RAY, John (1627-1705). A collection of curious travels & voyages. in two tomes. London: S. Smith and B. Walford, 1693. 8o (190 x 115). (Some browning to text throughout; small tears to Z3 & Bb3 not affecting text ). Contemporary speckled panelled calf (rebacked). Provenance: W. Evetts (inscription on E1). FIRST EDITION (first issue, with publisher's catalogue on 2C7-2C8 in English). 2 volumes in one. The first English translation, by Ray, of Leonhard Rauwolf's Aigentliche beschreibung der Raisz, with accounts of travels in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and a catalogue by Ray of plants found there. Wing R-385; Norman 1796. -- John RAY. Catalogus plantarum Angliae, et insularum adjacentium. London: J. Martyn, 1670. 8o (157 x 98 mm). (Very occasional light foxing to text; small tear to U8, not affecting text). Contemporary calf (rebacked). Provenance: marginalia. FIRST EDITION. An early work, concerned with identification rather than classification. NLM/Krivatsy 9406; Wing R-381; Norman 1788. -- RAY. Observations topographical, moral, physiological; made in a journey through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France: with a catalogue of plants not native of England, found spontaneously growing in those parts, and their virtues. -Catalogus stirpium in exteris regionibus. London: John Martyn, 1673. 8o (181 x 113 mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece by William Faithorne (1616-1691). Later sprinkled calf (rebacked in morocco). FIRST EDITION. NLM/Krivatsy 9411; Wing R-399; Norman 1791. -- RAY. Synopsis methodica avium & piscium. -Synopsis methodica piscium. London: William Innys, 1713. 8o (181 x 111 mm). 4 folding engraved plates (some spotting and light foxing throughout). 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, green leather spine label. Provenance: Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952), neurophysiologist (1885 inscription, presentation inscription dated 1930 to:) G.R. de Beer (1899-1972), zoologist and Darwinian scholar (inkstamp). FIRST EDITION. Norman 1797. (4)