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*Mednikoff (Reuben, 1906-1975). Untitled, 1936, pen & black ink on wove paper, signed with initials lower right, dated January 28, 1936, sheet size 328 x 423 mm (12.9 x 16.6 ins) An early surrealist dream or automatic drawing by the British surrealist Reuben Mednikoff, with a manuscript account by the artist in ink to the back of the sheet of ten lines, initialled and dated January 31, 1936: 'Tropical or strange luscious growths are the objects attempted here - animal (in feeling), fervid, intense growths are the feelings I am eager to convey... I am still scared after my last debauch of murder - I suppose expecting to be punished. I therefore have attempted art to create 'beautifully''. (1)

*Attributed to Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821). Fishing Vessels coming in to shore, grisaille watercolour, depicting a blustery seascape with sailing boats, and figures on the shore, 11.5 x 17cm (4.5 x 6.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed, with Ruskin Gallery label on backboard giving artist and title in manuscript (1)

*Churchyard (Thomas, 1798-1865). Haugh Lane, Woodbridge, Suffolk, watercolour on paper, 19 x 28.5cm (7.5 x 11.25ins) mount aperture, framed and glazed, with manuscript card verso a wedding present from Harold & Elsie Lingwood Provenance: Harriet Churchyard; Harold Lingwood of Martlesham, Bosmere House; Reverend Eric. C. Charlesworth. (1)

*Heaphy (Charles, 1820-1881, after). Thorndon Flat and Part of the City of Wellington, New Zealand, circa 1840s, oil on canvas, unsigned, 62 x 74 cm (24 x 29 ins), contemporary probably totara or rimu burr veneer frame Provenance: Acquired by Dr Charles Arundel Overbury Fox (1886-1971) from Francis Edwards, London, circa 1935. Fox was an English collector of early New Zealand and Pacific works of art; acquired by the current owner's family from the estate of Dr Fox following his death in Birmingham, England, in 1971. Some brief manuscript notes of provenance in Dr Fox's hand and a letter from Rex Nan Kivell of the Redfern Gallery, London, dated 20 May 1959,are offered with the lot. The letter from Rex Nan Kivell suggests a connection with a lithograph Charles Heaphy and says that he has a painting of the same size that is obviously a copy from the lithograph. An early large-scale painting of the harbour and settlement of Wellington in New Zealand. As a composition, this painting is most similar to that engraved byThomas Allom after the drawing by Charles Heaphy entitled 'Part of Lambton Harbour, Port Nicholson, New Zealand; Comprehending about One Third of the Waterfrontage of the Town of Wellington, April, 1841', published for the New Zealand Company in 1842. Unlike the original watercolour of the same scene which has no figures by the flagpole on 'Flagstaff Hill' from where the scene is observed, two groups of three figures have been added into the engraving, one European and five Maori. The flag in the watercolour is that of the New Zealand Company while the lithograph shows a Union Jack. The painting here offered shows many similar characteristics to the watercolour and print and strongly suggests the artist had knowledge of the print. Charles Heaphy was employed by the New Zealand Company as a draughtsman and drew his watercolour in April 1841. He presented the new settlement in a positive light in order to attract new immigrants and investors, showing cows wandering on the beach, the Maori in the foreground welcoming a European, and the gentle hills suggesting suitability for farming. Heaphy is not known to have painted in oils. The painting here has five figures set in two groups by the flagpole, but also shows European and Maori figures, a man in a straw hat facing the viewer possibly being that of the artist. The flag is that of the New Zealand Company and unlike Heaphy's watercolour and the print after it, is shown furled and not blowing in the breeze. There are fewer boats in the harbour in this painting than in Heaphy's version and while there are no cows on the beach there are various figures in front of the Maori settlement. The tide is out and shows a tongue-shaped spit of sand near identical to Heaphy's depiction; the settlements along the far shore and rising chimney smoke below the hills are very similar too. With thanks for the assistance of Dr Oliver Stead of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. (1)NB. The frame details given in this lot description have been amended from walnut burr.

*De Bye (Marcus, 1638/39-after 1688). Bears, 1664, the complete set of 16 etchings on laid paper after Marcus Gheeraerts I (circa 1520-circa 1590), the third state issued by Pieter Schenk the younger, circa 1730, watermark of foolscap with 7-pointed collar, 2 bells and 3 balls, narrow margins, each with old manuscript number in brown ink to upper left and right corners, plate size 114 x 147 mm (4.4 x 5.8 ins), sheet size 222 x 252 mm (4.75 x 6 ins), together with Goats, a complete set of 8 etchings on laid paper, after Paulus Potter (1625-1654), with foolscap watermark with 7-pointed collar, 2 bells and 3 balls, also third state, issued by Pieter Schenk the younger, circa 1730, narrow margins, plate size 116 x 142 mm (4.7 x 5.75 ins), sheet size 122 x 151 mm (4.8 x 6 ins), plus Cows, a set of 8 etchings on laid paper after Paulus Potter, with watermark of a foolscap with 7-pointed collar, 2 bells and 3 balls, the third state, issued by Pieter Schenk the younger, circa 1730, narrow margins, laid down on old paper, some light marginal staining, plate size 138 x 173 (5.5 x 6.8 ins), sheet size 142 x 178 mm (5.65 x 7.1 ins), plus another similar smaller set of etchings of cows after Paulus Potter, similarly issued by Pieter Schenk, circa 1730, plate size 117 x 151 mm and other etchings by De Bye after Paulus Potter, including two other incomplete sets of cows, two wolves, two bears, one of pigs, and one sheep, on laid paper with the same watermark, all similar sizes (57)

