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Nautical/Maritime/Travel interest: A unique Georgian British manuscript ship's log/diary by Francis Baron, Commander: 'Journal of a Voyage from Bridlington to Archangel in the Snow Regent', June 17th 1815, also Archangel to Hull, October 1815, and London Dock to Saint Petersburg, 1816. A fascinating document, recording weather conditions and progress of the voyage. Entirely handwritten by the Commander, complete with crude hessian binding.

A late-Georgian manuscript album of verse, sketches, watercolours. An intriguing work, dated 1822-1829, including some nice poems, botanical drawings, silhouettes, topographical scenes etc. Quarto, handsome oxblood morocco binding with gilt lettering/decoration, a.e.g.

Original Georgian English manuscript estate plan/map for the Manor of Aldwick, Somerset. Entirely hand-drawn in black ink on vellum, with some coloured detail. 'A Plan of the Manor of Aldwick and Lands within the Parishes of Butcombe, Blagdon, Burrington, Wrington and Nempnet in the County of Somerset 1815'. The map features some text about the Baker family, including Samuel Baker (who built Aldwick Court in 1791). A unique map produced during the Regency era, the same year as the Battle of Waterloo. Measures approx. 88cm x 113cm.Note: This Lot is subject to The Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 & 1967 requiring the successful bidder to notify The Secretary of The Commission at National Archives providing details of where it will be kept. In no circumstances can it be removed from England and Wales without prior consent of The Master of the Rolls.

Three prints, English and continental school portraits, plus a 'Sons of Temperance' certificate, a framed illuminated manuscript, plus one large frame (6). No condition reports for this sale.

A FINE COLLECTION OF 307 GRAND TOUR PLASTER MEDALLIONS contained within five trays and two frames with original Italian manuscript inventory. Trays 32 x 20cm, frames 33 x 22cm and 18 x 28cm.

Knight Family of Chawton, Henry Liddell of Oxford etc.- Cunningham (Francis Macaulay, Rector of East Tisted, near Alton, Hampshire, later Rector of Witney 1864-79, and Rector of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell 1879-99, married Alice Poore, father of Alice Cunningham, married name Acland, co-operative movement activist and advocate of women's advancement, 1849-1935, son of John William Cunningham, Vicar of Harrow, 1780-1861, 1816-99) Diary as Rector of East Tisted and later Witney..., autograph manuscript, 232pp., original roan rubbed, paper label on upper cover, re-backed in brown cloth, 8vo, Tuesday 20th August 1861 - Monday 14th November 1864. ⁂ A detailed diary, including: numerous visits to the Rev. Charles Bridges Knight (1803-67). Rector of Chawton, tutoring Montague George Knight (1844-1914), and other members of the Knight family, walks and riding in Chawton woods etc., members of the Scott family of Rotherfield Park (James Winter Scott, wedding of Dora Scott, a steam plough at Rotherfield Park, visits to Mr. Nightingale of Embley Park (home of Florence Nightingale), the Bishop of Rochester, Joseph Cotton Wigram (1798-1867), Rev. Archibald Maclachlan, Rector of Newton Valence, 1860-91, Rev Frederick Parson Vicar of Selborne, Rev. George Sumner (1826-1909), Rector of Alresford, walks and rides to Worldham, Alton, Chawton, Newton Valence (dines at Chawton and Newton Valence with Vice-Admiral George Oury Lempriere (1788-1864), present at the Battle of Copenhagen; holidays in Seaview Isle of Wight and Lyndhurst in the New Forest. Later, Cunningham accepts the position of Rector of Witney in Oxfordshire. At Witney he falls out with his choir, draws up plans for rebuilding the church and is drawn into society Oxford society. In the summer of 1864 he attends a cricket match at Christ Church College where he sees Henry Liddell, father of Alice. Cunningham had several friends and acquaintances at Oxford, including: William Donkin (1814-1869), Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford; Sir Henry Acland, first baronet (1815-1900), physician, schoolfriend of Francis Cunningham; Cunningham's daughter, Alice Lady Acland (1849-1935), co-operative movement activist and advocate of women's advancement, married Sir Arthur Acland, thirteenth baronet (1847-1926), politician and educational reformer. Provenance: William Matthews. An Annotated Bibliography of British Diaries..., p. 272, 1950. MS Owned by R.M. Fynes-Clinton, of 25 Eldon Square, Reading.

Dorset, Devon & Cornwall.- Wynne (Rev. Luttrell, antiquary, rector of St Erme, Cornwall, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, son of the jurist William Wynne, 1692-1765, 1739-1814) Notes on Dorset, Devon and Cornwall, autograph manuscript, 32pp., full-page pen and ink sketch of an amphitheatre, folds, browned, unbound, sm. 4to & 8vo, 1780. ⁂ Wynne's West Country notes consist of a series of unbound gatherings on towns and villages such as Falmouth, Truro, Mevagissey, St. Michael's Mount, Exeter, Dorchester, Weymouth and the surrounding countryside with remarks on local sights, estates, "druidical" remains, etc.

Seume (Johann Gottfried, author and poet, Beethoven admired his work, 1763-1810) Working manuscript of poetry, ?autograph manuscript in English and German, 4pp., 1f. left margin torn with slight loss of text affecting English poem, folds, browned, unbound, folio, [c. 1790]. ⁂ One poem in English, the rest in German. The English poem appeared in some form later in his collected works.

