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*Pictorialism. A group of 33 pictorialist images, circa 1930s/1950s, various processes including bromoil, carbon and toned silver prints, subjects include a large signed print by Frederick Boissonnas, two gravures from the Tyng Collection folio, several portraits by Li Osborne, various sizes including large and small format (33)

Scottish Cinema. A photographic scrap album of the Florida Cinema, King's Park, Glasgow and its manageress Miss Lily Watt, mostly circa 1946-48, a total of 98 gelatin silver print photographs corner-mounted on to rectos and versos of 28 card leaves and interspersed with related cuttings and a small amount of other ephemera (some loose and some detached), photographs showing the exterior of the cinema, window displays of posters and flyers, presentations, special events, a beauty pageant, children's party, etc., mostly 15.5 x 20cm and similar sizes, contemporary stitched card covers, rubbed and soiled, folio Miss Lily Watt was the only cinema manageress in the J. Arthur Rank organisation in Scotland and one of only two in Britain, having become manageress at the Florida in 1941. (1)

A hard backed edition of Fairy Tales by Hans Anderson illustrated by Harry Clarke published by George G Harrup in 1931 and a hardbacked folio edition of The Green Fairy Book by Andrew Lang with paintings and decorations by Jack Zipes published by the folio society ltd. in 2009.

The Lord of the Ring trilogy books by J.R.R. Tolkein, hard backed in a folio published in 1977 by the Folio Society London, having gilt detailing to the covers. Measures 23cm-high 12cm-wide. 

The complete stories of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle illustrated by Francis Moslety published in 1994 by the Folio Society 1994, hard backed and cased. Measures 23cm-high 16cm-wide 15cm-deep. 

Eisenberg Barone d'. La perfezione e i difetti del cavallo. Firenze, Stamperia Imperiale, 1753. In-folio (mm 344x252). [8, inclusa l'antiporta], CXLIII, [1] pagine. 23 carte di tavole incise su rame. Bella antiporta incisa su rame, e sottoscritta da Carlo Gregori. Frontespizio impresso in rosso e in nero, con marca tipografica silografica. Capilettera silografici ornati. Testo in francese con traduzione italiana a fronte. Il fascicolo Q (pagine LXIX-LXXI), è nel presente esemplare erroneamente legato tra i fascicoli K e L. Fioriture, qualche gora, alcune tavole rinforzate. Prime carte di testo e tavole illustrative montate su onglet. Margine interno delle carte di testo rinforzato. Margine esterno della prima tavola, raffigurante il cavallo Favori, rifilato, con tracce di polvere. Legatura moderna in mezzo marocchino realizzata dal laboratorio di Restauro del Libro Antico dell'Abbazia di Viboldone (etichetta al contropiatto posteriore). Esemplare posseduto dal chimico e farmacista Antonio Cattaneo (1786-1845; nota di possesso al recto della prima carta 'Antonio Cattaneo. Sig. Cattaneo Compania Quid Directeur des Écuries de S.A.R. le Duch de Chablais'); il volume entrò successivamente nelle disponibilità del nipote, il patriota e filosofo milanese Carlo Cattaneo prefetto della Biblioteca Ambrosiana (1801-1869; nota di possesso al verso della prima carta 'Ex Libris Pref.ti Caroli Cattaneo'). Prima edizione, impressa su carta forte, di questo manuale morfologico-funzionale del cavallo, redatto dall'ippologo tedesco Wilhelm Friederich barone d'Eisenberg, primo cavallerizzo dell'Accademia di Pisa. Il testo bilingue è seguito da un ampio apparato illustrativo che raffigura i pregi e i difetti del cavallo: la prima tavola - spesso mancante - ritrae Favori, un barbe de Tunis, mentre le altre 22 tavole includono 120 figure incise su rame, che descrivono le varie parti del cavallo. L'esemplare proviene dalla biblioteca del fisico Antonio Cattaneo, noto divulgatore scientifico milanese, la cui biblioteca favorì il percorso formativo del nipote Carlo, prefetto della Biblioteca Ambrosiana. Gran parte della collezione libraria di Carlo Cattaneo venne trasferita nel 1855 a Lugano, città nella quale il celebre filosofo visse gli ultimi anni della sua vita. Il nucleo di questa raccolta confluì nella Biblioteca civica di Lugano, privato di numerosi volumi che, negli anni, vennero commercializzati per far fronte ai creditori della famiglia. (C.G. Lacaita - R. Gobbo - A. Turiel. La biblioteca di Carlo Cattaneo. Bellinzona, 2003). Folio (344x252 mm). [8, including frontispiece], CXLIII, [1] pages. 23 full-page engraved plates. Engraved frontispiece signed by Carlo Gregori. Title-page printed in red and in black, including the woodcut printer's device. Woodcut initials. Text in French and in Italian. Quire Q (pages LXIX-LXXI) is in the present copy erroneously bound between quires K and L. Foxing, some waterstains, some plates reinforced. First leaves and plates mounted on onglet, gutter of some leaves reinforced. Outer margin of the first plate cut, and soiled. Modern half morocco binding. The copy comes from the library of the Milanese chemist and science writer Antonio Cattaneo (1786-1845; his ownership inscription on recto of the first leaf: 'Antonio Cattaneo. Sig. Cattaneo Compania Quid Directeur des Écuries de S.A.R. le Duch de Chablais'); later the copy was owned by Cattaneo's nephew, Carlo, the well-known Milanese patriot and philosopher, who became Ambrosiana Library's Prefect (1801-1869; his ownership inscription on verso of the first leaf: 'Ex Libris Pref.ti Caroli Cattaneo'). First edition, printed on thick paper, of this classic work on horsemanship, by the German horseman Baron d'Eisenberg, at that time Director and Master of the Horse at the Academy in Pisa. The bilingual text is richly illustrated by 23 engraved plates: the first one - often lacking - shows Favori, un barbe de Tunis, while the remaining 22 plates include 120 illustrations describing the parts of the horse. The present copy comes from Carlo Cattaneo's book collection. Most of Cattaneo's books were carried in 1855 to Lugano (in Switzerland) where the Italian patriot spent the last years of his life. The nucleus of the collection merged the Lugano civic Library, while numerous books were gradually sold to deal with the family's creditors. (see C.G. Lacaita - R. Gobbo - A. Turiel. La biblioteca di Carlo Cattaneo. Bellinzona, 2003).

Ferraro Pirro Antonio. Cavallo frenato di Pirro Antonio Ferraro napolitano cavallerizzo della maestà di Filippo II. Venezia, Francesco Prati, 1620. Due parti in un volume in-folio (mm 330x223). [4], 118, [2]; 256 pagine. Entrambe le parti sono introdotte da proprio frontespizio, con marca tipografica silografica; il frontespizio della prima parte è impresso in rosso e in nero. Capilettera, testatine e finalini silografici. Grande vignetta incisa su legno al verso dell'ultima carta. La prima parte è illustrata da 6 legni, a piena pagina quello alla carta E6v. La seconda parte dell'opera è illustrata da 180 silografie, di cui 90 a piena pagina, raffiguranti diversi tipi di briglie e morsi. Restauri marginali alle prime due carte, con conseguente perdita di parte di una lettera al frontespizio, supplita in inchiostro, tracce di polvere, fioriture. Legatura coeva rimontata, in pergamena su piatti in cartone, dorso a quattro nervi. Difetti in corrispondenza dei nervi e macchie ai piatti. Al frontespizio e al verso dell'ultima carta nota di possesso manoscritta 'Julius Burrius'. Seconda edizione, originariamente stampata a Napoli nel 1602, di uno dei più celebri trattati di Pirro Antonio Ferraro, veterinario e cavallerizzo alla corte di Filippo II di Spagna, nonché figlio dell'illustre maestro della prima accademia equestre napoletana, Giovanni Battista. I primi quattro libri includono il trattato di Giovanni Battista Ferraro, rivisti dall'autore, riguardo la disamina delle diverse razze di cavalli e al miglior modo per allevarle, alla medicina preservativa e curativa e infine alla chirurgia, mentre nella seconda parte, anch'essa divisa in quattro libri e splendidamente illustrata da legni per la maggior parte a piena pagina, Pirro Antonio tratta prevalentemente di cavezze, museruole, camarre ed ogni altro tipo di briglia. Two parts in one volume, folio (330x223 mm). [4], 118, [2]; 256 pages. Woodcut printer's device on the two title-pages; the first title-page printed in red and in black. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Large woodcut vignette on verso of the last leaf. The first part is illustrated with 6 woodcuts, the one printed on leaf E6v is full-page. The second part is illustrated with 180 woodcuts, 90 of them full-page and depicting different kinds of bridles. Repairs to the title-page and to the first leaf of text, with consequent loss of part of a letter of the title-page, supplied in ink; some leaves marginally soiled, foxing. Contemporary binding, recased, in vellum over pasteboards, spine with four raised bands. Some ink stains to the covers, small cracks to the raised bands and to the extremities of the spine. On the title-page and on verso of last leaf manuscript owner's inscription 'Julis Burrius'. Second edition, originally printed in Naples in 1602, of this celebrated work by Pirro Antonio Ferraro, royal equerry of King Philip II of Spain and son of Giovanni Battista, Master at the first Neapolitan riding school. The first part of the work includes the treatise by Giovanni Battista Ferraro, revised by his son, about the different horse breeds and how to raise them, as well as an examination on medicine and surgey for horses. The second part, divided in four books and richly illustrated, concerns the different kinds of bridles.

