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India, Burma & the River Irrawaddy.- Forlong-Gordon (Thomas Alexander George, Captain, surveyor in Burma, 1831-1914) Travel Journal, autograph manuscript, 310pp. excluding blanks (180pp. of diary and 130pp. of verse), a few pp. in pencil, 12 pencil sketches, some ff. loose, a few manuscript pieces loosely inserted, inner hinges broken, original half morocco, rubbed, gilt spine, some ff. edges with tears, sm. 4to, 1853-55.⁂ "... the few inhabitants are fearful of going out of their doors almost, Tigers are so numerous. A poor native has just been killed while carrying a letter across the Aracan... ." - Forlong-Gordon.Forlong-Gordon was the youngest son of William Forlong of Erines. In 1852, aged 21, he he set sail for Australia and experienced "cattle driving, horse hunting, shepherding, bullock driving... all so much in unison with my ideas of pleasure and freedom". In December 1854 he left Port Phillip on the Barque Appolline and sets sail for Calcutta. In India, he notes the high mortality rate, "Draper-dying of consumption", Bombay, "is a very dirty place... nor think it comparable to Madras. In Burma, Forlong -Gordon joins his brother in Prome as a trainee surveyor, Major General James Forlong, road engineer and later Chief Engineer to the Governor of Oudh. On the way he mentions the devastation caused by the second Burmese War and proves a perceptive observer, on tobacco production, the manner in which the natives use teak forests, the death of Captain Matagan, "killed by a band of armed Burmese... held him down while the others wounded him in 22 places", roads collapsing, difficulty of sleeping at night due to the rain and "the howling of tigers & wild elephants", visits Rangoon before leaving for India.

Ireland & India Botany.- [?McFall (Frances Elizabeth, novelist and women's rights campaigner, 1854-1943), "Sarah Grand."] [Album of botanical watercolours and accompanying manuscript poetry], 25pp., each page with a watercolour wash flowering plant and accompanying religious poetry, some foxing, silk endpapers, original morocco, gilt, gilt initials "F.E. Mc F" on upper cover, rubbed, upper cover detached, g.e., large 4to, 1879-84.⁂ Possibly Frances Elizabeth McFall, born in Donaghadee, Co. Down, Ireland. In 1870 at the age of 16 she married David Chambers McFall (1834/5-98), an army surgeon stationed in India. From 1873 to 1878 they lived in India and travelled in the Far East. Some of the watercolours are dated and are located at Malahide and Belfast in Ireland, and Benares and Dinapore in India.

Dickens (Charles).- Birmingham Sunday Lecture Society.- Illuminated address to Ben Nathan for his years of service to the society including a yearly public recitation of Dickens's Christmas Carol, illuminated manuscript in gold, red, purple, green and other colours, 9pp., all laid in on album ff., red morocco, gilt, slightly discoloured, silk moiré endpapers, g.e., by Edward Morton of Birmingham, housed in the original cloth-lined wood and glass case, lge 4to, 1904.

Edwardian Novelist.- [Barclay (Florence Louisa, novelist, 1862-1921)] [The Mistress of Shenstone], autograph manuscript, 386pp., in pencil, numerous corrections and crossing out, some ff. working loose, slightly browned, unbound, tied with ribbons, sm. 4to, [1910].⁂ A romance between Lady Ingleby, a widow and a man who inadvertently killed her husband. The story was made into a silent film in 1921.Provenance: By descent in the family.

Workington Bank, for Wood, Smiths, Stein & Co., 1 Guinea, 3 June 1809, serial number 170/246, Wood signature, pressed, and with all manuscript elements retraced in modern ink, thus about very good Outing 2428a £60-£80

Hull, Old Bank, for Messrs Joseph Pease & Son, unissued 5 Guineas, 17-, no serial number, manuscript writing at low left caused ink corrosion, missing top left corner, some damage to top and lower margin, very good and rare Outing 1019A £160-£200 The hand written notation in signature field reads ‘This Firm to March 1772, when Robert P. the son of Joseph P. the father then being 84 years old’. Joseph Pease (1688-1778), son of Robert Pease, a merchant in Amsterdam, came to England in 1709 and by the 1730s had established his oil and paint business in Hull, which provided the financial basis for the formation of what is believed to be Yorkshire’s first bank, in 1754, in partnership with his son Robert (1717-70). Robert’s death meant that Joseph had to choose between an orphaned grandson, Joseph Robinson, later Pease (1752-1807) heir to a cotton business in Manchester, and his bastard grandson, Robert Copeland Pease, the product of a union between Robert Pease and Margaret Copeland. He chose the former and the notation on the note refers.

