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VERNEY, Pe. Luís António, O.F.M. Cap.- [...] De re logica ad usum lusitanorum adolescentium libri quinque.- Romae: Ex Typographia Palladis apud Nicolaum, et Marcum Palearinos- M. D. CCLI. [1751].- XI, [1], 16, 388, [2] p.: 1 retrato; 20 cm.- E., First edition of one of the most important texts of the Pombaline reform of education in Portugal. Luís António Verney (1713-1792), son of French parents, but born in Lisbon, maximum exponent of the Enlightenment in Portugal and one of the most famous Portuguese "foreigners", studied at Santo Antão College in Lisbon and at the Congregation of the Oratory, before getting a degree in Theology at the University of Évora. Ownership manuscript of the time, on the title page: Coll: Anglor: Ulyssip: — Preston. Small marginal cut in the last 10 sheets. Otherwise, in a very clean copy with large margins, preserving the rare portrait of the author with the subscription Nolly Pinx-Sc. (Ernesto Soares, História, 1368). Remarkable binding of the period, in “vieux rouge” shagreen, slightly worn and with a slightly dehydrated spine; covers with elaborate loose tooling lace (dentelle), with the coat of arms of Portugal, gold-engraved in the reserve of the central finial; the endpapers are preserved in marbled paper, probably from the 19th century. Verneian Bibliography, 38 (p. 473).

JONES, Sir William.- The history of the life of Nader Shah, King of Persia. Extracted from an Eastern Manuscript, which was translated into French by order of His Majesty the King of Denmark. With an introduction, containining, I. A description of Asia, according to the Oriental Geographers. II. A short history of Persia from the earliest times to the present century; and an Appendix, consisting of an essay on Asiatic poetry, and the history of the Persian language...- London: Printed by J. RIchardson, for T. Cadell, 1773.- [22], lxxii, 196 p.; 21 cm.- E., William Jones (1746-1794), English philologist, born in London, known for his work on the relations between European and Indo-Aryan languages, which he defined as Indo-European; Among his vast bibliography, Jones also left us a renowned grammar of the Persian language, published in 1771. Very clean copy (probably washed), with a small marginal tear on the C8 sheet, without lack of support. Good full morocco binding, probably from the 19th century, with gold decoration (dentelle) on the covers, closed panels on the spine, rolls on the squares and thickness of the folders and gilt edges. It keeps the endpapers in marbled paper.

VIEIRA, Pe. António.- SERMOENS.- Em Lisboa: na Officina de Ioam da Costa [e outros], 1679-1736.- 15 vols.: 1 gravura; 21 cm.- E., Set consisting of the first 15 volumes, in first editions, of the sermons of the great Portuguese orator of the 1600s, with the following dates and printers: I - First part (Na Officina de Ioam da Costa, 1679); II - Second part. (In the Officina de Migvel Deslandes, 1682); III - Third part. (In the Officina de Migvel Deslandes, 1683); IV - Fourth part. (In the Officina de Migvel Deslandes, 1685); V - Fifty part. (In the Office of Miguel Deslandes, 1689); VI - Sixth part. (In the Office of Miguel Deslandes, 1690); VII - Seventh part. (In the Office of Miguel Deslandes, 1692); VIII - Eighth part. Xavier sleeping... (Na Officina de Miguel Deslandes, 1694); [IX] - Maria Rosa Mystica...: Part I. (In the Officina de Migvel Deslandes, 1686); [X] - Maria Rosa Mystica...: II part. (On the Craesbeeckian Impression, 1688); XI - Eleventh part. (In the Officina de Miguel Deslandes, 1696); XII - Twelfth part. (In the Office of Miguel Deslandes, 1699); [XIII] - Word of God. (In the Office of Miguel Deslandes, 1690); XIV - Volume XIV. (By Valentim da Costa Deslandes, 1710); volume XV. In Manoel da Silva's Office, 1748). Volume XI includes an engraving representing the arms of Queen Catherine of Braganza, to whom the work is dedicated. All volumes present two 19th century manuscript ownerships on the title pages: José Mendes Alçada de Moraes and J. M. Alçada de Paiva. Volume XIII with handwritten half-title; title page of tome XV with three scissor cuts, some wormholes, no fly-endpapers, no half.title. First volume in full sheepskin binding, 18th century; volume XIII with half-leather binding, 19th century. The remaining volumes are in full 19th century sheepskin bindings, the one in volume XV is slightly different. Inocencio, I, p. 289. Samodães, 3516. BN (Father António Vieira, Bibliography), 990 to 1028.

