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Illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1500. Black and red ink on vellum from a book of hours. With fifteen lines of text. The recto with a three-line letter I in gold leaf with blue and red pen-flourish decoration of geometric motifs. The recto with two lovely and ornate illustrations of crawling vines with gold leaves and blooms of red and blue. The verso with one illustration of this vine.Provenance: Berlin auction, 2002; W. Wolf, Antiquarian, Minneapolis, MN; Private Minnesota Collection.Sight; height: 6 in x width: 5 in. Framed; height: 13 1/4 in x width: 11 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: There is light wear, discoloration, and undulation throughout as expected with age and use. The colors are bodl and bright and much of the gold foil remains. Some light fading to the ink throughout. Housed between non-acidic mats. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.

Illuminated manuscript page with two-line pen-flourish initials with gold leaf and blue and red geometric and swirl designs. The text in black and red ink on vellum. With visible guidelines throughout.Sight; height: 4 1/4 in x width: 3 1/4 in. Framed; height: 11 in x width: 9 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: There is light wear, discoloration, and undulation as expected with age and light use. The colors are bold and bright and much of the gold foil remains. Some light fading to the ink in places. Housed between two non-acidic mats. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame.

Illuminated manuscript page. Ink on vellum. With large pen flourish initials in gold leaf with blue and red geometric and swirl designs. Pen flourish initials were especially in common in the 12th and 13th centuries. The manuscript in a double-sided frame so both sides of the leaf can be viewed.Sight; height: 6 in x width: 3 1/2 in. Framed; height: 12 1/2 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: There is wear, light soiling, and undulation consistent with age and light use. The ink is bold and bright and much of the gold foil remains. A few spots of possible light moisture exposure along the verso and recto. Housed between non-acidic mats. Framed under glass. Light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.

Group of five 15th century French illuminated manuscript pages. The text in black ink on parchment. With gold leaf initials on an alternating red and blue ground.(Each) Sight; height: 3 1/2 in x width: 2 1/2 in. Framed; height: 8 3/4 in x width: 6 3/4 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The colors are bright and much of the gold foil remains. Some fading of the black ink, which has taken on a brown tone. There is some wear, discoloration, and undulation as expected from age and use. Each housed under a mat. Framed under glass; light wear to the frames. Not inspected out of frames.

English illuminated manuscript page, ca. 1450. From a book of hours. Ink and gold leaf on vellum. With 14 lines of ruled text in Latin with alternating initials in blue and burnished gold with contrasting red and blue penwork. The large two-line initial in gold on a blue and red ground with delicate white tracery. In a fine gothic textura script. One side with Psalm 23:8-10 and the other begins with an Antiphon and Versicles including the beginning of Lesson I from the Hours of the Virgin, Hour of Matin.These books of hours are somewhat uncommo as King Henry VIII, in 1533, decreed that books relating to the practices of the Church of Rome should be destroyed. Most of the remaining examples were held secretly in private hands.Sight; height: 4 in x width: 2 3/4 in. Framed; height: 11 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: The colors are bold and bright and much of the gold foil remains. There is wear, some soiling, and undulation to the sheet throughout as expected from age and use. Several small frits to the edge along the left edge of the sheet. The number "24" is written in pencil along the upper right corner. Framed between two panes of glass. Framed by a mat. There is wear to the mat visible through the glass along the verso including some residual adhesive and soiling. Affixed to the back pane of glass there are two pieces of paper with information on the text. Some light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.

Group of two French manuscript pages from a Latin bible, ca. 1290-1300. Possibly written in a French Carthusian Monastery. One leaf with a historiated initial depicting a king and knight; part of Proverbs 1, 2, and part of 3. The other leaf is part of Mark 10-13. Marginalia writing visible on both sheets.Provenance: by repute, Monastry at Velleneuve-les-Avignon; Private Minnesota Collection.(Historiated Letter) Sight; height: 8 1/4 in x width: 4 3/4 in. Framed; height: 12 1/2 in x width: 8 1/2 in x depth: 1/2 in. (Script) Sight; height: 8 in x width: 4 1/4 in. Framed; height: 12 1/2 in x width: 8 in x depth: 1/2 in.Condition: There is wear, some toning, and undulation to the sheets of both consistent with age and use. Some minute holes visible. The leaf with an illuminated initial is housed between acidic mats. The sheet without an initial is housed between a non-acidic mat. The acidic mat has toning and wear throughout. There is old tape affixive adhered to the glass of that leaf as well. Light wear to the frames. Framed under glass. Not inspected out of frames. The leaf with an illuminated initial is noted as having some damage and repair.

Illuminated manuscript page with text in blue and black ink. With pen-flourish initials throughout. One historiated initial with a double-headed snake inside the letter and foliate designs extending from the corners. In a double-sided frame so that both sides of the leaf may be viewed.Sight; height: 5 1/4 in x width: 3 1/4 in. Framed; height: 9 1/2 in x width: 7 1/4 in x depth: 1 in.Condition: There is very light wear, light undulation, and some discoloration consistent with age and very light use. The ink colors are bold and bright an dmuch of the original gold foil remains. Housed between non-acidic mats. Framed under glass; light wear to the frame. Not inspected out of frame.

A NORTH AFRICAN BOUND DOUBLE MANUSCRIPT ON ARABIC GRAMMAR, dated 1271.

* Genealogical table. La Chronologie D'Angleterre appliquée a la Généalogie des Rois, Princes et Princesses qui ont eu des pretentions sur cette Couronne, Paris: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, circa 1780, large hand-coloured engraved chronological 'tree' by Mazaroz, recording British monarchs up until George III, linen-backed, dust-soiling, creasing and wear, margins frayed, 92.5 x 61 cm, together with:Chronological table. Chronologie Figurée pour L'Intelligence de L'Histoire des Revolutions Monarchiques, Paris: Louis-Joseph Mondhare, circa 1780, large hand-coloured engraved chronological 'tree' by Mazaroz, recording monarchs up until Louis XVI and George III period (latest date 1774), manuscript dates to right-hand column, linen-backed, dust-soiling, creasing and wear, margins frayed, 91 x 56 cm, plus a Manuscript Chronological chart/tree, circa 1760, in pen, ink and watercolour wash on wove, date columns to left-hand side, unfinished without any other written entries, linen-backed, light dust-soiling, 94 x 62 cm QTY: (3)

Selden (John). Titles of Honor, 2nd edition, London: Printed by William Stansby for Richard Whitakers [sic], 1631, title printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations throughout, six full-page engravings depicting ceremonial dress of ranks in the English peerage (from Baron to the Prince of Wales), title with two ink stamps and verso repaired to gutter and fore-margin (lightly dust-soiled), following leaf with repaired two closed tears to and with two ink stamps of Birmingham Law Society), ink stamps also to several other leaves throughout volume, occasional light spotting, modern brown morocco, blind panelled border to boards with blind lattice work decoration within, folio (28.5 x 18 cm), together with:Selden (John). Mare clausum seu de dominio maris libri duo. I. Mare, ex iure naturae seu gentium ... II. Serenissimum Magnae Britanniae regem maris circumflui..., [Leiden: Printed by B. and A. Elzevir] London: juxta exemplar Will. Stanesbeii pro Richardo Meighen, 1636, title in red and black with early indecipherable signature to upper margin and manuscript shelf number to fore-margin, two full-page engraved maps, lower outer blank corner of 2C4 torn away and light worming to lower outer corners of some leaves, light toning, modern cloth, 12mo (14.5 x 9 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:1. STC 22178.2. STC 22175.3

