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FREDERICK HALL, Full length portrait of a young Victorian girl in winter coat with a doll, Oil on canvas, restored, 36" x 16", Signed Fred Hall and titled upper left "Christine, 1893"

EARLY 19th CENT. ENGLISH SCHOOL, Portrait of a young gentleman, Oval watercolour miniature, 3" x 2.5", Broad ebonised frame.

EDWARDIAN SCHOOL, Portrait of a young girl with hands clasped, Oval watercolour miniature, 2.5" x 3.5", In broad ebonised frame.

DR DOSTEELS. 3.25 ins diam., black transfer on strong dark pink background. 'DR DOSTEELS/ CHERRY TOOTHPASTE/ FOR BEAUTIFYING & PRESERVING/ THE TEETH & GUMS'. Portrait of Queen Victoria to centre. A superb example of an all time English 'classic' pictorial pot lid. Undamaged - very good.

A Victorian Parian portrait bust of a young girl, 19th century, with a dove on her right shoulder, her hair tied in a bun and with rose headdress, florally incised robes and a rose on her bosom on socle, minor chips, wing of dove re-stuck, 11" high

A pair of Bohemian blue glass and overlay vases, circa 1880, each of tapering conical form applied with an overlay oval portrait of a thoughtful young lady, within rich gilt strap work borders, the overall blue ground sprigged with stylised gilt three dot flowers, gilt lined, 19" high

Homer. The Whole Works of Homer, Prince of Poetts, in His Iliads, and Odysses. Translated... by Geo. Chapman, engraved title and portrait trimmed, tipped-in, lacking engraved dedication, final blank and errata, a number of leaves detached, later panelled calf, rebacked, covers detached, for Nathaniel Butter, [1634?]; and another copy of the same, defective, 8vo (2).

Buck (George) The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard the Third, first edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, water-stain to inner corner throughout, front endpapers detached, contemporary calf, front cover detached, spine damaged, folio, W. Wilson, 1646.

Ovidius Naso (Publius) Ovid's Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books, engraved frontispiece, portrait and 16 plates, title and frontispiece frayed and detached, water-stained throughout, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, folio, 1717.

Ludlow (Edmund) Memoirs, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional soiling, good margins, fore-edge scored causing nicks to many ff., modern half calf, folio, 1751.

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, contemporary reversed calf, spine worn at head and foot, Oxford, Printed by W.Jackson and A.Hamilton, 1784 ~ Goldsmith (Oliver) The History of Greece, portrait, front hinge cracked, contemporary half calf, morocco label, covers slightly stained, 1825 ~ Henley (William Ernest, editor ) Lyra Heroica, contemporary prize calf, 1893; and c.70 others, Miscellaneous, leatherbound, v.s. (c.73).

Griffiths ( Major Arthur) Wellington & Waterloo, many illustrations, 1898 ~ Gerard (James W.) My Four Years in Germany, map, 1917 ~ Schultze-Pfaelzer (Gerhard) Hindenburg, Peace - War - Aftermath, portrait, 1931 ~ Everitt (Nicholas) British Secret Service during the Great War, n.d. [c.1920], original cloth, covers slightly soiled and worn; and a small quantity of others, Military, most World War One, some odd volumes, v.s. (sm. qty.).

Wilkes (John) The Correspondence..., 5 vol., engraved portrait and 2 foilding facsimiles, some foxing, modern calf-backed cloth, 8vo, 1805.

Nichols (John) Illustrations of the Literary History of the Eighteenth Century, 8 vol., engraved frontispieces, contemporary calf, spine gilt with morocco labels, rebacked, original backtrips laid down, 1817-58 ~ Thorpe (B., editor ) Ancient Laws and Institutes of England, half-title marginally repaired, 20th century half morocco, spine faded, 1840 ~ Parliamentary Papers. Earnings and Hours Enquiry. Report of an Enquiry by the Board of Trade into the Earnings and Hours of Labour, vols.I-VI bound in 2 vol., contemporary binder's cloth, 1909-11 ~ Tytler (Alexander Fraser, editor) Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Honourable Henry Home of Kames, 2 vol., portrait, later half morocco, Edinburgh and London, 1807 ~ Brett (R. Dallas) History of British Aviation 1908-1914, plates, modern binder's buckram, n.d. [c.1933]; and a quantity of others, Miscellaneous, v.s. (qty.).

