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GEORGE III COMMISSION: military commission dated 1798, inscribed by George III upper left, manuscript details somewhat faded and illegible, framed and glazed. (1)

DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA: a quantity of misc. deeds, documents, receipts and miscellaneous manuscript material, 17th-19th century, to include several manuscript documents on vellum. (Quantity)

FREEDOM OF THE CITY, DUBLIN: a manuscript document awarding one Joseph Walker Esq, Major of Royal Irish Artillery, the Freedom of the City of Dublin and dated 20th January 1797, presented by Mayor Samuel Reed and others, calligraphic manuscript on paper, approx 103 x 40.5cm to perimeter, some marking and wear from old folds. (1)

MANUSCRIPT MATERIAL: a box of 19th & 20th century manuscript/autographic material, to including letters, photographs, programmes, cut signatures etc. (Small carton) Condition Report: Various letters from/to of any great note.

ALBUMS & MISCELLANEOUS: a carton of misc. albums, photographs, postcards, books and other printed/manuscript material, 19th-20th century, to include an interesting album of accomplished watercolours by a British serviceman entled 'Impressions of Egypt & Palestine', dated March 1941, another slightly later album of Italian views, a 19th century pattern book, etc. (A carton).

MISCELLANEOUS EPHEMERA: a carton of miscellaneous printed and manuscript ephemera, largely 19th-early 20thc material, to include some maps, periodicals, printed forms, etc, condition variable. (A carton)

FRENCH PASSPORT: French printed passport allowing General Joseph Walker from London to France, dated July 1817, various stamps and manuscript editions, framed and glazed to both sides, approx 43 x 28cm. (1)

EPHEMERA: a large carton of assorted ephemera, manuscript material, programmes, photographs and miscellanea, largely cross-period 20th century material. (A box)

R[oss] (A[lexander]) Arcana Microcosmi: or, The hid Secrets of Man's Body discovered...with A Refutation of Doctor Brown's Vulgar Errors, the Lord Bacon's Natural History, and Doctor Harvy's Book De Generatione..., second edition, title in red and black with author's name supplied in contemporary manuscript, contemporary note at end, occasional spotting or browning, staining to upper margin of a few preliminary leaves, cropped with occasional loss to head-lines, L5 with paper flaw at outer edge causing slight loss to a few lines, Easton Neston Library copy with engraved bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Bart. and library shelf-label, eighteenth century tree calf, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed and slightly marked, upper joint split, [Gibson 561; Wing R1947], 8vo, Tho. Newcomb...John Clark, 1652. ⁂ Originally published in 1651 this enlarged second edition includes for the first time an Appendix containing attacks on Browne, Bacon and Harvey, the first published criticism of Harvey's work.

Beat Generation.- Burroughs (William S.) Junky, introduction by Alan Ginsberg, first complete and unexpurgated edition, signed by Burroughs and Ginsberg on title, original wrappers, 1977; The Soft Machine, original printed wrappers, sticker with manuscript price 18- to lower cover, dust-jacket, 'New Francs 15' on front flat crossed out by hand, spine slightly browned, a little rubbed, Paris, Olympia Press, 1961 § Ginsberg (Alan) Howl, second edition, light scattered spotting, original stiff wrappers, light spotting and marking, San Francisco, 1956; Kaddish, first edition, signed by the author on title and on bookplate to pastedown, original wrappers, a little spotted, San Francisco, 1961; Empty Mirror, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, original wrappers, a little spotted, some markings, 1961; Collected Poems 1947-1980, first edition, signed by the author on title, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1984 § Wolfe (Tom) Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine, first edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper, illustrations by the author, original cloth, dust-jacket, a fine copy, New York, 1976 § Barth (John) The Sot-Weed Factor, revised edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to title, T.L.s. and A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, original cloth, dust-jacket, spine a little faded else fine, New York, 1967, 8vo (8) ⁂ An interesting collection of works by Beat writers and surrounding figures, many unusual find to signed. The signed copies of Ginsberg's own works all carry his trademark "A.H." initials (with a particularly large example in the Collected Poems), a reference to Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD. The first and last item are inscribed to Linda Stevens a highly-respected New York book-editor.

Beckford (William).- Britton (John) Graphical and Literary Illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, half-title, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title, title vignette and 9 plates (2 hand-coloured), list of subscribers, 4pp. advertisements, manuscript invoice for work performed at the Abbey loosely inserted, some spotting or foxing, original boards, original printed labels, rebacked in grey cloth, some browning and damp-staining, corners bumped, rubbed, 4to, 1823. ⁂ The invoice is made out to William Beckford and relates to work performed by H.S.Westmacott (likely Henry Westmacott, 1784-1861, sculptor and brother of Sir Richard Westmacott), listing services such as "Modelling interlacing flowers for groin over door way, Great Octagon, £3,3/" and "Carving dormer in Great Octagon, £42", the total for the invoice comes to £208, 5 shillings.

Campbell (Colen), John Woolfe and James Gandon. Vitruvius Britannicus, or The British Architect..., 5 vol., first editions, engraved calligraphic titles in all but vol.3 (that in red and black), vol.1 with title from vol.2 with volume numbers altered in manuscript and dated 1717, vol.2 with second state title dated 1717, all titles and text of vol.4 & 5 in English and French, engraved dedications in all but vol.2 & 3, list of subscribers in each vol., 491 engraved plates on 386 sheets (without the double-page plate of Umberslade at end of vol.3 but not called for), including 93 double-page and 4 quadruple plates (plates of Wilton in vol.3 as two double-page rather than one quadruple plate), 2 or 3 plates in vol. 5 probably supplied, plate 84-85 of vol.1 torn at fold with slight loss (repaired), plates 14-15 of vol.2 torn and repaired affecting one letter of caption, a few other minor tears and repairs to folds, 12 platemarks or borders trimmed, 9 plates cropped with minor loss to image or plate numbers, occasional soiling or staining, modern antique-style half calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, light rubbing to joints and corners, preserved in modern cloth drop-back boxes, folio, [Berlin Kat. 2329; Fowler 76; Harris 98,100 & 945; Millard, British 10 & 94], 1717-71. ⁂ Cambell's monumental work promoting the virtues of neo-Palladianism and featuring many of the great houses of England. Provenance: The William A. McCarty-Cooper Collection, Christies New York, 25th January, 1992, lot 11.

