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MONTFAUCON, BERNARD DETHE ANTIQUITIES OF ITALY BEING THE TRAVELS OF THE LEARNED AND REVEREND BERNARD DE MONTFAUCON... from Paris through Italy in the years 1698 and 1699 … made English from the Paris edition of the original … revised by John Henley. London: D..L. for J. Darby et al., 1725. 2nd edition, folio, title page in red and black, numerous engravings in the text, quarter calf, marbled boards, tear the upper outer corner of p. 39 repaired, with the book plates of John and Michael Bury; Skippon, Philip An account of a journey made thro' part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy and France. London: by assignment from Messrs Churchill, John Walthoe, 1732. Folio, with engraved and wood illustrations in the text, modern paper wrappers, lacking the index, book plates of John and Michael Bury, ESTC T97847 (2)

PLUVINEL, ANTOINE DEL'INSTRUCTION DU ROY EN L'EXERCISE DE MONTER A CHEVAL / VERNEUERTE REUT-KUNST... Frankfurt-am-Main: Matthias Merian, 1670. Folio, additional engraved title-page, 56 double-page engraved plates, each slightly trimmed and neatly laid-down onto later card, later half vellum gilt, a little worming to the upper margin of the final few leaves, leaves neatly trimmed without loss

BIDWELL, JOHNFINE PAPERS AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Whittington: Whittington Press, 1999. 2 volumes, folio, one of 65 special copies from the limited edition of 300 copies, 40 paper specimens tipped-in, two further leaves and a photographic plate, initial volume in half blue morocco with title in silver to spine, portfolio volume containing 25 sheets in quarter green cloth, green solander box (2)

GLASGOW CITY CHAMBERSTHE CITY CHAMBERS GLASGOW.... - GLASGOW: MACLURE MACDONALD & CO., [C.1888] Large folio, 30 mounted photographic plates, original green morocco gilt, g.e., Mitchell Library discarded stamp to front endpaper, Drambuie Collection label, joints rubbed

TURNBULL, GEORGEA TREATISE ON ANCIENT PAINTING... London: A. Millar, 1740. Folio, 54 engraved plates, contemporary calf, joints split, bookplate, a little soiling and spotting [ESTC T114745]

THOMSON, JOHNTHE ATLAS OF SCOTLAND, CONTAINING MAPS OF EACH COUNTY Edinburgh: J. Thomson, 1832. Large folio, index map, Comparative View of the Heights of Mountains, Comparative View of Lengths of the Rivers plates, 29 engraved maps on 58 folding sheets, all mounted on guards, hand-coloured in outline, modern blue half cloth, occasional very light spotting, a couple of maps with neat marginal repairs

SCAMOZZI, VINCENZOL'IDEA DELLA ARCHITETTURA UNIVERSALE Venice: expensis auctoris, 1615. First edition, 2 vols., folio, with engraved title pages to both volumes, and each book with a printed title page, historiated initials, with 36 woodcut and 4 engraved plates in vol. 1 and 6 woodcut and 40 engraved plates in vol. 2, some instances of irregular pagination, contemporary limp vellum, parts of ties present, later endpapers, lower margins of the engraved title page and following two leaves in vol. 1 with neat earlier repairs, early ownership inscription partly trimmed in the lower margin of the engraved title page, the inner margin of the engraved title page to vol. 2 neatly repaired, occasional underscoring and marginal notes in earlier hands in vol. 1, with the book plate of John Bury in both vols. (2)Note: Vincenzo Scamozzi (1548 -1616) was an Italian architect and a writer on architecture, active mainly in Vicenza and the Republic of Venice area in the second half of the 16th century. He was perhaps the most important figure there between Andrea Palladio, whose unfinished projects he inherited at Palladio's death in 1580, and Baldassarre Longhena, Scamozzi's only pupil. Scamozzi's influence spread far beyond his Italian commissions through his two-volume treatise, L'Idea dell'Architettura Universale, which is one of the last works of the Renaissance dealing with the theory of architecture.

DELORME, PHILIBERTLE PREMIER TOME DEL'ARCHITECTURE Paris: Fédéric Morel, 1567. First edition, first issue, folio, with 205 large woodcuts, including 74 full-page and 7 double-page blocks; magnificent allegorical woodcut title border; large woodcut head-pieces and large woodcut initials, orginal limp vellum, ties partly still present, binding worn and upper inner and lower joints splitting, lacking the index (supplied in photocopy from the edition of 1626?), p. 8 misnumbered 9, etc., the following also supplied in photocopy, L3 &L4, O3, 04 & O6, Y5, title page a little dusty and with edges worn, tear in the inner margin of M6 and the top of the column on I4 slightly cropped due to the fact that this page was taller than the others to accommodate the column, sold with all faultsNote: Adams L1513: USTC 24434. Volume 1 was all published.

STEEL, DAVID, 5 VOLUMES, COMPRISINGTHE ELEMENTS AND PRACTICE OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE Sim Comfort, 1977. 4to and folio, atlas with 38 plates, original blue cloth gilt, slipcases; Steel, David The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship. Sim Comfort, 1978, 2 volumes, 4to, original blue cloth gilt, slipcases; Steel, David Steel's Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging. 1932. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, slipcase (5)

TORRIDON AND BEN DAMPH, 13 GAME BOOKS & FISHING RECORDS - [EARLS OF LOVELACE]TORRIDON GAME BOOK, 1915-1945 oblong folio, half calf; Ben Damph Forest Stags shot since January 1st 1886. [-1930], 8vo, half morocco; Ben Damph Forest Fishing Book since May 21st 1896 [- 1927], half morocco; Ben Damph Forest 1887-1953, 4to, red morocco gilt; and 5 other game & fishing books books, 1 visitor's book & 1 Ben Damph Forest Lett's Cellar book listing quantity of brandy, champagne, wine, port, claret & whisky purchased 1901-29, 8vo, original cloth (13)

