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Hanway (Jonas). Advice from Farmer Trueman , to his Daughter Mary, Upon her going to Service. In a Series of Discourses, designed to Promote the Welfare and True Interest of Servants, with Reflections of no less importance to Masters and Mistresses, 1792, occasional spotting, short paper fault tear to lower outer blank corner of T1, manuscript ownership label of Betty Johnson of Eccleston to front pastedown, rear free marbled endpaper replaced, cloth hinges, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, recent green morocco spine labels, 12mo in 6s, together with More (Hannah) , Christian Morals, 2 volumes, 1813, closed tear to H10 in volume 1, contemporary half calf gilt, 12mo, plus Sharp (Granville) , A Declaration of the People's Natural Right to a share in the Legislature; which is the Fundamental Principle of the British Constitution of State, 2nd edition, 1775, half-title, ink stamp at foot of first leaf of preface and to verso of final leaf of text, edges untrimmed, original boards, rebacked preserving original printed title label, 8vo (Qty: 4)

Fontaine (Nicolas, Sieur de Royaumont). The History of the Old and New Testament..., 2nd edition Corrected and Enlarged, printed for R. Blome [etc.], 1701, 240 engraved plates including frontispieces, nearly all after G. Freeman by Kip and others, many printed back-to-back, 5 double-page maps, most plates and maps (and some text leaves) with marginal tears and old repairs, a few with long tears (and old repairs), one map (Jerusalem) close-trimmed at foot, affecting lower vignettes, some generally light toning, spotting or soiling, preliminary blank with mounted large (30.5 x 21.5 cm) calligraphic ownership inscription, executed in red and blue inks, 'Richard Chad His Book Nov: The XXVth Ann MDCC', somewhat soiled, with old repaired tear to right hand side, modern quarter calf gilt, large folio, together with Rushworth (John) , The Tryal of Thomas Earl of Strafford..., 1st edition, for John Wright and Richard Chiswell, 1680, engraved portrait frontispiece, lacking front and rear blanks, some spotting and minor marks, modern quarter calf gilt, folio, plus Sarpi (Paolo) , The Historie of the Councel of Trent, conteining eight Bookes ... faithfully translated into English by Nathanael Brent, 1st edition in English, 1620, bound with the colophon leaf and the terminal blanks (lacking initial blanks), woodcut head- and tailpieces and decorative initials, occasional early ink manuscript marginalia, some dampstaining to lower outer corners, modern quarter calf gilt, folio, with two others similar (one defective) (Qty: 10)

* Darwin (Charles, 1809-1822). Autograph letter signed, 'Charles Darwin', Down, Beckenham, Kent, 26 April 1876, t o J.E. Harting, thanking him for his kind offers of help and for the manuscript notes, continuing 'As far as I can tell I do not intend to work again on the subjects on which I have published, but reserve the little thought which has left me for somewhat new matter', one page with integral blank, letter page slightly toned and a little dust soiled, pin pricks below date upper left, with the (original) envelope addressed to J.E. Harting in Darwin's hand, Beckenham, Down, and London franking stamps dated 3 & 4 May 1880, a little spotting and dust soiling, together with The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection..., (forty-ninth thousand), John Murray, 1897, folding table, top edge gilt, contemporary prize binding of blue calf gilt by Baker & Son, Clifton, with the headmaster of Clifton College's prize bookplate to front pastedown, awarded to A.D. Jaffé, Form VI for Chemistry (special set), Midsummer 1898, a little rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 3)NOTESProvenance: Dorothea Jaffé. James Edmund Fotheringham Harting (1841-1928) was an English ornithologist and naturalist. From 1869 onwards he was a prolific contributor to T he Field , and later edited The Zoologist, from 1877 to 1896. Darwin Correspondence Project "Letter no. 10474 F"; also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 24.

Manuscript Devotional Notebook. A handwritten volume of religious and devotional instructions, and reflections on the bible, compiled by Edmund Burford of Lawrence Lane, Cheapside, at the Blossom Inn, dated 1761, 178 leaves, mostly written to rectos only, but towards the end of the volume written on both sides of each leaf, some light waterstaining to margins at rear of volume, generally written in a neat legible hand, with lapses in spelling, contemporary vellum, some darkening and discolouration, a little wear to foot of spine, brass clasp in working order, small oblong 8vo (9.75 x 16 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESLawrence Lane, a street in the city of London running from Trump Street to Grisham Street, was the site of a tavern known as Blossoms Inn, from the 14th century onwards. In the 1750s the inn became the London base of James Pickford, founder of Pickford's Removals firm.

Boehme (Jacob). Einleitung zum Wahren und gründlichen Erkänntnis des grossen Geheimnisses der Gottseligkeit: Gott geoffenbaret im Fleisch; bestehende in einem kernhafften Auszug aller theologischen theosophischen und philosophischen Schrifften und Zeugnissen..., Amsterdam: R. & G. Wetstein, 1718, engraved frontispiece, browning and spotting throughout, printed ownership label of W.H. Whinfield to front pastedown and small withdrawn ink stamp to front free endpaper, contemporary vellum, manuscript title and gilt library classification to spine, 4to, together with Breitkopf (Bernhard Christoph). Die verschiedenen Meynungen einiger Weltweisen von der Existenz der Seelen der Thiere in einer Gesellschaft guter Freunde untersucht , Leipzig: Breitkopf 1743 , 96pp., wood engraved vignette to title and decorative tailpiece, bound with Die Frage, ob die Seelen der Thiere Verstand haben? in einer Gesellschaft guter Freunde untersucht, Leipzig: Breitkopf 1742, 96pp., wood engraved vignette to title and decorative tailpieces, bound with [Winkler, Johann Heinrich] , Philosophische Untersuchung der Frage, Ob die Seelen einiger Thiere einen gewissen Grad der Vernunft haben, in einer Gesellschaft guter Freunde angestellet, Leipzig: Breitkopf 1742 , 93pp., wood engraved vignette to title and decorative tailpiece, bound with [Winkler, Johann Heinrich] , Philosophische Untersuchung der Frage, ob die Seelen der Thiere mit ihren Leibern sterben? in einer Gesellschaft guter Freunde angestellet, Leipzig: Breitkopf, 1743, 88pp., wood engraved vignette to title, 19th century half vellum, title in manuscript to spine, 8vo and Lessing ( Gotthold Ephraim). Sämmtliche Schriften , 32 volumes in 16, Berlin, 1825-1828, ten engraved plates and one folding table, occasional spotting and few marks, contemporary uniform black boards gilt, orange title labels (two torn with loss), some light wear to extremities, 12mo (Qty: 18)

* Letters Patent - Railways. A letters patent for William Vitruvius Greenwood & John Saxby for improvements in signal lamps, 19 August 1854, pre-printed document on two vellum membranes with decorative borders, completed in manuscript, appended with a wax Great Seal featuring Queen Victoria, in tin skippet (17 cm diameter), together with a related manuscript on vellum of an assignment, of an undivided moiety or share in an invention for improvements of signal lamps under letters patent, 24 March 1855, plus a related paper receipt of registration, 2 April 1855, pinned to upper margin, all contained in original William Smith Patent Office morocco over boards box, rubbed, remains of Saxby name in ink to base (Qty: 1)

