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Churchill & Tanks.- Crompton (Rookes Evelyn Bell, FRS, engineer, 1845-1940) Proof of Evidence [at the Tank Inquiry held at Lincoln's Inn in 1919], typescript with manuscript corrections, 19pp., folio, 15th September 1919; and a collection including a printed copy of the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventions... Lincoln's Inn... 1919 and other papers and correspondence relating to Crompton's career, slightly browned, v.s., various dates &1919 & 1925-35 (qty).⁂ "... I had been acting as the Consulting Engineer to the Road Board... and had done... work in connection with Mechanical Transport... so that Colonel Dumble... informed Mr. Churchill through Major Hetherington that he strongly advised that I should be called in to assist by my advice the Admiralty Committee which had been formed by Mr. Churchill to report on what could be done to deal with the problems of trench warfare by putting at the disposal of the Army large moving forts armoured to a sufficient extent, and to carry men and guns up to over and through the enemy's trenches." - Crompton.

Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) & T. E. Lawrence.- Coote (Capt. M. H.) A Collection of material relating to Churchill and Lawrence, including printed books by and about them, loose photographs, photograph albums, and a typed diary, v.s., v.d., 1920-1968 (qty)⁂ Archive includes: (1). Photograph album of the Middle East, with shots of Ismalia, Suez, Alexandra, Bethlehem and Jaffa, 96 black & white or sepia photographs mounted on 24 leaves, each c.60 x 105mm, most captioned by hand, including 2 loosely inserted, original cloth, lightly rubbed, 4to, c.1920.(2). Photograph album of the Churchills travelling round Egypt and the Middle East, including captioned photographs of 'Winston painting outside Cairo', 'Mrs Churchill mounting a camel, WSC watching anxiously', 'WSC making a speech at British military cemetery, Easter 1921', 'Col Lawrence & Gertrude Bell', 31 black & white or sepia photographs on 9 leaves, each c.60 x 105mm, most captioned by hand, including a copy of the Bell/Lawrence photograph (laid down on endpaper, see (6.) & (7.)), original cloth, very lightly rubbed, 4to, c.1920. (3). Syndicated Photograph of Churchill, Gertrude Bell, T. E. Lawrence, and M. H. Coote, and others, on camels in front of the Great Pyramids and the Sphynx, 172 x 229mm, handling creases, 1921. (4). Coote (Capt. Maxwell H.) Typescript diary on Coote's experiences with Churchill during the Cairo conference, 52 pp. on recto only, occasional minor corrections in ink, ink ownership signature to front endpapers, bookplate of Coote's wife to pastedown, original cloth, gilt, very lightly rubbed at extremities, 4to, 1921. (5). Coote (Capt. Maxwell H.) Flying Logbook, printed pages with manuscript insertions, 50pp., 2 typewritten combat reports loosely inserted, original wrappers bound in, contemporary half calf, gilt; and 2 other logbooks, 8vo. (6). Collection of loose photographs or negatives, including: Winston Churchill painting on easel in Cairo; portrait of Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence sitting together, views of Gaza and reception at the government house in Gaza, printed photographs or original negatives, 160 x 120mm or smaller; and 2 others, v.s., v.d.The second is believed to be the only photograph of Lawrence and Bell together, taken by Coote. (7). Lawrence (A. W., editor) T. E. Lawrence by His Friends, original cloth, spine gilt, 8vo. Includes published photograph of Bell and Lawrence together, taken by Coote, with his manuscript note below: "this photo (the only one of T.E. and Gertrude), taken by M. H. C.".(8). Churchill (Sir Winston Spencer) Painting as a Pastime, photograph of Churchill painting laid down to endpapers, 1948 § Garnett (David, editor) The Essential T. E. Lawrence, 1951; Lawrence (T. E.) Seven Pillars of Wisdom, newspaper cutting laid down to endpapers, 1935, ownership inscription of Coote to endpapers, original cloth, lightly rubbed or occasional stain; and 4 others, by or about Churchill and Lawrence, 4to & 8vo (7)(9). Manuscript poem "Cootebye to Yatesbury", illustrations in pen, spotting and browning, c.370 x 265mm, framed (chipped and rubbed). ⁂ An excellent collection of material relating to Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence in the Middle East. Maxwell Henry Coote (Wing Commander, 1895-1920) joined the Royal Field Artillery and saw service at Gallipoli in 1915, later transferring to the Royal Flying Corps. After the war he served as Churchill's aide de camp at the Cairo Peace Conference in 1921. The diary records his experiences with Churchill and his meetings with Lawrence throughout the Conference, documenting his time guiding the members of the party around the area. It includes novel insights as "Col. Lawrence has also joined our party tonight...he is most awfully nice to talk to, so quiet and unassuming and no 'side' whatsoever"; "I had breakfast about 9 o'clock. It is one great thing about Winston that he never gets up early"; "[Winston] took me out with him when he went off painting: we went to the most wonderful old Derwish monastery...I don't ever remember having seen anyone painting in oils before...he was quite amusing to watch and very typical in the way he slapped on paint and scraped it all off again, but he is very clever and has a great eye for colour...". The Conference was a series of meetings by British officials for examining and discussing Middle Eastern problems and to frame a common policy, which conclusively approved a plan for giving control over two large pieces of the former Turkish territories that Britain controlled to princes in the Hashemite family. The collection provides a fascinating insight into the workings and practicalities through this pivotal diplomatic event of Churchill, Lawrence and Bell, three of the most influential of the 39 delegates gathered in Cairo for the conference.

