Persian.- Xavier (Hieronymus) and Ludovico de Dieu. Historia Christi Persice Conscripta, simulque multis modis contaminata, parallel text in Latin and Persian, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary vellum, stained, [Willems 490 & 477], small 4to, Leiden, Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1639.⁂ The first book printed in Persian. The lives of Christ and Saint Peter were originally written by Jerome Xavier, at the request of Akbar, the Mughal emperor. The Persian versions were then made with the assistance of Mawlana Abd al-Satir ibn Qasim. Ludovico de Dieu edited and translated both works into Latin, and to these he appended his own treatise on the Persian language, which is the first printed Persian grammar.
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Sale catalogue.- Basan (Frederic) Catalogue Raisonné des differens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr. Mariette, engraved frontispiece by Choffard after Cochin fils, engraved decorative title by Moreau le jeune, 3 (of 4) engraved plates after drawings by Guercino, Perino del Vaga and Carracci, priced and with buyer's names in a contemporary ink hand throughout, frontispiece trimmed at foot, affecting imprint, some light blue staining to preliminaries, Paris, Chez l'Auteur & Chez G. Desprez, 1775 bound with Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes en Feuilles, en Volumes Encadrees, Quelques Morceaux en Terre Cuite par les plus grands Maîtres des Écoles Italienne, Flamande & Françoise, Dont la Vente se sera le Lundi 8 Mars 1784, & jours suivans de relevee, a l'Hotel de Buillon, rue Platriere, half-title, priced throughout in a contemporary hand, a few small holes in half-title, affecting part of 1 letter, Paris, Basan, 1784, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with dark green and orange morocco labels, 8vo⁂ One of the most important sale catalogues of the 18th century, offering Pierre-Jean Mariette's renowned collection of old master prints and drawings.
Carracci (Annibale) Pensieri Diversi Lineati et Intaglaiti, engraved throughout, pictorial title by Bloemart, portrait of Caracci, 38 plates by Bellavia Marcantonio after Carracci, title water-stained and spotted, portrait spotted, elsewhere some spotting or mostly light foxing, contemporary limp mottled wrappers, modern paper label to spine, creased, 4to, [Rome], Venanzio Monaldini, [c.1780].⁂ A collection of engraved plates after mythological and religious subjects by Carracci. This edition by Venanzio Monaldini (who also issued engraved suites after Carracci's designs for the Palazzo Farnese) has the addition of Carracci's initials within the platemark.
Herefordshire Diary.- Biscoe (Annie Elizabeth, of Whitbourne, Herefordshire, daughter of the Rev Robert Biscoe, rector of Whitbourne, b. 1834) Diary, 3 vol., autograph manuscript, 280pp., slightly browned, original roan, 1 vol. spine with small surface wear, 8vo, 1855-57; and 4 other manuscript diaries, 3 by Edie Still, of Addington near Croydon (mentioning the Smith family of Downe Court) & 1 by her companion, Mary Lee, 1888, 1889, 1891 & 1895 (7). ⁂ Oxford. "Early breakfast & off with Cissey F[reeman] to the theatre, got good seats, beautiful light: Prince Albert... then afterwards to luncheon at All Souls... ."First mentioned the diary of a young woman living in the rectory at Whitbourne, Herefordshire. Biscoe visits her brother, Vincent, an undergraduate at Christchurch College, Oxford. Pursuits include: going to a dance at her Aunt's in Malvern (a failure as no men came), visits London (Kew Gardens, Zoological Gardens, Crystal Palace), walking in Badley Woods, walking to Gaines, meetings with the Palmer and Dorney families, visits to Knightwick, Edvin, Worcester, Malvern, local cricket matches, Captain Inglis taking photographs, long visit to Boulogne and shorter visit to Paris, papa taking John with 2 policeman to the Abergavenny Lunatic Asylum etc.
