* Prints & Engravings. The Falls of Niagara after Lieut. Col. Cockburn, Plates 1, 2, 4, 5 & 6, including duplicate of Plate 5, pub. Ackermann & Co., 1857 [but later], together six uncol. aqua plts., engraved by C. Hunt, C. Bently and J. Edge, after Cockburn, all later restrikes, probably 20th c., plate size approx. 510 x 710 mm (20 x 28 ins), with full margins, a few minor marks to extrems. and one or two light creases, together with Some Account of the Cathedral Church of Exeter, 1797, eleven b&w eng. plts., including three double-page, title plus 22 pp. of text, untrimmed, contents loose and unbound, large folio, and Ryland (John), The Stationers Almanack for the Year MDCCXC, pub. 1789, calendar printed in red and black, with large engraving to upper half of Queen Elizabeth's procession to St. Paul's Church following the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, some marks and marginal defects, laid down, plate size approx. 565 x 475 mm (22.25 x 18.75 ins), framed and glazed, plus other various framed prints, including Map of the County of Dorset, by C. & J. Greenwood, 1829 (browned), two engraved plates of the New London Bridge, two hand-coloured vue doptiques (Vue dune Marine en temps calme & vue de la Mer, au Vent frais), early 18th c., some marks, relined, sheet size approx. 300 x 445 mm (12 x 17.5 ins). (14)
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Scotland. Faden (William), A Map of Scotland Drawn Chiefly from the Topographical Surveys of Mr. John Ainslie and from those of the late General Roy &c. &c. Shewing the Great and Cross Roads, and the Distances Between the Towns, pub. James Wyld, 1844, folding engraved map comprising two sheets, hand coloured in outline and sectionalised onto linen, some light toning, the whole 1150 x 980 mm, contained in orig. diced cloth slipcase, partially lightly faded, with printed paper label. (1)
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Southeast Asia & Indonesia. Jansson (Jan), Indiae Orientalis Nova Descriptio, pub. Hondius, [1636], engraved map with fine original outline colouring, ornamental title cartouche flanked by figures, rhumb lines marked, central fold with some light toning and strengthened to verso at foot, plate dimensions 392 x 507 mm, English text to verso. (1)
Gillray (James, 1756-1815). French-Taylor, fitting John Bull with a Jean de Bry, pub. Hannah Humphrey, 18 November 1799, hand-coloured etching, paper watermarked Turkey Mill J Whatman, plate size approx. 325 x 263 mm (14.25 x 10.3 ins), a little fraying to edges, and one or two minor marginal tears, just touching plate surface, together with The Friend of Humanity and the Knife-Grinder, pub. Hannah Humphrey, 4 December 1797, hand-col. etching, some overall light toning and discol. to corners, a little chipped with minor loss to lower margin, not affecting text, plate size approx. 360 x 250 mm (14.5 x 8 ins), plus Rowlandson (Thomas), A Table Dhote, or French Ordinary in Paris, pub. Rowlandson, No. I James Street, Adelphi, May 30, 1810 hand-col. etching, sheet size approx. 260 x 360 mm, and two hand-col. etched caricatures by Argus, entitled Kissing Hands or New Appointments, pub. E. Walker, February 10th 1806, & The New Minister or As it should be, pub. Walker, February 1806, each with yellow wash border, sheet size approx. 250 x 350 mm and inverse. (5)
Rowlandson (Thomas, illust.). Advice to Sportsmen, rural or metropolitan, noviciates or grown persons; with anecdotes of the most renowned shots of the day: exemplified from life, including recommendatory hints in the choice of guns, dogs, and sporting paraphernalia ..., by Marmaduke Markwell, pub. Thomas Tegg, 1809, sixteen uncol. etched plates by Rowlandson, some minor browning to title and occn. light foxing, t.e.g., remainder untrimmed, later full red morocco (by Riviere), gilt dec. spine, sl. rubbed to joints and extrems., 12mo. Tooley 407. (1)
Barrett (William). The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol, pub. Bristol, printed by William Pine, [1789], large folding engraved map (detached), twenty-eight eng. plts. incl. many folding, lacking Facsimile of Rowley's Manuscript but otherwise complete as list, list of subscribers, occasional light spotting, contemp. calf boards with recent reback, 4to. (1)
