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Hill (John). The Vegetable System or the Internal Structure and the Life of Plants..., 4 volumes (only) 1769 - 1786, 151 uncoloured engraved plates (only), some toning and spotting throughout, all volumes partially excised and lacking some plates and leaves, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed and worn, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (4)

The Graphic. An Illustrated Newspaper, 8 volumes, a broken run, January - June 1884, July - December 1886, January - June & July - December 1889, July - September 1899, October - December 1899, January - March 1900, July - September 1900, [and] October - December 1900, numerous uncoloured engraved plates, including some folding, lightly excised with some plates missing, occasional ink library stamps, mixed bindings, folio, together with The Illustrated London News,4 volumes, January - June 1866 (three copies) and July - December 1866, numerous uncoloured engraved plates including some folding, lightly excised with some plates missing, mixed bindings, folio, with approximately 400 coloured lithographs and wood blocks from 'The Illustrated London News' and 'The Graphic', mostly 390 x 265 mm (12 volumes and approximately 400 plates)

Ampere (Andre-Marie). Theorie des phenomenes electro-dynamiques, uniquement deduite de l'experience, 1st separate edition, Paris, November 1826, second or corrected state, with pages 85-92 correctly paginated and no date on folio 12/1r, errata leaf and two folding engraved plates at rear, some spotting throughout, light old dampstain to lower outer corner, ink library stamp to title, following text leaf, errata leaf and Plate 1, armorial bookplate of Alexander Henry Davis to front pastedown, contemporary tree sheep with gilt-decorated spine and red title label, heavily rubbed and some edge wear, joints slightly split at foot, 4to (260 x 216mm) 'Having established a noumenal foundation for electrodynamic phenomena, Ampere's next steps were to discover the relationships between the phenomena and to devise a theory from which these relationships could be mathematically deduced. This double task was undertaken in the years 1821-1825, and his success was reported in his greatest work... In this work, the Principia of electrodynamics, Ampere first described the laws of action of electric currents..' (DSB). Ampere presented the work to the Academic des Sciences in 1823, and it was printed, under the title "Memoire sur la theorie mathematique des phenomenes Electro-dynamiques", on pp. 177-387 of Vol. VI of the Memoires de l'Academie des Sciences. 'As Vol. VI was the volume for 1823 this date appears on the first page of each signature as an identifying mark for the printer; the whole volume, however, was not published until late in 1827... In the meantime the author's separate was prepared; the last twelve pages were reset and extended to eighteen; the work was repaginated and re-signed; and the '1823' was removed from lower margins (except on sig. 21 where it remained on all copies and on sig. 12 where, together with the original periodical pagination, it remained in a few copies, but was corrected during printing). The separate was issued in November 1826; thus although printed second it was published first' (Honeyman catalogue 1:85). Grolier/Horblit 3a; Norman 50. (1)

Ayrer (Jakob). Historischer Brocessus iuris, in welchem sich Lucifer uber Jesum... , Frankfurt, 1600, title printed in red and black with woodcut printer's device, old ink notes and inscriptions to pastedowns and title, some soiling and browning throughout, occasional light damp staining and a little worm-tracing to index leaves and register at rear, lacks final blank, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, some soiling and wear with loss to corners and at foot of spine, folio The second edition of this work first published in 1597. Not in Adams or BM. (1)

Barry (Frederick William). Report on an Epidemic of Small-Pox at Sheffield During 1887-88, HMSO, 1889, maps and plates including some folding and partly hand coloured, two margins repairs, bound with Supplement in Continuation of the Report of the Medical Officer for 1887. Diarrhoea and Diphtheria, HMSO, 1889, contemporary half morocco gilt with leather spine labels, rubbed, folio, together with Venables (Robert), Clinical Report on Dropsies, with Observations Explanatory of their Pathology and Therapeutics..., 1824, publisher's adverts at front and rear, a little spotting, uncut and largely unopened, original boards with printed paper label to spine, rubbed and soiled, head of spine repaired, 8vo, contained in purpose-made book box, plus An Historical Account of the Siamese Twin Brothers, from actual Observations, Sixth Edition of 2000 each, printed by W. Turner, [London], circa 1830s, 16 pp., lacks frontispiece, some light browning, later stitched plain wrappers, browned, slim 8vo, contained in purpose-made morocco-backed cloth book box with mounted reproduction photograph of the Siamese twins inset into upper lid, plus 21 further miscellaneous mostly antiquarian medical interest (24)

Beccaria (Giambattista). Elettricismo atmosferico. Lettere... alla Sacra Reale Maesta del Re di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Bologna, 1758, two leaves with imprimatur, catalogue and errata at rear, scattered spotting, ownership name of Joannis Antonii Nicola (Bishop of Albensis) to title and his ex libris ticket to front pastedown (printed date 1832), two oval ink library stamps partly erased from blank areas of title with some resultant paper thinning, contemporary vellum, upper joint split, folio (1)

