Sale 2501 - Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, March 7, 2019

111 110 c   HUME, DAVID. The Life of David Hume Esq. written by Himself. [2] (of [4], iv, 62 pages, including half-title and engraved frontispiece portrait of the author; lacks initial ad leaf. 8vo, 161x96 mm, modern gray-green leather with leather lettering piece, spine scuffed; half-title toned with adhesive discoloration in gutter, heavy offsetting from portrait onto title, contents otherwise generally clean. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777 [500/750] first edition in book form . With “myself” on page 29, line 3. Jessop, page 39; Rothschild 1179. 110 111 c   IBN GHANIMAL-MAQDISI,‘IZZ AL-DIN ‘ABD AL-SALAM IBN AHMAD. Les Oiseaux et les Fleurs: Allégories Morales. Arabic text with French translation and notes by Joseph-Héliodore Garcin de Tassy. xxviii, 240; 118, [2] pages, including half-titles. 2 parts in one volume. 8vo, 203x127 mm, contemporary vellum boards, gilt-tooled spine with red leather lettering piece; light foxing on French and Arabic preliminaries; sprinkled edges. Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1821 [300/500] first edition of a 13th-century collection of spiritual allegories interpreting silent messages communicated by birds, flowers, and animals.