Locatelli Antonio. Il perfetto cavaliere opera corredata di stampe miniate rappresentanti le varie specie de' cavalli, incominciando dal selvaggio, co' loro differenti mantelli, ed accompagnata dalla Storia naturale del cavallo scritta da Buffon... Milano, fratelli Sonzogno, 1825-1827. Un'opera in due volumi in-folio. I. (mm 290x218). [8], 567 [i.e. 571], [3] pagine. Esemplare con barbe in ottimo stato di conservazione, qualche lieve fioritura. II. (mm 332x224). [2] pagine, 77 carte di tavole incise su rame. Buon esemplare, qualche alone, strappo restaurato alla tavola 33. Legatura coeva uniforme in mezza pelle, piatti coperti da carta caillouté, titolo impresso in oro su tassello in marocchino verde. Abrasioni, più evidenti ai piatti del volume di tavole. Nota di possesso manoscritta e timbro a secco al frontespizio di entrambi i volumi 'Enrico Rizzi', al recto della carta di guardia anteriore di entrambi i volumi etichetta cartacea 'Esposizione generale italiana Torino 1898'. Prima edizione di questa enciclopedia cavalleresca divisa in due parti, la prima accoglie La Storia naturale del cavallo di Buffon, mentre la seconda la Scuola di cavalleria di La Guerinière, corredata di note e altri trattati riguardo l'equitazione femminile e l'ippiatria, redatti dal professor Giovanni Pozzi quali supplemento alla Scuola di La Guerinière. Il secondo volume è composto da 77 tavole incise su rame dall'editore Antonio Locatelli e da Gallo Gallina, su disegno di Pelagio Pelagi e Carle Vernet: 34 acquetinte colorate a mano, 34 acquetinte in chiaroscuro, una acquaforte acquerellata a mano e 8 acqueforti in bianco e nero. A work in two volumes, folio. I. (290x218 mm). [8], 567 [i.e. 571], [3] pages. A very good, uncut copy, light foxing. II. (332x224 mm). [2] pages, 77 leaves of plates. A good copy, some stains, a restored tear on the plate numbered 33. Contemporary uniform half leather binding, title in gold on morocco lettering-piece on the spines. Covers a little scraped, especially in the second volume. On the title-page of both the volumes manuscript owner's inscription and blind stamp 'Enrico Rizzi', and a paper label 'Esposizione generale italiana Torino 1898' on the front guard leaf. First edition of this encyclopedic work divided into two parts: the first one includes Buffon's Natural history of the horse, while the second part includes La Guerinière's School of horsemanship followed by two treatises by Giovanni Pozzi about horsemanship for women and hippiatrics, conceived as supplementary to La Guarinière's work. The second volume is composed of 77 plates: 34 hand-coloured softground etchings, 34 plates of softground etchings (not coloured but many with aquatint shading), 1 plate of a hand-colored etching, 8 plates of etchings (not coloured). The plares were engraved by the editor of the work Antonio Locatelli and by Gallo Gallina after Pelagio Pelagi and Carle Vernet.

Ruini Carlo. Anatomia del cavallo, infermità et suoi rimedii. Opera nuova, degna di qualsivoglia Principe, & Cavaliere, & molto necessaria a Filosofi, Medici, Cavallerizzi, & Marescalchi. Venezia, Fioravante Prati, 1618. Due parti in un volume in-folio (mm 334x235). [4], 247, [21]; [2], 300, [18] pagine. Frontespizio della prima parte impresso in rosso e in nero, con grande marca tipografica silografica, ripetuta al frontespizio della seconda parte. Capilettera, testatine e finalini silografici. La prima parte dell'opera è illustrata da 64 splendide tavole silografiche a piena pagina. Fioriture, alcune carte uniformemente brunite, interventi di restauro in corrispondenza degli angoli superiori e di quello inferiore interno delle prime due carte e del margine esterno delle carte E4 ed E5 della seconda parte, margine esterno e inferiore dell'ultima carta ricostruito; lievi gore. Legatura coeva, piatti in cartonato 'alla rustica', successivamente rinforzato il dorso in pergamena. Contropiatti e sguardie rinnovate. Lunga annotazione manoscritta da mano settecentesca al verso del frontespizio della prima parte. Rara edizione della prima opera dedicata esclusivamente all'anatomia di un essere vivente diverso dall'uomo. Originariamente stampata a Bologna nel 1598, l'Anatomia del Ruini è tutt'oggi considerata una delle più notevoli opere di anatomia descrittiva del Rinascimento, nonché il primo trattato moderno di veterinaria. La bellezza delle tavole che illustrano la prima parte del trattato ha portato, volta per volta, ad attribuirne i disegni a Tiziano, Agostino Carracci e a Leonardo da Vinci. Two parts in one volume, folio (334x235 mm). [4], 247, [21]; [2], 300, [18] pages. Title-page of the first part printed in red and in black. Woodcut printer's device on the two title-pages. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. 64 full page woodcuts. Foxing, some leaves uniformely browned, repairs to the upper corners and to the inner lower corner of the first two leaves. Repairs to the outer margin of ll. E4 and E5 of the second part, repairs to the outer and upper margin of the last leaf, light waterstains. Contemporary cardboards, spine later reinforced in vellum. Pastedowns and flyleaves renewed. Long manuscript annotation on verso of the first title-page, by a 18th-century hand. Some inked illegible writing on the rear cover. Rare edition of the first book devoted exclusively to the structure of an animal other than man. Ruini's work was first printed in Bologna in 1598 and 'Besides being one of the foundation-stones of modern vetinary medicine, it contains a description of the lesser circulation. The admirable plates are by some authorities attributed to Leondard.' (Morton).

Arte & Architettura/Art & Architecture. Magrini Antonio. Memorie intorno la vita e le opere di Andrea Palladio pubblicate nell'inaugurazione del suo monumento in Vicenza, lì 19 agosto 1845 colla serie di ventisette scritture del medesimo architetto in parte inedite ed ora per la prima volta unite. Padova, Tipografia del Seminario, 1845.In-folio (mm 301x223). [12], 348, 66, LXXXVIII, [2] pagine, con il ritratto litografico di Palladio in antiporta (disegnato da Bellio e inciso da Ciani), 4 tavole litografiche fuori testo ed 1 grande tabella ripiegata contenente il Quadro genealogico della famiglia del Palladio. Bellissima copia in barbe di grande freschezza. Legatura coeva in mezza pelle, fregi, tassello e titolo in oro al dorso. Spellature, mancanze agl'angoli e alle cuffie.Si offre insieme il prospetto editoriale dell'opera ed un estratto sulla stessa tratto dall'Indicatore parmense del 20 luglio 1847. Folio (301x223 mm). [12], 348, 66, LXXXVIII, [2] pages with Palladio's lithograph portrait as a frontispiece, 4 lithograph plates and 1 folding table containing the genealogical tree of the Palladio family. A very nice, uncut copy. Contemporary half calf, morocco lettering piece on spine. Top and bottom of spine and corners worn and rubbed.We offer together the editorial prospectus of the work and a review on the book taken from the Indicatore parmense July 20, 1847.

Bodoni. Epictetus. Epiktetou Encheiridion [Greco]. Parma, Giambattista Bodoni, 1793. Due parti in un volume in-4° (mm 312x225). [4, di cui le prime 2 bianche], 40, [4, di cui le prime 2 bianche], 51, [1 bianca] pagine. Prime due carte brunite, lievissime fioriture sparse su poche carte, intonso con barbe, margine interno della prima carta rinforzato. Cartonato arancione coevo, dorso restaurato con tassello originale conservato, mancanze e spellature.Pregevole edizione bodoniana in-4° (nello stesso anno ne apparvero anche un'edizione in-folio su carta soprafina del solo testo greco ed un'edizione in-8°) del Manuale di Epitteto nel testo originale greco e nella versione italiana di Giuseppe Maria Pagnini che si cela sotto lo pseudonimo di Eritisco Pilenejo. La seconda parte si apre con frontespizio proprio Manuale di Epitteto volgarizzato da Eritisco Pilenejo P. A. Melzi, I, 367; Ferrari, 508; Brooks, 489; De Lama, II, 83. Two parts in one volume, 4° (312x225 mm). [4, of which the first 2 are blank], 40, [4 of which the first 2 are blank], 51, [1 blank] pp. The first two leaves are browned, some very light foxing on the margin of a few leaves, uncut with deckle edges. Original orange cardboards, rebacked, worn and rubbed.Nice Bodoni edition of Epictetus' Enchiridion printed in 4° format. In the same year he issued a folio edition of the Greek text only and an 8° edition. The second part opens with a separate title page (Manuale di Epitteto volgarizzato da Eritisco Pilenejo P. A.) and contains the Italian version of Giuseppe Maria Pagnini disguised under the pseudonym of Eritisco Pilenejo. Melzi, I, 367; Ferrari, 508; Brooks, 489; De Lama, II, 83.