GÓIS, Damião de.- DAMIANI | A GOES, EQVITIS LV- | SITANI ALIQVOT OPVSCVLA. | ¥ Fides Religio, mortesq Aethiopum. | ¥ Epistolæ aliquot Preciosi Ioannis, Pau | lo Iouio & ipso Samiano interpretibus. | ¥ Deploratio Lappianæ gentis. | ¥ Lappiæ descriptio. | ¥ Bellum Cambaicum. | ¥ De rebus & imperio Lusitanorum ad | Paulum Iouium disceptiuncula. | ¥ Hispanæ ubertas & potentia. | ¥ Pro Hispania aduersus Munsterum de- | fensio. | Omnia ab ipso autore recognita. | ¥ Item aliquot Epistolæ Sadoleti, Bembi, | & aliorum clarissimorum uirorum, cum | Farragine carminu ad ipsum Damianu.- Lovanii: ¶Ex Officina Rutgeri Recij, Anno 1544.- [153] f.; 19 cm.- E., Damião de Góis (1502-1574), historian, diplomat and humanist, born in Alenquer, prominent figure of the Portuguese Renaissance, between 1523 and 1533, was secretary of the Portuguese Factory in Antwerp; from that date onwards, he devoted himself to his historical and literary works, living and corresponding with various humanists, including Erasmus of Rotterdam and Pietro Bembo; in 1548 he assumed the position of main guard of Torre do Tombo; he was persecuted by the Holy Office and was arrested for heresy in 1571. An important collection of texts published in Louvain shortly after the siege of this city, in which the author was involved, having been taken prisoner by the French army. The edition, without pagination, includes some of the texts that would lead the humanist to be arrested by the Inquisition in 1571. Ownership manuscript on the title page: “Letellier conseiller au grand conseil du roy”. This is most likely Michel Le Tellier (1603-1685) who was successively adviser to the Grand Conseil, procurator of the king in Châtelet (Paris), maître de requettes, intendant in Piedmont, secretary of state for war and chancellor-general of Louis XIV (1677). Complete copy (possibly missing the last blank page), with some old handwritten annotations (by Le Tellier?), but in general clean and with good margins. Entire sheepskin contemporary binding, a little worn, with new ties and missing the fly guards. Brunet, II, 1642 (ce recueil est assez recherché). Graesse, III, 102. Sabin, 27690. Leite de Faria, 10.

MANUSCRITO.- Epitome da Nobilissima ascendencia de Manoel Cardoso de Loureiro Capitão Mor de Viseu.- Século XVII (1613?).- [1 br.], 33 f.; 31 cm.- E., Illuminated and calligraphed manuscript on parchment. Document consisting of 34 sheets of parchment, the first being blank and the following foliated on the front, from 1 to 33. Folios 1 to 4, with blank versos, include: 1 - Architectural frontispiece with the following title: Epitome da Nobilissima ascendencia de Manoel Cardoso de Loureiro Capitão Mor de Viseu, cauº da ord. d’Xpº e senhor dos Morg [ado]ºs d[e] Vª meãa, Tondelinha, Patameira, e dos quintos dos Lugares de Ferro centi, & Povoa de Modrinhoza & Pouves. On the lower cartouche: A MCDXIII (?); 2 - Armas of Manoel Cardoso de Loureyro & Figgueyred[o] de Lacerda; 3 - Family tree of the holder; 4 - Armas de Moreiras do Perangal. Following are the genealogical descriptions of the following families: Moreiras, Seixas & Barros, Figueiredos Loureiros, Cardosos, Amarais, Coutos, Azevedos, Pimenteis, Abreus, Barbosas e Marinhos, all. On the front of folio 33, a closing term, dated Coimbra, Coimbra 19, 1731, José Gomes Annes Amaro de Azambuja. On the verso, four visas, two with notary signs. In addition to the first four pages, the manuscript includes: a decorated strip, bordered on f. 5; about 40 large initials illuminated in red, blue and gold (±54x43 mm) and another 40 smaller ones (3 lines); 10 large coats of arms, one at the beginning of each of the texts about the different families (except the first) . Restorations and patches on parchment, on the lower outer corner of all leaves from folio 9 to the end; frontispiece with signs of wear; slight trimming, with tangential damage to some annotations on the margin; first sheet (blank) with fungal stains. Ex-libris of António Capucho. Bound in blue velvet, probably not contemporary, with the spine remade in sheepskin; covers with silver application with rocaille motifs: four corners, an image of the Virgin (top cover) and the insignia of the pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela(?); keeps both clasps intact. Green screen protective case. Provenance: José Maria Nepomuceno bookshop, lot 2188 from the auction catalogue organized in 1897 by Luís Trindade; António Capucho Library, lot 503 of auction 214 of Palácio do Correio Velho, May 2009; unmarked silver, pursuant to Decreto-Lei 120/2017, of 15 September - art. 2, no. 2, subparagraph c)

Landscape with a viewpoint, oil on canvas, European school, 19th C., minor faults on the pictorial layer, verse with manuscript inscription "Quinta Collares Cintra", Dim. - 60 x 74 cm

George III large manuscript with seal & original box - please see photographs

George III large illuminated manuscript with seal & original box - please see photographs

Piccolpasso, C: I Tre Libri Dell'Arte Del Vasaio (The Three Books of the Potter's Art): Vols I & II, facsimilie of the manuscript translated by Lightbown. Original hardback and slip case.

"Das Lorscher Evangeliar" Faksimile-Edition der mittelalterlichen Prachthandschrift - bestehend aus Faksimile und wiss. Kommentar in Schmuckkassette, Faksimile Verlag Luzern 2000. Die prachtvoll gestaltete Bilderhandschrift entstand wohl im 9.Jh. an der Hofschule Karls des Großen in Aachen. Das Original befindet sich in Teilen in der Rumänischen Nationalbibliothek sowie in der Biblioteca Apostolia Vaticana. Limitierte Auflage Nr. 86/333. Großformatig, Elfenbeintafeln des Originalbuchdeckels hier als Bakelitreplikate gestaltet, Faksimile mit 925er Silberrahmen. Mit Alters- und Gebrauchsspuren, Notizen im Kommentarband. Gewicht ca 14kg. Dazu Infomappe im Folioformat."The Lorsch Gospels" facsimile edition of the magnificent medieval manuscript - consisting of facsimile and scholarly commentary. The magnificently designed illuminated manuscript was probably created in the 9th century at Charlemagne's court school in Aachen. Parts of the original are in the Romanian National Library and in the Biblioteca Apostolia Vaticana. Limited edition no. 86/333. Large format, ivory plates of the original book cover here designed as bakelite replicas, facsimile with 925 silver frame. With signs of age and usage, notes in the commentary volume. Weight approx. 14kg. Comes with info folder in folio format.