Bible [German]. Goldene Bibel. Die Heilige Schrift illustrirt von den grossten Meistern der Kunstepochen. Herausgegeben von Alfred von Wurzbach, 2 volumes (Alte & Neue Testament), Stuttgart, Paul Neff, [1879-1882], numerous monochrome illustrations, including many full-page, white moire endpapers, all edges gilt, original elaborately gilt-decorated red full morooco (by C. Hasert, Stuttgart), one or two very minor marks to extreme corners, generally in fine bright condition, large folio (46.5 x 34.5 cm) (2)

Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, conteining the Olde Testament and the Newe: of that translation authorised to be read in churches, Imprinted at London: by Christopher Barker, 1584], lacking all titles, printed in double column black letter text (61 lines to full column), Apocrypha present (lacking title), woodcut of royal arms at end of Job, lacking prelims. & incomplete at rear, lacking all after first leaf of I John, some close-trimming, numerous leaves mostly at rear of volume torn with loss and many with crude repairs, soiling & dampstaining thoughout, contemporary calf with brass corner pieces and bosses (three corner pieces lacking), old reback with 'The Bishop's Bible, 1568' in gilt to spine, lacking clasps, worn, folio, (Herbert 185, Bishops' version), together with Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be read in Churches. In the time of the late Queene Elizabeth..., London: John Norton, for Joyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, 1635, title within decorative woodcut device (slight cropped at fore-edge), black letter text, colophon dated 1633, occasional spotting, 18th century panelled calf, joints split and some wear, folio, plus an incomplete 1615 folio edition of Common Prayer, lacking title and few other leaves (also without Psalms), 20th century quarter calf, small folio Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (3)

*Folio stand. An impressive mid-Victorian mahogany folio stand, the hinged fall with mahogany supports, each with fine gothic brass hinges, Bramah lock stamped 'J.T. Needs, 100 New Bond St', enclosing dividers, with a hinged cupboard beneath, 123 cm high x 120 cm wide x 45 cm deep (1)

Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the United Church of England and Ireland: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1815, 3T1 with closed medium tear, scattered light spotting, previous owner inscription, 1852 to front endpaper, residue from bookplate removal to front pastedown, endpapers partially toned, all edges gilt, contemporary navy straight-grained morocco by Rodwell of Oxford (pencil attributation to front endpaper), covers with blind panelled rolls and gilt fillets and corner flower sprays, enclosed within an elaborate gilt border, edges a little rubbed, folio Attractive Regency binding. (1)

Calvin (John). In librum Psalmorum commentarius, 1st edition, [Geneva:]Robert Estienne, 1557, large printer's woodcut device to title, engraved medallion portrait of Calvin from another work pasted to title verso, early leaves slightly damp frayed at margins not affecting text, title and early leaves with some damp staining and marginal browning, some old damp staining affecting text, bound with Institutio christianae religionis, in libros quatuor nunc primum digesta..., [Geneva:]Robert Estienne, 1559, printer's woodcut device to title, some light damp staining, marginal browning and damp fraying to margins of final leaves not affecting text, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over boards with embossed initials H.B. supported by two lions at head of upper cover, crude plain vellum reback and vellum strengthening repairs to both fore-edges, lacks clasps, some wear, folio Provenance: Ex libris Guilel. Kemp, 1800 (inscribed to front free endpaper); 'Henricus Bokelmann, Hammone: Anno 1565...' (inscribed to old (?)pastedown remains and pasted to new front pastedown with modern pencil note beneath: 'H. Bokelmann: pupil of Luther: Schoolmaster at Husum'. The pencil note would appear to be a misattribution and referring to Peter Bo(c)kelmann (1509-1576)). Adams C286 & C360. (1)

Carlyle (Thomas). The French Revolution: A History, six volumes, published Chapman and Hall, 1882, additional half title, text and some plates window mounted, extra illustrated, partially excised, book plate of Horatio Noble Pim with additional pencil notes by him to first free endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spines by Tout, boards a little faded, worn at extremities, folio (6)

Caulfield (James, editor). Cromwelliana. A Chronological detail of events in which Oliver Cromwell was engaged from the year 1642 to his death 1658, with a continuation of other transactions to the restoration, 1st edition, 1 volume (bound in 2), published Machell Stace, Westminster, 1810, additional watercolour half titles to each volume, numerous engravings throughout, extra illustrated, text and some engravings window mounted, partially excised, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform black straight grain morocco with gilt decorated spines and turn-ins, a little worn at extremities, folio (2)

Clarendon (Edward Hyde, Earl of). The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England begun in the year 1641, 1st edition, 3 volumes bound in six, published Oxford at the theatre, 1702-04, decorative title and portrait frontispiece, two additional half titles, extra illustrated and red-ruled throughout, all volumes partially excised, book plate of J.Charles Crowle, all edges gilt, together with Clarendon (Edward Hyde Earl of,),The Life of Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford..., 1st edition, 1 volume bound in 2, published Oxford at the Clarendon Printing House 1759, additional half title, portrait frontispiece, extra illustrated and red-ruled throughout, partially excised, book plate of J.Charles Crowle, all edges gilt, uniform contemporary gilt panelled and decorated straight grain red morocco by H.Walther, spines faded, folio Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (8)

