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H[owell], J[ames]. Dendrologia. Dodona's Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, 1st edition, [London], T.B. for H. Mosley, 1640, engraved illustration to title, two engraved plates, mostly closed tear repairs to title, two plates and first two leaves, some loss to lower outer corners of plate leaves but only affecting ruled border of first plate, paper repair with loss to final leaf (2A4), old stain to upper margins of title and both plates, some spotting and dust-soiling, lacks frontispiece (found in some copies of the 1st edition), bookplate of Christopher Rowe, recent antique-style half calf, folio STC 13872. (1)

Loyal London Mercury. The Loyal London Mercury: or the Currant Intelligence, issue number 10, from Wednesday September 20 to Saturday September 23, 1682, London: Printed by George Croom, in Thames Street, over against Baynard's Castle, 1682, 2pp. single sheet, lower corner slight dampstained, small disbound folio (leaf size 28.6 x 18.8cm), together with Mercurius Publicus: Comprising the sum of Forraign Intelligence; with the Affairs now in Agitation in England, Scotland, and Ireland. For Information of the People, issue number 20, From Thursday May 10 to Thursday May 17, 1660, incomplete, four leaves only (2Q1-2Q4, pp. 305-312), paper fault to 2Q3), pagination cropped at head, browned and spotted, disbound 4to ESTC P1457. The Loyal London Mercury is one of the rarest of the Restoration news-sheets. It ran as a semiweekly for only 25 issues, from August 23, 1682 until it ceased on November 15, 1682. Only three institutional locations found for the work (British Library, Bodleian Library and University of Texas). (2)

Kuznetsov (Yakov Pavlovich). Uchebniy atlas Rossiyskoy imperii ['Educational Atlas of the Russian Empire'], [St Petersburg]: Military Topographic Depot, 1852, lithographic title page, contents leaf, 22 hand-coloured lithographic maps, 1 leaf of city plans not listed in the contents, offsetting, occasional light spotting, white moir‚ silk endpapers, ink-stamp of the Russian imperial library at the Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo ('Tsarskoselskaya dvortsovaya biblioteka') to initial blank and related shelf-mark labels to front free endpaper verso (see note), all edges gilt, original green moir‚ silk binding, titles and decoration in embossed gilt, fraying to spine and extremities, mild cockling and wear to sides, oblong folio (38.5 x 49.5 cm) Rare Russian atlas producing during the reign of Nicholas I. One copy of the fourth edition of 1860 traced in the Presidential Library, St Petersburg; no copy of any iteration traced on OCLC. There are also maps of the Caucasus and the Bering Strait, and a map titled 'Western Siberia and the Kyrgyz Steppe' which includes parts of modern-day Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Provenance: from the library of the Catherine Palace at Tsarskoye Selo, St Petersburg, the summer residence of the Russian tsars, with ink-stamp and associated shelf-mark labels. (1)

Plutarch. Omnium quae exstant operum..., continens vitas parallelas cum Latina interpretatione Cruserii, & Xylandri..., 2 volumes, Paris: apud Societatem Graecarum Editionum, 1624, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, both titles in red and black and with engraved portrait vignette, early ink inscription to upper blank margins of each title, double-column text in Greek & Latin, occasional dampstaining mostly to lower outer corners, scattered light spotting and minor toning, early 19th century half calf gilt, contrasting morocco labels to spines, joints cracked and lower board of volume 1 detached, large thick folio (2)

Sacrobosco (Johannes de, & others). Sphera mundi noviter recognita cum commentariis, Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1518, text in black letter, double column, various errors in foliation but collates complete, numerous woodcut initials, diagrams and pictorial vignettes in the text, including a full-page armillary sphere, variable damp-staining (mainly in margins and gutter, stronger in outer leaves and here extending from margins into text, diminishing considerably in the middle of the volume), front free endpaper, initial blank and leaf A1 slightly frayed along fore edge, front free endpaper also with mild silverfish damage and old ownership inscription 'Magistri Joannis davini a Castiliani', leaf A1 with old inscription to foot, contemporary limp vellum, staining, leather thongs split along front joint (the joint firm) and partially exposed by loss of vellum on spine, ties and yapp fore edge of front cover perished, modern cloth chemise, folio (30 x 21 cm) BM STC Italian 1465-1600 p. 597; DSB XII pp. 59-63; Zinner & Brown, Regiomontanus: His Life and Works, 103; not in Adams or Renouard, Notice sur les Junte; cf. Houzeau & Lancaster 1641 (omitting this edition). Second Giunta edition of this influential collection of pre-Copernican treatises on astronomy, significantly expanded from the first Giunta edition printed by Bernardino and Giovanni Rosso on behalf of Giuntino Giunta in 1508. The basic collection, which included the Disputationes of Regiomontanus, and Peurbach's Theorice novae planetarum, was first published in 1482, and went through many further editions with new texts often added. 'Sacrobosco's fame rests firmly on his De sphaera, a small work based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators ... It was quite generally adopted as the fundamental astronomy text' (DSB). (1)

Le Sage (A.). Atlas Historique, G‚n‚alogique, Chronologique et G‚ographique, published Paris, circa 1830, engraved title, thirty-six engraved maps and diagrams with three newly produced supplementary sheets, an updated chronology and maps of Europe, Italy, Africa, the world, Asia and the United States, contemporary hand colouring, contemporary quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, printed title label to upeer siding, bumped and frayed at extremities, upright folio A large paper copy of this chronological history of the world. From the library of Marie Caroline, Duchess de Berry (1798 - 1870). (1)

