NATURAL HISTORY, TRAvEL AND ASIAN

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120 BOCK, HIERONYMUS Kreutterbuch. Gemehret durch M. Sebizium. Strassburg: Josias Rihel, August 28, 1595.

(34 (of 36)), 470, (24). Folio, in beautiful sixteenth-century full leather binding on wood, blind-stamped foliate design, evidence of stamped leather spine label, with two brass clasps present. Illustrated by David Kandel with woodcut portrait, armorial, 570 woodcuts, five tail-pieces, contemporary hand-coloring, some cuts signed “D K” (David Kandel).

Hieronymus Bock (1498-1554) is considered one of the German founding fathers of botany, who marked a transition between medieval and modern botany with an insistence upon empirical descriptions and illustrations. A physician and a priest as well, Bock describes 567 of the 6,000 species of plants and their potential pharmacological use, including, for the first time, tubers and mushrooms, in his celebrated Kreuterbuch. David Kandel’s detailed engravings and occasional humor through the actions of human or animal characters, such as a man forcing regurgitation beneath a Fig Tree (“feigenbaum”), which incidentally Bock recommends as an emetic. The final portion of the book, illustrated with non-botanical genre scenes, is a gastronomic treatise wherein Bock discusses the four elements and the basic production of preserved meats, cheese, wines and other foods in the “German Larder.”

Repair to lower right corner of some pages, consisting mainly of the first 50 and last few; dampstain pp. 135137; brown markings to pp. 12-13; repaired tear to p. ii; a few short marginal tears; title page, a6 and half of p. 451 added as a facsimile; cover stained lightly with some wormholes; manuscript notations to endpapers; some creases; toning and some scattered staining; otherwise fine. Literature: Nissen BBI 182. Wellcome 914. $5,000-7,000

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121 TABERNAEMONTANUS, JACOBUS THEODORUS Neuw Kreuterbuch, mit schonen, kunstlichen und leblichen Figuren unnd Conterfeyten, aller Gewachss der Kreuter ... Frankfurt: N. Bassaeus, 1588-1591.

First edition of Jacob Tabermontanus’ encyclopedic Kreuterbuch. An attempt at a universal overview of all the known European flora, it was the most widely disseminated of the German herbals of its time. The illustrations, accomplished by an unknown artist, were acquired later by John Norton for use in the first edition of Gerard’s herbal.

Tabernaemontanus, gives significant weight to the pharmacological aspects of the plants he describes. He maintained the principle that Providence causes certain plants to grow in a region that are beneficial for the diseases that arise in it; a principle that still has followers today. He lived to see only the first part of his herbal published, in 1588. Numerous editions were published in Germany adding the last two portions of the work.

Slight restoration to fore edge and lower corner on first and last few pages vol. 1; vol. 1 repairs to larger portion of lower right corner on pp. 131 and 701 with some loss to text, extensive tear on pp. 685 and 797 repaired; front endpapers of vol. 2 renewed, vol. 1 repaired; hinges of binding repaired, some soiling and scuffing to leather; spines partially repaired with portion starting to detach on vol. 2; toning to pages, some loss at fore edges; some small marginal tears; minor staining to a few pages; otherwise fine. Literature: Adams T-540. Nissen BBI 1930. Pritzel 9093. $4,000-6,000 122 COBBETT, WILLIAM The Woodlands: or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting ... London: Printed and Published by William Cobbett, 1825 (but 1828).

8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition in book form. Hinges cracked; boards rubbed and brownspotting to marbling; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.; scattered foxing and toning to pages; offsetting from one engraving; otherwise fine. $100-200

123* KERNER VON MARILAUN, (ANTON) The Natural History of Plants. Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, ad Distribution. New York: Henry Holt, 1895.

