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Navigation. Considerations Generales sur les Canaux de Navigation, manuscript in French, title and 248pp., some ff. at end excised, slightly browned, original calf-back boards, rubbed, folio, n.d. [c. 1800].

Napoleon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821). Delaporte (Gaspard Armand) Legal notice relating to inheritence of land at Gavan? in the Department of Charente, D.s. "Gousse", manuscript in French, 8pp., water-stained, folds, browned, folio, 13th July 1805; and 10 others including some relating to the Delaporte family and a printed broadside relating to the regulating of the sale of candles, v.s., v.d. (11).

Napoleon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821) Directive instructing his aide-de-camp, Henri-Gratien Bertrand, to disperse sums of money for the maintenance of his household at Longwood, St. Helena, D.s. "N", manuscript, 1p., 156 x 199mm., 29th January 1817.

Napoleon I (Emperor of France, 1769-1821) Budget 1818-1819. [Expenses sheet for the years 1818 & 1819], autograph manuscript, 2pp., blind-stamped "Bath Superfine" in corner, folds, one edge cut away, sm. 4to, [St. Helena], 1818. ***A rare document. Napoleon refused to write much on St. Helena due to the Governor, Sir Hudson Lowe's insistence that he read all of his correspondence. This document's importance lies in the payments made to various members of his household which includes Count Bertrand, Count and Countess de Montholon, Baron Gourgaud, and his servants Baring (banker), Pierron (butler), Gentilini (footman), Cypriani (servant), Louis Marchand (first valet), St. Denis (second valet), Noverraz (third valet) and Archambault (coachman).

Spirits & liqueurs. Collection of recipes, including vermouth, absinth, cacao, creme de menthe etc., manuscript in French, in two hands, 41pp. excluding blanks, some wax seals affixed to pp., small quantity of related manuscript material loosely inserted, browned, original vellum-backed boards, soiled, spine made from a medieval choir leaf, folio, 1837-71.

Petre (Laura, calligrapher) Exercice de la Messe, illuminated manuscript on vellum, 40pp., decorated title and initials in gold and other colours, within gold and blue borders, ink signature at head of first f., original vellum, gilt, blue and red decoration, g.e., 8vo, 1847.

Slavery. Puerto Rico. Registration certificate for a slave, D.s., printed form with manuscript insertions, slightly cut at head, 150 x 210mm., 10th February 1869.

Hancock (Thomas, MD., physician and poet, 1783-1849) A.L.s. "T.H." to Leigh Hunt, 2pp., 8vo, Brompton, n.d., thanking him for his notice of his poem, Love in the Shadow of Death, and venturing to explain its " obscurity"; Poisoned Lily in the Grey-green Sea, autograph manuscript poem, 7pp., signed by the author, n.d., folds, browned, 8vo (2).

Henry VIII (King of England and Ireland, 1491-1547) Letters patent, an agreement between John Mordaunt, William Gascoigne, Thomas Bibby, Thomas Thorp and others, relating to property at Great and Little Sampford, Finchingfield, Helion Bumpstead and elsewhere in Essex, manuscript in Latin on vellum, 30 lines, space for the large initial letter H left blank, Privy Seal attached, edges chipped but generally good, 540 x 310mm., 27th May, 1516?.

Brudenell (Robert, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, 1461-1531) Grant of "the Right tytyll and possession of the Wardeshipe... callyd Goldyngham... Hempsted, Bumpsted... descendyd to the sayd Robt Mordant...", D.s. "Robert Brudenell", "Humphre Conyngsby", "Alice Coton" & "Sygismound Coton", manuscript on vellum, small hole, folds, remains of wax seals, 372 x 473mm., 13th February 1521; and 5 other documents relating to Sigismund Cotton, the Mordaunt family and Panfield in Essex, v.s., v.d. (6).

Walklyn (John, of Shalford in Essex) Confirmation of agreements relating to property at Hempstead in Essex originally made by Walter and George Walklyn with Robert Hart of Hempstead on payment by Hart of £60, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 21 lines, 380 x 105mm., 7th May, 1556; another, similar, the two tied together by a strip of vellum, one with seal attached, one with cut slit, a little creased; & a third agreement with Robert Hart, dated 7th July 1564 (3).

