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FOUR VINTAGE COLOUR STEEPLE CHASE PRINTS AFTER CECIL ALDIN, ALL PENCIL SIGNED 38 x 66cms TOGETHER WITH A HAND COLOURED LARGE FOLIO PRINT ENTITLED SIR RICHARD SUTTON AND THE QUORN HOUNDS. (5)

A VINTAGE ARTIST'S FOLIO CASE CONATINING EARLY 20th.C.ACADEMIC AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY PHILIP A SHREEVE AND OTHER RELATED EPHEMERA, MOSTLY SIGNED OR INSCRIBED.

ENCYCLOPEDIE DU LUMINAIRE, FORMS AND DECORS APPARENTES, 1870, 2 VOLS. TOGETHER WITH MEUBLE DU JOUR AND MEUBLES DE GOUT MODERNE EN BOIS MASIF AND A LARGE FOLIO VIEWS OF SWITZERLAND. (5)

A collection of 3x pieces of assorted Comic Book artwork. Two pieces by comic artist Jason Limon, and the third piece being a pre-production cover mock-up for DC Comics Anniversary Issue 200 ' The Brave & The Bold ' Batman & Batman. Various printers notes to the margin of the cover, which measures 45cm x 31cm. The other two items being sketches for various comics - Wyre and another unknown. One in pencil, the other in pen and ink. Contained within a paper folio, with handwritten note by Limon to the purchaser of the works. Interesting collection. 

A superb example of ' Animation; The Art Of ' by Bugs Bunny and Looney Tunes creator Friz Freleng. No. 551/4000 editions. Hand signed to the frontis hologram page. Presented within a deluxe case (also numbered), with a secondary folio of cassettes and tapes. Mint condition, never read. Obtained directly from an animation studio that worked with Freleng in his final years. Mint+, fabulous quality publication. Comes within its original protective cover. 

Michael Kitchen-Hurley (20th century) ''Downland Summer''; ''Bright Wings of Summer'', each signed, inscribed and dated (19)84, gouache, together with a reproduction Audobon folio (3)

A box of miscellaneous framed prints together with two boxes of hardback mainly reference books, some military related & Folio Society

A folio of oriental artwork - the folio entitled "Von Moro Nobu Bis Hiro Shige"

A folio case containing an assortment of prints and etchings

A folio of various prints and a silk panel for a fan

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci - three vols in single slipcase by The Folio Society - quarter bound in leather - fine condition

A good 19th century carved wood gilt scrollwork Mechanical Picture or Folio Frame with gilt brass carrying handle and hinged back, now containing a mirror, stamped to verso 'Invented by J & W Vokins of 5 John Street, Oxford Street'. Vokins were a renowned family of carvers, gilders and frame makers with royal patronage, who operated from this address between 1828 and 1858. They produced portable picture frames - this example having brass mounted holes to the side and the base but lacking the associated brass feet. Overall measurement 64 x 53cm (further information can be found on the National Gallery Website under British Picture Framers)

A box of miscellaneous items including a mahogany box and a mahogany letter rack, china including Woods ware bowl and various wall plates and a folio of French black and white drawings of chateaux, etc.

Folio Society, 'Hard Times' and 'Retreat From Moscow' Labour, Trotsky and other political publications Sheffield books, prints, etc:- Two Boxes

R.E. Leader, Sheffield in the XVIII Century, 1901; The History of Glass by Dan Klein, Ward Lloyd; French Paintings by Charles F. Stuckley; Folio Society books 'Oscar Wilde Essays and Letters etc:- Two Boxes

Atlases.- [Collins (Capt. Greenville)] [Cartes et Plans de plusieurs parties des Côtes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse et d'Irlande], maps only, lacking letterpress title and contents leaf, with 19 engraved charts, all but one double-page, rather water- & damp-stained, contemporary mottled sheep with central gilt arms of ?French naval ministry, spine gilt, rubbed, edges a little worn and stained, folio, [Paris, Jacques Bellin], [1757]; sold not subject to return⁂ Collins surveyed the British coast between 1681 and 1688 and issued his Great Britain's Coasting Pilot, the first such systematic survey, in 1693. This French edition was published by Bellin in anticipation of a French invasion during the Seven Years War.

Berkshire.- Radclyffe (Charles W.) Memorials of Eton College, first edition, tinted lithograph title and 23 plates, foxed, 2 original upper wrappers bound in, contemporary blue half morocco, gilt, t.e.g., fine copy, folio, Eton, 1844.

