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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 66

Thoroton (Robert). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, 1st edition, 1677, imprimatur leaf, title printed in red and black, eight plates of coats-of-arms, engraved slip with eight coats-of-arms, engraved double page map, 16 engraved plates and plans, most double page (one plate, Woolaton Hall with one fold rebacked), a occasional light soiling, a couple of small burn holes in text, armorial bookplate of George Follet to title verso, another bookplate of William Allesley, later panelled calf, rebacked, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio Wing T1063. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 7

Bauer (Paul). Himalayan Quest. The German Expeditions to Siniolchum and Nanga Parbar, translated from the German by E. G. Hall, 1st edition in English, Nicholson and Waton Limited, 1938, numerous photographic plates, edges spotted, original red cloth, dust jacket tape-repaired, 4to, together with: Tilman (Harold William), Mount Everest, 1938, 1st edition, Cambridge: University Press, 1948, photographic plates, spotting to edges and endpapers, bookplate to front free endpaper, original brown cloth, dust jacket, 8vo; Herrligkoffer (Karl M.) Nanga Parbat, incorporating the Official Report of the Expedition of 1953, 1st edition in English, Elek Books, 1954, photographic plates (colour and half-tone), spotting to edges, original light blue-green cloth, dust jacket spotted, 8vo; Izzard (Ralph), The Innocent on Everest, Hodder and Stoughton, 1954, photographic plates, spotting to edges, original boards, dust jacket with minor fraying to extremities, 8vo; Buhl (Hermann), Nanga Parbat Pilgrimage, 1st edition in English, Hodder and Stoughton, 1956, photographic plates, original blue cloth, dust jacket, 8vo; and 22 others, all mid-20th-century Himalayan mountaineering titles in dust jackets, 8vo Neate B60, T44, H73, I122, B210. (27)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 71

Hassell (John). Tour of the Grand Junction, Illustrated in a Series of Engravings... of Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, through which the Canal passes, 1st edition, London: J.Hassell, 1819, 24 uncoloured aquatint plates, occasional light spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, slightly worn to extremities, 8vo Abbey Scenery 30; Tooley 252. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 93

Amuchastegui (Axel). Some Birds and Mammals of Nortn America, Tryon Gallery, 1971, 16 colour plates, top edge gilt, glassine wrapper, slipcase (a little rubbed), folio, limited edition of 505, this copy inscribed 'file copy only, ex series', together with Some Birds and Mammals of South America, by Axel Amuchastegu, Tryon Gallery in Association with George Rainbird, 1966, 16 colour plates, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed boards (spine ends rubbed), glassine wrapper (closed tear), folio, limited edition of 300, this copy inscribed 'ex series, publishers personal copy', signed by George Rainbird, plus Flora Superba, by Paul Jones. Selected and Painted by the artist, text by Wilfred Blunt, foreword by Sir George Taylor, Tryon Gallery, 1971, 16 colour plates, top edge gilt, original blue cloth (a few light mottled marks), folio, limited edition of406, this copy inscribed 'file copy only, ex series, B set', signed by the artist (3)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 95

Bolton (James). Filices Britannicae; An History of the British Proper Ferns. With Plain and Accurate Descriptions and New Figures of all the Species and Varieties, part 1 only, John Binns, Leeds, [1785], 31 hand-coloured engraved plates, errata leaf trimmed and pasted to final leaf verso a little light soiling, contemporary half calf, edges lightly rubbed, 4to Henrey 464. Part 2 was published in Huddersfield in 1790. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 98

Daniel (William Barker). Rural Sports, 3 volumes (including Supplement) in 4, 1st editions, Bunny & Gold [ ... by the Philanthropic Society for the Compiler ... B. & R. Crosby & Co.], 1801-13, engraved title page to each volume, 67 engraved plates (many folding) including portrait frontispiece to Supplement, 1 folding aquatint plate, light spotting, frontispiece to volume 2 part 2 misbound to face volume 2 part 1 p. 305, bookplates, contemporary diced half russia, some minor wear to gilt spines, joints superficially cracked but firm, large 8vo in 4s, together with: Hawker (Peter), Instructions to Young Sportsmen ... the second edition, with explanatory plates, considerably enlarged and improved, printed for R. Hunter, 1816, hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece, 5 engraved plates (spotted and damp-stained), later red half morocco, large 8vo; Baker (Sir Samuel W.), Wild Beasts and their Ways, Reminiscenes of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Macillan and Co., 1890, 27 wood-engraved plates including frontispieces, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary red half morocco, 8vo, and 8 other 19th-century field sports titles including Strutt's Sports and Pastimes (new edition, 1831), leather-bound, 8vo (15)

