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* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Cheque Signed, 'Charles Dickens', London, 27 January 1864, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Co printed slip and completed in manuscript, paying to H.P. Trust the sum of £5, embossed stamp upper right, not crossed or cancelled, very minor chips to right margin, 80 x 188 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:H.P. Trust is Houghton Place Trust. From May 1859 Dickens's accounts at Coutts Bank show numerous payments to Houghton Place, where it is rumoured his mistress Ellen 'Nelly' Ternan lived (Tomalin, Charles Dickens: A Life).

Bull (René, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1910], half-title, tipped-in colour frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, mounted colour plates and illustrations to text, some spotting (mostly to first and final leaves and edges), manuscript ownership name to front pastedown, original gilt decorated vellum, covers bowed, and with some minor marks, ties lacking, 4to, together with another copy of the same title, illustrated by Ronald Balfour, Constable, 1920, half-title, with tipped-in colour and black & white plates, gift inscription dated 1920 to front free endpaper, original boards, front cover with gilt lettering and mounted colour illustration, browned, spine darkened and slightly worn to extremities, 4to, and 2 others (The Happy Prince and Other Tales, by Oscar Wilde, Illustrated by Walter Crane and Jacomb Hood, 1889, and Tales of Hoffman illustrated by Mario Laboccetta, 1932QTY: (4)NOTE:First item limited edition, 64/250 copies, signed by the artist.

Collodi (Carlo). Pinocchio. Translated from the Well-Known Charming and Exciting Childs' Story by C. Collodi, by M.C.H. & A.L., Illustrated by M.C.H. & [?].H., original typescript in 2 volumes, no place or date, [?London], c. 1900, manuscript title, v, 216 pp., typed to rectos only, with 67 pen and ink mostly vignette drawings corner-mounted or pasted in, many as pictorial chapter initials, some signed 'R.H.', and the final one signed 'E.M.H.', a few scattered proof corrections, some dust-soiling and occasional corner creasing, stitched as issued without covers, manuscript title to upper wrapper of first volume and ink stamp of [the typist?] E. Tigar, 23 Maitland Park Villas, Haverstock Hill, NW, to upper wrapper of second volume, 4to (25.5 x 20 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:An apparently unpublished translation with original illustrations by unidentified translators and illustrators.

Detmold (Edward J., illustrator). The Arabian Nights, Tales From the Thousand and One Nights, 1st edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1924],12 coloured tipped-in plates with captioned tissue guards, half-title, some pencil notes to front free endpaper, occasional light spotting, original gilt blocked cream cloth, 4to, together withJackson (A.E., illustrator), Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, London: Humphrey Milford, [1936], 16 colour plates plus numerous black and white illustrations, half-title, pencil mark to pg. 6, decorative endpapers, some toning to free endpapers, previous owner's manuscript to front free endpaper, original gilt decorated green cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, plusRobinson (W. Heath, illustrator). Shakepeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream, London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1914, 11 tipped-in colour plates and numerous black & white illustrations throughout, half-title, some minor spotting, original decorated blue cloth, small closed tear to spine tail, 4to and The Honourable Mr Tawnish A Romance by Jeffery Farnol illustrated by C.E. Brock, 1913,QTY: (4)

Manuscript Limericks. The Book of Limericks, vols. 1-10 bound in one, circa 1910, comprising 360 original pen-and-ink cartoons on lined paper, each with five-line manuscript limerick below, with introduction and index, contemporary cloth gilt, a little damp stained, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:The illustrations seem to have all been done by one juvenile hand and have clearly been influenced by the work of Edward Lear. While many of the subjects are purely whimsical, quite a number of the cartoons reflect the political and social climate of the time.

Nielsen (Kay, illustrator). Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, [1924], twelve tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue guards, black & white illustrations and decorations throughout, some foxing to front blank, plain endpapers, previous owner's manuscript to front pastedown and free endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt blocked navy blue cloth, spine a little faded, large 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited signed edition de Luxe 454/500.

Badeslade (Thomas & William Henry Toms). Chorographia Britanniae. or A New Set of Maps of all the Counties in England and Wales, London, circa 1743, engraved double-page title, with the left-hand side laid on card, dedication with manuscript cancelled signature, 4 general maps of England & Wales and 3 sets of tables, 42 engraved maps, each with the county capital heightened in near-contemporary red watercolour, each map with a manuscript title to the verso and an additional four tables bound at rear, the map of Leicestershire creased and a little frayed, hinges and joints weak and cracked, later endpapers, 19th-century half morocco, worn and frayed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CLXXIV.

Potter (Beatrix). The Tale of Mr Tod, 1st edition, 1st or 2nd printing, London and New York: Frederick Warne, 1912, colour illustrations, a few pencil scribbles, contemporary presentation inscription to front endpaper verso, illustrated endpapers, front hinge breaking, original grey paper-covered boards, upper cover with inset colour illustration, spine toned with tears and losses at ends, 16mo, together with Pogany (Willy, illustrator). Tannhauser, by Richard Wagner, London: George Harrap, [1911], tipped-in colour plates and illustrations, small contemporary Christmas card adhered to front pastedown, original pictorial cloth gilt, head of spine torn with loss, a little rubbed, 4to, with 11 others including P.G. Wodehouse's A Few Quick One, 1959 and Sunset at Blandings, 1977, both in jackets, plus Harold Nicholson's Some People, 1st edition, 1927 (with a short manuscript letter signed the author, dated 1927, discussing the book pasted at frontQTY: (13)

Loch (David). Essay on the Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture of Scotland, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 1775, vii,92pp., minor loss to extreme foot of title, authors manuscript presentation inscription to verso of title: 'Presented by the Author to John Henderson Esqr. as a small testimony of the Respect & Regard he has for Mr Henderson, a friend to his Country & promoter of its Manfctrs.', with additional inscription to verso of final leaf in the same (authors) hand 'The Reader will please excuse some errors in the Printing occasioned by the hurry of Publication', a few minor marks, bookplate of George William Mercer Henderson of Fordell and Peter M. Scott to front pastedown, later (late 19th century) plum half-calf, a little rubbed and minor marks, 8vo, together withA Proposal for Uniformity of Weights and Measures in Scotland, by execution of the laws now in force..., 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Printed for Peter Hill, 1789, vii,144pp., half-title present, additions and corrections to verso of page vii, additional unnumbered errata leaf at end, light spotting, modern bookplate of Peter N. Scott to front pastedown, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, plusA New Guide to the City of Edinburgh: containing a description of all the public buildings, and a concise history of the city, from the earliest periods to the present time, embellished with elegant engravings of the principal public buildings, 3rd edition, with considerable improvements, Edinburgh: Printed for, and sold by T. Brown, 1797, engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, and 12 plates, modern bookplate of Peter M. Scott, contemporary tree calf, rubbed and some marks, small 8vo, and Stark (Rev. William). Considerations addressed to the Heritors and Kirk-sessions of Scotland, particularly of the border counties, on certain questions connected with the administration of the affairs of the poor, Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1826, authors presentation copy, inscribed to front blank 'to the Lady Robert Manners, as a small expression of great respect and esteem, this little volume is presented, by Her Ladyship most obedient and very humble servant, The Author. Biel, 2 Octor 1826', modern bookplate of Peter M. Scott to front pastedown, marbled edges and endpapers, contemporary blind-decorated maroon full calf, gilt decorated spine, a little rubbed to joints, small 8vo, plus other Scottish interest including Cathcart W. Methven, Sketches of Greenock and its Harbours in 1886, Greenock, 1886 (good copy), J. Cameron Lease, the Abbey of Paisley, 1878, Robert Brown, Paisley Burns, Clubs, 1893, Reid and Brook, The Scottish Regalia, 1890, David Miller, Arbroath and its Abbey, 1860, John E. Shearer, Fact and Fiction in the story of Bannockburn, 2nd edition, 1911, James B. Johnston, Place-Names of Scotland, 1934 & James Dodds, The Fifty Year's Struggle fo the Scottish Covenanters, 1860, several volumes rebound in modern half-morocco by Maltby's of Oxford, mainly 8voQTY: (12)

