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Salvador Dali (Spanish, 1904-1989)'Purgatory 31 - Dante's Confession' from the Divine Comedy , a colour woodcut, c.1963, mounted, framedwithin mount 32.5 x 25.5 cm., overall 53.5 x 46 cmCondition: Good condition

.- CERTAINE SERMONS OR HOMILIES... black letter, single column, woodcut title, historiated initials and vignettes, imprimatur leaf bound in at rear, title trimmed with central panel laid-down on later paper, modern calf, tooled in blind, [STC13659 5/1] J. Bill, 1623

Thomson (T.), Shield (J.), Midford (W.), and others, A collection of Songs Chiefly in the Newcastle Dialect, 12mo, half-calf, illus with woodcut title page, printed by John Marshall, Newcastle 1827; The Newcastle Songbook, 12mo, full calf, printed and sold by W.&T. Fordyce, Newcastle 1842, with the bookplate of Frank Graham; and another copy of Fordyce's Newcastle Songbook 1842 complete with a fold-out engraving- not present in the previous copy. (3)

Fenwick (John), Inscription on a Tablet in the Abbey Chruch of Hexham, 4to, half calf and marbled boards, illus with woodcut title page, Newcastle 1852; A Record of all Works connected with Hexham Abbey, 1899-1907, 4to, printed cloth, illus, J. Catherall & Co, Hexham 1907; together with a small collection of pamphlets, tourist-guides and souvenirs relating to Hexham Abbey, in a ring binder. (3)

Wilson (Joe), Corvan (Ned), and others, A Choice collection of Tyneside Songs, small 8vo, boards, illus with woodcut frontispiece, Newcastle 1873; The Tyneside Songster, 12mo, calico grain cloth, illus with woodcuts by Isaac Nicholson and Thomas Bewick, Alnwick c.1835; Robson (J.P.) (editor), Songs of the Bards of the Tyne, small 8vo, marbled boards, Newcastle 1849; Forster (John George), The Song of Soloman in the Newcastle Dialect, small 4to, paper covers, 1860, contained in book-pattern box; and other volumes on North Country songs and poetry. (12)

VALIGNANO (ALESSANDRO)Advis de la bien heureuse mort de cinq religieux de la Compagnie de Jesus... aux Indes Orientales, first French edition, woodcut printer's device on title, faint waterstain at head, without final blank, repaired losses to blank areas of final two leaves, contemporary limp vellum, spine strengthened with paper, 8vo, Paris, T. Brumen, 1584Footnotes:The Italian Jesuit missionary Valignano reports on the deaths of five of his colleagues in Goa, including the nephew of the Society's Superior General, Rodolfo Acquaviva. The group was attacked by Hindus on 15 July 1583 in the village of Cuncolim, with a Portuguese layman and fourteen native Christians also killed. The account was published in Italian and Latin in the same year; no copies traced at auction.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Frans Masereel (1889-1972), woodcut, 'Voisins', signed and dated 1951, XXXVIII/LX, 32 x 46cm

SPEED, John. The Genealogies recorded in the Sacred Scriptures According to Every Family and Tribe…. Late 17th cent, undated. The Genealogy, with woodcut decoration by Speed, is followed the text of The Bible, Old & New Testaments in Latin. Presented in contemporary leather, blind stamped panelling to boards. Raised bands to spine.Condition report: Old leather very worn.Leather lost to head of spine.Evidence of old rebacking repair, very worn.There are no separate title pages for either the Old or New Testaments; the text simply starts and there is no evidence to suggest that there were title pages here which have been removed.

Hiroshige - Maiko Beach In Harima Province - hand coloured woodcut engraving with calligraphy, framed & glazed, 24 by 36cms.

A FRAMED FAIRY PRINT AFTER ARTHUR RACKHAM, TOGETHER WITH A CONTINENTAL PENCIL SIGNED WOODCUT OF A TOWN SCENE.

Alan Seaby (1867-1953) - Swans, colour woodcut, signed in pencil to the lower right margin, numbered 28 lower left, visible sheet dimensions 23 x 22cm

NO RESERVE Craig (Edward Gordon).- Black Figure for 'Iphigenia', woodcut, on Japan paper, c.285 x 135 mm., numbered VII of XII and inscribed by printer at foot, with an additional Black Figure woodcut numbered 5/6, both loosely inserted in printed wrappers 'Gordon Craig and the Cranach Press Hamlet', printed by John Roberts Press, London, 1907 [but 1976]; together with a single-leaf printed type design 'Herr, erbarme dich meiner!' by Rudolph Koch, signed in pencil, unframed (2) ⁂ A keepsake from a talk Gordon Craig and the Cranach Press Hamlet given by Colin Franklin to the Roxburghe Club meeting in San Francisco in 1976. The woodcut was originally executed in 1907 and issued in 30 copies, this later printing was hand-printed from the wood by Bernard Roberts.

NO RESERVE Erben (Karel Jaromír) České Pohádky, woodcut frontispiece and title, hand-coloured woodcut initials, previous owner's ink signature, original decorative calf, gilt, slight rubbing to spine extremities, housed in near contemporary slipcase, Ludvík Bradáč, Vinohrady, 1919; and 3 others, Czech, 8vo & 4to (4)

NO RESERVE Gibson (Wilfred Wilson) Home. A Book of Poems, number 24 of 35 copies on Japanese vellum and signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 295, circular woodcut title vignette by Ethelbert White printed in colours, decorative endpapers, original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards designed by White, uncut, Beaumont Press, 1920 § Gosse (Edmund) Swinburne: An Essay Written in 1875..., number 29 of 125 copies signed by Norman Gullick and John G.Wilson, original buckram-backed marbled boards, t.e.g., others uncut, small stain to upper cover, corners bumped, privately printed, 1925, 8vo (2)

Pear Tree Press.- Guthrie (James) The Wild Garden. Verses for Children, first edition, signed presentation copy, woodcut frontispiece by James Guthrie, spotted, original boards, backstrip faded, chipped and with upper joint split, corners little worn, rubbed, Selwyn & Blount, 1922 § Whittington Press.- Bagnold (Enid) Letters to Frank Harris, & other Friends. Edited & with an Introduction by R.P. Lister, one of 370 copies signed by the author, tipped-in frontispiece and plates, original floral cloth with oval photographic portrait of the author mounted on upper cover, board slip-case, Andoversford, Heinemann & Whittington Press, 1980; and 11 others, miscellaneous, including some reference and a Matrix 14 (one of 880 copies), v.s. (13)⁂ The first mentioned is inscribed 'To Jimmie, from Jim, June 1927', this being the husband of Janie Legge, whose work was printed at Guthrie's Pear Tree Press and whose bookplate is facing. Guthrie reprinted his verse collection two years later at the press.

