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Meyer (Dr. Hans). Across East African Glaciers. An Account of the First Ascent of Kilimanjaro, translated from the German by E. H. S. Calder, limited edition on Japanese Vellum, London: George Philip & Son, 1891, mounted colour frontispiece, 3 colour folding maps, 20 plates (including 8 mounted photographs and 12 photogravures in 2 states), one plate detached at p. 33, occasional light spotting, mainly to second state plate margins, top edge gilt, original printed wrappers (upper wrapper detached at gutter from textblock), manuscript title to spine, some light toning and small split to spine, light dust-soiling to covers, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition on Japanese Vellum, 37/50, signed by the author.Neate M93 'First undisputed ascent of Kibo peak'. The book is rare in this small Edition de Luxe format and more so in the original wrappers. A classic in the mountaineering canon. It details the author's third successful attempt to ascend the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro in 1889, the two previous attempts were in 1887 and 1888. During the third attempt he was accompanied by the renowned Austrian mountaineer Ludwig Purtscheller and the well-equipped expedition took three days to reach the summit.

Campo (Antonio). Cremona fedelissima citta, 1st edition, Cremona: Hippolito Tromba & Hercoliano Battoli, 1585, engraved allegorical title, portrait of Philip II with coats-of-arms beneath to verso, allegorical engraving personifying Cremona to dedication verso, engraved map of the city on three conjoined sheets by David da Lodi (dated 1582), double-page map of the region around Cremona, dated 1583, double=page plate of the Duomo of Cremona with views and plans of the baptistery and tower to versos, engraved portrait of the author and 33 further portraits engraved by Agostino Carracci, half-page engraving of a carroccio train exiting the city, large woodcut initials, text within ornamental woodcut borders, woodcut device to colophon, small tears along folds of folding map and small reinforcements to verso, occasional minor spotting, leaf with annotations tipped-in at front, printed auctioneer description in French with manuscript note dated 1930 pasted to front pastedown eighteenth-century mottled calf, covers with triple filet border in gilt with floral corner pieces, spine with red and olive labels and repeated floral pieces in gilt, joints rubbed and cracking with small wormed areas, edges rubbed with some wear to corners, folio, 407 x 258 mm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Vincenti Marchio, signature to title; 'Johannis Caroli de Auria ex Comitibus Montis Aldei', bookplate to front endpaper verso.Adams C489; Brunet I, 1526; Cicognara 3977; Mortimer Italian 100.Important history of the city of Cremona. The portraits depict the dukes of Cremona, and the dukes and duchesses of Milan, including the now lost portrait of Maximilian Sforza of Milan by Leonardo da Vinci on page 104, formerly owned by Francesco Melcio. The title was originally engraved in 1582, but the manuscript attempt to correct it to 1585 has resulted in the last number being obscured..

Ramble (Reuben). Reuben Ramble's Travels through the Counties of England with maps and Historical Vignettes, Darton and Co. circa 1845, decorative frontispiece and additional decorative title, preface with index in contemporary manuscript to verso, 40 (complete) uncoloured engraved maps surrounded by lithographic vignettes (the maps are re-issues of those in Miller's 'New Miniature Atlas') the vignettes with contemporary hand colouring, each map with a page of descriptive text, some offsetting of the text on to the maps, rear hinge cracked and split, upper hinge crudely strengthened with tape, endpapers creased and torn with slight loss, contemporary red cloth with gilt title to the upper cover, rebacked with later cloth with an additional manuscript title to the spine, 8vo, together with Capper (Benjamin Pitts). A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1813, frontispiece of a folding engraved map of the British Isles, title page, introduction and index, 43 (of 44) uncoloured engraved maps including five folding, lacking the map of Yorkshire (replaced in facsimile), index bound at rear, American 2006 election sticker (of a Donkey and an Elephant in silhouette) to the front endpaper, ownership label of Dr D G Bancroft to the front pastedown, contemporary speckled calf gilt, rebacked but retaining the original spine, 8vo, with Heywood (John). The Travelling Atlas of England & Wales, with all the Railways & Coach Roads, The Cities, Towns, Parks & Gentlemen Seats Preceded by General Maps of England & North & South Wales. The whole carefully Revised and Corrected to the Present Time, circa 1873, lacking the calligraphic title page (replaced in facsimile), general folding map of England & Wales with several closed tears along the old folds, repaired on verso, 45 uncoloured lithographic county maps printed back-to-back, slight dust soiling and staining throughout, later endpapers, bookplate of Dr D G Bancroft to front pastedown, contemporary cloth boards, rebacked, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:The first described item is Chubb. DXVII.

Brink (C. O.). Horace on Poetry, the 'Ars Poetica', Cambridge University Press, 1971, original blue cloth gilt, together with Willaims (Gordon). Tradition and Originality in Roman Poetry, Oxford University Press, 1968, original blue cloth gilt in somewhat frayed dustwrapper, plus Bailey (Cyril, editor). Titi Lucreti Cari, De Reium Natura libri sex, 3 volumes, Oxford University Press, 1950, original blue cloth, rubbed and first volume a little frayed to head and foot of spine, and Screech (M. A.). Montaign's Annotated Copy of Lucretius, a transcription and study of the manuscript, notes and pen-marks, Geneva: Librairie Droz, 1998, original red cloth gilt, and other classical literature and literary criticism, all 20th-century publications, including Oxford, Cambridge and other university publications, 50 volumes of the Loeb, Classical Library series, etc., mostly original cloth in dustwrappers, including some paperbacks, mainly 8vo (approximately 175 volumes)QTY: (6 shelves)

Smollett (Thomas & Hume David). The History of England..., 3 volumes, James S. Virtue, circa 1845, additional decorative title, portrait frontispiece of David Hume, 66 uncoloured engraved plates of historical portraits and scenes and 30 uncoloured engraved folding maps by Thomas Moule, occasional staining, manuscript ownership signature of A. Clunes to the first front blank, contemporary half calf gilt with contrasting morocco labels to the spines, rubbed and worn, 4to, together with Goldsmith (Thomas). Modern and Popular Geography, A Complete History and Description of all the Empires, Kingdoms, States, Republics and Colonies of the Habitable World..., 2 volumes, London, Edinburgh & Dublin: J. & F. Tallis, circa 1845, allegorical frontispiece, additional decorative title, 40 uncoloured engraved topographical views and 29 double-page engraved maps by J. Archer and E. Mansell, all with contemporary outline colouring, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed and worn, 8vo, with Burden (Philip). The Mapping of North America II, Raleigh Publications, 2007, additional half-title, limited edition 26/50 signed by the author, numerous black and white illustrations throughout, publisher's half morocco gilt, folioQTY: (6)

Luxembourg. Jansson (Jan), Ducatus Lutzenburgensis Nova et accurata Descriptio, Amsterdam, 1658, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, verdigris cracks professionally repaired, short closed tears to margins, 410 x 520 mm, French text to verso, together with:Prague. Schenk (Pieter), Plan der Stadt Praag, met zyn onderhorige Plaatze, door Een Voornaam Ingenieur getekent, Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, circa 1740, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, wide margins, 400 x 510 mm, plusSilesia. Covens & Mortier, Sup.s et Inferioris Ducatus Silesiae In Suos XVII Minores Principatus et Dominia divisi nova Tabula, Amsterdam, 1741, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, lightly toned, 510 x 610 mm, small blue ink stamp to verso and The Netherlands. Visscher (Nicolas Jansz), Seer net Gemeete Kaarte van de Respective Polders Mase en Achterdyken, met der selver sluysen, wateringen, weg slooten, stegen en wegen, in den quartiere van Maasland, gelegen aan de rivier de Mase, en in de Mayerye van's Hertogenbossche, sig uytstreckende van de gemelte stad, langs de Dieskant, tot aan de stad Ravensteyn, Amsterdam, circa 1680, engraved map on 2 conjoined sheets with contemporary hand colouring, short splits to folds, 480 x 820 mm, contemporary manuscript note in brown ink and light stains to verso QTY: (4)