Cluver (Philipp). Philippi Culveri Germania antiqua cum Vindelicia et Noricc auctoris methodo, verbis et tabulis geographicis retentis contracta opera Johannis Bunonis: Accessit index rerum, quae his libris continentur, locupletissumus, Guelferbyti [Wolfenbüttel]: Sumtibus Conradi Bunonis: Typis Johan. Henr. Dunckeri Bruns., 1663, 10 folding maps, 5 folding engraved plates, contemporary and later ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, small marginal wormhole through 5C2 to 5H3 and final 4 leaves, light spotting to index, minor loss to front and rear endpapers, contemporary full velum (a little dust soiled), contemporary manuscript title to spine, decorative blind stamp and corner pieces to boards, paper residue to upper board and tail of spine, two small red ink marks to lower board, 4to QTY: (1)

Cary (John). Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland..., 1794, dedication and printed title with slight staining, list of roads, index and table of explanation, general map of England & Wales and 76 (complete) engraved map sheets (numbered 1 - 81 and omitting 62/63, 71/72 & 80 as intended), all with contemporary outline colouring, each sheet with tissue guard, index bound at rear, marbled endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, slight mottling to the boards, 4to, together with Gray (George Carrington). Gray's New Book of Roads. The Tourist and Traveller's Guide to the Roads of England and Wales and part of Scotland on an entirely new plan..., Sherwood, Jones and Co., 1824, additional decorative letterpress title illustrated with of a toll gate with a horseman paying the toll, with the title 'Gray's Book of Roads on an Entirely New Plan', letterpress title and preface,180 pages of tables, 50 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including two folding (Derbyshire and The Isle of Thanet), index bound at rear, near contemporary manuscript annotations to the front endpaper, contemporary half morocco gilt over marbled boards, rebacked, 8vo, with Cary (John). Cary's New Itinerary: or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, Both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales..., 10th edition, G. & J. Cary, 1826, frontispiece of a folding engraved map of England & Wales with contemporary wash colouring, the map split along old folds, calligraphic title and dedication, index and advertisement, numerous lists and indexes, bound with Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., G. & J. Cary, 1826, calligraphic title, contents and advertisement, 48 engraved county and regional maps (including six folding) all with contemporary outline colouring, map of Leicestershire with repaired margin, list of roads, index and tables bound at rear, folding engraved map of Yorkshire bound at rear, later endpapers, modern blind stamped half calf, 8vo, plus Cobbett (William). A Geographical Dictionary of England and Wales, 1832, title page with offsetting, frontispiece of an outline map of England and Wales and forty-two uncoloured engraved outline maps (complete as list), tipped in manuscript notes after the title page, index and author's advertisement bound at rear, tipped in advertisement for Anne Cobbett's 'English Housekeeper' opposite the front pastedown, contemporary quarter cloth, re-backed but retaining the original spine, with publisher's printed paper label to the spine, worn and rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)

Elzevir Press. Donati Iannotii Florentini Dialogi de repub. Venetorum cum Notis et lib. Singulari de Forma eiusdem Reip..., 2 parts in one, Leiden, 1631 [i.e. 1642], engraved general title, seven folding plates, letterpress title to 2nd part with imprint dated 1642, continuous pagination throughout, 20th-century ‘JE’ bookplate to upper pastedown (John Evelyn), contemporary vellum, 24mo in 8s (Willems 353), together with:Danielis Heinsii Orationum editio nova; Auctior, atque vita emendata, ut alia videri possit. Accedunt dissertationes aliquot, nec unius argumenti, 5th edition, Leiden: Ex Officina Elseviriana, 1642, damp-staining mostly to first and last few leaves, lacking front free endpaper, near contemporary calf gilt, joints cracked,worn at head of spine, 12mo (Willems 539),Medulla oratoria. Continens omnium transitionum formulas quibus ornari possit oratio rhetorica..., by Ivarus Adolphus, Amsterdam: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1656, additional engraved title with early 18th-century ownership inscription, manuscript ownership also to verso of final leaf, some damp-staining at front and rear, front free endpaper laid down, contemporary vellum, 12mo (Willems 1205),Q. Curtii Rufi Historiarum libri, accuratissime editi., Leiden: Ex Officina Elseviriana, 1633, engraved title, later endpapers, early 19th-century calf, modern morocco reback with gilt decorated spine and morocco title label, 12mo (Willems 381), and five other Elzevir Press, including Pub. Terentii comoediae sex ex recensione Heinsiana, Leiden, 1633; M. Tullii Ciceronis Epistolae ad Atticum..., Leiden, 1642; Operum P. Ovidii Nasonis edition nova accurate Nicolao Heinsiodan, volumes 1 & 2 only (of 3), Amsterdam, 1652; and L. Senecae Philosophi , volume 2 only, Leiden, 1649QTY: (9)NOTE:The first work is listed as part of lot 1634A, Evelyn Library sale, Christie’s, July 13, 1978.

Bible [English]. [The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages. The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, printer to the Kings most excellent Maiestie, 1605, general title lacking, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border present, Apocrypha present, black letter text in double column throughout, final leaf with early ownership signature 'John Juniorent(?) his booke', bound with an incomplete Book of Common prayer at front and defective Book of Psalms at rear of volume, some dust-soiling, occasional spotting and marks throughout volume, leaf corners creased and dog eared, text block spine covered in contemporary calf (concave), lacking boards, worn, 4to (21.5 x 16 cm), together with:Bible [English]. [The Holy Bible, containing the Old Testament, and the New..., Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton and John Bill, 1619, i.e. 1620], general title lacking, New Testament title within decorative woodcut border present, Apocrypha present, black letter text in double column throughout, text block split in two at Apocrypha and some leaves loose/detached and frayed to edges, late 18th-century and early 19th-century manuscript genealogical notes to final leaf of Old Testament and final leaf of Revelation, bound with Two Right Profitable and Fruitfull Concordances..., Imprinted at London by Bonham Norton, and John Bill, 1619, manuscript notes to verso of title with some show-through, bound with at front an incomplete Book of Common Prayer and at rear an incomplete Book of Psalms, some dust-soiling and few marks, leaf corners creased and dog eared, contemporary panelled calf, lacking upper board, worn, 4to (21 x 16 cm) QTY: (2)NOTE:1. Darlow and Moule 214; Herbert 280; STC 2194.2. Darlow and Moule 289; Herbert 374; STC 2258. The New Testament imprint has Barker and Bill, and the colophon has Barker only.Sold with all faults, not subject to return.

* London. A View of the Custom House with part of the Tower, taken from the River Thames, London, circa 1785, unattributed watercolour with the title in manuscript below the image, 250 x 390 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:This appears to be an exact and highly competent copy of the engraving of the Custom House by Thomas Bowles after John Maurer and published by Carington & J. Bowles and Robert Carver.

Peninsula War. Military Campaign Map of the Environs of Lisbon, published at the Quarter Master Generals Office, Horse Guards, Oct 7th, 1808, uncoloured lithographic map, compass rose and table of explanation, some dust soiling, old folds, long closed splits along folds, small hole where old folds cross, contemporary manuscript inscription to the verso of the map, 505 x 380 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:On the verso is a manuscript inscription "Sketch of the Country with the Positions of the British and French Armies in the Vicinity of Lisbon".

* Gillray (James). The Reception of the Diplomatique & his Suite, at the Court of Pekin, published H. Humphrey, Sept. 14th 1792, etching on wove with bright contemporary hand colouring, large margins, one contemporary marginal manuscript annotation identifying Lord Macartney, small areas of adhesion scaring to the verso, 315 x 400 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires number 8121. Great Britain's Embassy in China was led by Lord Macartney who famously ignored the etiquette of the Chinese court and refused to abase himself in front of the Emperor; on the grounds that such prostrations were unbecoming for a representative of the British Sovereign. As a result, he was summarily dismissed and told to leave Peking within two days. As well as destroying Macartney's career it removed any influence that Great Britain had in China for several years. One of Lord Macartney's attaches described the experience thus. 'We entered Pekin like paupers, remained in it like prisoners and departed from it like vagrants'. Gillray brilliantly captures the magnitude of the diplomatic disaster in this scathing political caricature.