Benger (Elizabeth Ogilvie) Memoirs of the Life of Mary Queen of Scots, 2 vol., portrait, 1823; Memoirs of Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia, 2 vol., portrait, 1825 ~ Rodwell (James, "Uncle James" ) The Rat: its History and Destructive Character, 1858 ~ Couch (Jonathan) Illustrations of Instinct deduced from the Habits of British Animals, 1847 ~ Oliphant (Margaret) The Makers of Florence, laid down actual photographs, illustrations, decorated vellum gilt, 1888; and 4 others, various bindings, 8vo (11).

Bacon (Sir Francis) The Works, 10 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, some foxing and browning, contemporary half calf, gilt spines, 8vo, 1824.

Dickens (Charles) The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, first edition in book form, second issue, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, etched plates by "Phiz", a couple of neat repairs, later half calf, spine gilt, g.e., 1839; and 2 others, 8vo and 4to (3).

Mosley (Sir Oswald) Family Memoirs, engraved portrait frontispiece by Reynolds, 3 engraved plates, 2 hand-coloured, 5 bromide prints tipped-in on front endpapers depicting Rolleston Hall, bookplate of Elizabeth Lady Mosley, inner hinges cracked, original embossed cloth, gilt, spine damaged, extremities worn, 4to, for private circulations, 1849.

Traill (H.D.) The Marquis of Salisbury, no. 79 of 250 copies, portrait frontispiece, uncut, vellum-backed cloth, 1892 ~ Doyle (Richard, illustrator) Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe...contributed by Percival Leigh, illustrations, calf-backed cloth, oblong 8vo, Bradbury & Evans, n.d. ~ Jekyll (Gertrude) and Sir Lawrence Weaver. Gardens for Small Country Houses, colour frontispiece, illustrations, original cloth, 1927; and 6 others, miscellaneous, 8vo (9).

Burton (Robert) The Anatomy of Melancholy, edited by the Rev. A.R.Shilleto, 3 vol., portrait, 1893 ~ Boswell (James) The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., 4 vol., frontispieces, text illustrations, n.d. [c.1880] ~ Davenant (Sir William) The Dramatic Works, 4 vol., 1872 ~ Crowne (John) The Dramatic Works, 4 vol., Dramatists of the Restoration, 1873, first two mentioned library half morocco, rest binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplates, stamps and classmarks on spines; and 9 others, Literature, 8vo (24).

Lessing (Gotthold Ephrai) Werke. Herausgegeben von Richard Gosche, 8 vol., plates, text illustrations, Berlin, 1884 ~ Goethe (J.W. von) Werke. Herausgegeben von Heinrich Kurz, 15 vol., portrait, Leipzig and Vienna, n.d. [c.1880] ~ Shakespeare (William) Dramatische Werke ubersetzt von August Wilhelm v. Schlegel und Ludwig Tieck, 12 vol.in 6, Berlin, 1871, first mentioned contemporary half morocco, spines gilt with double morocco labels, rest original cloth, spines gilt ; and a quantity of others, German Literature, Fine Art and Illustration, Miscellaneous, v.s. (qty.).

Joyce (James) Giacomo Joyce, first edition, facsimile illustrations including 2 folding, original cloth-backed boards, slip-case, New York, 1968; Ulysses. The Corrected Text..., dust-jacket, 1986 ~ Read (Forrest, editor) Pound/Joyce: The Letters of Ezra Pound to James Joyce..., New York, 1967 ~ Herring (Phillip F., editor) Joyce's Ulysses Notesheets in the British Museum, dust-jacket, Charlottesville, 1972 ~ Davies (Stan Gebler) James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist, dust-jacket, 1975, all but first original boards or cloth; and c.30 others, Joyce, 8vo & 4to (c.35).

