41. Sartorius, John Nost / Peltro, J. / Neagle, J. (1759-1828).

Hunting – Plate I – Brushing Into Cover.

Original hand-coloured engraving. London, John Deeley, [c.1790]. Plate Size: 61 cm x 46.5 cm. Frame Size: 77 cm x 63 cm. In very good condition. Some minor traces of browning and tearing to outer margins only.

42. Sikes, Sylvia / [Natural History of the African Elephant]

Personal Papers / Archive of Material Related to the Life and Career of Zoologist Sylvia Sikes, the Foremost African Elephant Specialist of her time. All materials from her personal collection / working copies and manuscript material. Including her extensive, two-volume-thesis: “Cardiovascular Disease in Freeliving Wild Animals with particular Reference to the African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)”. A collection of professional and academic papers, copies of Sikes’ monographs, zoological manuscripts and a plethora of photographs and personal newsletters, letters, pamphlets and manuscripts spanning seven decades of Sikes’ personal and professional life in Africa and the UK. The collection is composed of 92 specific pieces (some of which are comprised of one or more items). A detailed bibliography of the collection has been outlined in a Word Document (please request). The collection also includes personal copies of three monographs Sylvia Sikes has published, an original copy of her two-volume doctoral thesis, 37 academic articles and 5 unpublished draft manuscripts. There are also 7 booklets and a book by a third author among the collection. The collection is rounded off by a large number of vintage colour and monochrome photographs, letters, single-sheet newsletters, newspaper and magazine cuttings.

Africa and the UK, Various, 1937 – 2012. 21 cm x 26 cm – 24.5 cm x 31 cm. Circa 2,500+ pages. Numerous monochrome and colour photographs throughout the collection. Includes Hardcover book with dustjacket, softcover book, reprints of academic journal articles in paper wrappers and a variety of loose material in cellophane files. The archive, running from 1937 to 2012, is contained in two green (24.5 cm x 31 cm x 10.5 cm) boxes, four additional folders (32 cm x 24 cm) and two hardcover volumes (21.5 cm x 26cm). Very good condition.

43. [The Ebenezer Sibly Edition] – Culpeper, Nicholas / Ebenezer Sibly (Astrologer and Writer of the Occult).

Culpeper’s English Physician And Complete Herbal. To which are now first added, upwards of One Hundred additional Herbs, with a display of their Medicinal and Occult Properties, physically applied to the Cure of all Disorders incident to Mankind. To which are annexed Rules for compounding Medicine according to the true System of Nature; Forming a complete Family Dispensatory and Natural System of Physic. Beautified and enriched with Engravings of upwards of Four Hundred and Fifty different Plants and a set of Anatomical Figures. Illustrated with Notes and Observations, critical and Explanatory. By E[benezer] Sibly, Fellow of the Harmonic Philosophical Society at Paris; and Author of the Complete Illustration of Astrology. [With the Famous Quote of Dryden on the Titlepage: “Happy The Man, Who, Studying Nature’s Laws, Through Known Effects Can Trace The Secret Cause”.] [Volume I: Containing the Herbal / Volume II: Containing the Medical (as well as the Occult and Astrological Part].

Two Volumes in One (complete set). London, Printed for the Author, And Sold at The British Directory Office, Ave Maria Lane; and By Champante and Witrow, Jewry-Street, Aldgate, [Printed in the Anno Lucis [Year of Light], The Masonic Year 5793 [which is the year 1793 in the Gregorian Calendar]. Quarto. Pagination: Volume I (Herbal): Frontispiece – Portrait of Nicholas Culpeper with Astrological Properties, XVI, 396 pages including an extensive “Index to the Herbs and Plants” / Volume II: (Medical, Occult and Astrological Part): Frontispiece [The two Rare Engravings of Celestial Influx of the Body of Man and Woman are both included], 256 pages with an explanatory Index to the Medical Part, basically being an Index of Diseases cured by the Foregoing Herbs and Plants. Hardcover / original 18th century leather with restored spine by a Masterbinder in the style of the 18th century. This is the most firm and strong version of a Culpeper we ever handled ! With the scarce portrait of Culpeper ! This is the very rare occasion of a complete Culpeper with the Astrological Plates of Celestial Impact on the body of men and women separately illustrated. A stunning publication with all the secret knowledge of plant properties of the 18th century laid out in front of you.

44. White, Gilbert.

The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne in the County of Southampton. With Illustrations in Colour by George Edward Collins, R.B.A.

London, Macmillan and Co., Limited. 1911. 19,5 cm x 26 cm. 476 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine only slightly chipped to bottom. Minor stain on backcover.