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'The Halle' Tradition' by Michael Kennedy with hand written dedication to the Hon. Mrs Evelyn Pelham, signed by Martin Milner (leader of Halle' orchestra) and Geoffrey Haworth (Chairman Halle' concerts society0, a 1972 Lincoln Cathedral Halle' orchestra concert program, a hand written manuscript of 'See Amid The Winter Snow' arranged by Brian Halesworth, manuscripts of 'Vision of a Kind' by Dr Philip Marshall and pencil autograph of Adrian Boult on 1936 Claridge's menu card.

OFFENBACH JACQUES: (1819-1880) German-born French Composer. An excellent Autograph Musical Manuscript, two pages, oblong folio musical score, n.p., n.d. The boldly and carefully penned musical quotation in Offenbach´s hand contains over sixty bars on three staves, and is entitled `Croquefer´, corresponding to his Operette Bouffe `Croquefer, ou le Dernier des Paladins´, a one act composition, first performed at the Parisian Bouffes-Parisiennes in 1857. The draft score includes multiple annotations, corrections, tempos and choirs text. To the second page the composer puts music to the chorus `Danse… Au gallop du postillon´. The score bears to the upper left corner an embossed monogramme of the French Printer Lard-Esnault, Paris, 23 rue Feydeau. Very small age wear with edges very slightly trimmed, otherwise About VG £1200-2000

SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE: (1835-1921) French Composer. A good Autograph Musical Manuscript, four pages, oblong folio musical score, n.p., n.d. The boldly and carefully penned musical quotation in Saint-Saens´ hand contains over a hundred bars on two and three staves. The unidentified draft score includes several annotations and corrections. To the right border of the first page two small drawing sketches of a balloon and a tree leaf in an unidentified hand, in pencil. Very small age wear. VG £1500-2000

BELLINI VINCENZO: (1801-1835) Italian Composer. A leading figure of Bel Canto and a very influential and admired figure by other composers. Bellini died at the very early age of 33. An extremely rare Autograph Musical Quotation by Bellini, six pages, oblong 13 x 9 musical score. Bellini has penned over seventy bars, with multiple annotations, corrections, tempos, erasures, amendments and lengthy voice texts in Italian. The composer´s manuscript draft score corresponds to his opera Il Pirata (1827), second act, with text in his hand `Tu ve-drai la sventurata che di pianto ogget-to io re-si le di-rai che s´io l´offe-si pur la seppi… Forse un di con me placate, alze-ra per me preghiera, e verra pietosa será. Sul mio sasso a la-gri-mar sul mio sas-so… Ah non fia sempre odia-ta la mia memoria io spero se fui spietato e fie-ro fui sven-tu-ra-to ancor. E parlera la tomba..´ Several words are different to the definitive libretto published. At the base of the third page bearing a written and signed contemporary annotation in Italian, stating `Original of Sign. Vincenzo Bellini, from Pirata, Col sorriso d´innocenza´ signed by his brother Carmelo Bellini. An exceptional historical musical quotation. Overall age wear, small creasing and extremely small holes not affecting the musical notes and texts, with one corner page with small professional repair, otherwise G £5000-8000

LE CORBUSIER: (1887-1965) Swiss-French Architect, Painter and Urban Planner. A good Autograph Manuscript and sketch by Le Corbusier, two pages, front and verso, folio, n.p., n.d., in French. To one side of the sheet a drawing by Le Corbusier, an attractive modern art sketch, in blue pencil. To the other side bearing an irregularly written text with several corrections and amendments. Le Corbusier annotates nineteen lines of a draft text stating in part `Let´s explain to end with, why…There is always a trampoline for a jumper or a diver. That Summer, August 1956, on my piece of rock to the far end of Roquebrune Cap Martin, I had painted my booth with some colour..´ further referring to a similar situation he lived time ago with some black paint remaining and an idea he suddenly got. One edge trimmed with few tears and a very small area of paper loss to the bottom corner, none of them affecting the drawing and only partially two words of the text. G £2500-3500

DUMAS ALEXANDRE: Père. (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A good signed page with unusual statement `I would like that my "Louis XIV" would be worthy of inhabiting your palace of Versailles - Alex Dumas´, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., in French. The detached sheet being the title page of his work Louis XIV and His Century (1844). Folded, with very small tear to the upper edge and a large stain. Together with A.L.S., Noel Parfait, three pages, 8vo, Brussels, 4th December 1853, to Alexandre Dumas, in French. Noel Parfait (1813-1896) French writer and Deputy. Parfait reports having received the first four acts of Dumas´ work La Jeunesse de Louis XIV, as well as the manuscript of Mémoires and mentions he is revising Ingénue, and states in part `I will defend your interests in the same way as if they were mine. Although I doubt being able to obtain half of the recette..´ With address leaf to Alexandre Dumas postmarked. G, 2 £150-200

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. An exceptionally rare and very important A.M.S., `Alex. Dumas´, being the Autograph Manuscript of La Reine Margot (“Queen Margot”), one of his renowned novels, published in 1845, 3rd volume, 14 full chapters, 97 folio pages, light grey paper, all written to front and none to verso, 12.5 x 17 large folio, fully in the hand of Dumas, and inscribed to the last written page `Offered to Madame Porcher. Alex. Dumas´. Dumas unusually carefully pens the 97 pages, including corrections and additions in his hand. Each chapter starting on a new page and showing the title in larger letters and interestingly several chapters are entitled in a different way, or slightly different way than the final known and published version, few examples being `Un Vieux Huguenot´ (“An Old Huguenot”) in this original version, is now known as `Le Manteau Cerise´ (“The Cherry Overcoat”), or `La Chasse´ (“The Hunt”) would become `Le Depart´ (”The Departure”), or ´` La Nuit tous les Chats sont Gris´ (`In the Night All Cats Look Grey´) would be finally published as `Dieu Dispose´ (`God Provides´) and few more. All the pages are numbered, bearing large attractive numbers to the heading in his hand. An impressive and extremely rare manuscript. Attractively and contemporary bounded, in black with title gilt letters “Autographe de la Reine Margot par Alexandre Dumas”. Also including a book box. Very small overall age wear, otherwise VG £40000-60000 La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel based on Margaret of Valois (1533-1615) a French princess, daughter of Henry II of France and Catherine de´Medici, who married in 1572 the King Henry III of Navarre, later Henry IV of France (1553-1610) and became Queen consort of Navarre and later Queen of France. She was a woman of letters and an enlightened mind. She was the first woman to write her Memoirs while imprisoned. This marriage was intended to celebrate reconciliation of Catholics and Huguenots, but concluded with the St. Bartholomew´s Day Massacre. Their marriage was annulled in 1599 by decision of the Pope. The novel starts in 1572 and concludes in 1574 when Henry of Navarre ascended to the French throne as Henry IV, succeeding Charles IX. La Reine Margot was almost immediately translated into English as “Marguerite de Valois: An Historical Romance” Jean Baptiste Porcher (1792-1864) French Theatrical Agent who used to purchase copyrights and ticket passes for his authors, later reselling them at the entrance doors of theatres. He very often was advancing money to Dumas and sometimes keepin some manuscripts in pledge. Dumas wrote about him “The man in Paris who has rendered more services to me.”

