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imprint and the final leaf Bbbb10 blank but for printer’s device,
folio, contemporary calf over wooden boards, with label, gilt,
neatly rebacked retaining the original backstrip, label, endpapers
and fleaves: the first few leaves lightly dusty with old staining and
the title-leaf with neat repair to extreme lower outer blank corner
and the leaf lightly backed, but but still a well-margined and very
good to nice copy, with the 19C armorial bookplate of Daniel
Cresswell (“Naviter et sollerter”).
Adams 507, Johns only. “The folio edition of 1575 is magnificent and
valuable, containing for the first time, the commentaries of Valens,
Guellius, and an appendix of the corrections of Joseph Scaliger. “ -
Dibdin II. 546-7.
€400-€500 (£320-£400 approx.)
1373
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VOELCKER (John C. A.), FRS.
A collection of 44 works
on agricultural chemistry, etc., etc. 1855-65
Together 44 works in 1 vol, thick 8vo, contemporary half calf: in
very good to nice state
Voelcker (1822-1884) made a valuable contribution to the application of
chemistry to practical farming: an agricultural chemist, pharmacist at
Frankfurt-on-Main, attended Liebig’s lectures on agricultural chemistry
at Giessen, chemistry professor at Cirencester Agricultural College (1849-
63) where, by carrying out practical field experiments in combination
with scientific work in the laboratory he was able to put to the test
matters of agricultural practice and to study their scientific import,
consulting chemist to the Royal Agricultural Society of England (1857-
1884). Residing in London as a consulting chemist (from 1863) his
advice was constantly sought in technical and legal enquiries, such as
questions of sewage and metropolitan water supply. This valuable
collection of 44 items covers a very wide field, soil composition, manures,
milk, cheese, poisonous cheese, commercial value of artificial manures,
&c. and provides an ideal opportunity to acquire a considerable portion
of his many writings. “Voelcker’s work and writings were marked by
thoroughness and clearness. ” – D. N. B.
€100-€150 (£80-£120 approx.)
1374
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VOLNEY (Constantin-Francois de).
Travels through
Syria and Egypt, in the years 1783, 1784, and 1785. Containing
the present natural and political state of those countries, their
productions, arts, manufactures, and commerce; with
observations on the manners, customs, and government of the
Turks and Arabs. Translated from the French. In two volumes.
Dublin: Printed for Messrs. White, Byrne, W. Porter, Moore, Dornin,
and Wm. Jones,
1793
SECOND IRISH EDITION, pp xvi,557, (17), with half-title,2
parts (the second with drop-title) in 1 volume, with continuous
signatures and pagination, 8vo, original boards, uncut: wanting
front blank flyleaf, spine heavily worn, wanting most of
backstrip, joints cracked, upper board nearly off, internally fresh
and still a very good copy in near ‘as issued’ state.
No illustrations were included in this edition, which ESTC comments
was “not a reissue of the Dublin 1788 edition”. “Volney set out for the
Levant at the end of 1782. He spent three years travelling through Syria
and Egypt, mostly on foot. He travelled with Cassas in Syria in 1785.
This important work constitutes the [sic] one of the best exposes of
Ottoman Egypt. ‘One of the most exact and valuable works of the kind
ever published’ (Cox). “ - Navari 775.
ALSO WITH THIS LOT: (1)
WILLS (Charles J.), M. D.,
MRCS.
Behind an Eastern Veil. A plain tale of events occurring
in the experience of a lady who had a unique opportunity of
observing the inner life of ladies of the upper class in Persia.
Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons,
1894. FIRST
(?ONLY) EDITION, pages (8), 376, (1, blank), (2, adverts), 8vo,
original pictorial cloth, gilt: a very good to nice copy.
“A fictionalised account of the experiences of an English girl living in
Persia with her English father and Persian princess stepmother. “ -
Ghana 606. “Wills was one of the medical officers in Her Majesty’s
Telegraph Department in Persia, where he spent fifteen years, 1866-81. “
- Wolff 7240.
(2)
MAUNDRELL (Henry).
A journey from Aleppo to
Jerusalem, at Easter A. D. 1697. Also, a journal from Grand
Cairo to Mount Sinai, and back again. Translated from a
manuscript written by the Prefetto of Egypt, by the Right Rev.
Robert Clayton, Lord Bishop of Clogher.
Printed for J. White and
Co.,
1810. With 15 engraved plates (9 folding), pages xi, (1),282,
8vo, some light foxing, but a very good copy in the original
boards, uncut, with printed paper spine label.
A popular work, first published 1703, reprinted as late as 1848: French,
German and Dutch translations appeared. “Maundrell is entitled to
considerable praise as a judicious and careful traveller. “ - D. N. B.
(3)
LAWRENCE, T. E.
The Seven Pilars of Wisdom, a triumph,
1935-6, second impression 1936. (4)
€150-€180 (£120-£144 approx.)
1375
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WADE, (Walter)
Salices or an Essay Towards a General
History of Sallows, Willows, & Osiers, their Uses and Best
Methods of Propogating and Cultivating them.
Dublin, Graisberry
& Campbell,
1811.
Coloured engraved folding frontispiece. 8vo. Original boards
(Dusty). Very Good.
€100-€120 (£80-£96 approx.)
1376
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WADE, (Walter)
Salices or an Essay Towards a General
History of Sallows, Willows, & Osiers, their Uses and Best
Methods of Propogating and Cultivating them.
Dublin, Graisberry
& Campbell,
1811.
Coloured engraved folding frontispiece. 8vo. Original boards
(Dusty). Very Good.
€120-€180 (£96-£144 approx.)
1377
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WAFER (Lionel).
A new voyage and description of the
Isthmus of America. Giving an account of the author’s abode
there, the form and make of the country, the coasts, hills, rivers,
&c., woods, soil, weather, &c., trees, fruit, beasts, birds, fish, &c.
The Indian inhabitants, their features, complexion, &c., their
manners, customs, employments, marriages, feasts, hunting,
computation, language, &c. With remarkable occurrences in the
South-Sea and elsewhere. The second edition. To which are
added, the natural history of those parts, by a Fellow of the
Royal Society: and Davis’s Expedition to the Gold Mines, in
1702.
Printed for James Knapton,
1704
With folding map and 3 engraved folding plates, pp (15), (1,
adverts),283, (12), (1, adverts), 8vo, full polished calf, gilt
bordered sides, fully gilt spine, with label, gilt, yellow edges,
“Bound by J. Larkins / for E. W. Stibbs”, with bookplate of
Florence and Wolfe Sampson: with a short closed tear without
loss in margin of one plate and the joints tender, otherwise a very
good to nice copy in a fitted, fleece-lined, folding cloth case, gilt
lettered spine.
“One of the best accounts of the Isthmus of Panama … makes a strong
appeal to the English government to establish a settlement…Wafer, an
English surgeon, sailed to the West Indies in a trading vessel … deserted
in 1679 and joined with Lynch and Cook, celebrated buccaneers, who
brought him into contact with William Dampier … gained the
confidence and esteem of the indians with his medical skills, and so was
able to record much valuable information concerning them … Davis’s
report, appended to this second edition, is titled ‘An expedition of a body
of English-men to the Gold Mines of Spanish America, in 1702’ …
This second edition has a lengthier dedication than the first, this one to
John, Duke of Marlborough, as well as an additional page of
advertisements. “ - Hill 1797.
€500-€700 (£400-£560 approx.)
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