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Juvenilia.- Hoffmann (Dr. Heinrich) The English Struwelpeter, manuscript copy, "written and illustrated for the amusement of her nephews and nieces...by Aunt Mary", pen and ink and watercolours, some soiling and staining, contemporary cloth, [c.1870]; and 2 other 19th century manuscript pieces of juvenilia including copies of birds, shells, insects etc from Shaw's Naturalist's Miscellany by a young girl Harriet Lockwood in 1814 and an album of sepia pen and ink cartoons by W.J. Rawle, 4to (3)

Bible, English. The Bible..., 2 parts in 1, Geneva-Tomson-Junius version, with initial leaf (blank but for 'A' & woodcut) and 2A1 (often lacking), general title and title to NT within ornate woodcut border, double column, roman type, woodcut head-pieces, initials and a few illustrations, bound without Apocrypha, contemporary manuscript notes to end of OT and verso of NT title, some light water-staining, a few other small stains, 2P5 torn at head without loss, small hole to 2Q7 not affecting text, 3K1 & 2 frayed at lower outer corner & margin with slight loss to a couple of lines, also hole to head of 3K1 with slight loss, 3N6 lacking small portion at foot affecting final line, [Herbert 306; STC 2213], by Robert Barker, 1610 [but colophon 1611] bound with an incomplete Sternhold Booke of Psalmes (1612), together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary ink signature of Car.s Umfreville to front pastedown, contemporary calf with blind-stamped central lozenge and brass clasps, rather worn, split to upper joint, spine ends worn, 4to

Rackham (Arthur).- Dickens (Charles) The Chimes, limited edition signed by Arthur Rackham, illustrations by Arthur Rackham, printed in brown and black, pictorial endpapers, light foxing or surface marks, original gilt pictorial cloth, spine browned, minor chipping to spine ends, t.e.g., original slip-case, ink manuscript numbering to foot of spine, lightly soiled, splitting, worn, 4to, for the Limited Editions Club, 1931.

Scrapbook & Photography.- Orton (Ed.) Scrapbook of c.95 photographs, trimmed and pasted down, white ink manuscript captions, 3 photographs loosely inserted, all leaves detached, contemporary boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, rubbed, oblong 4to, England and France, 1931.*** Includes images from Orton's work as a stills cameraman for the film production "Silence", the Hendon Air Pagent, and trips to France, Wales, and Kew Gardens.

Bible, English.- Book of Common Prayer (The)...with the Psalter, or Psalmes of David, bound without the final blank, 1638; The Holy Bible containing the Old Testament and the New, 2 parts in 1, engraved title by William Marshall, L2 lacking portion affecting head-line and 16 lines (neatly repaired and supplied in manuscript), 1638; The Whole Book of Psalmes..., musical notation, 1638, together 3 works in 1 vol., letterpress titles with woodcut device and within ornamental border, first title trimmed to edge and laid down, all printed in double column, neatly ruled in red throughout, slightly smudged on one or two leaves, first and last leaf soiled, first work with small hole to title and first few leaves, occasional spotting or soiling but generally a very clean copy, engraved bookplate and gilt-stamped red roan label "The Gift of Mrs.Mary Hall to Anna Ismay 1793" to front pastedown, handsome contemporary blue morocco with elaborate gilt Greek key and floral roll-tool border, spine gilt, g.e., rubbed and scuffed, spine faded, corners worn, [STC 16410, 2331 & 2682], folio, Cambridge, Thomas Buck & Roger Daniel

Restoration Binding.- Patrick (Simon) The Christian Sacrifice, third edition, engraved frontispiece, additional pictorial title and plate, with various ink signatures to front endpapers and contemporary manuscript prayer to rear (part folding and pinned in), contemporary black morocco elaborately tooled in gilt, probably by Queens' Binder A, covers with an all-over design of drawer handles, flowers, volutes, stars and dots with many petals infilled with silver paint, spine in compartments with similar decoration, g.e., rather worn, upper cover detached with front free endpaper loose, spine chipped at head, [Wing P762], 12mo, R. Royston], 1675; sold as a binding, not subject to return*** A number of the ornaments used here are very similar to item 61 in Howard Nixon's English Restoration Bookbindings, 1974 (Queens' Binder A, possibly William Nott). 

19th Century Newspapers.- [Collection of c.85 19th Century Newspapers], including 'Bell's Weekly Messenger', 'The Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette', 'The Leeds Mercury', occasional ink manuscript notes sometimes impacting text, occasional foxing or spotting and browning, ink-stamps to margins, most with folds, minor creasing or fraying to edges with holes, tears or chips, occasionally impacting text, some leaves detached, some leaves may be lacking, a little worn, folio, 1800-1857; and two bound periodicals, sold as a periodical not subject to return. *** A variety of newspapers from across England, both regional and city based.

Dorset.- Indenture agreement between Richard Bingham of Quarleston, John Williams of Plumber and John Williams of Penny House son and heir and James Grear of Weymouth merchant and Katherine his wife, whereas Sir John Williams and Eleanor his wife grant the Manor of Plumber in the parish of Lydlinch, Dorset, D.s., manuscript in English, on vellum, 2 red wax seals of 3, folds, 610 x 640mm., 20th April 1648; and 4 others, including a leaf from a chronology of England in French and 4ff. of printer's waste etc., v.s., v.d. (5).

Milton (John) The Poetical Works, with a Life of the Author by William Hayley, 3 vol., no half-titles, with 3 engraved portraits of Milton and 28 fine stipple-engraved plates after Richard Westall, tissue guards, wide margins, some light marginal foxing and occasional offsetting, contemporary engraved book-label of Richard Hoare, contemporary russia, gilt, g.e., rubbed and a little scuffed, spine of vol.1 chipped at foot, folio (c.425 x 325mm.), by W. Bulmer and Co., for John and Josiah Boydell, and George Nicol, 1794-97.*** Handsome edition combining superb typography, fine paper and wonderful illustrations. Some copies are recorded with a portrait of Milton and his daughters after Romney, and with a facsimile of a manuscript, and an index at the end of volume 3, none of which is present in this copy.