Newbery (J[ohn], publisher). A Pocket Dictionary; or, Complete English Expositor: Shewing readily the Part of Speech to which each Word Belongs; its True Meaning, when not Self-Evident... , to which is Prefix'd an Introduction, Containing an History of the English Language, with a Compendious Grammar: and a Recommendation of the Manuscript Copy, in a Letter from Dr [John] Bevis to the publisher, 3rd edition, greatly improved, London: J. Newbery, 1765, unpaginated, double column, publisher's advert leaf at rear (torn with loss to upper outer corner), some spotting and occasional dust soiling, worm track to outer margin of early leaves and single worm hole thereafter, affecting some lettering, modern half calf over marbled boards with leather spine label and gilt rules, 8vo, together with:Johnson (Samuel), Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, in Miniature... , 18th edition improved, Montrose: W. Anderson, Bell & Bradfute, James & A. Duncan, 1809, engraved portrait frontispiece, some light browning throughout, modern half calf gilt over marbled boards, 12mo, plusEvans (Thomas), An English-Welsh Dictionary; Neu Eir-lyfr saes'neg a Chymraeg. An English-Welsh Dictionary... , Merthyr Tydfil: Printed and Sold by W. Williams, 1809, double column, old damp staining throughout, old pencil name inscription of Thomas Edmondes 'given me by Miss Traherne', contemporary calf, some wear, upper cover detached, 8vo, plusEntick (William & Crakelt, William), Entick's New Spelling Dictionary, Teaching to Write and Pronounce the English Tongue with Ease and Propriety... , new edition, revised, corrected, and enlarged, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, double column, ownership signature of John Philips dated 1793 to front free endpaper and John Phillips dated 1797 to title, some spotting and light browning throughout, contemporary sheep, rubbed, modern calf reback, square 12mo, plus other small-format English, French, Italian and Spanish dictionaries, mostly late 18th and early 19th century, various bindings and conditionQTY: (27)

Goodall (Charles). The Royal College of Physicians of London, Founded and Establishes by Law; as appears by letters, patents, Acts of Parliament, adjudged cases &c, 2 parts in one, 1st edition, London: M. Flesher for Walter Kettilby, 1684, imprimatur leaf at front, repaired tear to X1 in first part, occasional light spotting and toning, manuscript note tipped-in at front, modern panelled calf gilt, small 4to, together with Reeves (John). The Art of Farriery both in theory and practice, containing the causes, symptoms and cure of all diseases incident to horses... To which is added, a new method of curing a strain in the back sinews, and the anatomy of a horse's leg, with some observations on shoeing, by an eminent surgeon, 1st edition, London: J. Newbery, Salisbury: B. Collins, 1758, 4 engraved plates (one folding), errata leaf at end, small manuscript correction to p. 209, occasional minor spotting and toning, contemporary previous owner inscription of James Henson, Bradmore, Nottinghamshire, November 28, 1759 to front endpaper, contemporary calf, upper joint splitting, spine and edges rubbed, 8vo, plus Raffald (Elizabeth). The Experienced English Housekeeper, for the use and ease of ladies, housekeepers, cooks &c., new edition, London: published for the booksellers, 1803, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 folding engraved plates, some light spotting, modern half calf, spine a little faded, 8vo, with 4 others including The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 2nd edition, thirty-third thousand, 1896, and The Origin of Species, fifty-sixth thousand, 1899, by Charles Darwin, The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, by William Munk, 3 volumes, 2nd edition, 1878, and Bibliotheca Osleriana, 1929QTY: (10)NOTE:ESTC R8914 and T068817 respectively for first two works..

Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke..., Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, 1583], lacking general title and preliminary leaves also lacking, New Testament title present with woodcut border (torn to lower outer blank corner, early manuscript to margins and verso of leaf), Apocrypha present, black letter text in double-column, printer's woodcut device to verso of final leaf of Prophets (2Y6), lacking leaves 2D1, 2I8, 2K1, 2Y8, first leaf of Genesis with lower third of leaf excised, several other leaves within volume torn with some loss and some old repairs mostly to margins, occasional marginal annotations and marks, running titles at head close trimmed, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front and incomplete Concordance and Psalms at rear, soiling and marks throughout, 18th-century calf, very worn with loss, 4to (21 x 15.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 136; Herbert 179.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

Liverpool. Walker (J & C, publisher), Liverpool Bay surveyed by the Marine Surveyor of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, 1874 corrected to October 1875, scale of two nautic miles, large folding engraved sea chart with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, neat manuscript reticulation in red ink, some areas of light toning, 1250 x 1490 mm, marbled endpapers, bound into half calf gilt boards, together with Philip (George & Son). Philips' Plan of the Town & Port of Liverpool with Birkenhead and the adjoining Cheshire Coast, circa 1860, folding engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 625 x 715 mm bound into red gilt buckram boards, with Philip (George & Son). Philips' Plan of Liverpool and the Adjoining Cheshire Coast compiled by actual surveys, uncoloured folding engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, bound into green buckram boards with publishers' printed guide to the city, 800 x 1200 mm, plus Eyres (Charles, publisher). A Plan of the Town & Township of Liverpool from an actual survey taken in the year 1785 [but mid 19th-century], uncoloured lithographic map, sectionalised and laid on linen, originally engraved by Thomas Conder, decorative cartouche incorporating panorama of Liverpool, slight staining, 535 x 875 mm, marbled endpaper, publisher's blind-stamped gilt cloth boards, remains of silk tie, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, with another late 19th-century plan of Liverpool similar QTY: (5)

Agassiz (Louis). Etudes sur les Glaciers, 2 volumes (octavo text and folio atlas), 1st edition, Neuchatel & Solothurn: Jent et Gassmann, 1840, text volume with errata leaf at rear, bound without half-title, some occasional spotting, mainly marginal, contemporary half calf, edges a little rubbed and scuffed, 8vo; atlas with original upper wrapper (with manuscript shelf number) and 18 lithograph plates of glaciers, 14 printed outline key plates as issued, first key plate with long tear and tape repair to verso, a few plates and key plates with Clifton Hall Association, Mercantile Library, New York oval ink stamps to corners, a few mainly marginal water stains, contemporary boards, calf reback, a little rubbed with some edge wear, atlas, 49.1 x 34.1 cm QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Gawdy Hall Library (label at front of text volume); Clifton Hall, Mercantile Library, New York (ink stamps in atlas).Norman 17; PMM 309. "Agassiz was not the first to observe the phenomena of glaciation, but he was innovative in the wide-ranging character of his research, his measurements of ice formations, and his elaboration of local geology into a theory explaining Continental natural history" (D. S. B.). His concept of an "Ice Age" during which glaciers advanced and retreated over a large part of the northern land-mass not only accounted for the area's topography and rock distribution, but gave naturalists such as Darwin and Lyell a means of explaining the geographical distribution and subsequent genetic kinship of species now separated by land or water barriers." (Norman).

