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Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 July 1921, serial number A183578, manuscript signature, one pinhole, very fine, a very presentable example of the second of two dates for this scarce type PMI PR 74a, Pick 346a £600-£800

Ulster Banking Company, £1, 1 January 1861, serial number G85167, without BELFAST in lower border, manuscript signature, printed by Charles Skipper & East, pinholes and thinning in some areas, but an original very good example and exceptionally rare, this being the only example in private hands PMI UB 17B £6,000-£8,000

Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 January 1907, serial number F/F. 92555, one manuscript signature, a few pinholes, original about fine, rare PMI UB 27, Pick 376 £800-£1,200

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 August 1894, serial number B904, manuscript Robert Patton signature, wear and tear to right third of note, including damage to top margin, some rust in upper and lower margins, overall an attractive fine and very rare 19th century date PMI UB 28, Pick 377 £1,800-£2,400

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 May 1933, serial number 24486, manuscript Gore signature, some edge splits, about fine PMI UB 49b, Pick 308 £60-£80

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 June 1929, serial number 995, manuscript Patton signature, pinholes, original paper, an attractive fine, very scarce PMI UB 52, Pick 311 £340-£440

Ulster Bank Limited, £1 (3), 1 January 1940, serial numbers A194335, A205594 and A200175, all with manuscript signature, 1 May 1956, serial number A308953, printed signature, all very presentable examples, very fine (4 notes) PMI UB 56, 62 £80-£100

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1941, serial number 1116, manuscript Niblock signature, about extremely fine and scarce PMI UB 61, Pick 320 £800-£1,200

British Linen Bank, £100, 28 July 1933, serial number N/3 1/5, two manuscript signatures, the two usual folds and additional handling, but a superb and original good very fine, and an exceptional note in this condition, furthermore, this is the number 5 note for this date and prefix! PMS BL 63, Pick 155 £1,800-£2,200 --- This note comes with the original envelope in which it was held in trust at the Brechin branch in 1938, and the deposit slip from the day it was left there. The contents were of course unknown to the bank.

Royal Bank of Scotland, 20 Shillings or £1, 4 November 1822, serial number 620/237, two manuscript signatures, a presentable very good and scarce 
PMS RB 30b £400-£460

Royal Bank of Scotland, 20 Shillings or £1, 6 May 1924, serial number 795/222, two manuscript signatures, a presentable very good and scarce 
PMS RB 30b £400-£460

City of Glasgow Bank, £1, 1 May 1857, serial number B 239/230, two manuscript signatures, small hole at top centre, slight thinning at lower centre thus good, a presentable enough example of a rare note! PMS CG 1c £500-£600 --- ex Keith Austin collection

Renfrewshire Banking Company, £1, 29 May 1833, serial number 134/3865, three manuscript signatures, with red RANKED stamp at top centre, very good to about fine PMS RE 7 £80-£120

Wesleyan Methodist Country Chapels Bank, £1, 25 July 1835, serial number 3010, multiple manuscript signatures at low right, blue printing on watermarked paper, very good and very scarce as an issued note McCammon JN13 £800-£1,200

Jersey Commercial Bank, for Janvrin, Durell & Company, £1, 1 October 1856, serial number 12887, manuscript signatures at low left and right, very good, scarce McCammon JN100 £1,000-£1,500

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Cape Verde, proof 1 Escudo, 1 January 1921, no serial number, perforated CANCELLED, with official bank handstamp and manuscript ‘approved’ with a signature, in PMG holder 35, choice very fine BNU CV39p, Pick 32s £100-£150

Banco Nacional Ultramarino, Mozambique, colour trial 20 Escudos, 6 April 1937, serial number 000,000, manuscript signatures of the President (Antonio dos Santos Viegas) and one of the Adminstradors (Joao Baptista de Araujo signature) on reverse, single cancellation hole, in PMG holder 50, about uncirculated, unique and a wonderful item BNU MZ77ct2, Pick 74cts £240-£300 --- This is the BNU plate note

Hungarian Fund, $100, 1 July 1952, serial number not filled in, manuscript signatures, a few small stains, overall a fresh and original fine example with no holes, tears or any other issues, very scarce Pick S140 £300-£400

Regie Finanze Torino, Italy, 25 Lire (2), October 1794, serial number 93411, April 1796, serial number 99864, both with manuscript text on reverse, very good (2 notes) Pick S126a, S129 £80-£100

Regie Finanze Torino, Italy, 100 Lire, 1 September 1799, serial number 4274, four manuscript signatures, two embossed seals, wear along hard central fold, minor tapes repairs, thus about fine, a presentable example of this beautifully designed note Pick S133 £100-£150

