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Lot 511
VICTORIAN FIFTEEN CARAT GOLD BALLOON BROOCHof oval form, with a central star set pearl, within a polka dot border, within a further pierced border and outer spherical bead border, with crystal covered aperture for hair to the reverse, 36mm long, in fitted velvet and silk lined box, retailed by R. Stewart of Glasgow
Lot 2904
20thC British School. Men of the Second Battalion The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) entering a village supported by a 'crocodile' during the advance into Germany - Spring 1945, oil on board, titled verso, 39cm x 29cm, letter verso 47 Infantry Brigade Chelsea, signed Brigadier A D R Saunders
Lot 44
Graham (Rigby) & Brewhouse Press.- Hickman (Trevor) The Execution of a Bookbinder: James Cook, number 29 of 75 copies, 2 linocuts by Rigby Graham, one large colour, with printed note 'Apology' for poor presswork loosely inserted, lightly browned, slight crease at lower corner, 1966; Cave (Roderick) The Dance of Death, number 69 of 150 copies, large linocut by Trevor Hickman, 1967 § Hoy (Peter) Silence at Midnight [and] Silence a Minuit, each number 193 of 200 copies, 1967 § Graham (R.) & T.Hickman. One Hour Less: A Bookbinder Dies from Gaol Fever, one of 200 copies, large colour lithograph by Graham, 1968 § Holt (Penelope) Roger Payne: Bookbinder, one of 200 copies, 1969 § Graham (Patricia) The Brewhouse at Wymondham, one of 90 copies, 1974, Brewhouse Press Broadsheets Nos.1-6 & 13 (of 13), large single sheets folding to 4to, all with illustrations, most by Graham, nos.1, 2 & 5 with large illustration filling verso of folding sheet (c.410 x 340), all but the first loose in printed/pictorial folder, the last with list of broadsheets and a few other additional items from the press, Wymondham, Brewhouse Press; and another on the Cook murder, 4to (7)⁂ The first broadsheet relates the tale of James Cook, a Leicester bookbinder who murdered John Paas, a maker of bookbinding tools, by hitting him over the head with an iron press pin and then attempting to dispose of the body by cutting it up and burning it. After a chase in a rowing boat Cook was arrested, tried and sentenced to be hanged and then suspended in an iron gibbet cage, the last case of such punishment in England.
Lot 46
Johnston (Priscilla) The Mill Book, illlustrations by David Pepler and Ronald Seal, light damp-staining to rear endpapers, original pictorial boards, uncut, slightly rubbed, Hammersmith and Ditchling, Douglas Pepler, 1916 § Cotton (Charles) Poems..., special edition on hand-made paper, illustrations by Claud Lovat Fraser, prospectus loosely inserted, original cream buckram, gilt, uncut, dust-jacket (frayed at spine and corners), Poetry Bookshop, [1922] § Beckford (William) Vathek, limited edition, colour plates, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, Nonesuch Press, 1929 § Gill (Evan R.) Bibliography of Eric Gill, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1953; and 2 others, 8vo & 4to (6)
Lot 5261
Airfix OO gauge Trains - a Fowler 0-6-0 tank locomotive and tender, black LMS livery, Rn4454 x2; others 4-6-0 The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Ridding), B R green livery, Rn 46145; Fowler 0-6-0 tank locos, Rn 44454and 40613; another metal West Yorkshire Regiment Rn 6130; assorted good wagons and hoppers, all Airfix boxed (12)
Lot 260
A WW1 M15 Adrian French army helmet, black painted , comb finial attached to crown by four pins, six finger leather lining pulled together by string, R F (Republique Francaise) flaming bomb insignia to the front of helmet, along with a later dark olive green (khaki) coloured M15 Adrian helmet, probably Belgium, six finger leather liner to interior, insignia to front of helmet missing
![British Isles. Mercator (Gerard), Tab.1 Europae Continens Albion, Britanniam et Hiberniam, [1730], hand coloured engraved map](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/942fe849-743e-413a-95f9-a86d00e6cb79/bdf71255-710b-422a-a1ee-a355c49aa600/468x382.jpg)
![British Isles. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia, [1609 or later], engraved map with contempor](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/942fe849-743e-413a-95f9-a86d00e6cb79/e943b683-0821-442d-ef85-6366c2ff7448/468x382.jpg)
Lot 102