Momford (Thomas, of Radwinter, Essex) Marriage contract between Thomas Momford and Alicia, daughter of Thomas Onyon, in the villages of Hempstead and Great Sampford, D.s. "Thomae Momforde", manuscript on vellum, initial "S" with pen and ink decoration, folds, yellowed, remains of wax seal, 370 x 305mm., 16th January 1570; and another, v.s. (2).

Havering atte Bower. Copy of Exemplification of a partition between John Barratt and & John Howse of lands at Havering, manuscript on vellum, 518 x 525mm., 8th January 1590; and 11 others, Havering, v.s., 1592-1649 (12).

Weston (Richard, first Earl of Portland, Lord Chancellor, statesman and diplomat, 1577-1635) Indenture between Sir Richard Weston and Edward Stokes of the tithe of corn, grain etc. of the "Lordshipp of Longbarnes", D.s. "Richard Weston", manuscript on vellum, folds, wax seal, 2nd November 1612; and 8 others relating to Longbarnes, v.s., v.d., 1581-1625 (9).

Saffron. Obligation bond between Richard Bullock and John Westley "all that Crofte or parcell of lande conteyning three acres more or lesse called kinge Crofte otherwyse the Safferon grounde... in grate Sampford...", D.s., manuscript on vellum, folds, 216 x 352mm., 1616; and another, v.s. (2).

James VI & I (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1566-1625) Letters patent, grant of alienation from Edward Stokes to John Poole of the Manor of Longbarnes, Essex, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, folds, slightly soiled, Great Seal appended, small chip and surface with slight loss of detail, otherwise a good example, 250 x 400mm., 1st September 1624.

Domesday. Entry for Hempstead extracted from the Domesday Book, D.s. "Jo. Bradshaw" & "...Squire", manuscript, 2pp. with docket on verso, folds, folio, 12th January 1630; and another, folio (2).

Stiles (John, of Hempstead in Essex) Indenture of sale of land at Hempstead to Eliab Harvey and two others on payment of five shillings and an annual rent of a peppercorn, manuscript on vellum, 23 lines, 430 x 230mm., signed & sealed by Stiles, 14th February, 1649 ß Harvey (Eliab) Confirmation of an agreement with John Stiles, manuscript in Latin on vellum, 18 lines, 290 x 190mm., signed by Harvey, lacking seal; and 7 other 17th or early 18th century documents on vellum, relating to Hempstead, some seals, 1 detached (9).

Berrisford (Thomas, apothecary) Indenture between "William Gardiner... Francis Comyn... Thomas King... and Thomas Berrisford of London Apothecary... of Heydons... Essex", D.s. "William Gardiner", manuscript on paper, folds, 455 x 600mm., 8th October 1657.

Beauchamp Roding. North (Dudley, fourth Baron North, politician, 1602-77) Indenture between Dudley Lord North and Sir Michael Heneage, "all that the Mannor... in Rothing Beauchamp", D.s. "Dud: North", manuscript on vellum, 2ff., folds, one wax seal only of 2, 590 x 730mm., 19th June 1668 ß Indenture between Edward Stokes and Thomas Young... "unto Bealcham Rooting", D.s. "Edward Stokes", manuscript on vellum, folds, remains of wax seal, 355 x 620mm., 7th May 1615; and 27 others, documents relating to Longbarnes and Beauchamp Roding (including 1 other signed by Lord North), manuscripts, all but one on vellum, yellowed, soiled, two or three worn, v.s., wax seals, [seventeenth century] (29).

Chigwell, Barringtons. Bertie (Robert, third Earl of Lindsey, fl. 1654-72) Letters patent appointing Sir Eliab Harvey Lieutenant of Waltham Forest, D.s. "Lindsey", manuscript on vellum, lacks most of seal, 211 x 380mm., 17th March 1672.

