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Lot 235

Binyon (Laurence), J.V.S. Wilkinson & Basil Gray. Persian Miniature Painting, first edition, colour frontispiece, 113 plates, scattered faint spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, folio, 1933.

Lot 240

Hannay (James) The Complete Works of William Hogarth, 2 vol., 150 engraved plates, occasional spotting, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, a little rubbed, [c.1861] § Miller (Thomas, editor) Turner and Girtin's Picturesque Views of English, Scotch, & Welsh Scenery, frontispiece and 30 plates, 2 folding facsimiles, one with short tear with neat repair, occasional faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, 1873; and others similar, 4to & 8vo (9)

Lot 247

Textiles.- [Albrecht (E. W.)] Morgenländische Motive: Original - Teppiche - Stoffe u. - Stickereien, 27 chromolithograph plates, without text, ex-library with ink-stamps to title and plate margins, small abrasion mark to title where label removed, modern cloth, folio, Plauen, Christian Stoll, [?1907].⁂ Scarce. Only 3 copies on Library Hub, 2 at the Glasgow School of Art and 1 at the V&A.

Lot 28

NO RESERVE Botany.- Hibberd (Shirley) The Ivy, a Monograph, first edition, chromolithograph frontispiece, additional title and 2 plates, short tear to frontispiece margin not affecting image, occasional light spots, cloth extremities lightly rubbed but overall a remarkably bright copy, Groombrige & Sons, 1872; The Amateur's Flower Garden, colour plates, tissue-guards spotted, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, 2 plates detached and loosely inserted, cloth rubbed and faded, 1871 § Cooke (M. C.) British Edible Fungi: How to Distinguish and How to Cook Them, colour plates, ink ownership inscription to title, occasional very light annotations to text in pen, cloth marked and faded, 1891, original cloth, first two decorative, gilt; and 7 others, flowers and plants, v.s. (9)

Lot 3

NO RESERVE England.- London Map Directory: A Street Atlas of London & its Surroundings, first edition, colour-printed maps, slip-case, 1964 § Strong (Roy) Country Life 1897-1997: The English Arcadia, first edition, illustrations, 1996 § Noppen (J. G.) Royal Westminster, ink ownership inscriptions, occasional foxing, 1937, original boards or cloth, last two with dust-jackets; and a large quantity of others, topography and travel, v.s. (3 boxes)

Lot 32

NO RESERVE Pratt (Anne) Flowering Plants of Great Britain, 3 vol., half-titles, hand-coloured plates, bookplates to pastedown, ink ownership inscriptions to endpapers, occasional light spots, original cloth, gilt, lightly rubbing to joints and spine ends bumped but overall an excellent set, 8vo, Frederick Warne & co., [c.1886].

Lot 33

NO RESERVE Smith (Prof. Norton B.) Practical Treatise on the Breaking & Training of Wild & Vicious Horses, illustrations, advertisements at end, short marginal tear to final leaf, original illustrated paper wrappers, a little rubbed slight chipping to corners and extremities, 8vo, 1892.

Lot 49

Kinetic theory of gases.- Hermann (Jacob) Phoronomia, sive de viribus et motibus corporum solidorum et fluidorum libri duo, first edition, engraved allegorical frontispiece and 12 folding plates, title in red and black with engraved vingnette, woodcut illustrations, small ink ownership inscription to pastedown, ex-library stamps from Royal Society of Edinburgh to pastedown and first few ff., some spotting and browning, contemporary dutch vellum, red morocco title label to spine, Amsterdam, Apud Rod. & Gerh. Wetstenios, 1716.⁂ First edition of the first textbook on theoretical mechanics based on the Leibnizian calculus, important for containing the first published discussion of the kinetic theory of gases. "For us the importance of Hermann's chapter XXIV is that it is, as far as I know, the first attempt to deal mathematically with the relations between heat and motion" (Knowles Middleton).

Lot 52

Pathology.- Platter (Felix) Observationum, in hominis affectibus plerisque, corpori & animo, functionum laesione, dolore, aliave molestia & vitio incommodantibus, libri tres, first edition, light mould-staining to pastedowns, contemporary vellum with yapped edges, manuscript lettering to spine, overall a fine and clean copy, [Norman 1716; Heirs of Hippocrates 373; G&M 3789], 8vo, Basel, Ludwig König for Conrad Waldkirch, 1614.⁂ A fine copy of this rare first edition medical work by one of the foremost pathologists of the sixteen and early seventeenth centuries. Containing "the first known case report of the death from hypertrophy of the thymus (in an infant) and an account of a meningioma" (Norman). Platter is credited with performing the first public dissection of a human body in a Germanic country and is said to have dissected over 300 bodies during his career. He was widely respected as a teacher and is considered courageous for remaining in Basel to treat the sick on five occasions when the plague struck the city.

