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Rae, W.F. Wilkes, Sheridan, Fox: the Opposition under George the Third London: W. Ibister & Co., 1874. 3 volumes, 8vo, extra-illustrated with 2 volume title-pages in manuscript, 218 portraits and 70 topographical plates (including 10 coloured plates), with 2 ALS bound in: 1) from Philip Henry Stanhope, Lord Mahon, dated 6th June 1843; 2) from Colonel A'Court, dated 26th July 1798, in chocolate brown half crushed morocco gilt by Bayntun; Steinman, G. Steinman Some Particulars contributed towards a Memoir of Mrs. Myddelton, the great beauty of the time of Charles II. Privately printed, 1864. 8vo, extra-illustrated with 36 portraits, inscribed on the title-page with the author's regards, in deep blue crushed morocco gilt by Zaehnsdorf, bookplate (4)

Coppard, A.E. 5 volumes signed by the author, comprising The Hundreth Story. Golden Cockerel Press, 1931. Number 222 of 1000 copies, wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, inscribed by Robert Gibbings to the Cliftons, original green morocco-backed patterned boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. t.e.g.; Easter Day. 1931, Number 77, signed by the author, with the verse on the last page in the author's hand & signed and dated by him, and a page of the original manuscript signed by him loosely inserted, original green cloth backed boards, a few spots to boards, slipcase discoloured and slightly rubbed; Emergency Exit. New York: Random House, 1934, limited to 350 copies, signed by the author on half-title, original buckram lettered in gilt; Nixey's Harlequin. London, 1931, number 97 of 304 copies signed by the author, original parchment, t.e.g.; Ring the Bells of Heaven. The White Owl Press, 1933, number 10 of 150 copies signed by the author, original cloth, very worn glassine wrapper (5)

Bosnia and Herzegovina Austro-Hungarian Military post 1900 SG148-149,151-152,154-156 158 used SG155 10h red manuscript cancelled (9)

A rare and fine collection of early 19th Century Chinese ivory Carvings, of figures, boats, trees etc., painted in bright colours, some mounted into side of a carved wooden structure depicting a rocky coastline, with pagoda dwellings etc. As a coll., w.a.f. (1) * Together with a manuscript note, "This beautiful Cabinet was being brought Home, on his last voyage by Capt. John George Bellingham, younger son of Col. John Bellingham and his wife Jane Dawson, and brother of my great grandmother Mrs. Latham Coddington. E.M. Hoskan.' (1)

Prepared by Rev. John Y. Broak D.D. - Book. THE JAQUES FAMILY Descendants of Henry Jaques who settled at Newbury, Massachusetts 1638. A hard cover bound volume with 229 pages of typed text recording the story of the Jaques Family from 1638 including Henry and John Jaques. With black and white photograph illustrations and tipped in supporting documents, together with a Georgian manuscript being the Indenture between John Jaques of the Borough of Chipping Wycombe, Bucks, and Charles Busby, Coal Merchant dated 19th November 1829, and a second Indenture between John Jaques, Charles Busby and John Jaques dated 23rd July 1931 (3)

A framed and mounted facsimile of the Manuscript The Psalter of St. Louis by Marcel Thomas along with a framed facsimile of Les Tres Riches Heures Du Duc De Berry-July.

Edwardian mahogany music cabinet fitted with single cupboard and five manuscript drawers with fall fronts, square tapering supports connected by undertier, W80cm, H84cm, D37cm - Condition Report

Printing by a Lady.- Townshend (George, first Marquess Townshend, politician and caricaturist, 1724-1807) [Miscellaneous poetry upon various subjects and occasions... The Air Balloon, or Major Money's Ascent... 1785], lacks title, 52pp. only of 68 excluding blanks, waterstained in margins, separate folding printed broadside poem "A Song. The Norfolk Rangers" tipped-in at end, 1½pp. manuscript laid on front free endpaper and fly-leaf recording the history of George Townshend and ascribing the printing of the vol. to Anne Townshend, bound in contemporary red morocco, gilt, circular onlays of black and brown morocco with names of George Marquis Townshend on upper cover and Lady Harriot Townshend on lower cover, gilt key patterned borders, binding worn with some loss and marked, spine defective with loss, 4to, [Rainham, Norfolk, printed by Ann, Marchioness Townshend], [1807].⁂ Extremely rare collection of poems of George Townshend, Marquess Townshend, printed and possibly bound by his second wife, Anne (d. 1819), the daughter of Sir William Montgomery, first baronet, MP for Ballynekill, and his first wife, Hannah Tomkyns.