Piacenza ( Franceso ). L'Egeo Redivivo, o' sia chorographia dell' archipelago ... con la breve descrittione ... della Grecia, Morea, o'Peloponnese, di Candia, e Cipri, 1st edition, Modena: Soliani heirs, 1688, additional engraved title page, engraved portrait, 4 engraved maps bound as plates (2 folding, including the map of Cyprus), 59 full-page engraved maps in the text, contents possibly washed, occasional light residual browning, text maps with variable show-through rectos, folding map of the Peloponnese bound upside-down, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, 4to (21.6 x 16.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESBlackmer 1305; Cobham-Jeffery p. 50. First and only edition, rare, especially in this condition with all maps present. Six copies traced in UK libraries; another copy was sold in these rooms on 10 April 2019. 'This work was probably inspired by the Venetian conquests in Greece in the 1680s. It includes a very thorough and systematic description of the Aegean Islands, Crete, [and] Cyprus, and brief descriptions of Roumeli and the Peloponnesus ... The four separate maps are of the Aegean, the Peloponnesus, Crete and Cyprus' (Blackmer).

David (Joannes). Occasio Arrepta Neglecta. Huius commoda: Illius incommoda, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Antwerp: Plantin-Moretus, 1605, engraved title, part title with large engraved device, woodcut device to final leaf verso, 12 engraved emblematic illustrations by Theodoor Galle, some light toning, contemporary inscription, 'Collegy. Soc. ? Lucernae 1607' at head of first title, ink stamps at foot of title and dedication, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, spine titled in manuscript, a few splits and old repair to spine, some soiling, small 4to, together with Binet (Estienne). Abrégé des vies des principaux fondateurs des religions de l'église, representez dans le choeur de l'abbaie de S. Lambert de Liessies en Haynaut, 1st edition, Antwerp: Martin Nuyts, 1634, 40 engraved plates by Cornelis Galle the Elder after Theodoor Galle (counted in pagination and register; all but 2 are portraits), terminal errata leaf, a few plates offset, fore margin of first plate (bound after title-page) renewed with small section of image restored, small marginal chips to plates of Elijah and Saint Paul, small marginal worm-track in final quire, contemporary manuscript notice on the author to front free endpaper, bookplates of Mary Barbara Hales and Michael Jaffé, contemporary sprinkled calf, expertly rebacked to style, a little rubbing and craquelure to sides, 4to (19.9 x 15 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (both items); Mary Barbara Hales (1835-1885; bookplate; second item only). Hales inherited the family seat of Hales Place, Woodchurch, Kent, following the extinction of the Hales baronetcy circa 1836, and later converted it to a Benedictine nunnery. Landwehr 186, Praz p. 313 (David). The Galle brothers are known especially for their long-standing collaboration with Rubens and the Plantin Press.

Bible [English]. The Bible: That is, The Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages, Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1610/1611, initial blank (A1) present (with manuscript ink marks), general and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders and with imprints dated 1610, Apocrypha present, few woodcut illustrations, final leaf repaired at foot and with colophon dated 1611, borders red ruled throughout volume, small rust hole to A7 with slight loss to marginal note, toning and some dust-soiling throughout, early 19th century diced calf, gilt decorated spine, insect damage to joints and spine, rubbed and few marks, 4to in 8s (leaf size 21 x 15.5cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 306; Darlow & Moule 237; STC 2213. With John vi:67 corrected, rather than as seen in some issues of this edition with John vi:67: Judas for Jesus (STC 2212).

Bible [English]. The Bible: That is the Holy Scriptures conteined in the Old and New Testament. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1610, general title and New Testament titles present, both within decorative woodcut borders, lacking one preliminary leaf, Apocrypha present, few woodcut illustrations and decorative initials, first leaf of Matthew torn with loss and repaired, colophon at rear of tables dated 1611, bound with at rear The Booke of Psalmes, Collected into English meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: Printed for the Companie of Stationers, 1610, decorative border to title, few leaves repaired to fore-margins, final leaf lined to verso, some light toning throughout volume and occasional spotting, 19th century marbled free endpapers, disbound, with remnants of 19th century spine attached, 4to (leaf size 21.5 x 15.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESHerbert 306; Darlow & Moule 237; STC 2212. The Geneva-Thomson-Junius version. With John vi.67: Judas for Jesus corrected in manuscript in this copy to Jesus.

* Edward VIII (King of England, 1894-1972). Associated membership card for the Transvaal Automobile Club, a linenised folded card, the left inside page signed 'Edward P.' as Prince of Wales, the facing page pre-printed with manuscript details of the owner George Pinney and renewal date 1 June 1926 completed in manuscript, Club Secretary signature beneath, a brown mark above Pinney's name, some soiling, split and separated along centrefold, 10 x 6.5 cm, together with three loose cuttings about this unique membership card as obtained by Mr Pinney while working as a chauffer for Morris Jones on the Royal Train at Milner Park on the Prince's second visit from Rhodesia to Johannesburg (Qty: 1)

Ptolemy (Claudius). La Geografia, gia tradotta di Greco in Italiano da Giero[lamo] Ruscelli: e hora in questa nuova editione da Gio[vanni] Malombra ricorretta, e purgata d'infiniti errori, 3 parts in 1 volume, Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1574-73-73, signatures *-**4 A-H4 (Tavola) A-Z Aa-Xx4, A-Z Aa-Dd2 +2 A-Z Aa-Oo2, alpha-eta4, A-G4 H6, 65 double-page copper-engraved maps, mounted on stubs, woodcut device to each title-page (3 in total), complete with the 3 blanks (H4 of Tavola, eta4, and final leaf, H6), numerous woodcut diagrams and vignettes in the text, including 2 of Ptolemy star-gazing, and a full-page diagram of the classical compass winds, generally light browning, stronger to a few Ptolemaic maps (Europa, 6-9), heavier browning to a few sections of text, occasional spotting, maps clean except for some show-through versos, one marginal worm-track in quires D-E of part 1, contemporary manuscript catch-title to bottom edge of text-block, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, slightly marked and dust-soiled, later manuscript title to spine, early inscription to rear cover, housed in a custom blue cloth solander box, 4to (22 x 16.4 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAdams P2236; Sabin 66506; Shirley, Britain 110-11, World 110-11. Third edition of Ruscelli's translation, the first corrected by Giovanni Malombra, and containing one additional map, 'Territori di Roma'; Ruscelli's translation first appeared in 1561. Of the 65 maps 27 are Ptolemaic and 38 are modern: the latter include two important world maps, the double-hemispherical 'Orbis Descriptio' and the rectangular 'Carta Marina', both adapted from Gastaldi's Ptolemaic atlas of 1548. Shirley remarks that the 'Orbis Descriptio is elegantly designed and engraved on copper with typical Italian taste and skill. Separate double-hemispherical maps were no innovation but this is the first time that such a representation had been used in an atlas'.

