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CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1660-85. D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page (vellum), oblong folio, Court at Whitehall, 16th January 1677/8. The manuscript document is a military commission appointing David Eyton to be an `Ensigne of that Company of Foot in the Regiment of Our Guards called the Coldstreamen commanded by….William, Earle of Craven whereof Captain Symon Parry is Captain.` With blind embossed paper seal affixed. Light overall creasing and age wear, G

CHARLES II: (1630-1685) King of England, Scotland and Ireland 1660-85. D.S., Charles R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Whitehall, 4th February 1670/71. The manuscript document is addressed to the Attorney General and requests that he prepare a `Bill for Our Royall Signature to passe Our Great Seale of England, containing our full & Gracious Pardon` for Ambrose Baynes who stood `convicted for having forged & Published a Bond or Obligation bearing date the 20th day of November 1668`. Countersigned at the foot by 1st Earl of Arlington (1618-1685, English Statesman, Secretary of State for the Southern Department 1662-74 and Postmaster General 1667-85). With blank integral leaf. Some very light overall creasing and minor age wear, about VG

JAMES II: (1633-1701) King of England and Ireland and, as James VII, of Scotland, 1685-1688. D.S., James R, as King, at the head, two pages, folio, Court at Windsor, 18th May 1686. The manuscript document is addressed to Richard, Earl of Ranelagh, Paymaster General of the Guards, Garrisons and Landforces, and is a warrant to `pay to Our Right Trusty and Right Intirely Beloved Cousin Henry Duke of Grafton….the Summ of Seaven Thousand Four hundred pounds Seaventeen Shillings the same being certified by you….to Our First Regiment of Foot Guards under his Command` for the period of 61 days from 1st March to 30th April. Countersigned at the foot by William Blathwayt (1649?-1717) English Civil Servant and Politician who established the War Office, Secretary at War 1683-92. A receipt for the full amount, bearing the signature of an R. Topham, appears to the second page. With blank integral leaf. Some very minor overall age wear and extensive, neat splitting to the vertical fold at the left edge. Nevertheless the document has a clean appearance and features a fine example of the monarch`s signature. About VG

GEORGE II: (1683-1760) King of Great Britain and Ireland 1727-60. Fine D.S., George R, as King, at the head, one page, folio, Court at St. James`s, 21st March 1757. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to Thomas, Lord Viscount Dupplin and Thomas Potter, Paymaster General of Our Guards, Garrisons and Land Forces and authorises the payment of £20,000 to John Thomlinson and John Hanbury, merchants who `have represented unto us that a further sum of Twenty thousand pounds is necessary to enable them to pay several Bills drawn before the expiration of their contracts by their agents in North America to answer the demands of the Deputy Paymasters there….` Countersigned at the foot by the Duke of Devonshire (1720-1764, British Prime Minister 1756-57), Henry Bilson-Legge (1708-1764, English Statesman, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1754-55, 1756-57 & 1757-61) and Viscount Duncannon. Also signed to the verso by both Thomlinson and Hanbury to the verso. An interesting document featuring the extremely rare signature of the Duke of Devonshire. Very slightly trimmed to the left edge and with minor overall age wear, about VG

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Ink signature (`R. Walpole`) on a small piece neatly clipped from an official document. Several manuscript words, in an unidentified hand, appear above and below the signature. One very small, minor tear at the head, otherwise VG

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Partial D.S., R. Walpole, one page, small 4to (neatly, and slightly irregularly trimmed, close to the text and signature), Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 28th August 1738. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to George, Earl of Halifax (c.1684-1739, British Politician, Auditor of the Exchequer 1714-39) and requests that a payment of £1500 be made to Nicholas Paxton for expenses in the prosecution and defence of Law Suits. Boldly signed by Walpole at the foot. About VG

WALPOLE ROBERT: (1676-1745) British Prime Minister 1721-42. Good D.S., R Walpole, (a fine, bold signature), one page, folio, Pay Office, 27th July 1715. The manuscript document announces that His Majesty`s Forces require an immediate supply of £51,000 and Walpole requests that the Bank of England make a loan `upon a sufficient deposite of Malt Tallys and Orders Anno 1715 in my hands, for 2 months at the rate of 5 p.cent p.annum Interest from the time of Lending till Repayment thereof.` With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear, otherwise VG

