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Watson (Rowan). Western Illuminated Manuscripts, A catalogue of works in the National Art Library from the eleventh to the early twentieth century, with a complete account of the George Reid Collection, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: V&A Publishing, 2011, numerous color illustrations, publishers original red cloth with slipcase, large 4to, together with; Pelekanidis (S.M. Et al), The Treasures Of Mount Athos Illuminated Manuscripts (The Patriarchal Institute For Patristic Studies), 2 volumes, 1st English edition, Greece: Ekdotike Athenon S.A., 1974, numerous color illustrations, patterned endpapers, publishers original gilt & color decorated mock leather in dust jacket and slipcase, folio, and Panayotova (Stella). The Macclesfield Psalter, 1st edition, London: Thames & Hudson, 2008, numerous color illustrations, publishers original gilt decorated cloth in slipcase, 4to, plus other modern illuminated manuscript reference & related including publications by Oxford, Yale and The British Libary, Mostly original cloth in dust jack some original wrappers, VG, Large 4to/8voQty: (2 shelves )

[Walford, Thomas]. The Scientific Tourist Through Ireland, in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of Antiquity, Art, Science & the Picturesque, by an Irish Gentleman, London: for John Booth, [1818], engraved vignette title with small surface loss at foot (affecting date), 7 engravings with aquatint, including frontispiece, two engraved folding maps, letterpress with scarce minor spots or marks, and 3 blank lower outer corners creased with short tears, contemporary quarter cloth, rubbed and faded, a little wear to extremities, 12mo, together with: Cunningham (Allan), The Poems, Letters, and Land of Robert Burns: illustrated by W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and other artists, 2 volumes, London: George Virtue, [1840], additional vignette title to each volume, 88 (of 89) engraved plates, including frontispieces, spotting, volume 1 with pictorial bookplate of Jacobus Bromley (with early ink manuscript shelfmark), contemporary green half calf gilt, faded and rubbed with some scuffing, some wear to extremities, 3 joints cracked, 4to, Smith (William), A New and Compendious History, of the County of Warwick, Birmingham: W. Emans, 1830, additional vignette title edge-frayed with minor damp stain to fore-edge, (lacking letterpress title), engraved frontispiece, 58 (of 60) engraved plates (including map), spotting, 1 plate with closed marginal tear just touching plate border, and facing text leaf with long closed tear, pp.3-8 extensively repaired, numbered label to front pastedown, hinges strengthened with black cloth, all edges gilt, contemporary black calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers, rebacked with original spine relaid (rubbed), a little rubbed with some light scratches and marks, corners showing, 4to, and three others: A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Berks, by John Britton and E.W. Brayley, [1815?]; Jennings' Landscape Annual or Tourist in Spain for 1837, Biscay and the Castile's; British Military Prints, by Ralph Neville, 1909Qty: (7)

An illuminated manuscript depicting The Adoration of the Magi Bodycolour on vellum, possibly 15th century 13.5 x 9.4cm; 5¼ x 3¾in Provenance: From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)

MUSIC SONGBOOK, an early 19th c. sm. 4to oblong musical manuscript with lyrics where appropriate, some 40 pp. in all, includes copies of work by Mozart, Handel, Reichardt, et al., contemporary quarter calf,

[COOKERY MANUSCRIPTS] an early 19th c. quarter roan album with approx. 14 ff. manuscript recipes; together with a small 4to exercise book with printed covers & 4 ff. recipes, owner name and date E. Watkins, 1833 (2)

[LEWIS CARROLL INTEREST / ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT CARDEN and KITCHIN FAMILY BOOKS for CHILDREN] an extraordinary collection of 6 illustrated & manuscript Christmas books:a) "In Kardooland. MDCCCCII [1902]. Printed and Published at Black Wood Cottage by Uncle Brook," sm. 8vo, 16 pp., of which 7 are full-page watercolours, card covers, 11 x 11.5 cmsb) "The True & Complete History of the ArthurKardoos . . .Xmas MDCCCCI [1901]," 11 ff., 8 waterclours, 2 by a different hand signed with initials G.H.K, card covers, 16 x 12 cmsc) "More Arthurkardooky . . .1903," 10 ff., 8 watercolours, card covers, 15 x 11cmsd) "A History of North Viewgoland by Uncle Brook," [1904], 13 ff., 11 watercolours, card covers, 18 x 26 cmse) "Transactions of the Royal Kardooky Society of Gt. Britain. Annual Proceedings . . .Xmas, 1911," 19 ff., 9 mounted watercolours & some other illus., card covers, 32 x 23 cmsf) "The Khakikardookibook . . . 1914," 15 ff., 9 mounted watercolours (including one with an opening door), + other illus., cloth covered boards, 26 x 19cmsThe CHARLES DODGSON / LEWIS CARROLL CONNECTION. These charming little books were hand-made by the architect and designer Brook Taylor Kitchin (ca. 1869-1940) for his nieces and nephews, i.e. the six children of his older sister Alexandra Rhoda Kitchin, or "Xie", who married Arthur Cardew in 1890. "Xie" was the favourite photographic model of Charles Dodgson, with approximately 50 photographs having been taken of her by him. Brook himself appeared in the famous "St. George and the Dragon" photographs taken by Dodgson in the mid 1870's.

[ILLUMINATED PRESENTATION MANUSCRIPT] a very fine 4to illuminated presentation by Birmingham artist EDWARD MORTON, given by members of the congregation of TYSLEY Congregational Church to Mr. Thomas Wilkins, Sept. 1896; contents: 5 vellum leaves, each elaborately bordered in colours and gold, historiated initials and a fine miniature of the church, housed in a padded red morocco binding, upper cover gilt-lettered, cream silk e,p.'s & paste-downs, with loose photo portrait, housed within the original box. (box worn, one slight smear to one leaf)

[MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL] "A Tour in Wales and a Part of Monmouthshire. With a Short Description of Gloucester Cathedral. Written in the Year 1805," 4to album, 32 ff. incl. 8 original full-page na ve b/w/ illustrations, text illus. & later prints, contemporary half red roan

[MEDICINE] W.R. "An Epigram shewing Who are Doctors of Physick and who not," manuscript, small, a/f, pasted down, dated 1680

[MANUSCRIPT] near contemporary 3 pp. (+integral blank leaf) by "W.T." of Irish Sarah Johnson's message of revelation to the Queen, 1692; a rent receipt dated 1700; & another document (3)

A large collection of Neil Diamond LPs, to include: I'm a Believer; On The Way To The Sky; Tap Root Manuscript; Primitive; Beautiful Noise; Love at the Greek; You Don't Bring Me Flowers; The Jazz Singer; Velvet Gloves and Spit; Diamonds; and others. (27 plus 3 tour programmes)

Batak 'pustaha' (manuscript) handwritten, with coloured illustrations, in Batak language on handmade paper made from tree bark. The manuscript is in concertina form, the ends protected with buffalo bone pieces. The top piece is decorated with a carved gecko

Higham (David) and Frank David Higham, Archive of manuscript and printed material related to the Highams, including: a quantity of manuscript drafts, poems, notes and letters; many annotated and corrected typescripts; multiple folders of printed, manuscript and collected ephemera; press clippings; musical scores; c.50 books bound books by or collected by the Highhams etc., some with a few tears, creased or slight soiled, v.s., v.d., c.1910-1980 (qty) ⁂ David and Frank David Higham were authors of literature, poetry and drama, several plays in the archive having their musical accompaniments. Originally working with other partners since 1935, David Higham founded David Higham Associates in 1956, with a successful career as a prominent literary agent, the firm representing writers such as Muriel Spark, A.C. Clarke and Keith Waterhouse. Still in business today, the agency is particularly renowned in the field of children's literature having championed the work of Roald Dahl, Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Morpurgo among others.