Transportation.- Warwickshire Prison sentences.- Warwickshire Lent Assizes, from March 30, to April 6, 1822. Sentences of Prisoners, for Felonies and Misdemeanors..., 4pp., printed list of prisoners with corresponding offences and sentences, slightly soiled to first page and with short tears along folds, ink name of J. Price at head of p.1, generally in excellent condition, folio, Warwick, H. Sharpe, 1822.⁂ Includes many individuals condemned to transportation for what now would be perceived as very minor cases of law-breaking, e.g. Joseph Purcell, age 20, "Charged with having stolen at Birmingham, on 24th January last, one hat and one coat, the property of Benjamin Archer...7 years Transportation." Lesser sentences include time in the House of Correction, hard labour, and whipping. One man, William Judd, was sentenced to execution for using forged and counterfeit £5 notes. The vast majority of offences took place in Birmingham.

Japan.- Kusakabe Kimbei. [Photograph Album], 50 hand-coloured albumen prints, comprising scenes of hairdressing, washing, a general, a Shinto priest, samurai, a tattooed post-runner, various means of litters and transportation (jinrikisha, kago and norimono), silk-weaving, fishing, geisha playing go and musical instruments, planting, cleaning & pounding rice, a funeral service, sumiyoshi dance, fencers, sumo wrestlers etc., mostly studio shots but some exteriors, each c.205 x 265mm. or vice versa, most numbered and titled in the negative, all mounted on thick card leaves, contemporary black lacquer boards, upper cover decorated with seated man smoking under a tree beside a woman crossing a bridge with faces, hands and feet made up of inlaid pieces of bone, lower cover with floral design, a little rubbed, edges slightly chipped, lacking spine, upper cover detached, oblong folio, [c.1890-1900].

Dolmen Press.- le Brocquy (Louis).- Kinsella (Thomas, translator) The Tain, one of 1,750 copies, printed in red and black, map (slightly offset), illustrations by Louis le Brocquy, prospectus and order form loosely inserted, original buckram, dust-jacket, browned, some light wear to spine ends, decorated slip-case, joints a little weak, extremities slightly rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box lettered in gilt, [Miller 154], small folio, Dublin, Dolmen Editions, 1969.

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Al. Tibullus elegiarum libri quatuor: una cum Val. Catulli epigrammatis; nec non & Sex. Pro-pertii libri quatuor elegiaci; cum suis commentarii, vz. Cyllaenii Veronensis in Tibullum; Parthenii & Palladii in Catullum, & Philippi Beroaldi in Propertium, collation: aa4 a-c8 d10 e-k8 l6 m10 n-x8 y10, Roman type, 3 large woodcut vignettes, large and small woodcut decorative initials, occasional early ink marginalia, lacking final blank, some water-staining (mostly at end) and spotting, occasional browning, later vellum, split to length of spine, some staining, folio (303 x 209mm.), [Venice], [Guilielmo de Fontaneto, Montisferrati], [12 June, 1520].⁂ A rare edition. With the commentaries of Bernardinus Cyllenius on Tibullus; Antonius Parthenius and Palladius Fuscus on Catullus, Philippus Beroaldus on Propertius; and Emendationes of Hieronymus Avantius on Lucretius, Catullus, and others. Provenance: 'Jo. Pauli Zanelli et amicorum' (ink inscription to title); 'A.K' and 'E.M. Cox' (bookplates). Literature: Not in Adams; Sander 7315; Essling 2078; EDIT 16 CNCE 37682.

Cyprus.- Association copy.- Graziani (Antonio Maria) De Bello Cyprio Libri Quinque, engraved architectural title incorporating the arms of Cardinal Francesco Barberini by Claudio Mellan after Antonio Pomeranci, woodcut decorative initials, water-stained at foot, some light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary red morocco, richly gilt, covers with central arms of the Barberini family, enclosed within double filet borders with inner floral and outer bee corner-pieces, all within a wide floral border, itself bordered by double gilt filets, spine richly decorated with floral and bee tools, rebacked, preserving the original backstrip, upper joint just starting at foot, water-stained, [Blackmer 726], folio, Rome, Alessandro Zanetti, 1624.⁂ First edition of this posthumously published work on the Turkish conquest of Cyprus in 1572. It is dedicated to Cardinal Francesco Barberini, nephew of Pope Urban VIII, and the binding bears the arms of this noble family. Provenance: 17th century Barberini family (arms to binding); John Stafford Reid Byers (armorial bookplate).

