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D'Abrera (Bernard). Butterflies of the Australian Region, 2nd edition, Lansdowne Editions, 1977, together with: Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, 1st edition, Lansdowne Editions, 1980; Butterflies of the Neotropical Region, 7 volumes, 1st edition, Lansdowne Editions [-Hill House], 1981-95; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Hill House, 1982-6; Butterflies of the Holoarctic Region, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Hill House, 1990-3, all in original cloth or boards, dust jackets, folio (Qty: 15)D'Abrera (1940-2017) gained a degree of notoriety for his critique of Darwinism but his publications remain standard works of reference.

Frohawk (Frederick William). Natural History of British Butterflies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hutchinson and Co., [1925], 60 colour plates, 5 halftone plates, original blue cloth, gilt spines, spines slightly rolled, small mark to volume 2 front board, dust jackets, variably toned, a few faint marks, small closed tear to head of volume 1 front panel, folio, together with: ibid., The Complete Book of British Butterflies, 1st edition, Ward, Lock, and Co., Limited, 1934, 32 colour plates, endpapers spotted, original cloth, dust jacket (price-clipped, spotted), 8vo, ibid., Varieties of British Butterflies, 1st edition, 1st issue, Ward, Lock & Company, Limited, 1938, 48 colour plates, original cloth, spine spotted, front board slightly marked, 4to, and 3 others (another copy of The Complete Book of British Butterflies, without dust jacket, and 2 copies of the 1946 re-issue of Varieties of British Butterflies, distinguished by the finer-weave cloth binding and the second line of the frontispiece caption starting with 'Ex'), 8vo and 4to (Qty: 7)Nissen ZBI 1452 for the Natural History of British Butterflies , which is scarce in the dust jacket.

Hertfordshire. Andrews (John & Dury, Andrew), A Topographical Map of Hartford-Shire from an Actual Survey; in which is Express'd all the Roads, Lanes, Churches, Noblemen and Gentlemen's Seats, and every Thing remarkable in the County: together with the Division of the Parishes, [1766], uncoloured engraved index map and nine (complete) double-page map sheets with contemporary outline colouring, decorative dedication cartouche, mileage scale, table of explanation and compass rose, very slight offsetting and staining, two sheets detached, the index map with manuscript borders, later endpapers, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, upper board detached, worn and frayed, slim folio (Qty: 1)Shows the whole county at a scale of two inches to one mile.

Cricket. Tayler (Albert Chevallier, illustrator), The Empire's Cricketers [title printed on spine, published Fine Art Society, 1905], forty-eight (complete) chromolithographic plates with descriptive biographies by George W. Beldam (one biography for T. Hayward detached), near contemporary cloth, slight staining, folio (Qty: 1)Padwick 6997. Regarded as the highest development of cricket portraiture in book form.

Fashion. Album des Nouveautés, 2 volumes, circa 1900, containing twenty-four lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, contemporary quarter cloth over gilt printed boards, heavily worn and frayed, one volume with upper board detached and lacking spine, slim folio (Qty: 2)Unusually large size for fashion plates.

Howe (James). Portraits of Highland Society Prize Cattle and others of distinguished merit. Containing ten different examples carefully selected with letter-press descriptions, parts 1 & 2 bound in one, printed by Ballantyne and Company, Edinburgh, 1832, dedication printed to verso of each title page, three pages (part 1) and two pages (part 2) of preface and description, twenty uncoloured lithographic portraits of cattle (complete as lists), some spotting throughout, plates 9 & 10 in part two with repaired closed tears, later endpapers, near contemporary quarter calf on marbled boards, slim oblong folio, slight wear to extremities (Qty: 1)Very scarce. Only one institutional copy located (National Library of Scotland).

Illustrated London News. A broken run, forty volumes, numbers 12, 14, 16, 17, 19 - 22, 25, 26, 28 - 30, 34, 35, 44, 53 - 57, 60 - 63, 70 - 73, 75, 87, 88, 90 - 95 [and] 98, 1848 - 1891, together with an 1887 volume (Jubilee edition) of The Graphic, numerous uncoloured engravings and prints, including several double page, some pages lacking, some volumes retaining contemporary boards but all rebound with modern cloth gilt spines, folio (Qty: 40)Appears to lack all folding panoramas, sold a s a collection of prints, not subject to return.

Basnage (Jacques). Histoire du Vieux et du Nouveau Testament; representée en tailles douces; dessignées & faites par Mr. Romein de Hoogue, 1st edition, Amsterdam, Jacques Lindenberg, 1704, two parts in one, additional engraved title to each part, printed titles with large engraved vignette to each, fine mezzotint portrait of the author (by J. Gole after Holzhalb), 5 double-page engraved maps, folding description of the Temple of Solomon, with large engraved view at head, and engraved double-page bird's-eye view of the Temple of Solomon, 140 half-page engraved illustrations by Romeyne de Hooghe, mostly 2 to a page, generally strong impressions in clean condition, closed tear and one or two minor repairs to folding description of the Temple of Solomon and closed tear to foot of centrefold of bird's-eye view of the Temple of Solomon (without loss), marbled edges, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, with 19th century bookplate of William McKechnie M.D. to front pastedown, some wear, with upper cover detached, and spine deficient, folio (Qty: 1)Cohen-de Ricci 491. Sander 140.