Stained Glass.- Woodroffe (Paul Vincent, 1875-1954) An album of 22 fine original designs for stained glass, including 16 contemporary photographs of the completed designs, some shown in situ, one original design with armorial devices representing the four elements, the remainder all of biblical subjects, pen and black ink, watercolours, some traces of graphite, many neatly arranged and affixed as collage on various coloured papers, some with pen and ink and wash borders, many with artists name inscribed verso, various sizes from 112 x 44 mm. (4 3/8 x 1 3/4 in) to 340 x 220 mm. (13 1/2 x 8 3/4 in), a few with inscribed details, mounted or loosely inserted into album, half morocco, titled 'Stained Glass' on spine, folio, [early 20th century]; together with a loose group of ten stained glass designs by other hands, one signed 'E.W. Carter', four from the studio of Abbott & Co. Ltd., watercolours, pen and ink, some graphite, various sizes from 130 x 120 mm. (5 1/8 x 4 3/4 in) to 340 x 190 mm. (13 1/2 x 7 1/2 in), occasional surface dirt and light browning, loose, unframed, [early 20th century] (qty.).⁂ Born in India, Woodroffe was educated at Stonyhurst, following which he went to the Slade School of Art from 1893 to 1896, and became a pupil of Christopher Whall until 1901. One of his most important commissions was for fifteen windows in St Patrick's Cathedral, New York.Locations (where listed) for the completed stained glass designs in the present album are as follows: Roehampton; Saint Sylvester's Church, Elgin; [?]Ross on Wye; Rawdon nr. Leeds; All Saints Church, Forest Gate; Church nr. Bath; 'Four Beeches' Denbridge Rd.; St Francis Xavier Church, Liverpool; Church nr. Goudhurst; with several inscribed 'not carried out'.
Cryptography.- Breithaupt (Christian) Ars decifratoria sive scientia occultas scripturas solvendi et legendi, title with engraved vignette, folding table, woodcut ornaments and one or two illustrations or diagrams, light foxing and browning, contemporary limp boards, spine lettered in manuscript, rubbed and soiled, spine frayed at foot, 8vo, Helmstadt, C.F.Weygand, 1737.
Defoe (Daniel) The consolidator: or, memoirs of sundry transactions from the world in the moon. Translated from the lunar language, by the author of The true-born English man, first edition, half-title, some mostly light browning, occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments, spine neatly repaired, [Rothschild 737], 8vo, Printed: and are to be sold by Benj. Bragg, at the Blue-Ball in Ave-Mary-Lane, 1705.⁂ 'Though 'this prose satire contains the first hints of many of the ideas which Swift afterwards embodied in Gulliver' (Lowndes. art. Defoe) there is no positive evidence that Swift ever read or possessed a copy of The Consolidator. Provenance: Rolle (engraved armorial bookplate).
Newton (Sir Isaac) The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, first edition, engraved head-piece and initial, 3 folding engraved plates, some light marginal water-staining, some spotting and soiling, bookplate of Airedale College Library, contemporary calf, rebacked, corners worn, 4to, for J. Tonson and J. Osborn and T. Longman, 1728.
Shakespeare (William) The Comedy of Errors, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; The Merchant of Venice, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Julius Cæsar. A Tragedy. As is acted at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane by His Majesty's Servants, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Pericles, Prince of Tyre, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Much Ado About Nothing, lacking frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734; Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Tragedy, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, for W. Feales, 1737; The History of Sir John Oldcastle, The Good Lord Cobham, engraved frontispiece, for J. Tonson, 1734, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, some light browning, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, 12mo⁂ Often the Tonson printings of the plays are the first separate editions.
Freind (John) Chymical Lectures: in which almost all the Operations of Chymistry are reduced to their True Principles, and the Laws of Nature, first edition, light water-staining to title and front free endpapers, Macclesfield library copy with blind-stamp at head of title and bookplates, contemporary panelled sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, joints split, small wormed patches to lower cover, [Ferguson I, 291], 8vo, by Philip Gwillim, for Jonah Bowyer, 1712.
Blake (William).- Catullus (Gaius Valerius) The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus, In English Verse, [translated and edited by Dr. John Nott], 2 vol., half-titles, engraved frontispieces by William Blake, 2 errata ff., light offsetting on titles, some spotting, front free endpaper becoming loose (vol. 1), 19th Century manuscript notes loosely inserted, occasional marginal pencil markings, contemporary calf, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Bentley 441], 8vo, Printed for J. Johnson, 1795.⁂ First edition of the first attempt to publish a complete English translation of Catullus, with plates by William Blake.
Newton (Sir Isaac) The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, vol.2 only (of 2), first edition in English, lacking engraved frontispiece, with 22 folding engraved plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, 2 engraved head-pieces by A.Motte, with the 13pp. Index and 8pp. Appendix but without the 71pp. 'The laws of the moon's motion according to gravity' by John Machin usually bound at end, cropped shaving first engraved head-piece, very light damp-staining to title, last couple of leaves and 4 folding plates at end, small yellow stain to first leaf, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, engraved armorial bookplate (with name scored out), contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, lacking labels, rubbed, boards a little scuffed, spine ends worn, headband detached, split to upper joint, [PMM 161], 8vo, for Benjamin Motte, at the Middle-Temple-Gate, 1729.⁂ First English edition of vol.2 of Newton's Principia, the most important work in the history of science, and including Newton's System of the World as Book 3. Machin's work is usually bound at the end of this volume but is occasionally found at the end of vol.1.
