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Cambridgeshire.- Charter, grant by Alex de Alshornestone and Johanna his wife to Henry Honeman of Ashelee [Ashley] of 12 acres of land in Ashley near the land of the Prior and Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, witnesses: William Coleman, Robert de cheap and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 22 lines, in light brown ink, 2 red wax seals with good impressions, folds, slightly browned, 158 x 242mm., 1335.⁂ Ashley, four miles east of Newmarket. The manor of Ashley was owned by the Knights Hospitallers.

Somerset, West Bagborough.- Indenture, I, Roger Ralegh grant and confirm to John Burgeys son of Thomas Burgeys and Thomasia his wife of West Bagborough a holding called le fforde in the manor of West Bagborough for a quarterly payment of 8 shillings, witnesses: Thomas Stackett, John Ponchardonn and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 22 lines, large remains of red wax seal, indented at head, a few small wormholes, a few small stains, yellowed, folds, 132 x 230mm., 1405.

Huntingdonshire.- Court Roll relating to Huntingdon, detailing numerous cases, Courts Baron, Frankpledge etc. relating to land and property, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 2 membranes, stitched at head, a few small repairs, some small holes, some staining and creasing, 850 x 290mm. & 750 x 294mm., 1413; sold subject to the Manorial Documents Rules, this item may not be removed from England & Wales.

Edward IV (King of England and Lord of Ireland, 1442-83).- Kent, St. Laurence, Thanet.- Charter, grantors confirming 2 acres of land to Edmund Graunt adjacent to the parish of St. Laurence and lands of the Abbey of St. Augustine, by the gift of Thomas Colver, D.s. bearing the royal sign-manual of Edward IV in the form of the monogram "RE", manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 10 lines, folds, slightly creased, remains of 5 wax seal of grantors, 105 x 290mm., 20th April 1430/31.⁂ It is unclear why Edward IV should sign this document, as it is not a royal grant, the best explanation would be that the king was asked to confirm the grant and did so, by appending his initials to the document.

Henry VI's marriage to Margaret of Anjou & the Treaty of Mantes.- Hoo (Thomas, Baron Hoo and Hastings, courtier, c. 1396-1455) Declaration concerning the negotiations between Henry VI and Charles VII for a general truce resulting in the Treaty of Mantes, Document signed "Hoo", manuscript in French, on vellum, 9 lines, folds, slightly creased and marked, 80 x 380mm., Mantes, 21st December 1446.⁂ "We Thomas Hoo Knight, Chancellor of France, Baron Hastings and one of the commissioners of the King our lord accredited to the government of France... We certify to all to whom it may appertain that by our command and order Jehan Varin, overseer and receiver at Mantes for the said lord has recently had carried by Jehan Halle, Jehan Pol called 'Tabellion' and Colin Grandin several letters directed to Paris or Rouen upon the business of the king our said lord and the convention at present being held at the said city of Mantes, principally twenty letters carried by the said Halle to Paris for the Count de Dunois [Jean, "Bastard of Orleans"] and the president [of the assembly]... ."

Book of Hours, Use of Rome, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 96 leaves only including 6 blank pages, 24 pages of Calendar at beginning (feast of Saint Leodegar indicated in margin), single column, 16 lines, ruled in light red ink, written in brown ink in a regular gothic bookhand, numerous one and two-line initials in gold, blue or red (some washed and blurred), line-fillers throughout, vellum slightly yellowed and with some soiling, some ff. slightly creased, 2ff. from a printed Book of Hours inserted, front endpapers torn and loose, 16th century calf, oval gilt stamps on covers, upper joint splitting at tail, chipped at head with small loss, rubbed and scuffed, preserved in a modern box, leaves 182 x 140mm., [?France], [c. 1450].

Medieval English.- Kent.- Culpeper (Sir John, Justice of the Peace, fl. 1466-80).- Indenture Robert Clobbe late of East Peckham made covenant with John Herden and with Alis his wife to serve them in husbandry, manuscript in medieval English, 11 lines, indented chirograph at head, small hole in left margin, folds, slightly creased, remains of two red wax seals, 95 x 267mm., 1467.⁂ An indenture of a servant in husbandry. Servants in husbandry were unmarried farm workers hired on annual contracts.

Lincolnshire.- Charter, grant by Edmund Oursby, Robert Naylar, Henry Craoroste and Hugh Massynberd to William Cawdron and Leonard Markham of the Manor of Wynohyll consisting of a messuage and 500 acres in Heckington, Great Hale, Little Hale, Hasgarby [Asgarby], Holbych [Holbeach], & Boston, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 22 lines, Chancery Seal appended, some damage to margins with slight loss, initial letter in top left margin cut away, folds, browned, 280 x 365mm., Westminster, 10th July 1513.⁂ Mentions Sir Robert Rede Rede (d. 1519), judge.

Berkshire.- Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Royal Letters Patent granted by Elizabeth I being an inspeximus of a survey of the manor of Radley, lately in the possession of the monastery of Abingdon, made in the first year of the reign of Edward VI, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 2 membranes, slightly browned, folds, remains of Great Seal, later endorsement, 570 x 370mm. & 165 x 370mm., Westminster, 12th February 1563.⁂ Radley, now in Oxfordshire, 2 miles north east of Abingdon.

NO RESERVE Christian Mystical Writing.- N[iclaes] (H[endrik] [Henry Nicholas], founder of the Family of Love, 1502 - c. 1580) A ffigure of the true and spirituall Tabernacle, according to the inwarde temple or House of God in the Spirit... Set forth by H.N. and by him perused, and more evidently declared, manuscript, title and 133pp., 5 pen and ink illustrations in the text, ruled, slightly browned, front pastedown with tears, front front free endpaper torn away, original vellum, yellowed and marked, [cf. Wing N1125], sm. 8vo, [c. 1650].⁂ The Family of Love. "The name of Hendrik Niclaes's sect was derived from the third and last of the divisions of history before the millennium, originally propounded by Joachim da Fiore, corresponding to the spirit and the theological virtue of charity." - Oxford DNB.Although Niclaes was based in the Low Countries his works became extremely influential in England, especially during the Commonwealth. The above title was printed in London for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the west end of Pauls in 1655.