Cinquecentina fiorentina/Florentine 16th-century edition. Torriani Francesco. Adversus Magdeburgenses centuriatores pro canonibus apostolorum, & epistolis decretalibus Pontificum apostolicorum. Libri Quinque... Firenze, Bartolomeo Sermartelli, 1572. In-folio (mm 289x196). [56], 590, [2 bianche] pagine. Segnatura: +6 a-d4 *4 **2 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Zzz4 Aaaa-Eeee4. La carta Eeee4 è bianca. Marca tipografica al frontespizio. Qualche lievissima fioritura marginale, ma bellissima copia di grande freschezza. Pergamena floscia coeva con titolo manoscritto lungo il dorso, tracce di un legaccio in seta verde. Piatto superiore e dorso staccati dal volume. Al frontespizio nota di possesso del Convento degli Eremitani Scalzi di San'Agostino di Ascoli.Prima edizione magnificamente impressa. Adams, T-1187.Folio (289x196 mm). [56], 590, [2 blank] pages. Signatures: +6 a-d4 *4 **2 A-Z4 Aa-Zz4 Aaa-Zzz4 Aaaa-Eeee4. Leaf Eeee4 is a blank. Printer's device on the title-page. Some light marginal foxing, a very good unsophisticated copy. Contemporary limp vellum, preserved one of the four green silk ties. Binding partly detached from the book block. On the title-page ownership entry of the Monastery of St. Augustin in Ascoli.Beautifully printed first edition. Adams, T-1187.

Cremona. Landi Orazio. Obsidio Cremonensis Galliarum regis, & Subalpinorum, ac Mutinensium ducum socialibus armis instituta. Philippi IV. Auspicijs, & armis marchionis Caracenae ductu. soluta. Milano, Giulio Cesare Malatesta, [1654].In-folio (mm 305x200). [36], 266, [2] pagine. Con un'antiporta incisa in rame da Cesare Agostino Bonacina. Con inoltre il ritratto calcografico del marchese Caracena a p. 82 e vari frontalini e capilettera incisi. Segnatura: π8 a4 b6 A-Ii4 Kk6. Bianca la carta b6. Tracce d'uso. Legatura coeva in cartonato ricoperto di due diverse carte colorate per il dorso e per i piatti, dorso con duplice etichetta con titolo e numero di collocazione. Piccole mancanze e spellature. Al frontespizio numero di collocazione manoscritto e timbro della Biblioteca degli Israeliti di Mantova (ripetuto anche su altre pagine). Al contropiatto posteriore firma di possesso cassata anticamente. Esemplare molto genuino e marginoso corredato da numerose annotazioni e sottolineature coeve.Rara prima edizione, elegantemente impressa e adornata da due splendidi rami, di questa opera che celebra la vittoria dell'esercito imperiale guidato dal governatore del Ducato di Milano, il marchese Caracena, che nel 1648 liberò Cremona dall'assedio posto alla città dalle forze alleate del Re di Francia, dei Savoia e del Duca di Modena. Raro a trovarsi completo di entrambe i rami e in legatura coeva. La data di pubblicazione presunta si ricava dalla dedica datata 1654. Piantanida, I, 744; Lozzi, 1393. Folio (305x200 mm). [36], 266, [2] pages. With an engraved frontispiece by Cesare Agostino Bonacina. Moreover with the engraved portrait of the Marquis Caracena at p. 82. Collation: π8 a4 b6 A-Ii4 Kk6. Leaf b6 is a blank. Contemporary cardboard, spine and panels covered with two different colored papers, double labels on spine with title and shelfmark. Worn, corners rubbed. On the title-page contemporary manuscript shelfmark and stamp of the Israeliti Library in Mantua (repeated throughout the volume). On the back pastedown inked-out ownership entry. A fresh and wide-margined copy extensively annotated and underlined by a contemporary hand.Rare first edition, elegantly printed and illustrated by two beautiful etchings, of this work that celebrates the victory of the imperial army led by the Governor of Milan, the Marquis Caracena, who in 1648 freed Cremona from the siege placed to the city by the allied forces of the King of France, the King of the Savoy, and the Duke of Modena. Rare to find complete with both plates and in contemporary binding. The publication date is presumed from the dedication dated 1654. Piantanida, I, 744; Lozzi, 1393.

Feste/Festival books. Castaldo Giuseppe. Tributi ossequiosi della fedeliss. città di Napoli per gl'applausi festivi delle nozze reali del Cattolico Monarca Carlo Secondo Re delle Spagne con la Serenissima Signora Maria Luisa Borbone sotto la direttione dell'Eccellentiss. Signor Marchese de Los Velez Viceré di Napoli. Relatione istorica... Napoli, Salvatore Castaldi, 1680.In-folio (mm 301x210). [8], 96 pagine, con bel titolo allegorico inciso in rame e 15 (di 30) tavole calcografiche fuori testo su doppia pagina o ripiegate. Mancano 15 tavole fuori testo e il fascicolo T (pagine 73-75) è in facsimile su carta antica. Lievi fioriture marginali, rinforzo al margine interno delle pagine 29-31, alcune tavole un po' brunite, strappo restaurato ad una tavola. Pergamena rigida posteriore, taglio picchiettato antico. Rara edizione originale di questo resoconto delle festività tenute a Napoli per il matrimonio del Re di Spagna Carlo II con Maria Luisa di Borbone. Le tavole sono per lo più di carattere emblematico ed araldico. Watanabe-OKelly & Simon, Festivals and ceremonies, 583.Folio (301x210 mm). [8], 96 pages with an engraved allegorical title page and 15 (of 30) engraved plates on double page or folding. Lacking 15 plates. Quite T (pages 73-75) is a facsimile printed on old paper. Marginal foxing, gutter of pp. 29-31 anciently reinforced, some plates a bit browned, tear repaired to one plate. Later stiff vellum, original sprinckled edges. Rare first edition of this account of the festivities held in Naples, Italy, to celebrate the marriage of Charles II, King of Spain with Maria Luisa Borbone. The engravings show mostly emblems and coats of arms. Watanabe-OKelly & Simon, Festivals and ceremonies, 583.

Feste/Festival books. Quinza Francesco. Relazione della statua equestre di Carlo Magno eretta nel portico del Tempio Vaticano colla raccolta d'alcuni componimenti poetici... Siena, Francesco Quinza, 1725.In-folio (mm 417x286). [4], 46, [4, di cui le ultime 2 bianche] pagine. Con bellissima antiporta incisa in rame raffgurante la statua. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con grande vignetta calcografica. Nella carta di dedica a Violante Beatrice Duchessa di Toscana grande testatina con le armi della dedicataria. A p. 1 testatina raffigurante la medaglia coniata per l'occasione con la statua su una faccia e il ritratto di papa Benedetto XVIII sull'altra. L'edizione è inoltre adornata da numerose iniziali ornate incise in rame poste all'inizio di ogni sonetto. Alcune carte un po' brunite. Legatura coeva in piena pelle, dorso a nervi, contropiatto in carta marmorizzata, tagli picchiettati. Molto sciupata con numerose mancanze, spellature ed abrasioni.Sontuosa edizione dedicata alla duchessa di Toscana e pubblicata a Siena in occasione dell'erezione in Vaticano della statua equestre di Carlo Magno. Alla relazione preliminare del Quinza seguono 40 sonetti encomiastici. Cicognara, 3547.Folio (417x286 mm). [4], 46, [4, of which the last 2 are blank] pages. With a beautiful engraved frontispiece showing the statue. Title-page printed in red and black with a large engraved vignette. On the dedication leaf is a large head-piece bearing the arms of the dedicatee, Violante Beatrice Duchess of Tuscany. On p. 1 is another head-piece depicting the medal coined for the occasion with the statue on one face and the portrait of Pope Benedict XVIII on the other. The edition is also adorned with numerous decorated initials placed at the beginning of each sonnet. Some leaves slightly browned. Contemporary full leather, spine with raised bands, marbled pastedowns and edges. Very worn with numerous defects and abrasions.Lavishly printed edition dedicated to the Duchess of Tuscany and published in Siena on the occasion of the erection of the equestrian statue of Charlemagne in the Vatican. The preface by Quinza is followed by 40 encomiastic sonnets. Cicognara, 3547.