Cookery.- Worshipful Company of Cooks. Dinner invitation to the Freemason's Tavern Great Queen Street, on 26th October, 1820, engraved, printed in bistre on paper, company's arms at head, manuscript insertions, folds, remains of previous mounting to corners verso showing through, some staining, lightly browned, 199 x 183mm., no printer, 1820. *** Rare. The Worshipful Company of Cooks was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1482 (although its origins can be traced back to 1170) and is the smallest of the Livery Companies of the City of London. 

Gregory I (Pope, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, c. 540-604) Fragment from Expositio Veteris ac Novi Testamenti [Exposition of the Old and New Testaments], chapters XLI & XLVIII complete, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, in a gothic bookhand, text in black and red ink, 4 2-line initials some marginal penwork in red and blue, 1 column only of 2, small hole slightly affecting text, other small holes in lower margin, slight soiling at head and tail, yellowed, later paper stub in margin, 320 x 111mm., [?Germany], [14th century].

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, first duke of, army officer and Prime Minister, 1769-1852) Warrant signed "Arthur Wellesley", authorising the payment of three hundred and eighty seven thousand and three hundred and twenty réis to pay the Muleteers attached to the 2nd Brigade... for the carriage of provisions, printed document with manuscript insertions, tears along folds, slightly browned, folio, Torres Vedras, [Portugal], 30th August 1808.

Bindings.- Book of Common Prayer (The), engraved portrait of Charles II, title with ornamental border, engraved plates, some trimmed and mounted on blank leaves, Cambridge, John Field, 1662 bound with Whole Book of Psalms (The), by A.C. for the Companie of Stationers, 1677, together 2 works in 1 vol., both ruled in red throughout, a little browned, later manuscript notes to endpapers and occasionally text, 18th century olive green morocco elaborately tooled in gilt with central lozenge within decorative panel and small red morocco oval inlaid at centre, gilt spine, g.e., rather worn, preserved in modern morocco drop-back box, [Wing B3625 & B2526; and 10 other Common Prayers, most bound in red or black morocco, gilt, v.s.; sold not subject to return (11)

Steel (David) The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual..., eighth edition, engraved frontispiece and one plate, advertisement f. at end, very faint damp-staining to frontispiece, for David Steel, 1799, bound with New and Complete Tables of the Net Duties Payable...On Goods, Wares, and Merchandises, imported into, exported from...Great Britain..., for D. Steel, 1796, together 2 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light soiling, contemporary calf, short tear to spine foot, rubbed § Bunyan (John) The Pilgrim's Progress, From This World, to that which is to Come...In Three Parts, new edition, general title and separate titles to parts 2 & 3, each with woodcut frontispiece, woodcut illustrations, contemporary ownership name of James Spedding to pastedown, occasional light soiling, contemporary calf, paper spine label with title in ink manuscript, lower cover quite worn, rubbed, for Osborne & Griffin, 1787; and others, 18th and 19th century, many odd vol., 8vo & 4to (10)

Angling.- Bowlker (Richard) The Art of Angling Improved, in all its parts Especially Fly-Fishing containing A particular Account of the several Sprts of Fresh-Water Fish, with their most proper Baits..., first edition, bound with 36ff. blank leaves at rear, the first with a 19th century ink manuscript entry, ink inscription and later slip to pastedown, contemporary calf, upper cover detached and with abrasion, [Westwood & Satchell, p.39], 12mo, Worcester, by M. Olivers, 1747*** The MS entry at rear dated 1813 is a draft for a letter to the editor of the Monthly Magazine, giving advice for "readers who may be desirous of obtaining good carp", to sow hay seeds in the mud in April, providing good fattening food for the winter. 

Rackham (Arthur).- Browning (Robert) The Pied Piper of Hamelin, one of 410 copies signed by Arthur Rackham, colour frontispiece and 3 plates, black and white illustrations, by Arthur Rackham, pictorial endpapers, a few leaves with offsetting, very occasional light staining or foxing, original limp vellum, 2 small holes to lower cover, t.e.g., others uncut, original slip-case, spine browned, ink manuscript numbering to spine label, a little soiled, splitting, worn, 8vo, 1934.

Ireland (William Henry) Neglected Genius. A Poem. Illustrating the Untimely and Unfortunate Fate of Many British Poets..., 4pp. list of subscribers, bookseller's ticket of J. Bumpus, some light spotting, light browning, gutter split at points but holding, uncut in original boards, printed pink paper label to upper cover, lacking backstrip, light staining, worn, W. Wilson, 1812; Scribbleomania; or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited by Anser Pen-Drag-On, Esq., title printed in red and black with vignette, 3pp. advertisements at end, bookplate of Anne & F.G. Renier, first few ff. with light stain to foot of gutter, few gatherings working loose, some light foxing or browning, uncut in original boards, ink manuscript number to spine, spine ends with small loss and faint tape residue, rubbed and worn, lower cover nearly detached, for Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1815, first editions, book-label of J.O. Edwards; and a first edition copy of Ireland's 'Chalcographimania; or, The Portrait-Collector and Printseller's Chronicle' in original boards (1814), 8vo (3)

Henderson (William Augustus) The Housekeeper's Instructor; or, Universal Family Cook, first edition, engraved frontispiece, and 11 plates (of which one folding and another lacking half) small hole to title, slightly impacting text, ink manuscript recipes to free endpaper and title verso, ink inscription to front free endpaper and A3, a few short tears to margins, occasional surface marks, water-staining and spotting, contemporary half calf, spine faded, bumping to spine ends, splitting to upper joint, worn, 8vo, W. and J. Stratford, [1790] § Hunt (P. Francis) & Mary A. Grierson. Orchidaceae, 'out of series' copy from an edition of 600 signed by author and artist, 40 colour plates, original vellum, g.e., original slipcase, a little rubbed, folio, The Bourton Press, 1973, and 4 others, unrelated, v.s. (6)

Cotton production.- Engineering.- Harrison (Robert) & George Taylor, patentees. To Master Cotton Spinners, and Carders. We beg to call your attention to our new Patent stopper of the Feed Rollers of a Carding Engine, handbill, contemporary ink manuscript insertion at foot and a few lines of ?accounts verso, small armorial 'London / Tuppence' blind-stamp to upper left corner, a few small spots, lightly creased and browned, [?Huddersfield or vicinity], 176 x 114mm., no printer, [c.1880]. *** Unrecorded. 