Books hard cover, 10 items including Expert Hocus Pocus by Alton C Sharpe First Edition 1961 copy 139 of limited Deluxe Edition hard black vinyl cover excellent condition with Paul Daniels bookplate, A Magician's Tour Up and Down and Roundabout the Earth by Harry Kellar rad vinyl cover gold embossed lettering limited reprint of 200 copies 1984 publisher Magico Magazine with plate of "From My Magic Library Christopher Brinson and Paul Daniels bookplate excellent condition, The Nixon Manuscript in Book Form by William "Doc" Nixon 1987 with Paul Daniels bookplate brown vinyl cover excellent condition, Tricks of the Masters by Will Goldston publisher Routledge with Paul Daniels bookplate slight wrinkling to back cover , Conjuring Apparatus and Update blue cloth hard cover with gold lettering on spine with Paul Daniels blind stamp and bookplate and red Demon stamp excellent condition, Routine Manipulation Part 1 by Lewis Ganson with Paul Daniels bookplate black hard vinyl cover excellent condition, Dusheck's Coin Magic by Steve Dusheck First Edition1992 ink signed by author with Paul Daniels bookplate maroon hard vinyl cover excellent condition,

Cruikshank (George).Autograph Letter Signed, from George Cruickshank to 'My Dear Miss ?Hanchell, Allow me to present to you the promised carte of ... will you let me know what colour you would prefer the dresses ....'.16 Mabledon Place, no date, two page ink manuscript on paper with two pen & ink sketches, one captioned 'no rest last night (farewell)', on two quarters of folded sheet (17.5cm x 22.5cm sheet), framed and glazed.

Signed by Nelson Mandela.Schadeberg (Jurgen), Nelson Mandela and the Rise of the ANC.Bloomsbury, 1990, quarto, half title signed by Nelson Mandela on his visit to London (12.7.96.), paperback.[with manuscript letter of authentication from Ian Shapiro, on Spink headed paper]

Plantagenet Era Indentures.Deed transferring land and tenements in Hanbury (Staffs) and the forest of Nedwode (Needwood) from Richard Fitzherbert of Twycross, Leics. to William of Newton, living in Hanbury .November 33 Edw.I [1305], latin manuscript on parchment, 17 lines, approx 15cm x 20.5cm, folded (tears to folds, small hole with loss of first two letters of 'tenement', some staining.Concession from Roger, son of Ralph of ?Penerwith to John le Herdemon of ?Penerwith, for the messuage which lies between the messuage of the latter and the messuage of Henry, son of Ralph.2nd February 16 Edw. II [1323], manuscript on parchment, 11 lines, approx 8.5cm x 21cm, folded (wear at intersection), tab without seal. (2)

Miniature Almanac.The Almanack Explained ...1819.Company of Stationers, page size 56mm x 32mm, engraved view of Vauxhall Bridge folding into four pages, twenty other pages, all edges gilt, ornate calf gilt in matching slipcase;Chapbook, Tom Thumb's Play-Book, Greatly Improved: In order to facilitate the progress of the rising generation in the Science of A, B, C.Paisley: James Lumsden, no date, 31 pages, [2] is front pastedown, page 31 forms rear pastedown and has been torn away from wraps with some loss to text, colour paper wraps faded;William Hamilton, Manuscript copy receipt book compiled by William Hamilton of Monkland.Early eighteeth century, first two entries in earlier hand, vellum wraps (3) 22 pages of manuscript, not paginated, no obvious signs of removal.

Ransome (Arthur).An autograph letter signed by Arthur Ransome teasing the recipient about the true location of Swallowdale and Trout Tarn before revealing that he took some things from Coniston, 'e.g, the harbour of Wild Cat is taken from the harbour at the South End of Peel Island'. He asks the recipient to pass on his best wishes to the Crossfields (boat builders in Arnside) 'where I have spent many happy hours'.Ink manuscript on two sides of Ransome's note card with various printed illustrations in the front margins, some hand colouring, card 142mm x 88mm.[The recipient had, with his brother, built a dinghy called Wildcat in the family garden (c.1936) and sailed it on Windermere, he was related to the Crossfield family via his grandmother.]

Temple, (Henry John, 3rd Viscount Palmerston).Six signed letters, from Lord Palmerston to British Ambassadors and Envoys in Europe, introducing Mr [John] Wild and recommending him for their protection and good offices.All in signed envelopes, three opened, three sealed and unread, the letters are part printed with manuscript insertions and dated 1834 (it is assumed that the sealed letters are for the same purpose).With four manuscript letters to John Wild from ? Smith, two other manuscript letters, an envelope titled 'Picked up on the Field of Waterloo 1815', a menu and dance card, a press cutting relating to John Wild's letter collection and a ms. note, housed in ring folder[cf. R.N. Carew Hunt, Unpublished Letters of John Wild]

