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Hope (Sir William). A Vindication of the True Art of Self-Defence with a Proposal to the Honourable Members of Parliament for Erecting a Court of Honour in Great-Britain. Recommended to all Gentlemen, but particularly to the Soldiery. To which is Annexed, a Short, but very useful Memorial for Sword-Men, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Printed by William Brown and Company, 1724, engraved frontispiece and folding engraved plate (short closed tear to inner blank margin), manuscript number at head of title, short closed tear to last leaf of dedication, fore-edge blank margin of C1 with paper fault tear (not affecting text), slight toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of Gordon family of Gordon Castle to upper pastedown and also with Gordon Castle shelf number label, contemporary calf, lacking title label to spine, joints cracked, slight wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.139. This volume was previously sold at Sotheby's 29 November 1974, for £26 to F. Edwards and acquired by the Paul family. Sir William Hope (1660-1724) wrote a number of books relating to fencing. His work suggested that the French Small-Sword system which he had originally trained in was lacking, and that the true Art of Defence lay in the English back-sword method.

Fencing. A manuscript copy comprising 10 leaves of Theorie et Pratique des Armes , 19th century, incorporating 6 pen and ink and 2 pencil drawings of fencing positions, some closed tears and fraying, each leaf laid on thin card/ thick paper, dust-soiled, old creases and few marks, oblong folio, with 9 pages of 19th century letterpress "on the use and advantages of Fencing" (by Henry Angelo), dirt soiling to margins, loosely contained between contemporary worn boards, oblong folio, with a set of four engraved plates, depicting fencing positions by English, French, Prussian, Swiss, Austrian, Russian, Spanish & Italian officers, published by J. Wilkes, 1805/06, with 6 leaves of letterpress from Encyclopaedia Londinensis; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, recent card covers, slim 4to (Qty: 1)

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)NOTESThimm 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.

Rolando (Le Sieur Guzman ). The Modern Art of Fencing agreeably to the practice of the most eminent masters in Europe. By Le Sieur Guzman Rolando, of the Academie des Armes. Carefully revised and augmented with a technical glossary, etc. by J.S. Forsyth, London: Samuel Leigh, 1822, half-title, 23 hand-coloured engraved plates (including frontispiece with coloured pencil signature J.H. Hart & flourish mark to verso, with consequent light show-through), tissue guards (few with closed tears), 12 page publisher's book list at rear, some toning and light dust-soiling, some marginal browning, scattered spotting, edges untrimmed, modern dark green half calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo in 6s (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.244; Vigeant p.113; Pardoel 2226. Rolando was fencing master of the Academie des Armes in France. The present work was adapted from a manuscript by Rolando in the possession of one of his former students as referred to in the introduction to the volume. This the first edition of the pocket-sized illustrated handbook proved very popular. The title-page includes a quote from John Locke regarding education ' Fencing has so many advantages in regard to health and personal appearance, that every gentleman of respectability ought to have so striking a mark of distinction.' It includes a publisher's stock list on the last 4 pages ('Established school books'). A Spanish edition was published by Ackermann in 1826.

Vendrell y Eduart (Liborio). Arte de Esgrimir el Sable. Arreglado a los Adelantos de la Escuela Moderna por don Liborio Vendrell y Eduart, Oficial de Administracion Militar, Vitoria: Elias Sarsquela, 1879, half-title, 4 folding lithograph plates, inserted paper slip bearing manuscript number '*492', text partially uncut, some toning throughout, original printed wrappers bound-in, contemporary limp vellum, gilt embossed device of Bibliotheca Hispana to upper cover, three woven ties, slim 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.321.

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London [i.e. Amsterdam]: by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1599 [i.e. circa 1599-1640], letterpress general title with woodcut illustration and upper outer corner torn away & repaired (without initial general title with woodcut border), New Testament title within decorative woodcut border, few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, double-column roman type, colophon at end of Tables dated 1599, bound without Apocrypha, early manuscript genealogical entries to letterpress general title, final leaf of Profits and verso of New Testament title relating to the Widonson family (also to upper pastedown), few closed tears and fraying to margins, D1 torn to inner upper margin, burn hole to R2 with text loss & burn mark to facing leaf R1, X1 torn to fore-edge margin with loss to marginal note, 3I4 torn to lower blank margin with slight loss to notes & catchword etc., 3P3 torn to lower outer corner with slight loss, without blank leaf 3Q8, small hole to final leaf 3R4, some soiling, occasional dampstains and marks (including few ink marks), without free endpapers, 19th century ownership label of John Wycliffe Wilson of Sheffield to upper pastedown, hinges repaired, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked and corners repaired (spine concave), 4to, contained in modern slipcase (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: From the Library of David Wilson (1926-2020). Herbert 248; Darlow & Moule 188; STC 2174. Geneva version; with Thomson's NT, but with Junius' Revelation. These Bibles with imprint dated 1599 were probably printed in Amsterdam and Dort and adopted by Barker, for the use of English Puritans in the Low Countries. There are many editions bearing this date, which while agreeing closely are yet distinct. No doubt a certain number of copies were originally issued in a mixed state. The nominal date, 1599, is probably untrue in almost every case. However, this version (Herbert 248) is probably the earliest of these editions, as it abounds more than any others in gross errors, and was perhaps printed in Amsterdam in about 1599. Typographical variations and errors in this volume include Esther i:1 '... seuen and twen - \ ty prouinces '; Song of Solomon v:3, defile for put; Isaiah xxx:32, beards for harps , Isaiah xxxvi:12, thing for dung ; Matt. xxiv:50, line repeated. This example also omitting line in Eccles. iv:9, Two are better [than one: for they have better] wages for their labour .

Bible illustrations. [Toneel ofte Vertooch der Bybelsche Historien], bound with Historien des Nieuwen Testaments, 2 parts in one, Amsterdam: Nicolaes Visscher, c.1659, with engraved plates of Biblical scenes by Pieter H. Schut, Old Testament with 188 (of 192) plates (lacking 1-3 & 25), New Testament with 140 (of 144) plates (lacking 38-39 & 143-144), OT plate 32 misbound, the central portion (OT 89 - NT 24) inverted, final plate detached and edge-chipped (small loss at head of image), lacking all before OT plate 4, variable finger- and dust-soiling, occasional marks or stains, some edge-fraying (especially at front and rear), a few longer tears (most previously repaired), losses to a few blank margins (2 captions affected), 2 OT plates with large loss, some plates with early ink manuscript Bible reference to blank margin (3 in sky area of image), pastedowns with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking free endpapers, 18th century calf, rubbed with some wear, front cover detached (with remnants of previous repair to surface), rear cover partly detached, oblong 12mo, together with: Figuren des Alten unnd Newen Testaments, Wittemberg: Zacharias Lehman, 1588, 310 woodcuts of Biblical scenes, approximately 34 woodcuts with juvenile hand-colouring (some minor, a few affecting facing page), title printed in red & black, with pictorial woodcut printer's device (repeated on final page of New Testament and on final page of book with added typographical border), with 6 page preface (complete), lacking all between preface and Aiiii (Genesis II), some dust- and finger-soiling, variable dampstaining throughout, close-trimmed at head & tail (sometimes cropping text), scattered closed tears or edge-fraying, several margins repaired, some with losses (a few affecting text or clipping woodcut), [Avi] and Nniii with larger losses (previously repaired), Aiiii with 5cm closed tear, paste-paper endpapers, hinges cracked after endpapers, 18th century half sheep, worn with losses to spine, oblong 8vo in 4s, plus: [Neuwe Biblische Figuren, de? Alten und Neuwen Testaments, geordnet und gestellt durch … Johan Bockspergern … und nachgerissen … durch … Jo? Amman], Frankfurt am Mayn: Georg Raben, Sigmund Feyerabend und Weygand Hanen Erben, 1569, 94 (of 136) woodcuts of Biblical scenes, lacking all before E4 (except E1 present), some finger- and dust-soiling, marks and dampstaining (mainly affecting margins and captions), some edge-fraying and chipping (mainly at rear), 4 woodcuts with juvenile hand-colouring, M3 with loss to fore-margin (clipping image & with associated short closed tear), Q1 with 9cm closed tear, front endpapers present, rear endpapers deficient, stitching strained, near contemporary limp vellum, soiled and stained with some wear, oblong 8vo in 4s (Qty: 3)NOTESFirst item: the plates appear to be the 1st state, with those signed reading 'CJ Visscher excudit' (or variations of), rather than the later 'N. Visscher'.

Bie (Jacques de). Les Familles de la France illustrées par les Monumens des Medailles anciennes et modernes ..., Paris: chez l'Auteur, 1634, additional engraved title, numerous engraved illustrations to text, engraved head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, some intermittent spotting, front free endpaper with armorial bookplate, front hinge cracked before title, contemporary mottled calf gilt, rebacked and worn, some loss of leather to foot of front cover, folio, together with: Luck (Johann Jacob) , Sylloge Numismatum Elegantiorum, Paris, 1660, additional engraved title (dated 1620), numerous engraved illustrations to text, some spotting and browning, title with some minor marks and early ink manuscript ownership name, 1 leaf with repair to lower outer corner, front pastedown with armorial bookplate 'Hugh, Duke of Westminster, Eaton, 1884', front hinge partly cracked, 19th century dark blue/green half morocco, rubbed with some marks, faded spine somewhat frayed at head, folio, plus two others related: Prima [-seconda] parte del Prontvario de le medaglie de piu illustri, & fulgenti huomini & donne, Lyon: Guglielmo Rouillio, 1553, and La Science des Medailles Antiques et Modernes, by Louis Jobert, Paris: Jean Boudot, 1715 (Qty: 5)NOTESLuck: this volume appears to be a scarce re-issue of the original 1620 edition, identical to the first apart from the Paris title-page dated 1660.

Binding. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments ... together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Cambridge: printed by Joseph Bentham, 1754, gathering D guarded (previous to binding), front free endpaper with early ink manuscript ownership inscription 'Ripley Castle', marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary red goatskin gilt, spine and front cover faded, spine and edges rubbed, rear cover lightly scuffed in places, front cover with gilt-lettering 'Cha: Amcotts Kettlethorp 1765' within decorative gilt-tooled rectangle, both covers with elaborately gilt-tooled borders, comprising floral and bird tools and decorative rolls, decorative gilt rolls to board edges and dentelles, spine with gilt-tooled raised bands and elaborately gilt-tooled panels, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC: T81298 (for a large paper issue).

