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GEORGE BORROW: THE WORKS, ed Clement King Shorter with much hitherto unpublished manuscript, London, Constable, New York, Gabriel Wells, 1923-24, (775), 16 vols, "Norwich" edition, numbered, vol 1 with prospectus and order form loosely inserted, uncut, original blind stamped green cloth, spines gilt but dulled, all edges gilt (16)

ERIC GEORGE MILLAR: DESCRIPTION OF AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT OF THE THEBAID OF STATIUS NOW MS 76 IN THE LIBRARY OF A CHESTER BEATTY FSA, Oxford University Press, 1931, 1st edition, errata slip, 9 plates as called for, fo, original cloth

ROBERT FORBY: THE VOCABULARY OF EAST ANGLIA, AN ATTEMPT TO RECORD THE VULGAR TONGUE OF THE TWIN SISTER COUNTIES NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK AS IT EXISTED IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND STILL EXISTS WITH PROOF OF ITS ANTIQUITY FROM ETYMOLOGY AND AUTHORITY, London, J B Nichols & Son et al, 1830, 1st edition, 2 vols, engraved portfrontis (some foxing and offsetting), 12mo, later paper covered boards, manuscript, spine labels (2)

REV WILLIAM HENRY HENSLOWE, PERPETUAL CURATE OF WORMEGAY: 3 titles: THE PHONARTHRON OR NATURAL SYSTEM OF THE SOUNDS OF SPEECH, A TEST OF PRONUNCIATION FOR ALL LANGUAGES, ALSO THE PHONARITHMON, AND THE PHONODION, London, JGF and J Rivington 1840 1st edition, errata slip, subscribers list, signed and inscribed by authors father Edward Prentis Wenslowe to Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover dated July 1843, original cloth: WERMIGEY OR THE WEIR AMID THE WATER, A NORFOLK LEGEND OF THE BEGINNING OF THE WARS OF THE ROSES, Kings Lynn, Thew & Son 1865 1st edition, inscribed by author on title page '5 April 1865, first complete copy', ink annotations and corrections by the author, pencil annotations by his brother, further signed and inscribed to his brother, Frederick, disbound, old paper wraps, manuscript label 'unbound book... from Capt Henslow Hobart Town', 3 copies on COPAC: IN MEMORIAM CARISSIMAM, MY 'MARTYR' SON, OUR BLESSING AND OUR BLIGHT, OUR HOPE AND OUR DESPAIR, Kings Lynn, John C Bird [1883], 1st edition, original wraps, not on COPAC + HANNAH DOYLE OF CRIMPLESHAM, NORFOLK: A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF ISMENA WHITTAKER, OF SLIGO, IN IRELAND, DEDICATED TO HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS, London, A W Bennett 1860 1st edition, ownership signature of Rev William Henry Henslowe on title page with a few annotations by him, relevant autograph letter signed from author to Henslowe loosely inserted, original limp cloth gilt (4). From the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.

HORACE FRERE (ED): PEDIGREE OF THE FAMILY OF FRERE OF ROYDON IN NORFOLK AND FINNINGHAM IN SUFFOLK, NP, 1874, signed and inscribed by editor to his brother, Edward Hanbury Frere, some manuscript additions, 4to, contemporary plum morocco gilt rebacked, spine gilt in compartments, teg, bookplate of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor

PARTICULAR AND VALUATION OF THE SEVERAL ESTATES SITUATE WITHIN THE PARISH OF BEESTON NEXT MILEHAM IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK ALLOTTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE ENCLOSURE ACT IN 1814, double page manuscript pen and ink plan, 1814, and 72 manuscript pages, 4to, contemporary calf, boards detached

SETTLEMENT OF LETTON HALL AND OTHER ESTATES ON THE MARRIAGE OF ROBERT THORNHAGH GURDON [1ST BARON CRANWORTH] WITH MISS HARRIOTT ELLIN MILES, 1862, 36 manuscript vellum pages signed by the relevant personages, large fo, contemporary crimson morocco gilt scuffed + RE-SETTLEMENT OF THE LETTON HALL ESTATES ON THE MARRIAGE OF ROBERT THORNHAGH GURDON WITH MISS EMILY FRANCES HEATHCOTE 1874, 62 manuscript vellum pages, signed by the relevant personages, fo, contemporary black morocco gilt (2)

A RARE ROYAL VELLUM CONVEYANCE dated 27th October 1880 between His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Henry Pearson Gates (1st Mayor of Peterborough) of a messuage and land situate at Dersingham in the County of Norfolk, 2 membranes, the first with inset manuscript plan, the cost of purchase by Henry Pearson Gates was ú3,100, signed twice by HRH The Prince of Wales as Albert Edward, with further 2 signatures of Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, small hole in second membrane, just affecting text

Full title: A large Persian manuscript on paper depicting Mecca with the Ka'ba, 19th C.Description: Work: 56 x 55,5 cm Paper: 60,8 x 60,5 cm

Full title: An illuminated Persian manuscript on paper with red leather binding, Iran, 19th/20th C.Description: 8vo.

In the Manner of John Henry Campbell (1757 - 1829)ÿ "Wicklow Mountains from the Phoenix Park," sepia and watercolour, approx. 18cms x 26cms (7" x 10"), with contemporary manuscript note on mount, in gilt frame. (1)

In the Manner of Auguste Edouart (1789 - 1861) "Mr. Thomas Adams," & "J. Anderson Junior Esq.," silhouettes, mounted on Georgian green mounts with manuscript notes, each approx. 23cms x 17cms (10 1/2" x 7") with manuscript notes under each silhouette. (2)

George Du Maurier, Franco-British (1834 - 1896)ÿ "The Bishop to his Youngest and Favourite Son," pen and ink, with manuscript note insert, approx. 13cms x 20cms (5" x 8"), signed lower left, mounted and in hogarth type frame. (1)

Timothy B. Whitby, 20th Century English  "Minoru," O.O.C., depicting Jockey on chestnut horse with King Edward standing by," manuscript note on reverse, signed lower right, in heavy gilt frame. (1) * Minoru was the winner of the English Derby in 1909, he was ridden by H. Jones, trained by R. Marsh, and owned by H.M. King Edward VII.

