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An interesting folio of pre World War II exhibition photographs, compiled by E.R.T. Shaerf while at Cambridge, mostly annotated, political subjects, figures, architecture, including The Crisis Passes, October 1938, The Other World, In Determined Mood, Cambridge in Summer, Heart of Oak, Trinity College Bridge, Not Me, Guvnor (sic)!, Lest we Forget, Coda, others, many inscribed to verso with details of the camera and equipment used, catalogue for Burgis & Colbourne Ltd Second Annual Photographic Exhibition 1939, etc, mostly c.1938-39

Folio Society Books - Morton Stanley (Henry), Into the Dark Continent, hb, slip cased; Debo (Augie), A History of the Indians of the United States of America, hb, slip cased; cigarette cards, natural history and domestic pets, early 20th century (3)

An artist folio of assorted 18th and 19th century etchings, including portraits, landscapes, etc.; quantity

Folio Society. The Holkham Bible, 2007, fine colour facsimile edition, all edges gilt, original dark-blue half Nigerian goatskin, with goatskin panel to upper cover blocked in gilt and colours, folio, with separate commentary volume bound in quarter cloth, contained in patterned cloth solander box with leather spine label, together with The Life of Saint Edmund King & Martyr, 2004, plus The Benedictional of Saint Aethelwold, 2001, both original gilt-decorated morocco in publisher's boxes, large 8vo Limited editions 147/1750, 278/1000 and 197/1000 respectively. (3)

More (Henry). A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings, 2nd edition, London: Printed by James Flesher, 1662, title in red & black, some light dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, wear to board corners, folio Wing M2646. (1)

Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and the Parts Adjacent..., by a Society of Gentlemen, the whole revised, corrected & improved..., printed for Alex. Hogg, 1784, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved plan of London, and 103 full-page engraved plates, including views, buildings, some portraits, etc., without the map of the counties 20 miles round London, one plate bound upside down, some minor marks, and small worm track to extreme fore-margin of first few leaves (not affecting text), contemporary engraved bookplate of Reverend Benjamin Lawrence to front pastedown, contemporary full tree calf, worn with joints cracked and upper cover detached, folio (1)

Laziardus (Johannes). [Conserta Epitomata a primeva mundi origine ad tempora nostra, Paris, Hemon Le Fevre & Jean Kerver, 1521], lacks Aa1 (title), large woodcut illustration to verso of last leaf of contents, and numerous woodcut initials throughout, near-contemporary marginal annotations in brown ink throughout, and extensive annotations to verso of final leaf, light soiling to first and last leaf, and short closed tear to final leaf archivally repaired, contemporary blind-panelled and decorated full calf, with inner decorative panel of interlaced roses, and alternating bees and roses, outer panel with alternating decoration of circular classical temple and ornate vases or pedestals, rubbed and moderate wear, restored in 1937 by Douglas Cockerell (with his ticket inside rear cover), with plain reback (original spine retained and loosely inserted), and 41 leaves resized, folio Provenance: Ex libris Paul Hirsch, with his bookplate to front pastedown. Adams L342. A world history by Jean Le Jars from the biblical creation to circa 1503, with a continuation by Humbert Vellay to circa 1520. Jean Kerver, one of the Kerver family of printers was active for just two years, between 1521 and 1522. (1)

Philips (Katherine). Poems, by the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips the Matchless Orinda. To which is Added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies, with several other Translations out of the French, 3 parts in one, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (laid down), final leaf trimmed and laid down, some light spotting and soiling, a few inkstains, bookplate of Franz Pollack Parnau, contemporary calf, modern morocco reback, folio Wing P2034. The second authorized edition. (1)

Martialis (Marcus Valerius). Epigrammata (with a commentary of Domitius Calderinus), Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 17 July 1485, 160 leaves (of 172), lacks signature a (8 leaves) and signature x7, y1, 2 and 5 (the last containing the colophon), roman letter text surrounded by commentary, printer's device at end, old Latin marginalia in a small neat hand throughout, some damp browning to margin and touching text throughout, last 3 leaves with large hole and old paper repairs with loss of text, first and last leaf rehinged with a little loss of lettering, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, leather and brass clasps, some old repairs, some wear, folio (310 x 215 m) Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1967, lot 336. Goff M-308; Hain *10819; Proctor 4631. (1)

Howell (James). S.P.Q.V. A Survay of the Signorie of Venice, of Her Admired Policy, and Method of Government, &c. With a Cohortation to all Christian Princes to her Dangerous Condition at Present, 1st edition, printed for Richard Lowndes, 1651, engraved allegorical frontispiece by Robert Vaughan, title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette of the Venetian lion, engraved portrait of the Doge of Venice by Robert Vaughan, one or two early annotations and marginalia, some toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir Edward Watkin, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, together with Parthenopoeia, or the History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, 1654 (ex-libris and defective) First work: Pforzheimer 517; Wing H3112. (2)

