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Scotland. Jaillot (Alexis Hubert), Carte de la mer D'Ecosse contenant les Isles et Costes septentrionales et occidentales D'Ecosse et les costes septentrionales D'Irlande, [1693 - 1753], large hand coloured engraved sea chart orientated to the west, old manuscript numbers in upper margin, one repaired closed tear affecting image in upper left corner, 600 x 850 mm (Qty: 1)NOTESThe map was originally published in the "Neptune Francois" in Paris in 1693 by Alexis Hubert Jaillot and soon pirated by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam and published the same year. This example is from a later publication of the "Neptune Francois" by J.N.Bellin.

Dolce (Lodovico). Di Diversi Eccellentiss Huomini, Raccolte da Diversi Libri: tra lequali se ne leggono molte, non piu stampate, Venice: Gabrie; Giolito de Ferrari, 1559, title and colophon with woodcut devices, bound without front and rear blanks, some light damp stains, early inscription excised from foot of title, manuscript annotations to front pastedown, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and worming, 8vo (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. Collection of letters, first published in 1554, this edition omits some letters from the first edition and contains new ones not previously published.

Machiavelli (Niccolo). Opere, 7 volumes, [Venice: G Pasquali], 1769, comprises volume I Il Principe (with engraved portrait frontispiece), volume II, De' Arte della Guerra (with folding engraved plate), volumes III-IV Discorsi, volume V, Istorie (part I only), volume VII, Lettere, volume VIIII Commedie Terzine, a little light spotting, some toning to endpapers, contemporary vellum with spines titled in manuscript, light soiling, 8vo, together with Cartari (Vincenzo) Seconda Novissima Editione delle Imagini de gli dei delli Antichi, Padua, 1626, half title, title printed in red and black with woodcut device, two folding woodcut plates, numerous woodcut illustrations, lacking all after p. 576, some worming and damp stains, contemporary vellum, manuscript title to spine, some soling and stains, small 4to, plus others including Bernardo Davanzati's Scisma d'Inghilterra , Florence, 1638 (lacking leaf A1), and a small incomplete set of classics including Virgil Opera, 2 volumes, Strasbourg, 1807, Terence Comoediae, 2 volumes, 1789-80 and Horace Opera, 1792 (Qty: 18)NOTESProfessor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool.

* Warwickshire. A large quantity of manuscript agreements relating to Warwickshire, 19th century, including sales of businesses, hire of carriages, collection of rents, bonds, marriage agreements, etc., mostly folded paper plus some vellum, plus further paper documents relating to Maids Morton Estate in Buckinghamshire, early 19th century, printed and manuscript ephemera, plus other assorted vellum deeds and miscellaneous ephemera (Qty: a carton)

Shepard (Thomas). The Sound Believer. A Treatise of Evangelical Conversion· Discovering the Work of Christs Spirit, in reconciling of a Sinner to God. By Thomas Shepard, somtimes [sic] of Emanuel Coledge in Cambridge, now preacher of Gods Word in New-England, London: Andrew Crooke, 1659, 32, 31-78, 81-334 pp., early manuscript ownership to title (recto & verso) and leaf A2, without final leaf (contents), title dust-soiled & frayed, last leaf of text detached and torn to lower outer corner, pencil notes and markings and some dust-soiling throughout, old marbled calf, rebacked, lower board detached spine torn at head & foot, 8vo (Wing S3138), together with: Burroughs (Jeremiah) , The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment. By Jeremiah Burroughs, Preacher of the Gospel to two of the greatest Congregations in England; viz. Stepney and Criplegate, London, 2 parts in one, London: Printed for Peter Cole, 1648, [16], 208, [4], 299-329 pp., without portrait frontispiece and bound without final 17 pages at rear (index), adhesive tape stain to gutter margin of title, slight worming to gutter margins and upper outer blank corners, front pastedown with deaccessioned library bookplate, contemporary sheep, old reback, adhesive tape to lower joint, worn at head & foot of spine, joints cracked & split, worn, 4to (Wing B6102), [Rawlet, John] , A Dialogue betwixt two Protestants, 4th edition, London: Samuel Tidmarsh, 1688, imprimatur leaf present, first gathering sprung, contemporary sheep, rodent damage to leather with some consequent loss, worn, 8vo, and 2 others, Primative Christianity: or, the Religion of the Ancient Christians in the first ages of the Gospel, by William Cave, 1673, and A Vindication of the Divine Authority and Inspiration of the Writings of the Old and New Testament, by William Lowth, Oxford, 1692 (Qty: 5)