Winston Churchill interest: three photographs of Churchill, to include Churchill in Athens, 30th December 1944, in Casablanca in January 1934, and at Admiral Cunningham's lunch party with Anthony Eden and General de Gaulle, along with a photograph of Harold Macmillan in a jeep from the same period.Also included is a manuscript version of the first 80 pages of 'Action This Day: Working With Churchill'. The final volume was edited by Sir John Wheeler-Bennet and featured contributions by Lord Normanbrook, Sir John Martin, Sir Ian Jacob, Lord Bridges and Sir Leslie Rowen. (1 folder)

Rothbury Infields.  Corn & Hay Tythe for the Year 1746. Manuscript account pocket-book. Approx. 86pp; also Manuscript account of Mr William Bradley's Stock of Cattle, Husbandry Geers ... sold by Auction, Nateby, 14th February, 1816 & 1 other.  (3).

HODGSON JOHN CRAWFORD.  Holystone.  A small quarto album in qtr. red morocco containing, inter alia, an offprint of Holystone by J. Crawford Hodgson; the original manuscript notebook of Ralph Harrison Dawson of Alnwick & Holystone; manuscript transcriptions & notes & slipped in documents & letters (incl. Richard Welford), etc. Hodgson's bookplate to the front endpaper. An interesting miscellanea; also an unrelated calf bound album of press cuttings on various subjects incl. death notices (some Indian army related), c.1884/85 & 1 other vol.  (3).

BURTON WILLIAM (Attr. to).  Manuscript Diary of a Journey in the North of England. Neatly written & detailed ink manuscript journal of a journey from Selby to Settle & into the Lake District & terminating at Burton's home, Turnham Hall, Near Selby. The journey involves travel by canal boat, coach & horse & includes details of a visit to Lowther Castle. Approx. 100pp of text plus 32 faint outline sketch drawings (one to a page), one with watercolour. Quarto. Half calf. 19th July-18th August (1826).

(PRIOR GENERAL CHARLES) (1807-1881), Indian Army. Detailed manuscript journal, c.1841-1847. Oblong quarto, closely written, c.140pp, some damp stng. but still legible. Early 1841, Prior & family moved to Landour with a hunting trip for several months in the foothills of the Himalayas. 2nd August his regiment was ordered to Kabul & his wife went to stay with her father (poss. in Delhi). Prior joined his regiment & was in Peshawar on 24th December 1841, then Major in the 64th Native Infantry. January 1842 through the Khyber Pass to relieve Ali Musjid. 5th April 1842 he was in Pollock's attack on the Khyber. 14th April Jelalabad but then back to Ali Musjid. In June he left camp with Lawrence (Henry Lawrence?) for Peshawar on route for Mussoorie. Had health issues & remained in Mussoorie til c.May 1844. Later travelled to Ferozopore then sailed down Sutlej & Indus to join his regiment at Sukkur where the forces were under the overall command of Sir Charles Napier. Active service early 1845 then to Cawnpore. Various gaps in the diary but by early 1847 he was at Barrackpore then Sangar & on to his regiment.

WALTON WILLIAM.  Monumental Inscriptions of St. Andrews Parish Church & Burial Ground, Penrith. Manuscript vol. N.d.; also 2 others re. Penrith.  (3).

Orwell, George. 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'. The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript'. Peter Davidson Ed. Secker & Warburg, London. M & S Press, Massachusetts 1984. Small Fo. (340 x 245mm) d/w and slip case. Good condition but with some discolouration

Lloyd, Major Hesperus David Watkiss. Cameronians, Scottish Rifles, 25th August 1872-10th March 1915 (Neuve Chapelle)Manuscript descriptive Journal of Service in Egypt, October 1898-March 1905 plus a private diary for 1915 with minimal but poignant entries until his death plus a memoir in pamphlet form by E.M. Lloyd Oct 1917 plus two portrait photographs plus ten further images inc. regimental parades and dinners, Egyptian scenes. Mixed condition, photographs torn and faded ("+) Provenance: from the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Rose Sidgwick (1877-1918) Oxford Educationalist and one of the Founders of the International Federation of University Women.A memorial book entitled 'Tributes to Miss Rose Sidgwick from American Friends', containing numerous letters of condolence from leading American academics of the time. Miss Sidgwick was a member of the British Educational Mission to the United States, October-December 1918. She died from influenza on 28th December 1918. Full purple calf with gilt tooled title, with a Remembrance by Dr Emily Rutherford plus a manuscript script of a speech given at the Women's Community Club, New York, Dec. 9, 1918 (presumably by R.S.). Worm damage to edges (315 x 255mm) in slip case Provenance: from the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

An album containing c50 pages of Concert and Theatre programmes c1900 including Royal Opera Covent Garden, West End and Provincial Theatres, St James's Hall, Theatre Royal with some manuscripts criticism and a manuscript letter from W.E. Gladstone dated March 20, on 11 Downing Street, Whitehall. Note paper to D Puseley relating to the 'Commercial Companion and Peerage of Commerce' journal Provenance: from the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Crests and Monogram Album containing an interesting collection of approximately 27pp. of letterheads, manuscript and printed, seals, stamps etc. plus an album of world postage stamps collected by Cyril Mercer including three loose envelopes/cards (2)

