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[Ray, John]. Catalogus plantarum circa Cantabrigiam nascentium [-Index plantarum agri Cantabrigiensis], 2 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Jo. Martin, Ja. Allestry, Tho. Dicas, 1660, cancel title with London imprint printed in red and black (with inked out signature to upper blank margin), woodcut device to final leaf with manuscript note to verso regarding the title pages of the 1660 edition, browning, occasional light damp-staining to initial leaves, 19th-century inscription to front flyleaf 'Wm. Kirby the gift of Revett, Sheppard' (the name Revett Sheppard ink stamped within oval border surround, early 19th-century half calf, upper joint split, lower joint cracked, extremities worn, small 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Keynes 2; Wing R383A.A scarce example with the cancel title-page bearing the London imprint. 'Ray's first essay in scientific botany, though not without faults, was a most remarkable achievement ... a small and unpretentious book ... it has many bibliographical attractions, beginning with two title-pages in black and red carrying a Cambridge imprint. It seems that the first title-page, printed on the second leaf, contained two errors in Latinity, so that it was set up a second time and imposed on the first leaf originally intended to be a blank. The binder should then have cancelled the second leaf with the incorrect title, but his imperfect scholarship was an erratic guide, with the result that sometimes one title-page was cancelled, sometimes the other, or, occasionally, neither. ... The book was printed at Cambridge by John Field. ... According to Ray's friend, John Worthington, Master of Jesus College, the whole impression was bought by another London bookseller, James Allestry, and his partners, but this cannot be true, for although the book is occasionally found with a cancel title-page bearing the London imprint of John Martin..., this form of title-page is rare compared with the Cambridge imprint. Only four copies of the London issue are recorded below as compared with eighteen of the Cambridge issue. More probably only the smaller part of the edition was transferred, and if any copies remained in Allestry's shop in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1666 they would probably have been destroyed in the Great Fire. Also the interest of the book was largely local, and it is likely to have found a readier sale in Cambridge than in London' (Keynes, pages 1-2).

Philip (George & Son, publisher). Philips' Atlas of Classical, Historical & Scriptural Geography...., 1856, additional calligraphic title page, both titles with old ink library stamps, title page with later manuscript inscription, 36 double-page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some spotting and dust-soiling throughout, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Smith (William & Grove George, editors). Dr William Smith's Ancient Atlas. An Atlas of Ancient Geography, Biblical & Classical..., John Murray, 1874, title and preface, 43 (complete as list) colour lithographic maps, some offsetting, old ink library stamps to titles, text and the verso of maps, slight worming to the lower margins of the first few leaves, text block broken and detached, contemporary half sheep with red gilt morocco label to the upper cover, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, folioQTY: (2)NOTE:Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

London. Weller (Edward), London, published in 'The Weekly Dispatch Atlas', circa 1863, uncoloured lithographic map on nine double-page sheets, each sheet laid on later cotton, very slight spotting, each sheet approximately 475 x 640 mm, together with Davies (B. R.). London, published for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1843, double-page engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, 395 x 640 mm, with Bowen (Emanuel). A Plan of the City and Liberties of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666..., circa 1730, uncoloured engraved plan, slight spotting, old manuscript number in the upper right corner, 225 x 340 mm, with another 10 maps, ward plans and views of London, various sizes and conditionQTY: (21)

Dodoens (Rembert). Florum, et coronariarum odoratarumque nonnullarum herbarum historia, 2nd edition, Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1569, title with woodcut Plantin device (with small repair & 'Reading Library' in vertical later manuscript to the right of device), 109 full-page woodcut botanical illustrations by Gerard van Kampen after Pieter van der Borcht, some with contemporary hand-colouring, a few identified in early manuscript, occasional early marginalia, occasional light toning and dust-soiling, small paint splashes to pp.11-12, later calf, rebacked, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Adams D 715; Hunt 104; Nissen BBI 514; Pritzel 2347.Second edition revised, first published in Antwerp in 1568. One of the earliest treatises on ornamental and fragrant garden plants, and includes recent introductions from Asia, He describes plants such as the rose, violet, lily, iris, narcissus, anemone, and carnation and herbs marjoram, lavender and thyme

London. Cary (John), Cary's New and Accurate Plan of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjacent: viz. Kensington, Chelsea, Islington, Hackney, Walworth, Newington &c with an Alphabetical list of upwards of 500 of the most principal streets with references to their situation, and Plans of the New London & East & West India Docks, 1816, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, with a list of over 500 of the principal streets printed below the map, three inset tables of reference to churches, parishes and public buildings, a printed list of streets and their altitude above sea level pasted to the right-hand margin, bookplate of Alexander Boetefeur pasted to the upper right corner, two faint manuscript circles in upper right corner, slight staining, marbled endpapers, 800 x 1485 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, slipcase heavily worn and frayedQTY: (1)NOTE:James Howego. The Printed Maps of London, no.184, state 14 (of 20).

Gardner (George). Musci Britannici, or pocket herbarium of British mosses; named and arranged according to Dr. Hooker's "British Flora", Glasgow: Lithographed by Allan & Ferguson, 1836, 34 pp. of specimens mounted to rectos (multiple to each leaf), rear pastedown with manuscript index, specimens offset to adjacent blanks, early 20th-century ownership inscription of R.C. Nelson to head of front free endpaper, contemporary wallet-style black morocco, tab detached, worn, 8vo, together with:Lyell (Charles). The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with remarks on theories of the origin of species by variation, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1863, half-titles, 2 engraved plates (including frontispiece) armorial bookplate of Fitzherbert Macdonald to front pastedown (with his ownership inscription to head of half-title), hinges repaired, original green blindstamped cloth gilt, neatly recased, 8vo, plusVon Humboldt (Alexander). Aspects of Nature, in different lands and different climates, with scientific elucidations, 2 volumes in 1, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849, endpapers renewed, modern paper-covered boards, paper title label, 8vo, with 36 other related, mostly 19th-century volumes on natural history, including another copy of Charles Lyell's The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man (1863, incomplete) and John Lindley's Flora Medica (1838)QTY: (39)

Africa. Covens (J. & Mortier P.), Carte D'Afrique Dressée pour l'Usage du Roy, par Guillaume DeLisle..., Amsterdam, circa 1730, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, strap work cartouche and advertisement, title repeated in Latin in the upper margin, 510 x 635 mm, together with DeLisle (Guillaume). Carte D'Afrique Dressée pour l'usgae du Roy, par Guillaume DeLisle.., published by Phillipe Buache, Paris, circa 1745, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, strap work cartouche and advertisement (a slightly later impression of the Covens & Mortier map), 505 x 650 mm, with Blaeu (Willem Janszoon), Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior..., circa 1645, engraved map of South Africa with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, large margins, 385 x 505 mm, no text on verso, plus Ortelius (Abraham). Barbariae et Biledulgerid Nova Descriptio, [1580], uncoloured engraved map, 330 x 500 mm, German text on verso, with another copy similar (1572 edition) with French text on the verso, with another four maps of Africa and South Africa including examples by or after Rapin/Tallis, le Rouge, Tardieu and Fullarton, and De Bruyn (Cornelius). Tyrus [1698 - 1714], uncoloured engraved panorama, taken from the sea, old folds, small near-contemporary manuscript notation in the upper margin, 250 x 640 mm and Scherer (Heinrich). Aethiopum Abassinorum Mores et Consuetudines, Munich [1702 - 10], uncoloured engraved decorative title page, 245 x 195 mmQTY: (11)