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Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 100

A LARGE QUANTITY OF NEW LIGHT UP NAME TAG KEY RINGS

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Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 208

A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE GLASS LIGHT SHADES TOGETHER WITH A LIGHT FITTING

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Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 633

TWO TRAYS OF LIGHT SWITCHES

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 102

An early 20thC polished jade necklace, set with light green uniform beads with central fancy clasp in two strands, plain stringing, 52cm wide. (boxed)

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 198

Various souvenir crested china, to include a Truck Of Coal From Skegness Willow Art, 7cm high, another similar, Goss large Roman ewer, Bildeston Carlton sundial, light house hair pot, Whitby Abbey, The Bolton Trotter with J Reed bookseller mark verso, etc. (a quantity)

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 306

A set of six (4+2) light beech dining chairs, each with baluster backs, shaped seats, ring turned supports joined by H stretchers, each carver approximately 91cm high. (6)

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 323

A light Ercol three seater cottage settee, with floral cushions on block supports, 188cm wide.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 342

An Edwardian style light wood single door wardrobe, the central glass flanked by oval columns surmounted by a (removable) cornice, with single drawer beneath, 199cm H, 98cm W, 45cm D.

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Golding Young & Mawer
Lot 363

An Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire light infantry embroidery, 40cm x 29cm.

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Warren & Wignall
Lot 436

A large iridescent light fitting, diam. 22.5cm.

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Warren & Wignall
Lot 66

A retro 1950s light oak and red coffee table, length 89cm.

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Halls Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 166

An Orrefors glass bowl mid-late 20th century, the bowl inscribed with the verse 'To those believers, those who care to trust that light is truth and only earth is dust Here there and everywhere are sea and sky, and singing birds through rainbows flying high The grey which looms before the fall of night is doubting compromise of fading light For here and there despondency abounds until with dawn of truth, the trumpet sounds' together with three heraldic emblems, base etched with factory mark and numbered '4042 - 431' 29cm diameter

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Lot 200

A collection of glass paperweights to include a tall Victorian green glass dumps, an example inset with a Durham Light Infantry badge and Caithness 'Fireball', and a green lamp base, together with drinking glasses, a Bristol blue glass apothecary bottle, decanter lacking stopper and further glassware (quantity, some damages)

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Halls Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 268

Two trays of bakelite light fittings, ash tray, 1937 coronation bowl and cover, thermometer, hairdryer, fruit bowl, door knob, dynamo friction torch etc

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Lot 277

A box containing a selection of cameras to include an Agfold, a Halina Paulette electric, a Paxette, Kodak folding camera, another folding camera, opera glasses and a light meter and pamphlet

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Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 785

AN EDWARDIAN LIGHT OAK CHEST OF FIVE DRAWERS H 108 W 106 cm

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Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Lot 815

A 19TH CENTURY LIGHT OAK HALL CHAIR

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Halls Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 309

6 boxed Dublo Dinky Toys, 061 Ford Prefect in light tan, 062 Suyer Roadster in orange with red interior, 067 Austin Taxi in blue and cream, 2 x 069 blue Massey - Harris Ferguson Tractors, 076 Lassing-Baynall Tractor and Trailer in British Rail maroon, all in original condition and boxed. Taxi box marked 'love from Elizabeth xxx on underside'

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Halls Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 310

12 x Dinky Military; Tanks, Trucks and Guns, 2 x No. 152 Light Tanks, No. 151 Medium Tank (Damaged gun), NO. 161 AA Gun on Trailer and 6 wheels search light Truck, 2 x No. 151 6 wheeled Army Truck, NO. 152b Reconnaisance Car with black base, No. 162 Field Gun, NO. 162 Light Dragon Ractor, No. 151d Water Tanker Trailer and Dinky Petrol Tanker 2.5 series Army 'pool' (repaint) (12)

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Halls Fine Art Auctioneers
Lot 315

