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World War II - A Third Reich Nazi German M34 Feuerwehr 'salt shaker' civic stalhelm helmet, leather liner and chinstrap, indistinctly marked, named in ink manuscript Schafer Ka**, 30cm long

[Book-collecting]. Book-auction catalogues, 19th & 20th century, comprising: 1. Catalogue of the Fine, Extensive and Valuable Library of the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Gosford ... (Removed from Gosford Castle, Armagh, Ireland) ... To be sold by auction, by messrs, Puttick and Simpson ... on Monday, April 21 1884, and ten following days, London: Norman and Son, 1884, pp. viii 175 [1] xxxiv, 'List of Prices and Purchasers' Names' bound in at rear, original blind-stamped green cloth, large 8vo, 2. Catalogue of Very Important Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books selected from the Renowned Library formed by Baron Horace de Landau (1824-1903) ... sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co., London: Kitchen & Barratt, Ltd, 1948, pp. [10] 7-82 [6], 39 plates (many folding), other illustrations in the text, original wrappers bound in, gilt edges, contemporary black half sheep, spine worn, 4to, 3. A Catalogue of the Splendid and Valuable Library of the Rev. Theodore Williams: containing a Most Extraordinary Collection of Early Biblical and Theological Manuscripts; Books printed on Vellum from the Aldine, Junta, and other Celebrated Presses ... which will be sold by Auction by Messrs Stewart, Wheatley, and Adlard, London: J. and C. Adlard, 1827, pp. [2] iv [4] 197 [1], extra leaf paginated 37*-38* bound in, prices added in manuscript, a few stains, edges untrimmed, contemporary red half sheep, rubbed, spine worn, large 8vo (25 x 15.6 cm), 4. Catalogue of the Extensive, Important and Valuable Collection of Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, and Engravings, of the late Sir William Tite, which will be sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotehby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London: Dryden Press, 1874, bound in 4 parts, pp. [2] 288, annotated in pencil with prices and purchasers, original wrappers bound in, contemporary limp morocco-grain cloth, 4to (25.5 x 17.5 cm), 5. Catalogue of the More Important Books, Autographs and Manuscripts in the Library of George C. Thomas, Philadelphia, 1907, photogravure frontispiece, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, contemporary red morocco gilt for Lippincott, rubbing to extremities, 8vo (23.8 x 15 cm), and 25 others, bookseller and auction catalogues and related reference, including six 19th-century book-auction catalogues, variable condition (Qty: approx. 30)NOTESThe catalogue of the earl of Gosford's library was also issued in wrappers, without the list of prices and purchasers at the rear. This copy of the Landau catalogue is described on the limitation page as 'number 24 of a limited issue printed on fine paper, with extra plates and prices and buyers' names'.

[Book-collecting]. Manuscript library catalogue, c.1775-95, 34 leaves + blanks (Britannia watermark with crowned 'GR' royal monogram countermark), 41 lines to the page, ruled in pencil, work listed in alphabetical order (variously by author or title, and by first letter only), shelfmarks in right-hand column, original catalogue apparently written on rectos c.1775, versos with subsequent additions in various hands including books printed as late as 1795, a few titles scored through but easily legible, a few stains, first 4 leaves partially detached, contemporary half calf, spine defective, extensive loss to marbled paper sides, lower cornerpieces perished, folio (32.8 x 20.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Joseph Pickford, Esqr (contemporary engraved armorial bookplate incorporating crest of spaniel's head erased), possibly either the English architect (1734-1782), or the squire of Royton Hall, Lancashire (1744-1819) who in 1795 took the surname Radcliffe (thereby assuming the Radcliffe arms, with the crest of a bull's head erased) and was created a baronet 1813. Several entries in the catalogue are accompanied by a note recording the gift of the book in question to 'J. Pickford Junr' or 'J. P. Junr' on various dates in 1785: both Joseph Pickfords had a son named Joseph (with respective dates 1772-1844 and 1766-1804) A fascinating insight into late-eighteenth-century tastes, the library is notably rich in travel and voyages, such as 'Linschoten's Voyages to ye East & West Indies' and 'Smith's Voyage for ye discovery of a North West Passage, 2 vols, 1748', with other highlights including 'Polychronycon, Printed by Wm Caxton, very valuable, 1482'.

* Commonwealth of England. Thursday the 17th July, 1651. Resolved by the Parliament, that the fair usually held and kept yearly at James's, within the Liberty of City of Westminster, on or about the twenty fifth day of July, be forborn this year; and that no fair be kept or held there by any person or persons whatsoever, until the Parliament shall take a further order. Hen: Scobell, Cleric, Parliamenti, London: printed by John Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, [1651], broadside, engraving of Parliamentary seal at head of text, woodcut initial, printed on laid paper, heavily spotted, and slightly split at blank upper margin, 25.5 x 18 cm, presented in a frame with a second more cut-down copy of the same broadside, somewhat browned, chipped at edges, 22 x 12 cm, pasted on card, manuscript captioning to later backing card, framed and glazed, overall 39.5 x 55 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).ESTC R211308; Wing E2257B. St. James's Fair, in Westminster, was first held in the open space near St. James's Palace, and later in St. James's Market. It was prohibited by the Parliament in 1651, revived at the Restoration, and finally suppressed on account of the prevalent immorality and turbulence before the close of the reign of Charles II.

[Charles II & William III]. Six printed broadsides, 1683-1700: 1. Reasons Humbly offer'd to the Honourable the Commons of England in Parliament Assembled, why Dr. Thomas Burwell, Dr. Richard Torlesse, Dr. William Dawes and Dr. Thomas Gill, late censors of the College of Physicians in London, should not be excused from the penalty of the Act 25 Car. II. having taken upon them, and executed the aforesaid Office of Censors, without qualifying themselves according to Law for a place of so great a trust, circa 1698, single sheet broadside, printed to one side, docket to verso, a few light stains, folds, 33 x 21 cm (Wing G2062B) 2. Reasons humbly offered for Augmenting the Number of Wool-Ports in Ireland, and particularly for opening the Port of Galway in that Kingdom, circa 1700, single sheet broadside, printed to one side, docket to verso, folds, 31.5 x 20 cm (Wing R536A) 3.The Abstract of the Lord Bruce's Bill, [1685] , single sheet broadside, printed to both sides, contemporary manuscript note at head, fold, 33 x 20 cm (Wing B5220C) 4. The State of the Lord Bruce's Case, circa 1683 single sheet broadside, horizontal split across lower section, just holding, lower left margin cropped, fold, 42 x 30 cm (Wing S5320) 5. Reasons for Passing the Bill for Regulating Proceedings in the Crown-Office humbly offered to the Parliament, circa 1692, single sheet broadside, printed to one side, lower left margin cropped, water stain and folds, 35.5 x 25 cm (Wing R499C) 6. Reasons humbly offer'd to the Honourable House of Commons for securing the Navigation of the River Thames, and the Land of the Poor of Cobham Colledge, circa 1690, single sheet broadside, printed to one side, water stains and splits with small loss of text, 31 x 18 cm (not in Wing or ESTC) (Qty: 6)

Army Lists. By Permission of the Right Honourable the Secretary at War. A List of the General and Field Officers as they Rank in the Army ... for the Year 1777, London: for J. Millan, 1777, printed on thick paper, occasional toning and finger-soiling, a few leavesstrengthened in gutter, contemporary ownership inscription to title-page, occasional annotations in the same hand recording officers' subsequent activity or death in action (see pp. 6, 14, 80, 210), free endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, crudely rebacked, corners worn, 8vo in 4s (22.8 x 13.5 cm), together with: A List of the Officers of the Army and Marines; with an Index: A Succession of Colonels; and a List of the Officers of the Army and Marines on Half-Pay; also with an Index, [London]: War Office, 1798, occasional browning, ownership inscription 'J S Manning, Capn Kings Dragoon Gds, York Barracks, 1828' to front free endpaper, contemporary streaked calf, spine worn, 8vo (22.6 x 13.2 cm), A List of the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full and Half-Pay: with an Index, [London]: War Office, 1817, pp. [4] 121 144-719 [158], contemporary ownership inscription 'Alex[ande]r Adair Esq.' to title-page, manuscript annotations to pp. 149 (the list for the 1st Regiment of Dragoon Guards, of whom the agent is named at foot as 'Mr. Adair' of Pall Mall Court') and 421-3, contemporary tree calf, crudely rebacked, corners worn, 8vo (21 x 12.6 cm), A List of the Officers of the Army and Royal Marines on Full, Retired and Half-Pay: with an Index, [London]: War Office, 1824, pp. [4] 681 [143], contemporary ownership inscription 'Alex[ande]r Adair Esq.' to title-page, contemporary marbled calf, spine and corners worn, 8vo (20.8 x 12.6 cm), and 4 other army lists, 19th century (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).ESTC T91992 (1777 list: four copies in UK libraries), T170320 (1798 list: five copies in UK libraries),

Army Lists. Group of Hart's New [-Annual] Army Lists, London: John Murray, 1844-1901, comprising the editions for 1841, 1844, 1848, 1855 (these last three in one volume), 1849, 1857, 1861, 1869, 1871, 1873, 1875, 1884, 1885, 1888 1893, 1901, 9 volumes in original cloth (spines defective or crudely repaired), other volumes rebound (some crudely), 8vo (not collated, sold as seen; volume containing the editions for 1844-48-55 with manuscript note indicating lack of index) (Qty: 14)Provenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).

Heylyn (Peter). The Historie of that most Famous Saint and Souldier of Christ Jesus; St. George of Cappadocia, 1st edition, London: printed for Henry Seyle, and are to be sold at his shop, 1631, engraved additional title-page by William Marshall, damp-staining to fore margins, concomitant fraying to quires A-E and X-2A (more extensive to outer leaves and affecting image of engraved title) and slight softening with occasional nicks to remainder of volume, leaves A3-B2 trimmed to text along fore edges, early ownership inscription to front free endpaper ('John Raymond Junr'), bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst, contemporary limp vellum, slightly marked, modern manuscript spine-title, spine rolled, 4to (17.8 x 13.8 cm), together with: Pine (John), Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: John Pine, 1737-7, pp., [32] 176 [2] 177-264 [2], [24] 48 [2] 49-94 [2] 95-152 [2] 153-172 [2] 173-192 [14], signatures [pi]2 a1 b-g2 [chi]1 A-2Z2 [chi]1 3A-3Z2 4Z1, [pi]2 a-d2 e1 f1 A-N2 [chi]1 O-2B1 [chi]1 2B-2R2 [chi]1 2S-3D2 3E1 3F-3H2 3I1, engraved throughout including frontispieces, title-pages, lists of subscribers, head- and tailpieces, initials, and full-page vignette illustrations, light spotting and soiling, each volume with ink-stamps of the Devon & Exeter Institution to recto of frontispiece and versos of title-page and final leaf (blank in each case), and library plate to front pastedown, contemporary calf, gilt spines, volume 1 binding split between quires Y and Z, volume 2 front board detached, 8vo (22 x 13.5 cm), [Scupoli, Lorenzo], The Spiritual Combat. Done into English by J. T., 1st edition in English, London: F. Needham, 1742, title-page slightly chipped and creased, a few other marks, bookplate of the Virtue and Cahill library to front pastedown, 19th-century calf, 18mo (13 x 7.8 cm), and 5 others, antiquarian, not collated: Jean-Bernard Le Blanc, Letters on the English and French Nations, 2 volumes, 1st edition in English, 1747; Edward Jerningham, Poems, 1st edition, 1727, front board detached; William Alexander, Esperienze mediche, Naples, 1783; Elizabeth Montagu, Letters, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1809, volume 2 front board near-detached; The Laws and Acts made in the First Parliament of ... James VII, Edinburgh, 1731, bookplate of Cuninghame of Lainshaw (Qty: 11)NOTESCohen-de Ricci 497-8 (Pine, 'ouvrage très recherché); ESTC S104019 (Heylyn), T46226 (Pine), T103931 (Scupoli: eight copies world-wide); Rothschild 1546-8 (Pine, large-paper issue); STC 13272 (Heylyn). Pine's work is a first issue, with 'post est' round the Caesar medal on page 108 of volume two; this copy lacks the folding letterpress leaf 'List of the antiques in the first volume of Horace', but this is found only in a 'small number of copies' (ESTC).