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). A good Autograph poem, one page, 12mo, n.p., n.d., in French. The copied verses by Flaubert being from a Voltaire´s poem, stating `Toujours un peu de vérité - Se mele au plus grossier mensonge - Cette nuit, dans l´erreur d´un songe - Au rang des Rois j´étais monté. - Je vous aimais… Les Dieux à mon réveil ne m´ont pas tout oté - Je n´ai perdu que mon empire.´, adding beneath `Voltaire and the Queen of Sweden´. The manuscript poem in Flaubert´s hand includes few words changed if we compare it with the usual Voltaire´s poem edition. Voltaire addressed this poem to Princess Ulrike, sister of the King of Prussia. With blank integral leaf bearing an annotation. VG £1200-2000

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). An excellent and rare autograph manuscript by Flaubert, two pages, folio, n.p., n.d., entitled Loi Salique ("Salic Law"), in French. A lengthy handwritten text by Flaubert, related to the spirit of the Salic Law, commented by Montesquieu, about its Germanic origin, stating in part `Two texts about the Salic Law, both of them in Latin but the second being full of German words mixed with Latin.. It is a matter of defining which one is the most ancient text..´ further saying `The Salic Law is not a standard code of laws but a simple enumeration of judicial customs… the criminal law holds the main important place.. We can feel at every moment the passage from one society to another, since the tenth century the customs succeed them..´ A curious and interesting lengthy document y Flaubert. Folded. With right edge slightly trimmed, otherwise G £2000-3000 The Salic Law was the ancient Salian Frankish civil law code compiled by first Frankish King Clovis AD 500. The written text is in Latin. It remained the basis of Frankish law throughout the Medieval, and influenced future European legal systems.

FLAUBERT GUSTAVE: (1821-1880) French Novelist. Widely considered the leading exponent of the literary realism. Best-known for his debut novel Madame Bovary (1857). An excellent and lengthy A.L.S., `Ton Gustave´, eight pages, 4to, Croisset, Wednesday 3h, 29th December 1852, to Louise Colet, the date is in her hand, in French. An exceptional literary content letter, where Flaubert expresses lengthy opinions and sends his literary advices to his muse and correspondent Louise Colet. At that time Flaubert is working on his Madame Bovary, and together with his friend Louis Bouilhet, makes a deep literary analyse of each verse of Paysanne, a feminist poem by Colet. Flaubert states in part `Always remember these great words of Vauvenargues "the correction is the varnish of the masters"´, further explaining which parts he considers excellent, which he considers too long, and saying `I am going to be, as I use to, unmerciful. This way of working is making me succeed and won´t consider changing it. Do you know that you make me feel proud, my poor beloved heart, when I see you following my advices and creating beautiful things. Let´s work and leave tenderness aside..´ Flaubert lists 23 points, numbering them, including corrections, duplications, naivety to avoid, poetic expressions, etc.. and states in part `Make the corrections indicated previously and send us back a legible manuscript. Most probably we will still find things to say. But it will be the last revision. You will at least have a good thing, a written and touching work, durable and yours…´ further on and before concluding Flaubert states `We will not see it before the end of January, the earliest, my poor beloved. Ma B.[Madame Bovary] is progressing so slowly! I do not complete four pages per week, it is still a long way.. However, I want to progress and do not want to spend the next whole winter. What a pyramid to stir for me, such a 500 pages book! A boldly written letter of excellent content, with corrections. Accompanied by the original envelope addressed in Flaubert´s hand, with two post ink stamps and bearing to the verso a red wax seal. VG £15000-20000Louise Colet (1810-1876) French Poet. Lover of Victor Cousin, Alfred de Musset and Flaubert. At her salon used to meet contemporaries in the Parisian literary community, including Victor Hugo. When Louise broke with Flaubert, she was so angered that she wrote a novel, `Lui´, in an effort to target the French author. Flaubert's letters to her, especially between 1851 and 1855, are a precious source of information on the progress of the writing of Madame Bovary. In others, Flaubert gives lengthy appreciations and critical comments on the poems that Louise Colet sent to him for his judgment before offering them for publication. The present letter is a good example of this.