British Isles. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Anglia, Scotia et Hibernia, [1609 or later], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, central fold skillfully repaired on verso, 330 x 410 mm, French text on verso R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.180. (1)
Lot 104
British Isles. Blaeu (Willem J.), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula, published Amsterdam, circa 1630, hand coloured carte-a-figures map with vertical margins of costumed figures and six oval vignettes of the principal cities along the upper horizontal margin, trimmed with slight loss to vertical strapwork margins, skillfully extended and replaced in facsimile, 460 x 545 mm, no text to verso R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no. 411. A re-issue of Jodocus Hondius's 1625 plate, who in turn had copied a Visscher prototype from a few years earlier. The only alteration to the plate seems to be the replacement of the Hondius imprint with that of Willem Blaeu. Somewhat anachronistically even the protrait of James I (who died in 1625) remains in the upper left corner. Uncommon. (1)
Lot 107
British Isles. Allard (Carel), Regnorum Magnae Britanniae sive Angliae Scotiae op nec non Hiberniae, published Amsterdam, circa 1695, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the Orkney Islands, some staining and dust soiling, central fold split, some marginal fraying and closed tears, 510 x 595 mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist), Magna Britannia complectens Anglise, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna..., published Nuremberg, circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining and dust soiling, central fold partially split, 485 x 580 mm, with De Wit (Frederick), Nova totius Anglia, Scotiae et Hiberniae..., circa 1675, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, toned overall 485 x 570 mm, with another six maps of the British Isles and England & Wales, including examples by Pigot, Wyld, Bowen, Jaillot and Enouy, various sizes and condition The first described map. R. W. Shirley, Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750, Allard. 4 state 2. (8)
Lot 114
England & Wales. Ogilby (John), A New Map of the Kingdom of England & Dominion of Wales Whereon are Projected all ye Principal, Roads [1675], uncoloured engraved map. decorative strapwork cartouche surmounted by a list of the principal roads, 380 x 505 mm, together with Speed (John), Five diagramatic woodblocks, [1676] Five uncoloured double-page diagramatic distance tables, each approximately 410 x 360 mm The first described item. R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1650 - 1750. Ogilby 1. state 2. This edition has engraved ships in the sea but lacks the spires and towers identifying the towns. (6)
Lot 115
England & Wales. Munster (Sebastian), Das Engelland mit dem anstossenden Reich Schottland so vor zeiten Albion und Britannia haben geheissen, published Basle [1578], hand coloured woodcut map orientated to the east, central fold professionally repaired on verso, very slight spotting to margins, additional title on verso contained in an elaborate woodcut showing costumed figures apparantly dining on human flesh, 260 x 345 mm R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no. 120. (1)
Lot 116
England & Wales. Ortelius (Abraham), Anglia Regnum si quod aliud in toto Oceano ditissimum et florentissimum, published Antwerp, [1603], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large strapwork cartouche, slight spotting and dust soiling to margins, small stain to central fold, 390 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 20. R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, no. 258. (1)
Lot 166
Pembrokeshire. Speed (John), Penbrokshyre described and the sittuations both of Penbroke and St. Davids shewed in due form as they were taken by John Speed, 1st. edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Pembroke and Saint Davids, central fold frayed and strengthened on verso, thread margins, slight staining and toning, 390 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with Kitchin (Thomas), A New Map of Carnarvanshire drawn from the best authorities, published R. Baldwin for the 'London Magazine', 1755, engraved map with near contemporary outline colouring, old folds, slight creasing, 175 x 215 mm, with Saxton (Christopher & Kip William & Hole William), Cardigan comitatus pars olim dimetarum, Caermardi. comitatus in quo dimetae olim habitarunt [and] Caernarvo. comitatus pars olim ordovicum, [1607 - 1637], together three engraved maps, two with later hand colouring, each approximately 260 x 310 mm, one map (Caermardi) with Latin text on verso, plus Morden (Robert), The County of Monmouth, [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, slight staining, 350 x 420 mm (6)