Sainsbury (Hester, illustrator). A Dog of War, by John Taylor the Water Poet, London: Frederick Etchells & Hugh Macdonald, 1927, 5 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates, original buckram-backed boards (spine faded, boards a little dust-soiled, dust jacket, spine rubbed with tears, some soiling, 8vo, limited edition 188/375, together with: Masefield (John). The Bird of Dawning, London: William Heinemann, 1933, illustrations by Claude Muncaster, top edge gilt, original blue buckram (some fading to spine), glassine dust jacket, slipcase (faded), 8vo, limited edition 16/300 signed by author and artist, plus The Pleasure Garden. An Illustrated History of British Gardening, by Anne Scott-James and Osbert Lancaster, 1977, illustrations, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slipcase, 8vo, limited signed edition 31/75, with 9 others including The Lady Who Loved Insects, translated from the Japanese by Arthur Waley, Blackamore Press, 1929 (limited signed edition 33/50), The Year of the Monkey, by D.J. Enright, Kyoto, 1956 (limited signed edition 76/400), The Blood-Curdling Ballad of the Eteruriay, by Harold Richardson, 1909, inscribed by the author with a manuscript poem "Girls" loosely inserted, The Stonefolds, by Wilfred Wilson Gibson, Samurai Press, 1907 (limited edition of 500) and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, OUP, 1930 (limited edition of 150) (Qty: 12)

Cervantes Saavedra (Miguel de). The History and Adventures of the renowned Don Quixote, to which is prefixed some account of the author's life, by T. Smollett, 4 volumes, 4th edition, corrected, London: for W. Strahan et al, 1770, 27 (of 28) engraved plates, volumes 1 & 2 with some dampstaining and marks, and both with central vertical split to textblock and spine (volume 2 virtually separated), each pastedown with armorial bookplate of William Smith, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn with joints cracked, 8vo, together with: Erasmus (Desiderius) , Witt against Wisdom, or a Panegyrick upon Folly, render'd into English, Oxford: L. Lichfield, 1683, frontispiece lacking, soiled title laid down (with losses), title and a2 detached, letterpress generally toned with some spotting and staining, final leaf with early ink manuscript notes, lacking free endpapers, early 19th century half calf, rubbed and soiled with some wear to extremities, front joint cracked, small 8vo, [Swift, Jonathan] , A Tale of a Tub..., 8th edition, London: for Benj. Motte, 1733, title with short fore-edge tear, some toning and scattered spotting, lacking front blanks, contemporary Cambridge pane calf, somewhat rubbed and marked, wear to extremities, joints cracked, 8vo, and 7 others, mostly leather (Qty: 14)

Ge'ez manuscript. Manuscript on vellum, Ethiopia, c.1900, Ge'ez manuscript in red and black ink on vellum, 43 leaves + 1 blank, soiled, sewn on 4 cords 'Coptic'-style in wooden boards, 13.5 x 11 cm (Qty: 1)

Rapin de Thoyras (Paul). The History of England ..., translated into English with additional notes by N. Tindal ..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, London: for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-1733, vignette titles printed in red & black, lacking both portrait frontispieces, engraved maps, charts and tables (some folding), 1 folding map lacking lower portion (torn away), 1 folding table very creased and torn, large engraved vignette headpieces, rear of volume 2 with some dampstaining in gutters, some free endpapers detached, contemporary calf gilt, worn, joints cracked, folio, together with: Ecton (John) , Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum, being an account of the valuations of all the ecclesiastical benefices in the several dioceses in England and Wales ..., 2nd edition, London: for J. and P. Knapton [et al], 1754, occasional ink manuscript annotations, title with ink ownership stamp (Rev M. P. F. R. Sparrow) at head, final printed leaf (nearly detached) with old repair at foot, some spotting at front and rear, front free endpaper (detached) with ink presentation inscription (to Montagu Pennington Sparrow) dated 1839, armorial bookplates of: Montagu Pennington Sparrow AM (at rear); Tho's Pennington AM of Bledlow, Bucks; and Cresswell Naesmyth of Posso, contemporary speckled calf, worn, front cover detached, 4to, plus: Bacon (John) , Liber Regis, vel Thesaurus Rerum Ecclesiasticarum, London: for the author by John Nichols, 1786, decorative tail pieces, variable spotting, free endpapers detached, front free endpaper with ink ownership inscription, armorial bookplate of Cresswell Naesmyth of Posso, contemporary calf, worn, both covers detached, thick 4to (Qty: 4)

* Indian School. Miniature painting in the Mughal style, 20th century, watercolour on laid paper, heightened with gold, depicting a procession including a caparisoned elephant, divided into 3 panels, Persian manuscript poetry verso (possibly Hafez), tipped along top edge to thick card mount, image size 20 x 9.5 cm, sheet size 25 x 14.8 cm (Qty: 1)

