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Ɵ&nbspA GROUP OF MIDDLE EASTERN WORKS Some printed, some manuscript, v.s., v.d Together with a leather paper weight Condition Report: The leather weight in 'Country House' condition, marks and creases, peeling, marks and wear and signs of age and continued use in a domestic setting The books all have wear and tear to the bindings including losses, marks, wear, there is discolouration to the pages, foxing, there are marks, stains, discolouration, some inscriptions, margin notes, pages with tears and losses, creasesPlease the numerous additional images for a visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspAN INDIAN HARDWOOD AND IVORY INLAID CABINET GUJERAT OR SINDH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY The doors enclosing nine drawers, the inlay to five sides, on a walnut notch carved stand in the Cotswold School taste The cabinet 25cm high, 38cm wide, 29cm deep; the stand 75cm high, 38.5cm wide, 30.5cm deep  Provenance:Purchased by George Byng Esq MP (1764-1847) and by descent until sold, Christie's, London, Two Late Regency Collectors: Philip John Miles and George Byng, 9th June 2005, lot 173 where purchased by Robert Kime. Literature: 5 St James's Square, 1847 Inventory: 'BACK DRAWING ROOM a small India Cabinet enclosed by 2 doors and drawers inside.'  Cabinets of this general type, inlaid with flowers in ivory onto a hardwood ground were made in north western India, in the provinces of Gujarat or Sindh, from the late 16th century. A similar cabinet is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, but with a fall front. The use of doors in this example may denote a European commission, reflecting as it does the more usual use of doors on a cabinet (see: https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O115588/cabinet-unknown/ and A. Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India..., London, 2002, no. 25). The cabinet was bought by George Byng, whose collecting reflected high fashions of the 1820s -1840s, in company with great collectors such as George Watson Taylor, William Beckford and the king, George IV. Byng's manuscript 'List of Furniture, Porcelain, Paintings &C. purchased by George Byng for Wrotham Park, 1816-43', testifies to his avariciousness for superb objects, paintings and furniture. He lived at Wrotham Park, begun by his great-uncle, the unfortunate naval officer executed following the loss of Menorca in 1757, completed by his father George Byng (d. 1789) and extended by his son, the collector, George Byng MP (d. 1847). Saleroom notice:This lot contains elephant ivory and is therefore subject to both CITES regulations and the UK Ivory Act 2018. Goods containing African elephant ivory cannot be imported to the USA, while other countries have in place wide-ranging restrictions on exporting and importing property containing elephant ivory. Prospective buyers are advised to familiarise themselves with the export and import restrictions prior to bidding. We will not be able to cancel your purchase if your lot may not be exported, imported or it is seized for any reason by a government authority. Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (Ref: KCT1C37J) Condition Report: Correction to the original catalogue description - there are seven interior drawers, not nine as stated in the catalogue description, as the top drawer is inlaid to simulate three drawers but is in fact one long drawer.Overall there are some scratches, marks, knocks, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.There are some losses, restorations and observations including:The ivory has a light applied staining.Overall there are wood and ivory veneers that are missing.There are some areas, including the lower border of the back that are painted instead of inlaid - this is probably a repaired section, and there are other small areas of repair including some filler.The gilt metal escutcheons and hinges have good engraved detail, as do the ivory flowers which are finely engraved to the front, sides and the interior, though not to the back.The base is missing a section of the border.A notch to the edge of one door and a later lock to the other door, there is no key.There is some evidence of worm.Some drawers are missing handles.There is some later black paint around the edge of the interior.The stand shows few signs of wear.Please see the additional condition report photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS (ENGLISH 1817-1904) HAYSTACKS (STUDY ON BRIGHTON DOWNS) Oil on canvas 33.5 x 65.5cm (13 x 25¾ in.) Provenance: With the artist 1887 Given by the artist to Frederic, Lord Leighton His sale, Christie's, 14 July 1896 (3rd day), lot 343 Where bought by Sir William Agnew, Bt., for 290 gns Still with Sir William Agnew in 1905 Christie's, London, 11 June 2002, lot 118, where purchased by Robert Kime Exhibited: Grosvenor Gallery, London, 1883, no. 59, as Study on Brighton Downs Manchester, Royal Jubilee Exhibition, 1887, Fine Art Section, no. 249, as Haystacks, lent by the artist Royal Academy, London, Exhibition of Works by the late George Frederick Watts, R.A., O.M and the late Frederick Sandys, Winter 1905, no. 26, as Landscape, lent by Sir William Agnew City Art Gallery, Manchester, G.F Watts Memorial Exhibition, 1905, no. 148, as Landscape, lent by Sir William AgnewLiterature: Times, 30 April, 1883, p.4 Mrs Watts's Manuscript catalogue, vol. I, p.16 as Brighton Downs The present lot was painted in 1882 and exhibited the following year at the Grosvenor Gallery as Study on Brighton Downs, although the name Haystacks was already given to it when it was noticed briefly in a review in the Times, and Watts himself seems to have adopted this title later. No doubt the subject was one he had seen when travelling to or from the town, where he had a winter studio from 1876. Like so many of Watts's landscapes, Haystacks (Study on Brighton Downs) is astonishingly minimal. No other Victorian artist made more daring experiments of this kind; they are one of his work's most original aspects. Haystacks as a subject seem to have been a constant source of wonder and inspiration to Watts. The picture is reminiscent of Evening (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford), a small panel of 1864 in which he introduced some examples he had seen in the vicinity of Little Holland House, Kensington. However, unlike the Oxford picture which has overt literary associations; an armed knight is seen riding by, and the picture's alternative title, 'All the air a solemn stillness holds', taken from Thomas Gray's Elegy, this picture focuses attention on the haystacks alone. Characteristically though, Watts still manages to suggest a symbolist dimension. Stark as it is, the image has none of the objectivity of a painting of a haystack by for example, Monet. Watts must have thought highly of the picture to have sent it to the Grosvenor, and it was still in his possession when he lent it to the Royal Jubilee Exhibition at Manchester in 1887. He subsequently gave it to Sir Frederic Leighton, who had, according to Mrs Watts in her manuscript catalogue of her husband's works, 'admired' it. Leighton and Watts were not only close friends but neighbours in the artists' colony which had developed in the Holland Park area since the 1860s. When the picture appeared at Leighton's posthumous sale at Christie's in July 1896 it was bought by the dealer Sir William Agnew, who apparently wanted it for his own collection rather than stock. He still had it nine years later, when he lent it to the first two venues of the memorial exhibition which toured the country following Watts's death in 1904. Condition Report: The canvas has been lined with a new stretcher, but this is providing good supports and the paint layer is stable, and the old exhibition labels have been preserved. There is a diagonal surface scratch (approx. 4cm) to the upper right corner, and a very small spot of paint loss above it. Inspection under UV light reveals no visible signs of retouching, although the glaze layers and discoloured varnish do make it difficult to read under UV.Condition Report Disclaimer

Peter Cushing 'An Autobiography', one large lever arch folder containing the handwritten manuscript, 237 pages, 8ins x 10ins, signed and dated 14/1/85

Indian Mughal school - a manuscript page, gouache heightened with gilt, 18 x 12cm

Ephemera.A varied collection in five albums, compring:Historical Interest - extensive collection of press cuttings, engravings including maps, livestock, Hogarth's street scenes, a Newcastle Spirit Establishment's promissory note, adverts, broadsides, adverts and business cards, coloured illustrations, etc. 19th century, pasted in large folio album, worn with detached board;Original Artwork - A collection of artwork and verse, including French scenes (one of a roadside gibbet), 'The Caravan from Mecca ..', a portrait of an 'American Stone Indian', an early steam engine, etc. Various mediums (pencil, pen & ink, crayon and gouache), embossed album (well worn);Free Fronts - Approx. 138 items, including signed free fronts with free franks, signed fronts without franks and several cropped signatures. Mainly 1830s, mounted in half roan album;Poetry - A commonplace book of Poetry. 19th century, manuscript, ornate ebossed leather binding with inset colour peacock to each board. Bookseller's stamp of Taylor of Liverpool;Commonplace Book - Manuscript entries including Ballads, Letters, historical events, etc. Early 19th century, worn sheep bings, spine weak. (5)

‘Private Calender (sic) January 1795'.A very detailed diary with manuscript entries from the 1st January 1795 to the 13th September 1802. A note identifies the author as Stephen Wilson who died on the 7th of December 1813 in New Ormond Street, aged 60.Folio. 233 pages of entries. The writer records his life in London, particularly around Hackney and Bethnal Green. A silk manufacturer, he lived in Spitalfields and then Cheapside. An in-depth account of the family, including reference to the ‘Private Calender’ is given by Malcolm J. Harrison in ‘Unravelling the Threads: A Guide to the Wilsons of Stenson in the County of Derbyshire 1664 to 1880’, 2008, p. 78-87. Original vellum boards with functional re-backing.

Erasmus [Desiderius].Exomologesis Sive Modus consitendi, per Erasmum Roterodamu, opus nunc primum & natum & excusum ….Basil: Joannem Frob[en], 1524, small octavo, register A-J8;idem, Precaution Dominica in Septem portions distribute per D. Erasmum Roterdamum.Title with Froben’s device but no imprint, register a-b8, c3, illustrated with woodcuts; idem, Enchiridion Militis Christiani saluberrimis praeceptis refertum, autore D Erasmo Roeterodamo …Antwerp: Michaelem Hillenium, 1523, register a-g8, h4, j-n8. J7 torn into text (without loss);idem, Des Erasmo Rotterdam de Contemptu mu di Epistola, conscriptit in graham ac note Theodorici Harlem Canonia ordains Diui Augustini.Antwerp: Michaelem Hilleniu Hoochstratanum, 1523, register A-D8, single wormhole at edge of text;idem, Andre Verendum in Christo P. & illustre principe Christophorum épiscope Basiliesem, epistola apologetica Erasmi Roterodami …Colonia: H. Alo, 1522, register, A-C8, single wormhole inside text.Five works bound as one, the last three with woodcut borders to title pages, some faint early annotation and underlining, early annotation to fly leaf and pastedown, vellum free endpapers from earlier manuscript work with coloured capitals, early blind-stamped binding, well worn with loss to back-strip, some cords detached from boards, lacking clasps.