Sitwell (Edith) & Walton (William).Facade, An Entertainment, the Poems by Edith Sitwell, the Music by William Walton.Oxford University Press, 1972, numbered limited edition of 250 copies signed by the composer, quarto, illustrated by John Piper, quarter morocco with Piper designed boards, original solander box, lacking the original recording of Facade Entertainment;Rawsthorne (Alan). Facsimile manuscript of a choral work orchestrated for the opening of a new music school at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. Presented to The Earl of Harewood who opened the school on Founder's Day, Tuesday 10th March 1964.Folio, 35 pages, caligraphic presentation inscription mounted on front pastedown, full morocco binding (spine head pulled).with six others. (8)

Britten (Benjamin).Sonata in C for Cello and Piano Op.65.Boosey & Hawkes, [1961], front cover inscribed and signed after the first performance (7th July 1961 at Aldeburgh) by the cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, the dedicatee of the work and possibly the greatest cellist of the 20th century.. The inscription in Russian 'To Lady and Lord Harwood, As a souvenir of the first performance of this wonderful work. With warmest love hoping for more frequent reunions, Mstislav Rostropovich'. original wraps.idem, The Making of Peter Grimes.Boydell Press for the Britten Estate, 1996, two folio volumes, Vol I a facsimile of the composition draft and Vol II, Notes and Commentaries, original cloth, slipcase:idem, Children's Crusade, Kinderkreuzzug Op. 82.Faber, 1973, limited edition of 1000 facsimiles of the composer's manuscript, folio, illustrated by Sidney Nolan, quarter cloth (3)

Manuscript - 'Adolph Prince D Angleterre 1796'.Manuscript vocal scores in Italian, French and German.Comprising index (on front free endpaper verso) and 191 pages of scores, presumably for a musical performance, one page headed 'Recit: et Aria de Sigs: Giuseppe Giordani', oblong folio, bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood, some staining to latter pages, front hinge broken at endpaper, all edges gilt, worn full morocco binding with title in gilt to upper board.[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774-1850) was the tenth child of George III. He lived in Germany for most of his early adult life where he commanded the Hanoverian Guards. A village in Hanover (Adolphsdorf) was named after him. A basic internet search has failed to find a published work under this title though it is possible that the 'title' relates to ownership or presentation rather than the name of the work.].

[Jones William].A Treatise on the Art of Music.Colchester; published by the author, 1784, folio, signed by the author at end of dedication and numbered in manuscript on title page, forty plates on twenty leaves, (first plate torn with crude repair), gift inscription at head of title page commemorating John Henry Robson, department orgnanist of Kings College, Cambridge, quarter roan binding (worn).

Holy Bible.The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New ....Robert Barker, 1616, folio, [10], 535 leaves, lacking final blank, New Testament title page dated 1616.General title torn with loss, extensive annotation verso (visible recto), fos.147, 244, 324, 429 and 430 torn with significant loss, tears within text of fos. 1, 30, 179, 208, 237, 256, 274, 369 and 384. Numerous marginal tears, those at fos. 161 and 294 causing partial loss of margin note. Small holes in fo. 241, 245, 279, 388 and 468, a small number of words amended, staining in places, some pencil marks in margin of Apocrypha, manuscript note dated 1655 tipped-in to fo. 428, [Herbert 349, ESTC S113708][preceded by];Common Prayer. The Booke of Common Prayer, with the Psalter or Psalmes of David ....Robert Barker, 1616, folio, [A (1 of 4)], B-G6, lacking three A leaves but title page present, the title page with later gutter and head margins and loss to top corner, some staining throughout, [ESTC S122897];[between the BCP and the Bible are two remnant maps (one detached) and several pages of pedigrees numbered 5/6, 9/10,13-18 and 23-34, some with significant loss/repairs][bound at rear];Sternehold (Thomas), Hopkins (John) et al., The Whole Book of Psalmes Collected into English Meeter ...Company of Stationers, 1624, folio, [2], 114 [113], [7] pages only, some spotting and staining, final leaves torn and creased.Annotation to pastedowns, contemporary calf (well worn, upper board detached).

Illuminated Bible.La Bibbia di Borso d'Este.Bergamo: Banco Popolare, 1961, two large folio volumes, colour and monochrome reproductions of the original manuscript leaves, Italian introductory text, silk endpapers, top edge gilt, full ?bonded morroco gilt with metallic centerpieces to upper covers, original slipcases.

