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Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, in Latin. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Northern France: Rouen, c. 1450], 108 leaves, incomplete, written in a gothic textura script, single column, (foliated 1-108 in modern pencil), the majority double-sided and ruled in red for 16 lines per page (c. 100 x 62 mm), initial 12 leaves comprising calendar, folio 13 begins mid-sentence 'mundus perip[u]m factus', numerous one-line initials and line fillers in gilt and colours throughout, three pages with larger initials and foliate decoration to gutter margin and also to upper and lower margins, one other page with foliate decoration to gutter margin, evidence of leaf removal between folios numbered 53 & 54 and folios 55 & 56, few minor worm holes to first and last few leaves, occasional light dust-soiling and minor marks, two blank leaves at front and rear (rear two ruled and one laid down to lower board, initial blank vellum free endpaper with early ownership inscription 'Ces matines appartienent a maistre francois phellippe bourgeois dargen', front pastedown with burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey applied to a piece of vellum overlaying bookplate bearing initials G. R., 17th-century(?) vellum, joints split, 8vo (190 x 135 mm), contained in modern half calf solander box, gilt decorated spine to box and titled 'Horae B. V. M., fifteenth century'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Francois Phellippe, burgess, either of Strasburg, or of the several Argenteuils (inscription); 'G. R.' (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

* Ecton (John, died 1730). Ecclesiastical administrator. Two vellum deeds with great seals of George I and George II, 1717 & 1727, the first an Appointment (letters patent) of John Ecton, esquire, as collector or receiver of the tenths on behalf of the Governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty, 6 December 1717, at the request of the governors of Queen Anne’s Bounty at a salary of £300 a year; recites an Act of Parliament establishing the post (3 Geo. I c10), 1716, steel-engraved border incorporating the royal arms and a portrait of George I in armour, subscribed: entered in the office of the auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer by [George Montagu, first earl of] Halifax, 17 February 1718; enrolled in the office of the Clerk of the Pells by Thomas Sadler, deputy Clerk of the Pells, 21 February 1718; enrolled in the office of Edward Harley [joint] auditor [of the Imprests] by Jeremiah Oackeley, deputy auditor, 15 March 1718; enrolled in the office of T[homas] Foley, esquire, [joint] auditor [of the Imprests] by Duke Parsons, deputy auditor, 10 April 1718, 57 x 73 cm, substantial fragments of the great seal appended, together with: Revocation and re-grant of the above grant, which is recited, 15 September 1727, steel-engraved border incorporating the royal arms and a portrait of George II in robes, subscribed: entered in the office of the auditor of the Receipt of the Exchequer by [George Montagu, first earl of] Halifax, 8 November 1727; enrolled in the office of the Clerk of the Pells by Thomas Sadler, deputy Clerk of the Pells, 7 December 1727; enrolled in the office of Thomas Foley, esquire, [joint] auditor [of the Imprests] by Duke Parsons, deputy auditor, 23 January 1728; enrolled in the office of Edward Harley [joint] auditor [of the Imprests] by Edward Bansham, deputy auditor, 16 January 1730, 59.5 x 80 cm, entire great seal of George II n yellow wax in a tin skippet QTY: (2)NOTE:'John Ecton (d. 1730), ecclesiastical administrator, was a native of Winchester. By 1711 he was deputy remembrancer of first fruits in the office of Queen Anne's Bounty when he published Liber valorum et decimarum; being an account of the valuations and yearly tenths of all such ecclesiastical benefices in England and Wales as now stand chargeable with the payment of first-fruits and tenths. ... A good antiquary and musician, Ecton was elected FSA on 29 March 1723 and was admitted in November 1723. He died at Turnham Green, Middlesex, on 20 August 1730. His will, dated 7 July 1730, in which he asked to be buried in Winchester Cathedral, was proved at London on 8 September 1730 by his widow, Dorothea Ecton. He appears to have left no surviving children and he bequeathed all his ‘manuscript bookes, papers, and collections’ to his wife and Dr Edward Butler, vice-chancellor of Oxford University, with the request that those likely to prove useful might be published. He left his collection of music and musical instruments to James Kent, the church composer. His library was sold in 1735' (ODNB).

Feuillet (Raoul-Auger). The Art of Dancing, demonstrated by Characters and Figures, Done from the French ... by P. Siris, London: for the Author, 1706, 41 numbered engraved plates (26 double-sided), slightly toned, some light spotting (mainly affecting text), plate 8 with early ink manuscript letters (A to F) neatly added, top edge gilt, 20th-century green moroccowith wide gilt decorated turn-ins by Zaehnsdorf, somewhat faded and rubbed, with small loss and tear at head of spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T133602.

Premonstratensian Order. Annales Canonici et Candidi Ordinis Premonstratensis et Vita Sancti Norberti, cum Calendario continente fundatores, Abbates, et Viri Illustres Ordinis Praemonstratensis, 17th century, 153 leaves, manuscript on paper, written in a small French hand, with some coats of arms in trick, ruled in red throughout, large initial ‘I’ in red on first page, a few other large initial spaces left blank, calendar at rear (largely left blank), pp. 7-8 detached, very occasional browning and old water stains, Phillipps MS 8269 inscribed to first blank page recto, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, contemporary doeskin, upper cover stained, some soiling and wear, spine deficient and joints weak, folio (285 x 190 mm), preserved in a 20th-century green pigskin slipcase lettered in gilt and housed in a gilt-titled green morocco-backed cloth book box, rubbed, 32.5 x 23.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Phillipps MS 8269 (inscription); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A rare and important manuscript chronicle of the origins of the Premonstratensian Order, covering 1120-155, with the history of the foundation of the different monasteries in England, France, Germany, and a life of Saint Norbert.The Order of Canons Regular of Prémontré, also known as the Premonstratensians, the Norbertines and, in Britain and Ireland, as the White Canons, is a religious order of canons regular of the Catholic Church founded in Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert of Xanten (c. 1075-1134), who later became Archbishop of Magdeburg. Beeleigh Abbey was constructed for the Order in 1180.

[Devereux, Robert, second Earl of Essex, 1566-1601]. Manuscript volume containing a variety of copies of earlier documents by and about the Earl of Essex, circa 1620-30, including contemporary reports of parliamentary affairs, 'The Earle of Essex, his appearance… at the Lord Keepers House, 1600 (16pp.), 'The Arraignments of ye Earle of Essex and Southampton in Westminster Hall ye 19th day of February 1600' (22pp.), Advise to his Sonne' (17 pp.), ‘A description of the arraignment of the Duke of Norff.’ (10pp.), a poem beginning 'All that have eyes now wake and weepe’, copies of personal letters from Sir Charles Cornwallis, etc., a total of 139 pages written in more than one neat hand, the pieces with varying numbers of blanks between pieces and sections, a total of 225 blank pages, the hands all legible except 15 pages in thicker ink with loss of legibility due to bleeding and smudging, armorial bookplate of the Wodehouse family (‘frappe forte’) to front pastedown with old ink inscription ‘Wodehouse, Kimberley, 1838’ written on the bookplate, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front flyleaf recto and two quotations from the cleric Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667) to verso in an 18th-century hand, 19th-century calf with gilt-titled spine, original calf covers relaid with gilt-tooled lozenge design to centre of both covers, rubbed, small 4to (195 x 137 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Wodehouse family, earls of Kimberley (bookplate); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A very rare collection of pieces, in particular a highly important series of documents recording the offences of Essex which led to his arraignment and the culmination of his close relationship with the queen culminating in her signing his death warrant. After his return from Ireland in 1599 Essex was brought before a specially constituted court which preferred three specific charges against him. All material relating to his arrest and trial is of special interest on account of the paucity of the material available.‘No full report of these proceedings is extant. Bacon drew up an apparently complete account, but only a fragment dealing with the first charge (the journey into Munster) survives. The rest has to be gathered chiefly from Fynes Morison's ‘History of Ireland' and paroled accounts of Essex's Irish action published officially after his death. The gist of the accusations lay in the negotiations with Tyrone, and no authentic record of these is accessible’ (ODNB). The accounts as given in the present manuscript volume include speeches by Essex and by Bacon and references to Tyrone.Although most of the volume appears to have been written in the 1620s several of the pieces appear to be copies originally penned at an earlier date. Bacon, for instance, is never 'Lord Verulam’ but always 'Mr. Bacon’. Francis Bacon was created Baron Verulam of Verulam in 1618.Towards the end of the volume the collection includes several letters from the English courtier and diplomat Charles Cornwallis (died 1629) which are personal, one, presumably to his first wife, Elizabeth, ending ‘Faythfull and affectionate husbande’ (22 July 1614). This letter would have been written one month after he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. Cornwallis had been suspected of fanning the parliamentary opposition to the king. John Hoskins, who had made himself conspicuous in the House of Commons of England by his denunciation of Scots and Scottish institutions, declared when arrested that he was Cornwallis's agent. Cornwallis disclaimed all knowledge of Hoskins, but admitted that he had procured the election of another member of parliament, and had supplied him with notes for a speech against recusants and Scotchmen. The privy council placed Cornwallis under arrest in June 1614, and he was imprisoned in the Tower of London for a year, with Hoskins and Leonel Sharp.The untitled poem is a known epitaph (or perhaps two) on King James, and so originally written after his death in 1625. The poem is now ascribed to George Morley (1598-1684): [An Epitaph upon King James], beginning ‘All that have eyes now wake and weep’, 22 lines; and another of 10 lines, running on with no separate heading, beginning ‘For two and twenty yeares, long care’. They were published consecutively as two separate pieces with minor text variations in William Camden's Remaines (London, 1637), pp. 398-99. The Catalogue of English Literary Manuscripts 1450-1700 online refers to it as 22 lines and notes: ‘Attributed to Edward Fairfax in The Fairfax Correspondence, ed. George Johnson (1848), … [but] The poem is generally ascribed to George Morley’. All 32 lines are published as one piece and attributed to Edward Fairfax in William Grainge, Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft… (Harrogate, 1882), pp. 18-19.

