Music, one of only 5 specially printed and bound copies for presentation, signed by the composer, librettist and Sir Robert and Lady Dorothy Mayer (the dedicatees), facsimile of Williamson's score, this copy presented to Sir Edward Heath, original cloth, folio, Josef Weinberger Ltd., 1973.⁂ Williamson was commissioned to write Ode to Music to celebrate 50 years of the Robert Mayer Concerts for Children. The Mayers started their concerts for children in 1923 having been inspired by those organised by Walter Damrosch in America. This copy was presented to Sir Edward Heath by Dr. Peter Bander with a presentation card loosely inserted. Heath had conducted the last concert in the 1973 Golden Jubilee celebration year.

Dialling.- Clavius (Christoph) Gnomonices libri octo, in quibus non solum horologiorum solarium, sed aliarum quoque rerum, quae ex gnomonis umbra cognosci possunt, descriptiones geometrice demonstrantur, collation: [Latin cross]8 A-E6 F8 G-Z6 2A-2Z6 3A-3G6 3H8, engraved title within architectural border, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated and decorative initials and printer's device to colophon f., early ink marginalia, additions to diagrams, and the supply of a full-page table to 3H2v and text and a diagram to 3H7r, where the pages have been left blank by the printer in this copy, title with a few small repairs with minor loss to lower corner, lightly browned and silked, water-stained, a few tears, without loss, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, some staining, folio (327 x 237mm.), Rome, Francesco Zanetti, 1581.⁂ First edition of the most important and substantial work on dialling published to that date. Our copy with evidence of early scholarship, with much on projective geometry. Literature: Adams C2098; Honeyman 706 'sums up all that was known on gnomonics'; Houzeau and Lancaster 11383; Tomash & Williams C101; EDIT 16 CNCE 12671.

Dialling.- Leybourn (William) Dialling, Plain, Concave, Convex, Projective, Reflective, Refractive. Shewing, how to make all such Dials, and to adorn them with all useful Furniture relating to the Course of the Sun, second enlarged edition, engraved frontispiece portrait and 34 plates (14 folding), 4 engraved vignettes, light spotting to title, early ink annotations to front free endpaper (mounted on stub), contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners repaired, later endpapers, [Houzeau & Lancaster 11535; Tardy p.163; Wing L1913], folio, by J.Matthews, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1700.

Euclid. Elementorum libri XV, translated and edited by Federico Commandino, collation: *6 **6 A-Z4 2A-2Z4 3A-3S4, title in woodcut architectural border by Jakob Criegher, numerous woodcut diagrams, large woodcut historiated initials, early ink marginalia, extensive in some places, title stained and with tear and marginal repair with a little loss, some staining and foxing, occasional ink staining, especially to B3v, new endpapers, later vellum, upper fore-edge little worn, rubbed, folio (291 x 203mm.), Pesaro, [Camillo Franceschini], 1571.⁂ First edition of this translation. 'The translation, which was made use of by subsequent editors for centuries, was the work of F. Comandino, certainly an outstanding figure in the history of Euclid's Elements' (Thomas-Stanford). Our copy with evidence of early scholarship. A signature to foot of title and a note on fortification may point to the architect Francesco Grimaldi. Literature: Riccardi I, 362; Thomas-Stanford 18; EDIT 16 CNCE 18358.

Birds.- Audubon (John James) The Birds of America, 2 vol., number 610 of Great Britain and Commonwealth edition, limited to 250 copies numbered 501-750 from an edition of 1000, 40 colour plates, original half-cloth, housed in original packaging, large folio, Edition Leipzig / Ariel Press, 1972-73.⁂ A selection of full-sized facsimiles of Audubon's Birds, taken from a copy in the Meiningen State Museum, Germany.

Birds.- Millais (John Guille) British Diving Ducks, 2 vol., first limited edition numbered 85 of 450 copies, 74 plates (39 colour), tissue-guards, bookplates, contemporary half-morocco by 'Period Binders', folio, [Zimmer p.436], 1913.

Botany.- Miller (Philip) Abbildungen der nützlichsten, schönsten und seltensten Pflanzen welche in seinem Gärtner-Lexicon vorkommen, 2 vol., first German edition, engraved vignette titles, 301 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional foxing or light browning to text, contemporary boards, ink titles to spines, rebacked, preserving original backstrips, [Nissen BBI 1379], folio, Nuremberg, A. W. Winterschmidt, 1768-82.⁂ A clean and excellent copy of the scarce German edition.

