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Italy.- [Two Tours of Italy], manuscript, 93pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original limp roan, rubbed, spine split with some loss, 8vo, 21st October - 1st December 1814 & 1815.⁂ Two tours of Italy by an observant Englishman in between Napoleon's first defeat by the Allied Armies in 1814 and the Hundred Days. Takes notice of little vignettes of time including the cost of things, an officer thrashing a soldier, "It is best to travel with a piece of leather to put under the under sheet as they never use a blanket", a decided taste in architecture and a certain appreciation of the effect of the French occupation of Italy. First tour starts in Milan, Brera, Monza, Piacenza, Parma, "a dreary and sombre town", Florence, "I think the Duomo... a dark dreary building without any taste or beauty", and remarking that the roads the French had marked out to be built had been abandoned, Leghorn, Lucca, Rome etc. Second tour to Calabria, including Naples, Pompeii etc.

Napoleon's newspaper at St. Helena.- Journal des Débats Politiques et Littéraires, printed newspaper, 4pp., folds, browned, manuscript note accompanying newspaper presenting it to Miss Taylor from Captain Willetts (tears, folds and browned), folio & 112 x 95mm., newspaper dated 5th January 1816.⁂ Inscription reads: "Should Miss Taylor think a newspaper taken out of Bonaparte's Library at Longwood after his Death worthy of a place in her Cabinet Capt. Willett's by her Acceptance of the Enclosed."

West Indies.- Grenada & Carriacou (former British colony in the Caribbean Sea at the southern end of the Grenadines island chain).- [Account Book for various plantations], manuscript, 56pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, very slight stain to tail of a few early ff., slightly browned, original half morocco, corners and spine repaired, marbled covers, folio, 1830-35.⁂ A rare manuscript relating to the islands of Grenada and Carriacou in the final years of slavery in the British Empire. Owners of plantations include a high proportion of Scottish settlers who came to Grenada and Carriacou in the wake of the 18th century Jacobite insurrections.Entries including slavery: "July 9 [1833] To the sum assumed on A/c of Miss Mary Robertson for the manumission of Thomas a slave belonging to Meldrum [Estate] 80 loes... 264[£]... assumed the sum on A/c of Miss Bess Urquhart for the freedom of her daughter Nancy 9 loes... 29 14 [£]; "... my share of Orang Vale Lime Kiln..."; "1832 Jun 23... paid for account of the Hurricane at Barbadoes 3 12 6"; "1834 June 20... a Barrel sugar from Sinclair [Estate] 214 lb [£]7 1"; "William McLeod 1834 To Blackwood's Magazine for 2 years say 14 No. ea year [£]8 11 6"; "Matthew Davies 1834 Jany 31 By a half Barrel Pilot Bread [£] 1 6".People, including: Daniel Polson, planter of Carriacou; James McGillivray, Allan M Donald, John Campbell, David Logan, Roderick Fraser, Adam Head, Blair and Gilland (on the island of Carriacou), Charles S. Geddes, Simon Fraser, Duncan Blair... Surgeon (1793-1855), estate slave doctor; eldest son of John Blair, farmer in Drymen, Stirlingshire; matriculated at Glasgow in 1810; died on Carriacou in 1855. Estates include: Sinclair Estate, Grand Bay Estate, Harvey Vale Estate, Belan Estate, Dumfries Estate, Crayston Estate, Meldrum Estate, La Resource Estate etc.

Leicester printer and bookseller.- Chamberlain (Benjamin Goodman, printer and bookseller, Clerk of the Leicester Poor Law Union, Superintendent Registrar of Belvoir Street Chapel, of Leicester, 1811-78) [Diary], 2 vol., autograph manuscript, together c. 740pp., including 57pp. of letter book as reversed entries in first vol., a few small tears, three slightly affecting text, hole in one margin, one or two ff. excised, slightly browned, first vol. original wrappers, paper label on upper cover, slightly creased, lacks spine, second vol. original half morocco, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, 9th June 1831 - 20th April 1840. ⁂ Includes the murder of a Leicester manufacturer of brass instruments for bookbinders, visits to the cricket ground, Leicester Wool Fair, visits the Yeomanry Races, sees William Macready act in Hamlet, buys a set of pistols, the diaries chronicle his courtship of Arabella who lives in Aylestone nearby, until he breaks it off etc.Murder of Mr Paas, manufacturer of brass instruments for bookbinders, by James Cook, bookbinder of Leicester. Chamberlain's entry in his diary for Wednesday 30 May, 1832 shows that he visited James Cook on the the day that Paas was murdered, and that his dismembered body may have been lying in his workshop while he visited. "Friday June 1... when I came home heard of a most horrid murder committed by Cook the binder upon Mr Paas of London which was supposed to have been done on Wednesday afternoon - the poor man was sundered and afterwards cut up into pieces and burnt which created such a stench as led to the discovery - the thighs lay then upon the fire - James Cook absconded supposed to have gone for Liverpool." James Cook was executed on 10th of August, 1832, and was one of the last people to have been hanged in a gibbet after death."Wednesday Oct 28... finished the Play Bills for the season and went to take places at the theatre tomorrow... Thursday Oct 29... to the theatre to Anderson's Benefit... to see the first Act of Sardanapalus... ."

Lewis Carroll's parents.- Roper (Jemima Margaret, daughter of Rev John Gilpin, married Roper Stote Donnison Rowe Roper, 1814-67, of Sedbury Hall, near Gilling, North Yorkshire, cousin of William Sawrey Gilpin, landscape painter and landscape gardener, 1761/2-1843, 1809-60) [Diary mentioning meeting and dining with the Dodgsons], autograph manuscript signed, 175pp., slightly browned, a few small ink blots not affecting text, original vellum, slightly soiled, sm. 4to, 21st December 1842 - 13th April 1846.⁂ The Gilpin family of Sedbury Hall, near Richmond in Yorkshire. The gardens were designed by William Sawrey Gilpin at Sedbury Hall during the 18th century. The diary makes mentions hunting and shooting, Lady Hay, Lady C. Dundas, Mrs. Surtees, visiting Richmond, Darlington and Gilling and Croft-on-Tees. The Dodgson family moved to Croft-on-Tees, a nearby parish to Sedbury in 1843, and they came within the social orbit of the Ropers. With eight mentions of meeting and dining with the Dodgsons, Lewis Carroll's parents, Rev. Charles Dodgson (1800-68), Rector of Croft-on-Tees, his wife, Frances, and on one occasion, her sister, Lucy Lutwidge (1805-80).(1). William Sawrey Gilpin (1761/2-1843), landscape painter and landscape gardener; "Tuesday 4 [April] Poor Uncle W. died at 10 o'clock... Saturday 8. Roper went to Uncle Wm's funeral".(2). Lewis Carroll's parents. "Thursday 8th [April 1845] Dined at the Dodgson's"; "Friday 30 [January 1846] Gentlemen hunted from Wild Wood. Walked with Roiper & Mama. Took Trot & Georgie to Richmond - Worsley Mr. Dodgson, Miss Lutwig [Lutwidge], Whartons & Mosleys dined".