Fore-edge paintings. The Oeconomy of Human Life. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, written by an ancient Bramin. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Manner in which the said Manuscript was Discovered. In a Letter from an English Gentleman now Residing in China to the Earl of E****, [by Robert Dodsley], London: S. & E. Harding, 1795, half-title, and advertisement leaf in preliminaries, stipple-engraved illustrations throughout, old water staining and some spotting throughout, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt with double fore-edge paintings to each edge (six in total), contemporary gilt-decorated black morocco, rubbed, joints tender, slightly frayed at head and foot of spine, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).A rare example of a book with each edge having a double fore-edge painting. The principal paintings on the fore-edge show the outskirts of a village with two figures by a bridge over a river and a windmill, the opposing painting a river scene with a fisherman on a boat and a church with a spire in the distant background. The top and bottom edges show more indistinct fore-edges of generic countryside.

Collier (John Payne). Trilogy. Conversations between Three Friends on the emendations of Shakespeare's text contained in Mr. Collier's Corrected Folio, 1632, and employed by recent editors of the poet's works, printed for private circulation only, London: T. Richards, [1874], three parts in one volume (comedies, histories, and tragedies), top edge gilt, inside gilt dentells, bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, near-contemporary gilt-decorated dark blue crushed full morocco (unsigned), some abrasions to lower board edges (generally in excellent condition), small 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited to 25 copies printed for private circulation. Collier's Trilogy offers further defense of the spurious contemporary annotations to the so-called Perkins 1632 folio edition of Shakespeare, to show how many of its manuscript readings have been adopted by significant editors of Shakespeare such as Dice. Collier's annotated 1632 folio was however unmasked as a fabrication, and his literary pretensions as a consequence, significantly demoted. See Arthur and Janet Freeman, John Payne Collier, Scholarship and Forgery in the Nineteenth Century (Yale University Press, 2004).Rare. No copy at auction since 1964.On 31 January 1852, John Payne Collier announced in the Athenaeum that he had discovered in a copy of the Second Folio of Shakespeare a large number of emendations 17th-century hand. The original is now in the Huntington Library.

[Noble, Charles Frederick]. A Voyage to the East Indies in 1747 and 1748. Containing an account of the Islands of St. Helena and Java. Of the City of Batavia. Of the government and political conduct of the Dutch. Of the Empire of China, with a particular description of Canton, and of the religious ceremonies, manners and customs of the inhabitants. Interspersed with many useful and curious observations and anecdotes, 1st edition, London: printed for T. Becket, P.A. Dehondt & T. Durham, 1762, 11 engraved plates, including a folding view of Batavia, 'Directions to the Binder' leaf at end, some light offsetting and spotting, Mission House Library label to front pastedown, manuscript shelf number to front endpaper, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked in lighter modern calf, residue from label removal at base of spine, covers with some corner wear and stains, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A, Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.ESTC T145010; Lowendahl 623; Lust 348.

Codrington (Robert). [The Life and Death, of the illustrious Robert Earl of Essex, & c.conatining at large the wars he managed, and the commands he had in Holland, the Palatinate, and in England. Together with some wonderfull observations both of himselfe, and his predecessors, and many most remarkable passages from his infancie, unto the day of his death, London: F. Leach, for L. Chapman, 1646], additional engraved title ('A Mournefull Cloud over vaylinge the face of England for the sorrowfull death of his Exelence Robert Devourux Earle of Essex... Lord General of all the Parlaments forces & c and died ye 24 of September 1646'), lacks A1-2 (printed title and dedication to Walter Devereux), 50 pp. of text (B-G4, H1), lacks final blank (H2), a few leaves close-trimmed to upper or lower margin, occasionally touching page number at head or catch-word at foot, a few contemporary marginal annotations in brown ink, including inscription to verso of engraved title 'To Mr. John Tempest aboard of the marlin friggot', which is repeated and followed by 'Dunkirke, ye Mr Chr. Hutchinson's master of Thomas Hutchinson', disbound without covers, small 4to, together with:[Sibbald, Robert]. The Liberty and Independency of the Kingdom and Church of Scotland, Asserted from Ancient Records. To which is added a Speech at the Proclamation of K. James concerning the Succession to the Crown of England, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Andrew Symson for Henry Knox, David Freebairn and John Vallange, [1702], title and dedication torn with losses and laid down (title partly completed in manuscript), bound with two other related works, the first beginning on A2 with drop-head title 'The true copies of a speache made with F. H. Esquier, the abstract wherof was delivered on Wednesdaie the 30 of March after the Proclamation of the Kings most excellent Majesty in the County of Essex', the second work 'Defence of the Independency of the Church of Scotland, the second Part', Edinburgh, 1703, some soiling and spotting, later marbled boards with calf label to spine, manuscript labels to upper cover, a little rubbed, small 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance (first work): Probably John Tempest of Stella Hall, Blaydon, county Durham, a staunch royalist and Roman Catholic (1623-1697), only son of Sir Thomas Tempest (1594-circa 1652). During the English Civil War, John Tempest commanded a Regiment of Foot in the Marquess of Newcastle's army, and fought at the Battle of Marston Moor. He was Governor of Skipton Castle when it surrendered to Parliament on 21 December 1645. W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).First work: Wing C4877; Thomason E358[7]; second work, first title ESTC T083147.

Arms of Essex. An incomplete manuscript volume of arms and pedigrees of Essex families from the Visitation of Essex, 1634, [6], 51 leaves, manuscript on paper, numerous coats-of-arms in trick, title and index leaves at front, contemporary foliation, lacking folios 52-65 [as inferred from the Index at front], manuscript heading at top of folio 1, 'These desents following were taken in the last visitacon made for the county of Essex by George Owen als Yorke Herauld and Hen:Lilly Rouge Rose A[nn]o 1634', some soiling and old damp staining, some bluish ink staining to upper margins of folios 35-42, not affecting legibility of text, minor marginal chipping and fraying with a few old discreet repairs, armorial bookplate of Evelyn Philip Shirley (1812-1882) and burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, the Shirley bookplate with 'no. 127' written at foot, late 19th-century vellum gilt, folio (315 x 212 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Evelyn Philip Shirley (bookplate); W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Henry Lilly (died 1638), Rouge-dragon pursuivant was employed with George Owen, York herald, in 1634, to visit Essex and Worcestershire for Sir Richard St. George, Clarenciux, and Sir John Borough, Norroy. The Essex visitation was printed in volume 13 of the 'Publications of the Harleian Society'.Catalogue amendment: Please note that the Index refers to names on folios 52-65. These leaves are not present, the text ending with folio 51v.

