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Illuminated Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf. lluminated leaf on vellum from a German antiphonal, probably Rhineland, circa 1450-1475, with large historiated initial A in dark red decorated with white ink on a background of burnished gold, incorporating a scene of the Three Marys at the Sepulchre: the Virgin Mary in blue with white headdress, the other two Marys in pale pink standing by the sepulchre with an angel in white with blue wings and gold halo pointing to the empty tomb (approximately 9 x 11 cm), with additional scene to the lower margin showing the risen Christ in a garden setting bursting with flowers and lush grass, appearing to the Three Marys each bearing a casket, eight lines of text in dark brown ink in Gothic Book Script (textualis), one smaller initial in red, above each line of text four equidistant horizontal lines ruled in red ink, with musical notation in dark brown ink, the left and right borders with elaborate foliate decoration in gold and colours, with flowers and birds, and to centre of right border a small grotesque head with the torso of a blond-haired man above, some staining and consequent discolouration, mainly to lower left and along lower margin (mainly affecting one area of text to the lower left and along the bottom edge of the leaf), to verso also eight lines of text in brown ink, several letters in red, and two smaller decorative initials, one in colours and the other in red, old (probably 19th century) gilded wood frame, double-glazed (glass cracked to verso), sheet size 45.5 x 33 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Houstoun-Boswall family, Blackadder House, Berwickshire, Scotland, and by descent.An impressive large-scale illuminated leaf from a 15th-century German conventual mass antiphoner, undoubtedly executed by a nun, in the style known as Nonnenarbeit (nun's work), the imagery usually characterised by doll-like faces with pink cheeks and fair hair and exaggeratedly grassy foregrounds with flowers. Such works would tend to emphasise the role of women at the Resurrection, consistent with use by nuns. The antiphoner, or antiphonal, contained the choral parts sung during the celebration of the Divine Office or Mass celebrated by a monastic or other community, and was usually written in large format so that the (often small) choir could read the music together.The text begins with excerpts from Psalm 3, line 6, and Psalm 4, line 9: Ego dormivi et somnum cepi et resurrexi quoniam Dominus suscepit me (I was asleep and took my rest, and I have arisen, for the Lord sustains me), and from the Book of Matthew, chapter 28, line 2: Angelus Domini descendit de coelo, et accedens revolvit lapidem, et super eum sedit (An angel of the Lord came down from heaven, and rolled back the stone, and sat on it).

Illuminated Manuscript Antiphonal Leaf. lluminated leaf on vellum from a German antiphonal, probably Rhineland, circa 1450-1475, with large historiated initial A in dark blue decorated with white ink on a background of burnished gold, incorporating a scene of the Resurrection, showing a standing Christ in benediction wearing a purple robe, with halo and holding a staff, two attendant angels with blond hair in red and green, two sleeping soldiers in blue red and brown, the sepulchre in two shades of pink, two green trees in the background and grass in the foreground (approximately 14 x 15 cm), eight lines of text in Gothic Book Script (textualis), two smaller initials in red and blue respectively, above each line of text four equidistant horizontal lines ruled in red ink, with musical notation in dark brown ink, the borders with elaborate foliate decorations and geometric patterning in gold and colours, including a lion and cubs, a pelican with chicks in a nest, and another green bird with a golden crown, some staining and consequent discolouration, mainly to lower portion (generally not affecting the illuminated Resurrection scene), to verso also eight lines of text in brown ink, with some letters in red, and three decorative initials in blue or red, old (probably 19th century) gilded wood frame, double-glazed (glass cracked to verso), sheet size 45.5 x 33 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Houstoun-Boswall family, Blackadder House, Berwickshire, Scotland, and by descent.An impressive large-scale illuminated leaf from a 15th-century German conventual mass antiphoner, undoubtedly executed by a nun, in the style known as Nonnenarbeit (nun's work), the imagery usually characterised by doll-like faces with pink cheeks and fair hair and exaggeratedly grassy foregrounds with flowers. Such works would tend to emphasise the role of women at the Resurrection, consistent with use by nuns: here the lion with its cubs and the pelican in her piety are both symbols of the Resurrection from the medieval bestiary: lion cubs are born dead and on the third day the father lion licks them into shape (literally) and they come alive; the pelican plucks her own breast to bring her dead chicks back to life with her own blood.The text on the recto is taken from the Book of Matthew, chapter 28, verse 1 (often used for Holy Saturday): Vespere autem Sabbati, quae lucescit in prima sabbati: venit Maria Magdalene, et altera Maria, videre sepulchrum, Alleluia (And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the sepulchre, Alleluia). The verso contains the cantus from Psalm 1, verse 1, line 2: Ego sum qui sum, et consilium meum non est cum impiis; sed in lege Domini voluntas mea est (I am what I am, and my counsel is not with the wicked, but my will is in the law of the Lord).

Theophylactus (Archbishop of Ochrida, circa 1050-1108). In quatuor Evangelia enarrationes, denuo recognitae. Joanne Oecolampadio interprete, Basel, Andreas Cratander, March 1525, [8], 221 leaves, plus final blank, with woodcut device to verso (?8, a-z6, A-M6, N8), title within elaborate woodcut border, depicting God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit surrounded by a heavenly host, symbols of the four evangelists, and the thirteen apostles, contemporary ownership inscription in ink below the title date 'Mychaell Shirbroke booke', first page of main text with elaborate decorative woodcut border, with large woodcut initial to verso, numerous smaller woodcut initials throughout, several woodcut head- and tail-pieces, colophon to verso of N7, with contemporary manuscript inscription in brown ink below 'Ex libris Cuthberti Shirbroke de Thurveton infra decanatum de Broke Norwicens diocesis cl[er]ici', occasional contemporary manuscript annotations in brown ink to margins (presumably by Cuthbert Shirbroke or Sherbrooke), unobtrusive peppering of worm, mainly to front of volume, not affecting legibility, marginal waterstaining to the second half of the work, becoming somewhat heavier to the final 12 leaves, minor marginal fraying to first and last few leaves (not affecting text), contemporary blind-decorated full calf upper and lower covers only, over modern antique-style brown calf over wooden boards, with clasps (thongs renewed), folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Cuthbert Sherbrooke of Norfolk, rector of Rockland and Thurton (Thurveton), active 1530-1537, with his inscription below the colophon on N7.A number of books bearing Sherbrooke's ownership inscription were discovered in 1912 in a locked cupboard at Oxton Hall in Nottinghamshire, and were sold at Sotheby's the same year (28 June, lots 439-465), amongst which the present work was presumably included. Four volumes belonging to Cuthbert Sherbrooke are identified by Margaret Lane Ford in Private Ownership of Printed Books, The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain (2014), pages 212-13. See Bernard Quaritch, Manuscript Waste, 2019, item 11.Adams T587; BM STC German, 113.Second edition of Theophylactus' commentary on the New Testament, translated by Johann Oecolampades.