Cox (Richard). Hibernia Anglicana: Or, the History of Ireland from the Conquest thereof by the English, to this Present Time. With an Introductory Discourse touching the Ancient State of that Kingdom, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1689-90, engraved frontispiece of William and Mary to volume I, (lacking frontispiece in volume II?), folding engraved map 'An Epitome of Sr William Petty's Large Survey of Ireland', occasional water stains, spotting and toning, Dublin Library Society inkstamp to volume II title verso, a few annotations, contemporary ownership signature of Tristram Beresford and inscribed 'given me by John Earle of Tyrone, 1690' (John Power, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, c. 1665-93) at head of title, bookplate, volume I in contemporary calf (joints cracked, rubbed with small losses), volume II later half calf, upper cover detaching, loss at head of spine), folio Wing C6722. (2)

Giannone (Pietro). The Civil History of the Kingdom of Naples..., Written in Italian, by Pietro Giannone, ... publishd anno 1723. Translated into English, by Captain James Ogilvie, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for W. Innys, G. Strahan, R. Willock, A. Millar, T. Green, J. Pote, J. Penn, A. Johnston, 1729-31, occasional dampstaining to volume 1, front free endpaper of volume 1 torn to margins, imprint to volume 2 "London: printed for the author; and sold by G. Strahan; W. Innys; C. Davis; and T. Green", contemporary blind panelled calf, old reback to volume 1, joints split, rubbed and some wear, folio ESTC T94250 (volume 1) & T94251 (volume 2). (2)

Gruter (Jan). Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani in Absolutissimum Corpus Redactae..., 2 volumes in four, Amsterdam, 1707, additional engraved titles, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, numerous engraved portraits, plates and illustrations, some light dampstains to volume I, previous owner inscriptions, contemporary calf, rebacked with repairs, folio Brunet II, 1171. (4)

Josephus (Flavius). Alle de Werken..., van Flavius Josephus, Amsterdam, Pieter Mortier, 1704, printed title in red and black, additional engraved allegorical title, twelve double-page engravings, including two plans (one of Jerusalem), two folding engraved maps (Holy Land, and Mediterranean & Middle East), the first map with closed tear to fold, without loss, over 200 engraved illustrations to text, engraved title with 8 cm closed tear repaired, without loss, generally in good clean condition, contemporary full calf, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, thick folio First edition of Josephus in Dutch, with illustrations by the brothers Jan and Kaspar Luyken. (1)

Krauss (Johann Ulrich). Historischer Bilder Bibel Erster [-Funffter] Theil, in sich haltend die Abbildung der Historien aller Patriarchen dess Buchs Mose [Josuae, Ruth, Chronica, Psalter Davids, Matthaei, Marci Lucae, Johannis... etc.], Augsburg, 1705, 5 parts bound in one, engraved throughout with individual engraved frontispiece and title page to each part, and 136 fine copper engravings (numbered 1-135, with two plates numbered 60), occasional minor marks to margins and light spotting, one or two small figures with hand-colouring, modern full calf, with two gilt morocco title labels to spine, folio (39 x 24 cm) Augsburg engraver and publisher Johann Ulrich Kraus (1655-1719) was one of the most important engravers of the German Baroque era. (1)

Lizars (John). A System of Anatomical Plates of the Human Body, Accompanied with Descriptions and Physiological, Pathological, and Surgical Observations. Dedicated by Permission to the King, Edinburgh, no date, circa 1835 re-issue of the 1826 edition, engraved title (heavy spotting), 103 fine hand-coloured engraved anatomical plates (numbered 1-101 plus extra plates for numbers 9 & 32), some offset to facing plate versos, ownership signature of Ernest Joseph Gamgee dated 13 October 1885, to front free endpaper, contemporary half calf, worn, covers detached and backstrip deficient, folio (435 x 280 mm), together with a defective copy of Robert Willan's On Cutaneous Diseases, [1808], lacking some plates and text leaves at front and rear, plus an ex-library school arithmetic textbook by Barnard Smith (1864) (3)