Manoscritto inedito. Accademia delle Romane Antichità/Unpublished manuscript. Bianchi di Lucca Gian Antonio. Interessante manoscritto contenente quattro dissertazioni inedite di Gian Antonio Bianchi di Lucca da lui recitate presso l'Accademia delle Romane Antichità intorno al 1750 circa.Le dissertazioni (numerate da B.I a B.IV) sono le seguenti:-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e da F. Gian Ant.o Bianchi di Lucca Consult.e della Sup.ma Inquisiz.e. Delle Colonie. In-folio (mm 267x200). Carte 25 non numerate. Fascicoli: I10 II10+1 II4.-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana, Recitata in Campidoglio nel Palazzo de' Sig.ri Conservatori, da Fra Gian Ant.o di Lucca Accademico, e Consultore della S. Rom.a Universale Inquisizione. Delle Mura, Recinto, e Pomerio di Roma, e della sua fondazione. In-folio (mm 278x202). Carte 27 non numerate. Fascicoli: I14+1 II12.-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e Papa Benedetto XIV da Fra Gian Ant.o Bianchi di Lucca Accad.o, e Consult.e della della S. Rom.a Univ.e Inquisiz.e. Della legge agraria In-folio (mm 278x202). Carte 22 non numerate. Fascicoli: I14 II8.-Dissertazione dell'Antichità Romane sopra il Templo d'Esculapio nell'Isola Teverina del S.re E.mo F. Gian Antonio Bianchi Consultore della Suprema Inquisizione Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico del Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e Benedetto XIV felicem.te Regn.e il di 17 Agosto 1750 il giorno Anniversario del X anno compito, e XI cominciato della Pontificia Potestà. In-folio (mm 282x205). Carte 17 non numerate. Fascicoli: I12 II4+1. Il manoscritto, su carta, è quindi formato da complessive 91 carte non numerate e vergate solo sulla colonna di destra, essendo quella di sinistra riservata alle note. Potrebbe trattarsi di una copia per la tipografia. Nessuna delle dissertazioni tuttavia pare sia stata stampata. Lievi fioriture sparse. Legatura coeva in cartonato con nervi passanti e titolo manoscritto al dorso. Qualche piccola mancanza e lievi aloni. Un po' sciolto.L'Accademia delle Romane Antichità fu istituita nel 1740 da Benedetto XIV come restaurazione della celebre accademia quattrocentesca di Pomponio Leto. Ebbe sede prima in Campidoglio e subito dopo sul Quirinale, e alle sue tornate frequentemente assisteva il pontefice. Della sua attività è rimasta scarsa testimonianza in alcune pubblicazioni quali gli Argomenti de' discorsi da farsi, in essa come nelle altre accademie di Benedetto XIV (Roma, Collini, 1740-1753) e le Dissertazioni sopra vari punti interessanti d'Historia Romana dell'Abate Gaetano Cenni (Pistoia 1778-1779). Morto Benedetto XIV, sembra che anche questa Accademia, come le altre da lui istituite, abbia cessato di esistere. Philipps Sale ms. 6183; Guildford sale, dic. 1830, 627.Accademia delle Romane Antichità. Unpublished manuscript. Bianchi di Lucca Gian Antonio. Very interesting manuscript containing four dissertations written and read by Gian Antonio Bianchi di Lucca during the sessions of the Academy of Roman Antiquities around 1750.The dissertations (numbered B.I to B.IV) are:-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e da F. Gian Ant.o Bianchi di Lucca Consult.e della Sup.ma Inquisiz.e. Delle Colonie. Folio (267x200 mm). 25 unnumbered leaves. Collation: I10 II10+1 II4.-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana, Recitata in Campidoglio nel Palazzo de' Sig.ri Conservatori, da Fra Gian Ant.o di Lucca Accademico, e Consultore della S. Rom.a Universale Inquisizione. Delle Mura, Recinto, e Pomerio di Roma, e della sua fondazione. Folio (278x202 mm). 27 unnumbered leaves. Collation: I14+1 II12.-Dissertazione dell'Accademia Romana Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e Papa Benedetto XIV da Fra Gian Ant.o Bianchi di Lucca Accad.o, e Consult.e della della S. Rom.a Univ.e Inquisiz.e. Della legge agraria. Folio (278x202 mm). 22 unnumbered leaves. Collation: I14 II8.-Dissertazione dell'Antichità Romane sopra il Templo d'Esculapio nell'Isola Teverina del S.re E.mo F. Gian Antonio Bianchi Consultore della Suprema Inquisizione Recitata in Palazzo Apostolico del Quirinale alla presenza di N.ro Sig.e Benedetto XIV felicem.te Regn.e il di 17 Agosto 1750 il giorno Anniversario del X anno compito, e XI cominciato della Pontificia Potestà. Folio (282x205 mm). 17 unnumbered leaves. Collation: I12 II4+1.The manuscript, on paper, is made overall of 91 unnumbered leaves written only on the right column, the left column being reserved to the notes. This could be a copy destined to the typography. None of the dissertations however has apparently been published. Light marginal foxing and staining. Contemporary cardboards, inked title on spine. Minor losses and some stain. Slightly loose.The Academy of Roman Antiquities was established in 1740 by Pope Benedict XIV as a restoration of the famous fifteenth-century academy of Pomponius Leto. It had its first seat in the Campidoglio and soon afterwards in the Quirinale Palace, and its sessions were frequently attended by the pontiff. Of its activity there is little evidence in some publications such as the Argomenti de' discorsi da farsi, in essa come nelle altre accademie di Benedetto XIV (Rome, Collini, 1740-1753) and the Dissertazioni sopra vari punti interessanti d'Historia Romana dell'Abate Gaetano Cenni (Pistoia 1778-1779). After Benedict XIV's death, it seems that the Academy, like others established by him, has ceased to exist. Philipps Sale ms. 6183; Guildford sale, Dec. 1830, 627.

Manoscritto. Scatologia/Manuscript. Scatology. Anonimo. La Merdiade. Dramma per musica. Manoscritto su carta, fine del XVIII secolo.In-folio (mm 255x187). [32] carte. Verso dell'ultima carta bianco. Formato da due fascicoli rispettivamente di 30 e di 2 carte. Vergato in elegante e ben leggibile scrittura corsiva. Lievi fioriture, ultime carte un po' arrossate, piccolissima mancanza di carta al margine inferiore dell'ultima carta che tocca due lettere della parola fine. Legatura moderna in piena pergamena con unghie.Sconosciuto drama per musica di contenuto scatologico. La presente opera teatrale, mai pubblicata, non è da confondersi con gli scritti seicenteschi di Tommaso Stigliani (firmati con lo pseudonimo Niccolò Bobadillo) e nemmeno con la Merdeide attribuita a Angelo Penoncelli edita a Torino nel 1806. Quella qui presentata è a tutti gli effetti un'opera teatrale sconsciuta. I personaggi sono: Cloacina Deità e Regna di Cachilastra, Stercurio Principe e suo amante, Stronzaldo confidente di Stercurio e Capitan dell'armi, Merdilene amico di Stronzaldo e Cortigiano, Chiavicalma damigella di Corte, Culicete amante di Chiavicalma e Signore del Regno. Scrive l'autore alla seconda pagina descrivendo il contenuto dell'opera: "Argomento. Cloacina Dea delle Merde e Regina di Cachilastra essendo teneramente amata da Stercuzio Deità dei Pitali, chiese al medesimo, che in pegno del suo Amore li donasse il più nobile suo Pitale lavorato con la polvere de' più antichi e rinomati pitali ridotti in polvere dal famoso Stronzaldo, nella qual pasta, credea Cloacina, che fossero trasmigrati i spiriti di 56tante e varie rispettabili Merde. Stercurzio che assai invaghito era di Cloacina, quantunque li dispiacque la richiesta prima delle Nozze, pure s'indusse a donarglielo. Ma pochi giorni dopo ricevuto questo vaso pegno di amore, fu costretta Cloacina a partire per l'isola di Cantaranda, ereditata per la morte di Porcilastro suo Padre, ove doveva fargli riconoscere Padrona. Lasciò pertanto in custodia di Chiavicalma sua damigella di corte. Costei uscita un giorno lasciò per innavertenza aperta la stanza dov'era gelosamente custodito il Regio Pitale di che accortosi Merdilene amante disperato di Chiavicalma pensò rapirlo, come di fatti eseguì per così indurre la crudele amata a sposarlo in luogo di Culicete...".Oltre al dramma sono riportati un testo in prosa sulla nobiltà della merda ed alcuni componimenti da recitare negli intermezzi: "Sonetto da gettarsi dalla Buca del Lampadoro nel tempo degl'intermezzi, vita brevis", "Dilectio Maxima, Sonetto, O Merda, O Merda", "De stercore nutritus sum in ventre", "Il Piacer senza Biasimo dimostrato plausibile per l'antichità, Universalità, necessità, utilità, ed altri incontrabili pregi descritti nei seguenti versi da Culifazio de' Tafanarj Duca degli ermenti, poeta delicato, armonico della poesia".Manuscript on paper, end of the 18th century.Folio (255x187 mm). 32 unnumbered leaves. The last leaf verso is blank. The volume is made of two quires respectively of 30 and 2 leaves. Written in an elegant and neat writing in a unique hand. Some foxing, last leaves slightly browned, small paper loss afftecing two letters, small ink stain, all in all well preserved. Modern overlapping vellum.Unknown musical drama of scatological content. The present theatrical work, unpublished, is not to be confused with the seventeenth-century writings on the same subject of Tommaso Stigliani (signed with the pseudonym Niccolò Bobadillo) and with the poem Merdeide attributed to Angelo Penoncelli and published in Turin in 1806. In addition to the drama the volume contains a prose text on the nobility of shit and some poems to be recited as intermezzi.

Manoscritto/Manuscript. Albani Giuseppe. Catastro delle tenute dell'Agro Romano formato per ordine di Nostro Signore Papa Pio Sesto da Monsignore Giuseppe Albani Prefetto dell'Annona sopra le relazioni della Visita fattane da' Periti Agrimensori e dalla stessa Santità sua con suo motu proprio approvato da servire di Regolamento per la Coltivazione di ogni Tenuta dell'Agro medesimo. Si aggiunge il tenore dello stesso Motu Proprio, e dell'Editto che in sequela n'è stato pubblicato. Roma, Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1783. Manoscritto su carta in-folio (mm 266x184), seguito da due parti a stampa (Motu Proprio e Editto). I. [4, di cui le ultime 2 bianche], 719, [20] pagine. Strappo al titolo causato dalla corrosione dell'inchiostro senza perdita, piccolo fori alle prime due carte senza danno al testo, minime fioriture sparse, qualche insignificante alone. Al verso del titolo timbro della collezione Decupis. II. In-folio. IX, [1 bianca] pagine. Stemma del papa al titolo e come testatina a pagina. Brunito, intonso con barbe. III: In-folio. XI, [1 bianca] pagine. Tre stemmi incisi in legno al titolo, tra cui al centro quello papale. Brunito, intonso con barbe. Pergamena rigida coeva, tassello con titolo in oro al dorso, tagli marmorizzati. Un po' sporca.Bella copia manoscritta del Catastro delle tenute dell'agro Romano, redatto da Giuseppe Albani e pubblicato dalla Stamperia della Camera Apostolica nel 1783. Il volume contiene anche, a stampa (Roma, Reverenda Camera Apostolica, 1783), il Motu proprio della Santità di Nostro Signore Papa Pio VI con cui viene approvato il regolamento da tenersi nella Coltivazione delle Tenute dell'Agro Romano e l'Editto sopra l'ampliazione della Sementa nell'Agro Romano pubblicato in esecusione del Motu Proprio della Santità di N.S. Papa Pio VI felicemente Regnante, sgrnato il di 25 Gennaro 1783 che regolavano la coltivazione dell'Agro Romano.Manuscript on paper, folio (266x184 mm), followed by two printed parts. I. [4, of which the last 2 are blank], 719, [20] pages. On the title page tear caused by the corrosion of the ink with no loss, small holes on the first two leaves not affecting the text, some light foxing and staining. On the title-page verso stamp of the Decupis collection. II. Folio. IX, [1 blank] pages. Pope's emblem on the title page and as a head-piece on p. III. Browned, uncut with deckle edges. III. Folio. XI, [1 blank] pages. Three woodcut coat-of-arms on the title page including at the cent that of the pope. Browned, uncut with deckle edges. Contemporay stiff vellum, morocco lettering piece on spine, marbled edges. Soiled but solid. A nice manuscript copy of the Catastro delle tenute dell'agro Romano, written by Giuseppe Albani and first published by the Stamperia della Camera Apostolica in 1783. The volume also includes printed copies of the Motu proprio and the Editto issued by Pius VI regulating the cultivation of the countryside outside Rome.