[KING, WILLIAM, 1ST EARL OF LOVELACE] - EAST HORSLEY TOWERS - [JOHN LOCKE'S LIBRARY]LIBRARY CATALOGUE c. 681 pages, 4to, red morocco gilt, with pencil notes at beginning "Locke = Book has his name written therein; /a = Book is checked with Locke's aut. catalogue; x Locke = Book does not [have] Locke's name but is in his auto. catalogue; /b = Book checked in "Book devised (?) to Peter King" list; /c = Book has not Locke's signature; Library Ben Damph Forest Index of Author's Names; Index to the Subjects. October 1928. 2 volumes, 4to, 147pp + 128pp., typed indexes, contemporary calf, lettered in gilt on upper covers; [?Ben Damph Library Listing], 2 folio volumes with very rudimentary catalogue entries, pencilled note on front endpaper: "Books checked on left found at Whitwall after Sotheby's had taken away a portion. Some of those books were later sent to Ben Damph .. Booked marked "J.L." are those belonging to John Locke's library which do not contain his signature", red half roan, worn (5)Note: East Horsley Towers in Surrey was purchased by William King, 1st Earl of Lovelace, in 1840, although he did not move in until 1846. William King was a descendant of Peter King, 1st Baron King, (1669-1734), John Locke's cousin.When Locke died in 1704, at the age of 72, he left half his library of over 3,000 books and all his papers and letters, to his cousin, the Lord Chancellor, Peter King. In 1942 the then Earl of Lovelace deposited the manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, who purchased the collection in 1947. The present library catalogue of East Horsley Towers and the more rudimentary listing of books that appear to have been transferred to Ben Damph, an estate in Torridon, will be of interest to those researching the constituents of Locke's library.

BOSSE, ABRAHAMTRAITÉ DES MANIERES DE DESSINER LES ORDRES DE L'ARCHITECTURE ANTIQUE EN TOUTES LEURS PARTIES Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1664. Folio, engraved frontispiece, engraved dedication leaf within an architectural border, and 44 other engraved pages of text and illustrations, lacking the engraved title page (supplied in photograph) [with] Des ordres de colonne en l'architecture. Paris: chez le dit Bosse, 1664. Folio, engraved title page, 17 engraved plates of text and illustration [with] Representation geometrales de plusieurs parties de bastiments faites par le reigles de l'architecture antique. Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1659, Folio, engraved title page and 13 engraved plates of text and illustration, 3 works in one vol., contemporary calf, worn and rubbed, some very light damp staining in the upper margins throughout, Berlin Katalog 23768, 2379 and 3858

GUTHRIE, WILLIAMA GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND London: T. Waller, 1744-1751. 3 volumes, folio, 2 maps, 9 tables, 1 plate of coins with explanitory leaf, 25 portraits, contemporary calf, many plates appear to be lacking [ESTC T138171]

HALL, JOSEPHTHE CONTEMPLATIONS UPON THE HISTORY OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, THE SECOND TOME London: Nath. Butter, 1634. Folio, contemporary calf, joints slitting, small hole to T2 with loss to a few letters, neat marginal repair to Gg1, a little marginal worming and some slight marginal dampstaining [ESTC S2036]

GUTHRIE, WILLIAMA GENERAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND London: T. Walker, 1744-51. 3 volumes, folio, titles printed in red and black, contemporary calf, hinges weak, rubbed, "Ben Damph Forest Library" stamp to endpapers (3)

HOOKER, RICHARDOF THE LAWES OF ECCLESIASTICAL POLITIE London: Printed by William Stansbye, [1622]. Folio, [60], 453, [3], 453-583, [17] p., engraved title, contemporary calf with gilt "Labor est Voluptas" crest to covers, Den Damph Forest library and Ashley Combe stamps to paste-down endpaper, corners and spine ends worn, single wormhole in fore margin

HOLY BIBLEPRINTED BY CHARLES BILL The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New. London: Charles Bill, 1706. Folio in sixes, engraved titlepage with neat repair, occasional small tears, a little spotting, contemporary panelled calf embossed with the names 'Nicholas & Mary Ince', rebacked with modern spine [ESTC T89302]

5 VOLUMES, COMPRISING IREDALE, TOMBIRDS OF NEW GUINEA Melbourne, 1956. 2 volumes, 4to, original green quarter morocco, spines gilt; Iredale, Tom Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Melbourne, 1950. 4to, original green quarter morocco, spine gilt, dustwrapper; Cooper, W.T. and J.M. Forshaw. The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Collins, 1979. Folio, dustwrapper, slipcase; Forshaw, Joseph M. Parrots of the World. Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1973. First edition, folio, original slate black cloth, dustwrapper (5)

ARIOSTO, LODOVICOORLANDO FURIOSO IN ENGLISH BY SIR JOHN HARINGTON Now thirdly revised and amended with the addition of the author's epigrams. London: G. Miller for J. Parker, 1634. 3rd edition, folio, engraved title page with vignette portraits of Ariosto and Harington, 46 engraved plates, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, original spine retained, light paper discolouration throughout, wormhole in lower margin of the first few leaves (to A2), with the book plates of John and Michael Bury at the endNote: ESTC S106834. In this edition, the title page is re-engraved and the plates, originally by Girolamo Porro in the Venetian edition of 1584, are retouched.

ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTAL'ARCHITETTURA. CON LA AGGIUNTA DE' DISEGNI Venice: appresso Francesco De Franceschi, 1565. 4to., architectural wood-engraved title with arms and devices of Cosimo de' Medici (dedicatee), oval woodcut portrait of author on verso, 82 woodcuts in the text (1 double-page), historiated woodcut initials, later vellum, edges worn and joints splitting, top of the title page just trimmed, title page a little discoloured and general light paper discolouration throughout, some neat early marginal repairs to first few leaves, some water staining of the last few leaves and the index leaves water stained and with some neat early repairsNote: USTC 808306. First quarto edition of Cosimo Bartoli's Italian translation. The woodcuts are reversed copies of the folio editions of 1550 and 1565. Alberti's celebrated ten books on the theory of classical architecture (first published in Latin in 1485) became famous through the vernacular translations of the 16th century. The new dedication to Cosimo de' Medici explains the need for a further edition due to the great demand for copies of the Florence 1550 folio imprint.

GUILMARD, D. & BORDEAUX, AND OTHERSFRENCH FURNITURE DESIGNS Le Garde-Meuble, collection de tentures. Paris, mid 19th century. Folio, 118 loose hand-coloured plates, some dust-soiling, a little light dampstaining to several plates, stamps to a few plates, a few small repairs to plate versos; [Idem] L'Ameublement et L'Utile. Paris, mid 19th century. Folio, 73 hand-coloured plates, some soiling and a few repairs to plates, occasional stamps; and 36 other plates, many hand-coloured, including 21 early 19th century plates by Hallavant & Osmond; Bérand & Cie [Tentures Artistiques. Paris] A collection of 40 loose hand-coloured plates with designs for curtains and rooms, with Bérand's printed signature, one plate with red 'specimen' stamp, some dust-soiling and repairs to versos; and four other plates (3 folio cases)Note: Le Garde-Meuble, Ancien et Moderne, was an enormously successful interior design periodical published in Paris in the latter part of 19th century and early 20th century. There is a nearly complete series at the Smithsonian Libraries in Washington which is rare. It is therefore unusual to get a large amount of plates together such as those offered in this lot. Provenance: From a Scottish Country House Library

[CORSINI, EDOARDO]RAGIONAMENTO ISTORICO SOPRA LA VALDICHIANA IN CUI SI DESCRIVE L'ANTICO, E PRESENTE SUO STATO Florence: Francesco Moücke, 1742. First edition, 4to., with a large folding engraved map of the Val di Chiana comprising three folio sheets (41 by140 cm), contemporary vellum, Leo S. Olschki label and book plate of John BuryNote: The Val di Chiana is a valley of central Italy, one hundred kilometres long, which covers the provinces of Arezzo, Siena and Perugia. Its name derives from the Chiana which rises near Arezzo, flows between the Arno and Tiber. In prehistoric times the valley was occupied by the Arno, which then flowed to the Tiber. When a natural dam formed by alluvial deposits diverted the Arno to the northwest, the Chiana drained to the Tiber; but another natural dam at Chiusi prevented proper drainage, and during medieval times the Chiana valley became marshy and malarial. Re-interest was kindled in the early 18th century in drying to resolve the drainage and hydraulic systems. In 1788 detailed engineering plans made by Vittorio Fossombroni were put into effect, and the work was completed between 1826 and 1838. The watershed was moved southward, and, as a result, the Chiana valley drains partly to the Arno and partly to the Tiber. Almost entirely reclaimed for cultivation, the valley now forms a fertile and productive agricultural region.

[COOK, CAPT. JAMES]AN ABRIDGEMENT OF A JOURNAL OF THE ADVENTURES VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE Manuscript, folio (391 x 255mm.), 3pp., in a neat copper plate hand, written largely in the first person plural, providing an overview of the voyage of the Adventure, under the command of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, with small inset "Circumpolar Chart of the South Pole with the Adventures track round the Globe" on third page, undated & unattributed, small split at fold, small tear at inner margin touching a few letters but without loss, on laid paper watermarked with a capital "H" and "D"Note: The Adventure was the companion ship under the command of Capt. Tobias Furneaux, which accompanied Capt. James Cook, on the Resolution on his second voyage to the South Pacific in 1772-1775. The two ships crossed the Antarctic circle in January 1773 and became separated in heavy fog, following which the Adventure sailed along the southern and eastern coasts of Van Diemen’s Land before reuniting with the Resolution at Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand. The ships explored the Society and Friendly Islands before they again became separated in October 1773 near Cook Strait in a gale. Nine of Furneaux's men were murdered by Maoris at Queen Charlotte Sound, an episode which is related in this abridgement. The account is largely in the first person plural, implying that the author may have been on the expedition, but the account occasionally lapses into the third person plural: "in the adjoining Coves to where the Boat was sent they saw a canoe paddling in shore.... we rowed in after them." Where Furneaux's account reads "we saw about 20 baskets, tied up, and a dog eating a piece of broiled flesh which, upon examining we suspected to be human", the present account reads "The lieutenant and some of the people went on shore to the fire and found five heads lying on it and five entrails lying about it".A pencilled note at the head of page 1 reads "p.134, volume 1" but the text of the present manuscript does not appear to tally with page 134, volume 1, of any of the editions of Cook's voyages consulted.The manuscript is accompanied by a 20th century typescript of the text.