*Manuscript Frisket sheet fragments. A pair of fragments from a Missale Romanum, from the memorial 'Pius episcopus...ad perpetuam res memoriam', probably France 15th century; subsequently reused as a printing mask 'Frisket' and overprinted in red ink in the early 16th century, comprising two vellum fragments cut from a larger leaf, recto with a total of 10 lines of manuscript text in black & red, one initial in blue and one larger initial in red, with six lines of music on 4-line red staves, verso with 17 lines of manuscript text in black, with three lines of music on 4-line red staves, the reverse also heavily overprinted with letterpress text in red ink when reused as a frisket mask, and subsequently cut into strips (two in this case) and reused as strengthening in a binding, maximum dimensions of each fragment 215 x 48mm (approximately 8.5 x 1.75 inches) and 212 x 43mm (approximately 8.25 x 1.75 inches), combined maximum dimensions 232 x 90mm (approximately 9.25 x 3.5 inches) This pair of fragments were discovered in a folio 3 volume Greek & Latin Bible, "Vetus Testamentum..." published Paris: Nicolaum Buon, 1628 (Darlow & Moule 4674), when undergoing restoration in the 1990s. See Margaret M. Smith, "Fragments used for 'Servile' Purposes: The St Bride Library Frisket for Early Red Printing," in Linda L. Brownrigg and Margaret M. Smith, eds., Interpreting and Collecting Fragments of Medieval Books (Los Altos Hills, Calif.: Red Gull Press, 2000), pp.177-188; and noted by Smith in the St. Bride Journal 'Ultrabold 3' (2007): "The Red-Printing Frisket at St. Bride Library." Elizabeth Savage (Upper). "Red Frisket Sheets, c.1490-1700: The Earliest Artefacts of Colour Printing in the West." Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 108, no. 4 (December 2014): pp.477-522. "This complex object, a manuscript leaf that was re-used first as a frisket sheet for printing selected text in red in one book and then in the pasteboard in the binding of another, is the earliest artifact of any color printing process in the West." (2)

Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791). Il Dissoluto Punito, osia Il Don Giovanni Dramma giocoso in due Atti posto in Musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don Juan oder Der Steinerne Gast komische Oper in zwey Aufzugen... Mit unterlegten deutschen Texte nebst sammtlichen von dem Komponisten spater eingelegten Stucken. In Partitur, 2 volumes, 1st edition of the full score, Leipzig, Verlag der Breitkopf und Hartelschen Musikhandlung, [1801], additional engraved title to first volume, with oval vignette illustration by Bolt after Kinninger, printed title to each volume, 590 pages of printed music in total, sheet size 242 x 330 mm, occasional light spotting, and some minor marks to margins, with the rare 14 page printed libretto, by Rochlitz, loosely inserted at rear of volume, (some light spotting and minor soiling), contemporary plum morocco-backed marbled boards, small circular inkstamp of R. Cocks & Co., music sellers, London, to engraved title of first volume, and to lower margin of the printed libretto, rubbed and scuffed and some marks, oblong folio Hoboken 341. Haberkamp, Erstdrucke der werke von W.A. Mozart, I, 295-297. RISM M 4502. (2)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, [1634], additional engraved title (dated 1614, small tears and repair to verso), engraved portrait to title, seven engraved maps and plans only (of 8), three laid down, marginal repair to one other, early annotations (1648) and underlining in a neat hand throughout, light marginal water stains, contemporary panelled calf, lacking spine, covers rubbed and detached, folio, together with The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, by Gilbert Burnet, 3 volumes (including Supplement), 2nd edition, 1681-83 & 1753, half titles and engraved additional titles to first two volumes, titles printed in red and black, 14 engraved portraits (of 16?), occasional light toning and soiling, later panelled calf (only two detached boards present), plus John Shakespear's A Dictionary, Hindustani and English, 3rd edition, 1834 Sold with all faults not subject to return. (5)

Raleigh (Sir Walter). The History of the World, in Five Books ... Whereunto is added in this Edition, the Life and Tryal of the Author, 1687, additional engraved allegorical title, with preceding explanatory leaf of text, letterpress title in red & black, portrait plate, six double-page engraved maps & plans only of 8 (comprising five maps of 6 & one battle plan of 2), some light dust-soiling mostly to margins, occasional minor marks, contemporary calf, old reback and board edge repairs, joints cracked, rubbed and some wear, folio Wing R168. (1)

Scarpa (Antoine). Traite Pratique des Hernies, ou Memoires anatomiques et Chirurgicaux sur ces Maladies, 1st edition in French, Atlas only, Paris, 1812, 11 engraved plates, all but last with accompanying outline plate, some spotting, dust soiling and old damp staining throughout, modern cloth gilt, folio, together with Weidmann (Johann P.), De Necrosi Ossium, 1st edition, Frankfurt, 1793, engraved vignette to title, 15 engraved plates, some browning, soiling and old damp staining throughout, title torn and repaired not affecting text, modern half calf over marbled boards, tall folio (2)

*Scottish Manuscript album. Scrap book compiled by E.M.G. Colquhoun, circa 1838, 243 pages of carefully handwritten text in brown ink, illustrated with numerous pen and brown ink drawings of antiquities, church architecture, historical objects, figures, etc., and many musical transcriptions of ballads, waltzes and other songs, numerous poems and prose pieces, some selected from journals of the day, many poems signed 'Helen' at end, contemporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, folio A carefully compiled album of historical and some contemporary items of interest, including much relating to Scotland. The preface is dated Edinburgh 17 September 1838, and it would appear that E.M.G. Colquhoun was a Scottish advocate. (1)

