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Asia.- Raffles (Sir Thomas Stamford) The History of Java, 2 vol., first edition, 65 engraved plates, many aquatint, 10 hand-coloured after William Daniell, one plate folding, 2 folding letterpress tables, engraved vignettes, lacking half-titles and large folding engraved map, occasional spotting or light browning, contemporary calf, a little rubbed and scratched, rebacked preserving old gilt spines, new morocco labels, [Abbey, Travel 554; Tooley 391], 4to, 1817.

Levant.- Willyams (Rev. Cooper) A Voyage up the Mediterranean in his Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure, first edition, engraved dedication with hand-coloured coat-of-arms, folding hand-coloured aquatint map with vignettes, hand-coloured plan and 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, title foxed, some spotting, mostly to guards, modern half calf, spine gilt, [Abbey, Travel, 196], 4to, 1802.⁂ In 1798 Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a ship in the squadron under the command of Nelson. He was present at the Battle of the Nile and according to DNB his is "the first, the most particular, and the most authentic account of the battle". The work includes views of Sicily, Egypt and Gibraltar.

Middle East.- Chardin (Sir John) The Travels...into Persia and the East-Indies..., first edition, engraved portrait by D.Loggan and additional pictorial title, engraved title-vignette, head- & tail-pieces and initials, folding engraved map and 16 plates, most double-page and/or folding, with Directions to Binder leaf at end of main text and half-title to Coronation of Solyman III, some light soiling or browning, folding map and plate of Kashan torn, marginal tear to plate of Teflis at fold, plate of Sultanie shaved at edges, engraved bookplate, contemporary mottled calf with central gilt arms, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [Wing C2043], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1686.⁂ Published concurrently with the French edition. Chardin was born in Paris but emigrated to England with the persecution of the Protestants, where he became court jeweller to Charles II.

World.- Moll (Herman) The Compleat Geographer: or, the Chorography and Topography of all the known Parts of the Earth, 2 parts in 1, third edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece, main title in red and black, separate title to part 2, folding engraved map of world and 45 engraved maps in text, engraved illustrations of sphere & astronomical systems, woodcut of compass, some leaves severely browned (as often), L1 with 2 holes causing loss of a few letters, one or two maps shaved at fore-edge touching border, bookplate of Coker Court, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and slightly stained, a few worn patches to lower board, rebacked with gilt spine, slight wear to head, folio, for Awnsham and John Churchill...and Timothy Childe, 1709.⁂ Including 9 maps of the Americas, and showing California as an island.

World.- Olearius (Adam) The Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors ...containing a Compleat History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia...whereto are added the Travels of John Albert de Mandelslo...into the East-Indies..., translated by John Davies, 2 parts in 1, second edition, additional engraved title incorporating portraits, 2 engraved portraits and 5 folding or double-page maps only (of 6, lacking map of River Volga), engraved illustration of scripts, frontispiece with short tear to lower edge just extending into image, folding maps both laid down, small rust-hole to E1 with loss of a couple of letters, later calf ruled in blind, gilt, spine with red roan labels, a little rubbed, [Wing O270], folio, for John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669.

Africa.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) Africa, large folding map of the continent, with decorative allegorical title cartouche lower left with lions, elephants and Egyptian artefacts, and dedication upper right, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, 1270 x 1470 mm. (50 x 57 7/8 in), dissected into 24 sections and laid on linen, with turquoise silk border, folding with blue endpapers with Wyld's printed label, worn, some loss to endpapers, map with some light offsetting and browning, spotting and surface dirt, some corners slightly peeling off linen, James Wyld, 1 November 1802 § Juta & Co. (J.C.) Juta's Map of South Africa, from the Cape to the Zambesi, lithographed map printed in colour, 955 x 1240 mm. (37 1/2 x 48 3/4 in), dissected and mounted in linen, folding with yellow endpapers, in contemporary cloth-covered slipcase with printed label, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1899; and with A Map of Nyassaland, compiled for George Cawston, Esq., lithographed map printed in colour, 1330 x 520 mm. (52 1/2 x 20 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into cloth covered boards with printed label, some loss, rubbed, Edward Stanford, 8vo, 1891; and with G.W. Bacon's New Map of The Balkan Peninsula, lithographed map folding into boards, small 8vo, [?early 20th century], (4).

Africa.- Drummond (William Henry) The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa, first edition, plates, map and illustrations, original pictorial cloth, neatly recased with repairs and restorations to joints, corners and spine ends Edinburgh, 1875 § Hindlip (Lord) Sport and Travel: Abyssinia and British East Africa, first edition, portrait frontispiece, plates, 2 folding maps, contemporary half calf, spine faded, rubbed, [Czech p.76], 1906 § Davey Cooper (Reginald) Hunting and Hunted in the Belgian Congo, first edition, folding map, plates, half-title browned, modern half morocco, [Czech p.40], 1914; and another, East Africa, 8vo (4)

Africa.- Simpson (William) A Private Journal kept during the Niger Expedition, first edition, very lightly browned, marginal tear to dedication (no loss), original brown cloth, spotted, 1843 § Burton (Capt. Richard Francis, translator & editor) The Lands of Cazembe. Lacerda's Journey to Cazembe in 1798, folding map with routes supplied in colours (torn and repaired), original blue cloth, small stains to upper cover but a good copy, 1873 § Gregory (J.W.) The Great Rift Valley..., chromolithographed frontispiece, 2 folding colour maps, plates and illustrations, contemporary tree calf prize binding, gilt, spine gilt, joints rubbed, 1896 § Baker (Sir Samuel W.) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 colour maps, one folding, plates, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, rubbed and stained, rebacked in morocco, corners repaired, 1868, all but the last first editions; and a Stanford's map of West Africa, 8vo (5)