Women poets.- Parsons (Letitia) Verses, Hymns and Poems, on Various Subjects; Composed under a long Series of Affliction and Deprivation of Sight, [part 1 only], book-label of J.O. Edwards to verso of title, title with small loss to upper blank corner and few very small holes affecting few letters, some light spotting and staining, lightly browned throughout, modern wrappers, Tonbrige, T. Dakens, 1815 § Opie (Amelia) Lays for the Dead, first edition, lithographed frontispiece, book-label of J.O. Edwards, contemporary ink gift inscription to front free endpaper, Contents leaves with some omitted names supplied in contemporary ink manuscript, some light browning and spotting, later green morocco, spine and extremities slightly darkened, some faint spotting to lower cover, rubbing to joints and extremities, t.e.g., Longman, Rees, Orme &c, 1834; and others, 19th century poetry by women, one by Mary Russell Mitford with A.L.s. from the author laid down, 8vo (17) *** The first mentioned the first part only, with a second part numbering 42pp. printed by T. Dakens in the same year. Letitia Parsons (1744-1806) was about thirty when she underwent a conversion experience. In the last twenty years of her life she suffered from poor health and went blind in her last years. The two parts of her Verses appear to have been first published in 1806 and 1808.

Botany.- Photo album.- Album of 96 photographs of orchids and other flowers in floral displays, 96 gelatine silver print photographs, window mounted, each photo c.70 x 95 mm, contemporary green cloth, ink manuscript to spine, rubbed and worn, 4to, [early 20th-century].

Hakluyt (Richard) Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels and Discoveries, of the English Nation, 5 vol., one of 250 sets from an edition of 325, some spotting (mostly titles), vol.1 with manuscript index mounted on stubs at beginning and title torn and frayed (repaired), ex-library set with stamp to verso of titles, contemporary calf, gilt, rather scuffed, rebacked with gilt spines, 1809-1812 § Wordsworth (Christopher) Athens and Attica: Journal of a Residence there, first edition, 3 lithographed plates, 2 folding maps and folding inscription, plates lightly foxed, contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1836 § Polo (Marco) The most Noble and Famous Travels..., edited by N.M.Penzer, limited edition, colour frontispiece, folding map, original vellum-backed cloth, uncut, Argonaut Press, 1929 § Fitton (E. & S.M.) Conversations on Botany, third edition, hand-coloured engraved plates,  contemporary calf, spine gilt, 1820, all rubbed; and 18 others, travel, science, natural history & sport, mostly bindings, 4to & 8vo (26)

Egypt.- Sri Lanka.- [Group of 12 photographs of Port Said, Colombo and other locations], including: Harbour Port Said; Harbour and Breakwater from Cathedral, Colombo; The Breakwater, Colombo; Botanical Gardens Sydney; Govetts Leap Falls; Bullock Team on Bulli Pass; and others, some numbered and captioned in the negative, 2 captioned in pencil manuscript to mount, few uncaptioned, one or two nicks or tears, some toning and light spotting or surface soiling, 8 laid down to recto and verso of 4 sheets of card, few loose, all housed in early 20th century cloth portfolio with 'Pictures of Ceylon' to upper cover in gilt, ticket of H.W. Cave & Co. Printers Colombo to inside upper cover, flaps loose or lacking, worn, photographs 220 x 270mm. & smaller, [c.1880s & later].

Bible, English. The Holy Bible, 9 vol., large paper copy, contemporary diced calf, gilt, rebacked with gilt spines, John Reeves, 1802; another edition, 3 vol., engraved vignette titles and plates after Westall, foxed, contemporary dark blue straight-grain morocco with gilt centre-piece and border in gilt and blind, spines gilt, g.e., rather scuffed, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1815; another edition, engraved frontispiece and vignette title, handsome contemporary red straight-grain morocco, gilt, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., 1809; The New Testament, translated by John Wycliffe, edited by Rev. H.H.Baber, engraved portrait, extra-illustrated with 38 woodcuts, each numbered in manuscript and bound in where appropriate, with printed list of woodcuts, portrait and title spotted, contemporary vellum, gilt, a little soiled, rebacked preserving old gilt spine with roan label, 1810; The New Testament, translated by William Tyndale 1534, one of 500 facsimile reprints, original red morocco with gilt Royal arms, t.e.g., others uncut, spotted, spine faded, slip-case, Cambridge, 1939, a little rubbed; and c.15 others, Bibles etc., including an 8vo Reeves 1802 Bible in blue straight-grain morocco, 4to & 8vo (c.30)

Textiles.- Die Neue Deutsche Kunstspinn-Faser [The New German Synthetic Spinning-Fibre], various samples of fibres, cloth etc with explanatory text, most samples removable, one lacking, tear affecting some text to inside upper cover, some light soiling, housed in original wooden presentation box, paper label to spine with "Zellwolle" in ink manuscript, some loss to spine, quite worn, box c.500 x 400 x 35mm., Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Lehrmittelwerkstätte Otto Simmer, n.d. [20th century]. 

