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A folio album of private bound 18th & 19th Century sheet music and others the volume including: Wine cannot cure; Thomas Beilby, The Dying Negro … formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Dibdin (Charles) Poor Jack, London: Preston & Son, n.d., circa 1790; Dibdin (Charles), Poor Tom …, London: The Author; Jackson (William), When first this humble Roof I knew, London: Preston & Son; Paisello, Whither my love ah! Whither art thou gone, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Storace (S.) My native land I bade adieu, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; James (Charles) Melissa, London: Dale; Beilby (Thomas), The Dying Negro… formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Manuscript score for Prince of Bale’s Minnet; Dibdin (Charles), The Tar for all Weathers, London: The Author; Dibdin (Charles), The Lucky Escape, London: The Author; Joshua, Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre, London: J. Bland; Arnold & Pinto, If ‘tis Joy to wound a Lover; Les Adieux de L’infortune Louis XVI a son people, London: Dale’s; Shield, W., The Heaving of the Lead, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; I know that my Redeemer Liveth, London: J. Dale; Storace (Stephen), The Lullaby, London: J. Dale; ; Dibdin (Charles), The Soldier’s Adieu, London: The Author; He was Despised, Messiah, London: G. Goulding; Kilvington (T.) His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester’s March, London: The Author, 1795; Gionovichi, Rondeau; O Dear what can the Matter be, London: Preston & Son; Corri, (D.) My Ain kind Deabie: A Scotch Air, London: C. & Co.; Storace (Stephen) A Plighted Faith, London: Dale’s; Jackson of Exeter, Love in Thine Eyes, London: Bland & Weller; Percy & Antoinette (Marie), The Captive, London: The Author; The Favorite Duett of Jess MacPharlane as sung at the Dillettanti Concerts by Mr Dignum and Mr Hindle; Hook, My Heart is devoted dear Mary to thee … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall Gardens, London: Bland; Arnold (Dr.), Oh Happy Tawny Moor, London: Preston & Son; Hook, Sweet Kate the Irish Maid sung by Mr Page at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Carnaby (W.), Song on Peace, London: Sold by Rt Birchall; Haigh (T.), The favorite Air When the Hollow Drum, London: Preston & Son; Dibdin (Charles), The Siege of Troy, London: Preston; Hook, The Wedding Day: A Favourite song sung by Mrs Kennedy at Vauxhall Gardens, London: S. A. & P. Thompson; Pleyel, Tho’ pity I cannot deny: A favorite Song sung by Mrs Crouch in the Haunted Tower, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Rimbault (S. F.) The Cottage in the Dell, London: F. Linley; pages 9-12 of A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797; Here’s a health to those far away, London: R.t Birchall; Giordani, Queen Mary’s Lamentation sung by Sig. Tenducci at the Pantheon & Mr Abel’s Concert & c, London: J. Preston; Latour, New German Waltz, London: J. Bland; Storace (Stephen), Across the Downs this morning sung by Sig. Storace in No song, no Supper, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Gray (J. B.), Oh! Balmy Sleep, London: Tho.s Cahusac; Knyvett, In the Dead of the Night, London: R.t Birchall; Hook, You shall be my Love … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Sestini, The Gipsy Song; Hook, Henry & Maria or the Soldier’s Farewell, London: Preston; with further manuscript pages including composition by Mrs Siddons, How hard’s the Fate of Womankind, The Confession; Aldiborontiphoscophornio; Last May a braw Wooer; Drops of Brandy; Mozart Air; Tweedside; The Birks of Endermay; The Spectre Song; Lord of all Powers; Pleyel, It may be Love; Callicott, Epitaph; Go to the Devil and shake yourself; Whither a mile of Edinburgh; several blank musical score sheets within marbled paper boards and leather spine; together with Dussek (I.L.) A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797, the music for the Piano Forte by I. Dussek to which is added the form of the Church Service with part of the Vocal Music sung at that celebration, London: Printed for Corri. Dussek & Co., [1798], frontispiece by T. King, folio; Introduction, The Acclamation of the People, Coronation Anthem by Handel, , (pages 9-12 bound in the larger volume), The Litany, Sanctus by Robt Hudson, The Communion Service, The Creed, A Voluntary for the Organ by Handel, God Save the King; a volume 19th century privately collated paper bound sheet music including P. Henrion, Polka, D. Magnus, Royal Schottische, Theodore Oesten, Das Alpenhorn, German Melodies, Golden Pearls, Fleurs Italiennes, G.A. Osborne Roy McGregor, Henry F. Hemy, The Sledge Bell Galop, Oscar Comettant, La Sympathie, Adrien Talexy Aurelia, Alphonse Leduc, L’Ecrin Musical, Fantasies; Away with Melancholy: A Favorite Air or Duet composed by M. Mozart, London: Bland & Wellers Music Warehouse, 23 Oxford Street, n.d. [1793-1818], folio, loose sheet music, 2 leaves, 3pp.Well used and thumbed condition, binding poor, some annotations and insciptions

Pope (Alexander) works, London: B Law et al, 1797, 9 vols, 8vo, full calf gilt, marbled endpapers and page edges, engraved frontis to volume 1, the volumes containing loose leaf notes (late 18th century) in manuscript pertaining to Alexander Pope and William Kent. (9) The manuscript fragments read as follows:'The writing is Mr Kents (?)The Speaker (… it is supposed) had the design of altering and improving his place according to Mr Kent (?) , but the alterations it is to be presumed appearing too considerable, the design had been relinquished. The blessing … by A Pope (never published it is believed) is copied from a Commonplace book of Mr Kent the celebrated architect and designer repeat each mentioned in Mr P’s poems On the regular Plantations at E. C. Squire Kent for the speaker beginning to planDemolish’d L..ve Alley and BorderBut the Speaker, perceiving the Devil in the manSoon called all his Trees back to order Signed A Pope' Not collated. Rubbing, bumping to corners as well as some scuffing to boards. Internal contents fairly good, with some foxing.

