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Click here to subscribeBrooke, Jocelyn. The Wild Orchids of Britain, limited edition numbered 969/1140, London: Bodley Head, 1950, illustrated with colour frontispiece & 40 plates by Gavin Bone, quarto, publisher's cloth lettered in gilt, internally good & bright with vibrant plates, ex-library with label & stamps, cloth discoloured & marked
Dickens, Charles. The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, first edition in book form, first issue, London: Chapman & Hall, 1844. Disbound but exceptionally well-preserved. Pictorial title with '100£' on signpost, signed 'Phiz fecit'; errata set in 14 lines [second state errata according to Smith], the verso of errata blank; plate to face p.387 bound facing p.376, 'Mr Pecksniff discharges a duty, which he owes to Society'. Illustrated with etched frontispiece, pictorial title and 38 plates by Phiz. Comprising pale yellow ffep with contemporary owner inscription, half-title with gift inscription dated 21 May 1846, frontis., pictorial title, title, dedication, 2pp. preface, 4pp. contents, 2pp. list of plates, errata, 624pp, additional 16pp. publisher's advertisements, dated July 1845 (not on untrimmed pages like the remainder of book), pale yellow rfep. Despite being disbound, the contents are remarkably good, clean, bright, the plates incredibly well-preserved & fresh, a short tear to margin of dedication page (not affecting text), very pale spots & marks in places, a few bumps & slight wear to extreme edges of untrimmed pages, would benefit from a sympathetic binding
Barrie, J. M. Peter and Wendy, illustrated by F. D. Bedford, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911]. Octavo, publisher's gilt green cloth, frontispiece, pictorial title and eight [of 11] plates. Contents generally good & bright, peculiarly set with some pages & plates slanted, neat contemporary gift inscription & small ownership stamp, Christmas 1911, a few pale spots & marks in places, one plate loose with edges worn, a couple of pages with nicks, cloth with some discolouration, wear at corners, sold as found with all faults
Ross, Frederick. The Ruined Abbeys of Britain, in two volumes, London: William Mackenzie, n.d. Quarto, publisher's gilt buckram, all edges gilt, numerous colour plates with protective tissue-guards, including frontispieces, plus wood-engraved vignettes within the text. Contents generally good & bright, the plates vibrant, with occasional handling marks and light spotting in places, Clapham bibliotheca label to front pastedown of each volume, bindings tight & square, corners & edges worn (2)
Miscellaneous collection of 18th- & 19th-century books, to include The New and Complete Newgate Calendar, Vol.VII only, London: Alexander Hogg, n.d., illustrated with 13 engraved plates depicting criminals and murders taking place, no boards, disbound; A Midsummer Drive through the Pyrenees, by Edwin Asa Dix, New York & London: Putnam's, 1890, publisher's gilt cloth; Poems on Several Occasions, by Matthew Prior, in two volumes, London: Knaplock, Round, Tonson, 1733, eng. frontis. portrait, full calf; History of the Borough of Liskeard, by John Allen, London: Cash, 1856, map frontis., worn contemp. cloth; Nothing to Wear: An Episode of Fashionable Life, London: Sampson Low, 1857, illustrated cloth; The Book of Orders of Knighthood and Decorations of Honour of All Nations, ed. by Sir Bernard Burke, London: Hurst & Blackett, 1858, attractive coloured plates, worn half-calf; Souvenir: Acis and Galatea, Masque of Love, illustrated by Gordon Craig, [1902], and others. Condition varied, some part-sets, some detached/lacking boards, sold as found with all faults (29)
Johns (Rev C.A.). British Birds In their Haunts, revised by J.A.Owen, colour plates, octavo 1909; & Massee (George): British Fungi, 40 colour plates, some annotations and notes in ink to FFEPs, 1911; and other natural history titles, all uniform embossed green cloth, published by George Routledge, 1908-11 (6)
Short (Lester) & Horne (Jennifer). Toucans, Barbets & Honeyguides. Colour plates by Albert Earl Gilbert. Pub by OUP, 2001; & Holyoak (P.T.): Nightjars and Their Allies. Illustrated. Pub OUP. 2001; & Frith (C.B.) & Beehler (Bruce M.): The Birds of Paradise. Colour plates, all quarto. Dustwrappers; and others (7)
The Naturalist's Library. Jardine. Sir W. (editor). Duncan (James) British Butterflies. 34 hand coloured plates with vignette half title & portrait half calf, 1835. + Foreign Butterflies (volume 5 of the series) 32 hand coloured plates one double page, vignette half title and portrait. Original cloth, uncut edges, 1837. + 3 others on Moths 1841. Moths and Sphinx’s (2 copies 1 later edition by H. Bohn) Published by W. H. Lizars & Bohn London and Edinburgh. 1835-52. (5)