Calligraphic manuscript.- Donne (John) Holy Sonnets, illuminated manuscript in black ink with initials and decorations in gold and colours on "Elizabethan Parchment" by "Janet", title in green and gold, 43pp. text on 22 leaves, with presentation/colophon in black ink at beginning, bound in red morocco, upper cover with onlays of green, blue, beige & brown morocco shapes making up 5 falling leaves tooled in gilt with circles & dots against a background of smaller leaves and dots in blind, spine titled in gilt, slip-case, oblong 4to (c.190 x 220mm.), 1980.

Royal Favourite.- Villiers (George, first Duke of Buckingham, royal favourite, 1592-1628) Indenture grant between John Tyler of Bisley Gloucestershire Chapman and William Bubb of Stroud has witnessed that George Villiers Duke of Buckingham has granted to John Tyler a cottage and four acres of land in the tenure of William Tyler, D.s. "John Tyler", manuscript on vellum, 2 flaws in the vellum, folds, partial brown staining, yellowed, lacks seal, 325 x 620mm., 18th January 1626.

BIBLE.  EDINBURGH 1610. Lacks title, prelims & early leaves. Repairs to early & late leaves (& a few eleswhere), commences at Genesis X & terminates at Revelations V.14. Eng. capitals, eng. plate of the High Priest & eng. map to O2. New Testament title present (manuscript record of 17th cent. family baptisms to reverse) followed by "The Printer to the Diligent Reader" (torm & rep. without loss of text), map of the Holy Land to reverse. Folio. Dark leather. Andro Hart, Edinburgh, 1610. Sold not subject to return.

THE HOLY BIBLE CONTAINING THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW.  8vo. Eng. general title preceded by The Genealogies with red ruled eng. title, plate & pedigrees, dbl. pge. map of Canaan, separate eng. title to New Testament (manuscript 18th cent. baptisms of the Champnes family to reverse). Old calf. Old booksellers poetical label to paste-down. Manuscript acrostic to front free endpaper. Ownership signature of Herbert L. Noel Fox.  Robert Barker, 1617. A tenuous connection to Oliver Cromwell, a card slipped-in states "Oliver Cromwell Collection, The last owner of Cromwell`s field cabinet was a retired Wesleyan Minister, a descendant of Oliver Cromwell, and he died at Islip, near Oxford about 40 years ago. Sold not subject to return, but a nice volume.

Kendal Area, Manuscript Account Book. 137pp of readable & detailed manuscript transactions, payments & receipts, purchases of iron from Backbarrow for a Kendall (sic) Warehouse, other purchases of metalware, corresponding sales with details of the names & locations of the customers. Small quarto. Old panelled calf. 1715-1717.

YOUNG THOMAS.  "Poetry & Pictures".  Manuscript throughout with eng. frontis, plates & illus. 436pp plus index. Well written with transcriptions from many poets together with some work by Young himself (perhaps unpublished). 8vo. Half red morocco. "Presented to the Hon. Miss Maule with much respect by her humble sev.t Thomas Young".  Mid 19th cent. Presumably the poet Thomas Young of Dundee & Edinburgh, born 1806. Miss Maule maybe the sister of Sir W. H. Maule, judge & M.P.

POWER M. S.  The Killing of Yesterday's Children. Orig. red cloth in d.w. 1st ed., 1985; also 1sts in d.w's of Lonely the Man Without Heroes and A Darkness in the Eye, & James Poyser, In A Lonely Place, 1st ed. in d.w., 1990. With two lengthy letters, one manuscript, the other typed, & a postcard from James Poyser to M. S. Power.

BACHE S. Manuscript volume dedicated to Sarah Badly, containing much well written manuscript poetry with some prose extracts. Quarto. Nice calf gilt, a.e.g. Islington 20th Dec. 1827.

DIO CASSIUS. Ton Dionos Romaikon Historion Eikositria Biblia (Greek). Dionis Romanarum historiarum libri XXIII, a XXXVI ad LVIII usque. Ex Bibliotheca Regia. Title with eng. serpent device, stamp of the Couvent des Jacobins, Rue St. Honore & their shelf number. Publisher`s device to final leaf. Preface to reverse of title & end notes in Latin, the remainder in fine Greek typography (by Claude Garamont) within ruled margins. Folio. Old mottled calf, rubbing, with oval gilt armorial crest to upper & lower brds., repeated to the worn back with the monogram PSM. Opening internally at hinge at *ii. but generally clean & crisp throughout. Bookplate of Arthur D. Morice, Aberdeen. Estienne, Ex officina Rob. Stephani Regii, typis Regiis. Paris, 1548. 1st edition, completed on 31st January 1548 & edited by Estienne from the manuscript then in the King`s Library & now in the Bibliotheque Nationale.

North Eastern Railway.  Alnwick & Cornhill Branch, Plans & Sections. Considerable tears & creasing to outer edge. Newcastle, 1882; also Robert Thorp, Solicitor, Alnwick, Distributer's Accounts, 5 fldg. manuscript & prntd. tall folios, 1813.  (6).

MANUSCRIPT LETTERS and DOCUMENTS. This is a most remarkable set of letters written and received by an upper middle class lady and her daughter (including examples from the lady's two husbands and her acquaintances) for the period 1930s-1960s. Contained in three small briefcases with a few keepsakes (pens, stamps etc.). Also included are marriage and divorce certificates. The story as far as we can discern is that the lady married her first husband in the mid-30s. He was in the war and letters are exchanged. They appear to have had one daughter, educated at a public school who has various health problems. There are letters from various London doctors, for example. The marriage then broke down and the lady fell in love with another man whose marriage has also failed. She 'follows' him out to Egypt where he is with a British military community. At one point, the clergyman at the mission gets involved, writing to the Archbishop of Canterbury for guidance. It appears the pair are living together and this is causing some disquiet in the ex-pat community. The archbishop repiles explaining that as they have broken their vows, they cannot take part in Holy Communion, going on to suggest that they should live apart for a year and must take a vow of celibacy even after the year apart if they want to take part in church services (they are allowed to attend). It's rather heartbreaking: they 'cannot bear to be parted'. They do appear to marry and come back to England. The daughter appears to be much improved as an adult and has kept all of these letters and the ones she receives. There is a real sense of how, by the 60s thinbgs have changed (the daughter has a job in London). All letters are articulate and tell a remarkable story. The insights into the mores, expressions and culture of the time make this a fascinating survival, despite, perhaps making the reader feel a little intrusive. Includes telegrams. There is too much material for us to have been able to read everything which also includes: various receipts; banking/investment information of the time; letters from L-Gen C.H.P.Harington 'Middle -East Command'; day-to-day appointment diaries and more.