* Maurier (George du, 1834-1896). Studies for Trilly, circa 1894, original pen and ink, ten vignettes on recto and verso, depicting various figures, males, females and children in slumber, resting, playing an instrument and profile studies of head and shoulders, titles in pencil to some, two smaller juvenile illustrations to lower verso, G. du Maurier and title in ink to lower margin, mount aperture 17.7 x 14 cm (7 x 5 1/2 ins), mounted (30.5 x 25.5 cm), together with three wood engravings with contemporary manuscript to lower margin, signed by George Du Maurier, sheet size from 18.2 x 14 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 ins) to 18.3 x 22.7 cm (7 1/8 x 9 ins)QTY: (4)

Betjeman (John, 1906-1984). Old Lights for New Chancels, Verses Topographical and Amatory, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1940, vignette frontispiece, author's signed presentation inscription to front free endpaper, 'Inscribed for Vivien & Graham Greene by John Betjeman', original cloth with printed paper spine label in dust jacket, dust jacket frayed, browned on spine, torn and crudely repaired with sellotape, 8vo, together with New Bats in Old Belfries, 1st edition, London: John Murray, 1945, inscription in an unidentified hand to front free endpaper, possibly a member of the Greene family, 'For my dear love, Christmas 1946', original cloth with printed paper label to upper cover, dust jacket slightly browned and soiled, 8vo, plus a postcard from John Betjeman and his wife to Mrs Graham Greene, postmarked 24 November 1950, using Mrs Graham Greene's printed postcard stationery and typed by the Betjemans with manuscript insertions to say that 'I shall call on Thursday next to have a drink at about 11 am. I have let you know when I am likely to call. Please telephone to Chaddleworth 202 if inconvenient. Love and kisses of B' , plus a personalised Christmas card with an engraving of Macon church signed amusingly by John Betjeman, plus a copy of 'Laurel for Libby. A Tale with Cuts by the Author Vivien Greene', Holywell Press, Oxford, 1991, signed inscription from the author for Edward to title, original printed wrappers, 8vo, (limited edition 4/50 copies)QTY: (5 )

* Heaney (Seamus, 1939-2013). A collection of 15 autograph manuscript letters and postcards from Seamus Heaney to Alan Hancox and Shelagh Hancox, 1986-1997, comprising three autograph letters and one autograph postcard to Alan Hancox, the first dated 191 Strand Road, Dublin 4, 8 June 1987: 'It is very kind of you to have me and Marie on June 25. Mea culpa for not coming through for the Lit-fest. Somehow, I was askew and, as usual, over-infested with things. My father was ill all last summer and I had the Eliot Memorial Lectures hanging over me like What The Thunder Said. Eheu. Eheu.', the second letter dated Durrants Hotel, London, 27. 6. 87: 'just a note, before I am swept away with the sweepings of my own activities in the next ten days in Ireland-more readings and signings...to say once again how "rich and rare" the visit to your home was, how fulfilling the event itself and how proud we feel to be the receivers of your munificence in the form of the absolutely right and unique books.', the third dated Gold Circle Club, 13 October 1988, after the lecture and the good talk in the kitchen... Dear Alan and Shelagh, When Alan spoke in his introduction about the feeling of sureness and access we experience when we all meet again, I was delighted...I suppose I just want to acknowledge that the privilege of our meetings, and the pleasurable highs we give and gain from them, mean much to me too, so much that I ask myself at a moment like this ?'then why don't you keep in touch?' the puritan self-testing streak never lets up or fades out...', the first two autograph letters with original postmarked envelope, the autograph postcard dated 5.IX.'88 offering appreciation of Alan's 1988 Cheltenham Festival 'Stunning feat of organisation once again. God's plenty, yes. But Hancox's heft and force too.', two further handwritten notes to Alan Hancox from Seamus Heaney regarding travel expenses dated 29 September 1988 and 13 October 1988, plus two autograph letters and one typewritten letter from Seamus Heaney to Shelagh Hancox dated May 5 1992, 19 January 1997, and 14 August 1997, the first offering a heartfelt appreciation of Alan who had recently died 'every time I say goodbye to Alan at Cheltenham, every time he conferred a gift of a book on me, every formal introduction that he made in the Town Hall had a kind of enhanced meaning because of the mortal stakes he was playing in year by year. I considered myself chosen as a kind of friend by him and felt the mixture of realism and affection, of vigilant enthusiasm and sardonic permissiveness all that impulse and intelligence and impatience and upbeat energy that was in him - I felt it as a kind of generous endorsement of whatever I was or was up to', the second informing Shelagh that he has had to decline the invitation to take up the presidency of the Cheltenham Literature Festival, six further handwritten postcards from Seamus Heaney to Shelagh Hancox, circa 1992-1993, four handwritten postcards from Marie Heaney to Shelagh Hancox, circa 1986-87, and a few newscuttings and related printed ephemera including a Faber publisher's typewritten schedule for Heaney's series of readings from his new book of poems The Haw Lantern, 9th-30th June 1987QTY: (19)NOTE:Alan Hancox, Cheltenham bookdealer and director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival from 1980 to 1995, who oversaw the expansion of the festival into one of the leading British literary events of each summer. Seamus and Marie Heaney regularly stayed with Alan and Shelagh Hancox in Cheltenham when they came to the Literature Festival. Alan's major contribution to, and development of, the Cheltenham Literature Festival is acknowledged in the published tribute to him by the many poets he invited, Poems for Alan Hancox, issued by the Whittington Press in 1993.

Hopkins (Gerard Manley). Poems..., edited with notes by Robert Bridges, 1st edition, London: Humphrey Milford, 1918, [8] 124 pp., half-title, 2 photogravure portraits with tissue-guards, 2 double-page plates of manuscript facsimile, occasional slight toning, short closed tear at head of gutter margin of E1 neatly repaired, edges untrimmed, original linen-backed blue paper boards, printed paper label to spine, spine label rubbed, damp staining to foot of spine and at head of front board, small mark to rear board, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:One of 750 copies only. Hopkins was soon forgotten after his death in Dublin in 1889, but 'Robert Bridges ... on whom the poet had relied to keep, treasure, and conceivably publish [his] poems ... believed that they must be printed, and was soon planning an edition with a short memoir ... The sensitive, handsome, and almost complete small edition, edited and largely designed by Bridges, was published at the end of 1918' (ODNB).