Arabic Manuscript. Kitab al-mukhtar 'ala madhhab al-imam Abi Hanifah, Ottoman territories, 19th century, Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 60 leaves, naskh script, 15 lines to the page, headings in red, text incomplete at end, a few stains and marginal repairs, contemporary sheep-backed boards, binding split and worn, 4to (20 x 15 cm), together with an Arabic notebook (daftar), 19th century, approx. 70 leaves of various paper stocks and colours, written in several different hands, containing poetry, mathematical calculations, prayers, and similar, bound along top edge in contemporary red morocco, marked and worn, small 8vo (15 x 10 cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, London. The first item is a summary of Islamic law according to the Hanafi school.

* Poland. Werner (Friedrich Bernhard), Breslau [and] Stettin in Pommern, Augsburg, circa 1724, together two uncoloured engraved panoramas of Breslau (now Wroclaw) and Stettin (now Szczecin), each on two conjoined sheets, Stettin with near contemporary manuscript number in lower margin, each approximately 340 x 1010 mm, uniformly mounted framed and glazed (Qty: 2)

Museo Reale Borbonico. Raccolta delle pui interessante dipinture de'pui belli musaici rinvenuti negli scavi di Ercolano, di Pompei, e di Stabia, Naples, 1838, 120 engraved including one folding (repair to verso), manuscript index at end, a little minor soiling, bookplate contemporary green half calf gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with Monuments Principaux du Musee National de Naples, Naples, circa 1865, 110 engraved plates, several folding, some light spotting and small water stains, previous owner inscription, bookplate of A.J.A. Symons, Finchingfield, all edges red, original vellum, manuscript label to spine, soiled, 4to, with two others: Francois Lenormant's Les Tableaux Musee de Naples, Paris, 1868 and Recueil des Monumens les plus interessans du Musee Royal-Bourbon, 2 volumes, 2nd edition Naples, 1843 (Qty: 5)

Sarbiewski (Maciej Kazimierz). Lyricorum libri IV. Epodon lib[er] unus alterq[ue] epigrammatum, Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana, 1632, engraved allegorical title-page after Peter Paul Rubens by Cornelis Galle the Elder, toning, a little spotting and soiling, lower outer corners of O2 and T1 torn away or excised not affecting text, small interlinear spill-burn to P3 affecting a couple of letters verso, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title, yapp edges, slightly soiled, 4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Michael Jaffé CBE (1923-1997), English art historian and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Jaffé wrote three substantial books on Rubens: Rubens (1967); Rubens and Italy (1977); and Rubens: catalogo completo (1989). Judson & Van de Velde, Book Illustrations and Titlepages (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard) , 62. First Plantin and first quarto edition, and the fourth overall. Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski (1595-1640), a Polish Jesuit, 'was considered to be one of the greatest neo-Latin poets in his time and beyond' (Bertram, Rubens as a Designer of Title Pages , p. 197). Bertram writes at length on the rich symbolism of Rubens's title-page design, which depicts Apollo placing his lyre on an altar before the arms of Pope Urban VIII; facing Apollo are a woman and child commonly interpreted as a muse with the young Pindar (op. cit. pp. 202-12). Sarbiewski's poems were first printed at Cologne in 1625.

Prynne (William). The Case of the old Secured, Secluded, and now Excluded Members, Briefly and tryly Stated; for their own Vindication, and their Electors and the Kingdoms Satisfaction, by William Prynne of Lincolns Inne Esq; one of thoses Members, London: Printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660, 8pp., drop title, imprint to colophon at foot of final page, lower outer blank corner of A3 torn away, some toning and dust-soiling, disbound slim 4to, together with The Signal Loyalty and Devotion of Gods true Saints and Pious Christians, towards their Kings..., London: Printed by T.C. and L.P. and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, 1660, [10], 96, [2]pp., final leaf (errata) torn to lower blank outer corner and with manuscript annotation to verso, toning and dust-soiling, disbound slim 4to, with A Brief Narrative of the manner how divers Members of the House of Commons, That were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies Force, in December, 1648 and May 7 1659..., London: Edward Thomas, 1660, [2], 10pp., some dust-soiling, disbound slim 4to, and Ten Considerable Quaeries concerning Tithes, The Present Petitioners and Petitions for their total abolition, as Antichristian, Jewish, burdensom, oppressive to the godly, consciencious People of the Nation..., London: Edward Thomas, 1659, [2], 6pp., toned and some dust-soiling, disbound slim 4to (Qty: 4)

Netherlands. 'A Tour to the Netherlands and Holland; and Visit to Sir C. Bagot at the Hague in 1826', manuscript in black ink on laid paper, [136] pp., watermarked 'J Green 1824', purple wove paper interleaves throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary purple straight-grain morocco gilt, brass catch, a few scuffs, small mark to front board, 4to (20 x 16.2 cm), together with 8 others, all 18th- or 19th-century scrapbooks, ledger books, and notebooks, including a manuscript journal c.1867-5, describing visits to Edinburgh, Isle of Wight, Wales and elsewhere illustrated with approximately 20 watercolours and sketches, and 5 albumen print photographs (front cover detached, rear cover absent), and an album of fern pressings, c.1884, various bindings and formats (Qty: 1)NOTESSir Charles Bagot (1781-1843) was British ambassador at The Hague from 1824 to 1831, during which time he assisted in the negotiations which established the independence of Belgium. He was later governor-in-chief of British North America, and has been described as enjoying 'a permanent place in the pantheon of great imperial statesmen' (ODNB). The author of the journal indicates that she is Bagot's sister: this is presumably Louisa (1786-1834), Bagot's two other sisters having died in 1773 and 1806.

[Jackson, John, editor]. [The Soule is Immortall: or, Certaine Discourses defending the Immortalitie of the Soule: against the Limmes of Sathan: to wit, Saduces, Anabaptistes, Atheists, and such like of the Hellish Crue of Adversaries], 1st edition, by W. White for R. Bolton and W. White, 1611, title-page in manuscript facsmiile retaining fragment of original printed title, next leaf (A2) tissue-repaired, toning, tide-mark to quire H, a few other spots and marks, 19th-century cloth, small 8vo (14 x 8.2 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESESTC S116566; STC 14297a.3. Rare: ESTC traces five copies world-wide. The work is anthology containing Guillaume Houppelande’s De immortalitate animae , Xenocrates of Chalcedon’s De morte , selections from Marcello Palingenio Stellato’s Zodiacus vitae , Matthäus Dresser’s De partibus corporis humani et de anima , and Athenagoras’s De resurrectione , and a selection of scriptural passages.