Album. A Decorative Scrap Album, 1837, containing watercolours, drawings and miniature chiaroscuro woodcuts, manuscript presentation inscription to the first front blank, "To Miss G. Petit from the Earl & Countess Delaware, Berlin May 19th 1837", decorative gilt morocco with inset floriate porcelain panel to the upper siding, bumped and a little worn, oblong 8vo (175 x 255 mm), contained in a marbled card slipcase, the case worn and rubbedQTY: (1)

Venables (Robert). The Experienc'd Angler: or, Angling Improv'd. Being a general discourse of angling. Imparting the aptest ways and choicest experiments for the taking of most sorts of fish in pond or river, 5th edition much enlarged, London: B. W. for B. Tooke, 1683, engraved additional title, engraved illustrations of fish (identified in manuscript), small wormtracks to a few leaves at end, a few light stains, previous owner inscriptions of John Langton, front and rear, a manuscript description about catching a tench, 25 April 1711 at front, bookplate of Thomas Langton, Teeton, Northamptonshire, later sprinkled calf, rebacked, edges a little rubbed, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R33734; Westwood & Satchell p. 214. First published in 1662.

Jones (Owen). The Psalms of David Illuminated, [London: Day & Son, 1861], chromolithograph ornamental and printed titles, dedication on two pages, and 50 thick card chromolithograph leaves illuminated in gold and colours (complete), some spotting and dust-soiling, few leaves with minor edge tears or chips, all edges gilt, gutta-percha perishing, several leaves detached, the remainder pulling away from spine covering, original relievo leather, upper cover embossed with the words "The Victoria Psalter", rubbed, spine ends and rear cover stained, old infill repairs to spine ends (that at head fraying), folio, together withMacleod (Jessie). Fifteen Designs, illustrating Tears. By Miss Jessie Macleod. With descriptive poems, by Mary Elizabeth, London: Ackermann & Co., 1851, additional hand-coloured lithograph title, 15 hand-coloured full-page lithograph plates, engraved by T. H. Maguire, one or two plates loosened, all edges gilt, original gilt-decorated pale pink cloth, soiled and worn with back strip partly defective, folio, plus [Chatelain, Clara de, translator], The Blind Fisherman and his three sons, translated from the German by Madame de Chatelain, Leipsic: Naumburg and London: Tegg & Co., and Joseph, Myers & Co., [1855], hand-coloured illustrations to title and text (one a trifle smudged), blindstamp to title at foot, stitching loose, hinges strengthened, original pictorial cloth-backed boards, some soiling and slight wear, large slim 8vo, and Usher (James Ward). An Art Collector's Treasures, illustrated and described by himself, London: Chiswick Press, 1916, numerous colour illustrations, frontispiece detached, limited edition of 300 copies, front pastedown with modern ink manuscript adhered note regarding provenance from James Usher via a friend of a friend, original cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, corners and spine ends frayed, short split to top of front joint, large 8vo, and 11 other 19th-century large format illustrated works, including Pearls of the East or Beauties from Lalla Rookh, designed by Fanny Corbaux, drawn on stone by Louise Corbaux, London: Charles Tilt, 1837, Achille Collas, The Authors of England. A series of medallion portraits of modern literary characters, engraved from the works of British artists, with illustrative notices by Henry F. Chorley, London: Charles Tilt, 1838, T. Erat Harrison, VI Greek Myths, 1879, Illustrated London News, volume LVII, July-December 1870, a similar bound volume of Jubilee and Christmas Numbers from The Graphic (and other illustrated journals), circa 1886-87, with chromolithograph plates, etc., Aaron Penley, Sketching from Nature in Water-Colours, circa 1875, etc., some wear to bindings, all folioQTY: (15)

Cicero (Marcus Tullius). De philosophia, prima pars [- volumen secundum]. Academicarum quaestionum editionis primae liber secundus, editionis secundae liber primus. De finibus bonorum & malorum libri V. Tusculanarum quaestionum libri V. Cum scholijs & coniecturis Pauli Manutij. Index rerum & uerborum plenissimus, 2 volumes, Venice: Corrigente Paulo Manutio, Aldi F., 1555, printer's woodcut device to title, title to first volume with early manuscript to recto and verso, some early marginalia and underscoring throughout volume, lacking final blank (2M8) and initial 8 leaves with worming/hole to upper and lower inner corner (strengthening repair to verso of affected area of title), 2nd volume with final blank present (k8), uniform modern limp boards, dark green morocco title labels to spines, small 8vo (differing dimensions vol. 1 - 15.3 x 9.5 cm with page edges coloured red and vol. 2 - 16 x 10.5 cm with uncoloured page edges), together with:Cicero (Marcus Tullius). Epistolae ad Atticum, ad M. Brutum, ad quinctum fratrem, cum correctionibus Pauli Manutij, Venetiis: [Aldus, Paulus Manutius], 1567, lacking leaves Y7 and Y8, printer's woodcut device to title with early indistinct signature, occasional annotations, upper pastedown with armorial bookplate of Petri Nicolai Oliva de Turco, near contemporary vellum, later labels to spine, 8vo,Arianus (Flavius). Nuovamente di Greco tradotto in Italiano per Pietro Lauro, Venice: [appresso Michele Tramezino], 1544, woodcut to title and verso of title, title lined to verso, upper outer corner of F8 with paper fault and consequent loss of few letters of text, marbled endpapers lacking front free blank, 18th-century vellum, 8vo, plus two other 16th & 17th-century antiquarian volumes, both with defective titlesQTY: (6)NOTE:1. Adams C1761.

Horace. Q. Horatius Flaccus, sex abhinc annos ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum, opera Dionys. Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus..., 2 parts in one, Paris: Joannem Macaeum, 1568, woodcut illustration to both titles (general title torn to upper and gutter margins and repaired, damp-stained, imprint to second title dated 1567), few leaves with repaired closed tears, some damp-staining, occasional browning and spotting, endpapers renewed, 18th-century marbled sheep, rebacked preserving gilt decorated spine and maroon morocco title label, lower outer board corners repaired, board edges lightly rubbed, 4to (Adams H916), together with:Plautus (Titus Maccius). Comoediae Accedit commentarius ex variorum notis ac observationibus ex museo Marci Zuerii Boxhornii, Leiden: Franciscum Hackium, 1645, engraved title, woodcut initials, manuscript notes to endpapers, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 8vo,Phaedrus. Fabularum Aesopiarum libri quinque. Cum novo commentario Petri Burmanni, Leiden: Samuelem Luchtmans, 1727, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black with woodcut vignette, folding portrait plate, some browning and spotting, contemporary vellum, 4to,Martialis (Marcus Valerius). Epigrammata, cum notis Th. Farnabii, Amsterdam: Johanne Blaeu, 1644, engraved title, occasional toning and scattered spotting, endpapers renewed, contemporary limp vellum, 12mo,Virgil. Opera. Cum notis Thomae Farnabii, Amsterdam: Joannis Blaeu, 1650, engraved title, modern quarter brown morocco, marbled paper sides to boards, 12mo, plus other similar 17th and 18th-century continental antiquarian, including many by classical Roman authors, majority in contemporary vellum, various sizes QTY: (17)

English Civil War. A Letter from the House of Commons assembled in the Parliament of England at Westminter [sic], to the Right Honorable and Right Reverend, the Lords, Ministers and others of the present General Assembly of the Church of Scotland sitting at Edenburgh [sic], containing a narrative of the proceedings of the Parliament of England, in the work of Reformation, and of their Resolutions to maintain the Government of the Kingdom established by Law, and of their endeavors for Settlement of Peace, and for Preservation of the Union between the two Kingdoms of England and Scotland, London: Edward Husband, August 8. 1648, 14, [2]pp., final blank B4 present with offset title to verso, some fraying to fore-margins, manuscript number to both sides of title, early manuscript annotations to margins throughout and some underscoring, some toning mostly to margins, disbound, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC R204977; Thomason E.457[13]; Wing E2621.