Fuller (Thomas). The Historie of the Holy Warre, 2nd edition, printed for R. Daniel for Thomas Buck, Cambridge, 1640, additional engraved title (close-trimmed at foot), folding engraved map (backed onto linen), bound with The Holy State, by Thomas Fuller, 1st edition, printed by Roger Daniel for John Williams, Cambridge, 1642, additional engraved title, 20 engraved illustrations, lacking front blank, occasional light soiling and annotations, contemporary reverse calf, some wear at spine ends, rubbed with stains, folio STC 11465 and Wing F2443. (1)

Folio Society. The Luttrell Psalter, 2006, fine facsimile edition bound in original full blue Nigerian goatskin over bevelled boards by Smith Settle of Otley, the upper cover blocked with a design in gold and colours by David Eccles, folio, with separate commentary bound in quarter cloth, all contained in dark-blue cloth solander box with leather spine label Limited edition 248/1480. (1)

Brant (Sebastian). Varia Carmina, 2nd edition, [Strasburg: Johann Reinhard of Gruningen, 1 August 1498], 52 leaves only (lacks part two: ff. 53 to 128), woodcuts to title, roman letter, gothic headings, old ink mansucript folio numbers to upper right corners of rectos (309-360), old ink inscription at end, some old dampstaining and light browning throughout, modern half morocco gilt over marbled boards, 4to (200 x 145mm) GW 5069; Goff B-1100; Hain *3732. (1)

Howell (James). Londinopolis: An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Chamber, and Chief Emporium of Great Britain: Whereun to is Added another of the City of Westminster. With the Courts of Justice, Antiquities, and new Buildings thereunto belonging, 1st edition, printed by J. Streater, for Henry Twiford, George Sawbridge, Thomas Dring and John Place, 1657, etched portrait frontispiece of the author by Claude Melan (5th state, with added coat of arms), title printed in red and black, double-page etched panorama of London by Wenceslaus Hollar (trimmed with some slight loss and linen-backed), erratic pagination and signatures, LL2 & 3 with small marginal repairs, some light spotting, armorial bookplate of Nathan of Churt, front hinge a little tender, top edge gilt, 19th century calf gilt, upper cover with onlaid red blue and green monogram, a little rubbed with fading to lower cover extremities, folio ESTC R13420; Grolier, Wither to Prior, 487; Pforzheimer 515; Wing H3091. (1)

Cassiodorus (Flavius Magnus Aurelius, Senator). Historia ecclesiastica tripartita, Augsburg, Johann Schussler circa 5 February 1472, 192 unnumbered leaves, without the front blank [a1] and final 2 blank leaves [v5-6], text therefore complete, printed in single column, 35 lines per page in Gothic typeface initials supplied throughout in red ink (many with flourishes), with additional paraph marks and title underlining supplied in red ink, large initial to first leaf supplied in red and green ink, several tabs to fore-margins, manuscript pointing hand in brown ink to [b6] recto and verso, [c4] and [e2], light dampstain to fore-margins (first 11 and final 5 leaves with blank fore-margins replaced), leaf size 310 x 210 mm (12.2 x 8.3 ins), later plain quarter calf over early wooden boards, with some worm holes and a little loss to front edges of both covers, contained in 20th century red cloth bookbox, folio Provenance: Ex libris G.S. Tomkinson; Ken Tomkinson, with his bookplate to front pastedown; thence by descent. Editio princeps of this important history of the early Christian church from the Council of Nicaea (325) to 439. The text is compiled from the histories of Theodoret, Sozomen and Socrates, translated from the Greek into Latin by Epiphanius Scholasticus under the direction of Cassiodorus. Johann Schussler was the second printer to establish at Augsburg who produced 13 books, all using the same typeface, between 1470 and 1473. Hain Copinger *4573. Goff C237. GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) 6164. (1)

Stanley (Thomas). The History of Philosophy, in Eight Parts, printed for Humphrey Moseley & Thomas Dring, 1656, eight sectional titles, 17 engraved portraits of Greek philosophers (Zeno with small repaired tear), errata leaf at end, a few minor spots, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, together with The History of Philosophy, the Third and Last Volume in Five Parts, 1660, engraved portrait frontispiece, nine engraved portraits, modern calf-backed boards, folio Wing S5238; S5238A. (2)