LOUYS PIERRE: (1870-1925) French Poet and Novelist. A good autograph manuscript poem by Louys, one page, 4to, being a seven verses poem, no title, in French. A rather scabrous and rude erotic text with contemporary funny popular rhymes, related to a sexual relationship in a cave at the beach, and stating in part `..Nous étions caches dans cet antre - Lison relevait son jupon - Sur les reins comme sur le ventre…´ Boldly and carefully written in purple ink by Louys. One stain to the lower part of the page, folded, otherwise VG £150-200

BORJA Y ARAGON FRANCISCO DE: (1581-1658) Spanish Writer, an official in the court of King Philip III of Spain. Viceroy of Peru 1615-21. L.S., don Francisco de Borjas, one page, folio, n.p. (Lima?), 13th September 1616. The manuscript letter makes reference to slaves employed to work in the salt mines, who were taken from the owner, Juan de Villa, and orders that they be replaced, and further detailing the various regulations that they must work under. Boldly signed by Borja y Aragaon at the foot in his capacity as Viceroy of Peru. Some extremely minor, light age wear to the edges, otherwise VG. £80-100

CHARLES II of ENGLAND: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland & Ireland 1660-85. He succeeded his father King Charles I, executed for high treason. Charles II went into exile to mainland Europe in 1651 and remained there during the Cromwell republic until his return to be crowned in 1660. A fine L.S., `Carolus R[ex]´, as King in exile, at the base, one page, oblong folio, Brussels, 4th July 1657, in Latin. The King also adds alongside the text `Jacobus´, in his hand. The manuscript document is a request to all countries authorities, `Emperors, Kings, Princes, nobles, military commanders.. to permit free transit, and to help if necessary, his loyal servant 3rd Count of Castlehaven as well as his entourage..´ The King further grants his gratitude to all those who will help this officer. Bearing an attractive paper seal affixed at the base. Countersigned to the right bottom corner by Edward Nicholas. Folded. Overall age wear with two small holes to the centre folds. About G £800-1200James Tuchet (1617-1684) 3rd Earl of Castlehaven. A prominent figure in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.Sir Edward Nicholas (1593-1669) English Secretary of State to Charles II, and previously to Charles I. Nicholas accompanied the court into exile.

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. Fine D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James's, 21st March 1757. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to Thomas, Lord Viscount Dupplin and Thomas Potter, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces and authorises the payment of £20,000 to John Thomlinson and John Hanbury, merchants who 'have represented unto us that a further sum of Twenty thousand pounds is necessary to enable them to pay several Bills drawn before the expiration of their contracts by their agents in North America to answer the demands of the Deputy Paymasters there….' Countersigned at the foot by the Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764, British Prime Minister 1756-57), Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764, English Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-55, 1756-57 & 1757-61) and Viscount Duncannon. Also signed to the verso by both Thomlinson and Hanbury. An interesting document featuring the extremely rare signature of the Duke of Devonshire. Very slightly trimmed to the left edge and with minor overall age wear, about VG £150-200

GEORGE VI: (1895-1952) King of the United Kingdom 1936-52. D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, large oblong folio, Court of St. James, 30th August 1948. The partially printed document approves the appointment of Mr. G. T. MacEwan to be the Consul General in London for the Republic of San Marino. Countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin. With blind embossed seal. The manuscript text and signatures are just a touch faded, although perfectly legible. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, otherwise VG £100-150

PEEL ROBERT: (1788- 1850) British Prime Minister 1834- 35 & 1841- 46. A.L.S., Rob Peel, one page, small 8vo, n.p., n.d., to `My dear V´. Peel writes a somewhat hurried letter, informing his correspondent that he is going to Hatfield and continuing `Will you get the manuscript & Report - and as far as you can correct the proofs of the speech….´ further remarking `If you find you can do I t completely will you return them to R & V for publication. If not leave them for me´. Very slightly irregularly torn to the upper and lower edges, not affecting the existing text or signature, about VG £ 80-100

ELIZABETH I OF RUSSIA: (1709-1762) Empress of Russia 1741-62. L.S., Elizabeth, in Cyrillic, one page, folio, Saint Petersburg, 24th January 1737, in Cyrillic. The manuscript document is a Decree to the Patrimonial Chancery, instructing that attention to Piotr Novikov´s horses has to be maintained and that the same money he was receiving when he was working for the chancery as salary has to be paid in future. Further also instructing that the sum of 150 roubles has to be paid annually to the notary Bogdanov, as well as 800 kilos of flour and oat every four months, first the flour at the beginning of each period and after, at the end of each period, the money. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG £1200-2000

A 16TH CENTURY FOLIO FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, BUNDELKHAND, CENTRAL INDIA with eleven lines of Devanagari script, 14cm x 30cm.

A SAFAVID ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT 16TH CENTURY, probably Mohamad Makiya Collection, 17cm x 9cm.

A SAFAVID ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT 17TH CENTURY, probably Mohamad Makiya Collection, 24cm x 15cm.

AN INDO PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT 19TH CENTURY, probably Mohamad Makita Collection, 26cm x 17cm.

AN 18TH CENTURY PERSIAN SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT, 19cm x 13cm.

TWO DOUBLE FOLIOS FROM A BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT THAILAND 19TH CENTURY of horizontal form gouache with black ink on thick paper the central panels inscribed in Pali in Khmer script flanked by illuminations each pair depicting Buddha on the left and Moggolana and Sariputta on the right each framed 29 x 69cm; 28 x 66cm (double folios) For a similar manuscript in the British Library (inv. no. Or. 6630. ff.1.43) see Wladimir Zwalf Buddhism: Art and Faith London 1985 no. 263.

A GILT-LACQUER MANUSCRIPT (KAMAWA-SA) BURMA PROBABLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY stiffened cloth lacquered and gilt with sgraffito decoration and applied brown lacquer script sixteen folios with single piercing twin lacquered wood covers (kyan) with similar decoration associated cloth wrapper and strap 61 x 15.5 x 5cm (together) (18) Provenance: Acquired in Burma by the vendor about 30 years ago. For a closely related Kamawa-Sa said to have been found in the palace at Mandalay in 1885 now in the Victoria and Albert Museum London see inv. no. IS.11:26 to N-1969

AN ELEPHANT FIGHT MUGHAL NORTHERN INDIA 18TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper laid on card with unrelated manuscript illumination partial inventory stamp on margin 9.5 x 14.5cm (image) Provenance: Private collection Northern England

‡THREE MUGHAL ALBUM PAGES NORTHERN INDIA 17TH CENTURY with manuscript leaves gouache with gold and ink on paper each with two columns of nastaliq interupted with horizontal bands painted with birds surrounded by triple floral borders the larger with gold painted margin 31.4 x 21cm (folio and smaller) Provenance: European private collection

An illustrated leaf from a dispersed Persian manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama A battle scene depicting a mounted Rustam slaying a foe. On paper, text written in four columns of nasta’liq script in black ink, laid down on an album page, Persia, 16th century, 215mm x 208mm to edge of mount, framed

Illustrated leaf from a dispersed Persian manuscript A royal audience depicting an enthroned ruler surrounded by courtiers on paper, text written horizontally and diagonally in four columns of nasta’liq script in black ink, India, 18th century, 223mm x 154mm to edge of mount, framed

A RARE TIBETAN CARVED WOOD BOOK COVER 14TH CENTURY Decorated with three Buddhist figures elevated on elaborate thrones with mandalas surmounted by Garudas, surrounded by smaller Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, protectors, and lamas amidst clouds, all within borders of stylised leaves, 71cm. Cf. M M Rhie, R A F Thurman, Wisdom and Compassion, the Sacred Art of Tibet, p.314, no.122 for a related manuscript cover from 13th century.

AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT, 25cm high x 19cm wide (within mount)

MICHAEL LINDSAY-HOGG ROLLING STONES PLANNED FILM EPHEMERA. Collection of items relating to a planned but ultimately cancelled TV concert film to feature The Rolling Stones, Elton John, John Lennon, Diana Ross. Included here are would be director Michael Lindsay-Hogg's manuscript and typescript for the opening show, and a notebook with his ideas for the show, two original luggage labels for the Stones' 1970 European tour, correspondence relating to the New York Museum of the Performing Arts accepting footage from Lindsay-Hogg's Beatles and Stones films.

The remaining collection of items belonging to Annie Macdonald, including an album of Royal Family portrait photographs, two cased Ambrotype photographic portraits of a lady and gentleman (not identified), an over-painted photographic portrait of a gentleman  in folding pocket-case, a folding crocodile-skin pair of portraits of a lady and gentleman, a manuscript album of verses, a brass name-plate, engraved 'Mrs MacDonald' and a Mauchlin napkin ring printed with Balmoral Castle Prov: The Annie Macdonald Collection and ArchiveAnnie Macdonald (1832-1897) was for thirty years Queen Victoria's Maid; Annie was married to a Balmoral footman. Her devotion to the Queen was reciprocated; she is referred to in the Queen's Journal and a Life in the Highlands as 'My Dear Annie'; the Queen stood as Godmother to her daughter Victoria and in turn to her son Henry Blaker (see lot 150). Watercolour portraits of Annie and her husband by Queen Victoria hang in Osborne House, and her photographic portrait is believed to be in the Royal Collection at Windsor. She was too ill to attend Her Majesty at the 1897 Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London, and died in Scotland while the Queen was away: much distressed, the Queen held a Memorial Service at Windsor in her honour. Annie Macdonald is buried in Crathie Church, BalmoralPhotograph album - images generally fair to good, but with some spotting;  some mounted on commercial photographer's card, others on paper

A Greek ship's icon with embossed white metal surround and painted face, St. Nicholas. Provenance - commercial ship the 'Delphic Pride', Livianos Shipping Line, manuscript log of voyages undertaken under the charter of Mr. Anthony Barlow, whose descendants are the vendors, in ebonised frame, 26 x 21 cm (circa 1990s)

Two manuscript pages, in Latin with illuminated leading capitals, 14 x 9 cm, believed to be from a Book of Hours, mid 15th century N France or Flanders, mounted in a single frame

An interesting collection of African and Asian edged weapons, including Kris and other blades, all a/f to/w a bundle of arrows with iron tips, various empty scabbards and quivers and a manuscript volume 'African Weapons' by Major R E Donnelly (box)

CINQUE-PORTS: A Collection of The Statutes relating to The Cinque Ports, 12mo, rebound modern cloth, John Baskett, London 1723 Note: End fly leaf annotated in early 18th century ink manuscript, with details of further statutes "Omitted in this Collection ..."

Lambard, William - A Perambulation of Kent, 8vo, with portrait and 1 map, rebacked half calf, title page signed Rob. Dadd, Chatham 1826.Note: Inner fly leaf with manuscript in ink - 'Robert Dadd, a chemist of Chatham, the first owner of this book, was murdered in Halfpence Lane, Cobham, on the 31st August 1843 by his son, Richard, an artist, who had become insane ...'

NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD): ZIJ-I ILKHANI NASIR AL-DIN AL-TUSI (D. AH 672/1274 AD): ZIJ-I ILKHANI,The astronomical tables prepared for Hulegu, Persian manuscript on pale buff paper, titles in large script or in blue, many tables in red and black, the first few pages with important words picked out in red and inserted tables, the margins of double red rules, the latter section of the manuscript composed primarily of tables in blue, red and black with titles in larger script.Folio 22.8 x 18 cm (9 x 7 1/8 in.) PROVENANCEFamily Collection of the Descendants of Umar bin Awadh al Qu'aiti, sultanate in the Hadhramaut region of YemenAcquired by the present owner from the familyFor more images of this book, including images of several pages taken in consecutive order from sections in the beginning, middle, and ending sections, as indicated by the filenames, please CLICK HERE

An early 19th century watercolour and manuscript study of the 'Two Battalions Queen's Royal Volunteers', 33.5 x 43cm.

A manuscript vellum Coat of Arms document to Sir Harry Broadhurst, in red box.

Two Victorian bon-mot albums, belonging to Ann Kirk and Helen Kirk respectively, containing manuscript poetry, proverbs and religious quotes, together with tipped-in greetings cards, drawings and prints, circa 1850

A rare, extensive and detailed archive of manuscript notes detailing production of Great War British military munitions, ex-Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton, who worked for the Ministry of Munitions during the First World War, comprising approximately 150 sheets and notes concerning production requirements, supply and usage of munitions including artillery shells and other ammunition, tanks, machine guns etc

NO RESERVE Masefield (John) Ballads, first edition, unopened, 1903 § Morgan (Charles) Ode to France, one of 350 copies from an edition limited to 500, unnumbered copy with presentation inscription from the author to James Putnam, editor at Macmillan, [1942] § Byron (George Gordon, Lord) Monody on the Death of the Right Honourable R.B.Sheridan..., new edition, 1817 § Clough (Arthur Hugh) The Bothie of Toper-Na-Fuosich..., first edition, Oxford, 1848 § Romains (Jules) Le Voyage des Amants, first edition, Paris, 1920 § Hunt (Leigh) Abou Ben Adhem, 1f., [?Philadelphia], n.d., last single sheet, others original wrappers; and 7 others, Poetry, 8vo & 12mo (13)⁂The last perhaps prepared privately by bibliophile Ferdinand Dreer: a printed footnote states that the manuscript of the poem was presented in 1861 as a gift to Dreer by Hunt's son Thornton. A note on the reverse (?in the hand of Michael Papantonio of the Seven Gables Bookshop) states "Found in a copy of Poets of the 19th | Cent NY 1858, Benson Lossing's copy | presented to his wife, Christmas 1857 | Dreer was a Philadelphia collector".