Archigram. Archigram, edited by Peter Cook, 3 issues, numbers 4, 8 & 9, London, 1964-70, numerous illustrations and graphic designs, Archigram 4 with colour pop-up, packet of seeds stapled to Archigram 9, original wrappers, small manuscript numbers to verso of number 4 wrapper (spine a little rubbed), number 8 contained in wallet-style stapled wrapper (horizontal split along flap), together with Cederic Price numbers 1-3, 3 pp. on 2 sheets, Archigram Dec 1966 QTY: (4)

Blacker (William). W. Blacker's Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, London: Published by the author, Dec. 8, 1843, 130 pp., two letterpress titles, 6 lithograph plates, 22 specimen flies and hackles with embossed silver seals mounted recto and verso on 5 card leaves, small manuscript note at head of 3rd specimen card, some light offsetting from flies, Blacker advertisement for the work pasted at front, all edges gilt, later tan calf gilt, slightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell p. 33. An expanded reissue of William Blacker's Art of Angling and Complete System of Fly Making and Dying of Colours, (1842), with the original title. The amount of actual fly and hackle specimens appears to vary from copy to copy, the present copy contains 22 specimens, other copies have been recorded as variously containing 12, 14, 18 as well as 22 specimens.

* Gillray (James). The Funeral Procession of Miss Regency, S. W. Fores, April 20th 1786, uncoloured etched caricature on laid, slight staining and dust soiling, old folds, small areas of adhesion scaring to the verso, later explanatory manuscript note pasted to the verso, 215 x 690 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:BM Satires 7526. A satire on the withdrawal of the Regency Bill on the occasion of the King's recovery. A huge disappointment to the Whig politicians, who follow the coffin, and who saw a route to power through the Prince Regent. In the centre of the caricature is a weeping Mrs Fitzherbert who was believed to have been secretly married to the Prince of Wales and is lamenting her thwarted ambition.

Lipsius (Justus). Opera omnia quæ ad criticam proprie spectant : quibus accessit Electorum liber secundus, nouus nec antè editus ; cetera item variè aucta & correcta ; quorum omnium index & ordo paginâ sequenti, 6 parts in one, Antwerp: Christophorum Plantinum, 1585, printer's woodcut device to general title and part titles, some browning, occasional light damp-stining to margins of few leaves, upper outer corners of few leaves lightly frayed, modern dark green quarter morocco, red morocco title label to spine, 4to, together with:Guarini (Giovanni Battista). Il pastor fido, Tragicomedia Pastorale ... Aggiontoui di nouo in questa impressione le rime dello stesso autore..., 2 parts in one, Venice: Giouan. Battista Ciotti, 1621, printer's woodcut device to title, six full-page woodcut illustrations (of 7, lacks leaf a6 with portrait to verso), some damp-staining, few minor wormholes to initial leaves, manuscript inscription to front endpaper and front pastedown with 20th-century ownership label of Johannis Petri Adolfi Erman, lacking rear free endpaper, contemporary vellum, 4to,Sannazaro (Jacopo). Opera omnia ... His adjecta sunt selecta poemata, ex primo tomo illustrium Italorum Poetarum, Rome: Jacobum Tornerium, 1590, title in red and black within decorative woodcut border, slight wormholes to lower blank margins of few leaves, early 19th-century pastepaper boards, paper labels to spine, wear to foot of spine and joints, 16mo in 8s,Bartholin (Caspar). De tibiis veterum, et earum antiquo usu libri tres, Editio altera, Amsterdam: J. Henr. Wetstenium, 1679, woodcut vignette illustration to title, five folding engraved plates, engraved illustrations to text, contemporary vellum, 12moBarclay (John). Jo. Barclaii Argenis nunc primum illustata, Leiden & Rotterdam: ex officina Hackiana, 1664, engraved title, full-page engraved portrait, lower outer blank corner of *4 torn and fore-margin of *6 torn, light toning and spotting to margins, bookplate of Rev. J. Jones and Rev. W. Wilds to upper pastedown, contemporary calf with gilt decorated spine, upper board with ownership in gilt 'Ex Dono Iohannis Smith', spine worn and detaching from text block, upper board near detached with torn paper repair to upper joint, 8voQTY: (5)

Ovid. Ovids Metamorphosis Englished, mythologiz'd, and represented in figures. An essay to the translation of Virgil's Æneis, London: printed by J[ohn]. L[egat]. for Andrew Hebb, 1640, engraved portrait frontispiece (torn to gutter margin and lower outer blank corner, old manuscript show-through from verso, lined to verso, dust-soiled), additional engraved pictorial title (trimmed to margins, manuscript show-through from verso at head), and 15 plates (plate 2 cropped to margins and lined to verso, plate 4 with area to centre of image excised and repaired),19th-century manuscript note to E1, lacking final blank, single worm hole to lower blank margin of leaves 2K3-2T5, early marginalia and annotations to text, occasional spotting, 20th-century brown quarter morocco with skiver title label, marbled paper to boards, small folio, together with:Horace. Opera Interpretatione et notis illustravit Ludovicus Desprez ... jussu Christianissimi regis, in usum serenissimi Delphini..., Paris: Frederic Leonard, 1691, engraved frontispiece, toning and some browning throughout, some damp-staining at rear, bound with Mascov (Johann Jakob). In Q. Horatii Flacci satiras exercitatio prior quam d. XXVII. Jan. H.L.Q.C. ventilabunt præses M. Io. Jacobus Mascou, et respondens Mauritius Castens, Vratisl, Leipzig: Literis Immanuelis Titii, 1714, 24 p., damp-stained and browned, 20th-century brown quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine with skiver title label, marbled paper to boards, 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:1. STC 18968; Sabin 76460.

Emblemata.- Saavedra (Fajardo Diego de). Idea principis Christiano-politici 101 sijmbolis expressa, Amsterdam, Jacob van Meurs [co-published with Jansson], 1651, engraved pictorial title and 103 emblems after J. Sadeler, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, upper joint split, worn at head and foot of spine and to upper outer corner of lower board, paper label with manuscript number at foot of upper board, 12mo (Landwehr, Low Countries, 695; Praz 484), together with:Raynaud (Théophile). Anselmus Solerius Cemeliensis De pileo, caeterisque capitis tegminibus tam sacris, quàm profanis, Editio novissima aucta, emendata & figuris æneis exornata, Amsterdam: Andreae Frisii, 1671, additional engraved title, letterpress title with engraved illustration, three folding engraved plates, one single-page plate and numerous engraved illustrations (including some full-page), bound with Bosso (Girolamo). De Toga Romana Commentarius. Accedit ex Phillippo Rubenio iconismus statuae togatae..., Amsterdam: Andreae Frisii, 1671, engraved illustration to title, one folding engraved plate, manuscript notes to front free blank, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, 12mo,Vergil (Polydore). De rervm inventoribus libri octo. Ejusdem in orationem dominicam commentariolum..., 2 parts in one, Argentorati (Strassburg): Lazari Zetzneri, 1613, printer's woodcut device to each title, lower margin of general title with early ownership signature Nicolas Tischishelini(?) dated 1623, occasional minor spotting, contemporary vellum with yapp fore-edges, lacking ties, thick 16mo,Lens (André Corneille). Le costume ou essai sur les habillements et les usages de plusieurs peuples de l'antiquité, prouvé par les monuments, Liege: J. F. Bassompierre, 1776, half-title, 51 engraved plates, some light damp-staining to lower outer corners of some leaves, occasional light toning and minor spotting, 19th-century brown quarter morocco, gilt decorated spine, extremities rubbed, 4to, plus three other 17th-century continental antiquarian in contemporary vellum, 16mo and 12moQTY: (7)

Busti (Bernardinus de). Mariale eximii viri Bernardini de busti ordinis seraphici Francisci de singulis festiuitatib[us] beate v[ir]ginis p[er] modu[m] sermonu[m] tracta[n]s: om[n]i theologia copiosum. deniq[ue] vtriusq[ue] iuris auctoritatib[us] applicatis: & arte humanitatis refertu[m]: in omnibus allegatio[n]ibus promtissim[us]..., [Strasbourg: Martin Flach II, Nov. 10, 1502], title with early inscription, few leaves with occasional early marginalia and underscoring, toning and browning throughout, some leaves with damp-staining mostly to margins (brown stain to lower margins of leaves at rear of volume with some consequent brittle areas), few leaves with light worming to blank margins, few wormholes to final leaves at rear of volume, upper pastedown with old manuscript inscription 'Duplum Bibliothecae regiae Monacensis and with applied armorial seal in red wax to upper outer corner, 15th-century(?) manuscript fragments reinforcing both endpapers at hinge, contemporary pigskin over wooden boards with blind embossed decoration, foot of upper board with old paper label, few wormholes to boards mostly towards spine edge, board corners worn, lacking clasps, folio (28.5 x 20.3 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams B3350.Colophon: Mariale de excelle[n]tijs regine celi: Impressum Argentine p[er] Martinum flach iuniorem Anno ... Millesimoquingentesimosecundo: Mensis vero Nouembris. die decimo finit feliciter.

