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Aleman, Mathew.: The Rogue, or the Life of Guzman de Alfarche. Written in Spanish by Matheo Aleman, Servant to His Catholike Maiestie and Born in Sevill. London, Printed for Edward Blount.1623 [and second part] London. Printed by R.B. for Robert Allott. 1633. [24], 267; [16], 357, occasional mis-numbering of leaves. Early blind-panelled calf rebacked, hinges strengthened with part of a manuscript letter on vellum, large portion of front free endpaper excised, ownership signatures of Henry Hatcher dated 1637 to verso of title page of part two; booksellers' catalogue clippings to front pastedown with the armorial bookplate of Nicholas Dobree, Guernsey. The first English translation by James Mabbe who also translated works by Cervantes and is held by some to be the I.M. whose verses are prefixed to the first folio Shakespeare. [William St Clair estate]

Two pairs pf matching glazed chinz interlined curtains, a pair of matching headboards, matching Roman blind and single matching cushionCurtain Measurments - 203cm H X 192cm W. 

BAROCKKOMMODE Württemberg, wohl Kirchheim-Teck, um 1750, Blindholz in Weichholz, Furnier in Nussbaum- und Nussbaumwurzelholz, Beschläge in Messing, dreischübige, stehende Kommode, abgeschlossen durch eine vorkragende Deckplatte, HxBxT: 84/117/63 cm. Gebrauchsspuren, rest. | BAROQUE COMODEWürttemberg, probably Kirchheim-Teck, c. 1750, blind wood in softwood, veneer in walnut and walnut root wood, fittings in brass, three-bay standing chest of drawers, closed by a projecting top plate, HxWxD: 84/117/63 cm. Traces of use, rest.

Miles Davis (American 1926-1961): 'Ezz-thetic', limited edition colour lithograph numbered 233/300 in pencil with blind stamps 67cm x 50cmNotes: Jazz musician Miles spent the last 25 years of his life painting and exhibiting his work in galleries around the world.

John Lennon (British 1940-1980): 'Morning Coffee' limited edition lithograph signed and numbered 220/300 by Yoko Ono in pencil with blind stamps pub. 1987, 37cm x 54cm

George II japanned longcase clock by Joseph Stevens, London (Aldgate), c1750, with a flat topped hood, shallow cornice and blind fret beneath, square hood door with rectangular glazed panels to the sides, with a long trunk and conforming full length door with raised moulding to the edge, on a rectangular plinth with applied skirting, front of the case profusely decorated in the oriental chinoiserie style, with a square brass dial and silvered chapter ring engraved with Roman numerals, minute track and five minute Arabic's, matching scroll spandrels and finely matted dial centre, with matching steel hands, recessed silvered seconds dial and square date aperture with silvered date ring behind, dial pinned directly to an eight-day rack striking movement, striking the hours on a cast bell, with weights and pendulum. Joseph Stevens is recorded as a member of the clockmaker's company (London) in 1745 and 1752-94, his son Joseph (II) was apprenticed in 1753Dimensions: Height: 200cm  Length/Width: 46cm  Depth/Diameter: 23cm

In the manner of George Speer - George III mahogany chest on folio cabinet, moulded top over four drawers, the lower section enclosed by two panelled doors with Gothic blind fret work, the interior fitted with four folio slides, lower mould over ogee bracket feetDimensions: Height: 112cm  Length/Width: 125cm  Depth/Diameter: 62cm

George III mahogany chest on chest, the projecting dentil cornice over blind fretwork frieze and canted corners, two short and six long drawers, cast gilt metal cartouche escutcheons and ornate handles, on bracket feetDimensions: Height: 187cm  Length/Width: 120cm  Depth/Diameter: 60cm

John Rose, An Edwardian embossed silver tray, raised floral and acanthus leaf decoration, with a blind central cartouche, Birmingham 1901, 29cm x 20cm, weight: 350g

A 1911 enamelled silver Young Helpers' League badge. [The Young Helpers' League was founded by Dr Thomas Barnardo in 1891.as "A Union of Boys and Girls, chiefly of the Upper and Middle Classes, in aid of crippled, blind, deaf and dumb and ailing Children of the Waif Class".]

A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY SIDE CABINET, THE CENTRAL GLAZED DOOR RECESSED BELOW CURVED BLIND FRET DRAWERS OVER GLAZED DOORS, THE CABRIOLE LEGS JOINED BY A WAVY FRONTED SHELF. W 120 x D 37.5 x H 109cms.

