Heraldry.- Mysticism.- Morgan (Sylvanus) Armilogia sive Ars chromocritica, the language of arms by the colours & metals: being analogically handled according to the nature of things, and fitted with apt motto's to the heroical science of herauldry in the symbolical world, first edition, full-page woodcut arms of the dedicatee Edward, Earl of Manchester, to verso of title, full-page engraved table of Egyptian and mystical symbols to D4, numerous woodcut and engraved coats-of-arms in text, lacking 2I4, small worm traces to head and foot of title, A2&3 repaired at head, affecting headlines, occasional spotting, stained, lightly browned in places, an engraved portrait from another work mounted on front free endpaper, antique style calf, [Wing M2738], small 4to, printed by T. Hewer for Nathaniel Brook at the Angel in Cornhil, and Henry Eversden at the Greyhound in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1666. ⁂ A rare copy of this work that views heraldry from a symbolic and mystical point of view, paralleling the alchemical interest and literature of the period. Most copies of this book are thought to have been destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
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Economics.- Eden (Sir Frederic Morton) The State of the Poor: or, an History of the Labouring Classes in England, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles to each vol., Directions to the Binder f. at end of vol. 1, folding table in vol. 3, the odd spot, but generally a clean and excellent copy, antique-style modern half calf, spines gilt, [Kress B3384; Goldsmiths 17107; PMM 249; Wellcome II, p.510], 4to, by J.Davis, for B. & J. White [& others], 1797.⁂ Eden's important work on poverty and the working classes, difficult to find complete with half-titles. '"The State of the Poor is one of the classical works in the history of economics. Eden was led to embark on the subject by the high prices brought on by the war in 1794 and 1795, and the effect they had on the living conditions of the poorer classes... Eden's own work, notwithstanding its originality, might now be forgotten if it were not for the invaluable collection of facts attached to it, which can never cease to be of importance... it has proved the basis of sociological investigation ever since." - PMM.
Atomic physics.- Bohr (Niels).- Vintage photograph showing Niels Bohr, Ernest Lawrence and Lewis L. Strauss seated around a table, 208 x 254mm., signed by Niels Bohr and Ernest Lawrence, n.d. ⁂ A charmingly intimate photograph of three friends. Bohr and Lawrence were both Nobel prize winners in Physics and members of the Manhattan Project, which worked on the development of nuclear weapons.
Dialling.- Clavius (Christoph) Gnomonices libri octo, in quibus non solum horologiorum solarium, sed aliarum quoque rerum, quae ex gnomonis umbra cognosci possunt, descriptiones geometrice demonstrantur, collation: [Latin cross]8 A-E6 F8 G-Z6 2A-2Z6 3A-3G6 3H8, engraved title within architectural border, numerous woodcut diagrams, woodcut historiated and decorative initials and printer's device to colophon f., early ink marginalia, additions to diagrams, and the supply of a full-page table to 3H2v and text and a diagram to 3H7r, where the pages have been left blank by the printer in this copy, title with a few small repairs with minor loss to lower corner, lightly browned and silked, water-stained, a few tears, without loss, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, some staining, folio (327 x 237mm.), Rome, Francesco Zanetti, 1581.⁂ First edition of the most important and substantial work on dialling published to that date. Our copy with evidence of early scholarship, with much on projective geometry. Literature: Adams C2098; Honeyman 706 'sums up all that was known on gnomonics'; Houzeau and Lancaster 11383; Tomash & Williams C101; EDIT 16 CNCE 12671.
