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Elordi ( Gaspar ) . Libro de Consultas que se dirigen al Gobierno de S.M. 1841-1850, manuscript, [Manila, 1841-50], 100 numbered leaves, minor worming to first 7 leaves with minimal loss, contemporary calf-backed boards with green paper, mansucript title label to upper cove, worn, upper cover slightly damaged, remains of ties, 4to (31.5 x 22 cm), together with 2 loosely inserted leaves, ‘ Erratas en la Leyes de Indias ’ and ‘ De las consultas que como Fiscal de S.M. tengo hechas al Gobierno Supremo se han resuelto las siguientes ’Qty: (1)NOTESA manuscript secretarial letter book of the correspondence of Gaspar Elordi with the Madrid administration on matters relating to the governance of the Philippines. The greater part of the correspondence deals with corruption and the abuse of power of government officials. In 1839 Gaspar Elordi Albizu (1804-1852) was appointed Fiscal de la Audiencia de Manila, where he remained until the end of 1848 when he was obliged to stand down following 'desacuerdos acerca de la admisión de un recurso’ ( ‘disagreements about the admission of an appeal’ ).

Ortiz de Salcedo (Francisco). Curia eclesiastica para secretarios de prelados, jueces eclesiásticos, ordinarios y apostolicos, y visitadores y notarios ordinarios apostolicos y de visita. con una relacion de los arzobispados, y obispados de España è Indias. Madrid: A costa de D. Pedro Alonso y Padill, 1749, [8], 438, [18] pp., some mostly marginal spotting and browning, endpapers supplied from another Latin text in gothic script, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained, lower cover heavily worm-damaged not affecting the text, 8vo, together with: Bravo (Bartholomaeo), Thesaurus Hispano-Latinus, utriusque linguae verbis, et phrasibus abundans, 6th edition, Barcelona: Mariae Angelae Martí Viduae, in Plateâ D. Jacobi, 1757, [8], 520 pp., large woodcut head-piece, Spanish and Latin text in double columns, Latin annotations and old ink scribbling to endpapers, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained and worn, 8vo, Rodriguez (Manuel), Tercero y qvarto tomo de la svma y obras morales. con vna tabla general de la materia contenida en ellos. Dirigido a Don Fray Pedro Gonzalez de Mendoça Arçobispo de Granada, Zaragoza: Juan de la Naja y Quartanet, 1615, text in double columns, title soiled, some browning, Zzz1 torn with loss, tear to lower right corner of last two leaves without loss, lacking endpapers, old manuscript inscription to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, lettered on spine, covers stained and bowed, upper joint partly split, plus 5 further 17th & 18th-century Latin law books, authors include Dionysius Gothofredus, 1662; Johannes Borcholtn, 1663; Tertullian, 1675; Andreas Vallensis, 1744; and Giulio Lorenzo Selvaggio, 1794; all contemporary vellum, 8voQty: (8)NOTES1)An indispensable manual used by upper echelons of the clergy, first published in 1610. It details the hierarchy of the church and deals with many issues of ecclesiastical law. Due to constant use, copies are often found in poor condition. 2) Palau, after 34 653. 3) Includes chapters on the legal status of slaves.

* Astrological Chart. A Victorian Astrological Chart, mid 19th century, attractive hand-coloured etched chart on wove paper, of concentric circle form with manuscript infill, surrounded by printed illustrations of the phases of the moon, figures and animals depicting signs of the the Zodiac, within a rectangular border with printed text at head & foot, 63 x 49.5 cm (25 x 19.5 ins), moulded frame, glazedQty: (1)

Manuscript Atlas , [England], 1800, a manuscript English county atlas with a partial world atlas, with 40 full-page pen and ink and wash and/or watercolour county maps, plus North Wales, South Wales and two key maps, each county map with accompanying text on facing page (verso of previous map), the world atlas with 20 maps of Europe and western parts of Asia only, all but one with accompanying text, all very neatly written and drawn with some calligraphic titling (some see-through in Europe and Asia section) on laid paper with George III period watermark, some blank leaves present between parts and at end, light browning and closed tear to introductory text leaf, contemporary marbled boards with antique-style calf reback and corners, original title label preserved ('Maps / J.R.'), 4to (230 x 175 mm)Qty: (1)NOTESThe county atlas is based on Badeslade & Tom's Chorographia Britanniae (probably the first edition of 1742, in which the maps had a limited number of names within each county), while the model(s) for the European and Asian maps has not been identified .

Embroidery pattern book. Dessins pour coins de mouchoirs, pour manchettes, et pour cols [manuscript cover title], [France or Belgium], c. 1860, a manuscript album in 3 parts of 50, 66 and 24 numbered thin paper leaves, comprising a total of 243 designs on rectos and versos of 140 leaves, leaves not numbered consecutively and some inverted but overall complete, each design being shown both in black India ink and in coloured inks of up to 12 colours, some occasional minor spotting, creasing and marginal fraying, title repaired at margins and with following leaf of designs partly adhered at inner margins, 4 numbered leaves with closed tears (65, 1, 11 & 7), original paper wrappers with ink title in block capitals to upper cover, browned, torn and repaired with modern paper backstrip, folio (31 x 21 cm)Qty: (1)

Embroidery samples album. Mustersam[m]lung für Pauline Häck den 4. Oktober 1849 [manuscript cover title], [Germany], c. 1850, an album containing one baby bib and 303 bobbin and crotchet lace samples, a few specimens slightly browned, stitched onto rectos (and a few versos) of 31 leaves with green brushed paper to rectos, contemporary half calf over marbled boards with manuscript title label and broken cloth ties, rubbed, 4to (27.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)