Quakers. A Collection of Testimonies concerning several Ministers of the Gospel amongst the People called Quakers, Deceased: with some of their last Expressions and Exhortations, London: Luke Hinde, 1760, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked, spine lacking title label, some wear, 8vo, together with Library Sale Catalogue , A Catalogue of the Large and Valuable Library of the late Learned and Ingenious Mr. Michael Maittaire, Deceased..., in the Whole Forty-four Nights Sale... by Mess. Cock and Langford, (of the Great Piazza, Covent Garden,) On Monday the 21st Day of November 1748, and the Nineteen following Evenings..., 2 parts in one, [1748], manuscript prices realised throughout volume, some dust-soiling and spotting, 19th century half sheep, upper board detached, lower joint split, worn, 8vo, with Fothergill (Samuel & Phillips, Catherine) , Some Discourses, Epistles, and Letters, by the Late Samuel Fothergill. To which are added, Some Discourses by the Late Catherine Phillips, both of the Society of Friends, 1st edition, 1803, bound with Vaux (Roberts) , Memoirs of the Life of Anthony Benezet, Philadelphis Printed. York: Reprinted with additions &c. for W. Alexander, 1817, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 12mo, with Somerville (John) , Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen: in which the Importance of Improving the Short-Wooled Breeds of Sheep, by a Mixture of Merino Blood, is Demonstrated from Actual Practice..., 3rd edition, enlarged, 1809, ten engraved plates (including frontispiece and 3 folding), signature to upper margin of title and occasional underscoring to text, toning and light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, spine worn & torn with loss, 8vo, and Hazlehurst (Priscilla) , The Family Friend, and Young Woman's Companion; or Housekeeper's Instructor..., 7th edition, circa 1818, engraved frontispiece, some dust-soiling, contemporary marbled sheep, joints split, spine worn with loss at head & foot, paper labels to upper board, worn 8vo, plus other miscellaneous antiquarian including Advice to Sportsmen by Marmaduke Markwell, 1809, The Second [& Third] Tour of Doctor Syntax [by William Combe], mixed editions, 1820 & 1821, numerous plates after Thomas Rowlandson, and a defective copy of An History of Civill Warres of England between the two houses of Lancaster and Yorke..., Englished by ... Henry Earle of Monmouth, 1641 (Qty: 18)

Jenner (Thomas). A Direction for the English Traviller, by which he shal be inabled to Coast about all England and Wales, 1643, title engraved by Jacob van Langeren, folding distance table, 39 (of 40) engraved cartographical county mileage tables with 'thumbnail' maps, lacking map of Cheshire, Northamptonshire map duplicated, folding general map of England and Wales lacking lower half (the map portion), title laid down, 'The use of all the insueing Tables' leaf laid down with last two lines partly completed in manuscript, a little light spotting and water stains, bookplate of Allan Heywood Bright (1862-1941, British Liberal politician), later calf, spine and edges rubbed, small 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESChubb XLVI; ESTC R38849; Skelton 25. First published in 1635 by Mathew Simmons, in this edition by Jenner "the 'thumb-nail' county maps have been erased, and larger maps on double the scale (10 miles=about 1/2 ins.) engraved in their place in the triangular space in the lower right-hand corner of the plates. The names of towns are given in full, and those in neighbouring counties are added" (Skelton).

Forbes (Edward & Hanley, Sylvanus). A History of British Mollusca, and their Shells, 4 volumes, London: John Van Voorst, 1853, large paper copy, 203 lithograph plates, all but 2 hand-coloured, many plates with manuscript numbers written to caption key, occasional light toning to text, ink stamp to endpapers, all edges gilt, near contemporary gilt and blind decorated red morocco, lightly rubbed, large 8vo (Qty: 4)

Scrap book. Compiled by Ellen Clayton, 1814, comprising some 70 leaves of manuscript verse and 15 mainly pencil topographical and natural history views of Bothwell Castle and other ruins, bookplate of Ellen Clayton, all edges gilt, original blue morocco, a little rubbed, small 4to, together with a pencil sketch of a cow and milkmaid in Regents Park, signed 'H.B.W.' (Henry Brittan Willis, 1810-1884) bottom left, 12.7 x 17 cm, plus a book of small photographic views, circa 1882 (Qty: 3)

Broadhurst (Arthur Brooks). 'Three Months Tiger Shooting in the Deccan, Secunderabad, Liberty Hall, 1884', manuscript in brown and black ink on paper, [4] 1-139 [2] 140-144 pp. (pp.145-186 blank), 7 pen-and-ink sketches to half-title, title-page and text, 14 watercolours in text (1 full-page), a few manuscript corrections, first leaf (half-title) tipped to inside front cover with 4 strips of paper, soiled and slightly nicked along fore edge, inside front cover inscribed 'Arthur Brooks Broadhurst XIV Hussars', original silk-embroidered black felt binding, front cover titled 'Old Deccan Days' with elaborate monogram 'ABB', tiger vignette to rear cover, 8vo (17.7 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 3)NOTESCf. Czech (Asia) p. 1. Original autograph manuscript of a rare account of Indian big-game hunting. The printed edition, issued privately at Secunderabad in 1884, is untraced in libraries, and two copies have appeared at auction, in 1974 and 2018; Czech cites the work from a reference in the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society , but had not seen a copy. In each of these cases the author is listed simply as 'A. B. B'. The ownership inscription in our copy allows the author to be positively identified as Arthur Brooks Broadhurst (1860-1930) of the 14th (King's) Hussars. Broadhurst was born at Cheetham Hill, Lancashire and later lived at Penrith; his father was the industrialist Henry Tootal Broadhurst. He reached the rank of captain and was gazetted adjutant of auxiliary forces in 1888. For Broadhurst's personal fishing priest and binoculars (from the same source) see the following lot.

Thornton (John, 1720-1790). 'A short account of my Travels from Riga through Germany, Italy etc to England. With what is curious to be seen at each Place begun at Riga the 26th July 1742 N. S. or O. S. the 15th July 1742 with also the Tour of England, Scotland and Ireland', manuscript in brown ink on paper, [2] 1-[180] pp. (a few errors in pagination), 30-35 lines to the page, last 5 leaves loose, text ending mid-sentence on final page, front pastedown with engraved armorial bookplate (incorporating a chevron sable between three hawthorn bushes above name 'John Thornton, London') and pencil inscription 'Melville Library', contemporary comb-marbled paper boards, rubbed, 4to (24 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESA detailed and highly descriptive journal in all appearances by noted merchant and philanthropist John Thornton (1720-1790). After the death of his father, Robert, a wealthy merchant and director of the Bank of England, ' Thornton inherited the Clapham estate and about £100,000, which he increased greatly in the Russian trade. A large part of Thornton's income was devoted to the encouragement of a gospel ministry in various parts of the world' (ODNB); these business interests would seem to explain his unusual route to Italy via Prussia. His account is characterised by a grand tourist's eye for art and architecture, and fair-minded descriptions of people and places visited, the latter including Memel (modern Klaipeda, in Lithuania), Königsberg (Kaliningrad), and various cities in what is now Poland, including Danzig (Gdansk) and Köslin (Koszalin). Thornton's son Henry (1760-1815) became a influental banker and an important figure in the Clapham Sect, while his daughter Jane married Alexander Leslie-Melville, 7th Earl of Leven (1749-1820); his great-great-grandson was E. M. Forster.