Miscellaneous collection of topographical books to include Curiosities of Great Britain: England & Wales Delineated, by Thomas Dugdale & William Burnett, nine volumes, London: Tallis, n.d., illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates, publisher's cloth; Nottinghamshire, by Mr. Laird, London: Harris, 1818; Old & New Edinburgh, by James Grant, London: Cassell, 1882; Chronicles of London Bridge, by An Antiquary, London: Smith, Elder, 1827; Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Illustrated, by Thomas Rose, two volumes, London: Fisher, 1832, illustrated with numerous steel-engraved plates; History, Gazetteer and Directory of Lincolnshire, by William White, Sheffield: White, 1882, and others, condition varied, collection sold as found with all faults (28)
A Doulton Lambeth Leeds Election Commemorative Saltglaze Stoneware Jug, 1880, inscribed LEEDS ELECTION 1880 RT HON W E GLADSTONE 24,622 VOTES ..., and applied with a relief bust of Gladstone, the arms of Leeds and a flowerspray in roundels, impressed marks24cm high A Burgess & Leigh Middleport Pottery Plaque, late 19th century, printed with a bust portrait of Gladstone within a moulded scroll border picked out in yellow, printed marks39cm highA TR Bootes Patent Mosaic Jug, with relief figures of Sir Robert Peel, printed marks17cm highA Pair of Staffordshire Earthenware Octagonal Plates, printed with Gladstone and Disraeli25cm wideA Similar Fluted Circular Plate, printed with a bust of Gladstone24cm diameterA Similar Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Plate22cm diameterA Pressed Glass Queen Victoria Golden Jubilee Commemorative Dish24cm diameterA Pair of Engravings of John Bright and Richard Cobden, after photographs by J Whitlock22cm by 17cm qty)A Gilt Metal Plaque Commemorating Sir Robert Peel19cm, framed and glazed
A Coalport Porcelain Dessert Service, circa 1800, painted with rustic figures in landscape within green and gilt borders, comprising a sauce treen and cover, two square dishes and oval dish and nine platesTwo plates with Y-shaped cracks in the well.No further damage and free from restoration. Some pitting and gilt wear.Signs of re firing on the footrims. The painted scenes may be later decoration.
The Speaking Picture Book, A New Picture Book with Characteristical Voices, eight chromolitho plates, nine drawstrings producing animal sounds, original cloth with pictorial on-lay.The sound for the donkey doesn't play very convincingly (may have some damage). All others operating. Some of the pull terminals are replacements. Genreal wear throughout, some movement in the spine and front board.
IndiaThe History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8. W. & R. Chambers, 1859, four colour maps (three double-page), text illustrations, original cloth gilt;Shurreef (Jaffur), Qanoon-E-Islam, or the Customs of the Mussulmans of India ..., Madras: Higginbotham, 1895, nineteen plates (one with pencil annotation), may lack a frontis, two leaves torn with taped repairs and a little loss of text, original cloth; Dubois (J. A.), A Description of the Character, Manners and Customs of the People of India ..., Madras: Higginbotham ..., 1879, frontis, original cloth;with eleven others (14) 1. Busted, echoes of Old Calcutta2. Harisschandra, The sacred city of Anuradhapura 3. Marshall, A guide to Sanchi4. E.R.C.P and Moses, A guide to the spoken Arabic of Mesopotamia 5. Miles, fifty-two stories of Indian muting6. Willson, The Malim Sahib's Hindustani 7. Dayal, advanced Anglo - Persian grammar8. Havell, handbook to the agra and the Taj 9. Richardson, Beigal annual for 183010 Indian civil service manual madras11. Distincts (Not Collated)
Cook (James) A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World ...Volume II, Strahan and Cadell, 1777, quarto, volume II (of two), 10 single page plates, 11 double page or larger plates, 3 single page maps and 3 folding maps, worn calf binding. Sold not subject to return.Not collated.Leather worn and with splits between the boards and spine.Paper discoloured throught and with some folding to the paper.List of mapsHarveys, Palmerston, Turtle, Savage IsleNew Caledonia (fold out)Port Sandqich in Mallicollo, Harbour of Balade, Port Resoluation TannaNorfolk IsleChristmas SoundChart of the Southern Extremity of America (fold out)Isle of Georgia (fold out)
Noorthouck (John)A New History of London, Including Westminster and Southwark. To which is added, A General Survey of the Whole ...., R. Baldwin, 1773, quarto, engraved armorial to title page, forty-two plates as called for, (ten folding), one plate torn with loss, one folding map torn and worn, original quarter morocco binding (worn, upper board detached);Ogilvy (James S.), Relics and Memorials of London Town, Blackfriars, no date, quarto, fifty-one colour plates with titled tissue guards, foxing, worn dust wrapper (2)
OrnithologyA Collection of Bird Books including:Meinertzhagen (Col. R.), Nicoll's Birds of Egypt, 1930, two quarto volumes which saw action in the Western Deserts during WWII, original cloth; Mudie (Robert), The Feathered Tribes of the British Isles, 1861, two volumes, hand coloured plates, full calf; Bewick (T.), History of British Birds, 1804, two volumes, original cloth; Yarrell, (William), A History of British Birds, 1843, three volumes, original cloth;with others (qty.)