Cork Bank, for Charles Henry Leslie & John Leslie, Twenty Five Shillings, 25 July 1825, serial number B2009, C.H. Leslie signature, manuscript writing on reverse, in PCGS holder number 12, fine PMI PB 79A £260-£360

Bank of Ireland, £1, Dublin, 4 January 1842, serial number C/A 48827, manuscript signature, few pinholes, in PCGS holder number number 12, fine, in extremely nice condition for an early large format note, very rare! PMI BA 31, Pick 35 £7,000-£8,000

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 6 July 1916, serial number O.239, manuscript signature, pinholes, lovely paper quality, in PCGS holder number 20, very fine, a superb example PMI BB 53d, Pick 152a £1,800-£2,200

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £5, 8 March 1928, serial number B/X 1250, R. Keith manuscript signature, pencil annotation on reverse, about very fine PMI BB 69, Pick 127b £150-£200

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £5, 6 April 1936, serial number C/H 6158, R. Keith manuscript signature, in PCGS holder number 45, extremely fine PMI BB 69, Pick 127b £100-£150

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 November 1906, serial number D59538, manuscript signature of Robert Patton, in PCGS holder number 20, very fine, minor rust, very rare PMI UB 28, Pick 377 £2,600-£3,000 Paper Money of Ireland plate note

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 March 1912, serial number F.12193, manuscript signature of Robert Patton, a few pinholes but an original good fine, very scarce PMI UB 34, Pick 383 £900-£1,200

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 10 October 1916, serial number A93542, manuscript signature of Robert Patton, in PCGS holder number 30, very fine, rust spots PMI UB 35, Pick 384 £1,500-£2,000 Paper Money of Ireland plate note

Three Hand Signed Notes, comprising Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 March 1973, serial number A4734193, Hamilton signature, and an additional manuscript signature by Hamilton, Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, 1 January 1979, serial number PN1465110, Hollway signature, and Bank of England, Somerset, £1, serial number BY05 880178, the last two with manuscript signatures of Hollway, Irish notes both uncirculated, English note very fine (3 notes) PMI UB 69, PR 102, EPM B341 £80-£120

Union Bank of Scotland, £5, 14 July 1916, serial number B 25/028, manuscript signatures, lovely paper quality, very fine, a nice example PMS UB 58, Pick S806 £700-£900

North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, £5, 1 March 1915, serial number A 0163/0224, manuscript signatures, fine, first date for type PMS NS 27a £500-£700

The Edinburgh & Glasgow Bank, £1, 6 October 1846, serial number 237/141, manuscript signatures, very good and very rare PMS EG 1a £700-£900

Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 25 November 1925, serial number L 354/318, printed Speed signature and one manuscript signature, ink numeral in top left, otherwise good fine and scarce PMS RB 53g, Pick 316e £100-£150

Dumfries Commercial Bank, 1 Guinea, 5 July 1805, serial number 9/97, several manuscript signatures, fine PMS DF 2 £100-£150

Imperio do Brasil, 5 Mil Reis, ND (1852-67), Estampa 4, serial number G 16856, one manuscript signature, lovely paper quality, technically good fine, but a very attractive and problem-free example, scarce Pick A230 £200-£260

Imperio do Brasil, 2 Mil Reis, ND (1870-78), Estampa 5a, serial number B 98018, one manuscript signature, a few small margin tears but an original good fine, and scarce Pick A245 £200-£260

Republica dos Estados Unidos, Brazil, 1 Mil Reis (2), Estampa 10A, serial numbers 57428 and 89681, also 2 Mil Reis, Estampa 12A, serial number 75153, all ND (1919), with large manuscript signatures across face, very fine, with lovely original paper (3 notes) Pick 6a, 14 £100-£150