Sharp (Samuel). A Critical Enquiry into the Present State of Surgery, 2nd edition, 1750, some light browning, recent antique-style calf gilt, together with Motherby (George), A New Medical Dictionary, or, General Repository of Physic..., 1st edition, 1775, 23 engraved plates and 2 tables, some spotting and browning throughout, library stamps to plates, presentation inscription from Dr George Daniell to title verso, contemporary calf, worn, antique-style reback, folio, plus Brodie (Benjamin C.), Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints, 5th edition, 1850, bound with Lectures on the Diseases of the Urinary Organs, 4th edition, 1849, contemporary prize calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo, plus other mostly English and French language medical antiquarian (approx. 90)

Tabernaemontanus (Jacobus Theodorus). Eicones plantarum, seu stirpium, arborum nempe, fructicum, herbarum, fructum, lignorum, radicum, omnis generis quae partim Germania sponte producit, 3 parts in one, Frankfurt: Nicolaus Basseus, 1590, woodcuts throughout, title-page chipped with loss to lower outer corner, old manuscript names of Tobias Faber and Thom. Reins[?] beneath, relaid and with armorial bookplate of Lorenz Heister (1683-1758, anatomist, surgeon and botanist) to verso, following two dedication leaves repaired at lower margin, several leaves with old ink pen or pencil marginalia, some spotting and browning with light brown stain to lower blank margin throughout, lacks leaves T2 and 2S6, 18th-century calf, rebacked and corners restored, oblong folio Jacobus Theodorus, called Tabernaemontanus (1525-1590), was a physician and an early botanist and herbalist, the 'father of German botany' whose illustrated 'Neuwe Kreuterbuch' (1588) or 'Eicones Plantarum' (1590) was the result of a lifetime's plant study and medical practice. It provided unacknowledged material for John Gerarde's better-known 'Herball' (1597) and was reprinted in Germany throughout the 17th century. Tabernaemontanus began as a student of the pioneer of Renaissance botany, Hieronymus Bock. Nissen BBI 1932; Pritzel 9094. (1)

The Times. January 1861 to December 1862, a complete run, (issues 23,818 to 24,443), bound in 8 quarter-year volumes, scattered dust-soiling and a few minor marginal tears, 'The Athenaeum' ink stamp to top left corner of first page of each issue and gilt stamp at foot of each spine, contemporary matching red half morocco with spine straps, heavily rubbed and a few straps broken or missing, elephant folio A good run of some 626 issues, the major international news of the time being the American Civil War (1861-1865). (8)

Valerius Maximus (Gaius). Dictorum et factorum meorabilum tam Romanorum, quam extremorum Collectanea... , Paris: Jean Petit for [Ambroise Girault], 1535, title-page within woodcut architectural border and with printer's woodcut device, woodcut floral criblé initials throughout, amateur paper repair to lower outer margin of title with paper loss touching printed border only, some wormholes to lower outer corners throughout with running wormhole slightly affecting some text and side-notes of early leaves, scattered light browning and minor damp fraying to extremities of a few early leaves, old manuscript provenance note to front free endpaper, 'Bought at Sotheby's - from the library of Archbishop Tenison, 1862', armorial bookplate of John Ynyr Burges to front pastedown, contemporary(?) Venetian gilt-panelled calf with central interlaced arabesque design with scalloped corner-pieces, professional modern reback and corner restoration, folio Thomas Tenison, Archbishop 1694-1715, was a notable benefactor of libraries, and the founder of Archbishop Tenison's Library at St Martin-in-the-Fields. His Library was sold by Sotheby and Wilkinson, 3-8 June 1861. (1)

Witkowski (Gustave Joseph). Human Anatomy and Physiology. A Movable Atlas, 11 parts, 1885, colour plates including some removeable with hinged overlays, original cloth-backed boards, folio, each part with an explanatory text booklet, printed wrappers, 8vo, the whole contained in original cloth box with morocco spine, with lock (lacks key), some rubbing and soiling, folio (1) NB: Lacks the booklet for the part on Gestation

Beard (Peter). Peter Beard, volumes 1 & 2, 2008, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original gilt-decorated red cloth in slipcase, large 4to, together with Gilbert (Elizabeth L.), Tribes of the Great Rift Valley, 1st edition, 2007, numerous black and white illustrations, original black cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, plus Turconi (Angelo), Sur Les Pistes Du Congo, Congo on the Road, 1st edition, 2014, numerous colour illustrations, original brown cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus Beckwith (Carol & Fisher, Angela), Dinka, Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan, 2008, Painted Bodies, African Body Painting, Tattoos & Scarification, 2012, both 1st editions, numerous colour illustrations, both original boards in dust jackets, folio, plus other modern photography reference, including African interest, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, folio/4to (36)

Cescinsky (Herbert, and Gribble, Ernest R.). Early English Furniture & Woodwork, 2 volumes, 1st edition, published The Wverley Book Company Ltd, 1922, additional half title, colour printed frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white illustrations throughout, slight spotting to fore-edge, top edge gilt, publishers gilt decorative cloth, 4to, together with Cescinsky (Herbert), English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 3 volumes, published George Routledge & Sons Limited, volumes 1 & 2 undated, volume 3 1911, additional half title, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, contemporary half morocco gilt, spines faded, 4to, with Ayrton (Maxwell & Silcock Arnold),Wrought Iron and its decorative use, 1st edition, published Country Life Ltd, 1929, additional half title, numerous black and white illustrations throughoutout, contemporary cloth gilt, 4to, plus Edwards (Ralph),The Dictionary of English Furniture, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, published County Life Ltd, 1954, additional half titles, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, slight spotting to preliminaries, top edge gilt, publisher's cloth gilt, dust jackets a little frayed and split and repaired with sellotape, folio, with another four volumes similar (13)