Berlin (Sven) Who Wrote Joke Grim?, 'out of series' proof copy from an edition of 6, illustrations, tipped-in frontispiece, manuscript letter, postcard and draft of 'A Boy from the Buildings' from publisher Malcolm Macintosh loosely inserted, original pictorial wrappers, each with a different illustration by Berlin, 1993; and various publications, exhibition catalogues and newspaper articles relating to Berlin, v.s. (small qty).⁂ Berlin (1911-99) was a major figure in the St Ives artists' colony, but fell out with many of the others such as Ben Nicholson, and exiled himself.

NO RESERVE Betjeman (John) Ghastly Good Taste, manuscript copy in black, green and blue inks in a neat hand, the title calligraphic, folding plates "The Growth of Good Taste" and "The Street of Taste" loosely inserted, original half cloth, 8vo, [c.1933].⁂ A curious item, clearly not by Betjeman himself but possibly a form of publisher fair copy. The reference to Mowbrays of Margaret Street is present on p.119 and was swiftly suppressed from the printed version so this copy was likely taken from a very early or pre-publication example.

Stoppard (Tom) Travesties, early reprint, Michael McClure's copy with his ink ownership inscription and manuscript notes for two short poems to endpapers, rear endpapers torn out and loosely re-inserted, original pictorial wrappers, light creasing at joints, 8vo, 1975.⁂ The full ownership inscription reads, 'Michael McClure, Cambridge University, Oct 30 1975, Caius College, Gonville Room'. The poems written in McClure's hand seem to have been inspired by his environments in England where presumably he was on a visit; one is entitled 'November London' and the other 'All the yellow gold and coppery England underneath an autumn Cambridge Sky'. McClure (1932 - 2020) was an American poet, playwright, songwriter and novelist. He was a key member of the Beat Generation, a literary movement that explored and influenced American culture in the post-war period. McClure participated in the famous Six Gallery reading of 1955 where Allen Ginsberg read 'Howl' in public for the first time and he is the origin of the character Pat McLear in Jack Kerouac's novel Big Sur. From the collection of Ira Nadel, American-Canadian biographer of Stoppard, literary scholar and critic.

Douglas (Lord Alfred) Autograph Letter signed to Josiah Wedgwood MP, 2pp., folds, lambasting him for his "pitch of rage" against Collin Brooks, editor of The Truth, "Only, take care you don't get sacked yourself before you have realised your glorious, democratic dream of the complete suppression of free speech and a free press", Hove, Sussex, October 16th, 1941; Sonnets, first edition, typed poem "Sonnet on the Sonnet" with typed initials "A.D." at foot and single manuscript correction loosely inserted, original boards, spine ends and corners a little bumped, rubbed, 1909; Sonnets, first edition, signed presentation inscription from Stevie Smith to front free endpaper, frontispiece, light toning to margins, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 1935, 8vo (3)

Eliot (T.S.) The Cocktail Party, publisher's dummy copy with small manuscript correction by Eliot to p.29, signed by the author on title with printed name crossed out, original cloth, spine faded, dust-jacket, small tear to upper cover, spine head lightly bumped but still overall a clean and crisp example, 8vo, 1950.⁂ A curious copy with Eliot's signature and correction to a dummy edition.

MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF PSALMS A Metrical Version of the Psalms late 18th.C. (not later than 1800) m/s vol. 588 pp. sm. 4to cont. hf. cf. bds. det. sp. cracked

Framed and mounted Eastern manuscript, 19x44cm; together with an Indian colour print depicting Krishna and Gopis (2)

A framed illuminated manuscript together with a pair of tapestry pictures and prints etc

A FRAMED AND GLAZED KUFIC CALLIGRAPHIC MANUSCRIPT PAGE, double-sided, glazed on both sides, overall 31cm x 27cm.

A JERUSALEM OLIVE WOOD SCROLL HOLDER with velum manuscript inside, 21cm long.

Gregory Rudd (American, B. 1952) "F. Scott Fitzgerald" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This painting is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 23c F. Scott Fitzgerald stamp issued September 27, 1996. Born on September 24, 1896, F. Scott Fitzgerald attended Princeton University, where he penned amateur musical comedies. In 1917, the restless writer left Princeton without a degree. He enlisted in the army, where he wrote a draft of The Romantic Egoist -- the original manuscript of what was to become his first published novel. Revised extensively and renamed This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald's account of the newly-liberated generation of the Roaring Twenties was the first of its kind. Published in 1920, it garnered Fitzgerald instant fame. However, the gleeful excesses of his new lifestyle soon soured for the author, a sentiment reflected in Fitzgerald's second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922). In 1924, he joined the "lost" society of American expatriates living on the French Riviera that he later described in Tender Is the Night. Shortly after arriving in France, Fitzgerald completed his most celebrated novel: The Great Gatsby. Its haunting portrayal of the American Dream and its ultimate corruption made The Great Gatsby the quintessential American novel of its time and Fitzgerald's most cherished work. In 1940, the author died of a heart attack, leaving his most promising work, The Last Tycoon, unfinished. Fitzgerald was almost as renowned for his turbulent private life as for his timeless literary works. He brought to his short-stories and novels the intense romanticism and decadence that epitomized the lifestyle of his generation in the Roaring Twenties. Image Size: 14.5 x 12.5 in. Overall Size: 16.75 x 14.75 in. Unframed. (B15539)

Manuskriptkarte zur Schlacht bei Hochkirch im Siebenjährigen Krieg, 175818. Jh.Feldlager der Armee von Marschall Daun und des Königs von Preußen am Tag nach der Schlachtvon Hochkirch. Aquarellierte Federzeichnung/Papier. Sichtmaß 47 x 61 cm; in Passepartoutund unter Glas ger.Landkarte, Schlesischer Krieg 1756-1763, Siebenjähriger Krieg Manuscript map of the Battle of Hochkirch in the Seven Years' War, 1758.18th century.Titled in French ''Camp de L'Armée du Marechal Daun Et de Celui du Roy de Prusse...'', fieldcamp of the army of Marshal Daun and the King of Prussia on the day after the Battle ofHochkirch until the time when the King of Prussia left for Görlitz to lift the siege ofNeisse. Watercolour pen-and-ink drawing on paper. Visible size 47 x 61 cm; framed inpassepartout and under glass.

