1. Americas – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Mappa fluxus et refluxus rationes in isthmo Americano, in Freto Magellanico, cæterisque Americæ litoribus exhibens.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 40.2 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 37 cm x 39.1 cm. Original Map. Very good condition of an increasingly rare map. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

2. Asia – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula Geographica Hydrophylacium Asiae Majoris Exhibens, quo Omnia Flumina sive proxime sive remote per occultos maeandros Originem suam Sortiuntur.

Original copper engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.2 cm x 34.2 cm. Sheet Size: 37.5 cm x 39.2 cm. Original Map in very good condition. Very minor traces of browning to outer margins.

3. [Banks, Joseph] O’Brian, Patrick.

Joseph Banks – A Life.

Chicago, The University of Chicago, 1997. 14 cm x21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Protrait: Joseph Banks painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds), Frontispiece (Myrmecodia becarii Ant-House Endeavour River), 328 pages. Some black and white illustrations throughout and one map. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition.

4. Beaumont, Fletcher / Fletcher, John / Gurr, Andrew (Editor).

Philaster or Love Lies a-Bledding.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 2003. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Title-page of the 1620 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum)), LXXXIV, 142 pages. One black and white copy of second impression of title-page of the 1622 Quarto (reproduced by courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum). Original illustrated softcover. Very good condition+ with only minor signs of external wear.

5. Beuamont, Francis / Fletcher, John / Craik, T.W. (Editor).

The Maid’s Tragedy.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1988. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. Frontispiece (Title-page of the 1619 quarto (courtesy of Bodleian Library)), XII, 212 pages. Original illustrated softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear.

6. Bohus / Sweden – [Pufendorf, Samuel von] Dahlberg, Erik / Perelle, A. / (1632 – 1694)

BAHVSIA Arx Norwegiae Regi Suecia CAROLO GUSTAVO ex pactis Rodschildensibus traetin enandem …/ Die 30. Martij 1658.

Original copper engraving from Pufendorf’s “De rebus a Carolo Gustavo”, this being Plate No.80 with an inset map of the border-region between Sweden and Norway at the end of the 17th century. Nuremberg, Christoph Riegel, 1696. Beautifully Framed. Size of frame with the copper engraving: 54.5 cm x 45.5 cm. Size of the actual engraving: c. 44 cm x 35.5 cm. Excellent condition.

7. [Colbert, Jean-Baptiste] Colbert, John Baptist.

The Life of the famous John Baptist Colbert, Late Minister and Secretary of State to Lewis XIV., the present French King. Done into english from a french copy printed at Cologne this present year 1695.

First english edition. London, Printed for R. Bentley, 1695. Small Octavo. Frontispiece, (14), 246, (8) pages. Hardcover / Rare, original 17th-century or early 18th-century leather. Original binding with stronger signs of rubbing to rear board. Pastedowns loosened. Interior and frontispiece very good. Needs minor attention from bookbinder. Very rare in this original binding !

8. Denmark – De Wit, Frederick. (1629/1630 – 1706).

Insularum Danicarum ut Zee-Landiae, Fioniae, Langelandiae, Lalandiae, Falstriae, Fembriae, Monae, aliquarumque in Mari Balthico Sitarum descriptio

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, F. de Wit, [c.1680]. Plate Size: 58.1 cm x 48.8 cm. Sheet Size: 63.8 cm x 53 cm. Original map. In very good condition with only the slightest hints of browning to outer margns only.

9. [Dou, Gerard] Martin, W.

Gerard Dou. Translated from the Dutch by Clara Bell.

London, George Bell and Sons, 1902. 13 cm x 20 cm. XII, 152 pages. Several black and white plates throughout. Original Hardcover in protective collector’s Mylar. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Endpapers and pastedowns markedly discoloured with signs of an old dampstain and some tanning of first and last few pages. A little colour staining between cover and endpaper. Internal pages and plates in good condition. Some foxing throughout. Rare. [Bell’s Handbooks of the Great Masters in Painting & Sculpture. Edited by G.C. Williamson, Litt.D.]

10. Emery, Jack.

The Putney Debates.