* Broadhurst (Arthur Brooks, 1860-1930). The personal binoculars and fishing priest of an Indian big-game hunter, i.e. 1) a pair of C. P. Goerz Triëder 12x binoculars, serial number 2568, housed in contemporary button-fastened leather case hand-painted with address panel 'Ravenoaks, Penrith, Cumberland' and motifs including a tiger, fish, stags, fish, skull-and-crossbones and swastika, red velvet lining, binoculars and case both rubbed, binoculars in good working order; 2) a wooden fishing priest (approx. length 38 cm), pommel carved in shape of human head, grip carved in ropework pattern and incorporating 2 panels lettered 'A.B.B. Feb: 1895' and 'Simon the Salmon Slayer', notched shaft, grip and shaft sometime split and skilfully braced with 4 strips of metal (Qty: 2)NOTESArthur Brooks Broadhurst (1860-1930) was an officer in the 14th (King's) Hussars, and author of the rare privately-printed journal Three Months Tiger Shooting the Deccan (Secunderabad, 1884). He was born at Cheetham Hill, Lancashire and later lived at Penrith; his father was the industrialist Henry Tootal Broadhurst. He reached the rank of captain and was gazetted adjutant of auxiliary forces in 1888. Broadhurst's authorship of Three Months Tiger Shooting appears only now to have come to light through the emergence of his autograph manuscript (see the previous lot): it was previously attributed only to 'A. B. B.', the moniker carved into the fishing priest.

Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar. Ruznamah-i safar-i Farangistan [Persian title], 1st edition, Tehran: Muhammad Hasan, Safar AH 1291 [i.e. 1874 CE], 207 pp., Persian types throughout, pages misbound in order 1-78, 84-95,156-9, 80-83, 96-155, 160-207, but all present, contents toned, a few spots and stains, first few leaves slightly chipped, pp. 6/7 repaired obscuring a few letters, pp. 180-1 strengthened in fore margin, paper restoration to lower inner corner of final leaf to loss of a few words, Persian manuscript annotations to blank recto of initial leaf, contemporary Persian sheep binding, stamped in blind, rubbed, portion of restoration to fore edge of rear board, 4to (26 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst edition of Qajar ruler Nasir al-Din Shah's journal of his 1873 European tour, eleven copies traced in libraries world-wide, one copy appearing in auction records, in 1990. An English translation by James Redhouse was published the same year, with the title Diary of H.M. the Shah of Persia during his tour through Europe in A.D. 1873. The work is also known in Persian as the Safarnamah-i Humayuni .

Erdeswick [Sampson]. 'The Antiquities of Staffordshire. Collected in ye Raigne of Queen Elizabeth by Mr Erdeswick of London out of Publick Records, & Antient Evidences of Gentlemen yt were ye Owners & Lords of Estates in this County 1595. With ye Copy of a Letter from Sir Simon Deggs to Mr Digby of Sandon, upon his perusal his Manuscript View of Staffordshire, [c.1750], manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, [2] 84 [13] pp., 23 to 29 lines to the page, final 10 leaves blank, an initial blank bifolium loose, light marginal spotting, faint stain to title-page and subsequent leaves, modern bookplate (D. J. Wright), contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, rubbed, corners worn, 4to (20.2 x 16 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Robert Wilmot, 1st Baronet (1708-1782), of Osmaston, Derbyshire (ownership inscription 'R Wilmot' to front pastedown, title-page and page 1; engraved armorial bookplate, 'Sr Robt Wilmot of Osmaston, Derbyshire'). Wilmot was resident secretary to twelve consecutive viceroys of Ireland (1737 to 1772), including his patron William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (1698-1755), and also served as secretary to the Lord Chamberlain (1758-1772). The manuscript appears to be in his own hand. Sampson Erdeswick (c.1538–1603) was a recusant lawyer and antiquary. 'About 1593 [he] began work on what he called a 'View' of Staffordshire and Cheshire. By his death he had finished a draft of Staffordshire but had written little of the Cheshire section. Sir William Dugdale described it as "a brief but elaborate work … compiled from public records and ancient evidences" ... By 1842 the existence of twenty-five copies of the 'View' had been traced; the whereabouts of another fifteen were unknown. An unsatisfactory edition was published in 1717 under the title A Survey of Staffordshire and reissued in 1723. Thomas Harwood of Lichfield produced a scholarly edition in 1820, and his further revised edition of what was still called A Survey appeared posthumously in 1844' (ODNB).

* Portraits of farmers . [Thomas William Coke], uncoloured mixed method engraving on india wove, proof before title and letters. '1st proof' added in pencil below image, tipped on to later card, 520 x 340 mm, framed and glazed, together with Reynolds (Samuel William) , [Charles 5th Duke of Richmond], circa 1850, uncoloured mixed method engraving after Richard Andsell, some dust soiling and toning, water stained along bottom margin, 540 x 345 mm, framed and glazed, with Tathan (Frederick) , Mr John Price. The celebrated breeder of Hereford Cattle, circa 1860, uncoloured lithograph, several long closed tears affecting image, frayed with slight loss, title in mount aperture and replaced in manuscript, 505 x 370 mm, framed and glazed, plus Day & Haghe (lithographers) , J. Penhallow Peters Esqre, uncoloured lithograph, slight marginal toning, 365 x 270 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, and Reynolds (S. W.). Geo. Webb Hall Esqre. Mr. Lonsdale & Berners, 1822, uncoloured mezzotint on wove, some water staining.660 x 405 mm (Qty: 5)Amended Description: The lead item does not depict the Duke of Bedford

* Pedigree Roll. Manuscript Pedigree Roll of Watson of Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and London, extracted from the records of the Heralds College, London, by Stephen Tucker, Rouge Croix, 15th January, 1879, three sheet vellum parchment pedigree roll with hand painted armorial in blue and gold, and title heading in blue and red, pedigree records the Watson family from Richard Watson of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire (died 30 Aug 1708) to Charles Morton Watson (born 5 Dec 1877), dimensions 53 x 204 cm (20.75 x 80 ins), contained in original black painted metal pedigree tube with lid, together with a selection of other supporting pedigrees written on paper and related notes etc. (Qty: -)

Arabic manuscript. [Devotional manual], Ottoman territories: colophon signed Isma'il bin Mustafa, 1258 AH [i.e. 1842/3 CE], Arabic manuscript in black ink on laid paper, 110 leaves + blank, containing 2 main texts (folios 3b-20a, 20b-99b), both in naskh script by the same hand, 11 lines to the page, text framed in red, key-words and other textual markings in red, 2 decorative headpieces, 2 full-page illuminated architectonic vignettes, occasional damp-staining to upper margins, a few other marks, contemporary blind-stamped leather binding with envelope flap, small 8vo (14 x 9.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThe two main texts are unnamed but are both manuals for Muslim worship. The copyist uses Turkish in the colophon, indicating an Ottoman provenance.