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes, translated by Henry Lyte, first English edition, black letter, title within ornate woodcut historiated border and with woodcut arms of Henry Lyte to verso, woodcut portrait of the author, numerous woodcut illustration, final f. supplied in excellent facsimile, title rather soiled and with margins repaired, T5 torn and repaired with 2 small holes to text, occasional light soiling, several ff. with corners or margins repaired, a few early ink names and marginal notes, later calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Henrey 110; Hunt 132; Nissen 516; STC 6984], folio, At London [but Antwerp], by me Gerard Dewes, 1578.⁂ A good copy of this important Renaissance herbal. Dodoens served as court physician to Emperor Rudolf II of Austria before becoming Professor of Medicine at Leiden University in 1582.

Horses.- Veterinary.- Lafosse (Philippe-Étienne) Cours d'hippiatrique, ou Traité complet de la médecine des chevaux, first edition, half-title, fine engraved frontispiece of a dissection scene by B.L. Prevost after Sullier, portrait of the author by J. Baptiste Michel after Harguinier, title vignette by Prevost, engraved arms of Charles-Eugene de Lorraine to head of dedication, 56 plates, of which 19 double-page or folding, by B. Michel Adam [femme Fessard], F.A. Aveline, C. Baquoy, Benard, Ch. Beulier, L. Bosse, Prevost and others after Harguinier, Lafosse, Saullier, and 7 engraved headpieces by Delaunay, Hubert, Levilain, Lucas, Mlle Massard, Mesnil, and Michel after Le Carpentier, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, some spotting and light browning, occasional finger-marking, contemporary red morocco, gilt, spine in compartments with floral decoration within filet borders and a black morocco label, spine dulled and with narrow repairs at ends, rubbed, g.e., [Mennessier de la Lance, I, pp. 20 & 21; Podeschi / Mellon 61; Nissen ZBI 2360; Brunet III, 765; Cohen-de Ricci 587; ], folio (492 x 316mm.; binding 502 x 344mm.), Paris, Edme, 1772.⁂ One of the great books on horses and equine medicine. 'Ce livre est un véritable monument élevé à l'Hippologie. Papier, impression, déssin, gravure, sont également signés' (Mennessier de la Lance). Lafosse, the son of a farrier / horse doctor, was a French veterinarian who at a young age had performed dissections to teach the cavalry, and later taught in an anatomical theatre in Paris. Provenance: 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (small circular gilt leather bookplate to front pastedown).

Trees.- Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved arms of the Royal Society, part 3 printed in red and black, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, a few woodcut illustrations of implements and a cider vat, without cancel leaf H1 as usual and without errata f. at end, water-stained, mostly in margins, modern half calf, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ Important and still relevant work on trees and their management. Keynes calls it 'Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work'. It was originally delivered to the Royal Society in 1662 in concern at the deforestation of England. The second part concerns fruit trees and cider.

Allais (Louis-Jean), Athanase Détournelle & Antoine-Laurent-Thomas Vandoyer, engravers and publishers. Projets d'Architecture et autres productions de cet art, qui ont mérités les Grands Prix accordés par l'Académie, par l'Institut National de France, et par des Jurys du choix des Artistes ou du Gouvernement, second series, on Papier grand Colombier d'Hollande, (watermarked Van der Ley), title with French nationalistic wood-engraved ornament, fine engraved additional pictorial title and 120 plates (520 x 358mm.), all ff. numbered in pencil in top right-hand corner, otherwise generally clean and crisp, with occasional light spotting or finger-marking, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, richly gilt spine with architectural instruments motifs, small stars and foliage decorations, along with a large red morocco label, some fading to marbled boards, corners neatly restored with green vellum, rubbed, folio (binding 534 x 380mm.), Paris, Détournelle & J. Charles, 1806. ⁂ A very good copy of this scarce collection of the second series of prize-winning architectural designs. Includes fountains, aqueducts, lighthouses, prisons, gardens, and triumphal arches and columns.

Binding.- Raphael. Our Saviour and His Disciples, 17 fine engraved plates by J. Gaubaud and La Caleographie Royale, inner gilt dentelles, foxing, handsome contemporary black blind-stamped and gilt panelled morocco, covers with inner panel incorporating filets and large circular floral corner-pieces, upper cover with central royal arms, all within a wide ornate blind-stamped foliage border and outer gilt filet borders, rubbed, g.e., rare, folio (binding 592 x 456mm.), George Cockburn, 1832.