Kaiser Franz I. Erhebung in den Adelsstand für Géza Horváth. Prachturkunde mit goldgeprägten Eckfleurons und goldgeprägten ungarischem Wappen in rotem Ganzleder und kaiserlichem Wappen des Franz I. in Metallschatulle. Mit einem gouachiertem Wappen von E. Krahl mit Goldtinktur. Wien. 17. Juli 1916. 4 Bll. Manuskript auf Pergament. Folio. in OSchachtel mit Aussparungen für das Wappen. (Eine Schließe defekt). (Vgl. zu dieser Ernennung Béla Kempelen: Magyar nemes családok, 'Horváth' (mit Datum) und György Scheftsik, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok vármegye multja és jelene , Pécs 1935.) Prachtvolle Urkunde der Nummer 1116 aus dem Jahr 1915 ausgefertigt am 17. Juli 1916 für die Familie Horvath. Ernennt den Oberstleutnant Géza, Horváth und seine Frau Maria Magdolna Mahler aufgrund seiner familiären Verbindung zur Familie Kertai zum Mitglied des österreichisch-ungarischen Adelsstandes. - Alle Seiten in Goldtinktur gerahmt. Die Einleitungsseite mit prachtvollem Wappen der Länder der heiligen Stephanskrone. - Seiten nur selten minimal fingerfleckig. Raising to the rank of nobility for Géza Horváth. Splendid certificate with gold embossed corner fleurons and gold embossed Hungarian coat of arms in red full leather and imperial coat of arms of Francis I in metal casket. With a gouache coat of arms by E. Krahl with gold tincture. Vienna. July 17, 1916. 4 ll. Manuscript on vellum. Folio. in original box with cutouts for the coat of arms. (One clasp defect). - (Cf. on this appointment Béla Kempelen: Magyar nemes családok, 'Horváth' (with date) and György Scheftsik, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok vármegye multja és jelene , Pécs 1935) Splendid document of number 1116 from 1915 issued on July 17, 1916 for the Horvath family. Appoints Lieutenant Colonel Géza, Horváth and his wife Maria Magdolna Mahler as members of the Austro-Hungarian nobility due to his family connection with the Kertai family. - All pages framed in gold tincture. The introductory page with magnificent coat of arms of the lands of the Holy Crown of St. Stephen. - Pages only rarely minimally fingerstained.

Bible Moralisée. Codex Vindobonensis 2554 (der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek). 1 ganzs. Vollbild, 1 herald. Seite u. 1032 goldgehöhten Bildmedaillons. Kommentarband von Rainer Hausherr (in dt. u. frz. Sprache). Vollfaksimile u. Kommentarband. 2 Bde. Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA), 1973. 131 Bll. u. 101 S. 2°. OPbd. bzw. OLdr. mit reicher Blindprägung. Eins v. 2000 numm. Exemplaren. - Die weltberühmte Handschrift gilt nicht zuletzt durch die den Seiten beigegebene Goldgrundierung als eine der prächtigsten gotischen Handschriften überhaupt. Während die Bilder vornehmlich Szenen des Alten Testamentes zeigen, wird hier das im Neuen Testament (Johannes 1,5) explizierte und in der Gotik vielfach deklinierte Diktum "Deus lux est" in eindrucksvoller Weise bildhaft zur Aufführung gebracht. Eine beeindruckende Handschrift, die nicht zuletzt durch die bestechende Eingangsminiatur "Gott als Weltenschöpfer" und ihre gestalterischen Bildlösungen den Betrachter in ihren Bann zieht. - Guter Zustand. 2 vols. (facsimile and commentary) Commentary in German. With 1 full-page miniature, 1 heraldic page and 1032 miniatures partly heightened in Gold. Orig. leather with rich blind toolings respectively orig. leather in original publishers folder (slightly rubbed). - This world-renowned manuscript is seen as one of the most impressive gothic manuscripts, which underlines the rich use of gold in the over 1000 medaillons. Good condition.

Das Gebetbuch Kurfürst Maximilians I. von Bayern. Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Handschrift Codex Clm 23640 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, entstanden um 1600. Farbiges Vollfaksimile und Kommentarband in 2 Bänden. Frankfurt, S. Fischer und Stuttgart, Müller & Schindler, 1986. 255 S. (Kommentar, 22 x 13,5 cm)- 2 Bl., 132 Bl. (Faksimile, 15 x 10 cm). Original-Halbpergament (Kommentar) und roter Original-Seidenband mit 9 Messingbuckeln und 2 Messingschließen. In blauer Original-Leinwandkassette mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Prachtvolles Gebetbuch entstanden in der Hofwerkstatt Kaiser Rudolfs II. Die illuminierten Seiten geben in einem hohen Realismus erstaunliche Details von Tieren, Insekten und Pflanzen wieder. - Original-Randbeschnitt und Goldschnitt. Wohlerhalten. The Prayer Book of Elector Maximilian I of Bavaria. Complete facsimile edition of the illuminated manuscript Codex Clm 23640 of the Bavarian State Library, created around 1600. Full colour facsimile and commentary volume in 2 volumes. 255 pp. (commentary, 22 x 13,5 cm) - 2 fol., 132 fol. (Facsimile, 15 x 10 cm). Original half vellum (commentary) and red original silk ribbon with 9 brass bosses and 2 brass clasps. In original blue cloth case with gilt spine title. - Magnificent prayer book created in the court workshop of Emperor Rudolf II. The illuminated pages depict amazing details of animals, insects and plants in a high degree of realism. - Well preserved.

Lothringische Apokalypse. Das Manuskript oc. 50 aus dem Bestand der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek Dresden. Mit 72 in Gold und Silber gedruckten Miniaturen und zahlr. Initialen. 2 Bde. (Faksimile und Kommentar). Leipzig, Edition Leipzig, 1988. Gr.-8°. Blindgeprägter Schweinslederband im Stil des 15. Jahrhunderts u. HLdr. im illustr. OSchuber. Eins von 800 num. Exemplaren. - Hervorragende Reproduktion der berühmten Handschrift mit zahlreichen Abbildungen in Gold und Farbe. - Schöner rundum Goldschnitt. With 82 in gold and silver printed miniatures and numerous initials. Blind tooled pigskin in 15th. century style and half leather in illustr. original slipcase. - One of 800 numbered copies. - Impressive facsimile of this important manuscript.

Offizium der Madonna. Codex Vaticanus Latinus 10293. Mit 474 Faksimileseiten, 34 ganzseitigen Minaturen und 19 Initialen. Vollfaksimile mit Kommentarband von Bodo Brinkmann. Zürich, Belser, 1987. 237 Bll. u. 30 S. 12° u. 8°. OLdr. mit ornamentaler Blindprägung u. OLeinen in OVerlagskasette (minimal berieben). Eins v. 1000 Exemplaren (GA 2900). - Die Handschrift und ihre Miniaturen sind vermutlich im 15. Jahrhundert in Flandern (wohl Brügge) entstanden. Sehr dekorative Ausgabe mit dreiseitigem punzierten Goldschnitt. - Guter Zustand. - Dabei: Jakobus de Voragine. Legenda aurea. Deutsch von R. Benz. 2 Bde. Jena, E. Diederichs 1917 - 1921. Kl.-4to. Mit zahlreichen eingemalten Initialen in Rot und Blau. 3 Bll. (3. w.), XXVIII S., 2 Bll., 760 Sp., 2 Bll. (le. w.), 4 Bll. (3. w.), 720 S. Hellbraune Ldr.-Bde. mit blindgepr. RTitel und reicher Deckelblindprägung. - 1500 Exemplare, gedruckt in der Offizin W. Drugulin in Leipzig. 2 vols. (facsimile and commentary). With 474 facsimile opages, 34 full page miniatures and 19 initials. Orig. half leather with blind tooling and original cloth in publishers box (slightly rubbed). - The manuscript and its impressive miniatures are made probably in the 15th. century flandern. - Good Condition. Added: Jakobus de Voragine, 2 vol. 1917-21.

