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Manuscript Letters.  Short letter from John McGregor (of Rob Roy Canoe fame); fragment of letter from journalist & author, Robert Nicoll pasted on card inscr. by Mary Russell Mitford; short letter from Horatio Smith, author, 1831 with a loose port. of him & his brother, "Authors of the Rejected Addresses; Lengthy 2 side letter from James Smith of Olrig (Caithness) to Sir George Sinclair; Letter to a benefactor, Mrs Gordon, from Thomas Du Boulay of Charlton (or Cherlton) re. the establishment of a school there, 1834; letter to Rev. Sim, Matlock from a Mr Whalley bemoaning the state of things, advising that he will meet his account by the end of the year & meanwhile sending a cheese!, 1834; letters from a soldier, John Pearson, to his family, 1851; 2 covers with signature of Lord Lytton; & one or two other autograph items.

17th Century Legal Indentures.  Manuscript indenture on vellum, with seal, re. property transaction in Staffordshire, 1683, & 2 others similar, c1680, Norfolk property. (3)

17th Century Legal Indentures.  Manuscript indenture on vellum, property transaction between Christopher Bamburgge of Shotley (?), Co. Durham & ... Gibson of Middleton (in Teasdale?), Co. Durham. 1615; & another manuscript document, Latin/Anglo French, c. 1610. (2)

Testimonial.  Framed illuminated manuscript testimonial to Alderman Henry Manton from Ebenezer Sunday Schools, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, 1873; also a property sale bill, 1815 & a small bundle of Acts of Parliament & related items.

French Passport, 1815.  Eng. manuscript passport, Avignon district for Louis Tossaud, a merchant. Single folio leaf. Post the abdication of the emperor as the Imperial heading has been changed in manuscript to "Le Roi".

DUMAS GENERAL (GUILLAUME) MATHIEU.  Signed manuscript letter on three leaves of a folded sheet, to Citoyen Duvilliers du Terrage. Eng. hdg. Conseil d`Etat & dated Thermidor, an 10 (July 1801). 9" x 7". Dumas had a long & complicated career, firstly with the Revolution (where he escorted Louis XVI from Varennes & was President of the Legislative Assembly) to service with Napoleon. Du Terrage, an engineer, was with Napoleon`s Egypt campaign; also 3 fragment of other documents & a single issue of the, Republican, Journal Des Hommes Libres De Tous Les Pays, 1785 (5).

KING JAMES VI.  Basilikon Doron, or King James's Instructions to His Dearest Sonne, Henry the Prince. Lacks upper brd. & prelims., commences at title leaf. 1682; also A Form of Common Prayer ... imploring God's Blessing on His Majesties Naval Forces, 3 final leaves in replacement old manuscript, 1665 & 2 pamphlets re. The National Covenant by D. Hay Fleming, 1912 & 1918.  (4).

HENDERSON KEITH.  Gaelic Poems Typed ... (and) Fairly Exact Translations of Stories Told Me by the late Samhairle Mor, Fisherman of Barra, and by Calum MacNeil, Schoolmaster of Barra. Worn folder cont. approx. 100 loose quarto leaves, mainly typewritten to one side with manuscript corrections;  Also The Open Window nos. 1 & 2 (1910), each with a stylish frontis., to which Henderson contributed. Keith Henderson OBE, artist  & illustrator lived on Barra in the late 1920`s. It appears that he hoped to have this typescript material, demonstrating the oral traditions of the island, published.

SAHLER FLORENCE L.  A Guest Book, Many Pigs of Many Pens. Frontis. Oblong. Orig. dec. cloth, unused. Manuscript date 1907.

[CLASSIC LITERATURE] Eliot, T.S. The Dry Salvages, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1941, stiff paper covers (non price-clipped), octavo; together with Brooke, Rupert. Democracy and the Arts, first edition, Hart-Davis, London, 1946, original green cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; Austen, Jane. Volume the First, printed from the Manuscript in the Bodleian Library, first edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1933, original cloth-backed boards, octavo; and Wells, H.G. The History of Mr Polly, first edition, Nelson, London, 1910, original green cloth, colour frontispiece, ten-page publisher's list, octavo, (4). Condition Report : Eliot: generally good, with only very slight fading and toning to covers nearest spine; Brooke: good; Austen: good, with only light, even browning to spine; Wells: loss to white blocking of spine title; foxed, particularly to fore edges and end papers. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.

Hermann Hesse('Emil Sinclair')1877 Calw/Württemberg - 1962 MontagnolaZwölf Gedichte von Hermann Hesse. 1961Eigenhändiges Gedichtmanuskript mit 10 (von 12) Gedichten. Auf dem Deckblatt signiert sowie auf der letzten Seite signiert und datiert. 11 Aquarellen (1 Frontispiz und 10 von 12 Gedichten mit Illustrationen) über Tusche bzw. Bleistift auf Bütten (WZ Bütten Kanzlei). Die gefalteten Doppelseiten mit jeweils einer eigenhändigen Illustration mit Titel (außen) und Gedicht (innen). 6 x 6,5 cm bis 7 x 12,5 cm. Blattgröße: 21 x 14,6 cm (gefaltet) bzw 21 x 29,7 cm. Umschlagbogen und einzelne Blätter leicht knitterig. Mit Leinenkassette (besch.). Hermann Hesse verfasste derartige Sammlungen immer wieder und schenkte sie Freunden oder verkaufte sie an Interessenten. Jedes Manuskript gilt als besonderes Einzelstück, die Auswahl an Gedichten und Illustrationen ist immer individuell gestaltet. Das vorliegende Manuskript beinhaltet folgende Gedichte: Skirast (1912)/ Der kleine Knabe / Frühlingstag (1912) / Karfreitag / Im Norden (1901) / Bei Schlafengehen / Verfrühter Herbst / Zu Jugendbildnissen / Im vierten Kriegsjahr (1918) / Bei der Nachricht vom Tod eines Freundes Hermann Hesse('Emil Sinclair')1877 Calw/Württemberg - 1962 MontagnolaTwelve poems by Hermann Hesse. 1961Poem manuscript with 10 (of 12) poems by own hand. Signed on the cover page. Signed and dated on the last page. 11 watercolours (1 frontispiece and 10 of 12 poems with illustrations) over ink / pencil on handmade paper (watermark Bütten Kanzlei). The folded double pages have an illustration by own hand and title (outside) and poem (inside) each. 6 x 6.5 cm to 7 x 12.5 cm. Sheet size: 21 x 14.6 cm (folded) / 21 x 29.7 cm. Cover sheet and individual sheets slightly creased. With linen case (damaged).