Playbills.- An album of c.111 playbills, the majority for the Theatre-Royal and other London theatres, and a few for Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham, covering the periods 1767-1798 (c.25), 1800-1820 (c.45) and 1821-1835 (c.41), all laid down and bound into a 19th century half morocco album, worn, folio, c.1767-1798.⁂ An excellent album of playbills, providing a snapshot of theatrical life and tastes in the capital for a period of some 30 years. The earliest seemingly 'The Winter's Tale (from Shakespear)' performed by David Garrick of c.28th January, 1767. Also of note are [Dickens].- The Author's Night...Master Humphrey's Clock, Royal Victoria Theatre, Thursday June 18th, 1840; 'The Mountaineers', Theatre Royal, Hay-Market, Monday 9th June, 1806; 'The Americans', Thetare Royal, Tuesday 30th April, 1811; 'Mother Goose. For the Benefit of Mr. Grimaldi & Mr. Bologna', 14th June 1808; 'Professor Schirmer and Scholl's Aerostatic Balloon Figures and Ergascopic Optical Visions... Large Theatre, Lyceum', [1808] (illustrated with a large woodcut of a balloon horse and rider).

Italy.- Hakewill (James) A Picturesque Tour of Italy, from Drawings made in 1816-1817, first edition, large paper copy with plates on india paper, engraved additional pictorial title by Henry Moses and 63 plates, mostly views, by J.Landseer and others after Hakewill (several finished by J.M.W.Turner), all mounted, occasional foxing to mounts and light offsetting from plates, engraved bookplates of Lewis John Berger and Earl of Cromer, handsome near-contemporary burgundy morocco with elaborate gilt borders and central gilt arms, spine gilt in compartments, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, folio, 1820.

Tibullus (Albius) [and Gaius Valerius Catullus] Elegiae, sive Carmina, commentary by Bernardinus Cyllenius Veronensis (Tibullus) and Antonius Parthenius (Catullus), collation: a-d8 e-f6 g-i8 k6 l8 m10+1, 92 ff. (of 93, lacking initial blank), Venice, Andreas de Paltasichis, 1487 bound after Propertius (Sextus Aurelius) Elegiae, commentary by Antonius Volscus Pipernus, collation: A-K8, 80 ff., the first blank, [Venice], [Andreas de Paltasichis], 1 February, 1488, together 2 works in 1 vol. (as often), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text (variable), Roman type, initial spaces, register f. at end of Tibullus for all three parts, with a 45-page index in a 16th century hand for the 3 parts bound in, and copious marginalia, some staining and spotting, 18th century Italian vellum, folio (294 x 206mm.)⁂ A rare edition, enhanced by evidence of early scholarship. The presence of a register leaf for all three parts demonstrates that these works were often found together. Provenance: Bishop John Vertue (1826-1900), who gave his books to Stonyhurst College (bookplate).

Tibullus, Catullus & Propertius. Tibullus Catullus & Propertius cu[m] commento, collation: a-c8 d-e6 f-s8 t-x6, 157 ff. (of 158, lacking final blank), 61 lines and headline, Roman type, large and small woodcut decorative initials, woodcut printer's device at end, occasional early ink marginalia, water-stained, small worm traces to inner gutters, later vellum, lightly soiled, folio (315 x 209mm.), [Venice], [Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus], [9 December, 1491].⁂ Scarce third edition with the commentary of Antonius Parthenius Lacisius, which had first been published in Brescia in 1485, and then reprinted in Venice in 1487. The commentary on Tibullus is by Bernardinus Veronensis (also found in the 1487 edition), and the commentary on Propertius is by Philippus Beroaldus (not in the 1485 or 1487 printing). Literature: BMC V, 439; Goff T-372; HC *4763=4765; Bod-Inc T-212.

Sussex, Brighton Terriers.- A True Copy of the Respective Terriers of the Several Lands Lying in the Common Laines of Brighthelmston in the County of Sussex as Made in the Years 1738 and 1792, manuscript, c. 150pp. excluding blanks, 2 large folding tables on vellum, hand-coloured plans, slightly foxed and browned, contemporary half calf, rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, folio, [Brighton], [c. 1820].

Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Wenceslaus Hollar, title printed in red & black, 5 double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs and 10 engraved plates and plans by Hollar & others, 6 double-page on stubs (a few laid down), numerous engraved illustrations including many full-page, errata leaf at end but lacking final blank, lightly browned, portrait creased, light water-staining to fore-edge at beginning and slight worming to fore-edge towards end, tear to head of 5G3 (Table) repaired, engraved bookplate of John Peachey, eighteenth century diced calf, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, corners worn, [Wing D2479], folio, Thomas Warren, 1656.

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [First Voyage].- [Hawkesworth (John)] An Account of the Voyages...for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...], Atlas only, 52 engraved maps and plates, 14 folding or double-page, including map of 'Straights of Magellan', some foxing or soiling, light water-staining affecting some plates, mostly towards end, contemporary half calf, worn, upper cover detached with first 2 maps loose, folio, [1773].

Golf.- Crombie (Charles) The Rules of Golf Illustrated, 24 colour plates with Perrier advertisements on verso, new endpapers, original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, modern slip-case, oblong folio, [1905].

Golden Cockerel Press.- Keats (John) Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St.Agnes & Other Poems, number 438 of 500 copies, title in red and black with decorative wood-engraved border, initials in red and blue, wood-engraved illustrations by Robert Gibbings, original sharkskin-backed buckram, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, spine slightly faded, 1928 § [Swift (Jonathan)] - Travels into several Remote Nations of the World... by Lemuel Gulliver, 2 vol., number 453 of 480 copies, wood-engraved maps, illustrations and initials by David Jones, some hand-coloured, a few spots, original half cloth, slip-case, 1925, Waltham St.Lawrence, Golden Cockerel Press; and another from the press, small folio & 4to (4)

Dolmen Press.- le Brocquy (Louis).- Kinsella (Thomas) The Tain, one of 1,750 copies, this number 2 of 6 specially-bound copies signed by Liam Miller, Louis le Brocquy and Thomas Kinsella, printed in red and black, map (slightly offset), illustrations by Louis le Brocquy, with pencil notes "Liam Miller's copy" to front free endpaper, specimen setting sheet loosely inserted, original decorative vellum after designs by le Brocquy, light discolouration to spine, slip-case, preserved in custom calf-backed drop-back box (lightly spotted), [Dolmen XXV 154], small folio, Dublin, Dolmen Editions, 1969.

Zoology.- Topsell (Edward) The History of Four-footed Beasts and Serpents, 3 parts in 1, half-title, woodcut title-illustrations and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, a few full-page, 3D4 small hole in text, 3H5 small tear in lower margin, a few rust marks, slightly browned, Aldenham House copy with bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, joints splitting, gilt panelled spine, 2 morocco labels on spine, [Nissen 4147; Wing G624], folio, E. Cotes for G. Sawbridge and others, 1658.

Heaney (Seamus) and others. The Four Elements, Series 1-4 [a complete set], each series with 4 broadside poems limited to 125 copies signed by the contributors, wood-engraved illustration printed in a different colour above a poem on each of the four elements, each numbered and signed by the poet, loose as issued in original wrappers, [Brandes & Durkan AA23b, AA26b, AA28b & AA34b], folio, Whittington Press, for the Friends of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, 1989-92.⁂ Produced each year for the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, the contributors are Seamus Heaney, Laurie Lee, Lawrence Sail and Jenny Joseph. The poets took it in turns to write on each element while a different illustrator was used each year, namely Hellmuth Weissenborn, John O'Connor, Gwenda Morgan and Miriam Macgregor.

Medicine.- Fabricius von Hilden (Wilhelm) Opera observationum et Curationum Medico-Chirurgicarum..., 2 parts in 1, double column, fine engraved additional historiated architecutural title, woodcuts within text, printed titles with woodcut printer's devices, half-title to part 2, occasional short tears (some repaired, ocasional spotting, some slight browning, contemporary vellum, modern leather labels to spine, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, soiled, [Krivatsy 3844; Waller I, 2908. Wellcome III, 4], folio, Frankfurt, B.C. Wustius, 1682.