[Ercolani (Giuseppe Maria)], "Neralco (Pastore Arcade)". I tre ordini d'architettura dorico, ionico e corintio presi dalle fabbriche piu celebri dell'antica Roma; Descrizione del Colosso Romano, del Panteo, e del Tempio Vaticano, 2 parts in 1, first edition, fine engraved title vignette, 76 plates, of which 3 folding, head- and tail-pieces and historiated initials, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, occasional light browning, mostly in part 2, occasional mostly small areas of water-staining to upper margins, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, covers with triple filet borders, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip and red morocco label, a few scuffs and stains, rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2632; Cicognara 580], folio, Rome, Antonio de' Rossi, 1744.⁂ Rare in commerce. Ercolani (1690-1760) was a member of the Academy degla Arcadi, being given the name 'Neralco', which he used primarily for his poetical works.

Gardens.- Laborde (Alexandre de) Description des Nouveaux Jardins de la France et de ses Anciens Chateaux, 2 vol., first edition, text in French, English and German, half-title to text vol., plate vol. with fine engraved title with large vignette, a map, 2 plans, and 122 plates after Constant Bourgeois on 89 sheets, plus 3 additional sheets (2 of which with 4 plates with overslips and 1 plate of images to be cut out for overslips), tear to lower margin of plate 104, spotting, occasional foxing (mostly marginal), occasional light browning, contemporary half calf over light yellow boards, spines richly gilt and with red and black morocco labels, spine ends neatly repaired, boards with some scuffing, rubbed, [Millard, French Books, 84], folio (465 x 329mm.; binding 476 x 344mm.), Paris, Delance, 1808.⁂ A very good set of what Millard calls 'an invaluable record of each of the gardens illustrated, and of a type of garden design that has all but disappeared.'

Interiors.- Wood (Henry) A Series of Designs of Furniture & Decoration in the Styles of Louis XIVth, Francis Ist, Elizabeth, and Gothic, first edition, title within decorative border, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates printed on thick paper, one toned, occasional light spotting, or marking, first plate with abrasion to fore-margin, modern half calf, gilt, [not in Keynes, Pickering Handlist], folio, William Pickering, [1845].⁂ Rare complete copy of Wood's handsome designs for window curtains, settees and sofas, sideboards, bookcases, room panelling, chairs etc. WorldCat lists the BL copy only and we can only trace two other complete copies at auction.

Palladio (Andrea) I Quattro Libri dell'Architettura, first edition, 4 parts in 1, collation: A2, B-I4; AA-KK4 (quire HH misbound, in the sequence HH2, HH1, HH4, and HH3); AAA-FFF4; AAAA-RRRR4, complete with blank leaves KK4 and RRRR4, Roman and italic type, each title within architectural woodcut borders with de Franceschi's printer's device included in upper panel, a different printer's device on verso of fol. RRRR3, 221 woodcut illustrations, plans, and sections (156 are full-page blocks, including 84 printed as plates, recto and verso of 42 leaves) executed after Palladio's drawings by Giovanni and Cristoforo Chrieger, Cristoforo Coriolano, and others, numerous woodcut animated initials, occasional light foxing, lower margin of fol.I2 slightly trimmed, handsome early nineteenth-century green calf, over pasteboards, covers framed by undulating gilt fillet, small floral tools at each corner, spine gilt with gilt-lettered red morocco label, board edges decorated with gilt freeze, green silk bookmark, gilt edges, lower corners slightly bumped, generally a fine copy, folio (290 x 195mm.), Venice, Domenico de' Franceschi, 1570.⁂ A milestone in the history of architecture: the first edition of the Quattro Libri dell'Architettura by the Paduan theorist and practising architect Andrea di Pietro della Gondola, universally known as Andrea Palladio, after the name given to him by his patron and renowned humanist Giangiorgio Trissino. Palladio was primarily active as an architect in Venice, Vicenza, and along the Brenta river, where he built magnificent villas for wealthy members of the Venetian patriciate. This authoritative and influential treatise celebrates the purity and simplicity of classical architecture, drawing its inspiration from Roman sources, especially Vitruvius, and Italian Renaissance architects, above all Leon Battista Alberti. The work is divided into four parts or libri, devoted to orders and elementary problems, domestic buildings, public buildings, and town planning and temples. "Palladio followed the rules of classical Roman architecture more closely than any other architect, even sometimes at the cost of practicability and domestic comfort. In spite of the vogue for the baroque and the fact that Palladio left no immediate successors, his book exerted a powerful influence on contemporary architecture and classical ideals until the end of the eighteenth century [...] 'Palladianism' became a party label in the world of connoisseurship and England blossomed with buildings 'in the Palladian style' - two centuries after Palladio had created it. From England the style made its way into Scotland, Ireland and America" (PMM). The treatise was reprinted and translated many times over the following centuries. Within the splendid series of woodcuts which accompany the text, especially noteworthy are those in the second libro depicting plans and elevations of villas, including the famous Villa Maser built for Palladio's patron Daniello Barbaro. Literature: Mortimer Italian, 352; Berlin Katalog 2592; Cicognara 594; Fowler 212; Olschki Choix, 15125; PMM 92.