Tacuinum sanitatis: Codex Vindobonensis 2396 (Nationalbiliothek Wien). Mit 294 tls. farbigen Miniaturen und tls. goldgehöhten Initialen. Vollfaksimile mit Kommentarband von J. Rössl. Graz/Zürich/Madrid, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA), Edition Seefeld / Ediciones de Arte y Bibliofilia 1984. 164 S. u. 184 S., 4°. Goldgepr. Kalbsldr und OPp. in OPp.-Schuber. 1 v. 1975 numm. Exemplaren. - Sehr schönes Faksimile der "Gesundheitstafeln in Tabellenform" einer venezianischen Handschrift aus dem Jahre 1490. - Guter Zustand dieses bibliophilen medizinischen Werkes. - Dabei: Ernst Trenkler. Das Evangeliar des Johannes von Troppau. Handschrift 1182 der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Mit 18 (10 farbigen) Tafeln. Klagenfurt und Wien, J. Leon und M. Jaffe 1948. Fol. 69 S., 1 Bl. OLdr. mit Gold- und Blindprägung. - Der Codex Dresdensis (Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek - Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Mscr. Dresd. R 310). Farbige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Maya-Bilderhandschrift im Besitz der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek, Dresden. 78 Seiten (davon 74 beschrieben) im Format 20,5 x 9 cm. Gesamtlänge 3,56 m, als Faltbuch ausgebunden Graz, Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA) 1975. OKldr. auf Holzdeckel. 2 vols. (facsimile and commentary). With 294 colour miniatures and intials partly heightened in gold. Orig. calfleather with gilding and orig. paper in slipacse (slightly rubbed). - Impressive facsimile of this important medical manuscript. - Good condition. - Added: Das Evangeliar des Johannes von Troppau. 1949. - Der Codex Dresdensis. Graz 1975.

Wiener Genesis. Purpurpergamenthandschrift aus dem 6. Jh. Vollständiges Faksimile des Codex Theol. Gr. 31 der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien. Faksimile- und Kommentarband, zus. 2 Bde. Frankfurt, Insel 1980. Folio. Handgeb. Orig.-Pergamentband sowie OLwd., zus. in OLwd.-Kassette (Kasette etwas lichtrandig). Eins von 150 num. Exemplaren der Luxusausgabe in Pergament (GA 900). - Hrsg. und mit einem Kommentar von Otto. Mazal, Wien. Die Wiener Genesis mit dem illuminierten Text des ersten Buches des Alten Testaments ist im sechsten Jahrhundert nach Christus im syrisch-palästinensischen Raum entstanden. "Trotz ihres unvollständigen Erhaltungszustandes bietet sie noch immer den schönsten und größten Zyklus biblischer Bilder. Nach der weitgehenden Zerstörung der sogenannten Cotton-Genesis, einer ägyptisch-alexandrinischen Genesishandschrift des 5. oder 6. Jahrhunderts, ist die Wiener Genesis zugleich das älteste erhaltenen Dokument eines Genesiszyklus" (Erläuterungstext). One of 150 num. Copies of the deluxe edition in vellum (GA 900). - Edited and with a commentary by Otto. Mazal, Vienna. The Vienna Genesis with the illuminated text of the first book of the Old Testament was produced in the Syrian-Palestinian region in the sixth century AD. "Despite its incomplete state of preservation, it still offers the most beautiful and largest cycle of biblical images. After the extensive destruction of the so-called Cotton Genesis, an Egyptian-Alexandrian Genesis manuscript of the 5th or 6th century, the Vienna Genesis is also the oldest surviving document of a Genesis cycle" (explanatory text).