THE ARCHIVE OF CLARENCE WINCHESTER (1895-1981), AVIATOR, ESSAYIST AND PUBLISHER, COMPRISING FLIGHT: FIFTEEN GLASS WHOLE PLATE AERIAL NEGATIVES OF THE SUSSEX COAST, INCLUDING BRIGHTON AND HOVE TAKEN BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER IN 1913 FROM “ERIC PASHLEY’S BI-PLANE”, FIVE VINTAGE GELATIN SILVER PRINTS FROM THE PRECEDING NEGATIVES, TOGETHER MOUNTED, COMPRISING VIEWS OF THE HOVE LAWNS, WESTPIER AND FRONT BRIGHTON AND APPROACH OVER THE HARBOUR AND RIVER ADUR TO SHOREHAM-BY-SEA AERODROME, FURTHER INSCRIBED “PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IN 1913 BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER WITH A SANDERSON BELLOWS CAMERA FROM A HENRY FARMAN BOX-KITE TYPE BI-PLANE WITH FRONT ELEVATOR AND 50 HP ROTARY GNOME ENGINE AT REAR HEIGHTS VARY FROM 500 TO 1200FT…”, TOGETHER FRAMED, PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WINCHESTER-BRYNILDSEN GLIDER 1922, ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY SCROLL AWARDED ON WINCHESTER’S ELECTION AS AN ASSOCIATE 11 JANUARY 1938, SEALED, WINCHESTER’S ROYAL AERO CLUB LICENCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GLIDING CONTEST 16TH – 21ST OCTOBER 1922, , WINCHESTER’S POEMS OF AN AIR PILOT, UNPAGINATED, DUST WRAPPERS, 1921 AND NINETEEN REAL PHOTOGRAPHIC AND PRINTED POSTCARDS OF BI-PLANES OR AERIAL VIEWS AND ONE OF WINCHESTER STANDING BEFORE HIS AEROPLANE, MOSTLY SENT TO MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, THE MESSAGES RELATED. LETTERS AND ARTICLES: INCLUDING A.L.S AND COPY T.L.S, MANY ANNOTATED, MANUSCRIPT AND TYPESCRIPT POETRY AND PROSE, FIVE ALBUMS OF WINCHESTER’S ARTICLES FROM THE ARGONAUT, PALL MALL GAZETTE, SUNDAY EXPRESS, THE WORLD, DAILY MAIL, EVENING MAIL, FLIGHT, ET AL, LETTERS FROM HIS LITERARY AGENT AND OTHER BUSINESS CORRESPONDENCE AND CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION BY SIR JOHN WILSON (DESIGNED AND EDITED BY WINCHESTER) 1953, INCLUDING A LETTER TO HIS WIDOW ON BEHALF OF QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER, “THE QUEEN MOTHER KNOWS SO WELL THE AFFECTION AND ADMIRATION FELT FOR YOUR HUSBAND BY THOSE OF EVERY AGE AND BACKGROUND. HIS BOOK, THE ROYAL PHILATELIC COLLECTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TREASURED BY HER MAJESTY…“ [SIGNED MARTIN GILLIAT], WWII BRITISH PATRIOTIC BOOKLETS, THREE PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF WINCHESTER AS A YOUNG MAN, ONE INSCRIBED GREETINGS FROM THE GOLD COAST… 1945 AND A STUDIO PORTRAIT. BOOKS AND PRINTS: INCLUDING THE SECOND BOOK OF THE OMAR KHAYYAM CLUB 1910-1929, PRESENTATION COPY SIGNED BY MARTIN HARDIE RA, NUMBERED 9 OF THE EDITION OF 125. BOOKS BY WINCHESTER: NOVELS AND VERSE BUT INCLUDING FLYING MEN AND THEIR MACHINES 1916, GEORGE BAKER (B.1895, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR FROM BURY, NEAR ARUNDEL) – THE SOUL OF A SKUNK THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR 1930, CAT’S MEAT AND KINGS AND THREE OTHERS BY THE SAME, PART WORKS EDITED BY WINCHESTER IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD, INCLUDING WONDERS OF WORLD AVIATION AND RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD,  BOOKS PUBLISHED BY WINCHESTER’S INPRINT (WINCHESTER PUBLICATIONS LIMITED) INCLUDING THE CROWN JEWELS AND OTHER REGALIA IN THE TOWER OF LONDON BY MAJOR GENERAL H D W SITWELL, EDITED BY CLARENCE WINCHESTER BY WHOM SIGNED ON THE TITLE, 1953, ETON MEDLEY, HARROW SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THE PERMANENT WAY AND SEVERAL PAPERBACK BOOKS. MEMORABILIA AND WORKS OF ART: COMPRISING WINCHESTER’S HAND SEAL WITH INITIAL W, E ELLIOT LTD BROWN BAKELITE VP TWIN CAMERA, PASTEL PORTRAIT OF THE HEAD OF CLARENCE WINCHESTER BY ADRIAN BURY (1891-1991), SIGNED, DATED OCTOBER 10, 1932 AND INSCRIBED ‘TO MY DEAR FRIEND CLARENCE WINCHESTER FROM ADRIAN BURY’, 29 X 19CM, LIFE SIZED BRONZE-PAINTED GLASS FIBRE PORTRAIT BUST OF WINCHESTER AFTER THE SCULPTURE BY ANTHONY GRAY FRBS, 1962 AND TWO ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE COVER OF THE ARGOSY, C1930, BY ‘OLICK’ (?), SIGNED, GOUACHE, FRAMEDProvenance: Clarence Winchester; thence by descent to the present vendor

A 19th Century Prussian/German gilt metal and brown leather wallet:, one side with a crowned eagle atop a crowned armour helmet with scrolls to either side, the other with a gilt crown over initial, the clasp in the form of a sheathed dagger, red silk lined interior, together with a manuscript note 'Given to me at the farewell dinner of King William at the Prefecture by the Crown Prince on the 5th March 1871', also a card for 'Furst von Bismarck', another for 'Lord Ado Russell', and one for 'Lord Ampthill', and a ribbon for an iron cross, 14cm long.*Notes Wilhelm I (1797-1888) was King of Prussia and became the first Emperor of a unified Germany in 1871 until his death in 1888.

A Victorian presentation illuminated manuscript to The Reverend Edward James Howman MA, presented as a token of appreciation from the parishioners of Chinnor and Crowel, in a red cloth hard covered folder with gilt decoration, 29cm x 31cm.

2 GILT F/G FASHION PRINTS ELUDE POUR LES DEMOISELLES MANUSCRIPT SERIES NO. 582

EDWARDIAN MOTORING,1900-1920s, two large folio album of various images, comprising original photographs, later prints from original negatives, printed ephemera, advertising, and press material, etc. (2)Condition report: Many with printed or manuscript caption to the verso.

Kerner, Justinus, Arzt und Dichter (1786-1862). Eigh. Brief (Billet) m. U. "Dr Kerner". 1 S. 8vo. Weinsberg 27.XI. o. J. An einen Verleger. "... Ich sollte nothwenig wissen, wie weit jezt das übersandte Manuscript (mit dem hier folgenden) reicht, um die fernere Abtheilung und Sendung darnach richten zu können ...". - Beiliegend eine neuere fotografische Reproduktion eines Kerner-Porträts (ganze Figur, sitzend).

