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Two (2) Possibly 17th Century Italian Manuscript Documents. Each with several pages written in Italian, Seal stamp mark at the top left corners. Measures 11-1/2" H x 8" W. Condition: Wear, toning and foxing to paper, condition is consistent with age. Estimate: $50.00 - $150.00 Domestic Shipping: $42.00

World War I - a naval casualty memorial diorama, In Affectionate Remembrance of William Alexander McQueen, The Eldest Son of Mr & Mrs McQueen of Walthamstow, who fell in action on H.M.S Flirt in the Channel on October 26th 1916, comprising Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin, partial contents, cards, photographs of the ship and a hand manuscript compliment slip inscribed Sincerest wishes from the Wireless Staff, H.M.S Attentive, 58.5cm x 39.5cm overall, modern frame

A framed manuscript

Eleven antiquarian books, to include "Letters of Lady Rachel Russell From the Manuscript In the Library of Woburn Abbey" (1773), "Thackeray's Works", "McCauley's Essays", "History of The British Empire" (1837), "The Excursion" a poem by William Wordsworth (1832), etc.

MANUSCRIPT - HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF QUOTATIONS, c. 1900, each day has a quotation from various authors, Tennyson, Scott, etc., the book by a resident of Ramornie House, Ladybank, Fife, Scotland, with various interior and exterior photographs

RICHARD GLAZIER MANUSCRIPT, c. 1890 - The Architectural Treatment of the Fire-Place and its Accessories - various numbered and unnumbered pages bound in, some loose pages, each page is handwritten and coloured with exquisite drawings, many architectural examples, fireplaces and various related illustrations, finished in brown ink and pencil; Glazier had publised works including 'A Manual of Historic Ornament', this manuscript very much in keeping with this subject mater; Copac and the British Library have no reference to this title, so it seems to be an unpublished title; an extremely interesting and well executed title

HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ITEMS, 1861 onwards, to include METHODIST NEW CONNEXION ANNUAL COMMITTEE BOOK running from 1861 to 1877; a handwritten SUNDAY SCHOOL LEDGER with various information on attendance, etc., 1817 to 1821; a LEDGER RELATING TO HOOLY HILL METHODIST, Secretary's book 1821 - 1841, with various information; together with various other items SCRAPBOOKS, HANDWRITTEN ITEMS, SCHOOL EXERCISE BOOKS and EPHEMERA

Satgé St. Jean, Caroline Viscontesse (?-1875). A manuscript journal of a journey from Newhaven to Dieppe, across France to Genoa, quarto, tooled green calf gilt, 131 pages in a neat legible ink hand, mounted with 2 aquatint views, 15 pencil drawings and engravings, lacking 5? illustrations, no date but c.1842, together with the authors publication "Sketches and Extracts from a Travelling Journal, 8vo, ex library, rebound cloth, containing lithographs, some possibly having been reproduced from pencil drawings missing from the journal, London 1843 (2)

An anonymous mid 19th century manuscript relating to a tour of Hampshire in August 1842, ink on lined ledger paper, with some expenses noted, 12mo, vellum bound

Clayton, John Cowthorpe Oak. [Bradford:] Privately printed, [nd, but presumed 1899]. 8vo, 22 lithographed text pages, one printed table of measurements and 32 photographs mounted double-sided on card in a folding case. With a framed and glazed etching of the Oak, signed in the plate J.G. Strutt, 1824. A facsimile copy of Clayton's manuscript account of the Oak, dated 1899, with occasional MSS corrections of references to photographs. The account appears to be that later published in the Transactions and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh for 1903 (pp. 396-414, with only 7 of the photographs here). Cowthorpe, near Harrogate, was famous for its huge spreading oak, of which Dr Hunter in his edition of Evelyn's Silva said 'Compared to this, all other trees are children of the Forest.' The oak had been recorded as decaying in 1822, but did not finally die until 1950. We have been able to trace copies of this example in the British Library and at Leeds University and there appears to have been a forerunner to this published in 1893 and held at the Natural History Museum. Cat. Lib. Linn. Soc. London, 1925, p. 168. Rubbing and bumping to case, text creased at edges, but generally clean, photos variously fading, mountings dusty and bumped at edges, but a very good example of a seemingly rare item.

Gray, Thomas Gray's Elegy. Longman & Co., 1846. 8vo, bound-in Leake's patent Relievo binding after designs by Owen Jones; illustrated after illuminated manuscipts by Jones. Part of the Victorian fashion for medieval styles in design, this book was produced by Owen Jones to give the impression of an illuminated manuscript in chromolithograph. This mass-market Gothic was accompanied by machine-made imitations of medieval binding though the use Relievo bindings. These were heavily moulded and embossed leather and gave the impression of cathedral woodcarving. Gray, Thomas Poems of Mr Gray to which are Prefixed Memoirs of his Life and Writings by W. Mason. Printed by H. Hughs, 1775. 4to (2 vols in 1). Likely contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, marbed edges. Second edition (the pagination restarts for the second section but the signatures are continuous.. Binding of Elegy with some edgewear, internal foxing to central margins but very good. Joints of Poems a little cracked with head of spine a little detached on upper board (though board still attached), internally generally clean.