Abbess Roding. Raymond (Sir Thomas, judge, 1627-83) Indenture tripartite between Sir Thomas Raymond, John Bennett, Gamahill Capell... "all that messuage or tenement called or knowne by the name of Parkers... Abbas Roothing in... Essex", D.s. "T. Raymond", "Jo Bennett", "Gama: Capell", "Sarah Capell", "Gama Capell Jun", "Tho Capell" & "Christopher Yates", manuscript on vellum, 2ff., ruled in red, folds, slightly soiled, wax seals, c. 595 x 750mm. and 340 x 750mm., 26th April 1683; and c. 16 others, documents relating to Sir Thomas Raymond and property in Abbess Roding including a 1706 docket reference to John, Duke of Marlborough, v.s., v.d., 1682-85 (c. 17).

Charles II (King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1630-85) Letters Patent, exemplification of a fine levied, relating to Abbess Roding, Essex, manuscript on vellum, in Latin, chancery hand, large initial "C" incorporating engraved Royal Arms, decorated border at head and left hand margin, ruled in red, worn and defective seal appended, 555 x 690mm., March/April 1684.

Lovelace (John, third Baron Lovelace of Hurley, Captain of the Gentlemen Pensioners, Chief Justice of the Forests south of the Trent, 1638?-93) Order prohibiting hunting in Waltham forest, D.s. "J. Lovelace", manuscript on vellum, yellowed, wax seal, 298 x 378mm., 12th November 1689.

Abbess Roding & Beauchamp Roding. Bedford (Writhiosley Russell, second Duke of, 1680-1711) Indenture between Writhiosley, Duke of Bedford and Thomas Halden, "all that messuage... by the name of Parkers... in the parish of Abbis Roothing... Essex", D.s. "Thomas Halden", manuscript on vellum, lacks seals, c. 665 x 805mm., 14th December 1708; and 24 others, seventeenth century documents relating principally to Honora Rivett and the Mason family of Abbess Roding, manuscripts on vellum, folds, creased, v.s., v.d. 1623-1708 (25).

Rivers (Richard Savage, fourth Earl of, politician and soldier, intimate of Jonathan Swift, 1660?-1712) Letters patent, nominating William Harvey as "my Deputy Lieutenant for and in the said County of Essex", D.s. " Rivers", manuscript on vellum, folds, slightly soiled, 12th June 1710; and another, duplicate, 470 x 520mm. (2).

Bridge building. Proposals, for Building a new Brick Bridge Over the River Roding at a place Call'd Woodford Bridge in ye County of Essex, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, [c. 1750]; An Estimate, for Building a new Bridge, over the River Roding Commonly Call'd Woodforde Bridge, manuscript, 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, [c. 1751]; An Estimate of The Charges of Widening The Road by Woodford bridge, manuscript, 1p., 224 x 202mm., 17th March 1753; Moore (Thomas) Retained letter copy to "Hon.d Sir", 2pp. with conjugate blank, folio, Ilford, 5th January 1751, "the Bridge Exclusive of the Wings as described in the Planne an Elevation will Amount to about the sum of £450"; folds, browned; and another, v.s. (5).

Manwood (Sir Peter, antiquary, d. 1625) Indenture between Sir Peter Manwood and John Phillpott "all that messuage or farme house... known by the name of Ffelderland", D.s. "John Phillpott", manuscript on vellum, folds, lacks seal, 240 x 447mm., 20th December 1623 ~ A release to Sir William Courten, D.s. "Edward Drayner" & "Clare Drayner", manuscript on vellum, folds, lacks seal, 90 x 292mm., 25th February 1624; and 2 others, 1 defective, v.s., v.d. (4).

Dering (Sir Edward, MP and office holder, of Surrenden Dering in the parish of Pluckley, Kent, 1625-84) A release to Eliab Harvey and Daniel Harvey for a portion of £7000 paid, "and all those severall peeces or parcells of land in... Worth and Eastry", D.s. "Ralph Philpott", manuscript on vellum, folds, lacks seal, 645 x 815mm., 20th August 1671 (2).