Wallerius (J. G.) Akerbrukets Chemiska Grunder, 1st edition, Stockholm, Kongl. Tryckeriet, 1778, some light spotting, previous owner signature, original wrappers, manuscript title to spine, some light fading, 8vo, together with Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis. Secundum Editionis Edinburgensis novissimae exemplar recusa. In usum praelectionum academicarum, Bremen & Leipzig: Georgii Ludovici Foersteri, 1758, title with engraved thistle device, woodcut initial and head and-tail pieces, some light toning, previous owner signatures to title, original boards, some wear to spine, a few stains, 8vo, plus Murray (Adolph) Descriptio Arteriarum Corporis Humani in Tabulae Redacta, 3rd edition?, Uppsalla: Johan. Fredr. Edman, 1798, some light spotting, contemporary ownership signature to title, original boards, spine faded, a few stains, small 4to, with others related including Pharmacopoea Svecica, 1816, Tabeller som bestamma forhallandet emellan Sveriges och andre landers mynt, vigt, matt och Mal, grundade pa Sir Isaac Newtons..., Stockholm, 1825, Organon foe Lakekonst: elles forsta grunderna till den specifika och homeopathiska sjukbehandlingen, by Samuel Hahnemann, 1835, and Die Mitleidende und leichte Chymie..., by Marie Maeurdrac, Leipzig, 1676, with 304 pp. only (of 320). QTY: (16)

Bible [English]. The Bible: Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best Translations in divers Languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1614/13, general title and New Testament title within woodcut border (imprint to general title dated 1614 and imprint to New Testament title dated 1613), text in double-column black letter, Apocrypha present, lacking blank before New Testament title and first leaf of 'Certaine questions and answers...' (following NT title), few leaves with early ownership inscriptions including several of William and Thomas Speechly(?), some light worming to lower blank margins with occasional discreet repairs, light cropping to few running titles, bound with at rear Concordance. Two right profitable and fruitful Concordances, or large and ample Table Alphabeticall..., Collected by R. F. H., Imprinted at London by Robert Barker, 1613, early manuscript ownership inscriptions to verso of title and final leaf, dust-soiling throughout volume, some damp-staining mostly to margins, spotting and few other marks, modern blind panelled calf, 4to (21.4 x 15.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 256; Herbert 330; STC 2232.This volume is bound without Speed's Genealogies and map which is sometimes present.

England & Wales. Walker (J & C), England & Wales founded upon the Grand Trigonometrical Survey, Shewing all the Mail Coach, Turnpike & Rail Roads, the Rivers & Navigable Canals, also the Boundaries & Divisions of Counties..., circa 1850, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining and spotting, calligraphic title and table of explanation, 1300 x 1030 mm, contained in a contemporary green morocco gilt slipcase with red morocco gilt label to the upper cover, some wear to extremities, together with another copy similar (dated 1845) with some offsetting from the calligraphic title, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase, with Wyld (James. successor to Mr Faden). A New Map of England & Wales Projected upon the Trigonometrical Operations made for the General Survey of the Kingdom, January 1st 1836, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, table of the 'Altitudes of the Principal Mountains', and table of explanation, slight offsetting, edged in green silk, advertisement endpapers, 1250 x 950 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, plus Mogg (Edward). Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland with the adjacent parts of the Continent from Amsterdam to Paris and Brest..., January 1st 1834, engraved map with contemporary wash colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, with an additional title above the map 'Mogg's Map of Steam Navigation', inset map of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, table of reference and compass rose, very slight staining, 770 x 610 mm, advertisement endpapers, contained in a contemporary blue card slipcase with publisher's printed label to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed at extremities, and Sayer (Robert). An Accurate Modern Map of England and Wales, drawn from the latest Surveys, Corrected & Improved by the Best Authorities, circa 1775, an engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some staining and dust soiling, slight wear where old folds cross, 480 x 405 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a near-contemporary manuscript ownership signature to the upper cover, slipcase worn and frayed, with Wyld (James). Wyld's Road Director through England and Wales being a New and Comprehensive Display of the Roads and Distances from Town to Town and of each Remarkable Place from London, 1851, lithographic folding map with contemporary outline colouring, laid on linen, slight offsetting, bound in contemporary cloth boards with publisher's label to the upper cover, some wear to extremitiesQTY: (6)

London. Mogg (Edward), Mogg's Strangers Guide to London, exhibiting all the various alterations & improvements complete to the present time, January 1st. 1837, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, with 'A List of 500 of the Principal Places with References to their Situation on the Above Plan' below the map, very slight dust soiling, 500 x 570 mm, card endpapers with a contemporary manuscript ownership inscription, contained in a later card slipcase with a contemporary label to the upper cover, together with Cruchley (George Frederick). Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing All the New and Intended Improvements to the Present Time, 1830, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, table of references to both vertical margins and the lower horizontal margin, marbled endpapers, one with a publisher's advertisement, 425 x 595 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with a publisher's yellow printed label to the upper cover, slipcase wornQTY: (2)NOTE:The first described item. J. Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, number 238, state 9. The second item, number 307, state 4.

Italian heraldry manuscript. Regole di Blasone compendiate per il Nobilissimo Colleggio di Parma da Allessandro Lampugnani, late 17th century, 99 unnumbered folios plus some blanks, written in Italian in brown ink in a very neat hand, some calligraphic flourishes and initials including title-page, approximately 90 pen and ink diagrams of shields with heraldic motifs, speckled edges, contemporary sheep, somewhat worn and spine with old worm damage, small 4to (205 x 150 mm) QTY: (1)NOTE:A treatise of heraldry by Allessandro Lampugnani with rules for the coat of arms summarised for the very noble College of Parma. In the first part all the symbols and colours of the coats of arms are carefully described and illustrated. It is followed by the 'Gioro d'Armi' in four parts, where the states of Europe and the Italian duchies are described with subheadings for history and geography, etc.

Darwin (Francis, editor). The Foundations of the Origin of Species, a sketch written in 1842 by Charles Darwin, Cambridge: printed at the University Press, 1909, half-title, portrait frontispiece, facsimile of a holograph, partly unopened, scattered light spotting, original parchment-backed printed boards, spine toned, a few small stains, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Freeman 1555. 'When Francis Darwin put together Life and letters he did not know that the sketch of his father's evolutionary ideas, which was written in 1842, had survived. The pencil manuscript was discovered in 1896, after the death of his mother, in a cupboard under the stairs at Down House. Its dating is discussed in the preface to the first printing in 1908, and in that of 1958. The first, dated June 23, 1909, was not published but was printed for presentation to delegates to the Cambridge festivities in commemoration of the centenary of Darwin's birth and the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Origin of Species. (Freeman p. 182).This copy is presented by the syndics of the University Press to Cecil Wedgwood (1863-1916). He was the great-great-grandson of potter Josiah Wedgwood, becoming a partner in the firm in 1884, and was the first mayor of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910-11. He rose to the rank of major during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) and in 1914, at the outbreak of the First World War raised the 7th Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme in July 1916..