Attributed to William Van Der Hagen (fl. 1720-1745) or Joseph Tudor (d. 1759) A Bird?s Eye View of Howth Castle,ÿ c 1738,ÿ oil on canvas, approx. 4' x 7' (122cms x 214cms), a contemporaneous copy, unframed. (1) Dating from around 1740, this bird?s eye view of Howth Demesne commemorates the extensive rebuilding of Howth Castle, a project completed in 1738 under the direction of William St. Lawrence, 27th Lord Howth. Since then, the original painting has been displayed over the chimneypiece in the Drawing Room. By Family Tradition this contemporaneous copy was removed in the 1800's by an ancestor possibly as part of a dowry. It was subsequently returned to Howth Castle in the 20th Century were it hung in the Billiard Room and the Cookery School before recently being professionally restored, and displayed for auction purposes in the Drawing Room. It is in the style of William van der Hagen, a Dutch artist who worked in Ireland in the early eighteenth century and who painted panoramic views of, among other places, Cork Harbour and Waterford, the latter commissioned by the town?s corporation in 1736. He was an artist held in high regard, and panoramic scenes by him were translated into tapestries for the Irish House of Lords in the 1730?s. Another possible artist is Joseph Tudor, (d. 1759) a follower of van der Hagen. ÿ Although some liberties have been taken with the topography, the painting is a broadly accurate representation of the Hill of Howth, with the castle surrounded by an elaborate complex of lawns, walled gardens, orchards and parterres, laid out in a French style. In the foreground is a canal with swans, and beyond that, an esplanade leading to the castle, with figures walking around a lawn. In the left foreground, the figure of a man in clerical garb, sitting on a garden bench, is believed to represent Jonathan Swift, who in the early 1730?s was a frequent visitor to the castle. In the centre of the lawn can be seen a circular pond, known as ?Black Jack?s Well?. In early nineteenth-century views of the castle, a lead figure of a blackamoor stood on a plinth at this spot. This was stolen in the 1950's and presumably melted down.ÿ Two horses with riders prance in front of the old Gateway Tower?a part of the castle that dates back to the fifteenth century. Flanked by two battlemented towers--that on the right being the medieval Keep, while that on the left a matching structure added in 1738, the central fa‡ade of the castle is asymmetrical, and evidently incorporates older windows. Other additions in 1738 include the classical doorcase, fronted by a terrace and reached by a steeply raking grand staircase. An ancient tree, known as the ?family tree? stands to one side of the esplanade. Behind it can be seen a stable yard and beyond that, a church within a walled enclosure. A formal planting of trees marks a road leading into the distance. In the left background, cattle, horses and sheep graze in fields. In the right foreground is a formal garden, arranged in geometric parterre pattern, with fish ponds and fruit trees. This is mirrored on the left by a smaller parterre with a diamond patterned lawn. These two areas are separated from the central esplanade by high straight brick walls, surmounted with urns. The painting does not show Kenelm?s Tower, which was added in Victorian times. The French-style garden in front of the house was soon altered, although the well, the family tree and canal survived through to the nineteenth century. In the distance, the Dublin mountains rise above Dublin Bay, the estuary of the Liffey busy with shipping. To the right, on the northern side of the isthmus that connects Howth peninsula to the mainland, a relatively flat landscape stretches out, beyond Sutton, to Baldoyle and the sand dunes of Portmarnock. The painting shows the Hill of Howth before the extensive planting of ornamental rhododendrons, beech hedging, and trees resulted in the castle being surrounded, as it is now, by dense foliage. The connection between the Gaisford-St. Lawrence family and the Castle goes back to the twelfth century, when an ancestor named Almerick (or Armoricus Tristram, abbreviated to Amore) was granted lands at Howth by the Norman adventurer John de Courcy. According to family tradition, as recounted in the manuscript Book of Howth, in 1177 Almerick had taken over command of de Courcy?s force when the latter was ill, and won a battle against a local Irish and Norse army. The family name was later changed to St. Lawrence, again in honour of a battle won on that saint?s day. The St. Lawrence family lived at Howth Castle for over eight hundred years, until its recent sale. This is a fascinating picture, very attractive, an enigma, and very important as a depiction of the Irish landscape, and primary evidence of the aspirations of the owners of large Irish Estates, or perhaps those who sought to advise them. Crookshank (Anne) & The Knight of Glin The Painters of Ireland c. 1660 - 1920, page 59, figure 43. Dr.ÿPeterÿMurrayÿ2021 & Julian Gaisford-St. Lawrence 2021 Important Note: In view of the cultural and historic importance of this lot , the vendors have granted an option to the Irish State to acquire same at a price equal to the hammer price realised at the auction date, should a private or trade buyer successfully bid for same.ÿThis option shall be valid for a period ofÿthree monthsÿfrom the auction date, and the Irish Stateÿ( as represented by theÿDepartment of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,ÿin conjunction with the National Museum, National Gallery and National Library of Ireland and Office of Public Works) shall have the option to acquire and purchase this lot within this time frame, at the final hammer price achieved at the auction date, plus buyer's premiums.ÿ This lot shall be retained within this jurisdiction, and collection and shipment of same shall only be permitted on the expiryand non-exercise of this option by the Irish State bodies.ÿA binding purchase contract shall still exist in relation to any private or trade buyer who successfully bids for this lot on the sale date and the full purchase price plus buyer's premiums due, shall become payable immediately following the expiry of the above option period.

A small bronze Study of a Ship's Anchor,ÿon rectangular bronze base, 4 1/2" (11cms), together with a small bronze Figure of a Lion on rectangular base with inscription manuscript 1902 "Wishing Mama a very Happy Birthday from Cyril" etc., 5" (12cms), a small bronze Figure of a Horse on oval base and a bronzed metal Tazza on triform base. (a lot)

Du Val (Pierre). Untitled Atlas (bound with) Les Acquisitions de la France par la Paix. Avec les Cartes Geographiques des Lieux Mentiones dans les Articles des Traitez de Munster, des Pyrenees, de Lorraine, et Autres, Paris, 1669, frontispiece of an ornate engraved compass rose, some holes affecting the printed image and margins, lacking titles, double-page index of French departments with near-contemporary manuscript numerals added to the list of maps, 33 (complete as list) double-page engraved miniature maps with contemporary outline colouring, occasional near-contemporary manuscript annotations to the verso of some maps, some staining throughout, bound with 'Les Acquisitions...', double-page engraved title, folding table of the acquisitions of France under Louis XIV (dated 1660), table split along old folds and with a closed handling tear, 24 engraved regional maps and town plans, 13 with contemporary outline colouring, some pencil annotations to the first rear endpaper, near-contemporary vellum, bumped, 12mo, contained in a modern card slipcaseQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

Dallington (Sir Robert). Aphorismes civill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, 1st edition, 2 parts in 1 volume, London: Edward Blount, 1613, engraved portrait of Prince Charles to title verso, woodcut printer's device on title, marginal damp-staining throughout (occasionally affecting text), lacking boards, spine extremities bumped with loss, lacking two raised bands, 4toQty: (1)NOTESSTC 6197 Dallington first presented Prince Henry with Guicciardini's manuscript of Aphorisms in 1609. However after the Prince's untimely passing, Dallington edited the work, publishing it in 1613 with a new dedication to his younger brother Charles.

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text with marginal notes in roman type, lower outer corner of A1 torn with slight text loss and repaired, toning and some light marginal browning, occasional spotting and few marks, light damp staining at head, bound with the Genealogies by John Speed at front (ink marks and manuscript entry to title, without map), and bound with at rear, Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1615, ink stain to initial seven leaves, bound with, The Whole Booke of Psalmes. Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Company of Stationers, 1616, final leaf torn with loss, some cropping to running titles mostly to Concordances & Book of Psalms, four blank leaves at rear with late 17th-mid 18th century manuscript genealogical entries, including "November 25 1671 James Bradley son of John Bradley was baptised" and "my father John Bradley deceased September ye 14 day 1714 in ye 80th your of his age..."later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, light wear to extremities, 4to (21 x 16.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESHerbert 340; Darlow & Moule 264; STC 2241. Geneva version. Apparently the last black-letter quarto edition of this version printed by Barker. There are two varieties of this date, this example being version A. General title: ... rea | die finding ..., Certaine questions and answers ..., *3 b, 2nd col.: ... be instruc- | ted, assured ...

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)NOTESProvenance: 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.

Rich (Jeremiah). The Whole Book of Psalms in Meter According to the Art of Short-Writing written by Jeremiah Rich, Author and Teacher of the said Art, London: Printed for the author and are to be sold at his house the Golden Ball in Swithins Lane near London Stone, [1660], [226] p., signatures: pi? A-N? O?, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title within decorative border ("Tho: Cross sculpsit" beneath imprint), engraved throughout, very light damp stain to few leaves, without front free endpaper and rear endpaper, all edges gilt (gilt rubbed), loosely inserted 19th century manuscript note "Miss Anne Manfield with Mr M. Colson's compliments", contemporary dark brown/black morocco, gilt double-rule border to boards with decorative motifs to corners, 6 x 3.7 cmQty: (1)NOTESESTC R40293; Wing B2803A. The number of leaves signed varies from copy to copy. Bondy pp.17-20: "Amongst the most extraordinary volumes are the all-engraved editions of the Whole Book of Psalms in Meter and the New Testament in the shorthand of Jeremiah Rich, a leading stenography specialist of the period (circa 1660) who perfected the system invented by his uncle, William Cartwright, but without giving him credit, claiming it to be his own invention. The late Percy E. Spielmann had copies in his collection... The Spielmann copy of the Psalms ... also has a frontispiece with Rich's portrait and at the end a short list of 'the Names of those Ingenious Persons of my Schollars that were the first Incouragers of this incomparable peice'. Other editions, all published around the year 1660, were 'sold by Samuel Botley over against Vintners Hall' or 'at Colonel Masons Coffee House in Cornhill', or published 'for the author and sold by Henry Eversden'. All the copies we have seen are extremely well engraved, showing hardly any signs of wear and must have taken years to produce. Their manufacture did evidently require a very steady hand and infinite patience. Most copies are beautifully bound in contemporary black morocco and are finely gilt-tooled. They were obviously prized possessions and have remained most desirable collector's items to this date, notwithstanding the fact that hardly anyone will nowadays be able to decipher their obsolete shorthand". Spielmann 422, "J. Rich was one of the most famous stenographers of the seventeenth century."

