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Rowling, J. K. The Tales of Beedle the Bard [Sotheby's auction catalogue for Rowling's seventh manuscript, which was sold on behalf of The Children's Voice, 13 December 2007, achieving a record price for a modern literary manuscript], London: Sotheby's, 2007. First and only edition. Signed by J. K. Rowling and four cast members from the Harry Potter films: Devon Murray, Matthew Lewis, Fiona Shaw, and Evanna Lynch. Contents very good, clean, bright; embossed card covers well-preserved with very faint creasing around joints and one small, light mark on upper cover; very faint bumps/wear to extremitiesProvenance: Our vendor has kindly provided the following statement: 'I was invited to attended the private launch event held at Sotheby's. What a privilege to be there and to view the handwritten manuscript and I must admit to being a little star struck. Also in attendance that evening were other supporting cast members from the Harry Potter series who I also asked to sign my catalogue.  A very ‘magical’ evening indeed!'

A framed and glazed illuminated musical manuscript in the mediaeval style, pen and ink and watercolour, inscribed top right "In Die Epiphanie, XLV", double-sided on vellum, 67cm x 93 cm

Ginger Baker: A 3rd draft manuscript of Hellraiser,2008,Ginger's copy edit, approximately 265 pages of typescript, few pages missing, with numerous edits, amendments and additions throughout the text, for the 2009 autobiography by John Blake Publishing LtdFootnotes:Provenance:The Ginger Baker FamilyFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Beatrix Potter The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse A facsimile of the Manuscript Notebook written in 1910 limited to 500 copies with tipped-in illustrations and bound in limp leather with gilt ruled borders and bands, housed in slipcase with gilt illustration   

S HARRIS OXTON (British fl 1886-1930); an illuminated manuscript 'Abide with Me', with the verses in full within a border of colourful foliate scrolls, label verso, 25 x 220cm, framed and glazed, with another by the same artist in Welsh, commemorating O. J. Owen MA with his photograph in the top right corner, dated 1906, within an elaborate scrolling border, signed S H Oxton Illuminator, 12 Preesons Row, Liverpool, 41 x 29cm, unframed (2). CONDITION REPORT The first example has some foxing. The second example has minor foxing. Both appear to be in relatively good condition.

A sealed George III vellum manuscript relating to a dispute over land and grazing rights in Warmington, Warwickshire. Gilt framed and glazed, 97 x 94cm

Good lot of ephemera relating to Sir James Penny, K.C.I.E, C.S.I., illustrating his life in India under the British Raj, and his work in the "Indian Civil Service. Covering the early to mid 20th c., and including photographs, letters, postcards, greetings cards, military papers, and a 221 page typed manuscript - PUNJAB MEMORIES 1910-1945 by Sir James Penny

Bindings.- Southey (Robert) A Tale of Paraguay, 2 engraved plates by Heath after Westall (a little foxed and offset), 1825 bound with [Rogers (Samuel)] Italy, a Poem. Part the First, with "by Robert Southey" mistakenly supplied in manuscript on title, 1822, first editions, engraved bookplate of John Waldie and modern bookplate of W.D.J.Cargill Thompson, contemporary calf, spine gilt with mesh design and green roan label, a few scratches to upper cover § Southey (Robert) Roderick, the Last of the Goths, 2 vol., fifth edition, attractive contemporary lilac calf with elaborate gilt foliate borders, spines gilt with red and green roan labels, a few stains, 1818, a little rubbed, 12mo, Longman (3)

St.Dominic's Press.- Boeuf (Le) et l'Ane..., number 13 of 120 copies, wood-engraving on title by David Jones, original roan-backed pictorial boards, slight wear to spine and joints, slip-case, 1930 § Pruden (Dunstan) Silversmithing..., [one of 500 copies], illustrations and diagrams by Philip Hagreen, later morocco-backed linen, 1933 § [Akathistos Hymn] Ode in Honour of the Holy...Virgin Mary, translated by Vincent McNabb, one of 200 copies, printed in red & black, original linen printed in red & black, 1934 § Diary with Dominican Calendar and XII Wood-Engravings, wood-engravings by David Jones and Mary Dudley Short, with 62pp. blank at end (some leaves with manuscript theological notes in ink or pencil), original cloth-backed patterned-paper boards, paper label, soiled, spine ends worn, 1928 § Mairet (Ethel M.) Vegetable Dyes being a book of Recipes..., fourth edition, original pictorial wrappers, browned, slightly frayed at edges, 1924, all uncut, most a little rubbed, [Brocard & Sewell A186, A227, A236, A160, A1], Ditchling, St.Dominic's Press; and 3 others by or relating to the press (8)

NO RESERVE Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord) Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. A Romaunt, [Cantos I & II], first edition, [one of 500 copies], engraved facsimile plate at end (foxed and stained), lacking final leaf (publisher's advertisements), preliminaries misbound, title soiled and stained with ink scribblings and frayed at edges, some foxing and staining to text, with near contemporary manuscript leaf recording details of the family of John Richardson mounted on front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, John Murray, 1812 § Medwin (Thomas) Journal of the Conversations of Lord Byron...at Pisa, engraved facsimile of Byron's handwriting (stained), some leaves heavily soiled and stained, modern calf, 1824, 4to (2)⁂ John Richardson (1789-1866), builder, of Tuxford, Nottinghamshire, close to Newstead Abbey, home of the Byron family.

