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*Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). One of Winston Churchill's partly-smoked cigars, kept by Chief Steward Petty Officer Leslie Anderson (1901-1983), as a memento of Churchill's stay aboard HMS Pembroke, 1943, 13cm, together with a typed memo of a letter from Commander Thompson, personal assistant to Churchill, congratulating all those concerned, including Anderson, for their efforts, official ink manuscript reference, one page, 4to, plus a second personal autograph letter signed from Thompson to Anderson, on 10 Downing Street letterhead, dated 16 February 1943, thanking Anderson for his accounts and service and asking for the names responsible for making Churchill's stay go so smoothly, 2 pp., 8vo, plus Anderson's personal Certificate of Service record, from 1920 until 1945, 4 pp., linen spine, soiled and a little frayed, folio Churchill was so impressed with Anderson that he offered him a job at Downing Street, after his service with the Royal Navy ended in 1945. Anderson subsequently worked with the Downing Street staff for six years. During his service in the Royal Navy, Anderson was sent out to Churchill's villa at Casablanca, at short notice, where he organised the household on the occasion of the ten day Allied Leaders Conference which included US President Roosevelt. Two original press photographs are included in the lot: one showing Churchill, Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek sitting together chatting in front of the villa at Casablanca, 1943; the second showing the three leaders accompanied by various officials. Provenance: Acquired by the current owner from descendants of the Anderson family. (6)

[Montanus, Arnoldus]. Ambassades de la Compagnie Hollandoise des Indes d'Orient, vers L'Empereur du Japon, 2 volumes, 2nd edition in French, Henry Drummond, Leiden, 1686, additional engraved title to volume 1, woodcut devices to printed titles, p.131 in volume 2 misnumbered 311, a little light soiling, small wormtracks to front pastedowns, contemporary limp vellum-backed boards, some soiling, 12mo Small format translation from the original Dutch folio edition of 1669, collected from Dutch East India Company accounts edited by missionary Arnoldus Montanus. (2)

Napper (Robert Peters). Views in Wales. The Vale of Neath, 1st edition, [London?]: British and Foreign Portrait Company, [1864], 13 albumen prints (20.5 x 15.5 cm) mounted rectos only on card leaves with printed captions (the first of these constituting the title page), 13 leaves of descriptive letterpress (including 'Introduction' to accompany title), variable spotting to mounts, prints faded along edged but retaining their strong tonal range, text-leaves browned, initial blank inscribed 'Fred[eric]k & M. A. Sturge from their affect[ionat]e friend, R. P. Napper, May 1864', original purple cloth gilt, spine faded, headcaps frayed, a few pale marks to sides, tips bumped and worn, folio (37.5 x 27.2 cm) No other copies traced at auction, five complete copies located in libraries world-wide (British Library, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, and Oxford); the National Library of Wales has two additional incomplete copies and an apparent nonce volume of twenty photographs by Napper. Napper (1819-1867), from Newport in Wales, traded in partnership with Thomas Miller McLean and Arthur James Melhuish as McLean, Melhuish, Napper and Co. at 26 Haymarket, London, from 1859 to 1861 (Hannavy, Encyclopaedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, pp. 919-20). He travelled to Spain at the request of Francis Frith (a fellow Quaker) circa 1862-3 and exhibited a small collection of Welsh and Spanish photographs at the Photographic Society, London, in 1864, having previously exhibited a single photograph of Raglan Castle in 1860 (Taylor, Photographs Exhibited in Britain 1839-1865 p. 553). He is also recorded as a member of the Blackheath Photographic Society; the 'British and Foreign Portrait Company' is traced only in connection with the present work. The descriptive text is by Welsh amateur photographer Charles Henry Waring (1818-1887, for whom see Taylor & Schaaf, Impressed by Light, British Photographs from Paper Negatives, 1840-1860, pp. 387-8). (1)

Locke (John). Works, 3rd edition, for Arthur Bettesworth [and others], 1727, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved epitaph plate, volume 1 leaves Y2-3 transposed, short closed tear in volume 2 leaf 4K3, bookplates of Robert Raikes (English banker, 1765-1837), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, covers scuffed, tips worn, folio (31.7 x 19.8 cm) (3)

Twycross (Edward, editor). The Mansions of England and Wales. County of Cornwall, 1st edition, C. J. Greenwood, 1846, 51 tinted lithographic plates (of 52; lacking one of the 3 views of Place), double-page map, variable spotting (light to moderate), several plates nicked or frayed in margins, extensive tear in one plate (Marlborough House, facing p. 89), gutta percha perished, contents loose in original blue cloth binding, rear joint split at head and foot, folio (38 x 25 cm) Rare: not in Abbey or Boase & Courtney (Bibliotheca Cornubensis); no copies traced in institutions. Between 1847 and 1850 a further five volumes appeared, with Ackermann rather than Greenwood as the publisher. Of these, the first three related to Lancashire and the remaining two to Cheshire. Library records for Twycross's series do not appear to make any mention of the Cornwall volume, of which we trace one other copy in auction records (rebound and with 45 plates only). (1)

[Burke, Edmund & William]. An Account of the European Settlements in America, 2 volumes, 6th edition, with improvements, printed for J. Dodsley, 1777, engraved folding map frontispiece by Emanuel Bowen to each volume (spotted and offset), contemporary sprinkled calf, extremities rubbed, volume 1 front joint cracked but holding, 8vo (21 x 12.2 cm), together with: Hunter (John D.) Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen, new edition, Longman [and others], 1823, lithographic portrait frontispiece facing right (see Howes), ownership inscriptions to title page, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt spine, slightly marked, scorch-mark to rear board, tips worn, 8vo (21.6 x 12.6 cm), Warden (David Bailie), A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America, from the Period of their First Colonization to the Present Day, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1819, half-titles, folding hand-coloured map to volume 1 (splits, tears and partial repairs), folding plan of Washington, DC to volume 2 (torn and browned), covers detached, rubbed, 8vo (21.2 x 13.5 cm), Kendall (George Wilkins), Narrative of the Texan Santa F‚ Expedition, 2 volumes, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1844, 4 engraved plates including frontispieces, 1 lithographic plate, folding map, pale damp-staining to first 100 or so pages of each volume, volume 1 spotted, map repaired, contemporary ownership inscriptions of one William Fulton to title pages, modern half morocco, large 12mo (19.6 x 12 cm), and 8 others, 19th-century Americana, including Thomas Hamilton's Men and Manners in America (1st edition, 1823, presentation copy) and similar, leather bindings, 8vo and folio Sabin 9282 (Burke), 33921 (Hunter), 101366 (Warden), 37360 (Kendall); Howes B974 (Burke), H813 (Hunter; this is the first edition to contain the portrait), W98 (Warden, mentioning a first issue with colophon dated 1818; this copy dated 1819), K75 (Kendall). (18)

Antonio (Nicolas). Bibliotheca Hispana sive Hispanorum ... qui post annum secularem MD usque ad praesentem diem floruere, 2 vols., Rome, Nicolai Angeli Tinassii, 1672, engraved title to each volume by Theresia del Po, printed title to first volume in red and black, text in double column, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, pages 467 & 531 with marginal repairs, a little light spotting and toning, a few small water stains, bookplates of Robert Barclay, Bury Hill, near contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, loss to one spine label, tear at head of volume I spine, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio Palau 13309. See Macclesfield Library part 12, lot 4329. Breslauer-Folter 66 'The best Spanish bibliography published prior to the eighteenth century, containing references to Spanish writers since 1500'. (2)

