Specialist Book Auction including Antiquarian Books from a Private Cheshire Residence (Macclesfield)

ALCHEMY: TESTAMENTUM RAYMUNDI LULLI DOCTISSIMI ET CELEBERRIMI PHILOSOPHI DUOBUS LIBRIS UNIVERSAM ARTEM CHYMICAM COMPLECTENS, [8], 231, [16], secon...

LIBAVIUS (ANDREAS), PRAXIS ALCHYMIAE, HOC EST DOCTRINA DE ARTIFICIOSA PRAEPARATIONE PRAECIPUORUM MEDICAMENTORUM CHYMICORUM DUOBUS LIBRIS EXPLICTA;...

CAESAR (JULIUS), DE BELLO GALLICO COMMENTARII VII; [36], 516, 386, [45], engraved device to title page, eleven illustrations to the front, re-back...

RALEGH (SIR WALTER), THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN FIVE BOOKS; [34], [36], 1143, [54], with ‘Mind of The Front’, engraved title, engraved portrait, ...

TACITUS (CORNELIUS), C. CORNELII TACITI OPERA QUAE EXSTANT A IUSTO LIPSIO PORTREMUM RECENSITA; [16], 547, [33], engraved device to red and black t...

TACITUS (CORNELIUS), C. CORNELII TACITI OPERA QUAE EXSTANT IUSTU LIPSIUS POSTREMUM RECENSUIT; [16], 547, [33], engraved device to title, Antwerp, ...

BREECHES BIBLE; THE BIBLE TRANSLATED ACCORDING TO THE EBREW AND GREEKE, [4], 435, [4], 441-544, [165], Old and New Testament, apocrypha, two table...

BELLORII (GIOVANNI PIETRO), FRAGMENTA VESTIGII VETERIS ROMAE EX LAPIDIBUS FARNESIANIS NUNC PRIMUM IN LUCEM EDITA; [6], 85, [4], half title, engrav...

LEYBOURN (WILLIAM), THE COMPLEAT SURVEYOR CONTAINING THE WHOLE ART OF SURVEYING OF LAND, 4th edition, engraved portrait frontis and six plates, re...

TOURNES (JEAN DE), INSIGNIUM ALIQUOT VIRORUM ICONES; [16], 236, [4], engraved device to title and engraved roundel portraits to the text, Lugduni,...

ATHANASIUS (KIRCHER), OEDIPI AEGTIACH, vol II only, 546, [26], numerous illustrations within text, full mottled calf, Rome, Ex Typograohia Vitalis...

SAMMES (AYLETT), BRITANNIA ANTIQUA ILLUSTRATA OR THE ANTIQUITIES OF ANCIENT BRITAIN, poor condition, incomplete, sold for repair or to repair anot...

STAFFORD (HUGH), A TREATISE ON CYDER-MAKING FOUNDED IN LONG PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE WITH A CATALOGUE OF CYDER-APPLES OF CHARACTER IN HEREFORDSHIRE...

WORLIDGE (JOHN), VINETUM BRITANNICUM OR A TREATISE OF CIDER, AND OTHER WINES AND DRINKS EXTRACTED FROM THE FRUITS GROWING IN THIS KINGDOM, engrave...

LOVER OF PLANTING, A COMPLEAT PLANTER & CYDERIST OR CHOICE COLLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS FOR THE PROPAGATING ALL MANNER OF FRUIT TREES, lacking pp ...

PHILIPS (JOHN), CYDER A POEM, engraved frontis plate, London, Tonson, 1708; CHAPMAN (THOMAS), THE CYDER-MAKER’S INSTRUCTOR, SWEET-MAKER'S ASSISTAN...

BREWING; BAVERSTOCK (J), TREATISE ON BREWING, later full leather, engraved portrait frontis, London, Whittaker, 1824; WIGNEY (GEORGE), A PHILOSOPH...

BARNARD (ALFRED), NOTED BREWERIES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, 4 vols, black and white illustrations and advertisements, green cloth with gilt le...

SHANNON (R), A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREWING, DISTILLING AND RECTIFICATION, incomplete copy, with eight plates and five folding tables, laking thr...