Doves Press.- English Bible (The), 5 vol., [one of 500 copies on paper], Laurence W.Hodson's copy signed and inscribed by him to his daughter-in-law Lilian "...to carry on the tradition of Bible reading" in ink on front free endpaper of vol.1, neat pencil annotations to margins (?recording dates of readings), printed in red and black with initials by Edward Johnston, light foxing to a few leaves (mostly at beginning and end of vol.1 and a few leaves in vol.2), short tear to lower edge of f1 (pp.81-82) of vol.1 repaired, book-label of Laurence Hodson (printed at the Kelmscott Press) at foot of front pastedown of each volume, original limp vellum, by the Doves Bindery, spines titled in gilt, uncut, folio, Doves Press, 1903-05. ⁂ The only folio printed by Cobden-Sanderson and the magnum opus of the Doves Press, described by Stanley Morison as representing "the finest achievement of modern English printing". Four Centuries of Fine Printing

Warwickshire Estate Map & elsewhere.- Robins's Estate Act 1859. Estates in The Parishes of Aston-juxta-Birmingham... Warwick... Handsworth... Stafford... Llandanwg... Merioneth, manuscript on vellum, 98pp., decorated title, large folding map (some slight foxing) and 22 plans on vellum, also a copy of the published Act of Parliament bound in, some slight soiling on plans, original morocco, gilt, extensively rubbed, g.e., large folio, 1859.⁂ A detailed assessment and valuation of the property of Josiah Robins of Birmingham, probably relating to a local solicitor of that name. Comprises a Memorandum of Agreement from the beneficiaries of Josiah Robins's estate with detailed schedules of all the property with accompanying maps and plans, showing tenants or lessees, extent in acres, leases and yearly rents.

China.- Staunton (Sir George) An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China, Atlas vol. only, 44 engraved maps and plates, some folding or double-page, foxing and soiling, mostly to margins, small ink stamp to verso of first and last plates, bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers, later green half morocco, rubbed and repaired, rebacked, folio, [1797].⁂ Without the two accompanying text volumes, this atlas illustrates the official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, the failure of which led to the establishment of the British trading post at Hong Kong. The fine plates by Alexander include birds, views of palaces, temples, barges and a military post, and there is also a detailed map of Macao.

Heaney (Seamus) Ugolino, number 77 of 125 copies signed by the author, artist, designer and publisher, 2 lithograph plates by Louis le Brocquy, designed by Liam Browne, published by Andrew Carpenter, original limp black goatskin, cloth & board slip-case with printed spine label, small folio, Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1979., Dublin, Dolmen Press, 1979.⁂ Loosely inserted is a manuscript receipt from Andrew Carpenter to Liam Miller indicating that this is one of 2 copies in goatskin sent to Miller.

Medicine.- Bell (Sir Charles) A System of Dissections, explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, 2 vol. in 1 (comprising vol.1 Parts 1-5 and Appendix, vol.2 Parts 1-2), first edition, 30 engraved plates after Bell, 3 folding, vol.1 Part 1 with explanation slips to plates II-IV and Directions to Binder slip all bound in, vol.2 with engraved illustration in text, some plates lightly foxed and with slight water-staining to fore-margin (mostly vol.1), plate I & XIV repaired at fore-margin and inner margin respectively causing slight staining, modern calf-backed buckram, folio, Edinburgh, for Mundell and Son, 1798-03.⁂ Scarce first edition complete with Appendix to vol.1.

Sabellicus (Marcus Antonius Coccius) In hoc volumine haec continentur. Marci Antonii Sabellici Annotationes veteres & recencentes [sic.]: ex Plinio: Livio: & pluribus authoribus. Philippi Beroaldi Annotationes centum. Eiusdem Contra Servium grammaticum libellus. Eiusdem Castigationes in Plinium. Eiusdem etiam Appendix annotamentorum. Ioannis Baptiste Pii Bononiensis Annotationes. Angeli Politiani Miscellaneorum centuria una. Domitii Calderini Observationes quedam. Eiusdem Politiani Panepistemon. Eiusdem prelectio in Aristotelem: cui titulus est Lamia. Baptiste Egnatii Veneti Racemationes, [edited by Giovanni Bembo], collation: A-C6 D8 E-R6, Roman and Greek type, woodcut decorative and historiated initials, final f. blank, occasional early ink marginalia, a little worming within text at start, some light staining, occasional spotting, 18th century calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments with star motifs and red leather label, rubbed, folio (278 x 194mm.), [Venice], [Joannes Tacuinus da Trino], [5 September,1508].⁂ Rare at auction. With Sabellico's remarks on Catullus. The author's most important achievement was to separate the two 'passer' poems (Catullus 2 and 3). The commentary by Beroaldo also contains comments on Catullus. Literature: Not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 34785.