![Adams (Douglas) [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series], 5 vol., first editions, comprising The Hitchhiker's Guide to t](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/566b25a6-d932-4b3e-a67a-4630bc415452/468x382.jpg)
Adams (Douglas) [The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series], 5 vol., first editions, comprising The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, second state jacket, spine faded, 1979; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, 1980; Life, the Universe and Everything, 1982; So Long, and thanks for the all the fish, 1984; Mostly Harmless, usual light toning to text margins, jacket price-clipped, 1992, original boards, dust-jackets, near-fine overall, 8vo.
Crofts (Freeman Wills) 12:30 From Croydon, 1935; Found Floating, 1938 § Grierson (Francis D.) The Empty House, ink ownership inscription, 1934 § Chesterton (G.K.) The Scandal of Father Brown, light foxing, ink ownership inscription, 1936 § Eberhart (M.G.) While the Patient Slept, ink ownership inscription, remains of publishers wraparound band, 1931 § Cain (James M.) Serenade, New York, 1939 § East (Roger) Murder Rehearsal, 1934, reprints, original cloth, dust-jackets, some chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners but mostly excellent or near-fine examples; and 13 others, golden-age crime fiction reprints in dust-jackets, 8vo (20)
Farrell (J.G.) The Lung, uncorrected proof copy, A.C.s. from the author to Sandy Ellis loosely inserted, pencil corrections and alterations to margins, newspaper clippings affixed with old tape to prelims, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original wrappers, light discolouration to spine and covers, spine a little creased, 1965; and a paperback of A Girl in the Head with Farrell pictured on the upper cover and a small group of articles and newspaper clippings regarding Farrell, v.s. (2)⁂ A good association copy of this rare proof.
Farrell (J.G.) The Lung, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author "For Sandy with love from James Farrell, Jan 23rd 1966" to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping and creasing to spine ends and corners, light surface soiling to rear panel, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1965.⁂ Farrell's scarce second work, we can trace no other signed copy at auction.
Goudge (Elizabeth) The Little White Horse, first edition, illustrations by C. Walter Hodges, map endpapers, front free endpaper clipped, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, spine faded, dust-jacket, spine browned, spine ends and corners chipped, creasing to head and foot, rubbing and surface soiling, 1946 § Dahl (Roald) The BFG, light toning to text margins, small ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, original boards, dust-jackets, minor chipping and creasing to head and foot, 1982 § Hill (Susan) The Woman in Black, illustrations by John Lawrence, front free endpaper clipped, original boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1983, first editions; and 3 others, Dahl, 8vo (6)
Heaney (Seamus) Death of a Naturalist, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, endpapers spotted, original cloth, shelf-lean, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities, a little rubbed and faded, 1966; [Another copy], first paperback edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription, original stiff wrappers, rubbed and a little creased, 1969; Poems, 1965-1975, reprint, signed presentation inscription from the author with two line quotation from Blake's Auguries of Innocence to front free endpaper, minor spotting to fore-edge, original stiff wrappers, small crease to upper cover, light marking, slip-case, 1986, [Brandes & Durkan A2a; A2c]; and 10 others, Heaney, including A.L.s. from Heaney to Liam Miller, 8vo & 4to (13)
Heaney (Seamus) Preoccupations, Selected Prose 1968-1978, jacket with light discolouration to spine, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, 1980; Sweeney Astray, Derry, 1983; The Burial at Thebes, 2004; District and Circle, one of 300 copies, slip-case, 2006, first editions, signed by the author, original boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, [Brandes & Durkan A27a; A34a]; and 9 others, Heaney, 8vo (13)
Heaney (Seamus) The Tree Clock, number 2 of 20 copies printed on hand-made paper, signed by the author and with an autograph poem 'The Point', from an edition limited to 870, prospectus loosely inserted, original half cloth, light foxing to spine, uncut and unopened, original slip-case, [Brandes & Durkan A48a], sm. folio, Belfast, The Linen Hall Library, 1990.