* Games. A collection of five 19th century children's games and books comprising: a set of 17 cut-out hand-coloured lithographed medieval figures with wooden stands (one stand detached, one missing), c.1840s, heightened with gum arabic, each approx. 9-13 cm tall, several in groups and on horseback or with dogs etc., together with some scenery pieces and one backdrop depicting a castle on a wooded hill (backdrop sky lightly spotted), generally dust-soiled, several with creases, one head detached but present, two heads lacking, a few previously repaired on verso, each piece with 'No. 24' in contemporary ink manuscript on verso, contained together in later cardboard box; Father Tuck's Nursery Rhyme Panorama with Movable Pictures, 4 scenes hinged together concertina-style (2 hinges strengthened), each with 14 numbered slots, the rear when folded incorporating an envelope to contain the 14 figures (envelope torn with repairs), 1 figure lacking, 1 with replacement head, some small losses and tears, 2 with adhesive tape repairs (mainly to versos), a few creases, front cover with small dampstain at head, dust-soiled with some edge wear, 4to; a boxed puzzle of 20 wooden cubes, with colour lithographed onlays (worn), the cubes making up six scenes of children playing with animals, with six guide sheets (one mounted to box lid), creased with some wear, contained in original wooden box, lacking hinges and fastener, lid somewhat bowed, worn, 26.5 x 20.5 x 6 cm (10.5 x 8 x 2.5 ins); Happy Time ABC, a set of 24 wooden tiles with colour lithographed onlays, depicting the letters of the alphabet on one side (two with 2 letters) and a corresponding animal picture on the other, some edges rubbed, contained in original wooden box (one mitre loose), with pictorial sliding lid, the reverse of the box with another pictorial sliding lid (some woodworm damage and lacking rebated edge), and containing a wooden jigsaw puzzle, each piece with 2 colour lithographed onlays, depicting a different children's play scene on each side (one scene reproduced on pictorial lid), internal divider and both lids loosely fitting; and a colour lithographed book 'Jack and the Bean Stalk', by Nelson & Sons, slim 8vo (Qty: 5)

* [Arabic tablet]. Decorative tablet (lawhah), North or West Africa, probably early 20th century, polished wooden tablet, obverse elaborately hand-painted polychromatic with scrolling vegetal and architectural decoration and calligraphic inscriptions in Arabic, reverse with Arabic manuscript, 14 lines of Maghribi script, transcribing part of Surat al-Jum'ah, 43 x 27 cm, together with: [Hebrew manuscript], Very long Hebrew scroll, possibly 19th century, Hebrew manuscript in black ink on parchment, numerous membranes, sewn together, parchment apparently unbleached, numerous repairs and areas of loss, approx. 900 x 50 cm, together with: [Arabic manuscript], Manuscript Qur'an, possibly Egypt, 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black and red ink on paper, numerous leaves, all loose, incomplete, housed in contemporary leather satchel, and 6 other items, including a set of Japanese colour-woodblock playing cards housed in a wooden box (Qty: 9)NOTESSold with all faults, not subject to return.

Wilde (Oscar). De Profundis, 1st edition, London: Methuen and Co., 1905, half-title, 40 pp. advertisements dated February 1905, contemporary ownership inscription (?Bertram Christian, Feb 1905' and adhesive staining from compliments slip 'from Mr. Robert Ross' to front free endpaper (slip loose), original cloth, 8vo, together with: Stevenson (Robert Louis), Island Nights' Entertainment, 1st edition, London: Cassel & Company Limited, 1893, frontispiece, sketch map, text illustrations, 16 pp. advertisements with date code '7 G 93', manuscript correction to price on list of works facing half-title, contemporary git inscription to front free endpaper, original cloth, 8vo, and 2 others (Qty: 4)

* Watercolour & drawings. A collection of landscapes, portraits, and other original art, 17th-19th century, including: three pen, ink, and watercolour views of landscapes & buildings by Samuel William Reynolds (1773-1835) , 11.7 x 16.7 cm (4.5 x 6.5 in) and smaller, each trimmed to image and mounted; a head and shoulders portrait of a man of the church, English, late 17th century, pastel on laid paper, 28.5 x 23.5 cm (11.25 x 9.25 in), mounted, and another 17th century pastel male portrait on paper, some surface soiling and light fading, upper right corner replaced, relined, 25 x 17.7 cm (9.8 x 7 in), tipped onto backing paper; an 18th century design for an interior panel, pen and brown and black ink, with traces of wash, ruled border in brown ink, 9.5 x 17.5 cm (3.75 x 6.8 in); a landscape watercolour on laid paper, image size 9.8 x 15.2 cm (3.75 x 6 in), mounted, with pencil caption and date in early manuscript to mount 'View near Hornsey Wood, 1781', and three hand-coloured etchings similar published by J. Williamson, 1802, stitched into blue wrappers; and a number of other drawings, including several pencil drawings of Berkeley Castle (and a watercolour of the Drawing Room there), a watercolour of Friars Wood Hall, Yorkshire, and a pen & brown ink drawing on laid paper by Pierre Edouard Frère (1819-1886) , inscribed to lower margin 'Priere - c'est une Grand-mere et ses petits enfants.', sheet size 13.3 x 10.3 cm (5 x 4 in), mounted on old paper, with signature of the artist in brown ink, window-mounted (ink stamp to mount with details of provenance: Collection of Sir Bruce Ingram. Sold at Sotheby & Co., 17th March 1965, lot 904) (Qty: a folder)

A mid-Victorian commonplace book of verse, inscribed in ink manuscript by J.N. Bishop, [c. 1860], half-filled contents with original poetry of Bishop's, his contemporaries and gleamed from contemporaneous publications and literature, contemporary panelled black calf, gilt lettered upper-cover, marbled edges and conforming endpapers, 4to

Book of Revelation, a facsimile of Anglo-Norman manuscript of the book of Revelation at Trinity College Cambridge, with colour reproductions with gold blocking, published by Eugrammia Press, one of 600 copies, in slip case.

