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Pigment powders. A collection of 12 pigment powders and related accessories, suitable for illumination, calligraphy & painting etc., pigments include genuine vermilion (149g), cadmium vermilion (105g), lead read (94g), cerulean blue (268g), Egyptian indigo (121g), scarlet vermilion (98g), chromium oxide (190g), and five others (majority made by Cornelissen & Son Pigments), accessories include small quantities of bronze, silver & crimson copper powder & Reichgold tro-col bronze, together with a bag containing approx. 0.8 kg of gum ammoniac, a 10cm and 5cm muller, three glass grinding plates, ox gall liquid, Blanc fixe, ceramic dishes and palette, two palette knives, plus two reference books, Formulas for painters, by Robert Massey, 1979 and An anonymous fourteenth-century treatise: de Arte Illuminandi, the technique of manuscript illumination, translated from the Latin of Naples MS XII.E.27 by Daniel Varney Thompson, Jr. and George Heard Hamilton, 1933 QTY: (small carton)

Desnos, Louis Charles. Atlas General Méthodique et Elémentaire pour l'étude de la Geographie et de l'Histoire Moderne..., published Paris, 1770, decorative double-page engraved title, seven double-page engraved plates of globes, armillary spheres and celestial plans, forty-four double-page maps and fifteen double-page maps of regions of France (complete), all with contemporary outline colouring and descriptive text to the margins of each map, near-contemporary manuscript number to the upper right corner on the verso and recto of each page, the last map with repaired closed tears, slight creasing and dust-soiling throughout, the foredge margin of the first few leaves torn with loss and repaired, all edges red, 20th-century quarter morocco with paste-paper boards, retaining the original gilt decorative spine, folioQTY: (1)

L'Ecluse (Charles de). Clusius, Carolus. Exoticorum libri decem: quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumq?ue peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur: item Petri Belloni observationes, 3 parts in 1, Leiden: Raphelengius, 1605, [20], 378, [10], 52, [26], [12], 242, [2] pp., engraved illustrated title, woodcut illustrations to text throughout, engraved initials, 18th-century manuscript references in Latin to margins, scattered corrections in the same hand, occasional light marginal dust-soiling, a few leaves with light water-marks to lower margins, title reinforced with adjacent blank, bound with: Curae posteriores, seu pluminarum non ante congnitarum, aut descriptarum stirpium, peregrinorumque aliquot animalium novae descriptiones... Accesit seorsim Everadi Vorstii de Caroli Clusii vita et obitu oratio, 2 parts in 1, Leiden: Raphelengii, 1611, [6], 72, 24., title browned, a few leaves with water-stain to lower margin, later calf over original boards, 19th-century reback lettered in gilt, lower corners worn and showing, extremities rubbed, a few small wormholes to base of front joint, folio (350 x 220mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Arber, Herbals, pp. 84-88; Hunt 180, 191 (4to edition of Curae); Johnston 149; Nissen BBI 372, 368 (4to edition of Curae); Pritzel 1759; Wellcome 1.1511, 1514 (4to edition of Curae); Blunt & Stearn The Art of Botanical Illustration p.82."L'Ecluse's work... can be described as the starting point of our modern knowledge for many genera. (Blunt & Stearn). The first work is the second volume of L'Ecluse's collected works, the first being published in 1601. The second work in this volume is the first folio edition of Curae Posteriores, L'Ecluse's last work which was published posthumously. It contains additions and corrections to his former works.

German.- Poetry.- Scheel (Berthold) EINIGE GEDICHTE GESAMMELT VERFAST UND HAUSGEBEN VON...VIERTE BAND... a bound manuscript containing ms. poems dated from 1846 - 1881, bookplate carefully incised with cryptic message underneath, 8vo, Stralsund, 1861; and a loose letter *** Poems by Berthold Scheel discussed by his son Hans Daniel Scheel in a letter dated 1866 addressed to his grandson Heinrich Scheel, Sunderland

Shotton (John) Rothbury Tythes: An Account In Manuscript, Given to the Rev. Dr. Sharp, in 14mo, full-calf binding; The Illustrated Royal Guide to Rothbury, third edition, 8vo, half-calf, Alnwick 1885; Groome (F.H.) A Short Border History, 8vo, gilt-cloth, illus. with map, Kelso, 1887; Challoner (George) (Publisher) A Guide to Rothbury and Upper Coquetdale, 8vo, soft. covs., 1873; and five other volumes.

Polson (Daniel) South Tynedale Historical and Descriptive, 8vo, cloth, illus., Haltwhistle, 1902; Bell (T.) Handbook of Slaggyford and South Tynedale, second and third editions, 1912 and 1924; Hodgson (John Crawford) The Tower and Township of Coldmartin, 8vo, cloth, Author's personal copy with bookplate and manuscript letter tipped in; together with other Guides to the places in Northumberland. (14)

Whitaker (W.G.) North Countrie Ballads, Songs and Pipe-Tunes, 14mo, paper covs., Newcastle, 1921; Thompson (W.) Select Portions of the Psalms Together With Their Proper Tunes, sml. 8vo, calf, Newcastle, 1763; The Life of James Allan... Northumberland Piper, 8vo, boards, illus. with engraved frontispiece, new edition, Blyth, 1818; Transactions of The Northumbrian Small Pipes Society, 1894, 1896 and 1897 complete, together with Fenwick (J.W.) Instruction Book for the Northumbrian Small Pipes, 1896, all bound together, 4to, half-morocco, Howard Pease's personal copy with bookplate; together with unbound manuscript and typescript letters and related ephemera.

Irwin (Dick) Geordie Hinney: This Is Your Life, a manuscript album of autobiographical recollections, anecdotes and jokes by the Newcastle Raconteur, in 8vo. cloth binding; King (Robert) North Shields Theatres, 8vo, cloth, illus., Gateshead, 1948, with d.w; Robson (W.J.) The Adventures of Jackie Robison: Twenty Stories in the Tyneside Dialect, 14mo, printed paper covs., n.d; Catcheside-Warrington (C.E.) Tyneside Stories and Recitations, 2 vols, printed paper covs., published by J.G. Windows, Newcastle; and other pamphlets and paperback booklets relating to Tyneside and Northumbrian Vernacular Culture. (25)

Grey (The Hon. & Rev. Francis Richard) (b.1813-d.1890) Voyage of the Abbess of S. Hilda from Whitby to Holy Island (from Marmion canto II 1 & 8), a collection of 13 sml. grisaille wash drawings illustrating the verses of Sir Walter Scott, with manuscript text and title page, all contained in an oblong folio, gilt-morocco binding, the preliminary page bearing an inscription in pencil "While the Patient Sketch Ever harder" and "Given me by Lady Georgina Grey, 1890".