Carrari (Vincenzo). Historia de'Rossi parmigiani, Ravenna: Francesco Tebaldini, 1583, title (fore-edge repaired) with woodcut coat of arms, title verso with decorative woodcut genealogical table incorporating several coats of arms, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, intermittent browning with scarce spotting, a few leaves with previously repaired tears, modern vellum to style, spine with gilt-lettered label, 8vo, together with: Ubaldini (Giovambatista) , Istoria della Casa de gli Ubaldini, e de'fatti d'alcuni di quella Famiglia ..., Florence: Bartolommeo Sermartelli, 1588, 1 folding woodcut table, woodcut letterpress illustrations, general title and title to 2nd part each with woodcut printer's device, decorative woodcut initials, variable spotting and some browning, wormtrail throughout upper outer blank corners, lacking free endpapers, ink manuscript titles to edges at both head and foot, stitching strained with final gathering detached, text block virtually detached from cover, contemporary vellum, somewhat cockled, small ink manuscript shelfmark label to upper cover, early ink manuscript title to spine, minor insect damage to front joint, 8vo (Qty: 2)

[Duns Scotus, John] . Commentary manuscript volume, part 2, 17th century, 380 leaves with neatly written manuscript commentary in brown ink (mostly written to both sides), 5 leaves with early pen & ink drawing (including vase of flowers and bird), 14 blank leaves, some browning to last few leaves, outer corners curled, early illuminated manuscript (13th century?) leaf fragments to endpaper strengthening, endpapers worn & torn, contemporary limp vellum, lower cover torn with loss, old paper strip overlaid to spine with faint title label, lacking ties, worn, 13 x 6.8 cm (Qty: 1)

[Dury, John]. The Copy of a Letter Written to Mr Alexander Hinderson, London, 1643, [2], 14pp., few light dampstains, modern wrappers, 4to (Wing D2848), together with: [Church of England] , Reasons why the Hierarchy or Governement of the Church by Arch-Bishops, Lord Bishops, Deanes, Arch-Deacons, Chancelors and their Officers, exercising Sole or Superiour Authoritie in Ordinations and Jurisdictions may and ought to be Removed, [London], 1641, [2], 6pp., disbound 4to (Wing R588), [N. N.] , An Account of the Late Proposals of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with some other Bishops, to his Majesty: in a Letter to M.B. Esq, [London, 1688], 4pp., caption title, manuscript annotation to upper blank margin of first leaf (slightly shaved), few marks, modern wrappers, 4to (Wing N25), and other similar late 17th and 18th century pamphlets, mostly disbound 4to & 8vo, Montgomery (James) , The Wanderer of Switzerland, and other Poems, Edinburgh: Printed by James Ballantyne for Longman, Hurst, Rees et al., 1813, contemporary Leicester Reading Society lending list to upper pastedown, original boards, lacking spine, 12mo, and 5 other defective 17th-19th century antiquarian (Qty: 17)

* English Civil War Manuscript Order. A Parliamentary manuscript order for the felling of the timber of delinquents for the use of the Navy, dated 22 April 1644, manuscript order handwritten in brown ink on laid paper (watermarked with shield and posthorn with the name P Lamy below), single folded sheet, written on one side only, dated at head 'Die Lunae 22º April: 1644', with 10 lines of manuscript text signed H: Elsynge Cler Plarl: d: Com: -/, 'It is this day ordered by the Comons Assembled in Parliamt. that Mr. Wm: Jefferey of Colchester formerly appointed for the Fellinge of underwood belonginge to delinquents Edward Boate, and of the Master Shipwrights at Portsmouth Joseph Scott, Thomas Eastwood, John Jury & Christopher Martin, Shipwrights bee added unto ye Com:y and Master Shipwrights for the fellinge of the Tymber of delinquents appointed by Ordinance of Parliamt: for ye use of the Navy', docketed to reverse, sheet size (when folded) 30.5 x 19 cm (12 x 7.5 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESHaving seized control of the Navy in 1642, the English Parliament proceeded to sequester and fine the estates of royalists who opposed the rule of Parliament, termed 'delinquents'. The present manuscript order shows the Parliament busily redeploying shipwrights for the felling of timber in order to strengthen the Navy, and follows in the wake of the recently published Ordinance of 16 April 1644 'An Ordinance for felling of tymber Trees in the woods of severall Delinquents for the use of His Majesties Navy Royall'. Henry Elsynge (1598-1656) was Clerk of the House of Commons, and close friend of fellow republicans Bulstrode Whitelocke, Keeper of the Great Seal, and John Selden, the eminent legal scholar. Elsynge resigned on 26 December 1648 on the grounds of ill health, although it is widely thought that this was due to his opposition to the prosecution of Charles I.

[Glasse, Hannah]. The Art of Cookery, Made Plain and Easy; Which far exceeds any Thing of the Kind ever yet published ..., by a Lady, 5th edition with additions, London: printed and sold at Mrs. Ashburn's China-Shop ..., 1755, p.1 with ink manuscript authorial signature, title toned and slightly edge-chipped, occasional spotting, p.201 with long tear (previously repaired), lacking all before title, front pastedown with book ticket, contemporary calf, worn, front cover detached, lacking rear cover, 8vo, together with: Kettilby (Mary) , A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick, and Surgery; for the use of all good wives, tender mothers, and careful nurses, to which is added a Second Part, containing a great number of excellent receipts, for preserving and conserving of sweet-meats, &c., by Several Hands, 2 parts in one, 5th edition & 4th edition, London: printed for the Executrix of Mary Kettilby, 1734, title with early ink manuscript signiture, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, generally spotted, mid-19th century half sheep, rubbed with some wear to extremities, 8vo, Hunter (Alexander) , Culina Famulatrix Medicinae: or, Receipts in Modern Cookery; with a medical commentry, written by Ignotus, and revised by A. Hunter, 5th edition, considerably enlarged, York: printed by T. Wilson and R. Spence, 1807, engraved frontispiece, offset to title and spotted, with small dampstain to upper left corner, scarce spots or marks, armorial bookplate of Robert Washington Oates, near contemporary deep reddish-brown mottled calf gilt, extremities rubbed, front cover dampstained with some surface loss, covers and spine stamped and tooled in blind and gilt, 8vo, Nicholson (William) , The First Principles of Chemistry, 3rd edition revised, London: printed for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1796, folding engraved frontispiece (creased and dampstained), half-title, occasional pale dampstaining to upper margins, cover nearly detached at rear hinge, untrimmed in original vellum-backed boards, worn, rear cover with early ink manuscript title and author, thick 8vo, and 5 others including The Cricket Field: or, The History and the Science of Cricket, by [James Pycroft], 1st edition, 1851 (Qty: 9)NOTESFirst three items: Bitting pp.186-189 (for other editions), 258, 238; Cagle 699, 792, 772; Maclean pp.59, 79-82, N/A.

Howell (James). Parthenopoeia, or The History of the Most Noble and Renowned Kingdom of Naples, with the Dominions thereunto annexed and the Lives of all their Kings, the first part by that famous antiquary Scipio Mazzella, made English by Mr. Samson Lennard, Herald of Armes. The second part compil'd by James Howell Esq; who... drawes on the threed of the story to these present times, 1654, 2 parts in 1, 1st edition, printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1654, numerous woodcut illustrations of coats-of-arms, portraits, etc, publisher's advertisement leaf at rear, a few minor wormholes, generally not affecting legibility, contemporary ownership inscription in dark brown ink to blank before title, 'Jan: 8th. 1657. This booke was bought at the first bookbinder Shoppe on the right hand, as you goe out of Hollburne into Graie friars, price 5s & belongs to John Wyrley', later 18th century half calf, gilt spine, somewhat worn, with both covers detached, folio, together with: Sale Catalogue , The Bindley Granger. A Catalogue of the very valuable collection of British Portraits... the property of the late eminent amateur James Bindley... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Sotheby... on Monday, January 25th, 1819, and ten following days, 3 parts in 1, London: Wright and Murphy, [1819], engraved portrait frontispiece (spotted and lightly offset to title), contemporary neat ink manuscript prices and buyers' names throughout (most likely annotated by James Bindley himself), minor waterstain to lower margin of frontispiece and several leaves following, with 2 text leaves repaired to lower edge, modern half brown calf gilt, with autograph letter in brown ink from James Bindley to Mr. Cobbet, Maiden-Lane, Covent-Garden loosely inserted at front, presenting a parcel of English portraits as a small acknowledgement of the favour done him by Mr. Cobbet, in his present of some original papers, & Grants of Titles..., creased where previously folded, remains of red seal, plus a smaller manuscript order from P. Cobbett Esqr to W. Tindall, dated April 1st 1826, ordering Bindley Prints parts 1, 2, and 3, plus Sykes Prints parts second, third, fourth and fifth, also loosely, 4to, and a copy of volume 2 only of Richelet's Les Plus Belles Lettres Francoises, The Hague, 1699 (Qty: 3)NOTESFirst item: Wing 1542; Pforzheimer 517. Provenance: possibly Sir John Wyrley of Hampstead, who was made High Sheriff of the County of Staffordshire in 1664.

La Porte (Abbé Joseph de). Observations sur l'Esprit des Loix,ou l'art de lire ce livre, de l'entendre et d'un juger. Par M. *, Amsterdam: Pierre Mortier, 1751, dampstaining throughout, contemporary mottled calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, together with: Mably (Gabriel de). Doutes P ropose?s aux P hilosophes E conomistes , sur L'ordre N aturel et E ssentiel des socie?te?s politiques , The Hague & Paris, 1768, half-title, contemporary calf, red morocco title label to spine, joints cracked at head, upper outer corner of front board worn, 12mo, Female education , De l'Education des Filles, 2 parts in one, new edition, Amsterdam: Henri Schelte, 1702, title in red & black, early manuscript to endpapers, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine, 12mo, Louvet (Jean-Baptiste) , Quelques Notices pour l'Histoire, et le re?cit de mes pe?rils depuis le 31 Mai, 1793, Paris & London, [1795], printed ownership label of Josiah Wedgwood to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf-backed marbled boards, contrasting morocco labels to spine, joints cracked, 8vo, and eight other 18th & 19th century continental antiquarian (Qty: 12)

Lansberg (Philipp). Tabulae M otuum Coelestium Perpetuae; ex omnium temporum observationibus constructae, temporumque omnium observationibus consentientes. Item novae et genuinae motuum coelestium theoricae. & Astronomicarum observantionum thesaurus, Middelburg, Zacharias Romanus, 1632, three parts in one, *8, **4, C-F6, G4, Aa-Nn6, Oo2, Pp6, Qq4, Aaa-Qqq6, half-title with privilege to verso, engraved allegorical title with portraits of famous astronomers: Aristarchus of Samos, Hipparchus of Rhodes, Ptolemy, Albategnius (the Islamic astronomer Al Battani), King Alfonso X of Castile, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe and Lansberg himself, full-page engraved portrait of the author by Willem Delff (1580-1638) at *7 recto, separate title to second part, folding table (Canon Sexagenarum) bound in before Oo2, woodcut illustrations to text, printer's woodcut device and colophon at end of Willem Christiaens (Guilielmi Christiani) of Leiden, contents clean, early 20th century bookplate of Valentin Ruis-Senen to inside front cover, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, spine titled in manuscript in brown ink, generally in very good condition, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESPoggendorff I, 1373. Houzeau & Lancaster 12758. Not in Honeyman, Macclesfield or Norman. Dictionary of Scientific Biography VII, 27-28. Fine copy of the first edition of Lansberg's astronomical tables, published five years after Kepler's Rudolphine Tables, which were based on elliptical orbits. Although a staunch Copernican, Lansberg dismissed Kepler's elliptical model and relied instead on the more traditional epicyclic theory and his own observations of the sun and moon. Lansberg's simpler method was widely adopted in the 1630's until his projections were found to be generally less accurate than Kepler's. The Tabulae were used however by the brilliant young English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks to observe the Transit of Venus in December 1639, which Lansberg had correctly predicted, leading to a revision of Kepler's own tables.