Moti del 1848. Satira/1848 Riots. Satire. Memorie di Vienna. Settembre 1848.Album in-folio obungo (mm 278x430) comprendente 14 tavole litografiche a piena pagina, di cui una ripiegata (mm 294x437), e 2 ritratti litografici. Le tavole sono accompagnate da una carta bianca protettiva e sono firmate dai litografi Franz Werner (Mariahilf Nr 128 in Wien), Carl Lanzedelli e M.R. Toma (Wien). Lievi fioriture sparse. Legatura coeva in mezza tela, piatti in carta marmorizzata, etichetta con titolo manoscritto al piatto anteriore.I ritratti mostrano il politico ungherese Lajos Kossuth e il prete cattolico tedesco Johannes Ronge. Le tavole firmate dal Werner mostrano scene di battaglia (Vicenza, Custoza e Milano), manifestazioni pubbliche a favore della libertà, l'apertura della costituente, barricade, parate e scene parodistiche, tra cui una sull'Ungheria intitolata Ungarns Zustand. Le litografie di Carl Lanzedelli hanno un forte carattere satirico. Una di esse, intitolata 'Illustrirte politische Karte von Östrerreich und den angrenzeden Ländern', mostra la mappa politica dell'Austria e degli stati limitrofi con le diverse reazioni all'indomani dei moti del 1848 (cfr. G. Ravy-J. Benay, a cura di, Satire-Parodie-Pamphlet-Caricature en Autriche à l'époque de François-Joseph 1848-1914, Rouen, 1999, 21).Oblong folio (278x430 mm). The album includes 14 full-page lithograph plates, of which one folding (294x437 mm), and 2 lithograph portraits. The plates are accompanied by protective balnk leaves and are signed by the lithographers Franz Werner (Mariahilf Nr 128 in Wien), Carl Lanzedelli, and M.R. Toma (Wien). Light scattered foxing. Contemporary half-cloth, panels in marbled paper, label with ink title on front panel.The portraits show the Hungarian politician Lajos Kossuth and the German Catholic priest Johannes Ronge. The tables signed by Werner show battle scenes (Vicenza, Custoza and Milan), public demonstrations in favor of freedom, the opening of the constituent, barricades, parades, and parodistic scenes, including one on Hungary entitled Ungarns Zustand. The lithographs by Carl Lanzedelli have a strong satirical character. One of them, entitled 'Illustrirte politische Karte von Östrerreich und den angrenzeden Ländern', shows a political map of Austria and its neighboring states with the different reactions in the aftermath of the 1848 uprisings (cf. G. Ravy-J. Benay, a cura di, Satire-Parodie-Pamphlet-Caricature en Autriche à l'époque de François-Joseph 1848-1914, Rouen, 1999, 21).

Musica/Music. Vicentino Nicola. L'Antica Musica ridotta alla Moderna Prattica, con la dichiaratione, et con gli essempi de i tre generi, con le loro spetie. Et con l'inventione di uno nuovo stromento, nel quale si contiene tutta la perfetta musica, con molti segreti musicali... Roma, Antonio Barre, 1555. In-folio (mm 285x194). 146, [6] carte. Segnatura: A-Z6 AA6 BB8. Marca tipografica al titolo, che mostra Orfeo intento a suonare la viola. Al verso del frontespizio ritratto xilografico dell'autore all'età di 44 anni. Notazioni musicali nel testo. Lievi macchie e qualche alone sparso, titolo un po' sporco, rinforzo al verso bianco dell'ultima carta, nel complesso bella copia fresca e genuina. Legatura del primo Settecento in mezza pergamena con punte, piatti ricoperti di bella carta marmorizzata. Spellature e mancanze al dorso. Al contropiatto anteriore ex libris inciso del musicologo Henry Prunières.Rara prima edizione, prima tiratura (l'edizione venne riproposta sul mercato da Barré due anni più tardi con solo la data cambiata), di questa opera fondamentale nella storia della musica. L'esemplare qui offerto è privo delle tavole fuori testo che accompagnano in numero variable da 3 a 8 alcune copie dell'opera. Gli unici due esemplari passati in asta negli ultimi sessant'anni (Bonhams 2015, GBP 3,500 e Sotheby's 1984, GBP 1,100) ne erano entrambe privi. A differenza della maggior parte dei primi teorici, Vicentino (1511-1572), che era allievo del compositore fiammingo-veneziano Adrian Willaert, non si limitò semplicemente ad esporre la prassi musicale del suo tempo, ma tentò ambiziosamente di adattare le modalità musicali greche al canto armonico moderno e alla pratica strumentale. Il suo contributo principale fu l'adattamento dell'antica musica cromatica ed enarmonica greca alla pratica polifonica moderna. Anticipando Vincenzo Galilei e Claudio Monteverdi, Vicentino espresse anche un punto di vista avanguardistico sul rapporto tra musica e testo. N. Vicentino, Ancient music adapted to modern practice, M. Rika Maniates & M.V. Palisca, eds., New Haven, 1996; RISM, B6, p. 861; W. Schmieder, Musik, no. 1316; Cowden, no. 22; Grove, V, 495; Eitner, X, 76; Wolffheim, 1093; Gregory-Sonneck, p. 281; Hirsch, 591; Fétis, VIII, 338. Folio (285x194 mm). 146, [6] leaves. Signatures: A-Z6 AA6 BB8. On the title-page printer's device, showing Orpheus under a tree playing the viola. Author's portrait, at the age of 44, printed on title-page verso. Beautiful woodcut decorated initials. Music notation in text. Some staining, title-page a bit soiled, inner margin of the last leaf verso (a blank) anciently reinforced, overall a good, genuine copy. Early 18th-century half vellum, panels covered with marbled paper. Minor losses to spine and joints. On the front pastedown engraved bookplate of the important musicologist Henry Prunières.Rare first edition, first issue (the edition was later reissued by Barré with a new title page dated 1557), of one of the most influential music theory books of the sixteenth century. The book is dedicated to Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este. The copy here offered is lacking the folding plates, which in a number that varies from 3 to 8 are found in a few rare copies. The last two copies sold at auction over the last 60 years had no plates (Bonhams 2015, GBP 3,500 e Sotheby's 1984, GBP 1,100). Unlike most early theorists, Vicentino, who was a pupil of the Flemish-Venetian composer Adrian Willaert, did not simply summarize the practice of his time, but also attempted to adapt the Greek musical modes to the purpose of modern harmonic singing and instrumental performance. His major contribution is the adaptation of the ancient Greek chromatic and enharmonic genera to modern polyphonic practice. Anticipating Vincenzo Galilei and Claudio Monteverdi, Vicentino also expressed avant-garde's views on the relation between music and text. He stated that, in order to better express the feelings of a verbal text, music should be sometimes allowed to break the strict rules of counterpoint. N. Vicentino, Ancient music adapted to modern practice, M. Rika Maniates & M.V. Palisca, eds., New Haven, 1996; RISM, B6, p. 861; W. Schmieder, Musik, no. 1316; Cowden, no. 22; Grove, V, 495; Eitner, X, 76; Wolffheim, 1093; Gregory-Sonneck, p. 281; Hirsch, 591; Fétis, VIII, 338.

Numismatica/Numismatics. Occo Adolf. Imperatorum Romanorum numismata a Pompeo Magno ad Heraclium ab Adolfo Occone olim congesta, nunc Augustorum iconibus, perpetuis historico-chronologicis notis, pluribusque additamentis illustrata, & aucta. Sac. Caesareae, et regiae maiestati inuictissimi, et clementissimi Leopoldi Primi... exhibita studio, et cura Francisci Mediobarbi Biragi S.R.I. comitis, & regiae ciuitatis Papiae decurionis. Milano, Lodovico Monza, 1683. In-folio (mm 370x229). [12], 624 pagine. Con antiporta allegorica incisa in rame da Simon Durellus su disegno di Philippus Biffius. Frontespizio stampato in rosso e nero con al centro la marca tipografica incisa in rame. Iniziali e fregi silografici. Con inoltre numerose illustrazioni calcografiche di monete nel testo. Segni di tarlo nel margine interno delle prime venti carte circa che non toccano il testo, rinforzo al margine interno delle prime due carte, antiporta in parte staccata. Pergamena rigida coeva, taglio picchiettato. Varie mancanze al dorso, che è anche parzialmente staccato dal volume.Stromberg 118; Hennin 186.Folio (370x229 mm). [12], 624 pages. With an allegorical engraved frontispiece by Simon Durellus after Philippus Biffius. Title-page printed in red and black with the engraved printer's device at the center. Woodcut decorations and initials. With also numerous engraved illustrations of coins in text. Wormholes in the inner margin of the first twenty leaves not affecting the text, gutter of the first two leaves anciently reinforced, frontispiece partly detached. Contemporary stiff vellum, speckled edges. Spine damaged and partially detached from the book block.Stromberg 118; Hennin 186.