* Napoleonic Wars. Autograph letter signed William Boultbee of Killeen, N. Ireland, written to James Nisbett, merchant of London and Ships Chandler, commenting on the cowardice of Spanish soldiers in the Peninsular War, Feb 12 1810, 3 pages, integral address page with postmarks, letter partly relating to business and supply of sheep, including comment on a conversation with a soldier who told him of corwardice of Spanish soldiers in the Peninsular War, he mentions that when at Lord Bridgewater's he met a fellow who had commanded a regiment in Spain, so he examined him, and he heard that in the action mentioned the French outnumbered the English 3 to 1, had superior artillery and better ground, so Wellesley considered it foolish to challenge and said that the Spanish officers were traitors and the soldiers cowards, who ran away at the approach of danger and even tore off their clothes so they could run faster, old folds, folio, together with: H.M.S. Prosperine , An unpublished song on the loss of H.M.S. Prosperine, circa 1810, manuscript song titled "The Loss of H.M. Ship Prosperine by the crew Feby 5th 1798", 2 pages, written in a neat hand, with integral blank leaf, folded, 8vo, Pode (John Spurrell) , Autograph letter signed to an unkown gentleman in which he responds to a request to send the writer the names and rank of the Officers serving in the Ermington Troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, Slade [near Plymouth], May 3, 1804, single page written in a neat hand, John Spurrell Pode of Slade Devonshire lists himself as "Captain Commandent" and includes the names of six other officers serving in the Ermington Yeomanry Cavalry at the time of the threatened invasion by Napoleon, some old folds, 4to, Prince Edward Augustus (Duke of Kent and Strathearn, 1767-1820) , Invoice for supplies to Fort Edward in Nova Scotia, Dec 24, 1797, single sheet written to both sides, authorised and signed to verso by Edward, Duke of Kent (Queen Victoria's father), as Lt. General, Commanding His Majesty's Forces in Nova Scotia and its dependancies, old folds, oblong 8voQty: (4)

* Vellum Deeds. A group of 34 vellum deeds, 17th/19th century, mostly folding and many relating to land agreements in Lancashire, etc., including 10 x 17th century (generally soiled and wrinkled) and 10 x 18th century, plus a quantity of manuscript paper documents, 17th-19th century, including originals and contemporary copies of wills, warrants, apprenticeship agreements, obligations, accounts and invoices etc., many of Lancashire interest, plus a ledger, circa 1830s, of accounts with minimal details, contemporary calf with strapwork design, rubbed, folio, plus a small quantity of plans including some manuscripts, mostly early 20th centuryQty: (a carton)

Bodoni Press. The Alphabet of Francesco Torniello da Novara [1517] ..., Verona, 1971, numerous woodcut illustrations in letterpress, title printed in blue & black, dedication leaf stating 'This Copy has been printed for Hans Schmoller', top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original morocco-backed lettered boards, gilt-lettered spine lightly faded, prospectus loosely inserted, dust jacket (spine a little frayed at foot), slipcase, 4to, (limited edition, out-of-series copy from the edition of 160 copies in English), together with: Nonesuch Press , A History of the Nonesuch Press, by John Dreyfus ..., London, 1981, letterpress illustrations (some full page), some pencil annotations, front free endpaper with authorial ink manuscript presentation inscription to Hans Schmoller, original red cloth gilt, prospectus loosely inserted, dust jacket, folio, (limited edition, out-of-series copy from an edition of 950 copies), plus 5 others related: Lettera a Giovanni Anchiseo, by Francesco Petrarca, 1967; The Remarkable Story of a Book Made in Padua in 1477 ..., by Giovanni Mardersteig, 1967; Discorso Sull'Umanesimo Italiano, by Carlo Dionisotti, 1956 (limited edition, one of 250 copies); Francesco Alunno da Ferrara ..., by Giovanni Mardersteig, 1970; Pastonchi, A Specimen of a New Letter for use on the "Monotype", 1928, (limited edition, one of 200 copies)Qty: (7)NOTESProvenance: (first six items only) Hans Schmoller (calligraphic book ticket of 'Tatyana and Hans Schmoller' on each front pastedown, plus additional inscriptions and dedications as described). Hans Schmoller (1916-1985) was Head of Typography and Design at Penguin Books from 1949 to 1976, after managing the bindery at the Curwen Press. Nicknamed 'Half-Point Schmoller' for his attention to detail, he married Tatayana (Tanya) Kent in 1950.

Hand-painted vellum bindings. Dante Alighieri's Göttliche Komödie, edited by Karl Streckfuss and Rudolf Pfleiderer, Leipzig: Philipp Reclam jun., c. 1900, together with La Gerusalemme Liberata di Torquato Tasso, Florence: G. Barbera, 1901, engraved portrait frontispiece and silk marker to second work, both contemporary hand-painted vellum bindings, the upper covers incorporating a large initial and decorative floral designs with gilt studs in the manner of an illuminated manuscript, the first with a profile of Dante within the initial 'D', manuscript titles to spines and geometric designs to lower covers, lacking ties to second work, both slightly rubbed and dust-soiled, 8vo (14 x 9 cm) & 16mo (10 x 6 cm) respectivelyQty: (2)NOTESThe binding decorations are probably the work of Giannini family workshop in Florence. It is likely these are by Giulio Giannini (1853-1931), though similar work was carried out by his son Guido (1877-1956) and grandson Giulio Junior (1901-1992).