19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK; with 8pp alphabetical index followed by 262pp of recipes, approximately 390 recipes, many named for the contributor including Lady Darlston and Booths Hall, full tan calf, no date, (1).

18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK; named for Agnes Braddyll and dated 1728 and 1736, with 194 recipes on numbered pages 1-133 according to two page index, with recipes continuing to page number 156, followed by 7pp of recipes for drinks including ‘Queen of Hungary Water’, ‘London Plaque Water in the Best Way’, ‘Mr Edward Coopers way of Distilling in the Worm Still’, followed by 43pp of other recipes, rebacked full tan calf (1)Condition Report: Written in different hands and with blank pages.

18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOKS; three recipe books, the larger with 55pp of recipes and further recipes on the latter pages through a 180 rotation, lacking pages from 56-77; an early 18th recipe book dated 1712 with 100+ recipes; an 18th century and later French recipe book, appears to be mostly drinks, all vellum bound (3)

18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK; with 24pp containing 62 recipes, many named to a specific person, rebacked spine with vellum boards, the front board written in ink ‘Recipe Book 1773 (1)

Boudon, Émile (French, fl. 1885-1935); b. Lyon FRANCE, Centenaire de l’Imprimerie Administrative Paul Dupont [Centenary of the Printing House of Paul Dupont], 1925, an Art Déco bronze plaque by É. Boudon, bookbinder wielding a press above a woman checking pages of manuscript, rev. entrance to the Dupont building, 59 x 48mm, 66.04g (cf. Münz Zentrum Rheinland 190, 5535; cf. Elsen 85, 2306; cf. DNW 41, 837). Good very fine £50-£70 --- Provenance: Bt J. Elsen August 2005. Paul Dupont (1796-1878), letterpress printer, 4 rue du Bouloi, Paris; the business had over 1,000 employees at the time of its centenary, but closed in 1985

Camden (William). Britannia. Sive Florentissimorum regnorum, Angliae, Scotiae, Hiberniae, et insularum adiacentium ex intima antiquitate chorographica descriptio, 4th edition, London: [Printed at Eliot's Court Press] impensis Georg. Bishop, 1594, large woodcut royal arms to title and early manuscript ownership 'Tho: Brydgema[n] Ex dono xposeri Meryeke: 26 July 1597', woodcut decorative initials, head & tailpieces, G8 loosely inserted from another copy, lacking final 20 leaves after 2Y8 (p.704), some dust-soiling mostly to first and last leaves, modern calf, 4to, together with:Leigh (Edward). England Described: Or the several Counties & Shires thereof briefly handled. Some things also premised, to set forth the Glory of this Nation, 1st edition, London: printed by A. M. for Henry Marsh, 1659, fore-margin of E2 repaired, light dust-soiling and occasional spotting, lacking front free endpaper, 20th-century light brown sheep, spine and upper joint torn, light wear to extremities, 8vo,Hentzner (Paul). Travels in England, during the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, translated by Horace, late Earl of Orford, and first printed by him at Strawberry Hill: to which is now added, Sir Robert Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia; or, Observations on Queen Elizabeth's Times and Favourites; with Portraits and Views, London: Edward Jeffery, 1797, 11 engraved portraits and plates (including portrait frontispiece, some printed in colour), toning, light offsetting and occasional spotting, bookplate of Buddle Atkinson to upper pastedown, 19th-century brown half morocco, extremities slightly rubbed, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:STC 4506; ESTC S107385.

Auction catalogue. British Portraits. A Catalogue of a Genuine and Extensive Collection of English Portraits Consisting of the Royal Families, Peers, Gentry, Clergy, Lawyers, Military, Literary, Artists, Actors, Writing-Masters, Musicians, Female Sex, Phenomena, Convicts, Monsters & c., from Egbert the Great to the Present Time... by an Eminent Collector... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, at his house, No. 31, the corner of Villiers-Street, in the Strand. In two parts, the first on Monday Feb. 3 and the seventeen following days; the second part on March 3, and the twelve following days..., 2 parts in one, London: printed by T. Burton, [1800], 323 pp., 'Days of Sale' leaf at front with sale total prices in ink, interleaved throughout with prices achieved for each lot in manuscript, ruled in red and totalled at foot, occasional light spotting, neat ink inscription of William Upcott, 1823, contemporary half calf gilt, a little rubbed with some worming to lower cover, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: 'Sir W. Musgrave's Catalogue of British Portraits. 1800. Priced. Auctioneer's Copy.', lettered in gilt to spine.Sir William Musgrave (1735-1800) was an antiquary and collector of portraits. He was a trustee of the British Museum to which he bequeathed a large part of his library. The sale of his collection of engraved portraits, some 10, 000 was conducted by auctioneer William Richardson over 31 days from February to March 1800. Another annotated copy by William Richardson is held in the British Library (BL, C. 191. a. 36).The ownership inscription is possibly that of William Upcott (1779-1845), antiquary and autographs collector.