A Late Medieval Prayer Book.A small illuminated manuscript prayerbook of long prayers, the latin script believed to be in bastard hand.Black ink on vellum with red and blue initials and a small amount of red ink letter heightening, sixteen lines to the page, double sided on seventy-two leaves (one line to final leaf) measuring 100mm x 75mm. 1r and 29v each with large gilt and colour capital and foliate marginal decoration to margins, elaborate red and blue capital to 5v and 57r, large colour capital to 61v, prayers marked by small copper fore-edge tabs, leaf stub between leaves 8 and 9, final prayer (leaves 71-72) written in later hand.An ink inscription to the front pastedown identifies the book as 14th century The archivist Christopher Whittick, who examined the book in the 1980’s, thought it more likely to be 15th century and of European, possibly Dutch origin.Gilt armorial to front pastedown (fox rampant under three stars), paper label of George Dunn of Woolley Hall to rear pastedown. Dunn’s pencil price code to front blank. Bound in original or early velvet covered wooden boards (rubbed, wear to spine), possibly made to be carried around in a ladies handbag. [‘The Valuable & Extensive Library formed by George Dunn, Esq. (deceased), Woolley Hall, Near Maidenhead …’, was sold by Sotheby’s in three sales from 1913 to 1915]

Potter (Beatrix).A small collection of ephemera relating to Beatrix Potter, comprising;Three photographs of Beatrix Potter in her garden at Sawrey (c.1938) (85mm x 136mm, postcard printing on reverse), each accompanied by the negative and a smaller photograph of the same (45mm x 68mm) with manuscript description on rear, each in card presentation folder. A fourth photograph (also in the garden with friends) is present in the smaller format with negative.A three page Autograph Letter Signed, from [Capt.] H.G. Griffin of Grasmere to Mrs Heelis (Beatrix Potter), dated August 20, 1936. The letter follows their meeting a few days prior at which they had discussed the possibility of Mrs Heelis leaving her property to the National Trust. Griffin clarifies the conditions upon which the Trust could accept a property and also the requirements for the waiving of death duties. The letter ends with arrangements for visiting Mrs Heelis. Notwithstanding the subject, the tone of the letter suggests that they were friends.Typed Letter Signed from The Times, dated 29th December 1943, thanking Capt. Griffin for loan of the photographs and returning the same. Five press cuttings including ‘An Appreciation’ which uses one of the photographs.[Provenance: sold at 1818 Auctions (lot 496, 3 June 2019) by a Cumbrian family who knew Beatrix Potter]

The Wounded of St. Mary’s War Hospital, Reigate.An interesting collection of manuscript memoirs written by the wounded of WWI, 1915-16.Freda Meryon Chance, a V.A.D. at St. Mary’s Red Cross Hospital, encouraged patients in her care to write accounts of their personal experiences in her notebook. There are 32 contributions from soldiers drawn from a wide range of regiments. Several accounts give details of action at the front and the circumstances which gave rise to their injuries. A number of soldiers contributed drawings, one a photograph. Well worn leather binding, lacking back-strip, upper board detached.

Australia. An interesting collection of 19th century photographs recording a visit to Queensland. Images include views of Brisbane, the Brisbane and Tweed rivers, bridges, flooding, topography, railways, gardens, Glass House Mountain, Toowoomba and Hamleigh, followed by photographs recording the voyage home including Sri Lanka, Aden, the Suez Canal and Malta. Late 19th century, 114 photographs of Australia (112 mounted in folio album, one loose and badly creased, one cabinet card), five images of Sri Lanka, nine of the Middle East and five of Malta. Various image sizes: 18cm x 23cm, 14.8cm x 19.8cm, 14.6cm x 21cm, 9.8cm x 14.6cm, etc., manuscript title under the majority. Some dust marking and foxing of album leaves, all edges gilt, worn half leather binding.

Manuscript Indentures. Two seventeenth century manuscript indentures: 1) A contract between yeomen in the County of Westmorland, dated 1622, ink on vellum, 27 lines, on the reverse are further notes dated 1622 (incised) and an indenture dated 1624, various signatures, sheet approx 22cm x 48cm, framed, glazed front and rear; 2) An indenture dated 1620, believed to be Westmorland related, signed, ink on vellum, 25 lines, approx 26cm x 55cm, laid down on card, framed (glazing removed). (2)We have been kindly advised that the items are 'Deeds Poll, hence the straight tops. They are Bargains and Sales with Livery of Seisin and some form of quitclaim. They seem to refer to premises at Robridding in Kaber which was in Kirkby Stephen Parish'.

WWII Eastern Front.‘SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division-4, Luga 1941-2’An interesting collection of monochrome photographs compiled by a German soldier on the Eastern Front in 1941-1942, mounted in a quarto album interspersed with hand-drawn and coloured maps of the Luga area. The compiler is believed to be Hauptsturmfuhrer Rieskogel, who appears in SS dress uniform with Iron Cross and General Assault Badge, etc. as the first photograph in the album. Also present is a small photograph, taken in Heidelberg, of the same person as a youth. Approximately ten maps and 116 photographs, various sizes including 60mm x 90mm, 100mm x 77mm, 84mm x 114mm, 118mm x 170mm, 175mm x 128mm, etc., Subjects include scenes of the army in convoy and in camp, tanks, military burials and graves, derelict and bomb-torn buildings and towns (including Lubeck and Hamburg), battle scenes, soldiers receiving medical attention, etc. Manuscript note to pastedown: ’F. Tunnicliffe, photographs picked up on advance from over the Rhine to the Elba’.[Heavy fighting at Luga delayed the German advance on Leningrad, German occupation lasted from August 1941 to February 1944].

Bronte (Rev. Patrick).Autograph Letter Signed, informing a Mr Hartley of Skipton that ‘No Couples can be married in my Church except one of the parties at least, resides in the Chapelry of Haworth’.Haworth, May 27th, 1858, ink manuscript on single side of folded paper, blindstamp to top corner.

Masham - West Tanfield - Kirkby Malzeard. ‘Views Taken 1810 in Yorkshire’, twenty-seven pencil sketches of North Yorkshire scenes, including Tanfield Church, Cottages at Mickley, Mowbray Tower, Richmond Bridge, Tanfield Mill, Hackfall Woods, Sir J. W. White’s Smelting Mills, etc., Page size 128mm x 208mm, first image with some hand-colouring, manuscript contents list to pastedowns, original worn morocco boards with brass clasp; Gowland Tom S., ’Early References to Places in the Manor and Parish of Kirkby Mallard and Masham’. Manuscript records compiled by Tom S. Gowland with tipped-in hand drawn folding maps, notes etc. and mounted hand-coloured armorials, dated 1931, nearly 200 pages, worn hardback album; With an exercise book containing manuscript entries relating to North Yorkshire and Cumbria (nine pages) (3).

Browning Sr. (Robert) [1782-1866]. Original Artwork. Thirteen original 'grotesque style' portraits.Pencil caricatures on Whatman watermarked paper (dated 1834), double sided on seven sheets, 220mm x 138mm, manuscript comment below each, e.g. ‘ Well - I’m sorry I did not see this Comet - but it’s coming again in about 70 or 80 years time - Now I’ll keep a sharp look out after that’, foxing.

Paris - London Book Trade History.A collection of twelve nineteenth-century letters sent from Paris to George Brettingham Sowerby of Regent Street. The letters were written by various authors, including three from G. Dufour et Ed’Ocagne and six from F. G. Levrault (three headed Imprimerie-Librairie Militaire or Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles). The correspondence relates to orders, transactions between booksellers and their clients, payments, refunds, etc.Ink manuscript on paper, dated 1824 to 1827, length varying between 1 and 3 pages, ten written in French, two written in English. Folded, addressed to G.B. Sowerby at 156 Regent Street, with various postal marks. One letter forwards a thirteenth letter (third party) regarding non payment.[George Brettingham Sowerby (1788-1854), son of the naturalist James Sowerby, was a naturalist, conchologist, author, illustrator, publisher, bookseller, and dealer in shells and other natural history objects]. (13)

HMS Malabar. Montagu (Capt. Sir W.A.), An interesting manuscript copy book, commencing with an instruction that 'I expect the Mates, Midshipmen, Volunteers and Master's Assistants to be perfect in their Equipment, and that at all times they dress in strict accordance with the Regulations of the Service. As the Malabar is about to proceed .....'. Capt. Montagu's letters then commence on the 25th July 1834 with a request to Admiral Sir William Hargood for a detachment of Marines to be sent to the ship. The final letter is dated 5th January 1838. An interesting record of command in the Royal Navy at that time, worthy of further research. Ink manuscript on paper, 300 pages, page size 31cm x 20cm, watermarked Edward Smith 1831, generally several letters per page, marbled endpapers, original reversed calf binding with ship and captain's names to upper board (spine well worn). Orders, 'H.M.S. Malabars Order Book'. A manuscript record of orders received, dating from 1832 to 1837, many from the Vice-Admiral. Ink manuscript on paper, various hands, approx 250 folio pages, page size 34.5 cm x 20cm, worn with several closed tears, bound in ?original canvas covers with button fastenings, title to one side. Plan of HMS Thunderer's Main Yard loosely inserted. HMS Malabar, a 74 gun Repulse-class ship of the line of the Royal Navy, was launched in 1818 at Bombay Dockyard. Sir William Augustus Montagu was Captain from the 25th July 1834 until ordered home at the end of 1837. (Wikipedia)

Bowlker (Charles). The Art of Angling, Greatly Enlarged and Improved; Containing Directions for Fly-Fishing, Trolling, Bottom Fishing, Making Artificial Flies, &c. Ludlow: Richard Jones, 1833, [6], 154 pages, hand-coloured frontis, the fly section of the book interleaved with blanks to which specimens of trout flies, tied to gut, have been inserted. Twenty-one of the original flies present (of 30+) with several duplicates and later additions. Lengthy 19th century manuscript notes have been added to several blanks and adjacent printed pages. In the species section, the French names of the fish have been added in manuscript. 1873 gift inscription to front free fly leaf. Public library label to front pastedown, no other ex-library evidence found. Original wallet style roan binding (well worn, lacking spine and fore-edge part of flap).