Book auction catalogue.- Catalogue of the very select and valuable library of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th August, and Thirteen following Days, trade edition, (i.e. without the specially produced portrait and sonnet), without the list of extra section of 'books omitted' sometimes found, advertisement f. for sale of Roscoe's pictures present at end, priced in ink throughout, title repaired, not affecting text, Liverpool, 1816 bound with Catalogue of the. . . Collection of Prints, Books of Prints &c. the Properly of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction by Mr. Winstanley, at his rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 9th September, and ten following days, priced throughout in ink, title soiled, Liverpool, 1816, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting and staining, lightly browned, later half calf, spine repaired and with modern morocco label, corners little worn, rubbed, 8vo ⁂ William Roscoe (1753-1831) of Liverpool was a lawyer, abolitionist, botanist, author, art collector and bibliophile. In 1816 the Liverpool bank of which he was a partner was in financial difficulties and he was forced to sell his library and collection. It raised around £5150, with the major lot being a 14th century Italian illuminated manuscript Bible, bought by Robinson for £178 10s and subsequently sold to Coke of Holkham for 200 guineas. His art collection was intended to illustrate the rise and progress of the Arts and he was particularly interested in early Italian art or Primitives, being one of the first British collectors in this area.

Malthus (Thomas Robert) Principles of Political Economy, Second Edition with considerable additions from the author's own manuscript, a little foxed, ex-library copy with one or two ink stamps and label to front pastedown (beneath laid-down front free endpaper), original cloth, paper label, rubbed, spine faded and worn at ends with label chipped, split to lower joint, [Einaudi 3681; Goldsmiths' 29340; Kress C4188], William Pickering, 1836 § [?Moss (F.J.)] Notes on Political Economy from the Colonial Point of View, By a New Zealand Colonist, first edition, ex-library copy with ink "Withdrawn" stamp to title, original cloth, 1897 § Hayes (Frederick W.) The Great Revolution of 1905; or,The Story of the Phalanx, With an Introductory Account of Civilisation in Great Britain at the close of the Nineteenth Century, first edition, ownership stamp to front free endpaper, light stain to final leaf, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, spine browned and frayed at head, 1893 § Bridges (T.C.) & H.Hessell Tiltman. Kings of Commerce, first American edition, plates, foxed, original cloth, dust-jacket, New York, 1928, 8vo (4)⁂ The supposed author of the second, Frederick Joseph Moss (1827/8-1904), was born on St.Helena but emigrated to New Zealand and became a successful businessman, newspaper publisher and politician.The third is a socialistic fore-cast of the twentieth century.

Polar Satire.- Munchausen at the Pole; or the Surprising and Wonderful Adventures of a Voyage of Discovery...By the renowned Capt. Munchausen, half-title, folding hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 4 hand-coloured plates, with an additional trimmed double-page engraving of Baron Munchausen departing from Margate bound in following title, a little foxed and soiled with offsetting from plates, marginal tear to one leaf repaired, with leaf of contemporary manuscript notes bound in at beginning, front free endpaper defective at corner, modern half calf, spine gilt, uncut, 12mo, for J.Johnston, 1824.⁂ Rare satire on the then current frenzied exploration of the Arctic regions. ESTC records 2 copies of an edition of 1819 (BL and Oxford) and one of this edition of 1824 (National Library of Scotland); WorldCat adds another of the latter at Yale.

Robert Anderson, autograph manuscript volume of poems songs etc, known as The Cumberland Bard, inscribed Wood Bank July 13th 1825, containing 15 apparently unpublished poems. Change of description - could be a fair copy in a fine neat hand. Paper discolouration and light foxing, old repair to tear on one leaf, later bound cloth covers, 18.5cm x 12.5cm.

