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Episcopi Opera Tomis Undecim Comprehensa (...). Paris, n.publ., 1635-7. 11 parts in 7, w. engr. frontisp. portrait, title-p. in red and black and title-p. engr. (all vols.), contemp. unif. blindstamped leather over wooden sides, w. clasps, ribbed spines, folio. Manuscript title and vol. on fore edge of text block, owner's entry upper pastedown vol. 1. Bindings dam. (all clasps, some catches missing, tears), a few flylvs./ pastedowns dam., occas. foxing and sm. wormholes. Text itself is in good condition, a complete and fine set of the works of Aurelius Augustinus in an early ed. T.1. Possidius de vita Augustini. Opuscula varia (w. special title-p. dated 1635 and separate pagination). T.2. Epistolae. T.3-4. Ta? Didaktika. T.5. De civitate Dei. Cum commentariis novis & perpetuis L. Coquaei & L. Vivis. T.6. Ta polemika T.7. Reliqua pars ton polemikon. Annotations (...) in tomum septimum (w. special title-p. and separate pagination). Contra secundam Iuliani responsionem, operis imperfecti libri duo priores (...) Nunc vero? denuo? recensiti cum auctario notarum (w. special title-p. and separate pagination). T.8. Enarrationes in Psalmos. T.9. Expositiones (...) in Novum Testamentum, cum aliis varii generis opusculis. T.10. Sermones ad popvlvm et clervm. T.11. S. Aurelii Augustini (...) Vita a diversis authoribus relata. Cum omnibus totius operis indicibus. Ferdinandi Vellosilli Advertentiae theologiae scholasticae, sive Animadversiones in S. Augustini opera (w. special title-p. dated 1637 and separate pagination). (total 7)

Amst., E. Webber, 1695. (16),391 p. 16mo. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Sm. title-p. vignette, title in red and black. Former auction listing upper pastedown. Some pencil marks upper flyleaf and lower pastedown, foxing.

cioè ragionamenti introdotti à farsi da varie conditioni d'huomini, (...). Venice, Gio. Battista Bertoni, 1609. 2nd ed. 4 parts in 1 vol. Each part with its own title-p. with sm. title-p. engr., 2nd part w. engr. frontisp., 71 in-text wood engr. (some repeated). Contemp. limp vellum with manuscript title on spine. Upper flyleaf w. manuscript title in French, manuscript owner's entry (Libreria Baldigiana) on title-p. Spine sl. dam., covers stained, some engravings and parts of the text faded.

Pub. Ovidij Nasonis. Alles streckende tot voorderingh des vromen en eerlijcken borgerlijcken wandels (...). Dordrecht, Dirck Dircksz, 1643. (20),136,(4) p. Engr. printer's device on title-p., ornamented initials. Contemp. limp vellum binding w. manuscript title on spine. Manuscript date on upper pastedown and owner's entry on title-p. Joints loosening, a few p. loose, minor foxing and (water)staining. Rare Dordrecht ed. of the commentary on Ovid's Metamorphoses by the painter and poet Mander (1548-1606), 1st publ. w. his famous "Schilder-boeck" (1604).

Te samen gevoeght Van verscheyden geneughlijcke en boertige Werckstucken soo uyt Arithmetica, (...). Arnhem, J. van Biesen, 1662-3. 4th ed. 3 parts in 1 vol. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Num. in-text woodcut ills. A few manuscript notations upper pastedown and flylvs. Waterst.

met stigtelijke toepassingen (...). Antwerp, Widow J.J. Schippers, 1683. (16),799,(5) p. Engr. title-p., 267 in-text engravings. Contemp. vellum w. blindst. dec., manuscript title on spine, cl. ties, marbled paper pastedowns and flylvs., fore-edge and bottom edge gilt. 8vo. Covers sl. worn along joints, good copy. Added: a 1766 Dutch ill. Bible. (total 2)

Amst., J. van Royen, 1701. 2nd ed. (16),224,(16) p. 16mo. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Engr. title, fold. map, 14 plates (many with 2 views), 6 in-text ills. Some marginalia upper flyleaf and lower pastedown. A few plates and pages with water stains, but overall in fair condition.