Maximus of Tyre. Maximi Tyrii Philosophi Platonici Sermones sive Diputationes, [Geneva]: Henrici Stephani Parisiensis typographi, 1557, [8], 363 (i.e. 263), collation: *4, a-q8, r4, Greek text, engraved printer's device to title, contemporary ownership signature in ink to front blank: 'ffran. Plomer', early (circa 1700) ownership annotation in ink to title: 'In Usum Scholae Guilsburiensis Hund Librorum Legavit. Jos. Worting, No. 172', contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, some marks amd light soiling, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams M 939; Renouard, Estienne, 115:2.First edition of the ethical and philosophical writings of Maximus of Tyre (circa 125-185 A.D.), the reputed teacher of Marcus Aurelius.This volume was beqeathed, according to the title annotation, to the Guildford Free School. The school dates its founding to the death of Robert Beckingham in 1509 who left provision in his will to 'make a free scole at the Towne of Guldford'; in 1512 a governing body was set up to form the school. The school's Old Building, constructed between 1557 and 1586, is the home of a rare example of a chained library. It was established on the death of John Parkhurst, Bishop of Norwich, in 1575. Although defined as a 'free' school, the first statutes of governance, approved in 1608, saw the introduction of school fees at the rate of 4 shillings per annum, along with the school's first admissions test.

Fortescue (John). A Learned Commendation of the Politique Lawes of Englande, Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple Barre... by Rychard Tottill, 1567, [1], 132, [3] ff. English text (in black letter) and Latin text in parallel columns, A-R8, near contemporary early ownership signature 'Daniel Dun' [or Donne, 1544/45-1617, ecclesiastical lawyer, MP for Taunton]to head of title, 18th century ownership inscriptions of Alexander and William Broughton to front blank, B8 with closed tear without loss, early underlining and notations to some leaves (E8 with manuscript note at head 'Antiquities of the Lawes of England', endpapers renewed, 18th-century mottled calf, gilt morocco title label to spine, dated in gilt at foot, lightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC S102454; Beale T357.First English translation of Sir John Fortescue's De laudibus legum Angliæ, first published ca. 1543 for the education of Henry VI's son, the Prince of Wales. Fortescue (c.1397-1479) was a jurist and influential Lancastrian propagandist - he recanted his views and saved his neck when Edward IV ascended the throne. "With the possible exception of Sir Thomas More, Fortescue is the English common lawyer who until the days of Coke and Bratton had most to say of importance to a reading public outside his own profession " (ODNB). His De laudibus legum Angliæ is "an exposition of the advantages of English common law over the Roman law of the continent, and contains a uniquely valuable description of the inns of court and the legal profession" (ibid).

Jewel (John). A Defence of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande, Conteininge an Answeare to a certaine Booke lately set foorth by M. Hardinge, and Entituled, A Confutation &c., Imprinted at London in Fleetestreate, at the signe of the Elephante, by Henry Wykes, 1st edition, London: Henry Wykes, 1567, [24];742;[18] pp., black and roman letter text, woodcut printer's device to title, woodcut decorative initials, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper 'Sum R. Pagetii' (other words partially rubbed out), additional early ownership annotations to title (including E. Langford, Dordrecht?), a few leaves towards end lightly waterstained to gutter, green stained outer edges, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, title in early manuscript to spine, some light soiling and marks, folio (265 x 190 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC 14600.Part of an ongoing theological debate with Thomas Harding, A Defence of the Apologie ensured that Jewel was recognised as "the champion of, and for a time the most famous bishop in, the English reformed church." (ODNB).

Foxe (John). An Abridgement of the Booke of Acts and Monumentes of the Church: Written by that Reverend Father, Maister John Fox: and now abridged by Timothe Bright, Doctor of Phisicke, for such as either thorough want of leysure, or abilitie, have not the use of so necessary an history, 2 parts in one, Imprinted at London by I. Windet, at the assignment of Master Tim Bright, 1589, [12], 504, 288, [64] p., signatures: [par.]? (-[par.]1 & 8) A-Hh? Ii? AA-SS? TT? VV-YY? ZZ?, woodcut illustration to title (blank fore-margin and upper outer blank corner torn and frayed, manuscript notes to verso, title detached), black letter text, few decorative woodcut initials and tailpieces, abridgement of the second volume with separate pagination, and register re-commences with AA, with 32 final contents leaves at end, printer's woodcut device to recto of final leaf, without preliminary leaf (par.1, as called for) and lacking one preliminary leaf (par.8), some marginal fraying to preliminary leaves, first part with small hole to G1 & Cc1 touching few letters of text and short tear to upper blank margin of Cc3, light toning throughout, occasional spotting and few marks, text block split and gathering 2H of first part detached, later endpapers, armorial bookplate and signature of Walter Thomas Beeby to upper pastedown, 17th century mottled calf, old reback, upper board detached (with title adjoining), leather torn at corners of upper board with loss, worn, 4to (17.2 x 13.2 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:STC (2nd ed.), 11229; ESTC S102503.This copy has the variant title page "Doctor ... thorough".

Bible [English]. The Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the Original Tongues and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised, by his Maiesties Special Commandement, Imprinted at London: by Robert Barker, 1614 (i.e. 1615), general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut borderst, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, New Testament title imprint and colophon dated 1615, short worm trail to upper outer corners of 22 leaves of New Testament, bound with at rear Two right profitable and fruitfull Concordances, or large and ample tables alphabeticall..., collected by R.F.H., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, black letter text, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Company of Stationers, 1617, some damp staining to Concordance and Psalms, bound with at front The Genealogies by John Speed, defective with title & following leaf torn with loss (second leaf also lined to recto obscuring Adam & Eve woodcut), without map, and also bound with an incomplete Common Prayer at front (lacking title), final leaf of Common Prayer with genealogical manuscript entry 'Thomas Willis sonne of John Willis was baptised ... 21 daie of Februerye anno dom 1577 [&] Anne Eliz ... was baptised the 8 dai of December 1573' and also with later (18th/early 19th century) signature of a Miss Evelina Croft, occasional close trimming to few letterpress marginal notes within volume, some browning and light dust-soiling throughout, early 19th century endpapers (front free endpaper discarded) with ownership signatures of Caroline and Evelina Croft and with rebinding inscription dated 1811, also bearing an old Worthing public library stamp, early 19th century calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints a little cracked and light wear to extremities, covers rubbed and scuffed, 4to (21.5 x 16cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Herbert 339. This edition with the omission of the word ‘Holy’ in the general title and both titles omit the words ‘Appointed...’. The text ends on Sss8a. With Ruth iii 15 ‘she’.

Williams (John). The Holy Table, Name & Thing, more anciently, properly, and literally used under the New Testament, then that of an altar: Written long ago by a Minister in Lincoln-shire, in answer to D. Coal, a judicious divine of Q. Maries dayes, [London]: Printed [by Eliots Court Press] for Diocese of Lincoln, 1637, [2], 1, [1], 234 p., signatures: pi² A-2F? 2G1, page 234 last line begins 'votions', light dust-soiling mostly to title, short closed tear to final leaf, contemporary mottled sheep, lower board near detached, board corners worn and showing, 4to, together with:Hall (Joseph), The Olde Religion: A Treatise, wherein is laid downe the true state of the difference betwixt the Reformed, and Romane Church; and the blame of this schisme is cast upon the true authours. Serving for the vindication of our innocence, for the setling of wavering mindes, for a preservatiue against Popish insinuations. The third edition, with an advertisement now added, for such readers as formerly stumbled at some passages in the booke. By Jos. Hall, B. of Exon., London: Printed [by William Stansby] for Nathaniel Butter, and Richard Hawkins, 1636, [24], 217 [i.e. 215], [1] p., decorative woodcut initials, tiotle with ownership name Swayne to upper blank margin, contemporary limp vellum, cover attachment partly broken, light dust-soiling to covers, lacking ties, 8vo,Carleton (George), A Thankfull Remembrance of Gods Mercie. In an Historicall Collection of the great and mercifull deliverances of the Church and State of England, since the Gospell beganne here to flourish, from the beginning of Queene Elizabeth. Collected by Geo: Carleton, Doctor of Divinitie, and late Bishop of Chichester, 4th edition, revised, London: Printed by Aug. Math. for Robert Mylbourne, and Humphrey Robinson, 1630, [10], 292 p., engraved portrait frontispiece with repaired closed tear to fore-edge, engraved illustrations, without final blank (2P4), occasional light dust-soiling, later endpapers, contemporary calf, old reback, upper board detached, wear to extremities, 4to,[Dring, Thomas], A Catalogue of the Lords, Knights, and Gentlemen that have compounded for their Estates, 1st edition, London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1655, ownership signature to upper margin of title M. Newton, manuscript sum totals at foot of pages, early 19th century calf, gilt & blind panelled boards, gilt decorated spine, extremities lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, plus two other 17th century antiquarian volumes (one lacking title page)QTY: (6)NOTE:Williams - STC 25724; ESTC S114007.Hall - STC 12691.5; ESTC S103760.Carleton - STC 4643; ESTC S107519.Dring - Wing D2187; ESTC R20399).