[Binding]. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ..., together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, London: by Charles Bill, 1709, bound with: The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, London: for John Baskett, 1715, engraved title, front free endpaper with ink manuscript ownership signature Albemarle Bertie, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, front hinge cracked before title, all edges gilt (rubbed), contemporary black morocco gilt, heavily rubbed, elaborately gilt-decorated spine a little faded, gilt-decorated board edges and turn-ins, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, thick 8vo, together with: The Book of Common Prayer ..., Oxford: by John Baskett, 1717, with additional title in French, text in English and French, front free endpaper with ink manuscript ownership signature Albemarle Bertie, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, all edges gilt, contemporary black morocco gilt, rubbed, one corner showing, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, within decorative gilt-roll borders, spine with 6 gilt-decorated compartments, gilt-decorated board edges and turn-ins, 8vo, plus: The Book of Common Prayer ..., Oxford: at the Clarendon Press, 1795, armorial bookplate of the Bertie family, Earls of Abingdon and Lindsey, and sometime Dukes of Ancaster and Kesteven, oval bookseller's ticket of John Bally, Bath, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco gilt, rubbed with some minor marks, a little wear to extremities, elaborately gilt-decorated spine somewhat faded, both covers with gilt crest of the Bertie family, 8vo, and another Book of Common Prayer, Oxford, 1773, with Bertie family bookplate, in similar contemporary red morocco gilt-decorated binding, with Bertie family gilt crest to covers, 8voQty: (4)

Rymer (Thomas). The Whole Prophecies of Scotland, England, France, Ireland, and Denmark; Prophecies by Thomas Rymer, Marvellous Merling, Beid, Berlington, Waldhave, Eltraine, Banester, and Sybilla. All agreeing in one; boh in Latin verse, and in Scottish Meeter. Containing many strange and marvellous matters, not of before read or heard. Compared with the best editions, Edinburgh: James Watson, 1817, 44 pp., title within typographic border, main text in black letter, a little light spotting and toning, small manuscript inscription to title margin, outer corners of title torn away, previous owner signature to front pastedown, top edge gilt, later calf gilt, spine a little rubbed and faded to brown, 8vo, together with another copy of the same work, 1745 (title laid down) bound with Nixon's Cheshire Prophecy at Large. Printed from the Lady Cowper's Original, in the Reign of Queen Anne..., by John Oldmixon, 13th edition, 1742Qty: (2)NOTESFirst work ESTC T85466.

Black (Joseph). Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba..., 1st edition, Edinburgh: G. Hamilton & J. Belfore 1754, [6] 46pp, bound as a third item with 8 other medical dissertations: Donald Monroe, De hydrope, 1753; John Campbell, De aere quatenus morborum causa, 1754; Hugo Smith, De sangurnis missione, 1755; Alexander Bruce, De hydrophobia, 1755; Christiaan Bernard Albinus, Specimen anatomicum [reprint of a dissertation], Leyden, 1724; Thomas Bulfinch, De crisibus, 1757; Robert Ramsay, De bile, 1757; John Bayly, De frigore, quatenus morborum caussa, 1757, 22 leaves manuscript index of dissertation subjects with dates bound at rear, manuscript contents leaf at front, a little spotting or dust soiling throughout, half-title to Black's dissertation partly detached, contemporary calf, heavily rubbed, joints and spine cracked and boards loosening, a little wear to extremities, 8vo (185 x 115mm)Qty: (1)NOTESGarrison & Morton 919; Bibliotheca Oslerana 1145 (1782 edition). 'In 1754 Black received the M.D. with his now historic dissertation, De humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba'. The next year, before the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, he descibed the chemical experiments, condiderably expended, that had formed the second half of his dissertaion. This classic paper - the chief basis of Black's scientific renown and his only major publication - appeared in 1756 in the Societies Essays and Observations under the title "Experiments Upon Magnesia Alba, Quickline, and some other Alcaline Substances." Here Black demonstrated that an aeriform fluid that he called "fixed air" (carbon dioxide gas) was a quantative constituant of such alkaline substances as Magnesia Alba (italics), lime potash, and soda' (Dictionary of Scientific Biography 2:173). Of legendary rarity this dissertation is all but unobtainable with only handfuls of copies in institutions. Copac locates 10 copies and ESTC T9090 locates 7 copies in the UK including one at the Radcliffe, Science Library, Oxford University, not listed by Copac. ESTC locates one further copy in the Netherlands and three in north America. 'There is perhaps no other instance of a graduation thesis so weighted with significant novelty as Black's 'De humore acido a cibis orto, et magnesia alba' presented to the Faculty 11 June, 1754. Developed and perfected, it was read before the Medical Society of Edinburgh, 5 June, 1755, published in the 2nd volume of 'Essays and Observations' (1756), with the title, 'Experiments upon Magnesia Alba, Quickline, and some other Alkaline Substances,' and subsequently twice reprinted 1777 and 1782' (Dictionary of National Biography, as written by William Osler)

Celsus (Aulus Cornelius). Of Medicine. In Eight Books. Translated, with notes critical and explanatory, by James Greive, M.D, London: D. Wilson & T. Durham, 1756, some corners creased, some leaf corners clipped (approx 0.5cm), offsetting to some leaves, marginal spotting to prelims, endpapers replaced, later red half morocco, spine faded, extremities rubbed, 8voQty: (1)NOTESScarce, we can only trace 4 copies at auction in the last 50 years. A first edition in English of Celsus' De Medicina. The first western manuscript on medicine after the Hippocratic writings. It was first published in 1478.