18th century song.- [Mainwaring (Arthur)] The History & fall of the Conformity Bill being an Excellent new Song to the Tune of the Lady's fall &c., manuscript song, 5pp. with conjugate blank, inscribed at end: "Sic Ceri vit Robert Wisdome", folds, browned, edges a little chipped, City of London coat of arms watermark, folio,[1703].⁂ The purpose of the Conformity Act was to prevent Nonconformists and Roman Catholics from taking "occasional" communion in the Church of England in order to become eligible for public office under the Corporation Act 1661 and the Test Act.

The King's Works.- [Account roll of money spent on works and repairs of various palaces and buildings in the care of the Crown Estate], manuscript on vellum, 18 sheets, first sheet with slight surface wear affecting a few letters and little soiled, folds, stitched at head, right edges a little chipped, c. 580 x 470mm., variously 1748-49. ⁂ Includes payments to masons, plasterers, painters, smiths etc., working at The Tower of London, Westminster, Denmark House, Winchester Palace, Hampton Court Palace etc.

Gardening.- Virgo (Thomas, of Twickenham) [Notes on gardening, cookery and remedies], manuscript, c. 130pp., numerous tears with some loss, some ff. loose or working loose, numerous ink stains, browned, original vellum, soiled and marked, holes in upper cover for clasps, 8vo, 1750-56.⁂ Mentions Will's Coffee House and Lady Ogle, widow of Sir Chaloner Ogle (1680/81-1750), naval officer.Notes include: "A receipt to make verry"; "To Pressure frute or a Mellon through ye Winter Put them in & Ise House"; "A Catalogue of ye frute Trees"; "Plant artichooks 6 Foot Asunder..."; "A Catalogue of my Mellons for ye year [17]50"; "Fines of Desenters from ye Church of England"; "A never failing remedy for the Ague"; "Virginity Where of Chaste fools do Boste"; "No Better way to Raise Early Cucumbers"; "The best way to have good Cyder" etc.

Eusebius, Caesariensis. Chronicon, translated from Greek into Latin by St.Jerome, with continuations by Prosper Aquitanus (to 448), Matthaeus Palmerius Florentinus (to 1448), and Matthaeus Palmerius Pisanus, edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter, collation: [*12] a-v8 x10, c.130 ff. (of 182), plus fragments of 6 ff., printed in red and black, 34 and 42 lines, Gothic and some Roman type, woodcut initials, 8 ff. torn at head with loss, stained at head, some spotting, endpapers of remnants of a 15th century accounts manuscript (loose), contemporary English blind-stamped panelled calf over wooden boards, metal clasps, central panels with rose tools within a criss cross pattern composed of 3 blind-stamped filets, lacking backstrip, corners worn, rubbed, small 4to (232 x 172mm.), Venice, Erhard Ratdolt, 13 September, 1483.⁂ Second edition; the first with the addition up to 1481 by Matteo Palmieri of Pisa, of the most important chronological compendium of ancient times. On v3 verso, for the year 1457, Palmieri mentions Johann Gutenberg and the invention of printing, which he dates to 1440. The condition of the binding on this copy allows us a fascinating insight into the make-up of an early binding, with the 15th century manuscript remnants used as endpapers a charming addition. Literature: BMC V, 287; Goff E-117; HC 6717*; GW 9433; Bod-inc E-040; BSB-Ink E-109.

House of Lords.- Remembrances For Order and Decency, or Standing Orders to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament of Great Britaine by the Lords, when His Maj.tie is not there, manuscript, title and 63pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly foxed and browned, ink ownership signature of George Walker and later Thomas Phillipps inscription at herad of title, original calf, remains of gilt rules, rubbed and marked, upper cover detaching, spine torn with loss to tail, 8vo, [c. 1750].

Cookery & other recipes.- Bragge family (of Sadborow Hall, near Thorncombe, Dorset) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, 109pp., and 4pp. index at front, index and first 18pp. first 11ff. slightly water-stained not affecting legibility, slightly browned, three large foxing spots on last 2ff., original marbled wrappers, slight water-stain on upper cover, rubbed, faded and creased, lettered direct "Cookery Book" on upper cover, folio, [c. 1750].⁂ Recipes include: "A Carraway Cake - My Mama"; "To make a Cake Lady Plymouth's Way"; "To make Primrose Wine"; "Turkey a la Dobbe"; "Rasberry Brandy"; "The Nagoue... Take 4 spoonfuls of french Claret and thicken it with flour..."; "A Lark Pye - Withers"; "Dr Meads Bitters"; "Orange Marmalet"; "To make Pastasha Cream"; "To thicken the hair"; "Bitters Sr Edward Hulse [Sir Edward Hulse, first baronet (1682-1759), physician]"; "For a Dropsy Mrs Smith"; "To brew small Beer - Mrs Bere"; "To make the Best Raisin Wine - Mrs Smith"; "To make a fanchurch Pudding"; "To make Shrub" etc.Provenance: Matthew Bragge, a local clothier bought Sadborow in 1576. The present house was built between 1773 and 1775 by John Johnson, for John Bragge and cost £2,589 2s 4½ d. The estate was sold in 1923 when the last member of the family, Captain John Bragge died in 1922.

Sermon.- Eph: 4.5. - One Faith - 5pt., manuscript, 48pp. only, ?lacking beginning, extensively browned, 17th century note of hand for £50 loosely inserted, unbound, stitched as issued, 165 x 105mm., n.d. [c. 1750].

Leicestershire Farmer.- Castle Donington.- Journal/commonplace book of agricultural notes, manuscript, 42pp., some ff. excised, browned, stained, original calf, worn, partially disbound, 8vo, Leicestershire, 1771-95.⁂ Compiled by a Leicestershire farmer towards the end of the 18th century, comprising accounts of crops sold (mainly barley), labourers' expenses; with other general notes, "A Bill for Town work 1772" (including Hemington near Castle Donington), notes on the great flood of 1795; "The Account of the Charges & Expences of the Tryal of Hugh Meriman at the Session at Derby for stealing Eleven Geese of Johnath[an] Sherw[i]ns at Alverston before Sir Willm Fittsherbert in the Chair", notes on the days on which neighbours began their respective harvests, library catalogue etc.