Milne (A. A.) When We Were Very Young, first edition, second issue with roman numerals 'ix' and 'x' to contents pp., illustrations by E.H. Shepard, light browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine slightly faded, minor cockling to covers, else fine, dust-jacket, sympathetic repairs and restorations to spine ends, corners and a few small patches on front and rear panels, a little rubbed, but in effect a sharp and excellent example, 8vo, 1924.
![Magic & Conjuring.- [Bennett (John)] The Career of an Artful Dodger, first edition, light spotting, original pictorial boards](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/c0970b3a-6cc9-46d3-f156-c36fe663cc60/468x382.jpg)
Magic & Conjuring.- [Bennett (John)] The Career of an Artful Dodger, first edition, light spotting, original pictorial boards, very slightly rubbed, George Vickers, [c.1860] § Stodare (Col.) Stodare's Fly-Notes; or, Conjuring Made Easy, original printed boards, a little rubbed, rebacked in morocco, 1867 § Parlour Magic, frontispiece printed in pink, pictorial title, original pictorial cloth, 1838 § Endless Amusement; a Collection of nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments, sixth edition, folding frontispiece, original cloth, 1834, illustrations, a little rubbed, the third with faded spine, 8vo et infra (4)⁂ The first is rare; COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and Oxford).
![Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, [one of 500 copies], usual light bro](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/8d56e05b-b8c4-4f69-92b9-9a60571a9f88/468x382.jpg)
Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first printing, [one of 500 copies], usual light browning to text margins, occasional light corner creasing, light marking and ownership inscriptions to endpapers, original pictorial boards, very light fading to spine, wear to spine with backstrip becoming loose at lower joint, spine ends and corners bumped, extremities rubbed, 8vo, 1997.⁂ The author's first book and the first in the Harry Potter series, a modern cornerstone of children's literature. Rare in any condition.
![Thomas (Dylan) Twenty-Five Poems, first edition, [one of 750 copies], light scattered spotting, original boards, dust-jacket,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/908602af-0ea3-4c85-edfd-4d0bf3048fff/468x382.jpg)
Yeats (William Butler) Reveries Over Childhood and Youth, 2 vol., including portfolio of plates, first edition, number 84 of 425 copies, printed in red and black, 1915 § Yeats (Jack B.) Passages from the Letters... Selected by Ezra Pound, one of 400 copies, dust-jacket, chipped and browned, 1917 § Tynan (Katherine) Twenty One Poems... Selected by W.B.Yeats, one of 200 copies, light browning to endpapers, 1907, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and darkened, Cuala Press; and another from the press, 8vo (5)
Beardsley (Aubrey).- Original advertising poster for The Yellow Book, Vol. II, July, 1894, printed on yellow paper in blue, 385 x 293mm., illustration of a lady by Aubrey Beardsley, small light stain in hair of lady, some light marking and creasing, but overall in a remarkable state of preservation, Elkin Mathews & John Lane, 1894, framed & glazed. ⁂ Contributors to this volume include Aubrey Beardsley, Henry James, Max Beerbohm, Walter Crane, Walter Sickert and Austin Dobson.
Juvenilia .- Ellen, or The Naughty Girl Reclaimed, a Story, exemplified in a Series of Figures, nine loosely inserted hand-coloured aquatint card cut-outs with interchangeable head and 2 head-pieces (?only, of 5), contemporary ink gift inscription to front endpaper, small portion of loss to rear endpaper, occasional minor spotting, original printed wrappers, a little darkened at head, original printed slip-case (light surface soiling and short split to head), 16mo, for S. and J. Fuller, 1811.
Rackham (Arthur).- Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge) Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, number 673 of 1,130 copies, 13 tipped-in colour plates and other illustrations in text by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, browning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, gilt, light finger-soiling, minor marking to spine, still an excellent, sharp copy overall, t.e.g., others uncut, 4to, [1907].
Rackham (Arthur).- Stephens (James) Irish Fairy Tales, one of 520 copies signed by the illustrator, plain illustrations and 16 tipped-in colour plates by Arthur Rackham, captioned tissue-guards, spotting and browning to endpapers, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, spine a little mottled, spine ends and corners a little bumped, light rubbing and abrading to covers, t.e.g., others uncut, preserved in custom drop-back box, 4to, 1920.