Wotton (Henry). The State of Christendom: or, a most exact and curious discovery of many secret passages, and hidden mysteries of the times, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657, engraved portrait frontispiece, recent quarter calf with marbled boards, folio, (Wing W3654), together with Farindon (Anthony), XXX. Sermons lately preached at the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalen Milkstreet, London..., printed for Richard Marryat, 1657, title printed in red and black, errata leaf at rear, early inscriptions to front free endpaper and Earl of Westmorland manuscript bookplate dated 1856 to front pastedown, contemporary calf, some soiling and wear, folio, plus Feltham (Owen), Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political..., 11th edition, 1696, additional engraved title-page with explanation leaf facing, printed title in red and black, ownership inscription of Joseph Wyatt dated 1697/8 to front pastedown and a larger calligraphic signature dated 1699 to endpaper facing, contemporary speckled calf, some insect damage to leather, joints cracked and a little wear at head and foot of spine, folio (Wing F658), plus other 17th (and one 18th) century folio theology and history including John Reynolds, John Walker, Henry Isaacson and volume 1 only of Foxe's Actes and Monuments, 1610 (11)

Enderbie (Percy). Cambria Triumphans, or Brittain in its Perfect Lustre. Shewing the Origen and Antiquity of that Illustrious Nation. The Succession of their Kings and Princes, from the First, to King Charles, of Happy Memory. The Description of the Countrey: The History of the Antient and Moderne Estate. The Manner of the Investure of the Princes, with the Coats of Arms of the Nobility, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, 1661, woodcut armorial frontispiece (offsetting to title), three double page plates of armorials, scattered light spotting, small bookplate, later diced calf gilt, rebacked, edges rubbed, folio (1)

Vanity Fair. The Vanity Fair Album: A show of Sovereigns, Statesmen, Judges and Men of the Day, volume 1 1869, additional half title, forty-eight (complete) colour lithographic caricatures each with a page of descriptive text, gutta percha perished, contents shaken and loose, all edges gilt, publisher's green cloth gilt, spine partially lacking, folio (1)

Biondi (Giovanni Francesco). An History of the Civill Warres of England betweene the two howses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by ye Right Honble. Henry Earle of Monmouth Imprinted at London for John Benson, 2 volumes bound in one, 1641, 162 & 175 pages respectively, engraved title to first volume, by Renold Elstracke, woodcut initials, lacks title to second volume, 18th century engraved bookplate to verso of engraved title, and later bookplate of Fairfax of Cameron to front pastedown, and Christopher Rowe label to front endpaper, contemporary mottled full calf, rubbed and a little wear, folio (1)

Folio Society. Le Morte Darthur, by Sir Thomas Malory, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, Folio Society, 2003, facsimile of 1927 Dent edition, twenty full-page illustrations, and numerous decorative devices by Beardsley, all edges gilt, publisher's black morocco gilt, original solander box with printed pamphlet loosely inserted as issued Limited edition 163/1020. (1)

Bath and West of England Society. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting &c. selected from the correspondence of the..., volumes 2-6, 3rd edition, 1792, black and white illustrations and folding plates, period inscriptions and bookplates to front endpapers, some light marks, uniform contemporary half calf, boards and spines rubbed, 8vo, together with Martin (Benjamin), The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences..., volumes 1, 4 & 6, 1755-57, black and white illustrations, folding plates and maps, some light spotting, uniform contemporary quarter calf, period inscriptions to paper boards, spines rubbed, 8vo, and The Wonderful Magazine, and Marvellous Chronicle, volumes 1-5, 1793-97, black and white illustrations and folding plates, later bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform later calf spines retaining some contemporary boards, rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century literature and periodicals, including The Topographer..., 8 volumes, 1789-1791, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)

Petrarch (Francesco). Librorum Francisci Petrarche Impressorum Annotatio, & Annotatio nonnullorum librorum seu epistolarum Francisci Petrarche, 2 volumes in 1, Venice, Andrea Torresano de Asula for Simon de Lovere, 27 March [& 17 June] 1501, lettre batarde type in double column, lacks colophon leaf to each volume (O8 at end of first volume, and [24]6 at end of second volume), some initials towards front of volume supplied in red ink, a few early manuscript marginal annotations (title more heavily annotated to lower blank area, and extensively to verso), some minor marks (generally in very good condition with wide margins), pale waterstain to extreme fore-margins at front and rear of volume, bookplate of Ely Cathedral library to front pastedown, 17th century blind-ruled full calf, modern antique-style good-quality reback, thick folio Provenance: Sold Sotheby's Library of Ely Cathedral, 10 March 1972, lot 476, where bought by the present owner. Adams P773. Censimento 16 cnce 31762. Renouard 292/1. Second edition of Petrarch's collected Latin works, following its first appearance in 1496 (Basel, Johann Amerbach), and thus the first to appear in Italy. This edition is also the first to contain the biography of Petrarch by Squarzafico. The publisher Torresani, father in law of Aldus Manutius took charge of the Aldine press following the death of Aldus in 1515 until the son Paulus Manutius came of age. (1)

Gregory I (Pope). Morali di Sancto Gregorio Papa sopra li libro del beato Job Propheta, Books 1-13 & 28-35 bound in 2 volumes, Florence: Nicolo di Lorenzo della Magna, 12 March 1486, roman letter, double column, capital spaces with initial guide letters, some spotting and occasional mostly marginal dampstaining, sprinkled edges, later vellum with morocco labels to spines, rubbed and soiled, folio (317 x 222 mm) Provenance: Hodgsons, 29 April 1966, lot 611. GW 11438; Hain *7935; Proctor 6132. (2)