Arms and Armour.- Rugendas.- Der Harnisch Von Seinem Entstehen Bis Zu Seinem Wiedervergehen In Bildern Dargestelt Und Gezeichnet V G.P. Rugendas, military interest manuscript with decorative title page and 14 fully worked watercolour plates illustrating armour through the ages, each with manuscript text in German verso, with 4 pp. of introductory text, titled and interleaved with an English translation, each leaf approx. 325 x 190 mm (12 3/4 x 7 1/2 in), some plates on variant laid papers, hinged on tabs bound with Argenteocorno (M.) I Gradi della Cavalleria inv. e delin. per Mat. Argenteocorno 1688, 18 watercolour plates of mounted figures and medallion portraits with battle scenes, including decorative pictorial title, many captioned underneath in Italian, with an additional loosely inserted watercolour monogrammed with the initials 'M.S.' in ligature, nineteenth-century red morocco by R.W. Smith, green calf doublures, joints rubbed, 4to, [1714 but later]⁂ Highly decorative collection of drawings illustrating ancient, medieval and later armour, with further watercolours depicting thirteen cavalry ranks in uniforms of the War of Spanish Succession. The second manuscript also includes medallion portraits of Eugene of Savoy, Maximilian Emmanuel of Bavaria, Frederick William of Brandenburg and Alexander von Wurttenberg.

Jewelled Binding.- Sangorski (Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator, 1862-1932).- Poe (Edgar Allan) Annabel Lee and Other Poems [To the River; Dream Land; The Sleeper; To One in Paradise; Fairy Land], illuminated manuscript in black, gold and colours on vellum, 33pp., illuminated frontispiece incorporating watercolour portrait of Poe within floral border with 2 putti at head and 2 fairies at foot, title in red and gold with miniature watercolour portrait of Annabel Lee within large gold initial "A" and floral border, 4 large full-page watercolours and 3 smaller illustrations, text written in black ink with 28 initials, most illuminated and with richly decorated full or half-borders in gold and colours, with colophon at end stating "...designed, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski...This manuscript will not be duplicated" and signed by him at foot, all mounted on stubs, ivory silk guards to leaves with watercolours, magnificently bound in turquoise morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and inlaid with 35 jewels, by Rivière & Son, upper cover with central sunken ovular panel of green morocco tooled with flowers and stars around a built-up onlay of an eagle with wings outspread in tooled brown and black morocco incorporating a small ruby as its eye, perched atop a raised oval panel of turquoise morocco containing the author's initials in gilt and framed in tan morocco, around the panel is a gilt-tooled floral pattern of yellow, red, green, blue and brown moroccos onlaid against a background of purple morocco, the whole within a strapwork border filled in with intricate flower and vine design amid dense pointillé in gilt and 10 red morocco onlays at intersections incorporating floral design made up of jewels (large amethyst at each corner and four seed pearls around a small ruby on the sides), lower cover with oval-shaped panel with floral pattern of gilt-tooled morocco onlays of red, purple and green around a central oval of turquoise morocco with titles of the poems in gilt and framed in tan morocco, all against a background of red morocco intricately tooled in gilt with flower and stem design and edged in black morocco, elaborate corner-pieces of inlaid dark blue morocco containing flower in yellow, turquoise and green, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, title and author in gilt in two compartments and date at foot, the others with floral design amid pointillé in gilt, doublures of beige morocco with interweaving floral and strapwork border of onlaid moroccos in red, green and brown and floral corner-pieces of red, white and blue, green watered silk flyleaves (slightly frayed at fore-edge), g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, some very slight rubbing to bands on spine, with silk-lined dark green straight-grain morocco case with hinged lid and brass catches, spine titled in gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed at edges, 4to (c.260 x 210mm.), [c.1928].⁂ A superb and unique work of art, displaying craftsmanship of the highest quality.Alberto Sangorksi was the elder brother of Francis Sangorksi who established the famous bookbinding firm with partner George Sutcliffe. He worked for Sangorksi & Sutcliffe, who became known for their jewelled bindings, and also for Rivière & Son from 1910. He produced for both many such highly-decorated illuminated manuscripts, the most famous of which, "the Great Omar", was lost when the Titanic sank in 1912.

Parker (Thomas Lister) Description of Browsholme Hall, first edition, etched frontispiece and 19 plates by J.C.Buckler including a plan and plate of facsimile signatures, plan with rooms identified in manuscript, folding pedigree, title and following leaf browned, original boards, uncut, rubbed and slightly spotted, rebacked, 4to, S.Gosnell, 1815.⁂ Scarce account of Browsholme Hall in the West Riding of Yorkshire (now in Lancashire) privately printed for the author's friends, of which only 100 copies were for sale. Browsholme was a Jacobean manor house altered and extended for Thomas Lister Parker by Jeffrey Wyatt (later Sir Jeffrey Wyatville), partly to accommodate his picture gallery and library. The latter was sold by Leigh and Sotheby in 1815.

France.- Gaugin (Robert) Compendium super Francorum gestis, edited by Josse Badius Ascencius, ff. [16] 312, woodcut device to title and at end, woodcut initials, contemporary binding using a 12th century manuscript fragment, faded and holed, rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Antoine Bonnemère [and others], 1514. ⁂ Literature: Renouard, Josse Badius Ascensius, II, 452.