Together with nine others, comprising: The Anatomy of Woody Plants. By Edward Charles Jeffrey. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1917). An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology. By J. Reynolds Green. London: J. & A. Churchill, 1900. A Laboratory Course in Plant Physiology. Second edition. By William F. Ganong. New York: Henry Holt, 1908. Justus Von Liebig. His Life and Work, (1803-1873). By W. A. Shenstone. London: Cassell, 1895. Huilerie Agricole. By P. D’Aygalliers. Paris: Hachette, 1919. Protein Metabolism in the Plant. By Albert Charles Chibnall. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1939. An Agricultural Atlas of England and Wales. By J. Pryse Howell. Southampton: University of Oxford, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Ordinance, n.d. Studies in Heredity as Illustrated by the Trichomes of Species and Hybrids of Juglans, Oenothera, Papaver, and Solanum. By William Austin Cannon. Washington, D.C.: The Carnegie Institution, 1909. Wilhelm Hofmeister. The Work and Life of a Nineteenth Century Botanist. By Dr. K. Von Goebel. London: Printed For the Ray Society, 1926. (10) Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

124* LOUDON, JOHN CLAUDIUS Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain ... London: Printed for the Author, 1838.

8 vols. 8vo, 3/4 calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt, maroon gilt-lettered spine label. Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text illustrations and 416 plates. Rubbing to boards with loss to edges; some loss to spine heads; toning and foxing to some pages; minor offsetting from plates; otherwise fine. Property from the William H. Moore Trust, Hobe Sound, Florida $600-800

125* MAUND, B. The Botanic Garden; Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain ... London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1825-1826.

Complete in 13 vols. with The Auctarium (2 parts), The Fruitist and The Flower Garden, all bound in 10 vols. 8vo, 3/4 green leather over marbled boards by Riley, spines decorated in six compartments with floral design, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. First edition. With 312 hand-colored botanical engravings (each with four figures) and additional hand-colored engravings in The Fruitist. Index leaves erratically bound but collated as complete (vol. 11 contains index to vols. 7-13). Volume numbers to spine do not always correspond to contents. Rubbing to boards, with rear board detached to vol. 12, upper hinge of spine and upper board detached from backstrip on vol. 5/6 and starting on 10; some brownspotting, but plates are clean; otherwise a fine set. Property from the William H. Moore Trust, Hobe Sound, Florida $3,000-5,000 125A ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES Recueil de plantes coloriees pour servir a l’intelligence des lettres elementaires sur la botanique. Paris: Poincot, 1789. With 44 hand-colored botanical plates by Jean Aubry. Together with 13 (of 38) volumes from Oeuvres Completes. Paris, 1788-1793.

15 vols. 8vo, full contemporary calf, gilt-stamped spine. Spines chipped on some vols.; rubbing to boards with hinges cracked; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; dampstaining to some pages; otherwise fine. $200-400

126 SOWERBY, JOHN EDWARD English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants. Edited by John T. Boswell Syme. Illustrated by John Edward Sowerby. London: Robert Hardwicke, 18631902.

13 vols., including supplement. 4to, 3/4 red morocco over matching cloth, gilt-lined, gilt-lettered spines, marbled endpapers, t.e.g. Third edition. With 1,937 engraved plates, nearly all hand-colored. Front board detached on four vols., with some loss to spine; textblock and f.f.e.p. detached to vol. 1; boards rubbed with some loss at corners to most vols.; some foxing to preliminaries; otherwise plates are in very fine condition. $1,500-2,500 The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray, 1885. 12mo, quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Third edition. Our Wild Flowers. By L. A. Twamley. London: Charles Tilt, 1739. 8vo, giltstamped cloth. Illustrated throughout with color plates. Gardens Near the Sea. By Alice Lounsberry. New York: Frederick A. Stokes, (1910). 8vo, giltstamped black morocco. Illustrated throughout with color plates. Property from the William H. Moore Trust, Hobe Sound, Florida $100-200

128 BESLER, BASILIUS Four engraved botanical prints from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). I. Ornithogalum Hispanicum spicatum II. Polygonatum vulgatius III. Polygonatum maius. I. Muscari obsoleto albo flore II. Muscari luteo flore III. Hyacinthus stellaris Bizantinus. First editions, Latin text to verso, later hand coloring. Together with Caryophyllis multiplex maximus variegatus. I. Caryophyllis multiplex florum ex rubro II. Caryophyllus multiplex flore carneo III. Caryophyllus purpureus fllore multiplici profunde laciniato. First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. Size of largest 22 1/2 x 18 inches. $2,000-4,000