FRENCH SCHOOL, C.1470Presentation in the Templefragment of an illuminated manuscript on vellum, unframed120 x 77 mm*For a condition report and high-resolution images of this lot, please contact the Paintings Department at paintings@chiswickauctions.co.uk    

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Binding fragment.- Losinga (Herbert de, first Bishop of Norwich and founder of Norwich Cathedral, d.1119) [Sermon], manuscript fragment in Latin, on vellum, previously used in a binding, later ink notes and pen trials recto and verso, folds, holes and splits, creased, soiled, 199 x 251mm., [first half of the 13th century].⁂ A rare near-contemporary rendering of this sermon, probably Italian. Fourteen sermons were edited for the first time in 1878 from a manuscript at the University of Cambridge, with English translation and notes by Goulburn & Symonds. As well as Norwich Cathedral Losinga was also responsible for founding St. Margaret's Church in King's Lynn; the Church of St Nicholas in Great Yarmouth; and Norwich School. One of his last public appearances was at the funeral of Queen Matilda on May Day 1118. He died on 22 July 1119, and was buried before the high altar of Norwich Cathedral.

Eliot (T.S.) Goethe as the Sage, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Vernon Watkins on title and with authorial correction on p.62, photographic illustrations, original wrappers, light toning, [Gallup B74], 8vo, Hamburg, University of Hamburg, 1955.⁂ A good association copy of this scarce booklet issued on the presentation of the Hanseatic Goethe Prize awarded to Eliot. The Welsh poet and painter Vernon Watkins (1906-67) had his first book, The Ballad of Mari Lwyd, published by Faber & Faber. The British Library holds the manuscript of this work with Eliot's editorial annotations.

Somerset, Wedmore.- [List of Wills and Charters relating to the Bytheputt/Bydeput family of Wedmore 1342-1447], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, folds, slightly creased and browned, a small stain in lower corner, 520 x 270mm., latest date 1447.⁂ List comprises:(1). Last Will and Testament of Adam atte Breche who wishes to be buried in St Mary's Church and gives a burgage to his daughter Crispina and other legacies including to Thomas Bytheputt, 1342.(2). Will of Thomas Budiput gives a burgage to his sons, Bartholomew and John, 1361.(3). Will of Bartholomew Bydeput of Wedmore, 1401.(4). Charter of John Budeput of Wedmore has granted to John Ley and Richard Pederham of land in the Hundred of Bempstone and a burgage in Wedmore, n.d., [15th century].(5). Charter of John Ley and Richard Pederham grant to John Budeput and Isabella his wife of land in the Hundred of Bempstone and a burgage in Wedmore, n.d., [15th century].(6). Will of John Budeput gives a burgage and messuage to John Crosman, 1447.

Wales.- Tintern Abbey.- Gloucestershire, Woolaston.- Wyche (Richard, last Abbot of Tintern Abbey, surrendered abbey in 1536) Record that at the court of Richard Wyche, abbot of Tintern, held at Wolaston before Richard Herbert his representative and Sir William Herbert his steward and Thomas Deane cellarer, there came William Gethyn of Tintern, who gave a fine of 20s. for confirmation and entry to a piece of land on the road from St Breuial/Bremall [?Briavel] to Strugull [Chepstow] for 99 years, at rent of 2s. plus suit of court at Wolaston, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines, remains of red wax seal of the chancery [?Cancellarie] of Tintern appended, folds, creased, 135 x 290mm., Tintern, 14th October 1523.⁂ The Last Abbot of Tintern Abbey.

Martin (John) [The Paradise Lost of Milton], calligraphic manuscript title in pen and black ink that reads 'Mezzotint Collection/ Engraved/ by/ John Martin/ London/ 1829', with set of 24 mezzotints with touches of drypoint and fully worked up by a contemporary expert hand with watercolour and gouache, plates with tissue guards and additional blanks, a composite set of early impressions, 11 plates lettered with caption "Proof", without any text leaves, each sheet approx. 340 x 250 mm (13 3/8 x 9 3/4 in), trimmed within the platemarks, some marginal foxing or surface dirt and toning, image areas largely unaffected, bound in full navy-blue levant morocco decoratively tooled in gilt, raised spine bands, morocco doublures elaborately ruled & tooled in gilt, moiré silk free endpapers, all edges gilt, some light fading to fore edge, joints lightly worn, front hinge strengthened, folio, Septimus Prowett, [c. 1824-27].Literature: cf. Campbell & Wees, 1992, nos. 26-49.⁂ Sumptuous, probably unique, copy with exceptionally fine contemporary hand-coloured mezzotints. When first released, the original mezzotints were greeted with outstanding critical acclaim - the critic for The Literary Gazette proclaimed: "we know no artist, whose genius so perfectly fitted him being the illustrator of the mighty Milton; and in what we have seen of his conceptions he has more than realised the highest of our hopes. There is a wildness, a grandeur, and a mystery about his designs which are indescribably fine:- the painter is also a poet. ... we look upon these engravings to belong to the foremost order of true genius: beyond this there is no praise." [The Literary Gazette, April 2nd 1825].

Tudor Taxation.- The reasons to prove that the loane is moste discontent full the people than the Subsidie bee, manuscript, 2pp. & conjugate blank, [c. 1553] § Notes for the monnye of the subsidie in the comons house, 4½pp., Hand and Crown watermark, 17th February 1575 § The copie of the commission for the taxing and leviuinge of the second paymt of one intro subsidy graunted Ano Regni... septimo, [docket title], manuscript in Latin, 1p. with conjugate blank, tear with loss but not affecting text, superscribed at foot, "Phelips", [Sir Edward Phelips (c. 1555-1614), Speaker of the House of Commons, builder of Montacute House], 1609/10, manuscripts in Secretary hand, first and third Pot watermarks, folds; and 14 other documents, mostly relating to taxation and mostly Tudor, v.s., v.d. (17).⁂ First mentioned with docket title: "The duke of Northumberland against Queene marie The Increment of a lone... bee parl by privie seale." A time of political instability, but also financial instability. The crown was heavily in debt, largely due to Henry VIII, a tyrant who not only destroyed England's cultural and religious heritage, but by debasing the coinage, the country's finances as well. Northumberland was driven by expediency to address some of these financial problems.