Sidney (Algernon). Discourses Concerning Government, 2nd edition, 1705, engraved portrait frontispiece, a little light soiling, armorial bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, upper cover detached, rubbed with some edge wear, folio, together with Pennant (Thomas), The View of Hindoostan, 2 volumes, 1798, 22 engraved plates, including one hand-coloured, two engraved vignettes, lacking folding map, light spotting and offsetting, bookplates, contemporary tree calf gilt, one spine label lacking, a little rubbed, 4to, with three others including The Poems of Mr Gray, 2nd edition, 1775 (6)

Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene, Disposed into XII. Bookes, 1st Folio Edition, H.L. for Mathew Lownes, 1609, woodcut initials, head and tail-pieces, woodcut cartouches to head of each canto, lacking imprimatur leaf, title-page and final blank, title to Second Part dated 1609, final text leaf slightly shorter and from another copy of the second issue (1611, colophon dated '16012'), occasional spotting or browning, bookplate of Christopher Rowe and earlier armorial bookplate with ownership details scratched away, modern half calf gilt over cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, folio (295 x 190mm) Pforzheimer 971; STC 23083. (1)

Borras (Maria Lluisa). La Sainte-Vierge. De luxe edition of the catalogue for the Francis Picabia exhibition at Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 1993, comprising the catalogue (sealed), folded contents leaf, 34 facsimile reprints of catalogues, pamphlets and periodicals in various sizes, all loosely contained in original cloth drop-back book box, a little frayed at head of upper joint, (limited edition 974/1200 copies), together with Rivulets & Sibilants of Dent, Poems by John Williams, Drawings/Prints by Karl Torok, 3 copies, [Bradford:] Topia Press, 1987, 12 colour lithographs on twelve sheets, each signed in pencil by the artist, loosely contained as issued with 8-page booklet of poems (numbered 4, 5 & 6/50 copies, signed by poet and artist) in card portfolio with colour title onlay to upper covers, plus Creatis, la photographie au present, 10 issues bound as one, Paris, 1976-1979, colour and black and white photograph reproductions, original cloth, all large folio, and Toulouse-Lautrec (Henri de), Elles, with a Specially Written Introduction by Michael Melot, Toulouse-Lautrec Circle of London, 1969, 11 tipped-in colour lithographs, each with blind stamp and limitation number (872/1250) in pencil, with a loosely inserted window-mounted lithograph (limited edition 676/5000) and a 4-page membership certificate of the Toulouse-Lautrec Circle, original cloth-backed pictorial boards in slipcase (dust-soiled and partly faded), large folio (6)

Brydges (Sir Samuel Egerton). Stemmata Illustria; Praecipue Regia, Paris, 1825, 12 engraved plates (including two not called for), folding table, some spotting and light soiling, Constitutional Club Library bookplate, previous owner inscription, hinges reinforced, modern calf over contemporary marbled boards, a little rubbed, folio, one of 100 copies printed, together with The Great Seals of England, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time... by Alfred & Alan Wyon, 1887, frontispiece and 54 autotype plates, light spotting front and rear, previous owner inscription of Isambard Brunel (junior!) to head of title and Cathedral Library bookplate at front, all edges gilt, original red morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, limited edition 49/300 Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (2)

John (Augustus). Fifty-Two Drawings, with an Introduction by Lord David Cecil, London: George Rainbird, 1957, half-title, 52 plates including lithograph self portrait frontispiece, original half vellum by Zaehnsdorf, in original slipcase, folio Limited edition 95/150, signed by Augustus John and Lord David Cecil. (1)

Marchese (Vincenzo). S. Marco Convento dei Padri Predicatori in Firenze illustrato e Inciso principalmente nei dipinti del B. Giovanni Angelico, Florence, 1853, 40 engraved plates, a little light soiling, occasional small water stain to text lower margins, bookplate, contemporary calf-backed boards, loss at foot of spine, a little rubbed and stained, folio, together with La Patriarcale Basilica Vaticana, illustrata per cura Agostino Valentini, 2 volumes, 1845, numerous engraved plates and plans, a few folding, occasional light spotting and marginal water stains, House of Commons Library stamps, all edges gilt, modern morocco-backed buckram, folio, plus Esplorazioni Sotto la Confessione di San Pietro in Vaticano. Eseguite negli Anni 1940-1949, relazione a cura di B.M. Apollonj Ghetti, A. Ferrua et al, 2 volumes, Citta del Vaticano, 1951, 59 plates and plans, a few folding, illustrations, previous owner signature to title, original red cloth gilt, 4to, with four others related: H. D'Espouy Fragments d'Architecture du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance, 2 volumes, circa 1900 and two others Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (9)

Pardo di Figueroa (Benito). An Analysis of the Picture of the Transfiguration of Raffaello Sanzio D'Urbino... and now translated into English: In which are introduced the remarks and observations of Vasari, Mengs, Reynolds, Fuseli, and other distinguished writers and artists..., Robert Bowyer, 1817, 19 engraved plates by Godby after Gaubaud and Raphael, some spotting to Transfiguration plate, contemporary half calf gilt, joints cracking with small chips at ends, light edge wear, 59 x 43 cm (23.25 x 16.75 ins), folio Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (1)