op 't schrikkel-jaar onses Heeren Jesu Christi, 1772. Voorsien met jaar-, paarden-, beesten- en leermarkren, als mede de vacanties, het varen der trekschuyten en beurtschepen, het vertrek der posten en postwagens, nevens de maans op- en ondergang, door Dirk Jansz. van Dam. Amst., heirs widow C. Stichter, (1771). (24) p., followed by 60 p. w. contemp. manuscript text. 12mo. Contemp. green vellum wallet-binding w. copper clasp and catch on front cover and inside pocket at the end. Pocket detached from backcover, vellum turn-ins warped. The manuscript text consists mainly of a cash book, listing prices of foods and household necessities, but also several nice recipes incl. "Om zustertjes te bakken", "Om soese te bakken", "Om queepeeren te confijte" and "Om abrikoose te confijte". (2) Zeelands Chronyk-Almanach, voor 't jaar 1782. Bevattende eene beschryving der provintie Zeeland, van deszelfs opkomst tot op deezen tegenwoordigen tyd. Ten dienste der jeugd, gesteld in vraagen en antwoorden (...). Middelb., Jan Dane, 1782. 16mo. Orig. printed boards. Engr. frontisp. and 5 (large) fold. engr. plates (3 of coins incl. a V.O.C. coin and 2 w. views of Middelburg). Binding w. sm. imperfection, sl. waterst., tear in large fold. view. -and 6 miscell. other 18th cent. almanacs. (total 8)

Johannes de Mey, (...). Amst., J. Rotterdam, 1742. 2 parts in 1 vol. (24),624; (12),534,(24) p. 4to. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Engr. title, incl. portrait of the author by J. Luyken, 2 engr. title-p. vignettes. Engr. title and title-p. reinforced, a few sm. tears repaired w. sellotape, sl. (water)st. and foxing. Overall in good condition. A description of biblical natural history. De Mey was Vicar in Middelburg. Van Eeghen/ v.d. Kellen, 43 (note); Thijssen-Schoute, Ned. Cartesianisme, p. 578-92. Rare.

over stoffen rakende de zedekundige, historien, staatsaken en letterkunde. Amst., Visscher, 1715. 2nd ed. (14),659,(12) p. 16mo. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Title-p. vignette. Owner's entry upper flyleaf. Binding sl. stained/ worn, lower flyleaf torn. In good condition. Thijssen-Schoute, p. 440 (on the first edition published in 1703): "In deze werken laat de Hr. L. C. een groote agting blijken voor Descartes wiens algemeene grondbeginselen hij volgt; maar hij wijkt dikwijls af van zijn bijzondere gissingen, die hij door reden of door ondervindingen wederleid".

Zynde een beknopte beschryvinge van 't Joodsche land, zo als 't eertyds door verscheide volkeren, en naderhand door de Jooden, onder de verdeeling der stammen is bewoond. Opgeheldert met de hedendaagsche benamingen van die steden, welke noch in weezen zyn, beneffens een beschryving der stad Jerusalem (...). In 't Nederduitsch gebragt door J. Schoolhouder. Amst., N. ten Hoorn, 1715, (16),278,(8) p., contemp. calf, gilt and ribbed spine w. mor. letterpiece. Lack a few lvs. of the index and waterst. at the end. Very rare, apparently only 2 copies in NCC (Tilburg and Kampen). (2) B. Smytegelt. Het gekrookte riet, of honder-vijf-en-veertig predikatien over Mattheus XII: 20, 21. Waarin een zwak- en kleingelovig Christen opgewekt en bestierd wordt om op den Heere Jezus te hopen (...). Eerste deel. Nieuwe onveranderde uitgave. Tweede druk. Nijkerk, I.J. Malga, 1860, (20),588,(8) p., contemp. giltlettered hleather. 4to. Lacks free endpapers. Very rare 2nd ed., only 1 copy in OCLC, no copies in NCC, listing copies of the 1st (1856) and 3rd (1868) editions by Malga, both also very rare. (3) P.J. Entrop. De kerkelyke en Joodsche geschiednissen verkort; verknogt met zeer veele aanmerkelyke waereldlyke gebeurtenissen (...). Amst., P.J. Entrop, 1762, (18),400 p., w. engr. frontisp. by F. de Bakker, contemp. marbled boards w. paper manuscript letterpiece on spine (spine a bit worn). Rare. -and 3 (rare) others in 4 vols. (total 6 in 7 vols.)

Convolute containing 7 plays, all Amst., var. publ., 1720-1735, all but 1 w. engr. title vignette (5x identical by J. Punt dep. a beehive) contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Pastedowns detached from boards. W. contemp. manuscript index on first free endpaper. Comprises: (1) De burgerlyke edelman. Blyspel. Uit het Fransch van den heer Moliere. Heirs J. Lescailje and D. Rank, 1728, 63,(1) p., woodcut printer's mark. (2) Broershart. Kluchtspel door A. Leeuw. De laatste druk. D. Ruarus, 1729, 36 p. (3) De Amerikaan; Blyspel. Gevolgd naar het Fransche. I. Duim, 1733, (8),80 p.; (4) Het veranderlyk geval, of standvastige liefde; blyspel. L'Amour peut tout. Den derden druk. Ibid., 1733, 104 p. (5) Het verliefde huisgezin; Kluchtspel. Gevolgd naar het Fransche van den heer Le Grand. D. Ruarus, 1732, 48 p., w. double-p. engr. noted music. (6) Het Leidsche studentenleven. Kluchtig blyspel (...). I. Duim, 1735, 48 p. (7) Verliefde Brechje. Kluchtspel. Heirs J. Lescailje and D. Rank, 1720, 39 p., w. engr. title-illustration w. motto "Paulatim ad fastigium". Added: 21 (rare) similar Dutch plays, mostly 18th/ early 19th cent., incl. plays published in Koog aan de Zaan by E.N. Smit (1892) and in Sneek by H. Pyttersen Tz. (1877). (total 22)