EARLY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS 1920s Austria Vídeň Paper, canvas 21 x 14 x 3,5 cm Marked on back endpaper: "Wiener Werkstätte" The exceptionally interesting and influential Early Illustrated Books by bibliographer and Shakespeare scholar Alfred William Pollard (1859-1944) is valued particularly for its study of prints and incunables.I A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries The Decoration of Books by A. W. Pollard / MDCCCXCIII. Books in Manuscript. by Falconer Madan / Early Printed Books by E. Gordon Duff.

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Bowen (Frank C.) The Golden Age of Sail: Indiamen, Packets and Clipper Ships, signed presentation copy from the author to Daniel R.Bolt inscribed on front free endpaper, 1925 § Moore (Sir Alan) Sailing ships of War 1800-1860..., 1926 § Grenfell (Cdr. R.) Notes on Sail in the Nineteenth Century, bound extract, title in manuscript with original pen & ink drawing of ship with stationing of ship's company tipped in at beginning, some neat annotations to text and notes to rear free endpaper, bookplate of Anthony MacDermott, contemporary cloth, manuscript label to upper cover, [mid-20th century] § McLanathan (R.B.K.) Ship Models, inscribed "To Captain Alan Villiers in exchange for some lovely pictures of 'Joseph Conrad' many years ago. Elizabeth P.Riegel Museum of fine Arts, Boston 6/21/57" on title, illustrations, original wrappers, Boston, [c.1957] § Lubbock (Basil) & J.Spurling. The Best of Sail, Introduction by Alan Villiers, colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, [1975], the first two limited editions in uniform original blue cloth, gilt, t.e.g., slightly rubbed, 4to & 8vo (5)⁂ In 1934 Alan Villiers bought the full-rigged Danish training ship Georg Stage, renamed her the Joseph Conrad and circumnavigated the globe in her with the first British flag cadet ship in 1934-36.

Monmouth's Rebellion.- Scott (James, Duke of Monmouth, soldier and politician, rebelled against James II, 1649-85).- [Narrative of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth], manuscript, 3pp., slightly browned, folds, sm. 4to, 1808.⁂ ?Published for the first time in 1828.An account of the last days of the Duke of Monmouth in which he wrote to James II a letter begging for mercy, or at least a few days delay of execution. The messenger took it to James II but was intercepted by Lord Sunderland who swore to deliver it and never did, and therefore the duke was executed without delay. After the king had been exiled to France he asked Col. Scott if the story was true, to which he replied in the affirmative, "upon which the king then said; 'Colonel Scott as I am a living man I never saw that letter, nor did I even hear of it 'till within these few days.'"

Greek War of Independence.- 2 letters relating to Giovanni Pacini (1796-867),Italian composer based in Paris, offering to sell his song of "Missolunghy" for 1 Franc each in aid of the Société Philanthropique, en faveur des Grecs, 2pp., manuscript in French, folds, browned, edges chipped, 4to, Paris, March - April 1826 (2).

Victorian manuscript illumination.- [Bhagavad-Gita]. Purushottamapraptiyog, or The Book of Religion by Attaining The Supreme, part of Chapter XV from the Bhagavad-Gita, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 2pp. only, with depiction of banyan trees in gold, green, blue and red, browned, framed and glazed, manuscript 242 x 345mm., [c. 1890].⁂ Chapter XV from the Bhagavad-Gita, an episode in the Maha-Bharata.

NO RESERVE Pleadwell (Frank Lester).- correspondence and other sundry pieces collected by Pleadwell, letters from Lindquist Publications, The Library of Congress, Cooke, Sullivan & Ricks, Frank W. Stearns, Martin Sprengling, Charles Scribner's Sons, The Oriental Institute at Chicago, Dixon Wecter at Berkeley and at the Huntington, The Frick Library, Perley P.Pitkin, Roswell Hawley, and The Mark Twain Research Foundation, others signed "Catherine" and "Elizabeth", several with Pleadwell's handwritten comments and references, also music scores, some in manuscript, 1 with pasted-in cut signature of Paganini, also disbound articles and illustrations, some cuttings, a few photographs, a few pieces bearing pasted label "Pleadwell Collection Honolulu", faint soiling and browning, creases, folds, a few nicks and tears, in portfolio folder, v.s., 1920s-1950s (sm.qty.)Frank Lester Pleadwell (1872-1957) physician, author and editor of medical texts, bibliophile and collector.

