Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802) translated by Giovanni Gherardini

GLI AMORE DELLE PIANTE Poema con Note Filosofiche di Erasmo Darwin medico di Derby. Traduzione dall'originale Inglese di Giovanni Gherardini medico di Milano.

Milan, Paolo Emilio Guisti 3rd italian edition 1818 . Duodecimo (10x16cm) vellum-tipped marbled boards, polished leather spine with gilt title and blind-stamped decorations 335pp (inc. title) +[1]p errata. *A lovely clean copy of this Italian translation of Darwin's very popular English poem (The Loves of the Plants), based on the Linnaean system of plant classification. Darwin and members of the Lichfield Botanical Society had earlier translated Linnaeus' work from Latin into English.

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Book number: V74806

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Keywords: Linnaeus plants botany poem

Dawson,George (1637-1700)

ORIGO LEGUM: or a Treatise of the Origin of Laws, and Their Obliging Power: as also of their Great Variety: and Why Some Laws are Immutable, and Some not; but may Suffer Change, or Cease to be, or be Suspended, or Abrogated. In Seven Books.

London, Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1694 . Folio contemporary calf, decorated panels blind-tooled, spine on 5 cords with remains of red gilt title label (edges scuffed, front cover splitting at spine but just held). Half-title, Titlepage printed in red & black and enclosed in a plain rule-border +[24]pp +168pp +219pp +[1]p catalogue. Card J.W. Bund Willis Caius Coll. On pastedown, name John Walpole Willis at head of title, endpapers browned & last few pages with marks of marginal damp, otherwise crisp & clean throughout. "Chap. X. Treachery and baseness not to be used in war" begins new pagination & register. Dedicated to King William & Queen Mary. Text in English with quotations & examples in Latin & Greek. *First edition of Dawson's only work, an interesting and scarce legal treatise (WING D459).

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Book number: V71165

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Keywords: law legal history morals

Derham,W. (William)

ASTRO-THEOLOGY or a Demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from a survey of the heavens. Illustrated with copper-plates.

London, W.Innys 1715 Folding copperplates [3 but one bound as frontispiece] by I. Senex + head & tailpieces & ornate initial capitals. . 8vo contemporary paneled leather, blind tooled with floral corners and intermediate scaled triangles. (rebacked) lviii + (6p=contents) +228pp +[2p=blank] +12p=index) + 16pp=publisher's book list) Newer endpapers and there is sl.tanning at beginning and end but with all pages crisp and bright. *The author was a corresponding contributor to the Royal Society, measuring the speed of sound to an accuracy that enabled Newton to use his figure in his Principia. Here he argues for a plurality of worlds, contrasts the various theories of Astronomers coming down on the side of the Copernican,arquing that fixed Stars are suns and there that there are many more as yet undiscovered,that the planets are worlds, theorizing on their inhabitants, but also asserting the Huygens is wrong when he says that there is no water on the moon as he claims to have seen lunar seas. However he is at pains to show that the regular motions,the pull of gravity, their light and heat and many other attributes do not conflict with their being a God. Chapters on eclipses,Rings of Saturn, comets etc and in Book VIII and interesting discussion of the practical inferences by for example Aristotle, Seneca, Tully and other early astronomers.

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Book number: V75722

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Keywords: astronomy observations

Catholic Devotions

GARDEN OF THE SOUL a manual of Devotion containing the public and private devotions of the most frequent uae

London, Burns Oates and Washbourne Ltd 2924 Frontispiece . "Ivorine" covers in imitation of ivory underpainted on celluloid to front cover + plain celluloid spine & lower cover with metal catch to upper cover. Front cover shows Christ with children in a garden [lacks wire catch/spine chipped/corners worn/minor scratches to covers] All Edges Gilt. Inner surface of the cover is hollowed out to show a one inch 3 dimensional metal Christ on the cross with IN-RI on scroll above.There is a gilt decoration around the shaped hollow and a brocade lining under the figure. This faces a Prayer page. Frontispiece titled "Sacred heart of Jesus",this faces the titlepage which is printed in red and black + 350pp + 168pp + inner rear cover with a similar recessed space with a pull-down flap for the storage of a crucifix or other devotional object. The pages a bit tired but there is no writing, no pages torn and this is a very unsual item bound in Belgium but printed in England.

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Book number: V75742

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Unusual binding + 3 dimensional Christ on the Cross

Almanack Diary

THE REGENT OR ROYAL TABLET OF MEMORY for 1824 with an almanack containing a variety of useful information embellished with twelve views…

London, 1824 Frontis of Rochester Castle by Goodall /C.Pye sculpt.+ 12 views of mansions,farm houses,churches, bridges, windmills etc. + 6 statues and monuments +13 pictorial headpieces + repeated decorative headers. . Envelope style red roan with tab to push through. [sm.split to beginning of tab] With leather sheath for original lead pencil with metal top. [134pp] Red duty stamp on page [2] and approximately 50 pages printed in red and black. Entirely UNUSED no writing no tears or creases, front cover with gusset pocket lower cover with thin pocket. A huge amount of information on banks, weather, royalty of Europe, law courts, tax acts, Army & Navy, ambassadors etc.