![Hardy (R[obert] W[illiam] H[ale]). Travels in the Interior of Mexico, in 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828, 1st edition, 1829, 2 maps](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/942fe849-743e-413a-95f9-a86d00e6cb79/cd38ce09-b2ad-477c-ec20-5d5e03d7fb7e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 18
Hardy (R[obert] W[illiam] H[ale]). Travels in the Interior of Mexico, in 1825, 1826, 1827, & 1828, 1st edition, 1829, 2 maps (1 folding), 6 aquatint plates, vignettes to text, mild spotting and browning, a few nicks to folding map, closed tear at central intersection, small marginal worm-track to pp. 369-72 and one plate, bound without the 2 leaves of advertisements to rear, contemporary green straight-grain half roan, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, extremities rubbed, joints partially cracked, 8vo Hardy travelled to Mexico as commissioner for the General Pearl and Coral Fishery Association of London. "His book touches in lively fashion on political, social, and economic matters and includes much information on the little-known regions of Sonora and Baja California" (Hill). Abbey Travel 669; Hill (1974) p. 137; Sabin 30357. (1)
Lot 204
*Drawings & Watercolours. A mixed collection of twenty watercolours, drawings and prints, mostly 20th century, including Bone (Muirhead), Troon, circa 1930, monotone wash drawing, signed by artist to lower left, title to lower right, 105 x 165 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with Marks (George), Brighton beach 1858, watercolour, titled in pencil to lower left, 225 x 305 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with Bohannan (Jessica) Vines and a Tuscan Farm, late 20th century, watercolour and gouache on board, signed in pencil to lower right, 230 x 310 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Carter (M. R.), Duck shooting, 1838, watercolour, signed and dated to lower left, 300 x 425 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with West (David), Low tide in the estuary, circa 1900, watercolour, signed lower right, 170 x 220 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus Hayes (Brian), Ships in the Estuary, late 20th century, watercolour, signed lower right, 290 x 400 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and Doughty (K. W.), Handcross, late 20th century, watercolour, signed lower right, 200 x 245 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with another twelve prints, watercolours and engravings, all framed and glazed, various sizes and condition (20)
Lot 22
Mayer (Luigi). Views in Egypt..., Thomas Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Views in Palestine..., T. Bensley for R. Bowyer, 1804; Views in the Ottoman Empire, Chiefly in Caramania..., R. Bowyer, 1803, together three parts bound in 2 volumes, (plates watermarked 1801), 96 hand-coloured aquatint plates (48+24+24), half-title to first volume, English and French titles to third volume, list of plates leaf at rear of first and third works and printed to final text leaf verso of second work, some scattered minor spotting and dust-soiling, modern green half morocco over cloth, leather spine labels, slightly rubbed and spines somewhat faded, folio (465 x 330 mm) Abbey Travel 369; Atabey 787 & 788; Blackmer 1098 & 1099. (2)
Lot 323
Vaughan Williams (Ralph, 1872-1958). Songs of Travel (Part 1) by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Vagabond, Bright is the Ring of Words, and The Roadside Fire, Set to Music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Boosey & Co., [1933], inscribed by the composer at head of first page, 'From R. Vaughan Williams, a sin of my youth', original printed wrappers, slim 4to The "Songs of Travel" represent Vaughan Williams's first major foray into song-writing. (1)
Lot 347