Alps.- Altmann (Johann Georg, editor) L'Etat et les Delices de la Suisse, 4 vol., folding engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, the first with engraved vignette, 9 folding engraved maps and 70 plates, 53 folding, Robert Southey's copy with his neat ink inscription "Robert Southey Paris 20 May 1817" in ink at foot of title to vol.1, several plates from vol.3 bound in vol.2, first map in vol.1 torn & repaired and frayed at fore-edge, first few leaves of vol.2 with light water-staining to lower margin slightly affecting first two maps, one or two tears repaired, one plate reinforced at inner margin, modern panelled calf, morocco labels, [Perret 3814], 12mo, Amsterdam, Wetsteins & Smith, 1730.⁂ Compiled by Altmann from two books published in 1714: Abraham Ruchat's Delices de la Suisse and Abraham Stanyan's An Account of Switzerland. Robert Southey (1774-1843), Romantic poet, who was travelling on the Continent in 1817 and in Paris met Annette Vallon and her daughter (the child of William Wordsworth). Southey left Paris on 21st May, the day after he bought this book. Following his death it was part of lot 812 in the sale of Southey's books in May 1844.

Alps.- Beattie (William) Switzerland, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, 2 additional engraved vignette titles and 106 engraved plates after W.H.Bartlett, all hand-coloured, folding engraved map at end, washed but colours still bright, contemporary burgundy morocco elablorately stamped in gilt with central figure of a knight supporting an eagle on his arm, g.e., rebacked with gilt morocco spine, 4to, 1836.

Alps.- Brockedon (William) Illustrations of the Passes of the Alps..., 2 vol., first edition, large paper copy with proof plates on india paper, 96 engraved plates by E. Finden & others after Brockedon and 12 maps with route supplied by hand in yellow, all on india paper and mounted, each with small unobtrusive blind-stamp of artist's initials at edge, engraved general map (foxed), wide margins, some foxing (occasionally heavy) but mostly to text, plates generally clean but for marginal spotting, some staining to text from pressed leaves, bookplate of Oscar V.Viney, contemporary blue cloth, morocco spine labels, uncut, rubbed and slightly stained, spines faded and worn at ends, [Neate B170; Perret 0723], folio, 1828-29.⁂ Brockedon (1787-1854) was a painter who travelled through the Alps by numerous different passes nearly sixty times during his research, originally with the idea of tracing Hannibal's route. The work was issued in several different formats; this appears to be Neate's issue of "Royal 4to proofs on India paper" but it has very wide margins and is larger than usual (c.440 x 295mm.).

Alps.- Charpentier (Jean de) Essai sur les Glaciers et sur le Terrain Erratique du Bassin du Rhone, first edition, errata leaf, folding hand-coloured engraved map, 8 lithographed plates, 3 folding, light foxing, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt and a little faded, [Perret 0955], Lausanne, 1841 § Murith (L.-J.) Le Guide du Botaniste qui Voyage dans le Valais, avec un Catalogue des Plantes..., first edition, errata leaf at end, contemporary boards, spotted, Lausanne, Henri Vincent, 1810 § Raoul-Rochette (D.) Lettres sur la Suisse, 3 vol., second edition of vol.1-2, vol.3 first edition, half-titles, engraved title-vignettes, folding aquatint frontispiece and 25 plates after König, Lory and others, occasional spotting or soiling, modern half calf, [Meckly 152; Perret 3585], Paris, 1823-26, the first two rubbed, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ Charpentier's pioneering work on glaciology was published a year after Louis Agassiz's Études sur les Glaciers of 1840 despite the latter being influenced by Charpentier and his theory of large rocks being moved by ice.

Alps.- Roth (Abraham) The Doldenhorn and Weisse Frau, ascended for the first time by Abraham Roth and Edmund von Fellenberg, first English edition, half-title, 11 chromolithographed plates (1 double-page), 2 tinted wood-engraved plates and folding chromolithographed map, wood-engraved illustrations, some light foxing, mostly to text, without the additional wood-engraved title found in some copies but a good copy in the original printed wrappers, uncut, rubbed and soiled, spine ends a little worn and chipped, [Neate R77; Perret 1602], 8vo, Coblenz, Karl Baedeker, London & Edinburgh, 1863.⁂ Including accounts of earlier attempts, particularly by von Fellenberg and Philip Gosset who both provided the sketches for the plates.

Alps.- Scheuchzer (Johann Jacob) Natur-Geschichte des Schweitzerlandes, samt seinen Reisen über die Schweitzerische Gebürge, edited by Johann George Sulzer, 4 parts in 1, second edition, first title in red and black, titles to parts 1, 2 & 4 with engraved vignette, large folding engraved map and 32 plates, 12 folding, lower margin of Hh1 in part 1 torn and repaired, modern half pigskin preserving old roan label on spine, [Perret 3945], small 4to, Zurich, David Gessner, 1746.⁂ Important work on the mountains of Switzerland, first published in 1706-08 and revised and extended for this edition by J.G.Sulzer in four parts. The first part describes the natural history and topography of Switzerland and the second contains details of Scheuchzer's Swiss travels including his nine mountain ascents. The final and shorter two parts comprise Sulzer's researches on the origins of mountains and his own travels in Switzerland in 1742.