Republica dos Estados Unidos, Brazil, 2 Mil Reis, ND (1890), Estampa 8A, serial number D 54886, single manuscript signature still just visible, also 1 and 2 Mil Reis, Estampa 11a and 13a respectively, and USA Fractionals (2), 25 and 50 cents, and Paraguay 1 and 100 Guaranies, 1952, Brazil very good, scarce in any grade, others very good to fine (7 notes) Pick 7, 10a, 15 £150-£200

FOUR INDIAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS, INDIA, CIRCA 18TH CENTURY ink and gouache on paper, comprising three folios from a treatise on animals (?), written in nastaliq script, separately inserted illustrations, and a Hindu folio written in devanagari script, the illustration depicting Krishna with the gopis 28 x 16cm approximately each (Islamic folios); 15 x 28.5cm (Hindu folio)

Werner - Versteinerung Kunde, one vol of manuscript writings and prose, half calf

An Antique Arabic Manuscript Koran, disbound, 5½" x 4", 15 lines to a a plate in black ink and gold borders in Morocco pocket slip case (af)

A 1783 manuscript expense account from Charles Ranspach, Messenger to Lord North, and a 1823 letter to Francil Freeling (2)

Song Dynasty, 960-1127 AD. A rectangular terracotta tile depicting an advancing lion and rider within a florid frame; the reverse with the full palm imprint of the potter, forming a personal mark equivalent to a manuscript signature.5.3 kg, 29 x 29cm (11 1/2 x 11 1/2"). From a West Country, UK, collection; formerly in a Hong Kong collection formed 1970-1990s.Sometimes potters and especially tile-makers of the Song period 'signed' their work by impressing one hand flat into the reverse. A whole tomb decorated with figural representation modified in this way was unearthed in Shanxi Province and reported in the western press (e.g. Archaeology - publication of the Archaeological Institute of America) in 2018, when it was revealed during renovations to a modern house built over the tomb. Fine condition. Rare.

Early 13th century AD. A vellum leaf from a manuscript bible with text in two columns of black lettre batarde script with decorated versal and highlighted initials and marginal ornament in red and blue with some liquid gold; text includes the beginning of the book of Ecclesiastes; drypoint layout ruling.2.46 grams, 19.5 x 14cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Property of a North London gallery. Fine condition.

14th century AD. A pair of pages (4 folios) from a bilingual Coptic manuscript, written in Coptic Bohairic and Arabic, including an end piece; embellished with star, interlace and foliage motifs; the Coptic text reads: '??? = Jesus /?? = Christ / ?? = Son of ?? = God / ?', i.e. 'The One Who is (the only One Who exists).Cf. Institut du monde arabe, L'art copte en Égypte: 2000 ans de Christianisme : exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, du 15 mai au 3 septembre 2000, Paris, 2000, p.77, no.55.6.8 grams total, 19.5cm each (7 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously with Drouot, Boisgirard, 28 April 1997, lot 157 (part"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.

14th century AD. A pair of pages (3 folios) from a bilingual Coptic manuscript, in Coptic Bohairic and Arabic language, including an end piece; embellished with star, interlace and foliate motifs; part of the Coptic text reads: '??? = Jesus /??? = Christ / ?? = Son of ?? God / ?', i.e. 'The One Who is' (the only One Who exists).Cf. Institut du monde arabe, L'art copte en Égypte: 2000 ans de Christianisme : exposition présentée à l'Institut du monde arabe, Paris, du 15 mai au 3 septembre 2000, Paris, 2000, p.77, no.55.10 grams total, 19.5cm each (7 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously with Drouot, Boisgirard, 28 April 1997, lot 157 (part).The parchment is made of a first folio with bilingual text of the Holy Writings and the second folio with a geometric star pattern with decorative interlaces and foliages, upon and below which there is the inscription (in Coptic) ??? = Jesus /??? = Christ / ?? = Son of ?? God / ? = The One Who is (i.e. the only One Who exists"). The text is in Coptic Bohairic and Arab. [2, No Reserve] Fine condition.