Vases.- Antonini (Carlo) Manuale di vari ornamenti componenti la serie de' vasi antichi si di marmo che di bronzo esistenti in Roma e Fuori, 3 vol., first edition, titles with large engraved vignettes incorporating the arms of the dedicatee Pope Pius VII, fine engraved pictorial divisional titles to each volume and 193 plates, some mostly marginal foxing, a few finger-marks, vol.3 light water-stain to upper inner gutters, attractive contemporary vellum, gilt, covers with wide borders incorporating a scrolling heavily laden grapevine, and cornucopia corner-pieces, spines richly gilt in a lattice design and with red and dark green morocco labels, some marking, g.e., [Berlin Kat. 594], folio (plates 334 x 222mm.; bindings 345 x 235mm.), Rome, Romanis, 1821.⁂ First edition of this work on ancient vases, beautifully illustrated with detailed engravings by and after the author. The three volumes treat the ancient vases found in the Vatican museums of Pio-Clementino and Chiaramonti, those housed in the Capitoline Museum and the Gallery of Rome, as well as those found in the areas surrounding Rome.

Trianon Press.- Blake (William) America: A Prophecy, number X of 20 deluxe copies with a set of progressive plates, from an edition limited to 526, with additional plates showing the progressive stages in the stencil work, colour collotype proofs and an original guide-sheet and stencil bound at end, original dark blue morocco, t.e.g., marbled board slip-case, a fine copy, 1963; Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion, number 35 of 500 copies, from an edition limited to 558, original tan morocco-backed marbled boards, marbled board slip-case, 1974; Visions of the Daughters of Albion, letter R of 26 deluxe copies with a set of progressive plates, this marked "special publisher's copy", from an edition limited to 446, with a set of hand-coloured plates showing progressive stages, colour collotype proofs and an original guide-sheet and stencil at end, original terracotta morocco, t.e.g., original marbled board slip-case, 1959; Visions of the Daughters of Albion, number 341 of 446 copies, original terracotta morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., original marbled board slip-case, 1959; The Book of Ahania, number 216 of 808 copies, original black morocco-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., marbled board slip-case, 1973, leather book-label of Haven O'More, collotype plates hand-coloured through stencil, fine copies, Trianon Press, folio & 4to (5)

Typography.- Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. 23 Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchee, 2 vol., one of 200 copies, with 23 Pouchee alphabets together with 2 others from additional sources printed on 46 leaves, with an essay by James Mosley, illustrated with type specimens and decorative borders, in large solander box, essay in slip-case, folio, I.M. Imprimit & St. Bride Library, 1992-93.⁂ Pouchee's type foundry at Lincoln's Inn Fields ran from only 1818-1830 when he was forced out of business by his competitors. During that time he produced some of the most richly ornamented letters ever created. Only 23 alphabets survived and are now held by St. Bride's, where they were identified and catalogued by James Mosley in 1966. This work is a faithful reproduction of these beautiful alphabets.

Americas.- Herrera y Tordesillas (Antonio ) Novus orbis, sive descriptio Indiae occidentalis, 4 parts in 1 vol., engraved additional title, 17 folding engraved maps, 5 engraved illustrations, lacking final blank f., light browning, occasional light dampstaining to lower margin, letterpress title slightly soiled and with small chips to corners, 19th century morocco-backed boards, extremities rubbed, [Sabin 31540], folio, Amsterdam, Colijn, 1622.⁂ The first complete account of the Le Maire-Schouten expedition around the world, the first to successfully round Cape Horn, and the first edition in Latin, expanding significantly the Madrid edition of 1601. The engraved map on the title is the first depicting California as an island. Provenance: Henry N. Stephens (inscription on endpaper dated 21 August 1884, recording the price £1.10); A.H. Bright (armorial bookplate).

Atlases.- Teesdale (Henry, publisher) A New General Atlas of the World, engraved vignette title and 46 hand-coloured maps, all double-page, India with 2 sheets conjoined and linen-backed, contemporary russia, gilt, surrounding central panel of marbled boards, spine richly gilt, g.e., joints just starting to crack, folio, 1832.⁂ A most handsome copy - the maps are drawn and engraved by John Dower.

China.- [Mason (Maj. George Henry)] The Punishments of China, titles and text in English and French, 22 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates, one or two slightly cropped just touching images, offsetting, occasional light soiling, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, light rubbing, g.e., [cf.Abbey, Travel 532, 1804 edition], folio, 1801 [but plates watermarked 1821].