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Villiers (Alan) The Western Ocean, first edition, inscribed by the author to his son "Kit's own copy, from Dad. Seamen used to call the N.Atlantic the Western Ocean Dad" on title, 1957; Vanished Fleets, first edition, inscribed by Villiers to his first wife "To Daphne, who helped so much with this, and all my other projects..." on title, New York 1931; Convict Ships and Sailors, signed by the author and with note "This grossly mis-edited edition of my 'Vanished Fleets' was never authorised by me, nor consented to, nor even known of before its publication" on front free endpaper, Philip Allan & Co., 1936; By Way of Cape Horn, third edition, with manuscript note on dedication to Ronald Walker "Lost at Sea while a seaman in the ship" and other annotations and underlinings, 1939; Cruise of the "Conrad", reprint, 1940, the last two inscribed by Villiers to his second wife, Nancie, on front free endpaper, some illustrations, original cloth with dust-jackets, all but the first rubbed and frayed, the second torn and severely defective; and c.70 others by Villiers, several in translation, many duplicates, a few signed, 8vo & 4to (c.75)

Quakerism.- [Hayter (Thomas)] An Examination of a Book, Lately printed by the Quakers; And by them distributed to the Members of both Houses of Parliament..., first edition, errata f., contemporary manuscript ink corrections, extensive pencil marginalia, several ff. some damp-staining, peripheral ff. browned and soiled, by J.Roberts, 1742, bound with Wormall (John) and others. The Defence of the Prisoners in York Castle, for Not Paying Tithes..., third edition, some foxing and soiling, York and London, by James Phillips, 1797, upper hinge pulling, later half calf, corners repaired, worn, joints splitting; and 14 others, v.s. (15)⁂8 copies of first recorded, but held neither in the BL nor at Harvard.

Leckie (Gould Francis) Essay on the Practice of the British Government; Distinguished from the Abstract Theory on which it is Supposed to be Founded, half-title, spotting and browning, ink manuscript insertions, errata bound at end, ex-library with ink stamp to title, contemporary half calf, paper label to upper board, a little rubbed, 1812 § An Abridgment of the Public Statutes in Force and Use Relative to Scotland ..., 2 vol., contemporary calf, a little rubbed, Edinburgh, 1755; 8vo (3)

NO RESERVE Sale catalogue.- Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Ashburnham Library. Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Printed Books, 3 parts, prices and buyer's names in pencil throughout, 1897-1898 bound with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge. The Ashburnham Library. Catalogue of Books returned from the sales of the Ashburn Library, having been found to be imperfect, 1898, original printed wrappers bound in, later buckram; and the Ashburnham manuscript sale catalogue, along with another bound set of the three parts of the original sale (with printed price lists), small 4to (3)

NO RESERVE Maritime.- Conrad (Joseph) The Rover, first edition in book form, one of 377 copies signed by the author, with A.L.s. from Conrad to Sidney Colvin concerning translators loosely inserted, portrait by Muirhead Bone, original pictorial boards, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, glacine wrapper, dust-jacket, spine slightly rubbed and faded, Garden City, N.Y., 1923 § Bone (David) The Brassbounder, signed and inscribed by the author to Joseph Conrad on front free endpaper, morocco-backed cloth, New York, 1921 § Conrad (Jessie) A Handbook of Cookery for a Small House, Preface by Joseph Conrad, new impression, signed by Alan Villiers and with his manuscript note "Book given to Alan Villiers late 1979. Came from one of the Conrad homes", original cloth, soiled, 1923 § Miazgowski (B.) Dar Pomorza, signed and inscribed to Alan Villiers by Cdr. Kosianowksi-Lorenz "...to the great sailor Alan Villiers, who deeply touched the Polish hearts by naming his own beautiful sailing ship 'Josef Conrad'..." on title, with T.L.s. from him and booklet in English loosely inserted, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, rubbed and frayed, Warsaw, 1959; and 2 others by Villiers, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ The first was first published in the Pictorial Review in New York; this limited edition was issued prior to the American trade edition and the first English edition. The letter from Conrad is undated but was presumably written during the First World War as he writes that the usual translators "are all serving now and the original distribution of work has been altered. The war has upset the arrangements and delayed the whole thing...".

NO RESERVE Wales.- Harlech.- Pedigrees.- , Pedigree of the Family of Wynne, of Peniarth in the County of Merioneth, presentation inscription to Lord Harlech dated 1877, additional portrait plate tipped in, original wrappers bound at end, contemporary half morocco, privately printed, 1872 § Pedigree of the Families of Maurice, Owen, etc., ..., shewing the descent of the Estates in England and Wales of John Ralph, Lord Harlech, occasional faint spotting, pamphlet on Harlech Castle and 4pp. of manuscript notes loosely inserted, contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed and faded, privately printed, 1876; 4to (2)

Stellato (Marcello Palingenio) Marcelli Palingenii Stellati Poetæ Doctissimi, Zodiacus vitae..., endpapers formed from manuscript fragments, contemporary ownership inscriptions to free endpapers, a few ff. with marginal loss, Ex officina Societatis Stationariorum, 1639 § Sainctyon (Sieur de) The History of Tamerlan the Great..., hinges pulling, [Wing S359B], for S.Heyrick, 1679 § Robinson (H.) Scholæ Wintoniensis Phrases Latinæ, eighth edition, contemporary ownership inscriptions and pen trials to peripheral ff., title and initial blank with marginal loss, contents separating and hinges splitting, [Wing R1686], for A.M., 1673 § Lacroze (Jean Cornand de) The History of Learning..., 1f. publisher's catalogue, for Abel Swalle and Timothy Childe, 1691 § Leigh (Edward) Select and Choyce Observations..., both initial blanks, [Wing L1003], by Roger Daniel, 1657, each but third first edition, first, third, and last woodcut decorations, each some browning and soiling, first three contemporary calf, first rebacked, fourth modern paper-backed boards, last later quarter morocco, first and third worn, joints splitting, others rubbed; and 7 others, including a copy of Mount-Orgueil lacking "Comfortable cordials" but with portrait and preliminary verse on one f., v.s. (12) Provenance: second: John Spencer (armorial bookplate)