*Attributed to Gillis Claesz de Hondecoeter (1604-1653). Farmyard Cottages, pen, brown ink, pale green and blue wash on laid paper, mounted on old backing paper with gold outer border, sheet size 160 x 250 mm (6.25 x 9.8 ins), mounted on old album leaf, with manuscript attribution G. de Vandekoeter (1)

*Leyden (Lucas van, 1489/94-1533). The Flagellation, 1521, copper engraving on laid paper, trimmed to margins, and with very small loss to extreme lower left corner and to top margin, small pinhole to centre of image, inscribed in brown ink to verso P. Mariette, 1652, 117 x 76 mm (4.65 x 3 ins), together with The Baptism of Christ in the Jordan, 1510, copper engraving on laid paper, upper right corner replaced in early good-quality manuscript copy in black ink, some marks and slight damage, trimmed to border line, 141 x 282 mm (5.55 x 7.2 ins), early 19th century ink initials W.S. to verso, mounted on card, plus Portrait of a Young Man with a Skull, 1519, copper engraving on laid paper, laid down on old paper, trimmed partly inside the image, and with some marks and loss to margins, 185 x 142 mm (7.25 x 5.6 ins), and other engravings by Lucas van Leyden, including 2 engravings from The History of Joseph, 1512 (Potiphar's Wife accusing Joseph, & Joseph interpreting Pharao's Dreams), and The Virgin with 2 Angels, all 3 copies in reverse, and The Gentlemen with the Hawk and the Lady, 1508 Bartsch 48 & 40. New Hollstein 48 i/iii. Once in the collection or stock of Pierre Mariette (1596-1657), the first of the dynasty of French engravers, print publishers and dealers. (7)

Arabic manuscript on paper with miscellaneous topicsNorth Africa, possibly Egypt or Syria, late 18th century . . Cm 16,00 x 21,00.

Diwan by HafezPersia, 18th century . . . Persian manuscript on paper composed of 170 leaves, some of them missing at the end. Text written in nasta'liq script with black ink in double colomn of 14 lines to the page. Double illuminated opening page and leather binding.

Pocket Quran dated 1201 (1787 AD) copied by Mohammad GhisehLate 18th century . . Cm 3,00 x 3,80 x 3,00. Arabic manuscript on rise paper composed of 144 folios. 10 lines to the page written in black ink. At the beginning and the end 4 gilded illuminated folios containing inscriptions within lobed cartouches. Double opening page.

Qur'an copied by Mohammad NadinOttoman empire, 18th - 19th century . . Cm 10,50 x 16,00. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 297 leaves. 15 lines to the page in naskh script on single colomn. Double illuminated opening page (sarlaw) and red surah titles. Leather binding with flag. A caption at the beginning of text reads that the Qur'an was copied by Mohammad Nadin in 1273 (1857 AD) but it could be a later addition.

A firman bearing a golden tughra of Sultan Abdhulamid II (r. 1876-1909)Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century . . Cm 32,00 x 57,00. Turkish manuscript on paper composed of 7 lines in diwani script in black and golden ink surmounted by a big golden tughra. Mounted in a frame.

An illuminated Hilye on vellum signed by Haj Seyed Hasan Reza Ottoman Turkey, dated 1329 (1911 AD) . . Cm 49,50 x 69,00. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 14 lines in naskh script with black ink within the central roundel, the names Muhammad, Allah and the four caliphs written in thuluth in roundels and cartouches. Frame with gilded arabesque against black ground. Mounted in frame: 115 X 85 cm

Dalail al-Khayrat copied by Mohammad Anis dated 1100 (1689 AD)Ottoman Empire, 17th century . . Cm 10,50 x 15,50. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 99 folios. 11 lines to the page written in naskh script over single colomn. Double illuminated opening page and double painting of Mecca and Medina. Leather binding with gilded central flower.

A fine illuminated Ottoman Qur'an copied by Saide Mohammed al Mazziri, student of Said Abdoullah Sadqhidated 1278 (1862 AD). . Cm 11,00 x 17,50. Arabic manuscript on paper, composed of 205 folios. 15 lines to the page in single colomn written in naskh script separated by small golden roundels. Persian notes to the margins and double finely illuminated opening page. Surah headings, diacritical and relevant words written in red.Leather gilt decorated binding.

A manuscript about astronomy (Taweel Alesharh Tmsel Alebarh or Interpreting the signal and statement representation) dated 933 (1527 AD).North Africa, Maghreb, 16th century . . Cm 17,00 x 23,00. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 33 leaves and 2 fly leaves. 29 lines to the page written in black ink with significant words in red. Also in red, diagrams and charts possibly of astrological and astronomical subjects. Colophon at the beginning of the text.The original text was written in the 12th century, but this manuscript was copied later.

An illuminated firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mahmud I (r.1730-1754)Ottoman Turkey, 18th century . . Cm 20,00 x 56,50. Turkish manuscript on paper, composed of 7 lines written in diwani script with black ink, surmounted with golden tughra illuminated with floral motifs.

An Eastern Kufic Qur'an section (juz)Near East, 12th century . . Cm 18,00 x 28,00. Text: Surah from no. 12 to no. 16.Arabic manuscript on paper, composed of 17 folios and 4 fly leaves. 17 lines to the page written in Eastern Kufic script on single colomn with drop shaped textual marks and rosette section marks in the margins. Yellow Surah headings. Later leather cover.For a comparative example please see the one in the Khalili collection published in F. Déroche, "The Abbassid Tradition", Oxford, 1992, cat. 87, pp. 168-169).See also Christie's King Street, London, 21 Aprile 2016, lot no.63.