Two manuscript letters addressed to the 'Right Hon. Lord Stanley' and 'His Grace The Duke of Wellington' written in a fine long hand 31st January 1865 relating to 'Certain differences having arised between Her Majesty's Government of India and myself relative to the true interpretations of the treaties...' signed possibly in Kannada perhaps by Chamarajenda Wadiyar, Maharaja of Mysore, each on gilt illuminated parchment with original red sealed envelope (330 x 205mm) (2+)

An early English vellum manuscript deed surmounted by a Royal Coat of Arms and within a scrolling tudor rose border. Date seemingly erased but perhaps 16th/17th century. Faded, folded and borders cut (approximately 500 x 600mm)

Beaton, Cecil (1904-1980) British Photographer. 'Cecil Beaton's Scrapbook', Batsford, London 1937 with printed 'manuscript' preface. Remnants of d/w. (285 x 230mm) plus five associated Beaton titles (6)

Tooke, John Horne (1736-1812) Clergyman and Politician. Epea Pteroenta (Winged Words?) or The Diversions of Purley. 2 vols. 2nd Ed. Printed for the author at J Johnson, London 1798 with tipped manuscript critical assessment: Lacking engraving of Mercury. 4to. Royal Society of Literature and de Spon b/ps. Re-backed half calf and marbled boards (2)

Torriano, Gio and Florio, John. 'A Dictionary, Italian and English with several proverbs and instructions for the speedy attaining to the Italian tongue'. J Martin, J Allestry and T Dicas, London 1659. With contemporary manuscript additions on end paper. Small Fo. Full calf boards loose, for restoration

Ralegh, Sir Walter. 'The Historie of the World in Five Books'. George Dawes, London 1671. Red and black printed title page with engraved frontispiece and maps, dated 1665 with portrait of Ralegh and manuscript of his epitaph. With chronological table and later manuscript 'particular index'. Fo. Full calf. B/ps and inscription. In poor condition, for restoration

Cookery Interest:- 'The Queen's Closet Opened being Incomparable Secrets in Physick Surgery, Preserving, Candying and Cookery'. 11th Ed. Phillips, London 1710. Frontispiece portrait lacking, manuscript notes on end papers. Full calf rebacked (170 x 100mm)

FOUR 19th C. INDIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGES PAINTED WITH SCENES OF WARRIORS, HUNTERS AND GATHERINGS OF DIGNITARIES. 28 x 19cms.

An Interesting Collection of Royal Flying Corps Memorabilia, including two very legible hand written diaries, one from December 27th 1916 to May 30th 1917 describing the exploits of an air gunner flying over the Front Lines, one line reads "I had another shock when something hit my seat and thought it a machine gun bullet. However, it was only a bent piece of 3 ply which bent up like a spring whenever the machine dropped and my weight was removed", the other diary to 53411 2.A.M. Ralph Burn, 23rd Squadron R.F.C. beginning January 9th 1917 and ending 12th September 1918, together with his Certificates of Discharge, Employment During the War, Protection and Identity, and Demobilization Account; also, part manuscript, photographs and research material collected by Flight Lieutenant D.Winter R.A.F. for a book "Gentlemen in Khaki", including Memorial Scroll, medal citation etc to Lieutenant William Henry Ritter General List and Royal Flying Corps

JOHN ROOK, Manuscript, Multum in Parvo or a Collection of old English, Scotch, Irish & Welsh tunes for the .. Containing Upwards of 1200 Airs Selected by John Rook Waverton, Written by the selector, for his amusement on the above instruments, 1840 The original manuscript offers a collection of Northumbrian, Cumbrian and West Border, Scottish tunes for various instruments notably Northumbrian pipes and fiddle. The manuscript is complete with the previously undocumented page 102 and index. Condition Report:Available upon request

Australia, The Royal Tour of the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII), June 1920 – “Photos taken on the occasion of H.R.H. Prince Edward of Wales’ visit to Sydney/June 16-(26) 1920”, an album of 24 sepia & b/w photographs, mostly of Sydney dressed for the occasion with flags, bunting, lights, Empire/Colonial Commonwealth insignia, 2 images of H.M.S. Renown (then acting as a ‘royal yacht’ – from Cremorne, and 1 snapshot “From The Domain/Aeroplane down/16.6.20”, presumably in Sidney Harbour, etc., titled pastedown, annotated and dated in manuscript throughout, 8vo, (1); a b/w studio portrait of Miss Gertrude Tearle (daughter of the Shakespearean actor Osmond Tearle, sister of Sir Godfrey Tearle the film actor), who, though totally blind, followed the English cricket team all over the world, including Australia, (1), & a typed and autographed 1pp letter from the English cricketer Dennis Compton, MBE (1918-1997), on Hotel Adelphi/Perth writing paper, dated 16th October, 1950, and in receipt of a fan letter from Miss Tearle (who he incorrectly addressed as Sir!), (1), [3]

Channel Islands - a scarce manuscript/pocket volume, 'Barracks, Forts, Batteries, Guernsey and Alderney', with script specifications, accommodation, manpower of armaments for the principal military installations, with pen and wash plans, in gilt-tooled leather-bound cover, inscribed on spine 'Guernsey District', 16 mo, 14.5 x 8 x 2.5 cm (circa 1820)