Latin.- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Georgicorum Libri Quatuor, third edition, translated by John Martyn, 10 engraved plates, 3 folding, for T.Osborne and J.Shipton, 1755 § Cornelius Tacitus (Publius) Cn. Julii Agricolæ Vita..., translated by J.Aikin, ink ownership inscription to title, manuscript annotations throughout, Warrington, by William Eyres, 1774 § Martialis (Marcus Valerius) Select Epigrams of Martial Englished, engraved frontispiece, [Wing M833], the Savoy, by Edward Jones, 1689 § Naso (Publius Ovidius) Ovid's Metamorphoses...For the Use and Entertainment of the Ladies of Great Britain, title in red and black, ink ownership inscription dated 1791 to front endpaper, for Robert Horsfield, 1760 § Flaccus (Quintus Horatius) Poemata..., contemporary ink inscriptions to endpapers, by Tho.[mas] Harper, 1637, third and last woodcut decorations, first and last two hinges splitting, first and second later half calf, others contemporary calf, third and fourth rebacked, each rubbed or worn; and 63 others, including a 1693 Ovid with ink inscriptions reading "Adam Ottley" and a 1661 Suetonius edited by Fell, v.s. (68) ⁂Second mentioned the Reverend John Romney's copy. John Romney (1757-1832) clergyman, biographer of the painter George Romney, his father.Provenance: third: Frances and Jourdan Hoyt, San Francisco (bookplate): fourth: David Warner Dumas (bookplate)

Queen Adelaide of Hanover.- Das Evangelische Bisthum in Jerusalem, foxing, manuscript inscription pasted to front pastedown, contemporary morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, slight bumping to spine extremities, Berlin, Wilhelm Besser, 1842.⁂ Provenance: John Ryle Wood, chaplain to Queen Adelaide, his manuscript inscription "This book belonged to that portion of the Library of Queen Adelaide which was bequeathed to me by Her Majesty." Inscription dated 1849, the year that Queen Adelaide died.

Essex.- Thomas Beryll bargain and sale of land called Rokwell in Essex to John Collyn, manuscript in Tudor English, folds, browned, stained at tail not affecting text, remains of red wax seal with paper seal impression, hand and flower watermark, folio, July 1554; and 6 other documents, 2 Essex, v.s., v.d. (7).

Gloucestershire/Worcestershire.- Letter of attorney by Richard pfremend appointing Richard Hygges his attorney to lease his messuage and land in Beckford, Gloucestershire [now Worcestershire], manuscript in English, on vellum, 27 lines, folds, yellowed, good wax seal, 195 x 286mm., 20th October 1587.

Scarborough.- Lease by the bailiffs of Scarborough to William Patocke of "the closses called St Thomas feild with th appurtenance lyinge within the liberties of Scardebrugh", manuscript in English, on vellum, folds, yellowed, lacks seal, 262 x 365mm., 20th January 1602; and c. 15 other indentures, documents etc., relating to Yorkshire, Lincolnshire etc., v.s., v.d. (c. 15).

Scotland.- James VI and I (King of Scotland, England, and Ireland, 1566-1625).- 2 obligations of money to be delivered to George Ramsay of Banff, D.s., manuscript in Scots, 1p., large calligraphic initial "J" at beginning and notarial signature at end, small hole slightly affecting text, folds, browned, creased, remains of red wax seal, 300 x 305mm., Edinburgh, 1st July 1604; and 2 other Scottish legal documents, v.s., 1592 & 1622 (3).

17th century Leeds.- In an Inquisition taken at Leeds... 1620... 1662... 1660, manuscript, 14pp., central folds, browned, unbound, 4to, latest date 1684.⁂ Gifts in wills to the church and poor of Leeds.

Receipts.- Collection of receipts for land and property tax etc. in the East of England (some mention of levels and dykes), some manuscript, some printed with manuscript insertions, folds, browned, some edges chipped, 65 x 200mm. and v.s., 1710, 1771-1811 (c. 50 pieces).

Derbyshire.- Newlands Farm, manuscript estate map, on vellum, folds, yellowed and soiled, 410 x 340mm., [c. 1820].⁂ Newlands Farm, near Alfreton, Ripley, Derbyshire.