[Rosini, Carlo Maria, et al]. Dissertationis Isagogicae ad Herculanensium Voluminum Explanationem Pars Prima [all published], Naples, Regia Typographia, 1797, two folding uncoloured maps, 20 engraved plates, some light spotting and soiling, later red morocco-backed boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, light edge wear, folio Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (1)

Tilson (Joe). Alchera. Notes for Country Works (Wiltshire and Tuscany) 1970-1974, Kelpra Editions, 1976, suite of 17 full-page and 8 double-page colour screenprints by Joe Tilson, printed on both sides of folded sheets, with title page, text and justification, loose as issued in original half cloth portfolio, spine rubbed, publisher's slipcase, rubbed and marked with a little fraying to extremities, large folio Signed limited edition, 34/50 copies. The double-page prints in this copy are not initialled by the artist as found in some copies. (1)

Wicar (Jean-Baptiste). Tableaux, statues, bas-reliefs et cam‚es de la Galerie de Florence et du Palais Pitti ... grav‚s sous la direction de C. L. Masquelier, avec les ‚xplications par Mongez, 2 volumes [of 4], 2nd edition, Paris: J. P. Aillaud, 1819, 96 engraved plates, variable spotting to text-leaves and plate margins, some offsetting, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary green straight-grain morocco, gilt spines, broad gilt borders to sides incorporating palmette and urn tools, rubbed and scuffed, some minor stripping and repairs, folio (52.5 x 33.5 cm) (2)

Facsimile Manuscript. Bestiarium. Facsimile of Bodleian Library Manuscript Ashmole 1511. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1982, colour facsimile leaves with images depicting animals, mythical creatures and people, many with gold backgrounds, original blind embossed brown morocco, small folio, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition 401/980), together with Unterkircher (Franz), Bestiarium. Die texte der Handschrift Ms. Ashmole 1511... in Lateinischer und Deutscher Sprache. Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1986, original printed wrappers, small folio The companion volume (band 2) providing the French and German translations is not present in this lot. (2)

Ludolf (Hiob). A New History of Ethiopia, 1st edition in English, for Samuel Smitih, 1682, 8 folding plates (mainly zoological), folding genealogy, engraved plate of the Ethiopian alphabet, contents toned, occasional spotting, mild damp-staining in upper margins, small variable worm-track in gutter, larger worm-track affecting headline of last gathering, repairs to versos of 2 plates (facing pp. 56 and 58), ownership inscription 'Ro. Banks Jenkinson' to front free endpaper (see note), contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered in reddish-brown sheep, folio (32.8 x 20.5 cm) Lockot, Bibliographia Aethiopica II 5496; Cox I p. 365; Wing L3468. 'Still a valuable work, and of especial interest for its account of Ethiopic literature' (Cox). Copies are occasionally encountered with a map of Ethiopia, but this originally appeared in the second edition of 1684. Robert Banks Jenkinson was the name of British prime minister Lord Liverpool (1770-1828), though the ownership inscription in this copy appears to date from the early 18th century, and Liverpool signed himself Lord Hawkesbury until 1808, and Liverpool thereafter. (1)

Folio Society. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, by J.R.R. Tolkien, 2002, frontispiece and illustrations by Eric Fraser, printed map endpapers, original dark brown quarter morocco by Smith Settle of Otley, with Indian silk sides, title in gilt to spine designed by John Andrew, 8vo, contained in original dark brown morocco covered slipcase with calligraphic title in gilt to one side Limited edition 1710/1750. (1)

Folio Society. The Secret Agent, by Joseph Conrad, 1999, The Complete Poems, John Keats, 2nd printing, 2002, The Enchanted April, by Elizabeth Van Arnim, 2002, The Greengage Summer, by Rumer Godden, 2000, The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, by Garrett Mattingley, 2002, together with 74 further volumes of Folio Society, all original cloth in slipcases, plus 13 volumes without slipcases, some as new in original plastic wrappers, G/VG, 8vo (92)

Folio Society. Zuleika Dobson, or An Oxford Love Story, by Max Beerbohm, 2008, Travels With My Aunt, by Graham Greene, 2004, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson, 2000, Lark Rise to Candleford, by Flore Thompson, 2009, Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard, by Joseph Conrad, 1984, together with 64 further volumes of Folio Society, mostly fiction or literary related, all original cloth in slipcases, some duplication, G/VG, 8vo (69)

Folio Society. The Cretan Runner, his story of German occupation, by George Psychoundakis, 2009, SOE, an outline history of the special operations executive 1940-1946, by M.R.D. Foot, 2008, Memoirs of a Fighting Captain, by Admiral Lord Cochrane, 2005, Ill Met by Moonlight, by W. Stanley Moss, 2001, The Double-Cross System, in the war of 1939 to 1945, by J.C. Masterman, 2007, together with 65 further volumes of Folio Society, mostly military and history reference, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (70)

Folio Society. Charlemayne, father of a continent, by Alessandro Barbero, 2006, India, a history, 2 volumes, by John Keay, 2003, The Works of Lawrence Durrell, 5 volumes, 2009, together with 58 further volumes of Folio Society, mostly travel and history reference, all original cloth in slipcases, plus 3 related, G/VG, 8vo (69)

