WILLUGHBY (Francis) and John RAY.

lot 178 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

De Historia Piscium, Libri Quatuor, London: C. Davis 1743, folio, added engraved title dated 1685, 375 x 235mm, 185 engraved plates (of 187?), a few ... read more

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MARTYN (W F)

lot 179 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

A New Dictionary of Natural History, in 2 vols, London 1785, folio, title soiled, damaged and repaired, 100 hand coloured plates (first plate with ... read more

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PENNANT (Thomas)

lot 180 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

The View of Hindoostan, 2 vols London: Henry Hughs 1798, 4to, plates and folding map as called for, some typical age staining, uncut, detached ... read more

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[DARWIN (Erasmus)].

lot 181 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

The Botanic Garden, 2 parts in one, 1791 and 1789, 4to, general title, engraved frontispieces, 16 engraved plates, (pt. II calls for 2 plates which ... read more

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PENNANT (Thomas)

lot 182 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

British Zoology, in 4 vols., London 1812, large 8vo, uncut, additional engraved titles, numerous plates (c.293), some foxing, original cloth (4)

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WOOD (Anthony)

lot 183 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

Athenae Oxoniensis, An Exact History of the Writers and Bishops of... Oxford, in 2 vols., London 1721, folio, 2nd edition, titles in red and black, ... read more

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GIBBON (Edward)

lot 184 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, new edition in 12 volumes, London 1802, 8vo, folding maps, portrait, some general foxing and ... read more

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BAKER (Henry)

lot 185 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

Employment for the Microscope, first edition 1753, 17 engraved plates; note: the plate called for in the note to the binder at p.422 is bound in as ... read more

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WHITELOCKE (Lieut-General)

lot 186 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

Proceedings of a General Court Martial for the trial of Lieut.-General Whitelocke, first edition, 2 vols. in one, 1808, 2 maps, bookplate of General ... read more

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PAINE (Thomas)

lot 187 (The Library Sale, 9th Jan, 2020)

five 8vo works: A Letter addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the affairs of North-America, 1792; Miscellaneous Articles, 1792; Letter Addressed to the ... read more

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