Harvey (Sir Daniel, English Ambassador to Constantinople, Director of the East India Company & member of the Levant Company, 1631-72) Indenture between Sir Daniel Harvey and John Prestwoode... "all that messuage tenement or farme comonly called or knowne by the name of Uptone... in the County of Kent", D.s. "Dan. Harvey", manuscript on vellum, small cut over signature, lacks seal, 250 x 457mm., 20th April 1666; and 13 others, Kent relating to Daniel Harvey (father of Sir Daniel), Sir William and Peter Courten, John Prestwoode, Folkestone and St. Nicholas at Wade, Isle of Thanet, one or two with tears, folds, v.s., c. 1620s-40s (14).

Marsham (Sir John, Clerk of Chancery, writer on chronology, 1602-85) Indenture between Richard Coke, Sir Eliab Harvey, John Prestwoode and Sir John Marsham "all those the Mannors or Lordshipps of Hever Chepsted King Doowne [West Kingsdown?] and Maplescombe... in the said County of Kent...", D.s. "John Marsham", manuscript on vellum, 3ff. including schedule, folds, yellowed, lacks seal, 590 x 785mm., 470 x 785mm. & 395 x 280mm., 6th December 1668.

All Hallows Barking (by the Tower). Indenture between Thomas Paramore, Samuel Cozens and William Jordan, relating to property in Tower Hill, D.s. "Thomas Paramore", manuscript on vellum, folds, soiled, lacks one seal, 415 x 570mm., 10th May 1606-5th December 1709; and another indenture relating to Tower Hill, 14th February 1614, v.s. (2).

Waller (Sir William, parliamentary general, 1597?-1668) Indenture between "Sir John Underhill... Alice Lady Verulam Viscountess St. Alban his wife, Sr William Soame of Thurlow... Suffolk... Sr William Waller of Winchester Castle in the County of Southton & Stephen Soame... the Kings Ma.ties Justices of his Courte of Common Pleas did graunt... John Hunt & Henry Hunt Twoo Messuages & one garden... in the Parishe of St. Martins... in the Cittie of London... called Buishoppsgate Streete...", Ds.s. "John Hunt" & "Hen: Hunt", manuscript on vellum, slightly browned, 2 seals appended, 530 x 650mm., 20th September 1641.

St. Peter-le-Poer. Cokayne (Charles, son of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London) Indenture between Charles Cokayne, Heneage Finch, William Daynes and Eliab Harvey, "all that Capitall Messuages or Tenement... scytuate lying and being in Broadstreet in the parish of St. Peter the Poore", D.s. "Charles Cokayne", "Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", manuscript on vellum, folds, three wax seals, 290 x 446mm., 13th July 1653 ~ Thomond (Henry O'Brien, fifth Earl of, d. 1639) Indenture between Charles Cokayne, Heneage Finch, William Daynes, Francis Finch... "all that Capitall Messuage... scytuate in Broadstreet in the Parish of St. Peter the Poore", D.s. "Charles Cokayne", "Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", manuscript on vellum, folds, three wax seals, 695 x 700mm., 14th July 1653; and c. 33 other documents and receipts relating to Broad Street, v.s., 10th May 1578-28th September 1737 (c. 35).

Cokayne House. Cokayne (Charles, son of Sir William Cokayne, Lord Mayor of London 1619-20) Indenture sale of Cokayne House in Broadstreet to Eliab Harvey, D.s. "Charles Cokayne", "Heneage Finch" & "William Daynes", endorsed on verso "Robert Abbott", "John Corderoy" & "Robert Clayton", manuscript on vellum, folds, wax seals, 360 x 525mm., 15th July 1653.

Clarke (Thomas, silkweaver) Discharge of Thomas Willmer [Wilmore], D.s. "Thomas Clarke" & "Agnes Clarke", manuscript on vellum, folds, 2 wax seals, 235 x 287mm., 1st March 1655.

Harvey (Eliab, merchant, 1587-1664) An Inventary of the goods of Eliab Harvey late of the parish of St. Peter the Poore London Esq... Debts due to the... Deceased at the time of his death, D.s. "Simon Robertson", manuscript roll on vellum, three membranes sewn together, slightly yellowed, c. 1720 x 123mm., 4th July 1664. ***Debts include voyages to Aleppo, Constantinople, the City of London, John Harvey and "the shipp Golden fleece."

