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Weever (John) Ancient funerall monuments within the vnited monarchie of Great Britaine, Ireland, and the islands adiacent, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece and pictorial title, additional printed title, woodcut illustrations, some full-page, woodcut initials and head-pieces, slight stain in margins of title and several other pp., lacks all after p. 348, slightly browned, extensive annotations in an attractive 17th century hand, some in margins and some on additional blank ff., 18th century tree calf, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine, rubbed, [STC 25223], folio, Laurence Sadler, 1631; sold not subject to return.

Bible, English.- [The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New], 2 parts in 1, double-column, black letter, lacks general title (A1), New Testament wood engraved title with imprint 1639, Calendar and Almanac in red and black, woodcut initials, additional facsimile title pasted to blank preliminary leaf, small hole (A2) affecting text, small marginal loss (5R6), occasional marginal damp-staining and light soiling, occasional marginal tears (several repaired), last few leaves frayed at lower outer corners (some strengthened), scattered faint spotting, later half morocco, boards detached, lacks backstrip, rubbed, [Herbert 543; STC 2339], folio, Robert Barker ... and by the assignes of John Bill, [1640-39].⁂ "The last of the folio editions in large black-letter printed between 1611 and 1640." - Herbert.

Hebraica.- Spencer (John) De Legibus Hebræorum ritualibus et earum rationibus, libri tres, 3 parts in 1, half-title, first title in red and black, woodcut printer's device to divisional titles, some light browning, spotting, modern half calf, [Wing S4946], folio, Cambridge, John Hayes, 1685.⁂ First edition of this pioneering work. Spencer 'can claim to be the founder of the study of comparative religion' (Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, p.1298). The author, who was Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, proposed that Judaism was not the earliest of religions. The present work outlines the rituals and laws of the Jews and other Semitic peoples.

Locke (John) An Essay concerning Humane Understanding...The Fourth Edition, with large Additions, engraved portrait, contemporary signature "Belgrave" in ink to verso of portrait and in pencil at head of title, portrait with lower margin torn away just touching edge of image (rather crudely repaired), occasional light soiling and a few stains, spot of sealing wax to verso of P4 obscuring a couple of letters, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, resewn and rebacked, corners repaired, new endpapers, [Wing L2742], folio, for Awnsham and John Churchil...and Samuel Manship, 1700.

Cretté (Georges, binder) & Louis Jou, designer.- Ronsard (Pierre de) Sonnets pour Hélène, number 21 of 225 copies on papier vergé, from an edition limited to 258, designed and printed in red & black by Louis Jou with woodcut title-vignette portrait, decorations and initials throughout, bound in vellum, by Georges Cretté, hand-painted by Jou in red, black and gilt, title on upper cover and author's name on lower in red and black with border and swirls of vine leaves in gilt, spine titled in black, initialled by the artist on lower cover, yapp edges, t.e.g., others uncut, original wrappers printed in orange and black bound in, T.L.s. from the American bookseller W. Thomas Taylor concerning the binding loosely inserted, original board slip-case (slightly rubbed), small folio, Paris, Les Livres de Louis Jou, [1927].⁂ A typically handsome production by Louis Jou, foregoing illustration and relying solely on type and ornament, and in a wonderful decorated binding. In his letter Taylor speculates that the binding was a collaboration between Cretté & Jou with the application of the actual design being undertaken by Jou himself. As evidence of this another copy was sold in the library of Jan van der Marck in 2009 in an almost identical binding, decorated by Jou although the actual binding was executed by Adrien Lavaux.

Golden Cockerel.- Keats (John) Endymion, number 68 of 100 specially-bound copies signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 500, wood-engraved illustrations by John Buckland Wright, some full-page, foxing to a few leaves as often, original gilt pictorial vellum, t.e.g., others uncut, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, slip-case, [Cockalorum 175; Reid A47a], sm. folio, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947.

Rochester (John Wilmot, Earl of) Sodom. Ein Spiel, number 199 of 350 copies, title-vignette and 15 plates by Julius Klinger, 2 colour and mounted, the rest black and white, small bookplate and manuscript note tipped to front endpapers, original cloth, upper cover ruled and titled in gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, spine very slightly faded, folio, Leipzig, 1909.⁂ Notorious work of erotica by the 18th century libertine Earl of Rochester with suitably explicit plates by the Viennese Secessionist artist and poster designer Julius Klinger, reminiscent of Aubrey Beardsley.

Fortification.- Lorini (Buonaiuto) Le Fortificationi, 2 parts in 1, titles with large woodcut device of cannon, full-page engraved portrait of the author by W.Kilian, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and diagrams at beginning, 171 woodcut illustrations of which 7 double-page and 15 full-page, no pp.57-60 but complete, title repaired, washed and laid down and slightly trimmed, X1 tear repaired recto, within woodcut verso, but without loss, marginal water-staining, some browning, mostly light, occasional spotting, modern vellum over boards, [Berlin Kat. 3519; Breman 165; Cockle 791, note], folio, Venice, Francesco Rampazetto, 1609.'⁂ The second, last, and best edition of Lorini's work, and the first edition to contain Book VI. The new book 'Delle fortificationi libro sesto, dove si tratta della difesa delle fortezze' deals principally with sieges, addressing practical problems, like how to repair breached walls, make temporary or portable defences, make the artillery mobile and protect the artillerist, all of which was based on the author's experience in the field. This edition also contains 18 new chapters to the earlier books, with 27 new woodcuts.

