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HILL, THOMAS. The Arte of Gardening, wherunto is added much necessarie matter, with a number of Secrets: and the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearb...1608, 2 parts in 1, tan calf gilt, g.e., by Riviere, outer joints cracked, repairs to title-page affecting some letters, marginal repairs to the following 4 leaves affecting last lines and catchwords (the affected areas skilfully supplied in facsimile), a few tiny marginal wormholes to quires Cc-Ff affecting 3 catchwords and a few letters of last lines , 2 title-pages, black letter and roman type, 4 woodcuts (one full-page) in the text. Hunt 185; STC 13497. Bookplate of Lord Battersea and Frederick Wainwright Holcomb--[CAMDEN, WILLIAM]. Annales. The True and Royall History of the famous Empresse Elizabeth Queene of England [i.e., parts 1-3]...1625 [and] Tomus Alter, & Idem: or, The Historie of...that Famous Princesse, Elizabeth [i.e., part 4], 1629, 2 vols., tan morocco gilt extra, g.e., by Bedford, vol. 1 rebacked with original spine laid down, vol. 2 with joints worn , First Edition in English (translated from the French by Abraham Darcie and Thomas Browne), later state of title-page, etc., in vol. 1 but with the rare engraved portrait of Darcie at end, engraved frontispiece portrait of Elizabeth ( marginal renewing ) and engraved title-page ( folded over at fore and bottom edges, fore-margin renewed with beginning letters in lines of verses on verso supplied in skilfull pen facsimile ). STC 4497 & 4498--EVELYN, JOHN. Navigation and Commerce, their Original and Progress, 1674, old (contemporary?) calf, covers detached, FIRST EDITION, errata leaf and advertisement at end. Wing E 3504. Early ownership inscription of Johannis Wallis. See note to copy in lot --TIMBERLAKE, HENRY A True and Strange Discourse of the Trauailes of two English Pilgrimes: What admirable accidents befell them in their journey towards Jerusalem, Gaza, Grand Cayro, Alexandria, and other places, 1616, disbound, upper margins cut close touching a few paginations, cloth case , Sixth Edition, with the original front and end blanks. STC 24084 (British Library and NYPL only)--LITHGOW, WILLIAM. Lithgow's Nineteen Years Travels through The most Eminent Places in the Habitable World, 1682, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, front cover detached, worn, Ninth Edition, 7 folding woodcuts. Wing L 2541. A 1684 ownership inscription on front blank--[CROUCH, NATHANIEL]. The English Empire in America: Or a Prospect of His Majesties Dominions in the West-Indies, 1685, calf antique, G3-4 irregularly trimmed at fore-edges with some letters touched, small wormhole in upper margins of title and first few leaves , FIRST EDITION, 2 engraved maps and 2 engraved plates, 3-pages of advertisements at end. Wing C 7319; all London, together 7 vols., 12mo-small 4to. (7)