Synesius (Bishop of Ptolemais) De regno ad Arcadium imperatorum..., collation: *2, A-K6, L8, a-h6, i4, text in Greek, engraved device on title and initials, title split in lower inner margin, some slight staining in margins, slightly browned, manuscript Latin motto "Nudo si, ma contento" at head of title, upper and lower pastedowns creased, contemporary vellum, creased and soiled, folio, 288 x 200mm., Paris, Adrian Turnebus, 1553. ⁂ The first part of this work is a speech by Synesius to the Emperor Arcadius offering advice. Arcadius (377-408), was Eastern Roman Emperor from 383 to 408. Provenance: Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (ink name on rear pastedown) Literature: Adams S 2206.

Eastern Church.- Sacrae liturgiae seu missae sanctorum Ioannis Chrysostomi, Basilii Magni, et quae prae sanctificatorum donorum dicitur, printed throughout in red and black, title in Latin with engraved arms, 2 engraved portraits, the latter full-page, Greek text in double column, errata leaf at end, small ink stamp and slight worming to outer margin of title, some foxing, front free endpaper defective, contemporary limp vellum, spine titled in manuscript, rubbed, lacking ties, a couple of nicks to spine, 4to, Rome, A. Zanetti, 1601. ⁂ Rare work of Greek liturgy for the use of Italian-Greek Basilians living in Italy. St. Basil (c.300-379) or Basil the Great was bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia and founded many monastic institutions. His improvements to the Greek liturgy are still in use today and he was greatly influential in the development of Eastern monasticism. WorldCat lists 2 copies only (York and Rome), COPAC also lists a copy in Durham.

Music.- Phokaeus (Theodore) Biblos kaloumene Euterpe, text in Greek with Byzantine musical notation, some pencil annotations and ink manuscript note on rear endpaper, some staining, title repaired at upper outer corner, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends and corners repaired, small 4to, [?Constantinople], 1830. ⁂ Work on Byzantine music by the composer Theodore Phokaeus, with contributions from Chartophylax Churmuzios or "Churmuzios the Archivist".

Gilbertine Nuns of Sempringham.- William II "Le Breton" d'Aubigny (de Albini Brito, Lord of Belvoir, c. 1130-86) Charter, grant by William (II) d'Aubigny [Lord of Belvoir] to the nuns of the Gilbertine house of Sempringham, Lincolnshire, in perpetual alms with the assent of his father and brothers and his wife and heirs of all the land which Payn the butler (pincerna) had held of him in Kirkby Underwood, Lincolnshire, [close to Sempringham] and confirmation of the gift of the thicket (brusera) of 'Frethegestahae' already made by William de Raimes, witnesses: German Abbot of Selby, Herbert de Climi (monk), Gilbert of Sempringham, Hugh the prior [of Sempringham] and the canons and nuns [of Sempringham] John the chaplain and Iwen, William de Raimes and his brother Walter, Alvred son of Alexander, Gilbert the clerk, Roger de Sautemarys, Ralph de Rustan, Robert of Pointon, Roger of Sempringham, Dolfin and Gilbert of Sempringham, Richard de Mose, Tobias the clerk, Laurence, Richard, Joscelin, Ingram and William the clerk, manuscript in Latin, in a fine romanesque bookhand, on vellum, 13 lines, docket on dorse, original wax oval seal depicting the Virgin and Child, with motto, some slight restoration on verso, seal moved to left, slit for original tag in centre, slightly browned, in exceptionally fine condition, preserved in a modern cloth box, 170 x 189mm., between 1153 and 1160. ⁂ Witnessed by St. Gilbert of Sempringham. Gilbert of Sempringham (monastic reformer, 1083-1189), founder of the Gilbertine order. The double Priory of Sempringham, Lincolnshire, was the foundation house of the only English monastic order, with a special emphasis on the religious life of women. Gilbert lived to extreme old age and would have witnessed such an important document. The document can be dated by the inclusion of German, Abbot of Selby which places the grant between 1153 and 1160. That date is confirmed by BL Add. Ch. 20731 and 21137 which are unusually specifically dated to 1150 and are in chirograph form and record the original grant by William de Reimes of the thicket (brucia) of 'Fredegestehae' to Sempringham as made with the consent of his lord, William (I) d'Aubigny.

Royal Justiciar to Henry III.- Basset (Philip, justiciar and royalist nobleman, brother of Fulk Basset, bishop of London, d. 1271) Charter, agreement between Sir Philip Basset, Knt., and Lady Ela his wife (granddaughter of William Longespée, third earl of Salisbury, magnate, natural son of Henry II, b. in or before 1167, d. 1226), Countess of Warwick by a former marriage, on the one part and Sir Henry Longchamp, Knt., on the other part, whereby the said Henry gives to the said Sir Philip and Ela all his manor of Warnborough [South Warnborough, Hampshire] to be held of the said Henry and his heirs for the lives of the said Henry and Ela, witnesses: Walter de Irton, Robert Walerand, (administrator at the court of Henry III, d. 1273), Thomas le Blund, Geoffrey de Wengeham, Geoffrey de Wengeham, Richard Pig, Philip le Vezze and Ralph de Ho, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 24 lines, in a cursive bookhand, in brown ink, chirograph indented at head, 2 green wax seals depicting shields including that of Philip Basset, Basset's seal damaged with some loss to edge (shield intact), medieval docket on dorse: "Suth Warnborn", folds, slightly browned, 205 x 229mm., 1268/9. ⁂ Basset came from a family with a long tradition of royal service. Despite this, Basset and his brothers joined the rebellion of 1233-4 against the Poitevans at the court of Henry III. However, after the rebellion died in 1234 Basset was pardoned and went on to serve king and court for the rest of his career. In 1240 he accompanied Richard Duke of Cornwall on crusade, afterwards a close associate. Basset attended court regularly and was witness to many charters, serving on the Council of Fifteen and being made justiciar, chief minister under the king. Basset fought at the Battle of Lewes, suffered several wounds and was imprisoned at Dover. He died in 1271 and was buried at Stanley in Wiltshire. Henry de Longchamp, Lord Wilton (1210-64), son of Hugh de Longchamp, III and Georgia de Longchamp; married Joan de Longchamp; father of Maud de Grey.