From the library of Alexis de Tocqueville.- Kergorlay (Comte F. de) Réponse du Comte F. de Kergorlay à un libelle calomnieux, inséré contre lui au Moniteur du 9 Mai 1832 par l'autorité du Ministre de la Guerre, drop-head title, Marseille, Hippolyte Bousquet, 1832; Question de Droit des gens. Saisie du Bâtiment sarde de Charles-Albert, par ordre du gouvernement Français..., Marseille, Hippolyte Bousquet, 1832 bound with Tocqueville (Hervé Clérel, Comte de) De La Charte Provinciale, first edition, Paris, J. J. Blaise, 1829; and 6 other 19th century pamphlets, together 9 works in 1 vol., with a manuscript table of contents by Alexis de Tocqueville, occasional spotting or staining, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine title 'Mélanges Politiques', rubbed, 8vo ⁂ A group of rare pamphlets with an excellent provenance. The first mentioned is exceedingly rare and relates to the author's imprisonment for 6 months for his involvement in the Duchesse de Berry's failed plot to put her son on the throne of France. Provenance: Alexis de Tocqueville (ms. table of contents); Christian Clerel, Comte de Tocqueville (armorial bookplate).

Ireland.- Turner (John) [Plans for a House at Finnebrogue Downpatrick], 8 watercolour drawings (4 colour), each signed John Turner, manuscript notes on each f., folds, first watercolour browned and last watercolour foxed, some foxing throughout, edges chipped, stitched, housed in a modern cloth portfolio with ties, 375 x 265mm., [late 18th/early 19th century].

Burrard (Sir Harry, first Baronet, army officer, bap. 1755, d. 1813) Commonplace book, autograph manuscript, 57pp., bound in the remains of a 15th century manuscript, original tie, yellowed and soiled, tears along edges, sm. 8vo, dated in text 1798. ⁂ Burrard fought in the American War of Independence, French Revolutionary Wars, and Penninsular Wars. At one end is an inventory of Burrard's clothing, at the other end some accounts (one dated 1798) but most of the volume is filled with songs and poetry (roughly fifty leaves of songs and poetry). Includes Thomas Paine's only significant poem, The Death of General Wolfe, some hunting songs etc. Some of the material appears to be unpublished. For example, the song attributed to Richard Cumberland (possibly the 18th century dramatist) beginning "What do I see before mine eyes. What mangled spectres glide" is untraced and seems unpublished.

Genealogy.- The Peerage of England. Genealogies of some Peers Extinct, manuscript, with numerous notes in several hands, title and together with notes 195pp., 18th century ink signature "Jos: Smith", some notes tipped-in, others loosely inserted, browned, 19th century boards, manuscript label "24" on upper cover, corners bumped, later cloth spine, folio, [c. 1650] & [17th & 18th centuries]. ⁂ An interesting compilation work on the peerage of England, consisting of 69 pages with the addition of c. 125 pages of manuscript notes in numerous hands on genealogies. Notes include: a note used for an edition of Arthur Collins's The Peerage of England, "Amendment to be made in the Account of Bertie Earl of Abingdon... After the first Paragraph, or else where Mr Collins thinks most proper..."; "Duke of Somerset"; "Courts of Justice, and other inferior Courts within the Realm"; "Here lithe the Ryght Honourable Sir Anton Browne Knyght of the Garter..."; "West Lord Delaware"; "North, Lord North and Grey"; "Poulett Earl Poulett"; "Coventry Earl of Coventry" etc. Ownership signature, possibly Joseph Smith (fl. 1709-31), printseller and art bookseller; published histories of St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey and an English translation of Dugdale's Monasticon, and Vitruvius Britannicus.

Barbados & Law.- Whincop (Robert, clerk to John Pye, Walsingham, Norfolk, fl. 1770s) [Legal Precedents & Terms], manuscript, title and 289pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original roan, rubbed, brass clasp, joints splitting, 101 x 165mm., 1777. ⁂ Includes: "Letter of Attorney from the Trustees of a Trust Estate to manage Estates &c. in the Island of Barbadoes... Henry Nevill Earl of Abergavenny... Do make ordain, constitute & appoint... depute Sir J.G.A. of the Island of Barbadoes in the West Indies Bart. our true & law[ful] Att[orne]y... ."; "Bail Bond"; "Dessenting Preachers Certificate"; "Opinion respecting hard riding a Horse"; "Order to receive a Debt"; "A Replevin Warrant" etc.

Manuscript Herbal.- Herbal, manuscript, 125pp., 124 pen and ink watercolours of botanical specimens, slightly browned, contemporary calf, gilt, rebacked, gilt, 8vo, [c. 1800]. ⁂ Descriptions of the plants and their medicinal uses.

[Aquinas (Thomas)] Tertia pars philo[sophiae] cursus co[n]tinens questiones in octo libros... Thoma sentenciam..., 194pp., 1761 bound with Aristotle. Tractactus... juxta mentem Aristotelis..., 209pp., 1761, manuscript in Latin, pen and ink illustrations, 2 engraved plates (including a portrait of Thomas Aquinas), some blanks removed, slightly browned, inscribed on fly-leaf by John Soler, original vellum, yellowed and slightly soiled, remains of tags, sm. 4to, [?Spain], 1761.