Landscape Gardening.- Morris (Richard) Essays on Landscape Gardening, and on uniting Picturesque Effect with Rural Scenery..., first edition, half-title, 6 aquatint plates, 3 hand-coloured and 3 sepia (2 with overslips), slightly browned, endpapers spotted, bookplate on front pastedown, inner hinges strengthened, original boards, rubbed and stained, rebacked, housed in a modern slip-case, [Abbey Life, 40], folio, 1825.

Australia.- Chevalier (Nicolas) N.Chevalier's Album of Chromo Lithographs, first edition, 12 magnificent chromolithographed plates after Chevalier mounted on thin card, all with printer's embossed stamp in lower right corner of mount and printed label on verso, a few plates with very light unobtrusive spotting, mounts a little soiled with a few small stains at edges, loose as issued in original half morocco over cloth folder with ties, titled in gilt on upper cover, old blue label "Henry Franks, Importer of Stationery and Fancy Goods, Agent for Mr. Chevalier, Moorabool and Malop Streets, Geelong" at head of inside board, rubbed and faded, spine reinforced, corners renewed, [Ferguson 17329; Wantrup 256], folio, [Melbourne], Charles Troedel, [1865].⁂ Rare views of Victoria and the first album of chromolithographs published in Australia. "A keystone in any collection of Australian plate books and no collection can be considered complete without it...'' Wantrup.

China.- [Staunton (Sir George)] [An Authentic Account of An Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China], Atlas only (without 2 text vol.), first edition, 38 engraved maps, charts, plates and plans only (of 44, lacking nos.20, 24, 25, 30, 33 & 36), 7 folding or double-page, most plates after W.Alexander, a few of natural history after S.Edwards, plate 2 lightly soiled and very slightly stained at edges, some other occasional marginal soiling but generally clean and bright, plate 29 torn at inner margin extending c.4cm. into plate at head, contemporary half russia, rubbed, [Cordier, Sinica, 2381-83], folio, [1797]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return⁂ Atlas illustrating the official account of Lord Macartney's voyage and embassy to the Qianlong emperor in 1792-94, the failure of which lead to the establishment of the British trading post at Hong Kong. The fine plates by Alexander include views of palaces, temples, barges and a military post, and there is also a detailed map of Macao.

Egypt.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in Egypt, first edition, 48 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, all numbered in top right hand corner, tissue guards, some light marginal soiling or spotting to plates, title and first few leaves lightly water-stained at upper edge, old ink inscriptions to front free endpaper, contemporary half reversed calf, red morocco label, rubbed, boards a little marked or worn,[Atabey 786; Blackmer 1097; Colas 2018; cf.Abbey, Travel 369], folio, 1801 [plates water-marked 1801].

India.- Hodges (William) Select Views in India, drawn on the spot, in the years 1780, 1781, 1782, and 1783, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, first issue, titles, dedications and text in English and French (all double-page leaves mounted on stubs), lacking titles to vol.1 but with titles to vol.2 bound at beginning and two dedications, lists of plates single leaves and in English only, with 48 fine aquatint plates printed in bistre and engraved map of River Ganges, two plates of Gwalior with small stain (fainter on second plate), some other light spotting or soiling to plates, mostly marginal, a few with faint horizontal line at head from edge of mount of preceding leaf, contemporary diced russia, gilt, rubbed, a few stains and scratches, spine ends and corners worn, [cf. Abbey, Travel 416 & Tooley 263, both later coloured issues], folio, n.p., [1785-88].⁂ Some of the earliest views of India by an English artist and including the first printed depiction of the Taj Mahal (plate 15 'View of the Fort of Agra'). Hodges had been draughtsman on Cook's second voyage of 1772-5, and oversaw the engraving of the plates for the published account A Voyage towards the South Pole and around the World of 1777. He then travelled in India under the patronage of Warren Hastings and these views are said to have inspired Humboldt to travel. This is the earliest issue of the work, originally published in 12 parts and with the plates uncoloured.

India.- Rennell (James) A Bengal Atlas: containing Maps of the War and Commerce on that side of Hindoostan, second edition, letterpress title and contents leaf, engraved index map, double-page view and 20 maps, all but one double-page, some also folding, the first ten with outline hand-colouring, with a further 3 maps of Hindostan by Rennell on 8 double-page and/or folding engraved sheets bound in at end, all with outline hand-colouring, some with cartouches, additional maps added to list of contents in manuscript, all mounted on stubs, some light spotting and soiling, one or two browned, with some military manuscript maps and other material loosely inserted, modern half red morocco over marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt, folio, 1781.⁂ The 3 additional engraved maps by Rennell bound in are: Map of Bengal, Bahar, Oude and Allahabad, 1786 (2 sheets); General Map of Hindoostan, 1782 (2 sheets); General Map of Hindoostan, 1788 (4 sheets).The loosely-inserted additional material comprises: Sketch of Roads by Maj.F.Abbott, ink & watercolour on tracing paper, c.620 x 275mm.; Sketch of the Bheta-ki-Puttun on the River Beas by Capt. W.Abercrombie, ink & watercolour, c.280 x 210mm., some worming with loss; [Sketch of roads east of Amritsir], ink & watercolour, c.230 x 185mm.; Map of Cantonments of Agra, printed with hand-colouring, c.250 x 330mm.; Plan of a Church...in the Nizam's Station of Bolarum 1845/46 constructed by Capt. G.F.C.FitzGerald, lihograph with caption in manuscript, c.320 x 200mm.; Explanation of a View of the City of Calcutt, exhibiting at the Panorama, Leicester Square, engraving, c.285 x 450mm.