CHINA – SECOND OPIUM WAR & THE CONVENTION OF PEKINGManuscript fragment from a document confirming British and French occupation of the Shantung Promontory, signed by Vice Admiral Sir James Hope ('J.Hope') as Commander in Chief and Charles Cousin-Montauban ('Ch de Montauban'), General commanding the French expedition, and two others, with the Imperial colonial stamp depicting a crowned eagle in black ink, beneath the subscription in English ('Given at Tientsin/ the 14th November 1860') and French ('Fait á Tientsin/ le 14 Novembre 1860'), later note in red pen ('signature of the Allied Commanders in Chief to the Convention regulating the occupation of Chefous & the Mia Tao Islands'); the reverse with a fragment of text outlining point one of the treaty, in English ('...Agreed that the Shantung Promontory shall [be] held in terms of the [C]onvention of Peking of His... as follows vixt. [1]st that the Port of Chefoo [s]hall be held by a French... Naval or Military...'), and in French adjacent, ending '...Le port du Chéfou sera occupé par une force fran[çais] de terre ou de mer...', one leaf, written recto and verso, roughly cut from a larger sheet, dust-staining and spotting, c.140 x193mm., Tientsin, 14 November 1860Footnotes:'THE SHANTUNG PROMONTARY SHALL BE HELD IN TERMS OF THE CONVENTION OF PEKING': Confirmation of terms that the Shantung Promontory in North Eastern China should be held by the French following the defeat of the Chinese by Anglo-French forces. The Convention of Peking comprised three treaties concluded between the Quing Dynasty and Britain, France and Russia in 1860, regarded by the Chinese as the 'unequal treaties' due to their one-sided terms. The Treaty of Tientsin which had been signed in June 1858 between France, Britain, Russia and the United States on one side and the defeated Qing Dynasty on the other, opened up Chinese ports such as Chefoo and the Yangtse River to Western powers. Chefoo, located on China's north-eastern coast, was designated an international trading port in August 1861, with no less than seventeen nations establishing consulates there.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Manuscript items: 'Journal of a Continental Tour in company with [ R… ….. ] July 1849'. Lengthy account, in English, running to 236 pages of a large notebook. A difficult hand to decipher - there seems to be theological interest as they journey from England to Germany. Appears unfinished. With two Victorian exercise books filled with the usual neat examples of handwriting/lettering, a small diary, in English, of c1831, and a sketchbook with good amateur pencil drawings/studies (5)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Evans (AF) & de la Rue (R) 'The Log of the Jean Louis'. Typescript and manuscript log of a voyage from Dover to Paris in 1912. Voyage undertaken in style by two friends, obviously with considerable means, who chartered the steam yacht 'Jean Louis' and its crew of 7 officers and hands. Illustrated throughout with tipped in photos and postcards. Journey commenced July 29th 1912, they returned to London by Sept. 11th, 1912. Very good quality morocco binding by Harrison & Sons, now showing a little wear (1)/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

PORTRAIT OF ST. CECILIA.*A 19th century portrait of St. Cecilia, with her music manuscript & violin in the background. Oil on canvas, re-lined. Unsigned. 97 x 72cm.

Koran, Sultanate India, manuscript leaf in black ink within gold margins, scribed by Abdullah at-Khadim, AD 1616, 22 x 15cm, max. dimensions 32.5 x 26cm.

Große französische Serinette, um 1820Vermutlich Mirecourt, 10 Tonstufen, 3 Reihen Zinnpfeifen (zusammen 30 Pfeifen), 3 Registerzüge, bestiftete Holzwalze mit 10 Melodien, handgeschriebene Melodienzettel für ehemals 3 Walzen (eine noch vorhanden), Handkurbelantrieb auf hölzerne Schnecke, Obstholzgehäuse mit Intarsien auf der Rückseite und dem Deckel, guter und kompletter Zustand, funktioniert teilweise, eine Restaurierung lohnt sich. Start Price: EUR 350 Zustand: (3+/3-4)Large French Serinette, c. 1820Probably Mirecourt, 10 notes, 3 ranks of tin pipes in three optional registers (30 in all), pinned wood barrel for 10 tunes, manuscript tune sheets for 3 former barrels, hand-turned drive on wood worm gear, fruitwood case with inlay on reverse and lid, good complete condition, part-playing condition, would benefit from a restoration. Start Price: EUR 350 Condition: (3+/3-4)

Englische Hausorgel, frühes 19. Jh.Hersteller: Flight & Robson, 101 St. Martin's Lane, London. Bestiftete Holzwalze, 16 Tonstufen, 2 schaltbare Register, 1 abschaltbare Triangel, 10 Melodien, 32 Holzpfeifen, handgeschriebenes Original-Melodienblatt, Antrieb mit Handkurbel, Mahagonigehäuse, Maße 53 x 32 x 70 cm, kathedralenförmige Front mit imitierten Pfeifen, gut spielender Zustand. Start Price: EUR 750 Zustand: (3/3)English Chamber Barrel Organ, early 19th CenturyFlight & Robson, 101 St. Martin's Lane, London. Pinned wood barrel playing 10 tunes, 2 stops, 16-key movement, optional triangle, 32 wood pipes, hand-turned mechanism, original manuscript tune sheet, mahogany cabinet, giltwood simulated pipes in cathedral-shaped front, overall size 21 x 12 ½ x 27 ½ in., good playing condition. Start Price: EUR 750 Condition: (3/3)