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Book number: V75286

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Keywords: Almanack Wallet envelope style

Dibdin,T. collects & arranges (Cruikshank illustrator)

SONGS OF THE LATE CHARLES DIBDIN

London, Murray 2nd edition 1841 Plates (10) by George Cruikshank . Small octavo disbound (spine eroded and split/lacks covers) xxxi+328pp some pale foxing but hardly affecting the plates. Subscriber list including the royal family (over 200 copies) and 500 to the Admiralty. A large collection of sea shanties, etc.

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Book number: V56260

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Keywords: nautical naval songs illustrated

Dickens,Charles & Quiz =(Edward Caswall) (Phiz =Harblot K Brown illustrations)

Sketches Of Young Ladies: In which these interesting members of the animal Kingdom are classified According to their several Instincts, habits, and general characteristics, BOUND WITH SKETCHES OF YOUNG GENTLEMEN dedicated to the young Ladies

London, Chapman and Hall 5th and 2nd edition 1837, 1838 Plates (6 + 6) by Phiz . TWO VOLUIMES BOUND IN ONE 154x100mm half calf with contrasting spine label (worn/covers detached/spine deficient) viii+80pp and viii+76pp+(4p)=publisher's catal. Coat of arms bookplate on FEP, a few signs of use but clean and tight and worth a reback. *Sketches of Young Ladies was written anonymously in 1837 and Dickens wrote the Sketches of Young Gentlemen in "answer" to the first.

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Book number: V68054

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Keywords: humor Victorian courtship

Dickinson,James (Quaker)

JOURNAL OF THE LIFE, TRAVELS And Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry of that Worthy Elder, And Faithful Servant of jesus Christ...

London, Raylton & Hinde 1745 . Octavo half calf marbled boards gilt rules to spine (tips worn/head of spine chipped) xxvii+172pp + 2 leaves of publisher's catalogue (mainly Quaker works) *This is a scarce account of a Quaker's journeys in America & the West Indes. This Journal mainly records his three trips to America & his travels around mainly the eastern seaboard & Barbados. He also preached in Ireland.

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Book number: V65405

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Keywords: American travel by Quaker West Indies

Cassius Dio (in the Epitome of Joannes Xiphilinus the Younger)

DIONIS NICAEI RERUM ROMANARUM A POMPEIO MAGNO AD ALEXANDRUM MAMAEAE EPITOME Authore Ioanne Xiphilino. [and same in Greek above this Latin title]. EX BIBLIOTHECA REGIA.

Paris (Lutetiae), Robertus Stephanus Cum privilegio Regis 1551 Nice Estienne printer's device on titlepage of basilisk wound round vine and floral headpiece and initial on first page of life of Pompey the Great. . Small quarto (23.5x14mm) half 19th century morocco on 5 bands gilt ruled with Greek title and brown marbled boards, marbled endpapers with neat Greek Athens bookseller's label, 357pp +[3]pp Variae Lectiones & Errata. Beautifully clean and crisp, handsome Greek typography. *Editio princeps of the epitome of Dio's Roman history, abridged in the 11th century by Joannes Xiphilinus, the only source for Dio's lost books 61-80, dealing with events from 47 B.C. to 235 A.D. Robert Estienne issued this epitome to compliment his folio edition of Dio Cassius of 1548. Printed in the gros-romain font of the "grecs du roi", cut by Claude Garamond.

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Book number: V73009

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Keywords: Greek history Caesars emperors Rome

Cassius Dio (edited Io. Leunclavius)

HISTORIAE ROMANAE LIBRI XLVI partim integri, partim mutili, partim excerpti. Io. Leunclavii studio tam aucti quam expoliti. Fragmenta priorum XXXIV amissorum, & posteriorum XX librorum. Notae Leunclavii, quibus Dionia plurima restituuntur. Adiectus index copiosissimus.

