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Bible [English]. The Holy Bible Conteyning the Old Testament and the New. Newlie Translated out of ye Originall Tongues and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement..., Printed at London by Robert Barker... and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1639, engraved general title, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border with imprint dated 1638, full-page woodcut illustration of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden printed to verso of contents leaf, colophon dated 1639, Apocrypha present, double-column roman type throughout, genealogies not present, bound with at front The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker..., and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1638, title torn with loss at head, repaired and lined to verso, following five leaves torn and frayed to gutter and fore-edge margins by varying amounts, bound with at rear A Concordance, or Table to the Bible of the Last Translation..., London: Printed by the Assignes of Clement Cotton, 1639, and also bound with at rear The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter by Thomas Sternehold, John Hopkins and others..., London: Printed by E. Griffin and I. Raworth, for the Company of Stationers, 1638, 19th century manuscript genealogical entries to verso of final leaf and to rear free endpapers, relating to the Heathcote family, occasional light dust-soiling & minor marks to few leaves, 19th century endpapers, 18th century panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, board edges rubbed, folio Herbert 538. The genealogical information at the rear of the volume comprise entries for the Heathcote family, including the marriage of Mary Anne Lydia Heathcote to George Hussey Packe of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, second son of Charles James Packe of Prestwold Hall, Leicestershire on 1st September 1824, and the marriage of Robert Boothby Heathcote to Charlotte Sotheby, second daughter of Admiral Sotheby on 9th March 1837. (1)

Scarron (Paul). Scarron's Comical Romance: Or, a Facetious History of a Company of Strowling Stage-Players. Interwoven with Divers Choice Novewls, Rare Adventures and Amorous Intrigues. Written in French..., 2nd edition in English, 1676, copper-engraved frontispiece, small inkstamp at foot of title, leaves S1-4 with marginal wormtrack, small burnhole to X3, Ff2 with marginal repair, some scattered spotting, contemporary sheep, rebacked, a little rubbed with small chip to lower cover, folio Wing S831. (1)

Water supply. Royal Commission on Water Supply. Plans & Diagrams, circa 1870, title printed in gilt on upper board, eight lithographed folding maps with contemporary outline colouring, showing geological formations, maps of rivers and river basins and contour maps, each backed with linen, occasional short splits along old folds, later endpapers, slight dust soiling, upper hinge strengthened with tape, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed, worn and stained, old paper stuck to upper board, folio The map titles and their individual sizes are:- Geological Map of the Thames Basin. 600 x 990 mm, Contoured Map of the Thames Basin. 590 x 955 mm, Royal Commission on Water Supply Geological Sections of the Thames Basin. 570 x 945 mm, Map of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmorland shewing the General Geological Features of the Ground. 340 x 340 mm, Map of Part of the Lake District of Cumberland and Westmorland shewing the Reservoirs and Main Conduits proposed by Messrs Hemans and Hassard in their project for Supplying Water to the Metropolis. 740 x 790 mm, Map of the District at the Head of the River Severn in North Wales shewing the General Geological Features of the Ground. 430 x 430 mm, Map of the District at the Head of the River Severn in North Wales shewing the Reservoirs and Main Conduits proposed by Mr Bateman in his project for Supplying Water to the Metropolis. 940 x 815 mm [and] Ordnance Survey of England and Wales Rivers and their Catchment Basins. 1020 x 965 mm (1)

Folio Society. Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books, by John Milton, 2003, Inferno, by Dante Alighieri, 2004, (both illustrated by William Blake), Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri, 2009, William Wordsworth, Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Roe, 2002, The Secret Life of Trees, How They Live and Why They Matter, by Colin Tudge, 2008, The Age of Illumination, 3 volumes, by George Henderson, 2004, together with 49 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases except 6 volums without, G/VG, 8vo/folio (57)

Charles I. Basilika. The Workes of King Charles the Martyr..., volume 1 (of two), London: Printed by James Flesher for R. Royston, 1662, engraved armorial frontispiece by Hollar (lined to verso), additional engraved title, letterpress title and dedication leaves ruled in red, double-page engraved plate with red ruled borders, modern marbled endpapers, contemporary gilt panelled calf, neatly rebacked by Alan Winstanley of Salisbury, preserving original gilt decorated spine, folio, (Madan 65; Wing C2075), together with a defective copy of A Display of Heraldrie, by John Guillim, 3rd edition, 1638 (2)