Michelot (Henri). De Waare Wegwyzer voor de Stuurlieden en Lootzen in de Middelansche Zee ... Hierby gevoegt eene naauwkeurige beschryving van de octant van John Hadley; met eenige byzondere waarneemingen van Capitein Edmund Halley .... Dit alles is uit het Fransch en Engelsch vertaald door Willem Baron van Wassenaar, 2nd edition in Dutch, Amsterdam: Gerard Hulst van Keulen, [1789], [6] 1-214 [10] pp., signatures [*]1-3 A-2E4, [*]1=half-title, 72 engraved charts on 19 folding sheets, toning, occasional faint damp-staining to margins of text, half-title slightly soiled, ink-stain to p. 46, charts partially damp-stained, list of charts in contemporary manuscript to rear free endpaper, modern bookplate (C. M. Sophoclides), contemporary red sheep backing patterned paper boards, spine rubbed, boards with extensive surface-loss, 4to (25 x 20 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESFirst published in French in 1703 as Le portulan de la partie de la mer Mediterrannee, ou Le vray guide des pilotes costiers; this Dutch translation was first printed at Leiden in 1745. One copy only of this edition in libraries world-wide, at the University of Amsterdam (their cataloguing supplying the date 1789), and four of the 1745 edition (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Leiden, and the Royal Library of the Netherlands). In addition to the charts, the 1745 edition is known to contain a folding plate (depicting an octant), a volvelle and a folding table. These are not found in the present copy, although the volvelle is mentioned in the instructions to the binder ('Berigt aan den boekebinder') on the final page. Furthermore, the catch-word 'Voor' on the verso of leaf [*3] ('Voorreden van de vertaalder') does not match the first word of the following page (p. 1), where the main text begins. In the 1745 edition the 'Voorreden van de vertaalder' leaf is instead signed *4; it is preceded by a dedication leaf to Jacob Philip, Baron van Botzelaer (1711-1781), itself signed *3, and followed by the 'Voorreden van de schryver', a four-leaf quire signed 2*. Notwithstanding these apparent defects our copy seems to conform to that held by the University of Amsterdam; it is conceivable that Keulens would have discarded the dedication leaf to the by then deceased Baron van Botzelaer, and reset the rest of the preliminaries as a result.

* Brides in the Bath Murders. The original execution record for George Joseph Smith, Maidstone Prison, 13 August 1915, a pre-printed form from a Records of Execution ledger, completed in manuscript and giving details relating to the execution of George Joseph Smith for the Brides in the Bath Murders, with particulars of the condemned prisoner, and of the execution and records respecting the executioner (John Ellis, Rochdale) and his assistant (Edward Taylor, Brighton), plus opinion of the governor (F.E. Wintle) and medical officer (A. Hoar) 'as to the manner in which each of the above-named persons has performed his duty', one page, 33 x 41cm (Qty: 1)NOTESGeorge Joseph Smith (1872-1915) was an English serial killer and bigamist. In 1915, he was convicted and subsequently hanged for the murder of three women, the case becoming known as the Brides in the Bath Murders. The case was widely reported in the media and had significance in the history of forensic pathology and detection. It was also one of the first cases in which similarities between connected crimes were used to prove deliberation, a technique used in subsequent prosecutions. In this document Smith is registered as being forty-three years old, 5 feet 7 and a half inches, 161 pounds, of proportionate build and his neck being 'normal, thin, no scars'. The length of the determined drop before the execution was measured at 6 feet 8 inches, the drop as measured after the execution being 2 inches greater. The cause of death is noted as 'complete dislocation of vertebrae'. His neck after the execution is noted as 'bruised only, no abrasions'. The executioner John Ellis (1874-1932) worked as a hangman from 1901 to 1924. His other occupations were as a Rochdale hairdresser and newsagent.

Brookshaw (George). Six Birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full instructions for the young artist; intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting, 1817, six engraved plates in two states, (hand-coloured and uncoloured), some soiling and marginal repairs, manuscript annotation slip pasted to rear pastedown, endpapers renewed, original boards with chipped label to upper cover, rebacked and recornered, covers rubbed with stains, folio (Qty: 1)NOTESNissen IVB 150.

* Deformed Animals. Four engravings of domestic animals with malformed or preternatural growths, early 19th century, including, Richardson (William, publisher), The Horned Heifer..., bred by Mr. Sharp near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, 1809, uncoloured small broadside with an additional small mezzotint tipped on to the paper showing the same beast, the animal has multiple additional horns growing from its neck and flanks, two rust marks in upper margin caused by old paper-clips, overall size 290 x 200 mm, together with Kirby (R.S. publisher). A Wonderful Cock with Four Legs!, 1813, uncoloured engraving of a cockerel with two additional vestigial legs, torn with slight loss to paper but not affecting image, 190 x 115 m, with 'A Monstrous Sheep'. an uncoloured and unattributed miniature aquatint of a sheep with a preternatural horn growing from its neck to the ground, separate descriptive text tipped to base of image, old rust stains caused by paper-clips affecting image, laid on later card, 65 x 95 mm, plus The Six-Legged Ox: Exhibited 1829. watercolour drawing and subsequent engraving of an oxen with two addition vestigial feet growing from his shoulders, both tipped on to later card another piece of paper with three lines of near contemporary manuscript descriptive text, the card with the manuscript title, old rust stains caused by paper-clips affecting manuscript title, overall size 290 x 200 mm (Qty: 4)

* Clock Designs. A collection of fifteen prints of clocks, circa 1850, uncoloured French lithographs of clocks, clock patterns, candelabra and light fittings, each with a contemporary manuscript number (possibly a stock number), mostly folio but various sizes and condition (Qty: 15)

Norway . 'A Trip to the Dovre Fjeld, Norway, 1888', manuscript in black ink on paper, [4] 91 [1] pp. (all single bifolia), calligraphic title-page, pen-and-ink area map, approximately 60 pen-and-ink sketches in the text, many with captions, 4 grisaille watercolours on card, mounted, contemporary purple pebble-grain cloth clamp binder, rounded spine, manuscript paper label to front board, 8vo (23 x 16 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: William Kane Dods (1866-1948) and Charles M. Normand (?1834-1912), with ownership inscription 'W. K. Dods' and 'C. M. Normand' in the same hand to the title-page. Dods's father George (1836-1909) was Acting Colonial Surgeon in Hong Kong; William became an agent for the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation and served as treasurer and honorary secretary of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. Normand (?1834-1912), was a contemporary of Dods senior and also served in the Far East as an assistant surgeon. For items with the same provenance see lots 38-43 in our sale Photography: From West to East (3 October 2019). An attractive travel journal enlivened with accomplished pen-and-ink sketches depicting the party's progress through the mountainous Dovre region.