Magic & Conjuring.- Dean (Henry) The whole Art of Legerdemain; or, Hocus Pocus in Perfection, 132pp., ninth edition "corrected, and improved with an entire new Set of Cuts", woodcut frontispiece and illustrations, old ink inscription "Elizabeth Harvey July 26th 1827" on verso of frontispiece (very slightly showing through), short tear to head of B1 affecting one or two lines but no loss, light staining to final leaf, otherwise an excellent clean copy stitched in the original blue wrappers, uncut, spine frayed and defective, staining to lower wrapper, 12mo, for J.Bew, 1789.⁂ Very rare in the original wrappers. ESTC does not list an edition of 1789 but this conforms to that of 1781, with the same woodcuts
![Gardens.- [Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] & Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinag](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/b4600304-67de-46d7-86c0-888b689ef4a8/468x382.jpg)
Gardens.- [Dezallier d'Argenville (Antoine Joseph)] & Jean Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond. La Theorie et la Pratique du Jardinage..., third edition, 38 engraved plates by Mariette, most double-page, 5 folding, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary tree calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners and lower edges of boards repaired, [cf. Henrey 950; Hunt 471; Fowler 170, first edition of 1709], Paris, Jean Mariette, 1722 § Liger (Louis) Le Jardinier Fleuriste et Historiographe, ou la Culture Universelle, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, titles in red & black, 20 folding engraved plates, woodcut illustrations, lightly browned and offset, particularly to vol.2, contemporary sheep, spine gilt, spine worn and chipped, joints split, [cf. Henrey 989; Hunt 412], Amsterdam, Estienne Roger, 1706, 4to & 12mo (2)⁂ The first is an important and influential work on French formal garden design, inspired by the work of Le Nôtre, and treating the subject from an architectural perspective. This was the first edition to be attributed to the architect Le Blond, who designed the plates and edited the work, although the text was written by Dezallier d'Argenville.
Greaves (John) Pyramidographia: or a Description of the Pyramids in Egypt, first edition, with the intitial blank, 2 folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations in text, 2 full-page, some text in Arabic, some light soiling, modern blue morocco, [Wing G1804], 8vo, for George Badger, 1646.⁂ John Greaves (1602-52) was a mathematician, astronomer and antiquarian who spent 1636-40 travelling in Italy and the Levant, with six months in Egypt carrying out the first detailed survey of the pyramids at Giza.
Pre-Raphaelites.- After Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882) A group of 11 works after drawings and paintings, platinum prints, by Frederick Hollyer (1837-1933), various sizes, largest 485 x 405 mm. (19 x 16 in), 7 laid onto thick green laid paper support with black ink inscribed titles, minor cockling, but otherwise only light rubbing, all unframed, [circa 1890]; with three others after Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), various sizes, all unframed, [circa 1890], (14).⁂ Frederick Hollyer came from a family of engravers, and as a young man he began to develop an interest in photography. He later collaborated closely with several artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, notably Burne-Jones, Rossetti, and Lord Leighton, and is now regarded as an important advocate in visually promoting their work through the dissemination of his platinum prints, or platinotypes. Hollyer preferred the platinotype process due to the complex depth of tone that one was able to achieve.
Magic & Conjuring.- Hardy (F.) Ventriloquism Made Easy, ?first edition, 32pp., 4pp. advertisements at end, original printed orange boards, slightly rubbed, F.Pitman, [c.1865] § Endless Amusement...the Art of making Fire-Works, Diverting Experiments with the Magic Lantern and Camera Obscura...Tricks and Changes of the Cards..., ?lacking frontispiece, light foxing, ink inscription on front pastedown, original printed boards, rubbed and marked, rebacked in cloth, Thorp & Burch, [1832 or later], 12mo (2)
Troili (Giulio) Paradossi per pratticare la prospettiva senza saperla, 3 parts in 1 vol., 68 full-page woodcut illustrations within ornamental borders, diagrams, numerous woodcut ornaments and decorations, light damptstain to first title, light spotting, original stiff wrappers, tear to upper cover and some loss to spine [Berlin Kat. 4722; cf. Fowler 347], folio, Bologna, Gioseffo Longhi, 1683.
Mellan (Claude, 1598-1688) The Holy Face, or the Veil of St Veronica, engraving, second state (of two) with lettering, a good impression, on laid paper with watermark of 'Vanderley', platemark 430 x 315 mm. (16 7/8 x 12 1/2 in), sheet 480 x 335 mm. (18 7/8 x 13 1/4 in), good margins, light central horizontal fold with small repaired split in left margin, repaired tear to upper right margin, minor surface dirt, [circa 1649 and later].Literature:LeBlanc 33⁂ Mellan's masterpiece, achieved through a single continuous spiral line, showcases the technical brilliance of the engraver.