PISANELLI (BALDASSARE), TRATTATO DELLA NATURA DE CIBI ET DEL BERE, [8], 162, engraved device to title page, page number errors in the second half ...

FRENCH (JOHN), THE ART OF DISTILLATION OR A TREATISE OF THE CHOICEST SPRAGYRICAL PREPARATIONS, EXPERIMENTS AND CURIOSITIES PERFOEMED BY WAY OF DIS...

FRENCH (JOHN), THE ART OF DISTILLATION OR A TREATISE OF THE CHOICEST SPRAGYRICAL PREPARATIONS, EXPERIMENTS AND CURIOSITIES PERFOEMED BY WAY OF DIS...

RAWLINSON (J), A NEW METHOD OF BREWING MALT LIQUOR, 32pp, London, Johnson, 1806; PERRY (JOHN), A TREATISE ON RICE AND POTATOES, 16pp, London, Spra...

SMITH (GEORGE), A COMPLEAT BODY OF DISTILLING EXPLAINING THE MYSTERIES OF THAT SCIENCE, 2nd edition, later ¼ leather, London, Lintot, 1731; anothe...

DISTILLING, VINEGARS AND ACETATES; a collection of 23 mostly 19th century books, to include, COOPER (A), THE COMPLETE DOMESTIC DISTILLER, folding ...

CHAPTAL (JEAN), PRAITE THEORETIQUE ET PRATIQUE SUR LA CULTURE DE LA VIGNE, 2 vols, with three tables and 22 plates, rebacked calf, Paris, Delalain...

VIZETELLY (HENRY), A HISTORY OF CHAMPAGNE, black and white plates and illustrations, repaired gilt green cloth, London, Henry Sotheran, 1882; STRO...

SHAW (THOMAS), WINE, THE VINE AND THE CELLAR, pictorial green cloth, London, Longman, 1863; PEROLD (A), A TREATISE ON VITICULTURE, Macmillan and C...

CRADDOCK (HENRY), THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK, Bacardi Cocktail insert, pictorial and gilt boards with black cloth spine, London, Constable and Compan...

BACON (SIR FRANCIS), SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY IN TEN CENTURIES, [16], 218, [24], 221-228, [black], [4], 36, [8], 64, engraved portrait ...

BACON (SIR FRANCIS), SYLVA SYLVARUM OR A NATURAL HISTORY IN TEN CENTURIES, [16], 218, [26], 43, 5th edition, published by William Rawley, with eng...

BACON (SIR FRANCIS), SYLVA SYLVARUM, OR A NATURALL HISTORIE IN TEN CENTURIES, [10], 266, [12], [4], 47, [3], engraved title, lacking portrait fron...

MONTFAUCON (BERNARD DE), ANTIQUITY EXPLAINED AND REPRESENTED IN SCULPTURES, translated by David Humphreys, vols 1-5 in three vols, each one in two...

COKE (EDWARD), THE THIRD PART OF THE INSTITUES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND CONCERNING HIGH TREASON AND OTHER PLEAS OF THE CROWN; [10], 243, [19], engra...

RASTELL (WILLIAM), A COLLECTION OF ENTREES OF DECLARATIONS, BARRES, REPLICATIONS, REIOINDERS, ISSUES, VERDITS, JUDGEMENTS, EXECUTIONS, PROCES, CON...

VIVALDI (AGOSTINO), MEDITATIONI SOPRA LI EVANGELIICHE TUTTI L’ANNO SI LEGGONO NELLA MESSA, engraved device to title page, numerous engraved plates...

FLUDD (ROBERT), FASCICULUS GEOMANTICUS IN QUO VARIA VARIORUM OPERA GEOMANTICA, 647, [1], 197, two parts in one, with seven folding plates and text...

LULL (RAYMOND), OPUSCULUM RAYMUNDINUM DE AUDITUM KABBA LISTICO SIVE AD OMNES SCIENTIAS INTRODUCTORUM, 117, [1], [16], 34, new edition, woodcut dec...

GERARDE (JOHN), THE HERBAL OR GENERAL HISTORIE OF PLANTS, engraved title and numerous engraved illustrations to text, numerous pagination errors, ...