Americas.- California.- Shelvocke (Captain George) A Voyage round the World by the Way of the Great South Sea, first edition, engraved title-vignette, engraved folding twin-hemisphere map (with short repair), 4 engraved plates, 2 folding, and a duplicate of the final plate, H2 with repair, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, [Cowan pp.581-2; Hill pp.272-3; Howes S383], 8vo, for J. Senex, 1726.⁂ Scarce account of Shevlocke's privateering adventures through the Pacific and with what Cowan calls "the fullest account of California, the natives and their features, of any of the old voyagers." The map depicts California as an island and two of the plates show natives of California. It has also been suggested that Shevlocke's account of the passage around Cape Horn inspired Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Americas.- Mexico.- Beaufoy (Mark) Mexican Illustrations..., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed to Burr Jackson Esq. on front free endpaper, double-page engraved map, 6 plates, most engraved, wood-engraved illustrations, browned, some spotting, lacking rear free endpaper, original boards, uncut, rebacked in calf, 1828 § Lyon (Capt. G.F.) Journal of a Residence and Tour in the Republic of Mexico..., 2 vol. in 1, a few illustrations, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, paper label on spine (faded), 1828 § Ruxton (George F.) Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains, first American edition, light foxing, contemporary half roan, New York, 1848, first editions, [Sabin 4169; 42852 & 74501], 8vo (3)⁂ The first includes observations on slavery and the West Indies, visited on the author's outward voyage.

Americas.- West Indies.- Edwards (Bryan) The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 2 vol., first edition but with an additional 24pp. and the plates from the second edition bound in, lacking half-titles, with 2 engraved frontispieces, large folding general map in 2 sections, 8 engraved maps (one folding of Jamaica), 5 engraved plates, 6 folding letterpress tables, some foxing and offsetting, particularly to folding maps, one folding map torn, title to vol.2 slightly defective at corners, a few plates with imprint shaved, engraved bookplate, contemporary blue roan, gilt, spines gilt with red roan labels, g.e., rather scuffed and faded, [Sabin 21901], 4to, for John Stockdale, 1793.⁂ The second edition of 1794 is generally regarded as the best edition as it includes plates, the first edition normally being issued with only the large map and the tables (although Sabin does call for 16 plates). The present work includes all the maps and plates from the second edition and an additional 24pp. comprising list of plates, preface to second edition and catalogue of plants (A-C4).

Australia.- Stoney (Capt. Henry Butler) Residence in Tasmania: with a descriptive tour through the island, from Macquarie Harbour to Circular Head, first English and first illustrated edition, tinted lithographed frontispiece and 7 plates, engraved title vignette, double-page lithographed map, engraved vignettes, contemporary polished calf, gilt, richly gilt spine in compartments and with burgundy morocco label, [Ferguson 16295], 8vo, 1856.⁂ An excellent copy of this important account of the island, including early settlement, penal stations, and a list of Tasmanian birds. Stoney served with the 99th Regiment and arrived in Tasmania in 1853. The work was first published without illustrations in 1854 in Hobart Town. Provenance: Earl of Eldon (ink inscription on his leaving Eton).

Germany.- Gerning (Johann Isaak von) A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne, first English edition, list of subscribers, 24 hand-coloured aquatint plates after C.G.Schutz, tissue guards, folding engraved map with routes hand-coloured at end, some spotting or light offsetting, mostly to text or guards, frontispiece and title a little marked, contemporary half diced russia, rebacked, rubbed, [Abbey, Travel, 217; Tooley 234], 4to, 1820.

Hungary.- Tänzel (Johann Wilhelm Friedrich) Hungaria seu Disputationes Miscellaneæ De Natura Hungariæ, first edition, fine engraved frontispiece of the Emperor being shown a map of Hungary by the goddess of Nature and 3 fine engraved plates by Leonhard Heckenauer after Johann Degeller, later boards, spine browned, some staining, rubbed, folio, Dillingen, Joannes Caspar Bencard, 1700.⁂ On the geology, hydrology and climatology of Hungary, each section with a fine allegorical plate, the first depicting mining, smelting and minting.

Pyrenees.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) A Map of the Pyrenees and the Adjacent Provinces by Roussel, and Blottiere with additions from Torfiño, and Lopez, map of the Pyrenees and envrions, orientated with north to the bottom right, published when the French army had been driven back through Spain to the borders of France during the Peninsular War, engraving, on two sheets, each approx. 1010 x 1090 mm. (39 3/4 x 42 7/8 in), both dissected and mounted on linen, minor offsetting and light surface dirt, folding into tree calf-backed book-style slipcase, with roan gilt title label to spine, rubbed 4to, January 1809.