Hain (Ludwig). Repertorium Bibliographicum/Supplement to Hain's Repertorium Bibliographicum, 4 volumes, Berlin, 1925-26, library stamps to titles and usual marks, original half vellum, Bedford College library stamp at foot of each spine, slight soiling, 8vo, together with Appendices ad Hainii-Copingeri Repertorium Bibliographicum Additiones et Emendationes, edidit Dietericus Reichling, 2 volumes, Milan, 1983, light marginal toning, original cloth, some fading to head of spine, 8vo, plus Incunabula Biblica or the First Half Century of the Latin Bible, by W.A. Copinger, Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, Connecticut, 2007, original cloth, folio, plus other incunabula and early printing bibliography including Frederick Goff's Incunabula in American Libraries, Kraus Reprint Co., 1973, German Incunabula in the British Museum, Hacker Art Books, 1975 and Sir William Osler's Incunabula Medica, Martino reprint, circa 1975, limited edition of 150 Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (48)

Gregynog Press. Wood Engravings by Gertrude Hermes, Being Illustrations to Selborne, with Extracts from Gilbert White, Introduced by William Condry with a Postscript by James Hamilton, Gwasg Gregynog, 1988, six full-page wood engravings, original cloth-backed patterned boards, folio, together with Basilisk Press, Epithalamion, A Poem by Ida Graves, with Associate Wood Engravings by Blair Hughes-Stanton, 1980, 23 full-page wood engraved illustrations, some light marginal spotting, mainly to fore-edges, folded but not stitched, with accompanying booklet in original wrappers, housed together in folder and slipcase (lightly marked) covered in the pale green Ingres paper used in the 1934 bindings, the cloth-backed folder with morocco spine label, prospectus loosely inserted, folio, Limited editions: first item 54/240 copies, second item 285/330 copies signed by Hughes-Stanton. This copy of Epithalamion is actually one of 150 copies issued in 1980 from sheets printed by Hughes-Stanton in 1934, when he intended to publish 330 copies under his Gemini Press imprint. However 300 were actually printed, of which only 150 sold at the time. In 1970 Hughes-Stanton gave the remaining sheets to the Basilisk Press. (2)

Malte-Brun (Conrad). Atlas Complet du precis de la geographie universelle, Paris, 1837, title apge and seventy-two (complete) engraved maps and charts, including a reduced Peutinger table, geological maps and diagrams, all (with the exception of the Peutinger table) with contemporary outline colouring, index at rear, marbled endpapers, contemporary half morocco gilt, folio From the library of Marie Caroline, Duchess de Berry (1798 - 1870). (1)

Lawrence (T.E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a Triumph. The Complete 1922 Text, 2 volumes, plus Illustration volume, Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press, 1997, two folding colour maps contained in rear pocket of volume 1, illustration volume with monotone illustrations from photographs, text volumes in original quarter cloth with dust jackets, illustration volume in original limp cloth, with dust jacket, folio, contained together in original slipcase Limited edition 210/752. (1)

Perishable Press. The Wandering Tattler. Poems by Diane Wakoski, the Perishable Press, Driftless, Wisconsin, 1974, illustrations by Ellen Lanyon, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, folio Limited signed edition 50/130. (1)

Rampant Lions Press. Printing and the Mind of Morris. Three Paths to the Kelmscott Press, by Colin Franklin, Rampant Lions Press, 1986, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited edition I of 50 lettered copies, from a total edition of 450, presentation copy, inscribed to half title: "For Morris Cox, to bring together in this Morris Dance the two whose art I have most admired, from Colin Franklin, Christmas 1986", together with The Compleat Angler or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, Hanborough Parrot, 1990, hand-coloured illustrations by Wilton Priestner, original pictorial boards, 8vo, limited edition VII/XXV, from a total edition of 135, plus The Cuckoo Clock and Other Poems, by Shanre Leslie, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1987, illustrations by Iris Leslie partly coloured, original cloth, folio, limited edition of 30 copies from the ordinary edition of 500, part-tinted by Margaret Adams, together with six others including Etruscan Gate, by Dorothy Shakespear Pound, Rougemont Press, 1971, limited edition 119/300, Anthony Astbury's My W.S. Graham Wall, Greville Press, 1989, limited edition 49/50, Sun and Shadow, by Federico Garcia Lorca, Enitharmon Press, 1972, limited edition 80/225 and Robert Burns. A Memoir by Maria Riddell, Signet Press, 1966, limited signed edition 18/100 From the library of Alan & Joan Tucker. (9)

Davies (Gerald S.). Hans Holbein the Younger, 1903, numerous monochrome plates, guttering split, some spotting, original cloth, spine slightly toned and rubbed, hinges cracked to head, folio, together with Cartwright (Julia, editor), Christ & His Mother in Italian Art, 1897, limited edition 178/256, 50 monochrome plates, period inscription to front endpaper, cracked front guttering, some minor spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards and spines lightly rubbed, folio, and Stillman (W.J.), Venus and Apollo in Painting and Sculpture, 1897, limited edition 29/555, 68 plates, bookplate and extra illustration to front endpapers, some minor toning and spotting, publisher's original gilt decorated quarter vellum, boards and spine lightly rubbed, folio, plus other large format classical art reference and related, mostly original cloth, G/VG, folio Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (2 cartons)