Manuscript History of France. Histoire de France [so titled to upper cover], manuscript on vellum, French, circa 1470s, 117 leaves, 238 x 163 mm (9 3/8 x 6 1/2 ins), manuscript text in French in dark brown ink, the first leaf illuminated in gold and colours, with blason of the Comtes de Vermandois held aloft by two monkeys (one on either side), surrounded by elaborate foliate decoration incorporating flowers and strawberries, a bird and snail to right margin, small dragon to lower margin and large decorative initial in red, blue and gold, two further large decorative initials to folio 8 recto and folio 20 verso, numerous small initals in red and gold, and blue and gold throughout, contemporary miniscule annotations to margins in light brown ink, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to verso of front cover, and additionally marked in pencil above 'De Froyle' and '6926 Ph' (in two different hands), old limp vellum ((probably 17th century) with yapp fore-edges, decorative gilt lozenge to centre of each cover, upper cover with manuscript title in brown ink 'Histoire de France', modern black morocco labels to spine 'Histoire de France' and '14 Cent.', 4to (245 x 170 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Comte de Vermandois, ancient noble French family in northern France to the east of Amiens, straddling the present-day départements of the Oise and Aisne; Sir Thomas Philipps (1792-1872), his pencil inscription to inside front cover '6926Ph'; W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Munby Phillipps Manuscripts 6926: 'Histoire de la Creation du Monde ad an.1314. 1st page illum. with a Coat Chequy O. et Az. the shield held by two monkeys n. fol. V. S. XV'.Rare, possibly unique text. A fine manuscript history of France, written in French, beginning with the foundation of the Roman empire, taken from the text of the 4th century A.D. historian Orosius, and continued up to 1314. The text begins: 'De la creation du monde iusques a la fondacion de romme selon orose eut quatre mille quatre cens quatres vingts et quatre ans...'. The penultimate leaf 116 reads in part (approximate transcription): 'L'an mil iii. viii. le tour saint benoist abbe. led. pape fift publier a carpentras ou la court pour lois estoit lesd. constitucione quil avoit fait faux et avoit ordonne qui sen fust fait ung livre qui voulloit nomer le vii decretalles. Mais il comenca destue ma ladif dont il morut apres qui ceust tem le siege viii. ans v. mois. xv. jos au chasteau de la roche maur a la fine du Rosne de la partie du royaulme et fut son corps porte a carpentras la ou la court estoit. Et apres en gascoigne en ung lieu ma dame de vierte ou il avoit fonde ung collige de chanoines seculiers ou diocesse de busars et y avoit choisie la sepulture lieuasses sterile et vaste. Et ne peut envoyer le livre aux universitee et estudes generaulx aux escolliers come il est de coustume. Mais Jhan xxii. son sucesseur. le fift et la noma clementines au nom de son predecesseur come il est contenu au dit livre. L'an mil. iii. Xiiii veille saint andre morut phe. roy de France a ung chasteau nome defront la ou il estoit ne en cestuy monde et luy succeda au roy de France. Loys son ainsne fils qui aussy estoit roy de navarra. Ladite annemesmee au darnier jour davril qui fut veille de lascencion. En geuraud de marinhe chlr. de normendie a cause de maintes accusations contre luy faictes. fut juge a pendre et executer. qui au temps de Phe. avoit tant de gouvernemant q ceulx qui voulloit estoient princes...'The history ends with the death of Philip IV in 1314, and the accession of Louis X of France 'the Quarrelsome'.

Book of Hours, Unidentified Use, in Latin. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France: Angers, c. 1460s], i + 155 + i leaves, with catchwords, lacking the calendar and other leaves with illumination, perhaps including miniatures, some leaves bound out of place; part of f. 96 excised; 13 lines per page written in a fine gothic textura script (c. 50 × 35 mm); illuminated throughout with one- and two-line initials, and with LARGE ILLUMINATED INITIALS CONTAINING FLOWERS ACCOMPANIED BY A BORDER (ff. 1r, 52r, 56v, 61r, 70r, 143v); some smudging of pigments, the vellum generally slightly cockled and thumbed, with a few small holes and a few stains from rusted paper clips, a few leaves becoming loose, decorated gilt endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, 16th-century red velvet, each cover with gilt metal corner- and centre-pieces, the spine with a pierced metal panel and the fore-edge with intact clasp, the velvet worn and the metal tarnished, but sound overall, small 8vo (108 × 78 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:Doubtless made at Angers, to judge by the style of illumination and a prayer that includes the names of at least five bishop-saints of Angers (f. 152v): Maurilius, Renatus, Albinus, Licinius, and Magnobod; others are Maurice (to whom Angers Cathedral is dedicated) and the rare Serenedus (venerated at Angers); the litany includes most of the same saints. Despite this, neither the Hours of the Virgin nor the Office of the Dead seem to be the normal texts for the Use of Angers, which suggests that the book may have been made for a nearby town that followed a different liturgy.Sold at Sotheby’s, 16 May 1955, lot 92 (lot 90 in the same sale was also in the Foyle collection and is now at the Bodleian Library, Oxford).W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Hours of the Virgin (f. 1r), Lauds followed by suffrages to Sts Michael, Peter & Paul, Sebastian, Nicholas, Mary Magdalene, and Catherine; Hours of the Cross (f. 47r) and of the Spirit intermixed; Seven Penitential Psalms (f. 78r); Litany (f. 92v); Office of the Dead (f. 101r); Obsecro te (f. 143v); the usual extract from St John’s Gospel (f. 148v); prayers (f. 151r), including one mentioning Angers saints, one to St Barbara in rhyming verse, and another to St Martin.Although defective, this is a substantially complete medieval illuminated Book of Hours, in an unusual binding and with some unusual texts, whose very incompleteness makes it ideal for study and research.

Bury (T. T.). Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with a Plate of the Coaches, Machines &c. from Drawings made on the Spot..., published and sold by R. Ackermann, 1831 [1833], printed title, seven aquatint plates by H. Pyall after T. T. Bury, all with bright contemporary hand colouring, one plate (number 4) with slight staining to the margins, bound with two additional folding plates with bright contemporary hand-colouring, viz. 'Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - A Train of the First Class of Carriages with the Mail..., [and] A Train of Waggons and Goods &c. &c.', both engraved by S. G. Hughes after J. Shaw and both dated 1833, with two pen and ink profiles of carriages tipped in at rear, each drawing with manuscript details of the scale below the image and signed J. Croall, each approximately 150 x 220 mm, slight damp staining to endpapers, pastedowns and title page, contemporary half calf gilt, worn and bumped at extremities, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance W. A. Foyle. Belleigh Abbey. Tooley 120. Abbey Life 400.

Mathematics Notebook. A manuscript maths and commonplace notebook, seemingly compiled by Robert Parker, of Elwick, County Durham, mid 18th century, the first part of the book comprising exercises in arithmetic, geometry, algebra, etc., a total of approximately 120 pages plus some blanks, the final 60 pages completed in larger script and including copy letters of R. Parker including one to his brother Sir Thomas Parker, some spotting throughout, ink notes and partial index at front and rear, written by A.J. Ellison, Lincoln's Inn, 1904, armorial bookplate of Henry Bell, Newcastle upon Tyne to front free endpaper, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W.A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 19th-century vellum by C. & C. McLeish, gilt-titled spine, partly rubbed and soiled, small 4to (200 x 155 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Henry Bell (bookplate); A.J. Ellison (inscriptions); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Dr Robert Parker (1703-1776) became rector of Elwick, Co. Durham in 1741. He was the brother of Sir Thomas Parker (c. 1695-1784), Chief Baron of the Exchequer.