Bible [Greek Old Testament]. He Palaià Diathéke kata tous Ebdomekonta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum ex Versione Septuaginta Interpretum, juxta Exemplar vaticanum Romae editum, accuratissime & ad amussim recusum, 2 parts in one, London: Excudebat Rogerus Daniel, prostat autem venale apud Joannem Martin & Jacobum Allestrye..., 1653, general title in red and black with engraved printer's device and with early manuscript marginalia at head and foot (first line printed in Greek characters), double-column text in Greek characters throughout, contemporary marbled calf, gilt decorated spine with morocco title label, some wear to board corners (mostly lower outer corner of lower board), thick 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow & Moule 4692; Wing B2178.

Book auction catalogue. Catalogue of the very Select and Valuable Library of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Winstanley, at His Rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 19th August, and Thirteen following Days (Sundays excepted)..., trade edition, [London]: J. M'Creery, Printer, Black Horse Court, 1816, advertisement leaf at rear, without the specially produced portrait, sonnet and extra list of 'books omitted' sometimes found, bound with Catalogue of the Genuine and Entire Collection of Prints, Books of Prints, &c. The Properly of William Roscoe, Esq. which will be Sold by Auction, by Mr. Winstanley, at His Rooms in Marble Street, Liverpool, on Monday the 9th September, and ten following days, Sunday excepted, Liverpool: Printed by Smith & Galway, 1816, occasional spotting, printed number label '1241' to rear pastedown, contemporary calf, neat gilt decorated reback with morocco title label, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:William Roscoe (1753-1831) of Liverpool was a lawyer, abolitionist, botanist, author, art collector and bibliophile. In 1816 the Liverpool Bank of which he was a partner was in financial difficulties and he was forced to sell his library and collection. It raised around £5150, with the major lot being a 14th-century Italian illuminated manuscript Bible, bought by Robinson for £178 10s and subsequently sold to Coke of Holkham for 200 guineas.

Sotheby (Samuel Leigh). Ramblings in the Elucidation of the Autograph of Milton, London: printed for the author by Thomas Richards, 1861, monochrome photograph frontispiece, 25 plates of facsimile manuscript, some spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary ornately gilt decorated green morocco with inlaid illustrated front & rear boards bound by J. Wright, some light rubbing to head & foot, some spotting & marks to the boards, folio, together with:Kingsley (Mary H.), West African Studies, London: Macmillan and Co., 1899, 28 monochrome illustrations, 2 colour folding maps, bookplate to the front paste down, front & rear gutter fix with blue tape, some light spotting & toning throughout, rebound later calf spine retaining contemporary half calf boards & gilt decorated spine, rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, plus other mostly 18th & 19th century literature, mostly contemporary leather or vellum bindings, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/folioQTY: (5 shelves)NOTE:Approximately 65 volumes

Austen (Ralph). A Treatise of Fruit-Trees: Shewing the manner of Grafting, Setting, Pruning, and Ordering of them in all respects: According to divers new and easy rules of experience; gathered in ye space of twenty years. Whereby the value of lands may be much improved in a shorttime by small cost and little labour ... togeather [sic] with the spirituall use of an Orchard..., 2 parts in one, 1st edition, Oxford: Tho. Robinson, 1653, engraved illustrated title, first leaf of dedication with early ownership signature of Robert Collins and marginal annotations, early annotations and marginal notes to several leaves throughout volume, front flyleaf with early manuscript verse, notes and ownership 'Robert Collins his book', some light damp-stains to margins of few leaves, light dust-soiling, corners dog-eared, contemporary limp vellum covers made from reused 16th-century(?) manuscript, lacking ties, slim 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henry 5; Kress 867; Madan 2223; Wing A4238.The second part 'The Spirituall Use, of an Orchard; or Garden of Fruit-trees' attempted to demonstrate the role the orchard could play in personal happiness.

* French playing cards. Year II Lyon Revolutionary pattern, Lyon: Anton Manus, 1793-94, a complete piquet deck of 32 stencil coloured woodcut playing cards (French suits), kings portraying Génies des Arts / de la Guerre / de la Paix / du Commerce, queens representing Liberté and jacks Égalité, JC with maker's name, dusty, variable toning, some minor brown marks or spots, two pips cards with small surface abrasion to blank area, AS with small corner crease, versos plain white, thin single layer cards, 85 x 57 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, together with: Revolutionary Courts - Paris pattern, France: unknown maker, circa 1793, 12 court cards only, stencil coloured woodcut (French suits), all royal symbols removed or replaced, eg. hats instead of crowns, all with worm damage (mostly extensive), mainly affecting lower right areas, 84 x 56 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, plus: Paris pattern, Paris: Jounin, circa 1835, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts, KD with maker's details, dusty, variable toning, some brown marks and edge staining, 4D with larger pale stain, QD & QS with small surface abrasion (affecting wrist of QD), JC with short closed edge tear (sometime repaired), versos blue dotted wiggly lines, each card 83 x 54 mm, 16 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board, each board encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the remainder in plastic bags, the boards 54.5 x 40.5 cm, with 3 single court cards, all 'corrected' French Revolutionary patterns, circa 1790, comprising KH holding La Loi book (some tiny dents and punctures), with ink manuscript food bill on verso, JH holding rifle (defective), KC with Egalite (2 small punctures), contained together in a clear pocketed album leafQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.

Pritchett (V. S.) You Make Your Own Life, 1938; In My Good Books, 1942; It May Never Happen, 1945; 1st editions, a little minor toning, original cloth, spines slighlly faded, 8vo, each inscribed by the author, two to Dorothy Rudge Roberts, his second wife, together with 8 others, all inscribed to Dorothy from the author including When My Girl Comes Home, 1961, The Living Novel & Later Appreciations, 1st US edition, 1964, Dublin: A Portrait, 1967, and The Turn of the Years, 1982, limited signed edition 21/150, and others including Marching Spain, 1928, the author's first book, in dust jacket, and The Gentle Barbarian, 1977, uncorrected proof with the author's manuscript corrections, and others, a few signed.QTY: (34)NOTE:Provenance: From the library of V. S. Pritchett, his label to most books.

Holinshed (Raphael). The Firste [- Laste] Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, 2 volumes, first edition, London: for John Hunne & for Lucas Harison, 1577, woodcut titles to each part, with arms to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations and initials, largely printed in double column black letter text, gutter margin of initial title to first volume repaired, erratic pagination, lower outer corner of leaf b7 in Historie of Englande (in first volume) torn with some text loss, leaf 2E3 in Historie of Scotlande (in first volume) torn with two-thirds of leaf missing and with photocopy facsimile tipped-in, cancelled leaves E6-8 in Historie of Irelande (in first volume) and F7 also a cancel (line 1 column 1 'the Belweathers' and watchword 'upon'), title to second volume with reduced margins and lined to verso, erratic pagination in second volume p. 541 headed 'Richarde the Seconde' with following page numbered 142, p. 1733 headed 'Queen Marie', p.1841 with catchword 'buried' (i.e. STC 13568 variant b), later engraving of the tomb of Katherine Parr at Sudely Castle dated 1782 tipped-in between 4F6 and 4F7 (pages 1612 and 1613), double-page woodcut of siege of Edinburgh bound between leaves 4Y6 and 4Y7 (pages 1868 and 1869) with slight close trimming to ruled border, occasional mostly light damp-stains to few leaves in both volumes, few marks and minor dust-soiling to few leaves, first volume with armorial bookplate of the Johnstone family bearing the motto 'Nun quam non paratus', with 19th-century manuscript notes to front endpapers, contemporary calf with blind roll work decoration to boards, bindings covered in old thin vellum with manuscript title and volume numbers to spine of each, lacking clasps, joints cracked and some wear, folio (approx. 29 x 20 cm), contained in modern archival card portfolio style boxesQTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: The bookplate to the first volume suggests the work belonged to either John Johnston(e) of Galabank, Annan (d.1774) or his son James Johnston(e) MD of Kidderminster (1730-1802).STC 13568b; Pforzheimer 494.First edition of the first volume of Holinshed's great narrative history of the British Isles. The work was conceived as part of a 'deliberate movement to elevate the status of England, English letters, and English language through writing and publishing maps, histories, national epics, and theoretical works on English poetry' (ODNB). It is the single most important chronicle written in English in the 16th century — a secular counterpart to Foxe's Actes and Monuments (1563) — and the principal source for all of Shakespeare's conventional English history plays as well as King Lear, Macbeth and Cymbeline.