Heylyn (Peter). Cosmographie, In Four Bookes. Containing the Chorographie and Historie of the Whole World, and all the principal Kingdomes, Provinces, Seas, and Isles thereof, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: Henry Seile, 1652, additional engraved title to first volume (small hole to upper blank margin, dust-soiled, lined to verso), initial titles to both volumes with signature of "John Evelyn [Junior] Durate &c Virg: aen: 1.1", four double-page engraved maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Americas), each map cropped to edges with some loss, first volume with ink stain to fore-edge blank margins of leaves 2Q1 & 2Q2 and closed tear to 2Q6, lower outer blank corner of 2S4 torn away, front free endpapers with manuscript press mark D6:8, front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of Sir Frederick Evelyn Bart. and 20th century John Evelyn library 'J.E' bookplate, attractive contemporary speckled calf, with elaborate gilt decorated spines, upper joint of first volume cracked at head & foot, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: John Evelyn, junior (1655-1699), son of John Evelyn, writer, diarist & gardener, 1620-1706; The Evelyn Library, Christie's December 1, 1977, lot 740, where purchased by Desmond Burgess for £200.Wing H1689; ESTC R5447.Books 1-3, the two parts of book 4, and the Appendix each have separate dated title page; register attempts to be continuous. Pagination is separate except for book 4, part 2, which is continuous with part 1.

Sanderson (William). A Compleat History of the Life and Raigne of King Charles from his cradle to his grave, London: Humphrey Moseley, Richard Tomlins, George Sawbridge, 1658, engraved portrait frontispiece of King Charles I by G. Faithorne, lacking portrait of Sanderson, few very short closed tears to title, light toning, occasional minor spotting, front blank free endpaper with repeating manuscript signature of James Dearden, endpapers renewed retaining armorial bookplate of James Dearden (1798-1862), contemporary brown calf, gilt armorial of James Dearden to front board, rebacked, board corners worn and showing, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing S646.James Dearden (1798 -1862), of Rochdale Manor, Lancashire was descended from John Dearden who in 1677 married Jane Ingham of Cleggs. Born in 1798, he was the eldest son of James Dearden, of Rochdale, and Frances, third daughter of Thomas Ferrand Esq., of Thornhill in Yorkshire. Educated at Richmond in Yorkshire and at St John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted 7 October 1817, he became a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1823 and was called to the bar in 1834. He succeeded his father in 1828 and the following year married Jane Griffith, eldest daughter of the Reverend William Griffith, Rector of Llandwrog in Caernarvonshire. James served as a Justice of the Peace for Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire and was also a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Gambling. The Gamesters Law; wherein is treated, of unlawful games, and what are esteemed such in our law. What considerations are good to ground an Assumpsit for money won upon wagers and bets, several cases on particular games; as dice, cards, horse-racing, cock-fighting, etc. ... of cheats in gaming. Remedy against cheats in several resolv'd cases by Action at Law, or by Indictments, etc. ..., 1st edition, London: Arthur Collins & Sam. Butler, 1708, title with later neat annotation in ink to head JK73, and 121, 170 at foot, fore-edge with manuscript title Gamesters Law in ink, contemporary brown sheep, lacking upper cover, some wear,12moQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T142581.

[Defoe, Daniel]. The History of the Wars, of his present Majesty Charles XII, King of Sweden, from his first landing in Denmark, to his return from Turkey to Pomerania, by a Scots gentleman in the Sweedish Service, 1st edition, London: A Bell, T. Varnam, J. Osborn, W. Taylor and J. Baker, 1715, title page with armorial bookplate of Robert Lowndes dated 1702 to verso, approximately 35 leaves with blue ink stain to tips of right blank corners, 20th century manuscript reference not to front free endpaper, contemporary blind panelled calf, morocco title label to spine, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 8vo (Moore 322; ESTC T65952), together with:Erasmus (Desiderius), Moriæ Encomium; or, a Panegyrick upon Folly ... Done into English [by W. Kennet], and illustrated with above fifty curious cuts, designed and drawn by H. Holbeine. To which is prefix'd, Erasmus's Epistle to Sir Thomas More, and an account of H. Holbeine's pictures, etc. and where to be seen, London: J. Woodward, 1709, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 engraved illustrations to 28 plates and four illustrations to text, title page with early signature Wm. Wyce(?), some light dust-soiling and occasional damp stains throughout, contemporary panelled calf, morocco reback with gilt and blind decoration, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, Bailey (Nathan), An Universal Etymological English Dictionary, 2nd edition, with large additions, London: E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth [& others], 1724, old ink spot to a4, contemporary blind panelled calf, upper board detached, lacking title label to spine and with wear at head & foot, board edges worn, 8vo,Shakespeare (William), The Works of Shakespear in Nine Volumes. With a Glossary. Carefully printed from the Oxford Edition in Quarto, 1744, 9 volumes, London: J. & P. Knapton, S. Birt, T. Longman [& others], 1751, engraved portrait frontispiece to first volume, imprint to volumes 2-8 dated 1750, ownership inscription to front free pastedowns 'Messrs. Brown & Stockhouse, Stainforth, 1796' and first volume with manuscript provenance note to front free endpaper 'these volumes were formerly in the possession of the Ingleby family at Lawkland Hall, William Addison 1931', contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, rubbed with some title labels lacking, 12mo,Malden (Henry), An Account of King's College-Chapel, in Cambridge ..., including a Character of Henry VI and a Short History of the Foundation of his two Colleges, King's and Eton..., Cambridge: printed for the author, by Fletcher & Hodson, 1769, etched portrait frontispiece and single engraved plate, front free endpaper with ownership 'T. Kerrich M.C.C. 1800', contemporary dutch gilt floral wrappers, spine worn, 8vo, plus other 18th and early 19th century antiquarian, including a defective and worn copy of [Dodsley, Robert, compiler], The Preceptor: containing a general course of Education: Wherein the first principles of polite learning are laid down in a way most suitable for trying the genius, and advancing the instruction of youth, 2 volumes, London: R. Dodsley, 1748, 32 engraved plates and maps (of 33), many torn with loss, heavy dust-soiling and fraying particularly to plates, title with the ownership inscription of the literary critic and author Rose of Kilravock (1747-1815) and with her armorial bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo (this work contained contributions by Samuel Johnson)QTY: (23)