Cambridge, The Rampant Lions Press, 1983. 18.8cm x 27.8 cm. Colour Lino Frontispiece. 94 pages. With 6 colour lino-print illustrations throughout. Original Hardcover with plain card slipcase. Deckled edges. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Moderate foxing and discolouration to slip case. Book in as new condition. Front pastedown contains ‘Erik Haugaard’ Exlibris dated 1974. With navy colour decorated top edges. ‘This book was designed and five hundred copies were printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge. This type is 12 point Times New Roman set by the Stellar Press, with displayed matter in Hunt Roman; the paper is Zerkall Silurian; the lino-cuts were printed from the original blocks. The binding, in specially designed patterned paper boards, was by Woolnough of Wellingborough. This is number 174.’

11. [English History Collection] – Picard, Liza.

Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, From Medicine to Magic, From Slang to Sex, From Wallpaper to Women’s Rights.

First US Edition. New York, St. Martin’s Press, 1998. 16 cm x 24 cm. XXI, 330 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket and protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

12. [English History Collection] – Weiss, David A. / Papin, Joseph (drawings).

The Great Fire of London.

New York, Cumberland Enterprises, 1968. 15 cm x 23 cm. 159 pages including multiple illustrations. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear.

13. Finlay, T.A.

With the Army of O’Neill. An Irish Historical Romance.

Dublin and Cork, The Educational Company of Ireland Limited, no year. 12.5 cm x 18.5 cm. Frontispiece, 176 pages. 4 other illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original cloth] with lettering on spine and front board. Pictoral to front board also. Fair condition. Some soiling to front board. Wear to spine cloth. Board corners rubbed and bumped. Gutter between endpage and rear pastedown cracked with exposed cloth. Binding shaky. Minor damp staining to top edges. Marking to interior. Some dog-eared pages. Front endpaper carries private signature of ‘James O’Sullivan, Bantry.’

14. [Fletcher, John / Massinger, Philip].

Beggar’s Bush. Edited by John H. Dorenkamp.

First published 1647 Folio of ‘Comedies and Tragedies’ Beaumont and Fletcher. The Hague, Paris, Mouton & Co, 1967. 15 cm x 22 cm. 202 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Some minor pencil markings in text and back flap of dustjacket.

15. Franklin, Benjamin / Wright, Esmond (editor).

Benjamin Franklin: His Life As He Wrote It.

London, The Folio Society, 1989. 16 cm x 25.5 cm. 260 pages. Original hardcover with slipcase. As new.

16. [Gadadhara] Bhattacharyya, Sibajiban.

Gadadhara’s Theory of Objectivity – Part Two – Containing the Text of Gadadhara’s ‘Visayatavada’. With an English Translation, Explanatory Notes and a General Introduction.

Part Two of two. Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Bangalore, Madras, Motilal Banarsidass, 1990. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. IX, 188 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

17. [Galilei, Galileo] Heilbron, J.L.

Galileo.

Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2010. Octavo. XIV, 508 pages. With several illustrations (also in colour). Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent, as new condition.

18. Germany – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Ducatus Holsatiae Nova Tabula.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam Blaeu, [1638]. Plate Size: 51.4 cm x 38 cm. Sheet Size: 56.5 cm x 47 cm. Original and rare map. In very good, clean condition. Minor tear to lower edge at center-fold. French text on reverse.

19. Germany – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1596 – 1673).

Celeberrimi Fluvii Albis nova Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, 1628. Plate Size: 53 cm x 30.6 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 48.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Clean and bright with generous margins. Very minor tear to centre-fold at lower edge. French text on reverse.

20. Góngora y Argote, Luis de.

The Solitudes. Translated and with an introduction by Edward Meryon Wilson. Revised and edited by Willis Barnstone.

New York, Las Americas Publishing Company, 1965. Octavo. 159 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [A Cypress Book].

21. Indonesia – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1571-1638).

Moluccae Insulae Celeberrimae.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1650]. Plate Size: 48.9 cm x 37.1 Sheet Size: 53.5 cm x 45.3 cm. Original map. Good+ condition only. Some browning evident. Very minor tear barely noticeable to lower edge at center fold. Minor open tear to top left corner of sheet. Still a collectible version of this map. Centre fold as issued. Map orientated with north pointing to the right. Latin text on reverse.