Rebellious medieval canons of Maiden Bradley Priory, Wiltshire.- Bérenger Fredoli (French canon lawyer and Cardinal-Bishop of Tusculum (Frascati, near Rome), Pope's penitentiary, c. 1250-1323) Letter of Bérenger, Bishop of Tusculum to [William], Prior of the Augustinian Priory of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire, concerning the rebellious canons there, sent on behalf of Pope John XXII, manuscript document in Latin, on vellum, large calligraphic initial "B" and three other penwork initials, 18 lines, in a fine secretarial hand, small hole along fold slightly affecting text, endorsements at head and verso, docket on verso, folds, browned, a little creased, 166 x 320mm., Avignon, 11th July 1321. ⁂ A letter on behalf of Pope John XXII noting the transgressions of the canons by breaking the statutes of the Augustinian Order and were excommunicated. Now they have been purged of their misconduct and on behalf of the Pope he has authority to grant absolution to those who acted unknowingly, and the same following two years suspension from the Order to those who offensively conspired. Maiden Bradley was founded as a leper hospital in 1164. It appears to have been placed under Augustinian canons between 1189-1200, and although it cared for lepers after 1325, it had the status of a priory. It was dissolved in 1536.

James I & VI (King of England, Scotland and Ireland, 1566-1625) Letters patent with fine initial letter portrait in grey wash, grant to Arthur Hopton of the manor and priory of Blythburgh, Suffolk, and Holton, Wenhaston, Thorington, with all its messuages, land and tenements and relating to John Harington of Kelston in Somerset, D., decorated first line with the lion and unicorn of Scotland, a crowned Tudor rose etc., 2 membranes, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, some surface with slight loss of text, folds, creased and browned, some slight staining in lower margin not affecting text, small remains of Great Seal, first membrane 540 x 900mm., second membrane 235 x 900mm., Westminster, 17 February 1620. ⁂ Sir Arthur Hopton (1588-1650), diplomat; Ambassador to Spain. John Harington (1588/9-1654), lawyer and diarist; of Kelston, Somerset.

Monmouth (James, duke of, and first duke of Buccleuch, politician, 1649-85).- Dering (Sir Edward, second baronet, politician, 1625-84), Hyde (Laurence, first earl of Rochester, politician, bap. 1642, d. 1711), Godolphin (Sidney, first earl of Godolphin, politician, 1645-1712) and others. Document authorising the payment of £4,641 5s to James, Duke of Monmouth "buyg all sorts of sadles, Horse clothes and other furniture proper for the Traine Equipage of the King and Queen...", D.s., manuscript, 2pp., tears with small slightly affecting a few words of text, folds, browned, 22nd July 1680; and a quantity of other pieces from the 17th & 18th centuries, including 2 other documents signed by Edward Dering and Laurence Hyde (Rochester); a contemporary copy of a letter from Elizabeth I's Privy Council (i.e. Thomas Egerton & William Cecil); a document relating to Sir Littleton Powys (1647-1732), judge; 4 pieces of correspondence to Sir Isaac Heard including a letter to Isaac Heard with a pedigree of Mitchell of Branscombe, 1793, folds, browned, some tears, v.s., v.d. (c. 40 pieces).

Jacobite escape.- Trevor (Thomas, first Baron Trevor, jurist, bap. 1658, d. 1730) Pardon of Peirce Rowe for aiding the escape of Sir James Montgomery, manuscript, 1p., edges a little chipped with slight loss not affecting text, folds, browned, folio, 13th January 1698. ⁂ "Whereas att the Sessions of the Peace held for the County of Middx in the Old Bayly... Pierce Rowe was Indicted for Assisting Sr James Montgomery... in making his escape, out of the custody of William Sutton, for High Treason and thereupon convicted and fined five hundred marks, and to give Security for his good behaviour for one year... the humble Peticind of the said: Peirce Rowe... that by reason of his great poverty he is not able to pay... having been two years a prisoner in Newgate & turned over to the Common Side where he lay in a miserable condicion... may be discharged from the said ffine and Imprisonmt... ."

House of Lords.- Remembrances for Order and decency to be kept in the Upper house of Parliament by the Lords, when His Majesty is not there, manuscript in an attractive Italic hand, 73pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, slightly browned, original red gilt panelled morocco with the coat of arms of Queen Anne on both covers, upper cover slightly faded, g.e., 8vo, 7th May 1712.

Capitana Pontificia (flagship of the Papal Navy which fought at the Battle of Lepanto, 1571).- Trattato concernente le manova, e servizio e approvisionamento d'una Galera, manuscript in Italian, on paper, in Italic script, title and 23pp., large folding watercolour of the Capitana Pontificia, 2 short tears in fold of drawing, watermark indistinct with initials FM, 18th century paper patterned boards, rebacked with the original spine laid down, sm. folio, Rome, 1st January 1787. ⁂ Unpublished. A technical manuscript describing a vessel used by the Catholic Holy League to combat the Turkish control of the eastern Mediterranean, specifically with the war galley "Capitana Pontificia", the flagship of the Pontifical Navy, which had fought in the battle of Lepanto. Divided into 14 chapters, this short treatise gives detailed information about the construction of the ship, its dimensions, materials used, weapons etc.

Persian manuscript.- Firdausi (Abu'l-Qasim) Shahnama [The Book of Kings], Persian manuscript of poetry, 264ff., 36 lines to the page written in four columns of nasta'liq script in black ink, intercolumnar gilt decoration, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords in wide outer margins, 20 illuminated headpieces in colours and gold (of 21, one cut out), titles written in nasta'liq in red on gold rectangular panels, damp-staining, mostly to margins, some edges frayed, a few tape repairs, 19th century vellum boards, ruled in gilt, upper cover titled in gilt, covers detached, folio, 478 x 277mm., North India, probably Kashmir, [late 18th/early 19th century]. ⁂ The miniatures are: 1. The court of Gayumars, the first Shah of Persia, in the mountains. 2. Bahram Chubin killed by Kulun. 3. Khusrau Parvis arriving at Shirin's castle. 4. Zuhhak watching Jamshid sawn in two. 5. Iraj being murdered by his brothers Tur and Salm. 6. Sam discovering his infant son Zal on Mount Alburz with the simurgh, 7. Zal summoning the simurgh to help Rustam by burning a feather on a brazier. 8. Zal watches the shooting of the monster with arrows. 9. Rustam sleeping while his horse Rakhsh fights the lion (first stage). 10. Rustam and his horse Rakhsh fighting the dragon (third stage). 11. Rustam killing the White Div to obtain blood from his liver to restore the sight of Kai Ka'us. 12. Suhrab in his tent being told of the murder of Zhandeh Razm by Rustam. 13. Rustam killing Suhrab not realizing that Suhrab is his son. 14. Kai Khusrau crossing the Oxus river (the Jaihun) with Farangis and Giv on horses. 15. Rustam shooting Ashkabus having first killed his horse. 16. Rustam pulling the Khaqan of Chin's white elephant in battle. 17. Bahram Gur enthroned with two Arab chieftains who brought him up, Nu'man and Munzir. 18. The battle between the armies of Anushirvan and the Kaisar of Rum. 19. Anushirvan watches Mazdak being stoned and shot through with arrows. 20. The enthronement of Hurmuzd, son of Anushirvan, surrounded by courtiers.