THREE FRAMED ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS, 19TH/20TH CENTURY, to include: Two Quran pages in Naskh script with burnished gold leaf background, one page with a scrolling floral crest, green mount window 16.5 x 12.5 cm; Naskh manuscript in three sections, with gold leaf background and floral decorations in polychrome pigments within an orange and blue painted border, 36.6 x 17.8 cm; Figure sitting in tashahud position in salah, the calligraphy reads: 'I testify that there is no god other than Allah, and I testify that Muhammad is Allah's messenger' printed in black ink surrounded by a marbled paper and gold painted border, 23 x 17.5 cm all glazed (3)

BURMESE BUDDHIST MANUSCRIPT, inscribed on palm leaf, originally a page within a prayer book, circa 19th century, mounted on silk behind glass in a gilt frame, frame dimensions 22.6 x 40.9 cm

The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker (A/F), missing frontispiece, a 19th c. hand written manuscript book of historical interest in British architecture, and two other antiquarian books

An illuminated manuscript page of Latin text, 20 lines, framed, page approximately 24 cm x 17 cm. [W]

Das Graduale von St. Katharinenthal um 1312. Mit 314 farbigen Bll. mit 71 teils mit Blattgold gehöhten Miniaturen und 13 ornamentalen Initialen. Luzern, Faksimile-Verlag, 1983. 2 Bde. Vollständiges Faksimile mit Original Randbeschnitt und Kommentar. 314 Bll. u. 347 S. 4° u. Folio. HLdr. und handgebundener Original Leder auf 3 echten Bünden mit 2 Ldr.-Schließen, Eisenbeschlägen u. Mittelrosette. Eines von 1000 nummerierten Exemplaren. Schönes und prachtvolles Exemplar der Prachthandschrifft , eines der bedeutendsten gotischen Kunstwerke der Schweiz, entstanden im Kloster St. Katharinenthal bei Diessenhofen. Die Notationen aufwendig in der Littera textualis verfasst. Auf ein Blatt mit kalendarischen Angaben folgen 626 Seiten mit den lateinischen Gesängen nach dem Ritus des Dominikanerordens. Die Miniaturen des Graduale sind insgesamt bedeutende Leistungen gotischer Kunst. Hand-bound original leather on 3 real frets with 2 clasps, iron mountings and central rosette with 314 coloured folios with 71 miniatures, some heightened with gold leaf, and 13 ornamental initials. One of 1000 numbered copies. Beautiful and splendid copy of the magnificent manuscript, one of the most important Gothic works of art in Switzerland, created in the monastery of St. Katharinenthal near Diessenhofen. The notations are elaborately written in littera textualis. A page with calendar information is followed by 626 pages with the Latin chants according to the rite of the Dominican Order. The miniatures of the Graduale are altogether significant achievements of Gothic art.

Musterbuch - Metallwaren - - Samples (Deckeltitel). Musterbuch mit 24 Metallmustern. Wahrscheinlich England, um 1900. 5 Bll. 8°. Lwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. DTitel (etwas fleckig und berieben). Enthält ein Inhaltsverzeichnis mit hs. Angaben sowie 4 Blätter auf denen recto und verso jeweils drei gewebte Metallmuster angeheftet sind. Dieses ebenfalls mit hs. Angaben versehen. Enthält vor allem Messing- und Kupfermuster. - Bll. teils etwas fleckig und mit kl. Randläsuren. Gut erhalten. Metalware - Samples (cover title). Sample book with 24 metal samples. Probably England, c. 1900. Cont. cloth with gilt title on cover (somewhat stained and rubbed). - Contains a table of contents with manuscript notes, as well as 4 leaves with three mesh metal patterns pinned to recto and verso, also with handwritten information. Contains mainly brass and copper samples. - Leaves partly somewhat stained and with small marginal defects. Well preserved.

MK (Maximilian Karl) Neudold. Die Jadeflöte. Kalligraphische Handschrift in roter und schwarzer Tinte auf festem Bütten mit 6 Liedern u. gezeichneter Titelvignette sowie 4 Aquarellzeichnungen. Frankfurt am Main, Eigenverlag, 1945. 17 nn. Bll. Blattgröße 23 x 13,5 cm. Gr. 8°. Schriftspiegel je ca. 7 x 8 cm. Blockbuchbindung mit DTitel und dekorativ bezogenen Deckeln (leicht bestoßen, oberes Kapital mit kl. Fehlstelle). Vom MK Neudold signiert, gestempelt und mit Opuszahl (329) versehen. - Der Kalligraph Neudold ist der Offenbacher Schule unter Rudolf Koch zuzuordnen. - Die Nachdichtungen vermutlich aus: Hans Böhm, Lieder aus China. Nachdichtungen chinesischer Lyrik, München, Callwey 1929. - Tls. unbeschnittenes Exemplar, wenige Bll. etw. fleckig. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. Calligraphic manuscript in red and black ink on strong laid paper with 6 songs and drawn title vignette as well as 4 watercolour drawings. Block book binding with cover title and decoratively lined covers (slightly bumped, upper capital with small defect). - Signed and stamped by MK Neudold and inscribed with "opus 329" - The calligrapher Neudold belongs to the Offenbach School taught by Rudolf Koch. - The re-poems presumably from: Hans Böhm, Lieder aus China. Nachdichtungen chinesischer Lyrik, Munich, Callwey 1929. - Partly untrimmed copy, a few leaves somewhat stained. Altogether very well preserved.

Numismatik - - Sammlung von Gold- und Silbermünzen (RTitel). Manuskript-Katalog einer Münzsammlung mit nahezu 600 goldenen und silbernen Prägedrucken. 2 Bde. Deutschland, um 1820. Gr.-8°. Marmorierte Pp.-Bde. d. Zt. (etwas berieben) in HLdr.-Kassette im Stil d. Zt. mit goldgepr. RTitel. Der anonyme Sammler ließ seine Exponate in ihrer ursprünglichen dreidimensionalen Form reproduzieren. Anstelle üblicher Verfahren der Reproduktion wie beispielsweise Abreibung, Nachzeichnung oder Illustration durch Kupferstich oder Lithographie wurde hier eine Prägemethode angewandt, die dem ursprünglichen Prägeprozess der Münzen ähnelt. - Enthält: - Band I: Silbermünzen. Mit 175 nummerierten, in silberne Messingfolie geprägten Münzabdrücken, die Vorder- und Rückseite der Münzen in 350 geprägten Exemplaren zeigen. Montiert auf 31 nn. Bll. Je mit hs. Betiteltung. - Band II: Goldmünzen. Mit 134 nummerierten, in Goldmessingfolie geprägten, montierten Münzabdrücken (recte 115 Münzproben, Nummerierung nicht fortlaufend), die Vorder- und Rückseite der Münzen in 227 (3 fehlend) geprägten Exemplaren zeigen. Montiert auf 21 nn. Bll.- Durchgehend stockfleckig. Goldmünzenband mit einigen lose eingelegten und 3 fehlenden Exemplaren. Bemerkenswerter und unikatärer Katalog einer interessanten numismatischen Sammlung, in insgesamt sehr gutem Zustand. Numismatics - Manuscript catalogue of a coin collection with nearly 600 gold and silver specimens. 2 vols. Germany, c. 1820. Marbled cont. paperbacks (somewhat rubbed) in half leather cassettes in the style of the time with gilt spine title. - The anonymous collector had his exhibits reproduced in their original three-dimensional form. Instead of the usual methods of reproduction, such as rubbing, drawing or illustration by copper engraving or lithography, an embossing method was used here that resembles the original minting process of the coins. - Contains: - Volume I: Silver Coins. With 175 numbered coin impressions, embossed in silver brass foil, showing obverse and reverse of the coins in 350 specimens. Mounted on 31 unn. fol. Each with handwritten titling. - Volume II: Gold Coins. With 134 numbered mounted coin impressions (recte 115 coin specimens, numbering not consecutive) embossed in gold brass foil, showing obverse and reverse of coins in 227 (3 missing) specimens. Mounted on 21 unn. fol.- Foxing throughout. Gold coin volume with some loosely inserted and 3 missing specimens. Remarkable and unique catalogue of an interesting numismatic collection, in overall very good condition.

Wolfgang Musculus. Commentarii in evangelium Ioannis, in tres heptadas digesti, et iam ipsius authoris diligentia castigati, recogniti, aclocis, aliquot locupletati, per VVolfgangum Musculum Dusanum. Index et additius copisior quam antea. Mit Holzschnitt-Druckermarke auf Titel und am Schluss. Basel, Herwagen, 1564. 4 Bll., 359 S., 1 Bl., S. 361-652, 2 Bll., S. 653-766, 30 Bll. 4°. Reicher blindgepr. Schweinsldr. auf fünf Bünden über abgefasten Holzdeckeln mit Roll- und Plattenstempeln und zwei ganzfigurigen Darstellungen als Mittelstücke, datiert 1578 und monogrammiert. Zwei Schließen (eine restauriert) und späteres RSchild. (Berieben, beschabt und bestoßen sowie etwas wurmstichig und fleckig). Selten. - VD16 M 7277. - Adams M2026. - WVZ Romane-Musculus, 10. - Musculus (1497-1563) war ein aus Lothringen stammender benediktinischer Mönch und reformierter Theologe. "M.s Kommentare erlebten wie die "Loci" zahlreiche Auflagen... M.s Werke haben Generationen von reformierten Theologen mitgeprägt. Sein Psalmenkommentar fand Calvins Lob, seine exegetische Methode Richard Simons Anerkennung, während seine "Loci" zu einer wichtigen Quelle für Stephan Szegedins Dogmatik wurden... M. zählt zu den bedeutendsten Vertretern der zweiten Reformatorengeneration." (NDB 18, 628) - Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz mit hs. Annotationen (recto zeitgen., verso 19. Jh.). Anfangs leicht wurmstichig mit minimalem Buchstabenverlust. Papierbedingt etwas gebräunt und fleckig. Einige sehr wenige Marginalien und Unterstreichungen. Insgesamt wohlerhalten. With woodcut printer's mark on title and at the end. Rich blindstamped pigskin on five bands over chamfered wooden boards with scroll and plate stamps and two full figure depictions as centrepieces, dated 1578 and monogrammed. Two clasps (one restored) and later spine label. (Rubbed, scuffed and bumped as well as somewhat worm-eaten and stained). - Rare. - Musculus (1497-1563) was a Benedictine monk and Reformed theologian from Lorraine. - Front flyleaf with annotations in manuscript (recto contemporary, verso 19th century). At the beginning slightly worm-holed with minimal loss of letters. Paper somewhat browned and spotted. Some very few marginalia and underlining. In good condition.