SALMON (WILLIAM), THE ENGLISH HERBAL OR HISTORY OF PLANTS; engraved frontis plate, numerous engraved illustrations to the text, later ¾ leather, L...

HILL (JOHN), THE BRITISH HERBAL: AN HISTORY OF PLANTS AND TREES, NATIVE TO BRITAIN, engraved device to title, frontis plate and engraved plates th...

WOODVILLE (WILLIAM), MEDICAL BOTANY, vol I only, with 65 hand coloured plates, mottled tan calf, London, James Phillips, 1790; LINDLEY (JOHN), THE...

CULPEPER (NICHOLAS), COMPLETE HERBAL, reprint, full tan leather, Gareth Powell Limited, 1979; a 1953 Culpeper Herbal printed by Kynoch Press, and ...

SOWERBY (JAMES), ENGLISH BOTANY OR COLOURED FIGURES OF BRITISH PLANTS.... with occasional remarks by James Edward Smith, 9 vols and 10 vols, with ...

BAXTER (WILLIAM), BRITISH PHAENOGAMOUS BOTANY, OR FIGURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE GENERA OF BRITISH FLOWERING PLANTS, six vols, with hand coloured...

KENNION (EDWARD), AN ESSAY ON TREES IN LANDSCAPE; [2], i-x, 48, engraved vignette to title and 50 aquatint plates, ¾ green leather with marbled bo...

DEAKIN (RICHARD), FLORIGRAPHIA BRITANNICA OR ENGRAVINGS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS OF BRITAIN, 3 vols, hand coloured plate...

REA (JOHN), FLORA: SEU, DE FLORI CULTURA, OR A COMPLETE FLORILEGE; [22], 231, [8], third edition, in three books, engraved decoration to the begin...

EVELYN (JOHN), SILVA OR A DISCOURSE OF FOREST TREES AND THE PROPAGATION OF TIMBER IN HIS MAJESTY’S DOMINIONS, [56], 649, [10], with portrait front...

MILLER (PHILIP), THE GARDENERS DICTIONARY CONTAINING THE BEST AND NEWEST METHODS OF CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING THE KITCHEN, FRUIT, FLOWER GARDEN AN...

TRANSACTIONS OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, vol 1 only, second edition, [2], xvi, 366, 27, [23], complete with 16 engraved plates, some h...

FUNGI: COLONEL HOUSTOUN OF CLERKINGTON; a mid-19th century album of hand drawn and coloured fungi, completed by Colonel Houstoun in the years 1862...

HARRISON (JOSEPH), conduct, THE FLORICULTURAL CABINET AND FLORISTS’ MAGAZINE, 6 vols, with 76 mostly hand coloured plates, ¾ leather with marbled ...

WOODVILLE (WILLIAM), MEDICAL BOTANY, third edition, vols I, II, III and V, vols I-III with 222 hand coloured plates, (lacking No 112, two plates n...

PONTEY (WILLIAM), THE PROFITABLE PLANTER, A TREATISE ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF PLANTING FOREST TREES, 222, [2], second edition, includes pages...

PHILLIPS (HENRY), POMARIUM BRITANNICUM, AN HISTORICAL AND BOTANICAL ACCOUNT OF FRUITS KNOWN IN GREAT BRITAIN, 2nd edition, hand coloured plates, f...

ROBINSON (WILLIAM), edit, FLORA AND SYLVA, vols I and III, colour plates, ¾ vellum, London, 1903 and 1905; a copy of vol II in green cloth, 1903; ...

LOWE (E), FERNS: BRITISH AND EXOTIC, 2 vols, with colour plates, ¾ leather with marbled boards, London, Groombridge, 1856; OUR NATIVE FERNS, 2 vol...

HOOKER (SIR WILLIAM), THE BRITISH FERNS, colour plates, green cloth, London, Lovell, 1861; PRATT (ANNE), THE FERNS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THEIR ALLI...

HULME (F), FAMILIAR WILD FLOWERS, five various volumes, colour plates and hand coloured green cloth covers, Cassell; SOWERBY (JOHN), BRITISH WILD ...