Spain.- Sixtus IV (Pope, 1414-84) Este es un traslado bien y fielmente facado de unas letras Apostolicas y Bulla de la creacion y erection del de foelice recordacion de Sixto Papa Quarto en favor de la iglesia mayor y collegial de señor sant Antolin de la villa de Medina del Campo, text in Spanish and Latin, drop-head title, 2 woodcut decorative initials, [?Medina del Camp], [Valladolid], no printer, dated in manuscript 1556; and 5 others, similar, relating to the Diocese of Segovia, together c. 180pp. of printed texts and legal manuscripts in Notarial hands in Latin and Spanish, original card wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, edges rubbed and soiled, small tear on spine, 4to, 1556-88.⁂ First mentioned Papal Bull by Sixtus IV authorising the building of the collegiate church in Medina del Campo, issued in 1483.

Elizabeth I's Lord Chancellor.- Hatton (Sir Christopher, courtier and politician, c. 1540-91) & Cecil (Thomas, first Earl of Exeter, courtier and soldier, eldest son of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, 1542-1623) Release by Sir Thomas Cecil & Christopher Hatton Privy Councillor and Vice Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth for the rectory, lands and living of Campsall, Yorkshire to Robert Freke, D.s. "Thomas Cecil", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, wax seal with fine impression, a few small holes along folds, 205 x 460mm., 30th April 1579.⁂ Christopher Hatton was the second son of a squire from Holdenby in Northamptonshire. In 1562, as a student at the Inner Temple he attracted the attention of Elizabeth I and began a career as a courtier. Rising high in the queen's estimation (she gave Hatton the nickname of "lids" or "sheep") he became a privy councillor in 1577, that same year he was made vice-chamberlain of the household and knighted. The above document shows the close relationship Hatton had with the family of William Cecil, Lord Burghley (his nephew Sir William Hatton (c. 1565-97), married the daughter of Thomas Cecil). Hatton was appointed Lord Chancellor in 1587. He died in 1591, associated with much of the high politics of Elizabeth I's reign.Thomas Cecil held certain lands in Yorkshire from 1577 through his marriage with Dorothy, co-heir of John Nevill, fourth Lord Latimer.

Economics of Foreign Trade.- Cope (Sir Walter, master of the court of wards, 1553?-1614) Enchiridion. Certaine breife Remonstrances offered unto his Matie... Touching Divers Inconveniences growne into the publique weale By meanes of The Netherlandes and our owne Company of Merchant Venturers..., manuscript in one hand in two different styles (title and subtitles in in a fine cursive and text in Secretary hand), title and 17pp., title loose, slightly browned, disbound, [no work by Walter Cope in ESTC], , folio, 1613.⁂ ?An unknown work by a prominent official in the governments of Elizabeth I and James I. The manuscript poses a number of economic problems with suggested ways of reforming and dealing with them. It includes the over valuation of money, best way of making money from foreign trade, sales of cloth and wool etc.Walter Cope became a gentleman usher to William Cecil, Lord Burghley and later served his son, Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury. Cope made large sums of money as master of the court of wards and was involved in a wide series of financial speculations, not all of them successful. He was also an investor in a number of overseas trading companies, including the Virginia and East India companies, and was much concerned with making the highest of financial returns from his investments.Saleroom notice: This may not be unknown, there may be a copy at the Bodleian amongst the North Family Paper

America, British West Florida.- George III. Letters Patent grant to John Ritson of 600 acres of land on the Mississippi, 3 sheets, first printed with manuscript insertions, second sheet small pen and ink map and third manuscript, paper covered large wax seal with two large gouges, first sheet torn with loss of text, some other tears, folds, extensively browned, 235 x 430mm., 30th July 1772; and another document relating to the same grant, 1777, v.s., v.d. (2).

Jacobean duelling.- Sackville (Edward, fourth Earl of Dorset, politician, 1590-1652) A challenge receaved by Mr Edward Sackvile... from the L. Bruce a Scottish Baron who fought together in Zealand... where the sayd L Bruce was slaine, manuscript in Secretary hand, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, folds, small stain on first f., disbound, Pot watermark, folio, [c. 1614].⁂ An account of the challenge to a duel between Edward Sackville and his former friend, Edward Bruce, Lord Kinloss, On 24 Aug. 1613 they fought a duel at Bergen-op-Zoom, possibly over Sackville's seduction of Bruce's sister. The duel displeased James I and although he was officially pardoned, he was threatened by members of Bruce's family and was obliged to travel in France and the Netherlands, not returning to England until 1615.

America, Colony of Virginia.- Certaine directions for the sending of Men, Comodities, & Cattle to Virginia, manuscript in Secretary hand, 10pp., a few small stains in margins, edges chipped, disbound, folio, [? c. 1609].⁂ Advice to prospective "passengers" and colonists to Virginia. The manuscript details previous experiences, such as when to arrive ("beginninge of July"), types of farmers, ("should be lustie"), what to do on their first arrival ("let them take good care of lying on the ground"), and what sort of amounts of commodities for trading ("be 1200 l"), provisions and allowances of food "bisket bread").Subheadings comprise: (1). Trading: "ffor Comodities that are fittest to be carried to Virginia, and these most ysefull and vendible..."; (2). Provisions. "A note of the quantitie of such provisions as are to be laden aboard any Ship that goes for Virginia to carry the proporcon of 500 Passingers. The time they must lay their victuall in for must be 3 moneths or 90 daies". (3). The allowances that is daily made... this rate to a Messe, foure Men being accounted a Messe... ." Of the advice in this manuscript for colonising Virginia, the 1609 expedition seems to be the most apposite. The writer has drawn on previous expeditions and is aware of the qualities prospective colonists will need, what sort of vendible stock to take for trade (rugs, blankets, wine etc.), and food ("Oates"), in particular cattle ("They are of great prize in Virginia").The colonisation of Virginia by the Virginia Company is a history of repeated setbacks and failure. Most colonists were unsuited to farming, and other factors such as adverse weather conditions and poor relations with the First Nations people resulted in extremely high mortality rates. The colonies main hope of survival were the supply ships and this manuscript probably relates to the Third Supply which led to shipwreck of the Sea Venture at Bermuda with the loss of essential supplies for the colony. This led to the "Starving Time" in the winter of 1609-1610, the abandonment of the settlement at Jamestown and its re-establishment by a Fourth Supply mission in 1610.

