1. Americas – Homann, Johann Baptist. (1664 – 1724).

Americae Mappa generalis.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Nürnberg, Homann, 1746. Plate Size: 53 cm x 46 cm. Sheet Size: 56.3 cm x 50 cm. Original map. Very good+ condition. Expertly restored map with reinforced edges. Faintest traces of the professional repairs barely evident such is the quality of the restoration.

2. Andrews, William L.

To Tell a Free Story – The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865.

Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1986. 15.5 cm x 23.5 cm. XIII, 353 pages. With several illustrations. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

3. Antilles – Homann, Erben. (1702 – 1848).

Dominia Anglorum in præcipuis Insulis Americæ ut sunt Insula S. Christophori Antega Iamaica Barbados, nen non Insulæ Bermudes vel Sommers dictæ. / Die Englische Colonie-Laender Auf den Insuln von America und zwar Insuln S. Christophori Antegoa Jamaica Barbados Smt den Ins. Bermudes sonst Sommers gennant.

Original hand-coloured map. Nuremberg, Homann Heirs, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 55.6 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 52 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Trace of foxing along sheet edges. Minor open tear with missing material evident to fore edge. Lower margin running out towards left corner. Centre-fold as issued.

4. Caesar, Julius / Charles-Marie-Raymond Duc d’Arenberg.

[De Bello Gallico / De Bello Alexandrino / De Bello Africano / De Bello Hispaniensi ] C. Julii Caesaris Quae Extant Omnia. Ex Recensione Joannis Davisii, Coll. regin. Cantab. Socii, cum Ejusdem Animadversionibus ac Notis Pet. Ciacconii, Fr. Hotomanni, Joan. Brantii, Dionys Vossii et aliorum. Accessere Metaphrasis Graeca. Librorum VII. De Bello Gallico. Nec Non Indices necessarii.

Cantabrigiae [Cambridge], Typis Academicis Impensis Joannis Owens, 1706. Quarto. (4), 751, (5), 96 pages plus 34 pages Index. Including two folded maps (Gallia / Pompeium aer Caesarem (Mare Mediterraneum with Southern Europe and North Africa/Asia Minor) and one folded illustration: “Pontis Figura a Caesare decem diebus ad Rhenum trajiciendum effecti” / (4), 751, (5), 96 Seiten plus 34 Seiten Index mit zwei Faltkarten von Gallien und dem Mittelmeerraum sowie einer gefalteten Abbildung einer Behelfsbrücke über den Rhein. Full 18th century calf with gilt lettering on spine and emblemata of Charles-Marie-Raymond Duc d’Arenberg. Very good +/ Near Fine condition with only minor signs of wear and a faded dampstain throughout. Exlibris of “Comte Goblet d’Alville” on pastedown / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren und einem durchgehenden, aber ganz dezent verblassten Wasserrand. Mit dem Exlibris des “Compte Goblet d’Alville. Wappensupralibro des Duc d’Arenberg.

5. California – Homann, Johann Baptist / Landteck, Zacharias.

[California shown as an Island] Geographische Universal-Zeig und Schlag-Uhr.

Original hand-coloured engraving, with the Cartographer showing California as an Island. Nürnberg, Homann, [c.1735]. Plate Size: 57 cm x 48.5 cm. Sheet Size: 60.5 cm x 51.7 cm. Original map. Very good, actually stunning, condition. Some faint trace of browning to upper corners of sheet. Very minor tears to edges at centre-fold.

6. [Chiari, Giovanni] Vascellini, Gaetano.

Statue di Firenze [incluso: “Catalogo delle Statue del R. Giardino di Boboli colla Notizia dei Loro Autori”, “Catalogo delle Statue nel R. Palazzo de Pitti”, Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia dei Loro Autori ec.” ec.]