Bible (English). The Bible: Translated according to the Edrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in divers languages..., Imprinted at London by Robert Bakker [sic] Printer to the Kings most Excellent Maiestie, 1607, general title and New Testament title within decorative woodcut border, Apocrypha present, black letter text in double column, short closed tear to upper inner corner of general title with discreet tissue repair, verso of New Testament title with ownership inscription 'William Horton his Booke' dated 1696 and with manuscript prayer in his hand, several early annotations and ownership marginalia throughout volume including 'John Grove his book' dated 1737 (verso 2Z7) and 'John Horton his book' dated 1697 (3B3 fore-margin), manuscript verse to verso of final leaf of Apocrypha, lacks leaves 2T4 and 2T5 (replaced with smaller dimension text leaves from another 17th-century edition printed in black letter), lacking leaves 3F4 and 3F5 in Apocrypha, upper outer corner of 3K2 torn with text loss, lower inner corner of 3O1 torn with slight loss, small burnt area to upper blank margin of 2P3, occasional short closed tears, few leaves with short worm trail near gutter, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer at front (lacking title) with manuscript notes and ownership John Norton dated 1696 to verso of final leaf, also bound with a 1607 Concordance and incomplete Book of Psalms at rear (with few worm holes), some dust-soiling, few marks throughout volume, occasional marginal fraying, some cropping of marginal notes as consequence of later text-block trimming, early 19th-century blind decorated calf, upper board detached, lower joint cracked, some wear to head and foot of spine and to extremities, 4to (leaf size 21.7 x 16 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 223; Herbert 290; STC 2200.There are two varieties of this date, which differ throughout. This example is variant A, with the misprint Bakker in the general title. New Testament title dated 1607; colophon not dated. Gen. i.2: fourme.

Globes & Speres. A collection of 26 maps and engravings, 18th & 19th century, engravings of globes, armillary spheres, planetariums, telescopes, sextants, celestial charts and orreries, various sizes, good condition, mostly mounted, together with Bertin (A.). Ten manuscript maps, circa 1865, pen and watercolour maps of the world (on a hemispheral projection) and the continents of Europe, Asia, and America, some appear to be duplicates but vary in size and marginal decoration, various sizes and condition, but each approximately 200 x 330 mmQTY: (36)

Almanacs. A sammelband volume containing 12 Almanacs, London, 1767, comprising:1. The Ladies' Diary: or Woman's Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black with woodcut portrait, Law Society ink stamp,2. The Gentleman's Diary, or the Mathematical Repository; An Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black, 3. [Olympia domata]. Or, an Almanack for the Year of our Lord God, 1767..., by Tycho Wing, Philomath, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black with first two words of title in Greek characters,4. Parker's Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767..., the seventy-eighth impression, London: Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black with woodcut portrait,5. Merlinus Liberatus. Being an Almanack for the Year of our Redemption, 1767..., to which is prefixed, The Protestant Remembrancer. Calculated for the Meridian of London ... by John Partridge, London: Printed by M. Reily, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,6. Vox Stellarum: Or, a Loyal Almanack for the Year of Human Redemption, 1767..., with a Treatise of Comets, and a particular judgment of a Comet seen in April 1766, by Francis Moore, Physician, London: Printed by J. Bettenham for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,7. Remarkable News from the Stars: or, An Ephemeris for 1767. With Observations upon the Eclipses, Solar Ingresses, and Configurations of the Heavens happening therein..., Wherein you have an Account of many things concerning the Heavenly Bodies, and their Portents, in the same Year. With some other very Considerable Matters. By William Andrews, Student in Astrology, London: Printed for Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,8. The English Apollo; or, Useful Companion ... Particularly applied to this Present Year 1767..., by Richard Saunders, Gent., London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,9. The Coelestial Diary: or, an Ephemeris for the Year of our Blessed Saviour's Incarnation, 1767..., the forty-ninth impression, by Salem Pearse, Student in Physick and the Coelestial Sciences, London: Printed by J. Bettenham, for the Company of Stationers, 1767, title in red and black,10. Speculum Anni: or, Seasons on the Seasons. Being an Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1767..., by Henry Season..., the Author's thirty-fourth impression, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black,11. [Atlas ouranios] The Coelestial Atlas; or, a New Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1767..., by Robert White, Teacher of the Mathematicks, 18th impression, London: Printed by T. Parker, for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black with first two words in Greek characters,12. Poor Robin. 1767. An Almanack after the Old, but yet very agreeable to the Newest Fashion..., written by Sir Poor Robin, Knight of the Burnt-Island: but an hearty Well-wisher to the Mathematics, London: Printed for the Company of Stationers, [1767], title in red and black, Law Society ink stamp to verso of final leaf, each almanac with thin vellum strip divider bearing single-word title name in manuscript, front flyleaf with ownership inscription 'John King's 29th Sept. 1835' and Law Society ink stamp to recto and early manuscript contents list to verso, Dutch gilt endpapers with the bookplates of Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1743-1805, the third son of George II) to each pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red morocco incorporating crown motifs to board corners, slightly darkened to spine, joints lightly cracked and minor rubbing to extremities, 8voQTY: (1)

Tatti (Giovanni, pseudo Francesco Sansovino). Della agricoltura di m. Giovanni Tatti Lucchese. : Libri cinque. Ne quali si contengono tutte le cose vtili, & appartenenti al bisogno della villa, tratte da gli antichi & da moderni scrittori. Con le figure delle biaue, delle piante, de gli animali & delle herbe cosi medicinali, come comuni & da mangiare, 1st edition, Venetia: Appresso F. Sansovino et Compagni, 1560, [4], 186, [1] leaves, lacking leaf Ii4 (p. 128), previous ownership inscription to foot of title page, illustrated with woodcuts in-text throughout, woodcut printer's devices to title and final leaf, lightly spotted and dust-soiled, contemporary manuscript annotations to preliminaries, margins and colophon, bookplate of Marcus Crahan and early manuscript annotation to front pastedown, contemporary vellum with gilt detail to spine, early manuscript shelf mark to foot of spine, head of joints split, 4toQTY: (1)

Switzer (Stephen). Ichnographia Rustica: or, The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation. Containing directions for the surveying and distributing of a Country-Seat into rural and extensive gardens, by the ornamenting and decoration of distant prospects, farms, parks, paddocks, &c. Originally calculated ... for the embellishment of countries in general; as also for an introduction to a general system of agriculture and planting..., 3 volumes, 2nd edition, London: J. and J. Fox, B. and B. Barker, D. Browne and F. Gosling, 1742, 55 engraved plates (including frontispiece to volume 1, 18 folding & 36 single-page), closed tear to one folding plate in volume 2, some browning and spotting mostly to text, armorial bookplate to upper pastedowns and front pastedown of first volume with inscription 'E dono Sir John Sheffield' and manuscript notes to front free endpaper regarding the author and this edition of the work, contemporary calf, brown morocco title labels to each, joints cracked, rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: Frederick Alkmund Roach OBE (1909-2004).Henrey 1412; Goldsmiths 7890.The first edition under this title was published in 1718. The first volume is largely a reissue of Switzer's The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation of 1715.