Speed (John). The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of ye Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans, London: John Sudbury and George Humble, 1614, engraved title page (trimmed and mounted with slight loss along fore edge), woodcut portraits and coins throughout by Christoph Schweitzer, light browning, moderate soiling, repaired tear in 4A2[superscript 2], closed tear in 5F1, lacking errata leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, folio (42 x 26.5 cm), together with: Charles I (King of England), Basilika. The Works of King Charles the Martyr, 2nd edition, for Richard Chiswell, 1687, engraved armorial frontispiece, engraved additional title page, 3 double-page plates ('The Parable of Jotham', 'The goodly Cedar', and the additional frontispiece to the Eikon), 18th-century mezzotint portrait of Charles by Smith after van Dyke mounted to engraved title verso, related pamphlet and manuscript notes laid in, contemporary panelled calf, covers detached, folio (42 x 27 cm), Hughes (John, & White Kennet, editors), A Complete History of England, 3 volumes, 1st edition, for Brab. Aylmer [and others], 1706, 28 engraved portraits including frontispieces (of 30?: lacking plate of Elizabeth I and one other), volume 2 frontispiece and title page detached, frayed and water-stained, occasional damp-staining elsewhere, contemporary boards with leather removed (partly extant on spines), worn, folio, Loggan (David), Oxonia illustrata, 1st edition, 1675, engraved title, index leaf and 3 text leaves (all loose), 19 double-page engraved plates (of 40), damp-staining to corners occasionally touching images, engraved bookplate of John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle (1750-1842), contemporary mottled calf, worn, joints cracked, large folio (51 x 38.5 cm) Josephus (Flavius), The Works which are Extant ... translated from the Original Greek, according to Dr. Hudson's Edition, by John Court, 1st edition, R. Penny and J. Janeway, 1733, 9 engraved maps and plates including frontispiece (of 12?), many folding, frontispiece laid down, map of Jerusalem with crude repairs, quires 9M-O torn and repaired affecting text, modern half calf, folio, and 1 other STC 23046 (Speed); Wing C2076 and Madan, Eikon Basilike, 68 (King Charles I); Wing L2838 (Loggan). (8)

Folio Society. The Source of the Nile, by Richard Barton, 1993, facsimile folding map to front, The Siege of Krishnapur, by J.G. Farrell, 2008, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes, by Amin Maalouf, 2011, Reportage, 5 volumes, by George Orwell, 1998, Napoleon, by Georges Lefebvre, 2009, together with 51 further volumes of Folio Society, all history reference and related, all original cloth in slipcases, plus 25 related, G/VG, 8vo (85)

Nalson (John). A True Copy of the Journal of the High Court of Justice, for the Tryal of King. Charles I., as it was Read in the House of Commons, and Attested under the Hand of Phelps, Clerk to that Infamous Court, with a Large Introduction, 1st edition, Thomas Dring, 1684, engraved frontispiece and facing explanation leaf, engraved portrait plate and engraved plate of the trial (foremargin shaved) with facing explanatory leaf of letterpress (shaved heading and small split, some spotting or browning throughout, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper, concerning [Christopher] Whichcot[e], Governor of Windsor Castle, and a grave for King Charles I, near-contemporary ownership signature of (?)G.W. Hill to front pastedown and preliminary leaf foremargin, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached, folio Wing N116. (1)

Bion (Nicolas). The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, Translated by Edmund Soan, Printed by H.W. for John Senex and William Taylor, 1st English edition, 1723, title printed in red and black, 26 folding engraved tables, bound with A Supplement to the English Translation of Mr Bion's Construction and Use of Mathematical Instruments: Containing a further Account of the some of the most useful Mathematical Instruments, both Antient and Modern, and now Improved, printed for J. Richardson, 1758, three folding engraved plates, last plate cut down, lacks fourth plate, paginated as one, old dampstaining throughout and heavily embrowned from page 249 to end, some resultant marginal chipping not affecting text, recent quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, folio (32.5 x 21cm) Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Oldmixon (John). The History of England, During the Reigns of..., 2 volumes, printed for John Pemberton & Thomas Cox, 1730-35, some toning and marks, mixed contemporary full calf, boards partially detached and rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Rapin de Thoyras (M.), The History of England, volumes 2-5, 2nd edition, 1733, some light marks, uniform contemporary full calf, boards detached and rubbed, folio, and Mitchiner (Michael), Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, Hawkins Publications, 1986, title page signed by the author, numerous black and white illustrations, original red cloth, large 8vo, plus other 18th-20th century history reference and related, including a small notebook of original landscape waterccolours by 'Auntie Lizzie' of Norway (1913) & Dartmoor (1916), some leather bindings, some original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (2 cartons)

[Forbes, Duncan]. Some Considerations on the Present State of Scotland: in a Letter to the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures. To which is subjoined, a Letter from the Annual Committee of the Convention of Royal Boroughs, to the several Boroughs of Scotland, by Order of the General Convention, for preventing the pernicious Practice of Smuggling, Edinburgh: Printed by W. Sands, A. Murray, and J. Cochran, 1744, [2],32,[1],18pp., some spotting and dust-soiling, 20th century marbled wrappers, 8vo, together with [Fairfax, Henry], An Impartial Relation of the Illegal Proceedings against St. Mary Magdalen Colledge in Oxon, in the Year of our Lord 1687. Containing only matters of fact as they occurred ... Collected by a Fellow of the said Colledge., 2nd edition, London: Printed by Richard Baldwin, 1689, [4],66,[2]pp., closed tear to title repaired to verso, final leaf torn at head with slight loss, some dust-soiling and fraying, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, leather title label to upper board, slim 4to, with Charles II, An Act for the Encouraging & Increasing of Shipping and Navigation, 1660, bound with An Act for continuing of the Excise..., 1660, and An Act for the Regulating of the Trade of Bay-Making in the Dutch Bay-Hall in Colchester, 1660, some spotting and toning, modern cloth-backed marbled boards with leather title label to upper board, small slim folio, plus other 18th & 19th century pamphlets, mostly in modern cloth-backed marbled boards (approx. 90)

Australia. Australia's 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Material and Photographs relating to the "Landing" of Captain Arthur Phillip, R.N., at Park Cove, Sydney, on 26th January 1938, 58 mimeographed typescript leaves including title page, one with full-page mimeographed sketch plan, 2 reproduction watercolour folding plans, mounted original brochure, tipped-in sample certificate, 27 silver gelatin print photographs and numbered typescript captions mounted to stiff card leaves, title page inscribed 'To Frank Harvey Esq. (Captain Arthur Phillip R.N.), from G D Williams (Captain John Hunter RN), with compliments and plesant memories of 26th January 1938, 23-8-38', post-bound in original cloth-covered boards, front board lettered in gilt, sunned and marked, folio (33.6 x 19 cm), together with original copper-alloy commemoration medal (5.7 cm diameter) Souvenir album produced to commemorate the 150th anniversary reenactment of the landing of the First Fleet. This copy was presented to the actor Frank Harvey (1885-1965), who played Phillip in the 1935 film Heritage, and in the reenactment itself. (1)

*East India Company. Manuscript report on the secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and the nawabs of the Carnatic, signed by the author N. B. Edmonstone (1765-1841) as Persian translator to the government of Bengal, dated Fort William, Calcutta, 6 April 1800, written in a neat secretarial hand, 42 bifolia tied through single hole with silk thread, paginated 1-81 (final leaf blank), p. 1 slightly dust-soiled, folio (32 x 20 cm), together with: Howden (John Cradock, 1st Baron, 1759-1839), Manuscript minute on the proposed changes to army regulations following the Vellore Mutiny, signed by Howden as commander-in-chief, Madras, dated Madras, 29 March 1807, written in a neat secretarial hand, 12 bifolia tied through single hole with silk thread, unpaginated, final 3 pp. blank, creased along inner edge, outer leaves slightly nicked and dust-soiled, folio (32.5 x 21.5 cm) First item: original manuscript copy of Edmonstone's report to government of Bengal on the cache of correspondence between Tipu Sultan and his ministers which was found at Seringapatam after the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War (1798-9) and believed to reveal a secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and two successive nawabs of the Carnatic, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah (1717-1795) and Umdat al-Umara (1748-1801), who were notionally allied with the British. The findings were used to compel Umdat al-Umara's successor Azim ud-Daula to sign the Carnatic Treaty, which ceded control to the British. The report was published as part of governor-general Richard Wellesley's official account in Papers presented to the House of Commons from the East India Company, concerning the late Nabob of the Carnatic (London, 1802, volume 1, section A, enclosure c, pp. 4-18). Edmonstone was appointed chief secretary to the government of India in 1809. Provenance: acquired from William P. Wreden, California, USA, September 1964 (invoice). (2)