* Privy Council Warrant. A manuscript Privy Council warrant to Lord Buckhurst, Lord High Treasurer of England, 26 May 1601, authorising payment of conduct money and the conditioning of 20 soldiers to the county of Monmouth, signed by 7 members of the Privy Council, John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury ('Jo:Cant'), Thomas Egerton, Baron Ellesmere & Viscount Brackley, Lord High Chancellor of England ('Tho. Egerton'), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset ('T. Buckhurst'), Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury ('Ro: Cecyll'), Sir John Fortescue ('Fortescu'), Sir John Popham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench ('J. Popham'), and J. Herbert, initialled note by Lord Buckhurst at foot, 'Mr Skinner make an order', some spotting and soiling, two careful long, closed tear repairs (one long tear through all of text and one shorter tear touching 'Popham', but neither with loss of text), 1 page with integral address and docket leaf (soiled and seal tear), folio (305 x 202 mm), tipped into a folder and presented as a book with typed title-page in red and black and typed biographies of the first 6 signers on rectos of 9 leaves, tipped-in engraved portrait frontispiece of Queen Elizabeth by P. Vanderbanck after E. Lutterell (heavy spotting), plus later portraits of John Whitgift, Thomas Egerton, Thomas Sackville and Robert Cecil, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, 20th-century blue quarter morocco over cloth with gilt-titled spine, a little rubbed, folio (39 x 25 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An important state paper relating to the unrest caused by the Essex Rebellion, for which the Earl of Essex was beheaded that same year. The document refers to the levy of twenty soldiers in Monmouth for service at Lough Foyle in Northern Ireland, and the charges disbursed by Monmouth county for them.

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, in Latin. Illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, probably Bruges, c. 1460], ii + 74 + ii leaves, lacking a calendar and an uncertain number of other leaves, probably including miniatures, foliated in 19th-century red ink; ruled in purple-red ink for 19 lines per page, the ruled space 103 × 60 mm, written in a gothic textura script, with some very calligraphic flourishes (e.g. f. 1v), ILLUMINATED WITH ONE FULL-PAGE MINIATURE, LARGE FOLIATE INITIALS AND FULL BORDERS at the main textual divisions (ff. 1r, 3r, 6r, 49r), and with two-sided borders at the seven individual hours, plus the two prayers at the end; hundreds of one- and two-line illuminated initials throughout. marbled endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, early 19th-century Italian red leather, the covers with a wide gilt frame of palmettes, the front cover with ‘Anna. Bays.’ and the spine with ‘Uffizio’ in gilt capitals, 8vo (174 x 122 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:Anna Bays (name on front cover).? Count Carlo Francesco Giacinto Caissotti di Chiusano (1754–1831): bought by ‘Caissotti di Chiusano’ for 24 lire in 1827 (inscription on front flyleaf).W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Text:Hours of the Cross (f. 1r), and of the Holy Spirit (f. 3r); Mass of the Virgin (f. 6r); Hours of the Virgin (f. 14r), with Lauds (f. 21r), Prime (f. 29v), Terce (f. 32v), Sext (f. 35r), None (f. 37r), Vespers (f. 39v), and Compline (f. 44v); full-page miniature (f. 48v) and Seven Penitential Psalms (f. 49r), followed (f. 57r) by a Litany of saints; Office of the Dead (f. 60r); prayers ‘Obsecro te’ (f. 70v) and ‘O intemerata’ (f. 73v), both using masculine forms.Illumination:The decoration of this manuscript is typical of the mid-level works produced in large numbers in 15th-century Bruges both for locals and for visitors to the major trading town. The style of the surviving full-page miniature is related to that of the so-called Master of the Beady Eyes, which, with that of Willem Vrelant, was dominant in Bruges in the third quarter of the 15th century. An unusual feature of the present book is that the miniature is part of an integral bifolium, ruled for text, rather than a single leaf, blank on the back, as would be expected in Flanders at this date. This suggests that the book was produced by a stationer to sell ‘off-the-peg’, rather than to be customised with the insertion of miniatures according to the customer’s taste and pocket. The image shows the Last Judgement: Christ sits on an arc blessing, displaying his wounds, with a lily and a sword at his mouth, praised by the Virgin and John the Baptist, while souls rise from their graves.

Beaumont (Francis and Fletcher, John). Comedies and Tragedies written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gentlemen. Never printed before, and now published by the Authours Originall Copies, 1st edition, London: Printed for Humphrey Robinson at the three Pidgeons, and for Humphrey Moseley at the Princes Armes in St Pauls Church-yard, 1647, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Fletcher by Berkenhead after William Marshall, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, woodcut initials, text in double column, a tall copy with good margins, all edges gilt, bookplate of Annie Winifred Ellerman (known as Bryher) to front pastedown, inside gilt dentelles, fine crimson levant full morocco extra by Riviere, spine richly gilt, folio QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Annie Winifred Ellerman, known as Bryher (1894-1983), novelist and poet; Chas. J. Sawyer, Catalogue 257, 1961, item 10 (original printed catalogue description loosely inserted); W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).An independently wealthy philanthropist with literary aspirations, Bryher lived in Lowndes Square, London with the American poet Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) and her husband Kenneth Macpherson. She played an important backstage hand in the publication of Joyce's Ulysses, supporting Joyce and his family with a monthly allowance as well as providing much needed financial backing to Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare & Co.Wing B1581; ESTC R22900; Pforzheimer 53; Greg III,1013; Grolier/English 28.First edition of the collected plays of Beaumont and Fletcher—the third great folio collection of Elizabethan drama after those of Ben Jonson (1616) and William Shakespeare (1623), and 'almost equal in importance in English literature to the First Folio of Shakespeare' (Rosenbach 25: 7). The playwrights Beaumont and Fletcher were regarded in their time as two men so closely in harmony as to constitute one mind: 'Beaumont bringing the ballast of judgement, Fletcher the sail of phantasy… He who has not perused Beaumont and Fletcher can have no complete idea of the riches of English poetry' (Allibone I, 150-151).This first collected edition of Beaumont and Fletcher’s plays was, like that of Shakespeare, published posthumously and dedicated by ten actors (including John Lowin and Richard Robinson) to Philip, Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery, and with an Address to the Reader by James Shirley (the Dramatist) who is generally regarded as the editor of the work. 'This edition, which is said to have been edited by Shirley though the amount of revision he did is not known, contains all of the hitherto unpublished plays by Beaumont and Fletcher except the Wild-Goose Chase, the manuscript of this last having been lost' (Pforzheimer 53). With an astonishing twenty-two leaves devoted to poetic encomia of the authors, including first printings of poems by Jonson, Herrick, Milton Lovelace, Shirley and Waller, the publication of the Comedies and Tragedies occupied eight printers.

Beaumont and Fletcher (Francis and John). The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, in fourteen volumes: with an introduction and explanatory notes, by Henry Weber, Esq, 14 volumes, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Company, 1812, half-titles, armorial bookplate of Baldwin J P Bastard to front pastedown, edges marbled, late 19th-century green half morocco gilt, 8voQTY: (14)NOTE:Provenance: Baldwin John Pollexfen Bastard (1830-1905), of Buckland Court, Ashburton, Devon.This edition includes, for the first time from manuscript, Fletcher's tragicomedy The Faithful Friends. Never printed in its own century, it is one of the most disputed works in English Renaissance drama.