Beaumont (Francis & Fletcher, John ). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies..., Published by the Authors Original Copies, the Songs to Each Play Being Added, 2 parts in 1, 2nd collected edition, London: J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, 1679, without portrait frontispiece and final leaf, closed tear to K1, 3O2 & 3X3, small hole to 3G4 just touching few letters of letterpress, dampstaining throughout, last two leaves dust-soiled and with few marginal repairs, modern brown buckram, folio (Qty: 1)Wing B1582 & Pforzheimer, 54. This edition includes the first folio appearance of 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. The play was first published in quarto format in 1634. It was not included in the First Folio (1623) or any of the subsequent Folios of Shakespeare's works; nor was it included in the first folio of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works (1647). The dual attribution for the play is now generally accepted by scholarly consensus.

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. With the precedent Passages, and Actions, that contributed thereunto, and the happy end, and Conclusion thereof by the King's blessed Restoration, and Return, upon the 29th of May, in the year 1660, 3 volumes, 3rd edition of volumes 1 and 2, 1st edition of volume 3, Oxford: Printed at the Theater 1707 & 1704, half-titles with contemporary ownership signature of Joseph Buxton Carver, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, engraved ilustration to titles, front blank with inscription 'The Gift of Mr Hester Esqr. 1765' and also with 20th century ownership, occasional light dust-soiling and minor toning to few leaves, marbled endpapers with cracked hinges, contemporary gilt panelled calf, elaborate gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, joints cracked, folio (Qty: 3)ESTC N5833 (volume 1 and 2), Ordinary paper issue. Volume three is a first edition, printed in 1704.

Davenant (William). The Works of Sr William Davenant Kt consisting of those which were formerly printed, and those which he design'd for the press: now published out of the authors originall copies, 1st collected edition, London: Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman, 1673, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2E3 torn to lower outer blank corner margin, 2I3 with closed tear to fore-edge margin, browning mark to title and following three leaves, contents of volume generally clean with one or two spots ( one or two small ink burn holes to fore-edge margins) , ink stamp to verso of title and lower blank margin of final page, endpapers renewed with book label of Nicholas Wall Q.C. to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked (spine faded) retaining original red morocco title label, folio (Qty: 1)Wing D320. The Preface is dedicated to Thomas Hobbes and the volume includes: "The answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sr. William D’Avenant’s preface before Gondibert".

Dryden (John, translated). The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis. Translated into English Verse; by Mr. Dryden, London: Jacob Tonson, 1697, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, 97 engraved plates only (of 101), including some by Hollar, some early annotations, few leaves & plates torn with occasional loss, browning, spotting and one or two small burn holes, armorial bookplate of Thomas Vyner, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, morocco title label, some light wear, folio, together with Ingelo (Nathanael) , Bentivolio and Urania, in Six Books, 3rd edition, with some amendments, London: Printed by T.R. for Richard Marriott, 1673, some dust-soiling and damp stains to title, later endpapers, Estcourt Library bookplate to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked (with Goodwyn of Tetbury bookbinder's paper label at foot of upper pastedown), red morocco title label to spine, slightly rubbed, folio (Qty: 2)

[Dugdale, William]. A Short View of the Late Troubles in England... To which is added a Perfect Narrative of the Treaty of Uxbridge in an. 1644, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Oxford: Moses Pitt, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece of King Charles I, title with engraved vignette of the Sheldonian Theatre, woodcut initials, five page advertisements at end, erratic pagination, occasional light damp stain to upper inner margin of few leaves, single worm hole & short trail to fore-edge blank margins of leaves of last half of volume, bookplate of Robert Mackenzie Marshall dated 1935 to front free endpaper (leaf repaired to upper outer corner), later front pastedown, contemporary calf, morocco reback preserving original gilt decorated spine, recent morocco title label, folio (Qty: 1)Wing D2492; ESTC R18097. "The hiatusses in the above collation gave rise to the conjecture that the licenser had curtailed this work, but on comparing the printed book with the original manuscript, this supposition was found to be erroneous." Cf. Lowndes. First published anonymously; later reissued under the name of Sir William Dugdale. Provenance: The Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Engineering Patents. A group of 15 patents by Marc Isambard Brunel, 1799-1825 [and] 7 patents by John Scott Russell, 1850-1866, most with folding engraved plates at rear, occasional institutional blindstamps, some light browning, disbound with original printed blue upper wrappers present, slim folio (Qty: 22)Patents by Brunel include: Writing and drawing a machine, for making two or three similar writings or drawings at the same time, and by the same person, no. 2305, 11 April 1799; Machine for cutting one or more mortices forming the sides of the shelves of blocks, and cutting the pin-hole of the same, no. 2478, 10 February 1801; Trimmings and borders of muslin, lawn, and cambric, no. 2663, 27 November 1802; Saws, and machinery for sawing timber, no. 2844, 7 May 1805; Steam engines, no. 4683, 26 June 1822. Patents by Russell include: Construction of ships or vessels propelled by paddle wheels, with a view to better arming the same, no. 13276, 10 October 1850; Preserving the bottoms of iron ships and vessels, no. 527, 15 March 1858; Building ships of war, no. 569, 23 February 1866. A full list is available on request.