Scatological verse.- New invented patent Water Closets with a Screen for the Ladies. By Sir Wilful Wiseacre, manuscript verse, 20 lines, beginning "The modest Maid or bashful Dame / May now indulge in Sweets or Posset / Fearless that she'll expose her Fame / So screen'd's our patent Water Closet", sheet 31 x 20 cm (12 ¼ x 7 7/8 in.), ink on laid paper with Britannia watermark, a few tears (no loss) where folded for the post, verso postmarked Bury (Lancs.) and addressed to Chas. Blatchley Esqr, Bury, [c. 1780]⁂ Not traced in Crum and apparently unrecorded. The first patent for a flush water closet with an S-trap was granted in 1775 to the Scottish watchmaker Alexander Cumming.

Cookery, Medical and Veterinary.- Duckering (Mary, of Tothby, Lincolnshire) [Collection of recipes], manuscript, in several hands, 73pp. excluding blanks, several ff. working loose, a few ff. cut with loss, browned, hinges weak and split, ink signature of Mary Robinson (a direct descendent of Mary Duckering) and ink inscription of Frederick Duckering Cooke describing the manuscripts descent to 1904, original vellum, soiled, worn, lettered direct on upper cover: "Receipt Book", lacks most of spine, sm. 4to, 1796-1826.⁂ "Miss Mary Duckering married Dr John Robinson at Tothby or Alford. Their daughter Elizabeth married Frederick Cooke, my father and her's book came into my hands March 1904. Frederick Duckering Cooke at Derby."Recipes include: "Ipswich Almond Pudding"; "Bread and Butter Pudding"; "Ratafia Pudding"; "Muffins"; "Another way to make Pig Sauce"; "Brain Cakes"; "Bullace cheese [Wild plum]"; "for the Hooping Cough"; "Mustard Whey Recipe for Rheumatismetc.

Farriery Recipes.- Elegant and Proved Receipts for the Diseases of Horses [&] Cows, [collection of recipes for treating horses and cattle], manuscript, 142pp., reverse entries for horses and cattle, a few ff. cut with some content removed, slightly browned, original calf-backed boards, rubbed, spine defective, sm. 4to, commenced 27th January 1796.⁂ Recipes including: "Ointment for Mange"; "Mercurial Ung[uent]"; "Cholick"; "Balls for Pissing Blood"; "For a Poll Evil, or, Fistula"; "Horses bitten by a mad dog"; "For a Dog bit by a mad Dog"; "The Doctor having seized the unfortunate Man the following is a catalogue of the Effects which will be sold by Auction by W Neversell [a humorous and nonsensical auction announcement]"; "Cows. Garget in the bowels" etc.

Royal Navy.- Streatfeild (Richard, Commander, Royal Navy, 1789-1865) Commonplace book, manuscript, c. 100pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, 12 pencil sketches of coastlines (including Corfu), some water-staining (mostly to blanks), browned, original vellum, sm. 4to, [c. 1808-11].⁂ Includes: notes on Mercator's sailing; copy of ship's orders on HMS Minorca; copies of letters including some relating to HMS Impregnable; commonplace material including an item relating to the War of 1812 with America.

Streatfeild Family.- Streatfeild (Rev. Thomas, antiquarian and churchman, 1777-1778) & Captain Robert Streatfeild (1786-1852) and others [?]. Three albums containing over 62 pp. of sketches, 20 in one album executed in watercolour, including landscape studies, many with windmills, several pencil studies of ships, a few seascapes and cloud studies, one album features a loose manuscript note with 8 lines of dates and geographic coordinates with weather conditions described for each day, other various sketches of country houses, and a few sketches of church architectural details and antiquities, pencil and watercolours, some executed in pen and ink, one album with Whatman wove paper with watermark date of '1810', another album with watermark date of '1813', leaves measure between 115 x 180 mm. (4 1/2 x 7 in) and 115 x 185 mm. (4 1/2 x 7 1/4 in), many leaves loose, a few missing with only stubs left, otherwise scattered handling creases, surface dirt and occasional spotting throughout, contemporary boards, worn, 8vo, circa 1810-1815 (3) Provenance:Streatfeild Family; by descent;Anonymous sale. Where acquired by the present owner.⁂ Three albums from the historic Streatfeild English family from Chiddingstone, Kent, traceable to the early 16th century and a possible cadet branch of the Noble House of Stratford. A number of drawings by Captain Robert Streatfeild were offered at Christie's in 2016, and while these drawings were rather more worked and larger in scale, there are some notable similarities in execution to certain watercolours in the present albums (Sale. Christie's, South Kensington, Old Master Drawings and British Drawings and Watercolours, 7th December 2016, lots 144-150). The British Museum also hold a sketchbook containing 55 leaves of drawings by Rev Thomas Streatfeild (see BM no. 1969,0208.3.1-55).

Opie [née Alderson] (Amelia, novelist and poet, 1769-1853) 7 Autograph Letters signed "Amelia Opie" or "AO", (6 to her cousin Thomas John Alderson & 1 to Mrs Carr), 19pp. most with address panels, 4to & 8vo, Earlham, Norwich & London, 18th December 1814 - 39, conversational letters to her cousin, including: on her Quaker faith, "Joseph & I walked to meeting (quaker's meeting)... I am glad to make an excuse to go to hear Priscilla [Priscilla Wakefield (1750-1832), author and philanthropist; mother of Elizabeth Fry]... she preached a fine sermon today..."; her clothes, "I want to know whether thou couldst endure me in a morning dress or pelisse of ye Waterloo blue - I have a passion for it ever since I saw Miss Bailey's..."; and poetry, "As I am apt to plague myself after I sent ye verses I took alarm & thought Mrs B[ingham] might think I took a liberty in sending her complimentary verses- still they are so true..."; 4 Autograph Poems signed mostly to her cousin Thomas John Alderson, manuscript, 10pp., including: "Lines written after sleeping in the yellow garret at Earlham [Hall] now usually occupied by J.J. Gurney", 1816-29; and a quantity of others, including manuscript notes, Journey to Brussels, correspondence from her cousins, the Brigg family etc., folds, browned, some tears, v.s., v.d., 19th century (c. 100 pieces).⁂ An interesting collection of letters and other material from a prominent 19th century novelist and poet. "In 1830 the Edinburgh Review placed Opie with Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen among the major women novelists of the previous three decades, and defined her particular 'province' as 'the passions' and 'the exhibition of their workings' (EdinR, 51, July 1830, 450)." (Oxford DNB). However, in later years her reputation dwindled as her work was seen to be both mawkish and sentimental. "Late twentieth-century historical and contextual research has initiated new understanding of the complexity and originality of her fiction and poetry." - Oxford DNB.