Late 17th century AD. An illuminated leaf with Ge'ez text from a manuscript of the Miracles of Mary, on the recto the Virgin Mary seated upon a throne and with the Child on her left leg, both of them blessing and healing from the blindness the Priest John Bakansi; in the lower section the Priest showing himself healed to the Bishop; twelve lines of Ge'ez writing beside; on the verso two columns of Ge'ez writing, each of fourteen and ten rows respectively.Cf. Heldman, M., Munro-Hay, C., Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia, New Heaven-London, 1993, figs.99, 102-103, p.243, for style; Budge, E.A.W., The miracles of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and The life of Hannâ (Saint Anne), and The magical prayers of ?Ah?ta Mîkâêl, London, 1900, pp.46ff.23 grams, 30cm (11 3/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously in a UK private collection, in the 1990s.The illustration shows the miracle of the Virgin Mary, with the miraculous healing of the Priest John Bakansi in the Church of Mercurius the Martyr at Cairo. This manuscript page is an outstanding example of the First Gondarine style, which is closely associated with the patronage of the Gondarine monarchy. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

18th century AD. A bifolium with two paintings showing the meeting of Saint John Chrystostom with the empress Eudoxia, and Saint John sent to exile with two horsemen on reverse.Cf. for similar style of painting the double-sided diptych with Mary, her son, and Saint George, in the Walters Art Gallery, inv.36.5; cf. Heldman, M., Munro-Hay, C., Zion, the sacred art of Ethiopia, New Heaven-London, 1993, fig.121, p.254.37 grams total, 38.5 x 28.5cm each (15 1/4 x 11 1/4"). Ex central London gallery; previously in a UK private collection, in 1990s.This bifolium is realised in the Gondarine style of mid-late18th century AD. The manuscript was probably part of a Homiliary in honour of the Archangel Michael. Saint Michael's feast of 12 Genbot was usually shared with the commemoration of Saint John Chrysostom. The homily was accompanied by a miniature of the empress Eudoxia, dressed as an Ethiopian empress, meeting with Saint John and sending him to exile because he reproached her for her luxury dress and jewellery; a second miniature depicts the exile of the Saint. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

19th century AD. A manuscript psalter (Book of Psalms) with rectangular wooden covers, vellum pages with Ge'ez script text in black and red ink, painted icons of St. George overcoming the dragon and Mary seated with the infant Jesus.74 grams, 10cm (4"). Ex central London gallery; acquired from a London dealer, circa 1985. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

A Louis XIV or Louis XV Silver Butterfield-Dial, Signed 'Butterfield a Paris', Further Marked with French Mark, Almost Certainly Either the Décharge For Étienne Ridereau, Paris, 1684-1687 or the Ouvrages non Chargés Mark for Étienne de Bouges, Charles Yvon, Armand Pillavoine and Charles Cordier, Paris, 1717-1722, elongated octagonal and with folding bird gnomon with adjusts for latitude between 40° and 60°, the front engraved with four chapter rings and with recessed compass, the back engraved with the names of twenty eight European cities and their latitude, with fitted shagreen covered and green velvet lined case with silver button, with later manuscript note, 5.4cm wide by 4.5cm deep Provenance: Captain Edward Arthur Aylmer, D.S.C. (1892-1974), and by descent. The later manuscript note fitted into the cover of the fitted case records this Butterfield dial as: 'A Curious little Sun-dial -- foreign -- intended (as it seems) for the Latitude of 40° to where the bird's beak points -- but could be set to other Latitudes'. While entirely correct that the 'curious' object is foreign the Butterfield who gave his name to this series of objects, including those made by other instrument makers working contemporaneously or later, was Michael Butterfield (1635-1724) who was a British instrument maker who moved to Paris in the 1660s. He seems to have worked for the French Royal court and was appointed engineer to King Louis XIV. He opened a shop in rue Neuve-des-Fosses where fashionable Parisians and others would furnish themselves with scientific instruments such as the present dial. For a further discussion of the Butterfield dial see M. Cowham, 'The Butterfield Dial', Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society, No. 133, 2017, pp. 25-28. Though this is a smaller example than other there are a number of similar examples known, including one in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (CIRC.415-1923), catalogued as dating to 1680-1699. It is very similarly engraved to the present, though with a somewhat less elaborately engraved compass and the names of differing cities. It seems to be marked with the same mark as the present example which suggests that the present example also dates to the last years of the 17th century.. Marked on back with French fleur-de-lys mark. There is some minor surface scratching to the silver, though the case has protected the dial from any significant damage. The case has some staining and loss to the shagreen. The lining is somewhat worn.