Cookery.- Roper (Jemima Margaret, daughter of Rev John Gilpin, married Roper Stote Donnison Rowe Roper, 1814-67, of Sedbury Hall, near Gilling, North Yorkshire, cousin of William Sawrey Gilpin, landscape painter and landscape gardener, 1761/2-1843, 1809-60) [Collection of recipes], autograph manuscript, 112pp. (excluding blanks) including 22pp. index at front, mostly in 1 hand but with additions in at least two other hands, 4 cookery recipes loosely inserted, original half calf, rubbed, 4to, 15th November 1831 - 40s & later 19th century.⁂ Recipes include: "Sugar Crust"; "Lemon drops"; "Bath Cakes - excellent - Mrs Hogg"; "Raspberry cream for baskets"; "Baked hasty pudding Mrs W S Gilpin"; "Currie powder"; "To make muffins - Mrs Carter"; "Breakfast Biscuit"; "Cheese pudding"; "Velvet Cream"; "Dough Cake"; "Solid Custard"; "Coffee biscuits"; "Plymouth pudding"; "Mrs Alderson's Gingerbread"; "Perpetual Lemon cheesecakes"; "Old Wifes Cakes"; "Liffy Pudding"; "Dutch Sauce - Mrs Wharton"; "Royal Cream - Mrs Wharton (excellent)"; "Lobster Cutlets"; "Muffin Pudding"; "For the Ringworm"; "Sherry & Beer Cup"; "Cherry Brandy"; "Devonshire Cream"; "Champagne cup"; "Cream - Lady Lawson"; "Fig Pudding - Lady Lawson"; "Lancashire Pie (without meat)"; "Porter Jelly"; "Green butter"; "Sir Watkin W Wynne's Pudding"; "Damson Cheese" etc.

India to England.- Griffith (Mrs. M.E., ?widow of Major General John Gilbert Griffith, Commissary of Stores, Bombay) Journal of Common Occurences..., autograph manuscript, 97pp. excluding blanks, first gathering loose, slightly browned, original half calf, edges, corners and spine repaired, sm. 8vo, September 1831 - January 1832.⁂ The diary of an English woman and her young son, John, travelling from Bombay to England, via Ceylon, the Cape, St. Helena and Ascension Island, on board the steamer "Sarah". Before leaving Mrs Griffith gives an account of life in Bombay, dining with various families and visiting the Wilderness, a bungalow in Bombay. Mrs. Griffith provides a vivid description of weather, sailing conditions and life on board. At St. Helena they visit Napoleon's tomb at Longwood.Bombay. "The poor spotted deer died this day after three days sickness, supposed to be... by a bite from a snake, two very venemous ones killed in the Hall on Sunday night last)... List of Passengers on board the Sarah - Mr and Mrs Lucas - Artillery two children and European servant - Mrs Girdlestone a widow with four children... Poor Mrs Girdlestones baby died about 7 o clock a happy release - I walked on deck after tea and retired about 8."Colombo, Ceylon. "Mr Ackland waiting at the landing place with two carriages... Mrs Jefferies drove us through the Cinammon gardens and round the race course - the island is extremely pretty a beautiful lake is in the centre of Colombo... the carriages are merely Palanquins on wheels drawn by one horse - the men instead of driving has a rein and runs by the side of the horse... ."St Helena. "... went to the Governors... and Napoleons Tomb and house... Sir Wm Dovetons is a very pretty place... we mounted again and rode on for Longwood - in turning a sharp corner - my horse went too near the edge - the ground gave way and he tumbled down a ravine to the great risk of my neck... fortunately I got clear of the saddle and jumped... . I remounted and we reached Longwood safely I felt quite grieved at seeing a place in which so great a man lived and died converted into a chaff-cutting machine - the only room left is the Billiard room with his table in it - I felt much disgust at the old house being so used."

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor, poet, critic, and philosopher, 1772-1834) Inscription over a Time piece, autograph manuscript poem signed "S.T. Coleridge", 1p., 2 brown foxing spots in right hand margin, 95 x 230mm., 12th September 1833.⁂ Inscription reads: "Time fleets: but Conscience gives immortality to the fleeting Acts of Time. Inscription over a Timepiece. NOW! It is gone. Our brief hours travel post. Each with its Deed, or Thought; its Why? And How? But know, each parting Hour gives up a Ghost. To live within thee, an Eternal NOW."The first version of this short poem is dated November 15, 1830, now lost, was published posthumously in 1835. This manuscript has a few small variations from the published version, e.g. "live" for "dwell" in the final line.⁂ Provenance: Mrs. Ellis, d. 1835, wife of the missionary William Ellis(1794-1872) editor of The Christian Keepsake, Sotheby's, May 21, 1968.