Spain and Portugal.- Mentelle (Edme) and Pierre Gregoire Chanlaire. New Map of Spain and Portugal, Peninsular War-period map, engraving with hand-colouring, 850 x 1260 mm. (33 1/2 x 49 5/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor spotting and browning, presented in tree calf-backed book-style slipcase, roan gilt title label to spine, rubbed, 4to, sold by Faden, published by John Stockdale, 1808 § Jefferys (Thomas) Mappa ou Carta Geographica Dos Reinos De Portugale Algarve, second edition of Jefferys' map of Portugal and part of Spain, with large dedication cartouche lower left, and tables in English and Spanish, engraving, on three sheets, not joined, each approx. 575 x 920 mm. (23 5/8 x 26 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and browning, presented in matching tree calf-backed book-style slipcase as above, with roan gilt title label to spine, rubbed 4to, published and sold by William Faden, 1790, (2).⁂ Two uncommon maps in uniform book-style slipcases.

St. Helena.- Beatson (Alexander, Major-General) Tracts Relative to the Island of St. Helena, engraved map and 6 aquatint plates by William Daniell after Samuel Davis, half-title, some slight foxing and browning, ink inscription on title, contemporary cloth, rubbed, faded and stained, corners worn, later printed label on spine, [Abbey, Travel, 312], 4to, 1816.

Tibet.- Bruce (C.G.) Twenty Years in the Himalaya, first edition, half-title, photogravure frontispiece, folding panorama and map, 20 pp. advertisements at end, occasional light foxing, presentation bookplate from the Ladies Apline Club to Miss Dalling in 1956 to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed, [Yakushi B591; Neate B199], 1910 § Wellby (Capt. M.S.) Through Unknown Tibet, half-title, frontispiece portrait, plates and illustrations, 4 folding maps in pocket at rear, original pictorial cloth, rebacked preserving most of original backstrip, corners bumped, rubbed, 1898 § [Mazuchelli, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah] The Indian Alps and How we Crossed them. Being a Narrative of Two Years' Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months' Tour into the Interior, folding map, 10 chromolithographed plates, spotting and offsetting, prize bookplate, contemporary red calf prize binding, gilt, rubbed and darkened, corners bumped, 1876, 8vo & 4to (3)

Tibet.- Sherring (Charles A.) Western Tibet and the British Borderland, photogravure frontispiece of Mount Kailas, 2 folding colour maps, illustrations, many full-page, light marginal spotting, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, very slightly rubbed at edges, an excellent copy, 1906 § Holdich (Sir Thomas) Tibet, the Mysterious, presentation copy from the author to William Hope Hall with the latter's bookplate, folding colour map, plates, spotting, original pictorial green cloth, gilt, uncut, [1904] § Kingdon-Ward (Capt. Frank) Plant Hunting in the Wilds, plates, ink inscription on front pastedown, bookplate of H.S.Dewar, original cloth, faded, [1931], first editions, 8vo (3)

Voyages.- Cook (James) [Third Voyage] A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 4 vol. (including separate Atlas), first Dublin edition, folding table in vol.3, Atlas vol. with portrait of Cook by Halpin after Dana (not called for in list of plates in vol.1), large folding engraved map on 2 sheets, and 25 other folding or double-page engraved maps, charts and views, bound tightly and a few with tears and/or soiling at folds, some light water-staining, mostly marginal, contemporary tree calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, 8vo, Dublin, 1784.⁂ Unusual to find the maps bound separately.

World.- Apianus (Petrus) La Cosmographia, corregida y añadida por Gemma Frisio, collation: A-Y4, title with large woodcut of globe, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials including 4 volvelles (C2v, D1v, I1v & P3r), woodcut on C3v lacking thread pointer, folding woodcut map of world, contemporary ink manuscript notes on verso of title, foot of first leaf, verso of final leaf and one or two margins, dedication (A2) misbound between A3 & A4, title with large holes either side of woodcut causing loss to notes on verso (repaired), title and dedication lacking small strip at head of each leaf not affecting text (repaired), a little soiled and browned, light water-staining towards end, later tree sheep, rubbed, slight worming to lower joint, [Not in Adams], 4to, Antwerp, Jan Verwithagen, 1575.⁂ Including material by Dr. Francisque Lopez de Gomara concerning America at end, and with folding woodcut map featuring North America as a strip, the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola very large and showing the mountains of the Moon as the source of the River Nile.

World.- Tavernier (Jean Baptiste) Collections of Travels through Turky into Persia, and the East-Indies...a Relation of the Kingdom of Japan and Tunkin...[and] Description of the Grand Seignior's Seraglio, 2 vol. in 1, 6 parts, first collected edition, 2 folding engraved maps, 28 engraved plates (some printed on both sides), 15 folding, some engraved or woodcut illustrations, title to vol.2 only (bound as main title with "second volume" crossed out in contemporary hand), appears to have all text but lacking some preliminaries (only 12pp. at beginning rather than 18pp.) and the 4pp. inserted between pp.46 & 47 in part 5 (Tunkin), part 2 with title and first leaf of Index loose, some plates loose, also map of Japan (torn and frayed), some light browning and staining, old book-label of Thomas Jones of Enfield, contemporary calf, worn, [Blackmer 1632; Wing T251-2], folio, for Moses Pitt, 1684; sold not subject to return

Ireland.- Archdall (Mervyn) Monasticon Hibernicum: or A History of the Abbeys, Priories and other Religious Houses in Ireland, first edition, folding engraved map and 18 plates, Earl Macartney's copy with his engraved bookplate on front pastedown, some slight browning, later bookplate on fly-leaf, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary tree calf, corners bumped, rebacked with the original spine laid down, red morocco label on spine, Dublin, for Luke White, 1786 § Musgrave (Sir Richard) Memoirs of the different Rebellions in Ireland..., second edition, half-title, 10 folding engraved maps and plans, (all but 1 plate folding), light spotting and offsetting, bookplate on front pastedown, 19th century green morocco, gilt, spine browned, t.e.g., others uncut, Dublin, 1801, 4to (2).⁂ First mentioned: George Macartney, first Earl Macartney, KB (1737-1806), statesman, colonial administrator and diplomat. Led the British Embassy to China in 1792.