* Darwin (Charles Robert, 1809-1882). Autograph letter signed 'Charles Darwin', Down, Bromley, Kent, 8 December 1858, to J[ohn] Higgins, thanking him for his note and 'half years account & for £250: 6: 2 placed to my account at the Union Bank', signed by Charles Darwin across affixed one penny duty stamp at foot, one page, 8vo, tipped on to mount and matted longitudinally with two further manuscript items, a receipt of £2 from Thomas Turner (by payment of John Higgins) for an annual subscription, 11 June 1863, signed by Charles Mason, one page, oblong 8vo, plus a second receipt from Wintringham & Bennett [timber merchants] made out to John Higgins, 22nd November 1858, one page on blue paper, 4to, overall 80 x 37cm (Qty: 3)NOTESJohn Higgins (1795/6-1872) acted as Charles Darwin's land agent from 1845, when Robert Waring Darwin (Charles's father) bought, on his son's behalf, a farm in Beesby, near Claythorpe and Alford in Lincolnshire. Higgins managed the farm and collected the rent for Charles Darwin, while living himself at Alford Manor House, Alford, Lincolnshire. Higgins also acted as agent for Darwin's sister Susan and their father Robert. Lincolnshire Archives hold 35 letters from Darwin to Higgins, largely of similar content. See the online Darwin Correspondence Project for full details.

South America. 'Souvenir pour Mr. Pico, officier de la Marine Nle. Alger, Almeria, Gibralta, Ténériffe, Saint-Louis, Gorée, Dackar, Grande-terre, Rio-Janeiro, Montevideo, Colonia, Buenos-ayres', c.1845-50, watercolour, pencil and pen-and-ink on laid paper (watermarks D & G Blauw, B F K Rives), title-page, 12 leaves each containing 2 discrete watercolours captioned in manuscript, variable spotting and finger-soiling, front inner hinge tender, large-scale pencilled ownership inscription 'L Nauoin' to front pastedown, contemporary green half cloth album, marbled sides, oblong folio (21 x 32.5 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESAlbum of watercolours apparently produced by a French sailor involved in the Anglo-French blockade of the Rio de la Plata (1845-50), containing twelve leaves each with a watercolour view drawn from life, adjacent to a discrete portrait of an ethnographic 'type' particular to the depicted locale. The view of Buenos Aires depicts the 'Maison de l'amiral Brown sur le bord de la Plata'. After service in the Royal Navy, Irish-born officer William Brown (1777-1857) joined the Argentinian rebel republican government in 1814, and as a result of his heroic actions in the ensuing war of independence and subsequent conflicts with Brazil and Uruguay is considered the founder of the Argentine navy. The Anglo-French force dispossessed him of ships shortly after the establishment of the blockade in 1845, reducing him to 'compulsory inactivity' (ODNB) on his Buenos Aires estate.

Seven facsimile images after Japanese print originals, including: Ohashi Atake no Yudachi; Kanbara; Shono; Kanagawa-oki nami-ura and Asakusa Kinryuzan; together with an illuminated leaf from an Islamic manuscript; and six pieces of Asian porcelain [14].

Holy Cross: Murphy (Rev. D.) Truimphalia Chronologica Monasterii Sanctae Crucis in Hibernia, De Cisterciensium Hibernorum viris illustribus. 4to D. 1895. First Edn., with fine cold. & litho plts., cloth; also O'Curry (Eugene) Lectures on The Manuscript Materials of Ancient Irish History, thick 8vo D. 1861. First Edn., cloth. (2)

A pair of framed Prints of Eastern goddesses on manuscript paper

The Journal of William Darling, Grace Darling's Father. 1886; Original quarter vellum binding; and Gratiolet Pierre:Brachiopodes. c1860. Bound with Conchyliologie and manuscript letter and notes signed by the author. French text. Half calf with marbled boards. (2)

Onions C.T.: The Shakespeare Glossary. 1925 2nd edition with laid-in signed manuscript letter from the author; Pottle Mark (Ed): Daring to Hope with signed manuscript inscription by Elena Bonham Carter; five other books each signed by the author and quantity of miscellaneous books

The Historie of all the Romane Emperors - Translated by William Traheron - 1668. Later manuscript title page in black and red ink. Original full calf leather binding.

18th century manuscript deed on vellum being a five page conveyance of a farm at Rillington, with multiple wax seals, and another dated 1713 relating to the assignment of the Queens Lease on land at Middleton

Late-Georgian commonplace book, featuring 26 pages of manuscript verse and watercolour illustrations. The book includes a watercolour depiction of a slave looking heavenwards, 'Where slaves once more their native land behold', signed with initials 'M.W.'. The book also includes a page of verse relating to Lord Nelson, with watercolour wreath and flag inscribed 'Victory, Death, Nelson!'; a watercolour illustration of 'A View from Lymestone, Devon', signed 'M.C.' and dated 1810; a grisaille watercolour of Caversham Church with verse by Catherine Cecilia, 1808; an ink sketch of a sailing vessel with verse, 'On the Loss of the Dove', with love heart inscribed 'R.S.' and 'Once a united chain, But now - broken', signed 'S. H. Tracy' and dated 18 February 1830, plus various other watercolour illustrations including botanical. Quarto, quarter-cloth with marbled paper covers

Mid-Victorian commonplace book, c.1860, featuring 126 pages of manuscript verse embellished with pencil and watercolour illustrations and contemporary mounted engravings, to include Valentine interest (illustrations and verse on Dobbs embossed paper). Quarto, worn contemporary calf 

William IV period commonplace book, featuring 130 pages of manuscript verse embellished with pencil and watercolour illustrations and contemporary pasted engravings & lithographs; the book is formed of plain and coloured paper. The book includes watercolour illustrations of butterflies, pasted 'toy theatre' characters, fashion plates, topographical views, portraits. Quarto, worn paper boards

Regency period handmade Valentine in the form of a rebus (a puzzle with words represented by pictures). Ink & watercolour, the recto with central heart-shaped design and pink background with depiction of cupid's arrow; the verso with manuscript verse addressed to 'Anna'. The rebus as follows: 'My dearest [angel], Accept the [hand], and [heart], of thy honest [gentleman] to whom thou art much dearer than [gold].' The paper bears a manufacturer's watermark for J. Green, 1815. Presented in Hogarth frame, 23cm by 18cm

Collection of 35 Victorian & Edwardian birthday and greetings cards, to include two late-Victorian chromolithographic cards depicting flowers with silk fringed edges; a late-Victorian die-cut folding card depicting forget-me-nots and snowdrops with verse by Fannie Goddard; a c.1880 card depicting girl at school writing with giant quill, manuscript greeting in French; a blank card depicting lady with lawn tennis racket; an embossed die-cut card depicting two children in tartan outfits with calendar for June to verso and date of 22nd circled in ink, and others, including cards by Marcus Ward and Raphael Tuck. To include a small number of earlier Victorian paper lace cards worn as found (scraps). Together with 13 later 20th-century cards, including two featuring watercolour roses (48)

Valentine notebook, c.1860, the calf boards bearing initials (presumably the initials of the lovers), 'C. M. & E.A.', the endpapers formed of coloured paper lace by Dobbs with manuscript romantic verse, the rear endpaper opening as a wallet, notebook unused but with gift inscription to opening page, 'On the evening hour love, Think of me, And know that I, Do think of thee'. Together with a cloth-bound notebook with game to upper board, partially inscribed as journal documenting trip to London, July & August 1885, and a Harwood's Memorandum Book, expenses in pencil, containing handwritten cheque/invoice, 'Cheltenham 1867' (3)