Freytag (Carl). Die Hausthier-Racen..., mit zeichnungen von H. Schenck, Academ. Zeichenlehrer, I. Band. Pferde-Racen. Erste Lieferung, Halle, 1874-[77], 38 lithograph plates of horses (some tinted or in colour), one hand-coloured lithograph map, toning, some spotting and marginal damp mottling, original brown cloth gilt, spine and extremities frayed and worn, folio, together with Marcus (Herz), Versuch uber den Schwindel, Vienna, 1817, original two tone marbled boards, 8vo, with Hachet-Souplet (Pierre), Die Dressur der Thiere mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der Hunde, Affen, Pferde, Elephanten und der wilden Thiere..., Leipzig, 1898, black & white frontispiece and illustrations, decorative endpapers, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, plus other equestrian and dressage related, mostly early 20th century German publications (a carton)

Bourgoing (J. Fr.). Modern State of Spain..., 4 volumes, printed for John Stockdale, 1808, lacking atlas volume, some spotting, uniform contemporary boards, spines toned and rubbed with loss to head and foot, 8vo, together with Kemp (Dixon), A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing, 1878, numerous black and white illustrations, guttering cracked, some light toning, original blue cloth, covers and spine rubbed and faded, 8vo, and Locker (Arthur), The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott's Contributions to The "Graphic", 1888, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, guttering cracked, some light spotting, original cloth, boards rubbed and toned, spine rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus other mostly 19th century reference and literature, some odd volumes, mostly contemporary cloth, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Martin (M.). A Late Voyage to St. Kilda..., 1st edition, 1698, folding map, later end papers, with annotations, some spotting, later gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, front board partially detached, 8vo, together with Culpeper (Nicholas), Culpeper's English Physician: and Complete Herbal..., 1805, 29 hand coloured plates, modern endpapers, some loss to right side of title page, some light marks and spotting, modern gilt decorated full green morocco, large 4to, and Jane's & Co (publisher), Jane's Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles &c of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, 1829, numerous black and white illustrations, some spotting, contemporary gilt decorated quarter calf, spine and hinges slightly rubbed, large 8vo, plus other mostly 19th century literature and reference, including The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12 volumes, new edition, 1806, and History of Europe..., 15 volumes including Atlas, by Archibald Alison, 1849, all leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (55 volumes) (3 shelves)

Widgery (Frederick J., illustrator). Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts, 1908, limited edition 80/160, 60 colour illustrations, some spotting and toning, publisher's original gilt decorated vellum, boards and spine slightly marked and toned, rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with other early 20th century sporting and hunting reference and related, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Lavater (John Casper). Essays on Physiognomy..., 2 volumes, 1789, numerous black and white engravings including William Blake, some light spotting and minor wear, uniform contemporary half calf, boards detached, marked and rubbed, spines cracked and worn, large 4to, together with Thomson (W.), Orpheus Caledonius: or, A Collection of Scots Songs Set to Musik, 2 volumes bound in one, 2nd edition, printed for the author, 1733, numerous black and white engraved head and tail pieces, some minor toning, modern gilt decorated full brown morocco, 8vo, and Anderson (Jacob), Selectus Diplomatum & Numismatum Scotiae Thesaurus..., Edinburgh, 1739, 179 black and white plates, some minor spotting and marks, contemporary full calf, boards detached and rubbed, spine cracked and rubbed, folio, plus other 18th and 19th century history and literature, some Scottish reference, some odd volumes, all leather bindings, condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folio, (approximately 130 volumes) (6 shelves)

Barclay (Robert). An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. The Eighth Edition in English, Birmingham: printed by John Baskerville, 1765, light spotting to title, margins of first & last leaves browned, 18th century bookplate of the Earl of Home (with motto 'True to the End'), 20th century calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, 4to, together with Wesley (Samuel), Poems on Several Occasions, 1736, some dampstaining, ink stains to fore-margins, crude brown paper tape repairs to front endpaper, contemporary sheep, upper board detached and lower joint cracked, worn, 4to, plus Strype (John), Ecclesiastical Memorials; relating chiefly to religion, and the reformation of it, and the emergencies of the Church of England, 3 volumes, 1721, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1, later inscriptions to front endpapers, some light spotting, uniform contemporary full calf, volume 1 boards partially detached, spines and boards rubbed with minor loss, folio, and Cox (Nicholas), The Gentleman's Recreation in four parts, viz. Hunting, Fowling, Hawking, Fishing..., 6th edition, 1721, 3 (of 4) black and white folding plates, owner's stamp and inscription to head of title page, some minor toning, modern calf spine retaining contemporary mottled calf boards, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th century history and ecclesiastical literature, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (45 volumes) (3 shelves)

Stratton (Arthur). The English Interior, a Review of the Decoration of English Homes from Tudor Times to the XIXth Century, Batsford, 1928, numerous monochrome plates and illustrations, some minor toning, publisher's original gilt decorated cloth, spine slightly marked and rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Nash (Joseph), The Mansions of England in Olden Time, 2 volumes, circa 1840, 48 (of 50) monochrome plates, some light rubbing, some plates chipped, uniform contemporary blue quarter morocco, spines rubbed with some loss, folio, and Hine (Reginald L.), The History of Hitchin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1927, signed by the author to front endpapers, black and white illustrations, some minor spotting, uniform gilt decorated red cloth, spines faded and slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other UK topography, heraldry and reference, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Finden (Edward). The Beauties of Moore: a series of portraits of his principal female characters..., 1846, 50 black and white engraved plates, some minor toning and marks, contemporary gilt decorated full morocco, loss to foot of spine, boards rubbed, folio, together with Dalrymple (John), Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland..., 2 volumes, printed for W. Strachan and T. Caddell, Edinburgh, 1771-73, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, 4to, and Scott (Walter), The Vision of Don Roderick; a poem, 1811, Rokeby; a poem, 1813, both printed in Edinburgh, some light toning and spotting, bookplates and previous owner inscriptions, contemporary gilt decorated calf, boards and spines rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other mostly 19th century literature, poetry and related reference, including Oeuvres de Walter Scott, 13 volumes, Paris, 1840, all leather bindings, some French language, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (51 volumes) (3 shelves)