12 Albuminbilder von AlinariFratelli Alinari, Florenz. 1-6) Auf Karton von 47 x 32 cm aufgezogene Abzüge von 18,5 x 25 cm mit Prägestempel Alinari, handschriftlich beschriftet: Titusbogen Rom, Constantinbogen Rom, Quirinal Rom, Arcus Argentarius Rom, Vestatempel Rom und Piazza Colonna Rom. Die Kartons zum Teil mit einigen Risse, Albuminbilder ohne Flecken und Schäden. - 7-9) Albuminbilder No. 12317 Padova - Piazza dell‘ Erbe, No. 14998 Padova Salone o Palazzo und No. 7078 Roma Panorama del Palatino, interessante mit Sicht auf Weinberge vor den Ruinen Roms. - Und: 10-12) Moderne Abzüge, in Original-Schubern und Passepartouts: No. 6056 Roma Ponte e Castel Sant Angelo, No. 282 Roma Colosseo preso dal palazzo di Cesari - Anderson, sowie Brogi No. 16228 Roma Palazzo di Venezia, dies Bild mit Flecken im Himmel, sonst alle sauber. Start Price: EUR 120 Zustand: (3/3)12 Albumen Photographs by AlinariFratelli Alinari, Florence. 1-6) 18.5 x 25 cm prints on 47 x 32 cm card mounts, prints with embossed "Alinari" stamp, mounts with manuscript captions in German: "Arch of Titus Rome", "Arch of Constantine Rome", "Quirinal Rome", "Arcus Argentarius, Rome", "Temple of Vesta, Rome" and "Piazza, Colonna Rome", boxes with some tears, albumen photos mostly good. - 7-9) Albumen prints No. 12317 "Padova - Piazza dell´ Erbe", No. 14998 "Padova Salone o Palazzo" and No. 7078 "Roma Panorama del Palatino", an interesting view of vineyards in front of the ruins of Rome. - And: 10-12) Modern prints, in original sleeves and passe-partouts: No. 6056 "Roma Ponte e Castel Sant Angelo", No. 282 "Roma Colosseo preso dal palazzo di Cesari" by Anderson, Brogi No. 16228 "Roma Palazzo di Venezia", stains in the sky, otherwise clean. Start Price: EUR 120 Condition: (3/3)

Spieldose mit auswechselbaren Walzen, um 1865Nr. 50282, wahrscheinlich von Bremond, 6 Walzen für jeweils 6 Melodien, mit einer Mischung aus Tänzen, Opern, Balladen und Volksliedern, 122 Zähne im Stahlkamm (äußerste Diskantspitze abgeschnitten - wahrscheinlich eine Werkseinstellung), Doppelfederwerkmotor, geriffelte Messinggrundplatte, geprägt mit "0", handgeschriebenes Melodienblatt, Holzgehäuse mit spiegelsymmetrischem Nußbaumfurnier mit Königsholzumrandung und Original-Lackierung, Breite 82,5 cm, Walzenbreite 33 cm, einige Verluste an der Umrandung und am Furnier, ursprünglich mit einem Tisch mit Walzenschublade, gut spielender Zustand, Aufzugsratsche muß nachgestellt werden - mit Vorsicht aufziehen! Start Price: EUR 1400 Zustand: (3/3)Musical Box with Changeable Cylinders, c. 1865No. 50282, probably by Bremond, with six 6-air cylinders playing a mixture of dances, opera, ballads and popular airs, with 122 teeth in comb (extreme treble tip off - probably a factory adjustment), double-spring motor, reeded brass bedplate stamped "0", manuscript tune-sheet and book-matched walnut-veneered case with kingwood banding and original finish, wd. 32 ½ in. (82.5 cm), cylinders 13 in. (33 cm), some losses to beading and veneer on case, originally with a table with cylinder storage, good playing condition, winding-ratchet in need of adjustment - wind with care! Start Price: EUR 1400 Condition: (3/3)

SEVEN BISQUE DOLLS each with a moulded and painted head, together representing in costume The History of Little Fanny, with a manuscript copy of her story, partly in verse, the dolls each approximately 13.5cm high, in a glazed display case, overall 22cm high, 51.5cm wide, 12 cm deep.

A framed Burmese / Thai illuminated manuscript probably 19th C ( double sided ) 30cm x 67cm

The Queen's Jubilee, verse composed by George Daybell, Inspector of Police, Church Broughton, Derbyshire, dated 25 May 1887, appears to be lithographic but unpublished, together with a manuscript copy of Signs of Rain, 'written by M. A. Jackson' [but the original recorded as Edward Jenner] (2)

Criminal Interest. A bundle of manuscript indictments for the Midsummer Sessions, Liberty of Peterborough, 1872, with charges including that of a 14-year-old boy who 'did feloniously steal take and carry away certain sweets called Butter Scotch of the value of sixpence', sentencing him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction and kept to hard labour; someone committing murder, 'John Clifton did kill and slay Andrew Macdonald'; someone committing bestiality, 'feloniously wickedly & against the order of nature carnally to know a certain animal (to wit) a mare and then feloniously wickedly and against the order of nature with the said mare did attempt to commit and perpetrate that detestable and abominable crime of buggery (not to be named among Christians)'; a woman committing grievous bodily harm against her husband; several for theft, including a man sentenced to six weeks' Hard Labour in the House of Correction for stealing one pair of boots. Together with several signed oaths of allegiance for Justices of the Peace, on vellum; Instructions for the City Police Force, Peterborough, 1892, printed booklet, 23pp., bound in morocco with silk ties; several certificates for the Court of Sessions; a large folding plan of proposed alterations to the officers quarters at Peterborough Gaol; a Sun Fire Office certificate for Justices of the Peace, Peterborough, 1853; a printed Calendar of Prisoners, Peterborough, 1885; a note from Thomas Southam, surgeon, reporting that there has been no illness and 'the general health of the prisoners has been satisfactory', 1872, and a letter from N Wilkinson, supplying descriptions of three cases of theft for the indictment of three individuals  