Folio Society. The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer now newly imprinted [a fine facsimile edition of the Kelmscott Chaucer], 2002, illustrations by Edward Burne-Jones, initial letters throughout, some titles and headings printed in red, blue silk markers, original elaborately gilt decorated cream Nigerian goatskin by Smith Settle, Otley, to a design by David Eccles after T.J. Cobden-Sanderson's original binding bound at the Doves Bindery for the Kelmscott Press in 1900, together with a loosely inserted slip with advice about storage and handling, plus An Essay by William S. Peterson Reprinted to Accompany the Facsimile Published by The Folio Society, 16pp. booklet in original printed wrappers, contained together in original blue buckram solander box, with gilt lettered morocco spine label, large folio Limited edition 132/1010. (1)

Austin (William, of Lincoln's Inn). Devotionis Augustinianae Flamma, or, Certaine Devout, Godly and Learned Meditations, 1st edition, printed for I.L. and Ralph Mab, 1635, additional engraved title (close-trimmed at top margin), title with woodcut printer's device, some misspagination, a few minor spots and wormholes, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed, folio, together with Certaine Sermons or Homilies Appoynted to be Read in Churches. In the Time of the Late Queene Elizabeth of Famous Memory, printed by John Norton for Joyce Norton and Richard Whitaker, 1635 [colophon at end dated 1633], title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut headpiece and initials, bound with The Second Tome of Homilies, of such Matters as were Promised and Entituled in the former part of Homilies, 1635, black letter, woodcut headpiece and initials, a few spots, marginal water stain, endpapers renewed, later calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, plus Golden Remains of the Memorable Mr. John Hales, of Eaton-Colledge, 2nd impression, 1673, additional engraved title, title printed in red and black (with ink stamp), bookplate, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to STC 972, STC 13660.5 (2nd edition) & Wing H271 respectively. (3)

Martin (R. Montgomery, editor). [Tallis's Illustrated Atlas..., circa 1851], lacking title and preliminaries, fifty-seven (only) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each map with a printed number to upper right corner, some fraying and chipping to margins, 'Russia in Asia' with long closed tear, occasional spotting and staining, text block loose, contemporary half calf, crudely rebacked, rubbed and worn, folio Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Bramhall (John). The Works of the Most Reverend Father in God, John Bramhall, D.D., late Lord Archbishop of Ardmagh, Primate and Metropolitan of all Ireland, Dublin, Benjamin Tooke, 1677, title printed in red and black, contemporary calf, modern reback with endpapers renewed, folio, together with Andrewes (Lancelot), XCVI Sermons by the Right Honorable, and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrewes, late Lord Bishop of Winchester, 3rd edition, Richard Badger, 1635, woodcut initials, head-pieces, etc., contemporary calf, rubbed and heavily scuffed with some wear, thick folio, plus Cave (William), Apostolici, Or, The Lives of the Primitive Fathers, printed by A.C. for Richard Chiswel, 1677, additional engraved title page with short closed tear to fore-margin repaired, printed title printed in red and black, woodcut initials, near contemporary panelled calf, modern plain reback, folio, and 3 others: Symon Patrick, The Books of Job. Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and The Song of Solomon, Paraphras'd, 1731, John Pearson, An Exposition of the Creed, 1741 & William Wotton, Cyfreithjeu Hywel Dda ac Eraill, seu Leges Wallicae Ecclesiasticae & Civiles Holei Boni, William Bowyer, 1730, all bound in contemporary calf, with two volumes rebacked, all folio (6)

Plinius Secundus (Caius). The Historie of the World. Commonly called, the natural historie of C. Plinius Secundus, translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 volumes bound as 1, 1st edition in English, printed by Adam Islip, 1601, printer's large woodcut device on titles, errata leaf with colophon at end of volume 2, woodcut initials and ornaments, volume 1 title with marginal hole and dampstains, following few leaves with marginal dampstains, leaves A4-5 at front detached with frayed fore-margins, leaves A2-B3 from volume 2 repaired (some loss of text), a few leaves in first volume affected at gutter by insect damage, armorial bookplate, later calf gilt, rubbed, folio The first complete edition in English. STC 20029. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1)

Kimmig (Wolfgang). Die Urnenfelderkultur in Baden, Berlin, 1940, black and white plates at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, folio, together with Kersten (Karl), Zur alteren nordischen Bronzezeit, Neumunster, no date, circa 1920s, black and white plates at rear, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Wace (A.J.B. & Thompson, M.S.), Prehistoric Thessaly, being some account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake Kopais to the Border of Macedonia, Cambridge University Press, 1912, 6 colour plates at rear, black and white illustrations to text, original cloth, damp marked, 4to, plus other archaeology, travel, etc., including offprints and extracts in various languages (3 shelves & a carton)