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Wreck, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Wreck by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, signed by the author at foot, 13.8 x 15.6 cm (5 3/8 x 6 1/8 ins), together with a pen, brown ink and wash illustration to the poem on handmade paper by Reg Lloyd, signed and dated lower left, 15.5 x 12.3 cm (6.1/8 x 4 7/8 ins), mounted together, framed and glazed (55.7 x 35 cm), with previous exhibition label to versoQTY: (1)NOTE:The autograph manuscript poem written by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Reg Lloyd was published in a limited edition run of 100 for The Mermaid's Purse by Sunstone Press, May 1993, p. 14. Exhibited in the Ted Hughes and R. J. Lloyd exhibition at Shellhouse Gallery, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 1997.

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Cormorant, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Cormorant by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, signed by the author at foot, 15.5 x 12.3 cm (6.1/8 x 4 7/8 ins), together with a pen, brown ink and wash illustration to the poem on handmade paper by Reg Lloyd, signed and dated lower left, 17.1 x 15.7 cm (6 3/4 x 6 1/4 ins), mounted together, framed and glazed (61 x 35.5 cm), previous exhibition label to versoQTY: (1)NOTE:The autograph manuscript poem written by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Reg Lloyd was published in The Mermaid's Purse by Sunstone Press, May 1993, p. 16. Exhibited in the Ted Hughes and R. J. Lloyd exhibition at Shellhouse Gallery, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 1997, no 24.

* Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). Ragworm, 1998, autograph manuscript poem entitled Ragworm by Ted Hughes, handwritten in ink on handmade paper, signed by the author at foot, 17.8 x 16.6 cm (7 x 6 1/2 ins), together with a pen, brown ink and wash illustration to the poem on handmade paper by Reg Lloyd, signed and dated at foot, 16 x 12.7 cm (6 1/4 x 5 ins), together with the, mounted together, framed and glazed (62 x 36.7 cm), previous exhibition label to versoQTY: (1)NOTE:The autograph manuscript poem written by Ted Hughes and illustrated by Reg Lloyd was published in a limited edition run of 100 for The Mermaid's Purse by Sunstone Press, May 1993, p. 14. Exhibited in the Ted Hughes and R. J. Lloyd exhibition at Shellhouse Gallery, Ledbury Poetry Festival, 1997, no 9.

Hughes (Ted, 1930-1998). A group of seven autograph manuscript letters from Ted Hughes to Alan Hancox (the last letter written to his wife Shelagh), 6th July 1983-18th March 1992, the first referring to the expedition to Lake Victoria involving his son Nicholas: 'he's now presumably dissecting Nile Perch (up to 300 lb each) on the lake shores in 98º F', and offering Alan the services of his local healer: 'Roy [Davids] tells us you had a visit to hospital, Alan. I hope that's under control. He'll tell you of a visit to our local healer & miracle-worker. Roy seemed impervious to the magic rays - though very often they are magic beyond belief. Anyway, in spite of Roy, I recommend him without reservation to everybody, and he seems to help (cure) about 4/5', another letter (dated in another hand in pencil January 1988) thanks Alan for the gift of a Shakespeare Folio, with a further letter, dated Court Green, North Tawton, Devon, 14 November 1991: 'I arrived back here to be crushed under the last minute copy-editor's adjustment to my Shakespeare Tome. So I was trying to get all kinds of little embellishments in before the whole mass sank into the fixity of type....What a marvelous volume that is. I have it open on a very fine lectern my son made...After my Shakespeare digression, I'm surveying a pile of things that I left half-started at the point of distraction. So I am trying to refix my wits to cope with a new line in productions. Sustained writing of prose - formal prose - makes many things more difficult for a while, somehow. Everything one does leaves its habit-trace.' and finishing with a reference to the latest Cheltenham Literature Festival and to the publication of an Anthology of East European Poets by his friend Danny Weissbort: 'A bookfull of quite wonderful things that will probably sink without trace in the finely huge yawn of boredom with (boredom over? boredom about?) those wretched countries. A bookful of red-hot cries from the forge of history suddenly turned to chill, remote museum pieces. I'm sending the reprint of my Shakespeare Anthology, with the Note (at the back) from which my other book emerged', and a last letter to Alan's wife Shelagh referring to Alan's death 'Dear Shelagh - I hope all's going well with you. I imagine a great many people are giving support, but if there is anything I can do - you know I would love the opportunity to do it... it's a valuable memory that Alan was so warm and often with me. Just as it's a kind of thorn in my memory that I was so late for that Shakespeare lecture the year before. I got there exactly on time, but it must have given Alan an anxious ten minutes...I've got the Shakespeare he gave me here on a lectern, and I try to read it a play a week from it - aloud to myself', together with three handwritten cards from Carol Hughes, and a Morrigu Press invoice signed by Carol Hughes, as well as two photographs of Ted Hughes and Alan Hancox at the 1992 Cheltenham Literature FestivalQTY: (13)NOTE:Alan Hancox, Cheltenham bookdealer and director of the Cheltenham Literature Festival from 1980 to 1995, who oversaw the expansion of the festival into one of the leading British literary events of each summer. He regularly chaired poetry discussions, such as Seamus Heaney's 1988 Cheltenham Lecture 'Learning from Eliot', about the influence of T. S. Eliot on Heaney's writing. Alan's major contribution is acknowledged in the tribute to him by poets he brought to the festival, Poems for Alan Hancox, published by the Whittington Press in 1993.

Leland (Charles). Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches, 1st edition, London: David Nutt, 1899, half title, 3 pp. advertisements at end, a few light spots, original green cloth, spine faded to brown, a few small marks, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy, inscribed to front endpaper: "To Lily Doering, with kind regards of Charles L. Leland, Florence Jan 30. 1900". Charles Godfrey Leland (1824-1903) was an American folklore author, whose most influential work Aradia is purportedly based on an Italian manuscript on witchcraft given to him by an Italian "witch informant" woman he referred to as "Maddelena" in Florence in the 1880's. The book remained obscure until rediscovered in the 1950's and is regarded as a keystone work in the Wicca and Neopaganism movements. Lily Doering, the dedicatee had stayed at the Oatlands Park Hotel, Weybridge in 1873 with her family and Charles Leland and his wife, also staying there had formed a friendship with the Doering family and he corresponded with Lily over the years.