Shipping.Cunard, Official Guide and Album of the Cunard Steamship Company.Sutton Sharpe, 1876, quarto, ten plates (six folding), one plate torn without loss, another slightly smaller format with creasing to edges, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt; India, Abstracts of the Logs of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers on the Calcutta and Suez Line from 1845 to 1858.[c.1858], [4], 224 pages, original cloth (worn);Shipwrecks, The Seaman's Recorder; or, Authentic and Interesting Narratives of Popular Shipwrecks and Other Calamities Incident to a Life of Maratime (sic) Enterprise.J. Eedes, 1824, xxiii, [1], 410 pages, folding frontis (creased), twenty plates (one possibly supplied) and seven woodcuts within pagination, margin of K1 torn, small hole in plate opposite p.285, foxing and light staining, manuscript numbers to some plates, several leaves bound out of sequence but present, half calf (re-backed retaining remnant backstrip);Coates (W.H.), The Good Old Days of Shipping.Bombay: Times of India, 1900, [6], vi, 140 pages, frontis, plate, stationer's stamp to title page, original cloth (wear to head and tail of spine); with eight others. (12)

Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.A Few Notes on The Selection of a Bronze for Steamship Propellers. 1908, oblong quarto, 87 pages, illustrated, original pictorial cloth (stain to front cover);Stanton (Samuel Ward), American Steam Vessels.New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895, oblong quarto, 498, [2] pages, some restoration to edges of early leaves, line through one word on p.486, couple of minor tears not affecting text, original cloth;Ellerman Lines, Particulars of Steamers of Ellerman Lines Limited ...Hull, 1934, large quarto ledger with typed and manuscript entries, original cloth with screw binding: 'Engineering', The Forth Bridge, Reprinted from 'Engineering', February 28, 1890.folio in eights, [4], 72 pages, nineteen plates (many double page), original cloth;Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., [Catalogue] 1920.Glasgow, quarto, illustrated, original cloth gilt. (5)

Phillips (John)Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or A Description of the Strata and Organic Remains of the Yorkshire Coast ....York: for the author, 1829, quarto, hand-coloured geological map, nine strata plates (eight with hand-colouring), fourteen fossil plates, some foxing, staining to subscribers list and adjoining leaves, later cloth with original front paper cover mounted on front board (cloth, cover and endpapers significantly dampstained).Boyle (J.R.), The Lost Towns of the Humber ...Hull: Brown, 1889, quarto, large paper copy, frontis map, some foxing, original cloth gilt. Manuscript Map, Plan of the Township of Kilnsea in the County of York, from a Plan of a Survey made in the year 1840.Pen & ink and watercolour on dressed fine cotton or silk sheet, 127cm x 73cm, rolled, repeating red spots to left hand side, small tears to top, dust-marking. (3)

Eshton Hall, Gargrave.Day Book 1849 - 1851.A folio ledger with detailed accounts for the period, diary entries give more historical information and commentary than normally found in such accounts. Red and black manuscript. Vellum binding with some staining.Eshton Hall was owned at this time by Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785 - 1861) who has been described as 'England's earliest female bibliophile'. Miss Currer had a library of more than 18,000 books at Eshton Hall and was visited by Dibdin who wrote '... with the exception of Althorpe, Chatsworth and Stowe, I know of no such collection in the country which can pretend to break a lance with it'. Charlotte Bronte was an admirer of Miss Currer and adopted her name as part of her pseudonym, Currer Bell. An archive of material relating to the hall is held by Leeds University.Extra images added to the Tennants website.

Manuscript Accounting Problems.A collection of accounting problems and answers compiled by James Smellie of Carstairs, early ninetenth century manuscript, includes 'the single rule of three', 'the double rule of three', 'the rule of fellowship', etc.Original marbled paper binding with overlaid leather spine (well worn binding), preserved in quarter calf book style solander box;Stephenson (William Henry), Sickert, Random Reminiscences.Privately Printed, 1936, limited edition of 25 signed by the author, this one of three copies bound in full leather. (2)