Holcot (Robert). In Proverbia Salomonis Roberti Holcoti, seu Thome Gualesii ... explanationes locupletissime, plurimum historie et fabulamenti ad morum emendationem complectentes, novissime autem mendis omnibus terse, Paris: François Regnault, [1515], printer's woodcut device to title (some thinning to lower blank margin where annotation abraded away), publication date to colophon, few early annotations and marking to fore margins, faint manuscript annotation to verso of last leaf, repaired closed tears to s8, first & last leaves strengthened to inner margins, occasional light dampstaining and minor dust-soiling, 20th century half sheep, joints split, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESRobert Holcot (c.1290-1349) was born in Holcot, Northamptonshire. He was an English Dominican scholastic philosopher, theologian, and influential Biblical scholar.

Lanteri (Giacomo). Duo libri del modo di fare le fortificationi di terra intorno alle città ed alle castella per fortificarle, Venice: Francesco Marcolinii, 1559, signatures Aa-Cc4 Dd2 A-M4 N-P2 Q4, signatures B2-3 and O1-2 each forming a folding woodcut plate, double-page woodcut diagram across P1 recto and P2 verso, woodcut initial figures , further woodcut diagrams and vignettes in text, variable damp-staining to head and foot of gutter, becoming more extensive in quires M-P, pin-hole in gutter of quires Aa-D, title- page (Aa1) stained in lower margin, B2-3 (plate) browned, with small hole at intersection of folds and closely trimmed along fore edges, marginal paper disruption to B4 touching side-note, similar hole to intersection of folds in O1-2 (plate), contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, soiled, ties perished, 4to (20.6 x 15.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Manuscript purchase note in Italian dated 1746 to rear free endpaper. Adams L167 (citing one copy only); Cockle 770; STC Italian p. 369. First edition, Library Hub traces three copies in UK libraries: British Library, Oxford and Cambridge. Lanteri was a military engineer who served at the papal court and under Philip II of Spain. This is a different work from his Due dialoghi ... Del modo di disegnare le piante delle fortezze secondo Euclide; et del modo di comporre i modelli e torri in disegno le piante della città (1557).

London Water-Supply. Four bills and broadsides, 1720-5, comprising: 1. A Bill for Incorporating several Undertakers, for the better Accommodating the Inhabitants in and about the Cities of London and Westminster, and the Parts adjacent, with Water, [London, 1720], 11 [1] pp., type-ornament headpiece, woodcut initial, docket-title to final page, slightly damp-stained, folio (31.5 x 20.4 cm), 2. The Case of the New Project for Bringing Water to London and Westminster, Considered, [London, 1725], single half-sheet, text on both sides, docket-title verso, slightly toned, a few faint spots, 31.5 x 20.4 cm, 3. Observations upon the Bill now depending, for supplying the Cities of London and Westminster, and Places Adjacent, with Water, [London, 1725], single half-sheet, text on both sides, docket-title verso (shaved), 31.5 x 20.4 cm, 4. Reasons against the Navigable-Scheme, [London, 1725], single half-sheet printed recto only, contemporary manuscript correction in brown ink, retaining deckled fore edge, 29.8 x 20 cm all disbound with stab-holes visible in gutter and pencilled annotations to head (Qty: 4)NOTESESTC T17255 ('not enacted'; six copies, all but one in the British Library), T17406 (five copies), T17422 (six copies), T17409 (four copies); Hanson 2878, 3546, 3547, 3551. Items 2-4 all relate to the proposal by John Theophlius Desaguliers (1683-1744) to divert Cowley Stream in Uxbridge to Marylebone Fields, probably on behalf of the New River Company. ‘There would, it was claimed, be improved navigation on the Thames, a doubled supply to Hampton Court, more work for the millers and more water in their meadows. However, despite all the calculations made to persuade all parties of the advantages … there is no evidence that it ever happened’ (Carpenter, John Theophilus Desaguliers: A Natural Philosopher, Engineer and Freemason in Newtonian England (2011), p. 137).

[Manley, Delarivier]. Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality, of Both Sexes. From the New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediterranean. Written Originally in Italian [volume 2: and Translated from the Third Edition of the French], 2 volumes, London: for John Morphew and J. Woodward, 1709, engraved allegorical frontispiece to volume 2, volume 1 final leaf browned, volume 2 browned throughout and with with errata supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary panelled sheep, spines rubbed, headcaps, perished, joints slightly cracked at ends, volume 2 front board worn, 8vo (19 x 11.5 cm), together with: [ibid.], Memoirs of Europe, towards the Close of the Eighth Century. Written by Eginardus, Secretary and Favourite to Charlemagne; and done into English by the Translator of the New Atalantis, London: for John Morphew, 1710, moderately spotted and browned, contemporary panelled calf uniform with the Secret Memoirs, light wear, 8vo (19 x 12 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Barnard family (18th-century engraved bookplates, names blacked out, but see Fairbairn (1993), volume 1, p. 35). ESTC N47962 (eight copies world-wide, all in the USA), N47966 (five UK copies), T106837. An attractive mixed set of one of the great succès de scandale of the eighteenth century , together with the first volume (of two) of its continuation, the Memoirs of Europe . Secret Memoirs volume one is stated second edition on the title; volume two has no edition statement but this setting is listed by ESTC as one of several belonging to the 'second' edition rather than the first, though without any clear reason: the relevant part of their note may have been erroneously incorporated from the record of one of the various other settings of the first or the second volumes. A notice on page xiv does announce the publication of 'the third edition corrected ... of the first volume of these Memoirs ', but this is also found in other settings which ESTC does not describe as belonging to the 'second' edition (e.g. T141387). Volumes one and two each contain the relevant 'Key to Atalantis' leaf not called for in ESTC and listed separately as T155162 and T155163. ESTC calls for a frontispiece in this version of volume one, but sets traced in commerce typically have one frontispiece only.

Pamphlets. A collection of 17 pamphlets, 18th & 19th century, including: 1. Southcott (Joanna) , The Trial of Joanna Southcott, During Seven Days, which commenced on the Fifth, and ended on the Eleventh, of December, 1804. At the Neckinger House, Bermondsey, Near London, 1st edition, London: Printed by S. Rousseau, 1804, 152pp., repaired closed tear to R3, some ink & pencil underscoring and annotations, disbound, 8vo, 2. Cobbett (William) , A Bone to Gnaw, for the Democrats; or, Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled, "The Political Progress of Britain.", 3rd edition, revised, Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Bradford, 1795, [vi],66pp., manuscript alphabet to margins of H3, bound with Part II. A Bone to Gnaw..., by Peter Porcupine, Philadelphia: Printed & Sold by Thomas Bradford, 1795, [viii],66,[2]pp., some browning, spotting and dampstaining, disbound 8vo, 3. Cobbett (William) , Proceedings of a General Court Martial held at the Horse-Guards, On the 24th and 27th of March, 1792, for the Trial of Capt. Richard Powell, Lieut. Christopher Seton, and Lieut. John Hall, of the 54th Regiment of Foot; On several charges preferred against them respectively by William Cobbett..., 1st edition, London: J. Gold, 1809, 32pp., some toning and spotting, disbound 8vo, 4. [Mitford, John] , A Peep into W----r Castle, after the Lost Mutton. A Poem, 1st edition, London: J. Johnston, 1820, 34pp., (without half-title), disbound, 8vo, 5. [Hone, William, attributed] , A Political Christmas Carol, Set to Music, to be Chaunted or Sung Throughout the United Kingdom and the Dominions Beyond the Seas, By all Persons Thereunto Especially Moved, [London]: Printed by W. Hone, [1820], 8pp., woodcut illustrations by George Cruickshank, disbound 8vo, and others similar (Qty: 17)

Quin (Frederic Hervey Foster, 1799-1879). Pharmacopoeia Homoeopathica, 1st edition, London: S. Highley, 1834, xx 165 pp., interleaved throughout, inscribed 'To D. J. Calthrop Williams from his friend the author' on the initial blank, inscribed by the recipient 'J. C. Williams, given by the author, translated by his pupil & friend J. C. W.' on the title-page, manuscript English translation of the Latin text to interleaves, contemporary cloth, printed paper spine-label, spine superficially cracked but firm and with loss to headcaps, remnants of paper labels on front cover, corners bumped, 8vo (22 x 13.6 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESPresentation copy of the first systematic work on homeopathy published in England, inscribed to Nottingham physician John Calthrop Williams (1801-1856). Quin introduced homeopathy to England after settling in London in 1832 following a tour of Europe, and founded the British Homeopathic Society in 1844.

Roland (George). A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing ... and Continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons, from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, 1st edition , Edinburgh: Archd. Constable & Co., 1823, half-title, 12 lithograph plates with some offsetting from text, extensive manuscript notes in pencil throughout and to three plates and also blank flyleaves at front & rear, light toning, occasional spotting, slight dampstaining at rear, edges untrimmed, hinges repaired, original boards, reback cloth spine with printed paper title label, boards marked and slightly worn to edges, 8vo, together with: Ibid. , An Introductory Course of Fencing, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Published by the Author, [1830?], 5 lithograph plates, light toning and scattered spotting, bookplate to upper pastedown, scuffing to endpapers, original cloth gilt, rebacked, slim 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: The Leon Paul Library of Fencing. Thimm p.243; Pardoel 2217. The first edition of this treatise by George Roland (fl.1809-1862), fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh and son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. A reissue, printed from the same setting of type, was published in 1824.

Roscoe (William, 1753-1831). Catalogue of the very select and valuable library of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be sold by auction....on Monday the 19th August, and Thirteen following Days..., Liverpool: Winstanley, 1816, contemporary ink manuscript prices added throughout, title previously repaired, generally toned, front free endpaper and blank renewed, front hinge strengthened, rear hinge cracked, near contemporary half calf, rubbed, 3 corners recovered, modern gilt-lettered label to spine, front joint strengthened, rear joint dampstained, 8vo, together with: The Life of Lorenzo de' Medici, called the Magnificent, by William Roscoe, 2 volumes, 2nd edition corrected, London: A. Strahan [et al], 1796, engraved portrait frontispiece (offset to title), some spotting (mainly at front and rear), front pastedowns with armorial bookplate and library tickets of Pull Court, Worcestershire, volume 1 front hinge strengthened, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, volume 1 rear cover & volume 2 front cover detached, 4to, plus 2 others Roscoe related (Qty: 6)NOTESWilliam Roscoe (1753-1831, historian, abolitionist and M.P., formed a fine library of Italian literature, early printed books, and important manuscripts. After retiring from legal work in 1798, he became a partner of a Liverpool bank but after it failed in 1816, Roscoe was forced to sell his library to satisfy part of the claims. The sale contained much of the Italian source material for his important biography of Lorenzo the Magnificent.

