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Dorcie SYKES Manuscript and original illustrations for her book The Sea Cats

1932 Centenary issue, the unique series of working Die Proofs from the Waterlow archive, sixteen in all. For the 1/- to 10/- values, there are the four frames; undenominated master Die Proof for the frame design (cut into at right), and master Die Proof for the double vignette. For the ¼d to 6d, there are Die Proofs of each (the 3d cut into at right), a further Die Proof of the two heads and an undenominated master composite proof. Each with manuscript Die and roller numbers and with 'Cancelled 3/9/34' (date of Dies' destruction) in red. Varying degrees of soiling and some faults as appropriate for these working proofs. On two exhibition pages. Ex Marston, Cooley and Maisel. For SG 84-95

1935 Pictorial issue, the unique series of working Die Proofs from the Waterlow archive, twenty in all. Master Die of King's Head (as for Northern Rhodesia 1925 high values); Catboat and Booby Bird vignettes; three Map design without King's Head, undenominated, ¼d and 3d; three vertical Conch shell designs without King's Head, undenominated, 1½d and 10/- (these three cut into at right); four Catboat frame designs, undenominated, ½d, 2d and 1/-; four Turtle designs without King's Head, undenominated, 2½d, 6d and 5/-; three Booby Bird designs with King's Head, undenominated, 1d and 2/-. Each with Die number, roller number, proof number and with manuscript CANCELLED/1.11.38/RECORD PROOF (date of Dies' destruction) in red. Four with punch holes, some faults and light soiling as appropriate for these working proofs. On two exhibition pages. Ex Marston, Cooley and Maisel. For SG 96-107

An Antique Indian manuscript, depicting the gods Ganesh and sanskrit

Carne (John). Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor &c. Illustrated...., by W. H. Bartlett, William Purser &c. 3 volumes in one, published Fisher, Son & Co., [1836], title page with near contemporary manuscript ownership and presentation inscription, additional decorative title to each volume, numerous uncoloured engraved plates, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco with gilt decorated boards, 4to, together with Walsh (Rev. Robert), Constantinople and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor, 2 volumes, Fisher Son & Co., circa 1840, additional decorative title to each volume, 2 maps (including one folding), ninety-three (complete as lists) uncoloured engraved plates, bookplate of James Allen Wilson, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, 4to (3)

British Isles. Ptolemy (Claudius & Sylvanus Bernardus), Prima Europae Tabula, published Venice, [1511], woodblock map on a trapezoidal projection, printed in red and black, printed on two sheets, not conjoined, central fold professionally repaired on verso, trimmed along lower margin with loss to printed scaled border, upper margin trimmed with very slight loss, backed with Japan paper, 415 x 450 mm R. W. Shirley. Early printed maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.9. The first map of the British Isles to show a more correct north-south orientation with Scotland shown upright rather than swept at ninety degrees to the east. It is belived that Sylvanus worked from the manuscript 'portolan charts' of navigators and it is possible that had sight of the Gough map and used it as a basis for Northern England. Scarce. (1)

Churchill (Awnsham & John, publishers). A Collection of Voyages and Travels, Some now first Printed from Original Manuscripts. Others Translated out of Foreign Languages, and now first Publish'd in English, [volume 3 only], 1st edition, 1704, 3 parts in 1 volume as issued (see note), each with own section title dated 1703 in addition to main volume title, pagination and register continuous, the third part (Baldaeus) with engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title page, 33 engraved folding plates including maps, plans, views and orthographical tables of the Tamil language, numerous engraved vignettes in the text, several full-page, volume title chipped and browned in upper outer corner, first section title (Ovalle) slightly marked, faint damp-staining in quires [pi]-B, contents otherwise clean and fresh, contemporary French mottled calf, richly gilt spine, mild wear to extremities, folio (31 x 19.5 cm Cox I p. 10 for the collection and p. 263 for Baldaeus; Sabin 13015 (specifying Ovalle and Monson); Borba de Moraes I p. 158 for the 1744 edition. This third volume of Awnsham and John Churchill's important collection of voyages contains three texts: 1) Alonso de Ovalle, An Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Chile, printed at Rome by Francisco Cavallo, 1649, Translated out of Spanish into English; 2) Sir William Monson, Naval Tracts: in Six Books ... The Whole from the Original Manuscript, Never Before Published; and 3) Philippus Baldaeus, A True and Exact Description of the Most Celebrated East-India Coasts of Malabar and Coromandel, as also of the Isle of Ceylon ... translated from the High-Dutch printed at Amsterdam, 1672. (1)

England & Wales. Walker (John), Walker's tour through England and Wales, a new pastime, published W. & T. Darton, 1809, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, a map game with the 'rules' printed on the vertical margins, slight dust soiling. 505 x 635 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with printed label to upper board, slight staining and wear, together with Cary (John), Cary's reduction of his large map of England and Wales with part of Scotland..., 1796, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 755 x 625 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper boards, some wear to extremities, with Bayly (John Abraham), England and Wales drawn from all the surveys..., [1766], hand coloured engraved folding map, 570 x 485 mm, plus Cruchley (G. F.), British Isles by Cruchley, circa 1855, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, some finger soiling and slight staining, 640 x 520 mm, marbled endpapers, and Wallis (John), Wallis's tour through England and Wales, A new geographical pastime, circa 1795, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, a map game with the 'rules' and list of towns printed in the vertical margins, stained and marked, 505 x 660 mm, lacking slipcase, together with Mannert (C.), England nach Cary's Zeichnung mit hulfe der charten von Rocque, Kitchin, Campbell..., Nuremberg, 1796, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Scilly Isles, slight staining, occasional pencil annotations, 655 x 540 mm, contained in publisher's card slipcase with manuscript label to upper board, worn, with Kitchin (Thomas), Kitchin's enlarged map of the Roads of England & Wales with the exact distances by the Mile Stones between town and town, published R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1779, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on later linen, slight staining, 555 x 455 mm, lacking slipcase, plus Smith (Charles), Smith's new map of England and Wales and part of Scotland..., 1806, large engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, water stained, small hole affecting image, 1150 x 935 mm, lacking slipcase, and Darton (William, publishers), New and Improved map of England and Wales including the principal part of Scotland..., circa 1820, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, long closed tears along linen folds, 765 x 645 mm, contemporary cloth board, lacking spine and upper board, with Faden (William), A Map of England, Wales & Scotland describing all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain..., to accompany Paterson's Book of Roads, 1801, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the north part of Scotland, dust soiled and with slight staining, holes where linen folds cross, 735 x 615 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with printed label to upper board, worn and frayed (10)