Manuscript letter in French from Mary of Modena, signed ' Votre Bon Amie Marie R ', to mother Francoise thanking her for her congratulations on her succession to the throne, Whitehall 2nd April, 1685, 8.75ins x 13ins approximately, on a single folded sheet

Various Underwood & Underwood Stereoscopic Cards, King Edward VII's Coronation, 1902, with manuscript copyright details (7); with Sunbeam Tours, views of Persian Gulf and Mesopotamia (Iraq), including Shat-Al-Arab, Magil Light Railway, Amara, Approaching Basra and Gunboat on Tigris (12), and others (5), VG (24)

AN ENGINEER'S MANUSCRIPT REFERENCE / NOTEBOOK, BARROW SHIPBUILDING CO. LTD, 1880-1890 kept by J. Petree with technical data in a neat hand for a wide variety of naval and mercantile vessels including launching notes (8p.), engine performances, trials data, weights of machinery, fastest passages, etc., hand-numbered pages with some unused, owners name to fly, bound in quarter calf boards (spine partially detached) -- 8¼ x 6in. (21 x 15cm.)Condition report: contents in fine condition, spine weak and missing 2in. upper section.

A LATE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH FLAG SIGNAL TABLE ‘TABLEAU DES ORDRES PARTICULIERS, À L’ANCRE’ comprising two sheets of vellum with pinholes and slot cut for ?bracket, each sheet with 19 identifying flags, some with pasted updates, numerals and answering pennants with manuscript names for assorted French vessels and divisions -- 15½in. (39cm.) square (2)Condition report: Despite slot cuts, no information appears to be lost, both show a great amount of usage but both in good condition, time stain and wear commensurate with age.

A LARGE TURNED MAHOGANY TABLE TOBACCO BOX, MADE FROM THE TIMBER OF H.M.S. GIBRALTAR (1749), CIRCA 1836 interior with a glazed manuscript label stating provenance -- 5½ x 2in. (14 x 5cm.)Footnote: Originally built for the Spanish Navy in Cuba in 1749, Gibraltar was captured by Admiral Rodney at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780 where, as Fenix, the ship had carried the flag of Admiral Langara. Renamed and taken into service, the ship subsequently saw action at the Glorious First of June before eventually being broken up in 1836.Condition report: good condition

A COLLECTION OF EPHEMERA PERTAINING TO THE LOSS OF THE S.S. DELAWARE OFF THE SCILLY ISLES, 1871 comprising a reward poster offering £20 for the late Captain's body -- 22½ x 17in.; together with related ephemera including the printer's receipt for the 200 posters, with two telegrams to Captain Preston, one with manuscript for poster text to reverse, a letter of condolence to Captain Preston’s brother, a copy of the public enquiry (protest) dated 27th December 1871, a bill of lading for the Delaware dated 11th December 1871, and a white star lined flyer of the Delaware with Captain Preston named for a voyage to Calcutta (A lot)Footnote: The British steamship Delaware was bound from Liverpool to Calcutta with a general cargo and 50 passengers and crew. On December 20th, 1871, she was seen to be in difficulties off Mincarlo, Scilly Isles. There was a violent gale at the time and the steamship struck on a ledge of rock, afterwards known as the Delaware Ledge. Local boatmen attempted a rescue but the steamship sunk very quickly. On the following day, two of the ship’s officers were taken off from White Island. The number lost was forty-two.Condition report: Poster lay down with modest fading in areas but in good overall condition with some paper cracks around hinges commensurate with age.

Poland 1915-16 Warsaw Post Office Local Issue Stamps Michel 2 x10 with a selection of Warsaw Police Stations, official cancels some with manuscript numeral additions. Cat value £50

PASTERNAK, AUTOGRAPH COPY OF A MANUSCRIPT, "POEMS FROM A NOVEL IN PROSE," 1948BORIS PASTERNAK (RUSSIAN 1890-1960), STIKHI IZ ROMANA V PROZE[Poems from a Novel in Prose], carbon copy, small 4to (210 x 150 mm), n.p., circa 1948, dedicated To dear Yuri Aleksandrovich for good memory in wishing a speedy settling of your home life Pasternak 8 March, 1948, comprising 10 of 25 Lara poems included in Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago (1957), 22 pp., one leaf loose, bound by original string, with tan wrappers, cover measuring 23 x 17 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.), text in Russian PROVENANCEGift of the author to Yuri Aleksandrovich AfanasievBonhams, New York, March 9, 2017, lot 14 LITERATURE"Pasternak's Letters to C.M. Bowra 1945-1956," in The Life of Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago (Stanford University, Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures, 2009)LOT NOTES Only four other carbon copies of the work have been located:One inscribed to Olga Petrovksa, Sotheby's, 5 Dec, 1991, lot 554Second inscribed to Pasternak's close friend Mikhail Alexandrovich Zenevich, now in a private collection in Russia Third inscribed to literary historian M.P. Gromov Fourth inscribed on April, 10, 1948 to his translator Cecil Maurice Bowra, Collection of Irwin Hotlzman, Hoover Institution ArchivesCONDITION The work appears in age-appropriate condition. Wear to the perimeter of the binding and each sheet. The bind has a tear to the lower left corner, measuring 1.27 cm (1/2 in.) consistent with age. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