Sami-Azar (A. R.). The International Collection of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran: Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, numerous colour illustrations, original publisher's cloth in dust jacket, folio, plus Javaherian (Faryar), Gardens of Iran, Ancient Wisdom, New Visions, Tehran: Institute for Promotion of Visual Arts, numerous colour illustrations throughout, original publisher's printed wrappers, folio, plus other reference titles on Iranian art and contemporary art in Iran (23)

Spence (Joseph). Polymetis, or an Enquiry concerning the Agreement between the Works of the Roman Poets and the Remains of the Antient Artists, 2nd edition, corrected by the author, 1755, engraved portrait frontispiece, 41 engraved plates, including several folding, title with some offsetting from frontispiece, generally wide margins, early ownership label of Mr: Guise to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, heavily rubbed and somewhat worn, with joints cracked, folio, together with Montfaucon (Bernard de). Antiquity Explained, and represented in Sculptures, translated into English by David Humphreys, volumes 1, 5 & Supplement, volumes 3-4 bound in one, 1721-22, numerous engraved plates, contemporary panelled calf, heavily rubbed and somewhat worn with joints cracked, folio (4)

Sturm (Leonhard Christoph). Vollstandige Muhlen Baukunst, 1st edition, Jeremias Wolff, Ausgburg, 1718, engraved title, 51 engraved plates, bound with Vollstandige Anweisung die Bogen-Stellungen nach der Civil-Bau-Kunst in allen Fallen recht einzutheilen mit zwey Tabellen von Figuren erklaret..., Ausgsburg, 1750, 16 engraved plates only (of 17, appears to lack plate VI), bound with Architectura Civili-Militaris..., Augsburg, 1719, woodcut illustrations and 19 engraved plates, bound with Vollstandige Anweisung Wasser-Kunste, Augsburg, 1752, 10 engraved plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary boards, rubbed and stained, folio (1)

Waring (J.B.). Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture at the International Exhibition, 1862, volumes 1 & 2 (of 3) only, Day & Son, 1863, chromolithograph and printed titles to each volume, 200 chromolithographed plates, some spotting to second volume, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated non-matching full morocco, rubbed and a little scuffed and wear to extremities, together with an additional copy of volume 2, containing 100 chromolithographed plates, some waterstaining to outer blank margins throughout, bound in gilt-decorated red full morocco, folio (3)

Blake (William, illust.). The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, by Edward Young, 2 volumes plus commentry, facsimile edition, Folio Society, 2005, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, original quarter morocco, blocked illustration to upper boards in silver, morocco label to upper boards, folio, commentry volume in original buckram, 8vo, contained together in original drop-back box Limited edition, copy 957/1000 (of 1020 total copies). (1)

Boudroit (Jean et al). The History of The French Frigate 1650-1850, 1993, The Seventy-Four Gun Ship, volumes 1-4, 1986-88 La Jacinthe Schooner, 1825, 1990, numerous black and white illustrations, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, together with Ollivier (Blaise), 18th Century Shipbuilding..., 1992, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus Harland (John H.), Catchers and Corvettes, The Steam Whalecatcher in Peace and War 1860-1960, 1992, numerous black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus Paris (Vice-Admiral), Collection de Plans du Dessins de Navires et de Bateaux Anciens ou Modernes..., volumes 1-3, France, 1975-76, numerous black and white illustrations, all original blue cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned and rubbed, oblong folio, and one other related volume (12)

Folio Society publication. Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, 2011, hand-printed etching, signed and numbered by the artist, seventeen tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, vellum spine and tips, blocked gilt and colour illustration to front board, folio, contained in original drop-back box Limited edition 15/1000 copies. (1)

Folio Society publication. Candide, or Optimism, by Voltaire, translated by Tobias Smollett, introduced by Julian Barnes, illustrated by Quentin Blake, 2011, full-page colour illustrations, black and white illustrations to text, top edge gilt, original morocco gilt, folio, contained in original slipcase, (limited edition copy 796/1000, of a total edition of 1025, all signed by the artist), together with The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio, translated by Richard Aldington, with aquatints by Buckland-Wright, 2007, twenty black and white illustrations, top edge gilt, original morocco, spine and front board blocked with gilt and black illustrations, together with The Happy Art of Narration booklet, contained together in original drop-back box, (limited edition, copy 1556/1750) (2)

Folio Society publication. The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, by David Roberts, 2 volumes, 2010, facsimile colour illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, original red cloth, blocked illustrations to front boards and spines, each in original slipcase, large folio Limited edition, copy 108/1000 copies (of a total edition of 1020). (2)