Great Domesday Book: Dorset: County Edition, Alecto 1991, three large folio volumes comprising: The Dorset Domesday Introduction & Translation; The Dorset Domesday Folios and Maps; & Domesday Book Studies. Folding maps in endpocket, coloured facsimile plates of the manuscript

A Persian illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript, probably Safavid, brightly painted with a palace interior with seated figure and attendants above four columns of script, the reverse with four full columns of script, 29cm x 18cm

A Persian illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript, possibly Timurid, ruled in red and black and painted in bright colours with court figures and attendants in a garden setting, between four lines of script, the reverse with twenty-one lines of script, 24cm x 17cm

Facsimile edition of The Queen Mary Atlas - reproduced from Cotton MS Additional Manuscript 5415A in the British Library ..., printed at Cambridge University Press supplied by John Purcell.  The binding by Smith Settle of Otley is in full grain aniline finish calf leather, blocked with a design by David Eccles, copy no.258 of 1,000 copies for members of the Folio Society, complete with brochure, etc, elephant folio within its original slip case, with a commentary by Peter Barker 

Moss, Sterling "A Turn at the Wheel", William Kimber 1961, illustrated throughout, dj price clippedHawthorn, Mike"Champion Year, My Battle for the Driver's World Title", William Kimber 1959, facsimile signature on the dedication page, maroon cloth, dj not price clipped, the dj rather chipped (3 days after the manuscript of this book was delivered to the publishers, Mike Hawthorn was killed on the Guildford Bypass) Hill, Graham"Life at the Limit", William Kimber 1972, signed on tp 'Graham Hill' in blue ink, black cloth, dj price clipped (3) 

A period photograph of the A.O.D. and W.G. Grace XI cricket teams taken during cricket week at Woolwich in June 1914,9 by 11in. b&w, manuscript legend to mount, in original wooden frame under glass, 45 by 53cm., good condition

A large and impressive official photograph of the British Lions Rugby team who toured New Zealand in 1930,20 by 29in. b&w photograph published by Crown Studios, Wellington, NZ, the mount with manuscript title and player identification, original wooden frame, glazed, overall 86 by 98cm.; sold together with a pair of Boy's Own Paper colour supplement prints featuring the rugby football colours of public schools, drawn by V. Wheeler-Holohan, featuring shirt & cap colours of a total of 88 schools, mounted together in a frame, glazed, 47 by 111cm. (3)

Twin volume set Matthew Flinders 'The Deluxe and Complete Edition Navigator and Chart Maker and Private Journal 1803 - 1814' by Jeffrey C Ingleton and Mitchell Library Manuscript, in presentation box, The Genesis Publications Ltd, in association with Hedley, Australia

A handwritten Arabic manuscript page from a Book of Prayers by Muhammad Sharif bin Maqsud, with Persian translate in red interspersed with the black arabic lines, gold and polychrome border, later mounted and framed, frame 16.5 by 22cm.

Conchology.- Johnson (Theophilus) Illustrations of Exotic Conchology, 37 hand-coloured pencil drawings, text in manuscript in a ruled exercise book bound before illustrations, occasional spotting, mainly to text, bookplate, contemporary half-morocco, spine and corners a little faded, 8vo, [Nissen ZB1 2120], c.1881.⁂ Scarce. Only 1 copy on COPAC, also with manuscript descriptions. Theophilus Johnson (1836-1919) was born in Tottenham. He was an amateur naturalist and artist, privately printing a large number of natural history titles. He illustrated all of his works with original watercolours and drawings. With the bookplate of Francis Hemming (1893-1964), the English entomologist specialising in lepidoptera.

Floral samples.- Switzerland.- Caviezel (W.) Flora von St. Moritz, Pontresina und Umgebung, 81 dried samples of Alpine flora (of 100), mounted with gold tabs, with manuscript descriptions, loose in contemporary green cloth and gilt box in the shape of a book, small 4to, no place, [c.1880].

[Chavigny de la Bretonnière (François de)] Le Cochon Mitré. Dialogue, manuscript on vellum, 32pp., text in black and red, title with floral ornament, full-page illustration, head- and tail-piece, decorative initial, framed in filet borders of red and blue throughout, yellow silk pastedowns and endpapers,18th century dark green crushed morocco, gilt, covers with filet and garland borders, flat spine in compartments, all but one filled with a pattern made up from small circular tools, the other with red morocco label, lower joint starting, but holding firm, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, large12mo (book block 133 x 87mm.; binding 138 x 196mm.), no place, [c.1780].⁂ A stunning manuscript copy of this vehement late 17th century satire, which closely imitates the printed text in style. Originally published in 1688 this satire against François Michel Le Tellier, Marquis of Louvois (Secretary of State for War under Louis XIV) and his brother Charles-Maurice Le Tellier, Archbishop of Reims (the eponymous 'Cochon mitré) takes the form of a dialogue in hell between Scarron et Furetière. The author was a defrocked Benedictine, who having written against Louis XIV, Madame de Maintenon and the Académie Française fled to Holland. He was extradited by Louvois, who threw him into the Bastille. He was later transferred to Mont Saint-Michel, where he was kept in a cage without heat or light.