Solmentes Press.- Taxi Driver Curry - 1. Heathrow, 4.30 a.m., Terminal 4 to 3, April 2014, number 26 of 45 copies, in an edition of 50 copies, colour woodcut illustrations, original decorative cloth, cloth slip-case, Decorah, Solementes Press, 2015 § Cambridge Christmas Book.- Scurfield (George) A Stickful of Nonpareil, preface by Brooke Crutchley, one of 500 copies, illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, original green cloth, gilt, Cambridge, Privately Printed at the University Press, 1956 § Riverside Press.- Rogers (Bruce).- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Pan's Pipes, one of 550 copies, signed in pencil by Bruce Rogers to front free endpaper, original red boards, gilt, spine rubbed, Boston & New York, Riverside Press, 1910; and 10 others, Private Press, v.s. (13)

Fleece Press.- Buckland Wright (Christopher) Endeavours & Experiments: John Buckland Wright's Essays in Woodcut and Colour Engraving..., one of 300 copies, Upper Denby, 2004 § Lee (Brian North) Bookplates and Labels by Leo Wyatt, one of 300 copies, Wakefield, 1988 § Reddick (Peter) Land, sea & sky, one of 160 copies, Upper Denby, 2009 § Tute (George) The Fleece Press Guide to the Art of Wood Engraving, one of 250 copies, original patterned cloth, c.75 x 55mm., Wakefield, 1986 § Brett (Simon) Mr Derrick Harris 1919-1960, one of 280 copies, text in original cloth-backed patterned paper boards, uncut, additional plates in original wrappers, some colour and loose as issued, together in original cloth drop-back box, Denby Dale, 1998, plates and illustrations, many wood-engraved, some tipped in, all but the last two original cloth-backed boards, uncut, the first two and fourth with slip-cases; and 3 others including 2 Buckland Wright prospectuses from the press, v.s. (8)

Graham (Rigby) Woodcuts and Words, number XX of 48 special copies with 4 additional signed woodcuts, from an edition limited to 242 signed by the artist, original pictorial boards, additional prints loose in folder, together in board slip-case, Church Hanborough, Previous Parrot Press, 1994 § Kalashnikov (Anatolii) Anglo-Russian Relations, number 137 of 150 copies signed by the artist, with 4 additional wood-engraved bookplates by Kalashnikov loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, Pinner, Cuckoo Hill Press, 1983 § Gielgud (Lewis) The Vigil of Venus, out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 250 signed by the author and artist, wood-engraved illustrations by George Buday, original cloth-backed baords, uncut, [1952] § Fruits of Jane Austen (The): An Anthology..., number 55 of 235 copies signed by the artist, wood-engravings by Simon Brett, original cloth-backed boards, Hinton Charterhouse, Old School Press, 1994, all with woodcut or wood-engraved illustrations; and 14 others, press/illustrated, 4to & 8vo (18)

Halliwell (Steven) Alan Clodd and the Enitharmon Press: A checklist of his publications 1967-1987 and private printings 1958-1998, one of 250 copies, Enitharmon Press, 1998 § Reid (Anthony) A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright, Pinner, 1968 § Hughes-Stanton (Penelope) The Wood-Engravings of Blair Hughes-Stanton, Pinner, 1991 § Chambers (D.) Colin Franklin & Alan Tucker. Gogmagog: Morris Cox & the Gogmagog Press, Pinner, 1991 § Garrett (Albert) A History of British Wood Engraving, 1978 § Hamilton (James) Wood Engraving & the Woodcut in Britain c.1890-1990, 1994 § Kelly (Hutner) A Century for the Century: Fine Printed Books from 1900 to 1999, Jaffrey, NH., Grolier Club, 2004, plates and illustrations, original cloth, all but the first and third with dust-jackets, the second glacine and a little frayed; and c.20 others on private presses, printing and wood-engraving, 4to & 8vo (c.25)

δ Poole (Monica) [Pool], chiaroscuro woodcut printed in four colours, an excellent crisp impression printing with gaufrage on Japan paper, signed in pencil, indistinctly inscribed 'Pool', and numbered from an edition of 25, image 118 x 190 mm (4 5/8 x 7 1/2 in), sheet 235 x 300 mm (9 1/4 x 11 3/4 in), wide margins with deckle to lower edge, unframed, [circa 1977-1993]Provenance:From the collection of the late Mr. Laurence Lee⁂ Poole is recorded as having produced 36 wood-engravings from 1977 to 1993, all of which rarely appear on the market. Examples of her work can be found in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum in London, the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, the Boston Public Library and in many other collections. Her close friend and fellow wood-engraver, George Mackley, published a book on her prints in 1994. δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Kano Gyokuraku - Japanese woodcut white heron, 18 x 19cm

A Japanese woodcut landscape 'Rain', 25 x 35cm

Coverdale (Miles). Certain most godly, fruitful, and comfortable letters of such true Saintes and holy Martyrs of God, as in the late bloodye persecution here within this Realme, gave their lyves for the defence of Christes holy gospel: written in the tyme of theyr affliction and cruell imprysonment, Imprinted at London by John Day, 1564, [8], 46, 49-689, [5] p. Collation: A4, B-C8, D8(-D8), E-I8, K8(-K6), L-Y8 2A-2X8, 2Y8 + [hand]Y4 (leaves D8 and K6 cancelled as intended), black letter text, title within woodcut border, with large woodcut of the martyrs in flames to verso, woodcut initials, some marks and occasional small stains, A4 with small loss (repaired) to upper outer margin, affecting some letters of the printed marginal note only, margins otherwise generally wide and clean, single early ink addition to the end of the index at rear, listing three further letters and their page references, minor soiling to title and final leaf, disbound without covers, small 4to (18 x 12.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSTC 5886. An important collection of writings by English protestants, many of whom had been burnt at the stake, compiled with a preface by Coverdale, and issued in the wake of John Foxe's folio Book of Martyrs (also printed by John Day, and published in March 1563). There are letters by Lady Jane Gray (1536/7-1554) “to her syster the Ladye Katheryne, immediately before she suffered”, John Bradford (1510?-1555) including a partial reprint of "An exhortacion to the carienge of Chrystes crosse", John Careless, Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556), including a partial reprint of "The copy of certain lettres sent to the Quene, and also to doctour Martin and doctour Storye", John Hooper, John Philpot, Nicholas Ridley (1500?-1555) and others. Coverdale states in his preface "it doth us good to read and heare, not the lying legendes of fayned, false, counterfayted, and popish canonized saincts, neither ye triflyng toyes & forged fables of corrupted writers: but such true, holy, & approved histories, monuments, orations, epistles & letters, as do set forth unto us ye blessed behaviour of gods deare servantes".

Estienne, (Henri, editor). [Anthologia diaphor?n epigrammot?n palai?n : eis hepta biblia di?r?men?], Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum, in septem libros divisum, magno epigrammatu numero & duobus indicibus auctu..., 1st Estienne edition, [Geneva]: Henri Estienne for Ulrich Fugger, 1566, [4], 539 [i.e. 545], [35]p., first line of title in Greek characters, title with printer's woodcut device, light dust-soiling and occasional minor damp staining to foremargins of few leaves, late 17th/early 18th century calf, later morocco labels to spine, upper joint detached, large 8vo (25 x 16 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams A1187 (size referred to as a quarto); Renouard, Estienne, 124:6; Schreiber 159.