Kolbe the Elder (Carl Wilhelm, 1759-1835) The cow in the swamp, etching, an excellent rich impression, with clear detail and depth to printing, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 302 x 415 mm. (11 7/8 x 16 1/4 in), sheet 340 x 452 mm. (13 1/2 x 17 3/4 in), small repaired tear to upper margin, not affecting image, several very small pin holes visible with raking light, [circa 1800-1803]. Literature:Martens 89 iv
Lydekker (Richard) The Deer of all Lands. A History of the Family Cervidæ Living and Extinct, first edition, number 418 of 500 copies signed by the publisher, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, illustrations, occasional spotting, or light foxing, later green half morocco, gilt, spine in compartments, [Nissen ZBI 2604; Wood, p.444], 4to, 1898.
British Sports and Sportsmen, 16 vol., each one of 1,000 copies, numerous photographic and engraved plates, tissue-guards, original publisher's red morocco, gilt, covers and spines lettered in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, light fading to spines, otherwise a bright, immaculate set, g.e., large 4to, [1908-35].⁂ An excellent set of this extensive sporting series comprising: Sportsmen of the Past Part I; Sportsmen of the Past Part II; Athletic Sports, Tennis, Rackets and Other Ball Games; Big Game Hunting and Angling; Hunting; Racing, Modern Flat-Racing, Steeplechasing, Point-To-Point Racing, Coursing and Greyhound Racing; Shooting and Deerstalking; Commerce and Industry; Breeding and Agriculture, Country-Life Pursuits; Golf, Athletic and Winter Sports; Cricket and Football; Modern Commerce, Transport, Motoring and Aviation; The Story of Shipping; Yachting and Rowing; Polo and Coaching.
Football.- Corinthians at Queen's Club.- 3 tickets for matches at Queen's Club, 1 printed on buff paper and 2 on blue paper, each 115 x 153mm., that on buff with paper adhesion mark to verso, all with light spotting, 1895.⁂ A superb group of tickets for Corinthians matches, in a remarkable state of preservation. The matches are against Middlesborough (26th October, 1895); Notts Forest (2nd November, 1895) and Sunderland (7th December, 1895). The Corinthians club was founded on 28 September 1882 by N. Lane Jackson, Assistant Secretary of The Football Association. Between 1898-1907 they played in the Sheriff of London Charity Shield nine times, winning three, and in the 1927 FA Charity Shield against FA Cup winners Cardiff City, lost 2-1 at Stamford Bridge. In all they had 86 England Internationals, 12 Welsh Internationals, 8 Scottish Internationals and 2 Irish Internationals.
![Magic and Conjuring.- [Weiss (Erich)], "Harry Houdini". Handcuff Secrets, original pictorial boards, spine a little worn and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/b6934ccb-7922-4e2b-a95a-a88f00e27afa/e4b6e08e-29a5-497e-869e-9b33377db0d0/468x382.jpg)
Magic and Conjuring.- [Weiss (Erich)], "Harry Houdini". Handcuff Secrets, original pictorial boards, spine a little worn and chipped, 1910 § Holden (John Watkins) A Wizard's Wanderings from China to Peru, original pictorial limp boards, spine slightly worn at foot, 1886 § Teale (Oscar S.) Higher Magic: Magic for the Artist, New York, Adams Press, 1920 § Cremer, Jun. (W.H., translator & editor) The Secret Out..., John Camden Hotten, n.d. § Maskelyne (John Nevil) 'Sharps and Flats': A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill, second edition, inscribed by the author "To F.M.J.White Esq. with the Author's kind regards" on front free endpaper, light spotting, 1895, all but the last first editions, plates and illustrations, all but the first two original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, the last with faded spine; and 12 others, similar, 8vo (17)
Anatomy.- Harvey (William) Exercitationes anatomicae, de motu cordis & sanguinis circulatione, additional engraved pictorial title, 2 engraved plates, contemporary ink signature at head of title (partly offset to head of engraved title), light soiling, P1 slightly defective at lower outer corner of margin (repaired), later sheep, morocco labels, a little rubbed, [Wing H1089], 12mo, R. Daniel, 1660 [engraved title dated 1661].⁂ Pioneering work on the motion of the heart and the circulation of the blood.