Littleton (Sir Thomas) Littletons Tenures in English Lately perused and amended, London, indistinctly dated 16.., 16mo, later vellum binding, aeg, with gilt line tooling and blind tooled title to spine, marbled endpapers, bound with five index leaves in manuscript before the title page, inscribed ‘Maurice Digges his booke 1653’, three pages of tables to backCollated, front boards warped, cover with staining and soiling, front hinge starting to crack, pages toned throughout with some browning to edges, perfuse marginal notes in a fine 17th century hand, minor foxing, page 60 and 73 with slight loss to lower edge

East India Company Interest Manuscript Bottomry Bond for the boat Dawson by John Cook-Freeman (1689-1752) and his brother Thomas Cook dated 26 January 1729, Folio (40cm x 32cm), latin introductory paragraph followed by the conditions of the bond, naming Thomas Cook of London and John Freeman of Folly [sic] Court (Fawley Court, Henley on Thames) for the 'vessel called the Dawson of the burthen of five hundred tonns or thereabouts now at anchor in the River of Thames whereof Francis Steward is now Commander' for a voyage to 'Fort Saint George or any other port or place in the East Indies, China, Persia or elsewhere beyond the Cape of Good Hope', the bond to be paid to Aaron Franks; signed by Walter Henley and Robert Offerton, Thomas Cook and John Freeman and two red seals; verso with settlement statement of the bond; together with a single sheet manuscript receipt for to Thomas Cooke dated February 17 1725/6 for £500 in regard to a bottomry bond for the 'Spanish registered ships' signed by James Naish regarding Spanish registered ships dated 1725/26 and naming Edward Harrison Esq (18cm x 15.5cm) Qty: 2 From a Gloucestershire country house John Freeman, a Madras merchant and keen amateur architect inherited Fawley Court in 1707 and properties in the West Indies. He was an early member of the Society of Antiquaries, built the Gothic folly in the grounds and the Freeman family mausoleum in the village based on the design of the tomb of Caecilla Metella in Rome. His uncle, from which he inherited the estate has been a slave trader and it is possible that the boats in discussion would have been used for this purpose. James Naish was Chief of the English East India Company Council in Canton (Guangzhou), China and extensive records exist in the British Library of his travels and life.Further records of the family can be found in a letter book of John Freeman of Fawley Court to his brother Thomas Cook of Fort St. George and Calcutta, and to others, re his interests in East India trade and family affairs, 1717-1742, 1717-1742 (Gloucestershire Archives D1245/FF33)

Heraldry Scrapbook A folio scrapbook containing a collection of largely 19th century British armorials in the form of etchings and bookplates, some hand-coloured, including Duke of Somerset, Duke of Devonshire, Marquis of Lansdown, among others, pasted down to leaves of a folio manuscript volume with marbled boards and leather spine. Clear wear to the binding, with extensive rubbing and general wear. Deckled page edges. Foxing throughout.

Grant of ArmsManuscript Grant of Arms for Thomas Chiffinch (1600-1666), signed by the herald Sir Edward Walker (1611-1667), dated 1664, illuminated manuscript on vellum, heightened with gold, with one armorial bearing, overall 39 x 51cm.Thomas Chiffinch (1600-1666) was a royal page and loyal confidant of King Charles II. The grant was issued in 1664, and not 1644, as is sometimes recorded.Framed and glazed. The manuscript is generally in good condition. The colours, including the gilt, have been well preserved. There are creases to the sheet, where the grant has previously been folded in four. There is some additional minor creasing and undulation below the glazing (the manuscript has not been examined outside its glazing). There are a few evenly spaced holes towards the lower sections of the sheet, indicating where the seal was attached (which has since been removed). Some discolouration and light staining to other sections of the grant, consistent with age.

A 19th Century Manuscript Book, belonging to Madeline Braithwaite and dated 16th February 1894, mainly concerning the genealogy of the Braithwaite family, leather boards gilt embossed with author's initials, marbled endpapers and page edges, with an early 20th Century family photograph album (2)Manuscript book bears clear wear consistent with age, especially to the binding; internally, the contents are fairly bright, with some limited foxing. The photograph album has a very worn binding, with the cloth cover falling away, and the photographs themselves are very faded.

