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Douai printing.- [Lechmere (Edmund)] A Disputation of the Church, Wherein the old Religion is maintained, first edition, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and decorative initials, title with traces of old ink inscription and lightly water-stained, a few side-notes shaved, one or two marginal tears or defects, later vellum, spine titled in manuscript, a little soiled, [STC 15348], Douai, Mark Wyon, at the golden Phaenix, 1629.*** Rare recusant treatise. Lechmere (d.1640) was a Worcestershire-born Catholic divine, who was educated at the English College in Douai under Dr. Matthew Kellison. He went on to teach divinity there after a spell of study in Paris under Gamache.ESTC lists copies at BL, Cambridge, Downside, Lambeth Palace, NLS, Bodleian, Society of Jesus Library, and Trinity College. No copies located outside the UK and we have been unable to trace any at auction. 

Religious.- [Manuscript Sermons] & Sternhold & Hopkins, The Whole Book of Psalmes, 1641, manuscript, c. 200pp., inscribed in text "Barnabas Atkins is my name" with juvenile drawing and other ink inscriptions, some manuscript ff. excised, central folds, slightly browned, bookplate of Essex & Chelmsford Museum on inside front cover, original calf, blind-stamped rules, manuscript label dated 1843 on upper cover, rubbed, corners bumped, spine worn with traces of worming, 8vo, dated in text 1647-48; and 3 other manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (4). 

McLean (Ruari) Victorian Book Design and colour printing, second edition, 1972; Benjamin Fawcett: Engraver and Colour Printer, one of 25 specially-bound copies signed by the author and with 3 original Fawcett plates in pocket at end, A.L.s. from the author loosely inserted, original half morocco, dust-jacket, 1988; another copy, limited edition, with several A.Ls.s. from the author to JC loosely inserted or tipped in at end, contemporary half cloth, 1988 § Simon (Herbert) Song and Words: A History of the Curwen Press, Iain Bain's copy with his book-label and 2 T.Ls.s. to him from Basil Harley loosely inserted, 1973 § Bettley (James, editor) The Art of the Book from Medieval Manuscript to Graphic Novel, 2001 § Schleger (Pat) Zero: Hans Schleger - a Life of Design, 2001, illustrations, many colour, all but the second & third original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.95 others on book design, typography and printing, some pamphlets, 4to & 8vo (c.100)

F[lavel] (J[ohn]) A Token for Mourners, first edition, longitudinal half-title, light water-staining, contemporary manuscript note to front free endpaper, [Wing  F1197], Robert Boulter, 1674 § Spelman (Sir Henry) De non temerandis Ecclesis, Churches not to be Violated, fifth edition, longitudinal half-title, old ink manuscript inscription "Tittenhanger Library" to front pastedown and "Pret 1s" to head of title, [Wing S4923], Oxford, H.Hall for Amos Curteyn, 1676 § A[llen] (W[illiam]) A Serious and Friendly Address to the Non-Conformists, beginning with the Anabaptists..., imprimatur leaf, spotting and browning, [Wing A1073], Tho.Warren for Walter Kettilby, 1693 § [Assheton (William)] The Country-Parson's Admonition to his Parishioners, persuading them to continue in the Protestant Religion, imprimatur leaf, later calf-backed marbled boards, old ink manuscript label to upper cover, [Wing A4025A], R.Wilde, 1688, the first three contemporary sheep or calf, all rubbed, spine ends worn, 8vo et infra (4)

Hamel (Christopher de, expert on medieval manuscripts, b.1950) Original manuscript for his book 'A History of Illuminated Manuscripts', black ink on rectos only, no title, several corrections, a few passages pasted in, cloth, [c.1986]; proof of the same work, corrections in ink, illustrations pasted in, half cloth, [c.1986]; Glossed Books of the Bible and the Origins of the Paris Booktrade, proof, some corrections in ink, inscribed "For John Collins, the only man mad enough to want this unicum, Christopher" on front free endpaper, cloth, [c.1984]; Liberna Foundation. Catalogue of Miniatures and Manuscripts, inscribed to "John Collins, with best wishes Christopher de Hamel; about 80 copies of this catalogue are printed, none for sale" on half-title, a few markings in ink, half red morocco, Hilversum, 1982; and c.25 others by or concerning de Hamel, many with letters from de Hamel to JC, amusing skits, articles & other material loosely inserted, v.s. (c.30) 