22. Jardine, Lisa.

The Curious Life of Robert Hooke: The Man Who Measued London.

London, Harper Collins, 2003. 16 cm x 24 cm. IX, 422 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s – Mylar. Excellent condition.

23. Jonson, Ben / Cain, Tom (Editor).

Poetaster. The Revels Plays.

Manchester / New York, Manchester University Press, 1995. 13.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XV, 304 pages. Three black and white plates Original Softcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. Plate No.1 entitled “Heroic Virtue (Hercules) treads down Envy. Christoffel Jegher, woodcut after Peter Paul Rubens, Modello for Banqueting House ceiling”. Plate No.2 of the title page of the first edition of poetaster (1602). Plate No.3 “From Q, sig. FIV and F, sig 2c2v”.

24. Kippenberg, Anton.

Die Sage vom Herzog von Luxemburg und die historische Persönlichkeit ihres Trägers. Mit 2 Vollbildern und 11 Abbildungen im Text. Neudruck der Ausgab Leipzig, Engelmann, 1901. Mit einem Vorwort von Friedrich Michael: “Anton Kippenberg: Buchhaendler – Philologe – Sammler”.

Niederwalluf b. Wiesbaden, M. Sändig, 1970. 8°. VIII, 280 Seiten. 1 Titelbild. Hardcover / Blaues Leinen. Sehr guter, neuwertiger Zustand mit nur ganz geringen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. KEINE Anstreichungen. KEIN Mängelexemplar.

25. Lancisi, Giovanni Maria / Wright, Wilmer Cave (translator).

De Aneurysmatibus Aneurysms.

Special reprint edition of New York, The Macmillan Company, 1952. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXV, 362 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With white silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner shows that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

26. Lang, James.

Rebuilding St. Paul’s after the Great Fire of London.

London, New York, Toronto, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1956. 19.5 cm x 25.6 cm. XI, 269 pages. 22 illustrations. Hardcover [publisher’s original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine faded. Top corner of front board bumped. Minor foxing to endpapers and hint of tanning to edges but interior otherwise bright and clean.

27. Locke, John.

De l’education des enfans; traduit de l’anglois de Mr. Locke, par Mr. Coste. [French translation of “Some thoughts concerning education” from 1695]. Sur l’édition angloise publiée après la mort de l’auteur, qui l’avoit revûë, corrigée, & augmentée. Suivant la copie imprimée à Amsterdam.

Édition pirate [de Suisse]. Amsterdam, 1730. Octavo (11 cm x 16.5 cm). Frontispiece – Portrait of John Locke, [6], 3-24, 468, [12] pages. Hardcover / Reliure originale. Un peu taché, frotté et heurté par endroits, le dos collé avec des bandes de papier et des étiquettes en papier. Globalement un très bon exemple de cette importante publication.

28. London – [Wren, Christopher]. (1632 – 1732).

Views of Christopher’s Wren’s London Landmarks – St Paul’s Cathedral, St Stephens’ Walbrook – and the Ironmongers Hall.

Original engravings. London et al, Gentleman’s Magazine, and others, [c.1750]. Plate Size: 19.5 cm x 11.5 cm – 26 cm x 19 cm. Sheet Size: 21 cm x 13 cm – 29 cm x 21 cm. Four original engravings in good+ condition with very minor occasional browning only.

29. Luxembourg – Blaeu, William and Johannes. (1571-1638).

Lutzenburg Ducatus.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1630]. Plate Size: 49.7 cm x 37.7 cm. Sheet Size: 57.3 cm x 50.2 cm. Nice, bright original map in very good condition. Traces of browning and minor tearing to outer margins. French text on reverse.

30. Mediterranean – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Natoliae, quae olim Asia Minor Nova Descriptio – Aegypti Recentior Descriptio – Carthaginis Celeberrimi Sinus Typus.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Antwerp, Ortelius, [c.1600]. Plate Size: 49 cm x 32.5 cm. Sheet Size: 53.8 cm x 36.2 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Clean and crisp. Reverse carries Latin text.

31. Morocco – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberrima, describebat Abrah Ortelius.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1650]. Plate Size: 49.5 cm x 38 cm. Sheet Size: 60 cm x 51 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Minor tear to centre fold at lower edge of sheet. Some minor spotting to margins. Minor stain to fore edge of recto leaf. Central vertical fold as issued. The map was orientated with Morocco’s north to the right. Latin text on reverse.