NO RESERVE Worcestershire.- Nash (Treadway Russell) Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 vol., folding engraved map frontispiece, additional engraved title, engraved plates, illustrations, pedigree tables (many folding), spotting, occasional manuscript annotations, 14pp. facsimile bound at end of vol. 2, modern half calf, folio, 1781-82.

NO RESERVE Meteorology.- [Dobson (Matthew) & John Fothergill.] Observations on the Annual Evaporation at Leverpool in Lancashire..., letterpress tables, corrections to text in contemporary ink manuscript, creases, some very faint browning and soiling, a few short closed tears, final f. section excised with repair to verso, a little loss to text, disbound, 8vo, [1777].⁂ESTC traces 1 copy, in The Library Company of Philadelphia.Dobson and Fothergill prepared a longer copy for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: it appeared in 1777, in volume 67, pp244-259. A footnote on the final f. of this copy reads: "N.B. This paper is intended for the Royal Society, and to save the trouble of Transcribing, a few Copies have been Printed for the inspection of the Author's friends".

Juvenalis (Decimus Junius) and Aulus Persius Flaccus [Satires], translated by Barten Holyday, title in red and black, small loss to upper corner neatly restored, engraved map and 3 folding plates, 1 with small tears, repaired (lightly browned), illustrations, one or two small ink stains, occasional faint water-staining to foredges, lacks final leaf with vertical half title, later half calf, upper joints cracked, small loss to spine extremities, rubbed, [Wing J1276], Oxford, W. Downing for F.Oxlad Senior, J. Adams, and F. Oxlad Junior, 1673 § Montaigne (Michel de) Les Essais ... avec des notes, & de nouvelles Tables des Matieres, edited by Pierre Coste, 3 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece, titles in red and black, marginal manuscript annotations throughout occasional spotting, bookplate, ink-stamp to preliminary blank, small marginal tear (2C1, vol. 1), contemporary calf, cracked joint, upper cover of vol. 3 detached, rubbed and worn, Paris, 1725; folio & 4to (4)⁂ The ink-stamp in the second reads "This books is part of the old Grimké and Drayton Library at South Bay House So. Ca., which was sent over to T. Drayton Grimké, of Golborns Hall, Lancashire, England, in the Autumn of 1889."

* Civil Aviation – Imperial Airways (Europe). A collection of approximately 140 items of printed paper ephemera relating to Imperial Airways circa 1920s/1930s, including approximately 40 photographs, 10 postcards, plus brochures, leaflets, a menu, passenger tickets, chewing gum, some manuscript and printed reports, etc., the whole collection generally in very good condition and neatly arranged and presented in clear pocket sleeves in a modern ring binder (Qty: approximately 140)

Clarke (James Stanier, & John McArthur). The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson, from his Lordship's Manuscripts, 2 volumes, 1st edition, for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1809, engraved frontispiece by Charles Heath, 11 engraved plates, including 4 battle scenes each accompanied by an engraved plan, engraved vignettes and manuscript facsimile in the text, toning, plates spotted, cropped ownership inscription of original subscriber Nathaniel Nicholls of Rectory House, Odiham, Hampshire to title-pages, engraved bookplate to front pastedowns, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, rubbed and worn, large 4to in 2s (33.5 x 27 cm) (Qty: 2)Cowie 137. One of the key foundation texts of the Nelson legend. Provenance: Nathaniel Nicholls, original subscriber (see volume 1, page 10); Library of Colin and Joan Deacon.