Japan - - (Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau). Ainos in ihrer Siedlung am Kap Soya in Hokkaido. Aquarellierte Tuschezeichnung. Um 1804. Format ca. 19,5 x 23,5 cm. Auf Papier aufgezogen u. unter Passepartout montiert. Unterhalb mit hs. Vermerk "Hier ohnweit der Erdzunge Soya auf Matsmai in der Romanzows bucht an ... wohnungen der Ainos fand ich Pothos cancellatum K. grande (Sumpfgras) im Sumpfe am Busche". - Tilesius (1769-1857) war Naturforscher, Kupferstecher und Zeichner sowie Kaiserlicher Hofrat in Sankt Petersburg. 1803-1806 nahm er als Schiffsarzt, Meereszoologe und Expeditionszeichner an der ersten russischen Weltumsegelung unter Adam Johann von Krusenstern teil. Mehrere Tier-, Fisch- u. Pflanzenarten wurden erstmals durch ihn beschrieben. - Blattränder tls. etw. schief beschnitten, kl. Quetschfalte. Ainos in their settlement at Cape Soya in Hokkaido. Watercolour ink drawing. Around 1804. Mounted on paper and under passepartout. - Below with inscription in manuscript "Here near the tongue of earth Soya on Matsmai in the Romanzows bay at ... dwellings of the Ainos I found Pothos cancellatum K. grande (marsh grass) in the marsh at the bush" (trans.). - Tilesius (1769-1857) was a naturalist, engraver and draughtsman, as well as Imperial Court Councillor in St Petersburg. From 1803 to 1806 he participated in the first Russian circumnavigation of the world under Adam Johann von Krusenstern as ship's doctor, marine zoologist and expedition draughtsman. Several species of animals, fish and plants were described by him for the first time. - Margins partly trimmed a little crooked, small crease.

Der Lorscher Rotulus. Faksimile der Handschrift Ms. Barth. 179 der Stadt- und Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main. 2 Bde. (Faks. u. Komm.). Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1994 bzw. 2004. Rolle mit zwei Holzstäben in OLwd.-Kassette mit goldgepr. Titelschild und OLwd. Codices Selecti IC. - Eines von 980 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Faksimile der einzigen erhaltenen liturgischen Buchrolle aus karolingischer Zeit. Mit prachtvollem, polychromen Flechtwerkornament. - Dabei: Das Lorscher Arzneibuch. Faksimile der Handschrift Msc. Med. 1 der Staatsbibliothek Bamberg. 2 Bde. (Faks. u. Komm.). Stuttgart, Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1989. 4°. Rote OLwd. mit goldgepr. Rücken- und Deckeltitel in OLwd.-Schuber. Facsimile of the manuscript Ms. Barth. 179 of the City and University Library, Frankfurt am Main. 2 vols. (Facs. and Comm.). Roll with two wooden bars in orig. cloth cassette with gold-stamped title label and orig. cloth. - One of 980 numbered copies. - Facsimile of the only surviving liturgical scroll from the Carolingian period. With splendid polychrome woven ornamentation. - Added: see above.

Ein Astro-medizinischer Kalender. Faksimile der Handschrift Ms. 7141 der Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Straßburg. 2 Bde., Faks. u. Komm. Mit zahlr. farb. u. goldgeh. Miniaturen. Luzern, Quaternio, 2020. 12 Bll. (Faks.) u. 140 S. (Komm.). 8°. Pgt. mit goldgepr. DVignette und Fileten und OLwd. mit goldgepr. Titel, zusammen in OLwd.-Kassette mit goldgepr. DVignette. Eines von 680 nummerierten Exemplaren (GA 740). - Der um 1460 entstandene Jahreskalender ist zugleich ein medizinischer wie astrologischer Führer und ein Almanach. Jedem Monat ist eine opulent gestaltete Doppelseite gewidmet. - Tadellos. Facsimile of the manuscript Ms. 7141 of the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire, Strasbourg. 2 vols., facs. and comm. With numerous coloured and gilded miniatures. Vellum with gilt cover vignette and fillets and cloth with gilt title, together in cloth box with gilt cover vignette. - One of 680 numbered copies (total ed. 740). - This annual calendar from around 1460 is a medical and astrological guide as well as an almanac. An opulently designed double page is dedicated to each month. - Impeccable.

Inkunabeln - Biblia Latina - - Sebastian Brant (Hrsg.). Tertia pars huius operis in se continens glosam ordinariam cum expositione lyre litterali et morali: necnon additionibus acreplicis: Job / Psalterium / Proverbiorum / Ecclesiasten / Canticacanticorum / Sapientie / Ecclesiasticum. 3. Teil (von 6). Basel, Johann Froben und Johann Petri, 1498. 440 Bll. Zweispaltiger Druck, 56 bzw. 78 Zeilen. Folio. Kalbsleder d. Zt. über Holzdeckeln mit floral-ornamentalen Blindprägungen und dreifachen Streicheisenleisten auf vier echten Doppelbünden. Beide Deckel mit erhabenen, geschmückten Metallbeschlägen, vier von sechs erhabenen, beschriftet-verzierten Metall-Eckbeschlägen (beide Eckbeschläge am oberen Rücken nicht vorhanden, von den Schließen nur die Haften erhalten, Einband etwas wurmstichig sowie berieben und leicht beschabt). Provenienzexemplar aus der Bibliothek des Klosters Admont/Steiermark. Mit handschriftlichen Einträgen am Titel und am letzten Blatt verso des Paters 'Bartholomeus', datiert "Anno 1500" mit mehrfacher Erwähnung des Klosters Admont. Mit größter Wahrscheinlichkeit handelt es sich dabei um Pater Bartholomäus Hochmuet, der als Mitbruder im Kloster Admont zwischen 1500-1516 nachgewiesen ist. Für den Einband s. Einbanddatenbank der Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Werkstatt w002196 (Kloster Admont). - Die ersten Lagen teils mit großen, rot eingemalten Initialen. Fliegende Vorsätze aus einer rubrizierten Pergamenthandschrift gefertigt. Beide Spiegel mit zeitgen. hs. und rubrizierten Indizes. - GW 4284. BSB-Ink B-480. ISTC ib00609000. Hain-Copinger 3172. Goff, B609. Kaufmann-Nabholz II, 874. Pell-Pol 2351. BMC III, 791. - Hier vorliegend Band III der sechsbändigen, von Sebastian Brant (1458-1521) herausgegebenen und reich kommentierten Bibelausgabe. Mit Glossen des Walafridus Strabo (Reichenau, Abt 808-849) u.a. und Interlinearglosse des Anselmus Laudunensis (1050-1117) sowie mit Postilla des Nicolaus de Lyra (1270-1349), Expositio des Guillelmus Brito in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi, Paulus Burgensis (1352-1435) und Matthias Doering (1390-1469). - Erste Lage etwas gelockert. Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt. Vereinzelt etwas fleckig. Sehr vereinzelt einige wenige zeitgen. Marginalien. Letzte Bll. im äußersten weißen Rand mit kleinem Wurmgang und etwas wasserrandig. Letztes Bl. stärker fleckig und mit Fehlstellen im weißen Rand. Insgesamt gutes und schön erhaltenes Exemplar in zeitgenössischem Einband. Incunabula - Biblia Latina - Vol. 3 (of 6). Contemporary leather over wooden covers with floral-ornamental blindstamped designs and triple string-iron bands on four real double bands. Both covers with raised, decorated metal mounts, four of six raised, inscribed metal corner mounts (both corner mounts on upper spine and clasps missing, binding somewhat worm-holed as well as rubbed and slightly scuffed). - Provenance copy from the library of Admont Monastery/Styria. With handwritten entries on the title and on the last leaf verso of the patron "Bartholomeus", dated "Anno 1500" with multiple mentions of Admont Monastery. In all probability, this is Father Bartholomäus Hochmuet, who is attested as a confrere at Admont Monastery between 1500-1516. For the binding see. binding database of the Berlin State Library, workshop w002196 (Admont Monastery). - The first quires partly with large initials painted in red. Flying endpapers made from a rubricated parchment manuscript. Paste-downs with contemporary handwritten and rubricated indices. - This is vol. III of the six-volume Bible edition edited and richly annotated by Sebastian Brant (1458-1521). With glosses by Walafridus Strabo (Reichenau, abbot 808-849) and others and interlinear glosses by Anselmus Laudunensis (1050-1117) as well as postilla by Nicolaus de Lyra (1270-1349), expositio by Guillelmus Brito in omnes prologos S. Hieronymi, Paulus Burgensis (1352-1435) and Matthias Doering (1390-1469). - First quire slightly loosened. Paper slightly browned. Sporadically a little bit stained. Very few contemporary marginalia. Last few leaves in outermost white margin with small wormholes and somewhat waterstained. Last leaf more strongly spotted and with missing parts in the white margin. Overall a good and beautifully preserved copy in contemporary binding.

Aesop. Fables D'Esope. Französisches Manuskript mit 18 Handzeichnungen. Spätes 18. / frühes 19. Jh. 20 Bll. Folio (41 x 26 cm). Moderne HLwd. mit Marmordeckeln und montiertem Deckelschild (etwas berieben). Mit Wasserzeichen (Löwe mit Schwert und Initialen C.D.L.). - Das außergewöhnliche Manuskript vereint 18 handgeschriebene Fabeln in fein leserlicher und geschwungener Schrift. Die lavierten Federzeichnungen, welche die Fabeln begleiten sind mit äußerster Sorgfalt ausgeführt und illustrieren das Werk wunderbar in ihrer minutiösen Darstellung der Tiere und Landschaften. Als Vorbild für das vorliegende Manuskript und die Zeichnungen schien eine von Sadeler illustrierte Ausgabe der Fabeln zu dienen, welche 1743 in Paris erschien: Les fables d'Ésope gravées par Sadeler, avec un discours préliminaire & les sens moraux en distiques. - Papierbedingt gebräunt. Im oberen Rand etwas gewellt. Vereinzelt etwas fleckig. Einige Bll. mit kleinem Wasserfleck. Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten. French manuscript with 18 hand drawings. Late 18th / early 19th c. Modern half cloth with marbled boards and mounted cover label (somewhat rubbed). - With watermark (lion with sword and initials C.D.L.). - This extraordinary manuscript combines 18 handwritten fables in finely legible and curved script. The pen-and-ink drawings accompanying the fables are executed with the utmost care and beautifully illustrate the work in their meticulous depiction of animals and landscapes. The model for the present manuscript and drawings seems to have been a French edition of the fables illustrated by Sadeler in 1743. - Paper browned. Somewhat wavy in the upper part. Sporadically somewhat spotted. A few leaves with a small water stain. Overall very well preserved.