FLEMING, Ian. Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First edition, first impression, 8vo (188 x 122mm.) (Toning.) Original black cloth with blind-stamped diamond motif (spine ends lightly bumped), dust-jacket (creasing to spine ends, corner loss to upper panel). Note: first issue with 'Boofy' for 'Dolly' on p.134. Provenance: Oswald Cowie (name-plate in manuscript hand mounted to initial blank).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

GRATIAN. Decreti huius plenissimum argumentum. Paris: John Petit and Thielmann Kerver, 1516. Signed in 8s (214 x 151mm.) Gothic letter, title in red and black with printer's device, double-column text surrounded by commentary, large woodcut verso title of Gratian in his study surrounded by popes and cardinals, woodcut of the 'Tree of Kindred and Affinity', decorative woodcut initials, 2pp. of contemporary bound-in leaves to front and rear with manuscript notes. (Marginal loss to title affecting woodcut to verso, a 3-inch tear to 'Tree of Kindred', occasional marginal damp-staining and corner creasing,) Contemporary calf over wooden boards (rebacked), housed within a 20th century brown cloth-covered solander box. Note: dated to title and to colophon at p.582. Provenance: Robert Rickman (name inscribed to title-page).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

BARRETT, Charles G. The Lepidoptera of the British Islands. London: L. Reeve & Co., 1893-1907. 11 vols., large illustrated edition, royal 8vo (254 x 172mm.) 504 hand-coloured lithographed plates by R. Morgan, 1p. of publisher's advertisements to rear of volume XI. (Toning to margins, some creasing to endpapers, volume 3 text-block cracked at p. 397, volume 4 with text-block detached from lower cover, some hinges cracked.) Original brown cloth (extremities bumped, volume XI with damp-spotting to boards), later dust-jackets with paper labels to spine and lettering in manuscript (sunning, tearing, staining). - And a related volume ('Alphabetical List of Species Contained in C.G. Barrett's Lepidoptera of the British Islands, forming a Supplementary Index To That Work', 1907, 8vo) (12).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

MANUSCRIPT. [Recollections in diary form of a European tour undertaken by two English ladies. London: N.p.:] October 1869. 15pp., manuscript, oblong 4to (173 x 260mm.) Unnumbered pages in a single, legible, calligraphic-style hand with hand-coloured decorative initials, elaborate floral borders and numerous pencil sketches, mainly of tourist sights and landscapes, 12pp. blank to rear. (Toning.) Original limp green cloth covers, gilt lettering to upper cover (spine worn). Note: the writer and a Mrs. French undertake a coach and train tour of Europe. The writer provides a very factual report of their trip as they go to the opera, see art ('An Exhibition of Modern Paintings'), cathedrals, services, and seek time to do their sketching ('but we were interrupted'), and, while sketching a street scene, they themselves become the centre of attention as a crowd forms which they 'persistently wished would keep at a little distance from us, but their remarks were sometimes very just and amusing'. They are busy, cultured ladies. For variety, there is always the threat of the weather ('a shower overtaking us'). They travel to Geneva, Berne, Frankfurt, Dresden and Brussels and the following year they take another trip to France.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

SOPHOCLES. Sophoclis Tragoediae Septem, Cum Interpretationibus Vetustis & valde utilibus. Frankfurt: Petrus Brubach, 1544. 4to signed in 8s (226 x 165mm.) Title in red and black, text in Greek with commentary surround, woodcut headlines and initials, printer's colophon to rear with device representing Janus Bifrons. (Toning, occasional browning, partial crease on title-page, notes in an 18th century manuscript hand on title, lacking blanks.) Contemporary German elaborately blind-stamped pigskin with date '1544', mounted paper label to spine (some soiling, extremities rubbed). Provenance: Adam Krolik (name tooled to the upper cover).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

DAVID GARRICK. - Francois Beroalde DE VERVILLE. Le Moyen de Parvenir, Contenant La Raison de tout ce qui a été, est & sera. Nulle Part: 1000700407 [Holland: 1747.] 2 vols. Derniere Édition, 12mo (131 x 82mm.) 12pp. Avertissement 'Guillaume Meyer' to rear of vol. 2., manuscript annotations mounted to rear pastedowns. (Moderate browning and spotting throughout, pencil highlighting throughout both volumes.) Near contemporary half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (rubbing, surface wear and fading). Provenance: David Garrick, actor and playwright (initial blank ink inscribed 'Bought at David Garrick's Sale, April 30, 1823'); Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (bookplates to the front pastedowns); R.F.W. Brandt (stamps to the initial blanks) (2).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

EINNUS, Quintus. Poetae Vetustissimi Fragmenta Quae Supersunt ab Hieron. Amsterdam: Henrik Wetstein, 1707. 4to (198 x 142mm.) Title in red and black, engraved frontispiece of the poet meeting Virgil, index to rear. (Toning.) Contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine (minor marks, browning). Note: an experimenter with literary forms, this volume contains Ennius' 'Annales', his year-by-year history of the Roman Republic in verse. Considered the 'father' of Latin poetry because he was the first to use Latin as a literary language in competition with the Greek language. Provenance: George Cornewall Lewis (bookplate verso initial blank).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

[MAUREPAS, Jean Frederic Phelypeaux de.] Les Etrennes de La Saint-Jean. Troyes: Oudot, 1751. Third edition, 8vo (152 x 84mm.) Androgynous woodcut portrait in blue, title in blue and black. (Toning, occasional browning, notes verso the front-free endpaper in manuscript French.) Near contemporary calf, gilt lettering and repeating floral motif to spine (some loss to tail of spine panel, endpapers replaced). Note: a compendium of jokes and anecdotes put together by the 'Société du Bout-du-Banc', a salon of aristocrats and writers who met for dinner at the home of actress, Jeanne-Francois Quinault, and that included Voltaire, Duclos, Diderot and Rousseau. - And a further five volumes (including Voltaire's 'La Pucelle D'Orléans, Poeme', 2 vols., 1780, 12mo, and [Gaston Jean-Baptiste's] 'Roger Bontems, en Belle Humeur', 1734, 8vo) (6).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

[TABOUROT, Étienne.] 'Seigneur des Accords'. Les Bigarrvres et Touches du Seigneur des Accords Avec Les Apophtegmes du Sievr Gavlard: et Les Escraignes Dijonnoises. Paris: Jean Richer, 1614-1615. 2 vols., 12mo (138 x 73mm.) Includes 'Les Touches du Seigneur des Accords', 'Les Escraignes Dijonnoises', 'Les Contes Facecieux du Sieur Gaulard' and 'Les Bigarrvres et Touches du Seigneur des Accords', each with separate titles with wood-engraved vignettes, 1 folding plate, wood-engraved portraits of Tabourot and of Gaulard. (Browning, occasional spotting, some underlining in red ink.) Early 19th century half vellum over marbled paper-covered boards, manuscript lettering to spines (endpapers replaced, minor marks to covers). Provenance: M. Bohm (stamps to front-free endpapers) (2).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

BONAPARTE, Napoleon. - Laurence STERNE. La Vie et Les Opinions de Tristram Shandy, Traduites de l'Anglois de Stern, Par M. Frénais. London [Paris: Hubert Martin Cazin],1784-1785. 3 vols. (of 4). Engraved portrait frontispiece, half-titles. (Toning, browning to half-titles, damp-staining to frontispiece, note in manuscript hand to half-title of volume 1.) Contemporary panelled calf, g.e. (rubbing to extremities, lacking lettering pieces). Note: on the half-title of volume 1 is a note in a mid-19th century hand: 'this book was the property of Buonaparte and was [sic] in the sale of his library brought from St. Helena [sic]'. The title-pages bear the circular black stamp used by Napoleon's librarian, Mameluke Ali. When Napoleon died in 1821, there were 3,500 books in his library at Longwood House, St. Helena. As in this example, Mameluke's stamp is rarely clear. Provenance: M. Stanger (name inscribed verso the front-free endpaper); Napoleon Bonaparte (stamps to title-pages) (3).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