Cooper (Thomas). Thesaurus linguae Romanae & Britannicae, tam accurate congestus..., London: [Henry Denham], 1578, woodcut device to title, final leaf torn with text loss, recent endpapers, modern sheep over original boards, with printed paper title label to spine, folio, together with:Baxter (Richard). Reliquiae Baxterianae: or, Mr. Richard Baxter's Narrative of the most memorable passages of his Life and Times. Faithfully publish'd from his own original manuscript, by Matthew Sylvester, London: T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, J. Lawrence, and J. Dunton, 1696, engraved portrait frontispiece, light worming to lower outer blank corner of frontispiece and following 15 leaves with repairs, some toning and scattered spotting, modern sheep over original boards, folio,Bacon (Francis). The Historie of the Reigne of King Henry the Seventh..., London: printed by R[obert]. Y[oung]. and R[ichard]. H[odgkinson]. and are sold by R. Meighen, 1641, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with decorative woodcut border (cropped to fore-edge), armorial bookplate of George Rose to upper pastedown, contemporary sheep, cloth reback, extremities worn, small folio,Theocritus. The Idylliums of Theocritus with Rapin's discourse of Pastorals done into English, Oxford: printed by L. Lichfield for Anthony Stephens, 1684, occasional stains to margins, later free endpapers, stout cloth hinge to endpapers, upper pastedown with early ownership signature of Catherine Rosell and bookplate of Lord Belper, contemporary calf, rebacked and board corners repaired, 8vo, plus other 17th and 18th-century antiquarian including an incomplete copy of of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie by Richard Hooker, 1617 [i.e. 1618]QTY: (8)

Walker (J. & C.) To Her Most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria and to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, This British Atlas, Comprising separate Maps of every County in England, each Riding in Yorkshire and North & South Wales, showing the Roads, Railways, Canals, Parks, Boundaries of Boroughs &c., London: Longman & Co., J & C Walker, 1872, double-page engraved title, five sets of statistical tables, 49 double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each with a near-contemporary manuscript number in the upper right corner, slight offsetting, contemporary manuscript presentation inscription to the rear of the title, later endpapers, modern cloth with gilt title to the spine, folioQTY: (1)

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) large document on vellum bordered with pictorial engravings and decorations and with manuscript additions, dated 7th April 1846 presented to William Thomson of Kilmarnock for inventing improvements in the machinery for operating upon wool and other fibrous material - with the great circular embossed wax seal of Queen Victoria attached to bottom of manuscript and with seal encased in original tin

Five various Persian illuminated manuscript pages, all framed and glazed, the largest 28x16.5cm, the smallest, 19x10.5cm.Qty: 5

Caricatures. Samuel William Fores (1761-1838) - The Mischief Making Old Maids' & Gossip's Arms, the satire with singerie monkey, pig, teapot, cat and playing cards, [London]: Pub Nov 12th 1810 by S W Fore, 50 Piccadilly, etching, contemporary hand-colouring, 24 x 35cm, margin with contemporary manuscript, with [Scotland]: George Hunt (1797-1871) & Robert William Smart (1792-1832) after William Henry Pyne (1769-1843) - A Thief in the Kirk, London, 1822, hand-coloured aquatint, 20 x 24cm, (2)  The first scarce and not in The British Museum collection. Each unexamined out frames; slight wear to the Kirk's Hogarth frame. Good colouring. The first with some staining.

Antiquarian and Later Books. Churton (Ralph), The Life of Alexander Nowell, Dean of St. Paul's [...], Oxford University Press, 1809, frontispiece and plates, 20th c quarter-morocco, preserving some of the original back, 8vo; Gurney (Hudson), Observations on the Bayeux Tapestry, London: Printed by Bensley and Son, 1817, plates, contemporary crimson morocco over marbled boards, 4to; Provincial Nottinghamshire Imprint: Rooke (Hayman), A Description of Two Roman Villas Discovered near Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield: W. Harrod, 1801, folding plate, ex-lib, later morocco over boards, 4to; two Folio Society volumes, Milton (John), On the Morning of Christ's Nativity & other poems, 1987, & Barnes (William), Dorset Poems, 1989, original cloth over decorative boards, 8vo; Anon, The Common Law, Sheffield: J.W. Northend Ltd., 1937, loosely-inserted manuscript ALS to or from the author?, cloth, 4to; antiques ceramics reference; Fairbairn's Crests, Fox-Davies' Armorial Families; Cavendish's Travels; Medieval and Gothic art; manuscript diaries; etc

Old Master and Later Pictures and Prints. Robert Williams (fl. 1680-1704) after Michael Dahl (?1659-1743) - The Right Hon:ble Sir George Rooke Vice-Admiral of England [...], portrait, [London]: Sold by John Smith [...], 1704, mezzotint, 37.6 x 29cm, 19th c collector's manuscript note to verso: First state of 3 [...], A. Burgess, 20th c - Mulbarton Churchyard, Norfolk, signed and titled, watercolour and pen-and-ink, 17.3 x 25cm, Modern British School, early 20th c - Ruined Abbey, monogrammed W and dated 1925 within the plate, etching, 18 x 23.9cm, mounted, Salisbury Cathedral after Thomas Hearne, hand-coloured engraving, further antiquarian, ecclesiastical and macabre memento mori prints, including Swinbrook Church chancel tombs, a proof lithograph of Arundel Church, Sussex, Ackermann aquatint of East Side of the Chapel of St. Paul at Westminster Abbey, Common Seal of St. Editha's Church, Tamworth: Published by J. Thompson, 1845, nine proof wood-engravings on India paper by Orlando Jewitt, etching of Glastonbury Abbey monastic ruins, lithograph of the memorial brass to Sir Roger le Strange at Hunstanton Church, Norfolk, a later printing of Farnese Hercules after Hendrick Goltzius, etc., mixed sizes As lot in mixed, but generally good condition.

A French brass carriage clock, late 19th c, with platform escapement to the gong-striking movement, Roman and subsidiary Arabic numerals, 17cm h over handle, contemporary diced calf and fitted travelling case Serviced within the last 50 years, as evidenced by manuscript note. Movements appears clean. The enamel dial repainted.

Portenschlag-Ledermayer, Franz von. Enumeratio plantarum in Dalmatia lectarum. Zum Andenken des Verewigten von seinen Freunden. 16 Bl. Mit 12 Pflanzenkupfern. 20 x 12 cm. Halbleder d. Z. (schwach berieben) mit RVergoldung und goldgeprägtem RSchild. Wien, Franz Härter, 1824.Pritzel 7275. - Erste Buchausgabe, mithin die einzige Buchveröffentlichung des Verfassers. Posthum erschienene Vorstudien zu einer umfassenden Flora von Dalmatien, die der Wiener Botaniker Franz Edler von Portenschlag-Ledermayer (1772-1822) allerdings nicht vollenden konnte und die nie im Druck erschienen ist. "Leider aber war P. einer jener Gelehrten, die vor stetem Sammeln und Vorbereiten nicht die Zeit finden, ihre Erfahrungen niederzuschreiben. So fand sich denn auch nach seinem Tode kein Manuscript vor, obwohl P. seit Jahren mit dem Gedanken umging, eine Flora von Dalmatien herauszugeben, von welchem Unternehmen auch einige Blätter, die unter P.’s eigener Leitung von Rochel mit der Feder gezeichnet, auf Kosten des Obersten von Welden in Kupfer übertragen wurden, versehen mit den lateinischen Diagnosen P.’s, vorhanden sind. Sie sind in Hormayr’s 'Archiv' 1824 und auch besonders abgedruckt unter dem Titel: 'Enumeratio plantarum in Dalmatia lectarum' (Viennae 1824) erschienen" (Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich Band XXIII, S. 127f.). - Titel etwas leimschattig, gestempelt und mit gestrichenem Signaturenstempel, insgesamt nur gering fleckig. Innenspiegel mit tektiertem Exlibris. Dekoratives Bändchen.

