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Florence. Manuscript Memoranda by Manzini, a Florentine merchant, of family and public matters and events between 1478 and 1525, autograph manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, bears watermark of a five-pointed star within a circle (similar to Briquet 6071), thus suggesting a paper used at Florence around 1478, 29 leaves, numbered to upper right corner 9, 14, 18, 22, 26-31, 34 up to 52, but with some apparent breaks in the numeration, additional manuscript note on a slip of similar laid paper loosely inserted, dampstained to inner margins throughout, 17 further blank leaves of laid paper at end (unused), disbound, with remains of stitching still present, folio (27.5 x 20.5 cm), loosely contained in 20th century plain pale blue wrapper, and red cloth portfolio, with 2 pages of 20th century typewritten notes on the contents of the manuscript (apparently by a Miss Rosemary Hughes), a copy of the printed catalogue of manuscripts and books by Maggs Bros. Ltd., London (Catalogue 884, Ancient Medieval and Modern No. 6, May 1962), in which this manuscript is described as item 68, with a price of £35, also a typewritten letter from H. Clifford Maggs of Maggs Bros. Ltd. to Professor C.H. Clough, dated 30th July 1962, in which the bookseller confirms that he has traced the Manzini Ricordi in the strong room, and has now sent it to Professor Clough by post (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. The present manuscript is a series of ricordi, or memoranda on personal and public matters between the years 1478 and 1525, by a Florentine merchant whose surname is Manzini. Until 23rd July 1462, he lived in San Gemignano (folio 9 recto), and appears to have been a shopkeeper or merchant as on the verso of the same leaf he states that in 1463 he rented half a bottega (a shop), with a little warehouse from Jacopo di Piero Piccino and started business from there. The bottega is referred to once more in a reference to his will on folio 43 verso. Manzini may have been connected with the cloth trade, since he mentions on folio 29 verso that he held the son of a flax worker in baptism. There are four references of historical significance: On folio 29 recto the writer gives a short account of a procession on the 14th May 1487 of the Madonna Santa Maria of Impruneta. On folio 39 verso Manzini describes the expulsion of Piero de Medici on 9th November 1494, when the citizens went armed to the palace and shouted "Popolo e liberta", and how the 'primi fanciugli' (the foremost young men) were amongst the insurgents. The writer had been present at four uprisings since 1458, but this occasion was the most united and extraordinary affair surely sent from heaven ("la piu unita e maravigliosa cosa proprio dato da cieli...'). On folio 42 recto the author refers to the attack of Savonarola's enemies of San Marco, on the evening of April 8th, 1498, and the death of the head of the republic Gonfaloniere Francesco Valori. Savonarola is referred to as Fra Girolamo. Folio 42 recto refers to the departure of Piero de Medici and the Cardinal de Medici his brother after lunch on Sunday ('Dopo mangiare fu in dominicha'), on 9th November [1498]?

Frezza dalle Grotte (Gioseppe). Il Cantore Ecclesiastico. Breve, facile, ed essatta notizia del Canto Fermo. Per istruzzione de' Religiosi Minori Conventuali, 1st edition, Padua: Stamperia del Seminario, 1698, [1-8], 9-166 [i.e. 164], [8] pp., signatures A-U4 X6, half-title (A1) with full-page woodcut, episcopal woodcut arms to title-page (A2), folding woodcut of the Guidonian hand mnemonic device to rear (X6), music score throughout the text, moderate spotting and browning, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript spine-title, slightly marked, 4to (22.5 x 16 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESUncommon manual of plainchant, three copies traced in UK libraries (two copies at the British Library, one at Glasgow). Later editions were published in 1713 and 1733.

Langhorne (Daniel). An Introduction to the History of England comprising the principal affairs of this land, from its first planting, to the coming of the English Saxons, together with a catalogue of the British and Pictish Kings, 1st edition, Charles Harper and John Amery, 1676, some spotting, old inscriptions to title including initials of William Perceval and Edm-FitzSimons, armorial bookplate of William Perceval and old manuscript notes to front free end paper, contemporary calf with gilt thistle and shelf mark to foot of spine, rubbed, some corner wear, together with [Hobbes, Thomas], A History of the Civil Wars of England, from the years 1640, to 1660, second edition, no printer, 1679, some spotting and spoiling, some fraying to margins of leaves of signature F with little loss of text to five lines of F3, old manuscript shelf mark number to title, contemporary sheep, rubbed a little wear to extremities plus Poems on Affairs of State : from the time of Oliver Cromwell, to the abdication of King James Second. Written by the greatest wits of the age. Viz. Duke of Buckingham, Earl of Rochester, Lord Bu-----st, Sir John Denham, Andrew Marvell, Mr Milton, Mr Dryden, Mr Sprat, Mr Waller, Mr Ayloffe, & c, with some miscellany poems by the same: most whereof never before printed, no place, 1697, [14], 224, 245-260, 8pp, some spotting, heavy browning at rear, contemporary calf, somewhere joints cracked, all 8vo plus other miscellaneous antiquarian history and literature including Shakespeare's Works, 7 volumes, 1797, several volumes with bookplate of William Perceval and associated gilt thistle motif and shelf numbers to spines (Qty: 25)NOTES1) Wing L395; 2) Wing H224; 3) ESTC R234478; Wing P2719.