Charles I. Eikon Basilike. The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings. Whereunto are annexed His Praiers and Apophthegms, &c., Printed by W.D. in R.M., 1649, title printed in red and black, poem 'Upon His Sacred Majesties incomparable Eikon Basilike' with woodcut headpiece, folding engraved plate by William Marshall, showing King Charles at prayer (some short tears to folds and lower left margin, one repaired on verso), portrait facing O6, Apophthegmata aurea, Regia, Carolina with separate dated title page, occasionally close-trimmed at head, bound with The Papers which passed at New-Castle betwixt His Sacred Majestie and Mr Alex Henderson: concerning the Change of Church-Government, Printed for R. Royston, 1646, title mis-bound between Apophthegmata pages 46/47, portrait facing A3, generally toned, some light marks towards rear, 18th century calf, a little rubbed, spine slightly frayed at tail, 8vo, together with Carter (Matthew), Honor Redivivus: or, the Analysis of Honor and Armory; Reprinted with many Useful and Necessary Additions; and Supply'd with the Names and Titles of Honour of the Present Nobility of England..., 3rd edition, 1673, engraved frontispiece and additional title, eight engraved portraits, woodcut illustrations to text, first few leaves with small blue stain to fore-edges, occasional minor marks and spots, first and last few leaves with faint embossed library stamp, front pastedown with presentation bookplate to Bath Public Reference Library and ink shelfmarks, contemporary speckled calf, cover with corner-pieces tooled in blind, front hinge cracked, spine rubbed and worn, with remains of paper label, 8vo, plus Holles (Denzil), Memoirs of Denzil Lord Holles, Baron of Ifield in Sussex, from the Year 1641, to 1648, Printed for Tim. Goodwin, 1699, engraved portrait frontispiece, endpapers spotted, front pastedown with ink shelfmark below deleted shelfmark, contemporary Cambridge panelled speckled calf, rebacked with gilt spine label, some wear to extremities, 8vo, and a defective copy of Castara: Carmina non prius Audita..., 3rd edition, 1640, 12mo First item: Madan 22. (4)
![[Johnson, Samuel]. The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale, 2 volumes, 1st edition, second state, London: R. & J. Dodsley, and W. Joh](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/942fe849-743e-413a-95f9-a86d00e6cb79/8a82afc8-31fb-4344-d78d-2507555e2a5a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 373
[Johnson, Samuel]. The Prince of Abissinia. A Tale, 2 volumes, 1st edition, second state, London: R. & J. Dodsley, and W. Johnston, 1759, final blank in volume 2 present, browning to margins of first & last leaves, some dampstains and occasional spotting, gilt embossed oval morocco bookplate ("Omnia Pro Bono H.M.") of Harold Murdock, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels to spines, joints cracked, upper board of volume 1 detached, worn, 8vo, together with The Idler, 2 volumes, 1st collected edition, London: J. Newbery, 1761, volume 1 dampstained & marked, last few leaves of volume 2 with worm holes to lower blank margins, volume 2 without free endpaper, bookplate of William Woods Weston, contemporary calf, red morocco title labels, joints cracked and slight wear to extremities, 12mo For first title see Courtney & Nicholl Smith, page 87. Fumagalli 2694. Rothschild 1242. Tinker 1314. The second state with "Contents of the Second Volume" on A2r of volume 2, and "indiscerpible" spelling on p.161. For second title see Courtney & Nicholl Smith, page 83. Rothschild 1248, Hazen page 142. Tinker 1342. (4)
Lot 395
Swift (Jonathan). Letters, Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D.D. .... and Several of his Friends. From the Year 1703 to 1740. Published from the Originals; with Notes Explanatory and Historical, by John Hawkesworth, L.L.D., 3 volumes, Printed for R. Davis, [etc.], 1766, titles to volumes 1 & 3 with early ink ownership name at head, hinges strengthened in volume 1, contemporary half calf, rubbed with some wear, volume 1 rebacked, retaining original spine label, front joint to volume 3 cracking, 8vo, together with Browne (Isaac Hawkins), Poems upon Various Subjects, Latin and English, 1st edition, Printed for J. Nourse, 1768, engraved portrait frontispiece, armorial bookplate of Syston Park, contemporary calf gilt, a little rubbed, slim 8vo, plus Pascal (Blaise), The Life of Mr. Paschal, with his Letters relating to the Jesuits, Translated into English by W.A., 2 volumes, 1744, engraved portrait frontispiece to each volume, both with some pale waterstaining, first few lower corners of volume 1 with minor worming, volume 2 with remains of bookplate, contemporary calf, a little wear to extremities, both spines with remains of early shelfmark labels at head, 8vo, and seven others similar including: An Introduction to Universal History. Translated from the Latin of Baron Holberg..., by Gregory Sharpe, 1755; The Contributions of Q.Q. to a Periodical Work..., by the late Jane Taylor, 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1826 (17)