Victoria County Histories. Wiltshire, 19 volumes, 1st editions, 1953-2002, black & white plates and plans, volume 1 part 2 in contemporary half morocco, remaining volumes in original cloth, 12 volumes in dust-jackets (some spotted, vol. 2 dust jacket with few repaired closed tears), folio Comprises General introduction volume, and volumes 1 part I & part II, and volumes 2-17. Volumes 1 part I & part II, and volumes 3, 5-7 & 17 without dust jackets. (19)

Lipscomb (George). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, J. & W. Robins, 1847, 46 engraved or lithographic plates, variable spotting, later half russia, rebacked with original spines laid down, volume 2 front board detached, 4to (30.7 x 23.5 cm), together with: Nutter (M. E.) Carlisle in the Olden Time, 1st edition, Carlisle: Charles Thurnam, & London, Ackermann & Co., 1835, 18 litho- or zincographic plates including frontispiece and vignette title, contemporary hand-colouring heightened with gum arabic, all text-leaves present, plates misbound, vignette title and one plate (The Cathedral) rather spotted and marginally damp-stained, spotting to endpapers and final text-leaves, ?original red half morocco, front board damp-stained, folio (36.5 x 26 cm), Grose (Francis), The Antiquities of England and Wales, 6 (of 8) volumes in 3, new edition, for Hooper & Wigstead, [circa 1787], 6 engraved title pages, approximately 470 engraved plates, engraved vignette county maps to text leaves, spotting, edges untrimmed, modern cloth partially retaining old leather spines, 4to (28.2 x 21.6 cm), Lysons (Daniel & Samuel), Magna Britannia; being a Concise Topographical Account of the Several Counties of Great Britain, volume the first [of 6], containing Bedfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, 1st edition, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806, half-title, 53 engraved maps and plates (44 only called for in the list of plates), some folding and/or hand-coloured, spotting and browning, all edges untrimmed, 20th-century cloth-backed boards, 4to (30.5 x 22.5 cm), and approximately 20 others, Buckinghamshire interest, 19th and 20th century, including Edward Thomas, The Icknield Way (1st edition, 1913, original cloth), various formats Abbey Scenery 88 for Nutter (with the plates on india paper). Sold not subject to return. (33)

Browne (Joseph). Gratulatio Solennis Universitatis Oxoniensis..., Oxford, 1762, black and white engraved title with ex libris stamp to verso, some minor offsetting and marks, contains a loose handwritten letter by Sir Godfrey Rolles Driver (1892-1975) on 'The University of Oxford' headed notepaper, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, boards and spine slightly rubbed, folio, together with Ireland (John), Hogarth Illustrated, 3 volumes, 3rd edition, 1806, numerous black and white illustrations, some light marginal toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf board by Dickenson, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, and Perceval (George), The History of Italy..., 2 volumes, 1825, bookplates to original front endpapers, rebound with new endpapers, modern blue cloth, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century history and reference, including The Works of Ben Johnson, 6 volumes, 1716, mostly leather bindings, some rebound, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (57 volumes) (3 shelves)

Hood (C.I.). Hood's Photos of the World..., 2 volumes, USA, circa 1897, numerous pasted down monochrome illustrations, some toning, some detached pages, uniform original cloth, oblong 4to, together with The Scovill & Adams Company (publisher), The American Annual of Photography and Photographic Times, Almanac for 1895, New York, numerous black and white illustrations and adverts to front and rear, original gilt decorated green cloth, VG, 8vo, and Penn (Irving), Passage, A Work Record, 1991, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly marked, large 4to, plus other late 19th century and modern photography reference and related, including approximately 40 photography auction catalogues by Sotheby's & Christie's, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

St Helena. Local Laws of the Island of St. Helena. Comprising the various Ordinances, Orders in Council, and Proclamations, remaining in force on the 31st December, 1845, St Helena: printed a the Government Office by George Gibb, [1845], title page + 3 pp. contents + 27 (of 33) ordinances + 6 (of 13) orders in council + 2 (of 3) proclamations, front pastedown and title page inscribed 'Colonial Secretary's Office', final ordinance signed by colonial secretary R. C. Pennell, variable spotting and browning, a few leaves nicked or creased, loose in contemporary half calf with manuscript paper label to front board, worn, folio (32.5 x 20 cm), together with 7 similar folders of St Helena ordinances, mainly 19th century, frequently annotated in a clerical hand with details of amendments or repeal, contemporary half cloth or calf, similar condition, one with red wax seal of the governor's office to front board, folio, and 12 volumes of 20th-century St Helena ordinances, some from the Second World War, original cloth or wrappers, 2 volumes (both 1929) with internal worming and significant external wear, 8vo Collection of St Helena-printed colonial ordinances, orders in council and proclamations, with indication of provenance to the colonial secretary's office and concerning all conceivable aspects of life on the island, including commerce, agriculture, fishing and whaling, public health, law and order, constitutional matters, and public finances. The documents date from 1837, shortly after the island's establishment as a crown colony in 1834, to the mid-20th century. (20)

Pardoe (Julia). The River and The Desart: or Recollections of the Rhone and the Chartreuse, 2 volumes, 1838, black and white frontispiece to volume 1, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor toning and marks, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards and spines rubbed with some loss and cracked hinges, 8vo, together with Bent (W., publisher), The New Whole Duty of Man..., circa 1825, black and white engraved frontispiece, some marginal spotting, period inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary full calf, boards slightly rubbed, loss to head of spine, 8vo, and Paley (William), Natural Theology..., 3rd edition, printed for R. Fauler, 1803, period inscription to front pastedown, lacks front endpaper, minor toning, contemporary full calf, boards and spine rubbed, 8vo, plus other 17th to 19th century ilterature and theology reference and related, mostly leather bindings, some odd and incomplete volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 140 volumes) (6 shelves)

Camena d'Ameida (Pierre & Jongh, Francis de). L'Arm‚e Russe d'aprŠs photographies instantan‚es ex‚cut‚es..., Paris, [1896], heliogravure portrait, mounted chromolithograph plates, black & white illustrations from photos, sewing broken and contents loose, original wrappers, detached, lacking spine, slim folio, together with MacMunn (G.F.), The Armies of India, 1911, numerous colour plates (few loose), top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, 4to, with Reports, Correspondence and Original Papers..., connected with the duties of the Corps of Engineers, Madras Presidency. Arranged and printed for private circulation by Captain J.T. Smith, volume 2 only, Madras, 1859, and Plates for Major Straith's Treatise on Fortification and Artillery, 6th edition, 1852, linen-backed engraved plates and plans, some with juvenile marks and drawings Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (4)

Monro (Alexander, secundus ). A Description of all the Bursae Mucosae of the Human Body; Their Structure Explained, and Compared with that of the Capsular Ligaments of the Joints, and of those Sacs which Line the Cavities of the Thorax and Abdomen; with Remarks on the Accidents and Diseases which Affect those Several Sacs, and on the Operations Necessary for their Cure, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1788, ten engraved plates (including 5 folding), some dampstaing mostly to margins, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, edges untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original boards, modern buckram spine, slim folio, contained in a purpose made slipcase in half sheep and marbled sides 'This classic work contains the first full anatomical description of the sacs between the tendons and bones which Albinus had named the bursae mucosae. They are illustrated on 10 plates which for explicit clarity and accuracy have not been improved upon' (Heirs of Hippocrates 1011). 'The first serious study of this subject and the most original anatomical work by the greatest of the Monro dynasty.' (GM 399.2). (1)