A 20th C. MAHOGANY CHEST ON CHEST, THE UPPER HALF WITH TWO SHORT AND FOUR LONG DRAWERS WITHIN BLIND FRET PILASTERS, THE BASE WITH A BRUSHING SLIDE AND THREE DRAWERS. W 71 x D 45 x H 166cms.

AN 18th C. OAK COFFER WITH BLIND FRET CARVING ABOVE THE FOUR PANELLED FRONT. W 136 x D 53 x H 79cms.

A GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY PEMBROKE TABLE WITH BLIND FRET CARVING ON THE DRAWER AND LEGS ON BRASS CASTER FEET. W 63 x D 63 CLOSED x H 78cms.

A large Polish silver spice tower, Warsaw 1871, modelled with a central ball knopped spire with bell within, flanked by four turrets, each with a revolving flag finial, the compartments with blind arcading and hinged door, on cylindrical and domed foot, banded with tooled foliate borders throughout, 35cm high, 20.40ozt

Bernard Cuzner for Liberty and Co., a pair of Arts and Crafts silver dishes, Birmingham 1919, broad rimmed oval form, incised with Persian style bands of foliate scrolls and applied blind fret rosettes, 16.5cm long, 7.75ozt (2)

John Piper C.H. (British, 1902-1992), Scotney Castle, Kent, Levinson 265, signed and Christie's blind stamps l.r., published by CCA Galleries, colour lithograph, 1976, Numbered.65/120, 44 by 56cm, framed. Note: Artist Resale Rights apply

A Chinese treen export table casket, late 19th Century, serpentine cover, blind carved throughout with panels figures in wooded balustrade and pagoda landscapes, 8.5cm high, 26cm wide, 11cm deep

A Chinese treen export table casket, late 19th Century, serpentine cover, blind carved throughout with panels figures in wooded balustrade and pagoda landscapes, 8.5cm high, 26cm wide, 11cm deep

Samson Charas, Bristol, an 18th Century mahogany and walnut longcase clock, plain moulded cornice, blind fretwork frieze, square brass dial with mask and scroll spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the movement striking on a bell, flanked by ebonised barleytwist pilasters, burr walnut trunk door with circular pendulum window, 220cm high, (winding key, two weights and pendulum)

A limited edition print after Cecil Aldin entitled "Goodwood", 118/350, blind-stamped, framed and glazed. 29cm x 55cm image size

George Cunningham 'Western Bank' Colour Print, 23 x 33cm, blind backstamp, Beryl Cook manner prints. Alison Douglas 'Figure in a Landscape. (5)

Of Hull Motor Club interest; a Victorian silver goblet trophy cup, by James Deacon & Sons, Sheffield 1900, with floral and scroll embossed and chased decoration, knopped pedestal, plinth, ht 25.5cm, 423gm.Inscribed 'The Burrell Cup, presented to, The Hull Motor Club, by W.E. Burrell'Walter Ernest Burrell (1879-1940), a jeweller from 80 Jameson Street in Hull, presented it in 1922 for the best decorated car as part of Hull Motorists' Carnival in aid of St. Dunstan's, the WWI Blind Veteran Charity.

Nigel Hemming (b.1957) A pencil signed and numbered limited-edition print 218/500 of two black Labrador gun dogs entitled 'Work', plus a pencil signed and numbered limited-edition print 56/250 with (Fine art trade guild blind stamp) of a working Springer Spaniel by M.J. Taylor. Frame sizes approx 26 ½ x 20 ½ inches and 21 ½ x 17 ½ inches. (Glazed) (2)  COLLECT ONLY.

Binding.- Royal Arms.- Collection (A) of Anthems. As the same are now performed in His Majesty's Chapels Royal, the Robert Walpole-Richard Caulfield copy, ruled in red, bookplates, stamps and inscriptions to endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, bound for the Chapel Royal, Hampton Court, with the interlaced monogram, "G.R." (George II) in gold, on both, covers with the words "Chapel Royal Hampton Court" beneath, crowned fleurons at the corners, spine ends chipped, spine rubbed, upper cover a little rubbed, preserved in custom drop-back box, 8vo, by J. Bettenham for B. Barker at the College Arms near Dean's Yard Westminster, 1736.⁂ A number of copies of this work were bound for the Chapel Royal, this copy with a distinguished provenance.Provenance: Robert Walpole (1676-1745); Richard Caulfield (1823-1887, librarian of Queen's College, Cork); Robert Day (1836-1914, antiquarian and photographer); William Neville; Dorothy Moulton Mayer (1886-1974, author and singer), their bookplates to pastedown and endpapers; Peter Bander van Duren (1930-2004, British writer on heraldry and orders of knighthood, his blind-stamp to endpaper).