Art. A collection of approximately 150 volumes of early 20th century and modern art reference and related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Scudery (Georges de). Curia Politiae: Or, the Apologies of Severall Princes: Justifying to the World their most Eminent Actions, by the Strength of Reason, and the most exact Rules of the Policie, 1st edition in English, 1654, engraved frontispiece, 12 engraved portraits (including one extra-illustrated), licence leaf at end, occasional mainly marginal water stains, a few spots, contemporary ownership inscription to title, other inscription to frontispiece verso crossed through, front endpaper renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, folio ESTC R17187; Wing S2140. (1)

[Browne, William]. Britannia's Pastorals, 2 parts, Geo. Norton, [1613] & Thomas Snodham for George Norton, 1616, engraved title to first part by William Hole (some marks and light waterstains, and closed horizontal tear repaired without loss near inner margin, printed title to second part, 2 engraved plates for first part (pages 60-61), M1 in first part torn with loss to lower outer corner, not affecting text, later bookplate of Osmond de Beauvoir Priaulx to front pastedown, and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front endpaper, modern antique-style blind ruled maroon full morocco, gilt spine, folio ESTC S107097. Hayward 60. Grolier 27. A6, B-O4, P2, title, & A6, B-S4. Second edition of Book 1, with errata corrected, and first edition of Book 2. Provenance: Formerly in the library of Professor James A. Riddell. Often regarded as a companion work to Drayton's Poly-Olbion, William Browne's 2 volumes were described by Walter Greg as "the longest and most ambitious poem ever composed on a pastoral theme" (Greg, Pastoral Poetry, 1906, 131). The text includes commendatory verses by John Selden, Michael Drayton, Edward Heyward, Christopher Brook, Thomas Gardiner, George Wither, Ben Jonson, and others. (1)

More (Henry). A Modest Enquiry into the Mystery of Iniquity, the First Part Containing a Careful and Impartial Delineation of the True Idea of Antichristianism in the Real and Genuine Members thereof, such as are Indeed Opposite to the Indispensable Purposes of the Gospel of Christ, and to the Interest of his Kingdome, 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by J. Flesher for W. Morden, 1664, imprimatur leaf, title printed in red and black, scattered light spotting, armorial bookplates of Bulkeley Bandinel, Bodleian Librarian and Sir Francis Fust, all edges gilt, 19th century black calf gilt, spine a little rubbed, folio Wing M2666. (1)

Swift (Jonathan). Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, Newly Illustrated by Peter Suart, Folio Society, 2011, original etching by Peter Suart, numbered 115 and signed in pencil by the artist, and seventeen tipped-in colour plates, black & white illustrations, decorative endpapers, top edge gilt, original quarter vellum with vellum tipped corners, upper board with illustration in colour and gilt, title in gilt to spine, folio, contained with original publisher's drop back box Limited edition of 1000 copies. (1)

[South America]. Memoria Historica, Tecnica y Administrativa de las Obras del Desague del Valle de Mexico 1449-1900, 2 volumes, Mexico, 1902, 32 folding maps and plans at rear of volume 2 including some partly coloured and many multi-folding, contemporary tree calf gilt with leather labels to spines, slightly rubbed, together with Gama (Valentin), Memoria para la Carta del Valle de Mexico, Mexico, 1920, 12 plates, mostly plans, some partly coloured, a few pencil markings to text, inner hinges cracked, original leather gilt, slightly rubbed, small folio, plus other mostly 20th-century South America and Spanish interest, including some leather bound and paperbacks From the library of Thomas Ivor Rees (1890-1977, Welsh diplomat, author and translator and Britain's first Ambassador to Bolivia). This lot contains some signed presentation copies for Rees from the authors. (3 shelves)

Gill (Eric, illustrator). The Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ according to the Authorised Version of King James I, Folio Society, 2007, numerous black and white illustrations to text, all edges gilt, black morocco gilt, volume of essays bound seperately (as issued), contained within original publisher's clamshell case, folio Limited edition 186/2750. A handsome facsimile of the 1931 Golden Cockerel Press edition. (1)

Bacon (Francis, Viscount Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum: Or, a Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, Published after the Author's Death by William Rawley, 5th edition, printed by John Haviland for William Lee, 1639, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved additional title, a few ink splashes to final leaf verso, one or two small marginal tears, a few light spots, later half calf gilt, upper joint splitting, spine chipped at foot, small folio Gibson 175; STC 1173. (1)