32. Morocco – Ortelius, Abraham. (1527 – 1598).

Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae celeberrima, describebat Abrah Ortelius.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1650]. Plate Size: 49.5 cm x 38 cm. Sheet Size: 61.4 cm x 51.5 cm. Original, well-margined map. Very good, actually stunning condition. Tiny paper defect and minor tear to outer margins. Repaired minor tear to centre fold at lower edge of sheet. Some minor spotting to margins only. Hint of browning along centre fold. The map was orientated with Morocco’s north to the right.

33. Morocco / Fez – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Royaume de Rez divise en Sept Provinces Tire de Sanut Ge.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Sanson d’Abbeville, [c. 1658]. Plate Size: 26.3 cm x 20.3 cm. Sheet Size: 32.5 cm x 25 cm. Original map. In very good condition. With only the faintest signs of foxing. Map orientated to the north.

34. North Africa – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Partie de la Coste de Barbarie en Africque, ou sont le Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli et Pays Circomvoisins Tires de Sanuto et d’autres.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Chez P. Mariette, 1655. Plate Size: 53.2 cm x 36.7 cm. Sheet Size: 61.3 cm x 45.7 cm. Original map. In very good condition with only the faintest traces of browning outer margins. Minor tear to margins along centre fold. Discreet inked numeration in top right corner of sheet.

35. North Africa – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Royme, et Desert de Barca et ‘L’Egypte Divisee en ses douze Cassifs, ou Gouvernemens.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Chez P. Mariette, 1655. Plate Size: 52.5 cm x 34.1 cm. Sheet Size: 58 cm x 44.5 cm. Original map. In good condition. Signs of browning and staining to map margins. Minor tear to margins along centre fold.

36. Palestine – Blaeu, Willem Janszoon. (1571 – 1638).

Terra Sancta quae in Sacris Terra Promissionis olim Palestina.

Original hand-coloured map. Augsburg, Guiljelmi Blaeuw, 1641. Plate Size: 50 cm x 38 cm. Sheet Size: 56.8 cm x 47.6 cm. Original map. Very good condition with some minor browning to outer margins only. Off square margins. Centre fold as issued. Map orientated so that the Mediterranean coastline faces the upper border. German text on reverse.

37. Poland – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Ducatus Silesiae Glogani Vera Delineatio.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam Blaeu, [1644]. Plate Size: 50.5 cm x 41.3 cm. Sheet Size: 65 cm x 56.1 cm / With Mount: 67 cm x 58.8 cm. Original map. In very good, clean condition. Latin text on reverse.

38. Portugal – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Parte Septentrional do Reyno de Portugal.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Sanson d’Abbeville, 1678. Plate Size: 53.6 cm x 41.7 cm. Sheet Size: 61.8 cm x 46.5 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Faint signs of browning to map. Minor paper imperfections to the outer margins. Small stain to map near centre-fold.

39. Portugal – Secco, Fernando Alvares. (c.1561 – 1585).

Portugallia et Algarbia qua olim Lusitania.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Guiljelmum et Joannem Blaeu, [1640]. Plate Size: 49.6 cm x 38.1 cm. Sheet Size: 58 cm x 47 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Map orientated with north facing to the right. Some very minor traces of spotting near edges. Signs of foxing in top right corner of map. Minor chip and tear near lower left corner of sheet. Centre fold as issued. Latin text on reverse.

40. Russia – Blaeu, Willem J. (1571 – 1638).

Russiae, Vulgo Moscovia dictae, Pars Occidentalis. Auctore Isaaco Massa.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Amsterdam, Blaeu, [c.1664]. Plate Size: 48.7 cm x 38.6 cm. Sheet Size: 65.2 cm x 55.7 cm. Original map. In very good, clean condition. Wide margins. Latin text on reverse.

41. [Saint Claude de la Colombiere] LaVigne, Ruth H.

The Life of Saint Claude de la Colombiere: Spiritual Director of St. Margaret Mary.

Boston, St. Paul Books & Media, 1992. 14 cm x 20.5 cm. 125 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with very minor signs of external wear. Slight scuffing on spine and front cover. Otherwise clean inside with solid binding.