Frankfurt, Andreas Wechel 1592 Emblematic woodcut to titlepage + Foliated headpiece to first leaf of Text. The last page of the Index repeats the emblem of the Titlepage . 8vo Blindstamped vellum on raised spine bands, covers a bit marked and with several small worm holes to both inside and outside of covers. Old ink titling to spine. Eight preliminary leaves including titlepage with privilege to verso of title + a multi-folding genealogical tree is followed by 1101 text pages with last page not numbered. The index is not paginated but consists of 105 pages + the verso of last page is a repeat of the emblem on the titlepage. This work includes a Latin translation of the existing works from year XXX which is however fragmented and followed by XXXVI - LXXX followed by pages 931 to 955 in parallel greek & latin by Dionise Prioribus & by Dionis Posteriorum XX to 1002. Pages 1003 - 1101 completes the text and is followed by an index of 106 pp. CONDITION: Front inner hinge split, fly leaf loose & damaged with partial inscription. Lacks the clasps to both covers , minor staining to edges and some to cover. A marginal wormhole and from page 1 to 19 a one centimeter track then becoming a small single hole. At the end of the book the last 12 leaves have a marginal worm track nowhere near to text. Front inner cover with signature of Benjamin Fahl 1782. To fly leaf is an incomplete note. Titlepage with signature Mathaes Klock J.C. Text clean and neat with sidenotes to most pages.

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Book number: V76269

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Keywords: Roman History

Dodgson,Campbell late Keeper of Prints and Drawings

PRINTS IN THE DOTTED MANNER and other Metal-cuts of the XV Century in the Department of Prints and Dreawings British Musem

London, Trustees of the British Museum 1937 Plates from the museum collection (104 examples) on 43 leaves. The frontispiece is tinted in green and rose. . Folio green cloth gilt titled to spine (with library numbers to foot of spine/slight wear to head & f-oot of spine) 34pp + plates. Ex Library with neat 18mm circular stamp to all blank versos of the plates and also surrounding the plate number plus 6 more to the preliminaries & text.Neat shelving number to back of titlepage and with Cheltenham Reference Library label to pastedown. Facing this is a presentation plate "from the Trustees The British Museum dated 20th May,1937". A clean neat copy with fine large illustrations.

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Book number: V71297

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Keywords: incunabular woodcuts

Dore, Gustav

ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE HOLY BIBLE

No place, No Publisher No Date plates [226] by Gustav Dore . Large Quarto half calf and cloth sides with 3 compartments of spine only remaining [both covers detached/all leather edges worn/spine detached from lower board & missing about half the leather]All Edges are Gilt. THIS VOLUME has NO titlepage and no text, no page or picture numbers and the plates do not appear to be in any order. There are two free endpapers to front and back and each cover has clean, original pastedown. Of the two hundred and tweny six plates only a very small number have any foxing and that is mostly marginal. The plates are well printed, the verso is always blank, and the margin is wide and 95% clean and the paper thicker than a usual page. We surmise that this book of plates would be best sold as either individual pictures for framing or for grangerizing a bible that is being rebound.

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Book number: V75873

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: DORE Illustrations

Doyle, James E. (1822-1892)

Chronicle of England

Pr.Edmund Evans, Longmans,Green &c 1st edition 1864 Colour-printed text illustrations (81) by James.E. Doyle. . 4to full red gilt morocco with royal crest and tudor rose emblems rasied faux bands (tips sl.worn) All Edges Gilt; viii+462pgs; glue marks to gutter of Title. A few marks to early pages. Front inner hinge repaired and free EP re-inserted on a stub else V.G. The Illustrations are a marvel of technique and printed from up to 10 blocks printed by hand (Also the last book Evans printed on a handpress DNB) Evans called this his most carefully printed work.

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Book number: V56725

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: History England color printing high point

Doyle, James E (1822-1892)

Chronicles of England

Pr. Edmund Evans, Longmans, Green & c 1st edition 1864 Colour-printed text illustrations (81) by Jas. E. Doyle. . Quarto overall gilt cloth signed Timbury (rebacked, recornered/rubbed & gilt lines renewed at tips) All Edges Gilt; viii+462pp. Inscription for Xmas 1863 *Illus.from up to 10 blocks printed by hand (last book Evans printed on handpress DNB Vict.Binding in McLean p.114 Evans called this his most carefully printed work)

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Book number: V48034

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Keywords: History

Dudley,Robert

SECRET MEMOIRS OF ROBERT DUDLEY Earl of Leicester Prime inister and Favourite of QUEEN ELIZABETH Containing An Instructive Account of his Ambition, Designs, Intrigues, Excessive Power; His Engrossing the Queen, with the Dangerous Consequence of that Practice, &c. Written during his Life, and now Published from an Old Manuscript never Printed. To which is added a Preface by Dr. Drake.

London, Sam.Briscoe Sold by Ben.Bragg 1706 . 8vo leather with panels of tan leather & sprinkled leather on 5 raised bands with tooled decoration to covers [corners worn/edges rubbed/hinges cracked but held by all cords] titlepage + [30pp =Preface] +160pp 163-118pp [recte 218pp with all after p210 misnumbered 111-118] With printed side notes and printed small finger pinters to the margins. A clean crisp copy making for an interesting read.

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Book number: V75939

Catalogue: Antiquarian

Keywords: Queen Elizabeth court favourite