HARRIS, James, later first Earl of Malmesbury.

A small group of documents.

[1779–1785].

Harris (1746–1820) was ‘the leading...

£325

HALÉVY, Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie.

Autograph musical quotation, signed.

Paris, 15 May 1846.

Fromental Halévy (1799–1862) showed...

£750

EHRLICH, Paul.

Autograph letter, signed, addressed to...

[Frankfurt,] ‘Westendstrasse 62’,...

A brief note by the bacteriologist Paul...

£750

DUMAS, Alexandre.

Autograph letter, signed.

[Paris, not before 1859.]

A short note by the novelist and playwright...

£750

DAVY, Sir Humphry.

Autograph letter, signed, to Charles Stuart,...

‘23 Grosvenor Street London’, 26 May 1821.

An unpublished letter in which Davy discusses...

£750

CROOKES, William, Sir.

Autograph letter, signed, to Sir John Evans.

London, 7 Kensington Park Gardens, 26 May 1892.

The scientist Sir William Crookes writes...

£250

CHERUBINI, Luigi.

Autograph note signed ‘L. Cherubini’...

[Paris,] 19 December 1825.

A short note in which the composer and...

£350

BUNSEN, Christian Karl Josias von.

Autograph letter unsigned to the publishers...

[London,] Carlton Terrace, 12 February 1845.

‘Chev[alie]r Bunsen presents his compliments...

£150

BOWMAN, William, Sir.

Autograph letter, signed, to ‘Mr Cooke’.

[London?,] 18 January 1870.

Bowman writes to ‘Mr Cooke’ to postpone...

£200

BONAPARTE, Jerôme-Napoléon.

Letter signed as governor of Les Invalides...

Paris, Hôtel des Invalides, 16 February 1849.

Jérôme-Napoléon Bonaparte (1784–1860)...

£300

BELL, Charles, Sir.

Letter signed to ‘the Treasurer of the...

Soho Square, London, 18 March [probably...

The neurophysiologist Sir Charles Bell...

£375

KEATE, George. 

An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated...

Dublin, Luke White, 1788. 

First Dublin edition of this popular work,...

£650

[JAMIESON, John.] 

Congal and Fenella; A Tale in Two Parts. 

London, C. Dilly, 1791. 

First and only edition of Jamieson’s...

£250

[PAPER TRADE.] 

Arrest du conseil d’état du roi, portant...

[Besançon?, 1772?] 

A seemingly unrecorded issue of this decree...

£175

[CAMBOUT, Sébastien Joseph du; John EVELYN, attributed translator].

The moral Practice of the Jesuites. Demonstrated...

London, Printed for Simon Miller, at the...

First edition in English of La morale...

£700

MARINIS, Dominico de. 

Dissertatio philosophico-medica de re monstrosa...

Rome, typis Iacobi Mascardi ... sumptibus...

First edition of this scarce dissertation...

£1850

[COOK, James, and Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de la PÉROUSE.]

Tableau des decouvertes du Capne. Cook,...

S. Sauveur, l’an 7 de la République...

A splendid hand-coloured engraving depicting...

£1500

[SARPI, Paolo (pseud.).] ‘Pietro Soave POLANO’. 

Historia del Concilio Tridentino di Pietro...

Geneva, Pierre Aubert, 1629. 

Second edition, the first to omit the extraneous...

£450

CREVE, Carl Caspar. 

Vom Metallreize, einem neuentdeckten untrüglichen...

Leipzig and Gera, Wilhelm Heinsius, 1796.

First edition of this uncommon contribution...

£550

GASPARIN, Agénor Étienne, Comte de.

Des tables tournantes du surnaturel en...

Paris, Bonaventure and Ducessois for E....

Scarce first edition of Gasparin’s early...

£1500