New Zealand.- Gully (John) and Dr. Julius Von Haast. New Zealand Scenery...after Original Water-Color Drawings by John Gully, first edition, 15 mounted chromolithographed plates after Gully, a few plates with adhesions at edges where previously stuck to facing descriptive leaf, mounts a little foxed or soiled, plates offset, original cloth, g.e., rubbed and a little stained, rebacked, new endpapers but preserving original yellow free endpapers, folio, Dunedin, 1877.

South America.- Schomburgk (Robert Hermann) Twelve Views in the Interior of Guiana , first edition, hand-coloured additional tinted lithographed pictorial title by M. Gauci after Charles Bentley and 12 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates by George Barnard, Coke Smith and P. Gauci after Bentley, engraved map with routes in red and blue, dedication leaf to the Duke of Devonshire with his arms printed in gold, list of subscribers, wood-engraved vignettes, foxed, title soiled and chipped at lower outer corner (also final plate), many leaves crudely reinforced at inner margin, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of plates, contemporary cloth-backed boards with original lithographed pictorial wrapper mounted on upper cover, rather worn and stained, rebacked, [Abbey, Travel 720; Sabin 77796; Tooley 447], folio, Ackermann & Co., 1841. ⁂ During this expedition Schomburgk discovered and then despatched to England the Victoria Regia waterlily. In 1840 he proposed the "Schomburgk line" - a possible border between British Guiana and neighbouring Venezuela.

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James) [Third Voyage] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, 4 vol. including Atlas, first edition, mixed set, text with 24 engraved maps and plates, some folding, vol.3 with folding letterpress table of languages and advertisement leaf at end (the latter slightly defective at lower outer corner not affecting text), offsetting from plates and occasional spotting but generally clean, bookplate of Sir David Carnegie of Southesk, Bt., contemporary tree calf, spines gilt in compartments with black roan labels, a little rubbed, Atlas with 63 engraved maps and plates, 2 folding/double-page, tissue guards, very light marginal foxing (mostly at beginning and end) but a very good bright copy, contemporary marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, spine gilt and preserving old red morocco label, [Mitchell Library Cook 1543; Sabin 16250], 4to & folio, by W. and A.Strahan, for G.Nicol...and T.Cadell, 1784.

Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Webber (John) Views in the South Seas, from Drawings by the late James Webber, first edition, later issue, 16 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, paper guards, some light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, a little worn, spine and one corner defective, old paper removal label to upper cover, folio, 1808 [most plates watermarked 1820]. ⁂ Rare. John Webber (mistakenly designated "James" on the title) was draughtsman on the Resolution during Cook's third voyage to the South Seas in 1776-80. The plates include views of New Zealand, the Resolution and Discovery in the ice fields, Kamchatka, Macao and Krakatoa.

Africa.- Denham (Maj. Dixon) and Hugh Clapperton, Views of North and Central Africa, 12 proof engraved plates, light marginal spotting, modern cloth portfolio, [1826]; Views of North and Central Africa, 6 proof engraved plates, 2 images to each plate, modern cloth portfolio, [1829], folio (2)

Africa.- Ludolf (Hiob) A New History of Ethiopia, being a Full and Accurate Description of the Kingdom of Abessinia..., first English edition, engraved plate of Ethiopic alphabet, 6 engraved plates only (of 8, lacking plates of elephants and sheep), 5 folding, folding genealogical table, ?also lacking map, old ink inscription "The Erall of Dundonald 1768" at head of title, soiled and browned, some stains, one causing two holes to G3 with loss of a few letters, folding plates torn with occasional loss (some repaired and partly laid down), modern morocco-backed marbled boards, [Wing L3468], folio, for Samuel Smith, 1682; sold not subject to return⁂ Including important material on Ethiopic languages.

Africa.- Lydekker (Richard) Animal Portraiture, half-title, 50 mounted colour plates after Kuhnert, tissue-guards, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, [Hosken p.129], [1912]; The Game Animals of Africa, illustrations (some full page), original cloth, cracked joints, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Czech pp.100-101], 1908, first editions; sm. folio & 8vo (2)