Europe.- Lapie (Pierre) Carte de la Russie d'Europe, avec l'Empire d'Autriche, la Suede, le Danemark et la Norvege, la Prusse, le Grand Duche de Varsovie, les provinces Illyriennes, et une partie de la Confederation du Rhin et de la Turquie d'Europe, engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, on 6 sheets, each c.910 x 618mm., some offsetting, the odd spot, bound into contemporary half calf, upper cover with red morocco gilt title label, spine ends and corners little worn, rubbed, folio (binding 632 x 484mm.), Paris, François Tardieu, 1812.

Greece.- Davenport (Arthur) Historical Portraiture of Leading Events in the Life of Ali Pacha, first edition, half-title, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 5 plates by G. Hunt after Davenport, light offsetting, a few ff. with neat repairs to margins, modern cloth, original printed paper label to upper cover, [Atabey 325; Abbey, Travel, 206; Blackmer 454], folio, 1823.⁂ A handsome production that gives a romantic view of Ali Pacha's life.

India.- Colebroke (Lt. Robert Hyde) Twelve Views of Places in the Kingdom of Mysore: The Country of Tippoo Sultan from drawings taken on the spot, second edition, title, dedication and 6 sheets of letterpress text, 12 fine hand-colored aquatint plates by John William Edy after R.H. Colebrook, within grey wash frames, light surface soiling to title, later half calf, original wrappers (with paper label to upper cover) bound in, preserved in custom drop-back box, [Abbey, Travel 419], oblong folio, Edward Orme, 1805.⁂ Colebrook (1762-1808), served as a surveyor with the Bengal Infantry from 1778 until his death. While surveying the routes taken during the marches of the army under Lord Cornwallis in 1791 and 1792, he made drawings of Seringapatam, Bangalore,and the local countryside including the hill forts of Mysore.

India.- Reports from committees of the House of Commons, vol. 4 only, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, folio, 1776.⁂ The rare complete series of nine reports from the Committee of Secrecy appointed to enquire into the state of the East India Company. ESTC lists 6 copies only.The burgeoning debt of the East India Company became apparent in the summer of 1772, causing the directors to suspend dividend payments and apply to the government for a £1 million loan, the stock value plummeted and the government intervened. In return for the loan the Company was forced to give up independence and these reports contain the necessary legislative proposals formulated to that end. As such this volume provided the basis for the British Government's initial involvement in the administration of India.

Italy.- Fumagalli (Paolo) Pompeia: Trattato Pittorico, Storico, e Geometrico, 2 title-pages with engraved vignettes, double-column text in Italian and French , 81 engraved aquatint plates and maps, including 3 double-page and 2 handcoloured (one partially), minor spotting or damp-staining, mostly marginal, modern calf-backed boards, folio, Florence, for the author, [1830].⁂ Engraved between 1824 -1827, this beautiful iconographic work offers an impressive display of maps, archaeological items and mosaics alongside views and striking glimpses of Pompeii's city and ruins. Paolo Fumagalli (1797-1873), the printmaker, owned a typography in Florence where he published his finest illustrated works.

Middle East.- Antiquities.- Oppert (Jules) Expedition Scientifique en Mesopotamie, Atlas vol. only, dedication leaf, title with list of plates to verso, 21 double-page and/or folding engraved or etched plates, maps and plans, some foxing, contemporary dark blue half calf, rubbed, upper cover partially sunned, 4to, Paris, [1856].⁂ Very rare and unrecorded in most of the standard reference works - Atabey, Gay, Ghani, Weber and Wilson. "Born in Hamburg to Jewish parents, Julius Oppert (1825-1905) later moved to France, where he established a reputation as a remarkably gifted Assyriologist, making significant contributions to the decipherment of cuneiform Akkadian. Between 1851 and 1854, he accompanied the orientalist Fulgence Fresnel (1795-1855) on the French expedition to Mesopotamia. In recognition of his role, involving important excavations at the site of the ancient city of Babylon, Oppert was granted French citizenship. In May 1855, however, a great many of the discovered antiquities were lost when the raft transporting them sank in the Tigris under the weight of its priceless cargo." (C.U.P. note to their 2014 edition). The folio plates have been folded to a quarto size in this copy.

Polar.- Nares (Capt. Sir George S.) Journals and Proceedings of the Arctic Expedition, 1875-6... Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, first edition, 32 maps and plates, many folding, illustrations, a few small patches of foxing or spotting, but a good, clean copy generally, contemporary blue half roan, spine faded and with a few light repairs, folio, 1877.