A replica 1920s Golden Mohair Teddy Bear, 48cm, black glass eyes, wood wool filling, stitched nose, fully jointed, pronounced clipped muzzle, hump back, 19"/48cm. Pre-war Light Golden Mohair Bear with orange and black eyes, jointed, play worn/repaired, wood wool filling, 18.5"/47cm. (2)

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Lot 36

BARRIE, Sir James, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. 4to, new edition (1912), with 50 tipped in colour plates, by Arthur Rackham. Green cloth gilt, top edge gilt, light fading to spine

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 101

Goldsmith (Oliver). A History of the Earth and Animated Nature ... to which is subjoined an appendix ... by Thomas Brown, 5 volumes, Glasgow: A. Fullarton and Co., 1833, engraved frontispiece, additional engraved title pages to volumes 1-4, 109 mainly zoological aquatint plates (1 folding), light spotting and browning, bookplates of Susan, Countess of Southesk (1837-1915) and P. Margaret Smith, bound green silk page-markers, inner dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt for W. White of 24 Pall Mall, light rubbing to extremities, spines very slightly faded, large 12mo (16.4 x 10 cm) (5)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 102

Hooker (William Jackson). A Century of Orchidaceous Plants Selected from Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1849, 100 hand-coloured lithographed plates by and after W.H. Fitch, 14 page catalogue at end, occasional light marginal toning and spotting (plates generally clean), presentation inscription 1988, to front endpaper, top edge gilt, contemporary burgundy half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, 4to Great Flower Books 1990, page 103; Nissen BBI 918. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 103

Jerrard (Paul). Gems for the Drawing Room, 4 volumes, 1st editions, Paul Jerrard, 1852, comprising: Fruit and Flowers [Book 1]; Fruit and Flowers [Book 2]; British Birds; The Humming Bird Keepsake, A Book of Bird Beauty; 48 hand-coloured lithographic plates with text printed in gold to rectos and versos, title page and advertisement leaf to each volume printed in gold, spotting to endpapers and title pages, very light offsetting to volumes 1 and 2, volumes 3 and 4 with variable spotting, soiling and toning and a few marginal nicks, all volumes with gutta percha perished as usual, the leaves loose in original cloth bindings with pictorial chromolithographic onlays to front boards, slightly soiled, imperial 4to (36.6 x 26 cm) An uncommon complete set. Jerrard's advertisement boasts that 'While each Book is distinct and complete in itself, the whole contained in Four Books forms a highly-diversified collection, calculated to afford delight to all who can appreciate the beautiful in Nature'. (4)

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Lot 104

Jerrard (Paul). Gatherings from the Orchard, 1st edition, Paul Jerrard, c.1852, 12 hand-coloured lithographic plates with text rectos and versos printed in gold, title page and advertisement leaf printed in gold, a little light soiling, a few marginal nicks to first plate, gutta percha perished as usual and leaves loose in original cream cloth binding, chromolithographic pictorial onlay to front board with small chip in inner edge, slightly soiled, imperial 4to (36.5 x 27 cm) (1)

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Lot 107

Loudon (Jane Webb). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals, 1st edition, William Smith, 1840, 48 coloured lithographic plates, many heightened in gum arabic, tissue guards, very mild spotting to a few plates, plate 2 tissue guard lacking, all edges gilt, later green full morocco, joints and extremities worn, 4to (27 x 20.6 cm), together with Ibid., British Wild Flowers, 2nd edition, William S. Orr & Co., [1855], 60 coloured lithographic plates, variable spotting to occasionally, light spotting to a few plates, top edge gilt, later green half morocco for Bumpus, spine sunned, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to (29.4 x 22.6 cm) Nissen BBI 1235 & 1233. (2)

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Lot 113

Maxwell (Sir Herbert, ed.). Fishing at Home & Abroad, 1913, photogravure, colour and black & white plates, occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown morocco gilt, rubbed and some wear to extremities, upper board marked and scuffed, large 4to (limited edition 65/750), together with Maxwell (Sir Herbert), Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club 1822-1908, Edward Arnold, 1908, black & white portrait frontispiece and plates, light scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original green cloth, light marks and fading, 4to, with Further Chronicles of the Houghton Fishing Club, 1908-1931, edited by R.P. Page, 1932, black & white portrait frontispiece and plates, top edge gilt remainder untrimmed, original green cloth, light damp fading to lower outer corners of boards, 4to, and Flowers, a Garden Note Book with Suggestions for Growing the Choicest Kinds, Glasgow: Maclehose, Jackson & Co., 1923, 12 colour plates, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown quarter morocco gilt, 4to (limited 183/200 printed on handmade paper) (4)