Mining.- California Gold & Silver.- Small archive of manuscript material relating to the activities of the Salamander Gold & Silver Mining Company of California, including reports totalling 13pp., 1865-66, and a copy of a mining claim document for lands on the 'Leon Ranch on the Head of the Leon Gulch', folds, some splits, chipped, water-stained / stained, lightly browned, San Francisco & Calaveras County, [c. 1863-67] (14 pieces). ⁂ 'I have sunk mine shafts from fifty to eight hundred feet from the main centre shaft...I find good paying quartz in all of the shafts & ledges from 2 to 24 inches wide with good easings can see free gold'.

[Bacon (Francis, Viscount St Alban, Lord Chancellor, politician, and philosopher, 1561-1626)] A Letter of Advise written to Sr Edw. Coke Lo: Chiefe Justice..., manuscript in Secretary hand, 6½pp., first f. loose and with small tear in margin, slightly browned, disbound, Grapes watermark, folio, [?c. 1616].⁂ "And so there is a tyme to speake & a time to be silent. - Bacon.In 1616 a "case arose which pitted common-law rights against episcopal privilege. James supplemented the income of John Overall, bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, with the profits of an additional rectory, granted in commendam, only to see a landowner challenge his action. James wrote to the judges that the case concerned his power to govern the church, and asked that they stay proceedings until he decided whether further consultation between judges and churchmen was required. His position was strengthened by a writ which Bacon produced, non procedendo rege inconsulto, allowing the king to intervene in cases close to royal interests, which the attorney-general had tested in other cases. The judges countered unanimously, in a reply drafted probably by Coke, that the king's letter was 'contrary to law' and that 'our oath in express words is that in case any letter comes to use contrary to law that we do nothing by such letters... . Responding forcefully, James summoned the judges before the privy council, tore up their letter, and demanded of each judge whether he would obey any future royal order. All the judges save Coke backed down." - Oxford DNB.Another contemporary manuscript copy of this work is located at the Morgan Library in New York, in which the authorship of this tract is no longer considered to be by Bacon. This tract was published in Bacon's, The remaines of... Francis Lord Verulam Viscount of St. Albanes... Being essayes and severall letters to severall great personages, and other pieces... not heretofore published, [Wing B318; Gibson, 218], 1648.

Muscovy Company.- To the Kings... Matie. An humble and true declaration of... the Govnor & Company of Merchants trading unto Muscovia, of the manifest wrongs & abuses done by the Hollanders & Zealanders... in Greenland this yeare 1618, manuscript, 5½pp., 1618 [with] East India Company. To the Kings... Matie. An humble declaracon of... the Govnor & Company of Merchants of London trading to the East Indies, Of the manifest & unsupportable wrongs & abuses lately done by the Hollanders unto yor... Subts in the East indies, manuscript, 7½pp., [?cf. STC 7450a.5], [c. 1628], manuscripts in 2 hands in Secretary hands, slightly creased, edges slightly chipped, disbound, folio.⁂ First mentioned, a dispute with the Dutch over exclusive fishing rights off the coast of Greenland and the second, a dispute with the Dutch over trading with the Banda Islands (producers of nutmeg and mace).

Ralegh [Raleigh] (Sir Walter, courtier, explorer, and author, 1554-1618) An Apologie written by Sr Walt. Raleigh touching his voyage to Guyana, imediatlie upon his landing at Plymouth Ano Dom. 1618, manuscript (title in a fine cursive and text in Secretary hand), 5pp., some words crossed out, disbound, Pot watermark, folio, [?1618].⁂ "I have spent my poore estate, lost my sonne, and my health, and endured as many sorts of miseries, as ever man did... ." - Ralegh.A near contemporary copy of Ralegh's justification of his landing on Spanish territory in the New World, against the explicit instructions of his commission. This manuscript corresponds to the section of the printed work of 1650, with the subheading: A Letter of Sir Walter Rawleigh to my Lord Carew touching Guiana, starting at: "Because I know not whether I shall live to come before the Lords...", and ending: "it yet may please to adde more affliction to the remainder of a wretched life."An account of Ralegh's second expedition to Guiana in search of El Dorado, the mythical city of gold that he convinced himself lay beyond the town of San Tomé in the interior of the continent. The expedition was bedevilled from the start, the ships being detained by weather off the coast of Ireland for two months. While at sea, Ralegh became unwell with fever and when the fleet arrived off the coast of Guiana he nominated Lawrence Keymis, his second in command to take five ships and sail into the delta of the Orinoco. With Ralegh's nephew, George Ralegh in command of the land forces, they made a pre-planned attack on the Spanish town of San Tomé, knowingly violating the king's commission. In the assault, Ralegh's son, Walter, was killed. Keymis entrusted the expedition into the interior to George Ralegh who travelled 300 miles in launches up the Orinoco river and found nothing but jungle. Keymis on his return was met with accusations of incompetence by Ralegh, and committed suicide. Faced with mutiny and desertion, Ralegh returned to Plymouth and was escorted to London by his cousin Sir Lewis Stucley. "At Salisbury, Ralegh wrote an Apology for the Voyage to Guiana, insisting that Guiana was English territory, and that the actions against Spanish authorities there were entirely justified. James arrived in the city on his summer progress, apparently rejected the Apology, and ordered Ralegh on to London." (Oxford DNB). Old and sick, Ralegh was brought before commissioners of the privy council and after some legal wrangling, was condemned to death, not for his actions in Guiana, but a fulfilment of the sentence of his original treason trial in 1603. Ralegh was executed in Old Palace Yard on the morning of 29 October 1618. His head was placed in a red leather bag and carried away by Lady Ralegh, and his body was buried in St Margaret's Church, Westminster.