Pedigrees, heraldry & genealogy etc.- Bigland (Ralph, herald and cheesemonger, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1712-84) Collection of pedigrees, petitions and notes on heraldry and genealogy, 50 manuscripts and 1 engraved pedigree, folds, browned, tipped-in on stubs, old bookseller's description on front pastedown and pencil inscription "Rodd M.S. 528" and Thomas Phillipps no. 20289, v.s., v.d., bound in early 19th century half calf, label on spine, covers slightly marked, folio, 1593, [17th - 18th centuries].⁂ Includes: (1). manuscript preface for "Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections relative to the County of Gloucester (Gloucestershire)", 1783; (2). manuscript notice by Bigland as Somerset Herald refuting that there is any such institution called "The Office of Arms" other than the Heralds Office, December 1768; (3). Joseph Edmondson (bap. 1732, d. 1786), Mowbray Herald Extraordinary, herald and coach-painter, "Heraldry... Whereas one Joseph Edmondson... to publish an Alphabetical Description... of the Baronets... is not a Member of ye said Corporation [College of Arms] and that he has not any access to the Library, Records, &c, belonging thereto", [c. 1780s]; (4). manuscript certifying that Richard Hunt is employed by the College of Arms, 1781; Disbursements for Clarenceux's Patent R Bigland Senr, 1774; pedigree of the St John family, [17th century]; (5). pedigree "Extracted out of the ancient evidences of Alan Ayscough..." [Ayscoughs of Skeusby], latest date 1760; (6). pedigree of the Atkyns family of Gloucestershire; (7). pedigree of the Caldwell family, [18th century]; pedigree of the Chadwick family of Lancashire and Dublin, [18th century]; a letter relating to descent from Sir Cuthbert Collingwood, latest date 1747; (8). pedigree of the families of Caldwell and Firebrace, [18th century]; (9). note of the Galway family in a letter sent to Joseph Denison (c. 1726-1806), banker and landowner, May 1764; (10). pedigree of the Mowbray, Howard and Fitzalan families, [late 17th century]; (11). note relating to the descendants of Peter Mews (1619-1706), Bishop of Winchester, [c. 1760s]; (12). note on the church at Fairford, Gloucestershire, [18th century]; (13). note relating to Sir Charles Blount, Lord Mountjoy and Earl of Devonshire (1563-1606), soldier and administrator, favourite of Queen Elizabeth I etc.Provenance: Thomas Rodd the younger (1796-1849), probably sold to Sir Thomas Phillipps.

Levant.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in Palestine..., first edition, title and text in English and French, 23 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates only (of 24, lacking plate 15 'Tomb in the Valley of Jehosophat'), title creased, light water-staining to lower edge of text (not affecting plates), occasional marginal soiling, slight stain to plate 'Tomb of Joseph of Arimathea', modern half calf, [Atabey 788; Blackmer 1099; Colas 2020; cf.Abbey, Travel 369], folio, 1804 [plates water-marked 1805].

Middle East.- Herbert (Sir Thomas) A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, begunne Anno 1626. Into Afrique and the greater Asia..., first edition, lacking initial blank but with additional engraved title 'A Description of the Persian Monarchy...' by William Marshall and final colophon leaf, woodcut decorations and initials, engraved maps and illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscription "Isaac Gilling His Book" at head of front free endpaper, old ink signature of L.Colborne at foot of engraved title and later inscription of George Prideaux at head of letterpress title, some ink annotations in various hands, light soiling and staining, mostly marginal, E1 torn without loss, a few other marginal tears and defects including slight worming, contemporary sheep, rubbed and stained, corners a little worn, rebacked, [STC 13190; Sabin 31471], folio, by William Stansby and Jacob Bloome, 1634.⁂ Including extensive information on the Persian empire and an illustration of a dodo on p.212.

Heraldry.- [Shields & Crests], manuscript in at least 2 Secretary hands, 119pp. excluding blanks & 8pp. index at end, c. 590 pen and ink drawings of shields and crests, some staining, heavy in places mainly towards end, 4ff. brittle and torn with some loss, some other tears, browned engraved bookplate of Sir George Nayler Garter on front pastedown, original half calf, worn, lower cover detached, folio, [c. 1670s].⁂ Variously dated in text from 16th and 17th centuries, but with a large coat of arms at beginning of Sir Humphrey Hooke of King's Weston near Bristol, died in 1677.

Turkey.- Mayer (Luigi) Views in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Caramania..., first edition, titles and text in English and French, 24 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, old ink inscription "CDMS" at head of French title, bookplates of Maj.-Gen. Sharpe of Hoddam Castle and CDMS/Sir W.J., an excellent copy in contemporary half diced russia, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, small paper label "Library Hugh E.Strickland 1853" at foot, corners repaired, [Atabey 787; Blackmer 1098; Colas 2021; cf.Abbey, Travel 369], folio, 1803 [plates water-marked 1801].⁂ Caramania refers to the southern coast of Turkey. Spode used some of Mayer's plates as the model for their 'Caramania' dinner service.

Turkey.- Newton (Charles Thomas) A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus, & Branchidae, Atlas only (lacking the rare 2 4to parts of text as usual), first edition, tinted lithographed additional pictorial title and 97 plates and plans, many after R.P.Pullan or after photographs by B.Spackman, 3 double-page, 34 tinted, one with partial hand-colouring, many plates with more than one image, some foxing, contemporary half red morocco, spine gilt, slightly rubbed, [Atabey 868; Blackmer 1192, both Atlas only], folio, Day & Son, 1862.⁂ Scarce volume of plates illustrating the excavation of Halicarnassus (present-day Bodrum) and other sites along the coast of Asia Minor. The fine tinted plates include many of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus which was one of the Ancient Wonders of the World.

Heraldry.- [The Manner and Creation of Hereaulds and Pursuivants, together with the Oaths Administrated, the Orders to be Observed and the Grants of Privileges made by them by various Kings and Queens of England, 4 to XVII Century... title from Bibliotheca Phillippica], 34pp. excluding blanks, on rectos, ruled in pencil throughout, small tear in lower margin of first leaf not affecting text, slightly foxed and browned, correspondence from Sir Anthony Wagner concerning this manuscript loosely inserted, Phillipps MSS 18521 at head of first f., Middle Hill boards, rubbed, slightly soiled, rebacked in modern calf, folio, [early 18th century].