Duhamel du Monceau Henri Louis. Del governo dei boschi ovvero Mezzi di ritrar vantaggio dalle macchie, e da ogni genere di piante da taglio... arricchita di Rami, ed ora tradotta in Italiano dall'Abate Giulio Perini... Venezia, Giambattista Pasquali, 1772.Due parti in un volume, in-folio (mm 284x192), ognuna introdotta da frontespizio inciso. [2], 376; [2], 223, [1] pagine. 36 tavole incise ripiegate e numerate (di cui 13 in calce alla prima parte, 23 alla seconda). Esemplare ad ampi margini, qualche leggerissima fioritura marginale, segni d'uso al primo frontespizio. Abrasione al margine inferiore bianco del primo frontespizio. Legatura coeva in mezza pergamena con angoli, dorso liscio con titolo in inchiostro bruno. Qualche alone e tracce di polvere ai piatti, abrasi gli angoli superiori. Provenienza: al contropiatto anteriore la nota di possesso di mano del tempo 'Di Luigi Marchesi'; al secondo frontespizio, piccolo timbro non leggibile di biblioteca, al contropiatto posteriore la nota a lapis 'dup 20.375'.Prima edizione, riccamente illustrata, della traduzione italiana dell'opera di Duhamel Exploitation des Bois, apparsa originariamente a Parigi nel 1764 e dedicata alla produzione e utilizzazione del legname nella costruzioni di navi e ponti. La traduzione si deve all'abate Giulio Perini, bibliotecario della Magliabechiana di Firenze. Nissen 545; Morazzoni, p. 228; Wellcome II, 495.Two parts in one volume, folio (284x192 mm), each with separate engraved title-page. [2], 376; [2], 223, [1] pages. 36 folding and numbered engraved plates (13 in Part 1, 23 in Part 2). A wide-margined copy, light foxing in places, the first title-page with a few finger-marks, minor wear to its blank lower margin. Contemporary half-leather, smooth spine with inked title. A few spotting and dusting to the covers, the upper corners worn. Contemporary ownership inscription 'Di Luigi Marchesi' on the front pastedown; small and illegible library stamp on the second title-page; the pencilled note 'dup 20.375' on the rear pastedown.The lavishly illustrated first edition of the Italian translation of the Exploitation des Bois, originally published by Dumahel - considered one of the fathers of modern silviculure - in Paris in 1764. The work belongs to the eight-volume guide Traité complet des bois et des forêts dedicated to woodland management, and is concerned with the production and use of wood in shipbuilding. The abbot Giulio Perini, librarian at the Magliabechiana in Florence, was responsible for translation. Nissen 545; Morazzoni, p. 228; Wellcome II, 495.

After Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) German. 'St Eustace', Engraving, Unframed, 14" x 10", together with a large Folio of Miscellaneous Prints and Engravings, (Q).

After Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) German. St Jerome, Engraving, Unframed, 13" x 9", and a folio of others by the same hand, quantity (Q).

Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827) British. Caricature Etchings from the Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides", Etchings, a series of twenty contained in a Folio, 10" x 11".

Martin Page (Lincoln Artist 1949 - 2013), in a folio, four acyclic on boards; prints

BANNERMAN, DAVID ARMITAGE - THE BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES Edinburgh, Oliver & Boyd, 1953-1963. First edition, 11 volumes (of 12, missing vol 5), 4to, colour plates, very good in original green cloth, some tears to dust-wrappers; PERROTT, CHARLOTTE - A SELECTION OF BRITISH BIRDS London, The Publishing Partnership, 1979. One of 250 copies, large folio, 5 fine coloured facsimile plates, half morocco leather with marbled boards, complete with the original prospectus in a separate and matching binding, housed in the original quarter leather box, near-fine. A superb facsimile of the original, only 3 copies of which are known. Mrs Perrott planned a major work on British birds illustrated with coloured plates from her own drawings - but her premature death put an end to the project (12) ++BANNERMAN - Internally and the bindings both near-fine - just some tears to dust-wrappers. PERROTT - The book and prospectus are fine, the box very good, minor marks to corners

ANTIQUITATES OXONIENSIS, AND THREE OTHER FOLIO VOLUMES, ALL DISBOUND

A collection of bound railway magazines 1930s-1990s together with two albums of train prints and a 1952 folio of The Model Engineer Magazines

Skelton (Joseph). Skelton's Etchings of the Antiquities of Bristol, from Original Sketches by the late Hugh O' Neil, [1825], etched title and 55 engraved plates, manuscript number to top right corners, light spotting and soiling, original calf-backed boards, some wear to spine, 4to, together with A Course of Geography, by means of Instructive Games, invented by the Abbe Gaultier, by J. Aspin, 1829, 14 hand-coloured double-page maps only (of 15?, lacking table), some tears and marginal fraying, light spotting and soiling, front endpaper torn with loss, contemporary half morocco over original boards, paper label to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed with some wear, folio, with others, some odd and incomplete volumes including Camden's Brittania, circa 1636, Magna Britannia et Hibernia, volume II only, 1720 (lacking some maps) Rapin de Thoyras' The History of England, 2nd edition, volumes I, II & IV (2 copies), 1732-45 (one volume IV disbound), R. & J. Dodsley's England Illustrated, volume II only, 1764 (lacking maps), Reverend S. Shaw's A Tour to the West of England, 1789 and an album of photographs, circa 1899-1905 (with scenes of Whitechurch, Medd family members, warships and China including Port Arthur) (12)

Wiltshire. The Beauties of England and Wales..., by John Britton, volume 15 (Wiltshire), 1814, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 17 plates, browning and spotting throughout, modern green buckram, morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with Blackford (J.H.), The Manor and Village of Cherhill, A Wiltshire Village from Early Times to the Present Day, 1st edition, 1941, black & white portrait frontispiece inscribed by the author, numerous plates and illustrations, signed letter from the author loosely inserted, original cloth gilt, 8vo, with Victoria County Histories - Wiltshire, volumes 9, 10 (2 copies), 12, 15-17, Oxford University Press, 1970-2002, includes some ex-library copies, all original cloth gilt, three with dust jackets, folio, plus other works relating to Wiltshire history and topography, mostly 20th century publications (47)

Bayly (Thomas). Herba Parietis: or, The Wall-Flower as it grew out of the stone-chamber belonging the Metropolitan Prison of London, called Newgate. Being a history which is partly true, partly romantick, morally divine: whereby a marriage between reality and fantasy is solemnized by divinity, 1st edition, 1650, engraved frontispiece, soiled and worn and partly relined, old ink notations to recto and verso, title page printed in red and black within ornamental typographical border, inner margin repaired, several closed tears, lower margin of M2 partially excised and lower right corners of 2L2 and 2M1 torn with loss not affecting text, some light browning and soiling throughout, some fore-edge fraying to early leaves, old ink ownership inscriptions of E. Yorke and Tho. Green to title margins, bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed, folio Wing B1511. (1)

Curtis (William). [Flora Londinensis], circa 1780, lacking title, forty-eight engraved plates with contemporary hand colouring, each with a page of descriptive text, marbled endpapers, contemporary tree calf, rebacked but retaining original spine, rubbed and worn, upright folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)

Elgood (George S. and Gertrude Jekyll). Some English Gardens, 1st edition, 1904, numerous colour printed plates, endpapers a little toned, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, folio, together with Tipping (H. Avray), English Gardens, Country Life, 1925, numerous half-tone illustrations, slight marginal yellowing, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine faded and some fading to covers, folio, with five others including Thomas Mawson's The Art & Craft of Garden Making, 4th edition, 1912 and Gertrude Jekyll & Lawrence Weaver's Gardens for Small Country Houses, 4th edition, 1920 (7)

Evelyn (John). Silva: Or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, 5th edition, 1729, title printed in red and black, illustrations, a little light spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, spine ends chipped, joints cracking, a little rubbed, folio, together with Bradley (Richard), New Improvements of Planting and Gardening both Philosophical and Practical; Explaining the Motion of the Sapp and Generation of Plants, 3 parts in one (part 1 2nd edition; parts 2 & 3 3rd editions) 1718-1720, titles printed in red and black, 3 engraved plates only (of 7), a few tears, bound with The Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar, by Richard Bradley, 3rd edition, 1720, title printed in red and black, 4 folding engraved plates, publisher's list at end, some overall spotting, later manuscript list at front (on renewed endpapers), contemporary sprinkled calf, upper joint cracking, spine a little rubbed with chip at foot, 8vo (2)

