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Dionysius Carthusianus. Insigne Commentariorum opus, in Psalmos omnes Davidicos..., collation: *4, A-Z6, a-z6, aa-ee6, ff4, AA-HH6, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut initials, some marginal staining and a few wormholes, 18th century calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio (310 x 195 mm.), Cologne, Peter Quentell, March 1531. ⁂ First edition of the earliest work by Dionysius (1402-1471), the phenomenally productive Flemish theologian, Carthusian monk, ecstatic, and associate of Nicolas of Cusa, for whom he composed treatises refuting Muslim belief, superstition, and magical practices. His exegetical writings begin with the present commentary (1434) and go on to treat the entire New and Old Testaments, while his philosophical writings reflect the Christian Platonism of his namesake 'the Areopagite', and the mysticism of John and Hugh of St. Victor, and Saint Bonaventure. He also edited Boethius, Peter Lombard, and ps-Dionysius, simplified the text of Cassian, codified 'rules of Christian living' for churchmen and laymen alike, and agitated for military action against the Turks after the fall of Constantinople. 'He has been called the last of the Schoolmen', observes the Catholic Encyclopaedia', and 'he is so, in the sense that he is the last important Scholastic writer, and that his works may be considered to form a vast encyclopedia of the scholastic teaching of the Middle Ages: this their primary characteristic and chief merit'. The modern edition of Dionysius' Opera Omnia (ed. M. Leone, 1896-1935) runs to forty-four quarto volumes. The first edition of In Psalmos omnes Davidicos, the first stepping-stone toward that 'vast encyclopedia', is - despite its bulk - uncommon: COPAC lists only a 'Cathedral Libraries' copy, and other editions of 1534, 1539, 1547, 1558, to which may be added those of 1542 and 1548 (WorldCat). Literature: Adams D557 (three copies); VD 16 1922 (nine copies in Germany; apparently there are none in American institutions.)

Josephus (Flavius) [Opera] [graece], edited by Arnoldus Arlenius, collation: *6 a-z A-z Aa-Hh6 Ii4 AA-MM6, Greek type, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, large woodcut historiated initial at start, initial spaces with guide-letters, woodcut head-pieces, woodcut printer's device to verso of final f., some early red ink underlining, a few unobstrusive very small wormholes within text, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, metal clasps and corner-pieces, spine in compartments and with 2 later leather lables (1 chipped with loss), small nick at head of spine, lightly soiled, rubbed, folio (319 x 217mm.), Basel, Hieronymus Froben & Nicolaus Episcopius, 1544. ⁂ A wide-margined copy of the handsomely printed editio princeps, providing a comprehensive history of the Jews from Creation to the end of the war with Rome (70 AD). The printed work is taken from manuscripts in the library of Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, for whom the editor Arlenius was librarian. The present copy matches the rarer of two variants (based on the spelling of one word in the colophon) given by Adams. Provenance: Jesuit College, Würzburg (various ink inscriptions, one dated 1575); The Hon. W.T. Monson (engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown). Literature: Adams J352; Hoffmann II, 443.

Cardano (Girolamo) De subtilitate libri XXI, collation: α-γ4 a-z A-Z Aa-Zz4 Aaa6 Bbb-Eee4 Fff6, Roman type, title with central woodcut portrait of the author, woodcut illustrations and diagrams within text, woodcut historiated initials, 3A&F6 blank, some marginal water-staining, contemporary vellum, stained and rubbed, folio (315 x 200mm.), Basel, [Ex off. Petrina], 1560. ⁂ A scarce edition of this work that combined solid learning with more esoteric matters, such as alchemy. Cardano was an Italian polymath, who is considered one of the most influential mathematicians of the Renaissance. A keen gambler he is seen as one of the key figures in the foundation of probability. The work includes sections on distillation, gemstones, plants and mathematics. Literature: Adams C673.

Cyprian (Saint, Bishop of Carthage) Opera, collation: a4, b6, c4, A-Z6, AA-MM6, NN-TT4 (TT4 blank), woodcut device on title, occasional light foxing, minor marginal worm-track near end, late 17th century mottled calf, spine gilt, corners and spine ends worn, folio (310 x 210 mm.), Rome, Paulus Manutius, 1563. ⁂ A good copy of the Aldine Cyprian, complete with final blank. Literature: Adams C 3161; Renouard II,29:3; EDIT 16 CNCE 13896.

Digby (Sir Kenelm) Two Treatises, in the One of Which, the Nature of Bodies; in the Other, the Nature of Mans Soule; is Looked Into: in the Way of Discovery, of the Immortality of Reasonable Soules, first edition, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, lacking final blank, title a little soiled, with chipping and restoration to outer margin, 3N3 with lower corner restored, 18th century manuscript note addressed to James Wyld regarding the sale of a horse, upper hinge strengthened, bookplates, contemporary calf, rebacked, upper joint cracked ,corners and fore-edge strengthened and repaired, [Wing D1448], folio, Paris, Gilles Blaizot, 1644. ⁂ Digby's chief philosophical work, the publication of this volume marked the introduction of Gassendian and Cartesian atomism into England. He aimed to prove the immortality of the rational soul and its distinction from the material body. In the first treatise he provides the first important defence of Harvey's theory of circulation of the blood in English. The work also contains "the fullest early account in English of teaching the deaf to lip-read", a practice Digby had first observed at the Spanish court, and which he had reported to Prince Charles. Provenance: James Wyld Jnr.; John Farquhar Fulton (1899-1960), American neurophysiologist and science writer (bookplates)