Big Hilye signed by Mohammad Qias al Din alkilafi from DamascusTurkey, 19th-20th century . . Cm 71,00 x 93,00. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 13 lines in naskh script with black ink within the central roundel, the names Muhammad, Allah and the four caliphs written in thuluth in roundels and cartouches. Frame with gilded arabesque over cobalt blu. Mounted in frame: 115 X 85 cm

A small religious Arabic manuscript with red leather bindingPossibly India, late 19th century . . Cm 6,50 x 9,50.

Sir William Orpen, RHA, RA (Irish, 1878-1931) The Tennis Player, Once More - Manuscript letter with sketch of a tennis player and addressed to: "My dearest wife - I had a letter from lane this morning saying Mrs / Few had told him Mary's cold was / real bad - I'm so sorry I hope it / is better now and that you have not / got it. / I have had two severe blows in the / last two days. The Brighton school / portrait has gone to G H Shannon and / a letter this morning from Manchester / saying they have settled on an artist / connected with Manchester (Dodd perhaps). / I am angry with Jack over this as / he must have made a mistake he / said the portrait was definitely offered / to me. That is £450 gone tosh ! / Why little things like this should / upset me I don't know - I only feel / them for a day or so / I hope the photographs were a / success - or will be - has Laib sent / any prints ? - Lane writes that Marie /Tempest is going to tea on Thursday / Love to you all your loving husband Billon / ONCE MORE and signed "Billon", his pet name for his wife Grace black ink on cream paper 33 x 20cm (13 x 8in) Provenance: The artist's family until, Christie's, King Street, London, The Irish and Sporting Sale, 8 May 2009, lot 53 Other Notes: Sir William Orpen used to call himself 'Billon' to his wife, Grace. The letter probably dates to autumn of 1907 and the sketch is possibly a self-portrait of Orpen playing tennis at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club, Dublin, where he would frequently play with his brother Richard up to the start of the First World War. Under glass and with some crinkling and folds to the paper, and the corners appear to be stuck down with Sellotape.

1941 3c green, ordinary paper, (SG295) late '3' complete sheet of 100, manuscript'6' in pencil on r/r margin, a few trifling splits at edges and very light overall gum toning, otherwise fine u/m, cat £1,300

Stamp Booklets: 1947 2r buff paper covers with value handstamped in violet, containing 32 1a brown type 2, wide (5mm) setting, perf 8½ (SG SB15), front cover with light manuscript '2', complete, very fresh and rare

Stamp Booklets: 1938-45 2s 6d black/yellow, with postage rates on inside front cover amended in manuscript (SG SB4), fine, complete and very scarce

Attractive selection of 17 WWII airmail covers, most from USA, with boxed (3) manuscript (1) and other "RETURN TO SENDER/SERVICE SUSPENDED" s/l marks in various colours, most fine

Interesting selection of 8 WWII airmail covers, 6 registered, including 1 stationery, from Bermuda all marked "PERMIT FILED", s/l (5) in black or green, and manuscript (3). This was a device for export-control not postal censorship, most fine

Officials: Government Parcels 1891-1900 4½d grey-green and carmine (SG O71), upper marginal horizontal pair with interpane margin at left, right stamp (R1/2 of pane) showing frame break below SE value tablet, manuscript endorsement in upper margin "Registered 27 Sep 1892/ wt (warrant) 49", although not from the registration sheet, variety stamp with marks on face and one toned perf, u/m, RPS cert (2005), cat £800+

The original manuscript for John Ross' Civitas Lincolnia, published 1865, handwritten in various chapters, with some notes from the author, 127 pages in all, and also sold with a printed copy of Civitas Lincolnia.

Hull. Kyngestone Super Hull Illustrated, 3 volumes, 1885, titles printed in red and black, thirteen black & white plates and plans, text and plates mounted and interleaved, some light spotting, contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, folio, together with the manuscript index volume, dampstained, 4to Limited edition of only three copies, of which this is number 2, prepared for the libraries of John Brown, Chas. E. Fewster and Walter Brown. The text and plates are from James Joseph Sheahan's History of the Town and Port of Kingston-Upon-Hull, 2nd edition, 1866. (4)

Forster (Charles). The Historical Geography of Arabia; or, the Patriarchal Evidences of Revealed Religion, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1844, two folding maps contained in rear pockets (laid down, one repaired with redrawing in manuscript), page 25 in volume I with repaired margin, library stamps to titles and maps, modern calf-backed boards, spines with red and green labels, 8vo, together with Nineveh and its Remains, by Austen Henry Layard, 2 volumes, 5th edition, 1850, tinted lithographed frontispiece to each, folding maps and plans, illustrations, a little light spotting, contemporary calf, covers stamped with gilt armorial, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, a Sketch of the Present State of that Country and its Means of Defence, by Robert Thomas Wilson, 1st edition, 1802, portrait frontispiece, three folding maps, some light offsetting and spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary half calf, modern reback, 4to, with two others including Edward William Lane's The Thousand and One Nights, commonly called, in England, the Arabian Nights' Entertainments, 3 volumes, 1839-41 (9)