Catholic Church. Sacerdotale ad consuetudinem Sacro Sancte Romane Ecclesie: aliarumque ecclesiarum: ex apostolice bibliothece, ac sanctorum patrum juriam sanctionibus, & ecclesiasticorum doctorum scriptis, ad optatum commodum quorumcunque sacerdotum, collectum: atque summorum pontificum authoritate multoties approbatum: omni nuper diligentia emendatum & auctum. In quo, non solum omnium Sacramentorum, que a sacerdotibus fieri possunt, officia: verumetiam Resolutiones omnium dubiorum ad ea pertinentium: & excommunicationum Canonice..., Venice, Officina Petri Liechtenstein Agrippinensis, 1567, black letter text printed in red and black throughout, title with woodcut illustration at head, numerous woodcut illustrations, extensive printed musical notation, colophon leaf at end, with full-page woodcut coat of arms printed in red and black to verso, several blanks at front and rear, neat contemporary marginal annotations in brown ink throughout, contemporary ownership inscription to front pastedown 'Ex lib. M. Joannis Zandhugl F minoris Wirtzenbergen. Emptiis Mercatis Franckfordiano hyemali, Anno 1569', followed by a quotation from Malachi Chapter 2 ('Labia sacerdotis...') and Deuteronomy Chapter 17 ('Qui superbierit, noleus obedire sacerdote imperio...'), and with late 19th or early 20th century bookplate of Edmund Whitaker Hodge B.A. pasted below, additional ownership inscription in ink to verso of final front blank: Ad Bibliothecam Conventiis Mittenbergensis A. 1832, and pencil inscription E.W. Hodge, Southport, Lancashire. 1932, contemporary 16th century German blindstamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, with decorative ornamental borders, panel of repeated figures of Lucretia, Suavitas (Gentleness), Justicia and Prudentia, and with remains of metal clasps, spine with title indistinctly supplied in ink, a little rubbed and minor wear to extremities, including short split to head of rear joint, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Johann Zandhugl, Franciscan friar of Wittenberg, 1569 (his ownership inscription to front pastedown). Purchased by him at the Frankfurt fair in Spring 1569. The Frankfurt Book Fair, the first of its kind in the world, had been established sometime in the decades following the invention of moveable type by Gutenberg at Mainz (not far from Frankfurt), and certainly by 1462, the year that Johann Fust and Peter Schöffer, who had taken over Gutenberg's print shop, moved to the larger city. In the Reformation era, the fair, held in the spring and autumn of each year, grew to become the most important meeting place for merchants wanting to access the widest market for new books, and for scholars of all kinds looking for the latest available publications. Zandhugl's careful inscription in his copy of this handbook of the Roman Catholic church indicates his awareness of the significance of his priestly role - the two biblical quotations he gives both relate to the status of the parish priest: 'For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts' (Malachi Chapter 2), and 'the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously' (Deuteronomy, Chapter 12, verses 12-13).

Sophocles. Sophokleous Hai hepta tragodiai. Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem... Annotationes Henrici Stephani in Sophoclem & Euripidem, seorsum excusae, simul prodeunt, [Geneva: Henri Estienne], 1568, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials and head-pieces, bookplates to front pastedown, new blanks inserted, contemporary inscriptions to front endpaper, archival tape repair to title page, portion of title outlined in contemporary ink, contemporary marginal notations to some leaves, leaves toned and spotted, marginal damp-staining to some leaves, modern half calf, gilt to spine, joints rubbed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Rugby School Library, with their armorial bookplate and label to front pastedown. Adams S1448. Estienne's annotations, referred to in the title, does not form part of the publication, but was issued separately the same year.

Bullinger (Heinrich). A Hundred Sermons upon the Apocalipse of Iesu Christ, reveiled by the angell of the Lord: but seene or received and written by the holy Apostle and Evangelist S. John compiled by Henry Bullinger, chief Pastor of the Congregation of Zurike. Faythfully corrected and amended, 2nd edition, London, John Day, 1573, title within decorative woodcut border, black letter text, woodcut initials, tail-pieces, etc., final colophon leaf at rear with large printer's woodcut device, generally in clean condition with good margins, endpapers renewed, contemporary English 16th century brown full calf, with initials in gilt to centre of each cover I B, late 19th or early 20th century reback, with printed label to spine, a little rubbed to extremities, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 4062. Heinrich Bullinger (1504-1575), Swiss reformed theologian, and Zwingli’s successor as the head of the Zurich reformed church, was one of the most influential ministers of the protestant reformation, who also had a significant impact on English puritanism. Bullinger first preached his sermons on the Apocalypse to his congregation between 1555 and 1556. Among those in attendance were English exiles, recent arrivals seeking safe harbour in the wake of Mary’s accession. Neither Zwingli, Calvin, Bucer nor Vermigli wrote a systematic study of Revelation and so Bullinger’s commentary was the most important early exposition of the book from a Reformed perspective. It was translated from the Latin by John Daus of Ipswich in 1561, with a second edition (as here) issued in 1573.

Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop of Canterbury). An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and sophisticall cavillation, devised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester agaynst the true and godly doctrine of the most holy Sacrament of the body and bloud of our Saviour Jesu Christ, wherein it was also, as occasion serveth, aunswered such places of the booke of Doct. Richard Smith, as may seeme anythyng worthy the aunsweryng..., 2nd edition, London: printed by John Daye, 1580, black and roman letter type, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, imprimatur leaf at end with John Daye's woodcut device, title with some light soiling, minor waterstain to upper margin of final few leaves only, generally a clean copy with good margins, early 19th century half calf, worn with upper cover detached, ownership signature of J. Ayre, 1829 to front endpaper, folio (28 x 18.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSTC 5992. Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and Mary Tudor's chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants, who died before Cranmer was executed on 21st March 1556. Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, [2], 434, [4], 441-554 leaves, general and New Testament titles within woodcut border, double-column black letter text, Apocrypha present, preliminary leaf after title misbound between A 8 & B1, occasional early annotations and marginalia, leaf 3M1 torn to lower blank margin, closed tear to 3O1, small hole to 3V6 & 3Z6, repaired closed tears to 3X3, bound with The Revelation of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, with a briefe and learned commentarie, written by Franc. Junius, &c., [Imprinted at London: By Richard Field for Robert Dexter, 1600], 22, [2] p., caption title, imprint from colophon, bound with Two right profitable and fruitfull concordances..., collected by R[obert]. F. H[errey]., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1602, browning, some dust & finger soiling throughout volume, occasional damp stains, occasional marginal fraying, 19th century marbled endpapers, contemporary calf over wooden boards, blind rollwork decoration to boards, brass central bosses, corner pieces and clasp attachments (without clasps), rebacked and board edges repaired, 4to (22.3 x 16.3 cm), together with a three-quarter length daguerreotype portrait photograph of a former owner of the Bible, Dr Richard Ingham (1810-1873), seated holding a volume, portrait photograph contained in original embossed leather case with hinged lid and fasteners.Qty: (2)NOTESHerbert 269; Darlow & Moule 204; ESTC S116971; STC 2186. The Geneva "Breeches" Bible, quarto version.Provenance: Rev. Dr Richard Ingham (1810-1873), thence by descent. The daguerreotype photograph included is believed to show him before he was ordained. His first ministry was at North Parade Baptist Church, Halifax in 1854 aged 44. Ingham was the ?rst Minister at North Parade, began his ministry on the ?rst Sunday in November 1854 until 1862 when for health reasons he left to take up less strenuous ministry at the Vale Church, near Todmorden. He remained there until 1866, when the Church decided to invite him to resume his work at North Parade with the assistance of Mr J.H. Atkinson, a young man fresh from college, as his co-pastor. They continued their ministry until January 1869, when Mr Atkinson’s health broke down and he was compelled to resign. Dr Ingham, however, continued to serve the Church until the settlement of the Rev. Isaac Preston as minister in October, 1869. Dr Inghham married Grace Gibson his cousin. The Bible in all probability was already in their family at this time. They had a daughter Susannah who married Moses Bottomley and together built Woodleigh Hall near Leeds.