Hickes (George). Two Discourses, whereof the first is, an Exhortation to the Strict Observance of Ash-Wednesday. The second, a Defence of those who keep Lent... , London: W. Carter, 1708, [30], 64 pp., lacks initial leaf of adverts, contemporary ownership signature of 'Wil. Smith' to title and with another inscription shaved at upper margin, bound with A Key to the Business of the Present S------ N: viz. I. His H---'s Speech to his Life-Guard of Switzers... , London: T. Cooper, 1742, 51, [1] pp., title soiled and with short tear with loss affecting 2 letters of imprint, bound with The Character of the Pretender, by his Secretary, the Late Lord Bolingbroke, [Edinburgh?], 1756, 15, [1] pp., some dust-soiling, closely trimmed at foremargin shaving a few letters of first few leaves, bound with [Forrester, James], The Polite Philosopher: or, an Essay on that Art which makes a Man Happy in Himself, and Agreeable to Others, 5th edition, Edinburgh: John Wood, 1751, 32 pp., bound with The Nominal Husband: or, Distressed Innocence. A True Secret History, taken from an old Saxon manuscript... , London: W. Owen & G. Woodfall, 1750, [2], ii, 52 pp., short tear to inner margin of final leaf touching a few letters, bound with [Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of], An Apology for a Late Resignation: in a Letter from an English Gentleman to his Friend at the Hague, London: John Freeman, [1748], 46m, [2] pp., final blank present, bound with [Carlyle, Alexander], An Argument to Prove that the Tragedy of Douglas ought to be Publicly Burnt by the Hands of the Hangman, Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1757, 24 pp., bound with [Hawkesworth, John], A Letter to Mr David Hume, on the Tragedy of Douglas; its Analysis, and the Charge against Mr Garrick. By an English Critic, London, J. Scott, 1757, 19, [1] pp., bound with [Haldane, John, upholsterer in Edinburgh], The Players Scourge: or a Detection of the Ranting Profanity and Regnant Impiety of Stage Plays, and their Wicked Encouragers and Frequenters... , [Edinburgh?, 1757?], 8 pp., drop-head title, closely trimmed at lower margin affecting catchwords and a few letters, bound with A Letter to the Reverend the Moderator, and Members of the Presbytery of Haddingtoun, Edinburgh: [s.n.], 1757, 8 pp., bound with Occasional Reflections on the East-India Company's Ships, which are at Present in the Road of Leith, Edinburgh, [s.n.], 1757, 8 pp., title dust-soiled, bound with [Horne, George], A Letter to Adam Smith LL. D. on the Life, Death, and Philosophy of his Friend David Hume Esq., new edition, London: [s.n], 1782, 24 pp., some general dust-soiling and occasional spotting throughout, all margins closely trimmed, book ticket of the Lyons family and remains of another bookplate to front endpapers, 20th-century cloth, leather spine label, slightly rubbed and soiled, small 8voNOTE:ESTC nos. T54542, T13500, T106589, T118698, T01676, ?N2736, T64092, T78021, T54325, T73142, T185625, and the last not in ESTC.

Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Borough Town throughout the Kingdom..., 1817, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents leaf, 43 (complete) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, including 1 folding map of Yorkshire, map of Yorkshire with short closed and repaired handling tear, index of market towns and additional publisher's advertisements bound at rear, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, crudely rebacked, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Wallis (James). Wallis's New Pocket Edition of the English Counties or Travellers Companion in which are carefully laid down all the Direct & Cross Roads, Cities, Townes, Villages, Parks, Seats and Rivers with a General Map of England & Wales, published J. Wallis and sold by Davies & Eldridge, Exeter, circa 1814, letterpress title and contents list, 44 (complete) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, including 1 double-page (Yorkshire), including a small map of the Isle of Wight not called for in the contents list, slight dust soiling and staining, near contemporary manuscript ownership signatures to the front pastedown, hinges and joints weak and cracked, the upper hinge with crude paper strengthening, contemporary half morocco gilt with a gilt morocco label to the upper siding, rubbed and worn. 12mo, with Aikin (John). England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales..., J. Johnson and T. Bensley, 1800, frontispiece of a folding engraved map of England & Wales, the map of England and Wales repaired and strengthened, and 42 engraved county maps, index bound at rear, later endpapers, modern quarter calf gilt, 8voQTY: (3)

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments..., Stereotype edition, Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, 1813, bound with Book of Psalms. A New Version of the Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches, by Nicholas Brady, and Nahum Tate, Oxford: printed at the Clarendon Press, by Bensley, Cooke, and Collingwood, 1815, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco by J. Bigg & Son of Westminster, with elaborate gilt decorated spine and gilt roll border to boards, 8vo (Griffiths 1813/15), together with:Book of Common Prayer. Book of Common Prayer..., Oxford: printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the University, 1756, few gathering loosening and frayed to margins, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated calf, spine and extremities worn, 8vo,Brady (Nicholas and Tate, Nahum). A New Version of the Psalms of David fitted to the Tunes used in Churches, London: printed by A. Wilde, for the Company of Stationers, 1755, upper margin of title with ownership signature of Catherine Hasted dated 1800, contemporary gilt panelled calf, worn, 8vo,Book of Common Prayer. Facsimile of the Original Manuscript of the Book of Common Prayer, Signed by Convocation December 20th, 1661..., London, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Melbourne & New York: Eyre & Spottiswoode and C. J. Clay & Sons, 1891, facsimile leaves ruled in red, leaves partly uncut, original cloth, damp-mottling mostly to lower outer corners of boards, wear to extremities, folio, plus other editions of The Book of Common Prayer, mostly 19th-century, including leather bound, 4to/8vo, plus related theology and reference, 19th & 20th-century publications, mostly cloth bound, 8voQTY: (2 cartons)

The Diary of A J Lane: With a Description of Those Fishes to Be Found in British Waters A J Lane Published by The Medlar Press, Bedford, 1995 facsimile of the original manuscript diary published in 1843. Limited edition to just 1489 copies, this being a review copy for the Medlar Press. Bound in full black leather with gilt titles to spine. Light shelf wear, spine starting to crease just a little. Colour and black and white plates the rear. Contents clean and bright. 190pp plates with original invoice

Paul Jacoulet (French, 1896-1960). Color woodblock print titled "Les Vieux Manuscripts, Coree, Seoul (The Old Writings, Seoul, Korea)" depicting a man seated on a cushion reading a manuscript and holding a painted fan, ca. 1948. Seal in print along the right edge above the cushion; pencil signed just above the seal.(Sight) height: 15 in x width: 11 3/4 in. (Matted) height: 21 in x width: 17 in.Condition: The entire print appears present and the margins have not been trimmed. The print has been glued down to the matting in areas making removing it from the matboard difficult. There appears to be a small red seal in the lower right corner along the verso when inspected. The sheet is slightly toned. There are a few areas of foxing. There is a slight undulation to the lower right corner of the sheet. Some wear to the sheet along the margins from the glue. Wear to the matboard.