Qur'an, Arabic manuscript on paper, c. 600pp., 15 lines to a page written in naskhi script in black ink, illuminated title and occasional medallions, ruled text borders in red blue and gold, some staining, extensively browned, edges at beginning and end chipped, contemporary sheep, gilt stamp decoration on covers, worn, 8vo, [?Afghanistan], [c. late 17th/early 18th century].

Taylor (Alfred Swaine, medical jurist and toxicologist, 1806-80) Archive, including: 4 commonplace books, printed article on silkworm presented to him by Captain G. Coussmaker author and with three ALs.s. about silkworms, unbound manuscript entitled 'anecdotes', unbound manuscript concerning travels in Italy 1829 with a few diagrams and other various correspondence, autograph manuscripts, numerous pp., some newspaper cuttings laid down, original leather, boards and cloth bindings, 8vo, 1829-78 (sm. qty).

Royal Navy.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) Log of the Proceedings of H... M... S... Curacoa... [&] A Log of the proceedings of H... M... S... Fisgard, autograph manuscript, titles and c. 240pp. (25pp. loosely inserted at end), numerous pen and ink sketches (including a watercolour of "Admiralty Rudder") and maps (including a map of Rio de Janeiro), 1f. torn out at end, some staining, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, folio, 1846-49.⁂ Places visited include: South America (Sugar Loaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro entrance), west coast of Africa, "Track of Sir Charles Napier's Experimental Squadron August 1842" off the coast of Ireland.Malcolm was the eldest son of Sir Charles Malcolm (1782-1851), naval officer. He followed in his father's footsteps, serving in the Royal Navy for his entire career and becoming Rear Admiral in 1882. His long naval career took him to North and South America, the West Indies, the Baltic, the English Channel, Egypt, and the East Coast of Africa. After he retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.

Royal Navy engineer.- Steel (W. St. John Steel, engineer) 2 Log book diaries of service on HMS Duke of Wellington and other vessels, 2 vol., autograph manuscript, c. 275pp. excluding blanks, first vol. ruled in red, a few ff. loose and others working loose, some browning, a few ink marks and stains, first vol. original calf-backed boards, lacks spine, second vol. original card wrappers, both worn with surface wear, folio & sm. 4to, 1854-58.⁂ Two diaries concerning Steel's service on HMS Duke of Wellington, the Flag-Ship of Admiral Sir Charles Napier (an early example of a steam and sail warship), HMS Arrogant, HMS Superior, and a gun vessel HMS Assurance, including visits to Calcutta, Cape of Good Hope, Rangoon, Madras etc.

West Indies, South America, Spain and Portugal.- [?Forwood (George Peploe, of Forwood Brothers & Co., City of London Merchants and Commission Agents, of 3 Crosby Square, London, of Great House Court, East Grinstead, younger brother of Sir Arthur Bower Forwood, first baronet, politician, 1836-98, and Sir William Bower Forwood, merchant and politician, 1840-1928, 1848-1933)] Diary [of a voyage to the West Indies and South America in S.S. Colombian in 1867] [&] Journal of Trip to Spain and Portugal in the S.S. Talisman in 1868, autograph manuscript, together 96pp. excluding blanks (comprising 54pp. West Indies & South America and 42pp. Spain and Portugal), 7 full-page pen and ink illustrations (including maps of Puerto Caballo Harbour, Venezuela; Barbados Harbour; Kingstown [Kingston] Harbour, Jamaica; Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Cork Harbour), slightly browned, hinges splitting, original black morocco, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, 1867-68.⁂ Travels to Barbados, Puerto Cabello, Curaçao, Isle of Colón (Panama), Panama City, Port Royal (Jamaica), Port au Prince (Haiti), Queenstown (Ireland), Santander, Reynosa (Reinosa) Railway, Corunna (A Coruña), Huelva, Seville & Lisbon.Barbados. "... we arrived at Barbadoes... . In our ride we saw the sugar cane which forms the main article of report, and the cotton plant grow. The negroes here are of a heavy build with large faces & high foreheads, & not as insolent as I expected to find them, the women are far worse looking than the men but dress very well, viz, in long airy white dresses which look very neat as they walk along with a straight figure, & measured stride."Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. "The dancing being finished the Bull throwing commenced. It consisted in a bull being set loose and mem riding after it at full speed & taking hold of its tail and having got well up with it, or a little in advance by a violent twist throw it on its back, this they succeeded in doing two or three times... . After each throw a black band played."

Keats, Byron, Joseph Severn etc.- Severn (Walter, watercolour painter, 1830-1904) [Walter Severn's notes on the history of his family, memoirs of his father and conversation with his father in his final illness], autograph manuscript, together 29pp., folds, browned, a few with tears along folds, 8vo & 4to, 1878-84 & n.d.; and 3 others, letters, including: ALs & envelope from Walter Severn to Dasent, on his father's last illness, v.s., v.d. (18 pieces).⁂ Keats. "Mr J. Severn came to Rome in 1820 with Keats the poet who was obliged to travel south on account of his health. After the death of Keats at Naples in the arms of his beloved friend Mr Severn came to Rome where he commenced his career as an artist, having previously gained the Gold Medal & Travelling Pension from the R.a."Byron. "17 Mar 78. My father told me today that his first acquainta[nce] with Lord Byron was receiving by Leigh Hunt a kind message in praise of his attention to Keats & asking if my father could accompany him to Greece." - Walter Severn.