- Eigh. Brief m. U. "Dr. Richard Strauss". 2 S. 8vo. Charlottenburg bei Berlin 17.X.1903.An einen Konzertsänger. "... ich freue mich sehr mit Ihnen in Amerika zu musiciren, ganz besonders auch die Friedenserzählung aus Guntram. Ihrer Bitte um Überlassung von Orchesterbegleitungen zu andren Liedern kann ich leider nicht willfahren: die Partituren sind Manuscript u. ausschließliches Reservatrecht meiner Frau, die, wie Sie ja wissen, mich als Sängerin begleiten wird. Zum Glücke finde ich in Ihrem Liederrepertoir eine Unmasse meiner Lieder, die meine Frau nicht singt u. würde ich mich sehr freuen, wenn Sie unter den Liedern, die ich Ihnen beifolgend nenne, eine Auswahl treffen möchten, damit die beiden Programme, das Ihrige u. das meine Frau keine Wiederholungen bringen ...". Folgt eine Aufzählung von 20 Nummern aus 9 Opus-Zahlen. - Etwas gebräunt.

-- Mit großem hochmittelalterlichen Textfragment aus dem Mombritius-- Plutarch. Vitae Plutarchi Cheronei novissime post Jodocum Badium Ascensium longe diligentius repositae, maioreque diligentia castigatae. Nec non cum Aemilii Probi Vitis. Una cum figuris: suis locis apte dispositis. 26 nn., CCCLX Bl. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarken auf dem Titel und am Schluss, zahlreichen bis zu 12-zeiligen-Holzschnitt-Initialen und 78 Textholzschnitten. 32 x 21 cm. Flexibles Pergament d. Z. (mit Knicken, Abriebspuren vor allem auf dem Rücken, beschabt und bestoßen, leicht fleckig) unter Verwendung eines Handschriftenfragments des 12. Jahrhunderts. (Venedig, Melchior Sessa, & Petrus de Ravanis, 1516).Sander 5785. Essling 597. Nicht im STC und bei Adams und bei Panzer. - Erste vollständige und illustrierte Ausgabe der Werke des griechischen Schriftstellers Plutarch (um 45-125 v. Chr.). Mit Texten von Cornelius Nepos (100-25 v. Chr.). - Vorsatz mit virtuos ausgestrichenem Vermerk, Titelblatt ebenfalls mit Ausstreichungen und einem Tintenmonogramm, sowie einem längeren lateinischen Eintrag und einem 3-zeiligen Besitzvermerk oben, teils mit alten Rasuren: "Federicus Flavius Archipresb[yter] Archivij kommand. Curia scriptor Librum hunc sibi Amicisque Carlinis X. mercator xxviij Novembris MDXIX (28.11.1519)". Erste und letzte Blätter mit kleinen Randeinrissen, von oben durch den Block teils etwas feuchtrandig und gegen Schluss etwas stärker wassergewellt, feucht- und sporfleckig (das letzte weiße Blatt mnit Löchern und Ausbrüchen), sonst nur hin und wieder kleine Wurmlöcher (meist ohne größeren Buchstabenverlust). Hin und wieder zeitgenössische und ältere Marginalien in SepiaFür den bemerkenswerten flexible Pergamenteinband wurde das Fragment einer hochmittelalterlichen Handschrift benutzt, die zu weiten Teilen gut lesbar ist. Vorhanden ist: 1 Blatt mit 2 Kolumnen. 50 Zeilen. Schriftraum ca. 44,4 x 27 cm (Kolumne ca. 44,4 x 12,8 cm). Blattgröße des Fragments ca. 58,5 x 38,5 cm. Es handelt sich um ein Fragment in später karolingischer Minuskel des 12. Jahrhunderts. Der Inhalt ist kurios, da er nicht, wie meistens, allgemein bekannte theologische Sujets behandelt, etwas der patristischen Literatur. Erwähnt werden hier Orientalen wie "Go[n]dolias, Dohec, Aaman", die sich mit der christlichen Theologie auseinandersetzten. Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach handelt es sich um Texte aus dem äußerst seltenen Mombritius, die in nur in zwei kleinen Fragmenten erhalten sind (unvollständig). So steht in der Einbandhandschrift (rechte Textspalte, Zeile 10-13) zum Beispiel "Aaman dixit. Sicut non potest fides nostra (abgekürzt mit nra) recto to tenore deviare. sic nec iste taurus potere refurgere. Tamen quia in eo est conclusa sententia."In den Fragmenten der Trierer Silvesterhandschrift heißt es ebenfalls, dass Aunan sagt "Sicut non potest fides nostra a recto itinere deviare (...) Tamen quia in eo est conclusa sententia", (W. Levison, Aus rheinischer und fränkischer Frühzeit , Düsseldorf 1948, S.428). Beziehungsweise in dem anderen Fragment, dass Aunan sagt "sicut non possunt dies nostri a recto itinere deviare, sic nec taurus iste poterit resurgere". (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Der Trierer Silvester, S.12). Bei "Aaman" handelt es sich um Auman, und bei "Dohec" um Doech.Silvester wird auf der Makulatur auch erwähnt (rechte Textspalte, Zeile 2), was zunächst zu der Annahme führte, dass es sich um den Text der Trierer Silvesterhandschriften handelt. Es sind sicherlich Textteile aus der Vita Sancti Silvestri des Mombritius, was noch genauer zu prüfen wäre. English:With large high medieval text fragment from the "Mombritius"Plutarch. Vitae Plutarchi Cheronei novissime post Jodocum Badium Ascensium longe diligentius repositae, maioreque diligentia castigatae. Nec non cum Aemilii Probi Vitis. Una cum figuris: suis locis apte dispositis. 26 nn, CCCLX pp. with woodcut printer's marks on the title and at the end, numerous up to 12-line -woodcut initials and 78 text woodcuts. 32 x 21 cm. Contemporary flexible vellum (with creases, traces of abrasion especially on the spine, scuffed and bumped, slightly stained) using a manuscript fragment of the 12th century. (Venice, Melchior Sessa, & Petrus de Ravanis, 1516).Sander 5785, Essling 597, not in the STC, Adams and Panzer. First complete and illustrated edition of the works of the Greek writer Plutarch (c. 45-125 BC). With texts by Cornelius Nepos (100-25 BC). Endpapers with virtuosically crossed-out annotation, title page with likewise crossed out annotation and an ink monogram, as well as a lengthy Latin entry and a 3-line ownership annotation at top, some with old shaving: "Federicus Flavius Archipresb[yter] Archivij kommand. Curia scriptor Librum hunc sibi Amicisque Carlinis X. mercator xxviij Novembris MDXIX (28.11.1519). First and last leaves with small marginal tears, from above through the block partly somewhat damp-margined and towards the end somewhat more water-wrinkled, damp-stained and spore-stained (the last white leaf with holes and chipping), otherwise only now and then small wormholes (mostly without major loss of letters). Now and then contemporary and older marginalia in sepia.For the remarkable flexible vellum binding, the fragment of a high medieval manuscript was used, which is largely legible. Present is: 1 leaf with 2 columns. 50 lines. Type area ca. 44,4 x 27 cm (column ca. 44,4 x 12,8 cm). Sheet size of the fragment ca. 58,5 x 38,5 cm. It is a fragment in late Carolingian minuscule of the 12th century. The content is curious, since it does not deal with generally known theological subjects, as is usually the case, something of patristic literature. Mention is made here of Orientals such as "Go[n]dolias, Dohec, Aaman", who dealt with Christian theology. In all likelihood, these are texts from the Mombritius, which is preserved in only two small fragments (incomplete). For example, the binding manuscript (right column of text, lines 10-13) reads "Aaman dixit. Sicut non potest fides nostra (abbreviated as nra) recto to tenore deviare. sic nec iste taurus potere refurgere. Tamen quia in eo est conclusa sententia."In the fragments of the "Mombritius" it is also said that Aunan says "Sicut non potest fides nostra a recto itinere deviare (...) Tamen quia in eo est conclusa sententia", (W. Levison, Aus rheinischer und fränkischer Frühzeit , Düsseldorf 1948, p.428). In the other fragment, Aunan says "sicut non possunt dies nostri a recto itinere deviare, sic nec taurus iste poterit resurgere". (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Der Trierer Silvester, p.12). "Aaman" is Auman, and "Dohec" is Doech.Silvester is also mentioned on the maculature (right text column, line 2), which seems to confirm the statement that it is the text of the Trier Silvester manuscripts. It is most likely that the text contains parts from the Vita Sancti Silvestri of Mombritius, which would still have to be checked.

