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Adimari (Alessandro). La Polinnia, overo Cinquanta sonetti fondata sopra Sentezne di G. Cor. Tacito, 1st edition, Florence: Pietro Cecconcelli, 1628, half-title, engraved title-page, quire K misbound, inner hinges cracked (held by endbands), monogram ink-stamps to half-title, contemporary limp vellum, spine worn, later shelfmark label to front cover, 4to (21.8 x 15.8 cm), together with: Platina (Bartolomeo). De Vitis ac Gestis summorum pontificum ad sua usque tempora, Cologne: Jaspar van Gennep, 1551, woodcut title device, woodcut historiated initials, bound without final blank (I6), title-page water-stained, ink-stamp verso, first quire loosening, small hole in g1 costing a few letters, early annotations to front pastedown and free endpaper, front inner hinge reinforced, contemporary blind-tooled calf, rebacked, craquelure, a few repairs, folio (31.2 x 18.4 cm) (Qty: 2)Adams P1419 (Platina). Copac traces seven copies of Adimari's work in UK libraries. The author (1579-1649) was a Florentine patrician, poet and dramatist; this work is a collection of sonnets based on Tacitus.

Dugdale (William). Monasticon Anglicanum: A History of the Abbies and other Monasteries, Hospitals, Frieries and Cathedral and Colliegiate Churches, with their dependencies in England and Wales..., a new edition by John Caley, Henry Ellis and Bulkeley Bandinel, 6 volumes in 8, 1817-30, half titles, additional engraved titles, titles printed in red and black, approximately 240 engraved plates and plans, several double page, occasional light spotting to plates, library ink stamps to printed title versos, shelf number stickers at foot of titles, modern black cloth, red labels to spines, thick folio (Qty: 8)Ther new edition, much expanded from William Dugdale's first edition of 1655 includes many plates of cathedrals, monasteries, priories and other religious buildings as well; as costumes and seals.

Worm (Ole). Danicorum Monumentorum libri sex: e spissis antiquitatum tenebris et in Dania ac Norvegia extantibus ruderibus eruti, 1st edition, Copenhagen, 1643, engraved allegorical title, folding engraved plate, woodcut illustrations, 2Y4 with hole in text, bound with Regum Daniae series duplex, Copenhagen, 1642, title with woodcut device, a few leaves printed in red and black, lacking rear endpaper, some overall light toning and light marginal water stains, rear hinge breaking, contemporary sheep gilt, rubbed, some wear at spine ends, folio (Qty: 1)The earliest printed account of the rune stones of Denmark and Norway, and surviving source of runic inscriptions, some of which are now lost.

Merry (Tom). St. Stephens Review. A collection of caricatures, mostly 1880's & 1890's, including approximately sixty-five colour and monotone lithographic caricatures and portraits, including 'The Travelling Quack', 'Knocked Out - Hansard Union' and Crown Prince Wilhelm of Germany', some marginal fraying and closed tears, a few plates torn with loss, together with a volume of approximately fifty-three colour and monotone lithographic Tom Merry caricatures, each cartoon being partially laid on to an album leaf, occasional marginal closed tears, contemporary half morocco gilt, lacking spine, boards detached and partially disbound, folio, with Circus Poster. Bros. Trapnell, circa 1890, black and white advertising poster for a circus illustrated with eight vignettes of circus performers (clowns, acrobats, stilt walkers and strong men) with two oval portraits (presumably of the Trapnell Brothers) to lower centre, four ink stamps of a French theatrical agency affecting image, laid on modern hessian, 765 x 450 mm (Qty: approx. 120)

Privateer Letter of Attorney. A pre-printed Admiralty document with manuscript insertions, 28 January 1758, that 'William Higson Marriner lately belonging to the Defiance Private Ship of Warr... constitute my Friend Samuel Tapscott of Cliffords Inn London Gentleman my true and lawfull attorney', signed by William Higson, Samuel Tapscott and Charles Asgill (Lord Mayor of London), embossed revenue stamp upper left corner and remains of small red wax seal adjacent to Higson's signature, a little soiling and minor fraying, one page with integral blank, folio (31 x 20cm) (Qty: 1)The Defiance was a Bristol Privateer, effectively an officially sanctioned pirate ship. This document relates to a prize taken by the Defiance during the Seven Years' War against France. The letter of attorney would have been sent from the officers of the victorious ship to the Court specifying who they had chosen to represent them as their prize agent. The court then stated that the ship must be delivered into the hands of the nominated prize agent for the use of the ship's officers. The prize agent would then arrange for the sale of the ship and the distribution of the money to the crew.

Hopkins (Ezekiel). The Works of the Right Reverend and Learned Ezekiel Hopkins, Late Lord Bishop of London-Derry in Ireland, Collected into one Volume..., 3rd edition, 1710, title in red & black, front free endpaper creased and torn at gutter, contemporary panelled calf, joints split at head & foot, folio (Qty: 1)

Evelyn (John). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, as it was delivered in the Royal Society... upon occasion of crertain quaeries propounded to that illustrious assembly, by the Honorable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. To Which is Annexed, Pomona; or, An Appendix Concerning the Fruit-Trees in Relation to Cider..., also Kalendarium Hortense, 1st edition, printed by JO. Martyn, and JA. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664, 3 parts in one, with separate title pages to Pomona and Kalendarium, first title printed in red and black, with engraved vignette arms of the Royal Society, licence leaf before main title not present, Animadversion leaf bound in after C4, Sir Paul Neile's second paper leaf bound in after G4 (title page to Kalendarium), a few woodcut illustrations, a few minor marks, contemporary mottled calf, modern reback, outer corners worn, folio (Qty: 1)Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296.

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild-Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, Longmans, Green and Co., 1923 , 30 colour plates, each with guard, half title, intermittent spotting, top edge gilt, modern red cloth gilt, folio, together with British Mammals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1920-1921, large paper edition, 50 mounted colour plates, each with guard, half titles, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, modern red cloth gilt, large 4to (Qty: 3)British Mammals: limited edition 52/155 copies.

Prince Frederick Augustus, Duke of York and Albany (1763-1827). An autograph letter signed, ‘Frederick’, Windsor, 14 June 1795, written in brown ink in a clear hand on laid paper (watermarked Budgen 1794), 2 pages with integral blank, folio (Qty: 1)The letter, to an unnamed recipient, (probably Henry Dundas, Secretary of State for War), concerns arranging a meeting and the Prince’s intention of speaking to the Prince of Orange.