Cartwright (Lt. Col. William) Manuscript Standing Orders 10th Regiment P[rince of] W[ales] O[wn] Light Dragoons. [Circa 1795-1797], 8vo, approximately 104 pages, 2-page index at end, contemporary reversed calf, morocco gilt lettering piece on upper cover, ownership inscription of “Col. Cartwright” to front endpaper.The 10th Light Dragoons (Hussars) had George, Prince of Wales, as its regimental colonel, and consequently was one of the army’s most fashionable regiments. William Cartwright was the commanding officer from 1793 to 1802. The introduction to this manuscript volume begins: “It having for a long time been evident [...] that the PWO Light Dragoons might derive considerable advantage from having a set of fix'd regulations [...] Lt Col Cartwright has judged it adviseable to throw together the following Orders...” What follows is a set of regulations, divided into 33 sections, on subjects including the duties of various ranks, discipline, parade, and treatment of horses. It appears to be a working manuscript since there are scattered revisions and some later entries. Section headings include “Interior Economy of Troops”, “Guard and Black-Hole” (“A man confined to the Black-Hole is to receive no other sustenance but Bread & Water”), “Troop parades on Foot or Horseback”, “Baggage on a March”, and, covering equine matters, “Farriers”, “Hospital Stable &c”, and “Shoeing”. Towards the back of the volume are a small number of “Forms” – templates or examples for such paperwork as a “Certificate to be annexed to the Monthly Return” and the “Surgeons Morning Report”. The latter is followed on the verso by an example form for the “Veterinary Surgeons Morning Report”, handily demonstrating the roughly equal importance of men and horses to the military.Rubbed with some loss at foot of spine, some staining to outer leaves. Fairly clean internally, with some foxing and staining. Staining is particularly prominent towards the index pages at the end of the volume.

Maister (J) ‘Private Orderly Book August 10th 1793, Ensign J. Maister East York Regiment of Militia Caister Camp’, with daily passwords ("Parole London" etc.) and orders including training, escorts, and parade, circa 130 pages in manuscript, plus blanks, interleaved with blotting paper, oblong 8vo, 2 July to 10 December 1793, contemporary calfCaister-on-Sea in Norfolk was the site of one of a series of large military camps established to guard the coast following the outbreak of war with France.Some wear and loss to the binding. Internal contents generally in good condition, with some fading and foxing, but generally well preserved.

Religious Tracts, two volumes of Religious Tracts in manuscript, Volume One titled Tractatus de Penitentia, 306 numbered pages with 3 pages of notes; noted as 'Finis an: 1684, 24 July to the end of volume 1; Volume Two titled Tractatus de Sacramentis in genere in tertiam partem D. Thoma: 290 pages in manuscript with last three pages being the index; front endpaper inscribed with the initials F.B. to each volume, both volumes contemporary calf with gilt tooled spine and 5 raise bands, 16mo; together with several loose paper notes on Theology, Logic Ontology, PsychologicaQty: 2Spetchley Park, WorcestershireBinding in poor condition with dry leather, marked and scuffed, leather fold over wrappers delaminating, hinged cracked endpapers foxed and toned, interiors generally good with scattered foxing.

Justice (Francis) Manuscript Volumes of British Birds after Nature, Sutton-Courtney, Berkshire, circa 1810/20; 2 quarto (approximately 30cm x 24cm) albums of blank paper with numerous mss. descriptions of species of birds; most pages of descriptions are facing a watercolour and pencil illustration of the subject; volume I, 25 colour and volume II 8 colour illustrations; with bookplate for Francis Justice to pastedown of volume 1By descent through the Justice family who lived at The Abbey House, Sutton Courtney from 1549-1901. As was tradition for the family at that time, Francis Justice joined the Navy as a midshipman and first served on HMS Bellerophon.Two similar volumes appear to have been acquired by Yale University in 1954 and are noted in the The Yale University Library Gazette, Vol. 29, No. 1 (July 1954), pp. 42-43 under Ornithology. "Two bound volumes containing the manuscript of "English Birds after Nature, by Francis Justice, Sutton Courtney, Berks. Collected in the years 1785, 1786, 1787"

A Persian Safavid (1501-1736) double sided Quran illuminated manuscript, each side with black calligraphy inscription and gilt circular six-pointed star verse markers, one side with a decorative blue Surah header, blue and gilt text-panel borders and decorative motifs outside - text panel size - 14.5 cm x 9 cm, attached to cardboard mount, 20 cm x 25 cm o/a

FRANZ LISZT. Manuscrito musical autógrafo.- Século XIX (1845).- 1 f. 27x21 cm., Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor and teacher, born in Doborján (today in Austria), considered one of the most important composers of the 19th and late Romanticism centuries. Autograph musical manuscript containing the score (1 f.) of an untitled waltz, with only the epigraph indicating its tempo: "Allegretto". At the end, the autograph signature: Of. Lszt. Provenance: this manuscript was owned by Pedro Batalha Reis (1906-1966), author of the work "Liszt na sua passagem por Lisboa em 1845" (Lisboa, 1945) ("Liszt in his visit to Lisbon in 1845" (Lisbon, 1945)). In his work, the author states that "Allegretto duma valsa inédita" (Allegretto of an unpublished waltz) was one of three works composed by Liszt during his stay in Lisbon between January 15th and February 25th, 1845, where he performed in nine concerts and three private recitals. He further informs that the "Allegretto" belonged to his grandfather António Batalha Reis (1838-1917), and he does not know how he acquired it. Minor faults in the margins not affecting the handwritten text; slight browning and slight stains.