Royal Navy.- Field (John George Mostyn, Vice-Admiral, 1849-1912) [An account of the bombardment of Alexandria in the Egyptian War of 1882], facsimile reproduction of Field's manuscript report by hectograph, c. 60pp., 6pp. of ephemera (including 2 watercolours and a silhouette), all laid down on album ff., original boards, cloth dust-jacket, manuscript paper labels on covers and spine, 4to, 1882.⁂ "The Egyptians had certainly fought their guns in the most wonderful way, not giving in till their forts were little better than untenable heaps of ruin and desolation - in fact the way they faced the awful fire we poured into them for as many hours in the manner they did was the theme of admiration and praise of us all." - Field.

Munby (Arthur Joseph, poet, diarist and civil servant, 1828-1910) 22 Autograph manuscript poems addressed to his wife Hannah Cullwick, 2 incomplete, together 72pp., browned, folds, 1882-1900; 4 Autograph postcards signed to Hannah Cullwick, 4 sides, in French, 1890-96, about her welfare etc., 1 postcard stained; and newspaper cuttings of articles, 1910 and 1950, v.s., v.d. (c. 42 pieces).⁂ Poems, including:(1). To my Hannah, Christmas, 1884.(2). A servant-wife, February, 1886.(3). Weerin o Glooves, dialect poem, 18th February 1887.(4). In our Cottage, 16th December 1895.(5). Hannah the Servant, n.d.The relationship between A.J. Munby and his wife Hannah Cullwick (1833-1909), has been described as "one of the strangest love stories of the nineteenth century". The revelation that a Cambridge educated gentleman should have been married in secret to a maidservant for almost forty years was greeted with astonishment on Munby's death in 1910. Added interest was the news that in all that time Hannah Munby had refused the trappings of a lady and insisted on remaining a servant. In 1950 Munby's college, Trinity College, Cambridge opened a box containing the diaries of both Munby and Cullwick and the inner workings of their relationship became public knowledge, including Munby's predilections for work roughened hands and Cullwick's insistence on being treating by her husband as a servant, and her refusal to wear clothes from above her station.

Coronation of Elizabeth II.- Gardner (Anthony, bookbinder, calligrapher and engraver, 1887-1973) Sketch Map of the Route to be taken by The Royal Procession upon the occasion of The Coronation of Her Majesty Elizabeth II..., calligraphic manuscript with 7 full-page watercolours of the processional route, title and 8pp., calligraphy in blue and red ink, binding no. 384 lettered on lower endpaper, bound in full grey crushed morocco, oval brown morocco inlays with gilt monogram "ER II" stamped on upper cover, gilt Tudor roses and single line gilt borders in corners, gilt fleur-de-lys stamped on spines, g.e., 8vo, calligraphic spiral apologia by Gardner at end, "sketched and bound by for Her Majesty's Minister of Works for the gracious use of her Majesty during her Coronation procession, by Anthony Gardner...", 1953. ⁂ Anthony Gardner was Chief Structural Engineer in the Ministry of Works until his retirement in 1953. Following his retirement, Gardener established his own bookbinding and restoration firm.

Dugdale (Sir William) Monasticon Anglicanum: or, the History of the Ancient Abbies, Monasteries, Hospitals...in England and Wales... , 3 parts in 1 and with 2 additional volumes by John Stevens, together 3 vol., vol.1 with engraved additional architectural title by Wencelaus Hollar, titles in red and black, 154 engraved plates after Hollar and others, 14 double-page or folding, list of subscribers in vol.2, hole to I2 in vol.1 causing slight loss to a few lines (neatly repaired and text supplied in manuscript), one or two marginal tears or repairs, one plate in vol.3 trimmed close to border, generally clean and bright, the Duke of Roxburghe's copy bound in handsome dark blue straight-grained morocco, with his arms in gilt to covers, by R.C.Stanes of Chelmsford with his ticket, spines gilt in compartments with five pairs of raised bands, inner gilt dentelles of wavy lines and small leafy sprays, g.e., slightly rubbed and faded, gouge to lower cover of vol.3 repaired, folio, vol.1 by R.Harbin, for D.Browne & J.Smith [& others], vol.2 & 3 for Jos. Smith [& others], 1718-23.

Pharmacy.- [Dossie (Robert)] The Elaboratory laid open, or, the Secrets of Modern Chemistry and Pharmacy revealed, first edition, with 2 leaves of contemporary manuscript notes of preparations in ink bound in between pp.330 & 331, a few other annotations, 1758; Theory and Practice of Chirurgical Pharmacy: comprehending a complete Dispensatory for the use of Surgeons, 1761, browned, some soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn, both rebacked, J.Nourse; and a second edition of the first, 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Warwickshire.- Dugdale (Sir William) The Antiquities of Warwickshire, Dr. William Hamper's interleaved and extra-illustrated copy bound in 4 vol., engraved plates and folding maps, interleaves with occasional manuscript notes, some light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, slightly rubbed and 2 spine ends chipped, Coventry, John Jones, 1765; and a copy of Hamper's The Life, Diary, and Correspondence of Sir William Dugdale, 1827, folio and 4to (5)⁂ William Hamper (1776-1831) was a noted Warwickshire businessman and antiquary. J.A. Langford's A Century of Birmingham Life...1741-1841, includes a list of 140 ways to spell 'Birmingham' compiled by Hamper.