Sporting.- Berners (Dame Juliana) [The Book of St Albans]: The Book containing the Treatises of Hawking; Hunting; Coat-Armour; Fishing; and Blasing of Arms, facsimile of the Wynkyn de Worde edition of 1496, [one of 150 copies], printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, lightly browned, William Baillie Grohman's copy with his signed ink inscription "...bought this copy at the Gilbey sale 21. June 1915" on front free endpaper, bookplates of Walter Harold Wilkin and James Stevens Cox, worming to hinges, contemporary russia with borders in blind, by C.Hering with his ticket, g.e., a little rubbed and damp-stained, rebacked and recornered in morocco, [W & S p. 28; Schwerdt I p. 63], small folio, 1810.⁂ Facsimile of the first English work to include the earliest printed illustration of a fisherman and passages of veterinary interest, the earliest book printed in English relating to falconry, and the first work in England to use colour printing.William Baillie Grohman (1851-1921), Anglo-Austrian author on hunting and big game hunter. He assembled a large library on hunting and a vast collection of sporting art.

Dutch Landscapes.- Apostool (Cornelius, engraver) The Beauties of the Dutch School, 14 aquatint plates engraved by Apostool after various artists, most printed in sepia, on Whatman wove paper, each with letterpress leaf of text, contemporary ink inscription at head of title, light foxing, mostly marginal, contemporary half calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on upper cover, rubbed, corners and spine ends worn, upper joint split, [cf. Abbey, Life 195, coloured copy], oblong folio, for J.Robson...and J.Edwards, 1793.⁂ In the descriptions the editor, an anonymous London art dealer, also comments on the particular artist's skill and popularity, the provenance of some of his paintings, examples of items at auction and their prices. Regarding Paul Potter he writes: "At Mr Bramcamp's sale, at Amsterdam, I bid nine hundred pounds for a picture representing a Drove of Oxen (six feet by four), which was sold for nine hundred and five pounds...It was purchased for the Empress of Russia, but was unfortunately lost...in going to St. Petersburgh".

Catullus (Gaius Valerius) Caius Valerius Cattulus in integrum restitutus ex manuscripto nuper Romae reperto, & ex Gallicano, Patavino, Mediolanensi, Romano, Zanoni, Maffei, Scaligeri, Achillis, & Vossii, & aliorum, edited by Joannis Francisci Corradini de Allio, occasional staining or spotting, contemporary limp boards, lightly soiled and stained, Venice, [Agostino Savioli], 1738; and 2 others, including a good copy of the 1815 Pisa edition edited by Tommaso Puccini, folio (3)⁂ Rare first edition edited by Corradino dell'Aglio. 'This is the famous surreptitious edition which was palmed on the world by Corradini de Allio, who pretended he had discovered a very precious Roman MS. by which he was enabled to exhibit a pure and accurate text; 'but the cheat being discovered,' says Harwood, 'the rascal only laughed at it.'' - (Dibdin).

Australasia.- New Zealand.- Barraud (Charles Decimus) and W.T.L.Travers. New Zealand: Graphic and Descriptive, first edition, additional lithographed decorative title with mounted oval chromolithographed vignette of 'The Remarkables', list of subscribers, map, 24 mounted chromolithographed plates after Barraud, 6 plates of tinted lithographs, wood-engraved illustrations, text with light offsetting from plates, plates clean and bright, slightly trimmed, a couple with minor marginal tears/fraying to outer margin (repaired), with additional colour wood-engraved plate 'The Haunt of the Lyre Bird' after Louis Buvelot bound in at end (lightly spotted, central horizontal crease where previously folded), modern half green morocco, part of original gilt pictorial cloth cover with title loosely inserted (stained), folio, 1877.⁂ Including scenes of Wellington, Auckland, Tarawera Lake, the geothermal terraces of Rotomahana, and Mount Cook.

Tibullus, Catullus & Propertius. Tibullus Catullus & Proptius [sic.] cu[m] comento [sic.], collation: a-c8 d-e6 f-s8 t-x6, 157 ff. (of 158, lacking final blank), 62 lines of commentary surrounding text, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia throughout, first f. loose, small worm traces at head of final f., just touching part of the odd letter, some staining and spotting, 18th century limp boards, lightly soiled, folio (299 x 209mm.), [Venice], [Simon Bevilaqua], [26 June, 1493]. ⁂ Fourth edition with the commentary of Antonius Parthenius Lacisius. Literature: BMC V, 517; Goff T-373; HC 4764; Bod-Inc T-213.