* Manuscript & Early Printed Leaves. Single leaf from a miniature Book of Hours, Italy, circa 1460-80, single vellum leaf, with 15 lines of handwritten text in latin, in brown ink, with red rubrics, and three 2-line initials in red or blue, the three main paragraphs beginning 'Fidelium deus omnium conditor et redemptor...', 'Actiones nostras que sum domine aspirando preveni...', and 'Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui vivor dominaris simul et mortuorum omnium...', sheet size 116 x 87 mm, together with a single printed leaf from an incunable Benedictional (a collection of prayers and blessings for use in the Roman Catholic church), circa 1480, printed in two columns, with rubrics in red, on laid paper, with watermark of a bull's head, sheet size 28.6 x 20.3 cm, a single printed leaf from an early 16th century chronicle (possibly Livy), printed in German and with large hand-coloured text illustration depicting Cornelius Scipio (Scipio Africanus) meeting the KIngs of Numidia and Africa, folio, sheet size 290 x 200 mm, three further similar printed folio leaves, early 16th century, with text in German, one with text from the Gospel of Saint Luke (from a mid-16th century German bible in Luther's translation), one leaf from the Apocalypse of Saint John, and one other from a chronicle of the world, all three leaves with hand-coloured illustrations, a copper engraved illustration of the Siege of Amsterdam in 1577, by Braun & Hogenberg, two leaves from George Bickham's Universal Penman (1743), and a coloured engraved portrait of William of Orange (Qty: 10)

[Manzolli, Pietro Angelo]. Marcelli Palingenii Stellati poetae doctissimi Zodiacus vitae, hoc est, de hominis vita, studio, ac moribus optime instituendis libri XII, Basel: Nikolaus Brylinger heirs, 1566, bound after: Hesiod, Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione Latina eregione, Basel: Paul Queck, [1564], 2 works in 1 volume, Manzolli signatures a-z8 A-B8 C5, Hesiod signatures as in Adams but lacking 6 preliminary leaves (alpha 2-7), toning, occasional light soiling, early marginalia and underlining in black ink, contemporary pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, manuscript spine-title, date in a later hand to foot, covers decoratively blind-stamped with bust portrait of Martin Luther to front and Philip Melanchthon to rear, each after Lucas Cranach the Younger, 3 lines of verse below each portrait, decorative outer roll to each cover including profile portraits of Erasmus and others, rubbed and soiled overall, wear to extremities, retaining one metal clasp only, 8vo (16 x 10.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: 1) Joachim Freybergk, ownership inscription dated 1568 to front free endpaper. 2) 'Dr S. Clarke', with lengthy bibliographical annotation on Manzolli to terminal blank of Hesiod, in a 19th-century hand. 3) Brian S. Donaghey (1940-2015), Australian medievalist and professor at the University of Sheffield, with book-label. Adams H474 (Hesiod); VD16 M 858 (Manzolli) & H 2685 (Hesiod). The binding is unsigned but the use of opposing blind-stamped portraits of Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon recalls the work of known Wittenberg binders including Thomas Krüger, Severin Rötter and Nikolaus Müller (see British Library shelfmarks Davis 692 and c46d18).

Mercurius Politicus . Comprising the summe of all Intelligence, with the Affairs and Designs now on foot in the three Nations of England, Ireland, and Scotland. In defence of the Common-Wealth, and for Information of the People, Numbers 77, 109, 110, 117 & 123 in one volume, London: Printed by Tho. Newcomb, 1651-1652, manuscript number to title of each part, toning and spotting, armorial bookplate of John Whitefoord Mackenzie “I. Johannes Whitefoord Mackenzie Armigeri” (1794-1884) to upper pastedown, late 19th century half calf by Andrew Grieve of Edinburgh, gilt decorated spine with red morocco title label, slight cracking to upper joint, slim 4to, together with: Armstrong (John) , Miscellanies, 2 volumes, London [i.e. Edinburgh?], 1770, an Edinburgh piracy?, occasional light dust-soiling, ownership label of Miss Jane Giles to upper pastedowns, contemporary sheep, contrasting morocco labels to spines, small 8vo in 4s (ESTC T131114), Leake (Stephen Martin) , An Historical Account of English Money, from the Conquest to the Present Time, 3rd edition, London, 1793, 13 engraved plates, scattered spotting, bookplate of M.A.R. of Wincobank Hall to front free endpaper, contemporary marbled calf, joints and head & foot of spine repaired, preserving original gilt decorated spine (with vertical split), 8vo, and one other (Qty: 5)NOTESProvenance: John Whitefoord Mackenzie (1794 -1884), an Edinburgh solicitor and member of the Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet. His fine collection of early Scottish books were sold at auction in 1886 by Messrs Thomas Chapman & Son. From the Library of David Wilson.

Ovid. Ovids Metamorphosis. Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Aeneis. By G. S[andys], London: Printed by J.L for Andrew Hebb, 1640, additional engraved title (manuscript signature to upper blank margin and repeated ownership signatures of Richard King 1682 to verso, creased), letterpress title with ownership signature Peter Crutchfeild Jan 1616 to upper blank margin, 16 engraved plates, final leaf blank (2T6, near detached & with signature inscription 'Richard King His Booke 1682' to verso), few closed tears to lower margins, ink stain to fore-margins of some leaves, occasional marginal dampstains and some browning, contemporary calf, morocco title label to spine, upper board near detached, light wear, folio, contained in modern drop back box (Qty: 1)NOTESSTC 18968; Sabin 76460. The additional title and some of the plates are signed by Franz Cleyn, artist, and Salomon Savery, engraver.

Political broadsides & proclamations. A Remedy humbly propos’d towards removing several obstacles which seem to impede justice, &c., [London, 1718?], single sheet, caption and docket title, contemporary manuscript annotation to verso, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, dampstaining to lower & fore-edge margins, folio, together with: A Bill for Sale of Timber upon the Estate of Thomas Skeffington, Esq; an Infant, for Payment of his Father's Debts, [London, 1711], 3,[1]pp., caption and docket title, horizontal creases where previously folded, folio, The Case of Ruth Trench, Widow, the only acting Executrix, and a Legatee of William Trench, Esq; deceased, Edward Riggs, Esq; Walter Morgan, Clerk, A.M. on behalf of themselves, and the rest of the Creditors of William Trench : and also of Sutton Morgan, Clerk, A.M. and Anne his wife, residuary Legatees, under the last Will and Testament of the said William Trench, [1730], [4]pp., caption title and docket title 'The Case of the Proprietors of the Skerry's Lighthouse' with contemporary manuscript annotation to verso of final leaf, folio, An Act to enable Thomas Willoughby, Esq; and the Persons in Remainder after him, to make a Joynture, [1718?], [4]pp., caption and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, The Case of Sir Thomas Aston Baronet, Sitting Member for the Burrough and Port-Town of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, [London, 1729?], 3,[1]pp., caption and docket title, folio, Election of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough and Port Town of Liverpoole, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, [London, 1729?], single sheet, caption and docket title, stab sewing holes to gutter margin, folio, and one other defective early 18th century political proclamation (cropped at head with text loss) (Qty: 7)NOTESESTC T17394 (1 UK institutional location, British Library. The work relates to political corruption within Parliament); ESTC T21679 (2 UK locations, BL & Bodleian. The Bill was enacted: Private Acts, 9 Anne.c.41.); One UK institutional location for the case of Ruth Trench found, at National Library of Wales. Skerries Lighthouse was established in 1717. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1730 to give William Trench’s family sole claim to the lighthouse -- Trinity House website 27 Feb. 2013. Sir Thomas Aston (1704-1744) of Aston in Cheshire stood for election in 1729 as an opposition Whig for Liverpool, defeating the government candidate, Thomas Brereton, who petitioned. Pending the hearing of the petition, Aston took his seat. In April 1730 Brereton’s petition against Aston’s election was rejected by the House after protracted hearings.

Pope (Alexander, translator). The Odyssey of Homer, 5 volumes, printed for Bernard Lintot, 1725-26, 24 engraved plates, lacking portrait frontispiece to first volume (as often), half-title to each volume, volumes 1-4 with publisher's advertisements at rear, volume 5 with Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice at rear (separate pagination), engraved head and tail-pieces, occasional minor spotting or toning, some intermittent small dampstains to blank margins, volume 3 with worm trail or holes to lower blank margins, affecting first leaves to D7 (clipping a few letters on p.8), volume 3 p.16 with small repairs to tear at foot, volumes 1-3 with armorial bookplate of John Manley, contemporary panelled calf, worn, volumes 1-3 with gilt decorated spines, volume 2 front cover detached, all joints cracked, 12mo, together with: Plinius (Gaius Secundus) , Epistolae et Panegyricus, London: Tonson & Watts, 1722, title printed in red & black, with engraved printer's device, engraved frontispiece, engraved initials and head- and tail-pieces, front free pastedown with near contemporary ink manuscript ownership inscription, contemporary panelled calf, remnants of gilt-lettered spine label, some wear to extremities, 12mo, plus: [Aler, Paul] , Gradus ad Parnassum; sive, novus synonymorum, epithetorum, phrasium poeticarum, ac versuum thesaurus ..., editio novissima, London: Took & Cockerill, 1694, lacking all before title, title (with early ink manuscript annotations and crossed-out ownership names) creased and frayed with losses at fore-edge, title verso and head of p.5 with early ink manuscript ownership names, a couple of leaves chipped and frayed at fore-edge, final text leaf with early ink manuscript annotations, lacking rear endpapers, contemporary blind-tooled calf, worn, thick 12mo, and 6 others 17th & 18th century, including: The Club: in a Dialogue between Father and Son, by James Puckle, 1st edition, London: printed for the author, 1711; Mathematicks made Easie, by Joseph Moxon, 2nd edition corrected and much enlarged by Henry Coley, London: J. Moxon, 1694, lacking portrait frontispiece and 4th (folding) plate (Qty: 13)NOTESFirst item: ESTC T67134. First duodecimo edition, issued by Bernard Lintot to follow on from the success of his printing of the 'Iliad' in a small format.