[South America]. Atlas, Mexico, 1885, colour-printed half-title, main title and 39 alphabetically arranged pictorial plates, bound with Pacheco (Carlos), Catalogo Alfabetico de los Nombres de lugar pertenecientes al idioma "Nahuatl". Estudio Jeroglifico, Mexico, 1885, black and white illustrations to text, contemporary quarter leather over boards, scuffed small folio, together with other mostly 20th-century South America and Spanish interest, including some leather bound and paperbacks, plus 3 folders of Rees's mostly printed mountaineering ephemera relating to El Excursionista, circa 1930s/1940s From the library of Thomas Ivor Rees (1890-1977, Welsh diplomat, author and translator and Britain's first Ambassador to Bolivia). This lot contains some signed presentation copies for Rees from the authors. (3 shelves)

Folio Society. The Queen Mary Atlas, 2005, double-page colour facsimile maps, original red calf, gilt decorated spine and conjoined armorial of England & Spain to upper cover (binding designed by David Eccles), large folio, together with Commentary volume by Peter Barber, original buckram, some faint marks to upper cover, small folio, contained together in original cloth solander box, with gilt lettered spine label and gilt title on front Limited edition 258/1000. (1)

Tanner (Mathias). Societas Jesu Apostolorum Imitatrix, sive Gesta Praeclara et Virtutes Eorum qui e Societas Jesu in procuranda salute animarum, per Apostolicas Missiones, Conciones, Sacramentorum Ministeria, Evangelij inter Fideles & Infideles propagationem, ceteraque munia Apostolica, per totum orbem terrarum specializelo desudarunt, pars prima [all published], Prague, Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinander, 1694, title printed in red and black (repaired), 197 text engravings by W.P. and J. Kilian and others, pages 215-216 & 386-387 omitted from pagination, page 256 misnumbered 156, A1 with small marginal repair, some occasional light spotting, toning and ink splashes, endpapers renewed, armorial bookplate of Bartholomew, Wettenhausen, 1704, contemporary blindstamped vellum over boards, rebacked with original spine relaid, lacking clasps, some soiling, folio (1)

Caldecott (Randolph). Graphic Pictures, 1891, numerous colour illustrations, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated blue cloth, boards slightly marked, spine slightly rubbed to head and foot, oblong 4to, (complete edition 168/1250), together with Copernicus (Nicholas), Complete Works 1, The Manuscript... on The Revolutions, Polish Academy of Science, 1972, numerous facsimile plates, original cream cloth with inlaid colour illustration and dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed, large 8vo, (limited edition of 1500 copies), and Blaeu (Joan), Atlas Maior of 1665, Anglia, Scotia Hibernia, volumes 1 & 2, 2006, numerous colour illustrations, original white boards in dust jackets and slipcase, folio, plus other early 20th-century and modern literature and historical reference, including publications by A. & C. Black, King Penguin, Oxford, many original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Penington (Isaac). The Works of the Long-Mournful and Sorely-Distressed Isaac Penington, whom the Lord in His Tender Mercy, at Length Visited and Relieved by the Ministry of that Despised People, called Quakers, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, printed and sold by Benjamin Clark, 1681, occasional light water stains and soiling, contemporary penelled calf, rebacked and repaired, previous owner name to upper cover, folio, together with An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctrines of the People called Quakers. Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French and Spanish, for the Information of Strangers. The Eighth Edition in English, John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1765, lacking errata leaf, a few manuscript corrections, some light toning, armorial bookplate of J. Walker, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, plus Joseph Besse's A Collection of the Sufferings of Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Concience, volume II only, 1753 Wing P1149; Gaskell 30 for first two works. (3)

Guarana (Jacopo). Oracoli Auguri, Aruspici, Sibille, Indovini, della Religione Pagana Tratto da Antichissimi Monumenti, o Sulle Traccie Della Storia Delineata dal celbre Jacopo Guarana, ed incisi in rame dai pou esperti Viniziani artefici..., published Venice, 1792, decorative engraved title, forty-one (of forty-two) uncoloured engraved plates each with an engraved 'picture frame' border, slight abrasion to margins of title, lacking endpapers, near contemporary printed paper pastedowns, near contemporary half sheep gilt, worn and bumped at extremities, folio (1)

Ogilby (John). [The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro. Translated, adorn'd with sculpture, and illustrated with annotations... by John Ogilby, printed by Thomas Warren for the Author, 1654], 3 preliminary leaves only (of 8), lacking the portrait, frontispiece, and title page, 81 (of 101) full-page engraved and etched plates after Franz Cleyn by Wenceslaus Hollar and Pierre Lombart, engraved map not present, lacking several leaves at end (text ends on Cccc4, page 577), a few closed tears repaired, some soiling, near-contemporary blind-panelled calf, rubbed and some wear, modern reback, large folio (398 x 250 mm) Wing V610. The impressions of the plates are generally good. Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (1)