[Girard, Guillaume]. The History of the Life of the Duke of Espernon, the Great Favourite of France, Englished by Charles Cotton, 1st English edition, London: E. Cotes and A. Clark, 1670, 2 engraved portraits, title in red & black, 19th century half calf, gilt decorated spine, red morocco title label, joints cracked and slight wear, folio (Wing G788), together with Monluc ( Blaise ), The Commentaries of Messire Blaize de Montluc , Mareschal of France, 1st edition, 1674, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, toning and dust-soiling to margins, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacled and corners repaired, folio (Wing M2506), plus De Pontis (Louis) , Memoirs of the Sieur De Pontis; who served in the Army Six and fifty Years, under King Henry IV. Lewis the XIII. and Lewis the XIV..., Faithfully Englished by Charles Cotton, 1694, title in red & black, some dampstaining & soiling mostly at front and rear, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, folio (Wing P2807), plus an incomplete copy of The History of the Civil Wars of France by Arrigo Caterino Davila, 2nd impression, 1678, (Qty: 4)

Hooker (Richard). The Works of that Learned and Judicious Divine, Mr Richard Hooker, in Eight Books, 1676, engraved portrait frontispiece torn to lower outer blank corner and lined to verso, additional engraved title, letterpress title in red & black, some early marginal notes, dust-soiling, dampstaining and spotting, later endpapers, early 19th century half calf, old reback and corner repairs, spine relaid, some wear, folio, together with Book of Common Prayer , The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David..., London: Printed by John Bill, Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, 1680, bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, Collected into English Metre by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others, London: Company of Stationers, 1680, slight surface wear to few letters of title, volume red ruled throughout, toning and light dust-soiling, all edges gilt, upper hinge broken, 19th century blind decorated black morocco, rubbed and worn, slim 8vo, with Felltham (Owen) , Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political. The Eighth Impression. With new and several other Additions both in Prose and Verse not extant in the former impressions, 1661, additional engraved title lined to verso, some dampstaining & toning, page edges slightly wormed, 19th century half calf, green morocco title label, spine incorrectly numbered vol. 1 in gilt, small folio, plus five other 17th and 18th century theology related (Qty: 8)

Limborch (Philip). The History of the Inquisition..., Translated into English by Samuel Chandler, 2 volumes in 1, 1731, titles printed in red and black, volume II title with tear and small hole at head (with loss of 'E' from 'THE'), nine engraved plates, (including three folding, each with very short closed handling tear), decorative head-pieces and initials, volume I page 221 has tear to lower blank margin, front pastedown has armorial bookplate of the Streatfeild family of Chiddingstone in Kent, front hinge cracked, contemporary Cambridge pane calf, rebacked with original spine label relaid, corners showing, thick 4to, together with Lechevalier (J. B. ), Recueil des Cartes, Plans, Vues et Medailles, Pour servir au Voyage de la Troade, Atlas volume only, [3rd edition], Paris: Dentu... , 1802, 35 (of 37) engraved maps, plans, views etc. on 27 sheets, some double-page or folding, lacks plates V and VII, plate XIV with some short splits or tears, contemporary marbled calf gilt, some wear to extremities, folio, plus Arbiter (Petronius) , Petronii Arbitri Satyricon: cum Uberioribus, Commentarii instar, Notis; concinnius..., Leiden: Ex officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1604, title verso with hand-painted armorial, some early ink manuscript annotations and underlining, first half of textblock with variable dampstaining, leaf K3 has old repair to upper outside corner (affecting several lines of text), leaves K4 & L7 have small old repair (affecting few words), front pastedown and blank area on final page of 'preface' with armorial ink stamp, late 18th/early 19th century boards, worn, spine a little cocked, 32mo in 8s, and 11 others antiquarian (Qty: 12)Second item: Blackmer 994.

Machiavelli (Niccolo). The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence, 2nd edition in English, for John Starkey, Charles Harper, and John Amery, 1680, general title-page, 4 section titles, light browning, spill-burn in Y1 affecting a letter either side, 2K2-3 stained, 2R2 imperfectly printed but all text present, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, covers detached, folio (31.2 x 19.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R13145; Wing M129. Second edition in English of the collected works of Machiavelli, first published in 1675. Provenance: Richard Frankum (bookplate); St John's Seminary, Wonersh (bookplate).

Photios I. Myriobiblon e Bibliotheke [graece] ... Graece edidit David Hoeschelius ... Latine vero redidit et scholiis auxit Andreas Schottus, [Geneva:] Paul Estienne, 1612, title-page printed in red and black, large woodcut title device, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, Greek and Latin text in double column, toning, intermittent spotting, occasional minor worming in lower margins, title-page laid down, final few leaves slightly creased and frayed, old inscription to title-page, occasional old marginalia, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed and scuffed, folio in 6s (35 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)Renouard 197.21 (also noting copies dated 1611; further copies traced dated 1613). First bilingual edition of the Myriobiblon, which preserves several important classical texts otherwise lost. The editio princeps was printed at Augsburg in 1601. Provenance: St John's Seminary, Wonersh.