PIERCE, MICHAELTWO COMMEMORATIVE VOLUMES FOR THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - FINE BINDINGS ...so Few. A Folio. Dedicated to All Who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain, 10th July-31st October 1940. [London], 1990; [AND] So Many. A Folio Dedicated to All Who Served with RAF Bomber Command 1939-45. [lLondon], 1995. 2 volumes, folio, each no. 323 of 401 copies signed by the artist and creative team, each volume contains 25 silhouette portraits of Battle of Britain pilots and crewman, each signed by the subject, numerous illustrations and facsimile letters and documents throughout, original dark blue goatskin lettered in gilt by Hartnolls of Bodmin, ...So Few with RAF embroidered Wings inset to upper board, ...So Many with bronze relief by James Butler (RA) inset to upper board, each with original case (2)

BLAEU, WILLEMTheatrum Orbis Terrarum, volume 5 comprising Scotland and Ireland Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, volume 5 comprising Scotland and Ireland [Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas.] Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1654. Folio (520 x 343mm.), hand-coloured engraved title (with 5 x 4cm. square cut out of centre), 55 hand-coloured engraved maps, 2 plates at beginning & Moray ("Moravia") with slight browning at centre fold, a few maps very slightly discoloured, contemporary panelled vellum gilt, inscription at head of title "Don de Mr. Rod. Piguet, à Nyon", The Nether Warde of Clyds-dale with library stamp Société du Musée de Nyon

HOUGHTON, REV. W.BRITISH FRESH-WATER FISHES London: W. Mackenzie, [1879]. Folio, 2 volumes, 41 colour plates, original decorative red cloth gilt

[THE] GLADIATOR - [A TORRIDON GAZETTE] - [DARROCH OF TORRIDON]A LONG RUN OF A RARE PRIVATELY PRODUCED ROSS & CROMARTY "GAZETTE" commencing May 5th 1884 - December 1892, c. 118 numbers, each number comprising from 4 - 20pp, folio, lithographed throughout, "Printed by Prutchkin at Torridon in the County of Ross", c. 600 pages in all, profusely illustrated, the "title-page" by Marion Coleridge, contemporary half calfNote: A very rare, privately produced, "Gazette", supposedly printed by "Prutchkin & Co. at Torridon in the County of Ross", one number with statement "N.B. For Private Circulation only" . The quality of the illustrations, and the length of the contributions, increase over the 9 year period of production. The work is almost certainly that of a member of the Darroch family, resident at Torridon between 1873 and 1910. Many of the stories and pieces of "fashionable intelligence" relate to members of the Darroch family and the indices give the names of numerous contributors, including D. Darroch, C.B. Scott, GT.D. Coleridge, H. Troubridge, R.F. Reynard, M.C. Dixon, D. Maclachlan & others, and illustrations by A.A Sykes, M. Coleridge, C.J. Davidson, & others. The text is often highly amusing, and gives great insights into the life of a cultured family in a remote part of the Highlands in the 1880's and 90's. The only reference found onloine to the "Gladiator" is of a single number discovered in a time capsule found in 2015 hidden in the wall of Coire Church, Torridon. Provenance: Torridon House, Earls of Lovelace; signature to front endpaper of Alasdair R. Darroch. Torridon House was built by Duncan Darroch, Baron of Gourock who bought the Torridon estate in 1873, and died in 1910 at Torridon House.

WHEELER, GEORGE, SIRA JOURNEY INTO GREECE, IN COMPANY OF DR. SPON London: William Cademan, Robert Kettlewell & Awnsham Churchill, 1682. First edition, folio, with three tipped in vignettes and 4 full page plates (of 9) of coins at the end, numerous engravings in the text, contemporary calf, rebacked, title page a little dusty and with faded signature and pen marks in the margins, general discolouration throughout, tear in p. 65 (but no loss) and tear to upper outer corner of plate 4 of coins with loss of one coin, some minor marginal splits, lacking the map, with the book plates of Barwick Sharpe Browne, J.I.LL. Baker, and T. Murray Browne on the front pastedown and those of John and Michael Bury at the rear, ESTC R9388

BARTOLI, PIETRO SANTI & FRANCESCOLE PITTURE ANTICHE DELLE GROTTE DE ROMA, E DEL SEPOLCRO DE NASONI... DESCRITTE E ILLUSTRATE DA GIO. PIETRO BELLORI Rome: Gaetano Degli Zenobi, 1706. Folio (361 x 233mm.), woodcut device on title, pp. xii, 63; 75 engraved plates (numbered 1-24, 1-35, 1-16), armorial bookplate of Westport House, bookplate of J.B. Bury, contemporary half calf, joints partly plit at head and base, occasional light spotting, small marginal stain to B1-2Note: Collates as per BL and Cambridge copies.

STRUTT, JACOB GEORGESYLVA BRITANNICA London: published for the Author, [1830]. Small folio, engraved title-page, 49 plates, contemporary quarter morocco, initial leaves and engraved title with small sections cut from upper corners, some spotting; Autograph Letter Signed from Strutt, with an original illustration of a tree, dated Norwich Nov. 19th 1831, writing about a destructive hurricane (2)

CHESHIRE - ORMEROD, GEORGETHE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY PALATINE AND CITY OF CHESTER London: G. Routledge, 1882. 3 volumes, folio, 57 plates (2 hand-coloured) & 3 maps and plans (2 hand-coloured), modern maroon half morocco, library shelf number to foot of spines, bookplates Borough of Crosby Reference Library, library stamp only on title versos