Fisher (Son & Co., publisher) . Fisher's County Atlas of England and Wales compiled from Authentic surveys and corrected to the present time..., [1842 - 1845], frontispiece of a folding map of England & Wales, title and preface, forty-seven (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including two double page (Lincolnshire and Devon), occasional spotting, map of Northamptonshire detached with frayed and dust soiled foredge, contemporary half calf, crudely repaired with black tape to spine and corners, folio, together with J. Pigot & Co., (publisher). Pigot and Co.'s National Commercial Directory for 1828 - 1829, lacking preliminaries, title page with old library stamp, thirteen (only) uncoloured engraved folding county maps, maps with some marginal fraying, offsetting and browning, text block broken with contents shaken and loose, boards and spine detached, later black cloth, worn and rubbed, 8vo, with Encyclopedia Britannica, 10th edition, volume 34, Maps, 1903, numerous colour lithographic maps, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, 4to l (Qty: 3)Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Sandford (Francis). A Genealogical History of the Kings of England, and Monarchs of Great Britain, etc., from the Conquest, Anno 1066. to the Year, 1677, 1st edition, Thomas Newcomb, for the author, 1677, title-page in red and black, 5 engraved folding plates, 57 full-page engravings (including 2 lettered A and B, the rest counted in the pagination) and numerous engraved headpieces and vignettes in the text, large floral woodcut initials, a few leaves with a short slit in lower margin (just encroaching on image at p. 281), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, red morocco label, rubbed overall, joints cracked at ends, corners worn, folio (36.2 x 22 cm), together with: Guillim (John), A Display of Heraldry, the Sixth Edition, improv'd with Large Additions of many hundred Coats of Arms, printed by T. W. for R. and J. Bonwick [and others], 1724, engraved frontsipiece with the royal arms, title-page printed in red and black, woodcut arms in the text, 16 engraved portrait plates (of 17), 43 engraved plates of arms (of 47), frontispiece and the woodcut arms in the first 190 pages hand-coloured at a later date, intermittent minor worming in gutter, browning to a few sections of text, contemporary panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, skilful restoration to boards, folio (38.2 x 23.6 cm), and Rous (John). This rol was laburd & finishd by Master John Rows of Warrewyk, 1st edition, William Pickering [-Henry G. Bohn], 1845-59, lithographic title-page, 33 hand-coloured lithographic plates heightened in silver and gold including frontispiece, top edge gilt, contemporary red quarter sheep, cloth sides, spine sunned and rubbed, 4to (29.9 x 21.9 cm) (Qty: 3)Provenance (Sandford): 'Geo. Raynsford 1680, May 28, e Musaeo Patr. mei[?] ...' (ownership inscription to front pastedown); George Kenyon (1666-1728), of Peel Hall, Lancashire, and influential Lancashire Tory and vice-chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, 1706-15 (engraved bookplate). ESTC R8565 (Sandford) & T140947 (Guillim); Wing S651 (Sandford). The engravings in Sandford's work, which are by Richard Gaywood, Francis Barlow, and Wenceslaus Hollar, depict seals and funerary monuments, and the elaborate headpieces incorporate medallion portraits. 'A handsome, well-printed folio, a great part of which is taken up with the natural children of royal fathers, which may have been elegant flattery of the reigning monarch' (Pennington, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etched Work of Wenceslaus Hollar 1607-1677, p. xlvii). ESTC calls for five plates, as here; some commercial records mention an additional, non-folding plate, which may refer to the engraving at page 234, which has no text verso. The third item (Rous) is one of reputedly 100 copies of this attractive edition of the English (Yorkist) version of the Rous Roll, a 15th-century armorial chronicle held at the British Library (Add MS 48976). One other copy seen at auction in the last 50 years.

Thorburn (Archibald). British Mammals, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Longmans, Green and Co., 1920-1921, half title to each volume, 50 colour plates, black & white illustrations to text, some spotting and dust-soiling to text (mainly at head), lightly affecting a few plates, top edge gilt, modern red cloth gilt, folio, together with British Birds, 4 volumes, volumes 1 & 2: 4th edition, volumes 3 & 4: 3rd edition, Longmans, Green and Co., 1918 , half title to each volume, 82 colour plates (as called for), spotting and toning to text, volume 1 plates lightly creased to upper outer corners, top edge gilt, publisher's red cloth gilt, rubbed and faded with some marks, spine ends worn, folio (Qty: 6)

Bunrei (Maekawa, 1837-1917). Studies of Birds and Plants by Bunrei, Yokohama, Hobusho-kai, Meiji 18, 1885, 66 pages of colour woodblock, illustrations of birds, including 13 double-page, 5 pages of Japanese text at front (including inside front cover), and single-page of Japanese text to inside rear cover, some pink staining to preliminary text leaves and to margins of first few illustrations (from the red printed title panel on the inside front cover), stitched as issued in original paper wrappers, printed title label to upper cover, rubbed and some wear to edges, stitching partly loosened, title label chipped, folio (35.5 x 25.5 cm, 14 x 9.5 ins) (Qty: 1)Fine large-scale album of bird and flower prints, printed in black, grey, salmon, brown, yellow, pink and red, from the example set by Bairei's Hyakucho Gafu.

Natural History . A large collection of modern natural history & geology reference & related, including publicationsby Oxford, Blackwell, Linnean Society of London Academic Press, Gollancz, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)From the library of Bryan L.Sage.

Gau (Francois Chretien). Antiquities de la Nubie, ou monumens inedits des bords du Nil, situes entre la premiere et la seconde cataracte, Stuggart & Paris, 1822, half title, 78 engraved plates, including five hand-coloured, 13 engraved vignettes (two hand-coloured), p.3 with horizontal closed tear, some mainly light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed with some wear at lower corners, folio (Qty: 1)Blackmer 656 (listing only four hand-coloured plates): 'Gau studied architecture in Paris and then spent four years in Italy. In 1819 he continued on to Egypt where he conceived the project of describing the monuments above the first cataract of the Nile. He travelled as far as the second cataract and recorded all the monuments along that stretch of the Nile.'