Boccalini (Trajano). I Ragguagli di Parnasso, or Advertisements from Parnassus; in Two Centuries. With the Politick Touch-Stone... And Now put into English by the Right Honourable, Henry, Earl of Monmouth, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley and Thomas Heath, 1656, engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (marginal tear and loss at fore margin), a few short closed tears, some soiling to title, a few light spots and marginal water stains, previous owner signature of John Burns (possibly John Eliot Burns, 1858-1943, early Socialist and later Liberal MP), contemporary calf, old reback and repairs, a little rubbed, folio ESTC R2352; Wing B3380. (1)

Book of Common Prayer And Administration of the Sacraments and other parts of Divine Service for the Use of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, Robert Young, 1637, bound with The Psalmes of King David, Translated by King James, printed by Thomas Harper, 1636, 2 parts in one, first title printed in red and black within ornamental woodcut border, woodcut initials, black letter, lacking leaf 2h3 in Psalter, The Psalmes of King David within woodcut border, occasional closed tears and light soiling, a few water stains, lacking endpapers, previous owner inscription of Rober Bowman, 1772 at end, additional tipped-in note 'From the family of Dunbar, Dunbar Sea Park, Elgin, Moray, 18th century calf, rubbed with small loss at foot of spine, folio, together with The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments: And Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, printed by Robert Barker, 1639, title within woodcut border (repaired), woodcut initials, black letter, a few leaves with tears and repairs, bound with The Psalter, or Psalmes of David. After the Translation of the Great Bible, pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches, Robert Barker, 1634, title within woodcut border, continuous register, black letter, a few repairs, bound with The Forme and Manner of Making and Consecrating Bishops, Priests and Deacons, Robert Barker, 1634, A1-B6, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes. Collected into the English Meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and Others: conferred with the Hebrew; with apt notes to sing them withall, printed by E.P. for the Company of Stationers, 1636, title within woodcut border, occassional light water stains and small wormtracks, endpapers renewed, with a letter of provenance pasted at front, armorial bookplate of William Bedford, 18th century calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, folio STC 16606 and STC 16416 (2nd edition) respectively. (2)

Evelyn (John). Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. Together with some account of Heads and Effigies of Illustrious, and Famous Persons, in Sculps and Taille-Douce, of whom we have no medals extant; and of the use to be derived from them. To which is added a Digression Concerning Physiognomy, 1st edition, printed for Benjamin Tooke, 1697, title printed in red and black, 100 text engravings of medals, a few leaves with marginal wormtracks and holes, some water staining throughout, trimmed bookplate of the Earl of Gainsborough, 1700, contemporary mottled blindstamped calf, rebacked and repaired, folio Wing E3505. (1)

Bible [English]. The Christian's New and Compleat Family Bible; or, Universal Library of Divine Knowledge..., the Whole Forming a Compleat Body of Christian Divinity, London: J. Cooke, [1780?], numerous engraved plates, Apocrypha present, contemporary blind panelled reversed calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, worn at head & foot of spine and to board corners, folio ESTC N473506. (1)

Rutter (John). Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset, and of its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, with a Geological Sketch of the District, Printed & Published for the Author, Shaftesbury & London, 1829, engraved frontispiece, eleven engraved or lithograph plates, one folding hand-coloured lithograph map, numerous wood engraved illustrations, list of subscribers, modern black half mock leather, 8vo, together with Jewers (Arthur John), Wells Cathedral: Its Monumental Inscriptions and Heraldry. Together with the Hearldry of the Palace, Deanery, and Vicar's Close. With Annotations from Wills, Registers, etc., and Illustrations of Arms, 1892, chromolithograph frontispiece, numerous plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, endpapers renewed, original blue cloth gilt, folio, (large paper copy), plus a large 8vo 1892 edition of the same title, and [Cottle, James], Some Account of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Taunton, and the Restoration thereof..., 1845, engraved frontispiece and lithograph plates, decorative title, occasional spotting, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt, faded, leather title label to spine worn, 8vo, plus five others, mostly Somerset related (11)

Caesar (Julius). Rerum ab se gestarum commentarii, [edited by Giovanni Giocondo], Paris, Michel Vascosan & Jean Rogny, 1543, half-page woodcut map of France (printed from two blocks), half-page woodcut map of Spain, 5 woodcut illustrations to text, woodcut initials, including 8 fine large initials taken from the alphabet designed by Oronce Fine for his Protomathesis of 1532, short closed tear to foot of title at inner margin, a very good copy with clean margins, modern quarter calf incorporating old marbled boards, with vellum tips, folio Adams C37. Mortimer 124. Excellent copy of this folio history of France in the period of the Roman Empire, printed by 'the prince of French renaissance printers'. (1)

