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Credit: Sales catalogue 108: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.
![& two anonymous ones to Turkey, the Crimea, Persia & India. Hf. cf. Stamp of library on verso of title, first few pages a little discoloured. AMERICA. 52 Cincinnati.—Cist (Charles) Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851. Cincinnati, 1851 30s 8vo. Orig. cloth. With many plates. Very interest- ing account of the early industrial and commercial development of Cincinnati, with biographies of the . industrial leaders (with portraits) and descriptions of industrial products and inventions, several of which are illustrated. ANGLING. 53 The North Country Angler; or, the Art of Angling: as Practised in the Northern Counties of England. London, Longman, Hurst [etc.], 1817 21s Tall 12mo. 89 pp., 1 leaf. Quarter roan. Uncut. Segoe on blue paper. Only a limited number so issued. 54 San Martino (Matteo Conte de) Pescatoria et Ecloge. s.Ln.d. (Venice, Giolito, ca. 1540) 30s 8vo. Old paper boards. Printer’s device on title and at end. A rare book, printed by Gabriele Giolito with his son and the only undated book from this press. The book is a romance on piscatorial subjects interspersed with poems and obviously modelled on Sanazzaro’s Arcadia. ANGLO-SAXON. 55 Elstob (Elizabeth) The Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue, first given in English with an apology for the study of northern antiquities. London, W. Bowyer, 1715 35s 4to. Cont. calf. 4 ll., 35 + 70 pp. With engraved medallion portrait of Queen Caroline (then Princess of Wales, to whom the book is dedicated), and an illustrated engraved initial. A portrait of Queen Anne is inserted in an engraved initial at beginning of text. First EDITION. Elizabeth Elstob (1683-1756) was an early English woman scholar, who is said to have learned eight languages, and studied at Oxford. For the present work a new set of types was created by Chief Justice Parker (Later Lord Macclesfield). 56 Grammattica Anglo-Saxonica ex Hickesio Linguarum Septentrionalium Thesauro ex- cerpta. Oxford, ex Theatro Sheldoniano, Eth 15s 8vo. Fancy paper, vellum back. Very fine engraved title, 2 ll., 48 pp. and errata slip. ANIMALS. 57. Aelianus (Claudius) De Animalium natura libri VII. Petro Gillio Gallo & Conrado Gesnero interpretibus. Geneva, 1616 15s Thick 8vo. Old calf. Latin and Greek text in oppo- gite columns. One of the earliest books printed on zoology, first published at the beginning of the 16th century.—Titlepage a little soiled and a few dis- colourations. ee 58 Picart (Bernard) Recueil de Lions, dessinez @apres nature par divers Maitres et gravés par Bernard Picart. Amsterdam, 1729). 15ss Oblong 4to. Boards, broken. Printed title, 6 pp... of text, engraved title and 36 engraved plates of lions... ARMENIA. 59 Goode (Alexander) A Brief Account of the: Mechitaristican, Society founded on the» Island of St. Lazaro. Venice, at the Press: of the same, 1835 10ss 8vo. Half morocco. 62 pp. At the end is a list off the books published by this well known press, foundedi by the Armenian settlement at Venice. ART AND ARCHITECTURE. 60 Amsterdam.—Description of the Cityhouse: of Amsterdam, with an explanation of the: emblematical figures, paintings and imagess which are within and without its buildings.. Amsterdam, 1782 10s 6di 8vo. Paper wrappers. 98 pp. With 4 folding plates.i, 61 Mansion (L.) Letters on the Art of Minia-- ture Painting. London and Paris, R.. Ackermann (ca. 1823) 12s.6di 8vo. Original pink boards, very slightly rubbed.|. 180 pp. With engraved frontispiece and a colouredi folding plate: ‘The Flesh Palette showing thee French names of the Colours and those English ones's by which they may be replaced.” 62 Mappae Clavicula. A manuscript treatises on the preparation of Pigments and on variouss processes of the decorative arts practisedi during the Middle Ages. Communicated to» the Society of Antiquaries by Sir Thomass Phillipps in a letter addressed to Albertt Way. London, 1847 3588 4to. Cloth. 64 pp. A very important document forr the history of art from the 7th to 12th centuries. Thee manuscript from which this was translated was writtenn in the 12th century, but it undoubtedly derived froma an earlier original. 63 Moxon (Joseph) Practical Perspective ; orr Perspective made easie . . . useful for alll painters, engravers, architects, etc... . Lon-- don, Joseph Moxon, 1670 £4 10ss Folio. Old calf, repaired. 211.,66 pp. 60 diagramss in text, and 42 engraved plates (2 folding) illustratingg the art of perspective. This copy has also the smallil mica eyepiece on sign DI, but a small figure pastedd underneath is missing—This must be one of thee earliest works in English on perspective. It is veryy rare. The only edition. 64 Rome. Marlianus (Io. Barth.) Antiquaee Romae topographia libri septem. Rome,, Bladus, 1534 £2 28s 8vo. Hf. vellum. Printer’s device at end and armss on title. First edition of one of the earliest detaileds accounts of ancient Rome. Some pages are foxed. 65 Rome.—Dalmazzoni (Angelo) The Anti-- quarian, or the Guide for Foreigners to go) the rounds of the Antiquities of Rome. Rome, 1803 10ss Tall 12mo. Paper wrappers. 312 pp. Blank stripp cut from titlepage, which is a little soiled. 66 [Salmon (William, M.D.)] Polygraphicee or The Art of Drawing, Engraving, Lim- ning, Painting, Washing, Varnishing, Colour-- ing, and Dying, in three books, by W. S., ai](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33156347_0006.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