Whitmore (Mary, nee Harvey) Will, "I give and bequeath unto John Blackstone Cittizen and Apothecary of London the sum of One Thousand Pounds", D.s. "Mary Whitmore", probate copy, manuscript on vellum, 3ff., some surface wear, 676 x 775 and 500 x 775mm., 1st May 1710 ~ Harvey (William, of Red Lion Square) Will, D.s., manuscript on vellum, signature torn with loss, 600 x 685mm., 15th September 1724 (2).

Westminster. Indenture between Mary Edwards, Anna Maria Edwards and Sir William Clayton, "all that peice or parcell of Ground abutting West upon Soho Square in the parish of St. Anne Westminster", D.s. "Mary Edwards", "Anna Margareta Edwards" & "William Clayton", manuscript on vellum, 2ff., ruled in red, 3 wax seals, 645 x 784mm. & 630 x 784mm., 2nd November 1735; and 5 others indentures, 2 relating to Soho Square and 3 relating to Middlesex, v.s., v.d. (6).

South Sea House. [Harvey (William, d. 1763)] Memorandum concerning the S-Sea House, manuscript, 6pp., original marble wrappers, sm. 8vo, n.p., 1743 ~ Accounts Book. Old South Sea House, Homerton & Tower Hill, manuscript, 102pp., extensively damp-stained with some loss, original cloth-covered boards, damp-stained, 1757-74, 8vo & folio (2).

Account book. Rent Accounts & Disbursements, manuscript, ruled in red, 90pp. excluding blanks, slightly browned, original cloth, damp-stained, folio, 1761-75. ***Accounts include properties in Homerton, Middlesex and Old South Sea House & Tower Hill, City of London.

Pomfret (George Fermor, second Earl of, one of the Lords of the Bedchamber, 1722-85) Indenture between "Edward Harvey Esquire Major General... his nephew William Harvey an Infant... and the Right Honourable Earl of Pomfret... all that messuage or tenement and premises situate... on the North side of Clifford Street in the Parish of St. James Westminster", D.s. "Pomfret", manuscript on vellum, ruled in red, 6ff., folds, wax seal, 635 x 735mm. and smaller, 23rd June 1770; and 2 others, v.s. (3). ***This indenture includes a detailed inventory of the house contents including furniture and paintings by Van Dyck, Poussin, Maratta, Albani etc.

Tower dock. Indenture between Edward Harvey and John Lowe "of the Custom house London... the Messuage or Dwelling House and Tenement... fronting last upon Tower Dock", D.s. "J. Lowe", manuscript on vellum, folds, dusty, 435 x 855mm., 16th May 1776.

Bury St. Edmunds. Legal case relating to tithes, manuscript, 15pp., folds, browned, slightly creased, folio, 1734; and 2 others, 1 relating to Bury St. Edmunds and another relating to the Manor of Holderness, v.s., v.d. (3).

A 19th Century gilt morocco bound, quarto album with brass clasp containing original watercolours, engravings, cuttings and manuscript texts, c1825.

Amis (Martin) London Fields, 2 vol., uncorrected proof copy and early photocopy of the manuscript, very light dust-soiling, original printed wrappers, dust-jacket, very slightly creased, 8vo, 1989.

A VICTORIAN COLLECTORS SPECIMEN CABINET, figured walnut table top case, glazed door opening to eight long drawers containing manuscript labelled sea shells, width 48cm

JOHN SARGENT NOBLE, 1879, Oil on Canvas:"No 2, The Keeper's Assist ants" a grey pony and two dogs guarding dead game, 40 x 50in, signed and dated, Manuscript label verso, probably in the Artist's hand.