Lot 7

Wales.- Coxe (William) An Historical Tour of Monmouthshire, 2 vol., one of 60 copies on 'Royal Paper', half-titles, 2 engraved maps, 1 folding with short marginal tear, 55 engraved views, 11 engraved portraits, 7 engraved plans, 16 engraved ground plans, folding facsimile, illustrations, most with tissue-guards, advertisement at end vol. 2., previous owner's ink signature to titles, scattered faint spotting, contemporary calf, rebacked, gilt, a little rubbed, 1801 § Pennant (Thomas) Tours in Wales, 3 vol., 44 engraved plates, occasional spotting, later half-morocco, rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1810, large 4to & 8vo (5).

Lot 83

Lucy Family of Charlecote Park.- Lucy (Sir Fulke, sixth son of Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote, Commissioner for assessment, Cheshire, Captain Lord Gerard's Horse, of Henbury, Cheshire, c. 1623-77) 2 Autograph Letters signed to Sir Robert Clayton and John Morris of Clayton & Morris, scriveners, land agents and bankers of Old Jewry, City of London, together 2pp. with conjugate blanks and address panels, St James's Square, 21st and 27th February 1676, on various business matters, "I was last evening in the old Jurie... I spoke with Mr Lemmon at yr Office who Could not tell me of yr satisfaction from Drs Commons but Mr Palmer is the undoubted heir unto Dr Hamey...", folds, browned, a few stains, small tears where opened (2).

Lot 84

Charles II & Hearth Tax.- Hearth Tax receipt, printed form signed with manuscript insertions, 2 small holes, folds, browned, 97 x 87mm., 9th September 1685.⁂ "[1685] Received of the Lady ?Wirh the sum of fourteen shillings in full for one half years Duty for 3 + 11 Fire-hearths in her houses in Wellington [Somerset]."

Lot 91

Nelson.- Siser (John) Lines written uppon the death of Lord Nelson, manuscript, lower left corn torn away not affecting text, tears along folds, soiled, 2nd March 1806 § Cobbett (William)].- Cobbett's Speech on moving to abolish Sun & Moon, manuscript, 6½pp., last leaf left margin torn slightly affecting text, 1833, sm. 4to (2).

Lot 92

Cotswolds, Ampney St Peter & Ampney St Mary.- Release by Giles Daubeny and others to Rev Richard Cumberland for uses of the Manor of Ampney St Peter and lands in Ampney St Peter and Ampney St Mary, Gloucestershire, D.s. by several parties, manuscript on vellum, 27 sheets, folds, some yellowing and soiling, c. 580 x 760mm., 23rd June 1808.

Lot 93

Scott (John, first Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, 1751-1838).- Scott/Eldon/Stowell family (of Newcastle upon Tyne & Durham).- Album of letters by William Scott, John Scott, first Earl of Eldon and other members of the Scott/Eldon/Stowell family & others, on a wide variety of family, business and political matters, c. 80 letters, numerous pp., folds, most laid down in album, a few loose, browned, original half morocco, gilt, rubbed, letters v.s., v.d., album lge 4to, 1810-48.⁂ "There has been very lately however an address from Newcastle to the Duke of Cumberland from I think some Orangemen there lamenting that he, the Grand Master, should have opposed the Reform Bill." - Eldon letter.Includes letters from Lord Darlington of Raby Castle, Earl of Caithness etc.

Lot 95

Congress of Vienna.- Proclama... Repubblica di Genova, printed proclamation, woodcut coat of arms at head, 2 ALs.s. from Giovanni Battista Martelli to a Mr Arnold concerning buying a library and his translation of Collins attached, folds, slightly browned, 430 x 260mm. & sm. 4to, 1814 (3).⁂ A proclamation concerning the settlement of the Congress of Vienna.

Lot 97

NO RESERVE Land Survey Exercises.- Square Field... Lands Surveyed near Beccles, manuscript, 54pp. excluding blanks, titles in red ink, numerous pen and ink drawings, slightly browned, hinges a little weak, modern ink stamp on inner boards, original morocco-backed boards, worn, upper cover partially stained, , printed paper label "Education Beccles Academy for Young Gentleman W. Cowles Master. J. Dalliston" on upper cover, folio, [c. 1820]; and 3 other manuscript school mathematical exercise books, folio & sm. 4to, v.d. (4).

