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THE DECROLY CLASS
Written by Amelie Hamaide.
Stock no. 985178
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.. 1931. Very good condition.

Ovide Decroly was a Belgian doctor, who developed a model of education which emphasised the importance of children learning in problem-solving situations within educational settings, mirroring so far as possible real life. Pages: xxviii, 318. Preface by Ed. Claparede. Translated. Jean Lee Hunt. Original brown cloth. 39 b/w plates. Book: Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Corners rubbed. A few marks to covers.

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MEMOIRS OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURG
No author listed.
Stock no. 985760
Published by J.Nourse. 1751. Very good condition.

First edition. Small format Pages: viii, 286. Contemporary half black leather binding with gilt-lettered red morocco label on spine, marbled boards and endpapers. Top egde gilt. From the earlist accounts to the death of Frederick I King of Prussia by the hand of a master to which are added two dissertations. Foxing throughout. REDUCED FROM £140.

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CHAMBERS'S MISCELLANY OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING TRACTS
No author listed.
Stock no. 985816
Published by William and Robert Chambers. Very good condition.

7 Volumes. Contemporary half leather bindings, with marbled boards and edges, gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spines. Numerous steel engravings. Corners rubbed but in general a very nice set.

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LES RECREATIONS D'EUGENIE
Written by Mme. De R..
Stock no. 986948
Published by Genets, Jeune, Libraire. 1820. Very good condition.

2nd edition. Small format Pages: 177. Contemporary full leather binding, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. 3 engraved plates, plus engraved title page. Text in French. A few small chips from edge of frontis. Corners worn.

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A SERIES OF LETTERS CONTAINING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRES OF PARIS
No author listed.
Stock no. 986970
1793. Slightly better than good condition.

In the Months of June, July, August and September MDCCXCII. Brown leather spine, marbled boards. 177 pages. Contents in general very good. Brown mark to front endpapers. Corners worn.

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THE VALIDITY OF ORDINATION BY MEER PRESBYTERS
Written by Charles Owen.
Stock no. 987061
1715. Almost very good condition.

Pages: 6, 281, 3. Modern black cloth spine, grey boards. Prelims browned. Title page missing. Boards fine.

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LOS BAYEU
Written by Jose Luis Morales Y. Marin. Illustrated by Francisco Bayeu; Ramon Bayeu; Fray Manuel Bayeu.
Stock no. 987096
Published by Instituto Camon Aznar. 1st 1979. Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Limited edition. Large format. Colour & b/w illustrations. Text in Spanish. A list of numbered plates and descriptions, with the plates mainly at the end of the volume. ISBN: 8450032725. Copy no. 196. Top of wrapper spine rubbed. REDUCED FROM £185.

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THESAURUS ECCLESIASTICUS
Written by John Lloyd.
Stock no. 987191
Published by Lockyer Davis. 1788. Very good condition.

An improved edition of the Liber Valorum containing an account of the valuation of all the livings in England and Wales. Pages: xi, 504. Original marbled boards; modern leather spine with gilt lettering and decoration. A small amount of annotation and pale foxing to contents. In general a very clean copy. Boards rubbed.

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PARIS AND ITS STORY
Written by Thomas Okey. Illustrated by Katherine Kimball; O.F.M. Ward.
Stock no. 987602
Published by J.M. Dent & Co.. 1st 1904. Very good condition.

Limited to 150 copies. Pages: xxii, 350. Original white cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. 50 coloured plates by O. F. M. Ward, numerous line drawings by Katherine Kimball. Large format. Copy no. 43. Free endpapers lightly browned. Spine slightly rubbed.

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LETTRE D'UN ITALIEN A UN FRANCAIS SUR LES DOCTRINES DE M. DE LAMENNAIS
Written by M. De Lamennais; Vincent Gioberti; D. Antonio Riccardi.
Stock no. 988294
Published by J.B. Ansiau; Meline, Cans Et Compagine; Debecourt; Mazzoleni. 1841. Very good condition.

Pages: 86, 42, 87, 105. Contemporary half leather binding with marbled boards with gilt-lettered black morocco labels on spine. Includes: Lettre d'un Italien a un Francais Sur les Doctrines de M. De Lamennais; Reponse A Un Article de la revue des deux Mondes, by Vincent Gioberti; Refute Par Lui-meme by Lamennais; Alla Gioventu Sullo Studio Della Filosofia by D. Antonio Riccardi. Text in French and Italian. Contents dated 1841, 1844, 1839. REDUCED from £195.

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LETTRES A CAMILLE SUR LA PHYSIOLOGIE DE L'HOMME
Written by Isidore Bourdon.
Stock no. 988419
Published by H. Dumont. 1834. Very good condition.

Small format. Pages: viij, 307. Leather spine, marbled boards; gilt decoration and lettering on spine. 6 b/w plates at end of volume showing the head and brain. Text in French. Corners lightly rubbed. Contents fine. A nice copy.

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SALMONIA: OR DAYS OF FLY FISHING
Written by Humphry Davy.
Stock no. 988552
Published by John Murray. 1832. Very good condition.

In a Series of Conversations with some account of the habits of fishes belonging to the genus Salmo by an Angler - Third edition. Pages: xiii, 335. Contemporary three-quarters blue leather binding; raised bands and gilt-lettered black moroco label on spine. 6 engraved plates plus 3 fly plates. No author named, but is Sir Humphry Davy. Contents very good. In handsome modern binding. REDUCED from £120.

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