History. A large collection of late 19th century and modern literature and historical reference, including Poems, by Thomas Grey, Medici Society, 1937, The Anatomy of the Horse by George Stubbs, 1938, Furniture in England from 1660 to 1760, by Francis Lenygon, circa 1910, and publications by Batsford, Oxford, Cambridge, some leather and decorative cloth bindings, mostly original cloth, many in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Evelyn (John). Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and of the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions, 3 pts in one vol., 1st edition, 1664, licence leaf at front (trimmed to text and laid down), general vignette title in red and black, errata leaf at rear, two worm holes to gutter blank margin throughout majority of volume, occasional spotting, armorial bookplate of Sir John Frederick Bt. to upper pastedown, hinges cracking, near contemporary speckled calf gilt, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, folio Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40. (1)

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England, translated into English by John Kelly [& Joseph Morgan], to which is added Critical and Explanatory Notes; also chronoligical and genealogical tables: with some particulars of the life of M. Rapin, 2 volumes, printed for James Mechell, 1732-33, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author to each volume, titles printed in red and black, 822 & 936 pages respectively, with additional 40-page account of the trial of Charles I at rear of second volume, engraved maps by Emmanuel Bowen, and engraved plates by Richard Sheppard, James Smith, Parr and others, good strong impressions, generally in clean condition, modern antique-style quarter calf gilt, thick folio (397 x 245 mm) The first 2 volumes of the English translation of Rapin de Thoyras' history embellished with numerous fine plates, without the third volume, which was also published by James Mechell in 1737, which covered the reigns of Charles II, James II, William & Mary and Queen Anne. (2)

Plutarch. Opuscula Plutarchi Cheronei sedulo undequaq[ue] collecta, & dilige[n]ter recognita, ac in una[m] facie[m] bellatule coimpressa..., [Paris]: Vaenundantur in Officina Ascensiana, [Feb 5, 1526], [14],191 leaves, title within decorative woodcut border and central illustration of men working at a printing press (with date 1520 to image), woodcut decorative initials, early marginalia and underscoring to few leaves, some damp mottling at head with occasional weakening & tears, 18th century blind panelled calf, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, folio Renouard III, 175, no. 9; Hoffmann 3, 198/99. This edition copies the preceding of 1521, with the addition of 8 leaves with 2 new treatises at the end, both of which are translated by Erasmus. It also includes short introductions to several treatises written by contemporary scholars. (1)

Africa. Blaeu (G.), Africae nova descriptio, published Amsterdam [1621 - 1630], uncoloured engraved carte-a-figure map, one small rust mark affecting imgae, slight worming, 415 x 555 mm, no text on verso A fine example of Blaeu's folio carte-a-figure map of Africa. The map is a reduction of Blaeu's wall map of 1608, with the coastal cartography based on Portuguese sources. A decorative border surrounds three sides: above are nine birds-eye views of the principal European cities including Tunis, Algiers, Alexandria, and Tangiers; flanking the map are ten costumed figures representing the national dress of various African inhabitants.This is the third state with the name changed in the cartouche from Guil:Janssonio to Guiljelmo Blaeu, and no text on the verso. The map would be incorporated into Blaeu's first atlas the Appendix in 1630. Later states with text on the verso would appear in all Blaeu's subsequent atlases. (1)

Savary des Brutons (Jacques). The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, Translated from the French of the Celebrated Monsieur Savary... With Large Additions and Improvements, Incorporated throughout the Whole Work; Which more Particularly Accomodate the same to the Trade and Navigation of these Kingdoms, and the Laws, Customs, and Usages, to which all Traders are Subject, by Malachy Postlethwayt, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, printed for John and Paul Knapton, 1751-55, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume I, titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, engraved vignette at head of dedication leaves, 24 folding engraved maps, folding tables, lacking text pages 409-420 & 597-612 in volume I, inksplashes to one index leaf, a few folding tables and Europe map at end of volume II, small wormtracks just in image of two South America maps, a couple of folding fore margins a little frayed, a few other marginal wormtracks or holes, light marginal toning to volume II title, a few light spots, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking, lacking most labels, rubbed and scuffed, folio ESTC N35479. First published in Paris in 1723. (2)

Schedel (Hartmann). Liber Chronicarum [Nuremberg Chronicle], 1st edition, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 12 July 1493, a fragment of 55 leaves only from this work, including 18 leaves of the index, and the double-page woodcut map at the end with colophon (map torn with various losses and repaired), numerous woodcut illustrations and portraits, four leaves with large circular excisions with professionally repaired, other repairs to margins and closed tears etc., some dust-soiling and ferw marks, 20th century quarter calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe (with receipt dated 25th Sept 1968), folio, leaf size 444 x 305 mm Provenance: Sotheby's 23 January 1968, Printed Books, lot 320, purchased by Kenneth Tomkinson for £30. (1)