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Lot 122

Wright (Lewis). The Illustrated Book of Poultry, with Practical Schedules for Judging, constructed from Actual Analysis of the Best Modern Decisions, new edition, revised throughout, Cassell & Company, Limited, 1890, 50 chromolithographic plates after Ludlow, tissue-guards, wood-engravings in the text, light spotting to plate margins, contemporary red half morocco, light wear to board-edges, 4to (27 x 20.5 cm), together with Fulton (Robert), The Illustrated Book of Pigeons, with Standards for Judging, edited by Lewis Wright, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1883 or later], 50 chromolithographic plates after Ludlow, tissue-guards, wood-engravings in the text, near-contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper verso, all edges gilt, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, spine rubbed, very short nick to head of front joint, tips worn, 4to, and Blakston (W. A., & others), The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign, Cassell & Company, Limited, [1883 or later], 56 chromolithographic plates, some with tissue guards absent or laid in, endpapers browned, occasional light spotting, stitching slightly strained in middle of text-block, original pictorial red cloth gilt, a little wear to extremities, 4to Cf. Nissen IVB 1022 (Wright), ZBI 1462 (Fulton), IVB 108 (Blakston). Wright's work was a great success on its original parts publication in 1872-3, and Fulton's Illustrated Book of Pigeons was originally issued as a companion volume, in parts, between 1874 and 1876, while Blakston's work was issued in parts between 1877 and 1880. In 1883 publishers Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Company became Cassell & Company, Limited, suggesting a publication date of 1883 or later for these editions of Fulton and Blakston. (3)

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Lot 123

Yarrell (William). A History of British Birds, 5 volumes (including the 2 supplements) in 3, 1st edition, John van Voorst, [1837]-56, half-titles, numerous wood-engravings in the text, autograph letter signed from Yarrell to Lambert Blackwell Larking (single bifolium, dated 23 June 1843, creased where folded) tipped to volume 1 initial blank, frequent contemporary marginalia in at least 2 different hands, including lengthy notes probably by Larking to volume 1 pp. 149 (dated 1851), 204-5 (dated 1862), and 276 (dated 1861), a lengthy note signed JWL to volume 1 p. 383 (see below), and numerous cross-references to illustrations, indexes added to rear blanks and free endpapers in a contemporary calligraphic hand, bookplates of John Wingfield Larking to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, others untrimmed, near-contemporary tan calf, richly gilt spines, twin morocco labels, spines slightly faded, extremities slightly rubbed, light mottling to sides, 8vo (21.9 x 13.7 cm) Freeman 4177; Nissen IVB 1049. With an autograph letter signed from Yarrell presenting the first three volumes to Lambert Blackwell Larking (1797-1868), vicar of Ryarsh in Kent (the two supplements were published later). Yarrell advises Larking 'not to have them permanently bound for a twelvemonth, by which time the impressions [of the wood-engravings] will have become hard', and acknowledges receipt of some shell specimens. Larking is mentioned at volume 3 p. 132 as the source of a 'Polish Swan' which Yarrell exhibited at the Zoological Society. The first volume contains what appear to be Larking's annotations describing various bird sightings, including one (pp. 204-5) at 'the Roughets', a woodland in his village of Ryarsh. Another annotation describing a sighting in Sicily is signed 'JWL', that is, Larking's son John Wingfield Ryarsh (1801-1891), sometime British consul in Alexandria. (3)

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Lot 124

Bagnall (James E.). The Flora of Warwickshire, London & Birmingham, 1891, folding map contained in rear pocket, original cloth, a few light dampstains to lowetr cover, 8vo, together with The Flora of Berkshire, by George Claridge Druce, Oxford, 1897, folding map contained in rear pocket, previous owner signature, original blue cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed at foot, 8vo, plus The Flora of Dorsetshire, by John Clavell Mansel-Pleydell, 2nd edition, Dorchester, 1895, two folding maps, one or two light spots, original cloth gilt, a couple of light stains, 8vo, with other floras including George Druce's The Flora of Buckinghamshire, 1926 (with a letter from the author; Wilfred Blunt's copy), John Amphlett & Carleton Rea's The Botany of Worcestershire, 1909, W. Keble Martin & Gordon Fraser's Flora of Devon, 1939 and Donald Grose's The Flora of Wiltshire, 1957 (13)