Served at Trafalgar.- Yule (Captain John, fourth Lieutenant in HMS Victory at Trafalgar, of Branscombe, Devon, d. 1840) Document signed twice by Yule appointing attorneys of the Court of Common Pleas at Westminster in an action for debt of £300 "borrowd", printed with manuscript insertions, folds, folio, 16th October 1820. ⁂ John Yule served on HMS Victory at Trafalgar and was one of the carriers of the bannerolls of lineage at Nelson's funeral. He features in the famous painting the "Death of Nelson" by Devis. Prior to Trafalgar Yule had served at the Battle of the Nile, joining the Victory in 1805. On retirement in 1835 he built a house at Branscombe and named it "Trafalgar".

Southey (Robert, poet and reviewer, 1774-1843) Passage from a sermon by Bishop Latimer, autograph manuscript, 1p., folds, slightly browned, 145 x 105mm., n.d. [c. 1820]. ⁂ The extract comes from Latimer's sermon of the plough preached at St. Paul's in London on the 18th January 1548. In it Latimer pleads for young gentlemen and wards of the King to be educated properly.

Channel Islands (The), Isle of Wight, Caversham, Dover, Dartmouth, Devon, Warwickshire, sketchbook, title and 44 accomplished pencil drawings, manuscript captions, original half straight-grain morocco, rubbed, oblong 8vo, 1836-55. ⁂ Sketches, include: "Near Millbrook, Jersey"; "Prince's Tower, Jersey"; "The Quarries at St. John's, Jersey"; "Tower of Gorey & Mount Orgueil Castle, Jersey"; "near Plemont Point, Jersey"; "St. Brelade's... Jersey"; "Carisbrooks Castle"; "Binstead"; "Dover Castle"; "Kenilworth Castle" etc.

Baskerville (John).- Virgilius Maro (Publius) Bucolica, Georgica, et Aeneis, first Baskerville edition with J of "Johannis" positioned between B & I in imprint, list of subscribers, some light foxing, mostly at beginning and end, extensive ink manuscript notes in French on front free endpaper, early letterpress book-label of Samuel De Tournes and other old labels to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, a little rubbed, especially corners, repairs to joints, preserved in modern board slip-case, [Gaskell 1], 4to, Birmingham, John Baskerville, 1757.

Fraser (Claud Lovat) Farewell, rewards and Fayries..., manuscript rhyme sheet in black ink with 2 original watercolour drawings and 9-line verse (by Richard Corbet), signed and inscribed by Fraser "For Gareth Maufe...July 1918", on thin wove paper, c.295 x 145mm., 1918 § Drinkwater (John) and Albert Rutherston. Claud Lovat Fraser, number 294 of 450 copies signed by the authors, presentation copy inscribed "To Edward and Prudence Maufe with love from Lovat's parents August 1923" on front free endpaper, plates, some colour, captioned tissue guards, with A.L.s. from Claud Lovat Fraser to Ambrose Heal concerning some designs submitted for block printing dated 1918 loosely inserted, original cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, rather damp-stained at edges, dust-jacket, rubbed and soiled, frayed at spine and edges with some loss, 4to, printed at the Curwen Press, 1923; and with 2 Flying Fame poetry broadsides and 2 Poetry Bookshop Rhyme Sheets, all illustrated by Lovat Fraser, the first two and one of the second hand-coloured, v.s. (6) ⁂ Sir Edward Maufe (1882-1974), architect, who designed of Guildford Cathedral and the Air Forces Memorial near Runnymede. His wife, Prudence (1882-1976), was a designer and interior decorator who became a director of Heal's in Tottenham Court Road, London, as well as Ambrose Heal's lover. Ambrose was chairman of the company and Lovat Fraser produced posters, textile designs etc. for the firm, as mentioned in his letter, "I send these not so much because I am a greedy person but because I understand one is permitted to send in more than two drawings and these are ten fingers groping to find a satisfactory pattern...". He adds at the end, "I think that at the back of my mind I was put on my metal [sic] by the gentleman who said that I had only a limited palette. I have purposely excluded that very palette from these designs, just to prove how clever I am!!!".

1745 Rebellion.- Advertisement... it is, absolutely necessary for the publick Service, that His Majesty's Forces quartered in and about this City [Edinburgh], should have the Use of the Blankets, already furnished to them, in their March during this cold Season, printed text with manuscript note appended, ?cut down, small hole, slightly browned, 101 x 160mm., Edinburgh, 10th January 1746; and another, a cut signature of Warren Hastings, v.s., v.d. (2). ⁂ First mentioned manuscript inscription reads, "The signing of which paper, was designed as a Trap to ensnare other people... in order to have their houses plundered."

English Governess in Russia.- Diary of an English Governess in Russia, manuscript, 285pp., original green morocco, rubbed, 8vo, 1850-55. ⁂ "3 August 1853 Went with H to Mrs. Knight's to tea. Had our portraits taken before dinner in daguerrotype." The diarist is governess to a wealthy Russian family living in the south at Bezsonovka near Belgorod, moving to Moscow, Kazan on the Volga, before settling in St. Petersburg. People mentioned include: Protopopov, Ellen Toilstoy, the Beresford family, Princess Wiasemsky, Kazem-Beg etc.