Nazianzenus (Gregoius) [Carmina], collation: A/AA10.8 BB/B8.8 C/CC10.8 DD/D8.8 E/EE10.8 FF/F8.8 G/GG10.8 HH/H8.8 I/II10.8 KK/K8.8 L/LL10.8 MM/M8.8 N/NN10.8 OO/O4.4 χ2 2χ2, 234ff., colophon on O4 verso, printer's device on OO4 verso, complete with the four additional leaves containing the errata and the index (the latter bound at beginning, as often), Greek and Latin text facing each other (Aldus printed the Greek and Latin texts on separate sheets, which could either be bound in separate sequences or interleaved, as in the present copy), manuscript pagination in brown ink, long manuscript note in Greek on verso of second flyleaf, another note in Latin (on Gregorius Nazianzienus, taken from St. Jerome's De viris illustribus) on verso of second leaf of index, both notes in red and brown ink, the same hand which has numbered the leaves has also provided every chapter of the index with the corresponding leaf number, some additional marginal annotations in Greek and underlining by a contemporary hand, light damp-stain and marginal foxing on a few leaves, otherwise a very good copy with wide margins, contemporary vellum, inked title on spine, 4to, 210 x 158mm., Venice, Aldus Manutius, 1504. ⁂ Editio princeps of Gregory of Nazianzus' poetical works. This publication is the third of the series Poetae Christiani veteres, issued by Aldus in Venice between 1501 and 1504. The series had a pedagogical purpose and was conceived as a complement to the series of classical texts Manutius was printing in the same years. Aldus' heirs also published the first edition of Gregory's orations in 1516 (cf. A. Knowles Frazier, Possible Lives: Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy, New York, 2005, pp. 114-115).
The complicated structure of the volume, in which the sheets with the Latin text interleave with those containing the Greek, is not very common in Aldus' publications. The main problem with this structure is that the length of the Latin text does not always coincide with the Greek, so that to keep the texts facing each other on opposite pages the composer had to leave blank spaces, which sometimes are filled with different texts. Aldus devised this complicated system with a view to making Greek easier to learn. The book is mainly aimed at young students, whose knowledge of Greek was not good enough and who required the Latin text as a learning support (L. Bigliazzi, Aldo Manuzio tipografo 1494-1515, Florence, 1994, pp. 131-132). Literature: Renouard, 46.4; The Aldine Press, 2001, no. 84; Edit 16, CNCE21739; Adams, G-1142; Fock, Bibliotheca Aldina, p. 18; Hoffmann, II, pp. 175-177; Bigliazzi, op. cit., no. 86; Di- onisotti-Orlandini, Aldo Manuzio editore, no. LIII; Ahmanson-Murphy, no. 67.

Herefordshire.- [Duncumb (John, topographer, 1765-1839)] Collections towards the History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Webtree in the County of Hereford [from Collections towards the history and antiquities of the county of Hereford ...], autograph manuscript, title and c. 290pp., completed in another hand, numerous manuscript notes and newspaper cuttings inserted, slightly browned, title creased, lacks binding, 4to, [c. 1800 and later]. ⁂ Inscription on p. 2 by Duncumb, "... Articles in the folio M.S. are not enclosed in this J.D."

Scottish Underwriter, Lloyd's of London and the Slave Trade.- Account Book, manuscript, 148pp. excluding blanks, ruled in red, some ff. loose or working loose, slightly browned, 8pp. with newspaper cuttings laid down, some ff. slightly dampstained, a few blank ff. cut and torn, some juvenile pencil scribbling on blank ff., browned, hinges weak or breaking, original reverse calf, edges and corners worn, upper cover slight ink stain,lacks spine, folio, London, 1st January 1804 - London January 1808. ⁂ An account book covering four years in the first decade of the nineteenth century. The writer is a wealthy Lloyd's underwriter and a partner in a London merchant bank, with a network of expatriate Scottish financiers including dealings in the slave trade in Africa, the West Indies and the United States. The entries include paying a subscription to Lloyd's, together with Christmas boxes for the waiters there, domestic accounts, individuals and companies (including: Solomon Sebag (1783-1831), financier), underwriting etc. Several entries relating to slavery, including: George Alexander Wylie of South Carolina, who in April 1805 pays the author premiums for L'Affricane (Brew), from Liverpool to "Africa pr Mar]k[e]t" and Hugh Usher (1771-1811), owner with his brother, Thomas of the Cedar Valley plantation, Jamaica etc.

[Crests & Blazons], manuscript in Secretary hand, 91pp. including index, 378 pen and ink drawings of crests on 42pp., text nibbled at tail with some loss, drawings torn in corners and repaired with loss, a few marks, browned throughout, new endpapers, modern half calf, folio, [late 16th/early 17th centuries]. ⁂ Mentions William Harborne (c. 1542-1617), merchant and Ambassador to Turkey. Dated variously in text between 1560s and 1580s.

St. George (Sir Thomas, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1615-1703) & Sir John Dugdale, herald, Norroy King of Arms, 1628-1700. Grant and confirmation of arms to Thomas Gladwin of Tupton, near Chesterfield, D.s., manuscript on vellum, large hand-painted coat of arms and decoration at head, first line of text and arms in gold, 1 red wax sea only of 2l, 1 fold, slightly browned, framed and glazed, 350 x 520mm., 1686 ⁂ Gladwin is mentioned as High Sheriff of Derby, a Justice of the Peace and a benefactor of St. John's College, Cambridge.