Folio Society publication. Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise, and Ptilonorhynchidae, or Bower-birds, by R.Bowdler Sharpe, with a foreword by David Attenborough, plate volume, 2011, seventy nine colour plates, quarter green morocco, blocked colour illustration to front board, original slipcase, large folio Limited edition, copy 112/1000 (of 1020 total copies). (1)

Folio Society publication. The Luttrell Psalter, facsimile edition, plus commentary, 2006, reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130, all edges gilt, original blue morocco, coloured blocked design to front board, folio, commentary volume in original quarter cloth, 8vo, contained together in original drop-back box, (limited edition copy 1465/1480, of a total 1500 copies), together with The Holkham Bible, facsimile edition, plus commentary, 2007 reproduced from British Library Additional MS 47682, all edges gilt, original blue half morocco, coloured blocked illustration to front board, 4to, commentary volume in original quarter cloth, 8vo, contained together in original drop-back box, (limited edition copy 1493/1750, of a total 1775 copies) (2)

Folio Society. The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, illustrated by Edmund Dulac, 1998, Memoirs of a Fighting Captain, by Admiral Lord Cochrane, 2005, The Golden Fleece, by Robert Graves, 2003, Bestiary, by Richard Barber, 1992, No Cloak, No Dagger, Allied Spycraft in Occupied France, by Benjamin Cowburn, 2011, together with 113 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (118)

Folio Society. History of the Conquest of Mexico..., by William H. Prescott, 1994, William Russell, Special Correspondent of The Times, by Max Hastings, 1995, Empires of The Ancient Far East, 4 volumes, by H.W.F. Saggs et al, 1988, The Barbarian Invasions of the Roman Empire, volumes 1 & 2, by Thomas Hodgkin, 2000, Myths & Legends of India, by William Radice, 2001, together with 76 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (85)

Opium. The Opium Trade; Including a Sketch of its History, Extent, Effects, etc., as carried on in India and China, by Nathan Allen, 2nd edition, 1853, faint ink stamps to title, original printed wrappers, somewhat browned and slightly chipped, 2 autograph letters signed from the author loosely inserted, together with Sultzberger (Hartmann Henry, editor), All About Opium, 1st edition, 1884, original cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, spine faded, plus Kane (H.H.), Opium-Smoking in America and China..., New York, 1882, ink library stamp to title, a little dust-soiling and lower corner of title slightly creased, front free endpaper detached, inner hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and minor wear to extremities, all 8vo, plus other opium interest including a French 8-page folio manuscript, possibly by Armand Seguin, 1804, with notes on the opium trade from various sources, plus 11 League of Nations reports, 1929/32, The Royal Commission on Opium, 1893-1895, 6 volume fascimile reprint, 2003, etc. (28)

Antiquarian folios, mostly 18th & 19th century, including John Ogilby's Africa, 1670, with all maps and most plates not present, Francis Tallents, A View of Universal History, Cluverius, New General Atlas, 1721, with all maps missing, disbound, an album of engraved plates by Cochin, Monsiau illustrating Rousseau's Heloise, circa 1790s, bound in full maroon morocco, an album of original pen & ink outline drawings after classical sculptures and gems, circa 1800, bound in contemporary marbled wrappers, folio, several scrap albums of engraved portraits and reproductions, two folio volumes of The Riviera News, for 1910-11 & 1911-12, a printed history of the Coldstream Guards, entitled Presentation of Colours to the First Battalion by His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace, 29th May 1907, with an etching by Captain Nevile R. Wilkinson, and four illustrations, printed in a limited edition of 250 copies, 8vo, etc Sold with all faults. (2 cartons)

Flaxman (John). The Classical Compositions of John Flaxmn R.A. Sculptor, comprising the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer and the Tragedies of Aeschylus, engraved at Rome by Piroli; and the Theogony and works and days of Hesiod, engraved by WIlliam Blake, published Bell and Daldy, 1870, title and contents list, 140 uncoloured engraved plates in outline, occasional scattered spotting, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco with gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Illustrations of the Divine Poem of Dante Alighieri by John Flaxman, Sculptor R.A., with descriptions from the Translation of the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, published Bell and Daldy, 1867, additional half title and frontispiece and 109 uncoloured engraved plates in outline with lines of verse below image, gutta percha perished, contents shaken and loose, top edge gilt, publisher's gilt decorated cloth, a little stained, folio, with Crichton-Browne (Sir James, Broadbent Sir William, Schofield Alfred T. and others, editors), The Standard Physician, 3 volumes, 1908, portrait frontispiece,. additional half titles, numerous uncoloured illustrations to text and throughout, folding and moveable chromolithographic anatomical diagram at rear of volume 1, contemporary half morocoo gilt, heavily rubbed and worn, large 8vo, plus Troup (R.S.),The Silviculture of Indian Trees, 3 volumes, published Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1921, additional half titles. folding lithographic map to volume 1, numerous colour and black and white illustrations throughout, some scattered spotting, upper hinges in volumes 2 & 3 cracked and weak, some staining to endpapers and pastedowns, publisher's cloth gilt with some worming to boards, stained, 4to (a carton)

