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GILLRAY (James).

Britania's Assassination. or___The Republicans Amusement, 1782.

"ONE OF THE BOLDEST POST-REVOLUTIONARY ATTACKS LEVELED AGAINST THE NEW MINISTRY"

£3,800

GUILLEMEAU (Jacques).

Child-Birth or, the Happy Deliverie of Women, 1612.

THE SECOND ENGLISH MIDWIFERY MANUAL

£15,000

MARTIALIS (Marcus Valerius)

Martialis cum duobus commentariis. Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis,… 1503.

A BEAUTIFULLY PRESERVED SCHOOL BOOK

£15,000

BOETHIUS

De consolatione philosophica. [Pseudo-Boethius:] De disciplina scholarium, 1489.

WITH THE IMPRESSION OF AN EARLY READER'S SPECTACLES

£25,000

FRENCH ARTIST

Illuminated calendar leaf on vellum for March/April from… 1490.

SAGITTARIUS & TAURUS

£4,500

[ANON.]

Poeme de Six Religieuses Ursulines, 1682.

SOME OF THE FIRST FEMALE MISSIONARIES TO THE NEW WORLD

£12,500

HESS (Ernst Ferdinand)

Speculum Judaeorum, Das ist, Juden Spiegel... Cologne, Willhelm Lützenkirchen,… 1602.

A CONVERT'S ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE OTHERS AWAY FROM JUDAISM

£1,400

KING Jr. (Martin Luther).

Dear Friend: Our national government , 1968.

KING'S LAST & MOST DARING DREAM

£2,250

PONTING (Herbert G.)

The Great White South, 1928.

INSCRIBED BY PONTING

£1,250

FRENCH ARTIST

Illuminated calendar leaf on vellum for May/June from… 1490.

GEMINI & CANCER

£4,500

GARNIER (Pierre)

The Battle of Ibera at which the Romans… 1480.

FROM A LAVISH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF ROME

£15,000

PARADIN (Claude)

Devises heroiques. Lyon, Jean de Tournes and Guillaume Gazeau, 1557.

INFLUENTIAL EMBLEMS, OWNED BY A POLISH EMIGRÉ ARISTOCRAT

£5,500

COUSTEAU (Pierre)

Le Pegme... mis en Francoys par Lanteaume de… 1560.

EARLY FRENCH EMBLEMS, IN ELABORATE BORDERS

£3,000

GOULD (John), & GOULD (Elizabeth), artist.

A Synopsis of the Birds of Australia, 1837.

A BEAUTIFUL COPY WITH DISTINGUISHED PROVENANCE

£22,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest).

The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9, 1909.

SIGNED BY ERNEST JOYCE

£3,750

CHARCOT (Jean-Baptiste).

Expédition Antarctique Française commandée par le Dr. J.… 1906.

TWO RARITIES, BOTH SIGNED BY CHARCOT

£7,500

SHACKLETON (Sir Ernest H.)

The Heart of the Antarctic, 1909.

WORDIE'S COPY OF THE DELUXE EDITION

£37,500

ERASTUS (Thomas).

De occultis pharmacorum potestibus. Basle, Pietro Perna, 1574, 1574.

ON PHARMACOLOGY & THE OCCULT, ANNOTATED BY AN EARLY PHYSICIAN

£4,500

LULL (Ramon)

Opera ea quae ad inventam ab ipso artem… 1598.

WITH 'REVOLUTIONARY' MOVING PARTS

£7,500

GONDALLIER DE TUGNY (Arthur Wulfrand), & PILLEUX (E.).

[Drawings of Mexico during the Franco-Mexican War.], 1863.

A REMARKABLE ALBUM OF SKETCHES BY A CORRESPONDENT FOR THE MONDE ILLUSTRÉ

£18,750

[KING Jr. (Martin Luther) president], & SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE.

Africa Freedom Dinner Program. Honoring: Mr. Tom Mboya,… 1959.

CIVIL RIGHTS & AFRICAN INDEPENDENCE

£1,500

COMPAGNIE BELGE DE COLONISATION.

Amérique central. Colonisation du district de Santo-Thomas de… 1844.

A BELGIAN COLONY IN GUATEMALA

£3,250

ALRIC (Abbé Henry Jean Antoine).

Esquisses d'un Voyage Autour du Monde et un… 1867.

A RARE ACCOUNT OF CALIFORNIA

£5,500

AELIANUS

Αιλιανου ποικιλης ιστοριας. βιβλια ιδ. Εκ την Ηρακλειδου… 1545.

EDITIO PRINCEPS

£5,000

MACHIAVELLI (Niccolò) & [DIECI DI BALÌA]

Manuscript document appointing Bernardino da Bartoli captain of… 1508.

DOCUMENT BEARING MACHIAVELLI'S NAME

£10,000

DIPLOMA

Paduan doctoral degree diploma, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 1641.

A SCOTTISH SCHOLAR IN ITALY, WITH THE ILLUMINATOR'S STRIKING ADVERTISEMENT

£10,000

PRUDENTIUS

Poemata omnia: quorum Catalogum proxima à Praefatione pagina… 1562.

RARE PRINTED DONATION EX-LIBRIS

£2,500

MARSTON (George).

[Watercolour of Penguins on an ice floe.], 1914.

A LOVELY IMAGE BY THE EXPEDITION ARTIST

£3,250

CHYTRAEUS (David)

Libellus de morte et vita aeterna, editio postrema.… 1590.

PLAYFUL & MISCHIEVOUS DEATH

£12,500

SANCHEZ VERREGO (Captain Alonso).

[Autograph memorial to the King with reference to… 1675.

SPANISH AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC: THE MANILA GALLEON & EXPLORING THE GULF OF CALIFORNIA

£25,000

[DARWIN (Charles).]

Funeral of Mr. Darwin. Westminster Abbey, Wednesday, April… 1882.

ONE OF 33 COPIES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS ONLY

£6,000

HYGINUS (Gaius Julius)

Poetica astronomica. (Edited by Jacobus Sentinus and Johannes… 1482.

THE FIRST DEPICTIONS OF THE CONSTELLATIONS IN A PRINTED BOOK

£25,000

HOROZCO Y COVARRUBIAS (Juan)

Emblemas Morales. Segovia, Juan de la Cuesta, 1589.

THE FIRST EMBLEM BOOK PRINTED IN SPAIN

£7,500

DE LA VEGA (Garcilasso)

Principe de los Poetas Castellanos, 1622.

A RARE EDITION OF DE LA VEGA'S SECULAR POETRY

£4,500

MOERENHOUT (Jaques-Antoine).

Voyages aux îles du Grand Océan, 1837.

A LOVELY COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

£7,500

OVIEDO Y VALDEZ (Gonzalo Fernandes de).

Libro XX, 1557.

THE FIRST AND SECOND CIRCUMNAVIGATORS: MAGELLAN & LOAISA

£62,500

[SCOTT (Sir Robert Falcon).]

Silver table cigarette box with engraved inscription from… 1904.

A GIFT FROM THE CAPTAIN

£15,000

DAVILA Y LUGO (Francisco). & [PERU, GRENADA, PUERTO RICO]

Don Francisco Davila i Lugo, vezino de la… 1638.

AN IMPORTANT FIGURE IN C17th AMERICAS

£1,500