Irish Peerage.- George III (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover, 1738-1820) Letters Patent grant to Francis Bernard creating him Viscount Bandon of Bandonbridge, County Cork, D., large watercolour portrait of George III, watercolour coats of arms at head and left margin, floral decorated borders, Great Seal appended, extensive wear and repair to seal, manuscript a little faint but legible, folds, margins slightly yellowed, housed in a modern box, 730 x 630mm., Dublin, 4th October 1795. ⁂ Francis Bernard, first Earl of Bandon (1755-1830), Irish peer and politician. Bandon was one of the thirty original Irish Representative Peers, and sat in the House of Lords from 1801 until his death in 1830.

Bigland (Ralph, herald and cheesemonger, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1712-84) & Edmund Lodge, herald, Norroy King of Arms, 1756-1839. Grant of arms to Henry Mitton of Snaith in Yorkshire, D.s., manuscript on vellum, large hand-painted coat of arms and 3 smaller hand-painted coats of arms at head, part of text and arms in gold, 2 seals in gilt metal skippets, housed in a red morocco case with initials "WR", in good condition, 630 x 510mm., 1836.

Young (Sir Charles George, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1795-1869) & Robert Laurie, herald, Clarenceux King of Arms, 1806-82. Grant of arms to Richard Thomas Farren, Ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms in left hand corner and other coats of arms at head, 2 wax seals in gilt metal skippets, slightly yellowed, housed in a contemporary morocco covered wooden box, gilt stamped VR, slightly rubbed, 645 x 515mm., 1860. ⁂ General Sir Richard Thomas Farren (1817-1909), British Army officer who became General Officer Commanding Eastern District.

Scottish Heraldry in Australia.- Paul (Sir James Balfour, herald and genealogist, Lord Lyon King of Arms, 1846-1931) Grant and confirmation of arms to Margaret Kerr widow of William Kerr, Melbourne, Australia, Ds. "W. Balfour Paul Lyon", manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms decorated in gold, silver and blue, wax seal in black metal skippet, housed in an original black metal tube, 380 x 500mm., Edinburgh, 19th August 1892.

Edward VII (King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the British dominions beyond the seas, and Emperor of India, 1841-1910) Letters Patent creating Edmund Robertson Baron Lochee of Gowrie in Perth, D., manuscript on vellum, first line of text in gold, watercolour coats of arms and decoration at head and sides in gold and other colours, Great Seal appended (broken in two and repaired), housed in the original morocco covered wooden box, rubbed and worn, 675 x 880mm., Westminster, 22nd May, 1908. ⁂ Edmund Robertson, first Baron Lochee (1845-1911), Scottish barrister, academic and Liberal politician.

Heraldry in New York.- Burke (Sir Henry Farnham, herald, Garter Principal King of Arms, 1859-1930) Confirmation of arms to Thomas Hughes Kelly of the City of New York, Ds., manuscript on vellum, large watercolour coat of arms decorated in gold, blue and other colours, wax seal in gilt skippet, slight soiling in margin, housed in a modern box, 430 x 370mm., London, College of Arms, 19th September 1924.

Cope (Emma Elizabeth, genealogist, wife of John Hauteville Cope, 1860-1949) [Compilations of blazons], 18 vol., pen and ink shields, many hand-coloured, alongside manuscript and typed notes, hundreds of pages of examples, bookplates "Presented by Mrs. E.E. Cope" to the University of Reading on front free endpapers, original cloth, rubbed and worn, sm. 4to, [early 20th century]. ⁂ These volumes comprise a typed and manuscript compilation of blazons under the system of, and augmenting, John Papworth's work with heraldic descriptions (beasts, chevrons etc) to whom the coat of arms belong.

AN EARLY ARABIC FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF AL-JAUHARI'S "KITAB TAJ AL-LUGHA WA SAHIH AL-ARABIYAH", LATE ABBASID, PROBABLY BAGHDAD, OR EARLY MAMLUK, SYRIA OR EGYPT, 13TH CENTURY WITH LATER ALTERATIONS Arabic manuscript on paper, 1 folio, 15 lines to the page written in an elegant and clear naskhi script in brown ink, text written on the lower part of one side skilfully erased and replaced by a coloured illustration depicting an encounter between two turbaned men in an arched doorway, added at a much later date, in mount Folio: 25.8 x 17.4 cm. Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016) Also known by the title al-Sahih fi'l lugha, the manuscript is a celebrated dictionary of the Arabic language with 40,000 entries. Abu Nasr Isma'il ibn Hammad al-Jauhari was born in the city of Farab in Kazakhstan, studied Arabic first in Baghdad and then in the Hejaz before eventually settling in Nishapur. He was killed around A.D. 1003 - 1010 while attempting to fly from the roof of a mosque using two wooden wings and a rope.

THREE MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONS, THAILAND, CIRCA 1900 gouache on paper, each of rectangular form, composed of a double folio spread, each depicting mythical scenes, framed 35.5 x 24cm Provenance: Henry Brownrigg, London (1943-2016)

A MUGHAL PORTRAIT OF A SCHOLAR, INDIA, 17TH CENTURY gouache with gold on paper, laid on card, the main image with arabesque cartouche above, the figure wearing turban, holding a manuscript, surrounded by a profusely scrolling floral and arabesque border 15.5 x 7.5cm (image); 29 x 16cm folio

A PRAYER BOOK COMMISSIONED BY THE MOTHER OF NUSRAT AL-DAWLA, PERSIA, AH 1277/AD 1860-1 copied by the scribe Yusif, son of the deceased Manuchehr Mirza Qajar, Arabic manuscript on paper, 16 leaves, 6 lines to the page, written in naskhi script in black ink, inter linear Persian translation written in nasta'liq script in red, inter linear double rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords, red morocco binding, doublures of marbled paper 17 x 10cm Nusrat al-Dawla is likely to be Firuz Mirza (d. 1885), the 16th son of 'Abbas Mirz Na'ib al-Saltana, for whom this prayer was most probably copied, 'for protection and health' as mentioned in the opening page, at the time when he was appointed to the command of the army in Iraq and in Malayer, where he already held the position of governor. The scribe Sultan Yusif was a son of Manuchehr Mirz, the 14th son of 'Abbas Mirz Na'ib al-Saltana. The only recorded work by him is another prayer book dated rajab 1276 (January-February 1860).