Pennant (Thomas). A Tour from Alston-Moor to Harrowgate and Brimham Crags, 1804, nine engraved plates, occasional light spotting and offsetting, Yorkshire Archaeological Society stamp at front, bookplate, all edges gilt, contemporary diced calf, joints cracked, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with Wainwright (John), Yorkshire. An Historical and Topographical View of the Wapentake of Strafford and Tickhill; Intended Chiefly to Illustrate its Ancient State, vol. 1 [all published], Sheffield, 1826, four engraved plates only (including frontispiece, bound without plate 3, East View of Conisbro' Castle), few woodcut illustrations to text, occasional manuscript annotations to margins, scattered spotting and some offsetting, contemporary calf, old reback preserving original spine, corners repaired, upper joint cracked, rubbed and scuffed, 4to (Boyne 156), with Rayner (Simeon), The History & Antiquities of Pudsey, published Longmans, Green & Co., 1887, black & white illustrations throughout, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary gilt decorated dark green morocco by Goodall & Suddick of Leeds, rubbed and scuffed to extremities, 4to (3)

Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1st edition, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, eleven engraved plates (some folding & close-timmed), engraved armorials to text, plus few additional plates including some window mounted, one or two repaired and lined to verso, manuscript pedigrees and annotations, some browning and dampstaining throughout volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, brass clasps, rebacked and corners repaired, folio Upcott pp.1381-1383; Boyne 93. (1)

Greece. Atlas van Morea..., getekend door F[ranciscus] J[ohannes] Boonzaajer, circa 1810, manuscript atlas with 1 general double-page map and 40 more detailed double-page maps, all sepia pen and ink with yellow, red/pink and grey wash outline colouring and yellow borders, each approximately 14 x 18 cm, bookplate of Anthony Bryer to front pastedown, early 19th-century half calf over boards with leather spine label, slightly rubbed and soiled and some wear to extremities, 8vo An intriguing and well-executed manuscript collection of maps of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Boonzaajer was born at Corinchem in 1789, studied at Utrecht, and died there as early as 1809. There are resemblances in the general map to Blaeu's 'Morea olim Peloponnuesus' (1640 and later); and J. Dankerts, 'Peloponnuesus hodie Morea' (circa 1700). (1)

Estate Plan. Harris (John, surveyor), To the Right Honorable Edward Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and to James King Esq. This Map of the division of North-wood in the Township of Noke in the Parish Of Pembridge, County of Hereford. According to the directions of William Preece, Richard Turberville and Roger Edwards Gentlemen Commissioners..., 1781, pen and wash plan on vellum edged in silk, large ornate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, the scale decorated with the tools of a surveyor, table of reference and compass rose, slight dust soiling, 545 x 575 mm, manuscript title of the enclosure repeated on verso in a contemporary hand (1)

Hinduism. Notes on the Hindu Religion, [Yerwada Prison Press, Pune, 1891], half title, 29 pp., interleaved with ruled blank and manuscript leaves, plus some loose manuscript notes, lacking title? introduction and contents leaves loosening, original cloth-backed boards, some soiling, folio No records located. Yerwada Central Jail was built by the British in Pune in 1871, and housed many political prisoners including Mahatma Ghandi and Jawahrial Nehru in the 1930's. (1)

India. Pierson (Francis, Royal Engineers, Surveyor), Sketch of Road from Baghdad to Khanuakin, 29th February 1864, manuscript pen and ink map with notes to margins and on verso, old folds, small split along old fold, 410 x 320 mm A map which trys to illustrate the feasibility of a London to India Telegraph. One of Pierson's marginalia states "The red line marks the proposed direction for the Telegraph. Note. There may be some error in the representation of the road between Bakooba & Sheraban, owing to the loss of my note book. It is however, approximately accurate. FP". (1)

Manuscript maps. The Frome Highway District, circa 1820, pen, ink and watercolour map laid on linen, explanation code to the various types of roads to lower right corner, dust soiled with some rust marks, some damage with slight loss to margins, 750 x 550 mm, presented on contemporary turned and stained wooden battens, together with Map of the Town of Yeovil Somerset, Drawn by W.Bidder Yeovil, 1843 (but early 20th century copy), manuscript ink and watercolour map based on Bidder's earlier map of Yeovil, slight water staining, laid on card, 285 x 385 mm (2)

Lyne (Robert Nunez). Zanzibar in Contemporary Times, a short history of the Southern East in the Nineteenth Century, 1st edition, Hurst and Blackett, 1905, monochrome plates after photographs, 2 single-page maps, occasional marks and a little spotting, author's presentation copy to De Castro F. Lyne, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, and dated 21 June 1905, with contemporary news cutting from the East African Standard to front pastedown, and manuscript transcriptions of letters from Buckingham Palace and the Middle Temple, acknowledging receipt of a copy of the present work (apparently in the author's hand), and further newscuttings to rear endpaper, original cloth, a little rubbed and soiled, with some discolouration to spine, together with Newman (Henry Stanley), Banani: The Transition from Slavery to Freedom in Zanzibar and Pemba, 1st edition, [1898], folding colour map, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original pictorial cloth gilt, very lightly rubbed, plus Egerton (Lady Francis), Journal of a Tour in the Holy Land, in May and June, 1840, 1st edition, Harrison & Co., 1841, tinted lithographed plates, some light spotting, and several plates waterstained, original blindstamped cloth gilt, partially detached along upper inner hinge, and other travel interest, principally relating to East Africa, including Eugene Politovsky, From Libau to Tsushima, A Narrative of the Voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's fleet to Eastern Seas..., 1906, R.N. Lyne, The Chathams in the 1880's, privately printed by the author, Bath, England, 1958, E.C. Richards, The Chatham Islands, Christchurch, 1952, A.C. Madan, Kiungani: Or, Story and History from Central Africa, 1887 (signed by the author), P.E. Pieris, Ceylon: The Portuguese Era, volume 2 only, Colombo, 1914, H.F. Macmillan, A Handbook of Tropical Gardening and Planting with special reference to Ceylon, 2nd edition, Colombo, 1914 (author's presentation copy to R.H. Lyne), etc., mostly original cloth, 8vo (14)