China - Japan - - IESVS. Cartas que los Padres y Hermanos de la Compania de Iesus, que andan en los Reynos de Iapon escriuieron a los de la misma Compania, desde el ano de mil y quinientos y quarenta y nueue, hasta el de mil y quinientos y setenta y uno. En In las quales se da noticia de las varias costumbres y idolatrias de aquella Gentilidad y se cuenta el principio successo y bondad de los christianos de aquellas partes. Mit zahlreichen Holzschnitt-Initialen. Alcala, Juan Iñiguez de Lequerica, 1575. 8°. 5 (von 8) nn. Bll. (Blätter 3-6 mit Widmung und 2 Vorworten), 1-315 num. Bll., 4 (von 6) nn. Bll. (Inhaltsverzeichnis). Zeitgenössisches Pergament mit handschriftlichem Rückentitel und marmorierten Deckeln.Im Handel äußerst selten, nur 2 Mal in Auktionen nachweisbar seit 1906. - Cordier, Japonica, 67f. Carayon, 591. Laures, 140. Palau, 46311. Salvá 3282. Streit IV, 1496 und 1519. Maggs Bros, 4. - Exemplar aus der Bibliothek der Grafen von Harrach mit deren Sammlungsstempel "Ex bibliotheca Viennensi" auf Widmungsblatt (5 recto). Die Harrachs sind ein österreichisches und böhmisches Adelsgeschlecht und gehörten zu den prominentesten im stark katholischen Habsburgerreich. - Erste spanische Ausgabe der "Cartas que os Padres e Irm�os da Companhia de Iesus", dem ersten europäischen Druckwerk überhaupt, das chinesische und japanische Schriftzeichen enthält. Lange Zeit hatten Bibliographen fälschlicherweise die Bücher von Escalante (1577) und Mendoza (1585) über China oder den Atlas von Ortelius (1584) als die ersten Publikationen mit chinesischen und japanischen Schriftzeichen bezeichnet. Dieses seltene und wichtige Werk wurde ursprünglich in portugiesischer Sprache als eine Sammlung von Briefen veröffentlicht, die von Missionaren der Gesellschaft Jesu aus Japan zwischen 1549 und 1571 geschrieben wurden, gedruckt von Antonio de Marijs in Coimbra im Jahr 1570. Die vorliegende spanische Ausgabe ist wesentlich um Material erweitert, das im portugiesischen Druck von 1570 nicht enthalten war: S. 1-30 enthalten einen biographischen Bericht über Franz Xaver, den ersten christlichen Missionar in Japan: "La vida del padre maestro Francisco Xauier.", gefolgt von "Y relacion de las cosas de la India, que imprimio en latin Manuel de Acosta." mit Anmerkungen zu (in dieser Reihenfolge) Goa, Cochin, Daman, Ceylon, Comorin, Bassein, Ormuz, Äthiopien, Inambay und Manomotapa, Malaca, den Molukken, Ambonia, Solor, Macassar usw. Hinzu kommen 10 Briefe (insgesamt 87), die zwischen 1567 und 1571 geschrieben wurden, sowie ein kurzer Bericht über die Inseln Japans. Die Briefe stammen von Franz Xaver, Cosme de Torres, Juan Fernandez, Luis de Almeida, Luigi Froes, Gaspar Vilela, Melchior de Figueredo und anderen. - Bll. 1 (Einleitung), 2 (Titelbl.), 3 (Einleitung), 8 und 9 (Widmung in memoriam an Papst Pius IV.), sowie das 1. Bl. (Kolophon recto, Holzschnitt mit gekreuzigtem Jesus verso) und das letzte Bl. (Liste der Errata) des Anhangs fehlen. Bll. 1-4 Buchblock mit festem Schnitt an der Oberkante, daher einige Seiten mit Fehlern an der oberen Beschriftung und Paginierung. Ehemaliger Einriss an S. 146 im Rand verstärkt, Ränder der nicht paginierten Bll. 5-9 und der letzten 4 Bll. mit zeitgenössischer Restaurierung, letztes Bl. mit fehlenden Kanten. S. 3 mit 2cm Einriss an der rechten oberen Ecke, Bl. 9 fehlt, 10 fehlt im unteren Teil, Bll. 24-24 am unteren Rand wurmstichig (kein Textverlust), drucktechnisch falsche Paginierung bei 29 (gedruckt "25"), 52 (gedruckt "25"), 83 (gedruckt "53"), 163 (gedruckt "159"), einige Seiten mit hs. Marginalien, einige andere Seiten sehr leicht stockfleckig. Handgeschriebener Kurztitel auf dem Vorsatz.(Letters from the fathers and brothers of the Society of Jesus, who went to the kingdoms of Japan, written in the years 1549 to 1571 to those of the same society. In which news is given of the various customs and idolatries of that gentility, as well as fidelity to their principles and success and benevolence of the Christians of those parts is told.) With numerous wood-cut initials. 5 (of 8 or 9) not paginated leaves (leaves 3-6 with dedication and 2 prefaces), 1-315, 1 p., 4 (of 6) not paginated leaves (table of contents). Contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title to spine and marbled boards. - Exceedingly rare nowadays in trade, only 2 auctions records since 1906. - First European printed book to contain Chinese and Japanese characters. Copy from the library of the counts of Harrach with their oval collection stamp "Ex bibliotheca Viennensi" on dedication leaf (5 recto). The Harrach's are an Austrian and Czech noble family and were among the most prominent in the strongly Catholic Habsburg Empire. - First Spanish edition of "Cartas que os Padres e Irm�os da Companhia de Iesus", the first European printed book ever to contain Chinese and Japanese characters. For a long time bibliographers had wrongly quoted the books of Escalante (1577) and Mendoza (1585) about China, or the atlas of Ortelius (1584) to be the first publications with Chinese and Japanese characters. This scarce and important work was originally published in Portuguese language as a collection of letters written by missionaries of the Society of Jesus from Japan between 1549 and 1571, printed by Antonio de Marijs in Coimbra in the year 1570. Present Spanish edition is substantially augmented with additional material not contained in the 1570 Portuguese print: Folios 1-30 contain a biographical account on Francis Xavier, the first Christian missionary in Japan: "La vida del padre maestro Francisco Xauier.", followed by "Y relacion de las cosas de la India, que imprimio en latin Manuel de Acosta." with remarks on (in order of appearance) Goa, Cochin, Daman, Ceylon, Comorin, Bassein, Ormuz, Ethiopia, Inambay and Manomotapa, Malaca, the Moluccas, Ambonia, Solor,Macassar etc. Also added are 10 letters (to make it a total of 87), written between 1567 and 1571, and a brief account of the islands of Japan. The letters derive from Francis Xavier, Cosme de Torres, Juan Fernandez, Luis de Almeida, Luigi Froes, Gaspar Vilela, Melchior de Figueredo and others. - Leaves 1 (introducing note), 2 (title leaf), 3 (introducing notes), 8 and 9 (dedication in memoriam to Pope Pius IV.), as well as the 1st (colophon recto, wood-cut with crucified Jesus verso) and last (list of errata) leaves of the appendix are missing; leaves 1-4 Book block with tight cut at top edge, therefore some pages with faults at top caption and pagination; former tear at leaf 146 enforced, margins of not paginated leaves 5-9 and the last 4 leaves with contemporary restoration using mould paper, last leaf with missing edges at corners; leaf 3 with 2cm tear at upper right corner, leaf 9 missing, 10 missing lower part, leaves 24-24 wormy at bottom edge (no text loss), printer's wrong pagination at 29 (printed "25"), 52 (printed "25"), 83 (printed "53"), 163 (printed "159"), some pages with hand-written marginals, some other pages very slightly foxy. Hand-written short title on 1st fly leaf recto.

Geologie - Mineralogie - - Gustav Rose. Mineralogie publice vorgetragen von Professor Gustav Rose. Winter-Semester 1828/1829. Universität Berlin. Mitgeschrieben von G. Tidden. Deutsches Manuskript. (Berlin, 1829) 4° (2) S., 72 numm S., 10 w. Bll. 4° Ppbd. d. Zt. Sehr seltene unveröffentlichte handschriftliche Vorlesungsmitschriften von mineralogischen Vorlesungen, die der deutsche Mineraloge Gustav Rose, damals noch Juniorprofessor an der Universität in Berlin, im Winter 1828/1829 in Berlin gehalten hat und die während dieser Vorlesungen von dem Schüler ? G. Tidden geschrieben wurden. Ein ähnliches Manuskript befindet sich an der ETH Zürich im Nachlass von Arnold Escher von der Linth. Die Vorlesungen beginnen mit "Brennmaterialien", wie Steinkohle, dann geht es weiter mit Braunkohle, Torf, Metallen, Siderit, Blei, Kupfer, Zink, Silber, Gold, Platin, Antimonium, u.a. Wenige Monate später, 1829, wurde Gustav Rose zusammen mit Chr. G. Ehrenberg ausgewählt, Alexander von Humboldt auf einer wissenschaftlichen Reise im Auftrag des russischen Zaren in den Ural, den Altai und das Kaspische Meer zu begleiten. - Etwas gebräunt und minimal fleckig. Geology. - Mineralogy - Very rare unpublished handwritten lecture notes of mineralogical lectures held in Berlin in Winter 1828/1829 by the German mineralogist Gustav Rose, then still junior professor at the University in Berlin and written during these lectures by the student ? G. Tidden. A similar manuscript is held by ETH Zürich within the papers of Arnold Escher von der Linth. The lectures begins with "Brennmaterialien", like black coal, then going on with brown coal, peat, metals, siderite, lead, copper, zinc, silver, gold, platin, antimonium, et al.A few months later in 1829, Gustav Rose along with Chr. G. Ehrenberg was chosen to accompany Alexander von Humboldt on a scientific journey commissioned by the Russian Czar to the Urals, the Altai, and the Caspian Sea. - Somewhat browned and minimally spotted.