Large collection of historical manuscript circa 1600. To include legal documents, wills and other manuscript.

20th Century English School - Ink - Six Songs by Rudyard Kipling vellum manuscript – Calligraphed in neo-gothic font, including “If” and “The Law Is The Jungle”, with silk ribbon ties 

Imperial Bank of Persia, cancelled 100 Tomans, Teheran, 14 June 1924, serial number G/A 009806, manuscript signatures, various cancellations including a triangular section cut from lower edge, repaired and reconstructed, in PMG holder 15 NET, choice fine, the 100 Tomans rare in any state, and rare to find these official cancellations on the market as they were supposed to be destroyed BNB B119a, Pick 17 £7,000-£9,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- This note was officially redeemed and cancelled at the bank offices in Tehran, supposedly as a prelude to destruction. It is unclear why this destruction was not carried out.

Imperial Bank of Persia, 50 Tomans, Teheran, 11 August 1928, serial number F/A 023335, manuscript signatures, previously mounted, minor repair, in PMG holder 25, very fine, a lovely looking example with largely original paper quality, one of the two finest graded examples of this note, and if the two are compared directly, this example is certainly superior, a true prize for any collector BNB B118a, Pick 16 £18,000-£24,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Imperial Bank of Persia, 100 Tomans, Teheran, 4 January 1928, serial number G/A 019190, manuscript signatures, minor repairs and previous mounting, in PMG holder 25, very fine, an exceptionally clean and fresh example of this wonderful design, extremely rare in any grade and this note far better than most BNB B119a, Pick 17 £24,000-£30,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Imperial Bank of Persia, 20 Tomans, Meshed, 9 May 1913, black serial number T/A 14852, manuscript signatures of Grundy and one other, repaired, in PMG holder 20, very fine, exceptionally rare, with only three examples graded by PMG, very presentable and tastefully repaired, a truly superb and very desirable note BNB B107e16, Pick 5 £18,000-£24,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Imperial Bank of Persia, 100 Tomans, Tabriz, 11 October 1927, serial number G/B 034495, manuscript signatures, minor repairs, in PMG holder 25, very fine, retaining extremely good paper quality, to find a 100 Toman note is rare in any case, but to find a branch note of any kind is incredible, this is nothing short of an astonishing note and very possibly a unique opportunity for collectors BNB B119b25, Pick 17 £30,000-£38,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

BOOK, COCK-FIGHTING. 'The Royal Pastime of Cock-Fighting, OR the Art of Breeding Fighting and Curing Cocks of the Game'. The end papers and frontispieces have been 'copied' in manuscript by a previous owner. May have been historically rebound. The book printed in 1709 for D.Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar. A very rare survivor.

A pair of Past Times manuscript tab top curtains, a single curtain in Jacobean style fabric, a Klimt style crewel work wall hanging and an Art Room Beethoven Frieze wall hanging Condition Report:No condition report available.

Late 18th century, manuscript mathematics exercise book, 176 pages on 88 leaves, bound in pigskin, owner inscription of G. Beale.

A Persian manuscript watercolour drawing. Text divided by a watercolour scene showing warriors, one riding on horse back and a camel carrying a howda, 12cm x 23cm. Framed and glazed.

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of, 1769-1852) - a Coutts & Co. Cheque, dated 17th November 1825, pre-printed form, completed in manuscript, payable to himself, for £50, single filing hole and cross-hatching made by the bank by way of cancellation, 8cm x 17cm, framed with monochrome print of the Duke, 44cm x 27cm

[TRAVELING WILBURYS] - Jeff Lynne SIGNED: TRAVELING WILBURYS Genesis, 2009, DELUXE LIMITED EDITION, number 230 of 350, SIGNED by Jeff Lynne, aka Otis aka Clayton Wilbury (band member and co-producer). Plus loosely inserted SIGNED and numbered 230/350 photograph and a facsimile of George Harrison's manuscript of 'Handle With Care'. Folio, Original beige faux leather, spine lettered in red, guitar onlay to front cover in red, edges gilt. Housed in the original brown and white cloth case, with Traveling Wilburys sticker. Original shipping packaging. VG+Provenance: The David and Pam McCleave Collection of Modern British Art.

An early illuminated manuscript leaf from a Book of Hours, ink, pigment and gilding on vellum, inscribed 'vellum leaf from a 13th Century French Book of Hours' verso, 9 x 12 cm, mounted, glazed and framed

A small glass, painted glass probably from the Coina Factory, polychrome decoration with the coat of arms of Portugal and inscription VIVAT JOANNES V, Portuguese, 18th C. (1st half), wear on decoration, bottom with an manuscript invetory mark S 262. Notes: vd. identical copies in CUSTÓDIO, Jorge - "A Real Fábrica de Vidros de Coina [1719--1749] e o vidro em Portugal nos séculos XVII e XVIII". Lisbon: Ministry of Culture / IPPA, 2002, p. 161, figs. 79 and 80; MENDES, José Amado - "História do Vidro e do Cristal em Portugal". Lisbon: Edições INAPA, 2002, p. 57, fig. 38; and "Roteiro da Colecção do Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis, Porto". Lisbon: Portuguese Institute of Museums, 2001, p. 147, No. inv. 360., Dim. - 8,5 cm

A large manuscript record of the apportionment of rent charge for the parish of Chard from the year 1842 containing the land owners, tenants, properties and charges owed

[Mauburnus (Johannes)] Rosetum exercitiorum spiritualium et sacrarum meditationum, edited by Johannes Speyser, collation: [*]6 a-c8 d e6 f8 g6 h-l8 m-p6.8 q-y6 z8 A-S6, double column, full-page woodcut of a chiromantic hand to b6v, initial spaces with guide-letters, final f. blank, narrow section cut from front free endpaper to remove inscription, library ink stamp to lower margin of title and in a few other margins, a few small wormholes in text, mostly at ends, some staining (see in particular Q1&2), marginal water-staining, some spotting or finger-marking, lightly browned, early manuscript fragments used in binding, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, lacking metal clasps and corner-pieces, soiled, rubbed and marked, folio (291 x 195mm.), [Basel], [Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim], [1404 [i.e. 1504]].  *** Rare edition at auction of the principal devotional work of Jan Mombaer (1460-1501). He was an Augustinian friar of Brussels, who was part of the ‘devotio moderna’ movement, calling for religious reform. He was one of the first to insist that Thomas à Kempis was the author of the Imitatio Christi, and not Jean Gerson. The present work was said to have influenced St. Ignatius of Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises. A variant exists with the correct date in colophon.Provenance: ‘Henricus Koboltus Juris Canonici Doctor’ (contemporary ink inscription to front pastedown and his signature to lower margin of title); ‘ex libris M. Georgii ?Stanglmayr…’ (contemporary ink inscription to head of title); St. Joseph’s, Blackrock (20th century ink stamps).Literature: VD 16 M 1623.

Scottish Enlightenment.- University of Edinburgh. Medical degree certificate issued to Thomas Remington, manuscript on vellum, signed by several prominent members of the Scottish Enlightenment (see note below), wax seal attached, housed in contemporary metal cylinder, 310 x 500mm., Edinburgh, 24th June 1785. *** Signatories include Joseph Black (1728-1799), physicist & chemist, known for his discoveries of magnesium and carbon dioxide; Francis Home (1719-1813), first Professor of Materia Medica at Edinburgh University; Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), 'the father of modern sociology'; John Robison (1739-1805), physicist and mathematician, who worked with James Watt on an early steam car; William Cullen (1710-1790), physician to David Hume, chemist and agriculturalist; and Alexander Monro Secundus (1733-1817), anatomist and educator. 

