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Paris - two maps. PICQUET (Charles) Plan Routier de la Ville de Paris Divisé en XII Arrondissements ou Mairies et en 48 Quartiers, 1814, large sca...

Lot 65

LAURIE (R H)

LAURIE (R H) Laurie's New Traveller's Companion and Guide through the Roads of England and Wales, 1830, 8vo, engraved title, 25 double page hand c...

BUNNY (Edmund) A Booke of Christian exercise … Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1585, 8vo, without second part, 19th century half calf. [STC 19359.1.]

ALBERTI (Leandro) Descrittione di tutta L'Italia... bound with - Isole Appartinenti Al L'Italia. Venice: Appresso Paulo Ugolino 1596, 8vo, 2 wood ...

Bible in Latin and Greek. Testamentum Novum, 2 parts in one, edited by Theodore Beza, 1589, folio, title printed in red and black with printer's d...

Bible, Geneva or 'Breeches' version, London 1599. Deputies of Christopher Barker, 8vo, damaged title and first leaves, NT title present, Psalms in...

Bible, Geneva version, Deputies of Christopher Barker 1599, 8vo, with general and NT titles, some repairs to first leaves, Psalms bound after the ...

Bible Geneva version, "Breeches Bible", London: Robert Barker 1615, Robert Barker, 8vo, general title chipped, some damage and loss to prelim pray...

Bible, London, John Field 1648, engraved title, red ruled throughout, NT title present, Psalms, (Company of Stationers, 1655) at end, reverse calf...

Binding. Book of Common Prayer, 1687/88, folio, black letter, London: Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb, title slightly soiled, engrav...

Manuscript prayer and hymn book, 17th century, 12mo. Named at the start 'J Sexton', 1st leaf title 'A preparation to Prayer delivered by Mr Bushy ...

GUILLIM (John) A Display of Heraldry, 5th edition 1679, folio, title in red and black, 105 (of 125, lacking the portraits) engraved plates includi...

SANDFORD (Francis) A Genealogical History of the Kings of England and Monarchs of Great Britain, Savoy: for the author 1677, folio, title in red a...

TASSO (Torquato) Il Goffredo Overo Gierusalemme Liberata. Rome: Filippo dè Rossi, 1657, 12mo, engraved title, 20 full-page illustrations by Tempes...

WALKER (Clement) Relations and Observations, Historicall and Politick, upon the Parliament begun Anno Dom. 1640, publ. 1648-49, 8vo, 3 parts in on...

VIRGIL - OGILBY (John; translator) The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro, translated, adorned with Sculpture and illustrated with Annotations. Londo...

DUGDALE (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated, 1656, small folio, portrait frontis trimmed and mounted, double page maps and plate...

Eikon Basilike The Pourtraicture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings, 1648, 8vo, folding engraved frontis with 'Explanation of t...

L'ESTRANGE (Sir Roger) Fables of Aesop and Other Eminent Mythologists: With Morals and Reflections, London 1692, folio, engraved portrait frontisp...

Lot 87

PAUSANIAS.

PAUSANIAS. Accurata Graeciae Descriptio. Hanover: Wechel for the heirs of C. Marnius, 1613, folio, double column text in Greek and Latin, title wi...

Lot 88

PINDAR,

PINDAR, Olympia, Nemea, Pythia, Isthmia. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre 1697, small folio, engraved portrait frontis, title vignette, parallel text in...

Lot 89

PLOT (R)

PLOT (R) The Natural History of Stafford-Shire, 1686, folio, title trimmed and mounted, 34 engraved plates (of 37), lacks county map and 'Armes om...

RALEIGH (Sir Walter) The Historie of the World in five books, additional engraved title dated 1614 (as usual), title with vignette portrait, [lack...

DUGDALE (William) The Baronage of England, or an historical account ... 3 vols. in two, London: Thomas Newcomb for Abel Roper, John Martin and Hen...

Lot 92

YORKE (James)

YORKE (James) The Union of Honour. Containing the Armes, Matches and Issues of the Kings, Dukes, Marquesses and Earles of England... until this pr...

DUGDALE (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated. London 1656, small folio, title in black and red with library stamp, profusely illu...

GOLDMANN (Nikolaus) Tractatus de Stylometris, sive, Instrumentis quibus quinque ordines Architecturae Methodo quâ facilior inveniri nequit. [Leide...

GUILLIM (John) A Display of Heraldry, 5th edition 1679, folio, title in red and black, 125 engraved plates including dedication plate of Britannia...

Irish Parliament, Statutes and Ordinances. [Henry VI to Charles I], Dublin: Companie of Stationers of the Citie of London, 1620, small folio, blac...

Alchemy. VALENTINUS (Basilius) Ein kurzer summarischer Tractat, Von dem grossen Stein der Uralten..., Johann Thölde 1602, 12mo, title in red and b...

Literature & Essays, mainly 17th century. BARROW (I) The Works, second volume containing Sermons and Expositions, 1683, folio, calf, rubbed; BURTO...