A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF LOOSE MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS INDIA, 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER comprising two leaves from a Pahari copy of the Ramayana, two leaves from a western Indian Jain sutra and five others 23.9 x 31.5mm (9)

A George III silver desk seal, a circular box in two parts engraved to the top with a derivation of the Royal Arms of King George III the lid detaches completely, maker`s marks to underside, including that of possibly John Mewburn, London, 1807. 16.5cm diameter, with melted wax interior attaching ropes and vellum manuscript contained within a leather box

SCATOLA CONTENENTE 170 CALCHI IN SCAGLIOLA, GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI - CASTS IN PLASTER, GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI Roma, 1830 circa Dall’antico, raffiguranti imperatori e personaggi dell’antica Roma. Corredata da etichetta cartacea ‘Giovanni Liberotti, Incisore di camei collezione di impronte cavate da gemme antiche e moderne esistenti nei gabinetti d’Europa[…]’. 170 - Rome, 1830 circa Depicting emperors and personalities of the Ancient Rome. Accompanied by manuscript label ‘Giovanni Liberotti, Incisore di camei collezione di impronte cavate da gemme antiche e moderne esistenti nei gabinetti d’Europa[…]’. € 500

London 1825 EL-Lombard Street.XXX in black and Manuscript 2 and '7night'

Australia (Victoria) - 1907 Cover to Hobart, SG385. Has T & 2d in Manuscript all in Black oval.

A 14th Century page from a manuscript titled on reverse 'Leaf from a Breviary', use of Cologne, 15cm x 11cm

A rare unique WWI First World War handwritten manuscript titled 'Collection of Wounded From An Advancing Army In Open Fighting; Report On The Work Of 1/3rd South Midland Field Ambulance From March 21st To April 25th 1917.' This manuscript being the carbon copy, and featuring many handwritten accounts of injuries sustained during conflict, movements etc. A rare and fascinating personal insight into this area of the war. Comes with official stamp to top corner of cover. 

Clerk, John, Baronet of Penicuik - Manuscript Scottish Music 39 leaves of musical notation, mainly Scottish songs with titles such as The Duke of Cumberland's March, The Escape of Bannockburn and Miss Murrys [sic.] Reel, also including Corelli's Sonata IV for the Cello and Handel's March in the Occasional Oratorio, the second half of the 18th century (post 1745), contemporary panelled calf, many additional leaves with manuscript bars only, lower cover detached, dust-soiling, joints split, rubbed Provenance: A note to the front free-endpaper reads Musick Book, qui pertinet id Joannem Clerk, whilst the rear free-endpaper reads John Clerk his book, believed to be Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuick, 1676-1755.

Grant, Sir Francis (1803-78), Scottish Portrait Painter Copy of list of pictures by my father Sir Francis Grant, from a manuscript book kept by my mother Lady Grant, Dec. 1898, E.C. Grant, listing pictures painted between 1828 and 1878, 162pp., 8vo., green morocco, lacking part of spine, with 1 page of ink sketches by Sir Francis Grant

Manuscript leaf from an Office Lectionary of Benedictine use 15th century. Probably German or Bohemian work, it contains readings for the Beheading of St John the Baptist (29 August) to the Nativity of the Virgin (8 September). One historiated initial depicting the Virgin and Child above SS Joachim and Anne, with sprays of foliage extending into the margin, vellum, 42 x 29 cm., framed

Thomas Maude & Sons, Navy Agents, Capt. Orde and Major-General Orde A quantity of letters and manuscript statements of accounts addressed to Lieutenant, later Capt., John Orde, Weetwood, Near Wooler, Northumberland from Thomas & Wm. Maude, Navy Agents, c.1768-1810, giving details of half pay, pension &c. but also with naval news: "There are a number of ships gone & going to America, Mr Shuldham supersedes Adm. Graves in the Chief command" (19/10/1775); "Mr Wilkes creates great Disturbance among the lower sort of people" (10/5/1768), "It is much to be feared that the unhapopt fate of Gen. Burgoyne & his Army may be the means of our losing America" (5/12/1777); Also letters to & financial statements of Major General L.S. Orde, c. 1810-15, Correspondence, including a secretarial letter signed by Palmerston, regarding a Capt. Docherty's claim to pay as his Aide de Camp, War Office, 22/2/1813; some to Major General Orde, Commanding H.M. Troops, St. Vincent, from Geo Beckwith and others, Barbados and St Vincent, 1809-11, a letter from the Adjutant General's office relating to the removal of the Limerick County Militia from Athlone, 18/12/1813;

A collection of items including Pennant, Thomas The History of the Parishes of Whiteford and Holywell. London: B & J. White, 1796. 4to., 2 engraved titles and 22 plates, 19th century vellum, binding rather dust-soiled; [Defoe, D.] Robinson Crusoe, Albion Press, J. & J. Cundee, c.1810, very soiled and defective; Epictetus Enchiridion, et cebetis tabula. Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana Raphelengii, 1616. 16mo, contemporary calf, fore-margins worn at beginning, puncture mark to spine; Edwards, Lionel My Hunting Sketch Book. 1928- 30. 2 volumes; Forrad-on! 1930, rubbed; My Irish Sketch Book. 1938; Meads, F. They Meet at Eleven. 1956, illus. by Lionel Edwards, original cloth or original cloth-backed boards; Indenture 1604, between John Hewson Irinkston in Suffolk, Reginald Burroughe of St. Johns in Suffolk and Cuthbert Garner, and Sir John Deane, Knight, relating to the sale of the Manor or Lordshippe of ?Shellond in Suffolk, vellum, 3 seals attached; Holbrooke, Joseph Music manuscript. Dramatic overture "1914" (for Brass Band), 32pp., oblong folio, with note "Broadcast 1926-1928-1934 etc.", signed by Holbrooke on first leaf; Dramatic Overure "Clive of India", 12pp., 4to., slightly dust-soiled; with German music manuscript "Lieges Hymnus 1866 zur feir des 1 Januar 1867, composorit von Seiner Koniglichen Hoheit dem Prrinzen Albricht (Sohn) von Preusen", oblong 4to., 15pp., wrapper detached; Indenture, [Bradford, Yorkshire] between Samuel Dawson, Joseph & Ely Jowett and William Holden relating to the Rectory of Bradford in the County of York, on vellum, 1780, 58 x 76cm.; Printed Playbill for performance of Der Rosenkavalier, 7 Nov. 1953, 61 x 42.5cm., mounted on board, worn with some loss (quantity)