Russia.- Bruyn (Cornelis de) Voyages...par la Moscovie, en Perse, et aux Indes Orientales, 2 vol., first edition in French, titles in red and black, vol.1 with half-title and engraved frontispiece by B. Picart, engraved portrait after Kneller, 3 folding engraved maps, 274 engraved plates on 108 folding sheets (numbered 1-260 plus 14 unnumbered), 44 engraved illustrations in text, lacking binder's leaf at end of vol.2, contemporary ink inscription of Charles de Glimes de Brabant to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original gilt spines, slightly rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, chez les Freres Wetstein, 1718.⁂ A handsome and clean copy of this important account of De Bruyn's voyage to Russia, Persia, India, and Java, which includes large folding panoramas of Moscow and Isfahan and many plates on animals and plants.

Spain.- Gail (Wilhelm) Erinnerungen aus Spanien, Nach der Natur und auf Stein gezeichnete Skizzen aus dem Leben in den Provinzen Catalonien, Valencia, Andalusien, Granada und Castilien, mit Fragmenten Maurischer und Altspanischer Architectur und Veduten nebst erlauternden auzugen aus dem Tagebuche der Herausgebers, first edition, lithographed additional title, tinted lithographed dedication and 30 plates, illustrations, titles with light damp-staining to fore-margin, occasional light foxing or finger-soling, mostly marginal, modern half calf, original decorative wrappers bound in, [Palau 96533], folio, Munich, [c.1837].⁂ A scarce and attractive work with several plates on bullfighting.

Turkey.- Steuart (John Robert) A Description of Some Ancient Monuments ... in Lydia and Phrygia, lithographed frontispiece and 16 plates, all on India paper, by C. Deangelis after sketches by the author, mounted as issued, light foxing, mostly to text or margins, frontispiece detached, upper hinge weak, contemporary roan-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, [Atabey 1176; Blackmer 1609; not in Abbey], folio, James Bohn, 1842.⁂ A scarce work, produced from drawings Steuart made while on a three-month tour of Asia Minor in the Spring of 1837.

Turkey and Asia Minor.- Raczynskiego (Edwarda) Dziennik podrozy do Turcyi odbytey w roku MDCCCXIV, first edition, dedication leaf following printed title both with repaired tears, 81 engraved plates on 64 sheets, one folding, 8 illustrations in text, first 2 text leaves misbound, text leaves mostly foxed and browned, plates sometimes offset but generally cleaner, modern half calf over old marbled boards, [cf. Blackmer 1375 (German edition of 1824); Brunet IV, 1084], folio, Breslau, Grassa Bartha, 1821.⁂ Brunet describes this work as the most magnificent hitherto published in Poland. It is very rare on the market with only 2 copies traced at auction. The plates depict views of mosques, market scenes, costumes etc. and are numbered 1-82, with numbers 20 and 45 absent (as usual). Plate 8 is a plan of Istanbul, not present in the Blackmer (German edition) copy.In 1814 Raczynskiego travelled with Ludwig Christian Fuhrmann as draughtsman to Constantinople via Odessa, and then continued to the Troad and Asia Minor.

West Indies.- Browne (Patrick) The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, first edition, half-title, list of subscribers, 2 folding engraved maps and 49 plates, most after G.D. Ehret, a few plates trimmed to platemark and just touching imprint, modern half calf over marbled boards, [Nissen, ZBI 255; Great Flower Books p.52; Sabin 8670], folio, Printed for the Author, 1756.⁂ A very good copy of Browne's important work, which described many new genera. This was the first work in English to include Linnaeus's plant classification system and also includes zoology and conchology subjects. Subscribers included Johannes Burmann, Stephen Hales and Linnaeus himself.

Northumberland.- Mining.- Hair (T. H.) A Series of Views of the Collieries in the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, first edition, additional etched vignette title marked "Proofs", 42 plates, all on india paper, some foxing, marginal slight worming towards end, a couple of plates with small ink stain, contemporary half morocco over gilt-lettered cloth, rubbed and scuffed, cloth slightly stained, folio, 1844.

Scotland.- Browne (James) Picturesque Views of Edinburgh, first edition, large paper copy, 51 engraved plates by William Lizars after John Ewbank, occasional marginal foxing, bookplate and ownership inscription of Sir A. E. Richardson, modern antique-style half calf over original boards, covers rubbed, folio, Edinburgh, 1825.⁂ An excellent, large paper copy of this popular view-book of Edinburgh with a good provenance. Sir Albert Edward Richardson KCVO (1880-1964), was a prominent leading English architect, one time President of the Royal Academy and founder of the Georgian Group.