Irenaeus (Saint). Contra Haereses libri quinque, Paris, Jean Baptiste Coignard, 1710, engraved vignette to title, Greek and Latin text, early ownership inscription to title 'Bibliothecae Sancti Roberti Molismensis ord. Sancti Benedicti Congregation. Sancti Mauri, Catalog. Inscript. 1739', contemporary full calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear to joints and edges, spine with loss to lower portion, and very slightly at head, large folio, together with Bail (Ludovic), Summa Conciliorum Omnium ordinata, aucta, illustrata ex Merlini, Joverri, Baronii, Binii, Coriolani, Sirmundi..., 2 volumes, Padua, Typographia Seminarii, 1701, titles printed in red and black, with engraved vignette, with early ownership inscription Bibliotheca Admonte: text in double-column, contemporary full calf, with ownership blindstamp to upper cover of each volume bearing the letters A*D*G*A*A, and the date 1711, and blindstamp device to rear cover of each volume featuring Saint Blasius and Saint Benedict, old rebacks, now worn, joints cracked, folio, together with Saint Augustine. Operum post lovaniensium theologorum recensionem castigatus denuo ad manuscriptos codices Gallicanos, Vaticanos, Anglicanos, Belgicos, &c., volumes 1, 3-6, 8, 10 & Appendix Augustiniana only, Paris, Francois Muguet, 1789-96 & Antwerp, 1703 (for the Appendix), and Sancti Aurelli Augustini Hipponesis Episcopi Vita ex ejus potissimum scriptis concinnata, Paris, Francois Muguet, 1700, the last named volume with frontispiece of St. Augstine by Audrin after J.B. de Champaigne, all bound in contemporary blindstamped calf-backed mottled vellum, with oval coat of arms to centre of each cover, some wear to spines, large folio, and other theology, mostly 17th, 18th and 19th century, all ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, lightly marked, folio, 4to & 8vo (approximately 80 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Tiradritti (Francesco & De Luca, Araldo). The Cairo Museum, Masterpieces of Egyptian Art, 1st edition, Thames & Hudson, 1998, numerous colour illustrations, original blue cloth gilt in dust wrapper, folio, VG, together with Marinatos (Spyridon). Crete and Mycenae, 1st edition, Thames & Hudson, 1960, tipped in colour plates, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, large 4to, plus other Egyptian and Middle East archaeology, history and related, all 20th century publications, some paperbacks, mostly 8vo & 4to, but including some folio, generally VG (Qty: 6 shelves)

Knickbocker (Diedrich) . A Humourous History of New York, from the beginning of the World , to the end of the Dutch Dynasty;..., new edition, 1820, printed for W.Wright, black & white engraved frontispiece, some spotting throughout, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, together with Cromek (R.H.) , Reilques of Robert Burns;..., 1808, printed for J. McCreery, contemporary inscription to head of the title page, some light spotting, contemporary tree calf, boards & spines rubbed to head & foot, lacking spine labels, 8vo, and Wyman & Sons [publisher] , Royal Album of Arts and Industry of Great Britain, 1887, colour portrait frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, all edges gilt, minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated red morocco, boards & spine rubbed, large 4to, plus other mostly 19th century literature, history & reference, including Etching Club, circa 1840, 40 monochrome etchings, original decorative binding, The Rural Cyclopedia ,..., 4 volumes, by John M. Wilson, 1847, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)Approximately 110 volumes.

Boulton (Reg). The Sculptures of Kilpeck, Barton Press, 1987, colour illustrations, original cloth, dropover box (a little rubbed with marks), folio, limited signed edition 55/100, together with Fantasy, by Hellmuth Weissenborn, Acorn Press, 1978, 21 hand-coloured linocuts, original boards (spine faded), slipcase, 4to, limited edition of 100 (this copy not numbered or signed), plus Scrapbook Drawings of Stanley Spencer, Lion and Unicorn Press, 1964, 60 plates, light spotting to half title, original pictorial cloth, a few light marks, folio, limited edition 168/400, with others including Town & Country. A Collection of Designs and Decorations by Wyndham Payne, 1926 (limited edition 97/250), and A Medieval Bestiary, translated & introduced by T.J. Elliott, Godine, Boston, 1971 (limited edition 611/900) (Qty: 16)

Wiltshire - Kennet & Avon Canal. Accounts of the Receipts & Expenditure of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company..., General Account of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, a broken run, 1822-1851, comprising 59 broadside sheets, printed to one side only (including some duplicate sheets), many with manuscript notes to verso and some to recto, some sheets frayed, marked and soiled, folio, together with Swindon, Marlborough & Andover Railway Company , A collection of approximately 25 printed documents relating to the railway including, A Bill for making a Railway from the Great Western Railway at Swindon to the London and South Western Railway at Andover, 1873; An Act for making a railway from the Great Western Railway at Swindon..., 1873; Estimate of Expense, 1873; The Proposed Swindon, Marlborough & Andover Railway Company Preliminary Statement, [1872]; Ordinary Half-Yearly General Meeting of Shareholders..., Report of Statements of Accounts, 1874 & 1879, includes few duplicates, some manuscript annotations & dust-soiling, printed as issued, some folded, plus few others similar including Prospectus for Henley and London Water Works and Navigation Company, [1848], with engraved map by J. Arrowsmith (2 copies of map & 5 of the prosectus), plus general meeting reports for the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, a broken run, 1893-1919, and general meeting report for the Indian Midland Railway Company, 1895 & 1910 (Qty: a small carton)

[Monod, Pierre]. Trattato del titolo regio dovuto all serenissima casa di Savoia. Insieme con un ristretto delle rivolutioni del reame di Cipri, 1st edition, Turin: Giovanni Dominico Tarino heirs, 1633, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved armorial frontispiece on decoratively pricked paper, folding genealogical table of the kings of Cyprus, marginal damp-staining to frontispiece and intermittently to text-leaves, light spotting and toning, a few small stains, small worm-track in gutter of a few quires, closed tear to folding table, early marginalia to part 2, the last few lines scored out by the same hand, contemporary limp vellum gilt, stained, a little chipping to edges, old restoration to head of front cover, folio (28 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)Cobham-Jeffery p. 43. Copac traces three copies in UK libraries (British Library, National Library of Scotland, and Oxford).

Guevara (Antonio de). Archontorologion [Greek], or The Diall of Princes: containing the Golden and Famous Booke of Marcus Aurelius ... declaring what Excellency consisteth in a Prince that is a Good Christian ... translated out of French by Thomas North ... and lately reperused, and corrected ... with Addition of a Fourth Booke, 4th edition in English, Bernard Alsop, 1619, damp-staining to corners, small hole in 3D3, contemporary calf, rebacked, scuffed, folio (28.6 x 18.6 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: William Henry Smyth (1788-1865), naval officer and surveyor (bookplate; ownership inscription dated 1820 to title-page). STC 12430.