Edward Alleyn & Dulwich College.- Alleyn (Edward, actor, theatre entrepreneur, and founder of Dulwich College, 1566-1626) Mr Allen's Proiect of his Hospitall at Dulluge: A Briefe Relation of my intent, manuscript in Secretary hand, 6pp. & conjugate blank, first f. ink stain in lower margin slightly affecting a few letters, stained and browned throughout, disbound, folio, [? c. 1619].⁂ Alleyn's founding of Dulwich College. Subheadings comprise: (1). The Annuall Charge to be performed by the Mr is as followeth (2). A note of direction from the Warden of Winchester College to Mr Allen.

Paracelsus (Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, Swiss physician, alchemist, lay theologian, and philosopher of the German Renaissance, c. 1493-1541) The flowres of Paracelsus, manuscript in a fine cursive, 11pp. excluding 2 blank ff. at end, first f. soiled, [c. 1620] § Paracelsus his Paramira..., manuscript in Secretary hand, 2pp. excluding conjugate blank, slightly creased, [c. 1630], ruled in red, central folds, edges chipped, watermark of the arms of Burgundy and Austria with the insignia of the Golden Fleece, disbound, folio (2).⁂ Translations into English of some writings by Paracelsus. The best known English translator was John Hester (d. 1592), distiller; he "translated two of Paracelsus's works as The Key of Philosophie (1580) and 114 Experiments (1583?)." (Oxford DNB). Both manuscripts date from the early 17th century but are in two different hands. The first is a digest of metalline medicines and the second, treatments derived from herbs.

Norfolk.- Blomefield (Francis) An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 5 vol., first edition, original subscriber's copy, numerous engraved plates and maps, that of Norwich in vol.2 on two sheets and coloured by hand, extra-illustrated by the insertion of various manuscript sheets with lists of names relating to individual hundreds, some engravings and printed ephemera, a few plates lacking, vol.2 lacks dedication leaf, some tears and defects to plates and some leaves of text including title to vol.3, lists of subscribers, contemporary calf joints and extremities worn and with some old repairs, Fersfield, Norwich & Lynn, 1739-75; and Winter's Selection of Illustrations of Norfolk and Norwich Antiquities, 1885-6, folio (6)⁂ A good set of this important county history with provenance back to one of the original subscribers - Sir William Jerningham, Bart. of Cossey, enhanced with additional material relating to the county.

Botany.- Hill (John) The Construction of Timber, from its Early Growth; Explained by the Microscope, first octavo edition, 46 engraved plates (numbered 1-43, with an additional unlisted plate 33 and additional partly hand-coloured duplicates of plates 13 & 14), one folding, very occasional light browning, David Bellamy's copy with his bookplate, original marbled boards, manuscript paper label, rubbed, joints worn, tear to foot of spine, [Henrey 802; Nissen BBI 877], for the Author, 1770.⁂ Containing important contributions to our knowledge of the microscopic structure of plants. "The most important work to be published on the subject during the eighteenth century". (Henrey). First issued the same year in folio format this is the second issue. David Bellamy (1933-2019), botanist, ecologist, conservationist, and television presenter.

More (Sir Thomas [St Thomas More], Lord Chancellor, humanist, and martyr, 1478-1535).- Roper (William, lawyer and biographer, 1495x8-1578) The life and death of Sir Tho More knight sometime Lo: Chancellor of England... 1535, manuscript in Secretary hand, 58pp. & conjugate blank, drophead title, first f. two tears in margins, soiled, last 4pp. large stain, numerous other small stains, original stitching, disbound, watermark Bunch two pillars with grapes, folio, [cf. BL Harley 6253], [England], [c. 1630].⁂ Thomas More on the Act of Supremacy. "... this Indictment is grounded upon an Act of p[ar]liam[en]t directly repugnant to the Lawe of god."An early 17th century copy of the life of St Thomas More, written by his son-in-law, William Roper for Nicholas Harpsfield's biography, The life and death of Sr Thomas Moore, knight. The biography was written during Queen Mary I's reign and dedicated to William Roper, but it was not published until 1932."... Roper's life of More. This is an attractive personal memoir, marked by candour, modesty, and strong loyalty. It is based explicitly on personal recollection, which, however, sometimes needs correction. Roper's portrait of More as a model lord chancellor has been modified in detail by later scholarship, and there is a serious anachronism in his last paragraph (fully discussed by R. W. Chambers in Harpsfield, 353-5). But the book remains an English classic, the earliest personal biography in the language. It has also left its mark on all subsequent writing on More." - Oxford DNB.Nicholas Harpsfield (1519-75), religious controversialist and historian.

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, edited by Thomas Johnson, third edition, engraved architectural title by Jo. Payne, numerous woodcut illustrations throughout, lacking initial and final blanks as usual but also [par.]3 (Johnson's dedication in Latin), many additional names supplied in old ink manuscript with a few other annotations, engraved title a little soiled and stained with short tear and fraying to edges (repaired), tear to lower edge of 3T1 repaired without loss, a few other minor marginal tears and defects, some water- and damp-staining towards end, final leaf stained and frayed with loss (laid down with photocopy of 'An Advertisement to the Readers' mounted on verso), modern ink inscription of "Ian Coughlin Herbalist..." to front pastedown, handsome modern calf with central gilt arabesque lozenge, spine gilt in compartments, a little rubbed and scuffed, spine slightly faded, [Henrey 156; Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698; STC 11752], folio, by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.⁂ Second Johnson edition, corrected and greatly expanded from Gerard's original edition of 1597.