Astronomy.- Reynolds (James, publisher) Astronomical Diagrams, 14 hand-coloured engraved diagrams of astronomical phenomena, all on card, some with tissue paper to be held up to the light, loose as issued in original gilt-lettered cloth covers, spine lacking, 4to, c.1846.⁂ The copy sold in these rooms in October 2017 as part of the Edge Hall library had 13 plates, 2 of which were on paper rather than card. This copy has all those present in the Edge Hall copy but with an additional plate entitled Chart of the Heavens (plus a duplicate thereof). The other plates are: Telescopic View of the Moon, Transparent Solar System, The Seasons and Signs of the Zodiac, The Planets, Transparent Diagram of the Phases of the Moon, Methods of Ascertaining the Longitude, Eclipses and the Theory of the Tides, Methods of Ascertaining the Latitude, The Earth and its Atmosphere, The Sun and Solar Phenomena, The Earth's Annual Revolution round the Sun, Comets, Diagram of Meteorology.
Davy (Sir Humphry) I. On the fire-damp of coal mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion, November 9, 1815; II. An account of an invention for giving light in explosive mixtures of fire-damp in coal mines, consuming the fire-damp. January 11, 1816, extract from Philosophical Transactions, 24pp., folding engraved plate, foxing and offsetting, modern half calf over marbled boards, 4to, 1815-16.
Gardiner (John) A Discourse Concerning the Circulation of the Blood..., first edition, title soiled and with repaired tears, some upper margins trimmed, occasionally touching pagination, some light browning, modern half calf, [ESTC cites only 5 copies, 2 in UK 3 in USA], 4to, for Tho. Parkhurst, 1702.⁂ Very rare at auction - no copy traced for at least 35 years. Copies located by ESTC at BL and Bodleian, Folger, Library Co. of Philadelphia and University of Chicago.
Hales (Stephen) La statique des végétaux, et l'analyse de l'air, translated by G.L.L. de Buffon, first edition in French, presentation copy from the author, 20 engraved plates on 10 sheets, water-stained, some light browning (including title\), occasional spotting, contemporary speckled calf, gilt spine in compartments, corners little worn, rubbed, [Pritzel 3700], 4to, Paris, Chez Debure, 1735.⁂ The inscription reads 'Ex dono authoris, ?Cynot de Charancin'.
Medicine.- Codronchi (Baptista) De morbis veneficis, ac venefciis, libri quattuor, title with woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, with the final blank, light staining to title and first few leaves, contemporary limp vellum with loops but lacking toggles, a little stained, 8vo, Milan, Jo. Bapt. Bidellius, 1618.⁂ Scarce.
Medicine.- Cordus (Valerius) Dispensatorium, hoc est pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio, collation: a-z, A-G8, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, with final blank, contemporary ink manuscript note in English at end of contents and another longer in Latin on front free endpaper, some underlinings in red, light water-staining, slight worming to lower margin, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, a little rubbed and soiled, [Not in Adams], 16mo, Lyons, Theobaldus Paganus [Thibaud Payen], 1556.⁂ Rare early edition of essentially the first pharmacopoeia, first published in 1535.
Medicine.- Phlebotomy.- Corti (Matteo) Questio de phlobotomia in pleuresi, collation: A-E8, first edition, title with ornamental woodcut border of putti and foliage, large woodcut printer's device on otherwise blank final leaf, a little browned, some light water-staining, later vellum, spine gilt with black roan label, a few spots, boards a little splayed, very slight worming to outer edge of upper board, [Not in Adams], 8vo, Venice, Giovanni Padovano & Venturino Ruffinelli, 1534.⁂ Scarce treatise on phlebotomy or blood-letting for the treatment of pleurisy, by the professor of medicine at Bologna university. He met Vesalius, who was studying medicine in Padua, in 1538 but they had different opinions regarding blood-letting. Vesalius advocated the ancient Greek method of drawing blood from a point near the ailment while Corti followed the Muslim and medieval practice of taking it from a distant part of the body.
Willis (Thomas) De Anima Brutorum quae hominis vitalis ac sensitiva est, exercitationes duae, 8 engraved folding plates, light damp-staining, title soiled at foot, contemporary vellum, slightly soiled, [cf. Norman 2244], 12mo, Amsterdam, J. a Someren, 1674.⁂ Early printing of the earliest English work on medical psychology.
Africa.- Beechey (Capt. F.W. and H.W.) Proceedings of the Expedition to explore the Northern Coast of Africa, from Tripoly Eastward; in MDCCCXXI. and MDCCCXXII..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, engraved folding map and 8 plans, 13 engraved plates (mostly fine aquatints after H.W.Beechey, one folding, 2 hand-coloured), with errata slip bound in at begnning and advertisement slip for Beechey's African Views loosely inserted, wide margins, light water-staining to upper margin towards end and occasional light damp-staining, original boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, spine detached, [Abbey, Travel 305], 4to, 1828.⁂ Beechey, famous for his explorations in the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic, undertook this expedition after having served with Franklin and Parry.