Berg (George, 1730-1775). British organist and harpsichord teacher, composer and chemist. Experiments in Chemistry [so titled on spine], 6 autographed manuscript notebooks bound as one, no place, 1759-1774, containing 672 numbered manuscript receipts recording experiments for glass making, a total of approximatey 250 leaves including some additonal inserted notes on guards and a few loose, some leaves part folding and a few pages inverted, the six notebooks in marbled wrappers with manuscript numerical paper labels to upper covers, the whole bound in modern antique-style half calf over marbled boards with two gilt-lettered spine labels, a little rubbed, 4to (200 x 160mm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Bought at auction by the vendor's grandfather, Hubert S. Williams-Thomas. Williams-Thomas was interested in all aspects of glass history and proprietor of Stevens and Williams Ltd, which later became Royal Brierley Crystal Ltd, one of the principal manufacturers of crystal glass in the Stourbridge area. George Berg was a London organist and harpsichord teacher. For a brief period (1755-1770) he was also a very productive composer, producing works ranging from operas in Italian to short glees and catches, plus seven collections of keyboard music. However, he also successfully combined chemistry and music, managing to fit experiments on glasses and other ceramics into his busy schedule as composer and performer. This is evident from this laboratory notebook which has been the subject of various articles in modern times: 1) W.A. Campbell, 'Musical Glasses', Chemistry in Britain' vol. 25 (1989), pp. 145-48. 2) Sarah Lowengard, 'George Berg and the SoA [Society of Arts]: interest, improvement, and the meaning of a practical engagement', a paper read to the William Shipley Research Group in 2006. 3) Sarah Lowengard, The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe (New York, 2008). 4) Michael Talbot, 'George Berg: An original musical and scientific spirit in Georgian London', The Musical Times, Spring 2019, pp. 3-27. 'All bodies may be chemically considered under three Tribes; Alkalies, Acid, or Neutrals. Alkalis have this essential property, that when mixed or united with Acids, they constitute Neutrals. But a more common mark of an Alkali is that it turns Syrup of Violets green, as an Acid turns it Red, whilst the admixture of a neutral Body does not alter the colour of that Syrup.' George Berg, Experiments in Chemistry Notebook I (no place, no date). 'Experiment 98. 3/4 oz: sand 1 oz: minium 1/4 oz: Borax 1/4 oz: Putty with half of half a Dram of the precipitate of Copper, one Hour in fusion produces an opake composition, the bottom part of a pea green; about the breadth of a goose quil on the top, was of a variegated redish brown thus I suppose the Copper & Minium would not mix, the Copper flew upwards & made the brown part, the bottom part acquired no green but that the minium gave. I believe the blackness on the Top of the Composition Ex: 96 is occasioned as follows the Borax extricates the Marine Acid from the Nitre which is thrown to the surface & there remains being uncapable of vitrifying. I suppose the cause of that redish colour is occasioned as follows: the Minium assists in some manner to calcine the copper yet further than in was before & uniting together produces that effect so I think no minium shall be used with Copper in any form whatever.' Experiments in Chemistry Notebook 2 (n.p. Nov 23 [1762]) 'Expt. 593 Best purple on silver 1 1/2 oz Sand, 1 1/2 oz rough Nitre, 2 1/4 oz minium & 2 drams english Manganese uncalcin'd. I hour in Carters Furnace. This Carter try'd on fine Silver, it is too hard, the silver having melted before the enamel. From this I am led to believe that Manganese prevents the fluxing of the Glass when in a large proportion. Pickavey tried this on Old Sterling Silver, it run very well, is a good purple, but wants to be a little brighter.' Experiments in Chemistry Notebook 6 (n.p. [10 March 1774]) 'The way to find how much Phlogiston is contain'd in any given Body as I learn'd from Mr. More Take any quantity of nitre & melt it in a Crucible & take a like quantity of any Body containing a Phlogiston, & while the Nitre is hot throw on little & little the Phlogistic matter till all is thrown on, then weigh the ashes & as much as it has lost of its original weight so much it contain'd of the Phlogiston.' Experiments in Chemistry 1759-1774 Notebook 2 (insert, n.d.)

Hogg (James). Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, &c. Mostly written in the Dialect of the South, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed by John Taylor, Grassmarket, 1801, additional engraved portrait 'The Ettrick Shepherd' bound at front, small later additional portrait by W. Nicholson pasted at front, some light spotting, bookplate of H.D. Colvill-Scott, top edge gilt, later crimson half morocco by Grieve, Edinburgh, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with The Mountain Bard; Consisting of Ballads and Songs, Founded on Facts and Legendary Tales, by James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, 1st edition, Edinburgh: J. Ballantyne for Archibald Constable & London: John Murray, 1807, short closed marginal tears to pp. xvii-xx, some light spotting, title a little toned, contemporary half calf gilt, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem, 5th edition, Edinburgh: William Blackwood & London: John Murray, 1819, etched frontispiece, 2 etched plates (one double-page), some offsetting and spotting, top edge gilt, near-contemporary green half morocco, joints and edges a little rubbed, 8vo, with a printed receipt, numbered in manuscript No. 161, signed by James Hogg and dated 1st June 1819, 'Received from John Miller Esq., Alloa, One Guinea, being his subscription for the Queen's Wake', loosely insertedQty: (3)NOTESFirst work rare, only 6 institutional locations recorded. James Hogg (1770-1835) was a self-taught Scottish poet and novelist, widely known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", and some later publications were published under that nickname. Scottish Pastorals, Hogg's first collection of pastoral ballads was produced entirely from memory after he was delivering sheep to market in Edinburgh, without access to his manuscripts, and printed by stationer John Taylor whose premises were opposite the sheep market. His poems contained much energy and were inspired by the pastoral tradition of Allan Ramsay and Robert Burns. He met Sir Walter Scott in 1802 and the two became life-long friends.

Lewin (W). The Papilios of Great Britain Systematically Arranged by W Lewin F.L.S. & copied by J.M. Serjeantson, Camp Hill, Nov 12, 1809, 46 watercolours, manuscript text, some spotting and toning to leaves, hinges repaired, contemporary diced calf, boards rubbed with loss, joints rubbed, front board detaching, 8vo and two othersQty: (3)NOTESA manuscript copy by J.M, Serjeantson of the 46 coloured plates contained in William Lewin's Papilios of Great Britain, engraved by Lewin himself, painted 'under his immediate direction', and originally published by J. Johnson in 1795.

Manuscript Literary Periodical. The Companion, Volume 1 (Nos. 1-12), no place, circa 1830, title page, 256 pages, plus final page with beginning of contents listing, written neatly in a consistent hand throughout, occasional light pencil corrections, paper watermarked 'J. Coles, 1828', ownership and probable compilers signature 'Charles Wilkinson 1830' visible under glued paper from torn page facing in blank free endpapers, contemporary boards with small paper ticket spine label, some wear, 8voQty: (1)NOTESThe various authors of the stories, verses, essays and opinions are mostly identified by single initials, including R, E, N, plus Theta, etc. Titles include: Voyage to Fairy Land; Charles Deloraine, a tale of the Pretender; Herbert Delacour - A Sketch; an essay on the art of swearing; history of the Drama; Henry Gresham; the hermit - a fragment; the young Neapolitan; Edmund Fitzherbert, etc. A published periodical of the same name and edited by Leigh Hunt and Carew Henry Reynell (1828-1838) appears to be unrelated.

* Cromwell (Richard, 1626-1712). Lord Protector, son of Oliver Cromwell. A rare and early autograph document signed, 'R. Cromwell Eng', being a receipt written to the verso of a payment order, 'Receaved [sic] for Sarjeant Major Warren thirty two shill[ing]s', with two similar receipts of money signed by John Bingley and John Morris beneath, the recto being the manuscript order upon the treasurer for payments due to several companies of soldiers, a total of £7 4 shillings, given at Dublin Castle, 10 September 1642, signed at head by William Parsons and John Borlase, Lords Justice of Ireland, and signed at foot by Charles Moore, Gerard Lowther, John Temple, Francis Willoughby, Thomas Lucas, James Ware and Robert Meredith, a little minor spotting and toning to inner margin, two pages, folio (28 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESA rare group of autographs signed at the beginning of the Irish Rebellion, and on the cusp of the English Civil War. The signers to the document are William Parsons (c. 1570-1650), John Borlase (1576-1648), Lords Justice of Ireland, Charles Moore, 2nd Viscount Moore of Drogheda (1603-1643), Sir Gerard Lowther (1689-1660), Irish Judge, John Temple (1600-1677), Irish lawyer and author of The Irish Rebellion (1646), Francis Willoughby (1614-1666), roundhead and royalist, Sir Thomas Lucas (died 1649), royalist, James Ware (1594-1666), Irish historian, and (?)Robert Meredith. A rare and early autograph of Richard Cromwell from the beginnings of the English Civil War and the wars in Ireland.

* Flamsteed (John, 1646-1719). English Astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal. Autograph document signed, 'John Flamsteed MR', certifying that 'James Hodgson has been employed as an extraordinary laborer under me from ye last day of December past to ye last day of March of this present year 1702 at ye Observatory in Greenwich Park', and requesting a payment of £6 15 shillings 'being 90 days at 18d. per dm', written and signed at the head of a folio leaf with a manuscript order from the Office of Ordnance for the payment of the money due inscribed beneath with three official signatures, autograph signed receipt for the money by James Hodgson at head of verso, dated 27 April 1702, folio (28 x 17.5 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESFlamsteed was appointed by Royal Warrant 'The King's Astronomical Observator' on 4 March 1675, becoming the first English Astronomer Royal, with an allowance of £100 a year. In June of the same year another Royal Warrant provided for the founding of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and Flamsteed laid the foundation stone on 10 August. James Hodgson (1672-1755) was an English astronomer, mathematical teacher, lecturer and writer. He was the nephew of Christopher Wren and became assistant to Flamsteed at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, between 1695 and 1702. Hodgson married Flamsteed's niece in 1702, took part in the controversies in which Flamsteed was engaged and helped bring his works to posthumous publication.