Plutarch. The Lives of the Noble Grecians & Romans, Compared together... Translated out of Greek into French, by James Amiot... With the Lives of Hannibal & Scipio African; Translated out of Latin into French, by Charles de l'Escluse, and out of French into English, by Sir Thomas North... And now also in this Edition are further added, The Lives of Twenty Selected Eminent Persons..., London: Printed by Abraham Miller, and are to be sold by William Lee, 1657, title printed in red and black (with early signature Char: Clare at head), additional engraved title faced by the leaf of "The Frontispice Explain'd", woodcut medallion portraits within ornamental borders, the subjects of the additional lives illustrated with engraved portrait illustrations, some soiling and browning to text, contemporary calf, corners and edges worn, neatly rebacked, recent red morocco title label, folio (Qty: 1)Wing P2633. North's translation was first published in 1579.

[Ryff, Walther Hermann]. Ein Newer Albertus Magnus, Von Weybern und Geburten der Kinder, sampt jhren Artzneyen... Alles auffs new gebessert, durch Q. Apollinarem, Frankfurt am Mayn: Weygandt Han, MDX_ (15??), 48 + [2] leaves (A-M4 N1-2), numerous woodcuts to text, generally toned, head or tail close-trimmed in places (affecting some catchwords or leaf numbers), occasional pale dampstain at gutter, title soiled and laid down, close-trimmed and with losses at fore-edge & lower outer corner (affecting text and woodcut border), and small worm damage at lower inner corner (affecting border), leaf II with losses at fore-edge & lower outer corner and horizontal tear (affecting text), following six leaves with losses at fore-edge and lower outer corner (affecting text), gradually reducing in scale, IX-XI with small loss to lower outer corner (XI previously repaired), some leaves previously guarded, few old repairs (three with neat manuscript of covered text), IX and final folio detached, 12 additional leaves (comprising leaves XXXVII-XLVIII from a different edition) bound in between leaves XI-XII, with some old repairs, and final few lines of additional leaf XLVIII replaced with ink trials on blank paper & followed by two additional leaves of ink trials, final blank with early manuscript annotations, front pastedown with early ink manuscript and small worm damage to lower inner corner, rear inner hinge cracked, early vellum manuscript binding, soiled and marked with loss at head of spine and some scattered wormholes, some remnants of vellum ties (Qty: 1)Not in VD16. A rare edition of this early work on gynaecology and nature.

Spenser (Edmund). [The Faerie Queen: The Shepheards Calendar: together with the other works of England’s arch-poet, Edm. Spenser: collected into one volume, and carefully corrected, London: Printed by H. L. for Mathew Lownes, 1611], [2], 363, [19]; [10], 56, [2]; [134] pp., lacking general title (with photograph facsimile of 1609 Faerie Queene title provided in its place), separate title pages for second part of Faerie Queen (dated 1609) and other works with printer's woodcut devices, numerous woodcut head & tailpieces and some illustrations, final leaf of Faerie Queen signature 2I4 blank and F4 (2nd sequence) also blank, occasional early annotations and marks etc., some dampstaining mostly at head (also to fore-edge of initial leaves) and one or two marginal tears, general toning throughout, some browning and marks, initial 12 leaves detached with upper board, later endpapers (without front free endpaper), contemporary calf with mottled surface, old reback without title label, boards detached, rubbed and board corners worn, folio (Qty: 1)STC 23083.3; ESTC S123523 and Pforzheimer 972. This is a reissue of the 1609 edition of ’The Faerie Queene’, which would have had a cancel title-page dated 1611 , serving as a collective titlepage for the first collected edition of the author’s works. In this issue of the ’Faerie queen’, stanza 1 on sig. B3r begins "Yo~ug knight," and the catchword on R3r is "She". The colophon is dated 1609. ’The second part of The Faerie Queene’ has a separate titlepage dated 1609. ’A letter of the authors, expounding his whole intention in the course of this worke’ (STC 23086.3) has a caption title, and separate register. In this issue of ’The author’s letter’, the first line of text ends: "Alle-". ’The shepheards calender’ (STC 23093.5) has a separate titlepage dated 1611, separate pagination, and register. ’Colin Clouts’ (STC 23077.3), ’Prothalamion’, ’Amoretti and Epithalamion’, ’Foure Hymnes’, ’Daphnaida’, and ’Complaints containing sundry small poemes of the worlds vanitie’, ’The teares of the muses’, and ’Muiopotmos, or The fate of the butterfly’, all have separate titlepages with the imprint: "At London printed by H.L. for Mathew Lownes", and continuous register. Includes translations of Du Bellay’s ’Les antiquitez de Rome’ and ’Visions’, Vergil’s ’Gnat’, and Petrarch’s ’Visions’.