Bisset (J.). A Poetic Survey Round Birmingham; with a Brief Description of the Different Curiosities and Manufactories of the Place, Intended as a Guide to Strangers, accompanied by A Magnificent Directory..., Printed for the Author; by Swinney and Hawkins, Birmingham, [1800], half-title discarded, eng. plan and twenty-seven eng. plts., bound with addn. title-page and twenty-two plts. from the 2nd ed. of 1808, 1st ed. title and final page soiled and torn, with loss to upper outer corners repaired (just touching text to final leaf), light browning generally, some splitting at gutter to first and final leaves, bookplate of Geo. Jackson, The Grange, Moseley, modern paper-backed boards, printed spine label, 8vo in 4's. Norton 716 and 722. Considered to be the first illustrated English trade catalogue. (1)
Cole (G. & Roper, J.). The British Atlas; comprising a Complete Set of County Maps, of England and Wales; with a General Map of Navigable Rivers and Canals; and Plans of Cities and Principal Towns, 1810, 58 engraved maps with original outline colouring, 21 uncoloured engraved city plans, some light staining and toning, all maps complete as listed, 20th century half morocco preserving part of orig. spine, folio. Chubb CCCXXXIX. (1)
De Laune (Thomas). The Present State of London: or, Memorials Comprehending a Full and Succinct Account of the Ancient and Modern State thereof, 1st ed., 1681, eng. frontis. (fore-edge close-trimmed), twelve eng. plts., woodcut armorial illusts., lacking signature R & S7-12, as usual, some light spotting and occ. browning, 20th c. calf gilt, red morocco title label, 12mo. (1)
Dury (Andrew). A Collection of Plans of the Principal Cities of Great Britain and Ireland with Maps of the Coast of the Said Kingdoms; Drawn from the Most Accurate Surveys; in Particular those Taken by the late Mr. J. Rocque, Topographer to his Majesty, [1764], engraved title and dedication leaves, eng. list of contents, twenty-two maps and eighteen city plans, some folding, all maps and plans complete as list and with original wash colouring, some light toning and offsetting, contemp. calf, rubbed with hinges weak, oblong 8vo. (1)
Horwood (Richard). Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark, and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, 24 sheets only (of 32), [1792-99], 24 uncoloured engraved sheets, lacking sheets E3, E4, F3, F4, G3, G4, H3 & H4, some light spotting and finger soiling, 2 sheets with some minimal outline colouring, contemp. half calf, worn with boards detached, folio. Howgego 200 (1). A finely engraved map of London on a scale of 26 inches to one mile. (1)
Leigh (Samuel, pub.). Leigh's New Picture of London..., new ed., 1827, eng. frontis., and eng. plts., two folding eng. maps, orig. sheep, gilt title to upper board, old reback, 12mo, together with [Feltham, John], A Guide to all the Watering and Sea-Bathing Places, with a Description of the Lakes, a Sketch of a Tour in Wales, and itineraries..., new & improved ed., c.1815, folding eng. frontis., eng. plts. and maps (some maps folding), some light dust soiling, disbound 12mo, with Ward (Henry, pub.), Descriptive Account of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury..., Canterbury, 1840, eng. plan frontis., nine eng. plts., 20th c. cloth, tall 8vo, plus twenty-four other 19th/20th topography. (approx. 27)
Neale (John Preston and Brayley, Edward Wedlake). The History and Antiquities of the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster: Including Notices and Biographical Memoirs on the Abbots and Deans of that Foundation, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1818-23, addn. eng. title to each vol., numerous eng. plts., occ. scattered spotting, a.e.g., contemp. red half morocco, gilt dec. spines, upper joint of vol. 1 weak, lower board of vol. 2 detached, extrems. rubbed, 4to, together with Winkles (B.), French Cathedrals, 1837, addn. eng. title, numerous eng. plts. and plans, light spotting to margins, contemp. half, loss of leather to upper panel of spine and lower upper corner, rubbed & worn, 4to. (3)