Italy.- Rome.- Monaldini (Venanzio) Pianta della Citta di Roma, con la Indicazione di tutte le Antichitata e nuovi Abbellimente, engraved plan by Pietro Ruga, 750 x 1130 mm. (29 ½ x 44 ½ in.), side panels with 16 views of buildings, extensive key, dissected and linen-backed, a few minor finger marks but a very good example, contemporary marbled slip-case with engraved and manuscript labels, Rome, Monaldini, 1829; Monaldini (Venanzio) Pianta delle Vestigia di Roma, engraved plan of ancient Rome by Gio. Acquaroni, 635 x 845 mm. (25 x 33 ¼ in.), dissected and linen-backed, contemporary marbled slip-case with engraved and manuscript labels, Rome, Monaldini, 1826; Sickler (F.C.L.) Plan Topographique de la Campagne de Rome, engraved map of the Roman Campagna by Pietro Ruga, 570 x 880 mm. (22 ½ x 34 ½ in.), dissected and linen-backed, with Pantogramma des Environs de Rome, outline engraved panorama, folding sheet 215 x 1620 mm. (9 ¾ x 63 ¾ in.), contemporary marbled slip-case with engraved and manuscript labels, Rome, Monaldini, 1832, (3).

Voyage to Australia.- Hopkins (Ellen) Journal of a Voyage to Melbourne in the Ship "Norfolk"..., ?autograph manuscript, 84pp., first f. torn and repaired, extensively stained but clearly legible, original wrappers, paper label on upper cover, stained, 8vo, 1860. ⁂ Inscribed as being printed by the Religious Tract Society but we can find no such publication. Ellen Hopkins and her husband left Gravesend on board the Norfolk, bound for Melbourne on 22 February, 1860, arriving on 23 May. Australia. "Thirsday [sic] 24th Came by coach to Bendigo we first took a cab to the station and then by the train as far as the diggers rest, and from there by coach & was the most rough journey I ever had I was very nervice more so than I was all the voyage it seemed as if they must shake to pieces - we came through black forest and a very wild country I assure you it looked we got to Sandhurst about 6... I suppose you expect to hear my first impressions of Long Gully it is what we would call at home a lively village about 2 miles from the town cabs and busses always passing it looks wild and strange I see nothing to admire it is all holes stones & tents with a few... I have seen several natives... ."

Mosley (Seth Lister) A Series of Hand-Painted Figures of all the Herbaceous Flowering Plants found in the District [Huddersfield] , Part One, Issued to Subscribers Only, Copy No 4, 16 hand coloured plates of ranunculacea mounted on green sheets, manuscript titles to each, original printed green wrappers, preserved in a morocco-backed drop-back box, Pictorial Museum of Nature Around Huddersfield, 8th January 1927; and a copy of Sowerby's British Wild Flowers, 8vo (2) ⁂ A rare and charming production.

Egypt & The Holy Land.- [?Goodwin (Mary Mackenzie, youngest daughter of Harvey Goodwin, Bishop of Carlisle, 1816-96, of The Abbey, Carlisle, b. 1855) Extracts from Letters & Diary of a tour to Italy, Egypt and The Holy Land, autograph manuscript, 65pp. excluding blanks, 6 pen and ink sketches (5 of Egyptian figures), slightly browned, original limp morocco, gilt, slight wear to corners, spine with tears and rubbed, lacks head and tail of spine, 4to, 16th February - 17th March 1880. ⁂ A lively diary written by a young woman on a tour through France and Italy to Egypt and Palestine. Goodwin meets Mary Louisa Whately (1824-89), educationist and missionary, at her school in Cairo, visits a harem, the pyramids and the Sphinx, and after a violent sea crossing lands in Jaffa. In Palestine she visits Miss Mangared's medical mission and moves to Ramleh where the journal finishes, "The country was exquisite, the olives with their grey bloom shone like silver in the dew." A visit to a harem. "... we went with Mrs. Shakour (Miss Whately's adopted daughter) to a rather grand harem. We went into a kind of court with an arched stone roof, out of wh. opened the men's room - Then we went upstairs, dirty & narrow to a moderate sized room where we found Miss W's pupil & her mother, both very fat & dressed in red & black check. The room was simply furnished with divans round, & a sort of carved cupboard with a shelf at one end. They immediately brought cigarettes for us... . Then a sort of awful marmalade... then came immense bowls of sherbert... ." - Mary Goodwin.

Gibbon (Edward) The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 vol., engraved portrait and 3 folding maps, contemporary mottled calf, red and green morocco labels, some spines repaired at head, Dublin, for Luke White, 1789 § Hyde (Edward, Earl of Clarendon) The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England..., 3 vol. in 6 and 'Appendix to the History of the Grand Rebellion', together 4 vol. in 7, half-titles in vol.3, 5 & 7, engraved portraits, a little browned, old manuscript notes to front endpapers of vol.1, similar contemporary panelled calf, Oxford, At the Theater, 1712 & [Appendix] London, by H.P. for John Wilford, 1724, rubbed; and another, 8vo (14)

London to Auckland.- Smith (Carlo) A true Narrative of the Wonderful Adventures of Carlo Smith... on board of the 'Wave Queen' [Captain Sinclair], manuscript, title and 78pp., address panel at end bound in, 5ff. torn and repaired, slightly foxed and browned, original morocco-backed boards, rubbed, sm. 4to, 1873. ⁂ "November 10 Monday Saw a whale - in fact saw several whale, snorting and blowing: saw a Booby also. I never saw a live whale before, I have never seen several boobies before... . Nov 11 Tuesday Amusement watching porpoises: somebody said he saw a shark; nobody believed him of course: this was hard on the unfortunate man, but it was perfectly crushing when the Captain in his usual spirit of courtesy, led the listeners to believe he must be an idiot: that poor man will never hazard an opinion on any subject human or divine on board this ship."