[China]. Jiao (Bingzhen, active circa 1680-1720). Yu zhi geng zhi tu ['Imperial Farming'], China, 19th century, 50 doubled leaves of lightweight Chinese paper, 46 woodblock illustrations of rice and silk cultivation, woodblock text within pictorial borders comprising dragon motifs, a few pale spots, final leaf split along fore edge, laid-in annotated compliments slip from the keeper of oriental antiquities at the British Museum, 19th-century red roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed, narrow folio (25.6 x 14.8 cm) Reduced-format edition of this sought-after album of woodblock prints originally commissioned by the Kangxi Emperor and printed in 1696. Jiao Bingzhen was imperial astronomer and 'the most influential jiehua artist in the Kangxi court' (Chung, Drawing Boundaries: Architectural Images in Qing China, p. 49). (1)

Giovio (Paolo). Elogia virorum literis illusttrium, quotquot vel nostra velavorum memoria vixere, 1st edition, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1577, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut portraits in text, one or two small marginal tears and losses, previous owner inscription, 1818, at head of title, bound with Elogia virorum bellica virtute illustrium, septem libris iam olim ab authore comprehensa, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1575, title within woodcut border, woodcut portraits (10 woodcut borders without portraits), bound with Vitae illustrium virorum, 2 volumes, Petri Pernae, Basel, 1578-77, first volume title within woodcut border, woodcut portraits, colophon at end of volume I dated 1576, occasional water stains, mainly to first and second works, bookplate of Thomas Hodgkin, Newcastle upon Tyne (1831-1913, barrister and historian), 19th century tree calf gilt, covers detached, a little rubbed, folio Adams G648; G644; G667 respectively. Giovio's collection of portraits, which he kept at his villa on Lake Como, depicting contemporary and historical figures, including Columbus and Cortes, Renaissance rulers and Ottoman Sultans. (1)

Bion (Nicolas). The Construction and Principal Uses of Mathematical Instruments, translated by Edmund Stone, 1st edition in English, 1723, title printed in red and black, 26 folding engraved plates, some spotting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked and repaired, folio (1)

Covel (John). Some Account of the Present Greek Church, 1st edition, Cambridge: Cornelius Crownfield, 1722, half-title, 4 engraved plates, 2 engravings in text, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, scuffed, corners restored, folio (34.6 x 21.8 cm), together with: Murchio (Vincenzo Maria), Il viaggio all' Indie Orientali, 1st edition, Rome: Filippomaria Mancini, 1672, lacking half-title and engraved frontispiece, browned throughout, worming and paper-repairs in gutter, spill-burn in leaf D4 costing a few letters, extensive closed tear and old repair to 2B4, tide-mark in fore margins towards rear, errata leaf soiled and repaired, later paper boards, marked and worn, folio (29.5 x 19.5 cm), Josephus (Flavius), Works ... translated from the Original Greek, according to Dr. Hudson's Edition, by John Court, printed by R. Penny and J. Janewa, 1733, 10 (of 12?) engraved plates and maps including frontispiece, map of Jerusalem slightly chipped and with one fold partly split, quire 5A damp-stained, a few other marks, contemporary calf, worn, folio, Spencer (John), De legibus Hebraeorum ritualibus et earum rationibus ... editos ... Leonardus Chappelow, Cambridge: Typis academicis, 1727, engraved frontispiece, Ingestre Hall bookplate, contemporary calf, front board detached, folio Blackmer 420 for Covel; Atabey 1297 for the third edition of Murchio. 'Covel spent seven years in Constantinople (1670-76) as chaplain to the ambassador Sir Daniel Harvey and his successor Sir John Finch ... A very interesting work' (Blackmer). Murchio went to India as a missionary in 1656. 'Amat di San Filippo regards his relation as perhaps the most important of the 17th century Italian travellers' (Atabey); this first edition is rare. (4)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). In Epistolas M. Tullii Ciceronis, quae familiares vocantur, Paulli Manutii commentarius..., Lyon:: Carolum Pesnot, 1580, printer's woodcut device to title, occasional minor worm holes, later endpapers, near contemporary calf, upper panel of spine lacking, some wear to extremities, folio, together with Thucydides, L'histoire de Thucydide Athenien, de la guerre qui fut entre les Peloponnesiens & Atheniens, Translatee de Grec en Fran‡ois par feu Messire Claude de Seyssel Euesque de Marseille, & depuis Archeuesque de Turin, Addressee au treschrestien Roy de France Loys XII, Reveve et Corrigee sur l'exemplaire grec., Paris, 1559, woodcut decorative initials, bookplate of William Stirling Maxwell, 19th century vellum, blind monogram to uper board, folio, with Plutarch, Las vidas de los ilustres y excellentes Varones Griegos y Romanos, escritas primero en lengua Griega por el graue philosopho y verdadero historiador Plutarcho de Cheronea, y agora nueuamente traduzidas en Castellano por Juan Castro de Salinas, [Cologne], 1562, woodcut printer's device to title and early signature to upper margin, occasional light dampstains, bookplate of William Stirling, contemporary mottled calf, blind embossed armorial and monogram to boards, burgundy morocco title label to spine, upper joint split and some wear, folio, and Haraeus (Franciscus), Annales ducum seu principum Brabantiae totiusq Belgii Tomi tres: quorum primo solius Brabantiae, secundo Belgii uniti principum res gestae; tertio Belgici tumultus..., volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3) bound in one, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana apud Balthasarem Moretum et Viduam Ioannis Moreti et Io. Meursium, 1623, engraved title and portrait illustrations, few minor dampstaings and light spotting, contemporary vellum, spine torn at head, folio (4)

Gregynog Press. Clych Atgof by Owen Edwards, 1933, wood engraved frontispiece and letterpress illustrations, untrimmed, original tan Welsh sheepskin, lettered and tooled in brown with an abstract design of lines, a minor marks to spine, very small hole at foot of lower joint, 8vo, (limited edition 30/400), together with Caniadau, by W.J. Gruffydd, 1932, wood engraved illustrations, uncut edges, original quarter cloth, 4to, (limited 68/400), with Rhyfeddaf Fyth... Emynau a llythyrau Ann Griffiths ynghyd a'r byrgofiant iddi gan John Hughes, Pontrobert, a rhai llythyrau gan gyfeillion..., 1998, black & white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, original dark green quarter morocco gilt, small folio, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 31/350), and Cerddi Waldo Williams Detholiad gyda rhagymadrodd gan J.E. Caerwyn Williams..., 1992, black & white illustrations, original red quarter morocco, tall 8vo, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 47/350), plus five other Gregynog Press volumes (9)

Calvin (John). Lexicon Juridicum Iuris Caesarei simul, et Canonici: feudalis item, civilis, criminalis, theoretici, ac practici: & in schola..., editio postrema..., Geneva: Samuelis Chouet, 1664, title in red & black with woodcut device, some dust-soiling and spotting to first & last few leaves, contemporary vellum, blind embossed arabesque to centre of each board, few marks, folio, together with Xenophon, Philosophi et imperatoris clarissimi, quae exstant opera..., 2 volumes in one, Franfurt: Andreae Wecheli, 1596 & 1594, printer's woodcut device to both titles (volume 2 title dated 1594), a few decorative initials and woodcut device to verso of final leaf, some light dust-soiling mostly to first & last leaves, occasional spotting, bookplate of Stirling of Keir, 19th century half calf, upper board dented and damaged, joint and extremities worn, folio, with Roman y Zamora (Jeronimoplus), Republicas del mundo..., volume 1 only (of 2), Medina del Campo: Francisco del Canto, 1575, woodcut armorial to title with one line of title overlaid with paper, initial two leaves and final leaf frayed and few tears with some repairs, browning & spotting, some marginal dampstains, 20th century half sheep gilt, rubbed, folio, plus two other early 17th century continental antiquarian volumes (5)

Houghton (William). British Fresh-Water Fishes, 1st edition, William Mackenzie, 1879, 41 colour-printed wood-engraved plates, occasional spotting (stronger to endpapers and preliminaries), later roan-backed cloth, worn, folio (37 x 26.8 cm), together with: Loudon (Jane), The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Annuals, 1st edition, William Smith, 1840, 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates with tissue-guards, plate 15 repaired, text leaves 2C1-3 chipped at corner, light spotting and marginal damp-staining to a small number of plates, origianl cloth, recased and relined, marked and worn, 4to, Bree (Charles Robert), A History of the Birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Groombridge and Sons, 1866 [-63,64,63], 238 chromolithographic or colour-printed wood-engraved plates with tissue-guards, contemporary ownership inscriptions to front pastedowns, original cloth gilt, spines defective or worn, tips bumped, 8vo Freeman 1782, Nissen ZBI 2009 (Houghton); Nissen ZBI 1234 (Loudon); Anker 59, Nissen IVB 136 (Bree). (6)

[Mackintosh, William]. A Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing of Ground, Raising of Grass-Seeds, and Training of Lint and Hemp, for the Increase and Improvement of the Linnen-Manufactories in Scotland..., 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by Robert Fleming and Company, 1724, 7 engraved folding plates, manuscript name to title, scattered spotting and marks, some browning (particularly to margins of first & last leaves), final gathering loose and frayed to margins, contemporary panelled calf, old reback, worn, 8vo, together with Tull (Jethro), Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage. Designed to introduce a New Method of Culture; whereby the Produce of Land will be increased, and the usual Expence lessened..., 4th edition, 1762, ink stamps and signature to title, 7 engraved folding plates (initial plate with closed tear repaired to verso, plate 4 with fold sewn in at gutter), faint ink stamp to verso of some plates and front endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco title label torn with loss, rubbed, 8vo, with Solleysel (Jacques de), The Compleat Horseman: or, Perfect Farrier..., Abridged from the Folio done into English by Sir William Hope, 2 parts in one, 1702, folding engraved frontispiece and one plate, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked at head & foot, extremities rubbed and head of spine frayed, 8vo, plus 15 other 19th century farming, horticulture & natural history related including The Farmer's Guide, and Agriculturist's Companion by Alexander Taylor, 2nd edition, enlarged, Edinburgh, 1829; Observations on Live Stock by George Cully, 4th edition, 1807; A Natural and Chymical Teatise of Agriculture by W. Pilkinton, 3td edition, Banbury, 1823; and The Works, in Natural History, of the Late Rev. Gilbert White... to which are added, a Calendar and Observations, by W. Markwick, 2 volumes, 1802 (18)

Taylor (William). The Ready Reckoner, or, Trader's Correct Guide in buying and selling all sorts of commodoties, either wholesale or retail..., Birmingham: J. Belcher, 1792, contemporary sheep, some wear, rebacked, 12mo, together with Preston (Lyman), Preston's Complete Time Table: showing the number of days from any date in any given month to any date in any other month: bracing upwards of one hundred and thirty thousand combinations of dates, New York, 1837, heavy spotting, some scattered ink and pencil marginalia and notes, contemporary quarter sheep, some wear, small folio, plus Catalogue of Physical Laboratory Apparatus & Equipment, compiled and issued by W. & J. George Limited, Proprieters of F.E. Becker & Co., London and Birmingham, 25th edition, [1939], illustrated trade catalogue with prices of equipment including slide rules, original cloth, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly 19th & 20th century books of logarithmic tables, ready reckoners, valuation tables, mathematical tables, etc., various bindings and sizes (6 shelves & a carton)

Tokyo Fine Art School. One Hundred Masterpieces of Japanese Pictorial Art selected by members of the Faculty of the Tokyo Fine Art School, 2 volumes, Tokyo, The Shimbi Shoin, 1909, 100 collotype plates printed on thick paper, each with captioned tissue-guard, including several folding and 20 printed in colour, including gold and silver, top edge gilt, original decorated boards, with printed title label to upper cover of each volume, sewn as issued, with original publisher's slipcases, each with bone clasps, some soiling and a little wear (mostly to spine of first volume), large folio (50 x 34 cm) (2)

Bacon (Roseline & S‚rullaz, Maurice). Great Drawings of the Louvre Museum, 3 volumes, 1968, numerous colour and monotone illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, and slipcase, lage 8vo, together with Stewart (Jean), Henri Matisse, A Novel, 2 volumes, 1972, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets and slipcase, large 4to, and Whitman (Alfred), Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters Samuel Cousins, 1904, limited edition 43/50, monochrome plates, some minor spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated quarter vellum, spine lightly toned and rubbed, folio, plus other modern art reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Brathwait (Richard). The English Gentleman ... the third edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, printed by J. Dawson, 1641, additional engraved title page, 1 folding table (of 2: lacking 'A draught of the frontispiece' leaf), short closed tear to table, bookplate of John Gordon, 4th Baronet (1720-1795) reimposed to front pastedown, 19th-century half roan, rebacked, surface-worming to backstrip and corners, folio (26.2 x 17.4 cm), together with: Godwin (Francis), Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII. Edwardo VI. Et Maria regnantibus, annales, 2nd edition, London: John Bill, 1628, colophon leaf, front free endpaper repaired, pale marginal damp-stain to first few quires, contemporary ownership inscription of one Thomas Oddye to initial blank, contemporary limp vellum, 4to (19 x 14.2 cm), Beaumont (John), An Historical, Physiological and Theological Treatise of Spirits, Apparitions, Witchcrafts, and other Magical Practices, 1st edition, for D. Browne [and others], 1705, bound without frontispiece, browning, old staining in quire Q obscuring a word on p. 232, bookplate of Nathaniel Cholmley (English politician, 1721-1791) reimposed to front free endpaper, 19th-century panelled calf to style, gilt spine, 8vo (18.5 x 11 cm) Pforzheimer 79, Wing B4262 (Brathwait); STC 11946 (Godwin). This edition of Brathwait's work also contains his English Gentlewoman. The first edition of Godwin's work (1616) is conjectured by STC to have been printed in Germany, making this the first UK edition. (3)

South Sea Bubble. Some Paragraphs of Mr. Hutcheson's Treatises on the South-Sea Subject; which Relate to the Relief of the Unhappy Traders in South-Sea Stock, and to Publick Credit. And the reason of his reprinting them at this time. To which is added, a near estimate of the value of South-Sea Stock, if the Bill now order'd to be brought in, pass into a Law, 1723, bound with A Compleat and intire Collection of the Lords Protests in the Last Session of Parliament; particularly touching the Late Horrid and Detestable Conspiracy. Being an Appendix to the Reports and Appendixes of the Committees of both Houses..., 2nd edition, 1723, bound with Remarks on the Late Bishop of Rochester's Speech at the Bar of the House of Lords. Being a Collection of all the Papers publish'd in the London Journal upon that Occasion, by Britannicus, 1723, lower blank margin of title inscribed 'To the Rt. Honble. Lord Wm Powlett Member of Parliament' with following line of inscription cropped, bound with 13 other similar reports, including The Report from the Trustees of the South Sea Company to the Honourable House of Commons; Presented January 25, 1722, Publish'd by Order of the House of Commons, 1724, modern half calf, green leather title label to spine, folio (1)

Wiener (Norbert). Cybernetics or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine, 1st American edition, New York & Paris, The Technology Press and John Wiley, Hermann & Cie, [1948], ink ownership name and address of Allen H. Schooley to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, minor dust-soiling and spotting, Schooley's pencil inscription to upper wrapper, 8vo, VG, together with The Human Use of Human Beings, by Norbert Weiner [sic, corrected in pencil to Wiener], Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950, galley proof, printed to rectos only, original wrappers with plastic comb binding and printed paper label to upper wrapper, some soiling and slightly faded at edges, narrow small folio, plus seven others by Wiener including a signed presentation copy of the Fourier Integral Origins of Cyberspace 991 & 995. (9)

Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham, 4 volumes, 1st edition, for Nichols, Son, and Bentley, and G. Andrews, 1816-40, 82 engraved plates including one not listed in contents ('Raby Castle' after J. M. W. Turner, bound as frontispiece to volume 4), plates variably spotted, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, sides scuffed and rubbed, volume 1 top spine compartment replaced in facsimile, folio (42.5 x 26.5 cm), together with: Bartlett (William Henry, & William Brockedon, illustrators), The Waldenses, or Protestant Valleys of Piedmont, Dauphiny, and the Ban de la Roche, by William Beattie, 1st edition, George Virtue, 1838, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title, folding map, 70 plates, tissue guards, marginal damp-staining to first few plates, contemporary green morocco gilt by Davinson of Alnwick, rubbed, spine sunned, stripping to covers, 4to, Billings (Robert William), Architectural Illustrations and Description of the Cathedral Church at Durham, 1st edition, for T. and W. Boone and the author, 1843, 75 engraved plates, spotting, contemporary half calf, patterned cloth sides, superficial wear to corners, 4to, and approximately 15 others, mainly 19th-century topographical works on the Midlands and the north of England, contemporary leather bindings, some minor wear, 4to and 8vo Upcott pp. 609*-11* (Surtees). (approx. 20)

Sitwell (Sacheverell, et al). Fine Bird Books 1700-1900, 1953, Great Flower Books 1700-1900, 1956, both 1st editions, numerous monochrome illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers toned and with tears and minor loss to head and foot, folio, together with Baker Library (publisher), The Kress Library of Business and Economics, Catalogue..., 3 volumes, Massachusetts, 1957-64, uniform original red cloth, 4to, and Partington (J.R.), A History of Chemistry, 4 volumes, New York, circa 1965, limited edition of 150 copies, minor spotting to the text block, uniform original green cloth, 8vo, plus A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works relating to English Topography, 3 volumes, by William Upcott, reprint edition, 1968, and other bibliographical reference and related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Folio Society. The Works of Anthony Trollope, 44 volumes, circa 1990s, all original cloth in slipcases, VG, 8vo (44)

Gori (Antonio Francesco). Statuae antiquae deorum et virorum illustrium centum aereis tabulis incisae quae exstant in thesauro Mediceo, 1st edition, Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1734, series and volume titles each with engraved vignette, head- and tailpieces and initials, 100 plates, very light spotting to a few plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: ibid., Antiqua numismata aurea et argentea ... quae in regio thesaureo magni ducis Etruriae, volumes 1 & 3 (of 3), Florence: Francisco Mocke, 1740-2, engraved title vignettes, head- and tailpieces and initials, 121 plates, 20th-century quarter morocco, large folio (46 x 32 cm), together with: Duns Scotus, In tertium et quartum Sententiarum quaestones subtilissimae. Nunc noviter recognitae ... per Hugonem Cavellum, Antwerp: Jan van Keerbergen, 1620, volume 2 only (of 2; lacking the first volume 'In primum et secundum Sententiarum'), woodcut title device and initials, colophon leaf, browning, small hole in leaf A2, ink-stamp and old institutional ownership inscription to title page, institutional bookplate, old manuscript catch-title to fore edge, contemporary reversed calf over wooden boards, rebacked, clasps gone, folio (35.7 x 22 cm), Cappel (Louis), Critica sacra, siva de variis quae in sacris Veteris Testamenti libris occurrunt lectionibus libri sex, 1st edition, Paris: Cramoisy, 1650, Hebrew types, variable spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, gilt arms to sides, rubbed and worn, folio (36 x 22.5 cm), Justin Martyr, Opera quae exstant omnia ... opera et studio ex Monachis Congregationis S. Mauri, The Hague: Pieter de Hondt, 1742, bound with: Paulinus II of Aquileia (Saint), Opera ... notis, et dissertationibus illustravit ... Joannes Franciscus Madrisius, Venice: Typographia Pitteriana, 1737, 2 works in 1 volume, Justin Martyr with Greek and Latin text in double column, browned throughout, Paulinus II with 1 engraved plate (of 3), contemporary calf, gilt spine, joints cracked, worn, folio (40 x 25.5 cm) The first two works (Statue antiquae and Antiqua numismata) were both published as part of the immense twelve-volume Museum florentinum (1731-66), for which see Cicognara 3417 (ten volumes only; lacking the two supplementary volumes. (6)

Illustrated London News. Mixed editions, 5 volumes, late 19th century, 5 bound volumes each containing a seemingly random mixture of 'The Illustrated London News' and 'The Graphic' bound together with no continuity of date or year, containing numerous illustrations, wood engravings, chromolithographs and lithographs, including several double page and folding, including some not called for, together with Figaro Illustr‚, 3 volumes, 1892, 1893 and part of 1891, three bound volumes, with numerous black & white and colour lithographic illustrations throughout, with another bound volume containing Cassell's Christmas Annual, The Queen, The Gentlewoman and The Graphic Christmas number, 1886 - 1890, a collection of periodicals with numerous colour lithographic plates, all the volumes are uniformly and finely bound (by Phillipson & Golder of Chester) in early 20th century blind-stamped burgundy morocco with a gold coloured metal title plate to lower right of each upper board, very slight wear to extremities, folio The uniformity of the bindings and the copious amount of colour plates within these volumes would seem to indicate that a previous owner has bound editions of assorted periodicals that they personally liked with no regard to date, pagination or continuity. (9)

Froissart (Jean). Histoire et Chronique, revue et corrige... par Denis Sauvage de Fontenailles, 4 volumes in 1, Paris: Abel l'Angelier, 1574, four titles with large woodcut devices, woodcut initials and headpieces, ruled in red throughout, occasional light spotting and toning, light marginal water stain to first title and dedication, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, covers gilt-stamped with central strapwork lozenge within double fillet border with corner pieces, repeated to extremities, spine chipped with vertical crack, some wear to corners, folio (1)

Hayes (Alfred). The Vale of Arden, Cornish Brothers, Birmingham, 1897, limited edition 38/75, 6 monotone illustrations by Oliver Baker, limitation page signed by the author and illustrator, publisher's original quarter vellum with vellum label to the board, lightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Humphreys (Arthur L.), Somersetshire Parishes, a handbook of historical reference to all places in the county, 2 volumes, 1905, some minor spotting and marks, uniform original quarter vellum, boards lightly rubbed, 4to, and Smith (George Adam), City of Aberdeen Roll of Honour, 1962, colour title page, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor spotting, original gilt decorated white cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, large 8vo, plus other early 20th century Scottish & UK topography reference and history, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Folio Society. Irish Fairy and Folk Tales, by W.B. Yeats, 2007, Don't Look Now and Other Stories, by Daphne Du Maurier, 2007, The Mandarins, by Simone De Beauvoir, 2008, His Dark Materials, 3 volumes, by Philip Pullman, 2008, The Raj Quartet, 4 volumes, by Paul Scott, 2009, together with 57 further volumes of Folio Society, all fiction, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (63)

Aesop. Aesop's Fables, with his life: in English, French, and Latin, newly translated, illustrated with one hundred and twelve sculptures, to this edition are likewise added, thirty one new figures representing his life by Francis Barlow, printed by R. Newcombe, for Francis Barlow, and are to be sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1703, additional etched title, engraved coat of arms for William Earle of Devonshire (closed tear repair to verso), 32 full-page plates by Thomas Dudley (the first unnumbered and placed as frontispiece, torn with large loss to lower left corner, now supplied with good photocopy repair), 110 half-page copper plates, plate impressions for fables LXX and LXXI transposed, correct impressions additionally tipped in as overlays (the first with paper repair and image loss to upper left corner), Life of Aesop in English and Latin only, lacks 40 pages of the Life of Aesop in French (apparently not bound in), some heavy browning (especially to early leaves) and spotting throughout, occasional ink stains, splashes and other soiling and marks, a few closed tear repairs, old ink doodles of figures and horses to frontispiece recto, bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary boards with period-style calf gilt reback, rubbed, folio (320 x 200 mm) Wing A695. This third edition is a reissue of the 1666 and 1687 edition sheets, with a cancelled title leaf. This copy, unlike most others, has the sheets for folios [2]R1-2 with the requisite copper plate impressions. It also includes the additional engraved title-page, often missing, and the scarce plate 17, often removed because of concern for the nude women depicted. The engraved English version of the text is by Aphra Behn. (1)