Saunders ( Trelawney ). An Atlas of Twelve Maps of India, Edward Stanford, 1889, additional half title, eleven lithographic double page and one folding map (complete), with tables and explanations bound at rear, gutta percha perished with text block broken and disbound, contemporary quarter cloth with gilt title to upper board, worn and stained, upright slim folio (Qty: 1)

Rolls-Royce Sales Brochure. The 40/50 H.P. Six Cylinder Car, 14 & 15 Conduit Street, London. W.1., circa 1920s, 13 tipped-in and mounted colour plates, few light spots to title, generally in very clean condition, original brown wrappers secured at spine edge with original brown ribbon, slim folio (Qty: 1)In very good condition.

Jubinal (Achille). La Armeria Real, ou collection des principales pieces de la Galerie d'armes anciennes de Madrid, dessins de M. Gasparde Sensi, 2 volumes, Paris, [1839], lithograph title to each, 81 lithograph plates, some light spotting, contemporary half calf, joints cracking, spines and edges rubbed, folio (Qty: 1)

Aquinas (Saint Thomas). Summa Theologica S. Thomae Aquinatis, divinae voluntatis interpretis, ordinis praedicatorum: in qua Ecclesiae Catholicae Doctrina Universa... in tres partes ab auctore suo distributa, Lyon, Girin & Bartholomé Riviere, 1677, half-title, printed title in red and black, with large oval engraved vignette, text printed in double column, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear with joints cracked, a little loss to extremities, thick folio, together with other theology, all ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, mostly bound in contemporary vellum or calf, some cloth bound works, mainly folio & 4to (approximately 85 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Dawson (Lt. R. K.., Royal Engineers). Plans of the Municipal Boroughs of England and Wales; Showing their Boundaries and Division into Wards, 1832 - 1837, printed title with near contemporary manuscript presentation inscription and smudged library stamp, 159 (of 175 in index) engraved town plans with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal water staining, dust and finger soiling, later endpapers, modern cloth gilt, folio, together with James (Henry, surveyor). Boundary Commission. Report of the Boundary Commissioners for England and Wales, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1868, printed title, over 250 lithographic town and regional lithographic maps, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine,, slight wear to extremities, folio (Qty: 2)Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Scrap Albums. Four scrap albums, mid to late 19th century, containing, scraps, engravings, lithographs and greetings cards, one album large folio and three 4to, mixed cloth bindings, worn and rubbed, together with two late Victorian cartes-de-visite albums containing several portraits of men, women and children and with decorative chromolitographic presentation sleeves, mixed calf bindings with brass fastenings, one album lacking spine, 4to (Qty: 6)

Caramuel y Lobkowitz (Juan de). Philippus Prudens, Caroli V. Imp. filius, Lusitaniae, Indiae, Brasiliae legitimus rex demonstratus, 1st edition, Antwerp: Ex Officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1639, engraved coat of arms to half-title verso, engraved allegorical title, 23 (of 25) engraved portraits of the Princes of Portugal by Corn. Galle, woodcut initials and endpieces, a little spotting and soiling, title-pages both somewhat dust-soiled and a little frayed at inner margins, several leaves detached, purple pencil annotations to page 36, lacks pp. 37-40 (including two full-page portraits), supplied in modern facsimile and now detached with heavy old tape browning to inner margins where previously tipped in, contemporary marbled boards with modern crude linen backstrip, worn, folio, together with Tofin?o de San Miguel (Vicente) , Derrotero de las Costas de Espana en el Oceano Atlantico, y de las Islas Azores o Terceras..., volume 2 only (of 2), 1st edition, Madrid, 1789, heavy damp-staining throughout, old paper repairs to blank margins of first five leaves, faint ink ownership inscription at head of title, modern antique-style half calf, large 8vo (Qty: 2)

Nicholson (Cornelius). The Annals of Kendal..., Kendal: Hudson & Nicholson, 1832, engraved frontispiece strengthened at gutter, folding engraved map, few wood engraved illustrations, light spotting & toning, modern cloth, 8vo, together with Kelly's Directory , Westmorland, 1910, folding colour map, adverts at rear, original cloth, 8vo, with Forshaw (Charles F.) , Ten Days in Lakeland, 1892, front pastedown inscribed by the author, original cloth, slim 8vo, with House of Commons Abstract , Abstract of the Answers and Returns..., Intituled, An Act for taking an Account of the Population of Great Britain, and of the Increase or Diminution thereof, Enumeration Abstract, vol. 1 & Parish Register Abstract Vol 3., MDCCCXXXI, published 1833, 17 hand-coloured engraved maps (15 double-page), edges untrimmed, original cloth-backed boards, folio, plus Wainwright (Alfred) , Wainwright in Lakeland, 1st edition, 1983, numerous black & white illustrations, folding map at rear, original mock leather in dust-jacket, oblong 4to (signed edition, number 150 of an unspecified limitation), plus Symons (G.J.) , The Floating Island in Derwentwater, its History & Mystery, with notes of other Dissimilar Islands, [1888], plans and tables, original dark green cloth gilt, slim 4to, and Loftie (Athur Gershom) , Great Salkeld; its Rectors and History, 1900, original cloth, small 8vo, and Curwen (John F.) , The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, together with a brief Historical Account of Border Warfare, Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, Extra Series vol. 13, Kendal, 1913, numerous black & white plates and plans (few folding), edges rough trimmed, front hinge torn, original cloth, waterstained, 8vo, plus other Cumbria topography and history related, including works by Canon Rawnsley, John Curwen, Miss M.L. Armitt and the C.W.A.A.S. etc., mostly 20th century publications (Qty: approx. 80)

Bible [French]. Sainte Bible en Latin et en Francois, avec des notes litterales, critiques et historiques, des prefaces et des dissertations, tirées du Commentarie de Dom Augustin Calmet... de Mr. L'Abbé De Vence, & des auteurs les plus celebres..., Ouvrage enrichi de Cartes Geographiques & de Figures, Seconde Edition revue, corrigée & augmentée, 17 volumes, Paris, 1767-73, folding engraved maps and plates, etc., marbled endpapers with bookplate of St. John's Seminary, Wonersh to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform mottled full calf, gilt decorated spines, occasional wear to head and foot of spines (generally in good condition), 4to, together with other theology, mostly 17th, 18th and 19th century, mainly bound in calf or vellum, all ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, with occasional library stamps, mostly 4to and folio (approximately 80 volumes) (Qty: x shelves)