Cunningham (Peter) Saint Anne's Hill; a Poem, third edition, 5 mounted lithographed plates after C.Stirling, most printed by Hullmandel, tissue guards, foxing, one leaf creased, contemporary half calf, upper joint split, Chertsey, Robert Wetton, 1833 § Crabbe (Rev. George) Tales of the Hall, 2 vol., half-titles, extra-illustrated with mezzotint portrait and engraved plates, most by Heath after Westall, with letterpress sheet of "Book Society of Twelve" circulating library with details of borrowers in manuscript tipped in at beginning of vol.2, foxing, modern half morocco, spines gilt, uncut, 1819 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) The Foresters. Robin Hood and Maid Marian, first edition, with ink note in contemporary hand "1st Copy Printed for final proof (from type for publishers)" on front paste-down and with pencil corrections to p.2, endpapers foxed, original cloth, damp-stained at edges, preserved in cloth folder and slip-case, 1892 § [Canning (G.)] Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin, sixth edition, bookplates of William Ewart and John Fowles with ink note to front free endpaper re William Ewart Gladstone and pencil notes to text, contemporary calf, worn, lacking backstrip, 1813 § Gardner (W.) Poems, [3 copies], only edition, original blind-stamped limp cloth in blue, purple and brown, one spine faded, [Library Hub records a single copy only - BL], Bridport, W.Frost, 1872, all rubbed; and c.55 others, poetry, v.s. (c.60)*** The first is a scarce, privately-printed poem by the curate of Chertsey, about the country seat belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth Armistead, later the wife of Charles James Fox.

Music.- Stamitz (Charles) Six Sinfonies Grand Orchestre, engraved music, publisher's advertisement leaf following title, bound with 8 others similar, manuscript index to front pastedown, contemporary half sheep, morocco label to upper cover, worn, John Welcker, [c.1780] § Vocal Library (The): being the largest collection of English, Scottish, and Irish Songs..., wood-engraved frontispiece with 4 scenes, contemporary sheep, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., [c.1820]; and c.20 others on music, some pamphlets, v.s. (c.25)

Botany.- Plesch (Arpad) The Magnificent Botanical Library of the Stiftung fur Botanik..., 3 vol., large paper copy interleaved and with much additional material pasted in or loosely inserted, illustrations, vol.1 with prices in manuscript and some notes by JC (the cataloguer), estimates and price lists loosely inserted, bound in cloth, by Bernard Middleton, morocco labels, folio, Sotheby's, 1975-76.*** A unique copy of the catalogue of this splendid sale.

Cheke (Sir John) Pronuntiatione graecae potissimum linguae disputationes..., title with woodcut printer's device, a7 & 8 blanks, woodcut initials, an excellent clean copy in later calf, spine gilt with red roan label, [VD16 C 2144], Basle, Nicolaus Episcopius junior, 1555 § Hoffmeister (Johann) Loci communes rerum theologicarum..., 3pp. errata at end, contemporary blind-stamped alum-tawed pigkskin with metal clasps, a little soiled, split to skin of lower cover, [VD16 H 4269], [Ingolstadt, Alexander Weißenhorn], 1547 § [Xenophon. Philosophi et historici clarissimi opera...], vol.2 only (of 2: Latin translation by Francisco Philelpho), lacking title but with final blank, woodcut initials, contemporary panelled calf ruled in blind with gilt ornaments at corners and crowned double-headed eagle to centre, spine gilt with rosettes, fore-edge titled in manuscript, from the library of Markus Fugger with T.L.s. of confirmation from Universtätsbibliothek Augsburg loosely inserted, spine worn and defective at head, [VD16 X 12], [Basle, M.Isingrin], [1545], 8vo (3)*** The author of the first, Sir John Cheke (1514-57), was tutor to Edward VI and secretary of state.

Prophetical Mirror (The), being a Collection of Prophecies, engraved frontispiece with partial crude hand-colouring and torn (laid down), soiled, bound with other tracts, old manuscript book-label of George Coleman, contemporary half sheep, T.Sabine & Son, [c.1800] § Bible, Greek. He Kaine Diatheke [graece], bookplate of Lord Walsingham, contemporary sheep, 1801 § [Gray (Robert, Bishop of Bristol)] The Theory of Dreams..., 2 vol. in 1, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title, contemporary half russia, joints split, 1808 § [Dallas (A.R.C.)] The Country Curate's Offering to his Parishioners, first edition, original boards, uncut, upper joint split, spine worn, 1822, all rubbed; and 23 others, early 19th century theology, including some volumes of tracts, 8vo et infra (27)