Wartime Literature & History.- Tambimuttu. Out of this War, frontispiece portrait by Augustus John, Fortune Press, [1941] ~ Pudney (John) and Henry Treece, editors. Air Force Poetry, 1944 ~ Sergeant (Howard, editor) For Those Who Are Alive, Fortune Press, 1946 ~ Cooperman (Stanley) World War I and the American Novel, Baltimore, 1967 ~ Knowles (Sebastian D.G.) A Purgatorial Flame, Philadelphia, 1990 ~ Graham (Desmond, editor) Poetry of the Second War, 1995, first editions, original cloth, last 4 in dust-jackets; and c.40 others, War Poetry, History and Literary Criticism, v.s. (c.45).

Hemingway (Ernest) In Our Time, first edition, number 105 of 170 copies, woodcut frontispiece portrait of the author after Henry Strater, bubbling to pastedowns, original printed boards, rebacked, light crease to upper cover, rubbed at extremities, in later morocco-backed collector's box, [Hanneman A2a], tall 8vo, Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1924.

Bach (Johann Sebastian).- Spitta (Philipp) Johann Sebastian Bach, 3 vol., first English edition, frontispiece portrait, later morocco-backed cloth by Zaehnsdorf, t.e.g., others uncut, a handsome set, 8vo, 1899.

Hancke (Erich) Max Liebermann: sein Leben und seine Werke, number 88 of 100 copies, etched self-portrait by Liebermann, signed in pencil, illustrations, vellum, gilt reproduction of Liebermann's sketch of his daughter on upper cover, a little dust stained, 4to, Berlin, 1923.

Hendley (Thomas Holbein) Memorials of the Jeypore Exhibition 1883, portrait frontispiece, chromolithographed titles, 42 plates, all but 5 chromolithographs, original decorated cloth gilt, upper cover in the style of an Indian binding, lower cover with arms, folio, [n.p., n.d] [1893]. *** Single volume reprint of the text and colour plates of the original four volume edition.

Turner (J.M.W.) Annual Tour 1833, large india paper edition, engraved title, 20 plates, tissue guards, contemporary half calf, worn at extremities, covers detached, [Hermann p.167], [c.1835] ~ Whitman (Alfred) Samuel William Reynolds, number 16 of 50 large paper edition, 28 mezzotint engravings on Japanese vellum, portrait vignette on title, inner hinges cracked, original vellum-backed cloth, corners bumped, worn revealing boards, small tear to head of spine, 1903, folio (2).

Dibdin (Rev. Thomas Frognall) Bibliomania; or Book-Madness, portrait, text illustrations, 1876 ~ Hardie (Martin) English Coloured Books, plates, 1906 ~ Brown (Horatio F.) The Venetian Printing Press, 1891 ~ British Museum. Catalogue of the Books in the Library... to the Year 1640, 3 vol., 1884 ~ Astle (Thomas) The Art and Progress of Writing, facsimiles, some folding, 1784, fifth mentioned th century half morocco, rest modern binder's cloth; and c.50 others, Bibliography and related subjects, some odd volumes, ex-library copies with bookplate and stamps, 8vo & 4to (c.57).

Einstein (Albert) Relativity: the Special and the General Theory, A Popular Exposition, portrait, 8pp. advertisements at end, original cloth, dust-jacket chipped and soiled, 8vo, 1920.

Addison (Thomas) A Collection of the Published Writings..., plates, library stamps and label, hinges a little weak, New Sydenham Society, 1868 ~ Begbie (J. Warburton) Selections From the Works..., plates, library label, New Sydenham Society, 1882 ~ Latham (Dr. P.M.) The Collected Works..., 2 vol., a little very light foxing, New Sydenham Society, 1876-8 ~ Colles (Abraham) Selections from the Works..., portrait frontispiece, New Sydenham Society, 1881, original cloth, gilt, first mentioned rebacked, some with library stickers to spine, rubbed, some light soiling; and 5 others, similar, New Sydenham Society, 8vo (10).

Baglivi (Giorgio) Opera Omnia Medico-Practica, et Anatomica, portrait frontispiece, 5 plates, title in red & black, browning, sometimes heavy, very slight marginal worming, contemporary vellum, edges a little rubbed, 4to, Venice, 1723.