A chest, William IV (1830-1837), green leather lined wood, decoration with gilt irons "Plant motifs", lateral cartouches and top of the cover with initials WR (William Rex) surmounted by royal crown - William IV (1830-1837), English, missing handles and lock escucheon, restoration, leather defects, signs of use, label glued to the bottom with printed inscription NORTHOVER & GILBERT - EAST STREET BRIDPORT - Nº 59, manuscript inscription WYNFORD. Notes: Wynford name tag hypothesized to belong to Lord Wynford, William Draper Best (1767-1845), jurist, who served King George IV as a member of his Privy Council (PC) - a council of the monarch's private advisers - and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, positions he held from 1824 to 1828. In 1829, he received the title of Baron of Wynford and, in the reign of William IV, he became the «speaker» of the House of the Lords - a position to which this chest must have been connected, as it is clearly intended to collect and save documents., Dim. - 32 x 69 x 44 cm

MANUSCRITO.- TERESA DE ÁVILA, Santa.- 1 documento.- Século XVI.- 1 f.; 290x200 mm., Manuscript, probably autograph, of St. Teresa of Ávila, also known as St. Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582), a Spanish Carmelite mystic nun and Catholic saint canonized by Pope Gregory XV in 1622. Saint Teresa, reformer of the Carmelite Order and co-founder of the Discalced Carmelite Order, together with Saint John of the Cross, left us important contemplative texts and a set of more than 350 letters reprinted several times in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. Fragment of unidentified text, with 19 lines, in Castilian language. The sheet, glued to a wooden support and framed, has some support faults (and folding creases) which impair the reading of several words. Some polychrome plant and zoomorphic decorative motifs were added to the top and bottom margins (bottom margin added).

PINTO, Fernão Mendes.- HISTORIA | ORIENTAL | DE LAS PEREGRINACIONES | DE FERNAN MENDEZ PINTO| PORTVGVES, ADONDE SE ESCRIVEN | muchas, y muy estrañas cosas que vio, y oyò en los Reynos de la China, | Tartaria, Sornao, que vulgarmente se llama Siam, Calamiñam, Peguu, | Martauan, y otros muchos de aquellas partes Orientales, de que | en estas nuestras de Occidente ay muy poca, ò | ninguna noticia. | CASOS FAMOSOS, ACONTECIMIENTOS ADMIRABLES, | leyes,gouierno,trages, Religion, y costumbres de aquellos | Gentiles de Asia. | TRADVZIDO DE PORTVGVES EN CASTELLANO POR el Licenciado Francisco de Herrera Maldonado,Canonigo de la santa Iglesia Real de Arbas.- Madrid: Por Tomas Iunti, Impressor del Rey nuestro señor, 1620.- [5], 8, [1], 4 f., 481 [i. e. 483] p.; 27 cm.- E., Rare first edition in Castilian of "Peregrinações", printed "a costa de Manuel Rodriguez, Mercador de Libros", six years after the first Portuguese edition (the second Portuguese edition was only published in 1678). Fernão Mendes (1510/14-1583) left for India in 1537, having stayed in the East for around 21 years. The “Peregrination”, a fantastic account of his troubled adventures, was originally published on the initiative of Friar Belchior Faria, 31 years after his death (Lisbon, 1614), from the original manuscript bequeathed by the author to Casa Pia dos Penitentes. Copy a little trimmed, with slight acidity, occasional stains and traces of moth work, but overall, solid and well preserved. Full sheepskin flecked binding (contemporary?), restored and with new endpapers. The copy matches exactly with the collation from Palau, IX, 163203. Leite de Faria, 24-1.

Pair of Islamic illustrated manuscript pages of Quranic verses, probably Ottoman, each leaf 29 x 22cm, one in glazed frameProvenance: local client.

Attributed to À KEMPIS, Thomas, L'Imitation de Jesus Christ, in four books, published Paris, Leon Curmer, 1856, chromolithographs by Joseph Lemercier and printed by Jules Claye, quatro, silk endpapers, Maltese Cross gilded and gauffered edges, bound in elaborate calf and gilt decorated pierced covers with velvet underlayer, gilt-titled 'Imitation' and bookbinder stamp to spine (B Garnier?), extensively illustrated and with manuscript borders throughout, 4to.