India.- Hunter (Alexander, artist and founder of the Madras School of Art, surgeon in the East India Company's Madras Army, 1816-1890) and others. Album with five lithographs from 'Indian Sketches', and 25 original drawings by other various hands, a composite album with manuscript epitaph in memory of 'Frederick Maclagan' as front free endpaper, pencil studies, some with monochrome washes, several locations inscribed including Madras Harbour, signed by MacLagan himself, and others, various sizes, all neatly tipped onto album leaves, some missing, a few leaves loose, bound in contemporary Indian decorated cloth, lacking backstrip, worn, collector's bookplate of 'E.R. Calcutta' to inside upper cover, folio, [circa 1850s]

Judaica.- [Barukh ben Isaac (a member of the Tosafist school in France, traditionally thought of as from Worms, late 12th - early 13th century)] [Sefer ha-Terumah], manuscript fragment in Hebrew, 1p. only, double column, 35 lines, Ashkenazi script, recovered from a binding, left margin torn with loss affecting text, a few other small tears some affecting text, creased and browned, folio, [?France or Germany], n.d. [c. 13th - 14th centuries].⁂ An interesting fragment of a halakhic (legal) work. The Tosafists wrote texts examining and interpreting the Talmud.

Yorkshire, Farnley Tyas.- I, Adam Faber (Smith) of Farnelay [Farnley Tyas] grant and quitclaim to Franc[isc]us Teutonicus of all right in an assart in Farnelay in exchange for another property in Farnelay, witnesses: Dns Robert de Holand, Dns Robert parson of Almanebiry [Almondbury, W. Yorks.], Mathew de Sepelay [Shepley, near Huddersfield] and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 11 lines, in brown ink, red wax seal with good impression (chipped with small loss to edges), small hole affecting one word, folds, slightly browned, 86 x 158mm., [c. 1250].⁂ Farnley Tyas, 3 miles south east of Huddersfield.

Medieval Seal Matrices.- Collection of c. 50 Medieval Seal Matrices, including: Seal matrix inscribed William the Chaplain, legend "S William Capellan +", surrounding an image of the Pelican in Piety, vesica bronze seal matrix, 32 x 19mm, [c. ?14th century]; and c. 50 other medieval seal matrices, mostly lead and bronze and with devices of religious designs, floral designs, lions and other animals etc., some designated with names, including Ralph Verney of Aston Clinton (1507), many with short manuscript notes of provenance, found in various counties, including: Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire, Somerset & elsewhere, v.s., v.d., [13th - 16th centuries] (c. 50 pieces).Provenance: Mentioned item found in Stamford Bridge, near York in 2015.

Medieval Seal Matrices.- Collection of c. 50 Medieval Seal Matrices, including: Seal matrix inscribed " S Stefani Bonton" surrounding an image of a hawk jessed, vesica bronze seal matrix, (found at Market Rasen, Lincolnshire), 28 x 20mm, [c. ?13/14th century]; and c. 50 other medieval seal matrices, mostly lead and bronze and with devices of religious designs, floral designs, lions and other animals etc., some designated with names, many with short manuscript notes of provenance, found in various counties, v.s., v.d., [13th - 16th centuries] (c. 50 pieces).

Grendon (Sir Ralph de, 1270-1332) I, Sir Ralph de Grendone, kt, have granted to William de Thomas Faber (Smith) and Agnes his wife two acres called the Smythes Mor, witnesses: Robert de Gresebroke, Hugh de Eynesham clerk and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 11 lines, lacks seal, folds, 89 x 218mm., [late 13th century].

Cambridgeshire, Ashley.- I, William Faber (Smith) of Assele and Rose his wife have conceded by this present charter to Henry Honeman of Ashley and Thomas his son, for their service and a sum of money, a messuage & garden in the town [of Ashley] (abutments mention the new market), in fee & heredity, rendering 1d at Easter & 1 d. at Michaelmas, witnesses: Geoffrey de Arsic, Thomas Lemervellus, Henry de Chavele clerk & Robert le peytevin [Poitevin], manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 15 lines, lacks seals, folds, slightly creased and browned, 108 x 195mm., [c. 1300].⁂ Ashley, four miles east of Newmarket. The manor of Ashley was owned by the Knights Hospitallers.

Medieval Welsh Divorce.- Record by Lewis Myvot, Bachelor of Canon & Civil Law and ?commissary in Powys and the March, in a case of divorce, of the hearing which took place in full chapter at Oswestry on the penult. day of April 1487, at the conclusion of which David ap Madoc of Oswestry is divorced (has his marriage formally broken) from Anne wife of John ap Roger, as he has had carnal intercourse with Anne wife of Jankyn Lite, as is testified by witnesses, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 12 lines, remains of red wax seal, folds, slightly creased, 104 x 282mm., April 1487.⁂ Extremely scarce. Divorce or annulment was rare, but not unknown in medieval England, and such matters were settled in church courts. Under medieval Church law, there were only a few, very specific reasons which could allow men and women to ask for a divorce, one of which included adultery.Myvot is recorded as Bachelor of Canon and Civil LawL by Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxford, II, p. 1335, in 1456.

