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Lot 129

CULPEPER (N)

CULPEPER (N) Culpeper's English Physician and Complete Herbal. London: for the author, no date c.1800, small 4to, 2 vols. in one, portrait frontis...

Lot 130

MAVOR (William)

MAVOR (William) The British Tourists; or Traveller's Pocket Companion, 6 vols., 1798-1800, 12mo, frontis and 5 folding coloured maps including Lon...

[BAYARDI (Ottavio Antonio, editor)] The Antiquities of Herculaneum; Translated from the Italian, by Thomas Martyn and John Lettice, Containing the...

Lot 132

[PORNY (Mark)]

[PORNY (Mark)] A manuscript folio copy of part of Porny's Elements of Heraldry (published 1765), on laid paper watermarked 1799, with index and 55...

GROSIER (M. L'Abbe) Description Generale de la Chine. Paris: chez Moutard 1785, small 4to, 798pp., p.1 marked 'Walpole' in ink at head, upper boar...

HYDE (Edward, Earl of Clarendon) The Life of Edward, Earl of Clarendon, 1759, folio, portrait frontis, contemporary calf, joints cracked

Lot 135

KENNEDY (John)

KENNEDY (John) A Treatise upon Planting, Gardening, and The Management of the Hot-House, Dublin : W. Wilson 1784, 8vo, 'Advertisement' leaf, 2pp. ...

Leicestershire battles and histories. LOCKINGE (H) Historical Gleanings .. of Naseby, 1830, 8vo, author's pasted in compliment slip, plates, board...

SNELLING (Thomas) Thirty Three Plates of English Medals, 1776, 4to, title soiled and strengthened, 33 plates, some dust staining, half calf

THICKNESSE (Ralph) A Treatise on Foreign Vegetables, containing an Account of such as are now commonly used in the Practice of Physick. London 174...

BORLASE (William) Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, 2nd edition, London 1769, folio, 25 engraved plates, 2 engrav...

ROWLANDS (Henry) Mona Antiqua Restaurata. An archæological discourse on the Antiquities, Natural and Historical of the Isle of Anglesey, 2nd editi...

STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS. WHITWORTH (Charles, Lord) An Account of Russia as it was In the Year 1710, Printed at Strawberry-Hill 1758, small 8vo, 158p...

Lot 142

VOLTAIRE.

VOLTAIRE. Candide, ou L'Optimisme. Berlin: Chez Chretien Frederic Himbourg, 1778, 12mo, 2 parts in one, revised edition with 5 engravings by Danie...

Architecture and history, illustrated. Cromwelliana, 1810, folio, extra illustrated with portraits, front board detached; with another copy; ADOLP...

Lot 144

BIGLAND (Ralph)

BIGLAND (Ralph) Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections, Relative to the County of Gloucester, 2 vols. in one, 1st edition, London: Jo...

Lot 145

Horticulture.

Horticulture. Memoirs of the Caledonian Horticultural Society, vol. I, 1814, 8vo, 5 plates, green morocco gilt by Thomson, rubbed edges; BRADLEY (...

Lot 146

HUTCHINS (John)

HUTCHINS (John) The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, in 2 vols., 1774, folio, folding map and plates, some margins trimmed, variab...

Literature, 18th and 19th century, leather bound. POPE (A) Works, edited by Warburton, in 9 vols., 1752, 8vo, calf; JONSON (Ben) The Works, 9 vols...

Military history. LINDSAY (The Hon. Colin) Extracts from Colonel Tempelhoffe's History of the Seven Years War, 2 vols. in one, 1793, 8vo, 4 foldin...

WALPOLE (Horace) Historic Doubts on the Life and Reign of King Richard the Third, 2nd edition, J. Dodsley, 1768, small 4to, lacks king's portrait,...

Lot 150

Bindings.

Bindings. FONTENELLE (Bernard Le Bovier de) Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes. Dijon, P. Causse; [Paris, Renouard], an II [1793], large 12mo,...

Lot 151

CARY (John)

CARY (John) Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London, ... wherein every Gentleman's Seat, situate on, or seen from the road, (however distant) ...

Cookery and Gardening. Remarks on the Art of Making Wine, 2nd edition, 1817, 8vo, half title, sewing weak, boards; CULPEPER (N) The English Physic...

Lot 153

COOKERY.

COOKERY. [GLASSE, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, 6th edition 1758, 8vo, worm track near gutter without loss of text to title and...

DUGDALE (William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire. Coventry 1765, folio, title in red and black, folding engraved frontis, plates and maps, contem...

French literature and poetry, 18th and 19th century, leather bound. [PEZAY (A F J M) & DORAT (C J)] Poesies, in 3 vols., Geneva circa 1773, 8vo, c...

Lot 156

GROSE (Francis)

GROSE (Francis) The Antiquities of England and Wales, 1st edition, London: for S. Hooper 1773, 4to, 4 vols., (without supplement vol.), numerous ...

Literature, 18th and 19th century. CARO (Annibal) L'Eneide di Virgilio, Paris: Presso la Vedova Quillau, 1760, 8vo, 2 vols. in one, 2 engraved por...