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129 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Consolida regalis Aruensis flore variegato II. Consolida regalis multiplici flore argenteo III. Consolida regalis flore multiplici cinericeo. Together with I. Anthirrinum flore albo oris rubris II. Anthirrinum flore albo oris luteis III. Anthirrinum flore albo oris rubentibus. Two engraved botanical prints from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later hand-coloring. 20 3/4 x 16 3/8 inches each. $1,000-2,000

130 BESLER, BASILIUS I. Leotonpetalon II. Polium Alpinum flore luteo III. Bellis minor flore coeruleo. Together with I. Capparis Fabago II. Ononis flore luteo variegata non spinosa. Two engraved botanical prints from Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis, (Eichstat Nuremberg, 1613). First editions, De Luxe issues of Bishop’s edition, watermarked, no text to verso as issued, later handcoloring. Size of largest 20 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches. $1,000-2,000

131 CRISPIN VAN DE PASSE A group of three hand-colored engravings from Hortus Floridus, (1614). 7 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. $300-500

132 MERIAN, MARIA SIBYLLA A group of three hand-colored botanical engravings. Size of largest 12 x 8 inches. $300-500 133 THORNTON, ROBERT Anathomy of the Blue Passion Flower. London, 1799 (but later). Hand-colored lithograph from Thornton’s Temple of Flora. Framed and matted. Size of image 19 1/4 x 14 inches. $200-400

134 ALBIN, ELEAZOR A group of two hand-colored ornithological prints from A Natural History of Birds, London, 1731, comprising L’Ourigourap and Le Bacha. Size of largest 18 x 13 1/2 inches. $100-200

135 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (after) A group of four color lithograph plates of water fowl after John James Audubon, published by Abbeville, New York, 1985, after the original Havell Prints, comprising Scolopaceus Courlan, American Bittern, Richardson’s Jager, and Crested Grebe. Size of largest 27 1/4 x 40 1/2 inches. $200-400

136 AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES (after) A group of six color lithograph plates of water fowl after John James Audubon, published by Abbeville, New York, 1985, after the original Havell Prints, comprising Ruddy Duck, Western Duck, Tufted Duck, Velvet Duck, American Scoter Duck, and Pied Duck. Size of largest 27 1/4 x 40 1/2 inches. $400-600

137 CATESBY, MARK A group of two hand-colored engravings of pigeons by M. Seligman after Mark Catesby from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (c. 1749), comprising Pigeon a la couronne blanche and Pigeon de passage. Matted. 10 1/2 x 17 inches each. $600-800

138 CATESBY, MARK L’Hirondelle d’Amerique. A hand-colored engraving by M. Seligman after Mark Catesby from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (c. 1749). Matted. 10 1/8 x 17 inches. $400-600

139 CATESBY, MARK Sarcelle d’Amerique. A hand-colored engraving by M. Seligman after Mark Catesby from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (c. 1749). Matted. 9 1/2 x 15 inches. $400-600

140 CATESBY, MARK A group of two hand-colored engravings of falcons by M. Seligman after Mark Catesby from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands (c. 1749), comprising Petit Epervier and Epervier a Pigeons. Matted. Size of largest 10 2/3 x 16 1/2 inches. $600-800

141 VAUTHIER, ANTOINE CHARLES A collection of hand-colored ornithological plates. 9 x 6 inches each. $100-200

142 BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC A group of two hand-colored prints of reptiles, Le Naja ou Sepent a Lunettes and Le Lizard Vert. Matted. Size of largest 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. $100-200 143 BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC A group of three hand-colored prints of birds, comprising Le Poule Sultane, Le Courcou, and La PieGrieche Grise. Matted. Size of largest 9 1/3 x 7 inches. $100-200

144 BLOCH, MARCUS ELIESER A group of two hand-colored prints of fish from Icthyologie (Berlin, c. 1790), by J. F. Hennig and Ludwig Schmidt. Size of largest 10 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches. $100-200

145 ROBERT, NICHOLAS A group of three hand-colored engravings of butterflies, plants and larvae, seventeenth-century, one matted. Size of largest 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. $100-200

146* (AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES) AUDUBON, LUCY The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1894.