England & India.- Welsh (James, Major-General, army officer in the East India Company, author of "Military Reminiscences; extracted from a Journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, 1830", 1775-1861) [Diary], autograph manuscript, 113pp., manuscript notes in margins, ruled in red, printed clipping of the Army at Madras laid down on lower pastedown, some ff. loose and working loose, slightly browned, original half morocco, worn, manuscript on paper label "Intermediate Journal 1844", ink marks on upper cover, lacks spine, upper cover detaching, sm. 4to, Reading January 1844 - Madras 1845.⁂ Includes: a visit to Alexander Robert Charles Dallas (1791-1869), Church of England clergyman, at Wonston, near Winchester, after an accident in which Dallas had fallen from his horse, "we assembled in dear Dallas's study, in the evening and he dictated while Mr. S. [Rev. Beauchamp W. Stannus, Rector of Arrow, Warwickshire, d. 1908] wrote down his thoughts till prayer time"; meeting of the Irish Church Education Society; daily records the weather; visits his grandson George Elphinstone at Warminster School; visit of Van Hamberg's fair, "at 11 Van Hamberg came into the Town in grand procession & established his equestrial & zoological company in a field off the Oxford Road... Van hamberg's daring conduct, in the midst of wild beasts, in their cages, was beyond anything I could have conceeived, knocking down Lions with his fist & stamping on their necks; visits to Smith, Elder & Co, publishers in Cornhill & Benjamin Elder pays £200 royalties from his book, "... to 65 Cornhill, where I found that my kind friend Elder, has received 200£ more for my arrears, than usual, which will much help to clear me, at this crisis"; moves to St Helier in Jersey; calls on the Governor of Jersey, Sir Edward Gibbs; travels from England to Madras calling at Gibraltar, Cairo and overland across the desert towards Suez, landing in Mangalore; Mercara Fort, "... I walked round the ramparts & found the fort much more extensive than I expected & in excellent repair"; Bangalore, to see the 15 Hussars, Horse Artllery, "found great alterations, & improvements, it is indeed, one of the noblest mil.y stations I ever was in...".

Mediterranean Tour.- Young (Sir Frederick, traveller and writer on Imperial affairs, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute (RCI), married Cecilia, daughter of Thomas Drane, brewer of Torquay, c. 1820-73, 1817-1913) [Tour of Greece, Malta, Turkey & Italy], autograph manuscript, 118pp. excluding blanks, 9pp. of 10 botanical specimens collected from various locations, slightly browned, original straight-grained morocco, rubbed, lacks most of spine, sm. 4to, 29th September 1844 - 4th February 1845.⁂ Young's itinerary includes: Queen Victoria's yacht at Tilbury; passing Tangiers, Ceuta and Gibraltar; visits Malta, goes ashore at Valletta, visits St. John's Cathedral and Knights Templar Library; lands at Corfu, Olive groves, indolent people, meets Mrs Ward and her son, visit to the Citadel and Messonghi; Greek mainland, Patras, Piraeus, long description of Athens classical antiquities, visit to the field of Marathon, attends the opening of the Chamber of Deputies and saw King Otto (1815-67); visits Syra [Syros]; lands in Turkey at Smyrna [Izmir], sees a caravan of camels, bazaars in Smyrna; passes the site of Troy; mentions Lord Byron's swimming the Dardanelles; passes Gallipoli; lands at Constantinople, "a most superb City", bazaars, procession of the Sultan [Abdülmecid I, 1823-61) attending Friday prayers, visits the "dancing Dervishes", the tomb of Mahmoud II, the Hippodrome, Egyptian obelisk, the Cistern of Constantine, visit to the Royal Armoury and Saint Sophia; slavery in Turkey; travels back to Malta and put in quarantine in the Lazaretto; sails to Italy and lands at Syracuse, visits the catacombs, sails along the coast and visits Catania, Etna, Messina, cooking lunch in the heat of Vesuvius, Naples, description of the ruins of Pompeii, Pozzuoli, and Baiae, Pisa, Genoa, Marseille & Paris.Constantinople: [Dervishes]. "On the 9th... I went to see the Dancing Dervishes. The place, where this religious sect exhibits their singular performances is of somewhat spacious dimensions, and of a circular shape. Their costumes... is a high crowned felt hat, in shape like a flower pot, and a coarse kind of woollen cloak of a dark brown, or green hue. Suddenly they each throw off their cloaks... they commence twisting round, and round the room in a kind of waltz". [Slavery]. "On our way home, we passed thro' the Slave Market, where the traffic in the sale of human blood is held every morning... . It is a large quadrangular court, with railed platforms ranged round the sides - These were elevated about six, or eight feet from the ground; and parties of slaves are placed in them, previously to being sold, like flocks of sheep - Slavery in the East is not, however, to be regarded in the same light, as elsewhere - Here the slaves are invariably treated most kindly by their masters... ".

England & West Indies.- Malcolm (George John, Rear-Admiral, 1830-84) Private Journal... [England, Gibraltar, Spain & the West Indies], autograph manuscript, title and 191pp., some stubs of ff. excised, browned, original roan, gilt initials "G.J.M." stamped on upper cover and spine, Malcolm's name lettered direct on upper cover, rubbed, corners bumped, tear at head of spine, sm. 4to, 7th March 1847 - 12th March 1851.⁂ Jamaica. "I met on board to day a gentleman who had been a 'planter' he said, that he had had a plantation in the parish of Manchester & finding that his sugar crops did not succeed he gave it up, he complained as they all do of the little difference between the duties on Colonial & Foreign sugar & said that in 1851 he thought there would be no difference between the duties." Bermuda. "H.M.S. Wellesley - Bermuda... strolled on shore after breakfast to smoke a cigar... went to the house of Mr. Donald, clerk of the Hospital... . I requested him... to take a phrenological survey of my head... we afterwards went to see the new houses building for the captain superintendent of the convicts & the clergyman... ."Malcolm was the eldest son of Sir Charles Malcolm (1782-1851), naval officer. He followed in his father's footsteps, serving in the Royal Navy for his entire career and becoming Rear Admiral in 1882. His long naval career took him to North and South America, the West Indies, the Baltic, the English Channel, Egypt, and the East Coast of Africa. After he retired from active service in 1873, he entered the Turkish services as Pasha and was employed at Constantinople as Director General of the Abolition of the Slave Trade and Judge of the Slave Courts.

London.- London as it Was and London as it is, manuscript, 3 vol., together c. 370pp., numerous engravings laid down (1 with tape across folds), 9 pen and ink sketches of forts, some ff. loose or working loose, original half morocco, worn, vol. II covers detached, vol. II & III lacks spines, sm. 4to, [c. 1850s].⁂ Derived largely from Macaulay, "Hughsons London - an Almanack of 1740 - and Mazzinghis History & Description of London".

Battle of Waterloo.- Ponsonby (Henry Frederick, army officer and courtier, Private Secretary to Queen Victoria, 1825-95) Notes on the Battle of Waterloo..., autograph manuscript signed, title and 88pp. excluding blanks, 11 pen and ink maps (10 with watercolour) of the battle, later calf-backed boards, gilt, oblong 8vo, [c. 1860s].⁂ Perhaps written while Ponsonby was an army officer. A carefully researched account of the battle's development over the day with lists of the forces on both sides.