Hamburg. - Schröder, Johann Heinrich Frhr von, Hamburger Kaufmann, internationaler Großhändler und Bankier (1784-1883). Brief m. U. "J. H. Schröder". 1/2 S. Gr. 4to. Hamburg 13.I.1852.An Georg Kayser in Lübeck. "... In höflicher Erwiederung Ihres geehrten Gestrigen schrieben wir laut einliegendem Schein heute für Ihre werthe Rechnung ... an hiesigen Herrn Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy per Bank ab und werden uns dieserhalb mit Herrn D. Witte in Stettin benehmen ...". - Das Andenken an Schröder ist durch eine von ihm errichtete mildtätige Stiftung und bedeutende Immobilien in Hamburg noch heute lebendig. - An zwei Rändern angestaubt. - Dabei: Johann Berenberg, Gossler, Hamburger Bankier-Dynastie. Quittung m. U. "Joh Berenberg,Gossler". 1 S. Quer-schmal-8vo. Hamburg 5.IX.1856. - "Von Herrn Julius Campe hieselbst das demselben von Hrn. Emanuel Weiss, Boston, übersandte Manuscript, betitelt: 'Ideen über Welthandel in den Arabischen Gewässern, dem deutschen Handel gewidmet von einem Reisenden im Osten' zurück erhalten zu haben, bescheinigen hiedurch ...". - Das interessant klingende Manuskript schien dem Verleger Campe offenbar nicht geeignet; es ist zumindest in Deutschland nicht im Druck erschienen. - Ferner beigegeben ein sehr umfangreicher Brief des Bremer Kaufmanns Wilhelm Ludwig Oelrichs (1770-1846) an Edward Hagedorn in Philadelphia (Bremen 29.IX.1829), in geschäftlichen Angelegenheiten. - Aus der Sammlung Paul Wallich.

Ellmau, Karl und Kurt Lensky. Der Fratz. Operette in drei Akten. 2 Bl. und 147 S. Musiknoten. 35 x 25,5 cm. Wildlederband d. Z. mit goldgepr. Deckeltitel. O. O. (um 1911). Klavierauszug, "den Bühnen und Vereinen gegenüber Manuscript" (Titel). Titelblatt mit eigenhändiger Widmung von Curt Lensky, datiert "Dessau im Februar 1911". Die Widmung korrigiert die Zeitangabe der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (dort laut KVK 1930). - Wohlerhalten.

Gregorian chant manuscript on vellum, c. 1500, framed. Overall size: 22 x 17 1/2 in. Sight size: 21 x 16 1/2 in.

Beautiful Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from Book of Hours. Overall size: 14 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. Sight size: 5 x 4 in.

Beautiful Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from Book of Hours, framed. Overall size: 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. Sight size: 6 x 9 in.

Beautiful lettering in illuminated manuscript leaf, framed. Sight size: 12 x 7 1/2 in. Overall size: 19 x 13 1/2 in.

Beautiful lettering in illuminated manuscript leaf, framed. Sight size: 6 x 3 1/2 in. Overall size: 10 3/4 x 9 in.

A Medieval Vellum music manuscript together with an antique map of Ireland.

Two framed Indian/Persian painted manuscript pages, both framed and glazed. The smallest 6.5 x 15.5 cm.

MIDDLE EASTERN MANUSCRIPT FOLIO, a collection of calligraphic works, in th style of the Ottoman Empire, purchased Istanbul, the folio 31.5cm x 22.5cm

A quantity of 19th Century manuscript pen and ink architectural plans for dwelling houses in Gorleston/Gorleston Pier

A set of three Indian manuscript pages, painted with various figures, 31 x 20 cm (3)Various losses around edges, see images

An Islamic manuscript page, painted various figures, 25 x 18 cm, and another, painted with a mythical beast, temple and inscribed, 27 x 22 cm (2)Various losses around edges, see images

An Indian calligraphy page, unfinished, 28 x 20 cm, an Islamic manuscript page, two figures riding a camel, 25 x 15 cm, and an Islamic manuscript page, decorated flower, 23 x 20 cm (3)Various losses around edges, see images

An Indian manuscript page, painted with horse and rider, 21 x 13 cm, and a pair of male figures, 19 x 12 cm (3)Various losses around edges, see images

TWO ISLAMIC MINITAURE PAINTING / WATERCOLOUR PICTURES, one depicting a noble figure interior with attendants, framed 40cm x 33cm. together with a page of manuscript painted with eight varying hunting scenes, framed 45cm x 30cm (2)

BOOK OF KELLS Reproductions From the Manuscript in Trinity College Dublin 1974 London, fol. orig. gt. dec. cl. s/case, plus Treasures From the Bodleian Library 1976, London, fol. orig. gt. dec. cl. s/case, plus 5 others (7)

[Wharton, Henry]. A Treatise of the Celibacy of the Clergy, wherein its Rise and Progress are Historically Considered, London: printed by H. Clark, for James Adamson, 1688, manuscript annotation to title, without imprimatur leaf (A1), modern marbled boards, 4to (Wing W1570), together with: Johnstone (James), An Historical Dissertation concerning the Malignant Epidemical Fever of 1756. With some account of the Malignant Diseases prevailing since the Year 1752, in Kidderminster, London: W. Johnston, 1758, title page with adhesive tape to gutter and manuscript number at foot, some light dust-soiling, 20th century blue calf gilt, spine slightly faded, slim 8vo, More (Hannah), Christian Morals, 2 volumes, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1813, contemporary signature S. Sharland to upper margin of title, occasional light scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, black morocco spine labels, 8vo, Shaw (Joseph), Parish Law: or, a Guide to Justices of the Peace, Ministers, Church-wardens, Overseers of the Poor, Constables, Surveyors of the Highways, Vestry-Clerks, and all others concerned in Parish Business..., 3rd edition, In the Savoy [London]: printed by E. & R. Nutt and R. Gosling for F. Cogan & J. Nourse, 1786, some toning and light marginal browning, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco title label, 8vo, Inwood (Jethro), Sermons; in which are explained and enforced the Religious, Moral, and Political Virtues of Freemasonry..., Deptford Bridge: Printed for the Author by J. Delahoy, [1799], engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), light spotting, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, preserving red morocco title label, 8vo, plus other 18th & 19th century antiquarianQty: (16)

State Tracts, Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government. Privately Printed in the Reign of K. Charles II, London, 1689, erratic pagination (as often), occasional light toning, title with paper flaw and some soiling or marks, front pastedown with 'JE' monogram bookplate above contemporary ink manuscript shelfmark, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed with some wear to extremities, joints cracked at head and foot, spine with gilt-lettered label, folioQty: (1)NOTESWing S5329. Provenance: John Evelyn (1620-1702), with contemporary ink manuscript shelfmark; sold Evelyn Library Part III, Christie, Manson & Woods, 16 March 1978, lot 1414, with bookplate, acquired by [Nicholas?] Tzakas; sold Sotheby's London, 3 December 1979, lot 35 (ink manuscript annotation to front free endpaper, with amount paid excised); and a futher pencilled note to front free endpaper 'Lot 79'.