Malta plague.- A collection of 178 broadside notices giving the names and addresses of those who had contracted or died from the 1813 plague in Malta, all printed recto only, apart from 1 in later ms., the first 13 in Italian only, the others in Italian and English, a few with ink signatures and official stamps, some spotting, browning or staining, but generally in good complete condition, except one notice for July, which is torn and repaired with loss, folio et infra, Malta, 7th May, 1813- 31st October, 1813; and 2 other related ms. documents, v.s. (181) ⁂ A remarkable survival charting the outbreak and eventual containment of the plague on Malta. A complete list of all those affected is given in weekly bulletins. After October separate broadsides were no longer issued and details were published in weekly newspapers. Included is a ms. declaration signed by the Chief Secretary of the Government confirming that the data on the printed bulletins correspond with written records housed in the record office of the island.

Venice.- Guoro (Pandolfo, Venetian Supreme Naval Commander, Adriatic, 1554-1556, Military Governor of Cyprus, 1560-1562, Civil Governor, 1565-1566) Letter as 'Capitano del Colfo' [Italian 'Golfo', Supreme Naval Commander, Adriatic], with secretarial signature to the Three Heads of the Council of Ten at Venice, 1p. and conjugate blank and address panel, in a clear italic hand, in Venetian Italian with translation, folio, 21st July 1555, acknowledging their letter of the 17th July 1555, "by which I am committed ... to send to the City all the corn and fodder ['biave', Italian 'biade'] that I shall find as cargo in any place whatsoever, whether on board the vessels of your City and of the subjects of Your Serenity, or of foreign captains, imposing on the captains and merchants who do not convey it to Venice the penalty of Your Sublimity's indignation", except for "the cargoes of corn for the needs of this city in Dalmatia", which he is to let go "under security or other caution not to proceed elsewhere", all which "Your ... Lordships may be assured I will not fail to carry out with all exact zeal and diligence according to the circumstances", adding that "the ... Superintendent ['provedor', Italian 'provveditore'] of the Navy having now conveyed the present order to all the Grand ['magnifici'] Sopracomiti here, it remains only for me to put it into force immediately", for further details he will refer to what the Superintendent "has already sent me", folds, slightly browned. ⁂ Famine in Venice.

Kingdom of England claiming the Throne of France and The Defeat of King John of France at the Battle of Poitiers.- La Querella, per la quale il Re d'Inghilterra pretende il regno di Franza [&] Giovanni primo et ultimo Re di Franza di quel nome perse una giornata contra Inglesi apprersso la gran Città di Poictiers..., manuscript in Italian, 7pp., in a neat Italic hand, part only, bound in differing order, some slight surface affecting one or two words, folds, browned, new endpapers, modern boards, [Phillipps ms. 21133], folio, [?Italy], [c. 1555]. ⁂ The manuscript may be roughly dated as the marriage of Mary Tudor and Philip of Spain is mentioned in the first manuscript. The second manuscript discusses the role of the Dukes of Burgundy in the Anglo-French conflict of the Hundred Years War.

Carafa (Giovanni, Duke of Paliano, nephew of Pope Paul IV, d. 1561) Autograph Letter signed to Cosimo I de' Medici, Duke of Florence, 1p., 4to, Rome, 24th January 1558, about a stock of wheat being delivered by ship, and other subjects including mentioning the pope and Bartolomeo Camerario, a professor of law at Rome who Carafa imprisoned in 1558, a few very small holes caused by ink acid not affecting legibility, folds, slightly browned § Beni (Paolo, humanist scholar, literary critic, theologian and linguist, 1552/3-1625) Autograph Letter signed to "His Most Serene Highness", 1p. with conjugate blank, in Italian, folio, Padua, 28th May 1623, firstly reporting about a Signor Collo and secondly showing his satisfaction in knowing that his books ("I miei libri") had been accepted in the Royal Library ("Regia biblioteca"), probably referring to the library of the King of Naples, and moreover, that four more volumes of his works (Benianae LucubrationesI) were expected to be issued by September/October of that year, folds, browned; and 12 others, 16 and 17 century Italian letters, v.s., v.d. (14)

Heber (Richard, book collector, 1774-1833).- [Papal Conclave on the death of Pope Paul IV and the election of Pope Pius IV], manuscript in Italian, 13pp., in a neat Italic hand, incomplete at end, slightly browned, n.d. [c. 1559]; and 2 others, including a letter from Philippe de la Canaye, sieur de Fresnes (French jurist and diplomat, 1551-1610), to Isaac Casaubon, classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian, 1559-1614), dated 1597, folio & 135 x 185mm., (3). ⁂ First mentioned provenance: Part of Lot 1128, Part 11, Heber Sale, 1856, Sold to Payne.