Lot 99

PLOT (Robert)

PLOT (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, 1st edition, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1686, small folio, vignette title, engraved roya...

Binding. SIDONIUS APPOLINARIS. [Opera: Epistolae, Carmina, Notae], imprint leaf at end dated 1652, small 4to, lacking title, full calf with elabor...

DUGDALE (William) The History of St. Pauls Cathedral in London, 1st edition, London: Thomas Warren 1658, folio, title in red and black, engraved p...

DUGDALE (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire Illustrated, 1656, small folio, profusely illustrated including Shakespeare's tomb, portrait fro...

PARKINSON (John) Theatrum Botanicum, The Theater of Plantes, or an Universall and Compleate Herball. London: Tho: Cotes 1640, folio, additional wo...

Holy Bible, James Watson, Edinburgh 1714 small 4to, with NT title, black calf binding; TARVER (J-Ch) Royal Phraseological Dictionary, 2 vols., 184...

Lot 106

OROBUONI (O)

OROBUONI (O) Osservazioni Sopra la Lingua Volgare …, Piacenza 1677; with three 18th century Italian grammars (4)

[ITALIAN & SPANISH] SASTRES (F) An Introduction to the Italian Language …, London, 1778, 2 vols.; PERETTI (V) Cours de … langue Italienne …, Londo...

Lot 108

ANSTIS (John)

ANSTIS (John) Observations.. to an Historical Essay upon the Knighthood of the Bath. London 1725, small 4to, initial advert leaf, sporadic light f...

BRADLEY (Richard) A Philosophical Account of the Works of Nature, 2nd edition, 1739, 8vo, title printed in red and black, 28 (of 29) folding engra...

HOOKER (Richard) The Works... in Eight Books of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, revised edition 1723, folio, portrait frontis and added engrave...

BOCCACCIO (Giovanni) Del Decamerone. Amsterdamo [i.e. Venezia], 1718, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, titles in red and black with small oval stamp, woodcut ...

Book of Common Prayer, London: Charles Bill & Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceased, 1700, large folio, engraved title, panel calf, boards detached...

CANINI (Jean-Ange) Images des Heros et Des Grands Hommes de L'Antiquite. Amsterdam: chez B. Picart & J. F. Bernard, 1731, small 4to, engraved port...

Lot 114

DART (John)

DART (John) The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury. London: J. Cole and J. Hoddle, 1726, folio, Sir John Cotton bookpla...

Lot 115

GUILLIM (John)

GUILLIM (John) A Display of Heraldry, 6th edition 1724, folio, trimmed mounted frontis, title in red and black, hand coloured shields, generally t...

POPE (Alexander) The Works and Letters, in 9 vol., London: for H. Lintot or R. Dodsley or T. Cooper 1739-43, 8vo, portrait frontis, calf (some spi...

Lot 117

[ANSTIS (John)]

[ANSTIS (John)] The Register of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.., in 2 vols., London: John Barber, 1724, folio, 2 engraved frontispieces, 13 p...

PENNANT (Thomas) Some Account of London, Westminster and Southwark, 2 vols. London: printed for the Illustrator, [one of 12 copies thus], extra i...

BOUGUER (Pierre) Traité du Navire, de sa Construction et de ses Mouvemens. Paris: Chez Jombert, 1746, 4to, 12 folding diagrammatic plates, title w...

Lot 120

DART (John)

DART (John) Westmonasterium: or The History and Antiquities of The Abbey Church of St Peters Westminster..., 2 vols in one, no date, [circa 1720s]...

DUGDALE (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum: or the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals, Cathedral and Collegiate Churches in En...

HYDE (Edward, Earl of Clarendon) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 3 vols., Oxford 1702-04, folio, portrait frontispieces an...

Lot 123

JONES (Inigo)

JONES (Inigo) The Most Notable Antiquity of Great Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, on Salisbury Plain, Restored. London 1725, folio, 3 parts i...

Lot 124

WARE (Isaac)

WARE (Isaac) The Plans, Elevations, and Sections; Chimney-Pieces, and Cielings [sic] of Houghton in Norfolk; the Seat of the Rt. Honourable Sr. Ro...

Lot 125

[BOOKKEEPING]

[BOOKKEEPING] The Compleat Counting House Companion …, London 1763, binding broken; SLACK (Thomas) The Banker’s Sure Guide …, London 1782; with 5 ...

[French language] Le Manuel des Grammarians. Paris 1702; PLISNIER (A) Praktische Fronzosische Grammatik, Graz 1863, contemporary green velvet bind...

[MEDICINE]. JONES (E G) An Account … of the Gout …, London, 1810; The Rules and Constitutions for … the Maiden-Hospital … Edinburgh, 1731; with 2 ...

Literature, essays, etc, leather bindings. CAMPBELL (John) A Political Survey of Britain..., 2 vols., London: Richardson and Urquhart et al., 1774...

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