Dallington (Sir Robert). Aphorismes civill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, 1st edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Edward Blount, 1613, engraved portrait of Prince Charles to title verso, woodcut printer's device on title, marginal damp-staining throughout (occasionally affecting text), lacking boards, spine extremities bumped with loss, lacking two raised bands, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 6197 Dallington first presented Prince Henry with Guicciardini's manuscript of Aphorisms in 1609. However after the Prince's untimely passing, Dallington edited the work, publishing it in 1613 with a new dedication to his younger brother Charles.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text with marginal notes in roman type, lower outer corner of A1 torn with slight text loss and repaired, toning and some light marginal browning, occasional spotting and few marks, light damp staining at head, bound with the Genealogies by John Speed at front (ink marks and manuscript entry to title, without map), and bound with at rear, Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, ink stain to initial seven leaves, bound with, The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Company of Stationers, 1616, final leaf torn with loss, some cropping to running titles mostly to Concordances & Book of Psalms, four blank leaves at rear with late 17th-mid 18th century manuscript genealogical entries, including "November 25 1671 James Bradley son of John Bradley was baptised" and "my father John Bradley deceased September ye 14 day 1714 in ye 80th your of his age..."later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, light wear to extremities, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 340; Darlow & Moule 264; STC 2241. Geneva version. Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker. There are two varieties of this date, this example being version A. General title: ... rea | die finding ..., Certaine questions and answers ..., *3 b, 2nd col.: ... be instruc- | ted, assured ...

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Maiesties special commandement, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1616, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, general title a little close-trimmed at fore-edge and with early ownership inscription to verso 'Robert Collier his booke, March the 31 1695' (ink show-through to recto), long repaired closed-tear to first two leaves of 'Translators to the reader' (a3 & a4), full-page woodcut of Adam & Eve in Garden of Eden (close-trimmed at head & fore-edge, repaired at head & foot and with repaired closed tears), Apocrypha present, lacking blank leaf 4B6 before New Testament title and final blank 4V8, leaf 4E1 guarded, bound with the Genealogies at front (title with ownership signatures), with double-page woodcut map of the Holy Land by John Speed, light toning, occasional marginal finger-soiling and spotting, 18th century calf, gilt decorated spine (faint & without title label), upper board detached, lower joint split, rubbed, extremities worn, folio (32.5 x 21.4 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 349; Darlow & Moule 271; STC 2245. The first small folio edition of King James' version; printed in roman type. According to Scrivener (The Authorized edition..., p.17) this was the earliest to receive any considerable revision. The line Appointed... is omitted from both title.

English Civil War. The Declaration and Votes of the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament. Concerning the late Treaty of Peace in York-Shire, Wherein they renounce the said agreement, as being very prejudiciall and dangerous to the whole Kingdome, that any one County should stand as Neuters, and withdraw themselves from the assistance of the rest. Die Martis, Octob. 4. 1642, London: printed for John Wright, October 6, 1642, 8 pages (A1-4), title within decorative woodcut typographical border, some soiling and discolouration to title, with ink mark to lower outer blank corner, some marginal marks and soiling to other leaves, modern blank leaves at front and rear, top edge gilt, late 19th century blue half morocco, spine lettered in gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed to joints, small circular adhesive label to upper cover, small 4to, together with: Four Ordinances of the Lords & Commons assembled in Parliament, concerning the weekly assessment which is to be divided betwixt the Landlord and the Tenant. Published for the better satisfaction of all people whom it may concern, London: printed for Edward Husband, printer to the Honorable House of Commons, 1643, 24 pages (A-C4), some marks and light staining, early handwriting exercises to verso of final leaf in brown ink, late-19th/early 20th-century black half morocco, small 20th-century circular adhesive label to upper cover, slightly rubbed, small 4to, plus: [Bernard John]. The Anatomie of the Service Book, dedicated to the High Court of Parliament. Wherein is remonstrated the unlawfulnesse of it, and that by five severall arguments; namely, from the name of it, the rise, the matter, the manner, and, the evill effects of it, [1641], [vi], 74 pages, 19th century black half morocco gilt (by Lloyd, London), rubbed and scuffed to joints and edges, small 4toQty: (3)NOTESWing E1328; Wing 1997 respectively.

Biondi (Francis). An History of the Civill Warres of England, betweene the two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by the Right Honorable Henry Earle of Mounmouth, 2 volumes bound in one, London: T.H. and I.D. for John Benson, 1641, & E.G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646, 2 printed titles, woodcut initials, large woodcut device to verso of final leaf, contemporary blind-ruled full calf gilt, some wear with joints partly cracked, folio, together with: Barrow (Isaac). Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: printed by E. Flesher, for Brabazon Aylmer, 1678, engraved portrait frontispiece of the author by David Loggan, 519, 243, 140 pages, with single unnumbered advertisement leaf at end, part-title to the second paginated section with upper portion excised (possibly affecting one or two words), 19th century black half morocco, rubbed and some wear to joints and edges, 8vo, plus: Brooke (Raphe). A Catalogue and succession of the Kings, Princes, Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Viscounts of this Realme of England, since the Norman Conquest, to this present yeere 1622, together with their Armes, Wives and Children; the times of their Deaths and Burials, with many of their memorable actions. Collected by Raphe Brooke, Esquire, Yorke, Herauld, and by him inlarged, with amendment of divers faults, committed by the Printer, in the time of the Authors sicknesse, 1622, woodcut title, woodcut initials and numerous woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms, S1 (pages 193-194) loose and with central closed horizontal tear without loss, Kk2-5 loose, lacking Kk6 (pages 383-384), damp marked to lower margins towards rear of volume, contemporary calf, worn with some loss to spine, folio, and: [Parsons, Robert]. The Warn-Word to Sir Francis Hastinges Wast-Word: conteyning the issue of three former Treateses, the Watch-word, the Ward-word and the Wast-word (intituled by Sir Francis, an Apologie or Defence of his Watch-word) togeather with certaine admonishes & warnings to the said knight and his followers, [Antwerp, A. Conincx), 1602, some soiling to title and one or two leaves at front and rear, with some marks, lacks Z8 and Aa1, and all after Aa8 at end, late 19th century plain cloth, rubbed and minor fraying and discolouration to spine, 8vo, plus three other 17th century works: Richard Capel, Tentations: Their Nature, Danger, Cure, to which is added a briefe dispute, as touching restitution in the case of usury, fifth edition, 1655, Edmund Wingate, An Exact Abridgment of all Statutes in Force and Use, upon the 4th day of January, in the year of our Lord 1641/42, 3rd edition corrected and amended, printed by T.R. for Henry Twyford and Tho. Dring, 1659, and Winter-Evening Conference between Neighbours, 3rd edition corrected, printed by J.M. for R. Royston, 1686, all leather bound, generally worn, 8voQty: (7)

Descartes (René). De Homine figuris et Latinitate donatus a Florentio Schuyl, inclytae urbis Sylvae Ducis Senatore, & Ibidem Philosophiae Professore, 1st edition, Leiden: Franciscus Moyaerd & Pieter Leffen, 1662, title with woodcut device, depicting Apollo beneath a tree with the motto 'insigne Apollinis laurus', 10 engraved plates (including one of the heart, with one of two overlays only) and four folding (three of which are frayed to outer margins, with a little shaving touching the image), numerous engraved and woodcut illustrations to text (several full-page), 19th century bookplate of Robert Palk Mogridge to inside front cover, contemporary full calf with triple blind-ruled outer border, modern antique-style reback, a little rubbed to extremities, small 4to, (200 x 150 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Palk Mogridge (1795-1837), surgeon, of Ashburton, Devon. Garrison & Morton 574; Guibert, Descartes Bibliographie, pages 197/198; Krivatsy 3120; Norman 627; Waller 2376; Heirs of Hippocrates 453. First edition of the first text book on physiology, in which Descartes is amongst the first to recognise Harvey's doctrine of the circulation of the blood. 'Descartes was prepared to publish this book in 1633, but decided to withhold it when he learned of Galileo's condemnation by the Church. As a result, the first edition was not published until 1662, twelve years after Descartes' death. The Latin translation [by Schuyl] preceded the French edition by two years' (Heirs of Hippocrates).

