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LONDON, WILLIAM MACKENZIE, [1879]. FIRST EDITION, FOLIO, TWO VOLUMES, 41 COLOURED LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. EACH SPECIES DRAWN FROM NATURE BY A F LYDON, PLUS NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS. TISSUES GUARDS, OCCASIONAL MARKS, PUBLISHER'S RED BRICK CLOTH, OVER BEVELLED EDGED BOARDS, RUBBED AND STAINED. THE BINDING IS WEAK AND SO SOME PLATES ARE LOOSE. CONTENTS VERY GOOD, AS ARE THE PLATES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONE ON LAMPREYS, WHICH HAS A SMALL WATER STAIN. FISHES, PLATES

UNKNOWN, 1631. .......BEFORE THE RISING OF THE OTHOMAN FAMILIE WITH ALL THE NOTABLE EXPEDITIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN PRICES AGAINST THEM. THIS COPY LACKS A TITLE PAGE BUT A NOTE IN THE BOOK CLAIMS THE FOURTH EDITION, 1631. SMALL FOLIO, 1511 PAGES PLUS 'A BRIEF DISCOURSE ON THE GREATNESS OF THE TURKISH EMPIRE BY KNOLLES (15 PAGES), PLUS INDEX (INCOMPLETE). THE EARLY PAGES HAVE SOME LOSS TO THE EDGES WITH NO SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF TEXT, AND THESE HAVE BEEN RE-LAID AT SOME POINT. 34 ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS. THE BINDING IS FULL LEATHER - POOR WITH LOSS TO THE SPINE AND WORMHOLES, BUT THE CONTENTS ARE GENERALLY GOOD, WITH THE DEFECTS DESCRIBED ABOVE TO THE EARLY PAGES. VERY SCARCE. TURKISH EMPIRE, OTTAMAN

LONDON, CASSELL. A SUPER COPY, NEWLY REBOUND IN RED HALF-LEATHER OVER MAROON CLOTH, RAISED BANDS, GILT TITLES ON BLACK LABELS, NEW MARBLED ENDPAPERS, ELABORATE GILT DESIGN TO SPINE PANELS. NO DATE BUT CIRCA 1890. WITH 50 FULL COLOUR PLATES FROM PAINTINGS BY J W LUDLOW AND MANY OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. PIGEONS, BIRDS,

EDINBURGH, DAVID DOUGLAS, 1897. FIRST EDITION, 4 VOLUMES. FOLIO. VERY GOOD CONDITION IN HALF LEATHER BINDING BY CHARLES DAY OF LONDON. ILLUSTRATED BY THE CAMERA BY OSWIN A J LEE. EACH VOLUME HAS 40 FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PLATES OF BIRDS, THEIR EGGS AND NESTS AND VIGNETTES BY THE AUTHOR. SOME WEAR TO THE LEATHER AND THE SPINE OF VOLUME 2 IS SLIGHTLY SPLIT. INTERNALLY AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. A SCARCE ITEM. BRITISH BIRDS, BIRDS, ORNITHOLOGY, NESTS, EGGS. OOLOGY

LONDON, JOHN WALKER, 1794. FOUR VOLUMES. PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE VOLUME 1 . TITLES SLIGHTLY BROWNED. BOOK PLATES ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER, FINE CALF, REBACKED WITH ORIGINAL SPINES LAID DOWN, GILT WITH MOROCCO SPINE LABELS. OCTAVO. PINDAR, POETRY, POEMS

LONDON. A NICOL. 1785.. SECOND EDITION, THREE VOLUMES. VOLS. 1 AND 11 WRITTEN BY COOK, VOL. 111 BY JAMES KING. THIS SET CONTAINS THE FULL TEXT BUT NO PLATES. VOLUME 1: TITLE PAGES; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION (lxxxix); LIST OF PLATES( PLATES NOT PRESENT); 421 PAGES. VOLUME 2: TITLE PAGE; CONTENTS; 548 PAGES. VOLUME 3: CONTENTS, 558 PAGES, INCLUDING 7 APPENDICES. ALL VOLUMES REBOUND IN MARBLED BOARDS WITH STIFF CREAM PAPER SPINES, PAPER LABELS, NEW ENDPAPERS. BINDING IS TIGHT. AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN SET. THE TITLE PAGE TO VOLUME 3 APPEARS TO BE A PHOTOCOPY, AS IS THE FOLLOWING PAGE. SOME FOXING TO THE EARLY PAGES OF VOLS. 1 AND 11 BUT OVERALL, A VERY GOOD, CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE SET OF THIS SCARCE WORK WITHOUT THE PLATES AND OFFERED AT AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. PICTURES AVAILABLE. COOK. POLAR. TRAVEL. RESOLUTION.