A manuscript ledger circa early to mid 20th Century, Leach, Johnson, Travis & Co accountants, London & Manchester, compiled by Captain E.M. Ransford, Suffolk Regiment, employee of the firm, together with late 19th Century and early 20th Century manuscript ledgers, both similar (3)

Charles I vellum manuscript, dated 1642 for Wickham Skeith, Suffolk, 31cm wide

An 18th Century letter from Strawberry Hill, dated 1789, together with a Last Will and Testament from Norfolk dated 1722, a vellum manuscript Charles Gall of Auchnacnee, Lawful heir of Alexander Gall his father, made and granted by Sir Alexander Ramsey and another, (4)

14th Century manuscript, on vellum for the mass for Palm Sunday, 20cm x 33cm

Edward III Suffolk 14th Century vellum manuscript, dated 1338 between William de Brandiston of Chelmeton (Chelmondiston) and John de Bordelond of Chelmeton dated Tuesday 28 April 1338, 27cm wide

A music manuscript by Edmond Missa, 'Legend Du Petit Navier'

Leaf from an impressive Ilkhanid Qur'an, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on buff paper [Eastern Ilkhanate territories, second quarter of the twelfth century] single leaf, single column, 7 lines large eastern kufic script, possibly originally in yellow (now darkened and olive in appearance), script outlined in red, diacritics and vocalisation in dark green and gold (now oxidised), large ornamental device extending into the margin in the form of a pale yellow flower with orange decorations, outlined in turquoise, horizontal and vertical fold-lines, some fading, 550 by 375 mm.Condition Report: folds, stains and wear throughoutglue at top and bottomsold as viewed so please ask for additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer

Two calligraphic exercises in muhaqqaq and nasta'liq, Persia, 18th century and later, ink heightened with gold on paper, one exercise in muhaqqaq bearing a signature (Muhammad Baqir bin Muhammad Khan al-Suryr (?), dated 1150 AH (1737-38 AD), 19cm x 31cm and 19.5cm x 44cm (2)Provenance: Private collection recently removed from Knightsbridge, London and by family descent. Condition Report: unexamined out of frames but some folding and wear to surface visible through glassThis manuscript is incomplete Condition Report Disclaimer

An illuminated manuscript copied in Isfahan, dated 1225 AH/1810 AD, Persian manuscript on paper, written in black nasta'liq within four columns, ruled in black and gold, the opening page with a gold and polychrome heading and gold floral border, in a floral lacquer binding with losses and a Qajar book of prayers, Iran, dated 1230 AH/1814-15 AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, written in black naskh, ruled in black, gold and blue, chapter headings written in red, a later inscription on f.1a identifying the manuscript as a al-kåmilah al-Sajjådiyyah, in a later brown leather binding, 15 x 9cm and another, 17cm x 11cm (2)  Provenance: a fly-leaf written in English with a late 19th /early 20th century hand describes the volume as a collection of Persian poems. From a private collection recently removed from Knightsbridge, London and by family descent. Condition Report: some warping to pages throughout and staining to some pages bindings with lossesCondition Report Disclaimer

Six calligraphic pages mounted as a concertina album, Persia, 19th century, six leaves set within a green, yellow or red border, each with 9 lines of nasta'liq within clouds against a gold ground, the margins densely decorated with interlacing gold and polychrome floral scrolls, approx. 28cm x 18.5cm Provenance: Private collection recently removed from Knightsbridge, London and by family descent. Condition Report: this concertina album is later assembled made from pages from a manuscript so there is no beginning or end and it's just an extract and generally in good condition but with some wear throughout Condition Report Disclaimer