COLLEZIONE DI CALCHI IN ZOLFO ROSSO Probabilmente Roma, prima metà XIX secolo Bella collezione di calchi in zolfo rosso tratti da antichi cammei, ordinati in quattordici cassetti rivestiti in cuoio operato, entro custodia lignea, corredati dall' elenco manoscritto dei soggetti. La custodia lignea mancante del fronte, usure, piccole mancanze, bruniture ai calchi. 29,5 x 44 x 34,5 cm - Collection of red sulfur casts Probably Rome, first half of 19th Century Beautiful collection of red sulfur casts taken from ancient cameos, arranged in fourteen drawers covered in partially gilt leather, in wooden case, accompanied by a manuscript list of the subjects. Wooden case front missing, wear, minor lacks, some  brownings to the casts. 11.6 x 17.3 x 13.6 in. TAGS: - Objets de vertu

ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARD MATTHEW WARD, RA (1816-1879) - 'Dr. Johnson perusing the manuscript of the Vicar of Wakefield, as the last resource for rescuing Goldsmith from the hands of the bailiffs', oil on canvas, bears signature and date 1859, framed, 63.5cm x 76.5cm, frame size 77cm x 90cm. NB: Ward's original painting of this subject was exhibited at the Royal Academy Exhibition in 1843. It was much admired and several versions were made, of which at least one was unequivocally painted by Ward commissioned by John Montefiore. Other versions at The Sudley House Art Gallery, Liverpool , Dr Johnson's House, London and Johnson's Birthplace Museum in Lichfield have been described as 'Attributed to' or 'After Ward' however extensive research by the current vendors has concluded it is highly probable that this lot is the same work that was commissioned by Montefiore.

AN ANTIQUE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT, possibly a 19th Century Quran, disbound with tears, within a leather wallet, much perished (approximately 300 x 250mm) plus A MIddle Eastern wooden tablet with mihrab motif and inscription (430 x 280mm) (2)

TWO PAGES FROM AN EARLY ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PRAYER BOOK, three sides of 17 lines of Gothic text in Latin with blue and gilt initials and red inserts on vellum (165 x 124mm)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT COMMONPLACE BOOK with a miscellany of entries on c129pp. in an untidy long hand. possibly by S Irvine so inscribed on the front bd. 1821 onwards (170 x 110mm) much used

COOKERY: A late 18th Century manuscript recipe book written in black ink in a good long hand with index to front end paper, inscribed 'Anne Michel', in vellum boards (200 x 158mm)

AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL relating to a lengthy visit to Lisbon in 1733 written in black ink in a fine long hand. 86pp. (245 x 190mm) in coloured boards with library gift plate for Mrs Ruth Tenison of Colchester. The cover bears an indecipherable handwritten title 'Lisbon: par Monsieur Legeunerres (?)...1753

BUTLER, Samuel (c1612-1680), English Poet, Hudibras. A long satirical poem in 3 parts. Pt I title page deficient, 3 cantos plus annotations. Pt II with title page, Chiswell, Sawbridge, Bentley and Wells, London 1689. 3 cantos, Heroic Epistle, annotations. Pt III with title page Thomas Horne, London 1689. 3 cantos, Heroic Epistle, The Lady's Answer.19th century rebind with owner's sig for 1863 and manuscript annotations, blue cloth (170 x 110mm). Binding for restoration, pl loose. Ex lib with b/ps, stamps etc

AN ECLECTIC COLLECTION OF 32 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND NOTES, predominately 19th Century senior clergyman, academics, politicians, writers (c32)

§ JESSIE BAYES (1876-1970) I SING OF ENGLAND: ARTS & CRAFTS ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, EARLY 20TH watercolour, bodycolour, pen and ink on vellum with gold embellishments, inscribed to one page WRITTEN AND ILLUMINATED BY JESSIE BAYES, and comprising five illuminated pages on three folded sheets, unbound, each page approx. 27.5cm x 21cm, contained within card folder with applied label inscribed I SING OF ENGLAND/ BY ROBERT OF GLOUCESTER/JESSIE BAYES/82 FELLOWS ROAD/LONDON NW'Footnote: Provenance: From Castle of Park, Aberdeenshire Note: Jessie Bayes, best known for her remarkable book illuminations, was born into a family of artists in 1876. Her father Alfred Walter Bayes was an etcher and book illustrator who regularly exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts and encouraged his four children in the arts from an early age. She studied under her brother Walter Bayes, who was a well-known artist and critic at the time and was sister to the sculptor Gilbert Bayes and the painter Emmeline Bayes. Bayes exhibited widely with the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society, and at the Royal Academy and the Baillie Gallery in London. In 1922, Bayes exhibited some of her illuminated books, as well as paintings on vellum, fans, and panels, at the Art Center in New York. She gradually expanded her repertoire to include painted and gilded decoration on furniture as well as interior design and stained-glass work.