France.- Paris.- Turgot (Michel Etienne) Plan de Paris, engraved throughout with folding key map and 20 detailed maps by Claude Lucas after Louis Bretez, on thick laid paper, all double-page and mounted on stubs, maps 18 and 19 incorporating title in elaborate cartouche, key map with partial hand-colouring, some light spotting or browning and marginal soiling, one or two with light marginal water-staining, a couple with short tear to lower margin reinforced, modern red morocco with French royal arms in gilt in centre of on both boards, light fading to upper cover, edges slightly rubbed, [Berlin Kat. 2506; Cohen-de Ricci 807; Millard, French 39], large folio, Paris, [c.1739]. ⁂ Turgot's magnificent plan of Paris comprises twenty sheets forming a single birds-eye plan within a decorative engraved border, measuring approximately 2.5 x 3.2 metres. The extraordinary detail provides a fascinating guide to the city prior to its development by Haussmann in the 19th century.

India.- Eden (Emily) Portraits of the Princes & People of India, first edition, tinted lithographed title with vignette and 24 tinted lithographed plates by Lowes Dickinson after Emily Eden, printed by C. Hullmandel, plate-guards, scattered foxing and spotting, heavier at front, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, [Not in Abbey], folio, J.Dickinson, 1844.

Levant.- Pococke (Richard) A Description of the East, and Some other Countries, for the Author, 3 parts in 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy from the author, 3 titles with engraved vignettes, engraved dedication to the Earl of Chesterfield in vol. 2. 178 engraved maps, plans, and plates (a few folding), including 12 botanical plates by G.D. Ehret, a few marginal repairs, including first 2 titles, marginal water-staining, a few short tears, some repaired, occasional spotting and staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners repaired, chipped and scuffed, [Atabey 965; Blackmer 1323; Hilmy II, p.124; Weber II, 513], folio, by W. Bowyer, 1743-1745.⁂ The presentation inscription, present in both vol., reads 'Nor:?Sieuwright, Ex dono Auctoris, Episcopi Ossory, A.D. 1764'. Includes Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Cyprus, Crete, the Greek islands, Asia Minor, and Greece.

New Zealand.- Angas (George French) The New Zealanders Illustrated, first edition, additional hand-coloured pictorial tinted lithographed title, lithographed calligraphic dedication, list of subscribers, 60 hand-coloured tinted lithographed plates, occasional light marginal foxing but generally a very good clean copy, bookplate of Peter Dowding Prankerd, later ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half green morocco, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, [Abbey, Travel 589; Tooley 61], folio, 1847.⁂ Splendidly illustrated work on the Maori depicting their costumes, dwellings, ornaments, weapons, customs etc. as well as views of New Zealand.Peter Dowding Prankerd (1819-1902), emigrated from Bristol to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1839 where he acquired a vast fortune working as a land developer and mine operator.

New Zealand.- Wakefield (Edward) New Zealand Illustrated. The Story of New Zealand and Descriptions of its Cities and Towns...The Natural Wonders of New Zealand, first edition, 14 lithographed plates only (of 16, lacking additional pictorial title with view of Queenstown and folding plate of eruption of Mount Tarawera), all but one chromolithographed views, the other with 3 images of the Waitomo caves, original pictorial upper board (rubbed and lightly soiled, a little worn at edges), lower cover old cloth, rebacked, new endpapers, oblong folio, Wanganui, 1889.

Russia.- [Harding (Edward)] Costume of the Russian Empire, hand-coloured additional title and 72 hand-coloured lithographed plates, printed titles and text in English and French, a few small foxing marks,small ink mark on verso of plate 47, engraved bookplate of John Wakeman on front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt, slight surface wear on upper cover, corners bumped, gilt spine, a little creased, [Abbey, Travel 244; Colas 704], folio, John Stockdale, 1810.

South-East Asia.- [Linschoten (Jan Huygen van)] [Itinerario, Voyage Ofte Schipvaert, van Ian Hughen Van Linschoten Naer Oost Ofte Portugaels Indien], 3 parts bound as 1, first edition, lacking titles, all maps & illustrations and several leaves of text, signature A and several leaves loose, occasional spotting, some trimming, pencil inscription to front pastedown, lacking blank preliminaries, later calf, defective spine, worn, folio, [Amsterdam], [1596]; sold not subject to return ⁂ The sad remnants of a highly important travel book, with valuable mentions of the New World and the Portuguese East Indies, including important details on sailing routes and local commodities.

Britain.- Camden (William) Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, 2 vol., second edition of Gibson's translation, engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black (vol. I torn and repaired), 9 engraved plates of coins (1 plate with small tear in lower margin), 49 double-page and 2 folding engraved general and county maps by Robert Morden, engraved illustrations in text (1full-page), small ink number stamp in lower margins of 1 page in each vol., new endpapers, contemporary panelled calf, extensively rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, [Chubb CXV], folio, by Mary Matthews, for Awnsham Churchill, 1722.