Wiltshire. A small collection of Copy Tithe Apportionment manuscript documents, late 19th century, relating to Ogbourne St. George, Collingbourne Ducis, Hinton & Elcot, Wootton Rivers, Langdon Wyke, Wilcot, and parish of Avebury, some dust-soiled and with frayed and torn wrappers, folio, together with approximately 30 Acts relating to Wiltshire, including An Act for making a Navigable Canal from the River Kennet, at or near the Town of Newbury, in the County of Berks, to the River Avon, at or near the City of Bath, and also certain Navigable Cuts therein described, 34 Geo III, 1794, stitched as issued, dust-soiled, folio (folded), plus other Wiltshire related material (Qty: a carton)

Stuart (Sir Charles, 1779-1845) . An autograph letter to Sir Charles Stuart, signed ‘J. McKain, Naval Officer ’ , Naval Stores, Lisbon 2 October 1813, in brown ink in a clear hand on recto of a single sheet of laid paper, slight browning to right edge, folio (Qty: 1)The letter advises Stuart of the difficulties encountered in trying to examine the guns of a sunken ship, the Raphael. Shortage of munitions meant it was expedient to try and rescue sunken ordinance when possible.

Bradshaw (George). Railway Companion, [1843], folding & double-page maps (some hand-coloured), without title-page & printed front free endpaper, adhesive tape staining to initial leaf, contents loose, original cloth, rubbed, 12mo, together with Markland (J.H.) , Some Remarks on the early use of Carriages in England, and on the modes of Travelling adopted by our Ancestors. Communicated to the Society of Antiquaries... in a letter to Thomas Amyot, from Archaeologia vol. xx, 1823, 35pp., two engraved plates, modern mock leather, slim 4to, with Churton (Edward) , Railroad Book of England, [1851], wood engraved frontispiece and few vignette illustrations, bookplate of the Earl of Portsmouth to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco gilt, extremities rubbed, 8vo, with Measom (George) , The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Western Railway (including the Chester and Holyhead Line), and all their branches, [1859], wood engraved vignette illustrations, advertisements at rear (one folding), adhesive tape residue to title, all edges gilt, modern red cloth, thick 8vo, plus three others including West Cumberland Railway Guide and Steam Packet Directory also, a list of Coaches in the Lake District..., Whitehaven: William Pagen, August, 1894; The Reshaping of British Railways, by the British Railways Board, 2 parts (text & maps), 1963; Turnpike & Highway Abstracts, 11 parts (various), for 1834-1872, disbound folio and The New Ennerdale Railway Bill 1884 (Qty: 18)

Newton (Ian) . The Migration Ecology of Birds, reprint edition, 2008, Academic Press, black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, original boards, 4to, together with Buckland (S.T. et al) , The Birds of North-East Scotland, 1st edition, 1990, Aberdeen, numerous graphs, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head and foot, spine lightly faded, 8vo, and Wheatley (Jefferey J.), Birds of Surrey, 1st edition, 2007, Surrey, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plus other modern ornithology & natural history reference, including publications by Ibid, Helm, Country Life, Oxford, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Corbett (William) . The English Gardener; or, a treatise..., 1829, printed by B.Bensley, 7 black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, some spotting throughout, cracked gutters, contemporary half calf, boards & spine rubbed, hinges cracked with minor loss, 8vo, together with Hoare (Clement) , A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of The Grape Bone on open walls, 2nd edition, 1837, advertisements to rear, book plate to front paste down, some minor spotting & toning, original brown cloth, boards partially damp stained & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and Lee (R.) , Trees, Plants, and Flowers: their beauties, uses, and influences, 1854, 8 hand coloured plates, modern endpapers, some light spotting & marginal toning, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spines slightly toned & rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th century & modern gardening, horticulture & natural history reference, including 22 volumes of New Naturalist series, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves & a carton)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. By His Majesty's Special Command. Appointed to be Read in Churches, 2 volumes (Old Testament & New Testament), Oxford: John Baskett , 1717/1716, general letterpress title (lined to verso) and calendar printed in red and black, general title with engraved illustration by G. Vander Gucht depicting view of Oxford, and vignette to New Testament depicting the Annunciation, without additional engraved general title by Du-Bose, with numerous engraved head & tail-pieces and initials after Thornhill, Cheron, Laguere and others, generally illustrating incidents from the Bible, ruled in red throughout, some leaves mostly in New Testament with tears mostly to margins and repaired (one with few words provided in manuscript), manuscript number to upper margins of titles and front endpapers, some dust-soiling, occasional spotting and few marks, marbled endpapers with neatly repaired hinges (Sotheran ink stamp to verso of front free endpaper), contemporary black morocco, elaborate gilt decoration with armorial of George III to centre of each board, skilfully rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spines with GR monogram & coronet to each compartment, corners repaired, large folio (Qty: 2)Herbert 942; Darlow & Moule 735. A magnificent edition, printed in large type, in a handsome contemporary binding. This edition became known as the Vinegar Bible from the misprint in the headline above Luke XX, The parable of the vinegar (for vineyard) to verso of G6 in the New Testament. The book contained many misprints, and earned the nickname A Baskett-ful of Errors. See Acts iii 24 ... and the prophets ... and all those ... for and all the prophets ... and those ... and iv 24 had for heard , etc.

Antiquarian . A large collection of miscellaneous 18th,19th & early 20th century literature & reference, including Chambers's Encyclopedia, 10 volumes, 1901, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half morocco, Art Journal, 23 volumes, a broken run, circa 1849-76, mostly contemporary gilt decorated red half morocco, mostly contemporary leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)Approximately 100 volumes.

Folio Society . The Campaigns of Napoleon, 3 volumes, by David G. Chandler, 2002, The Seven Years War, by Julian S. Corbett, 2001, Lives of the Later Caesar's, 2005, The Habsburgs, embodying empire, by Andrew Wheatcroft, 2004, Gods, Graves, and Scholars, the story of archaeology, by C.W. Ceram, 1999, together with 75 further volumes of Folio Society, all original cloth, all but 3 volumes in slipcases, volumes permeated with the smell of tobacco smoke, G, 8vo. (Qty: 82)

Ihre (Johannes). Glossarium Suiogothicum, in quo tam hodierno usu frequentata vocabula, quam in legum patriarum tabulis aliisque ævi medii scriptis obvia explicantur…, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Upsala: typis Edmannianis, 1769, engraved vignette to first title, double column, heavy spotting, bookplate of Caroli Sarolea, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked, some wear at head and foot of spine and extremities, folio (Qty: 1)The first and only edition of this first comprehensive dictionary of Swedish.