Cassini (Jean-Dominique, Comte de, 1748-1845). Extrait des Observations Astronomiques et Physiques faites par ordre de Sa Majesté, a l'Observatoire Royale, en année 1785. Sous le Ministere de M. le Baron de Breteuil. M. le Comte de Cassini, Directeur. Ms de Villeneuve & Ruelle, Elèves, 1st edition, Paris, De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1786, front blank, title, viii + 24pp., with contemporary manuscript errata slip in brown ink pasted to inside rear wrapper, at end, untrimmed, original marbled wrappers, worn with some soiling and fraying, slim 4to, together with:Cook (James), A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by command of His Majesty for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore in the years 1776, 7, 8, 9 and 80, 4 volumes, Perth: Printed by R. Morison, junr., for R. Morison and Son, 1785, engraved portrait frontispiece and title to volume 1, 22 engraved plates (few with short tears), volumes 2 & 3 titles with adhesive tape at gutter, adhesive tape to hinges, contemporary calf, rebacked, board edges worn and showing, 8vo,Opie (John), Lectures on Painting, delivered at the Royal Academy of Arts..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1809, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 10 etched portrait plates (some in sepia), offsetting and some browning, contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt decorated spine, worn, 4to, plus a defective copy of Calamy (Edmund), The Farewell Sermons of the late London Ministers, Preached August 17th, 1662, by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [and others], London, 1662QTY: (7)NOTE:Jean-Dominique Cassini IV (1748-1845) was the fourth generation of the Cassini family to engage in important astronomical work as director of the Paris Observatory, his great-grandfather being Giovanni Domenico Cassini (or Jean Dominique after he was granted French citizenship, 1625-1712), who discovered four of Jupiter's moons, and correctly identified the rings of Saturn as divided into two parts (the 'Cassini Division'). Cassini IV, as the younger Cassini is known, set up a perpetual course of observations at the Royal Observatory in Paris, with the assistance of three students (Jacques Perny de Villeneuve, Nicolas-Antoine Nouet and Alexandre Ruelle) who worked under his direction from 1785, taking turns continuously day and night; their observations were drawn up, calculated and published each year in the form of a report inserted in the Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. 100 separately-issued copies of each extract were distributed to fellow astronomers across Europe (this copy presumably one of these). See Charles Wolf, Histoire de l'Observatoire de Paris de sa fondation à 1793, Paris, 1902, pp. 265-269).

Almanacks. The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1814 ... Containing new improvements in arts and sciences, and many entertaining particulars: designed for the use and diversion of the fair sex. The hundred- & -eleventh Almanack published of this kind, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. Adlard, [1814], title in red & black with woodcut illustration and faint duty stamp, edges untrimmed, original wrappers stitched as issued, 12mo, together with, The Ladies' Diary: or, Woman's Almanack, for the year of our Lord 1826, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by J. and C. Adlard, [1826], title in red & black with woodcut illustration and faint duty stamp, occasional contemporary annotations, some finger-soiling, edges untrimmed, original wrappers stitched as issued with contemporary writing to covers, 12mo,Moore (Francis), Vox Stellarum; or, a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption 1820..., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, by G. Woodfall, [1820], title in red & black and with duty stamp, few woodcut illustrations, light spotting, original printed wrappers stitched as issued, dust-soiled, 12mo, plus similar almanacks for 1823 and 1824, in original printed wrappers, 12mo,Miniature Almanacks, Smith's Miniature Almanack for 1825..., Dublin: Brett Smith, [1825], duty stamp to title, manuscript notes to front pastedown, all edges gilt, original salmon pink plain wrappers, light wear, 24mo (7 x 4 cm), and The Princess Royal's Almanack, for (Leap) 1856 (Year), London: Kent & Co, [1856], original violet-blue printed wrappers, marked, 24mo (6.3 x 3.5 cm)QTY: (7)

Heraldry. A manuscript volume by Agnes Lambert of armorials and charges etc., 1863, illuminated title 'Heraldry, Agnes Lambert 2nd Class Course of Studies, Convent of the Holy Child Jesus, St. Leonards Sea, 1863', 27 leaves of illuminated armorials, ordinaries, sub-ordinaries, charges, hatchments, coronets & regalia etc., followed by three leaves of tables at rear, some offsetting, ownership label of Pamela and Raymond Lister to upper pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary dark green morocco, initials A.L. to upper board, extremities rubbed, oblong 8vo (15.5 x 22 cm), together with:Album. An album notebook containing manuscript verse, anecdotes and few mounted prints, early 19th century, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco, hinged brass clasp, covers scuffed, 8vo,Walton (Izaak). His Wallet Booke, London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, 1885, numerous hand-coloured woodcut illustrations, blank leaves to rear headed 'fysshe stories', some light toning and offsetting, original captioned pocket to front and rear pastedowns, original pictorial vellum gilt with ties, rubbed and marked, 8vo,Cobbett (William), Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex..., Norfolk, and Hertfordshire..., 1st edition, London: William Cobbett, 1830, some toning and scattered spotting, armorial bookplate of Rt. Hon. Earl of Haddington to upper pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, joints cracked and light wear, 8vo,Charlton (W.H.), Burghley. The life of William Cecil, Lord Burghley..., Stamford: W. Langley, 1847, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved title, three plates and one folding pedigree, scattered spotting, top edge gilt, late 19th/early 20th century red half morocco by Bumpus, 8voQTY: (approx. 30)

Browne (Alexander). Ars Pictoria; Or an Academy Treating of Drawing, Painting, Limning and Etching, 1st edition, London: J. Redmayne, 1669, engraved portrait frontispiece, 30 engraved plates (complete), mostly by Arnold de Jode, small library stamp to title and lower outer corner of each plate, verso of title with manuscript library number, light damp stain to gutter margin of title and lower margins of initial few leaves, some light spotting, minor marginal tears and dust-soiling, front free endpaper with early signature Wm. Beauchamp and later signature of William Goddaire dated 1827 (repair to upper outer corner), modern calf-backed cloth, library blind-stamp to upper board, joints rubbed and scuffed, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Wing B5097.Alexander Browne (d. 1706) was a miniature painter and auctioneer and one of the first publishers of mezzotints. He was variously a 'practitioner of the art of limning' (although none of his paintings or miniatures survives or can be identified); a drawing master (to Mrs Pepys among others); a colourman; the author of drawing manuals (the first in 1660) and of a treatise on art (Ars Pictoria, 1669); an art auctioneer (conducting sales later at his own premises in Gerrard Street, Soho), and a print publisher and printseller. His shop at 'ye Blew Balcony' in Little Queen Street near Lincolns Inn Fields would have contained quantities of prints, books and artists' materials. After Browne died in 1706 his widow quickly sold his collections at auction.