DEVONSHIRE DUKE OF: (1720-1764) British Prime Minister 1756-57. D.S., Devonshire, one page, oblong 8vo, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 18th May 1757. The brief manuscript document allows a Bill of Incidents to be paid, amounting `in the whole to one thousand three hundred thirty six pounds twelve shillings and seven pence`. Signed by Devonshire at the conclusion and countersigned by Robert Nugent (1702-1788, Irish Politician, Lord of the Treasury 1754-9) and William Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon (1704-1793, British Politician, Lord of the Treasury). Formerly in the collection of Ray Rawlins, this signature of Devonshire is reproduced in The Guiness Book of World Autographs by Rawlins and bears his neat pencil annotations. Extremely rare. VG

PELHAM HENRY (1694-1754) British Prime Minister 1743-54 & GRENVILLE GEORGE (1712-1770) British Prime Minister 1763-5. D.S., H: Pelham and George Grenville, one page, 4to, Whitehall Treasury Chambers, 5th October 1749. The manuscript document, addressed to Lord Robert, Earl of Orford, is a warrant ordering a payment of £50 to Claudius Amyand, Keeper of His Majesty`s Libraries, being one quarter of his salary of £200, due at Christmas 1748. Signed by both Pelham and Grenville at the foot and countersigned by John Campbell. Neatly trimmed to the left edge, with the loss of just a few words of text, otherwise about EX

ROCKINGHAM MARQUESS OF: (1730-1782) British Prime Minister 1765-66, March-July 1782. Extremely rare D.S., Rockingham, one page, folio, n.p. (York?), 1777. The attractively printed document, partially completed in manuscript, is addressed to Henry Wickham and appoints him to be a Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding of York. Signed by Rockingham at the foot alongside a red wax seal. The signature is very weak and only barely visible in parts. Heavy overall soiling, some small tears at the edges and extensive heavy wrinkling to the document, only FR

LOUIS XIII: (1601-1643) King of France 1610-43. D.S., Louis, one page vellum, oblong 4to, 31st October 1631. The attractively penned manuscript document, in French, is a Royal consent to the dispositions made by the Bishop of Mirepoix. Signed by the King at the foot. A couple of very small, minor holes to the vellum and a slight stain to the lower edge, none of which affect the text or signature. About VG

NAPOLEON I: (1769-1821) Emperor of France 1804-14, 1815. D.S., Np, one page, 4to, Moscow, 19th September 1812, in French. The brief manuscript document, numbered 292, is addressed to General LaBouillerie, Treasurer General of the Crown, and is an authorisation for the sum of 500 francs. A few very small pinholes appear in the lower half of the page, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG

BORIS III: (1894-1943) Tsar of Bulgaria 1918-43. D.S., as Tsar, with an excellent, bold dark signature, one page, folio, Sofia, 4th April 1940, in French. The attractively penned manuscript document is addressed to King George II of Greece and reads, in part, `Having decided to assign another post to Monsieur Dimitri Chichmanoff, my Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, the mission that I had entrusted to him at Your Majesty`s Court has just come to an end. I like to believe that this Envoy, who has fulfilled the honourable duties of his employment to My entire satisfaction, will have earned your Majesty`s approbation.` Signed at the foot by Tsar Boris. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope bearing a good red wax seal of the Royal Arms to the verso. VG George II (1890-1947) King of Greece 1922-24, 1935-47.

NICHOLAS II: (1868-1918) Tsar of Russia 1894-1917. D.S., Nikolai, two pages, folio, Livadia Palace, 25th May 1914. The manuscript document, in an attractive cyrillic hand, features the printed heading Imperial Decree to the Chapter of Russian Imperial and Royal Orders and is addressed to the Chancellor of Orders, Count Dorederik, and states that, on 25th May, the title of Cavaliers of Our Imperial and Royal Order of Sainted Apostolic Prince Vladimir, Fourth Class, will be awarded to Erast Tsytov and two further Imperial Orders will also be awarded to Piotr Petrov and Adolph Conrad. Signed at the conclusion by the Tsar with a fine example of his signature. A couple of very slight, minor creases to the lower edge, otherwise VG

(Newton, John & Cowper, William): Olney Hymns... New edition, 1797, with interesting near contemporary manuscript copy of a Newton dedication. Full calf, rubbed. The book contains many fine and notable hymns prepared for the Olney Parishioners, including Newton`s Amazing Grace

Bramin, A. "The Economy of Human Life in two parts translated from an Indian manuscript" Cheltenham, 1788 bookplate 13 x 18cm full contemporary calf

A Mogul style manuscript leaf, decorated with a gouache depiction of a noble on an elephant, size 31 x 21 cm, framed and glazed, together with two Kashmiri boxes and covers, (3).