ARCHITECTURAL HISTORYA COLLECTION OF WORKS ON ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING Lagenskiöld, Eric Michele Sanmicheli: the architect of Verona; his life and works. Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells, 1938., Folio, publisher's printed paper wrappers; Rivoira, G.T. Lombardic architecture. Tr. G. McN. Rushforth. London: Heinemann, 1910. 2 vols., folio, publisher's cloth, t.e.g., dust wrappers, signature of Jane Bury, 1910, on the front free endpaper of vol. 1; D'Onofrio, Cesare Le fontane di Roma. Seconda edizione. Rome: Staderni, 1962. Folio, publisher's cloth; Barbieri, F. & G. Beltramini Vincenzo Scamozzi 1548-1616. Vicenza, 2007. Folio, publisher's printed wrappers; Guillaume, Jean Les traités d'architecture de la Renaissance: actes du colloque tenu a Tours 1-11 juillet 1981. Paris: Picard, 1988. Large 4o., publisher's printed wrappers; Guillaume, Jean L'emploi des orders dans l'architecture de la Renaissance: actes du colloque tenu a Tours 9 -14 juin 1986. Paris: Picard, 1992. Large 4to., publisher's printed wrappers; Thoenes, Christof Sebastiano Serlio: Sesto Seminario Internazionale di Storia dell ' Architettura Vicenza 31 agosto - 4 settembre 1987. Milan: Electa, 1989. Large 4to., publisher's printed wrappers; Onians, John Bearers of meaning: the classical orders in antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Princeton (N.J.): Princeton University Press, 1988. 4to., publisher's cloth, dust wrappers; Barnard, T. & J. Clark, editors Lord Burlington : architecture, art and life. London: Hambledon Press, 1995. 8vo., publishers' cloth, dust wrappers; Portoghesi, Paolo Bernardo Vittone: un architetto tra illuminismo e rococo. Rome: Edizioni dell'Elefante, 1966. 4to., publisher's cloth; Cervera Vera, Luis Las estampas y el sumario de El Escorial por Juan de Herrera. Madrid: Editorial Tecnos, 1954. 4to., publisher's cloth, no 252 of an edition of 325, with the book plate of John Bury; Herrera, Juan de Sumario y breve declaracio de los disenos y estampas de El Escorial. Madrid, 1954. 12mo., publisher's cloth, a facsimile of the edition of 1589, issued in conjunction with the preceding title, with the book plate of John Bury, and approximately 50 other books and pamphlets, a quantity

PACHECO, MIGUELVIDA DE LA SERENISSIMA INFANTA DONA MARIA HIJA DEL REY MANOEL Lisbon: en la officina de Iuan de La Costa, 1675. Folio, vignette on title page, 18th century mottled calf, spine decorated gilt, a.e.g., a few leaves browned, tear in the lower margin of f 107 and tears in the margins of ff.68 and 170, with repairs to the latter with loss of a few letters of text, with the book plates of John and Michael Bury; Gomos de Brito, Bernardo As tenças testamentarias de Infanta D. Maria. Lisbon, 1907. Folio, original printed paper wrappers, edges uncut, Archivo Historico Portuguez, Vol. V, no 4 of 21 copies; Michaelis de Vasconcellos, Carolina A Infanta D. Maria de Portugal e as suas damas. Porto, 1902. Folio, portrait frontispiece, original printed paper wrappers, spine splitting, a copy on Large Paper, with a presentation inscription from the author to the Portuguese historian Antonio Baião; Morais, Sebastião de Vita et morte della serenissima prencipessa di Parma e di Piacenza. Et del serenissimo signor don Duarte suo fratello. Venice; appresso I Gioliti, 1584. 12mo., printer's device on the title page, full page woodcut, contemporary vellum, inners joints splitting, title page dusty with a couple of holes (not affecting text, some discolouration of other leaves, Edit 16 60626: USTC 843416 and another (5)Note: Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu (1521 - 1577) an Infanta of Portugal, the only daughter of King Manuel I of Portugal and Eleanor of Austria. A noted patron of the arts, Maria's personal wealth rivalled that of the king, her brother (John III of Portugal), making her the richest woman in Portugal and one of the richest in Europe. Maria was briefly considered, along with her cousin Christina, Dowager Duchess of Milan, as a bride for Henry VIII. Pacheco's work includes correspondence relating to her proposed marriages.

HYDE, EDWARD, EARL OF CLARENDONTHE HISTORY OF THE REBELLION AND CIVIL WARS IN ENGLAND, BEGUN IN THE YEAR 1641 Oxford: Theater, 1702-04. First edition, 3 volumes, large folio engraved portrait in each volume, half-titles, contemporary panelled calf, non-uniform, each volume with spine rebacked (3)

FALDA, GIOVANNI BATTISTALE FONTANE DI ROMA NELLE PIAZZE, E LUOGHI PUBLICI DELLA CITTÀ CON LI LORO PROSPETTI. Libro Promo. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi. Engraved title, dedication leaf & 31 plates; [and] Le Fontane delle Ville di Frascati, nel Tusculano, con li loro prospetti. Parte Seconda. Rome: Giacomo de Rossi, engraved title, dedication leaf & 16 plates; [comprising parts 1 and 2 (of 4) of Le Fontane], [c.1675-1691], oblong folio (271 x 392mm), contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, rubbed, bookplates of J.B. and Michael Bury

HOLLANDA, FRANCESCO DEWORKS BY OR ABOUT FRANCESCO DE HOLLANDA, TO INCLUDE: I Quattro dialoghi intorno alla pittura antica. Naples: Franceso Perrella, 1915. 2 vols., folio, publisher's wrappers, edges uncut, text in Portuguese and Spanish, edited by Achille Pellizzari; Quatre dialogues sur la peinture. Tr. Leo Rouanet. Paris: Librairie Honore Champion, 1911. 8vo., contemporary quarter morocco, cloth boards, original printed wrappers bound in one of 506 copies, with the book plate of John Bury; Da pintura Antigua: commentada por Joaquim de Vasconcellos. Porto: Renascena Portuguesa, 1918, 8vo., contemporary cloth, original printed wrappers bound in, presentation inscription from Vasconcellos; Aguiar, Antonio de A Genealogia illuminada do Infante Dom Fernando por Antonio de Hollanda e Simao Bening. Lisbon: Grafica Santelmo, 1962. Folio, publisher's printed wrappers, no 344 of an edition of 500 copies and signed by Aguiar; Vasconcellos, Joaquim de Francisco de Hollanda. Vier Gespräche über die Malerei geführt zu Rom 1538. Wien: Carl Graeser, 1899. 8vo., boards with original printed wrappers mounted, book plate of John Bury; Deswarte, Sylvie Ideias e imagens em Portugal na epoca dos descobrimentos: Francisco de Hollanda e a teoria da arte. Lisbon: DIFEL, 1992. Folio, publisher's cloth, dust wrappers; Segurado, Jorge Francisco d'Ollanda da sua vida e obras. Lisbon: Edicoes Excelsior, 1970. Folio, publishers limp boards, dust wrappers, and 4 others (12)