Darby (Henry D'Esterre, 1750-1823). Archive of signal and instruction books from naval service in the French Revolutionary Wars, mainly 1795-1800, comprising: 'Signals of Vice Admiral Sir James Wallace Kn, 12th August 1795' [cover-title], manuscript on paper, 18 pp., flags added in watercolour to 3 pp., final page inscribed 'Jas. Wallace, To H. D. Darby Esqr, Captain of His Majesty's Ship Adamant, By Command of the Admiral [signed:] J. Hill', stab-stitched in sheet of contemporary printer's waste, manuscript title to front cover, rear cover chipped, 2 annotated slips laid in (one headed 'Additional Signals made by day on board the Adamant' and signed 'H. D. Darby' with flourished underline), folio 'Instructions for the Conduct of the Ships of War, Explanatory of, and Relative to the Signal-Book' [cover-title], [probably 1795], 40 pp., accomplished, manuscript diagram, laid-in printed title-label 'Instructions for the Ships of War, etc. 1795' with 'Adamant' added in manuscript, original plain paper wrappers, printed title-label to front cover, folio 'Signal-Book for the Ships of War. 1796' [cover-title]. 83 pp., undated title on p. 1, original half calf, marbled boards, printed title-label to front, 4to Instructions for the Conduct of the Ships of War, Explanatory of, and relative to the Signals contained in the Signal-Book herewith delivered, [1796], 48 pp., undated title on p. 1, accomplished throughout, pp. 24-5 heavily annotated, p. 45 inscribed 'Given under my hand on board His Majesty's Ship St. Albans at Spithead 9 April 1796, Geo Vandeput, To Henry D'E Darby Esq. Captain of His Majesty's Ship Adamant, By command of the Vice Admiral John Stephen', water-stained, fraying to outer leaves, original marbled boards, spine and portions of paper covering perished, front board held by upper cord, rear board by upper two cords, 4to 'Instructions for the Conduct of Ships of War. 1796' [cover-title], d ated title-page + xii index + 3-64 pp., accomplished throughout, manuscript index tabs along top edge, presentation leaf (p. 64) completed in manuscript and reading 'Given on board His Majesty's Ship the Lively in Gibraltar Bay the 19th Day of November 1795 [read 1796], To Henry D. Darby Esq. Captain of His Majesty's Ship the Bellerophon, By Command of the Admiral [signed:] Geo. Purvis', original half calf, marbled boards, printed title-label to front, folio Ibid. 48 pp., undated title on p. 1, original half calf, marbled sides, printed title-label to front, 4to 'Additional instructions. 1796' [cover-title]. 2 8 pp, undated title on p. 1, original half calf, marbled boards, printed title-label to front, 4to Appendix to the Signal Book, [no date], undated title-page + 16 pp. + iv pp. index + unpaginated blanks, accomplished in pencil and ink, flags added in watercolour, title-page annotated 'Spencer, Rec[eived] off Ushant the 1st Novr 1800 from Adml Sir Hyde Parker', p. iv of index annotated 'Number of the Desireè [sic] on the List of the Navy, 223' and 'To H. de E. Darby Esq., Captain of His Majesty's Ship Spencer', stitched in original marbled paper wrappers, 4to, Signal Book for the Ships of War, [no date], title-page + 125 pp. (numerous blanks), typographic flag templates in text, original marbled boards, folio Signal Book for the Ships of War, [no date], title-page + vii + 60 pp., accomplished throughout, flags added in watercolour to index tabs along fore margins, water-staining, concomitant fraying to lower outer corners of outer leaves, original limp marbled boards, paper lifting or perished through water-damage, folio Instructions for the Conduct of the Ships of War, [no date], 43 pp., woodcut diagrams in text, original marbled boards, folio Instructions and Standing Orders for the Central Government and Discipline of the Ships of War, [no date], 15 pp., unbound, folio [Naval accounts book], 1782, approx. 22 pp. + numerous blanks, allocating proceeds from the capture of the French ships Duc de Chartres and the Trois Amis and the Spanish ship Santa Leocadia by George Darby (c.1720-1790, Henry D'Esterre's uncle), during the Siege of Gibraltar 'H D Darby's Acts of Parliament' [manuscript cover-title], 6 works in 1 volume, printed by C. Eyre and executors of William Strahan [-George Eyre and Andrew Strahan], 1792-6, stitched in sheet of contemporary printer's waste, folio (2 additional Acts of Parliament laid in, 4to) [Scrapbook of military and naval crests], mostly trimmed and mounted, bookplate of John Darby of Markly, Sussex, contemporary green half roan, 4to (Qty: 15)Significant and extensive collection of rare signal and instruction books used by Henry D'Esterre Darby (1749-1823), captain of HMS Bellerophon at the Battle of the Nile (1798), together with additional material with provenance to Darby, and several further signal books without indication of ownership but all similarly unsophisticated in their original bindings, including one accomplished throughout with flags in watercolour, and evidently used in maritime conditions (item 10). Darby was captain of HMS Adamant from 1794 to 1796, escorting shipping to West Indies and Mediterranean. He was appointed captain of the Bellerophon during the summer of 1796 and led her in the blockade of Cadiz before the confrontation with Napoleon's forces in the Bay of Abu Qir. The Bellerophon suffered heavy casualties and Darby was himself wounded. John Marshall, in his Royal Naval Biography (1823), declared that 'The undaunted magnanimity with which Captain Darby placed her alongside her mighty antagonist [l'Orient], excited at the moment the highest admiration, and must ever be the theme of eulogium'. In 1801 Darby captained the newly-built Spencer in the Algeciras campaign and returned to England in 1802 with the rank of commodore, with subsequent promotions up to full admiral by 1819, and a knighthood the following year. All such signal books and their accompanying instructions are highly uncommon, with officers enjoined to ensure their timely destruction 'so that they may not fall into the Hands of the Enemy, by the Capture or Loss of their Ships' (item 3, explanatory instructions, article X). Of the dated items numbers 2 and 4-8 in our listing are untraced in libraries. The National Maritime Museum and the Navy Department Library each has a different set of instructions for 1795 but neither collates with our copy (item 2). A single copy of item 3 is held by the Navy Department Library in Washington, D. C; ESTC (T136497) locates two copies of another set of signals for 1796 with a different collation, containing day and fog signals only, whereas our copy also contains night signals. ESTC (N41002) traces one copy only of a 1798 issue of item 5. Further manuscripts and papers from Darby's career are now found at Cambridge, the British Library, Brown University, and Boston Public Library (USA). Provenance: acquired by the vendor from Francis Edwards in the 1980s.

* Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke, 1769-1852). An important manuscript letter on four sides of a bifolium watermarked J Whatman 1808 to His Excellency Charles Stuart, in a secretarial hand signed Wellington, dated Cartaxo, March 3 rd 1811, on four sides of bifolium watermarked J Whatman 1808 (Qty: 1)This dispatch highlights the problems facing Wellington's army, especially the supply lines: 'I have repeatedly represented to the Government the necessity of providing for the wants of their troops, if they intended that their discipline should be preserved, or that they should exist in the state of a military body at all. It is impossible to punish soldiers, who are left to starve, for outrages committed in order to procure food... Sir William Erskine again, yesterday, reported to me the wants of General Pack's brigade, and their consequent sickness. This is the fifth day that they have been without bread... I do not know how I can move the Portuguese troops, as they are entirely destitute of all means of supply .' Gurwood, Dispatches of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, 1838, Volume VII, pages 333-334.

American Civil Aviation. Photograph album, 1936-1937, containing 108 original vintage gelatin silver print photographs of 30 different kinds of mostly grounded aeroplanes, mostly 10.5 x 6.5cm and similar sizes, all corner-mounted and mostly as multiples of two, three or four to album leaf rectos, many with names and places identified to mounts, including Halifax M.S., Lockheed Sirus, Douglas, Sikorski, Pan American Airport Miami, Arrow Sport, Stinson Reliant, Ocean City, Bellanca, Beechcraft C17, Fairchild, Waco, etc., contemporary limp cloth boards with cloth spine tie, manuscript caption and label by the unidentified compiler to upper cover, slightly rubbed, oblong small folio (Qty: 1)

Ri*gilio Las Casas (19th century)Napoleon's Dream on St. Helenainscribed and titled to verso, plumbago drawing on paper, 19cm x 28cm Provenance: fragmentary ink manuscript label to verso, [...] drawn by [...] and given to me at Bonn 1881 by him ~ William Bramson.