Fish (Anne Harriet, illustrator). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London: John Lane, 1922, 20 colour plates, heightened in gold and silver, slight toning to half title and last leaf, original cloth-backed decorative boards, edges slightly rubbed, 4to, together with Keynes (Geoffrey, editor). The Writings of William Blake, 3 volumes, plus The Life of William Blake, by Mona Wilson, Nonesuch Press, 1925-27, monochrome illustrations, a little light spotting, original vellum-backed boards, some toning to spines, 4to, limited edition 276/1500 & 506/1480, plus Morris (William). A Book of Verse. A facsimile of the manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Scolar Press, 1980, original cloth-backed boards, accompanying notes and prospectus (with Blackwell's bookshop red ink stamp) loose, all contained in original solander box, 4to, limited edition 263/300, with others including The Wind in the Willows, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1950, Laurence Housman's A Farm in Fairyland, 1894 (a bright copy), Eleanor Farjeon's Nursery Rhymes of London Town, 1916, and More Nursery Rhymes of London Town, 1917 (with inscription from the author dated 1925), Walter Crane, Alison Uttley etcQTY: (20)

Bossoli (Carlo, 1815-1884). Sebastopol, as seen from the Northern Fort, [and] The Monastery of St George, 1856, a pair of coloured lithographs, 25 x 38 cm & 20 x 28 cm respectively, the second image trimmed to margin with contemporary manuscript caption mounted beneath, both framed and glazedQTY: (2)NOTE:From The Beautiful Scenery and Chief Places of Interest throughout the Crimea: From Paintings by Carlo Bossoli, London: Day & Son, 1856.Lots 20-36, which mostly concern the Crimean War of 1853-56 and include direct reportage on the war, are being sold in aid of Ukrainian journalism in the current war in Ukraine, the funds donated to journalists located with the support of British-Ukrainian Aid (Charity Registered in England and Wales 1164472).

Pictures and Prints - a collection of twelve Medieval illuminated manuscript prints, each approx. 36.5cm x 25.5cm, all mounted and framed

STATUE DE MANJUVARA ET PRAJNAPARAMITA EN ALLIAGE DE CUIVRE DORÉNÉPAL, DATÉ 1779 APR. J.-C.The back of the base has a dedicatory inscription dated Samvat 899 corresponding to 1779 CE.Himalayan Art Resources item no. 4854 32.5 cm (12 3/4 in.) high Footnotes:A GILT COPPER ALLOY FIGURE OF MANJUVARA AND PRAJNAPARAMITANEPAL, DATED 1779 CE尼泊爾 1779年（據銘文） 銅鎏金文殊金剛及般若波羅蜜多像Provenance:With Claude de Marteau, Brussels, by 1970s Identified by the sword and manuscript he brandishes in his primary hands, Manjuvara is a three-headed and six-armed tantric form of Manjushri. Seated in royal ease (lalitasana), he is joined in blissful union by his diminutive female consort, Prajnaparamita, who embodies the sutra of the same name. Here, she comfortably mirrors her consort's seated pose as she pinches the stem of a blue lily in the gesture of teaching (vitarka-mudra). The bronze's inscription, translates to: 'May it be good: The third of the bright half of Phalgun, in the year 899 (ca. February 1779 CE) was the day on which (this) statue of Mahamanjushri, made in their own names by Chikidhikara Vajracarya and his wife Jaya Lakshmi, residing in Dharmadahtu Mahavihara of the great city of Shankapura, (Mod: Sankhu) was consecrated. May it be good.' Bonhams is grateful to Ian Alsop for his assistance with translating the inscription. This consecration by husband-and-wife donors supports a more romantic interpretation of the divine couple, as Dr. Pal observes, 'when Prajnaparamita holds a blue lotus, the book placed on it is the Kamasastra, the manual of physical desire rather than the lofty Paramita treatise. Curiously, Manjushri is sometimes identified specifically with Kama, god of desire' (Pal,Asian Art At the Norton Simon Museum, vol. 2, 2003, p. 96, no. 62). Although relatively slimmer in proportion than their Early Malla counterparts, images from the Late Malla period are often adorned with elaborate, flaming aureoles to stress the cosmic power of their respective deities. Examples of Manjuvara-Prajnaparamita pairs that share this double-layered arch can be found in von Schroeder, Indo-Tibetan Bronzes, 1981, pp. 389, 391 & 392, nos. 106F, 107F & 108C.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach, German (1793-1879) Two original watercolours of Australian Birds: * A Transylvania Waterstone, * A Platycerus Flaviventris,  with manuscript inscriptions, both from the series of drawings prepared for Reichenbach's Great Work in which he attempted to illustrate every bird in the world, the work ran to fourteen volumes between 1845 - 1862, mounted and with uniform frames, each 28cms x 22cms). (2)

[J.] Watkins, Bath, c. 1810  Silhouette: Miniature, "Portrait of Revd. H. Connor," Signed, oval approx. 8cms x 6.5cms, in original black frame with brass rim. Inscribed on reverse, and with manuscript label, "Mrs. A. No. 7". (1) Provenance:  Anderson Family, Grace Dieu, Waterford.

A COLLECTION OF 1930s AND LATER TELEGRAM FORMS with designs by Rex Whistler, Eric Fraser, Biro, Edward Ardizzone, Alan Sorrell and others, with a manuscript letter from Henry Irving

A William IV duet music stand,early to mid 19th century, with an adjustable reeded column support on a triform base,43cm wide45cm deep130cm high approximatelyProvenance: The Gordon Gridley Collection, London.Restoration to X frame manuscript supports, replacement pieces fitted, finial and candle sconces lacking vacant holes visible to either side, light knocks, scratches and cosmetic wear throughout. Restored split to one side.

Steiff 2005 Howard Musical bear 662133, 2008 Teddy bear Scrapbook 420009 and 2006 Mozart (missing quill and manuscript) 657108. All boxed with certficates.

(Natural history, entomology), a packet containing a quantity of 19th Century well executed pen, ink & watercolour drawings of various insects, and with corresponding manuscript notes, circa 1827, approximately 40 drawings in total including various beetles, butterflies, moths, caterpillars, flies, coleoptera, lepidoptera, diptera etc, some drawings on single pages, many on folding leaves with [2] or [3]pp manuscript notes facing and/or verso, paper mainly hallmarked 1827 and several pages with small blindstamps to corners

A 19th Century album of manuscript and engraved piano music, manuscript pencil name and dated 1835 at front, the first 11 leaves being neatly executed manuscript pen & ink music, the rest of the album engraved music from various 19th Century publishers, including two series of quadrilles etc by Alessandro Favier, Florence, 32 leaves in all, two decorative engraved title pages; three series music from various operas by Henry Kohler, three title pages etc, oblong 4to, sympathetically rebound quarter morocco, marbled paper covered boards, retaining original red morocco leather gilt label "Miss J. Flower" to front cover

(Cookery), Mrs Dalgairns: 'The Practice of Cookery, adapted to the Business of Every Day Life', Edinburgh, Robert Cadell, 1836, 6th edition, xxxvi,468pp, old cloth backed boards, printed paper label to spine; James Wallace: 'The Confectioner's Guide', London, 1826, 12mo, original printed paper covered boards (worn), later rebacked cloth; William Kitchiner: 'The Cook's Oracle', London, Houlston, 1860, new edition, 424pp, original cloth gilt; Eliza Acton: 'Modern Cookery', London, Longman et al, 1860, revised and enlarged, engraved frontis + 7 full page engraved plates + ills in text throughout, 643 + 24pp ads at end, original cloth gilt, a better than usual copy; Mrs Mary Eaton: 'The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery', Bungay, 1823, half title, frontis, engraved title and printed title supplied in facsimile, v-488pp (original), pp489-495 of index also supplied in facsimile, 3 original engraved plates present (foxing/toning to leaves), handsomely rebound quarter calf gilt; Beatrice A. Vieyra: 'Culinary Art Sparklets', Madras, Vest & Co, 1915, xlix,364,2,xx,[4]pp, old cloth backed paper covered boards; Mrs Isabella Beeton: 'The Book of Household Management', L, Ward Lock, 1893, new edition, folding coloured frontis + 12 coloured plates (of which 1 folding), original calf backed boards gilt; 'Arcana Fairfaxiana manuscripta : a manuscript volume of apothecaries' lore and housewifery nearly three centuries old / used, and partly written by the Fairfax family ; reproduced in fac-similie of the handwritings ; an introduction by George Weddell.', Newcastle Upon Tyne, Mawson et al, 1890, ex Repton School library, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked retaining backstrip; plus other (9)