India.- Company School (circa 1790-1810) and Welland (Rachel, active 1798-1804) A composite album with over 115 drawings and watercolours executed and collected from a tour of India, including two fine Company School gouache drawings of a Red-whiskered bulbul, or Persian nightingale, and another Bulbul on a sprig of a flowering cotton plant, 25 botanical studies with many signed by Welland, and with approximately 65 studies of Indian figures, costumes, craft and artisanal activities also by Welland, with some possibly by other Indian hands, and with a further 22 of traditional Indian instruments, watercolours, some with bodycolour, many with graphite under-drawing, some with ink and wash borders, on various papers, majority wove sheets watermarked 'J. Ruse 1801', some watermarked 'J. Taylor 1799', neatly tipped onto album leaves, each album leaf approx. 445 x 280 mm. (17 1/2 x 11 in), numerous annotations and description of subjects depicted, some annotated in Hindi, occasional spotting and surface dirt, handling creases, original boards, manuscript label on upper cover that reads 'Hindostanee', very worn, folio, [circa 1798-1804].⁂ An extensive collection of studies of Indian costume and culture, with contemporary annotations, and an impressive survey of traditional Indian instruments circa 1800.

Catullus, Tibullus & Propertius. Tibullus cum commentariis Cyllænii Veronensis. Catullus cum commentariis Parthenii Veronensis & Palladii patavini. Emendationes Catullianæ per Hieronymum Avancium Veronensem & eiusdem in Priapeias castigationes. Propertius cum commentariis Phylippi Beroaldi. Annotationes in Propertium: tum per Domitium Calderinum: tum per Ioannem Cottam Veronensem. Hæc omnia sunt ex exemplaribus emendatis domini Hieronymi Avancii, edited by Hieronymus Avantius, collation: a-c8 d-e6 f-l8 m-n6 o4 p-y8 z & Ɔ6, 181 ff. (of 182, lacking final blank), 61 lines commentary surrounding text and headline, Roman type, woodcut decorative and historiated initials, woodcut printer's device at end, P1-4 initials, initial-strokes, paragraph-marks and underling in red, contemporary ink marginalia, a1 small section of upper corner torn away and some staining, occasional light browning, some light marking or staining, antique style calf, spine faded, folio (304 x 198mm.), [Venice], [Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino], [19 May, 1500].⁂ Edited by Hieronymus Avantius [Girolamo Avanzi], with his Emendationes Catul-lianae (first published in 1495), and In Priapeias Castigationes. The commentary on Catullus by Avantius, here in its second edition, is revised, and of considerable significance, as is explained by Julia Haig Gaisser in Catalogue Translationum et Commentariorum VII, p. 233: 'The Emendationes were published without a text of Catullus, but the second edition, published in 1500, appeared in a volume that included not only Catullus but also Tibullus and Propertius -- all ostensibly edited by Avantius, although the text of Catullus is virtually identical with that of Parthenius. The volume also contained commentaries on the poets by several scholars, as well as emendations of Lucretius and Statius by Avantius and a letter to Iacobus Cornelius which listed further corrections to the text of Catullus. Avantius used this edition as the basis for his important first Aldine edition of Catullus (1502), and its influence is apparent in his second Aldine (1515), as well as in the edition published by Trincavellius ca. 1535. Avantius thoroughly revised the second edition of the Emendationes, greatly abbreviating both prefatory material and notes and deleting his polemical remarks against Politianus.'. Literature: BMC V, 535; Goff T374; HC *4766; Bod-inc T-214; BSB Ink T-348.

Moravian Church.- [Wesley (John) or Vincent Perronet, variously atrributed to)] The Contents of a Folio History of the Moravians or United Brethren..., 60pp., title slightly marked, slightly browned, [Baker 148B], J. Roberts, 1750, bound with 6 other pamphlets in 1 vol., all relating to the Moravian Church, slightly foxed and browned, new endpapers, modern cloth-backed boards, 12mo & 8vo.