Military. A large collection of modern military and WWII historical reference, including publications by Arms & Armour Press, Pen & Sword, Jane's, Alan Sutton, Blandford, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & a carton)

Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). Quality Street, by J.M. Barrie, 1901, 22 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, signed by the artist to limitation page, contemporary bookplate and inscription to front endpapers, some minor toning, original gilt-decorated vellum, boards and spine slightly marked, (limited edition 720/1000), together with The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, circa 1900, 25 tipped-in colour plates, some light spotting, original decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded, both large 8vo, together with Bland (Rosamund), Extracts from Nine Letters, The Starton Press, South Africa, 1952, original half black cloth to marbled boards, 8vo (edition limited to 300 copies), plus Hawthorne (Nathaniel), The Scarlet Letter, New York, 1928, colour woodblock illustrations, some minor spotting, original red quarter morocco, 8vo, (limited edition 926/980), plus other 19th and 20th-century illustrated and antiquarian literature, including E.J. Detmold, Randolph Caldecott, Kenneth Grahame, some decorative leather and cloth bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)

Evelyn (John). Sylva, Or a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majestie's Dominions... To which is Annexed Pomona... Also Kalendarium Hortense..., 3 parts in one, 1st edition, printed by Joseph Martyn and James Allestry, 1664, licence leaf (laid down), title printed in red and black with engraved armorial of the Royal Society, errata leaf at end, woodcut illustrations, extra inserted leaves headed 'Animadversion' and 'Sir Paul Neiles Second Paper' bound after C4 & F3 of Pomona respectively, bound without cancel leaf H1 of Kalendarium as usual, general title and a few leaves towards end with marginal repairs, some soiling and water stains, endpapers renewed, contemporary sheep, rebacked and repaired, folio Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Wing E3516. Provenance: Samuel Grover and Sir Henry Blount, signatures to title, with some marginal annotations in Latin by the latter. Sir Henry Blount (1602-1682) was a traveller and royalist soldier, and author of 'A Voyage into the Levant' (1636). The first official publication by the Royal Society. (1)

[Ripelin, Hugo, of Strasburg. Compendium theologicae veritatis, 1st edition, Nuremberg: J. Sensenschmidt, circa 1470-2], 44 leaves only (151 to the end), gothic letter, initial spaces usually left blank but a few initials supplied in red, paragraph marks, initial strokes and underlinings rubricated, without signatures, catchwords or foliation, some notes in a contemporary hand on the blank last leaf verso, book label of Ken Tomkinson detached from front pastedown, 19th-century boards, some soiling and wear, folio (327 x 234 mm) Undated, but apparently the first edition of this work sometimes attributed to Albertus Magnus. This volume contains the second table and the appendix only. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 13 June 1967, lot 446. Part of GW 596; Hain *432; Proctor 1951. (1)

Anselm (Saint). Opera et tractatus, Nuremberg: Caspar Hochfeder, 27 March 1491, 182 leaves, double column, gothic letter, 45 lines, blank foremargins at the beginning a little defective or weakened by damp, tear in folio 74, a little worming, a few scattered marginal ink notes [possibly by Melancthon], bookplate of Ken Tomkinson detached from front endpaper, contemporary quarter pigskin over oak boards, some edge wear to upper board, lacks clasp, folio (272 x 190 mm) First edition of this first book printed by Hochfeder. Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 7 February 1967, lot 312. Goff A-759; GW 2032; Hain *1134. (1)

Cudworth (Ralph). The true Intellectual System of the Universe: the first part [all published]; wherein, all the reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and its Impossibility Demonstrated, 1st edition, London: Richard Royston, 1673, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, small worm hole to blank fore-edge margin of initial leaves, hinges cracked, contemporary calf, rebacked, board corners worn, folio Wing C7471. (1)

Ficino (Marsilio). Theologia Platonica de immortalitate animorum, 1st edition, Florence: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, 7 November 1482, 317 leaves (including folio 9 blank), lacks final leaf of register, roman letter, 33 lines, initials and figures in red and blue, some blank for illumination, annotations in early hands, some spotting, old marginal dampstaining to later leaves, bookplates of Michael and Ken Tomkinson to front pastedown, top edge gilt, modern brown half morocco gilt by W.J. Mansell, patterned boards with matching endpapers, a little rubbed and spine slightly faded, small folio (282 x 213mm) Provenance: Sotheby's Tomkinson sale, 5 July 1922, lot 1402. The Platonic Theology is considered Ficino's philosophical masterpiece. Though theological in scope, the main concern of the work is to argue for the existence of an immortal human soul. Among Ficino's arguments are a revision of those made by Plato in the Phaedo. Ficino ascribes to the human soul a middle position in a five-part division of things: between God and angelic beings on the one side, and qualities and bodies on the other. Goff F157; GW 9881; Hain *7075; Proctor 6143. (1)