Sporting.- Game Law (The): Or, a Collection of the Laws and Statutes made for the Preservation of the Game of this Kingdom, 2 parts in 1, first part fourth edition, second part first edition, later bookplate of Edmund Lechmere of Severn End,  contemporary sheep, rubbed, old manuscript paper label to spine, [Kress 2720], 12mo, by J.N. for A.R.; by J.Nutt for S.Butler, 1711-12 § Pond (John) The Sporting Kalendar, containing a distinct Account of what Plates and Matches have been run for in 1757..., list of subscribers, advertisement leaf at end, the 5th Earl of Lonsdale's copy with his bookplate (?subscriber's copy, Sir James Lowther, later 1st Earl of Lonsdale is listed), contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt, rubbed, spine ends slightly worn, G.Woodfall, [1757]; and 12 others, sporting including a bound volume of Surtees part wrappers & advertisements, a 1949 Sotheby sale catalogue of items from the Duke of Gloucester's collection and a catalogue of Charles Gould's Gamefowl and Cock-fighting collection, v.s. (11)*** Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857-1944), sportsman, founder of the Lonsdale Belt boxing trophy, and co-editor of the Lonsdale Library of Sports, Games and Pastimes series, each volume devoted to an individual sport.

Schoolbooks.- Stockwood (John) Disputatiuncularum grammaticalium libellus..., fifth edition, lacking 2 preliminary leaves, tear to another with slight loss, contemporary ink signatures to rear endpapers, lacking front endpapers, contemporary calf, joints nibbled, [STC 23279.5], Bonham Norton, 1634 § [Camden (William)] Institutio Graecae grammatices compendiaria in usum Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis, S.Buckley and M . & T.Longman, 1755 § Borch (Ole) Analecta ad cogitationes de lingua latina, browned, contemporary calf, stained, Copenhagen, P.Haubold, 1782 § Lyne (Rev. R.) The Latin Primer, second edition, half-title, errata slip, 4 folding letterpress tables, Portsea, 1797 § Dilworth (Thomas) A New Guide to the English Tongue, woodcut portrait and illustrations, 1793 § Alderson (James) Orthographical Exercises, tenth edition, no endpapers, contemporary canvas, stained, with protective dust-jacket of manuscript vellum leaf, stained, 1809, some soiling and staining, the second, fourth & fifth contemporary sheep, all rubbed or worn; and c.45 others, schoolbooks etc., mostly linguistics, including a small box titled 'Miniature Reference Library', v.s.; sold not subject to return (c.50)

Sale Catalogues.- Towneley (John) Bibliotheca Towneleiana. A Catalogue of the Curious and Extensive Library..., Part I only (of 3), R.H.Evans, 1814 § Dent (John) Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Splendid, Curious, and Extensive Library..., ruled in red with prices and buyer's names in manuscript, advertisement leaf at end, soiled and stained, stitched, Evans, 1827 § Cawthorne (John Fenton) A Catalogue of the Library of Books..., some spotting and soiling, horizontal crease, frayed at edges, Lancaster, printed by W.Minshull, 1825 § Gough (Richard) Museum Goughianum. A Catalogue of the Entire Collection of Prints, Drawings, Coins..., prices & buyers' names in manuscript, disbound, soiled, Leigh & S.Sotheby, 1810 § Dryander (Jonas) Catalogus bibliothecae historico-naturalis Josephi Banks..., vol.4 only (of 5: Mineralogi), contemporary calf, rubbed, W.Bulmer, 1799 § Willett (Ralph) [Merly Library] A Catalogue of a Capital Collection of Botanical Drawings, ruled in red, modern cloth-backed boards, T.Philipe, 1814 § Stanhope (George) Death just Matter of Joy to good Men. A Sermon preach'd at the...Funeral of Mr. Richard Sare, of London, Bookseller, wrappers, W.Bowyer for Richard Williamson, 1724, all but the last sale catalogues, the first two modern morocco-backed marbled boards or cloth; and 5 other sale or booksellers' catalogues, 8vo (12)*** John Towneley (1731-1813), bibliophile, uncle and heir of Charles Towneley, collector of classical antiquities. His sale included the "Towneley Homer", the famous 11th century Greek manuscript on vellum which was bought by Charles Burney for £620 and is now in the British Library, and the "Towneley Mysteries" 15th century manuscript now in the Huntington Library in America.The Banks catalogue is part of one of the most complete libraries of natural history books of the time, effectively serving as a bibliography of such works up to that date. It was compiled by Banks's librarian and curator of his collections, the Swedish botanist Jonas Dryander (1748-1810), who had been a student of Linnaeus and later became librarian of the Royal Society and the first librarian and vice president of the Linnean Society.Ralph Willett owned a fine collection of natural history drawings, many by Ehret, which were included in this sale.