STAFFORD, LADY [ELIZABETH LEVISON GOWER], COUNTESS OF SUTHERLANDVIEWS IN ORKNEY AND ON THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF SCOTLAND [London:] 1807. Folio, [120 copies printed], portrait, 28 engraved plates, contemporary quarter calf, small repaired tear and some ink soiling to final plate, a little foxing, some rubbing to coversProvenance: A note in pencil on the half-title reads: by The Duchess Countess of Sutherland and given by her to Sir Hugh James

SCOTTISH MILITARY HISTORY21 BOOKS, INCLUDING ABERCROMBY, PATRICK The Martial Achievements of the Scots Nation. Edinburgh: Robert Freebairn, 1711. 2 volumes, folio, later green half morocco; Keltie, John S. The Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Regiments. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co., [n.d.] 8 volumes, 4to, original red cloth gilt; [Idem] History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans and Regiments. London: William Mackenzie, [n.d.] 5 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt; Stewart, David, Colonel Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland: with details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable, 1822. 2 volumes, 8vo, cloth; The War Office Rules and Regulations for the Sword Exercise of the Cavalry. London: T. Egerton, 1796. 8vo, later cloth; and 3 others, sold not subject to return (21)

APIAN, PETRUSASTRONOMICUM CESAREUM [Ingolstadt]: Edition Leipzig, 1967. Folio, first facsimile edition taken from the copy in the Gotha State Library, dated 1540, publisher's brown morocco gilt; with Diedrich Wattenberg's accompanying volume, both contained in slipcaseNote: This is an unusual, if not unique, facsimile copy of the Astronomicum Caesareum. About the facsimile of the work, Owen Gingerich writes: "Although their facsimile is a triumph of modern printing technology, the reproduction as issued is by no means a precision instrument. The reason is simple: the volvelles have been put down without insight into the subtlety of Apianus's original design...there are even more conspicuous errors in the facsimile. The assembly of disks found in folio C of the facsimile belongs on F11..." [Owen Gingerich. Apianus's Astronomicum Caesareum and its Leipzig Facsimile in Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1971]. With this in mind, this copy of the facsimile has been somewhat 'corrected' in order to properly situate the volvelles.

MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK, 1734ELIZABETH IORDASON Folio (310 x 200mm.), 18 pages of index, c.108 pages of 240 recipes in a large legible hand, ruled in red, & 9 pages, probably slightly later, in a different hand, contemporary panelled calf with original morocco label "Eliz.th Io[r]dason July the 25th 1734", some spots and stains, a few leaves loose, worn, head and base of spine repaired

GREW, NEHEMIAHMUSAEUM REGALIS SOCIETATIS Or a Catalogue & Description of the Natural and Artifical Rarities belonging to the Royal Society. London: printed by W. Rawlins, 1681. First edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, folio, [12], 386, [2], [2 (blank)], 43; portrait frontispiece & 31 plates [two folding], contemporary calf gilt, worn, hinges splitting, plate 5 & 6 cut round and laid down, plate 31 laid down, some worming to lower margin from plate 7 onwards, portrait and final plate laid downNote: Wing G1952

HOLY BIBLEPRINTED BY JOHN BASKERVILLE The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New... Birmingham: John Baskerville, 1769-1771. Folio, modern quarter calf, title-page laid-down, lacking quires 3P & 3Q [ESTC T93103]; Bible The Bible: That is, the Holy Scriptures Contained in the Olde and New Testament. London: the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1598. 8vo, modern half calf, ownership signatures and genealogies, lacking E1 & E8, lacking Q3-6, and other leaves [ESTC S122529] (2)

BIRCH, THOMASTHE HEADS OF ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS OF GREAT BRITAIN London: J. & P. Knapton, 1747. Folio, title with engraved vignette, 108 engraved portraits, contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine, upper joint splitting, a little light spotting, slight stain to 2 plates, corners repaired

ITALY. ANTIQUITIES[MASSIMO, VITTORIO] Notizie istoriche della Villa Massimo alle Terme Diocleziane. Roma: Salviucci, 1836. 4to., 6 engraved plates, contemporary calf, blind and gilt boarders, a.e.g., edges a little rubbed, the casino and the palazzo were demolished in the 1880s to make way for Rome's central railway station; Marquez, Pietro Illustrazioni della Villa di Mecenate in Tivoli. Rome: nella stamperia de Romanis, 1812. Folio, with 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary paper wrappers, uncut, a little spotting; Marquez, Pietro Delle ville di Plinio il Giovane. Rome: presso il Salomoni, 1796. 8vo., with an engraved map, 2 folding plans, 2 engravings in the text, contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, edges uncut, book plate of John Bury; Oddi, Giuseppe, and others.Memorie e documenti da servire alla storia della chiusa dell' Aniene in Tivoli. Rome: Ajani, 1831. Folio, 7 large folding hand coloured plates, contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards, head, tail and corners, rubbed and worn; Nibby, Antonio Del Foro Romano, della Via Sacra, dell'Anfiteatro Flavio et de' luoghi adjacenti. Rome: Vincenzo Poggioli, 1819. 8vo., with 5 engraved plates (4 folding), paper boards, uncut (10)

