992 Clark (John Willis and Hughes, Thomas McKenny). The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, 2 vols., 1st ed., Cambridge University Press, 1890, b & w plts. and illusts., doublepage col. litho map, orig. cloth gilt, spines frayed at head & foot, 8vo, together with De La Beche (Sir Henry T.), The Geological Observer, 1st ed., 1851, wood eng. illusts. & diags., blind library stamp to title and ink satmp to verso, free endpapers renewed, bookplates to upper pastedown, orig. cloth, rebacked preserving orig. spine, corners repaired, 8vo (3)
£70-100
993 Conybeare (William Daniel & Phillips, William ). Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales... , Part I [all pub.], 1st ed., 1822, folding hand-col. map frontis. and multi-folding hand-col. plt. of sections at rear, folding eng. plt. of instruments with description leaf, folding table, a few diags. to text, some spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (1)
994 Cossman (Alexandre Edouard Maurice). Catalogue Illustre des Coquilles Fossiles de l’Eocene des Environs de Paris, 5 vols. (including Appendices 1-5), Bruxelles, 1886-1913, numerous halftone plts., some marginal browning, contemp. linen-backed boards, rubbed and corners sl. bumped, 8vo
988 Buffon (Georges-Louis Le Clerc, Comte de). Barr’s Buffon. Buffon’s Natural History, Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals &c &c from the French, with Notes by the Translator [James Smith Barr], 10 vols., 1807-11, eighty-three eng. plts., 3 pp. ads. at rear of vol. 1, some spotting and occ. offsetting of plts. to text, ownership signature of W.T. Orde-Powlett dated 1874 to each title and his monogrammed armorial bookplate to pastedowns, contemp. half calf gilt over marbled boards with red leather spine labels, a little rubbed, 8vo An attractive set. (10)
£100-150
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£150-200
£200-300
989 Burnet (Thomas). Archaeologicae Philosophicae, or, the Ancient Doctrine concerning the Originals of Things, Written in Latin by Thomas Burnet, Faithfully Translated into English, with remarks thereon, two parts in one vol., 1729, together with Doctrina antiqua de reium originibus, or, an Inquiry into the Doctrine of the Philosophers of All Nations, concerning the original of the World, made English from the Latin original by Mr. Mead and Mr. Foxton, 1736, eng. vign. to title, peripherals a little dust soiled and with a little marginal worming, affecting some lettering and footnotes within signatures C-F of vol. 2, 19th-century presentation bookplates to front pastedowns and printed library rules to rear pastedown, contemp. uniform calf gilt bound as a matching pair, rubbed, some leather loss to upper cover of vol. 2, 8vo ESTC N2507 & T122356 respec. (2)
£100-150
990 Childrey (Joshua). Britannia Baconica: Or, the Natural Rarities of England, Scotland & Wales. According as they are to be found in every Shire..., 1st ed., printed for the author, 1661, lacks blank leaf A1, title with ink ownership inscriptions inc. Will Gossip 1755, several headlines shaved or cropped, light browning and spotting, 18th c. sheep, joints cracked and extrems. rubbed, 8vo Wing C3871. (1)
£200-300
991 Clark (John Willis and Hughes, Thomas McKenny). The Life and Letters of the Reverend Adam Sedgwick, 2 vols., 1st ed., Cambridge, 1890, portrait frontis. to each vol., two coloured maps (one double page), some spotting, autograph sentiment signed ‘A. Sedgwick’ loosely inserted, untrimmed, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and sl. soiled, some restoration to spines, large 8vo (2)
995 [Croft, Herbert]. Some Animadversions upon a Book Intituled The Theory of the Earth, 1st ed., 1685, imprimatur leaf facing title, and errata leaf at rear, a little scattered dust soiling contemp. speckled calf, old calf reback and restoration of corners, rubbed, upper joint cracked, 8vo Wing C6979. (1)
£100-150
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