Dissertations.- Theses ex universa philosophia..., 2 parts in 1, titles to both parts with decorative typographic borders, woodcut head-pieces and initials, light water-staining to lower outer corner, contemporary limp vellum, covers with border ruled in black, spine titled in manuscript, lacking ties, a little stained, Ingolstadt, David Sartorius, 1595 § Stecksen (Israel D.) Dissertatio historico-literaria de arte Tritemiana scribendi per ignem, 2 parts in 1, contemporary ink note in Hebrew to first title, first part stained, later cloth-backed boards, Uppsala, Werner, 1728 § Grunden (A.J.) Dissertatio historica de affinitate serenissimae familiae badensis cum vasaea, 2 folding tables, contemporary vellum-backed "Dutch" floral boards in gold and colours, Uppsala, J.F.Edman, 1797, the last two both from the library of Count Trolle-Bonde with his monogrammed manuscript labels to upper covers, a little rubbed, 4to (3)

Food & Drink.- Farley (John) The London Art of Cookery, seventh edition, engraved portrait and 12 bills of fare (one with corner cut away not affecting image), 5pp. advertisements at end, a few stains, contemporary ink inscription "Susanna Bruce 1792" to front free endpaper, contemporary sheep, rebacked, worn, J.Scatherd & J.Whitaker, 1792 § Rumford (B.) Experimental Essays..., Essay X. Part II. On the Construction of Kitchen Fire-Places and Kitchen Utensils..., 6 plates, advertisement leaf at end, stitched in original printed blue wrappers with border decoration in imitation of binding, uncut, soiled and frayed at edges, T.Cadell & W.Davies, 1802 § Housewife's Guide (The) or, a Complete System of Modern Cookery...[with] The New Whole Art of Confectionary...by Edward Logan Mackenzie, 2 parts in 1, original printed viridian wrappers, rubbed, London & Otley, William Walker & Sons, [c.1840] § [Roberts (G.E.)] Cups and their Customs, second edition, chromolithographed frontispiece, original cloth, 1869; and a small bundle of food & drink ephemera including an engraved trade card for Angell & Son, Cooks to his Majesty and the Board of Ordnance (dated 1805 in ink on verso), a Vauxhall Gardens supper bill (stained) of 1823, a printed Cellar Book or Butler's Assistant completed in manuscript for 1853, various dinner menus etc., v.s. (a bundle)

Sotheby's.- [Hamel (Christopher de)] Geoffrey Chaucer. Prologue to the Canterbury Tales: A Hitherto Unrecorded Variant Reading, number 11 of 80 copies "signed anonymously" by the author and printer with small mounted scrap of medieval manuscript, illustrations, pencil notes by JC at end identifying the subjects of the text and block illustrations (including JC on p.3), bound in panelled calf ruled & stamped in blind, by Bernard Middleton, original wrappers bound in, uncut, slight worming to pastedowns, Procrastination Press, privately printed [by Mike Heseltine], 1980; with a small quantity of other material relating to JC's time at Sotheby's and a box containing material relating to Hodgson's Rooms, including spoof catalogues, photographs etc., v.s. (sm.qty)*** Delightful skit composed for the annual Sotheby's book department dinner in 1980. Part of JC's note reads, "What say you to a black-letter Chaucer printed in 1596: aye I've got one huzza! I shall have it bound in gothique - a nice sombre binding - it will go a little way to unmodernize. Keats to Reynolds May 3 1818."de Hamel on Collins: "A natural historie expert metes our eyes,In bindynges he was covred and in fakes was WiseOf every boke he knew the pryceBut felt that catalogues shuld be concyse:He loved to see whole lybraries bundled up in lottesY-tied in dirty sacks with stryng and knottes:He spent his wekes in sekyng for a wayeTo catalogue a thowsand lots a daye,And one ambition had thys expert gotte:To sell the Britysh Librarie in a single lotte."

[French (Nicholas, Catholic Bishop of Ferns)], "S.E.". The Unkinde Desertor of Loyall Men and True Frinds, first edition, lacking title (supplied in neat ink manuscript) and final blank, erratic pagination, woodcut ornaments, light soiling and staining, later engraved bookplate, nineteenth century green straight-grain morocco, g.e., a little rubbed, [Wing F2183], 8vo, [Paris], Superiorum permissu, 1676.*** Rare. A bitter tirade against the Duke of Ormond and the Butler Family. "My courteous teacher, that Ormond [Duke of Ormonde, 1610-1688, the 'unkinde desertor'] hath allways been a great bramble cruelly scratching and tormenting the Catholicks of Ireland, this little booke, I put in your hand, will show evidently."Only 2 copies have appeared at auction, in 2020 and 1987.