Marian/Elizabethan almanac.- [?Low (Henry, physician at Salisbury] [?An Almanacke and Prognosticatyon, made] for the yere of... MDLIX... [P]hisition, and practiser of Astronomy, 2 printed fragments only depicting the months of April, May and June, from ?1 sheet and recovered from a binding, black letter, printed in red and black, 4 wood-cut decorations, title and date partially cut away, cut and tears to edges with loss, a few small holes, creased and browned, 1 fragment with stain but text still legible, 16th century manuscript inscription beginning "Qui capit..." on verso of 1 fragment, later ink signature of "A Younge" and scribbling in margin and verso of other fragment probably where it was visible as an endpaper or fly-leaf, 103 x 165mm. & 208 x 164mm., [?STC 482], [?London, ?Thomas Marsh], [?1558]; and 22 other fragments (10 manuscript fragments Macrobius' Saturnalia, c. 1500, 9 fragments from printed works & 3 blank ff. 1 with anchor watermark), v.s., v.d., sold not not subject to return (24).Provenance: "Columnella. De re Rustica. Lugd. 1537 £4-4-0 These fragments, pasted together, formed the boards of this volume."

[Chaucer (Geoffrey)] [The Workes...], black letter, double column, lacking a1-6, b1, 3 & 4, c4, G2, 3T1 & 6 and 3V7 & 8 (including title with woodcut border, divisional title with woodcut coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf at end), woodcut illustration to head of Knights Tale and head- & tail-pieces and initials, with missing G2 leaf supplied in near contemporary ink manuscript on 5pp., 2Y signature supplied from another copy (cropped, soiled and frayed at fore-margin), 3K2 defective at lower outer corner with loss of a few letters on verso), several old ink signatures and inscriptions in various hands (Edward ?Bird at beginning and other leaves, Chessborough Le Poer-Kennedy to Knight's Tale, Richard Blagrave 1659 at end), slight worming to first few leaves, some light soiling and occasional water-staining, final leaf a little frayed, old bookseller's ticket of Attwood's of Dublin loosely inserted, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, new endpapers, [STC 5080 or 5081], [printed by Adam Islip or George Bishop], [1602]; with a rather damp-stained but complete copy (bar initial blank) of the Adam Islip 1602 edition, containing all the missing leaves from the mentioned copy (including woodcut title, coat-of-arms, engraved portrait and errata leaf), folio (2); sold not subject to return⁂ The second Speight edition, additionally edited by Francis Thynne; including Lydgate's The Storie of Thebes and much erroneously attributed to Chaucer.A note at end of the leaves supplied in manuscript reads, "This copy of Chaucer is of a very rare edition. The order of the tales differs from that adopted in the ordinary editions. I purchased this book at a sale in Dublin (Lewis auctioneer Anglesea St.). Le Poer-Kennedy MA. Harbertonford, Totnes Devon 1863...".

Bible, English.- The Bible: Translated according to the Hebrew..., woodcut general and New Testament titles, woodcut illustrations, initials and head- and tail-pieces, double column in blackletter, lacking 2M8, 2N1 upper corner defective with loss of some text, 2N5 and 2R4 with marginal tears but no loss of text, a few manuscript prayer annotations, [STC 2241, D&M 340], Robert Barker, 1615 issued with R.F.H, Two profitable and fruitful Concordances, double-page map, Robert Barker, 1615 bound after The Book of Common Prayer, title a little creased, heavily trimmed, affecting headlines and side notes, [Wing B3612], Robert Barker, 1641 bound with The Whole Book of Psalms, worming with slight loss of text, [Wing B2452A], for the Company of Stationers, 1653, some light foxing, soiling and staining throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, covers and extremities worn, 4to.

Genealogy.- Vincent (Augustine) A Discoverie of Errours in the First Edition of the Catalogue of Nobility, first edition, with initial blank & final errata leaf and the 5 additional leaves called for by ESTC, woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous coats-of-arms, a few minor marginal tears, final leaf creased, engraved bookplate mounted on initial blank facing title, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked preserving most of old spine, [STC 24756], folio, William Jaggard, 1622.⁂ Essentially a corrected reprint of Ralph Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility of 1619, and now known principally as the reason for William Jaggard's delay in printing Shakespeare's First Folio, due to him being occupied with the corrections for this work.

Militaria.- Ward (Robert) Anima'dversions of Warre, or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules, and Albest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre, 2 parts in 1 vol., first edition, lacking additional engraved title, with 2 folding woodcut plates, woodcut initials, head-pieces and numerous illustrations and diagrams, title supplied from another copy (trimmed and remargined), a few other leaves reinforced at edges, slight worming to lower margin (mostly single hole), with contemporary manuscript leaf listing officers' and soldiers' pay loosely inserted (presumably once bound in but omitted when repaired, lacking portion at upper outer corner removing name), contemporary calf, a little rubbed, staining to lower cover, rebacked preserving old spine, new endpapers, [Cockle 147; STC 25025], folio, by Iohn Dawson, and are to be sold by Francis, 1639; sold not subject to return⁂ Extensive work covering nearly all branches of military tactics and warfare.