Geologie - Bergbau - - Statuten der Actiengesellschaft des Emser Blei- & Silberwerks. (Bad Ems, 1871). 10 unpag. Bll (davon eines weiß). 34 x 21 cm. Fadenbindung mit DTitel (etw. braunfleckig und lichtrandig, mit geglätteter Mittelfalz). Photomechanische Reproduktion einer seltenen Handschrift. Für uns derzeit über den KVK kein Exemplar in öffentlichem Besitz nachweisbar. - Die Statuten im letzten Bl. datiert "in der Silberau bei Ems am zweiten October 1871". Vorstand zu dieser Zeit war Generalhüttendirektor Ernst Born (gestorben 1873). - Im Blattrand vereinzelt etw. knickspurig und minimal gebräunt. Insgesamt wohlerhalten. Geology - Mining - Thread binding with cover title (somewhat brown-stained and light-margined, with smoothed centrefold). - Photomechanical reproduction of a rare manuscript. At present no copy in public collections can be verified by us via the KVK. - The statutes are dated in the last sheet The director of the board at this time was Ernst Born (died 1871). - Margins sporadically creased and minimally browned. Overall in good condition.

Kitab al-fiqh - - Handbuch der sunnitisch-islamischen praktischen Rechtslehre. Arabisches Manuskript. 191 in roter und schwarzer Tinte beschriftete S. Blattmaße 33,5 x 22 cm. Schriftbild je ca. 23 x 12 cm, je mit angefügten Kommentaren und zwischen den Zeilen, das Bl. je nahezu füllend. Ca. 17. Jh. 4°. Ldr. d. Zt. mit blindgepr. Vignette auf beiden Deckeln, Fileten (etw. stärker knickspurig, beschabt, berieben u. bestoßen, mit fragmentarisch erhaltenen Schildchen auf den Deckeln, Rücken mit alter Reparatur aus mehrteiligem Lederbezug (diese etw. laienhaft)). Arabisches Manuskript mit Anweisungen für den Alltag, wie sie zahlreich von den Geistlichen (Hodschas, Mullahs, ...) während ihrer Studienzeit und danach mit sämtlichen sprachlichen und sachlichen Kommentaren am Rand und zwischen den Zeilen kopiert wurden. - Teils mit lose einliegenden Textfragmenten. Papierbedingt gebräunt, fleckig (tls. etw. stärker fleckig u. sporfleckig), im Blattrand etw. brüchig, wasserrandig (tls. etw. stärker betroffen, Bll. tls. etw. verklebt), Innengelenke angebrochen, Bll. tls. gelöst. Insgesamt noch gut erhalten. Manual of Sunni Islamic Practical Jurisprudence. Arabic manuscript. 191 pp. inscribed in red and black ink. Sheet dimensions 33.5 x 22 cm. Typeface each ca. 23 x 12 cm, each with added comments and between the lines, almost filling the sheet each. Ca. 17th century. Cont. leather binding with blindstamped vignette on both covers, fillets (somewhat more creased, scuffed, rubbed and bumped, with fragmentary preserved labels on the covers, spine with old repair of multi-part leather cover (this somewhat amateurish)). Arabic manuscript with instructions for everyday life, as copied in large numbers by the clergy (hodshas, mullahs, ...) during their study period and afterwards, with all linguistic and factual comments in the margins and between the lines. - Partly with inserted loose text fragments. Paper browned, stained (in places somewhat more stained and spotty), somewhat brittle in the margins, waterstained (partly somewhat more severely affected, sheets partly somewhat pasted together), inner joints broken, sheets partly detached. Altogether still in good condition.

John Locke. Epistola de tolerantia ad Clarissimum Virum T.A.R.P.T.O.L.A. Scripta à P.A.P.I.O.L.A. Gouda, apud Justum ab Hoeve, 1689. 12°. 96 S. Pp. d. 19. Jh. (etwas bestoßen und beschabt). Seltene erste Ausgabe von Locke's einflussreichem Werk, ein Plädoyer für religiöse Toleranz, in dem er seine Überzeugung zum Ausdruck bringt, dass Kirche und Staat unterschiedliche Funktionen erfüllen und daher in getrennten Institutionen angesiedelt sein sollten. - Harrison & Laslett 2941 - Attig 41 - PMM S. 308 - Lockes erstes separat erschienenes Werk, anonym erschienen. Ludwig XIV. hatte im Oktober das Edikt von Nantes widerrufen und damit die letzten Reste der Toleranz für die französischen Protestanten beseitigt. Die Epistola de tolerantia wurde nach Lockes Rückkehr aus Kleve etwa Anfang November geschrieben. Der "Limburgius", an den De tolerantia gerichtet ist, ist Philippus van Limburgch (1633-1712), der bekannte niederländische Denker und Korrespondent von Locke, der für die Veröffentlichung dieses Traktats verantwortlich war. Das Manuskript wurde an den Drucker geschickt, nachdem Locke im Februar 1689 (im Gefolge von Wilhelm III.) aus dem Exil nach England zurückgekehrt war. Die Veröffentlichung erfolgte Anfang Mai desselben Jahres, also mehr als drei Jahre nach der eigentlichen Abfassung und nur wenige Monate vor der Veröffentlichung einer englischen Übersetzung von William Popple. - 3 Werke beigebunden: 1. Vorgebunden: Thou, Jacques Auguste de (Thuanus, J.A.), Nec non aliorum ex ordine tam ecclesiastico quam politico virorum in Gallia eminentissimorum judicia ... O.O. u. Dr., 1686. 12°. 78 S. - Sehr selten, laut KVK nur in 3 Bibliotheken (nicht in Deutschland). - Nachgebunden: F.M.M., Otium hyemale vespertinum de comparanda fidei unione pontificiorum evangelicorum ac reformatorum. O.O. u. Dr., 1706. 12°. 69 S. - Sehr selten, laut KVK nur in 1 Bibliothek. - Nachgebunden: Nonnemo a nonnemine in causa Syncretismi insulse detecti et insulsius anecti confutatus. O.O. u. Dr., 1669. 12°. 46 S. - Sehr selten. Laut KVK nur in 1 Bibliothek. Rare first edition of Locke's influential work, a plea for religious toleration, in which he expresses his belief that church and state serve different functions and should therefore be located in separate institutions. - Harrison & Laslett 2941 - PMM p. 308 - Locke's first separately published work, published anonymously. Louis XIV had revoked the Edict of Nantes in October, removing the last vestiges of toleration for French Protestants. The Epistola de tolerantia was written after Locke's return from Cleves around the beginning of November. The "Limburgius" to whom De tolerantia is addressed is Philippus van Limburgch (1633-1712), the well-known Dutch thinker and correspondent of Locke, who was responsible for the publication of this treatise. The manuscript was sent to the printer after Locke returned to England from exile in February 1689 (in the wake of William III). It was published in early May of the same year, more than three years after it was actually written and only a few months before the publication of an English translation by William Popple. - Bound with 3 titles: 1. J.A. Thou, Nec non aliorum ex ordine tam ecclesiastico. 1686 - 2. anonymous: F.M.M. Otium hyemale vespertinum de comparanda fidei. 1706 - 3. anonymous: Nonnemo a nonnemine in causa Syncretismi. 1669 - All 3 titles very rare, only in a few libraries worldwide.

Der Goldene Münchner Psalter. Faksimile der Handschrift Clm 835 der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, München. 2 Bde., Faks. u. Komm. Mit 91 ganzseitigen Miniaturen auf Goldgrund. Luzern, Quaternio, 2011. 4°. OWildleder mit zwei Messingschließen (etwas kratzspurig) u. OLwd., zusammen in OLwd.-Kassette mit goldgepr. Titel auf Rücken und Deckel. Eines von 680 nummerierten Exemplaren (GA 740). - Der um 1200 vermutlich in Oxford hergestellte, überaus prachtvolle Psalter markiert stilistisch den Übergang von der Romantik zur Gotik. - Kommentarband originalverpackt. Sehr guter Zustand. Facsimile of the manuscript Clm 835 of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich. 2 vols., facs. and comm. With 91 full-page miniatures on gold ground. Original suede with two brass clasps (a little scratched) and orig. cloth, together in orig. cloth box with gilt title on spine and cover. - One of 680 numbered copies (total ed. 740). - The extremely splendid psalter, probably produced in Oxford around 1200, stylistically marks the transition from the Romantic to the Gothic period. - Commentary volume in original wrapping. Very good condition.

Miró, Joan - - François Chapon. Francis Ponge. Manuscrits, livres, peintures. Austellungskatalog mit einer ganzseitigen Original-Farblithographie von Miró. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1977. 83 S. 4°. OBroschur. Cramer VI, 1110. - Nicht nummeriertes Exemplar außerhalb der nummerierten Auflage von 125. - Katalog der Francis Ponge gewidmeten Ausstellung, die in der Bibliothèque Publique d'Information, Centre Georges Pompidou, vom 25. Februar bis 4. April 1977 gehalten wurde. Zusammengestellt von François Chapon, mit Manuskript-Seiten in Faksimile von Francis Ponge. - Die Farblithographie mit unscheinbarem Abklatsch. Im oberen Rand mit minimaler Knickspur. Ränder zart gebräunt. Gutes Exemplar, die Lithographie farbsatt. Exhibition catalogue with a full-page original colour lithograph by Miró. Orig. wrappers. - Unnumbered copy outside the numbered edition of 125. - Catalogue of the exhibition dedicated to Francis Ponge, held at the Bibliothèque Publique d'Information, Centre Georges Pompidou, from 25 February to 4 April 1977. Compiled by François Chapon, with manuscript pages in facsimile by Francis Ponge. - The colour lithograph with inconspicuous offset. In upper margin with minimal crease. Margins delicately browned. Good copy, the lithograph rich in colour.