A small collection of manuscript material, including circa late 19th/early 20th album of m/s cookery receipts, recipes include ginger cream, almond cakes, devil mixture, poor mans goose, claret cup, savory custard for soup, mullagatawny soup, diplomatic pudding, macaroni croquettes, etc etc, contemporary black leather gilt, front cover gilt lettered "Daniel Owens, Draper, Grocer, Tea Dealer, Flour & Provision Factor, Pontyberem";; an album of manuscript horse veterinary related symptoms/remedies circa 1822, approx 20 pages of manuscript entries, contemporary calf; album with m/s title at front "The Pharmacopoeia of the Royal Veterinary College London", numerous m/s pages of entries of medicinal drugs, contemporary calf (12 x 10cm); Edwardian album of pen & ink and pencil sketches, m/s prose & poetry etc; circa late 19th/early 20th album of m/s cookery receipts, recipes include ginger cream, almond cakes, devil mixture, poor mans goose, claret cup, savory custard for soup, mullagatawny soup, diplomatic pudding, macaroni croquettes, etc etc, contemporary black leather gilt, front cover gilt lettered "Daniel Owens, Draper, Grocer, Tea Dealer, Flour & Provision Factor, Pontyberem"; plus another small album of m/s cookery receipts of similar age, contemp. printed wraps (worn) and 1 other (6)

(Manuscript Cookery receipts), a circa early 19th Century commonplace album containing manuscript extracts of prose etc, plus approximately 50 pages of m/s cookery recipe entries, including preserved green gages; raspberry vinegar; damson pie; almond fagots; ginger wine; rhubarb wine; brandy cherries; Brighton biscuits; coffee cakes; Bath buns; pickled mushrooms; potted lobster; potted beef; potted herrings; bachelors cake, etc, plus one or two medical/domestic receipts etc, earlier 19th Century decorative crimson morocco gilt (slightly worn), brass locking clasp, all edges gilt

A 19th Century Manuscript receipt book containing approximately 110 pages of manuscript cookery entries, recipes include French moles; yellow flummery; lump gingerbread; Dr Abernethe's biscuits; Yorkshire cakes; egg wine; shank jelly; snow cake; military pudding; swiss roll; pickled spanish onions; southport pudding, etc etc, ownership inscription at front "Jane Wright, Harleston, May 19th 1842", the receipts in various hands, some dated 1854 & 1855, several signed by the various contributors, some at end appear later, one dated 1917, 19th Century blindstamped roan binding (slightly worn)

Plutarch: 'The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea...', London, Richard Field, 1612[-1610], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1244,[31]pp, wood engraved headpiece portraits within ornamental borders throughout, title page close trimmed and laid down on a later blank leaf, 2 preliminary leaves and first leaf of text provided in facsimile (A3,A4 & pp1/2), final leaf of table [pp31] with wood engraved colophon and laid down on blue paper (not recent), separate printed title page for 'The lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus', with imprint Richard Field, 1610, continuous pagination, pp1244 with wood engraved colophon and manuscript inscription beneath "Henry Marsham Serjeant in the Western Battalion of the Norfolk Militia Inlisted in the year 1759", folio, full calf (circa 18th/19th Century). A scarce edition of Plutarch's important work, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD, a biography of famous Greeks and Romans

Adam Smith: 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', Edinburgh, Silvester Doig & Andrew Stirling, 1811, 5th edition, 3 volumes, contemporary calf gilt (very worn), gilt arms of Trinity College, Dublin, on covers, and Trinity College Dublin engraved prize bookplates to front pastedowns, these with manuscript pen & ink details of the recipient and m/s dated 1814, marbled end papers and page edges. A fifth edition set of Adam Smith's magnum opus, first published in 1776, is the foundation of modern economic thought and remains the single most important account of the rise of, and the principles behind, modern capitalism (3)

Manuscript album of comic tales and cartoons by one J.H.Wardle (?James Hood Wardle of Nottingham, 1809-1895). The album of limp cloth 20 X 26 cms. Pp 40. Text in ink, cartoons in ink and pencil.

(Africa, Malawi), a collection of 13 photograph albums circa 1920s from the estate of Sir Charles Calvert Bowring (1872-1945), British colonial administrator, mainly in Kenya, later Governor and Commander in Chief of the Nyasaland Protectorate from 1923 to 1929, seven of the photograph albums each with numerous black & white photos of Nyasaland (present day Malawi), including two albums of 96 photos together, individually numbered to mount, with corresponding contemporary manuscript numbered list of images contained therein, and a contemporary typed copy loosely inserted, images include floods on the Lower Shire River; A Stern-wheeler; Port Herald; Chiromo; Zoa Falls, Ruo River, in dry season and during rains (2); various images Mlanje incl. picking tea; Meuri Lyons' tea factory; cricket ground; Cholo incl. Mount Mlanje from Cholo; temporary bridge, Nswadze River; Blantyre incl. Church of Scotland manse and church; Sisal factory; Cotton field, Mwanza; Blantyre-Salisbury Road, Mwanza; Chikwawa incl. Shire highlands from Mitali; numerous Zomba, incl. Tennis courts, Government House; Sir Alan Cobham flying over Zomba; the Lion Rock; Zomba mountain road; views from Zomba mountain; numerous others Zomba, Upper Shire, South Nyasa, Kota Kota, Neheu, Dedza, Lilongwe, Dowa, Fort Manning, Mzimba, etc etc; plus five other albums each with approx 40/50 photos each of similar scenes in Nyasaland, images include topographical and architectural scenes, formal events and parades, cricket, horse riding, African soldiers, farming, priests, Governor's house, motorcars on roads, touring/pic-nics, river crossings, mountain scenes, native tribes, groups of children, cattle, etc, Sir Charles Bowring appears to be in some images; the six other albums appear to depict Bowring and wider family travelling continentally by ship, various places, and in UK and Europe, seaside family photos, wedding photos etc, each with approx 40 photos per album, the albums all contemporary green cloth, mainly with small Army & Navy Photographic Dept. Westminster tickets to rear pastedowns. Provenance: from the estate of Sir Charles Calvert Bowring, and by descent (13)

Manuscript. Legal Documents. Conveyance and Title Deeds relating to land/property in Kendal and environs. Both paper and vellum examples. Twelve are 19th century, eight are 18th century and one from the 17th century.

Railways/Engineering. Compound Locomotive Engines, Worsdell and Von Borries' System. London: 1887. Some manuscript accounting sheets relating to locomotive engine repairs at Gateshead (1899) bound in at rear. (1)

An original short manuscript by Robert Browning, titled, Instructions for Riding. Unsigned, provenance, The Robert Browning Settlement collection.