[Wilson, John, Catholic priest]. The Key of Paradise, Opening the Gate to External Salvation. The last edition much corrected, St. Omers: [s.n.], 1675, title in red & black with Jesuit woodcut device (torn to lower margin with loss of final digit of publication date, repaired to verso), quire A¹² printed in red and black, divisional title page on N7r, "Devout and godly petitions, commonly called The Jesus Psalter", bears imprint: Anno Dom. 1673, worm holes to lower blank margins of A2 & A3, lacking seven leaves of text (K15-L3), few leaves including title close trimmed at head, L4 slightly torn to fore-edge affecting a few letters of text, leaves D3 to D10 misbound, damp staining mostly at front of volume, light dust-soiling throughout, late 18th/early 19th century decorative endpapers, later 18th/early 19th century sheep, insect damage to lower joint, head of spine worn, 18mo gathered in 12s and 6s (10.9 x 6.7 cm), contained in 18th/19th century card slipcaseQty: (1)NOTESESTC R10544; Wing K384. Only five UK locations found (British Library; Oxford University Bodleian Library & Corpus Christi College; Downside Abbey and Lambeth Palace Library).

Newton (Isaac). Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions, Inflexions and Colours of Light. Also Two Treatises of the Species and Magnitude of Curvilinear Figures, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1704, title printed in red and black within a border and with the imprint, but without the author's name, and with the two treatises on calculus in Latin at the end, 19 engraved folding plates (Curvarum Tables 1 & 2 with blank folding inner margins removed and title header of second table trimmed), woodcut diagrams and letterpress tables in the text, some light staining to lower margins, lightly washed, a few short close tear repairs to lower margin of title verso with archival tissue, outside of ruled border and not affecting text, contemporary panelled calf professional gilt-decorated calf reback with spine label and four raised bands, corners restored, 4to (235 x 187mm)Qty: (1)NOTESBabson 132; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 148; Gray 174; Norman 1588; PMM 172; Wallis 174. Collation: [pi]2, A-S4, Aa-Bb4, Dd-Zz4, Aaa-Ddd4, Eee2. Bound without the sometimes found single leaf inserted after Tt1, being the divisional title to Enumeratio linearum tertii ordinis. 'Newton's Opticks did for light what his Principia had done for gravitation, namely, placed it on a scientific basis’ (Babson, p.66). First edition, first issue of Newton's Opticks, his seminal text describing various experiments to show the refraction and diffusion of light through lenses and prisms. Newton began to compose this text in 1672 and originally planned to publish in 1676; the substantial delay before the eventual publication in 1704 cannot be fully explained, though it is surmised that as there was no editor for this book, unlike the Principia whose publication Halley arranged, Newton had to supervise the printing process himself; it is also thought that Hooke's death in 1703 (and Newton's subsequent appointment as President of the Royal Society) may have led to the decision to publish. Like Galileo, Newton published this text in his native vernacular rather than Latin, the language of scholarship; the Principia of 1687 was, however, first published in Latin, the two tracts at the end, on the enumeration of lines of the third order and on the quadrature of curves, both appear in Latin, and the latter formed part of his quarrel with Leibniz over the calculus. A Latin edition of Opticks appeared shortly after, in 1706, translated by Samuel Clarke.

Baskerville Press. The Works of the Late Right Honorable Joseph Addison, 4 volumes, Birmingham: John Baskerville for J. & R. Tonson, 1761, engraved portrait frontispiece after Kneller to first volume and three engraved plates after Hayman, six pages of woodcuts of medals to first volume and seven woodcut plates of medals to second volume, without 'Directions to Binder' leaf as usual, occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate of Sidney William Cornish to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked preserving original elaborately gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, gilt roll decorative border to boards, 4to, together with: Ibid., Novum Testamentum, juxta exemplar millianum, typis Joannis Baskerville, Oxford: E Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1763, title and half-title in Greek & Latin, body text in Greek, contemporary faintly diced calf, gilt decorated spine, boards detached, light wear, 4to, Ibid., C. Crispus Sallustius; et L. Annaeus Florus, Birmingham: Joannis Baskerville, 1773, light toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Rev. Thomas Briggs, Kings College, Cambridge to front pastedown, inscription to verso of front free endpaper 'Presented to John Quicke eldest son of John Quicke of Newton House in the county of Devon Esqre. on his leaving Eton, by his tutor the Reverend Thomas Briggs, 1799', contemporary diced calf, gilt decorated spine, 4toQty: (6)NOTESWorks of Addison - Gaskell 17. Novum Testamentum - Gaskell Add. 1 and Darlow & Moule 4755. The text of this edition (500 copies) is based on that of John Mill's edition, Oxford, 1707 (D & M 4725). Sallust - Gaskell 51.

Scottish chapbooks. Fair Margaret's Misfortunes; to which are added, A Cogie of Ale. The Weary Pund o'Tow. Song in Rosina, Stirling: W. Macnie, circa 1825, 8 pp., title with woodcut vignette, bound with Maggy Lauther. To which are added The Pitcher. Bonny Jean. Yarrow Braes, Stirling: W. Macnie, 1823, 8 pp., woodcut vignette to title, bound with The Hallow Fair; to which are added, Queen Mary's Lamentation, the Contented Lover, Ungrateful Nanny, Homeward Bound, Stirling: W. Macnie, circa 1826, 8 pp., woodcut vignette to title, bound with 8 others similar including The Sailor's Tragedy, 1825, The Woodpecker, 1825, Edwin and Emma, 1825, The Disappointed Lover, 1825, George and Britain Save, 1825, Four Excellent Songs, circa 1825, Four Popular Songs, circa 1825, plus another volume containing 10 similar chapbooks, Stirling, 1825-26 and a volume of poetry containing 15 poems by Robert Burns and others, all published by Brash & Reid, Glasgow, circa 1798, together 3 volumes, some light spotting and soiling, contemporary half calf, one cover detached, 2 spines defective, 8voQty: (3)

[Lyndewode, William. Prouinciale seu Constitutiones Anglie, edited by A. Bocard, Paris: Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 28 May 1501], woodcut decorative initials printed in red, printed in black letter in red and black, commentary printed round text, lacks first leaf and all after p5 (lacking a total of 75 leaves and 19 leaves of index), some soiling and dampstaining, a few old ink marginalia at rear, modern buckram, rubbed and soiled, folio (35 x 25cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSTC 17107. Collation: a8 (lacks a1) b6 c-g8 h6 i-o8, p5 (lacks p6-8 q8 r6 s-z8 [et]8 [con]6 A-B6 C8 (C8 blank). Sold not subject to return.