Gaston Phoebus. Le livre de la chasse. Fac-similé manuscrit francais 616 de la Bibliotheque nationale Paris. Mit 87 großformatigen Miniaturen. Vollfaksimile u. Kommentar von Marcel Thomas u.a. 2 Bde. Paris Club du Livre/Graz, Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt (ADEVA), 1976. 138 Bll. u. 79 S. 2°. OWildleder (Faks.) u. OLwd. Nummeriertes Exemplar. - Die Schrift des Gaston Phoebus ist einerseits aufgrund ihrer künstlerisch anspruchsvollen Ausstattung für die Geschichte der Buchmalerei von großer Bedeutung. Die Figuren, Tiere und der reichhaltige Buchschmuck wurden auf der Höhe der Zeit mit höchster Präzision in einer Pariser Werkstatt entworfen und gestaltet und sind hier eindrucksvoll wiedergegeben worden. Andererseits gilt das Traktat aber auch als eine unschätzbare Quelle zur Kulturgeschichte der Jagd im späten Mittelalter. Phoebus entfaltet hier neben historischen Notizen vor allem auch seine eigenen Erfahrungen und konkrete Praktiken, sodass es nicht verwunderlich erscheint, dass dem Werk eine breite Resonanz beschieden war. - Gutes Exemplar. 2 vols. (facsimile and commentary). Commentary in French. With 87 large-sized miniatures. - Original buckskin (Fac.) and ocloth. - Important illuminated manuscript which covers with its ambitious artistic interior the history and the practice of hunting in the 15th. Century. An invaluable source, which enjoyed broad attention. - Fine copies.

Sachsen-Anhalt - Bergbau - - Kurze Bemerkungen einer Reise über einen Theil der Harz-Gebürge und den Brocken mit 5 (aquarellierten, 2 gefalt.) Tusch-Zeichnungen. Von H.H.C.A.V. 1797. Deutsche Handschrift auf Bütten. 32 beschr. Bl. Kl.-8°. HLdr. d. Zt. (berieben u. bestoßen, Kopfkapital mit kl. Fehlstelle). Die jeweils hs. bezeichneten Zeichnungen (ca. 4,8 x 8 bis 10 x 28 cm) zeigen: Ilsestein, das Puchwerk "Franckenschall bey Clausthal", der Brocken vom Ilsenstein anzusehen, der Gipfel des Brockens, "Monumentum" ("Genio Leibnitzii") - Mit Abschnitten zu: Einbeck, Aldershausen, "Franckenschall", "Clausthal und Zellerfeld, nebst denen dabey befindlichen Gruben und sonstigen Gewercken", Altenau, Ilsenburg, Beschreibung des Brockens und Beschreibung desselben, Celle, Hannover. - Mit Wappen-Exlibris "Bücherei von Otto Licht Magdeburg-Sudenburg" auf dem Innendeckel sowie dessen Stempel auf dem Titelblatt. - Tls. leicht stock- u. fingerfleckig, insg. wohlerhalten. Saxony-Anhalt - Mining - Short notes of a journey over a part of the Harz Mountains and the Brocken. With 5 watercolour (2 folded) ink drawings. German manuscript on handmade paper. Contemp. half leather (rubbed and bumped, head capital with small missing part). - - With coat-of-arms bookplate "Bücherei von Otto Licht Magdeburg-Sudenburg" on the inside cover and its stamp on the title page. - Some slight foxing and finger spotting, overall condition.

Jenaer Martyrologium. Faksimile der Handschrift Ms. Bos. q.3 der Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Jena. 2 Bde., Faks. u. Komm. Mit zahlr. golgeh. Miniaturen. Stuttgart, Belser, 2021. 4°. Blindgeprägtes OLdr. mit zwei Messingschließen und OKt. mit goldgpr. DTitel, zusammen in goldgepr. OLwd.-Kassette. Eines von 999 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Mit dem Kommentar von Tobias Ertel. - "Das um 1275 entstandene, von einem unbekannten Auftraggeber initiierte, aufgrund der Schreibsprache nach Thüringen zu lokalisierende Jenaer Martyrologium gilt als das älteste deutschsprachige Martyrologium. Es ist nur in Ms. Bos. q. 3 überliefert und handelt sich um die Abschrift einer deutschen Vorlage, die nicht vor 1220/30 entstanden sein kann und vermutlich um die Mitte des 13. Jahrhunderts anzusetzen ist." (Katalog Uni Jena) - Frisches Exemplar. Facsimile of the manuscript Ms. Bos. q.3 of the Thuringian University and State Library, Jena. 2 vols., facs. and comm. With numerous gilt miniatures. Blind-tooled orig. leather with two brass clasps and orig. hardcover with gilt cover title, together in orig. cloth cassette with gilt title and decoration. - One of 999 numbered copies. - Fresh copy.

Geologie - - Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire. Passage du Mont Saint-Gothard. Poème par Madame la Duchesse de Devonshire. Traduit de l'Anglais par M. l'Abbé de Lille, un de quarante de l'Académie Française. Mit 20 lithographierten Tafeln. Moulin script. (Paris), Imprimerie Lithographique de C. de Lasteyrie, rue du Bac no. 58, (um 1817). 2 Bll., V, 1 Bl., 44 lithogr. S. 4°. Braunes Kalbsldr. d . Zt. auf vier Bünden, mit goldgeprägtem RSchild und ornamentaler RVergoldung. Deckel mit blindgepr. ornamentaler Bordüre (Ecken stark bestoßen, berieben und leicht beschabt, Rücken fachm. restauriert). Warren, Alpine Bibliographical Curiosity. In: Alpine Journal vol. 89, S. 141-144. Dobell, 43. Twyman, 1.196 u. S. 167-173. Wäber II, 104. Nicht bei Perret. - Textteil in 44 lithographierten Seiten von Lasteyrie nach Moulin, Tafeln von Deshayes und A. Regnault, davon 19 nach Gemälden von Lady Elisabeth Foster und eine nach einem Gemälde von Lady Bessborough, sowie eine lithographierte Faksimile-Tafel eines handschriftlichen Gedichts von Georgiana Cavendish. - Erste illustrierte Ausgabe, durchgehend lithographiert, erschienen in etwa 50 Exemplaren. Einige Exemplare beinhalten ein zusätzliches, gestochenes Porträt, welches später hinzugefügt wurde. Titel, Text und Anmerkungen in französischer und englischer Sprache basierend auf einer Reise durch die Schweiz im Jahr 1793 in Begleitung von der beiden Künstlerinnen Lady Elizabeth Foster und Lady Bessborough. - "The fascination of the publication today lies partly in the well-documented connection between the poet and its leading illustrator, Lady Foster. After an unhappy marriage to John Foster, an Irish politician, Lady Elizabeth Foster was befriended by Georgiana Spencer The duchess supported her financially and even provided her with a home at Devonshire House, thus creating one of the most celebrated ménage-a-trois of the period. Lady Foster became the Duke's mistress and bore two children by him, but throughout all this Elizabeth and Georgiana remained the closest friends. Georgiana died in 1806 whereupon, after a respectable interval of three years, Elizabeth became the new duchess of Devonshire. Elizabeth died in 1824, and we may perhaps see the production of the lithographed edition of the "Passage du Mont Saint-Gothard" as one of the final manifestations of their remarkable friendship." (Twyman) - Durchgehend stockfleckig. Eine Tafel mit restauriertem Einriss. Breitrandiges Exemplar des seltenen Werks. Geology - With 20 lithographed plates. Cont. brown calf over four raised bands, gilt stamped black morocco label and gilt dec. on spine. Cover with blind roll-tooled ornamental frame (corners heavily bumped, spine professionally restored, covers with a few scratches). - 44 lithographed pages by Lasteyrie after Moulin, 20 chalk lithographed plates by Deshayes and A.Regnault of which 19 are after paintings by Lady Elisabeth Foster, and one after a painting by Lady Bessborough, plus a lithographed fascimile plate of a manuscript poem by Georgiana Cavendish. - First illustrated edition, lithographed throughout in approximately 50 copies. There a few copies with an additional engraved portrait, which was added later. Titles, text and notes in French and English, written by Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire and based on a trip through Switzerland in 1793 accompanied by the two artists Lady Elizabeth Foster and Lady Bessborough. - Foxing throughout. One plate with restored tear. Wide-margined copy of the rare work.

H.M. Ahmad. Sammlung von 13 Photographien mit Aufnahmen aus Syrien und Indien. Silbergelatineabzüge. Um 1940. Versch. Formate von ca. 8,8 x 13,5 bis 15,8 x 20,8 cm. Gezeigt werden v.a. ethnographische Aufnahmen und einige Ansichten aus Syrien und Benares, u.a. Inder auf einem Elefanten, Frauen am Dorfbrunnen, Beduinen, assyrische Braut, Frauen in Aleppo, Stalaktiten und Stalagmiten in der Mavo-Salzhöhle. - Verso jeweils mit Adressstempel von H.(afiz) M.(anzooruddin) Ahmad in Berlin und meist hs. bezeichnet. Ahmad schrieb in den 1930er und 1940er Jahren erfolgreiche Bücher u.a. über Indien. - Vereinzelt gering angeschmutzt, angeknickt oder mit kl. Randläsuren, insg. wohlerhalten. Collection of 13 photographs with images from Syria and India. Silver gelatin prints. Around 1940. - Showing mainly ethnographic photographs and some views from Syria and Benares, among others Indian on an elephant, women at the village well, Bedouins, Assyrian bride, women in Aleppo, stalactites and stalagmites in the Mavo salt cave. - Each with address stamp of H.(afiz) M.(anzooruddin) Ahmad in Berlin and mostly inscribed in manuscript on verso. Ahmad wrote successful books about India in the 1930s and 1940s. - Occasionally slightly soiled, creased or with small marginal tears, generally in good condition.

Joseph Wismayr. Pantheon Italiens, Biographien der ausgezeichnetsten Italiener. 3 Abt. in 1 Bd. (alles Erschienene). Dante. Petrarca. Boccaccio. Mit 3 lithogr. Portraits. München und Salzburg, Mayr 1818. 4°. 1 Bl., VIII, 1 Bl., 242 S., zweimal IV S. zwischengeb. Ppbd d. Zt. (etwas beschabt). Erste Ausgabe. - Hamberger-M. XXI, 639. Wurzbach LVII, 129. Winkler 866, 9 (Boccaccio) und 18 (Dante, kennt Petrarca nicht). - Nicht bei Dussler. - "Wie aus dem Verlagsorte zu entnehmen, hatte er den Plan zu diesem Werke noch während seines Wirkens in Salzburg gefaßt, und das vollständige Manuscript befand sich in Zaunrieth's Händen; dasselbe ging aber bei dem großen Brande, der 1818 einen Theil Salzburgs einäscherte, mit zu Grunde, und so erschienen von den 12 Heften, auf welche das Ganze berechnet war, nur die drei, welche die Biographien Dante's, Petrarca's und Boccaccio's behandeln. Doch sie genügten, um dem Verfasser den Namen des 'Deutschen Plutarch der Italiener' zu erwerben und seine Aufnahmen in die gelehrten Gesellschaften zu Jena, Erfurt, Arezzo und Padua zu veranlassen" (Wurzbach). - Die Porträts in Kreidelithographie mit den Namen der dargestellten Personen ohne Signatur des Künstlers. - Tls. etw. stockfleckig, Stempel verso Titel. - Breitrandiges Exemplar auf kräftigem Papier.