The ‘Witu August 1893’ C.B. group of four awarded to Rear-Admiral George R. Lindley, Royal Navy, who commanded the Naval Brigade and was specially promoted to Captain for services at Witu The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamels; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lieut: G. R. Lindley. R.N. H.M.S. “Achilles”); East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (Commr. G. R. Lindley R.N., H.M.S. Blanche.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted for display, minor chips to green enamel wreaths of C.B., some very light contact marks, otherwise good very fine or better (4) £3,000-£4,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Provenance: Alan Hall Collection, June 2000. C.B. (Military) London Gazette 12 December 1893: ‘In recognition of services in the late actions at Pumwani and Jongeni, and in the proceedings following upon the establishment of the Protectorate over Witu.’ George Robert Lindley was born on 5 July 1850, at Mars Hall, Mansfield. He was the son of R. C. Lindley and was educated at Dover. He joined Britannia as a Naval Cadet on 9 June 1863, aged 13, and on passing out was awarded a 2nd Class Certificate and gained six months sea time. He was appointed to H.M.S. Victoria in September 1864 and promoted to Midshipman on 30 March 1865. He subsequently served in this rank aboard Constance, January 1868, Cadmus, December 1868 and Barrosa, July 1869. Whilst in the latter ship he was promoted to Sub Lieutenant on 27 September 1869. He continued to serve in Barrosa until January 1872 when he joined Excellent for study and examinations. On passing out of College he obtained 2nd Class Certificates in Gunnery, Seamanship and Navigation. In May 1873 he joined Agincourt and was promoted to Lieutenant on 28 September 1873. His first appointment in his new rank was to Excellent for a short Gunnery Course in August 1874, he then served aboard Sultan in November 1874 prior to returning to Excellent in September 1876 for a period of further Gunnery training during which time he was awarded a 2nd Class Certificate in Gunnery. He next served aboard Audacious, July 1879, followed by Achilles September 1880. Whilst in the latter ship he was landed in Alexandria, Egypt for service with the Naval Brigade during July 1882. For this service he received the Egypt Medal without clasp and Khedive's Star. In August 1883 he returned to Excellent to requalify in Gunnery and on passing he joined Belleisle in November 1883, followed by Curacoa in January 1884. He left this ship on promotion to Commander on 30 June 1886. His first appointment as a Commander was to Shannon for the Summer Manoeuvres in August 1887. He then served aboard Cambridge, October 1887, Conqueror, July 1889 and Cambridge, September 1889. He was given the command of Blanche in December 1890 for service in the East Indies Squadron. In August 1893 as Senior Naval Officer East Coast of Africa he was requested by Commissioner Rennell Rodd to accompany him in an expedition to Witu for the purpose of punishing the Sultan of Witu, Furno Omari who had become restless, dangerous and openly defiant and had refused to meet the British Consul General. A Naval Brigade under Commander Lindley was drawn from H.M. Ships Blanche, Swallow, and Sparrow, and landed at Lamu on 7 August 1893. The towns of Pumwani and Jongeni were attacked and destroyed after a brisk fight. The Naval Brigade lost 1 Stoker killed and 2 officers and 6 seamen wounded. Their mission accomplished, the Naval Brigade returned to their ships on 15 August 1893. Commander Lindley was Mentioned in Despatches, awarded the C.B., received the thanks of the Foreign Office and was specially promoted to Captain on 30 June 1893 for his services. On leaving Blanche in November 1893 he spent two years ashore on half pay until appointed to President for Senior Officers Course in April 1894. In July 1895 he took command of Thetis for tactical exercises and in December 1895 returned to President for study at the Royal Naval college at Greenwich. His next seagoing appointments were to Melpomene in command, September 1896 and Marathon in command, April 1897. At his own request he was placed on the Retired List on 23 July 1900 when aged 50. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on the Retired List in June 1905, and died on 1 August 1918. Sold with 3 Commission documents for Sub Lieutenant, Lieutenant, and Commander; a manuscript Diary of service aboard H.M.S. Victoria; two portrait photographs, one in uniform and one in later life with his wife and two daughters, and a copy of a poem written by Rennell Rodd about the Witu Expedition; together with copied record of service and other research.

An illuminated manuscript missal leaf, with text in red, blue and black ink on vellum, 16cm x 12cmFramed and glazed. There is clear wear to the vellum, including undulation/warping to the sheet, as well as some discolouration, in addition to some fading to the ink.

Dame Laura Knight DBE RA RWS (1877-1970) Manuscript letters of correspondence from the artist Laura Knight to her friend Pauline Konody, including a letter dated 8th September 1933 on Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, letterheaded paper, including the passages; "Pauline dear, I am painting a big portrait of the Duchess of Rutland this month, staying in this wonderful house among these fabulously beautiful - thrilling people [...] Bedtime - this is a stupid letter"; and six further letters from around the same period, in Knight's characteristically light-hearted style, one congratulating her friend on becoming a mother to a baby boy, and encouraging her to join the RWS "I am so glad you are thinking of becoming a member, I was going to suggest you should try for it, next time I saw you - I shall be delighted to sign your papers if you will send them to me", another apologising for her delayed reply "What can I say? I was away from home - painting some children when it came, which is absorbing and nerve-wracking work.." letters approximately 20 x 13cms. included within the letters is; A Portrait of Pauline Konody, watercolour on paper, 10.5 x 8cms. Notes: Pauline Konody was the daughter of Paul George Konody (1872-1933), a celebrated art critic and historian, who wrote for several London newspapers, alongside travel guides and art books. He was a recognized expert in the art of the Renaissance period. Pauline Konody was a lifelong friend of Knight, having met at art school in their youth, and she found success as a watercolour artist in her own right. Provenance:Pauline Konody, and thence by descent.

17th Century Italian SchoolSaint John the Baptist Cradling the Baby Jesus in His Arms, oil on canvas,73.5 x 60cms. Provenance:Manuscript note verso "Zilla Mary, with love Grizelda Harding 1877";Thence by descent. Notes:Saint John the Baptist is often depicted as holding a staff, in this painting his staff rests against his left shoulder, and is pinned as he cradles the infant Jesus against him. Here his staff terminates with budding foliage and flowers, perhaps signifying new life. The baby Jesus holds in his left hand a peach - a symbol of immortality - while pointing to St. John with his right. He gazes out of the painting looking to us, the viewer, as if to impart this message, while the prophet St. John's gaze is directed only at the infant, whose arrival he had foretold.

Trumbull (Benjamin), A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical, two vols., 8vo, gilt-calf, with engraved portrait frontispiece, published by Maltby, Goldsmith & Co., and Samuel Wadsworth, New-Haven 1818; together with a manuscript letter from the author to the Rev. Jedidiah Morse, signed and dated ‘North Haven July 21st 1817’, in d.s.

Novum Testamentum, A New Testament in Latin, 32mo, full calf, published by Charlotte Guillard, Paris 1554, with manuscript inscriptions and footnotes, by former owner Robert Reed; in solander box.Note: By tradition, this volume was gifted by the French Ambassador, to Queen Mary Tudor on her marriage to King Philip of Spain.

A framed manuscript leaf, probably from a Book of Hours, calligraphy in ink and polychromatic pigment on vellum, 13 x 9.5 cm, frame dimensions: 24 x 28 cm, framed with both sides of the page visible (crack to glazing on one side)

An early 19th century circa 1835 scrap book / album, bound in full crushed morocco with gilt borders and edges. The album containing a miscellany of engravings, drawings, watercolours, pasted in cuttings, advice, manuscript verses etc. Including 1834 poem titled Paddy in Canada about an Irish expat, A Bachelor's Wish, On Dandies, caricatures, topographical landscape drawings including of Napoleon's Tomb, sketched on the spot, a verse in French signed C. H. J. de Beaumont, a passage titled The Execution of Chalilar, which appears to be about Mary Queen of Scots, The Hour of Judgement, etc.  Lacking head of spine, binding worn and loosening, boards in disrepair. 8vo.