beginnende met die van de Provincie Utrecht. Utrecht/ Amst., J.C. ten Bosch/ W. Eleveldt, 1759. (8),328 p. Sm. 4to. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. 6 parts in 1 vol., each w. title-p. (continuous pagination). Library ticket on frontcover, some marginalia upper and lower flylvs. Sm. internal and external imperfections, fair copy.

ofte Vernieude gedachtenisse van Godts oordeelen en weldaden (...). Hoorn, S.J. Korting, 1675. (42),245 p. Contemp. vellum, manuscript title on spine. 12mo. Shabby copy. (2) Aert Jansz Rynevelshorn. Wisse tijding van de nabyheydt des jongsten dags: in vijftien ware ken-tekenen, uyt het H. Woordt Godts, en veele opmerckens-noodige historien en exempelen (...). Amst., J. van Duisbergh, 1665. (18),268,(6) p. Engr. portrait of the author, engr. printer's device on last p. Contemp. vellum. 8vo. Worn copy. (total 2)

genoemt Het Portael: Inhoudende De Grondtveste der dingen, en onser Wijsheyd omtrent de dingen (…). Prima Pars Scholasticæ Eruditionis dicta Vestibulum (…). Amst., G. de Roy, 1658. (16),156,(72) p. Engr. title-p. by C. de Passe and 38 full-p. engr., text in Latin and Dutch. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Sm. 8vo. Fine condition, especially considering this was a children's school book. 1st Dutch ed. of this famous pictorial encyclopedia for school children by Comenius, who was the first to put pictorial education into practice.

Van Haar eerste beginselen (...) tot den Iare 1664 toe. Amst., M.W. Doornik, 1664. 3rd ed. (2),249-792,(10) p. Engr. frontisp., 2 fold. maps, 1 fold. bird's eye view, 50 fold. views, 2 full-p. views and plates (incomplete). Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. 12mo. Writing and stamp A.W.C. Leur on front flylvs. Worn copy.

Nevens de omleggende dorpen, opgeheldert door aanteekeningen over veele voornaame geschiedenissen: met afbeeldingen eeniger oude en tegenwoordige Stads Poorten, Wachttoorens, Kloosters, Dorpen enz. Amst., Andries van Damme, 1723. (32),304,(28) p. Frontisp. and title-p. vignette by J. Goeree, complete w. 11 full-p. engr., each w. 2 views, and 4 fold. engr. plates. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. 16mo. Worn copy.

by P. Fouquet. (Amst., Pieter Fouquet Jr., 1783). Var. views of Amst. w. Dutch and French captions. 6 framed under passepartout, 3 of which are handcol., 1 loose print also handcol. Engr. by a.o. H.P. Schoute, C. Philips and P.R. van Dijk after J. v. Schley. All approx. 34 x 42 cm. Most w. manuscript note stating provenance recto. Good condition. (total 21)

XIIde Deel. Vervolgende de Beschryving der Vereenigde Nederlanden; en vervattende byzonderlyk die der Generaliteits Landen, Staats Brabant, Staats Land van Overmaaze, Staats Vlaanderen en Staats Opper-Gelderland (...). Amst., I. Tirion, 1740. (14),608,(20) p. Engr. frontisp., 3 contemp. fold. maps, 5 fold. plans, 7 fold. views/ plates (3 extra), and 25 full-p. engr. each w. 2 views (extra). Hcalf. 8vo. Binding worn, spine split, some quires loosening. Added: Hedendaagsche Historie, of Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden (...) XIde Deel (...) Algemeene beschryving des Lands, der Zeden en Godsdienst van de Inwooners (...), Handwerken, Visscheryen, Zeevaart, Koophandel, enz. Ibid., idem, 1739. (28),638,(42) p. Frontisp., 1 fold. map, 2 fold. plates, 5 portraits. Contemp. vellum binding w. blindst. centerpiece and manuscript title on spine. 8vo. Edges sl. worn. (total 2)

Harderwijk, Jan Rampen, 1734. (8),227 p. Woodcut coat of arms on title-p. and head- and tailpieces, large paper copy, interleaved. Half roan, stiff boards. Large 4to. Contains extensive contemp. manuscript annotations in ink, occas. marginal annotations. Binding shabby and worn, edges frayed. Contents in good condition.

of Leerboek der Aardrijkskunde, (...). Amst., J. van der Hey, 1816. Rare 1st ed. (4),314,(3) p. 27 (large) engr. fold. col. maps. Contemp. calf w. gilt border and centerpiece, gilt title and dec. on spine. 12mo. Manuscript notes upper flyleaf. Binding sl. worn, spine detaching from bookblock but holding on cords, occas. foxing.