An original manuscript dedication " Wm Wordsworth written for Miss Weston at the request of his friend H C Robinson, Hampstead Heath July 5th 1841" , with a print of Wordsworth.

A military commission signed by Queen Victoria. A printed form appointing Poole Vallaucey England a Lt. Colonel in the Royal Artillery, manuscript signature of Victoria dated 14th June 1843.

Nelson`s Navy manuscript log book 1804/5, kept by Edward Stevenson, master mate on H.M.S. Plantagenet, in original wraps.

Duez (Nathanael) Langue Italienne title in red and black, foxed, name on paste-down, contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Cologne, Bernard de Vangen, 1685 § Nouveau Dictionnaire François-Anglois et Anglois-François, abrégé de Boyer et des Lexicographes Modernes, 2 vol., half-titles, folding table, light spotting, contemporary half vellum, marbled boards, Lyons, 1808 § Puiggari (Pierre) Leçons de Langue Espagnole, folding table, stamp on title, contemporary marbled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, Perpignan, 1825 § [?Commonplace Book], manuscript, mostly in Armenian, with brief passages in Latin, Italian and English, some blank ff., contemporary half calf, worn, joint cracking, ?Italy, [c. 1810], 8vo(5)

Necker (Jacques, finance minister, 1732-1804) Mémo manuscript fair copy signed by the author, title ruled in black and 33pp., stiched as issued with pink ribbon, small folio, [?Paris], 1778.(2) *** A rare survival. One of only a few manuscript fair copies of this sensitive document for secret circulation submitted to King Louis XVI and other high-ranking officials. The work is viewed by many as a germ of The Revolution. Early in 1778 Necker had discussed with the King the idea of the devolvement of government, particularly in relation to fiscal matters. In his Mémoire he criticised the injust exisiting tax-gathering systems and called for reforms. He believed that local assembles would lead to a fairer system. The King allowed a pilot scheme to go ahead at Bourges in Berry. The manuscript copies were circulated in secret as Necker knew that there would be strong opposition from powerful officials of the parlements and other nobles who had a vested interested in the current tax-farming system. In May 1781 Necker`s enemies obtained a copy of the manuscript and published it in order to weaken his position as finance minister. Necker`s eventual resignation was a serious blow to reform. There are a few differences between the manuscript and printed versions (a copy of the rare 1781 printed text is included with the lot). Most notably they relate to the opposition that Necker knows he will face from the parlements and the pays d`état. .

Verlaine (Paul) Sagesse, 1 / 25 copies, 1913 number 1 of 25 copies on papier chine with an autographed manuscript poem by the author tipped-in on front free endpaper, from an edition limited to 947 copies, portrait frontispiece, occasional foxing (mainly to first few leaves), contemporary black morocco, by Henri Blanchetiere, g.e., grey morocco doublures, signed in gilt at foot, silk endpapers, small chip to center of spine, original slip-case, a little rubbed, 4to, Paris, Albert Messein, 1913. *** The manuscript consists of 28 lines in Verlaine`s hand and is entitled "Vers pour l`Automne / I / En sortant d`un music Hall" and dated "Londres, Novembre 1893". .

Plans showing the Metropolitan Railway... manuscript, 8pp. excluding blanks (1 loose), 2 loose and 8 mounted pen and ink plans, 1 lithographed plan loosely inserted, all hand-coloured, 2 folding, contemporary half roan, worn, covers detached, morocco label on upper cover, folio, 1870.

Ward-Jackson (Major C.L.A.) Extracts from manuscript title underlined in gold, typescript text, frontispiece photograph, endpapers foxed, original cloth-backed boards, gilt spine, sm. 4to, [c. 1930].

* Bacon (Horace L., late 19th c.). A pair of watercolours of iron clad ships, one watercolour on paper displaying nine ironclad ships of England, each with manuscript caption below, few closed tears etc., 27 x 42cm (10.5 x 16.5ins), framed and glazed, the other watercolour on paper displaying a coastal scene with English ironclad ship, signed and dated 1874 to lower right corner, 16 x 28.5cm (6.5 x 11ins), framed and glazed (2)