THREE INDO-PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAVES,decorated with figural scenes in watercolour and gilt heightened, inscribed in nastaliq, mounted, framed and under glass, the largest 39cm x 28.5cm overall (3)

TWO INDIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAVES,decorated with figural scenes in watercolours and further gilt heightened, the first depicting the Mughal Emperor Auran Gazeb, both mounted, framed and under glass, the first and slightly larger measuring 42.5cm x 29.5cm overall (2)

TWO INDO-PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAVES,decorated in watercolours with figural scenes and further gilt heightened, along with a further illustration depicting a couple on flying carpet above Constantinople, all mounted, framed and under glass, the slightly larger 37.5cm x 26.5cm (3)

13th Century French - Biblia Sacra illuminated manuscript page, 18 x 13cms; and another 13th Century illuminated manuscript page, 14 x 8cms, each in a gilt frame. (2)

Housman (Laurence) The Cloak of Friendship, first edition, with A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, discussing his sister Clemence's new book, and regretting missing an invitation, presentation inscription from the author with his initials to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, uncut, original decorative cloth, lightly soiled, 1905; and 5 others by Housman, 4to & 8vo (6)⁂ A good group of Housman books, with an interesting manuscript letter from the author: "I am sorry that circumstances are against my coming on Saturday, not that I should have got any talk with you at all, but the subject and the speaker are both good, and I should have probably joined in the rampage. For I am very gone on the decay of the West, and believe that salvation though it "cometh neither from east and from the west and yet from the south" will come on the breath of an east wind and that in the process much of our western civilization will be blown inside out..." October 19th, 1905.

Ishiguro (Kazuo) The Buried Giant, one of 200 copies, signed by the author, original boards with circle cut-out, 2015, with two facsimile manuscript pages, loose in portfolio, both items together in presentation cloth slipcase, gilt; The Buried Giant, first edition, signed by the author on title, original boards, dust-jacket, 2015; Never Let Me Go, one of a limited edition signed by the author, first edition, original cloth, dust-jacket, presentation slipcase with illustration overlay to upper cover, sealed in original cellophane wrapping, 2005, overall in fine condition; and 3 other first editions by the same, 8vo (6)

N. Crook, three calligraphic manuscript poems on vellum, signed and dated 1992/1993/1994, 'Tremble Mortals at my Name', 'Roseheart' and 'Unawares' (framed)

An 1884 manuscript volume of English history, geography, poetry etc.

Maharajah Ranjit Singh on horseback with attendants and sepoys Punjab, Lahore, probably from the workshop of Imam Bakhsh Lahori, circa 1830-40gouache and gold on paper, orange and pink borders 289 x 228 mm.Footnotes:Maharajah Ranjit Singh was known as a natural horseman and his love of horses was legendary. He expended considerable sums to maintain a large stable of Arabian thoroughbreds. It was a common saying that the price of the entire city of Lahore was equal to the cost of the Sikh king's horses.The two soldiers that form part of the guard in this painting are men of the infantry, an arm of the Fauj-i-ain or regular army. The Maharajah's meritocratic character and pragmatic approach towards realising his ambitions in the early days of his empire-building career led him to create a modern army made up of all manner of warrior tribes and nations. Hindu Gurkhas, Biharis and Oriyas, as well as Muslim Punjabis and Pathans, were skilfully blended together with the Sikhs to form 19th Century Asia's most formidable fighting force. While his generals were all members of Punjab's new nobility, the men were drilled and marshalled by several dozen foreigners. They included former Napoleonic generals and English deserters from the ranks of the East India Company. Along with Italian, American, Spanish, German, Irish and Greek soldiers of fortune, all contributed to the new army's uniquely cosmopolitan fusion of military cultures. Taking the regular infantry as an example, Ranjit Singh made sure he hand-picked each man. These recruits would be drilled using French words of command.In this Europeanised army, each soldier was given a red jacket every two years. These jackets had a lion, an elephant or a panther on the right sleeve to designate the regiment. Superior officers had no uniformity in their dress. According to General Court (one of the French officers in the Punjab), 'many wore Brandenburg jackets embellished with gold or silver, and an odd cut, poorly imitated from our hussar uniforms'.The painter Imam Bakhsh (active circa 1825–45) was employed by the Sikh nobility but produced commissions for Claude Auguste Court and Jean Baptiste Ventura, French and Italian generals in Ranjit Singh's army. In 1838, General Ventura had French artist Alfred de Dreux paint a large oil painting based on a similar equestrian portrait of the Maharajah by Imam Bakhsh to present to King Louis-Philippe of France (Musée du Louvre Inv. 4096). In 1841 Imam Bakhsh painted another comparable equestrian portrait of Maharajah Ranjit Singh for General Court (Musee Guimet BG 399756).The present composition is closely connected with an illustrated folio (f. 284a) in a manuscript in the Royal Ontario Museum (and sold in these rooms, Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 28th April 2005, lot 115) of the Ain-i-Akbari (Chronicles of Emperor Akbar), Lahore, 1822, which shows Ranjit Singh riding, a parasol above him, surrounded by attendants. The Maharajah sits in an almost identical riding posture, holding a kerchief, and the three men behind the Maharajah and his mount are portrayed in the same poses (other figures are different).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

JESUS, Frei Rafael de, O.S.B.- CASTRIOTO | LVSITANO | PARTE I. | ENTREPRESA, E RESTAVRAÇAÕ | de Pernambuco; & das Capitanias Confinantes. VARIOS, E BELLICOS SVCCESSOS CASTRIOTO | ENTRE PORTUGUEZES, E BELGAS. | ACONTECIDOS PELLO DISCURSO DE VINTE E QUATRO ANNOS, E |, tirados de noticias, relações, & memorias certas.- Lisboa: Na Impressaõ de Antonio Craesbeeck de Mello, 1679.- [18], 701, [47] p.: 1 portada grav.; 27 cm.- E. Original edition of a work based on the manuscript of «Historia da Guerra de Pernambuco e feitos memoraveis do Mestre de Campo João Fernandes Vieira», by Diogo Lopes Santiago, which was only published in 1875-1880. In fact, it is a compliment by Vieira, nicknamed Castrioto in allusion to the hero and Albanian king George Castrioto, a very popular figure in Portugal at the time. The author (1640-1693), a Benedictine monk, born in Guimarães, was the chief chronicler of the Kingdom, responsible for writing the seventh part of the «Monarquia Lusitana». The volume retains, at the beginning, the copperplate print title, with the portrait of the biographer, a little cropped and handled. Copy slightly cropped, with oval stamp (initials J.F.J.B.) on the type title page; occasional minor worm holes and light stains, especially on the margins. Restorations on the last four sheets of the Index. Binding from the 20th century, with leather spine. Inocêncio, VII, p. 48. Samodães, 1632. Borba de Moraes, p. 427 (rare). Auvermann, 1062.