Ready-reckoners. Keay (Isaac), The Practical Measurer his Pocket-Companion: containing tables ... for the speedy Mensuration of Timber, Board, &c., 3rd edition, London: printed by T. Wood, for J. Knapton [et al], 1724, pale dampstaining to last few leaves, free endpapers and rear pastedown with early ink manuscript ownership names, dated 1729 and 1739, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rubbed with some wear to extremities, rear cover dampstained, rear joint partly cracked, tall 8vo (16.6 x 5.8 cm), together with: Tables for Renewing and Purchasing of Leases as also for renewing and purchasing of Lives ..., by Gael Morris, London: by J. Brotherton, 1735, p.1 with ink manuscript authorial signature, scarce spotting, title with toned edges, front free endpaper with early ink manuscript ownership name, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed with minor surface damage to rear cover, small 8vo in 4s, plus: The Lighter-Man's Assistant, or Coal-Dealer's Guide ..., London: for Thomas Bradley, c. 1765?, title trimmed and laid down, occasional minor marks, front hinge cracked, contemporary calf, head of spine sometime repaired, small 8vo, and: The Linen-Draper's Guide; or, the Buyer's Pocket Companion, by C. Carter, London: Simpkin, Marshall and Co., [1840?], a few light spots, front free endpaper with early ink manuscript ownership signature, dated 1858, original cloth, front cover with gilt title stamp, near contemporary paper wrapper, adhered at turn-ins, torn and stained with losses, tall 8vo (17.1 x 6.5 cm), with 8 others similar (including one Spanish and one Italian publication) (Qty: 12)NOTESFirst item: ESTC T225829. Other titles include: Sir Isaac Newton's Tables for renewing and purchasing the Leases of Cathedral-Churches and Colleges, 6th edition, 1742; The Gentleman's and Farmer's Assistant, by John Cullyer, 11th edition, 1839; Tables of Simple Interest and Discount, by John Smart, 1719; The Ready Reckoner; or, Trader's Sure Guide, Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1831; The Ready Reckoner, for the Buyer and Seller of Corn, by John Evans, [in English and Welsh], 1840; Vox Stellarum; or, a Loyal Almanack, by Francis Moore, 1790

[Roscio, Giulio]. Ritratti et elogii di capitani illustri. Dedicati all' altezza seren.ma di Francesco d'Este dvca di Modona, Rome: Pompilio Totti, 1635, engraved title within decorative border (slightly torn & frayed to outer corners), half-title & preliminary leaves misbound (with one leaf lacking), numerous engraved portrait illustrations, also lacking 5 leaves of text (gathering C & leaf G1), page numbers 61-64 repeated and 77-80 omitted in pagination, few closed tears, some scattered worm holes & trails, some leaves strengthened at gutter and fore-edge, occasional dampstaining, 19th century quarter sheep, worn, 8vo in 4s, together with: Visdomini (Francesco) , Lettere ... scritte a? nome di diversi Cardinali, e d'altri Principi secolari. Con nuove aggiunte, Venice: Alessandro de'Vecchi, 1626, woodcut portrait to title and with manuscript initials 'C.M.S.' to lower blank margin, short worm trail to upper blank margins of few leaves, occasional light dampstains and spotting, contemporary limp vellum, spotted & marked, without ties, 4to in 8s, [Craufurd, James] , The History of the House of Esté ... Wherein likewise the most considerable revolutions of Italy from the year 452 to the year 1598 are briefly touched, London: Printed by J.M. for Rich. Chiswell, 1681, engraved portrait frontispiece, leaves a3 & a4 of preface misbound at rear of volume, armorial bookplate of Sir John Cope Bt. to upper pastedown, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

[Sansovino, Francesco]. Delle Cose Notabili Della Citta? Di Venetia : Libri II. Ne quali amplamente, e con ogni verita? si contengono: Usance antiche. Habiti, & vestiti ... Musici di piu? sorte. Con la tavola copiosa, Venice: Zopini & Nepoti, 1596, [16],143,[1]p., printer's woodcut device to title and early manuscript signature William Gorges, A1 torn to lower outer corner with slight text loss, occasional light worm trails, toning & light dust-soiling, 18th century sheep-backed marbled boards, joints cracked and some wear, small 8vo, together with: Whittaker (G. & W.B., publishers) , The Peerage Chart for 1823. House of Lords, London: printed for G. & W.G. Whittaker, [1823], large folded chart mounted on canvas printed in columns, with hand-coloured engravings of the five coronets appropriate for Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons at head, a few old pencilled annotations referring to omissions, the chart folded as issued, 57 x 66.5cm, contained in the original card slipcase, Duren (Johannes van, publisher) , Journal du sie?ge de Philipsbourg, pris le 18 juillet 1734 par l'arme?e de Sa Majeste? tre?s-chre?tienne, commande?e par le mare?chal D'Asfeld ; avec le plan de cette ville ... grave? sur le dessin envoye? a? Versailles par un officier ge?ne?ral, The Hague: J. Van Duren, 1734, 23,[1]pp., folding engraved map, disbound 4to, Company of Scriveners , The Case of the Free Scriveners of London: set forth in a Report from a Committee of the Court of Assistants of the Company of Scriveners, London... at their Court holden the 23rd Day of June 1748, London: Printed in the Year, 1749, additional letterpress title (both with ink stamps), bound with A Report of the Proceedings, particularly on the Commission in Error, in the cause of Thomas Harrison ... against John Alexander ... to be free of the Scrivener's Company, London: J. Williams, 1768, final leaf repaired to margins and with library ink stamp, browning throughout, modern library buckram, 4to, Somerville (William) , The Chase. A Poem, London: G. Hawkins, 1735, e ngraved title (detached), bound with: Croxall (Samuel) , A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Friday, January xxx, 1729, London: J. Roberts, 1730, bound with: Middleton (Conyers) , A Letter from Rome, shewing an Exact Conformity between Popery and Paganism..., London: W. Innys, 1729, sewing broken and some leaves detached, contemporary marbled boards with remnants of calf spine, text-block broken, worn, 4to, and 3 others (Qty: 8)

Shaftesbury Election of 1774. The Trial of the Cause on the Action brought by Hans Wintrop Mortimer, Esq; Member for the Borough of Shaftesbury, against Francis Sykes, Esq; for bribary committed at Shaftesbury, previous to the General Election, in October, 1774. Tried by a special jury, on Saturday the 27th of July 1776. At the assize held at Dorchester for the County of Dorset, before The Honourable Sir James Eyre, printed in the year 1776, 19 pages, with a later printed broadside pasted to verso of the title page from Hans Wintrop Mortimer, addressed to the worthy electors of the Borough of Shaftesbury, dated Shaston, 11 June, 1790, proposing himself once more for election (the fourth time), and referring to the 'wicked conduct of my agent', plus the rare uncoloured mezzotint The Shaftsbury Election or the Humours of Punch, published by S. Jackson, 15 July 1775 (BM Satires 5341), separately published but here bound in as frontispiece, creased where previously folded, torn without loss to central vertical fold, and a shorter tear without loss near inner margin (restrengthened with paper to verso), further manuscript ownership annotations to endpapers and blank leaves at front of volume, by J.W. Mortimer and Mark Mortimer, circa 1820s-1850s, contemporary or near-contemporary sprinkled full calf, worn with backstrip partially deficient, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESA notorious case of election bribery. 'At the election of Sir Thomas Rumbold and Sir Francis Sykes, the two ministerial candidates for Shaftesbury in 1774, several thousand pounds were distributed to the voters at the rate of 20 guineas a man. The mayor and aldermen were entrusted with the distribution and they devised a scheme by which a man disguised as Punch delivered guineas in parcels to electors through a hole in the door. The electors were then taken to another room in the house where 'Punch's Secretary' required him to sign notes for the money received made payable to an imaginary character, 'Glen Bucket'. The defeated candidate, Hans Mortimer, petitioned against the return on the ground of gross and notorious bribery the members and their agents... The House of Commons resolved that Sykes, Rumbold and six members of the Corporation of Shafesbury should be prosecuted for subornation of purgery; a bill was brought in for disfranchising Shaftesbury. These proceedings were eventually shelved, but while they were pending Mortimer brought actions... against Sykes for twenty-six acts of bribary, obtaining a verdict for twenty-two penalties amounting to £11,000.' (BM Satires 5341, pages 225-226). One of the best-known examples of rigged elections in 'rotten boroughs', partly because the candidates were nabobs, Sir Thomas Rumbold having been Governor of Madras, and consequently a man of enormous wealth.

Solis (Virgil, illustrator). Biblische Figuren dess Alten Testaments, bound with Biblische Figuren dess Neuwen Testaments, Frankfurt am Main: David Zephelium, Johan Raschen & Sigmund Feyerabend, 1562, 216 (of 218) Biblical woodcuts, each with decorative border, title printed in red & black, with ink manuscript ownership name dated 1700, separate title to 2nd part, with final colophon leaf, lacking final leaf of woodcuts, generally dust- and finger-soiled, variable dampstaining throughout, with occasional marks, Aiii with vertical crease affecting border (associated short tear to lower margin), 1 woodcut with paint marks (slightly affecting caption at foot), 1 with painted hat (lightly affecting facing leaf and slight strike-through), a few leaves with repaired or replaced margins (one affecting decorative border), neat manuscript translation of preface & manuscript presentation letter bound-in (both 19th century), preliminary blank with ink manuscript ownership names, 18th century panelled calf, crudely rebacked, front cover detached, rubbed with some wear to extremities, oblong 8vo in 4s (Qty: 1)NOTESA scarce virtually complete copy of this work, containing the woodcuts designed by Virgil Solis (1514-1562), many with his monogram, and used to illustrate various early printed Bibles, including an edition of Martin Luther’s German translation of the Bible which was produced by the same printer (as described in the preface). The first edition of this collection, printed in 1560, had 147 woodcuts. This second edition has nearly 70 additional woodcuts, each with an added decorative border.

Strahan (William). A Toleration in Scotland No Breach of the Union, London: Printed in the Year, 1712, 8pp., one leaf close-trimmed, bound with [Wagstaffe, Thomas] , A Supplement to his Majesties most Gracious Speech. Directed to the Honourable House of Commons, by the Commons of England, [London, 1693], 22pp., caption title, bound with [ Ken, Thomas] , A Letter to the Author of a Sermon, Entitled, A Sermon Preach’d at the Funeral of Her late Majesty Queen Mary, of ever Blessed Memory, [London, 1695], 8pp., caption title, short worm trail, bound with one other defective pamphlet, dust-soiling throughout and few marks, modern cloth, slim 4to, together with: Tillotson (John) , A Sermon Preach’d before the Queen at White-Hall, March the XXth, 1691/2. By John, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, London Brabazon Aylmer & William Rogers, 1692, half-title, bound with Kidder (Richard) , A Sermon Preached before the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the Abbey-Church at Westminster, the 30th of January, 1691/2. By the Right Reverend ... Richard Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells, London: Printed by J.H. for B. Aylmer, 1692, half-title, bound with eight other similar sermons, occasional dampstaining, light dust-soiling and few marks, ownership and manuscript notes to front free endpaper of William Dobson dated 1692, contemporary calf, leather lifting from upper board, 8vo, Bramston (William) , A Sermon, Preached at the Opening of the Lecture at Maldon in Essex. Lately established by the Lord Bishop of London..., London: R. Clavell, 1697, ink mark to B1, modern cloth, slim 4to, Asgill (John) . Mr. Asgill’s apology for an omission in his late publication, London: A. Baldwin, 1713, modern boards, slim 8vo (Qty: 4)

Edgeworth (Maria). Moral Tales for Young People, 5 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for J. Johnson by G. Woodall, 1801, half-titles present as called-for in volumes 1, 2, and 5, engraved frontispieces in volumes 2-5 (that to first volume lacking, that to second volume with small piece missing from lower blank margin probably due to paper fault), some toning and spotting, H11 and H12 in volume 3 with upper blank corner torn away (further paper fault?), front pastedowns with armorial bookplate of George Benson Strutt, front free endpapers lacking in volumes 1 and 2 and inscribed 'L'Etude' in remaining volumes in contemporary manuscript, contemporary speckled half calf, rubbed, extremities slightly worn, with hinges generally cracking, some small losses to spine ends, and corners showing, large 12mo (Qty: 5)NOTESSadleir 777. George Benson Strutt (1761-1841) was from a prominent Derbyshire manufacturing family based in Belper. His father, Jedidiah Strutt (1726-1797), founded several mills, was the backer and partner of Richard Arkwright, and invented the Derby rib machine, used for manufacturing silk stockings. Jedidiah's three sons all followed him into the family firm, George, the second son, having responsibility for running the mills and the estate: amongst other things he ensured that the workforce had adequate housing, arranged supplies of provisions for the growing populations around the mills, and helped to provide schools and Sunday Schools as well as places of worship.