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Lot 125

Baxter (William). British Phaenogamous Botany; or, Figures and Descriptions of the Genera of British Flowering Plants, 6 volumes, 2nd edition, Oxford, 1834-43, 509 hand-coloured engraved plates, a little light offsetting and spotting, mainly to text, original green cloth, volume VI sometime rebacked, spines faded, 8vo Nissen BBI 107. (6)

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Lot 13

Cellarius (Christopher). Geographia Antiqua: Being a Complete Set of Maps of Antient Geography, 1793, 33 double-page engraved maps, each with manuscript number to verso, some light spotting and soiling, previous owner stamp to front endpaper (detaching), bookplate partly removed from front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, some wear to spine and edges, 4to, together with An Atlas of Ancient Geography, by Samuel Butler, 1822, engraved outline map, engraved title and 20 double-page maps, most with outline colour, some light offsetting and spotting, front hinge broken, contemporary half calf, rebacked, lower joint splitting, edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Theodor Menke's Orbis Antiqui Descriptio, 2nd edition, 1855 (3)

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Lot 131

Dillenius (Johann Jakob). Historia Muscorum; in qua circiter Sexcentae Species veteres et novae ad sua Genera Relatae Describuntur, Edinburgh, 1811, 85 engraved plates, some light spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, spine rubbed with some wear at ends and corners, 4to, together with Muscologia Recentiorum, by Samuel Elis‚e von Bridel, volumes I & II parts I & II only (of 3), 3 volumes, Gotha & Paris, 1797-1801, 12 folding engraved plates, some spotting and soiling, modern half calf (spines faded), 4to, plus five others related, supplements, part works etc (9)

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Lot 132

Dillenius (Johann Jakob). Catalogus Plantarum sponte circa Gissam Nascentium. Cum Appendice, qua Plantae post editum Catalogum, circa & extra Gissam observatae recensentur, Johann Maximilian von Sande, Frankfurt, 1719, engraved map frontispiece, 16 engraved plates, a little light toning, contemporary annotations at front, previous owner inscription of John Innys, 1769, Redland Court, Gloucestershire, armorial bookplate of George Weare Braikenridge, Gloucestershire County Library ink stamp to front pastedown, contemporary calf gilt, manuscript author name to spine label, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo Nissen BBI 490; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 1470. Second edition (first published in Frankfurt in 1718) and the first with the appendix, of Dillenius's flora on the area around Giessen in Germany. Bibliographically confusing with Nissen calling for 18 plates, Stafleu & Cowan calling for 16. Presentation copy, inscribed at foot of title: "Gift of the author to Littleton Brown, M.A., F.R.S.". Brown is mentioned by Dillenius in his Historia Muscorum, and assisted him by gathering specimens in Wales, Herefordshire and Shropshire. Interesting provenance with John Innys (died 1778), a London bookseller, who formed a publishing partnership with his brother William before later moving to Redland Court in Bristol. George Weare Braikenridge (1775-1856) was an English antiquarian, who purchased Broomwell House in Brislington, Bristol in 1823 where he amassed the important Braikenridge Collection of Bristol related history and topography. The collection is mostly now held at the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol Central Library and Bristol Archives. (1)

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Lot 134

Dillenius (Johann Jakob). Historia Muscorum: A General History of Land and Water , &c. Mosses and Corals, 1768, 85 engraved plates, some toning and light offsetting to text, bookplate, contemporary calf gilt, modern calf reback, some light edge wear, 4to Henrey 642; Nissen BBI 491. (1)

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Lot 135

Dillenius (Johann Jakob). Historia Muscorum: A General History of Land and Water, &c. Mosses and Corals, 1768, 85 engraved plates, a little light toning to text, small previous owner stamp of William T. Doyle at head of title, contemporary calf gilt, joints cracking head and foot, light corner and edge wear, 4to Henrey 642; Nissen BBI 491. 2nd re-issue of the original edition of 1741. (1)