Leo X (Pope, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, 1475-1521) Papal bull addressed to the archbishop of Santiago di Compostella, the bishop of Zamora and the treasurer of Zamora cathedral, ordering an investigation into the claims of Alonso Pimentel, Count of Benavente to rights of ecclesiastical presentation in the diocese of Astorga, Spain, manuscript on vellum, 1 page, 21 lines, lead bulla of Leo X attached on cords, in fine condition, 370 x 235mm., Rome, St. Peter's, 6th February 1514.⁂ Pope Leo X, born Giovanni de' Medici, is remembered in particular for his excommunication of Martin Luther. Alonso Pimentel y Pacheco (d.1530), count of Benavente, was one of the most powerful Castilian nobleman of the early sixteenth century.

Elizabethan Court Roll.- Hornby, Lancashire.- Parker (Edward, twelfth Baron Morley, one of the peers who sat in judgment on Mary, Queen of Scots at Fotheringay, c. 1550-1618) Amerciemente. Fines and amercements from two courts at Hornby, manuscript roll in English with Latin headings, on paper, paper friable, title torn and loose, numerous other tears, creased, slightly browned, 220 x 14.5cm., 1585/86.⁂ "John Stott for felling wood ivd... Marmaduk Hodgson for fisshing - iiis iiiid.""Amercement. A discretionary penalty or fine; (originally) spec. one imposed on an offender at the discretion of the court of his or her lord, as opposed to a statutory fine." - OED.

Elizabeth I's cousin.- Carey (Henry, first Baron Hunsdon, courtier and administrator, Lord Chamberlain, son of Mary Boleyn, 1526-96) Warrant certifying that Thomas Norris one of the Messengers of Her Majesty's Chamber to be assessed at the rate of five pounds in fee, D.s. "Hounsdon" and "T: Heneage", manuscript in Secretary hand, 1 page, three seals (2 paper and 1 remains of red wax seal), docketed at tail: "The Chamber Norris in fee vl xis viiid...", a few small holes, folds, stain in lower left corner, slightly creased and browned, folio, 1st October 1588.⁂ Authorised by Hunsdon in his capacity as Lord Chamberlain of the household. In modern times Hunsdon has been better known for involvement in Elizabethan theatre, he sponsored a company of players, known when he had assumed the office, as the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Between 1594 and 1603, the Lord Chamberlain's Men acted thirty-two times at court.Sir Thomas Heneage (b. in or before 1532, d. 1595), courtier.

Amsterdam Merchants.- Pellicorne Family (of Amsterdam) [Transcripts and translations of legal documents of marriages, wills etc. relating to the Pellicorne family 1140-1515 & 1575-1639], 2 parts, manuscript in Latin and old French and Walloon, 32pp. excluding 33 blank vellum ff. and several blank paper ff., manuscript and blank vellum ff. all ruled in red, text opens and closes with a passage by Jacobus de Vogelaer (Secretary of Amsterdam City Council, 1625-97), 1st part transcripts of 19 documents, of which 18 documents with fine pen and ink and watercolour drawings of the original medieval seals, contemporary gilt panelled calf, gilt corner ornaments, green and yellow silk ribbon ties, gilt panelled spine, g.e., in very fine condition, folio, translations certified as correct and signed by Henrik Venkel and Pieter Padthuysen and dated 15th December 1661.⁂ A handsome manuscript from the Dutch Golden Age, containing transcriptions and translations of documents relating to the history of the important Pellicorne family of Amsterdam. Possibly compiled to obtain a position in government, the city council or the Dutch East Indies Company, or to show their status in a trading deal. The Pellicornes were wealthy Amsterdam merchants, with their origins in the Arras-Cambrai region of northern France. They are later found in Antwerp, and a document in this manuscript records them living at Leiden in 1619, but by 1630 they were based in Amsterdam. Jan Pellicorne (c.1596-1682) was the head of the family in 1661. In c.1632-33 Rembrandt painted his portrait with his young son Caspar (1628-1680), now in the Wallace Collection, London. His portrait was also painted by Cornelis van Poelenburgh in 1626, probably on the occasion of his marriage to Susanna van Collen (or Keulen). Caspar was eventually to become a 'bewindhebber', one of the 76 managing directors of the powerful Dutch East Indies Company. It is clear that the Pellicornes were a wealthy and well-connected family in Amsterdam. They lived on the 'Fossé Impériale' or Keizersgracht.

Survey of the King's Wardrobes.- Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) Draft addressed to the Lord Chamberlain and Clerk of the Wardrobes and other members of the royal household to order a survey of the king's wardrobes, and a further autograph note signed by Sir Edward Nicholas, Secretary of State ordering the Clerk to the Signet to prepare a bill for the king's signature for a commission of enquiry, manuscript, 6pp. with conjugate blank, dockets in different hands "done" and "passed", sewn with red tape, folds, slightly browned, unbound, folio, Whitehall, 21st May 1661.⁂ Charles II orders a survey of his "Wardrobe Stuffe" at the Restoration.."Know yee that Whereas wee are informed that o[u]r Wardrobe Stuffe remaininge in o[u]r Several Standinge Wardrobes at diverse of our Honor[e]s, Castles, and Mannor Houses and in the Office of our Removinge Wardrobe of Beds attendant upon o[u]r person is in great disorder & decay as well by occasion of the late troubles, wherein much of our goods have beene imbezled & lost... that a perfect Survey be taken of the remaines of all o[u]r Wardrobe stuffe... ." Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669), government official; Secretary of State to Charles I and Charles II. "It is his Ma[jes]tyes Pleasure, That ye Clerke of ye Signett attending forthwith to prepare a Bill for his Ma[jes]tys Signature, concerning a Commission according to ye tenor of this draught. Edward Nicholas Pro Rege."