Hampshire.- Winchester.- Radclyffe (Charles W.) Memorials of Winchester College, tinted litho title, 23 litho plates and plate of college seals, title extensively foxed, some other foxing, some slight offsetting, Lord Selborne's copy with his bookplate on front pastedown,, original half morocco, extensively rubbed, g.e., folio, Winchester, D. Nutt, [1846].

Botany.- Grew (Nehemiah) The Anatomy of Plants, first collected edition, large paper copy on thicker paper with Strasbourg lily watermark, imprimatur leaf signed by Christopher Wren, 83 engraved plates, 5 double-page (4 detached from stubs), very occasional light soiling to a few leaves but an exceptionally clean copy, tiny paper flaw hole to foot of Oo2 just touching one letter, contemporary ink inscriptions to front free endpaper "The gift of Dr John ?Contee" and "Josias Calmady ex dono Edward Griffyn March 1699" with other Calmady book-labels/bookplates, endpapers stained, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt in compartments with morocco label, rubbed, spine ends a little worn and chipped, abrasions to boards, [Henrey 162; Hunt 362; Nissen BBI 758; Wing G1945], folio, by W.Rawlins, for the Author, 1682. ⁂ The birth of the microscopic anatomy of plants. Grew, and his contemporary Malpighi in Italy, were the founders of the science of plant anatomy. Grew was the first to observe the sexual nature of plants and ascribe the male functions to the stamens. The work was published in two formats, with ordinary copies on foolscap and the large paper copies on thicker paper.

Insects.- Merian (Maria Sibylla) Histoire des Insectes de l'Europe, translated by Jean Marret, first edition in French, half-title, additional hand-coloured engraved title by Merian, letterpress title in red and black with small engraved vignette by B.Picart, 184 hand-coloured plates of flowers and insects on 93 sheets and hand-coloured engraved tail-piece (no plates numbered 170 or 172 but these make up the tail-piece so all plates present), light spotting and browning or soiling but mostly marginal, engraved bookplate of Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked with gilt spine and morocco label, a little worn, especially spine ends and corners, some splits to joints, [Hunt 483; Nissen BBI 1341; cf. Great Flower Books p.119], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Frederic Bernard, 1730.⁂ "Though Maria Merian's first concern is with the insects that she portrays, the plates also show the plants upon which these insects live; these plants are drawn with the same delicacy and precision as the insects themselves, and the book may thus legitimately be considered a florilegium also". Great Flower Books p.30.Marmaduke Tunstall (1743-90) of Wycliffe, Co. Durham, ornithologist and collector. He was the author of Ornithologica Britannica published in 1771, probably the first British work to use binomial nomenclature.

Birds.- Gould (John) A Century of Birds from the Himalaya Mountains, first edition, first issue, early issue bound from the parts and hence without text, list of subscribers, 80 superb hand-coloured lithographed plates by Elizabeth Gould after sketches by John Gould and printed by Hullmandel, with backgrounds uncoloured, many heightened with gum arabic, light foxing to a few plates but generally clean, modern bookplate of Peter Tate, handsome contemporary green morocco, gilt, subscriber's copy with central gilt arms of George James Welbore, Lord Dover on both covers and crest at head of spine, spine gilt, g.e., very slight mottling to boards and with small unobtrusive repair to upper cover, joints and edges a little rubbed, [Fine Bird Books p.77; Nissen IVB 374], folio, [for the Author], [1831]-1832.⁂ The first issue has the backgrounds to the plates uncoloured. The list of subscribers to this, Gould's first folio work, numbers 298 names, including J.J.Audubon, Baron Cuvier, Sir William Jardine, Edward Lear, Sir Thomas Phillipps, P.J.Selby, William Swainson, William Yarrell and the subscriber of this copy, Rt. Hon. Lord Dover, M.A., F.R.S., F.A.S. &c.

Blome (Richard) The Gentlemans Recreation. In Two parts. The First Being an Encyclopedy of the Arts and Sciences ... The Second Part, Treats of Horsmanship, Hawking, Hunting, Fowling, Fishing, and Agriculture, 2 parts bound in 1, first edition, title printed in red and black, engraved frontispiece and 84 plates only (of 85), illustrations, Approbation leaf (lacking upper corner, affecting coat of arms), last leaf lacking lower corner (restored), several small marginal tears, occasional faint water-staining, one or two tiny rust holes, small hole affecting text (G1), occasional faint spotting, handwritten bookplate, ink inscription to title, later half calf, rebacked with original spine laid down,a little rubbed, bumping to corners, [Wing B3213], folio, S. Roycroft, for Richard Blome, 1686.

Gabelkover (Oswald) The Boock of Physicke...Most of them selected, and approued remedyes, for all corporall diseases, and sicknesses, which out of manye highe, and common persons written physick-boockes, are compacted, and vnited together, translated by A.M., first and only edition in English, double column, fine engraved pictorial title by B. Dolendo, with large royal arms at head and a view of Dordecht at foot, glossary f. at end, with contemporary ink ms. medical receipts verso for 'plauge', 'crampe' and 'drospy', lacking 2K2 & 5, both supplied in good facsimile from the BL copy, title trimmed at outer and lower edges, just within border, glossary f. little chipped at outer edge, lightly browned, occasional staining, new endpapers, contemporary vellum over later boards, repaired, soiled, [NLM/Durling 1737; Wellcome I, 2488; STC 11513], folio (279 x 179mm.), Dordecht, Isaack Caen, 1599.⁂ First and only edition in English of Gabelkover's Nützlich Artzneybuch für alle des Menschlichen Leibes anliegen und gebrechen, Tübingen, 1595, a domestic medical guide. Includes the illnesses of women and children, fevers, plagues, burns and wounds. Rare at auction. Provenance: 'To E.M. geve this: ex dono ?R G 1614...'; 'Robert Cholmondley' (17th century ink inscriptions to title); 'Ms. Ann Hall hur Boock, the Gueft of my Ant Hall, of 'Esex'; 'Alice Whitfell, her book' (17th century inscriptions cut from a leaf and mounted on new endpapers).