James I. The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie. With a prefatory Memoir by R[obert]. P[earse]. Gillies, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne and Co., 1814, reprint of 1584 edition, advertisement slip before title with annotation 'This I purchased at the sale at Lee Priory in Augt. 1834 - 10/6 - BM', pencil annotation to upper margin of title 'I bought this at Lee Priory at the sale of Sir Egerton Bridges Library in 1834 - 10/6', few manuscript notes and annotations throughout and two leaves of manuscript notes at rear, verso of front free endpaper inscribed F. William Cock M.D. 1903 10/6 and with manuscript note 'This was Sir S. E. Brydges own copy and the notes throughout and at the end are in his handwriting, except the notes at end by J. L. Williams Curate of Barson [alias Barfrestone] who mentions Wm. Wordsworth being at the home S. E. B. was very partial to Wordsworth & his poems. Mentions him repeatedly in his works. S.E.B. died Sep 1837 in his 75th year', bookplate of F. William Cock M.D. F.S.A. of Appledore, Kent to front free blank dated 1903, gilt red morocco bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, 19th-century brown half morocco, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, 1st Baronet (1762-1837), bibliographer, genealogist and also M.P. for Maidstone from 1812 to 1818. He was educated at Maidstone Grammar School and The King's School, Canterbury. He was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1780, though he didn't take a degree and was later called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1787. A founding member of the Roxburghe Club he also founded a weekly magazine called The Literary Magnet, with his son Egerton Anthony Brydges under the joint pseudonym Tobias Merton. He wrote novels and poems and produced several bibliographical publications which were printed at his private press at Lee Priory, in Littlebourne, Kent. The press was established in 1813 and ceased printing in 1823. It was known for producing high-quality printings of unusual and rare tracts. Lee Priory was originally built during the reign of James I and later remodelled. Due to troubled financial affairs, the contents of the property were sold in 1834 on the death of Thomas Brydges Barrett. The auction catalogue advertised the sale of Lee Priory's "Extensive and Valuable Library, containing upwards of 5000 volumes of Books." Many of the books printed at Lee Priory were illustrated with intricate woodcuts created especially for the press, which were also sold in the 1834 auction. The Priory was demolished in 1953. Egerton Brydges' second daughter Jemima married the poet Edward Quillinan (1791-1851) in 1817. She died in 1822 from the tragic effects of burns. Edward Quillinan was a great defender of the works of William Wordsworth and subsequently married Wordsworth's daughter Dora in 1841.Pencil note to verso of front free endpaper stating only 92 copies printed.

Book of Hours, Use of Rouen, in Latin and French. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France: Rouen, c. 1480], ii + 160 + iii leaves, COMPLETE, collation: 112; 2–38, 42; 5–108, 114; 12–138, 144; 158; 16–218; tissue interleaves face the large miniatures; ff. 30r–v and 160v ruled, otherwise blank; ruled in red ink for 14 lines per page (16 in the calendar), the ruled space c. 90 × 60 mm, written in a fine gothic textura script, the calendar with major feasts in burnished gold, the others alternately red or blue, EVERY TEXT PAGE ILLUMINATED WITH AT LEAST ONE PANEL BORDER of semi-naturalistic flowers and plants on a gold ground, and blue and gold stylised acanthus on a plain parchment ground; the calendar with 24 SMALL SQUARE MINIATURES SET INTO PANEL BORDERS; the major divisions of the text marked by TWELVE LARGE MINIATURES above three or four lines of text and surrounded by full borders, SOME CONTAINING SUBSIDIARY MINIATURES, some containing animals, birds, or fantastic hybrid figures; TWO HISTORIATED INITIALS; a few prayers with 4-line initials; hundreds of two-line illuminated foliate initials, one-line initials, and line-fillers throughout; with a few minor blemishes (e.g. slight pigment loss in the lower right corner of the miniature on f. 31r, and slight water-staining in the lower left corner) but generally in fine, clean condition throughout, with ample margins, marbled endpapers, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, sewn on five bands and bound in 18th-century French red diced calf over pasteboards, the covers framed with gilt ornament, the spine gilt and with title ‘L’Office de l’eglise’ in capitals, upper cover stained, the upper fore-edge turn-in lifting, 8vo (180 x 128 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance:The style of illumination and liturgical Use point to Rouen as the place of production; the sparse calendar includes St Romanus in gold (23 October), as well as St Evodius (8 October) and Mellonus (22 October), all three were bishops of Rouen; Romanus and Mellonus also appear in the Litany. Prayers are written for the use of a female supplicant, and a conventional portrait of the original owner appears in the final miniature.An erased 17th(?)-century ownership(?) note begins ‘Mon dieu qui …’ (f. 2r, lower margin); the same owner may have been responsible for lightly disguising the nudity that occurs in some marginal scenes: Aquarius (f. 1v), Gemini (f. 5v) and Bathsheba (f. 83r).‘From Robinsons, 25/8/49’ (in pencil, front flyleaf), presumably referring to W. H. Robinson, of Pall Mall.W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).Text:Calendar, in French (f. 1r); Gospel extracts (f. 13r); prayers ‘Obsecro te’ and ‘O intemerata’, using feminine forms (f. 20v); Hours of the Virgin (f. 31r), Lauds followed by suffrages to the Holy Spirit, Nicholas, and Katherine; Seven Penitential Psalms (f. 83r) followed (f. 98r) by a Litany of saints (Clement, Fabian, and Sebastian, at the bottom of f. 100r, are mistakenly repeated at the top of the verso); Hours of the Cross (f. 105) and of the Spirit (f. 109r); Office of the Dead (f. 113r); ‘Les quinze joies nostre dame’ (f. 151r) and ‘Les sept requestes’ of the Lord (f. 157r), both in French.Illumination:(ff. 1r–12v) The calendar has Occupations of the months on rectos, and zodiac signs on versos:January: Feasting; AquariusFebruary: Warming at a hearth; PiscesMarch: Pollarding; AriesApril: Half-length man in a garden; TaurusMay: Man and woman on horseback, hawking; Gemini: a naked man and woman embracingJune: Scything; CancerJuly: Reaping; LeoAugust: Threshing; VirgoSeptember: Treading grapes; LibraOctober: Sowing seed; ScorpioNovember: Knocking acorns from trees to feed pigs; SagittariusDecember: Killing a pig; CapricornThe major texts are each introduced by a large miniature, including the individual Hours of the Virgin, except Vespers and Compline which have historiated initials:1. (f. 13r) The Four Evangelists, in a four-part miniature characteristic of Rouen 2. (f. 31r) The Annunciation, surrounded by a border composed of nine smaller compartments: three with angels, the other six with scenes from the life of the Virgin: Gabriel appearing to Joachim; Meeting at the Golden Gate; Nativity of the Virgin; Presentation of the Virgin; Virgin at the Loom; and Marriage of the Virgin to Joseph3. (f. 44v) The Visitation4. (f. 59r) The Nativity5. (f. 65v) The Annunciation to the Shepherds6. (f. 69v) The Adoration of the Magi7. (f. 73r) The Presentation in the Temple; the infant has his arms outspread, visually prefiguring his Crucifixion8. (f. 76v) The Flight into Egypt (historiated initial)9. (f. 78r) The Coronation of the Virgin (historiated initial)10. (f. 83r) King David in Penitence; the border with smaller miniatures depicting David and Goliath, and David Spying on Bathsheba11. (f. 105r) The Crucifixion; the border with smaller miniatures depicting the Flagellation, and Christ carrying the Cross12. (f. 109r) Pentecost13. (f. 113r) A Funeral Service; the border with smaller miniatures depicting Death in the form of a cadaver killing a man, and a priest officiating at a burial14. (f. 151r) The Virgin and Child enthroned, adored by an angel and a female patronThe style is typical of Rouen illumination in the late 15th century; characteristic features are the profuse use of gold highlights on draperies and hillsides, often cross-hatched; cross-hatching of grassy areas in landscapes; a palette predominantly based on pink, blue, brown and green, and the use of grey for the modelling of facial features, men having rather swarthy flesh, and women very pale skin; the rather peremptory manner of painting hands; the grey-blue acanthus on flat gold backgrounds for borders.

Dikenman (R.) Voyage en Suisse par Dikenman peintre, manuscript title within double rule border, 80 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Dikenman, heightened with gum arabic, lower hinge separating, later red morocco, gilt, g.e., [Bobins 1686],oblong 8vo, Zurich, [c.1830].⁂ A stunning series of Swiss views covering the lakes, mountains and major cities, presumably compiled by a tourist.