Miller (John). An Illustration of the Sexual System, of Linnæus, by Iohn Miller, 2 volumes, London: Robert Faulder, 1794-89, engraved hand-coloured frontispieces and engraved titles to each volume, 189 hand-coloured engraved plates of flowers, armorial bookplate of W. Basset Holmes and crimson gilt calf bookplate of Arpad Plesch to front pastedown, 20th-century quarter calf, gilt decorated spines, corners bumped, 8vo, together with: Lettsom (John Coakley). The Naturalist's and Traveller's Companion, 3rd edition, London: C. Dilly, 1799, engraved hand-coloured frontispiece (laid down) and engraved hand-coloured title (ownership inscription 'Fredric Iremonger Septr 8th 1801' to upper margin), 1 folding black & white plate, gatherings loosening, 18th-century half calf, a little rubbed and bumped, 8vo, McIntosh (Charles). The Practical Gardner and Modern Horticulturist..., 2 volumes, London: Thomas Kelly, 1828 & 1829, engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title to volume 1, coloured engraved plates to volume 2, front free endpapers and verso of title in volume 2 with extensive manuscript annotations, contemporary half calf, spines relaid, with loss, rubbed, 8vo, Markham (G). Markham's Farewel to Husbandry: or, the enriching of all sorts of Barren and Sterile Grounds in our Nation..., London: George Sawbridge at the Sign of the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, 1676, slightly trimmed with minor loss to some marginal printed notes, damp staining to outer margins resulting in some loss, old limp vellum, a little soiled, small 4to, Thornton (Robert John). A Grammar of Botany; Containing an Explanation of the System of Linnaeus, London: B. and R. Crosby and Co, 1814, engraved coloured plates, library stamp to verso of title, library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary green morocco, corners bumped, 12mo, Mason (George). An Essay on Design in Gardening..., London: C. Roworth, 1795, contemporary gilt calf, worn and rubbed, 8vo, Lawrence (John). The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening..., 6th edition, London: Bernard Lintot, 1726, bookplate Royal Meteorological Society to front pastedown, contemporary panelled boards, crudely repaired, 8vo, Baxter (W.). British Phaenogamous Botany..., Oxford: J. H. Parker: 1834, coloured engraved plates, publishers buckram binding, rubbed, 8vo, plus 3 other volumesQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. Basset Holmes, Árpád Plesch (1889 -1974) for the first work.

Bible [English]. The Holy Bible, Oxford: printed at the Theater, 1680, engraved general and New Testament titles (NT title engraved by Burghers showing St. John of Patmos), Apocrypha present, lower outer corner of dedication leaf strengthened to verso, some minor toning, front flyleaves with manuscript 17th-19th century genealogical entries relating to the Graham family of Airth (with loosely inserted related family pedigree in photocopy and various 19th-century funeral and mourning announcement letters and printed messages), all edges gilt, small area of adhesive tape at head of free endpapers, early 19th-century calf, spine with gilt and blind decoration (adhesive tape strip at head of spine), boards with blind and gilt roll decoration to borders, boards detached, board corners slightly worn and showing, folio (44 x 28 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Darlow and Moule 594; Herbert 756.

* Curtis (Samuel). A collection of approximately 220 botanical engravings, early 19th-century, engravings with contemporary hand-colouring, very occasional spotting and staining, each print with a discreet near-contemporary manuscript annotation inside the plate mark and a number outside the upper plate mark, each approximately 200 x 120 mmQTY: (approx.220)

Atkyns (Robert). The Ancient and Present State of Glostershire, 1st edition, London: W. Bowyer, 1712, engraved portrait frontispiece by Van der Gucht (margins strengthened to verso), title with ink erased signature and signatures of Richd. Ivyleafe, James Bush, June 1835, John Bush 1882, Abraham Bush 1908 and J. W. Ward 1940, 8 engraved plates of coats of arms of Gloucestershire families, engraved double-page county map, 64 double-page engraved views by Johannes Kip (with renewed guards, small hole to image of Miserden plate), closed tear to lower blank margin of text leaf B1, marginalia to verso of of leaf 4O3, occasional light spotting, later endpapers, contemporary blind panelled calf, rebacked, repairs to board corners and upper board repaired towards foot, folio (40 x 25 cm), together with a loosely inserted manuscript final concord document on vellum between George Atwood the younger v George Atwood the elder, Thomas Atwood and his wife Dorothy, who all release their interests to George the younger, of 3 acres or arable, 12 acres of pasture in Beach in the parish of Bitton, Gloucestershire, dated Three weeks after Michaelmas (so October), 1678, being the record of a fictitious dispute in the Court of Common Pleas, the purpose of which was to sidestep the dower rights of the wife of a vendor or settlor, written in brown ink on vellum, (12.5 x 43.5 cm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Upcott I pp. 246-250.

* Gillray (James). Symptoms of Deep-Thinking, "Sinking from Though to Thought, a vast Profound", London: H. Humphreys, March 25th, 1800, etching on wove with contemporary hand-colouring, manuscript annotation to the upper margin, tipped on to later card, light overall toning, 255 x 205 mmQTY: (1)