Tres Parti (complete) [Tutto dichiarato come prima parte]. Firenze, Presso Giuseppe Volpini Cartolaro, no year [c. 1765]. Octavo. Collation complete. Pagination: Part I (Primo): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with introduction by Giovanni Chiari and the catalogue of statues in Boboli Garden, 25 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Boboli Garden. Part II (Seconda): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues in Palazzo Pitti, 41 plates each with 4 copper-engravings of Statues in Pitti Palace. Part III (Terza): Frontispiece copper-engraving with Florence in the background, 8 pages of text with catalogue of Statues [″Catalogo delle Statue colla Notizia del Loro Autori ec. (incl. Michelangelo Buonarotti, Donatello etc.). Hardcover / Original bookblock rebound by Bayntun in Bath in a subtle and charming modern cloth with gilt lettering on new spine-label. Original endpapers preserved. Exceptional condition of this rare 18th century publication with only very faint signs of foxing. Provenance: Richard Meade, Ballymartle (with the Meade Family – crest as library stamp).

7. Cioranescu, Alexandre.

Bibliographie De La Littérature Française Du Dix-Huitième Siècle.

Three Volumes, Complete Set. Paris, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, 1969. 18.8 cm x 27.5 cm. Pagination: Unpaginated. Volume I: X, [760 pages], Authors A-D. Volume II: [761-1439 pages], Authors E-Q. Volume III: [1440-2137 pages], R-Z et Index [Plus extra: Volume III (Second Edition), [1440-2137 pages], N-Z et Index. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Only very minor stains to covers. Very minor foxing to edges. Otherwise, clean, bright and strong binding. The price for this heavy set includes international shipping per Courier !

8. Clarke, Austin / Le Brocquy, Louis (Illustrator).

Poetry in Modern Ireland.

Second Edition. Dublin, Colm O Lochlainn, 1961. 12 cm x 18.5 cm. 77 pages. 6 Sketches by Louis Le Brocquy. Origina, illustrated Softcover. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Bookblock intact but cover cleanly detached. Minor discoloration to endpapers only. Pages 45 to 48 untrimmed. [Irish Life and Culture Series for the Cultural Relations Commitee of Ireland (No.2)]

9. [Cowper, William] Thomas, Gilbert.

William Cowper and the eighteenth century.

New and revised edition. London, George Allen & Unwin, 1948. Octavo. Portrait-Frontispice, 347 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the reference library of Hans Christian Andersen – Translator Erik Haugaard, with his Exlibris on the pastedown.

10. Cruikshank, William.

The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. The Second Edition – Considerably Enlarged, and Illustrated with Additional Plates.

Special reprint edition of London, G. Nicol, 1790. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. 18 cm x 23.3 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 5 plates including 2 fold-out anatomical illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Ornate gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Green silken ribbon as bookmarker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris / Bookplate of preowner on front pastedown. Additional bookplate on front endpaper stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

11. De Ségur, Vicomte J. A.

Les Femmes – Leur Condition et Leur Influence dans L’Ordre Social chez différents peuples anciens et modernes. Nouvelle édition, Augmentée de l’influence des Femmes sous l’Empire, et de notes historiques, par M. Ch. N***.

Edition originale. Paris, Raymond Libraire, 1820. 13 cm x 19,5 cm. 474 pages/ 445 pages avec 2 gravures originale. Relié demi-cuir. Excellent condition !! Tome 1 et 2 (complet). Nouvelle Édition. Paris, 1820. 2 gravures. Bel exemplaire. Couverture et tranches de couverture un peu frottées. Intérieur bon état malgré quelques rousseurs éparses. Titre, Auteur et tomaison en dorés sur dos en cuir marron orné de fleurons. Exlibris Franco Crainz.

12. Denmark – De l’Isle, Guillaume. (1675 – 1726).

Carte du Royaume de Danemarc.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, De l’Isle et Buache, 1780. Plate Size: 64.4 cm x 48.7 cm. Sheet Size: 66.6 cm x 52.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition with the slightest traces of browning only.

13. Derham, William [Philosopher and Scientist] / [John Senex (Cartographer)].

Astro-Theology: or, a Demonstration of the Being and Attributes of God, From a Survey of the Heavens [Including a Chapter on the “Attraction of Gravity”].