A COLLECTION OF FACSIMILE BOOKS OF HOURS & OTHER FACSIMILESINCLUDING Warner, G. Queen Mary's Psalter. 1912. 4to, maroon half morocco gilt; Walter, I.F. Codices illustres. Taschen, 2001, dustwrapper; The Gutenberg Bible New York: Brussel, 1968, 3 volumes, original cloth, slipcase; Bibliotheque Nationale Paris Les Grandes Heures de Jean Duc de Berry. 1971, folio, slipcase; Brown, M.P. The Luttrell Psalter, a Facsimile. 2006, folio, dustwrapper; Bayer, Joannes Uranometria. Alburgh, 1987. Folio, 2 copies; Henry, F. The Book of Kells. Reproductions from the Manuscript. 1976. 4to, slipcase; Chaucer, G. The Works. A Facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer. Cleveland, 1958. Folio, dustwrapper; Bible The Luther Bible of 1534. Complete facsimile edition. Taschen. Folio, 2 volumes, [n.d.]; Schaeffer, C. The Hours of Etienne Chevalier Jean Fouquet. 1974. 4to, slipcase; Ferrari, G.E. The Grimani Breviary. 1972. 4to, slipcase; Sandler, L.F. The Psalter of Robert de Lisle. 1983. Folio, slipcase; Fahy, E. The Medici Aesop Spencer MS 50 from the Spencer Collection. New York, 1989, 4to, dustwrapper; Higgitt, J. The Murthly Hours. 2000. 8vo, dustwrapper; Westwood, J.O. The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts. 1988. Folio, dustwrapper; Fingernagel, A. In the Beginning was the Word. Taschen, 2003; Schedel, H. Chronicle of the World. 1493. Taschen, folio; Schedel, H. The Nuremberg Chronicle, a Facsimile. Landmark Press, folio, slipcase; Bindman, D. William Blake. The Complete Illuminated Books. 2000. 4to, dustwrapper; and 17 others (listed in Condition Report)

COLONNA, FRANCESCOPOLIPHILI HYPNEROTOMACHIA ubi humana omnia non nisi somnium esse ostendit, atque obiter plurima scitu sanequam digna commemorat. London: Methuen, 1904. Folio, publisher's quarter buckram, 172 woodcuts in the text, paper boards, printed paper label, edges uncut, cracking of lower inner margin, book plate of Robert Gregory, a facsimile of the first edition of 1499; Fierz-David, Linda The dream of Poliphilo related and interpreted. New York, Pantheon, 1950. 8vo., publishers' cloth and five other related titles (7)

ILLUSTRATED WORKS5 BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY DORÉ ETC. Keats, John Endymion. London: E. Moxon, Son and Co., 1873. Folio, illustrated by Joubert, original red cloth gilt; Tennyson, Alfred Enid. London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1868. Folio, illustrated by Doré, original blue cloth gilt; [Idem] Vivien. London: Edward Moxon and Co., 1867. Folio, illustrated by Doré, original blue cloth gilt; Perrault Les Contes... Paris: J. Hetzel, 1867. Folio, illustrated by Doré, original brown cloth gilt; Dowden, Professor E., editor Shakespeare Scenes and Characters, a Series of Illustrations. London: Macmillan and Co., 1876. Folio, contemporary half morocco gilt (5)

MENNIE, DONALD & PUTNAM WEALETHE PAGEANT OF PEKING Shanghai: A.S. Watson & Co., 1920. First edition, folio, number 470 of 1000 copies, 66 tipped-in photographs, original blue silk covers with gilt lettering, a little silk to upper cover and spine gnawed away, some fading to covers in places, some foxing

OCKHAM PARK [SURREY] - ORIGINAL GRASS SPECIMENS"OCKHAM GRASSES - NO. 1" (AS LETTERED ON COVER0 Large folio (48.5 x 35cm.) Manuscript leaf dedicated to the Rt Hon. the Earl of Lovelace, manuscript index leaf listing 34 pages of specimens of grasses, each captioned and with facing ms. description "drawn from Sinclair’s ‘Hortus Graminus Woburnensis’, contemporary half calf, red morocco label on upper cover, head and tail of spine wornProvenance: Ockham Park, the seat of the Earl and Countess of Lovelace, was largely rebuilt by Lord Chancellor King, who died in 1734, and more completely altered by the late Lord King, ancestor to the Earl of Lovelace, who died in 1833. The house was gutted by fire in 1948.

VREDEMAN DE VRIES, HANSPICTORES, STATUARII, ARCHITECTI, LATOMI et quicunque principum magnificorumque virorum memoriae aeternae inservitis, adeste: & hunc libellum varias coenotaphiorum, tumulorum & mortuorum monumentorum formas. [Antwerp], excudebat Hieronymus Cock, 1563. Folio, 27 engraved plates (including an engraved title page), later half brown morocco, cloth boards, later paper wrappers bound in, title page a little dusty, a couple of marginal wormholes, some offsetting from the plates, plates not bound in original order, book plates of John and Michael BuryNote: Berlin Katalogue 3641: USTC 404399 [Galle edition]; The New Hollstein, Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700. The Van Doetecum Family Part II: The Antwerp Years 1554-1575, edited by Ger Luijten and Christian Schuckman, Rotterdam, 1998, nos. 300-326. Through his various publications, Vredeman de Vries is recognised as the 'foremost among sixteenth century Netherlandish [architectural] authors [...] an engraver, architect, and painter of prodigious imagination and talent' (Millard, Northern European Books, p.19).The British Library describes its copy as having numbered plates whereas the present copy has unnumbered plates. Both the BL and USTC also describing it as 4to. USTC gives the printer as Philip Galle. Galle, who acquired the plates at a later date, does not appear on the present version of the title, and neither it nor the other plates have Latin captions. The impressions of the 27 plates (title page + 26) that make up the present copy of the Coenotaphiorum appear to be early states, before numbers and before lettered texts were introduced into the lower margins. We have not been able to trace any other examples of a complete set of these early impressions. However, there are three prints in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, described in Hollstein, which evidently match the present set and which could be the surviving remnants of a once-complete set.