* Bell (Major William Morrison, 1834-1900). An Archive of travel diaries, notebooks, letters & drawings documenting a trip around the world in 1869-70, comprising eight diaries and a further printed day-to-day diary for 1870, dated between March 1869 and August 1870, together with three further notebooks of thoughts and jottings, all written in pencil or ink, most of the diaries contemporary morocco with clasps, small (oblong) 8vo, plus a small packet of various letters and cuttings, and a series of approximately 60 mostly topographical watercolour drawings (the largest 25 x 35 cm, the smallest 9 x 12.5 cm) (Qty: a small carton)All the manuscript material and drawings are by the Victorian traveller and adventurer Major William Morrison Bell, of the 3rd Kings Own Hussars, and formed the basis of his two-volume travel Other Countries published by Chapman & Hall in 1872. His highly detailed narrative describes the local geography, as well as the people and their characteristics, industrial and agricultural practices in the numerous countries through which he travelled. He appears to have carried out the trip as a private individual, and apparently with several friends. He seems troubled and often complains of suffering from depression - particularly at the start of the first diary where he implies that he has had something of a run-in with the army resulting in him leaving the service. The archive comprises: Diary 1: Travels through India starting at Ahmednagar (India) including travelling with Lord Napier to the Durbar at Umballah, and the resulting ceremonials. Diary 2: Travels through India starting in Simla and finishing in Madras Diary 3: Starts with a sea voyage from Madras to Galle (Ceylon), and then on to Australia, with long descriptions of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, as well as surrounding areas and industry. Diary 4: Starting in Brisbane, and on to Melbourne (again), Tasmania - Melbourne - Galle - Penang - Singapore - Hong Kong. Diary 5: Starts in Hong Kong, moving on to Whampoa, Canton, Shanghai and into Japan. Diary 6: Experiences in Japan, ending with a move onto San Francisco and California. Diary 7: A remarkable diary starting in San Francisco and detailing his trip (at that time the real Wild West) by coach through Yosemite, San Jose, Lake Tahoe to Salt Lake, where several Mormon meetings which he visited are documented. From there he takes the train to Chicago and up into Canada via the Niagara Falls. Diary 8: Starts in Montreal, moving through Quebec, Saratoga, Albany, with excellent descriptions of New York, and finishing at Boston where his tour ends. Diary 9: A Letts’s printed page diary for 1870 with manuscript entries by Bell, noting where he was and key daily events, expenses etc. Three notebooks which detail thoughts and musings, which he may have used when writing his daily entries. Various letters, mainly from India, though one from Sydney and another (dated December 1868) written whilst at Aden, describing the topography and accompanied by a hand drawn panorama sketch; also an 1872 letter from Blanche Wyndham, wife of the 6th Earl of Mayo, who had recently died. Mayo was the Viceroy of India in 1869 when Bell attended the Umballah Durbar. The letter thanks Bell for sending a copy of the printed book. Finally, there are cuttings with reviews of his book from 1872; two printer’s proofs of illustrations from the book with manuscript notes by Bell; and an interesting handwritten medical certificate dated 13 May 1870 from the Royal Navy Dr George (Bruce) Newton certifying that Bell, Colonel Fane and another gentleman should visit the sulphurous springs at Hanoi ‘for benefit to their healths’. Newton set up the Lock Hospital in Yokohama in 1868 to treat syphilis in Japan, which was getting out of control. To muddy the waters, there is an interesting diary entry (in book 5) around the same date as the certificate which teases us with this ‘…from here Dr Newton took us onto one or two brothels, scrupulously clean, matts, separate rooms, coverings & mattresses laid down. Little girls not yet ripe. The women hang about Newton…women & men in bath houses…’.

Belcher (Edward). Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, during the years 1836-1842, including details of the Naval Operations in China from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841, 2 volumes, 1st edition, henry Colburn, 1843, three folding engraved maps contained in volume I front pocket, 19 engraved plates, illustrations, 16 pp, advertisements at end of volume I, some light spotting and toning, manuscript lists referring to 'copy rule 16', regarding the quality of the plates therein, dated 1843, at front of each volume, original green blindstamped cloth, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed with light stains, 8vo (Qty: 2)Sabin 4390.Belcher's intention was to survey the Pacific coasts of North and South America, as well as the Pacific basin, the Sulphur took part in the First Opium War between 1840-41.

Cuitt (George). Wanderings and Pencillings amongst Ruins of the Olden Time, 1st edition, 1848, 73 etched plates including frontispiece and vignettes, correct as list, title inscribed 'John Pascoe Fawkner, May 1858, Willis & Sotheran' and similar inscription to verso of frontispiece and final plate (& signature also to B1), manuscript initials J.P.F. to verso of majority of plates, some spotting, all edge gilt, contemporary half morocco, gilt decorated spine, rubbed & worn, folio (Qty: 1)John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869) was born in Cripplegate, London and become an early pioneer settler, businessman and politician of Melbourne, Australia. Fawkner travelled to Australia in 1803 as an eleven year old, living with his convict father in a colony established near present day Sorrento. When the colony was abandoned in 1804 due to lack of wood and fresh water, the Fawkners moved to Hobart in Tasmania. Fawkner worked in his fathers bakery, timber business and brewery. In 1819 Fawkner moved to Launceston with transported convict Eliza Cobb. They later married in 1822, with a permit from Governor George Arthur. In Launceston they set up a hotel, bakery, timber business, bookshop, nursery, orchard and a newspaper The Launceston Advertiser in 1829. In 1835 he financed a party of free settlers from Van Diemen's Land (now called Tasmania), to sail to the mainland in his ship, Enterprize. Fawkner's party sailed to Port Phillip and up the Yarra River to found a settlement which became the city of Melbourne. Fawkner played a key role in the establishment of Melbourne and Victoria as a separate state. It would appear that this volume was purchased from and supplied by the booksellers Willis & Sotheran.