Cotgrave (Randle). A French and English Dictionary, with Another in English and French... Together with a Large Grammar... by James Howell, 2 parts in one, 1660, 2nd part title within elaborate woodcut border, scattered light spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, a little rubbed, some edge wear, folio Second revised edition by James Howell. The dictionary was first published in 1611 and the second edition with Robert Sherwood's English-French dictionary was published in 1632. (1)

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. [Opera] Dyonisii Celestis hierarchia, Eccliastica ierarchia, Divina nomina, Mystica theologia..., Dyonisii Divini hymni..., 2 parts in one, Strasbourg, [Georg Husner], in die Vitalis martyris [28 April] 1502, 2 parts in one, woodcut title page, text in double column, occasional woodcut illustrations, a few early ink marginal annotations, some scattered worm holes (not affecting legibility), light damp marking to fore-margins at centre of volume, and light waterstain to outer edges at front and rear, title with old ownership inscription to upper margin Ex Libris M.F. Gelasii Huber, and with early ink inscription to verso of front blank verso Duplum Bibliothecae Regiae Monacensis, modern antique-style blind-ruled dark brown pigskin (with endpapers renewed), folio Provenance: Formerly in the Royal Library Munich (now Bavarian State Libraries). Sold Sotheby's, Library of Solomon Pottesman, 15 October 1979, lot 128, where purchased by the current owner. A further volume of Dionysius's works was published by the same printer the following year (1503). (1)

Loredano (Giovanni Francesco). The Ascents of the Soul: Or, David's Mount Towards God's House, Being Paraphrases on the Fifteen Psalms of Degrees... Render'd into English [by Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine], 1665..., 1st edition, printed for A.G. and J.P. for Robert Harford, 1681, engraved allegorical frontispiece by William Faithorne of the translator in a pilgrim's habit, engraved headpieces of the author, bound with La Scala Santa: Or, a Scale of Devotions Musical and Gradual: Being Descants on the Fifteen Psalms of Degrees, in Metre: With Contemplations and Collects upon them, in Prose, 1670, [by Hugh Hare, 1st Baron Coleraine], printed by A. Godbid and J. Playford, 1681, engraved allegorical frontispiece, woodcut initials, several leaves with music scores, title of first work trimmed at top margin, small burnhole to D1 of first work and final leaf, one or two closed tears, some scattered spotting and toning, previous owner inscription at head of A2 'John Machin, 1714, the gift of my mother Mrs Eliz. Machin' (possibly John Machin, 1680-1751, professor of astronomy, Gresham College, London), further 19th century cut inscription 'E libris Carlotta Fuller' and 'William Dampier Jan 7. 1874. from his father' adhered and window mounted to front pastedown, endpapers renewed, near contemporary blindstamped calf, neatly rebacked, folio Wing L3065; L3069. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, Cambridge: Printed by John Baskerville, Printed to the University, 1763, general and New Testament titles and Apocrypha present, all edges gilt, contemporary blind panelled and decorated black crushed morocco, title label slightly worn to edges, large folio, sheet size 48 x 31.5cm (approximately 19 x 12.5 inches) Herbert 1146. A handsome example of this important edition. This edition 'has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen' (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries..., p.279). (1)

Lawes (Henry). The Second Book of Ayres, and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three Voyces, printed by T[homas] H[arper] for Jo[hn] Playford, 1655, a-b2, A-I2, LL2, LLL2, K-N2, title page supplied in facsimile a2 a cancel (with differing woodcut head-piece from the Ornament in the King's College Cambridge copy), with professional repair to extreme inner margin, large woodcut initial to a2, woodcut initial to each song, B1 substantially re-margined, without loss of text, A2 with repairs to lower corner with some letters replaced in facsimile, several other minor repairs to B1, B2 and other leaves, final leaf (N2) repaired to lower outer corner with some letterpress supplied in facsimile, publisher's list at foot of final leaf verso, occasional near-contemporary musical additions in brown ink, bookplate of Joseph Crawhall, Morpeth, engraved portrait of Edward Wenman Martin and pencil signature of Richard Border to front pastedown, and small library bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front endpaper modern antique-style quarter speckled calf gilt (endpapers replaced), folio Henry Lawes (1596-1662), the brother of William Lawes, was greatly admired in his own time as a prolific English songwriter of the Cavalier period. He became a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal in 1626, and a member of the King's Musick in 1631. He published three books of Ayres and Dialogues in 1653, 1655 and 1658. He also wrote the music for Milton's masque Comus, at the poet's request, first performed at Ludlow Castle on September 29, 1634. (1)