[Juvenilia]. The Giant Show. Or the Adventures and Misadventures of Benjamin McLummund Esq, formerly of Beenstorke in the Isle of Skye, but now residing at Noland Castle, Ayrshire. Illustrated by a Series of Pen and Ink Sketches, originally thrown off for the Delectation of the Dear Little Denizens of a Nursery, but now collected and published for the Benefit of a Small Society recently established in the Town of N+++++++++ for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Good Principles and Warm Flannel, amongst the Poor of that Place, 1st edition, Ipswich: printed at the Anastatic Printing Press, [1863], [4] 48 pp., anastatically printed in imitation of a manuscript, on rectos only, illustrations throughout, original wavy-grain red cloth, original printed paper label to front board (chipped to no loss of text), oblong 8voQty: (1)NOTESLibraryHub traces one copy only (V&A).

Kipling (Rudyard). Macmillan's [and Methuen] Pocket Kipling, 24 volumes, mixed editions, 1907-1931, comprising 20 titles (3 duplicated), including The Second Jungle Book, Captains Courageous, Wee Willie Winkie, Barrack Room Ballads, From Sea to Sea (2 volumes), etc., 10 with bookticket of Sir Philip L. Brocklehurst, Bt., Swythamley Park, 3 with ink manuscript signature H. C. Brocklehurst, 1 volume with pencilled verses and portrait sketches to rear endpapers (dated 1910), the verses with references to the Polar zone, taking risks and exploring off the beaten track, 4 with cracked hinges, 3 top edges gilt, the remainder all edges gilt, original uniform red morocco, gilt-decorated spines (faded), front covers with Kilping's elephant and swastika medallion in gilt (1 volume dated 1931 lacking swastika), rubbed with some wear to spine ends, a few marks, 1 volume with dampstaining to covers, 8vo, together with 3 volumes similar: A Kipling Anthology, Prose (2 copies), Macmillan, 1922, A Kipling Anthology, Verse, Methuen, 1922 , 1 with armorial bookplate 'Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst Bart.', top edges gilt, original uniform red morocco, gilt-decorated spines (faded), extremities rubbed, some minor marks, 8vo, plus 17 others Kilping including: 4 Macmillan's Pocket Kipling titles in original blue cloth gilt; Kipling's Poetical Works (combined editions), Methuen, 2 copies, 1 with armorial booklate of Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, the other with ink manuscript inscription 'Courtney from ?, May 1915', both original red morocco giltQty: (44)NOTESProvenance: Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, 2nd Baronet is mainly known as a member of the Nimrod Expedition in Antarctica of 1907–1909, led by Ernest Shackleton. His brother Lieutenant Colonel Henry Courtney Brocklehurst was killed in action in Burma, 1942.

[Walker, George]. The Costume of Yorkshire, illustrated by a series of forty engravings, being fac-similes of original drawings, with descriptions in English and French, 1st edition, London: T. Bensley, 1814, 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates only (complete as list, but bound without frontispiece, as called for in Abbey Life), letterpress in English and French, including separate titles and tables of contents, scarce minor spots, a few marks to letterpress, front free endpaper with ink manuscript ownership inscriptions, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, front joint cracked, top portion of spine loose inside, folioQty: (1)NOTESAbbey, Life 432. Plate III shows the first published pictorial representation of a steam-engine on rails; built by Murray & Blenkinsop, Leeds, in 1812, about two years before Stephenson's engine, it was used from 1812 until 1833. Other trades depicted include dog breaker, lowkers, woman making oat cakes, the cranberry girl, rape threshing, whalebone scrapers, leech finders, Sheffield cutler, jockeys, etc.

Flora Danica. [Icones plantarum sponte nascentium in regnis Daniae et Norvegiae, in ducatibus Slesvici et Holsatiae, et in comitatibus Oldenburgi et Delmenhorstiae, ad illustrandum opus de iisdem plantis, regio jussu exarandum, Florae Danicae nomine inscriptum], fascicules 1-4 and 6-16 (of 51) each in separate volume, 1st editions, Copenhagen: [Georg Christian Oeder ... fascicules 11-15: Otto Friedrich Müller], 1761-87, 900 engraved plates (numbered 1-240 and 301-960), each fascicule with half-title, list of plates (6 or 8 pp.), and hand-numbered initial address leaf signed by the relevant editor and completed in manuscript with recipient's name (numbers comprising 30, 31, 32, 36, each for a different recipient), fascicule 10 with 10 pp. index at rear, fascicules 1, 3, 6 and 16 with contemporary manuscript captions to plate margins (very occasionally within plates), plate 133 image shaved at foot, a few other plates trimmed to plate-mark, fascicule 1 lacking endpapers, every other fascicule with royal Danish seal in red wax to front pastedown (fixing two binding threads in green silk), fascicule 4 seal in black, contemporary uniform marbled half sheep bindings, gilt spines with title-label to second compartment, set numbers gilt to third compartments on labels or direct, fascicules belonging to set number 36 with contemporary gilt stamps of Bergen Museum to front boards, worn, some loss to spines, folio (36.6 x 22.5 cm)Qty: (15)NOTESNissen BBI 2249. Full title-pages were apparently issued only on the completion of each volume, comprising three fascicules.