(1) E. Angermayr. Gezeichtnet. Ca 1930. 14 p. of text, each text leaf accompanied by a handcol. and hand drawn ill. Hcl. string portfolio (sl. worn) w. "EA Bilderbuch" and ill. on front cover. Obl. sm. folio. Browned. (2) Sm. square 8vo manuscript children's book dated 1919 and signed "Ussa Liedel" on back cover. String bound, ill. covers. (total 2)

in 62 kaarten. Groningen, J. Oomkens and J. Zoon, 1862. Complete w. map index and 62 handcol. maps (most col. in outline). Hcalf w. marbled paper boards, manuscript title on spine. Sm. 8vo. Manuscript list of the maps in alphabetical order bound in before 1st map (list w. bookseller stamp), pencil numb. of map on recto, 1 map w. pencil markings. Covers sl. worn, foxing/ browning.

Drawn from the Large Map in Eight Sheets By Louis Stanislas D'Arcy Delarochette. London, James Wyld, (ca. 1833). Copper engr. handcol. (in outline) map. 4 sheets joined, total 116 x 83.5 cm (top and bottom pieces not joined together). James Wyld Jr. was a distinguished British map maker and the official geographer to Queen Victoria. A nice exemplar of his map of South America, based on the manuscript map of South America by Delarochette, first publ. by William Faden in 1807. The orig. Delarochette Colombia Prima map is one of the great maps of South America of the 19th cent. Rolled, edges sl. worn. (total 2)

Napoleonic-wars, Royal Navy documents, 1805-1817 relating to Lieutenant John Hackney. Letters signed by his ship's captains certifying his service from able seaman and midshipman on HMS Monarch, 1803-05, signed by Captain JC Searle; midshipman on HMS Edgar, 1805-10, letters signed by Captains JC Searle and Robert Jackson; midshipman HMS Berwick, 1810-12, signed by Captains James McNamara and Edward Brace; Lieutenant on HMS Milford, 1814, signed by Captain Westby Percival; also a manuscript fragment of Hackney's Lieutenants examination certificate, lieutenant's commission, appointment to HMS Milford, Memorandum of Service, and 1825 appointment to Chief Officer Coast Guard Rattery Head Aberdeen Harbour; together with a small archive of family documents relating to Navy pension, funerals etc.

TWO BOOKS comprising Poems of Passion and Pleasure, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, illustrated by Dudley Tennant and signed by both, limited edition number 182 of 500, 1912; together with Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, by Edward Fitzgerald, reproduced from a manuscript illuminated by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, c.1910. (2)Poems of Passion and Pleasure is in a clean vellum binding with T.E.G. others uncut, lacking the ties. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam spine slightly stained otherwise a bright copy in cloth.

Victorian carte-de-visite & cabinet card album of German family portraits with manuscript captions, 70 photographs in total, plus some loosely-inserted calling cards & notes

Leonardo da Vinci. A Treatise on Painting, first edition in English, London: J. Senex & W. Taylor, 1721. Engraved frontispiece, title page printed in red & black, 35 engraved plates, five of which are folding, pp. [xviii], 189, 16pp. index, 3pp. publisher's advertisements. Octavo, worn panelled calf, ffep featuring mounted grisaille watercolour portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, captioned as 'a camera sketch from a large & authentic Print', the verso with manuscript notes, a 'Remark, on Pictures at Osmaston'. Contents very well-preserved & bright, a few folded corners and small marks in places, contemporary owner inscriptions and handling marks on title, binding worn with upper board detachedThe first edition in English of the influential Trattato della pittura, compiled from numerous manuscripts after Leonardo's death

Baddam, [Benjamin]. Memoirs of the Royal Society, Vol. III only, scarce, illustrated with 14 engraved plates, 9 of which are folding, London: G. Smith, 1739. Octavo, full contemporary calf, pp. [iii], 4-516, [iv]. Internally very good, some light handling marks & contemporary owner inscription on title, slight loss to one of the margins of plate 7 but not affecting engraved area, binding worn but intact. Together with Elliot's Medical Pocket-Book, Dublin: Gilbert & Hodges, 1801, bearing owner inscriptions of John Browne, M.D., the text interspersed with blank leaves for manuscript notes in a contemporary hand, worn, sold with all faults (2)

Winston Churchill (1874-1965). A wartime cigar partially smoked by Churchill and preserved in a 1940s olive jar bearing provenance label on British governmental stationery, 'This cigar was smoked by Mr. Churchill on August 29th 1944 at Rabat, Morocco, at a dinner party given for him by Mr. and Mrs. Stonehewer Bird’. The contemporary manuscript label in the hand of Stonehewer Bird. Together with a black & white press photograph of Churchill outside 10 Downing Street, gelatin silver print, signed in black ink by Churchill, 19.8cm by 13.9cm, framed & glazed, and a hand-painted plaster figurine of Churchill (3)Provenance: By descent of Sir Hugh Stonehewer Bird, a British diplomat who served as Consul-General, Morocco (Rabat), during 1943-45