Tacitus. Opera quae exstant a Justo Lipsio postremum recensita, eiusque auctis emendatisque commentariis illustrata: item C. Velleius Paterculus cum eisudem Justi Lipsi auctioribus notis, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1648, signatures *8 A-Z6 a- z6 Aa6 Bb8 2A-2C6 3A-3G6 3H8, title-page in red and black with engraved vignette, woodcut initials and head- and tailpieces, colophon leaf, final blank (3H8) apparently original, variable light browning, faint tide-mark to head of gutter in quires S-U, marginal paper-flaw to K2, tears at at lower outer corners of h1 and v1, bookplate effaced from front pastedown, a few other trivial marks and spill-burns, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, 'mandorla' centrepieces in blind to sides, slightly marked, small paint-mark to foot of spine, original green cloth ties largely extant, folio (39 x 24.5 cm) (Qty: 1)

Textiles. Six broadsides, 1720-7, comprising: 1. The Case of the Poor Straw-Hat-Makers, in the Counties of Hartford, Bedford, Buckingham, etc., [1720], single half-sheet, docket-title verso, contemporary manuscript correction, browned, 2. Reasons for encouraging the Manufacture of British Sail-Duck, and the Growth of Hemp and Flax in Great Britain, [1720], single half-sheet, docket-title verso, slightly damp-stained, 3. An Act for preventing Journeymen Shoemakers selling, exchanging, or pawning Boots, Shoes, Slippers, Cut Leather, or other Materials for making Boots, Shoes, or Slippers; and for better regulating the said Journeymen, c.1723, 3 [1] pp., woodcut headpiece and factotum, docket-title, sheet separated along central fold, 4. An Act to prevent several Frauds and Abuses in the Dying Trade, [1727], 3 [1] pp., woodcut headpiece and factotum, docket-title, 5. A Bill for the Effectual Preventing the Importation of Foreign Thrown Silk, which shall be coarser than those known by the Names of Third Bolognia, and Second Orsoy, and all Trams into this Kingdom, from Italy, Naples, and Sicily, for better employing the Poor, and preserving the Silk-Throwing Trade in this Kingdom, [1727], 3 [1] pp., woodcut head- and tailpieces and factotum, docket-title, 6. Reasons humbly offered by the Weavers of London, against a Bill now depending in Parliament, entitled, a Bill for the more Effectual Preventing the Importation of Foreign Thrown-Silk, etc., [1727], single half-sheet, woodcut factotum, docket-title, browned along edges, all disbound with stab-holes visible in gutter, pencilled annotations to head, folio (32.5 x 20.5 cm) (Qty: 6)NOTESESTC T18224 (four copies), T17275 (six copies), N/A, T16387 (three copies), T16381 (three copies), T16414 (seven copies); Hanson 2624, 2616, N/A, N/A, 3696, 3697. The first item calls for restrictions on imports from Holland and Livorno ('Leghorn'). The second item cites a possible war with Russia or Holland as a reason for increasing the manufacture of sail-duck.

Album. A large album of watercolours, silhouettes, engravings, and cuttings, 1830s-1920s, approximately 80 leaves (plus some blank), filled with drawings and watercolours, prints and engravings, newspaper cuttings, etc., mounted on rectos and versos (and some loosely inserted), one album leaf with upper half excised, including approximately 40 pen & ink or pencil drawings and watercolours, comprising mostly landscapes, but also portraits, fruit and flowers, animals, some titled, e.g.: 'Mt. Lebanon from Beyroot'; 'Loch Ard'; a Continental figure fencing by Jane Dicky; several competent small drawings by D. Barlee, titled 'Bangor', 'Pass of Llanberis', 'Coventry', 'Bicton Church', 'Berkfield Lodge, Suffolk', 'Crammock Water, Cumberland', 'Priory Gateway, Kenilworth', plus 4 full-length female and 3 head-and-shoulder (1 male, 2 female) scissor cut silhouettes, some with gilt detailing, several small engravings of Welsh costume, and 2 early 20th century large colour-tinted photographs with figures (one of Bruges), original red half morocco, rubbed and worn, with covers detached, folio, together with 2 other albums similar: the first belonging to hymnologist William John Hall (1793-1861), 1830-1850s, containing a variety of manuscript writings and engravings, and some stencilled watercolours of fortresses and lighthouses, original red half morocco, rubbed and extremities worn (with top portion of spine detached), 4to; and the other a large vellum-bound volume, circa 1833-35, containing manuscript writings, engravings (including a worn copy of Isaac Cruikshank's etching 'A Consultation of Doctors on the Case of Sr Toby Bumper!!'), and several original drawings, including a humorous cartoon, folio (Qty: 3)

Bank of England Broadside. Bank of England, February 27th, 1797, in consequence of an order of His Majesty’s Privy Council notified to the Bank last night ... The Governor, Deputy Governor, and Directors of the Bank of England, think it their Duty to inform the Proprietors of Bank Stock, as well as the Publick at large, that the general Concerns of the Bank are in the most affluent and prosperous Situation, and such as to preclude every Doubt as to the Security of its Notes..., contemporary manuscript note to verso 'A very portentous day to this Country', few old folds, small single sheet, 21.3 x 17.8 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC T152707. Scarce, one UK location only (Bodleian) The second half of the broadside is taken up by a declaration by the Lord Mayor of London, dated: ’27th February, 1797,’ - Without the Privy Council Order. End of specie payments - On 27 February 1797, the Bank of England ceased specie payments. The Bank’s bullion reserve supported the value of its notes and bills, which were convertible upon request to specie (gold and silver coins). However, by 27 February 1797 the Bank’s bullion reserve had dwindled to less than £1,000,000, forcing it to suspend specie payments altogether (Order of the Privy Council). As a consequence of rendering its notes unconvertible, the Bank shook public confidence in itself and undermined the circulating paper currency. Indeed, without a convertible currency the British financial system was in imminent danger of collapse. This was followed by the passing of the Bank Restriction Act (37 Geo III c. 45) on 3 May 1797.

Barotti (Giovanni Andrea, 1701-1772). 'Notizie intorno a M. Girolamo Vida' [caption-title], c.1771-2, Italian manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, [320] pp., damp-staining (stronger to outer leaves, gradually receding into gutter towards centre of volume), patterned pastedowns, bookplate ('Libreria antiquaria di Ulrico Hoepli Milano'), edges dyed red, contemporary marbled sheep, red spine-label with gilt title 'Vida / Poetica / Barotti', wear to extremities and sides, 4to (26.4 x 18 cm) together with 4 other Italian mansucripts: 1. [Historical notices on Italian families], c.1750, sammelband of extracts from various manuscripts in different hands, approx. 100 pp. + blanks, a few worm-tracks, stronger towards rear, 3 pamphlets bound in at rear: Riflessioni sopra i fatti, e ragioni gia publicate in volgar lingua da Francesco detto Sforza nelle causa Roma filiationis contro ... Prencipe Savelli Cesarini Sforza, Monopoli: [no publisher], 1743 , 44 pp., spotted, worming ; Moto proprio della santita di nostro signore Benedetto Papa XIV sopra il legato, e suo moltiplico lasciato dal fu marchese Vincenzo Giustiniani, Rome: Stamperia della Rev. Cam. Apostolica, 1741, [16] pp., spotted, untidy pencilled marginalia; Copie des lettres des lettres qui accordent et font revivre l'ancien titre de comte de Cinarca à M. Ottavio Colonna d'Istria, [1777], 4 pp., annotation '6178' to front pastedown (possibly indicating Phillipps Manuscripts 6178, i.e. 'Familie Romane,12 vols'), contemporary carta rustica, 4to (27.5 x 20 cm), 2. [Biographical dictionary of Italian authors], c.1750, [282] pp., evidently one volume only of a larger work, all the authors with names beginning with 'B' or from Brescia, related manuscript booklet bound in at front, contemporary boards, 4to (21.5 x 15 cm), 3. 'Notizie storiche spettanti ad alcuni illustri sappetti della citta di Chiari', c.1750, 48 pp., modern boards, 4to (20 x 14.8 cm), 4. 'Tractatus de Eucharistia' [-'De sacricifio missae'], 1868-9, 246 96 [2] pp., book-label of John M. Farley (likely the American cardinal, 1842-1918), contemporary half vellum, 8vo (19.2 x 12.5 cm) (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. The first item is a manuscript copy of Barotti's annotated Italian verse translation of the De arte poetica of Italian humanist Marco Girolamo Vida (c.1485-1566). The translation itself occupies about 100 pages, and the commentary and notes are much more extensive than those in the printed version, which appeared at Rome in 1838. There is a note on the initial blank (probably by Cecil Clough), stating: 'This is almost certainly a transcription in the hand of Cesara Lodovico Barotti, son of Gian Andrea ... See the xerox from MS I 439 Bibl Com. Ferrara. This MS and likewise I 424 have the annotazioni for the full text. This suggests Cesare was doing the transcription when his father died then abandoned it ... Copied c.1771-2'. The photocopied example of Cesare Lodovico Barotti's handwriting mentioned in this note is laid in.

* Bristol trade. A collection of printed and engraved trade advertisements, 17th-early 20th century, 27 advertisements, relating to businesses in Bristol or printed there, including small engraved tickets, book advertisements, business cards, envelopes, flyers, etc., e.g.: 'Capenhurst & Leigh Manufacturers of Coffin-Furniture'; 'William Jefferies, Church Bell Founder'; 'James Chilcott, Tailors' Trimming and Button Factor'; John Kemys ... Makes, Repairs, and Tunes, Organs, Harpsichords, Spinnets, &c.'; 'The Scandiscope. Chimney Sweepers rejoicing that such a Dandy as a Scandiscope is to be made to ascend Chimnies instead of them', including a 17th century engraved advertisement for 'Best Tobacco Sold by Peter Mugleworth in Bristol', with contemporary manuscript on verso, together with 5 trading bills on headed paper, 1797-1892, a written testimonial for Mr. John Nilson as an 'Honest Trader', Bristol, 1792, and a letterpress letter addressed to Mr. Samuel-Munckley, dated December 23rd, 1755, relating to the African Company of Merchants, signed by a member of the Digges-Latouche family, various sizes and condition (Qty: 34)

Commonplace book. Commonplace book by George Moore (circa 1795-1855) and family, 1805-1855, approximately 60 pieces of manuscript writings, either direct on album leaves or tipped-in (and a few loosely inserted), mostly by George Moore (many signed by him), and others by family members, including his brother Thomas and daughter Charlotte, comprising poetry in the main, and including some original songs with musical notation, some pieces composed of several leaves, many dated, including: 'Farewell to Hoxton' dated 1824; 'On the Death of the Princess Charlotte' dated 1842; 'Trip to Gloucestershire 1849'; a sermon preached by a Benedictine priest on highwayman; an autograph letter in verse written to be sent on the very first day of penny post by stamp, dated December 5th 1839, 'I write, Dear Willy, not because/I've anything to say,/But that the Penny Postage laws/Commence effect today'; and a transcript of an obituary of George Moore printed in a Gloucester newspaper on January 27th 1855 stating that George Moore was a relative of Archbishop Moore, and that some of his compositions "are well known, being adapted to music", original album leaves, disbound, large 4to, together with two other manuscript commonplace books: one belonging to John Faulkner, circa 1790-1811, comprising pp.300+ poetry, anecdotes, riddles, prose, epigrams, and copies of newspaper articles relating to Chester, Sheffield, and Manchester, disbound, 8vo; and the other relating to the Short family of Dumfries, circa 1800-1815, pp.45, various writings in several hands, with a few pencil sketches, a number of leaves torn out, original half sheep, worn, small 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESGeorge Moore was a successful manufacturer of soda water who was notoriously murdered in 1854 by Frenchman Emile Barthélemy when the latter, visiting his former employer, shot him during an altercation. Fleeing from the scene the murderer was confronted by Moore's neighbour, Charles Collard, whom he also shot dead. Apparently Barthélemy had been wearing a voluminous blue overcoat, with, concealed in its pockets and lining, a dagger, two pistols, 24 cartridges and a boat ticket for the Continent; he was on his way to France to assassinate Napoleon III. Barthélemy had already been prosecuted for being the surviving duellist in the last fatal duel ever fought in Britain, receiving then just three months imprisonment, but after the double murder of Moore and Collard he was sentenced to hang. The overcoat apparently ended up on a wax effigy of Barthélemy in Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors.

