Cologne: Ioannem Gymnicum, 1586. Second Edition. Octavo, 468, [60], 123, [1], [52]; G+; Contemporary goat vellum, with elaborately tooled panels on front and back covers, spine banded with gaded handwritten lettering; Boards show moderate wear to bottom edges and corners, light plus wear to spine and overall, and light plus soiling and toning overall; Text-block has light shelf-wear to bottom edge, some mild soiling to fore-edgelight age-toning to page interiors, an instance of worming to margins in top-left quadrant of pages from ffep to page 7, and an ink inscription to title-page (“Biblioteca Viennensis / 1906”); a.e.d.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Leipzig: Ex Officina Weidmanniana, 1737. Quarto, [88], 941 pages, [79]; G+, Full contemporary vellum with banded spine and handwritten lettering; Covers tooled; Boards show light soiling overall, bowing to front and back covers, and the vellum is cracked along the joint of the front cover; Text-block has light age-toning to speckled edges, and very light foxing to pages. An important work from the foremost Dutch humanist jurist of the 18th century.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: A. Millar, 1752. First Edition. 12mo, 341 pages, [25]; G+; Full calf binding; Banded spine with blank paper labels; Boards show significant cracking to leather along joints, light wear to edges, moderate wear to head and tail of spine, and slight warping to back cover; Text-block has very light age-toning to edges.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

London: James Flesher for R. Royston, 1662. First Edition. Folio, [11], 458 pages, [10], pp. 3- 733, [5]; VG-; Full contemporary calf, rebacked, tooled spine with gilt lettering; Boards have moderate plus wear to front and back covers, moderate wear to corners and bottom edge, and light shelf-wear to leather on spine (especially head of spine); Text-block has moderate plus age-toning to edges, and light plus age-toning to ffep and frontispiece engravings; The bookplate of Ernest Benzon appears on the front pastedown, and signature of a former owner reading “Derby” appears on the address leaf; title-pages are red-ruled; Includes two double-page plates, an engraved title-page, and another full page engraving.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Exeter: George Lamson, 1824. First American Edition. Octavo, viii, 367 pages; G+; Full contemporary sheepskin, with morocco spine label and gilt lettering; Boards have light plus wear to bottom edges and corners, light chipping to head and tail of spine, and moderate shelf-wear to covers and spine overall; Text-block shows moderate age-toning to edges, moderate foxing to free end pages (front and back), occasional light foxing to pages, and some ink emendations on front pastedown.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

[London]: E. Nutt, 1716. Second Edition. Octavo, [8], 261 pages, [11], [14], 148 pages, [25]; VG-; Full Contemporary Calf, tooled; Banded spine with morocco label and gilt lettering; Boards have light wear to edges and corners, and front cover is slightly warped; Text-block has light age-toning to edges.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Philadelphia: Robert Bell, 1772. Quarto, [4], 119 pages, [1], xii, 155 pages, [1]; VG; Rebound in modern three-quarters red leather with red cloth boards; Gilt ornamentation and titling to paneled spine and gilt ruling to boards; Minor wear and rubbing to edges and corners of boards, and to tops of joints; Text block age-toned and foxed; Names of two previous owners, Alexander J. Frick and George A. Frick, to first three printed pages. Also included (not bound in) is a small unsigned note in blue pen, stating that the book was given to its original owner, John Frick, by the author.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