Storer (James Sargent & Greig, John). Antiquarian and Topographical Cabinet, containing a Series of Elegant Views of the Most Interesting Objects of Curiosity in Great Britain, Large Paper edition, 10 vols., 1807-11, eng. titles, numerous eng. views, occasional light spotting, bookplts. to prelims, contemp. half calf, some wear, most joints cracked, spines rubbed, 8vo. From the library at Prinknash Abbey. (10)
Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica: or an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, heretofore in England and Wales, and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, 1744, eng. port. frontis and three heraldic plts., some foxing and light browning throughout, contemp. mottled full calf, rubbed and a little wear, joints partly split, folio. Ex libris Prinknash Abbey with bookplate to front pastedown. (1)
Tanner (Thomas). Notitia Monastica: or an Account of all the Abbies, Priories and Houses of Friers, heretofore in England and Wales, and also of all the Colleges and Hospitals founded before A.D. MDXL, 1744, eng. port. frontis and three heraldic plts., some spotting and light browning throughout, worm hole to fore-edge margin of initial 30 leaves and worm trail to fore-edge margin of final 50 leaves, endpapers renewed, contemp. calf, rebacked, board edges rubbed, folio. (1)
Thornton (William). The New, Complete, and Universal History, Description, and Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, and the Parts Adjacent..., by a Society of Gentlemen, the Whole revised, corrected & improved..., 1784, eng. frontis., two folding maps (one torn with loss), 102 eng. plts. & plans (2 torn with loss), p.487/488 torn with slight loss, some spotting and light dust soiling to few leaves, contemp. calf, boards detached and lacks spine, folio. (1)
Robinson (C.E.). A Royal Warren or Picturesque Rambles in the Isle of Purbeck, Typographic Etching Co., 1882, five etched and five photogravedÓ plts. by Alfred Dawson, full-page map, other illusts., slight foxing, orig. buckram, gilt, together with Eyton (R.W.), A Key to Domesday... an Analysis and Digest of the Dorset Survey, 1888, orig. cloth, a little rubbed, and St George (Henry, and Lennard, Sampson), The Visitation of the County of Dorset, Taken in the Year 1623. Edited by John Paul Rylands, Harleian Soc., 1885, nine plts. of seals and signatures, orig. cloth, spine worn, and Foster (J.J.), Wessex Worthies (Dorset). With an Introductory Note by Thomas Hardy, 1920, 216/325 copies, thirty-one plts., light foxing, orig. cloth-backed boards, a trifle rubbed, and Nightingale (J.E.), The Church Plate of the County of Dorset, Salisbury, 1889, sixteen plts. and text illusts., name on title-page, orig. cloth, a trifle rubbed, and three others, 4to and royal 8vo. (8)
Shaftesbury Election. Minutes of the Examination taken before the Select Committee who were appointed to try and determine the Merits of the Petition of Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esquire, Complaining of an undue Election and Return for the Borough of Shaston, otherwise Shaftesbury, in the County of Dorset, Printed... 1775, 154 pages , some light browning, recent boards, printed paper label, edges untrimmed, folio. Shaftesbury was a scot and lot Parliamentary Borough returning two M.P.'s, and for most of the eighteenth century the Earls of Shaftesbury and Ilchester nominated a candidate each: the two candidates being duly elected. For the election of 1774, when dissatisfaction with the Earl of Shaftesbury as Lord of the Manor had reached a peak, some Shastonian voters put up a third candidate, Hans Winthrop Mortimer, against Sir Francis Sykes and Sir Thomas Rumbold. Mortimer was defeated but he instituted proceedings against Sykes and Rumbold on charges of bribery and corruption. The Parliamentary Enquiry found in favour of Mortimer, who was seated in place of Sykes. Mortimer then began a lawsuit on twenty-six charges of bribery against the two, and was awarded £11,000 damages. (1)