42. Shakespeare, William.

King Henry VIII / King Richard II. With Preface, Glossary & C by Israel Gollancz.

Two Volumes of The Temple Shakespeare. London, J.M. Dent and Co., 1895, 10.5 cm x 13.5 cm. King Henry VIII – Frontispieces (Old Palace, Whitehall), XIII, 163 pages / King Richard II – Frontispiece (Berkley Castle), X, 140 pages. Original Hardcover with debossed crest on covers. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Highly decorated title pages featuring portraits of respective Kings. Gilt top edges and deckled fore and bottom edges. Minor discoloration to endpapers and pastedowns. Main text, print and pages bright and clear. Shakespeare’s Crest on pastedowns. A verse by Hugh Holland printed on the protective tissue for the frontispiece in Henry VIII volume and prose from I.S.M. (From Second Folio) on protective tissue in the Richard II volume. [The Temple Shakespeare]

43. [Shakespeare, William] Wills, Gary.

Witches & Jesuits. Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

New York, Oxford, The New York Public Library, Oxford University Press, 1995. 15 cm x 22 cm. VIII, 223 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Very fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.

44. [Songling, Pu], Zeitlin, Judith.

Historian of the Strange – Pu Songling and the Chinese Classical Tale.

Stanford, California, Stanford University Press, 1993. 14 cm x 21.5 cm. 332 pages. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

45. South America. Kircher, Athanasius. (1602-1680).

Tabula qua Hydrophylacium Andium Exhibetur, quo Universa America Australis Innumeris Fluviis Lacubusque Irrigatur.

Original Engraving. Amsterdam, Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 20.1 cm x 33.9 cm. Sheet Size: 24.7 cm x 39 cm. Original Map. Very good condition. Very minor instance of foxing to cartouche. Map is orientated to the North. Dutch text on reverse.

46. Southern Africa – Kircher, Athanasius. (1602 – 1680).

Hydrophylacium Africae Precipuum, in Montibus Lunae Situm, Lacus et Flumina Praecipua Sundens. Ubi et Nova Inventio Originis Nili describitur.

Original engraving. Amsterdam Kircher, [c.1665]. Plate Size: 41.5 cm x 34 cm. Sheet Size: 47.6 cm x 39.2 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Some very light traces of foxing near outer margins. Some very minor ink staining evident near ‘Oceanus Orientasis’ text. Otherwise, a very clean and bright map.

47. Spain – Goos, Abraham / Jansson, Jan. (1590 – c.1643) / (1588-1664).

Hispaniae Veteris Descriptio.

Original hand-coloured copper engraving. Amsterdam, Janssonius, [c.1662]. Plate Size: 49.2 cm x 37 cm. Sheet Size: 59.8 cm x 45 cm. Original map. Very good condition. Faint hint of foxing along left fore edge. Centre fold as issued. Latin text on reverse.

48. Summerson, John.

Architecture in Britain 1530-1830 (Pelican History of Art).

London, Penguin Books, 1953. 18.4 cm x 26.4 cm. XVIII, 373 pages. Illustrated with black and white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only minor foxing to edges, front pages and endpaper. Pages slightly tanned. Rear endpaper separated from book block. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front cover. Binding strong.

49. Tunisia / Libya – Sanson d’Abbeville, Nicolas. (1600 – 1667).

Partie de Barbarie, ou sont les Royaumes de Tunis, et Tripoli, Tires de Sanut et d’Autres.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Paris, Sanson d’Abbeville, [c.1658]. Plate Size: 28 cm x 18.2 cm. Sheet Size: 35.6 cm x 25 cm. Original map. In very good condition. With only the faintest signs of browning. Map orientated to the north.

50. Waterhouse, Ellis.

Painting in Britain 1530-1790.

Middlesex, Penguin Books Ltd., 1953. 18.2 cm x 26.4 cm. XV, 271 pages.192 pages of black & white plates. Original Hardcover. Very good+ condition with only minor signs of external wear. With only very minor foxing to edges, endpapers, half-title and title pages. Pages lightly tanned. Gilt lettering to spine and emblem on front. Minor wear to spine. Binding tight. Clean interior.