Milles (Thomas). The Catalogue of Honor or Tresury of True Nobility Peculiar and Proper to the Isle of Great Britaine: That is to say: A Collection historicall of all the Free Monarches aswell Kinges of England as Scotland (nowe united togither) with the Princes of Walles, Dukes, Marquisses, and Erles; their wives, children, Alliances, Families, Descentes & Achievementes of Honor. Wherunto is probably prefixed: A speciall treatise of that kind of Nobility which Soverayne Grace, and favor, and Contryes Customes have made meerly Politicall and pecularly civill (never so distinctly handled before), London: printed by William Jaggard, 1610, engraved title (leaf A2) by Elstracke (slightly frayed mostly to lower edge), costume engravings and numerous armorials to text (many armorials with later hand-colouring), full-page engraving of King James I in Parliament (pp.69/70), numerous decorative woodcut and cribl‚ initials, erratic pagination, lacks blank leaf A1 (as often), blank 2V8 present, occasional early annotations, light worming and some dampstaining to lower margins, front free blanks with 19th century pen & ink and hand painted armorials, including that of Henry Ricketts of Brislington, Berkley of Stratton, the old shield of John of Gaunt and Delawar, last few leaves a little damp-mottled with consequent minor tears and holes, final leaf of text (errata) lined to verso, hinges strengthened with cloth tape, 19th century gilt panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, extremities slightly rubbed, folio STC 17926. Moule LXXVII. (1)

Folio Society. Night Thoughts, volumes 1 & 2, by Eward Young, illustrations by William Blake, 2005, original illustrated blue quarter morocco in publisher's box, folio Limited edition 273/1000. (1)

Dugdale (Sir William & Stevens, John). Monasticon Anglicanum: or, The History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedrals and Collegiate Churches..., 4 parts in 3 volumes, including supplement by John Stevens & Appendix, London: printed by R. Harbin, for D. Browne, J. Smith and others, 1718, 1722 & 1723, titles in red & black, additional engraved title to volume 1, 153 engraved plates (13 double-page and folding), including some plates after Hollar, occasional minor spotting, armorial bookplate of Charles Tennant of The Glen (Inerleithan, Peebleshire), marbled endpapers with repaired hinges, contemporary gilt decorated calf, each volume rebacked preserving original spines, volume number labels to volumes 2 & 3 transposed, upper joint of volume 1 cracked, folio ESTC T149944 & T147338. Provenance: Sotheby's, 24th November, 1980, lot 111, Books of the Hon. Colin Tennant, The Glen, Innerleithan, Peebleshire. (3)

More (Henry). An Explanation of the grand Mystery of Godliness; or, A True and Faithfull Representation of the Everlasting Gospel of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ..., 1st edition, London: Printed by J. Flesher, for W. Morden, 1660, 20th century speckled half sheep, folio Wing M2658. A key text of Cambridge Platonism by 'the most interesting and the most unreadable' of the group. More is better known now as a poet, but his influence upon William Law, John Wesley, and even Coleridge was considerable. (1)

Ireland. Hibernica: or some Ancient Pieces relating to Ireland, never hitherto made publick..., Dublin: Printed by Edward Bate, for the Editor, Walter Harris, 1747, contemporary quarter calf with red morocco title label and vellum corners to boards, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, folio, together with Acts of Parliament, A collection of 100 Acts of Parliament for 1809, Acts include voluntary Militia in Ireland, distillation of spirits, importation of British or Irish made spirits, sugar export, commerce to & from the Cape of Good Hope, free importation of cochineal & indigo, and imporation of certain fish from parts of the coast of His Majesty's North American Colonies etc., each disbound or stitched as issued, folio (101)

[Prior, Matthew]. Poems on Several Occasions, 1st edition, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, engraved frontispiece, and engraved head- and tail-pieces by B. Baron after L. Cheron, list of subscribers, contemporary ink signature of Eliz. Southwell to head of title, worm track to extreme lower margin, and fore-margin at front of volume, not affecting text, occasional minor marks, 20th century good-quality antique-style panelled full calf, gilt decorated spine with maroon morocco title label, large folio (wide margined copy), together with Hayley (William), The Life of George Romney, 1st edition, Chichester, W. Mason, 1809, engraved plates by Caroline Watson and others (including one by William Blake), marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary full calf gilt, morocco title label loose but retained inside front cover, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (2)

Photography. A large collection of mid 20th century and modern photography and art reference, including Ghosts in the Wilderness: Abandoned America, by Tony & Eva Worobiec, 2003, The Work of Graham Sutherland, by Douglas Cooper, 1961, The Photograph as Symbol, by Wynn Bullock, 1976, initialled by the author, (limited edition 18/200), mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Drayton (Michael). Poly-Olbion, 1st edition, published M.Lownes, J.Browne, J.Helme & J.Busbie, [1612], decorative hand coloured title with a description bound in opposite, two ink ownership stamps to A1, occasional near contemporary marginalia, eighteen (complete) hand coloured engraved maps, slight worming largely confined to margins, maps re-guarded in gutter, last page torn with slight loss but not affecting text, slight staining, later endpapers, modern blind stamped calf gilt, folio Chubb XXXIII (1)