MANUSCRITO.- Ascendencia y genealogia de D. Andres & D. Manuel Raposo Aguilar y Cueto Hermanos.- Século XVII (1683). [4, 84] f.; 30 cm.- E., 17th century genealogical manuscript, consisting of four initial sheets of parchment that contain five full-page miniatures: a representation of Christ crucified; another of Our Lady of the Assumption; a card with the inscription EKA | D[E] ANDR[E]S | [&] MANVEL | RAPOSSº, AG[U] | ILAR, Y QVETO; a coat of arms of the Aguilar y Cueto family; a family tree. There follow seven sheets with notarial documents and an extensive historical-genealogical description of the family (77 f.). This last document is dated Seville, 10 September 1683. At the end, a scribe's signature and a large plaque seal. Full crimson velvet binding, non-contemporary, with two silver clasps. Volume packed in a protective canvas box.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'White Giant: A Chronicle of Love.'A lot of three folders comprising of written works which form Berlin's 1967 unpublished novel 'White Giant'. The lot includes a typescript with handwritten annotations and a hand-drawn map all bound in a folder titled 'The White Giant. Sven Berlin'. Dated 1967-77. A Handwritten manuscript titled, 'Out of The Giant's Thigh. A Chronicle of Love by Sven Berlin'. Signed and dated 1967.Along with the two written works, there is a portfolio folder which is also titled 'The Giant's Thigh. A Chronicle of Love' and is also signed and dated 1967. Also with the portfolio is a small notebook titled 'Giant: Notes'.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'NOAH'A collection of texts and loose drawings.The lot is made up of five folders, all related to Berlin's 1966 unpublished novel. Included is the original handwritten manuscript titled 'The Drunkenness of Noah', signed and dated at the beginning '15 Feb 1965' and at the end, 'Finished 24 Jan 1966'. A second folder is titled 'The Drunkeness of Noah. Meditations In A Courtyard. Notes.' which contains loose notes regarding the 'Winter' chapter of the novel (the earliest notes date back to 1939), there is also an early pencil drawing included 'Boy with a Shell', dated '39. The third folder is titled 'NOAH. Miscellaneous Pages', and includes a number of pages taken from the '1st Typescript' with handwritten annotations. The last folder is titled 'NOAH t.s'.Also included in the lot is a collection of six loose drawings, also exploring the theme of 'NOAH'. One of which is signed by Berlin, all are undated.'NOAH' is one of Berlin's unpublished novels. Some of the text was included in 'The Flight of The Dragonfly: A Set of Short Stories', another of Berlin's other unpublished texts in 1983.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'The Dark Monarch' and 'The Disturbance In The West'The lot consists of numerous pieces of handwritten and typed text. The first is a stapled piece of handwritten text titled 'Notes on The Dark Monarch', through this text Berlin discusses his reasons for writing 'The Dark Monarch' and his thoughts on the work after it was published. The second piece of text is titled 'The Man in Sackcloth', this is a piece of text where Berlin explores his first encounters with Cornwall, his thoughts on Alfred Wallis and the Abstract Movement. The folder titled, 'Disturbance in The West', contains numerous handwritten notes and lists relevant to the book. Also included within the lot are two covers of folders, one titled 'Dark Monarch 1st Typescript. Sven Berlin' and another titled 'Disturbance in The West. Original Manuscript Used in Part Two. 1943-1983', alongside an empty notebook with Berlin's monogram.'The Disturbance In The West' (1945-1984), was an earlier novel of Berlin's and was unsuccessful in being published. The book explores Cornwall after the war. Much of the material which makes up the unpublished novel, was later used by Berlin to form 'The Dark Monarch', which speaks of similar themes, in Berlin's usual style of autobiographical fiction. 'The Dark Monarch' was originally published in 1962, and after being withdrawn just days after, the book was later republished in 2009 by Berlin's wife Julia, after his death.

SVEN BERLIN (1911-1999)'Disturbance in the West'Manuscript (complete)Photocopy of typed manuscript with hand written annotations contained within a ringbound folder, 196 pages.Note: Disturbance in the West, 1985. Originally commissioned by Tambimutu (publisher of The Dark Monarch) the project collapsed when his finances failed. This is an account of Cornwall and the Scillies between 1945 and 1985, based upon notebooks kept in 1945. Portions used in Virgo in Exile, Coat of Many Colours and The Distance is Starlight. Set in the same period as The Dark Monarch. The artist John Wells spoke the words of the title to Sven Berlin, anticipating the St Ives artists split into traditional and modernist factions.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'The Violet Man'Two folders relating to Berlin's 1979 unpublished novel 'The Violet Man'. One, an original typescript with handwritten annotations, signed and dated 1977-78. The other, titled 'The Violet Man. Original Manuscript Written 1974', is handwritten and signed by Berlin. Also included in the lot is a folder titled 'No Man is My Man', which contains a number of loose pages of handwritten text.Size of folder: 32 x 25cm

SVEN BERLIN (1911-1999)'Disturbance in the West' 'An Experience in Time 1945-1985'Unbound typed manuscript with hand written annotations in blue pen, pages numbered in red, 196 pages.Together with correspondance between Berlin and various publishers regarding his book 'Disturbance in the West'Written between December 1983 and October 1984.Letters from: William Kaufman, Phillip Ziegler of Collins Publishers and David Burnett of Victor Gollancz Ltd, plus Sven's letters to, and his replies.Note: Disturbance in the West, 1985. Originally commissioned by Tambimutu (publisher of The Dark Monarch) the project collapsed when his finances failed. This is an account of Cornwall and the Scillies between 1945 and 1985, based upon notebooks kept in 1945. Portions used in Virgo in Exile, Coat of Many Colours and The Distance is Starlight. Set in the same period as The Dark Monarch. The artist John Wells spoke the words of the title to Sven Berlin, anticipating the St Ives artists split into traditional and modernist factions.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999) 'Fields of Fire'Two folders containing typescript and manuscript material. The first folder, titled 'Fields of Fire 1975-79.TS Spare Copies' contains numerous pages of poetry typescript. The second folder, titled 'Fields of Fire. Original MSS. 1975-78', and contains the original manuscript of the unpublished text.

SVEN BERLIN (1911-1999)'Disturbance in the West'Manuscript (complete)Photocopy of typed manuscript with hand written annotations contained within a ringbound folder, 206 pages.Note: Disturbance in the West, 1985. Originally commissioned by Tambimutu (publisher of The Dark Monarch) the project collapsed when his finances failed. This is an account of Cornwall and the Scillies between 1945 and 1985, based upon notebooks kept in 1945. Portions used in Virgo in Exile, Coat of Many Colours and The Distance is Starlight. Set in the same period as The Dark Monarch. The artist John Wells spoke the words of the title to Sven Berlin, anticipating the St Ives artists split into traditional and modernist factions.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)A selection of poetry manuscripts.The lot comprises three folders. The first, titled '1996-97. Poems of Inner & Outer Experience', which contains a large number of Berlin's unpublished poetry manuscript material. The majority of which display Berlin's monogram. The second folder, contains a number of handwritten poems dated 1991. The final folder, titled 'Rough Paper for MS Notes', contains a selection of handwritten unpublished poetry.

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'Spectre'Two unpublished manuscripts and a folder of correspondences with Berlin's publisher Anthony Dent of Gallery Press LTD, dated 1961.'Spectre' is one of Berlin's many semi-autobiographical texts. Here he speaks of his mother and father's life prior to his birth, and of his early life in London. He recalls the financial hardships his family faced and his first encounters with the practice of drawing; inspired by a visit to the National Gallery. Similar to that of his other texts, Berlin uses pseudonyms in replacement of his family members' names.First Draft signed and dated January 1972. Final Manuscript signed and dated January 1973, whilst Berlin was living on the Isle of Wight with his third wife Julia.'Spectre' although unpublished, is part of Berlin's collection of semi-autobiographical texts named 'The Dome of Glass'. With five texts included in this collection, (Spectre, Pride of the Peacock, I Am Lazarus, The Dark Monarch and Cold Eye), each text represents a chapter of Berlin's life that is characterised by different 'quests'. They exist individually as notable works, yet when together form a significant and complete image of Berlin. He writes - 'This work is conceived as a dome in which the pieces of experience - the coloured glass - are fitted, giving in the end an experience larger than itself. If one thinks of a whole personality as a tree growing under the dome of glass with roots deep in the universal mind the force is at once given as a growing organism reacting toward eternity.' Each book is a singular root of experience, which collectively form the tree (Berlin). 'Spectre' is said to be part one of the six 'roots', and is characterised by his 'Quest Through Innocence'.