Cant Language.- Dictionary of the cant Language, 18 century poetry and 17 century religious work in a commonplace book, manuscript in several hands, 169pp. excluding blanks, 1f. loose, another f. torn and repaired with tape, browned, some dampstaining, 19th century buckram, lacks spine, folio, 1650s - 1830s. ⁂ Includes: "Dictionary of the cant Language... Banker a Salesman Servant as what do you buy... Meggs Guineas meet to Spend Money - or Petticoat... Slubble it, hold your tongue... Whibble sad drink Whiddle to tell or discover" [6pp.]; "An Ode to Garrick Upon the Talk of the Town [by Edward Moore]"; "An Epistle from Cambridge"; "Epitaph L.M. 1749 [Mary Leapor]"; "Fox Hunting by Wm. Somerville"; "Lyrics of the East by Mrs. Godwin" etc. Cant language is the jargon or argot of a group, often employed to exclude or mislead people outside the group. Thieves cant was a feature of popular pamphlets and plays particularly between 1590 and 1615, but continued to feature in literature into the nineteenth century.

Cromwell (Oliver, Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1599-1658) Warrant to the Treasurer, Gualter Frost to pay £20 to Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Kelsey for expences of his journey through Kent, D.s. "Oliver P", signed "Tho: Kelsey" in receipt on verso, manuscript, 1½pp., folds, foxed and browned, lower half laid down on brown paper, folio, Whitehall, 30th April 1655. ⁂ "These are to will, and require you out of such moneys as now are, or shall come to your hands on accompt of our Counceles Contingencies to pay unto Lieutenant Collonel Thomas Kelsey or to whom he shall appoint to receive the same, the sume of twenty pounds for the extraordinary charges of his journey into Kent about our service. Here of you are not to faile, and for soe doing this shallbe your warrant." Kelsey (Thomas, d. in or after 1676), parliamentarian army officer and major-general; lieutenant of Dover Castle and governor of the garrison.

Parliament.- [House of Commons Journal April 12 to June 18 1689], title from spine label, manuscript, 521pp. and 38pp. index at end, ruled in red throughout, first c. 40pp. and large part of index at end creased and soiled, hole in 1f. of index, foxed and browned, lacks covers, gilt panelled spine, rubbed, g.e., folio, [c. 1700]. ⁂ Mentions a plantation in Virginia.

Politicians.- Walpole (Sir Robert, first earl of Orford, prime minister, 1676-1745) Treasury document authorising payment of £300 pension to the Earl of Denbeigh, D.s. "Walpole", "Geo Oxenden", "Wm Clayton", "Halifax", and countersigned in receipt "Denbigh", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank and receipt, folio, folds, slightly browned, framed and glazed, 6th June 1728; and 7 others, Politicians, including a Treasury document signed by Earl of St. Albans, framed and glazed, 1661; Autograph letters, including: Palmerston, Gladstone (2), George Canning (2), Balfour, v.s., v.d. (8).

Cookery & Medical.- Collection of cookery/medical recipes, accounts and book catalogue, manuscripts in several hands, c. 300pp., many loose or pasted down on ff., some dampstaining affecting some ff., browned, numerous tears to edges, original vellum covers, soiled and creased, lacks spine, folio, 1738-1840s. ⁂ Compiled from the 18 century onwards the owner makes several reference to Colston Bassett in Nottinghamshire. Recipes include: "To cure the mange in a Dog"; "An Apple Pudding"; "Cheescakes"; "Duchess of Devonshires tea-cakes"; "Shrewsbury Cakes"; "Orange Marmalade"; "Confection of Pepper Mint"; "Carolina Snowballs"; "Cowslip Wine"; "Orange Wine"; "To stew Carp or Tench"; "Elixer Saludis, or Elixer of Health from Miss Tissington"; "For the Distemper..."; "Pudding & Sauce for a Hare"; "Raisin Wine (Mrs. Lee's Receipt)"; "Mrs. Chadwick's Pills for my Asthmatics, or Windy Complaint"; "Captain Gell's medicine for The Gout... 1785"; "To make Artificial Yeast"; "To candy Angelica (Mrs. Garnet)"; "A fine bread pudding" etc.

Laws of Bern.- Burnaby (John, English ambassador to Bern 1743-49, 1701-74) Traduction des Loix de Berne, 3 parts in 1, manuscript in French, ?translated from Swiss German, together 499pp., last part page 39 to end tear in lower margins not affecting text, some slight staining to lower margins, vertical folds, ink signature of "J.Burnaby"on front pastedown and autograph manuscript note initialled by Burnaby on front flyleaf, 19th century bookplate of Baggrave Library, contemporary continental tree calf, gilt, rubbed, some surface wear, joints splitting but holding firm, label on spine, spine extensively rubbed, folio, [?Bern, c. 1750]. ⁂ Swiss legal manuscript used by John Burnaby (1701-1774), resident at Bern in the 1740s as British Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Cantons. In French translation, presumably from the original Swiss German, the three different texts are titled "Traduction du Livre Rouge","Traduction des burgher's puncten"and "Instruction substantielle pour les affaires de judicature et de justice" together forming a substantial legal compendium of the laws of Bern. Provenance: John Burnaby's autograph note initialled "JB": "This is a very curious manuscript, obtained with great difficulty. It would be of particular use and even necessary, for any minister the King may think fit to send into Switzerland. It was never suffered to be printed, and there is no copy of it in England, nor is any copy of it to be purchased for money in the canton of Berne itself." Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire, which became the seat of the Burnaby family through the marriage in 1770 of Anna Edwyn (1735-1812) to the clergyman Andrew Burnaby (1732-1812).