Bloomfield (Robert). The Banks of Wye, a Poem, 1st ed., Printed for the Author, 1811, ad. leaf present at the end, extra-illustrated with a pen-and-ink map, col. in outline, and eighteen skilfully-executed and attractive orig. watercolour views, neatly listed in MS at the end, a little light soiling in the text, near-contemp. green straight-grained morocco, rubbed at extrems., a.e.g., small 8vo. The watercolours, within black-ruled borders and with captions, include views of Tintern Abbey, Chepstow Castle, Llandogo, Monmouth, Abergavenny, and Brecon. They are contemporary with the book, but are without any attribution or provenance. (1)
Bonnor (T., engraver). Illustration of the Engraved Subjects which Compose the First Number of the Copper-Plate Perspective Itinerary; or, Pocket Port-folio. Consisting of Ten Views, the Interior of Gloucester Cathedral, Published for the Author, [1796], ground plan, and ten eng. plts. of the interior of Gloucester Cathedral, 20pp. of text, bound with Illustration of all the Engraved Subjects which Compose the Second Number of the Copper-Plate Perspective Itinerary .... Consisting of Ten Views of Goodrich Castle, its Environs ... To which is added, a Description of Copped Wood Hill, Published for the Author, [1798], ten eng. external views, plus a folding plt. showing the floor plan, artefacts, etc., 46pp. of text, incl. an eight-page list of subscribers, a little light foxing, two volumes in one, contemp. calf, spine gilt, red leather label, minor damage to the upper cover, 8vo. According to Hyett and Bazeley, Vol. 1 p.270, after the Second Number an Appendix to No. 1 was issued, which consisted of a folding plate bearing seven views of the exterior of Gloucester Cathedral, after which publication was discontinued. The present volume contains the single-sheet announcement that Queen Charlotte had become a subscriber, dated Sept. 28, 1799. (1)
Heath (Charles). Descriptive Account of the Kymin Pavilion, and Beaulieu Grove ... also, the Naval Temple, with New Notices of Buckstone, ... To which is added, Lord Nelson's Visit to Monmouth, bound with The Excursion Down the Wye from Ross to Monmouth: including Memoirs and Anecdotes of John Kyrle, 6th ed., and Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Tintern Abbey, 9th ed., and Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of the Town and Castle of Chepstow, including the Pleasurable Regions of Persfield, 6th ed., and Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Ragland Castle, 7th ed., 1819; together five works in one volume, all Monmouth, Printed and Sold by Charles Heath, [c. 1815-20], some light browning, contemp. half russia, rubbed, marbled board sides, 8vo. Heath's works, and particularly collections of them, present something of a bibliographical nightmare, with unpredictable registers and pagination. These five works appear complete, although, typically The Excursion Down the WyeÓ is bound in the middle of the Descriptive Account of the Kymin PavilionÓ, between sigs. E and F. (1)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Wye, from its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction with the Severn below Chepstow: with Observations on the Public Buildings, and other Works of Art, in its Vicinity, Published by R. Faulder and T. Egerton, 1797, full-page map of the course of the river, eng. port., and thirty sepia aquatint plts. after Ireland, the tipped-in errata slip present, lacks the half-title, some light browning, a little pencil scoring, recent half calf, cloth sides, t.e.g., small 4to. Abbey, Scenery, 544. Bookplate of J. Arthur Hutton on the front pastedown. (1)
Edkins (C., publisher). Sixteen Views of Bridgnorth, C. Edkins, Bridgnorth, [c. 1865], sixteen plts., each with a single vign. view, engraved by Newman & Co., no text save captions, orig. brown cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, together with Newman & Co., publisher, Twelve Views of Malvern, Newman & Co., London, [c. 1870], twelve eng. plts., each with a single vign. view, no text save captions, orig. green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, and Rock & Co., publisher, Twenty Four Views and Scenery of Preston, Rock & Co., London, [c. 1875], twenty-four plts., each with a single vign. view, no text save captions, light foxing, orig. green cloth, upper cover blocked in gilt, a little marked, and nine others similar, including vign. views of Matlock, Hereford, Droitwich, Whitby, and Shrewsbury, 8vo and oblong 8vo. (12)