British Folk Art. A late-Georgian naïve portrait of a man & woman surrounded by theatrical curtains and cherubs. Watercolour on laid/chain-lined paper, c.1800, measuring 22.5cm by 18cm, in antique frame. The paper, which is heavily toned with some wear/loss, appears to have fold-lines - indicating that this could've been sent originally as a Valentine. Together with a recent manuscript note describing the man's uniform, which indicates that he is as an infantryman in The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), and a 19th-century albumen print of a soldier with his loved one, by the American Studio Co., Margate (3)

Phaedrus. Fabularum Aesopiarum, edited by Johanne Laurentio Jcto, Amsterdam: Johannes Janssonius, 1667. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 103 plates within the text. Octavo, full panelled vellum with manuscript title to spine. Contents very good, clean, bright, well-preserved, some very faint spotting and tears in places, loss to upper corner of ffep; binding very good with slight bumping & wear to corners

Gardening.- Bonnefons (Nicolas de) Le Jardinier françois, qui enseigne a cultiver les Arbres & Herbes Potageres, woodcut additional pictorial title and 3 full-page illustrations, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, 2K2&3 working loose, some spotting or foxing and mostly light water-staining / staining, binding using a contemporary limp vellum manuscript leaf (the text verso and not legible), 12mo, Paris, Charles de Sercy, 1692.

NO RESERVE Herbals.- Turner (William) A New Herball, edited by George T.L.Chapman & others, 2 vol., facsimile reprint, Cambridge, 1995 § Emmart (E.W., editor) The Badianus Manuscript (Codex Barberini, Latin 241) Vatican Library: An Aztec Herbal of 1552, colour facsimile reprint, slight worming to hinges, Baltimore, 1940 § Woodward (Marcus) Gerard's Herball...from the Edition of Th.Johnson, 1636, 1974, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jackets, the second slightly rubbed with faded spine, the first with cloth slip-case; and c.25 others, herbals & pharmacy, including 4 bound volumes of papers from the Department of Pharmacology Royal College of Surgeons 1966-77, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

Cholera.- Kennedy (James) The History of the Contagious Cholera..., 2 folding engraved maps of India & Ceylon and Asia & Europe, library cloth, 1831 § Boisseau (François Gabriel) Traité du Choléra-Morbus..., half-title, foxing, library cloth, rebacked, Paris, 1832 § Keir (James) A Treatise on Cholera...as it prevailed in the City of Moscow...1830...1831, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title, with the author's signed manuscript leaf of errata tipped in at end, light spotting, original boards, uncut, rebacked, Edinburgh, 1832 § Bell (J.) & D.Francis Condie. All the Material Facts in the History of Epidemic Cholera, half-title, foxed, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover, rebacked, Philadelphia, 1832 § Paine (Martyn) Letters on the Cholera Asphyxia, as it has appeared in the City of New-York, signed presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, half-title, foxed, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, New York, 1832, first editions, the first two and last ex-library copies with faint stamps or ink accession numbers to titles, rubbed; and 5 others on cholera, 8vo (10)

Copeman Family.- Copeman (Sydney Arthur Monckton) Reports on Inspections made with regard to the Incidence of Disease..., several reports bound in 1 vol. concerning outbreaks of scarlatina, diphtheria, enteric fever, measles, typhus etc. around the country, one on an outbreak of cowpox near Reigate in manuscript (26pp.) with 2 mounted photographs of infected cows, plates, folding maps and charts, 4pp. manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half morocco, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, t.e.g., 1891-1904; Reports on Flies as Carriers of Infection, 7 parts bound in 1 vol., plates, some folding, bookplate of W.S.C.Copeman, contemporary half morocco, upper joint split, 1909-14 § Copeman (William Sydney Charles) Textbook of the Rheumatic Diseases, first edition, the author's copy with his typed list of corrections loosely inserted and his bookplate, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed & frayed, 1948; A short history of the Gout and the Rheumatic Diseases, inscribed by the author to his son Peter, bookplate of P.W.M.Copeman, contemporary red roan, gilt, 1964; and 13 others by or about Sydney, William or Peter Copeman including Peter's scrapbook about his father and 6 bound volumes of his papers, v.s. (17)⁂ Collection of works by and about the distinguished family of physicians:Sydney Arthur Monckton Copeman (1862-1947), senior medical officer in the Ministry of Health, authority on vaccination.William Sydney Charles Copeman (1900-1970), rheumatologist.Peter William Monckton Copeman (1932-2018), dermatologist, know to his colleagues as "Dr. Spot".

Quarles (Francis) A Feast for Womes. set forth in a poeme, title and dedication trimmed and laid down, first 3 ff. detached and loosely inserted, lacking front free endpaper, initial blank and everything after M4 (Pentalogia), trimmed, occasionally affecting head-lines, catch-words and marginal notes, early marginal manuscript notes, many trimmed, marginal water-staining, bookplate, broken upper hinge, later calf, small split to upper joint, a little rubbed, [STC 20544], 4to, by Felix Kyngston, for Richard Moore, 1620.⁂ Scarce, with only 5 copies on ESTC, including 2 at the British Library.