Choirbook, manuscript music with text, 219pp. only (pp. 49-268 only), some decorated initials in red and black ink, contemporary tree roan, rubbed, 4to, n.p., n.d. [c. 1750].

Catholics.- [Cooke (Alexander)] A Present for a Papist: or The Life and Death of Pope Joan, lacking engraved frontispiece but with final blank, title and final blank soiled, stab-holes, later marbled wrappers, spine torn, [Wing C5996B], for T[homas] D[awks], 1675 § Leti (Gregorio) Il Nipotismo di Roma; or, the History of the Popes Nephews, 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, engraved portrait, old calf, manuscript label, little worn, [Wing L1335], for John Starkey, 1669 § Walsh (Peter) A Letter to the Catholicks of England, Ireland, Scotland..., browned, contemporary sheep, spine worn and defective at head, [Wing W638], 1674, all rubbed, 8vo (3)

Mathematics.- Simson (Robert) The Elements of Euclid, 3 folding engraved plates, crested monogram of JW stamped in red ink to verso of title and numbered "16" in manuscript, Glasgow, 1803 § Wright (Alexander) A Treatise of Fractions, ?first edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, lacking lower outer corner of final leaf (not affecting text but advertisements on verso) and possibly another leaf of advertisements, a few contemporary ink calculations loosely inserted, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamps and bookplate, J.Oswald, 1734, both contemporary sheep, rubbed; and 4 others, arithmetic, 8vo (6)

Bloomsbury Book Auctions. Sale [Catalogue] of the Working Library of the late Howard M.Nixon, number 8 of 14 specially bound copies, with photograph of a binding tipped in and A.L.s. from Enid Nixon loosely inserted, note by JC "I catalogued lots 224-245 and a few others elsewhere" to front pastedown, cloth-backed marbled paper, original wrappers bound in, 1983; Catalogue of Early Printed Books..., prices in manuscript, interleaved with notes, rubbings of bindings etc. pasted in, note by JC "the continental collector was Graf Reuttner von Weyl...I catalogued all the bindings + many of the books : almost all the notes are mine...", 1985; Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Illustrated Books and Books Illustrating the Art of Printing formed by the late W.R.Jeudwine, 2 vol. in 1, 1984; Manuscripts and Printed Books, largely from the stock of Frank Marcham..., bound with various Marcham catalogues & publications, 1997; The Extensive Collections of Printed Books relating to D.H.Lawrence and Bibliography: The Property of the late Bob Forster, bound with early Forster catalogues (Orion Booksellers and  G.W.Marks lists), plus other information relating to Forster's bookselling uncle Mikhail Sinelnikoff who mysteriously disappeared in Bern in 1959, 1998, most with additional material (letters, photographs etc.) bound in or loosely inserted, all but the first bound in cloth or half cloth; and a bundle of other BBA catalogues & ephemera, v.s. (c.20)*** The fourth was the renowned "chicken sheds" sale. As JC notes, "David Stagg mentioned the books to me. At first I was nonplused [sic] then he mentioned Marcham and I remembered some posh catalogues I'd seen. We arranged to go and see the books. They were in an enormous chicken shed 40-50' long beside a caravan site near Duxford. You opened the door & the books stretched away into the distance. We had to go on Saturday since neither of our firms thought it was worthwhile. The wall of books contained so many no hopers - out of date AA books, microwave cookery - that it was no wonder noone would take it on. However we got stacks out onto trestles in the sunshine - and found a Phillipps manuscript - we were in business."