MANUSCRIPT. - William Henry Baptist PROBY. [A log-book for Seaton Infant School, Devon, and an Account of the Estates in the Manor of Northleigh, Devon. N.p.: 1876-circa 1920.] 502pp., manuscript, 4to (226 x 184mm.) 19pp. of tabulated index relating to Northleigh, 22pp. concerning the significant events at Seaton Infant School from the years 1876-1880 in a single, legible hand, followed by 137pp. hand-written recto only relating to the history of Northleigh Manor, its estates, rentals, land and lease-holders, compiled by William Henry Baptist Proby, 199pp. blank to rear. (Minor spotting and soiling to first few leaves, toning, occasional spotting.) Original sheep-backed buckram with paper label in manuscript mounted to upper cover (minor loss to label, rubbing, soiling, damp-staining to lower cover). Note: the school log-book records visits, inspections and general attendance (affected by 'mumps' and 'hooping cough' or just 'very deep snow') while 'ordinary progress' is often mentioned. Quoting from the inspector's report we hear that the school is doing 'very fairly in reading, writing and numbers…singing is fair, needlework is very fair' but 'desks of proper construction ought to be provided'. The historical account of Northleigh Manor gives a very detailed account of the lineage of various estates and holdings, the owners and lease-holders, the length of tenure and amounts paid. It covers nearly all the 19th and early 20th century.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

[SALLENGRE, Albert-Henri de.] 'Boniface Oinophilus'. Ebrietatis Encomium: or, The Praise of Drunkenness. Wherein Is authentically, and most evidently proved, The Necessity of frequently getting Drunk; and, That the Practice of getting Drunk is most Antient, Primitive, and Catholic. London: E. Curll, 1723. First edition, 12mo (161 x 90mm.) Engraved frontispiece. (Light to moderate browning, occasional spotting, lacking initial blank, tape repair to frontispiece, occasional pencil annotation, two quotes in manuscript hand mounted to rear pastedown and verso rear blank.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece to spine (upper cover detached with frontispiece adhering, light rubbing). Note: E. Curll, a bookseller, publisher and friend to Alexander Pope was arrested and jailed for publishing scandalous books such as this one. Curll defended himself by pointing out that 'the bare Reading over the title-page would convince any intelligent person of its irony'. Provenance: R.F.W. Brandt (stamp to title-page and front pastedown).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

[DU LAURENS, Henri Joseph.] L'Arretin. Rome [Amsterdam:] Aux dépens de la Congrégation de l'Index, 1763. 2 vols., first edition, 8vo (153 x 94mm.) 1p. errata to rear of vol. 2. (Browning, occasional spotting, marginal insect damage from *6 - A5 of vol. 1., long hand-written description of author's life in early 19th century manuscript hand on initial blank.) 20th century brown half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards (endpapers replaced). Note: an erotic and anti-clerical work for which du Laurens was hounded out of France. He fled to Holland, then Germany and died in a convent in Mainz, aged 74 (2).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

D'AUDIGUIER, Vital. Histoire des Amours Lysandre et de Caliste- Histoire der Liefde van Lysander en Caliste. Amsterdam: Jean de Ravesteyn, 1663. 12mo (123 x 68mm.) Title, additional engraved title, 16 engraved plates. (Toning, browning, occasional damp-staining, blanks replaced, note in manuscript hand about the book on initial blank, paper repair to last leaf.) 19th century diced morocco (some loss to spine and seam split, inner hinge weakened, endpapers replaced). Provenance: J. Beer (bookplate to front pastedown); Joseph Knight (bookplate to front-free endpaper).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

BUSINESS. - Mathieu de LA PORTE. La Science Des Negocians, et Teneurs de Livres, ou Instruction Generale. Paris: Guillaume Cavelier and Charles Osmont, 1704. First edition, oblong 4to (120 x 192mm.) In 3 parts. (Browning and offsetting to first leaves, toning, occasional damp-staining, crease to title, lacking front blank?) Near contemporary calf, paper label to spine in manuscript (repair to top of spine, extremities rubbed, endpapers replaced). Note: scarce. A work on business administration, often reprinted. The first part deals with accounting, the second with double-entry book-keeping and third with various aspects of business, such as letters of credit.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

MANUSCRIPT. - Don Tito VISINO. Aus dem Buche der Americanschen ur Voelker Geschichte…gesammelt in den Jahren 1836 bis 1854. ['From the book of American Primitive People… collected in the years 1836 to 1854'. N.p.:] Munich, 1859. 701pp., manuscript, 4to (360 x 223mm.) Numbered pages in a single partly legible hand, handwritten in German relating to Mexico and primitive American peoples, with annotations and corrections. (First leaves torn, some creasing, toning.) String-bound quires, disbound. Note: Don Tito Visino was the Bavarian ambassador for Cuba. Included is a certificate awarded in Madrid from the 'Real Academia de la Historia' in 1869 and a note saying Don Tito died in England in 1877. Included in the lot are some scholarly letters to Don Tito referring to a book on the same subject that he published with Leopold F. Manley: 'Torn Leaves From the Chronicle of the Ancient Nations of America. Photographed from the Original Drawings of Don Tito Visino'. That book was published in 1864 by Trubner & Co.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

TOOLE, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces. London: Allen Lane, 1981. First U.K. edition, 8vo (194 x 124mm.) (Mild toning.) Original cream cloth (browned to spine, extremities bumped), dust-jacket (minor marginal crease, small mark to upper panel, fading). Note: partly due to his lack of success in finding a publisher for his novel, John Kennedy Toole committed suicide in 1969, aged thirty-one. His mother sent the manuscript to novelist Walker Percy and the novel was eventually published to great acclaim, winning the Pulitzer Prize in 1981.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

FERRIAR, John. Illustrations of Sterne: with Other Essays and Verses. London: for Cadell and Davies, 1812. 2 vols. Second edition, signed by the author, 8vo (192 x 120mm.) 2pp. of later manuscript notes bound-in. (Browning throughout, some spotting, minor soiling, some pencil annotation, newspaper cutting mounted to rear pastedown of volume 1.) Near contemporary boards (some spine loss, soiling, upper cover of vol. 1 loosening). Note: signed by John Ferriar on the half-title 'from the author'. Provenance: Amicable Society, Lancaster (labels to front pastedowns); R.F.W. Brandt (small stamps to initials blanks). - And a further nine volumes (including [Tobias Smollet's] 'The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle', 4 vols., 1778, 8vo, 12mo) (11).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Manuscript. Leaf from an antiphonal, first half 17th c, six staves, black and red ink on vellum, recto and verso, numbered 13 upper right, 53 x 36cm, framed, reverse glazed Good condition

An Italian Grand Tour hardstone cameo, 19th c, carved in high relief with the profile of an African, manuscript label to verso 'From Velleia/Bought at Parma', 22mm, a Neoclassical cornelian intaglio, 21mm diam, a 19th century hardstone and white metal seal, 5cm long, (3).

Overland Models H0 Gauge CNR Pacific K-3-g 4-6-2 # 5612-5626 (manuscript #5615) OMI - 1459, Ajin Precision Mfg, Korea, painted in black, in original box

A Ship Builder's half block model of the Ballygarvey, hull carved from laminated pine, painted white with technical manuscript and specification overall, 154cms long, later mounted to a stained pine board with brass plaque, 188 x 30cms. Notes: Built in 1982 for the Goole Shipbuilding & Repair Co Ltd. A Coaster General cargo steel motor Vessel. 1599grt, 77 x 12 x 6m. Owned by John Kelly Ltd, Belfast, 1990 Powell Duffryn Shipping Ltd, 1992 Stephenson Clarke Shipping Ltd, 1993 renamed Hope, 1998 Hope Shipping Corporation, Barbados, 2000 Merlin Marine Ltd, 2005 Boddingtons Shipping Ltd, 2009 Independent Shipping Ltd, 2010 Cook Islands flag. 19/12/2013 delivered to Recuperaciones Sidergicas at Santander for breaking.