Eusebius (Caesariensis). Chronicon: quod Hieronymus presbyter divino eius ingenio Latinum facere curavit; & Usque in Valentem Caesarem Romano adiecit eloquio. Ad quem & Prosper & Mattheus Palmerius, & Matthias Palmerius, demum & Joannes Multivallis complura que ad hec usque tempora subsecuta sunt adiecere, Paris, H. Estienne and Jodocus Badius Ascensius, 1512, title within woodcut border, with text printed in red and black, woodcut initials, including some criblé, main text printed in red and black throughout, lacking folios 173-174 (Y5-6), title and first and last few leaves with browning to outer margins (signatures A and B at front, and Y at end), title with a little loss to blank fore-margin, not affecting text or printed area, 17th century ink annotation to verso of title, occasional marginal marks elsewhere, modern endpapers and blank leaves, contemporary blind stamped full calf over wooden boards with remains of clasps, some wear, modern reback, 4to (212 x 160 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams E1073; Harvard/Mortimer, French Books 217 (1518 edition), Lande S733; Renouard, Estienne 15; Sabin 23114; Streeter I, 91. The first Estienne edition, containing 'The first account of the Canadian Indian' (Lande). On folio 172 verso, a 20-line entry for the year 1509 describes the arrival of 'Septem Homines Sylvestres ex ea insula (que terra nova dicit)...', which translates as: Seven Savage Men from the Islands called Newfoundland, brought to France by Thomas Oubert, pilot of the Jean Angot. The men are described as having tattoos, long and black hair, who spear fish, eat roasted meat and drink nothing but water. The text incorporates the initial translation by Saint Jerome, with additions by Prosper Aquitanus, Matteo Palmieri, and Mattia Palmieri, the whole edited by Johannes Multivallis of Tournai, with his latest additions up to the date of publication.

Mela (Pomponius). De Situ Orbis, libri tres. Cum indice, [Cologne, E. Cervicornus and H. Fuchs for Ludwig Hornken, 1512?], XLIIII, [12] leaves, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf (featuring two winged cupids either side of two hares with a hutch, within an architectural border), 20th century bookplate to front endpaper of M.A. Elton to front pastedown, an ownership signature of D.L. Cumming above, 18th century polished calf, modern reback, rubbed and some marks, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Mary Augusta Elton (1838-1914), wife of the lawyer and antiquary Charles Isaac Elton, and author of Great Book Collectors (1893), with her bookplate to front pastedown with the motto from Martial 'non norunt haec monumenta mori'. Attractive edition of Mela's De Situ Orbis, the first Roman geography, edited by Joannes Camers (1446-1547), an Italian monk and humanist, also known by the name Giovanni Ricuzzi Vellini, with a life of the author preceding the main text. For the title page border used by Cervicornus and Fuchs, and the device on the final page, see H.W. Davies, Devices of the Early Printers 54 and 78.

Beda (Natalis or Noël). Scholastica declaratio sententie & ritus ecclesiae de vnica Magdalena per Natalem Bedam studii Parrhisieri. Artisi & theologie magistru: cotra magistroru Iacobi Fabri & Iudoci Clichto uei contheologi scripta, per additionis modum ad ea, que prius p alios contra eosdem fuere deprompta. Anno dni, 1519. Mensis Nouembe. 25, [Paris}: Venundatur in officina Iodoci Badii Ascensii, [1519], 53 ff., title with woodcut illustration depicting the operation of a hand press, red-ruled throughout, some capital letters with stencilled highlighting in yellow, small damp stain at gutter, foot of title inscribed in an early hand 'Ex libris Capucin Conuntus Sylvanectinsis',. ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 19th century half calf by Birdsall & Son, Northampton, joints and edges lightly rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESVery rare. No copies traced at auction. Not in Adams. Leader of the Paris Faculty of Theology (1520-1534), and staunch opposer of the Reformation, Beda wrote five polemics (the present copy is the first) between 1519-1529 in his campaign against the teachings of Martin Luther generally and the humanists Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples in particular.

Justinian I (Emperor). Institutionu[m] imperialium libri quatuor: queda[m] velut totius Juris Prude[n]tie cleme[n]ta: seu potius compendiu[n]: longe castigatissimi, [Paris], Apud Claudium Chevallon, [1522], title printed in red and black, with woodcut decorative outer border, and large printer's woodcut device, with the name B. Rembolt, and monogram to centre, additional smaller woodcut printer's device of Claude Chevallon to foot of title verso, text printed in red and black throughout, [16], CCLXVIII (plus blank at end), large woodcut illustration to verso of ‡8, early annotation in ink to foot of final leaf of text with early doodles to verso, probably in the same hand, including images of a bird, and two images of a flying fish, 19th century plain endpapers, remains of clasps, contemporary blindstamped full calf, 19th century vellum reback, with red morocco title label, all four outer corners with original metal strengtheners, some marks and minor wear, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Ex libris Clarke Watkins Burton, Rector of Cliborn Church, Westmorland, and canon of Carlisle from 1892 (according to pencil note to front endpaper, and loosely inserted note in ink). BM STC French, 1470-1600, 380. The presence of the printer's devices of both Rembolt and Chevallon indicate an important collaborative venture between Charlotte Guillard, one of the earliest woman printers in Paris, and Claude Chevallon. Guillard had taken over the print shop of her first husband, Berthold Rembolt at the Soleil d'Or, after his death in 1519. In 1521 she married the bookseller Claude Chevallon, a union that was perhaps as much for economic as for personal reasons. The prominence of the Rembolt device on the title page of this edition is thus an indicator of the status of Charlotte, as Rembolt's widow, in this new publishing venture. Rare (only one copy located in the UK at Lambeth Palace Library).

Innocent IV (Pope). Apparatus preclarissimi iuris canonici illuminatoris, D. Innocentii pape. iiii. super. v. li. decre. & super decretalibus p eunde. d. Inn. editis: que modo sunt inserte in. vi. li. decre. & in calce repertorii sunt annotate: in quibus tota quide refulget Juris veritas: una cum summariis per. D. L. Paulu Rhosellu additis: quo facili pateat quicquid in singulo capite scitu dignum includatur: vita etia ipsius Innocentii. per Clar. J. V. doct. D. Thoma diplovatatium editam. Margaritaq Baldi per indice alphabeti... omnia accurate noviter castigata sunt, [Lyon, Vincent de Portonaris], 1525, two parts in one, CCXVIII, XXXIX, plus blank leaf at end (HH4) not present, fine woodcut title to each part, text printed in double column, with numerous criblé woodcut initials, printed in red and black, occasional early marginal annotations in brown ink throughout (probably 16th century), first title with some light soiling, with short closed tear to upper outer corner restrengthened to verso of the leaf, minor damp stains to extreme upper and lower blank margins, with larger water stains to the final 20 or so leaves, final leaf with closed diagonal tear to upper portion, without loss, and minor loss to blank fore-edge caused by damp staining (not affecting text), otherwise the text is generally in good condition, 17th century full sprinkled calf gilt, some marks, large folio (39 x 27.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESAdams I139. Library Hub Discover lists only 3 copies in the UK (Cambridge, Oxford and Lambeth Palace). Handsome edition of Pope Innocent IV's Apparatus, or Commentary on the Five Books of the Decretales or canocical laws of the Church, with commentary by Lucius Paulus Rhosellus, and printed in Lyon by Jean Moylin for Portonaris.