Bartholinus (Thomas) Anatomia, ex Caspari Bartholini Parentis Institutionibus..., engraved additional title, 64 illustrations in the text, 8 (of 9) plates including 7 folding, lacks portrait, last leaf of index of chapters replaced in later manuscript, ink inscription to title, additional title with outer margin repaired, 1f. with lower corner repaired and last leaf laid down, some soiling, later calf, 8vo, The Hague, Ex Typographia Adriani Vlacq, 1655 [1660].

Deventer (Hendrick van) Operationum Chirurgicarum Novum Lumen Exhibentium Obstetricantibus, 2 parts in 1 vol., folding engraved portrait frontispiece, 36 plates including 7 folding, frontispiece loose, a little worming, ink annotations to front endpapers, contemporary half calf, worn, lacks spine, covers loose, small 4to, Leiden, apud Joan & Herm. Verbeek, 1733.

Hunter (John) Essays and Observations on Natural History, Anatomy, Physiology, Psychology, and Geology, 2 vol., edited by Richard Owen, portrait frontispiece, folding facsimile, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, a little light spotting, hinges weak, original cloth, spines darkened, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1861.

Plukenet (Leonard) Phytographia, sive Stirpum Illustriorum & minus cognitarum icones, vol.I only (of 4), second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 328 plates, withdrawn stamp on verso of front cover, contemporary calf, embossed stamp on covers, front cover detached, spine damamged, 4to, 1769.

---. Humboldt (Alexander von) Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, 3 vol., 1889 ~ Burton (Richard F.) The City of the Saints and across the Rocky Mountains to California, first edition, double-page maps, 8 plates, 9 text illustrations, 1861 ~ Whymper (Edward) Travels amongst the Great Andes of the Equator, second edition, maps, plates, text illustrations, 1892 ~ Williams (John) A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands, sixth thousand, portrait, illustrations, some slight foxing, 1837, modern binder's cloth, ex-library copies with bookplates and stamps ; and c.40 others, Travel, 8vo (c.46).

---. Savage-Landor (A. Henry) Across Unknown South America, 2 vol., folding map, portrait, plates, front hinges cracked, 1913 ~ Beebe (William) Galapagos, World's End, plates, some colour, New York and London, 1924 ~ Hudson (W.H.) Idle Days in Patagonia, illustrations by A.Hartley and J.Smit, 1893, first editions, first mentioned original cloth, rest modern binder's buckram, ex-library copies with bookplates and stamps; and another, South America, 8vo (5).

---. Murray (Rev. Thomas Boyles) Pitcairn: the Island, the People, and the Pastor, engraved portrait frontispiece, plates, some spotting, hinges weak, SPCK, [1860] ~ Le Blond (Mrs. Aubrey) Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun, plates, hinges weak, 1908 ~ Weeks ( Rev. John H.) Congo Life and Folklore, plates, light foxing, missionary pamphlet loosely inserted, 1911, original cloth, slightly rubbed, spine of third mentioned faded ; and 2 others, Travel, 12mo & 8vo (5).

---. Robertson (William) An Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge which the Ancients had of India, third edition, lacking maps at rear, ink inscription on front endpaper, armorial bookplate, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, extremities worn, covers detached, 1799 ~ paley (William) A View of the Evidences of Christianity, occasional pencil marginalia, inner hinges reinforced, front hinge cracked, contemporary calf, rubbed at edge, 1859 ~ Sitwell (Constance) Flower and Elephants, Including Lotus and Pyramid, original cloth 1929 ~ Steevens (G.W.) In India, portrait frontispiece, original embossed cloth, spine faded, 1899 ~ Thorp (Ellen) Quiet Skies on Salween, original cloth, spine faded, extremities slightly frayed, 1945; and 15 others, India, 8vo (21).

Kemal (Ghazi Moustafa) Discours du Ghazi Moustafa Kemal, President de la Republique turque, Octobre 1927, portrait, contemporary morocco-backed cloth, 8vo, Leipzig, 1929.