Lot 405
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). Alice's Adventures Under Ground, [Max Jaffe for Eldridge R. Johnson, Camden, New Jersey, 1936], colour title, 37 illustrations by the author, including 14 full page, mounted oval portrait of Alice at foot of final leaf, loose folding leaf at end with alternative ending of text, all edges gilt, original green limp morocco gilt (spine a little darkened and a little rubbed at joints and ends), slipcase (lightly rubbed), 8vo Very rare facsimile edition by Max Jaffe in Vienna for American collector Eldridge R. Johnson. Johnson had bought the original manuscript in 1928 and arranged to have this very limited privately printed edition made for presentation to friends. "It is not too extravagent to say that this production is as near perfection as is possible for a printed facsimile. It has been said that if this facsimile is put beside the original, the only way that they can be distinguished is that the facsimile is in better condition." (Selwyn Goodacre and Denis Crutch, Jabberwocky: The Journal of the Lewis Carroll Society, Autumn 1978). (1)
Lot 434
Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll' ). The Hunting of the Snark, An Agony, in Eight Fits, eighteenth thousand, 1876, wood-engraved frontispiece, adverts to final leaf verso, a little spotting and some soiling towards rear, contemporary inscription to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original red cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and a little frayed at head and foot of spine, slightly stained on covers near foot of spine, 8vo, together with Collingwood (Stuart Dodgson), The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll, 2nd edition, 1899, black & white plates and illustrations, presentation inscription from Dodgson's sister and mother of Collingwood at head of half-title, 'R. Fawcett, with M. Dodgson's love', Feb 1899', a little spotting, top edge gilt, original buckram gilt, rubbed and spine browned, 8vo, plus Carroll (Lewis), The Hunting of the Snark, Catalpa Press, 1974, black & white illustrations by Byron Sewell, original plain black cloth with gilt-titled spine, folio, (limited edition, 104/250 copies, signed by the illustrator), plus other Lewis Carroll books and interest including reprints, modern publications and paperbacks, plus a good collection of Lewis Carroll newsletters (3 shelves)
Lot 436
Barozzi (Giacomo, Vignola). RŠgles des cinq Ordres d'Architecture de M. Jacques Barozzio de Vignole, Nouvellement Revu‰s, Corrig‚es, et r‚duite de grand en petit, par Jean Le Pautre avec plusieurs Augmentations de Michel Ange Bonarotti, Paris: G. Jollain, [1671], title + 101 pages, engraved title (torn at fore-edge with some loss of title & imprint), 40 full-page engraved illustrations (including dedication) and engraved text throughout, contemporary limp vellum (cropped at fore-edge), slim 8vo (1)
Lot 462
Golden Cockerel Press. Mademoiselle de Maupin. A Romance by Theophile Gautier, translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers, Golden Cockerel Press, 1938, eight engraved plates by John Buckland Wright (light offsetting), top edge gilt, original vellum-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, limited edition 165/500, together with Endymion. A Poetic Romance by John Keats, Golden Cockerel Press, 1947, wood-engravings by John Buckland Wright, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed buckram by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, limited edition 296/500, plus Hymn to Proserpine, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1944, limited edition 299/350 signed by John Buckland Wright (3)
Lot 518