* [Continental illuminations]. Antiphonary or gradual leaf with large figurative initial 'C', Northern Italy, 15th century, manuscript in black ink on single vellum membrane, Italian Gothic rotunda script, staves in red, recto with large polychromatic initial 'C' in opaque pigments depicting stylised gamebird with wattle but no comb (13 x 12 cm), soiling, closed marginal tear to upper inner corner, text and music notation slightly faded recto, a few small areas of ink corrosion, tape-residue from mounting, membrane dimensions 57 x 38.5 cm (Qty: 1)

* [Continental illuminations]. Antiphonary or gradual leaf with large figurative initial 'E', Northern Italy, 15th century, manuscript in black ink on single vellum membrane, Italian Gothic rotunda script, staves in red, recto with large polychromatic figurative initial 'E' in opaque pigments depicting two stylised wildfowl (13.5 x 13 cm), verso with Lombardic initial 'O' in red with blue penwork infill and surround (5 x 5 cm), text and music notation faded in places recto, verso with remnants of tape probably from mounting, membrane dimensions 56 x 38 cm (Qty: 1)

Education. A manuscript Sunday School Ticket Book, Deighton, West Yorkshire, 1823, 179pp. ruled in red ink, and completed in a neat sloping hand, wormhole to top right corner beginning approximately a third of the way through, and becoming a small trail by the end (no loss of text), inscribed on front free endpaper 'Deighton Sunday School Ticket Book, John Wiley Master, 1823', pastedowns with some sealing wax remains, original reverse calf, sometime rebacked, soiled and some wear, with crude ink label mounted on front cover, 4to, together with a manuscript book belonging to Edith Fisher, 1855-1863, approximately 40pp., comprising a variety of writings mostly in one hand, including a tale about pet dogs in India, an account of a trip to France, and a section titled 'Book of Nonsense' containing limericks in imitation of Edward Lear with varying initials, some leaves excised, and stitching broken, original half roan, rubbed and extremities worn (Qty: 2)NOTESA scarce item of juvenilia, detailing all the names of the pupils of Deighton Sunday School, and their achievements. It was the practise in Sunday Schools to reward pupils with tickets for their efforts in learning the Bible, or reciting catechisms, hymns, and appropriate poetry and prose. If students earned enough tickets they were rewarded with a suitable gift, often a Bible or other edifying text.

Fox-hunting. 'Ledbury Hunt - Major W. P. Thackwell's Testimonial - 1901' [cover-title], calligraphic manuscript in black and red ink on rectos only of 4 leaves of thick card stock, text within decorative blue frames, first leaf with illuminated decoration, tissue-guards, various autograph letters signed and newspaper clippings tipped in, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt red morocco album by Tilley of Ledbury, bevelled edges, rounded corners, slightly rubbed, 4to (25.8 x 19.5 cm), together with: 10 other journals, albums and similar, mainly 19th century, comprising: 1) [Mount-Temple, Georgina Cowper-Temple, Baroness], Memorials [of William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron, 1811-1888], 1st edition, [London:] printed for private circulation, 1890, 198 pp., related newspaper clippings, photographs and letters (autograph and typed) mounted to endpapers and interleaves, original cloth, manuscript spine-title, marked, 4to, 2) Clergyman's manuscript journal, 1857-1901, recording clerical engagements and bird and insect sightings, approx. 150 pp., contemporary vellum, 4to, 3) Friendship album of Caroline Elizabeth Larking, 1821-2, approx. 76 pp. + blanks, a few pencil sketches, contemporary red half roan, 4to, 4) Arithmetic exercise book of Harry Green of Parsonage House Academy, 1866, approx. 80 pp., contemporary red half roan, 4to, 5) Two manuscript hymnals, 1820 and c.1820, approx. 100 and 180 pp., oblong narrow 8vo and oblong 8vo, the first with leaves working loose, 6) Two photograph albums, one with gelatin silver prints of Venice and Bolzano, the other with platinum prints of English villages, binding split, 7) Two minute books of Gorsley & District Horticultural Society, Herefordshire, 1925-66 (Qty: 11)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

[Italy]. Four manuscripts, c.18th century, comprising: 1. 'Scritture diverse appartenenti alla Contea di Casa Carpegna, coll'Istoria della Sovranita della Sede Apostolica nel Contado del Monte Feltro e luoghi aggiacenti', c.1730, approx. 900 pp., written in several hands, irregular pagination, all edges untrimmed, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, alum-tawed ties, 4to (27.4 x 19.3 cm), together with: 2. 'Investiture di terre, castelli, ed altri beni fatte da diversi Pontefici à varie famiglie, ed ad altri. Con li suoi indici de’Papi, ch’investono de i beni investiti, e delle famiglie ed ad altri, à che s’investono', c.1700, [52] 336 pp., consistent show-through from ink and consequent browning to text area, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, 4to (26.5 x 20.5 cm), 3. 'Investiture di Papi' [spine-title], c.1750, [49] 414 [72] pp., comb-marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red, contemporary vellum, gilt spine, gilt border to covers, 4to (27.2 x 19.5 cm), 4. 'Prima [-Seconda] Parte dell'Istoria scritta d'Antonino Castaldo Napolitano principal Notaro del Regno delle cose occorse in Napoli, dal tempe, che vi fu Vicere Don Pietro di Toledo Marchese di Villa Franca per insino alla rebellione di D. Ferrante San Severino Prencipe di Salerno, e diverse Occorrenze Seguite', c.1750, [324] pp., edges dyed blue, contemporary vellum, 8vo (18.8 x 12.4 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance: First two items only: Giuseppe Renato Imperiali (1651-1737), cardinal and significant patron of scholarship, the arts and architecture, with his ink-stamp to first page of text and to title-page respectively ('Ex Bibl. Ios. Re. Card. Imperialis'). All items: 1) Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827), with engraved bookplates; 2) Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), English bibliophile, with pencilled annotations to front pastedowns or North's bookplates, and shelf-mark labels to spines ( Phillipps Manuscripts 7276 (& 7801?), 7211, 5134, 4996); 3) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. For the first work see Clough, The Duchy of Urbino in the Renaissance (1981), p. 174. The fourth work (Castaldo) was printed at Naples in 1769.

[Italy]. Three manuscripts, 18-19th century, comprising: 1. 'Memorie antiche, e recenti dell'antica città di Norcia tomo primo ... Diligenza, ricerca, e studio di un minorita. Data in luce sul principio del secolo XVIIII [i.e. 1800]', [6] 531 pp. (a few inconsistencies in pagination), 33 lines to the page, majuscule chapter headings with rubricated capitals and gilt ornaments, rubricated capitals and text in red frames throughout, calligraphic title-page incorporating heraldic emblem and heightened in gilt, 3 heraldic emblems in pen-and-ink and watercolour heightened with gold to p. 5, allegorical tailpiece at p. 37, pp. 360-9 containing copies of memorial inscriptions in roman capitals, 2 printed pamphlets bound in at rear (Lettera apologetico - istorico - critica sopra uno scritto divulgato contro l'antichissima città di Norcia, Norcia, 1788, 35 pp.; Cajetani Bonanni Romani ... Episcopi Nursini ... Epistola Pastralis, Rome: ex Typographia de Romanis, 1821, 16 pp.; both variably spotted and wormed), slightly browned, occasional spots and stains, frequent manuscript corrections on slips pasted over original text, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine and within decorative cartouches to covers, rubbed and soiled, wear to spine-ends, ties renewed, folio (26 x 18.5 cm), 2. 'Apparecchio alla storia di Albano' [volume 2:] 'Notizie istorichi di Albano e suoi contorni' [spine-titles], 2 volumes, c.1800?, approx. 380 + 440 leaves, volume 1 with additional documents and sections from other manuscripts bound in (including 10 folding leaves to rear), volume 2 apparently bound from 3 discrete manuscripts possibly in the same hand (the paper of different dimensions), the final part (approx. 60 leaves) containing ecclesiastical inscriptions transcribed in square capitals with rudimentary diagrams, first few leaves in volume 2 wormed and paper partially corroded in places from ink, a few other marks, contemporary half vellum, gilt spine labels incorporating name of author 'Lorenzo Rè', rubbed, worming and water-damage to foot of volume 2 spine and front board, folio (27 x 19.5 cm), 3. 'Volume in cui si contengono molte copie d'istromenti, e contratti antichi, in tempo de Signori Orsini risguardanti lo stato di m[on]te libretti comprata da Signori Barberini', 1758, [4] 252 leaves, ink corrosion to decorative frame around title and to text on penultimate leaf, worm -track in gutter of leaves 50-70, contemporary marbled boards, rebacked, extremities worn, folio (26 x 18.3 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance (all items): 1) Thomas Ashby (1874-1931), British archaeologist in Italy and director of the British School at Rome (bookplates; manuscript aquisition notes). 2) Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Another copy of the first item is located in the Archivio Diocesano di Norcia (see Cordella & Criniti, 'La Sabina settentrionale: Norcia, Cascia e Valnerina romane', in Ager Veleias 2.06 (2007), p. 16), but the work appears to be unpublished; a laid-in typescript note (possibly Clough's) identifies the author as 'Padre Francesco Antonio Rocci'. The Lorenzo Rè apparently named as the author on the spines of the second work may be the Italian archaeologist who was professor of archaeology at the University of Rome until he was succeeded by his pupil Antonio Nibby in 1820.

Manuscript. Journal belonging to an anonymous novelist, 1829-1830, manuscript religious journal of approximately 300pp., and fictional tale of 33pp. titled 'Glendower', written throughout in the same sloping hand, generally lightly toned, original quarter sheep, extremities slightly worn, 4to, together with two other manuscript commonplace books: the first belonging to M.A. Bull, 1830s/40s, comprising approximately 120 pieces written on 270pp. in two hands, mostly poems and songs, some well-known, others more obscure, original diced calf, slightly rubbed, 20th century gilt decorated reback, 4to; the other similar, belonging to Emma Marsh, dated 1847, original blindstamped red roan gilt, rubbed, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESApparently the writings of a 19th century female novelist who published three works anonymously: The Baroness. A Tale. Dedicated to the Daughters of Rank and Affluence in Great Britain , published in one volume 1843; Distinction. A Tale , published in two volumes in 1845; and its sequel Domestic Scenes; a Tale for the Times , published in one volume in 1848, all published in London by Seeley, Burnside and Seeley. All three works are now scarce. Two of the main protagonists in Distinction and its sequel are Lords Glendower and Thurnham who appear in the chapters herein. One of the journal entries reads: 'This other day of August 1831 I have finished my story of "Thurnham", the intention of it, my conscience tells me is good ; and its success in the world, if it ever should appear there, I leave to Him , who ordereth all things well .'