19th century manuscript novel.- Marchmont (A.C.V.) Constancy, ?vol. I only (appears complete), manuscript, 431pp., 2 pen and ink titles, 8 full-page pen and ink illustrations and numerous decorations, all but two with tissue guards, a few ff. with juvenile scribbling, modern sticker on front pastedown, original half calf, slightly rubbed, 8vo, 1861.

Grenadier Guards.- Ponsonby (Sir Henry Frederick, courtier, 1825-95) Origins and Services of the First or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, autograph manuscript signed, 195pp., 12 watercolours of Colours and soldiers, 24 pen and ink portraits, ruled in red, slightly browned, later calf-backed cloth, old morocco label on spine, 8vo, [c. 1870].

Switzerland.- Brandt (Alice Florence, daughter of Adolphus Brandt, Commission merchant of Emmanuel Henry Brandt's Son & Co., Great St Helens, London, Consul General of the King of Bavaria, d. 1884, ?1853-73) Letter Book to a friend, autograph manuscript, 173pp., slightly browned, original limp morocco, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Bellerive, Lucerne, 29th September 1871 - Paris, Hotel Windsor, Rue de Rivoli, 23rd January 1872.⁂ Opening of the St. Gotthard Railway. "I am afraid I have been dreadfully gay this week, a dinner party, theatre, opera, & last night the festival in honour of the St Gotthard Railway... . When we reached the quay everything was one blaze of light. The door & verandah of the Schweilgesthof was one blaze of coloured glass lamps... formed the... white on red, the Swiss colours - surrounded by white, red & green the Italian colours. Above this... the words Dr. Alfred Escher in colours... ." A series of passionate letters to her friend Janie, on religion, opera, friends and life in Switzerland from a young woman who died at the age of 19.

Swinburne (Algernon Charles, poet and literary reviewer, 1837-1909) Cyril Tourneur, autograph manuscript draft, revisions throughout, signed at the end, 28pp., on blue paper, each leaf individually mounted on a stub, handsomely bound in modern green crushed morocco gilt, inner gilt dentelles, gilt lettering on upper cover, spine in six compartments, dulled to brown, by Riviere, folio, [c. 1887].⁂ Swinburne's essay on Tourneur was first published in The Nineteenth Century magazine in March 1887, and reprinted in The Age of Shakespeare, 1908.Cyril Tourneur (d. 1626), writer and soldier.

Morris (William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-96) Sheet of scribble by William Morris, autograph manuscript with his pen and ink decoration, 1p., folds, creased and browned, Britannia watermark, folio, c. 1890].⁂ Provenance: "This is a sheet of scribble done by William Morris while he was in the chair at a socialist meeting in his home at Hammersmith - R Catterson-Smith."

First World War.- Royal Army Medical Corps.- Grant (Colin, Captain, RAMC, medical practitioner, of Kirkaldy, Fife, invalided from the front after a fall from his horse in 1916, b. 1885) Collection of manuscripts, letters and artefacts relating to his service on the Western Front in the Great War, including: (1). Correspondence Book, carbon paper duplicates of c. 60 reports sent while in command of the 70th Field Ambulance at Erquingham and L'Estrache, the Advance Dressing Station at Brasserie etc., manuscript, 65pp. excluding blanks, original cloth, soiled, sm. 4to, September - October 1915 § (2). Diary, autograph manuscript, 53pp. excluding blanks, a few ff. loose, original cloth field-book, rubbed, 108 x 74mm., August - October 1915, browned; and a group of dispatches written to him in the field and letters after return to England and hospitalization, a group photograph, lecture notes, his medals (the silver Faithful Service and 1914-1918 medal, etc.), regimental badges, his beret, chevrons, and set of trench maps in their holder, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).(1). Correspondence Book. "Report for 24 hours... 13 Oct. 1915. At 11.15 last night, two shots from our heavy guns landed at a point almost due south from us. In a few minutes a large fire occurred at the spot, and was followed apparently by an explosion. At 9 am four very heavy enemy shells exploded in the field behind us, near railway avenue. Our batteries kept up a fairly heavy fire... . From 4 - 6 p.m, the Germans dropped numerous shells in this vicinity, some shrapnel balls and fragments landed on the roof of this house."(2). Diary. "... after inspecting the RAP I went right on to the fire trenches, which just here are within a stone's throw of the Germans. One could hear them talking, and with a periscope could examine their works, but of course no men were to be seen at all. Below ground... one could hear them moving. One German who spoke excellent English, had the cheek to call out 'Tommy lend me staples, my barbed wire comes undone'! Coming down another way, six shots came smack into a brick wall very close to us, but we got out with our wounded without any mishap. In the evening we watched the shelling of an aeroplane by the Germans , but they were hopelessly out of range."

Byron Centenary 1924.- Drinkwater (John, poet and playwright, 1882-1937) Records of My Visit to Greece for the Byron Centenary Celebrations April 1924, pieces including: Missalonghi April 19th 1824-1924, autograph manuscript poem signed, 1924; ALs from Harold Nicolson to Drinkwater acknowledging the receipt of the poem, Missalonghi , "What luck that such a sudden soaring of flame should have been lit by the small spark of the occasion"; TLs on behalf of George V accepting some Greek commemoration stamps with postmarks; correspondence from the Foreign Office allowing Drinkwater to wear the insignia of Commandership of the Order of the Redeemer (with accompanying Foreign Office regulations) "this permission is tantamount to leave to wear the order on any occasion, except at the English Court or when members of the English Royal Family are present"; 2 letters from D. Caelamanos, Greek Legation; photographs of the centenary celebrations, invitations, Greek commemoration stamps, newspaper cuttings etc., all laid down, original patterned paper covers, v.s., in a sm. 4to album, 1924; and another, including, The Centenary of Lord Byron's Death, University of Athens, Athens, 1924, v.s., v.d. (2).⁂ "In March 1924 Harold Nicolson dined with me at Ashburnam Gardens, and told me that a note had come from the English Legation at Athens suggesting that some special recognition should be made from this country in connection with the forthcoming Byron centenary celebrations in Greece."