Lambarde (William). A Perambulation of Kent, 1596, title within decorative woodcut border, with 19th century bookplate of Charles Sandys to verso, black letter text, single-page woodcut map of Angliae-Heptarchia, folding woodcut map of the Beacons in Kent, trimmed with slight loss to upper and lower margins, woodcut initials, early underlining in ink and pencil, and occasional 17th century marginal manuscript annotations, and manuscript index of 'Stories out of ye legend' at rear, later engraved portrait of William Lambarde (published in 1812 by William Richardson) tipped-in facing title, additional engraved bookplate of Charles Sandys to front pastedown, and old bookseller's ticket of Henry Ward, Bookseller, Canterbury to upper outer corner, later vellum, soiled and discoloured, closed tear or snag to head of spine, small 4to (Qty: 1)Provenance: Charles Sandys (1786-1859), Canterbury solicitor and antiquary, and author of several works on Kentish history. ESTC 108239.

Surtees (Robert). The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham , 4 volumes, 1st edition, 1816-40, 82 engraved plates including one not in list ('Raby Castle' after J. M. W. Turner, bound in volume II), some spotting to plates (generally light), four plates in volume IV with worm trail (image affected on three plates), remaining plates in volume IV with minor worm holes, intermittent dampstaining to some blank margins, scarce early ink annotations, volume II with original ink manuscript sales receipt loosely inserted, volume III with front free endpaper and following three leaves nearly detached, several hinges cracked, rough-trimmed, original publisher's boards, worn, volume III both boards detached, volume IV joints splitting (but board attachment secure), all spine ends plus tail section of volume III spine lacking, folio (Qty: 4)

[Bruce, J. Collingwood]. A Descriptive Catalogue of Antiquities, chiefly British, at Alnwick Castle, printed for private distribution, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1880, chromolithographed and monochrome plates, some double-page, letterpress illustrations, occasional light marginal spotting, a few plates with water-stain to upper blank margin, marbled endpapers, hinges split, all edges gilt, contemporary brown morocco, rubbed and some wear with joints cracked, square folio, together with Mortimer (J.R.) , Forty Years' Researches in British and Saxon Burial Mounds of East Yorkshire..., 1st edition, 1905, colour and black & white plates, letterpress illustrations, folding table, frontispiece and title spotted, front pastedown with signature of Graham Webster (as well as his bookplate), original cloth, marked, spine faded and slightly frayed to extremities in places, 4to, plus Smith (Charles Roach & Elliott, James) , Report on Excavations Made on the Site of the Roman Castrum at Lyme, in Kent, in 1850... With Notes on the Original Plan of the Castrum, and on the Ancient State of the Romney Marshes, printed for the subscribers to the excavations, 1852, folding etched frontispiece (spotted), nine plates, one hand-coloured, letterpress illustrations, title-page toned, original printed wrappers, dust-soiled, spine titled in early manuscript and frayed at ends, upper cover with early manuscript name and small circular label, small 4to, plus 16 others related, including: Excavations on Rockbourne Down, Hampshire, 1914, and Excavations at East Grimstead, Wiltshire, 1924, both by Heywood Summer; Warrington's Roman Remains, by Thomas May, 1904; and The History of Nettleham, by Florence L. Baker, 1957, with autograph letter signed from the author to Mr. Webster loosely inserted (Qty: 19)Some volumes with the bookplate of Graham Webster.

Horsley (John). Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain: in Three Books..., 1st edition, printed for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, half-title with neat early manuscript note by George Allan pertaining to this work and its author, 105 engraved plates and maps, including five double-page maps, one plate near-detached, one single page map torn in two and repaired, large engraved head-piece to dedication, numerous early manuscript marginalia and underlinings, and some additional ink drawings and notes bound in or loosely inserted, damp-staining to first half of volume, first and final pages dust-soiled, Z1 with 4" repaired tear in lower margin, inscription on front pastedown 'W. Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, F.S.A. From William Kell, Esq. F.S.A. 10 May. 1862', 4pp. autograph letter signed from William Kell dated 1859 loosely inserted, bookplates of Graham Webster and Sir Jonathan E. Backhouse, Bart., loosely inserted, contemporary calf, heavily worn, with covers detached and spine deficient, folio (Qty: 1)Inscribed on the half-title by English antiquary, author and attorney George Allan (1736-1800). Allan gives some brief details about John Horsley, and the fate of the plates used in the volume (purchased for the British Museum), going on to say: "Most of the notes in this Copy, I transcribed from those in the hand writing of Dr. Hunter of Durham, which belonged to Tho Gyle Esqr of Durham, G. Allan". Physician and antiquary Dr. Christopher Hunter (1675-1757), apparently assisted John Horsley in compiling his Britannia Romana. The accompanying letter from William Kell thanks the unnamed recipient for "the curious extracts from Horsley's great book" and discusses the etymology of certain place names, saying "Mr. Allan is quite wrong in deriving the name from that of a family. The surnames of persons were taken from the names of places, and not the names of places from those of persons".

* British Mosses - Edward Step FLS. A collection of approximately 150 dried British moss specimens, 1880s & 1920s, mounted on bifolia with some folded into fascicules, mostly with ink manuscript details to upper covers, including scientific name, place and date, some identified as a collection of 'E. Step', other 1880s collectors including W. West, J.H. Lewis and a few others, many samples from Yorkshire, a few from Ireland and many of the E. Step samples from Surrey, the 1920s samples mostly from Surrey also, together with a few additional specimen packets, a four-page typed list of British mosses and an IC & MHS exhibition card for 16 November 1887, pre-printed with exhibitor's name of E. Step completed in manuscript, the collection contained in two soiled and worn cloth book boxes, one pastedown noting in pencil that these were collected by Mr Step, sheet sizes 20 x 13cm (Qty: 2 book boxes)Edward Step (1855-1931) was the author of popular and specialist nature books. He wrote on botany, zoology and mycology, publishing between 1894 and (posthumously) 1941.