Surveying & Sun Dials.- Practical Surveying by The Chain and Square [&] A new method of Constructing Sun Dials for any given Lattitude without the assistance of Dialing Scales or Logarithmic Calculations by James Ferguson, manuscript, 99pp., edges ruled, 5 large watercolour survey maps (1 folding), 34 pen and ink illustrations and 7 watercolours of sundials, first 2ff. slightly soiled, 1f. with small tear at tail, slightly browned, original card, lettered direct: "Surveying Book", rubbed and slightly stained, folio, [c. 1760]. ⁂ Includes several headings: "How to Measure the Following Field"; "A Survey of North Grange Part of the Estate of John Bland Gentleman"; "A Field Book Or Observations & Dimentions of Lands lying in the Parish of Crambe in the County of York Part of Henry Lawson Esq.rs Estate"; " The best way of of taking a General Survey of an open field..."; "A Draft of the Farm called Grange part of the Estate of John Swale Gentleman, Thomas Weddel Surveyor AD 1751 & of James Coverley planning"; The Terrier or, Survey Book of the Honour of Arden Part of the Estate John Bland Esqr. 1751"; "Equinoctial Dial"; "A Horizontal Dial"; "A Polar Dial"; "A Vertical Dial" etc. James Ferguson (1710-76), lecturer on natural philosophy and inventor of scientific instruments.

Sonnerat (Pierre, French naturalist and explorer, 1748-1814) Agreement between Sonnerat and Phillipe Denys Pierres "Imprimerie Ordinnaire du Roi" for the printing his "Voyage aux Indes Orientales & à la Chine" in 4to and 8vo from the same setting of type, (the 4to with plates), specifying the size and type for text and notes, the quantity of paper and the cost of printing per copy, Sonnerat to supply the paper, some copies to be on 'papier hollande', he undertakes " to pay in cash to the said Monsieur Pierres every week half the price of each sheet that I shall be offered unspoilt; and the remaining half... after the last sheet of the said work is run off, in negotiable bonds whose terms shall not exceed the space of 1 year", manuscript in French, on paper, folds, browned, sm. folio, 6th July 1782; and 5 autograph notes to Pierres from Sonnerat to send consignments of both formats to M. Frouillé, the binder, and Mme Canu, for stitching, most for binding, totalling several hundred sets, annotated by the printer, 7th November 1782 - 20th February 1783 (6 pieces).

India.- 'Ubaidallah b. Mas'ûd b. Tâj al-sharî'ah b. Sadr al-sharî'ah, known as Sadr al-shar'iah (d. A.H. 747 or 745) Section part of 'Sharh al-wiqayah', which includes sections on domestic law, an abridged form of his grandfather Burhân al-sharî'ah's running commentary on the Hidâyah, portions of text being followed by portions of commentary, separated by red markers, manuscript, c. 140pp., notes throughout in the wide margins of the text, some further miscellaneous notes in another hand on first 3pp. and last 2pp., a few paper defects, some light worming just touching text, extensively browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, edges and spine repaired, India, late 18th - early 19th centuries; and 2 others similar, 4to & folio (3). ⁂ The Haddâyah is the great compendium dealing with Islamic law and life, and abridgements and commentaries have been in use for many centuries in Islamic schools. These parts includes sections on domestic law, purity, hiring, pricing, selling, lending and borrowing.

Cornish Lead Mining.- Wheal Golden Mine Company (of Perranzabuloe, Cornwall, fl. 1829-55) Copy of Deed of Regulation of the Wheal Golden Mine Company, copy manuscript agreements by James George, of St. Agnes, miner, and Edward Williams of Plymouth Dock and others, title and 26pp. excluding blanks, central folds, browned, original marbled wrappers, rubbed, folio, 1829. ⁂ The Golden Wheal Mine Company was started in the last years of the reign of George III. By 1822 Wheal Golden had its own smelting house, but in 1824 the 58 ins. cylinder engine and materials were put up for sale. A new company styled Wheal Golden Consols was formed in 1848, which included Penhale Mine. By 1851 the mine was producing more ore then ever and new machinery was installed. A ship was also acquired to discharge and take in cargo at Holywell Beach, an apparent landing bay being still visible on the cliff slope immediately north of the site of the engine shaft. This working ceased about 1855. A military camp was built in the area during the Second World War and all the mine buildings were destroyed, including the castellated stack.

Réunion (previously Île de Bourbon, island and region of France in the Indian Ocean).- Freycinet (Louis-Henri de Saulces de, French Rear-Admiral, Governor of the Île de Bourbon, 1820-27, 1777-1840) Notice et extraitre, manuscript in French, written in a sloping left hand, 15pp., slightly browned, later paper cover stamped in red "Archives de Laage", folio, n.d. [c. 1827]. ⁂ A history of the natural products of Réunion, covering the period from 1715, when coffee was first introduced up to the early 19th century. Freycinet also details the many fruits introduced under La Bourdonnais and Poivre, the landowners who cultivated them, their various successes or failures, apparently quoting partly from local knowledge or records. In particular it was Monsieur Hubert "who taught the creoles how to propagate and maintain nutmeg trees" (page 8). Provenance: Archives de Laage, with their stamp and pencilled identification "de la main de l'admiralH de Freycinet".