---. Chardin (Sir John) Travels into Persia and the East Indies through the Black-Sea, engraved portrait frontispiece and title, 16 plates, plate 4 lacks fore-edge section, plate 16 torn at lower edge affecting text and along foldings, lower edge of p.385 torn affecting text, worming holes to inner edge, hinges cracked, contemporary mottled calf, worn at extremities, spine ends chipped, [Wing C2043], folio, 1686.

Chauncy (Sir Henry) The Historical Antiquities of Hertfordshire, 2 vol., lithograph portrait, folding map, plates, most double-page, foxed, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 8vo, 1826.

---. Willis (Nathaniel Parker) & Joseph Stirling Coyne. The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland, 2 vol., 2 engraved titles, map, 118 plates by W.H. Bartlett, lacks portrait, foxing, contemporary green half morocco, gilt, g.e., rubbed, some foxing, 4to, [1841].

Ormerod (George) The History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, 3 vol., second edition, list of subscribers, 3 engraved portrait frontispieces, 58 plates including hand-coloured map, double-page map and plate, a little light foxing, contemporary half red morocco, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, a little light soiling, folio, 1882.

Unsigned oil on canvas, Edwardian portrait of a gentleman in a yellow tie, 12.5 x 10.5ins

Allen (Zachariah) Defence of the Rhode Island System of Treatment of the Indians, and of Civil and Religious Liberty, an Address, presentation label tipped in at title, Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, 1876 ~ Perry (Amos) Memorial of Zachariah Allen 1795-1882, portrait, facsimiles of letters from Ojibway indians at end, Cambridge, 1883, first editions, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, 8vo (2).

Bethune (John Elliot Drinkwater) The Life of Galileo Galilei, with Illustrations of the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy, lithographed portrait (foxed), 1829; Life of Kepler, no title, n.d., together 2 works in 1 vol., double-column, illustrations, some pencil proof markings and corrections, signed and inscribed by the author on front free endpaper (cropped with recipient's name not visible), contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, spine rather worn, 1829; and another, 4to & folio (2). *** Note in pencil on front free endpaper reads, "This biography of Galilei contains an account of the second part of the second volume of Thomas Salusbury's Mathematical Collections from a copy which Bethune describes as the only one to survive the Great Fire of London, which has since disappeared. The extracts are based on Salusbury's translations."

Black (Joseph) Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry, delivered in the University of Edinburgh, edited by John Robison, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and 3 plates, vol.2 with Y & Z gatherings mispaginated but complete and with Index at end (not present in all copies), some underlinings and annotations in ink, bookplate of George James Alexander on front paste-down, contemporary diced calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, 4to, Edinburgh, 1803. *** Including the first appearance of Black's discovery of latent heat.

Davy (Sir Humphry) The Collected Works ... , edited by John Davy, 9 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved portrait, folding facsimile, frontispiece and 36 plates on 29 sheets, some folding, errata slips tipped into vol.4 & 5, some foxing, upper hinge of vol.1 split, bookplate of John Lancaster on front paste-downs, original blind-stamped cloth, spines a little faded, 8vo, 1839-40.*** Vol.1 contains Memoirs of the Life ... by John Davy.

Gibbs (Josiah Willard) The Collected Works, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, portrait, signature of Dean Rudd and Robert W.Ramsey on front endpapers, original cloth, spines slightly faded, 8vo, 1928.

Hosack (David) Memoir of De Witt Clinton, portrait, inscribed 'For the Royal Society of Edinburgh from the author', little spotting, original cloth backed-boards, worn and marked, New York, 1829 ~ Weekly Register (The), vol III., plate, browned, contemporary tree-calf, rubbed, rebacked, Baltimore, 1812-1813 ~ Colden (Cadwallader D.) The Life of Robert Fulton, portrait, some foxing & staining, cutting from catalogue tipped-in to verso of title, modern cloth-backed boards, old paper covers laid-down, New York, 1817 ~ Rogers (William Barton) Life and Letters of William Barton Rogers, 2 vol., plates, original cloth, Boston & New York, 1896, and 3 others, biographies, v.s. (8). *** The Addenda to the second item, 16pp., is devoted to Oliver Evans, inventor of the first American steam engine, with a plate of the Columbian Steam Engine.