Seneca (Lucius Annaeus). Workes, newly inlarged and corrected by Thomas Lodge, 2nd edition, Willi[am] Stansby, [1620], engraved architectonic title page, woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials and divisional title page, initial and final blanks lacking, engraved title trimmed and mounted, letterpress title page supplied from a copy of the 1614 first edition (none called for in this edition), final text leaf (4L5) trimmed and mounted with loss of a few letters recto and woodcut device verso, other old repairs in last quire affecting headline, occasional marginal damp-staining, a few other marks, 19th-century half sheep, rebacked retaining most of original spine, folio (31 x 19 cm), together with: Marsham (John), Chronicus Canon Aegyptiacus, Ebraicus, Graecus, et Disquitiones, 1st edition, Thomas Roycroft, 1672, engraved portrait frontispiece, corrigenda leaf, contemporary calf gilt, some wear, folio, Parr (Richard, editor), The Life of James Ussher, late Lord Arch-Bishop of Armagh ... with a Collection of Thre Hundred Letters, 1st edition, for Nathanael Ranew, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece, title page in red and black, errata leaf, engraved bookplate, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt arms of Sir Simon R[ichard] B[rissett] Taylor (see note), folio, [Bacon, Francis, & others], Cabala, sive Scrinia Sacra: Mysteries of State and Government, in Letters of Illustrious Persons, and Great Ministers of State ... 3rd edition, expanded ... printed for Tho. Sawbridge [and others], 1691, additional engraved title page, letterpress title page in red and black, spotting and browning, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, tips restored, folio, Hooker (Richard), Works, in Eighht Books of Ecclesiastical Polity ... with several other Treatises ... printed by R. White for Rob. Scot [and others], 1676, engraved frontispiece (marginal repair), engraved additional title page (with perforation stamp, attempted repair verso), contemporary blind-panelled calf, rebacked, folio, Luther (Martin), Colloquia Mensalia: Or, Divine Discourses at his Table ... translated out of the high Germane into the English Tongue by Henrie Bell, 1st edition in English, William Du-Gard, 1652, portrait frontispiece lacking, browned throughout, title page slightly marked and frayed, marginal damp-staining (more extensive in final quires), endpapers renewed (and profusely annotated), modern half calf, folio, Howell (James), Londinopolis: an Historicall Discourse or Illustrations of the City of London, 1st edition, by J. Streater for Henry Twiford, 1657, engraved frontispiece and folding panorama supplied in facsimile, text-block loose in contemporary calf covers, folio Pforzheimer 626 and STC 22214 (Seneca); Wing M810A (Marsham), P548 (Parr), C186 (Bacon; Cabala), H2632 (Hooker), L3510 (Luther), H3091 (Howell). Provenance (Parr): Sir Simon Richard Brissett Taylor (1785-1815), 2nd Baronet, of Lysson Hall, Jamaica (sugar plantation owner). (7)

Douglas (Robert). The Peerage of Scotland..., 1764, The Barnage of Scotland..., 1798, both Edinburgh, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary full calf, boards partially detached and rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Thomson (Thomas), An Historical Enquiry regarding the imposition of taxes upon land in Scotland, 1816, 5 facsimile documents, author's copy with marginal annotations, guttering reinforced with brown cloth tape, some light spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, boards and spine lightly rubbed, 4to, and Stirling (William Macgregor), History of Stirlingshire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Stirling, 1817, colour folding map frontispiece to volume 1, black and white map in volume 2, some spotting and offsetting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, front boards partially detached, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th century Scottish topography and history reference, including The Dundee Year Book, 15 volumes, 1884-98, many leather bindings, some original cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (78 volumes) (3 shelves)

Gentili (Augusto, et al). Paintings in Venice, 1st UK edition, 2002, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with Vigne (Georges), Ingres, 1st edition, 1995, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, and Marias (Fernando), El Greco, Life and Work, A New History, 1st edition, 2013, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern classical art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (4 shelves)

Mauritius. Souvenirs de Maurice, 1st edition, Port Louis, Mauritius: J. Maisonneuve, [1853], 20 hand-coloured lithographs comprising 18 views and 2 hunting scenes, of which 12 after Alfred Richard, 4 after Edouard Pitot, 3 'from a daguerrotype', and 1 after E. Crook, each with printed series title 'Souvenirs de Maurice', light spotting to margins and occasionally above the skyline within the images, first 4 plates uniformly toned but remaining bright, plate 1 with short closed tear in margin, bound with: Richard (Alfred, & others), [20 hand-coloured lithographs of fruit], Port Louis, Mauritius: J. Maisonneuve, [c. 1850], comprising 9 hand-coloured lithographs after Alfred Richard, 2 signed 'Bojer', the rest unsigned, all with imprint J. Maisonneuve but no series title, all heightened with gum arabic, light marginal finger-soiling to Sugar Apple plate, marginal spotting to Mahogany Fruits plate; and Pitot (Edouard), Ile Maurice, Port Louis, Mauritius: Devaux et Cie, [c. 1850], 16 hand-coloured lithographs of trees after Edouard Pitot, each with printed series title 'Ile Maurice', all but the first with imprint Devaux et Cie, final lithograph heightened with gum arabic, variable spotting to first and last few plates, contemporary cloth binding, marked, inner hinges reinforced, oblong folio (33.5 x 50.5 cm) Toussaint & Adolphe, Bibliography of Mauritius 115 for the Souvenirs; the work was apparently issued monthly, though no collation is provided. Sammelband of three extremely rare Mauritius-printed suites of hand-coloured lithographs, containing in total 56 plates, most of them by Mauritian artists Edouard Pitot (1778-1860) and Alfred Richard (1824-1880). A volume sold at auction in 2004 contained 47 plates, including 22 apparently from the Souvenirs de Maurice, 21 botanicals, and a further three plates comprising two tinted views and an uncoloured plan; another set of the Ile Maurice series comprising 16 plates, appeared in Paris in 2008 (Kahn-Dumousset, 4 April 2008, lot 18). The BibliothŠque nationale de France holds 25 lithographs from the Souvenirs series, including eight not found here, but lacking three plates which are found found in this volume (View at 'Riviere du Poste' (Savanna); 'Montagne du Rempart', from Plaines Wilhems; and Stag hunting); otherwise each series is institutionally untraced. There was an exhibition of Pitot's work at the National History Museum of Mauritius in 2018, and Richard is identified as leading figure among the 'accomplished Mauritian artists' who emerged in the second half of the 19th century (de Kervern & Martial, Mauritius: 500 Early Postcards, p. 11). A full list of plates is available on request. (1)

Quin (Edward). An Historical Atlas; in a Series of Maps as the World as known at Different Periods, 1st edition, for R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1830, engraved title page, all text-leaves as called for, 21 hand-coloured engraved maps, 6 folding, the first 18 with black aquatint, occasional pale tide-mark in lower margins (text and images never affected), title page and initial text leaves slightly nicked and marked, the aquatinting faintly mottled and offset, first map with paper disruption in gutter not affecting image, folding maps with linen tape-supports along versos of folds (possibly as issued), endpapers renewed, original marbled boards, rebacked and recornered, original paper label to front board, rubbed, folio (42 x 32.5 cm) First edition of this sought-after atlas which illustrates the growing extent of the known world from 'the deluge' (2348 BC) to 1828 by means of the gradual receding of a dramatic black aquatint cloud. There was a quarto edition in 1836 which is far more usually encountered. (1)

