Seven Books

A MAJOR LANDMARK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRITISH ARBORICULTURE

Leonard Mascall's A Book of the Art and Maner, how to plante and grafe all sortes of Trees (London [1572], 4to), an evidentiary copy mixing sheets from the second and first editions.

THE FIRST PUBLISHED REPORTS FROM A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH LAB

The Accademia del Cimento's Saggi di Naturali Esperienze (Naples 1714, folio), with 75 full-page engravings and in a binding with the arms of this edition's financier.

MOCKERY & INDECENCY

La Gibeciere de Mome (Paris 1644, 8vo), a grab-bag of over 500 jokes, parodies & witticisms — with Henry VIII and Elizabeth I among the ridiculed. Bound in crushed red morocco.

A SCULPTOR & ETCHER'S DRAWING MANUAL

Jean de Saint-Igny's Elemens de Poutraiture (Paris [1630], 8vo), an early issue published by the author, with 21 etchings and bound in contemporary vellum.

CONTEMPORARY BINDING OF GILT & PAINTED WHITE CALF

Ovid's Metamorphoseon Libri XV (Lyono 1554, 16mo), a pocket edition printed in small type and bound with an elegant and chic decor.

MEDICAL MIRACLES & POPULAR PRINTS

Five triangular engraved pennants for the feast of St. Marcouf (Belgium c. 1750, broadside), carried by those petitioning the patron saint of skin disease for relief.

EDITED BY A PAINTER & DEDICATED TO AN EMPRESS

Apollon et les Muses, Calendrier pour l'Année MDCCCVI (Paris [1805], 4to), an elegant large format almanac with 10 stipple engraved portraits, bound in contemporary red morocco with the binder Tessier's ticket.