A Collection of printed books relating to the Middle East, in German, Syriac, Russian, Farsi and Arabic [mostly nineteenth or early twentieth century] comprising: (i) Rubayat Hakim Omar Khayyam, dated 1304 AH, numerous ink inscriptions to preliminary leaves, two plates of manuscript facsimiles of the work at the back, 160 x 120mm., boards covered with contemporary dutch-pastepaper; (ii) Hermann Gotz, Eine Orientreise, Leipzig, 1901, adnuchromolithographic frontispiece, numerous illustrations in the text, lightly foxed, 235 x 160mm., morocco-backed boards, spine gilt with raised bands; (iii) Philoxeni Mabbugensis, Scriptores Syri (Latin edition), Paris, 1907 AD, ex-libris stamps, 235 x 160mm., half vellum over marbled boards; (iv) Grey's Elegy, illuminated by Owen Jones, London, 1846, lightly foxed, 255 x 180mm., gothic-style binding; (v) A Qajar work on medical pathology, Tehran, dated 1300 AH, first leaf loose, 250 x 170mm., contemporary morocco binding; (vi) Ganjiyeh Qur'an, Tehran, dated 1328, plates and a folding table, 215 x 150mm., morocco-backed cloth boards; (vii) A history of the Russo-Japanese war, Istanbul, dated 1321, illustrations throughout, some gatherings loose, 240 x 170mm., original cloth with chromolithographic map pasted to upper cover, spine worn; (viii) Tuhfat al-Ayan bi-sira ahl'Uman, dated 1330 AH, 245 x 150mm., original printed cloth-backed boards All from the Mohamed Makiya collection

Abu al-Hassan al-Sharif al-Radi, Nahj al-Balagha (The Peak of Eloquence), in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [probably Afghanistan, mid-nineteenth century]  253 leaves (plus one endleaf at front and two at back), two parts in one volume, second part incomplete at end, single column, 15 lines black naskh, some key words and phrases in red, a few ownership seals and marginal annotations, later ownership notes to endleaf copied in Herat in 1243 AH, printed label to pastedown, a few gatherings and some bifolia loose, 190 by 160mm.; modern blind-stamped morocco with flap, labels pasted to spine, else good condition  From the Mohamed Makiya collection, their 57/100.  Nahj al-Balagha is a popular collection of hadith, sermons, letters and tasfirs, which was compiled in the tenth century by Sharif Razi. The work is considered to be one of the major pieces of Shi'ite Muslim literature and is particularly known for its eloquent content, that attributed to Imam Ali.

A small illuminated Qur'an, Persia or North India, 19th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 17 lines to the page written in black naskh, ruled in gold and black, verses separated by pointed gold roundels, gold and polychrome verse markers and some sections of the text within clouds against a gold ground, in a flower lacquer binding partly detached, 16 x 9.5cm Provenance: Private collection recently removed from Knightsbridge, London and by family descent.  Condition Report: binding cracked, detached and warped and one corner missing and the pages stained and warped Condition Report Disclaimer

World War II; Faroe Islands. Pair of photograph albums compiled by Gordon Bell Kirkland, Lovat Scouts, 1940-1, approximately 345 gelatin silver print photographs mounted rectos and versos to 46 (24 + 22) black card leaves, nearly all personal 'snapshots' with approx. dimensions 8.5 x 6 cm or inverse and with deckle edges, manuscript captions in white china ink throughout, similar titles to front pastedowns (volume 1: '2760749 Sig. Kirkland G. B., H.Q. Squadron, Lovat Scouts, The Faroe Islands, November 1940 to June 1941'), each volume string-bound through 3 metal grommets in contemporary leather-effect padded cloth albums, volume 1 string frayed (remaining integral through one grommet only), oblong 4to (19.5 x 26.5 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESThe Lovat Scouts, a Highland unit, were responsible for the British occupation of the Faroe Islands during the Second World War. The compiler Gordon Bell Kirkland was promoted from cadet to second lieutenant on 6 October 1943 (London Gazette, Supplement, 5 November 1943, p. 4856); the photographs include local inhabitants and views, the downing of a Heinkel and the taking of German prisoners, and the sinking of HMT Lincoln City.