Morisot (Claude Barth‚lemy de). Orbis maritimi, sive rerum in mari et littoribus gestarum generalis historia, 1st edition, Dijon: Pierre Palliot, 1643, additional engraved title page, double-page folding plate, 23 engraved maps in the text, and several further engravings of coins and views of ships, moderate spotting and browning, small ink-spot to foot of engraved and printed title pages, damp-staining to index, ink-stamps to front pastedown and free endpaper, bookseller's printed description mounted to former, old ownership inscription to title, contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine, wear to extremities, a few scuffs to sides, folio (35.5 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes II pp. 87-8; Sabin 50723. First edition of 'the first naval history' (Borba de Moraes). 'A kind of encyclopaedia of everything relating to maritime affairs. Pages 592-612 contain a description of America, with three maps. The cuts are copies from De Bry' (Sabin). (1)

Furley (Robert). A History of the Weald of Kent..., 2 volumes (in 3), Ashford, 1871-74, black and white folding maps, bookplates to front endpapers, some minor toning and spotting, publisher's uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Ogilvy (James S.), A Pilgrimage in Surrey, 2 volumes, 1914, 141 colour plates, some light spotting, uniform original green cloth, spines lightly rubbed, 4to, and Bradley (E.T.), Annals of Westminster Abbey, 1895, numerous black and white illustrations, including engraved frontispiece, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine and boards slightly toned and rubbed to head and foot, large 4to, plus other 20th century UK topography and history reference and related, including A History of Surrey, 4 volumes, plus Index, The Victorian History of the Counties of England, circa 1920, mostly original cloth, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Bindings. Master Humphrey's Clock, 3 volumes, by Charles Dickens, 1860, black and white illustrations by George Cattermole & Hablot Browne, bookplate to front pastedowns, some light marks and spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated blue calf bound by J. Foggitt, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, Verses and Fly Leaves, by Charles Stuart Calverley, new editon, 1887, period inscriptions to front endpaper, contemporary gilt decorated full calf bound by Bumpus, spine lightly faded, 8vo, Amyntor and Theodora: Or, The Hermit. A Poem. In three cantos, by David Mallett, 1747, bookplate to front pastedown, some spotting and toning, some annotations and underlining, later gilt decorated half calf, spine and boards lightly rubbed, 4to, Eton College Chronicle, Michaelmas 1924-Summer 1925, Eton, 1925, numerous black and white illustrations and adverts, bookplates to front endpapers, contemporary gilt decorated quarter green morocco, bound by Birdsall & Son, spine lightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with other late 19th and early 20th century literature, all gilt decorated leather bindings, some odd volumes, some French language, condition is generally very good, 8vo/folio, (94 volumes) (3 shelves)

Polar Exploration. Large collection of books on the natural history of the Arctic and Antarctic, including Roberts (Brian), Edward Wilson's Birds of the Antarctic, 1st edition, Blandford Press, 1967, colour illustrations, original cloth, rear board slightly marked, dust jacket (slightly soiled, tape-repairs verso), large 4to; Law (Phillip, & John B‚chervaise), Anare, Australia's Antarctic Outposts, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1957, colour and half-tone illustrations, bookplate to title page, original cloth, dust jacket chipped and tape-repaired, large 4to; Bliss (Lawrence C., editor), Truelove Lowland, Devon Island, Canada: A High Arctic Ecosystem, 1st edition, Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1877, inscribed by the author to David Walton of the British Antarctic Survey on front free endpaper, original cloth, dust jacket, 8vo; and many other works on polar ecology, botany, ornithology and similar, including illustrated monographs, numerous issues of and offprints from the Geographical Journal and other periodicals, many in Norwegian, 20th century, original boards, cloth or wrappers, dust jackets where applicable, various formats, mainly folio or large 4to (6 shelves)

History. A large collection of miscellaneous history, biography and topography reference, including publications by The Athlone Press, Routledge, Gollancz, Batsford, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves + a carton)

Polar Bibliography. Arctic Institute of North America, Arctic Bibliography, 16 volumes, Washington, D.C.: Department of Defense [later volumes Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press], 1953-75, all original blue cloth except volume 15 (rebound in black cloth), volume 1 spine faded, shelf-marks to spines of volume 4 and 12, 8vo; National Science Foundation, Antarctic Bibliography, 25 volumes, Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1965-95, comprising primary volumes numbered 1-22, the retrospective volume issued after volume 3, and the 2 index volumes for volumes 1-7 and 8-12, original blue cloth, cancelled British Antarctic Survey ink stamps to front pastedowns, 4to; Scott Polar Research Institute, The Library Catalogue of the Scott Polar Research Institute, 23 volumes, Boston, MA: G. K Hall & Co., 1976-81, comprising primary volumes numbered 1-19 (lacking volume 14), and supplement volumes 1-5, discreet ink-stamps of the Scott Polar Research Institute to title pages, original green cloth, folio; Day (Alan Edwin), Search for the Northwest Passage, an Annotated Bibliography, New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1986, original cloth, 8vo; Ricks (Melvin), Alaska Bibliography: An Introductory Guide to Alaskan Historical Literature, Portland, OR: Binford & Mort, 1977, original leatherette, large 8vo; and approximately 20 similar, various formats (6 shelves)