* Medicinal Leeches. Autograph letter from Sir Everard Home to Dr James Rawlins Johnson, Bristol, Sackville St. [London], July 4, 1817, single page, 'You know I suppose of your election to the R [oya] l Society and that your paper will be published - some of the council proposed as an improvement upon the names to call the Leech Glossopora. I shall be glad to see the drawing of the specimen of the clavicles in your Father's collection when convenient', the whole letter laid down on a backing sheet, with the address portion cut and pasted to top right corner, slight age toning, 4to, together with five other medical-related letters and manuscripts: 1. Sinclair (Sir John, 1754-1835). Autograph letter to a Dr Marniel, whom he will see in Paris during the week, Hotel de Seine, [Paris], circa 1815, and enquiring 'whether the apparatus for broken thighs has been found the answer in the Hospital at Brussels...', single sheet, folds, 8vo 2. Manuscript medical report, The case of James Chapman, aged 36 who had fallen out of a second story window resulting in serious injuries and amputation, Cambridge? April 9, 1857, single sheet, approximately 800 words written in a neat hand to both sides, right margin trimmed, folds, folio 3. Bell (Marion). Autograph letter written by the wife of the late Sir Charles Bell (1774-1842, Scottish physician and discoverer of the distinct function of the nerves) to Mr Elsom, who had helped her with the publication of his letters and had written the preface, 47 Albany Street, [London], March 4, [1870], 4 pp., 'Even in my dreams, the Providential help you gave to the Letters, is before me. The preface is called by my friends The 'exquisite miniature sketch of Sir Charles by Mr Elsom - so true'... it really seemed to me as if the book flew off from nothing, altho' the end was grave. Your magic pen came to my rescue... I am thankful that it is printed, and on record to show what he was', one or two spots, folds, 12mo 4. Burdett (Francis, 1770-1840, reforming policician). Autograph note to Dr Frederic Quin (1799-1879, founder of the British Homeopathic Society) requesting they dine together, October 1, 1832, single sheet, 6 lines, laid down onto stiff backing sheet, slight soiling, 12mo 5. Manuscript Chemist Statement. From Thomas Pitts, chemist, to Sir Lawrence Vansittart Palk, Haldon House, Devon, January 14, 1843-March 2, 1844, single sheet in double column, listing items for treatment and grooming of horses, household items and medicines, the total amounting to £23.6.72, contemporary docket to verso, folds, folio (Qty: 6)NOTESSir Everard Home (1756-1832) was a surgeon and the first to describe Mary Anning's fossil discovery (later the 'Ichthyosaur') in 1814. He submited a paper to the Philosophical Transactions 1817 (page 339) titled "Observations on the Hirudo Complanata and Hirudo Stagnalis, now formed into distinct genus under the name Glossopora" by Dr. Johnson of Bristol of Bristol communicated by Sir Everard Home. Dr. James Rawlins Johnson was the author of 'A Treatise on the Medicinal Leech: including its medical and natural history, with a description of its anatomical structure: also remarks upon the diseases, preservation and management of leeches', 1816.

* Quaker Marriage Certificate. A large marriage certificate for Henry Dell of Wellington Place, Holloway Road, in the Parish of St. Mary Islington, Middlesex, and Amy Jane Barter, at the Meeting House at Warwick, 26 October 1869, pre-printed lithographic document with calligraphic manuscript insertions and border decorations of flowers, leaves and a peacock, colours in gilt, silver, red, blue and green, with signatures of multiple witnesses in ruled cells in lower third of document, some overall dust soiling, heaviest to upper left and right margins, 48 x 33.5 cm, framed and glazed (Qty: 1)Provenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).

[Yorkshire]. Group of manuscripts and ephemera, 18th-20th century, comprising: 'Hunting Diary. York & Ainsty. 1911-12 [1912-13]' [cover-title], 2 volumes, 1911-22, fox-hunting diary, printed headings, ruled in red, completed in manuscript on approx. 190 pp. including lengthy remarks, contemporary black skiver over flexible boards, wear to extremities, large 4to (32.6 x 27.2 cm), [Landowner's household ledger], 1738-46, mentioning places chiefly near Wakefield including Little Smeaton, Knottingley, and similar, 258 pp., contemporary vellum, remains of tawed ties, marked, folio (31.6 x 20.4 cm), 'In the Matter of the Revd Edward Frank clerk of unsound mind. The first account of Sir William Bryan Cooke Baronet the receiver ad interim of the estates of the said Edward Frank appointed ... on the 11th day of August 1825 ... As to the rents of the estates in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk [...York]' [caption-title], 1825-35, [362] pp., contemporary vellum, manuscript cover-title, heavily dust-soiled, rubbed, folio (35.5 x 23 cm), and 7 others, including: 1) [Leeds builder's ledger], c.1850, 78 pp., red skiver wallet binding, rubbed, 8vo; 2) [Testimonial photograph album presented to William Roscoe as chairman of governors at Leeds Modern School], 4to; 3) [Minute book of Halifax Art Union], c.1850, spine worn, 4to; 4) 'A Short History of Chapel Allerton, Allerton Gledhow, Allerton Grange, and Moor Allerton. Volume 1. A. E. Sandford, 1960' [cover-title], typescript with mounted gelatin silver print photographs, 4to; 5) Friendship album, 1856-1908, on varicoloured paper, blind-stamped dark blue roan, shaken, worn, 4to (Qty: 11)NOTESThird item: Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782-1851), of Wheatley Hall, was sometime mayor of Doncaster.

Brieger (Peter et al) . Illuminated Manuscripts of the Divine Comedy, 2 volumes [text & plates], Bollingen Series LXXXI, 1st edition, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1969, numerous monochrome plates, publishers uniform original cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, together with: Rudy (Kathryn M.) , Rubics, Images and Indulgences in Late Medieval Netherlandish Manuscripts (Library of the Written Word, volume 55), 1st edition, Brill, Leiden, 2017, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, and Andriolo (Azzurra Elena & Suzanne Reynolds) , A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges, part 5, volume 1 (Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula in Cambridge), 1st edition, Harvey Miller, 2017, numerous colour illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 8vo, plus Panofsky (Erwin) , Tomb Sculpture, Four Lectures on Its Changing Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini, 1st edition, Phaidon Press, 1992, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, large 4to, and other illuminated manuscript reference & related, all original cloth, most in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 16)

* [Fashion]. A set of seven drawings of ladies, circa 1840s, pencil and watercolour on wove paper, each drawing depicting a different young lady, in various attitude and dress, two with one vertical fold, sheet size approximately 11 x 9 cm (4.5 x 4 ins), each loosely contained in a sheet of folded laid paper annotated with caption in contemporary manuscript, e.g.: "I'm sending you my picture, but If you don't like it I'm sure I don't care" and "If you would like to see my face ask very prettily, and see what will come of it", housed together in an old worn envelope titled in pencil on front in a contemporary hand "Horrors!", together with 25 miniature landscape watercolours on card, mid 19th century, each scene within ink border, including some of Wales and Ireland, most annotated on verso in contemporary manuscript with initials 'E.D.' and many titled, e.g.: 'Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara'; 'From Rhianva Anglesea'; 'Lyn Idwal N. Wales'; 'At Moone Abbey, Co. Kildare'; 'Sandcliff, near Bournemouth'; 'In Powderham Park'; 'Manai Strait'; 'Kylemore Lake Connemara'; 'Stonehenge'; 'Mumbles Lighthouse', two mounted on card, some light marginal spotting, sheet size approximately 6.5 x 4.5 cm (2.5 x 1.75 ins) (Qty: 32)NOTESFrom the Library of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

* Manuscript. A Practical Course of Artillery, by James Lyons R.M.A., 1851, 616pp. manuscript, including several diagrams and illustrations, occasional finger-soiling, contemporary half morocco, few minor marks, 4to, together with: Owen (C. H. and T. L. Dames) , Elementary Lectures on Artillery..., Woolwich, 1859, title torn with loss, black and white plates, 155pp. manuscript work on manufacture of ordance bound in at rear, disbound together with Handbook for the Q.F. 3.7-Inch Mark I Howitzer on Marks I, II & III Carriages Land Service 1930 and another for the Q.F. 18-pr. Mark IV Gun 1924 (Qty: 4)

Navy Lists. By Authority. The Navy List, corrected to the End of June [-November], 1814, London: John Murray, 1814, 6 parts in 1 volume, contemporary half calf, spine perished, covers detached, 12mo, together with: The New Navy List, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1840, title-page re-guarded, inner hinges cracked, 20th-century cloth, crude manuscript spine-title, 8vo, The New Navy List ... Compiled by Charles Haultain, London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1841, contemporary half calf, rubbed, 8vo, By Authority. The Navy List, corrected to the 20th December [-for January, 1846], London: John Murray, 1845-6, contemporary half roan, rubbed, 12mo, By Authority. The Navy List, corrected to the 20th March, 1850, London: John Murray, 1850, original cloth, 8vo, and 9 other navy lists (January 1878, October 1883, 1891, January 1895, 1909, September 1914, 1917, July 1918, and 1936), variable condition, list for 1936 evidently lacking several leaves at front, many rebound with crude manuscript spine-titles, various formats, the lot not collated, sold as seen (Qty: 14)Provenance: From the antiques & militaria collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019).

Evans (J. Gwenoguryn) . The Text of the Book of Llan Dâv reproduced from the Gwysanery Manuscript, facsimile edition, The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1979, monochrome folding facsimile plates, publishers original red cloth, 8vo, together with: Jones (R. M.) , Blodeugerdd Barddas O'r Bedwaredd Ganrif Ar Bymtheg, 1st edition, Cyhoeddiadau Barddas, 1988, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, and Seaborne (Malcom) , Schools In Wales 1500-1900 A social and Architectural History, 1st edition, Gee & Son Limited, Denbigh, 1992, black & white illustrations, previous owner inscription to front endpaper, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head, 8vo, plus other modern Welsh history reference & related, including Y Bywgraffiadur Cymreig Hyd 1940, by Anrhydeddus Gymdeithas Y Cymmrodorion, 1953, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4to (Qty: 6 shelves)

* Royal Navy. Manuscript copy letter from the Navy Board to the Lords of the Admiralty regarding estimates for wear and tear of ships at sea and in harbour, Navy Office, 4th March, 1716, 13 pp., written in neat clerical hand, docket to front blank, remains of stitching, all edges gilt, folds, folio, together with New Graving Dock at Plymouth. Three copy manuscript letters, Plymouth Dock & London, 30 June, 3rd & 6th July, 1747, 3 pp. & 2 pp., written in neat clerical hand, first letter with a table of costs, docket to verso of second letter, all edges gilt, folio Cost of Moorings for the Navy. Manuscript letter titled "Observations on the Head of Harbour Moarings on the Ordinary Estimate of the Navy", circa 1750, 2 pp., docket and additional notes in another hand to verso, folds (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first letter is written in response to the debates of the Lords of the Admiralty on the question of wear and tear to Naval ships, with estimates of costs, the original letter signed by admirals and administrators Wager, Acworth, Sergison, Burton, Lyddel, Swanton and Fowler; the second three letters concern the provision of two new dry docks at Plymouth, the first of which is the estimate for the cost of the work (£1120.2.61/2) from John Brome, Master Attendant and Bn. Slade, Master Shipwright, Plymouth Yard; the third compares the costs of moorings in various ports from the Navy Board to those from the officers of the yards and finds the official figures are £5000 light and notes the figures for Portsmouth and Plymouth are much higher due to the frequency that the Channel Fleet is in harbour.