Pointer (John) Britannia Romana, or Roman Antiquities in Britain, viz. Coins, Camps, and Publick Roads, folding engraved map of roads, 1724; An Account of a Roman Pavement, lately found at Stunsfield in Oxford-shire..., folding engraved frontispiece, 1713; A Rational Account of the Weather..., 1723, together 3 works in 1 vol., first editions, some browning, contemporary ink manuscript index to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf with roll-tool border and ornaments in blind, spine gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, by Leon. Lichfield, Oxford § Horsley (John) Britannia Romana: or the Roman Antiquities of Britain, only edition, half-title, 105 engraved maps & plates, 5 double-page, old ink signature of F.Chute to head of title, contemporary panelled calf, spine gilt, a little worn, joints splie, for John Osborn and Thomas Longman, 1732, both Macclesfield copies with embossed stamp to title and North Library bookplate; and another, 8vo & folio (3)*** Including three of the principal published works of Rev.John Pointer (1668-1754), Chaplain of Merton College, Oxford, and Rector of Slapton, Northamptonshire. 

Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., half-titles (with ink-stamps in Arabic, one to head mostly erased), titles within elaborate woodcut borders (slightly shaved at fore-edge), double column of Arabic and Latin text, vol. 2 & 3 with final blank, vol. 2 also with blank f. 3R6, vol. 1 lacking preliminary [circle]4 (Latin errata f.), vol. 2 2[circle]3-4 frayed at edges, detached and loosely inserted, vol. 3 title misbound after preliminaries, later ink ownership name to front pastedowns, pencil doodles to some endpapers and vol. 2 half-title, vol. 2 title with red ink manuscript date to foot, vol. 1 F4 short tear into text repaired (no loss), vol. 3 B3 very small hole affecting couple letters, the odd small marginal defect or short tear without loss, occasional small marginal worming, vol. 2 very occasionally into text towards end, browning, to varying degrees but heavy at points, some spotting, some damp- and other staining, contemporary morocco, gilt, some staining, extremities worn in places, rubbed, folio, Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. *** The rare first separate edition of the complete Bible in Arabic. Work on the translation began as early as 1625 under the direction of Sarkis Rizzi, the Maronite Archbishop of Damascus, taken over by his assistant Filippo Guadagnoli upon his death. In 1650, a Latin-Arabic Bible was printed on the presses of the Congregazione de Propaganda Fide, who immediately banned it, judging that the use of Arabic sources of the Bible had led to too great a deviation from the Vulgate. This second version, amended by Arbaham Echellensis and Ludovico Marracci to be in accordance with the Vulgate, was published in 1671. We can trace only a handful of copies at auction, the last in 2013.

Crawhall (Joseph) Izaak Walton: His Wallet Booke, one of 100 large paper copies signed by the publisher, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations by the author throughout, 24 blank ruled leaves entitled 'Fysshe Stories' at end, labelled linen pockets to pastedowns for "Baccy, Lynes, Fysshe Tales I believe, Hookes & I's, More Baccy" etc. at front and large pocket at end for "Fysshe Stories I don't believe", 2 bookplates to title (small marks where another removed), one obscuring imprint and date, title lightly browned, spotting to pockets, occasional light finger-soiling, light offsetting, original pictorial vellum, gilt, lacking ties, short tear to upper cover, spotting and soiling, a little rubbed, uncut, [Coigney 126], Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press etc., 1885; and 2 others, another copy of the same work on regular paper [one of c.500 copies], and the original manuscript proof copy for the same bound in vellum, including printed and manuscript text, woodcut proof impressions (coloured and uncoloured), and tipped-in A.L.s. by the author to Andrew Tuer regarding the publication, cloth chemises, housed together in a custom morocco-backed slip-case, also incorporating the original boxwood printing block for the flower ornament printed atop p.95, spine of slip-case very slightly faded, corners little rubbed, 8vo et infra (3)   *** The original printing block issued with the large paper edition, but of considerable rarity. We cannot trace a copy with the accompanying block at auction since 1946. "I have seen only one copy where it was still present" (Coigney). 

Wyatt (Sir Matthew Digby, architect and writer on art, 1820-77).- Signed requisition by 18 leading British architects, inviting Wyatt to take up the position of Secretary to the Royal Institute, manuscript letter signed, 2pp., folio, 4th February 1856; and 21 autograph letters to Digby Wyatt, including: Sir Henry Cole, Edward William Cooke, Sir George Grove, Sir John Herschel, Owen Jones, Charles Landseer, Sir George Gilbert Scott, folds, v.s., v.d. (22 pieces).

Marot (Jean) Recueil des Plans Profils et Elevations des plusieurs Palais Chateaux Eglises Sepultres Grotes et Hostels, engraved throughout with title and 114 plates on 101 leaves, plates numbered in contemporary manuscript and with index bound in at end, engraved armorial bookplate of Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, mounted on verso of engraved title and with early shelf label H6 to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked preserving old gilt spine incorporating crowned SX monogram of the Earls of Essex, rubbed, corners a little worn, [BAL 2048; Berlin Kat. 2466; Cicognara 555; Fowler 193; Millard, French 118], 4to, n.p. [Paris], [?1670s].*** A good, clean copy of the “Petit Marot”, Jean Marot’s well-known volume of etched elevations, sections and plans of the best buildings in Paris and its environs by French architects of the middle years of the seventeenth century. The number of plates varies but from the presence of the contemporary index this appears to be an early issue.

Gold & silver working & slavery.- Mexico.- [Regulations and for gold and silver workers, apprentices, and slave workers], broadside of 2 conjoined sheets, double column, woodcut initial, ink signatures, official ink stamps verso, folds, wormholes, including a few within text, but without loss of sense, some marginal staining, lightly browned, 585 x 415mm., Mexico City, Cordilerra for the Government, 29th (in manuscript) February, 1780.  *** Rare. Reforms to the gold and silver working industry. Including thefts by slaves, and working with polished metals only (the penalties being fines for masters and 100 lashes for slave workers). 

[Kilner (Rev. Joseph)] The Account of Pythagoras's School in Cambridge..., 9 engraved plates, 2 folding, light offsetting, pencil notes to front endpapers, engraved bookplates of book-collector Frances Mary Richardson Currer and her heir Mathew Wilson, contemporary calf with triple fillet border in gilt and blind, rubbed, a few scuffs, lower joint cracked, upper repaired, new label, [BAL 3742], [?Oxford], [early 1790s] § O'Neill (Hugh) Six Etchings...of Ruins of the late Fire at Christ Church, Oxford, engraved title-vignette, engraved plan and 6 soft-ground etchings by W.Crotch after O'Neill, with an additional earlier state of plate 4, foxed, later half roan, gilt-stamped morocco label to upper cover, a little stained, nick to spine, Oxford, 1809 § [Luxmoore (Henry Elford)] Some Views and Opinions of Sparrow on Housetops. Extracted by Peccator Maximus, title in red & black (browned), 4 mounted actual photographs of Eton buildings (rather faded), illustrations, bookplate and monogram of Oliver Brett, 3rd Viscount Esher, and later book-label of John H.Baker, contemporary cloth, a little faded and marked, Eton, R.Ingalton Drake, 1885 § Willis (R.) & J.W.Clark. The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge..., 4 vol. including plans, plates & illustrations, plans with linen overlays, Sir Howard Colvin’s copy with manuscript list of corrections loosely inserted, original buckram-backed cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, vol.1 rebacked preserving old spine, Cambridge, 1886; and 9 others, schools & universities, mostly Oxford & Cambridge, v.s. (16)*** Pythagoras's School was a medieval building in Cambridge owned by Merton College, Oxford, through the endowment of its founder, Walter de Merton. This account was written by a Fellow of Merton College.The third item is a rare satirical publication highlighting architectural eyesores visible at Eton College in the mid 1880s, by an Assistant Master from 1864 to 1908. Ahead of his time he stresses the merits of conservation and the use of traditional building materials. Only three copies are listed on Library Hub (BL, Cambridge, & Eton). 