Churchill (Winston Spencer, 1874-1965). The Second World War, 6 volumes written out in manuscript longhand into 2 large day books and a ledger, by an unidentified hand, circa 1950s, a right-sloping neat hand in mostly blue or black fountain pen inks with occasional red highlights, etc., seemingly an unabridged and full transcription (except some quoted sources typed up on separate loose sheets in a folder), written on both sides of approximately 800 leaves of 3 ledgers/day books, volumes 1 and 2 of the magnum opus written into one day book, volume 3 into a ledger (damp-frayed at lower margins), volumes 4-6 written into a second day book matching the first (with printed columns for rooms, wines, accounts, etc.), this final volume following straight on with full-length transcriptions of 4 other of Churchill's works in the same hand, 'My Early Life', 'Thoughts and Adventures', 'Great Contemporaries' and 'Step by Step', approximately 150 blank leaves at rear of volume 3, contemporary quarter leather, some soiling and wear, volumes 1 & 3 with printed stationer's labels of Arthur Wrigley, Leeds, at front, large 4to (49 x 41 cm), volume 2 folio (47 x 30 cm), together with a folder of related typed leaves supplying many of the quoted sources for which coded references are left in the manuscript A truly bizarre Churchill archive, this three-volume manuscript raises unanswerable questions of authorship and appropriation. The Second World War alone totals over 1.5 million words and what person would voluntarily, (or otherwise), attempt to rewrite all this verbatim in longhand defies all logic and explanation. The handwriting is not Churchill's, nor any of his known secretaries, according to the Churchill Archives, Cambridge. Besides which Churchill's modus operandi for writing was dictation to typists in the first instance, which was then hand corrected by Churchill, retyped and corrected once more. Even with the large team of researchers involved in the preparation of The Second World War there would have been no call for such a manuscript. The inclusion of full transcriptions of four further and earlier works by Churchill adds to the bafflement. The ledgers were acquired around 20 years ago from a large house clearance near York. There are two clues as to who the author may be, both possibly in the same hand as the manuscript itself: The name 'Philip H. [?]Richings' appears on the front free endpaper of the second day book, and a three-page manuscript poem ('An Ode to Sir Barnes [Wallis]'), included with the folder of typed quoted sources, is initialled 'P.H.R.' at the end. (3 ledgers & a folder)

Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1799, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map to volume 1 (strengthened to folds at verso and reguarded), engraved vignette title to each volume, 73 engraved plates & plans (including two engraved dedication leaves, lacking three plates & one with repaired closed tear), numerous engraved illustrations to text and 18 folding pedigrees, 13 engraved leaves of Domesday Book, includes Supplement at rear of volume 2, one or two paper repairs, ink stamps to lowere outer corners of titles and manuscript number to verso, contemporary half calf gilt, rebacked preserving original contrasting morocco labels, corners repaired, folio Upcott p.1330. (2)

Randall (Lilian M.C.). Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery, 2 volumes (in 3), USA, 1989, numerous monochrome illustrations, uniform original blue cloth, large 8vo, together with Westlake (N.H.J.), A History of Design in Painted Glass, 4 volumes in 1, 1881-94, numerous monochrome illustrations, some toning and marks, contemporary half vellum, boards slightly rubbed, spine rubbed and folding at edges, folio, and Van Der Horst (Koest), Illuminated and Decorated Medieval Manuscripts in the University Library, Utrecht, Netherlands, 1989, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, ex library stamps to verso of title page, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 8vo, plus other illuminated manuscript, stained and decorative glass reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperback editions, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Herford (C.H. & Simpson, Percy). Ben Jonson, 11 volumes, Oxford, 1925-63, monochrome frontispiece, uniform original green cloth, 8vo, together with Braziller (George, publisher), The Metamorphoses of Ovid, translated by William Caxton 1480, 2 volumes, New York, 1968, colour facsimiles, publisher's uniform gilt decorated brown leatherette in slipcase, lage 4to, and Williamson (James A.), The Observations of Sir Richard Hawkins..., The Argonaut Press, 1933, 3 monochrome maps, bookplate to front pastedown, minor toning, original gilt decorated quarter vellum, spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 4to, plus other history reference and biography, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo, folio (6 shelves + a carton)

*Motoring History. An archive of the correspondence of Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910, motor car promoter and aviator), with F. Howard Mercer, pioneering motorist and motoring photographer, principally dated 1900, comprising a series of seventeen Autograph Letters Signed (15 pages 8vo, 9 on correspondence cards), a few signed with initials, with four envelopes, all from South Lodge, Rutland Gate, London, November 1899 to October 1901, with two signed receipts, five carbon copy letters and three secretarially-signed letters, a group of five photographs (including three of Rolls driving three different cars, mounted on card, two annotated in pencil on reverse by Mercer; two others of Chauffeur driving 'An old Panhard / Property of Hon. C.S. Rolls'), and further related material including a facsimile letter from Lord & Lady Llangattock, Rolls's parents, thanking Mercer for condolences on the death of their son, 23 July 1910 (he died 12 July, the first Briton to be killed in a powered aircraft); two long letters and two cards from C[harles] R[oberts] D'Esterre (c. 1876-1943) an associated of Rolls, discussing problems with his (Peugeot) car; receipt for a #1 8s 6d speeding find incurred by Mercer ('exceeding 10 mile limit in Richmond Road'), April 1906; long Typewritten Letter Signed with manuscript insertions and corrections to Mercer from C[laude] Johnson, 1½ pages folio, The Automobile Club, 18 April 1900, giving detailed instruction for marshalling Section 2, Classes A, B and C (private owners) at the start of the 1,000 Mile Trial from Grosvenor Place, together with a (blank) 'Joint Report of Timekeepers', headed 'Red Flag Control', 6 pages, and two further 'Red Flag' instruction sheets, one giving directions for stopping vehicles and the other (blank) to be completed by the marshal(s) The correspondence, written before Rolls formed his motor company, C.S. Rolls & Co. in 1903, and before he met Henry Royce (on 4 May 1904), is largely concerned with Mercer's purchase of a Peugeot car, Rolls being an enthusiast for the French manufacturer, having imported a 3.75-hp Peugeot into England in 1896, becoming one of the first English motorists. The letters show that Rolls was on friendly terms with Mercer, and frequently invited him dinner, he also made much use of him as a photographer, asking for copies of prints, of motor cars and on one occasion of a picture taken at the funeral of Queen Victoria. The purchase of Mercer's Peugeot was quite long drawn out affair, with frequent references to the preferred ignition system (hot tube or electric) and to other technical matters including the deliberate frangibility of a key component designed to fail in some circumstances 'when car going astern'), although Rolls appears to have forgotten Mercer's preferences on the ignition front from time to time. On one occasion he invites Mercer to visit him and adds that 'an inner tube and oil' would await him. Also under discussion were the usual matters of the size and type of tyres to be fitted or prepared for, and the inevitable question of the colour. It is also evident that Rolls was acting as agent for the sale of the model, and there are various references to the financial aspect, and receipts signed by Rolls for various sums. Rolls also tells his friend of his own activities, notably his intention to take part in the Paris-Toulouse race 'on the new Napier', and invites Mercer and a friend to view his stables (horses still being an important part of his life, as was yachting, which also gets a mention). The 1,000 Mile Trial lasted from 23 to 12 May, starting and finishing in London and taking in Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Derby, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Sheffield, and Nottingham en route. There were speed tests and hill-climbs included in the competition. Sixty-five competitors started the race, of whom 35 returned to London. Overall the most successful entrant was C.S. Rolls in his 12-hp Panhard (he also entered a Daimler driven by J.A. Hodder). The Panhard was awarded the gold medal for the best car in any class. (a folder)

Hesselink (Sebastiaan S. & Kerssemakers, Agnes M.L.). The Children's World of Learning 1480-1880, 3 volumes, The Netherlands, 2002, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in slipcase, large 8vo, together with Vakareliyska (Cynthia, editor), The Curzon Gospel, 2 volumes, OUP, 2008, both original cloth in dust jackets, 4to, and Moritz (Bernhard), Arabic Palaeography, a collection of Arabic texts from the first century of the Hidjra till the year 1000, black and white illustrations, original red cloth, folio, plus other miscellaneous history, natural history and bibliography reference, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Cruttwell (Clement). Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer, circa 1797, lacking title page, index page with near contemporary numerical annotations, 26 (complete as list) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some offsetting, maps of North Pole, Batavia and West Indies with closed tears affecting image, slight staining to first ten maps but largely confined to margins, endpapers spotted and stained, later ownership signature to front pastedown, contemporary half calf gilt, heavily worn and frayed, rear board detached, slim folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Folio of life sketches, mainly male, dated to the 1930's, two signed W. Leaver. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)