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339 Mason (Henry). The New Art of Lying, covered by Jesuits under the Vaile of Equivocation; Discovered and Disproved..., London: John Clark, 1634, blind embossed stamp to lower outer corner of first two leaves and one at rear, manuscript number to verso of title, final leaf lined to verso, worm holes & trails mostly to lower margins, later endpapers, contemporary sheep, old reback, upper joint split, 12mo (STC 17611), together with [Wanley, Nathaniel], The History of Man; or, the Wonders of Humane Nature, in Relation to the Virtues, Vices and Defects of both Sexes. With Examples Antient and Modern, Alphabetically digested under their Proper Heads. The whole Work being intermixt with Variety of Useful and Divertive Relations, never before Published, 1704, manuscript initials to title, few worm holes to fore-edge margins at rear, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, 8vo, with Oldfield (Joshua), An Essay towards the Improvement of Reason; in the Pursuit of Learning, and Conduct of Life, 1707, browning and spotting to gatherings at front & rear, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, with [Bordelon, Laurent], The Management of the Tongue..., Done out of French, 1706, title dustsoiled at foot, some toning and scattered spotting mostly to first & last leaves, front endpaper renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving original spine, lacking title label, 8vo, and Taylor (Thomas), The Metamorphosis, or Golden Ass, and Philosophical Works of Apuleius, Translated from the Original Latin, 1822, spotting at front & rear, contemporary half calf gilt, 8vo, plus Meier (George Frederick), The Merry Philosopher; or, Thoughts on Jesting..., 1764, contemporary half calf, joints cracked, small 8vo
336* Manuscript leaf. Illuminated manuscript vellum leaf with text from Psalm 146, France, circa 1400-1450, single vellum leaf with 12 lines of Latin text in brown ink, with illuminated initials in gold and colours, and illuminated border in gold and colours on each side, the text beginning ‘Beatus cuius deus jacob auxiliator eius spes eius in domino deo...’, and continues with the prayer from the requiem mass ‘Requiem Aeternam dona eis, domine et lux perpetua luceat eis...’, single small wormhole to centre of leaf, sheet size 155 x 110mm, mounted (1)
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340 Mill (John Stuart). A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive, Being a Connected View of the Principles of Evidence, and the Methods of Scientific Investigation, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1843, one gather in volume 1 partly unstitched, some damp marks to gutters of first few leaves, both copies inscribed to title-page versos, ‘John Commins, 1845’ and ‘Given to Wm. Merryfield, December 24th 1859’, original cloth-backed boards with printed paper labels to spines, rubbed, soiled and browned, split on joints and frayed at spine ends, lower cover to volume 2 detached, 8vo
£200-300
337 [Marryat, Captain Frederick]. Newton Forster; or, the Merchant Service, 3 volumes, 1st edition, 1832, half-titles present, occasional spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary speckled half calf, gilt & blind decorated spines with contrasting labels, 8vo, together with More (Hannah), Eugenia; or, the Dangers of the World: Interspersed with Religious, Moral, and Sentimental Reflections, 1st edition, Wellington, Shropshire: F. Houlston & Son, 1823, half-title, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine (faded), title label deficient, rubbed and light wear, 8vo, with [Johnston, Charles], The Reverie: or, a Flight to the Paradise of Fools, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1763, few marks and some toning, contemporary calf, lacking title labels, joints split and some wear, 12mo, with Edgeworth (Maria), Comic Dramas, in Three Acts, 1st edition, 1817, half-title, book list at rear, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints cracked, spine worn, 8vo, and [Southey, Robert & Coleridge, Samuel Taylor], Omniana, or Horae Otiosiores, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1812, half-titles, some toning and few marks, edges untrimmed, original boards, spines worn with loss, 12mo, plus other 18th & 19th century literature & poetry etc. (17)
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£200-300
341 Milton (John). Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books, 5th edition, 1691, engraved portrait frontispiece, 11 engraved plates only (lacking plate for Book V), biro annotation to title and to a couple of leaves, two leaves loosening at front, a few closed tears, holes and frayed fore margins, occasional light soiling, bound with Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes, 1688, 66 pp. & 57 pp., rear endpaper torn with loss, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, rubbed, folio First work Wing M2149. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (1) £100-200
342 Molyneux (William). The Case of Ireland’s Being Bound by Acts of Parliament in England... to Which is Added the Case of Tenures Upon the Commission of Defective Titles..., Dublin, 1725, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with early ink ownership name at head, front free endpaper with early ink annotations, inside front cover with book ticket of ‘Lt. Coll. P. T. French’, contemporary calf, covers with blind-tooled Cambridge panel decorations, spine and extremities rubbed, 12mo, together with Malvezzi (Virgilio, Marchese), The Chiefe Events of the Monarchie of Spaine, in the Yeare 1639, 1st edition, 1647, lightly browned with a few marks, recent mottled calf gilt, 12mo, plus [Godwin, Francis], Rerum Anglicarum Henrico VIII. Edwardo VI. et Maria regnantibus, annales, 2nd edition, 1628, title ( a little soiled) with woodcut printer’s device and early ink annotation, decorative woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initials, dampstain affecting six leaves, contemporary calf, rebacked and rubbed, 4to, plus 15 others similar, various formats
£250-350
338 Martyn (John). Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicorum Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, with an English Translation and Notes, 1st edition, 1741, 12 engraved hand-coloured and colour printed maps and plates (including map and plane tree leaf on one sheet), some light offsetting and soiling, contemporary calf, joints cracking, rubbed, 4to (1)
£300-400
£200-300
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£250-350