A Pair of Sevrès Style Porcelain Plates, circa 1900, painted with 18th century lovers in landscape on a blue ground with panels of foliage highlighted in gilt, bear painted marks in blue22.5cm diameterA Similar Tea Plate, gilt with the monogram of Louis-Philippe flanked by putti on a blue ground gilt with foliage, bears printed Sevrés and Chateau de Tuilleries marks19.5cm diameter (3)Typical minor surface wear, particularly to gilding.
A Set of Six English Porcelain Armorial Dinner Plates, probably Coalport, circa 1830, painted with the crest of a greyhound seizing a hare over a ribbon inscribed with the motto GRATA SUME MANU for the Brisco family within a claret border with foliate panels highlighted in gilt and gadrooned rim27cm diameterIt would seem that the Brisco family arrived in England at the time of the Norman Conquest when a company of lancers from Brisgau in Swabia accompanied William during the Conquest. The family later had holdings in Wigton in Cumberland, St Kitts and MarylandOne with a small rim chip. Another with a hair crack. No other damage and free from repair. Some scratches to the ground colours and other typical wear. Some very tight and feint glaze crazing. Unmarked.
A Pair of Le Nove Faience Vases and Stands, circa 1900, of fluted baluster form, painted with flowerspays and sprigs25cm highA Similar Dinner Service, some painted marks, comprising:2 vegetable tureens and covers2 sauce tureens, covers and stands2 sauceboats and stands1 oval platter6 dinner plates8 side plates (qty)Vases and Stands - One with a flat chip re glued to the rim. Vegetable Tureens - one tureen base cracked. One lid with chips under the rim. Sauce Tureens, Covers and Stands - one cover with a flat rim chip.Two Sauceboats and Stands - one stand with small chips to the underside. One Oval Platter - Good condition.Six Dinner Plates - one with a small rim chip.Eight Side Plates - good condition (actually a pair and six smaller)Furthermore there is expected glaze chips and frits throughout.
A GILTWOOD AND GESSO OVAL WALL MIRROR LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY 82cm high, 61.5cm wide Condition Report: Mirror with the marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Mirrror plates with the expected depletion, losses and 'bloom'. Frame has been re-gilded at some point. Multiple old glued repairs to frame - see images for details. Two of giltwood elements dividing the peripheral plates are later replacements. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
Pair of 18th century Venetian mirrors.Murano glass decorated with acid-etched depictions of musicians.It presents slight faults, but in good general state of conservation.Measurements: 68 x 27 cm.Venetian mirrors of baroque inspiration, with wooden souls and fronts entirely covered by glass plates, decorated with floral motives and foliage engraved to the wheel, surrounding the moon in different registers and prolonging in the crest. They rest on a bracket, their profile is pearled and they culminate in a triangular crest.
Buffon (G. L. L., de) Barr's Buffon. Buffon's Natural History Containing a Theory of the Earth . . ., 10 vol. only, lacking vol. 3, with a duplicate vol. 4, 86 engraved plates only (of 145), 1797; Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects and Reptiles, 5 vol. only (without supplement) frontispiece, 42 engraved plates, occasional foxing, uniform contemporary tree calf, rebacked, light rubbing, extremities bumped, printed for the Proprietor, 1798, 8vo, (15)
Herbals.- Culpeper (Nicholas) Culpeper's English Physician, and complete Herbal, 2 vol. in 1, twelfth edition, engraved portrait and plates, modern half calf, 1809; The Complete Herbal, engraved portrait and hand-coloured plates, contemporary morocco, rebacked with gilt spine, 1843; The British Herbal and Family Physician, 2 parts in 1, engraved vignette title and plates, some anatomical printed in sepia, others hand-coloured, small hole to first leaf of second part, modern calf-backed cloth, Halifax, [c.1815]; The English Physician Enlarged, scarce early American printing, browned and water-stained, modern half sheep, uncut, Taunton, Mass., 1826; The English Physician Enlarged, contemporary tree sheep, rebacked, for J.Barker [& others], [c.1790]; Pharmacopoeia Londinensis; or, the London Dispensatory..., some leaves stained or frayed at edges with occasional slight loss, head-lines shaved, contemporary calf-backed boards, vellum tips, [Wing C7532a], by John Streater, 1669, some soiling and browning, some with modern inscription of "Ian Coughlin Herbalist", most rubbed; and 4 others by Culpeper including an imperfect second edition of The English Physician Enlarged of 1653, 4to & 8vo (10)
Herbals.- Green (Thomas) The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical and Agricultural Dictionary, 2 vol., first edition, stipple-engraved frontispieces and additional pictorial title in vol.1, engraved plates, a few printed in green, browned, worming particularly at beginnings and ends, modern half calf, Liverpool, Caxton Press, [1816-20] § [Miller (Joseph) Botanicum Officinale...], first edition, lacking title (supplied in facsimile), modern half morocco, for E.Bell..., [1722] § Meyrick (W.) The New Family Herbal; or, Domestic Physician, second printing, engraved frontispiece and 14 plates by Hancock, offsetting to title, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Henrey 1091/1092], Birmingham, Thomas Pearson, 1790 § Thornton (R.J.) A New Family Herbal, first edition, half-title, wood-engraved illustrations by Thomas Bewick, some foxing, modern half calf, 1810 § Brook (Richard) New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete Book of Herbs, 2 vol. in 1, first edition, hand-coloured lithographed frontispiece, additional vignette title and 99 plates, some foxing and browning, contemporary half calf, London & Huddersfield, [1854], some with modern ink inscription of "Ian Coughlin Herbalist"; and 5 others, 4to & 8vo (11)
Oxfordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural history of Oxford-shire, being an essay toward the natural history of England, first edition, initial imprimatur f., engraved title vignette, head-piece and initial to dedication, folding map of Oxfordshire with armorial border, and 16 plates, errata f., lacking final blank, map with some staining and laid down, index f. 3A2 torn at lower corner with loss of a few letters, occasional mostly marginal staining / water-staining, occasional spotting, contemporary calf, spine in compartments and with later gilt and label, upper cover detaching, spine ends crudely repaired, outer edges gnawed, rubbed and scuffed, [Wing P2586; Madan 3130], folio, Printed at the Theater in Oxford and are to be had there: And in London at Mr. S. Millers, at the Star near the West-end of St. Pauls Church-yard, 1677.⁂ Issue with price at foot of title. Provenance: W.F. Lowndes Stone, Brightwell Park (engraved armorial bookplate and inscription to head of imprimatur f.); J. Waterhouse (ink signature to head of imprimatur f.).
Trees.- Evelyn (John) Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, edited by Dr. Alexander Hunter, first Hunter edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Bartolozzi, 40 engraved plates (1 folding), folding letterpress table, list of subscribers, *c1 blank, water-stained at end (mostly marginal), some spotting and staining elsewhere, 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with leather label, corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 137; Keynes 47; Pritzel 2766], York, Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley [&c.], 1776; and a defective 1670 Sylva, 4to & small folio (2)
Accidents & First Aid.- Earle (Henry) Two Lectures on the Primary and Secondary Treatment of Burns, only edition, 2 engraved plates, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ex-library copy with stamp to title, contemporary half calf, 1832 § Sage B.G.) Expériences propres a faire connoitre que l'Alkali Volatil Fluor est le Remedie le plus efficace dans les Asphyxies, third edition, half-title, marginal staining, final leaf defective at lower corner (repaired) and with library stamp to verso, modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, Paris, 1778 § Hall (Marshall) Prone and Postural Respiration in Drowning.., first edition, frontispiece and illustrations, ink signature to head of title, original cloth, recased, 1857 § Struve (C.A.) A Practical Essay on the Art of Recovering Suspended Animation..., 6pp. advertisements at end, modern cloth, 1801, the first and third rubbed; and c.20 others on accidents, first aid and domestic medicine, 4to & 8vo (c.25)
Andrology.- Graaf (Regner de) De vivorum organis generationi inservientibus, de clysteribus et de usu siphonis in anatomia, first edition, engraved portrait by Pinchard and pictorial title featuring instruments, 11 folding engraved plates, most torn and repaired, title soiled and with short tears to fore-edge repaired and contemporary ink inscription cut away from head touching platemark, later ink inscriptions of the space pioneer Dr. Constantine Generales to front free endpapers, modern limp stained vellum, yapp edges, [Wellcome III, 142], 12mo, Leiden & Rotterdam, Hackius, 1668.⁂ On the anatomy of the testicle and the male reproductive organ, with additional sections on enemas (clysters) and the author's improved siphon or syringe.
Andrology.- Pott (Percivall) Practical Remarks on the Hydrocele or Watry Rupture, and some other Diseases of the Testicle..., first edition, engraved bookplate of S.Sandford surgeon pasted to verso of title, lightly browned, old boards, rubbed, rebacked and recornered in calf, C.Hitch & L.Hawes, 1762 § Cooper (Sir Astley) Observations on the Structure and Diseases of the Testis, second edition, 24 hand-coloured lithographed plates, 2 double-page, one folding, occasional spotting, ex-library copy with a few stamps, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine faded, 1841 § Scarpa (Antonio) Memoria sull'Idrocele del Cordone Spermatico, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, modern cloth, Pavia, 1823; and 2 others, French, on the testes and on amputation of the penis, 8vo & 4to (5)
NO RESERVE Camper (Petrus) Dissertation Physique...sur les différences réelles que présentent les traits du visage chez les hommes de différents pays et de différents âges..., 10 engraved plates, 5 folding, 1791; Discours...sur le moyen de représenter d'une manière sûre les diverses passions qui se manifestent sur le visage, folding engraved portrait by R.Vinkeles, 11 engraved plates, 5 folding, 1792, together 2 works in 1 vol. (the second bound first), edited by Adrien Gilles Camper, first editions in French, half-titles, old ink inscriptions to half-title of Discours, contemporary half green morocco, spines with gilt bands, rubbed, rubbed, corners worn, [Waller 1728 & 1724], 4to, Utrecht, B.Wild & J.Altheer⁂ Two influential works by the Dutch physician and physiologist, one of the first to take an interest in comparative anatomy. The first mentioned work is on craniology and introduced the facial angle or "Camper's angle", comparing the angle of the human face of modern peoples to classical statues. The second item concerns the scientific representation of the human form in art and the similarity of expression in humans and animals.