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Lot 136

Dillwyn (Lewis Weston). British Confervae; or Colored Figures and Descriptions of the British Plants Referred by Botanists to the Genus Conferva, 1st edition, 1809, 116 colour printed hand-finished engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and soiling, a few library ink stamps, hinges reinforced, later morocco-backed library boards, spine faded to brown with shelf number in gilt to foot, a little rubbed, 4to Nissen BBI 493. (1)

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Lot 137

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis). Des Semis et Plantations des Arbres, et de Leur Culture; ou m‚thodes pour multiplier et ‚lever les arbres, les planter en massiss & en avenues; former les forˆts & les bois; les entretenir, & r‚tablir ceaux qui sont d‚grad‚s: faisant partie du trait‚ complet des bois & des forˆts, 1st edition, Paris, 1760, half title, 17 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling, bookplate of Joseph Bonnardel Fils, contemporary mottled calf gilt, joints cracking head and foot, a little rubbed with some worming to cover extremities, 4to Nissen BBI 545. (1)

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Lot 138

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis). La Physique des Arbres; o— il est trait‚ de l'anatomie des Plantes et de l'conomie V‚g‚tale: Pour servir d'Introduction au trait‚ complet des Bois & des Forests, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris, 1758, half titles, 50 folding engraved plates, pages 161-168 with marginal repair at gutter (not affecting text), a little light soiling and some light toning to a few plates, armorial bookplates, contemporary calf, spines a little rubbed with small volume II number label lacking, some light edge wear and stains, 4to Nissen BBI 542. Provenance: Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (1761-1827), East India Company soldier and Governor of Madras from 1819. (2)

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Lot 139

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis). De l'Exploitation des Bois, ou moyens de tirer un parti avantageux des taillis, demi-futaies et hautes-futaies, et d'en faire une juste estimation: Avec la description des arts qui se pratiquent dans les forˆts: Faisant partie du trait‚ complet des bois & des forests, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Paris, 1764, half titles, 36 folding engraved plates, occasional light soiling, armorial bookplates, contemporary calf, spines a little rubbed, 4to Kress 6173. Provenance: Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (1761-1827), East India Company soldier and Governor of Madras from 1819. Duhamel du Monceau's work on all aspects of forestry management, intended for forestry estate owners. (2)

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Lot 143

Gardiner (William). Twenty Lessons on British Mosses; or first steps to a knowledge of that beautiful tribe of plants, 2nd edition, with enlargements, Edinburgh, 1846, 50 pages, some with mounted moss specimens, stitching broken, contents loose, some toning and offsetting, previous owner letter (torn in half) and inscription to title, bookplate, original blindstamped cloth, lacking spine, covers detached, 8vo, together with Twenty Lessons on British Mosses. Second Series, 1849, mounted moss specimens, some offsetting and spotting, contents detached, bookplate, previous owner inscription of Lady Huggins (1848-1915, scientist and astronomer), original cloth, spine defective, covers detached, 8vo, plus Hepaticae Britannicae; or Pocket Herbarium of British Hepaticae; named and arranged according to the most improved system, by William Graham McIvor, 1st edition, New Brentford, 1847, 18 leaves with 132 mounted specimens in 136 spaces, each with printed captions, plus two extra mounted specimens at end in first Appendix leaf, with manuscript caption (copies have varying numbers of specimens according to availability of rare specimens at the time), some light offsetting, original boards, spine faded, light spotting, 8vo Freeman 1300; 1302 & 2048 respectively. (3)

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Lot 145

Godfrey (Colonel M.J.). Monograph & Iconograph of Native British Orchidaceae, Cambridge CUP, 1933, 57 chromolithographed plates after Hilda M. Godfrey, top edge gilt, original cloth, dust jacket, spine and edges a little rubbed, 4to, together with Notes on Tulip Species, by the Late W.R. Dykes, M.A., 1930, 54 colour plates, some light spotting, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, 4to, plus A Study of the Genus Paeonia, by F.C. Stern, 1946, 15 colour plates, illustrations, top edge gilt, original blue cloth gilt, 4to, with two others: Amir Hamzah & Moehamad Toha's The Mountain Flora of Java, 1972 and Valentine & Jean Paton's Magnolias in Cornish Gardens, 2001, signed limited edition of 500 (2 copies) (6)