* Visconti (Filippo Maria, 1392-1447, Duke of Milan). Grant to Beccalacio Beccaria, Milan, 25 June 1412, Latin manuscript on vellum, 'filius quondam d[omi]ni Castellini dilectus Camerarius n[oste]r' of all the goods and assets of Otto Visconti which have escheated to the treasury in consequence of his rebellion and crime of 'lèse-majesté' a few tiny holes barely affecting text, else in fine condition, partial impression of armorial seal in yellow wax suspended from yellow silk cords, one page, 520 x 365mm, together with a Grant to Corradino de Capitaneo, secretarius, Milan, 30 September 1413, in Latin on vellum, of all the goods and assets of Otto Visconti (as above), in compensation for the destruction of his house during Otto's rebellion, somewhat creased along folds and lacking seal, but generally very good, one page, 460 x 330mm (Qty: 2)NOTESThe Visconti, Dukes of Milan, only too rightly chose the viper as their emblem. Gian Maria Visconti (1388-1412, the second Visconti Duke of Milan) used hounds of his ancestors no longer in the chase of boars, but of living men. His huntsman, Squarcia Giramo, trained the dogs to their duty by feeding them on human flesh. In 1412 some Milanese nobles succeeded in murdering him. He was succeeded by his younger brother Filippo Maria (1402-47), the last of the Visconti, who, due to his repellent appearance seldom left his secret apartments in the castello, and divided his bodyguardinto two groups who spied on each other. He married the widow of his condottiere, Faclno Cano, in order to win the support of the troops, but later had her beheaded on a false charge of adultery. See: J.A. Symonds, The Age of the Despots (1875).

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues..., London: Printed by Robert Barker, and by the Assignes of John Bill, 1634, general and New Testament titles within decorative woodcut border (general title torn to upper outer corner with loss and lined to verso), Apocrypha present, double-column black letter text, some dust-soiling, toning and few marks, marbled endpapers with old adhesive tape to hinges, 19th century half calf, joints split and some wear, 4to (leaf size 22.8 x 16.5cm), together with The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly translated out of the originall Tongues..., Printed by the Printers to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1637, general and New Testament titles within typographic ornament borders (both with early manuscript entries and markings to verso, general title with ink burn hole and show-through staining), Apocrypha present and with early inscription to final leaf, double-column black letter text, lacking 2D2 & 2E8, leaves 3E3, 3K2 & 3K3 torn with loss, few other minor tears, dust- & finger-soiled throughout, some spotting, marks and stains, 20th century marbled endpapers, late 18th century panelled sheep, rebacked, board edges and corners worn and showing, 4to (leaf size 22 x 17cm) (Qty: 2)NOTESHerbert 502; Darlow & Moule 390. General title dated 1634; New Testament dated 1636 on title, but 1634 in colophon. This example bound without Genealogies and Concordance. Herbert 514; Darlow & Moule 397; STC 2326. This example bound without Genealogies & map.

New Testament [English]. The New Testament in English Translated by John Wycliffe circa Mccclxxx, now first printed from a contemporary Manuscript formerly in the Monastery of Sion Middlesex late in the Collection of Lea Wilson FSA, printed at Chiswick by Charles Whittingham for William Pickering, 1848, half-title, frontispiece, title in red & black, black letter text with decorative initials, armorial bookplate of Douglas A. Shields, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco, marked, slightly rubbed and scuffed, 4to, together with New Testament [English] , Facsimile of William Tydale's New Testament of 1526, London: Paradine, 1976, facsimile text with initials in colour, original cloth, thick 8vo, and Gutenberg Bible Facsimile , 3 volumes, New York: Brussel & Brussel Inc., 1968, colour plates, facsimile text and decorations in black, original course cloth, spotted, folio, contained together in original worn slipcase, and Bible [English] , The Holy Bible, A Facsimile in a reduced size of the Authorized Version published in the year 1611, with an Introduction by A.W. Pollard..., Oxford: University Press, 1911, contemporary calf, extremities slightly rubbed, folio, plus other similar facsimile editions etc., including The Holy Scriptures..., Faithfully Translated from the Hebrue and Greke by Myles Coverdale, facsimile edition, London: Samuel Bagster & Sons, 1838, engraved portrait frontispiece, decorative title, contemporary diced calf, scuffed, 4to (Qty: 12)

Beccuti (Francesco). Rime di Francesco Beccuti Perugino, detto il Coppetta, in questa nuova Edizione d'alcun altre altre inedite accresciute, e corrette, e di copiose note corredate da Vincenzo Cavallucci, Venice, 1751, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with woodcut device, a few minor spots, bookplate of Wilmot, Earl of Lisburne (1730-1800), manuscript shelf number beneath, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine with red label and gilt decoration, 4to (Qty: 1)NOTESProvenance: Professor Cecil H. Clough (1930-2017), Reader in Medieval History, University of Liverpool. First published in Venice in 1580. A collection of homosexual poetry by Beccuti, who benefited from the tolerance of homosexuality just before the start of the Counter Reformation. The 1st Earl Lisburne inherited Mamhead Park in Devon, employing Robert Adam to improve the house and Lancelot 'Capability' Brown to redesign the grounds. Adam's work in the 1760's included a design for a library.