Cabinet War Rooms. 'Fortress Defence Scheme' [cover-title], 1 February 1943, 4 printed hand-coloured plans on glazed linen (lettered A-D), wire-stitched in original glazed linen covers with manuscript title and annotation 'Secret' to front, oblong 4to (25.5 x 29.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire. Very rare set of secret wartime defence plans for Government Offices Great George Street. One other copy traced, in the papers of one George Rance, presumably the eponym of the defence post titled 'Rance's Guard', stationed at the St James's Park entrance in Plan C (Christie's, Fine Books and Manuscripts, 27 November 2012, lot 11).

Naval manuscript book. 1823-26, approximately 55 leaves, mostly listing Watch, Quarter and Station bills, completed in ink and pencil, including 1823 Peace Establishment Watch Bill, Station Bill, Quarters for the officers and crew of a frigate of 42 guns, and Watch Bill of H.M.S. Boudicea, 1826, a few ink and watercolour signal flags for a launch and pinnace, barge, gig, cutter, plus a watercolour signal flags in 3 columns at end, leaves detached, occasional light soiling, original sheep, some wear and lacking spine, slim 8vo, together with Ralfe (James). Historical Memoirs of Admiral Charles Stirling: Extracted from the Fourteenth Part of the Naval Biography of Great Britain... With notes and observations of Vice-Admiral Stirling, London: L. Harrison, 1826, 72 pp., bound with 6 other works and extracts by Vice-Admiral Charles Stirling, including Letters on Professional Topics: viz 1. The Dry Rot in the Navy. 2. The Necessity of Practice in the use of Signals and Naval Evolutions. 3. On Subjects connected with Ship-Building, 1825, 133 pp., Letters to the Members of the Select Vestry of the Parish of Chertsey, Chertsey, 1830, 24 pp., Observations on Reform, Chertsey, 1831, 16pp., (with a presentation inscription from Stirling to Sir W.J. Hamilton, probably geologist William John Hamilton, 1805-1867), a few manuscript corrections, some light spotting, manuscript annotations to title verso (with show-through to title), contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, joints and edges rubbed, 8vo, with a loose 4 pp. autograph letter from Captain Charles Stirling, aboard HMS Arrogant, in the Baltic in 1855 to his uncle discussing naval and family matters, plus a volume of 3 Navy Lists for 1814, 1833 and 1845, with manuscript annotations relating to the Stirlings and list of officers at front (some ink stains) bound in contemporary half morocco (rubbed), 8voQty: (3)NOTESVice-Admiral Sir Charles Stirling (1760-1833) was involved in various battles with Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, including the Fourth Battle of Ushant (1794) and the Battle of Cape Finisterre (1805) and later the British campaigns in the Rio de la Plata in South America as well as the 1812 war with the United States. He faced a Court martial in 1813 for accepting payment for protecting foreign seamen and it was found although he acted on humanitarian grounds, he had broken regulations. On appeal he was restored to flag officer status but not returned to active service.

James (M.R.) & Bernard Berenson. Speculum humanae salvationis being a reproduction of an Italian Manuscript of the Fourteenth Century, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., others uncut, spine rubbed and faded, Oxford, privately printed, 1926 § Ragusa (Ida, editor & translator) Meditations on the Life of Christ: An Illustrated Manuscript of the Fourteenth Century, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS. Ital.115, second printing, Princeton, NJ, 1977 § Barstow (Kurt) The Gualenghi-d'Este Hours: Art and Devotion in Renaissance Ferrara, Los Angeles, 2000 § Meiss (M.) & Edith W.Kirsch. The Visconti Hours, Bibliotheca Nazionale, Florence, 1972, illustrations, some colour, all but the first original cloth, the last two with slip-cases; and 5 others on Italian illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (9)