Howell (James) Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, first edition, title in red and black, engraved frontispiece and double-page view by Hollar, foxed and browned throughout, some water-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked and repaired, [Wing H3091], folio, by J. Streater, 1657.⁂ Interesting provenance dating back to near the time of publication. Ownership inscription of John Glyd [presumably John Glyd, c.1651-89 of Gray's Inn, MP for Bletchingley] on front endpaper (dated 1670) and at head of title; then inscription of John Salter in same places and dated 1788, with note "Bought of Mr Howard at his sale of Miss Northey's furniture on her leaving Limehouse in 1788" and longer inscription in his hand regarding the Great Fire "Copy'd from a manuscript account which had been taken soon after the fire"; later inscriptions on front endpaper detailing the passing of the book from Mrs Parkinson (Miss Salter) to Mrs Eliza Barbara Gardner (and with her signature dated 1845 on title); thence to George Wallis [Keeper of the Fine Art Collections at the South Kensington Museum]; thence to W.R. Lethaby.

Swift (Jonathan) Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, 4 parts in 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with initial advertisement leaf, engraved portrait, 5 maps and one plate, some worming to lower margins of vol.1 repaired, last 2 leaves vol.1 lower margin renewed, generally clean, 20th century green calf, gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, g.e., [Teerink 289 etc.; Rothschild 2108], 8vo, for Benj. Motte, 1726.⁂ A handsome, complete copy of the first edition of Gulliver's Travels. The printing history and identification of this major work is notoriously complicated, with numerous papers and works written on this topic alone, since there were multiple printers, self-censorship, requests for post-printing revision, secret deliveries of the manuscript at night, and extraordinarily rapid demand from the public. This copy has some of Teerink's AA printing, with the page-numbering beginning afresh for each part; but it also has elements of Teerink B: the title-page to part 3 has the volume II statement on it, as well as Parts III and IV, and vol.1 E8 verso is misnumbered 66 (for 68). The portrait frontispiece is in the second state, with vertical chain lines and the stone below the portrait inscribed with a Latin motto.

Bristol maritime & merchants trading with America & the West Indies.- An excellent archive of printed and manuscript material relating to Bristol's maritime and merchant life and local businesses, including an unrecorded printed document listing exports from Bristol for 10th November 1761 bound for New York, South Carolina, Guadeloupe and other locations, 210 x 140mm., printed recto only, with printed number [130], Printed for Samuel Worrall at the Stamp-Office, 1761; an unrecorded handbill for the auction of the ship Alexander, torn and stained with loss, Bristol, M. Ward, 1778; an ms. insurance document for Samuel Munckley relating to a voyage to Barbados and surrounding ports, including a list of names of subscribers and their shares, 1p., 1757; a printed booklet with ms. insertions to 1p. listing the crew of the Blaze Castle for a 1769 voyage to Madeira and Barbados, along with respective wages, 290 x 219mm., 1769; a printed document with ms. insertions 'Instructions for the better keeping company with His Majesty's ship Preston, Captain William Truscott', single sheet, 445 x 290mm., printed both sides, a few holes within text, creased and soiled, no printer, [18th century]; and a copy letter of June, 1794 relating to the cessation of compensation to British merchants through the American courts after the War of Independence, together c.120 pieces, some tears and holes with occasional loss, some staining and soiling, all mounted in a later board and paper album, worn, Bristol and other places, c.1750-1850. ⁂ A superb record of life in and around one of Britain's major trading ports. With much relating to the operations of Samuel Munckley (1720-1802), Bristol slave trader, merchant, and ship owner, including a good group of promissory notes, receipts and insurance documents. Also, details of individual vessels, along with their owners, cargoes and routes, including America, the West Indies and Europe. Finally, a selection of documents relating to ancillary businesses highlights the benefits of the port to the city of Bristol and other British towns. We see gunpowder, cork and tea & coffee suppliers, glove makers, and the Great Western Railway.

Binding.- Almanac.- [Saunders (Richard)], "Cardanus Rider". Rider's British Merlin: for the Year of Our Lord God 1772, the first section (calendar) printed in red & black and interleaved, cropped with loss of or to a few head-lines, with contemporary ink or pencil manuscript notes & accounts to free endpapers including 4pp. prepared paper for the use of metal point at beginning, handsome contemporary red morocco wallet style binding elaborately tooled in gilt with cottage roof design and silver metal lock with disguised sliding release button, spine gilt, "Dutch" floral endpapers, g.e., spine with worm-hole to joint and repaired at head and foot, repairs to edges and flap preserving most of strip covering fore-edge, a little rubbed, 12mo, by R. & M.Brown, for the Company of Stationers, 1772.⁂ First published in 1656 Rider's British Merlin appeared for nearly two hundred years but this edition for 1772 is not recorded by ESTC. Library Hub lists 4 copies in the UK (Durham University, Manchester University, Oxford University, and National Trust libraries) but no copy in the British Library.

Currer (Frances Mary Richardson, book collector, of Eshton Hall, near Gargrave, West Riding of Yorkshire, 1785-1861).- Rental of the Estates belonging Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currer in the County of York and the Names of the Tenants..., manuscript, c. 138pp., ruled in red throughout, slightly browned, original reversed calf, lettered direct on upper cover, rubbed, 1786; and another, a Victorian commonplace book/scrap album, 4to (2).