[Homes, Nathanael]. Gospel Musick. Or, The Singing of Davids Psalms, &c. in the public congregations, or private families asserted and vindicated, against a printed pamphlet, entitled, Certain Reasons by way of confutation and singing psalms in the letter. Objections sent in, in writing. Scruples of some tender consciences, by thy loving brother, N.H. D.D. M.M.S. Unto which is added, the judgement of our worthy brethren of New-England touching singing of psalms, as it is learnedly and gravely set forth in their Preface to the Singing Psalms, by them translated into Meter, 1st edition, printed for Henry Overton in Popes-Head Alley, 1644, [2], 30 pp., title-page within ornamental typographic border, manuscript number '3' lower right, a little spotting and dust soiling, edges stained red, 19th-century half morocco, some scuffing and wear with a little loss to spine, small 4to (183 x 140 mm) (Qty: 1)NOTESSabin 28050; Wing H2567. This work reprints most of the preface of the Bay Psalm book, Cambridge, Mass., 1640. The work being replied to seems not to have survived.

A Collection of Five Books Relating to Maps, Travel, Calligraphy and Palaeography To Include a 1928 Edition of Four Maps of Great Britain Designed by Mathew Paris About A.D 1250, a 1969 Edition of Mercator by A.S. Osley, A 1948 Edition of The Art of The Map-Maker in Essex 1566-1860, A 1972 Edition of John Norden's Manuscript Maps of Cornwall and its Nine Hundreds and a 1931 Edition of Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Round the World

MANUSCRIPT: Vesperal for Cistercian use. Late 15th-early 16th century. 80 pages, plus one page pasted to lower pastedown; in black, red and blue; with 2 illuminated letters , and lined throughout in red, and with notes in later hand. Bound in early 19th century wooden boards with metal and leather covers; now detached and lacking spine. The leaves have possibly been trimmed to fit the binding? Plus a loosely inserted letter from Brian S Donaghey to the seller, when he bought it in Feb. 1974

1- GAUDEN, John; (Charles 1): Eikón basiliké. The pourtraicture of His Sacred Majesty in his solitudes and sufferings. No Publisher, 1648, 1st. edn. With a double page plate of the king kneeling on one knee. PP:Title-page, (iv) contents, double-page plate, 1-80, 91, 82-83, 94-95, 86-87, 98-99, 90-91, 102-103, 94-95, 109, 97-107, 801, 109-243, 444, 245-269. Text is complete, but lacks the errata leaf. Cont. full calf, with later spine; name and scribble to head of title; ink manuscript notes to verso of the plate (one side only), and both edges of the plate frayed and repaired with tape; 2- Flagellum: or, The life and death, birth and burial of O. Cromwell the late usurper, faithfully described with an exact account of his policies and successes. W.G. for Randall Taylor, 1665, 3rd. edn. with a frontis portrait. PP: Title, A2-A4, 200. Half leather, rubbed and hinges cracked. The bookplate of 'Sir Francis Boileau, Lord Nugent' to front pastedown. Small burn hole to one page (2)

Hardwick: 1- Cullum, Sir Thomas-Gery: History and Antiquities of Hawsted and Hardwick in the County of Suffolk. J. Nichols, 1813, 2nd. edn. Complete with a portrait frontis, 10 plates plus 6 pedigrees. 4to. later cloth backed boards; rubbed; 2- Farrer, Rev. E: Portraits In Suffolk Houses (West). Quaritch, 1908, Limited edition, number 95 of 100 large paper copies. Cloth backed boards; rubbed and inner hinges cracked ; 3- Starke, M: Travels in Europe. Paris, Galignani, 1836, 9th. edn. with a large folding Map & a plan. Cont. half leather; rubbed; map torn (without loss) ; 4- An eighteenth century manuscript notebook, 70pp bound in cont. full leather; 5- John Flood: his will, dated May 1761; a lease between Henry Flood and Rich. Rice, August 1700; Plus various other documents; 6- Folder of other papers, including a printed silk fabric with red border: 'May it please your Majesty' From William Lloyd Flood (the High Sheriff) and Grand Jury of the County of Kilkenny, Ireland- on the occasion of the Royal visit (6)

Facsimile Edns: 1- Three Readable Reprints of Literary Rarities . Edited by Charles Hindley. Reeves & Turner, nd, c1870. The second work Limited to 50 copies. 4to. leather backed boards; lacking spine; 2- Nuremberg Chronicle. NY, Landmark Press, 1979. fine in slipcase; 3- Original Manuscript of the Book of Common Prayer . 1851, folio, plain cloth; 4- Roma Subterranea Novissima, 2 vols. 1972 Fine in slipcase; PLUS : Pearl, Cleanness, Patience, Sir Gawain. Oxford, H Milford, 1932. Loose in box and ties, as issued; vg; Berners, J: the boke of Saint Albans. 1905. VG; Parvus Cato Magnus Cato . 1906; Chaucer’s Tales; & William Caxton’s Fifteen D's and other prayers (9)

MANUSCRIPT: S H A H (Sydenham Henry Augustus Hervey), 1846-1946: A manuscript volume, 291 numbered pages: the first 18 pages are Sermons, and the rest his Journal/Diary mainly written while in Bury St. Edmunds (1871-1906). Also includes tipped-in appointments (with the Bishop’s seal)- of Rev. John Frederick Arthur Hervey, when ordained as priest, etc. Plus a tipped in 3pp autograph letter signed, from Charles Heathcote, Florys, Wimbledon Park, July 11th to the Lord Bishop of Bath & Wells (Arthur Charles Hervey) with reference to Heathcote’s brother being deprived by Alfred Lyttelton of his position as Amateur Champion of Tennis. Large 4to. cont. full leather