London: John Streater, Eliz. Flesher, and Henry Twyford, 1673. Very small octavo, [2], 366 pages, [8]; G; Rebound; Half bound in black leather with gilt lettering to spine and purple cloth boards; Front joint significantly cracked with some rubbing to rear joint; Minor rubbing to head and tail of spine and to edges and corners of boards; Bookplate of Roland Sinclair to front free endpaper; Text block age-toned with scattered small stains; Top margin much trimmed, impacting headers on some pages; scattered annotations to margins.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: Henry Lintot, 1742. First Edition. Slim 12mo., [82], [4]; G+; Rebacked, 1/4-Moroccan bound with marbled boards, banded spine with with no lettering; Boards show moderate plus wear to corners and edges, chipping to leather at tail of spine (quires exposed), significant age-toning and light shelf-wear overall, and ink emendations to front cover in prior owner's hand (indicating title and publication date); Text-block has moderate foxing and age-toning to edges, and light age-toning throughout; Lacking final leaf; New York attorney and political figure John K. Porter's copy (his name appears on the cover, front pastedown and title-page); The ex librii of two former owners appear also, one on front paste-down the other on ffep (Johann Lawrence and [illegible]).; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Dublin: E. Lynch, et al. 1787. First Dublin Edition. Octavo, [4], li, 510 pages, [4], pp. 513-578; VG; Rebound, 1/4 calf with marbled board; spines banded with morocco label and gilt lettering; Boards have very light wear to corners and along leather of joints; Text-block shows moderate age-toning to edges, and light foxing.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: J. Almon, 1770. Small Octavo, 56 pages; VG; Bound in full modern mottled calf by Bayntun-Riviere; Boards show very light wear to bottom edges and slight bowing to back cover; Text block lightly age-toned on edges; Bookplate of William Tarun Fehsenfeld to front paste-down.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

London: Jacob Tonson, 1707. First Edition. 12mo; VG; [10], 240 pages; VG; Rebound in quarter red calf with gilt lettering to spine and cloth boards; Slight scuffing of leather at head of spine, rubbing at corners of boards; Text block age-toned with very minor chipping to corners of first four leaves; minor insect damage throughout.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: T. Becket and T. Cadell, 1771. Folio, [4], xl, 598, [18]; VG+; Rebound in 1/2-red leather and cream cloth, with banded spine and silver lettering; Boards show light soiling to front cover; Text-block has light soiling and wear to edges; Includes frontispiece and engraved portrait of Harrington.; RW consignment; shelved above case 4. More

Helmstadt: Henning Muller; Jeremiah Rixner, 1633-1652. Various. Octavo, [8], 318 pages, [14], [12], 130 pages, [ 6], [112], 86 pages, [ 12], [8], 222 pages, [4], [104], [32], [32], [42], [114], [60], [40], [80]; VG-; Full contemporary vellum with faded black text on spine; Covers show moderate age-toning and light plus soiling overall, with significant warping to front cover; Text-block has light wear to corners of edges, light soiling to title-page, ink emendations in late 17th-century hand on front pastedown, and the ownership stamp of the Joh. Georg. Klemm library appears on the first title-page.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: S.I. [John Starkey?], 1681. Second Edition. 12mo., [14], 293 pages; VG; Modern morocco backed marbled boards, with banded spine and gilt lettering; Boards have light wear to corners; Text-block has moderate plus age-toning to edges and slight chipping to edges from title-page through page 13 (not affecting text).; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Jena: Tobias Oehrling. Presumed First. Square octavo, [8], 315 pages, [29]; G+; Disbound, and now placed in maroon paper wrappers; title-page is torn at bottom corner; Occasional light staining to pages.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

London: A. Millar, 1763. Quarto; [5], 46, [1 (blank)], 64, *64-*71, 65-198, [8], [3]-497, [1 (blank)] pages; VG-; Bound in full brown leather, rebacked, with earlier red leather label to spine; Boards lightly rubbed; Corners significantly rubbed and bumped; Text block lightly age-toned and foxed; Damp staining to top margin visible on pages 223-256.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Philadelphia: W. Duane, 1805. Second Edition. Tall 12mo, 96 pages; VG-; Rebound in red library binding with white lettering on spine; Some significant staining to pages, with moderate foxing throughout.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