Australian naval interest - A Victorian engraved silver presentation snuff box, inscribed 'Presented to Capt. Samuel Smiley by the Passengers of the Ship Shaftesbury on the Termination of the Voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, 4th November, 1857, together with a gold and two colour enamel signet ring, with carved shoulders engraved with a ship and inscribed 'Saml Smiley, 1857' and original documentation, including hand written thank you letter, snuff box maker Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1854, 81mm, ring size O, gross 10 grams, makers maker's only A&D.Literature - National Library of Australia, Samuel Smiley archive 1857-1858, Log tables and papers of the ship "Shaftesbury", (under the command of Captain Smiley), and 2 letters from Captain Smiley to his brother, Manuscript reference no. : MS 4731. o,***CONDITION REPORT***A few very minor nicks and scratches to the snuff box in places, commensurate with age and little use. Hallmarks clear.Some loss/damage to the enamel. Minor nicks and scratches to the shank and setting.Tears, wear and staining to the documents.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

ANDRADE, Jacinto Freire de .-VIDA | DE | DOM JOÃO | DE | CASTRO | QVARTO VISO-REY | DA INDIA. | ESCRITA POR IACINTO FREYRE | DE ANDRADA.- Lisboa: na Officina Craesbeeckiana, 1651.- [8], 443, [49] p.: 1 frontispício, 1 retrato, 1 grav.; 26 cm.- E., Original edition of the most important work of the author (1597-1657), priest, historian and poet, born in Beja, considered a model of good Portuguese language, having known at least one more edition in the 17th century (1671), seven in the 17th, and six in the 19th century. Illustrated edition with an engraved frontispiece, a portrait of D. João de Castro (at the beginning of the text) and a woodcut engraving inserted on p. 59, representing a cross of St. Thomas. Copy slightly cropped, with occasional minor blemishes. Frontispiece a little dusty, with manuscript ownership mark in the upper margin, dated 1811. Solid 20th century binding (wooden folders?), full skin (pork?), with blind tooling on the covers (multiple compartments) and spine, with new endpapers. Inocêncio, III, p. 239. Samodães, 1305. Arouca, A 352.

PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- Wunderliche und Merkwürdige | Reisen FERDINAND MENDEZ PINTO, | Welche er innerhalb ein und zwanzig, Jahren | durch Europa, Asia, unf Africa, und deren König- | reiche und Länder; als Abyssina, China, Japon, Tartarey, Siam, | Calaminham, Pegu, Martabane, Bengale, Brama, Ormus, | Batas, Queda, Aru, Pan, Ainan, Calempluy, Cau- | chenchina, und andere Oerterverrichtet...- Amsterdam: bey Heinrich und Dietrich Boom, 1671.- [8], 392 [i.e. 390], [1, 1 br.] p.: il.; 20 cm.- E., First German edition of the famous travel book by Fernão Mendes Pinto (1510/14-1583), a famous traveler and adventurer, born in Montemor-o-Velho. Fernão Mendes left for India in 1537, having remained in the East for about 21 years. The “Pilgrimage”, a fantastic account of his troubled adventures, was originally published on the initiative of Friar Belchior Faria, 31 years after his death (1614), from the original manuscript bequeathed by the author to Casa Pia dos Penitentes. Illustrated edition with an allegorical frontispiece (integrated in the first booklet) and 11 copperplate engravings, printed separately, correctly placed, according to the respective pagination. Of these, seven were imported from the Dutch edition of 1652 and four were expressly engraved for the present edition. The 1652 edition also does not include the chapters referring to Saint Francis Xavier, which were not well accepted in the Netherlands, at the time predominantly Calvinist. Paging error from p. 73 (wrongly 75) to the end. Minor marginal restorations on the first six leaves and on leaves Z2, Aa2 and Zz1. Otherwise a slightly cropped but very clean copy. Bound from the 20th century, full of tobacco shagreen with blind tooling decoration on the covers. Cordier, BJ, 463. Cordier, BS, 111. Reiss & Auvermann, 675. Leite de Faria, XXXXX.

MANUSCRITO.- [ÉVORA, Convento do Monte Calvário de].- Obituário das freiras clarissas.- Séculos XVI a XIX.- 160 f.; 21 cm. E., Obituary of the Poor Clares of the Convent of Saint Helena of Mount Calvary, in Évora. The Convent of Calvary, as it is known today, was founded in 1570 by the Infanta D. Maria of Portugal, the youngest daughter of King D. Manuel I of Portugal and belongs to the cloistered Order of Saint Clare. Manuscript of several hands, containing: a calligraphed title page of the 16th century: “Este liuro he da comunidade deste conuento do Caluario”; several introductory texts follow (historical note, “a culpa das noviças e madres”, graças e perdões, “os sanctos em que se pode levantar o interdito”, “da entrada do Rei neste convto. do calvario”, “palavras escritas no principio da regra”, “as festas em que se fazem procissões”, ceremonies, etc.). Following is a list with the “Numero das riligiozas que tem faliçido neste Convto. Do Calvº.” (nearly a hundred). On folio 34, a curious draft of a death certificate, dated 14 Dec. from 1706. From folios 38 and 149, there are records of deaths, dated between 1707 and 1889, the date on which the last nun died and closed the convent. The document includes more than fifty plate seals, all of which are well preserved, authenticating numerous visitor visas. Volume slightly disjointed and with occasional browning, caused by the ink. Antique binding (17th century?), full sheepskin, with blind decoration on the covers and spine, preserving one of the two metal clasps.

Indian miniature of the god Ganesha, The god of wisdom and he who removes all doubt, together with his sakti seated on a lotus, which is carried by a tiger and a panther. This sheet is a home page from a manuscript, India, Kashmir, ca. 1810-1820, paper, 18x12 cm.Indiaas miniatuur van de god Ganesha, De god van de wijsheid en hij die alle twijfel wegneemt. Samen met zijn sakti gezeten op een lotus, die wordt gedragen door een tijger en een panter. Dit blad is een beginpagina uit een manuscript. India, Kashmir, ca. 1810-1820, papier, 18x12 cm.

Groot vel velijn manuscript in het Vlaams te dateren +/- 1600. 51cm x 29cm, geplooid, in uitstekende staat.

Papier manuscript in het Nederlands, gedateerd 1641, met vermelding van Oudenaarde.

Manuscript codex bestaande uit 245 pagina's handschrift in Latijn, handelend over Aristoteles en Thomas van Aquino en metafysica. Gebonden in vellum. - Manuscript codex composed of 245 handwritten pages, on the theme of Aristoteles and Thomas of Aquino & metaphysics. Bound in vellum, in-8° 20cm x 15cm, in excellent condition. Unique item. - Codex manuscrit composé de 245 pages manuscrites, sur le thème d'Aristote et Thomas d'Aquin & la métaphysique. Reliure en vélin, in-8° 20cm x 15cm, en excellent état. Pièce unique.