Binding - Clarkson (Christopher, 1938-2017). Bindings in Cambridge Libraries, by Geoffrey Dudley Hobson, Cambridge: University Press, 1929, colour frontispiece, monochrome and colour plates, doublure endpapers decorated with rubbings taken from a German Gothic blind-stamped binding, all edges gilt, modern yellow ochre Nigerian goatskin by Christopher Clarkson, intricate blind decoration design based on the Cambridge Colleges, each identified by a platinum-tooled shield with finely painted coat of arms to each, gilt and blind decorated path or large roundel effect encompassing whole binding bringing together design, title to spine in platinum, folio (37.3 x 23.5 cm), contained in book box, together with 26 brass finishing tool heads designed and made by Clarkson to undertake the decoration on the binding, and 34 brass type heads which were used on the binding, contained together in small hardwood stand, plus a selection of original artwork, designs, practice blind-work samples and mounted exhibition photo boards relating to the binding QTY: (-)NOTE:Provenance: Christopher Clarkson (1938-2017); thence by descent.This publication was produced in a limited edition of 230 copies for sale.Christopher Clarkson (1938-2017) was one of the world's leading authorities in the conservation of medieval manuscripts and early printed books and a highly respected historian on the subject. Christopher was born in Blackheath from an early age showed an interest in art, attending art classes at the Whitechapel Art Gallery on Saturday mornings, before attending the Junior Art School at Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts at the age of 13, progressing to the Senior Art School at the age of 15. At 17 he gained his National Diploma in Design and took a part-time position at Camberwell assisting Frank Martin in teaching wood engraving, lettering and illuminating under Vernon Shearer. He later attended the Royal College of Art from 1960-1963, additionally studying fine binding for his last two years there. Whilst there he had to complete twelve bindings for his final diploma show (the bindings by Clarkson in this auction are understood to date from this time). At the same time, he assisted Howard Nixon at the British Museum with his bookbinding rubbing project. He graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1963 with an ARCA Diploma in Graphic Art and as a result, was invited by Jeff Clements to teach at the Plymouth School of Art and Design. In 1964 he worked under Tony Cains at Douglas Cockerell & Son which was run by Sydney Cockerell. In late 1966 he joined the English Government team in Florence to help conserve the flood-damaged volumes and manuscripts, working with Tony Cains, Peter Waters, Don Etherington and Roger and Rita Powell. It was during this time that he and fellow binders formulated the principles of book conservation. In 1972 he was appointed Head of Rare Book Preservation at the Library of Congress, Washington. He later held a position at The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, being the first conservator of their manuscript collection, before, in 1979 accepting the post as the first Conservation Technical Officer at the Bodleian Library, Oxford. From 1987-1998 he taught at West Dean College and on his return to Oxford set up in private practice, working as a consultant to the Bodleian Library, The Wordsworth Library and Hereford Cathedral Mappa Mundi Trust and Chained Library. In 2004 Christopher was awarded the Plowden Gold Medal of the Royal Warrant Holders Association in recognition of his contribution to the conservation profession.

Dugdale (William & Dodsworth, Roger). Monasticon Anglicanum..., 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: Richard Hodgkinson, Alice Warren & Thomas Newcomb, 1655-1673, additional engraved title to volume 1 with ownership signature Roger Twylsen 1655 to upper margin, titles printed in red and black, 98 etched and engraved plates and plans only by Wenceslaus Hollar and Daniel King (of 108? including some plates double-page and folding), manuscript number to lower margins of additional title in volume 1 and letterpress titles to volumes 2 and 3, occasional light underlining and annotations to text, all edges gilt, recent endpapers, 19th-century diced calf, each volume rebacked, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Wing D2483; D2484 and D2486.

Fulbeck Hall Library Catalogue. A revised inventory of the 1903 catalogue in 5 numbered ledgers, 1928, a total of approx. 200 leaves with typed brief author/title listings and shelf locations, numerous manuscript amendments, versos blank, stab-stitched limp buckram wrappers, slightly soiled, folio, together with the manuscript of the 1903 catalogue in 5 books, organised by room locations, with corrections and insertions, stab-stitched wrappers with manuscript details to upper covers, rubbed and soiled, folio, contained in the remains of a cloth-backed folder, plus the first part of the 1903 alphabetical catalogue for the Fulbeck Hall Library, Vol. 1 (A-Fra), cut and pasted typed catalogue details giving brief author/title listings and shelf locations, 114 card leaves, manuscript deletions and amendments, versos blank, some damp staining to early leaves with mottling to endpapers including catalogue costings pasted to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco gilt over cloth, soiling and wear, folio, and an accompanying catalogue of 37 portraits at Fulbeck Hall, 1904, 13 double-page spreads with columns for subject, artist, inscriptions and notes, numerous blank leaves at rear, several related items loosely inserted, including a one-page list of 36 missing books at the Hall, 1928, contemporary cloth, slim folioQTY: (8)NOTE:Fulbeck Hall, Grantham, Lincolnshire, was the home of the Fane family from 1632. All of the contents of Fulbeck Hall were sold by Sotheby's in October 2002. Included in the sale were letters and mementos given by the Duke of Wellington to two members of the Fane family – Harriet Fane, (better known as the early 19th-century diarist Mrs Arbuthnot) and her cousin Lady Georgiana Fane.

Morris (Richard). Essays on Landscape Gardening, and on uniting picturesque effect with rural scenery: Containing directions for the laying out and improving the grounds connected with a country residence, 1st edition, London: printed for J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1825, half-title, 6 fine aquatint plates (3 hand-coloured and 3 uncoloured of which 2 with overlays), occasional light spotting, armorial bookplate and manuscript shelf number at front, original boards, paper label to spine, spine with closed tears and small loss at head, some edge wear and stains, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Abbey Life 40.

[Scapula, Johann]. [Lexicon Graeco-Latinum novum: in quo ex primitivorum & simplicium fontibus derivata atque composita ordine non minus naturali, quàm alphabetico, breviter & dilucidè deducuntur, Editio ultima, priori locupletior & correctior, Basel: Sebastianum Henricpetri, 1605], lacking title (a1), colophon present with printer's woodcut device, some toning, contemporary vellum, manuscript ownership to upper board of 'Frank George Dyne Bradley, Oriel Coll., Oxford, April 10, 1843', few marks, folio, together with:Castiglione (Baldassarre, conte). Il cortegiano, or The Courtier: written by the learned Conte Baldassar Castiglione, and a new version of the same into English. Together with his other celebrated pieces, as well Latin as Italian, both in prose and verse. To which is prefix'd The Life of the Author, 2nd edition, London: H. Slater, W. and T. Payne, T. Wright and J. Duncan, 1742, endpapers renewed with bookplate to upper pastedown exposed beneath, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked and corners repaired, 4to,Epictetus. Epicteti Enchiridion Graece et Latine..., Copenhagen: P. Horrebovium, 1783, light spotting, contemporary half sheep, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo,Anacreon. The Works of Anacreon, and Sappho. Done from the Greek, by several hands. With their lives prefix'd. To which is added, The prize of Wisdom. A dialogue between Anacreon and Aristotle by M. Fontenelle. Also Bion's Idyllium, upon the death of Adonis by the Earl of Winchelsea, London: E. Curll and A. Bettesworth, 1713, engraved frontispiece, 19th-century cloth, 12moQTY: (4)

Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English Atlas; Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., 1st edition, Sept. 1st 1787, frontispiece of an advertisement, calligraphic title with near-contemporary ownership signature and some dust soiling, dedication, list of subscribers and contents list, the contents with ink annotations, 47 (complete as list) uncoloured engraved maps, each with a tissue guard and a sheet of descriptive text, each map with a contemporary manuscript number to the verso, slight spotting but largely confined to the tissue guards, table of road junctions bound at rear, later endpapers, uncut, modern half calf with gilt decorated spine, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Chubb CCLX. First edition of Cary's earliest published atlas.