Two 16th century works in one volume: Hesiodus: Hesiodi Ascraei Opera, quae quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione Latina a regione.. Basilea, no date, c.1566 (inscription to front endpaper dated 1568). PP:500, (xxxii), (ii)blank, with manuscript explanation to one side; BOUND WITH : Marcelli Palingenii Stellati Poetae Doctisimi Zodiacus Vitae Hoc Est, De Hominus vita, studio, ac moribus optime instituendis. Libri XII. Basileae, per Haeredes Nicolai Bryling, 1566. PP:vi, 333, + index. Printer mark to titles of both works. Cont. blindstamped vellum over wood, with portrait to upper and lower covers and two clasps; Covers rubbed, lacking one clasp and front pastedown. Manuscript notes to front endpaper; some underlining notes in the margins

Great Domesday: The Millennium Edition; 6 vols. Alecto Historical Editions, 2000. [Manuscript and Translation] FINE ART FACSIMILE REPRINT. The Latin manuscript in 2 vols. bound In full leather and suede bags; the English translation in 2 vols.; the maps in 1 vol. ; and the introduction and indexes in 1

Corporal A J WALLIS (Oxfordshire 43rd., 52nd. Light Infantry) : A WW2 Wartime Log - Remembrance from home through the Canadian YMCA, Geneva, Switzerland, nd. A Manuscript volume (1942-43), c.100 pages with writing by various POWs, including numerous colour drawings by Wallis, and many photographs

MANUSCRIPT: Olive, Princess of Cumberland (Olivia Serres, 1772-1834): A 38 page manuscript: Original Poems by Princess Olive, 1829. Each poem signed 'Olive' . The first page is headed with 'Original Poetry by Princess Olive', and the first one: 'To the Revd. Rowland Hill' and the last one signed and dated: London July 12, 1829. Bound in cont. full leather gilt, with later spine. Two papers pasted to front endpaper: 1- A hand-written note: 'The red book which you will find was once the lamented Princess Charlotte Coburg, her book' and signed GJ?; 2- A two page printed flyer: 'The Princess Olive of Cumberland to the English Nation, August 1st. 1829'. Olivia Serres was a British painter and writer. She is also known as an English impostor, who claimed the title of Princess Olive of Cumberland

1- Canning, George: Poems. 1767. Dedication page Signed by Canning ; BOUND WITH : Translation of Anti-Lucretius. 1766, Dedication page Signed by Canning. Both Printed for the Author & sold by Dodsley.. First and only editions. 4to. PP:(iv), (iii), (i)b, 91, (i)b; (iv), (i), (i)b, (ii)Preface, (ii), 428. Cont. full leather; rubbed and upper cover detached; 2- Felltham, Owen: Resolves, A Duple Century. H Seile, 1634, 5th edn. PP(vi), 448, + Alphabetical Table. Old calf; rubbed; manuscript notes to endpapers and verso of title; 3- Fenelon; John Hawkesworth: Adventures of Telemachus the son of Ulysses. Strahan, 1768, 1 st . thus. 4to. PP: xxxv (including subscribers’ list), (i) Errata, 462. with head and tail pieces. Cont. full polished calf & later spine; 4- [Fielding, S]: Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia . Printed for the author and sold by A. Millar, 1757, 1st edn. PP:(xii) including subscribers’ list, 219, (i)b. 4to. Cont. full calf and later spine; damp stain to first few pages; 5- Fielding, H: History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews; in 2 vols. A. Millar, 1749. With 11 plates only of 12? Cont. full calf; with later spine; v.2 P111/112 torn with loss of last 4 lines; 6- Somervile, W: The Chace. Bowyer, 1767. with 8 plates; Bound With : Hobbinol. 1768. Full calf and later spine. (7)

A unique volume: A sketch of the History of WOOLAS HALL and its owners 1219-1900. 256 leaves typed manuscript with manuscript corrections, additions and 13 pages of hand-written Pedigree; together with the a catalogue of the monuments preserved there dating from the year 1312; and catalogue of paintings (1882) made by Miss E Hanford Flood. AE St. Aubyn Weston, 9th Dec. 1901. Folio, cont. full leather with gilt lettering; rubbed

(DENMARK): Saxo Grammaticus. Historiae Danicae Libri XVI. Ed. S.J. Stephani. Soroe, J. Moltkenius, 1644, PP:(viii) include title-page supplied in manuscript , 384, (xxii). BOUND WITH : Stephanius, S.J: Notae Uberiores in Historiam Danicam Saxonis Grammatici . Soroe, H. Crusius, 1645. PP:60, 252, (xxii). With many illustrations in the text, including a couple of full page and few half page ones. Folio, Later half leather; damp staining throughout; few manuscript notes in margins; small tear to one page, without loss. Other than the first title-page, the above collation is exact