Olsen (Klaus Malling & Larsson , Hans) . Skuas and Jaegers, a guide to the skuas and jaegers of the world, 1st edition, 1997, Pica Press, Sussex, numerous black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with Lack (Peter & Ferguson, David) , The Birds of Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, 1993, The Buckinghamshire Bird Club, black & white illustrations, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, and Ripley (S.Dillon) , Rails Of The World, a monograph of the family Rallidae, 1st edition, 1977, U.S.A., 41 colour plates painted by J. Fenwick Lansdowne, black & white maps, book plate to front paste down, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly spotted & rubbed to head & foot, folio, plus other modern ornithology & natural history reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)From the library of Brian L. Sage.

Spain. Album pittoresque. L'Espagne, vues, monuments, types, dessinés et gravés sur acier par les plus habiles artistes, Paris: A. Laplace, [circa 1850], 40 engraved plates on thick paper (11 hand-coloured), interleaved throughout, a few light finger-marks to margins, gilt edges, original red quarter morocco, red cloth sides gilt, wear to extremities and spine bands, sides slightly marked, small section of water damage to front, folio (Qty: 1)

Harris (John) . Sir William Chambers, Knight of the Polar Star, 1st edition, 1970, The Pennsylvania State University Press, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Alberti (Leon Battista) , On the Art of Building in Ten Books, 1988, MIT Press, U.S.A., black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Pickett (Douglas) , Early Persian Tilework, the medieval flowering of K?sh?, 1997, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern architecture reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Staunton (George). An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, 3 volumes (2 text volumes and atlas), 1st edition, printed by W. Bulmer and Co., for G. Nicol, 1797, text volumes with 2 engraved portrait frontispieces (offset to titles & some dust-soiling), one engraved plate and 26 engraved illustrations to the text, some toning and spotting, atlas volume with 44 engraved plates and maps (including one folding & 6 double-page, many with tissue guards), front blank of volume 2 and atlas volume with ownership signature of Matthew J. D Stephens, Hong Kong, October 1881, text volumes with later endpapers and some hinges cracked, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated border to boards, both text volumes rebacked, morocco title labels to each, board corners worn and showing, atlas volume in 20th century half calf with marbled paper sides, morocco title label, 4to (text volumes) & folio (atlas volume) (Qty: 3)Cordier, Sinica 2381–83; Löwendahl 697; Lust 545 and 547; Western Travellers in China 47. The official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, 'compiled by the Secretary (and Minister Plenipotentiary in the absence of the Ambassador) Sir George Leonard Staunton. Macartney’s chief object was to establish diplomatic relations with China. However, it is only on p.411 in vol. 1 that the reader disembarks on Chinese soil' (Löwendahl).

Beethoven (Louis van). Trois Trios pour le Piano Forte, Violin & Violoncelle, Oeuvre 1r, Paris: Pleyel, circa 1800, [3], 62pp., engraved throughout, publisher's inkstamp to title lower margin and contemporary pencil ownership inscription of Miss Coates to upper margin, a little soiling throughout, bound with 26 contemporary engraved pieces of music by Mozart, Henry Bishop, John Clarke, etc., many published by Robert Birchall, some soiling, contemporary half calf, worn, folio, together with Handel (George Frideric), The Messiah; an Oratorio for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, with the Chorusses in Score, printed for Harrison & Co., circa 1790, [3], 87, [1]pp., contents on final page, some soiling and a little marginal dampstaining, bound with Dryden's Ode on St Cecilia's Day, [?printed for Harrison & Co., 1784], [1], 2-25, [1]pp., first and last page blank, caption title, number 11 at bottom of the pages, bound with Acis and Galatea, a Masque, for the Voice, Harpsichord and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], the numbers 8, 9 & 10 at the bottom of the pages (except on pp. 33-34), bound with Arne (Thomas) , Comus; a Masque... , for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [circa 1784], 47 pp., bound with Boyce (William), The Chaplet, A Musical Entertainment... for the Voice, Harpsichord, and Violin, printed for Harrison & Co., [1784], 19 pp., engraved throughout, some soiling, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, partly broken on spine with some leaves detached, oblong folio, plus approximately 20 further volumes of mostly early 19th-century engraved music, some with Coates family ownership inscriptions, mostly contemporary half calf, worn, folio, plus a small quantity of 20th-century printed music scores (Qty: 2 cartons)Provenance: The antiquarian volumes belonged to Mary Coates (born circa 1810) and then her sister, Dorothy Coates (c. 1805-c. 1882), the children of John Coates, solicitor, of Galphay near Ripon, in North Yorkshire.

Watkins-Pitchford (D. J.) . Tide's Ending, by 'B. B.', 1st edition, 1950, 16 colour plates plus black & white illustrations, minor marginal toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers creased & rubbed with loss to head & foot, 4to, together with Brangwyn (Frank [illustrator]) , Eöthen: or traces of Travel brought home from the east, by A. W. Kinglake, 1913, 12 colour plates plus black & white illustrations, cracked gutters, spotting throughout, original illustrated orange cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, and Whitehouse (J.Howard [editor]) , Woodcuts by Members of Bembridge School, 1926, Cambridge University Press, 98 black & white illustrations, original quarter cloth, boards lightly marked, 8vo, plus other late 19th & early 20th century illustrated literature, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Burnet (Thomas). The Theory of the Earth: containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of all the Generall Changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo till the Consummation of all things, 3rd edition ('review'd by the author'), for Walter Kettilby, 1697, 2 volumes in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title-page, 2 engraved folding charts, one showing California as an island, text vignettes, longitudinal mark to title-page, staining to N3, contemporary panelled calf, folio, together with: Littleton (Edward, 1st Baron), Les reports des tres honorable Ed. Seigneur Littleton ... Custos de la Grand Seale d'Angliteur, et de ses Majesty pluis Honourable Privy Councel, 1st edition, for Thomas Bassett [and others], 1683, engraved portrait frontispiece by White, engraved armorial plate, licence leaf, contemporary reversed calf, some minor wear, folio, Hooker (Richard), Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, printed by Will. Stansby, 1617 [i.e. 1618], engraved title-page by William Hole, woodcut section titles, lacking A1 (blank) and A5 (possibly the dedication leaf), retaining medial blank 2V6, contemporary calf, rubbed and worn, upper spine compartment perished, folio, [Law], The Complete Justice, a Compendium of the Particulars Incident to Justices of the Peace, either in Sessions or Out of Sessions, 1st edition, printed by the assigned of J. More, 1638, A2 (index leaf) chipped with loss, marginal repair to Q5, contemporary sheep, small 8vo, and 8 others, 17th- and 18th-century English literature and history, including John Milton, Paradise Lost, 9th edition, 1711, King Charles I, Works, 1651, and similar, 8vo and small 8vo (Qty: 12)Wing B5953 & B5954A (Burnet), L2583 (Littleton); STC 13716 (Hooker), 14888 (The Complete Justice).