Strada (Famiano). De Bello Belgico. The History of the Low-Countrey Warres..., In English by Sr. Rob. Stapylton Kt., London: Humphrey Moseley, 1650, engraved portrait frontispiece by R.R. W. Marshall, final advertisement leaf present, bound without portrait plates, some browning and spotting, all edges gilt, vellum endpapers, mid 19th century gilt panelled and decorated brown morocco by Riviere, joints slightly rubbed, small folio (Wing S5 777), together with Fuller (Thomas) , The Historie of the Holy Warre, 3rd edition, Cambridge: Printed by Roger Daniel, 1647, additional engraved title torn to margins with loss and lined to verso, without 'A declaration of the Frontispice' leaf before title, 13 leaves at front of volume (including title) with repaired margins and some text excisions, 2B6 also with excised text, bound with The Holy Holy State, 3rd edition, London: Printed by R.D. for John Williams, 1652, additional engraved title, engraved portrait illustrations, 9 leaves at rear damp soiled with occasional loss mostly to margins and repaired, some damp staining mostly at front and rear of volume, 19th century half calf, joints cracked and some wear, folio (Wing F2439 & F2446) (Qty: 2)

Thurneisser ZumThurn (Leonhardt). Bebaiosis agonismou [Greek], Das ist Confirmatio Concertationis,... die Neuwe und vor unerho?rte Erfindung der aller Nu?tzlicheste? und Menschlichen Geschlecht der Notturftigesten Kunst dess Harnnprobirens ein Zeitlang Gewest ist..., Berlin: Grauwen Closter, 1576, title printed in red & black with vignette (short closed tear to top edge), 3rd leaf verso with portrait plate, numerous woodcuts to text, two woodcuts with moveable parts (one part detached), one folding plate, two leaves with additional folding part, lacks 9 leaves (28, 35, 37, 69-72, 100, 101), generally toned, bound with Prokatalepsis [Greek] oder Praeoccupatio, durch Zwölff Verschiedenlicher Tractaten, gemachter Harm Proben..., Frankfurt & Oder: Johann Eichorn, 1571, title printed in red & black within decorative woodcut border, lacks portrait, minor dampstain to some edges, generally toned, disbound, small folio (Qty: 1)VD16 T 1167 and VD16 T 1206 respectively. Second item: Ferguson II, 453 (first item mentioned). Not in Adams. COPAC lists only two copies of the first item, three of the second. Two important medical works by Thurneisser, with particular reference to medical diagnoses from urine samples.

Velazquez (Juan Antonio). Maria Immaculate Concepta libri quinque, 1st edition, Valladolid: Bartolomé Portolés de la Torre, 1653, engraved title-page by Marcos Orozco (loose, frayed, minor worming), browning, marginal worming throughout, repair to final leaf, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, inner hinges broken, rear inner hinge held by cords, folio in 6s (29.5 x 21.5 cm), together with Mariana (Juan de), Historia general de España ... nuevamente añadida en esta ultima impression todo lo suecedido desde el año de mil y seiscientos y cincuenta, hasta el desesenta y nueve, 2 volumes, Madrid: for Andres Garcia de la Iglesia, 1669, half-titles, title-pages printed in red and black, engraved portrait to dedication leaf of each volume, browning, intermittent minor damp-staining (largely restricted to margins), volume 1 half-title loose, marginal repair to leaf [par.]2 affecting catchword, contemporary sheep, blind arabesque border to sides, rubbed and worn, volume 1 spine defective, folio (30 x 21 cm), and Royal Spanish Academy, Diccionario de la lengua castellana, reducido á un tomo para su mas fácil uso, 4th edition, Madrid: widow of Don Joaquin Ibarra, 1803, half-title, contemporary sheep, rubbed and worn, folio (30.6 x 21.2 cm) (Qty: 4)The first item has recently been described as 'one of the most important books on the Immaculate Conception in the middle of the seventeenth century' (Enrique Llamas, 'The Concept of Redemption and Co-redemption During the "Golden Age" of Spanish Theology and Mariology', p.250, n.43, in Mary at the Foot of the Cross - VIII , 2008). It is nevertheless highly uncommon, Copac tracing two copies of another edition printed in Lyon the same year, but none of this edition, which is presumed to have priority. Provenance: St John's Seminary, Wonersh.

Walker (Ellis). Epicteti Enchiridion made English, in a Poetical Paraphrase, 1709, engraved frontispiece with juvenile ink drawing to verso (frayed to margins), manuscript note to lower margin of title and annotation to one other leaf, browning & spotting throughout, modern panelled calf, 12mo in 6s, together with Randolph (Thomas) , Poems, with the Muses Looking-Glass, and Amyntas: whereunto is added, the Jealous Lovers, 5th edition, 1664, lacking additional engraved title (A1), dust-soiling and occasional short worm trails, contemporary calf, rebacked, 16mo in 8s, with Howard (Robert) , Five New Plays..., 2nd edition, 1700, lacking portrait frontispiece, browned and spotted, contemporary calf, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, small folio, plus other 17th-19th century antiquarian (many defective) including Poems and Songs by Thomas Flatman, 1674, and A Platonick Song of the Soul by Henry More, Cambridge, 1647, both incomplete (Qty: 32)