Postal History. CDS Driffield MY30 1843. CDS York receiving MY31 1843 Code A Manuscript 1 paid. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

Anglo-Irish School (early 19th century)Captain J. Thompson, Royal Irish Fusiliers, half-length and dressed in military uniformtitled manuscript label to verso with Protestant Ascendancy genealogical notices, oil on board, 22.5cm x 18cm

English School (early 19th century), a portrait silhouette, of John Rees as a student, later the Rev. John Rees-Mogg (1772-1835) of Cholwell, Cameley, Somerset, bust-length and in profile, the young gentleman-scholar wears a mortarboard, oval, black watercolour and picked out in gilt, 9cm x 7cm, the picture mounted and framed as mourning relic with a lock of hair and the subject's autograph signature, manuscript biographical notice to verso, the whole 21.5cm x 14cm, c. 1835

Antiquarian Books - Local Interest - Calke Abbey Provenance, Armorial Binding, Stephen (The Right Hon. Sir James, K.C.B.), Essays in Ecclesiastical Biography, fourth edition, London: Longman [...], 1860, contemporary calf gilt by Bemrose & Sons bindery, their ticket (chipped spine, loosening upper-cover), all-edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, (1); a mid-20th century typed manuscript, listing various British country houses and further architectural sights, brown leather over brown cloth folio, (1), [2] Provenance: 1) Sir John Harpur-Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824-1886), of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, armorial binding: his coat of arms blocked in gilt on the upper-cover.

Houghton (John). Husbandry and Trade Improv'd: Being a Collection of many valuable Materials relating to Corn, Cattle, Coals, Hops, Wool, &c. ... , now Revised, Corrected, and Published, with a Preface and useful Indexes, by Richard Bradley..., 4 volumes, mixed editions, London: for Woodman and Lyon, 1727-1728, titles printed in red & black, that to first volume with early ink manuscript annotation, volumes 1 & 4 each with ink library stamp (Lawes Agricultural Trust) at head of page 1 (volume 1 also to blank verso of title), uniform contemporary mottled calf gilt, rubbed spines with labels renewed, extremities worn, joints cracked, 8voQty: (4)NOTESESTC T68452 & T152045. Volume 1 is the second edition of 1728, printed in the same year as the fourth volume. Volumes 2 & 3 belong to the first edition of 1727.

Slater, Isaac. I. Slater's New British Atlas, comprising the Counties of England, (Upon which are laid down all Railways Completed and in Progress), with Separate Large Sheet Maps of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, first edition, 3 large hand-coloured folding maps, backed on linen, 39 hand-coloured engraved county maps, folding hand-coloured map of the environs of London, tissue guards, a few later manuscript maps added by a previous owner, contemporary half calf, rubbed, folio, London: Isaac Slater, [1857]

Ceylon Heterocera. A group of 39 pencil and watercolour studies of the moths of Ceylon, multiple specimens per sheet, each captioned or numbered, 200mm x 320mm approx., and a manuscript map, 350mm x 210mm, in the remains of an envelope addressed to 'Dr. Templeton... Dublin', postmarked, May 1867 (40)

Celsus, Aurelius Cornelius. De Medicina Libri Octo, Lugduni Batavorum: Joh. Arn. Langerak, 1746, the Latin text interleaved with late eighteenth century manuscript translation to English, later half morocco, folio, sold w.a.f.

Moulton-Barrett, Octavius. An album of over 200 amateur watercolours and drawings, the majority of humorous scenes or family members, often captioned, on scraps of paper, mounted, 4to, .c1860; a manuscript notebook attributed to Elisabeth Georgina Barrett (1833-1918), the free-endpaper inscribed 'Elisabeth Barrett August 16th, 1851 Hackney', with scholarly notes on poetry, 72pp.+, contemporary half calf, rubbed; and a notebook of poetry quotations in various hands, c.1827 (3) Octavius Moulton-Barrett (12 April 1824-11 Nov 1910) was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's youngest brother. He was a keen artist and studied under Sir Charles Barry. Upon his death, a portfolio of drawings he executed during the construction of the Houses of Parliament was gifted to the nation by his family.

Barrett Browning, Elizabeth. A collection of manuscript poems, and other items. The reference numbers are those from The Brownings: A Research Guide, where they are described as being in a private collection. a. The Enchantress, fair copy, revised. Canto 1. stanzas 1-15 in the hand of Mary Moulton- Barrett (mother of Elizabeth), watermark W Thomas 1820; title, stanzas 16-24 apparently in the hand of EBB, watermark 1818. 13pp., 4to. [DO231.1] First published in The Enchantress and Other Poems, PP., 1913 b. The Enchantress (another copy), transcript, revised, apparently in the hand of MMB, with revisions and corrections by EBB. All pages with same heraldic watermark: a coat of arms including a bugle with separate initials. 13pp., 4to. [DO231.2] c. The Enchantress, Canto 2, stanza 8, line 6 - stanza 15, and includes stanza 24, all apparently by EBB. No watermark. 5pp. 4to., including wrapper [DO233.1] d. The Enchantress, transcript by MMB of Canto 1, 14 stanzas, and Canto 2, 23 stanzas, with pencil revisions probably in the hand of EBB, dated May 13th 1822. Watermark W Thomas 1820 (note this is the same paper as MMB used for stanzas 1 - 15 in DO231.1). 9pp., small folio. [DO233.2] e. (An Essay on Mind). Lines 158 - 234, beginning The Young Thucydides, in the hand of MMB. Watermark C Penny London, 4pp., 4to. [DO251.1] First published in An Essay on Mind, With Other Poems, 1826. f. The African A Poem in two Cantos, transcript in the hand of MMB with revisions, corrections and possibly half of p. 18 by EBB, 25pp, folio, p. 5 in 4to., watermarks RN 1810 and J Lloyd 1816. This MS published in Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 5, 392-408. [DOO15.1] g. "The Druidical Tumulus at Pornic", watercolour. possibly by Robert Browning, father of the poet, with further sketch of two buildings on verso, 11.5cms x 18.4cms. Pornic is in South Eastern Brittany. h. Notes in two unknown hands, one commenting on a poem, the other relating to a play about the conquest of Peru. 3 and a half pp., 8vo. i. Letter addressed to "My Lord", unfinished draft probably written by a female Whig attacking the government, the nobility and Lord Castlereagh. From Hope End, dated Oct. 1817. 3 and a qtr. pp., folio