Binding.- Almanach.- Riders (1732.) British Merlin, title and text in red and black, numerous contemporary manuscript accounts of John Savell of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire at beginning and end, slightly browned, some staining in margins, Dutch floral endpapers, original polished red morocco with gilt decoration, slightly rubbed, lower joint splitting, covers with silver metal mounts etched with a tulip and secured with a pin, g.e., 12mo, E. and R. Nutt, 1732.⁂ Manuscript accounts include several references to the Duke of Bedford, giving bread to the poor of Dry Drayton, and "Mr Hill Keeper in the Home-Park Hampton Court".

Venice.- Ziliol (Camillo, secretary to the Doge) [Statute Book of Venice], manuscript in Italian, on vellum, 184pp. excluding blanks, in black ink, in an attractive cursive Italic hand, final 6 blank ff. ruled, 21 lines, black ink, pagination numbers, lacks title, first 2ff. very small wormholes in lower margins, some ff. slightly browned, late 19th century label of "V. Arrigoni Collection d'antiquités... Milan" on front pastedown, bookplate of New Hall, Chelmsford on front fly-leaf, catalogue entry from the Gibson Craig library (sold at auction in 1888) on front pastedown, later ownership mark of Edward Lyndoe, contemporary Venetian red morocco gilt, covers with gilt central oval ornament enclosed with double single-line borders, rubbed, a few very small wormholes on upper cover and one on spine, some surface wear, corners bumped with some wear, rebacked in 18th century calf, gilt, spine rubbed and dulled, head and tail of spine chipped away with small loss, old paper label "Venetian M.S. 1580" on spine, g.e., sm. 4to, [Venice], Doge's Palace, 24th June 1580.⁂ Statutes for the administration of the Dogado (Republic of Venice), the Venetian lagoon (including the island of Murano). This manuscript appears to have been written out for the administrator himself, as the manuscript addresses him in the second person. Among the many topics covered are: the administration of glass-makers on the island of Murano, the ban on Jews owning property, the ban on salted meat, the right to carry weapons, and how to deal with alchemists.

Scientific commonplace book.- [Extracts from the proceedings of the Royal Society], manuscript in several hands, c. 360pp., some reverse entries, browned, ink inscription: "Purchased at Lisbon July 1803 ?LS" & 19th century bookplate of Samuel Gardner on front pastedown, original vellum, yellowed and soiled, corners worn, 1 joint splitting, 4to, [early 18th century].⁂ Includes: "A Learned Letter... To... The Royall Society Giveing an Account of ye Manuscripts Our Kingdoms are enriched with in all Languages &c"; "A letter of Dr. John Wallis Geom. Prof: Oxon, & F.R.S To Mr Tho Beverley, concerning ye Method for Instructing Persons Deaf & Dumb... 1698"; "A Letter from Dr Wallis To Dr Hans Sloan Concerning ye Effects of a great Storm of Thunder & Lightning at Everdun in Northamptonshire... 1691"; "Part of a Letter from Mr Benjamin Bullivant at Boston in New England, to James Pettiver Apothecary... concerning solme Observations in nature... 1697/8" etc.

18th century commonplace book.- Commonplace book of poetry and prose, manuscript, 158pp., some ff. loose, slightly browned throughout, original vellum, creased, yellowed and soiled, sm. 4to, 1749-51.⁂ Extracts including: "A Dialogue between the Pillory and Daniel de Foe [by Thomas Browne]"; "A memorial or Declaration drawn up by the Dissenters in the year 1663"; "Paulo Purgantis &c"; "Peg Trim Tram's sorrowful lamentation"; "A Journey to Horfield to preach a Gift Sermon by WG [Goldney]"; "Rap upon Rap on the Wasp in a Tar barrell" etc.

Genealogy.- [Tabula Nobilium in Angliae], manuscript, 150pp. excluding blanks (comprising 143pp. principal work and 7pp. at end from another manuscript), 3pp. index at beginning, ruled in red throughout, manuscript note in two hands at beginning, first f. soiled, others slightly browned, front free endpaper creased, bookplate of William A. Cragg of Lincoln College Oxford on front pastedown, original calf, extensively rubbed, joints split, spine worn and creased, chipped at head and tail, folio, [c. 1750].⁂ Provenance: "This book was transcribed by William Burwell, schoolmaster of Fiskarton [Fiskerton, Lincolnshire], who not understanding one word of Latin has made many mistakes. This copy from which it is transcribed belongs to Christopher Rooe, Esq., of Normanton Turville... copied from an original belonging to William Camden... . With submission, the author of this book cannot be Cambden... when it is known Cambden died in 1623... It is therefore suppos'd to be S.r W. Dugdale's who surviv'd 1666." - 2 manuscript notes at beginning.

Gardening.- Knight (Edward, of Wolverley House, Worcestershire, family of ironmasters, 1734-1812) [Volume recording planting at Wolverley 1752-80], manuscript, 73pp. excluding blanks, 22pp. of geometrical exercises at end probably in another hand, slightly browned, original vellum, soiled and yellowed, covers a little splayed, sm. 4to, 1752-80.⁂ A collection of lists of plants and trees planted at Wolverley, with detailed notes on where and when they were planted. Sometimes the originating nursery is noted. Notes also include fruit trees for the west wall and the borders, giving numbers of trees. In 1763 a list of trees and shrubs "Planted before the Rustic Buildings" consists of 64 separate plantings, among them Portugese laurels, Bay trees, Honeysuckles and Swedish Juniper.