Natural History. Two folio albums of natural history prints, botanical plates, and some watercolours, mostly late 18th century and early 19th century, containing approximately 250 prints and engravings (85 hand-coloured), including 12 early 19th century original watercolours of animals and flowers, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from The Works of John Fothergill, 1784, 4 hand-coloured engraved plates of birds from Saverio Manetti, Ornithologia Methodice Digesta (1767-76), 4 hand-coloured engraved plates from the rare publication Speculum Linnaeanum, by George Shaw, 1788 (being the first part of two published, with plates including the Barbary Ape, the Maimon, the Grey Baboon and the White Eye-lid Monkey), a set of 12 small engravings titled A Book of Lions after Picart (an English reissue of the plates first published by Picart in 1729), a large etched plate of the Rana Piscatrix, the Toad-fish or Fishing Frogg (from Walter Charleton, Onomasticon Zoicon, 1668), etc., all mounted to album leaves (watermarked Curteis & Sons, C Taylor and other later 18th century watermarks), marbled boards with recent calf rebacks, folio (38 x 24 cm, 15 x 9.5 ins) The four plates from George Shaw's Speculum Linnaeanum, which are accompanied by the printed title, preliminary leaves and descriptive leaf for each plate, appears to be the first of the two parts published by Shaw, with the illustrations by James Sowerby, which is all that was published. The two parts contain a total of 8 plates of Apes, Monkeys and two of Bats. See Nissen ZBI 3836 and BM (Natural History) IV, page 1911. (2)

Chardin (Sir John). The Travels of Sir John Chardin into Persia and the East-Indies, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, 1686, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, 12 engraved plates only (of 16, lacking plates 6, 9, 11 & 14), lacking folding map, some plates detached, torn and frayed with losses, some light soiling, contemporary calf, lacking lower cover leather, upper cover torn with loss, some wear, folio ESTC R12885; Wing C2043. Sold with all faults. (1)

Parkinson (John). Paradisi in sole Paradisus Terrestris..., second impression much corrected and enlarged, 1656, woodcut pictorial title (repaired to edges and with redrawn double line border at fore-edge), numerous woodcut illustrations, without letterpress title and final five leaves of index, first & last few leaves repaired & strengthened to margins, some browning, dampstaining and spotting, endpapers renewed with modern bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and corners repaired, red morocco title label to spine, folio Henry 285; Nissen BBI 1489; Wing P495. (1)

Camden (William). Britain, or a chorographicall description of the most flourishing Kingdomes, England, Scotland and Ireland and the ilands adioyning, out of the depth of antiquitie, George Bishop & Joannis Norton, 1610, additional decorative half title with a map of the British Isles, printed title, eight plates of coins, twenty-five (only) uncoloured engraved maps by W. Kip & W. Hole after Christopher Saxton and John Norden, later endpapers, near contemporary calf with gilt decoration to sidings, rebacked with 19th century speckled calf, worn and chipped, folio, together with another copy (1637 edition) retaining the decorative title but lacking all maps, contemporary half calf, re-backed and with corners repaired, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. The first described volume contains:- Dorset, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Monmouth, Brecknock, Radnor, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Flint, Denbigh, Anglesey, Carnarvonshire, Merioneth, Montgomery, Cardiganshire, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthanshire, Westmorland, East Riding of Yorkshire, Scotland and Ireland. (2)

Crombach (Hermann, & Philipp Bebius). Vita et martyrium S. Ursulae et sociarum undecim millium virginum, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition, Cologne: Hermann Mylius Birckmann, 1647, engraved architectonic main title page, volume 1 title with woodcut device, volume 2 title also engraved and including scenes from the life of Ursula and 2 views of Cologne, 3 folding engraved maps of the British Isles, the Rhineland and northern Italy, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, text uniformly browned, old repair in margin of leaf 2C1 obscuring catch-word, a few other minor spots and marks, ink-stamps of St Joseph's Seminary (Dunwoodie, NY) to endpapers and margin of main title page, the latter also with near-contemporary inscription 'Collegii Societatis Jesu Augusta 1669', edges dyed blue, contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over reverse-bevelled wooden boards, later hand-painted spine-title, metal clasps, leather straps perished, folio (31.5 x 19 cm) VD17 23:669297B. Scarce Cologne-printed biography of St Ursula, the Romano-British patron saint of that city, with maps illustrating her travels through Europe. Copac traces seven copies in UK libraries. (1)

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Maps of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. A new edition corrected to the present time. 2 volumes, Charles Knight and Co., 1845, title page to each volume but lacking all preliminaries, 152 engraved maps (only), all with contemporary outline colouring, gutta percha perished, contents shaken and loose, disbound but retaining spines, folio No city plans present. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (2)

Denon (Vivant). Egypt Delineated, in a Series of Engravings, exhibiting the Scenery, Antiquities, Architecture, Hieroglyphics, Costume, Inhabitants, Animals, etc., of that Country, with accompanying Descriptions and Explanations, in French and English, London: Charles Taylor, 1825, engraved portrait frontispiece, 110 engraved plates, several folding, tissue guards, mild spotting and toning to text leaves, spotting to folding plates and to margins of a few others, split to one fold of folding map, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, later 19th-century maroon half morocco, gilt morocco title label to front board, extremities rubbed, wear to spine-ends, large folio (51 x 35 cm) Cf. Atabey 338 and Blackmer 471. Second edition thus, first published in 1819. (1)

*Esenbeck (Theodor Friedrich Ludwig Nees von). A collection of 90 hand-coloured engraved plates of plants and flowers from Plantae officinales oder Sammlung officineller Pflanzen, Dsseldorf, [1821-1828], 90 hand-coloured engravings only, on Whatman watermarked paper after A. Henry, of which 24 are conjoined along one edge, each with botanical name printed lower right, occasional minor marks and soiling, one or two sheets with a closed tear, folio (sheet size generally 49 x 30 cm, 19.25 x 11.75 ins or similar) Nissen BBI 1442. Pritzel 6662. The complete work contains 436 engravings and a further supplement (1829-33) of 120 plates. Sold as a collection of plates not subject to return. (90)

Scrap albums. A folio album of printed illustrations, costume, scraps and vignettes, circa 1830s, containing over 300 prints and engravings on 57 leaves, many hand-coloured, including traditional costume of Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Germany and England, many engraved plates after Hogarth, four costume plates from Otto Magnus Stackelberg's Costumes et Usages des Peuples de la Grece Moderne, 1825, (plus a further four images from the same work trimmed to the image outline), an original watercolour of a Pompeian-style Roman goddess on a black background, signed in ink below S.Essex, a lithograph of Niccolo Paganini entitled, The Modern Orpheus, Opera House June 3rd 1831 [by Richard Lane, from Sketches of the Musical World], some glue staining and trimmed with loss of part of the caption at foot, colour lithographs after L. Bouilly, an etching by Giovanni Battista Mercati (circa 1600/circa 1642) of the Mystic Marriage of Saint Catherine, after Correggio, 1620 (trimmed to image), numerous small engravings of female beauties, military heroes, landscapes, etc., all mounted to album leaves, some leaves loose, original morocco-backed green cloth, worn and broken on spine, folio (37.5 x 27.5cm, 14.75 x 10.75ins) (-)

Thornton (Robert John). Collection of botanical prints, 1799-1810, 24 copper-engraved or aquatint plates after Henderson and others, including Anatomy of the Blue Passion Flower, Anatomy of the Agave or American Aloe, Anatomy of the Pontic Rhododendron, and others, most with later hand-colouring, a few spotted in margins, some frayed in fore margins from disbinding, large folio, plate size 45 x 32 cm, sheet size 57 x 41 cm, together with: Roberts (David), 17 tinted lithographs from the quarto edition of The Holy Land, 2 with modern hand-colour, and 7 tinted lithographs from the folio edition, 6 with modern hand-colour; Hogarth (William), Collection of prints from Hogarth Restored, 1796-1802, 35 engraved plates by Thomas Cook after Hogarth, 38 x 43.5 cm, a few in modern hand-colour; a large quantity of miscellaneous engravings including numerous engravings G. Freman from Royaumont's History of the Old Testament, 1st edition in English, 1690, some in modern hand-colour; approximately 40 modern watercolours, charcoal drawings and oil paintings including several nudes; and approximately 15 modern colour prints (7 folders)

Album. Caricatures by Cruikshank, Rowlandson, Woodward etc. 1799 - 1822, title on upper cover, forty-three engraved caricatures by Rowlandson, Woodward, Heath, Gillray, Cruikshank and Williams, all with contemporary hand colouring, all window-mounted, text-block detached and broken, bookplate of Sir Charles Nall-Cain Bt., all edges gilt, modern half morocco gilt by Henderson and Bissett, folio (43)

Album. Caricatures. Drawn & Etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks (sic) &c., circa 1830, decorative title, 186 uncoloured etchings and engravings on eighty-two sheets, with between one and five images per sheet, printed on recto only, after or by Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Bunbury, Hunt, Wilkinson and others, slight spotting, gutta percha perished with text block detached and loose, contemporary quarter morocco with gilt title to upper board, worn and frayed, large folio Scarce. Only one auction record found in the last thirty years (1988 Swann Galleries). (1)

Album. Caricatures by Gillray, Rolandson & Cruikshanks &c. circa 1850, title printed on upper siding, lacking title page and preliminaries, approximately 100 (only) uncoloured engraved and etched caricatures and cartoons after Hunt, Bunbury, Gillray and Rowlandson, printed on recto only, some leaves with multiple images, some partially excised, gutta percha perished and contents shaken and loose, contemporary quarter morocco, worn and frayed at extremities, folio Sold as a collection of prints, not subject to return. (1)