Sturluson (Snorri). Heims Kringla eller Snorre Sturlusons Nordlänske Konunga Sagor. Sive historiae regum septentrionalium ... illustravit Johann Peringskiöld, 2 volumes in 1, Stockholm: Literis Wankiwianis, 1697, signatures pi4 b-c4 A-5L4 5M4(-4); pi1 A-3K4 3L2 )(-8)(2 chi1 [superscript 2]A-[superscript 2]2I2, pp. [24] 830; [2] 486 [128], engraved device to title-page, woodcut head- and tailpieces and initials, variable browning, occasional spotting, a few old oil- and damp-stains, volume 1 with spill-burn to 3I4 obscuring a few letters, small hole in text of 3P1, volume 2 N1-2 repaired in fore margins, chi1 catchword excised, paper-disruption in gutter of index leaf [superscript 2]2H2, front inner hinges reinforced, edges sprinkled blue, 19th-century half roan, loss to spine-ends, joints cracked, folio (29.2 x 19.2 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESPMM 168; Sabin 85484. First edition in the original Old Norse (Icelandic) of the foundational work of Old Norse literature; for earlier editions, all translations, see Heimskringla ... Translated and with an Introduction by Lee M. Hollander (Austin, 1964), pp. xxiv-xxv. The Old Norse is printed in parallel with a Swedish translation, and with a Latin translation at the foot. 'Although the expeditions of the Norsemen to America were not mentioned in the manuscript copies of Sturluson's sagas, Peringskiöld introduces references to these expeditions in vol. I pp. 188-210' (Sabin).

West (Richard), An Inquiry into the Manner of Creating Peers, London: J. Roberts, 1719, half-title with manuscript numbers at foot, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo, together with: 'Enemy to Jobbs', Remarks on a letter to Sir John Barnard: In which the Proposals of that Worthy Patriot are vindicated, and a late Important Transaction set in a True Light. By an Enemy to Jobbs, London: J. Hinton, 1746, half-title, modern green cloth, 8vo, Fox (Charles James), Fox and Pitt’s Speeches in the House of Commons, on Tuesday, June 8, 1784..., London: J. Debrett, 1784, half-title, modern green cloth, 8vo, Ivernois (Francis d’), A Short Account of the Late Revolution in Geneva; and of the Conduct of France towards that Republic, from October 1792, to October 1794. In a Series of Letters to an American, By Francis D’Ivernois, Esq. Translated and enlarged from Tableau de la révolution françoise a Genève, London: printed by T. Spilsbury and Son, for P. Elmsley, 1795, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, 8vo, Nodin (John), The British Duties of Customs, Excise, &c..., London: J. Johnson, G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1792, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked, rubbed and few marks, 8vo, and other 18th & 19th century pamphlets etc., mostly in modern cloth, all 8voQty: (20)NOTESGoldsmiths 11772; Kress B. 170.

Burnet (Gilbert). Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Thomas Ward [-for Thomas Ward], 1724-34, contemporary sprinkled calf, spines gilt with insect devices, red and green labels, rubbed, some wear, joints partially cracked but firm, folio (34.8 x 22.8 cm)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: Malcolm Rogers CBE FSA (1948-), British art historian and director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1994 to 2015. ESTC T144689. Annotated by the editor 'The original manuscript of both volumes of this his History will be deposited in the Cotton library by T. Burnett' on the verso of the title-page to volume two.

Wesley (John). An Extract of the Revd. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from Sept. 3, 1741 to October 27, 1743, Bristol: Printed by Felix Farley, 1749, bound with An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from October 27, 1743, to November 17, 1746, London: Printed by H. Cock, 1753, bound with An Extract from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from November 25, 1746, to July 20, 1750, London: Printed by H. Cock, 1754, title with last two numerals of date 1750 overwritten in brown ink to 49, errata leaf present detailing date correction, bound with An Extract from the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from July 20, 1749 to October 30, 1751, London: Printed in the Year 1756, minor worm track to fore-margin of last few leaves, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, rubbed and worn, 12mo in 6s, together with: Ibid. An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from July xx, 1750, to October xxviii, 1754, London: Printed and sold at the Foundery, Upper Moorfields, by J. Robinson, Ludgate Street, and by T. James under the Royal Exchange, 1759, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from February 16, 1755, to June 16, 1758, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1761, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from June 17, 1758, to May 5, 1760, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1764, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from May 6, 1760, to Oct. 28, 1762, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1767, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, joints and spine split, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from his Embarking for Georgia, to his Return to London, 3rd edition, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1765, bound with An Extract of the Rev. Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from February 1, 1737-8, to his Return from Germany, 3rd edition, Bristol: Printed by William Pine, 1765, bound with Journal from Aug. 12, 1738, to Nov. 1, 1739 (without title), bound with An Extract of the Reverend Mr. John Wesley's Journal, from November 1, 1739 to September 3, 1741, London: Printed by W. Strahan, 1744, contemporary sheep, without spine labels, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. Sermons on Several Occasions, Bristol: Printed by J. Grabham and W. Pine, 1760, contemporary calf, without spine label, upper board near detached, worn, 12mo in 6s, Ibid. Sermons on Several Occasions, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: Printed by W. Bowyer, [& Bristol: Printed by John Grabham & William Pine], 1754, half-title to volume 3, contemporary calf, few boards detached, volume 2 lacking upper board, worn, 12mo in 6sQty: (7)NOTESEach volume with the ownership ink stamp to front endpapers of Ann Bolton and some with ink date stamp of 1767 or 1768. Two volumes with her signature and dated 1768 or 1769. Each volume also with ownership (mostly in pencil) of John Bedford (of Lincoln) to front endpaper. Volume 2 of Sermons on Several Occasions with manuscript note in John Bedford's hand "These sermons contain sound doctrine, clear experience, and practical Godliness. Reader! dost thou desire to land safe on the Heavenly shore? - Then, attend to what thou mayest find in these invaluable discourses, & pray to God for his blessings. J.B." Ann ('Nancy') Bolton (1743-1822) was the eldest child of Edward Bolton, a Witney baker in Oxfordshire. She became a close friend and correspondent of John Wesley for nearly 30 years. Converted to Methodism at 19, she became a class leader in 1777 and kept a detailed spiritual journal. Wesley called her 'the sister of my choice' and 'the perfect pattern of womanhood'. He often stayed with her and her brother Edward. She was prone to ill health and Wesley offered with much spiritual and medical advice. He published over 20 of her letters in the Arminian Magazine and left her £100 in his will. Having been dissuaded by Wesley from an earlier marriage, in 1792 she married George Conibeere of Gloucester, who died in 1799. She died at Witney in 1822, being buried in the parish churchyard on 4 June. Her brother Edward Bolton (c.1747-1818) lived at Wood Green, Witney and Manor Farm, Finstock. A lifelong Methodist and local preacher, he accompanied Wesley on many of his journeys and was present at the 1771 Conference in Bristol which marked the formal division between Arminian and Calvinistic Methodism. John Bedford (1810-1879) was an English Wesleyan minister, the son of John and Elizabeth Bedford, of Wakefield, Yorkshire. He studied for several years in a solicitor's office, but was determined to become a minister of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and was appointed in 1831. He married Maria Gledhill of Brighouse, in 1835 and had two sons. In 1860 Bedford was appointed by the Methodist conference secretary to the general chapel committee. Bedford was one of the foremost men in his denomination, and after being one of the secretaries of the conference for several years, was elected to the presidency of the Methodist assembly in 1867. He published several sermons and speeches, and also a controversial correspondence with the Rev. William Sutcliffe on the doctrine and system of the Wesleyan Methodists, which he very ably defended. He died at Chorlton-cum-Hardy, near Manchester, in 1879.