'True Bugs'The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands. A descriptiveaccount of the families, genera, and species indigenous to GreatBritain and Ireland, with notes as to localities, habitats, etc, byEdward Saunders. pub. L. Reeve & co. 1892. Quarto. The large paperedition. 350pp. 32 plates (31 coloured, 1 uncoloured.) Half-leather,wine-red patterned cloth with gilt stylings. Gilt titles to spine (raisedbands) with gilt tooling. The spine slightly darkened. Some areas ofrubbing, and a small patch of colour loss to the front of the book, but ahandsome copy of this large-paper edition of Saunders' work.WithThe Hemiptera-Homoptera (Cicadina and Psyllina) of the BritishIslands, A descriptive account of the families, genera, and speciesindigenous to Great Britain and Ireland, with notes as to localities,habitats, etc. by James Edwards. Pub. L. Reeve and Co. 1896. Largepaper edition (so stated in a pencil note to the pastedown). Quarto.271pp. 30 plates (28 coloured). Half leather. Marbled edges to the textblock. Gilt titles to spine, raised bands. Green cloth, the leather of thespine faded. A handsome copy of this large-paper edition of Edwards'work.WithA Biology of the British Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Edward A. Butler,pub. H.F. & G. Witherby 1923. Quarto. 682 pp. VII plates, somecoloured. Brown cloth with vignette gilt illustration to the front panel.Pencil note to pastedown. 'This work is a necessary supplement to thebooks on Hemiptera-Heteroptera by Saunders....' Manuscript copy of areview of the book in Nature has been loosely inserted. A solid copy.(3)The following lots of books represent the library of George West.West's biographical details are hard to pin down, his date of birthunknown, (probably around the 1880's) and his death sometime after1945. He is known to have worked as an assistant and then lecturer inBotany at the University of Dundee from 1906. At that time theuniversity was a constituent college of St Andrews University. Westseems to have remained there until around 1926. In his publication'Practical Principles of Plain Photo Micrography' (1916) he describeshimself as a lecturer in Botany. Most of the books in the sale bear thehandstamp, 'George West' to the front pastedowns. Many volumes bearextracts from booksellers' catalogues with prices of the titles,suggesting that West liked to keep up with the current values of hislibrary.The books represent a working library and many are alsoannotated in pencil in his hand, cross-referencing other works andadding his comments. To the front of the first volume of Walker'sDiptera (see lot no.) he has inserted his handwritten poem, 'To theFuture Owners of this book'.Geordie has now turned up his toesAnd gone aloft to seek reposeFrom various varmints nips and stings,Especially those base mankind brings...........He trusts the child who gets this bookWill on the various notes just lookAnd feel that every pencil strokeHelps on the game dear Walker wrote...Although a botanist by profession, his main interest, judging byhis library appears to have been entomology and amongst the booksare some rare titles in that field many dating from the nineteenthcentury, a golden age for the natural sciences. Many of the giants inthe field of Entomology are represented in the books and there aregood sets of Curtis, Donovan and Stephens with many exquisite, hand-coloured illustrations. Geology was another of his interests, as well asmicroscopy.What little is known of George West is largely gleaned from apublication from Hereford Museum published in 2007. West haddonated a large collection of mineralogical specimens to the Museumin 1945. His connection with Hereford, however, appears to betenuous and the man remains something of an enigma.

A good collection of offprints and manuscript notes with someletters from Edward Milles Nelson, a former President of theRoyal Microscopical SocietyAmongst the offprints are Descriptions of some Nondescript Insectsfrom Assam, William Griffith, 1840 (with large coloured plate); AHandbook of British Mosquitoes', by William Dickson Lang, 1920;The Ectoparasites of the Red Grouse, A E Shipley, 1909; Directionsfor Preserving Insects, Nathan Banks, 1909; Report of InjuriousInsects and Common Farm Pests during the year 1899, Eleanor A.Ormerod, 1900, (a presentation copy from the author); TheOrthoptera of Nova Scotia, Harry Piers, 1917 &etc including one ortwo on 'the Age of the Earth'.Amongst West's notes are several pages on Navicula Rhomboides(microalgae), where he discusses observing them under themicroscope. Three autograph letters from Edward Milles Nelson[1851-1938] described in his obituary as a 'pioneer of modernmicroscopical observational technique' to George West go into sometechnical detail with small sketches on the same issue. The letters(4pp, ip, and 3pp) are all closely dated, March 1913 and come fromhis home in Beckington near Bath. Nelson was involved for someyears in a controversy with Ernst Abbe [1840-1905] A Germanphysicist and optical scientist, over technical issues in the workings ofthe microscope.From 1902 to 1926, Edward Milles Nelson [1858-1938] was theowner of Beckington Castle, in the village of Beckington in Somerset.Nelson was President of the Royal Microscopical Society from 1897-99 and author of 'The Cult of Circle Builders'.(Quantity. Approx 20 offprints plus MSS notes made by George Weston various subjects)The following lots of books represent the library of George West.West's biographical details are hard to pin down, his date of birthunknown, (probably around the 1880's) and his death sometime after1945. He is known to have worked as an assistant and then lecturer inBotany at the University of Dundee from 1906. At that time theuniversity was a constituent college of St Andrews University. Westseems to have remained there until around 1926. In his publication'Practical Principles of Plain Photo Micrography' (1916) he describeshimself as a lecturer in Botany. Most of the books in the sale bear thehandstamp, 'George West' to the front pastedowns. Many volumes bearextracts from booksellers' catalogues with prices of the titles,suggesting that West liked to keep up with the current values of hislibrary.The books represent a working library and many are alsoannotated in pencil in his hand, cross-referencing other works andadding his comments. To the front of the first volume of Walker'sDiptera (see lot no.) he has inserted his handwritten poem, 'To theFuture Owners of this book'.Geordie has now turned up his toesAnd gone aloft to seek reposeFrom various varmints nips and stings,Especially those base mankind brings...........He trusts the child who gets this bookWill on the various notes just lookAnd feel that every pencil strokeHelps on the game dear Walker wrote...Although a botanist by profession, his main interest, judging byhis library appears to have been entomology and amongst the booksare some rare titles in that field many dating from the nineteenthcentury, a golden age for the natural sciences. Many of the giants inthe field of Entomology are represented in the books and there aregood sets of Curtis, Donovan and Stephens with many exquisite, hand-coloured illustrations. Geology was another of his interests, as well asmicroscopy.What little is known of George West is largely gleaned from apublication from Hereford Museum published in 2007. West haddonated a large collection of mineralogical specimens to the Museumin 1945. His connection with Hereford, however, appears to betenuous and the man remains something of an enigma.