Cryptography.- Porta (Giovanni Baptista della) De furtivis literarum notis vulgo. De ziferis libri IIII, woodcut device on title, woodcut ornaments and initials, 3 full-page woodcut volvelles, with contemporary ink inscription of Walter Hawgh at head of title, engraved bookplate of William Hanbury of Kelmarsh, an excellent clean copy in contemporary limp vellum, bound using printer's waste of scraps of medieval manuscript, yapp edges, a little rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, [STC 20118], 4to, John Wolfe, 1591.⁂ Early work on cryptography, first published in Naples in 1563. This is one of two apparently unuauthorized editions of 1591 by John Wolfe, one with false imprint of Naples, the other London as in this copy.William Hanbury (1704-68), antiquarian, who commissioned the Palladian Kelmarsh Hall, Northants., built by Francis Smith to a design by James Gibbs.

Bible, English.- The Holy Bible, 2 parts in 1, black letter, woodcut titles, double-page map at end of Genealogies, bound with Book of Common Prayer, woodcut title, printed in red and black, 1626, Genealogies (undated) and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, 1628, later marbled endpapers crudely repaired with tape and with manuscript leaf regarding provenance taped in, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards with brass centre- and corner-pieces, lacking clasps, rebacked preserving original spine, spine ends worn, [Herbert 411], 4to, Bonham, Norton and John Bill, 1628.⁂ Rare to find a quarto King James Bible with both the Genealogies and the map. The accompanying texts bound with the Bible are also complete. A good, clean copy.

Fulbecke (William) An Historicall Collection of the Continuall Factions, Tumults, and Massacres of the Romans and Italians...before the peaceable Empire of Augustus Caesar, first edition, with initial blank and blank A4 at end of preliminaries, title with woodcut device, woodcut head-pieces and initials, contemporary ink inscription to title erased, contemporary ink manuscript note to rear free endpaper, first few leaves lightly stained, contemporary limp vellum with ties (2 defective), yapp edges, a little rubbed and soiled, [STC 11412], small 4to, for William Ponsonby, 1601.

[Tomlins (Elizabeth Sophia)] Memoirs of a Baroness, first Dublin edition, advertisement f. (torn at inner margin), D6 with short tear running into text without loss, occasional light foxing or browning, 19th century ink inscription to endpaper, contemporary calf, joints splitting but holding firm, lacking spine label, corners bumped, a little rubbed, [cf. Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1792:56 (first edition)], large 12mo, Dublin, for P. Wogan, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Halpen, J. Moore, J. Jones, W. Jones, R. M'Allister, J. Rice, 1792.⁂ Rare, ESTC and COPAC list 5 copies between them (not in BL). Purporting to have been transcribed from a 17th century manuscript, the novel takes place in the court of Henry IV of France.

Gunning (Mrs. [Susannah]) Anecdotes of the Delborough Family, 3 vol., first Dublin edition, half-titles to vol. 2 & 3 only, occasional light foxing or soiling, contemporary ink inscription on labels to pastedowns, contemporary calf, spines gilt with black and green morocco spine labels, spines rubbed, a few joints cracked but holding firm, [cf Garside, Raven and Schowerling 1792:36; Summers p.232 (first editions)], large 12mo, Dublin, for Messrs. G. Burnet, P. Wogan, P. Byrne, A. Grueber, J. Halpen, [&c.], 1792.⁂ Gunning's fourth novel, scarce. Gunning's reputation was firmly established by this point, evident both by her name appearing on the title and by the adverts published by the Minerva Press in the run up to publication claiming "The Demand for this excellent Work is now so great, that the first Impression is nearly subscribed for amongst the Trade." Indeed, such was Gunning's reputation by this stage that the press issued further notices warning of "a most invidious false report" that Gunning was not the author and offering to show the original manuscript as proof to any interested parties.

West Country Poet.- Webb (Francis) Poems On Wisdom, On the Deity, On Genius, first edition, half-title, with mezzotint portrait of Webb tipped in as frontispiece (trimmed), Salisbury, E.Easton, 1790; Hymn to the Dryads inscribed to Dr. Turton, 1796; Ode to the Rural Nymphs, written at Comb-Bank inscribed to Lord Frederick Campbell, 1801; Somerset, a Poem, with final blank, 1811, Friendship: a Poem inscribed to a Friend..., presentation copy from the author to Maria Milner inscribed at head of half-title (partly erased by water and lightly stained), etched title vignette, for G.Kearsly..., 1769; An Epistle to the Rev. Mr.Kell with an Ode to Fortitude, Salisbury, E.Easton, 1788, together 6 works in 1 vol., first editions, the second, third and fourth items with engraved head-piece, Hannah Webb's copy with her signature and manuscript list of contents on front free endpaper, some light foxing, mostly to fourth item, slight worming to outer margin of last two works, contemporary calf, spine gilt, rubbed, head of spine worn, 4to⁂ Francis Webb (1735-1815) was born in Taunton and was a non-conformist minister but in 1766 he retired from the ministry and became a writer, including mistakenly giving his support to William Henry Ireland's Shakespearian forgeries being genuine. In 1801 he travelled to Europe as Francis Jackson's secretary at the negotiations for the Treaty of Amiens and acted as an intermediary with the French. He married Hannah Milner of Poole in 1764. Although the fifth item Friendship, a Poem is anonymous and the author unidentified on ESTC and COPAC it is clear that the author must be Webb.All the items are scarce, with between 2 and 4 UK copies of each listed by ESTC or COPAC (all in BL, and mostly Oxford and/or Cambridge).

[Meades (Anna)] The History of Sir William Harrington, 4 vol., second edition, half-titles, advertisement leaf at end of vol.2 and 4, a few leaves working loose, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, 2 ends slightly chipped, corners slightly rubbed, 12mo, Printed for John Bell, 1772.⁂ First published in 1771, this epistolary novel, sometimes attributed to Thomas Hull, was written by an admirer of Samuel Richardson, Anna Meades, in 1757. She sent the manuscript to Richardson for publication but he replied that he was a printer not a bookseller and offered to read and advise her about the manuscript. For some reason the book remained unpublished for a number of years, but in 1771 it appeared with a preface acknowledging Richardson's part and with his name - presumably to aid sales - on the title-page. Richardson's family protested that he had nothing to do with the work and in the preface of this second edition the editor states that he could produce Richardson's own notes on his work on behalf of the author (these notes now in the BL). Ownership stamp "Lancaster" and signature of Elizabeth Heinzelmann (dated 1806) on titles.