George III (1738-1820). An essay on the government, manuscript by George III, unsigned, four sides of one folded sheet, beginning 'The nature of Man is the same in all places and in all times', an explanatory note [likely in the hand of Ernest Taylor] recording the author as George III and 'supposed early in His Reign'. Recorded in The Taylor Papers, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir Herbert Taylor, arranged by Ernest Taylor [Longmans, 1913]. Together with a sheet of manuscript text copied from Chambers's Dictionary in the hand of George III, unsigned but recognisable, a near-contemporary note to verso recording this as 'The King's Writing (George 3rd)', and three envelopes addressed by George III to 'My Dearly Beloved Wife The Queen' and 'My Dearly Beloved Son Prince Frederick', the collection housed in archival wallets (5)Provenance: By descent of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor GCB GCH (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving King George III, Queen Charlotte, King George IV, King William IV, Prince Fredrick, Duke of York and Albany, and additionally serving as aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria

Buckingham Palace. Two original manuscript menus for dinners at Buckingham Palace, 2 August to 18 December 1959, the courses handwritten in French with pencil corrections, bound in oxblood straight-grain morocco lettered in gilt, 'Menu Royal' & 'Menu Household', marbled edges. Unique (2)Provenance: By descent of Henry Ramsay Maule (1915-1981), author and journalist who for 21 years was a British Correspondent for New York Daily News specialising in stories relating to the Royal Family. Maule collected and formed a personal archive during the 1950s to 1970s 

Yehudi Menuhin (1916-1999). Autograph. A typed draft signed with manuscript revisions, plus related correspondence, housed in one folder

Photography. Topographical & Architectural Views. A collection of approximately 70 mounted albumen prints, including European topo./arch. views, art/paintings/sculpture (inc. one of Dance of Death at Basel), various sizes, mounted on card album pages, some with manuscript captions, to include seven larger albumen prints, one stamped 'Achille Quinet' [French photographer, 1831-1900], the majority of smaller prints on slightly warped/cockled card but photographs generally good, the larger examples in good order but some with light spotting, c. 1870

William IV (1765-1837). Autograph Letters Signed. A collection of five ALS, Bushy House, 1829-30, written when Duke of Clarence, some making reference to the Royal Fusiliers. Together with a letter from Lord Brougham to Sir Herbert Taylor concerning William IV's illness, 12 June 1837; Taylor's reply to Brougham, 13 June 1837; five ALS from Viscount Melbourne to Herbert Taylor, 16-22 June 1837, concerning the health and death of William IV; a letter from Taylor to Melbourne anticipating 'the difficulties likely to arise in the arrangements of the late King's Privy Purse'; a letter from James Hudson to Viscount Melbourne, 20 June 1837, stating that Taylor has returned all the Official Boxes and is ready to give up his Official Keys and those of His late Majesty [William IV], and an Arabic manuscript eulogy to the King of England, roughly translated into English in a contemporary hand, the author given as 'Abou Beckr Sadecky Shereef', Gibraltar, 1251 [1835]. Collection housed in archival wallets (15)Provenance: By descent of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor GCB GCH (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving King George III, Queen Charlotte, King George IV, King William IV, Prince Fredrick, Duke of York and Albany, and additionally serving as aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria

Phrenology. A manuscript report by Professor Hatfield, Graduate of the American Institute of Phrenology, dated October 1925, being the Synopsis & Analysis of the Mental Qualities of a Miss Mary Craven, 28pp., illustrated blue paper covers

Raleigh, Sir Walter. The History of the World, in Five Books, Whereunto is added in this Edition, the Life and Tryal of the Author, London: Printed for Basset, Chiswell, Tooke, et al., 1687. Folio, full contemporary panelled calf, engraved allegorical frontispiece, red & black title page, 'The Mind of the Front', 32pp. preface, 24pp. contents, title page & 41pp. Tryal, main text in 813pp., a note to reader & table/contents in 44pp., illustrated with six double-page maps and two double-page battle plans, bearing armorial bookplate & owner inscription of Rev. Edmund Lovell, beginning with a 2pp. manuscript copy of 'Sir Walter Raleigh's letter to his wife The night before his Death was expected after his Condemnation at Winchester' [presumably in Lovell's hand], an engraved portrait of Raleigh pasted onto verso of frontispiece, c. 1650. Contents generally good, the folding maps & battle plans very well-preserved & bright, some worm to upper corners of beginning, the final two leaves of table/contents creased & detached, the first few leaves backed with laid paper, binding heavily worn and boards detached