Pepys (Samuel) Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England..., first edition, issue with Griffin-Keble imprint, engraved portrait after Kneller, title in red and black, folding table of accounts mounted on stub (tear to inner edge repaired), with neat minor manuscript corrections at pp. 11, 33, 39, 40, 57 & 90, D6 & E8 supplied from another copy (shorter, D6 torn & repaired, E8 with worming to inner margin repaired), Sir Harry Newton's copy with his engraved bookplate and T.L.s. to him from Elkin Mathews Ltd. loosely inserted, old sheep-backed cloth, vellum label titled in ink, rubbed and faded, [Pforzheimer 793; Wing P1450], for Ben. Griffin, by Sam. Keble, 1690; The Royal Charter of Confirmation (The), granted by...King James II to the Trinity-House of Deptford-Strond; for the Government and Encrease of the Navigation of England and Relief of poor Mariners, their Widdows, and Orphans, &c., title in red & black, Macclesfield copy with embossed stamp to title and bookplate, contemporary panelled sheep, spine gilt, worn patches to upper cover, [Wing J381], 1685; and an imperfect copy of the first with corrections in a different hand (lacking portrait & folding table, water-stained), 8vo (3)*** Pepys's only work to be published under his name in his lifetime. Several copies are known to have manuscript corrections, which were apparently made by his clerks after printing.The second was apparently drafted by Pepys, as Master of Trinity House.

[Erasmus (Desiderius)] L'Eloge de la Folie, translated by M.Gueudeville, engraved frontispiece, title in red & black with vignette, 13 engraved plates and head- & tail-piece, contemporary mottled calf with "Roger" in gilt to upper cover, spine gilt with stars in compartments and bunch of grapes at foot, red morocco label, [Amsterdam, Wetstein], 1717 § Fenelon (François de Salignac de la Motte) Dialogues sur l'Eloquence en General, with front paste-down of engraved pictorial bookseller's advertisement "This book is to be had at Paul and Isaac Vaillant's at the Ship in the Strand London", contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, lacking label, ends worn, Paris, Jacques Estienne, 1718 § Levesque (P.C., translator) Pensées Morales de divers auteurs Chinois, half-title, wood-engraved device to title, contemporary limp boards, spine titled in manuscript, uncut, upper cover almost detached, preserved in modern morocco-backed cloth drop-back box, Paris, Didot l'Aîné, 1782; and 5 others, 8vo et infra (8)

Royal Canadian Air Force.- Stringer-Jones (Walter, pilot) Pilot's Flying Log Book, 111 printed pp. with manuscript insertions, a few typed inserts laid down, slightly browned, original cloth, lettered direct on upper cover, sm. 4to, 1942-45; and a quantity of others, WW2 and military, v.s., v.d. (sm. qty). *** First mentioned includes operations: "Raid Bangkok..."; "Raid Rangoon..."; "Night Bombing" etc.

Heinsius (Daniel) Crepundia siliana, first edition, title with border of printer's ornaments, woodcut initials, with 4pp. publisher's preface bound at end rather than following title, contemporary ink manuscript notes to front free endpaper, contemporary calf ruled in blind, a little rubbed, gouge to lower cover, [Wing H1372], 12mo, Cambridge, R.Daniel, 1646. *** Scarce work by the renowned scholar and professor of classics at Leiden university. It includes at the end the first appearance of Richard Crashaw's Latin poem 'Bulla' (O9v–O12r).

Hemingford (Walter) Historia de rebus gestis Edvardi I. Edvardi II. & Edvardi III., edited by T.Hearne, 2 vol., one of a limited number of large paper copies, book-label of the bookseller Alan Thomas, contemporary red-morocco-backed calf, spines gilt, Oxford, 1731 § Fell (R.) Memoirs of the Public Life of…Charles James Fox, 2 vol.., bookplate of Henry Wakeman, contemporary half calf, 1808 § Hautenville (H.B.) A Digest of the Duties of Customs and Excise, folding tables, contemporary tree calf, Dublin, 1805 § Rous (John) Historia regum Angliae, edited by Thomas Hearne, second edition, contemporary polished calf, gilt, red morocco label, Oxford, 1745 § Rawlinson (Richrd) The History of Sir John Perrott…, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt, 1728 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] The History of England, in a series of letters from a Nobleman to his Son, 2 vol., contemporary sheep, 1770, the last three all Macclesfield copies with embossed stamps and bookplate, a little rubbed; and 11 others, history, 8vo (20)*** The first was lot 1119 in the sale of Ralph Willett's Merly Library on 14 December 1813, sold to the Duke of Devonshire. A later pencil manuscript note in vol.1 reads: "fine large copy, perf[ect] throughout, £13.0.0. Merly binding. The identical copy which sold for £20.7.0. at Willetts' (the Merly) Sale. Sir Mark Sykes' copy sold only for £17.0.0. It was very indifferent". 

France.- Recueil de Pieces Pour Servir à l'Histoire de France, engraved title, manuscript in French, 258pp., browned throughout, engraved bookplate of Frederic North on front pastedown, bound in original crushed and polished morocco, gilt, slightly darkened and marked, gilt panelled spine, g.e., Phillipps manuscript 4917, [18th century]; and a small quantity of others, including some 19th century letters in French relating to medicine, a coptic manuscript, and a 19th century north Indian manuscript etc., v.s., v.d. (sm. qty).