Elizabethan examples of manuscript initials, scripts and proverbs.- [Volume of 26 very fine and elaborate examples of historiated initials and examples of various manuscript scripts with proverbs comprising the 24 letters of the Elizabethan alphabet and 2 symbols], the initials in pen and ink with intricate and intertwining calligraphy and decorated in a wide variety of designs including flowers, leafy sprays, acorns, classical figures, dragons, a crowned king, a bear, a monkey blowing a trumpet, owls, an early Elizabethan aristocratic young woman "A vertvovs woman is a noble gyfte" (wearing a small ruff and an early form of Spanish farthingale dating from the 1560s to 1570s), a jester playing an instrument, birds, a satyr etc., most hand-coloured in muted grey, green and brown watercolour washes, manuscript scripts including a variety of Secretary hands, italic, Chancery, gothic bookhand etc., proverbs drawn from the bible (including "Despise not the coreccion of the lorde" - Proverbs 3 : 11), on paper, on rectos only, ?cut down from a larger work, all ff. edges and corners repaired and many margins reinforced with paper, slightly browned and marked in places, one or two ff. slightly creased, some edges chipped, tipped-in on later album ff., 19th century half morocco, edges and joints rubbed, each f. 305 x 210mm., album folio, Pot watermarks on some sheets [cf. Briquet 12801], 1560s - 70s.⁂ A fine and extremely rare example of Elizabethan art probably drawn and illustrated by someone in the legal profession. Perhaps compiled by an apprentice scrivener to show his dexterity in producing elaborate legal documents with large historiated initials, and in a variety of scripts as required. Evidence that it was executed by a pupil for a master is indicated in the slight roughness of the drawings and letter forms.

Physics.- Enfield (William) Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Experimental, second edition, lacking half-title, with errata slip pasted in at end of Contents covered with another blank slip labelled "corrected" in contemporary manuscript, 11 folding engraved plates, corrections in ink, book-label of Dalton Hall, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, rubbed, rebacked with gilt spine preserving old red roan label, 4to, J.Johnson, 1785 § Desaguliers (J.T.) A Course of Experimental Philosophy, 2 vol., second edition of vol.1, first edition vol.2, folding engraved plates, modern half library morocco, 1745-44 § Franklin (Benjamin) Experiments and Observations on Electricity, fifth edition, 6 engraved plates only (of 7), one folding, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, rubbed, joints split, for F.Newbery, 1774, 4to (4)

Garbett (Samuel).- Manufactures Improper Subjects of Taxation. Addressed to the merchants and manufacturers of Great-Britain; being an attempt to prove that the riches and power of the nation depend in a great degree upon manufactures being free of all taxation, half-title, Samuel Garbett's copy with his ownership inscription to title and notes to margins, ink note in his hand to head of B1 "N.B. The manuscript notes were wrote in the margin with a pencil by a person to whom the book was lent and S.G. copyed them as a curiosity", bookplate of John Garbett to pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, [Goldsmiths' 13048], 8vo, Printed and sold by James Phillips, 1785.⁂ A scarce work with an interesting association. Samuel Garbett (1717-1803), industrialist, was a friend of Boulton and chaired the Birmingham committee against the slave trade. In addition to the annotations mentioned are a few pencil notes including an attribution of the author as William Sandeman (1722-90) a Perthshire linen and cotton manufacturer, we can find no other source attributing him as the author.

NO RESERVE Silver.- Giardini (Giovanni) Promptuarium artis argentariae, 2 parts in 1, second edition, 2 titles with engraved vignettes, 98 engraved plates only (of 100, lacking frontispiece and dedication) by M.J.Limpach after designs by Giardini, some plates numbered in plate, others in manuscript in contemporary hand, light spotting and soiling, mostly marginal, contemporary vellum, rubbed, slight wear to corners and head of spine, small splits to joints at head, [Berlin Kat.1142], folio, Rome, Faustus Amideus, 1750.⁂ Designs for silversmiths reflecting the influence of late Baroque architecture and sculpture. The first part contains ecclesiastical objects such as chalices, censers, and candlesticks, the second more secular items including vases, clocks, and candelebras.

NO RESERVE Silver.- Cutlery.- Gorham M.F.G. Co., Silversmiths of New York. Spoon Patterns in Sterling Silver, trade catalogue, contemporary half morocco over pictorial boards, worn, lacking backstrip, covers detached, New York, 1889 § Avery (Mrs. A.P.) Photographs of the collection of Spoons...1867-1890, and presented...to the Metropolitan School of Art..., album with title in manuscript and 9 photographs mounted on thick card leaves, contemporary half morocco, spine faded, New York, 1897 § Westman (H.O.) The Spoon, lithographed plates, foxing, later library half morocco, 1845 § Price (F.G.Hilton) Old Base Metal Spoons, one of 500 copies, illustrations, prospectus loosely inserted, original pictorial cloth blocked in silver, 1908, rubbed; and 8 others on cutlery, mostly spoons, v.s. (12)

Metalwork.- Le Pautre (Jean) Livre de Serurerie, engraved throughout with pictorial title and 17 plates of gates, stair-rails etc. by Jacques le Pautre after Jean le Pautre, 4 plates possibly from a different series by Le Pautre (ornamental knockers etc.), light soiling and occasional spotting, mostly marginal, final two plates creased at lower corner, later half red roan, old upper wrapper with title in manuscript bound in, [Berlin Kat. 1343, calling for title and 11 plates], Paris, [later 17th century] § Designs for Gates. Ornamental Iron Work..., engraved throughout with pictorial title and 20 plates, with 4pp. folding letterpress publishers' catalogue bound in at end, later half morocco, [Berlin Kat. 1325], I. & T.Taylor, [c.1793], both a little rubbed; and another volume of 5 designs for railings by Poilly, folio & oblong 4to (3)

Sale Catalogue.- [Lightfoot (John)] [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased..., catalogue numbered "843" in manuscript at foot of title, engraved frontispiece by Grignion after Burney, Mr. Skinner and Co., 1786 bound with Marked Catalogue (A) containing the Lots...which constituted the Portland Museum..., Kearsley...Sewell..., 1786, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of A.Apsley at head of each title, water- and damp-stained throughout, contemporary half russia, worn, covers detached; and 2 others on the Portland Vase including a bound copy of the 1929 Christie's sale catalogue, v.s. (3)⁂ Scarce auction catalogue of the extraordinary collection assembled by the Duchess of Portland, the richest woman in Britain at the time, whose intention according to the introduction was "to have had every unknown species in the three kingdoms of nature described and published to the world". The sale consisted of over 4000 items, mostly natural history specimens and curiosities, and lasted for 38 days. The penultimate lot on day 38 was the famous cameo glass "Portland Vase" which was bought for £1029 by the Duchess's son, the 3rd Duke of Portland, who then lent it to Josiah Wedgwood to execute copies in black and white jasperware. The 6th Duke later tried to sell it at Christie's in 1929 but it failed to sell, and finally the British Museum bought it in 1945.