Folio Society. Tractatus de Herbis, [&] Commentary, facsimile edition, British Library, 2002, colour plates, all edges gilt, first mentioned in original dark green morocco for The Folio Society by Smith Settle of Otley, blocked design by David Eccles with leather onlays, second mentioned in original quarter buckram, contained together in original book box, folio & 8vo Limited edition 148/1000. (1)

[Denis, the Carthusian]. D. Dionysii Carthusiani Enarrationes piae ac eruditae in quatuor prophetas (quos vocant) maiores: Isaiam, Jeremiam, eiusq, Threnos & Baruch, Ezechielem, Danielem. RecŠns ad archetypa ipsa, quant—m fieri potuit, recognitae: id quod studiosus lector facilŠ animaduertet..., Cologne: Ex Officina Haeredum Johannis Quentel Mense Martio, 1557, woodcut device to title (with early signature & ink stamp of Buxheim Charterhouse) and illustration to verso, few worm holes, bound with D. Dionysii Carthusiani Enarrationes piae ac eruditae in duodecim Prophetas (quos vocant) minores: Oseam, Johelem, Amos, Abdiam..., Zachariam, Malachiam: longŠ politi—s ac diligenti—s, & id quidem iuxta verum originale, qu…m pri—s editae, Cologne: Apud Geruuinum Calenium, & haeredes Johannis Quentel, 1568, woodcut device to title and illustration to verso, some toning throughout volume, bookplate to front pastedown & ink stamp of the Canons Regular of the Lateran, Bodmin, Cornwall to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration to covers (with original vellum repair to lower board), one brass clasp intact, small worm holes to boards, light wear to extremities, folio (1)

Beroaldus (Philip, editor). Scriptores rei militaris, 4 parts in 1, Bologna: Franciscus (Plato) de Benedictis, 1495/6, 98 leaves, roman letter, 37 lines, capital spaces with guide letters, printer's woodcut device on FF4 and RR5 below colophons, typographical diagrams depicting tactical formations, register leaf at rear, some old ink marginalia in red ink towards rear, scattered minor spotting, slight staining to blank upper margins of first few leaves, a few minor wormholes to early leaves, monogram book label of Michael Tomkinson to front pastedown, 19th-century blue morocco gilt, gilt crest of a lion and crown to upper cover and monogram JS to lower cover, rubbed, folio (281 x 177 mm) This work contains writings on military matters by four authors: Sextus Julius Frontinus, Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Aelianus and Modestus. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 7 July 1922, lot 1892. Goff S-345; Hain 5330; Proctor 6607. (1)

Camus (Jean-Pierre). Elise, or Innocencie Guilty. A New Romance Translated into English by John Jennings, 1st edition in English, printed by T. Newcomb for Humphrey Moseley, 1655, title printed in red and black, woodcut headpieces and initials, lacking advertisement leaf at end, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, L4 & M1 with repaired tears at head, light water stain and several leaves towards end with marginal wormtrack, modern blindstamped calf, folio ESTC R6950; Wing C413. (1)

Children's Literature. A collection of approximately 65 modern illustrated juvenile literature, including Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Kuniyoshi Kaneko, 1974, some French language, G/VG, 4to/folio (2 cartons)

Guillim (John). A Display of Heraldrie: Manifesting a more easie accesse to the knowledge therof than hath hitherto published by any, through the benefit of Method..., 2nd edition, London: Printed by Richard Badger for Ralph Mab, 1632, title with 19th century ownership inscription to upper outer blank corner, numerous woodcut illustrations of armorial bearings, some dampstaining mostly at head, contemporary speckled calf, lacking title label to spine, joints cracked and some wear to edges of boards, small folio Moule CXXXIV (p.116), STC 12502. There are numerous errors in pagination and collation of this edition. (1)

Rowe (Nicholas). Lucan's Pharsalia, Translated into English Verse, printed for Jacob Tonson, 1718, engraved frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, double-page engraved map, engraved initials and illustrations, a little light spotting, armorial bookplate of Viscount Downe, contemporary speckled calf, joints cracking, chipped at ends, folio, together with The Works of Virgil: Containing his Pastorals Georgicus and Aeneis, Translated into English verse; by Mr. Dryden, 2nd edition, 1698, title printed in red and black (laid down), numerous engraved plates by Wenceslas Hollar, final leaf repaired with some loss of text, some spotting and soiling, hinges reinforced, contemporary blindstamped calf, rebacked, rubbed, folio, plus The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. By Mr. Dryden and several other eminent hands, together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus, 1st Dryden translation, 1693, occasional minor spotting, library blindstamp to lower margin of title, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, rebacked and recornered, folio, with three others including Sir Bulstrode Whitlocke's Memorials of the English Affairs, from the Suppos'd Expedition of Brute to this Island, to the end of the Reign of King James the First, 1709 and The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope, 1715 (defective) (6)