Lot 158

RUDDER (Samuel)

RUDDER (Samuel) A New History of Gloucestershire, comprising the topography, antiquities, curiosities, produce, trade, and manufactures of that co...

SHAW (Rev. Stebbing) The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, 2 vols., London: J. Nichols 1798-1801, folio, folding county map and folding pl...

Spain, travel and language. OUDIN (C) Refranes o Proverbios Espanoles traduzidos en lengua Francesa. Paris: chez Marc Orry, 1605, 12mo, vellum; [M...

STRAWBERRY HILL PRESS. HAMILTON (Antoine) Memoires du Comte de Grammont, new edition ... by Horace Walpole, 1772, small 4to, 6 engraved portraits ...

Lot 162

MURALTO (O)

MURALTO (O) Jeffery's Edition of the Castle of Otranto A Gothic Story, translated by William Marshall, Gent., new edition, London: Cooper and Grah...

EDMONDSON (Joseph) A Complete Body of Heraldry. London: printed for the author by T. Spilsbury, Snow Hill, 1780, folio, 2 vols., engraved frontis ...

BOYDELL (John & Josiah) A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia,...

BOYDELL (John & Josiah) A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia,...

ATKYNS (Sir Robert) The Ancient and Present State of Glocestershire, 2nd edition, London: T. Spilsbury for W. Herbert [& others], 1768, large foli...

Baskerville Press - binding. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Birmingham, John Baskerville. 1770, 4to, engraved frontis and 3 (of 4) plates, fine contem...

Lot 168

ANACREON.

ANACREON. Anakreontos Teiou Symposiaka emiambia. Anacreontis Teii Convivialia Semiambia. Rome 1781, large folio, engraved frontis by Camillo Tinti...

Extra-illustration. CLARENDON (Edward, Earl of) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, 3 vols. in six, 1707 [but circa 1800?], fo...

SCILLY ISLES. BORLASE (William) Observations on the Ancient and Present State of the Isles of Scilly, 1st edition, Oxford: by W. Jackson 1756, sma...

SHAW (George) and Frederick P. NODDER. [The Naturalist's Miscellany], vols. 9 & 10 only bound in one, circa 1800, 8vo, with 94 (of 96) hand colour...

BORLASE (William) Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, 1st edition, Oxford: W. Jackson, 1754, fo...

GREENVILE COLLINS (Captain) Great Britain's Coasting Pilot. London: Mount & Page 1779, folio, engraved frontis, title in red and black, engraved f...

Binding, Italian text. Sacra Rituum Congregatione .. Otthobono Venta, seu Mediolanen. Rome 1734, 4to, in various parts 'Animadversiones' and 'Resp...

Bindings, Italian text. BONOTTO (M A) Existentia Dei Ejusque Attributa atque Metaphysice Asserta. Venice: C. Palese 1770, 4to, 2 vols., title in r...

Binding, Italian text. Serie De Podesta Di Chioggia, Venice: C. Palese 1767, 4to, on thick paper, lion cartouche title, few engraved plates, damp ...

CURTIS (William) The Botanical Magazine, or Flower-Garden Displayed; vols. 3, 4, & 5, in one, 1790-92, 8vo, with 93 hand coloured plates, a few lo...

Lot 178

MAUND (B)

MAUND (B) The Botanic Garden; Vols. I – IX, circa 1825 and later, colour illustrated, half calf, (vol. I with damaged cover and some leaves)

Three antique printed musical scores - HANDEL (George Frederick) Lessons for the Harpsichord, first published in the year 1720. Folio, in 3 parts;...

Lot 180

MOGG (Edward)

MOGG (Edward) Paterson's Roads, 18th edition circa 1828, 8vo, fine linen backed folding map frontis, 8 maps as called for, additional map of the B...

[WOLLASTON (William)] The Religion of Nature Delineated, 1724, by Sam Parker, engraved device to title, pale damp stain throughout, panel calf; FO...

Lot 182

BERRY (William)

BERRY (William) Encyclopaedia Heraldica, or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry. Vols. I-III*, London: published for the author by Sharwood, Gilbert &...

Lot 183

BYRON (Lord)

BYRON (Lord) Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of ---, 3 vols., John Murray 1833-34, square 8vo, engraved plates, polished calf gilt by...

ACKERMANN (R; publisher) Picturesque Sketches of Rustic Scenery Including Cottages & Farm Houses, 1815, folio, with 54 plates, calf back boards, s...

COMMONS (House of). Catalogue of Books in the Library of the House of Commons, 1830, folio, 95pp., bookplates of A N L Munby and Robin Myers, half...

Lot 186

Family Bible

Family Bible Cassell's Illustrated Family Bible, no date, circa 1860, 4to, modern half morocco; The Christian's Complete Family Bible, new edition...

Historical literary handwriting and others. SMITH (C J) Historical and Literary Curiosities, 1840, 4to, well illustrated, a few coloured, half mor...

Lot 188

PRITCHETT (R T)

PRITCHETT (R T) Ye Smokiana. London: Bernard Quaritch 1890, small 4to, 102pp., printed on card leaves, cloth gilt covers; BRINSMEAD (E) History of...

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