1- ANTI SLAVERY Manuscript: A late 18th to early 19th century manuscript volume with over 200 hand-written pages, some original works and some copies of poems etc. including a three page poem, entitled: ' On Negro Slavery' ; It start 'Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more my ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report, Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled,...' Contemporary full leather gilt, with later spine. 2- Robinson, Margaret E, Clitheroe Castle: A 28 page manuscript autograph book, 1878-1879; 3- Visiting/ Address Book Manuscript , filled with names and addresses and some visiting cards (pasted in), of various Lords, Ladies and others including: Keppel, Lytton, Stanhope, Sassoon, Du-Cann, Horace Walpole, etc., 1895-96. Original full leather binding; 4- Dow, Countess: Visiting/Address Book Manuscript, filled with names and addresses of European Royalty, Ambassadors, etc. mainly in: The Hague, Paris and Frankfurt. 1831-1850. Bound in the original half leather (4)

ALBUM - POLO: The Stansted Polo Club, Bishops Stortford, Hertfordhsire; a leather and calf bound album, gilt title to front board reads 'Polo August 3rd 1892 to May 20th 1900'; 120pp. of meticulous manuscript details, two telegrams, and newspaper cuttings, a comprehensive record of the club's successes (County Cup winners 1896 and 1899), the riders and ponies, match reports, 'Minutes relative to the formation of the Club 9, New Bridge Street, London EC, August 3, 1892,' proposed members, including Herbert Blyth Chairman, Tresham Gilbey Treasurer / Secretary, later becoming President of the Polo Pony Society in 1899 and 1906. * 'They are all keen as mustard ..'They have learnt the two most important things, to gallop and ride off . . . so I predict a brilliant future for the Stansted Club'.

A walking stick, with a brass head, 93cm, together with four Chinese manuscript weights

NOTEBOOKS / PHOTOGRAPHS: a collection including a manuscript journal, ca. 1927, 51pp. used . . . 'this diary will detail incidents of a new appointment taken up in India . . ',.commencing Nov 17, the day of embarkation on HMT. Nevasa, the writer, holding the rank of Colonel, travels with his wife to India, detailing inspections of various isolation stables, reports on various hopitals including Vets Hospital, Lahore, conditions of the operating theatres, x-ray machines, and a visit to Colonel Jack Anderson's farm, 9pp. of entries at the back of the notebook references Tijara, Khairthal, Rewari, Alwar, Ramgarh: together with a photo. album, 1928 - 1931, 46pp., approx. 160 images, mostly 10cm x 6cm. includes India and England, family groups, various houses including Park House, Henfield, and Aldershot Horse Show, 1929: a parchment bound album, 100pp.,press cuttings, ca. 1902, and an exercise book of receipies,, approx. 60pp. ms. and printed cuttings.

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS; two manuscript leaves, ca. ? 15th - 16th century; Illuminated manuscript leaf, on vellum, laid down on board, Latin text arranged in two columns, 41.3cm x 28.5cm, framed, unglazed, together with an Illuminated manuscript leaf from an antiphonal, on vellum, Latin text, staves in red, 44cm x 30.5cm, framed and glazed. (2)

EXCHEQUER ACCOUNTS / COLLECTOR OF EXCISE: a group of three folio., manuscript accounts ledgers, includes Exchequer Accounts, 1743, 8pp., 'Surplus of the Several Duties and Incomes commonly called The Aggregate Payments', debit entries include Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Rates on White Callicoes, Plantation Duties, Sinking Fund etc., credit entries include United Company of Merchants trading to the East Indies,; another Exchequer Accounts, 1766, similar to the earlier accounts, includes additional duties paid on houses and windows, glass, cards and dice: together with Collector of Taxes, Bewdley District Diary, 1722, 18pp., written under headings 'Divisions & Officers', 'Survey'd', 'Occurences', traders visited include Sweets, Cyder, Sopers, Paper Makers and Tanners, all contained within later (1961) paper, titled and dated wrappers. (3)

HELYAR family of Coker Court, East Coker, Somerset. An important collection of family letters, papers etc. spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, manuscript, with five printed documents, tipped into 3 folio vols., 19th c. green morocco gilt (spines faded) by Sotheran, with Catalogue of the Letters etc. …, typescript, 57 pp., n.d., 4to., green morocco gilt, a.e.g. by Zaehnsdorf, comprising brief descriptions and quotes, with index. Page 1 states that the collection was arranged by Mrs. William Hawker Helyar (nee Theodora de Resnel). The numbers in brackets following the descriptions are those in Mrs. Helyar's Catalogue. All with the bookplate of Coker Court. (4) For extended description, please email enquiries@lawrences.co.uk

Hoare, Richard Colt. Tumuli Wiltunenses; A Guide to the Barrows on the Plains of Stonehenge, first edition, [100 copies only], 6 engraved plates, spotted, interleaved with blanks, often with manuscript technical notes by an unknown hand, William Cunnington's copy, with his signature on title, with a review from The Crypt (1829) bound in, contemporary cloth, 8vo, Shaftesbury: Printed Printed, 1829 William Cunnington (1754-1810) of Heytesbury, Wiltshire, was an English antiquarian and archaeologist who pioneered the methodical excavation of barrows. From 1804 his work was financed by the author of the present work, who cites Cunnington's discoveries extensively.

[Coleridge, Derwent] The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, with a manuscript genealogy of Derwent Coleridge's family on the fly leaf, spotted, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, [c.1830]; and 7 others books from Derwent Coleridge's library, v.s. (8) PROVENANCE: Derwent Coleridge (1800-1883), third son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was a distinguished scholar and author.