Kennicott Bible. The Kennicott Bible, 2 volumes (bible/commentary), facsimile edition, London: Facsimile Editions, 1985, facsimile bible, 444 leaves, illuminations hand-gilded, all edges gilt, bound in elaborate blindstamped russet morocco, commentary volume 97 pp., bound in leather. both contained in original velvet-lined cloth box with tab (tab a little frayed to edges), 4toQTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition one of 50 'Ad Personam' copies, from a total edition of 550.Lavish facsimile edition of The Kennicott Bible, 'regarded to-day as one of the most sumptuous Hebrew illuminated manuscripts in existence and a masterpiece of mediaeval Sephardi art' (introduction to commentary).The manuscript was scribed by Moses ibn Zabarah and illuminated by Yosef ibn Haim in A Coruna in Spain in 1476, and was commissioned by Don Isaac Solomon di Braga, who took it with him into exile when the Jews were expelled from Spain in 1492. It is named after Benjamin Kennicott, a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Librarian of the Radcliffe Collection, who suggested the Radcliffe Trustees acquire the manuscript when offered for sale in 1771, when it was purchased from a Patrick Chalmers Esquire for £52.10.10d.The facsimile took five and a half years to produce and the gilding by hand, by seven artists took four months to complete.

Bacon (G. W. publisher). Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburb (revised Edition) with an Alphabetical Index..., circa 1920s, title and contents list, contents page with long closed repaired tear, 7 lithographic double-page county maps, 20 maps of London, index map and 35 sheet map of London, publisher's half morocco, worn and bumped, folio, together with Bacon's Popular Atlas of the British Isles..., 1907, additional half-title, preface and contents, 72 double-page colour lithographic maps and diagrams and charts, upper hinge weak, publisher's decorative gilt cloth, a little frayed along the spine, folio, with Bacon's General Atlas of the World with Index, circa 1930, title and contents, frontispiece of national flags and 49 double-page colour lithographic maps, index bound at rear, manuscript presentation inscription to first front blank, hinges weak, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn and rubbed at extremities, folioQTY: (3)

Hobbes (Thomas). Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civill, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Printed [by Thomas Warren and Richard Cotes] for Andrew Crooke, at the Green Dragon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1651, 1-248, 247-256, 261-396 pp., additional pictorial engraved title by Abraham Bosse, with manuscript signature to lower blank margin 'W. Best' [?] dated 1713, letterpress title with woodcut ornament with head motif (indicating the first issue), folding letterpress table, errata list struck through in early ink to verso of A3, several leaves at front of volume (mainly between leaves B1-E2) with occasional early marginal notes, occasional ink markings and underlining, short closed tear to lower blank margins of I1, 2S2, upper blank margin of 2T1 tiny rust hole to 2D4 affecting one letter of text, repaired closed tear to lower edge of 3B3 (without loss), further manuscript notes (probably by the same annotator) to rear flyleaf, light toning or browning to outer margins of a few leaves, late 19th-century blind-ruled calf, decorative ligatures in blind and red morocco title label to spine, spine and extremities slightly rubbed, covers lightly faded, folio in 4s (leaf size 27.7 x 18 cm) QTY: (1)NOTE:Macdonald & Hargreaves 42; Pforzheimer 491; PMM 138; Wing H2246.The remarkable additional engraved title by Abraham Bosse, designed in collaboration with the author) in this copy is an excellent and strong impression. The face depicted on the figure of Leviathan (whose body represents the 'body politic') at the top of the title is almost certainly that of Hobbes himself.Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) was born in Malmesbury, Wiltshire. His most important work of political philosophy Leviathan espouses the idea of a 'social contract' which is freely entered into between an absolute ruler and their subjects. It was his main work upon which his contemporary reputation was founded and aroused a storm of opposition. Its contents haunted political, religious, and philosophical writers for several decades, so necessary did they find it to refute Hobbes' ideas. The Roman Catholic Church placed the work on the Index of Prohibited Books for its idea that the sovereign should also act as head of the state's religion. Leviathan is the product of those troubled times leading up to and during the English Civil War. 'The State, it seemed to Hobbes, might be regarded as a great artificial monster made up of individual men, with an existence which could be traced from its generation through human reason under pressure of human needs to its destruction through civil strife proceeding from human passions. The individual (except to save his own life) should always submit to the State, because any government is better than the anarchy of the natural state' (PMM). Leviathan was written while Hobbes was resident in Paris and also tutor to the Prince of Wales. After the Restoration, he was protected by Charles II, who always retained affection for him.

1854 A.D.. Charles Roach Smith - Catalogue of the Museum of London Antiquities - London, 1854 - hardback, half-calf binding on marbled boards, label to spine - 193 pp, plates and text figures, three manuscript letters bound in which refer to the work. 753 grams, 25 x 16 cm (9 7/8 x 6 1/4 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]

India, 19th century A.D.. Three bifacial manuscript pages, each with recto with multiple lines of text, verso with watercolour scene with panel of text above and below, including children being instructed in martial arts in a courtyard, riders playing Chovgan, and a warrior wearing a lion skin attacking a demon in a cave, whilst his horse looks on from above. 5 grams, 14.8 x 10.3 cm (5 3/4 x 4 in.). Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. [3, No Reserve]

India, 19th century A.D.. Four bifacial manuscript pages, each with multiple lines of text to recto and a painting between panels of text to the verso, including animal and figural scenes in architectural and landscape settings. 5 grams total, 15 x 10 cm (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.). Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s.The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art. [4, No Reserve]

1762 A.D.. A View of the Silver Coin and Coinage of England, From the Norman Conquest to the Present Time Consider'd with Regard to Type, Legend, Sorts, Rarity, Weight, Fineness and value With Copper-Plates - Snelling, London, 1762 - hardback quarter-calf on marbled boards with label to the spine - with many additional inclusions including: printed reply from The Gentleman's Magazine by Samuel Pegge to Thomas Simpson of Lincoln regarding the coins of William I; handwritten draft reply to Mr Urban (circa 1797A.D.); specimen chart of coins of Charles I's reign; letter to Mr. Urban concerning weights of English penny coins; several 17th century manuscript documents relating to coins and coinage. 2.07 kg, 34 x 25 cm (13 1/2 x 9 7/8 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]