Croston (James) . A History of the Ancient Hall of Samlesbury in Lancashire..., limited edition of 200 copies, 1871, 11 black & white engraved plates and 3 folding pedigrees, bookplate to front pastedown, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated green full morocco, boards & spine slightly rubbed, folio, [includes a loose brown & white chalk portrait of a gentleman, signed Robert Rose], together with Waugh (Evelyn) , Scoop, a novel about journalists, 1st edition,1933, some minor spotting, original cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, and Lee (Laurie) , Cider with Rosie, 1st edition, 1959, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed with minor tears to head & foot, 8vo, plus other modern literature & miscellaneous reference, including Iris Murdoch, Graham Greene, Ernest Hemingway, Aldous Huxley, Niclous Pevsner, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 3 cartons)

Vidal (Emeric Essex). Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 1st edition, R. Ackermann, 1820, 22 hand-coloured aquatint plates (of 24; lacking all text), 3 folding, a few plates with watermarket '1818, J Whatman, Turkey Mills', disbound, toning, marginal finger-soiling, all plates chipped or ragged along previously sewn edge, folding plates partially split and spotted or soiled along fold, oblong folio (28.6 x 34 cm; folding plates opening to 32 x 52.5 cm) (Qty: 22)Abbey Travel 698; Sabin 99460; Tooley 495 ('the only notable colour plate book in English deailng with the Argentine'). Sold as a collection of plates. The absent plates are 'South Matadero' and 'General View of Bueons Ayres', Abbey's number 8 and 14 respectively.

Thorburn (Archibald). Game Birds and Wild - Fowl of Great Britain and Ireland, 1st edition, Longmans Green and Co., 1923, additional half title, thirty-eight colour plates each with guard, later endpapers, top edge gilt , modern quarter morocco gilt over red cloth, folio (Qty: 1)

Gregory I (Pope). Cognomento Magni, Omnia, quae extant , Opera, 2 volumes in one, Antwerp, 1572, titles with large woodcut device, woodcut initials, text in double column, some underlining and scoring to a few leaves, some light water stains, bookplates including Seminariis S. Joannis, contemporary blindstamped panelled calf over boards, upper cover detached, lacking clasps, some wear, thick folio, together with B. Basilii re Juxta ac nomine maagni, Casesariae Cappadociae quodam Archiepiscopi enarratio in Esaiam prophetam... proaemium habes versum Desid. Erasmo Roterod...Paris, 1556, title with large woodcut device,engraved illustrations, errata leaf at end, light soiling and early annotations to title, Seminariis S. Joannis bookplate, later calf, upper cover detached, spine worn, rubbed and stained, folio (Qty: 2)

Erasmus (Desiderius). Epistolarum D. Erasmi Roterodami Libri XXXI. et P. Melancthonis Libri IV. Quibus adjiciuntur Th. Mori & Lud. Vivis espistolae. Una? cum indicibus locupletissimis, volume 1 only (of 2), London: M. Flesher & R. Young, 1642, title in red & black and with woodcut device (torn to upper inner corner and lower outer corner, & with ink number stamp & manuscript number), some dust soiling and marginal spotting, front endpaper with ink number stamp & manuscript classification, front free endpaper inscribed 'Presented by the Revd. John Foster to the Library of the Bristol Education Society May 6th 1823' and with Bristol Baptist College Library bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, folio, together with Adagia, id est; proverbiorum, paroemiarum et parabolarum omnium, quae apud Graecos, Latinos, Hebraeos, Arabes, &c in usu fuerunt, collectio..., Frankfurt: Johannis Pressii viduae, 1646, title in red & black and with engraved printer's device, ink signature to upper outer blank corner, browned and spotted throughout (particularly at front & rear), 20th century brown half sheep, paste-paper sides to boards with some insect wear to board edges, folio (Qty: 2)

Ferrari (Giacomo Gotifredo). African Song, the Words by Her Grace the Duchess of Devonshire, the Music by G.G. Ferrari, Entd. at Stationers Hall, Pr. 2s. 6, printed for R[ober]t Birchall, at his Musical Circulating Library, 133 New Bond Street, circa 1800, [2], 4, [2, blank]pp., engraved vignette to title by R.H.L.E. Foster after R.H.L.C.S. Wortley, old crude hand-colouring, bound with Viotti (Giovanni Battista), Viotti's Grand Concerto in G, Adapted for the Piano Forte, by J.L. Dussek, printed for the author, by Clementi & Co., circa 1809, 22 pp., some browning and soiling, lower outer corners frayed with some occasional blank loss, signed by the composer 'J.B. Viotti' to lower margin of title, bound with Kiallmark (George), Roy's Wife of Alldivaloch, with Variations and an Introduction for the Piano Forte, Composed for and Dedicated to Miss Anne Douglas, Printed & Sold by Chappell & Co., circa 1816, [2], 13 pp., a little soiling and marginal staining, initialled by composer on title lower margin and with pencil ownership inscription of Miss Coates at upper margin, bound with 29 further contemporary songs, airs and melodies by various composers, engraved throughout, some general finger soiling, spotting and occasional marginal fraying to lower outer corners, contemporary half roan over marbled boards with leather ownership label of Miss Coates to upper cover, worn, folio (Qty: 1)'African Song' appears to have been first published by the author in 1797, while this seemingly unrecorded reprint probably dates from circa 1800-1810. According to Maud Cuney-Hare, Negro Musicians and their Music (1936): 'This is thought to be the first Negro African song printed in English'. The piece was also included in Mungo Park, Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa... , (1799).