Tacitus, Publius Cornelius. The Annales..., 2 parts bound in one, lacks ¶2, 3pp. of manuscript contents bound in, waterstained and wormed throughout with loss of text, seventeenth century calf, rebacked and repaired, folio, London: A. Hatfield for J. Norton, 1604-1605 [STC 23645], sold w.a.f.

Sir John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford. A grant of title awarded by Lord Melbourne to Sir John Byng, raising him to Baron Strafford, the manuscript on vellum with decorative border, heightened with gold, rolled in case, with wax seal, 890mm x 690mm approx., [c.1835] Field Marshal John Byng, 1st Earl of Strafford GCB, GCH, PC (Ire) (1772-1860) was a British Army officer and politician. After serving as a junior officer during the French Revolutionary Wars and Irish Rebellion of 1798, he became Commanding Officer of the Grenadier Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Guards during the disastrous Walcheren Campaign. He served as a brigade commander at the Battle of Victoria and then at the Battle of Roncesvalles on 25 July 1813 when his brigade took the brunt of the French assault and held its position for three hours in the early morning before finally being forced back. During the Hundred Days he commanded the 2nd Guards Brigade at the Battle of Quatre Bras in June 1815 and again at the Battle of Waterloo later that month when light companies from his brigade played an important role in the defence of Château d'Hougoumont. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Ireland and, after leaving Ireland in 1831, he was elected as Whig Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset and was one of the few military men who supported the Reform Bill, for which he was rewarded with a peerage.

European Tour 'Golden Days'. Two manuscript volumes detailing the travels of Louey and Thomas Lea documented and dedicated to the married couple by the author, their cousin Mary, commencing 16th September 1872 in England, then to Paris, the Alps, Switzerland, Venice, Florence, Rome, Naples and Genoa, the journey ending on 28th November, 646pp., numerous photographs, often with decorative borders in ink, pressed flowers and occasional ephemera, contemporary full morocco by C. Winstanley, brass clasps, all edges gilt, 4to, 1872 A loosely inserted note speculates the author is the grand-daughter of Commander Joseph Robert Hownam (1785-1859), Chamberlain to Queen Caroline.

Le Duc d'Orleans, Wood Norton Game Book. A manuscript game book for Wood Norton, Worcestershire, 1897-1911, recording the game shot by HRH Le Duc D' Orleans, His Majesty the King of Portugal, HRH Princess Louise, HRH Prince Albert de Belgique, HRH Prince Charles de Bourbon, HRH Prince de Leon, HRH Prince F de Broglie, HRH Prince Gaston of Orleans, HRH Duke de Alencon, and others, contemporary reverse half calf, folio

Japan: Scheuchzer (Johann Gaspar) 1702-1729, an 18thC Map of Japan: 'Ichnographica Urbis JEDO, quoe Japonica Impery Metropolis & summi Japonum Monarcha Sedes est ex Mappa Japonica Musei Sloaniani, quatuor piedes Anglicos cum dimidio longa totidem lata contraxit. I.G. SCHEVCHZER', London, Scheuchzer, 1727, coloured, image size13¼in x 15¼in (34cm x 39cm), some light foxing, glazed and framed. Note: Scheuchzer translated and edited the manuscript "Today's Japan" by Engelbert Kaempfer, which had been acquired by Hans Sloane with the rest of Kaempfer's collection - this translation was published in two folio volumes in 1727.

A leather presentation cased Bronze Medallion ''Verdin Technical Schools, Winsford, opened 8th August 1895'', ''Winsford Exhibition awarded to Mr. H. Aimson for exhibition Illuminated Manuscript P.V. 1895''. In maker's case ''Thomas Ottley, Medallist 78 Spencer St., Birmingham established 1814'', 1 3/4'' diameter approx.,

Jones (David [pseudonym Dai Greatcoat], painter and poet, 1895-1974) 2 Autograph Letters signed (1 to the publisher Owen Rutter at the Golden Cockerel Press and 1 to Angela Cunningham), together 4pp. & 1 envelope, Sidmouth & Harrow, 26th April 1939 & 9th June 1966, (1) to Owen Rutter saying that he has not produced any new engravings recently and referring to a reprint of The Chester Play of the Deluge, "... I still occasionally have enquiries for a whole set of, or prints from the set of, my Deluge engravings - the blocks of which are in the possession of the Press, except one, in my possession", and enquiring as to whether the Golden Cockerel Press still had any sets he can have to sell (2) to Angela Cunningham regretting that he has no watercolours for sale, "But the truth is I have only a very, very few of any of what might be called 'representative works' in my possession. I... had the great misfortune of losing a fair number some years ago; and what I now possess I feel I must retain for various reasons"; Proof Corrections for "Sleeping Lord" and notes to "XXX - Galley 33", together 5pp., n.d.; and 14 others by or relating to David Jones, including: Single typed sheet with autograph manuscript notes by Jones; 2 engravings by Jones (1 bookplate for Hilary Pepler), a pen and ink drawing by Stanley Honeyman, folds, v.s., v.d. (17).