Portrait traditionally believed to be of a First Lieutenant Podgórski, half length, in uniform before a battlefield signed lower right 'Barbacki B.' oil on canvas 48 x 35.5cmFootnote: Provenance: By descent from the sitter, believed to be the great-grandfather of the present owner The sitter appears to be wearing a Polish variant of the 'blue horizon' uniform, dating the present painting around the period of the Polish-Soviet War (1919-1921). A manuscript, now in the Muzeum Okręgowe w Nowym Sączu, in which the artist lists his sitters, does not however refer to a portrait of a Lieutenant Podgórski of this sitter's age, circa 1920. It does however include a painting of an older, bearded man, painted in 1923, which at that time belonged to Michał Podgórski, then an office worker in Krakow. It is thus quite feasible that Barbacki may well have painted another member of the Podgórski family, but failed to list it in his manuscript. We are grateful to Ms Edyta Ross-Pazdyk from Muzeum Okręgowe w Nowym Sączu for checking the Barbacki records and for her help with this catalogue entry.Condition report: Oil on canvas which appears to be unlined. The canvas is in plane but the tension is slightly slack resulting in minor stretcher bar marks where the canvas rests on the wooden stretcher behind. The paint layer is in a good condition overall. Around the sitter’s hat are some slightly raised cracks, these are localised to this area. The varnish has been locally applied to certain areas of the painting, probably by the artist himself. The appearance of the painting is good overall. The painting is in contact with the glass in the frame.

SCOTLAND - SURVEYING AND GEOLOGYIllustrated manuscript survey of the North coast of Scotland undertaken by Captain Henry Charles Otter, R.N., in 1844, describing in detail the coast from Thurso to Cape Wrath, via Sandside, the Kyle of Tongue, Loch Eriboll and the Kyle of Durness, advising on the harbours, prevailing winds, safe anchorages ('...no landing for boats except in the finest weather...') and treacherous rocks to avoid ('...give...a sufficient berth to prevent the sea... from filling the boat & at the same time to keep clear of the Black Rocks...'), geological formations ('...a conical hill 630 feet high, the upper portion of which is Gneiss intersected with veins of quartz, half way down, conglomerate, and the sea cliffs are composed of old red sandstone...'), the landscape ('...a dreary waste of hills and steep ravines covered with short heather and coarse grass...'), local flora ('...that beautiful Alga the 'Bonnemaisonia Asparagoides'...'), wildlife ('...wild fowl in great numbers... Seals also are numerous but they have been much disturbed lately...'), fishing ('...It abounds in Trout and Pike!...'), the local economy ('...vessels as large as 150 tons burden, laden with coal, tar, butter, salt etc sometimes come in here...'), ferries ('...The ferry belongs to the Duke of Sutherland, and is kept by a man who pays no rent, but is required to keep 4 men in pay & the boat in repair...'), notable coastal residences such as Bighouse ('...now in the possession of the Duke of Sutherland... no pretence to architectural beauty...'), local customs ('...the unsuspecting geese gather round... and are easily knocked down by sticks...'), history ('...It is famous for having been the place to which... the Danes... drove down the cattle... before taking them off to their ships... The above account was given to Mr Anderson of Rispond by Sir Walter Scott...'), and much else, ending with 'Sailing Directions for the Kyle of Tongue'; bound with four fine pencil and watercolour full-page illustrations on paper backed on linen, inscribed in ink and pencil, including 'Captn Slater's Monu[ment]', 'Entrance of Loch Eriboll', and 'Kyle of Durness looking up to Fionabhen and the Gualin', one pull-out depicting landscape profiles of Thurso, Entrance of Kyle of Tongue, Loch Eriboll and Entrance of the Kyle of Durness, two additional leaves with nine specimens of seaweed on cards slotted in, 67 numbered pages, plus 7 leaves of additional material, inscription on inside front board in ink 'Given by Captain Otter./ Sutherland', maroon calf gilt with blind-stamping, titled in gilt 'Description of the North Coast of Scotland. 1844' on front board and in ink on spine, marbled ends, 4to (242 x 195mm.), Thurso to Cape Wrath, 1844; with a 16 page report on the East Coast of Sutherland, signed 'Henry C. Otter/ Commander'; and four autograph letters to the Duke of Sutherland ('My dear Lord Duke') from Henry Otter advising the Duke on matters such as the local fishing industry, mentioning his disagreement with 'Mr Stevenson' over the site for a harbour at Loch Robie ('...he may find more shelter in some winds by constructing his Harbour in the Bay...'), plans for a harbour at Scullamie and his coastal surveying work for the Hydrographical Office, 22 pages, folio and 8vo, Eastlands Southsea, HMS Comet and Tobermory, 28 February 1848 to 18 August [1849] (6)Footnotes:'...THE VIEW OF BEN LOAGHAL FROM HENCE IS BEAUTIFUL, ITS POINTED PEAKS AND SALIENT SPURS CATCHING THE SETTING SUN, AND THROWING THEIR DARK SHADES INTO THE DEEP RAVINES, GIVE IT A DIFFERENT ASPECT EVERY HOUR...': A coastal survey presented to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd Duke of Sutherland by Commander Henry Charles Otter, R.N.Henry Charles Otter (1808-1876), then commander of the cutter Sparrow, was appointed to undertake surveys of the Western coast of Scotland after the unfortunate death of Commander M.A. Slater who fell over the cliffs at Holburn Head in the course of his duties in 1842, and to whom an obelisk was erected, as described in our survey: '...near a frightful overhanging cliff 250 feet high is a small monument... from whence the late Captain Slater is supposed to have fallen... To this indefatigable officer we are indebted for the survey of the greater part of the East Coast of Scotland...'. Otter was to continue this work until 1863, and built up a reputation for taking a keen philanthropic interest in the people of the area, and for his evangelistic preaching (he and his sailors painted bible texts on the rocks at Lorn and the inscription 'God is Love' on the rocks near Tobermory Pier, which can still be seen) and, rather appropriately considering his name, for his swimming and diving abilities, having saved several of his crew from drowning over the years. In 1858, commanding the survey ship Porcupine he piloted the first transatlantic telegraphy cable in its final stages into Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and his tidal work around the Scottish isles played a pivotal role in the later cabling of that area.As shown by the letters and report included here, the 2nd Duke of Sutherland was actively involved in the mapping and surveying of the area and sought hydrographic data to assist with his plans for developing local coastal trade and the fishing industry. This is also confirmed by correspondence held in the UK Hydrographic Office from James Loch, MP for the Wick Burghs and factor to the Duke of Sutherland (see David L. Walker, 'Admiralty Charts in the Sutherland Papers', CAIRT: the newsletter of the Scottish Maps Forum, issue 34, January 2019, pp.6-8). The fine illustrations in our manuscript attest to Otter's abilities as surveyor and mapmaker, and the Sutherland Papers in the National Library of Scotland include several manuscript charts made and amended by Commanders Slater and Otter (Dep.313/3167/58; 3624/10; 3631/1; 3631/2; 3631/3; 3631/4 and 3631/6).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