Copeman Family.- Copeman (Sydney Arthur Monckton) Reports on Inspections made with regard to the Incidence of Disease..., several reports bound in 1 vol. concerning outbreaks of scarlatina, diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, typhus etc. around the country, one on an outbreak of cowpox near Reigate in manuscript (26pp.) with 2 mounted photographs of infected cows, plates, folding maps and charts, 4pp. manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1891-1904; Reports on Flies as Carriers of Infection, 7 parts bound in 1 vol., plates, some folding, bookplate of W.S.C.Copeman, contemporary half morocco, upper joint split, 1909-14 § Copeman (William Sydney Charles) Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, first edition, the author's copy with his typed list of corrections loosely inserted and his bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed & frayed, 1948; A short history of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, inscribed by the author to his son Peter, bookplate of P.W.M.Copeman, contemporary red roan, gilt, 1964; and 13 others by or about Sydney, William or Peter Copeman including Peter's scrapbook about his father and 6 bound volumes of his papers, v.s. (17)⁂ Collection of works by and about the distinguished family of physicians:Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman (1862-1947), senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health, authority on vaccination.William Sydney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), rheumatologist.Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), dermatologist, know to his colleagues as "Dr. Spot".
Dermatology.- Duhring (Louis Adolphus) Atlas of Skin Diseases, first edition, 36 chromolithographed plates, ex-library copy with stamps to title and one or two plates and ink inscription to title, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, rebacked, Philadelphia, 1876 § Besnier (E.) & others. A Pictorial Atlas of Skin Diseases and Syphilitic Affections, edited by J.J.Pringle, 50 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, remains of old library label to title but no stamps, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine, London & Philadelphia, 1897 § Crocker (H.Radcliffe) Atlas of the Diseases of the Skin, 8 parts, 96 chromolithographed plates, one or two plates or leaves browned, loose as issued in original cloth-backed board folders with ties, some ties defective, rubbed, part 4 a little water-stained but not affecting contents, 1903; and 7 others on dermatology, v.s. (17)
Dermatology.- Willan (Robert) On Cutaneous Diseases, 4 parts, title to first part only, 34 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours and finished by hand, with the 2pp. list of contents and Directions to Binder leaf which are often missing, foxing, mainly to title and plates but heavy to 3G signature in part 4, rather soiled and stained, small tears to 3M4 but no loss, ex-library copy with contemporary ink inscription to head of title/first leaf & endpapers and with stamp to plates, contemporary sheep-backed boards, worn, joints split, some covers detached, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, red morocco label, [G & M 3985 & 4018;Norman 2241; Wellcome IV, 437], 4to, J.Johnson, 1808.⁂ The first dermatalogical work to be illustrated with coloured plates. "Willan established the classification and nomenclature of skin diseases that is still more or less in use today...A novel feature of his work was his systematic use of illustrations to supplement disease description, an idea entirely new to dermatology at the time." (Norman).
Hair.- Rango (Conrad Tiburtius) De capillamentis seu vulgo parucquen,first edition, additional double-page engraved pictorial title (a little obscured at centre from tight binding), slight worming to lower margin of first few leaves just touching edge of engraved title and imprint of letterpress title, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, Magdeburg, T.Schröter...J.Müller, 1663 § Rowland (Alexander) The Human Hair..., 7 lithographed plates, 3 chromolithographed of hair follicles, the others of hairstyles through the ages, ex-library copy with stamps, original cloth, uncut & unopened, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends, 1853, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a comprehensive account of hair and wigs in the writings of the ancients; the second is a study of hair fashions and the science of trichology.
Howard (John) An Account of the Principal Lazarettos in Europe...relative to the Plague..., first edition, variant without price below imprint on title, with half-title and final Directions to Binder leaf, 22 folding engraved plates & large folding table, some tears and repairs, ex-library copy with small ink stamp to title and verso of plates, modern half calf, [Goldsmiths' 13969], Warrington, William Eyres, 1789 § Smyth (James Carmichael) A Description of the Jail Distemper...amongst the Spanish Prisoners, at Winchester, in the year 1780, first edition, contemporary ink signature to title, light marginal water-staining, modern morocco-backed boards, 1795 § Blackburne (W.) Facts and Observations concerning the Prevention and Cure of Scarlet Fever..., only edition, modern cloth, 1803 § Tissot (S.A.D.) An Essay on Bilious Fevers; or, the History of a Bilious Epidemic Fever at Lausanne, in the year MDCCLV, first edition in English, ink inscription to head of title (cropped), some spotting, modern half calf, 1760 § Hamilton (James) Observations on the Utility and Administration of Purgative Medicines in Several Diseases, first edition, 32pp. bookseller's catalogue at end, a few stains, ex-library copy with label but no stamps, modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Wellcome III, 203], Edinburgh, 1805; and c.20 others on infectious and contagious diseases, v.s. (c.25)⁂ John Howard spent 15 months from 1785, travelling throughout western and southern Europe inspecting lazarettos (quarantine stations) for the treatment of plague victims.