Zoologie - Conchologie - - Jean-Baptiste Hoüel. Cahier d'histoire naturelle 1839. Französisches Manuskript mit 19 Original-Zeichnungen. 1839-1848. 1 Hs. Titelbl., 15 S. Handschrift, 1 Bl. Inhaltsverzeichnis (unvollständig), 19 Bll. Zeichnungen, (zusätzl. 17 weiße Bll.). Die Zeichnungen je signiert und betitelt, meist datiert. 4°. OPp. mit blauem Papier bezogen (etwas stockfleckig und mit kl. Läsuren und Einrissen). Sehr saubere und gut leserliche Handschrift, die Zeichnungen sorgfältig und detailgetreu. Die 11 Feder-Zeichnungen mit Darstellungen diverser Vogel-Arten, einer Fledermaus, eines Tigers und eines Krokodils nach den Stichen aus Buffon von u.a. Baussard, Martinet und de Sève. Bis auf eine Zeichnungen mit begleitendem Text, wohl frei aus Buffons Histoire Naturelle übertragen. Die 8 Aquarelle mit Darstellungen von Muscheln vom Autor selbst nach der Natur gezeichnet. - Tls. etw. braunfleckig. Farben in gutem Zustand. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. Zoology - Conchologie - French manuscript with 19 original drawings. 1839-1848. 1 manuscript title-page, 15 pp. manuscript, 1 fol. table of contents (incomplete), 19 fol. drawings, (add. 17 white fol.). The drawings each signed and titled, mostly dated. Original paper binding covered with blue paper (somewhat foxed and with small tears). - Very clean and legible handwriting. The drawings carefully and true to detail. The 11 pen-and-ink drawings depicting various bird species, a bat, a tiger and a crocodile after the engravings from Buffon by Baussard, Martinet and de Sève, among others. Except for one drawing with accompanying text, probably freely transferred from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. The 8 watercolours with depictions of shells drawn by the author himself from nature. - Some brown spotting. Colours in good condition. Altogether very well preserved.

Französische Bibliophilie - - Henri - nach Matisse. (1869 Le Cateau - 1954 Nizza). Jazz. Mit 20 (15 doppelblattgroße) Farblithographien in Pochoirtechnik sowie lithographische Künstlerhandschrift. (Faksimile-Nachdruck von Mourlot). Am Ende: Dominique Szymusiak. "A propos du Jazz de Matisse". (Paris), Arcueil Cedex, Editions Anthèse, 2004. 146 S., 3 Bll., III S. Folio. Lose Bögen. OUmschlag in OLwd.-Mappe mit schwarzgepr. RTitel im OLwd.-Schuber. Eins von 1500 Exemplaren auf Lana Royal 250. - Vgl. Duthuit/Garnaud 22. - Brillanter Druck bei Idem-Mourlot unter der Leitung von Claude Draeger u. Mario Ferreri. Matisses Buch Jazz ist ein ikonisches Werk der Buchkunst, das aus zwanzig Illustrationen sowie Texten von Henri Matisse besteht. Es basiert auf Scherenschnitten und ist eines der wichtigsten Künstlerbücher des 20. Jahrhunderts. Das Buch ist der Höhepunkt für Matisse' Technik der "papiers découpés". One of 1500 copies. With 20 (15 double page) coloured lithographs and lithographic artist's manuscript. - Loose leaves in orig. wrappers in orig. cloth folder with black stamped title to spine in orig. cloth slip-case. Matisse's book Jazz is an iconic work of book art consisting of twenty illustrations and texts by Henri Matisse. It is based on silhouettes and is one of the most important artist's books of the 20th century. The book is the culmination of Matisse's technique of "papiers découpés".

Charles Gallaud. Machine à voter. Manuskript zum ersten elektrischen Wahlautomaten Frankreichs. Paris, um 1861-1864. 4°. 10 Bll. mit 15 S. Handschrift und 9 handgemalten farbigen Diagrammen im Text. In blauem OPp. mit Fadenbindung und späterem hs. Titel (etwas angeschmutzt und mit kleinen Einrissen). Sehr sauber und leserlich geschrieben. Die technischen Zeichnungen äußerst fein und präszise. - Der Wahlautomat wurde 1861 von dem Ingenieur Gallaud erfunden und patentiert. Ein Jahr später wurde er der Société d'Encouragement vorgestellt und 1864 schließlich der Société des Ingénieurs civils. Im selben Jahr testete der Senat die Maschine und wurde, wie Molinos im Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement berichtet, lobend aufgenommen. Der erste Vorschlag für den Einsatz von Wahlmaschinen kam von den Chartisten im Jahr 1838. Zu den radikalen Reformen, die in "The Peoples Charter" gefordert wurden, gehörten das allgemeine Wahlrecht und die geheime Stimmabgabe. Die Chartisten veröffentlichten daraufhin Schedule A, eine Beschreibung, wie ein Wahllokal zu führen war, und Schedule B, eine Beschreibung einer Wahlmaschine, die in einem solchen Wahllokal zu verwenden war. Ihre Wahlmaschine, die Benjamin Jolly in Bath zugeschrieben wird, erlaubte es jedem Wähler, eine Stimme in einem einzigen Wahlgang abzugeben. Dazu musste eine Messingkugel in das entsprechende Loch im oberen Teil der Maschine neben dem Namen des Kandidaten geworfen werden. Die Kugel trieb während sie durch die Maschine lief einen Uhrwerkzähler für den jeweiligen Kandidaten voran und fiel dann vorne für den nächsten Wähler wieder heraus. Im Jahr 1875 erhielt Henry Spratt aus Kent ein US-Patent für eine Wahlmaschine, die den Stimmzettel als eine Reihe von Druckknöpfen darstellte, je einen pro Kandidat. 1881 patentierte Anthony Beranek aus Chicago die erste Wahlmaschine, die für den Einsatz bei einer allgemeinen Wahl in den Vereinigten Staaten geeignet war. Im Juli 1936 mechanisierte IBM die Stimmabgabe und die Tabellierung der Stimmzettel für übertragbare Einzelwahlen. Manuscript in French describing the first French electronic voting machine. 15 pages handwritten text and 9 hand drawn diagrams in different coloured inks in the text. Blue plain wrappers with later title in pencil. - Very clean and legibly written. The technical drawings extremely fine and precise. - The voting machine was invented and patented by the engineer Gallaud in 1861. A year later it was presented to the Société d'Encouragement and finally to the Société des Ingénieurs civils in 1864. That same year, the Senate tested the machine and, as Molinos reported in the Bulletin de la Société d'Encouragement, it was praised. The first proposal for the use of voting machines came from the Chartists in 1838, and among the radical reforms called for in The Peoples Charter were universal suffrage and secret ballot. The Chartists then published Schedule A, a description of how a polling station was to be run, and Schedule B, a description of a voting machine to be used in such a polling station. Their voting machine, attributed to Benjamin Jolly in Bath, allowed each voter to cast a vote in a single ballot. To do this, a brass ball had to be thrown into the appropriate hole in the top of the machine next to the candidate's name. The ball advanced a clockwork counter for that candidate as it passed through the machine and then fell out the front for the next voter. In 1875, Henry Spratt of Kent obtained a US patent for a voting machine that represented the ballot paper as a series of push buttons, one for each candidate. In 1881, Anthony Beranek of Chicago patented the first voting machine suitable for use in a general election in the United States. In July 1936, IBM mechanised the casting and tabulation of ballots for single transferable elections.