A RARE AND VERY LARGE PAINTED WOOD SUTRA COVER, NEPAL, CIRCA 1450 約1450年尼泊爾大型彩繪佛經木封面Opinion: The present sutra cover is of exceptionally large size, which along with the remarkably fine manner of Pala-inspired painting leaves no doubt as to its importance, and - naturally - the importance of the manuscripts it once served to protect. Surviving with vibrant colors, the cover would have been commissioned by a monastery or wealthy family to protect a sacred text of the Buddhist canon. In Buddhist contexts, manuscripts are often considered sacred objects in their own right, which explains the care and attention afforded to the present, almost six centuries-old sutra cover.The painting is in a distinct style that clearly emulates the Pala tradition of Northeastern India. For example, the oval bolsters, each with two triangular projections indicating a throne back, are commonly seen in Pala illuminated manuscripts. See, for example, Pal, Tibetan Paintings, 1984, page 46, plate 5.Exquisitely painted to the left with Buddha Shakyamuni seated in dhyanasana on a stepped lotus throne under an elaborate arch composed of animals and offerings, his right hand lowered in bhumisparsa mudra and his left holding an alms bowl, and similarly to the right with Maitreya wearing loose-fitting robes and a fine crown, his hands held in dharmachakra mudra. Each of the central deities is flanked by two bodhisattvas turned toward them and kneeling in prayer, all figures backed by a halo, all surrounded by pale-blue lotus blossoms and foliate scroll against a dark ground.Provenance: English trade. Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age and presenting notably well, especially the many subtle details of the painting. Ancient wear, natural age cracks, rubbing, some losses to pigment and associated minor touchups, occasional scratches, minute nicks. Good patina overall.Weight: 3,419 gDimensions: 28 x 82.2 cmLiterature comparison: Compare a closely related pair of Nepalese Shaiva manuscript covers, also dated circa 1450, similarly painted with pale-blue foliate scroll, formerly in the collection of Pratapaditya Pal and now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.80.155.1a-b.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 May 2021, lot 1 Price: HKD 627,500 or approx. EUR 75,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A pair of carved and painted wood sutra covers, Central Tibet, 13th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of painting, as evidenced by the faces, halos, and oval bolsters with triangular projections indicating a throne back. Note that the backside of each sutra cover is carved with Buddhist figures and foliate scroll. Also note the smaller size (11 x 40.3 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 2 December 2021, lot 1003 Estimate: HKD 500,000 or approx. EUR 60,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A painted wood sutra cover, Tibet, circa 13th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related manner of painting, as evidenced by the faces, halos, and oval bolsters with triangular projections indicating a throne back. Note the absence of foliate lotus scroll and the smaller size (15.6 x 38.3 cm).約1450年尼泊爾大型彩繪佛經木封面此佛經封面尺寸特別大，再加上帕拉風格繪畫的精妙手法，毫無疑問，它曾經極爲重要。封面色彩鮮豔，可能是由寺院或富裕家庭委託製作的，以保護佛教經典文本。佛經手稿本身也通常被認為是神聖的物品，這解釋了這件歷經六個世紀的封面的重要性。 畫風獨特，明顯模仿了印度東北部的帕拉傳統。例如，橢圓形的拱門，每一個都有兩個三角形的突起，表示一個寶座，在帕拉手稿中很常見。見Pal, Tibetan Paintings, 1984, 第46頁, 圖 5。 左側精美繪有釋迦牟尼佛坐在蓮花寶座上，背後是由很多動物和供品組成的精美拱門，他的右手觸地印，左手拿著一個缽；右側類似，彌勒佛穿著寬鬆的長袍，戴著精美的皇冠，他的雙手結著法輪手印。其他本尊兩側各有兩位菩薩轉身跪拜，身後有光背，四周黑地淡藍色的纏枝蓮紋。 來源：英國古玩交易市場。 品相：品相極佳，與年齡相稱，且保存良好，尤其是繪畫的細節。磨損和褪色，有過輕微修飾、輕微劃痕、微小的刻痕。整體光澤良好。重量：3,419 克 尺寸：28 x 82.2 厘米由於字數限制，完整中文敘述請至www.zacke.at查看。

A RARE GROUP OF 27 FOLIOS FROM A MANUSCRIPT, KASHMIR 18TH CENTURYBlack ink, gilt and watercolor on paper. The three mounts each with three delicately painted figural scenes depicting the avatars of Vishnu, and six folios of calligraphy on blue ground, each in a painted gold frame. (27) Provenance: Collection of Sigfred Taubert, thence by descent. Sigfred Taubert (1914-2008) was the director of the Frankfurt Book Fair between 1958 and 1973, and also a writer and enthusiastic collector of bibliophilic treasures from all over the world. From 1974 to 1978, he was a member of the board of the UNESCO International Book Committee in Paris. Condition: Very good condition with only minor losses, minimal wear, the paper slightly warped. Dimensions: Image size 6.6 x 11.6 cm, Size including mounting 36.2 x 50.5 cm

A PAINTED 'HUNDRED BUDDHAS' MANUSCRIPT FRONT PAGE 《百佛圖》經書封面Tibet, 14th century. Ink and gold on paper. The central Buddha seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne backed by a mandorla, his hands lowered in dhyana mudra and supporting a lotus blossom, wearing a pleated monastic robe draped over his left shoulder, his serene face with heavy-lidded eyes and full lips, flanked by long pendulous pierced earlobes, the curled hair with an ushnisha surmounted by a jewel. Surrounded by 100 smaller images of seated Buddhas, all in dhyanasana and showing various mudras.Provenance: Italian private collection, acquired in Tibet during the early 1990s. Collection of Leonardo Vigorelli, Bergamo, acquired from the above. Leonardo Vigorelli is a retired Italian art dealer and noted collector, specializing in African and ancient Hindu-Buddhist art. After studying anthropology and decades of travel as well as extensive field research in India, the Himalayan region, Southeast Asia, and Africa, he founded the Dalton Somare art gallery in Milan, Italy, which today is being run by his two sons.Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Some wear, soiling, creases, tears, and small losses.Dimensions: Size 35.5 x 11.4, Size incl. frame 56.5 x 80.5 cmWith a modern frame. (2)Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie's New York, 17 September 1999, lot 120 Price: USD 4,600 or approx. EUR 8,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A painted manuscript cover, Tibet, 14th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related motif. Note that the lot comprises a painted wood manuscript cover of larger size (22.8 x 70.3 cm).《百佛圖》經書封面西藏，十四世紀。紙本水墨金彩。畫面中央的阿彌佛陀結珈趺坐坐於蓮座上，後有光背。雙手捧著一朵蓮花，身著敞右肩袈裟，面目慈祥，雙眉之間有白毫。四周圍繞著一百個小坐佛，手結不同手印，結珈趺坐。 來源：義大利私人收藏，上世紀九十年代購於西藏。貝加莫 Leonardo Vigorelli收藏，購於上述收藏。Leonardo Vigorelli是一位退休的義大利藝術品經銷商和著名收藏家，專門研究非洲和古代印度佛教藝術。在學習人類學和數十年的旅行以及在印度、喜馬拉雅地區、東南亞和非洲的廣泛實地研究之後，他在義大利米蘭創立了 Dalton Somare 藝廊，如今由他的兩個兒子經營。品相：品相良好，與年代相符。一些磨損、污漬、摺痕、撕裂和小缺損。 尺寸：35.5 x 11.4，含框 56.5 x 80.5 厘米 現代木框。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，1999年9月17日，lot 120 價格：USD 4,600 （相當於今日EUR 8,000） 描述：十四世紀西藏經書封面 專家評論：比較非常相近的主題。請注意此經書封面為木質，以及尺寸較大(22.8 x 70.3 厘米)。