Scott (Walter). Rob Roy, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: by James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., 1818, half-titles with contemporary ink manuscript ownership name at head, generally toned and spotted, some gatherings proud, contemporary quarter sheep gilt, worn, 8vo, together with 3 other Walter Scott titles in uniform bindings: The Antiquary, 3 volumes, 1st edition, Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co., 1816, half-titles, some toning and spotting, some gatherings proud, contemporary quarter sheep gilt, worn, 8vo, uniform with: Guy Mannering, 3 volumes, Edinburgh: by James Ballentyne and Co., 1815, half-titles, generally toned with some spotting and occasional marks, volume 1 stitching strained, contemporary quarter sheep gilt, worn, 8vo, and Waverley, 2 volumes (of 3), 5th edition, 1815, lacking 3rd volume (Qty: 11)NOTESFirst item: Todd & Bowden 112Aa.

Rose (Hugh James). The Gospel an Abiding System. With some remarks on the "New Christianity" of the St. Simonians. Being the Christian Advocate's Publication for the Year MDCCCXXXII, London: J.G. & F. Rivington, 1832, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo, together with: Diderot (Denis) , Thoughts on Religion, London: Printed and Published by R. Carlile, 1819, modern boards, slim 8vo, Martineau (James) , A Word for Scientific Theology in Appeal from the Men of Science and the Theologians. An Address, at the Opening of the Session 1868-69 of Manchester New College, October 5, 1868, London: Williams and Norgate & Edward T. Whitfield, 1868, some spotting, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, slim 8vo, Lort (Michael) , A Short Commentary on the Lord's Prayer, in which an Allusion to the Principal Circumstances of our Lord's Temptation is attempted to the shewn, London: B. White & Son, 1790, half-title inscribed 'from the author' and with manuscript notes to verso, modern stiff marbled wrappers, slim 8vo, Hannah (John) , A Tribute of Affection to the Memory of Friendship. Two Sermons Preached in the Wesleyan Chapel, Halifax-Place, Nottingham. The First, July 25th, 1824, on Occasion of the Death of Mrs. Anne Sophia Gregory: The Second, November 24th, 1824, on Occasion of the Death of Mr. Robert Gregory..., Nottingham: Printed by Sutton & Son, [1825], some dust-soiling and spotting, contemporary half calf, lacking title label to spine, extremities rubbed, slim 8vo, and seven others (Qty: 12)

* George II (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1683-1760). Manuscript warrant signed 'George P.C.R.' as Prince Guardian of the Realm, Hampton Court, 29 September 1716, authorising £167 8sd. to be paid to the commissary-general, Colonel Solomon Rapin, for the pay of several officers 'to take Care of the Rebell Prisoners at Chester Leverpool & Lancaster, from the First of July 1716 to the 31st of August following', directed to the Paymaster General, Henry, Earl of Lincoln, and countersigned by the Secretary-at-War, William Pulteney, with John Mulcaster's one-page manuscript account inserted, listing officers and civilians, including the master surgeon and cooks at Lancaster, Preston and Chester, with sums entered against each, contemporary docket (indicated as settled on 15 December), 3 pages on two bifolia, paper guard, some light dust-staining and spotting, a few minor edge tears, etc., but overall very good, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESThe Prince of Wales here authorises payment for the care of those who had risen against his father, King George I. Many of these prisoners would have been among the 1,500 who surrendered at the Battle of Preston the previous November, those who were not executed or transported being distributed between the gaols of Lancaster, Chester and Liverpool, where many of the trials were held, thanks to the reputation for being staunchly pro-Hanovarian and Whig. The majority of prisoners were to be released by the Act of Indemnity of July 1717. Prince George served as Guardian of that Realm during his father's absence in Hanover from July 1716 to January 1717, but relations between the two deteriorated rapidly, in part due to the popularity garnered by the Prince during his father's absence. On the four future occasions the King visited Hanover he never appointed the Prince as Guardian again. Consequently, documents signed by King George II in this capacity are uncommon.

* George II (1683-1760, King of Great Britain and Ireland & Cavendish, William, 1720-1764, 4th Duke of Devonshire). Document Signed, 'George R', Court at St James's, 21 March 1757, neatly penned manuscript document addressed to Thomas, Lord Viscount Dupplin and Thomas Potter, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, authorising the payment of £20,000 to John Thomlinson and John Hanbury, merchants who 'have represented unto us that a further sum of Twenty thousand pounds is necessary to enable them to pay several Bills drawn before the expiration of their contracts by their agents in North America to answer the demands of the Deputy Paymasters there...', boldly signed by the monarch upper left (some edge wear with slight loss to the initial 'G'), countersigned at the foot by the Duke of Devonshire (British Prime Minister 1756-57), Henry Bilson-Legge (Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-61) and Viscount Duncannon, also signed to the verso by both Thomlinson and Hanbury, slightly trimmed to the left edge near foot, partial split to centrefold, some spotting and a little overall edge wear, remains of old adhesive hinges at top and bottom margins, folio (37 x 23 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAn interesting document featuring the extremely rare signature of the Duke of Devonshire from his short tenure as prime minister.

* George III (1738-1820, King of Great Britain and Ireland). Document Signed, 'George R', Court at St James's, 9 July 1762, manuscript warrant addressed to Henry Fox, Paymaster General of the Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces, ordering the payment of £2,255 4s. 7d. to the representatives of the late Sir James Colebrooke, Sir George Colebrooke, Arnold Nesbitt and Moses Franks for provisions made to seven transport ships bound for Martinique ('Martinico'), boldly signed at head by the monarch and countersigned at the foot by John Stuart, ( 3rd Earl of Bute 17 13-1792, Prime Minister 1762-63) and Lord Frederick North (1732-1792, Prime Minister 1770-82), light age wear and two small professional repairs to right margin, only very slightly affecting the text but not the signatures, one page, folio (37 x 23 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA good document relating to the then British occupied Carribbean island of Martinique, enhanced by the countersignatures of two British Prime Ministers, including the rare signature of the Earl of Bute.

* Hair Jewellery - English Civil War. A coiled lock of light brown hair stitched onto white cloth and presented in an oval gilt metal locket, overall 7 x 4 cm, and enclosed in a later glazed wooden case with the title label 'John Hampden's hair' tipped onto a velvet ground beneath original locket, overall 13.5 x 10 cm, together with a corrected typescript of John Drinkwater's work 'John Hampden's England' [published by Thornton Butterworth, 1933], frayed wrappers with spine tie, manuscript presentation inscription from the author dated 21 June 1933 to upper wrapper, 4to, plus two Drinkwater family miniature portraits in wall frames, each with manuscript note to back board by John Drinkwater, noting that these were given to him in 1935 by Grace Drinkwater (Qty: 4)NOTESJohn Hampden (1595-1643) was a politician and civil war soldier, from Great Hampton, Buckinghamshire. The lock of hair is presumably from the exhumation conducted by Lord Nugent in 1828. It is possible that in the confusion Nugent may have recovered the wrong body and the lock of hair may come from Hampden's father, William Hampden (1570-1597).

[British & Irish politicians & peers]. Autograph album, 18-19th century, comprising: 1. Approximately 665 clipped autograph signatures, mainly members of parliament (if remembered for other achievements), including (in order of appearance): Anson (George, 1797-1857), commander-in-chief in India, 1856-7, Bentinck (Lord William, 1774-1839), governor-general of India, 1828-35, Burdett (Sir Francis, 5th Baronet, 1770-1844), radical reformer, Canning (Sir Stratford, 1786-1880), ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Codrington (Edward, 1770-1851), naval officer, Fielden (John, 1784-1849), industrialist and radical, Gladstone (William Ewart, 1809-98), prime minister, Palmerston (Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount, 1784-1865), prime minister, Scrope (George Poulett, 1797-1876), geologist, Byron (George Anson, 7th Baron, 1789-1868), naval officer, Arthur (Sir George, 1784-1854), governor of Van Diemen’s Land, Augustus Frederick (Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843) (autograph sentiment signed, Kensington Palace, 24 November 1837), Birkbeck (George, 1776-1841), scientist and educator (autograph sentiment signed: ‘With great respect, I remain, dear sir, very faithfully yours, George Birkbeck’), Bute (John Stuart, 3rd Earl of, 1713-1792), prime minister, 1762-3 (autograph sentiment signed: ‘Your most obedient humble servant, Bute, 1761’), Macartney (George, 1st Earl Macartney, 1737-1806), ambassador to China (dated ‘1766’ in a contemporary hand), Grafton (Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1811), prime minister 1768-70 (autograph sentiment signed: ‘Your most obedient humble servant, Grafton, 1766’), Rochford (William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of, 1717-1781), diplomatist (‘Rochford, 1767’) 2. 34 signed free fronts, including Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), James Scarlett, 1st Baron Abinger (1769-1844), William Legge, 4th Earl of Dartmouth (1784-1854), and similar, 3. 18 other signed address panels (stamped and unstamped), 4. 6 address panels or fragments of letters apparently to or from Queen Adelaide (1792-1849) or other Hanoverians, contemporary manuscript captions to mounts reading ‘The King of Hanover’s writing’, ‘Queen Adelaide’s writing’, ‘Princess Augusta’s Writing’, ‘The Duchess of Kent’ Writing’, 5. Mansfield (David Murray, 2nd Earl of, 1727-1796). Letter signed ‘Stormont’, 15 March 1769, on the voyage of Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II to Rome, single sheet written on one side only, 29 x 20.5 cm, 6. Eastlake (Elizabeth, née Rigby, 1809-1893). Autograph letter signed to ‘Mr Bartholomew’, 20 July 1891, on social engagements, single bifolium, 2 pp., 13.7 x 9 cm, all mounted rectos only to approximately 80 wove-paper leaves (except item 6, laid in), generally in alphabetical order, frequent manuscript captions identifying relevant parliamentary constituencies or other information, numerous blanks, c.1850 maroon half sheep album, rubbed, extremities worn, 4to (29.5 x 23.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Herefordshire.

* Brunel (Marc Isambard , 1769-1849). Autograph letter signed to Henry Law, Chilcompton, 22 October 1843, single sheet of light blue laid paper, written on both sides in black ink, signed 'M I Brunel' with his characteristic flourishes, manuscript endorsement verso 'From Sir Isambard, October 22nd 43', creased from folding, 12mo (19.8 x 11.8 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBrunel writes to Thames Tunnel engineer Henry Law (1824-1900) a few months after its completion in March 1843, discussing engineering and other matters: 'Will you refer to one of the drawings of the triangular frame engine, and take the exact dimensions ... for I am convinced that it must have been lighter than you made out. Does the new boyler work? ... Send me the Almanac Odart, as it contains tables that are of use in the estimation of metals ... How are you in health?'. Law began his career as an apprentice on the tunnel. He later wrote A Memoir of the Several Operations and the Construction of the Thames Tunnel (1857) and led the government inquiry into the Tay Bridge disaster.