* Artwork. A collection of twenty-three pencil drawings, c.1890s, incl. seventeen portrait studies of men and women, some head studies, others full-length, and six other pencil drawings, mostly architectural, one with watercolour, all carefully executed, each approx. 39 x 18cm (15 x 7ins), together with twelve leaves of calligraphic manuscript, Biblical and literary quotations, alphabets, etc., mostly in red and black ink, two with colours and illumination, incl. Tennyson’s The Brook, mostly approx. 46 x 29cm (18 X 11.5ins), but one or two smaller, plus two port. engs., incl. one of Sir Josiah John Guest, and a photograph of West End Studio, Morecambe. Purchased by the current owner from an Oxford auction house approximately eight years ago, as part of a collection of ephemera from the estate of Lady Charlotte Guest. Lady Charlotte, later Charlotte Schreiber, was a translator, businesswoman and collector, and was a great patron of the arts. An important figure in the study of Welsh literature and the Welsh language, she is best known for her pioneering English translation of the major medieval work, the Mabinogion. (a folder)

Rembrandt (Harmensz van Rijn, style of). A collection of six sketches, probably 18th c., includes four pen & ink figure studies, one pencil sketch of a standing figure and one coloured pencil study of a horse, each with ink ownership marks to lower edges andinscriptions to verso, each frayed to edges and lined to verso, some browning, oxidisation and consequent weakening & breaking of paper, dimensions ranging 27 x 14cm (10.75 x 5.5ins) to 115.x 11cm (4.5 x 4.25ins), mounted on board (some near detached) Ink manuscript note to verso of one mount “These sketches were bought by Mr. James Wyatt when he was trading at Oxford about 1850 (see The Pre Raphaelite Tragedy p.73) as Rembrandts, but he became doubtful of their genuineness, and therefore was unwilling to sell them- they came into the posession of his grandson James Martin Ackland Wyatt who gave them to W.R. Wilson- about 1910 they were examined by Sothebys and Christies who both said that they were either by Rembrandt or were very clever forgeries. Note by W.R.W. 1944”. (6)

* Hoff (Robert van ‘t, 1887-1979). A small archive of family photo albums, art books and ephemera, including seven photo albums, five of the albums containing a total of approx. four hundred mounted small gelatin silver prints (largest approx. 7.5 x 5 cm but the majority approx. 3.5 x 3.5 cm), each album with a brief manuscript note of locus and chronology in van ‘t Hoff’s holograph, the albums covering the period 1922-24, from the birth of their daughter Megan (and two years later the birth of their son Walter), the first album beginning with two images of van ‘t Hoff’s house in Laren, Netherlands, the majority of other images being of Megan plus some of family and friends and latterly Walter also, whilst living in Torquay, Barnet and Rushington, Sussex, the fifth album including two images with Robert identifiable by context, together with two further albums, one containing ninety-six window-mounted views of Europe, c. 1920s, including Belgium, Holland and northern France, the other containing ninety-three window-mounted small format photos of van ‘t Hoff’s family, also containing two photos of Robert (here with moustache and goatee), many of the small studies of the two babies taken in an artistic manner with careful use of light and shade, occ. ink annotations but mostly identifying the specific age of the child concerned, contemp. cloth, large 8vo/oblong 8vo, together with eight orig. issues of De Stijl, nos. 1.5, 2.1, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7, 2.10 and 5.12 (wrappers det.), all complete with b& w plates as issued, plus orig. cloth-bound books for Years 1 and 2, both complete with 17 and 23 plates and with pencilled initials R.H. [Robert van t` Hoff] to titles, plus Wilhelm Theodore Reuter`s copy of a monograph ‘Frank Lloyd Wright’, pub. 1911, ownership bookplate to half-title verso and pencil note in van ‘t Hoff’s hand ‘received from his daughter, Summer 1965’, modern cloth, sl. rubbed and soiled, small folio, plus a woodcut of a lighthouse, signed W[alter] van ‘t Hoff in the image, an orig. poster design in pencil [by Megan?] for a dance given by the Women’s Land Army, 56 x 38 cm, plus a large sheet of sketches of buildings, bridges, figures and abstract designs by Megan, a pencil sketch of a car accident [by Megan?], a folder of approx. 70 leaflets, letters, snapshots and news cuttings, c. 1941-45, relating to Megan’s time with the Women’s Land Army, plus two autograph letters in Dutch initialled ‘RH’ by Robert van ‘t Hoff, one a rough draft, and one a fair copy of the same letter, both dated 11 February 1974, addressed to Dr Asselbergs explaining that he has nothing left of interest for the archive and that his photographs are merely family photos, also noting that he kept in contact with Mondrian, each 2 pp., 4to. Robert van ‘t Hoff (1887-1979), Dutch architect and furniture designer, who from 1917 became an influential member of De Stijl movement. Family wealth allowed him to subsidise the publication of De Stijl journal, but for political reasons he split with the founder Theo van Doesburg in 1922, withdrawing from artistic activity and declaring himself an ‘ex architect’. He spent much of the rest of his life in England promoting his anarchist ideas, settling permanently in Hampshire from 1937. This intriguing personal archive of photographs demonstrates an artist with a designer’s eye for line and form, light and shade, and also contains previously unknown photographs of van ‘t Hoff himself. (-)