Scotland.- Clerk (John) A Series of Etchings Chiefly of Views in Scotland, engraved portrait, 57 etched and lithographed plates (comprising 55 numbered and 2 unnumbered), many with multiple images, some tinted, occasional foxing, mostly restricted to margins, bookplate of the Earl of Ancaster to pastedown, original cloth with paper label to upper cover, rebacked and recornered in modern red morocco, covers a little rubbed and marked, folio, Edinburgh, Lizars for the Bannatyne Club, 1855.⁂ Fine series of landscape etchings by one of Scotland's finest amateur artists - the significantly extended second edition. Clerk practised draughtmanship from an early age but was certainly encouraged to draw topographically by his friend Robert Adam, the eminent architect who became his brother-in-law. Through Adam he was introduced to Paul Sandby, the English painter and printmaker in the late 1740s, and the three men would often take drawing trips together around the region. Clerk began the practice of copper-plate etching around the 1770s and went on to produce over one hundred impressions by 1778.

Yorkshire.- Barnsley plans.- Kendray (F[rancis?]) 15 original pen and ink plans of Barnsley and vicinity on paper, most with partial wash or outline hand-colouring, the first with small cartouche of two winged figures holding the title banner, two with A Scale of Chains, a couple with later pencil annotations, the last 2 spotted, contemporary half calf with gilt-lettered red morocco title label to upper cover, rebacked, rubbed, folio, Barnsley, 1800.⁂ A rare record of the South Yorkshire town at the turn of the 18th/19th century executed by a member of an important local family, after whom an area and hospital are named. There are several later Francis Kendrays recorded, but we have been unable to verify for certain that this work is by an earlier Kendray of that name, though this seems likely. Each map measures 370 x 225mm.

Rye House Plot.- Exact Account (An) of the Proceedings at the Old-Bayly...of the Tryal of the Lord Russel, William Hone Joyner, John Rouse, Captain William Blage, 4pp., drop-head title, spotted, tipped into album of blank leaves, later half calf, [Wing E3580, 4 UK locations and 3 in America], folio, Edinburgh, Re-printed by the Heir of Andrew Anderson, 1683.⁂ The Rye House plot was a conspiracy to kill King Charles II and his brother James, Duke of York, as they passed through Hertfordshire on the way back to London from the races at Newmarket. The conspirators were an extremist Whig group who were alarmed at the King's Catholic sympathies and the future succession of James who was known to be a Catholic. Anti-Catholic hysteria engulfed the country following the Popish Plot, instigating Parliament to introduce the Exclusion Bill in 1681 which would prevent James from succeeding Charles. The King dissolved Parliament to stop the Bill being passed precipitating many conspiracies such as this. In the end a fire at Newmarket caused the races to be cancelled so Charles and James returned to London early and the plotters missed their chance. Several notable figures were involved in the plot, many being executed like Lord Russell, imprisoned or exiled. Among those who fled to Holland was the Duke of Monmouth, Charles II's illegitimate son, who was himself beheaded following the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685, another attempt to overthrow James, by then James II.Also tipped into the volume is a facsimile of An Account of the Proceedings against the Rebels at an Assize holden at Exeter... of 1685, listing several of those involved in the Monmouth Rebellion and their trial for treason.

Dorset, Beaminster Fire.- Strange News of a Most Dreadful Fire at Bedminster in Dorsetshire, broadside, 2pp., folds, slightly browned, [Wing S5914; Wing lists 3 copies only all in the British Isles], sm. folio, [London], Printed by Elizabeth Mallet in Blackhorse-Alley, near Fleet-Bridge, 1684.⁂ A copy of this broadside was included as item 11878 in Thomas Rodd's Catalogue of Books for the Year MDCCCXXXIV, 1s 6d, 1824.

Civil War.- [Account of manoeuvres by a Scottish soldier in the Parliamentary army], manuscript, 12pp., folds, 1p. with large ink stain and 2 holes, browned, folio, [1646]; and 4 other ff. relating to the Civil War exploits of Prince Rupert of the Rhine, [18th century], v.s., v.d. (10 pieces).⁂ "The 4 The arme lay still we had a meatting to redresse the disorders... 2 banke a partie of the Enime and kild one... The 3 we marchd after many stops and halts by the Cannon to Upton 3 Brigades The other Four were a myle behynde wch The Cannon and the Gen: was before att newent att the Horse and some Commanded men."