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, according to the Use of the Church of England, Oxford: W. Jackson and A. Hamilton, printers to the University, 1784, bound with: A New Version of the Psalms of David. Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches. By N. Brady ... and N. Tate, London: H. S. Woodfall, 1775, 2 works in 1 volume, BCP unpaginated, signatures A-3E4 3F2, leaf Y3 recto with manuscript overslips updating monarch's name to Victoria, Psalms also unpaginated, signatures A2 B-G4, toning, spot-marbled endpapers, gilt edges, contemporary red goatskin, smooth spine gilt in compartments with urn motifs, each cover richly gilt with outer Greek-key roll enclosing inner frame of alternating urn and flower motifs, and large sunburst centrepiece incorporating gilt-tooled green morocco onlay, spine neatly refurbished, tips bumped and worn, 4to (27 x 20 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Henry Dickinson (contemporary armorial bookplate); 2) Manuscript note tipped to front free endpaper recording gift of the book from 'my old and valued friend Herbert Izant' (probably the English artist, fl.1880-98), ESTC T182674 (five copies in UK libraries), T91921 (two copies in UK libraries).

Hughes (T. and R.) The Wonderful Life and Remarkable Death of the Renowned John Faustus, D.D. Containing all his Acts of Necromancy, from the Time of his Compact with Lucifer to his Miserable End, at the Expiration of that Term. Newly translated from the original mss. London: Printed for T. and R. Hughes, at the Franklin Press, circa 1808, 40 pp., hand-coloured engraved frontispiece of Dr. Faustus raising the devil, published 1808 by T. & R. Hughes bound with Lemoine (Ann). The Life and Mysterious Transactions of Richard Morris, Esq. Better known by the name of Dick Spot, the Conjuror, particularly in Derbyshire and Shropshire. Written by an old aquaintance, who was a critical observer of all his actions, for near fifty years, 1st edition, London: Printed for Ann Lemoine, 1798, 47 pp., publisher's list to last leaf verso, engraved frontispiece 'Dick Spot causing the pedlar to break his earthenware', printed for & under the direction of T. Roe, July 3, 1798, traces of the original blue wrappers to frontispiece and last leaf verso margins, bound with Read (James). A Discourse on Witchcraft. Occasioned by a Bill now depending in Parliament, to repeal the Statute made in the first year of the Reign of King James I, intituled, An Act against Conjuration, Witchcraft, and dealing with evil and wicked spirits, 1st edition, London: Printed for J. Read, 1736, 47 pp., woodcut initials and head and tailpieces, together 3 works in 1 volume, light offsetting and a little minor spotting, manuscript shelf number to front endpapers, later half calf, spine titled 'Demonology' in gilt, spine and edges a little rubbed and faded, 8voQty: (1)NOTESESTC (for the second work) T89726 (for the second edition?); ESTC N6532 (for the third work). First and second works rare.

Arabic manuscript. Handbook of Arabic grammar, Ottoman territories, c.1850, Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished European laid paper, 89 leaves, containing 5 discrete texts together with grammatical tables at the end, all in the same hand (naskh script tending to nasta'liq), 15 lines to the page, floral headpiece in gold to first page of each individual text, text framed in red and keywords and headings in red throughout, stitching split between penultimate and final leaves, contemporary leather binding with envelope flap (flap detached), gilt filigree lozenges to covers, wear to spine, leaf dimensions 16.2 x 10.6 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe texts are as follows: 1) Taqi al-Din Muhammad bin Pir 'Ali al-Birkawi (known in Turkish as Imam Birgivi, 1523-1573 CE). Kitab izhar al-asrar fi'l-nahw. (Incipit: fa-hadhihi risala fi-ma yahtaj ilayhi kull mu'rib ashadd al-ihtiyaj). 2) ibid. Kitab al-'awamil al-jadidah fi'l-nahw. (Incipit: fa-i'lam annahu la budda li-kull talib ma'rifat al-i'rab). 3) 'Abd al-Wahhab bin Ibrahim al-Zanjani (d. 1257 CE). Kitab al-tasrif al-'izzi. (Incipit: i'lam anna al-tasrif fi'l-lughah al-taghyir). 4) Abu Hanifah (699-767 CE; folk attribution). Kitab al-maqsud fi'l-ta'rif. (Incipit: fa-inna al-'Arabiyah wasilah ilà al-'ulum al-shar'iyah). 5). 'Abd Allah al-Dunquzi (fl. c.1628). Kitab al-bina'. (Incipit: i'lam anna abwab al-tasrif khamsah).

Farid al-Din 'Attar Nishaburi (1146-1221 CE). Pand-nameh ['Book of Advice'], probably Iran, early 18th century, Persian manuscript on laid paper, 31 leaves (and 3 blanks), nasta'liq script in double column, 15 lines to the page, text within gold frames, illuminated headpiece to first page, catchwords, contemporary marginalia in Persian throughout, early leaves with tearing and loss at foot of gutter (affecting catchwords and marginalia), a few old repairs to margins, a few leaves re-guarded, contemporary binding of maroon sheep with marbled paper onlays to sides, spine worn, leaf dimensions 20.4 x 13.6 cmQty: (1)

Ge'ez manuscript. Liturgical manuscript on parchment, late 19th/early 20th century, 56 leaves, collation i2 ii10 iii10 iv8 v6 vi10 vii10, in black ink, rubricated, sewn on four cords 'Coptic-style' between wooden boards, only the top cord intact, front board and initial quire detached, contemporary leather carry-case, leaf dimensions 11.1 x 8 cmQty: (1)

Greek manuscript. Anthology of Byzantine hymns for the use of the Eastern Orthodox church, Greece or Eastern Mediterranean, c.1750, in black and red ink on laid paper, approximately 248 leaves + 4 blanks, gathered in eights (a few leaves apparently cancelled; completeness not ascertained), Greek text and Byzantine music notation on alternate lines throughout, decorative initials, engraving of a rococo chimneypiece (c.1750, signed A. Birckhert) mounted to an initial blank, two similar engravings mounted as section headpieces, damp-staining towards front (with concomitant marginal fraying to early leaves), a few other marks, edges dyed blue, contemporary binding of blind-stamped morocco, cloth ties (partially extant), spine defective at head, front board sprung and with wear along fore edge, leaf dimensions 21.4 x 16.4 cmQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: David Talbot Rice (1903-1972), English archaeologist and Byzantinist, though unmarked as such; thence by descent. Cf. British Library Add. MS 17718 for a similar manuscript.

Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209). Iskandar-Nama [book VI only], Qajar Iran, early 19th century, Persian manuscript in black ink on polished wove paper, approximately 250 leaves (incomplete at end), nasta'liq script, 12 lines to the page, frequent rubrication, illustrated with 9 contemporary miniatures in watercolour (one en grisaille), marginalia written at an oblique angle to the main text, variable soiling and damp-staining, a few leaves stuck together, very faint blind stamps to upper fore corners of a few leaves (with Russian text, crown and initial 'K'), endpapers renwewed, contemporary brown morocco binding with arabesque corner- and centrepieces in blind, rubbed and scuffed, old repairs to spine, leaf dimensions 22 x 17 cmQty: (1)

Ottoman Turkish manuscript. Islamic primer, Ottoman territories, probably 18th century, manuscript in Ottoman Turkish black ink on laid paper (with no chain lines), 46 leaves, naskh script, between 15 and 20 lines to the page, rubricated headings and underlining, catch-words, illustrated with 10 recent full-page manuscript maps in pen-and-ink and gouache, embellished with ships, sea-monsters and pseudo-Arabic captions in Eastern Kufic script, and depicting Anatolia, the Bosphorus, the Aegean, the Mediterranean, the Near East and the Arabian Peninsula (including a vignette of the Ka'bah), a generic fortified island city in a bay, Europe, north-west Europe, the Eastern Hemisphere, and the Western Hemisphere (i.e. the Americas), bound after: Abu'l-Layth al-Samarqandi (898-983 CE). Kitab al-muqaddimah [fi'l-salah] [i.e. 'Introduction to Prayer'], Arabic manuscript, undated but contemporary with the preceding item and apparently in the same hand, 13 leaves, naskh script, about 15 lines to the page, similar rubrication, colophon signed Muhammad bin 'Abd Allah, and with a similar short text in Ottoman Turkish bound in at rear, 4 leaves, in a slightly different hand, fancifully dated 'be? yüz seksen be?' (i.e. 585, equating to 1189/90 CE), fraying with minor loss of text to first leaf of Abu'l-Layth and to final leaf of the main (Ottoman) text, marginal damp- and ink-stains, but generally in good condition, contemporary red quarter morocco, cloth sides, rubbed and worn, leaf dimensions 22 x 16 cmQty: (1)NOTESFor the Kitab al-muqaddimah and a census of other manuscript copies see Haron, 'Abu'l-Layth al-Samarqandi's Life and Works with Special Reference to his "Al-Muqaddimah"', Islamic Studies, vol. 33, no. 2/3, 1994, pp. 319–340.

Qajar Manuscript. Prayer book, Qajar Iran, colophon signed Muhammad 'Ali Jahangir, Jumada al-Awwal, 1236 AH [1821 CE], Arabic and Persian manuscript in black ink on polished laid paper, 204 leaves, 12 lines to the page, mainly in naskh script (occasionally nasta'liq, rubricated), 2 illuminated floral headpieces (to folios 1 and 7), text between gold rules and within concentric gold and blue frames throughout, headings and keywords in red, blue or gold, folios 6-7 with polychromatic list of contents in grid-form, variable damp-staining (generally light, stronger and affecting legibility towards rear), a few folios (e.g. 33-6, 54-5, 62-3, 71-3, 92-4, 96-9, 101-3) partly stuck together, fore edges of outer leaves slightly friable, a few nicks to edges and related repairs elsewhere, some leaves loose, a few Persian ownership ink-stamps to margins, contemporary morocco binding with gilt filigree centrepieces to covers, rebacked and endpapers renewed, envelope flap detached, leaf dimensions 22.5 x 13.5 cmQty: (1)NOTESThe contents include an introduction in Persian titled 'Ya hadi al-mudallin' ('O Guide of the Misled'), followed by complete Qur'anic surahs Yasin, al-Naba', al-Fath, al-Waqi'ah, al-Jum'ah and al-Saffat, a section of Qur'anic extracts, a numbered sequence of Arabic prayers (titled munajat), and similar.

Qur'an. Manuscript Qur'an, Ottoman territories, probably Constantinople, colophon signed Hafiz Muhammad al-Shukri, pupil of Ibrahim al-Wahbi, [1]266 AH [i.e. 1849/50 CE], Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished wove paper, 252 leaves (and 2 blanks), naskh script, mainly 15 lines to the page, fully illuminated floral border to opening spread (with non-Qur'anic prayer to first page), the remaining text within gold frames throughout, surah-headings in white thulth on gold ground, gold roundel ayah-markers touched with red and blue, recitation markings in red, juz' markings in gold and colours to margins, text of colophon within circular panel with foliate sprays on blue ground to spandrels, yellow-green endpapers, contemporary binding of red morocco gilt with envelope flap (split along spine into two parts), leaf dimensions 11.9 x 8 cmQty: (1)

Qur'an. Six juz' (sections) from a manuscript Qur'an, Qajar Iran, early 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on polished laid paper, in 6 volumes (comprising juz' 2, 3, 6, 20, 26 and 28), each with 15 leaves, naskh script, 12 lines to the page, text in illuminated frames throughout, text of juz' 2, 3, 6 and 26 within gold frames, surah-headings and marginal nisf and hizb markings in gold, recitation markings in red, damp-staining, many leaves partially stuck together in consequence (in particular in juz' 20), a few marginal worm-tracks and other marks, waqf inscriptions, uniform contemporary bindings of olive-green morocco, gilt frames and filigree centrepieces with extensions to boards, protective drab linen coverings, leaf dimensions 22.4 x 14.5 cm, together with a copy of issue 4 of Persian radical socialist magazine Sur-e Asrafil (1907), 8 pp., nicked and damp-stained, folioQty: (7)

* Anne (1665-1714). Queen of England, Scotland & Ireland 1702-07 and Queen of the Kingdom of Great Britain 1707-14. Document Signed, 'Anne R', as Queen, at the head, Court at St. James's, 5 December 1710, manuscript military commission on vellum, appointing Ellis Cooper to be a 'Major of Our Regiment of Foot commanded by Our Right Trusty and Wellbeloved Cousin William Lord Viscount Mountjoy', countersigned at the foot by William Legge (1672-1750) 1st Earl of Dartmouth, lacking the seal upper left and with some light overall age wear and a few minor, very small holes, 1 page, oblong folio (30.5 x 41cm)Qty: (1)

Hottinger (Johann Heinrich). Promtuarium; sive, Bibliotheca orientalis: exhibens catalogum, sive, centurias aliquot, tam authorum, quam librorum Hebraicorum, Syriacorum, Arabicorum, Aegyptiacorum, Aethiopicorum, etc., Heidelberg: Adrian Wyngaerden, 1658, pp. [8] 332 [i.e. 328] 46, engraved vignette to title-page, Arabic, Hebrew and Syriac types used throughout, ink-stain to title-page, a few faint marginal damp-stains, quires 2I-2P browned, a few other marks, later half vellum, 4to (20.2 x 15.8 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESVD17 12:128994P. First edition of the first printed bibliography of Middle Eastern literature, based mainly on the manuscript collection of Dutch Arabist Jacobus Golius (1596-1667) and today considered 'a huge step forward in the knowledge which European scholars had of texts circulating in the Middle East’ (Vrolijk & van Leeuwen, Arabic Studies in the Netherlands, p. 46).