Philosopher's Stone.- Certaine chymicall Observations upon the Philosophers Stone, manuscript in Secretary hand, 3½pp., slightly browned, disbound, Strasburg Bend watermark, folio, [c. 1630].⁂ "[Clause] 11. That their books cannot be understood but by continuall application of the true materialls wth their words & soe they may helpe them wth afore knowe, whereof, how & what they speake & meane; but to the ignorant theyr and meane words, & some full of contradition.""[Clause] 15. That divers false apparitions ... coming from the continuall ignitating of Metallic Amalgames, are but accidentall ... from their impurities; And that blackness... miserable philosophasters take for Caput Corui, is but the supfluous moisture... commonly called Quicksilver ffor the true Caput Corui, is an Essential rotation of Elemts, or naturall heate working in Radicall humor." "[Clause] 20. That it is impossible to understand the seasons wherein their words should be rightlie planted but meerely by revelation, because they speake of [2 Leo. 2 Libra 2. Sagittarius] not all is but one thing onely alterable in their zodiack.""[Clause] 30. That Pythagores wheele, & the quadrature of the circle are meant in this worke, whereby Copernicus & his disciples have sowed soe many & errors in the world through mistaking of Revolutions."An interesting alchemical manuscript on the famous philosopher's stone, the foundation of alchemy, the ultimate aim of which was to turn base metals (usually Mercury) into gold. The work consists of various chemical observations and is divided into thirty clauses.

Scotland.- [Stewart (John, first Earl of Traquair, politician, c. 1599-1659)] [Diary relating to correspondence with various Scottish lords over the General Assembly of the Scottish Church], manuscript, 33pp., also later 19th century manuscript of Baptismal Register at Traquair and signed William Wallace, together 129pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, engraved bookplate of Charles, Earl of Traquair on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, 2 brass clasps with engraved decoration, corners bumped, joints splitting at tail, spine slightly creased, 8vo (151 x 104mm.), dated in text 9th August - 8th November 1639 & 1821.⁂ "Agust 9 I reseved a pacquet from ye Marq of Hamilton about mattr in ye Club..."; Septem 27 I send a pacquet to ye Earle of Stirling... in was a letter direct to ye Marques... a letter to his maties worde...; Oct 19 The Earle of Rothes told me (in presense of of my lord privie seale & Argyle) yt ye president had ?Missen are letter to them, therby he did submitt him self to yare sensure for that over you should lay to his charge." Correspondence with the Marquess of Hamilton, Earl of Stirling, Earl of Rothes etc.An important moment in Scottish history. The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland's abolishment of the Scottish episcopacy. "In March 1639 Charles issued private instructions for Traquair to fortify and arm Edinburgh Castle, a task which the treasurer soon found logistically impossible to execute, obliging him to garrison Dalkeith Palace until a suitable opportunity arose to transport the weapons into Edinburgh. This chance never came, as Traquair quickly surrendered the palace and its contents to David Leslie, whose team of 1000 musketeers surrounded Dalkeith on 19 March. Traquair immediately went underground, resurfacing in York with Charles himself in April, and later returned to Scotland as lord high commissioner to the general assembly of August. This session resulted in the abolition of episcopacy in Scotland, but the treasurer seems only to have conceded this as a means of buying time, as shown by his strategic postponement of parliament (which would have ratified the assembly legislation) to June 1640." - Oxford DNB.

Vittori (Leonello) De aegritudinibus infantium tractatus..., first edition, large woodcut device to verso of Aa8, with final blank, extensive contemporary ink manuscript annotations to title and numerous leaves, slight worming to inner margin of signatures D & E affecting a few letters, small repair to inner margin of final two leaves at foot, ink library stamp to verso of title and final leaf of text, modern mottled calf with decorative border in blind, red calf label, [Durling 4668; VD16 V 1768; Not in Adams], 8vo, Ingolstadt, A.Weissenhorn, 1544.⁂ Scarce 16th century Italian handbook of paediatric treatment, including advice on diarrhoea, constipation, earache, and disturbed sleep, and this copy with the addition of many contemporary notes. We have been unable to trace any other copies at auction except for this one, sold in America in 2017. Library Hub cites 5 UK copies.

Medical.- [Lecture notes], manuscript in Latin, 31pp., and 7pp. in German in a later hand, 1f. corner torn away, browned, original marbled wrappers, lower cover corner torn away, 8vo, later note Stockholm, dated in text 1699.

Poetry.- [Dryden (John)] Mock Flecknoe [Mac Flecknoe], manuscript, 5pp., lacks all after "Let Virtuosos in five years be writ", n.d. [c. 1700] § To the Queen spoken by Mr Duke in the new Court by ye Library, manuscript, 1p., n.d. [c. 1700] § A Letter to Julian, manuscript, 4pp., n.d. [c. 1700]; and another manuscript poem, folio & 4to (4).⁂ First mentioned "Mac Flecknoe derides Shadwell's claim to be the legitimate successor to Ben Jonson by casting him instead as the heir of the prolifically dull poet and dramatist Richard Flecknoe." - Oxford DNB. Poem starts after a satirical poem by Andrew Marvell.

Receipts.- Collection of receipts for domestic goods, including: Thomas Coleman at the Signe of Bird-Cage in Crooked Lane; John Hall At the Golden Fleece New Street Covent Garden; Samuel Fossick At the Black Horse... in Crooked-lane, London; Thomas Bosvile at the Angel in Bedford Street Covent Garden; J. & W. Wyburn & Thomas, Coach Builders & Harness Makers, together 17 receipts & 1 card, engraved or printed sides or billheads with manuscript descriptions of goods, a few with holes, folds, some slightly browned, v.s., v.d., 1719-1857 (18 pieces).

1745 Rebellion.- Letter giving an account of the trials of Lords Cromarty, Kilmarnock and Balmerino in Westminster Hall, by a ?nephew of Lady Sambrook, manuscript, 12pp., tears along folds into numerous pieces, some other small tears to edges, browned, poor state of preservation, [1746] § Yorke (Philip, first Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor, 1690-1764) Summons to the House of Lords for the trials of Lords Cromartie, Kilmarnock and Balmerino, D.s. "Hardwicke", 1p. with conjugate blank, small tear along fold, 1746; and 5 other pieces, including: a manuscript preface for a facetious work on a fantastical building, v.s., v.d. (7).

Music.- Bayly (Richard) [Volume of music], manuscript lyrics and notation, 142pp. excluding blanks, signed twice, slightly browned, original roan, gilt, rubbed, some surface wear, worn, trace of worming on lower cover, 106 x 207mm., 1780.⁂ Songs include: "The new Bath Minuet"; "Ralphs Ramble to London"; "Grano's march"; "Lord Howe's Minuet"; "The Black Dance"; "Rakes of London"; "A Plague on these Wenches"; "The Tobacco Box (or Soldiers Pledge of his Love)a Dialogue" etc.