NO RESERVE Mathematics.- Monge (Gaspard) Feuilles d'Analyse appliquée a la Géométrie, first collected edition, 3 engraved plates, 2 folding, title lightly browned, some foxing, damp-spotting to 2 leaves (No.14), later sheep-backed marbled boards, 4to, Paris, Baudouin, An 9 [1801] .⁂ The foundation of descriptive geometry, an expanded version of 34 lectures given in 1795 and issued as separately-printed sheets without a general title-page as supplements to Monge's courses at the École Polytechnique.
Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Davis (David D.) The Principles and Practice of Obstetric Medicine, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed plates, some folding, errata slip at end of vol.2, some spotting, contemporary half calf, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 436], 1836 § Spratt (G.) Obstetric Tables..., fourth edition, 19 lithographed plates, 16 hand-coloured, 15 with flaps, some multiple, list of subscribers, some spotting, contents leaf torn and repaired, original cloth, stained, rebacked, for the author, [1843] § Burton (John) An Essay towards a Complete New System of Midwifery, first edition, 18 folding engraved plates, title browned and with contemporary ink inscription of Edinburgh Medical Library with small ink stamp to plates, contemporary calf, rebacked, James Hodges, 1751 § Wells (T.S.) Diseases of the Ovaries, first edition, illustrations, errata slip, Haskell F.Norman's copy with his book-label, modern cloth, 1872, all but the last rubbed; and c.20 others on obstetrics and gynaecology, v.s. (c.25)
Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Jacobs (Jean-Bernard) École Pratique des Accouchemens, first edition in French, 21 engraved plates, 2 folding, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to title and plates, 2 dedication leaves browned (?supplied from another copy), bookplate of Sam.Merriman M.D., modern half calf, [Wellcome III, 339], Ghent, J.F. Vander Schueren, 1785 § Levret (André) L'Art des Accouchemens, 3 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait and 3 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, rubbed, small hole to foot of spine, Paris, 1753 § Dionis (P.) Traité General des Accouchemens, third edition, 2 engraved anatomical plates and 4 illustrations of instruments, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 471], Paris & Brussels, 1724 § Mauriceau (F.) Observations sur le Grossesse et l'Accouchement des Femmes, et sur leurs Maladies, 1715; Dernieres Observations sur les Maladies des Femmes Grosses et Accouchées, 1715, together 2 works in 1 vol., lightly browned, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, Paris § Mauquest de la Motte (G.) Traité des Acouchemens Naturels, non Naturels, et Contre Nature, second edition, title in red & black, some spotting, The Hague, Pierre Gosse, 1726 § Puzos (N.) Traité des Accouchemens..., only edition, half-title, approbation leaf at end, occasional spotting, Paris, 1759, the last two near uniform modern half morocco; and 4 others on obstetrics, 4to & 8vo (10)
Smellie (William) A Sett of Anatomical Tables...of the Practice of Midwifery, second edition, 39 engraved plates by Grignion after Jan van Rymsdyk, Pieter Camper and the author, each plate with accompanying leaf of text, light spotting and soiling, one plate creased, ex-library copy with ink stamp to title, later morocco-backed cloth, rubbed, spine faded and ends slightly worn, repairs to upper joint, [Norman 1955], folio, 1761.⁂ "These engravings are the first accurate anatomical illustrations of the foetus in utero." (Norman).
Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Spratt (George) Obstetric Tables..., 2 vol., third edition, 19 lithographed plates, 16 hand-coloured, 15 with flaps, some multiple, tissue guards, lists of subscribers, contemporary ink signature to title of vol.1, light spotting, some browning to text, original cloth, rubbed, recased, preserved in modern cloth slip-case, for the author, 1838; and 4 others, similar including facsimile reprints of Smellie and Maygrier, 4to & folio (6)
Obstetrics & Gynaecology.- Varanda (Jean de) De affectibus mulierum libri tres, Hanover, P.Anton, 1619; Tractatus therapeuticus primus de morbis ventriculi, Montpellier, F.Chouët, 1620 bound with Valleriola (François)Observationum medicinalium lib. vi., [Geneva], 1605, together 3 works in 1 vol., all with woodcut device to title, rather browned, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, [Wellcome 6490 & 6456, earlier issue] § Pineau (Séverin) De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis, second printing, additional engraved pictorial title (contemporary ink signatures to recto and bookplate of Reuben Melmoth to verso), folding tables, 3 folding woodcut plates, woodcut illustrations, plates creased and with short tears at edges, lightly water-stained, signature X misbound, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, stained, Leiden, F.Heger, 1640; and 2 others, v.s. (4)
NO RESERVE Paets van Troostwijk (Adriaan) & Cornelus Krayenhoff. De l'Application de l'Électricité a la Physique et a la Médecine, first edition, title with engraved vignette, 4 folding engraved plates at end, some light foxing, stain to foot of Ii3, small ink stain to outer margin of plates, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments with red roan label, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, upper joint split, [Kress 6355], 4to, Amsterdam, D.J.Changuion, 1788.⁂ Paets van Troostwijk was a Dutch merchant and amateur chemist famous for his work with J.R.Deiman in splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen through electrolysis. This work examines the relationship between lightning and electricity, phenomena such as the Aurora Borealis, and whether electricity influences the acceleration of vegetation. The second part investigates electricity in relation to the cure of diseases.