1- Butler's Medicine Chest Directory, and Family Catalogue of drugs, chemicals, and medicinal compounds. 1832, 3rd. edn. With a frontis plus one plate. PP: xi, (i), 228, vi, (xx)adverts, 12(Cholera Spasmodica) Cont. half leather; rubbed; contemporary manuscript notes “Cholera Recipe”; 2- Trusler, J: The historians’ guide. Wherein every remarkable occurrence in our history, ... are accurately recorded, with the dates affixed; ... To which are added ... list of the Chief Governors of Ireland. Dublin, P Hoey, 1773. PP: (iii), 236, 36(publishers’ catalogue). Cont. full calf; rubbed; worm damage to covers and catalogue; 3- Gisborne, T: An Enquiry into the Duties of the Female Sex. Strahan, 180; 448pp; 4- De Stael-Holstein, A: Letters on England. 1825, 1st. PP: viii, 339, with a frontis plan; (4)

West, Michael; Evelyn Paul (ill): Clair De Lune and other Troubadour Romances. Harrap, no date, [1913]. Full leather with studs, produced to resemble a medieval manuscript. rubbed.

Antique 2-Part Hand Illuminated Persian Manuscript Painting. Image Size: 4.5 x 3 in. Overall Framed Size: 11 x 16 in.

NO RESERVE Medieval Art & Illuminated Manuscripts.- Palladino (Pia) Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, New Haven & London, 2003 § Kren (T.) & Scot McKendrick. The Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, Los Angeles & London, 2003 § Wieck (R.) & others. The Hours of Henry VIII: A Renaissance Masterpiece by Jean Poyet, New York, 2000 § Little (C.T.) Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture, New York, 2006 § Marks (R.) & Paul Williamson. Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547, 2003, illustrations, many colour, the second and third original wrappers, the rest original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and 10 others on medieval art including illuminated manuscripts, 4to (15)

NO RESERVE Albrizzi (Isabella, Countess) The Works of Antionio Canova, 2 vol. only (of 3, lacking Supplement), engraved portrait frontispiece and 99 plates by Henry Moses, previous owner's ink signature to titles, occasional pencil annotations, related pamphlet, manuscript notes and newspaper clippings loosely inserted, occasional faint spotting, contemporary morocco, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 8vo, Septemus Prowett, 1824.

Gentlemen Pensioners.- Kirke (John, Receiver and Paymaster of Gentlemen Pensioners).- Treasury Warrant for one hundred and forty seven pounds, eleven shillings and eight pence to John Kirke as paymaster of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, DS "John Kirke", manuscript, 1p., newspaper cutting laid down on corner, folds, browned, folio, 1673.