* Charles I (1600-1649). King of England, Scotland & Ireland,1625-49. A fine Document Signed, 'Charles R', as King, at the head, Palace of Westminster, 17 May 1634, manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, addressed to Sir William Uvedale, knight, Treasurer of the king’s Chamber, to pay 8d a day for life to Thomas Flooyd, appointed one of the king’s trumpeters in ordinary in the place of John Smith, to be paid quarterly from the death of John Pendry, with an excellent impression of the king’s signet, applied en placard, authorised beneath by R[ichard] Kyrkham [as clerk of the signet], some light overall age wear and with three original corrections to the text where certain words and passages were neatly erased and replaced, lettering at end of lines at right margin now partly indistinct, 1 page, oblong folio (27 x 43cm)Qty: (1)NOTES‘… Whereas wee have appointed Thomas Flooyd to bee one of our Trumpetors in ordinary in the place of John Smith and have allowed him for his attendance in our service the wages of eight pence p[er] diem. These are therefore to will and command you out of our treasure remayning in yo[u]r custody from time to time to paie… the said Thomas Flooyd… the said wages of eight pence p[er] diem from the time of the death of John Pendry late one of our Trumpetors during the naturall life of him the said Thomas Flooyd att the foure usuall feastes or termes of the yeare. That is to saie, att the feast of the nativitie of St John Baptist St Michael Tharchangell the birth of our Lord God and Thannunciat[i]on of the blessed virgin Mary by even and equall port[i]ons… .’ Sir William Uvedale (1581-1652) of Wickham, Hampshire, was long-serving treasurer of the Chamber, holding that position 1618-42, and also being appointed treasurer-at-war when hostilities broke out with Scotland. Robert Kirkham (c.1580-1638) of Richmond, Surrey, was clerk of the signet from 1614 until his death. The present document is of interest in providing the names of three of King Charles I's musicians. References to the three trumpeters, Thomas Flood (Flooyd, Floid, Lloyd), John Pendre (Pendry, Pendrey, Pendree) and John Smith (senior and the younger), are to be found in Henry Cart de Lafontaine, The King's Musick: A Transcript of Records Relating to Music and Musicians (1460-1700), London: Novello, 1909: ‘John Pendry played at the funerals of Queen Anne in 1618 and of James I in 1625. He was appointed one of the king’s trumpeters in the place of Nicholas Transom in 1626, and in 1628 was among the musicians discharged from paying five parliamentary subsidies. The last recorded livery paid to him was at Michaelmas 1633; a warrant to swear Thomas Flooyd, appointed in his place, was passed on 1 May 1634 and one for his livery on 26 May 1634.’ ‘Thomas Flooyd was sworn as a trumpeter extraordinary on 16 March 1633 and as a trumpeter in ordinary in the place of John Pendry on 1 May 1634. A warrant for his livery passed on 26 May 1634. On half-wages, he was admitted to full pay on the death of William Smith on 10 March 1637. He was dead by 18 November 1638, when a warrant passed to swear Thomas Cresswell, trumpeter, in his place. John Smith, who may have been the son of a namesake who served as trumpeter, was appointed a trumpeter extraordinary on 17 March 1629, and as a trumpeter in ordinary on 27 March 1634; an order for his livery issued on 30 May 1634. On 7 June 1638 he and his man were given sea liveries, having been appointed to go to sea on the king’s great ship Sovereign. He remained in service in 1642.’

* Cromwell (Oliver, 1599-1658). English General and Statesman, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1653-58. Document Signed, ‘O. Cromwell’, as Lord Lieutenant General of Ireland and Captain General of all the Land Forces of the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, no place, 30 June 1651, manuscript military commission on vellum, appointing Richard Johnson an ensign in the Company of Foote commanded by Colonel Richard Ingoldsby, written in an italic hand and boldly signed at the foot, small red wax seal on paper wafer in upper left corner, scattered minor spots, 1 page, oblong folio (20 x 29cm)Qty: (1)NOTESColonel Sir Richard Ingoldsby (1617-1685) was an English officer in the New Model Army during the English Civil War and a politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1647 and 1685. As a Commissioner (Judge) at the trial of King Charles I, he signed the king's death warrant but was one of the few regicides to be pardoned. In May 1651 Ingoldsby's regiment left Oxford and joined the army which fought at the Battle of Worcester, the last battle of the English Civil War.

Johnston. (Alexander Keith). The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, A New and Enlarged Edition, William Blackwood & Sons, 1856, title contents list and preface, crude tape repair to the gutters of the first front blank and title page, 35 (complete) double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, very slight spotting and dust soiling, contemporary manuscript presentation inscription to front endpaper, bookplate of Lucius Herbert Ingham, hinges strengthened, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, some wear to extremities, large folioQty: (1)NOTESThe atlas was first published in 1848 and this slightly later expanded edition has 5 more maps than the first edition. The atlas is arranged under various physical headings. Geology with 11 maps, Hydrology 6 maps, Meteorology 6 maps, Botany 2 maps, Natural History 6 and Ethnology & Statistics 4.

* Edward VII (1841-1910). King of the United Kingdom 1901-10. Letter Signed, ‘Edward R & I’, as King, Buckingham Palace, 30 June 1905, to the President of the Republic of Bolivia, the manuscript letter announcing that the marriage of the King's niece, 'Her Royal Highness the Princess Margaret Victoria Augusta Charlotte Norah, elder daughter of Our dearly beloved Brother His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and of Strathearn, with His Royal Highness the Prince Oscar Frederick William Olaf Gustavus Adolphus, Duke of Scania, eldest son of His Royal Highness Oscar Gustavus Adolphus Crown Prince of Sweden and of Norway....was solemnized in St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on the 15th instant’, signed by King at the conclusion and countersigned by 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845-1927, Foreign Secretary 1900-05), a series of tiny stitching holes to left edge, not affecting the text or signatures, 3 pages with gilt embossed royal crest at head of first page, folioQty: (1)