YORK, FOR THE AUTHOR BY G. PEACOCK LONDON. 1790. FIRST EDITION. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. BOARDS AND LEATHER VERY WORN. SOME LOSS AT BOTTOM OF LEATHER SPINE. SOME DAMP STAINING TO ENDPAPERS AND TO FINAL 20 PAGES, OTHERWISE CLEAN. NO LIST OF SUBCRIBERS. ALTHOUGH BINDING ON THE WHOLE IS TIGHT, PAGES 3 TO 6 ARE LOOSE. A NOTE OF THE FEP SUGGESTS THE BOOK WAS BOUND 1835 AND NO 7 OF 91,EX HARTWELL LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED BY FINE LINE DRAWINGS. 5 PLATES, INCLUDING 3 FOLD OUT PLANS OF HEATED GREENHOUSES. INDEX. A SCARCE BOOK AT A REALISTIC PRICE. VINICULTURE, SPEECHLEY

FAKSIMILIE VERLAG LUZERN, 2003. THIS FACSIMILIE EDITION IS THE FAITHFUL RECREATION OF THE ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT THE CLOISTERS, 1954, ACC. NO. 54.1.1 PRESERVED IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, NEW YORK. PUBLISHED IN A SINGLE EDITION OF 980 NUMBERED COPIES, 900 OF WHICH WERE FOR SALE. THIS IS NUMBER 770. HAND-SEWN AND BOUND IN GOATSKIN AND GOLD-TOOLED BY STEINBRENER OF SCHARDING. COLOUR PRINTING BY PRINT AND ART OF GRAZ. COMPLETE WITH A BOOK OF 107 PAGES ON THE WORK, BY MEISS, BEATSON AND PLUMMER, QUARTER LEATHER, ALL HOUSED IN A PERSPEX BOX. DUC DE BERRY, MANUSCRIPT 385672091X

PARIS, DEBURE AND BARROIS, 1802. COMPLETE IN NINE OCTAVO VOLUMES. FRENCH TEXT. FULL LEATHER, WHICH IS WORN, WITH SOME EVIDENCE THE BOOKS HAVE BEEN RECASED, PERHAPS WITH THE ORIGINAL BOARDS. EACH WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF CHRISTOPHER WORDSWORTH, BISHOP OF LINCOLN, 1869-85. NICE TIGHT BINDINGS, WITH FRESH PAGES. POSTAGE AT COST. HEREDOTUS

LONDON. 1901-12.. FIVE VOLUMES IN ORIGINAL BROWN CLOTH. EX-PUBLIC LIBRARY WITH NEAT LABEL ON EACH FRONT PASTEDOWN AND PAPER LABEL ON EACH SPINE. BLIND STAMPS. A VERY GOOD SET. A CATALOGUE OF THE EGGS IN THE MUSEUM COLLECTION, THE FIRST SINCE 1852. NEARLY 70,000 SPECIMENS FROM 3890 SPECIES ARE CONSIDERED. WITH 79 COLOUR PLATES, THOSE IN VOLUME 1 AFFECTED BY FOXING, OTHERWISE VERY GOOD. A SCARCE SET. POSTAGE AT COST. EGGS. OOLOGY. BRITISH MUSEUM. BIRDS

LONDON FOR MILLAR, LAW AND CATER AND FOR WILSON, SPENCE AND MAWMAN, YORK, 1797. A NEW (AND SCARCE) EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES. MODERN GREEN CLOTH BINDINGS, VERY FRESH AND TIGHT. WITH 100 ENGRAVINGS. VOL 1, 415 pp, 4 PLATES. VOL2. 412 pp, 53 PLATES (INCLUDING ONE THAT SHOULD BE IN VOL. 1). VOL 3, 424 pp, 29 PLATES. VOL. 4, 327 pp +EXTENSIVE INDEX, 13 PLATES. OCCASIONAL ANNOTATIONS BY A NEAT CONTEMPORARY HAND, BUT INTERNALLY CLEAN. GOLDSMITH.