Collection of mid-Victorian Valentines, comprising: Cut-out Valentine, snowflake-like pattern with doves and manuscript verse; needlecase, pierced paper with silk ties and handwritten verse to each side; sachet (sometimes scented sachets were sent instead of cards), c.1840, watercolour illustration of vase of flowers to each side; 'Lucky Bag of fairy brightness', embossed paper purse housing hidden printed message; five "opening doors" Valentines, one with handwritten captions to each window, one with enclosed manuscript verse dated 1847 (addressed to Mademoiselle Victorine Janson of Brighton) (9)

Collecting of miscellaneous cards, comprising: original ink & watercolour Christmas card, 'A Merry Xmas 1917', depicting clowns in front of striped tent (opens to reveal troupe of brightly coloured performers); c.1825 novelty purse, orange card with applied watercolour butterfly, housing a similar orange sheet bearing tiny manuscript Lord's Prayer; c.1860 Alum Bay sand picture of Osborne House with pierced border; Aesthetic Christmas card, c.1890, etched design of woman worshipping mistletoe on furniture; a netting shuttle & needle made of wood, inscribed, To Hetty Merry Christmas 1915 From Cess'; c.1895 novelty/comic Christmas card by Angus Thomas with applied fabric check trousers, 'Uncheckered Prosperity', complete with envelope addressed to George Raphael of Ballymena, postmarked 24 December 1895; Christmas greetings card in the form of small book, 'Telephone', comic illustrations with quotes from Shakespeare, published in USA by Louis Prang, 1878; late-Victorian Christmas card, ink illustration of gentleman with shotgun addressing an owl, inscribed and illustrated with game verso; boxed novelty Christmas card in the form of a mirror with quote from Robert Burns, the box addressed to George Rapahel on Ballymena, Ireland (9)

Two mid-Victorian scrapbooks (c.1870s), one bound in vellum with 'Crests' inscribed to upper board (the opening three pages are a diary for 'Chas Jones', 1873); the other is bound in colourful embroidered covers (and features coloured tissue-paper pages). The scrapbooks include pasted greetings and Valentines, including several paper lace cards by Dobbs or similar, as well as more typical embossed chromolithographic "scraps". Together with a small crushed morocco 'Album' with coloured paper pages, sparsely-filled with manuscript verse, and a late-Victorian unused 'Album' with embossed cover depicting young girl (4)

A mid-Victorian commonplace book, c.1860s, with coloured paper pages of manuscript verse, amateur sketches, and pasted photographic prints. Together with a "drawing book", 1835, featuring amateur pencil sketches of botanical and topographical views, and a mid-Victorian scrap album, inscribed, 'Charles Frederic Newman, 1874', featuring hand-coloured engraved & lithographic "scraps" of exotic birds, peacocks, wild animals, portraits, fashion plates, several "Where is the" puzzles, engraved crests, and a lift-the-flap Valentine on paper lace by Dobbs or similar ('The Casket: The requisite Contents of a Lady's Dressing Case - Without these Articles none can be Complete', with 21 flaps) (3)

19th-century manuscript Valentine in the form of a 'Map of Matrimony', ink & watercolour, the hand-coloured central design showing countries and oceans as elements of love ('United States of Agitation'; 'Isles of Jealousy'; 'Kingdom of Courtship'; 'Dangerous Strait of Flirtation'; 'Land of Spinsters'), accompanied by handwritten verse, presented in verre eglomise frame, 20cm by 13cm

Fulford (Reginald Baldwin, Naval Officer and Arctic Explorer, 1851-86) Ephemera relating to the life of Reginald Fulford, including: 3 letters (2 addressed to Fulford", and 1 from L.A. Beaumont to Fulford's father on the death of his son), chromolithographed Christmas card "The N. Pole", 2 Japanese style watercolour Christmas Cards, engraved card "Pickwickian menu" with manuscript insertions, copper plate for Fulford's cards and numerous printed cards, notebook of Katharine Jane Fulford (1½pp. in pencil only), 3 photographs of Fulford (1 creased) etc., 1877-87 (sm. qty). ⁂ Includes an Autograph Letter signed from Lewis Anthony Beaumont (senior lieutenant of HMS Discovery 1875-76, 1847-1922), on the death of Reginald Fulford in Hong Kong in 1886, "we had been much together towards the end of our stay in the Arctic, and I cannot even now keep regretting the way in which his services & claims were persistently set aside for some new and more favoured candidate, though the last 3 or 4 times I brought his name prominently to the front."Beaumont commanded a sledging party on a journey to explore the north coast of Greenland, reaching Sherard Osborn Fjord on the Lioncoln Sea and turning back on 22 May 1876.

Davies (William Henry, poet and writer, 1871-1940) 6 Autograph manuscript poems initialled "W H D", 6pp., folds, browned, each 202 x 125mm., n.d. [c. ?1920s].⁂ Poems comprising: Lady Day, When leaves begin, Love Impeached, April's Lambs, The Truth, The Force of Love. Some published originally in 1919 and 1920s, and later republished in The Complete Poems..., 1963, except for Lady Day, not traced.

Victorian travel journals & diaries.- Bell family (of Ford House, Sunderland & Newbus Grange, near Darlington) Collection of 15 manuscript diaries, travel journals, commonplace book etc. by members of the Bell family, autograph manuscripts, numerous pp., original leather and other bindings, v.s., v.d., 1838-1914; and a quantity of related letters and documents, v.s., v.d. (15 vol. & qty).Includes: (1). Bell (Mary, of Ford House) [Diary], 2 vol., autograph manuscript, together c. 330pp., first vol. original diced calf, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, second vol. original morocco, gilt, 8vo, 10th September 1838 - May 1850.(2). Bell (William) A short account of Towns and places passed through on a Journey through France, Switzerland, Germany, The Rhine, and Belgium..., autograph manuscript, 142pp. excluding blanks, original green vellum, slightly rubbed, brass clasp, 8vo, 13th April 1843.(3). Bell (William M.) Journal of a Tour in 1861 [&] Letter of a Visit to the French & English Fleets in 1865, autograph manuscript, c. 240pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, gilt, 8vo, October 1861 - January 1862 & 1865.(4). Bell (William Charles) [Journal of a tour to Italy & Switzerland], autograph manuscript, 72pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, creased, 8vo, 1866.(5). Bell (Louisa, of Roche Court, near Salisbury) [Journal of a European Tour, including Paris, Mentone, Florence, Venice, Vienna, Munich etc.], autograph manuscript, 98pp. excluding blanks, original morocco, brass clasp, 8vo, 1873.⁂ "Wednesday June 13th [1866] Cernobia [Cernobbio] Thunder storms all day... . Charlie went to Como. Garibaldi went down the lake saw his return guns fired &c." - William Charles Bell.