Cruikshank (George). Cruikshankiana. being a collection of the most celebrated woks of George Cruikshank, Frederick Bentley, [1835], title page and thirty-nine (only of eighty-three) uncoloured etchings, gutta percha perished and contents shaken and loose, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, folio, together with My Sketch Book, volume 1, 1834, decorative title, thirty-six uncoloured caricatures, binder's staples rusted, a few leaves detached, slight fraying to foredge, publisher's decorative printed paper wrappers, stained and frayed, oblong 4to, with Heath (Henry), Omnium Gatherum, circa 1845, decorative title, frontispiece, fifty-six uncoloured caricatures, preliminaries frayed with loss, front blank detached, hinges and joints cracked and loose, quarter cloth with printed boards, heavily worn and frayed, oblong 4to, plus Cruikshank (George), Mayhew's Great Exhibition of 1851, eleven (complete) uncoloured etchings, some overall toning and marginal chipping, contained in original cloth gilt portfolio, some rodent damage to corners, stained, slim folio, the folio also contains other prints and ephemera relating to George Cruikshank, including music covers, broadsides, portraits and caricatures, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)

Herbert (Thomas). Some Years Travels into Divers Parts of Africa, and Asia the Great. Describing more particularly the Empires of Persia and Industan... As also, many other rich and famous Kingdoms in the Oriental India, with the Isles adjacent, 4th edition, 1677, additional engraved title (laid down), one engraved plate only (of three), lacking leaf X1, numerous engraved maps and illustrations in text, some light soiling and water stains, early owner signature of Nathaniel Holland to title, armorial bookplate of Sir Joseph Mawbey (1730-1798, English politician), near contemporary calf, rubbed with some wear to spine and edges, folio, together with D'Avity (Pierre), Description Generale de L'Afrique. Seconde Partie du Monde. Avec tous ses Empires, Royaumes, Estats, et Republiques, Paris, 1637, title printed in red and black with large allegorical engraved vignette (title frayed at foot and laid down), lacking engraved map, some toning amd light spotting, modern calf gilt, folio Second work is the second volume (Africa) of Pierre D'Avity's four volume Le Monde, ou, la Description Generale de ses quatre parties. (2)

La Caricature, 6 volumes, 1882 - 1889, (including duplicates), numerous colour, folding and black and white illustrations, lacking some plates, mixed bindings, worn and rubbed, folio, together with Le Charivari, 2 volumes, 1881, numerous black and white illustrations, lacking a few plates, mixed bindings, worn and rubbed, folio, with La Vie Parisienne, 1872, numerous black and white illustrations, contemporary quarter morocco gilt, spine cracked, worn at extremities, folio, plus The Graphic, 1886, numerous uncoloured illustrations, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed, folio (8)

Alunno (Francesco). La fabrica del mondo di M. Francesco Alunno da Ferrara. Nella quale si contengono le voci di Dante, del Petrarca, del Boccaccio & d'altri buoni autori, mediante le quale si possono scriuendo isprimere tutti i concetti dell'huomo di qualunque cosa creata..., Venice: Paulo Gherardo, 1556, woodcut portrait to title with manuscript to blank margins (repaired to fore-edge), few woodcut initials and final leaf with printer's woodcut device, without final blank (2G6), occasional spotting and toning, modern dark brown calf, folio, (Adams A836), together with Le Ricchezze della Lingua Volgare... sopra il Boccaccio, Venice: Giouan Maria Bonelli, 1555, printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf, decorative woodcut initials, early manuscript to lower blank margin of title, double-column text, final leaf 2C5 torn with loss and repaired, without rear blank(?) leaf 2C6, some dampstaining mostly to margins, occasional browning, modern dark brown calf, folio, (not in Adams) (2)

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmography in four Books, containing the Chorography and History of the Whole World ... With an Accurate and an Approved Index ... now annexed to this Last Impression, revised and corrected by the Author immediately before his Death, printed by A. C. for P. Chetwind and A. Seile, 1677, imprimatur leaf, additional engraved title page, letterpress title page in red and black, 4 folding maps depicting Europe, Asia, Africa and North America, spotting and browning, occasional ink-stamps of Lincoln's Inn library (including cancellation stamp to front free endpaper), short closed tear in gutter of engraved title, leaves A3-4 ('To the Reader') starting, paper disruption at intersections of map folds, modern cloth, folio (34 x 22 cm) Sabin 31655; Wing H1695. (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). The Works of the Lord Bacon, 4 volumes, R. Gosling, 1730, engraved frontispiece to each volume, two folding tables, armorial bookplate of John Thomas Stanley of Alderley to volumes 2-4, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spines and decorative borders to boards, later(?) morocco title labels and volume number label to volume 4, joints splitting and some wear to extremities, folio, together with Shakespeare (William), The Plays of William Shakespeare, 12 volumes, London: Printed by T. Bensley for Vernor & Hood, E. Harding & J. Wright, 1800, half-titles, numerous engraved plates, occasional spotting and minor dampstains, contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spines with green morocco labels (some volume number labels lacking), gilt decorated borders to boards, some joints cracked, rubbed and light wear, small 8vo, with Fox (George), A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love, in the Work of the Ministry, of that Ancient, Eminent, and Faithfull Servant of Jesus Christ, George Fox, 3rd edition, corrected, 1765, occasional light spotting, book label of Friends' Meeting Library, Hemingford Street, Birkenhead to upper pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, folio, plus three other antiquarian, all odd volumes (20)

Johnson (A.J., publisher). Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas, New York, D. McLellan & Bros., circa 1865, lacking title, retaining time and distance chart of travel times from Washington, forty-two (only of 105) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, many double page, a few maps split and torn, slight dust soiling, staining and spotting, contemporary half morocco with gilt design to upper board, rubbed and worn and with upper board near detached, folio Sold as a collection of maps not subject to return. (1)

[Burton, Robert]. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it is, with all the Kinds, Causes, Symptomes, Prognostickes & Severall Cures of it... by Democritus Junior, 4th edition, Oxford: Henry Cripps, 1632, engraved title within allegorical border, woodcut headpieces and ornaments, lacks 'Argument of the frontispiece' leaf (loose photocopy supplied), English verses (possibly from another copy) torn and repaired at extremities and reattached, portion of upper corner of 2F4 torn away with loss of text, closed tear to upper corner of 2X4, some staining to 3H-3K and minor loss of sidenote lettering through staining to 3K1, bookplate of Christopher Rowe, contemporary calf, some edge wear, antique-style reback, folio (280 x 185mm) STC 4162. (1)

Foxe (John). The Book of Martyrs: Containg an Account of the Sufferings & Death of the Protestants in the Reign of Queen Mary the First, 1776, engraved frontispiece, additional title and 28 engraved plates only (of 36?), lacking final index leaf (last leaf repaired), some light spotting and soiling, a few tears, previous owner inscription of William Fontaine of Hoxton, 1840, modern calf with red label to spine, folio (1)

Guicciardini (Francesco). The Historie of Guicciardin: containing the Warres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares under sundrie Kings and Princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same..., reduced into English by Geffray Fenton, 2nd edition, London: Richard Field, 1599, title with printer's woodcut device and early manuscript signatures, lower outer corner torn and lined to verso, leaf Aiii repaired to margins, leaf Bvi with worm trail and also torn at foot with text loss and repaired, final leaf of text lined to verso, few other repairs without initial & final blank leaves, some dust-soiling and marks, dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners, modern calf by the Peartree Bindery, folio STC 12459; Pforzheimer 442. (1)

Homilies. Certaine Sermons or Homilies appointed to be read in Churches, in the time of the Late Queene Elizabeth of famous memory, John Bill, 1623, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and ornaments, printed in black letter, occasional light soiling, hinges reibforced, later boards, modern reback, a little rubbed and stained, small folio, together with Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal..., 13th edition, 1810, engraved portrait frontispiece, sanguine-printed and hand-coloured engraved plates, a little light spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, joints cracking, a little rubbed, 4to, plus Erdeswicke (Sampson), A Survey of Staffordshire, 1723, lacking folding map, L2 with small marginal tear and loss, light spotting, trimmed bookplate of Earl Cornwallis, hinges reinforced, later tree calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, 8vo, with others including Basil Kennett's Romae Antiquae Notitia: Or the Antiqquities of Rome, 11th edition, 1746, Culpeper's Complete Herbal, new edition, circa 1810, and Tobias Smollett's The History of England, new edition, 5 volumes, 1800 (20)

Hooker (Richard). Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, Eight Bookes by Richard Hooker, London: Printed by Richard Bishop, and are to be sold by George Lathum, [1639], A1 blank, engraved title, six part titles with decorative woodcut borders (Book 5 with variant imprint date of 1638), some dampstaining, contemporary blind panelled calf, old reback, joints cracked, spine worn at head & foot, lacking title label, folio, together with Cosin (John), A Collection of Private Devotions; in the Practice of the Ancient Church, called The Hours of Prayer..., by the Right Reverend Father in God, John late Lord Bishop of Durham, 8th edition, 1681, additional engraved title, without frontispiece, final leaf strengthened to edges, occasional spotting, later free endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked by Period Binders of Bath, 12mo, plus La Valliere (Louise de), The Penitent Lady: or Reflections on the Mercy of God. Written by the Fam'd Madam La Valliere, since her retirement from the French Court to a Nunnery. Translated out of French, by a divine of the Church of England, London: Dorman Newman, 1684, engraved portrait frontispiece close-trimmed at head and short tear at gutter, lacking final blank and advertisement leaf, light scattered spotting, later endpapers, early 19th century blind decorated calf, rebacked, 12mo, plus a defective Holy Rules and Helps to Devotion by Bryan Duppa, [1675] (4)