New York: Edward Gillespy, 1813. Presumed First Edition. Octavo, [4], 138 pages, cxxviii, [6]; G; Original boards, with paper spine and black lettering; Boards show moderate plus wear to spine (exposing quires), moderate wear to corners and edges, light plus soiling and a prominent damp-stain to front cover; Name of a former owner (“John Parker”) appears in ink on the front cover; Text-block has moderate wear/curling and age-toning to untrimmed pages, and light foxing to pages; Includes errata leaf.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Leiden [London]: [B. Elzevir and Abraham Elzevir] William Stansby pro Richard Meighen; Ex Officina Elseviriorum, 1636/1638. First Thus, Early Edition. 32mo., [24], 567 pages, [60], 528 pages; VG-; Full contemporary vellum, with paper label and handwritten lettering; Boards have mild soiling overall, with moderate age-toning to spine, and some cracking to vellum on spine; Text-block has light plus age-toning to edges, some minor shelf-wear to bottom edge, the name of a previous owner on the title-page of each work, occasional pencil emendations to text, and one small chip to the title-page of the first work; The first work includes both original fold-out maps.; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Boston: Hilliard, Gray & Company, 1836. First Edition. Large octavos, two volumes; XX; Half bound in modern brown leather with brown cloth boards; red leather labels with gilt lettering and ornamentation to spines; Earlier labels and end pages included but not bound in; Text-block of volume II has very light age toning to edges and light plus occasional foxing to pages; Volume II has moderate plus age-toning and foxing to edges, and light plus foxing to pages; Signature of Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart appears on the loose ffep of Volume I (Signed "Alex. H. H. Stuart"); Stuart served as Secretary of the Interior under Millard Fillmore from 1850 until 1853; Contents: Vol. I. (xliii, 690 pages) -- Vol. II. (li, 769 pages).; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Amsterdam: Marc Michael Rey, 1762. Counterfeit Edition. 12mo., xii, 212 pages, [2]; G+; Bound in later half-calf and speckled paper; Brown leather spine label with gilt lettering; Boards have light plus wear to edges (boards slightly exposed on fore-edge of front cover) light plus toning to covers, and moderate wear to leather on spine; Text-block has light plus age-toning to top-edge, and name of a former owner inscribed in ink on the front pastedown (“John Pape / Helsingborg”); RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Edinburgh: John Bell, 1788. First Edition. Quarto, viii, 493 pages, [4]; G+; Contemporary mottled calf with largely worn moroccan label and gilt lettering; Boards show significant cracking to joints (repaired) and to leather on spine, moderate chipping to head/tail of spine, and moderate wear to edges; Text-block has moderate plus age-toning to edges, light shelf-wear to bottom edge, light plus age-toning and foxing to page interiors (more significant on free-end pages), and several pencil annotations to bfep and back pastedown; Armorial bookplate of former owner (“William Cutting”) appears on front pastedown.; RW consignment; shelved case 7. More

Londres [London]: Jean Nours, 1740. Nouvelle Edition. Quartos, three volumes; VG-; Contemporary dark brown leather, with banded spines, morocco labels and gilt lettering; Boards show light plus wear to tooled edges, moderate wear and bumping to corners, light plus shelf-wear to covers, and light plus wear to joints and bands on spine; Text-blocks have light shelf-wear and light age-toning to dyed edges, and one instance of worming impacting through page 51 of volume II (in margins near bottom corners); Former owner's signature (“Sir Charles Macdonald Lockhart”) on ffep; Former owner's ex libris on front paste-down: Sir George Lockhart of Lee (18th century writer, parliamentarian, Jacobite political figure); Contents: Vol. I. ([6], [xiii]-xx, [2], clxxii, [2], 369 pages); Vol. II. ([6], 576 pages, [4]); Vol. III. ([6], 541 pages, [5]).; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More

Winchester: [Printed at the Office of the Winchester Virginian, for the Author], 1831. First Edition. Tall octavos, two volumes; VG-; Rebacked, with quarter-bound calf and marbled boards; Spines have red labels with gilt lettering; Boards show very light bumping to corners and minor wear to hinges at head/tails of spine; Text-blocks have moderate and uneven age-toning to edges, light foxing throughout interior, moderate chipping to edges of ffeps in both volumes, several instances of pencil notations in margins, and multiple notes in ink and pencil on ffep of Vol. I; Errata slips are tipped-in at title-page on Volume I and at verso of last page of index in Volume II; Name of C.W. Murdaugh (attorney, author and politician) appears on the back pastedown of both volumes. Contents: Vol. I. ([4], iii, [3], ix, 162 pages, 442 pages); Vol. II. ([2], 496 pages, [2], [4]).; RW consignment; shelved case 8 1/4. More