A DESCRIPTION OF THE CHANONRY IN OLD ABERDEEN, HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT Leather-bound, subtitled Together with many curious, entertaining & pleasant remarks on said Town, &c; for the years of our Lord, One Thousand, seven hundred, twenty five; & Seventeen hundred; twenty & four. - 1725; & 1724 Written in an elegant hand over 236 pages. Bears bookplate of Alexander Leslie of Aberdeen inside-front cover Condition Report:Available upon request

A Victorian manuscript letter addressed to "His Grace the Duke of Wellington" from "Rusticus": "Other letters should have reached me with the enclosed, should they, the same conveyance will bring them to your Grace for destruction, their existence is unknown to all the world. Rusticus. P.S. as they are sent with a view that they may never gain publicity, the receipt of them in the Times would oblige - under the head - silence"

A late Georgian velum bound notebook inscribed "Samuel Palmer, his Book", containing diverse contents including table of monetary calculations titled "Addition. Teacheth to add several sums into one total", similar notes pertaining to subtractions, a very large quantity of press cuttings pertaining to fashion, reports of crime, travel and commerce, anecdotes, songs and poems, arts, sports and society notices etc, also autograph manuscript recipes, notes on horticulture including "A method of raising mushrooms" etc, 20 cm x 16 cm

Naval Interest. 'A List of Her Majestie's Navy Royall, 29 Sept., 1704', manuscript on vellum with leather boards and metal clasps.Condition Report: 35 leaves overall. Some rubbing and general wear to the boards and spine. Internally, there is some foxing, but the leaves are in tact apart from this.

§ JOHN DUNCAN FERGUSSON R.B.A. (SCOTTISH 1874-1961) STANDING FEMALE NUDE BronzeDimensions:22cm x 8cm x 7cm (8.675in x 3.125in x 2 75in)Provenance:Provenance: Acquired from the artist’s wife, Margaret Morris, via the Fine Art Society, London, by the present owner in 1974Exhibited: Fine Art Society, London, J. D. Fergusson (1874-1961), 10 September – 4 October 1974, no. 100 (incorrectly catalogued as 'The Patient Woman', 1920)Literature: Alice Strang et al, J. D. Fergusson, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, another cast reproduced in colour pl.35Note: Fergusson is the only one of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists – along with F. C. B. Cadell, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe – to have worked in three dimensions. Indeed, he made sculpture over some 50 years, with his first created in Paris in 1908 and the last thought to date from about 1955. As Alice Strang has explained: ‘Experiments in terracotta in 1909 and clay in 1913, led to direct carving in stone outdoors during World War One. Carving wood and plaster, which he sometimes cast and coloured, followed. Works were cast in brass and bronze as funds permitted.’ (Alice Strang et al, J. D. Fergusson, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh 2013, p. 21). The importance of this aspect of Fergusson’s oeuvre is clear in the inclusion of sculptures in many of his exhibitions between 1912 and 1948.Standing Female Nude comes from Fergusson’s most productive period of sculpture-making, the years approximately 1918 to 1922, when he was based in London. It dates from circa 1920 and was cast at a later date. Sheila McGregor has linked this period with a parallel development in Margaret Morris Movement, the system of choreography devised by his wife (Sheila McGregor, A Colourist Abroad: The Art and Life of J. D Fergusson, unpublished manuscript, completed 2000, p.8). Morris and her pupils, whether sitting as models or in motion during lessons, rehearsals and performances, provided a rich source of inspiration for Fergusson.This work is a powerful depiction of female physicality. It embodies key themes in Fergusson’s sculptural practice: the cropped female form, an interest in non-Western sculpture and a sleek modernism, based on curves and planes with particular attention paid to the breasts, bottom and the base of the spine. It pays testament to the sculptors with whose work Fergusson would have been familiar in pre-war Paris, such as Constantin Brancusi, Alexander Archipenko and Jacob Epstein. Similar concerns were explored in Fergusson’s best-known sculpture, Eástre (Hymn to the Sun) of 1924.The most significant holding of Fergusson’s sculpture is held at The Fergusson Gallery, Perth, which is the centre of excellence for his and Morris’s work. Other important examples are held in public collections including those of the Tate, Hunterian Art Gallery, Government Art Collection and Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.

World.- Apianus (Petrus) Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium, with a folding variant version of Gemma Frisius' larger cordiform map of the world, after Apianus's map of the world, inserted before title, woodcut title and globe vignette with entire lower half of leaf with loss replaced in pen facsimile, all volvelles with moving parts lacking and replaced with printed facsimile additions, ink manuscript inscriptions to title and others elsewhere, scattered spotting and browning, heavy surface dirt in places with damp-stains, later endpapers with owners ink inscription to front free endpaper, vellum, browned, slightly warped and scuffed, worn, 4to, [Sabin 1756], [Cologne, 1574]; sold not subject to return.Provenance:Gabriel Molina, Madrid (bookplate to front pastedown)A. Garcia-Hernandez (stamp to reverse of title and rear endpaper)

Holy Land.- Palestine.- Bonfils (Felix & Adrien) Palestine - Greece 1897, 62 mounted photographs, most c.215 x 281 mm (8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in.), 24 signed Bonfils in negative, 2 signed Adrien Bonfils in negative, one with notes in manuscript to verso, scattered faint spotting to mounts, including views of Egypt, Greece, Pompeii, Amalfi, Naples, Jaffa, Ramleh, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea and the Church of Nativity, original half-morocco album, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, oblong folio, c.1897.⁂ Félix Bonfils, his wife Lydie, and son Adrien were famous French photographers in Beirut during the second half of the nineteenth century. The family moved to Beirut in 1867 where they opened a photographic studio called Maison Bonfils.

Middle East.- Aden Field Force 1916-1919, title in manuscript inside upper cover, 76 vintage silver gelatin and other prints, various sizes, one or two partially hand-coloured, some loosely inserted, many captioned by hand, original cloth, a little rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, oblong folio, [1919].⁂ Depicting topographical and ethnic views from Aden, including British military personnel and facilities, desert scenes and caravans, Turkish officers, Turkish prisoners and aerial views.

Turkey.- Barker (William Burckhardt) A Reading Book on the Turkish Language, with a Grammar and Vocabulary, first edition, ex-library with shelfmark to title verso, abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, 1pp. manuscript notes loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1854; A Practical Grammar of the Turkish Language, ex-library with ink-stamp to title and shelfmark to title verso, new endpapers, original cloth, rebacked retaining original spine, a little rubbed, 1854 § Arnold (Edwin) A Simple Transliteral Grammar of the Turkish Language, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1891; v.s. (3).