Darwin (Charles) On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, third edition (seventh thousand), presentation copy to Robert Colgate, half-title, folding lithographed plate, advertisement f. at end, Edmonds & Remnants binders' ticket to foot of rear pastedown, original green blind-stamped and gilt cloth, spine darkened and repaired, corners restored, rubbed at extremities, [Freeman 381; PMM 344 (b), note], 8vo, John Murray, 1861.⁂ A presentation copy of 'the most important biological book ever written' (Freeman). The inscription on the half-title in the hand of Murray's clerk reads 'From the Author'. The recipient has added his ownership inscription above this ('Rob. Colgate'). Robert Colgate was a surgeon with a practice on Bolton Road, Eastbourne. He was Admiralty surgeon and agent to the Eastbourne division of the coastguard. Darwin had made his acquaintance in the autumn of 1860 when he and his family had spent seven weeks in nearby Marine Parade. Colgate's name is included in the presentation list drawn up by Darwin for the third edition, issued in April, 1861. He wrote to thank Darwin for this gift on 25th June, 1861 (Darwin Correspondence, letter 3197), explaining that he had delayed writing until he heard back from his friend John Cowell Boys (a Sussex-born surveyor and sheep breeder who had emigrated to New Zealand), of whom Darwin had asked a series of detailed questions via Colgate on the population of bees in New Zealand. Colgate goes on to highlight 'a slight error at p.77' of the Origin, pointing out that owls and hawks were in fact the main predators of field mice, not cats. Darwin did not amend this page in subsequent editions.The third edition 'was extensively altered, and is of interest for the addition of a table of differences between it and the second edition, a table which occurs in each subsequent edition, and also for the addition of the historical sketch... which was written to satisfy complaints that Darwin had not sufficiently considered his predecessors in the general theory of evolution... there is also a postscript on page xii... concern[ing] a review of the earlier editions by Asa Gray' (Freeman p. 78)Provenance: Robert Colgate (see above); 'Jenny Flecknor, Feb, 1961' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Europe.- Swinburne (Henry) Travels in the two Sicilies, 4 vol., 3 engraved folding maps and 21 folding plates, folding table, T. Cadell & P. Elmsly, 1790; Travels through Spain, 2 vol., 2 engraved maps and 10 plates, most folding, for P. Elmsley, 1787, second editions, maps, table and plates linen-backed, occasional offsetting and light browning, 1 plate trimmed, uniform in 19th century calf, gilt, Northern Light Board gilt stamp to head of spines, rubbing to joints, spine ends a little chipped, an attractive set, 8vo (6)
Mountaineering.- Auldjo (John) Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the 8th and 9th August, 1827, first edition, large paper copy, half-title, 22 lithographed plates, plans, maps, cross-sections etc. including 7 views on india paper and mounted, one folding panorama, facsimile letter, map with routes hand-coloured and hand-coloured geological table & chart of heights of mountains, some light foxing, mostly marginal, pencil quotation on half-title, short tear to upper edge of H2, original boards, uncut, paper label on spine, spine and joints neatly repaired, preserved in modern card chemise and cloth slip-case, [Meckly 8; Neate A75; Perret 183], 4to, 1828.
Coleridge (Samuel Taylor).- [Chatterton (Thomas)] Poems, supposed to have been written at Bristol, by Thomas Rowley...in the Fifteenth Century, large paper copy, additional engraved vignette title, later ink inscription from Roger Ingpen to C.J.Burges dated 1887 on front free endpaper, engraving of 'The Distressed Poet' loosely inserted, later half calf, spine gilt, [Rothschild 590], Cambridge, B.Flower, for the editor, 1794 § Coleridge (S.T.) Specimens of the Table Talk..., 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, lithographed portrait and view of Coleridge's study as frontispieces, both on india paper and mounted, 4pp. catalogue at end of vol.2, faint ink signature to head of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, by M.Ogle & Co., spines gilt with red and green labels, small nick to head of spines, 1835, large 8vo & 12mo (3)⁂ The first was a celebrated literary hoax published in 1777 and written by the young Chatterton, who later committed suicide aged seventeen. This edition was the first to contain Coleridge's Monody on the Death of Chatterton, his second appearance in print.Roger Ingpen (1869-1936), literary editor and author of Shelley in England, 1917.
Botany.- Atkinson (Sarah) The Botanical Multiplication Table, engraved throughout with title and hand-coloured illustrations of flowers, lightly browned, contemporary green calf, gilt, a little rubbed and faded, by the Author, [?1827] § Malo (Charles) Guirlande de Flore, half-title, engraved title within hand-coloured decorative wreath, 15 hand-coloured engraved plates after P.Bessa, tissue guards, calendar for 1818 at end, occasional spotting or browning, original pale yellow boards with matching slip-case, g.e., spine of slip-case with gilt title and decorations, [Nissen BBI 1265], Paris, Janet, [1817], 12mo (2)⁂ The first is a curious but attractive work, each page containing a rhyming multiplication table and botanical example with hand-coloured illustration e.g. "3 times 12 are 36/Stonecrop to a Wall will fix" and "5 times 7 are 35/Sweet William growing near a hive" (with illustration featuring a bee skep). It is rare with only one copy in the UK (British Library) and one in America (Indiana University).
A CARVED WOOD SNUFF BOX, THE HINGED LID BACKED BY A LION. THE LID ITSELF CARVED IN RELIEF WITH A COUPLE SEATED AT A TABLE SHE TWEAKING HIS EAR, MOSES WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ON ONE SIDE AND KING DAVID PLAYING HIS HARP ON THE OTHER, TRACES OF RED AND BLACK COLOUR. H. 9.5cms. TOGETHER WITH AN EBONISED WOOD CARVING OF A MAN. H. 28cms.
A SILVER HALLMARKED IVORY SIDE HANDLED LIDDED CHOCOLATE POT TOGETHER WITH A HAND HAMMERED SMALL BOWL DATED 1954 FOR ANTHONY PATON HAWKSLEY TWO NAPKIN RINGS, A SILVER POCKET LIPSTICK COMPACT AND A SILVER TABLE CLOCK. GROSS WEIGHT EXCLUDING DESK CLOCK 428grms.
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