Public Health.- Gastaldi (Girolamo) Tractatus de Avertenda et Profliganda Peste Politico-Legalis..., only edition, half-title, 47 engraved plates, water- & damp-stained, contemporary vellum, morocco label, rubbed and stained, [Wellcome III, 93], folio, Bologna, Manolessi, 1684; sold not subject to return⁂ Concerning the plague measures implemented in Rome following the frequent outbreaks of contagion which ravaged the city in 1656-57. Cardinal Gastaldi was appointed commissioner general for public health and instigated an extensive programme evaluating the merits and health-providing value of hospitals, and sanitation regarding rivers, other water courses, and drainage. He also proposed strict hygiene measures such as a ban on trade, thorough cleaning of the streets, disinfection of bed linen, isolation hospitals, and health certificates.
Sexology.- Tissot (Samuel A.A.D.) Three Essays: First, On the Disorders of People of Fashion. Second, On Diseases Incidental to Literary and Sedentary Persons... Third, On Onanism: or, A Treatise upon the Disorders produced by Masturbation..., first collected edition, half-title, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1772 § Bienville (D.T. de) La Nymphomanie ou Traité de la Fureur Utérine, first edition, half-title, contemporary ink inscription to title, marginal worming to first few leaves, contemporary calf-backed boards, [Wellcome II, 165], Amsterdam, 1771 § § Couper (R.) Speculations on the Mode and Appearances of Impregnation in the Human Female, second edition, modern calf-backed cloth, [Wellcome II,399], Edinburgh, 1797 § [Procope-Couteau (M.C.)] L'Art de Faire des Garçons, ou Nouveau Tableau de l'Amour Conjugal, half-title, final signature printed on pale blue paper, modern half roan, "Londres", 1787 § Stopes (Marie) Contraception (Birth Control)..., first edition, second printing, plates, original green cloth, 1923, the first two slightly rubbed; and 6 others on sexual matters, 8vo (11)
Smallpox & Vaccination.- Numan (Dr. Alexander) Verhandeling over de Koepokken, zooals dezelve natuurlijk bij het rund voorkomen, en, door inenting, kunnen worden vootgebragt..., first edition, half-title, 5 fine hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, original printed limp boards, a little rubbed and marked, rebacked, [Wellcome IV, 252], 4to, Utrecht, 1831.⁂ Treatise on cowpox which was influential on the introduction of Jenner's cowpox vaccination against smallpox to the Netherlands, by the professor of veterinary medicine at Utrecht.
Sturm (Johannes) Collegium experimentale curiosum..., 2 parts in 1, first edition, half-title, 4 folding engraved plates (of which 1 torn with paper repairs), numerous wood-engraved illustrations, woodcut initials, small marginal damp-stain to initial ff., browning, spotting, contemporary calf, recased with small repairs to spine ends, gilt, housed within cloth chemise and slip-case, morocco spine, [Krivatsy 11539], 4to, Nuremberg, Wolfgang Mauritius Endterius, 1676-85.⁂ First edition of Sturm's presention of: his experiments relating to hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics and magnetism, as well as his descriptions of recent inventions such as, an airship (using four spheres made of very thin copper foil tethered to the craft, the illustration showing a man steering with use of an oar), a diving bell, a microscope, an air pump, and a barometer. Sturm was professor of mathematics and physics at the University of Altdorf. A second part was published in 1685 and they often appear together.