Law.- Bodle (Robert, lawyer, of ?Woolston Hall, Chigwell, Essex) Special Pleadings, manuscript notebook, 180pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original roan, rubbed, brass catch, upper cover detached, 165 x 102mm., 1788.⁂ "C.R. Mich'as Term 32d. Geo. 3d. Middlesex... David Edmunds late of Westminster... Coster man was attached to Answer Nathaniel Weeks in a Plea wherefore the said David with force & Arms at Westminster... an Assault upon the sd. Nathl... & then Imprisoned him... detained him... in a certain Watch House and... a... Building... called the Dark Hole... ."

Lavagna (John, mathematician and artist, active late 18th century) Ad Explicandam Phisicam Eclectcam, including detailed studies on matter and motion, body weight, light, sound, and magnets (many with diagrams incorporating vignettes of landscapes and figures), manuscript in Latin, title, ink and watercolour frontispiece after Guercino's 'The Persian Sybil', 35 pp. with fine detailed full-page pen and ink mathematical diagrams with monochrome wash, ruled in brown ink throughout, marginal inscriptions and numbered throughout, occasional minor spotting, light staining to endpapers, embossed ownership stamp to rear endpaper, original limp vellum, ink paper label with 'Physicae Tab. M.S.' to spine, worn, ff. approx. 140 x 190 mm., Venice, 1789.⁂ Highly competent and detailed manuscript, probably by a skilled Italian student with a tendency more towards artistry than logic, with numerous fanciful vignettes throughout the work including counter weighting a lever with a strung up cat, shooting fish with a gun to show the mechanics of projectiles, and gentlemen observing the top of a column through refraction.

Somerset & Devon.- [?Forbes (J., of Avonhill House, Midford, South Stoke, near Bath)] [Diary of a tour in Somerset & Devon], manuscript, 76pp., 11 drawings in the text, browned, original sheep, rubbed, 8vo, 1810.⁂ The tour includes an extensive description of Langford Cottage on the Mendip Hills, the home of Thomas Sedgwick Whalley (1746-1828), poet and traveller ("At Langford is the Residence of the Revd. Mr Whalley") an elegant mansion stuck upon a steep declivity of part of Mendip"), Bridgwater, Taunton, Blagdon, Stanton Wick, Sidmouth, Exmouth (description of bathing machines), Dawlish, Teignmouth, Berry Pomeroy Castle, Totnes, Saltram House, Plymouth (Pope's Head in Pike Street), Tavistock, Lydford Gorge, Great Torrington, Exmoor (Valley of Rocks), Lynton, Lynmouth, Porlock, Dunster Castle & return to Avonhill.

Kent.- Rochester Charters.- Devon (Charles, examiner of the translation) [Transcriptions of five Rochester Charters compiled for Sir Thomas Phillipps], manuscript, 60pp. excluding blanks, some with docket titles, some manuscript corrections in another hand, first f. loose, some tears along folds, folds, slightly browned, original orange Middle Hill boards, covers working loose, lettered direct, rubbed and soiled, corners and edges worn, lacks spine, large folio, n.d. [dated in text 1824].⁂ Charters including: (1). Henry III. Royal charter to the citizens of Rochester granting them "all appurtenances and liberties and free Customs to the same City pertaining and that they shall have a merchants guild..." for the sum of £20, 2¼pp., dated 6th February 1266.(2). Charles I. Letters Patent of inspection of a royal charter of Henry III of the liberties of the citizens of Rochester relating to a variety of issues including Portmote for the sum of £20, 26pp., Canbury [Kingston-upon-Thames], 7th August 1629. Provenance: "Translation of Charter of Charles the 1st made by Jn Bayley at HM Record Office from original charter in the poss[essi]on of The Mayor & Citizens of Rochester 2nd Sept 1824." John Bayley (1787-1869), antiquary; chief clerk in the Tower Record Office.(3). Henry VI. Royal charter confirmation of liberties and "fee customs" to the citizens of Rochester, 11pp., last f. small tear in right without loss, dated 1st June 1446.A collection of transcriptions of charters by Henry III and confirmations by his successors, quoting charters from his reign. The later charters incorporate significant sections of the text of the original charters. The first mentioned charter was a confirmation of a charter by Henry II, issued in the twelfth year of his reign (1166) and was re-issued by Henry III "for the faithful service which the... Citizens have done us and for the damages and injuries which they sustained in our behalf in the time of the disturbances in our kingdom", and remitting £8. This was issued a few months after the defeat of Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham.Provenance: Bound in Middle Hill boards from the collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps.

Greek anthology.- Synechia sive summa lectionum Plutarchicarum..., manuscript, 84pp., final contents f. holed / frayed with loss, a few ff. with marginal chipping / fraying, 1620 bound after Theognis, Megarensis. Sententiæ elegiacæ, cum interpretatione & scholiis Eliæ Vineti, woodcut decorative initials, early ink marginalia and underlining, A1-D1 frayed / torn at head and repaired, with loss of headlines / some text (supplied in ink on title and A2), some other mostly marginal chipping / fraying, [VD16 T 877], Leipzig, Johannes Rhamba, 1576 and Plutarchus. Opusculum De Liberorum Institutione, parallel Greek and Latin text, title with woodcut printer's device, early ink marginalia, underlining and extensive notes to rear blanks, [VD 17 15:727112M], Frankfurt, Nikolaus Voltz for Johann Hartmann, 1603, together 3 works in 1 vol., some spotting and staining, mostly lightly browned throughout, 17th century vellum, joints split, but holding firm, corners worn, stained, rubbed, an interesting sammelband, 8vo

Broadside.- Disbanding of forces.- After our hearty commendations; whereas by the Act of Parliament now lately passed, for granting a supply to His Majesty of 206462 l. 17 s. 3 d. for paying off, and disbanding the forces raised since the 29th of September 1677, broadside with manuscript insertions, 355 x 235mm., authorising payment to Sir Thomas Player and Robert Whitley, signed by Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex, Sir Edward Dering, Sir John Ernle, Sidney, Earl of Goldolphin, and Laurence Hyde, Earl of Rochester, small piece missing from upper blank corner, foxing, lightly browned, no printer, 26th June, 1679.⁂ Rare. ESTC records three UK copies only (BL, Bodleian and Chetham's).