* Horton (E., 20th c.). “The Steps at Claverton Manor”, watercolour, signed in lower left-hand corner, 28.5 x 39cm (11 x 15.5ins), mounted, framed and glazed, together with an early 20th c. watercolour of trees arching over a pathway, indistinctly signed H.W. TÑ-?, mounted, framed and glazed, plus a 20th c. watercolour of a bouquet of parsley wrapped in a sheet of manuscript music and tied with a pink ribbon, by Christine Thouzeau (1942- ), mounted, framed and glazed. Claverton Manor, an eighteenth century house designed by Jeffry Wyatville on the outskirts of Bath, is now the home of the American Museum. (3)

A late 17th Century Spanish manuscript sheet of music in red, blue and black ink with illuminated initial.

POSTAL HISTORY - 1840 (May 6th) Stampless entire to Charing with "P1" manuscript in red, with clear backstamp Ashford MY 6 1840. Vertical fold, fair condition. With 1988 BPA Cert.

Cluver (Philipp). Introductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem Novam Libri VI Tabulis Aeneis Illustrati, pub. Wetstenium, Amsterdam, 1686, engraved title and folding plate, 38 folding engraved maps (complete), part of one front blank torn away, occasional annotation and underlining to text, rear stitching breaking, contemporary vellum, spine with manuscript title, a little rubbed and soiled, 12mo. Considered the founder of historical geography, Cluver (1580-1622) taught at the University of Leiden and the present work, published from 1624, became the standard geographical textbook, with many of the maps etched for him by Petrus Bertius. Sabin 13805. (1)

Eyre (Henry). A Brief Account of the Holt Waters, Containing One Hundred and Twelve Eminent Cures, Perform’d by the use of the Famous Mineral Waters at Holt, (near Bath) in Wiltshire..., To which are added, Diections for Drinking the Holt Waters, and some Experimental Observations on the several Wells, 1st ed., 1731, eng. frontis. and folding eng. plt., one leaf of text and final blank with late 19th c. manuscript annotations, leaves O3 & O4 trimmed to fore-edge margin, 19th c. half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed to spine and extrems., slim 12mo. Armorial bookplate of the Earl of Clanricarde. (1)

Voet (Johan Eusebius). Catalogus Systematticus Coleopterorum, 2 parts in one, The Hague, 1806, two engraved titles in Latin, French and Dutch, 105 mounted hand-coloured engraved plates, loose, some with manuscript title, previous owner inscription and red ink stamp to title, one other marginal stamp, one or two light spots, contemporary half calf, lacking ties, some wear, 4to. One of the finest entomological works published in the Netherlands. Nissen 4259. (1)

Somerville (John Lord). Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen: in which the Importance of Improving the Short-Wooled Breeds of Sheep, by a Mixture of the Merino Blood..., 3rd ed., 1809, half-title, eng. frontis. and nine eng. plts. (inc. 3 folding), few leaves with manuscript notes to margins, edges untrimmed, orig. boards with later spine, 8vo, together with Bakewell (Robert), Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon Wool; from which is Deduced, a Certain and Easy Method of Improving the Quality of English Clothing Wools, and Preserving the Health of Sheep; with Hints for the Management of Sheep after Shearing..., 1808, 2pp. pubs. ads. at rear, ink marks to title and first leaf of preface, edges untrimmed, modern cloth, 8vo, plusDublin Society, Transactions of the Dublin Society, for the Year MDCCXCIX, vol. 1, part 1 only, pub. Dublin, 1800, 284pp., one folding eng. map and nine eng. plts., occ. minor spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, joints cracked and torn at head of spine, 8vo (includes `An Essay on the Practical History of Sheep in Spain, and of Spanish sheep in Saxony, Anhalt Dessau...,’ by George Stumpf) (3)

* Botanical engravings. Curtis (T.), A set of four botanical engravings, 1803-09, original hand colouring, near contemp. manuscript annotation giving Latin genus of each plant, each approx. 205 x 120mm, mounted, framed and glazed (4)