First edition. Together with The Birds of Minnesota. By Thomas S. Roberts. Minneapolis: The University of Minnesota Press, 1932. 2 vols. The Record of the Royal Society of London for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge. London: Printed for The Royal Society by Morrison & Gibb, 1940. Fourth edition. (4) Property from the University of Chicago $100-200 147 GREENEWALT, CRAWFORD H. Hummingbirds. New York: Published for The American Museum of Natural History by Doubleday, (1960).

4to, original green leather with pastedown color hummingbird illustration, publisher’s slipcase. Limited edition, number 50 of 500 signed copies. Illustrated throughout. Fine with no flaws. $300-500

148 SPILLER, BURTON L. A group of two limited editions illustrated by Lynn Bogue Hunt, comprising Grouse Feather, New York, 1935, number 931/950, and More Grouse Feathers, New York, 1938, number 396/950. New York: Derrydale Press.

2 vols. 4to, original brown cloth gilt with pastedown illustration. Minor fading to cloth; otherwise fine. $300-500

149 MATTHIESSEN, PETER Wildlife in America. Illustrated by Bob Hines. New York: Viking Press, 1959.

8vo, original quarter textured cloth over illustrated teal boards, dust jacket unclipped, illustrated endpapers. Minor rubbing to jacket; otherwise fine. $80-120

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150 MILLAIS, J. G. The Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland. London, New York and Bombay: Longmans, Green, 1904-1906.

3 vols. Folio, original blue gilt-stamped cloth-backed boards, t.e.g. Limited edition. Illustrated throughout with chromolithograph plates after Millais, Thorburn, and Lodge and black and white photogravure plates. Tear to f.f.e.p. vol. 3; intermittent foxing; ex-library copy with call-numbers to spines; minor wear to cloth; otherwise a fine set. $200-400

151 SAUSSURE, HENRI DE Memoires pour servir a l’histoire naturelle du Mexique des Antilles et des Etats-Unis. Geneve: Imprimerie Jules-Gme Fick, 1858-1864.

3 (of 4) vols. bound as one, comprising Memoires 1, 2, and 4. 4to, quarter morocco over marbled boards. With 15 lithograph plates, of which three are hand-colored, depicting crustaceans, myriapodes and orthoptera. Wear to boards with outer hinges cracked, some loss to spine at lower compartment and ends; corners bumped; some intermittent foxing; otherwise fine. $600-800

152* (DARWIN, CHARLES) DARWIN, FRANCIS, ed. The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. Including an Autobiographical Chapter. London: John Murray, 1887.

3 vols. 8vo, original green cloth-backed boards, giltlettered spines, frontispiece portraits. Second edition. Light edgewear; minor soiling to boards; hinges starting; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $200-400 153* (DARWIN, CHARLES) HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK Charles Darwin: His Life and Work. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1891.

Together with 10 others pertaining to and written by Darwin and his contemporaries. Comprising: Questions of the Day and of the Fray. No.XII. Charles Darwin, 1809-1882. An Appreciation. By Karl Pearson. London: Cambridge University Press, n.d. Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. By Leonard Huxley. London: Macmillan, 1900. 2 vols. Emma Darwin: A Century of Family Letters, 1792-1896. Edited by Henrietta Litchfield. London: John Murray, 1915. 2 vols. Darwin and Butler. Two Versions of Evolution. The Hibbert Lectures, 1959. By Basil Wiley. London: Chatto & Windus, 1960. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of The Countries Visited During the Voyage of the H. M. S. “Beagle” Round the World. By Charles Darwin. London: Ward, Lock, n.d. Animal Communities in Temperate America, As Illustrated in the Chicago Region. A Study in Animal Ecology. By Victor E. Shelford. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (1913). Darwin and Evolution. By J. K. Crellin. New York: Jackdaw, n.d. A Calendar of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin, 1821-1882. Supplement to the Calendar. Cambridge: The University Press, 1994. (11) Property from the University of Chicago $150-250

154 (GEOLOGY) CURWOOD, JAMES OLIVER The Great Lakes. The Vessels That Plough Them: Their Owners, Their Sailors, and Their Cargoes. New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1909.