Ireland.- Bartlett (William Henry) The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol. in 1, engraved additional titles, folding map and 118 plates, tissue-guards, occasional light foxing but a generally bright, clean copy overall, attractive contemporary green morocco, gilt, with Irish harp and shamrocks in gilt to covers and spine, g.e., [c.1842] § Newenham (Robert O'Callaghan) Picturesque Views of the Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., 113 lithographed views, occasional foxing, ?lacking engraved title, vol.1 title repaired at margins, contemporary half morocco, spine ends and corners repaired, rubbed, new endpapers, 1830; and 4 others, Irish views, 4to (7)

Ireland.- Beaufort (Daniel Augustus) A New Map of Ireland Civil and Ecclesiastical, second edition, engraved vignette to head, hand-coloured in outline, dissected and linen-backed, slip-case, 1135 x 880mm., William Faden, 1797; Memoir of a Map of Ireland, large paper subscriber's copy with the ownership inscription of John Brownrigg, one of the subscribers to title, engraved folding map, hand-coloured in outline, list of subscribers, errata slip, title a little soiled, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, new endpapers, Dublin, William Slater, 1792, preserved in modern custom clip-case, 8vo & 4to (2)

Ireland.- [Bush (John)] Hibernia Curiosa. a Letter from a Gentleman in Dublin, to his Friend at Dover in Kent, folding engraved map frontispiece (30mm. marginal tear), 2 folding plans and 3 folding engravings, some with tears (repaired), wood-cut illustration, owner's contemporary ink inscription to title, occasional pencil corrections, author's name added to title in ink in a later hand, scattered faint spotting, 19th century half calf, bound by J. Larkins, a little rubbed, 8vo, W. Flexney, [?1764].

Coulter (Henry) The West of Ireland: its Existing Conditon and Prospects, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, folding map and 35 plates. (some colour), tissue guards, advertisements at end, slightly browned, original gilt pictorial cloth, a good copy, 8vo, Dublin, 1862.

Ireland.- Curwen (J. C.) Observations on The State of Ireland, Principally directed to its Agriculture and Rural Population, 2 vol., contemporary half russia, gilt, an attractive set, 1818 § Kütner (K.G.) Briefe über Irland, engraved folding plate, contemporary half calf, rebacked, Peipzig, Johann Philipp, 1785 § [Twiss (Richard)] A Tour in Ireland in 1775, aquatint frontispiece and engraved folding map, occasional light foxing, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, 1776 § Holmes (G.) Sketches of Some of the Counties of Ireland, 1 etched and 6 aquatint plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, 1801 § West (Mrs. Frederic) A Summer Visit to Ireland in 1847, lithographed frontispiece and 2 plates (a little damp-stained), illustrations, ink ownership inscriptions, original cloth, spine slightly faded, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1847; and 2 others, Irish tours, 8vo (8)

Ireland.- Dubourdieu (Rev. John) Statistical Survey of the County of Down, with Observations on the Means of Improvement, first edition, engraved frontispiece, large folding map and 12 plates (3 coloured green), title slightly creased and foxed, front free endpaper with small tear, original boards, slightly foxed, printed paper label on spine, browned, edges uncut, modern slip-case, 8vo, Dublin, 1802.

Ireland.- Hall (Rev. James) Tour through Ireland; Particularly the Interior and Least known Parts, 2 vol., first edition, engraved folding map, bookplate and ink ownership inscription and bookplate of William Greenwood, original publisher's boards, spine chipped, rubbed, 1813 § [Twiss (Richard)] A Tour in Ireland in 1775, engraved folding map, aquatint plate, occasional light soiling, modern half calf, for the author, 1776 § Holmes (George) Sketches of Some of the Southern Counties of Ireland, 1 etched and 6 aquatint plates, light scattered foxing, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spine rubbed, 1801 § Chatterton (Lady) Rambles in the South of Ireland during the Year 1838, 2 vol., half-titles, lithographed frontispiece and 6 plates, modern half calf, 1839; and 3 others, Irish tours, 8vo (9)

Ireland.- Hamilton (William) Letters concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim. Containing a Natural History of its Basaltes: with an Account of such Circumstances as are worthy of notice respecting the Antiquities, Manners and Customs of that Country..., first edition, folding engraved map, half-title, bookplate of William Rashleigh on lower pastedown, original boards, slightly marked, rebacked, uncut edges, London, G. Robinson & Co., 1786; and 5 others, Hamilton, v.s., v.d. (6).

Ireland.- Hill (Lord George) Facts from Gweedore: with Useful Hints to Donegal Tourists, 3 parts in 2 vol., 11 tinted lithographed plates, one full-page triple-image plan and one lithographed map, occasional foxing, remains of envelope from the Gweedore Hotel loosely inserted, modern half calf, gilt, preserved in slipcase, [not in Abbey], 4to, Dublin, 1845-7.⁂ A scarce work, especially the third part, describing Hill's efforts to improve the appalling agrarian condition of north-west Donegal just before the Great Famine.