The Golden Haggadah, a facsimile with gold blocking of a 14th century illuminated Hebrew manuscript in the British Museum, one of a limited edition of 520 copies with an introduction by Bezalel Narkiss, published by Eugrammia Press, 1970, together with the Unique Ibn Al-Bawwab Manuscript in the Beatty Library, by D S Rice, printed in Great Britain Letterpress by Charles Batley at the University Press Oxford, plates by Emery Walker Ltd, 1955 (3).

A rare Leonard Cushee 2½ inch terrestrial globe on stand, English, mid 18th century,cartouche printed A New GLOBE of the EARTH by L Cushee, printed and hand coloured gores showing Anson's tracks, part of North America labelled Unknown Parts, Australia is represented by Dutch discoveries New Holland, Dimens Land, Carpentaria, small section of coast of New Zealand labelled N.Zeeland, in brass meridian in later fruitwood stand with horizon ring applied with paper calndar and zodiac scale in manuscript, 6½in (17.5cm) high

Austen, Jane  Thomas Nelson & Sons, 4 uniform vols, cream vellum with green pastedowns to title Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, Emma and Northanger AbbeyAusten, Jane"The Watsons", Leonard Parsons 1923, frontis portrait of Jane Austen, marbled boardsAusten, Jane"Love and Freindship ( sic) and Other Early Works Now First Printed from the Original Manuscript by Jane Austen with a Preface by G K Chesterton", published by Chatto & Windus 1922, frontis, decorated ep, gilt decorated boardsAusten, Jane"Northanger Abbey", illustrated C E Brock, William Glaisher, London 1921 and three other related volumes (10) 

CHICHESTER, DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA: collection of 19th century ephemera relating to Chichester, manuscript documents on paper and a few on vellum, including lease of a stone house and vine vaults in Little London 1831; printed particulars of freehold corn warehouse at Little London, sold by Thomas Austin October 1846, approx 30+ items. 

Prince Albert (Somerset Light Infantry), 'Jellalabad' decorative framed manuscript, together with World War I medal pair awarded to 3703 Corporal a.c.r. Costello of the Gloucestershire Regiment, with cap badges, and small silver medallion

Cantigalli rectangular relief pottery plaque depicting a monk scribing a manuscript, the reverse with cockerel mark and inscribed Lechlade, formally from Lord Farrindon House, 40.5cm x 32cm

A framed copy Johann Sebastian Bach manuscript

Attributed to Masoud Roumi Rahmettullah - an early 18th century Qur'an, the Roukka style calligraphic manuscript, in black ink, with some red letters, with red line borders, 262 pages, each page 22 x 12cm, calf and marbled boards, with flap

Folio of original Oriental manuscript & two unframed modernist prints

An ancient Mesopotamian / Greco-Roman blue-glazed earthenware vessel with 19th Century bronze mounts, in a wicker basket with an old paper tag bearing a manuscript annotation "Fragile Ancient Rakka vase", 15 cm

Kent, Pluckley.- Charter, I, Richard Posse of Pluckley grants and concedes to Thomas Orsott of Pluckley a messuage and an acre of land in Pluckley, near the land of William Dobele and Thomas Plye, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, indented at head, 22 lines, black wax seal with good impression, seal cracked with partial loss to edge, a few small stains, folds, slightly creased, 208 x 255mm., 20th October 1532.

NO RESERVE Angling.- Bridgett (R. C.) By Loch and Stream, first edition, frontispiece, plates, publisher's advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1922 § Balfour-Kinnear (G. P. R.) Flying Salmon, first edition, plates and illustrations, newspaper cuttings and manuscript notes tipped-in, previous owner's ink inscription, occasional spotting, original cloth, light spotting, dust-jacket, rubbed and worn, pasted to final free endpaper, 1937 § Harris (J. R.) An Angler's Entomology, first edition, plates, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, light spotting, chipping to corners and extremities, small loss to spine head, 1952 § Gaffey (Laurie) Fresh Water Fishing in Ireland, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed, slight chipping to corners and extremities, small tear to spine foot, Dublin, n.d.; and 18 others angling, 8vo & 4to (22)

Portugal.- Lisbon.- Copy of inventory of the estate and chapel pertaining to Ignez Telles in the Convent of Our Lady of Graça in Lisbon, inherited by Christão de Faria, concerning rental payments on properties including houses, olive groves and vineyards, setting out details of each property, manuscript in Portugese, 9pp., wrappers with docket, folio, 1757.

Library Catalogue, manuscript, 48pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half calf, rubbed, gilt stamp on spine partially obscured "Hants Library Catalogue", 8vo, [c. 1840-60].⁂ A gentleman's library catalogue, the number of entries comes to 696, with the total number of volumes probably well over 1000.

Breviary.- Leaf from a breviary, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, Gothic bookhand, in light brown and red ink, 3 two-line initials in gold, red and blue, 28 lines, framed and glazed, manuscript 185 x 125mm., [?France], [c. 1400].