8vo, original blue gilt-lettered cloth with photo to upper board, t.e.g. First edition. Complete with folding map and 72 illustrations. Ex-library copy with embossed library stamp to title page; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; hinges tender; some light dampstaining; minor wear to boards; otherwise fine. $200-400 155* (GEOLOGY) SEDGWCK, ADAM The Life and Letters of The Reverend Adam Sedgwick. By John Willis Clark and Thomas McKenny Hughes. Cambridge: The University Press, 1890. 2 vols.

Together with The Founders of Geology. By Sir Archibald Geikie. London: Macmillan, 1897. Life and Letters of James David Forbes. By John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. London: Macmillan, 1873. Diamonds. By Sir William Crookes. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. The Age of Pithecanthropus. By Dr. Ir. L. J. C. Van Es. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1931. (6) Property from the University of Chicago $200-400

156 (ANTHROPOLOGY) FIGUIER, LOUIS The Human Race. New York: D. Appleton, 1872.

8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers. First edition. Complete with eight chromolithograph plates and numerous in-text wood engravings. Rubbing to boards; hinges slightly tender; otherwise fine. $100-200

157* (ARCHAEOLOGY) GODMAN, F. DUCANE AND SAVIN, OSBERT, ed. (MAUDSLAY, A. P.) Biologia Centrali-Americana: Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico and Central America. London: R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., 1889-1902.

16 parts. Folio, original cloth over paper boards. Illustrated throughout. Incomplete, plate volumes only, Of Archaeology, parts 1-17, lacking part 8. Boards faded and worn; spines frayed; hinges cracked; ex-library copy with stamps to f.f.e.p. and bookplates to front boards, all vols. Property from the University of Chicago $100-200

158 (ARCHAEOLOGY) WOOD, JOHN Choir Gaure, Vulgarly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, Described, Restored, and Explained; In a Letter to The Right Honourable Edward Late Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer. Oxford: Printed at the Theatre, 1747. With frontispiece of Bladud and four (of five) folding plates. Bound with A Description of the Exchange of Bristol: Wherein the Ceremony of Laying the First Stone of the Structure; together with that of Opening the Building for Publick Use, Is particularly Recited. Bath: s.n., 1745. With Subscriber’s List and eight plates of architectural views, six of which are double-page.

8vo, full contemporary tree calf, gilt-lettered spine. Autograph letter from Job Edwards, of Amesbury, to John Knowles, asking if the former may purchase the book from the latter, dated December 4, 1858. Spine split down center; lacking one plate to Choir Gaure, although all fold-out plates are present; minor scattered spotting and some toning to pages; otherwise fine. $3,000-5,000

159* CAMPBELL, LORD GEORGE Log Letters from “The Challenger.” London: Macmillan, 1876.

8vo, original blue cloth, gilt-lettering to spine. First edition. With fold-out color map. Soiling to boards with rubbing to spine; hinges starting; light foxing throughout; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago $400-600

160* PURCHAS, SAMUEL Hakluytus Posthumus, or, Purchas His Pilgrimes. Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and Lande Travells by Englishmen and others. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1905.

20 vols. 8vo, original blue cloth-backed boards with gilt-stamped titles to spines and insignia to upper boards, t.e.g., titles in red and black. Illustrated throughout with plates and maps, some folding. Dampstaining to boards with edgewear; intermittent foxing and some water damage; otherwise fine. $400-600 161 STANLEY, HENRY M. In Darkest Africa; or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin governor of Equatoria. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890.

2 vols. 8vo, original gilt-stamped green cloth. With folding map to the rear. Wear to boards with some fraying at spine ends. Together with The Achievements of Stanley and Other African Explorers. By Hon. J. T. Headley. Philadelphia: Hubbard Bros., 1878. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa. By Henry Barth. Philadelphia: John E. Potter, n.d. (4) $150-250

162* WARD, HENRY GEORGE Mexico in 1827. London: Henry Colburn, 1828.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary leather boards, titles in gilt to maroon leather spine labels, marbled endpapers. First edition. Illustrated throughout with 13 engraved plates (seven fold-out, one hand-colored), two fold-out maps, and numerous in-text tables and illustrations. Rubbing to boards with some loss; light intermittent foxing to some leaves; otherwise fine. Property from the William H. Moore Trust, Hobe Sound, Florida $600-800