[Forbes (Edward, natural historian, 1815-54)] Soliloquy composed by a R[ed] Lion] who came down to Andertons [Hotel] July 15. 1852 Therm. 108 o, in the sun, and suffered a Coup de Soleil on something very like it on the top of a 'Bus, 3pp., facsimile poem, with illustrations by T.H. Huxley, Edward Lear's name appended at end, 1f. torn in two along fold, other f. with small tears and slight loss in right hand margin, folds, slightly browned, folio, 1852. ⁂ Probably one of a very small number of copies as Forbes was known to favour small dining clubs. The name Edward Lear at the end may be because he attended the dinner. "Forbes became a member of the Geological Society at the end of 1844 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in February 1845. A clubbable and humorous man, he had an active social life which revolved around several small dining societies of like-minded individuals. Among them were the Maga Club of his university, Edinburgh (the club described itself as a 'Universal Brotherhood of the Friends of Truth'), a Red Lions Club which he started at the British Association's Birmingham meeting in 1839, a University Club which he founded in the same year, and a Metropolitan Lions Club which he started in London in the mid-1840s. His conversation, his humorous songs, and his physical contortions all contributed to his reputation among friends for the love of good fellowship." - Oxford DNB.

Bible, English. [The Bible], Geneva version, double column, black letter, woodcut title to 'This Second Part of the Bible...' only, woodcuts in the text, lacks Apocrypha [3T-4M2], first A1-4, 3H2, 3I2, 3O1, 4M4, 5K6, 5M1, all after 5M4, first f largely defective, and made up with vellum, some text & decoration on this f. supplied by hand, several ff. torn, some with loss, or frayed & creased, a few loose, little worming, staining and marking, bookplate of Êr. I. Taboris', name of David Etherinton, Borough Farm, Northampton, in margin of L4, contemporary sheep, worn, [Herbert 210; STC 2157], folio, [Deputies of Christopher Barker] , 1592.

Chapman (George, translator). Homer. The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets, engraved pictorial title by William Hole, A6 errata f., woodcut decorative initials, head- and tail-pieces, final f. blank, lacking initial blank, title mounted on stub and with inner margin chipped and outer edge trimmed just within border (?from another copy), preliminaries misbound, water-staining to varying degrees, [STC 13634; Pforzheimer 169], Printed for Nathaniell Butter, [?1611]; Homer's Odysses, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, final f. blank, lacking A1 (blank) and A2 (engraved title), a few small wormholes and traces, the latter towards end, all mostly marginal, occasionally affecting printed side-notes, some spotting and staining, [STC 13636; Pforzheimer 170], [By Rich: Field, for Nathaniell Butter], [?1614], antique style calf, housed in a calf-backed drop-back box, folio ⁂ Two important first Chapman editions of Homer: the first complete Chapman Iliad and the first 12 books of the Odyssey. Provenance: 'James Rowe's Book 1776...James Rowe Eius Liber, Launceston, Cornwall, May ye 19th, 1776...[poem] This Pretty Book my name shall have, When I am Dead and Lead [Laid] in Grave, and Gawdy Worms my Flesh Have eat, Then you may read my name Compleat J. Rowe...' (to blank after final blank of Iliad) and on final blank of Odyssey 'James Rowe Eius Liber Launceston, Cornwall' with a crowned monogram beneath in colour pencils and ink, amongst other inscriptions by him.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Instauratio Magna [Novum organum], first edition, second issue (with e3 cancelled and previously blank e4 printed with an errata and colophon omitting Norton's name), fine engraved pictorial title by Simon van de Passe, woodcut head-pieces and historiated initials, c3 blank, lacking initial blank, the odd spot, 17th century blind-ruled calf, later ink title to spine, lower cover scuffed, spine spotted, rubbed, [Gibson 103b; Grolier / Horblit 8B; PMM 119; STC 1163], folio, Apud Ioannem Billium Typographum Regium, 1620. ⁂ A crisp and clean copy of this 'landmark in the advancement of human learning' (Pforzheimer, I, p.xxi). 'Bacon conceived a massive plan for the reorganisation of scientific method and gave purposeful thought to the relation of science to public and social life... The frontispiece to his magnum opus shows a ship in full sail passing through the Pillars of Hercules from the old to new world. it symbolizes the vision of the author whose ambitious proposal was 'a total reconstruction of sciences, arts and all human knowledge...to extend the power and dominion of the human race...''(PMM).

Bacon (Sir Francis) Opera...Tomus Primus: Qui Continet De Dignitate & Augmentis Scientiarum Libros IX, first edition, woodcut printer's device to second title, lacking first title (supplied in good facsimile, bound in by Bernard Middleton), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, a few instances of 17th & 18th century ink marginalia, marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, pastedowns using unfolded printed sheets from 17th century astronomical works, contemporary calf, rebacked (by Bernard Middleton), preserving original gilt backstrip in compartments with red morocco label, [Gibson 129a; STC 1108], folio, John Haviland, 1623. ⁂ Rare in any state. This copy last sold at auction at Sotheby's in 1947 (£42) and since then we can trace only the Pirie copy in 2015.