[Sneyd, Walter] Portraits of the Spruggins Family, arranged by Richard Sucklethumkin Spruggins, Esq., first edition, frontispiece, 46 lithographed plates, light browning and spotting, contemporary half morocco gilt, 4to, [London: Privately Printed], 1829 PROVENANCE: Dr. A.N.L. Munby, with a manuscript note in his hand, '[By Walter Sneyd] & not, as sometimes attributed, by the Countess of Morley. See photostat inscription in Bodleian copy & correspondence with Desmond Neill in my second copy.'

Rosslyn Chapel. A 17pp. manuscript transcript titled 'Description of Rosslyn Chapel and Castle', taken from 'Picture of Rosslyn Chapel and Castle, Edinburgh, 1825', together with three pencil drawings of the buildings, each 105mm x 75mm, c.1830

Yorkshire.- Ayscough & Hawksworth families.- Legal memorandum of the history of the Ayscough and Hawksworth families, manuscript, 10pp. excluding a blank f., folds, browned, 385 x 310mm., [c. 1710].

Card game.- Bewick (Thomas) [A Money Counting Game], 34 pasteboard cards from 17 pairs only (of ?), wood-engraved illustrations after Bewick, 6 cards with manuscript numerical lists, c.5 x 7.5 cm, c.1800.⁂ A rare education game, not in Gumuchian, and apparently unrecorded. A photocopy of the rules is provided.

Edward VIII.- Official Souvenir Programme of the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VIII, dummy copy of the programme under printed paper covers and with all titles and borders set but with neither text nor images, loosely inserted 2 T.L.s from Sir Jameson Boyd Adams to Royal biographer H.Hector Bolitho, these both on King George's Jubilee Trust headed notepaper, also typescript of Bolitho's essay intended for publication in the programme, this marked up in ink manuscript, the programme with a little browning and creasing to covers, the letters and the typescript with folds, together in custom-made cloth portfolio and slip-case, 4to et infra, [1936].⁂In the first letter, dated 29th April 1937, Adams writes "I enclose a dummy copy of the Programme for the Coronation of King Edward VIII. Like you, I am keeping one of these as a souvenir." Adams goes on to reassure Bolitho that his tickets for the forthcoming Coronation are to come; in the second letter, dated 26th May 1937, Adams returns Bolitho's essay with thanks.Captain Sir Jameson Boyd Adams (1880-1962) Royal Navy officer, Antarctic explorer (on Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition), recipient of the Distinguished Service Order and the Croix de Guerre; from 1935 Secretary of King George's Jubilee Trust.

Hangman.- Berry (James, hangman, 1852-1913) James Berry, Executioner, Bradford, Yorks, printed card on green celluloid, 42 x 75mm., [c. 1890]; and manuscript template for the card, v.s. (2 pieces).⁂ "An eight-year career saw Berry hang upwards of 131 convicted murderers in British and Irish gaols, including Thomas Orrock, Israel Lipski, Dr Phillip Cross, William Henry Bury, and Mary Ann Wheeler (Pearcey). He increasingly incurred Home Office displeasure as a result of levees at pubs, sale of ropes as souvenirs, and a few bodged executions." - Oxford DNB.

Lake District, Manchester & elsewhere.- Skemp (Hettie, of Sunny side, Worsley, Manchester, & later 31 Hopwood Avenue, Eccles, married William K Dawson) Recollections and diary, autograph manuscript, 119pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original half morocco, slightly rubbed, 4to, 26th January 1891- 23rd February 96.⁂ Lake District. 4th May 1891. "Here I am at the 'Swan Hotel' Newby Bridge, staying here with Uncle William... . We got a conveyance to Lak[e]side, where we got a steamer from one end to the other of the Lake... I went in the cabin part of the time. We had a ¼ of an hour at Ambleside where we had a cup of tea. We went back by the steamer as far as the ferry. We went for a lovely drive, we passed Esthwaite Water, & Blelham Tarn & had a peep at Ambleside, besides a lovely mountain view. In the morn we went to the 'Bowder Stone', in the aft... went to see 'Lodore' we afterwards went on, into see a wood & saw another little waterfall, a very peculiar one, as it sinks into the earth & gets lost: Uncle calls it 'The Lost Chord'." 13th May 1891. "We went by the first train to Keswick Station... & went to Bassenthwaite ... got into a boat, & were pulled for two miles on the lake. We arrived at Keswick, & got into the conveyance... & then had a lovely drive, right round the other side of Derwentwater." 14th June 1893. "... I went up Helvellyn, it was a hard climb but we did enjoy it; the view from the top was lovely. We had a lot of boating & I learnt row with two oars. In the morning Will & I got up before 6.0. and were on the lake at 6.40... ."A lively account of the life of Hettie Skemp, written in the 1890s, but starting in 1873 and ending with the beginning of her married life in 1896. Skemp records living on the outskirts of Manchester and incorporating holidays in the Lake District, Cheltenham, Colwyn Bay and the Mumbles. Much of the diary includes her family (including an uncle sent to prison for three months for embezzlement, and another uncle, Asaph, who was declared insane and sent to an asylum), and her fights with her stepmother, "she told me, 'I was a bad naughty girl & a constant source of trouble & annoyance. Also that the sooner I left home the better, she for one, would be very glad". Much of the diary concerns Hettie's courtship from her teenage years by her boyfriend and subsequent husband, William K Dawson. She records married life at the age of 23, "I have lost my best of presents", settling into her own house, buying a piano and a puppy, and becoming pregnant.