King George VI (1895-1952) & Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900-2002). An original manuscript menu diary for Buckingham Palace, March to December 1937. The handwritten courses with pencil corrections and notes recording the guests, for instance 'King and Queen of Denmark', an 'Indian Banquet', a 'Derby Dinner'. The royal chef at this time was Monsieur Renee Roussin. Octavo, maroon crushed morocco lettered in gilt, 'Menu Buckingham Palace', marbled edges. UniqueProvenance: By descent of Henry Ramsay Maule (1915-1981), author and journalist who for 21 years was a British Correspondent for New York Daily News specialising in stories relating to the Royal Family. Maule collected and formed a personal archive during the 1950s to 1970s 

Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. A collection of personal correspondence to include one ALS from Sir Edward Codrington [British admiral who took part in the Battle of Trafalgar], 3 February 1830, making an application to Taylor in the hope he will allow Dr Hibbert, surgeon of the 99th Regiment, to move from Mauritius to Ireland in an effort to improve his health; one ALS from Sir William Knighton, 1st Baronet [Private Secretary to George IV], 12 March 1830, agreeing with Taylor 'in thinking Mr Clarke most unreasonable'; a Statement of Service documenting Taylor's military service from 1793 to 1813; two file copies of letters sent by Taylor to George IV, 1826-27; one ALS from Lord Hill conveying Queen Victoria's desire that Taylor should continue to hold the title of First & Principal Aide-de-Camp, 28 June 1837; file copy of a letter from the Duke of York to Taylor explaining his belonging to the Orange Lodge, 19 June 1821; five letters relating to the proposed building of St. Katharine's Hospital, Regent's Park, 1825; a lengthy manuscript list of snuff boxes now at St. Katharine's, 1854; extract of a letter from Sir Thomas Graham to Colonel Bunbury, Rosenthal, 15 January 1814, in which he states, 'I never met General Taylor before: He goes beyond all that I had heard of him. There is nobody I should wish more to keep.'; 14 requests for appointments and letters of a similar nature to Taylor from lesser known figures. Collection housed in archival wallet (28)Provenance: By descent of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor GCB GCH (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving King George III, Queen Charlotte, King George IV, King William IV, Prince Fredrick, Duke of York and Albany, and additionally serving as aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818). Sir Herbert Taylor (1775-1839). A contemporary copy of Queen Charlotte’s last will & testament, written by Herbert Taylor for the Prince Regent in order to clarify the position of the queen’s household in the event of her death, Windsor, 31 August 1818, on 12 sides of three folio leaves folded; a contemp. copy of a letter from Herbert Taylor to the Prince Regent, Windsor, 23 December 1818, paper bearing John Hall 1815 watermark, on seven sides of two folio leaves folded; a contemp. copy of Herbert Taylor’s letter to the Duke of York during Queen Charlotte’s illness, Kew, 1 November 1818, on two sides of one folio leaf folded; a manuscript memorandum of ‘Pictures in the Queen’s Palace being Private Property’, listing works by van Dyck, Rubens and others. Together with a page of notes regarding the queen’s passing and funeral [copied by Ernest Taylor from the original], the collection housed in an archival walletProvenance: By descent of Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Taylor GCB GCH (1775-1839), the first Private Secretary to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom, serving King George III, Queen Charlotte, King George IV, King William IV, Prince Fredrick, Duke of York and Albany, and additionally serving as aide-de-camp to Queen Victoria

Bindings. A small collection of decorative leather-bound books, to include two volumes of Bookbinding and the Care of Books, by Douglas Cockerell, London: John Hogg, 1901 & 1911, with extensive manuscript notes by the owner who presumably bound the books in this collection, condition varied, sold as a collection of bindings only with all faults (9)

Holy Bible. The Old & New Testament, London: Robert Barker, 1608. Octavo, bound in eights, 21.5cm, early panelled calf with blind-embossed royal or armorial device ['Honi soit qui mal y pense' in a belt surmounted by a crown], remnants of clasps, sympathetically rebacked with raised bands, separate title pages present for Old and New Testaments as well as The Booke of Psalmes, contents good, only discoloured from age & handling, some marginal wear & loss in a few places, the final two leaves (with colophon for John Windet) more obviously worn with old repairs, some wonderful early manuscript notes & marginalia, certainly appears to be complete but not collated and thus sold with all faults

Latin Bible. Iesu Christi D. N. Novum Testamentum, Theodoro Beza interprete, Londini: Thomas Vautrollerius, 1579. Octavo, full vellum with manuscript title to spine, colophon & printer's device present on final leaf, title trimmed close to text, some early manuscript notes & marginalia, internally good with general handling marks, colophon leaf with loss at lower corner but just missing the printer's device and not affecting text, appears complete but not collated and thus sold with all faults