Medical remedies. 'A Collection of excellent Medicines, Balsames, Plaisters Salves, etc.', 18th century, manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, [8] + 82 pp. including title-page and list of contents , written in a neat cursive hand, approximately 25 lines to the page, text faintly box-ruled in red, browning, a few smudges and marks, occasional corrections, rear inner hinge cracked (held by upper and lower vellum cords; middle two perished), engraved armorial bookplate of Edmund Fitz Moore, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title ('Medical receipts'), soiled overall, boards sprung, folio (31.6 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)Contains some 125 individual recipes, including 'The oil of toads', 'A powder to be given to a woman in labour', 'A Poultis for any swelling or sore ... Approved by the La[dy] Brown and Mrs Mees', 'An ointment for the wormes ... Approved by the Lady Hide', 'A rare secret of Mathew Lasatillian an Italian for making an excellent Balsom of Sir Nicholas Lushers', 'Sir Edm[und] Staffords powder, his oil and plaister of Toads to be taken against the Plague', 'The Lady Evans receipt for the Kings evill', and more.

Taylor ( Randal, publisher ). A Collection for Improvement of Husbandry and Trade [edited by John Houghton], 3 issues, 13-27 April, 1694, three 4 page issues (vol. 4, numbers 89-91), caption title to each issue, dust-soiled and toned, folio (Qty: 3)The issues in this lot include information relating to types of flour, the making and baking of different types of bread, including leavened bread as made in Shropshire, also London bread, Miscellain and barley bread much eaten about Wickham, Turnep bread and household bread etc. Reference is also made to the making of seed-cake and plum cake. The publication was the first trade and agriculture periodical in England, being published from 1692-1703 and ceasing with volume 20, number 583 (24 Sept. 1703). The issues were originally published on Wednesdays and later as here on Fridays and included detailed commodity prices. ESTC P1696.

Bitting (Katherine). Gastronomic Bibliography, Holland Press reprint, 1981, original cloth in dust jacket, cloth chemise and slipcase, 4to, (limited edition 220/500 copies), together with Attar (Dena) , A Bibliography of Household Books Published in Britain 1800-1914, first edition, Prospect Books, 1987, black & white illustrations, book block only without covers, plus Driver (Elizabeth) , A Bibliography of Cookery Books Published in Britain 1875-1914, first edition, Prospect Books, 1989, black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, both small folio, plus Lehmann (Gilly) , The British Housewife, Cookery Books, Cooking and Society in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Prospect Books, 2003, black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with other cookery, history and reference, all 20th century, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, various sizes (Qty: 6 shelves)

Perkins (John). Floral Designs for the Table; being directions for its ornamentation with leaves, flowers, & fruit, 1st edition, Wyman & Sons, 1877, 24 colour plates, inner hinges cracked, original cloth-backed decorative boards, rubbed and soiled with some edge wear, oblong folio, together with Haweis (Eliza) , The Art of Housekeeping, A Bridal Guide, 1889, commercial advert endpapers, title and endpapers browned, original decorative cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine browned, 8vo, plus Hammond (Elizabeth) , Modern Domestic Cookery and Useful Receipt Book…, 9th edition, circa 1850s, engraved frontispiece, additional title and four bills of fare, some spotting and soiling, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, small 8vo, plus a tenth edition of the same work and other cookery interest, late 19th and early 20th century, mainly original cloth, but including some pamphlets, mostly 8vo (approximately 125 volumes) (Qty: 3 shelves)

Der Nersessian (Sirarpie) . Armenian Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, 1973, Baltimore, 8 colour & 241 black & white plates, cracked gutters, original red cloth, large 4to, together with, De Weld (Ernest T.) , The Illustrations int the Manuscripts of the Septuagint, volume 3, parts 1 & 2, 1941, Princeton University Press, U.S.A., numerous monotone illustrations, uniform original gilt decorated black cloth, boards lightly rubbed, folio, and, Alexander (J.J.G.) , Norman Illumination at Mont St Michel, 966 - 110, 1st edition, 1970, Oxford, 55 black & white plates, original green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus 28 further volumes of Christian art and illuminated manuscript reference, all original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (Qty: 59)

Slive (Seymour) . Jacob van Ruisdael, a complete catalogue of his paintings, drawings and etchings, Yale University Press, 2001, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, together with, Ananoff (Alexandre) , Boucher, 2 volumes, 1976, Bibliothèque Des Arts, Paris, numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcases, spines lightly marked, folio, and Roethlisberger (Marcel & Loche, Renée) , Liotard, catalogue sources et correspondance, 2 volumes, 2008, Netherlands, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, large 4to, plus other artist monographs & catalogue raisonné, including Early Netherlandish Painting, 14 volumes (in 16), by Max J. Friedländer, 1967-76, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG (Qty: 30)