Sammlung Künstlerbücher - Pressendrucke - Erker-Presse - - Giuseppe Ungaretti. La Luce. Poesie 1914 - 1961. Mit XIII farb. Originallithographien von P. Dorazio. St. Gallen, Erker-Presse, 1971. Folio. Lose Lagen in OLwd.-Chemise in OHPgt.-Schuber (Schuber leicht fleckig und etwas kratzspurig). Eins von 165 (GA 195) Exemplaren auf Rives, vom Autor und Künstler im Druckvermerk signiert. - Die Gedichte Ungarettis nach der Handschrift lithographiert in Gründruck. Mit Schallplatte mit den von Ungaretti gelesenen Gedichten in Tasche im hint. Innendeckel. - Titel mit zusätzlicher Widmung Dorazios in Bleistift. - Schönes Exemplar. With XIII colored and signed original lithographs by P. Dorazio. One of 165 (GA 195) copies on Rives, signed by the author and artist in the printing note. - Ungaretti lithographed the poems from the manuscript in green print. With record of the poems read by Ungaretti in pocket at the back. Inside cover. - Title with additional dedication Dorazio in pencil.

Officium Defunctorum Dicendum in die omnium fidelium Defunctorum, in die depositionis, et in Anniversario alicujus defuncti, cum una tantum Oratione. Titel u. Druck in Rot u. Schwarz u. mit gestoch. TVignette sowie 1 gestoch Frontispiz in Rot. Venedig, A. Poleti, 1704. 64 S. 8°. Pgt. d. Zt. (etw. fleckig). Diese Ausgabe laut KVK nur in 1 Bibliothek weltweit. - Vorgebunden: Hs. "Pro Societas Iesu", "Idea Hominis Apostoloci ad Patres, & Fratres societas Iesu" etc. 5 Bl., 32 w. Bl., 1 Bl. - Nachgebunden: Hs. "Preces dicendae ad inuocationem SS: Societas Jesú" etc., "Preces ad B: Virginem Mariam". 3 Bl., 5 w. Bl., 4 Bl., 3 w. Bl. - Tls. etwas fleckig, insgesamt gut erhalten. Printed in red and black with engraved title vignette and engraved frontispiece in red. Contemp. vellum (somewhat stained). - Bound with manuscript leaves. - Some staining, overall well preserved.

One Maghrebi Script Bifolios, North African or Spain. 9/10th Century, Arabic Manuscript on Vellum, Vocalization in Yellow Blue and red Gold verse marked 23cm x 22cm

London.- Jackson (J.G.) & G.T.Andrews. Illustrations of Bishop West's Chapel, in Putney Church, Surrey, first edition, half-title, lithographed additional pictorial title and 12 plates, one on india paper and mounted, tissue guards, with 2 additional engraved plates of the chapel from Lysons loosely inserted, contemporary manuscript errata slip tipped in, original lithographed wrappers, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, rebacked, 1825 § London Interiors..., 2 vol. in 1, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and 74 plates only after Thomas Shepherd and others, some foxing, bookplate of F.E.Fetherstonhaugh, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, lacking label, rubbed, [c.1840]; and another with engraved plates of London, 4to (3)⁂ The first is by two young architects working in the office of P.F.Robinson in London.

Music.- Four 18th century antiphonal folio leaves with manuscript borders, and large decorative initials, printed recto and verso, engravings in red and black ink on thick laid paper with flower and crown watermarks, each decorated with original foliate borders executed in pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with gold, each sheet approx. 550 x 390 mm (21 3/4 x 15 1/4 in), old drying creases, some surface dirt and browning, mainly to extremities, minor nicks and tears, unframed, [18th century] (4)

Mathematics.- Extraction of the square root [& others], manuscript, c.120 pp., diagrams, a few ff. loose, staining and finger-marking, contemporary half calf, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, folio, [c.1790].⁂ Includes currency exchange, decimals, mensuration of solids, and measuring for carpentry, bricklaying and roofing. Provenance: 'Ebene. Anderson's book, ?Bowness, 1789' (inscription to front pastedown).

NO RESERVE Account books.- An account of money and bills found in the house of my father Warren Jane Esquire at the time of his decease, and also of all monies received and paid...according to the tenor of his will, manuscript on paper ruled in red, c.30pp., worming to foot of first few ff., diminishing in area as proceeds and mostly in blank areas, contemporary panelled reversed calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, rubbed, c.1805; and a late 18th century ms. account book and blank 19th century ledger, folio (3)

Hawker (Robert Stephen [pseudonym Reuben], Cornish poet and Church of England clergyman, 1803-75) Reference to a Friend, printed form with autograph manuscript insertions, tear in lower margin, folds, slightly creased, 255 x 205mm., Morwenstow, 5th June 1865, tipped-in to a copy of Hawker's Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall, half-title and front free endpaper working loose, some foxing, bookplate of Bernard Spencer Christian Drew on front pastedown, original blind-stamped cloth, 1903 § Church of England.- Certain Sermons or Homilies Appointed to be Read in Churches in the Time of Queen Elizabeth, title within ornamental border, very slight worming affecting upper and lower pastedowns, slightly browned, contemporary patterned calf, rubbed, rebacked in modern calf, 1757, 8vo & folio (2).⁂ First mentioned a commendation of a fellow vicar, the Rev. James Burdon Clyde, not far from Morwenstow, answering various questions as to his character, such as, "Has he been always, and is he now, sober and temperate?", to which Hawker replies, "He always been a temperate & sober man".

Painted binding.- Colles (Dorothy Margaret Tyas, 1917-2003) Her Anthology, manuscript poetry, contemporary vellum, hand painted and highly decorated, limp leather ties, c.1932-37 § [untitled], manuscript poetry, pencil and ink sketches, contemporary limp vellum, monogram 'T.M.' to upper cover, limp leather ties, one snapped and reattached, c.1913 (2).⁂ The first with the note "This book was Aunt Dorothy's: Granny gave it to me in 1931. Mummy had it made for her in Florence. I was called after her."Dorothy Colles was born in Cairo in 1917, where her father worked as a forensic scientist and medical school professor for the Egyptian government. When he retired to England in the 1930s Dorothy began her art training at the Central Westminster, Epsom and St Martin's schools of art. She exhibited at the R.A. and R.S.P.P. She co-authored a book entitled "Christian Symbols, ancient and modern: a handbook for students" with Heather Child, and also wrote and illustrated "Portraying Children" (The Studio, 1956).

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum, 3 vol., first editions, additional engraved architectural title to vol. 1, titles printed in red and black, 109 engraved plates only of 120 by Wenceslaus Hollar (some double-page), some plates cut down and mounted, a few ff. with ink marks, 18th century manuscript note on the wooden church at Greensted, new endpapers, modern calf, gilt, vol. 1 lower joints slight splitting, spines a little faded, g.e., [Wing D2483-5-6], folio, Richard Hodgkinsonne, 1655-61-73; sold not subject to return.⁂ The Monasticon Anglicanum revealed the importance of charters as sources for the study of medieval history, and 'established for the first time since the Reformation the importance of monasteries and the scale of their territorial possessions' (ODNB).