Charles II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1630-85) Letters Patent addressed to Heneage Lord Finch Keeper of the Great Seal, Henry Lord Arlington and others appointing them Commissioners of Appeals concerning the taking of ships as Prizes into Ports, Document with sign manual "Charles R" at head, manuscript in English, on vellum, 32 lines, lacks seal, waterstained at tail, writing faded but legible, some surface wear, soiled, folds, laid down on paper, c. 420 x 590mm., Whitehall, 27th September 1675.

George II (King of Great Britain and Ireland, and Elector of Hanover, 1683-1760) Letters Patent appointing Sir John Strange as solicitor-general, manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, large engraved portrait initial of George II and engraved borders at head and margins, well preserved Great Seal in metal skippet, document a little creased, some soiling to margins, yellowed, 480 x 625mm., 28th January 1737.⁂ Strange, Sir John (bap. 1696, d. 1754), judge; appointed solicitor general in the government of Sir Robert Walpole.

America.- Province of Massachusetts Bay.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820) Warrant signed "George R" addressed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General of the Forces for the payment of £60,634 out of a total of £200,000 granted for the North American Provinces to the Province of Massachusetts Bay in compensation for levying, clothing and paying the troops raised by the said province, D.s., manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folds, browned, folio, [c. 1761-62].⁂ Although the document bears all the necessary signatures, the warrant signed by the king and counter signed by William Wildman Barrington (Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir Gilbert Elliot (Lord of the Treasury), and James Oswald, as the space for dating is blank it is possible that the document was never issued. Documents signed by George III specifically relating to the American Provinces are extremely rare on the market.

George IV (as Prince of Wales, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1762-1830) Epitaph on Mr. Fenton By Mr. [Alexander] Pope, autograph manuscript school exercise signed "George P", 1p., tear along fold, slightly browned, docket on verso: "Autograph of the Present King", Pro Patria watermark, 230 x 196mm., 14th December 1774.⁂ Evidently a school exercise written at the age of twelve.

George III (KIng of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and King of Hanover, 1738-1820) Letter of Marque issued to Francis May Captain of the Unity enforcing an embargo against the town of Papenburg and the Kingdom of Prussia, manuscript on vellum, large engraved initial portrait of George III and with decorative border at head, paper seal, folds, yellowed, 555 x 655mm., 2nd June 1806.

Surgery.- Cooper (Sir Astley, first baronet, surgeon, 1768-1841).- Notes taken during a Course of Lectures on Surgery, given by Mr. Astley Cooper at the Theatre of St. Thomas's Hospital, London, in 1809-1810 & 1811, vol. I only, manuscript, title and c. 210pp. excluding blanks, ink signature of James Dolman on title, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, gilt spine, extensively rubbed, 8vo, 1809-11.

Landon [married name Maclean] (Letitia Elizabeth [pseudonym L. E. L.]), poet and writer, 1802-38) Album of manuscript poetry and engravings compiled by ?Landon, 12pp. of poetry including original poems by Allan Cunningham, Henry Brandreth, William Fraser, Moscati, Planche etc. (all laid down), 10 engraved portraits and letterheads (some loose), 2 pencil drawings and 1 pen and ink drawing, together 25 items excluding blanks, a few items removed, upper hinge broken, contemporary straight-grained morocco, gilt, elaborate gilt borders, edges and corners slightly rubbed, gilt panelled spine, g.e., 4to, 1825 - May 1827.⁂ Inscription at front: "Letitia Elizabeth Landon May 1827 Bound by the magic in the spell/Of the sweet letters L.E.L."

Europe, the Mediterranean & Russia.- Jekyll (Anna Louisa, married first Joseph Jekyll 1802-41, and secondly Hon. Spencer Dudley Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles William Flint, of Wargrave, Berkshire, 1813-65) Journal of two cruises to Portugal, Spain, Gibraltar, Sardinia, Malta, Greece and Russia, autograph manuscript, together c. 270pp. excluding blanks, a few manuscript notes loosely inserted, pen and ink sketch of yacht, original calf, blind-stamped borders, remains of metal clasp, corners and edges rubbed, upper joint split, spine rubbed, g.e., 4to, 1837-40.⁂ A delightful and intimate diary in which Jekyll makes numerous acute observations of the places and people she meets. Istanbul. "... the Sultan's approach was announced by the batteries saluting, and beautiful his caiques were, sharp pointed golden [barges] and white and gold sides, with a crimson and gold canopy. There were two precisely alike and 2 others without canopies . He went up to the Mosque... to be girded and the boats very soon returned and went to the Seraglio... in the evening we rowed round the Seraglio point Savages oar struck a poor Caique... on the head pretty severely (luckily with the flat blade) who came to close...." Spain. Gulf of Rosas. "The village is in the most horrible state of filth and dilapidation. The young women were all... in the fields and we beheld none but ugly old hags spinning at their dirty thresholds surrounded by filthy little imps their grandchildren." - Jekyll.