* Leonard (Major Terence James, 1890-1972) Intelligence Corps. An archive of documents, letters, pamphlets, photographs, watercolours, medals and ephemera relating to Major T.J. Leonard, WWI and WWII, including Total Intelligence or Studying Form. Essay on the German Character, by T.J. Leonard, several confidential reports bound together, 1943-44 (3 copies), a passport to enable travel to Russia, 1912 discharge certificate from the 28th London Regiment (Artists' Rifles) Territorial Army, 1915, commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Service Corps, 1915, and Lieutenant Army Officer Reserve, 1922 (with stamped signatures of George V), Intelligence Corps typescript Examination sheet, 2nd June 1917, several leaves in English and German manuscript, one detailing what information is required during night raids on enemy trenches, translations of captured letters, documents and letters relating to the Inter-Allied Administrative and Plebiscite Commission, Upper Silesia, 1922, medals comprising 1914-15 Star (3186. Pte. T.J. Leonard, 28-Lond & R,', British War and Victory medals (Lieut. T.J. Leonard), a small collection of regimental cap badges including Intelligence Corps and two Artists' Rifles (brass and white metal), plus other booklets, propaganda publications and related, together with a collection of 15 WWII watercolour and gouache paintings identifying various German uniforms, 1942-43, including Senior Sgt Major (staff) and Junior H Cpl, Infantry Private and SS Feldwebel (Sergeant), Private Tanks and S/M Artillery, Sgt Major Inf S.S, SS Unterscharführer - Corporal, Panzer division, German Air Force Pilot, Lieutenant Tank Regiment (peacetime), Trooper Tank Regiment, and others, all but one signed and dated by various artists comprising: G Higginson; J Thompson and G.H.H, all roughly 76.5 x 56 cm (30 1/8 x 22 ins)QTY: (archive)NOTE:Interesting archive of material from Major T.J. Leonard, Intelligence Corps in both World Wars. Terence Leonard spent three years working in Russia before the First World War, initially joining the Artists' Rifles before joining the Army Service Corps in Salonika and in 1917 the Intelligence Corps, where his chief work was as an examiner of German prisoners.After the war he became an Officer Interpreter for the Inter-Allied Plebiscite Commission in Upper Silesia, Germany from 1920-22, and afterwards lived in Paris until the outbreak of the Second World War, when he returned to England and joined the Intelligence Corps again, with the rank of Captain. He gave talks and produced pamphlets on the German character and enemy identification as well as the watercolours of German soldiers in uniform, which he used to illustrate in his talks. During an interrogation he acquired some fake buttons and a ring with a German cross from German prisoners trying to escape (items included in the archive). In 1944 he was transferred to the newly formed Education Branch of the Control Commission for Germany, analysing German textbooks, and from 1945-50 he wrote a number of articles for the British Zone Review.

* Presentation Album. Visite en France, des réprésentants Anglais du Service des Gaz, Aout-Septembre 1917, circa 1917, 7 typed pamphlets tied-in, 6 entitled 'Visite de la mission Militaire et Scientifique Anglaise', menu tied-in, 5 mounted hand-written and typed letters with letterheads including the Trench Warfare Research Department London, Conservative Club SW1, approximately 30 silver gelatin prints (mostly mounted, some loose, some full-page), numerous mounted postcards, manuscript captions, original burgundy half morocco gilt, some wear, oblong 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:A finely bound presentation album for a British diplomatic visit to France during WW1.

* WWI Diaries. A collection of WWI and later manuscript diaries kept by Brigadier-General Walter Allason, DSO & Bar, Bedfordshire Regiment, comprising 6 handwritten diaries for the period of August 1914 to 1916 probably written up at a later date but containing original WWI notes written by Allason on Army Message Form paper, very descriptive with various actions recorded including the events surrounding his second award bar for the DSO in September 1916 on the Somme, he records 'It was a magnificent fight. The hill was converse so that you could only see a few yards. It was a case of moving from shell hole to shell hole and only very discipline enabled the advance to be made at all. On our right and left the troops who should have assisted failed to advance so the whole credit of the capture of Falfemont ridge, which French said they could not advance, belongs to the Bedfords' with accompanying newspaper cuttings, various photographs, dinner menu for 52nd Infantry Brigade Party on 22 February 1919, inscribed 'Brig. Gen. W. Allason D.S.O.' and signed with over 25 attendees, diagrams relating battles plus five original Mentioned in Despatches certificates, a fascinating record of a senior officers WWI service QTY: (6)NOTE:Major Walter Allason was born in London in 1875, he was educated abroad and privately. He joined the 1st Bedfordshire Regiment in 1896 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1898. He served in South Africa from 1899-1900. He served on the Western Front and was present at Mons, Le Cateau, the Marne, the Aisne, Givenchy, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres, Hill 60 and the Somme in 1916. He was wounded four times, mentioned in despatches four times and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (London Gazette, 18 February 1915), he was also awarded the bar to the DSO (London Gazette, 14 November 1916) when he executed an attack with the greatest initiative and resource, thereby enabling a strong enemy position to be captured. He handled his battalion with great skill throughout the operations. He was given the Brevet of Colonel on 1 January 1919 and was appointed to command the 51st Bedfordshire Regiment on the Rhine in April 1919.Allason was also a keen Polo player for Middlesex and represented the South vs North of England. He won the "Officers' Cup" at Aldershot Rifle Meeting in 1911.

* R.A.F. First Day Covers. A large collection of approximately 1,200 First Day Covers, mostly signed, c. 1965-2006, organised in modern ring binders, the first 14 RAF first day covers, 1965-2006, the remaining binders organised as RAF Squadrons, anniversaries, Fleet Air Arm, etc., Mosquito Aircraft Museum, civil aviation, multi-signed and USAAF generals, Army (including some unsigned) and Royal Navy, plastic ring binders with manuscript sticky labels, mostly 4toQTY: (approx. 1200)NOTE:An impressive collection including autographs of Bomber Harris, Tom Sopwith, Barnes Wallis, Neville Duke, Jean Batten, Johnnie Johnson, Leonard Cheshire, Al Deere, Douglas Bader, Hajo Herrmann, Döenitz, Bill Shrubsole, Gareth Clayton, John Haskins, Keith Lawrence, Peter Boston, Alastair Pearson, John Howard, T. Otway, G.R.K. Gadsdon, Admiral Dreyer, etc.