Microscopy.- Hooke (Robert) Microscopic Observations; or, Dr. Hooke's Wonderful Discoveries by the Microscope, 33 engraved plates, a few folding, plate 21 2 neat tears, partially repaired verso with tape, plate 30 tear & section of lower corner excised, both without loss, P2 tear within text without loss, offsetting, foxing, modern speckled calf-backed marbled boards, red leather label to spine, [Keynes 11; Wellcome III, p.296], folio, Printed for Robert Wilkinson, 1780.⁂ An abridgement of the author's Micrographia Restaurata, published in 1745.

Honduras.- Despard (Edward Marcus, army officer and revolutionary, Superintendent of Honduras, executed for Treason, 1751-1803) Account of contingent Expences incurred by the Superintendent of His Majesty's Affairs in Honduras..., D.s. "E Despard", manuscript, 2pp., 2 tears along folds repaired with tape, browned, folio, 25th December 1789.⁂ Entries include: "Hire & Maintainance of five negro men attending the Superintendent when visiting the different rivers and settlements".

Corsica.- Herries (Sir Robert, merchant and banker, c. 1731-1815) Observations on the Estate of Marbeuf, in the Island of Corsica, & on the plan of an Establisment of Agriculture & Commerce there; with Proposals for a loan thereon, manuscript, 3pp., folio, [1792]; and a small group of material relating to the estate, 23pp., folio & 4to (sm. qty).⁂ Includes proposals for loans to buy the property and an agreement in French for the terms under which the estate was going to be farmed. Herries had options to grow tobacco, vines, mulberry bushes for silk, soap making and olive oil. The enterprise was sanctioned by the French government but the project came to an end with the revolution.

Toulon.- Archive of papers and contemporary copies relating to a dispute between Admiral Hood and Lieutenant-General David Dundas over the capture of French vessels in Toulon in 1793, many to Colonel John Drinkwater, author of "A History of the Late Siege of Gibraltar", Dundas (11 ALs.s.), John Drinkwater (1 ALs) & 8 letters and documents by French officers, manuscripts in French and English, c. 70pp., folds, browned, folio et infra, 1804-05.⁂ After the Treaty of Amiens, Admiral Hood was granted, on the submission of a petition, prize money for himself, officers and men of the Royal Navy, for the "capture" and removal to England of ships from the French fleet during the siege of Toulon in 1793. In 1804, when the award was published, General Dundas, commander of the British army in Toulon, first heard of Hood's claim and immediately contested the matter, claiming a share of the money for himself and the other soldiers who had served at Toulon. Many of the letters are by General Dundas and attempt to show that Hood had deceived the Privy Council and presented "a varnished tale".

Mathematical exercises.- Charles Peters his Book. Oyster Bay Academy Long Island,, manuscript, title and 190pp., foxed and browned, original card wrappers, soiled, folio, 1808,⁂ includes interest of money of the United States and American duties on foreign merchandize etc

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of, army officer and prime minister, 1769-1852) Letter signed to George Dawson, 1p., folio, Headquarters, Paris, 1st October 1815, accompanying the decorations of a Knight of the Order of Maximilian Joseph, King of Bavaria, "has sent me for you in testimony of His Majesty's approbation of your Services, and conduct, particularly in the late Battles fought in the Netherlands", and Wellington writes that he has applied to the Prince Regent for the honoured officers to accept the decoration; and 3 others, comprising: (1) Printed form for a statement of Dawson-Damer's military service, printed form with autograph insertions; (2) Printed notice from George Nayler of the College of Arms, 29th January 1816, announcing the Prince Regent's nomination of Dawson-Damer to the Order of the Bath (duplicate), folds, browned (4).⁂ Colonel George Lionel Dawson-Damer (1788-1856), politician; present at the Battle of Waterloo.

19th century love letters.- Smith (Henry, Civil Servant, Whitehall, of Retreat, South Lambeth, married Fanny Smith, daughter of G. Smith of Teign Villa, Teignmouth, Devon, fl. 1825) Collection of 24 Autograph Letters signed "Henry" & incomplete Autograph Letters to his fiancée Fanny Smith, of Devon, together c. 100pp. & address panels and the remains of wax seals, 4to & folio, Whitehall, Retreat South Lambeth & n.p., n.d., most 1825, affectionate letters, "I strolled into the Grape Walk for a short time to day - it is now clustered with Fruit, but Faded by the Autumn - it is not bright v green as it was at the time when I used to enjoy its retirement with you as my delightful companion", tears along folds, a few tears to edges, browned (qty).