Arabic Dictionary.- Muhammad ibn Yakub (Majd-al-din, al Firuzabadi) The Kamoos, or the Ocean; an Arabic Dictionary, 2 vol., titles and advertisement leaf at beginning of vol.1 in English, text in Arabic, a few minor tears and paper flaws/repairs, a few light stains, some inner margins strengthened, first and last few leaves detached, contemporary russia, stamped in gilt and blind, worn, covers detached, one backstrip missing the other loosely inserted, [Diehl 106], 4to, Calcutta, Printed at the Press of the Editor [M. Lumsden], 1817.⁂ Rare. The last copy at auction was in the David Loman sale at Bloomsbury in 2006; before that in 1967.Provenance: Henry B. H. Beaufoy (bookplate).

Emerson (Ralph Waldo, editor).- The Dial: A Magazine for Literature, Philosophy, and Religion, 3 vol. comprising vol. 2 - 4, occasional blind-stamps, bookplate to vol. 2 title verso, vol. 3 with some foxing and title mounted on stub, vol. 4 title and contents f. browned and some marginal damp-stains to later ff., modern red cloth, 8vo, Boston, E. P. Peabody [& James Munroe], 1842-44.⁂ First edition of this important Transcendalist literary magazine. Founded in 1840, the first 8 issues were edited by Margaret Fuller before she passed the responsibility to Emerson who would edit the next 8 before the magazine closed in 1844. Contributors included Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Theodore Parker and Emerson himself. Scarce.

Claudianus (Claudius) Opera Quam Diligentissime Castigata, Quorum Indicem in Sequenti Pagina Reperies, edited by Francesco Torreansi, first Aldine edition, collation: a-y8, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., multiple early ink marginal notes between q7-s2 (partially erased), book label front pastedown, light marginal damp-staining to initial 6 ff. and final c.28 ff., a few instances of spotting, nineteenth century calf, upper cover with central blind-stamped arms of 1st Duke of Sutherland, extremities a little scuffed, [Venice], [House of Aldus & Andrea Torresani], 1523.⁂ Provenance: purportedly from the library of Rembrandt, with [?]erroneous ink inscription to front free endpaper 'Rembrandt van Ryn/ 1646'; George Granville Leverson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland (arms to upper cover).Literature: Adams C2073; Ahmanson-Murphy 218; Renouard, Alde, 96:1; EDIT 16 CNCE 12668.

Tudor exiles opposed to the Marian regime.- Mary I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1516-58) Letter signed "Marye the Quene" to Lord Paget, signed at head, titled at head "By the King and Quene", 1 page, 194 x 345mm., on vellum, St James's Palace, 7th June 1556, instructing him as Keeper of the Privy Seal to send messages to Sir Thomas Wroth, [name rubbed out], Sir William Stafford, Sir Henry Neville, William Fiennes "Fyenenes", Roger Whetnall, John Hales, Anthony Meres, Jane Wilkinson, and Edward Isaac, commanding them to return "wth all celeritie to repaire into this our Realme of England; But also to make yor p[er]sonall apparance the laste of October next coming before us and our privie counsaill attendant on our p[er]sone... And then to answer to all such matters as shall at yor coming... nat failing hereof uppon the faith and allegiance ye owe and beare unto us", blind-stamped paper seal, address panel on verso "To our right trustie wellbeloved Counsillor Lord Paget de Beaudesert...", docketed on verso: "for thabsentes... Quene marie to my Lorde for process xvi", folds.⁂ "Bloody" Mary's summons exiles opposed to her religious policy to return to their deaths. An outstanding document going to the heart of the Marian doctrine of chasing down and eliminating those opposed to Mary's religious policy. By 1556 Mary I had executed, usually by burning at the stake, 123 people who had refused to recant their protestant opinions and therefore not surprisingly none of the people listed were prepared to return. The list includes: (1). Sir William Wroth (courtier and landowner, one of the four principal gentleman of the chamber, two of whom were to be at all times in personal attendance of Edward VI and were present when he died; proclaimed Lady Jane Grey as queen; joined in proclaiming Princess Mary as queen once her accession became inevitable; sent to the Tower late in July 1553; included in the general pardon; charged with complicity in the rising of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, fled overseas; in 1556 he succeeded in evading a messenger sent from England to recall him, 1518?-73) (2). Sir William Stafford (courtier, second husband of Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn and mistress of Henry VIII, c. 1500-56) (3). Sir Henry Neville (Groom of the bedchamber under Henry VIII, c. 1520-93) (4). John Hales (administrator, clerk of the Hanaper, 1516?-1572) (5). Jane Wilkinson (friend of Thomas Cranmer, d. July 1557).These orders were delivered personally by messengers on behalf of the queen, and would have posed a threat to the recipients as kidnap was a very real prospect.

China.- The Sacred Edict: containing 16 Maxims of the Emperor Kang-He. Amplified by his Son. With a Paraphrase on the whole by a Mandarin. And translated, with Notes, by William Milne, Protestant Missionary at Malacca, first edition in English, half-title, occasional small stain or light marking to margins, ink ownership inscription to head of title verso, paper slip signed "Lieut-General Sir James Outram" laid onto title verso with bookseller's label of Arthur Prosthain, Oriental Bookseller below, faint blind-stamp to title and final f., modern morocco-backed boards, 8vo, 1817.⁂ Rare first English translation of the Sacred Edict of the Kangxi Emperor, we can trace no copy at auction since 1948. The edicts were first issued by the Emperor in 1670, consisting of sixteen maxims, each seven characters long, to instruct the average citizen in the basic principals of Confucian orthodoxy. Also published here is Wang Youpu's interpretation of the maxims.

Dresser (Henry Eeles) The Monograph of the Meropidae, or Family of the Bee-Eaters, 34 hand-coloured lithographed plates by J. G. Keulemans, most heightened with gum arabic, some scattered foxing to text, contemporary purple panelled morocco, blind stamped and tooled in gilt and black, spine gilt in compartments, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, lightly scuffed, spine a little faded, joints very lightly rubbed, but still overall a very bright and attractive copy, [Nissen 269; Zimmer I, 178], tall 4to, by the author, 1884-6.

Botany.- Theophrastus. De historia plantarum libri decem, edited by Joannes Bodaeus von Stapel, fine engraved architectural title, woodcut initials and numerous botanical illustrations, printed in double column with text in parallel Greek and Latin, small ink stain to 4H4 affecting woodcuts, a few other small spots but generally an excellent crisp and clean copy, contemporary vellum with central arabesque lozenge in blind, a little rubbed and soiled, lacking ties, upper joint repaired, [Hunt 240; Wellcome V, 251], folio, Amsterdam, Hendrick Laurensz, 1644.⁂ First edition of "one of the best and most thoughtfully-prepared editions of all the editions of Theophrastus" (Hunt). Unlike most botanical works of the time, which concentrated on the medicinal qualities of the plants, Bodaeus von Stapel focused on the classification of plants, thereby producing one of the most influential botanical works of the 17th century. "It is interesting not only because of the brilliance of the editing, but, curiously enough, to the American botanist as well, for involving in the discussion certain species from Virginia, other parts of the New World, and Asia. The illustrations of these plants have been largely overlooked in botanical history, because of their incidental presence in a work which might not be expected to contain anything of the sort. Some were merely borrowed from l'Ecluse or de Lobel, but others seem original in this work.' (H.H. Bartlett in Fifty-five Rare Books, quoted by Hunt).

Bartholin (Thomas) Bartholinus Anatomy; made from the Precepts of his Father, and from the Observations of all Modern Anatomists...., 4 folding engraved plates, c.70 engraved illustrations in text, with final advertisement leaf bound at beginning rather than end (torn and laid down), ink inscription "John Smith July 27th 1843" to head of title and with his extensive annotations to endpapers including recipes for lime water, stomach piles etc., another ink inscription to title, browned, a few stains, one plate and Yy1 torn and repaired, paper flaw hole to Zz1 with loss of a few letters, a few other minor defects/repairs, contemporary calf ruled in blind, rubbed and stained, repairs to spine, corners and lower cover, [Wellcome II, 107; Wing BB977], folio, by John Streater, 1668.⁂ Bartholin (1616-80) was a Danish physician, naturalist, physiologist and anatomist, son of the anatomist Caspar Bartholin. He was the first professor of anatomy at Copenhagen and greatly expanded knowledge of the working anatomy of various glands and their ducts, and the biliary and lymphatic systems, being the first to describe the thoracic duct in man.

Cowper (William) Myotomia Reformata: or an Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, first folio edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved double-page list of muscles, 67 anatomical plates (some after Rubens and Raphael) including plate 13 in 2 states, diagrams and illustrations, head- & tail-pieces and pictorial initials, some plates with pencil or ink sketches to verso, some soiling and staining, mostly marginal, plate I and S1 torn and repaired affecting image and text, a few other marginal tears and repairs, modern panelled calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with red morocco label, [Norman 530; Russell 210; Wellcome II, 401], folio, [printed by William Bowyer] for Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724.⁂ First published in 1694 in 8vo with 10 plates, this grander version was published posthumously under the supervision and at the expense of the physician Richard Mead. "It ranks as one of the finest artistic anatomical productions of the period, not only for the quality of the large plates but for the engraved vignettes of musclemen used as head- and tail-pieces, and the ingenious historiated initials." (Norman)

Crooke (Helkiah) Microcosmographia [graece]: A Description of the Body of Man..., 2 parts in 1, second edition, fine additional engraved pictorial title by M.Droeshout, letterpress title to first part with woodcut of muscleman holding dagger & flayed skin and title to second part with wounded man, both with woodcut head-pieces, initials and numerous illustrations, second part with 'Printer to the Reader' leaf with large woodcut and Contents & errata leaves at end but lacking final blank (as usual), contemporary ink signature of Robert Perry Junr. to head of first title, engraved title soiled & torn and with first letterpress title both defective at fore-margin (repaired), also some leaves at end, Bb6, Ll1 & Vvv5 in first part all a little short and with piece attached at foot (?supplied from another copy), some soiling and water-staining, modern calf with border tooled in blind, red morocco label, [Russell 224; STC 6063; Wellcome 1686], folio, printed by Thomas and Richard Cotes, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, 1631.⁂ Compilation on anatomy first published in 1615, with the text mostly taken from Bauhin's Theatrum anatomicum and the works of Du Laurens. This second edition also includes the first appearance in English of Ambroise Paré's tract An explanation of the fashion and use of three and fifty instruments of chirurgery which was not otherwise issued until 1634, and which features many woodcuts of surgical instruments. ESTC does not call for either the final errata leaf or blank.

Harvey (William) Recentiorum disceptationes de motu cordis, sanguinis, et chyli, in animalibus, 5 parts in 1, title with woodcut printer's device, 6 engraved plates (2 in 'De motu cordis' and 4 in Aselli's 'De lactibus'), 3 woodcut illustrations in text to Walaeus (2 full-page), light water- & damp-staining causing a few small holes with loss of a few letters in third part (Du Roy and Drake texts), trimmed, handsome modern sprinkled dark brown calf tooled in blind, black calf label, [Keynes 6], small 4to, Leiden, J.Maire, 1647.⁂ Including the fourth printing of Harveys' ground-breaking De motu cordis on the circulation of the blood in the human body, first published in 1628. This is the reissue of the second complete edition using the sheets of the 1639 printing, with the addition of others' works, making it the most complete contemporary collection of texts concerning the circulation debate.

Valla (Giorgio) De urinae significatione..., first edition, title with decorative woodcut border of putti, woodcut initials, lacking final blank, old ink underlining to first few lines and tracing of initial to verso of dedication, light staining to title and first few leaves, modern panelled sheep elaborately stamped in blind with border of vines and other ornaments, lower edge uncut, [Adams V150; Not in Wellcome], 8vo, Strasbourg, Heinrich Seybold, [1529].⁂ Rare 16th century work on uroscopy, the analysis of urine and its relation to health and disease. Valla (c.1430-99) was an Italian physician and mathematician who practised in Milan and Venice, and also taught medicine in Padua. Seybold, a professor of medicine as well as a printer, printed several medical texts, all of which are rare.

Willis (Thomas) Dr. Willis's Practice of Physick, being the whole Works of that Renowned and Famous Physician..., 36 engraved plates on 35 leaves (correct, not 40 as erroneously stated on title-page), one folding, most parts separately paginated, several with separate title-pages, folding plate torn and repaired, occasional spotting or soiling, a few stains, modern calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with green morocco label, new endpapers, spine a little faded, [Russell 876; Wellcome V.443; Wing W2854], folio, for T.Dring [& others], 1684.⁂ Second edition of Willis' collected works in English including his writings on fermentation, fevers, the brain and nervous system, and convulsive diseases. His 'Anatomy of the Brain' was the most complete and accurate account of the nervous system that had until then appeared; he coined the term "neurology" and discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain. The section of Treatise VIII entitled 'Of the convulsive cough and asthma' marks the beginning of the modern treatment of asthma, while the final part contains the first clear account of whooping cough.

Astronomy.- Kepler (Johannes) Tabulae Rudolphinae. Or, the Rudolphine Tables, supputated to the Meridian of Uraniburge..., first edition in English, title with ruled border, numerous tables, paper flaw crease to lower outer corner of G2 causing slight loss to corner of table, modern sheep ruled in blind, red morocco labels, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Houzeau & Lancaster 12754; Wing K332], 8vo, 1675.⁂ Shortly before his death in 1601 Tycho Brahe asked Kepler to complete his Rudolphine tables, named after his patron Emperor Rudolph II and first published in 1627. The resultant work, based on Kepler's discovery of the laws of planetary motion and on his introduction to logarithms, produced far more accurate positions than those in earlier tables.