Single leaf from a French Bible on vellum, written in Latin in black ink in a regular gothic book hand, double column, 53 lines, headline and chapter number in red and blue, initials with long flourishes, tipped into window mount, France, [13th century] § Album of music staves on vellum, 50ff., 6pp. with notation or verses supplied in manuscript, original calf, worn, [19th century]; and a quantity of others, albums, letters, calligraphic testimonials, printed ephemera etc. including a box of manuscript and early printed leaves, including 2 by Wynkyn de Worde, v.s. (a box)

Commonplace Book.- Trimnell (Egidius, buried in Worcester Cathedral, d. 1693) A Miscellany of things for my private use & Readeng also A Journal of Sermons, manuscript in several hands, title and c. 265pp. excluding blanks, reverse entries, last f. torn at tail with small loss, slightly browned, original patterned calf, gilt, rubbed, gilt spine chipped at tail, sm. 8vo, [17th century] - 1809. *** Includes: "On General Monke"; "On Londons Consecrating new Ground for the interring their dead" [by Thomas Flatman].

MANUSCRIPT DIARIES: group of 7 lady's diaries, 1926-1946, copious daily entries in pencil, life in London and surrounds between and after the wars, cloth-backed Letts diaries of period, light external wear, generally in good condition, 8vo. (7)

A MIXED LOT: to include photograph albums, cigarette cards and stamps, plus a manuscript bill for carriage over 2 sides, 18th century, framed and glazed. (Box)

MANUSCRIPT EXCERPTS: a collection of manuscript poetry, prose and sketches in English, French and German, mid-19thc and in numerous different hands, one per leaf on various coloured papers (each approx 14 x 8cm), contained in period black morocco book-box (lid detached), oblong 12mo. (1)

MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL: PARIS & STRASBOURG, 1867: a lively and extensive manuscript journal penned by Victor Yorke RA, an officer employed by the British government on a tour of military inspection in France & Germany during summer of 1867: covers period July 5th-August 24th, approx 180pp of entries in ink in a lively and legible hand, illustrated with some 41 albumen-print photographs (mainly cdv & cabinet-card size), plus a number of ink and pencil sketches, largely describing the writer's time in Paris and Strasbourg with much social, historical and military detail: contained in period commonplace book of half-morocco over marbled boards, a little rubbed but generally in very good condition, 7 ALS over approx 40 sides from same writer to his parents, loosely inserted. (1)

MANUSCRIPT MAPS: a pair of late 19thc manuscript geography exercise books in French, numerous full and part page maps neatly executed in blue and brown pencil, delineated in black and red ink, approx 38pp to each, original blue paper covers, chipped to edges, one with covers detached but contents generally sound, sm. folio. (2)

'CONFESSION ALBUM': 'Confession Album. A mirror reflecting the general sentiments &c of my friends..', London, published by Joseph Mead, circa 1880. Ink ownership of one Ada Rosina Morgan dated 8th November 1883: comprising approx 55pp printed 'Question and Answer' forms, all with manuscript entries: original red decorated publishers cloth gilt, aeg, 8vo. (1)

COMPENSATION FOR BARBADOS SLAVES: printed form with manuscript entries, dated 31st December 1835, counter-claim of one William Barron of London 'In respect of certain slaves registered in the said colony and in the possession of William Hinds, Spring Garden, St Peter's Parish Barbados', 3pp with old vertical folds and dustsoiling, sm. folio. (1)

MANUSCRIPT: 'Recollections of Christchurch Priory...visited Dec. 12th 1890': neatly arranged history of the priory in pen and ink, tipped-in photographic initials with fine decorative borders and surrounds, pictorial initials, artist unidentified, contained in 4to album of period, upper cover with decorative initials in red, blue and yellow, foliate corner pieces in white, some external wear but generally in good condition. (1)

[DOCUMENTS]. A manuscript Account Book, circa 1759-1802, of Sussex and other interest (one section, beginning in 1777, titled 'Rottingdean Court Farm'; another 'Expenses at Deans Farm in Piddinghoe...'), approximately 395 pages, 37.5cm x 24cm, (lacking covers).