* Dodsley (Robert, circa 1681-1749). An illustrated manuscript volume of Biblical meditations and verses, circa 1720s, 198 pages of neat copperplate manuscript in brown ink within red ruled borders, chapters variously titled 'Upon the Creation', 'On Cain and Abel', 'On Noah's Flood', 'On the Tower of Babel', 'On the Burning of Sodom', 'On Abraham Offering Isaac', 'On Death', 'On Judgment', 'On Heaven', 'On Hell', and 16 original full-page watercolours, most with decorative borders, including 10 with overlays (a few of the flaps splitting at hinge, one flap missing), several different complete and partial watermarks, including Danish royal cipher with crown and initials GR (Heawood 3236), and Strasburg lily with crown (similar to Heawood 1806), intermittent light toning and dust-soiling, some illustrations offset to text, occasional minor edge-fraying, contemporary inscription in brown ink to front pastedown ‘Robert Dodsley his Book’, and some of the plates additionally signed 'Rob: Dodsley', hinges split, untrimmed, original calf-backed boards, rubbed and extremities worn, manuscript label in a mid-late 19th century hand at head of upper cover 'lent by Mrs Dodsley Skegby Hall', 4to (25.5 x 19.5cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Dodsley (baptised 1681-1750); John Dodsley, son of the aforementioned Robert, and brother of writer and publisher Robert Dodsley (1704-1764); thence by descent. Literature: Ralph Straus, Robert Dodsley, Poet, Publisher, & Playwright, John Lane, 1910, pages 6-8. A remarkable illustrated volume of Biblical meditations and verses by Robert Dodsley, father of the poet, playwright and publisher of the same name, who was a protégé of Daniel Defoe and Alexander Pope, and a friend and patron of Samuel Johnson. According to our analysis of watermarks in the paper, this manuscript would appear to date from around 1720 to 1730. Heawood 3236, although undated, suggests a date of manufacture within the reign of George I (1714-1727), and Heawood 1806 is found on publications dating between 1722 and 1727. The volume has remained in the ownership of the original family for around 300 years, and has therefore come onto the market for the first time in its history. The Dodsley family lived at Skegby Hall, Nottinghamshire from 1820 until the 1930s. Robert Dodsley senior was a schoolmaster at the Free School in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He married three times and had 14 children. Robert's first marriage was to Mary Cousen (born circa 1680), by whom he had his namesake the publisher, his second to Mary Merryweather (born circa 1690), and his third to Sarah Dakyn (born circa 1720), the daughter of John Dakyn, solicitor and steward of the manor. The Dictionary of National Biography claims Dodsley was "a little deformed man, who, having had a large family by one wife, married when seventy-five a young girl of seventeen, by whom he had a child." However, in 1737 he appeared before Thomas Berdmore, surrogate, and "alleged that he intended to marry with Sarah Dakyn of the Parish of Mansfield", giving his age as "above fifty-five", suggesting a smaller, though still large, age difference. This manuscript volume is mentioned in a biography of Robert Dodsley junior by Ralph Straus published in 1910, in which it is described as being in the possession of the family: "[it] is ornamented with coloured drawings and picturesque borders, crude all of them, but not devoid of interest. In the main its contents are original, and show no contemptible style of diction." There are two illustrations for each of the following subjects: Adam & Eve, Cain and Abel, Noah's Flood, Tower of Babel, Burning of Sodom, and Abraham & Isaac; and one drawing for each of the following themes: Death, Judgement, Heaven, and Hell. In each case the Biblical story or scripture reference is related, after which the writer poses questions and expounds upon the subject. The illustrations elucidate further, and the use of flaps to reveal a consequence or conclusion beneath emphasises the didactic nature of the text. Thus it seems highly feasible that the book was painstakingly compiled by Robert Dodsley for the instruction of his pupils or his own children, or perhaps both.

* Maynard Family. A pair of Victorian photograph and scrap albums, compiled by Gabrielle M. Maynard of Oakfields, Hawkhurst, Kent, circa 1880s, the photograph album containing numerous albumen prints of various sizes neatly mounted to rectos and versos of 28 stiff card leaves, including family portraits and scenes in and around Hawkhurst, etc., most with neat ink captions to mounts, the scrap album containing coloured wood engravings, scraps, cuttings, printed and manuscript religious poems and sayings, mounted on rectos and versos of linen leaves, both contemporary half morocco, some old damp staining, backstrips refurbished and gilded, folioQty: (2)

Pepin (Guillaume). Opus admodum insigne de adventu domini, de secretis secretorum nuncupatum, ... elaboratum Jehan Petit, Paris: J. Parvum, 1537, [12], 276 leaves, gothic letter, double column, title in red and black (old indistinct ink stamp at foot), woodcut initials, occasional minor spotting, several brief 17th-century inscriptions to front free endpaper, old ink stamp to top edge of text block, old limp vellum with ties, manuscript title and floral motif to spine, slightly soiled, 8vo (160 x 105mm)Qty: (1)

Chaucer. [The Workes, 1602], black letter, double-column, woodcut initials, lacking title, B1, C1, D6, L1, 2Q6, 2Y2, 2Y6, 3A6, 3H6 & all after 3Q6, many leaves ctose-trimmed shaving headlines and signatures, a few leaves front and rear torn with losses and repairs, some fraying to outer margins, occasional light toning and water stains, a few annotations, ownership signature of D.L Cumming, later half calf, spine detached (but present), some edge wear, folio, together with [Montemayor, Jorge de]. [Diana of George of Montemayor. Translated out of the Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple, 1st edition in English, London: printed Edm. Bollifant, impensis G[eorge] B[ishop], 1598], woodcut initials, lacking title, A1 and final leaf, a few repairs, some water stains and light soiling, previous owner label of Gulielmus Reynoldus and ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, all edes red, later half morocco, joints and edges rubbed, folioQty: (2)NOTESSTC (2nd edition) 5081; STC (2nd edition) 18044 respectively. First work with manuscript note at front indicating it to be the 1598 edition but a later pencil note, referencing folio 321, where a drop title states 'Here followeth certaine workes of Geffrey Chaucer, annexed to the impression printed in the year, 1561. With an addition of some things of Chaucers writing, neuer before this time printed, 1602...' The second work is the first English translation of a Portuguese pastoral romance, originally written in 1559, Shakespeare believed to have been a reader, the tale of Felismena almost certainly the story of Proteus and Julia in the Two Gentlemen of Verona. Sold with all faults not subject to return.

Elzevir Press. Geor. Buchanani Scoti Poemata quae extant. Editio postrema, Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1628, engraved title (blank margin at foot repaired), manuscript note to front blank, previous owner signature of D.L. Cumming, 18th century mottled panelled vellum, 24mo, together with Joh. Claubergii Logica Vetus & Nova, 2nd edition, Amsterdam, Officina Elzeviriana, 1658, title printed in red and black with woodcut Elzevir device (with light soiling and old shelf number at foot, D.L. Cumming signature, all edges red, contemporary vellum, slight soiling, 12mo, plus A.Gislenii Busbequii Omnia quae extant, Leiden: Officina Elzeviriana, 1633, engraved title, small marginal wormtrack, 18th cnntury annotations to front endpaper, D.L. Cumming signature, all edges red, contemporary vellum, some soiling, upper corner wormed, 12mo, with four others published by the Elzevir Press: Hieronymi Cardani Arcana Politica, 1633, Ever. Bronchorst, I.C. in Titulum Digestorum de diversis regulis juris, 1641, F. Sprecheri Rhetia, 1633, and Respublica Romana, 1629 (bound with De Principatibus Italiae, 1631)Qty: (7)NOTESWillems 292; 1226; 380 for the first 3 works respectively.