Woman novelist living in America.- Wright (Frances) A Few days in Athens, being the translation of a Greek manuscript discovered in Herculaneum, first edition, some spotting and finger-marking, contemporary half calf, gilt spine in compartments, gilt faded, upper joint split, but holding firm, head of spine chipped, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, 1822. ⁂ Rare first edition of this utopian novel by the Scottish-born social reformer, abolitionist and feminist, which she dedicated to Jeremy Bentham. In 1925 Wright founded the Nashoba Commune in Tennessee, a utopian community which aimed to prepare slaves for their future emancipation. She also campaigned for birth control, sexual freedom for woman and free public education for all over the age of two in state-funded boarding schools.

Upper Canada.- First Nations.- Bouchette (Lt.-Col. Joseph, Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America, 1774-1841) A Plan of the Province of Upper Canada, manuscript map with decorative title cartouche showing boats of the First Nations people and a wigwam in the upper right corner, the map covers Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario, and includes Fort Defiance (built in 1794), Lake Simcoe (named in 1792), Dundas Street (construction began c. 1791), and the two names for River La Tranche or Thames (officially changed c. 1792), Captain John Deserontyon's settlement at the Bay of Quinte, and General "Mad" Anthony Wayne's Fort Defiance, also with some roads and settlements highlighted in red, pen and grey-black ink, red ink, watercolour wash and traces of pencil on wove paper without watermark, signed 'Jos. Bouchette' in the lower right corner, the additional red ink annotations appear to be by another hand, sheet 450 x 645 mm. (14 3/4 x 25 1/2 in), a 20th century hand suggests an attribution in pencil to 'Edward Baker Littlehales' in the upper left margin, and a suggested date in 1805 in the lower left corner, the sheet has a tear in the lower section of the right hand margin running just into the map, other minor nicks to extremities, folds and handling creases, some surface dirt, unframed, [probably circa 1790-1795].Provenance:James Stevens-Cox (possibly acquired from the same source as the Col. Sir Edward Baker copy of Samuel Hearne's 'A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay', which featured an early map of Upper Canada, and was sold in these rooms [see Lot 6, 31st May 2018])⁂ An important and early manuscript map by the man who was to become the Canadian Surveyor-General of British North America, showing key settlements of First Nation tribes. Manuscript maps and plans by Joseph Bouchette are exceptionally rare on the open market, with Joan Winearls recording fewer than a dozen known examples in her 1991 Mapping Upper Canada, 1780-1867 ; all of which are in institutional collections. Out of these, even fewer examples are known to be from Bouchette's early career, causing some difficulties quantifying the hand and style of the young man. In March 1790, Bouchette was hired at the Surveyor General's office in Quebec as an assistant draftsman, where he was essentially employed to copy plans. In 1791 he was appointed land surveyor, but shortly after this he chose to enlist in the Provincial Marine where he served for a number of years. During this time his actions met with noted success, as Mrs Simcoe's diaries show.[1] Yet it was not until December 5th 1794 that he resumed his work as a copyist, and it is possible that it was around this point that he produced the present map. The nature of Bouchette's early manuscript maps, in particular the way that pre-existing map sources would have been copied, explains the slight lack of confidence in line and execution found in the present work, as well as the slight variations in their style. The signature in the lower right, several identified locations (London, Dorchester, and Oxford), as well as the view in the upper right appear to be using the same ink and may well indicate the different additions and stages of the map's production. It is noteworthy that the vignette view of Lake Ontario in the upper right corner was later adapted and used in William Faden's engraved map after Bouchette, 'Map of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada with adjacent parts of the United States of America', published in 1815, which featured two other engraved vignettes after Bouchette [see David Rumsey Map Collection, list no.: 4431.014]. The engraved vignette after Bouchette shows a slightly different composition, with the boat builders and the wigwam relocated and the trees replaced with a convenient giant rock face. The later engraved vignette also includes the 112-gun warship HMS St Lawrence, which was not in active service on Lake Ontario until 1814, the only Royal Navy ship of the line ever to be launched and operated entirely in fresh water.[1] Mrs Simcoe recalls "In 1793, the 'Onondaga', 12 guns, 80 tons burthen, [...] went ashore [...] After being abandoned, the vessel was pulled off by Mr. Joseph Bouchette. For this act he was promoted second lieutenant in the provincial navy".

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) Christabel: Kubla Khan, a Vision; The Pains of Sleep, first edition, lacking half-title and fly-titles to all but Christabel Part II and 4pp. advertisements at end, manuscript pencil annotation to one leaf, occasional light spotting, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine gilt with red calf label, [Wise 32], 8vo, 1816.

Greek Papyrus.- Conclusion of a petition, manuscript in Greek, a fragment on papyrus, tears with loss, framed and glazed, 130 x 90mm., [Egypt], [c. 150 CE].

Legay (Jehan, Sieur de la Bougatriere) Abrege des Antiquitez Noblesse et Haultes Alliances de L'Illustre Maison Despinay, manuscript in French, in an attractive cursive hand, title and 132pp., d'Espinay arms executed in gold, silver and water-colours pasted on verso of title, water-colour drawing, heightened with gold, of a headless figure, the left hand holding an orb, the right hand raised in blessing, inscribed at the top "A Madame, Madame D'Espinay" pasted on verso of folio 46, green watered silk endpapers, green morocco and gilt patterned doublures, bound in 19th century brown morocco gilt, inlaid with various colours, the sides divided into irregularly-shaped compartments by double-fillets, by Le Couturier stamped at tail of spine, 8vo, [France], [16th century].⁂ Sotheby's Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Fine Bindings, Monday, December 14th, 1959. The Property of a Gentleman. Bought by Alan G. Thomas.

Dessert recipes.- Cakes, Jumballs, Gingerbreads, Creams, Jellies, manuscript, title and 38pp. excluding blanks, in two hands, slightly browned, modern pencil inscription "Winstanley family (Leicestershire", original speckled calf, rubbed, upper joint splitting, sm. 4to, [c. 1750].⁂ Recipes include: "To make York Onzbridge Cakes"; "Mrs Elles Errengo Cream"; "The Ld. Sandwicks Receipts for making Chocolett the Spanish way"; "To make Rusks"; "Shrowsbery Cakes" etc.