A collection of 19th and 20th Century sketches, paintings and prints. To include; a friendship book belonging to Joan at Harborne College, Warwickshire with entries dating 1918-1920, a 19th Century sketch/scrap book belonging to Dora Morris dated 1846, watercolours and drawings by Louisa Margaret Larking (dated 1939), manuscript watercolour illustrations by Edouard Beourgeois Bedbourg (1880-1939), Botanical prints and darwings (Qty)

After Lewis Caroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (British, 1832-1898)'Alice Liddell as 'The Queen of May', print of the original photograph, 59cm x 50.5cmNote: Caroll based the character of Alice in his 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', 1865 and 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There', 1971 on Alice Pleasance Liddell (1852-1934). Liddell lived at Christ Church College at the University of Oxford, where her father was the Dean and Caroll was a maths tutor. Liddell was gifted the first 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' manuscript. The mirror that inspired Caroll's sequel once hung in a house in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. The frame with signs of wear consistent with age and use. Tape or paper attached to the verso. Please note that we have not removed this from its frame to examine.

20th Century stitched panel wall hanger depicting Lover telling of love to lady Christine de Pisan-, mid. 15th century from Cent ballades d'amant and another scene depicting Christine de Pizan in The Queen’s Manuscript reading a book, with various smaller pannels surrounding, an incredible piece of art. Measures 80cm x 82cm

British Linen Bank, £20, 27 February 1918, serial number G/3 2/267, two manuscript signatures on behalf of accountant and manager, staple hole, original paper, very fine, a nice example for this early date PMS BL 62, Pick 154 £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 February 1943, serial number A6447, manuscript Smyth signature, in PMG holder 64, choice uncirculated PMI BB 89, Pick 131c £1,200-£1,600 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 January 1914, serial number A34482, manuscript signature of Fullerton low right, minor pinholes, a pleasing fine and rare PMI UB 35, Pick 384 £2,000-£2,400

Ulster Bank Limited, £50, 1 June 1929, serial number 341, manuscript Lester signature, pinholes, a presentable fine PMI UB 51, Pick 310 £260-£320

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 October 1930, serial number 14597, manuscript Gore signature, lightly pressed, decent paper quality, good very fine, an attractive example PMI UB 49a, Pick 308 £120-£160

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 October 1930, serial number 11866, manuscript Gore signature, about extremely fine, a beautiful example, scarce PMI UB 49a, Pick 308 £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £1, 9 November 1939, serial number E/M 6842, manuscript Keith signature, uncirculated PMI BB 65, Pick 126b £100-£150

Ulster Bank Limited, £50, 1 January 1943, serial number 5173, manuscript Williams signature, pinholes, pressed fine PMI UB 60, Pick 319 £150-£200

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £1, 5 December 1925, serial number D/A 1505, manuscript Keith signature, about very fine and scarce PMI BB 63 £120-£160

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1941, serial number 1317, manuscript Niblock signature, a few tears in top margin, lovely fresh paper quality, very fine PMI UB 61, Pick 320 £300-£400

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £50, 3 December 1963, serial number B.9380, manuscript Williamson signature, stain on reverse, original paper quality, an attractive very fine PMI BB 85, Pick 130d £300-£400

Alexanders Bank, 30 Shillings, 25 February 1818, serial number 1556, manuscript Alexander signature, stamp hinges on reverse, otherwise a superb and fresh very fine, a scarce denomination PMI PB 109BB £260-£320

Ulster Bank Limited, £20, 1 June 1929, serial number 759, manuscript Gore signature, handstamps on reverse, good fine, a presentable example of this scarcer early date PMI UB 50, Pick 309 £200-£260

A Bradbury Wilkinson Booklet, titled LITHO COLOUR CHART No.2, containing 33 engraved and containing 37 pages showing the Norman Gate at Windsor Castle in various colours, manuscript name on inside cover of D.C. Rivett, slightly used but in good condition, unusual and scarce £260-£340

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 June 1929, serial number 481, manuscript Patton signature, rust, graffiti, multiple pinholes otherwise a presentable very fine PMI UB 52, Pick 311 £300-£400

Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 January 1935, serial number 264584, manuscript Gore signature, pinholes otherwise a lovely original very fine PMI UB 54, Pick 313 £150-£200

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 June 1929, serial number 776, manuscript Patton signature, minor graffiti on reverse, lovely original paper, extremely fine and scarce PMI UB 52, Pick 311 £500-£700

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £20, 3 February 1943, serial number E5071, manuscript McFadden signature, graffiti on reverse, pinholes, original very fine and scarce PMI BB 79, Pick 129c £120-£160

Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 May 1933, serial number 23452, manuscript Gore signature, original about very fine PMI UB 49b, Pick 308 £100-£150