Bookplates.- Brangwyn (Frank) Bookplates, manuscript title signed by Brangwyn, c.70 bookplates tipped-in, one signed in pencil by Brangwyn, one Christmas card dated 1944 tipped-in, 4 modern facsimile bookplates loosely inserted, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary half-vellum, gilt, contemporary slipcase, rubbed and worn, c.1916.⁂ Provenance: ex-libris of Louis Ginnett, artist (1875-1946); Given by the widow of Dr. F. Linton Bogle (Brangwyn's doctor) to Dr. P. Tombleson in 1965. Brangwyn designed over 130 bookplates for family and friends, both in the UK and abroad. Many were reproduced by E. Hesketh Hubbard and Eden Philpotts in the book of the same name published in 1920. This appears to be earlier version, possibly made by Brangwyn as a gift for the artist Louis Ginnett.

Japan.- Hepburn (J.C.) A Japanese and English Dictionary, with an English and Japanese Index, first edition, lithographed frontispiece of Japanese characters, printed in double column, preliminary leaf p.vii/viii replaced with early pamphlet printed in Japanese and English with the new recommendations on the updated Hepburn system headed 'Romaji Zasshi Dai Ichi Go no Furoku', extensively annotated in ink to text and on many interleaves in both Japanese characters and English, a little browned and stained, a few marginal repairs, contemporary roan-backed cloth with vellum tips, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, 4to, Shanghai, American Presbyterian Mission Press, 1867.⁂ Very rare; the first serious attempt to produce a Japanese-English dictionary. This copy obviously belonged to a scholar and highly-accomplished Japanese speaker who was also interested in the overlaps between Japanese and Chinese. At the beginning are also bound in several manuscript leaves on diacritics and stenographic signs, notes in German on Chinese grammar (dated 1886) and on primitive symbols in Chinese grammar. The neat annotations to the text include suggested new words and the additional notes on interleaves include further discussion e.g. 3 pages of notes on how to express relative time, while at the end of the dictionary is a list of transliterations of the provinces of China.

Essex.- Morant (Philip) The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex, 2 vol., large paper copy, extra illustrated, titles for 1768 and 1815 editions, list of subscribers, c.330 engraved, aquatint and lithograph plates, window-mounted, pasted down or bound-in, most with several plates per sheet, illustrations, 18 engraved maps (12 folding), folding genealogical table, manuscript index of additional plates and several manuscript leaves bound-in, 3 tears expertly repaired (*N1, vol.1; 7O1 & 6S1, vol. 2), occasional faint spotting, bookplate, near contemporary calf, rebacked in morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, folio, [c.1768-1815].

Yorkshire.- Gilpin (William, 1724-1804), Attributed to. Album of 68 original oval landscape studies, including studies of Knaresborough Castle and its environs, Grimbald Crag, Fountains Abbey, Wharfedale Valley, Bolton Abbey and environs, Gordale Scar, Weathercote Cave and environs, Kirkby Lonsdale and environs, Lancaster and Lancaster Castle, Skipton Castle, Kirkstall Abbey, and Bolton Abbey, amongst others, pencil, point of the brush, watercolour and ink, each leaf numbered in black ink in upper centre, all with locations inscribed in brown ink underneath, all on uniform stock of 'J Whatman' wove paper without watermark dates, each album leaf approx. 280 x 195 mm (11 x 7 3/4 in), minor handling creases, some worm holes, minor surface dirt, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, spine gilt with red morocco label that reads 'Sketches/ 1791', corners restored, rubbed, 4to, 1791]; together with a copy of William Gilpin's 'Observations on the River Wye...', library stamps of 'Sandeman Library, Perth' throughout, contemporary tree calf, spine splitting, worn with losses, 8vo, 1772Provenance:Private collection, Surrey, UK⁂ An impressive and uniform collection of drawings by a highly competent hand exploring the 'picturesque' possibilities of landscape in the search for the ideal and sublime. The drawings show a direct influence of the work of Gilpin and his 'Observations on the River Wye', both from the structural composition of the drawings and their execution, to the pictorial documentation of a scenic tour; in the case of the present album, of Yorkshire.The remaining original part of the label on the album spine dates the works to '[17]91', which coincides with Gilpin's publication 'Remarks on Forests; and other Wood-land Scenery'. The original working manuscript for this publication of Gilpin's was sold on the art market in 2001 [see Christie's, Natural History, 4th June 2001, lot 24], and bears similarities to the present album, notably the numbering of the album leaves (albeit in a different hand), yet there appears to be some minor discrepancies between the manner of execution of the watercolours and the handwriting of the inscriptions preventing a full attribution to the artist.