Kent, Pluckley.- Robert Malmeyns son of John Malmeyns, soldier, of a release by Agnes wife of John Malmeyns of a field in Pluckley, witnesses: Robert ffronde, Robert Pot Stephen Race and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, white wax seal with impression, edges chipped, a few lines partially underlined in red, folds, slightly browned, a little creased, 102 x 260mm., 1360.

Philosophy.- "Histoire de la Philosophie", manuscript in French, 116pp. excluding blanks, 2 ff. working loose, contemporary ink signature of G. Marjolin, original vellum-backed boards, short tear to upper spine slightly affecting letter title, a little soiled and rubbed, 4to, 1834-5.

Kent, Willesborough.- Charter, I, Matilda wife of Henry of Hanynghea [?Hastingleigh] have granted and concede to John Rejaud of an acre of land in the parish of Willesborough [Ashford], witnesses: Seward de Halle, Richard John and others, manuscript in Latin, in brown ink, on vellum, 10 lines, small tear along fold, a few small stains, small wormhole in left margin, folds, slightly yellowed and creased, lacks seal, 86 x 254mm., 1352.

NO RESERVE Theatre.- Siddons, Sarah.- Covent Garden.- Letter sent on Siddons' behalf regarding her health and attendance in Covent Garden addressed to Mr Lacy, manuscript letter, pen and brown ink on wove paper watermarked 1810, sheet 225 x 185 mm. (8 3/4 x 7 1/4 in), folds with some splits, rough edges, minor browning, unframed, [c. 1810]; together with letterpress Theatre Royal advertisement for Alexander the Great featuring Siddons; and with letter traditionally understood to written be by the French collector and art patron Paul Fréart de Chantelou, bearing date '1690', all unframed (3)

NO RESERVE Portugal.- Stephens (Philadelphia, attributed as writer or translator)] Copia de tradução das 17 Cartas apontadas no Compendio Historico e Analicto, manuscript in Portugese, 94pp., in brown ink, slightly faint in places, a little browned, original polished calf, corners bumped and worn, gilt spine, joints rubbed, spine chipped at tail, sm. 4to, [?Portugal], [c. 1778].⁂ A contemporary translation of Letters from Portugal, on the late and present State of that Kingdom (London, 1777), with a 26-page Compendio historico e analitico written by thêe great Portugese statesman, the Marquês de Pombal, at the end.

Field Sports.- [Chateau de Bonnetable], 3 photograph albums comprising c.750 photographs, mainly original, showing the 4th Duke of Doudeauville and his hobbies in various parts of Europe, captioned in manuscript, some faded, occasional abrasions, one or two loosely inserted, occasional spotting, morocco backed boards, rubbed, ob.4to & folio, [c.1881-1901].⁂ Including images of; hunting, horses, polo, horse racing, fishing, shooting, golf, bicycles, early automobiles and picnics. As well as the Chateau de Bonnetable, these were taken in; Oloron-Sainte Marie, Cannes, Cherbourg, Deauville, Bois de Boulogne, Pau, Serrant, Rome, Morocco, Balmacaan (Scotland), Morocco, Isle of Wight and Stowe House. The 4th Duke of Doudeauville was President of the Jockey-Club de Paris, from 1884 until his death in 1908.

Kent, Tenterden.- Indenture, William Gaben and William Robyn of Tenterden grant and concede to John Daye and Thomas Potts of a messuage and seven pieces of land in Mensden in the parish of Tenterden, and mentioning Thomas Carpenter sometime mayor of Tenterden, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 21 lines, in brown ink, indented at head, remains of 2 red wax seals, folds, slightly browned, 163 x 277mm., 16th March 1480.⁂ Probably Thomas Carpenter, several times mayor of Tenterden. In 1465, Richard Earl of Warwick and Salisbury, constable of Dover Castle and warden of the Cinque Ports, or his lieutenant was ordered to arrest Thomas Carpenter of Tenterden, co. Kent, and bring him before the king in Chancery.

Botany.- Fern specimens.- Craig (Eric) New Zealand Ferns, c.100 specimens on 30 ff., each with letterpress or manuscript label, ink stamp "New Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig, Princes St., Auckland" to first and final leaf, a few specimens becoming loose and one or two lacking, spotting, original cloth, lacking spine and lower board, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, Auckland, [c.1880].⁂ A professionally-produced fern album from the emporium of one of New Zealand's best known fern collectors and retailers. Eric Craig was a dealer in tribal artefacts, curios and natural history specimens.

Portugal.- Pedro II (King of Portugal, 1648-1706).- Lawsuit of Antonia Junqueira against Luis Sanches de Baena concerning monies owed, manuscript in Portugese, 38pp., folds, browned, disbound, folio, judgement on 22nd October 1684.

England.- [Rawlinson (Richard)] The English Topographer ..., engraved illustrations, occasional manuscript annotations, one near contemporary, short tear (A4), tape repair, occasional spotting, ex-Wigan Library with occasional blind-stamps, cracked lower hinge, contemporary calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, for T. Jauncy, 1720 § Owen's New Book of Fairs ..., occasional spotting, near contemporary manuscript note at end, lacking final free endpaper, bookplate, ex-library with occasional faint blind-stamps, contemporary vellum, title in manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, 1805 § Faulkner (Thomas) The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Hammersmith, engraved frontispiece, vignette title, 2 folding maps, engraved illustrations, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, later cloth, rubbed and worn, 1839; and 2 others, similar, 8vo & 12mo (5)

Book of Hours.- Leaf from a Book of Hours, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, Gothic bookhand, in black ink, 1 two-line initial and 12 one-line initials in gold, red and blue, pen and ink strapwork decoration in margins, 17 lines, framed and glazed, manuscript 145 x 93mm., [Northern France], [c. 1450].