NO RESERVE Walpole (Sir Robert, first Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 1676-1745) Treasury document authorising payment of £25 pension to "Janet Smith Widow", D.s. "Walpole" and countersigned "Halifax", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, tears along folds, folds, browned, 7th October 1730.

Genealogy.- Armstrong (J., compiler, engineer in ordinary to George II) The Pedigree of the Family of Armstrong 1754, manuscript, title and 104pp. excluding blanks, later manuscript note recording the copier, some ff. loose, others working loose, slightly browned, original vellum-backed boards, slightly rubbed, spine torn at tail, sm. 4to, 1825.*** The family of John Armstrong (1674-1742), military engineer. "This copy of the family pedigree of her Husband John Armstrong, eldest son of Warneford Armstrong, by his third wife Frances Grey, was made by Mary Anne Armstrong... ."

Cornish Fruit Auction.- Bill of Parcels Fruit Bt at Penryn, manuscript, 3½pp., folds, slightly browned, folio, 1781; and 3 documents, including a 1635 indenture, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (4 pieces).

NO RESERVE Elgin (Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl, diplomat and army officer, 1766-1841) Autograph Letter signed to "My Dear Townshend", 4pp., Broomhall, 12th July 1788, "The business is respecting an Hospital at Dunfermline (called St. Leonards) where a few widows are supported", a recent court decision had disclaimed the right of the Marquis of Tweedale to nominate widows. It was the thought the right lay with the Crown and Elgin asks for it to be conferred on him, stressing that there was no pecuniary advantage to himself, folds, browned; and another manuscript, sm. 4to & folio (2).*** First mentioned probably John Thomas Townshend (1764-1831), MP.

19th century.- Domestic Account Books, 5 vol., manuscript in two hands, together 128pp., ruled in red, slightly browned, last vol. burnt at head slightly affecting text, 1 vol. original marbled wrappers, rest unbound, 8vo, 1825-31.*** Probably a lawyer based in Stockton, 101 Norton Street and 11 Grays Inn Square, London.

NO RESERVE America, New Hampshire.- Page (John, army officer and politician, 1787-1865) Commission signed appointing Jonathan P Taylor an ensign in the Fifth Company of the Seventh Regiment of Militia in New Hampshire, D.s. "John Page", printed document with manuscript insertions, blind paper seal, a few small tears, slightly yellowed, 240 x 340mm., Rockingham, 13th August 1840.*** John Page, served during the War of 1812 as lieutenant in a local militia company; a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1818 to 1820; served as Register of Deeds for Grafton County in 1827 and 1829-35; United States Senator; Governor of New Hampshire.

Medical and Cookery recipes.- Armstrong (F.) [Collection of recipes], manuscript in several hands, 174pp. excluding blanks, some reverse entries, further manuscript recipes in envelope loosely inserted, foxed, original morocco-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, 1841-1940s.*** Recipes including: "For a Cough Mrs Lovell Lovell"; "To cure Hooping Cough Infallible"; "Preserved Apples (a good way)"; "Salt fish Bread Crumbs"; "Custard Pudding"; "Medlar Jelly Mrs Peters Bellair Cornwall"; "Ale Jelly"; "Barley Water" etc.

Specimens of handwriting.- Ingham (S., schoolboy) Specimens written by Mastr. S. Ingham at Mr. Rhodes's Academy, Armley, engraved title, 12pp. manuscript in pen and ink specimens of handwriting and 4pp. of drawings, original patterned wrappers, central folds, slightly rubbed, oblong 4to, 17th June 1842.

Crimean War etc.- Reid (Maurice Winfield, Royal Navy) Commonplace Book, manuscript, 59pp. excluding blanks, watercolours of pendants, 2 ink sketches, dried plant specimens, some newspaper cuttings, original morocco, clasp removed from covers, rebacked retaining original spine, 8vo, 1853-56.*** Subjects include: "Numbers and names of transports employed in the Black Sea"; "Divisional and Distinguishing Flags to be carried by ships and boats of the Expedition"; Bombardment of Sveaborg etc.

Tunisia.- Jerrold (Blanchard, journalist and playwright, 1826-84) Certificate from Mushir Muhammad as-Sadiq Pasha Bey of Tunis conferring the Legion of Honour on Jerrold, printed in Arabic with manuscript translation by HBM's Agency and Consulate General in Tunis, 2pp., several ink stamps, folds, 419 x 277mm., Tunis, 4th May 1881; and another letter in manuscript, v.s., v.d. (2 pieces).

*** Please note the description of this lot has changed ***Parkyns (Sir Thomas, of Bunny Park) Progymnasmata: The Inn-Play: or Cornish-Hugg Wrestler, second edition, ?the author's copy with his corrections for third edition, margins trimmed affecting odd manuscript notes at times, ex-library with occasional small ink-stamps, previous owner's signature to title, spotting, modern calf-backed boards, small 4to, Nottingham, Will. Ayscough and Timothy Goodwin, 1714. 