* Wroclaw/Breslau. Wernher (F. B. after), Four vue d'optiques, Vue de L' Église Cathédrate de St Jean à Breslau, Vue de L'Hotel de ville sur le Devant Breslau, La Maison du Thrésor Royal avec L'Eglise S. Mathais a Breslau [and] Vue de L'Hôtel de ville de derriére à Breslau, published Georg Balthasar Probst, Augsburg, circa 1760, together four engraved views with contemporary hand colouring, titles repeated below image in Latin, Italian and German, one with near contemporary manuscript annotations below printed titles, each approximately 325 x 425 mm (Qty: 4)

* Potter ( Beatrix , 1866-1943). Three autograph letters signed, 1937-43, all 3 written to Mrs Brooke in Beatrix Potter's hand, from Castle Cottage, Sawrey: the first dated 25 October 1937, pertaining to the procurement of a nurse and related advertising and enquiries, "I have had to go to Coniston for other business so I called on Nurse Reid - an attractive Scotch girl, the farmer has some excuse!!", and going on to say that she intends to consult Dr Brownlee "he is a sensible man for an opinion about nurses", returning to Nurse Reid and a "comical kettle o' fish" saying that "[Nurse Reid] informed me in a pretty but determined Scotch accent that she has not registered as a midwife and will not do so!", signed H.B. Heelis, written in brown ink to both sides of a single sheet of thin paper (with some show-through), 2 folds, some creasing, unevenly torn along top edge, small piece missing from right-hand edge (not affecting manuscript), 24.5 x 19.5 cm, the second dated 26 October 1937, continuing the conversation about nurses, mentioning Dr Brownlee's opinion, asking for financial figures, expressing hope that she will not have help arrange lodgings, and ending "Apparently the Bowness nurse who is not a midwife is being upheld in her post; so Miss Furninger is not getting all her own way", signed Beatrix Heelis, written in brown ink to one side of a single sheet of thin paper, 4 folds, some small faint creases, unevenly torn along top edge, small piece missing from right-hand edge (just clipping one word), 24.5 x 19.5 cm; the third dated 1 November 1943, pertaining to the rationing of petrol during WWII, and musings on essential journeys for nurses as opposed to unreasonable journeys by children in taxis to attend "genteel governess-school daily", as well as a description of being stopped by police herself "I had left my identity card at home & the insurance... ", and a comment on the frivolity of an invitation to cocktails at such a time "A very vulgar world", signed Beatrix Potter, written in black ink on both sides of a sheet of lined paper, 2 folds, slightly creased to top and bottom edges (and a little frayed to former), 20 x 16 cm, together with 5 photographs of Katherine Brooke, 4 of her as a small child and the other showing her as a young woman (Qty: 8)NOTESProvenance: Bequeathed by the recipient to her mother and thence by descent. Katherine Madge Brooke (1891-1991), known by her second name, was the daughter of The Hon. John Cross, land agent to the High Legh Estates in Cheshire, and granddaughter of British statesman and Conservative politician Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, who notably served as Home Secretary, and was a close friend and advisor of Queen Victoria. Whilst growing up Katherine was a frequent visitor to her grandfather's London home where she remembered being introduced to Lord Derby and the Prime Minister. When war broke out in 1914 Katherine travelled alone to France as an untrained army volunteer, where she was based at the training centre and hospital in Etaples. Before her death, 17 days before reaching the age of 100, Katherine was one of the last surviving women volunteers who served unpaid on the front line in France during WWI. After the war she subsequently returned to France to assist with the War Graves Scheme. She later recalled her war work in recorded interviews which are held at The Imperial War Museum. In 1923 Katherine married Basil Brooke DSO, a captain in the Navy, and they went to live at High Wray House in Ambleside. She recalled her association with Beatrix Potter in a recorded interview in later life. In it she states that, although unable to remember her very first meeting with the writer, she could recall vividly the day (sometime in the early 1930s) that Beatrix Potter drew up in a car outside her house and, stepping out to accost her in the garden, announced "I am going to start a Nursing Association for Hawkshead and you are going to be my Secretary". Katherine's response was a terrified refusal, but Beatrix was not to be diverted from her purpose, and so the two women set up the first local district nursing service. Katherine spoke of her enormous respect and admiration for Beatrix Potter's sharp intellect and knowledge, saying "she was an extraordinary person" with a "marvellous brain". She went on to say that Beatrix did a great deal behind the scenes for the local community, but that her work wasn't recognised in Hawkshead, saying "she didn't go down well". She also described Beatrix's indifference to appearance, saying that she dressed as an old country woman, always in the same old-fashioned looking clothes, and that later on she took up country dancing with her husband.

* Edward VII (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1841-1910). Document signed 'Edward R & I', St James, 1 April 1908, an engraved document completed in manuscript appointing Henry Montgomery Grove to be consul to various Russian provinces, listing eighteen separate places from Moscow to Minsk, and asking him to reside at Moscow, signed by the King at upper margin and countersigned by foreign secretary E[dward] Grey at foot, sheet size 43 x 52cm (Qty: 1)

* Victoria - Letters Patent. Document signed, 'Victoria RI', Buckingham Palace, 27 April 1855, vellum warrant entirely in manuscript, appointing the British diplomat George John Robert Gordon (1812-1912) as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Swiss Confederation, signed by Victoria upper left, some general soiling and semicircular mark from cords from where folded, 36 x 55 cm, large wax seal of Victoria appended by silver and red threads with two tassels attached below, the seal featuring Victoria seated on the throne on the obverse and on her horse holding a sceptre on the reverse, some slight edge chipping, 16 cm diameter (Qty: 1)

Flint (Sir William Russell). In Pursuit: An Autobiography, Medici Society, 1970, numerous colour and black & white illustrations, original red quarter morocco gilt, spine somewhat marked and rubbed, slipcase, folio, (limited edition, 273/1050 total copies signed by Francis Russell Flint), together with More than Shadows, a Biography of W. Russell Flint, by Arnold Palmer, July 1943 reprint, numerous illustrations (a few colour), half-title with portrait newspaper clipping adhered (with adhesive tape), front free endpaper with ink manuscript inscription to Maud A. Rencombe? from W. Russell Flint dated April 1944, front pastedown with tipped-on portrait newspaper clipping, original cloth gilt, some minor marks, price clipped dust jacket, some adhesive tape repairs to verso, loss at head of spine and rear panel, with an autograph letter loosely inserted, 8vo (Qty: 2)NOTESThe manuscript autograph letter, from Flint to Rencombe (on headed paper and dated 1944) discusses her recent purchase of one of his watercolours 'The Little Avenue, Great Englebourne, South Devon', and the inspiration for it. In the letter Flint also offers the accompanying inscribed book as an apology for not being able to undertake a small commission for her.

St Dominic's Press. Collection of St Dominic’s Press books from the library of Dunstan Pruden (1907-1974), Ditchling: St Dominic's Press, 1921-34, comprising: 1. Pertinent and Impertinent. An Assortment of Verse, 1926, woodcut vignettes by Eric Gill, David Jones and others, a few page-numbers corrected in manuscript, bookplate of Dunstan and Anne Pruden, original cloth-backed printed boards, spine worn, boards discoloured, 8vo, number 65 of 200 copies, 2. The Common Carol Book. A Collection of Christmas and Easter Hymns, 1926, woodcut vignettes by Eric Gill, bookplate of Philip and Angela Lowery, closed marginal tear in pp. 49/50, original cloth-backed printed boards, printed label to front, spine sunned and rubbed, cloth slightly brittle, discolouration and soiling to boards, 8vo, number 154 of 225 copies, 3. Patron Saints. A List compiled by J. H. Whale, 1930, woodcut title-device by Eric Gill, bookplate of Philip and Angela Lowery, original cloth, cloth on spine perished, pale mottling to boards, wear to extremities, 8vo, number 90 of 100 copies, 4. Silversmithing. Its Principles and Practice in Small Workshops. By Dunstan Pruden, 1933, woodcut vignettes (one full-page), contemporary cream paper boards, woodcut labels 'From Dunstan Pruden / Ditchling Common, Sussex' mounted to front board, small 8vo, 5. Songs without Clothes ... by Eric Gill, 1921, bookplate of 'Kilbride' (i.e. Valentine Kilbride, 1897-1982, weaver in the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic, or a family member), original linen-backed boards, 8vo, 6. Geoffrey Chaucer. A Study in Genius and Ethics by Fr Vincent McNabb, 1934, bookplate of Dunstan and Anne Pruden, original cloth-backed boards, slightly discoloured, 8vo, number 29 of 300 copies, 7. Diary with Dominican Calendar and XII Wood-Engravings, 1928, vignettes by David Jones and others, bound with approx. 30 blank leaves at rear of which 14 with original pencil-sketches (of a crucifix and other subjects), bookplate of Philip and Angela Lowery, original cloth-backed boards, spine worn, front board detached, 8vo, 8. Le bœuf et l'ane, et deux autres pièces pour marionnettes, 1930, marginal spotting, bookplate of Dunstan and Anne Pruden, original quarter morocco , spine chipped at head, 4to, number 109 of 120 copies, together with: 8 other books, including Eric Gill's personal Bible (Oxford: University Press, 1902, Gill's woodcut bookplate, ownership inscription 'E. E. Gill 1905', possibly one of Gill's siblings, original cloth, bound upside-down, 8vo) and 2 other St Dominic's Press titles; and 3 typed letters signed from Dunstan Pruden to 'Rodney' or his daughter Angela Lowery, one of which enclosing a carbon typescript of an article 'The Art of the Goldsmith' (also present, 6 foolscap sheets) (Qty: 20)NOTESProvenance: 1) Dunstan Pruden (1907-1974), silversmith in the Guild of St Joseph and St Dominic at Ditchling from 1934. 2) Angela Lowery née Pruden (1937-2018), silversmith and daughter of Dunstan Pruden, late of Upton St Leonards, Gloucestershire. 3) Thence by descent. Evan Gill 390 ( Pertinent and Impertinent , mentioning the binding of linen-backed grey paper boards only), 391 ( The Common Carol Book ), 8 ( Songs Without Clothes ; variant binding a). One other copy of Patron Saints traced in auction records, appearing in 1963.

Orwell (George). Coming Up for Air, 1st edition, 2nd impression, Victor Gollancz, 1939, a few scattered spots, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, 'M.E. November 1939', some soiling and old damp stains to text block edges, original blue cloth lettered in blue, rubbed and light browning to extremities, spine faded and some shelf lean, original dust jacket in largely complete but dust-soiled, chipped, frayed and distressed condition, spine browned and with centre portion ('RWELL') loose but present, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESFenwick A7a. The first edition was published on 12 June in a run of 2000 copies, with a further 1000 issued later in June 'with slight, unintentional differences of slipped type' (Fenwick). The publisher Gollancz had hesitated to publish the book, but Orwell was adamant he would make no alterations to his manuscript, writing to his friend Jack Common on 9 April 1939 that if Gollancz 'tries to bugger me abt I think I shall leave him...'. In the event the Gollancz accepted the work and, as indicated by the almost immediate need for a reprint, it sold well.