Pope (Alexander, poet, 1688-1744) Receipt for 2 guineas to subscribers to Pope's translation of Homer's Iliad, signed by Bernard Lintott, printed receipt with manuscript insertions, torn with slight loss of text, browned and soiled, 98 x 140mm., n.d. [c. 1711]; and 3 other signed receipts, including: Sir Francis Child (1641/2-1713), goldsmith and banker; Sir William Blackstone (1723-80), legal writer and judge & Richard Fiddes (1671-1725), Church of England clergyman and writer, folds, browned, v.s., v.d. (4 pieces).

Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) [Queen Elizabeth's Speech at the Closing of Parliament, March 29, 1585], contemporary manuscript copy, in Secretary hand, 2pp. with conjugate blank, tears along folds, browned, folio, 1585. ⁂ A trenchant warning to parliament about religion. "One thing I may not overskip. Religion, the ground on which all other matters ought to take root, and, being corrupted, may mar all the tree. And that there be some fault-finders with the order of the clergy, which so may make a slander to myself, and to the church, whose over-ruler God hath made me, whose negligence cannot be excused, if any schisms or errors heretical were suffered. Thus much I must say, that some faults and negligences must grow and be, as in all other great charges it happeneth; and what vocation without? All which, if you, my lords of the clergy, do not amend, I mean to depose you. Look ye, therefore, well to your charges." - Elizabeth I.

Antrim.- A Survey and Valuation of one Estate of the Right Honble Alex.r [MacDonnell] Earl of Antrim made in the year 1734 by Archd. Stewart Land surveyor, manuscript, 35pp., ruled in red, ff. margins torn, chipped and repaired, browned, loose in a 19th century portfolio, string ties, folio, 1734. ⁂ Lands in Dunluce, Ramoan, Billy etc., in Antrim.

Coleridge (Samuel Taylor, poet, literary critic, philosopher, 1772-1834).- Remarks on Shakespeare from Coleridge's 4th Lecture begun Novr. 18: 1811, manuscript, 1½pp., folds, slightly browned, 200 x 123mm., 1811. ⁂ Between 1810 and 1820, Coleridge gave a series of lectures in London and Bristol - those on Shakespeare renewed interest in the playwright as a model for contemporary writers.

Mathematics.- Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge), "Lewis Carroll". Formulæ. (Group C.), with Dodgson's manuscript corrections in purple ink, bifolium, 220 x 142mm., a little light spotting, Oxford, 1878. ⁂ A very good copy of this rare cyclostyled pamphlet with manuscript corrections by the author in his characteristic purple ink. Dodgson said of his 'electric pen', which he acquired in 1877 that it 'seems to be quite the best thing yet invented for taking a number of copies of MSS, drawings or maps. The "pen" consists of a needle, in a holder like a pencil: the needle is worked in and out with enormous rapidity by electricity and projects far enough to go through a thin sheet of paper... the paper thus prepared is placed in a frame with blank paper underneath, and an ink roller is passed [over it]... copies are easily worked off at a rate of 2 a minute'.

Johnson (Samuel) The Lives of the most eminent English Poets, 4 vol., third edition, engraved portrait, some spotting, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and green morocco labels, for C.Bathurst..., 1783; The Rambler, 4 vol., seventh edition, contemporary calf, spines gilt with red and black roan labels, for A.Millar..., 1767; A Dictionary of the English Language...Abstracted from the Folio Edition, 2 vol. in 1, first 8vo and first abridged edition, spotting at beginning and end of each vol., cropped, old ink inscriptions, later half calf, red morocco label, rubbed, for J.Knapton..., 1756; A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, second printing with 6-line errata leaf following title, spotted, engraved bookplate of Doddington Library, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, for W.Strahan; and T.Cadell, 1775; The Prince of Abissinia, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary calf, rebacked, Dublin, 1787; another edition, eighth edition, engraving mounted as frontispiece and captioned in manuscript with note on verso of title, contemporary calf, rebacked with gilt spine, 1790; and 5 others, Johnson, 8vo et infra (17) ⁂ The dictionary has a new preface by Johnson.

Glorious Revolution.- William III (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Prince of Orange, 1650-1702) [Letter to Parliament before assuming the throne], manuscript fair copy, 1p., tears along folds, strengthened with paper on verso, browned, folio, St James's, 22nd January 1688. ⁂ "I have endeavoured to the utmost of my Power to perform what was desired from me, in order to the Public Peace and Safety. And I do not know that any Thing hath been omitted, which might tend to the Preservation of them, since the Administration of Affairs was put into my Hands. It now lyeth upon you, to lay the Foundations of a firm Security, for your Religion, your Laws, and your Liberties." - William III.

Mackenzie (Murdoch) A Maritim Survey of Ireland and the West Coast of Great Britain... containing the Maritim Survey of Ireland, vol. I only of 2, 28 folding engraved charts only, old manuscript captions on verso, title and charts all reinforced along folds, title and several charts torn and repaired, some creasing, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, [National Maritime Museum Catalogue 3:387 and 383], large folio, London, for the Author, 1776. ⁂ Mackenzie was the first British hydrographer to produce charts based on a triangulation framework using a land baseline.

Hogg (John) Verse miscellany, manuscript, 186pp., lacks title, slightly browned throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, preface dated 3 April 1825. ⁂ Volume contains original verse by Hogg on royalty and local worthies in Surrey and environs, also several fictitious verse "tales", and original songs with musical settings in manuscript. Among the latter are an elegy on George III, twelve pages of lyrics complete with musical setting, a three page poem on the death of Princess Charlotte etc.

