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Garnet Valley, PA, United States
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DECEMBER 4 | From the William Roberts Library
Briggs Auction, Inc.
A fine estate collection drawn from the imposing Rittenhouse Square townhouse-turned-private library of the late Bill Roberts, longtime partner at Blank Rome, we offer a selection of the high points of his favorite subjects: Music, Classics, Botany, Poetry, Art and Law.
Music is represented by volumes on Baroque music, the lute, violins and violin-making; Classics by a selection of early editions of Virgil and a variety of standard references and foundational texts; Botany by good 18th and 19th C. titles in the field, especially those focused on Mosses; Poetry by a fine collection of first editions of the works of Wallace Stevens; Art by volumes focused on the Italian Renaissance and the art of the 20th century; Law by choice 18th and early 19th century American law books. These are surrounded and supported by a potpourri of other fine and select titles.
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![[Law] Jure Balli ac Pacis Libri Tres](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779874_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094892)
![[Music] Le Chansonnier Cordiforme Facsimile](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779917_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094897)
![[Poetry] Stevens Wallace Ideas of Order](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220780001_1_x.jpg?height=300&quality=70&version=1764094899)
![[Paleobiology] Ordovician Biodiversification Event: Webby, Barry, Paris. Florentin et al. (eds). The Ordovician Biodiversification Event. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004. First edition. | You have additional shipping options, and are not](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779761_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094900)
![[Botany] Paleobotany: [8 vols] Bowerbank, James. A History of the Fossil Fruits and Seeds of the London Clay, [no place]: Sagwan Press, [nd] (paperback reprint); Briggs, David & Walters, S Max. Plant Variation and](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779762_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094901)
![[Biology] Butterflies: [10 vols] Cech, Rick & Tudor, Guy. Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005 (2nd printing); D'Abrera, Bernard. Butterflies of the Holarctic](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779763_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[BIology] Slime Molds: [2 vols] Gray, William & Alexopoulos, Constantine. Biology of the Myxomycetes. New York: Ronald Press, 1968; Stephenson, Steven & Stempen, Henry. Myxomycetes: A Handbook of Slime Molds. Portland:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/dist/images/placeholder.jpg?height=310&quality=70)
![[Fungi] Mushrooms: Bessette, Alan, Bessette, Arleen, Fischer, David. Mushrooms of Northeastern North America. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1997 (paperback, first edition, later printing); Roberts, Peter &](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779765_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[Fungi] Mushrooms Two Volumes: [2 vols] Roberts, Peter & Evans, Shelley. The Book of Fungi: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from Around the World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011; Moore, David, Robinson,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779766_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Fungi] Sac Fungi: [6 vols] Hanlin, Richard. Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes (3 vols, volumes 1 & 2 plus "Combined Keys to Illustrated Genera..."). St Paul: APS Press, 1990 (2 copies, one later printing one unknown](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779767_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] Algae & Seaweeds: [6 vols] Druehl, Louis. Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide of Common Seaweeds of the West Coast. Madeira Park: Harbour, 2000 (2nd printing, 2003); Fritsch, FE. The Structure and Reproduction of The Algae.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779768_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] Lichen Biology: Nash, Thomas. Lichen Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Second edition. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional third-party](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779769_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] Liverworts of North Carolina: [2 vols] Hicks, Marie. Guide to the Liverworts of North Carolina. Durham: Duke University Press, 1992. First edition, first printing; two copies. | You have additional shipping options, and are not](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779770_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094900)
![[Botany] Mosses - 7 Volumes: [7 vols] Glime, Janice. Methods in Bryology, Nichinan: Hattori Botanical Laboratory, 1988; Goffinet, Bernard. Bryophyte Biology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009; Gradstein, SR. A](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779771_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[Botany] Mosses - 10 Volumes: [10 vols] Campbell, Douglas, The Structure and Development of Mosses and Ferns. New York: Macmillan, 1928 (Third Edition); Grout, AJ. Mosses with a Hand-Lens. New York: The Author, 1905 (2 copies,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779772_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[Botany] Mosses - 3 Volumes: [3 vols] Faubert, Jean. Flore des Bryophytes du Quebec-Labrador Volumes 1-3. Saint-Valerien: Societe quebecoise de bryologie, 2012-14. Three volumes, text in French. | You have additional shipping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779773_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] Mosses of Eastern North America: [2 vols] Crum, Howard, & Anderson, Lewis. Mosses of Eastern North America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1981. Complete in two volumes, first edition. | You have additional shipping options,](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779774_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094905)
![[Botany] The British Moss-Flora - Leather: [3 vols] Braithwaite, Robert. The British Moss-Flora. London: L Reeve & Co., 1887, 1888-1895, 1896-1905. Three volumes in quarter black leather with green-black cloth, all edges marbled. | You have](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779775_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094905)
![[Botany] The British Moss-Flora: [3 vols] Braithwaite, Robert. The British Moss-Flora. London: L Reeve & Co., 1887, 1888-1895, 1896-1905. Three volumes in publisher's green cloth. | You have additional shipping options, and are not](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779776_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] European Ferns: Britten, James, European Ferns, London: Cassell Petter Galpin & Co., [1880]. First edition. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use Live Shipping. Additional third-party](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779777_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094906)
![[Botany] Grasses - Six Volumes: [6 vols] Arber, Agnes. The Gramineae: A Study of Cereal, Bamboo, and Grass. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1934; Barkworth, Mary et al. Manual of Grasses for North America. , Logan:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779778_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094904)
![[Botany] North American Cariceae: [2 vols] Mackenzie, Kenneth, North American Cariceae. New York: New York Botanical Society, 1940. First edition, first printing. | You have additional shipping options, and are not required to use](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779779_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[Botany] Palms: [2 vols] Dranfield, John, Uhl, Mataline et al. Genera Palmarum, Kew: Kew Publishing, 2000 (first edition); Riffle, Robert Lee, Craft, Paul, Zona, Scott. The Encyclopedia of Cultivated Palms.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779780_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094905)
![[Botany] Vascular Plants: Jahandiez, Abel & Emilie. Catalouge des Plantes Vasculaires qui Croissent Naturellement dans le Departement du Var. Paris: Paul Klincksieck, 1908. Text in French. | You have additional shipping](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779781_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094905)
![[Botany] Orchids: Wood, Howard. The Dendrobiums. Ruggell: ARG Gantner Verlag, 2006. First edition, signed by the author on the front free endpaper, with an inscription to William Roberts. | You have additional](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779782_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094902)
![[Botany] Chester County Pennsylvania: Darlington, William. Flora Cestrica: Am Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester County, State of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1853. Hand-colored fronis map; in](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779783_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094903)
![[Botany] Pennsylvania - Seven Volumes: [7 vols] Block, Timothy & Rhoads, Ann. Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania: A Complete Reference Guide. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011; Jennings, OE. A Manual of the Mosses of](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/881/397694/220779784_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1764094905)