Ireland.- Belfast.- [Joy (Henry)] Historical Collections Relative to the Town of Belfast: From the Earliest Period to the Union With Great Britain, engraved frontispiece, title slightly foxed, browned and offset, modern half calf, gilt, edges uncut, Belfast, 1817 § Dubourdieu (John) Statistical Survey of the County of Antrim, large folding engraved county map, 17 lithographed plates (10 folding), new endpapers, modern half calf, edges uncut, 1812; and c. 40 others, Belfast, Down and Antrim, and 26 vol. of the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, v.s., v.d. (c. 40).

Ireland.- Luckombe (Philip) A Tour through Ireland, first edition, folding engraved map of Ireland, title slightly offset, slightly browned, contemporary calf, corners a little bumped, gilt spine, red and gilt morocco label, a fine copy, T. Lowndes, 1780; and another, a second edition of the same, 12mo (2).

Ireland.- Moll (Herman) A Set of Twenty New and Correct Maps of Ireland, first edition, printed title-page, folding engraved general map of Ireland, 17 engraved county/province maps and engraved List of the Severall Barracks (numbered 1-19), lacking the final map of Great Britain and Ireland (this also crossed out in ink on title), this copy extra-illustrated with 4 additional maps, viz: Wilson's New & Accurate Map of the Roads of Ireland, folding and hand-coloured in outline, 405 x 351mm.; Wilson's Plan of the City of Dublin, folding, partially hand-coloured, Dublin, 315 x 420mm., 1794; Moll's A Pocket Companion of Ireland, folding and hand-coloured in outline, 320 x 320mm.; Moll's A New Map of Great Britain [showing part of Ireland], folding and hand-coloured in outline, 1068 x 622mm., 1717, old stab-holes to inner margin of title and some maps, a few repairs to verso, engraved bookplate of Lyons Library, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, rebacked, modern board slip-case, [Bonar-Law A10; Chubb, p.409 "the only copy known to me is in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin."], oblong 4to, 1728.⁂ Scarce. Lyons House in Celbridge, Co. Kildare was the seat of Lord Cloncurry. Much of the contents, including the library, was sold in 1962. A photocopy of part of the auction catalogue is loosely inserted, showing that this atlas was part of lot 239.

Ireland.- New and Correct Irish Atlas, large folding hand-coloured engraved general map (torn and repaired), engraved key plate and 36 hand-coloured engraved provincial and county maps, 3 trimmed and window-mounted in later paper, a few with repairs to verso, some foxing and soiling, one with later ink annotations within image, contemporary green half morocco over marbled boards, rubbed, oblong folio, Dublin, George & John Grierson and Martin Keene, 1822.⁂ Very rare. No copy traced at auction for almost 40 years.

Ireland.- Petty (Sir William).- Lamb (Francis) A Geographicall Description of ye Kingdom of Ireland. Collected from ye actual Survey made by Sr. William Petty, third edition, engraved title, index, and 35 miniature engraved maps only (of 38, lacking general map of Ireland and county maps no. 3 and 29), hand-coloured in outline, 1 county map with chip to margin, not affecting image, some occasional light surfacing soiling or light spotting, largely restricted to margins, contemporary calf, spine ends a little chipped, corners bumped, slip-case, 12mo, by Francis Lamb et al., [1695].⁂ Rare.

Ireland.- Report from the Committee of Secrecy Appointed to take into Consideration the Treasonable Papers Presented to the House of Commons of Ireland, folding engraved map, John Stockdale, 1798 bound with Report from the Committee of Secrecy of the House of Lords of Ireland, folding engraved map of Dublin, 1798, slightly browned, engraved bookplate of Sir James Colquhoun of Luss on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt spine, a fine copy, 1798; and 4 others, including a copy of Richard Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, 1776, v.s., v.d. (5).

Seward (William Wenman) Topographia Hibernica, first edition, large folding hand-coloured map at beginning and a folding table at end, browned, modern bookmplate on front pastedown, contemporary tree calf, gilt, slightly rubbed, ornate gilt panelled spine, red gilt morocco label, 4to, Dublin, Alex. Stewart, 1795.

Ireland.- Stafford (Thomas) Pacata Hibernia. Ireland Appeased and Reduced..., 2 engraved portrait frontispieces, folding map and 17 other maps, plates and plans (1 folding and 16 double-page), first frontispiece outer margin repaired and lower margin trimmed ?from another copy, second frontispiece and title inner margins repaired, title slightly creased, maps and plates trimmed to plate mark, browned, ink inscription: "Bibliotheca Colbertina" at head of title, later ink signature of Berkeley Vincent on fly-leaf, latedr endpapers, 19th century morocco, gilt, gilt panelled spine, g.e., Printed by A[ugustine] M[athewes], 1633.⁂ Provenance: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, (1619-83), the French statesman hired by Cardinal Mazarin to look after his financial affairs. The Bibliotheca Colbertina was the library owned successively by Jean Baptiste Colbert de Torcy, Jacques Nicolas Colbert, Archbishop of Rouen (1655-1707), and Charles Eleonor Colbert, Comte de Seignely (d.1747). The Colbert Library was sold in Paris in 1728.Brigadier-General Sir Berkeley Vincent, KBE, CB, CMG (4 December 1871-1963) was a British Army officer and sportsman.

Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinners's Maps of the Roads of Ireland, Surveyed 1777, first edition, large folding engraved map of Ireland and 288pp. of maps, engraved title, engraved dedication and page of explanation, list of subscribers at end (slightly water-stained), slightly browned, bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary calf wallet, gilt, slightly rubbed, gilt spine, red gilt morocco label on spine, 8vo, G. Nicol, London and W. Wilson, Dublin, 1778.

Ireland.- Taylor (George) and Andrew Skinner. Taylor and Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland Surveyed in 1777 and Corrected down to 1783, second edition, folding engraved general map with several repaired tears, engraved vignette title, dedication and explanation leaves and 289 hand-coloured road maps (printed on recto and verso) on 145 leaves, light surface soiling to leaves, ink ownership inscriptions of Lord Rossmore and William Copeland Trimble, modern half morocco, [Chubb, Ireland XII], 8vo, London & Dublin, for the Author, 1783⁂ William Copeland Trimble (1851-1941) editor and proprietor of the Enniskillen newspaper The Impartial Reporter.

Ireland.- The Present State of Ireland, lacking folding map, trimmed at fore-edge, occasionally touching printed marginalia, A10 repaired with some minor loss to text, small marginal repair to A11, bookplate, 19th century calf, gilt, [Wing P3267], by M.D. for Chr. Wilkinson, 1673 § Barton (Richard) Lectures in Natural Philosophy, designed, to be a foundation for reasoning pertinently upon the petrifications, gems, crystals, and sanative quality of Lough Neagh in Ireland, engraved frontispiece and 5 plates (3 folding), frontispiece laid down, list of subscribers, woodcut illustrations, occasional minor soiling, 19th century half morocco, spine faded, Dublin, by A.Reilly, 1751 § [Smith (Charles, attrib.) The Antient and Present State of the County of Down, engraved folding map, bookplate, contemporary tree calf, sympathetically rebacked, Dublin, by A.Reilly, for Edward Exshaw, 1744 § McEvoy (John) Statistical Survey of the County of Tyrone, engraved folding map, illustrations, occasional spotting, bookplate of the Duke of Leinster, contemporary half calf, sympathetically rebacked, Dublin, 1802; and another, Ireland, v.s. (5)

Ireland.- Tory Island.- Getty (Edmund, Irish antiquarian and naturalist, 1799-1857) The History and Antiquities of Torry Island, ?author's copy, frontispiece, 4 silhouettes in the style of Auguste Edouart, 8 lithographed plates, 1 lithographed map, 1 pencil landscape and 5 watercolour landscapes, bookplate of John Stafford Reid Byers on front pastedown, original cloth, gilt, slightly rubbed, spine slightly faded, housed in a modern card slip-case, 4to, Belfast, Privately Printed, 1853.⁂ Tory Island, 9 miles off the north-west coast of County Donegal; the most remote inhabited island of Ireland.

Ireland.- Pamphlets.- Siege of Londonderry.- Walker (George) A True Account of the Siege of London-Derry, first edition, folding engraved map, licence leaf before title, a few small stains at edges and small tear, [Wing W350], for Robert Clavel and Ralph Simpson, 1689 bound with Observations Upon Mr Walkers Account of the Siege of London-Derry, 12pp., drophead title, [Wing O112], R. Simpson, 1689 bound with Reflections on a Paper, Pretending to be An Apology for the Failures Charged on Mr. Walker's Account of the Siege of London-Derry, 20pp., [Wing R695], for Robert Clavel and Ralph Simpson, 1689 bound with Hamilton (Andrew) A True Relation of the Actions of the Inniskilling-Men, advertisements on verso of last leaf, one or two small tears to corners, [Wing H476], for Ric. Chiswell, 1690 bound with [D'Urfey (Thomas)] The Weesils. A Satyrical Fable, title trimmed affecting imprint, contemporary ink correction at end of poem, 1691, together 10 works in 1 vol. (most others relating to James II, William II and the Scottish Presbyterian Church), browned, some staining to a few unmentioned pamphlets, contemporary panelled calf, worn, joints splitting, sm. 4to.

Cumberland and Midlands.- Geological maps.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) [Geological Ordnance Survey Map of Cumberland], a composite map of single sheets from the 'Geological Survey of Great Britain' joined and presented in two parts, North and South, also showing part of Westmorland, with numerous keys and diagrams neatly trimmed and pasted on, engraving with extensive hand-colouring, with several sheets trimmed and joined, 'North' measures 975 x 1990 mm. (38 3/8 x 78 3/4 in), 'South' 980 x 1520 mm. (38 1/2 x 59 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor surface dirt, folding with marbled endpapers, presented in red cloth slipcase with printed label, 4to, Edward Stanford, ca. 1850s; together with seven other single sheet maps from the 'Geological Survey of Great Britain', including three copies of sheet LXII (Lichfield), and one of LXIII (Leicester), and LXXI (Nottingham), and with 'Horizontal Sections Sheet No. 24', and 'Horizontal Sections Sheet No. 25', engravings with extensive hand-colouring, various sizes, majority between 670 x 495 mm. (26 1/2 x 19 1/2 in), and 675 x 1000 mm. (26 1/2 x 39 3/8 in, all dissected and mounted on linen, occasional minor surface dirt, all folding into various endpapers, several presented in slipcases, some loose, mainly 8vo, 1850s and later, (9 maps).