Lot 101

A 20thC. oak sideboard with three cupboards & three drawers, 62in wide x 29.125in high x 18.375in deep

Lot 107

A 19thC. mahogany extending dining table with cabriole legs & large ball & claw feet (could seat eight) with four early 20thC. mahogany chairs & two carvers, 84in long x 41in wide x 30in high

Lot 108

Various card games & similar including John Jacques, The Counties Of England, Kargo by Castell Brothers & Chad Valley snap

Lot 110

A Victorian pair of Staffordshire dogs 11.625in tall, one other pair & a single modern dog

Lot 112

Six Franklin Mint butterfly bells, two a/f & display case twinned with twelve months of the year Brian Hargreaves porcelain bells

Lot 114

An antique fretwork continental porcelain bowl 9.375in diameter x 5in deep, a pair of figures, a 19thC. wall sconce & other items

Lot 116

Two large Doulton character jugs, a Doulton Bunnykins two handled cup, Hostess of Williamsbury figure & one other, boxed

Lot 118

A four piece silver plated tea & coffee set twinned with a silver plated tazza

Lot 120

An antique wash basin twinned with a German style fat lava vase & a bronze resin horse bust, indistinctly signed

Lot 121

A pair of 19thC. silver plate on copper candle sticks, some wear & bumping, 11in tall

Lot 132

A large Victorian mahogany mirrored dresser set with cupboards & drawers, 82in high x 71.25in wide x 23.75in deep

Lot 136

Two early 20thC. firescreens & a later mahogany glazed top occasional table

Lot 140

An ornate Victorian mahogany chiffonier with marble top & mirrored back. 58in high x 47.875in wide x 18.25in deep

Lot 141

An early 20thC. Chinese carved & gilded camphor wood chest, original feet with later added wheels inside, 39.75in wide x 19.75in deep x 18.75in wide

Lot 142

A late 18thC. Georgian mahogany oval shaped dining table with tapered legs & spade feet, 64.75in wide x 46.5in deep x 28.5in high

Lot 144

Two 19thC. matching dining chairs & one earlier carver

Lot 151

A quantity of mixed pipes, Zeiss binoculars, a serpentine lamp, a horn ship & other items

Lot 152

A quantity of mixed 19thC. ceramics, some a/f, an English cup & saucer of chinoiserie design & a 19thC. German floral porcelain cup & saucer

Lot 153

A cream coloured meat dish with scalloped edge, glassware, ceramics & other sundries

Lot 154

A stainless steel fish steamer, a similar roaster & two glass cake stands with covers

Lot 155

A Virol bone marrow jar, 9.5in tall twinned with an art nouveau water jug & two majolica style pots

Lot 160

A quantity of mixed sundries including boomerang, brassware, 19thC. Chinese porcelain, an Oriental scroll, bakelite door handles & other items

Lot 161

A quantity of linen, silk & a hand stitched counterpane

Lot 162

An Olympus OM 1, an Olympus OM 10, a Minolta 7000 35mm cameras, a 75-150 Komura lens & other related items

Lot 164

Galvanised buckets, a fire screen, brass fire tools & other items

Lot 165

A Fortescue & Co. brushed felt top hat Fortescue & leather case

Lot 170

A pair of Russian porcelain condiments, two fretwork pottery bowls & a mounted Bohemian glass plaque, cut from a vase

Lot 174

A quantity of mixed plated ware items including QEII 1953 Coronation spoons, Kings pattern & other items

Lot 175

A hallmarked embossed silver framed tile, two picture frames, a plated inkwell & other items

Lot 177

A quantity of mixed silver plated wares twinned with a copper samovar & Solingen German paratrooper knife

Lot 184

Of cricket (3) & golf interest (7), ten Spy & Lucien Davis prints, all framed, largest 13in high x 11.25in wide

Lot 186

A signed & framed Brian Pollard limited edition "Pete Goss" poster, 285/2000, 23in x 16in

Lot 187

A signed & framed Brian Pollard limited edition "Eclipse" poster, 672/1000, 23in x 16in

Lot 188

A framed Louis Wain print 10in x 6.5in, a Japanese coloured print & two watercolours, one of Houses of Parliament

Lot 189

A selection of framed pictures including a Peter Thorley watercolour, prints & photographs including one of The Hurlers at Minions

Lot 19

An arts & crafts satinwood firescreen with hand painted decor, 29.5in high

Lot 191

A signed Leonard Cheshire Mosquito print, Concorde Supersonic 1803/1950 signed by Capt. Jock Lowe & Anthony Hansard & other aviation related prints

Lot 192

A framed picture of pressed flowers by Janet Jay, an Oriental textile picture & a Lillian Rowles print of King George VIII

Lot 193

An antique family bible by J. G. Murdoch with coloured plates, family entry Mr. & Mrs. Herman 1856, child births & one death

Lot 194

Fifteen books including Blacks guide to Cornwall 1898 & Animal Story Book 189

Lot 197

A signed print of Scottie dog by Lilian Cheviot twinned with watercolours & prints

Lot 198

Two large framed prints: Morning Isle of Arran & The Silent Night b J. MacWhirter, some foxing, 44in x 35.75in inc.

Lot 2

A three drawer cabinet on carbiole legs, a reproduction wash stand, 33.5in tall & a modern plant stand

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