Africa.- Campbell (John) Travels in South Africa, undertaken at the request of the London Missionary Society, 2 vol., first edition, half-title in vol.1, hand-coloured aquatint frontispieces and 10 plates, tissue guards, folding hand-coloured engraved map, Directions to Binder and 3pp. advertisements at end of vol.1, some light spotting and offsetting, mostly to guards, water-staining to last few leaves in vol.2, modern morocco, gilt, g.e., spines slightly faded, [Abbey Travel 328], 8vo, 1822.
Africa.- Harris (William Cornwallis) The Wild Sports of Southern Africa, third edition, additional hand-coloured lithographed pictorial title and 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding lithographed map with route supplied in red, light spotting or soiling to some plates, modern half morocco, t.e.g., spine slightly faded, 8vo, 1841.
Africa.- Latrobe (Rev. Christian Ignatius) Journal of a Visit to South Africa, in 1815, and 1816. With Some Account of the Missionary Settlements of the United Brethren, near the Cape of Good Hope, first edition, folding engraved map with routes supplied by hand in red and blue, 4 engraved outline panoramas and 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates, advertisement leaf at end, title with some offsetting and light spotting, occasional other foxing and offsetting, modern dark blue morocco, gilt, spine ruled in gilt, t.e.g., spine very slightly faded, [Abbey, Travel 325; Tooley 292], 4to, 1818.
Americas.- Berquin-Duvallon (Pierre-Louis) Vue de la Colonie Espagnole du Mississipi, ou les Provinces de Louisiane et Floride Occidentale..., first edition, half-title, 2 folding hand-coloured maps, 3pp. errrata at end (one leaf with hole to margin), a little spotting and soiling, light water-staining, mostly marginal, old ink library stamp to half-title, modern half blue morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, [Sabin 4962], 8vo, Paris, Imprimerie Expéditive, 1803.⁂ First-hand account of life in New Orleans and Louisiana at the time, with descriptions of the theatres, dances, Creoles, commerce etc.
Americas.- British American Land Company. Information respecting the Eastern Townships of Lower Canada...for the Sale and Settlement of Lands..., first edition, folding lithographed map with partial hand-colouring, folding table (bound in tightly so that unable to fold out), 1833 bound with Grainger (James) An Essay on the more common West-India Diseases; and...some hints on the Management, &c of Negroes, second edition, lacking half-title, 8pp. publishers' catalogue and additional advertisement leaf for the author's poetical works at end, some light foxing, Edinburgh, 1802, together 2 works in 1 vol., modern morocco-backed marbled boards, spine slightly faded, 8vo ⁂ Both scarce. The second work, originally published in 1764, was by a physician and poet who also wrote The Sugar Cane, a long poem describing the cultivation of sugar. The present work was highly regarded for its humane proposals for slave-management and this edition includes at the end a list of West Indian plants Grainger recommended for medical purposes, with their Linnaean names.
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Americas.- [Hollingsworth (Samuel)] An Account of the Present State of Nova Scotia, first edition, half-title, light foxing, short tear to H2 touching edge of text but no loss, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in calf, [Sabin 32543], 8vo, Edinburgh, for William Creech, and T.Longman, 1786.⁂ Concerning the commercial potential of the colony, also navigation, fisheries, settlement and native Americans.
Americas.- Laet (Johannes de) L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou Description des Indes Occidentales, first edition in French, title in red and black and with woodcut printer's device, without the 2pp. dedication to Richelieu (as often), with 14 fine double-page maps after Hessel Gerritsz mounted on stubs, numerous woodcut illustrations in text, mostly of fauna and flora, extra-illustrated with 6 engraved maps of America by N.Sanson (5 folding) and a folding engraved plate of the funeral of the King of Mechoacan by F.Doosburgh, all bound in, title soiled and laid down, some light browning and occasional marginal waters-staining, map of Straits of Magellan slightly defective at fore-edge just touching border, Caher bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, joints split, spine ends a little worn, [Sabin 38558], folio, Leiden, Bonaventure & Abraham Elzevier, 1640.⁂ The second printed atlas of the Americas with some of the most accurate maps of the continent of its time, including showing California as part of the mainland, not as an island.The additional maps by Sanson are: Amerique Septentrionale, Floride, Grenade, Perou & Amazone, Chili, and Destroit de Magellan.
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