Hyde (Edward, first Earl of Clarendon, politician and historian, 1609-74) The humble petition & Adress of Edward Earle of Clarendon, manuscript fair copy, in Secretary hand, 4½pp., folds, browned, folio, 1667. ⁂ Clarendon's defence of his ministerial career and an appeal to be allowed to return from exile to clear his name.

Charles I & Parliament.- To the King's most excellent Ma[jes]ty The humble Remonstraton of the Comons now assembled in Parliament, contemporary manuscript copy, 2pp. with conjugate blank, contemporary ink docket on verso of blank, tears starting along folds, browned, folio, 5th April 1626. ⁂ Various grievances by the House of Commons against the Duke of Buckingham etc.

Anson (George, Baron Anson, naval officer and politician, 1697-1762) Warrant signed "Anson, Hardicke, Holderness" and others, Contract for supplying the Garrison of Gibraltar with Provisions, manuscript, 1½pp. with conjugate blank, folds, browned, folio, 6th May 1752.

Italy.- Brenna (Gio.) and C. Pinchetti. Carta Geografica e Postate del Regno Lombardo-Veneto, engraved map by Giuseppe Pezze, 860 x 1310 mm. (33 ¾ x 51 ½ in.), from Lake Maggiore east to Trieste, 17 town plans at foot, dissected and linen-backed, contemporary marbled slip-case with manuscript label, one edge rubbed, Milan, Gio. Cogliati, 1848; Brenna (Gio.) Carta Topografica dei Contorni di Milano, engraved map by Vittorio Angeli, original outline hand-colouring, 700 x 850 mm. (27 ½ x 33 ½ in.), dissected and linen-backed, contemporary marbled slip-case with engraved title, Milan, Fratelli Bettalli, 1833; and six engraved regional maps of the area north of Milan by Brenna, dissected and linen-backed, in two contemporary slip-cases, Milan, 1836-1845, (4).

18th century Commonplace Book.- Allen (Rev. Joshua, chaplain to the Earl of Lincoln and later Rector of St. Brides, Pembroke, d. 1764) Commonplace book. most autograph manuscript, c. 150pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, slightly browned, 19th century ink signature of W. Bird Allen on fly-leaf, original vellum, soiled and yellowed, some surface wear, lacks spine, 4to, [c. 1750s - 60s & later]. ⁂ Includes: "The following Proglogue and Epilogue were spoken by some young gentlemen of Westminster 1749 when the play of Phormius was performed", 2½ pages, original not traced; "Copy of patent granted by that best of women... Queen Anne... to my uncle Joseph Allen ... for erecting St Ann's Lighthouse", 8½ pages; original of letter from brother, chaplain to Ambassador in Vienna, loosely inserted with transcription in body of book, copy letters to family, with lively content, copy petition to the king, receipt for dropsy etc.

Ireland.- An Establishment or List containing all Payments to be made for Our Civil List Affairs for Our Kingdom of Ireland... 1760..., manuscript, title and 96pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red throughout, original red morocco wallet, gilt, slightly rubbed and marked, g.e., lge. 8vo, 1777. ⁂ Payments made from 1760 to 1777.

Gay (John) The Shepherd's Week. In Six Pastorals, ?fourth edition, 7 etched plates by Louis du Guernier, old faint ink inscription "Chris. Gunby Coll. Joh." on title, light soiling and staining, mostly to last few leaves, later wrappers, uncut, a little soiled and creased, preserved in later cloth folder and red morocco-backed cloth slip-case with pull-off top, book-labels and bookplates of the Braikenridge Collection (manuscript label), Alfred Matthew Hale, David & Lulu Borowitz, and Michael Curtis Phillips on inside of folder, [Foxon G73], R.Burleigh, 1714 [but possibly 1716]; another edition, fifth edition, 7 etched plates by du Guernier, stitched in original blue wrappers, uncut, preserved in later cloth folder, J. & R.Tonson, 1742, 8vo (2) ⁂ Satire on the pastoral poetry of Ambrose Philips first published in 1714; Foxon suggests that the date on the first is a misprint for 1716.

Giant's Causeway.- Horner (Leonard, factory inspector, geologist, and educationist, 1785-1864).- Drawings and maps of the Giant's Causeway, 8 pencil drawings and 16 pen and ink and maps hand-coloured in outline, 2 large folding engraved plates of the Giant's Causeway, by Drury after Vivares, browned, bookplate of Leonard Horner on front pastedown, new endpapers, modern half calf, old manuscript label on upper cover: "The Giant's Causeway", folio, n.d. [c. 1850].

17th century divorce.- Divorce proceedings between Thomas and Ann Hooton of Bebington, Cheshire, manuscript in Latin, 3pp., small tears at tail slightly affecting text, folds, browned, folio, 1631.

18th century poetry.- Volume of poetry, manuscript, 56pp., browned, disbound, sm. 4to, dated in text 1767. ⁂ Some material untraced and apparently unpublished, including On the appearance of a ladies new carriage: "Who has e'er been at Busbys must needs know the Chaise..."; Betty Green making Teas: "When Betsy makes tea the graces sit by her"; Song to its own tune: "Where noble Garrick reigns a king".... etc.