Yorkshire, a large collection, including [Gent, Thomas] The Antient and Modern History of the famous City of York. York: T. Hammond, 1730. 8vo, folding plan, folding plate, list of subscribers at end, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed; [Langdale, Thomas] The History of Northallerton. Northallerton: J. Langdale, 1791. 8vo, later quarter calf; [Farrer, W., printer] The History of Ripon. Ripon, 1806. Second edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original boards, uncut; Ainsworth, J., publisher The Scarborough Guide (sixth edition). Scarborough, [c.1820]. 12mo, 2 maps, 5 plates, contemporary half calf; Peat, Robert, printer The History of Thirsk. Thirsk, 1821, bound with Castellum Huttonicum. Some Account of Sheriff-Huytton Castle. York, 1824, plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Thompson, J. Historical Sketches of Bridlington. Bridlington, 1821. 12mo, frontispiece, manuscript corrections to text, contemporary half calf gilt; Cole, John, printer. Picture of Scarborough for the year 1824. Scarborough, 1824. 12mo, frontispiece, 1 plate, illustrations, original printed boards, uncut; [Wilson, J., printer] A Guide to Croft, Dinsdale, Middleton, Darlington etc. Darlington, 1834. 8vo, frontispiece & 3 plates, original cloth; Hinderwell, Thomas The History and Antiquities of Scarborough. Scarborough, 1832. Third edition, 12mo, frontispiece & 2 plates, original cloth; Walbran, Mr. A Guide to Ripon and Fountains Abbey. Ripon, 1861; Walbran, J.R. The Pictorial Pocket Guide to Ripon and Harrogate. Ripon, 1850; Walbran, J.R. The Visitor's Guide to Redcar. Ripon, 1848; Walbran, J.R. A Summer's Day at Bolton Priory. 1847, 4 works in one volume, contemporary half calf; Allison, J., printer Allison's Picturesque Pocket Companion... Whitby and its Neighbourhood. Whitby, 1850. 12mo, frontispiece, original printed wrappers; Phillips, John The Rivers, Mountains and Sea-Coast of Yorkshire. 1853. 8vo, 35 plates, original cloth, spine faded; Wilkinson of Barnsley, Mr. Stainborough & Rockley. London, 1853. 12mo, one of very few copies printed on fine paper, presentation copy to Thomas Bell from the publisher, frontispiece & 3 plates, original cloth, g.e.; [Hunton, James] York and its Vicinity. York, 1864. 8vo, 5 plates, 1 plan, 1 map, original cloth gilt; Reed, S., publisher Reed's Illustrated Guide to Whitby. Whitby, 1855. 12mo, original wrappers; Myrtle, A.S. Practical Observations on the Harrogate Mineral Waters. 1869. 8vo, photographic frontispiece, recent quarter calf; Page, W.G.B. The Hull and East Riding Portfolio. Hull, 1887. 4to., original upper wrappers bound in, cloth; Turner, J.H. The History of Brighouse, Rastrick and Hipperholme. Bingley, 1893, original cloth; and 6 more recent volumes ; sold as a collection not subject to return (24)

Fitzgerald, Edward, translator - Omar Khayyam Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam... reproduced from a manuscript written and illuminated by F. Sangorski & G. Sutcliffe. London: Siegle Hill & Co., [1911]. 4to, number 461 of 550 copies signed by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, 12 leaves of plates, original vellum gilt with peacock motif and green morocco gilt label to spine, some soiling to plate margins, small repair to upper part of spine, slight soiling and minor bowing to covers, slipcase

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.

AN IRISH SILVER MASONIC JEWEL, Dublin c.1810, mark possibly that of William Doyle or William Law, in the figure of Mercury, with ring suspension, (c.23cm). 7cm highThere is a long history of Masonry in Ireland with Grand Lodge of Ireland as the second most senior Grand Lodge in the world and the oldest in continuous existence. While there is some contention of the official beginnings of the order, one story dating back to the time of King Solomon and the construction of his temple, the year celebrated by the Grand Lodge is 1725 as it relates to the oldest reference to the Masonic order in Ireland in the Dublin Weekly Journal of 26 June 1725. The article focused on a meeting of the Grand Lodge to install a new Grand Master, The 1st Earl of Rosse. While the first recorded use of term ‘Freemason' is in a City of London manuscript dated 1375, which includes reference to regulations for the society; duties to God, church and country. The origins are also closely linked to the tradition of local organisations of stonemasons, dating from the end of the 14th century when the qualifications and activities of tradesmen became more regulated. The status and reputation of these guilds rose to such a height that it was common for prominent figures of society to become honorary members. As an all-male institution the focus on fraternity is a central tenet of the order, with a strong emphasis on communion and brotherhood between men. The symbolism of the order is often displayed in Masonic jewellery such as rings, lapel pins and cufflinks. Members with other Masonic degrees, such as Knights Templar, wear Masonic jewellery displaying symbols of the Knights Templar sword, cross and other ancient symbols of the fraternity.