Garnet (J., publisher). Views of the English Lakes, J. Garnet, Windermere, [c. 1865], eng. title-page, and twenty-six plts., each with a single vign. view, drawn and engraved by W. Banks & Son, Edinburgh, each with a tissue guard, advert. leaf present at the end, a little light foxing, orig. green cloth, a trifle rubbed, upper cover blocked in gilt, a.e.g., oblong 8vo. (1)
Rock & Co., (publisher). Views of Dawlish, Rock & Co., London, [c. 1875], twelve eng. plts., each with a single view, no text save captions, slightly dusty, orig. red. cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, a little faded, together with Stewart (W., publisher), Views of North Devon, W. Stewarts, Ilfracombe, [c. 1870], printed title-page, sixteen eng. plts., each with a single view, orig. green cloth, upper cover lettered in gilt, and Besley (Henry, publisher), H. Besley's Views of Devonshire, H. Besley, Exeter, [c. 1870], six eng. plts., each with a single vign. view of South Devon, no text save captions, light foxing, orig. lithographed wrappers, and a similar volume, titled the same, with six eng. plts., each with a single vign. view of Ilfracombe, orig. lithographed wrappers, and two others similar, with vign. views of South Devon, and of Torquay, all oblong 8vo. (6)
Debes (Lucas Jacobsen). Faeroae, & Foeroa Reserata: that is a Description of the Islands & Inhabitants of Foeroe: Being Seventeen Islands Subject to the King of Denmark, Lying under 62 deg. 10 min. of North Latitude. Wherein Several Secrets of Nature are Brought to Light, and some Antiquities Hitherto kept in Darkness Discovered..., Englished by J.S. Doctor of Physick, 1676, few holes & paper wear to title affecting one line of text, one eng. illust. to text, (lacks folding map and folding plt.), a.e.g., 19th c. calf, elaborate gilt dec. spine, slightly rubbed at head & foot of spine, 12mo. (1)
Morris (Valentine). A Narrative of the Official Conduct of Valentine Morris, Esq. Late Captain General, Governor in Chief, &c. &c. of the Island of St. Vincent and its Dependencies. Written by Himself. Supported by his Official Correspondence... , Printed at the Logographic Press, 1787, the errata leaf present, slight damage to the title-page in the gutter, some light soiling, later half calf, marbled board sides, a little rubbed, 8vo. Sabin 50879. Relates principally to the War with AmericaÓ. (1)
Wilson (Harry). Fugitive Sketches in Rome, Venice, &c., pub. F. G. Moon, 1838, tinted litho. title, list of plates, and twelve tinted litho. views, some light foxing, many to margins, a few leaves at front of vol. partly loose, a.e.g., orig. morocco-backed cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled, some wear to joints and corners, large folio. (1)
Pratt (Anne). The Flowering Plants, Grasses, Sedges, and Ferns of Great Britain, and their Allies, the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and Horsetails, 6 vols., pub. Frederick Warne, c.1873, 313 chromo. plts., occn. light foxing, a.e.g., orig. dec. cloth gilt, spines sl. marked and ends rubbed, but generally in bright condition, 8vo. (6)
![* Elizabeth I. Highly important royal letters patent, dated 9th October at Westminster, in the thirty seventh [1595], in whi](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2712031/107-62-10729_468x382.jpg)
* Elizabeth I. Highly important royal letters patent, dated 9th October at Westminster, in the thirty seventh [1595], in which Elizabeth grants and appoints Ralph Eure, Knight, Lord Eure, guardian or warden general of teh marches of our Kingdom of England, bordering on Scotland, that is to say, in parts of the Middlemarche and in the domain of Scotland, it further orders that Ralph is to restore and put right everything attempted and perpetrated defiance of any truce and to chastise and punish appropriately and persons doing wrong in that area, by inprisonment and forfeiture of lands, tenements, goods, cattle wherever the wrongdoers are found, to investigate all pleas and disputes relating to abductions, plunderings, pillage and any other feuds and also to hold Court Warden and Sessions in the marches, to make enquiries concerning any person breaking the aforsaid truces, or regulations made, to find information about the identities of offenders