Kent.- Mickleburgh (John, vicar of St Mary's Platt, Kent, son of James Mickleburgh, of Thanet House, Margate, 1818-49) [Account book with diary entries], manuscript, c. 335pp. excluding blanks, ruled paper, f. 'July: 30th Week' [1847] lower quarter cut away with loss of text, upper hinge split, original vellum, lettered direct on upper cover, lacks clasp, lightly soiled and rubbed, sm. 4to, 1846-49.⁂ An account book with detailed diary entries painting a picture of a country vicar's life in the early years of Victorian England. Mickleburgh was an enthusiastic priest and the diary is full of his interest in the welfare of the local children, his support of the local schoolmistress, Sarah Roots, the organisation and the building of a new school, and the later appointment of another schoolmaster. The diary records the local round of a vicar including weekly services, burials and financial expenses, both for family and the parish.

Library Catalogue.- Courthope (George Campion, of Whiligh, Ticehurst, East Sussex, 1811-95) A Catalogue of the Library of G.C. Courthope, Esq. of Whiligh, Sussex, manuscript, mostly in 1 hand, title in red and black, title and 122pp. & 22pp. index excluding blanks, manuscript list of books to be bound loosely inserted, original vellum, soiled and waterstained, lacks spine, ledger folio (324 x 154mm.), 1850.⁂ Titles listed in alphabetical order under subjects (Theology, Classics, Literature, Travel and Voyages etc.). Whiligh was the home of the Courthope family since 1512. The timbers for the roof of Westminster Hall were cut from this estate, as also were those for its repair after World War II.

Mecca, Medina & Damascus.- 2 manuscript plans of Mecca and El Medinah and a map of Damascus, 3 highly detailed pen and ink drawings with 3pp. of manuscript notes, together 6pp., all folding, ?removed from an album, 380 x 230mm. & 262 x 200mm., [probably late 19th century].⁂ Plans of Mecca and Medina of this period are particularly rare and it is unclear whether they are first-hand accounts or copies from existing maps, although pencil under-drawing and the numerous annotations would suggest the former. These holy places were forbidden to non-Muslims and very few Europeans had made the journey and lived. Both J.L. Burckhardt and Richard Burton made the journey and left detailed accounts of their visits. There appears to be no details of the construction of the Hejaz Railway, which ran between Damascus and Medina and opened in 1908.

Dickens (Charles, novelist, 1812-70) Autograph cheque signed "Charles Dickens" paid to "W Seagrove" for the sum of Fifty three pounds, three shillings, drawn on Messrs Coutts & Co, receipt stamp of National Provincial Bank, 1 page, printed with manuscript insertions and crossed, folds, London, 14th January 1867.⁂ A payment made out to Seagrove's, Royal naval and military outfitters in Portsea, probably for Dickens seventh son, Sydney Dickens (1847-72), who joined the Navy in 1860.

Microscope Slide Maker.- Elcock (Charles, naturalist, museum curator, and professional microscope slide maker, of Belfast, 1834-1910) & Charles Ernest Elcock, architect of hospitals, of 17 Spurriergate, York) Archive, including: collection of marine samples and sand samples from Ireland and around the world, glass slides, manuscript notes (offprint "Note on the Occurrence of some rare Foraminifera on the Irish Sea, by Charles Elock" and associated notes and drawing; "Copy of Ancient Inscription on Grave Stone from Assowan, Upper Egypt, 4/8/86", autograph manuscript poetry), photographs, pencil rubbings, and a collection of manuscripts ("The Unrighteousness of War, 1902" and other Peace ephemera during the First World War) by and correspondence to Charles E Elcock ("York YMCA" and other correspondence), Oswald Marsh (Belfast stamp dealer), Catherine E Marsh and Marsh family (Quakers), and Middleton, v.s., v.d., 1906-30s (lge qty).⁂ Samples include: Gorumna Island, Planorbulina Mediterraneanensis, seaweed, West Indies Progresse, Richmond Earth etc.

Barbados.- Messel (Oliver, artist and stage designer, 1904-78) 4 pen and ink designs with manuscript notes and 2 drawings for the addition of a lift to Government House in Barbados, together 6 pictures (4 designs for the outside of Government House, 1 drawing design of a lift tower on upper cover and another a loose drawing of 2 identical pictures of a girl, "Its the same says Miss Government House! they tell me no one can see the difference!), 3 designs extensively browned and laid in with tape, original boards,upper cover detaching, joints split, folio, [c. 1968].⁂ Messel moved to Barbados in 1966 where he worked as an architect, designing and decorating houses for private clients, and on nearby Mustique as the architect to the island's owner, the Hon. Colin Tennant.Provenance: Jimmy Walker, one of three senior partners in the architectural practice of Robertson Ward Associates. While Messel had a flair for design he needed an architect to to put his designs into reality.