Stockport Plans of Chief Rents, Land and Building Plots in the Borough of Stockport, and the Townships of Marple, Handforth-cum-Bosden and Offerton, 1850, eight double page lithographic maps with contemporary outline colouring, ink blindstamp to margins and verso of maps, slight marginal dust and finger soiling, occasional splits to central folds, near contemporary ownership signature (which matches the name on the blindstamps) to front endpaper, contemporary cloth with printed title label to upper board, chipped and worn at extremities, slim upright folio (1)

Rolle (Richard). Speculum Spiritualiu[m]: in quo no solum de vita activa et co[n]templativa..., Paris: Wolfgang Hopyl, sumptibus Bretton (of London), 1510, gothic letter, double column, title with woodcut illustration in 5 compartments, large woodcut of the risen Christ on folio 208, smaller woodcut of the crucified Christ excised from first column of first leaf and paper neatly repaired without loss of text, some light rubrication in yellow, scattered old ink underlining and minor marginalia, bookplate of Michael Tomkinson to front pastedown, all edges gilt, modern blue morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to (237 x 173 mm) (1)

Hipkins (A.J.). Musical Instruments. Historic, Rare and Unique..., illustrated by a series of fifty plates in colour drawn by William Gibb, published Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1888, additional half title, fifty (complete) chromolithographic plates, occasional spotting, book plate of Herbert Standen to front pastedown, book plate from Exeter City Library to front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, folio Limited edition 1040. (1)

Howell (James). Lustra Ludovici, or the Life of the Late Victorious King of France, Lewis the XIII. (And of his Cardinall de Richelieu.), 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1646, title with woodcut vignette, oval engraved portrait of Charles II to leaf following leaf *2, a few repairs, occasional water stains and spotting, early annotations to title, bookplate, modern panelled calf, some fading to spine, folio, together with Epistolae Ho-Elianae. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren; Divided into Sundry Sections, Partly Historicaall, Politicall, Philosophical upon Emergent Occasions... With an Addition of a third volume of new Letters, 3 parts in one, 2nd edition, 1650, additional folding engraved title (close-trimmed and repaired at foot), lacking leaf A2 of second part, A2 dedication leaf of third part misbound before Index at end, a few leaves shaved affecting some pagination and a few letters, some light spotting, later calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, 8vo, plus Therologia. The Parly of Beasts; or Morphandra Queen of the Inchanted Island: Wherein Men were found, who being transmuted to Beasts, though proffer'd to be dis-inchanted and to becom Men again... the first tome [all published], 1st edition, 1660, engraved allegorical frontispiece (trimmed, repaired and laid down), lacking portrait of the author, some soiling and water stains, foot of frontispiece stained, a few blindstamps, later half calf, spine ends rubbed, small folio Wing H3092; H3072; H3119 respectively. (3)

Sidney (Sir Philip). The Countesse of Pembroke's Arcadia, 9th edition, 1638, title within ornate woodcut border, woodcut headpieces and initials, some light water stains and spotting, one or two closed tears, occasional scoring, underlining and marginalia, later calf, rebacked with original spine relaid, some edge wear, folio STC 22550. (1)

Fonseca (Charles de). Devout Contemplations expressed in Two and Fortie Sermons upon all ye Quadragesimall Gospells, written in Spanish by Fr. Ch. de Fonseca, English'd by J.M. of Magdelan Colledge in Oxford, printed by Adam Islip, 1629, engraved title (restrengthened to fore-edge), final two leaves of index torn with loss and repaired with blank paper, contemporary calf, modern reback, rubbed and some wear, folio, together with Farindon (Anthony), XXX. Sermons lately preached at the parish church of St. Mary Magdelan, Milkstreet, London. To which is annexed, a sermon preached at the funerall of Sir George Whitmore, Knight; sometime Lord Mayor of the City, printed for Richard Marriot, 1657, title printed in red and black, contents in clean condition, final leaf relined, 18th century half calf, gilt decorated spine, rubbed and some minor wear, folio, plus Otes (Samuel), An Explanation of the Generall Epistle of St. Jude. Delivered in One and Forty Sermons, by... Samuel Otes, Parson of Sowthreps in Norfolke, printed by Elizabeth Purslow for Nicholas Bourne, 1633, title relaid on modern paper, with minor loss, occasional to fore-margins, not affecting text, modern antique-style calf, all folio (3)