* Legal manuscript. A notebook of eighteen completed leaves, 17th c., mostly templates for legal document wordings, including warrants for misdemeanours, felony, arrest, bastardy, the peace, plus a general release, a deed of gift, etc., mostly in English, written in more than one hand, a few dated (1660, 1668 and 1674), the first two completed leaves containing Lancashire town and village names including names of towns in the hundred of Blackburn, a few blank leaves, a little soiling, 19th-c. blind-stamped calf, gilt-titled `Parker’s Manuscr’ on spine, joints cracked, small 4to (1)

* Rents. A manuscript accounts book for rents of Coldham ordered and received, c. 1791-1804, approx. sixty completed leaves in various hands, referring to Coldham cum Slymans, the woods, Staningfyeld Hall, Young Rookwood, Kershall Farm, Fillets Farm, Saxes Farm, Mennow Green, plus accounts for work and sundries, including surveying, sexton’s wages, church warden’s rates, loads of war to the poor, thatching stuff, a line bill, tythes, land taxes, poor rates, etc., a few leaves detached, approx. forty blank leaves at rear, a little browning, contemp. vellum, soiled and somewhat worn, small 4to, together with a group of over twenty autograph letters, mostly late 18th and early 19th c., many addressed from London to other family members in the provinces, various lengths, plus a few other contemporary documents including a tax office bill for 1799 and an orig. issue of the Edinburgh Advertiser (14-18 December 1770) Coldham Hall, Stanningfield, Suffolk, is now owned by Claudia Schiffer. (approx. 25)

Swan Marks. A register of swan marks on the river Waveney in Norfolk and Suffolk entitled "Johanni Wentworthio Equitti Aurato Hunc de Cygnorum Notis Catalogum sive Indicem Summi Honoris Ergo Depin et Dedicavit Joh. Martinus, 1649", 137 swan heads painted on seven leaves with fifty-six bearing ownership names, one blank leaf at rear, early 20th-c. qtr. sheep, slim folio (34 x 23.5 cm)Armorial bookplate of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh, Old Buckenham Hall, Norfolk, where he lived between 1897 and 1906. Typed paper label to front pastedown "This remarkable manuscript is of great historical interest. It bears the book plate of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh who had a large collection of old English manuscripts. Books on swan marks at this most destructive period of English history are rare...". With two lots of paper stock and at least two hands at work it is difficult to fully understand the manuscript`s history. The first two leaves have a total of 36 swan heads, complete with ownership names and marks. The sepia ink writing and drawing of the heads here, and the paper used, could date from 1700 to 1750. The painting of the swans` black knobs and eye outlines, plus the orange bills with ownership markings on the bills may have been partly or completely overworked at a later date by one or more other hands. Folios three to seven are of identical paper size to the first two but the first and last of these leaves have a watermark of 1805. The swan heads here were drawn and coloured by a hand that differs to that of the first two leaves, and probably at a date later than the watermarks suggest. There are twenty swan marks and owner names recorded on the third and fourth leaves, the remaining heads of these five leaves remaining `blank`. Of these twenty registered heads, the majority are duplicates of those on the first two leaves and the handwriting here suggests possibly a hand of the late Victorian period. The binding is likely contemporary with the ownership bookplate of Prince Frederick Duleep Singh who lived at Buckenham Hall between 1897 and 1906. Sold as seen not subject to return.

* Artists. A group of thirty autographed postcards, early 1900s, including cards autographed by Louis Wain (chromo. of four cats with pre-printed caption `On reading your’ completed in manuscript `letter, I am delighted [smudged] to send you my autograph, Louis Wain’), John Tenniel, John Hassall, Tom Browne (caricature of a man titled ÒDutchÓ), Harry Furniss (with caricature titled `Ye Bishop’s Gait’), Walter Crane, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Bernard Partridge, Marcus Stone, Frederick Goodall, plus some writers and some unidentified, the writers including Marie Corelli, George Grossmith and George R. Sims, some minor marks and one unidentified autograph slightly damaged (30)

Bible [English]. The Bible, that is, the Holy Scriptures, contained in the Olde and Newe Testament, Translated According to the Ebrew and Greeke, Imprinted at London by the Deputies of Christopher Barker, 1595, New Testament title with dec. woodcut border present, lacks General title (leaf A1), few woodcut illusts. to text, printed in Black letter text throughout, leaves P7 & 2P1 torn to lower outer corner with loss of text, bound with The Whole Booke of Psalmes..., printed by John Windet for the Asignes of Richard Day, 1599, title within woodcut border (with closed-tear), Apocrypha present, incomplete at rear lacking all after leaf N3, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front, final four leaves repaired to margins, manuscript annotations, dust soiling, few closed-tears and some marks etc. throughout, later marbled endpapers repaired to hinges, near contemp. calf, rebacked and corners repaired, folio. Geneva version; with Tomson’s New Testament. Herbert 225. (1)

