PART I - Books published before 1716
1 BAXTER, Richard. The Saints Everlasting Rest: or, A Treatise of The Blessed Saints... The Twelfth Edition. Thomas Parkhurst... Chiswell... and Newman. 1688.  £65
4to., pp.(26)796(2); LACKS engraved frontispiece & final leaf of the 'Alphabetical Table'; first & final leaves lightly browned & soiled, intermittent browning throughout but a fair working copy of Baxter's major work, first published in 1649; 19thC half calf, marbled sides, rubbed but sound.

2 ELZEVIER. TACITUS, C. Cornelius. [Opera] cum optimis exempla ribus collatus. Adiecti sunt capitulorum numeri. Typis Danielis Elzevirii, Amstelodami, 1678.  £55
16mo. (118 x 60mm), pp.624(24)index; engraved title-page; light waterstain across head margins throughout, some browning but generally clean in contemporary panelled calf, morocco label, worn at head & tail of backstrip but sound; lacks front fly-leaf. The third & final Elzevier edition in this format, reprinted line for line from the preceding 1665 edition. Willems 1555.

3 EURIPIDES. GROTIUS, Hugo. Tragoedia Phoenissae, Emendata ex manuscriptis, & Latina facta ab Hugone Grotio. Jacobum Ruart, Parisiis, 1630.  £45
First Edition thus, sm.8vo., pp.(44)125; early ownership signature of F. Gonet on title; a well preserved copy in late 18thC tan calf, lacks label, rubbed but sound; ex libris James Rimington, modern book label of John Fricker. Parallel Latin & Greek edition of the Phoenician Women; introduction in Latin.

4 FREINSHEIM, Johann. Supplementorum Livianorum ad Christinam Reginam decas. Joh. Janssonium, Holmiae [Stockholm] 1649.  £220
FIRST EDITION, 24mo. (125 x 75mm), pp.(24)512(2); engraved monumental title; a very good copy in contemporary vellum, gilt, all edges gilt; ex libris John Henry Michell of Lincoln's Inn. The best-known work of the German classical scholar which completes the missing books of Livy, published during his brief time as court librarian and royal historiographer to Queen Christina in Stockholm.

5 [HARLAY-CHANVALLON, Francois de] Archbishop of Paris. The Condemnation of Monsieur Du Pin his History of Ecclesiastical Authors.... As also his own Retraction. Translated out of French... Charles Brome and Will. Keblewhite, 1696.  £30
ONLY EDITION, 4to., pp.(2)31(3)adverts.; a few leaves browned but good; disbound. Wing H776.

6 HEINSIUS, Nicolai. Poematum nova editio, prioribus longe auctior. Accedunt Johannis Rutgersii postuma, et adoptivorum carminum libri II. Apud Danielem Elzevirium, 1666.  £110
Pp.(8)352,150 + errata leaf; title in red & black; a well preserved copy of this attractive edition of the collected verse of the Dutch poet & classicist; contemporary vellum, central ornament blocked in blind on sides, ink lettered at head of backstrip; ownership signature of Henry Michell Wagner, 'the gift of his Mother 1822'. Willems 1370. Enlarged from the Leyden Elzevir edition of 1653. Brunet II.159.

VARIANT IMPRINT NOT IN WING NOR ESTC
7 JOSEPHUS, Flavius. LODGE, Thomas [Translator] The Famous and Memorable Works of Josephus, a man of much honour and learning among the Jews. Faithfully translated out of the Latine and French, by Tho. Lodge, Doctor in Physick... Printed by T[homas] R[atcliffe] and T[homas] D[aniel] for R. Tomlins, 1670.  £265
Folio, pp.(12)including blank leaf, 554(7)(558-) 812(32); woodcut headpiece & initials; title browned & lightly soiled, mounted with slight marginal loss, old early pen work at foot; some spotting throughout, internal tears in final two leaves (without loss), but generally well preserved in late 18thC reversed calf, morocco label; a little worn at extremities, but sound & presentable; upper cover rehinged. First published in 1602, Lodge's translation remained in print throughout the century, this printing being the last before the revisions of 1683 & '93. ESTC & Wing 1077 records 3 variants of this imprint but not this one. (Sectional title, Ggg2, 'Printed for Abel Roper, Richard Tomlins, Nathaniel Ranew, and Jonathan Robinson, 1670.')

8 LOUIS XIV. A Memorial from his Most Christian Majesty, Presented by the Count de Briord, His Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General of the United Provinces, at the Hague, December 4. 1700. Containing his Reasons for Accepting the late King of Spain's Will, in Favour of the Duke of Anjou. Printed, and sold by J. Nutt, 1700.  £45
FIRST EDITION, 4to., pp.15; disbound; numerals just cropped from head of a2 due to misalignment, light browning, otherwise well preserved. Wing L3128.

9 SELDEN, John. Titles of Honor. The Third Edition carefully Corrected with Additions and Amendments by the Author. Printed by E. Tyler, and R. Holt, for Thomas Dring, 1672.  £280
 Folio, pp.(34)756; woodcut initials & headpiece, engraved frontispiece portrait by White; a very nice fresh copy of this handsome edition in contemporary blind-ruled calf, paper label; some scuffs & rubbing but a sound & apt binding. Selden considers the nobility of ancient Greece and Rome, Europe & the British Isles, the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches, the Middle East and Asia. Wing S2440.
10 WILLIAM III. The Treaty betwixt The Most Christian King, The King of Great Britain, and The States General of the United Provinces, for settling the Succession of the Crown of Spain... in case his Catholick Majesty die without issue. In English and French. Printed for A. Baldwin, 1700.  £25
FIRST EDITION, 4to., pp.(4)18; margins browned; disbound. Printed in columns with parallel French & English text. Wing W2488B.

11 WOLLEBIUS, Johannes. Theses Physicae De Natura et affectionibus Coeli. Quas, Divino Numine ad spirante... Typis Iani Excertier, Basileae, 1606.  £165
SOLE EDITION?, sm.4to., pp.(8); elaborate woodcut title border, initial & tail-pieces; type ornament border & head-piece on dedication leaf; slight soiling but well preserved with large margins; sewn as issued. We have been unable to locate another copy of this early pamphlet in which the youthful Wollebius lists 70 'theses'. Best known for his Compendium of Christian Theology, the Calvinist Wollebius (1586-1629) was a student of Amandus Polanus von Polansdorf succeeding him as a professor of Old Testament studies at the University of Basel.