*Artist and Writers. Green (Valentine), Inigo Jones..., published J. Boydell, 1775, small mezzotint on wove after Van Dyke, thread margins, 180 x 130 mm, together with Watson (James), Mr Bartolozzi, 1785, uncoloured half length portrait on laid after Sir Joshua Reynolds, scratch letter proof, title added in near contemporary ink manuscript, small margins, 380 x 280 mm, with Esplens (John & Charles), George Heriot, Jeweller to King James VI who besides founding & endowing his stately hospital at Edin. bequeath'd to his relations above sixty thousand pounds..., 1743, uncoloured mezzotint on laid after John Scougal, trimmed to image with slight fraying, some marginal repaired closed tears, laid on archival paper, 350 x 235 mm, plus Lebenck (Petrus), Godfridus Kneller Germanus in aula Brittanica pictor ver‚ regius..., circa 1720, small uncoloured mezzotint on laid, small margins, 240 x 175 mm, and Turner (Charles), J M W Turner, circa 1820, uncoloured half length mezzotint on india laid, showing the artist in profile with a sketch book, good margins, 430 x 330 mm, with one other similar (6)

*Besler (Basilius). Colutea Vesicaria..., Helichryson Creticum..., Caryophyllus sylvestris... & Nepetella, [from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613], together 4 large folio hand-coloured botanical copper engravings on laid paper, with watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield, printed without text to verso, each titled in Latin below the image, with contemporary manuscript translations into German below each caption, in brown ink, with margins, generally in good condition, the Caryophyllus with some offset text to the image, sheet size 55 x 41 cm (21.6 x 16.1 ins) or very similar The Colutea Tree, Cretan Daisy, Carnation and Catmint from Beslar's Hortus Eystettensis, or Garden of Eichstatt, first published in 1613. The watermark of a pine cone within an armorial shield present on these sheets may represent the arms of Augsburg, which suggests that production of these plates was undertaken in the workshop of Wolfgang Kilian in Augsburg (see David Paisey, Review of Nicholas Barker's Hortus Eystettensis, The Library, 6th series, volume 17, pages 365-368). (4)

Bristol. A manuscript album with original sketches of Bristol and Wales, by Augustin Prichard, 4 Chesterfield Place, Clifton, Nov. 1884[-1897], 98 pages numbered in manuscript, each with a mounted illustration in blue or black ink, of buildings, streets, landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, copied from other artworks, engravings, or photographs, including Bristol Cathedral, Redcliff Church, Redland Green Chapel, Southerndown Rocks, St. Donat's Castle, The Red Lodge, Colston's School, Foster's Almshouse, Back Street, The Old Black Boy Inn, Portrait of Mrs. Esttin, each with explanatory text in manuscript below, most initialled, toned and spotted, some dust-soiling, endpapers soiled and with remains of paper cover turn-ins, front free endpaper detached, original decorated cloth, sometime rebacked in vellum (lettered in a calligraphic hand), rubbed and extremities worn (with remnants of old paper cover to spine and lower return), 4to Augustin Prichard (1818-1898) was a surgeon specialising in ophthalmology, who had a large practice in Bristol. He was highly regarded in his field, having helped establish a number of pioneering practices, and he lectured and published on the subject. He was also interested in photography and was devoted to sketching. (1)

*Pope  Urban  IV (Jacques Pantaléon, c. 1195-1264). Papal bull fragment, 1263  [=1347],  manuscript in brown ink on vellum, single leaf (28.5 x 38 cm), trimmed  and  folded  for  use  as a binding sometime in the 17th century, the protocol  and  text  excised but retaining the eschatocol signed 'Michaelis de Tolosa ...  anno  MCCLXIII', and 3 further paragraphs of 4 lines in a similar but  smaller  curvilinear  chancery  hand,  each  apparently  referring to the re-copying of the bull in 1347 (e.g. 'ipsum exemplum ... In anniso trecentesio quadragesio  septimo'),  the  original  eschatocol comprising Urban's rota and Bene  valete  monogram, secretarial signatures of 17 subscribing cardinals, 11 with   their  cruciform  symbols  adjacent,  the  cardinals  including  Odo of Châteauroux   (c.   1190-1273),  Stephen  I  Bàncsa  (d.  1270)  as  Bishop of Palestrina,  Raoul de Grosparmy (1202-1270) as Bishop of Albano, and others; a few  holes, some rubbing and soiling, edges trimmed to loss of a few words and symbols, old manuscript spine title in Hebrew verso, printer's waste pasted to portions  of  verso  where turned in for binding (fragment of Giacomo Graffi's Decisiones  aureae  casuum  conscientiae,  Antwerp, 1604, volume 2, p. 65)The three additional paragraphs apparently refer to the later copying of this bull, originally issued in 1243, in 1347; the curvilinear hand is distinct from the more rectilinear papal minuscule of the 13th century. (1)

Ship's Log Book - Sulivan. A manuscript logbook for the Sulivan, 5th Voyage, 1794, approximately 100 pages (and a number of blank leaves), mostly ruled in red, written in several neat copperplate hands, giving details of trademen's bills, including mention of: Taylor & Bail[e]y of Little Tower Street, London; work carrried out in Greenland Dock for Robert Williams Esqr & Owners of the Ship by Joseph Haycraft & Co. of Deptford; John & James Mangles, Ship-Chandlers, Oil-men & Manufacturers of Painters Colours, near Wappin New Stairs, London, who Sell Guns, Gunpowder & Shots; J. Cadley & Co. Leathermen; Curtis & Clarke Bakers; Joynes, Becket & Co. Brewers; Richard Joseph Peuterer; Richard Hill & Son Wax Lights; Richard Knight Grocer; Martin Brander Gun Maker; Pigou & Andrews Gunpowder; Ben Wood & Co Irish Provisions; Thomas Bird Distiller; Henry Slaney Pilot; Huffam & Son Riggers; Ann Oram Plumber; John Rixon Cooper; Robert Todd & Co Mastmakers; P. & J. Dolland Opticians; Ben Steinmetz Tallow Chandler; Batten & Glover Carvers; John Burr Boatbuilder; Hadley & Son Engine Makers; J. Pouncy Druggist, plus lists of wages paid for Commander, Midshipmen, Carpenters, Armourers, Butchers, Poulterer, Cooper, Boatswain, etc., occasional toning, sheet size 38 x 24cm, marbled endpapers, red sprinkled edges, contemporary blind-panelled vellum, some light soiling and marks, gilt lettered red morocco label on spine, with manuscript date 1794 above, folio A fascinating ledger, listing materials for work carried out (Boltrings, Cold Chisels, Iron Cheeks for head, Deck Nails, Port Shackle, Black Oakum, etc.) and repairs made (Repairing the Large Ship Bell Claper, 2 new speaking Trumpets, Taking to Pieces the Large Ship Jack, Turning 10 Pillars, Tarring the Tops and Tar, etc.). The Sulivan (or Sullivan) was launched in 1782 as an East Indiaman. She made five voyages for the British East India Company, and on two occasions provided transport for military expeditions. In 1794 her commander, Captain Pouncy, died, and Captain Sampson Hall was appointed Commander of the ship. War with France had broken out in 1793 and the preparations to the ship documented in this log were presumably in reponse to government orders to join 38 other Indiamen as transports for an attack on Mauritius. In the event this did not come about, and Captain Hall sailed from Portsmouth on 2nd May 1794, bound for China, arriving at Whampoa on 13th October. (1)