and to punish them according to their offences, that Ralph should punish in any way which seems best to him any person refusing to carry out his orders or persisting in disobedience, to enquire and seek out persons who collaborate with out enemies and to punish such traitors, to set watches and other spies, for our defence against the hostile incursions of our enemies of Scotland, to relieve our village and castle of Barwicke in Scotland, whenever they are beseiged by the Scots, to array all defenders between the ages of 16 and 60 being within the boundaries of the marches, to prepare in good time all men at arms, soldiers, horsemen and archers, to array them when equipped in thousands, hundreds and twenties, to make ready all men at arms, soliders, light horsemen, and archers to defending the marches, etc., with attached fragmented white wax Great Seal of Elizabeth, in old linen bag, accompanied by full translation of the document, together with other notes. The Eures were a very important family in the North of England, with many large estates, noted for their military exploits against the Scots, the family finally becoming extinct in 1680. (1)
Alcuin. B. Flacci Albini, sive Alchuuini Abbatis... Opera quae hactenus reperiri potuerunt, ed. Andreae Quercetani, Paris, Ex Officina Nivelliana. Sumptibus Sebastiani Cramoisy, 1617, eng. port. frontis., title printed in red and black, large printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, etc., light waterstain to extreme top margins of final few leaves, not affecting text, contemp. blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, clasps missing, some minor marks and slight soiling, thick folio. Ex-libris the Discalced Carmelite Convent of Munich, with neat handwritten inscription to title, and coat of arms to centre of upper cover, printed in black. Additionally inscribed in an early hand to verso of front blank Duplum Bibiothecae regiae Monacensis. Later bookplate of John Basil Lowder Tolhurst to front pastedown. St. Alcuin (735-804) a theological scholar and teacher, was born near York, attended the Cathedral school there and later became its headmaster. He wrote various treatises on arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, rhetoric, as well as poetry. He also created the Carolingian miniscule hand, a standard script which is still in use as our modern lower case cursive. (1)
Aristotle. Operum Aristotelis Stagiritae Philosophorum Omnium longe Principis, noua editio, Graec & Latine... ex Bibliotheca Isaaci Casauboni...., 2 vols. in one, Lyon, 1590, woodcut illust. to title, small portion of lower outer corner of title torn away, some light damp staining throughout, 18th c. calf, upper joint slightly cracked, binding rubbed, folio. Adams A1736. (1)
Bede (The Venerable). Historiae Ecclesiasticae Gentis Anglorum libri quinque, una cum reliquis ejus Operibus Historicis in unum Volumen Collectis, ed. Johannis Smith, Cambridge, typis Academicis, 1722, half-title, eng. frontis. by M. van der Gucht of the altar of Bede and St. Cuthbert below the east window of Durham cathedral, two full-page eng. plts. by van der Gucht (Tomb of St. Cuthbert, facing p. 264, & Tomb of the Venerable Bede, facing p. 805), large folding eng. map of Britannia Saxonica facing p. 654 (closed tear, repaired), eng. illust. to text on p. 721, text printed in Latin and Anglo-Saxon, some minor foxing and light soiling to first and last few leaves (generally in clean cond.), 18th-c. blind-panelled full calf, some marks, later reback, rubbed and somewhat scuffed, folio. Ex-libris Francis Palgrave, with his signature to head of title, and autograph note to verso of frontis. The plates of this work afford singular proofs of the slow progress which the arts had made in England - see in particular the plate of Bede's tomb. p. 805 F.P.. The best edition, with learned notes and dissertations (Lowndes 144). (1)
![Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues:](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2712031/176-62-10729_468x382.jpg)
Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament, and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues: and with the former Translations diligently compared and revised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement, 2nd ed., Great She Bible], imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 16[13/]11, black letter text, each full-page with fifty-nine lines in double columns, woodcut initials and head-pieces, lacks woodcut general title (A1) and without the Speed map usually found after the Genealogies, first four leaves of prelims. somewhat creased and first two leaves worn at lower margin, old light dampstaining to upper and lower margins of first six gatherings, conjugate leaves 3Z3/4 det. and sl. frayed at edges not affecting text, NT woodcut title present (in good condition), light old dampstaining, soiling and creasing to last seven gatherings, marginal closed tear to folios V3 & V6, lacks folio Y1, dampstaining, soiling, creasing and damage increasing at very end with gutter marginal worming and slight textual loss to folios Y2,5, and Z1-3,6, final two leaves (2A5/6) both with major loss and some repairs, contemp. calf, joints cracked, some wear, large thick folio (page size 395 x 265mm). Herbert 319. A good copy of the Great She Bible, with the correction she for he in Ruth iii.15. (1)
Bible [Greek & Latin]. Novum Testamentum Graecum, cum vulgata interpretatione Latina Greaci contextus lineis inserta..., ed. Benito Arias Montano, Geneva: Petrus de la Roviere, 1619, printer's woodcut device to title, upper outer corner of title torn away and old ink names erased with resultant paper thinning not affecting letterpress, bound with the same publisher's Hebrew-Latin OT of 1618 at rear, separate title with printer's woodcut device, some spotting and light marginal dampstaining throughout, ex libris, Ronald Knox, Prinknash Abbey and Captain Leycester, R.N. with bookplts. to front pastedown, contemp. calf, gilt-dec. spine, rubbed, joints weak and sl. wear to extremities, folio. Darlow & Moule 4667. An interlinear edition. In the N.T., where the Vulgate differs from the Greek, its text is printed in the margin and a literal Latin rendering, by Arias Montanus, is printed, in italics, in the text. In the Apocrypha, the Latin is the interlinear Latin version printed in the Complutensian polyglot. (1)
Bible [Latin]. Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis. Sixti V. P. M. iussu recognita atque edita, Rome, Sumptibus Andreae Brugiotti, 1624, woodcut title printed in red and black, some light dampstaining, contemp. limp vellum, somewhat soiled, thick 12mo, together with Biblia Sacra vulgatae editionis ... et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita, Cologne, Balthasaras Egmond, 1743, addn. eng. title, tab indexed to fore-margins, contemp. calf, some wear to spine, thick 8vo, plus Old Testament [Greek], Vetus Testamentum ex versione septuaginta interpretum, ed. David Millius, 2 vols., Utrecht, 1725, titles printed in red and black, tab indexed to fore-margins, a.e.g., 19th c. full morocco, rubbed and minor wear to joints and head and foot of spines, 8vo, and two others related. (6)
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Bible [English]. The Bible, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., [Geneva version], Christopher Barker, 1583, titles with woodcut borders to general title, Psalter title, Aprocrypha title and N.T. title, general title printed in red and black with some contemp.(?) red ink colouring to border design, old family inscriptions of William Kingston and (later) George Dickins at upper margin, full-page woodcut of the Garden of Eden at end of prelims., woodcut map to N.T. verso, black letter text in double columns with woodcut initials, lacks initial blank and blank before Apocrypha part-title, folios 3K3/4 (Isaiah xxxvi-xxxix) torn and neatly repaired at upper outer corners without loss, a little soiling and light dampstaining at front and rear, occ. pepper wormholing to final seven gathers, lacks folio *1 from Second Table at end and following (final) three leaves cut down at margins without affecting text, modern calf with seven old stamped corner bosses and two centre cover bosses retained, thick folio (page size 413 x 270mm). Herbert 178. (1)
Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Opera. Ex Petri Victorii codicibus maxima ex parte descripta, viri docti et in recensendis authoris huius scriptis cauti & perdiligentis ... Eiusdem Victorii explicationes suarum in Ciceronem castigationum, 5 vols. in 2, Parisiis, ex officina Roberti Stephani, 1539, printer's large woodcut device on each title-page, fine large crible initials, without the last leaf sss6 from vol. 2 (?blank, the text complete), and the final blank Q10 from vol. 5, title-page of vol. 3 det. and frayed, with an old paper repair, some light staining, single small wormhole in the lower margin through the first volume, 18th c, mottled calf, defective, joints broken, one cover det., folio. Adams C.1640. An impressive piece of book-making, in good internal condition. Ownership inscription of Joseph Brereton of Queen's College, Cambridge, dated 1739, in vol. 2, and his book label in each volume. (2)
Del Rio (Martin Antoine). Disquisitionum magicarum libri sex in tres tomos partiti... Nunc secundis curis auctior longe, additionibus multis passim insertis: correctior quo[que] mendis sublatis, 2nd ed., Mainz: Johann Albin, 1603, three parts in one with eng. vign. border to general title, (spotted and somewhat soiled with old ownership name of Bloutn at upper margin), some spotting or light browning throughout, lacks folding table, ex libris Prinknash Abbey, contemp. calf with old reback, covers and title det., some wear, folio. This famous book, first published at Louvain in 1599, deals with magic in general, diabolical magic, maleficia, prophecy and divination, rules for judges, function of the confessor. (1)
Diodorus Siculus. Bibliothecae Historicae Libri XV, de XL..., his accesserunt Eclogae..., Hanover: Wechel, 1604, printer's woodcut device to title and final leaf verso, title sl. trimmed and relaid, Greek and Latin text, numerous old pencil marginalia, heavy spotting and light marginal browning throughout, ex libris Captain Leycester, R.N., modern half calf, folio. (1)
Downame (John). A Guide to Godlynesse, or a Treatise of a Christian Life..., Whereunto are added diuers prayers, and a treatise of carnall securitie, Printed by F. K[ingston] for Philemo[n] Stephens and Christopher Meredith, 1629, eng. title with architectural border, separate title to second part A treatise of securitie: diuided into two bookesÓ with two blanks before part title present, some scattered light soiling and old water-staining, old ink inscriptions to title, end of Table and final leaf, orig. endpaper laid down with orig. and later ownership inscriptions of Vibert family members [St Ouen and Penzance, Cornwall], ex libris Prinknash Abbey, 19th-c. half calf, rubbed, sm. folio. (1)
Durandus (Gulielmus, Bishop of Meaux, c. 1275-1334). Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, Impressum argentine Anno dni Mccccxciii, [Strasbourg, 1493], gothic letter, printed in double-columns, 46 lines to the column, three unnumbered leaves, 260 numbered folios (I-CCLX), initials and numerous paraph marks supplied in red, occ. light dampstaining, contemp. pigskin over wooden boards, remains of brass clasps, covers peppered with worm, some soiling and minor wear, portion to head of spine missing with old repair, folio. Guillaume Durand wrote his eight-volume Rationale Divinorum following his Consecration as Bishop of Meaux. The work is a detailed guide to Catholic liturgical rites, including daily offices, the mass, feast and saints days, church buildings and decorations, together with an astronomical system for calculating the church year, and went into many editions following its first appearance in 1459. (1)
Durandus (Bishop of Meaux, c. 1275-1334). Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, Lyons, Jacques Huguetan, 9th March, 1506, title printed in red and black, with large crible woodcut publisher's device, double column gothic type, numerous small wooduct initials, contemp. annotations and other lining in ink throughout, light waterstain to leading edge of volume throughout, contemp. blindstamped calf over wooden boards, remains of clasps to each cover, somewhat worn with some loss to head and foot of spine, 4to in 8's. This edition not in Adams (see D1157 for a 1503 edition with the same imprint). (1)
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