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Lot 148

[Hayes, Samuel]. A Practical Treatise on Planting; and Management of Woods and Coppices, 3rd edition, 1822, engraved title, five engraved plates, engraved vignettes, occasional minor spotting, modern half calf, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with Remarks on Forest Scenery, and other Woodland Views, (relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty) Illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire, by William Gilpin, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1791, half titles, folding map, 31 plates, some offsetting and marginal damp stains, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, spine darkened with chips to labels, 8vo, plus The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods..., by William Cobbett, 1st edition, 1825, illustration, advertisement leaf at end, a little light spotting, front hinge broken, previous owner signature, original cloth-backed boards, spine faded with small tears and chips, 8vo (4)

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Lot 149

Hedwig (Johann). Theoria Generationis et Fructificationis Plantarum Cryptogamicarum Linnaei, 1st edition, St. Petersburg, 1784, 37 hand-coloured engraved plates by J.S. Capieux after Hedwig, errata leaf, a few text leaves with small areas of worming at head of gutters, a little light spotting, mainly to text, modern green half morocco, 4to Nissen BBI 832. One of Hedwig's most important works on bryology which describes his theory of the generation of mosses, liverworts and mushrooms. (1)

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Lot 150

Hedwig (Johann). Fundamentum Historiae Naturalis Muscorum Frondosorum concernens Eorum Flores, Fructus, Seminalem Propagationem adiecta Generum Dispositione Methodica Iconibus Illustratis, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Leipzig, 1782, 20 folding hand-coloured engraved plates by J.S. Capieux after Hedwig, a little minor spotting to plates, light spotting and toning to text, small ink stamp to verso of final plate and rear endpaper small section excised at foot of rear endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, small tear at head of spine, a little rubbed, 4to Nissen BBI 827. Hedwig's second major work on the reproduction of mosses. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 152

Hedwig (Johann). Species Muscorum Frondosorum... Opus Posthumum editum a Friderico Schwaegrichen, 1st edition, Leipzig, 1801, 77 hand-coloured engraved plates, additional page 353 present, some light spotting and soiling, mainly to text, occasional annotations, bookplate removed from front endpaper, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, large paper copy, together with Species Muscorum Frondosorum... Supplementum Primum & Supplementum Secundum, 3 volumes only, Leipzig, 1811-23, 126 hand-coloured engraved plates, light toning to plates in Supplementum Primum volume II, light spotting to text, bookplates of the Earl of Aylesford, contemporary calf first two volumes rebacked, second supplement joints cracking, spine and edges rubbed, 4to Nissen BBI 830 & 831. The complete supplements to Hedwig's Species Muscorum were published from 1811-42 in seven volumes, with a total of 326 plates. (4)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 153

Hedwig (Johann). Species Muscorum Frondosorum... Opus Posthumum editum a Friderico Schwaegrichen, 1st edition, Leipzig, 1801, 77 hand-coloured engraved plates, occasional ink and pencil annotations and marginalia, some light spotting and toning to text, bookplate (relaid) and owner inscription of William Borrer, Henfield, Sussex, front hinge reinforced, modern half calf gilt, 4to Nissen BBI 830. Provenance: William Borrer (1781-1862), his copy with most likely his annotations. Borrer was an esteemed English botanist, who contributed much of his extensive knowledge of British plants to many botanical works of the period and pioneered British Lichenology, culminating in his 'Specimen of a Lichenographia Brittanica' in 1839, along with Dawson Turner. (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 154

Hedwig (Johann). Descriptio et Adumbratio Microscopico-Analytica Muscorum Frondosorum, volumes I & III-IV only (of 4) in two volumes, 1st edition, Leipzig, 1787 & 1791-97, volume I title with large engraved vignette, half title for volume III, 120 hand-coloured engraved plates, some light spotting and offsetting, mainly to text, previous owner signature of C.M. Maynard at head of volume III title and endpaper, owner ink stamp of Dawson Turner to volumes III & IV title versos, endpapers renewed, volume I in modern green half morocco, volumes III & IV in contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio Provenance: Dawson Turner (1775-1858), English botanist and antiquary, father-in-law of Sir William Jackson Hooker and Sir Francis Palgrave. Nissen BBI 826. The full work was published in four volumes from 1787-97 with 160 plates, noted for their accuracy from repeated observations and the skillful use of the compound microscope. (2)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 155