China.- Wainwright (John, Butcher) A Journall of Remarks... on Board of the good Ship Bridgewater Nickolas Skottowe, Esq Commander from the Port of London towards Madeira, Madras & China, autograph manuscript, title (in another hand) and 119pp. excluding blanks, one full-page watercolour of ship Bridgewater, 1f. piece cut away, several ff. excised at end, some scribbling by members of the Wainwright family on lower pastedown, slightly browned, lower free endpaper loose, original vellum, soiled and creased, edges and corners worn, upper joint splitting, folio, 1769-71.⁂ Transport of soldiers of the East India Company to Madras and a delivery of "the Companys 11 chests of Treashure in the Long Boat with one officer to Canton", and the collection of china and large quantities and types of China tea for export to England.Nicholas Skottowe (d. 1798) was the commander of the last dedicated slaving voyage organised by the East India Company on the Royal George, in 1764-6.

North of England tour.- Pridden (John, antiquary and architect, 1758-1825) A Pedestrian Tour to the North of England in the Summer of 1779... by Henry Manningham Esq and... John Pridden..., autograph manuscript, title and 645pp. including c. 100 pencil and pen and ink drawings, c. 50 engravings and 23 maps, all laid down, browned, bound in 19th century half calf, rubbed, gilt spine, 2 black morocco labels, gilt, 4to, 1779 but assembled c. 1810-20.⁂ Lake District. "Cataract near Amblesyde. By the direction of Mr. Penny's (of Penney bridge) servant we were conducted above a mile up the woody declivity of a Hill behind the Inn, where we saw a most amazing cascade... it tumbled from from rock to rock, & dashed thro' rough & craggy channel to the town of Amblesyde with a mighty sound, which shook the air... ." - Pridden.An exceptional record of the towns and countryside of late eighteenth century England. Clearly assembled by Pridden at a later date into the present album, the volume contains pages of his original note book, passages from it reworked at a later date. The tour took him and Manningham from Oxford to Warwickshire, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Westmoreland, Cumberland, Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire.

Antigua heraldry.- Heard (Sir Isaac, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1730-1822) & Thomas Lock, Clarenceux King of Arms, fl. 1784-1803) Grant of arms to John-Simon Farley of the Island of Antigua in the Durham Regiment, Ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner, watercolour coats of arms at head, 2 wax seals in black and gilt floral decorated metal skippets, slightly yellowed, preserved in a contemporary gilt stamped calf box lined with Dutch floral paper, rubbed, brass catches, 395 x 480mm., 1790.

Medieval Cheshire & Lancashire Transcripts.- [Transcripts of medieval deeds relating to Prestbury, Macclesfield, the Legh family on the relinquishing of rights to property (or 'quitclaims') relating to the town of Adlington in Lancashire and areas in Chester], manuscript in Latin and English, 68pp., a few ink sketches of seals, reverse entries, browned, 3 manuscript transcripts loosely inserted, original vellum, soiled, corners and edges chipped with small loss, ink ownership inscriptions of "Jo: Bagford 1747" and "P. Browne 1829" on upper covers, [c. 1700] § Browne (David, Deputy Steward of the Macclesfield Hundred and Forest, solicitor) & Peter Browne (solicitor, of Macclesfield, Cheshire) [Transcripts of medieval and later deeds relating to charters for Macclesfield, Lyme Park, copy of a petition to William III concerning courts in Macclesfield etc.], manuscript in Latin and English signed "David Browne 1799" and "Peter Browne 1829", 141pp. excluding blanks, pen and ink sketches of seals, ruled in red, slightly browned, original half straight-grained morocco, edges a little rubbed, gilt spine, 1799-1829, sm. 4to (2).⁂ First mentioned compiled from original documents mainly from the reigns of Henry III (1216-72) and Edward I (1272-1307). In one document, Thomas de Corona grants rights to the manor in Adlington to Robert de Legh, witnessed by Thomas de Ferrerrs, a justice of Chester [and another unidentified person], and other lands in Adlington to John de Legh. In another Hugh de Corona (Lord of Adlington) grants lands owned in the town of Adlington to Richard de Worth, witnessed by Geoffrey de Chedle, William de Baggiley, John de Mottram. Other documents refer to land granted by Richard de Mottram to Thomas [?], abbot of Chester, seeming to relate to the abbey and convent at Chester. Contains some information about episcopal grants/deeds in Prestbury in the Coventry & Lichfield part of the series called English Episcopal Acta from copies lacking names of witnesses and thus clearly inferior to the above copies. First mentioned ink ownership inscription of "Jo: Bagford 1747", probably the son of John Bagford (1650/51-1716), bookseller and antiquary.Second mentioned, according to C.S. Davies, History of Macclesfield, the borough documents (including portmote records) were moved to the Public Record Office in the nineteenth century after the relevant courts had ceased to be held in Macclesfield. The Birkenhead Public Library also holds some Macclesfield documents. The town books, however, which were available for transcription by Peter Browne, a Macclesfield solicitor, in 1830, were reported to J.R. Earwaker as lost when he wrote his history of Macclesfield in 1877-80.