Atlas von Lázaro Luis. Faksimile der Schrift MS-14-1 der Academia das Ciências de Lisboa A Coruña, Xuntanza Editorial. 2 Bde. (Faksimile u. Kommentar). A Coruña, Xuntanza Editorial, o.J. OPgt. mit Schließen u. OHLwd. in OKassette. Eines von 999 nummerierten Exemplaren. - Entstanden ist der Atlas von Lázaro Luis in Portugal um 1563 und ist eines der wichtigsten Werke der Kartographie des 16. Jahrhunderts. Die Karten sind aufwändig gestaltet mit Darstellungen Einheimischer, der lokalen Flora, dem Verlauf von Flüssen und Gebirgszügen, Dörfern, Städte sowie versch. Wappen. - Tadelloser, nahezu neuwertiger Zustand. Atlas by Lázaro Luis. Facsimile of the manuscript MS-14-1 of the Academia das Ciências de Lisboa A Coruña, Xuntanza Editorial. 2 vols. (Facsimile and commentary). Orig. vellum with clasps and orig. half cloth in orig. case. - One of 999 numbered copies. - The atlas was created by Lázaro Luis in Portugal around 1563 and is one of the most important works of cartography of the 16th century. The maps are lavishly designed with depictions of natives, local flora, the course of rivers and mountain ranges, villages, towns and various coats of arms. - Very well preserved, near mint condition.

Vicktorine Hofer. Arbeitsbuch (Deckeltitel). Reich illustriertes Stickerei-Manuskript mit 45 teils kolorierten Original-Zeichnungen. Österreich, um 1880. Gr.-8°. Blindgepr. Lwd. d. Zt. mit goldgepr. DTitel, Glanzpapier-Vorsätze (etwas berieben, minimal fleckig). Prachtvolles Manuskript-Arbeitsbuch zum Sticken, Klöppeln und Stricken aus der Gründerzeit, mit aufwendigen, teils kolorierten Zeichnungen von höchster Präzision. Es gibt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Techniken und Materialien, die Ästhetik und die Medien der kunsthandwerklichen Stickerei, Klöppelei und Strickerei sowie deren Verbreitung in der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jh. Im Biedermeier war die Handarbeit als Freizeitbeschäftigung nicht länger ein Privileg aristokratischer Frauen, sondern gewann auch in bürgerlichen Kreisen an Bedeutung. Dabei entstanden zahlreiche aufwendig gearbeiteter Exemplare, oft mit floralen oder geometrischen Motiven sowie aufwändig gezeichnete handschriftliche Arbeitsbücher wie das hier vorliegende. Neben einfachen Techniken (Holbeintechnik, Wiener Kreuzstich) werden auch kompliziertere, mehrfarbige Motive (arabische Technik, Reticella, venezianisch) erläutert. Die begleitenden Texte mit Erklärungen und Legenden sind in schönem Kurrent geschrieben. Die zum Teil kolorierten Bleistift- und Tuschezeichnungen tragen Vermerke wie "sehr gut", "vorzüglich" oder "ausgezeichnet", geschrieben in schöner kalligraphischer Schrift von zweiter Hand mit verschiedenfarbiger Tinte, vermutlich von einem Lehrer. - Papierbedingt zart gebräunt. Sehr gut erhalten. Richly illustrated embroidery manuscript with 45 partly coloured original drawings. Austria, c. 1880. Blind-tooled cont. cloth with gilt cover title, glossy endpapers (somewhat rubbed, minimally spotted). - Splendid manuscript workbook on embroidery, lace making and knitting from the Gründerzeit, with elaborate, partly coloured drawings of highest precision. It gives a detailed insight into the techniques and materials, the aesthetics and the media of handicraft embroidery and its dissemination in the second half of the 19th century. In the Biedermeier period, needlework as a leisure activity was no longer a privilege of aristocratic women, but also gained in importance in bourgeois circles.This resulted in numerous elaborately worked examples, often with floral or geometric motifs, as well as elaborately drawn manuscript workbooks such as the one presented here. In addition to simple techniques (Holbein technique, Viennese cross stitch), more complicated, multi-coloured motifs (Arabic technique, Reticella, Venetian) are explained. The accompanying texts with explanations and legends are written in beautiful cursive. The partly coloured pencil and ink drawings bear annotations such as "very good", "excellent" or "superb", written in beautiful calligraphic script by a second hand with different coloured ink, probably by a teacher. - Paper a little bit brownish. Very well preserved.

Paul Gabriel Antoine. Theologia Moralis Universa Complectens Omnia Morum Praecepta, Et Principia Decisionis Omnium Conscientiae Casuum, Suis Quaeque Momenti Stabilita. Ad Usum Parochorum Et Confessariorum. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Augsburg und Krakau, Bartl, 1774. 8 Bll., 530 S., 15 Bll. 3 Bll., 441 S., 4 Bll. 8°. Ldr. d. Zt. mit reicher floraler Vergoldung auf Deckeln und Rücken, dreis. Goldschnitt. (VDeckel mit Fleck und kl. Fehlstellen). VD18 80490972-001 und 80490980-001. - Paul Gabriel Antoine (1678-1743) war ein französischer Jesuitentheologe. Seine Theologia Universa Moralis, die erstmals 1726 in Nancy veröffentlicht wurde, erschien in mehr als 60 Auflagen. 1747 wurde eine römische Ausgabe mit mehreren Ergänzungen herausgegeben, die weiten Gebrauch bei Geistlichen und Studenten fand. - Vorderer fliegender Vorsatz fehlend. Durchgehend etwas stockfleckig. Vorsätze mit hs. Annotationen. 2 pts. in 1 vol. Contemporary leather with rich floral gilding on covers and spine, gilt edges (front cover with stain and small missing parts). - Paul Gabriel Antoine (1678-1743) was a French Jesuit theologian. His Theologia Universa Moralis, first published in Nancy in 1726, went through more than 60 editions. In 1747 a Roman edition with several additions was published, which found wide use among clergy and students. - Front fly-leaf missing. Somewhat foxed throughout. Endpapers with manuscript annotations.

Astronomie - - (P. L. M. de Maupertuis). Lettre sur la comete. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz. (Paris), 1742. 3 Bll. (von 4, Titelbl. fehlend), 111 S. Kl.-8°. Moderner, marmorierter Kt. Graesse, IV, 448. Barbier II, 1207. Brunet, III, 1543. Houzeau-L. 5826 (Koll. abw.). Bruning 1654. Poggendorff II, 84. - Zweite Ausgabe im Jahr der Erstausgabe, um das Frontispiz erweitert. - Der in diesem Brief behandelte Komet wurde am 2. März 1742 in der Pariser Sternwarte beobachtet. Der Autor erklärt hier das Newtonsche System und spekuliert, dass sich einige Kometen aus Gold und Silber zusammen setzen. Voltaire ironisierte diese These in seiner Diatribe vom Doktor Akakia. Der Legende nach liess Friedrich der Grosse alle Kopien der Schrift vor den Augen Voltaires verbrennen, da er um die Integrität Maupertuis fürchtete. - Vorsätze erneuert. Erstes weißes Bl. und Vortitel mit zeitgen. hs. Beistzeintrag. Titelbl. fehlend. Etwas fleckig. Im weißen Rand teils etwas wurmspurig. Astronomy - With engraved frontispiece. Modern marbled hardcover. - Second edition in the year of the first edition, enlarged with the frontispiece. - The comet discussed in this letter was observed at the Paris Observatory on 2 March 1742. Here the author explains Newton's system and speculates that some comets are composed of gold and silver. Voltaire ironised this thesis in his Diatribe of Doctor Akakia. Legend has it that Frederick the Great had all copies of the manuscript burnt before Voltaire's eyes because he feared for Maupertui's integrity. - Title page missing. Endpapers renewed. First white leaf and half title with contemporary ownership inscription. Somewhat stained. Some worming in the white margin.

Metaphysik - - Cornelius Martini. Metaphysica, brevibus quidem, sed methodice conscripta. Jena, Beithmann, 1622. 8 Bll., 376 S. Kl.-8°. Pgt. mit verblasster, rubrizierter Handschrift des 16. Jh. und späterem hs. RSchild (berieben und etwas bestoßen). Selten. - VD17 23:275164F. NDB 16, 296f. - Posthum erschienenes Werk. Martini (1568-1621) war ein Theologe und Vertreter der Reformation. "Seine philosophische Arbeit galt der Wiederherstellung der aristotelischen Logik im Sinne der Methodologie Giacomo Zabarellas und Owen Günthers (...), d. h. ihres instrumentellen Verständnisses... Folgerichtig dehnte M. seinen Unterricht auch auf die Metaphysik aus, die er als allgemeinste Realdisziplin oder Prima Philosophia verstand und, die Form des Aristoteles-Kommentars verlassend, erstmals in Deutschland und noch vor dem Einfluß der Disputationen von Francisco Suarez in systematischer Form darstellte (1597/99)." (NDB) - Mit Unterstreichungen. Teils etwas wurmstichig, letztes Bl. mit minimalem Buchstabenverlust. Metaphysics - Vellum with faded, rubricated manuscript of the 16th century and later manuscript spine label (rubbed and somewhat bumped). - Rare. - Published posthumously. Martini (1568-1621) was a theologian and representative of the Reformation. - With underlining. Partly somewhat worm-eaten, last leaf with minimal loss of letters.