Bacon (Sir Francis) Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes, first edition in English of the expanded edition, first issue (with colophon dated 1639), fine engraved portrait frontispiece and pictorial title, both by William Marshall, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, light water-staining to upper margin of preliminaries, D3 short tear at foot just within text, with minor loss, but without loss of sense of text, a few small ink stains, mostly marginal, occasional spotting, contemporary polished calf, gilt, covers with central arms of King Charles I, housed in a 20th century calf-backed cloth drop-back box, gilt, upper joint split, but holding firm, [Gibson 141a; STC 1167; Madan, I, p.217], folio, Oxford, Leon Lichfield, Printer to the University, for Rob: Young, & Ed. Forrest, 1640 [colophon dated 1639].

Shakespeare (William) Leaf from the First Folio, from King John, pp. 13-14, slightly browned, framed and glazed, note appended: "Presented by Mrs. S. Vernon-Harcourt...", folio, 1623.

Taylor (John) All The Workes..., first collected edition, presentation copy with "Ex Dono Authoris" to foot of engraved additional title, woodcut illustrations, initials, head- and tail-pieces, repaired tears to a few ff., some affecting text but with little loss, a few ff. with strengthened margins, engraved bookplate of the Inglis family cut to margins and laid down on front pastedown, attractive 19th century straight-grain red morocco, blind-stamped, spine a little faded, light rubbing to extremities, g.e., [Pforzheimer 1006; STC 23725], folio, printed by J.B. for James Boler; at the signe of the Marigold in Pauls Churchyard, 1630. ⁂ Taylor wrote and published his works without the support of patrons and so dedicated his works "To the most high, most mighty, and most ancient producer, seducer and abuser of mankind, the world."

17th century stage directions.- Jonson (Ben) The Workes..., vol.1 only (of 3), 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved architectural title and portrait frontispiece, woodcut initials and head-pieces, loss to lower corner of title affecting image, a few ff. with closed tears, occasional soiling and light spotting, C4 with small portion of loss to text due to hot wax, occasional ink marginalia and notes to front free endpaper in an early hand, ink name to head of engraved title, bookplates to pastedown, later speckled calf, gilt, [Greg 1073; STC 14753], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640. ⁂ The first edition to be published with the portrait. This copy seems to have been used as a working copy for an early performance of Epicoene, or The Silent Woman, there are numerous notes to the margin in an early hand regarding stage directions regarding character movement and props. Provenance: William Powell, Nanteos, Aberystwyth (ink inscription to title and bookplates).

Jonson (Ben) The Workes..., vol.1 only (of 3), 2 parts in 1 vol., engraved architectural title, lacking engraved portrait, a few minor chips or marginal tears, not affecting text, part 2 P1 with long closed tear, occasional finger marking but generally a clean, sharp copy, ink ownership inscription to head of title, bookplate of Kinnaird family to pastedown, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label, spine ends and corners bumped, rubbed, [Greg 1073; STC 14753], folio, Richard Bishop, 1640.

Jonson (Ben) The Workes...The second volume..., vol.2 only (of 3), woodcut devices to titles, woodcut head-pieces and initials, bookplate, 19th century calf, gilt, spine faded, rubbing, [Pforzheimer 560; Stc 14754], folio, for Richard Meighen, 1640. ⁂ Provenance: Robert Raymond, 1st Baron Raymond (1673-1733), Lord Chief Justice, introduced by his father to the bar aged 9 (bookplate and note)Please note: Lot 368 – the first title is in facsimile

Jonson (Ben) [The Workes...], vol. 3 only (of 3), 3 parts in 1 vol., bookplate, contemporary sheep, later spine labels, spine restored at foot, rubbed, [Pforzheimer 560; STC 14754], folio, [John Dawson for Thomas Walkle, 1640]. ⁂ As with all examples of this volume, the order or the parts varies, this begins with the part headed The Magnetick Lady and ends with the part headed Horace, his Arte of poetrie. Provenance: Harry St.John (ink inscription); Thomas Merriman (bookplate).

Music.- Purcell (Henry) Orpheus Britannicus. A Collection of all the Choicest Songs for One, Two, and Three Voices, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, wood-engraved music, some water-staining to foot towards end, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, upper joint split, but holding, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio, by J.Heptinstall, for Henry Playford, 1698.

Atlases.- Robert de Vaugondy (Gilles and Didier) Atlas Universel, engraved title and 108 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, cartouches and vignettes by Nicolas and Guillaume Sanson, Guillaume Delahaye, Pierre Francois Tardieu and Elisabeth Haussard, list of subscribers, contemporary calf, gilt borders to covers, spine with six raised bands and gilt-lettered red morocco label, g.e., folio, Paris, chez les Auteurs, Quai de l'Horloge du Palais: Boudet, libraire imprimeur du Roi, rue St. Jacques, 1757. ⁂ A very well preserved copy of the first edition of this famous atlas by Gilles Robert de Vaugondy (1688-1766) and his son Didier (1723- 1786), descendants of the celebrated French cartographer Nicolas Sanson. Of the 108 maps, 12 cover the ancient world, while 96 are modern. Following Sanson's model, specifically his Cartes Générales de Toutes les Parties de Monde published in 1654, the Vaugondys also include streets, canals and postal routes in their maps. Special attention is paid to the Far East and to North America, especially to the areas discovered by French explorers, for which the two cartographers had access to the archive of the French Navy. The maps of India, China, Japan, Africa, Egypt, North America, Canada, Virginia, and Maryland are particularly accurate and include the latest information on the area. California and Australia are represented in their real shape. The edition was completed in 1758, as can be seen in plate 24 (Carte du Royaume de France). Beautifully designed too are the cartouches, "which attracted unanimous praise from critics" (Pedley, 64). NMM 266; Phillips Atlases I.619; Sabin, 71863; Pedley, 227: "their frequent use of eighteenth century sources, often from the 1740s, provided their atlas with up-to-date information. While their preference was for maps that bad been surveyed in the field and maps published in the region itself, they did not hesitate to turn to older sources when more recent maps were found to be lacking".