Cavacius (Jacobus). Historiarum Coenobii D. Istinae Patavinae, Libri Sex, Venice, 1606, title with woodcut device (a little soiled with wormtracks), woodcut initials and headpieces, occasional light soiling and wormtracks, contemporary wrapper, manuscript title to spine, rubbed with light stains, 4to (1)

Marvell (Andrew). Works, 3 vols., 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, rebacked, lightly rubbed, 4to, together with Bolingbroke (Henry St. John), Works, 5 vols., pub. David Mallet, 1754, some light spotting, previous owner signature, 20th c., brown half morocco, spines with raised bands and red and green labels, 4to, plus Wood (Anthony), Athenae Oxonienses. A New Edition, With Additions and a Continuation by Philip Bliss, 4 vols., 1813-20, library stamp to verso of titles, bookseller ticket, contemporary blindstamped calf, slightly rubbed with small stains, 4to, and The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable George Granville, Lord Lansdowne, 2 vols., 1732, engraved frontispiece to vol. II, illustrations, lacking portrait, manuscript verse at front of vol. I, small tear to vol. I title, signatures of Duke of Leeds, bookplates of the Duke of Leeds and Elizabeth Handasyde, contemporary calf, spines gilt with labels, vol. I upper cover detached, 4to (14)

Kircher (Athanasius). Mundus Subterraneus, in XII Libros Digestus... 2 parts in one, 1st ed., pub. Jansson & Weyerstraet, Amsterdam, 1665, two additional engraved titles, engraved portrait of Pope Alexander VII (without the portrait of the author), thirteen engraved plates, two smaller plates, six engraved maps, folding tables, numerous illustrations, scattered minor spots, reference label to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, manuscript title label to spine, lacking three ties, light soiling, folio. Kircher’s influential survey of subterranean world, the first serious attempt to describe the geological and geographical makeup of the earth. The world map is one of the earliest to depict the movement of ocean currents with any degree of accuracy. Fergusson I, p.467; Sabin 37967. (1)

Crisp (Frederick Arthur). Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills, etc., Copied from the Manuscript Collections of the Late Rev. Frederick Brown, M.A., F.S.A., 1st-6th series, privately printed, 1887-90, t.e.g., remainder rough-trimmed, orig. quarter vellum gilt, a little rubbed and soiled, small folio (limited edition 135/150, signed by Crisp), small folio, together with Jewers (Arthur J.), Marriage Allegation Bonds of the Bishops of Bath and Wells from their Commencement to the Year 1755, pub. Exeter, 1909, orig. cloth gilt, joints partly cracked, 8vo, and others relating to visitations, marriage licenses, wills, etc., including approx. 30 x Harleian Society publications (3 shelves)

Lactantius (Lucius Coelius Firmianus). L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum Institutionum Libri septem. De ira Dei, Liber I. De opificio Dei Liber I. Epitome in libros suos, liber acephalos. Phnix. Carmen de Dominica Resurrectione, 2 parts in one, Venice: Aldine Press, 1515, woodcut printers device to each title and final leaf, bound without ff.201-208 (leaves C1-8), early manuscript annotations throughout, 35pp. of early manuscript bound-in at rear, worm hole to few leaves, lacks front free endpaper, contemp. blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, brass clasps intact, slight wear to extrems., 8vo, together with Fiorillo (Johann Dominik), Geschichte der zeichnenden KŸnste von ihrer Wiederauflebung bis auf die neuesten Zeiten, 5 vols., Gottingen, 1798-1808, contemp. half sheep gilt, paper classification labels at foot of spines, 8vo, plus other misc. antiquarian, and five large leather bound book boxes (3 shelves)

`Magna Britannia` being a concise topographical account of the several counties of Great Britain by the Reverend Daniel Lysons, volume 2, part 2 containing the County Palatine of Chester printed by T Cadell & W Davies in the Strand, London 1810 with numerous illustrations, some later added, bound in brown leather with gilt decoration, `Thomas Sprotts Chronicle Of Profane And Sacred History` translated from the original manuscript on twelve parchment skins in the possession of Joseph Mayer by William Bell, printed by David Marples, Lord Street, Liverpool, dated 1851 with an inscription `Presented to the Warrington Public Library by Joseph Mayer`, bound in red half calf with red boards (2)