Kelvin (William Thomson, Lord) Mathematical and Physical Papers, 6 vol., first edition, half-titles, vol.3 with errata slip tipped in after errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, vol.6 with advertisement leaf at beginning, 29 plates and tables, some folding, illustrations, ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper of some volumes with portrait of Kelvin laid down on front paste-down of vol.1, a few pencilled annotations, original green cloth, 8vo, Cambridge, 1882-1911.

Kircher (Athanasius) Phonurgia nova sive conjugium mechanico-physicum artis & naturae paranympha phonosophia concinnatum, first edition, engraved frontispiece, title-vignette, portrait, 2 plates and 17 illustrations in text, woodcut decorations and illustrations and diagrams throughout, lacking half-title(?) and final blank, frontispiece defective at fore-edge lacking a portion c.8cm x 2cm, some spotting, lightly water-stained causing contemporary ink inscription at foot of title to run (and a little frayed), one or two other stains, modern sprinkled calf, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], folio, Kempten, R.Dreherr, 1673. *** On acoustics.

Kirchhoff (Gustav Robert) Gesammelte Abhandlungen, 2 parts in 1, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, 2 lithograph and 1 chromolithograph plates, perforated library stamp to title, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 8vo, Leipzig, Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1882.

Mayer (Julius Robert von) Bemerkungen uber das mechanische Aequivalent der Warme, ink stamp on title, some annotations, foxed, original printed wrappers, soiled, Heilbronn & Leipzig, Johann Ulrich Landherr, 1851; Die Torricellische Leere und uber Auslosung, original printed wrappers, cloth chemise, Stuttgart, J.G.Cotta, 1876; Kleinere Schriften und Briefe, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, Stuttgart, 1893; Die Mechanik der Warme, portrait, 2 folding facsimiles, contemporary half morocco (uniform with previous item), Stuttgart, 1893 ~ Duhring (Dr. E.) Robert Mayer: der Galilei des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts, 2 vol., ink stamps to titles, original cloth, Chemnitz & Leipzig, 1880-95, 8vo (6).

Muirhead (James Patrick) The Origin and Progress of the Mechanical Inventions of James Watt ... , 3 vol., first edition, large paper copy, half-titles in vol.1 & 2 only, engraved portrait frontispieces on india paper and mounted, engraved plates, many folding, illustrations, mounts of frontispieces rather browned with one or two marginal tears and some water-staining, modern cloth-backed boards, uncut and mostly unopened, 4to, 1854.

Newton (Sir Isaac) Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, edited by Thomas Le Seur and Francis Jacquier, 2 vol ... , Glasgow, 1833 ~ Wright (J.M.F.) A Commentary on Newton's Principia, 2 vol., 1833, together 4 vol., diagrams, some spotting and light browning, uniform modern morocco-backed marbled boards, uncut, spines gilt, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.] ~ Brougham (Henry, Lord) and E.L.Routh. Analytical View of Sir Isaac Newton's Principia, first edition, diagrams, title very lightly foxed, original cloth, rubbed and faded, split at foot of spine, 1855 ~ Brewster (David) The Life of Sir Isaac Newton, 12pp. catalogue on yellow paper at beginning, 2 advertisement leaves, engraved portrait, foxed and water-stained at beginning and end, original printed cloth, rebacked preserving original spine, worn and stained, New York, [Not in Bib. Mech. Cat.], 1831; and 4 others on Newton, 8vo & 12mo (10).

Rayleigh (John William Strutt, Lord) Scientific Papers, 6 vol., first collected edition, half-titles, portrait, occasional light foxing, original cloth, uncut and partly unopened, slightly rubbed, spines a little faded and frayed at head and foot, large 8vo, Cambridge, 1899-1920.

Rumford (Benjamin Thompson, Count) Philosophical Papers: being a collection of Memoirs, Dissertations, and Experimental Investigations, relating to various branches of Natural Philosophy and Mechanics, Vol.I, (all published), first edition, engraved portrait, 13 engraved plates at end, 12 folding, frontispiece with marginal water-staining, lightly foxed, old ink ownership inscription on front free endpaper and modern bookplate of Franz Sondheimer on front paste-down, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label, 8vo, 1802.