Commonplace book.- The Tomate or Common Place Book of M.S. Mephistophilis - a cosmopolite - begun in the Brig Unity, manuscript, title and 70pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original morocco-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo, 1828.⁂ Translations of poetry and poetry heavily influenced by Byron.

Essex.- Gosselin (Martin Hadsley, of Ware Priory and Blakesware, Hertfordshire).- Map of Estates in the Parishes of Elmdon Chrishall and Littlebury in the County of Essex..., manuscript estate map, pen and ink and watercolour wash, in sections, linen-backed, slightly browned, original morocco, gilt, corners rubbed, 540 x 980mm., 1850; and 10 others, comprising 9 estate maps of land and property belonging to Gosselin, including: Great and Little Amwell, Hertfordshire, Albury Hall Estate near Bishop's Stortford, River Lee, Widford etc., and a letter signed Beadall relating to the Widford estate, folds, some tears, browned, v.s., v.d. (11 pieces).

South America.- Venezuela.- Rain fall diary, manuscript, 113pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original blind-stamped roan, lettered direct: "Mining Transit Book 363", rubbed, corners worn, joints splitting, 1st April 1929 - 18th March 1931; and another, a Second World War diary, 1943, 8vo (2).⁂ Rain fall in Lagunillas and La Concepción oil fields, Venezuela.

Dorset.- Cattlebury Charity.- The Vicar, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum in account with the Cattlebury Charity fund, manuscript account book, 214pp., some slight discolouration, original vellum, yellowed and slightly soiled, 1863-1918; and another manuscript, sm. 4to (2).⁂ Charity near Charmouth.

Jewish girl in the Weimar Republic.- Leinkranz (Eugenie) Diary, manuscript in German, 66pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original blind-stamped rexine, clasp, 8vo, Berlin, 8th January 1927 - 19th July 1931.⁂ The diary of a young Jewish girl growing up in Berlin in the troubled years of the Weimar Republic. Describes a row with the next door neighbour, school and apprenticeship in a central Berlin textile shop.

Poetry.- Terry (Horace) A Choice Collection of Poetry Upon Different Occasions Select Sentences And Extracts From Different Writers, 4 vol., manuscript poetry commonplace books, title and c. 600pp., 1832 § Terry (Elizabeth) [Volume of poetry from various writers], 66pp. excluding blanks, 2 ff. edges torn and loose, 24th November 1864, slightly browned, original half morocco, rubbed, last mentioned spine worn, sm. 4to (5).⁂ Includes: "Stanzas Subjoined to the Yearly Bill of Mortality of the Parish of All Saints Northampton... 1787... Cowper"; "Extracts from Wilberforce's Practical View of Christianity"; "From Bishop Butler's Charge to the Clergy of Durham"; "Enlarged Benevolence... Wilberforce"; "Talmut's Titles of the Psalms from Claude Fleury's Manners of the Ancient Israelites"; "The World of Change by Mrs Abdy"; "The Winged Worshipers. These lines were written on the occasion of two swallows flying into a church during divine service... Sprague"; "Abrahams Soliloquy upon Receiving the Command to Sacrifice his Son Isaac" etc.

NO RESERVE Thompson (Francis) The Collected Poetry, limited edition of 100 copies signed by the publishers, portrait frontispiece, facsimile manuscript tipped-in, occasional faint spotting, original morocco, rubbed, 1913 § Huddart (Frideswith) The Hound of Heave. Ten drawings for the poem of Francis Thompson, first edition, 10 plates, captioned tissue-guards, copy of the poem in pocket to front pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, small loss to spine head, 1914 § Thompson (Francis) The Hound of Heaven, original cloth-backed boards, Philadelphia, 1916 § Owlett (F. C.) Francis Thompson, inscribed by author, cracked hinged, original cloth-backed boards, 1936; and others either on or by Thompson, v.s. (c.145)

George IV.- Summons to Thomas James Viscount Bulkeley to attend the Coronation, D.s. "George R", manuscript, 1p. with conjugate blank, folds, slightly browned, folio, Carlton House, 27th June 1820; and 5 other pieces relating to the Coronation of George IV, including: a document signed by George IV excusing the Earl of Arran from attending the coronation; a document signed by Sir George Nayler, v.s., v.d. (6 pieces).