Devon.- Donn (Benjamin) A Map of the County of Devon, first edition, printed title, 9pp. list of towns, seats & proprietors and subscribers, double-page engraved key map and 12 double-page maps by Thomas Jefferys, in full contemporary hand-colouring, inset town plans of Exeter and Plymouth uncoloured, some offsetting and occasional soiling, later half calf, rubbed, [Batten & Bennett, The Printed Maps of Devon 44], folio, for the Author, 1765.⁂ The deluxe version of one of the best known large scale county maps due to the 100 guineas award from the Royal Society of Arts, conceived in 1762, Donn's being the first map to receive the award. It was published and sold in a simple twelve-sheet format for one and a half guineas with an extra five shillings for colouring. It was also available in a bound state as here, with a printed title page, index, subscribers list and key map for two guineas plus extra for colouring.

Devon.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) The Second Part of the General Survey of England and Wales Containing the Whole of Devon and a Portion of the Adjoining Counties, large scale map in eight sections, nos. XX to XVII with piano key border (to perimeter sheets only), with large ornate title in the lower right section laid over the sea area as issued [?], engraved maps, not joined, each section approx. 615 x 915 mm. (24 1/4 x 36 in), dissected and mounted on linen, each section trimmed with light-blue silk, occasional surface dirt and light offsetting, presented in modern green cloth drop-back box, 4to, 1809.

Dorset.- Coker (John) A Survey of Dorsetshire, first edition, folding engraved map by John Wilcox, 6 engraved armorial plates, some light foxing, late 18th century calf, gilt, head of spine chipped, corners rubbed, folio, for J. Wilcox &c., 1732.

Essex.- Chapman (John) and Peter Andre. A Map of the County of Essex from an Actual Survey, engraved throughout, 26 double-page engraved sheets, including title, list of subscribers and key map, all linen-backed and in full contemporary hand-colouring, occasional light soiling, later red half morocco, gilt, spine gilt with raised bands, [Rodger 120], folio, Colchester, W. Keymer, 1785.⁂ This fine large-scale map shows the county in close detail, including the names of all country houses and cottages, as well as the owner's name in many cases. There are also small inset plans of Colchester and Harwich Harbour.

Scotland.- Ainslie (John) Scotland Drawn and Engraved, engraved map in original hand-colouring on 3 sheets, folding in sections and linen-backed, some light browning and offsetting, imprint trimmed at foot, original marbled slip-case, each sheet 605 x 1645mm., Edinburgh and London, 1800.

South East England.- Mudge (Lt. Col. William) Ordnance Survey maps covering Surrey, Sussex, and Kent, four sections, engraved maps, each approx. 635 x 920 mm. (25 x 36 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding into blue morocco gilt-tooled and lettered book-style slipcase, rubbed, worn, 4to, [circa 1810-1820] § Mudge (Lt. Col. William) [An 'unfinished proof' ordnance survey map of Surrey, No. VIII], engraving, an excellent impression, 645 x 940 mm. (25 1/2 x 37 in), dissected and mount on linen, with blue silk edge, bears brown pen and ink inscription lower right that reads 'Unfinished Proof', some spotting and light browning, folding into contemporary blue morocco gilt-lettered book-style slipcase, rubbed, worn, 8vo, 1816, (2).

Java.- [Taylor (Thomas William)] The Lay Of Corneelis: in Three Cantos, first edition, central folds, slightly browned, manuscript errata leaf laid down on front free endpaper, account of the battle and full-page watercolour map of the battle loosely inserted, bookplate of Richard Strachey of Ashwick House on front pastedown, original printed wrappers (creased) bound in contemporary half morocco, rebacked in modern morocco, gilt spine, 8vo, Calcutta, Printed at the Telegraph Press, 1812.⁂ "Col. Gibbs to the right stormed No. 1 which he carried but which was mined & blown up immediately on its being taken. We lost many lives at this time. Coll. McLeod proceeded to No 2 which his party stormed & carried, the Coll being killed in the assault." - From the Honble. J.E. Elliot.A poem celebrating Sir Robert Gillespie's attack on Java in 1811 against the Dutch East Indian Company during the Napoleonic Wars. An expedition was dispatched from India in April 1811, while a small squadron of frigates was ordered to patrol off the island, raiding shipping and launching assaults against various targets. Troops were landed on 4 August, and by 8 August the undefended city of Batavia capitulated. The defenders withdrew to a previously prepared fortified position, Fort Cornelis, which the British besieged, capturing it early in the morning of 26 August.

Somerset & Devon.- Wilt Thou Be Made Whole: or, the Virtues and Efficacy of the Water of Glastonbury, first edition, modern sprinkled calf, 1751 § The Historic & Local New Bath Guide, engraved frontispiece, folding map, contemporary half calf, Bath, [c.1801] § Izacke (Richard & Samuel) Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter, second edition, engraved frontispiece, folding plan, folding plate, armorial illustrations, later burgundy crushed morocco, gilt, by Riviere and Son, spine very slightly faded, 1724 [but date overprinted to 1752]; and 7 others, including 3 editions of A Guide to Ilfracombe, 8vo (10)