List of the Wardens, Assistants, and Livery, of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths, London, additional engraved armorial title, original red straight-grain morocco, gilt, spine very slightly faded, 1827; and 4 others in original red morocco for the years 1838, 1842, 1850 and 1893 (spine ends chipped) and a manuscript fair copy of the 1812 edition in library morocco-backed cloth, 8vo (6)

Mining.- Brazil.- Mawe (John) Travels in the Interior of Brazil, particularly in the Gold and Diamond Districts..., first edition, engraved frontispiece, maps and 7 plates, one of minerals hand-coloured, most plates foxed and offset, with contemporary manuscript note "First impressions fr the Author" on front free endpaper, later half morocco, spine gilt, t.e.g., rubbed, spine faded, [Sabin 46991], 4to, 1812.⁂ Contains some of the earliest descriptions of the gold, diamond and topaz mines of Brazil.

NO RESERVE Silver.- Sale Catalogues.- P[ichon] (J., Baron) [Sale Catalogue] Catalogue de l'Argenterie Ancienne, prices and some buyers' names in manuscript, printed price list bound in at end, library half morocco, faded, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1878; and a bundle of other sale catalogues of silver, some priced, including the collections of Paul Eudel 1884, Thomas Holford 1919, Swaythling Heirlooms 1924 and William Randolph Hearst 1938, 8vo & 4to (c.20)

NO RESERVE Numismatics.- Coins.- Rodgers (Charles) Catalogue of the Coins of the Indian Museum, 4 vol. in 1, 21 plates, contemporary half morocco, gilt, Calcutta, 1894-96 § A Catalogue of the Unique Collection of Coins and Medals, in Gold, Silver, and Copper, of the Late Highly Distinguished and Well Known Collector, Marmaduke Trattle..., which will be sold by Auction, by Mr. Sotheby and Son..., engraved frontispiece, ruled in red with prices added in manuscript, contemporary half morocco, gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 1832 § A Catalogue of the Highly Important, Well-Known & Valuable Cabinet of Coins, formed... by the late John Brodribb Bergne... which will be sold by auction by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, ruled in purple with prices added in manuscript, contemporary half calf, 1873; and 22 others, catalogues of coin collections, 8vo (25)

Seton or Setoun (Robert, second Earl of Winton, son of Robert Seton, first Earl of Winton, Scottish peer, ambassador, supporter of Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI, 1553-1603, fl. 1583 - after 1636) [Notebook on metallurgy and mining], ?autograph manuscript, in Latin and English, 83pp. excluding blanks, a few pp. in other hands, some blank ff. double-paged, slightly browned, original vellum, stamped "RS" on both covers, slightly yellowed and soiled, covers splayed, holes for ties, 127 x 153mm., Pot watermark, variously dated 1618-35.⁂ Mining. "With the same Mines and among the veins siluer, there is found a minerall, which to speik properly, is a stone concreat of a certaine scum or foame, white and shining houbeit not transparet, which is called by sume stimi, by others Stibium, Alabastrum, or Larbason. And here of there be two kinds, the male and the female. Bot the female Antimonie or Stibium is the better esteemed: for the male is more rude, rough and rugged; And yet for all that, not so weiotie, bright and radiant... ." - Seton.Robert Seton became second Earl of Winton on his father's death in 1603 and in the same year married Anne Maitland, daughter of the late John, Lord Thirlestane, Chancellor of Scotland, who was fourteen at the time. Seton violently attacked his wife on the night of the marriage and after this incident Scotstarvet, who described the event, recorded that he "lay in fetters till he died". On 26th June 1606, Seton resigned his titles and estates in favour of his brother George who became third Earl of Winton.

Manuscript illumination.- Shaw (Henry) Illuminated Ornaments Selected from Manuscripts And Early Printed Books from the Sixth to the Seventeenth Centuries, additional engraved illuminated title and 59 plates, all hand-coloured, scattered spotting, contemporary morocco-backed boards, corners worn, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, later endpapers, 1833 § Tymms (W.R.) and M. Digby Wyatt. The Art of Illuminating, additional decorative title, half-title, imprint and 99 plates, all chromolithographed, some heightened with gold, text with decorative borders in red, hinges strengthened, original decorative cloth, gilt, spine ends and corners a little bumped, 1860 § Alfonso X [King of Castile and Leon] Lapidario [edited by Jose Fernandez Montana], facsimile edition, colour plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, new endpapers, corners bumped, Madrid, 1881; and 17 others on illumination and manuscripts, v.s. (20)

NO RESERVE Thomas (Thomas) [Sale Catalogues] Catalogue of the First Portion of...Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; bound with Catalogue of the First [...Second] Portion of Greek, Roman, and Foreign Medieval Coins and Medals, S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 1844; and Catalogue of the Curious and Valuable Library, Evans, 1843; and Catalogue of the Collection of Prints and Drawings, Christie & Manson, 1844; and Catalogue of the Antique and other Bronzes; Greek Pottery; Gems, in Cameo and Intaglio..., Christie & Manson, 1844, together 6 vol. in 1, ruled in red, priced and with buyers' names throughout, partially interleaved with additional annotations relating to lots, particularly the coins, leaves with manuscript totals etc., engraved portrait at beginning and 2 manuscript notes bound in, one signed by Thomas, the other giving instructions for bidding on a lot in an 1832 sale (Oliver Cromwell's fifty shilling piece), contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., spine a little dulled, corners rubbed, 8vo⁂ A superbly compiled collection of catalogues of an important collector - Thomas Thomas was a grocer in Oxford Street and major coin collector, who like many collectors of that era, also had a library and other collections of merit.