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021). The family tree, conveyed in manuscript for a young Charles or Anne, c. 1958, describing himself as 'Papa', and Queen Elizabeth II as 'Mummy'. Pencil on single foolscap sheet, evidently rescued & taped from piecesProvenance: By descent of Henry Ramsay Maule (1915-1981), author and journalist who for 21 years was a British Correspondent for New York Daily News specialising in stories relating to the Royal Family. Maule collected and formed a personal archive during the 1950s to 1970s

[Preston, John]. The Doctrine of Self-Deniall, Delivered In Sundry Sermons at Lincolnes-Inne, London: Printed by B. A. & T. F. for Michael Sparke, 1632. Square octavo, [vi], 45-126, plus 5pp. manuscript notes in a contemporary hand at rear, rebound in quarter-calf with marbled boards, internally well-preserved & bright. Theology. Scarce

An Epitome of All the Lives of the Kings of France, additional engraved pictorial title (as frontispiece), letterpress title within typographic border and with manuscript inscriptions in ink, numerous woodcut illustrations, both titles lightly browned, S5 with small paper repair at blank lower fore-edge corner, modern half calf, [STC 11273], small 8vo, by I. Okes, sold by James Becket, 1639.⁂ ESTC cites attribution to Philippe de Commynes, though the period covered continues after his death, and also notes occasional attribution to Robert Basset.

MIlitary.- Dallington (Sir Robert) Aphorismes ciuill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, first title first word is xylographic and with engraved portrait of dedicatee Prince Charles verso, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, with initial but lacking final blank, ink ownership inscription to head of title, contemporary calf, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, rubbed, corners repaired, [STC 6197], folio, [R. Field] for Edward Blount, 1613.⁂ In 1609 Dallington presented Prince Henry with a manuscript Aphorismes civill and militarie, comprising pieces selected from the Italian historian Guicciardini. Following the prince's death in 1612 Dallington reworked these, which were published in 1613 with a new dedication to Prince Charles, later King Charles I.

[Tende (Gaspard de)] An Account of Poland, half-title, last 2 blank leaves present, a few leaves trimmed at top edge slightly affecting headline, last 4 gatherings foxed and browned, no rear endpapers, manuscript references to passages in ink to front free endpapers, contemporary sprinkled and blind-stamped calf, rebacked, corners rubbed, [Wing T678], 8vo, Printed for T. Goodwin...and H. Newman, 1698.⁂ A translation of Relation historique de la Pologne by De Hauteville.Provenance: John Boyle, 5th Earl of Orrery, Baron Boyle of Marston, Somerset (ink inscription to front pastedown "Orrery 1731. My father left me this book at Marston"); later 19th century unidentified gift inscription to front pastedown.

Heraldry.- Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldrie, armorial illustrations, many hand-coloured, occasional smudging or off-setting, early ownership inscription to title and front pastedown, many page numbers altered by hand, tiny marginal rust-hole and faint staining to (a)4, I3 & T2 affecting odd letter, short marginal tear with old repair to 2C2 & 2K2, 2M2 & 2M3 duplicated, 2R1 & 3H1 trimmed, contemporary calf, rebacked, remnants of manuscript note to lower board, slight bumping to corners, [STC 12502], small folio, by Richard Badger for Ralph Mab., 1632.

Great Plague.- Thomson (George) Loimotomia [graece]: or, the Pest Anatomized, first edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and initials, title with ink ownership inscription to head, and several small nicks to fore-edge (touching border), rear endpaper with manuscript notes in ink, book label front pastedown, spotting and browning, endpapers renewed and repairs to hinges,later calf with gilt arms to covers, rebacked, original back-strip laid-down, [Wing T1027], small 8vo, for Nath: Crouch, 1666.⁂ The first printed account of the autopsy of a victim of the Great Plague. Thomson also includes an account of his own contracting of and recovery from the disease. Provenance: The Society of Writers to the Signet [arms to covers]

[Trotter (Catharine)] Agnes de Castro, A Tragedy, first edition, title with printed advertisement along lower edge, and manuscript authorial attribution in ink, bookplate, title with two small marginal defects at top edge, touching letters of 'Castro', multiple ff. with light damp-stains to upper or lower edge, a few ff. towards end trimmed close to or touching headlines, faint foxing, modern calf-backed boards, joints rubbed, [Wing C4801], 4to, for H. Rhodes, et al, 1696.⁂ Based upon Aphra Behn's novel of the same name, itself a translation based upon Jean-Baptiste de Brilhac's original tragedy, Trotter's work was first staged by John Rich's company at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit-Trees, second edition, 4 engraved plates, bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam, front free endpaper with early ownership inscription of Joh: Fulham, another with ink manuscript recipe for "?riping and ordering a Walnutt", small ink inscription to title, a few other instances of early ink marginalia, B2 with lower inner corner chipped and silked, B3 torn and silked with small loss to text, a couple other short tears into text without loss, light foxing, occasional soiling, some damp-staining towards end (affecting plates), contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, old covers rubbed, 4to, for Peter Parker, 1679⁂ A reissue of the 1676 edition with cancel title and the addition of 'A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure' by Gabriel Plattes at end.