* Gell (William, 1777-1836). Autograph letter signed, to Sir Charles Stuart (1779-1845), envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary at Lisbon, dated Hopton, Derbyshire, Oct. 17, 1813, handwritten manuscript letter in brown ink on laid paper (watermarked W Turner & Son, 1810), written to the recto of a single sheet, 'My dear Sir Charles, This will be delivered to you by Mr Hodson a gentleman employed in one of the Offices in Downing Street, who is obliged from ill health to visit Lisbon this winter. He is a person for whose welfare our family are much interested and I know that will be sufficient to recommend him to your protection. I am going on in collecting Elzevirs not however with the expedition I expected. I hope to send you a cargo in December. Pray remember me most kindly to the Admiral Casa Major & Hamilton... William Gell', lightly creased where previously folded, sheet size 23 x 18.7 cm (9 x 7.4 ins) (Qty: 1)NOTESClassical archaeologist and traveller Sir William Gell, author of Itinerary of Greece (1819), Narrative of a Journey in the Morea (1823), Pompeiana (1832) and The Topography of Rome (1834), here writes to Sir Charles Stuart, one of the key figures in the Duke of Wellington's successful Peninsular campaign, recommending a Downing Street civil servant to his care and protection. Gell also mentions the collecting of 'Elzevirs' (small attractively-produced academic and scholarly books produced by the Elzevir Press in Leiden during the 17th century), and indicates that he will be sending 'a cargo' to Stuart later that year.

* Sitwell (Edith, 1887-1964). Two Autograph Letters Signed, ‘Edith Sitwell’, Sesame Imperial Club letterhead, [London], Sunday [?28 October] and 11 November 1937, the first to Professor [Charles] Sisson, thanking him for his charming letter and saying how sorry she was that he could not come to her lectures because of his cold, ‘My colds are always like the San Francisco earthquake, so I can sympathise’, and referring to ‘one awful moment [at her lecture] when, owing to something going wrong with the microphone, I thought some of my enemies had got in and were beginning a demonstration against me. But my fears work without foundation … I'm now starting work on a giant anthology, with a long critical preface, into which parts of my lecture will be incorporated. I do sympathise with your being stuck with your novel. That is what a cold does for one. How can one work in the middle of an earthquake, and with a boxing match going on the inside of ones head?’, before concluding that she hopes to see him at Sacheverell [Sitwell]’s lecture’, 4pp., with autograph envelope postmarked 1 November [1937], the second letter to Mrs Sisson, thanking her for the delightful dinner party and hoping that she and Professor Sisson will make it to her own ‘very small informal party here on Friday’ before she goes to Paris, 2pp., both 8vo, together with: two archives of letters to George R. Chadwick, an English teacher and Scout leader at Penrhyn Street Council School, Liverpool, the first a series of 9 letters signed and 9 typed letters signed, plus a telegram, from the English actor-manager Frank R. Benson (1858-1939) , c.1912-29, the manuscript letters apparently dictated and written in more than one hand, the second archive a series of 7 autograph letters and 48 typed letters signed (plus 2 secretarially signed), plus 5 note cards signed and a telegram from the English stage actor John Martin-Harvey (1863-1944) , c. 1915-43, both archives largely concerning Chadwick’s school plays and public performances, theatre visits, Benson and Martin Harvey’s own theatrical projects, loans of books and plays, planned visits and meetings, etc., some age wear and occasional soiling and fraying, the majority of letters in both archives one page, 4to (Qty: approx. 80)

* House of Grimaldi: Branch of Antibes. A group of 4 important manuscript documents in Latin on vellum relating to Luc (c. 1330-1409) and Marc (died after 1396) de Grimaldi of Antibes, their children, and the castle of Antibes and other properties, 1381-1431: 1. Notarial instrument of George de Valle ; procuration to her father by Katherine daughter of Marc de Grimaldi to deal with her inheritance from her maternal grandfather Raymond Marchasaum of the city of Nice, lately dead, done in Katherine’s chamber in the castle of Calizami, 22 June 1381, t o take possession of the house in the Place St Jacques, Nice, and other possessions in the city and its territory; the moiety of the castle of Cagnes-sur-Mer; of the castle of Lupeto and the house of Villeneuve, and other property; to begin an inventory of his goods and inheritance if it seems good to her father and proctor; to give, sell or alienate the goods as they see fit; to obtain and recover her rights; to take civil and criminal proceedings before ecclesiastical and secular judges on her behalf, recites: will of her maternal grandfather Raimond making Katherine his heir, 28 Apr 1381; confirmation by her of the acts done on her behalf by her father Marc, some spotting and a few small holes to folds with negligible loss to lettering, 42 x 29 cm 2. Antipope Clement VII to the brothers Marc and Luc de Grimaldi , Grant of office, given at Avignon, 13 June 1384, giving them the rule of the castle of Antibes, lately subject to the violence and rapine of impious rebells, with a grant of its rights, fruits, rents, tithes, offerings and emoluments; they are to take the accustomed oath before Francis [de Conzie], bishop of Grenoble, our chamberlain, before they begin to exercise the office, large initial ‘C’ and long ascenders on the first line, 4 cm hole to third and fourth lines with loss of text, lead papal bulla (very rubbed) appended by cords, 34 x 56 cm 3. Antipope Clement VII to the brothers Marc and Luc de Grimaldi, Mortgage for 2200 golden florins, given at Avignon, 8 February 1390, the castle of Antibes in the diocese of Grasse, formerly belonging to the episcopal table of Grasse but now to the papacy, with its territory, district and jurisdiction, homages, vassals and rights, Recites: having settled the accounts relating to an armed galley constructed by them for the service of the Roman Church against the kingdom of Sicily in 1380, 2200 golden florins are found to be owing to the Grimaldis, subscribed: de Curia; P de Mussiaco, large initial ‘C’ and long ascenders on the first line, lead papal bulla appended by cords, 33 x 55 cm 4. Pope Martin V, Decree, given at Rome, 1 February 1431, that Nicolas, Georges and Honnorat Grimaldi and their heirs should possess the castle of Antibes, Recites: document above; descent of the rights of Luc and Marc Grimaldi to their sons Jean and Nicolas and Georges and Honnorat; letters of Baldassare Cossa, bishop of Tusculum and antipope John XXIII, appointing the brothers vicars of the castle; petition of Anthoine bishop of Grasse to Martin V claiming that the castle belonged to his diocese and was detained from him by Nicolas, Georges and Honnorat; investigation by Louis Aleman Cardinal of St Cecilia, calligraphic first line with highly decorative first word ‘Martinis’, 35 x 63 cm, lacks papal bulla, the three papal documents written in fine papal minuscule script; plus a detached lead papal bulla of Antipope Clement VII with remains of silk threads attached (Qty: 5)NOTESThe House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa, and of the Principality of Monaco. The Grimaldi dynasty was founded by the Genoese leader of the Guelphs, Francesco Grimaldi, who in 1297 took the lordship of Monaco along with his soldiers dressed as Franciscans. Several of the oldest feudal branches of the House of Grimaldi appeared during the conflicts of the 14th century. These include the branches of Antibes, Beuil, Nice, Pouget and Sicily. In 1395 the Grimaldis took advantage of the discords in Genoa to take possession of Monaco, which they then ruled as a condominium. This is the origin of today's principality whose head is currently Albert II of Monaco. Robert of Geneva (1342-1394), elected to the papacy by the French cardinals who opposed Urban VI, and was the first Antipope, residing in Avignon, France. His election led to the Western Schism ( a split within the Catholic Church, lasting from 1378 to 1417, in which two men (and by 1410 three men) simultaneously claimed to be the true pope, and each excommunicated one another) . Robert was e lected Pope as Clement VII on 20 September 1378, crowned 31 October 1378 and died 16 September 1394. Otto (or Oddone) Colonna (1369-1431) elected Pope as Martin V from 11 November 1417 to his death in 1431, his election effectively ending the Western Schism.

* American Genealogy. A small archive mostly compiled by and relating to the genealogy of Mabel Ward Cameron (1863-1923) of Connecticut, mostly early 20th century, including a manuscript scrap album of Ward, Bidwell, Griswold and Hancock genealogies, two albumen prints, c.1870, of the house of Lieut. George Griswold, plus various scraps, cuttings, notes tipped in and loose, approximately 28 leaves, together with 5 of Cameron’s notebooks on the Bidwell line and notes on Delia Bidwell Ward, the wives of the Bidwells, the Ward family, the Griswold and the Johnson families, each approximately 50 leaves, plus a related pedigree book completed in manuscript, a photograph album, a manuscript exercise book of Cameron’s verses with some printed poems extracted from magazines, sundry letters, documents and ephemera, 4 issues of the Connecticut Courant (1799/1810), several printed booklets, her husband’s British passport (1931) and a frayed linen sampler of Cordelia Jeffery, Brompton House, dated 2 December 1811 (Qty: a carton)NOTESMabel Ward was born in Chicago and in 1888 married the Canadian-born Charles Ernest Cameron MD. Much of the material here relates to research into her own family tree. She was one of the compilers of The Biographical Cyclopaedia Of American Women, 3 volumes, New York: Halvord Publishing Company, [1924-28].

* [Jane Austen]. A small group of ephemera relating to Francis Motley Austen (1747-1815) and his sons Francis Lucius Austen (1773-1815) and George Lennard Austen (1786-1845), 1830s, comprising: a manuscript Deed of Release, dated 15th November 1804, titled 'F.M. Austen and J.L. Austen Esqrs to Mr. Charles Jones, Attested copy Release to make a Tenant to the Precipe and The sd F.M. Austen to Jno Austen, M. Lambard Esqrs', ff.25, laid paper, with oval Britannia and crown watermark of Woodfull dated 1830, blind and ink duty stamps to left-hand margins, original green silk tie to upper left corner, some minor fraying to fore-edges, one fold, sheet size 41 x 33.5 cm; the Last Will and Testament of Francis Motley Austen, dated 1812-15, titled 'Copy Will and Codicils of Francis M. Austen Esqr.', ff. 40, laid paper, with oval lion rampant and crown watermark of C. Wilmot dated 1830, original pink silk tie to upper left corner, one fold, 39.5 x 32 cm; and the manuscript Declaration of George Lennard Austen of Sevenoaks in Kent, stating that he is the Executor named in the last Will and Testament of Francis Lucius Austen, eldest son of Francis Motley Austen, dated 15 Oct 1832, large laid paper bifolium, with oval Britannia and crown watermark of John Hall dated 1830, signed by G.L. Austen, 2 folds (Qty: 3)NOTESFrancis Motley Austen was first cousin once removed to novelist Jane Austen; his father, wealthy lawyer and landowner Francis Austen (1698-1791) of Sevenoaks, was the brother of William Austen, Jane's paternal grandfather. Francis Motley Austen married Elizabeth Wilson in 1772; they had 11 children and lived at Kippington near Sevenoakes, Kent. Francis Lucius was their eldest son and he and his wife produced two daughters. He subsequently went mad and was disinherited by Act of Parliament. His younger brother, Thomas Austen, inherited on his father's death in 1815, moving to Kippington on his mother's death in 1817. Jane Austen's immediate family had close ties with the family of Francis Motley Austen: Francis's late mother, Jane Austen née Chadwick (1758-1782), had been Jane's godmother, and his father had provided the necessary funds for Jane's own father, George Austen, to attend Tonbridge Grammar School and St John’s College, Oxford. In July 1788, Jane Austen, aged 12½, travelled with her parents, and sister, Cassandra, to stay at Red House in Sevenoaks, the impressive brick town house of her 90-year-old great uncle Francis Austen. A large family luncheon was held on their arrival, and it is likely that Francis Motley and his family were in attendance. It is thought that this family visit to Sevenoaks and area could have lasted from mid July to the end of the month. Such a prolonged excursion must have been a formative experience for the young Jane, introduced as she was to her family's venerable benefactor and his large elegant house, which was somewhat removed from the humble rectory she was used to, and possibly seeing something of the huge estate of Knole which is located close to Red House. Her fertile young imagination must surely have had much to absorb during this time, and certainly only about a month after this visit Jane wrote a short story for her brother Charles titled 'Sir William Montague', in which she satirised an aristocratic family and estate most reminiscent of the Sackvilles and Knole.