Heath (Henry) Heath's Oddities, lithographic title and 38 lithographic plates, all with contemporary hand-colouring, extra-illustrated with three original watercolours for plates 14, 32 and 35 (facing plates on an inserted leaf, each with manuscript caption), green morocco gilt by Riviere and Son, inner dentelles richly gilt, toned and sunned, joints rubbed, modern slipcase, [Bobins IV, 1340; Schwerdt I, 236 (another copy)], 4to, W. Spooner, [c.1830]⁂ The Schwerdt copy of this scare series with three of the original watercolours by Heath. The satirical plates depict both social and sporting scenes.Provenance: C.F.G.R. Schwerdt (bookplate; Sotheby's London, 10th July 1939, lot 1515) and Joel Spitz (bookplate; Christies, 27th May 2015, lot 59).

Havell, Junior (Robert) Costa Scena, or a Cruise along the Southern Coast of Kent, hand-coloured aquatint panorama with engraved title at beginning and 62 numbered scenes, c.80 x 5650mm., on conjoined sheets forming continuous strip, title and very beginning of strip a little browned, small tear to lower edge of first scene at Greenwich (repaired without loss), torn across at scene 31 between Kingsgate and Broadstairs but neatly repaired, overall an excellent clean and bright copy on roller housed in original boxwood drum covered in glazed orange & black aquatint label depicting Britannia and Neptune, drum c.125mm. tall, a little worn and wormed, [Abbey, Life 490; Bobins1601], Robert Havell & Son (imprint supplied in contemporary ink manuscript on title), 1823.⁂ Rare panorama depicting George IV beginning his "Northern Excursion" in 1822, a state visit to Scotland organised by Sir Walter Scott. The strip shows his embarkation at Greenwich in the Royal George and then follows the Kent coast past Margate, Ramsgate, the white cliffs of Dover, across the Channel in rough weather, and finishing at Calais..

Meulen (P.H.L. van der, engraver) Maaskamps Diorama van Amsterdam, hand-coloured aquatint panorama, c.125 x 2285 mm., on conjoined sheets forming continuous strip, with one engraved caption 'Ingang tot s'Rijks Scheeps Timmerwerf' towards end, otherwise annotated in contemporary ink manuscript to upper and lower margins, a little soiled, a few stains, mostly to joins, small tears at beginning and end slightly affecting image and occasional fraying to edges (all repaired), on roller housed in original paper-covered wooden drum with gilt bands and narrow engraved orange label at head, drum c.195mm. tall, rubbed, edge of top lacking portion and top of finial chipped, with ?original glazed orange paper-covered card cylinder box, a little rubbed and marked, new base, [Abbey, Life 481, incorrectly identifying engraver; Bobins 1604], Amsterdam, E.Maaskamp, [c.1825].⁂ Rare panorama of the Amsterdam waterfront.

Hess (Carl Aolf Heinrich) Reitschule oder Darstellung des natürlichen und künstlichen Ganges des Campagnepferdes, 7 hand-coloured engraved plates, title supplied in manuscript, taken from upper wrapper (not present), contemporary tree calf, contemporary tree calf, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, preserved in custom folding chemise, [Bobins 1398; Nissen, ZBI 1926], 4to, Leipzig, Theodore Seeger, 1802.⁂ A rare and charming series of horse portraits.

[Schmitz (Matthew S.)] The Sure Water Cure, lithographed throughout with Preface and 12 hand-coloured lithographed full-page illustrations with facing text, on thick leaves, mounted on stubs, text foxed and with some offsetting from plates and small water-stain to lower outer corner, plates generally clean, later polished tan calf, gilt, by Rivière & Son, g.e., with original lithographed pictorial wrappers bound in (upper cover marked "Cold." in ink manuscript, rubbed), binding a little rubbed, light staining to lower cover, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Bobins 896], oblong 8vo, [Fores], [c.1845].⁂ Satirical work on the popular practice of hydropathy or hydrotherapy, depicting various different treatments as well as a procession of healthy-looking customers going to the baths and the same returning from them looking decidedly less fit and healthy.

Perkois (J.), J.H.Prins & Mattheus Sallieth. Verzameling van Verschillende Gekleede Mans- en Vrouwen-Standen..., first collected edition, engraved title-vignette by H.Kobell and 33 finely hand-coloured plates by Sallieth after Jakob Perkois and Johannes Huibert Prins, most stipple-engraved, one or two with aquatint, contemporary ink manuscript note of acquisition "acheté 20fr. le 28 Juillet [?]1825" to rear pastedown, a superb clean copy in contemporary glazed blue boards with decorative gilt roll border, slightly rubbed and marked, rebacked, small tear to spine, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, morocco label to spine, [Bobins 429; Colas 2311; Landwehr, Dutch Books with Coloured Plates 389], folio, Rotterdam, J.Immerzeel, Jr., 1818.⁂ Rare coloured first edition of this artist's manual depicting street vendors and other workers, by Perkois (1756-1804), a teacher from the Drawing Academy in Middleburg, and Prins (1757-1806), secretary of the art society Pictura in The Hague. The engraver, Sallieth (1749-91), from Rotterdam, is known mostly for his maritime views. A few copies have appeared at auction but mostly of the later 1833 edition and all uncoloured, as is the only copy listed on Library Hub (V & A).

Valentini (Francesco) Trattato su la Commedia dell'Arte, ossia improvvisa. Maschere Italiane, ed alcune scene del Carnevale di Roma, text in German and Italian, 20 plates after Johann Heinrich Stürmer, all with fine contemporary hand colouring, upper hinge starting, original boards with paper labels to spine, repair to spine foot, a little spotted and bumped, gilt edges, housed within modern cloth wrapper, [Bobins 1265], 4to, Berlin, Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich, 1826.⁂ A delightfully illustrated treatise on both the famous cast of characters from the Commedia dell'Arte, for example 'Arlechino' and 'Pantalone', as well as those indigenous to Carnival in Rome, such as 'Quacquero', 'Bajaccio', 'Scopette', 'Villano' and 'Pulcinella'. Provenance: Ludwig Wilhelm Wittich publisher; manuscript note dated 1936 to front endpaper].

Great Britain 1831 - EL dated 20 Sept 1831, posted to Holborn, manuscript 2 framed 2 line T.P. New band cancel. Oval red 1831/20.SP/Night cancel

Great Britain 1818 - EL dated 29th Dec 1818 posted to Teignmouth, manuscript 5 - Red Exeter/29DE20/8/176 cancel

Great Britain 1828 - EL dated December 23/28 posted to Islington, manuscript Post Paid partial 2 line red? 3py Post Paid red oval - 18. Paid 28/23DE/7Night7

Great Britain 1832 - EL dated 13 July 1832 London posted to Edinburgh manuscript 2 and 1/3 boxed 1/2 stamp, cancelled 4, times on reverse

Great Britain 1840 - Wrapper posted to Quarndan manuscript pre-paid with red double line tombstone cancel D/PAID/17Au17/1840 block, double ring more to Pay cancel with manuscript 2

Great Britain 1829 - EL in the form of A4 sheet written on both sides in 2 directions 90o to each other, posted to Oswestry, manuscript two partial red boxed cancels, framed black 1826/J2.JUJ/night cancel, 2-ring JU/O(2)/1826 cancel

Great Britain 1830 - EL dated 22 March 1830 North Walsham posted to Norwich, manuscript 4, North Walsham 131 cancel

Great Britain 1940 Peal and Co., London, commercial envelope posted to Sir Lindros Leslie 1st East Riding Yeomanry B.E.F complete with paid invoice cancelled 15.5.40 with London meter cancel, stamped undelivered with manuscript missing, stamped on reverse addressee reported missing Army Post Office

Great Britain 1836 - EL dated 22 June 1836 posted within Edinburg, manuscript 1. Cancelled Hun/23m/1836 and 8AM/23 Jun/1836

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Great Britain 1800 - Social History, Will of Rev. Cowper dated April 4th 1800 signed Edward Law Lord Chief Justice, Lincolns Inn posted to Fitzroy Square, Oval Casey St, unpaid Penny Post cancel, manuscript 1.