Baedeker (Karl). Great Britain, England, Wales, and Scotland as far as Loch Maree and the Cromarty Firth, 1st edition, 1887, folding maps and plans, front hinge tender, original cloth, faded, small stain to rear cover, 8vo, together with The Mediterranean Seaports and Sea Routes Including Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Coast of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, 1st edition, 1911, folding maps and plans, one loose, slight marginal toning, front hinge a little tender, original cloth, a little rubbed, diagonal crease mark to upper cover, 8vo, plus Spain and Portugal, 1st edition, 1898, maps and plans, one or two closed tears, some light marginal spotting, original cloth, spine a little darkened with date in manuscript at foot, 8vo, with other Baedekers, mixed editions, for United States, Belgium and Holland and others, mostly Europe (44)

*Black Dyers' Guild. Manuscript order in the name of the Duke of Stettin setting forth statutes for the Black Dyers' Guild, Alt-Stettin, [Pomerania], 7 January 1603, containing 19 regulations including those for the education of apprentices, trade protection, the handling of Guild cash, members' liability for fines, and the employment of Guild members' widows, 7 pp. in German, written calligraphically with decorative flourishes, on vellum, sewn, slightly stained, particularly to last leaf, with some brown rust marks mainly affecting lower margins of middle leaves, brown and red wax seal of Barnim, Duke of Stettin (approximately 6 cm diameter, broken in 2 parts), attached by the original green and yellow cord (1)

Cookery Manuscripts, etc. A group of five assorted manuscripts, mostly 19th century, the earliest 18th century containing approximately 100 pp. arithmetical exercises and 26 pp. medical and veterinary receipts, remaining leaves blank, contemporary half sheep, broken and worn, 4to, the remaining four all 19th century and including 3 volumes of cookery receipts for cakes, puddings, wine, etc., the last and latest manuscript of circa 1890, containing fortune-telling from playing cards and similar, various bindings, slim 4to/8vo (5)

South Sea Islands. Manuscript journal and log of a voyage from Valparaiso in Chile on the west coast of South America to the Marquesas Islands, Hawaii, Tahiti and Pitcairn Island, 29th August 1836-February 3rd 1837, 21 pages of neatly handwritten manuscript in pale brown ink, on laid paper watermarked J. Simmons 1834, with outer plain paper wrapper titled to upper cover 'Actaeon. Remarks on the South Sea Islands. 1837', stitched, some soiling and marks to covers, slim folio (330 x 210 mm, 13 x 8.25 ins) An important manuscript account of a voyage in HMS Actaeon from South America to Pitcairn, via the Marquesas, Resolution Bay, Hiva-Oa, Oahu in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Papeete in Tahiti, and landing in January 1837 at Pitcairn, written by the ship's master George Biddlecombe [later Sir George Biddlecombe, 1807-1878], and signed at the end by the ship's captain The Right Honorable Lord Edward Russell (1805-1887). The text provides interesting and detailed information on the geography and weather, including detailed records of winds and positional data, as well as observations on the climate and people encountered, including the missionaries Rodgerson and Stalworthy at Resolution Bay in the Marquesas or French Polynesia, particulars from Thomas Ebrile, Master of the Amphitrite, a Tahitian merchant ship, and refers to four Englishmen living on Pitcairn, three of which are married to natives and have families. The account includes details of the discovery of a small group of three islands unknown to western navigators, and named Actaeon Islands. Some of the content of this journal appears to have been published, although in a partial and altered way, in the Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle for 1838 (see pages 13-14, 73-75, 225-226). (1)

Escheats. Indices of Escheats to the Crown from Henry III to Henry VI (1216-1460), manuscript on paper, circa 1600, 175 leaves written on both sides in a legal hand in narrow columns, margins ruled in red, alphabetical lists of places arranged by regnal years with references to shelf-marks (eg. 24 E1 38) for the original record, at end an index listing manors, chapels and abbeys without distinction of reign, another in regnal order listing private persons, contemporary vellum, gilt arabesque on sides, paper shelf-labels on spine, small 4to, together with a partially completed manuscript book of accounts and inventory, late 18th & 19th century, possibly for Browsholme Hall, Lancashire and the Parker family, approximately 22 leaves completed, the remainder blank, contemporary vellum, soiled and worn, narrow folio Escheats are estates lapsing to the Crown usually for want of heirs, but also by forfeiture (e.g. the escheated lands in Ulster planted by the Crown under James I). Around 1600 these records would have probably been housed in the Tower of London. (2)