NO RESERVE Perfumes & Cosmetics.- [Buc'hoz (Pierre-Joseph)] The Toilet of Flora; or, a Collection of...Methods of Preparing Baths, Essences, Pomatums, Powders, Perfumes..., A New Edition Improved, foxed and browned, with engraved book-label "Robert Davidson No.101" and with number supplied in manuscript mounted on verso of title, modern morocco-backed boards, 12mo, for J.Murray...and W.Nicoll, 1775.*** First published in France in 1771 with the first English edition in 1772; interesting for promoting the use of natural substances in cosmetics rather than white lead based face paint and mercury based rouge. ESTC lists 8 UK copies.

NO RESERVE Twain (Mark) Autobiography, first edition, 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, pencil dedication inscription to first ff., some damp staining to vol. 2, modern half-roan, gilt spine, t.e.g., covers stained, rubbed, [Bal 3537, variant A], 1924 § De Selincourt (Ernest) The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth, 6 vol., half-titles, folding facsimile of a manuscript letter, front endpapers browned, original cloth, gilt spines, vol. 1-3 spines faded, lightly scuffed, 1935-39 § Dowden (Edward) The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley, 2 vol., half-titles, engraved portrait frontispieces and 6 plates, folding facsimile of a manuscript letter, original pictorial cloth, gilt spine, 1886; and 27 others, literary criticism, collected letters or works, etc., v.s. (30)

Italy.- Rome.- Vedute Antiche e Moderne...della Citta di Roma, engraved vignette title and 100 engraved views on 50 plates, title lightly foxed and with contemporary ink inscription "Lucy Rolleston Rome 25.ii.1817" at head, a few manuscript poems etc. loosely inserted, stitched in contemporary wrappers, rubbed, slightly frayed at edges, Rome, Venanzio Monaldini & Stefano Piale, [c.1817] § Hare (Augustus J.C.) Walks in Rome, 2 vol., third edition, 2 double-page maps, extra-illustrated with c.45 contemporary photographs of views of Rome or works of art, all mounted on blank leaves and bound in, some a little faded, contemporary vellum,gilt, spines gilt with red & green roan labels, a little rubbed and soiled, 1872; and another, 4to & 8vo (4)

Isle of Wight.- Hamilton (Charlotte) Views in the Isle of Wight, Southsea, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, 21 views and landscapes, pencil, pen and brown ink, some executed in watercolour, some with manuscript location captions, each approx. 110 x 140 mm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in), occasional surface dirt and light spotting, bears owner's ink inscription and decoration to pastedown, original half morocco, rubbed and worn, small oblong 8vo, 1837 § Brannon (George) Vectis Scenery: Being a Series of Original & Select Views: Exhibiting the Picturesque Beauties and Places of Particular Interest in the Isle of Wight..., 37 steel-engraved plates, folding map, some even browning and light spotting, bookplate removed from pastedown, contemporary half calf over floral embossed boards, calf label mounted to upper cover, gilt, light rubbed to extremities and label, 8vo, Wooton-Common, Isle of Wight, 1848 (2)

WILLIAM IV.   Folded vellum manuscript document, engraved borders, no seals, naturalisation certificate in respect of Paul Garnier, Laura M. V. J. Mainwaring, Louis Pierre Simon, Charles Hope, Augustus Sola, Peter Poncia & Pierre Francois Duplenne. 2nd June 1837. Roman Catholic interest - L`Abbe Louis Pierre Simon, known as the "apostle of Ipswich".

15th Century Manuscript Leaves.  Single vellum leaf from an illuminated book of hours, prob. French c.1470`s. In gold & colours with dec. initials & foliate border to one side. 6.5" x 4.5".; also a leaf from a breviary, prob. Italian, 1460`s, two columns, capitals in blue & red. (2)

Manuscript Leaf.  Italian liturgical large folio manuscript leaf (numbered 217/218) on vellum, prob. Poor Clares, early/mid 18th cent. Some letters in red & blue. Includes full text of the hymn or chant "Clara luce clarior ..". 21.5" x 14.5".

Devonshire Estate.  Court Baron & Copyhold Court, Penrith, 1838. Manuscript true copy of the court roll ref. a small piece of copyhold ground in Penrith, the late Ann Todd. Stamped & signed by the estate Steward.  Framed.

CAIRNS ROBERT (Compiler).  Extracts from the Public Journals ... miscellaneous literature ... coronation of George IV & William IV ... opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Rail-Road ... reform meeting at Manchester ... reform in the Commons ... death of Napoleon Bonaparte ... etc. Vol. 5. Letterpress title, manuscript index & pasted-in orig. press cuttings throughout. 500pp. Quarto. Poor bdgs.. brds. det. but present, c.1820's/1830's.