Great Britain 1832 - EL posted to London, manuscript 8 black Lynn/FE14/1832 and partial red FE15/1832 cancel

Martin Amis, London Fields, an early photocopy of the manuscript, Jonathan Cape 1989, and London Fields, 1st Edition, Jonathan Cape 1989.Qty: 2

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, aeronautical scientist and best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in the operation Chastise, 'The Dambusters' attack on the dams of the Ruhr Valley during WWII : A paper archive including books, eleven hand-written manuscript letters addressed to John Steele, letters addressed to Ms. Steele signed by Molly Wallis, photographs, negatives, press cuttings, etc. (Q)

VERNEY, Luís António.- [...] De re Metaphysica ad usum Lusitanorum adolescentium libri quatuor.- Romae: Ex Typographia Generosi Salominii in Foro S. Ignatii, 1753.- XXXII, 240 p.; 21 cm.- E., First edition (variant A) of one of the most important texts of the Pombal reform of education in Portugal. Luís António Verney (1713-1792), son of French parents, but born in Lisbon, the greatest exponent of the Enlightenment in Portugal and one of the most famous Portuguese "estrangeirados", studied at the College of Saint Antony the Abbot, in Lisbon and at the Oratorians, at the Convent of the Holy Spirit of the Quarry, before graduating in Theology at the University of Évora. Ownership manuscript of the time, on the title page: Coll: Anglor: Ulyssip: —Preston. Clean copy with large margins. Remarkable shagreen “vieux rouge” contemporary binding, slightly worn, with a slightly dehydrated spine and small damage to the turn in; identical covers with ornamental borders (roulette) and elaborate decoration in the corners with loose tools, similar to the éventail style; coat of arms of Portugal, engraved in gold on the central fleuron; gilded and chiseled edges; it preserves the original endpapers in marbled paper. Verneian Bibliography, 72 (p. 482).

SOUSA, Manuel de Faria e.- ASIA | PORTVGVESA. | TOMO I. [II & III] | DE MANUEL DE FARIA, Y SOUSA | Cavallero de la Orden de Christo, | y de la Casa Real.- Lisboa: En la Officina de Henrique Valente de Oliveira, 1666-1675.- 3 vols.: il.; 29 cm.- E., First edition of one of the most emblematic works of Manuel de Faria e Sousa (1590-1649), poet, humanist and historian, born in Felgueiras. Complete copy, with the following 19 separate engravings (in the first volume copperplate ones, the rest xylographies). Volume I: Saint Helena, Cochin, Quiloa, Cananor, Sofala, Goa, Malacca, Hormuz, Chaul, Vasai and Diu. Volume II: Mozambique Island, Daman, Manar, Mangalor, Onor and Bargalor. Volume III: Muscat and Macao. The collation of each volume is as follows: I - [32], 396, [42] p; volume II - [8], 968, [2] p. III - [8], 564, [6] p. The three volumes also feature three engraved frontispieces and numerous copperplates prints and xylographies, integrated into the text, representing viceroys and other historical characters. The third volume includes the rare final sheet of errata (with a small restoration in the upper outer corner, slightly affecting some lines) which is missing from some copies. Title engraved from volume I, restored and mirrored, with the lower outer corner reconstructed; last leaf with minor restoration. The three slightly trimmed volumes, with slight browning and occasional minor stains, keep all the engravings very fresh and well folded. Old manuscript ownership in the Title of volume I: Da Congraga[çam] do Oratº do Porto. Recent bindings, full stiff parchment, with the title handwritten on the spines. Inocêncio, V, p. 416. Auvermann, 493. Arouca, S 530, 531 and 532.

MANUSCRITO.- OFFICIA pro diuersi Sãctis ad vsvm da Me. D. Anta. da Sylva. 1661.- Século XVII (1661).- 48 f.; 12 cm.- E., Manuscript on parchment. Small book of hours, with a simplified structure, composed of the following services (devotion texts) to be read during the eight canonical hours: Ursula (8 readings), Catherine of Alexandria (8 readings), Saint Anthony (8 readings), Prese[n ]tationis B.M. (7 readings), Lectio S Euangelii secundu[m] Matheu[m] (readings [8] to 12), Saint Joseph (8 readings), Lectio Sancti Evangelii secundu[m] Matheu[m] (readings 9 to 12), Seq[u]e[n]t. sancti Evangelii secundu[m] Matheu[m] (1 reading), In festo translationis S. Patris nostri Benedicti (8 readings), Office of the Rosary (8 readings), On the feast of St. Gabriel Archangel (4 + 4 readings), Office of the Guardian Angel (8 readings), Lectio S Evangelii secundum Matheum (readings 9 to 12), Office of the Holy Martyrs (1 prayer and 9 readings). The manuscript is missing page 37, where readings 5 and 6 of the Office of the Guardian Angel should appear, readings 4 and 7 being truncated (the missing page was replaced by a blank page). As decorative elements, we point out: calligraphic title page inserted in baroque cartouche, made with pen; initial F (fol. 1v) watermarked in gold, on a purple background (20x20 mm); large plant separator drawn in pen (fol. 26v); final inscription with the words Finis Lavs Deo., inserted in a cartouche; epigraphs, initials and separators of the readings in red; remaining text in Roman italic calligraphy. It was not possible for us to obtain information about the owner Mother Antonieta(?) da Silva. Contemporary crimson silk velvet binding, retaining the original silver clasp; marbled paper endpapers from the 19th century., unmarked silver, pursuant to Decreto-Lei No. 120/2017, of September 15 - art. 2, paragraph 2, letter c)

MANUSCRITO.- PONTE DE LIMA.- [Traslado do foral manuelino de Terra de S. Martinho e Burral do Lima].- Século XVII (1624).- [26] f.; 28 cm., Authentic copy of the Manueline charter of Terra de S. Martinho and Burral de Lima (today Beiral do Lima), originally granted on May 1, 1515. The two settlements, located on the left bank of the river Lima, are today part, respectively, of the municipalities of Viana do Castelo and Ponte de Lima. On the front of the first folio, the first three lines bear the following title: «Treslado do foral da Villa de ponte de Lima e seu termo E primeiramente se segue a tauoada delle Tauoada da terra de são martinho e Regemguos dela». This title was added by the notary responsible for the copy and does not appear in the original manuscript of the charter, which is today in the Municipal Archive of Ponte de Lima. At the end of the transfer (fol. 27v), it includes a registration certificate with an autograph signature by the notary Francisco Rebelo de Sá and the signature of a second notary who verified the fidelity of the copy with the original. Paper section, sewn to the thread, with 34 sheets (eight blank); some moisture (tidal) stains and deep wormholes confined to outer margin. Transcription (of the charter) apparently in one hand, in linked cursive Gothic handwriting, fully legible. Certificate dated June 30, 1624., Dim. - 28 cm

MANUSCRITO.- PROFECIAS de varios avtores.- Século XVII (ca. 1650).- 300 f.; 29 cm.- E., One-handed manuscript, in poorly maintained cursive, from the 17th century (1st half), containing a collection of close to 100 texts relating to Portuguese and foreign prophecies (the title indicated above was transcribed from the spine of the volume). The codex opens with an extensive “Taboada do que consta este livro” (9 p.), registering about a hundred entries, locating each one of them on the respective sheet (the text runs between sheets 1 and 286). Apparently, the texts are arranged approximately chronologically, the oldest being dated 1598 and the most recent 1643. From the long table of contents, we highlight the following themes with epigraphs: Juízo tirado sobre o nascimento do sancto Rey Dom Sebastião; Relação da vida de elrei Dom Sebastiam; Notáveis tribulações que padeceu [o] Rey David; Portento de Palermo; Como hade ser Emperador em Lisboa cabeça do Mundo; Profecias da Sebila heroica; Profecias de Sam Frei Gil natural de Portugal aparecidas na livraria do mosteiro de Santa Cruz em Coimbra; Profecias de hum hermitam castelhano que se achou no anno de 1602 na China; Treslado de um cartapacio escrito em letra gótica; Sepultura do nosso santo e primeiro Rei Dom Afonso Amriques; Milagre sosedido am a Vila de Rei no anno de 1634; Vizão do Pe. Alonço Rodrigues da Companhia de Jesus [em 1607]; etc. etc. Some texts are accompanied by drawings, sometimes with astronomical motifs. Volume with some browning caused by iron gall ink, but entirely legible. Contemporary binding, full sheepskin, with blind decoration on the covers and spine badly worm damaged.