Orme (Robert). A History of the Military Transactions of the British Nations in Indostan from the year MDCCXLV..., 2 volumes, 4th edition, London: printed for F. Wingrave, 1803, 23 engraved plates & folding maps, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some light spotting & toning throughout, contemporary uniform gilt decorated full calf, lacking some spine labels, boards & spines rubbed, hinges split, 4to, handwritten manuscript index(?) to the front of volume 1, together with:Hunter (W. W.), Orissa, 2 volumes, 1st edition,London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1872, colour frontispiece to volume 1, further monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, original uniform gilt decorated red cloth, spines & rear boards slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plusAtkinson (Thomas Witlam), Travels in the regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian acquisitions on the confines of India and China..., 1st edition, London: Hust and Blackett, 1860, colour frontispiece & further engraved illustrations, some minor toning & spotting, contemporary gilt decorated half calf, boards & spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th Century India reference & related, including Annals and Antiquities of Rajastham, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States, 2 volumes, by James Tod, revised edition, Calcutta: S. K. Lahiri & Co., 1894, original uniform blue cloth, 8vo, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo QTY: (3 shelves)

Steuart (Henry). The Planter's Guide; or, a practical essay on the best method of giving immediate effect to wood, by the removal of large trees and underwood, being an attempt to place the art and that of general arboriculture, on phytological and fixed principals, interspersed with observations on general planting and the improvement of real landscape; originally intended for the climate of Scotland, 2nd edition, greatly improved and enlarged, Edinburgh: John Murray, 1828, half-title with overlaid advertisement, 6 engraved plates, some light offsetting and spotting, bound with 3 others by William Withers: A Letter to Sir Henry Steuart, on the Improvement of the Quality of Timber, to be effected by the high cultivation and quick growth of forest-trees, 1st edition, Holt, 1829; A Letter to Sir Walter Scott, exposing certain fundamental errors in his late essay on planting, and containing observations on the pruning and thinning of woods and maxims for profitable planting, 1st edition, 1828, and A Memoir Addressed to the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce on the Planting and Rearing of Forest-Trees, 2nd edition, Holt, 1827, all inscribed by the author, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with Forsyth (William). A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees, 4th edition, London: printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806, 13 engraved plates, most folding, some offsetting and light toning, small marginal wormholes to title (smudged inscription to title verso) and contemporary manuscript note pasted to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, small splits at spine ends, 8vo, with others including The Experienced Farmer, an entire new work, in which the whole system of agriculture, husbandry, and breeding of cattle is explained and copiously enlarged upon, by Richard Parkinson, 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1798, and A Natural and Chymical Treatise of Agriculture, by the late Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg: with practical remarks and additions by W. Pilkinton, 2nd edition, Romsey Press, 1820 QTY: (11)

* Havell (Robert & Son). View of the Port and Town of Newcastle upon Tyne from the Rope Walk Gateshead, Newcastle: T. M. Richardson Feby. 1819, aquatint after T. M. Richardson, with bright contemporary hand colouring, the hand-colouring attributed to John Linnell, 425 x 600 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:The mount board has a manuscript annotation "Tinted by John Linnell" on the lower border. Parker Gallery label to the verso of the frame.John Linnell (16 June 1792 – 20 January 1882) was an English engraver, portrait and landscape painter. He was also a naturalist and a rival to the artist John Constable. He had a taste for Northern European art of the Renaissance, particularly Albrecht Dürer. He also associated with the amateur artist Edward Thomas Daniell and with William Blake, to whom he introduced the painter and writer Samuel Palmer and others of the Shoreham Ancients.

Italian School 16th CenturyA leaf from an antiphonal with Historiated initial 'V' enclosing a depiction of Jacob sending Joseph to find his brethren, with further depictions from the life of Jacob around the borderIlluminated manuscript on vellum46.1 x 32.7cm; 18¼ x 12¾inProvenance:Sir Francis Cook, 1st Bt, 1st Viscount Monserrate (1817-1901), Doughty House, Richmond;By descent to his son Wyndam Francis Cook (1860–1905);By descent to Humphrey Wyndham Cook (1893-1978);By whom sold Christie's, London, 10 July 1925, lot 495, where purchased by Alfred de Pass (1861-1952);By whom gifted to the Royal Institution of Cornwall, Truro;By whom sold Christie's, London, 30 November 1965, lot 173;Property of a former museum keeper, collected between the 1930s and 1970s

Ottoman, early 19th century A.D. Manuscript leaf with text from Surah 42, 'Ash Shurah' ('The Enlightenment'); ovate painted blue panel with tendril ornament. 23 grams, 43.5 x 26.5 cm (17 1/8 x 10 1/2 in.). Acquired on the UK art market. Scottish private collection.

Ottoman, early 19th century A.D. Manuscript leaf with text from Surah 42, 'Ash Shurah' ('The Enlightenment'); ovate painted blue panel with tendril ornament. 23 grams, 43.5 x 26 cm (17 1/8 x 10 1/4 in.). Acquired on the UK art market. Scottish private collection.