English Commonwealth & Restoration. An Act to make void all titles of Honor, Dignities or Precedencies given by the late King, since the Fourth of January, One thousand Six hundred forty and one, London: John Field, printer to the Parliament of England, 1651, 4 pp., woodcut arms and initial, black letter, margins frayed, crease mark, small marginal wormholes, light soiling, ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, 4to [ESTC R213197], together with Anno Regni Caroli II. An Act of Free and General Pardon, Indempnity, and Oblivion, London: printed by John Bill and Christopher Barker, 1660, 18 pp., woodcut arms to title, black letter, some underlining, frayed margins, some soiling, D.L. Cumming signature, tipped-in to modern card folio with manuscript title to upper cover, folio [Wing, 2nd edition, E1144], together with others including Laws and Acts past in the third session of the first parliament of our most High and Dread Soveraign, Charles the Second... reprinted by Andrew Anderson, Edinburgh, 1674, Votes of the House of Commons, Sabbati 6 die Novembris 1680, and The London Gazette, 3 issues (July 28-31, 1673; November 11-15, 1686; November 1-5, 1688)Qty: (6)

English Civil War. The Petition of the Lords and Commons in Parliament, delivered to His Majestie the 16. Day of July: together with His Majesties Answer thereunto, London: printed by Robert Barker, 162, 8 pages (A4), title with decorative woodcut border, A2-4 carelessly trimmed at either head or foot of the leaf, with loss of a line or more of printed text, now added in manuscript in an early 20th century hand, modern wrappers with handwritten label to upper cover, slim 4to, together with: Scultetus (Abraham). The determination of the question, concerning the divine right of episcopacie, & The judgment of the learned divine D. Abrahamus Scultetus... concerning lay-elders, London: printed for Nathaniell Butter, 1641, 24 pages in all, later plain paper wrappers, stitched as issued, some soiling and minor fraying to extremities, slim 4to, plus: [Taylor, Jeremy]. A discourse concerning prayer ex tempore, or, by pretence of the spirit: in justification of authorised and set-formes of lyturgie, [London?]: printed in the yeere, 1646, title and 38 pages, 19th century marbled paper wrappers, stitched as issued, slim 4to, and: [Ryves, Bruno]. Mercurius Rusticus : or, the Countries Complaint of the barbarous Out-rages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdome. Together with a briefe Chronologie of the Battails, Sieges, Conflicts, and other most remarkable Passages, from the beginning of this unnaturall Warre, to the 25. of March, 1646, [Oxford]. printed in the yeere, 1646, title a little frayed to fore-edge, some soiling, defective at end, lacks all after page 144, bound in 20th century green cloth, small 8voQty: (4)

[Charles I]. An Exact and most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment (according to Law) of Twenty nine Regicides, the Murtherers of His Late Sacred Majesty of most Glorious Memory ..., [compiled by Heneage Finch, Earl of Nottingham], London: Andrew Crook and Edward Powel, 1660, imprimatur leaf with early ink manuscript signature beneath text, and with early ink manuscript ownership inscription on blank reverse, generally toned with some spotting, front hinge cracked before title, early 20th century half black morocco, rubbed, spine a little faded, small 4to, together with: Fire of London, A True and Faithful Account of the Several Informations Exhibited to the Honourable Committee appointed by the Parliament to Inquire into the Late Dreadful Burning of the City of London, printed in the year 1667, toned and spotted, front hinge cracked, 19th century half sheep, rubbed with a little wear, hinges cracked, small slim 4to, plus: Stubbe (Henry), A Further Justification of the Present War against the United Netherlands, illustrated with several Sculptures, 1673, engraved frontispiece, (detached), 3 (of 4) engraved plates (two folding), without one plate of medals, toned title with repair to blank verso, front free endpaper detached with preliminary blank, front pastedown with bookplate of Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse (with later ink ownership signature to upper blank margin), 19th century calf by Wilson & Son, Cambridge, worn and rebacked, both covers detached, small 4to, and three others, all 17th centuryQty: (6)

Churchill (Sir Winston). Divi Britannici: Being a Remark upon the Lives of all the Kings of the Isle, from the year of the world 2855. unto the year of grace 1660, 1st edition, London: printed by Thomas Roycroft, 1675, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, numerous engraved armorials to text, occasional water stains and light soiling, manuscript date at foot of title, previous owner inscriptions including D.L. Cumming, modern cloth, folio, together with Scott (George). The Memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-Hill: Containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of state during the last age, not mention'd by other historians: more particularly relating to the Kingdoms of England and Scotland. Under the Reins of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: E.H. for Robert Boulter, 1683, issue with pp. 26 & 31 numbered correctly and pp. 65 & 128 misnumbered 67 & 118, title and first few leaves with some toning and marginal fraying, some spotting and toning, early ownership signature and another erased from title, lacking endpapers, manuscript note pasted to front pastedown, ownership name of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf, some wear to edges, folio, The History of the Life and Reign of her Late Majesty Queen Anne: Wherein all the transactions of that memorable reign are faithfully compiled from the best authorities and impartially related, 1st edition, London: The Booksellers in Town and Country, 1740, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn with small loss), 18 engraved plates, some light spotting, bookplate, signature and inscription of Norah Spencer Churchill (1875-1946), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary panelled calf, water stain to upper cover, a little rubbed, folio, plus Samuel Daniel's The Collection of the History of England, 1621Qty: (4)NOTESESTC R003774; R201; T89116 respectively.

Bates (George). Elenchus motuum nuperorum in Anglia: or, A short historical account of the rise and progress of the late troubles in England, in two parts..., London: Abel Swalle, 1685, additional engraved title a little damp stained, final advert leaf present, bookplate/shelf label of Porkington Library and manuscript entry 'William Owen Esq. his booke 1723', contemporary sheep, lacking title label, rubbed and some wear, 8vo (Wing B1083; ESTC R29020), together with: Larrey (Isaac de), The History of the Reign of King Charles I, containing a more particular and impartial account of the rebellion and civil wars than has yet been published, 2 volumes in one, London: A. Bell, T. Varnam, J. Osborn, et al., 17716, engraved portrait frontispiece with small worm hole, light worm holes and trial to fore-margins towards rear of volume, toning and some spotting, contemporary blind panelled calf, later paper title label to spine, some wear to extremities, 8vo, Clarke (Samuel), A Collection of the Lives of Ten Eminent Divines, London: William Miller, 1662, engraved portrait frontispiece cropped and lined to verso, browning, spotting and dust-soiling, contemporary calf, paper strip to spine crudely applied, upper board detached, 4to, Chamberlayne (Edward), Angliae Notitia: or, the Present State of England compleat..., 2 parts in one, 17th edition, London: T. Hodgkin for R. Scot & T. Sawbridge, 1642, engraved frontispiece, title cropped to lower ruled margin, armorial bookplate of Hickman Bart. to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine lacking title label, joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 12mo, and two others, A Short View of the Life and Reign of King Charles, (The second Monarch of Great Britain) from his Birth to his Burial, London: Richard Royston, 1658, lacking A1 (frontispiece), contemporary sheep, old reback, upper board detached, 12mo and State Worthies. Or, the States-men and Favourites of England since the Reformation..., 2nd edition, London: Thomas Milbourn for Samuel Speed, 1670, engraved frontispiece, contemporary calf, old reback, corners repaired, joints cracked, head & foot of spine worn, 8voQty: (6)

Abu 'l Feda (Ismael, Syrian prince, historian and geographer, 1273-1320). Life of Mahomet, in Arabic, with French translation, following the 1723 edition in Arabic and Latin of Jean Gagnier, here translated into French at the expense of Du Perron, dated Paris, 1828, 119 pages of Arabic manuscript in black and red ink, a fine neat hand, with 13 pages of numbered blank pages (120-132), followed by a French manuscript literal translation based on Gagnier's text of 1723, in black and red ink, probably in the same hand, pages numbered 133 to 307, with several blank leaves at end, bookplate of Sir William Coombes, handwritten description of the contents of the volume in English, in an early to mid 19th-century hand, to facing rear endpaper, modern ownership signature of D.L. Cumming to upper outer corner of rear pastedown, contemporary blue morocco, with black morocco spine, titled in gilt 'Vie de Mahomet, Arabes Francais', light marks, 4toQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Sir William Crookes (1832-1919), British chemist (with his bookplate to rear pastedown). A fine calligraphic manuscript of the arabic text of Abu 'l Feda, followed by a French translation based on the 1723 edition published by Gagnier, dated on the manuscript Paris 1828. According to the English note at rear of the volume, this translation was made at the expense of Monsieur Du Perron (possibly the noted scholar Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron,1731-1805, a French orientalist and linguist active in India and France in the late 18th century. The French title reads: Traduction littérale de la vie de Mahomet, d'après le sens de J. Gagnier dans son édition de MDCCXXIII. 1828. Paris. Ex libris Perron.