Arabic ms.- Ghazaliyaat Kan'at al-Arabi [Divan of Poetry written in Arabic], illuminated manuscript in Arabic on blue paper speckled with gold, 164 leaves (plus two later endleaves at each end), containing five parts in one volume, single column, predominantly in Arabic with a few verses in Farsi, nine lines in total, comprising two lines of black thuluth outlined in gold at top and bottom, with six lines black naskh separated by a further line of gold thuluth outlined in black, five illuminated polychrome headings opening each new section of poetry, catchwords, leaves ruled in blue and orange, some contemporary annotations to margins in nasta'liq, small scattered early worm-holes, some leaves repaired along outer margins particularly along lower edge of leaves, not affecting text, a few ex-libris stamps, contemporary blind-stamped calf, inlaid leather central medallions and corner-pieces, edges painted with orange and yellow floral decorations, rebacked and outer edges repaired, old worm-holes, 8vo (217 x 112mm.), Safavid Persia (probably Isfahan), [second quarter of 16th century].⁂ A visually stunning Persian codex, and notable that the poetry is in Arabic. There are five different sections in this volume, each being either a divan, mathnavi or ghazal - various poetic forms typically taken from Persian literature and very rarely seen in the Arabic language. Although no exact comparison has been found, the text bears a striking resemblance to sufi poet Al-Busiri's collection of poems dedicated to Prophet Muhammad entitled Qasa'ida al-Burda. Though scarce, this text was popular among sufis and was adapted by other poets. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, have an adapted version of the poem here, first compiled in the thirteenth century (their W.581.25B., dated 1366 AD).The style and layout of these leaves is reminiscent of Qur'ans produced in Shirazi workshops in the mid-sixteenth century (cf. those in Christie's, 26 April 2012, lot 46, and 27 April 2017, lot 96). They have the same larger calligraphic panels of text above, below and in the middle of the central naskh sections, in which the script employs alternating colours, usually in blue and gold. The striking difference, however, is in the present manuscript's use of unusual blue paper, and this sets this codex apart from its peers.

Medicine.- Surgery.- Vigo (Giovanni da) Opera. Additur chirurgia..., 3 parts in 1, title in red and black, within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, a scattered couple of small manuscript notes in ink, tightly bound, some sidelines slightly disappearing into gutter and touching title border, modern calf with red label to spine, light damp-stain lower cover, joints scuffed, [c.f. Wellcome 6614], small 8vo, [Lyon], [for Jacques Berjon by Antoine Vincent], [1540].⁂ One of the early editions of Vigo's work which includes, a surgical treatise by his student Mariano Santo, who achieved fame from his introduction of the so-called "Marian operation" of lithotomy.

Clandestine atheism.- Freret (Nicolas) Lettre de Thrasybule a Leucipe, Traduite du Grec, manuscript in French on paper, 281pp., 22 lines, ruled in red throughout, some light foxing, contemporary calf, spine gilt, corners, joints and spine ends worn, 8vo, n.p. [France], 1722.⁂ Rare example of a work circulated in manuscript form before the printed edition, which in this case did not appear till 1768. This copy is dated 1722, the time around which the first copies were known to be circulating, either being bought or borrowed for a small sum.Considered as one of the most hostile works to religion, a prelude to atheism, this Letter from Trasibule was also very innovative, introducing the study of history and comparative religions in the critique of dogma. Voltaire noted in his copy "livre dangereux" and the Marquis de Sade literally borrowed half of the Letter in his Histoire de Juliette.

Americas.- Mexican Novenas.- [Sammelband of 22 novenas], most with woodcut frontispiece or illustrations, early signature crossed out on first title, manuscript list of contents on rear pastedown (one not present), lacking free endpapers, contemporary vellum, a little worn, 16mo, Mexico, 1776-1804.⁂ A treasury of small Mexican religious tracts. A novena is a nine day period of private or public prayer to obtain special graces, to implore special favours, or make petitions, derived from the Latin novem, meaning nine. As the definition suggests, the novena has always had more of a sense of urgency and neediness. In a liturgical usage, the novena differs from an octave which has a more festive character, and either precedes or follows an important feast. The novena has been an important part of Christianity in the Caribbean and Latin America, both among the native Indian communities who converted to Christianity under the colonial Spanish or Portuguese rule, as well as the diverse communities that formed anew from millions of slaves and indentured labourers brought to the Americas from different parts of Africa and Asia. The devotional prayers are dedicated to statues of Jesus Christ, Madonna and various saints. They are also a part of velorio (wake) after the death of someone, which includes nine nights of novena (rezos de los nueve días).Two of those offered here appear to be otherwise unrecorded titles, not foundin Medina, OCLC, Palau, or elsewhere: Devocion diaria en honor de los siete singularisimos. [16] pp. Mexico: Joseph de Juaregui, 1794;Novena de el glorioso apostol San Judas Thadeo. [28] pp. Mexico: Joseph Juaregui, 1776 (though this is stated to be a reprint of an earlier novena).A full list of titles is available from the auctioneers upon request.

Shakespeare (William).- Confirmer of the sale of New Place in Stratford-upon-Avon.- Underhill (Hercules, of Idlicote, Warwickshire, son of William Underhill owner of New Place in Stratford-Upon-Avon; sold New Place to William Shakespeare in 1597, and Hercules Underhill confirmed the sale in 1602, 1581-1658).- Obligation Bond between Walter Leveson and Hercules Underhill, for performance of arbitration for "sundry lands ten[emen]ts and hereditaments lyinge and beinge in the p[ar]ishes of Wolverhampton Wednesfield the heath Merhells and Willnall", D.s. "Walter Leveson", "Henry Shirley", "Richard Middelmore", "George Carleton" & "Robert Griffith", manuscript in Latin and English, on vellum, 2 sides, folds, red wax seal with good impression of coat of arms, edge chipped, 162 x 310mm., 14th May 1607 § Final Concord between Henry Gough and Hercules Underhill of pasture in Wolverhampton, manuscript in Latin, in chancery hand, on vellum, 9 lines, folds, 120 x 375mm., 7th October 1636; and another Final Concord relating to the Leveson family, v.s., v.d. (3).⁂ Shakespeare and Tolkien connections.Shakespeare Connection. Shakespeare purchased New Place in May 1597 from William Underhill, described as 'a subtle, covetous, and crafty man'. "Two months later Underhill died at Fillongley, near Coventry, after orally bequeathing 'all his lands to his first-born Fulke. In 1599 Fulke, still a minor, was hanged at Warwick for poisoning his father. The law took the forfeit of the of the Underhill estate for felony, but it was regranted to Fulke's younger brother Hercules [knighted in 1617] when he came of age in 1602. In Michaelmas term of that year, Hercules Underhill confirmed the sale of New Place to Shakespeare, who paid the prescribed fee, equal to one quarter of the yearly value of the property, to clear the title." - S. Schoenbaum. William Shakespeare: A Compact Documentary Life, OUP, 1980. Sir Walter Leveson (d. January 1620) of Ashmores near Wolverhampton, a Catholic recusant, as was his sister, Elizabeth; children of Thomas Leveson of Wolverhampton (c. 1533-95), and Joyce Leveson (d. 14 March 1608).Sir Henry Shirley, second baronet (1589-1633), landowner and local politician.Tolkien Connection. Tolkien married Edith Bratt, illegitimate daughter of Frances Bratt of Wolverhampton. Tolkien perhaps knew of the Underhills as an important local family in Wolverhampton and other areas of Birmingham. In the 16th century the Underhills were also known to have lived in Baginton and Idlicote in Warwickshire. Frodo Baggins on leaving Bag End in the Shire uses, at Gandalf's behest, the name of Mr Underhill.

Dickens (Charles) The Children's New Testament. An abstract of The Narrative of the Four Gospels For the Use of Juvenile Readers. Written by Charles Dickens Exclusively for his own children in 1846, typescript, 63pp., printed on recto only, original red half calf, spine with tan morocco label lettered "The Children's New Testament. Charles Dickens" in gilt, small chip to label affecting text, rubbed, 4to, [c.1911].⁂ The Matz copy of The Children's New Testament, more commonly known as The Life of Our Lord, created long prior to general publication in 1934. Read by Dickens to his children at every Christmas, the original handwritten manuscript was passed to Georgina Hogarth upon his death in 1870. At the author's request, publication was delayed until the last of his children had died. A majority vote within the family resulted in publication in 1934. A handful of copies are presumed to have been made prior to publication, but seemingly the only copy aside from this with whereabouts known is that of Mark Lemon, a friend of Dickens and founding editor of Punch Magazine. His copy is now housed in the Dickens House Museum. The origin of this copy, belonging to the Dickens scholar B.W. Matz, is outlined on the second page of typescript: "Transcribed from Mark Lemon's copy. Written by Charles Dickens, and copied by permission for his friend, Mark Lemon".Provenance: Bertram Waldrom Matz (1865-1925) Dickens scholar and first editor of the Dickensian (bookplate).

Manuscript wine verse.- Howell (James) A New volume of letters partly. philosophicall, politicall, historicall:, title within woodcut typographic border, woodcut head-pieces, contemporary ink marginalia, contemporary and later ink annotation to final blank verso, including a verse relating to wine, title repaired at corners, with loss to small part of border at lower corner, the odd short tear, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, brown leather label to spine, corners worn, rubbed and marked, [Wing H3096], 8vo, Printed by T.W. for Humphrey Moseley, and are to be sold at his shop at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1647.⁂ Provenance: John Johnson, November, 1706 (ink inscription to verso of title); Harold E. Matthews (modern book label to front pastedown).

Pepys (Samuel, naval official and diarist, 1633-1703) & James II (King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1633-1701) Warrant signed by the king and countersigned by Samuel Pepys to the Commissioners of the Navy to examine and report on Humphry Swann's accounts despite being out of the time limitation, D.s. "S Pepys" & "James II", manuscript, in brown ink, 2pp., folds, slightly browned, framed and glazed, folio, 1686/7.⁂ "These are to Signifie to you Our Dispensation with the Limitation of Time... in this Case of the said Humphry Swann, and to Authorize and require you to proceed to the Examining and adjusting of his said Accounts." - Warrant.

18th century barrister.- [Way (Lewis, Barrister at the Inner Temple, of Denham Place, Buckinghamshire & Richmond, 1698-1771)] Rider's British Merlin... 1748, autograph manuscript diary, 36pp., printed title and text in red and black, handsomely bound in contemporary gilt panelled red morocco, dates lettered direct on covers, two white metal clasps, g.e., 130 x 82mm., by R. Nutt for the Company of Stationers, 1748.⁂ Payments to maids and servants, reins for horses, turnpikes, visits to Denham and Richmond etc.

Brunel.- Stevens (E., associate of Brunel) Memoranda of Events connected with the Life of E. Stevens, manuscript, 236pp. & 14pp. from a later date, excluding blanks, original vellum, soiled, brass clasp, folio, 1848 & 1907.⁂ "1844... Decr.... 11-12 On board [SS] Great Britain during an unsuccessful attempts that was made to pass her thro' the Cumberland Lock. Went out with the Great Britain after her brief trip, left her at anchor at King Road and returned to Bristol with the Samson Steam tug." - Stevens. Stevens is cited several times in correspondence with Brunel, referring to the sacking of an employee and the Clifton Suspension Bridge.