Anatomy.- Falloppio (Gabrielle) Observationes anatomicae, first edition, second issue, Cologne, Arnold Birkmann, 1562; Vasse (Loys) In anatomen corporis humani tabulae quatuor, Venice, 1549, together 2 works in 1, printer's device to titles, bookplates to pastedown, neat contemporary ownership name to title, some water-staining, contemporary vellum, yapp edges, manuscript lettering to spine, covers lightly marked, spine darkened, else a very clean copy, [Norman 757; Lilly, Notable Medical Books 39; Heirs of Hippocrates 331; Garrison-Morton 378.2 (all the 1561 edition); Wellcome 2148], 8vo (160 x 99mm).⁂ One of the great anatomical works of the 16th century. Rather than a complete study of the whole anatomy, Falloppio (1523-1562), pupil of Vesalius, designed this work as a critical commentary of his teacher's De humani corporis fabrica, correcting some of its errors and adding details. In the work he first describes many new anatomical parts, including the structure and course of the cerebral vessels, and enumerated all the nerves of the eye, though he is perhaps best known for his account of the tubes in the female reproductive system which are named after him.

Astrology & Astronomy.- Astrologer to Catherine de' Medici.- Gauricus (Lucas) Ephemerides recognitae et ad ungem Castigatae ... Eiusdem schemata & praedictiones ad Annum usque virginei partus 1552. Eiusdem Isagogicus in totam ferme Astrologiam Libellus. Quo pacto aeris q[ua]litas diiudicet ex Theophilo. Ventorum nomina, ordo..., first edition, woodcut illustrations, colophon with woodcut Junta device, near-contemporary annotations to endpapers and text, occasional very light spotting or staining, letter in early hand loosely inserted, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, bound with remains of a medieval manuscript, rubbed with some loss to spine and extremities, [Adams E202; Gardner 488; Houzeau & Lancaster 14657; Honeyman 1448; EDIT 16 CNCE 20516], 4to (218 x 160mm), Venice, for Lucantonio Giunta, 1533.⁂ First edition of these very rare ephemerides by the astronomer, astrological data collector, and mathematician Luca Gaurico (1474-1558), containing tables and astrological prognostications for the years 1534 through 1551. Gaurico's contemporary reputation stemmed from his astrological prognostications, and was appointed 'astrological consultant' to Catherine de' Medici after correctly predicting at age fourteen the ascension to the papacy of Catherine's great-uncle Giovanni de Medici. He became famous throughout Europe after twice predicting in 1529 and 1532 the ascension of Alessandro Farnese who, as Paul III, rewarded him by making him bishop of Giffoni in 1539, transferring him in 1545 to the see of Civitate nella Capitanata. As a mathematician Gaurico is best known for the first published Latin translations of Archimedes' works De Mensura Circuli and De Quadratura Parabolae (1503). He went on to publish an edition of Pecham's Perspectiva Communis in 1504.

Astronomical instruments.- Maurolico (Francesco) Opuscula mathematica [Arithmeticorum libri duo], 2 parts in 1, first edition, printer's device to title, woodcut illustrations and initials, title with contemporary inscriptions and stamp, occasional light scattered spotting and minor water-staining, contemporary limp vellum with manuscript title to upper cover and spine in different hands, spine worn, covers marked and stained, [Adams M919; Riccardi I, 141; Smith, Rara arithmetica pp.348-350; EDIT 16 CNCE 28131], 4to (214 x 160mm), Venice, Francesco De Franceschi, 1575.⁂ First printing of the majority of Maurolico's works, including treatises on geometry, horology and astronomical instruments. The Arithmeticorum contains original results on number theory, many established using the principle of induction, which is published here for the first time.

Calculating π.- Ceulen (Ludolph van) De Arithmetische en Geometrische fondamenten ... In veele verscheydene constighe question, soo geometrice door linien, als arithmetice door irrationale ghetallen, cock door den regel coss, ende de tafelen sinuum ghesolveert, first edition, head- & tail-pieces, illustrations, very occasional scattered spotting, contemporary vellum, manuscript lettering to spine, lightly browned, [Tomash & Williams C57], tall 8vo, Leiden, Joost van Colster and Jacob Marcus, 1615.⁂ First edition of this rare work, containing the best approximation to the value of π achieved at that time. Ceulen calculated the value of π to 33 decimal places, using the method of Archimedes' On the measurement of the circle, enclosing a circle between polygons with larger and larger numbers of sides.

NO RESERVE Glaser (Christophe) The Compleat Chymist, or, A New Treatise of Chymistry. Teaching by a short and easy method all its most necessary preparations, first edition in English, 3 folding engraved plates, all supplied from another copy and with slight worming to upper margin, plate 1 frayed at fold causing hole and some loss, browned, some staining, title and final leaf slightly frayed at edges, old manuscript note to front free endpaper, engraved masonic bookplate "Supreme Council 33", contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, corners worn, rebacked, [Duveen p. 251; Wellcome III, p.121, lacking plates; Wing G843], 8vo, for John Starkey, 1677.⁂ First and only edition in English of Glaser's only book, which was first published in French in 1663 and became a popular chemistry manual. Glaser was demonstrator to Vallot, professor of chemistry at the Jardin du Roi, Paris, and apothecary to the King and the Duc d'Orléans. Glaserite, a solid solution of potassium sulphate and sodium, is named after him.

Number theory.- Legendre (Adrien Marie) Essai sur la théorie des nombres, first edition, 4 pp. contemporary manuscript notes with diagrams loosely inserted, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco label to spine, lightly rubbed but overall in near-fine condition, 4to, Paris, Duprat, 1797-8.⁂ First edition of the first textbook of number theory. It contains Legendre's discovery of the law of quadratic reciprocity, which Gauss referred to as the 'golden theorem'; his researches on Fermat's last theorem and the representation of integers as sums of three squares; and the first conjecture about p(n), the number of prime numbers less than a given whole number n, a precursor of the prime number theorem.