A 19th century late George IV / early Victorian 1837 collection of manuscript poems, in the style of the Romantics. The lot comprising a manuscript of Percy Bysshe Shelley's pastoral elegy Adonais written for the death of John Keats on lilac paper; a small poem regarding liquor signed with initials J. A. F., and two pages in a different hand, comprising tragic verse Lines on my Cousin Fanny regarding the death of the author's cousin Fanny, on a separate leave, a witty verse titled Programme for the week as announced by the Player of the First Fiddle, and over the page, Model for an Adonis, opening, 'Paint him, oh Paint him with each youthful grace, ere sorrow yet has dimm'd his lustrous brow'. These two leaves watermarked for F. Whatman Turkey Mill 1837. An interesting & unpublished collection of varied style, owing inspiration to the Romantic poets such as Lord Byron & Bysshe Shelley. 

Postal history - two 17th century manuscript hand written letters in the Spanish language. Reading to verso Segouia Sebastian Gemae Bernal. One dated 1615, the other dated in a recent hand in pencil 1625. Believed sent to Florence, any seals cut from leaves. Two early 17th century handwritten letters. 

Somerset Maugham, William (1874-1965). A circa 1936 manuscript letter, letterheaded Villa Mauresque Cap Ferrat A. M, sent by Maugham to Mr. Holding, a descendent of theatrical portrait artist Samuel de Wilde (1751-1832). Letter dated April 8, reading: Dear Mr. Holding, I have been collecting de Wilde's theatrical portraits for 20 years. If you had any to sell I would gladly come to them. Yours very faithfully W. S. Maugham. Complete with handwritten envelope featuring Maugham's symbol in red to verso, and a 1935 second impression of Don Fernando, publisher's original full cloth binding, bookplate of The Book Society to ffep, 8vo. An interesting letter regarding Maugham's art collection, which was eventually bequeathed to the Holburne Museum in Bath in 2011, nearly 100 years after Maugham started collecting theatrical paintings in 1912.

Spanish, Italian & European postal history. A collection of 18th century mid 1780s 1785-1787 handwritten manuscript letters, appearing to be to sent via the Consul General of Liorna (Livorno) from Amadeo of Barcelona. Two of the letters complete with seal stamp, addressed to A. Manuel e Silva Consul General de S. M. Cath. en los mares de Toscana, Liorna. The letters appearing to detail travels across Spain, giving best wishes & discussing the changing world, exchanging letters to other various parties, one letter making mention of Francesco Verraccini of Florence and Mr. Andres Mazzarelli, Mr. Pedro Giannini and the early codex manuscript the Brevario Gotico Mozarabe. An interesting collection of letters in the Spanish language.

An early 19th century circa 1835 ditty album, bound in full straight grain morocco. The album containing a miscellany of engravings, drawings, watercolours, pasted in cuttings, advice, manuscript verses etc. Including acronym poems, engravings including of Constantinople, View of the House of the Forest of Lebanon built by Solomon, hand coloured French fashion engravings of ladies in dresses, 1714 engraving of Santisimmo Sepulchro by Cornelius de Bruyn, poem including On the Death of an Infant, etc. Lacking majority of spine, binding worn and loosening, boards in disrepair. 8vo.

Manuscript. Maritime & Travel interest. A Descriptive Account of the Voyage of the S.S. 'Politician' to New Orleans, USA. Illustrated with 54 photographs. Dated 1903. Attributed to James D. Hutchinson. A hand-written account of the author's voyage to and return from New Orleans, Louisiana, in late 1903 aboard the Harrison of Liverpool steamer 'Politician' (built by Swan and Hunter, Newcastle, in 1898). Approx. 68 pages of content including the hand-written account, photographs, postcards and a few other associated enclosures. The contents are divided into three parts, the first concerns the outbound voyage, the second concerns the author's time spent in New Orleans, and the third concerns the return voyage. The small tipped-in photographs have faded/aged but the images are still generally visible. Bound in marbled paper boards, the original spine has perished and has been replaced with tape. The contents have regardless come loose from the spine/boards. The groupings are still secure at the cords. Internally in good clean order. A very interesting item. (1)

Manuscript. Vellum Document. Grant of Arms. Dated 1854. Relating to the Sparrow family of Blackburn and Henry Charles Duke of Norfolk. With wonderful illuminated examples of the coats of arms. With both original wax seals in brass containers (one has come loose). Housed in a lift-top box (not original).

The French Academie by Peter de la Primaudaye, a seventeenth century leather bound manuscript printed for Thomas Adams (1614)

CIPRIANO PICCOLPASSO; 'The Three Books of the Potter's Art', a facsimile of the manuscript in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, translated and introduced by Ronald Lightbown and Alan Caiger-Smith, published in two volumes by Solar Press, London, 1980, hardcovers with case (2).Provenance: Estate of Chris Jensen.

18th century French mantel clock made by: Lepaute Andre Jean and Pochon a Paris, the announcer's recommendation, an antique and very high-quality French mantel clock from the 18th century, made by: 'Pochon a Paris', made of white Parian marble and bronze with a black patina, part coated with gold (Ormolu / Dore bronze), at the top of the clock an allegorical figure of prudence (Allegory of Prudence) which is often mistakenly described as Queen Cleopatra and the snake and her birth Themis (the goddess of justice in Greek mythology - or by her other name Justitia (or Justitia), the goddess of justice in Roman mythology) according to a design by Antoine Foullet (1710-1775), the literature plate is signed by a manufacturer The Lepaute Andre Jean mechanism (Lepaute Andre Jean, an important French watchmaker who worked in Paris between the years: 1720-1789), working condition has not been tested, total height: 41 cm, depth from the front to the wall: 12 cm, length of the front: 41 cm. * Attached for illustration are two screenshots of similar watches sold abroad, including the small version only with the image of an allegory of caution, the like of which is in the collection of the Louvre Museum in Paris - a black and white photograph from the Louvre catalog is attached. ** This model of a pendulum clock with an "allegory of caution" was designed and designed by Antoine Paula, and the drawing (outline) for this clock can be found in his book "Book of pendulum drawings" from 1765 (the manuscript is still preserved in the G. Jacques Doucet Library of Art and Archeology in Paris). Many dealers and auction houses believed that this model was a representation of Queen Cleopatra due to the presence of the mirror and the snake but this is not true, it is an allegory for caution according to Paula himself. *** Antoine Foullet (1710-1775) specialized in making stylish watch cases. He worked as an independent cabinet maker (ebeniste - a furniture maker specializing in veneering furniture with a layer of ebony wood) until he was almost forty years old, when he was finally registered in his guild as a master cabinet maker in 1749. The inventory made in 1775 after his death shows that his workshop was still in full production At the end of his life: there were six workbenches equipped with tools, as well as a large stock of watch cases. The inventory also mentions some chests made of bronze. Since the guild's strict regulations forbade ébénistes to work in bronze, Paula seems to have sold goods outside of his profession. Paula produced works almost exclusively in the Rococo style, although his inventory is reminiscent of works "a la Grec" (with a Greek flavor), and includes items with figures from Greek and Roman mythology, allegorical figures and more - from the Agopsedia Period: 19th century (1800-1900)

T. E. Lawrence.- Crowe (K. N.) [Clouds Hill, Dorset], 16 vintage photographs of T. E. Lawrence's home, each c.160 x 210 mm., photographer's ink-stamp to verso and "copyright. Property of the Executors of T. E. Shaw" in manuscript, fractional creasing to edges, Reading, [c.1935] § [T. E. Lawrence funeral], 2 vintage photographs, c.160 x 210 mm, ink-stamp and manuscript note to verso reading "if used for reproduction due acknowledgement to be given to Pathe Gazette", slight creasing to edges, [c.1935]; and 2 smaller photographs showing the garden and an oriental cupboard at Clouds Hill, and an original envelope with Jock Chamber's address given in faint pencil, v.s. (21). *** In 1935 Lawrence had a motorbike accident near his cottage, Clouds Hill. He died at Bovington Camp hospital on 19th May, 1935.The photographs were originally housed in the envelope addressed to Jock Chambers, believed to be E. J. Jock Chambers who was batman to Lawrence during his time at Farnborough. They became lifelong friends, with Chambers visiting Lawrence several times at Clouds Hill. The Bodleian Lawrence archive includes 24 letters from Lawrence to Chambers. 