Kent, Pluckley.- Charter, I, John son of John Chiche have concede and confirmed to John Baramge and Robert atte Heche of pasture in Pluckley, witnesses: John Malmeynes, Theobald de Scallynghe, John Telegheman and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 15 lines, large remains of red wax seal, folds, slightly browned, 149 x 271mm., 1355.

NO RESERVE Maynwaring (Arthur) The Life and Posthumous Works of ..., first edition, tiny manuscript ink number to title verso, tiny marginal wroming to first few leaves, occasional spotting, ex-library with 1 or 2 blind-stamps, later boards, a little rubbed, 8vo, [Goldsmiths' 5280], for A. Bell; W. Taylor; and J. Baker, 1715.

AN INTERESTING COLLECTION OF MAINLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT LETTERS AND EPHEMERA relating to notable personages, including American correspondence, Byron, Palmerston etc., c35 items

THE VERNON MANUSCRIPT, A Facsimile of Bodleian Library, Oxford, ms. Eng. Poet. a.l. with an introduction by A.I. Doyle. lge Fo. (512 x 357mm) 1/2 red leather and brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p

MANUSCRIPT CATALOGUES:- (a) 'A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Cottonian Library deposited in the British Museum' 1802. Folio (455 x 285mm). vellum and marbled boards. Elton & Eric Gerald Stanley b/p. (b) The Caedmon manuscript of Anglo Saxon Biblical Poetry Junius XI in the Bodleian Library with intro by Sir Israel Gollancz. OUP. 1927. Ltd Ed. 188/250. gilt decorated blue cloth. Fo. (420 x 310mm) Vernon Watney Cornbury stamp and Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (c) Durham Cathedral Manuscripts. 55 Facsimiles chosen by R.A.B. Mynors. OUP. 1939 with loose sheets. Fo. (455 x 340mm). brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (d) The Exeter Book of Old English Poetry, Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd. London 1933. Ltd. Ed. 203/250 Fo. (400 x 290mm) brown cloth. Eric Gerald Stanley b/p (4)

ROBINSON, Johannis, A manuscript Collection of Choice Songs, English and Scots dated 1765 in a flowing hand in black ink. 168pp with index, marbled boards (198 x 160mm) plus an 18th Century French m/s accounts ledger relating to a nunnery in Orleans. small Fo. vellum bound plus five further m/s recipe/diaries etc (7)

AN EARLY ITALIAN MANUSCRIPT 192pp, black ink, in a good long hand. The title page approximately translates as: Letters of Alvigi de Porto Vincentu to Savognano al Ghilini concerning the Italian War 1509-1513 copied from an earlier manuscript in the Bibliotheca Ambrosiana (Milan). 4to. (320 x 220mm), untrimmed paper in plain strung covers with 1960 purchase catalogue and receipt

A LATE 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT ON PERSPECTIVE, 4to. (232 x 190mm) vellum bound 'notebook' containing a treatise on perspective consisting of 20pp. of text, written in brown ink, with 15 hand drawn illustrations, demonstrating perspective (one double-page and a few with colouring), together with 8 lesser examples, mostly full page. The paper is watermarked 1796; tipped in is a 9pp. folio closely typed copy of the text, probably 1930's. There is no internal indications as to who created this 'work' but it was acquired alongside a copy of BREUIL, Jean, La Perspective Pratique, Premier Partie. (included here), 2nd Ed. 4to. (260 x 190mm) 342pp. with many full page illustrations, requires rebacking. Paris, Jean de Puis, 1663. On the front fly-leaf is the signature of 'Louisa Augusta Grevile, Paris 23rd Aug 1754' and on the inside of the front board the signature of Angelo Collen Hayter, artist (1864-1939) and with the heraldic coloured bookplate of William Churchill. Louisa Grevile was born in 1743 and was the daughter of the first Earl of Warwick and in 1770 married William Churchill. Louisa, from an early age, produced fine drawings and etchings of works by, for example, Caracci and Salvator Rosa; she was awarded prizes three times by the Royal Society of Arts and her work is represented in major public collections (2 +)

A MANUSCRIPT VOLUME of notes, diagrams etc, relating to Isaac Newton. Principia Mathematica, black ink in a fine hand. Shepherd Trinity College (Cambridge) 49 no pp. 4to. (285 x 240mm) cover holed (1)