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke, 1769-1852). Printed presentation document signed, ‘Wellington’, [printed date:] Paris, 19 August 1815, on recto of a single sheet of (J. Whatman 1814) laid paper, with manuscript insertions awarding the Russian Order of St Anne to Major General Sir Edward Barnes (1776-1838), some dust-soiling and a few small mostly pinhead-size holes, two slightly affecting lettering on and near top horizontal fold, several small old marginal an corner tape marks, several small wax seal remains to verso, folio (Qty: 1)This was signed just two months after Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. In that battle Barnes was wounded whilst serving as Adjutant General. He had originally joined the 47th Foot and had served on Wellington’s staff in the Peninsula and also fought in the Netherlands. He was to go on to become Governor of Ceylon.

Wigorniensi (Florentio). Flores Historiarum per Matthaeum Westmonasteriensem collecti: praecipue de rebus Britannicis: ab exordio mundi usque ad annum Domini MCCCVII, Frankfurt, Wechelianis apud Claudium, 1601, title with some soiling and loss to margins (repaired and relined), some spotting throughout, later half calf, worn and broken on spine, folio, together with Aquinas (Saint Thomas). Summa Totius Theologiae ..., editio novissima , in qua praestitum quid sit, sequenti pagella indicatur, Cologne, 1604, title with printer's woodcut device, text printed in double-column, contemporary blind panelled and decorated full vellum over wooden boards, with clasps (one missing), somewhat darkened and worn with upper cover detached, thick folio, plus other theology, mostly 17th and 18th century, mainly bound in calf and vellum, all ex libris St John's Seminary, Wonersh, all folio (approximately 65 volumes) (Qty: x shelves)

Book Of Common Prayer . And Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of The Church of England:..., 1762, printed by Joseph Bentham, later endpapers, minor repair to foot of the title page, slight marks & toning, contemporary full calf, boards & spine heavily rubbed, folio, together with Doré (Gustave) , The Doré Gallery, 10 volumes (bound in 7), circa 1890, 250 black & white engravings, modern endpapers, slightly marked, uniform modern green quarter calf, folio, and other 19th century literature & art reference, including The Holy Bible;..., 6 volumes, by Thomas Scott, 1861, mostly leather bindings, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 26)

Bongars (Jacques de, editor). Gesta Dei per Francos , sive orientalium expeditionum, et regni Francorum Hierosolimitani historia, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Hanover: Wechel, 1611, folding table, lacking the 5 folding maps, browning, damp-staining, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, folio, together with: Dapper (Olfert), Naukeurige beschryving van gantsch Syrie, en Palestyn of Heilige Lant, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Amsterdam: Jacob van Meurs, 1677, lacking all plates, volume 2 title-page repaired, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spine partially defective, folio, Raleigh (Sir Walter), The History of the World, in Five Books, printed for Robert White [and others], 1677, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking additional engraved title-page, 'mind of the frontispiece' leaf and all maps and plates, title-page loose, contepmorary calf, worn, folio, Bible [French; Geneva Version], La sainte Bible ... avec les nouveaux argumens et les nouvelles reflexions sur chaque chaptire de l'ectiture sainte par J. F. Ostervald, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition thus, Amsterdam: Z. Chatelain [and others], 1724, engraved title devices and headpieces, contemporary calf gilt, worn, joints cracked, folio, Halma (François), Kanaan en d' omleggende lande, vertoont in een woordenboek, 1st edition, Leeuwarden: François Halma, 1717, lacking all plates, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, soiled, 4to, and 11 others, including another copy of Dapper, various formats (Qty: 18)Darlow & Moule 3793 for Ostervald's Bible. Sold not subject to return.

Bayle (Peter). The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr. Peter Bayle, 2nd edition, carefully collated with the several editions of the original..., to which is prefixed, The Life of the Author, revised, corrected, and enlarged by Mr. Des Maizeaux, Fellow of the Royal Society, 5 volumes, printed for D. Midwinter; J. Brotherton; A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch..., 1738, contemporary uniform full calf, worn with several volumes broken on spines, folio, together with other 17th, 18th and 19th century theology, all ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh, with occasional library stamps, mostly bound in vellum or calf, mostly folio and 4to (approximately 100 volumes) (Qty: 5 shelves)

Harris (John). Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca: or, a Compleat Collection of Voyages and Travels, 1st edition, for Thomas Bennet, 1705, volume 1 only (of 2), 9 engraved plates including frontispiece (of 23), 6 folding maps by Herman Moll (of 9), frontispiece loose and frayed, double-hemispheric world map browned, other folding maps variably frayed and damp-stained along lower edges, closed tears in Europe map and plate facing p. 392, plate facing p. 405 chipped along fore margin, North Pole map torn at intersection of folds, contemporary calf, lacking rear board, front board detached, folio, together with: Cuthbertson (John). Practical Electricity and Galvanism; containing a Series of Experiments calculated for the Use of those who are Desirous of becoming acquainted with that Branch of Science, 2nd edition ('with corrections and additions'), for J. Callow, 1821, 9 folding engraved plates (plate 2 partially restored in facsimile), possibly lacking half-title, ink-stamps of Siemens Engineering Society, contemporary tan half calf, 8vo, Ozanam (Jacques). Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ... translated into English, and improved ... by Charles Hutton, 4 volumes, 1st edition in English, for G. Kearsley, 1803, half-titles, 95 engraved folding plates on 94 sheets (97 plates on 95 sheets called for), contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, volumes 1 and 2 front boards detached, 8vo, Culpeper (Nicholas). Complete Herbal, and English Physician ... to which is annexed the British Florist, Burslem: J. Tregortha, 1813, engraved portrait frontispiece, 33 hand-coloured engraved plates (?of 36: lacking plates 17, 20 and possibly 36), spotting, uncut in original boards, 4to (Qty: 7)Harris: Sabin 30482. The maps in Harris's work include the continents (Europe, Asia, Africa and America), the North Pole, and a double hemispheric world map with California depicted as an island. The lot sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return.

Joinville (Jean, sire de). Histoire de S. Lovys IX du nom , roi de France, Paris: Sebastien Mabre-Cramoisy, 1668, engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette to title, light toning to first & last few leaves, contemporary speckled calf, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt decorated spine, board corners repaired, folio (Qty: 1)