Riley Motors. The Book of the Riley Nine, A Complete Guide for Owner-Drivers and Prospective Purchasers, by R.A. Blake, Pitman's Motorist's Library, London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1933, monochrome illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, in original worn dust jacket, 8vo, together with a loosely inserted car registration book (revised July 1957) for a Riley Nine registration BLF74 (with cancelled stamps, together with Riley Instruction Book for the 1½ litre Model, Abingdon: Riley Motors, circa 1951, monochrome illustrations, manuscript calculation to title, few marks, original cloth-backed boards, marked, slim 8vo, and other Riley reference books, club bulletins, maintenance manuals & pamphlets etc.including: As Old as the Industry 1898-1969, by David G. Styles, 1st edition, Abingdon: David G. Styles, 1982, monochrome & colour illustrations, title signed by the author, original cloth in dust jacket (spine faded), 4to; Riley The Production and Competition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars, by A.T. Birmingham, 1st edition, London: G.T. Foulis, 1965; Sporting Rileys, The Forgotten Champions, by David G. Styles, 1st edition, London: Dalton Watson, 1988; Riley Beyond the Blue Diamond, by David G. Styles, 1st edition, Belton: Evenword, 1998; Riley The Legendary RMs, by John Price Williams, 1st edition, Marlborough: Crowood Press, 2005; Riley RM-Series 1½ litre, 2½ litre and Pathfinder, by James Taylor, 1st edition, Croydon: Motor Racing Publications, 1990; A Nostalgic look at Riley Cars, by Lynda Springate, 1st edition, Peterborough: Silver Link Publishing, 1996 (Qty: approx. 35)

Japanese Land Register. Okinogo, Yamada-gun, Gunma Prefecture, [1883], lithographically printed book from manuscript plans, comprising a key leaf and 77 map leaves printed in black, red, blue and green, and 3 end leaves of text printed in black, versos blank, original stab-stitched wrappers with lithographically printed details to upper wrapper (rubbed) and including the stamp of the owner Mr. Nakamura, slightly creased and dust-soiled, oblong folio (33 x 47 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThis land register was completed following the Meiji land tax reforms in the 1870s. The Meiji policy led to the abolition of feudal land ownership, provisions for payment of land tax by land owners registered on the land certificate and provision for assessing land tax at 3% of the production value of land. The maps show the addresses and land size and each have a compass and stamp of Mr. Nakamura, while the text leaves give names of people and their responsibilities in the area. Yamada District was formerly a rural district located in Gunma Prefecture and is now entirely part of the cities of Kiryu, Midori and Ota, with a small portion a part of the city of Ashikaga in neighbouring Tochigi Prefecture. The Yamada District was created in 1878 with the reorganisation of Gunma Prefecture into districts. It included some 60 villages which, with the establishment of the municipality system in 1889, was organised into two towns (Kiyru and Omama) and eight villages.

Battle of Breslau. Five engraved battle plans, circa 1757, including Schley (Jacobus van der). Bataille de Breslau Du 22. Novembre 1757..., and Plan de la Bataille de Breslau gagnée par l'Armée Autrtichienne..., 1757, two engraved battle maps, each with contemporary outline colouring indicating the positions of the rival armies, 340 x 460 mm and 360 x 400 mm respectively, together with Weibel (Jakob Samuel). Plan de la Bataille de Breslau en Silesiae..., circa 1790, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, 260 x 455 mm, with another unattributed battle plan of Breslau, slight spotting, old folds, 375 x 440 mm, plus Raspe (Gabriel Nikolaus). Grundriss der Stadt Breslau mit der Königl Preuss..., published Nuremberg, 1757, engraved plan with contemporary outline colouring, 205 x 285 mm with Manuscript map. Schlacht bey Breslau in Schlesien den 22tn November 1757..., an unattributed manuscript map of the battle in pen, ink and wash colour, signed 'V. M. 1784' to lower right corner, several repaired marginal closed tears, 320 x 470 mm (Qty: 6)NOTESThe battle of Breslau took place in November 1757 during the 'Seven Years' War' between the Austrian troops under the command of Prince Carl von Lothringen and the Prussian army under the command of the Duke of Bevern. The battle ended in an Austrian victory and the Prussian surrender of Breslau, but in 1763 Silesia was returned to Prussian rule.

Eastern Europe. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus ), Russia cum Confinijs circa 1610, hand coloured engraved miniature map, near contemporary manuscript page number and cardinal directions added to the blank margins, 140 x 185 mm, Latin text to verso, together with Hondius (Jodocus). Taurica Chersonesus, [1625], hand coloured engraved map, originally published in Samuel Purchas's 'Purchas his Pilgrimage', map size 130 x 165 mm, English text above and on the verso, with Du Val (Pierre). Carte du Voyage de Moscovie Selon la Relation d'Olearius, Paris circa 1665, uncoloured engraved map detailing the route of Adam Olearius's travels from Moscow to the Baltic, 160 x 230 mm, plus Briet (Philip). Sarmatiae Europae ae Delineatio, Paris {1653], hand coloured engraved map, originally published in 'Theater geographique de l'Europe' , a scarce work which highlights the contribution of the Jesuit missionaries to geographical discoveries, 150 x 190m mm, and Mercator (Gerard & Jansson Jan). Livonia, published Amsterdam, circa 1630, hand coloured engraved map originally published in the 'Atlas Minor', slight dust soiling and text showthrough, 150 x 190 mm, German text on verso, together with Mercator (Gerard & Hondius J.). Livonia, Amsterdam, circa 1608, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 150 x 190 mm, French text on verso, supplied with an additional sheet of descriptive text, with Rosaccio (Giuseppe, publisher). Untitled map of central Europe, circa 1688, uncoloured woodblock map of central Europe with Prague at its centre, originally published in 'Teatro del mondo e sue parti cioe Europa, Africa, Asia et America', this new edition had larger woodblock maps cut by Giuseppe Moretti and stretched from Moscow in the east to Venice in the South, left hand vertical margin frayed with slight loss to to neatline, margin extended, 130 x 170 mm, plus Eichovius (Cyprianus). Livoniae descrip. published Cornelius Sutorius [1604], scarce uncoloured engraved map originally published in the 'Delitiarum Germaniae...,' , 90 x 120 mm, and Olearius (Adam). D. D. Joanni Berkenhead..., A New Map of Liefland, [1656], uncoloured engraved map of the Eastern coast of the Baltic, old folds, slight creasing, margins repaired and strengthened on verso, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, one repaired rust hole affecting image, 290 x 360 mm, with Mare Balthicum oder Ost See, [1656], uncoloured engraved map of the Baltic, originally published in Adam Olearius's 'Vermehrte Bewe Beschreibung', map size 110 x 155 mm with German text above, below and on verso of map (Qty: 10)

Galicia. Probst (Jean Michael), Carte nouvelle des Royaumes de Galizie et Lodomerie avec le District de Bukowine, Augsburg, circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large 'curtain' cartouche supported by two putti, slight worming and spotting, old folds, 495 x 575 mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist, heirs of). Lubomeriae et Galliciae Regni Tabula Geographica, 1775, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, several holes affecting image crudely repaired on verso, some creasing and spotting, trimmed to neatline, 450 x 590 mm, with Maire (F. I., publisher). Carte des deux Cercles de Brody et Brzeczany Karte deren zween kreisen von Brody und Brzeczany, Vienna, circa 1790, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'Atlas des Roiaumes de Galicie et de Lodomerie consistant en une Carte générale de ces deux Roiaumes et 10 Cartes...,', large margins, 610 x 430 mm, plus Metzburg (G. I. & Zannoni Rizzi). West Galizien 1tes Blatt enthaltend den Krakauer, Slomniker, Stopnicer, Sandecer, Bochnier und Myslencier Kreis..., West Galizien IItes Blatt enthaltend den Konskier, Radomer, Jozefower und Opatower Kreis..., West Galizien IIItes Blattenthaltend den Wiazowner, Siedlcer, Bialer, Chelmer und Lubliner kreis..., [and] Ost Galizien zweites Blatt, enthaltend den Zamoscer, Zolkiewer und Przemysler kreis..., published Vienna, 1803, together four engraved maps with sparse contemporary outline colouring, each map edged with pink silk and laid on canvas, old folds, each with a contemporary manuscript label to verso, each approximately 480 x 590 mm, and Ost Galizien IVtes Blatt enthaltend den Stanislawower, Zaleszyker und Tschernowitzer kreis..., Vienna, 1803, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 490 x 595 mm (Qty: 8)

* West Indies. Manuscript navigational instructions for entering Port Royal harbour in Jamaica, by W. May, circa 1780, 3 pp., 'After you get the length of the Yallahs keep the land on board it being clear along shore. As you run along - thus - you will soon discern the low shrubby land - called ye palsades - where this low land joins the high land you are running along - is a fort call'd Rock Fort. SSW from this fort - three or four miles is a number of sunken rocks - which ye sea beaks upon & which you must be sure to leave on your starbord hand & continue to run along the palisades - but come not nearer than two cables length - when you are high enough up to observe Port Royal, keep the middle of Fort Charles (which stands on Port Royal point) directly in a line with the whole way on Saltpond Hll - this will run you between a point on ye palisades call'd Plump Point about one mile - continue with ye above marks in one till ye make ye keys. The First is call'd Lime Bay - to be left on your harbourd hand. As soon as you pass this you will see two other keys right ahead - the Northwest one call'd Gun Key - the Southwest call'd Wreckams... As soon as you open Port Royal Church to ye west'd of Charlesfort you are clear of those knowles & may hall in to Port Royal Harbour to anchor - there is good watering at Rock Fort & plenty of wood on the Island to be purchased of the inhabitants. Not withstanding any directions that may be wrote - an intire stranger will very much hazard his ship if he venters higher than Plum Point without a pilote...', signed 'W. May', some crossings-through, small splits, a little light soiling, folds, folio, 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 8 in) (Qty: 1)NOTESDetailed manuscript instructing a captain of a vessel entering Port Royal Harbour, Jamaica. Port Royal, lying at the mouth of Kingston Harbour in southeastern Jamaica was a former Spanish colony until captured by the English in 1655 and served as the unofficial capital of Jamaica until destroyed in an earthquake in 1692. Before the earthquake it was a base for privateers and pirates, used by governors of Jamaica to defend the port, among them Henry Morgan and later Blackbeard (Edward Teach or Thatch) who used the port to attack Spanish shipping and became a notorious hotbed of drunken debauchery and prostitution. After Henry Morgan was appointed was Lieutenant Governor in 1674, anti-piracy laws were enacted and Gallows Point in Port Royal became the place of execution of many pirates, including Calico Jack and Charles Vane. The Royal Navy expanded the port into a naval base from 1735, adding dockyards, wharves, and a naval hospital.