English School (second-quarter, 19th century), portrait silhouette, of Henry H. Norton, profile, head and shoulders length, titled in contemporary ink manuscript, 10cm x 7.5cm, contemporary rosewood frame, loop suspension, by W. Bennett, his label to verso, 19.5cm x 17cm, overall; Thomas Ryder (1746-1810), after Charles Reuben Ryley (1752?-1798), A visit to the woman of the Lime Trees, London: Simon Watts, 1785, oval, sepia stipple engraving, 20cm x 15cm, George III Revival verre églomisé mount and gilt gesso frame, Frost & Reed label to verso, 30.5cm x 25.5cm overall, [2]

Local Interest - a William III ink manuscript and vellum indenture, dated 1699, recording the settlement of a payment between Thomas Bristow of Caunton and William & Mary Hart of Collingham, each of the county of Nottingham, lower yap margin signed by Bristow, fragmentary red seal, 35cm x 56cm, mounted and framed, 57.5cm x 71.5cm overall

Chinese School (Republican Period, 20th century), A pair, Farmers and Donkey Transport through Mountainous Landscapeswatercolour and wash on paper, inscribed with calligraphic script in black manuscript, red seal marks, 27cm x 34cm

Malcolm Muggeridge two typed signed letters TLS 1955 on Punch letterhead regarding the manuscript of a Mr Ross and 1981 scruffy typed personal letter to John. Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge was an English journalist and satirist. His father was a prominent socialist politician and one of the early Labour Party Members of Parliament. In his twenties, Muggeridge was attracted to communism but after living in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, he became a forceful anti-communist. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.

* Witchcraft. An untitled manuscript receipt of how to be 'not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you', circa 1730, 2 pp., written in a legible hand, small burnhole, old folds, small 4to, together with: Government Pension Payments. Autograph letter written by Jonathan West to Charles Compton, Paymaster, authorising and listing the names of 35 persons (26 women), who are to receive the amount listed as a pension for the quarter commencing 10 October 1754, Treasury Chambers, 11 October 1754, 2 pp., written in a neat secretarial hand, signed by West, with integral address leaf, some soiling and fraying, folio, plus Walpole (Horatio, 1678-1757). Manuscript order from His Majesty to pay Horatio Walpole the sum of £125 being his half-year salary as Auditor General of Plantation Revenues, 4 October, 1754, bifolium, written in a secretarial hand, signed by Walpole, some insect damage, soiling and wear, old folds, 4to (Qty: 3)NOTESThe first manuscript is a somewhat bizzare receipt for presumably warding off the attentions of a witch, including taking 'a stone bottle of about a quart into which put your oune water in the morning fasting & allso your finger & two nails & a lock of your hair cut ofe of ye crown of your head... allso as many ould crocked & rusty pins or crocked nails & bent bits of old iron... if you pleas put in some of ye water of your husband & beshor to spit into ye bottle last of all then corke doune fast which being done at night after your husband has come in... git allso sum St. Johns Wort & lay or hang it about your hous & bed & carry of it aboute with you allways & besure to have a good corage & be not afraid of that wicked woman for that gives her power over you'; the second manuscript lists 35 names to be paid a total of £1665, each name with the amount and a tick indicating payment has been paid (except poor old George Tilson, no tick); the third item is a payment order to Horatio Walpole, younger brother of Robert Walpole and Auditor and Surveyor General of all His Majesty's Revenues (America).

[Weld, Catherine Elizabeth]. The Proceedings in the Arches-Court of Canterbury in a cause between the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Weld, Daughter to the Lord Aston; and Edward Weld, Esq; her husband. Containing, I. Her libel exhibited against him for impotency ..., 3rd edition, London: H. Owen, 1757, light dust-soiling, modern marbled boards, slim 8vo, together with: Walne (David Henry) , Cases of Dropsical Ovaria removed by the large abdominal section, London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1843, manuscript notes to verso of title, bound with Clay (Charles) , The Results of all the Operations for the Extirpation of Diseased Ovaria, by the Large Incision ..., Manchester: Printed by Wm. Irwin, 1848, manuscript notes to verso of title (cropped at fore-edge), bound with other related printed text, cuttings and manuscript notes, bookplate of J.H. Tanner to upper pastedown, later green cloth, manuscript number at foot of spine, 8vo, Churchill (Fleetwood) , On the Diseases of Women; including those of Pregnancy and Childbed, 4th edition, Dublin, London & Edinburgh, 1857, original cloth, 8vo, and one other, Human Anatomy and Physiology Part III, A Movable Atlas showing the positions of the Female Organs of Generation and Reproduction ... by G.J. Witkowski, 3rd edition, London: Baillierem Tindall & Cox, circa 1880 (Qty: 4)