Folio Society . The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, limited edition 1598/1750, 2007, original gilt decorated red leather in cloth book box, includes The Happy art of Narration, readings of Boccaccio and the Decameron, 2007, original wrappers, 8vo, Paradise Lost, a poem in twelve books by John Milton, 1991, colour illustrations by Ian Pollock, original gilt decorated black cloth in slipcase, folio, together with, The Campaigns of Wellington, 3 volumes, edited by Ian Fletcher, 2007, Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians, by George Catlin, 2009, and 14 further volumes of Folio Society publications, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 20)

Balding (Umberto, et al) . Pinacoteca Vaticana..., 1992, Milan, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket & slipcase, oblong folio, together with, Grave (Johannes) , Giovanni Bellini, the art of contemplation, 2018, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, folio, and, Readall (Rosie & Whitaker, Lucy) , Canaletto & The Art of Venice, 2017, numerous colour & monotone illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern Renaissance & Italian art reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG (Qty: 3 shelves)

Lydekker (Richard) . Animal Portraiture, 1912, 50 colour plates with tissue guards, some light spotting throughout, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth, folio, Wild Life of the World, 3 volumes, circa 1915, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, some light spotting, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with, Foster (Birket [illustrator]), Milton's L'Allegro and Il Penseroso, 1855, 30 black & white steel etching illustrations, some light spotting, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and, Thomson (Hugh [illustrator]) , The Ballard of Beau Bruce and other poems of the XVIII Century, by Austin Dobson, 1892, numerous black & white illustrations, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 19th & early 20th century illustrated & juvenile literature, including Percy F. Westerman, Arthur Conan Doyle, Charles Dickens, Harry Collingwood, all original decorative cloth, G/VG (Qty: 3 shelves)79 volumes

Fleming (Ian) . The Spy Who Loved Me, 1st edition, 1962, original black cloth with silver gilt dagger, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with, Mascetti (Daniela & Triossi, Amanda) , Bulgari, 1st edition, 1996, Abbeville Press, New York, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and, Pullman (Philip) , The Subtle Knife, 2nd edition,1997, The Amber Spyglass , 1st edition, 1997, both with book plates signed by the author, original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other modern fiction & art reference, including The Complete Tales of Hans Christian Anderson, 2 volumes, 2005, Folio Society, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, VG (Qty: 3 shelves)

Cescinsky (Herbert & Gribble, Ernest R.) . Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 volumes (bound in 1), 1922, 2 colour frontispieces, numerous black & white illustrations, 'Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst' bookplate to the front paste down, minor toning, contemporary cloth, spine slightly rubbed, rear board slightly marked, folio, together with, Macquoid (Percy) , A History of English Furniture, the age of walnut, 1st edition, 1938, 15 colour plates, numerous black & white illustrations, top edge gilt, minor toning, original red cloth, spine lightly faded & rubbed, front board slightly water and ring marked, folio, and, Munn (Geoffrey C.) , Tiaras, a history of splendour, 2001, Antique Collectors' Club, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, slight tear to head of spine, large 4to, plus other antiques reference, including L'Art Du Tapis dans le monde, by Valérie Bérinstain et al, 1996, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG (Qty: 3 shelves & a carton)

Grumble (Angus) . Love & Death, art in the age of Queen Victoria, 2002, Australia, numerous colour illustrations, original boards, large 4to, together with, Haboldt (Bob) , Singular Vision, Haboldt & Co's old master paintings and drawings since 1983, 2012, France, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth with illustration in slipcase, large 4to, and, Long Museum [publisher] , Collection of Ancient Paintings & Calligraphy, 2014, China, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth slipcase with carved wooden front label, as new in original plastic wrap, folio, plus other old master, pre 20th century and Chinese art reference, including The Paintings of Jacob Ochtervelt (1634-1682), by Susan Donahue Kuretsky, 1979, many original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, some as new in shrinkwrap (Qty: 6 shelves)

David (Andrew [editor]) . The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cooks's Voyages, 2 volumes, 1988, The Hakluyt Society, 2 colour frontispieces, numerous black & white illustrations & charts, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed & marked, folio, together with, Joppien (Rüdiger & Smith, Bernard) , The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages, 2 volumes, 1985, Yale University Press, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, covers lightly rubbed to head, pines lightly faded, folio, and, Bennett (Stuart) , Trade Bookbinding in the British Isles 1660-1800, 1st edition, 2004, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus other modern bibliography reference & related, including The Journal of John Wesley, 8 volumes, edited by Nehemiah Curnock, standard edition, 1938, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG (Qty: 6 shelves & 3 cartons)

Shepherd (David). Paintings of Africa and India, Tryon Gallery, 1978, colour plates, top edge gilt, original half morocco gilt in cloth slipcase, oblong atlas folio, signed limited edition of 506 copies, (this copy F of six copies not for sale), together with a slightly rubbed second copy of the same work, unnumbered and unsigned and without slipcase, together with Amuchastegui (Axel) , Some Birds and Mammals of Africa, 5 copies, Tryon Gallery, 1979, colour plates, original blue quarter morocco gilt, two copies rubbed and slightly worn, three copies in slipcases, large folio, (limited editions, each one of 505 numbered copies), plus other miscellaneous art and marine interest (Qty: 3 shelves)