Larkin (Philip) All What Jazz. A Record Diary 1961-68, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author 'To Donald [Mitchell] who's responsible for it all' with original 4-line poem to front free endpaper, A.L.s. from the author "I really am grateful to you for bringing so much joy into my life, discreetly disguised as review copies" loosely inserted, signed manuscript poem 'Love Songs in Age' to endpapers, original cloth, dust-jacket, a little rubbed and creased at head and foot, excellent otherwise, 8vo, 1970. ⁂ "When Coote roared: 'Mitchell! What about this jazz?' Don thought, That's just the talent Philip has; And if he finds it bad or worse At least he'll have less time for writing verse..."

Midwifery.- Drennan (William, physician, poet, and political reformer, 1754-1820) Dr Hunter's Preliminary Lectures on Midwifery, ?autograph manuscript, 263pp., title cut from head of first page of manuscript and laid down on separate page, slightly browned, new endpapers, modern half calf, gilt, edges uncut, 8vo, 1818. ⁂ "When in December 1789 Drennan moved to Dublin, he was caught up in the radical revival which followed the outbreak of the French Revolution. He joined The Monks of the Screw, a group of prominent patriot politicians, and a political club founded by Thomas Addis Emmet, Peter Burrowes, Wolfe Tone, and Whitley Stokes. In June 1791 he circulated in Dublin and Belfast a prospectus for an Irish brotherhood, a secret society to be organized along masonic lines and dedicated to radical reform; the paper was one of several initiatives which led to the formation of the Society of United Irishmen soon after. It is for his role as a founder and prominent member of the society (1791-4) that he is best-known; he served several terms of office as president of the Dublin branch, was responsible for framing the United Irish test, and was the author of many of the society's publications. One of these, the 'Address to the volunteers', dated 14 December 1792, eventually led to his trial for seditious libel on 29 June 1794. Although acquitted, he withdrew from the United Irishmen and played no part in the insurrectionary phase of the republican movement, though his ballads 'Erin' (1795) and 'The Wake of William Orr' (1797) demonstrate his continuing sympathy for the national cause." - Oxford DNB.

Fermanagh.- Hume-Loftus (Nicholas, second Earl of Ely, 1738-69).- Maps of the Estate of The Right Honoble The Earl of Ely in the County of Fermanagh,... By Richard Frizell and Charles Frizell, manuscript, title and 63pp., 58 hand-coloured estate maps, a few marks, slightly browned, marbled endpapers, inner hinges strengthened, contemporary calf Irish binding, gilt borders on covers, red morocco labels on covers: "Right Honourable Nicholas Hume Earl of Ely... Manners of Castlehume Moyglass Tully and Ardgart in the County of Fermanagh 1769", corners and edges repaired, rebacked with the remains of the original spine laid down, g.e., 4to, 1769. ⁂ The Manors of Castle Hume, Mayglass, Tully and Ardgart.

Calligraphic Manuscript.- Ibbs (Edith Annie, calligrapher and artist, 1863-1937) The Breastplate of St Patrick, calligraphic manuscript on vellum, title and 10pp., Celtic style decorated title, initials and line fillers, original vellum, slightly yellowed, 2 green cloth ties, modern slip-case, in fine condition, Written out & illuminated by Edith A. Ibbs Anno Domini 1911. ⁂ Edith Ibbs was born in Fetcham, Surrey, in 1863, the daughter of Robert Giles Ibbs, schoolmaster. In 1881 the family was living in Selborne Place, Littlehampton, Sussex and by 1901 was living in the parish of Christ Church, Southwark, described as an artist. She illustrated books for the publisher's Seeley & Co. and Constable & Co.

Recusants.- Hopkins (Richard, Roman Catholic exile and translator, b. c. 1546, d. in or before 1596) & Broughton [alias Rouse] (Richard, Roman Catholic priest, c. 1561-1635).- Molanus (Johannes) Theologiae Practicae Compendium, collation: A-Y8 Z2, Roman type, title with woodcut printer's device, ownership signatures on title of Richard Hopkins, Richard Broughton and Thomas Clearke, 5pp. of manuscript Latin notes ?some in Hopkins' and Broughtons' hands on the Mass etc., first f. of notes torn with small loss, contemporary note in English at end: "Against the use of Heresie...", Y2-7worm trace at head, affecting a few letters, some staining, [Adams M1561], Cologne, Birckman for Arnold Mylius, 1585 bound with Molanus (Johannes) Libri Quinque. De Fide Hæreticis Servanda Tres, collation: )(8 A-O8 P4, woodcut decorative initials and tail-pieces, final f. blank, [Adams M1557], Cologne, Godefridus Kempensis, 1584 and Lensaeus (Johannes) Brevis per Conclusiones Aliquot Deductio, qua demonstrator eorum crimen, qui novo & fictitio Brabantiae duci iuramentum præstant obedientiæ & auxilii..., collation: A-B4, woodcut printer's device to title, some lght staining, [Not in Adams], Louvain, [Ioannes Masius] for Petrus Zangrius, 1584, together 3 works in 1 vol., lightly browned, contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, lacking ties, soiled, 8vo (155 x 101mm.)