Shakespeare.- Austen (John) Venus and Adonis, 18 book illustrations for an unpublished project, including title page with wood-engraving set within pen and ink page layout design, two others set within manuscript page layouts, a label design, and 14 further book illustrations, including 5 duplicates, one impression and its duplicate were published in 'John Austen & The Inseparables' wood-engravings on various papers, 12 signed in pencil by the artist, numerous other pencil inscriptions, sheets of various size, from 115 x 95 mm (4 1/2 x 3 3/4 in) to 240 x 180 mm (9 1/2 x 7 1/8 in), some taped into mounts with adhesive stains in corners, otherwise occasional surface dirt and light browning, all unframed, circa 1931 (16)Provenance:Probably Christie's South Kensington, Original Book Illustrations and Modern Illustrated Books, 9th June 1995 (lot number unknown)

Hughes (Ted) Animal Poems, number 26 of 20 copies numbered 17-36, with the poem 'Hawk Roosting' in manuscript bound at front, from an edition of 100 copies, signed by the author to front free end paper, original wrappers, a very fine example, [Sagar and Tabor, A13], 8vo, 1967.

Hughes (Ted) The Martyrdom of Bishop Farrar, number 41 of 87 copies signed by the author to title, from an edition of 100, original pictorial wrappers, very lightly creased but overall an excellent example, 1970; and a first edition of the same, ?one of 100 copies, 1970; and a proof copy of the cover, manuscript note to lower panel, possibly in the author's hand: 'one of four proof copies - never got beyond proof stage - the block (but without lettering) was used as the leaves of the pamphlet', minor creasing, [Sagar and Tabor, A21 a.1 & a.2], v.s. (3)⁂ Richard Gilbertson wrote of his original intentions that it was meant to be a woodcut blown up in the style of a broadside: 'then I found the marbled paper and changed my plans, for it seemed to me that if the woodcut were imposed on the flames-and-blue-sky of the paper that it could be very effective. But unfortunately it reminded Ted on an old school exercise book!...[this] made it necessary to do it again.' Sagar and Tabor, p.47

Artist & Illustrator.- Folkard (Charles, illustrator and comics artist, 1878-1963) 53 Autograph Letters signed and 1 Postcard signed to Dent publisher's, 68pp. & 1 side, with file copy typed replies from Dent, sm. 4to, 2 Court Farm Road, Mottingham, [London], 4th February 1931 - 21st June 1933, on printing his illustrations for The Land of Nursery Rhyme and other projects, "I am very sorry to learn that you have had much difficulty with the colour scheme for 'The Land of Nursery Rhyme'. In most cases it does not matter very much what colour is used. But where the Rhyme refers to a Little Boy Blue, or a Golden Egg then I think it is important that the colour should be right"; and a manuscript note, "Land of Nursery Rhyme - Colour scheme for text illustrations", folds (54 pieces).⁂ Correspondence refers to The Land of Nursery Rhyme. As seen by Alice Daglish and Ernest Rhys. With ... pictures drawn by Charles Folkard, J.M. Dent & Sons, 1932.

Interesting early 20th Century Chinese manuscript, reputedly an Account book of Iron purchases, Guang Cheng Xin for Yi Chang-min, dated 29th year Guangxu [1903], as per accompanying transcription note from Bristol Museum, the manuscript of folded design with red stamps, approx 11.5cm x 5cm (closed) in ribbed outer sleeve with manuscript sticker to front Condition: General wear commensurate with age and handling, sold as seen. **General condition consistent with age

AN EARLY KUFIC ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT painted on leather, 31cm x 18cm.

A quantity of mixed, mainly 20th century coinage, a red leather 'Counters' box containing various tokens, some Victorian, a small quantity of mixed stamps, a typed small manuscript 'True War Story' submitted by G. H. Jolley, certified Master Mariner and a 1935 crown in a black ebonised frame, also some George III pennies, commemorative coins, etc.