Insecta Britannica, Lepidoptera, Tineina, by H. T. Stainton. PubLovell Reeve 1854. Octavo. 313pp. 10 uncoloured plates. Black clothdecorated in blind, small paper label to spine under gilt titles. A fewsmall marks, but a very good, solid copy of this title. Theadvertisement for Insecta Britannica has been stuck to the pastedown.Originally intended to be five volumes, a pencil note from Westindicates that volume IV was never published thus this volume and thethree volumes of Diptera in this lot constitute the entire run of InsectaBritannica.Insecta Britannica, Diptera, by Francis Walker, pub. Lovell Reeve,1851, 1853, 1856. Three volumes in original publisher's cloth. Vol. I,313 pp plus errata page. 10 uncoloured plates; Vol. II, 297pp pluserrata page. 10 uncoloured plates (numbered consecutively fromvolume I); Vol. III 352pp. 10 uncoloured plates (numberedconsecutively from volume II). All in original publisher's black clothdecorated in blind with gilt titles to spine. Wear to exterior joints ofspines, especially volume one but all still solidly bound. Vol I and IIhave the original prospectus tipped into the front. Manuscript notesmade by West loosely inserted with neat pen and ink drawings to Vol I.Touchingly, West has inserted a poem (signed with initials) 'To theFuture Owners of this book' (see introduction)(4)The following lots of books represent the library of George West.West's biographical details are hard to pin down, his date of birthunknown, (probably around the 1880's) and his death sometime after1945. He is known to have worked as an assistant and then lecturer inBotany at the University of Dundee from 1906. At that time theuniversity was a constituent college of St Andrews University. Westseems to have remained there until around 1926. In his publication'Practical Principles of Plain Photo Micrography' (1916) he describeshimself as a lecturer in Botany. Most of the books in the sale bear thehandstamp, 'George West' to the front pastedowns. Many volumes bearextracts from booksellers' catalogues with prices of the titles,suggesting that West liked to keep up with the current values of hislibrary.The books represent a working library and many are alsoannotated in pencil in his hand, cross-referencing other works andadding his comments. To the front of the first volume of Walker'sDiptera (see lot no.) he has inserted his handwritten poem, 'To theFuture Owners of this book'.Geordie has now turned up his toesAnd gone aloft to seek reposeFrom various varmints nips and stings,Especially those base mankind brings...........He trusts the child who gets this bookWill on the various notes just lookAnd feel that every pencil strokeHelps on the game dear Walker wrote...Although a botanist by profession, his main interest, judging byhis library appears to have been entomology and amongst the booksare some rare titles in that field many dating from the nineteenthcentury, a golden age for the natural sciences. Many of the giants inthe field of Entomology are represented in the books and there aregood sets of Curtis, Donovan and Stephens with many exquisite, hand-coloured illustrations. Geology was another of his interests, as well asmicroscopy.What little is known of George West is largely gleaned from apublication from Hereford Museum published in 2007. West haddonated a large collection of mineralogical specimens to the Museumin 1945. His connection with Hereford, however, appears to betenuous and the man remains something of an enigma.

The Entomologist's Useful Companion, by George Samouelle, pub.Thomas Boys. 1819 First edition. 496 pp. 12 plates coloured and aduplicate set of plates uncoloured to the rear of the book with somemild offsetting from the coloured to the uncoloured plates. Halfleather, green cloth. Titles in gilt to the spine. Raised bands. Mildrubbing to the exterior joints, but overall a pleasing, solid copy of thisrare work. Old ownership name to title page. Samouelle [1790-1846]was a curator at the British Museum but seems to have had somethingof a drink (or personality?) problem as he was let go in 1840.WithEssay on the Indigenous Fossorial Hymenoptera; comprising Adescription of all the British species of Burrowing Sand Wasps, W.E.Shuckard, pub. The Author, 31 Robert Street, Chelsea sold also byRichter and Co. 30 Soho Square. 1837. 259pp. 4 plates of insectwings, one with outline colour. Original brown cloth with decorationsin blind. Some abrasions to the spine with loss top and bottom. Pencilannotations and an extra two pages tipped in after the preface notedhere in pencil as being from an additional copy in West's possession. Avery scarce title.WithBritish Dragonflies, W. Lucas, pub. L. Upcott Gill. 1900 First edition.Brown cloth with black decorations and gilt highlights to the frontpanel and spine. Large octavo. 356 pp including the list of subscribers.Illustrated with coloured plates and b/w drawings. 27 coloured platescomplete. Occasional pencil annotation. A fresh copy of this classicwork.WithInsecta, From the Cyclopaedia of Anatomy of Physiology, by GeorgeNewport. Pub. Marchant, Printer Ingram-Court 1839. Offprint fromRobert Bentley Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy of Physiology, 1839.128pp illustrated with woodcuts. Contents page in manuscript. Green,faded discoloured cloth with 'Newport's Insecta in gilt to the spine.Spine cloth with abrasions, and separating from the book, though stillattached. Newport [1803-1854] was a prominent entomologist.Presumably, this publication of the section he contributed to Todd'sCyclopaedia, he had bound up for himself or to give away tocolleagues and friends.WithBritish Vegetable Galls, An Introduction to their Study, Edward T.Connold, pub. Hutchinson & co. 1901. Quarto. 312pp. 130photographic plates. Green cloth boards are quite heavily mottled.Internally good.Includes a letter from the author, Connold asking his correspondent forblossoms and referring to a photographic print from which 'you willsee how I propose to illustrate the work on wild fruits I am now busyupon'. Also tipped in is an advertisement for a German work, DiePflanzengallen by Dr. H. Ross.(5)The following lots of books represent the library of George West.West's biographical details are hard to pin down, his date of birthunknown, (probably around the 1880's) and his death sometime after1945. He is known to have worked as an assistant and then lecturer inBotany at the University of Dundee from 1906. At that time theuniversity was a constituent college of St Andrews University. Westseems to have remained there until around 1926. In his publication'Practical Principles of Plain Photo Micrography' (1916) he describeshimself as a lecturer in Botany. Most of the books in the sale bear thehandstamp, 'George West' to the front pastedowns. Many volumes bearextracts from booksellers' catalogues with prices of the titles,suggesting that West liked to keep up with the current values of hislibrary.The books represent a working library and many are alsoannotated in pencil in his hand, cross-referencing other works andadding his comments. To the front of the first volume of Walker'sDiptera (see lot no.) he has inserted his handwritten poem, 'To theFuture Owners of this book'.Geordie has now turned up his toesAnd gone aloft to seek reposeFrom various varmints nips and stings,Especially those base mankind brings...........He trusts the child who gets this bookWill on the various notes just lookAnd feel that every pencil strokeHelps on the game dear Walker wrote...Although a botanist by profession, his main interest, judging byhis library appears to have been entomology and amongst the booksare some rare titles in that field many dating from the nineteenthcentury, a golden age for the natural sciences. Many of the giants inthe field of Entomology are represented in the books and there aregood sets of Curtis, Donovan and Stephens with many exquisite, hand-coloured illustrations. Geology was another of his interests, as well asmicroscopy.What little is known of George West is largely gleaned from apublication from Hereford Museum published in 2007. West haddonated a large collection of mineralogical specimens to the Museumin 1945. His connection with Hereford, however, appears to betenuous and the man remains something of an enigma.