WRANGHAM FRANCIS.  Fifty Select Poems of Marc-Antonio Flaminio. Eng. title. Old cloth. Chester, 1829; neatly written 19th cent. manuscript vol. containing 8 sonnets; Canti di Soldati, 1918; Poems on Several Occasions by William Hamilton of Bangour, poor bdgs., 1760 & 10 others poetical.  (14).

CHAMBERS ROBERT.  Domestic Annals of Scotland. 3 vols. Half calf. 1869; together with an autograph manuscript letter dated March 21, 1867 from Chambers in response an enquiry from Duncan Forbes of Culloden.

PERCIVAL CATHERINE ELIZA.  Fungorum Niskiensium Iconum. Manuscript index & 25 original watercolour drawings of multiple species of fungi. Small quarto. Orig. red cloth. Bookplate of Sir Francis Denys Bart. Inscribed Catherine Eliza Percival, Philadelphia, March 8th 1826.

XCVII REGIMENT.  Standing Orders for the XCVIIth Regiment or The Earl of Ulsters. Concludes with neatly written manuscript addenda incl. diags. Diced calf. Dublin, 1840.

LANG ANDREW.  Saint Andrews. Illus. Orig. blue cloth, some rubbing. 1st ed., 1893; with a tipped in manuscript letter from Andrew Lang.

Tram Cars.  Manuscript account in a ring binder of Glasgow trams, c.1950's, with pasted-in photographs, tickets & ticket stubs; also a similar vol. re. London trams.  (2).

Conservative & Unionist Party in Scotland, 1890-1912.  Miscellaneous Papers compiled by R. Addison Smith, Edinburgh. Folio. vol. in half calf cont. an archive of approx. 90 typescript, manuscript & printed ephemeral items incl. excerpts of minutes of meetings of the Council of the National Union, memoranda, letters & copy correspondence, notes, documents re. 1892 election & 1897 national party conference (chromolitho invitations), Hopetoun Presentation subscribers list, speakers committee report, election post-mortems, organisational plans & memoranda, relevant periodicals etc. The compiler was Treasurer of the National Union, the organising body North of the Border which predated the Scottish Unionist Association. Inter alia, the papers reference the appointment of Lord Wolmer as MP for Edinburgh West, the amalgamation with the Liberal Unionist Party, internal party matters of contention, tensions between Edinburgh & Glasgow branches & much else.

An 1868 autograph manuscript text of a poem pertaining to Pendle Hill, together with a related later latter

Arthur Henry Patterson, 3 titles: 'A Norfolk Naturalist', 1930, 1st edition, signed and inscribed to FFEP, original cloth gilt; 'Nature in Eastern Norfolk', 1905, 1st edition, pencil ownership signature of Naturalist and Wildlife Photographer Richard Kearton (1862-1928), to front pastedown, original cloth gilt; 'Notes of an East Coast Naturalist', 1904, 1st edition, some contemporary pen and ink manuscript notes on Patterson at back by an ''E.D.P.'', original cloth gilt; Sterland & Whitaker: 'A Descriptive list of the Birds of Nottinghamshire', Mansfield, 1879, signed and inscribed from Whitaker to Arthur Henry Patterson, with further Autograph Letter Signed to Patterson from Whitaker loosely inserted, original cloth, manuscript titled erroneously to spine "List - Birds of Northamptonshire"; plus P.H. Emerson: 'Birds, Beasts and Fishes of the Norfolk Broadland', 1895, 2nd issue, original pictorial cloth (VGC copy) (5)

Two Japanese ivory okimonos, Meiji period, 1868-1912, one carved as two Geisha under a tree, 6cm high signed, the other with multiple figures under a tree reviewing a manuscript, signed, 6cm high (2)

Medieval fragments.- 6 cut fragments from a work on ?church law, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in an attractive rounded gothic bookhand, several two and one-line initials in red and blue, some marginal penwork, all c. 112 x 112mm., [?France], [c. 1400].

Yorkshire.- Nicholas Ansonne of Hawkesworth son of John Ansonne in the county of York have confirmed to Christopher Ansonne have donated for the present and the future land and pasture in ?Hawkesworth, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 14 lines, some surface wear affecting legibility, small tear affecting text, folds, slightly creased and yellowed, remains of wax seal, 141 x 360mm., 26th October 1537.

Scotland.- Charter, grant by Archibald Lord Napier of Merchiston to Robert Wallace of Galrig land in Tarbolton [South Ayrshire], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, folds, yellowed, remains of wax seal, 290 x 560mm., 18th December 1628; and 2 other documents, 1 dated 1665 and the other 1817, v.s., v.d. (3).

NO RESERVE Law.- [Justinian]. Elementorum Juris Secundum ordinem institutionum, 2 parts in 1, manuscript in Latin, c. 465pp., slightly browned, first page slightly soiled, later ink ownership inscription of James Montgomery dated 7 March 1787, front free endpaper loose, original calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, title on spine "Notae in Justinia Institution", sm. 4to, [?France], [18th century].