Folio Society. Liber Bestiarum, 2 vols., 2008, fine facsimile edition, all edges gilt, bound in original full terracotta Nigerian goatskin over bevelled boards by Brian Settle of Ludlow Bookbinders, blocked in gold and three colours, folio, with translation and commentary volume bound in dark blue cloth gilt, both volumes contained in dark blue cloth solander box with leather spine label Limited edition 75/1980. (1)

Beaumont (Joseph). Psyche: or Loves Mysterie in XX. Canto's: Displaying the Intercourse betwixt Christ and the Soule, 1st edition, George Boddington, 1648, title within typographical woodcut border, double column, errata to final leaf verso, some occasional slight soiling, lacks initial blank, hinges cracked and first two leaves detached, pastedowns lifted but present, contemporary panelled calf, heavily rubbed and slight wear to extremities, folio Wing B1625. (1)

Beaumont (Francis & Fletcher, John ). Fifty Comedies and Tragedies, Published by the Authors Original Copies, the Songs to Each Play Being Added, 2 parts in 1, 2nd collected edition, London: J. Macock, for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, 1679, without portrait frontispiece, title torn to edges and lower inner quarter with partial loss of imprint, neatly repaired and lined with tissue to both sides, leaf A1 torn to lower inner & upper outer corners, and also leaf B1 torn to lower margin with loss, both leaves repaired and lined to each side, final three leaves with few closed tears and also lined with tissue to both sides, occasional marks, generally in clean condition, 20th century professional antique style panelled speckled calf by R.L. Day, blind decoration to spine, folio Wing B1582. This edition includes the first folio appearance of 'The Two Noble Kinsmen', attributed to John Fletcher and William Shakespeare. The play was first published in quarto format in 1634. It was not included in the First Folio (1623) or any of the subsequent Folios of Shakespeare's works; nor was it included in the first folio of Beaumont and Fletcher's Works (1647). The dual attribution for the play is now generally accepted by scholarly consensus. This copy formerly belonged to the Rev. Ralph Sadleir, incumbent of Chelsea Old Church. The volume was damaged during WWII and later repaired by the Queen's binder at Windsor Castle. (1)

Whistler (Laurence). The Engraved Glass of, Cupid Press, 1952, signed by the artist to limitation page, 82 black and white illustrations plus frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, original gilt-decorated black cloth, 8vo, (limited edition 274/550), together with Blake (William, illustrator), Poems, by Mr Gray, facsimile edition, 1972, colour plates, original blue cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and other modern art and craft reference, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 cartons)

Smirke (Robert, illustrator). The Arabian Nights, in five volumes, translated by The Reverend Edward Forster, volumes 1-5, 1802, numerous black and white plates, all edges gilt, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt-decorated calf, boards slightly rubbed, spines faded and rubbed with some missing labels and loss to head and foot, 4to, together with Palin (Ralph), Observations on the Influence of Habits and Manners... Human Race..., printed for T. Hookham, 1822, some slight spotting and offsetting, contemporary gilt-decorated half calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Moubray (Bonington), A Practical Treatise... Domestic Poultry, Pheasants, Pigeons, and Rabbits..., 4th edition, 1822, hand-coloured frontispiece, some light spotting, bookplate to rear pastedown, contemporary full calf, boards slightly marked, spine rubbed with minor loss to head, 8vo, plus other 19th-century literature and theological reference, including Holy Bibles and Book of Common Prayer, mostly leather bindings, condition is generally good, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)

Folio Society. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, by Victor Hugo, 1998, Wind, Sand and Stars, by Antoine de Saint-Exup‚ry, 1990, The Father Brown Stories, volumes 1 & 2, by G.K. Chesterton, 1996, Legends of King Arthur, volumes 1-3, 2003, Sagittarius Rising, by Cecil Lewis, 1998, Under Milk Wood, by Dylan Thomas, 1997, together with 37 further volumes, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (46)