A rare sample box of gold, silver and other metallic threads on wooden reels, 'Giorgio Adamo Beckh', Nuremberg, circa 1750, the rectangular box covered in green book cloth, the front with brass push catch. The interior lined in original blue paper, the lid with two printed labels, one depicting the Virgin Mary standing astride an anchor within a leaf decorated frame and inscribed 'Fabrica Privilegiata di Lametta e Tirato d'oro e d'argento - Giorgio Adamo Beckh in Norimberga', the other with a crowned figure of justice flanked by Nubians in feather skirts and head dresses, one holding arrows, the other a bow, within a leaf scroll frame and inscribed 'Fabrica Privilegiata di Giorgio Adamo Beckh a Norimberga'. The lower section with four divisions inscribed in ink with A to M and further inscribed 'Silvered and Yellow Plate/Silvered and Yellow Wire/Coloured Plate/......', the reels over remnants of ribbons, and comprising thirty two reels most with thread, the front compartment containing paper skein holders, 20.5 x 11.2 x 3.2cms.   This box appears to be a sample box for a travelling salesman. The labels in Italian coursly translate 'Privileged Factory - sharp blade to draw with gold and silver'. To create the metallic threads the appropriate metal was beaten into wafer thin sheets and then cut with a carefully prepared knife, the strip was then wrapped around the cotton thread. The label inscriptions probably equate to a 'guild mark', a 16th Century manuscript held by the Penn libraries (Ms Codex 1542) includes a pasted in receipt dated 1747 for silver and textiles with a print of St. Anthony on the back which is the Fabrica Privilegiata mark of a Milanese merchant Giacomo Gilardi, founder in 1689 of a wire factory in Allersberg (referred to as Allerspergo), Germany, about 15 miles south of Nuremberg. Although manufactured in Germany, the label text is for the Italian market, the addition of ink text describing and identifying the reels in English indicates it was perhaps intended for sale to English speakers on the Grand Tour. From a distinguished UK Private Collection

Persian manuscript - call to pray times

An interesting collection of documents including a law dated 1821 concerning the prosecution and abatement of nuisance from furnaces used in the working of steam engines, manuscript documents, indentures, letters concerning Ordnance, the formation of the R.N.L.I., shipping, a Mariner's Register Ticket Number 79,988 and other similar items, the majority with accompanying explanatory research and supporting information. All pre 1859. 57 documents in a folder. *CR: Some with damages. Most in good condition. *BP 22.5% (18.75% plus VAT) plus a lot fee of £8 inc. VAT on each lot.

An interesting collection of documents including an Order from Charles II concerning the Government of His Majesty's Ships ... 41 x 29cm, manuscript documents, letters concerning Ordnance, and other items, the majority with accompanying explanatory research and supporting information. All pre 1817. 25 documents in a folder. *CR: Some with damages. Most in good condition. *BP 22.5% (18.75% plus VAT) plus a lot fee of £8 inc. VAT on each lot.

FLORA ALPINA, an album of forty pressed floral specimens to thirteen pages, probably mid 19th century, each page with manuscript descriptions opposite, the wooden boards carved with title cartouche and floral sprays, 19.5cm x 25.5cm