1839 A.D.. John Lindsay - A View of the Coinage of Ireland from the Invasion of the Danes to the Reign of George IV with some account of the Ring Money - John Cumming, Dublin, 1839 - hardback, cloth covers with label, 142 pp, 5 plates - manuscript dedication on title page: 'To Walter Hawkins Esqr F.S.A. etc. with the compliments and best respects of the author John Lindsay. Cork, July 7th 1846'. 690 grams, 29 x 23 cm (11 3/8 x 9 in.). Property of a Kent, UK, collector. [No Reserve]

1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Première partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 72 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.250-251. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 72. 360 grams, 128.5 x 87.5 cm (50 3/4 x 26 1/2 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The original papyrus is now held in the Bibliothèque Nationale (1-19), Paris (Papyrus Cadet). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Deuxième partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 73 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.250-251. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 73. 360 grams, 135 x 69.5 cm (53 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

1820 A.D.. Willemin - Thèbes - Hypogées - Manuscrit sur papyrus en caractères hiéroglyphiques. Troisième partie - Proof etching on laid paper of plate 74 from La Description de l’Égypte: Antiquités, Volume II: Commission des sciences et arts d’Égypte with later backing sheet. Cf. Description de l'Égypte publié par les ordres de Napoléon Bonaparte, Köln, 1994, pp.250-251. Cf. Description de l'Égypte: ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand, Antiquités, planches, tome deuxième, Paris, 1822, planche 74. 360 grams, 136 x 66 cm (53 1/2 x 26 in.). From the collection of a North American priest.Acquired between 1981-1996.Property of a North American collector.Produced between February 1802 and 1830 on the orders of Napoleon Bonaparte; published between 1809 and 1828. Just 1,000 copies were distributed to various institutions, printed on on laid paper with an 'Égypte ancienne et moderne' watermark. The book is subtitled Recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l’expédition de l’Armée française, publié par les ordres de Sa Majesté l’Empereur Napoléon le Grand (Gathering of observations and discoveries which were made in Egypt during the expedition of the French army, published on the orders of His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon the Great). It was the world's first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the remains of ancient Egypt. The plates of this book are the first to present the archaeological sites of Thebes (Luxor). The papyrus manuscript was recovered from the underground chambers (hypogea). The original papyrus is now held in the Bibliothèque Nationale (1-19), Paris (Papyrus Cadet). (For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price.)

Y&nbspA FINE REGENCY SATINWOOD AND MACASSAR EBONY LIBRARY TABLE ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE OAKLEY, CIRCA 1805-1810 In the manner of Thomas Hope, the trestle end supports have brass bosses to each end all with ebony surrounds and are raised on their original brass castor, twin lower tier shelves below the single drawer and faux drawer front to the friezes, brown leather insert surrounded by inlaid brass stars that mimic the "Emblems of the night" brass star pattern used extensively by Hope 73cm high, 122cm wide, 63cm deep Provenance: Previously part of a Private Collection, Cheshire George Oakley (1773-1840) was a leading exponent of 'Grecian' furniture which was highly fashionable. The style and quality helped to earn the firm royal patronage and private commissions, becoming one of the most famous cabinet makers in Regency London. In 1801 the Journal des Luxus und der Moden speaks of 'everyone of taste and discrimination making their purchases at Oakley's, the most tasteful of London's cabinet'. The use of exotic timbers, brass inlay and six point brass inlaid stars are all features seen on Oakley's recorded work. See Margaret Jourdain, Regency Furniture, p.51, 'From a manuscript inventory of the furniture supplied by George Oakley in 1810 for Papworth Hall, Cambridgeshire...the account includes the more important pieces ... A calamander wood circular loo table ....the top inlaid with a border of stars in brass and ebony £13 10 6'. See Christie's, New York, British Interior, 21st January 1999, Lot 476, ($14,950) for a calamander and brass quartetto tables with related brass six point stars by George Oakley, supplied to Papworth Hall in 1810.

English School, mid-19th c - Portrait of Henry Shuttleworth, full-length, holding a cap, manuscript label to verso, watercolour, 22 x 14cm, 19th c gilt inset and maple frame Good condition, fresh colouring, some foxed spots. Frame with light chips.

Potter (Beatrix), The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse, a facsimile of the manuscript notebook written in 1910, no.60 of a limited-edition of 500, tipped-in illus, me, mor gt, 12mo, (with slip case).

An Indian love lyric manuscript page c.1750, from the Divan-i-Nawai book of love lyrics by the 15th century poet Mir 'Ali Shir Nawai (d.1501), ink on paper with pigment and gilt border, with further information about the work labelled verso, 8.5 x 17.5 cm, mounted, glazed and framed

A collection of military maps for pilots and air navigators, used for plotting, and a number of blueprints for military and civilian aircraft for model manufacturers, with a history of 617 Squadron manuscript, also postcards and Disney lecture ephemera.

A LARGE LLADRO LIMITED EDITION FIGURINE, William Shakespeare, modelled by J.Ruiz, number 202, modelled seated in a chair and working on a manuscript, height 32cm, printed marks to base (1) (Condition Report: broken quill, dusty)

A BURMESE GILT AND LACQUERED MANUSCRIPT BOX WITH STAND Circa 19th/20th century, a 'sadaik' box used for storing religious manuscripts, red lacquered and gilded hardwood, rectangular with hinged lid, the exterior decorated in gold painted lions, scrollwork and numerous rectangular borders, interior painted red. The attached base stands on four bird form feet, carved foliate skirting to front and sides. Has escutcheon and no key 777 x 29 x 25.5cm Condition: Condition Report Some occasional loss to gilding, key missing. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.

Beautiful miniature illustrating an episode from a manuscript, Khamse de Nezami-ye GANJAVI from Iran of the Shiraz school of the 17th century - Weight: 1.70 kg - Shipping unavailable - Sizes: H 130 mm x L120 mm a vue, H 410 mm x L 345 mm avec cadre. - At first glance: normal wear / patina of use

MUHAMMAD ALI FRAMED PHOTOGRAPHIC MONTAGE, coloured hand signed boxing card 68 x 39cmsProvenance: private collection Cardiff, fully authenticated with Mueller Autographs USA (member of The Manuscript Society) with life time guarantee certificateCondition: framed and glazed

AFTER TANG YIN (1470-1523): ‘COURT LADIES AND BOYS’Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價China, Qing dynasty (1644-1912). Ink, watercolor, and gouache on silk. Mounted on a silk brocade coated paper sheet. Finely painted, with several children playing in a palace pavilion surrounded by potted plants, a painted screen, and a garden, attended by a teacher and caretaker. The caretaker carries a small child which is holding a ruyi scepter in one hand and a double gourd in the other. Depicted are three boys playing with a bow and arrows. The teacher sitting at the writing desk with an elderly boy next to her, pointing with the back of her stylus at a manuscript laid out before them. Inscriptions: Along the upper right-hand edge dated, ‘On a fall day in the year of Wuyin,’ and signed ‘Tang Yin.’Provenance: West Berkshire, United Kingdom, local trade. By repute acquired from a private estate.Condition: Wear, creasing, soiling, tears, some staining, small touch ups, and losses. The silk brocade with wear, creasing, small tears, and stains.Dimensions: Image size 77 x 45.2 cm, Size incl. mounting 106 x 58 cmTang Yin (1470-1523) is one of the most famous painters in the history of Chinese art. He was a pupil of the great Shen Zhou and a friend of Wen Zhengming. Tang Yin is regarded as one of the painting elites, ‘the Four Masters of Ming,’ which includes Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, and Qiu Ying. Tang was also a talented poet and scholar. Together with his contemporaries Wen Zhengming, Zhu Yunming, and Xu Zhenqing, they are known as the ‘Four Literary Masters of the Wuzhong Region,’ modern day Suzhou.

A WOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER DEPICTING PADMASAMBHAVA, TIBET, 13TH-15TH CENTURYPlease note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Finely carved in relief with Padmasambhava seated in dhyanasana on a lotus pedestal holding his emblematic khatvanga (trident), an alms bowl, and vajra, robed in royal regalia with a crown and a flowing shawl, framed by Lanydza (Ranjana) script within a rectangular border. One edge is carved with three Buddhas flanked by stupas with a character on either side.Inscriptions: To one end of the carved edge ‘Ka’, and to the other, ‘Khang’.Provenance: From a notable German private collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s and partly acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatika.Condition: Good condition with old wear, expected age cracks, nicks, scratches, small losses, slight bevel worn on the back, and warping. The wood has a rich, naturally grown patina.Weight: 734 g Dimensions: 43 x 15.4 cmPadmasambhava (literally ‘lotus-born’ in Sanskrit), also known as Guru Rinpoche among Tibetans, is believed to be one of the principal masters to bring Buddhism to Tibet and to teach the tantras in the 8th century. He is depicted in numerous forms with different names representing outer, inner and secret aspects of his spiritual being, with the change of names following the chronology of his life story. In the 5th century BC, Buddha Shakyamuni arrived as the founder of Buddhism. His teachings were subsumed by the Sutrayana and the Tantryana. In the 8th century, Padmasambhava personified the guru principle, the ritualistic path of Buddhism and the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism. They are exemplified in its flourishing after it was introduced into Tibet and the Himalayas between the 7th and 11th centuries. Because of Padmasambhava's teachings and contribution, he is known as the ‘Second Buddha’.

A GILT HARDWOOD MANUSCRIPT COVER, TIBET, 14TH CENTURY 西藏十四世紀鎏金木雕經書封面Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Finely carved in relief with a central Buddha seated in dhyanasana with his right hand lowered in bhumisparsha mudra, within a prabhamandala topped by Garuda and further with two snakes, two makaras, two rams, and two elephants, atop a stepped base with two snow lions.Buddha is flanked by Manjushri to his right, with lotus blossoms at the shoulders supporting the sword and book, and the four-armed Shadakshari Avalokiteshvara to his left, each within a similar ornate niche topped by a kirtimukha atop a stepped plinth. All surrounded by thick swirling clouds and framed by a beaded band and petal border.Provenance: From a notable German private collection, assembled in the 1970s and 80s and partly acquired from Schoettle Ostasiatika. Condition: Good condition with old wear, expected age cracks, small nicks, light scratches, small losses, remnants of pigment on the back, extensive wear to gilt. The wood is with a rich, naturally grown patina.Weight: 664.1 g Dimensions: Size 38 cm x 15.2 cm Literature comparison:Compare a closely related manuscript cover with three Buddhist figures, 71.4 x 26.7 cm, dated to the 14th century, in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, accession number M.86.345.12.Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 25 March 2004, lot 72 Price: USD 22,705 or approx. EUR 34,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A carved wood manuscript cover, Tibet, 15th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving, with similar triad, niches, and beaded band. Note the miniature figures carved between the niches and the larger size (73 x 23.4 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Christie’s New York, 19 March 2013, lot 358 Price: USD 27,500 or approx. EUR 33,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A painted wood book cover with the Five Tathagatas, Tibet, 12th/13th century Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and manner of carving, with similar clouds, niches, beaded band, and petal border. Note that the cover is carved with five figures and the larger size (71.1 cm). 西藏十四世紀鎏金木雕經書封面西藏。矩形浮雕，中央佛祖釋迦牟尼坐蓮，右手結觸地印，後有光背，頂部有金翅鳥迦樓羅，還有兩條蛇、兩隻摩迦儸、兩隻公羊和兩隻大象，階梯底座上有兩隻雪獅。佛陀的右側是文殊菩薩，肩膀上有蓮花托著著寶劍和書籍，左側是四臂觀世音菩薩，每個佛龕內都有一個類似的華麗壁龕，頂部有一個階梯式底座。裝飾雲紋、串珠紋和花瓣邊框包圍。 來源：德國知名私人收藏，於二十世紀七十年代和 八十年代建立，部分購自 Schoettle Ostasiatika藝廊。 品相：狀況良好，有磨損、年代裂紋，小刻痕，輕微劃痕，背面有顏料殘留，鎏金嚴重磨損。木料具有細膩的包漿。 重量：664.1 克 尺寸：38 厘米 x 15.2 厘米 文獻比較： 比較一件非常相近的十四世紀鎏金木雕經書封面，71.4 x 26.7 厘米，收藏於洛杉磯郡藝術博物館，館藏編號M.86.345.12。 拍賣結果比較：形制：相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2004年3月25日，lot 72 價格：USD 22,705（相當於今日EUR 34,500） 描述：十五世紀西藏木雕經書封面 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、雕刻風格，相似的壁龕和串珠帶。請注意壁龕中間有許多小像，以及尺寸較大 (73 x 23.4 厘米)。 拍賣結果比較：形制：相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2013年3月19日，lot 358 價格：USD 27,500（相當於今日EUR 33,500） 描述：十二至十三世紀西藏彩繪木雕五如來經書封面 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形、雕刻風格，相似的雲紋、壁龕和串珠帶。請注意此封面中間刻有五尊如來和尺寸較大 (71.1 厘米)。

FOUR TIBETAN SUTRA PAGES WITH POLYCHROME ILLUMINATIONS, 13TH-14TH CENTURY 十三至十四世紀四頁西藏彩繪佛經Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價Tibet. Opaque watercolor, silver, and black lacquer on parchment. Each folio inscribed in fine Tibetan calligraphy, two of the folios further painted with images of Buddha Shakyamuni in the upper corners.Provenance: Danish trade. Acquired from a private estate.Condition: Excellent and absolutely original condition with extensive wear, small tears and losses to edges, creasing, and soiling.Dimensions: Folio size 20 x 61 cm (the largest), Size incl. frame 52 x 71.5 cm (each) Each set of two folios is framed behind glass. (2)Literature comparison: Compare two related sutra pages in the Rubin Museum of Art, object numbers C2006.66.669 and C2003.38.1. A similar treatment of the rainbow arches can also be seen on three related manuscript pages in the Rubin Museum of Art, illustrated on Himalayan Art Resources, item no. 700114.Auction result comparison:Type: RelatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 27 September 2020, lot 511Price: USD 6,075 or approx. EUR 6,400 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: An illuminated sutra page, Tibet, 13th centuryExpert remark: Compare the related manner of painting of the Buddhas with similar rainbow arches. Note the related size (17.5 x 61 cm). Note that this result is for a single sutra page only. 十三至十四世紀四頁西藏彩繪佛經西藏，羊皮紙，不透明水彩、銀漆和黑漆。 每對開頁均刻有精美的藏文書法，其中兩對開頁的上角還繪有釋迦牟尼佛像。 來源：丹麥古玩交易，來自私人收藏。 品相：狀況極佳，絕對原始，有嚴重磨損、小撕裂、邊緣缺失、摺痕和污垢。 尺寸：頁面20 x 61 厘米 (最大), 含框 52 x 71.5 厘米 (每件) 每套兩個對開頁均裝在玻璃後面 (2) 文獻比較： 比較兩件相近的彩繪佛經，收藏於Rubin藝術博物館，館藏編號C2006.66.669和C2003.38.1。三件相似的手稿頁上也可以看到對彩虹拱門的類似處理，收藏於Rubin藝術博物館，見Himalayan Art Resources，館藏編號700114。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：紐約邦翰斯，2020年9月27日，lot 511 價格：USD 6,075（相當於今日EUR 6,400） 描述：西藏十三世紀彩繪經頁 專家評論：比較相近的繪畫風格，有相似的拱門設計。請注意相近的尺寸(17.5 x 61 厘米)。請注意此為僅一頁。