Fosbrooke (Thomas Dudley). An Original History of the City of Gloucester..., 1819, monochrome engraved plates and plans including half title, bookplate to modern front endpapers, ex-libris with associated stamps, some spotting, contemporary half calf rebound to modern brown calf spine retaining original labels, boards rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis: A Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts..., Washbourn and Son Publishers, volumes 1-3, 1823-25, 3 monochrome frontispiece, bookplates to front pastedowns, some minor spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards rubbed, volume 1 front board partially detached and spine missing, 4to, and Scott (Walter), The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland..., volumes 1 & 2, 1814-17, numerous monochrome engravings with tissue gurads, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards slightly rubbed and partially detached, spines rubbed with minor loss, 4to, plus other 19th century and modern UK topographical reference and related, including O.S. maps, Adams Syn Chronological Chart or Map of History, Walker Brothers, London, some leather bindings, many original cloth, condition generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (5 cartons)

Picture Post. Volumes 5-36 (1939-47) bound in 8, retaining all original front covers, uniform contemporary half blue cloth to maroon boards, folio, plus 36 loose issues covering volumes 4 & 5, all original wrappers (2 cartons)

Rousselet (Louis). India And Its Native Princes, Travels in Central India..., circa 1882, 317 black and white illustrations and 6 maps, some light marks, original gilt-decorated red cloth, boards slightly rubbed, spine faded and rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Murray (H. Hallam), The High-Road of Empire, Water-colour and Pen and Ink Sketches in India, 1905, 47 colour plates plus numerous black and white illustrations, bookplates and period inscription to front endpapers, some light marks, original gilt-decorated yellow cloth, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and other early 20th-century and modern India reference and related, some leather bindings, many original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Field (John, publisher). The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New..., 1668, period inscription to verso f title, lacking front endpapers, some light water damage and toning, contemporary full calf, hinges cracked, boards and spines slightly marked and rubbed, 4to, together with L'Estrange (Roger), Fables of Aesop..., 7th edition, 1724, black and white engraved frontispiece and half title, some light marks, contemporary gilt decorated calf, front board partially detached, boards and spine rubbed with minor loss, 8vo, and A Compendious Dictionaryof the Fabulous History of Heathen Gods and Heroes..., 1731, printed for J. Clark, bookplate to front pastedown, some light marks, contemporary calf boards retained to modern brown calf spine, boards rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus other 17th-19th century literature, including The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, volumes 1-8, 1822, some ex-library with associated marks, mostly leather binding, some gilt decorated, condition generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Wyatt (William). Life in the Southern Isles; or, Scenes and Incidents in the South Pacific and New Guinea, circa 1870, numerous black and white illustrations, including frontispiece and ma, some light marks, rebound with modern endpapers, partial original boards and spine retained to modern red cloth, 8vo, together with Cheesman (Evelyn), Camping Adventures in New Guinea, 1st edition, 1948, Six-Legged Snakes In New Guinea, 1st edition, 1949, both numerous black and white illustrations, both original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, 8vo, and Lett (Lewis), Knights Errant of Papua, black and white frontispiece, map to front endpaper, some minor marks, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly marked with minor loss to head of spine, 8vo, plus other early 20th century and modern Papua New Guinea and South Pacific reference, including Balus, The Aeroplane in Papua New Guinea, volumes 1-3, by James Sinclair, all 1st editions, 1986-90, mostly hardback publications, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves & cartons)

Military. A large collection of modern military reference and related, including publications by Arms & Armour Press, Jane's, Ian Allan, Haynes, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Military. A large collection of modern military reference and related, including publications by Arms & Armour Press, H.M.S.O., Crowood, Ian Allan, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Dylan (Bob). Lyrics 1962-1985, reprint edition, 1988, ex-library of Edward Matchett with a letter from 'Michael' pasted down to front endpaper and 5 separate inscriptions to Edward to the title page, numerous black and white illustrations, original gilt decorated blue half morocco in slipcase, 4to, together with Byron (George), Don Juan, The Campion Edition, 1924, book plate to front pastedown, original gilt decorated blue morocco, spine slightly faded and rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus Saavedra (Miguel de Cervantes), The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha, volumes 1-4, 1884, black and white plates, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated brown three quarter morocco, boards and spines slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, volume 4 front board detached, 8vo, and other 19th and 20th century literature and art reference, including The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, volumes 1-6, new edition, 1879, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Aviation. A large collection of modern aviation reference, including publications by Putnam, Arms & Armour Press, Pen & Sword, P.S.L., Grub Street, Ian Allan, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

History. A collection of modern historical and biographical reference, including Byron's Letters and Journals, volumes 1-12, reprinted, 1974-82, by Leslie A. Marchand, and Latin America reference, all original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Literature. A collection of modern fiction and non-fiction literature, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)