[Pope, Alexander]. An Essay on Man. In Epistles to a Friend, Corrected by the Author, Epistles I-IV, 1st edition, printed for J. Wilford, [1733], half titles for Epistles II & III only (Rothschild 1615, Epistle I 3rd variant printing), bound with 11 other works: Of the Use of Riches, and Epistle to the Right Honourable Allen Lord Bathurst, 2nd edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1605 for the first edition); An Epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr. Arbuthnot, 1st edition, 1734 (Rothschild 1623); An Epistle to the Right Honourable Richard Lord Vict. Cobham, 1st edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1611); Of the Characters of Women: An Epistle to a Lady, 1st edition, 1st issue, 1735 (Rothschild 1624); The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated in a Dialogue between Alexander Pope, of Twickenham in Com. Midd. Esq; on the one Part, and his Learned Council on the other, 1st edition, 1733 (Rothschild 1608); The Sixth Epistle of the First Book of Horace Imitated, 1st edition, 1737 (Rothschild 1638); One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight. A Dialogue Something like Horace, 1st edition, 1st issue, [1738] (Rothschild 1642); On Poetry: A Rapsody. Printed at Dublin, and Re-printed at London [by Jonathan Swift], 1733; An Essay on Reason [by Walter Harte], 1st edition, 1735; The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle of Mr. Pope's on that Subject. By the Author of the Art of Politicks [by James Bramston], 1st edition, 1733; Bellus Homo et Academicus. Recitarunt in Theatro Sheldoniano apud Comitia Oxoniensia MDCCXXXIII... [by William Hasledine], 1733 some occasional light soiling and toning, one or two closed tears, previous owner signatures, manuscript list at front, bookplates, contemporary vellum, a little soiled, folio (1)

9 Folio editions, various subjects and 19 volumes by The Rev W.Awdry

Collection of various folio society editions, including P.G Wodehouse, Evelyn Waugh etc. (12)

Old England' in 2 volumes Metropole London, London - World city and a Folio edition 'The Grand Tour' (5)

A box of various Folio Society books, including: Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels; My Life by Thomas Bewick; Robinson Crusoe; and Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe; etc.

Old folio of printed maps titled 'London & North East Railway (Filey Camp Branch)', 'Plan & Sections 1945'.

DARLEY G, John Soane - An Accidental Romantic, 1999, together with three others on Sir John Soane and ten folio society editions, (14).

A George III strung and crossbanded mahogany partners' desk,the tooled leather top over nine drawers with original brass handles, the reverse with three frieze drawers over two panelled doors enclosing folio divisions, bears paper label 'Sir Gordon Cumming Bt., Altyre, Forres',183cm wide103cm deep77cm high

FINDEN, EDWARD: THE BEAUTIES OF MOORE, London, 1846, half-leather, folio - plus one other.

INTERESTING COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS COMMENTARIES FROM 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES: Thomas Aquinas - Ordinis Praedicatorum Ennarationes Quas Catenam Vere Auream Dicunt in Quatuor (Paris 1711); Johannes Wiggers - Diui Aquinatis Commentaria (Louvain 1631); Daniel Whitby - Paraphrase and Commentary on the New Testament (London 1744); A Critical and Practical Exposition of the Pentateuch … to which are subjoined two Dissertations, the first on the Mosaic History of the Creation, the other the Destruction of the Seven Nations of Canaan (London 1748); Prospero Fagnani Commentaria Decretalium (Cologne 1681); Flavius Josephus - Quae Reperiri Potuerunt (Oxford 1720); Justinus - Philosophi & Martyris Apologiae Duae et Dialogus cum Tryphone Judaeo (London 1722); Gaspard Juenin - Commentarius Historicus et Dogmaticus de Sacramentis in genere et specie (Venice 1740) All single volumes. Folio. General wear to boards/spines. (8).

STATUTES OF IRELAND 1736 & 1801 (Grierson, Dublin), folio, later binding (2).

BRANDON, RAPHAEL & J. ARTHUR - AN ANALYSIS OF GOTHICK ARCHITECTURE, , London 1849, 2 vols, folio Numerous Plates and Illustrations. Binding in poor condition.

VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, latter half of the nineteenth century, approx. 60 vols, folio, uniform red cloth binding.

ATKINS, JOHN TRACY - Reports Of Cases Argued And Determined In The High Court of Chancery In The Time Of Lord Chancellor Hardwicke, London 1768 (2 Vols Only), Folio, Full Leather; Also: Statutes Of The United Parliaments, Dublin 1814, 1815, 1821, 1827; , and two similar 1881 and 1882 (8).

BRITISH PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS, IUP, 85 vols, folio. Mostly regarding African Colonies.

THE SESSIONAL PAPERS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, 50 vols, folio, quarter-cloth and paper on boards. Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

PAPERS OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, various years in the second half of the nineteenth century, 20 vols, folio, cloth.

A folio of loose oils and watercolours, mainly landscapes and boats, by John Godfrey