Sixth Edition. London, W. Innys, 1731. Octavo. [16], LVI, [8], 246 pages,[10 pages of Index], [with 3 astronomical foldout engravings by english Cartographer and Explorer John Senex / The Engravings show the Ptolemaic Geocentric System with the Earth as centre of the Universe and discuss other models as well by pointing to pages within the text that reflect on the illustrations / Two of the Engravings are showing the Stars and Constellations over Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Asia etc.]. ]. Original Hardcover / bound in contemporary panelled calf. The book has been sympathetically rebacked to style. Besides a spot of hard green adhesive to the front board in very good condition. The armorial 18th century bookplate of one Dr. Blackett appears on the first pastedown [″A coat of arms divided into three portions, with three stars and three scallop shells throughout. At the helm is the head of an eagle, and elaborate mantling, flowers, and leaves surround the crest. Below is the motto ‘Nous Travailler ons dans L’Esperance’”] / The text of this rare and notoriously underrated book is complete and clean with the three foldout engravings of the cosmos to the rear with only a small archival paper restoration to one of the engravings.

14. [Dietzsch, Barbara Regina] Ludwig, Heidrun.

Nürnberger Naturgeschichtliche Malerei im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert.

Marburg an der Lahn, Basilisken Presse, 1998. 21 cm x 28,5 cm. 462 Seiten. Mit zahlreichen schwarz-weißen und farbigen Illustrationen. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand.

15. Dresden – Probst, Georg Balthasar. (1732 – 1801).

Prospectus Areae Fori Veteris, Ex Parte Arcis Plateae Dresdae.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving of Dresden’s marketplace. Augsburg, Georg Balthasar, [c.1770]. Plate Size: 40 cm x 30 cm. Sheet Size: 42 cm x 31 cm. Original engraving. In very good- condition. Some slight smudges to outer margins. Carefully repaired tear to lower edge.

16. Druids and Female Druids in 18th century Illustration – [Druids] Frick, Johann Georg / Albert Frick.

Commentatio de Druidis Occidentalium Populorum Philosophis Multo Quam Antea Auctior Ac Emendatior. Accedunt Opuscula Quaedam Rariora Historiam Et Antiquitates Druidarum Illustrantia Itemque Scriptorum De Iisdem Catalogus.

First and only edition in this form. Ulmae [Ulm], Daniel Bartholomaei et Filium, 1744. Small Quarto (19 cm x 22 cm). [XX], 226 pages plus the two rare copper engravings, depicting male and female Druids of old (Druides et Druidissae). The two plates with engravings were bound in the rear. Hardcover / Excellent, recent half-leather binding in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. The half-leather slightly stained but all in wonderful condition. The original bookblock uncut. A very rare and interesting publication on Druidism / Text in latin with some german elements.

17. Dryden, John.

The First Part of Miscellany Poems. Containing Variety of New Translations of the Ancient Poets: Together with Several Original Poems. By the Most Eminent Hands. Published by Mr. Dryden.

Fourth Edition. London, Jacob Tonson, 1716. 9 cm x 15 cm. XXXVI, [8 unnumbered pages], 360 pages. Hardcover / Contemporary full leather with gilt lettering on spinelabel and ornament to boards. Binding slightly stained but in firm and very good with only some signs of external wear. Some pages with worm-hole damage (text effected). Pastedowns loosened. RARE !

18. East Africa – Zatta, Antonio. (1722 – 1804).

Parte Della Costa Orientale Dell’Africa con l’Isola dei Madagasear e le Carte particolari dell’Isole di Francia e di Borbon.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Venezia, Antonio Zatta E Figli, 1784. Plate Size: 40 cm x 30.5 cm. Sheet Size: 51 cm x 38.8 cm. Original map with good margins. Very good condition, with the only slightest traces of browning to outer margins.

19. Egypt – Lotter, Tobie Conrad. (1717 – 1777).

Le Cours Entier du Grand et Fameux Nil.

Original hand coloured engraving. Augsburg, Lotter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 59.8 cm x 48.4 cm. Sheet Size: 65.4 cm x 53.6 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Partially coloured. Repaired tear to left edge of sheet. Minor tear to foot of sheet outside border. Central vertical fold as issued. Map is orientated to the north.

20. Egypt – Zatta, Antonio. (1722 – 1804).

L’Egitto Antico E Moderno.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Venezia, Antonio Zatta E Figli, 1784. Plate Size: 31 cm x 40 cm. Sheet Size: 39 cm x 50.7 cm. Original map. Very good condition, with the slight traces of staining to lower section of map.