Napoleon.- Wheeler (H.F.B.), and A.M. Broadley. Napoleon and the Invasion of England: The Story of the Great Terror, 3 vol., extra illustrated, by the insertion of over c. 200 broadsides, prints, maps, letters (including: Hannah More, Prince William, Duke of Clarence and later William IV; Richard Price, philosopher, and political radical, 1723-91; Richard Cumberland playwright and novelist, 1732-1811 (2); Thomas Powlett), manuscript documents (including: General Charles Pichegru, General Grigny, Admiral Bruix, Admiral Villaret-Joyeuse), engraved music scores, facsimiles, and ephemera (including: Peace with all the World!, printed broadside celebrating the Treaty of Amiens, S. Martin, Printer, Birmingham, seemingly unrecorded, [1802]; The Bishop of Llandaff's Thoughts on the French Invasion, [1798]; a receipt for the Voluntary Contribution For the Defence of the Country, 1798; engraved invitation from the Greenwich Association of Anti-Gallicans; A Kibg or a Consul? A New Song to the Tune of Derry Down, Bath and London, S. Hazard and others, [?1799]; The Female Association for Preserving Liberty and Property, James Asperne, 1803; William Wilberforce. Advice Suggested by the State of The Times, J. Asperne and J. Hatchard, [1803]; Richard Brinsley Sheridan. Song is Pizarro, Sung by Mrs. Jordan, in the Character of Cora, The Words by Mr. Sheridan, printed on silk, [c. 1800], all window-mounted or laid down, manuscript contents list of extra illustrations, many plates and other items removed and missing, others loose, late 19th century half morocco, all defective, one vol. completely disbound lacking spine and boards, the others without spines, worn, vol. folio, items v.s., v.d., 18th - 20th centuries & 1908.

Bible, Latin. Biblia Habes in hoc libro... et librum de interpretamentis Hebraicorum, Aramaeorum, Graecorumque nominum, sacris in literis contentorum, first edition of Pagninus' translation, collation: a-c8 d6 A-2X8 2Y4 a-l8 m10 n-v8 x6, lacking 2B1, double column, title in red and black within ornate figurative woodcut border, woodcut initials, early ink marginalia, head of title shaved not affecting text, 2A2&3 with tears affecting text, g1 gutter slightly cracked, a few leaves with marginal loss or short tears, some neat repairs to corners, some water-staining to margins, light browning and occasional spotting, later ink notes to endpapers, later vellum-backed boards, double morocco spine label, "Ancient Bible" inscribed in ink on upper cover, covers soiled, spine darkened, upper joint cracked at foot, rubbed, 4to, Lyon, Antoine du Ry for Franciscus Turcus, Dominicus Bertus of Lucca and Jacobus de Giuntis, 1528. *** One of the most literal translations ever prepared, this was the first ever printing of the Bible to divide the text into numbered verses. It was also the first appearance of a Latin Bible with the Apocrypha printed as a separate section. The first Latin version of the Bible since Jerome's to be translated from the original Hebrew and Greek, Sanctes Pagninus (1466--1541) of Lucca worked on the text between 1493 and 1520. The manuscript was approved by Pope Leo X, who agreed to publish it at his own expense, but his death in December 1521 caused the project to be abandoned, and Pagninus went to Avignon and finally Lyon, where he obtained the patronage of Franciscus Turcus and Dominicus Bertus of Lucca, and Jacobus de Giuntis, a Florentine publisher, who furnished the money to have it published.

Persian manuscript.- Autograph presentation document from an unknown author (probably Indian) to William Byam Martin, Sahib Bahadur, British resident at Shahjahanabad, (1783-1869), signed with the seal impression of one Ghassan al-Din Ahmed Khan [?Malik] [?Fakhr] al-Dawla, recording the presentation of documents, 1 ff., 485 x 275mm (19 x 10½ in), ink, gouache and gold on paper, text area ruled in orange and gold, surrounded by floral patterned border, with opaque pigments of blue, green, orange, red and white floral decorations set on richly gilt external border, some pigment rubbed off, otherwise remarkably bright, one or two spots to margin, light folds, [c.1832]. *** The addressee is unknown (though most likely Indian), signed with the seal impression of Ghassan al-Din Ahmed Khan al-Dawla to William Byam Martin, Sahib Bahadur, British Resident at Shahjahanabad (Delhi) at the beginning of Ramadan 1247 AH (early February 1832). After studying at Eton, Martin obtained an EIC writership in 1799 and was an early student of the new college at Fort William, with its emphasis on local languages. He served in a series of prominent posts: by 1832 he already served as Resident at Hyderabad (1825-1830) and would then be Resident at Indore (1832-34), before retiring to England in 1836.

*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed *** Jonston (John) Historiae Naturalis de Quadrupetibus Libri, engraved title, 80 engraved plates, Q4 with small portion torn away at lower corner (loss of letters; loosely inserted); Historiae Naturalis de Auibus Libri VI, engraved title, 62 engraved plates; Historiae Naturalis de Piscibus et Cetis Libri V, engraved title, 47 engraved plates; Historiae Naturalis de Exanguibus Aquaticis, woodcut device to title, 20 engraved plates; Historiae Naturalis de Insectis Libri III. de Serpentibus et Draconibus Libri II, 2 parts in 1, engraved title, with small tear and repair, 28 engraved plates, divisional title with woodcut device, 12 engraved plates, together 5 works in 1, all first editions, engraved plates after Mattheaus Merian, Caspar Merian and others, a few scattered plates or leaves with small closed tears, generally clean with occasional spots, occasional worming to lower margins, minor foxing or soiling, contemporary vellum with manuscript ink lettering to spine, back-strip peeling away along upper joint but joint itself firm, two closed tears to spine head, yapp edges worn, [Nissen ZBI 2132; 2132; 2133; 2134; 2135], folio, Frankfurt, M. Merian, 1650-53.*** First edition of this seminal work; not only did Jonston's enormous compilation become the standard seventeenth century encyclopaedia on natural history, but Merian's plates similarly became an illustrative cornerstone, extensively reprinted and copied for over a century.   

Binding.- Mathematics.- Euclid. Euclidis Elementorum geometricorum libri sex priores, numerous woodcut diagrams in text, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, upper inner gutters / margins water-stained (just touching text), with minor paper loss at start and end (not affecting text), occasional mostly marginal water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, hinges split, bound in a late 11th century German manuscript leaf from Saint Jerome's Adversus Pelagianos over boards, text in Latin in a Romanesque hand, 29 lines, spine with piece missing from head (just touching text) and some water-staining causing fading of text, some staining, rubbed, leaf 212 x 147mm., 17th century printer's waste used in binding, 8vo, Ingolstadt, Eder at the house of Elizabeth Angermaier, 1617.  *** A rare edition in commerce; here bound in an early manuscript leaf comprising the first section of the third part of St. Jerome's 5th century critique of Pelagius's theories. 

Indian miniature.- ?Chand Bibi, a Deccani warrior queen, hunting scene, opaque watercolour heightened with gold on paper, depicting a kneeling queen shooting a bow and arrow at various deer, her 3 attendants with guns, and a horse waiting nearby, a city-scape in the background, decorative border, page of manuscript verse to verso on pink background with decorations and gold stars, mounted, framefd and glazed, image 202 x 307mm., ?Farrukhabad, [18th century]; and 2 other Indian/Persian paintings (3)