*[Grand Tour]. Autograph letter signed from the merchants Wills and Leigh, Naples, 18 October 1768, to Sir George Pocock of Charles Street, Berkeley Square, London, (altered to Twickenham), informing him that in a month or so a ship will sail to London with 'such things of yours as may be ready, hoping all Fabris's will be finished and part of Ricciandelli's' but sickness prevented them from working, some of D'Hancarvilles works will be ready but not Morghens, other information including that Mr and Mrs [William] Hamilton are in the country and that Captain French has arrived from Newfoundland and sends his respects, minor worm tracks, 2 pp. with integral address leaf, 4to, together with an autograph letter signed from Thomas Palmer Ball, Antwerp, 14 September & Lille, 17 September 1788, to his mother giving details of his travels, '...there is a very large river to this town [Antwerp] but no trade or shipping', and later from Brussels, '...it's the fashion in this country for dogs to draw goods about, yesterday we met nine abreast drawing a great barrel', heavy spotting and dust-soiling on folds, 2 pp., 8vo, plus a manuscript agreement in Italian, between Antonio Rosso and Signori Waylen, 26 April 1836, for conveyance of Mr Waylen and his companions from Rome to Florence, and the provision of food and lodging for 'trente scudi', a little age toning, 1 page, oblong 8vo The first letter, recording the Grand Tour and the acquisition of pictures and antiques, makes reference to the artists Pietro Fabris (fl. circa 1756-1804), the view painter employed by Sir William Hamilton, and Gabrielle Ricciardelli (fl. 1743-1768), landscape and marine painter. (3)

*Hunting postcards. A group of 140 English hunting real photo postcards, circa 1920-1921, showing riders, horses and hounds plus followers, cars, etc., mostly on estates near country houses, numbered in the negative, postally unused and corner-mounted in a broken album with some postcards now loose, some manuscript captions of places and dates including Rolleston Hall, Aston Hall, Rocksford Hall, Swarkeston, Wychnor Park, Foston Hall, Six Lane End, Etwall Hall, Newchurch, etc., a total of 12 card leaves, 4to (approx. 140)

*Manuscript Calligraphy. De Grandis (Tomasso). Saggio di Calligrafia Eseguito da Tomaso de Grandis di Chieti e Dedicato a sua Sacra Maesta 'Francesco il re Del Regno delle due Sicilie ed Alla Maesta' dell'Augusta Regina Maria Sofia Amalia Duchessa di Calabria, no place or date but probably Chieti or Naples, 1859/1860, written and drawn in black ink on thick drawing paper and displaying upwards of 50 calligraphic, pictorial, phantasmagoric, floral, historiated and other ornamental Roman and exotic alphabets, chiefly of majuscules, with four finely drawn allegorical corner-pieces, numerous vignettes of landscapes and figures, floral decorations, pictorial command-of-hand figures, and large portraits of King Francesco II and Queen Maria Sophia of Naples, and Pope Pius IX, with elaborate floral cartouches, a little damage to centre fold with skilful restoration affecting half of the letters "m" and "n" respectively at the foot and a few words of the dedicatory sonnet, both skilfully restored and inked in to match, a few small restorations to the same fold barely affecting written surface, closed tear to right margin, a little spotting, mostly to outer margins, 810 x 1375 mm No published works by De Grandis are recorded and this was possibly intended as a presentation piece to the King and Queen in search of an official post as calligrapher. (1)

Music Manuscripts. A manuscript book compiled by Thomas Pike, 1789, 276pp. of musical notation and lyrics for twenty-eight hymns and anthems, written in a neat hand, with contents leaves at both front and rear, titles include: 'Anthem taken out of the 106th Psalm by Mr. Henry Purcell'; 'A Christmas Ode'; and 'The 4th hym taken from the 96th Psalm by Jackson', offsetting throughout, a few spots mainly to first and last leaves, contemporary reversed calf, rubbed, spine with some loss and fraying at both ends, front cover with central red morocco label, gilt-decorated and lettered, 4to, together with a similar book, comprising 96 pages of musical notation and lyrics for various pieces, including: 'The Sylph'; The New Highland Laddie'; 'The Hungarian Waltz'; 'Weber's Celebrated March'; and 'Rule Britannia', offsetting throughout, front pastedown with ink inscription 'Mary Pyke February 10th 1821', contemporary calf, front joint cracked, spine deficient, 4to (2)

Scrap albums. A group of 5 various notebooks and albums relating to the Botfield family of Decker Hill, Shifnal, Shropshire, including a manuscript journal of a summer's holiday undertaken by Rev. William Bishton Garnett Botfield and others to Germany, Switzerland and Savoy in 1880, 92 pp. written neatly to album leaf rectos from the original logbooks, contemporary half roan, small 4to, together with one of the original logbooks for the holiday written in pencil, 76 leaves, oblong 12mo, plus a scrap album with photographs, autographs and drawings relating to Aston Hall Auxiliary Hospital, Shropshire, compiled at the end of the First World War, a total of approximately 50 leaves, contemporary padded morocco, spine deficient, plus a botanical notebook compiled by Miss M.E. Howard in 1839, containing pen and ink and watercolour diagrams of plant parts, and an inventory of property at Decker Hill, belonging to the late William Botfield, 1851 (5)

*Taunt (Henry William, 1842-1922). The Defeat of the Spanish Armada (July 1588), Retold by Henry W. Taunt (of Oxford) as a Reading for the set of Fourteen Slides (published by them) from the Tapestry in the old Houses of Parliament, Oxford, circa 1900, manuscript title in the hand of Henry Taunt and 7 typed pages on 7 leaves, title and final blank spotted and toned, stitched as issued, together with the accompanying photographs (nos. 2-12; lacks 1 & 13?), each 15.5 x 21 cm, Taunt stamps to versos, corner-mounted on individual paper mounts with pencil captions at foot and 'Taunt's Photographs' at head, mounts chipped and soiled with loss Apparently unpublished. (12)