Dorset.- Beaminster Fire.- Charles II (King of England, Scotland and Ireland) Whereas we are credibly given to understand by a certificate... That upon Saturday the twenty eighth day of June last past... there happen'd a most sudden and dreadful fire in the town of Beamister..., printed Letters Patent, woodcut royal coat of arms at head, browned, laid down on card, edges uncut, [Wing C3610G], folio, London, Printed in Little Britain, by J. Playford, for William Fall, dwelling in Weld Street, 1684.⁂ Unique copy. Letters patent, empowering the sufferers of a fire at Beamister, in the county of Dorset, to ask and receive alms. This copy is dated in the text as the "Fifteenth day of November" 1684, making it the only known copy of this version; other version is Wing C3610f dated "Fourteenth day of November" of which only 2 copies are known (BL and Guildhall).Provenance: "Catalogued from a photocopy of the original reprinted by the Toucan Press, Guernsey, 1976 [owned by James Stevens Cox]; the whereabouts of the original are unknown, but presumed to be in private hands." - ESTC General note.

Astrology.- The Infallible astrologer: or, Mr. Silvester Partrige's prophesie and predictions of what shall infallibly happen in, and about the Cities of London and Westminster, for every day this week [&] The Jesting Astrologer: or, The Merry Observator, 2 vol., 16 nos. only of 18, no. 1-8 & 11-18 only, together 32pp., woodcut illustrations, title-page from another work at beginning, slightly trimmed at head, some tears to margins, browned, later wrappers, [nos. 1-16 ESTC lists 3 copies only in the UK and 1 copy in America, nos. 17 & 18 ESTC lists 2 copies only both in the BL], folio, [London], Printed in Bond's Stables, in Fetter-lane, adjoyning to Symond's Inn, in Chancery-lane; and are to be sold by John Nutt, near Stationers Hall, in Ludgate-street, 1700-01 (2).⁂ Extremely rare. A humorous satire of John Partridge (1644-1715), astrologer, by "Tom Brown, who produced a parody in 1690 entitled Prophecies out of Merlin's Carmen, and in 1700 published weekly instalments of another parody, The Infallible Astrologer, by 'Mr Silvester Partridge'. There is no doubt that Swift read Brown." - Oxford DNB.

Calligraphy.- Seddon (John) and George Shelley. The Penman's Magazine: or, a New Copy-Book, of the English, French and Italian Hands, after the Best Mode...Supervis'd and Publish'd by Thomas Read..., comprising letterpress title (cut in two with upper half bound at beginning and lower half at end), additional engraved title and 29 plates including dedication in 2 parts (?only, ?of 32), possibly lacking other leaves (?preface and 4pp. text), contemporary ink inscription "[?]In.o Aldes Gloucester" to title, rather soiled and stained, some tears or fraying, unbound but spine crudely reinforced with old cloth, oblong 4to, printed, and sold by J.Holland [&c.], 1709; sold not subject to return⁂ Originally published in 1705, in folio format with 2 plates to each sheet and a leaf of verse by Nahum Tate. In this copy the sheets have been cut in two and plates bound separately (as in the 1705 Macclesfield copy); the poem is not present. The 1709 edition is not recorded by ESTC or Library Hub but WorldCat lists 3 copies in North America.

C J W Winter - Winter's Folio of Drollery, 8 plates and cover, unframed

C J W Winter - Winter's Folio of Drollery, 8 plates and cover, unframed

Leonhard Beck (1480-1542), "St Eadnundus", black and white woodcut, 24 x 21cm Provenance: Folio Fine Art, 6 Stratford Place, London, together with 6 further Old Master engravings after Pussino, all unframed (7)

ALECTO HISTORICAL EDITIONS, 1987, DOMESDAY BOOK STUDIES FOR NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND RUTLAND, LIMITED EDITION NUMBER 121/1000, THREE FOLIO VOLUMES AND SLEEVE.

JEAN GASPARD LAVATER, ESSAI SUR LA PHYSIOGNOMONIE, THREE VOLUMES, THE LATTER TWO DATED 1783 AND 1786, FOLIO, BOUND IN GILT RED SCRIM

AFTER LIONEL EDWARDS. THE NORTH WARWICKSHIRE HUNT, A PENCIL SIGNED COLOUR PRINT. 39 x 52cms. TOGETHER WITH TWO ANTIQUE HAND COLOURED FOLIO PRINTS, THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES 1853 AFTER S. ALKEN (3).

A folio containing 35 hand drawn and painted designs and patterns for jewellery. 23x9cm

A folio containing 30 hand painted and drawn designs and patterns for jewellery. 29x25cm

A folio containing 25 hand drawn and painted designs and patterns for jewellery. 23x9cm

A folio containing 25 hand painted designs and patterns for jewellery. 23x9cm

A folio containing 35 hand drawn and painted designs and patterns for jewellery. 23x9cm.

A folio of 36 hand painted designs and patterns for jewellery 29x25cm