Essex House Press.- Ashbee (C.R., editor) [Great Poems of the Language series], 10 vol., limited editions (between 50 and 165 copies), all printed on vellum, hand-coloured frontispieces by Reginald Savage, George Thomson, C.R.Ashbee, Edith Harwood, William Strang and Walter Crane, initials and decorations supplied by hand in colours (some in gold), gilt-stamped red morocco book-label of W.A.Foyle of Beeleigh Abbey, original blind-stamped vellum, spines titled in gilt, uncut, some a little spotted, spines lightly soiled, 8vo, printed at the Essex House Press of Chipping Campden, 1900-04.*** An excellent set of 10 of the volumes from this charming series, lacking only a few titles, comprising: Keats's St. Agnes' Eve, number 27 of 125 copies, 1900; Gray's Elegy, number 30 of 125 copies, 1901; Walt Whitman's Hymn on the Death of President Lincoln, number 73 of 125 copies, 1901; Epithalamion of Spenser, number 5 of 150 copies, 1901; Chaucer's The Flower and the Leaf, number 89 of 165 copies, 1902; Burns' Tam O'Shanter, number 10 of 150 copies, 1902; Milton's Comus, number 51 of 150 copies, colophon with artist's name corrected in manuscript, 1901 [1902]; Wordsworth's Ode on the Intimations of Mortality, number 30 of 150 copies, 1903, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, number 71 of 150 copies, 1903; Dryden's Alexander's Feast, number 54 of 140 copies, 1904.

Hunter (Julia) Scientific Toys. Made for amusement, but illustrating some important principles, manuscript, 40pp. excluding blanks, including 9 watercolour illustrations by Edith Evans, some spotting and light toning to first and last few leaves, contemporary morocco, upper cover with "Mrs. J. G. Evans" stamped in gilt, little rubbed, mainly to spine ends and corners, g.e., housed in a modern marbled drop-back box, 8vo, 1884. *** A discussion of various scientific discoveries and processes, with illustrations including a pulse glass, the optical illusion of a thaumatrope, a phrenological head, "The Burning Ship" or an experiment with potassium, "table turning", and "Prince Rupert's drops". The work is dedicated to "Nevil Morton Evans, From his affectionate grandmother Julia Hunter at Seventy Seven, January 1884", the illustrations by his aunt Edith. Edith Evans (née Hunter), for whom the work was bound, was the wife of Welsh paleographic expert John Gwenogvryn Evans. 

Napoleon family copy.- Mémoires pour servir a l'Histoire de France en 1815, first edition, from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's younger brother, folding engraved map of the battle of Mont St. Jean (ie Waterloo), folding tables, foxed, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, gilt 'J' surmounted by crown on covers, spine gilt, corners and edges rubbed, 8vo, Paris, Chez Barrois l'Ainé, 1820.*** Superb association copy from the library of Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia from 1807-13, rescued from the fire at the Palais Royal during the Paris Commune of 1870. Inscribed on front free endpaper "Ce livre provient de la bibliothèque de mon grand Père le Roi Jérôme puis de celle de mon Père, il était au Palais Royal dans l'aile incendiée en 1870. Napoléon". This is in the hand of Victor Bonaparte (1862-1926), son of Prince Jérôme (1822-91), known as 'Plon-Plon' and grandson of King Jérôme.Provenance: Jérôme Bonaparte (crowned cipher to covers); Jérôme, Prince Napoléon (ink stamp on title "Bibliothèque du citoyen Napoléon-Bonaparte" and small label to front free endpaper with ink numbers); Victor Bonaparte (manuscript note described above); unidentified ink stamp with monogram MC on title.

Baskerville (John).- Bible, English. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament and the New, first Baskerville edition, list of subscribers ending with "York", births and deaths of the Miles family in ink manuscript to front free endpaper, scattered spotting or light foxing, particularly near start, light browning and soiling to endpapers, early 19th century russia, elaborately tooled in gilt and blind, spine gilt in compartments, upper cover with "John Miles/ West End/ Hampstead" in gilt within central blind-tooled lozenge, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, lower cover with some light scuffing and very small patch of worm damage to head, some light rubbing to extremities, preserved in a contemporary calf "dust-jacket" (rubbed), [Gaskell 26; Herbert 1146], folio, Cambridge, John Baskerville, 1763. *** One of c.1250 copies, in an attractive and well-preserved binding. This edition "has always been regarded as Baskerville's magnum opus, and is his most magnificent as well as his most characteristic specimen" (T.B. Reed, A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, p. 279).

Furttenbach (Joseph) Architectura Recreationis: Das ist: Von Allerhand Nutzlich: und Erfrewlichen Civilischen Gebäwen, only edition, title in red and black with typographic border, additional engraved pictorial title, portrait and 35 plates, all double-page, some also folding, most by Matthias Remboldt after the author, plate 25 with hole at centre of folds, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamp to title & following two leaves and South Library bookplate, contemporary vellum, spine titled in manuscript, [Berlin Kat. 1957; not in BAL, Fowler or Millard], folio, Augsburg, Johann Schulte, 1640.*** An excellent copy of these attractive designs for grand houses, palaces and their formal gardens, some with mazes, grottoes etc. One palace includes a private theatre with several plates of stage sets and also one of the earliest diagrams showing the positioning of lighting for stage performances (Furttenbach had studied stage design under Giulio Parigi in Florence). This is one of Furttenbach’s scarcer publications.

Theatres.- Littmann (Max) Die Königlichen Hoftheater in Stuttgart, only edition, photogravure plates, original boards with illustration mounted on upper cover, Darmstadt, 1912 § Beijer (Agne) Slottsteatrarna pa Drottingholm och Gripsholm, limited edition, original cloth, Stockholm, 1937 § Zucher (Paul) Theater und Lichtspielhäuser, original cloth, Berlin, 1926 § [Graslin (J.J.L.)] Réflexions d'un Citoyen, sur la Construction d'une Salle de Spectacle à Nantes, drop-head title, annotations in pencil, stitched in contemporary wrappers, upper cover with title in ink manuscript and inscription “Monsieur de Kevegant Premier Juge Consul”, a little stained, [Nantes], [c.1783] § [Caristie (Auguste)] Notice sur l'État Actuel de l'Arc Orange de des Théatres Antiques d'Orange et d'Arles, 9 lithographed plates, ink stamp "H.Revoil Architecte" to title, pencil tracing loosely inserted, light foxing to plates, contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, original printed upper wrapper mounted on upper cover, Paris, 1839, plates and/or illustrations, a little rubbed; and 15 others on theatres and theatre design, v.s. (20)

Demosthenes. Græcorum oratorum principis, Olynthiacæ orationes tres, & Philippicæ quatuor, è Graeco in Latinum conversæ, translated by Nicholas Carr, title within wide woodcut typographic border, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials (some criblé), lacking final blank, occasional spotting, lightly browned, modern limp vellum, yapp edges, black ink manuscript title to spine, some marking, [STC 6577], small 4to, Henry Denham, 1571.  *** A very good copy of this work, which is rare at auction. The last copy offered we can trace was in 1970 (£144 Traylen). Nicholas Carr (1524-1568) was Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University and a physician. The work includes his biography and laudatory poems following his death in 1568. 