Lucian (of Samosata). I dilettevoli dialogi: le vere narrationi: le facete epistole di Luciano philosopho: di greco in volgare novamente tradotte & historiate, 1st Italian edition, Venice, Nicolo di Aristotile detto Zoppino, September 1525, title printed in red and black, with decorative woodcut border, 28 woodcut illustrations to text, colophon leaf at end, with woodcut illustration, a few minor marks to margins (generally in good condition), title with 19th century ownership stamp Ex Lib. Aureliorum to foot, modern ownership signature to front pastedown of D.L. Cumming, old (probably18th century) mottled full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little wear to upper joint and head and foot of spine, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAdams L1630; Brunet III 1213; Graesse IV, 283; Sander 4038. Rare. Only one copy in the UK (University of Cambridge).

Bible [New Testament]. Novum Testamentum, iuxta veterem & consuetam aeditionem, cumtabulis seu concordantiis Eusebianis, ad nostrorum numerorum facilitatem summa diligentia contractis, undique suis locis (quo sint inventu faciliores) adiectis asteriscis, Antwerp, Joannes Thibault for F. Birckmann, Cologne, 1526, numerous woodcut initials, first and last leaf with some light soiling and ownership black ink stamp of Thomas Francis Fowler to each, publisher's device to verso of final leaf, old black morocco, with title label to spine rubbed and scuffed, mainly to joints and extremities, 8voQty: (1)NOTESDarlow & Moule II, 6106. Not in Adams or BM STC Dutch. An early edition of the New Testament incorporating the Eusebian canon system.

Horatius Flaccus (Quintus). Opera... cum quatuor commentariis Acronis Porphirionis, Anto Mancinelli, Jodoci Badii Ascensii accuratrepositis. Cumque adnotationibus Matthei Bonfinis: & Aldi Manutii Romani a Philologo recognitis, Venundantur Parrisiis, apud Ambrosiu[m] Gyrault in via ad divu[m] Jacobu[m], 1528, [6], CCLX leaves, title printed in red and black within decorative woodcut border, large printer's device to centre of Ambrose Girault, and additional emblem of the printer Jean Petit incorporated within the lower woodcut border, some early marginal annotations in ink (mainly towards front of volume), title with some annotations in an apparently later hand, some scattered worming (hardly affecting legibility), modern signature of D.L. Cumming to front endpaper, old calf (probably 17th century), with handwritten title label to head of spine, joints cracked and some wear to extremities, folioQty: (1)NOTESAdams H870; BM STC Italian, 230.

Terence. Habes hic amice lector, P. Terentii Comoedias, una cum interpretationibus Aelii Donati, Guidonis Juvenalis Caenomani, Jo. Calphurnii viri apprime docti, nec non & Servii, ac Jodoci Badii Ascensii. Insuper & Scholia ex Donati, Asperi, & Cornuti commentariis decerpta. Nec non & Philippi Melancthonis in eiustem Ter[n]etii comoediae argumenta... Correcta quaeda[m] & Consulum nomina, idque studio & opera Des. Erasmi Roterodami..., Venice, Giovanni Tacuini, 1533, [xii], ccvii leaves (a-b6, A-Z8, &8?8, R X7, with printer's colophon to verso of final leaf), title printed in red and black with elaborate woodcut outer border and woodcut vignette (some soiling and ink marks, and small tear with a little loss towards centre of the page, affecting some letters), dedication by Erasmus to Jan and Stanislaw Boner to verso of title, index vocabulorum with early corrections and additions in brown ink, the extensive commentary text printed in double-column, surrounding the original text of Terence, 6 large woodcut illustrations of actors and actresses on a stage, numerous small woodcut initials, minor waterstains to final few leaves, top edge gilt, later patterned endpapers, late 19th century quarter cloth over red boards, with handwritten label to spine 'Terrentii Comoedias. Mdxxxiii', folio (30 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Dominici Fontanini, with his signature to head of title, dated 1749. Dominici Fontanini was the nephew of Justus Fontanini (1666-1736) librarian, papal chamberlain and Archbishop of Ancyra, whose Historiae literariae Aquilejensis was published posthumously in 1542 with an introduction by Dominici Fontanini. The title is also inscribed below the date 'Raffaelis Maffei Veneti Sereniss.', and (faintly) at foot 'Ant grimani...', both presumably in another hand, as these two significant Venetian figures were not alive at the time of the publication of this work, Venetian edition in folio of the so-called Erasmus edition of the works of the Roman playwright Terence, or Publius Terentius Afer, issued one year after it was first published in Basel by Froben.

Pepin (Guillaume). Opus admodum insigne de adventu domini, de secretis secretorum nuncupatum, ... elaboratum Jehan Petit, Paris: J. Parvum, 1537, [12], 276 leaves, gothic letter, double column, title in red and black (old indistinct ink stamp at foot), woodcut initials, occasional minor spotting, several brief 17th-century inscriptions to front free endpaper, old ink stamp to top edge of text block, old limp vellum with ties, manuscript title and floral motif to spine, slightly soiled, 8vo (160 x 105mm)Qty: (1)

Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturale di C. Plinio Secondo di Latino in volgare tradotta per Christophoro Landino, et nuouamente in molti luoghi, dout quella mancaua, supplito, et ba infiniti errori emendata, et con somma biligenza corretta per Antonio Brucioli..., Venice: Gabriel Iolito di Ferrari, 1543, title printed in red and black with woodcut device (partly hand-coloured in red), woodcut historiated initials, occasional early underlining and marginalia, 3B2 & 3I8 with short marginal tears, occasional small light spotting and stains, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, inscription in blue to front endpaper, hinges reinforced, later calf, modern cloth reback, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESThis edition not in Adams. First published in Venice in 1476.

Aelianus (Tacticus). Aeliani de Militaribus ordinibus instituendis more Graecorum liber a Francisco Robortello Utinensi in Latinum sermonem uersus et ab eodem picturis quamplurimis illustratus, 1st edition, Venice: [Impressum apud Andream & Jacobum Spinellos], 1552, title within decorative woodcut border (re-guarded), woodcut illustrations depicting military formations, including one double-page, small marginal loss from worming to H3, occasional light spotting and soiling, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later cloth-backed marbled boards, edges slightly rubbed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESAdams A217.

Marcello (Pietro). Vite de Prencipi di Vinegia, tradotte in volgare da lodovico Domenichi. Con le vite di quei principi, che furono doppo il Barbarigo, fin al Doge Priuli. Nellequali s'ha cognitione di tutte le Istorie Venetiane fino All'anno MDLVIII, Venice, Francesco Marcolini, 1558, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, occasional light browning (generally in good condition), colophon leaf at end, with woodcut device to verso, 19th century bookplate of the Honble. Frederic North (1776-1827), 18th-century vellum, with spine labels in red morocco, the second of which reads 'Libro Raro', rubbed and some marks, 8voQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Frederic North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827), Prime Minister from 1770 to 1782. Guilford devoted much of his time to his large collection of printed books and manuscripts, which reflected his interest in Greek and Italian cultures. After his death, the library was broken up and sold in 7 sales between 1828 and 1835, at the last of which the British Museum bought 627 modern Greek printed books and 43 oriental manuscripts, to add to the many thousands previously purchased by the BM at the auction of Guilford's manuscripts in December 1830.