Bindings.- A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England, engraved frontispiece, manuscript bookplate of "Thomas Passey...1819" to pastedown, some light marginal foxing, contemporary morocco, ornate gilt borders and centrepiece, spine gilt in compartments, light rubbing to extremities, for J. Walthoe &c., 1732; and another 18th century binding, 8vo (2)

London.- Picture of London (The), for 1819, folding engraved frontispiece and 2 maps, engraved plates of multiple views, contemporary green roan, broken, 1819 § Wilkinson (R., publisher) The London Directory, or a New and Improved Plan of London, Westminster & Southwark..., folding engraved map with faint partial hand-colouring and table at foot, c.410 x 520mm., dissected and mounted on linen, light soiling, folding into old linen slip-case with manuscript label "Plan de Londres", R.Wilkinson, 1784 § Companion to all the Principal Places of Curiosity and Entertainment in and about London and Westminster, ninth edition, without map, advertisement leaf at end, contemporary sheep-backed paste-paper boards, spine gilt, faded, J.Drew, 1799 § Boyle's View of London, and its Environs, spotted, contemporary sheep, name in ink to upper cover, worn, covers detached, [c.1799], all rubbed; and 3 other guides to London including a Picture of London for 1802 without map, 8vo et infra (7)

London.- Proto-psychogeography.- Trueman (W.) A Sunday's Walk Round London, extra-illustrated, including over 32 views, ballads, and caricature subjects published by Fores, Laurie & Whittle and others, most inlaid to size, additional title printed in red and black (dated 1883), manuscript index noting 49 illustrations (not all remain), some leaves missing, nineteenth-century crimson half morocco, gilt, worn, 8vo inlaid to folio, W. Trueman, [1773], Kensington, 1883

Paine (Thomas) Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution, ninth edition, 2 parts in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, title working loose, one or two pencil annotations, for D. Jordan, 1792; The Age of Reason, Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology, 2 parts in 1, contemporary manuscript note "parts 1&2" to title, some light surface dirt, for the Proprietor, 1796, both lacking covers and spines, 8vo (2)

Bindings.- Dickens (Charles) Christmas Stories, frontispiece and plates, some foxing to first few pp., contemporary half morocco, spine gilt in 2 compartments with floral decorations, very lightly rubbed and faded, 1906 § Besant (Walter) London, new edition, illustrations, manuscript prize inscription to front free endpapers, very occasional light foxing, contemporary tree calf, gilt prize blind-stamp to upper cover, edged with floral border, spine gilt in compartments with brown morocco spine label, very lightly scuffed to raised bands but overall sharp and bright, 1904; and 2 others, bindings, 8vo (4)

NO RESERVE [Budgen (L.M.)] "Acheta Domestica". Episodes of Insect Life, First Series, first edition, wood-engraved frontispieces and illustrations, many hand-coloured, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at end, original pictorial cloth, gilt, neatly and sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners a little bumped, g.e., endpapers renewed, 1849; and a 19th century manuscript commonplace book with a few watercolour drawings, 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Clocks.- Allix (Charles) & Peter Bonnert. Carriage Clocks: Their History & Development, first edition, Woodbridge, 1974 § Plomp (Dr. R.) Spring-driven Dutch Pendulum Clocks 1657-1710, Schiedam, 1979 § Leopold (J.H.) The Almanus Manuscript..., 1971 § Bennion (E.) Antique Medical Instruments, reprint, 1980 § Karp (M.G.) In Flagrante Collecto (caught in the art of collecting), New York, 2006, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the first two a little rubbed and frayed; and 7 others on clocks, 4to & 8vo (12)

*** Please note, the description of the present lot has been amended.Norfolk.- Hewitt & Capon (Norwich Land Surveyors) Map of the coast from Cromer to Mundesley, large detailed manuscript map, pen and ink with watercolour, numerous details including numbered plots, several sheets conjoined and mounted on linen, presented on wooden roller, total size approx. 1600 x 2000 mm (63 x 78 3/4 in), numerous nicks and tears particularly to extremities, sheet with various handling creases, varnish with some discolouration, rolled, 1866.

Sale Catalogue.- Gainsborough (Thomas).- Catalogue (A) of the Pictures and Drawings of the late Mr. Gainsborough... To be sold by private contract by Mr. Gainsborough Dupont, bound with 2 ff. of nineteenth century manuscript notes and 24 blank ff., light spotting, later half calf, upper cover detached, spine torn along length of upper joint, backstrip defective, extremities worn, 4to, by T. Rickaby, 1789.⁂ The catalogue includes over 140 drawings by Gainsborough himself, as well as numerous works from his private collection by earlier renowned artists such as Velazquez, Van Dyck, Rubens, Poussin and Ghisolfi. Rare; ESTC lists only four copies in the UK and one in the US.

Staffordshire.- Plot (Robert) The Natural History of Stafford-shire, first edition, title with engraved vignette, 37 engraved plates by Burghers, 25 double-page (mostly houses), lacking the "Armes Omitted" plate (as often), also lacking the folding map and 4pp. list of subscribers at end (3M3 & 4), a few contemporary manuscript annotations, plate V torn and stained (loose), plate XV with small rust-hole to image, a few marginal tears and repairs, generally a clean tall copy with wide margins, large engraved bookplate of Rt. Hon. Washington Sewallis Earl Ferrers mounted on front pastedown, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners worn, joints split, [Wing P2588], Oxford, Printed at the Theater, 1686; sold not subject to return⁂ With two chapters on minerals and stones, including fossils; by the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.

Wiltshire.- Wyndham (Henry Penruddocke) Wiltshire, extracted from the Domesday Book, half-title, Latin and English text on facing pages, recent ownership label to front free endpaper and traces of another label to front pastedown, contemporary half calf, spine gilt with red roan label, rubbed, joints split, spine ends and corners worn, Salisbury, E.Easton, 1788 § Bowles (Charles) Modern Wilts. Hundred of Chalke, folding genealogical tables, with 2 additional folding manuscript tables of the Bowles family bound in, contemporary calf, spine gilt, scuffs and marks to upper cover, Shaftesbury, for the Author, [1830], first editions, 8vo (2)

NO RESERVE Bees.- Taylor (Henry) The Bee-Keeper's Manual; or Practical Hints on the Management and Complete Preservation of the Honey-Bee, third edition, frontispiece and illustrations, bookplate to pastedown of Barbavilla House, West Meath, extensive manuscript notes to half-title in contemporary hand, occasional pencil annotations in other hand, original pictorial cloth, gilt, extremities bumped, spine faded and ends chipped, 8vo, [1846].⁂ Interesting bee-keeping manual from the Library of Barbavilla House in West Meath, Ireland. Published (and presumably read) around the same time as the Irish Famine.

White (Rev. Gilbert) A Naturalist's Calendar, with observations in various branches of Natural History, first edition, hand-coloured engraved plate, 2 near contemporary manuscript notes tipped-in, bookplate loosely inserted, previous owner's ink inscription dated 1820, occasional faint spotting, contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, slight rubbing to corners, 1795; Account of the House-martin, or Martlet. In a Letter from Rev. Gilbert White to the Hon. Daines Barrington ... 20th November 1773, 8pp. extract from Volume 56, Chapter 27 of the Royal Philosophical Transactions for 1774, modern half-calf, c.1774, 8vo & small 4to (2)⁂ The first with the bookplate of Lord Selbourne loosely inserted, and inscribed 'A.M. De Ruthyn from Lord Henley, 1820.' Anna Maria, Dowager Lady Grey de Ruthyn, married William Ede, the third son of Lord Henley in 1820.