Great War.- Nicholson (Dr J.G., of Elie, Fife, fl. 1914-42) [Reminiscences of a medical officer on board the White Star Liner Megantic, HMS Arlanza, HMS Juno, Supply ship Susetta etc. during the Great War], autograph manuscript, 100pp., ruled paper, some pp. water-stained obscuring some words especially at beginning and end, original wrappers"Exercise Book", rubbed, 4to, n.d. [c. 1920]. ⁂ Includes an attack on Hodeida, now Al Hudaydah in Yemen, after the Armistice had been announced. "On 13th December [1918] we arrived at Hodeida. The shore authorities had demanded confirmation of the Armistice from headquarters. A message from Aden did not satisfy them & they insisted on hearing direct from Constantinople. When the answer to this second message arrived they said they were unable to decipher it. So we prepared to attack and clear them out of the town. A party went ashore to deliver an ultimatum. They were rudely received and told that the Armistice news was a lie. Nine boat loads of troops started before dawn... in a very heavy sea. Some of the boats were smashed up in the surf... most men had to jump in the sea and wade ashore... Susetta signalled for a doctor... I found the second officer lying in a pool of blood, dead." - Dr J.G. Nicholson.

Wiltshire, Isle of Wight, Hampshire & Warwickshire.- Route & Tour to the Isle of Wight, manuscript, 47pp., some ff. excised, slightly browned, original wrappers, lettered direct on upper cover, stitched, 8vo, 27th June - 28th July 1811. ⁂ The writer of this diary is from Claines, a small village to the north of Worcester and may, perhaps be identified as John Somers Cocks, Lord Somers and the builder of Eastnor Castle. Somers married Margaret the only child of Treadway Russell Nash (1725-1811), Church of England clergyman and antiquary, of Bevere House, North Claines who died in early 1811. Somers continued to live in the house until 1813 when he started building Eastnor Castle. The diary is brief but full of observations, including: visiting Stonehenge, the New Forest, East Cowes Castle (John Nash's house), sailing on the Mermaid in the company of General Sir David Baird, first baronet (1757-1829), army officer, and William Sturges Bourne (1769-1845), politician and poor-law reformer, a visit to Alresford, Chawton, "At Chawton turn to the right for 2 miles to the Horse & Groom then to the left up the hill to Newton Valence" (not mentioning Jane Austen as she had yet to publish her first novel Sense & Sensibility anonymously four months later in November 1811), and on to Selborne, "NB The History & Antiquities of Selbourne have been beautifully written by Mr. White", and on the return journey a visit to Shakespeare's Birthplace, "... drive to Stratford & visit the house which was Shakespeare's birth Place, now inhabited by a descendant of the female line who shewed me the old chair in the chimney corner where the Poet usually sat, the gun with which he shot the deer & some other relics. In the room over Shakespeare was born & the walls are covered with the names of many illustrious visitors, among whom I saw the prince of Wales handwriting... ."

Death of a Captain at Sea.- In Memoriam...the life of Captain Robert W. Grace, manuscript with signatures, 19pp. excluding blanks, ruled paper, original limp morocco, 4to, 1886. ⁂ "Whereas it pleased Almighty God to terminate the life of Captain Robert W. Grace Commander of the National Steamship America on the night of Saturday Oct, 16, 1886, after his gallant and heroic conduct of standing on the bridge for the period of over forty two hours battling with a violent storm... ." Signatures include: J.D. Jerrold Kelley (1847-1922), author & Robert James Lees (1849-1931), journalist, philanthropist, novelist and medium.

Paintings in the Palais-Royal.- Liste des tableaux du Palais Royal, manuscript in French, title and 33pp., title in and headings in red, text in red and black, ruled in red, original green stained vellum, slightly soiled, sm. 4to, [early 19th century]. ⁂ The manuscript lists some of the greatest painters in the Western World, including: Raphael, Vasari, Poussin, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, Veronese, van Dyck, Carracci, Rembrandt, Rubens, Holbein, Watteau etc. One of the paintings by Raphael listed is Ezekiel's Vision which was removed by Napoleon from the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in 1799, and returned in 1816.

Third Anglo-Ashanti War.- Login (Spencer Henry Metcalfe, Rear Admiral, 1851-1909) Journal of the Third Anglo-Ashanti War, autograph manuscript, 24pp. excluding blanks, in pencil, some text a little indistinct, watermarked 1873, wrappers foxed and soiled, 170 x 206mm., 27th December 1873 - 25th January 1874. ⁂ "Nothing now remains but to level Coomassie and return triumphant. NB. easier said than done." - Login. The Third Anglo-Ashanti War broke out when the port of Elmina (Ghana) was transferred from Dutch to British administration. On taking over the port the British stopped the annual payment to the Ashanti king made by the Dutch. In January 1873, an Ashanti army attacked the British Gold Coast Protectorate. Login was part of a British expeditionary force sent in to the interior. Sickness struck the sailors, including Login and he was returned sick to his ship, HMS Active.

Herschel (Caroline Lucretia, astronomer, sister of Sir William Herschel and aunt of Sir John Herschel, 1750-1848) Contribution to Louisa Kerr's "Stam-book", autograph manuscript, 1p., 81 150mm., Hanover, 1836.

Leonardo da Vinci.- Adams (Cuthbert Harry) The Head of Christ by Leonardo da Vinci, from the "Ministry of Art" by J.G., calligraphic manuscript, on vellum, 1p., part of title and 5 gold initials, watercolour painting of Christ (91 x 66mm.), framed and glazed, overall 221 x 273mm., n.d. [c. 1930s].

Manuscript- Prayers written neat hand; (John Welby, in ink to front pastedown). 190pp. n.d. late17, early18 century. Cont. full leather with gilt decoration to covers and aeg.