* Rumbold (George Berriman, 1764-1807). 'Account of Losses & Expenses incurred in Consequence of my Seizure by the French at my House in Hamburg in October 1804’, manuscript document signed, [London?], 1804, written in one hand, endorsed by Rumbold at foot, 1 page with integral blank leaf, minor soiling, tall folio (Qty: 1)NOTESSir George Berriman Rumbold was appointed ambassador and minister residentiary at Hamburg in 1803. On the night of 25 October 1804 a group of 250 French troops landed by boat, arrested him and transported him to Paris under a charge of planning a conspiracy, his arrest being ordered by Joseph Fouche. After complaint by the Prussian Minister and approval by Napoleon he was released and returned to England. It is clear from the list which totals a claim of £1,949 that considerable theft and damage was caused by the French troops. The list includes: Loss on Three Horses (£120), Wine (£120), Furniture (£340), Glass & China (£170), Damage to House (£47), Books & Maps (£190), as well as servants’ wages and travelling expenses, etc.

* Court Roll: Bampton , Devon. Court roll of the Court Leet of Bampton in Devon, 1 8 August 1547 (unfinished), an undated court, a court of 19 Mar 1548, and of a Borough Court, 23 May 1548, manuscript on two rolled vellum membranes, stitched at head, the dorse of second membrane blank, some light rubbing and soiling, the first membrane 50 x 22 cm, the second membrane 22 x 20 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe membrane has been trimmed with the loss of the conclusion of the court of 18 August 1547 and the beginning of an undated court, the revenue from which amounts to 6s 6d. It is clear (see below) that very little is missing of the proceedings of the two defective courts. The first court begins with the names of the jury of 12; a presentment by the ale-tasters of 12 brewers, each for a single brewing, and their amercement of 3d each; the entry of a plea of debt; the presentment by the constables of the peace of a servant ‘of bad conversation’, interference with the constable, an assault with a cutting knyff and that Alice, wife of William Bowbeare the elder is a communis scandalozatrix to the nuisance of her neighbours; William Bowbeare the younger is amerced 4d for allowing people to play at dice and cards in his house on feast-days and at night. The Portreeve presents 13 people for allowing their pigs to wander in the streets – they are amerced 4d each; the bailiff presents default of suit of court by 19 individuals or groups. The jury confirms the presentments, and makes appointments to the offices of constables of the peace, borough reeves and ale-tasters; they present a list of people who have not been sworn to the king’s assize, an assault and a sale of ale by unlawful measures and without displaying a sign. Finally they present that [ blank ] Twygg, a free tenant holding a burgage, has died since the last court. This last entry has been trimmed. It is clear that another court was entered, beginning either at the foot of the face of the membrane or at the head of its dorse. The revenue from that court amounted to 6s 6d, of which 5s 0d can be accounted for from the marginalized amercements which survive. The court’s business consists of the presentment of ale-tasters, proceedings in three private suits, and orders of distraint against three men and two women in pleas of trespass brought by the lord. The court of 19 March 1548 begins with the names of the jury, ale-tasters’ presentments against 27 individuals for brewing whose amercements add up to 7s 6d; the Portreeve presents 20 people for allowing their pigs to wander in the streets – they are amerced 4d each; the constables of the peace present assaults, one with a thrasshell and a billhook; there follow two entries of process in private litigation, and the jury’s presentment of a mutual assault with fists; the court produced 16s 11d for the lord. The borough court includes the presentment by the ale-tasters of 12 brewers, each for a single brewing, and their amercement of 3d each; a plea of trespass with an inserted note of its compromise and the defendant’s amercement in 3s; the amercement of the bailiff for having failed to distrain two men and two women against whom the lord had brought pleas of trespass; and a plea of debt of 39s 11½d, the hallmark of an action in a local court where the limit was usually 40 shillings. The borough court produced 4s 3d for the lord; the total for the courts held in 1547-1548 is left blank. Bampton in Devon emerged as a borough between 1180 and 1210. A fair on St Luke’s day was granted to the rector in 1258, and a market and fair on the same day were granted to the lord of the manor in 1267. The few surviving manorial documents – and estreat roll of 1538-1541, a court book of 1850-1913 and a rent book of 1915-1926 – are all held by the Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust).This lot is subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls. 

* Dunfermline Land Grant, 1583. Notarial instrument of James Kingorne, admitted notary public by the Lords of the Council and scribe of the regality of Dunfermline, 7 August 1583, the delivery by Alexander Maistertoun in Baith and his wife Katherine Broun to Thomas Boscheant, chamberlain of the monastery of Dunfermline and bailiff of Robert [Pitcairn], perpetual commendator of the same monastery and convent, of a charter of fee-farm granted to them under the common seal of the monastery and signed by the commendator and chapter, to hold to them and the survivor, with remainder to their heirs in tail, remainder to Alexander’s heirs, of the entire lands of Baith Halkheid otherwise Maistertonisbaith, with the buildings, gardens, tofts and crofts in the parish and regality of Dunfermline and the shrievalty of Fife, occupied by Alexander, reserving the free tenement or live rent to Alan Cowttis the elder of Grange for life, 20 July 1583, which the bailiff handed to the notary to read and explain; the bailiff then went to the land at 7 in the morning and placed Alexander and Katherine in possession in the presence of William Trumble of Trumblis Baith, James Andersoun in Lassoddy, William Westwode at the mill of Lassoddy and William Merschale in Baith; Latin manuscript on vellum with calligraphic initial and large monogram signature, some dust soiling, 28 x 32 cm (Qty: 1)

* Dunfermline Land Grant, 1583. Notarial instrument of James Kingorne, admitted notary public by the Lords of the Council and scribe of the regality of Dunfermline, 7 August 1583, the delivery by Alexander Maistertoun in Baith and his wife Katherine Broun to Thomas Boscheant, chamberlain of the monastery of Dunfermline and bailiff of Robert [Pitcairn], perpetual commendator of the same monastery and convent; of a charter of fee-farm granted to them under the common seal of the monastery and signed by the commendator and chapter, to hold to them and the survivor, with remainder to their heirs in tail, remainder to Alexander’s heirs, of the whole lands of Baith Halkheid otherwise Maistertonisbaith, with the buildings, gardens, tofts and crofts in the parish and regality of Dunfermline and the shrievalty of Fife, occupied by Alexander, reserving the free tenement or live rent to Alan Coluttis the elder of Grange for life, 20 July 1583, which the bailiff handed to the notary to read and explain; the bailiff then went to the land at 7 in the morning and placed Alexander and Katherine in possession in the presence of William Trumble of Trumblis Baith, James Andersoun in Lassoddy, William Westwode at the mill of Lassoddy and William Merschale in Baith; Latin manuscript on vellum with calligraphic initial and large monogram signature, some dust soiling, one short split without loss, 24 x 35 cm (Qty: 1)

* Great Seals of King William IV & Queen Victoria. A reversionary lease of Methwold Warren lands &c. in the county of Norfolk, 13 December 1834, manuscript on two vellum membranes together with another related, a licence to assign a farm at Methwold, 16 October 1852, the first from King William IV to William Flatt, the second from Queen Victoria to Robert Flatt, the first on two membranes, both with red wax Great Seals appended in tin skippets, the first of Wlliam IV in fine condition, the second of Queen Victoria split across lower half with a little loss (Qty: 2)

* Guernsey Deeds. Certificate of a lease, 24 September 1681, manuscript on vellum written in Norman French, Charles Andros, esquire, seigneur of Anneville, lieutenant of Monsieur Edmond Andros, chevalier, seigneur of Saumares and bailiff of the Island of Guernsey, at St Peter Port in the presence of Messieurs Elizee de Saumares and Jean Bonami, jurats of the royal court; Certificate that Jean Rougier son of Abraham of the parish of St Pierre du Bois assigned to Hellier Paint son of Hellier of the same parish; a courtil in the parish of St Pierre du Bois on the fee of Lihou commonly called Le Douit Benest (E: Le Douit Benest belonging to the heirs of Philip Paint; W: the courtils called Les Buroques belonging to Jean de Garis, the road passing between them; S: two fields called Les Rousillons belonging to James Brouart the elder), to hold by the rent of 6 livres Tournois which his father paid to the late Nicholas le Meserier, against whose heirs the lessee acquits the lessor; present at the making of the contract Anne Hubert, mother and guardian of the children of Nicholas le Meserier, together with William Dobree their tutor; signed by W le Marchante in the place of Monsieur Jean Bonamy; seal of the bailiwick of Guernsey attached, 16 x 31 cm, together with a similar older Guernsey vellum deed in Norman French, 24 August 1523, Lorans Moulyn conveying fields in St Sampson to Piers Sebire, some dust soiling and old brown stains, wax seal of the Royal Court appended, 7.5 x 33 cm (Qty: 2)

Leather-bound Diaries. An attractive group of manuscript diaries, 42 volumes, 1845/92, 1895-1907, 1910/21, all seemingly kept by a Mr & Mrs Walter Davies, giving brief day-to-day notes of family events, health, visits, journeys, etc., with little reference to social or world events except the Armistice in the 1918 volume, each volume padded with extracts from popular printed journals and then uniformly bound in gilt-decorated red morocco with tickets of various Cheltenham binders, slightly rubbed and some spines with some wear, folio and small folio (Qty: 42)

* London Mansion House. An anonymous manuscript Anecdote addressed to Sir Herbert Mackworth at Stourhead, no place, c.1750, observing that the original design by Palladio as put forward by Lord Burlington was unacceptable, but then ridiculing the one being used for the building designed by George Dance, the Elder, as having the looks of 'a deep-laden Indiaman’, one page with integral address panel to verso addressed to 'Sir Herbert Mackworth, Bt. at Stourhead near Mere, Wilts' and marked 'l paper', folded for mailing with remains of wax seal, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESAn unusual anonymous manuscript mocking the design of London’s Mansion House, the building of which was commenced in 1739 and completed in 1758. The document begins: 'The following Anecdote concerning the Building of the Mansion House, is related by an eminent Architect continuing with relation of how Lord Burlington's recommendation of a plan by Palladio was rejected. It was not a question of the design but rather whether or not the architect was a 'Freeman of the City'- a fact debated until it was discovered that Palladio was a Papist, upon which the plan was rejected '& the Plan of a Freeman & a Protestant adopted in its Room'. This was the plan of George Dance the Elder, whose design Was used for the building. He is described as having been a Shipwright, with the consequence that the design is that of having the looks of 'a deep-laden Indiaman with her stern galleries and Gingerbread Work' and concluding that it has the looks of 'Noahs Ark’.