163 YOUNG, G. O. Alaskan Yukon Trophies Won and Lost. Huntington, West Virginia: Standard Publications, 1947.

8vo, turquoise pictorial calf boards, map endpapers, dust jacket, photographic frontispiece. Second edition, black and white photographs throughout. Account of the author’s 1919 hunting trip for sheep and other game in Alaska. Spine ends slightly bumped; minor soiling and chipping to edges; stamped “Highsmith” to verso of dust jacket; otherwise fine. $100-200

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164 (MAP) ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM A group of four hand-colored copper-engraved maps of the continents from Theatro del Mondo, on full sheets of Italian text, this edition, often referred to as the plagerized version, closely copied from Philip Galle’s 1593 edition. (c. 1598). Some darkspotting; otherwise fine with very bright coloring and no tears.

Comprising (Europa), Africae tabula nova, Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio, and Asiae nova desc. $1,000-2,000

165 (MAP, EUROPE) A group of two engraved maps of Central Europe.

Lotharingia Ducatus; vulgo Lorraine. By J. Bleau. Amsterdam, (1635). Hand-colored borders and coatof-arms to lower right corner. Full margins. Dutch text to verso. 1-inch tear to center hinge; center hinge reinforced slightly; chipping and toning to edges.

Coloniensis Archiepiscopatus. By H. Hondius. Amsterdam, (c. 1630). Uncolored engraved map with numerous coats-of-arms indicating territories. French text to verso. 4-inch tear to center hinge; center hinge reinforced; 1-inch tears to left margin, upper left corner, and lower right edges; toning to lower left and right corners and light brownspotting; otherwise sound. Size of largest 20 x 23 1/4 inches. $100-200

166 (MAP, SCOTLAND) BLEAU, J. A group of two hand-colored copper engraved maps of British Isles. (Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1654). Each with richly hand-colored borders, forests, mountain ranges and towns, decorative cartouches and handcolored compass roses. Both framed and matted.

Mula Insula, quae ex Aebudarum numero una est et Lochabriae ad occasum praetenditur: The Yle of Mul, whiche is one of the westerne yles, and lyeth ovir against Lochabyr. With elaborate cartouche of a sea God and other sea creatures; second cartouche surrounded by puti. Ila Insula, ex Abdarum majoribus una: The Isle of Ila, being one of the biggest of the Westerne Yles. Handcolored cartouche. 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches each. $100-200 167 (MAP, SCOTLAND) BLEAU, J. Scotia Antiqua, qualis priscis temporibus, Romanis praesertim, cognita fuit quam in lucem eruere conabatur. (Amsterdam, 1643 or later)

Hand-colored copper engraved map of Scotland, framed in two sections, with hand-colored decorative cartouche to upper right corner. Latin text to verso. Even toning; chipping along bottom edge with some loss and 1-inch tear to right edge; some brownspotting; otherwise sound. Together with another hand-colored map of the British Isles by Blaeu, Cantyra Chersonesus, Cantry a Demie-yland. Two vertical creases; 2-inch tear to bottom portion of the central fold and some small tears along lower edge; minor brownspotting; otherwise sound. $100-200

168 (MAP, SCOTLAND) BLAEU, J. A group of three hand-colored copper engraved maps of British Isles. (Amsterdam: J. Blaeu, 1654) French text to verso of one, Latin text to verso of others. Each with richly hand-colored borders, forests, mountain ranges and towns, decorative cartouches and hand-colored compass roses.

Iura Insula. The Yle of Iura one of the westerne Iles of Scotland. Auct. Timoth. French text to verso. Large decorative cartouche framed by winged sea nymphs. Minor browning to top edge; center hinge reinforced; few marginal brownspots; otherwise fine.

Ila Insula ex Aebudarum majoribus una. The Yle of Ila, being on the biggest of the the Western Isles. Latin text to verso. Decorative cartouche, large ships and two compass roses. Minor browning to top edge; center hinge reinforced; few marginal brownspots; otherwise fine.