Music.- Officia propria sanctorum Ecclesire aquensis [& others], manuscript, 189pp., including a few blanks, musical notation throughout, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments, upper cover detached, spine and corners worn, rubbed, 4to, [?France], [late 17th, early 18th century].

Library Catalogue, manuscript, 18pp., plain wrappers, slightly browned, laid in modern wrappers, 8vo, 1493-1700.

Neolithic Cornwall.- Of Buriall on Mounts of Tops of Mountains, manuscript, 1½pp., small tear in margin not affecting text, left margin on stub, folds, slightly browned, folio, 28th December 1703.

Ephemera.- Note of recommendation of the Rev.d Mr. Willm. Aldrich of Stow-Market Suffolk to be a Corresponding Member of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, printed letter signed with manuscript insertions, a few small tears along edges, 4th September 1770; and a small quantity of other ephemera including receipts of rum and brandy, an Isle of Wight election report, TLs relation to the Taiyan Massacre in the Boxer rebellion, a caricature drawing of Gerald Du Maurier etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Making Salt from Sea Water.- Vaizey (Robert, of Hexham) Description of Vaizey's invention for making salt from sea water, manuscript, 6pp., in two hands, [1783]; and 3 other manuscript documents relating to the same, folds, browned, folio (4 pieces).

Bristol, Frenchay.- A list of Subscribers for building a Bridge across the River [Frome] at Frenchay... [&] Expences of Building a Bridge across the River Froom Building the Walls on each side..., manuscript in two hands, reverse entries, together 21pp. excluding blanks, folds, slightly browned, original wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, slightly foxed, central fold, sm. 4to, 1788.

Canals & Shipping.- Worcester and Birmingham Canal, printed letter notice of next general assembly, 1805; and 9 other pieces relating to canals etc., printed with manuscript insertions; and a small quantity of others relating to wrecks and Merchant shipping (loadline legislation), v.s., v.d. (qty).

Anti-Slavery.- Thompson (George Donisthorpe, orator, slavery abolitionist, and political reformer, 1804-1878) Negro Slavery, "Still let me plead the injur'd Negro's cause" [first line], manuscript, 1p., slightly browned, 227 x 181mm., Ashford, 1831.⁂ ?Unpublished.

NO RESERVE Cosmography.- [Cours de Cosmographie], (title from spine), manuscript in French, 439pp., slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, corners worn, sm. 4to, 1838; and 2 other manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (3 pieces).

First use of Ironclad Warships.- Battle of Kinburn, manuscript pen and ink plan of the battle, small tears starting along folds, folds, slightly foxed, 200 x 240mm., n.d. [1855].⁂ The Battle of Kinburn was a land and sea engagement in which French ironclad warships attacked and destroyed coastal fortifications on the Kinburn peninsula. This convinced contemporary navies to abandon wooden ships and to start armour plating their vessels.

Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, 1819-1901) Commission signed appointing Frederick Conybeare a Captain in the Royal Artillery, D.s. "Victoria", printed commission with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, 303 x 400mm., 1st April 1862; and 4 other commissions, 2 relating to Conybeare, v.s., v.d. (5).

NO RESERVE 19th century Exercise Books.- Helliwell (Joseph or Josiah, pupil at the Wesleyan Training School, Greetland, West Riding of Yorkshire) Arithmetic, manuscript, title and 158pp., ruled in red, slightly browned, lower hinges weak, original half morocco, rubbed, 4to, 6th February 1865; and 3 other 19th century exercise books, manuscripts, various bindings, 4to (4).

London, Blackheath.- West Combe Park Estate Limited, manuscript minutes of meetings, several hundred pp., ruled in red, printed pp. relating to the estate bound in at beginning, original diced calf, gilt, extensively rubbed, folio, 1877-86.⁂ Now a residential area of Blackheath.

NO RESERVE Law.- The Position of Trust in a systematic arrangement of Law, manuscript, numerous pp., slightly browned, contemporary cloth, discoloured, edges uncut, 4to, 1890.

England to America.- Johncock (Ernest G.) To America and Back in One Month, autograph manuscript, title and 51pp., numerous pen and ink illustrations (some with watercolour wash), slightly browned, original wrappers, folio, December 1911.⁂ An account of attempted immigration to America by a father and son from England. On arrival in New York, they were detained and voluntarily returned to England.

Scotland.- [Robertson (David R., of Dundee)] Helen Stewart... Memorials & Happy Memories [Angus & Perthshire], 2 vol., manuscript, several hundred pp., numerous watercolour views of Angus and Perthshire, and initials, original half calf, gilt spines, slightly faded, edges uncut, 8vo, 1943.

NO RESERVE Printing & Publishing.- Prospectus.- On Monday, February, 1st 1796. will be published, number I, (Price only Six-Pence,) to be continued once a fortnight without any interruption whatever, till the whole is compleated, of the letters of Lady Rachel Russell; from the manuscript in the library at Wooburn Abbey, 185 x 135mm., printed recto only, closely trimmed at head, part of lower blank corner neatly cut away, a few chips, browned, Printed by J. Thompson [& others], 1796. ⁂ Rare, with ESTC recording only two copies (BL and Harvard).