Krasa (Josef, editor) The Travels of Sir John Mandeville: A Manuscript in the British Library, translated by Peter Kussi, original rexine, slip-case, New York, 1983 § Harrsen (M., editor) Cursus Sanctae Mariae; A Thirteenth-Century Manuscript, now M.739 in the Pierpont Morgan Library, original wrappers, New York, 1937 § Bibliotheca Corviniana: The Library of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, Shannon, 1969 § Dercsenyi (D., editor) The Hungarian Illuminated Chronicle: Chronica de Gestis Hungarorum, Budapest, 1969 § Berkovits (I.) Illuminated Manuscripts from the Library of Matthias Corvinus, Budapest, 1964; Illuminated Manuscripts in Hungary XI-XVI Centuries, Shannon, 1969 § Swarzenski (H.) Czechoslovakia: Romanesque and Gothic Illuminated Manuscripts, 1959, illustrations, many colour, all but the first two original cloth with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed or soiled, 4to & folio (7)

McKendrick (Scot) The History of Alexander the Great: An Illuminated manuscript of Vasco da Lucena's French Translation of the Ancient Text by Quintus Curtius Rufus, Los Angeles, 1996 § Garcia-Tejedor (C.M.) The Book of Hours of Joanna of Castile, Barcelona, 2005 § Dückers (R.) & others. The Hours of Catherine of Cleves: Devotion, Demons and Daily Life in the Fifteenth Century, Lucerne, 2009 § Corstanje (C. van) & others, editors. Vita Sanctae Coletae (1381-1447), Tielt & Leiden, 1982 § Horst (K. van der) & others, editors. The Utrecht Psalter in Medieval Art Picturing the Psalms of David, 1996 § Farquhar (J.D.) Creation and Imitation: The Work of a Fifteenth-Century Manuscript Illuminator, Fort Lauderdale, Fl., 1976 § Delaissé (L.M.J.) A Century of Dutch Manuscript Illumination, Berkeley & Los Angeles, 1968, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards, the first with slip-case, the rest dust-jackets; and 2 others on Flemish illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (9)

Greetings cards.- [Album of Trade Valentines Cards], 147 Valentine, 36 St. Patrick's Day, 4 still life and 2 winter scene cards and postcards, abrasion marks where 2 cards removed, reference numbers in ink to some cards, occasional very faint spotting, contemporary portfolio, paper label to upper cover with previous owner's name in manuscript, [Germany], c.1930.⁂ A scarce and interesting collection of early twentieth century cards and postcards produced in Germany between the wars.

Bonnard (Pierre) Correspondances, number 409 of 1,000 copies, 28 mounted reproductions of ink or pencil drawings, the text in facsimile of the artist's manuscript, unsewn in original wrappers, upper cover design by the artist, original card chemise and slip-case (some wear with upper joint split), Paris, Editions de la Revue Verve, 1944.

Morgan (Nigel) & others. A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges, Part IV vol.1: Insular and Anglo-Saxon-Manuscripts c.700-c.1100, 2013 § Delaissé & others. The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor: Illuminated Manuscripts, 1977 § Parkes (M.B.) The Medieval Manuscripts of Keble College Oxford, 1979 § L'Engle (S.) & R.Gibbs. Illuminating the Law: Legal Manuscripts in Cambridge Colleges, 2001 § Gameson (R.) Manuscript Treasures of Durham Cathedral, 2010 § De Laurentiis (E.) & E.A.Talamo. The Lost Manuscripts from the Sistine Chapel: An Epic Journey from Rome to Toledo, 2011, illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, the second also with slip-case; and 12 others on collections of illuminated manuscripts, v.s. (18)

Bicycle racing.- French stereographs documenting cyclists and spectators at the Velodrome de Vincennes, 41 stereographs, 1908-13; the Parc des Princes, 2 stereographs, n.d.; and views showing the departure of the Paris-Brest-Paris race from the Bois de Boulogne, 1911, mounted as issued, manuscript captions in ink or pencil, faint spotting to mounts, several signed or initialled verso by J. Bouteiller (44). ⁂ Named cyclists include the 6 time world professional sprint champion Thorvald Ellegaard, Leon Hourlier and Emile Friol.

Best (R.I.) & Rudolf Thurneysen, editors. Senchas Mar: Facsimile of the Oldest Fragments from MS. H. 2. 15 in the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, 1931 § Henry (F., editor) The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin, 1974, plates and illustrations, some colour, original cloth, the first rubbed, the second with slip-case; and 2 others on Irish manuscripts, folio & 4to (4)