American Civil War.- A.L.s. from Jonathan Beatty of the Ohio 13th Regiment of Infantry to his wife and child, in original envelope addressed in ink manuscript, 1f. folded sheet with embossed crown device to upper left corner, horizontal folds, short closed tears, very faint even browning, a very little staining and soiling, envelope soiled, stamp excised but traces of ink postmark, 8vo, addressed and dated "Camp 7 miles East of | Murfreeboro Stone | River Ford | Tenn | May 1st 1863".⁂Jonathan Beatty (?1827-?) enlisted 18th August 1862, wounded at the Battle of Chickamauga, discharged 20th May 1865.Among its many engagements during the war, the 13th Regiment saw service at the Battle of Stone's River.The letter concerns, first, the receipt of other correspondence and the whereabouts of money sent to Beatty's brother Henry. Beatty notes the discharge of a comrade 'Haron' and the sickness affecting another, named 'Sam Baker'. He remarks on the pleasant climate in the camp, and wishes he could remain "...all sumer | or till the war is ended or my time out"; he states that he enjoys the abundance of corn and of clover. Of the war Beatty writes: "[T]he report is here that old | Brag or Johnston is south | 20 miles of Murfreeboro | with one hundred thousand | men and is a going to tact | us so we dont know what | Day he will a tact us | we have orders to be ready at a moments notice. I suppose that he will be a | long some time be fore long | as we expect a big battle | it a Pears that the rebs | are all moving up | this way. Tha want to give | General Rosencranze | a nother trial. I hope if tha come that | old Rose will clean them | all out of Tenesee | and sho them no Quarter a tal". The envelope is addressed: "Mrs Caroline Beaty | Massillon Stark County | Ohio | Box 413".

18th century property auction.- The Particulars of Valuable Freehold Estates... Situate in Bethnal Green... Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Skinner and Dyke... At Garraway's Coffee-House, Change Alley, London, printed pamphlet, 6pp., manuscript note "... 2540" on page 5, folds, first f. soiled, creased and browned, [not in ESTC], folio, n.p., n.d. [1793].

George II.- Payment to Augustus Schutz the Master of the Robes for Coronation clothes, D.s. "George R", manuscript, 1p., cut at tail with some loss of text, small piece of blank paper attached at tail, a few small tears, folds, browned, sm. folio, 26th June 1727.

Sophronia: or, Letters to the Ladies, first edition, occasional spotting, lacking lower corner (D11) affecting text, small paper flaw (G6), manuscript signature and inscription to endpapers and preliminary blank, contemporary calf, rubbed, cracked upper hinge, 12mo, William Johnston, 1761.⁂ Scarce anonymous novel about marriage.

Poetry.- Hasell (Dorothea, daughter of Edward King, of Hungerhill, Yorkshire, married Edward Williams Hasell, of Dalemain, near Penrith, Cumberland, 1796-1872, mother of Elizabeth Julia Hasell, writer, 1830-87) A Collection of various little Poems of my dear Brother's Writing - Harry John he was very young [&] Address to the Sunday School Scholars of the Parish of Badgworth after their repeating the Catechism on Xmas Day 1831, manuscript, title and 108pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, 1f. at beginning excised, part of letter loosely inserted, original green gilt panelled morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1823-44.⁂ Some unpublished poetry.

Manuscript.- [NAVY LIST] n.d. [c.1800] a ms. list of Royal Navy ships, listed in order from first rate to fifth rate over 32 pages of an around 100 page document, 4to. See illustration

Islamic manuscript page depicting a lady feeding a peacock, with script to top and base, housed in a silver painted glazed frame, the page 8cm x 17cm

Ephemera, W & H Rock embossed leather bound scrap album with coloured frontispiece and approx. 20 manuscript entries dated 1849/50 and one page with accomplished pencil sketches of sailing ships (gd with signs of wear)

Felice Auguste Rezia (Italian, fl. 1866-1906)Flemish Townscapesigned and dated 1902, inscribed stretcher, oil on canvas, 34cm x 24cm, ink manuscript label to verso

A COUNTRY CALENDAR, M Hodgetts, c1941, folio sized manuscript with twelve pastoral watercolours, one for each month with a preliminary leaf featuring John of Gaunt's 'sceptered isle' speech. Marking and staining to blue cloth binding (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

British Army, 1870, Commission signed by Victoria appointing David Nicholas Martin MD to be "Assistant Surgeon in the Medical Dept. in Our Army...", also singed by Gen. Sir Edward Lugard, Permanent Under Secretary of State, War Office (1861-71), black printing with mss. annotations and signatures, WITH a single page calligraphic presentation manuscript, London LIbrary 1911 AND a quantity of ephemera mainly insurance and assurance policies and engraved billheads including Jones & Willis (Mediaeval Art Workers 1914) and James Gardner, Apothecary (1813) to Sir William Nicholson (portrait painter) (qty) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

Griffiths primary valuation, Co Tipperary, Unions of Carrick-on-Suir, Clogheen & Clonmel, 1850, numerous manuscript alteration & additions, with original coloured map and letters to Richard Griffith

MANUSCRIPT LETTERS : An extensive collection of letters,signed pieces, fragments, and free frank signatures of mainly 19th century notables including Anthony Trollope, Richard Owen, Robert Walpole, Alfred Tennyson, John Ruskin, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mark Twain, Lord Randolph Churchill, Humboldt, Walter Crane, Edward Elgar, W. G. Grace, Lady Byron, H. M. Stanley, Sir John Franklin, etc, etc, etc, well presented in 3 modern albums. * Occasional misattribution and occasional auto pens for alleged signatures (e.g. Sir Winston Churchill)

LEACH, Bernard & HAMADA, Shoji : 2 page manuscript copy in the hand of Bernard Leach, of a speech he gave introducing the opening of the seventh exhibition in London by Hamada. With a rare pamphlet by Bernard Leach, ' A Potter's Outlook', published St. Dominic's Press, 1928.(2)

CHARLES 1 - Eikon Basilike : The Portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitudes and Sufferings - calf, folding plate, small 8vo, with near contemporary manuscript note by Maj Gen. Thomas Harrison (?), 1648.