BINGLEY (WILLIAM) Natural history manuscripts from the Thomas Phillipps Collection, comprising: 'British Fishes' [for his 'Animated Nature', 1814], approximately 118 leaves (mostly on verso only, some additional sections pasted in), ink (mostly brown, some in red, a few pencil annotations and corrections), early boards, worn, joints split [Phillipps MS 25947], 4to, [early nineteenth century] [Notes on Natural History], approximately 34 leaves (some verso only) and others blank, brown ink, some leaves shorter or inserted, a pen and ink drawing of a flat fish signed 'Eliza D. del', and an engraved portrait of Abbé Chappé bound in, contemporary pink boards, lacks most of spine [Phillipps MS 16107 & 16874 'Nature Displayed'], 8vo, [early nineteenth] century] 'The Works of God Displayed; In a Series of Conversations, Reflections and Lectures... Respecting the Natural History of Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals; Domestic and Rural Economy as Read to Elevate the Mind... to One Only Source of Power... Found on Le Spectacle de la nature of l'abbé Pluche... by the Rev. W. Bingley, A.M., Fellow of the Linnean Society... in Three Volumes' [titled in another volume 'Spectacle de la nature or Conversations on the Works and Wonders of Created Nature. Founded on ['modernized from' struck through] the work of the abbé la Pluche... by the Rev. W. Bingley..., Late of Peterhouse Cambridge, and author of Animal Biography', 3 vol., approximately 265 leaves (mostly verso only), with corrections and deletions, one full-page ground plan of a cow/straw shed, 7 engraved natural history plates, a 'Tide Table for Ramsgate Harbour for the Year 1821' (with several manuscript amendments) printed by Burgess, Hunt & Carter, and William Curtis's 'A Short History of the Brown-Tail Moth' (1783, lacking plate) bound in, original pink boards (worn, one spine detached but mostly retained) [Phillipps MS 16108 & 16873 'Bingley's Spectacle de la Nature. MS Autograph. 3 Vols....'], 4to, [watermarked 1814-1821] (5) Footnotes: Yorkshire-born William Bingley (1774-1823) was a clergyman and naturalist, in whose popularising zoological works he 'gave an entertaining and palatable introduction to the basic zoological facts' (ODNB). These included Animal Biography (1802), Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809), and Animated Nature (1814), for which the 'British Fishes' was written. The 3 volume manuscript for 'The Works of God Displayed', inspired by Frenchman L'abbe Pluché's Le Spectacle de la nature (first translated into English in 1733), appears not have been published. It is similar in format to Bingley's Biographical Conversations on the Most Eminent and Instructive British Characters (1818). In both, conversations between the characters of Sir Charles Irwin, his family and son's tutor Mr. Allen are used to explain their subjects. Provenance: Thomas Phillipps (1792-1972); Sotheby's, 'Bibliotheca Phillippica. Catalogue of the Celebrated Collection of Manuscripts Formed by Sir Thomas Phillipps... New Series: Third Part', 26 June 1967, lot 689 (sold to Francis Edwards Ltd). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing