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Defoe (Daniel) An Essay Upon Literature: Or, An Enquiry into the Antiquity and Original of Letters, first edition, title a little spotted and soiled, ink inscription to head dated "Nov. 7th 1828", a few small tears, repaired tear to E6, foxing, some water-staining, final leaf laid down with small ink inscription to foot and some show-through from ink inscription on verso, contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked and recornered, new endpapers, 8vo, for Thomas Bowles, John Clark, John Bowles, 1726.

World.- Clarke (Edward Daniel) Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, 11 vol.,  fourth edition, numerous engraved plates and maps, many folding, occasional light off-setting and spotting, original cloth stamped in blind with paper labels to spine, vol. 9 bumped with tear at lower joint foot, otherwise light bumping to extremities, small chips to paper labels and spines slightly toned, 8vo, T. Cadell nad W. Davies, 1816-24.*** Provenance: University of London, King's College [bookplates and library stamps] 

Shakespeare (William) The Dramatic Works, 100 engraved plates published by Boydell, most with tissue-guards, illustrations, scattered spotting and staining, upper hinge strengthened, contemporary morocco, border in gilt and blind, joints beginning to split at spine head, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, 1832.

Fleming (Ian) Thunderball, first edition, ink ownership inscription and light strip of fading on front free endpaper, original boards with skeletal hand in blind to upper cover, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket, short 1" tear along upper flap joint, nicks, tears and creases along edges, horizontal crease down spine, a little faded, 8vo, 1961.

Burnet (Gilbert) Bishop Burnet's History of his Own Time, 2 vol., contemporary armorial blind-stamped calf, rather rubbed and warn, endpapers detached, joints split, for Thomas Ward, 1724 § Etched Portraits of Celebrated Painters, portrait plates, light spotting, contemporary calf, worn, spine defective, joints split, [?1893] § Boutell (Rev. Charles) The Monumental Brasses of England, title in red and black, illustrations, foxing, ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks, contemporary half red morocco, worn, corners defective, joints split and covers working loose, 1849, and 9 others, mostly 18th century works, folio & 8vo (12) [sold not subject to return] 

Falconer (William) The Shipwreck, additional engraved vignette title, engraved vignette dedication leaf, folding map, 18 superb aquatint plates and 3 vignettes as canto headings by Robert Dodd, one plate with repaired tears, some offsetting and light foxing, contemporary red morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, g.e., joints neatly repaired, preserved in modern calf-edged marbled board slip-case, 4to, Printed for John White, 1808.*** The first edition with Dodd's wonderful and evocative illustrations.

Wine.- Webber (Alexander) Wine. A Series of Notes on this Valuable Product, signed by the author to front free endpaper, with tables and index, light foxing to initial leaves, inner hinge cracked and weak, contemporary blind-stamped burgundy cloth, upper cover and spine lettered in gilt, g.e., upper joint splitting, some light patches of staining, 16mo, Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., [1888].

Colonna (Marco Antonio, Duke de Tagliacozzi, Duke and Prince of Paliano, general and admiral, 1535-84) Letter signed to Cardinal Commendone, 1p. with conjugate blank, in Italian, with superscription and blind seal, folio, Naples, 4th April 1577, in reply to a letter of recommendation by Cardinal Commendone of Claudio Gonzaga and offering his full co-operation, folds, a few short tears / splits, some staining, lightly browned.   

Binding.- Bocel (Joelle, bookbinder) Le Museon, vol. 97, bound in 2019 by Joëlle Bocel in natural beige leather, blind-stamped with vegetal patterns, doublures of gold film hot-stamped with Coptic-influenced characters by Stéphane Gangloff, chemise of black japon lined with cognac-coloured velvet, slip-case covered in papyrus, 4to (binding 280 x 200mm.), Louvain, 1984.

[Lightfoot (John)] [Sale Catalogue] A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, Deceased..., lacking frontispiece, catalogue numbered "358" in manuscript at foot of title, title strengthened at gutter, first few leaves very slightly chipped at fore-edge, Mr. Skinner and Co., 1786 bound with Marked Catalogue (A) containing the Lots...which constituted the Portland Museum..., p.5 with small tape repair to lower margin, p.29 with tiny hole affecting a few numbers, p.38 trimmed close just touching text to foot, Printed for Kearsley, Walker &tc, 1786, together 2 works in 1 vol., engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Peyto Verney, Lord Willoughby de Broke, browning, some spotting, modern blind-stamped calf, old morocco spine label laid down, little rubbed at spine ends and corners, some endpapers preserved, 4to.  *** Rare auction catalogue of the extraordinary collection assembled by the Duchess of Portland, the richest woman in Britain at the time. The sale consisted of over 4000 items, mostly natural history specimens and curiosities, and lasted for 38 days. The penultimate lot on day 38 was the famous cameo glass "Portland Vase" which was bought for £1029 by the Duchess's son, the 3rd Duke of Portland, who then lent it to Josiah Wedgwood to execute copies in black and white jasperware. The 6th Duke later tried to sell it at Christie's in 1929 but it failed to sell, and finally the British Museum bought it in 1945.

Pogany (Willy).- Wagner (Richard) Tannhäuser, translated by T. W. Rolleston, one of 525 copies signed by the illustrator, 16 tipped-in plates and illustrations by Pogany, very light cockling to some pages or plates, original tan calf, stamped in blind, spine gilt, spine faded, light surface scratches and marks, still overall an excellent copy, tall 8vo, 1911.

Binding.- Book of Common Prayer (The)..., contemporary ownership name on front free endpaper and image of cross laid down on pastedown, contemporary dark purple calf with decorative gilt blind stamping and multicoloured oval onlays of orange, blue, turquoise, yellow, green, and red, lightly rubbed, 12mo, by Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1843.

Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker: against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants...crauing resolution, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial f. blank but for signature-mark 'A', trimmed, affecting some headlines, signature-marks and catchwords (mostly at start) and the odd printed side-note, outer margins with small wormhole(s) turning into small trace as work proceeds, affecting the occasional printed side-note, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century blind-stamped light green straight-grain morocco over limp boards, rebacked in modern tan crushed morocco, gilt, covers little chipped and faded, [STC 5881], small 4to, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.  *** Rare at auction. An anti-puritan work reflecting the prevalent tension in the Church of England between tradition and puritanism.Provenance: Frederic Markham (20th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Rev. Frederick Rench ( large armorial ink stamp to front pastedown). 

Geology.- Scrope (George Poulett) Considerations on Volcanos...Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth, first edition, 3 folding plates (2 lithographed), illustrations, cancelled library ink-stamp to head of title, foxing and browning, original blind-stamped cloth, some wear to spine ends, lightly rubbed and browned, 1825; and a defective copy of the 1839 report on the selection of stone for the new Houses of Parliament, 8vo & folio (2) *** Scrope's first book, considered the earliest systematic treatise on volcanology.

Darwin (Charles) Portrait cabinet card by Elliot & Fry, on printed mount, captioned "The Late Charles Darwin. Born Feb 12. 1808 Died April 19. 1882", blind-stamp of William Lucks London to lower mount, "Marion, Imp Paris" printed to foot of mount verso, short tear into portrait fore-edge without loss, some very faint spotting and surface soiling, light foxing to mount verso, portrait 144 x 104mm., mount 167 x 109mm., [c.1882]. *** This half-length portrait is thought to be one of the last taken of Darwin, dating from around 1880.

Kolovouris (Stefanos, bookbinder).- Shakespeare (William) Antony & Cleopatra, one of 300 copies signed by the artist, printed in blue and black, colour illustrations by Ronald King, in a designer binding by Stefanos Kolovouris of sanded goatskin with title in blind on upper cover, spine with exposed sewing, in a box made from buffalo skin secured with a piece of balsa wood, around which the title is engraved, folio, Guildford, Circle Press, 1979.*** Accompanying the lot is a catalogue for the 2019 Society of Bookbinders international competition, in which this binding featured.

Mineralogy.- Agricola (Georgius) De re metallica libri XII, fourth Latin edition, woodcut title-vignette, 2 folding plates and c.270 illustrations attributed to Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch and Blasius Weffring, many full-page, e1 small paper-flaw hole affecting extreme upper corner of woodcut and a few letters to verso, few ff. with chips or tears to edges but no text loss, browned and foxed, often heavy, disbound, spine defective with many leaves loose, old blind-stamped vellum covers present but loose and very worn, [Wellcome II, p.18; cf.PMM 79, first edition], Basel, Emanuelis König, 1657; and a defective copy of Christoph Entzelt's De re metallica, rare 1557 edition, folio & 8vo (2); sold not subject to return.  *** "The first systematic treatise on mining and metallurgy and one of the first technological books of modern times" (PMM). First published in 1556, this became the standard work on the subject for several generations of miners. The extraordinary quality and number of woodcuts give a wonderful graphic account of industrial activity in the mid-sixteenth century, eg. the use of waterpower, furnaces etc., and include a very early depiction of a railway.

Folder of Fire Insurance Documents, c.30 contracts, posters, charts, receipts and other related ephemera,  engraved vignettes, signatures and manuscript notes, blind-stamped, v.s. between approx. 100 x 210 mm and 600 x 370 mm, some light foxing, some a little rubbed at edges, preserved in protective sleeves in folder [mainly late 18th to mid-19th century]. *** A collection of attractive pictorial documents relating to fire insurance spanning the late 18th and early to mid-19th centuries, and ranging from companies in Scotland to Liverpool.

Ann H. Judson. An Account of the American Baptist Mission to The Burman Empire, folding map frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at front, further folding map to centre, one engraved plate of Randoola's Look-Out Tree at Donoobew, half calf by D. Batten, 8vo, London: J. Butterworth & Son, 1823; An Account of the American Baptist Mission to The Burman Empire, folding map frontispiece, two pages of advertisements at front, blind stamped cloth, 8vo, London: J. Butterworth & Son, 1823 (2).(i) folding maps torn and with foxing, extremities rubbed (ii) folding map with foxing, hinge cracked, spine chipped and torn.

George VI (1895-1952), King of the United Kingdom. A Consular Document Appointing Hugh William Border Esquire to Consul of Spain, dated 7th September 1945, countersigned at the foot by Ernest Bevin (1881-1951, British Statesman, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-51), bearing blind embossed seal, 53cm x 40cm, later glazed and framed, 57cm x 44.5cm including frame.Manuscript text slightly faded. Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame.

John Philips. Cyder. A Poem. In Two Books, first edition, engraved frontispiece, half-title following title, contemporary blind stamped calf, 8vo, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708.front board detached, extremities rubbed and scuffed, occasional spotting and staining to margins, page five with loss to bottom left corner.

Owen Jones. The Sermon on the Mount, chromolithographed heightened in gold, publisher's blind-tooled morocco cartouche with title within quatrefoil shaped cartouche on covers, all edges gilt, small 8vo, Longman & Co, 1844.joints cracked, extremities scuffed and rubbed.

Daniel and Charles Wheeler. Extracts from the Letter and Journals of Daniel Wheeler while engaged in a religious visit to the Inhabitants of some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, Accompanied by his son, Charles Wheeler, brown cloth blind stamped, 8vo, Philadelphia: printed by Joseph Bakestraw, 1840; Reverend William Yate. An Account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of The Church Missionary' Society's Mission in the Northern Island, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map and nine wood-engraved plates, brown cloth gilt, 8vo, London: Seeley and Burnside, 1835; Reverend M. Russell. Polynesia & The Pacific Islands, third edition, folding map, half-title vignette, blue cloth gilt, 8vo, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, nd; Annals of the Diocese of New Zealand, first edition, half-title, numerous wood-cut illustrations, brown cloth, 8vo, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1856; J. B. Marsden. Memoirs of the Life and Labours of Samuel Marsden, engraved portrait frontispiece, three wood-engraved plates, blue cloth gilt, 8vo, London: The Religious Tract Society, 1857 (5).Mixed condition.

Walter Scott. The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland, 2 volumes, first edition, additional engraved titles, 92 engraved plates, contemporary green straight-grained Morocco, rolled-tool borders in gilt and blind, spines tooled gilt in compartments, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, small folio, London: Longman, Hurst and Reed, 1814 A FINE SET.Occasional light spotting, minor scuff marks to morocco.

The Engravings of Eric Gill, limited edition of 1350 copies, half title, title-page, illustrations by Eric Gill, some in colour or folding, original blind-stamped cloth, slipcase, folio, Wellingborough: Christopher Skelton, 1983.spine with small mark to foot.

Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, sixth edition, half-title, folding diagram, publisher's advertisements at end, original blind-stamped cloth by Burgis and Colbourne with their ticket, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1888.Some browning and spotting, extremities slightly rubbed, spine slightly chipped at ends and dulled, hinge cracked.

John Rutter. Delineations of Fonthill and Its Abbey, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, half-title, hand-coloured additional engraved title, hand-coloured frontispiece, 13 engraved plates on India paper, one hand-coloured, with a further suite of 6 duplicate plates, folding lithographed plan, hand-coloured in outline, illustrations in text in India paper, contemporary calf, rolled tool borders in gilt and blind, dentelles gilt, all edges gilt, bookplate of Merthyr Guest, folio, Shaftsbury: Printed for the Author, 1823.pp. 5-8 with small stain.

William Blacker. Art of Flymaking, &c., Comprising Angling & Dyeing of Colours... With Descriptions of Flies for the Season of the Year... Rewritten and Revised by the Author engraved frontispiece, engraved title, 21 engraved plates (of which 17 are hand coloured, original publishers blind stamped cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, bookplate of Dermot Earl of Mayo, 12mo, London: 1855.occasional spotting, spine and corners slightly bumped.

Marylebone Cricket Club Matches for the Season 1893 with full scores and batting averages. Red blind stamp buckram with gilt title 179pp inc WG Grace et al, very good condition 

1950s TRAM DESTINATION BLIND, DENNISTOUN DEPOT various destinations including Jamaica St, Football Match, Govan Cross88cm wide

1950s TRAM DESTINATION BLIND, MARYHILL DEPOT various destinations including London Road, Moss Park, Normal School88cm wide

1950s TRAM DESTINATION BLIND, GOVAN DEPOT various destinations including Springburn, Maryhill and Linthouse88cm wide

Pier Francesco Mola, 1612 Coldrerio – 1666 Rom, zug.DER BLINDE HOMERÖl auf Leinwand. Doubliert.78 x 65 cm.In mit Goldornamenten verziertem, ebonisierten Wellenleistenrahmen.Vor weitgehend unbestimmter, in mystisches Dunkel gehüllter Hintergrundfolie das Hüftportrait eines nach links gewandten alten Mannes mit weißem Bart, nach oben geführter Hand, entgegen der Blickrichtung und Lorbeerkranz. Das Gemälde zeigt eine sorgfältige und persönliche Auseinandersetzung mit Arbeiten Guercinos, Borgiannis und Riberas, aber auch eine Kenntnis der Werke einiger neapolitanischer Naturalisten, wie dem Meister der Verkündigung an die Hirten, Juan Do und Francesco Fracanzano, wobei noch unklar ist, ob dies einem Aufenthalt Molas in Neapel zu verdanken ist. Das vorliegende Bild findet seinen thematischen Widerhall in einem Gemälde, welches ebenfalls Homer zeigt, jedoch mit leicht nach rechts gerichtetem Kopf und als Tondo gearbeitet (Fondazione Zeri 47924), ein weiterer Homer jedoch mit Geige, wurde 2019 bei Sotheby‘s angeboten (31. Januar 2019, lot 112); auch in der Gallerie dell‘ Accademia in Venedig wird unter Inv. Nr. 32 ein geigender Homer verwahrt, dessen Kopf wie hier nach links gerichtet ist; und auch im Palazzo Corsini in Rom wird eine Version des „Homer mit Geige“, Baumstaffage und Begleitperson verwahrt, die vielleicht die aufwendigste Version darstellt (Inv.Nr. 192).Der Künstler arbeitete ab 1633 längere Zeit in Venedig und in Bologna, 1647 ging er nach Rom. In seinen Werken lassen sich Einflüsse von Salvator Rosa (1615-1673), aber auch von Carracci erkennen. Anmerkung:Wenngleich das Thema ein anderes ist, so ist der dargestellte Mann vermutlich nach dem gleichen Modell entstanden wie der Orientale, der unter Fondazione Zeri Nummer 47934 verzeichnet ist und 1978 bei Christie‘s angeboten worden ist.Literatur:Vgl. Francesca Petrucci, Pier Francesco Mola (1612-1666). Materia e colore nella pittura del Seicento, Rom 2012.Vgl. zu dem Werk im Palazzo Corsini: Wart Arslan, Opere romane di Pier Francesco Mola, in Bollettino d‘arte, 1928, S. 68.Vgl. zu der Version in Venedig: Sandra Moschini Marconi, Gallerie dell‘Accademia di Venezia. Opere d‘arte dei secoli XVII, XVIII, XIX, 1970, S. 146. (1390041) (13)Pier Francesco Mola,1612 Coldrerio – 1666 Rome, attributedTHE BLIND HOMER Oil on canvas. Relined.78 x 65 cm.

Martin Whatson (Norwegian 1984-), 'Son Of Man', 2017, screenprint in colours on wove paper, inscribed AP in pencil, aside from the main edition of 100, bearing Martin Whatson blind stamp; sheet: 30.5 x 30.5cmARR sheet: 30.5 x 30.5cm In very good condition No knocks, tears or creases to the sheet This work has been stored flat and has never been framed.

AFTER LOUIS-AUGUSTE DE SAINSON (FRENCH 1801-1887) A PAIR OF VIEWS OF TONGA-TABOU, POLYNESIA with blind stamphand coloured lithographs, c.1830-1835, published by Antoine-Joseph Langlumé, from Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabeeach 30.7 x 40.9cm each 54.2 x 64.3cm (framed)(2)Property from a London CollectionThe Astrolabe was named after the eponymous expeditionary vessel that had been wrecked off the Solomon Islands in the spring of 1788 under the command of Jean-François de Galaup, Comte de Lapérouse (1741-c.1788). First christened Coquille, under which name it sailed from France in 1822 to circumnavigate the globe under the command of Louis-Isidore Duperrey (1786-1865), it was captained by Dumont d'Urville and sailed in 1826 to visit New Zealand and the Pacific Islands on a fact finding mission, including to discover the true fate of Lapérouse's earlier voyage. The expedition stopped at the Cape of Good Hope, passed through Bass Strait visiting Port Phillip, and arriving at Sydney on 1 December 1828. Sailing on to New Zealand in January 1827 it arrived in Tonga in the spring and explored the Fiji Archipelago, New Britain and New Guinea. In November, after a stop at Amboina, it sailed up the north-west coast of Australia, reaching Tasmania. Returning via the Cape of Good Hope it docked in Marseille on 25 March 1829. The Astrolabe subsequently embarked on a further voyage, this time to the South Pole, in 1837. The story and findings of the 1826-29 expedition of the Astrolabe were published in eighteen volumes under the authorship of Dumont d'Urville as Voyage de la Corvette L'Astrolabe in the early 1830s. offered for sale without reserve

TOKO SHINODA (JAPANESE 1913-2021) EVOLUTIONsigned and numbered Toko Shinoda 21/38 lower right; titled EVOLUTION lower centre, printed by Kimura, with blind stamp lower left, full sheetlithograph printed in colour53 x 71cm; 21 x 28 1/4in62 x 81cm; 24 1/2 x 32 in (framed)Property from a London Collectionoffered for sale without reserve

STUDIO OF HENRY RAEBURN (SCOTTISH 1756-1823) PORTRAIT OF THE FIDDLER NEIL GOWoil on canvas72 x 61cm; 28 1/4 x 24in88 x 78cm; 34 3/4 x 30 3/4 in (framed)Property from a Gentleman, LondonGow (1727-1807) was arguably the most famous Scottish fiddler of the eighteenth century. He came to public attention when he was awarded first prize in a competition judged by John McCraw, a blind musician, who stated that he 'would ken his bow hand amoung a hunder(d) players.' Gow's success brought his music making to the attention of the Duke of Atholl, through whose patronage Gow secured performances for balls and dance parties put on by the nobility which made his reputation as a musician and composer. Raeburn's portrait of Gow, upon which the present work is based, is in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburghoffered for sale without reserve

DICKENS (CHARLES)A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with title-page dated 1843 and printed in red and blue, the text uncorrected, 'Stave I' on p.[1] and light green endpapers, half-title, hand-coloured etched frontispiece and 3 plates after John Leech, 4 wood-engravings by W.J. Linton after Leech in the text, 2pp. advertisements at the end, tissue guards, uneven fading to endpapers, publisher's cinnamon vertically-ribbed cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, g.e., sunned, corners slightly rubbed [Eckel pp.110-115; Smith II:4; William B. Todd, in The Book Collector, Winter 1961, pp.449-454], 12mo (164 x 100mm.), Chapman & Hall, 1843Footnotes:FIRST EDITION OF DICKENS'S FIRST AND MOST ENDURING CHRISTMAS BOOK. A Christmas Carol was published on 19 December 1843, priced at 5s. Dickens initially requested green endpapers but discarded them due to the colour rubbing off. Demand for the book probably grew at such a pace that the stock of yellow endpapers was soon exhausted, necessitating the use of the discarded green endpapers. So although the green endpapers were produced first, the first copies issued had yellow endpapers.William B. Todd concluded that priority was impossible to determine due to the use of different stocks of text and plates, but that priority could be determined by the state of the binding. This is his first impression, first issue, first state, with a gap of 14-15mm. between the closest points of the blind-stamping and gold wreath on the upper cover, and the 'D' of 'Dickens' unbroken.Provenance: Unidentified monogram bookplate inside upper cover; S. Bothemley, ink ownership inscription in upper corner of half-title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

BIBLE, IN LATINNovum testamentum [edited by Desiderius Erasmus], woodcut device on title and on last leaf, woodcut historiated initials, light marginal damp-stain and occasional single wormhole, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin with floral motif, roundels with small portraits of Philipp Melanchthon, initials CEH and date (1548) on central panel on upper cover, a few single wormholes, clasps 8vo, Basel, Brylinger, 1543Footnotes:Provenance: Christopher Hardegen, ownership inscription dated 1575; 'Ottini Augustinensis 1795', in ink, with 2 other names struck through, on title; two other ownership inscriptions (1890 and 1901) on front paste-down.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

DARWIN (CHARLESOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection... Third Edition, with Additions and Corrections. (Seventh Thousand), half-title, one folding plate, advertisement leaf at end, pp.121-23 and plate loose, pp.73-120 working loose, ink numeral '5' on front free endaper, paper 'pocket' pasted on front pastedown, publisher's blind-stamped green cloth gilt, with Edmonds & Remnants binders' ticket inside lower cover, rubbed, spine ends turned with short tear at upper edge [Freeman 381], 8vo, John Murray, 1861Footnotes:This third edition ('seventh thousand') edition is the first to include Darwin's 'Historical sketch of the recent progress of opinion of the Origin of Species,' in which he describes his predecessors, those 'few naturalists... [who] believe that species undergo modification, and that existing forms of life have descended by true generation from pre-existing forms'.Provenance: ?T.E. Miln, pencil inscription on half-title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTDE PAPE (FERDINAND AND CHARLES) Recueil de pieuses prières, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM, 209 pages (numbered in lower margin), illuminated throughout including title, 33 full-page illuminations, and 264 pages of text, each within elaborate borders of different colours (gold, green, blue, lilac, red and white) filled with flowers, birds, insects and butterflies, the last 12 pages with gold floral corner-pieces left blank for additions, illuminated initials heightened in gold throughout, illumination on p.7 neatly restored, original brown morocco by De Samblanx-Weckesser, covers and spine with blind-stamped floral decoration, green and red inlaid monogram on upper cover, red morocco doublures with all-over pattern of gilt stars, crescent moon and roses, gilt dogtooth border, red watered silk endpapers, leather ties with decorative metal clasps, g.e., contained in original diced roan box with gilt monogram on upper cover (light wear), small 4to (150 x 330mm.); together with a note by Charles de Pape, SIGNED and DATED, 4-page vellum bifolium in brown ink (160 x 120mm.), Bruges, 1908 (2)Footnotes:AN EXQUISITE AND RARE EXAMPLE OF NEO-MEDIEVAL ILLUMINATION. Ferdinand De Pape (1801-1885) was a Belgian painter and foremost representative of the revival of medieval illumination who attained national and international success. Ferdinand described himself as a 'peintre en moijen âge'; and his known works suggest that he drew most of his inspiration from the fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Brugean illumination. Ferdinand worked with his brother François (1814-1863) and later, from 1859, with his son Charles who eventually took over the workshop in 1882 when Ferdinand retired due to his failing eyesight. (see W. Dumond, 'The Bruges Illuminator Ferdinand de Pape', in The Revival of Medieval Illumination, 2007, pp.245-67).No other complete manuscripts have been traced at auction. The only other comparable example is held at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, MS M.1115, Legende et déscription de la châsse de St. Ursule par Memling à l'hôpital Saint Jean à Bruges.The manuscript offered here was made for 'Monsieur and Madame Norbert Le Gallais-Metz' as is explained in the accompanying note in Pape's note. The manuscript, which celebrated the marriage between Norbert Le Gallais and Juliette Metz, was started as a collaboration between Ferdinand and Charles, and it was eventually finished by Charles in 1908. The 33 full-page fine illuminations depict scenes from the New Testament and various Saints, including St Norbert and St Juliet, who share the first names of the couple the manuscript was made for.ILLUMINATIONS: p.1 Le Gallais coat of arms; p.2 Salvator Mundi; p.4 Virgin Lactans crowned by angels; p.5 Angel musicians; p.6 Donor in prayer; p.7 Donor in prayer; p.8 Annunciation; p.15 St Peter; p.16 Visitation; p.21 St John the Evangelist; p.51 Annunciation to the Shepherds; p.29 St Catherine of Alexandria; p.30 Nativity; p.39 St Paul; p.40 Flight to Egypt; p.47 St Anthony; p.48 Presentation to the Temple; p.64 St Catherine of Alexandria; p.75 St Nicholas; p.76 St Barbara; p.81 St Luke; p.82 Agony in the Garden; p.107 St Mark; p.108 Altar with Host; p.125 St Matthew; p.126 Crucifixion; p.145 Bishop martyr; p.146 St Louis; p.158 Angel musician; p.176 St Francis receiving the stigmata; p.177 Coronation of the Virgin; p.197 St Norbert; p.198 St Juliet.TEXT: pp.9-38 Prières du Matin; pp.41-63 Messe de Mariage; pp.65-83 Exercice Pour la Confession; pp.83-107 Exercice Pour la Communion; pp.109-157 Prières durant la Saincte Messe; pp.160-176 Prières pendant la salut; pp.178-195 Prières du Soir; pp.194-209 Souvenirs de Famille LGM.The fine binding is by the Belgian master craftsman Charles de Samblancx [or Samblanx] (1855-1943), who began his binding career at age 11, as an apprentice to Coppens. He worked in partnership with the gilder Jacques Weckesser from 1889 to 1909. Samblancx worked in a variety of period styles, masterfully reproducing the bindings of previous centuries.Provenance: Norbert Le Gallais (1860-1934) and Juliette Metz; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LE FANU (JOSEPH SHERIDAN)Wylder's Hand: A Novel, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, publisher's mauve blind-stamped cloth lettered in gilt on spine, rebacked preserving original spines (with part loss of a couple of letters to volumes 1 and 2), new endpapers [Sadleir 1389; Wolff 4028] , Richard Bentley, 1864; Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, second issue (with 'Second Edition' on the title of volume 1), half-titles, near contemporary half calf, spines tooled in gilt with morocco lettering labels (one with loss), rubbed [cf. Sadleir 1386; Wolff 4025a], Richard Tinsley, 1864--The Tenants of Malory. A Novel, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, half-titles [Sadleir 1385; Wolff 4024], Tinsley Brothers, 1867; A Lost Name, FIRST EDITION, without advertisements in volume 3 [Sadleir 1381; Wolff 4018], Richard Bentley, 1868, bookplate of Sir. W.G. Gordon Cumming, later morocco-backed cloth by Birdsall & Son of Northampton, 8vo (12)Footnotes:A collection of four of Le Fanu's 1860s triple-deckers, of which Uncle Silas is described by ODNB as 'his best novel'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

[MOLIERE (JEAN BAPTISTE POQUELIN DE)]Oeuvres de Monsieur Molier, Tome premier, vol. 1 (of 2), engraved frontispiece, woodcut printer's device, woodcut head- and tail-pieces, light spotting, contemporary speckled calf gilt, initials PC blind-stamped on each cover, neatly rebacked preserving original gilt panelled spine with raised bands, 8vo, Paris, Estienne Loyson, 1664Footnotes:THE UNRECORDED FIRST VOLUME OF LOYSON'S PRINTING OF MOLIERE WITH A CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH PROVENANCE. Three editions of the collected works by Moliere were published in Paris between 1663 and 1664 without the consent of the author - these are known today as 'éditions collectives factices'. Our edition was previously known only by volume 2 referred to by Guibert in his bibliography, who writes 'le Tome I à son nom n'a été jamais découvert' (Guibert II, p. 560). The works contained in this first volume are:Les Précieuses ridicules, Paris, Claude Barbin, 1660Sganarelle ou Le Cocu imaginaire, Paris, Estienne Loyson, 1665L'École des maris, Paris, Jean Guignard, 1663Les Fâcheux, Paris, Jean Guignard, 1663Provenance: Phillip Constable, early ownership inscription dated 1669 and initials blind-stamped on covers. Philip Constable can be identified as possibly either Philip Constable (b.1622), brother of Sir Marmaduke Constable, 2nd Bt. of Everingham; or Philip Constable (b.1651), son of Sir Marmaduke Constable. The family had ties with the continent, and with Louvain in particular (see A. Hamilton, The Chronicle of the English Augustinian canonesses regular of the Lateran, at St. Monica's in Louvain (now at St. Augustine's priory, Newton Abbot, Devon) 1548[-1644], pp.232-234.).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

LE FANU (JOSEPH SHERIDAN)The House by the Church-yard, 3 vol., FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, half-title in volume 3 only (as issued), occasional spotting, pp.257-278 loosened in volume 3, pencil correction to spelling/printing errors on pp.197 and 307 in volume 1, publisher's Royal blue blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered and tooled in gilt, rubbed [Sadleir 1379, first issue; Wolff 4016], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1863Footnotes:RARE FIRST EDITION IN THE PUBLISHER'S CLOTH of Le Fanu's classic of supernatural fiction. 'The pages of the novel are crimsoned in gore with seasonings of hauntings, apparitions, and brooding menace. There are connoisseurs of the ghostly who put it first among Le Fanu's works' (Tymn, Horror Literature, 1981).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Postcards, Fairgrounds, a collection of approx. 46 cards of UK fairgrounds and various rides and side shows. RPs of fairs include Hull (2), Goose Fair Nottingham, Oldham Wakes 1906, probably Merton Devon (blind stamp), Bank Holiday Withernsea, Links and Sands Whitley Bay, Horse Fair Bristol, Bridgewater Fair, Holsworthy Fairground (fat lady etc), Fair at Wareham, Fair at Clifton, Barnet Fair, St Giles Oxford, and Portsdown Hill Fair. Also printed cards of fairgrounds at Barnet, Stratford, Blackpool, Oxford etc (mixed condition)

SAS War Diary 1941-1945, The Services Edition, limited edition no. 204 / 1000, facsimile with colour and monochrome illustrations, original blind-stamped light brown leather over boards, large folio, London: Extraordinary Editions Ltd., 2011, in original Extraordinary Editions cardboard box with foam packing and camouflage material, with letter from publisher dated 2011  

Peter Scott - a group of three framed and glazed, signed limited edition prints and other unsigned, to include Whooper Swans at Morning Flight, 140/250, Widgeon Beyond the Dunes, pub Arthur Akermann, blind stamp to margin, the third untitled, pub by Akermann's, largest 53cm x 69cm Location:

A quantity of silk and other scarves, mainly late 20th/early 21st Century High Street names, to include a large hot pink silk Blind for Love scarf/wrap, Ted Baker (with original tags), Tie Rack, Boden, Hobbs, La Marey (with original tags), Oscar and Halston. Location:R1.4

A pair of George III style mahogany framed settees, with upholstered sides and back and with bolster cushion and raised on blind fretwork carved front legs united to the rear by a series of stretchers. Height 84 cm, width 214 cm, depth 87 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The upholstery is in very good order. There is slight rubbing to the arms where people have been getting up and down but the colour is generally very good. The frames are solid with minimal movement.

H Sutton Palmer, a first state impression "The Gates Of Borrowdale", image size 45 cm x 61 cm excluding margins and with blind stamp, glazed and in gilt frame.

A Victorian mahogany bow front night chest, the top lifting above a pair of flame veneered drawers and two blind cock beaded drawers, turned legs, c.1850 (altered); an oak wall mirror (2)

Sir Francis Burdett (1770 - 1844) and Political Reform - John Doyle, The last & highest point, at which the unheard of courage of Don Quixote ever did, lithograph, published by Thomas McLean, Haymarket, London, 23rd May 1837, plate 487 from HB sketches, subscriber's copy blind stamp, 27cm x 37cm

Miscellaneous – Doyle (James E.), A Chronicle of England BC155 – AD1485, London, Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1864 4to, 462pp, numerous coloured illus. after the author, gilt edges, embossed bevelled boards with gilt Plantagenet Royal Arms to the front board, gilt titles to spine, covers rubbed; Ashton (John), The Chap Books of the Eighteenth Century with Facsimiles Notes and Introduction, London, Chatto & Windus, 1882 12mo, 486pp, numerous engravings, bound embossed black and gilt on green boards, gilt titles to spine; Hoppus’s Practical Measurer or Measuring made easy to the Meanest Capacity by a new Set of Tables, London, John Smith n. d. (c. 1832) 7 x 3in (178 x 76mm) 205pp, fold-out engraved frontis, blind embossed black boards gilt spine titles; Betsworth (John), Correct Tables of Interest Calculated on an Enlarged Plan and in a Most Exact Manner from £1 to £1,000 etc., London, T. Hughes n. d. (c.1820) 32mo, unpaginated tables, brown boards; Calendar and Diary designed Albert Richardson, Plaistow, Curwen Press, 1922 32mo., unused, unpaginated, coloured illus., bound oatmeal boards, priced label; Anon., The Cyclist’s Pocket Touring Maps of Britain, in 14 sections, London, The Cyclist, 1939, seven folded and hard bound in pairs with black boards each numbered in green, all in slip case printed with key to the sections (6)

Helen Bradley (Britsh, 1900-1979),'The Punch and Judy Show',Limited edition print on paper,Signed in pencil lower right,Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp for number 549 lower left,48cm x 62cm,Framed and glazed

Laurence Stephen Lowry RA RBA (1887-1976),'The Old Town Hall, Middlesbrough ',Limited edition print on paper,Unsigned, Adam Collection blind stamp and numbered '272/850' in ink lower left,42cm x 31cm,Framed and glazed

An Edwardian mahogany Chinese Chippendale revival mahogany display cabinet, the moulded cornice over a blind fretwork frieze and a single astragal glazed door, upon the base formed with a conforming single frieze drawer, slender acanthus moulded cabriole front legs extending to paw feet, plain rear legs, all united by an inverted under shelf, 189cm H x 75cm W x 42cm D (at fault)

19th Century Welsh oak Deuddarn having projecting canopy with moulded cornice and drop finials above three ogee pointed arch panelled doors, the projecting base with two long and one short frieze drawers above centre blind double panel flanked by panelled doors on bracket feet. Cardiganshire. 138 x 54 x 205cm approx (WxDxH).(B.P. 21% + VAT) a little faded and dry but basically sound.

Victorian walnut bow and break front credenza, the moulded top above inlaid frieze, the central blind panelled door with hand painted porcelain tablet of floral sprays, the interior revealing fitted shelf and flanked by two glazed shelving units on a projecting base and baluster turned feet with gilt metal mounts. 154 x 38 x 108cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Slightly tired and faded condition, wear and fading to fabric shelves.  Scratches and stains in places with some minor losses.

A mahogany longcase clock, early 19th century, the restored arched moulded top hood with blind fret frieze above 32.5cm brass dial signed above the arch 'Jonathan Lees, Bury', moonphase disc above silvered chapter ring, mask spandrels and engraved centre, date aperture below, trunk with lancet top door, upon a rectangular plinth base 233cm high the entire front aspect to the hood looks 20th century construction The clock has not been running, attractive dial and trunk 

AN ERCOL WINDSOR MODEL 468 SIDEBOARD, in blond elm, the fascia with three blind panel cupboard doors enclosing shelving over two small drawers with oval wood handles, on castors, maker's label, 51" x 17 1/2" x 30 1/4" (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, all handles intact.