Jung-Stilling (Heinrich Stilling): Jugend. Eine wahrhafte Geschichte. Berlin und Leipzig 1777. 14,3 x 9 cm. Mit gest. Front. und gest. Titelvign. von Chodowiecki. 168 SS. Moderner Pp. mit Rs.Goed. IV/2 689, 2. Schulte-Str. 69 f. Engelmann 201 und 202. Erste Ausgabe. - „Das Buch wurde von Goethe herausgegeben, der bei seinem Besuche in Elberfeld im Juli 1774 das Manuscript von Jung mitgenommen hatte, es durchsah, an einigen Stellen änderte und 1777 zum Druck beförderte.“ (Schulte-Str.).

Bank of England, Matthew Marshall, £5, Bristol, 15 June 1850, serial number G/K 62665, manuscript signature, multiple pinholes,officially cut and rejoined with stamp paper, lovely paper quality, an extremely rare branch on an already rare type, a superb note EPM B203a £15,000-£20,000

Royal Bank of Scotland, £1, 24 March 1921, serial number C 334/646, Speed and one additional manuscript signature, an exceptional original and fresh, good very fine example PMS RB 53g, Pick 316e £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, 1 May 1891, serial number B/D.4548, manuscript Scott signature, good very fine and a handsome and rare example in excellent grade for type PMI BB 45b £3,000-£3,600

Ulster Bank Limited, £1 (5), 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935 and 1936, serial numbers 482512, 767250, 979322, 1203789 and 1348809, manuscript Gore signature, fine to good fine, a nice variety of dates (5) PMI UB 47b,c, 53a,b, Pick 306, 312a £80-£100

Ulster Bank Limited, £50, 1 March 1941, serial number 2314, manuscript Williams signature, annotation on reverse, pressed fine but very scarce PMI UB 60, Pick 319 £180-£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, £100, 3 February 1943, serial number A.6446, manuscript Smyth signature, in PMG holder 65 EPQ, gem uncirculated, a rare earlier date, the joint finest of only six graded by PMG PMI BB 88, Pick 131b £1,000-£1,500

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £1, 9 November 1939, serial number E/M 6944, manuscript Keith signature, uncirculated and scarce in this grade PMI BB 65, Pick 126b £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 7 December 1917, serial number R.3004, manuscript signature of Carlisle, very fine and a rare and attractive example PMI BB 53d, Pick A52 £2,400-£3,000

Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 2 January 1913, serial number 19/G 52/83, Mackay and one other manuscript signature, original good fine PMS CO 56b, Pick S323b £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £1 (2), 1 June 1929, serial number 132973 and 1 April 1931, serial number 567030, manuscript signatures, presentable very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 47b, Pick 306 £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Bank of Ireland, contemporary forgery of a £1, 13 July 1808, serial number 7512, large manuscript signatures, single line frame, denomination in oval black panel, tape repairs at top left, tears, a thoroughly presentable very good, ink annotations, pinholes, a rare high quality forger for a very early issue, a very interesting item PMI BA 3 £200-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Northern Banking Company Limited, £1, 1 July 1915, red serial number A 30020, manuscript signature at low right, in PMG holder 30, very fine and a handsome Perkins Bacon engraving, especially rare in this good grade, this being the top graded note on the PMG population report PMI NR 31, Pick 250b £800-£1,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