Pharmacy.- Altomare (Donatus Antonius) De mannae differentiis, ac viribus, deq'eas dignoscendi via, ac ratione, first edition, woodcut printer's device on title and verso of otherwise blank final leaf, woodcut initial, contemporary ink manuscript annotations to A3, light staining to margins, modern boards, small 4to, Venice, M. & M.Salernitani, 1562.⁂ An early work on Calabrian manna and its therapeutic properties. It is obtained from the bark of the manna ash and was used as a mild laxative.

Pharmacy.- Orta (Garcia de) & others. Histoire des Drogues, Espiceries, et de Certains Medicamens Simples, qui naissent és Indes et en l'Amerique, edited by Antoine Colin, 4 parts in 1, second Lyons edition, woodcut illustrations, lightly browned, with 6pp. manuscript index to the illustrations bound in at beginning, small book-label of Henri Chevreul, later vellum, roan label, soiled, [Sabin 49948], 8vo, Lyons, Jean Pillehotte, 1619.⁂ Collection of translations of four important early works on the plants, drugs, and materia medica of the New World, comprising Orta's Coloquios dos simples, e drogas...da India of 1563, the first textbook on tropical medicine written by a European; Acosta's expanded translation of Orta's work; Alpini on balsam; Monardes on Central American drugs.

Pharmacy.- Tralles (Balthasar Ludwig) Usus opii salubris et noxius, in morborum medela..., 4 parts in 1, first edition, engraved portrait, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials, a little browned, faint trace of old library stamp to title, with contemporary ink manuscript index to part 2 loosely inserted, modern half morocco, uncut, [Wellcome V, 293], Bratislava, C.G.Meyer, 1757 § Dobson (Matthew) A Medical Commentary on Fixed Air, second edition, title spotted and soiled with small wormhole to upper outer corner, modern calf-backed boards, 1785 § Bardsley (J.L.) Hospital Facts and Observations, illustrative of the new remedies of Strychnia, Brucia, Acetate of Morphia, Veratria, Iodine, &c., only edition, trace of library stamp to title, original boards, uncut, rubbed, rebacked in cloth, [Wellcome II, 100], 1830; and 4 others on drugs and medical treatments, 4to & 8vo (7)⁂ The first concerns the therapeutic effects and dangers of opium; the second of carbon dioxide.

Balkans.- Adriatic Coast.- Santini (Paolo) Neueste Carte von Dalmatien in II Blätter, large folding map centred on Split, extending north west to Šibenik and the Kornati Islands, and south east to Dubrovnik, with inset map of The Bay of Kotor in the lower right, engraved map with some subtle outline hand-colouring, 480 x 1250 mm (18 7/8 x 49 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on salmon-coloured linen, ink inscription to end, with slipcase, manuscript label to spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Artaria et Compag., Vienna, [circa 1805]; together with a small group of other maps of the region, including G. Freytag's 'Karte des Fürstentums Albanien', a group of 11 War Office road maps of Serbia, Montenegro and Albania, presented in single blue slipcase with lid, early 20th century, and with a map of the Soviet Union, identifying Soviet projects for power stations and factories for the years 1959-1965, folding into original boards with illustrated title printed on upper cover, 8vo, mainly 20th century (4)

World.- Mortier (Pierre) Carte Generale de Toutes les Costes du Monde et les Pays Nouvellement Decouvert, large two sheet map of the world, showing California as an island and recent coastal discoveries off New Zealand and Australia, the revised and enlarged state with engraved signature of Baltasar Ruyter below the neatline on the left sheet, engraving with some hand-colouring, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet 640 x 960 mm (25 1/4 x 37 3/4 in), manuscript date in black ink of '1709' added to upper right cartouche, old folds with careful repairs to splitting visible verso, some repaired tears to extremities, a few just affecting the plate, scattered spotting and minor surface dirt, unframed, [cf. Shirley 559], [1703 but circa 1730]

NO RESERVE London.- Lediard (Thomas) A Plan of Part of the Ancient City of Westminster, from College Street to Whitehall, and from the Thames to St. James's Park, engraved plan by Fourdrinier, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 515 x 725 mm (20 1/4 x 28 1/2 in), old folds and handling creases, minor splitting to the central right horizontal fold with associated discolouration, unframed, C. Fourdrinier & Co, [circa 1740 or slightly later]⁂ A variant engraved version of the present plan is held in the British Library, showing the finished road of Great George Street, along with the original manuscript plan which the present version corresponds to closely. The proposed Great George Street road is shown on the present map only in faint outline.

Nicolson (William) The English historical library...Giving A Short View and Character of most of our Historians either in Print or Manuscript: With an Account of our Records, Law-Books, Coins..., second edition, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary panelled calf, spine in compartments, one of which neatly painted red, joints splitting, but holding firm, spine ends little worn, corners worn, rubbed, Printed for Timothy Childe at the White-Hart: and Robert Knaplock, 1714 § Sprat (Thomas) The History of the Royal Society of London, for the improving of natural knowledge, third edition, initial imprimatur f. with engraved arms verso, title in red and black, 2 folding engraved plates, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with remains of leather label, spine ends and corners little worn, upper joint split, but holding firm, rubbed, [Goldsmiths', 6094], Printed for J. Knapton, J. Walthoe, B. and S. Tooke [& others], 1722; and a small quantity of others, 18th century English, v.s. (Sm.Qty.) sold not subject to return.