Hedwig (Johann). Belehrung die Pflanzen zu Trocknen, zu ordnen und nach dem Linne'zu untersuchen, fur junge Botaniker, 2nd improved edition, Gotha, 1801, some light embrowning throughout, old dampstain to upper margin with resultant discoloration to some leaves not affecting legibility, old ink ownership names to title and front endpaper verso, later inscriptions to front endpaper recto, contemporary half sheep, cracked on joints, some wear to spine and corners, 8vo (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 157

Hooker (William Jackson). British Jungermanniae: Being a History and Description, with Coloured Figures, of each Species of the Genus, and Microscopical Analysis of the Parts, 1st edition, 1816, 88 fine hand-coloured engraved plates by W.H.C. Edwards after Hooker, lacking two explanatory text leaves oppsite plate LIV, occasional light spotting and offsetting (plates generally bright and clean), bookplate of Joseph Dickinson, M.D., contemporary blindstamped calf, modern calf reback with red label to spine, a little rubbed, 4to Provenance: Joseph Dickinson (1811-1865) graduated as M.D. in Dublin in 1843 and practised and lectured in Liverpool, where he published his Flora of Liverpool in 1851. Nissen BBI 916; Stafleu & Cowan 2987. Hooker's monograph on lichens, described by DSB as "[Hooker's] most beautiful work". (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 158

Hooker (William Jackson). Musci Exotici; Containing Figures and Descriptions of new or little known Foreign Mosses and other Cryptogamic Subjects, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1818-20, half titles, 176 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, a little light offsetting and minor spotting to text (plates bright and generally clean), oval armorial bookplates, handsome contemporary panelled calf gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine relaid, corners repaired, edges a little rubbed, 4to Provenance: John Rous, 1st Earl of Stradbroke (1750-1827), his bookplate, and ink coronets stamp to front endpaper versos. Nissen BBI 925. Large paper copy and one of the scarcest works by Hooker. (2)

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Lot 16

Dalvimart (Octavien). [The Costume of Turkey], 2nd edition, [for William Miller, 1804], 60 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates after Dalvimart, each with leaf of descriptive text in French and English, English title page lacking, French title page supplied from a copy of the 1st edition (printed by Bensley, 1802), text watermarked 1796, plates watermarked 1804, variable light spotting, soiling and offsetting, stronger in plates 57 and 60, spots affecting images in plates 4 and 6, marginal chip to plate 3, closed marginal tear to plate 18, endpapers renewed, all edges gilt, contemporary diced russia, rebacked and recornered, blind palmette roll and gilt laurel cornerpieces to sides, large 4to (35.4 x 26 cm) Abbey Travel 370 (this copy with watermarks 1818-19); Lipperheide 1422 for the first edition (1802). (1)

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 160

Johnstone (William Grosart & Alexander Croall). The Nature-Printed British Sea-Weeds: A History, Accompanied by Figures and Dissections, of the Algae of the British Isles, 4 volumes, 1859-60, additional titles, 208 colour nature-printed plates by Henry Bradbury, one uncoloured plate, gutta percha perishing, contents detached in volume I, others loosening, occasional light spotting, library stamps and labels at front, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo (4)

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Lot 165

Manwood (John). A Treatise of the Lawes of the Forest: Wherein is declared not onely those lawes, as they are now in force, but also the originall and beginning of forests... Also a Treatise of the Pourallee... Collected, as well out of the common lawes and statutes of this land, as also out of sundrie learned ancient authors, and out of the assises of Pickering and Lancaster, 2nd edition, 1615, woodcut initials and ornaments, black letter, lacking front and rear blanks, G7 with small marginal repair at foot, occasional small worm and burn holes, some light soiling, early owner signature at head of title, front hinge breaking, bookplate, contemporary limp vellum, laether ties, some soiling and rippling to covers, small 4to (ESTC 17292; Kress 345), together with Coke (Edward), The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England Concerning the Jurisdiction of Courts, 1648, engraved portrait frontispiece (laid down), title within woodcut architectural border, maintext in black letter, some toning and marginal water stains, 18th century signature of James Cullen? and annotations to title, modern morocco, spine faded, folio (2)

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