Tropical Diseases.- Annesley (James) Sketches of the Most Prevalent Diseases of India, first edition, half-title, 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates, folding lithographed map hand-coloured in outline, 2 plates spotted, contemporary cloth, uncut, corners worn, rebacked in calf, 1825 § Scot (W.) Report on the Epidemic Cholera...[under] the Presidency of Fort St.George, presentation copy from the author, map with routes in red & yellow, old cloth, spine faded, Edinburgh, 1849 § jameson (J.) Report on the Epidemick Cholera Morbus...[in] Bengal, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, folding map, folding tables, title with ink names crossed out, cropped, Calcutta, 1820 § Ballingall (G.) Practical Observations on Fever, Dysentery, and Liver Complaints, as they occur amongst the European Troops in India...[with] An Essay on Syphilis, second edition, half-title, folding table at end, name cut away from head of title, Edinburgh, 1823, all ex-library copies with faint stamps, the last two library cloth, upper joint split, all rubbed; and 8 others on India, mostly regarding disease, some parliamentary reports, 8vo & folio (12)
Venereal Disease.- Carmichael (Richard) An Essay on Venereal Diseases, second edition, 5 stipple-engraved plates printed in colours, 3 folding, ex-library copy with stamp to verso of title and label, original boards, uncut, rebacked, [Wellcome II, 302], 1825 § Vidal (A.) A Treatise on Venereal Diseases, first edition in English, 6 chromolithographed plates, one double-page, some foxing, original cloth, recased, New York, 1854 § Rosenbaum (Dr. Julius) The Plague of Lust, being a History of Venereal Disease in Classical Antiquity, 2 vol., first edition in English, one of 500 copies, contemporary half vellum, spines gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, Paris, 1901 § Plenck (Joseph Jacob von) Doctrina de morbis venereis, first edition, light foxing, ink stain to margin of a couple of leaves, modern cloth, [Wellcome IV, 401], Vienna, R.Graeffer, 1779 § Ricord (Philippe) Traité Pratique des Maladies Vénériennes, first edition, 48pp. bookseller's catalogue of medical books at end, old ink library stamp to title, contemporary boards, rebacked in pigskin, Paris, 1838, some a little rubbed; and 32 others on venereal disease, mostly syphilis, 8vo & folio (38)
Africa.- Livingstone (David) Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and its Tributaries, first edition, folding frontispiece, vignette title, plates and illustrations, large folding map, short marginal tear, advertisements at end, scattered faint spotting, cracked hinges, small abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, original decorative cloth, gilt, lightly sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, [Hosken p.126], 8vo, 1865.
Africa.- Ogilby (John) Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, first edition, title in red and black, engraved large folding map of Africa, 50 (of 51) maps and plates (of which 42 double-page) and illustrations, 8 (of 9) sheets of letterpress tables, lacking half-title, allegorical frontispiece, and some preliminary ff., title trimmed and laid down, plates strengthened at edges verso (occasionally recto), a few tears, repairs, water-stained, some worming, spotting or staining, modern red crushed morocco, spine in compartments, [Wing O163], folio, Printed by Tho. Johnson for the author, and are to be had at his house in White Fryers, 1670. sold not subject to return. ⁂ The most comprehensive work on Africa in English published in the seventeenth century, largely based on the work of Olfert Dapper.
Africa.- Stanley (H.M.) Through the Dark Continent, 2 vol., first edition, lithographed portrait frontispieces, 7 maps, (mostly colour) including 2 large folding, 41 engraved plates and numerous illustrations, tissue guards foxed, occasional light foxing,near contemporary red half morocco, gilt, spines decorated in gilt within compartments, light rubbing and marks to cloth, corners a little bumped, 1878 § How I Found Livingstone. Travels, Adventures and Discoveries in Central Africa, 'Cheaper Edition', engraved frontispiece, tissue guard, 2 engraved plates, illustrations, one folding map, occasional foxing, mostly to tissue guard and preliminaries, contemporary full calf, gilt, spines gilt decorated within compartments, 1890, 8vo, (3)
Balkans.- Ansted (David Thomas) The Ionian Islands in the Year 1863, first edition, tinted lithograph frontispiece, 4 maps, illustrations, publisher's advertisements printed on endpapers, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corner and spine extremities, 1863 § Wingfield (W. F.) A Tour in Dalmatia, Albania, and Montenegro, half-title, previous owner's ink signature to title, bookplate, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1859 § Barrington (Mrs. Russell) Through Greece and Dalmatia, first edition, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked hinges, original decorative cloth, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and 3 others similar, 8vo (6).
Balkans.- Beaufort (Emily Anne, Viscountess Strangford) The Eastern Shores of the Adriatic in 1863, first edition, chromolithograph frontispiece and 3 plates, some discolouration, 1 mounted photographic plate, cracked hinges, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, [Blackmer 102], 8vo, 1864.
Balkans.- Chopin (M.) & A. Ubicini. Provinces Danubiennes et Roumaines ... Bosnie, Servie, Herzegovine, Bulgarie ..., 2 parts in 1 vol., half-title, 34 engraved plates, 1 folding map only, spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, cracked joints but holding firm, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, Paris, 1856 § Asboth (J. de) An Official Tour through Bosnia and Herzegovina, half-title, illustrations, many full-page, folding-map, previous owner's ink signature, bookplate, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1890 § Edmonds (Paul) To the Land of the Eagle, first edition, frontispiece, becoming detached, plates and illustrations, original cloth, chipping to spine extremities, 1927 § Abbott (G. F.) The Tale of a Tour in Macedonia, second impression, half-title, frontispiece, plates, folding map, publisher's advertisements at end, scattered spotting, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, 1903; and others similar, 8vo (13)
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