Manuscript Commonplace Book. A manuscript commonplace book, probably written by a young woman, circa 1730-40, 79 leaves of neat handwritten manuscript text in brown ink, plus 12 blank leaves, including first and last leaf, consisting of 48 numbered leaves of extracts from the Universal Spectator (founded in 1728 by Daniel Defoe and his son-in-law Henry Baker) from May 24 1729 to August 8 1730, each extract initialled APC at end, a second section of 13 leaves (21 pages), containing a variety of poems, including 'The House Furnish'd, A Sort of Epic Poem, By a Lady' [apparently unpublished], 'Fortune' [apparently unpublished], 'An Account of a Journey to Paris, in a Letter from a Country Squire to his Papa]', 'A Soliloqui Written in a Country Churchyard', [by Robert Blair], 'Written in a Cottage Garden, at a Village in Lorrain; and occasioned by a Tradition concerning a Tree of Rosemary' [published in Poetical Collections], 'The Old Fashion'd Lover' & 'The New Fashion'd Lover' [both published in The World], plus a third section, written in the reverse direction from the end of the volume, entitled 'A Ladies Adventures, a story strange as true', 23 pages, signed at the end 'Maria' [serialised in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1737], two or three further unrelated manuscript leaves, including one leaf titled 'A Receipt for a Cough', contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, heavily rubbed and somewhat worn, small 4to (20 x 15 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESGiven the subject matter of the majority of the contents of this volume, it is very likely to have been written by a young woman (initials A.P.C.). The transcription of the story entitled The Lady's Adventures is in a different hand to the rest of the volume, and is signed at end 'Maria'.

* Obligation Bonds. A good group of 51 manuscript and partly printed bonds completed in manuscript, mostly 18th & twelve 19th century, all paper documents with seals, single sheets and bifolia, folio (Qty: 51)

* Obligation Bonds. A good group of 27 manuscript bonds, 17th century, including 4 vellum document with seals, the remainder paper documents with seals from the reigns of James II, William & Mary & William III, mostly single sheets and bifolia, folio (Qty: 27)

* Pembrokeshire Deed, 1525. Grant, 20 August 1525, Richard Walden of Erith in Kent, knight, and his wife Margery, daughter and one of the heirs of Henry Wogan, esquire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter and one of the heirs of John Joice of Prendergast in Pembrokeshire, esquire, deceased, to Henry Morgan doctor of laws, John Lewis treasurer of the cathedral church of St Davids ( Menevia ), Master John Luntley, clerk, Philip Laurens, clerk, William Buttler, esq and Cadwaladyr Powell, gentleman; 1. the manor of Prendergast with the advowson of the church of [East] Walton in Ronys with 37 messuages, 10 cottages, 6 tofts, 4 yards, 6 gardens, 4 carucates of land, the moiety of a carucate of land, a bovate of land and 6 shillings’ rent in Prendergast; 2. all their messuages, burgages, lands, tenements, rents and services in The Knock, Clarbeston ( Clarbodeston ), Poyston ( Poylyngeston ), Bentyberch and The Dale in Pembrokeshire; 3. all their lands and tenements, rents and burgages in the town of Haverford in the county of Haverford and all their messuages, lands and tenements, mines of coal, rents and services in Trevine ( Trevrane ) and Folkeston ( Folcaston ) within the lordship of Haverford; which formed Margery’s share of the estate of her father Henry Wogan according to a recent tripartite indenture between them and Walter Bowles, esq, son of Lady Alice Wogan, widow of Thomas Bowles, knight (another daughter of Henry Wogan), and Joan Wogan, widow, another daughter of Henry Wogan; Richard and Margery appoint William Gruffuth, clerk, Robert Page and Rhys ap Rhys attorneys to deliver seisin, signed by Richard Walden and Margery Walden; manuscript deed in Latin on vellum, decorative initial, some overall dust soiling not affecting legibility of text, two seal tags without seals, dorse blank, 28 x 36 cm (Qty: 1)NOTESHenry Morgan (d.1559) was born at Dewisland in Pembrokeshire and educated at Oxford. Between 1527 and 1528 he was principal of St Edmund Hall. After a series of clerical preferments in 1554 he was elected bishop of St Davids, only to be deprived in 1559 for refusing to accept religious change. However, perhaps because he did not preach against the changes, or perhaps because the queen favoured him, Morgan was permitted to retire quietly to Wolvercote, Oxfordshire, where he lived among friends until his death there on 23 December 1559. John Luntley was recorded as Archdeacon of Cardigan in 1529.

* Pipe Roll. Manuscript pipe roll on vellum for the annual money owed to the government by Fleetwood Parkhurst, sheriff of Worcestershire, 1792, brown ink on two stitched membranes with duty stamps, signed by Thomas Lowten, Deputy Clerk of the Pipe at foot and dated 4 June 1793, some overall soiling, 160 x 28 cm (Qty: 1)

* Recipe for Brewing Ale. Manuscript titled 'A Receipt for Yest', circa 1790, 28 lines, written in a neat hand on a single sheet, '1lb of hops, 32 quarts of water boil it 21/2 hours, strain the same when the scalding heat is gone off add 2 gallons ground malt, let this remain 31/2 hours again, strain it, set it with 2 quarts yest either the same sort or good home brewed, The first head that rises be sure to strain off and throw away. Be careful not to set the yeast to[o] warm', horizontally split in two at lower fold,, folds, slight toning, watermarked 'Pro Patria', folio, 32 x 20 cm (12.5 x 12 in), together with Recipe for Mustard Whey to relieve ailments. Manuscript titled 'To Make Mustard Whey', circa 1800, 14 lines, written in a neat hand on a single sheet, 'Take milk and water of each half a pint, bruised mustard seed an ounce and half, boil them together till the curd is perfectly separated; afterwards strain the whey through a cloth... and promotes the different secretions, hence in the low state of nervous fevers, it will supply the place of wine, it is of singular use in the chronic rheumatism, palsy, dropsy...', folds, one or two small stains, small 4to Coaching Inn Bill. Manuscript bill issued to Mr Morgan from R. Griffiths for meals and services provided at the West Gate House Inn, Newport, Monmouthshire, 6 August 1795, 11 suppers, 7 breakfasts, Beer, Cyder & Porter, sugar & lemon, servants eating & liquor, hay & corn, barber', the bill totals £4-0-10 reduced to £3-5-10 due to 5 bottles being refunded, folds, small splits, some soiling, small 4to, plus four others: A manuscript clothiers bill from Gilbert Rowe to Robert Childs for the supply of shoes and garters, 1703; A manuscript receipt for washing gloves. circa 1780; A manuscript receipt for artists to clean oil paintings and to make copel varnish, circa 1810 and a manuscript wine bill from wine merchant Cornelius Dutch to Hannah Munday for the supply of canary wine, old hock, champaine, maderia, totalling £3-9-9, folds, some light soiling (Qty: 7)

* [Victorian Education]. An archive of approximately 250 autograph letters, c.1850-95, mostly addressed to the teacher Frederic Nash and largely relating to his time as a teacher in India and England, the correspondence from parents, staff and former pupils, etc., covering his time at Vepery Grammar School, Madras, (which was supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts), a school at Ootachamund, Neilgherries, and then, from about 1861, in London and at his home, ’Farrington’, Beckenham, Kent, the collection including 3 autograph letters signed from the British colonial governor Sir Arthur Havelock (1844-1908), 1891, 1895 & 1896, the first fondly recollecting Nash’s teaching at Farrington, ‘… I have not only a distinct and agreeable recollection of my school, but also a most grateful one. Such a success as I have made of life, I attribute in a large degree, to the sound and thorough teaching and to the training in method, accuracy and punctuality which I received from you…’, together with sundry related copy letters, notes and receipts, various sizes but mostly 2 to 4 pages, 8vo, occasional spotting and marginal fraying, the collection guarded in two home-made cloth-bound volumes with manuscript paper labels titled ‘From or about Schoolboys D to H’ and ‘Not from or about Schoolboys A to F’, rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 2)

* Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1819-1901). Letters Patent granted to John Widgery, Tin Plate Worker, of Plumstead, Kent, 1 November 1871, No. 3149, for ‘improvements in metal cans, cases and boxes’, calligraphically printed document on vellum with decoration at head and manuscript insertions, slight yellowing, 77 x 52 cm, Great Seal appended in original metal skippet, wax seal a little cracked but complete and in good condition, housed in the original leather Patent Office box, rubbed with dulling of gilt and some leather loss to base, lock broken (Qty: 1)

* Westlake (Ernest, 1856-1922, geologist). An archive of notebooks and papers, c.1874-1910, including approximately 600 disordered quarto manuscript leaves of geological notes relating to the Dorset and Jurassic Coast, neatly written in ink with occasional diagrams and numerous corrections, a related exercise book of 19 leaves, all apparently in the hand of Ernest Westlake, together with two manuscript notebooks of mineralogical lectures given in 1874-75, by Professor [John] Morris [1810-1886, professor of geology at University College, London, 1854-77], neatly written in pencil in a different hand to the loose leaves, a total of approximately 140 leaves, contemporary quarter roan, some soiling and wear, oblong 8vo, plus a badly damp-stained and frayed notebook of a ‘Geological Tour in the Neighbourhood of Paris, July 1879’, possibly a contemporary fair copy in another hand, original wrappers, soiled and worn, 4to, plus a partially completed ‘Catalogue of Land and Fresh-Water Shells Collected by A[ubrey] T[homas] Westlake’, 1910, 20pp., plus a manuscript encyclopaedia, a general notebook, a manuscript book of bibliographical and other references, and a small almanac for 1877, the latter two possibly in Ernest’s hand, plus 6 assorted letters, a single sheet of manuscript notes entitled 'Section of Bed of Purbeck Marble' [in the hand of the geologist Sir Roderick Murchision, 1792-1871], 3 pamphlets and 2 leaflets (Qty: a small carton)NOTESErnest Westlake was a naturalist, anthropologist and amateur geologist, best known as the founder of the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry in 1916. In the 1870s he studied geology and mineralogy at University College, London under the biologist Thomas Henry Huxley. The notebooks in this lot from the lectures of Professor Morris are apparently in another student’s hand. From the late 1870s onwards Westlake embarked upon a programme of geological research and fieldwork, visiting museums, private collections, and excavating coastal and inland areas all over the British Isles. His main areas of interest included: Artesian wells, Chalk formations and Tertiary deposits. Detailed records of his excavations filled volumes of notebooks and the huge amount of fossils and artefacts he collected were divided between Salisbury Museum in Wiltshire and the Geology Department of Southampton University. He published several works on woodcraft and geology and, with his son Aubrey (1893-1985), wrote and published Primitive Occupations as a Factor in Education , London: Order of Woodcraft Chivalry, 1918.