Cheshire Estate Survey.- Slater (T.) & N. Lewis, surveyors. Survey and Valuation of Estates the Property of Thos Dicken Gent., lying in the Parish of Audlem and Township of Buerton in the County of Chester, manuscript on vellum, 10pp., ruled in red, monochrome watercolour wash title and 3 maps (2 full-page including 1 folding), slightly browned, original crushed and polished red morocco, gilt, edges and corners rubbed, morocco darkened, morocco label on spine, g.e., sm. 4to, 1770.

England & Scotland.- Scott (William, of Stourbridge) Tours through several parts of England and Scotland, autograph manuscript, title and 636pp., 2 watercolour wash plates at beginning, printed folding "The Atlas of Scotland" at beginning and folding table "Geological Table of of British Organized Fossils" with watercolour wash decoration at end, browned, front fly-leaf loose, browned, original calf-backed boards, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spine, extensively rubbed, sm. 4to, 1816-21.⁂ Places visited, include: Scotland (Glasgow), north of England, Weymouth, Ludlow, Isle of Wight, Derbyshire etc. Includes long descriptions of the Lake District, Isle of Wight etc. Lake District. "... found us at Lowood House on the margin of Winandermere Lake... . Passing Ryedale Water, and the sequestered lake and village of Grasmere we ascended a hill, and then entered upon a scene of uncommon grandeur... ."

Persian manuscript.- Mir'at Makkah [The Mirror of Makkah], vol.1 only of a larger work entitled Mir'at al-Haramayn [The Mirror of Two Santuaries], Persian manuscript on blue paper, 213ff., 12-14 lines to the page written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, outer margin in red, first page decorated with an illuminated head-piece in colours and gold, intercolumnar rules in gold, lacking catchwords, generally in very good condition, broken and hinges split, contemporary citron morocco, paper label to spine, upper cover slightly stained, folio, Qajar, [last quarter of 19th century].⁂ Anonymous Persian translation of an original Ottoman Turkish text by Eyyub Sabri Pasha (d.1890), written during the reign of Sultan 'Abd al-Hamid Il bin 'Abd al-Majid I (reigned 1876-1909). Complete in itself, this volume was probably part of a larger work on the Holy Sanctuaries (Mecca and Medina) and the pilgrimage routes in the Hejaz, printed in Ottoman Turkish in 5 volumes by the Bahriyye Press, 1888, with other Ottoman Turkish editions printed in Constantinople between 1884 and 1889 and in Arabic in Cairo.

India.- Hunter (Lt. James) Picturesque Scenery in the Kingdom of Mysore, Parts 1-8 & 10 only (of 10), first edition, hand-coloured stipple-engraved portrait of Tippoo Sultan and 36 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates, tissue guards, light foxing to title and portrait, some light marginal soiling to plates, plates of Part 7 (26-29) with a few damp spots, stitched in the original blue wrappers with hexagonal stipple-engraved pictorial labels depicting camel to upper covers and numbered in manuscript (one or two lacking or detached and loosely inserted), contemporary ink signature to upper outer corner of wrappers or first plate of each part, soiled and marked, some paper spines lacking or detached, [Tooley 275; cf. Abbey, Travel 424], oblong folio, W.Bulmer & Co. for Edward Orme, 1805.⁂ One of the finest colour-plate books of India with superb views and scenes of everyday life, and rare to be found in the original parts. It was later issued with Daniell and Ward's Twenty-Four Views in Hindostan as Blagdon's Brief History of Ancient and Modern India.

India, Ceylon & Kashmir.- Photograph album, c. 460 photographs of views including temples, elephants, Indian women, Europeans, street scenes, climbing the mountains etc., all laid down, photographs slightly yellowed, 2pp. of manuscript contents, original boards, rubbed, foxed and browned, photographs 142 x 82mm., album oblong 4to, [c. 1910].⁂ Includes views of Bombay, Agra, Taj Mahal, Pearl Mosque, Sikandra, Ganges at Benares, Hyderabad, Madras, Colombo etc.

India.- Faden (William) The Southern Countries of India from Madrass to Cape Comorin, Describing the Routes of the Armies Commanded by Colonels Fullarton and Humberston during the Campaigns of 1782, 1783, & 1784, Surveyed by Col. Kelly & Capt. Wersebe and Others, showing south from Mangalore, including the northern part of Ceylon, engraving with outline hand-colouring, 905 x 1040 mm. (35 5/8 x 41 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some minor spotting and surface dirt, folding into contemporary marbled slipcase, with ink manuscript label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 4to, 1791.

Byron Interest - a 17th century gesso and softwood kite-shaped ceiling boss, carved with a central monogram, 25cm wide, mounted for display and inscribed Carved Gesso Boss from Rochdale Manor, the verso applied with an early 19th century Plain Armorial bookplate: James Dearden, Rochdale Manor, the margin indistinctly inscribed in ink manuscript, 30cm wide overall Sir John Byron bought the manor of Rochdale in 1638. It remained in his family until 1823, when Lord Byron the poet sold it to James Dearden. It was then passed down through the Dearden family to Jeremy James Dearden, who inherited the Manor in 1980 from his father James Dearden. Jeremy Dearden was the Lord of the Manor until 2013 when he sold his interest.

Travel and Exploration - a mid-19th century Anglo-Jamaican letter?, inscribed from Folie's Hill? and dated May 5th 1853, from a husband to his wife who has had to go away to work, the wife and their children seems to be then residing at Kingston, their natural home seems to be Liverpool from the various references and some parallels, the man mentions his colleagues going to Annotto Bay, etc; a set of four manuscript letters from a brother in New Zealand to his sister, presumably in England, dated from 1899-1901, addressed from Wellington, New Zealand, (4); a 19th century opaque glass painting, of a bay, 7.5cm x 11.5cm, [6]

A pair of Islamic manuscript or Koran pages, inscibed with verse and painted in watercolour and gilt in the typical Persian mamnner, 22.5cm x 11cm

Local Interest - Legal History, a late Elizabethan vellum MS Duffield land bond, Henry Stevenson to John Brockshaw, dated 5th March 1592; another, slightly later?, regarding William Tournor (sic, Turner) of Derby; Mining and Railway Interest, a 19th century vellum ink manuscript survey map, by J.P. Harper M.E. of Derby, signed, of Kilburn and Horsley Woodhouse, including Kilburn Colliery, and flanked by Horsley, Holbrook, Smalley, the Midland Railway, etc., the margin with the various landowners of the Kilburn coal, hand-coloured and delineated, fifteen-folds, 89.5cm x 70cm, [3]