Kerr (Lord Mark Robert) Hamilton (William). Manuscript Copy of Letters concerning the Northern Coast of the County of Antrim. Containing a Natural History of its Basaltes: with an Account of such Circumstances as are worthy of notice respecting the Antiquities, Manners and Customs of that Country, 164pp, map, frontispiece and 51 original grisaille watercolours by the artist, each signed with his monogram, manuscript pages, offsetting, occasional marginal spotting, bookplate of Lord Kerr to front pastedown, contemporary full brown morocco gilt with floral embellishments to turn-ins, gilt text block, boards rubbed, spine extremities and joints worn, corners bumped, 4toQty: (1)NOTESA sumptuous manuscript copy of a cornerstone of 18th century Irish topography. Lord Mark Robert Kerr was Vice-Admiral of the Royal Navy (1837-1840) and an artist. He commanded the Fisgard in the Napoleonic War and it was he who alerted the Royal Navy to the movement of the French fleet through the Strait of Gibraltar in 1805, this being the initial advice that they were at sea. He maintained close correspondence with Admiral Nelson and Nelson thought of him highly; "..I fear Lord M Kerr is falling into the same complaint [as I have]. I have now got him to the fleet and shall keep an Eye upon him for he is too valuable an Officer and good a Man to be lost for want of care" (Nelson, the New Letters, 2005, pp.304). However, he was also an artist of high regard. "What Nelson did not know, however, was that, in addition to being an excellent naval officer, Kerr was also an exceptionally interesting artist: a Regency surrealist" (British Art Journal, Vol 6, No 2 pp.28-30). He married Charlotte MacDonald, Countess of Antrim in 1799 which no doubt contributed to his desire to create this work. Beautifully illustrated with 51 watercolours, all signed by the artist, based upon the corresponding passages in Hamilton's work. The passages of the text have been handwritten (presumably by Kerr) in a fine, flowing hand. Furthermore, the map and two further manuscripts were contributed by his daughter Letitia Louisa Kerr.

England & Wales. Hollar (Wenceslaus), The Kingdome of England & Principality of Wales, exactly describe with every Sheere & the small Townes in every one of them, in Six Mappes, Portable for every Mans Pocket..., Useful for all Commanders for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all forts of persons that would be informed, Where the Armies be; never so Commodiously drawne before this..., Described by one that travailed throughout the whole kingdom for its purpose, Sold by Thomas Jenner, 1644, printed title, six (complete) uncoloured engraved folding maps, a few maps with old folds strengthened on verso, map 6 (South East England) torn with the loss of the lower right corner of Kent & Essex, front endpaper with a manuscript monogram 'JR', contemporary calf, with gilt title to the spine, some wear and staining, binding size 220 x 115 mmQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no. 537. The map is often referred to as 'The Quartermaster's Map' and is based upon Christopher Saxton's wall map. It was used widely during the English Civil War, particularly by the Parliamentarians with whom the publisher Thomas Jenner's sympathies lay. Jenner was a print and map seller who set up in business at the White Bear in Cornhill in about 1618. Until the impending Civil War Jenner was not known for cartographic material. Then in 1643, he published a revised edition of the 'Direction for the English Traviller' whose plates he had acquired from his printer Matthew Simmons. Jenner had timed his move perfectly. The demand for maps to help the large numbers of people moving about the country at the time of the Civil War was on the increase. The market for the little atlas clearly proved so great that he was emboldened to do more. He engaged the services of the noted engraver Wenceslaus Hollar to etch a reduction of Christopher Saxton's great wall map of 1583, thereby enabling his customers to have a more detailed and yet still portable map of England and Wales. Its success can be measured by how often it was re-printed - as many as fifteen different states, the last being in 1800 - however, its portability probably resulted in the destruction of most examples and complete copies such as this example are rare. This is a very rare example of the 1st state, variant 1b. The monogram is believed to be that of John Rushworth. Rushworth was a solicitor and was enrolled at Lincoln's Inn in 1640. After the outbreak of the Civil War, he acted as a messenger between Parliament and its committees at Oxford and York. As secretary to Sir Thomas Fairfax, general of the New Model Army, Rushworth was off considerable importance, and thereafter he was employed by the council of state and Parliament. Following the execution of Charles I in 1649, Rushworth became personal secretary to Oliver Cromwell. He began drafting plans for the abolition of the monarchy and the House of Lords, and the establishment of an English Republic under the leadership of Cromwell. When Cromwell became Lord Protector in 1653, Rushworth was promoted to Registrar of the Court of Admiralty. At the Restoration, Rushworth made peace with Charles II and, although called to give information on the activities of the regicides, was not himself implicated. In 1667 he became secretary to the Lord Keeper and, later, agent to the colony of Massachusetts. Despite his many emoluments and an inherited estate, he fell into poverty, probably as a result of a combination of senility and alcoholism, and spent his last years in a lodging in the King’s Bench Prison, Southwark, where he died. A rare map with a remarkable historical provenance. I am grateful to Dr Robert Colley for his research into the monogram and its significance.

Essex. A collection of 18 county maps, 18th & 19th century, sixteen engraved county maps, with examples by Luffman, Hall, Archer, Rocque, Conder, Owen & Bowen, Lewis, Neele, Bowen/Meijer, Osborne, Whittaker, Wallis, Badeslade & Toms, Kitchin and a pen and ink manuscript map of Essex, together with 2 strip road maps by John Cary, various sizes and conditionQty: (18)

Forester (C.S.) The General, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1936, advertisements at end, one or two light spots, bookplate of T.W. Walding, original cloth, spine slightly darkened with tiny tear at foot, professionally restored dust jacket, 8vo, together with The Earthly Paradise, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1940, original cloth, slight lean, dust jacket, tear and chips at spine ends and folds, a few small marks, 8vo, plus The Ship, 1st edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1943, front endpaper with manuscript date and abrasion from bookplate removal, original cloth, dust jacket with Book Society Choice wraparound band, clear tape residue to rear panel, small; tears and chips, 8vo, with others by C.S. Forester including The Sky and the Forest, 1948, Randall and the River of Time, 1951, The Nightmare, 1954, The Good Shepherd, 1955, The Barbary Pirates, 1956, and Hunting the Bismarck, 1959Qty: (12)

Scrap book. 19th Century and later, relating to the Heathcote and Wigram families, 19th century and the Scudamore family, 20th century, comprising some 90 leaves with approximately 60 watercolours and drawings of various subjects including landscapes, portraits, natural history subjects, seven pen and ink early 19th century designs for bead work, some captioned and initialled, 35 prints, several leaves of manuscript verse and other ephemera including 10 Mulready spoof envelopes, a letter from the 2nd Earl Vincent to William Robert Smith of Haughton Castle, 1856, some leaves mounted to both sides, occasional minor spotting and stains but overall in clean condition, manuscript list of family members and dates at front, bookplate of Thomas Venables Scudamore (1889-1951, author of A Short History of the 7th Battalion, C.E.F., 1931), all edges gilt, original green blindstamped morocco gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, 4toQty: (1)