Anatomy.- [Simpson (George)] Osteology, or The Anatomy of the Human Bones & Configuration and Proportions of the Adult [from The Anatomy of the Bones and Muscles], manuscript fair copy, together 53pp., and 21 only of 30 lithographed plates from the printed edition, some plates loose or working loose, some plates with small tears in margins, browned, front free endpaper torn and creased, contemporary cloth, creased and soiled, rubbed, folio, 29th April 1830.

Breviary.- Single leaf, manuscript on parchment, single column, 24/25 lines, written in a neat late Carolingian hand with a few features more angular, some capitals set out, one blank space for initial, some marginalia in a different hand, this same hand has drawn a detailed pen-portrait of a man's face, slightly scuffed and water-stained, small folio, 261 x 188 mm., possibly France, 12th century.⁂ This leaf from a twelfth-century Breviary contains part of the readings for the Dominica in Quinquagesima, and in particular the final part of Luke:18 (from 'adsumpsit Iesus duodecim discipulos suos' until the end), as well as the first part of the homily De illuminatione caecitas humanae by Gregorius Magnus. The original liturgical manuscript was probably produced in a scriptorium located at a Cistercian monastery.

China etc.- Hannah (I.C., archaeologist, of Philpots, West Hoathly, Sussex, fl. 1897-1940s) Tian Tsin North China... 5 Foreign China, Corea, Japan, Siberia, [Sandwich Islands], Hawaii, autograph manuscript, a few pen and ink drawings, a few printed illustrations, postcards edtc., original morocco, corners creased, tears at head and tail of spine torn with small loss, sm. 4to, 1897; and another, a collection of botanical specimens collected in Tian Tsin in 1918, sm. 4to & folio (2).⁂ [Bejiing]. "The Temple of Heaven & the Temple of Agriculture stand close together in walled Parks... . The actual walls are very solid, of earth faced with large bricks & protected by wooden tiled roofs of which the eaves project a good way. Each has two gates, opposite each other, & each gate is painted and has three arches. The buildings of the Temple of Agriculture consist of Halls with glazed gum tiles, the enclosing wall is almost perfect." - I.C. Hannah.

Gregorius IX. Decretales, [edited, and with commentary by Hieronymus Clarius], collation: [*4] a-z8 ד8 ɔ8 □8 A-E8 EE8 F-L8, double column, printed in red and black, 307 ff. (of 308, lacking final blank), 82 lines of gloss surrounding text, Gothic type, red Lombards and paragraph-marks, woodcut printer's device to red to foot of final verso, contemporary ink marginalia (including a few fingerposts), a few instances of contemporary inter-linear notes, marginal repair to first f., a few ff. with small areas of worm traces, some spotting or light foxing, mostly marginal, 18th century red straight-grain morocco, richly gilt, spine ends repaired, corners restored, some marking, rubbed, g.e., folio (412 x 276mm.), [Venice], [Baptista de Tortis], 10 October, 1496. ⁂ A scarce edition at auction of this compilation of papal decrees, concerning points of canon law. Provenance: 'hic liber est Monasterii Sancte Dorothee virginis in Vienna Emptus...Anno do' 1506' and ms. coat of arms (ink inscription to a1); 'hic liber monasterii Sancte Dorothee in Vienna' (16th century ink inscription to foot of Z7v); 'J J Murphy Esq., Old Forge, Dunminny', Joseph John Murphy (1827-1894), Belfast critic and author. Literature: BMC V, 329; Goff G-474; Hain 8035*; BSB-Ink G-360.

Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Rhetorica ad C. Herennium..., commentary by Franciscus Maturantius, Antonius Mancinellus, and C. Marius Victorinus, collation: a-z & A6 B-C8, 164 ff. (of 166, lacking title (provided in facsimile) and final blank), 62 lines commentary surrounding text and headline, Roman type, woodcut decorative letters, initial spaces with guide-letters, early ink marginalia and inter-linear notes, upper corner repaired, affecting a few letters recto and verso, some staining (including ink) and finger-marking, modern binding using an old choir f. and vellum, folio (302 x 204mm.), [Venice], [ Philippus Pincius], [12 September, 1500].⁂ A rare edition at auction. Literature: Goff C-685; HC 5085; Bod-Inc C-220; BSB-Ink A-824.

Paulus, Diaconus. Homiliarius doctorum, part 2 only of 2, collation: A-N6, double column, Gothic letter, title above large woodcut depicting saints, first capital, initial-strokes and paragraph-marks in red, lower blank corner of title repaired, C2 short tear to inner lower gutter, without loss, D6 large repaired tear within text, causing transparent staining, some water-staining and spotting, contemporary calf, gilt arabesque centre-piece to covers, rebacked, rubbed, folio (289 x 191mm.), Basel, Johan Froben, 7th August, 1513. ⁂ Literature: Not in Adams; VD16 P1052.

Large folio containing assorted 1960s and 70s poster artwork etc from the same source

Large folio containing watercolour sketches, prints, life drawings etc by D.Adamson from the 1960's, Winchester School of Art

Large folio containing original artwork's from various students, Winchester School of Art

"The Works of William Hogarth", containing one hundred and fifty nine engravings with a comment by the Reverend John Trusler, a new edition, revised and corrected, published in two volumes London 1821, folio with gilt tooled full Morocco.

Book - The Drake Manuscript, 1996, folio, proof illustrated in colour, mint condition