Lorna cum insulis vicinis et provinciis eidem conterminis. Lorn with the Yles and provinces bordering there-ypon. Latin text to verso. Decorative title cartouche framed by sheep skins. Additional decorative dedicatory cartouche to lower left with coat-of-arms of D. Iacobo Balfourio. Compass rose and fisherman drawing nets. Light browning throughout; some slight chipping to edge; center hinge; reinforced. 20 3/4 x 24 3/4 inches each. $200-400 169 (MAP) ZATTA, ANTONIO A group of two hand-colored copper engraved maps published by Antonio Zatta.

La Scozia settentrionale, divisa nelle sue contee particolari. Di nuova Projezione, Venice, 1779, and La Croazia, Bosnia, e Servia, Venice, 1782. 15 x 17 1/2 inches each. $100-200

170 (MAP, BALKANS) SEUTTER, MATTHEW A group of six hand-colored copper engraved maps by Matthew Seutter engraved by Tobias Lotter. (Augsburg, c. 1740) Each with detailed decorative cartouches, featuring military scenes.

Regnum Bohemiae cum adiunctis Ducatu Silesiae et Marchionat: Moraviae et Lusatiae representans, Neu und verbessertes Ungarisches Kriegs-Theatrum in Servien und dem Bannat Temeswar, Bohemiae Regnum, Novissima Tab. Danubii et praesertim Hungaria cum aliis adjacentib Regnis, Saxoniae Superioris Circulus ob oculos sistens Ducatet Electorat Saxon, March, Misniae, (etc....), and Marchionatus Brandenburgensis Ducatus Pomeraniae et Ducatus Mecklenburgicus. Some marginal toning and dampstaining; chipping to edges of some maps; one map appears to have been washed; otherwise fine. 8 1/2 x 12 inches each. $100-200

171 (MAP, BALKANS) HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTIST Danubii fluminis (hic ab urbe Belgrado, per Mare Negrum usqe Contantinople defluentis exhibiti) Pars Infima in qua Transylvania, Walachia, Moldavia, Bulgaria, Servia, Romania et Bessarabia cum vicinis Regionibus ostenduntur a Ioh. Bapt. Homanno. S. C. M. Gegr. Norimbergae. Nuremberg, n.d. (c. 1720)

Hand-colored copper engraved map showing the Balkan region of Europe and the route of the Danube into the Black Sea. Even toning; small tear to lower right corner and slight chipping to edges; center hinge reinforced; otherwise fine. 21 x 24 1/2 inches. $200-400

172 (MAP, CROATIA) SEUTTER, MATTHEW Exactissima Ducatus Carniolae Vinidorum Marchia et Histriae delineatio. (Augsburg, c. 1760)

Hand-colored copper engraved map of Serbia and Croatia. Engraved by Tobias Lotter. Inset map of Czirnizer lake and surrounding area flanked by coat-of-arms. Large decorative cartouche to upper right featuring a pastoral landscape with the Gods Demeter and Hermes. Toning to upper margin; center hinge reinforced; surface appears to have been washed; watermark visible; no text to verso. 20 1/2 x 24 inches. $100-200

173 (MAP) WEIGEL, CHRISTOPHER Scena Historiarum Occidentalis Quinti Seculi P.N. Chr. in qua Imperii Romanorum & Accolarum Barbarorum Status Sistitur accurate. Nuremberg, n.d. (c. 1720)

Hand-colored engraved map of Europe and North Africa, with inset Western Hemisphere map to upper left corner. Some light marginal darkening; wear to top right edge; small tear to bottom edge middle; otherwise a good impression. $150-250

174* (KORAN) An illuminated Koran. Nineteenth-century. 8vo, tooled leather binding and matching carrying slipcase. Richly illuminated in gilt and colors, text in Arabic. Some dampstaining, otherwise fine. Property from the Estate of Louise B. Young, Lake Forest, Illinois $300-500

175 (KORAN, LEAF) An illuminated manuscript leaf from a Koran, eighteenth-century, framed in gilt with blue, pink and orange floral designs, in an elaborate gilt-wood frame. Size of frame 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches. $200-400

176 NARINSKY, S. Old Jerusalem. The Holy Land. 1910-1921. The Photogravures of Narinsky. Jerusalem: Jamal Brothers, 1920.