Legal History - Vellum indentures, including a Charles II 1664/1665 vellum manuscript mortgage, between the Earls of Londonderry and others, among the signatures is that of Eleanor Rockingham (née Manners of Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, married and became Baroness Rockingham, second wife of the Royalist baron killed in the Civil War); George III 1786 annual lease, multiple parties, including Pennell Hawkins of Saint James's Palace (Surgeon to King George III and Queen Charlotte), signed and sealed; Thomas Smith five manuscripts hand-scrivened and inscribed ink MS, relating to the estate and property of Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon PC (1732-1802, former Lord Chief Justice), some of which in Birmingham, including the assignment and delivery of £3,000, three signed and sealed by Lord Kenyon, dated from 1771-1801, (5); Local Interest, Mr Thomas Neale, Musical Instrument Maker of Westminster, his lease and grant for rent on the Duchess of Portland's London estate, dated 1764 and 1765, (2); Willington, Druggist of Nottingham: loans, release and bonds with Reverend ** Hodson, dated April 1756, on vellum and parchment, signed, (3); Mellish of Nottingham: Power of Attorney, dated 1808?, Administration of a Will, Henry Francis Mellish Esquire, Deceased, 1817, (2); 1779 Marriage Settlement, citing a Mellish, on vellum; (collection)

EARLY PRINTING. TWO LEAVES FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND, PRINTED BY WYNKYN DE WORDE, C1498 AND CHAUCER, THE TESTAMENT OF LOVE, CAXTON TYPE, 25 X 17.5CM, MOUNTED AND A BORDER FRAGMENT OF A MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT

Ancient Egypt - A pale blue Egyptian faience Ushabti ( shabti ) funeral statuette of simple form and small proportions of mummiform design, dating from the third intermediate period circa 1000 BC, set within a green marbled frame. Frame measures 20.5cm x 15.5cm. The letters in the photographs of this lot are not included and are to be used as reference only From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - A piece of woven mummy wrapping dating from the new Kingdom period circa 1250 BC, set within a gilt frame with inscription ' Found in a tomb at Deir El Medina on the West Bank at Thebes '. Frame measures 28.5cm x 22cm. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - An Egyptian beaded mummy mask dating from the third intermediate period 1000 BC, constructed as a strung panel of glazed composition beads in the form of a face wearing the beard of Osiris using mostly turquoise, ochre and black coloured beads. Representing the deceased, the mask would be attached to the face section of the mummy. Framed and glazed in a circular frame. Measures 35cm in diameter. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - A collection of three Egyptian Ushabti funeral statuettes to include two small faience figures with painted hieroglyphics and a larger example with painted head dress and hieroglyphics dating from the new kingdom circa 1500 BC. Framed and glazed, frame measures 34 cm x 35.5cm. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - A sarcophagus fragment painted with a depiction of Anubis, the God of the dead, dating from the New Kingdom circa 1200 BC. Framed and glazed, frame measures 40cm x 31cm. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Roman antiquities - Two ancient Roman oil lamps to include a terracotta lamp having a discuss decorated with circular motifs and a larger pottery lamp having ribbed decoration. Largest measures 10cm long Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - An ancient egyptian ushabti faience mummiform funeral statuette having a light green colour, the figure depicted with clenched fists signifying the male, and hieroglyphics running down the centre of the figure, including the symbol for Osiris. Measures 11cm long. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - a fragment of an Egyptian sarcophagus, constructed from gesso on linen, painted in black red and blue depicting the God Ra, believed to be from around the Middle Kingdom period 21st-22nd dynasty BC. Case measures 38cm x 33cm. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Ancient Egypt - A collection of believed late period Egyptian artifacts to include linen mummy wrappings inscribed with hieroglyphics, a piece of cartonnage made from papyri showing four colours depicting the bottom half of a seated figure or God on throne with writing to papyri underneath. Also three further small pieces of Papyrus showing hieroglyphs. Largest piece measures 10cm. Five pieces in protective plastic. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

An Egyptian sarcophagus fragment being painted in red, blue and black with hieroglyphics and painted falcon wings with striped decoration, mounted on a black display board. Piece measures 31cm x 14cm. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

An Egyptian carved limestone Amana head having an elongated face and wearing a Khepresh war bonnet. Measures 16cm long. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

Two ancient Egyptian artefacts to include a plaster fragment of a wall fresco being painted in pink and black along with an unglazed pottery pot of simple form. Pot measures 6.5cm high. Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

An Ancient Egyptian faience hollow canopic jar having blue colouration with black hieroglyphics, the jar names Duamutef, the jackal headed son of Horus and protector of the stomach, with the jar lid being in the form of Qebehsenuef, the falcon headed protector of the intestines. Measures 15cms Please note the photographs of the letters are included as reference only and are not included in this lot. From the collection of Trevor James Brown who was given permission to enter the tombs in 1919. Trevor also wrote a manuscript on the theory of the Theobs.

13th century AD. An English manuscript leaf with small Gothic blackletter Latin text in two columns of lines to each face, dry-point layout lines; black text with red and blue versals, red rubrics and touches, marginal scrolled tendril detailing. 1.15 grams, 19.5 x 13.5cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000. This is an example of the quintessential manuscript of 13th-century England: from a single volume Bible with the Latin translation of Saint Jerome, the so-called Vulgate, arranged according to the chapter divisions attributed to Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1280) one of the major milestones of European Christian culture. In contrast to those produced more commonly in France, pocket Bibles produced in England in the 13th-century often, as in this example, omitted the Book of Psalms. Fine condition.

13th century AD. An English manuscript bible leaf with blackletter Latin text in two columns to each face, dry-point layout lines; black text with red and blue fillers, marginal scrolled tendril detailing, prologues open with large decorated initials of blue patterned with white and flourished with red; illuminated D in blue, red, white and gold leaf, monk with lion's legs above, small grey dog to the left. 2.94 grams, 19.5 x 14cm (7 3/4 x 5 1/2"). Property of a North London gentleman; acquired on the UK art market before 2000. An example of the quintessential manuscript of 13th-century England: from a single volume Bible with the Latin translation of Saint Jerome, the so-called Vulgate, arranged according to the chapter divisions attributed to Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury (1207-1280) one of the major milestones of European Christian culture. In contrast to those produced more commonly in France, pocket Bibles produced in England in the 13th-century often, as in this example, omitted the Book of Psalms. Fine condition.