MONZON, Francisco de.- LIBRO | primero del espejo del Principe Christiano, compuesto y | nuevuamente reuisto, y muy e[m]en | dado con nueua composicion, y | mucha addicion: por el Doctor Frã | cisco de Monçon, cuya leccion es | muy prouechosa a todo genero de | personas discretas, aunque seam pre- | dicadores y cortesanos, por las mu- | chas y sabias sentencias, y muy fa- | mosos y illustres exemplos que se | ponen: adõde con varia leccion | y erudicion se cõtiene vna | perfecta doctrina mo | ral Christiana...- Lisboa: En Casa de Antonio Gonçalues,1571.- [6], 226 f.; 29 cm.- E., Francisco de Monzón (?-1575), Spanish religious, born in Madrid, Master of Arts and Doctor of Theology from the University of Alcalá, arrived in Portugal in 1535 at the invitation of King João III, having taught Theology at the University of Lisbon and, from 1537, in Coimbra. Alongside his teaching activities, Monzón was chaplain and preacher in the courts of D. João III and D. Sebastião I, having carried out an important educational and pastoral activity with the two sovereigns. Second edition of the first book of one of his most notable works, dedicated to D. Sebastião I, the first edition having been printed in Lisbon, by Luís Rodrigues, in 1544. Of the second book, although there is information about its possible existence, there is not knowledge of any copy, printed or manuscript. Complete and solid copy, slightly trimmed and with slight browning; title page with light handling and small restoration on the verso; occasional minor stains. Contemporary binding, fully flexible parchment, worn but recoverable. Anselmo, 693. Biblioteca Nacional (16th Century), 515. Biblioteca de D. Manuel II, 281.

MANUSCRITO.- CARLOS II, Rei de Espanha.- Carta executória de fidalguia- Século XVII (1679).- 162, 2 br. f.; 32 cm.- E., Manuscript on parchment. Enforceable letter of nobility and blood cleanness (or letter of coat of arms) granted on behalf of the Council of His Majesty King Don Carlos II, of Spain (1661-1700), to Don Bernardo de Valbuena, neighbor of the town of Paredes de Nava (Palencia), on the occasion of the lawsuit that opposed the applicant to the licensee Joseph Antonio de las Cuebas y Zuñiga “vuestro fiscal y a el Conçejo y state of the good men pecheros [tenants or tenants] of the dicha villa of Paredes de Naba ”. Luxurious document with miniature, entirely handwritten in round humanistic script, featuring the following decorative elements: large full-page miniature (the applicant, wife and child) at the feet of the Virgin and Child (fol. 1v); coat of arms granted to D. Bernardo (full-page miniature, fol. 2r); folios 2v and 3r, with large decorative stripes with putti, columns and hunting motifs; around 90 lines with miniatures in red, green and blue (4 doubles and 18 triples); six pages of ornamental borders with miniatures; about 150 initials with miniatures (4 to 8 lines per side); a miniature representing King Carlos II (128x80 mm); all remaining pages (without miniatures) framed by gilt ornamental borders. Council oil stamp(?) affixed to the lower margin of all pages; at the end, two registers. Very well preserved document, dated “En la Ciudad de Valladilid a catorze dias de el mes de Agosto de mil seiscientos n y setenta y nueve años”. Original crimson silk binding, slightly worn, retaining the large lead pendent seal with the braided silk cord, as well as all the fine silk dividers; gilt edges.

A FINE FRENCH VIOLIN BY PIERRE GAGGINI, NICE 1936Bearing the manuscript label: Petrus Gaggini, Lucea Civitas 1936 and branded internally and on lower rib: P.Gaggini - Nice. Length of back: 359mm

AN ENGLISH VIOLIN, SCHOOL OF CAHUSAC, LONDON, PROBABLY MADE BY RICHARD HAWK 1814Bearing the manuscript label: Made by Richard Hawk 1814 and a further repairers label of Joseph Jennings 1857. Length of back: 359mmBody stop: 193mm Good condition, ink purling worn in places. Peg holes bushed on later scroll.

Erik Nitsche (Swiss, 1908 - 1998) "Iris - Manuscript Illumination" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board.Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Germany 80 + 40pf Medieval Manuscript Illumination stamp issued October 15, 1985. Although illumination is widely regarded as a medieval artform par excellence, it traces its origins back to ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. The classical artists illustrated text with a continuous chronological sequence of scenes, often filling an entire page. The subjects were idealized yet lifelike -- human forms painted against a background of classical architecture. The colors used were ever-so-delicate and the works showed a quite realistic perspective. The illuminated artform grew more popular as people used it to preserve and pass on their religious beliefs. Indeed, there came a time when the chief purpose of illumination was to glorify the Scriptures. At first, the artisans who created these illuminating works were monks working anonymously out of humble devotion to the Scriptures. Often rich princes and churchmen commissioned entire volumes of the Scriptures, theological works and other religious writings as an act of great piety. Later, as wealth and worldly interests increased, illuminating artists were often famous professional laymen who created both secular and religious illuminations. These illuminations were commissioned by private individuals, often moved as much by personal pleasure as by devotion to God. The Iris -- depicted on this original artwork -- was among the figures which were often hand-painted on manuscripts by devoted medieval monks. It symbolized the bridge between heaven and earth and the pact between God and Man. Image Size: 12 x 14 in. Overall Size: 15 x 20 in. Unframed. (B09826)

Erik Nitsche (Swiss, 1908 - 1998) "Lily - Manuscript Illumination" Signed lower right. Original Mixed Media painting on Illustration Board.Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the Germany 80 + 40pf Medieval Manuscript Illumination stamp issued October 15, 1985. In the Middle Ages, books were decorated with figures and ornaments which helped clarify their contents and also entertain the reader. For the medieval monk, the margins of a page often presented an excellent opportunity to bring to life the teachings of Christ. Furthermore, the miniature paintings were used to vividly tell the story of the life and suffering of Christ. Often, the pictures could help mentally underscore certain Christian teachings which the monk felt were particularly important and in need of special emphasis. Later, as the art of illumination became more widely used and the skill of the illuminators grew, private citizens of great wealth would commission a monk or other artist to embellish a book with tiny illuminations. These paintings would often focus on such topics as architecture and landscapes. In addition, artists began embuing the written word with a vast network of vines and wicker. Often, the flowers and creatures held special symbolic meanings for the artist. For example, the lily featured in this artwork has long been a symbol of the innocence and purity of the Virgin Mary. The butterfly was frequently used by medieval monks as a symbol of the virtues of the Virgin Mary. Indeed, by being familiar with symbols and their meaning, the reader in the Middle Ages could learn much about the book's subject. Image Size: 12 x 14 in. Overall Size: 15 x 20 in. Unframed. (B09829)

John Clare Poems related Poems by John Clare 1908 (2 copies); John Clare Poems Chiefly from Manuscript 1934; Madrigals and Chronicles being newly found poems by John Clare 1924

Kerner, Justinus (1786 Ludwigsburg - 1862 Weinsberg) E. Brief m. U. 1 Seite. O. O. u. Dat. 9,2 x 16,4 cm. (Gebräunt. In der linken oberen Ecke vom Vorbesitzer in schwarzer Tinte als „Handschrift von Justinus Kerner“ gekennzeichnet.) „Verehrter H[err] (Zeiler)! Hier sind die Correkturbogen! Ich bitte um die Nachfolge aber (immer) um das Manuscript dazu. Hochachtungsvoll J Kerner Ich ersuche Sie, mit zu schreiben ob das Manuscript zu einem Heft gereicht, oder zu viel ist.“ Dazu: 2 eigh. Namenszüge auf 2 kleinen Blättern; einer auf das Jahr 1859 datiert. 5,2 x 8 cm und 3,5 x 8,8 cm. (Leicht fleckig.)

NO RESERVE Birds.- Meinertzhagen (Colonel R.) Birds of Arabia, first edition, plates in colour, folding maps in colour within pocket at rear, illustrations throughout, portion of ?dust-jacket laid down to front pastedown, original cloth, manuscript shelf-number in ink to spine, extremities faintly scuffed, 4to, 1954.