Antwerp Ordinances. Declaratie van den Conick waer by hy verbiedt te preecken, vergaderinghen, conventiculen te maken, ende administratie vanden Sacratmente vande nieuwe religie (ghe pretendeert ghereformeert te ziine) in Ziin hoff, ende onder die ghene die ziin hoff volghen, noch oock inde huysen van ziinder Maiesteyt, Antwerp, Jan Molliins ghesworen boeckdrucker, 19 June 1563, 8 pp. (Ai-iv), black letter text, small loss to blank margin at head of title (not affecting text), woodcut coat of arms to verso of final leaf, bound with: Copeye oft wtschrift der voorbede sommiger Kuer ende Vorsten, aenden grootmachtichsten Coninck van Hispanien, etc. van wegen der bedroefden Christenen in sijnder Con. M. Erfnederlanden geseten, 24 July, 1563, 7 pp. (Ai-iv), black letter text (except title), minor marginal soiling, bound with: Gheboden en wtgheroepen by Heere Janne van Ymmerssele... ende Raet van der stadt van Antwerpen, opten xxvii. dach Aprilis, xvc. ende lxvii. Eerst ter puyen af, ende daer naer opte Coepoort, Meeren ende S. Jans brugghen, Antwerp, Willem Silvius, Drucker der Con. Maiest., 1567, 8 pp. (Ai-iv), printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut tail-piece to verso of final leaf, black letter text, very light soiling, all three pamphlets bound together in early 20th century blue cloth, rubbed and some light marks, slim 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe first work is a declaration by the King (Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558) forbidding preaching, meetings, and the administration of the Sacraments of the new reformed religion. The second work is a Copy of the prayer for the Electors and for the prayer for the King of Spain, from the poor Christians in his kingdom of the Netherlands. The third pamphlet is an Ordinance relating to the prevention of disturbances between civilians and military forces.

Dolce (Lodovico). L'Achille et L'Enea... Dove egli tessendo l'historia della Illiade d'Homero a'quella dell' Eneide di Vergilio, ambedue l'ha divinamente ridotte in ottava rima..., 1st edition, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1570, title with large woodcut device (title trimmed and laid down), woodcut portrait of the author within decorative border, woodcut border for each 'Argomento' and woodcut illustration for each Canto, woodcut historiated initials, a few leaves close-trimmed affecting some headlines, occasional small water stains, bound with Delle Lodi della Poesia d'Omero, et di Virgilio Oratione composta dall'eccellente signor' Andrea Menechini, Venice: Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, 1572, large woodcut device to title (trimmed at foot), historiated woodcut initials, hinges reinforced, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, later diced calf, modern cloth reback, a little rubbed, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESFirst work Adams D726. Bound with the Oratione by Andrea Menechini, 1572, with separate title and register.

Melanchthon (Philip). Ethicorum Aristotelis primi, II, III, et V. liborum enarratio per Philippum Melanch. Accesserunt eiusdem, Oratio de Aristotele. Collatio Actionum forensium Atticarum, & Romanarum. In Politicos aliquot Aristotelis libros Commentaria, Lyon, Sebastian Griyphius, 1548, 341 pages (a-x8, y4, including final blank), printer's woodcut device to title, woodcut initials, early ink inscription to rear pastedown in a small, neat hand 'd.Hengst - Amst. Feb. 1527', late 19th/early 20th century ownership inscription to head of title of T.S. Rogers, and modern ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to front pastedown, contemporary limp vellum with yapp fore-edges, text block loosening, some light overall soiling with later handwritten inscription to upper cover: Melancthon's Commentary on Aristotle, T.S. Rogers, 23 Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, 8vo (16.5 x 10.5 cm), together with: [Mylius, Martin, 1542-1611]. Chronologia Scriptorum Philippi Melanchthonis, Gorlitz, excusum typis Ambrosii Fritschii, 1582, [87] leaves, (a-b8, A-H8, I7), but lacking E2 and E4, with signature E with some marginal fraying and slight damage, worm track to upper inner margins of signatures F and G, affecting some letters, woodcut portrait of Melanchthon to title, woodcut initials and tail-piece, later endpapers with ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, early 19th century half calf, small 8voQty: (2)NOTESMelanchthon's Expositions of the Ethical books of Aristotle examines books I, II, III and V of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics in order to establish a moral philosophy of civil obedience and church unity. The second work contains a contribution by Joachim Camerarius in the form of an epitaph, beginning: Vitam fortunasque suas studiumque laboris.

Alciati (Andrea). Emblemata, cum commentariis, quibus emblematum omnium aperta origine, mens authoris explicatur, & obscura omnia dubiaque illustrantur per Claudium Minoem, Paris: apud Hieronymum de Marnef & viduam Guliemi Cauellat...,1583, title within ornamental woodcut border with woodcut device, numerous emblematic woodcut illustrations, 2T6 outer margin frayed, rear endpaper torn with small loss,small hole in title and final leaf with printer's device early annotations and underlining to title and a few other leaves, occasional light spotting and soiling, signature of D.L. Cumming, later calf gilt, some worming to spine, lower corners worn, 8voQty: (1)NOTESAdams A609.

Jewel (John). Apologia Ecclesiae Anglicanae, London: Francois Bouvier, 1584, 160 pages (A-K8), title with printer's woodcut device, 19th century plain paper wrappers, upper wrapper near-detached along front hinge, otherwise in good condition, contained in modern quarter cloth drop-over bookbox, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14583. Probably printed abroad. The first edition was printed in 1562. Amongst Jewel's writings, the Apology of the Church of England was the most important and influential. Recalled from the continent by Queen Elizabeth, he worked incessantly to promote the legitimacy of the Anglican Church, but (like Margaret Thatcher), limited himself to four hours of sleep, taken between midnight and four in the morning. Bishop Jewel died on the 21st of September 1571, before he reached the age of fifty.

Fulvio (Andrea). L'Antichita di Roma di Andrea Fulvio, Antiquario Romano, di nuovo con ogni diligenza corretta & ampliata, con gli adornamenti di disegni de gli edificii Antichi & Moderni; con le aggiuntioni & annotationi di Girolamo Ferrucci Romano, tanto intorno a molte cose antiche, come anche alle cose celebri rinovate & stabilite dalla Santita di N.S. Sisto V, Venice, Girolamo Francini, 1588, title with printer's woodcut device, woodcut initials, numerous woodcut illustrations, title with very light soiling, light waterstain to upper outer (mainly blank) corners, contemporary vellum gilt, with clasps, some marks to covers, 8voQty: (1)NOTESRossetti 5157; Cicognara 3741; Edit 16 CNCE 19995. Illustrated with 93 woodcut illustrations.

Camden (William). Britannia, sive florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate Chorographica descriptio. Nunc tertio recognita, & magna accessione adaucta, London: George Bishop, 1590, title with the first word contained within a woodcut cartouche (below which an ownership name is scratched out), woodcut royal coat of arms, loss to lower outer blank corner, woodcut initials and decorations, leaf of Anglo-Saxon alphabet within woodcut frame (A8), separate title page with woodcut vignette to Hiberniae, et insularum Britanniae, occasional marks, contemporary blind-stamped calf, with oval gilt stamp to centre of each cover of a laurel wreath encircling and eagle, later reback, with some wear to head of spine, thick 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 4505.