Sallustius Crispus (Gaius). [Opere] Salustio con alcune altre belle cose: volgareggiato per Agostino Ortica della Porta, 1st edition in Italian, Venice: Bernardino di Vitali, 23 April 1518, signatures A-S8 T12 (T12=blank), Roman types, woodcut initials, faint stain to upper margin of quire A, resultant paper disruption to leaves A1-2 neatly tissue-repaired, a few other marks, edges dyed green (dye occasionally encroaching on margins), contemporary manuscript catch-title gilt to bottom edge, contemporary goatskin panelled in gilt, rebacked, slightly rubbed and marked, wear to extremities, 8vo (21.1 x 14.8 cm), together with: Boccaccio (Giovanni), Il Decameron, de nuovo ristampato, e riscontrato in Firenze con testi antichi, ed alla sua vera lezione redotto dal cavalier Lionardo Salviati, seconda editione, Florence: Giunti, 1582, printer's woodcut device to title-page, 2o6 and final leaf, historiated woodcut initials, moderate spotting, browning and dampstaining, worming to endpapers and title-page, hand-colouring to printer's devices and initials, quire 2d misbound, bookplates of Patricia Milne Henderson and Nigel David Kahn, later vellum, front inner hinge broken, worming to boards, 4to (20.8 x 14.2 cm), Panvinio (Onofrio), Cronologia ecclesiastica ... tradotta nuovamente dalla lingua Latina nell'Italiana ... aggiuntovi in quest' ultima impressione un nuovo supplemento dall' anno 1701. insino al presente 1730, Venice: Girolamo Savioni, 1730, contemporary vellum, 4to (23 x 17 cm), [Plutarch], [Summi et philosophi et historici parallela ... Accesserunt ... Aemilii Probi liber de vita excellentium imperatorum], [Frankfurt: Sigmund Feyerabendt, 1580], large woodcut vignettes throughout, incomplete, lacking at least 3 preliminary leaves including title-page, and folios 1-6 and 354, folios 355-73 misbound at front, spotted and browned, 19th-century half vellum, worn, folio (36 x 22.4 cm) (Qty: 4)NOTESProvenance (Sallustius): Friedrich Gundolf (1880-1931), German poet (ownership inscription, 'Friedrich Gundolf, Florenz 1924' to front free endpaper). Adams S172 (Sallustius, variant imprint, 'per Zorzi di Rusconi', with collation, A-T8 V4), B2158 (Boccaccio).

* Milner (Isaac, 1750-1820). Autograph letter describing experiments to identify the cause of Oxidisation of Lead, Deanery (Carlisle), 9 September, 1813, 4pp., window-mounted on modern album sheets, a few small stains, 4to, together with: Seeley (Harry Govier, 1839-1909). Autograph letter to an unnamed recipient attacking Hugh Poyntz Malet's pronouncements on the Nebular Hypothesis theory in his book "The Beginings", published in 1878, 26 September 1879, 4 pp., old folds, 8vo, plus Harding (Reginald Tuffley, 1870-1917). Autograph letter on how to construct a bichromate battery for producing electric light, Rugby School, 20 May 1884, 6 pp., a few crude sketches, some light soiling and splits along folds, 8vo, with three other manuscripts: An autograph letter from Austrian emigre and auctioneer Alexander Cassano, 11 May 1808 in which he pleads against transportation to the colonies for letting his auction rooms in Piccadilly to a debating society; an archive of 28 autograph letters written mostly by statesman Lord Hartington to Manchester merchant William Rayner Wood on political meetings and elections for appointing Officers for the County of Lancashire (1850's-60's) and a manuscript deposition from plaintiff Elizabeth Wakefield against defendant Mary Ross for trespass and causing wilful damage to her house in Handsworth, West Midlands, circa 1828 (Qty: 6)NOTESThe first letter from Isaac Milner, mathematician and Dean of Carlisle, describes his chemical experiments to investigate whether water caused the oxidisation of lead, and discovered that it was in fact air, and describes experiments to produce a tincture of sulphur to identify lead in other substances, including wine; the second letter from Harry Seeley attacks Malet's rejection of Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis, "He mistakes the tools of the scientific man for science itself, and denies the tools to those who can use them, because he does not know or understand or appreciate the results which have thereby been obtained. Among such tools is the nebular hypothesis... Such writings of Mr. Malet's seems unwise, because it presents to the public the little one-sided knowledge which is dangerous and thereby tends to prevent people who believe in him from believing in the teachings of scientific men."; the third letter is from Reginald Harding, aged 13, writing at his father's behest to a Mr Hamel, detailing how to construct a bichromate battery in a long-neck bottle, with illustrations, and recommends the use of vacuum bulbs to produce electric light. The Rugby School notepaper has the name E.A. Scott (Edward Ashley Scott, Harding's house master) who perhaps assisted the young pupil with this information.

[Napoleonic Wars]. 'State of New Iron Ordnance Proved at Woolwich for His Majesty's Service on the 26th and 27th June 1801 [-17th & 18th Aug[ust] 1803]', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [170] pp., comprising tables throughout, feint-ruled in red, versos with headings 'Marks and Numbers', 'Weight', 'Excess of Metal', Extreme Curvature in Bore', and 'Gauge of Instrument', cannon type and poundage and name of gunsmith recorded in left-hand margins, rectos with headings 'Remarks' and 'Condemnable by Instrument - Searching - Water Proof', contemporary vellum, royal arms gilt to front cover, vellum perished on spine but covers held by cords, covers soiled, wear to extremities, front cover bowed and with date crudely pencilled by hand, vellum lifting at corners, folio (48.2 x 35.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe majority of guns proved are carronades of various poundages, most cast by the Carron Company (of Falkirk), but many by Wiggin and Graham or other foundries. Other types of ordance include 'brass howitzers cast at the R[oyal] Foundry'.