Bristol. An illustrated manuscript journal, by C[harlotte] H. Girdlestone, circa 1836, pp.41, written throughout in a neat hand to rectos and verso, interspersed with a few items of verse and 12 drawings and vignettes comprising: 5 botanical watercolours; a pen & ink drawing of 3 choristers; 2 mounted topographical watercolours, one of Nightingale Valley and the other depicting 'a magnificent Elm'; 3 pen & ink sketches of a distant settlement, the Severn Estuary, and trees; and a pencil sketch of St. John's Church, watermarked Joynson 1836, stitching lost and page block loose in original printed card covers 'Superfine London Copy Book', with owner's manuscript name on upper cover, 4to (23 x 18.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESCharting a two-week sojourn to Bristol and surrounding area, this skilfully-illustrated journal is by little-known artist Charlotte Girdlestone; a sketchbook by Charlotte is held by The National Archives, containing scenes in Cheshire drawn between 1837 and 1842, and a lithographic panorama of Regent's Park was sold at auction recently which was annotated in pencil: “Drawn on stone by Charlotte Girdlestone, between 1830 & 1835.” Amongst religious musings and extensive descriptions of flora, there are many mentions of excursions to places around Bristol, for example the writer describes a service at Bristol Cathedral, a trip to Clifton Downs, where the party view the Camera Obscura at the Observatory, and glimpse Cook's Folly "guarded from a lady's approach, by the abominations of a Beer shop and Tea gardens", a visit "to the Hotwells, where I drank the tepid water of the Spring ... ", and trips to the Zoological Gardens, Almondsbury Hill, Penpole Hill, the Ropeworks, Mr. Gassaway's Nursery Gardens, Henbury Cottages, and the Church of St. Mary, Redcliffe where Hogarth's Altarpiece was examined and the tower ascended. Unsurprisingly there is an emphasis on painting and the arts, the writer making note of her own time spent drawing or arranging portfolios, as well as such notable occasions as a trip to Windsor Terrace, Clifton where "I did not see Mr. Rippingille's pictures" (presumably Bristol School artist Edward Villers Rippingille), although a subsequent trip was more successful "Admired pictures in Mr. West's Studio". An outing to see Mr. William's Cabinet of Minerals is described at length, and at the Academy of Arts the writer "examined the pictures for an hour" detailing certain pieces by Syers, Wolfe, Curnock, Simmons, Jackson. An evening is described in which "Mr. William brought home from a Sale, 3 boxes of Medallions in Plaster of Paris and Terra Cotta, most beautiful ... If each mind has its peculiar element of sympathetic pleasure, I think mine is in beauty of Form", going on to say "After the Medallions came the book of Ferns, from Madeira and Jamaica".

Poland/Pomerania. Seutter (Matthaus), Ducatus Pomeraniae cum magna Maris Balthici et Provinciarum ad Nexarum Parte..., Augsburg, 1725 - 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, very large uncoloured baroque allegorical cartouche, manuscript page number to upper right corner, 500 x 570 mm, together with Schenk (Petrus). Ducatus Pomeraniae Tabula Generalis in qua sunt Ducatus Pomeraniae, Stettinensi Cassubiae Vandalie et Bardensis..., Amsterdam, circa 1710, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large uncoloured cartouche, some oxidisation to old colour causing splitting and cracking to image with small areas of loss, 490 x 580 mm, with Brüggemann (Ludwig Wilhelm & Gadebusch Thomas). Special Charte vom Herzogthum Pommern nebst den angränzenden Ländern von Meclenburg der Ucker ung Neumark Westpreussen un Netzdistrict..., Nuremberg, 1702, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large table of explanation, title repeated in French above map, 465 x 710 mm, plus Dezauche (Jean Claude). Le Duche de Pomeranie compris sous le Cercle de la Haute Saxe divise suivant qu'il est presentement partagé entre la Couronne de Suede et L'Eslecteur de Brandebourg..., Paris, circa 1780, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured cartouche and mileage scale, 465 x 655 mm, and Sotzmann (Daniel Friedrich). Der Nördliche Theil des Ober Saechsischen Kreises oder die Mark Branenburg und das Herzogthum Pommern..., Berlin [1793], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, originally published in 'Repertorium zur Karte von Deutschland...,' 255 x 295 mm (Qty: 5)

North Wales. An illustrated manuscript journal, by Isabella Nicholson, 1837, pp.40, written throughout in a neat hand to rectos and verso (a few pages blank), with headings: 'Arvonia', 'Bangor', 'Beddgelert', 'Tan-y-Bwlch', 'Ffestiniog', 'Snowden', 'Tyn-y-Maes', narrative interspersed by a few poems and 9 pen & ink drawings: 'Llyn Colwyn', 'Tan-y-Bwlch Inn', 'From the window of the Oakley Arms', Tan-y-Bwlch', 'Goat Inn' (with paint splodge not affecting image), 'Pont Aberglasllyn', 'Ciliart's Tomb', 'Plas Colwyn', 'Trifain - Moel Goch - Blenglog', latter 4 full-page, and 2 watercolours, one of two dragonflies on heather, and the other of butterflies amongst harebell tendrils (full-page), first page with ink inscription 'Presented to Isabella Nicholson by her grateful Brother', watermarked J. Whatman 1836, stationer's oval blindstamp to upper left corner of second leaf 'London Superfine', page block loose in original blue card covers, rubbed and marked, 4to (26 x 21 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA beautifully illustrated travelogue by Isabella Nicholson, the sister of artist George Nicholson (1795?-1838), who exhibited drawings in watercolour and pencil of flowers, birds, and occasionally landscapes, at the Liverpool Academy between 1829 and 1845. The sketchbook charts Isabella's excursion in picturesque North Wales with two friends, Edward and Mary Ann, which begins with a sea voyage from Liverpool on the Prince Llewellyn at 9am on Saturday August 5th 1837. On arrival at Beddgelert from Bangor the author writes: "Everything here is charming and romantic ... I feel temptation to draw at every step." As well as the usual descriptions of the "strikingly beautiful" scenery, the journal is full of minute observation, detailed conversations, anecdote and good humour, for example: the Captain of the ship allowing a bee to perambulate his arm for half an hour rather than end its life; the curious seaweed at Garth made into cat-o'-nine-tails by boys; and her disbelief at and subsequent measuring of the 15 foot thick walls of the Eagle Tower, Caernarvon Castle. Prices of food and board are noted, and various comments made about meals, such as a description of the consumption of "a hot roasted duck & a glass of good ale" and "we devoured a couple of fowls, fresh roasted, for our tea". At Ffestiniog Isabella describes rural life: "In the meadows we observed a fine example of discipline among the Mowers; there were 7 in one rank, sweeping with simultaneous action, and resting together". Local customs are noted, such as drinking from the Antique Tankard of Beddgelert, and notable characters such as the two Mrs. Pritchards are mentioned. At one of their boarding houses Isabella writes of "all the house in the hall lilting to the harp", describing the vivid scene of glaring light and wild strains of music, to which master and servant alike dance and partner each other. She describes a misty ascent of Snowdon, alternately riding and leading a pony, and mentions a boy sent to guide them who was unable to speak a word of English; on the ascent she and her party are forced to find shelter in an old lady's cottage, where "several Welsh lasses came in quite wet", including "a mountain beauty". She also describes an evening when cannons were fired: "the effect was astonishing, it was answered by all the echoes in Snowdonia", the netting of a butterfly which "enriches my cabinet", and Mary Ann turning her back on Edward to negotiate a gate "lest he should see her stockings".

Silesia/Poland. Covens J. & Mortier P. (publishers), Sup.s et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae in suos XVII Minores..., Amsterdam, 1741, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, inset town plan of Breslau, large decorative cartouche, title repeated above map in French, 505 x 580 mm, together with Jansson (Jan). Silesiae Ducatus Accurata et vera delineatio..., Amsterdam, circa 1660, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, but somewhat faded, some staining, 390 x 495 mm, Latin text on verso, with Schenk (P.). Mappa Geographica Exactissima Cointinens Imperatoris Haereditarium DominiumSilesiam nec non eiusdem Provincias interiores Comitatus..., Amsterdam, circa 1705, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining, 495 x 580 mm, with Blaeu (Johannes). Baronatus Carolato Bethaniensis in Silesia Inferiore..., Amsterdam, [1662], uncoloured engraved map, 415 x 510 mm, Spanish text on verso, plus Schenk (Peter). Ducatus Silesiae Wolanus, Amsterdam, circa 1690, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, short split at base of central fold, 410 x 385 mm and Walch (Johannes). Charte von Schlesien Maehren und der Lausitz..., Augsburg, 1805, engraved map of the whole of Silesia with contemporary outline colouring, later manuscript title to verso, 500 x 560 mm (Qty: 6) NOTE: Schenk (Peter). Ducatus Silesiae Wolanus, Amsterdam, circa 1690, this is in fact an anonymous copy of the Hondius map (with orientationchanged from East to North), ordered by Pitt for the English Atlas andhas the Atlas number XXVII in the upper right hand corner

Wales & Welsh language. Y Greal sev Cynnulliad o Orchestion ein Hynaviaid, a llofion o amryw van-govion y cynoesodd; hevyd amryw gyvansoddiadau mewn rhyddiaith a phrydyddiaeth, gan ein Cyvoedion: tan olygiad Cymdeithasau y Gwyneddigion a'r Cymreigyddion yn Llundain , London: S. Rousseau,1805, bound with Rhetoreg neu Rheitheg a ddechreuwyd gan y Mr. William Salisbury..., London: S. Rousseau, 1807, contemporary half calf, extremities rubbed, spine darkened, 8vo, together with: Parry (John) , Goleuad Gwynedd, neu'n hytrach Goleuad Cymru; sef cylchgrawn gwybodaeth yn cynnwys cynnulliad o fyr-draethiadau ... a gyhoeddwyd dan olygiad John Parry, 2 parts in one, Caerlleon: Argraffwyd dros y cyhoeddwr [John Parry], gan I. Fletcher, 1818, manuscript to verso of title with show-through, some soiling and marks, contemporary calf, joints cracked and wear to extremities, 8vo, Prichard (T. Jeffery LLewelyn) , Welsh Minstrelsy: containing the Land Beneath the Sea; or, Cantrev y Gwaelod, A Poem, in three Cantos, London: John & H. L. Hunt, 1824, modern dark green library buckram, 8vo, Phillips (John Roland) , The History of Cilgerran, London: J. Russell Smith, 1867, 4 mounted albumen prints (including frontispiece), title with ownership signature (rubbed through with consequent paper skinning), occasional spotting, original cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, Moore (Ann) , A Faithful Relation of the Wonderful and Extraordinary Abstinence of Ann Moore, who for nearly four years, has, and still continues to live without any kind of food, to which are added, Moral Reflections and Observations, Derby: Printed by G. Wilkins, 1810, 32pp., engraved frontispiece, some browning and spotting, disbound 8vo, plus other late 19th and 20th century Welsh history & topography related (Qty: a carton)

NO RESERVE Victorian Juvenilia.- Grove (Georged B., of West Bromwich) The Monthly Circulator, autograph manuscript signed, title and 238pp., numerous pen and ink illustrations, slightly browned, original cloth, slight stain on lower cover, 113 x 92mm., 1842.

Early printed leaves.- [Schedel (Hartmann)] Four leaves from the Liber Chronicarum, or Nuremberg Chronicle, including CCII, CCXXVII, CCXXXVII, and LIX, each with portraits of historical figures and vignettes, three with additional marginal manuscript border decorations, woodcuts with later hand-colouring, some heightened with gold, on laid paper without watermarks, each leaf approx. 440 x 295 mm. (17 1/4 x 11 5/8 in), CXXVII with one margin trimmed, otherwise al with slightly rough edges, minor surface dirt and handling creases, unframed, [Nuremberg, 1493] (4)

Hebrew Manuscript Facsimile.- The Golden Haggadah, one of 520 copies, coloured and gilt facsimile manuscript leaves, original blind stamped calf, spine gilt, slip-case and spine lightly faded, Eugrammia Press, 1969; and an accompanying commentary volume (2)