NO RESERVE Devon.- Jenkins (Alexander) The History and Description of the City of Exeter and its Environs, first edition, extra illustrated, engraved frontispiece, engraved folding map, detached and loosely inserted, small split to fold, 2 engraved maps, 19 engraved plates, one or two newspaper clippings tipped-in, manuscript note dated 1885 to front free endpaper verso, occasional marginal annotations, spotting, bookplate, ex-library with bookplate and occasional blind-stamps, contemporary vellum, gilt, upper joint beginning to split but holding firm, rubbed, Exeter, P. Hedgeland, 1806.

Original Illustration.- The Gay Goshawk with Original Illustrations by MEM, title with 8 leaves of manuscript verse and original illustrations, each with decorative border, monochrome watercolour over pencil, each leaf approx. 280 x 225 mm (11 x 8 7/8 in), each interleaved with tissue guards, minor spotting and surface dirt, original red morocco, gilt title to upper cover, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, 1847.

South Wales Borderers.- Walters (Sgt. George H.) and others. Album of original drawings and manuscript poems by prisoners of war, pen and ink, watercolours, some plain or coloured pencil, one or two initialed, together 19 studies of varying sizes on 15 sheets (each c.170 x 245mm), occasional light foxing or finger-soiling, original boards, loose in binding, ink ownership name to upper board, oblong 8vo, c.1944.⁂ An interesting collection of drawings and poems from prisoners of war in 1944, possibly all from the South Wales Borderers regiment, the 4th Battalion, which was formed in June 1939 but disbanded in August 1942 after most of the regiment taken prisoner or becoming casualties in North Africa. Includes manuscript poems as "Albert in Lybia" and some cartoons or satires.

NO RESERVE Medicine.- Brookes (Richard) The General Practice of Physic, 2 vol., fourth edition, ink ownership inscription to titles, previous owners manuscript notes to endpapers, front free endpaper detached (vol. 1 only), occasional marginal spotting (vol. 1), small loss to margin (Q2, vol. 2), one or two short marginal tears not affecting text, contemporary calf, later paper spine labels, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, for. J. Newbery, 1763.

Thomas, Hibernicus. Flores omnium pene doctorum, qui tum in theologia, tum in philosophia hactenus claruerunt, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, with final blank, lacking D1-8, staining and spotting, mostly lightly browned, 14th century manuscript fragment used in binding, upper hinge cracked, contemporary limp vellum, rather worn, soiled, 16mo, Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1567. sold not subject to return. ⁂ A dictionary of quotations arranged by subject matter, compiled by this Irish fellow of the Sorbonne.

The House of Coalport 1750-1950: To Stanley Harrison from Compton Mackenzie, a manuscript written in original hand by Compton Mackenzie. 5 chapters in leather bound cover.

Angelica Kauffman (Coire 1741-1807 Rome)Portrait of Sir James Graham, bust-length, in a blue coat oil on canvas, unlined62.3 x 47.6cm (24 1/2 x 18 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceBy direct descent from the sitter to the present ownerLiteratureMemoria delle pitture fatte d'Angelica Kauffman dopo suo ritorno d'Inghilterra che fu nell mese d'otobre 1781 che si trovo a Venezia, unpublished manuscript, Royal Academy of Arts, London (the sitter paid 24 zecchini)Dr. G.C. Williamson and Lady V. Manners, Angelica Kauffmann, R. A., Her Life and Her Works, London, 1924, pp. 63-4, 144, 190J. Ingammels, A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800, New Haven and London, 1997, p. 416C. Knight (ed.), La 'Memoria delle piture [sic]' di Angelica Kauffman, Rome and London, 1998, cat. no. 56, p. 17J. Black, The British abroad, the Grand Tour in the eighteenth century, 2003, pp. 198-9, 281James Graham (1761-1824) was created 1st Baronet Netherby in 1783, the year he travelled through France and Switzerland to Rome in the company of his friend the Rev. Thomas Brand (c.1751-1814) where they both sat to Angelica Kauffman. We have an account of their journey through the letters of Brand who provides an interesting insight into 18th century travel. He writes that in Genoa they went to an opera buffa: for many grand tourists music was a significant part of the attraction to visiting Italy which very much dominated the operatic scene at the time. Graham and Brand went to Modena expressly to hear the renowned castrato Luigi Marchesi (1754-1829) sing. Their tour took them to Turin, Piacenza, Parma, Modena and Bologna before they went on to Rome early in December where this portrait was painted. From Rome they progressed to Naples in January 1784 where Graham fell ill with a violent fever. His inclination was to seek the help of an English doctor, though Brand deemed the man in question a quack, noting tartly that 'he had no confidence in himself and would have prescribed anything that I proposed...Lady Warren's maid died under his care'. Fortunately he persuaded his companion to consult the Neapolitan physician Cirillo who cured him. They were back in Rome by March and progressed to Florence and Venice where Graham sat for a second portrait, this time by the Irish artist Hugh Douglas Hamilton.On his return to England Graham represented Ripon in the House of Commons supporting Pitt, and the year after he was raised to the baronetcy he married Lady Catherine Stewart, daughter of the 7th Earl of Galloway. Their son, Sir James Graham (1792-1861) was to have a distinguished political career advising the Prime Minister, Robert Peel, and holding office both as 1st Lord of the Admiralty and Home Secretary.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com