* Elizabeth I (1533-1603). Queen of England and Ireland, 1558-1603. A fine early Document Signed, 'Elizabeth R', as Queen, Given at the queen’s manor of Greenwich, 7 September 1562, manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, ordering John Mason, Treasurer of the queen’s Chamber, to deliver £15 2s 6d to the queen’s servant Martyn Almayne, marshal of the Royal Stable, for 'dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries…’, (£8 6s 6d between 25 December 1559 and 6 April 1561, and £6 16s 0d between 6 April 1561 and 29 September 1562), signed at head with usual pen flourishes, some spotting and soiling, especially on the reverse, lacking the original seal at foot, multiple pin-holes in the left margin (by which the paper vouchers in support of the expenditure may have been attached to the warrant), 1 page, oblong folio (15.5 x 25cm), endorsed with a receipt by Anthony Lambych [?] on behalf of Martin Almayne, 21 September 1562, with a final mark perhaps intended to represent a bit and bridleQty: (1)NOTES'...[We] will and comaunde you that of suche o[u]r treasure as remaynithe in your handes you do deliv[er] or cause to be deliv[er]id to o[u]r servaunt Martyne Almayne marshall of o[u]r Stable the somme of fyftene pounds two shillinges sixe pence for dressing and curing of divers of o[u]r horses and for necessaries by him provided for that purpose. That is to say from the feaste of the nativitie of o[u]r Lord god in the seconde yere of o[u]r reign until the feaste of Easter in the thirde yere of o[u]r reign ... [i.e. 25 December 1559 to 6 April 1561]'. The payment for the royal veterinary surgeon was therefore rather in arrears. Sir John Mason (1502/03-1566): 'Upon the accession of Elizabeth in November 1558 Mason was the sole senior household officer (treasurer of the chamber) to retain his post (and also the richest): testimony to his strong administrative ability and sound political judgement.’ (ODNB). Martin Almayne: '29 Sep 1562: Martin Almayne’s accounts ‘for dressing of the Queen’s Majesty’s Coursers’, Christmas 1560-Michaelmas 1562. Among the horses receiving treatment were: Bayard Count, Bayard Hastings, Bayard Prince, Bayard Star; Bay Pilgrim; Dun Arundell; Gennet Granado; Grey Antony, Grey Savoy, Grey Sparrow; Morell Speedwell, Morell Tempest; a black pied colt. Expenses included: ‘Laid out for the horses in medicine and other necessary things for the same horses when the Queen’s Majesty rode on progress to Portsmouth [in 1560], 10s; dressing of Coleprick’s eyes, 2s; dressing Valentine’s hinder leg, 5s’. Total claimed: £15 2s 6d. Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the Horse, signed the accounts.’ [TNA SP12/24/59]. ‘In 1567 and 1585 he was certified as liable for taxation in the royal household, the latter as Martin Almaine otherwise Galoe, an alien.’ (TNA E115/440/9, E115/2/117).

* George V (1865-1936). King of the United Kingdom 1910-36. Document Signed, ‘George R.I.’, as King, at the head, Court of Saint James, 6 March 1920, printed document on paper, completed in manuscript and concerning discussions with the President of Bolivia ‘regarding false indications of origins on goods’, and appointing Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard to enter into any treaty, convention or agreement with the President of Bolivia or his ministers 'that may tend to the attainment of the above-mentioned end’, with embossed red seal affixed lower right corner, small strip (12 x 3cm) clipped from lower blank left corner, two small spots at head and foot, 1 page, large oblong folio (41 x 49cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard (1884-1969) British Diplomat who had been appointed as Charge d'Affaires in Bolivia in 1918, and served as Consul General in Cuba, Haiti and Brazil before ending his career as Consul General in New York (1938-44). A document of unusual content.

* Henry VIII (1491-1547). King of England and Ireland, 1509-1547. A fine early Document Signed, 'Henry R', as King of England, at the manor of Greenwich, 30 June 'thyrd year of our reign' [1511], manuscript document on vellum, being a warrant under the Royal sign manual and signet, to Andrew Windsor [‘Wyndesore’], keeper of the great wardrobe, ‘to deliver two dozen lyams [leashes] and collars for hounds, six chains to tie hounds and 40 ells [in England one ell would have been 45 ins [or 1.143 m] of canvas to cover a cart for carriage of the king’s hounds, to Thomas Carmynow, gentleman usher of the king’s chamber, William Rolt, yeoman of the chamber, or the bearer of the warrant’, traces of the king’s signet can be seen at the foot, 1 page, slightly irregular shape, approximately 102 x 255mmQty: (1)NOTESAndrew Windsor (c.1467-1543) of Stanwell, Middlesex, succeeded to the office of Keeper of the Great Wardrobe in 1506, during the reign of Henry VII, retaining that position under Henry VIII, until his death. For a good account of Windsor see History of Parliament Online: ‘… As keeper of the wardrobe [Windsor] was concerned with all the ceremonies of state, at several of which his attendance is recorded. He witnessed the marriage of Princess Mary to Louis XII in 1514, signed the peace and marriage treaties with France in 1518, and two years later accompanied the King to the Field of Cloth of Gold. On 1 Sept. 1524 he was at Blackheath to greet the papal envoy, who was bearing Henry VIII the gift of a sacred rose.’ ‘Thomas Carminow was of Respryn in Cornwall and the Middle Temple. He married Elizabeth Cheesman; two of their sons, John and Nicholas, sat as MPs for Cornish constituencies. He was already gentleman usher of the privy chamber by 1509 (Letters and Papers 1 82). Thomas made his will on 16 February 1528, requesting burial in the Greyfriars church at Bodmin before the alter of John Carminow, and bequeathed all his tinworks in Cornwall to his wife. He died between 12 June 1528, when he wrote a codicil to his will, and 15 May 1529 when it was proved.’ [TNA PROB 11/23/53]. ‘William Rolte was appointed to the next vacancy as a sergeant-at-arms in November 1511 ‘in consideration of the daily service done unto us’ [TNA E101/417/7 m128]. IN 1521 he was a ranger of Waltham Forest, bailiff of Topsham and Cullompton in Devon and keeper of the park of Cullompton; to trace, but can probably be identified with the individual of that name, referred to as a serjeant-at-arms, who received crown grants of the Essex manors of Chigwell and Westhatch in 1537 and 1538. His will of 19 September 1541, in which he describes himself as of Chigwell, ‘serjeant-at-arms unto our said sovereign lord [the king]’, was proved on 10 November 1541.’ [TNA PROB 11/28/286]. A group entry for Henry VIII’s privy chamber is to be found in ODNB, and begins: ‘Henry VIII, privy chamber of (act. 1509–1547), body of personal servants to the king, was an institution whose importance has only recently been fully appreciated. Developments at the royal court from the mid-fifteenth century put in place new living arrangements for the king—a private suite known (from its most important room) as ‘the privy chamber’. In turn this led by the end of the first decade of the reign of Henry VIII to the appearance of a new category of gentle-born courtiers who alone attended the sovereign there and provided the social milieu in which he spent much of his time when away from the public eye. The benefits of belonging to the privy chamber circle meant that there was a constant pressure for growth in numbers; the ten of 1526 had more than doubled by the time of the king's death on 28 January 1547.’ Henry VIII kept lots of animals including canaries, nightingales and ferrets, but his ‘favourite pets were his dogs, especially beagles, spaniels and greyhounds; the latter were considered a particularly noble breed. Over the years the King sent hundreds of such dogs, all 'garnished with a good iron collar', as gifts to the Emperor and the King of France. Henry’s own dogs wore decorative collars of velvet – only permitted to royal dogs – and kid, with or without torettes (spikes) of silver and gold; some were adorned with pearls all the King’s arms and his portcullis and rose badges; his dogs coats’ were of white silk, and they had their fur regularly rubbed down with 'hair cloth'. Sixty-five dog leashes were found in Henry's closet after his death. Pets dogs were fed bread, not meat, to discourage them from developing hunting instincts. Two of Henry’s dogs, Cut and Ball, were prone to getting lost, and he paid out the huge sum of nearly 15s. (about £225 today) in rewards to those who brought them back.’ Alison Weir, Henry VIII: King and Court, Random House, 2001, p. 31.