Kahnweiler (Daniel-Henry) . Juan Gris, his life & work, 1947, 2 colour & 113 monochrome plates plus numerous black & white illustrations, original cloth in price clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with Aragon (Louis) , Henri Matisse a novel, 2 volumes, 1st U.K. edition, 1972, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets & slipcase, large 4to, and Gray (Camilla) , The Great Experiment: Russian Art 1863-1922, 1962, 24 colour & 233 black & white plates, original cloth in dust jacket, covers worn with tears to head & foot, 4to, plus other art reference including Indian Temples & Sculpture, by Louis Frédéric, 1959, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio. (Qty: 6 shelves)

Tertullian ( Quintus Septimius Florens, circa 155 – circa 240 AD). Opera quae hactenus reperiri potuerunt omnia, iam postremum, ad exemplaria manuscripta collatione facta... cum jacobi Pamelli Brugensis Argumentis & Adnotationibus toti operi interlectis..., Cologne, Antonii Hierat, 1617, half-title, printed title in red and black with large woodcut device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, some browning, and final leaves creased, old blind-decorated full vellum, stamped in black to upper cover ATTL MDCC, rubbed and some marks and soiling, folio, together with Fevret (Charles), Traitté de l'Abus, et du vray sujet des appellations qualifiées de ce nom d'Abus, troisieme edition, plus correcte et beaucoup plus ample, 2 volumes bound in one, Lyon, Jean Girin & Barthelemy Riviere, 1677, engraved portrait frontispiece of Fevret by N. Auroux, first title printed in red and black, with large oval engraved vignette, second title printed in black, text in double-column, contemporary speckled full calf, gilt decorated spine, some wear to head and foot, with loss to lower portion, folio, plus Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Opera, cum indicibus et variis lectionibus, 10 volumes, Oxford, Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1783, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, wide margins, bookplate of Reverend Ashhurst T. Gilbert to front pastedown of each volume, contemporary uniform diced full calf, gilt decorated spines with contrasting red and black morocco labels, rubbed and some wear, with joints cracked, some labels chipped, 8vo, and other theology, various, mostly 18th &19th century, but including some 17th century works, mainly folio and quarto (approximately 70 volumes) (Qty: 4 shelves)Provenance: Ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh.

Caussin (Nicolas). La Cour Sainte du R. Pere Nicolas Caussin, de la Compagnie de Jesus, 2 volumes bound in one, Paris, Claude Sonnius & Denis Bechet, 1645, first title printed in red and black, with large engraved vignette, light waterstain to front leaves, occasional spotting, contemporary full vellum, soiled and some wear, with upper joint cracked, thick folio, together with [Zaccaria], Thesaurus Theologicus, in quo Natalis Alexandri, Dionysii Petavii Jacobi Sirmondi, Johannis Mabillonii... dissertationes Theologico-Historico-Critacae..., Socius Academiarum Ecclesiasticarum Lucensis, 13 volumes bound in 16, Venice, 1762-63, half-titles, titles printed in red and black, with woodcut device, occasional spotting, contemporary uniform full vellum, occasional wear to head and foot of spines, 4to, plus other theology, various, mostly 18th & 19th century, but including some 17th century works, all bound in vellum, calf or similar, mainly folio & quarto (Qty: 4 shelves)Provenance: Ex libris St. John's Seminary, Wonersh.

A FOLIO OF UNFRAMED OIL SKETCHES BY PHILIP LAMBERT LARKIN

A COLLECTION OF FOLIO SOCIETY BOOKS TO INCLUDE JANE AUSTIN

Psalms Psalters, Latin Versions.- Psalterium Romanum dispositum per hebdomadam, printed in red and black throughout, large woodcut vignette to title page, title soiled, partially detached but holding firm and laid down on later paper to repair damage to one corner, paper flaw to final page, later half calf over boards, rubbed, large folio Venice, Apud Balleonina, 1756.

A quantity of children's books or school illustrations, folio size, depicting plants, native birds etc.

Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, published 2008, limited edition number 167/375, sold with the copy of the book, edited by Arthur Humphrey.

Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, published 2008, limited edition 1370/3750, sold with the book, edited by Roger Warren and Stanley Wells.

Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, published 2010, limited edition 167/1000 copies, sold with book edited by J.J.Y.L. Halio.

Folio Society Letterpress Shakespeare, The Tempest, published 2008, limited edition 1370/3750, sold with the book, edited by Richard Orgel.

A folio of various watercolours, sketches and prints, over 30 works

Seven books Folio Society set of Jane Austen novels

Forty eight Folio Society books by Anthony Trollope CONDITION REPORT: Appears to be complete set of 48 with no duplicates. Printing dates are early 1990s and a random check of condition appears very good with no foxing or staining.

Seven book Folio Society collection of Bronte novels and the Collected Short Stories by W Somerset Mangham

Ten Thomas Hardy Folio Society books

Nine Folio Society books

JRR Tolkien Hobbit and Silmarillion Folio Society editions

An early 19th century folio of hand cut coptograph/silhouette portraits and birds:, unsigned, including a man in a suit of armour, another in a fur hat and coat and a dog and donkey (various sizes)

Folio Society The Forsythe Saga, 3 vols, in slip case