Shakespeare (William). A Midsummer-Nights Dream, London: Heinemann, 1908, illustrated throughout by Arthur Rackham, some marginal spotting (heavier to prelims), pictorial half morocco binding by Chivers, 4to with City of Birmingham to Alderman Thomas Oswald Williams, no publisher, 2pp, hand-coloured pictorial manuscript address, green morocco gilt by F Garrett, gilt floral embellishments to front board, 4to and one otherQty: (3)

Herbert of Cherbury (Edward, Lord). The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself, Strawberry Hill, 1764, folding engraved frontispiece and illustration to title, manuscript note to verso of front free endpaper ' 24th July 1776, given to the late E. of Powis', contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, joints slightly cracked at head & foot, light wear at foot of spine, 4to in 2s, together with: Pegge (Samuel), The Life of Robert Grosseteste, the celebrated Bishop of Lincoln..., London: John Nichols, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece offset to title, scattered spotting at front & rear, contemporary half calf, red morocco title label, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 4to, Dodsley (Robert), Trifles: vis. The Toy-shop. The King and the Miller of Mansfield ... The Right of Mankind to do what they will, asserted, 2nd edition, London: J. Dodsley, 1777, engraved illustration to title, occasional light spotting, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco title label, extremities rubbed, 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including Canon Missae ad usum Episcoporum, ac praelatorum solemniter, vel private celebrantium, Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1755, text & music printed in red & black, engraved plates, all edges gilt, contemporary red velvet, joints split, worn, folioQty: (a carton)

Miller (Philip and Martyn, Thomas). The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary; containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden, and nursery; of performing the practical parts of agriculture; of managing vineyards, and of propogating all sorts of timber trees, 2 volumes in 4, London: F.C. and J. Rivington, et al., 1807, 18 engraved plates only (of 20), some scattered spotting, manuscript library number to verso of final leaves, ink stamps to front endpapers, early 20th century half calf, morocco title labels, 'Library Office of Woods' in gilt at foot of spines, small paper label to rear boards, extremities rubbed, folioQty: (4)

Busch (Johannes, attributed to). Speculum exemplorum omnibus christicolis, Augsburg: Rynman, 1512, 286 leaves, title-page slightly damaged and loose with crude paper repair to verso but not affecting text, tear in lower margin of second leaf, dampstaining to inner and lower margins, a few small wormholes in text throughout, occasional old marginal manuscript annotations, old ownership inscription on front pastedown, hinges broken, contemporary blindstamped and panelled pigskin over wooden boards, some worming and wear, lacks clasps and catches, folio (27 x 19cm)Qty: (1)NOTESLong attributed to Aegidius Aurifaber, it is now considered the work of Johannes Busch. This collection first appeared in 1481, and is a compilation of monks' legends after the Gesta Romanorum, and from works by Gregorius Magnus, Petrus Amianus, Hieronymus Presbyter, Beda, and others.

Polybios. Megapolitani historiarum libri priores quinque, Lyon: Gryphius, 1554, textblock detaching from spine, near contemporary inscriptions to title page, occasional marginal spotting, some leaves toned, damp-staining to some leaves (affecting text), occasional near-contemporary notations to a few leaves, 12th century manuscript pasted down onto spine linings, contemporary vellum, boards stained and rubbed, top of spine cracked, stickers removed, lacking ties, 8voQty: (1)

Jewel (John). The true copies of the letters betwene the reverend father in God John Bisshop of Sarum and D. Cole, upon occasion of a Sermon that the said Bisshop preached before the Quenes Maiestie, and her most honorable Counsel. 1560. Set forthe and allowed, according to the order appointed in the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions. Cum gratia & privilegio Regiae Maiestatis per septennium, [London, printed by John Day, 1560], 177 leaves, plus 9 unnumbered leaves (A-Z8, AA4), title page with woodcut decorative border (close-trimmed with slight loss to top and fore-margin), gothic black letter text, woodcut initials, A2 with closed tear repaired without loss, early ownership initials in brown ink to verso of title 'W. W. Oxon 2d', with additional manuscript text references in the same hand to 'ABp Cranmr. 62.63, Albert Pighius p.23, Bp Gard. Mistakes Dr Smith's Prooff of Transcubst, Dr Oglethorp's fals Concord, and with further annotations apparently in the same hand to final blank and rear pastedown (Adoration of ye bred a new devise. p:138, Comunion under one kind. page: 109.135, corpus-Xi day beegan: p:138, The Word of Transubstantion/p:43 Private Masse not in ye church for 600 yeares. p:152, etc.), contemporary blind-ruled sheep, somewhat worn on spine, with joints partly cracked, small 8voQty: (1)NOTESSTC 14613. Only two copies traced at auction, in 1938 and 1951. First edition containing the exchange between the newly-created Bishop of Salisbury John Jewel, and Henry Cole (circa 1500-1579/80), a Roman Catholic apologist and fellow of New College, Oxford, who preached the sermon at the execution of Thomas Cranmer, following which Cranmer famously recanted his short-lived adherence to the Catholic faith. The text includes Bishop Jewel's sermon at Paul's Cross, better known as the Challenge Sermon, which helped to ignite a decade of controversy over the relationship between the Church of England and the 'true universal church'.

A.L. Grace, "The Manuscript", oil on canvas 39cm x 49cm, signed lower right, titled verso, framed 55cm x 65cm.

MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL GUIDE TO FRANCE & BASQUE SPAIN, c. 1860, small octavo, worn tan calf, all edges gilt; illustrated with small albumen photographs, Amiens Cathedral, Bordeaux, French clerics and others. WITH commonplace book, similar period (2) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

'PRESENTED TO J BROCK ALLEN, ESQ? ON HIS RETIREMENT', Illuminated manuscript, 1953 in presentation binding, Borough of Wolverhampton, by Erle & G. Newey, 5 leaves on vellum WITH smaller printed presentation volume (2) (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

ANNIE BROADBENT 1885, small octavo manuscript, worn red roan binding, mixture of verses, seaweed, drawings and music. Probably with provenance from the Broadbent family of Huddersfield, engineers (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

FREDERICK CARTER, TWENTY DRAWINGS, Portfolio, loose paper portfolio very worn, one of 10 copies on large paper, each proof signed, 'No 3 F Carter' in the artist's hand written on limitation statement on lower wrapper. Engraved by W M R Quick. Contains 24 images, most signed by Carter with his title also in manuscript. Printed on various sizes of paper, some old folds and wear to paper edges. WITH Three Songs by Walter De La Mare, with designs by Frederick Carter, No 15 of 100 copies, signed at limitation (Est. plus 17.5% premium)

c.1580-1620 AD. A set of four vellum manuscript pages illustrating scenes from an epic tale, each with a panel of calligraphic text and a hand-painted scene: kneeling figure with swaddled child and approaching female bearing a crowned monkey on her shoulder; kneeling figure with approaching female; combat scene with monkeys and felines(?), crowned archer shooting a demonic figure; supine female with fangs above a monkey climbing on a pediment. 10 grams total, 25cm each (10"). Ex central London gallery. [4, No Reserve] Fine condition.

19th century AD. A portable leather-bound prayer book of circa 300 folios bearing ten lines of cursive maghribi script per page in sepia ink, key words highlighted in blue and red ink, a number of folios featuring polychrome illumination and magic squares inscribed with magic numbers; endpapers with manuscript annotations; blind stamped and tooled decorative binding comprising an intricate border and central floral panel with folding closure. 213 grams, 11.2cm (4 1/4"). Ex central London gallery; formerly with Bloomsbury Auctions, 9 July 2009, lot 30; accompanied by a collector's catalogue information page. A portable prayer book suitable for use as a pilgrim's travelling accessory for a journey to Mecca to perform hajj. The magic squares suggest an additional amuletic function, warding off evil. The style and execution of the binding, script and illuminated pages suggest a North African origin. [No Reserve] Text block sound and clean, endpapers worn; binding good with slight separation at hinges.