Tighe (Mary, poet, 1772-1810) Psyche; or, The Legend of Love, manuscript fair copy, title and c. 215pp., slightly browned, bookplate of William Cecil Chambers on front pastedown, original half morocco, rubbed, corners worn, lacks spine, sm. 4to, watermarked 1806.⁂ "A long allegorical poem in Spenserian stanzas, Psyche was admired by a number of Tighe's literary contemporaries, including Moore, who praised it in one of his own poems. Keats, even while claiming in 1818 to have outgrown his earlier admiration for Tighe's work, was influenced by Psyche." - Oxford DNB.Mary Tighe wrote Psyche in the early years of the nineteenth century, and published it privately in 1805 in a limited edition of 50 copies. Copies of the work circulated in manuscript, garnering many admirers such as William Cecil Chambers, the owner of the above copy.Provenance: William Cecil Chambers (1768-1817), eldest son of the Rev. William Chambers, rector of Achurch, Northamptonshire but originally of Derby; in 1811, married Anne, d. 1855, neé Mellish, of Blyth, and Hodsock Priory, Nottinghamshire.

British military disaster.- McDermot or McDermott (Henry, Lieutenant, later Captain, of the 88th Foot, the 'Connaught Rangers', served in the unsuccessful campaign at Buenos Ayres, wounded at the battles of Talavera and Vittoria, killed at the battle of Orthez, 1814) Diary of a voyage en route to South America, autograph manuscript, 47pp., interleaved with blotting paper, ownership inscription, one leaf excised, some leaves of blotting paper torn with losses, original limp calf, small tear to upper and lower spine, 8vo, 13th September 1806 - 4th June 1807.⁂ Slavery in the Azores. "This day I had the pleasure of witnessing a strong instance of the fidelity of a negro having purchased on our way to Ribiera grande a pair of Turkeys... we got him to carry them for the purpose of relieving the servants... we got to the orange grove when we found he was missing, we immediately sent in quest of him, but in half an hour this honest fellow made his appearance... [and]... accounted for his absence by his having gone to deliver a letter... . When I compare this slaves honesty with that of my countrymen I fear the ballance wd. be in favour of the African... ."A record of the voyage to South America of the second battalion of the regiment aboard the transport ship Nereia from Portsmouth to Montevideo via Palma, Santiago, Porto Praya, the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena, to take part in British military operations on the River Plate. The diary finishes a week before the fleet reached Montevideo.

Royal Naval Asylum.- Regulations for the Establishment and Government of the Royal Naval Asylum, manuscript, title and 74pp., and 4pp. on 3 folding sheets, original Dutch floral wrappers, slightly rubbed, spine splitting, lacks tail of spine, folio, Greenwich, 1808.⁂ Includes: "The Report of the Commissioners of the Royal Naval Asylum" (26 pages); "Regulations for the Guidance of the Officers Assistants and Servants" (35 pages); "A List of the Moveable Furniture allowed to the Officers"; "Form of a Petition for a Boy" etc.The Royal Naval Asylum, later Royal Hospital Schools was an educational institution established for the children of seamen orphaned by the Napoleonic Wars. It moved to Greenwich in 1807, following a grant by George III of the use of the Queen's House.

Scott (Sir Walter) Marmion, additional manuscript title "Scott's Marmion Dramatised by William Gore Esq. and Illustrated by Miss Harriet Pigott", text mounted, extra-illustrated with 10 original ink sketches, bound in contemporary green straight-grained morocco gilt, by C. Lewis signed on inner gilt dentelle, covers with gilt and blind-tooled borders with ornate cornerpieces, inner gilt dentelles and watered silk endpapers, g.e., 4to, Dublin, [Privately Printed], 1811.Ormsby Gore, formerly GORE (William (1779-1860), of Porkington, Oswestry, Salop and Woodford, co. Leitrim.

Aristocratic diary.- Bathurst (Emily Charlotte, daughter of Henry Bathurst , third Earl Bathurst, politician, Secretary of State for War 1812-27, married Sir Frederick Ponsonby in 1825, 1798-1877) Diary, autograph manuscript signed, 39pp., slightly browned, original marbled wrappers, 8vo, 1st January - 30th April 1814. ⁂ Records socialising with Lord Lansdowne, Lord Liverpool (prime minister), the Duke of York, Lady Charlotte Greville and her uncle the Duke of Richmond. On another occasion meets Princess Charlotte: "I danced with her. The Princess has asked us to go to her on Monday Eg. and I am happy to say I go", and news from the war in France, "News from Lord Wellington came of the battle of Orthez last night... . Poor March [Emily's cousin] is wounded in the side but they hope it will all do well" (he survived but the musket ball was never removed).