Shirley (James) The Young Admirall, first edition, woodcut device to title, and manuscript note in ink, woodcut head-pieces and initials, bookplate and slip to endpaper, interleaved, several interleaves with manuscript note in ink in ?nineteenth century hand, lacking final ?blank (K4), some light spotting, nineteenth century half calf, spine gilt, and sunned, [STC 22463], 4to, by Tho. Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1637.⁂ Provenance: "Fairfax of Cameron" [bookplate].

[Du Refuge (Eustache)] Arcana Aulica: or Walsingham's Manual; of Prudential Maxims, for the States-man And the Courtier, first English edition, title within typographic border, initial and final blank leaves present, last few leaves frayed but not affecting text, minute and almost imperceptible worming to first leaves, contemporary calf, worn, [Wing D2683], 12mo, Printed for James Yong, and are to be sold by John Williams, 1652.⁂ "Translated into English by Edward Walsingham from a French manuscript copy of the second part of Traité de la cour, ou, Instruction des courtisans. The authorship of this work has generally been attributed to Sir Francis Walsingham, but the original was a French work by Eustache Du Refuge and was first published anonymously in Paris in 1617" (ESTC).Provenance: Presentation copy from the publisher [James Yong, presumably Young], inscribed on initial blank leaf: "Ex dono clarissimi amici Jacobi Junii 30 Aug 1652"

[Boyle (Robert)] Of the High Veneration Man's Intellect owes to God, manuscript authorial attribution in ink to title, light toning to title and soiling to fore-edge margin, otherwise some scattered light foxing and staining, modern calf, [Wing B4009], 8vo, by M.F. for Richard Davies, 1685.

Heylyn (Peter) A Survey of the Estate of France, and of some of the adjoyning Ilands, unauthorized edition, M3 with small marginal loss to fore-edge, lacking final pastedown, contemporary calf, manuscript label to spine, neat repairs to corners and spine extremities, a little rubbed, [Wing H1737], 4to, E. Cotes for Henry Seile, 1656.⁂ An unauthorized edition of Heylyn's "A full relation of two journeys", which was published in the same year.

Winstanley (William) Historical Rarities and curious Observations domestick & foreign, engraved frontispiece (small tear to blank margin, and edges frayed), multiple ink ownership inscriptions to preliminaries, title and T1 with small chip lower corner (to blank margin), C8 small ?burn hole to text with tape repair, U1 similar burn and hole without repair, both with loss of letters, otherwise some light toning to leaves, front endpaper frayed, contemporary calf, manuscript lettering in white to spine, spine head chipped, [Wing W3062], 8vo, for Rowland Reynolds, 1684.

World.- [Raleigh (Sir Walter)] [The History of the World], lacking engraved title, supplied in facsimile, trimmed and mounted to early blank, letterpress title supplied in manuscript in an early hand (dated 1614 but collates as 1628, small rust-holes and loss to edges, ex-library with neat blind-stamps, detached and loosely inserted with old repairs to verso), 6 double-page folding maps only (of 8), engraved initials, head- and tail-pieces, occasional faint pencil notes and ink finger-posts, 6 ff. with marginal tears occasionally touching text, tender edges, marginal worming occasionally touching headlines, 2ff. lacking corners, spotting and staining, final ff. browned and trimmed, upper hinge cracked but holding firm, 20th century calf retaining contemporary calf backstrip and lower cover, [STC 20640], folio, [for William Iaggard, for William Burre], [1628].

Milton (John) The History of Britain, That Part Especially Now Call'd England, first edition, first issue with the Allestry imprint, engraved portrait frontispiece, typographic ornaments, errata f. at end, bookplate of Joannis M. Gray, frontispiece with small chip to lower outer corner, not affecting image, title with red ink underlining, numerical ink stamp to foot of B1, the same in ink manuscript to C4 inner margin, some light browning and the odd spot, a couple gatherings with damp stain to lower margin, P2 with tiny rust hole within text, upper hinge cracked, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and with corners repaired, rubbed at extremities, new endpapers, [Wing M2119; Pforzheimer 710], 4to, by J. M. for James Allestry, 1670.⁂ According to Pforzheimer, Allestry died shortly after publication and the book was reissued the following year with a cancel title by his successor Spencer Hickman.

Italy.- Schottus (Franciscus) Italy, in its original Glory, Ruine and Revival, first edition in English, translated by Edmund Warcupp, additional engraved title, 2 double-page engraved plans, engraved initials and head-pieces, one neat old marginal manuscript note, table bound at beginning, bookplates, later calf, raised spine bands, [Wing S891], folio, by S. Griffin, for H. Twyford, Tho. Dring and I. Place, 1660.