Derschau (Hans Albrecht von) [Sale Catalogue] Verzeichniss der seltenen Kunst-Sammlungen..., 3 parts in 1, prices in neat contemporary manuscript, contemporary boards preserving original printed wrappers on covers, Nuremberg, 1825 § [Edler von Weizenfeld (Johann Nepomuk)] Beschreibung der Churfürstlichen Bildergallerie in Schleisheim, engraved title vignette and head-piece view of the Neues Schloss, woodcut ornaments, contemporary calf, spine gilt, head of spine and corners worn, Munich, 1775 § Dillis (G. von) Verzeichniss der Gemaelde in der Königlichen Pinakothek zu München, folding engraved plate, original printed pink boards, spine faded, Munich, 1838 § Querfurt (Tobias) Kurtze Beschreibung des Fürstl. Lust-Schlosses Saltzdahlum..., Gothic letter, lacking engraved plate, cropped, lightly browned, bookplate of Charles Sebag-Montefiore, contemporary half cloth, Braunschweig, [c.1710], all a little rubbed, 8vo & 4to (4)*** The Derschau collection of art was particularly strong in 15th & 16th century woodblocks, now in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin. The last item is a very scarce guide book describing Duke Anton Ulrich of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel’s country residence at Salzdahlum, and particularly his collection of paintings. 

Drawings & Prints.- Johnson (Thomas) Collection of 29 original architectural drawings and manuscript cost lists for John Entwistle's house at Foxholes, near Rochdale, Lancashire, pen and inks on laid papers, each design inscribed in brown ink and signed 'T. Johnson', on laid papers without watermarks, four designs with watercolour wash, various sizes between 200 x 330 mm (7 7/8 x 13 in) and 520 x 640 mm (20 1/2 x 25 1/4 in), the manuscript 'Estimate of a new House to be built at Foxholes, near Rochdale' with 4pp. featuring detailed list of costs signed 'T. Johnson/ May 3rd 1791', old folds and handling creases, damp-staining to each sheet, slightly rough edges, some nicks and tears, loose, all unframed, 1791Provenance:Foxholes Estate Office*** An excellent probably complete set of drawings with accompanying estimates covering every principal architectural feature of Johnson's proposed late 18th century house. Four of the drawings included appear to show designs for a slightly less ambitious house, inscribed 'Mr Grig's plan', which Johnson improved on in a grander scheme in a sober but stylish classical manner, showing the influence of Robert Adam and his English followers. It is unclear whether the project was ever realised, as the house was described by Pevsner to have five bays, not seven, and no portico is mentioned.

Jane Austen's family friends.- European Travel Journal.- Herries (I[sabella] A[nn], daughter of John Charles Herries, politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1778-1855) [Journal of a tour to France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy], vol. I only, autograph manuscript, 190pp., slightly browned, 5 small engravings loosely inserted, original half morocco, gilt spine, 200 x 162mm., 1836. *** "Baden. When we came out of the theatre Mr. Meysenberg met us and made us look at the old Castle, which we should never have done without him, which was brilliantly illuminated. It looked like a mass of fire on the top of the beautiful mountain. Some French men had asked leave of the Grand Duke to have it for this night the 28th July to commemorate in it the glorious days. The droll thing was that one of the Bonaparte Princes was asked to join the party [Napoleon III]." - I.A. Herries. A fine detailed travel journal by an observant 18 year old girl on a long continental tour. Isabella and her party is accompanied to France initially by her father John Charles Herries on the steamer "Wellington". The party consists of Edward, Isabelle (her aunt), Juliet (Creed), Charles and Betsy, the latter probably a servant. Much of the journal is taken up with sightseeing and socialising with lots of invitations to parties and balls, including dancing with Captain Hay, in the service of the duke of Cambridge. The party travels from Boulogne to Paris, Baden, Offenberg, Lucerne, St Gothard, Genoa, Milan, Como, Brescia, Verona, Padua, Venice, Mantua, Parma, Bologna, Florence and Rome where this volume ends.  Jane Austen connection. Jane Austen and her brother Henry had strong connections with the Herries family. In 1814 Henry Austen had a residence in Hans Place, Chelsea, and the Herries family were located at Cadogan Place, Sloane Street and hence Henry knew them and introduced Jane Austen. "Henry came home on Sunday & we dined the same day with the Herrieses - a large family party - clever & accomplished." - Jane Austen. Letters, pp. 291, 301. Juliet Creed was the daughter of Rev Henry Creed, vicar of Corse, Gloucestershire and Catherine Herries, sister of John Charles Herries. Catherine Creed and Jane Austen were good friends, enough for Austen to note her opinions of her novels, "Mrs . Creed — preferred S & S. and P & P. – to Mansfield Park." Catherine Creed's daughter, Juliet (1819-99), novelist, cited in this journal, married Sir William Frederick Pollock (1815-88), lawyer and author; their son Walter Herries Pollock (1850-1926), author and journalist; later lived at Chawton Lodge; author of Jane Austen: Her Contemporaries and Herself (1899).

Trade Catalogue.- D & S. [Catalogue of teapots etc.], 37 engraved plates, 2 double-page, all with prices in manuscript, with letterpress 'A List of the Prices of Tin Patty Pans, Scollop Shells, Tart Pans, and Tin Plates' bound in at beginning, some light offsetting, original wrappers, contemporary manuscript note in French headed "Livre 63090 W & L" to inside front wrapper, a little faded at edges, spine reinforced, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box with gilt-stamped red morocco label, 4to, [?Sheffield], [c.1820].*** Rare catalogue featuring teapots, coffeepots, dishes, cutlery, cruet stands, candlesticks, metal boxes etc., possibly by Dewsnap & Son of Sheffield who were silver and silver-plate manufacturers operating in the early 19th century. The French note mentions that the pieces were all in white metal (pewter) and the metal boxes are described as "Britannia metal", a pewter alloy with the appearance of silver developed in Sheffield in the late 18th century.

Narcissus Luttrell's copy.- Statius (Publius Papinius) [Opera], 3 parts in 1, collation: a-e8 a-z8 A-F8 G4 A-B8 C4 (here Orthographia (a-e8) bound at end), italic type, initial spaces with guide-letters, i8 blank, 2C4 colophon recto otherwise blank, final f. (e8) with woodcut printer's device recto otherwise blank, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, contemporary vellum over boards, rebacked in later vellum, 19th century morocco label to spine, covers stained, 8vo (154 x 90mm.), [Venice], [Aldus Manutius], [August, 1502].  *** First Aldine edition of the extant works of Statius, along with an orthography of Greek terms found in Statius; presented in Aldus' octavo format often used for his classical publications.Provenance: Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), annalist, book collector, diarist, and bibliographer (cipher ink stamp with manuscript date 1707 to verso of title at foot); 'Lazari Chalcei'; 'Marg. Gudii' (early ink names to title of Orthographia). Literature: Adams S1670; Ahmanson-Murphy 61; Renouard 35:7; EDIT 16 CNCE 36141.

Stampart (Franz von) & Anton Joseph von Prenner. Prodomus, seu praeambulare lumen reserati portentosae magnificentiae theatri..., only edition, titles and text in Latin & German, engraved dedication incorporating portrait, engraved head-piece, engraved plate with ground plan & portraits of the authors, another with views of gallery interiors and 27 others of multiple paintings & sculptures numbered 4-30, with engraved Index leaf at end (sometimes missing), Latin title lightly spotted, contemporary boards, uncut, old manuscript label to upper cover and spine (latter chipped), a little rubbed and stained, [Berlin Kat. 3965], large folio, Vienna, J.P. van Ghelen, 1735.*** Remarkable illustrated catalogue of the paintings and sculptures in the art gallery of the Imperial Palace in Vienna. This was the first publication devoted to a major European collection in which so large a proportion of the works of art were illustrated, and it was also one of the earliest to show how the individual paintings were arranged and hung.