Europe.- De La Mottraye (Aubrey) Travels Through Europe, Asia, and into Part of Africa ..., 2 vol. only (of 3), 4 engraved double-page maps and 44 engraved plates, some double-page or folding, large tear to fold of one plate, several repairs to plate folds and edges, occasional pencil annotations, light spotting, bookplate of John Nicholl, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spines laid down, gilt, corners a little worn, folio, 1723. ⁂ Several of the plates for this edition were engraved by William Hogarth.

Polar.- Lyon (Capt. George Francis) [A bound collection of proof plates fromrom William Edward Parry's 'Journal of a Second Voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage'], 48 proof plates comprising 23 working proof impressions with duplicate lettered states of 25 of the plates, damp-staining mostly to margins, light surface soiling, upper hinge split, contemporary half calf with calf label to upper cover, upper joint splitting at head, rubbed and worn, oblong folio, [1824]; sold not subject to return. ⁂ Includes images of Inuit hunting and home life.

Scotland.- Mackenzie (Murdoch) Orcades: or a Geographic and Hydrographic Survey of the Orkney and Lewis Islands..., first edition, list of subscribers, 8 double-page or folding engraved maps by Emanuel Bowen, the first with partial hand-colouring in yellow, some minor marking and light soiling, a few tears to edges repaired, modern half calf with gilt-stamped calf label on upper cover, large folio, for the Author, 1750. ⁂ Detailed hydrographic survey, the most accurate until that time, which resulted in Mackenzie's appointment as an Admiralty surveyor and his 2 volume Maritime Survey of Ireland and the West of Great Britain, published in 1776.

Voyages.- Henricy (Casimir) Album Pittoresque d'un Voyage Autour du Monde Excécuté par Ordre du Gouvernement Français, 25 engraved plates, scattered foxing and spotting, original red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, recased, spine ends repaired, oblong folio, 1842. ⁂ Rare reissue of the engraved plates first published in Laplace's Campagne de Circumnavigation de la Fregate l'Artemise. Includes views of the Cape of Good Hope, the Malabar Coast, Sri Lanka, Muscat, Manila, Macau, Coromandel Peninsula in New Zealand, Port Arthur, and Rio de Janeiro.

World.- Hall (Sidney) A New General Atlas..., 53 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps mounted on stubs, with Addenda/Erratum slip to Index, title browned and frayed at upper edge, maps with occasional light foxing but generally clean, creasing to Index leaves at end especially final leaf, contemporary half calf, worn, lacking upper cover, lower cover & spine detached, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, [?1849] § Black's General Atlas, 61 engraved maps by Hall, Hughes & others, all but 2 hand-coloured, 15 double-page (7 with 2 maps joined together and mounted on stubs), some browing or soiling, water-staining to lower outer corner but not affecting maps, contemporary half morocco, a little worn and stained, Edinburgh, A. & C.Black, 1851, folio; sold not subject to return (2) ⁂ The first is with the map of Australia showing only Western Australia, New South Wales, Australia Felix, and South Australia; Van Diemen's Land divided into 19 Police districts (counties); the United States with "Northwest Territory", "Indian Territory", New Mexico and Texas at the western edge; British North America with "Upper California", Oregon and Alaska as "Russian Territory".

Alberti (Leon Battista) The Architecture of..., 4 vol. in 1, initial approbation leaf, engraved frontispiece, titles and parallel text in English and Italian, list of subscribers, 101 engraved plates, some folding and/or double-page, occasional spotting and light browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, bookplates of Henry Duke of Kent (1713) and Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey of Wrest Park (great-great-grandson of the former), later ownership signatures of William Wade Cordingley and Charles Buchanan to front pastedown, [Fowler 11; Harris 12; Berlin Kat. 2554], folio, by Thomas Edlin, 1726. ⁂ Subscribers to the edition included a large number of masons, plasterers, builders and carpenters as well as Nicholas Hawkesmore [sic], Sir John Vanbrugh, Sir Christopher Wren (although deceased when the work was finally issued), Leoni's patron Thomas Scawen and Lord Burlington who both ordered two copies including one, each, on large paper.Please note: This should read 3 vol. and supplement bound in 1 vol., not 4 vol. in 1

Floriani (Pietro Paolo) Difesa et Offesa delle Piazze, engraved architectural title, 44 engraved plates (1 large folding), a few engraved illustrations within text, title little frayed at corner (not affecting printed area), lacking portrait, some water-staining, mostly at start, occasional spotting, 20th century sheep-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and with double black leather labels, head of spine chipped, foot of spline split, rubbed, [Cockle 825], folio, Venice, Francesco Baba, 1654. ⁂ Floriana Lines are a series of fortifications outside Valletta, the capital city of Malta. They were built in the 17th Century during the reign of Grand Master Antoine de Paule, who had engaged the Italian military engineer for advice on the improvement of the defences of Malta.