THE STUARTS AND JACOBITE RISINGS, 45 VOLUMESINCLUDING RAY, JAMES A Compleat History of the Rebellion. Bristol, 1750. 12mo, engraved plates, modern quarter calf; [Douglas, Francis] History of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746. Aberdeen, 1755. 12mo, modern quarter calf; Highland and Jacobite Exhibition, Inverness, 1903 Official Catalogue of Exhibits. Inverness, 1903. 8vo, original cloth-backed tartan boards; Jesse, J.H. Memoirs of the Pretenders. 1845, 2 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, later half cloth; Johnstone, Chevalier de. Memoirs. 1820. 4to, engraved plates, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked; Paton, H. The Lyon in Mourning, 1895-96, 3 volumes, original cloth gilt; Seton, Sir B.G. The Prisoners of the '45. 1928-29, 3 volumes, original cloth gilt; Skeet, F.J.A. Stuart Papers, Pictures, Relics, Medals and Books. Leeds, 1930. 4to, number 196 of 375 copies signed by the author, original cloth, t.e.g.; Johnstone, Chevalier de Memoirs of the Rebellion in 1745 and 1746. 1821. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, map, contemporary calf, rebacked; Lang, A. Prince Charles Edward Stuart. London: Groupil & Co., 1900. Folio, original blue half morocco gilt; and an 8vo copy in cloth, 1903; Daiches, D. Charles Edward Stuart. 1973, dustwrapper; Mahon, R.H. Life of Hon. James Murray. 1921, spine worn; Genuine Memoirs of John Murray; Tremoille, Duc de la A Royalist Family, Irish and French (1689-1789) and Prince Charles Edward. 1904. 4to, original cloth; Duke, W. Lord George Murray and the Forty-Five. 1927, 8vo, original cloth; Macdonalds, A. Memorials of the '45. 1930, original cloth; Eardley-Simpson, L. Derby and the Forty-Five. 1933, original cloth; Norie, W. Drumond The Life & Adventures of Prince Charles Edward Stuart. London: The Caxton Publishing Company, [n.d.] 4 volumes, 4to, original blue cloth gilt; Henderson, T.F. James I. and VI. Paris: Goupil & Co., 1904. Folio, original brown half morocco gilt; Lovat, Simon, Lord The Whole Proceedings in the House of Peers upon the Impeachment... against Simon Lord Lovat. [1746] Folio, later half calf, lacking title-page; and 18 others, sold not subject to return (44)

LIZARS, JOHNA SYSTEM OF ANATOMICAL PLATES Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars, [n.d. but around 1825]. 2 volumes: folio (atlas) volume and 8vo text volume dated 1822-1833, 101 plates, including 15 hand-coloured, text volume in 12 parts, original cloth, some fading and wear to covers (2)

GRUNER, LEWISFRESCO DECORATIONS. STUCCOES OF CHURCHES & PALACES IN ITALY DURING THE FIFTEENTH & SIXTEENTH CENTURIES London: John Murray, 1844. First edition, large folio (55 x 44cm.), lithographed title, 46 lithographed plates (numbered 1-30 + 2a & 17a + I - XIII, + 46 - as called for in list of plates), 34 partly or fully hand-coloured, salmon pink half morocco, dampstain to upper margin of some plates, rubbed, bookplate of the Earl of Lovelace

ROBSON, GEORGE FENNELLSCENERY OF THE GRAMPIAN MOUNTAINS London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. Folio, list of subscribers at rear, hand-coloured folding engraved map, 41 hand-coloured aquatint plates, contemporary half morocco, bookplate and sticker to paste-down endpaper, upper cover detached, spine chipped, initial plate torn with minimal loss, some offsetting from plates and map, some soiling along inner margins of plates

JOURNAL MANUEL DE PEINTURES - CHARLES MOREAU & MOREL ET CIEMODÈLES DE BOIS, AND OTHERS Paris, late 19th century. 2 volumes, folio, 72 chromolithographed plates loose in original brown cloth gilt portfolio cases, with an additional 14 plates from similar publications showing marbling, wood veneers and ideas for wall paintings; Morel et Cie Journal-Manuel de Peintures... Paris, 1850-1852. Folio, 49 chromolithographed plates only (of over 50), contemporary calf, a little rubbed, some internal spotting, one plate with closed marginal cuts; [Idem] Journal-Manuel de Peintures... Paris, 1872-1874. Folio, 47 chromolithographed plates, contemporary quarter calf; sold not subject to return (4)Provenance: From a Scottish Country House Library

ROSSI, GIOVANNI BATTISTAPALAZZI DIVERSI NEL'ALMA CITA DI ROMA ET ALTRE Rome: ad instanza di Giovanni Battista Rossi, 1638. Oblong folio, 52 engraved plates (including the engraved title page), contemporary limp vellum, early repair to upper inner joint, margins a little dusty, light offsetting of the prints throughout, with the book plates of John and Michael Bury

UNDERWOOD THOMAS (Pubs).  The Buildings of Birmingham Past & Present. 2 vols. 2 litho titles, fldg. linen map, 2 fldg. plates & 31 other litho plates. Oblong folio. Well worn cond. 1866 & n.d.

BAILLIE-GROHMAN W. A. Sport In Art. Illus. Quarto. Orig. blue cloth. Ex lib. with stamps, 1969; also 2 Folio Society vols. in slip cases. (3).

Parade Magazine.  Large quantity of orig. parts of this folio periodical, incl. complete vols. 1940's.

FORDYCE W.  A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields … Iron, Its Ores, & Processes of Manufacture … including Estimates of the Capital Required. Double page eng. map & 35 full or double page plates & tables, as called for. Folio. Rebound qtr. calf. 1860.