Trade Catalogue, 101 engraved plates of designs for silver on 95 sheets, many depicting single objects, some multiples, one folding, the first four plates numbered in manuscript, the rest in the plate (ranging from 20 to 902), one plate with crease across image, another with small tear to image repaired (slight loss), a few shaved at fore-edge with slight loss, a couple frayed and reinforced, later half red morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed at edges, folio, [?Birmingham], [late 18th century].⁂ Rare trade catalogue featuring candlesticks, candelabras, wine coasters, bowls, tankards, cruet sets, trays, urns, coffee pots, toast racks, tea caddies, sauce boards, spoons, teapots, cutlery and other silver tableware.

Trade Catalogue, 22 engraved plates incorporating 65 designs for silver numbered 1-65 (missing nos.6, 7 & 8), the last 2 plates numbered in manuscript (one folding at foot and with partial hand-colouring but defective at fore-edge), prices supplied in manuscript, a little soiled, first plate stained and with small section cut out not affecting image (repaired), contemporary ink signature of Benjamin Stockes and note to front free endpaper plus later notes on Stokes to later endpaper, old roan-backed boards, rubbed, spine ends chipped, oblong folio, [?Birmingham], [late 18th century].⁂ Benjamin Stokes, merchant in Birmingham in the late 18th century.

[Treatise of all Sorts of English Weights used in England], manuscript, 176pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, a few ff. with some brown stains, slightly browned, 18th century engraved bookplate of Isaac Foxcroft of Weld Court on front free endpaper, ink library reference and price of 1 guinea on fly-leaf, original calf, gilt centre diamond ornaments and two-line gilt borders with cornerpieces, edges rubbed, corners bumped and 1 repaired, gilt spine, laid down preserving original spine, rubbed, folio, [c. 1650].⁂ Provenance: Offered for sale by T. Osborne and J. Shipton as item 2796 1l 1s in Catalogue of the Libraries of the Revd. Mr Luckyn, the Revd. Mr Boys, and of Counsellor Boys of Essex, vol. II, 1757.

Wallis (Richard) London's Armory...all the Arms, Crests, Supporters, Mantles & Mottos of every distinct Company and Corporate Societie in the Honourable Citie of London, first edition, engraved frontispiece with central armorial completed in pen and ink and with manuscript inscription from the author to Sir Robert Viner, engraved title, engraved Royal arms, engraved arms of the City of London and 25 engraved plates each with 4 coats-of-arms of the Liveried Companies etc., engraved arms of the Artillery Company at end, 3ff. letterpress only (?of 4), some marginal soiling, later bookplate of Sir William Augustus Fraser of Ledeclune and Morar, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, [Wing W620], folio, Printed for the Author, 1677.⁂ Rare work with only 2 copies appearing at auction in the last 35 years. The engraved frontispiece incorporates the manuscript arms of and inscription to the recipient, Sir Robert Viner (1631-88). Viner was a goldsmith, sheriff of London at the time of the Great Fire in 1666 and later Lord Mayor. He enjoyed a close relationship with King Charles II and was appointed the King's goldsmith in 1661 and became his principal banker, arranging loans for enormous sums of money which, owing to the extravagance of the court and the Dutch war ultimately lead to his bankruptcy.

Bedford (William Kirkpatrick Riland, antiquary and genealogist, rector of Sutton Coldfield, 1826-1905) A Collection of Arms of Gentry in Warwickshire, manuscript and watercolour wash title and 104 printed plates (97 overpainted with watercolour wash), plate guards, 1p. manuscript index at front, slightly browned, bookplate of William Bedford on front pastedown, original buckram, gilt, edges slightly rubbed, covers and spine detached, 4to, [late 19th century].⁂ "He was well versed in heraldry and genealogies, and was a frequent contributor to Notes and Queries." - Oxford DNB.

Ornament.- Bérain (Jean) & others. [Livre de Desseins], collection of plates from various series, manuscript title within mounted engraved architectural surround and 129 engraved plates after Bérain, Rudolph, Le Pautre, Blasset, c.80 double-page and mounted on stubs, one plate trimmed and tipped to blank leaf, some foxing and soiling, John Gregory Crace's copy with his ink signature on front free endpaper and his bookplate, text-block loose in binding, later half morocco, spine labelled "Grotesques after Berain &c.", rubbed, small folio, Augsburg, [early 18th century]; sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return⁂ Designs for interiors and wall panels, friezes, column capitals, urns, candlesticks, tables, chimneypieces, memorials and ironwork.John Gregory Crace (1809-89), interior designer and decorator who worked on the Houses of Parliament and the Great Exhibition with Pugin.

Boulton (Matthew, manufacturer and entrepreneur, 1728-1809).- Banks (Sir Joseph, Baronet, naturalist and patron of science, 1743-1820).- Minutes of the Lords of the Committee of Council for Coin..., manuscript, title and 272pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, title and first 10pp. stained, page 9 a few words and part of margin torn with loss and repaired, later endpapers, modern half morocco, gilt spine, folio, 1798-1802.⁂ With numerous mentions of Matthew Boulton in his role as an engineer of new coinage; he built a "mint to supply copper coinage to the government... established at Soho Manufactory." - Oxford DNB. Also mentions Sir Joseph Bankes as one of the commissioners sitting on the Committee and Samuel Garbett (1717-1803), industrialist and ironmaster; published a report in 1837, showing "the authors' intimate knowledge of the trade in precious metals, offers suggestions for more economical methods of coinage... ." - Oxford DNB."Matthew Boulton Esqr. attending, was called in... [to] prepare a Report... 1. What are the apparatus which Mr Boulton would recommend for Coining, in a given time a greater number of Pieces than are usually now coined at the Mint? 2. what is the Plan which Mr Boulton would recommend to improve the workmanship in Coining, so as to make the Coin of such a Construction, as will render it more difficult to be counterfeited and more easy of Detection of false, and to reduce the Expence of Coining... ." - Minutes.

Islamic Art Sa'id Ahmad Hazem Fiq manuscript . . Cm 15,50 x 21,00.

Islamic Art A Persian manuscript about astronomy and religion including talismanic charts19th century . . Cm 10,00 x 16,00 x 2,00.

Islamic Art A Qajar poetry manuscript symbolically signed Ebn Al-Meskin Meskince and dated 1274 AH (1858 AD) . . Cm 9,00 x 14,50.