Baron Cuvier.- MacGillivray (William) The Edinburgh Journal of Natural History, [issued with The Animal Kingdom of the Baron Cuvier], 7 vol., 130 hand-coloured engraved plates, one with a small tear, occasional light spotting, cracked hinge to vol. A., broken hinges to vol. F., original cloth-backed drab printed boards, rubbed and bumped, worn spines, folio, 1835-40. ⁂ Rare in original 7 parts.

Detmold (Edward J.) Twenty-Four Nature Pictures, edition of first proofs limited to 500 copies, limitation label signed and numbered by Edward Detmold, 24 mounted colour plates, captioned tissue guards, original half cloth portfolio, card fold-overs flaps, chipped with top flap detached, lacking ties, rubbed, folio, n.d. ⁂ Quite scarce complete.

Bone (Sir Muirhead) War Drawings, one of 50 copies signed by the artist and with 60 proof lithographed plates each signed and with monogram blindstamp, each 520 x 400 mm., 1 plate spotted, occasional light marks or creasing to margins, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, some light fading, all but 2 with original cloth ties, house in original cloth-backed printed card folders, some light wear and some markings, folio, Published by Authority of the War Office by Country Life Limited and George Newnes Limited, 1917-18. ⁂ A superb set, rarely found complete and in the original folders. Muirhead Bone was appointed the official British war artist in May 1916, due in part to the assistance of his friend William Rothenstein. Bone arrived in France in August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, during this time he executed around 150 drawings of the war before returning to England in October. He travelled again to France in 1917, concentrating this time especially on the architectural ruins that dotted the battlegrounds, he also spent time embedded with the British Navy.

Dali (Salvador).- Biblia Sacra vulgatæ editionis, 5 vol., number 423 of 1499 of the 'Editionis "Luxus"', 105 offset colour lithographs after gouaches by Salvador Dali, some heightened with gold, each with captioned tissue guard, original brown calf, spines gilt in compartments with five raised bands, t.e.g., others uncut, cream moiré silk endpapers, spines a little rubbed (mostly scuffing to joints and bands), original moiré silk and calf slip-cases, some light soiling or rubbing, folio, Milan, Rizzoli, 1967-69.

Designer binding.- The Psalms of David and others, translated by Arthur Golding, one of 200 copies, coloured initials heightened with gold, designer binding of limp vellum by Lage Eric Carlson, stamped in gilt and with central panel on upper cover titled in black ink, yapp edges, cloth ties and spine stitching, accompanying vol. in original wrappers, together in cloth drop-back box, folio, San Francisco, Arion Press, 1977. ⁂ Carlson was born in Sweden and trained at the Capricornus School of Bookbinding in Berkeley and at Yale University. He obtained a Master of Conservation degree from the Cooperstown Graduate Program in the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works.

A folio of assorted prints to include tile patterns, carving closeups etc

'Les Chevaux de Dali', set of 18 colour prints, in folio, unframed

Braque, set of 13 colour prints, in folio, unframed

A 20th Century coloured photograph of a portrait of a lady, 37cm x 29cm, a modern abstract print of a flower, indistinctly signed on to the reverse, 25cm x 18.5cm, Louis Duffy (1908-1998) 'Steel Band' Oil on canvas over board Signed lower left Lou Duffy 36.5cm x 49cm , Various hunting related prints, in a folio, unframed (af) and Seven various prints and pictures, three of Ilchester interest

Tilson, boxed set of assorted prints, 'Sanesi Wessex', folio, unframed

A pair of reproduction three drawer folio cabinets

Victor Burgin'Fiction Film' Prints unfamed in a folio

20th Century SchoolTwo figures on a path with dog and coastal town in distanceWatercolourUnsigned35.5cm x 24cmContemporary SchoolFour 20th Century charcoal drawings, head and shoulder portraits, unframed, 59cm x 50cm (4)Abstract Collage in red, yellow and whiteSigned indistinctly in black marker20cm x 14cmAn early 20th Century family diary/calendar listing the birthday's of the Grandchildren with floral watercolour decorations A folio of reproductions of Woodcuts by F. Sandys, 1860-1866

Two copies of The St Ives Writers Group Magazine 'Folio' Summer and Autumn 1967.

PARKER, N (Illustrator) - The Browns:- A Book of Bears - W. &. R. Chambers. Ltd, with numerous illustrations throughout, and verses by B. Parker, oblong folio, cloth-bound

Glimpses of India: a grand photographic history of The Land of Antiquity, the vast Empire of the East - 1895, numerous illustrations, oblong folio

TISSOT, J - The Life of our Lord Jesus Christ - two vols, 1897, with Vol I bearing an inscription by the author, folio,

HIPKINS, A. J - Musical Instruments. historic, rare and unique - A & C Black, 1888, with a series of fifty plates by William Gibb, folio