Mathematics.- Euclid. Eukleidou ta sozomena [graece]; Euclidis quæ supersunt omnia, edited by David Gregory, [one of 250 large paper copies], engraved frontispiece and title vignette by M.Burghers, title and parallel text in Greek and Latin, woodcut diagrams in text, errata leaf at end, one or two rust-spots/holes with loss to the odd letter, ink stain to fore-edge of a few leaves, trimmed, handsome modern morocco elaborately tooled in blind, spine preserving old roan label and slightly faded, folio (380 x 245mm.), Oxford, Sheldonian Theatre, 1703.

Sundials.- [Saher (Ferdinand)] Nova praxis construendi circinum proportionalem horographicum..., only edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials,18 engraved plates containing 22 figures, light staining to verso of plates, modern ink stamp of Christopher St. J.H.Daniel to pastedowns, modern sprinkled brown calf tooled in blind, very slightly rubbed, [Tomash & Williams S6; VD17 23:269580Z], oblong 8vo, Vienna, Sussana Christina [Saher], 1695.⁂ Rare work attributed to Ferdinand Saher, brother of the printer of the work, concerning a sector customised for the design of sundials. OCLC locates 5 copies worldwide with only one in the UK (University of Oxford), one in Italy, two in Germany and one in America.

NO RESERVE Annotated Law.- Justinianus I. Institutionum libri IIII., collation: A-Z Aa-Tt8, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of colophon f., woodcut decorative initials, Tt6-8 blank, extensive contemporary ink marginalia at start, name at head of title obliterated, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, printer's waste used as pastedowns and an endpaper (loose), contemporary blind-stamped calf, lacking backstrip, covers detached, with corners worn and water-stained, a rare little edition, 16mo (118 x 82mm.), Antwerp, [Joannes Latius for] Joannes Steelsius, 1553.

NO RESERVE English ownership.- Herodotus. Herodoti halicarnassei historiae libri IX, translated by Laurentius Valla & Conrad Heresbach, collation: a-f8 A-Z, Aa-Ss8, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., woodcut historiated initials, lacking final blank, late 16th and 17th century ink inscriptions and marginalia in Latin, and a note concerning Herodotus to final f. in English, tape to inner margin of title to hold on front board, some water-staining, mostly marginal, occasional spotting or light staining, lacking endpapers, text block broken, fragment of ms. used in binding, contemporary calf, faint blind-stamped central arms within a large dark circle to covers, lacking backstrip, tape repairs, worn, 8vo (157 x 107mm.), Basel, Hieronymus Curio for Henricus Petri, 1559.⁂ Provenance: 'Thomas...John Drench Jr...' (16th century inscription to rear inner board); 'E libris Johannis Jones Exoniensis' (17th century ink inscription to upper cover of binding). Literature: Adams H402.

Machiavelli (Niccolò) The Florentine historie, translated by Thomas Bedingfeld, first edition in English, title within woodcut border with printer's device at foot, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking final blank, title light browned, trimmed and laid down (no printed text verso), some spotting / light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, modern vellum, blind-stamped and gilt titled spine in compartments, [STC 17162], small folio, Printed [by Thomas Creede] for VVilliam Ponsonby, 1595.⁂ First edition in English of Machiavelli's history of Florence, which was commissioned by the Medici family and first published posthumously in 1532.

Porcacchi (Tommaso) Le Isole Piu Famose del Mondo, 3 parts in 1, engraved architectural title and maps and plans by Girolamo Porro, woodcut printer's device at end with initials H.S.G.K, F3 with short marginal tears and corner repaired, small previous owner's inscription to final f. verso, occasional light ink- or finger-soiling but overall still a remarkably clean and crisp copy, modern antique style blind-stamped calf, small light stain to upper cover, small folio (300 x 205mm), Venice, Giorgio Angelieri for heirs of Simone Galignani de Karera, 1590.⁂ A superb copy of this rare early atlas of the late sixteenth century, treating the world as a collection of islands. This edition contains seventeen additional maps, mostly of the islands of the Greek archipelago, which were introduced in the 1576 edition. Literature: Phillips, Atlases 3327.

Descartes (René) Meditationes de prima philosophia, 2 parts in 1, second edition, woodcut printer's device to titles, errata to verso of general title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, title strengthened at inner margin verso, water-stained, browner at start, occasional spotting, [Willems 985; Guibert 43.2], Amsterdam, Louis Elzevier, 1642 bound with [Schook (Marten)] Admiranda methodus novae philosophiae Renati des Cartes, title with woodcut printer's device, ⁂11&12 blank, some staining, occasional spotting, Utrecht, Johannes van Waesberge, 1643, together 2 works in 1 vol., recased in old limp vellum, soiled, 12mo⁂ Second edition of Descartes's principal work on metaphysics; the first to contain a complete set of objections and replies. Here bound with Schook's attack on Descartes, prompted by the latter's controversy with Voetius. Schook later claimed that Voetius was in fact the main author of the work. Provenance: Mark Pattison, Lincoln College, Oxford (blind-stamp to general title).

Children's.- Trusler (John) The Progress of Man and Society, first edition, half-title with wood-engraved vignette and the author's coat-of-arms to verso forming frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved illustrations by John Bewick, elaborate calligraphic inscription "George Cuitt 1794" (etcher, son of George senior the landscape painter) to head of frontispiece, a little soiled and stained, a few leaves with small tears to fore-edge repaired, modern book-label of Philip Gosse Weppons, old sheep, rubbed, spine faded, John Trusler, 1791 § Book of English Trades (The), wood-engraved plates, modern half calf, red roan label, 1818 § Book of Trades; or, circle of the Useful Arts, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original blind-stamped green cloth, pictorial gilt spine, Glasgow, 1839 § New Ready Reckoner (The); or, Trader's Sure Guide, tables, contemporary sheep, worn and wormed, London: W.C.Fletcher, Leeds: Webb & Millington, Selby: W.R.Galpine, 1844 § Cabinet of Useful Arts and Manufactures (The), designed for the perusal of Young Persons, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, Dublin, 1825, most rubbed; and 11 others, trades and children's, 8vo et infra (16)⁂ The first is an educational work for children covering a wide range of subjects but particularly trades, sports and pastimes including balloons, dancing, fencing, and swimming.

Economics.- Grant (Sir Robert) The Expediency Maintained of continuing the system by which the Trade and Government of India are now regulated, only edition, 15 letterpress tables at end, 2 folding, one printed in red and black, occasional light spotting, contemporary polished calf with border in gilt and blind, spine gilt, a little rubbed, a couple of gouges to upper cover, spine slightly chipped at head, splits to joints, [Goldsmiths' 20727; Kress B6163], 8vo, 1813.⁂ Important work on trading relations between Britain and the East Indies by the second son of Charles Grant, sometime Chairman of the board of the East India Company.

SIR EDWARD COLEY BURNE-JONES (BRITISH 1833-1898)BLIND LOVE Coloured chalks104 x 35cm (40¾ x 13¾ in.)Provenance:Sale, Christie's South Kensington, 28 September 2005, lot 275 Condition Report: Under glass and unexamined out of frame. Signs of mould, particularly in the bottom section below the figure's knees. Repaired tears around the edges and in the two right hand corners. Several small abrasions, including in the figure. Condition Report Disclaimer

Four vintage knives, one with "R Clark Newcastle" on the blade stem," Made in Sheffield" on the other. Also one with hoof handle and 2 others. A small vintage fishing reel, John Bull printing outfit, loose stamps with small leather wallet, vintage "Hitchy Koo" mouth organ, Dominoes For The Blind game, vintage Mah-Jong set, scholars pencil case, hunting horn etc

Allen Jones RA (b.1937), 'Bar II', limited edition signed lithograph, numbered 15/30 with blind stamp, 100 cm x 68.5 cm framed and glazed.No apparent damage or repair. Some rippling to edges, visible to top particularly. Rough edges to the paper.

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976). Peel Park, artist signed print, BCD blind stamp, 1975 Venture Prints, 39cm x 75cm.

Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887-1976). Sailing boats, artist signed print, EFH blind stamp 1975 Venture Prints, 30cm x 35cm.

A 15th century large carved door panel, English circa 1480, designed with two blind-tracery arches above paired floral quatrefoil panels, 55cm wide, 124cm high. The door is most likely to be part of church screen  Simonini collection 

FORSYTH (CAPTAIN J.):The Highlands Of Central India..., rebound half-calf cloth-covered boards, first edition, 1871 - CAMPBELL (MAJOR WALTER): The Old Forest Ranger..., original blind-stamped blue cloth-covered boards with gilt cover illustration and spine, London, 1853 - NEWALL (CAPTAIN J.T.): The Eastern Hunters, original blue cloth-covered boards with gilt spine, London, 1866; Hog Hunting In The East..., rebound, London, 1867 - SHAKESPEAR (MAJOR HENRY): The Wild Sports Of India..., rebound, London, 1862 - together with three publications by 'The Old Shekarry' [LEVESON (H.A.)]; and three other publications by various authors relating to hunting in India (11)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

GUNPOWDER AND EXPLOSIVESD'ANTONI (A.V.P.): A Treatise On Gunpowder; A Treatise On Fire-Arms; And A Treatise on the Service of Artillery..., translated by Captain Thompson, full calf (rebacked), London, 1789 - JACOB (MAJOR WILLIAM): Practical Hints On The Proof Of Gunpowder, presentation copy from the author, original cloth-covered boards (faded) and paper title label, London, 1846 - SCOFFERN (JOHN): Projectile Weapons Of War And Explosive Compounds, original red cloth-covered boards with gilt title label, London, 1852 - MACKENZIE (COLIN): One Thousand Experiments in Chemistry..., half-calf with gilt lines and title, London, 1821 - MORDECAI (CAPTAIN A.): Report Of Experiments On Gunpowder, original brown cloth-covered board with gilt title, Washington, 1845 - ANDERSON (COL. WILLIAM): Sketch Of The Mode Of Manufacturing Gunpowder At The Ishapore Mills In Bengal, original blue cloth blind-stamped bright gilt pictorial covered boards, London, 1862 - WARDELL (MAJOR-GENERAL W.H.): Handbook of Gunpowder And Guncotton, blind-stamped red cloth-covered boards (faded) with gilt title, bookplate of Ray Riling, London, 1888 - SMITH (CAPTAIN F.M.): A Handbook Of The Manufacture And Proof Of Gunpowder, original blind-stamped and gilt titled boards, bookplate of Ray Riling, London, 1870 - CUNDILL (MAJOR J.P.): A Dictionary Of Explosives, original blue cloth-covered boards (spine replaced), bookplate of Ray Riling, London 1889; 2nd edition, revised by Captain J.H. Thompson, half-calf (scuffed) with gilt title, London, 1895 - GUTTMAN (OSCAR): The Manufacture Of Explosives..., original blind-stamped dark blue cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine, London, 1909 - and fourteen related publications, various pamphlets and off-prints (a lot )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

MILITARY RIFLE SHOOTINGBUSK (HANS): The Rifle: And How To Use It, original red cloth-covered boards, London, 1859; another copy (boards stained), London, 1860 - HARTLEY (W.G.): A Handy Book For Rifle Volunteers, original blind-stamped red cloth-covered boards (spine-head worn), London, 1859 - ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE: Instruction Of Musketry, stamped and gilt red leather-covered boards, London, 1856 - LE COUTEUR (JOHN): The Rifle..., original blind-stamped and gilt titled green cloth binding, London, 1855 - BOUCHER (JOHN): The Volunteer Rifleman And The Rifle..., original blind-stamped and gilt titled blued cloth-covered boards, London, 1859 - BOND (LIEUT-COLONEL H.): Treatise On Military Small Arms..., original blind-stamped gilt titled red cloth-covered boards (spine split), London, 1884 - ANON: Practical Hints On Rifle Practice With Military Arms, original brown cloth with gilt title, bookplate of Ray Riling, New York, 1883 - BARBER (EDWARD C.): The Crack Shot..., original red cloth-covered boards with gilt title on spine, London, 1868 - TAILLEFER (N.): Rondeaus Of The British Volunteers, original blind-stamped gilt pictorial and titled red cloth-covered boards, London, 1872 - GREENER (W.W.) publisher: Team craft, original blue cloth-covered boards, London, n.d. (circa 1900) - COTTISLOE (LORD): The Englishman And The Rifle, d.w., London, 1945 - and fourteen related publications (25)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

Helen Bradley (British, 1900-1979), by and after 'It was the first Saturday in May' / 'The Park in May', coloured print, signed in pencil to margin lower right, blind stamped to margin lower left by the Fine Arts Trade Guild, 48cm x 61cm

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera (John Jones, 29th Foot.) brooch fittings removed from obverse, with re-affixed copy suspension, edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise fine £500-£700 --- John Jones was born in the Parish of Herbeastock, Flint, and attested for the 29th Foot on 25 April 1805, a wheel wright by trade. He served 11 years 7 months and was discharged 12 November 1816, in consequence of ‘being nearly blind in consequence of opthalmia which he was attacked with in Sept 1815 at the Camp near Paris. Sold with copied discharge papers and restoration invoices.

George III mahogany linen press, in the manner of Gillows, circa 1800, dentil and blind fretwork cornice over two flame mahogany panel doors opening to an interior with five sliding trays, and a later hanging rail, over a base fitted with two short and two long graduated drawers with original brass swan neck handles, raised on ogee bracket feet, width 127cm, depth 58cm, height 201cm