Renouf (Jane). The Lake Artist's Society, a centenary celebration, 2004, limited edition 23/150, signed by the author to title page, numbered and signed certificate of authentification, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated red quarter morocco in dust jacket, large 8vo, together with Wark (Robert R.), Drawings by Thomas Rowlandson in the Huntington Collection, California, 1975, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 4to, and other modern art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Military History. War With Japan, 6 volumes (in 4), H.M.S.O., 1995, numerous black and white illustrations, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with other modern military and naval reference and related, including publications by Pen & Sword, P.S.L., Airlife, Seaforth, Arms & Armour Press, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Film & Theatre. A large collection of modern film and theatre reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Ross (Sir John). Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, 2 volumes, facsimile edition, New York: Greenwood Press, 1969, numerous plates, original cloth, folio, together with: Brunt (Sir David), The Royal Society International Geophysical Expedition, Halley Bay, Coats Land, Falkland Islands Dependencies, 1955-1959, 4 volumes, 1st edition, Royal Society, 1960-4, photographic plates, original red cloth, volume 1 slightly faded, large 4to; Admiralty, The Antarctic Pilot, 3rd edition, 1961, numerous photographic plates, tables and maps, several folding, original cloth, spine sunned, 8vo; U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Coast Pilot 9, Alaska, Cape Spencer to Arctic Ocean, 6th edition, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1955, colour maps, cancelled library plate to front pastedown, original cloth, large 8vo; and numerous others, including other 20th-century facsimile editions of early polar voyages, several Hakluyt Society editions, later 20th-century editions of first-hand accounts from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Editions (Scott, Shackleton and others), and modern-day first-hand accounts of polar exploration by Ranulph Fiennes and others, original cloth, boards or card wrappers, dust jackets, various formats (6 shelves)

Comanducci (A. M.). Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiani e Comptemporanei, 5 volumes, 4th edition revised and expanded, Milan: Luigi Patuzzi, 1970, profuse colour illustrations, original green leatherette lettered in gilt, dust jackets slightly toned and dust-soiled in places, folio, together with Bourguet (Pierre du), Mus‚e National du Louvre, Catalogue des Etoffes Coptes, 1st edition, Paris: Editions des Mus‚es Nationaux, 1964, tipped-in colour plates, original pictorial cloth, spine toned, front board slightly marked, 4to, plus Davey (Neil K.), Netsuke. A Comprehensive Study based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, 1st edition, Faber & Faber Limited, 1974, photographic illustrations as plates and to text, light spotting to edges, original cloth, dust jacket, folio; and numerous others, all art reference including Islamic and Eastern art, various formats (3 shelves & 1 carton)

Ebers (Georges). L'Egypte, Alexandrie et Le Caire ... Du Caire … Philae, traduction de Gaston Maspero, 2 volumes in 1, 1st edition in French, Paris: Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1880-1, numerous wood-engraved plates and text illustrations, 2 colour maps, spotting to endpapers and half-title, light spotting to title page and margins of maps, bookplate of Sir Campbell Clarke (British journalist, 1845-1902), contemporary green half morocco, rubbed, spine sunned, folio, together with Botta (Carlo), Storia d'Italia, continuata da quella del Guicciardini, sino al 1789, 10 volumes in 5, 1st edition, Paris: Baudry, 1832, engraved frontispiece, occasional light spotting, bookplates of Ann Newell Hill (1797-1892; Lady of the Manor of Asby Winderwath), contemporary tan half calf, rubbed, 8vo, plus CrabitŠs (Pierre), The Winning of the Sudan, 1st edition, George Routledge and Sons, Ltd, 1934, original red cloth, dust jacket, 8vo, a bright copy, and numerous others, mainly mid-20th-century African travel in dust jackets, various formats (3 shelves)

Piso (Willem). De Indiae utriusque re naturali libri quatuordecim, 2nd edition, Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1658, 3 parts in 1 volume, engraved pictorial title page, profuse botanical and zoological woodcuts in the text, pale intermittent tide-mark extending from fore edges (strong only in final 2 leaves), occasional light fraying and damp-staining to lower outer corners, stitching strained between part 1 quires O and P, worm-track in upper margins of part 2, bookplate of Francois Moutier (poet and physician, 1881-1961) and 19th-century French inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manusript spine-title, toned, a few marks, folio (36 x 22 cm) Borba de Moraes I pp. 153-4; DSB X pp. 621-2; Nissen IVB 589; Nissen BBI 1533; Sabin 63029; Willems 1236. Second edition, greatly revised and expanded, of the most important scientific work completed in Brazil during the 17th century, which established the author, Piso, 'as one of the pioneers of tropical medicine' (DSB). The second part contains two works by Georg Markgraf, Tractatus topographicus et meteorologicus Brasiliae, and Commentarius de Brasiliensium et Chilensium indole et lingua, and the third part contains Historiae naturalis et medicae Indiae Orientalis libri sex, a treatise on the East Indies by Jacob de Bondt, and a further work by Piso himself on the Mantissa aromatica, neither of which appeared in the first edition published in 1648 as Historia naturalis Brasiliae. (1)