North of Scotland & Town & County Bank Limited, £1, 1 March 1918, serial number B 0938/0180, Stuart signature and an additional manuscript signature, an attractive, fresh and original good fine, scarce PMS NS 26c £240-£300 --- 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, 6 April 1916, serial number J/D 3546, manuscript signature at low right, pencil annotation on reverse, in PMG holder 25 very fine. A presentable and attractive example PMI BB 49c, Pick 150b £800-£1,200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £5 (2), 1 October 1937, serial number 365587, manuscript Lester signature, also 1 January 1936, serial number 310201, manuscript Clark signature, original and presentable, very fine (2 notes) PMI UB 54, Pick 313 £180-£220 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Union Bank of Scotland, £1, 10 December 1920, serial number H 93/123, McCrindle signature and one additional manuscript signature, fresh and original, about very fine and scarce PMS UB 57d, Pick S805 £120-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

British Linen Company, £5, 1 August 1780, serial number 73/52276, manuscript serial numbers and name ‘Bailie’ at centre, several annotations on reverse, about very fine and rare PMS BL 25a, Douglas 11 £500-£700

Montrose Banking Co., £1, 25 November 1917, serial number 60/93, two manuscript signatures at low right, three PAID stamps, several ink annotations on reverse, very good PMS MO 1b £500-£700

Ulster Bank Limited, £50, 1 June 1929, serial number 316, manuscript Lester signature, manuscript Lester signature, minor graffiti on both sides, otherwise nice original fine, scarce in this grade PMI UB 51, Pick 310 £200-£300 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Bank of England, Henry Hase, £1, 19 May 1820, serial number 60918, manuscript signature low right, a perfectly respectable fine and scarce EPM B201b £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Montrose Banking Co., £1, 1 June 1920, serial number 90/158, two manuscript signatures at low right, three PAID stamps, several ink annotations on reverse, a lovely original good fine PMS MO 1b £800-£1,000

Belfast Banking Company Limited, £100, 3 December 1963, serial number A.6888, manuscript Smyth signature, in PMG holder 58, choice about uncirculated PMI BB 90, Pick 131d £600-£800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Manx Bank Limited, £1, 11 November 1882, serial number 00001, manuscript signature of Sutherland and Callister at low centre, black, magnificent vignette of the Tower of Refuge in Douglas harbour at centre, reverse brown, fresh and original paper, very minor mounting traces, overall good very fine, an absolutely astonishing note, in addition to being extremely rare in issued form, this serial number 1 note the very first Manx Bank note ever issued IOMPM M315, Pick 16 £10,000-£15,000

St. Saviours Bank, Jersey, £1, 17 January 1832, serial number 107, manuscript annotations and signatures, very good McCammon JN1 £100-£160 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 March 1941, serial number 1531, manuscript Niblock signature, a couple of ink spots on reverse, otherwise a superb original uncirculated note, lovely PMI UB 61, Pick 320 £700-£900

North of Scotland Bank Limited, £1, 2 March 1914 (1923), serial number B 0213/0266, two manuscript signatures, red North of Scotland Bank hand stamp on earlier note, original paper, about fine and rare PMS NS 30b £340-£420 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

States of Guernsey, £1, 1 November 1917, serial number C/W 737, two manuscript signatures below, in PMG holder 58 EPQ, choice about uncirculated. Superb paper quality with lovely clean paper, this is the highest grade listed on the PMG population report, it its remarkable that a notes of this size can survive is such condition, truly exceptional Pick 7 £10,000-£12,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Ulster Bank Limited, £20, 1 January 1944, serial number 20282, manuscript Larmour signature, staining, graffiti, fine PMI UB 59, Pick 318 £150-£200 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Maidstone Bank, for Edmeads, Atkins & Tyrrell £1 (2), 10 October 1825, serial number 7974, 1 September 1825, serial number 33110, manuscript signatures, pinholes, fine (2 notes) Outing 1331b £100-£150

Huddersfield Commercial Bank, for Benjamin & Joshua Ingham & Co, 1 Guinea, 17 November 1815, serial number 6180, also £1, 7 May 1816, serial number 2768, manuscript signature low right, very good and fine (2 notes) Outing 1004a £100-£120

Union Bank of Scotland, £1, 12 April 1912, serial number C 281/879, Alexander and one other manuscript signature, original paper, technically good fine, but much better paper quality than the grade might suggest PMS UB 57c, Pick S805c £240-£300

Ulster Bank Limited, £100, 1 January 1943, serial number 2273, manuscript Niblock signature, repair in left margin with small replaced piece, otherwise a very presentable very fine PMI UB 61, Pick 320 £300-£400 --- 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 May 1923, serial number A.5478, manuscript Smyth signature, faint horizontal fold along upper portion of note, about uncirculated to uncirculated, scarce PMI BB 87, Pick 131a £800-£1,000

National Bank of Scotland Limited, £1, 15 May 1917, serial number J965-041, Samuel and one other manuscript signature, pinholes, original good fine PMS NA 29, Pick 248a £100-£150 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---

Bank of Limerick, for George Mausell, John Kennedy and Robert Hedges Mausell, £1, 18 September 1819, serial number 676, manuscript signature of John Kennedy low right, good very fine and scarce in issued format PMI PB 276, Pick 19 £200-£260

Bank of England, Thomas Rippon, £10, London, 31 October 1835, serial number 18416, manuscript Donald signature, a couple of small splits in body of notes, slightly stained mainly on reverse, but overall very clean and with an attractive appearance, lovely paper quality, technically good fine, but an appearance and quality closer to very fine, a truly handsome and extremely rare note EPM B202b £18,000-£22,000

Royal Bank of Scotland, £5, 1 December 1936, serial number E4054/681, Speed and one additional manuscript signature, original good fine to about very fine PMS RB 57e, Pick 317b £80-£100 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---