Guevara (Antonio de) The Dial of Princes...with an amplification also of a fourth booke . . . entituled The favoured courtier never heretofore imprinted in our vulgar tongue, translated by Thomas North, third edition, black letter, title within elaborate woodcut border, woodcut initials, title lightly browned, occasional worming, mostly restricted to margins but touching text on a few ff., first A4 with short marginal tear just running into text, 2P3 with small portion of lower margin torn away, not affecting text, occasional light marginal soiling, early ink notes to margins, ink and pencil inscriptions to endpaper, bookplate to pastedown, bound with part of a medieval manuscript from the Book of Psalms, later calf, joints cracked, rubbed, spine ends chipped, corners bumped, [STC 12429], small 4to, Nowe newly imprinted by Richarde Tottill, 1582.⁂ Rare edition of this treatise on the conduct of princes and possible source-work for Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Provenance: Dudley North (bookplate); Aylesford Library (pencil note).

A collection of German blown glass and wax saints Most 19th/early 20th century Comprising three depictions of Virgin and Child, two of the Virgin, one Crucifixion, and one St. Francis of Assisi; sold together with a small framed illuminated manuscript of the Pieta and a small framed figure of the Virgin. (9).H: 13 1/2 in. (tallest dome)PROVENANCE:Private Collection, New York, NY.

A Very Rare Cased .400 (70-Bore) Percussion Seven-Barrelled Goose RifleBy H. Nock, Gun Maker To His Majesty, No. 4518, Circa 1709-95Converted from flintlock, with twist leaf-sighted barrels, signed along the rib between the two top barrels, each barrel cut with seven spiral grooves, case-hardened breech-block with gold line and engraved with a starburst on top, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and a Britannia shield, and with a starburst in the sighting groove, signed serial numbered flat bevelled lock with stepped tail, highly figured half-stock with cheek-piece and chequered grip, border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-plate (rust patinated) decorated with hanging game on the blued heel tang, trigger-guard (loss of finish on the tang) with a recumbent stag in a landscape on the bow, trigger-plate with large pineapple finial, rear ramrod-pipe en suite, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-mounted ramrod, and some original finish: in original lined and fitted oak case (one partition loose) with accessories including rare brass charger, gang mould for fourteen balls, three wooden ball holders, brass-mounted powder-flask with bevelled elongated body, and leather flint wallet, the interior of the lid with illustrated trade label (minor damage and old stains) for circa 1789-1804, the exterior with flush-fitting carrying handle, London proof marks 49.5 cm. barrels Footnotes:ProvenancePiers Mostyn, Bt. (sold in the sale contents of Bredfield Hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk in about 1944)W. Keith Neal Collection, C204Christie's London, Fine Antique Firearms from the W. Keith Neal Collection, 8 November 1995, lot 37LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, p. 110Idem, British Gunmakers Their Trade Cards, Cases and Equipment 1760-1860, 1980, p. 119, pl. 435Richard Akehurst, Game Guns and Rifles, 1969, p.18, pl. 22Originally sold in 1995 with two manuscript notes (now missing) by W. Keith Neal, one listing the contents of the case, the other giving instructions for the use of the rifle, including a recommendation to 'pick up the birds quick', confirming that it was intended for geese. Also in the case was a manuscript letter from H. Nock's shop about the rifle, written by Nock's clerk James Wilkinson, who later set up in business on his own as James Wilkinson, gunmakers, a firm that survived until recently as Wilkinson Sword Ltd.Seven-barrel rifles were made popular by Colonel Thomas Thornton's A Sporting Tour through the Northern Parts of England (1804) and A Sporting Tour through France (1805), where he described their use on roe deer as well as birds. Thornton even commissioned a fourteen-barrel example, preserved today in the Musée d'Armes in LiègeFor further information on rifles of this type see W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers 1740-1790, 1974, pp. 109-110For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[WINCHESTER] MILNER (J.) & HUSENBETH (F.) History and Survey of the Antiquities of Winchester, 2 vols., 21 plates, black half calf gilt, interesting provenance 1.) William Wickham (1765-1840), government spy 2.) Sir Edward Smirke (1795-1875) with 4 pp. of MANUSCRIPT NOTES (vol. 1) & extra plan in vol. 2 with ms key, Winchester, [1835] (2).

[Illuminated Manuscript Facsimile] Psalterium Beatae Mariae Virginis, Helikon, Budapest, 1991, decorated full leather in clamshell case.

PERCY / WOMEN POETS, an early 19th century commonplace book belonging to Mary Catherine Percy (descendant of the Percy family), containing watercolours, also a holograph poem by L.E.L., (i.e. Letitia Landon), together with a related keepsake book for 1829, a sketchbook dated 1867 and a manuscript notebook of Kipling poems (4).

MANUSCRIPT "Common Place Book. M. W. Chaster...1829. Totnes", sm. 4to, 190 pp. of ms. poetry copies, "finished...1835", quarter roan / marbled boards (worn); with loose 3 pp. ms. poem, foolscap, entitles "Mary Queen of Scots".