Wolsey (Thomas, circa 1473-1530). An Inventorie of Cardinall Woolseis [sic] rich Household stuffe Temp. H.8. The originall booke as it seemes kept by his owne Officers (1529), manuscript copy, circa 1830s, title and 130 leaves, written on both sides in a neat clerical hand, paper watermarked 1833, 20th-century manuscript notes on tipped in pieces of paper, occasional pencil marginalia, top edge gilt, 19th-century morocco gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, folio (385 x 240 mm) This would appear to be a manuscript copy of Harley MSS. 599. (1)

*Royal Progress. A Bill of Homage ffees due to the King's Servants from all Citys and Towns Corporate through which his Majesty shall pass, 17th century, listing 21 flunkeys and their fees from the gentleman ushers of the privy chamber (), the King's harbingers (£9.6s.8d.), the sergeants and officers of the trumpett (£3.16s.8d.), the surveyor of the ways (£1.10s.), etc., to the porters at the gate (£1) and the yeoman harbingers (£1), a total of £37.6s.8d., some browning and a little fraying at foremargin, 1 page with integral leaf, folio, together with a later collection of 13 documents relating to 'The King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard', including 'A List of the Several Officers and 100 Yeomen', 5 July 1757, order 'For a better regulation of the Yeomen of the Guard on Duty at Leicester House', 6 February 1762, an order in Council confirming privileges, 1 February 1728, and other orders, warrants, appointments, etc., contemporary manuscript copies including a few originals, some with tears but mostly on folds, folio (14)

*Stanhope (Philip, 2nd Earl of Chesterfield, 1633-1714). Manuscript licence issued in the name Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, as Chief Justice of the Royal Forests south of Trent, 6 March 1682, addressed to all the officers of Windsor Forest, licensing Richard Palmer of Wokingham, Berks, to fell timber in a coppice called the Little Frith (est. 14 acres, and owned by Palmer) in Bigshott Walke [south of Wokingham] in the Forest of Windsor, for a period of nine years, signed 'Chesterfeild' and papered seal upper left, subscribed with note that this was enrolled at Swainmote Court of Windsor Forest, 15 September 1682, by Thomas Staples, 29 x 37 cm The grant was consequent on a certificate by Sir Thomas Draper, verderer; John Booth and Moses Maynard, recorders; and Robert Hannington, underkeeper, that Richard Palmer was owner of the coppice. Also the Keeper of the Walk had viewed the coppice and there was sufficient covert for the royal deer, &c. The grant was on condition that the grantees take 'great care for the fencing thereof according to the Assizes of the Forrest... that they leave sufficient Standalls according to the Statute in that case provided and that ye wood soe to be cutt downe and felled be avoyded and carryed away before the beginning of the Fence-Month and that his Majesties Vert or Venison receive no prejudice thereby'. (1)

Genealogical Papers. A miscellaneous collection of 50 manuscript items relating to genealogy, heraldry, etc., mostly late 18th and early 19th century, including collateral representations of the Plantagenets and Tudors, genealogy of the Ayscoughs of Skeusby, genealogy of Atkyns of Gloucestershire, genealogy of the family of Barne, pedigree of the family of Caldwell, of the family of Chadwick, note respecting the descent of the family of Collingwood, pedigree of the family of Cordell, and its alliance to that of Firebrace, descent of the family of Edge, note relating to the pedigree of Galway, letters respecting the pedigree of Sir Ar. Jones, note respecting the descendants of Bishop Muse, genealogy of the family of Peshall, family of Radcliff, family of Vaughan, various notes and papers respecting arms, pedigrees, etc., addressed to Ralph Bigland, Herald, various sizes, all neatly mounted on guards, a few repairs, 19th-century half calf, rubbed and soiled, folio Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Grosvenor Family. A heraldic and genealogical manuscript of the Grosvenor family compiled by Richard Bertram Grosvenor, circa 1910, a total of 371 numbered pages including some blanks, the majority with genealogies and a total of approximately 350 hand-painted coats of arms in watercolour, Apologia initialled RBG at front and Grosvenor's ownership inscription with his Chelsea address in pencil to front free endpaper, a few rough notes including early draft index loosely inserted, scattered dust-soiling, all written neatly and clearly in a ruled ledger, contemporary half calf, backstrip deficient, old black linen cover, slightly soiled, folio A very detailed genealogical and heraldic manuscript. The occasional blank pages and missing or uncompleted coats of arms and index suggest that this was an unfinished work when Captain Richard Bertram Grosvenor of the 11th Battalion died of illness contracted on active service in 1921 aged 40. He had trained as an engineer and before the war worked on the designing of engines and metal testing, but also had considerable skill as a watercolour artist. In 1916 he served with the 4th Army in the Battles of the Somme, until his health broke down as a result of shell shock near Ovillers in October, when 36 of his men were killed by one shell. In spite of several attempts to carry on and serve during the war he never regained his health and spent much of his few remaining years in war hospitals and nursing homes. (1)