14th century AD and later. A mixed group of items, formerly the property of Charles F. Spink and retrieved from his personal writing desk, comprising: (A) three English lead-alloy medieval pilgrim badges being: (i) a standing mailed figure with sword in left hand and mitre-style headdress, possibly depicting St Thomas Beckett, affixed below (ii) a delicate Gothic 'triptych' type openwork tracery surround, both mounted on a 19th century card with inked manuscript 'Queenhithe 1867' inscription; with (iii) another openwork pilgrim badge with small card label bearing inked manuscript 'Steel Yard 1863 / 623 Part' inscription in two lines; (B) an original photograph mounted on card showing a family group sitting in a veteran car with two other ladies standing alongside and bearing the inked manuscript 'Charles Frederick Spink / at the wheel of / the first car in Chislehurst' inscription in three lines to the reverse; (C) a modern photograph of Charles Spink's personal writing desk; (D) a Spink & Son Ltd Exhibition of Ancient Sculptures Vases and Bronzes, catalogue, undated but refers to '...difficulties arising out of War conditions.....' so believed to be from the 1914-1919 period; (E) a Spink & Son Ltd Illustrated Catalogue of a Selection of Egyptian and Babylonian Antiques, retail priced catalogue; (F) a Spink & Son Ltd printed flyer relating to 'Old Canton Enamel'; (G) a manuscript letter on printed Spink & Son letterhead on the subject of 'Some Jewish Coins' listing a number of coins with prices, believed to be in the hand of Charles Frederick Spink; (H) a typescript letter signed by A P Oppe on printed Victoria & Albert Museum letterhead with mourning edges following the death of Edward VII, dated 16 December 1910, accepting the gift from Charles Spink of a 'specimen of old Chinese lacquer, illustrating the process of manufacture by super-imposed layers'; (I) two specimens of Chinese lacquer of the same form as described in the V&A letter which same held together in an old envelope with manuscript '3 pieces of Chinese Lacquer in colours' with the '3' struck through; (J) a copper printing plate for the private visiting card of Charles F. Spink of 'FORD BANK / ST LEONARDS ON SEA' in two lines; (K) an early 19th century coin box with top and base formed from two 1799 farthings of George III and containing grains of barley with a card slip bearing the inked manuscript 'Egyptian Barley / 2500 years old' annotation in two lines; (L) a small glass corked phial bearing the inked manuscript label 'Gold Pellets' to the outside; (M) a carved wood ethnographic art phial with linear ornament and side loop, with brass wire binding around neck. See Mitchiner, M., Medieval Pilgrim & Secular Badges, London, 1986; Spencer, B., Pilgrim Souvenirs and Secular Badges, Woodbridge, 2010. 630 grams total, 4-24cm (1 1/2 - 9 1/2"). Property of a Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK, reverend; by inheritance and descent from the collections of Charles Frederick Spink (1878-1945); holder of the Royal Warrant to provide medals for Queen Victoria and dealer in fine arts with the firm Spink & Son; the pilgrim badges found in London at Queenhithe, 1867 and at Steel Yard, 1863. The objects in this group were all the property of Charles Frederick Spink (1878-1945) at the time of his death and were kept in his private writing desk, of 'William and Mary' date (1690-1700); item (C) is a photograph of this desk showing the arrangement of drawers and slots in which the items were held. Charles was a member of his family firm Spink & Son Ltd, long-established dealers and auctioneers in fine arts, antiquities and coins and makers of medals and orders, including for the Royal Family and internationally; the firm famously continues to the present day. The pilgrim badges are interesting, and it is no exaggeration to say that the gothic tracery (item Aii) is a remarkable survival and largely intact (see Spencer, 2010, items 86 and 142 for similar but much smaller specimens of the type"). The armoured figure (item Ai) is of a type which appears in depictions of the martyrdom of Archbishop Thomas Becket, St. Alban (Mitchener, 1986, item 249) or St. Edmund (Mitchener, 1986, item 247) where the physical violence of the martyr's death is emphasised. [13] Fine condition. The pilgrim badges exceptional and rare.

MONT BLANC UNICEF HELMUT JAHN EDITION MEISTERSTUCK FOUNTAIN PEN, the eighteen carat gold nib inscribed 'Mont Blanc', with Mont Blanc ink well, contained together in acrylic case, with box Note: For this Meisterstuck 149 fountain pen, acclaimed architect Helmut Jahn and his London studio created a case of solid acrylic screen printed with an original manuscript by Wolfgang von Goethe held in Montblanc's archives. This design was intended to highlight the link between hand, pen and mind in achieving literacy.

NO RESERVE Somerset, Stewley.- I, Ralph le Monye have conceded and by this present charter have granted to Hugh de Dene three acres in Stewley, witnesses: William Everard, Phillip de Bosco, Richard de Hastings and others, manuscript in Latin, in a fine charter hand, on vellum, 15 lines, in brown ink, extensively torn with loss, creased and browned, lacks seal, 162 x 190mm., [c. 1250].

NO RESERVE Music.- [Illuminated Musical Manuscript on vellum], 2 leaves illuminated musical manuscript on vellum, musical notation on black on a red five-line stave, double-side mount, framed, each leaf c.295 x 450 mm., frame c.800 x 650 mm, [?15th Century].

Elizabethan Document.- Obligation bond between Martin Cobbe of Snettisham and Francis Sundburge of London, D.s., manuscript in Latin and English, on vellum, 2pp., folds, slightly creased and yellowed, red wax seal with good impression, 132 x 266mm., 14th June 1578; and 13 others mostly 16th & 17th century documents (1 18th century), including Chancery documents, obligation bonds and a will, v.s., v.d. (14 pieces).

Lisbon.- Division of assets, given in Lisbon, in favour of Joanna de Vasconcellos, on the death of her husband Rodrigo de Souza, in payment of her dowry and marriage settlement in money, houses and land near Cintra, manuscript in Portuguese, 24pp., wax and paper seal cracked on last f., folds, slightly browned, later wrappers, sm. folio, Lisbon, 25th June 1594.

17th century note.- Plutarch on ye nature of Man, manuscript, 1p., 115 x 83mm., ]17th century]; and c. 25 others, including a small quantity of later manuscript poetry, v.s., v.d. (c. 25).

Lisbon, Benfica.- Deed between Joseph da Costa Marante and his wife Francisca Gomes concerning the ownership of land and properties in Benfica, manuscript in Portuguese, 23pp. and docket f., folds, browned, unbound, folio, Lisbon, 7th November 1692.