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***French Royalty.- Anselme (Pere) Histoire Genealogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, 9 vol., third (and best) edition, titles in red and black, engraved frontispiece, vignette head-pieces and initials, numerous woodcut arms in text, extra-illustrated by the insertion of a few portraits and by manuscript documents signed by Louis XI, Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI in volume 1, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original labels, folio, Paris, Par la Compagnie des Libraires, 1726-33.⁂ This third edition, greatly augmented by fathers Ange de Sainte-Rosalie, Simplicien and Alexis, and here enhanced by some fine royal, signed documents.(1). Louis XI, document signed addressed to "Monsr le mareschal", relating to Neuville, manuscript in French, 6 lines recto and 3 lines verso, countersigned by Nicholle Tilhart, notary and secretary to Louis XI, 150 x 145mm., January, n.y. [c. 1470s].(2). Marie Antoinette, document signed by a secretarial hand, manuscript in French, on vellum, relating to Sieur Pierre Mathagon, 470 x 320mm., 31 December 1783 and later, 9 January 1784 and again 18 April 1792.(3). Marie Antoinette, document signed, manuscript in French, on paper, directing the Treasurer General at the Ministry of Finance to pay a sum of 300 livres, countersigned by her secretary, folio, Versailles, 1 July 1783.(4). Louis XVI, document signed, listing various officials and their recompense, signed at foot of verso by Louis XVI and counter-signed by the various mentioned people, folio, Versailles, 13 January 1778.

FARSYDE FAMILY (of Thorpe).  Manuscript. A Folio vol. in poor bdgs. with many blank leaves but with about 70pp comprising indexed manuscript notes & quotes in an elaborate probably 16th century hand on theological & philosophical subjects such as Hypocrisy, Mortification, Divinity (a longer treatise), Promises, Hardness of Harte, Sincerity & Soundness of Harte, Making Oblations, Prayer, Faith, Christ, God etc.  With a few leaves in an 18th cent. hand incl. 3pp Catalogue of the Library of the Rev. Thomas Farsyde, 1735, Incumbent of Whitby & an 1836 essay, A Sketch from Nature.  Ownership inscription of G.J.W. Farsyde, 1826 who recounts finding the book. Watermark of a ewer with crescent finial poss. c. 1560s.

Remarkable Discovery of a Murder in England. Manuscript, just over 10pp in an 8vo red morocco bound notebook, in a very neat & readable 18th cent. hand (watermark poss. 1795).  An account of an Elizabethan trial before Sir James Dyer, Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (from 1559), in which the accused was reprieved by the stubborn action of the jury foreman who later explained to the judge the reasons for his intransigence.  The judge was sworn to secrecy and only disclosed the tale after the culprit`s death. Various versions of this story have appeared in print over the years.

DODDS E. & ROBINSON J. W.  The Register of St. John's Church, Garrigill. 4 vols. in one. Typescript. Folio. Poor bdgs. 1908; also S. Taylor, Irton Registers bound with St. Peter's Church, Barton Upon Humber, manuscript in parchment brds., c.1930's & Cumberland Parish Registers, Marriages, 2 vols., ltd. ed. 150, 1910.  (4).

Morpeth, Mitford & Bothal.  Miscellanea from the Collection of K. Blair. Quarto folder of manuscript notes, printed extracts, cuttings & ephemera relative to this area.

PEARSON ALEXANDER.  Annals of Kirkby Lonsdale & Lunesdale in Bygone Days. Signed ltd. ed. no. 5 of only 8 in special bindings. Map & illus. Quarto. Handsome green half morocco by Thomas Harrison. Col. Chippindall's copy with manuscript letter from the author. Kendal, 1930.

AFTER JOS. ROOK.  Pen & ink manuscript copy of a plan of the farm of Park Gate Hall, Wigton (property of J. Thomlinson). Originally surveyed 1789, this with an 1817 watermark; also two plans of a property in Scotch Street, Carlisle, owned by Joseph Rome.

DES CARRIERES MR. (Trans).  Memoirs of the Celebrated Dwarf, Joseph Boruwlaski, a Polish Gentleman. Text in English & French. No plate. Well worn orig. brds. 1788; with a short orig. folded manuscript letter & envelope cover signed by Joseph Boruwlaski.

RYLEY W. & DETHICK H.  The Visitation of Middlesex Began in the Year 1663. Folio with blank interleaves, some with tipped in manuscript crests. Rebacked orig. brds. Bookplate of the Duke of Rutland. 1720; also 5 others, visitations.  (6).

Cumbria Parish Registers.  23 various in orig. card wrappers; also manuscript transcripts ref. Ulpha Chapelry & Matterdale Parish Registers, etc.

SATTERTHWAITE REV. DOCTOR.  Copies of Cases Submitted to Counsel by the Executors. Cockermouth area. Thick folio vol. of mainly orig. manuscript documents, correspondence, etc. ref. the complicated affairs of the Late Doctor Satterthwaite. Half maroon calf. C. late 1820's/1830. 

BARTON E. J.  Anecdotes, Book of Extracts & Commonplace Book. 2 vols. Manuscript throughout. Calf, rubbing. 1862-1880's. Barton established The Barton Library in the village of Eaglesfield, Dumfriesshire, dispersed many years ago by Thomson Roddick. Library labels & rules to endpapers.

CRAWHALL JOSEPH.  Chaplets from Coquet-Side. Ltd. ed. of only 100. Hand col. & other woodcut vignettes & decs. Rubbed green morocco. Rather worn internally but this Crawhall's own copy with his bookplate, autograph & a manuscript poem in his hand; also ownership signature of Eva Crawhall. 1873 with the poem dated 1878.

Collection of Letters. A French manuscript lettre de cachet order 'De par le Roy', 8 lines dated November 1719, signed 'Louis', concerning 'l'Equipage d'artillerie de l'armee d'Espagne'..., 1 page, folded; together with two other letters from Henri Frangois d’Aguesseau (1668-1751, Chancellor of France), dated 1737, and the Marquis de Segur (1724-1801) Marshal of France, a military order dated 1785, for two horseman's greatcoats, a sword and belt; six others, mainly 18th century, and in Italian