Glyn Warren Philpot R.A. (British, 1884-1937)The Sisters of the Artist signed and dated 'Glyn Philpot 1922' (lower left)oil on canvas142.3 x 111 cm. (56 x 43 3/4 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Artist, thence by descent to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, Royal Academy of Arts, The exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts, 1 May-7 August 1922, cat.no.145London, Grosvenor Galleries, Paintings and Sculpture by Glyn Philpot R.A., 1923, cat.no.11 (as The Sisters)Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Fifty-first Autumn Exhibition, 1923, cat.no.1067Wembley, British Empire Exhibition, 1925, cat.no.49New York, World's Fair, Contemporary British Art, 1939, cat.no.100Brighton, Brighton Art Gallery, Glyn Philpot R.A., 1884-1937, 3 April-3 May 1953, cat.no.12London, Leighton House, Drawings, Paintings and Sculpture by Glyn Warren Philpot R.A. 1884-1937, 7-28 February 1959 (followed by tour with Art Exhibitions Bureau, 1959-60), cat.no.31Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, Glyn Philpot R.A., 1884-1937; A Commemorative Exhibition, 15 September-28 November 1976, cat.no.12London, National Portrait Gallery, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937; Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, 9 November 1984-10 February 1985, cat.no.31Chichester, Pallant House Gallery, Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit, 14 May-23 October 2022LiteratureRoyal Academy Illustrated, 1922, p.2 (ill.b&w)Daisy Philpot, Manuscript Catalogue of Portraits by Glyn Philpot, c.1938-57, p.5 (ill.)A.C.Sewter, Glyn Philpot 1884-1937, (foreword by T Bodkin), 1951, pl.40 (ill.)Robin Gibson, Glyn Philpot 1984-1937 Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, National Portrait Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1984, pp.62-63, ill.col p.20 and b&w p.63Simon Martin and Alan Hollinghurst, Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 2022, p.46, fig.36 (col.ill)Philpot's important painting The Sisters of the Artist depicts two of his elder siblings, Daisy (right) and Gertrude (left). At this period Philpot often used family and close contacts as models, but the titles he gave to pictures such as the present work and Gabrielle and Rosemary, Nieces of the Artist (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford) underlines the importance of these specific sitters to him. As Robin Gibson comments 'Philpot was the youngest member of the family. His sisters were both extremely fond of him, and Daisy in particular was often called upon to pose for him. Gertrude was born at the family home - 31 The Grove, Clapham - in 1879. She married Clement Cross in 1907 and died in 1957. Daisy, who was three years younger, was also born in Clapham. Remaining unmarried, she devoted much of her life to her brother's interests, even after his death. She died in the same year as her sister.' (Robin Gibson, exh.cat., Glyn Philpot 1984-1937 Edwardian Aesthete to Thirties Modernist, National Portrait Gallery Exhibition Catalogue, London, 1984, pp.62-63).Gibson commented further that the work itself is 'almost wilfully conservative in its very Shannonesque colouring and the rather Victorian feel of the long dresses, it has a haunting, timeless quality and almost existentialist atmosphere of resignation which could only belong to the twentieth century' (Ibid.).When the painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1922 the Evening Standard judged it as 'the outstanding work of genius'. The following year The Sisters of the Artist was included in Philpot's first major solo exhibition, which also received rapturous acclaim. The critic P.G Konody declared 'Few living artists could emerge from the ordeal of a one-man show as triumphantly as Mr Glyn Philpot whose exhibition at the Grosvenor Galleries reveals not only a craftsman of the rarest distinction, but an artist who can turn from penetrating and conscientious portraiture to lofty imaginative conceptions' (P.G. Konody, Daily Mail, 14 April 1923).The Sisters of the Artist has subsequently enjoyed an impressive exhibition history. Outings include the World's Fair in New York in 1939 (alongside Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure – see note for lot 24), the major 1953, 1976 & 1985 artist retrospectives, and most recently at this year's Glyn Philpot: Flesh and Spirit exhibition at Pallant House Gallery, Chichester.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Slavery.- Slaves. Protectors of Slaves Reports; Demerara, Berbice, Trinidad, St Lucia, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, vol. XV, original cloth, paper label to spine, surface soiling, one or two small stains or manuscript markings, folio, ex-libris Home Office, 1830-31.⁂ Amazingly detailed reports from the officials appointed by the British government to monitor the conditions and treatment of slaves in each colony, and to serve as a point to collect and relay details of grievances. Contains a wealth of detail on individual plantations and indeed individual slaves and their punishments. Parliamentary papers prior to 1835, when they were made more generally available, are scarce.

Brothels.- [Mandeville (Bernard)] Venus la Populaire, or Apologie des Maisons de Joye, first edition in French, wood-engraved device to title of a winged head with single layer of wings and head and wings detailed with fine lines, wood-engraved tail-piece to p.130 of two seated cherubs (without instruments), title with 'ignibus extinguitur', manuscript ink inscriptions to front pastedown, some very light browning, ?near contemporary wrappers with manuscript paper label to upper joint, spine rubbed, uncut, [STC N504777], 8vo, ?London, ?Moore, 1727.⁂ Rare first edition in French of Mandeville's libertine text, originally published in 1724 in English as, 'A Modest Defence of Publick Stews: or, An Essay upon Whoring, arguing for the establishment of state-regulated brothels', under the pseudonym of 'Phil-pornix'. Three editions were published of the French in 1727 - with an fictitious London imprint; most likely done in either France or Holland - each of which have slight variations in design of title vignette and end tail-piece, as well as one or two minor text differences.

Frasso (Antonio de lo) Los Diez Libros de Fortuna de Amor, 2 vol., second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, ink ownership inscriptions front endpapers, vol. 1 with extended manuscript note front endpaper, a few ff. browned, occasional instances of minor isolated spotting or soiling, contemporary vellum, spine with red and green morocco labels, some light surface toning, [Palau p. 496 94692], 8vo, Londres, Henrique Chapel, 1740.⁂ Originally published in Barcelona in 1573. This second edition was printed under the direction of Pedro Pineda, to whom a note in English at the end of vol. 2 is attributed. Here he explains how, the first edition of the text is "one of the greatest rarities in the Spanish tongue", a copy of which being "one of the scarcest [...] in the world". He also states he has "tried all sorts of methods to get it for five and twenty years."