Baldinucci (Filippo). Notizie de' professori del disegno da Cimabue, 1st edition, Florence: Santi Franchi, 1681, and: Notizie de professori del disegno da Cimabue in qua, parte seconda del secolo quarto che contiene tre decennali, dal 1550-1580, 1st edition, Florence: Piero Martini, 1688, volumes 1 and 4 (of 6), volume 1 with woodcut arms to title, tipped-in privilege leaf with woodcut arms of Charles II of Spain (see note), folding genealogical plate, closed tear in signature D3; volume 4 with engraved title arms, slip cancel pasted to signature F verso; both volumes with numerous historiated or floral woodcut initials, spotting and toning, a few other minor marks, uniform contemporary vellum, manuscript spine titles, yapp edges, 4to (27 x 20 cm), together with: Paciaudi (Paolo), Diatribe qua Graece anagylphi interpretatio traditur, 1st edition, Rome: ex typographia Palladis, 1751, half-title, engraved title vignette, woodcut and engraved vignettes to text, mild spotting to title page, modern half vellum, 4to; [Negri, Anton Maria], Solenni esequie nel duomo di Firenze per la morte dell' Augustissimo Imperatore Francesco Primo, Duca di Lorena, 1st edition, Florence: S. A. R, 1765, 2 parts in 1 volume, engraved headpiece and initial to each, contemporary patterned paper wrappers, section of loss to spine, 4to; Zabeo (Giovanni Prosdocimo), Elogio di Paolo Caliari, 1st edition, Venice: Parolari, 1813, 25 pp., mild spotting and soiling, edges untrimmed, sewn in original plain paper wrappers (held by top 2 cords only), 4to Cicognara 2195 (Baldinucci), 2690 (Paciaudi), 2407 (Zabeo). First editions of the first and fourth volumes in Baldinucci's six-volume biographical dictionary of Italian art and architecture; of the remaining volumes Baldinucci was himself only responsible for the second, as volumes three, five and six were completed by his son. This copy of the first volume is complete with the privilege leaf bearing the arms of Charles II of Spain, which is 'missing in a great many copies' (Cicognara). (5)

Binding. Illustrium poetarum flores, per Octavianum Mirandulam collecti, Strasbourg: Josias Rihel, 1567, later ownership inscription 'Sum Caspari Muhlenfort' and effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to title page, intermittent pale damp-staining, stronger towards rear, occasional contemporary underlining, minor worming in gutter, lacking final blank, bound at an early date using a leaf from a 13th-century vellum manuscript copy of Rupert of Deutz's De divinis officiis incorporating a large polychrome initial (see note), backed with a printed leaf from a copy of Johann Wigand's De antinomia veteri et nova (1571), rubbed and dust-soiled, and detached from text-block along front inner hinge (intact at rear), 8vo (15.7 x 10 cm) This edition not in Adams but see M1473 for the first edition of 1537, which was also printed in Strasbourg, by Wendelin Rihel. The vellum manuscript leaf used for the binding contains a section from Rupert of Deutz's De divinis officiis, in a German Prototogothic hand: see Migne (ed.), Patrologiae Cursus Completus (Paris, 1854), volume 170, columns 193-4. (1)

Marti y Viladamor (Francisco). Noticia universal de Catalu¤a, 1st edition, [Barcelona, 1640], woodcut headpieces and initials, vignette to final leaf verso, spotting and browning, marginal worming and damp-staining, bookplate of Franz Pollack-Parnau and Spanish bookseller's label to front pastedown, modern vellum, manuscript spine-title, boards bowed, 4to in 8s (20.5 x 15 cm) Palau 153498. Rare pro-Catalonian work published in the same year as the beginning of the Reapers' War. Copac traces only the British Library copy and a copy of another edition printed in Lisbon the following year. (1)

Kettilby (Mary). A Collection of above Three Hundred Receipts in Cookery, Physick and Surgery; For the use of all Good Wives, Tender Mothers and Careful Nurses, by Several Hands... To which is Added a Second Part, Containing a great Number of Excellent Receipts, for Preserving and Conserving of Sweet-Meats, &c, 2 parts in one, 4th and 3rd editions, 1728, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and initial letters, title with early ink manuscript remedies on blank verso, scattered minor marks and toning, first few leaves with pale dampstain to fore-margin, front endpapers with early ink ownership inscriptions, verso of front free endpaper with early ink manuscript silhouette, rear free endpaper with early ink manuscript annotations, front hinge split, contemporary calf, rubbed and lightly marked, some wear to extremities, lower back corner bumped, minor splitting to joints, 8vo (1)

Musculus (Wolfgang). Common places of Christian Religion, gathered by Wolfgangus Musculus, for the use of suche as desire the knowledge of Godly truthe. Translated out of Latine into Englishe. Hereunto are added two other treatises, made by the same Author, one of Othes, and an other of Usurye. With a moste perfecte and plentifull Table, London: [printed by Reginalde Wolfe], 1563, title in red and black and with printer's woodcut device (strengthened to width of gutter margin and manuscript note to lower right corner), woodcut armorial to verso of title, main body of text in black letter, few decorative woodcut initials, occasional early marginalia, some light dampstaining mostly at foot of leaves, rust holes to final three leaves, final leaf (d6) torn with loss of text and repaired, some peppered worm holes mostly towards rear of volume, later endpapers with old adhesive tape strengthening to hinges, later 18th century half calf, morocco title label to spine, joints split and covers worn, folio STC 18308. Variant 1 with first colophon, 4D2v, "Imprinted at London by Reginalde Wolfe. Anno Domini. 1563.". Colophon, b9v, "Imprinted at London by Reginalde Wolfe. Anno Domini. 1563.". This edition is a translation of "Loci communes sacrae theologiae". The additions are translated excerpts from his: In Davidis Psalterium sacrosanctum commentarii. (1)

Royal Society (London). Abr‚g‚ des transactions philosophiques de la Soci‚t‚ royale de Londres, ouvrage traduit de l'Anglois, et r‚dig‚ par M. Gibelin, 10 parts [of 12] in 14 volumes [all published], Paris: Buisson, 1787-91, comprising parts 1 (Histoire naturelle; 2 volumes), 2 (Botanique; 2 volumes), 4 (Physique exp‚rimentale; 2 volumes) 5 (Chimie; 1 volume), 6 (Anatomie et physique animale; 1 volume), 7 (M‚decine et chirurgie; 1 volume), 8 (MatiŠre m‚dicale et pharmacie; 2 volumes), 10 (M‚langes, observations, voyages; 1 volume), and 11-12 (Antiquit‚s et beaux arts; 2 volumes; volume 2 sub-titled 'onziŠme et douziŠme parties'), with half-titles, 39 engraved folding plates, 2 folding letterpress tables, ink-stamps and manuscript shelf-marks of the D‚pot de la Guerre to title pages and most plates, mild spotting, contemporary streaked sheep, smooth spines gilt in compartments, twin morocco labels, paper shelf-mark labels pasted to upper compartments, wear, worming to boards, 8vo The third (provisionally titled M‚t‚orologie) and ninth parts do not appear to have been published. (14)

Sarikulova (Gul'-Chara Abulatipovna). Grafika Kazakhstana [Russian title], 1st edition, Almaty: Nauka, 1967, 77 numbered plates on 39 sheets, portrait bookplate and contemporary ownership inscription (dated 19.7.67) of artist Valentin Antoshenko-Olenev contributor of plates 26-30 (see note), original cloth, a few marks, square 8vo, together with: approximately 20 books and pamphlets of bookplate reference, 19th and 20th century; and assorted ephemera including: 2 19th-century scrapbooks of embossed arms, crests and monograms; 4 bookplate woodblocks or copperplates; bookbinding paraphernalia including original wooden boards from a 15th-century book, and a front board onlaid with mother-of-pearl; various post-cards and manuscript journals, 19th and 20th century; and approximately 15 assorted maps, 18th-20th centuries Rare Almaty-printed monograph on Kazakh design, from the collection of artist Valentin Antoshenko-Olenev (1900-1984), sometime student of Marc Chagall, accompanied by assorted ephemera. No copies traced in libraries. (a carton)

Johnson (B.S.) A small group of letters, typescript poems etc from and relating to B.S. Johnson (1933-1973), including a typescript poem 'Hafod a Hendref. A Poem in Nine Parts', 13 pages, inscribed by the author in green ink to front blank page: "For Michael Rennie, to whom Gregynog means as much, Xmas 1971", stapled into a plain wrapper (some fading and clear protective tape to verso), 4to, together with two other single sheet typescript poems and prose, 'Little Old Lady', and 'The Succession of Life through Geological Time', both signed in initials in green ink, and relating one page typed letter to Michael Pennie, dated 2 July 1971, regarding his book House Mother Normal, a difficult journey back from Gregynog, enclosing the above poems for use on a promotional poster and "I keep remembering your remark to the effect that you could make beautiful things given only freedom from financial strain; and applying it to myself. I'm unemployed at the moment, having been cheated out of a film directing job, knackered for the summer", two further notes to Michael Pennie regarding sales of prints, a 2 page letter to Norah and Michael Pennie from Virginia Johnson discussing losing her husband and her slow recovery, a letter from the programme controller at HTV, 1972, replying to Johnson's request to include Michael Pennie in an arts programme, and manuscript note from Johnson to chase up later in the year, a ticket for a Screening of the 2000 adaptation of Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry, CD and related material From the Collection of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud. (approx 30)

Austen (Jane). Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, Emma & Mansfield Park, 6 volumes, Folio Society, 1975, wood engraved illustrations by Joan Hassall, all original quarter cloth with patterned boards, in slipcases, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Milne (A.A.), Winnie-the-Pooh, A reproduction of the original manuscript, 1st edition, Methuen, 1971, printed and facsimile text, original cloth gilt in slipcase, large 8vo, plus other literature, local history, architecture, Folio Society, etc., mostly original cloth in dust wrappers, mainly 8vo (approximately 100 volumes) From the Collection of Alan and Joan Tucker, Stroud. (3 shelves)

Wyndham (Henry Penruddocke). A Tour through Monmouthshire and Wales, made in the Months of June, and July, 1774. And in the Months of June, July, and August, 1777, 2nd edition, Salisbury: E. Easton, 1781, engraved frontispiece and 16 plates (frontispiece bound after Preface, plate 11 bound in its place), extra-illustrated with approximately 150 additional plates, including numerous steel-engraved Welsh views (trimmed and mounted), 11 coloured aquantints from Sotheby and Smith's Tour Through Parts of Wales (1794), 1 double-page hand-coloured aquatint titled Conway Castle (imprint: Richard Godfrey, 1783), and approximately 15 lozenge-shaped woodcuts of Welsh towns (trimmed and mounted, dated 1610 on mount in manuscript), original plates variably spotted and offset, laid-in letter dated 1916 on Pen Moel, Chepstow letterhead discussing 'the word grangerize', all edges gilt, later green half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 4to (29.5 x 23 cm) A lavishly grangerised copy. (1)NB: Should read : approximately 15 mainly lozenge-shaped engravings of Welsh towns excised from a copy of John Speed's map of Wales (first published 1611)

Aldam (W.H.). A Quaint Treatise on "Flees, and the Art a Artyfichall Flee Making," by An Old Man well known on the Derbyshire Streams as a First-Class Fly-Fisher a Century Ago. Printed from an Old Ms. Never Before Published... with Editorial Notes and Patterns of Flies, and Samples of the Materials for Making Each Fly, 1st edition, John B. Day, 1876, half title, two mounted chromolithograhed plates by James Poole, twenty-two recessed oval mounts (on six thick leaves) with mounted flies and materials (most captioned in neat contemporary manuscript) printed in red and black throughout, lacking front endpaper, some light spotting, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, small light dampstain to lower cover, edges a little rubbed, 4to Westwood & Satchell, page 3. It is believed around 220 copies were printed. (1)

Game book. Game book belonging to Sir Robert Gresley of Drakelowe Hall, Derbyshire, 1893-1913, approximately 130 unnumbered leaves, tables printed in red and black to versos, rectos blank, the first 27 tables completed in manuscript in black ink, with notes of attendees to rectos (see note), ownership inscription 'Robert Gresley, Drakelowe' to first leaf recto, gilt edges, original black roan for Asprey, extremities rubbed, title gilt to front board, oblong 4to, together with Shire Horse Society, The Shire Horse Stud Book, volumes 52-62, 63-66, & 79-81, 1st editions, Lewes: for the society by W. E. Baxter Limited 1931-59, photographic frontispieces to volumes 52-61, original cloth gilt, some pale mottling, 8vo, and 2 similar Sir Robert Gresley, 11th Baronet (1866-1936) was married to Frances Louisa Spencer-Churchill (1870-1954), a first cousin of Winston Churchill. His game book records trips with the 9th Duke of Marlborough (1871-1934) and other high-ranking aristocrats. (18)

A Mughal style watercolour with earlier manuscript script, 25cm x 18cm

A 14th / 15th century Persian double sided manuscript, Late Tyemore period, handwritten in black and red ink, together with two mall 19th century Persian double sided manuscripts, (3)

Two various Burmese kammavaca manuscripts each containing a Buddhist manuscript on palm leaf sections, enclosed in wooden covers. Length of each section, 20cm and 21cm approx.

More, Cresacre (1572-1649) D.O.M.S. The Life and Death of Sir Thomas Moore. [Douai: Printed by B. Bellière, 1631?] First edition, quarto, dedication begins on [cross]2 recto, manuscript note on title dated 1639, bound in full straight-grained navy morocco, tooled in blind and gilt, a.e.g., ex libris Mathew Wilson and Frances Mary Richardson Currer, with their bookplates, spine and boards somewhat faded, 7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in. Dibdin described More's biography of his great-grandfather in this way, "of its scarcity and merit there can be but one opinion, it is in every aspect the most valuable piece of biography extant of More." [cross]4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Hhh4. http://estc.bl.uk/S112843 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

The Great Herball Newly Corrected. London: Thome Gybson, 1539. Folio, title page printed within elaborate architectural woodcut compartment, rare, ESTC lists three U.S. copies; the last copy offered at auction was incomplete and sold in 1949; bound in full blind-tooled calf over bevelled boards, with the original leather covering used as pastedown linings, free endleaves are parchment (binding somewhat dry, rubbed), a.e.g.; ex libris Christopher William Beaumont Pease, with his bookplate, with an additional Pease family bookplate done in gilt stamping with the motto "Pax et Spes" inserted, 10 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. This work is the fourth printed English translation of the Circa Instans, a popular Medieval herbal which circulated in manuscript form before the advent of printing. "The success of the Circa Instans resulted from its pragmatic, user-friendly structure, which made it especially useful to medical practitioners. The collection provides a selection of about 270 natural substances derived from plants, animals and minerals. Plants are the most consistently represented category, with everyday, readily available substances appearing more frequently than rare or exotic ones. The text is structured in alphabetical order, regardless of whether the substance is mineral, vegetal or animal in origin. This alphabetical organisation made it easier to search for a specific item within the text." (Quoted from a blog post by Dr. Iolanda Ventura posted on the Wellcome Library's website: http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2017/02/a-medieval-medical-bestseller-the-circa-instans/) [pi]4, A-Z4, Aa-Bb4, Cc6. http://estc.bl.uk/S119819 Estimate $25,000-35,000 Binding rubbed, spine sunned to a warmer color, some surface abrasions, binding structurally functional; contents leaves washed and pressed; some leaves with faint printing, leaves evenly toned throughout, some minor occasional spotting, a few holes in last index leaf very neatly filled with losses to only a letter or two. Former owner's or bookseller's note on ffep, "This is the best edition of this very rare book. It is so scarce like all the books printed by Gibson that Dibdin could add nothing to Herbert's description in the Typographical Curiosities. It is mentioned by him that Herbert had never possessed a single volume from Gibson's press." The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Whetstone, George (c. 1544-1587) The English Myrror. A Regard Wherein al Estates May Behold the Conquests of Envy. London: Printed by I. Windez for G. Seton, and are to be sold at his shop under Aldersgate, 1586. First edition (two variants only were published in 1586, no subsequent editions), quarto, title page printed within border of typographical ornaments, woodcut coat of arms of Queen Elizabeth with an acrostic in her honor printed on title verso, ex libris Sir Richard Newdigate of Arbury with his engraved 1709 bookplate pasted on ffep, the H. Bradley Martin copy, with his bookplate, along with those of the Arbury Library and the Later Library [an Elizabethan collection] of Herschel V. Jones (all pasted inside the front board); [bound with] a defective copy of Rainoldes's A Chronicle of all the Noble Emperours of the Romaines, London: Thomas Marshe, 1571, (lacking title, preliminaries, two leaves in the first signature and one in the last, see collation), first title complete, contemporary marginal manuscript notes (slightly trimmed), slightly later sponge-decorated calf, rebacked, marbled edges, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Two of Whetstone's works are thought by scholars to have been used by Shakespeare: his 1582 Historie of Promos and Cassandra, a prose tale from which William Shakespeare apparently drew the plot of Measure for Measure (although it is thought that the bard was probably familiar with the story in an earlier dramatic form); Whetstone was also an acknowledged source for Much Ado About Nothing. Whetstone: [para]4, A-P8. http://estc.bl.uk/S111678 Rainoldes: [four preliminary leaves consisting of incomplete portions of the epistle dedicatory and to the reader, no title, preliminary leaves incomplete], A2-6 (of 8), B-Z8, Aa-Dd8, Ee2-7. http://estc.bl.uk/S115791 Estimate $6,000-8,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Acosta, Jose de (1540-1600) Naturall and Morall Historie of the East and West Indies. London: Printed by Val: Sims for Edward Blount and William Aspley, 1604. First edition in English, quarto, type ornaments and woodcut "The" on title, ex libris Sir George Chudleigh and his daughter-in-law, Lady Mary Chudleigh, the poet, with several extensive manuscript text annotations on title, last few leaves, and some instances in the text, this copy sold in the Fleming sale at Christie's New York on 18 November 1988; bound in full pale olive green calfskin by Leighton, elaborately gilt spine; some minor staining to text leaves, last leaf repaired, lacks final blank, b4, a few headlines shaved, boards a bit rubbed, 7 1/4 x 5 1/4 in. The Historia Natural y Moral established Acosta's reputation as a keen observer capable of relating detailed and realistic descriptions of the New World. A Spanish Jesuit by training, Acosta first traveled to the Americas in 1570. In addition to notes on the natural history of the places he visited, including Peru (where he crossed the Andes), Panama, and Mexico, Acosta also describes Incan and Aztec customs and natural geographical features, such as tides, lakes, rivers, and mineral resources. He also established several universities in South America, where native languages were carefully studied and recorded, and was responsible for bringing a printing press to Peru in the 1570s. A4 (A1 present, blank save signature mark), B-Z8, Aa-Pp8, a4, b3. http://estc.bl.uk/S100394 Estimate $8,000-12,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Donne, John (1572-1631) Biathanatos. A Declaration of that Paradoxe or Thesis that Self-homicide is not so Naturally Sin, that it May Never Be Otherwise. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Armes in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1648. First edition, second issue, with cancel title, quarto, title page printed in red and black, decorated initials, list of authors cited precedes signature A, final blanks Ee3 and 4 present, bound in contemporary ruled sheepskin, neatly rebacked in calfskin, lettered in gilt on spine, with later wove endleaves and pastedowns in keeping with the feel of the original, board edges somewhat frayed, ex libris W.E. Hope Vere, Craigie Hall, Craigie Hall Library, with two bookplates inside the front board, never trimmed, 7 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. Responsibility for publication of this controversial tract was conferred in death by Donne to his son. Circulated only in manuscript during the poet's lifetime, this is the first published version of the text presented to the public. [para]3, cancel title, (*)2, A/[para]4, A-Z4, Aa-Ee4 (Ee3 & Ee4 blank & present). http://estc.bl.uk/R13916 Estimate $2,000-3,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Donne, John (1572-1631) Biathanatos. A Declaration of that Paradoxe, or Thesis, that Selfe-homicide is not so Naturally Sinne, that it may never be otherwise. London: Printed by John Dawson [for Henry Seile], 1644. First edition; undated title, quarto, bound in later full calf, nicely done in period style, some contemporary notes on free blanks, ownership inscription dated 1699 on title, ex libris University College London, four-line contemporary manuscript note at the foot of page 30, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. "Every Tuesday I make account that I turn a great hourglass, and consider what a week's life is run out since I writ. But if I ask myself what I have done in the last watch, or would do in the next, I can say nothing. If I say that I have passed it without hurting any, so may the spider in my window. [...] I have often suspected myself to be overtaken [...] with a desire of the next life, which, though I know it is not merely out of a weariness of this, [I suspect] worldly encumbrances have increased." (Donne, in a 1608 letter to his friend Henry Goodyer.) [para]4 (first leaf blank and likely integral), (*)2, A/[para]4, A-Z4, Aa-Dd4, Ee2. http://estc.bl.uk/R13744 Estimate $12,000-14,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Fabyan, Robert (d. 1513) Chronicle. [London: Printed by Richard Grafton for John Reynes, dwellynge at the sygne of saynte George in Pauls churcheyarde, 1542]. Folio, third edition continuing the Chronicle up to the year 1541, (variant, possible earlier version or pirated edition) two parts bound in one volume, on the first title, only the compartment was printed, with no text inside, with printer's initials WR at the feet of the two flanking columns (McKerrow & Ferguson 20); this copy seems to vary from either 1542 edition cataloged in ESTC as it has no title, printer information, or date on the first title, no colophon information in either volume, and no printer information or imprint date on divisional title for the second volume; bound in later blind-tooled boards, gilt-tooled spine, resewn, marginal paper repairs to preliminary and final leaves, some other scattered defects and repairs, some contemporary manuscript annotations, text printed in black letter throughout, lacking one text leaf in the second volume: (Aaa6, page 288/289), 11 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. "The present copy is an example of this third edition (1542). In addition to a continuation of the history to 1541, significant alterations were made to earlier events to conform to Protestant sensibilities. The pope became 'bishop of Rome,' King Henry II lost his moniker of 'hammer of the Holy Church,' and Thomas Becket was not 'martyred' to become a 'blessed saynt,' he was 'murdered' because he was a 'traitorous bishop.' A fourth edition, printed in Catholic Marian England, reverted to the former text." (http://clarklibrary.ucla.edu/collections/tudor/chrzanowski/title-list/1542f/) A6, B4, a-x6, y8, z6, A-E6, *6, aa-zz6, Aaa5 (lacking Aaa6), Bbb-Sss6. http://estc.bl.uk/S117883 http://estc.bl.uk/S106729 Estimate $4,000-6,000 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

Ireland.- An Account of the Trial of Edward Smyth, Late Curate of Ballyculter, in the Diocese of Down, title browned, some foxing and browning affectin g other pages, contemporary wrappers, manuscript paper label on upper cover, edges uncut, 8vo, Dublin, William Kidd, 1777.⁂ "Persecution and Trial in the Bishop's Court, of the Revd Edward Smyth of Ballyculter Co Down for Methodism 1777." - Manuscript label.

NO RESERVE Italy.- Panni (Anton-Maria) Distinto Rapporto delle Dipinture, che trovansi nelle Chiese della Città, e Sobborghi di Cremona, first edition, ink inscription to front pastedown, tiny worm damage to endpapers and final 3 leaves, 1 signature becoming loose, original buff boards, manuscript paper label, [Schlosser-Magnino 552, Lozzi 1400, Cicognara 4190], small 8vo, Cremona, 1762.⁂ The ultimate artistic guide to the city of Cremona, with Panni concentrating on interior decoration more than any other feature.

Voyage to Jamaica.- Petition of Henry Coleman boatswain of HMS "Great Guift" for payment, Document signed by Sir William Batten, Sir John Mennes and Sir William Penn agreeing to pay, D.s. "J Mennes", "William Batten", & "WPenn", manuscript, 1p., some edges a little chipped, folds, browned, 200 x 310mm., 22nd November 1663.⁂ The Great Gift was previously a French frigate, the "Don de Dieu", captured in 1652, finally used as a fire ship in 1666. In this voyage, recorded in the diary of Sir William Beeston were six jews, including Abraham Israel de Pisa and his son Isaac, come to trade and settle in Jamaica.Sir William Penn (bap. 1621, d. 1670), naval officer.

Banks (Sir Joseph, baronet, naturalist and patron of science, accompanied Captain Cook on the Endeavour to New Zealand and Australia, President of the Royal Society, 1743-1820) Indenture, Conveyance by Joseph Banks of a cottage and garden in Kingsley, near Cheadle, Staffordshire for £15 to John Bentley and his trustees, D.s. "Joseph Banks" signed at tail and verso, red wax seal, manuscript, folds, foxed and browned, 630 x 660mm., 5th April 1791; and 4 other legal agreements relating to the Bentley family and property in Kingsley, v.s., v.d. (5).

Ireland.- Burdy (Samuel, author, c. 1760-1820).- An Epistle to the Revd. Samuel Burdy, 8pp., stitched as issued, Downpatrick, James Parks, n.d. [c. 1800] bound with 3pp. of manuscript poetry by or about Samuel Burdy, 8vo (4 pieces).

Ireland.- Giant's Causeway.- O'Brien (Mary Jane) [Diary of a visit to the Giant's Causeway], autograph manuscript, 33pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, later ink pedigree and note by a descendant in the 20th century on fly-leaf, original morocco-backed marbled wrappers, 8vo, 1849.⁂ "... one of whose family kindly sent a little girl to shew us into another very large cave which served as a cart house &c the rocks these caves are formed is called Pudding Stone."

South Africa & Africa.- Edwards (T.A., traveller, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, fl. 1911) Travel Journal to South Africa & Africa, autograph manuscript, c. 200pp., passport made out to Helena Yonge loosely inserted, original cloth-backed printed boards, corners and edges rubbed, folio, 1911 § Morgan (Brig.-Gen. Sir Hill Godfrey, KBE, soldier, Army Service Corps, 1862-1923) Album of letters, ephemera and newspaper cuttings relating to Morgan's service in the Boer War and the Mahdist wars in Egypt and Sudan, including: letter signed by Kitchener, several copies of letters by Sir Redvers Buller, cut signature of Lord Milner, manuscript Field Officer note with pen and ink illustrations, 1 watercolour, photograph of his daughter's wedding, together c. 140pp., some loosely inserted, many laid down, some affected by some damp, original cloth worn and defective, v.s., v.d. in a 4to album, 1875-1913.⁂ The diary of a travelling salesman from England to South Africa. Edwards travelled on RMS Walmer Castle and noted that Marie Lloyd (1870-1922), music-hall entertainer ("Col. Wythe CB rather amusing when no one is about he sits with Marie Lloyd in a corner - during the day he entertains Miss Gladstone"), was on board with her lover and future husband, Bernard Dillon (c.1888-1941), the jockey who rode Lemberg to Derby victory in 1910.On board they played games, had a fancy dress ball, and "noticed phosphoresence on the wake". Edwards lands in Cape Town (Table Mountain) and from there travels to Bloemfontein, "Miss Ada Reeve is staying here - much more ladylike than Marie Lloyd", Johannesburg, "Holdcroft... drove me all round Parktown to the zoo", and visits the theatre, Benoni (production of loaves for the mines), on SS German to Mossel Bay, East London, Durban, Pretoria, Salisbury, Umtali, SS Admiral to Dar es Salaam, Mombassa, Nairobi ("Indian Bazaar... the white people held a meeting recently suggested to move the plague they would buy out the bazaar - The Indians (who were there first) promptly responded by offering to buy out the whites", Kisumu, Red Sea, Mediterranean, Naples Bay, Corsica etc.

Illustrated Manuscript 12.5 DymondTwo excerpts from Shakespeare (Merchant of Venice & The Taming of the Shrew) with good colourful border with four thespian masks, portrait of Shakespeare and four views of Stratford. Dated 1927Also signed bottom margin Frank. R. Benson (dated 17/8/1930)51 x 33cm, unframedTogether with a small watercolour of a flower stall

GEORGE BALMER (1806-1846)."Old Buildings, North Shields, 1826".Watercolour over pencil.25cm x 32cm.Numbered 79. Inscribed verso with title, manuscript label and printed label for Propert Williams Ltd. Edinburgh.

An early 20th century oak conoisseur's Old Master triptych, printed after Hans Memling with the Triptych of Jan Floreins of 1479, gilt slip, 42cm high, 101cm wide (open), retailed by W R Deighton, London, paper label to verso with ink manuscript inscription, c.1930

A 19th century or earlier Islamic religious manuscript, hand scrivened in black and red ink with Arabic script, papered marbled boards, sewn spine, the pages 21.5cm x 15cm, 8vo

Islamic School (19th century) A pair of manuscript pages, Ornithological Studies watercolour, gouache and calligraphy, 20.5cm x 15cm

Topography - Anon, The Travels of Tom Thumb Over England and Wales; Containing Descriptions of whatever is moft (sic) remarkable in feveral (sic) Counties, Interspersed with Many pleafant (sic) Adventures that happened to him perfonally (sic) during the Courfe (sic) of his Journey, first edition, R. Amey, London 1746, pp: xii, 142pp, lacking fold-out map, contemporary sheep front board only (detached), conforming spine, 12mo; Erdeswick (Sampson, Esq), A Survey of Staffordshire: Containing the Antiquities of that County, Collated with Manuscript[s] [...] Illustrative of The History and Antiquities of that County by The Reverend Thomas Harwood, B.D., F.S.A., John Nichols and Son, Westminster 1820, engraved plates of antiquarian interest, contemporary marbled boards and later buckram spine, indistinct contemporary MS ownership inscription to title-page, 8vo; Garner (Robert, F.L.S.), The Natural History of the County of Stafford; Comprising Its Geology, Zoology, Botany, and Meteorology: Also its Antiquities, Topography, Manufactures, Etc., John van Voorst, London 1844, 20th century black buckram, 8vo; Plant (Robert, F.G.S.), History of Cheadle, in Staffordshire, And Neighbouring Places, With Chapters on Croxden Abbey [...] and the Cheadle Coalfield, William Clemesha, Leek 1881, red buckram as issued, contemporary armorial bookplate: Harry Vaughan Philips, 8vo; Williams (Alfred), Sketches In and Around Lichfield and Rugeley, Comprising A Descriptive & Historical Account [...], Eggington & Brown, Lichfield and H.J. Pascoe, Rugeley, 1892, contemporary buckram as issued, book label: Library of the Dominican Fathers, Haberstock Hill, London, 12mo; Nithsdale (W.H.), In the Highlands of Staffordshire: Being a Series of Rambles around Leek (Chiefly extracted from a young lady's journal, W.H. Eaton, Leek 1906, pictorial buckram as issued, 12mo; Yorkshire, Brighton (Rev. F.), The Tale of Ipstones, 1991 reprint, blue buckram, 8vo; Bogg (Edmund), A Thousand Miles in Wharfedale and the Basin of the Wharfe: Being a Description of a Tour by a Party of Artists Along its Banks and Tributaries from Cawood to Camfell, 1892, contemporary quarter-green morocco and buckram boards, gilt lettered title to spine, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Hall (T. Walter), The Fairbanks of Sheffield, 1688 to 1848, J.W. Northend Limited, Sheffield 1932, floppy card covers, 4to, [9]

A 19th century Isle of Wight sand picture, depicting St Mary's Church, Brading, 8.5cm x 11.5cm, label to verso inscribed in ink manuscript The frame is made of old oak from the church during its restoration, 20.5cm X 23.5cm overall

*Dake (Carel Lodewijk, 1886-1946 ). Landscape in West Java (Gedeh), 1923, oil on board, signed lower right, 23.5 x 37cm (9.25 x 14.5ins), period oak frame with artist label verso inscribed 'Landschap met Gedeh', remains of manuscript label dated 1923 (1)

*De Morgan (Evelyn, 1855-1919). Male nude with staff, 1875, charcoal on paper, full-length standing male nude wearing a loin cloth, with face in half profile to right, one arm outstrecthed and holding a staff, a little dusty in places, slightly creased and frayed to margins and with some pin holes, manuscript label tipped-on upper left 'PRIZE 1.11 Mks', verso inscribed in pencil in the author's hand 'E. Pickering May 1875', sheet size 61.5 x 47cm (24 x 18.5ins), together with two other similar-sized charcoal drawings on paper of the same model, both full-length, one showing him holding the staff out to the side, annotated in pencil lower right 'Mrs. Barrington', edge-frayed and damp-soiled to upper right corner (encroaching slightly onto image), the other showing him in profile to right, signed 'E. Pickering' lower right, edge-frayed with slight loss to top of head and signature These highly accomplished drawings, one of which won the artist a prize, were executed whilst Evelyn De Morgan was a student at the Slade School of Art. Evelyn enrolled at the Slade in 1873 - one of the first three women to enrol - after spending a short time at the South Kensington National Art Training School. Study of the living model was considered of paramount importance to the education of each student at the Slade, and Evelyn's life drawings from this period demonstrate a level of skill and understanding of the human anatomy surprising for one so young. Her skilful draughtsmanship was acknowledged by numerous awards which she received during her time at the Slade, including equal first prize for this drawing from life in 1875. The De Morgan Foundation holds a number of similar life drawings in similar condition to those offered here. A forceful and highly-strung woman, Emilie Barrington was an art critic and novelist chiefly remembered for her biographies of G.F. Watts and Frederic Leighton. She was an amateur artist, taking drawing lessons from Arthur Hughes, and assimilated herself into the artistic and literary circles of the day. It is curious that Mrs. Barrington's name appears on one of the studies offered here; there appears to be little known about her relationship with the De Morgans, although we do know that Evelyn, accompanied by the writer Violet Paget, went to lunch at Emilie Barrington's in 1883, after which they visited the studios of Watts and Leighton. (3)

*Smith (Percy J. D., 1882-1948). A sketchbook of pencil drawings, approximately 50 pages, each with numerous pencil sketches, including studies of anatomy and bone structure, drapery and figure studies, animal drawings, etc., a few additional leaves loosely inserted, together with several autograph letters signed from Percy Smith to his wife Marion (Ellen Marion Delf-Smith, 1883-1980), one containing a small sketch, plus a thin notebook with manuscript title label on upper wrapper 'P.J.S. Notes 1938. (27 Rudall Crescent, Hampstead, N.W.3)', and a copy of The First Edition Club Opening Speech by Mr. Holbrook Jackson at An Exhibition of Percy Smith's Typographical Work, original printed wrappers, one of 500 copies, plus an apparently unrelated small album of original drawings, some signed M.L. Burnell Etcher and letterer Percy Smith trained at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts. He served in WWI, taking his sketchbook with him. He was arrested twice for his propensity to draw, on the suspicion that he was a spy. However, after he was proved to be innocent, he was asked to draw the stages of assembly of a huge howitzer gun. His famous 'Dance of Death' series of seven etchings show the futility of war. The letters from Percy Smith to Marion, written in the 1940s, are in the chatty and informal style one might expect from husband to wife and cover a range of topics, including description of a portrait in progress of Lieutenant Gunz, talk of air raids, information about the weather and the garden 'the rain has "picked up" the lettices [sic] astonishingly', amusing anecdotes about Tittles (presumably a cat), health issues, description of a Rembrandt 'all the near paintings nearby looked so "thin" in comparison so shallow', and mention of a visit to Sir Edwin Cooper. (2)

*Attributed to Ferdinando Galli Bibiena (1656-1743). Facade and Portico of a Palazzo with figures and receding columns, pen and dark brown ink on laid paper with Strasburg Lily watermark (similar to Churchill 404 or 407) dateable to circa 1725-1758, some ink marks and early doodles in ink to verso, sheet size 13.5 x 19.7 cm (5.5 x 7.75 ins), together with two other pen, brown ink and wash studies of architecture with receding columns, attributed to Giuseppe Galli Bibiena (1696-1757), the first in pen, brown ink and grey-brown wash on laid paper (watermarked indistinctly) with additional design to verso in pen, brown ink and grey wash, with some blue, red, purple and pink watercolour, partial manuscript title to right 'di Teatro, a uso di Arena, per una villegiatura, 230' [a design for the auditorium in a country villa), sheet size 28.7 x 23.8 cm (11.25 x 9.4 ins), the other drawing in pen, brown ink, grey and brown wash on laid paper (watermarked), with additional design of a multi-storey façade in brown ink, grey, brown and light pink wash to verso, sheet size 28.7 x 23.5 cm (11.3 x 9.3 ins) Provenance: Formerly in the collection of the artist and stage designer Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), with his handwritten notes relating to these and one other drawing by Bibiena (not present), on two sheets, contained in his own purpose-made brown paper folder, titled by hand to upper cover, and dated 1940. Purchased by Gordon Craig in Florence in 1922 (according to his notes). With a letter from John Carter of Sotheby's, New Bond Street, London, to Edward Craig (Carrick), Gordon Craig's son, dated 14th February 1957, acknowledging receipt of the drawings. A similar study of architecture with porticoes and columns, by Ferdinando Bibiena in brown ink, measuring 26.1 x 20 cm was sold by Gonnelli Casa d'Aste, 14 June 2012, lot 210, featuring the same type of decorative columns. (3)

*Indian Miniature. Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah (1702-1748), early 19th century, pen & ink on laid paper, the ruler depicted enthroned, on a terrace, haloed, facing left, with sword, bow and arrows, holding a sarpech in his right hand, gouache roundel to upper corners heightened in gold, repaired closed tear at head, image approximately 15 x 13cm (6 x 5ins), lined with double-column manuscript text leaf to verso, text with narrow decorative borders in blue and red, within a slim gold line border, leaf size 21 x 14.5cm (8.25 x 5.75ins), window mounted, framed and glazed (1)

*AR Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick, 1901-1979). Pigeon Study. Ancient Tumbler, pen, pencil and gouache on pale grey/blue paper, titled with pencil annotations lower right, 23.5 x 27.5 cm (9.25 x 10.75 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. Studio 1980 No. 397/20 (stamp and manuscript number to verso) (1)NB: This lot may be subject to ARR ("Droit De Suite")

*AR Tunnicliffe (Charles Frederick, 1901-1979). Pigeon study. Berlin Short-faced Tumbler, pen, pencil and gouache on white paper, titled in pencil at foot, 23.5 x 25 cm (9.25 x 9.75 ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, Charles Tunnicliffe R.A. Studio 1980 No. 403/20 (stamp and manuscript number to verso) (1) 

*Reliquary. 18th century French silver and glass double sided reliquary pendant, one side applied with small unidentified objects with various manuscript inscriptions each within rolled card divisions, the other with a portrait miniature of a priest each side encased in convex glass with silver mount engraved with guilloche decoration, 5.5cm long including suspension Knottbohm Collection, Munich. (1)

*English school. Portrait of Edmund Hardy, circa 1810, half-length oil on canvas portrait, recently professionally cleaned and also lined to verso (conservation reports included), retained manuscript caption label to verso 76 x 63.5cm (30 x 25ins), gilt moulded frame Provenance: The collection of the actor and historian Robert Hardy (1925-1917). Edmund Hardy (1785-1848) was the son of Robert Hardy (1758-1788, see lot 224) and Jane Nicoll (1749-1826). He married Grace Armitage (1801-1853), daughter of Eleanora Haistwell and Whaley Armitage. The caption label states "Edmund Hardy, Colonel Bombay Artillery, Born 4th February 1786, Died 28th March 1848, Married Grace Armitage 6th May 1823." The portrait was tracked down in Argentina by the actor & historian Robert Hardy (the great grandson of the sitter), shipped back and restored. (1)

*Portrait miniatures. Five oval portrait miniatures, mid-late 19th century, together five half-length portraits, hand-painted in gouache and watercolour on a printed ground, depicting: Lola Montez and Kanla (mounted together in double aperture frame); Napoleon (two portraits in separate frames); and the Dresden Venus, each approximately 8 x 6cm (3 x 2.25ins), all signed Renè, except for one with signature Dumar, similar contemporary panelled ivory frames glazed, most with engraved decoration, some minor chips and cracks to ivory in a few places, most with contemporary manuscript on verso Reproduced in reverse from well-known portraits, these decorative portrait miniatures are finely coloured products for the tourist market. (4)

*Portrait miniature. Duke and Duchess of Wellington, mid 19th century, a pair of oval facing profile head and shoulder portraits, gouache and watercolour on ivory, one of the 1st Duke of Wellington wearing a blue and gold military jacket, the other of his wife wearing a blue dress with gathered sleeves and a white ruff, and a gold cross around her neck, 8.5 x 6.5cm (3.25 x 2.5ins), contemporary double aperture panelled ivory frame glazed, with engraved decoration, a few minor cracks in ivory, titled in contemporary manuscript on verso (1)