Oxford University Penance.- A forme of Penance... to be made by George Orton on his knees in the Open Court of the Chancellor of the University of Oxon..., manuscript extract, 1p. with conjugate blank, tear along folds, small brown mark, folds, slightly browned, City of London watermark, folio, 1697.⁂ "Whereas I George Orton, contrary to good manners, have spoken, & uttered certain false, scandalous, & malicious words against the University of Oxford, & the Officers of the said University, &of the Chancelors Courtt of the University of Oxon, & particularly... the Vice Chancelor... & of the Society of Jesus Coll:... Jose[eph Wood [Registrar]."

Churchill (John, first Duke of Marlborough, army officer and politician, 1650-1722) Commission appointing John Chamfleury to be Lieutenant in the Regiment of Foot in Colonel de Lalo's Regiment, D.s. "Marlborough" and "G Marshall", manuscript on vellum, paper seal, several small holes, folds, creased and browned, framed and glazed, document 253 x 325mm., 1st August 1705; and an engraved portrait of Marlborough, [c. 1705], v.s. (2).

City of London.- Polhill (Charles, grandson of Henry Ireton and great-grandson of Oliver Cromwell, 1689-1755) [Petition by Charles Polhill to be discharged from the office of sheriff in the City of London], D,s, "Cha Polhill", manuscript, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, small tear at head, folds, browned, folio, [c. 1750].

Lisbon.- Joseph I (King of Portugal, 1714-77) Appointment of Antonio Pedro de Figueiredo to the Order of Christ by reason of ?military service, D.s. "El Rey", manuscript in Portuguese, on vellum, 3pp., folds, slightly yellowed, lacks seal, 330 x 245mm., 17th February 1764.

Portugal.- Joseph I (King of Portugal, 1714-77) Order to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Conde de Oeiras, secretary of state, to create António José de Faria e Costa de Abreu Guião of Lisbon, son of Judge Romão Jozé Rosa Guião, a gentleman of his household with a monthly settlement, D.s. secretarial signature "Rey" and "Conde de Oeiras (Marquis de Pombal), manuscript in Portuguese, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folds, browned, ink stain on blank f., folio, Lisbon, 26th August 1766.

Scottish Merchant Family.- [Anderson (Elizabeth, maiden name Oswald, wife of William Anderson, merchant of Wick)] [Account of the death of William Anderson], manuscript, 21pp. excluding blanks, last blank f. small tears in inner margins, slightly browned, unbound, sm. 4to, [c. 1780].⁂ Elizabeth Anderson, sister of Richard Oswald (1705?-84), merchant and diplomat.

Portugal, Portel.- Maria I (Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816) Appointment of the judge Estevão José Pereira Palha to the hereditary position of scribe ad accountant of the town of Portel on the death of his father, D.s. "A Rainha", manuscript in Portuguese, on vellum, 3pp. with docket on verso, paper seal, folds, yellowed, folio, Lisbon, 15th October 1781.

Portugal.- John VI (King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, as Prince Regent, 1767-1826) Appointment conferring the habit of the Order of Christ on José Pereira, D.s. "O Principe", manuscript in Portuguese, on vellum, 2½pp., folds, small piece of lower margins torn away not affecting text, folds, some slight soiling to edges, yellowed, 340 x 275mm., 6th June 1803.

Waterloo Bridge.- Grant to William Moseley of an annuity of £14, printed document signed with manuscript insertions, on vellum, folds, yellowed, 430 x 334mm., 20th July 1816.

Birmingham/Warwickshire Estate Map.- Erdington No. 5 & 6, 2 manuscript pen and ink maps, on paper, backed on linen, wooden rollers, no. 5 with slight hand-colouring, a few small holes and edges chipped, paper browned, cracked and creased, 650 x 510mm. & 465 x 465mm., n.d., [c. 1820] (2).

Portugal, Portel near Évora.- John VI (King of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, 1767-1826) Appointment of José Pereira Palha de Farin as judge in the town of Portel, who succeeded to the post owing to the death of his father, D.s. "El Rey", manuscript in Portuguese, on vellum, 3pp., paper seal, folds, slightly yellowed, 382 x 268mm., 2nd April 1821.

West Sussex, Chichester.- Smith (Francis, JP, of Salt Hill, Chichester) Bank Book, manuscript in several hands, c. 120pp. excluding blanks, original vellum, soiled, engraved bookplate of Francis Smith partially laid down on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1832-85.⁂ Includes purchases of Fulham Bridge, Old Fishbourne Farm, shares etc.

New Forest.- Legal submission by a small proprietor in the New Forest to the Select Committee of the House of Commons, manuscript, 16pp., numerous corrections and crossings out, slightly browned, unbound, folio, Burley Lawn, New Forest, October 1848.⁂ A draft of a legal submission by a landowner relating to drainage of land in the New Forest, and written in response to the House of Commons Report on the New Forest in 1848. The select committee was dissolved in 1849, and replaced by a Royal Commission. Both made recommendations for the use of the New Forest, the deer population, the use of waterways and the rights of the common landowners.

Lament of the Old Year, illuminated manuscript on thick paper, 8ff. on recto and verso, calligraphic verse with elaborate decorative borders of flora and foliage in colours, heightened in gilt, original green morocco, gilt, lettered in gilt on upper cover, 4to, [mid 19th century].