Dr Joseph Black (1728-1799), Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University(1756) and Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University (1766): Three important handwritten, 18th century, leather bound notebooks of his lectures, commencing 13th June 1775, and written up as: 'Notes of Dr Black's Philosophical Lectures on Chemistry/Corrected and Enlarged by the Joint Labour of George Buchan Hepburn (later Sir George, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA) and Alexander Law, Advocates'. The first lecture significantly discussing Heat, a subject which Black had pioneered through the study of specific or latent heat in 1761.The notes from this lecture state: 'Chemistry is the effect of Heat, and of Mixture upon all bodys, or mixtures of bodys...Heat is easily communicated-it passes continually from hotter to colder Bodys and affects every species of matter-In this communication of it to colder bodys Density is no obstacle...'Subsequent headings and dates in Volume I include: Expansion/Thermometers ('Sir Isaac Newton on the degrees of heat gives an account of many experiments with an oil thermometer-He took a mass of red hot iron as hot as common fire could make it and suddenly exposed it at a window where he let it remain till cooled...')/Fluidity/Vapour/Ignition/Inflammation 12th Lecture, dated 26th June/Inflamability 13th Lecture, 27th June/Mixture/Mixture & Progress of Chemistry/Progress of Chemistry & Attraction/Chemical Attraction/Chemical Apparatus/The Elements and Objects of Chemistry/Elements and objects of Chemistry/Saline Substances, 17th Lecture, 1st July/Alkalis/Acids 19th Lecture, 4th July and 20th Lecture, 5th July/Compound Salts 21st Lecture, 6th July/Salts/Of Earthy & Stoney Substances 26th Lecture, 12th July/Earth 27th Lecture 13th July. The first volume ends on a page marked 200 after a brief discussion as to the discovery of porcelain manufacture.Volume II starts with 'Inflamable Substances' (Lecture dated 4th August 1775) and continues with a lecture on Charcoal (Lecture 38/7th August); Lecture 39/9th August; Lecture 40/10th August; Lecture 41/11th August; Lecture 42/28th November 1775; Lecture 43 on Metals/30th November; Lecture 44 on Metals/1st December; Lecture 45 on Metals/4th December; Lecture 46 on Metals/5th December; Lecture 47 on 7th December on Mercury and Metals; Lecture 48 on 8th December; Lecture 49 on 11th December; Lecture 50 on December 12th; subsequent pages titled: 'Of Regulus of Antimony'/'Of Bismuth'/'Of Linck...This metal which is also called spelter is more tough than Bismuth'/'Of Cobalt'; Lecture 51 on 14th December, including: Tin and Copper; Lecture 52 on 15th December; Lecture 53 on 18th December; Lecture 54 on 19th December. The Second Volume ends on Page 188 with the note that: 'In this abridged course of lectures, Doctor Black it would appear found it necessary to omitt the table of Elective Attractors which will be found in the Appendix no.10 page 40'.Volume III commences with the title: 'Notes of Doctor Black's Lectures on Chemistry/54th Lecture/Continued 19th Dec. 1775'. It continues with: Lecture 55 on Water/ 20th December; Lecture 56 on Vegetable Substances/21st December; Lecture 57 on Vegetable and Animal Substances/22nd December. On Page 37, Black concludes: 'Upon the Whole Chemistry is as yet but an opening Science closely connected however with the usefull and ornamental arts and worthy the attention of a liberal mind.-And it must always become more & more so: for tho' it is only of late that it has been looked upon in that light, the great progress already made in Chemical Knowledge, gives us a pleasant prospect of rich addition to it.'After the conclusion of the Lecture notes, Volume III includes the following subjects;(1) The Appendix introduction with a heading, stating: 'What follows is taken from the Papers of the Gentleman to whom we are indebted for the account of the Chemical Apparatus'.(2) The Preparation of Mercury and Mercury combined with Brimstone.(3) Of The Preparation of Iron referred to Vol II/Pag 132.(4) Of Regulus of Antimony and Antimonial Preparations.(5) The Preparations of Antimony(6) The Chemical History of Lead with regard to Acids(7) Of Silver Ores and the Method of Separation(8) Elective Attractions with an associated table, 'divided into four general parts', illustrating the attraction of elements, compounds, acids or alkalis.(9) The Analysis of Water, referred to Vol.3 page 3d.(10) Some discussion on physiology, including: urine; fluid secretion, Saliva and related Sediment or Calculus.(11) The Index, commencing with 'Absorbent Earth' and 'Absorption'Each book about 26 x 20cm (3)Provenance: Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, thence by direct family descent, The Property of a Gentleman. All three volumes with library bookplate for Buchan-Hepburn Bart. of Smeaton Hepburn. During Dr. Black's lifetime, many manuscript copies of his lectures were made by his students. Compare, for example: University of St. Andrews (Reference GB227/MS38181-38186, dated to 1771-1775), comprising volumes of notes from Black's lectures; some notes by unknown students, and some notes taken by Henry Beaufoy (died 1795), later a Whig MP for Minehead. These manuscripts include lectures 91-106, and include the subjects of Metals, Mercury, Semi-Metals, Antimony, Bismuth, Zinc, Lead and Tin.Black was succeeded as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1766 by John Robson, FRSE (1739-1805) who in 1799 prepared Black's lectures for publication. Black's work has remained relevant; his theory of specific or latent heat, proposed in 1761, is a definition which has remained in use (see for example 'The Penguin Reference Library/Dictionary of Science'/2014 Edition page 626). Indeed, latent heat has long been considered significant; Thomas Thomson MD, FRS, writing in 1815, reminded his readers that Black 'was the first person who pointed out that every substance is possessed of a peculiar specific heat, or that different bodies have different capacities for heat'. However, the most significant compliment to Black's work was the attention given to it by the great French Chemist, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and his wife Marie-Anne. Madame Lavoisier, who involved herself with all her husband's work, learnt English as a means by which to update Lavoisier on the work of British chemists. Presumably, therefore it was through Marie-Anne that Black's work was brought to Lavoisier's notice. Lavoisier's re-examined Black's experiments, in what was eventually to be termed Quantitative Analysis, an area which had been implied by Black's graduation thesis on Magnesia Alba, published in 1754. The following two years, 1755-56, saw Black's discovery of Magnesium (Element No.12 on Dmitry Mendeleyev's Periodic Table); this pointed the way towards the principle of The Conservation of Mass when Black summarised: 'We have already shewn by experiment that Magnesia Alba (Magnesium Carbonate) is a compound of peculiar earth and fixed air'. Here again, though, Lavoisier is the one most often understood to have discovered the idea that the mass of different matter remains constant, following a chemical reaction between them.Mendeleyev is justly celebrated on his Periodic Table by Element 101, so perhaps Black's discovery of Magnesium should be similarly remembered, and that an Element yet to be discovered, should be named after him.

23 Warne & Co. Beatrix Potter books & 'The Tailor of Gloucester' from the original manuscript - some early editions (24) PLEASE ALWAYS CHECK CONDITION PRIOR TO BIDDING

A pair of football press cuttings albums,covering the resumption of League football in season 1919-20, and continuing into season 1920-21, interspersed with manuscript commentarynot illustrated

Three French books on Real & Long Tennis,i) Annuaire Documentaire de la Longue Paume 1928-29, 286p., rare example of what appears to be the only annual editionii) Notice Historique sur la salle Jeu-De-Paume de Versailles, 1883, 103p.iii) Facsimile bound reproduction of the unpublished manuscript "Traite du Jeu de Paume" by Fere de Compiegne, 1821