LONDON, COTES, 1610. FIRST EDITION, TWO VOLUMES. RECENTLY PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED AND RE-BOUND IN FULL CALF, RAISED BANDS AND GILT TITLES, NEW ENDPAPERS. HENCE A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND TIGHT SET. A NUMBER OF (MISSING) PAGES HAVE BEEN BY REPLACED BY FACSIMILIES, INCLUDING THE TITLE PAGE AND PRELIMS. OF VOLUME 1. PAGES 1631 TO 1648 ARE BOUND IN AFTER FINIS. THE INDEX (PAGES 1689 TO 17550 ARE PHOTOCOPIES. WITH NUMEROUS (OVER 2000) WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. VOLUME 1, 874 pp, VOLUME TO 875 TO 1688, PLUS INDEX TO PAGE 1755. IN SUMMARY: A LOVELY BINDING OF A COMPLETE COPY BUT WITH MANY FACSIMILIE PAGES. HERBAL, PLANTS

LONDON, H PLAYFORD, 1694. THE SECOND EDITION, 58 PAGES. ...AS IS ACTED AT THE THEATRE ROYAL, BY HIS MAJESTY'S SERVANTS. VERY NICELY BOUND IN MODERN (1934) FULL BROWN LEATHER. NEW ENDPAPERS, BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. BROWNING OF PAGES COMENSURATE WITH THE AGE. FINE BINDING WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER. VERY SCARCE. DRAMA, SOUTHERNE

LONDON, 1684 AND 1692. TWO WORKS BY DRYDEN BOUND IN MODERN (1934) FULL BROWN LEATHER. THE STATE OF INNOCENCE AND THE FALL OF MAN, AN OPERA. PRINTED BY H.H. FOR HENRY HERRINGMAN, 1684. (DEDICATION, 4pp, POEM OF PARADISE, 2pp, AUTHOR'S APOLOGY, 6pp, STATE OF INNOCENCE, 26pp. BOUND WITH OEDIPUS; A TRAGEDY BY DRYDEN AND MR. LEE, FOURTH EDITION, PRINTED FOR RICHARD BENTLEY, COVENT GARDEN, 1692. (PREFACE, 2pp, DRAMATIS PERSONAE, 1pp, PROLOGUE, 1pp, OEDIPUS, 71pp, EPILOGUE, 1pp.). NEW ENDPAPERS, BOOKPLATE TO FRONT PASTEDOWN. BROWNING OF PAGES COMENSURATE WITH THE AGE. FINE BINDING WITH A FEW MARKS TO THE LEATHER. VERY SCARCE. DRAMA, DRYDEN

LONDON, ADAM ISLIP, JOICE NORTON, RICHARD WHITTAKERS, 1663. SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED AND AMENDED BY THOMAS JOHNSON. FOLIO, RECENTLY RESTORED AND REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER, WITH RAISED BANDS, RED AND GILT LABEL, NEW ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMS. MANY WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. DURING THE RESTORATION SOME OF THE PAGES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH PHOTOCOPIES. THESE INCLUDE: THE TITLE PAGE AND THE ONE FOLLOWING, 5 PAGES IN THE TEXT, 1 IN THE INDEX, 6 IN THE TABLES OF VIRTUE, AND THE ERRATA PAGE. THE BOOK APPEARS COMPLETE AND INCLUDES: TITLE PAGES, DEDICATIONS, PREFACE FROM THE FIRST EDITION, GREETINGS TO THE READER, CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS, THE HISTORY (1630 PAGES), INDEX, TABLE OF ENGLISH NAMES, SUPPLEMENT, BRITISH NAMES, TABLE OF VIRTUES ,ERRATA. SOME PAGES EDGES PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED, SOME EVIDENCE OF DAMP STAINING, BUT A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. THE BOOK WEIGHS 5.4 Kg. HERBAL, HERBALL, PLANTS