Fellows (Sir Charles, traveller and archaeologist, 1799-1860) A Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, first edition, [one of 50 copies], the author's own copy with his extra-illustrations, lithographed vignette titles, facsimile and 21 plates (1 engraved, the rest lithographed), with the lithographed titles and plates in two states (1 title and 10 plates hand-coloured), extra-illustrated by the insertion of an autograph manuscript title with a vignette in pencil, 11 original watercolours and 1 pencil drawing for the plates (1 watercolour not used), 1 watercolour of geological specimens and a rough pencil sketch (by Fellows?) for the watercolour (also present), partly heightened with white, of Fellows' triumphant planting of a baton at the summit of Mont Blanc by W.S. Hastings, 1 hand-coloured aquatint of De Saussure's ascent of Mont Blanc in 1787, with the original document certifying Fellows and Hawes as the thirteenth party to reach the summit of Mont Blanc, signed by Paijou Jean Francois, Sindic, Simon Goudett, guide chef, J. Barrier & all the guides on verso, 6 autograph manuscripts bound in: including: List of Ascents continued [&] Expences attending the Ascent, by Charles Fellows, 2pp., n.d., and commendations and observations on Fellows and the ascent of Mont Blanc signed by Edmund John Clark, 1p., 7th June 1828; Frederick Clissold, 1p., 11th April 1828; John Auldjo (geologist and Alpinist, 1805-86), 1p., 20th June 1828; William Hawes (ascended the summit of Mont Blanc with Fellows), 1p., 16th July 1828; David Wilkie, 1p., 3rd September 1828, very small stain to lower margins at end not affecting text or illustrations, Fellows' bookplate on front pastedown, watered silk rose doublures, sumptuously bound in near contemporary straight-grain morocco, gilt, title on upper cover "Ascent of Mont Blanc 1827", g.e., skilfully rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Meckly 71, Meckly lists the above as copy 1 in his Appendix, Census of Copies of Fellows' "Narrative" ... with Coloured Plates; Neate F18], 4to, [Privately Printed], 1827. *** A unique copy. Arguably the most desirable work on Alpine mountaineering to be offered for sale in recent years.

Haskett Smith (W.P.) Climbing in the British Isles, 2 vol. (i.e. England and Wales/Ireland), illustrations, the first with manuscript notes and original photographs stuck in or loosely inserted, original cloth, spines faded, [Neate S107], 12mo, 1894-95. *** The first guides to rock-climbing in Britain. Part 3 (Scotland) was planned but never printed.

Longman (William) Suggestions for the Exploration of Iceland: An Address delivered to the Members of the Alpine Club, folding map, Printed by the Alpine Club for Distribution among the Members, April 1861; bound with [Bonney (T.G.)] Three days among the Alps of Dauphine, 12pp., extracted from The Eagle vol.III no.12, [c.1861]; bound with From Zermatt to Zinal and Back, 8pp., extracted from The Eagle vol.III no.14, [c.1861]; bound with T[hioly] (F[rancois]) Zermatt et l'Ascension du Mont-Rose, 4 etched plates, [Perret 4254], Geneva, 1860; bound with [Bonney (T.G.)] A Few Words about some of the Earliest Inhabitants of Europe, 9pp., extracted from The Eagle vol.III no.13, with 3 original pen and ink watercolour drawings of skulls and flints on tracing paper bound in and manuscript caption leaf of explanation, [c.1861], together 5 works in 1 vol., manuscript list of contents at beginning, cloth, spine faded, 8vo. *** From the library of T.G.Bonney with his bookplate.

Lunn (Sir Arnold H.M., editor) Oxford Mountaineering Essays, presentation copy to Gillian Bloxam, signed, with manuscript poem, Charles Warren's copy, with manuscript note on front endpaper, 1912; The Alps, 1914; The Mountains of Youth, 1925; Switzerland, 1928; Zermatt and the Valais, dust-jacket, rubbed, slightly faded, 1955; Matterhorn Centenary, 1965, first editions, plates, original cloth, rubbed, 8vo (6).

[Bonaventura (Saint) Quaestiones super IV libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi cum textu eiusdem], pt. 3 only (of 5), 217ff. (of 218, lacking blank A1), 65 lines, 22-line illuminated capital D in blue, brown, green & burnished gold with decoration extending into margin, other capitals, initial strokes & paragraph marks supplied in red, early manuscript notes on endpapers & in some margins, contemporary blind-decorated calf over wooden boards, incorporating a roll border of hounds & deer & central panel of flower heads & leafy tendrils, rather rubbed, head & foot of backstrip defective, lacking 2 clasps, [BMC II, 433; Goff P486], folio, [Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, after 2 March, 1491].