4to, loose as issued in publisher’s linen-backed clamshell box, leather label to front and spine of box. A set of 110 photogravures of holy sites, personalities, Jews, Bedouins, historical ruins and cityscapes. Each image is mounted to a larger sheet and laid in folder. With typed index. Fine. $400-600

177 BING, S. Japanischer Formenschatz. Leipzig: E. A. Seemann, n.d. (c. 1888)

6 vols. 4to, 3/4 blue cloth over illustrated boards recreating Japanese masterpieces. Illustrated throughout with chromolithograph plates featuring ornamental designs of Japanese wood block prints, scrolls and other decorative arts. Pages evenly browned; some pages detached in suites, but laid in, with chipping to fore edges; wear to boards; otherwise fine. $150-250

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178 DU HALDE, (JEAN BAPTISTE) The General History of China. London: Printed by and for John Watts, 1736.

4 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-stamped title to spine, marbled endpapers. First English edition. Complete with four frontispieces, four folding maps and 15 plates (12 folding). Some light brownspotting; 2-inch separation at crease to map of China and Chinese Tartary (vol. 1); some corners folded over to vol. 4; bookplate “M. Robinson” tipped in front pastedowns; otherwise fine. $800-1,200

179 MAO ZEDONG (CHAIRMAN MAO) Mao Zhu Xi Yu Lu.(Quotations of Chairman Mao, “Little Red Book”) Compiled and edited by Tian Xiao Guang. Peking: The Central Intelligence Bureau of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, (1964).

12mo, original white sewn wraps fitting inside flexible plastic red vinyl dust-jacket with embossed title and Red Star to upper cover. First edition, first issue, with half-title printed in red, title printed in green and red, portrait of Chairman Mao in brown ink and Lin Biao’s calligraphic endorsement (“Study Chairman Mao’s writings, follow his teachings and act according to his instructions”) in black ink. Second binding, simultaneously printed with copies in first paper wrappers, but the vinyl took longer to produce and was thus released shortly after. It is the second most printed book in history, only after the Bible, with an estimated five-billion copies produced in more than 100 languages in the past forty-five years.

The present copy retains the rare one-page endorsement by Lin Bao. Having been accused of plotting to assassinate Mao Tze-Tung, Lin Bao, the former Vice-Chairman of the CCP, was declared a national traitor and individuals were strongly encouraged to tear out his endorsement from copies of Mao’s Quotations. Thus, first editions, such as the present copy, that retain the endorsement are exceedingly rare.

Some very minor toning to endpapers; otherwise an exceptionally fine copy with no visible defects. $3,000-5,000

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180 SHIGEMORI, MIREI Nihon No Niwa. (Japanese Landscape Gardens) I. Meien Hen. II. Sakuti hen, sozai hen. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha, (1975-1981).

2 vols. Folio, original gilt-stamped green and red cloth, publisher’s linen folding case. An impressive survey of Japanese gardens profusely illustrated with color plates. Text in Japanese - index in English. Some light dampstaining to case; otherwise fine. $1,000-2,000

181 (ASIAN) A group of 15 books pertaining to Asian art.

Japanese Ceramics of the Last 100 Years. By Irene Stitt, (1974). Images From the Floating World. The Japanese Print. By Richard Lane, (1978). A Dictionary of Japanese Artists. Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer. By Laurance P. Roberts, (1976). The Theatrical Prints of the Torii Masters. By Howard Link, 1977. Traditional Woodblock Prints of Japan. By Seiichiro Takahashi, (1976). Japanese Color Prints. By M. Robert Shuster, n.d. China: A History in Art. By Bradley Smith & Wango Weng, n.d. Japanese Prints: From the Early Masters to the Modern. By James A. Michener, (1959). Ukiyo-E. 250 Years of Japanese Art. By Roni Neuer and Susugu Yoshida, (1979). Contemporary Japanese Prints. By Michiaki Kawakita, (1967). Hokusai: Paintings, Drawings and Woodcuts. By J. Hiller, (1955). Oriental Ceramic Art. By S. W. Bushell. Sotheby and Co., (1980). Highly Important Japanese Prints, Illustrated Books, Drawings and Fan Paintings from the Henri Vever Collection: Part II, (1975). The Grammar of Japanese Ornament. By George Audsley, (1989). $200-400

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