Italy.- Vasi (Giuseppe) Raccolta delle più belle vedute antiche, e moderne di Roma, vol. 2 only (of 2), engraved title vignette, title with manuscript slip laid-down over imprint, 56 engraved plates only (of 101), small paper envelope laid down to front endpaper with card loosely inserted, most plates with small paper repair to inner margin head, one or two instances of spotting or light finger soiling, ?near contemporary patterned paper wrappers, worn, oblong folio, Roma, by the author, 1786.⁂ A sharp and overall clean collection of plates of views of Rome ancient and modern by renowned engraver Giuseppe Vasi, made up from the edition issued after his death by his son, Mariano. The manuscript slip laid-down to imprint reads [nel]"la Casa Barazzi"; ?altering the usual imprint of "nel Palazzo Farnese".

Medieval.- Fragment of a work on religious commentary, with glosses, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in black and brown ink in a regular gothic bookhand, slightly soiled and marked, 49 x 210mm., n.d. [c. 1250].

Bible, Latin. 8 cuttings from a folio bible, Book of Solomon, manuscript in Latin, in black ink, in a small regular gothic bookhand, 7 marginal decorations in gold, red and blue, other marginal decorations with with red and blue scrollwork, 1 hole in margin, browned, largest fragment 283 x 118mm., smallest fragment 102 x 82mm., [Northern France, probably Paris], [c. 1250].

Spain.- Illustrated philosophical manuscript.- Bonifant (Franciscus) Ph[ilosphi]ae Cursus..., manuscript in Latin and Spanish, on paper, principally in a single italic hand (Bonifant's?), although with others present, several large initials and sub-titles in ink in a variety of styles, 392pp., with an original whole-page watercolour, tipped-in, an original ink illustration, and 2 engraved plates tipped-in, title browned with minor chipping to fore-edge, a few pages with small holes, damp-staining, some light soiling, a few instances of cracking to gutter, worst at first page with title inner margin laid down to front endpaper, but stitching holding firm, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, a little creased and toned, ties present, ?Spain, [late 17th - early 18th century]⁂ Philosophy lessons, mostly in Latin, relating predominantly to Saint Thomas Aquinas (stated on title). The original watercolour, still bright in colour, depicts a fountain in the baroque style; at the foot water gushes from a gargoyle's mouth into a pool with two ducks; ornate architectural carving of shields and banners display Aristotelian contradictions while above on a footbridge a countryman drives a donkey with a whip. The original, half-page ink drawing shows the Ptolemaic System of the planets in concentric circles. The two engraved plates relate to Saint Thomas of Villanova and Saint Jerome.

Manutius (Paulus) Scholia, quibus Ciceronis philosophia partim corrigitur, partim explanatur, near contemporary ink inscription "Ex Babliotecha Raphaelis ?Ping" to title, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552, bound with M. Tul. Ciceronis de philosophia tomus tertius, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552], bound with Ferrarius (Hieronymus) Ad Paulum Manutium emendationes in Philippicas Ciceronis, worm traces to fore-edge, mostly marginal but occasionally running into text, Lyon, Sebastian Gryphius, 1552, together 3 works in 1 vol., first and last works with woodcut printer's device to titles, some light spotting and soiling, light damp-staining to foot, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, rubbed and soiled, spine browned and with manuscript title in ink, 8vo.

Cumbria.- Musgrave Family of Eden.- Collection of documents and letters relating to the Musgrave family, including: accounts of Sir Christopher Musgrave for cattle sold at Eden Hall, 1707-09; 2 ALs.s. from Philip Musgrave, Kempton Park, 1776; c. 40 manuscript receipts from the Musgrave family to Edenhall labourers, manuscripts on paper, folds, browned, v.s., v.d., 1707-1853 (c. 40 pieces).

Cumbria.- A Rentall for ye Mann[or] of Hartley & Kirby Stephen, manuscript, 2pp., 1p. with long tear along fold, folds, browned, each 420 x 320mm., latest date 1724; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules, these items may not be removed from England & Wales.

Rabbit Seller.- Rabbatt Booke, manuscript accounts, 12pp., 2 receipts for rabbits sold loosely inserted, folds, extensively browned, edges chipped, unbound, 310 x 100mm., 1726-27.

NO RESERVE Heraldry.- [Manual of Heraldry], manuscript, 26pp., 7 pages of pen and ink symbols, original morocco backed cloth, gilt spine, sm. 4to, [c. 1820].⁂ A dictionary of heraldic terms and illustrations of heraldic symbols.