Heaney (Seamus) The Testament of Cresseid, number 119 of 350 copies signed by the author and artist, mounted colour plates by Hughie O'Donoghue, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth with pictorial onlay to upper cover and label to spine, slip-case, Enitharmon Editions, Designed and Printed by Sebastian Carter of the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, 2004; Poems and a Memoir, limited edition signed by the author, artist and introducer (Thomas Flanagan), relief engravings by Harry Pearson printed in brown, prospectus loosely inserted, original blind-stamped leather, t.e.g., others uncut, some light spotting to covers, slip-case,[Brandes & Durkan A32], New York, Limited Editions Club, 1982; District and Circle, number 134 of 300 copies signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, 2006; and another, limited edition, folio & 8vo (4)

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Second Voyage] [A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World...], Atlas only, without the engraved portrait of Cook but with all 63 engraved maps, portraits and plates, many after William Hodges, 5 folding including large double-page & folding chart of Southern Hemisphere mounted on stub, smaller plates and maps tipped to large blank leaves (untrimmed and with wide margins, c.350x 260mm.), larger plates sheets 500 x 235mm., some plates with contemporary ink or pencil annotation to lower margin, very light browning to a few plates and occasional spotting or soiling (mostly to margins) but overall a very good clean set, final plate 'Possession Bay in South Georgia' with small hole to inner margin, bookplate of Hans Sloane Stanley, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, a little worn especially spine ends and corners, joints split, folio, [1777].⁂ Comprising charts, views, natural history, boats and portraits & accessories of the natives of the South Pacific and Oceania.

Botany.- Fern specimens.- Craig (Eric, compilor and retailer) New Zealand Ferns, 80 specimens on 40ff., each with letterpress label listing the Linnean binomial, ink stamp "New Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princes St., Auckland" to first and final ff., a few specimens loose or becoming so, a few with minor loss but most in excellent condition, first f. loose and a little chipped at margins, advertisement for Eric Craig loosely inserted, original decoratively carved wooden boards, lacking spine, upper cover detached, folio, Auckland, [c.1880].⁂ A good example of a professionally-produced fern album from the emporium of one of New Zealand's best known fern collectors and retailers. Eric Craig was a dealer in tribal artefacts, curios and natural history specimens.

Birds.- Blaauw (Frans Ernst) A Monograph of the Cranes, first edition, one of 170 copies but this copy without limitation label to front pastedown, 22 tipped-in chromolithograph plates, original pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, a fine copy, [Fine Bird Books p.77; Nissen IVB 105; Wood p.242 "A fine systematic treatise, beautifully illustrated"], folio, Leiden & London, 1897.⁂ Fifteen of the plates are by Leutemann and the other 7 (of which 2 are of eggs) are by Keulemans.

Cuala Press and Jack Yeats.- Broadside (A), First Year Nos. 9 & 10, Third Year Nos. 7, 10 & 11, Fifth Year Nos. 1, 4, 6, 8-12, Sixth Year Nos.1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11 & 12, Seventh Year Nos. 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, & 10 - 12 [and] New Series, Nos. 4-12 of 1935 series [and] New Series, Nos 1, 3-12 of 1937 series, together 49 issues, each 4pp., each one of 300 copies and with 2 hand-coloured woodcuts, preserved in slip-case and custom folding chemise, folio, Dundrum and Dublin, Cuala Press, 1909-37

Middle East.- Frith (Francis) Sinai and Palestine, [second edition], 37 mounted albumen prints (c.160 x 230mm. or the reverse), including smaller print on additional title (143 x 115mm.), some foxing and spotting to text and mounts but images generally clean and rich in tone, bookplate of Wharton B. Marriott and letter from another Marriott presenting the book tipped in to front free endpaper, contemporary half morocco, leather to upper cover a little sunned, a.e.g., [Gernsheim Incunabula 195], folio, London, Glasgow and Edinburgh, William Mackenzie, [1862].⁂ The first volume in the second, enlarged edition of Frith's Egypt, Palestine and Nubia, originally published in 1859. "The prints in this edition are of much stronger quality than those in the first edition having been gold-toned" (Gernsheim).

BOOKS Art and musical interest together with theatre programmes and Morgon 'Mountain of Athos, 1010', a folio of 19 photographs

A boxed folio of 19th Century sketches and engravings, horses, architectural and landscape

Folio Society. 7 various vols. in slip cases.

Folio Society. 10 vols. in slip cases.

CHILLINGWORTH WILLIAM. The Religion of Protestants, A Safeway to Salvation. Folio. Crudely repaired bdg. 1674.