Heraldic Manuscript. A Roll of Arms, copied by Thomas Digby, 1640, brown ink on laid paper, the shields arranged in two rows of five on each page, the majority with family name neatly written in cell above each shield, a total of 13 leaves, the first page with the ownership name of the copyist 'Tho: Digby, 1640' in upper margin, the penultimate and last identified coat of arms being that of three "Luces" (Pike) for Thomas Lucy's family of Charlecote Park near Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, the second leaf neatly rehinged, the ninth leaf with conjugate stub between folios 6 & 7, a little dust-soiling throughout, uncut edges, modern quarter morocco and marbled boards with vellum tips [by Douglas Cockerell & Son, 1979], title label lettered in gilt 'Lucy Roll: Copy of Thos Digby 1640', oblong 8vo (155 x 210 mm) Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Heraldic Manuscript. The Visitation of Westmorland, 1575, and Visitation of Cumberland, 1615, manuscript, circa 1635, containing about 80 pen and ink coats of arms on 23 folios, some soiling and old stains to inner margins of early leaves affecting text and images but without loss of legibility, followed by 8 leaves containing approximately 200 coats of arms of Kentish families and compiled at a similar date, some spotting and soiling, a few scattered pencil marks, Thomas Phillipps ownership numbers at foot of first leaf with later ownership motif 'E17' at centre, book ticket of Bretherton and large armorial bookplate of W. Harry Rylands to front pastedown, 19th-century half calf and cloth, rubbed and a little chipped at head of spine, folio (330 x 208 mm) Provenance: Phillipps MS. 26645; Sotheby's, 23 June 1952, lot 116 (bought by Walford for E. [Edward Elmhirst]); Major Anthony R. Tavener (purchased from Stanley Crow, 1975). (1)

Heraldic Notebook. A manuscript heraldic notebook compiled by Sir Richard St George, circa 1625, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper, a total of 153 numbered folios including some blanks, but mostly written to rectos and versos and including occasional sketches of coats of arms, folio 12 headed 'Liber Ricardi St Georgii' with coat of arms beneath, further coat of arms to folio 13v and long prayer of Richard St George written to folios 14 and 15, 3 unnumbered leaves of index in a neat and near-contemporary hand at rear, some dust-soiling and a few minor paper repairs, ownership signature and armorial bookplate of Charles George Young to front pastedown, contemporary vellum gilt with the St George arms to both covers and Young's monogram to upper cover and at foot of spine, indistinct old ink library shelf number 'A 58' at head of spine, rubbed and slightly soiled, small 8vo (145 x 102 mm) An interesting notebook of a practising herald, containing information relating to the pedigrees, arms and raising to the nobility of notable families; also notes of arms in some churches, orders of procedure, etc. Sir Richard St George (circa 1550-1635) was a long-serving officer of arms at the College of Arms in London which he joined in 1602. He became Berwick Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary and then Windsor Herald of Arms in Ordinary. He secured an appointment as Norroy in 1604 and was knighted in 1616. He attained the position of Clarenceux King of Arms in 1623, carried out numerous visitations and was a noted scholar and antiquarian. Provenance: Bernard Quaritch (£50, 24 July 1972); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

*Heraldry, etc. A group of approximately 40 letters and mostly manuscript documents, mostly 18th and 19th century, including autograph letters signed from George J. Spencer, 1828; Frances, Duchess of Marlborough (x2); Burrs Howard, Duke of Norfolk; Edward Harding, 1817; J.B. Burke (1814-1892, editor of Burke's Peerage), Dublin, 14 January 1880, to Captain White regarding the difficulty of finding a complete set of 'the Visitation of Seats and Arms'; John Charles Brooke, Somerset herald, 1791; Duke of Devonshire (x3) and Edward Cavendish (x4); Sir Henry Hardinge (third person) and Lord Fitzalan, plus a fragment signed by Robert Walpole, letters signed from Edward Duke of Kent to Lord Sydney concerning keys to gates and bars at Hyde, St James's and Green Park, part of a treasury document signed by the Duke of Somerset, 1709, a manuscript concerning seals, 1696, document signed by Southampton, Thomas Wriothesley, a letter from Routledge, Greenwood & Keane concerning the price of chimney shafts requested by R.S. Streatfield, 1840, 4 vellum deeds including 3 signed by the Earl of Shrewsbury, etc., various sizes Provenance: Major Anthony R. Tavener. (40)

Heraldry manuscript. Coates and Creasts of severall of the Nobillitie, circa 1578, 31 pages manuscript, neatly written in brown ink on laid paper and displaying coats of arms, crests and one hatchment, in trick or in painted emblazonry, the coat armour on shields or lozenges, lists of coats martialled and two chronologies of English monarchs down to 20 Elizabeth [1578], 4 pages with uncharged lozenges, plus 3 blanks, some soiling and marks throughout, a few leaves rehinged or repaired, old tape repairs to 2 leaves, contemporary manuscript title cut and pasted on flyleaf (with number '58' in the hand of Sir Henry St George, the Younger, Garter), partly uncut, Middle Hill boards with printed Phillipps 13108 at foot of spine, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo (205 x 145 mm), modern slipcase with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover Provenance: From a collection of St George manuscripts sold by Sotheby's in their sale of Biblioteca Phillippica, New Series, Seventh Part, 15 June 1971, lot 1606 (Quaritch); Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)

Heraldry Manuscript. Collection of Names and Description of the Arms of Different Families of various English Counties, in the Autograph of Samuel Todde, late 16th century, 100 numbered leaves with 9 unnumbered leaves alphabetical index at front, bookplates of the Shirley Library at Ettington Park and later bookplate of Edward Elmhirst to front pastedown, manuscript note about the work and its provenance by Elmhirst pasted to rear pastedown and his monogrammed elm leaf library number E2 to margin of first page, contemporary limp vellum, some soiling and wear, folio, purpose-made quarter morocco gilt slipcase by Zaehnsdorf Provenance: Reverend Dr Wellesley; Shirley Library at Ettington Park; Edward Elmhirst; Major Anthony R. Tavener. (1)