Ottoman Dalli Al-Khiraat containing Surahs and prayers such as Enam, Yasin, Tebareke, Amme. The manuscript was written by Osman el-Feth” in 1184 (1770). It has approximately 120 pages, all with an enumerated gold ruler. The subject headings and stops are also in gold. It has its original leather binding, with sunburst brackets. Period: 1184 (1770) Dimensions: 16 by 10 cm Condition: Good

These pages contain the descriptive names of the prophet Mohammed (pbuh). They are handwritten and all pages are decorated with a gold ruler, as are the chapter heads.  Period: 18/19th century Dimensions: 15 by 10 cm, 12 pages Condition: These pages are in very good condition, they used to be part of a larger manuscript

This toughra signed manuscript from the Ottoman Empire dates back to the period of Sultan Ahmed III. It is a document for concluding a sales contract in that era. This contract was signed by several well-known people at that time. An important and beautiful document of extraordinary beauty. Handwritten in black ink and decorated with intricate forms in multiple colours and gilding. Period: 1145 AH (1733 AD), the decorations were added at a later date. Dimensions: 95 x 38 cm without frame Condition: Good

These handwritten pages were once part of a larger manuscript. It contains a treatise of Sufism in the form of questions and answers.  All of the pages have a golden ruler, one of the pages is beautifully decorated in gold with colourful flowers. Period: 19th century Dimensions: 12 by 20 cm, 16 pages Condition: there are some smudges but they are in overall good condition

Music.- [Wade (Joseph, composer, 1800/01-45)] [Urganda], manuscript 3 act opera, 60pp., last 2pp. small tears along folds, central folds, slightly browned, stitching working loose, unbound, loosely inserted in boards, folio, n.d. [?c. 1830]; and 4 others, including 3 letters from Christopher Collins, the Duke of Wellington’s valet, concerning the duke’s waistcoats, 1843, and a typescript by Una L. Silberrad, Two Tales of Ashmore, n.d. [c. 1920], v.s., v.d. (5).*** Provenance: Manuscript purchased by Richard Robert Madden (author and colonial administrator, 1798-1886), at the auction of Thomas Moore, which had been in the possession of his publisher, William Power. Joseph Wade was the friend and school fellow R.R. Madden.

Medieval Sermon.- 2 leaves from a sermon on Isaiah, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, double column, in brown and red ink, one 3-line initial in blue and red ink, two and three small wormholes, some slight surface wear, creased, extensively browned, margins trimmed, folio, [France], [c. 1380].

Norfolk, Tivetshall.- Charter, grant by John Gosse of Pulham and Robert Kersey of Tivetshall to John Pulleyne of Tivetshall bought from Geoffrey Wade and Robert Bolen a close of 9 acres in Tivetshall near Westgate way, witnesses: John Wyth, Geoffrey Boteley, John Cooke and others, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 13 lines, in a fine charter hand, folds, lacks seals, 114 x 362mm., Tivetshall, 20th May 1470; and another medieval document, slightly faded, 1422, v.s., v.d. (2). 

Medicine.- Kennedy (James) The History of the Contagious Cholera..., first edition, 2 folding engraved maps of India & Ceylon and Asia & Europe, both lightly offset, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 1831 § Manson (Sir Patrick) Lectures on Tropical Diseases..., presentation copy from the author inscribed on front free endpaper, illustrations, original cloth, 1905 § Horn (George) An Entire New Treatise on Leeches, first edition, with final blank, disbound, for the Author, 1798 § Prater (S.H.) Chart to tell whether an Indian Snake is Poisonous or Harmless, folding chart printed in red & black, illustrations, mounted on linen, browned, folding into original cloth boards, a little stained, [Bombay], [c.1917] § Clayton (George) Prescription Reading, first edition, interleaved with extensive annotations in ink or pencil, original cloth, [?Manchester], [c.1900], most rubbed; and 6 others, medicine, including a late 19th century manuscript pharmacist's notebook, v.s. (11)

Gardening.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] Le Iardinier François, septiesme edition, engraved additional title and 3 plates, additional title with date to foot in ink manuscript, first plate with tiny hole within image at gutter, tiny hole to Z8 affecting one or two letters, some very small marginal wormholes / traces, including to head of one plate, once or twice into headline but without notable loss, lightly browned and soiled, particularly to verso of final f., endpapers with ink and pencil inscriptions and much loss, hinges almost broken, contemporary vellum, spine with date in ink manuscript, darkened and soiled, 12mo, Rouen, Denis Duchesne, 1664. *** Scarce, with no copies on WorldCat.  

Shillito (Edward) New & Original Poems...on Creation and Redemption...entitled the Footsteps of Jesus, comprising the History of Adam & Eve, and the Garden of Eden, frontispiece and a few other leaves printed in gold, wood-engraved plates and illustrations, a few hand-coloured, slight spotting and staining, original decorative roan, gilt, g.e.,  rebacked, Hull, E.Shillito, [c.1860] § Hemans (F.D.) The Better Land...Illuminated by Helen Baker, first edition, 10 chromolithographed leaves on card heightened in gold and/or silver and mounted on stubs, some foxing, original cloth, gilt, Day & Son, [1867] § Scott (Sir Walter) The Fire Ring...Illuminated by G.P.Windsor, presentation copy from the artist with illuminated dedication to J.Davison, 11 leaves on card with floral borders printed in gold and finished by hand, paper guards, foxing, original cloth, 1877, all a little rubbed; and 3 others including a calligraphic manuscript of Kubla Khan with 4 mounted watercolour illustrations by Mabel Early c.1930, 8vo & 4to (6) *** All scarce with Library Hub listing only a handful of copies of each.

Illustrated Bible.- Simeoni (Gabriel) Figure de la Biblia, illustrate de stanze tuscane, title within typographic border and printer's device, numerous woodcut illustrations after Pierre Eskric, with final blank, title a little soiled, with tiny paper repair to top fore-edge corner, a few initial ff. with small paper repairs gutter foot, a few scattered manuscript scrawlings, some staining and finger-soiling, endpapers renewed, contemporary vellum, [EDIT16 CNCE 30200] 8vo, Lyon, Guillaume Rouillé, 1577.*** The format and style of this work heavily inspired by emblemata.