Romoli (Domenico) La Singolare Dottrina ... dei condimenti di tutte le uiuande, le stagioni che si couengono a tutti gli animali, uccelli, & Pesci, Banchetti di ogni tempo, & mangiare da apparecchiarsi di di, in di, per tutto l'anno a Prencipi ... , first edition, ?later issue, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, small hole in title (no loss), library accession number in pencil on verso but no stamps, first quarter of volume lightly water-stained, a few small heavier stains (3ff. of table with small hole at head causing loss of one or two letters or numbers and a squashed fly, Ff8 & Gg1 with small stain causing pages to stick together), manuscript notes in contemporary hand on front endpapers, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and stained, slight worming to joints, library accession number on paper label at foot of spine, [Not in Adams; cf.Bitting 403; Simon 565; Vicaire 750, see note], 8vo, [Venice, Michele Tramezino, 1560]. *** "This is one of the most famous Italian 16th century cookery books." Bitting. Like the copy in la Bibliotheque de l'Arsenal, quoted by Vicaire, with "Panonto" on title rather than "Panunto" and with title reset and a different device.

Redding (Cyrus) A History and Description of Modern Wines, second edition, engraved printers vignette to title and chapter headings, title stained, ink inscription on verso of title, manuscript bound at rear E.V.D. The Wines of the Ancients, 114pp of neat handwriting, authors initials on last leaf, contemporary cloth, spine gilt, 8vo, 1836.

Crouch (Edmund A.) An Illustrated Introduction to Lamarck's Conchology, 22 hand-coloured plates, manuscript index leaf accompanying each plate, numerous contemporary ink and later pencil corrections to text, original cloth, gilt, rubbed, recased, joints tearing, 4to, 1826.

Abyssinia.- Royal Engineers. Album documenting the 1868 campaign of the British Expeditionary Force against Emperor Theodore, manuscript table of contents with printed heading: "List of Negatives taken in Abyssinia, from Zoulla to Magdala, by the Photographers of the 10th Company, Royal Engineers" (all present), 70 mounted albumen prints comprising 2 three-plate and 2 two-plate panoramas, 37 views and military scenes each c.205 x 255mm., 13 group portraits each c.140 x 190mm., 5 of Coptic manuscripts and other artefacts and 10 reproducing paintings and drawings by Major Bagrie, R.R.Holmes "archaeologist attached to the expedition" and William Simpson the war artist (on behalf of the Illustrated London News), each with a printed title slip pasted below, library blindstamps across one corner of each image, the mounts occasionally dust-stained, later library cloth, oblong folio (320 x 400mm.), 1868. *** The front endpaper is inscribed: "This Series of Photographs has not been published, a few Copies only having been obtainable through the personal interest of Officers of the Regiment".

Australia.- New South Wales, an album of street scenes, buildings, landscapes and shipping scenes, manuscript list of subjects, 45 albumen prints, 225 x 280mm. to 260 x 350mm. or the reverse, titled in the negatives, mounted on one or both sides of card leaves, occasional surface dirt, library blindstamp in one corner of each image, later morocco-backed cloth, oblong folio (300 x 390mm.), c.1870-80. *** Includes views of Sydney, Valley of the Grose (illustrated), Fitzroy Falls and the Blue Mountains, Picton Viaduct and other railway scenes and four oval "Sham Naval Fights" in Sydney harbour.

A mid 19th century Staffordshire figure of Richard Cobden, modelled seated holding a manuscript, fully coloured on a gilt titled base, 20cm high, (damage to underside of base)

Ransome (Arthur) Missee Lee, first edition, plates, original cloth, rubbed, extremities and edges worn, 1941 § Thompson Seton (Ernest) The Biography of a Silver-Fox, plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, spine edges worn, New York, 1909 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) Ye Jackdaw of Rheims, illustrations in the style of a medieval manuscript in brown, red and black throughout, original cloth-backed printed boards, rubbed, edges worn,[c.1900]; and a small quantity of others, Children's, v.s. (qty).