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Morden (Robert, cartographer). A Brief Description of England and Wales, containing a particular account of each county..., embellished with Copper-plate maps of each county, very useful for Travellers and others and very proper for Schools to give youth an idea of Geography and the nature of his own Country and County, published R. Bassam, 1796, decorative engraved frontispiece with near contemporary dated manuscript ownership address and signature to verso, printed title with similar manuscript notations to verso, three leaf introduction, two pages of the introduction torn with slight loss, 106 pages of descriptive text, thirty-one (only) uncoloured engraved 'playing card' county maps, each with a card number to upper right, Monmouth, Radnor and Anglesey with 'royal' portraits, most maps printed in strips and bound 'concertina style' into binding, a few maps bound separately, printed 'explanation' sheet, a few maps frayed or torn with some loss, later (mid 19th century) ownership signature and address to verso of front endpaper, slight staining to pastedowns, 19th century morocco gilt, very slight wear at extremities, 12mo Rare. Only one known copy listed on Copac. Not recorded in Chubb or Skelton. A few of the 1780 editions of this volume, published by H. Turpin, have appeared on the market. One of the most recent was in these rooms in 2009. We can find no record of this slightly later 1796, edition published by R.Bassam appearing anywhere. The maps present are:- Cumberland, Lincolnshire, Northampton, Warwickshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Sussex, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Herefordshire, Westmorland, Flint, Carnarvan, Denbigh, Merioneth, Montgomery, Cardigan, Brecknock, Monmouth, Radnor, Anglesey, Pembroke, Carmarthen and Glamorganshire. (1)

Sarmiento de Gamboa (Pedro). Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes por el Capitan Pedro Sariento de Gamboa en los anos de 1579 y 1580. Y Noticia de la Expedicion que despues hizo para poblarle, 1st edition, Madrid: en la Imprenta Real de la Gazeta, 1768, three folding engraved plates at rear (first plate a little marked), erased and washed out ink stamp to verso of title with consequent small hole, occasional light spotting mostly to margins, marbled endpapers with crude cloth hinge repairs, contemporary marbled sheep, cloth reback with remains of spine relaid, area of leather loss to lower board and infilled with marbled paper, 4to Sabin 77094; Borba de Moraes, page II:777; Hill 1526; Palau 302364. The first edition of an important narrative of early naval adventure and exploration, published from a manuscript found at the University of Madrid after almost two centuries. Sarmiento de Gamboa was a Spanish naval commander who set off from Peru in pursuit of Sir Francis Drake in 1579. He never caught Drake, but did undertake an early passage through the Straits of Magellan, then made visits to the Azores and the African coast. Appended is Tom‚ Hernandez's account of Sarmiento's later disastrous Patagonia colony at 'Port Famine' (Puerto Hambre). (1)

[Lady Castlereagh, East Indiaman]. Manuscript log of the 'Lady Castlereagh' kept by John William Young, Chief Mate onboard, from England towards St Helena, 17 January to 25 August 1805, giving the names and positions of the full crew in four columns on four pages, followed by six pages giving records at Deptford and Gravesend, followed by manuscript insertions on 24 pre-printed leaves, followed by a further 16 pre-printed leaves completed in manuscript, being a log of Lord Eldon, from St Helena towards England, 14 September to 23 November 1805, this return journey missing some leaves, small tears with loss to first three leaves, noting the drowing of the quartermaster on 22nd July, and on 21 August noting various prisoners confined in irons for having run from the ship, Captain Murray coming onboard on the 22nd August to punish the prisoners, embossed and printed bookplate of the South Sea Library of Alvin and Ethel Seale, San Francisco, 1936, no. 1109, old sellotape marks to endpapers, contemporary reversed calf, rubbed, some repairs, slim folio (1)

*Documents & Letters. An assorted collection of manuscript paper documents in English and German, mostly 18th & 19th century, including various land documents relating to properties in Kent and elsewhere and a group of approximately 16 letters in German with mid 19th-century dated postmarks (approx. 40)

*Harrington (Sir Richard, 1861-1931). An archive of approximately 20 manuscript letters to and from Harrington, circa 1900/1920, including mentions of legal matters and personalities including Sir Francis Maclean, Chief Justice of Bengal, Bradley Birt, German emissary and writer, the Bighati Case, many on letterhead of High Court, Calcutta, mostly multiple pages in 4to or 8vo format, a few original envelopes supplied (approx. 20)

*Hebrew Scroll. A manuscript Hebrew scroll on two chamois membranes, 19th century(?), eight columns of 21 lines containing part of the Book of Genesis, some soiling and rubbing and a few small holes with some loss of legibility, approximately 23 x 125cm, together with a metal vent or similar from a synagogue, 13cm diameter (2)

India - Manuscript Diary. A Journal of a Voyage to Madrass [sic], in the Year of Our Lord Christ 1761, by Richard Rose, Lieutenant in the 96th Regiment of Foot, 80pp., neatly written manuscript in a series of 26 letters, pen and ink and watercolour vignettes and illustrations including one full-page map, pen and ink decorated initials, tailpieces and designs throughout, first page designed as a book title-page with coat of arms, ownership signature of J.H. Chapman, Craggs Hall, Guisbro'[?] to upper right corner, some dust-soiling and marginal fraying, a little loss to inner margin of final leaf, later rear wrapper near-detached, slim folio A beautifully illustrated manuscript describing reinforcements for India during the Seven Years' War and containing an important and detailed early account of Delagoa Bay and its hinterland, inhabitants, customs, etc. A photocopy of the journal is held at the National Army Museum (accession no. 1999-03-136). (1)

India. A group of 11 manuscript notebooks compiled by W.H.T., circa 1870-93, containing sporadic diary entries and observations plus architectural and historical notes and inscriptions in various scripts, interspersed with numerous mostly pen and ink sketches and drawings, plus some in pencil and or watercolour, many of the textual notes in pencil over-inked, the albums with manuscript paper labels to covers noting places visited and including tour in the Himalayas, Agra, Delhi, Nynee Tal, Almorah, Faizabad, Sinaitic Range, Toogluck, Venice, tour through Kuk, horse and elephant worship, snake worship, old Dilloo, Simla, Kot, Lahore, Karaon, Kashmir, Tasmania, Ceylon, Mount Sinai, Gibraltar, Granada, Algeria, Tangiers, Norway, etc., plus three further albums of sketches in Italy etc., circa 1907-08, a total of approximately 800 leaves, largely written and illustrated on rectos and versos to most leaves throughout, mostly contemporary leather, some wear, clasps broken, oblong small 8vo An intriguing archive, the travels largely centred on India. Other than the initials W.H.T. the author seems to have kept their identity secret. While some drawings appear more amateur and sketchy, others show good draughtsmanship and observation of architectural details, scenes and people. (14)

*Lock Family Diaries. A group of manuscript diaries and related notebooks compiled by Mrs Caroline Louisa Lock, circa 1860s, the wife of Colonel Edward Seppings Lock, 82nd Foot, contained in a fine Coromandel box with gilt metal straps and key plate stamped 'G. Betjemann & Sons', the hinge engraved 'Charles Nephew & Co, Calcutta', inset with three Wedgwood jasperware porcelain plaques and lock stamped 'S. Morden & Co' (with key), the box spring loaded to raise the contents once opened, 13cm high x 21cm wide x 8.5cm deep (5.25 x 8.25 x 3.5ins), enclosing five leather bound journals, each gilt-titled on the spine, Visits & Addresses (1867-1869), Memoranda (1869-1872), Cash Account (no entries), Daily Journal (1865-1867), Personal Expenses (1866-1869), mostly daily chitchat, reference to the family home Bury Knowle House, Headington, Oxfordshire and the Ballachay family, military life including reference to the Bengal Cavalry, etc, some spotting and wear including one board detached, together with a sixteenth plate ambrotype portrait photograph of Caroline Lock contemporarily inscribed on the rear with name and marital status, with two small locks of Caroline Lock's hair in envelopes dated 1860/1865 presented in a morocco leather case, plus another portrait miniature painted on ivory of Maria Ballachay n‚e Lock (Edward Seppings Lock's sister), 7 x 6cm (2.75 x 2.25ins), in a period gilt framed inscribed verso 'aunt Ballachay n‚e Lock Headington', framed size 17 x 15.5cm (7 x 6.25ins) Caroline Louisa Lock (n‚e Cardew) was the wife of Colonel Edward Seppings Lock who served during the Indian Mutiny with 82nd (Prince of Wale's Volunteers) Regiment of Foot and was present at the action of Khankur, defence of the Jail and subsequent operations in Shahjehanpore and the affairs of Shahabad, Mahomdee and Bunkagaon. They married on 5 October 1859 and Caroline was with Colonel Lock when he died aged 49 of enteric fever whilst commanding the regiment in Natal on 10 December 1886 having served 31 years with the Colours. (3)

Manuscript. Carta executoria de Hidalguia issued in favour of Anton de Ostos of Ecija, 1537, with related documents, Spanish manuscript in brown ink on vellum, Gothic hand, 38 to 45 lines to the page, collates i8, ii4, leaves measuring 28 x 19.5 cm, the carta executoria on leaf i1 and including rubricated initial on floral ground, leaves i1 verso - ii2 recto comprising a series of earlier legal documents relating to the ancestors of de Ostos, the first dated 1434 (incipit 'Don Juan por la gracia de Dios Rei de Castilla'), genealogy with vegetal embellishment en grisaille to ii2 and a further genealogy in red and black ink to ii4, both circa 1800, together with a later bifolium (probably 18th century) containing two full-size miniatures, heraldic arms within floral border and the Virgin Mary, watercolour and bodycolour on vellum, red silk guard bound in, some soiling and staining, miniatures rubbed, housed in a c.1800 floral silk portfolio, extremities worn, small folio (1)

*Manuscript Pedigree. A pedigree of Jean de Henin Comte de Boussu (1480-1562) grand Escuier de l'Empereur Charles V, and of his wife Damoiselle Anne de Bourgogne (1516-1551), extended to Messire Jacques de Boussu (born 1545), circa mid 16th century, single sheet of thick paper, neatly written & drawn shields in brown ink to both sides, three vertical folds, 510 x 310mm The pedigree is drawn out in the form of a table showing the parents, grandparents and great grandparents of both Jean de Henin and his wife, paternal and maternal with all arms in trick, the paternal coats in shields with impalements separately in ovals, with coronets over where appropriate. The arms are accurately tricked using heraldic terminology and were probably a herald's work sheet. On the obverse/recto are the 32 numbered quarterings and names and the next generation 16 quarterings and names descending from the 32. On the reverse/verso is a tabular pedigree showing the last four generations. An interesting aspect is the descent (illegitimate) from Philippe le bon Duke of Burgundy (quartered arms) and Damoiselle Cataryne de Preseul concubine. A modern transcript of the names and blazons accompanies the manuscript. (1)

*Military ephemera. A group of 14 manuscript and printed military ephemera items, 18th and early 19th century, including three large manuscript folio sheets of military salaries and per diems, circa 1747, including details for 73rd Regiment, Field and Staff Officers, Company of Grenadiers, Company of Light Infantry, Company for Recruiting, etc., a few old marginal repairs, large folio, two further manuscript documents concerning military expenses and accounts, dated 1790 (badly dampstained) and 1809, plus seven printed receipts completed in manuscript, 1714/1824, plus two printed items, an oath without manuscript insertions and An Account of the Extraordinary Expenses of the Army incurred and paid by the Right Honourable the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces..., printed 23 March 1815, disbound, folio (14)

*Protestation of 1621. A contemporary manuscript copy of the Protestation of 1621, being a declaration by the House of Commons of England reaffirming their right to freedom of speech in the face of King James' belief that they had no right to debate foreign policy, captioned heading, dated 18 December 1621, one page with integral blank, somewhat creased and dust-soiled and torn with professional repairs to blank areas without loss of text, folio (30 x 20cm) This declaration so incensed King James that he came to the House of Commons and personally tore the page out of the Commons's journal/day book. A contemporary copy of an important document in the charting of parliamentary freedoms along the road to Civil War. A modern typed transcription is included with the lot. (1)

Valor Ecclesiasticus, 1535. A manuscript abstract of the Valor Ecclesiasticus of 1535, 16th or early 17th century, 105 pp. including several numbered blank pages, written in a very neat hand, some marginal dust-soiling and old damp staining, old armorial bookplate of the Right Honorable Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill loosely inserted, contemporary limp wrappers (heavily soiled and partly detached), small 4to (19 x 15cm) A good working 'office copy' covering all monastic and church property in the south of England, including London. The information was compiled as part of Henry VIII's great survey of church/monastic wealth as part of the foundation of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. (1)

*Victoria (1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain). Signed warrant, 'Victoria RI', 2nd July 1886, appointing Sir Francis Walter De Winton to Commander of the Order of the Leopold, 3 pp. printed warrant completed in manuscript with signature of monarch at head and wafer seal to left margin, folio, together with accompanying letter and seven further official English or French warrants (none signed by Queen Victoria) relating to honours for De Winton (9)

The Booke of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England, London, Robert Barker, 1604, bound with 2 editions of the Psalms: The Psalter or Psalmes of David, after the translation of the great Bible: pointed as it shall be sung or said in Churches, London, Robert Barker, 1604, and The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected into English meeter by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins and others, conferred with the Hebrue and apt Notes to sing them withall ... London, for the Company of Stationers, 1604, each with a separate register and title page with woodcut border, respectively collating a10 B8 A8 2B10 C-N8 O10 P8 Q6, A-K8, and A1-4 B4 C-T6 U8, single column, mostly black letter, decorative and historiated initials throughout, first title page and the almanac printed in red and black, numerous lines of music score, 4 contemporary manuscript leaves bound in (1 between Booke of Common Prayer signatures B8 and A1, 3 to the rear), all containing transcriptions of prayers, similar inscription to The Whole Booke signature U4 recto, 2 preliminary leaves possibly lacking, perhaps a blank and an imprimatur (ESTC has a12 for the initial gathering), light browning, first few leaves a little frayed, with small worm-track to lower outer corner, just touching the border of the title, text unaffected, mild ink offsetting to The Whole Booke signatures P6-Q2, contemporary calf, rebacked and relined in the 19th century, boards triple-ruled in gilt and blind, central octofoil tool with strapwork and floral infill between staggered monogram "F M" gilt, rubbed and worn, folio ESTC S2776 for the Booke of Common Prayer and The Psalter or Psalmes of David. (1)

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New. Newly Translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his Majesties speciall command, London: Printed by the Company of Stationers, 1648, general and New Testament titles present, both with decorative woodcut borders (general title frayed and with few closed tears to margins, New Testament title torn to lower blank margin), decorative woodcut initials, two blank leaves inserted with 17th-19th century manuscript annotations and genealogical entries, inner blank margin of FF6 a little torn, small hole to MM4 affecting few letters, short worm trails at foot of inner blank margins of some leaves (slightly affecting few marginal notes), occasional dust-soiling, marginal fraying and few marks, bound with The Whole Book of Psalmes, Collected into English Meeter, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..., London: R.W. for the Company of Stationers, 1658, final leaf torn with loss of text, some dampstaining at rear of volume, near contemporary blind panelled reversed calf, light wear, 4to Herbert 604, Darlow & Moule 468. (1)

Thomas Gray's Bible. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments..., Oxford: John Baskett, 1715, separate New Testament title, bound with Book of Common Prayer, Oxford: John Baskett, 1715, at front and The Whole Book of Psalms... , printed by W. Pearson for the Company of Stationers, 1715, at rear, six pages of Old Testament with ink marginalia by the poet Thomas Gray, D1v, Vv7v, Vv8r, Zz6r, Zz7r & Ddd3r, all historical information concerning characters asterisked within the text, further old ink marginalia in an unidentified hand to leaves D6v & Zzz2v, tear with loss to a5 (Proper Lessons) of preliminary leaves of Book of Common Prayer, scattered spotting, old listing of Books in Old and New Testament in an unidentified hand to front flyleaf and note of provenance by J. Alderson, rector of Harthill to verso, further typed and manuscript notes of provenance loosely inserted, all edges gilt (heavily rubbed, hinges cracked), contemporary gilt-panelled and decorated black morocco, joints cracked and upper cover held by cords, heavily rubbed and some wear to spine ends and extremities, 4to (265 x 200mm) The provenance note inside the bible written by J. Alderson indicates that the bible belonged the poet Thomas Gray and that he left it by will to his friend the Reverend William Mason, the poet, who was rector of Aston. Mr Aston gave it to J. Alderson's father the Reverend Chris Alderson, rector of Eckington and also rector of Aston, 'Being presented to the latter, at the decease of his friend Mr Mason by his chief Grace the Duke (Francis) of Leeds'. The manuscript note of provenance loosely inserted was written by Mrs Hugh Parker in 1849 and has a later note added that the bible was left by her to her two sisters Augusta Mary and Anna Maria Alderson. The typed note is from when the bible was loaned to Eton College by M.D. Alderson. Provenance: The Alderson family, by descent. (1)

Caesar (Julius). [Opera], Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1661, engraved allegorical title, folding map, 4 full-page engravings to the text, free endpapers from binder's waste, intermittent pale tide-mark along bottom edges, contemporary calf, title gilt to spine, blind frames and cornerpieces to sides, joints very slightly rubbed, outer corners of rear board worn, 8vo, together with Justinus (Marcus Junianus), Cum notis selectissimis variorum Berneggeri, Bongarsy, Vossy, Thysy, etc. editio accuratissima, Amsterdam, Elzevir, 1669, engraved allegorical title, contemporary annotations to initial blank in brown ink and occasional marginalia in the same hand, contemporary vellum, manuscript spine-title now faded, yapp edges, mild soiling to sides, lower outer corner of rear board bumped, 8vo Willems 1266 & 1409. (2)

Charles II. An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II. after the Battle of Worcester, drawn up by himself, to which are added, his Letters to Several Persons, 1st edition, London, 1766, pale foxing, signature L1 repaired, Castle Goring bookplate, contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco spine label, rolled gilt border to covers, front joint cracked but held by cords, 8vo, together with [Blount, Thomas], Boscobel: or,the Compleat History of his Sacred Majesty's most Miraculous Preservation after the Battle of Worcester, which was fought Sept. 3, 1651, 1st Worcester edition, 1769, folding frontispiece depicting Charles's escape, 2 folding plates depicting Boscobel House and the city of Worcester, light offsetting, old tape-repair to frontispiece verso, contemporary marbled boards, sometime rebacked with sheep, cloth inner hinges, rubbed, tips worn, 8vo in half-sheets, plus Hughes (John), The Boscobel Tracts, relating to the Escape of Charles the Second after the Battle of Worcester and his Subsequent Adventures, 1st edition, London, 1830, engraved frontispiece, 6 engraved or lithographic plates, occasional foxing, uncut in original boards, rebacked and relined, tips bumped, 4to, and Harris (William), An Historical and Critical Account of the Life of Charles the Second, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London, 1766, contemporary sprinkled calf, minor wear, volume 2 spine repaired, 8vo, and 1 other The text of An Account of the Preservation of King Charles II was dictated by the king to Samuel Pepys and printed from his manuscript; the first Glasgow edition, printed the same year, is more usually encountered. Provenance (Blount's work): William Nash Skillicorne (1807-1887), first mayor of Cheltenham (ownership inscription and bookplate); Bonham's Oxford, Eric Quayle Library Part II, lot 729, 4 April 2006. (6)

Chrysostom (John). In sanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Matthaeum commentarii, diligenter ab Arrianorum faecibus purgati ... [part 2:] Commentarii, qui exstant in sacrosanctum Iesu Christi evangelium secundum Marcum et Lucam], 2 parts in 1 volume, Paris, at the shop of Oudin Petit, 1553, woodcut vignettes to title pages, decorative initials, spine lined with contemporary manuscript waste, contemporary ownership inscriptions to initial blank and first title page recto, additional inscription verso sometime blotted out, pale damp-stain to first few leaves, contemporary French calf, rebacked retaining original spine, small 8vo, together with Prudentius (Aurelius Clemens), Aurelius Prudentius Clemens, Theodori Pulmanni Cranenburgii, et Victoris Giselini opera, ex fide decem librorum manuscriptorum, et in eum, eiusdem Victoris Giselini commentarius, 2 parts in 1 volume, Antwerp, Plantin, 1564, spotting and browning, marginal tissue-repairs occasionally touching text, contemporary limp vellum, title inked to spine, yapp edges, lacking ties, small 8vo Scarce Paris imprimt of John Chrysostom, not in Adams, two institutional copies traced; Adams P2186 for Prudentius. (2)

Lactantius (Lucius Caecilius Firmianus). Diuinarum institutionem libri septem. De ira Dei, liber I. De opificio Dei, liber I. Epitome in libros suos acephalos. Phoenix. Carmen de Dominica resurrectione, 2 parts in one, [Venetiis: In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Soceri Mense April, 1515], printer's woodcut device to title and verso of final leaf, early marginalia to to title, throughout volume and across all of final leaf, occasional dampstains to blank margins of few leaves, old vellum leaf bound-in at front & rear (front leaf with manuscript to recto and faint ink stamp to verso), 19th century limp vellum, worn title label to spine, 8vo Adams L16. First Aldine edition, published shortly after the death of Aldus. The text had been prepared by Aldus and passed to Giovanni Battista Egnazio to finalise, as mentioned by Egnazio in his preface; he also laments that there is no one in the workshop capable of replacing Aldus. (1)

Wynne (William). The Life of Sir Leoline Jenkins, Judge of the High-Court of Admiralty, and Prerogative Court of Canterbury, etc., Ambassador and Plenipotentiary for the General Peace at Cologn and Nimeguen, and Secretary of State to K. Charles II ... 1st edition, 2 volumes, 1714, engraved portrait frontispiece by Vandergucht after Herbert Tuer, title pages printed in red and black, bookplates of George Montgomery Traherne (Welsh landowner b. 1826), light spotting and soiling to prelims and margins, 19th-century red half morocco, volume 1 front joint cracking at head, board corners worn, folio, together with Selden (John), An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, the fourth edition, corrected and improved, 2 parts in 1 volume, 1739, title page printed in red and black, contemporary calf, richly gilt spine, triple frame gilt to sides, rubbed and worn, joints split, folio, with [Defoe, Daniel], Jure Divino: a Satyr, in Twelve Books, by the Author of the True-Born-Englishman, 1st edition, 1706, lacking frontispiece, title page slightly marked, spotting and browning, contemporary manuscript addition to Book XI page 15, 20th-century half calf, and Sacheverell (Henry), The Tryal of Dr. Henry Sacheverell before the House of Peers ... 1st edition, Tonson, 1710, imprimatur leaf, browning, a few marginal repairs, recent boards, folio, plus ibid., 8vo issue of the same work in contemporary panelled calf, plus Pollexfen (Henry), The Arguments and Reports of Sr. Hen. Pollexfen in some Special Cases, by him argued the Time of his Practice at the Barr, together with Divers Decrees in the High Court of Chancery upon Limitations of Trusts of Terms for Years ... 1st edition, 1706, initial imprimatur leaf, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, joints split, folio, and one other Wynne's work is 'a valubale repository of diplomatic information, knowledge and skill. Prefixed is a fine portrait of Sir Leoline by G. V. Gucht (which is often deficient)' (Lowndes). Selden's work was 'formerly attributed to Nathaniel Bacon, who is in fact the editor' (Wing after ESTC). Lowndes pp. 3006, 2238, 617, 2167, 1907; Foxon D128 for Defoe; ESTC T51986 for Sacheverell, 8vo issue (one of several variants). (8)

Mardersteig (Giovanni). The Officina Bodoni, an Account of the Work of a Hand Press, 1923-1977, edited and translated by Hans Schmoller, 2 volumes, Verona, Edizioni Valdonega, 1980, numerous illustrations to the text in volume 1, top edge gilt, volume 2 with 10 original bifolia from various Bodoni publications (called 'leaves' in the title) bound in between black card leaves as issued, original quarter morocco, very pale mottling to spines, original buff cloth slipcase, folio, number 95 of 99 numbered copies issued with the 10 original bifolia, together with Macdiarmid (Hugh), The Kind of Poetry I Want, [printed by the Officina Bodoni for] K. D. Duval, Edinburgh, 1961, very faint stain to limitation leaf, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original japon-backed printed boards, spine lettered in gilt, tall 4to, number 19 of 300 copies signed by the author, plus Feliciano (Felice), Alphabetum Romanum, edited by Giovanni Mardersteig, Officina Bodoni, 1960, 25 engraved letters hand-coloured after the original manuscript, heliogravure plates with tissue-guards, publisher's prospectus loosely inserted, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, morocco-backed paper boards, publisher's device gilt to front, pale markings to spine, 8vo, number 360 of 400 copies in English (4)

Prout (Geoffrey). Scouts in Bondage, published The Goodship House, circa 1935, colour frontispiece, additional half title with ownership stamp, additional ink stamp to final leaf, publisher's advertisement at rear, slight toning to margins, no dust jacket, publisher's decorative red cloth, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, together with Holmes (F. M.), Firemen and their Exploits..., published S. W. Partridge, 1899, photolithographic frontispiece, numerous illustrations to text throughout, slight toning to margins, slight spotting to endpapers, publisher's decorative cloth gilt, slight wear to extremities, 8vo, with Kearton (R.), Strange Adventures in Dicky-Bird Land..., illustrated with photographs by Cherry Kearton, published Cassell and Company Limited, 1908, additional half title with manuscript ownership signature, numerous photographic illustrations throughout, publisher's decorative cloth, 8vo, plus Ganthony (Robert), Practical Ventriloquism and ts Sister Arts..., published L. Upcott Gill, 1893, photographic frontispiece, illustrations to text, slight spotting, advertisements bound at front and rear, slight staining to endpapers, publishers, decorative cloth, slight wear at extremities, 8vo, with another ten books, including examples by Hillaire Belloc and Walter Crane, various sizes and condition The first title is a must for the Bizarre Books collector, by the author of "Trawler Boy Dick"! (14)

Lambertini (Cesare). Tractatus de iure patronatus clarissimorum omnium, Venice, Zenarum, 1584, large egnraved vignette to title page, historiated head- and tailpieces throughout, soiling to blanks and title, small worm-track to lower margin of title and adjacent leaves (the text unaffacted), very occasional tide-mark in lower margin, contemporary vellum, contemporary manuscript title inked to spine, a few worm-holes, joints cracked, soiled and worn overall, folio, together with Mazzolini, Silvestro, da Piero, Summae Sylvestrinae ... nunc recens diligentissime correcta, 2 volumes, Venice, Zopinos, 1581, engraved vignette title pages, bookplates and manuscript shelf-marks, some soiling to endpapers, contemporary vellum, rebacked with the original spines laid down, manuscript titles to spines and catch-titles to bottom edges in a contemporary Gothic rotunda in black ink, rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Cristiano (Federigo), Della vita di S. Ignazio fondatora della Compagnia di Gesu, 1st edition, Bologna, Lelio dalla Volpe, 1741, title page printed in red and black with engraved Jesuit emblem, terminal errata leaf, institutional blind stamps and mild soiling to prelims, contemporary half vellum, patterned paper sides, old shelf-mark label to spine, 4to, and Trombelli (Giovanni-Crisostomo), Vita, e culto de Ss. Genitori di Maria Vergine Giochimo, ed Anna, 1st edition, Bologna, 1768, foxing and browning, contemporary cat's-paw vellum, 4to, and 33 others in 37 volumes, mainly 18th-century Italian imprints of works by or relating to Jesuits or Catholic priests, including a few Dutch and German imprints of similar texts, contemporary vellum, general browning and wear, various formats Neither Lambertini nor Mazzolini in Adams but cf. L79. (3 shelves)

Ellis (Jean). Essai sur L'Histoire Naturelle des Corallines et d'autres Productions Marines du Mˆme Genre..., sur les cotes de la Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande auquel on a joint une Description d'un Grand Polype de Mer, published Pierre de Hondt, The Hague, 1756, decorative engraved frontispiece, title printed in red & black, title with near contemporary manuscript ownership signature, thirty-nine uncoloured engraved plates (including five folding), some contemporary ink marginalia throughout, contemporary calf, upper board detached, 4to First and only edition in the French language, which describes and illustrates various types of corals, sponges and crustacea found in British and Irish coastal waters. The first edition in English was published in 1755. (1)

Cantemir (Demetrius). The History of the Growth and Decay of the Othman Empire, 1st English edition, 2 parts in one, James, John, and Paul Knapton, 1734-35, mezzotint portrait frontispiece, 4-page list of subscribers, 460 pages of main text, including Life of Cantemir at end, folding engraved plan of Constantinople (one or two short closed tears, generally in very good condition), 22 engraved portraits of Turkish Emperors, contemporary gilt and blind-panelled full calf, rubbed and scuffed, and some wear to joints and edges (joints partly cracked), folio (35 x 23 cm, 13.75 x 9 ins) Atabey 190. Blackmer 281. The most important early history of the Ottoman Empire, translated by Nicholas Tindal from Cantemir's latin manuscript. The fine engraved portraits of Turkish emperors are all engraved by Claude du Bosc (1682-1746 or later). A good, clean copy. Provenance: Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Lord Berners, Faringdon House, Oxfordshire. (1)

An engraving, by Daniel King - "The North Prospect fo the Cathedral Church of Durham"; and a reproduction illuminated manuscript. (2)

Two 19th century manuscript pages from a Ottoman Koran, signed by Sayyid Abdullah b. Hamdullah al-Shukri b. Hafiz Muhammad al-Amin, dated AH 1251 (1856), gilt heightened, in double sided gilt frame, 11 x 6cm

A 17th century Safavid dynasty Arabic manuscript with interlinear Persian translation, by Muhammad Sharif bin Maqsud, c. 1680, hand-coloured and gilt painted, double sided frame. 11 x 65cm

Two 19th century manuscript pages from an Ottoman Koran, signed by Sayyid Abdullah b. Hamdullah al-Shukri b. Hafiz Muhammad al-Amin, dated AH 1251 (1856), gilt heightened, in double sided gilt frame, 11 x 6cm

[EDWARD III]: (1312-1377) King of England and Lord of Ireland 1327-77. Manuscript document issued during the reign of King Edward III, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p. (Worthing?), Thursday on the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul, 14 Edward III (29th June 1340) in Latin. The document is a Quitclaim with Warranty whereby Thomas Bernard of Worthing ‘gave granted & quitted claim for him & his heirs for ever’ to Richard Rugwick of Heen ‘All his right & Claim in one half Acre of Land….lying on the East side of the Town of Heen stretching from the West towards the East chiefly upon the….furlong between the Land of William…..the Tanner on the South and the Land which was Roger de Heen’s on the North’ Lacking the seal. Accompanied by an English transcript and some additional notes stating that the land referred to in the document was subsequently granted by one Taylor to Knight in a deed dated 1585 and that the land formed part of Heen Farm. Some light overall dust staining and age wear and with a few small, neat splits and minor areas of paper loss, and some slight traces of former mounting to the verso. G

WILLIAM III: (1650-1702) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1689-1702. Prince of Orange. D.S., William R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at Kensington, 23rd April 1701. The manuscript document is a warrant addressed to the Commissioners of the Treasury and orders that a payment be made to Mary, Duchess of Buckinghamshire, of six hundred pounds 'as of Our free Guift and Royall Bounty to her without account…..'. Countersigned at the foot by Sidney Godolphin (1645-1712, 1st Earl of Godolphin, First Lord of the Treasury 1700-01 & Lord High Treasurer 1702-10), Stephen Fox (1627-1716, English Politician & founder of the Royal Hospital Chelsea) and Richard Hill (1655-1727, English Statesman, Lord of the Treasury 1699-1702). Some light age wear and creasing to the edges and a few neat, minor splits at the edges of a few folds, not affecting the text or signatures, about VG Mary Fairfax (1638-1704) Duchess of Buckinghamshire, daughter of Sir Thomas, Lord Fairfax (1612-1671) English Nobleman, Parliamentary Commander-in-Chief during the English Civil War and wife of George Villiers (1628-1687) 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English Statesman and Poet. 

FREDERICK II: (1712-1786) King of Prussia 1740-86. Known as Frederick the Great and remembered for his military victories. L.S., with his initial F (a fine, bold example, with flourish), one page, folio, Berlin, 20th January 1752, to the Government of Halberstadt, in German. The manuscript letter states that two small properties (‘Genanderchen’) belonging to Aschersleben, which are at their disposition, and according to their last conveyed message, ‘have been most graciously conferred to the Sergeant Major of our First Bastille Guards, Lieutenant Leining’ as loaned farmland. The King further orders that Leining is issued with all that is necessary in the matter and that he is granted ownership. With a few annotations and countersignatures at the foot, one dated 21st February 1752. Some light, uniform overall age toning and very minor age wear, and a few small traces of former mounting to the verso, otherwise VG

HEDWIG ELEONORA OF HOLSTEIN-GOTTORP: (1636-1715) Queen of Sweden 1654-60, regarded as the de facto first lady of the Royal Court for over sixty years from 1654 until her death. D.S., Hedewig Eleonora, two pages, folio, Stockholm, 1st March 1712, in Swedish. The untranslated manuscript document is penned in an attractive hand and signed by the Queen at the conclusion. With integral address leaf bearing a good black wax seal featuring the Royal coat of arms. Some light overall age wear, a few very minor, small areas of paper loss to the edges, slight traces of former mounting to some edges, and a few very neat splits to the folds, one only very slightly touching the Queen’s signature, G

CHARLES XIV JOHN: (1763-1844) King of Sweden (as Charles XIV John) and King of Norway (as Charles III John) 1818-44. D.S., Carl Johan, two pages, folio, Stockholm, 24th January 1835, in Swedish. The manuscript document, issued by Bernadotte in his capacity as King of Sweden and Norway, appoints 2nd Lieutenant Samuel Ludwig Hasselberg to Premier Lieutenant in the Swedish Navy. With the remnants of a red wax seal beneath the signature. With two revenue/tax stamps neatly bound to the central fold. Blank integral leaf. With minor creasing and light age wear. About VG

MARLBOROUGH DUKE OF: (1650-1722) John Churchill. English Soldier and Statesman. Commander-in-Chief of the Forces 1690-91, 1702-08. D.S., Marlborough, one page, folio, Office of Ordnance [London], 14th February 1718/19. The manuscript document is the appointment of Francis Biscoe to be Storekeeper at Greenwich. Countersigned at the foot by Thomas Frankland (1685-1747) Clerk of the Deliveries of the Ordnance. With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Some light overall discoloration and age wear, creasing and some small tears, only slightly affecting the text, but not the signature. G

BLUCHER GEBHARD LEBERECHT VON: (1742-1819) Prussian Field Marshal who led his army against Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig (1813) and the Battle of Waterloo (1815). L.S., Blucher, one page, 8vo (originally a slightly larger page, irregularly trimmed at the edges, only very slightly affecting the first letter of text in the upper left corner), Stargard, 26th December 1810, to an unidentified correspondent, in German. The manuscript letter is written in a small and somewhat challenging hand, and Blucher responds to his correspondent’s letter, seemingly announcing that an individual has been appointed to the general war department although also reporting that no new garrison preacher has been employed, although should such an occasion arise he will send notification of the appointment to the department. Some very light, extremely minor creasing, about VG

 'The whole damn story is true by-the-way. Except for a few embellishments!'     DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Fowey, Cornwall, 3rd December 1942, to Victor Gollancz ('Dear V. G.'). Du Maurier sends a manuscript (no longer present) to her publisher, exclaiming 'Here you are!' and continues 'I hope to heaven it arrives safely. The only other copy has gone off to the U.S.A…..'. The author explains 'The book is Ireland of course; but the only deliberate mention of it is in the Epilogue, where I use the words “Black and Tans” -Please wait for that cold in the head before reading it!' and in a postscript reveals 'The whole damn story is true by-the-way. Except for a few embellishments!' A letter of good content and association. A few small pinholes to the upper left corner, otherwise VG   Victor Gollancz (1893-1967) British Publisher.   The present letter relates to Du Maurier's seventh novel, Hungry Hill, which was published by Gollancz in 1943. The historical novel, of which 33 editions have been printed, is based on the family and history of the Irish ancestors of Du Maurier's friend Christopher Puxley. 

MILLER RALPH WILLETT: (1762-1799) British Royal Navy Officer, one of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's Band of Brothers at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. A fine D.S., R. Willett Miller, one page, 8vo, HMS Theseus, 29th July 1797. The manuscript document is a Midshipman's certificate of diligence and sobriety, stating, in part, 'These are to certify the principle officers and commissioners of His Majesty's Navy, that Mr. William Hoste served as Midshipman on board His Majesty's ship Theseus under my command… during which time he behaved himself with diligence and sobriety and was always obedient to command.' Boldly signed at the conclusion by Miller. With minor age wear to the folds, otherwise about VGWilliam Hoste (1780-1828) British Royal Navy Captain, best known as one of Lord Nelson's protégés, Hoste was one of the great frigate captains of the Napoleonic wars, taking part in six major actions.In June 1797 Hoste joined the ‘troubled’ ship HMS Theseus along with Horatio Nelson and a few other handpicked officers, including Ralph Willett Miller, in order to restore order. The would-be mutineers were won over and in July 1797, the same date as the present document, Theseus was present at the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, although Hoste remained aboard and took no part in the assault. In the following year Hoste was still on board HMS Theseus when she participated in the decisive British victory at the Battle of the Nile, one of Nelson’s most historic defeats of the French Republic's navy.

A Solid Oak Dining Suite Contemporary dining suite comprising extending table and four chairs of plain form. Chairs upholstered in illuminated manuscript design jacquard fabric. Very good condition. Table height, 29 inches, width 53 inches, depth 36 inches (unextended)

The Leicester Square Panorama.- Plymouth.- Adlard (J.), Publisher. The Circle of Observation in the Lower Room, Panorama, Leicester-Square. Representing a View of Plymouth, A Beautiful View of Brighton is now in The Upper Room, an original diagram and souvenir of the installed panoramic exhibition, engraving on laid paper with watermark of 'P. Halford' dated '1795', sheet 315 x 320 mm. (12 3/8 x 12 1/2 in), small loss to lower left corner, folds, unframed, 1797; together with a 19th century pen and ink manuscript map illustrating the English Channel, and approximately 50 topographical prints of the British Isles, etchings, engravings, aquatints, some with hand-colouring, various sizes, between 125 x 190 mm. (4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in) and 250 x 300 mm. (9 7/8 x 11 3/4 in), occasional surface dirt, spotting and browning, all unframed, (52).

Japan.- Photograph Album, 50 hand-tinted Albumen prints, comprising views of cherry gardens, temples, tea drinking, geisha, paddy fields, Kobe, Yokohama, Kyoto and Hiroshima, each c.90 x 135 mm. or vice versa, mounted on both sides of thick card leaves in folding album, some with manuscript captions below, one or two original tissue guards, contemporary decorative lacquer covers, broken spine, small abrasion mark to upper cover, slight chipping and small loss to corners, oblong 8vo, [c.1880-90's].

Bristol and Bath.- Collins (Capt. Greenville) Printed chart of the Bristol Channel from Chepstow and Bristol to Broad Haven and Boscastle, with vignette lower right showing the arrival of William III to 'King Road', compass rose and rhumb lines, and decorative coat of arms centre right, engraving, 430 x 560 mm. (17 x 22 in), central vertical folds, handling creases, laid onto antique paper support with early graphite drawing verso, unframed, c. 1693; together with a group of seven other maps and plans of Bristol and Bath, including a [?]19th century manuscript pen and brown ink map of Bristol and its surrounds, presumably intended as a book illustration, and with Mathew's 'New & Correct Plan of City and Suburbs of Bristol', 1815, Gibbs' 'A New and Correct Plan of the City of Bath', Barratt & Son's 'A New and Correct Plan of the City of Bath', 1817, and with Waterlow and Sons' 'Map of the Country & of the Railways Existing and Proposed in the Districts situated between Bristol, Exeter & Dorchester', engravings, lithographs, various sizes, largest 560 x 725 mm. (22 x 28 1/2 in), occasional handling creases, tears and surface dirt, all unframed, [mainly 18th and 19th century], (8).

Ireland.- America.- Melish (John) Travels through the United States of America, ... and ... Various Parts of Britain, Ireland and Canada, 2 folding tables, occasional spotting and soiling, damp-staining with some tender edges, 2 tears, original manuscript binding instructions loosely inserted, contemporary calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, slight bumping to corners, 8vo, Belfast, 1818.⁂ This edition appears to have been produced without any maps or plates.

Ireland.- Famine.- Bennett (William) Narrative of a Recent Journey of Six Weeks in Ireland, first edition, ink inscription, majority imprint lacking, supplied in manuscript facsimile, occasional faint spotting, modern half calf, 12mo, 1847.⁂ The author was a Quaker, who spent six weeks touring the areas worst hit by famine. He wanted to help by encouraging diversification of crops, distributing turnip, carrot and mangelwurzel (field beet) seeds, mainly around Mayo and Donegal.

Berosus. Berosi reliquorumque consimilis argumenti autorum, de antiquitate Italiae, ac totius orbis, vol.2 only (of 2), woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking title, some water-staining at foot, occasional spotting, remains of a medieval manuscript used in binding, contemporary vellum, spine in compartments, head of spine worn, [Adams B790], 16mo, [Lyon], [Bartholomaeus Frein], [1554]. sold not subject to return.

Majorca.- Indenture relating to the sale of property in Manacor, Majorca, manuscript indenture in Latin, on vellum, slightly yellowed and creased, lacks seal, 365 x 235mm., 1637.

Frémyn de Fontenille (Chevalier) Mémoires..., vol. I only, manuscript in French, 304pp., later manuscript title, some ff. torn with small loss, browned throughout, worming affecting endpapers at beginning and end, original vellum, creased and yellowed, sm. 8vo, [c. 1800].⁂ Containing historical and political notes from numerous authors.

Yacht Cruise.- Harington (Sir Richard, 12th Bt., Barrister, Judge in Bengal, of Whitbourne Court, Worcester, 1861-1931), W.S. Routledge & G.W. Thompson. Journal on board the "Spray", manuscript, 82pp., slightly browned, original half straight-grained morocco, slightly rubbed, sm. 4to, 1885; and a quantity of other papers and letters, including a copper bolt from the Ship Diligence, The New Diligence Club etc., v.s., v.d. (qty). ⁂ First mentioned cruising along the South Coast of England from Cowes to Plymouth. "Thompson beguiled me into going ashore. We got the beer jar filled and came on board thoroughly disgusted with Torquay on regatta night. It seemed as if hell was taking a short holiday." - Harington.

Steiner (Rudolf) Autograph manuscript 'meditation', 1p. in German comprising 12 lines, signed at foot, tipped onto a single leaf with manuscript note below in another hand, chipping to edges, not affecting text, creased, 160 x 85 mm., [1923].⁂ The note below reads "Meditation written by Dr. Rudolf Steiner for Martin to be said by him morning and night until manhood. Given to Martin, August 17th 1923."

Acts of Parliament.- An Act for continuing and granting... certain Duties upon Malt, Mum, Cyder and Perry, stitched as issued, Robert Baskett, 1755; and 18 others, all but 2 Acts of Parliament, some with manuscript names of Sir George Savile at head, folio (19).

English School (mid-19th century)Portrait of a Gentleman, three-quarter length, seated on a spoon back armchair, wearing stiff white collar and shirt, black frock coat, waistcoat and cravat fastened with a tie pin, holding a letter, the background with a curtain-framed landscapewatercolour with gouache heightening, 89cm x 68cm, fragmentary manuscript label to verso Condition Report: Good condition.

Persian SchoolAn Islamic Manuscript Page, painted with figureswatercolour, gouache and calligraphy, 28.5cm x 19.5cm

Antiquarian & Miscellaneous Books - Walker (Alexander), Woman: Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Moral, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, A.H. Baily and Co., London 1839, xxiii, 404pp, adverts [iv], publisher's buckram, short 8vo; James (Henry), The Outcry, first edition, Methuen & Co. Ltd., London 1911, publisher's green buckram, 12mo; James (Henry), The Real Thing and Other Tales, Macmillan's Colonial Library, London 1893, publisher's green cloth, 12mo; William Makepeace Thackeray; an early 20th century manuscript, 'Nelson Lee Library', Edwy Searles Brooks, Harry Gresham Series, 51 to 54, 1927, Original Typescripts, bound as one in lever folio, 4to; Woff (Richard), The Armed Forces of the Former Soviet Union: Evolution, Structure and Personalities, volume I only, second edition, Brassey's, London 1996, h/b, d/j, small crown folio; 19th century and later leather bindings and partial sets, predominantly classics of literature, etc., various sizes, genres (qty)

Books - 17th Century British History - The Letters From Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54, edited by Edward Abbott Parry, Printed for Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh [...], London 1888, 332pp, green papered covers as issued, 8vo; The Memoirs of Ann, Lady Fanshawe, Wife of The Right Honble. Sir Richard Fanshawe, Bart., 1600-72, Reprinted from the Original Manuscript in the Possession of Mr Evelyn John Fanshawe of Parsloes [...], John Lane, The Bodley Head, London 1907, xlii, 617pp, adverts [ii], full-page and pull-out family pedigrees and geneaological tables, gilt-embossed cloth, 8vo; Sheppard (Edward, D.D.) The Old Royal Palace of Whitehall, Longmans, Green, and Co., London 1902, gilt-embossed cloth, 8vo; Powell (William S.), John Pory, 1572 - 1636: The Life and Letters of a Man of Many Parts, The University of North Carolina Press, 1977, h/b, d/j, 8vo; Royal History Society Studies in History Series: Crawford (Patricia), Denzil Holles, 1598-1680: A study of his political career, No. 16, 1979, Schreiber (Roy E.), The Political Career of Sir Robert Naunton, 1589-1635, No. 24, 1981, Malcolm (Joyce Lee), Caesar's Due: Loyalty and King Charles 1642-1646, No. 38, 1983 (3); biographies and studies of statesmen; History of the Civil War, three-volume set; etc

Two 19th century manuscript pages from an Ottoman Koran, signed by Sayyid Abdullah b. Hamdullah al-Shukri b. Hafiz Muhammad al-Amin, dated AH 1251 (1856), gilt heightened, in double sided gilt frame, 11 x 6cm

Two 17th century Safavid dynasty Arabic manuscript pages with interlinear Persian translation, by Muhammad Sharif bin Maqsud, c. 1680, hand coloured and gilt painted, in double sided frame, 11 x 55cm

A 17th century Safavid dynasty Arabic manuscript with interlinear Persian translation, by Muhammad Sharif bin Maqsud, c. 1680, hand-coloured and gilt painted, double sided frame. 11 x 65cm