German School. Dance of Death a group of 8 original drawings" pen and black ink with monochrome ink wash each mounted on contemporary washed card supports with manuscript text panels pasted above and below each c.215 x 145mm. overall each initialled DFC in lower right corner late 18th or early 19th century; with a transformation drawing of the face of death by the same hand; also with c.60 original 19th century caricature drawings " several captioned in French; also with 2 small Baxter prints(c.70)

NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY: RATE BOOK containing the Rates for Merchandise, for Middlesbro(sic) Station, much manuscript detail, worn, 1893

MANUSCRIPT: DUTIES AT UXBRIDGE (STATION), twenty two leaves written on one side only 1888 and later; another manuscript Proposed Pilot Act"

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: A SERIES OF LEDGERS containing manuscript records of Agreements to Maintenance, Leases, Siding & Junction construction, Telegraph arrangements, etc., each ledger has an Index cross referencing stations, works and agreements with companies. a huge wealth of material detailing the development of the GWR from the 1860s to as late as the 1920s. See illustration

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY: Seven disbound ledgers in manuscript detail GWR New Works, 1871 - 1930, together with an Index of Leases and other related items

School and College Registers.- Welch (Joseph) interleaved copy with manuscript notes" half-title engraved frontispiece contemporary tree calf a little worn rebacked spine gilt 1788 § Peile (J.) Biographical Register of Christ`s College 1505-1905 2 vol. Cambridge 1910 § Milliken (E.J.) Brighton College Register (1847-1922) Brighton 1922 § Dulwich College War Record 1939-1945 [c.1949] some plates all but the first original cloth a little rubbed; and a quantity of others similar" 4to and 8vo(qty)

Insects.-Manuscript Memoires so titled on spine" manuscript abridged in French from Johann Kasper Fussli`s work hand-coloured engraved plates by Schellenberg & Sotzmann and others calf-backed boards rubbed 4to" n.d. [nineteenth century].

Rider (Cardanus) Rider`s British Merlin printed in red and black" some manuscript entries on blanks at either end original red morocco elaborate gilt-tooled design on covers spine and flap g.e. the clasp removed 1785 § The New Week`s Preparation for a worthy receiving of the Lord`s Supper engraved frontispiece and title-page contemporary red morocco gilt the upper cover with text from a psalm and the original owner`s initials g.e. [1785]" 12mo(2)

containing nine drawings" including views at Mount containing nine drawings including views at Mount Edgcombe Chudleigh Rock Devon and Teigngrace by T. Leslie and various manuscript contributions original vellum gilt the covers with watercolour paintings of seated women representing painting and music the second signed D.E. Reed1830 worn g.e. some leaves loose folio" [c.1820-1840].

Cranstino (Lefevre James) A sketchbook containing thirty-eight watercolour views of the Isle of Wight" with manuscript index offset throughout disbound 1881 § Nicholl (Charlotte A.) Sketchbook containing eighteen watercolours the majority landscapes of Scotland and the Isle of Wight original roan-backed cloth lacking spine [c.1900]; and another with pencil views of Harwich Lowestoft etc. original half roan [c.1900]" oblong 8vo (3)

Medley Book an album with ink and wash pictorial title-page" the title itself formed from fine ornamented capital letters 42 pages with attractively arranged cut-out figures portraits and scenes interspersed with manuscript poems charades and quotations the last page with a fine wash drawing of a child seated within a rose blossom above the word "end" the letters formed from human figures original half russia lacking spine upper cover loose 4to" [c.1830].

Playing Cards.- Il Gioco delle Minchiate manuscript" 18pp. small 4to including ornamental title unbound outer pages soiled tear at foot of first leaf repaired Italy [18th century] § Horr (Norton T.) A Bibliography of Card Games and the History of Playing-Cards A.L.s. from the author to the owner inserted annotations in text original wrappers stained 8vo Cleveland 1892 § Benham (W. Gurney) Playing Cards illustrations some coloured original cloth dust jacket torn 4to n.d.; together with 36 catalogues including the De La Rue Collection1970 five issued by the Deutsches Spielkarten Museum 1968-1979; and Selected packs from the Jaime Ortiz-Pratiño Collection 1995; and 12 packs of cards including a Spanish pack Madrid 1868; and six by Fournier and Ass in original boxes" various sizes(a quantity)