Gregory (Olinthus). A Treatise of Mechanics, Theoretical, Practical and Descriptive, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1807, book stamp to front pastedowns, period inscription to volume 1 front endpaper, some light toning and water marks, uniform contemporary full calf, volume 1 front board detached, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, together with Head (Francis B.), The Royal Engineer, 1869, black and white frontispiece, previous owner's inscription to head of title page, some minor toning, original gilt decoration blue cloth, boards slightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and other military, engineering and transport reference, including publications by Greenhill Books, Ian Allan, Airlife, Conway, Folio Society, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (4 shelves)

Burns (Thea & Saunier, Philippe). L'art du pastel, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket and slipcase, large 4to, together with Macquoid (Percy), A History of English Furniture, Bracken Books, 1988, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, plus Sanger (Martha Frick Symington), The Henry Clay Frick Houses..., USA, 2001, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus other modern art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Literature. A large collection of miscellaneous modern literature, including literary, biography and reference and publications by Oxford, Penguin, Folio Society, all original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (5 shelves)

Nansen (Fridtjof). Farthest North, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1898, numerous black and white illustrations and maps, some minor spotting, uniform original gilt decorated green cloth, boards and spines lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, together with Hutchinson (Thomas J.), Ten Years Wanderings among the Ethiopians..., 1861, sepia frontispiece, split gutters, some minor spotting, loss to last page of text and lacking first leaf of adverts, contemporary gilt decorated embossed plum cloth, boards and spine lightly rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, and Gunn (J.A.W., editor), Benjamin Disraeli, Letters 1815-1864, 8 volumes, University of Toronto Press, 1982-2009, uniform original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century history and travel reference, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Purey-Cust (A.).). The Heraldry of York Minster: A Key to the History of its Builders and Benefactors, 2 volumes, Leeds, 1890, colour plates and monochrome illustrations, period inscription to half-title of first volume, volume 2 lacking title page, some light spotting and toning, original uniform publisher's decorated blue cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, first volume with some light soiling and discolouration, limited editions, volume 1 207/300, volume 2 116/300,folio, together with Price (John Edward), A Descriptive Account of the Guildhall of the City of London: Its History and Associations, 1886, 45 colour and monochrome illustrations, occasional light spotting, original gilt decorated brown cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, folio, plus other mostly late 19th and early 20th century history and literature including Hallam's Introduction to the Literature of Europe, 3 volumes, 4th edition, 1854, 3 volumes Rarum Britannicarum series, 10 volumes Camden Society series, etc., mostly original cloth, mainly 8vo (including some folios) Provenance: Dr Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (6 shelves)

Petre (J., editor). Richard III, Crown and People, A Selection of Articles from The Ricardian, Richard III Society, 1985, original black cloth gilt in dust wrapper, large 8vo, together with Arthurson (Ian), The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy 1491-1499, 1st edition, 1994, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust wrapper, plus Bolgar (R.R., editor), Classical Influences on European Culture A.D. 1500-1700, King's College, Cambridge, April 1974, CUP, 1976, original cloth in dust wrapper, and other English History reference, including Letters of Samuel Johnson, edited by R.W. Chapman, 3 volumes, Oxford University Press, 1952, The Great Chronicle of London, edited by A.H. Thomas and I.D. Thornley, Alan Sutton, 1983, original cloth, folio, etc. Provenance: Dr Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (6 shelves)

Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae, accedit commentarius ex variorum notis & observationibus, quarum plurimae nunc primum eduntur, ex racensione Joh. Frederici Gronovii, 2 volumes, Leiden & Rotterdam, Officina Hackiana, 1669, engraved title to first volume, printed title to second volume, early 19th century half calf gilt, joints cracked and some wear, first volume with some loss to head of spine, 8vo, together with Halsted (Caroline A.), Life of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, Mother of King Henry VII, Smith, Elder & Co., 1839, engraved frontispiece, some light spotting at front and rear of volume, contemporary half calf gilt, very slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Fossius (Ferdinandus), Monumenta ad Alamanni Rinuccini, vitam contexendam ex manuscriptis codicibus plerumque eruta, Florence, 1791, xii + 160 pages, single engraved plate by Cecchi after Nistri, contemporary plain wrappers, rubbed and some minor marks, 4to, and other miscellaneous antiquarian interest, mostly Italian history and literature, some 18th century, and many 19th century publications, including Tiraboschi, Della Litteratura Italiana, 16 volumes, The National Shakespeare, illustrated by J. Noel Paton, 3 volumes, circa 1860s, Catalogue of the Yerkes Collection, 2 volumes, 1904, etc., all leather bound, including some in vellum, folio, 4to & 8vo Provenance: Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017). (3 shelves)

Thiers (M.A.). Atlas de l'Histoire du Consulat et de l'Empire..., Paris, Paulin, Lheureux et Cie., 1859, additional half title with index printed to verso, 66 engraved maps, plans and charts illustrating the theatre (complete as list), locations and battle lines of the major events of thr Napoleonic era, including St, Domingo to the Nile and Trafalgar to Moscow, contemporary half calf with gilt decoarated spine, folio From the library of Marie Caroline, Duchess de Berry (1798 - 1870). (1)

Bligh (William). The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789, Genesis Publications, 1975, facsimile text and illustrations, original half calf (small indentation at head of spine), slipcase, thick folio Limited edition 261/500. (1)