Baker (Richard). A Chronicle of the Kings of England, From the Time of the Romans Government Unto the Death of King James... where unto it is added, The Reign of King Charles the First..., 5th impression, printed for George Sawbridge & Thomas Williams, 1670, additional black and white engraved title page, letterpress title page and final index page extensively repaired, some light toning and marks, modern endpapers, rebound in modern gilt decorated full calf, folio, together with Hoole (John), Jerusalem Delivered; An Heroic Poem, 10th edition, 1811, 14 black and white engraved plates, some minor spotting, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spine slightly rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, and Addison (Joseph), The Miscellaneous Works, In Verse and Prose, volumes 1-4, printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1765, black and white engraved frontispiece to volumes 1 & 2, bookplates to front pastedowns, some light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated full calf, boards and spines rubbed, hinges cracked, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th and 19th century literature, poetry and historical reference, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio, (64 volumes) (3 shelves)
Lot 565
Bundy (R.). The Roman History: With Notes Historical, Geographical, and Critical, volumes 1-6, printed by J. Bettenham, 1728, numerous black and white plates, period inscriptions to head of title pages, some marks and light spotting, uniform contemporary gilt decorated embossed full calf, some boards partially detached, rubbed with minor loss, folio, together with Chambers (E.), Cyclopaedia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences..., volumes 1 & 2, 5th edition, 1741, black and white folding plates, some minor toning, uniform contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards rubbed with loss and partially detached, spines rubbed, folio, and Rapin De Thoyras (Mr.), The History of England, volumes 1 & 2, 3rd edition, 1743, black and white folding plates and maps, ex libris copy with associated marks, period inscriptions to head of title pages, slightly marked, new endpapers, uniform gilt decorated modern half calf, spines lightly toned, folio, plus other large format 18th and 19th historical and ecclesiastical reference, mostly leather bindings, some odd volumes, condition is generally good/very good, 4to/folio (4 shelves)
Lot 80
Tournefort (Joseph Pitton de). The Compleat Herbal: or, The Botanical Institutions of Mr. Tournefort, Chief Botanist to the late French King..., with large additions from Ray, Gerarde, Parkinson, and others..., with a short account of the life and writings of the author, 2 volumes, printed for R. Bonwicke and others, 1719/30, 218 single page engraved plates (plate numbering erratic), occasional light browning and some marks and occasional minor marginal dampstains, owernship signature of M. Cooper, dated 1784 to title of each volume, index leaves at rear of second volume with some closed tears and slight damage to inner margins, later bookplate of Francis John Hushe, dated 1881, to front pastedown of second volume, contemporary panelled full calf, first volume recently rebound in near-matching full calf, spine labels renewed to both volumes, thick 4to Henrey 1432. First English edition, translated from the latin edition of 1700. Other copies of this work have contained up to 267 plates. This copy sold as seen, not subject to return. (2)
Lot 81
Virgilius Maro (Publius). Bucolicorum Eclogae Decem. The Bucolicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, by John Martyn, F.R.S. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, 2 volumes, R. Reily for T. Osborne, 1749, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume 1 and letterpress title in red & black, four hand-coloured engraved maps (including one folding and one double-page double-hemisphere map), 12 hand-coloured or printed colour engraved plates, occasional toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated calf with contrasting morocco labels to spines, darkened patch to lower board of volume 1, joints cracked and slight wear to board corners, 4to Latin text of Virgil's pastoral and agricultural poetry with English translation and natural history notes by the botanist John Martyn (1699-1768), of which the Georgics first appeared in 1741 and the Bucolics in 1749. "The notes discuss in considerable detail the proper identification of the plants mentioned by the poet . . . It was one of the works on which the reputation of John Martyn rested", Hunt 517 (original edition of the Georgics only). (2)
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