[LITERATURE] MANUSCRIPT: "The Six Cantos: A Romance by George HERRON", 8vo, approx. 185 pp. manuscript poem, contemp. boards (amateur reback), dated London, 1830; & 3 printed books: [IRVING (W.)] Letters of Jonathan Oldstyle, L., 1824; ALLEN (J.) Memoirs of Charles James Fox, Edinburgh, 1830; STANHOPE, Supplement to the Letters, L., 1787 (4).

[MANUSCRIPT] partially disbound 19th c. album relating mainly to the Pollard, Pound & Protheroe Families (a few letters to Thomas Pollard in Malta & Leghorn, 1795-1802, including one from C. M. Schroeder) some material of Royal interest, incl. letter from George Cavendish (1807), and one from Lord Bute (1809) to "Your Royal Highness", diverse other 19th c. material incl. 2 a.l.s. by Lady Burdett Coutts, some postal interest etc. (Q).

MANUSCRIPT LETTERS / EPHEMERA. Box of assorted letters etc, 19th century.

[MANUSCRIPT] small, early 19th c., ms., pocket book, obl., diverse contents incl., heraldry, flags & penmanship.

SLAVERY / CUBA. Group of manuscript documents recording the sale and transport of slaves / coolies, including a 'passenger list' giving the names, gender and age, 1845-84.

TURKEY / RUSSIA. DE WINTON, Sir Francis. Manuscript lecture given by de Winton on Russia & Turkey, delivered at Camden Fort, Cork, Ireland, Feb 1877.

PHOTOGRAPHY / TRANSPORT, group of 19th and early 20th century photographs of trains & cars, with a manuscript railway poem (1870s).

Anon - A late 19th century Irish manuscript "Hunting Diary" in 2 parts for the years 1886-7, folio, 22 and 9 pages in black ink, recounting events of various meets, from 2nd November 1886 Johnstown - "Opening meet of the Kildares" with descriptions of weather, terrain and numerous hunts throughout Co.Kildare, title page with family motto - "Haec Olim Meminisse Juvabit (This day we will [remember]), and Osbaldeston, George - Squire Osbaldeston: His Autobiography, 1st edition, 2nd reprint, qto, cloth, 16 colour plates, illustrations and folding maps, London 1926 (2)

London: New Remarks of London, 8vo, half calf, wood engraved frontis piece Coat of Arms, contemporary manuscript index of churches to front endpaper, E. Midwinter, London 1732 and Blackerby, Samuel and Nathaniel - The First Part of the Justice of Peace his Companion, 12mo, calf, front board detached, E and R North, London 1730 (2)

Prepared by Rev. John Y. Broak D.D. - Book. THE JAQUES FAMILY Descendants of Henry Jaques who settled at Newbury, Massachusetts 1638. A hard cover bound volume with 229 pages of typed text recording the story of the Jaques Family from 1638 including Henry and John Jaques. With black and white photograph illustrations and tipped in supporting documents, together with a Georgian manuscript being the Indenture between John Jaques of the Borough of Chipping Wycombe, Bucks, and Charles Busby, Coal Merchant dated 19th November 1829, and a second Indenture between John Jaques, Charles Busby and John Jaques dated 23rd July 1931 (3)

Eastman model AC422CE acoustic/electric guitar, serial no. 13856254, with rosewood back and sides and spruce top, CITES No. 18nl263573/11, L103.5cm, bears maker's label and additional manuscript label 'Moon Rose inlay by Geoff Hall Luthier 2020', certificate of authenticity dated 15.11.2018, in hard carrying case - Condition Report

Eastman model AC222CE-OV acoustic/electric guitar, serial no. 14855634, with ovangkol back and sides and spruce top, bears maker's label and manuscript label 'York Rose inlay by Geoff Hall Luthier 2020', L103.5cm, certificate of authenticity, in soft carrying case - Condition Report

Mid-20th century Heath & Co Hezzanith sextant with black crackled framework and bakolite handle, the brass arc with silvered scale, endless tangent screw and rapid reader, no. P137, in original fitted mahogany box marked Cooke Hull to the paxolin lid, examination certificate dated 1945, various accessories, manuscript biographical note from original owner and other paperwork, box L28cm - Condition Report

Mid-Victorian naval ship's manuscript log book for HMS Narcissus, flagship of the Flying (Detached) Squadron under the command of Captain William Codrington for the period January 1872 to September 1872, covering two voyages from Cape of Good Hope to Bombay, Mauritius and back, and Cape of Good Hope to Plymouth, both with Track maps, annotated laid-in photograph of The Detached Squadron anchored in Simon's Bay February 1872. Final few pages refer to a voyage of the freight ship Clara from Plymouth to Sydney January 1873 to May 1873 which refers to Admiral Codrington. Half leather binding with marbled boards protected by dustjacket made from fragment of contemporary linen backed chart. - Condition Report One page detached but present.Some crayon scribbling by child to one blank page and rear free end paper.